Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 6, Number 204, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1908 — Page 1

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT.

Volume VI. Number 204.

THE SECOND DAY Os the Great Northern Indiana Fair Evidences a Successful Meet MANY PEOPLE HERE Inspectors See That Privilege Stands are Conducted Properly >1 The first day of the Great Northern ■ndiana fair has gone on record as fa fitting introduction to the best fair ■ever in session in this county or vi■fnity and the promoters of the enterprise are looking with pride upon the Ike-ults of their arduous labors. The Bpitial day as at all fairs is characterized by the many preliminaries necessary for the big days and the |pa-k yesterday was invaded by hust- i £linu. [bustling exhibitors, , privilege Won and a number of spectators. As the initial movement for the protection of the exhibitors, a large force of special policemen were on duty yesterday and their number was incteasod as the shadows of the golden sunset were in evidence last evening. Clifford Death, a farmer residing a few miles from the city presented himself as the first subject for the special police and after ordering him from the grounds several times, Ed Luttmar. and a fellow policeman took the drunken man in charge and bringing him to town, placed him ih charge of Frank Peterson, who escorted the man to the riverside hotel. Not wishing to detain him from the big county fair. Mayor France ordered his releas-- ’his morning, upon his promise of good behavior. We may say here .that the special policemen mean business and they will arrest each person Who violates the law. It is hoped, tjowever, that no disturbances will e caused and the big event will proress without the unpleasant features hlch commonly characterize an event f this nature. The large number of ice horses are comfortably quartered I the various stables and we are inmned that stable room is inadequate > comfortably accommodate all the Heers A / sensation was caused mong the privilege men Monday ben two state inspectors visited ach of the stands and ordered them ept in a sanitary condition, informing ic owners that arrests would follow nless same is observed. Although ccidedly against the grain of some f the professional privilege men, ley decided to clean up and now the eople are at least a little more safe 1 buying refreshments. The use of oloung in lemonade is strictly profited as well a s other practices so tell known to some operators of re■eshment stands. The fact that the ispection was made and the privilege 'en are ordered to employ cleanliness i the operation of their stands is vll worth the commendation of the atrons of the fair as it will protect he health of lemonade fiends, crackr jack cronies and others. The eight (clock G R. and I. train of this nornng conveyed a large number of eople from the southern part of the sounty to Decatur and this, the sec•nd day is a good criterion pointing o a towling success. With weather petitions decidedly favorable and i vast crowd at the park, the secord lay Is nearing its close, and it will to down on record as the biggest success of any second day of previous meets, The great Packard >and and a large number of Fort Wayne people morning, proceeding to the park immediately and a friendly spirit has been reestablished between the people of the _ two cities. Every train and interurban car coming into the city this morning brought many people who are attending today's doings. As we go to press, the big races are on and are very exciting, the horses being evenly matched. It is assured that many thousand peo- ■ pie will attend tomorrow.

AT NOON TOMORROW. The Daily Democrat will publish at noon tomorrow to allow the boys to enter in the foot races at the Great Northern Fair...However we will cover every important field of news.

