Decatur Democrat, Volume 51, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 27 August 1908 — Page 1

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the second day of the Great Northern Indiana Fair Evidences a Successful Meet many people here Inspectors See That Privilege Standi are Conducted Properly The first day of the Great Northern Indiana fair has gone on record as a fitting introduction to the best fair ever in session in this county or vicnity and the promoters of the enterprise are looking with pride upon the results of their arduous labors. The initial day as at all fairs is characterized by the many preliminaries necessary for the big days and the park yesterday was invaded by hustling. bustling exhibitors, , privilege men and a number of spectator's. As the initial movement for the protection of the exhibitors, a large force of special policemen were on duty yesterday and their number was Increased 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 Dittman and a fellow policeman took the drunken man in charge and bringing him to town, placed him in 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 release this 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, however, that no disturbances will he caused and the big event will progress without the unpleasant features which commonly characterise an event of this nature. The large number of race horses are comfortably quartered in the various stables and we are informed that stable room is inadequate to comfortably accommodate all the racers. A i sensation was caused among the privilege men Monday ■when two state inspectors visited each of the stands and ordered them kept in a sanitary condition, informing ths owners that arrests would follow unless same is observed. Although decidedly against the grain of some of the professional privilege men, they decided to clean up and now the people are at least a little more safe In buying refreshments. The use of coloring in lemonade is strictly prohibited as well ag other practices so well known to some operators of refreshment stands. The fact that -the Inspection was made and the privilege men are ordered to employ cleanliness In the operation of their stands is well worth the commendation of the patrons of the fair as it will protect the health of lemonade fiends, cracker jack cronies and others. The eight o clock Q r. and y. train of this Kiornng conveyed a large number of feople from the southern part of the count/ to Decatur and this, the secend day is a good criterion pointing tn a howling success. With weath-r c-'i’ti tions decidedly favorable and a vast crowd at the park, the seeded tiay > nearing its close, and If. will co down on record as the biggest success of any second day of previous meets. The great Packard band and a large number of Fort people arrive<| ! hls 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 ma ny people who are attending today's doings. As we go to press, the ' ) >g races are on and are very exciting, the horses being evenly matched, h is assured that many thousand peoPle will attend tomorrow. —■ ' ■ Hawkins missed his train. Hon. N. B. Hawkins, of Portland, Replblican candidate for congress in *his district, who was to speak at the fair grounds today, failed to arrive and telephoned at noon that he had bussed his train.

Foarr wayne is boosting. Think It's Necessary to Keep Up the Neighborhood. Dr. M. F. Myers, secretary of the Great For t 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 F6rt 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 i n 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.

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, Indians, when an aeronaut became sick and Find made the ascension for him, the highest balloon trip, it is said, ever made in Indiarta. 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 fronjJSheriff 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 the negro was/the result of a two days' search. — - — Mr. and Mirs. Joseph Mason, of Jonesboro, Ark., have arrived in the city and will make a several days’ visit here with friends.

Decatur, Indiana. Thursday, Aug. 27 1908,

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 Wednesday occurred the death of Abraham Steudler, a citizen of this count yfor nedriy 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 yesterday. 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, standard time, services at the Zion church at 11:20, Rev. J. H. Klausing 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 English. Interment at the Bleeke cemetery. —o 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. On 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 ptaces. 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 Forty-sec-ond naional encampment, the W. R. C., and other affiliated organizations will be held cn Thursday beginning at 10 o’clock and on Thursday night brilliant pyrotecnical 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 J hard worker and a good fellow. He feels very keenly the recent contro-1 versy and is doing everything in his ; lower to prove it. He says* his signs J here are being torn down as fast as put up and this spirit is certainly wrong.

HAVE GIVEN UP ALL HOPE Last Series Opens at Fort Wayne— i 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 o f three games each with Terre Haute, South Bend, Grand Rapids and Dayton which begin here tomorrow i s concluded. The Champs, will play the last game of the season on the South Bend grounds today and should arrive home some time tonight opening here with the lowly Tots tomorrow afternoon. If the game with South Bend this afternoon is annexed by Hendricks' squad an even break will have been secured on the present road trip which, with the exception of the first road trip of the season when the locals won eight in a row will be the best performance they 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 nowt hopes for iq> to finish in the first division. The way the team is now running 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 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 SALOON 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 and 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 young man and Djecatur people witnessed him hundreds of feet in the air in several flights. He will ride the balloon,, an (J Friday and after this engagement expects to follow' the business. o The public schools will open a week from next Monday and the students are making the most of their vacation at the present time. The school board and teachers are expecting a most prosperous year for their pupils and when the familiar ring of the old school bell is heard the pupils will go to work with a will to make their coming school year a banner one. Many of the teachers have attended the higher colleges at summer school this summer, taking a six weeks’ or more course.

WILL WED SOON ■ I 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 Marie Beery and Mr. Sellemeyer, two jot this city’s most popular young people was cleverly announced Tuesday 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 jporal contest served to entertain the guests iii 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 Beery is one of Decatur’s most popular young ladies 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 i 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 visilting (guests included Mrs. >Bert Bowser, of Fort Wayne, and Miss Naomi Gregg, of Kokomo.

COURT HOUSE NEWS Dates for Opening of Various Schools Artnounced 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 on 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 $2,300; Joseph Rich to Rachel A. Martz pt. outlot 3 at Berne $1,500.

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A CHANCE FOR TOM GALLOGLY He > ( in a Contest for a Big Touring Car. M. B. Westlake, publisher of The Hoosier, announces that his paper will present the mos t popular Democratic connty ch9| rnian 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 doing done by our ow n county chairman, T. M. Galiogly. 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.

WILL REMOVE BANK Headquarters for the First National Bank Established at Brock Tin Shop ON NEXT SATURDAY ; While New Furniture is InI 1 stalled and Other Improvements Made i s Now that the stone front is com- ■ pleted 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 beau1 tiful furniture which will arrive next I 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 °f fl l ® 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 unrecognisable 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 Trial 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 district wa s held in this city today befc re an ecclesiastical court conducted under the provisions of the discipline jf 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 of 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.