Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 19, Decatur, Adams County, 11 July 1907 — Page 2

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BEGAN BUSINESS MONDAY NIGHT All Old Men Excepting Linderbeck Sign Contracts —New Season Opens Today. For just twenty-four hours the members of the Decatur ball team were at liberty. They were released Sunday evening after arriving home from Ft. Wayne. Jim Pierce says the crash was something awful, and though he stuffed cotton in his ears, by the bale, the awful din continued to reverberate through his head during all the long hours of the night. Monday morning when the facts became noised about, there was consternation among the fans and at once talk of a new company to take the team over became the principal topic. Lew Holthouse got busy Monday afternoon and assisted by one or two others, formed a company to complete the season. That evening every player, with the exception of Linderbeck, was re-signed. “Dutch,” the old reliable home run hitter, yesterday received an offer from Quincy, 111., and his transportation arrived last night. It is supposed he has joined that club. He was a fair outfielder and one of the best hitters in this section, but his place will be easily filled. Every other member of the team has signed a contract to remain and it is probable that they will be strengthened by one or two other favorites. The new management will continue a team that will uphold Decatur’s past reputation, the ball players have lost but one day and the fans are happy. ■ —o — 1 THE CROWD CHEERED WILDLY Man Who Made Millions by Graft Must Serve a Sentence in the Penitentiary. San Francisco, July 8. —Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz,who was recently convicted of extortion, was today sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. When the sentence was pronounced there was a remarkable outburst of applause from the hundreds of persons who crowded Judge Dunne’s court room. Judge Dunne sentenced Schmitz to imprisonment in San Quentin penitentiary. Sentence followed the recent conviction of Schmitz for extorting $1,175 ifrom French restaurant keepers of San Francisco. As the last words of the sentence fell from the judge’s lips the great crowd that had stood throughout the dramatic scene, sent up a thunderous cheer. “Godd for you!” shouted a man in the back of the room. His ejaculation was echoed and re-echoed by one after another of the spectators. Several threw their hats into the air; others scrambled on chairs to look over the shoulders of the crowd. The greateset confusion prevailed. Attorney Fairall, of the defense, raising his voice above the din, called out to Judge Dunne: “Your honor, this cheering is a very unseemly occurrence.” “Well,” retorted Judge Dunne, with spirit, “if we had a sheriff worthy of the name, it would have been stopped instantly.” Sheriff Thomas O’Neill was standing inside the rail. He turned to the court and protested: “Nobody could have stopped that, your honor.” -y : O — STATISTICS ON THE FOURTH. A Large Fire Loss and Many Accidents Reported. Hastily gathered statistics place the fire loss in the Indiana Fourth of July celebration at $150,000, temporarily depriving 1,500 men of employment. In many respects the record is the most frightful in many years. The list of injured comes up to the figures of last year. Last year 125 were hurt. The fire loss last year was only $3,000. The accidents of the state are of the usual variety, both as to causes ar.d the nature of the injury. Cannons, crnnon firecrackers, powder, runaways, etc., contributed their part to the record. Injuries were of all kinds and a number of them will prove fatal, the physicians say.

HORSES WERE DAMAGED SOME But Will Recover—Accident Happened on North Second Street Last Evening. The big team of horses owned by John Sprague, the man who has the contract to sweep and clean the streets of our city were badly hurt late Friday afternoon by coming in conterday afternoon by coming in contact with an interurban car. The accident happened near the residence of John F. Snow at which time Sprague was hauling away some debris to the outskirts of the city and was driving in the same direction as the car. The horses undoubtedly heard the car coming and commenced to prance around and in so doing backed the rear end of the wagon onto the car line thus permitting the car to hit the wagon, which forced it forward onto the horses and they immediately commenced to kick until they became unmanageable. The car was running at the usual rate of speed and after striking the wagon the brakes were applied and as the car neared the team one of the horses- kicked its hind leg striking the car causing a rupture of a big blood vessel and cutting quite a gash in the leg. The horses ran forward into an electric light pole and the tongue was broken but before the horses could get away they were caught and were soon quieted. Dr. Connell was summoned and dressed the injury on the horses leg and pronounced that the animal would soon be all right again. The other horse was skinned up a little bit where it fell on the brick pavement, but otherwise escaped injury. The wagon was demolished and it will cost considerable to repair the same. From what onlokers say, no blame can be attached to the interurban company, as they did all that was in their power to avoid an accident. The driver luckily escaped Injury. —-o — __ FOR ONE OF THEIR BELGIUMS The Company Recently Lost a Mare Whose Colts Have Brought Many \ Thousand Dollars. Frisinger and Co. Friday morn mg disposed of another one of their famous Belgium stallions to a company of men at Greenville, Michigan, and the animal will be shipped to its new home in a few days. The horse was a pretty animal, being a three year old, and weighed about two thousand pounds and brought the magnificent sum of two thousand dollars, a little over a dollar a pound. The horse was raised from a colt by this company, and is one of the five stal| ions produced from one of their Beglum mares that died a few days ago. They still have another stallion colt from this mare that is now a yearling and will soon be ready for the market. The mare that died was a valuable one, ‘ and had made this company considerable money as three of the colts have sold for a sum aggregating five thousand dollars and they still have one colt to dispose of. This certainly goes to demonstrate that it pays to keep well bred animals, and to care for them after you have them. This company has several other deals under way that will be closed in the near future. ' : — o — Fasset A. Cotton, state department of public instruction, has ruled that the law is very imperative in requir--1 ing township trustees to abandon all ’ the small schools in the townships. ■ State Superintendent Cotton has in- • formed county superintendents that • the act provides “that the township 5 trustees shall discontinue and aban- ’ don all schools under their charge • where the daily attendance during the last preceding school year has r been twelve or fewer; provided, the f condition as to roads, streams and 1 brldges Permit of SUC h discontinuance.”

