Daily Democrat, Volume 3, Number 198, Decatur, Adams County, 31 August 1905 — Page 1

VOLUME 111

RECORD BREAKING CROWDS

Thousands of People Attended the Big Fair Today

BANNER DAY The Crowd Estimated at Twenty Thousand Yesterday’s Races were Fast—Three Decatur Horses in the MoneyTrue Worth Wins Trot. • Long liefore noon today all records for the Great Northern Indi ana fair association were smashed into s-nitheree is, and it is estimated that 20,000 people paid their way into the gates today. The day broke beautifully and when Loch's City band led the way to the fair grounds the crowd began to follow However, all morning the streets were packed. The Grand Rapids morning train brought hundreds of people in. the tickets sold at the various points being reported as follows: Borne. 317; Geneva 121; Monroe 40; Williams 12; Hoagland 50; Fort Wayne 50; Portland 25. The Clover Leaf and Erie also brought in many people and thousands drove rigs coming for twenty-five miles around.|lt was a real fair today an I every one had a happy smile on. The races this afternoon include the 2:20 pace with ten entries, 2:10 trot with five entries and 2:15 pace with seven entries. The program is a gold one and the races one of the best features. Tomorrow is Derbv day, when five big running races are scheduled, and the entries close this evening, and every race will have plenty of starters, as it is said there are already th.rtyfour running horses here and still coming. The judging of stock was resumed this morning and continued until noon and will l»e concluded tomorrow morning. The contests for honors in the hog, cattle and horse departments are interesting and several competitors are Close. The Great Northern is all right, know their business and if you want to attend the best fair in the kingdom, go this afternoon or tomorrow. The races started promptly at two o'clock, with the 2:30 pace, in which ten horses were entered, but only nine faced the starter, Major King l>eing drawn. The field was a good one and at the word "go the horses left the post together, and thus they raced the entire mile, and as they passed under the wire •Jim Wonder. Diamond D., and Mary M, were close that the crowd was compelled to await the decision of the judges to tell the winners, which proved to be Mary M., first; Diamond D, second and Jim Wonder, third Tue firs* heat of the 2:24 trot was then called, the field being composed of four horses, Mnxazo, being drawn on account of a mark he received two weeks ago, making him ineligible. The first beat was (won by True Worth, owned by George Flanders of this city, and the large crowd cheered themselves hoarse, the victory proving a popular one. The second heat of the 2:30 pace result t ed in a victory for Mary M. Ji™ Wonder taking second and Steve Dillard third, the finish between Mary M and Jim Wonder being close. True Worth captured the second heat of the 2:24 ttot nosing

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Lady Pearline Cout of the place. Aurelia Guy taking third. Mary M then captured the third and decide the boat in the 2:30 pace after a hard race with Diamond D, the two horses being only heads apart. Lady Perrllne C upset the talent by coming back in the third heat of the 2:24 trot and beating True Worth in a two-horse race, tho balance of the field being out of their class. Twenty-five minutes was then granted the horsemen in which to cool out their horses and prepare fo’ the fourth heat, this being won easily by Tr.ue Worth Between each heat the Berne band rendered some very rare selections, and the crowd was entertained by Consen.-’ famous band of fifteen trained dogs that can do almost anything except talk 2:24 trot, purse 4300— May Bar, bm, Stephens, 4 4 4 4 Lady Pearline C, bm, Van Alstine, 3 2 12 Auerlia Guy bm, Tasig, 2 3 3 3 True Worth, blks, Morgan, 112 1 Best time 2:25. 230 pace, purse 1250 —Blue Tonis by Slater, 9 5 9 Steve Dillard, Van Alstine, 5 3 8 Mary M. bm, McGoath 111 Captain Kidd, eg, Turner, 4 6 5 Diamond D, bg, Morgan, 2 7 2 Ethel Red, bm. Turner, 8 9 7 H'gh Alf, be, Brown, 7 4 4 Mabie M, bm, Wilson, 6 8 3 Jim Wonder, sg Ellis, 3 2 6 Boat time—2:24 14. Three of the above named horses are owned by Deoatnr people, namely True Worth by George Flanders, Jim Wonder by Lase E lis and Diamond D, by a stock company, and all three were inside the money.

