Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 222, Decatur, Adams County, 26 September 1903 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

IHE BIG FAIR IS OVER Greatest Show on Earth Closed Yesterday.

A SUCCESSFUL FAIR Grand Parade an Imposing Sight. The Races Yesterday Were Fast, But Ng Better Than on Thursday. The last day o f the (treat North ern Indiana Fair was ns snccessful as any of its predecessors. The attendance was not as large as on Thursday, but those who were there were as enthusiastic in their praise of its magnitude and excellence as were those on the previous days. The total paid admissions numbered forty thousand, and these with the complimentaries issued to all thox' who had exhibits and stands, besides the members of the associations whc had in charge the fair itself will swell the number of people who attended the 1903 exhibit to forty five thousand This is an enviable record for a fair association whose birth dates back just three years, and whose mem tiers at that time had but little experience with the control and management of such an institution. The association was extremely- fortunate in selecting such a president as George Tricker, who is a tireless worker, a good business man and a person who can manage men and affairs. The association has also been determined to give a fair regardless of expense or dividends and as a result, the third year finds them receiving praise from all corners of the earth. Their reputation is now thoroughly established and the future is a bright one for the Great Northern ma Fair. The benefits to Adams county and the advertisement given it by the fair this week, can not be measured in dollars and cents. It is safe to say that we are Getter known tiian any county in the state, and we have the Great Northern Indiana Fair to thunk for It was a great fair and was a *W'oes*fnl one throughout, and while the association have been to a great expense and had two laid weather fairs to contend with, they will now be able to pay this national debt and start in with a clean slate it is expected that even more buildings will be erected and the grounds beautified, if such a thing is jMissible. The awarding of premiums in the horst- department w as not concluded until yesterday, and while this was the best deartnient on the grounds, yet we are «1 id to note that Adams county tagged several of the premiums. Pry-singer & Company's fine stable took several ribbons and Jesse Butler came in for a total of ten firsts and three seconds. Elmer Johnson and several others were successful and carried away a number of the awards. Thejracing yesterday was a little faster than on Thursday, but no more interesting. In the 2:ls trot Melia Bell won first money, Dortha second. Wayne Chief third, and Missouri Gratton fourth. The Purse was |350 and the best time

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was 2:20 1-4. In the 2:15 pace Billy W. won three straight heats, Col. Strathmore second, May Bell third, Gard 8. fourth. This purse was also |350 and the time was 2:15 1-4. In the half mile running race Gerda won in straight heats with Sonully second. The races closed at about five o’clock and the fair ended. The most beautiful sight of the whole fair was the grand parade of fall premium horses and cattle. The line of march was formed on the race track, coming down in full view of the grand stand. It was an imposing sight, well worth the price of a season ticket and was a whole stock show in itself. There was some most beautiful and valuable animals many of them imported. The fair managers are now in the midst of bills galore, with a view of settling all accounts. This will take several days. CAME HOME. Frank Jackson Meets His Creditors. Tells His Side of the Story and Why He Went West. Frank Jackson the Ossian black smith formerly of this city and who disappeared from home at few days ago is back at bis old stamping ground as may be seen from the following taken from the Ossian News. Roughly taken as a summary, the matter is as follows: Frank has built up a business here from almost nothing. His sturdy lalior and untiring zeal has won him a large trade. But in doing this Frank became somewhat involved and the financial worry told upon his nervous system, amounting to what would be culled nervous pros tration in a man of less robust physical strength. While be was battling for health ho became sleep!css and under the real of fancied loss of a large sum of money, he grew ill. It occurred to him that he must have time to rest, and recuperate. Any one knows that an ill man's judgement is often at fault. The idea to go west to Council Bluffs for a week or two to relieve himself of the strain appealed to Frank forcibly as he had friends there. The thought that he was leaving home without announcing the fact slipped the sick man’s mind. In a few days folding better, Jackson wrote his wife, and when he learned that his creditors had became so uneasy he immediately started for home. Some of the stories current regarding this affair are lies, gotten up by vultures out of whole cloth. The statement that Mrs. Jackson sued for divorce is entirely without foundation and a matter for serious complaint to the [•erson who first started the tale. Frank Jackson is as honest as the day is long. Ho, like many another man, is involved, but if his creditors will give him a chance he will pull through.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1903.

