Decatur Democrat, Volume 50, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 23 August 1906 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT FVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, PUBLISHER MX»PKK YEAR IN ADVANCE. entered at the poetoffice at Decatur. Indiana as second-class mall matter. IHICIH PAPER OF ADANS 00UH1Y REPUBLICAN SPLITS. , < Never before in its history has the Republican party faced so much dissension in its ranks as it does now. It is general, wide-spraed and ominous of disaster at the elections. The quarrels between the '‘standpat” and the so-called “ progressive ” elements in lowa have divided the party in tna? state into two hostile camps. The revolt against the Republican machine in Pennsylvania resulted in the organization of a new party known as the Lincoln Republicans, and the latter have allied themselves with the Democrats to purify the political air. In New York the fighting between dfferent Republican bosses and their respective followings is fierce and neither side is willing to give quarter. Even in Texas, where there is nothing to fight for save the doubtful honor of leadership in forlorn hopes, the Republicans are split into bitter factions that are knifing each other on slight provocation. In Wisconsin the LaFollette and the corporation wings of the party are constantly at swords’ points. In Ohio the discredited bosses of the Dick-Herrick-Cox kind are not only whetting knives for the Taft Republicans, but they are fighting among themselves. The Missouri g. o. p. has a feud of large proportions growing out of the late senatorial contest between Bosses Kerins and Neidringhaus and their friends. K ln Tennessee the Brownlow and Evans factions are reaching for each other’s scalps, ana in North Carolina and Georgia the contests for control between the administration and Fairbanks politicians have, caused troubles, that will not heal. The recent senatorial battle between the Cullom and Yates forces stirred up bad blood and anomosities which promise serious consequences. »* • ' ■■■■■■———l FEOPLE ARE WEARY. The federal grand jury at Chicago has returned an indctment against the Standard Oil trust and we are iqid that the prosecution of this injdietment will be vigorously pushed and that the defendant will be required to go to the limit in the payment of the penalty. But it will be observed that this indictment is not against John D. Rockefeller. It is z not against Henry H. Rogers. It is not against any being that can feel. It is against the corporation, and the corporation is well able to pay any fine which it is at all likely will be imposed during this proceeding. Dispatches say that the “bond for the defendant company was fixed oy Judge Bethea at $25,0Q0, ” and that :- “Mr. Roosevelt and his attorney general are greatly pleased.” It would have been better could the public have, been informed that the bond for John D. Rockfeller, Henry H. Rogers and other leading conspirators was fixed at $25,000 each. It would have been better if the public could have been told that indictments had been returned against the men I responsible for the corporation’s law- ■ g . lessness. Is it not about time that, the peog . pie were given something substantial ‘5 “ wa , y trust prosecution ? They 4 have grown extremely weary of bun'7 •' combe. Mr. Roosevelt and his attorney general may be “greatly pleasg ed,” but it is noticeable that the general public has not become excited | over an indictment against a soulless corporation.—Commoner. It now evident that President R, Roosevelt is nothing but a tricky pol- ■ itician. His campaign document in the form of a letter to Congressman Watson illustrates his complete cap- | tore by the “standpatters,” and his n arguments for the return of a Rej?/'”’ publican congress are the same argu-

ments they use —that the system must not be interfered with. As the presidcnt i uw <ees it, the tariff does noi foster trusts, and that our industrial prosperity would be jeopradizel by changing any of the tariff schedule in the sacred creed. He also admonishes the voter to subscribe to a Republican vote for a Republican congressman, for the further reason that, “certain measures” were carried through the last session of congress. The president can afford to be honest. The country knows that had not the Democratic minority stood by him without regard to party or polities, those 'certain measures’* would not now be laws. Upon this point the Republican Indianapolis News spys: Mr. Roosevelt might at least hive recalled that without Democratic