MAD DOG Bit Four People Here Yesterday. A Canine Causes all Kinds of Excitement—None of Injuries Are Serious. A little white poodle dog owned by John Lachot went mad yesterday afternoon, and as a result bit several people, and in fact everything that it came in contact with, and last evening was finally looat ed under a house in the west end and resisted all efforts of being coaxed or driven out. The first victim of the dog was the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooken, who was bitten in the right leg. Tie uext victim was J. D. Wisehaupt and the next was Agnes Mylott, who was bitten on the right limb, a lady whose name we were unable to learn was also bitten, her injury being no the right hand. The dog continued on his mad career and bit several other dogs. The examination of the doctors of the different wounds do not disclose anything serious, but all necessary precautions are being taken to prevent any thing of a serious nature. Marshal Green went on a hunt for the dog. After learning the particulars and running the dog down at a house, where the our sought refuge under the house and could not be dislodged. Liter, he escaped, but was located this morning.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, l»0o.

IT WAS GOOD "The Way of the World" Pleased a Larje Audience. , "The Way of the World" waa ably presented at the opera house last night by the Drake Stock company. The play has a very strong plot, many dramatic situations and plenty of good wholesome comedy. Every member of the company appeared to good advantage, and the entire house was highly pleased Prof. Vernello and company mystified the audience between acts Tonight Robert Bheri> in's own excellent Comedy drama, “My Friend From Arkansaw," will he the attraction, and no doubt the house will be crowded. A FIRE A Blaze at the G. R. Dickerson Home. Larije Geneva Crowd at the Old Settlers’ Meeting — Derby Day a Fair Favorite. (Special Correspondence ) Geneva, Ind., Augnst 31—The only real excitement Geneva has had for several davs came yesterday afternoon in the shape of a small fire. The alarm was turned in about two o'clock, when a blaze was seen on the rojf of G. R. Dickerson's house. The fire laddies responded promptly and it took but a few minutes to extinguish the flames. Sparks set fire to the roof of an adjoining house, but this was quickly extinguished. The fire is supposed to have originated from sparks flying from a passing train and the damage will probably be about 450. A nu nber of pjople from here attended the Old Settlers' reunion at Ridgeville, yesterday, and all report a great time The attendance was very large and prominent men, including Gov. J. Frank Hanly. made addresses. Music, sjieeohes, and all sorts of amusements made the day one never to be forgotten. Many from here expect to take in Derby day at the Great Northern fair tomorrow. Quite crowd went up this mornimr THE ATTRACTION The Allen County Fair will be Good this Year. One of the distinctive features of the Allen county fair which begins at Fort Wayne September 19 and continues for five days will be the great variety of high class shows that have been engaged to exhibit on the ‘‘pike, and it is probable that thsro will be more than twenty of the best exhibitions tht the amusemerit world affords. The success of the shows that have exhibited here within the last two seasons has gone abroad and hundreds have l>een off wed to Secretary W. F. Myers, who had an opportunity to select only the best, and for that reason he can assure the patrons of tho fair that there will be noth ing lacking to make the side shows of the fair most attractive. Some o; the managers of these shows desired to put the price of admission up to an almost prohibitive prioefor the reason that the aimission in the other cities has been more than will be permitted on tho Fort Wayne fair grounds. This was strenuously objected to because the fair board deshes to give the people an opportunity to enj jy a da y or two at the fair grounds at a moderate expense. i