FORT WAYNE IS BOOSTING. Think It's Necessary to Keep Up the Neighborhood. Dr. W. F. Myers, secretary of the Great Fort Wayne fair, is trying to interest the local merchants in the fair at Decatur and to get a big delegation to attend the exhibiion tomorrow in an effort to "square” the city with the Adams county people, who are still a bit sore about the street car signs which were removed from the interurban cars. The doctor will go to Decatur tomorrow to judge the hoses and at the same time to tell about the fair here September 15 to 19. and while the sign incident has been explained away, the Decatur people want a substantial evidence that Fort Wayne merchants are with them in their enterprise. This can be shown by the merchants who are interested. as it means trade for them. In the meantime the preparations for the local fair are being pushed rapidly and if anything can be found at the Decatur fair in the way of good attractions an effort will be made to land some of the shows for Fort Wayne. There will be no difficulty about the horses for the races, as the owners have already agreed to come to Fort Wayne and very little missionary work remains to be done. —Fort Wayne News. o — WILL REMOVE BANK Headquarters for the First National Bank Established at Brock Tin Shop ON NEXT SATURDAY While New Furniture is Installed and Other Improvements Made Now that the stone front is completed at the First National bank, and the window sashes and panes placed in their position, the officers of the banking institution are preparing for the installation of the new and beautiful furniture which will arrive next week. Thus far the work of improvement has progressed rapidly and the bank already presents a very neat appearance notwithstanding the fact that but a few of the preliminaries have, as yet been accomplished. The office furniture of the concern will be removed to the Brock building Saturday afternoon and next week the improvement of the interior will begin. Aside from the up-to-date furniture which will be installed, the walls will be artistically decorated and in fact the place will undergo changes which will render it unrecognizable to those who have not noted the course of improvement. As planned now the place will be ready for occupancy by October first. o REV. HARTER IS ACQUITTED. ♦ Sensational Church Tria! Held at Bluffton. Bluffton, Ind., Aug. 25—The sensational case of the Rev. S. F. Harter, pastor of the First M. E. church of Mentone, of the Wabash district of the Northern Indiana conference, charged with immoral conduct with several members of his former parish at Poneot, Ind., in the Fort Wayne d’strict wa s held in this city today bef< re an ecclesiastical court conducted under the provisions of the discipline if the Methodist Episcopal church, and a verdict was returned this evening in which the jury or committee which heard the evidence found that the accused minister was not guilty of the charges alleged. — — The members of the fire department lof this city will leave tomorrow for Garrett, Ind., where they will attend the volunteer firemen's association at that city. They have chartered a special car from this city on the local trolley line, and will also be joined here by the Berne department, who will go with them. Berne will bring their brass band with them.

WILL WED SOON Miss Marie Beery Employs Unique Scheme in Announcing Engagement TO MR. SELLEMEYER Entertained Menu-Ate Club Yesterday When Announcement Was Made The coming marriage of Miss Stark- Beery and Mr. Sellemeyer, two jof this city’s most popular jyoung people was cleverely announced yesterday afternoon by Miss Beery when she entertained the young ladies of the Menu-Ate Club. Although her announcement has been long expected it came as a pleasant surprise to her many friends. The home was beautifully decorated for the occasion, the color scheme of green and white being carried throughout. A floral ¥ contest served to entertain the guests in which Miss Pansy Bell received first prize, a lovely bouquet of green and white carnations, and Miss Winifred Johnson the booby which consisted of a nutshell in which were the words inscribed: Mr. Jesse Sellemeyer, Miss Marie Beery, Sept. 22, 1908, this being the manner in which their engagement was announced. At six o’clock a three course dinner was served by the hostess, after which music and other amusements served to entertain the guests in a social way. Miss Beerj- is one of Decatur’s most popular young ladles and has many numerous friends, who wish for her a happy matrimonial career. Mr. Sellemeyer has many qualities which make him a favorite among his many friends. He is engaged in the lumber business in this city with his father, being a member of the firm of Kirsch and Sellemeyer and has met with an abundance of success. As stated before the marriage will occur the 22nd day of next month, and the happy young couple will make this city their future home. Those present at the function were the members of the Menu-Ate Club and the visaing jguests included MPs. Bert Powser, of Fort Wayne, and Miss Naomi Gregg, of Kokomo. o — COURT HOUSE NEWS Dates for Opening of Various Schools Announced by Prof. Opliger LOB DITCH TAX Was Paid by Many Today Law Books Have Been Rebound The season of school openings is nearing and County Superintendent Opliger informs us that the dates for these events over the county as decided upon are as follows: September 14, schools of Preble, Root, Union, St. Marys, Washington, Kirkland, Blue Creek and Jefferson townships; September 21, Wabash; September 28, French and Hartford; October 12, Monroe. Decatur and Geneva schools will open September 7th and Berne cn September 14th. T. Ernst to whom was intrusted the job of seeing that a number of the law books in the circuit court library were rebound, informs us that he has received word from the Globe Printing company, who were given the contract that the books will arrive here, complete in new overcoats by the last of this week. A large number of citizens from the' south part of the county called at the auditor’s office today to pay their assessments on the Lob ditch. The real estate transfers today were: Decatur Cemetery Association to H. C. Fuhrman, lot 519, price $88.40 Harvey Sprague et al to John C. Haugh, lots 438 and 439 Decatur,, $2,300; Joseph Rich to Rachel A. I Martz pt. outlet 3 at Berne $1,500.