co-operation in both Senate and House he would have been able to accomplish little. He knows that some of the bitterest opposition to his policies were shown by the Republican members of the two Houses. The Senate and House did very well, but for the work accomplished the country owes much to the Democrats, who refused to play politics. If they could not get the best from their point of view, they patriotically accepted the best they could get. The^re^ts^that are reaching the Democratic state committee from every part of the state show that the Democrats are united, harmonious and working hard for party success. Organizations are being perfected and strengthened wth a view to a determined and triumphant battle with the old enemy. There is division

among the Republicans and that should encourage Democrats to get together and stay together. And that is what the reports indicate that they are doing. This with careful and effective organization down to the last detail will sweep the Republicans out of the state house and insure a “house-cleaning” that means something. It will mean something more than an indifferent swipe at one or two extra dirty spots of the Sherrick and Storms kind. It will mean scrubbrushes and disinfectants and a thorough overhaulng of twelve years of official thimblerigging and waste. — Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette. Hon. J. A. M. Adair, the Democratic nominee for congress, was in the city, and while here met many Adams county citizens who are interested in seeing him grace a seat in the halls of congress. His campaign will begin here by three speeches, the dates of which will be September 10, 11 and 12. While it has not yet been determined,' yet it is likely that Pleasant . Mills • and Mdnmouyr\wlll be two of the places’ favored in the opening of the campaign. Mr. Adair is not a candidate for the mere honor of being a candidate, but wauls to be elected, and will not lear? any grass grow under his feet in the effort. Adams county Democrats should begin now to organize their forces for Mr. Adair. He deserves their,united and enthusiastic support and his majority in this county shoud be large and wholesome. If the Dingley tariff —passed in 1897-—made the;price of wagon wheat * in the Indiana markets -SI.OO a bushel on Aug. 10, 1904, why couldn’t the same ’sacred enactment make the same 1 price on Aug. 10, 190fi$ On the latterdate it was 68 cents a bpshel. Will some Republicans tell why? . ’ If the Dingley tariff' fixes the price of the farmers’ cattle, why did they sell at $4.50 per hundred on Aug. 10, 1898 and in 1906, while in 1904 on the same date, they brought $7.00 per hundred? If the Dingley tariff fixes the price of corn, why did corn sell at 61 cents on Aug. 10, 1902, and at only 48 cents on the same date in 1906 ? If the Dingley tariff fixes the price of eats, why did oats sell on Aug. 10, 1901, at 38 cents and on’ the same date < in 1906 at 30 cents? I ’

I The Evansville Courier says: “Tbe| attempt of Senator Hemenway to distract attention from the issue of the campaign by personalises will peter’ out early in the -tight. The people want to know how their representatives have represented them or mis-' represented them. Whether they havr- 1 stood for their private interests and * the interests of the corporations oi for the people’s welfare. They want to have the roll call. They want to • know what they may expect for the I future. The people are tired of vol- f ing for the railroads and special in- ( terests.” To be sure. They should vote for their own interests, which 1 means that they should vote against the whole sorry crew of small bosses now in control of the people’s affairs' in Indiana. For four days next week the Great I Northern Indiana - Fair Association j will hold the boards in this city, with j , the greatest exhibit and county fair j ever given in Adams county. This is .saying much, as the record of fairs . here is about the best in this section ’of the country. The management I have more attractions, more exhibits, 1 more and better racing than was ever! seen here before. Every man, woman and child in Adams county should spend one or more days at the fair. You owe your presence and encouragement to this grqat enterprise and undertaking. George Cromer is doing a little campaigning now in different parts of the district. His work cotosists chiefly of oiling his postofflce machine. The finding of Birdseye’s investigation last spring left a few kinks and caused the old thing to squeak a little in spots go Cromer is now busy applying the