Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 27, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 September 1908 — Page 1

VOL. XXIX.

THE TIGERS MAKE * IT TWO STRAIGHT THEY CAPTURE SYRACUSE AND BREMEN 9 TO 3. DUPLICATE THE SCORES. Saturday Afternoon The Grays Lost 9 to 3—Tigers Duplicate Score at Bremen Sunday. The Syracuse Grays were easily defeated last Saturday by the Eoyal Tigers on the home diamond before the smallest crowd of spectators of the entire season, the score being 9 to 3. There was some cause for the poor attendance other than the lack of interest, perhaps. When it was too late to cancel the game it was found that the Tigers were without a battery, and the word was sent out that the game was called off. The visiting team arrived and of course, arrangements were then made for the game. Manager Yolkmann procured a second nine battery—it might be called—in the persons of Young Darkwood and Lort Geyer. In addition to these, Floyd flousouer, another young pltfyer was placed in the center garden.

With this broken team the Tigers went after the visitors from the lake town who had strengthened their nine with Warsaw, Winona, and New Paris. The contest was very even and quite snappy up to the last half of the 6th bout. At this stage of the game the locals lit onto the 'Cuse pitcher in the good old faslxion way and the horse hide was run down in all parts of the garden until the balloon went up for seven scores. Once, when the bases were all occupied, Troup put the ball to the garden for three sacks. At this juncture, Fancil was taken out and Summt the game ■ from the slab in better form, and KirkendofTer continued as the backstop. The qtaly features of special note was the work of CapU Biehl in the right garden in the first inning, when the two first men up were doubled by him from the.field* and the third man went out on a fly to him also. Biehl also threw a map put at. Ist from the field, in add ifiofTt'o some other good work, playing an exceptionally good game. Troup, at second, pulled down a line ball. The new battery for the Tigers did some good work. The score by innings: Innings 1 2 3 4 5 li 7 ' 9 Syracuse ....0 (I 0 1 1 1 0 0 o—3 Nappanee 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 x—9 t'mpire—Huffman, Nappanee. - BKEMKN 3, NAPPANEE 9. * . * The Royal Tigers defeated the Bremen Athletics in a well played game, at Bremen Sunday afternoon by a score of 9 to 3. This was the third game of' the so-called championship series of five, Bremen having won the first game only. The fourth will be pulled off at Nappanee. The result was a decisive victory for the Tigers, there being no room for dispute. Geyer and Geyer wfte in the points for the Tigers, and Yockey and Beach for the Athletics. Geyer allowed but 8 safeties and struck out 7 men. The Tigers touched up Yockey for 14 hits, and one- es these- was a -home cun fo-r 1 Troup. Yockey struck out 5 men. The Bremen team changed catchers to Homan in the 7th inning. The Tigers line up was as follows: Troup short, Wysong Ist, Art Tobias 3d, Orb Geyer c, Ed Geyer p, Biehl right, Darkwood center, KirkendofTer left, Art Randolph 2d. The score by innings: Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nappanee'.7.o 2 '4 1 "D 0 0 2 9 Bremen.. 0 0 0 2’o 0 1 0 0-3 NOTES.' The Bremen Sunday game was the second one in the two days with a 9 to 3 score for the Tigers. Nearly one hundred Nappanee people witnessed the game. The, JLlgion Giants (colored) will be - at Nappanee Sept.- 10th. “Sween” Tobias was home from South Bend Monday. Capt. Grant, of the Central League, loaned him to Culver against Peru, Sunday at Peru. He pitched a winning game. Tobias went to Ft. Wayne Tuesday to play witli Grand Rapids against Ft. Wayne. The Tigers play their second game with the South Bend Spiros at SpringBrook Park, Sept. 13th. Art Randolph, who pitched for the “Nappanee Nine” some 12 years ago, played 2d base for the Tigers Sunday. • —Campaign buttons of Taft, 3 and 5 cents at the News Bookstore.

THE NAPPANEE NEWS.

