Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 310, Decatur, Adams County, 9 January 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME 1

1 DEMOCRATIC DAY 4 Many Adams County Democrats Here.

VOTE NEXT FRIDAY Finishing Touches to the Primary Election. The Candidates Are Ail Representative Democrats and Nave Made a Clean Canvas. It is hardly necessary to state ’hat this has been a democratic lay in Decatur. The morning train ■ought a large delegations from I feme and Geneva, and besides very township in the county was with a large number ■ (democrats, all of whom are interested in the primary’ election

THREE MORE. heath List at Chicago Increases. Japan-Russia War Clouds Seem Brighter Than Yesterday. Special to the Dally Dctin'erat Chicago, ni.. Jan., 9—Three I we deaths were added t > the i-’tsof Iroquois theatre lire victims today. They are Miss Nellie Ihcwson. Miss Estella, Mr. and Mrs. 1 kA. Nelms, making the ofliciul i total SF!». Special to The Daily Democrat Vienna, Jun., ?—The Austria. ’Hungarian foreign officer received ■'cable message from Tok v> saying: •Japan has no intention <>f attack offensive measure in Korea as "Mt as negotiations with Kusstu ,rft going on. Officials and diplo•'“ate here ure hopeful. HAD A GOOD TIME. fr »l Oldiges Proves Himself a Good Host. t *’ rar 'k Oligus delights ully enter duel uliout thirty of his ymmg r ®>ds last evening at tin Imm. brother in honor of his ;-' ! Biting of Minster. Ohio The wua paoed away by ln S numerous games ami dor' "I at u fe[f,..i| .!■ *' r vod to whichall <iid j i-i • r °*n ad current reports ■ ?"***< hud by all and at ” lr adjounted, ever ni .■ lQ ' i 11 fine entertainer

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which is due next Friday. This is the last Saturday before said primary, and so far as the weather re concerned it is about the only decent Saturday since the date was announced. The friends of the diff. erent candidates are apparently making the most of tho opportunities offered, and are laboring with necessary zeal for their favorites. Tho primary campaign through out has been exceptionally peacefull and quiet, and is a credit to every democrat in the country.. The canvassing is about at an end, the candidates now putting the finishing touches to their campaign work. The election boards have all been selected, they all being representative citizens and loyal democrats. The inspectors will all be here next Thursday and receive their ballots, tally sheets and final instruments for election day. As usual the Democrat will keep open house election night, and will arrange for free telephone service all over the county thus getting the returns complete before a very late hour. Every ono is invited to join the crowd on this night and to m ike the Democrat office head quarters.

IS RECOVERING. I Ben Prescott Who Was Badly Hurt Some Time A4O. j Ikn Prescott.a Clover Leaf brakeman, who was injured al Willshir. several months ago.by being struck with n mail crane, is at last gaining strength and is now on a fair roud to recovery. After the injury |he was taken to Frankfort where he lay ut the point of death for II quite u time Later he was taken to ' Delphos and placed nuder the care .of a local physician. A careful I examination revealed the fact that a rib was fractured. The broken . bone was removed a few days ago and as soon as Mr. Prescott revived , from the anaesthetic hi* began to gain strength and now has hopes of being a well and hearty man again. I DIED TODAY. Ex-Governor Foster of Ohio. was Once a Millionaire and Served as Secretary of United Mates Treasury. Spc- lal u> Dally UrmocMt. Bpringfield. <>*<> • Jun " !,_Kx ’ / Governor Charles Foster d>ed at his • | hOHl( here nt 11:30 .Aleck this) morning He was stricken with paralvsis hist night. He was ut onetune a millionaire bnt made | „ nil ->ignment m I' 1 '" 1,1 Oh.o, April i ,.,s W.I- elected to Congress) w- : I” >><•• . ~l the I’nitcd states ..•(Tetnrv "i tn i treasury

DECA FUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1904.