grease, getting ready for another harvest. There is a sentiment prevailing that the old machine will not be able to do the business this time. —Winchester Democrat. ' •** •-> , • And now comes the government reports upon retail prices of-food during 1905, which reveals the fact that prices were higher in 1905 than at any period during the past sixteen years. The advance in prices exceeded the advance in wages a very considerable. This is no doubt the prosperity of the working man, that has formed an important part of the g. o. p. campaign thunder. On all the staple aitidles Os consumption the increase has been 17.7 pCr cent, an increase of nearly one-fifth. ’* .’l'''' r . Dr. J. N. Hurty—the one man who can smell a mcifobe farther than the. naked eye can possibly travel—wa» a guest of our city. His address at the teachers’ institute .and his stereopticon lecture last evening were perhaps the most interesting of its kind ever given in this city. Dr. Hurty is a great man, and is quMed from one end of the country to the other, as authority on the prevention of contagious diseases, . He believes in his work, and is in* it from the motives of pure love. - '' , y 1 | The state school superintendents of lowa, Nebraska and South Dakota are . complaining of a lack of teachers for \ the country schools, owing to the re- i larg* number . of female i teachers who have been married this ' spring and summer. The loss of the 1 schools is the gain of the homes. - School ma ’ams are noted as the bebt - of wives tori mothers.—South Bend ~« ‘*iF 4 »•> ' ' ' 1* - Times. ~ I J Decatur ’s additional brick streets ’ and new cement sidewalks is bitt an-1 j other testimonial of the enterprise and progress that is among <us. While other cities are complaining about hard times, Decatur goes op improving her streets and beautifying the 1 best town on the map. j ■ ;-7- '-: ■ ■ < I A,Democratic congress elected this | fall will be a good start toward’ tie election of a Democratic president in 1908.—The Commoner. I

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j The Bepubliew eUt. iwuto are nervous over alleged reports that the federation of labor, and the labor unions are not with them this yepr. They now even allude to this strong organization of the bone and sinew of this country’, as a sort of a Democratic annex. They take it hard, ana present indications point to other ■things they will take with even less relish before the returns are all in. San Francisco is in a much worse 'condition than is generally known to 'outsiders. The delay.in the adjustment l of insurance claims and the probabili- * ity of many losses remaining unpaid have an incalculably depressing affect upon property owners in that ill-, I fated city. —South Bend Times. It is claimed that the Goshen-W>. nona interurban road cleared $7,000 above all expenses during the first month it has been in operation. That | looks very much as if interurbans will • pay. —Columbia City Post. Judge R. K. Erwin is at Farnkfort ■ today, where he speaks at a congres■sional convention, which will nominate a candidate for congress in the Ninth district. .. : t , LOCALS WON THREE TO TWO I - - -' - • A Decision by Umpire in the Ninth Inning Caused a Half Hour Delay. The Hartford City team put up a great battle Monday and it was good luck and a close decision that enabled the home team to win without playing extra innings. The visitors got ten hits to our six and had one error to our four, but the most of their hits came at an inopportune times. Watts was in the box for Decatur and Fisher for Hartford City, the latter apparently being in the best form. Neither side scored in the first or second innings, though both sides worked hard and had men to third in each inning. In the first half of the third, Pitcher Fisher for the visitors, got a two base hit ana scored on a two bagger by the next man up. In she fifth' inning Watts got a hit, Henderson pushed him to third with a sacrifice and Ritter A 4 scored him with a long single. Ritter stole second and scored on a two base hit by Cameron. In the first half of the eighth, the Hartford City boys got three hits, and put a runner across the plate, tieirig the score. In the last half of the inning, Decatur pushed one ahead again, Ritter going to' first on balls, stealiiig second, was advanced to third on Linderbeck’s sacrifice and scored on a long fly to left field. In the first of the ninth the visitors made a great effort to win. The first batter hit and was sacrificed to second. The next man hit to right field and the runner scored from