BOARD OF TRUSTEES DECIDE IT Vice-President of the College Sends Out a Special Giving Their Side of the Situation. Special to the Daily Democrat, Decatur, Ind.: Upland, Ind., July 3.—At the meeting of the board of trustees here the vote on the proposition to remove Taylor university to Muncie, said “No” to the Muncie Institution that is struggling so hard for life, and has been for three years past. Like the snake that charms the toad, she was waiting to swallow up Taylor university. Muncie seemed to feel assured that she had Taylor university thor- • oughly charmed, and that when the r board of trustees met, she would take the Upland college in, at one gulp. But the charm was broken; candor and reason held sway, and Muncie is still hungry for something; or somebody from somewhere, to come in and build her up a school, after she, herself, has made three unsuccessful attempts. Reports have it that one of the leading men in the Muncie school proposition, or more properly, the , proposition of the Indiana Normal, more commonly known as the defunct Indiana Normal, and one among those who has worked the very hardest to make it a success remarljed, the other day, that this Muncie institution, which was to be made such a wonderful institution, providing Taylor university could be made a sacrifice for its life, that the Muncie institution sunk them $15,000.00 last year. In the face of the knowledge of this fact, the Muncie Star has the brass to compare the possibilities of the Muncie institution with Taylor university for the coming year. Taylor university is ahead, as is believed, this year, financially ,if her trustees shall be able to get a correct accounting for the funds received by her. What debt there is on Tayor at the presnt, will vanish as the mists before the morning sun, in a very short time, now that the conditions have changed so that the people are more generally satisfied with the same. The Star’s statement that President Winchester will take the faculty and student body of the old institution, at Upland, with him to Muncie, is visionary and without foundation. It is true that there is a certain element of the faculty that will go, some of which, will cause no sorrow by the management and the people. Taylor university will be ready to begin her work according to scehdule Sept. 11th, 1907. A good, strong, high-grade faculty, the pleasant surroundings of old Taylor will be ready to receive the many who students who are yearning to return, and the many new ones who are looking this way. Taylor will continue her course along the lines of the old path. She is not an experiment, she has stood the storm for many years and continued to grow. The citizens of Upland, the surrounding towns, and Grant county in general, are now more interested in her than ever before. In fact, they are proud of her, and of the reputation that she has built up for herself, and so steadily maintains, wherever she is known. It is little wonder that Muncie has an ambition to take over Taylor university for its very own. Any one desiring information concerning the school may get it and a catalogue free, by addressing Mr. T. J. Deere, Vice-Pres. Board of Trustees, or O. L. Stout, M. D., Asst. Sec. of the Board, at Upland, Ind. o — MARRIED WOMAN COMPLAINS. Says Her Husband Has a Sweetheart at Fort Wayne. A married lady of the city, who was at the interurban depot last night awaiting the return of her husband, was sadly disappointed for he forgot to return on the car that he was supposed to. The man went on a business trip to Ft. Wayne and from her statement he should have been home on the S o’croCk car. but she stated that he was in the habit of making love to another Woman, while gone on his trips, while she must console herself by patiently awaiting his return and stand his cruel treatment after he comes home. To hear her story it could not help but throw all the smppathy her way and if this man does as she accuses, a little tar and feathers would certainly be a good treatment to administer to him. — 1 -o — - CURED OF LUNG TROUBLE. “It is now eleven years since I had a narrow escape from consumption,” writes C. O. Floyd, a leading business man of Kershaw, S. C. “I had run down in weight to 135 pounds, and coughing was constant, both by day and by night. Finally I began taking Dr. King’s New Discovery, and continued this for about six months, when my cough and lung trouble were entirely gone and I was restored to my normal weight, 170 pounds.” Thousands of persons are healed every year. Guaranteed at Blackburn drug store. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle antee at Blackburn drug store. Price 50C.

