Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 309, Decatur, Adams County, 8 January 1904 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ■VIHY BVENING. IXCKPT SIMIAY. BY LEW O. ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By carrier, per week 10c Bj carrier. per year $4.00 By mall, per month 25<‘ By mall, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents, Advertising rat' s made a .own on application Entered in the postofflce at Decatur. Indiana, as second-class mail matter. J. M. HELLER. Manager. AN EYE WITNESS. Writes His Parents of the Awful Chicago Fire. By request we publish the following letter from an Adams ooutny boy tefhis parents: Hegerwisch.lll., .Tan 3, 'O4. Dear Parents. This is Sunday afternoon, I will endeavor to write you a few lines. We had quite a snow storm here yesterday lasting all day. Tins cold weather and snow is staying with us here pretty well. There were over two hundred funerals yesterday in the city, and such a blinding snow storm, you can imagine how terrible it was to burry the dead. Today is a very nice day and 1 ex pect there will be more buried today than yesterday. I suppose you have read or heard of this aw ful disaster here, which happened last Wednesday afternoon when nearly 600 people lost their lives in the Iroquois theatre fire. I can not explain in this letter the awful catastrophe that I saw on New Years Day with my own eyes. This was the saddest New Years Day of my life. Although I was not personally acquainted with anyone who lost their life in the theatre fire, yet I felt like sypmathizing with the living who had lost their loved ones in the fire. On New Years Day morning accompanied' by Dave Armstrong 1 started down town, expecting to view the theatre death trap as some called it. and some of the dead in the morgues.' We went to the City Hall into the ■

Supt,. of the Police office and got a J ■ permit to see the dead in the morgues. After getting our per-; mit we loft the City Hall and the ' first place we came to was Jordan’s j morgue, fl 4E. Adams. I told | ■ Dave before entering that I could ! not bear up under the strain of seeing such a Jiorrible sight and he I said ho fetl the same but wo nerved i ourselves up a little and entered. • In the first room there were quite a ■ number of dead who had been dres- ' sed and placed in their coffins and ! relatives and friends viewing their dead,'across the aisle were two doc- ? tors who were operating upon a man, a victim of the tire and trying Ito save his life. We passed on out of this room down the aisle and , entered the second. As I came to |,! the door I stopped, I shuddered at i the though of seeing such a horrible I sight of so many human beings; men, women and children, lying , in rows and a narrow aisle between them, but I nerved up myself a little and passed down the aisle. This sight which I now see I can not explain in writing. But as we I i passed down the aisle there was a L x man ahead of us whose wife hail gone to the matinee on that fatal afternoon. Ho told me his story and said he was about to give up hope of finding her. I told him to renew his courage and not to 1 give up. He turned and started on to continue his search, suddenly he stoped at the form of a woman, her clothing was partly burned off of her body, her face was burned so that he could not recognize her features, but he i looked closer and closer. He ; began to examine her underwear I and found her initials. He knew ! those initials but to make sure that i she was his wife was the next thing ! to do. He knew that his wife's first name was worked in letters I on her stockings, so ho took off her ' shoes and the stockings. He had i j recognized the name. The tears' j began to flow down his cheeks when ■ he suddenly exclaimed: ' ‘My God'' i that is Eliaz/neth my wife.” We! i tried to comfort him. Quite a few j , other people noticed him too and ! gave asisstanoe. He had one' I friend along with him who gave! the men in charge orders to pre-! pare her body for burial. So that is ! the way the routine of work hasj

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| been going on since the horrible 1 I fire. One wealthy man who lost his ; wife and three children, one boy ' and two girls, and a maid servant I said that ho had lost all he had I and that there was nothing to live I for any more. He says to his lawyer, take all my money and use it to punish those who are guilty for this offense. His name is Hull, and ho was the first man to swear out a warrent for the owners of the Iroquois theatre and the building commissioner. Still the dead list increases, quite a number who were injured and taken to the hospitals are dying of their wounds. It is said that the list of dead will reach 700. The number of people dead when taken from the fire was 582. There are any amount of people who are losing their minds here because of this horribe loss of life. Chicgao was he saddest city upon the earth when the old year passed away and the New Year entered, not a noise of any kind could be heard, but instead you would see people going from morgue to mor ! gue searching for their friends or relatives. Not only this city but several other cities in different states was weeping for the dead. There were people from nearly half of the states in the U. S. who were watching that play. The papers claimed three were 2100 people in the theatre on that afternoon. Today all the theatres it, the city are closed 38 in all, it being so orderd by the Mayor. All of them it is claimed have violated the city ordinance in different ways, and they will remain closed until they comply with the law of the city. That picture which I saw on New Years Day will never vanish from my mind. We dont | know what our fate will be for we are constantly in danger wherever Iwe are. Well I will close for this ' time. Your Son, Homer Hendricks. Farm For Sale. —135 acres in Jen- ' ings county, only $35 per acre, i limestone soil, 20 acres bottom, good house, orchard, large barn, I living water. 20 acres timber, bali anoe in cultivation, 20 acres growI ing wheat, on pike,3 miles from Pa. | railroad. 2 miles from Big 4. Call lon or address. D. A. Hendrickson. I Qneensville. Ind.

CTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTITTTYTTTT* I Announcements, a • mil in Liiiiiiiiiii mi J .JOINT STATE SENATOR. Wc are authorized io announce the name of lohnW T.vndulloi Decatur, as a candidate for Joint senator, subject to Die decision of the democratic primary election io he held January 15, 11104. Wc are authorized to herein announce the name of J. F. Snow as h candidate for Joint Senator for the district composed of Adams and Allen counties Adams county’s delegates io the nominating convention subject to the decision of the democratic primary •lection to be held on Friday, January 1". 1904. ' , REPRESENTATIVE . ’ We are authorized to announce the name >f S. \V. lisle, of Geneva, as a candidate for Representative; subject to the decision of 'he Democratic primary election, to be bold ■ i Friday, January 15,19 M. Wc are authorized to announce the name of rienry Dirkson of Preble township, as a caniidate for Representative; subject to the de‘is ion of the Democratic primary election, tu he held Friday, January 15, 1904. . We are suthorlziHi to announce the name of k 1 Dr. J, W. Vizard, of Pleasant Mills, as a candidate for representative; subject to the de- > cision of the Democratic primary election, i.o be held Friday, January 13,1904, PROSECUTOR. We are authorized to announce the name John < . Moran. Os Decatur. M 8 candidat for re-election as Prosecuting Attorney for the twenty-sixth judicial circuit; subject to the decision of the Democratic Primary Election. to be held Friday, January 15,r<KM. We are authorized to announce the name □f S. A. M. Butcher, of Geneva, as a candidate tor Prosecuting Attorney for the twentysixty judicial circuit; subject to the decision of the Democratic primary elect iou, to be . held Friday, January 15. 1904. AUDITOR. ‘ We are authorized to announce the name ■ of U. D. Lewton. of Decatur, as a candidate I tor Auditor of Adsms county; subject to the | decision of the 1) riiocratic primary election, , io be neld Friday. January 15,1904. ; We are authorized to announce the name ' of Phil Sebug. of Berne, as »i candidate for i Auditor of Adamsrountv: subject to the dei cision ot the Democratic primary election, to ; held Friday, January 13 1904. ! We are authorized to announce the name of T. H. Baltzell. of Washington township, as I a candidate for Auditor of Adam-' county. | for one trim only: subject to the decision of the Democratic prhnarv election, to beheld I Friday, January 15. 1901 , We are authorized to announce the name ; if Al Fristoe. of Decatur, as a candidate for , Auditor of Adams county: subject to the de--1 cision of the Democratic pr imary election, to • oe held Friday, January 15. IM4 I We are authorized to announce the name of D. I). Coffee, of Decatur as a candidate for ; Auditor oi Adams county; subject to the decision ot the Democratic primary election, to be held Friday. January 15 1904. SHERIFF. We arc authorized to announce the name of I Albert Butter as a candidate for re-election ' is Sheriff of Adams county: subject to the decision of the Democratic primary election, . u» be held Friday, January 13,1901. SURVEYOR, We ar- 1 authorized to announce the name >f Georee E. McKean, of Decatur. as a candidate for re-election as Surveyor of Adams county: subject to the Democratic primary election, to be held Friday. January 15, 1904. We are authorized to announce the name of L. L. Baumgart! ras a candidate for Sur- ■ veyorof Adams count v; subject otbe d< - i vision of the Democratic primary eh ction to j jeheld Friday. January 13.19U4. i We ar»» authorized to announce the name of W. V. Hurkmaeter. of Jeffer‘«i»n township, as z candidate forsurxeyor of Adams county;