LITTLE GIRL IS ACCUSER. Elkhart Dentist Invites Trouble and Leaves City. An accusing finger pointed at Dr. Chester M.'Dowfell by a thirteen year old Elkhart girl and the doctor’s unaccounted for absence from the city are linked as coincidents in one of the most shocking reports that has become current In Elkhart in recent years, says the Truth. The child told of alleged rude and insolent treatment while she was in tire dentist’s chair at his office and said that she escaped only after promising toseal her lips. After battling with her secret several hours she finally broke down and related a harrowing story to her mother. The parents were highly indignant. A police officer and the prosecuting attorney were called into a conference. Wishing to avoid having the young girl drawn into a court case where she would be compelled to make her story public the parents decided not to prosecute. The story became public, however, a¥W. is said to have driven the dentist from the city. Intimate acquaintances assert that Dr. Dowell has a fairly tenable-defense to offer, and many are inclined to give him the benefit of the little doubt that seems to exist. It is also said that lie is not in hiding, but that he left the city on tlie advice of his attorney and his friends until the scandal should subside. It is not believed that he will return. The report that Mrs. Dowell had separated from her husband as a result of the story is also denied. Physician Removes Office. Dr. Frederick. 11. Ferguson lias removed his office from the Dietricli block to his residence, corner Main and 'Walnut streets.

CADILLAC“3O” DEMONSTRATED J. M. KELLER HAS GENERAL AGENT HERE. The New Thirty Horsepower is a Wonder For The Price of $1,400. I). E. MacCarthy., the general agent for the Cadillac automobile in northern Indiana and southern Michigan, with headquarters at Elkhart, was iiere last Friday with anew model 30horsepower and a 10-horsepower Cadillac cars as advertised by J. M. Keller, the local agent. To the prospective buyers of automobiles—of which there are a number in Nappanee—the large powerful “Thirty” was demonstrated on the streets and through the surrounding country. The street demonstration disclosed a control of the car on the high speed from four miles to forty miles an hour. The Cadillac people, of Detroit, have been working out on lines of a firstclass touring car to get in touch with the purchasers of automobiles with middle-weight pocket-books. In-pro-ducing the one demonstrated at Nappanee last Friday they seem to have struck the correct thing in an excellently constructed car at the price of $1,400. The “Thirty”, so named, is a four-cylinder, shaft driven car, three speed and reverse transmission, platform springs, and seats five people comfortably. There are~a number of Cadillac cars of the small type in Nappanee which seem t be giving their owners good service, and the makers of the new car promise that-the “Thirty” em- ■ braces, al Rhe excel lent ■wettsiny quali* ties and durability of the smaller car. - Mr. MacCarthy, was, accompanied by E. J. Shanahan. The former is. the president of the General Mfg. Cos., of Elkhart, and manufacturers gasoline engines for farm use'. Haney Barn Burned. A farm barn on the farm of Emanuel Haney, and farmed by Peter Haney east of Nappanee was burned Tuesday afternoon of last week. The fire, it is believed, originated from children playing about a strawstack which was set on fire. The barn was insured for SSOO and the contents for. a like amount. About 300 bushels of new wheß, a large quantity of oats, and 20 tons of hay was burned, together with some farm implements and tools. Peter Haney sustained all loss excepting the barn. ■ Lost Reward of S2OO. In the discharge last week of Charles Childs, the postoffice thief suspect, who was arrested at Goshen when trying to sell high denomination postage stamps to Mayor Kohler at a discount, the Elkhart county officers and the Goshen police lost a reward of S2OO. Childs was held for a week or such a matter, but finally released. A few days ago subsequently the Chicago police requested that the man be held as,, being the suspect who robbed the postotflee at Knowles, lowa.

NAPI'ANEE, ELKHART COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY* SEPTEMBER 2, 1908.

MW REUNIONS , IN THIS VICINITY REPORTS OF PLEASANT FAMILY GATHERINGS. HELD NEAR NAPPANEE "T. t The Reunions of The Good Family— Weber Family —Miner Family —Penrose Family. f> ... ."V WEBER FAMILY REUNION. The fifth annual reunion of the Weber family was held at the home of Henry Stalily just east of Nappanee, Saturday, Aug. 29th. The attendance was large and the enjoyable time is reported. A splendid program, entertaining and instructive, was rendered. The following officers and committees were selected for the next reunion to be held the last Saturday in Aug. 1909, the place yet to be decided upon: Rev. J. H. McGowan, president; Pearl Weber, secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Henry Gulp, Mrs. Ab Michael and Mrs. John W. Weber, refreshment committee; Miss'Mary McGowan, Mrs. Meda Michael, and Mrs. Lydia Weber, program committee. The following people were present from a distance: The Misses Eli/.a and Alice Mitch, of Woodbine, Ivans.; W. H. Baugher, wife and daughter, Talma, Ind,; Mrs. Silver, Mr. and Mrs. Hisler and son, Bourbon, Ind.; John Beagle, wife and daughter, Anna, Warsaw; Russel Beagle, wife and son, Leesburg; Wm. Hess and family, Leonard Hess and family, Goshen; Henry Stromber, Mrs. Etta Kuhn, Lewis Baugher and wife, North Websen; John Weber and wife, Van Wert, Ohio: Miss Carrie Morbaugli, Spencerville, Ohio; Wm. Campbell, wife, and daughter, Tyner City; Geo. Bearer and family, Clarence Crouse and wife, Wakarusa; Luther Weber, wife and son, Elkhart.

