Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 307, Decatur, Adams County, 6 January 1904 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. «V»KY EVENING. EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY l_ E W S - ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week. 10c By carrier, per year $4.00 By mall, per mouth 26' By mall, per year $2 50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application Rntered tn the postofflee at Decatur. Indiana. as second-class mall matter. J. H. HELLER. Manager. Frank C. Dailey announced today Tua candidacy two years hence for representative and will be in the race then for the honor. Frank has friends in all parts of the county and will be an important factor in the legislative campaign. With legal and oratorical ability he would make nis mark in the legislature of I’.M>7. Bluffton News. Democrats hereabouts will rejoice to know that Dale J. Crittenberger has become associated with Mr. Taggart in the management of the Indianapolis Sentinel. Be will be a controling spirit in the editorial and business management of that newspaper, and the democrats of the state may soon expect the Sentinel to assume the lead among the Indiana tallies. Frank Snively of the Marion News-Tribune and another cracker , jack wil^ have charge of the circulation. Now it is up to the democrats «sf the state to become identified with the Sentinel family as paid-in advance subscribers. This is the way to make the paper influential and a power for good in the ranks of democracy. A CARD. To the voters of Washington township and the city of Decatur. INot being able to make a canvass for the nomination for Trustee of I "Washington township. I hereby! withdraw from the race and take this method of thanking my friends for their support and friendship. 1 L. C. MILLER Found—A key with name of Mil-; ler engraved on it. Enquire at Ya- i ger’s furnituro store. :!05d

VOTING PRECINCTS I Getting Ready for the Democratic Primary. i , I . Voting Precincts Established for the Fifteenth of Janr wry. , 1 II * . 11 ’ i As establisod and agreed upon by the Adams County Democratic ' Central Committee at its meeting lon the 28th day of November, 1903. • I in the Democratic Primary Election ■j to Ix 3 held Friday, January 15, i 1904, the following named places i have been selected as voting pret cincts: Union township—One precinct at j Chris Schamerloh's house one and , one half miles south of Blakey school house. Root Township—Two precincts, | East Root at Aber school house, j j West Root in Monmouth. Preble Township—Two precincts, j North Preble at Friedheim. South , I Preble at school house north of I ■ the town of Preble. Kirkland Township—()ne precinct' in school house number four south ’ of Peterson. Washington Township— One pre ' ! cinct, at Alex People's house. East I side of railroad. St Marys Township—Two precincts North St. Marys in the town | lof Bobo, South St. Marys at Pleas- i ant Mills. Bhie Creek Township—Two precincts, North Blue Creek at : Steele, South Blue Creek in the I Prairie school house. Monroe Township—There preein- j . cts, North Monroe in Monroe. Berne 'A east of Grand Rapids ■ railroad to corporation line, oast of Jefferson street, thence south to i

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township line. Berne”B". west of Grand Rapids railroad to corporation line, and west to Jefferson street to township line. French Township—One precinct, voting place at Election school house. Hartford Township—Two preein cts, North Hartford in Linn Grove, South Hartford in the Brushwood ' school house. Wabash Township—Throe precincts, North at school house in district number two. Geneva “A” iat town calaboose and Geneva "B” in 1. O. (). F. building on Line i street. Jefferson Township—l wo prel cincts—precincts, West at the Buck | muster school house. East at Booher school house. Decatur Corporation—Three precincts, one in first ward in office at Vail’s factory west of Grand Rapids railroad, in second ward one precinct in north room of court house basement, in third ward, ono pre- ! oinct in office at Beery & Holthouse livery burn in Second street. Such election shall be held in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Adams County Democratic Central Committee. J. W. McKEAN, Chatirman. LEW ELLINGHAM,Secretary. ELECTION NOTICE. All democrats of Adams county, i Indiana, are hereby notified that ion the 15 day of January 1904, there will be a primary Election 1 held under the Australian Eelection I Laws, of said state, for the purpose |of nominating Democratic Candii dates to be voted for at the Novem- ,' tier election of 1904. That caadi--1 dates will then lie nominated for the following named offices: IN EACH TOWNSHIP. i One township trustee. One township Assessor. COUNTY NOMINEES. One Joint State Senator. One State Representative One Prosecuting Attorney. One county Auditor One County Sheriff. < )ne County Surveyor. One County Coroner. One Commissioner for the first district. One Commissioner for the third district.

