Decatur Democrat, Volume 52, Number 34, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1909 — Page 5

all present H Tfinfithftn TiinHnv I Music. . • •* :■ I T e man ■ MUSIC. • H Ttn wtott) ntn SDGtschcs not to exceed lave minute, la length. I Xuon ot omeere. I "Sin PlM ' 0< h ° Mn * i H A*™™™ l *- , I _ " ' >nr , I said name the selection. “The' Great ■ ' mi.' TSV?d Wuiiii’ 1 ■ flavAifa In fhriUr ShinrifiV iflflllA ■ vHO Jy*C*j6SulC IOT ot-VtvaUl nvCho aUu I rAmmAntfl nnon his offlcieAcV a I diration points to the tact’that his I jwwmrtrMiHfrm will Ha VMWTWM- ■ iaXOSV CvIUpUBIvIUII W y r r I ular on the market and he will nnI doubtedly reap a neat rewan! for his I effort*: ■ 8 ' " <>-—•— —.-■ I The clerk* and proprietors of the I various stores In Decatur wIH follow I their tonal custom ‘of seeing the I Great Northern Indiana fair wt least I on two days this week, while a numI rest of the day. The Dally Demo- ■ Tfr j! whllft th A Tfbnrihwlfatt ■ hours, reopening at 4:30: Niblick ft Company, Kuebler ft Molta, M. WilSFrun fSS I stood . that the clothing houses and I al 4; ‘ I 'ada . ~ Ix. u jU| Lwi I’' ’ -w »■>» • |’-y ’’l •'■ f, WF lout other ooncehih . In Deeaturwin arrange in some way that employes may see the W fair and enjoy at least a half holiday' or more. During the afternoon of theWdays,, the crowds are all at 'the grounds and I there Is but little use of any store remaining open. Further announcement will probably be made tomorrow. ? ’ v .< ; . , , .0" ' I *' "■** Decatur Shamrocks in a well played game, defeated the Geneva ninh veaterdav at the latter place. Th. .OOT, ™ d.bt to ta. Bta«Umr (or th. local, Hitched a good game, and wa ß given good opport. Airs. Ps» «• oaugaman aim bom ajtjsjwa tag °Mrs. J. Baughman their buying. The following letters remain un- ‘ claimed at the Decatur postoffice: I >• ' ’ An/Uftaftn Mlm niftVA. I Mrs, Marina Anaerson, jmlivb viiu a i Dk, Lorena,'urs Bmma Hiller, Joe- * < ****** B P<MOUta» • 'I ThrofcA : leaving Friday evening for I

I morning, she sat on the piatii‘oi hbr ’ 4-4- IIHIa hnma aawincr ft hnttnn I I on her husband’s coat The husbWd •< himself appeared and she said, fretfully, “It’s a perfect shame the care- ' less way the tailor sewed this button < on. This is the fifth time I’ve had to 1 sew it on again for you.”-Everybody’s ] ■ Magasine. 1 ‘ . It seems the article announcing* the 1 marriage of Miss Edith Cook and Mr. - John Singleton was a complete sur- < prise to thise parties, as they did not 1 think any ode knew of their wedding; They went to Marion and after a day , b r ‘* w -**tTr***J?:' that his wedding had been announced, , so he sent word for his bride to come j home. We are in receipt of a 'bunch of handsome souvenir postals from' opr ; old friend Dick Townsend, now con- , ducting the National Hotel at Peoria, , 111. The cards show many views from | 4 that city including the National, var{ious dub rooms, the Y. M.C.A., the Shribers Temple, depots, parks, weather bureau 8 station etc., and are ( appreciated. i . t Dandy Corral and Ad F., the -two , I stallions owned by Joel Whitacre and , , Ad. Fetters, which started for the first time this season at the Kenton, Ohio, fair, wID be taken to" Decatur this week and the former will be entered in the 2:15 pace Friday afternoon. The Fetters colt, will start . J Thursday hi the 2:25 price. Whitacre’s : ] horse lowered its tecord Friday from IhlW to 2:14% tn the first heat of , the race In which it started but broke ta the next heat finishing the race 1 in fourth place.—Portland Dally Sun. 1 Mary Roberts Rinehart’s name is one to conjure with among people who like lively, entertaining fiction. > Her books, "The Circular Staircase'’ and “The Man ta Lower Ten,’> have had an enormous sale, and as her : publishers are clamoring for new novels, she finds Ilttie time for writing > short stories. A characteristic tale t by her Witt be found ta the Septem- ’ It is entitled “What Happened to mher,” and contains' ' all the humor and chasm which have made her large works so popular. 