r helps one in various ways 5 Opportunity for Farmers and Business , Men—The Great Northern August 27-30. Many people all over Adams county are looking with pleasurable anticipation. to the fair and are making 5 elaborate preparations for entering ) their prize products as exhibits, hop--1 ing that they may be lucky wint ner. The farmers’ wives are experi--3 mentlng with their butter, and many 3 a chicken is undergoing the neces--5 sary course of training that will help . towards making it one of the prize j fowls. The fair affords the one opportun:3 ty of the year for the farmers to 3 meet and discuss those affairs which are of vital interest to them. There r are many people who have friends 5 living across the county from them . and fair time is the only time in the I year when they have a chance to . meet and visit. Nothing is more eiijoyable to the • farmer and his family than to gather I on the fair grounds with his friends > and beneath the shade of some hospitable tree to open the sumptuous . basket of lunch, which cannot be • surpassed by the daintiest menu of . the city case. There are many ways in which a . community may be benefitted by a good county or district fair. It is beneficial in town or city, not only for the increased trade, but for the advertising and 'added prestige It brings. A town that can afford a successful fair is regarded as enterprising and up-to-date. It is looked upon as a wide awake place where bargains niay be looked for. But the greatest direct benefit, perhaps, is the increased interest a fair stimulates in agricultural pursuits. The desire to excel is ever present, and the prizes offered for the best exhibits are an incentive to increased endeavor. It is considered an honor to have something worthy to be exhibited at the fair, and a matter of great rejoicing to be declared the winner. Since only the best can compete successfully, an effort is made to produce the best. This brings a desire for the best breeds of live stock and the best methods of handling them; also a desire for the best varieties of grains, fruits and vegetables and the best methods of cultivation that their possibilities may be fully developed. This striving for the best results in 1 progress. Don’t forget the Northern at Decatur, August 27-30. o IRA BEARD THE DEFENDANT Was Fined Five Dollars by Squire Veley—A Marriage License—the Board of Review Work. A marriage license was issued to Harvey O. Urick, aged twenty-four, and Harriet L. Bovine, aged seventeen, both of Monroe township. Ira Beard has appealed a case in which he was fined five dollars and costs before Squire I. N. Veley, of Wabash township, for trespass, to the circuit court. The complaint was filed upon affidavit of Charles Reicheldiffer, who says that on June 3, said Beard was about to enter upon Reicheldiffer’s farm, and was ordered off by Mrs. Reicheldiffer, but he persisted unlawfully. The costs are, about $25 already. Beard gave bond for SSO. Hunters’ licenses were issued to William Yeakle, of Geneva, Amos Steiner ' and Reuben Sprunger, of Berne. o . THE SMITH-CHARLES NUPTIALS Parties Wed at Elkhart —Well Known Here. Tuesday evening at 8:30 occurred a pretty home wedding, when Miss Verna Charles and Mr. W. O. Smith were united in the holy bonds, the ring ceremony being performed by Rev. Rice, and was quite impressive. The house was nicely decorated with cut roses and ferns. The bride was attended by Miss TeFrona Crist, of Decatur, while the groom’s best man was Mr. C. W. Smith, a brother of the groom. The bride wore a pretty gown of white silk. The happy couple were the recipients of many beautiful presents. z Their many friends join with wishing them an abundance of success. They will be at home on 211 Marion street, after July 10th. —Elkhart Truth. "■ ■ o I — Wise Counsel From the South “I want to give some valuable advice to those who suffer with lame back and kidney trouble,” says J. R. Blankenship, of Beck, Tenn. “I have proved to an absolute certainty that Electric Bitters will positively cure this distressing condition. The first bottle gave me great relief and after taking a few more bottles, I was completely cured; so completely that it becomes a pleasure to reconunend this great remedy.” Sold under guar-