SAILS SATURDAY A Pleasant Tour Abroad at an End Miss Hattit Studabaker Leaves Saturday For Her Return Voyage Home. Amblestde Lake, Winlermere, Eng . July 22. 1905 Dear Lou: 1 wrote to Dick from Warwick. W’e left there yesterday morning at 9:25, and though we did not travel such a great distance, we changed cars four times. Methods of travel are so different from those at home, and it is much more fatigueing than a journey of the same length at home. We saw a great diveristy in the landscape and the towns for the distance traveled. It was only twenty one miles to Birmingham, and we made that in a short time. English railroad beds are almost perfect, but their oars have no convenances. They have no good checking system for baggage, and antiquated metherts generally. At Birmingham wo had to change cars and took a hansom to the other station. Just caught our train and went to Derby. We went that way to see the scenery in the celebrated Peak district—the Peaks of Derbyshire (pronounce ! Darbysheer). Our tickets allowed us to stop eff at three or four plaoes, but we could not take the time. These highlands have peaks from 1800 to 2000 feet high and the bleak Mooreland hills are diversifijd by the rocky and wooded valleys of the Dove, the Derwent and the Wye Rivers. It is very pretty

scenery and many country homvs and summer cottages of wealthy people are in that region. There are some large estates too, and the Duke of Devonshire has a fine modern castle at Chatsworth Park, only one and a half miles from the railroad at Rous'ey, in Haddon hall, where Dorothy Vernon lived until she eloped with Sir John Manners, son of the Earl of Rutland, in whose family it now |>elongs. Dorothy and her husband are buried in a church at Bike well, a few miles farther on. We passed okse to the church. Haddon hall is in good preservation, but not occupied. Americans visit it now, I presume because of the interest awakened by the novel about "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall.” The river Dove was one of the favorite fishing haunts of Isaah Walton, the famous angler. We changed oars at Derby, just catching our train once more on to Winchester. We arrived at about two, o’clock where we changed stations again, but bad only a short distance to go. We got a lunch there for our light breakfast had left us very bungrv by that time. I paid 16 cents (our money) for two boiled eggs and a bun with nothing on it. You see lunch rooms here are even dearer than at home. Yes, they gave me a glass of water. We had one and a half hours to wait and then took a Lain for the Lake District. Manchester has a population of about 800,000 and is the chief industrial town of England. It is the center of the cotton manufaoturies too. I never saw an ,’thing like so many factories. For miles before entering and after leaving Manchester we passed among factories. The suburbs of Pittsburg with their factories are like a small part of it. Gradually we left the factories behind and came into the farming country again, which is always pretty and interesting in

England. It looxs so complete, so finished, so thoroughly cultivated. We have seen no feaces but stone walls or hedges, kept carefully trimmed. One day we remarked about having suen no corn growing

except a few fields, and only about six inches liiuh and said, "YoO d mt' rat e but verv little corn " "Oh yes," was the repl,. "We raise a great deal of corn " Conversing farther we found she meat wheat. Our Indian corp they raise very little. They grow much sweet corn, but it only grows two or three feet high. The wheat is gath ered and we have noticed a steam thresher at w >rk. Njw hay seems to lie the harvest crop. List even ing in our quiet room I heard the sound of a mower, and, looking across the narrow strip of the lake, saw a man riding a I wo-horse mower. It does not grow dark here until nine o'clock, and he was mowing about seven o'clock There are many wild flowers growing every place In the flMds, along the roads, on the stone walls. We saw pretty blossoms growing wild. Many of them were new to us. Nearly every cottage has a profu sion of cultivated flowers and vines. Rural England is as pretty as one could wish, so that a railway journey is sure to furnish much of interest to mind and please the eye. After ptssing through Preston we came in sight of the Irish Sea and crossed various a>ms of it before reaching Ulverston There are many summer hotels and watering places in that region. At Ulveston we made our last change of cars and after a ten minutes' wait came to Lakeside no Lake Windermere. Were very tired, and it was seven p. m. and we stopped there for the night. There is nothing but the station, the hotel and aom° fine st me cottages Alter dinner (which is served in the evening here) we took a walk until dark. We had no better paper to write no and there was no place to buy any. Tais English Lake District, as it is called is up In the northwest corner of England with the Irish Sea on the west and south None of the mountain peaks exceed 32,000 feet .in height and the largest of the lakes is only ten and one-half miles long, but it is said their picturesqueness and wildness are greater then one would expect from their size. There are sixteen lakes or meres The largest are Windermere. Ullswater, Coniston and Derwentwater. It was up here that the‘‘Lake School of Poets" lived and Wordsworth, Southey and Shelley, have written of almost all the beautiful natural objects in this locality. , Mrs Hernans, DeQaincey and other writers also had homes here, and now it is dotted over with beautiful cottages and hotels. It is this literary interest which has been woven about these plaoes that draws hundreds of travelers here, quite as much as the natural beauty. This morning when we got up it was raining a fine, steady mist, which grew heavier and confined all day. We took the steamer and came here to Ambleside, where we will stay till Monday morning. We had intended to go on to Keswick this after noon by coach and spend Sunday there, but the rain prevented. There is no train. Tnis is a l>eautiful little resort at the head of the lake. It is surrounded by high green hills over which the mist has hung all day. We are staying in a plain little private hotel, but think we will be comfortable and can enjoy the scenery just as well. We are told a Wesleyan convention (conference) is in session at Keswick, and'while there Monday will try to step'in and see it. Please tell Johnny I received the paper telling of Josephine’s wedding, and enjoyed reading it very much. This afternoon it rained all tho time. We went out and bought some writing paper and engaged our places in the coach for Monday and came back with wet feet and muddy clothes. There are no sidewalks. We have arranged to sail for home September 2. Love to vou all, Hattie Studabaker.