1 Mrs. Elisabeth Stanley, of Decatar, was an arrival ta the city this morning to take the place made vacant by the resignation in the Waring Glove factory by one of the ladles who was an expert hemmer. Mrs. Stanley will The forelady of the ptant in this city when nailed by phone would not give the name of the lady who has resigned or any other Information In regard . 4o tiie matter, but from the manner., • In which she giggled while talking, it is -suspected that a wedding Is a prob- ‘ ability-Huntington Democrat ? " ' "<-M— ' . 'O'"'." ■! ■ * Bottled beer is to take the place of trading stamps among Gary business men, Who have adopted a novel , scheme to keep the wet tratle at home. , According to a dispatch from that dty after a customer has bought a bill of goods the, storekeeper says:,,. “Will you have a nice told bottle of beer?” The invariable answer is, T . Wt care if 1 do.” This premium has ’ made a hit with steet.talH employes, who, since the “Hd’- was put on, have ' been cashing their pay checks .ta. South Chicago and other nearby wet elites, ta face of the business (tension caused by the saloon ouster sev- ‘ era! Gary merchants have coined monfey through the new iflan. , J

*. r;.* i~ Fr i-- 6 : 1 Superb racing events : have been arranged 'for every day of the .great Fort Wayne fair, which will be held Sept 14-18. The merchants’ stake race, the 8:15 trot, for |l,ooo, is the feature of the opening day. It will have nineteen 'untried The three-year-old pacing stake will have twenty entries. There VIH be also a race tor local horses Sad is ta each of the [other days a running event The Brewing <Jbi stake the W [pace tor il.OOfr willbe the feature kjUd- i wfllTiil'ra tIMDtJ ■ *O& y •aig I txir ©© on. vi*i©B, ,tn© v*»*ro usy iv Ml be two great ttattassMhe ,8:M F on© c® ;inv gjv®BvW®v wa". lis the' stttolndian*, and the Stites Hotel Staka.The 8:84 trot • • *#Si. dJlClwt w ihj'nh AntvtdMl for |l,vvv wiin mirvywirw raurcoi 1 u©<© ?Wlal RIBO UT3 VW V Ivhvuiww■ tasw. the fourth day, " Friday. They will Sewing Co. stake', the 8:84 pace for 11,000. The latter has twenty-sit entries. There will be four races on each of the first four days. Saturday, the dosing day, will be Derby day, when a card Os running evtats

k ,fr 1-■■ il. .Si ;] &na Mrs. rTauK Forier. ana paDy < Harold of arrived ta the 1 city today for a visit with the for- .1 mer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John I Pwtar. I Curley Ellis will handle the Official < score cards at the fair grounds this 1 week, giving the progranr for the races ’ each day. If you want to keep posted j buy a card., :.' k ' t' All the people cannot viffit the Ohio agriculture experiment station at 1 Wooster, hence the station will’make ' an exhibit at the ]tan Weft county fair, Sept 7-10. Don’t miss seeing it. r Cal Robison, Who was 1 so badly ta- ] jured in a fall from the gas tank west of the city,., is recovering and will , soon be able to move about some, although it will be some time before . he will be entirely recovered. A report from the bedside of Irvin : Carter, the weU knowri citizen of, : Pleasant Mills, who has been sick for some time, is to the effect that he is ; no better. His condition is vejry ser< iota and there” seems but little hope of improvement. Miss Ethel Longstfrdfth, of Fort Wayne, has arrived ta the city to remain for S few days as the guest of Miss Gypsy DorWta. Miss Langaworth is a nurse' from the Fort Wayne Lutheran hospital and is en-l joying a vacation from duties. | Ligonier may adopt the park system of lighting streets now ta use at Mishawaka. The estimated cost is |4,000. 