GOOD FA MI GY REUNION. The fourth annual reunion of the Good family was held last Wednesday in the Wefss grove at Nappanee. There were, eighty present. The forenoon was spent in a social time, and at noon those present went to the Progressive Brethren church where the church ladies served dinner in the basement as having been previously arranged. In the afternoon meeting,, which was occupied with the business of the reunion, the following officers were elected: N. A. Lehman, president; John Moyer, vice-president; Mrs. Geo. Parsons, treasurer; Walter Hoover, secretary. The Christophel, Reed and Blosser families were invited to participate in the family reunion next year because of their connection with the Good family. • The next meeting will be held on Blosser’s Island at Waterford. Tl.ose who enjoyed the reunion thank iheir friends for the use of the grove and the ladies of the church for the splendid repast. Those present from abroad were: Elisha Good and wife, Teegarden; Isaiah Good and wife, John Metzler and wife, Rev. and Mrs. Warwick, John and William- Good, Marion; D. G. Lehman, wife and- children. Goshen: A. C. Lehman, wife, and mother, Wakarusa: C. C. Hoover and wife. Bloomington, Ind. MINER FAMILY REUNION. The Joseph Miner family held their sixth annual reunion on-last Thursday at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. Jacob Stutsman, four miles west of Goshen. The day was spent in a social time and at noon the sumptuous dinner was SCTved ill the large, bank barn. Among those present were; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Mirier, Mr, and Mrs. Henry Eby, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Brevier, of Nappanee; Chas., Helman, Elkhart; and Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Julian, of Garfield, Oklahoma. PENROSE FAMILY REUNION. _ The fifth annual reunion of the Penrose family was held Aug. 22d at the home of Benj. Penrose, of Joraker. More than a hundred relatives and friends were present. A fine dinner was served on the lawn. The day was spent in tisiting, talking over old times, etc. After the election v of officers they adjourned to meet again next year. The day was greatly* enjoyed by all. Those present from a distance were John Penrose and son, of Millersburg; Mrs. Monroe Wilson, of Kendallville; Mr. and Mrs. Eli Penrose and daughter Iva, of LaGrange; “M#. and Mrs. Lyman Wilson, of Milford; Ed Huff and family,'Guy Reed and family, of Dunlaps; and Hubert Huff and family, of Goshen. Mrs. George Miller and son Roscoe, of Nappanee, were present and took a picture of the group.

SOME FISHERMEN’S LUCK. An Automobile That Imitates a Jack Rabbit and Climbs a TeleV phone Pole. Attorney J. O. Kantz, who with Clias. Gentzhorn, Harry Phend, and Ed Kantz, were fishing last Sunday, tells of an automobile ride on the.way home which caused each particular hair to stand on end like the quills of the frightful porcupine—the word “hair”, being used advisedly. The attorney never knew before that an automobile had such traits of character and lie is now wondering in which class of the animal kingdom to place them—(car)niyorous or herbivorous. Coming home on the trip with the Yolkmann Cadillac car about ten miles south of Nappanee, for some unexplained reason, the driver, Harry Phend, lost control of the car. Mr. Kantz, so far as he can now recall, thinks the car jumped from one side of the road to the other several times like a jack rabbit, so quickly that it was useless to try to jump out, for the car would have scooped him before he liad time to light on the ground. Then the blankety, blank thing climbed a telephone pole, "(in sympathy with the driver), came down on the other side,.jumped a barbed wire fence and landed in the ditch. Gentzhorn, who struck it patch of burrs, when he rolled over the Seat, is the only one in the party who got stung he will get his hair cut short. The party lias had all sorts of individual experience and fisherman’s luck, but this one lias taken the leather medal. It is claimed that the day was against them, as they only caught two fish., and a fish commissioner, made them put those two back in the lake. The car came home all right—the front end in a farm wagon.