CUT HER HAND. Miss Fleming Hurt in a Peculiar Manner. Miss Dose Fleming who lives on , '• st Side, met with a very serious > ceidcnt this morning. She had picked up a can of fruit and it slipped from her hand and in trying to recover the same she caught it in Ihi r left hand ano as it struck her I hand it burstod, cutting the thumb j on her left hand in a frightful manner. She at once hastened for assistance and her sister dressed the wound which will leave her hand sore for a few days. Charles Yobst, her brother in law says it was a very nasty cut and is very painful. ■! LEAP YEAR BALL t 1 r a Columbian Club Rooms i the Scene. r 1 1 High School Students Devote an s Evening io Genuine Enjoyment. i , i 3 1 ) The High School again proved 1 themselves great entertainers last evening when they invited a number of their outside friends to enjoy themselves at a Leap Year Bill, at the Columbian Club i rooms. The hall was beautifully decorated with the colors of the school and hero and there were a number of large green plants giving tho hall a pleasing I effect, the floor was in prime condition for dancing and Miss Daisy Haynes of Fort Wuyno who furnished the music was kept busy from eight o’clock until a late hour ' ! this morning keeping time with j the merry feet of the dancers and ‘‘inluving all the latest and fancy ; steps. Dancing has taken a great ' stride in the city in tho last two years and it now seems to be the 1 leading pastime for the young ami L 1 old. and the High School could find 1 no better way to please their many ’ friends than by keeping np tho 1 pice they have now started. They * | were complimented on all side last * evening from the easy manner in 1 which the dance was conducted and 1 the way they have of making every joiie feel at home, and their friends are one and all hoping that they ( continue to give these balls once a I week. _________ RAILWAY NEWS. Clover Leaf in a Combination With Bii> Lines. The formation of a now eastern trunk lino is expected to be the out , come of recent Wall street activity I in Chicago and Alton and Toledo, i St. Loute & Western shares. E. i 11. Harriman and Edwin Hawley | are the controlling forces in this | project, and from well informed I sources it is learned that no less than five different railroads will bo combined to make the new system. Following is a table showing the in- ■ dividual and aggregate mileage of the roads, which will constitute the proposed system: < hicago & Alton 1,000: Kansas City A: South iern. <>; fowu Central, 580; Minneapolis. As St. Louis 0,335; Toledo, St. Louis A- Western. 150; total 31. sl)3. These roads are so situated geographically that they can do J busines with each other, and b.• 1 i the constructions of some additional connections it is Mieved that al I considerable saving in operating) expenses can lie effected by placing ithem under one •.’.•neral manage | Imelit. '

'a new chairman' r Cromer Men Win a De- ; cisive Victory. ’ i r Capture Control of County Committee by a Majority of Large Di- ( mensions. i The republican fight for Committeemen in this county and for . commissioners who will select| delegates to the congressional oonvention was as warin aswas predicted. Tho Cromer men won a decisive victory and have easily . obtained oontroll of tho committee ». which looks like Adams county will send a Cromer delegation to the convention. In this city the greatest opposition was shown and each faction elected three members. The names of the successful committeemen are as follows: 1 Union township, Chas. S. Mamma Root, East, Jesse Warner, Root West, John Evans I Preble, north, failed to meet. Preble, south. Bob Caso Kirkland, B >b Be >ry i Washington, west, Bob Galbraith J Washington, east Atwood Buck- | master 1 St. Marys north, W. H. Toepie * St. Marys south, R. O. Edston i Blue Creek, north, John W. Dague ’ Blue Creek, south, Samuel Turn r | bleson ’ Monroe, north. Shelby Ray ’ I Monroe, middle, Leo Reeffy ’ ; Berne A, Chris Eley Berne. B, John Hilty, 1 French township Vincent Bell : Hartford, north, N. A. Pusey Hartford, south, J. C. Glendenning Wabash, north. H Smith L Wabash. Cevlon, James L. Love Geneva, A, Sam H. Teeplo Geneva B, J. M. Wells I Jefferson oust, Daniel Brewston, Jefferson west B. Jesse A. Buckmaster i Decatur, Ist ward A, J. M. FriI I singer Decatur Ist ward B, P. L. Andrews J Decatur, 2 ward A. L. A. Gtahain, I Decatur, 2 ward B. Mell Butler Decatur 3rd ward A. Miles Pillars ' I Decatur 3rd Ward 13 J, Smith. 1 Similar contests wore held all lover the district and the fight ' proves that Iho Cromer men have , ' lieen wide awake and are well or- 1 ganized Os tho thirty-one pre-1 ' chiefs in this county twenty-four are Cromer men, ono failed to I elect and six are Antis. Tho new committee met today t and elected John M. Frisinger, chairman, Mel Butler, secretary i and Samuel Teeple of Geneva, vice chairman. The delegates elected Swill meet in Muncie Tuesday’ to| complete a district organization I Another election must be held to choose delegates to the eongres- S i Isional convention. — WANTS RELEASE. — Miss Hathaway Tenders Iter Resignation. M iss Maud Hathaway has tendered her resignation ns teacher of litera- 1 1 turn and history in the Decatur, high school to accept a more luera five place m the Akron, Ohio high , school.tn tins connection the school ’ board huve requesteed us to state j I injustice to themselves that the t resignation lias not yet lieen accept ' ed us no meetnu lias,let Ix’cn hold, ' and noono lias been employed as f yet, though they liavu several up- ■ plications. A meeting of the!' (school Ixatrd will bo held probably ’ i Monday or Tuesday next when Miss ' Hatlia vvuuys application will prob i i ably !«• accepted and arrngements i lnr.ide for a new teacher. ,<