Decatur, Indiana, Wednesday Evening, August 26, 1908.

HAVE GIVEN UP ALL HOPE Last Series Opens at Fort Wayne — No Chance for Pennant. The Fort Wayne News says: The curtain will drop on Central league baseball for the present season in Fort Wayne when the series of three games each with Terre Haute, South Bend, Grand Rapids and Dayton which begin here tomorrow is concluded. The Champs will play the last game of the season on the South Bend grounds today and should arrive hom,e some time tonight opening here with the lowly Tots tomorrow afternoon. If the game with South Bend this afternoon is annexed by Hendricks’ sqtiad an ; even break will have been secured on I the present road trip which, with the I exception of the first road trip of the season when the locals won eight in a row will be the best performance jthey have put up away from home this season. With the race now being made by South Bend, Dayton and Evansville teams for the pennant there is no chance whatever for the locals of annexing the flag agains this season and the best that Hendricks no'Tl hopes for is to finish in the first dl- , vision. The way the team is now runI ning and with the twelve home games , to the credit side there is hardly any : doubt but that Hendricks’ desire will ,be fulfilled. At the conclusion of the i Dayton game on Sunday. September ' 6th. the team leaves home, opening . in Dayton for three games, two on September 7 and one on the following day which will mark the winding up of the Central league schedule. o WILL RIDE BALOON Curtis Johnson Will Make Three Ascensions Here this Week HE HAS WON FAME As an Aeronaut Having Made Fifty Successful Ascensions in 1902 Curtis Johnson, who in 1902 won fame as an aeronaut has been engaged to make the three ascensions at the fair grounds this week and he states that he will ride the gas bag as high as it will soar. In 1902 Johnson made an ascension at Montpelier and it was said that he soared so high that the balloon appeared to be a mere speck on the horizon. In that year he made fifty-two ascensions, one at Fort Wayne and the remainder in various parts of the state. He has displayed wonderful nerve in riding balloons aßd Hogan Brothers, of Jackson, Mich., who secured the contract of making the voyages in the air are complimenting themselves in securing • his services. Johnson is a local i young man and Decatur people witnessed him hundreds of feet in the air in several flights. He will ride the balloon today, Thursday and Friday and after this engagement expects to follow the business. FIRE ALARM SENT IN. An Laddies Answered But it Was in the Country. A fire alarm was sent in last night to the water works plant and the laddies answered the call, hurrying to the west part of the city in which di- ■ rection the sky was illuminated. However the fire was more than a mile in the country, the log barn belonging ' to W. Wheatfield and its contents, hay, i burning to the ground. The loss susi tained is quite heavy, partially cov- . ered by insurance. The out whistle i blew in a few minutes after the alarm and the department took the paraphernalia back to its quarters.