1 Cavta street, Ligonier, bi to be paved. ' A third public fountain 1s being erect- ‘ ed and about four miles of cement sidewalk will soon be tompleYed. | Albert Kraft, 47 years of whose neck wa/ broken four or five weeks ago in » fall from aJsheerry w dead a/ his home nMr Lynn. Death iri remarkable\WaHH»tt was able to survive so long; adSgSfe fearful injtahjt of the: Episcopal chtfrcn, been elect- j od president op thri Wawasee Protective association, with F. of. Fort Wayne, as vice president, and Ail C; Waters, Haines Egbert tff Goshen; and Hori. Ct E. CoWgfil ot WpttM*/ directors. ' : ' ' I • Congressman John K & .Adair left Thursday night, to join his family nt. Bay View, Michigan, for a week’s vacation. He expects to return home the last of next week or ta time to address the old settiers of Jay, Wells afkd Blackford counties at Pennville oh Sunday, August 29tti. , | ftiss Frederica Heuer nf R. R. went to Fort Wayne, where she will join Mrs. Henry Broertermrtl will thep ; proceed to Chicago, Were, they will make an extended visit at that place. Mrs. Broester’s husband is pastor of ■One of the large Lutheran, churches there. Miss. Heuer wi'l also go tol Milwaukee for a short Visit and will i theft return home. ’ - | The Bluffton, Geneva A 'Celina force is busy today making the excavation preparatory to connecting withthe.MB. ft E. lines at he corner of Mata and Washington street*. Thd construction gang expects to have the rails laid out of this city two or three miles by the end of the week. The graders hre getting along well and will be able to get the grade complet? ed as far aft Linn Grove within a few , weeks.—Bluttton Banner. p j

■ ' Mr. and Mrs. John W. Smith, Mr , and Mrs. Lew 'Smith, Mr. and Mrs Wlll|am Kaltwasserand MT. and Mrs Harry Graddick of Muncie, went tc Decatur yesterday in Mr. Ssatth’B ri? and attended the wedding of Mis’ Bessie Butler and William Evans. The ceremony was performed at high noon St the Butler home Slit was witnessed by some 185 guests. Owing to the large crowd the service was held to *• NthHi. -■ - The wedding of Miss Dessle .Hutter to Mr. Will D. Evans Sunday was Attended by 150 guests and was a happy event Amoegthoee present were Mr. and Mrs. Mont Jfcaps. DeLorm, Ind.; Mr. ana Mrs. and* family, of Berne; Mr. and Mrs. Httry Grattick and daughter Ruth# Mtmete;Mr, and Mfo. John ,Bmsh, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Smith and darter, Mr. and Mrs. Will Kallwallser and daughter of Blugfon; Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Valentine of Preble. The bride received many valuable The big dinner served at three long tables with the dining room in pink and white *wd carnations and fall roses,

■ ’ I fStonilng to the Methodists where the 1 the ot]ier. eerlouely Meet, Wo net- I large number of people in town this 1 week and as the reeiflt two tent shows I have goaded toward the plgre. Milton ' Brock, the manager of the theater Itt < Warren, secured a repertoire campanjr < to comb to town this week and pht bft 8 ] [a series of plays beneath l a canvas. I He closed his theater tn favor of this 1 company but was rewarded by the 1 shpw company contracting for all hiri < bill board space. The show manager 1 then secured the vacant lot where the I] 1 tent shows are usually given and ' one expected that the show business 1 for the Week had been fixed.. Close 1 upon the heels of all these arrange- 1 ments tome another company that 1 knocked at of the town. Mr. ] Brock could not accommodate the ] second company because he had con- t tracted ail his board space with the first This did not discourage the jwily manager of show No. 2. He im- 1 mediately began building his own bill 1 boarfts' and putting up his own pos-. 1 ters. Os course this opposition tall the bill board business dld .not make Mr. Brock feel Jlke doing anything 1 for the new company so the new man- 1 'ager. was 1 left to secure bls own lot , for his tent The so-called show No. ■ 2 is the Guy Stock, company, which ■ showed to record breaking crowds ; ta Decatur last week. The Warren ‘opera house manager tried to keep the Guy Stock company from pitching I their tents there, but Charles 1 W.’ Mer-1 cer soon demonstrated that he was pot'so easily beaten. He placed >I,OOO in a business place and offered to wager that much that he would show every night this week. I . . -O ' I The loyalty and fidelity of Damon to Pythias, as told in the old legend, was better exemplified than in the attitude which Bert Bertaluccl displayed ta the city court this morning toward two friends apd companions. He preferred a Jail sentence of 'eleven days to freedom apart from hls friends and accepted the sentencri of the court without a murmur. Captald Touisaant, of the Erie detective force and Deputy Chief -of Police Payne, Sunday* evening arrested George Bolinger and Frank Prichey, .who wete charged with riding trains Ipn, the Erie. Both were lodged In jail They eaektoo» «-»torys4>f how they had traveled from Mansfield, 0., and were enroute to Chicago, where they* said they were promised jobs. | just about ttase- for the city court tol convene this , morning Bertolucci appeared. < His advent was heralded /by the two prisoners and.it turned out ■that the -officers had Overlooked him when the arre*t> of Bolinger and .Prichey; was made, and that he had voluntarily Crtae to . the police station ’to- Share, -whatever fate meted out to. them. ATI were nten above the average to appearance, weU dressed and posseessed of manners I entirely foreign ,to the average'trath ijder and hobo. Judge Anderson fined i ot them >1 and costs, and,. they will board at the expense of Huntington county for eleven days, when they will probably board Erie train and continue their journey to Chicago. —Huntington- DemocratI .r ...» ■ ■ <0 ! c — ♦ The remains of Mrs. Rosanna BuhUer, arrived over the Clover Leaf Tuesday, accompanied by a funeral party including Samuel and Emanuel Buhler, two of her sons, and their families and other friends. The pioneer lady who spent the greater part of her seventy-six years of life to this city, died the home of her son Emanuel *L Mariota Indiana, yesterday morning at 11:30. The funeral service* were held yesterday, Wednesday afternoon, at two o’clock from .the home of hm' son, Jacob Buhler, on ] Jefferson street, the Rev. Imler ot the United Brethren church officiating and interment at Maplewood cemetery. Grandma Buhler, .as she was known here was < woman or many lovable qualities and her acquaintanceship here was large. She is survived by five sons, Jacob and Albert of this city, Samuel and Emanuel of Marion. ,and Chester of Hammond. ——7- o— — —— . '

: —r- ~ :■ 1 Cairo OF THANKS We wish fa this manner to thank ‘ our relatives and mends r *ho Jso ■kindly assisted us during the sickness land death of ear belqved i r father. Mrs -Mary jyeber,. > drum 4 . s< ? . .. > + <’ M y"‘fyp 1 Hl* .. DANGfig W< HkART !r-• . C ~•>* - •■TF”'"frjffay V-• .’ d.mie Coteaehua OW fate fedlctae ■ ■■’ T ffftw ■ JwWM» by : - ■ ‘Tl"***. . Columbus, Ind., Aug. M.—Dorothy, the 7-year-old daughter of Clarence Maley of Clifford, ace g number of • heart tablets, which were intended for her father today, but her life was saved by toe prompt arrival of a phTrtdO. I

£\iFx£ this w'eek. and talked and planned and finally started ter Kalvef’s with the basket of junk. The fruits of the hours of labor was just one little refi 11,-but they , were happy for they had earned it. Then crime the problem of spending it. One voted for candy,.Another said pop chfti, while the third thought that! ptofifttri °Would taste awful good. As they argued this very important point they passed the poor old blind man who has been holding forth op the corner, and ope of the lads suggested that they compromise by givlpg the money to the unfortunate street man. This proposition was instantly agreed upon by the three, and a moment later the penny was resting in the little tin cup. The boys lingered a moment to hear “They hung Jeff Davis to a sour tree,” and then hastened on to make up in play the time they had spent at work. ' ———r —-O— — Leon Kahn came from Decatur for a visit of a few days with relatives anfi frields here and Sunday evening he received a call from 'Sheriff Lw key and Officer Lew Stout, who chartered the Seabold automobile and foufad him at the ‘Jacob Bowen home, and levied upon him for a fine of $1 andxcosts. Several months ago Kahn was arrested ta connection with the purloining of some wood near Murray and was fined |1 and ,?08t8 for trespass and Cal Ditzler stayed the docket for him. He had showed no taclination to pay and When Ditzler was here last from Fort Wayne he .told the Officers that he did not care to remain longer on the bond for Kahn and asked that the latter be taken ta charge When he was taken by the two officers Kahn P aid the flne and costs rather than go to jail. Since Kahn went to Decatur his wife filed suit for divorce. —Bluffton News. —o — A pleasure ride resulted last night for two Hammond young ladies, Leona Reed of 657 Sibley street and Bertha Buhler of 217 Price Place, who were driving with two Indiana Harbor young men when the horse became frightened at a steam roller and ran away. The two young ladles were at the home of Miss Reed’s sister on Columbia avenue when the two young men \ called. They proposed going down town for some ice cream. The four firpve to the Palace of Sweets ta the young men’s buggy, and after securing the ice cream, started home. As they were driving along Hoffman street, the horse, scared at a .steam toller, and started to run. Owing to the fact that there were four, ta s the buggy’s one seat, the driver was unable to contro} the frightened animal. It dashed down Hoffman Streep and swerving collided with a telegraph pole. The occupants of the buggy were thrown, out as a result of the collision, the two gins badly injured rind the buggy smashed to pieces. The horse continued torun and was caught ta East Chicago. Both girls suffered practically the same injuries. Their noses were broken and each received a, number of bad cuts on their faces, Which according to the attending physician, will ’ leave scars. The two young men were uninjured. The girls were taken to; St Margaret’s hospital. —Hammond"..Nfews (Saturday.) Miss Buhler is a daughter of Chester Buhler, formerly of this city, and a granddaughter of Mts. Rosanna Buhler,who died at Marion yesterday, . . ———,—— —o —————— , Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cobine, of Portland, Oregon, are in the city visiting With Mr. and Mrs. Wash Gilpen. Jp*l Cobine was formerly Miss Anna Ourrey of Blue Creek township, and has a.large number of friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Cobine moved to Portland twenty-four years ago and since that time have never visited In Decatur. Mr. Cobine is a talented musician andsince his departure fromhere has been very successful. . , . . OrHARRIMAN 1N FINE SPIRITS ‘Railroad Magnate Better Than at Any Time on Voyage. New York, Aug. 23—(By wireless from 8. S. Kaiser William H)—E. H.' Harriman, railroad magnate, 4tas In fine eplrlts today and appeared milch better thrift rit any tttne ofl “M» voyage •btom the Atlantic. Owing to tie heavjtfog, which has beeft detwe the entire trip, Mn Hamman, has been compelled to remain in Ms cabin, but ffiF&dt air seems to hive been -a stW factor to his recuperation, toIdfoatioft* drer. ibat the steamer wIU b<late in anhftg Tuesday on account Miss Ida Brueggennann, of Kendall 1 vfile, win travel tiffiea to wed Martin J. Frosch, a yeuftg Imtireran misrion**’ who is at work ta Brasil, South America. Mbs Brueggemann 'wifi sail early in September to join her affianced. _- r . r __ _