subject tn the decision of the primary election, to be held January I*>, 1.04. COMMISSIONER. W»‘ are authorized to announce the name f David Wi l ling, of Preble township. a>> a candidate lor ie-elrrt lon as commissioner of the tlret district of Adams county; subjeci to the decision of rhe irnmocratic primary elec- I r.ion, to be held Friday. January 15. 1904. Wc ar? authorized to announce the name of Jacob Abnet. of Jefferson township,as a cun4id ate for re-election as commissioner of the third district; subject to the decison of the i iiemocratio primary eiectiua, lobe held on 1 Friday, January 15.1904. We areauthorized toannounce the name of Dav id R inyon. of French township as a canlidate lor < ‘oinniissioner of Third District; ■ subject to the decision of the democratic primary election to be held Friday, January 15, 1901. CORONER. We are authorized to announce the name »f Dr. < ’ H, Schenk, of Berne, h- a candidate for re-election as Coroner of Adams county: subject to the deci don of the Democratic • primary election, to be held Friday, January i ; 13, 19U4. We are authorized to announce the name of Johns. Falk, of Washington township, as •i candidate for Coronor of Adams county: ’ subject to the decision of the Democratic Prlrnary election, to be held Friday. January 15, 1904. • ASSESSOR. Wt* are authorized to announce the name of • George Dellinger, as a candid te for the nomination tor assessor of Blue Creek town- . ship, subject to ilie decision of the Demo crane primary election to be held Friday January 13. 1904. We are authorized to announce the name of William Zimmermanns a candidate for AsgeHs ’rof Kirkland township; subject to the ■ 'lecision of the democratic primary election, to l»e held Friday. January 15.1904. ’ We are authorized to announce the name of Nick H Wagner of Decatur, as a candidate for Assessor of Washington township ) Subject to the decision of the democratic primary election to be held Friday, January ■ 15,1904. We are authorized to announce the name ’ of Albert Spuller hh a candidate for sensor of Washington township, subject to the decision of the democratic primary election to be held January 13. 1904. • We arc authorized to announce the name of > Joseph M . Peele ss Candida’? for Assessor of , Jefferson township: subject to the decision of the Democratic election to be held Friday. January. 15.19ui. . We are authorized to announce the name . of David >. Mauller. as a candidate for As.-e.s- --( sor of Union township, subject to the decision of the Democratic primary election, to be held Friday. January 15.1901. i | We are authorized to announce Hie name of I William Conrad as a candidate for Assessor • I of Preble township: subject to the derision I ot i he democratic primary election to be held i Friday. January 15. 1904. ! w? are authorized to announce the name of William Blackburn of Decamr. a* a candida»r f>r a segsor of Washington township, subject to tn? derision of the <iurnocratir 1 primary election to be held Friday, January 15. 19U1. ’ We are authorized toannounce the name of .1. D Brown of Kirkland township as a candidate for Assessor subject to the decision of • the dpojorratfc primary eiectiou to be h hl Friday. January 1"». 1901. TRUSTEE. - We areauthorized to announce the name of ! J. W Merriman as a candidate fui Trustee of , Biue Creek township, subject tot lie decision of the demoiTatic primary election, to be hehi Friday. January 13. I’JVI. We are authorized to announce th? name of ( aleb B. Andrews as candidate for Trustee of Washington township; subject to the decision of tne Democratic primary election, to i be held Friday. January 1-. 1904. d We an* authorized to announce the name of Louis Kleine as a candidate for Trustee of 1 Preble township; subject u»thi- decision of tbe Democratic primary election, to beheld Friday. January la. 1904. Wear? authorized toannounce the name of Janms I\ Niblick, of Decatur, asa candidate ’ for Trustee of Washington township: subject • to the decision nf the Democrat!'’ nrimarj election, to la* held Friday, January 15, hmm.

Weather Forecast. Indians—Fair; same Saturday. We uro n nthovizpd to announce the of U wis < Miller us candidate for Trusteet.: I of WHshlnctvil townahip: subject to the cision ot the llemocratic primary election tasH be bold Friday. January 15.1901. We are authorized to announce the namMi of Win. Hollo a> eun.lidato for trustee Union township: subject to the decigion the liemocratio primary election to be belli Friday, January 15. 1904. We are authorized to announce ot b. N. GraiulstaiT as candidate for of Root townsmp. Subject to I l.oodeclsion the democratic primary election to be Friday. January 15,1904. We are authorized to announce ol Kdward Luttman as candidate for of Root townsnip: subject to the decision the Democratic primary election to be Friday, January 15,190 i. We are authorized to announce the name ' William Koldewey as a candidate for Trusted of Preble township; subject to the decisioifl of the democratic primary election to be behM Friday, January 15,1'JtM. We areauthorized to announce the name ofl John Fruochtc as a candidate for Trustee Preble towusliip; subject to tbe decision cIK the democratic primary election to tie bcl fl Friday, January 15.1901. We are authorized to announce the name efl David .1. IHHlnir asa candidate for Trustnfl of Preble township: subject to tlie deeisioifl of the democratic primary elee.iou to tm he! fl Friday. January 15 1904 We are authorized to announce the natrofl of Geonto 'I T. Houck, as candidate fcfl Trustee of Kirkland township, subject to th I decision of the Democratic primary to b-fl livid January 15. 1904. s® We are authorized to announce the nan ■ of dairies A. Steele as a candidate for This ■ tee of Kirkland township; subject to the <l< ■ cision of tbe Democratic primary elactlon, tv ■ be held Friday, January 15.1904. ■ We are authorized to announce the name of I « i'li on Adler, ss a candidate tor Trustee <■: I | Kirkland township, subject to tii« di ■ vision of the Democratic primary electloi ■ | io ov held Friday. January 15, linn, a - j I Private hinds to loan on city prop I [city at lowest rate interest.. Ih-iv I i lege of partial payments. The De I catur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dt: I Money to loan oq farms at lowest I rate of interest. Any sum, any I length of time and privilege of par I tial payments. The Decutur Ab I struct and Loan Co., 257dtf. I I have for sale fourteen head of I full blood Shorthorn Durham cattle. I ■ including cows and bulls. Tnis stock is all registered or qualified > for registering, and are first-class stock. Callon or address Edward 1 Dirkson, R. R. No 1. Decatur Indana. 309d1m ; For Sale—A good clean stock of groceries and fixtures. Will givi possession at once or Feb. 1. Room ’ 22x80 with good ware room. Ror.' ’ reasonable, . Good established trade. Reasons for selling. Hav. other business to take our attention For particulars write or call on i Minch & Co., Geneva, Ind. ts