3 FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATED s Every Decatur Fan Wore a Smile That Wouldn't Come Off—Both Victories W«r e Decisive. Oh, the joy of it We walloped ’em i- twice in one day. The morning battle J was fought at Bluffton, where “we 5 came and say and conquered,” by »■ the decisive score of seven to two. - At last 1,000 people witnessed the • game and half that number heard < the telephone report by plays as re- - crlvcd at this office, and cheered them- ) selves hoarse as the scores and two - baggers followed each other in quick succession. Neither side scored until - the first half of the fourth, when Lin- > derbcck was hit by a pitched ball, i was sacrificed to second by Burns and ? scored cn Weber’s two base hit, the > latter scoring on Way’s two baser. 1 In their half of the same inning Bluff--5 ton got one tally on a hit by Pfefferle > and Vogle and an error by Witham. In the fifth Decatur cinched the game s by securing three runs. Nash was up ’ first and got a clean two base hit, > Behringer fanned, Linderbeck hit for • three bases, scoring Nash, then Burns 1 walked and stole second, Weber went ! out, shortstop to first and Pierce got -a good single bringing home Lindy and Burns. . In the last of the fifth ■ Bluffton got her last run; Zanglein ■ going to first on Winger’s error on a 1 bunt and scoring oh a three base hit by Laßue. Nether side scored ! after that until the ninth, when just to show them we could, we took two • more. Nash went to first on Zanglien’s error, Behringer was hit by the ball, Linderbeck hit to the short1 stop, forcing Nash at third. Big 1 Biddy Burns then handed out one of his famous two base hits, scoring “Berry.” Weber hit to the third base--1 man, who threy to first and Linderbeck scored. Oscar Way, of Ossian pitched both games, by request, and the big fellow never worked better, allowing but ten' hits in both games and his magnificent hitting adding much to the team’s strength. He has the goods and certainly proved it to his Wells county friends. “Os” we’re for you. ! The score: D®catur. 1 I . AB R H PO A E Nash, rs 5 1 2 1 0 0 Behringer, ss.. 4 1 0 3 O' ; 0 Linderbeck, cf. 4 3 11 0 0 Burns, If 31 1 4 0 0 Weber, lb .... 5 11 13 0 0 Pierce, 2b .... 4 0 . 0 1 0 Way, p 3 0 2 0 1 0' Witham, 3b .. 4 0 0 0 6 2 Wingr, c 4 0 0 5 2 1 Totals 36 7 9 27 11 3 Bluffton. AB R H PO A E Thomas, rs .. 4 0 0 1 0 0 Eichler, 2b .... 4 1 0 2 1 0 Gillis, If 2 0 0 3 0 0 Laßue, 3b .... 3 0 2 1 2 0 Boyd, If-p .... 4 0 0 0 1 0 Pfefferle, lb .. 4 11 11 11 Vogel, c 4 0 0 8 0 0 Zaenglein, ss .. 4 0 11 5 2 Hull, p 2 0 1 0 0 0 Whalen, cf ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 ♦Smith Z1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 2 5 27 10 3 ♦Battd for Whalen in ninth. Score by innings— Decatur 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2—7 Bluffton 0 0011000 o—2 Hits by innings— Decatur 00024001 I—B1 —8 Bluffton 0 2011010 o—s SummaryThree base hits —Linderbeck, LaRue. Two base hits —Nash, Weber, Burns. Sacrifice hits —Way, Burns, Stolen bases —Nash, Zaenglein. Bases on balls—Off Way, 3; off Hull, 2. Hit by pitched ball —By Boyd, 1; by Hdll, 2; by Way, 2. Wild pitch—Way. Time, 1:25. Attendance —1,200. Umpire—Gorman. Both teams arrived on the noon train, the Bluffton aggregation being accompanied by a crowd of rooters numbering three hundred. The local fans met the Decatur team with an automobile and the Guy Stock company’s band and the return trip up street was witnessed by hundreds of fans and the team was greeted in an enthusiastic manner over their morning victory. The crowd commenced to assemble at the park as early as one o’clock and at three the grand stand was packed and standing room was selling at a premium and by the time the game was called fully two thousand people were packed and jammd into the park all fighting in a good naturea way for the best avail, able position. The game was called at three thirty o’clock with Way, the pride of Ossian, doing slab duty for the locals and Smith, an imported 1 man, doing the stunt of hurling them over for Bluffton. The visitors start- i ed in with a rush and before the side : could be retired they had pushed j Eiehler over the rubber for the first ; blood. There was nothing more do- i ing in the entire game for Bluffton, i as Way tightened up and his delivery 1 was practically unsolvable and when i hits meant runs they were not forthcoming and the batsmen generally