Players Will Stay. A sufficient amount of money was raised last night to retain B lies and Farnan on the ball team I for the rest of the season. Kendallville plays here Monday.

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MR. DILLON DEAD Son Arrives but Father Failed to Recognize Him Man ln|ured Monday Died Early this Morning.—Will be Buried Tomorrow Near Marion. I S. B Dillon, the oil man who was so badly injured Monday by lieing kicked by a burse, died this morning at 5:25, at the home of Henry Sonne, three and a half miles southwest of this city. His two sons. J. F. Dillon and B CDillon arrived last evening from Prescott, lowa, and were with their aged father at the last moment, though he failed to rally and died without recognizing them. His death was painless, in fact be apparently suffered no pain from the time of the accident. Mr. Dillon was sixty-nine years old and was born in Ohio. When twenty years old he came I with his parents to Grant county, Indiana, and located jiear Marion. I About thirty years ago his father died and Mr Dillon becoming i dissatisfied, moved to lowa, where be purchased a half section of good land. For a number of years he has beon selling books in Indiana, during tue summer, returning to lowa each fall and spending the winter with his four i sons, to whom he had deeded his ' big farm. He was good-natured, i jovial and had friends wherever he went. He leaves a wife, four sons. J. F . B C., W. H .andJ. A. Dillon, and two dughters. Mrs. Ada Williams and Mrs. R. J. Bohanan, all of whom live near Prescott, lowa. The remains will be taken to Marion tomorrow morning,, and the funeral held there, a request of the decea led made before he left home last spring that he should be buried beside his father at Marion. His sons were in town this morning, took charge of the 4175.32 which had been found on the old man's clothes. They paid all the bills and feel very kindly towards the people of this county, especially Mr. and Mrs. Sovine for the kindnesses shown their father. A SURPRISE Earl B. Adams is not a Confirmed Bachelor To be Married to Miss Nina Eliza Failing at Flint, Mich., on Thursday, September Fourteen. Invitations have been received in this city from Flint. Michigan, from Mr. and Mrs. James H Fall- • ing announcing the marriage of their daughter, Miss Nina Eliza to Mr. Bail B. Adams cf this city, the happy event to take place on Thurs day, Septemlier 14th, at 4:30 o’clock at the bride's home on 1319 Detroit street, and also announcing that the young couple will be at home in Decatur after October tenth. This news will no doubt Come as a great surprise to Mr. Adams’ many friends here, who have been kept in the dark concerning the coming event. Mr. Adams is quite well known, being at pres ent engaged in the practice of law with C. J. Lutz, and has a promising future before him. Miss Failing is also known in this city,

Laving cn several occasions visited here. She is a charming young Indy and made a host cf friends while here. Mr. and Mrs. Adams will make their future home in this city with the groom’s parents.