Aslo one County Central Committeeman for each voting precinci in the county. Such committee t< serve until the next Democrats Primary Election. J. W. McKEAN. Chairman Adams County. LEW ELLINGHAM, Secretary. FARMER ROBBED. Oil Man Arrested Here But Discharged. A’farmer livingjeast of Berne was touched in that city yesterday after noon for fl 10. He went to town early in the day and put his team up at Charles Brown’s livery stable . and about two o’clock ordered the same hitched up and in paying lor > the feed took his pocket book out ■ and laid it on the wagon an<l went • back to the barn to settle. On his return his purse was gone. A certain oil driller was at once suspicioned and the police here were notified to watch for him. Marshal j Cordua caught the man last evening and at once subjected him to a , thorough search but nothing was found to hold the fellow and he was allowed to go. WAS IN FIRE. Dr. Blackman Escaped From Iroquois Theatre. Dr. C P. Blackman, one of the osteopathic doctors located in offices over Ashbaueher’s studio was in the terrible Iroquios theater fin - at Chicago last Wednesday. He arrived home last night safe and sound, in fact ho was one of those to escape easily from the burning theater, but he witness 'ed the awful stones enacted there and relates vividly his story of the disaster. Dr. Blackman says that he had gone to the theatre with a small nephew at.d it was by the m< rest chance they were not in the balconies where there was such a terrible loss of life.—Bluffton News.

SEVERAL MATTERS I ENGAGING ATTENTION

Indianapolis. Jan. gart vill leave the latter part of h week for Washington to attend tilt meeting of the Democratic national committee, which will decide where the national convention shall be he i. Chicago. St. Louis and New York: ar - active candidates for the honor ofentertaining Ihe convention crowd. Taggart is not committed to eflhei pl.ic< . He was in hopes a few months ago that the convention might be held it. Indianapolis, but he lias given that up inasmuch as there is no suitable build, ing. Taggart is likely to be one of the most prominent figures at the meeting, cs he is being talked of from one end to the country to the other as l lie probabl- selection for national chairman. The stale prison reform hoard held another meeting here today. I his board was created as a sort of com promise at the recent session of the legislature, when an effort was made by the labor leaders and representatives of the National Association of Manufacturers to abolish the contract labor system Governor Durbin. Warden Reid of Michigan City and others who have carefully considered the problem opposed this, so the board was appointed to make an investigation and to report to the next legislature on a solution of the problem, lhe got erno:-. Warden Reid. Superintendent Whittaker of the Jeffersonville reformatory. and Amos A. Butle., secretary of the board of slate charities; arc some of the members. Meetings have been held at Michigan City and Jeffersonville. While 'he manufacturers and union laborers don': like to compete with convict-made goods, yet some of the best orison reform men Girl wanted to do general house, inquire ut Yager's furniture store. Good wages. For Salt-—A brand new S2O Wil son heating stove for soft coal. In good condition and will sell right Inquire at this office. 2t>3d For Sale—A good clean stock of groceries and fixtures. Will give possession at once or Feb. 1. Room 22x80 with good ware room. Rent reasonable, . Good established trade. Reasons for selling. Have other business to take our attention. For particulars write or call on Minch &- Co., Geneva. Ind. ts

in the state say that it woimi of the question to abolish the contract B| labor system, as the prisoners muss Bl have regular employment. The boar. I ! will have an extensive re tort on q, I jails and prisons of Indiana. ! The executive board of* the I'nito'B Mine Workers of America is meeting I here with President Mitchell and I rotary Wilson at the national heat. I quarters in special session. While th I I usual secrecy is observed, it is cvidetr I from what has been said that the eon I ing convention for the settlement, of ■ wage scale for the coming year v,;, I strenuously oppose any effort of tn-. B operators to enforce a reduction <• I wages. The board in deciding to stan- I by the miners of Hie Meyersdale <p a district, "ho art- striking becaus- B their employe’-s cut their wages ten B cents a ton. lias indicated that no r»-I duction will be accepted. From th. 11 tone <-f the business throughout tlm ■ coal fields it has been felt that th- B operators would make a stiff fight f<>- B a reduction. The wage convent o I begins the 18th of this month, and i- I is liable to be a very interesting ui- I The Democrats of the Tenth distric- I will have a love-feast and banquet r I i Lafayette Thursday after the select.■ h of a stale committeeman Mayo- I Holtzman and Henry Warrum of tins I citv, M. E. Foley of Crawfordsvi 1.. I] William Guthrie of Monticello, Da- I Sinims of Ijifavette and other wet'- I known r-moci-ats will make a.: I I dresses The Democrats of the Fifth I , have an entertaining program for i -I I Jackson day banquet at Terre Ha- ■ I Friday night, when John W. Ken 8 Chairman O'Brien and others will I heard. | —— -'-I .. Private funds to loan on city pro] erty at lowest rate interest. Priv lege of partial payments. Tho Th catnr Abstract and Loan Co. 257dt Money to loan on farms at low< >■ I rate of interest. Any sum, an ' length of time and privilege of par tial payments. The Deeatur Al struct and Loah Co., 257dtf The undersigned has his mail boxeand any of those who purchased ina have their’s whenever they wish. Au one not having boxes can order cc at any time. Jonathan Burkliea,. , Agent. 290 2i