1 popped a fly ball in the air and was an easy out. However, the one run looked good, to the faithful fans from i Bluffton, and they gave vent to their good feelings by lustily cheering their team and kidding the local fans in a good natured way. Their joy however was short lived for in the second inning the locals got busy and after Burns had gone out on a fly, Weber and Pierce hit. safely and it was Os- *’ car Ways time up. The first pitched ball was a strike the next one a ball and the third one would undoubtedly have been a strike but Way met it before it hit the catcher’s mit and with a mighty swat sent the ball on a dizzy flight over the left field fence one of the longest home runs ever nit f , on the local grounds, driving Weber and Pierce ahead of Mm. This awful swat took all the ginger out of the Bluffton team and also the fans and from that time until the finish it was easy picking. It may be truly, said that Smith, their imported pitcher, received a swell introduction to independent base ball, and will hardly want to meet the locals again for some time. Just to make the game good and secure the boys started in savagely in the sixth inning and the way in which they punched the ball and scored runs was a fright and after three runs had been scored and ’ it looked like many more were to follow, Smith, the pitcher, was sent to center field and the mighty Louis Boyd substituted. Just to show Louis that he was well liked, Behringer walked, filling the bases and Linder--beck singled to right center, scoring two men and thus put the game on ice. One more run was scored in the r V seventh off of Boyd by timely hitting and so far as the result of 1 the game was concerned it was all over and in the eighth the crowd commenced to leave the grounds. Bluffton made a bid for a rim in the ninth after two I* men were out; Reeves beating out a bunt and Smith hitting to right field, but in attempting to go to third, Reeves was caught a city block and it was over but the yelling. The local team clearly outclassed our old rivals and they never had a look in after the first Inning, and proved to be soft picking. Bluffton is still a drawing card as was fully demonstrated by the vast throng that congregated at the park and the respective managers would do well to get together in the near future for another series. The score: Decatur. AB R H PO A E Nash, rs ..4 11 2,1 o'* Behringer, ss..'3 0 0 0 2 1 Linderbeck, cf. 5 0 1 4 0 0 Burns, If 4 11 6 0 0 Weber, 1b.... 4 2 3 6’l 1 Pierce, 2b .... 3 3 3 4 0 Way, p 4 2 3 0 3 0 Witham, 3b .. 4 0 0 4 1 0 Winger, c .... 4 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 35 9 12 27 9 2 A Bluffton. Thomas, rs .. 3 (L 0 1 0,0 Eichler, 2b ... 3 1 0- 1 3 0 Laßue, 3b .... 3 0 11 2 0 Boyd, cf-p .... 4 0 0 11 0 Pfefferle, lb .. 4 0 0 9 1 0 1 Vogel, c 4 0 1 4 0 0 Zaenglein, ss.. 3 0 11 3 0 Reeves, 1f....3 0 1 6 0 0 Smith, p-rs ... 4 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 31 1 5 24 10 1 , Score by innings— Bluffton ..1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—l Decatur 0 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 x— 9 Stolen bases—Behringer, Way, Eichler, Laßue. Sacrifice hits—Pierce, Reeves. Two base Mts —Weber, Pierce, Burns, Way. Home run—Way. Base on balls—Off Way, 4; off Smith, 2; off Boyd, 1. Struck out —By Way, 1; by Smith, 2. Left on bases —Decatur 6; Bluffton 7. Double plays—Pfefferle to Laßue to Vogel; Pierce (unassisted). Wild pitch—Boyd. Time of game, 1:40. Umpire—France. Q. — ... The state board of tax commissioners began is second session Monday beginning at 9 a. m. At this session, the board will hear appeals from the original assessments made at the first session. The most of these appeals come from railroad corporations, as he board this year increased the railroad assessment about $8,000,000 over 1906. The third session of the board will be held for the purpose of hearing appeals from county boards of reviw. The new hotel will be under roof by Christmas if the expectations of secretary Curdes, of he Ft. Wayne hotel company, are realized. The officers of the company recently made an inspection of the building of the General Electric works’ company on Holman street, and Were highly pleased with its construction. It is highly probable that the same material, con- ’r Crete and steel rods, will be used the construction of the new hotel. This will assist in rushing the erection of the new building with greater speed than with any other material. It is x also considered that the concrete and steel rods will prove mo -j dssirable material than any other. The soliciting committee is keeping busy w these days and it is hoped that by tonight the committee will be able to announce that they have secured, enough subscriptions to bring the to* al to- $200.000.-r-Journai-Gazette.