SAW A BURGLAR. Mrs. W. A. Lower Has an Experience. Found Robber in Her Home When She Returned Last Evening. Mrs \\ .A. Lower had an experience with a burglar last evening and her screams are spposed to have frightened the fellow so badly that he won't be able to get his nerve up for some time. Mrs. Lower had been away from home, returning about six o'clock. She lighted a lamp in the front part of the house and then went to the kitchen to begin supper. She tried a door into the summer kitchen expecting to hustle out and get some cooking ntensels that were kept there, when to her surprise the door refused to give to any great extent. She pushed again harder than before and succeeded in getting the door open a very few inches. She glanced out and discovered a man standing there testing his strength against hers. She screamed and fled and the alarm was soon given. A close watch was kept and the police summoned but a search of the house failed to bring forth the bold burglar.be evidently having slipped away in the few seconds that elapsed while the alarm was being given. So far nothing of value has been missed from the house and the fellow had probably not had time to search before he was discovered. He was seen to enter the house by neighbors who supposed he was Mr. Lower or a visitor. He was a tall, well dressed fellow and walked into the house with the appearnee of a man who belonged there. A NEW TIME CARD Sunday Trains to Continue on the G. R. & I. New Train South Each Evening at 7:16. Begins Next Monday. Beginning tomorrow, September 27, a new and important time card goes into effect on the G. R. & 1. railway and from a casual glance this early in the game it liears the ear murks of tx'coming a popular card with Decatur people. Going north No. 7 will leave here at 8 o’clock, a.m., No. 3 at 5:22 p. m , and No. 5 at 1:30 a.m. the only change in this part being No. 5 which has during the summer left at 11:08. No. 7 which leaves at eight o'clock a.m. also cont iunes to run Sundays. Going south a new train No. IB has been added leaving here at 7:51 p. m. except Sundays and carrying liassengers only between Fort Wayne and Portland. The other south bound trains are changed as follows: No. 4 goes at 2:59 a.m., No. 12 at 7:17 a. tn,. No. 2at 1:19 p. nt. and N 0.14 at 7:10 Sundays only. With this card in effect Decatur people can visit cities either north or south and return home the same evening. The Sunday train north and in the evening south, will be continued through the winter.

AGAINST THE REDS. Tom Railing Will Play in Fast Game Wednesday. Tom Raiilng, famous pitcher of the Rosenthals and who has just reurned from Texas league will go to Lima, Ohio, Monday, where he pitches for the Sidney team in an exhibition game again t the Cincinnati Reds of the National league. He gets twenty-five dollars and expenses for the game and will make an effort to show the Reds a man don't have to belong to the big league to know how to pitch foolers. A SMOOTH GRAFT Police Nab a Man Selling Whiskey. Caught at Fair Grounds.—Fined $34.70 by Mayor Coffee This Morning. Marshal Cordua nabbed a smooth grafter at the fair grounds yesterday and quietly hustled him to jail, i The man is Tilden Puckett of Mun- ; cie, Indiana and his way of making j a livlihood is by selling whiskey [ without a license. He carries half : pints and ten cent packages, makes fairs and other places where crowds ' congregate and does a land office business. He worked here successi fully until yesterday and this explains howjicople became intoxicated at the grounds. He even worked the State fair at Indinanpolis successfully. His work here was first suspicioned by special jxiliceman Charles France on Thursday who told the marshal and they watched the fellow closely Friday, securing plenty of evidence before making the arrest. The man was brought before Mayor Coffee this morning, charged with the illegal selling of liquor and fined twenty dollars and cost amounting to $34.70. He is in jail awaiting help from his friends. The government authorities are entitled to a chance at him and may take it. if they do the result may be a terra in prison. QUEER ACCIDENT. A Boy Has a Miraculous Escape. Last Tu •xdu.y evening about half! l>ast 8 o'cl >ck on the pike near Emil 1 Burkhalter's east of town, Menno. | son Mr. and Mrs. John J. Amstutz from southeast of town miraculous I ly escaped serious injury if not j death He was coming from town on his wheel on the wrong side of the road and riding rapidly through the darkness, while the Misses Mar , tha an<l Ida Sprunger were coming in a buggy from the east. Near Burkhalter's neither party noticing the approach of the other, ran squarely into the rig. his wheel be ing virtually picked up by the wheels , of the buggy and he in some mysterious way Ixdng mixed up with the frame work beneath the buggy and carried about three rods. The girls had difficulty in stopping their frightened horse and another wheelman coining along stopped it | for them. Menno kept as quiet as a mouse in his roost under the buggy and the girls thought he had been killed. He and the wheel were finally extricated from the mix-up. The Ixiy was not injured beyond a few scratches, and he only deplored the wreck of his wheel.— Berne Witness.