second base. In doing sb he ran around third base and eight feet out of the line, so that Catcher Hillinger couldn’t reach him. The man was unquestionably out, but the umpire, Tom Railing, very probably did not see it. However, he asked the runner, who admitted he had run out of the line and Railing then called him out. The visitors objected refused to play for half an hour, a compromise being decided upon, the runner going back to second and the batter again.facing the pitcher. He struck out and the next batter hit to Cameron and was out at first, ending the game three to two in of Decatur. The Hartford City boys are gentlemen and made their protests in a nice clean manner. No one talked fight and the question was argued out nicely. It was a ball game up to the last minute and a big crowdshould see today’s game. ” . 1 The score: \ ..I dbcaturT" ' ~~AB RHP AE ' Henderapn,..sb. 2 01 2 3 0 Ritter, If- i....- 2 2 11 11 LiridCrbeck, cf. 4 0 11 0 u Cameron, 2b 4 0 2 3 2 1 Fisher; 3b. 4 0 0 1 3 « W. Hining’er, rt .... 2 O OAO O Witham, IK 3 0 0 12 i o J. Hilllnger, C 3 « O 7 3 1 Watt*, p. -1 1 0 6 1 ‘Totals ............27 3 6 27 18 "*4 HARTFORD OITY. 1 AB R H P A E WilllaKlß,Sß4 1 3 2 8 V McFerren, c 3 0 14 0 0 Betts, lb. 4 0 0 12 0 0 I Martin, K. 4 o 11 0 o . Gillis, Cf 4 0 0 11 0 Pence, rs 4 0 2 2 0 0 . McElwaine, 2b 3 0 1 2 3 1 Reese, 3b. 3 0 0 0 2 o i Fisher, 3b. , 4 1 2 0 2 u Totals 33 2 10 24 II 1 ; Score by innings— -1 Decatur .....0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 * —3 . Hartford City ... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 o—2 1 ‘ . I

TO BE THE BEST IN HISTORY i Great Races, Free Attractions, Ball .' Games and a Great Stock * Exhibit — • 1 j The Great Northern Indiana Fair ‘ | —next week Tuesday, Wednsday, , . Thursday, Fr.day—Every day a banner. The management have arranged for a number of free attract- , ions, including a famous slide for ( , 1 f®? slack wire performances, fancy rifle shooting tmd other events. The lay of live stock "ill evt.i excel! former years and you know tlutt is I saying something. See the two head . of cattle weighing 4000 and 4200 pounds respectively, the largest in the world. The races will be good and interesting each day, the purses aggregating • $2500 and the entries are already i coming in, guaranteeing every race a hot one. During the week the famous Decatur ball team will meet 5 Frankforts, Fort Wayne and Geneva in a championship series and lovers of sport can see racing, ball games and the free shows all in one day. If the weather man is good the week will be a record breaker for the fair association. Talk it -up to your friends.. AFFIDAVIT FOR BERNE MAN Factory Inspector Causes Arrest of Jerry Lichty. State Factory Inspector Thomas Williamson, who has been making a ~ tour of inspection over the county, was at Berne Friday, where he found that Jerry Lichty, president of the Berne Lumber Company had been violating, the law for more than a year by the reason that he had neglected to have his boiler inspected by a practical boiler maker or an engineer of more than ten years’ experience. Mr. Williamson went before Prosecutor Moran and had that official draw up an affidavit and Mr. Lichty will be prosceuted to the full extent of the law. This offense is one that the state authorities are looking after carefully, as it is a dangerous thing to the community at large, and endangers the lives of not only the employees of the factory*but the citizens of the town, as well. The penalty for an offense of this kind calls for a fine of not less than $25.00 for the first offense, and not more than SSO. Mr. Lichty appeared before Squire Smith this morning and plead guilty and was fined $25 and costs. THAT FLOWER SHOW City Improvement Society to Award Prizes* The Junior Society 0$ the City Improvement Society will meet at the Library on, Friday afternoon to complete arrangements for the flower show, which will lake place at the Great Northern Indiana Fair. The fololwing rules will "glvem this ex hibit: Art. I All flowers coming from seeds given by the society are to be exhibited. -Arf't. TT. All in i.hA booth in Art Hall before Wednesday at 12 A ’M. Art. 111. Each bouquet will be in two points, viz. arangement and quality of flowers grown. Art. IV. Children of professional florists or gardeners are excluded from the contest. Art. V. Winners of first prizes are excluded from next year’s contest. Art. VI. Only one prize is to be givenn in a family. Art. VII. One set of prizes offered to pupils having the use of hydrants another to those without this privilege. . / SAYS THE STORY WAS UNTRUE Curtis Campbell Tells of Experience on Steamer Greyhound. 