INTERURBAN GAR KILLS MAN SHIRLEY CLAYTON DRIVES OVER TRACK IN FRONT OF CAR. Wagon Demolished, Driver KilledHorses Ran Away and One is Killed by Freight Train. Shirley Clayton, of Milford, was struck and instantly killed by a car on the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana railway Thursday niglrfeat.the crossing at Osceola. Clayton was identified by means of a postal card found in one of his pockets. He is a young man about 25 years old, and was driving a berry wagon belonging to Charles Judson, of Bristol—. The horses,.Grazed with fear, dashed, madly up the road'and one of them.ran in front o's a freight train on the Lake Shore road and was cut to pieces. According to Motorman Geyer the man drove his team onto the track right ahead of the car which struck the wagon in the middle. The. car was stopped and backed up to the crossing where the lifeless form of Clayton was found in the road. Will be Married Today. Miss Ethel Arnold, daughter of Mrs. Geo. Fager, of Nappanee, arid Coulter Wilson, of Greensburg, Pa., are to be united in marriage at the home of the mother this Wednesday, Septr. 2d. They will reside in Greensburg, Pa., where they will be at home to their friends after Cct. Ist. Miss Arnold is one of Nappanee’s most excellent and popular young ladies, having , many friends whose best wishes will attfendher.in her new home. For a number of years.she had been employed as’ cashier and book-keeper for the hardware firm of Howenstein-Burbacb Cos. Fell Dead on Street. d —~ Daniel Smith, a porter in the employ of the Charles Russell saloon, at Elkhart, dropped dead of organic heart trouble Monday morning at the corner of East Jackson and North Main streets. His wife lives at Milford,” and they have no children. He was 46 years old. New Fish Story. Irvin Coppes was home from Pickwick Park Saturday and brought with him the capital fish story of the season. A Mr. Saylor caught Saturday morning an 18-pound pickerel and when the fish was dressed it was found to have swallowed a 15-inch bass. Cider Making. Cider and applebutter made Tuesdays and Thursdays of each week at P. W. Hollar’s mill i mile south of Brick church. 27t3 Good For Biliousness. “I took two of Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets last night, and I feel fifty per cent better than I have for weeks,” says J. J. Firestone, oF Allegan, Mich. “They are certainly a fine article for biliousness,” For sale by J. S. Walters. Samples free.

ROBBERS BECOME BOLD IN GOSHEN KNOCK DOWN AND ROB CITIZENS ON STREETS. NO ARRESTS ARE MADE. * 9 George Miller, Charles Parker and Sam Simon. Among Victims of Holdup Men. The Goshen papers of Saturday contained accounts of several hold robberies by hold-up men. Geo. Miller, an insurance inau, was walking along East Lincoln avenue, about 9 o’clock Friday night, ire noticed two men near the bridge over Rock Run. He thought nothing of the fact, even when they stepped on opposite sides of the walk. As-he passed between them, lie was knocked down and struck three times over the head. He remembers nothing more, until lie came to in a semi-conscious condition.. He was iij the creek bottom and his pockets ? were turned inside out. His pocketbook containing about $34 was gone, and alibis insur-, ance books and papers. In a semiconscious condition lie reached a house some three blocks away where medical aid was summoned.

Charles Parker, night clerk at the postoffice, after getting out the mail, stepped to the rear door of the postoffice about one o’clock Saturday morning. Someone stepped up behind him and struck him over the left side of the head with merely their bare fist. When be came to, he was leaning against the brick wall of the building in the alley, and a tall holdup man was going through his pockets. He took $3. It was reported Saturday morning that Samuel Simon has been held up on South -Third street while on his way home, hut that the holdup men secured nothing, and Simon was not injured. None of the men held up are able to give a very definite description of the highwaymen. The police assisted by a number of citizens made a thorough search of various parts of the city but no arrests were made. Fight by Appointment. Chas. G. Bowers and Abe L. Heilman brothers-in-law, living near Elkhart, met by appointment 1 " to tight. They fought. Both had the other arrested for assault and battery and paid fines. It is not stated whether they feel any better toward eacli other or not. Overcome by Gas. At South Bend Thursday night, James McMillan (J. McM.) Smith, vice-president and general manager of the. South Bend & Southern Mifchtgan Electric Railway company, was found in an unconscious condition in a small work room in the Woodworth Storage compands building. It is said that Mr. Smith was interested in patents and maintained a room in the building, wherein he was found, for the purpose of making experiments. At this time Mr. Smith's recovery is defemed uncertain."