LANDS 89TB REUNION Eighty-Ninth Will Meet in Decatur Next Vear.

Eighteenth Session is Over. Reunion Here Will be Combined With 160th. This Citv Unanimously Chosen at the Kokomo Meeting Yesterday. The 1904 reunion of the Eightyninth regiment of volunteers will meet in this city. The 1903 closed at Kokomo yesterday 'and as pronounced one of the best ever held. Among the comrades present were several from this city and presented at the proper time the following invitation: To the 89th:— To the most devoted of our country here assembled I would say that you who are yet

A GOOD HAUL Elijah Pease’s Home is Burglarized. Work Believed to Have Been Done by a Woman. Gets $l5O. While Elijah Pease and wife, parents of Mrs. Chris Seabold, were in Decatur yesterday attending the county fair somebody entered their j farm residence, two and one half miles south east of Craigville, brok< open a trunk and escaped with $l5O in money. Os the cash stolen $lO5 belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Pease and |45 of it to Chris Fellers, who makes his home with them. When Mrs. and Mrs. Pease left home in the morning they gave the $lO5 to Mr. Fellers to take care of He says that after they were gone he took the money and placed it with the $45 of his own in he bottom of a trunk in his room. He then went to Craigville was gone probably two or three hours. Upon his return he went to his room and noticed that some of his papers were scattered over the floor. He made an examination and found that the trunk had been broken ojxrn and the money taken. Ho gathered up his papers, locked the trunk again and started out to try and find the robber or robbers. From neighbors he learned that during the time he was absent ao old woman had driven up to the Pease home and had spent some time there. When she finally reappeared on the road she drove toward Craigville. She was alone in a one horse wagon and had some chicken boxes

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I left to remind us of your acts of 5 patriotism and deeds of valor and our anixety to show our appreciation of our sincere citizenship, prompts me in behalf of the citizens of Decatur to extend to you an inI vitation to hold your next reunion in Decatur, guaranteeing vfu who have preserved the constitution of iour country the equality of right I with the best of citizens on earth, while you are with us, and not wishI ing to take no for an answer we are anxiously awaiting the time to welcome you. D. D. COFFEE, Mayor.” The invitation was well received and a vote resulted in the choice of ■ Decatur unanimously for the next j meeting place. It is expected that from 200 to 300 comrades of the old 89th will be present and it is the intention of the G.A.R. post with the help of the citizens of Decatur t<x make the nineteenth meeting of the-' boys the best time of their lives. The time for holding the event was left to the Decatur G. A. R. boys and a movement is already on to make the time concurrent with the I 160th reunion which also comes here, in fact the two reunions will likey be blended into one. Grand old and young vets will join a happy two days session. Decatur welcomes the soldiers in advance and promises the right kind of treatment.

in the wagon bed as though she was buying poultry. Mr. Feller was strongly inclined to believe that she was the robber and followed her. He traced the woman to the vicinity of Craigville and then telephoned to this city to notify Marshal Crosbie of the robbery and has his co-oper-ation. The old woman it is said spent last night at a farm house a mile from Craigville, but she was not arrested or searched for the money.—Bluffton News. PATENTS GRANTED B. W. Sholty Has Necessary Papers. A Typewriter Desk Bound to be Popular.-The Manufacture of Them. Benjamin W. Sholty through his attorneys Munn & Co., of V. . • lington, D. C. has secured a patent on his typewriter cabinet and copy holder. Thi patents were granted separately, being issued September 22 and are numbered 739, 729 and 739, 730 respectfully in the patent office. The same were received this morning and Mr. Sholty is ready for business in the way of having the cabinets manufactured. The desk is one of the most convenient for which a patent was ever granted and is bound to be a winner. It requires but a small space and still contians all the conveniences of a case of much larger dimensions. It. is sure to become popular in largo offices where hundreds of typewrit ers are used as well as in business houses of smaller dimensions, Mr. Sholty already has negotiations started for the manufacture of his desk, why not make it a home industry?