'e, . ' ■., «..... . '' ' ' ' ■ . “i ■' ■■ - ’ Curtis Campbell Was Tone of the j passengers on the steamer Greyhound, 1 when she was stranded between To- i ledo and Detroit two weeks ago. He * says the story that the boat officials charged' exorbitant prices for food is j false, for, in fact, they gave their j stuff away, serving coffee' and sand- g wiches free.- ?Curtis says the company , did everything they could for the . convenience of the passengers and 1 deserve. praise rather than censure. Mrs. Charles Christen and Miss Nets tie Smith were also passengers on the E boat. • ’. j ' f : it

’poor PATRONAGE THE CAUBE Crickets Visit Geneva in Large Delegation and “Our Man” Kicks on the Weather. GENEVA, August 21.—There will I be no more base ball here this season : as the local team disbanded after i Sunday’s game with Montpelier, when I the home boys defeated the visitors f by a score of 14 to 2. Lack of pat- i ronage is the cause of the team 73 disorganization as the boys been j playing at a financial loss for several' i weeks, the week day games being very poorly attended and not much larger crowds being present at the. Sunday games. Aug went to Cincinnati today, “Biddy” Burns to Dunkirk, “Biety” to Portland, Cling will probably Dunkirk, and Bole nJ . baw went to Logansport. Geneva had a good team and during the first of the i season and up until the time foreign players were introduced into the tean the boys played fast ball. There wen some loyal fans who gave the boy their best support, but these few coul< not bring the receipts up’ to a payin] mark and so we will have no mor ball games. x ■ The crickets again have the board Though they have not appeared h such numbers as they were last yea, yet there are enough of the pesl?, critters to be a god nuisance, espeially to the dry goods and elothig merchants, for once the insects pt into the goods, it is almost impossi le to get them out. Last year on (io or two evenings, some of the stoes had to be closed to keep the crick ts out. This year, so far, they have ot proven so troublesome. •' 1 A It was Gen. Sherman, wasn’t it, who said “War is hell!” It maybe so. This weather is too. It was aid by many that Monday was the honest day we’ve had this summer A person perspired while sitting still and aerspired mofe if moving about o at work. That sounds queer, but mrertheless, it may be proven true! It was so hot that if an ear of peen, popcorn and a piece of sugar sane were placed side by side in the sun, the corn would - dry out and poj the piece of <ugar cane would become syrup and*a bunch of nature’s cracks erjack was ready, for, eating That sounds too strailge to be true. Naybe it isn’t. But it was hot. I FOUR BIDS ARE SUBMITTED f Rudolph Kleybolte & Co. of Cincinnati 4 Buys tte’ End e Ipsue—Call ■ fqr,.- the Board. | ‘ j Treasurer Lachot hhd a bond sale Tuesday morning selling bonds on six macadam roads. Rudolph Kleybolte & Co., of Cincinnati, were the lucky, bidders, getting the entire issue against three other Judder?. The Reynolds extension three bonds, $4,340, they bid a premium of $55. The Eckrote extension two bonds, premium, ssl. Chas. Ewell, Jr.,, bonds, $4,900 premium $01.50. L.-O. f Bears two $3,900, premium $49.. French township extension one bonds \ $9,100, premium sll4. Jimtown. one, bonds $8,140 premium $lO2. Auditor Lewton has called the .< board -of commissioners for a meeting Thursday to sign up the Decatur and Bluffton extension three bonds. J Work on this inad has been in progress for two weeks. WAS BURIED AT BLUFFTON ; Rev. MbWer :Pr®ached Farewell Sermonos Year Sunday. GENEVA, Ind., August 18. —The : funeral of Mrs. 8. W. Hale, who died *•:- Friday noon, was held at the home in.. Line street this afternoon at four , o’clock. The services were brief but. — — impressive. The remains will be tak~en to Bluffton interment. Theriieath « Afg. *fiale ■ ' has cast' a shadow over the community; for, though it has been expected at almost any time, her friends were always hoping for the better. For? years she has been an invalid and suffered untold agonies, but she bore, them bravely until the end, when she peacefully fell asleep, into thatlast, long sleep that has no awakening on this earth. A Certain Cure tor AchlM< Feet. A nowder for swollen, tired, hot,, smarting feet Sample sent FREE. Also Free Sample of the Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn-Fad, a new invention. Address--Allen S. Olmstead, De Roy, N. Y. ■ f 1.-..'