ARE MAKING GOOD Bales and Coffee are Doing Business With the Dallas Texas Team IN DOUBLE HEADER Bales Pitched a Two-Hit Game Winning by Score of 3 to 2 Clifford Bales, recruit on the Dalias, Texas, ball club writes us that lie and Ed Coffee have arrived safely at the southern town and an enclosed clipping from a Dallas paper gives accounts of a double header in which these boys participated, both showing up well in their initial debut in the ■ Texas league. I n the first game, Cos-I fee occupied the center garden and acquitted himself grandly, although ! the club lost the game by the score , of 5 to 0. Coffee pulled off three sen-' sational catches and secured a bingle and a sacrifice. Bales was scheduled to do the twirling in the second game i and the Dallas paper has the follow-I Ing to say about his efficient.work: I The second game was not quite so distasteful to the Dallas contingent, though Shreveport began it as if she were going to repeat her tricks of the first game. But Recruit Bales vetoed the proposition and did such effective pitching that the Malenyites regained their courage and came from behind overcame a two-run lead and nosed out in a seven-inning contest. Incidentally this new pitcher, Bales, made an excellent impression. The Pirates touched him for two hits and he had them guessing with his speed and cross fire. He is about the best looking of the several finds that have been turned over to Maloney lately, and if he can keep up the stride he hit yesterday he is going to help Dallas wonderfully in her one-sided fight for the flag. Yesterday he was rather generous in the matter of free passes, but he is not familiar with the Texas laws and he also has the excuse that the ball was wet and hard to handle. This is an ideal starter and is evidence that the boys will make good. WILL GO TO GARRET Decatur and Berne Fire Departments Will Attend Convention TO BE HELD THERE Tomorrow—They Leave Decatur on 8:30 O’Clock Interurban Car The Decatur and Berne fire departments will leave this city tomorrow morning at 8:30 o’clock for Garrett where the third annual convention of the Northern Indiana Volunteeer Firemen’s Association will be held and while there they will join the association. A great time is expected as the following program to be rendered during the day will indicate: Reception and registration of visitors during the morning. Band concert, 9 to 11 a. m. Dinner 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. Parade 1:30 p. m. Address of welcome in front of Coliseum, Mayor Thumma. Response, Chief John B. Mager. Business meeting at Council chamber. Hub-and-hub race, prizes $35, sls, 4 p. m. Water battle, 4:30 p. m., between Randolph and | Cowen street on Quincy. 100 yard dash, free-for-all, prize $5, 5 p. m. Band contest, prize $25, 7 p. m. Dance at Coliseum after 9 o’clock, until you're tired. Howard Marvin's orchestra. While Decatur and Berne will not compete for the above prizes they will arrange to enter the contests next year. L. C. Helm, chief of the local department will be in charge of the Decatur boys.

A CHANCE FOR TOM GALLOGLY He is in a Contest for a Big Touring Car. W. B. Westlake, publisher of The Hoosier, announces that his paper will present the most popular Democratic county chairman in Indiana with a handsome big touring car. The present is to be given as a reward for effort in this campaign, the decision to be made by the Democrats of the state. Here is a chance for the Democrats of Adams county to show their appreciation of the good work deing done by our own county chairman, T. M. Gallogly. If the Democrats of this county go after that car. it will be seen on our streets after the contest is over. Coupons cut from The Hoosier, and voting certificates issued upon payments for subscription will count in the contest, and as votes may be secured any place in Indiana by any contestant, there is no reason why a united effort on the part of the Democrats in this county cannot win the automobile. A special prize of ten dollars in gold will be given to the person who nominates the winning candiadte. Full particulars about the contest will appear in this week’s Hoosier, or may be obtained by writing to the Contest Editor of The Hoosier, at , Indianapolis. GOES TO ALASKA Lee Martin Will Join His Brother Fred at Fairbanks HE HAS LEFT HERE Fred Has Made Good and Will Return Here for a Short Visit Lee Martin, son of Jacob Martin, the restaurant man, who has been em ployed in a Cleveland, Ohio, case, has left here after a few days visit for Fairbanks, Alaska, where he will enter business with his brother Fred. The latter has lived in Alaska for eight years and has made a snug fortune in the restaurant business. He will pay a visit here during this fall and it is presumed that is the reason he has sent for his brother, the latter having been summoned by telegram. Prior to going to Alaska Fred showed his courage one day at Richmond, Indiana, when an aeronaut became sick and Fied made the ascension for him, the highest balloon trip, it is said, ever made in Indianla. He drifted west end finally to the famous gold fields of Alaska. However. Instead of mining for gold, he engaged in the case business of which he was past master. His Decatur friends will be glad to meet him and hear his experiences in the north land. o— —- .-—— SHOT WHILE RESISTING ARREST Negro Murderer, Jesse Coe, Finally Meets Death. Indianapolis, Aug, 25. —Jesse Coe. the negro murderer of Patrolman C. J. Russell of the Indianapolis police force two years ago. was shot and killed in the hills of Kentucky, twenty miles from Tompkinsville, this morning, according to a telephone message received by The Star tonight from Sheriff Bryant of Monroe county, Kentucky. Coe was instantly killed. Sheriff Bryant stated, falling as he dropped to his knees and raised a Winchester rifle to his shoulder to shoot Bryant, the foreost of a posse of four who encountered him in a lonely stretch of woodland. According to the story told by the sheriff, who for almost two years has been on the lookout for Coe, a fugitive outlaw with more than $1,500 reward on his head, the death of ’lj° negro was the result of a two days’ search. o HAWKINS MISSED HIS TRAIN. Hon. N. B. Hawkins, of Portland, Replblican candidate for congress in this district, who was to speak at the fair grounds today, failed to arrive and telephoned at noon that he had missed his train.