Russian Thistlte Discovered in Alfalfa. William S. Nichols, z prominent farmer of LaGrange county, has discovered that his alfalfa seed sown'this spring was infected witli that most ’‘dangerous pest, the Russian thistle. Nichols states that it grew up with his crop of alfalfa in a three acre field, from seed sown on July 7. The alfalfa geed was purchased from the Dickinson seed company of Chicago, at $lO per bushel, and the Russian thistle seed was evidently mixed with the alfalfa. He sent a sample of the weed to Purdue University and the experts there also pronounced it the genuine article. Believing that other farmers in the vicinity may have received some of the seed from the same source, Nichols feels that a warning for farmers to be on the lookout for it may do much to prevent its spread in this locality. Methodist Memorial Home. Rev. M. A. Harlan, the field sectary of the Methodist Memorial Home For The Aged, preached in the Methodist church Sunday. Rev. Mr. Harlan’s mission here is to raise funds for the home mentioned. - The home is located at Warren, Ind. The home has been endowed with a gift of $25,000 by William and Ruth.C. Chapson, of Warren on the proposition that this M, E. conference raise a like amount, which has been accepted.

GUN CLUB SHOOT Being Conducted at The West Side Park As The News Goes to Press. The Nappanee Gun Club’s shoot is being held at the West Side Park Tuesday afternoon as the News goes to press. The morning shooting squads were few, although' the day turned out an ideal one after the morning shower of rain. Rolio O. IleilfJs, of Dayton, Ohio, the champion wing shot of the world, was in the professional squad. Other professionals, were: J. R. Taylor, Columbus, Ohio; L. H. Roed, New Paris, Ohio. The other visitors in the forenoon were Harvey Ilantz, Cromwell, and C. C. Pollock, Syracuse. The only local shots in the morning events were Dr. M. D. Price, and B. B. Maust. The three first professionals named liad several straights in the 20-bird event—shooting from 17 to 20 eacli time. The attendance of spectators in the forenoon was small. Watson to be Here Oct. 10th. Republicans announce that Congressman James E. Watson, nominee for governor, will speak at Nappanee in the afternoon of October 10th and possibly at Elkhart in the evening of that date. Senator Beveridge or Governor Hughes of New York will speak at Goshen. Beveridge will go to Elkhart if Hughes speaks at Goshen.

United Brethren Conference. The annual session of the St. Joseph conference of the United Brethren church will be held at Bourbon. Ind., beginning Sept. 9th, and continuing over Sunday. Bishop G. M. Matthews of Chicago will preside. CASE MYSTIFYING TO POLICE EDWARD REININGER OF ELKHART TRIES TO SUICIDE. J !q Found in River end Breaks Away From Rescuer and Again Tries to Drown Himself. Nightwatchman Elmer Herman, at Elkhart, discovered Chas. W. Reininger floating in the St. Joseph river, and thinking it was the body of a dead maa pulled Reininger out and found him alive. The rescuer discovered that the man was not only alive, but also bent on suicide, as he broke away from him ran for the E. & W. railroad bridge where he disappeared. It was.later ascertained that lie had stolen a bicycle and the wheel was found on the river bank. He was either drunk or had gone insane. The case is extremely mystifying to the police and friends of Reininger. When the police called at the home, the wife afforded them little satisfaction, she believing that her husband would return and the police need not worry about him. TO SPEND $50,000. Methodists WjH Erect Building at Winona. Methodists from all over the United states in attendance at the Winona Bible conference met at Winona yesterday and voted to incorporate the Methodist Building association witlu a capital of .$50,000 divided into shares of SSO each, and to erect a pretentious denominational building costing $50,000 a,t Winona Lake next spring: Stockholders Wav' 'Realize “Something.’ At a meeting of the stockholders, of tJte Buena Vista Plantation company held at Hillsdale, Mich'., Eugene Atkins, one of the original the concern, offered a plan to dispose of the remainder of $250,000 of bonds issued by the now defunct company. If the deal is made it is hoped to lift the receivership now in force and save the property to the stockholders. It is estimated that nearly $1,000,000 is at stake. Tfte corporation has nearly 16,500 acres of rich land. Atkins is a former Bristol man.

* Society Notes. The Misses Bernice and Blanche Freese entertained a number of young girl friends for Miss Marie •VVones, who is here visiting her sister, Mrs. Maryin Coppes. Donald and Dorothy Stoops ente* tained a number of little friends at a birthday party Monday afternoon. A number of young people gave Miss Ethel Arnold a *‘shower” Monday evening. Best The World Affords. “It gives me unbounded pleasure to recommend Bucklen’s Arnica Salve,” says J. W. Jenkins, of Chapel Hill, N. C. “I am convinced it’s the best salve the world affords. It cured a felon on my thumb, and it never fails to heal every sore, burn or wound to which it is applied. 25 cents at J. S. Walters’ drugstore. - ■

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