by . ' leftritodlas tOfe J 'proposed tutato'dr-'; the concert, reportS fitonr other cities shew that an. effort is bping made toswecare the taetory MH •bith/TiSf iST The foliotWhg ateMtoWs Jtonrai- « .«.i Gazette here:Lateij fteveioptaente Ift the sition to bring ; the Coppock Motor Truck' ieompauv Jo this city from Decatur the fact that it is now a tocq ' between Fort Wayne and Halawazob, With the former a trifle ta the Jsad. Unofficially it was stated yesterday Uy a man who was recently connected ; with the company, that owing” to the excellent facilities there Were he re for snipping the company wouw: if changed at all, move the plant |o Fort Wayne instead of Kalamazqov The auto trucks manufactured by this company are in heavy demand, but' the company was not financially '/ able to carry on the business at Decatur | with much profit Decatur dtizens been risked to donate liberally; jthe factory there and Fort Wayne, it is said, will have to come across with $150,000 the same as Krilamazoo. i ;—— Goshen, Ind., Aug. 23.—When tire furiefril cortege of Charles Crary reached Oak Ridge cemetery it was met py C. B. Stiver, an undertaker, his lawyers and the police, who stopped it rind prevented the casket from being lowered into the prepared grave ‘ on tbe contention that Crary, Six years ago, had entered into a written con- , tract with Stiver to take charge of his funeral, and have his body rcemated in Chicago. Snlce then Crary hadybeen pladrift under guanfian and wbep 5 he succumbed to sunstroke at Dallas, Texas, his guardian, D. M. Bechtel of Goshaa, engaged the SmithClark companyofGoshen to conduct the burial. Crary’s uncle, Wesley Crary, who is the omy heir to tire SIO,OOO estate oi the deceased, refused to recognize the contract, but when the funeral 'procession reached the btirial- ground officers refused to per- , mit interment and the body was placed in the receiving vault until the courts determine the validity of the contract Wesley Crary, as sole heir . ; of the deceased, contends Crary, was 1 not responsible when the contrac,. 1 wtto ejeputed,. v.. ■ -7-... . A telephone jnessage from Fort r Wkyne Tuesday p. m. to William and 1 Robert Blackburn, conveyed the sad i news that thefir’ sister, Mrs. Frances 1 Glenn, had died very suddenly »t her heyne at-31b west DeWald street in , that city ; Monday night. She was : well known here, having been reared in, this county. During last winter she suffered several months from a com- , 'plication of- diseases, but had rwtol-*. ered and recently had been, in ! health. The, relatives here were not expecting news of her death and the message was She, Was pre-' ■ paring to go to California wfaerb she expected to spend the winter with relatives:’ She was fifty-eight years old and is survived by a number Of' ' 1 relatives and friends. The funeral 1 services win be held Thursday after- , noon at two o’clock from tie‘Third 1 Presbyterian church at Fort Wayne and the relatives from this city ..will . ■■ attend. ■ < ■ ' . . . / , — ■ -o : ADMIRAL SPERRY TO RETIRE Head of Atlantic Fleet Leaves Long Service Sept. A Washington, Aug, 23—Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry, who took the Atlantic 1 battleship fleet on its cruise from San Francisco to the Philippines and ■ through the Suez Canal to Hampton ; Rbads, win be pl«ed on the retired fist Sept 3. He then will be 62 years pld. - i first navy Lets Contract for Hydrographic Ship ‘ r,i For Coriit Survey Purposes. a Montreal, Aug. 23.—The department Qf sud fisheries has |et a contraet to. Clarence L De Sola of Montreal Ibr’ what is sectored to be tire itiiilt vessel of Canada’s new navy; The ‘ vtoriel W to be a hydrographic atom for «oa»t> survey purposes. Itwlß be of construction and ,273 fpet long and will , carry two cutters and two gaisoHne toundira 53 # o M.; Hensley came home this meroteg: from Rome City where be,bas H* broufilrt with him a. deed for tbe lot where his cottage stands. This is the first deed iteued by Mrs. Wstktas for any « tire old Barber estate aM calls tor a handamemffip of land, giving Mr. Hensley one of the *|pet rahmble properties along Sylvan. Formerly tbe tend could not> purchased, the owners of" being forced to pay a yearly’ rental for the ground. ‘•a-.j. Ill# '