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DEATH OF PIONEER Abraham Steudler Died Early this Morning at His Home IN THIS CITY Result of Paralysis—Had Lived in this County Many Years At his home on Eleventh street in this city at one o'clock this morning occurred the death of Abraham Steudler, a citizen of this count yfor nearly half a century. He has been in poor health for some months and three weeks ago suffered his third paralytic stroke which resulted in his death this morning. He was born at Klingen. Pfalz, Bavaria, in 1832 and came to America in 1860, locating near Mansfield, Ohio, where he lived two years, when he came to this county and settled in Union township, and continued on the same farm for forty-two years. Four years ago he moved to this city and has since lived a retired life. He was seventy-six years, nine months and four days of age and is survived by his wife and one adopted son, Theodore Thieme. He was a most excellent citizen. The funeral services will be held Friday morning, leaving the home at 11 o’clock, staudaiXl time, services at the Zion church at 11:20, Rev. J. H. Klausiug delivering a sermon in English. The remains will then be taken to the Bleeke church, where funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock sun time. Rev. Bauer preaching in German and Rev. Klausing in Engijsh. Interment at the Bleeke cemetery. THE G. A. R. BIG PROGRAM National Encampment at Toledo Next Week. The Adams county members of the G. A. R. who will attend the national encampment in Toledo, which opens on August 31 and continues to September 5, are much interested in the program for the big event. A copy of the tentative program has just been received and it promises a week of fine entertainment for the veterans. O n Monday of course, the reception committees will be busy welcoming visitors and in the evening a river carnival and a reception by the committees in Memorial hall will complete the opening day. The main event of Tuesday will be the unveiling of Meigs monument at Perrysburg. with the governors of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky present, and in the evening there will be welcoming speeches in Valentine hall by the governor of Ohio, Mayor Whitlock, of Toledo. Department Commander Shearer, of Ohio, and J. Kent Hamilton, besides camp fires at various places. Wednesday will be held the great parade which will begin at 10 o'clock and Wednesday evening will be devoted to camp fires, the stelar attraction being an illustrated muster at the Valentine theater. The business meetings of the Fort)-sec-ond naional encampment, the W. R. C., and other affiliated organizations will be held on Thursday beginning at 10 o'clock and on Thursday night brilliant pyrctecnical displays of appropriate subjects will be the program. Friday will be devoted to business sessions of the Grand Army and other organizations, and on Saturday a steamboat excursion on the lake will complete the week. Besides all of this there will be daily excursions to the various points of interest about the city. BILLY MYERS IS HERE TODAY. Dr. Myers, the real pusher of the Fort Wayne fair, was here today, heading a delegation for the Great Northern fair. Billy is all right, a hard worker and a good fellow. He feels very keenly the recent controversy and is doing everything in 3 ! ower to prove it. He says his signs here are being torn down as fast as put up and this spirit certainly wrong. j