1 A GREAT ENGINE. Schafer Hardware Company Gave Frge Show. i ’People who visited the Schuler i Hardware store today saw a prueti-1 cal demonstration of how a gas’ engine can be used with profit and l groat saving of labor on the farm.! This enterprising firm had in operation a three horse power Wager man engine' to which was attached a corn shelter, corn planter and feed j grinder. The engine is made at Greenville. Ohio, and is the] most wonderful on the market furn- ; ishing its own power by means of a i little dynamo attached. The ) demonstration is well worth seeing. ' A MODERN HOTEL Dell Locke to Build One at Bluffton. Organizing Company to Put Up an Immense Up-to-Date Building. A project has been under process i of formation for some time by; Landlord Dell Locke of the Hotel Bliss looking to the erection of an | immense new modern hotel in Bluffton but at his request the ; News has refrained from mentioning tho matter until today. The project hits not yet been worked to I a jioint where it is indefinite shape, but Mr. L'icke says it that he has I every’ reason to believe that it can be successfully’ carried out so that | by March, work can be started on i the building that will give this city one of the finest hotels in the ■ country. The firm of Dailey, Simmons & Dailey’ prepared the papers for him this morning which he is submitting to the prospective . subscribers to a stock company to i be incorporated with a captital of : $55,000. The plan which Mr. Locke j has in view’ wins the erection of a fine three story hotel building i 110x140 feet in dimensions if the I real estate in the proposed site i can all be secured reasonable. The I proposition is to include in the | hotel building an entire one fourth block including tho present Bliss Hotel building and the Joe Rose | ! business block. It is possible that I the plans may be modified so as not to include quite so much ground although the present plan is ns out lined afiove. Tho preliminaryground floor plans have already' been prepared by Architect (’uno Kibele. The now hotel will bo built entirely by homo capital, says Mr. Lix-ke. It will contain in all over 100 rooms of which number 75 will be for the trans ient business.— Bluffton News. NEW OFFICERS. I' Berne Democratic Club Preparing for Campaign. The Berne News says: The regular 1 mooting of the Democratic club was 1 hold in the club rooms Wednesday night. The following officers were elected: President—('. F Foreman, Vice president--Sim Simison, sec retury—Noah Bixler, treasurer -J. A ( lottser, Trustees—Sam Sehin dler, J. W < ,n II S Mr bund. Tlie club is laying plans for tho • coming eam|Niign This year ■••• ill ’hc an ili’tlle one for flic iii"infx-1 • in the luce o| u great prcxidi'ntiul p contest, ■

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WILL BUILD SOUTH Berne Elated Over Electric Railway Prospects. — The Fort Wavne & Springfield Company Talk Business With Berne Commercial Club. I Representatives of tho Fort Wayne & Springfield Railway Coml pany were in Berne Friday confering with members of tho executive committee of the business men’s as sociation relative to an extension of the interurban electric railway to this place. The party was composixl for President W. H FledderI johann, General Counsel John H I Koenig and Harvey Harruff. They ; called on President Leshman of the association, then visited mem bers of the executive committee To the News Mr. Harruff said: “The engineer corps has completed : its work north and must now con I tinue south. We expect to build ■ the line where the people want it. jlf Berne wants it we will build it here.” Continuing Mr. Harruff stated that the purpose was to construct the line through Monroe to Berne, then to Celina. Geneva may get an extension. Tho party went j to Geneva and will return here to | meet tho business men’s associ ation.— Berne News. WAS ORIGINAL “Punkin Husker” is a Good Show. Played Last Night to a Large Audience and More Than Pleased Them. The "Punk in Husker” was greeted at Bosse’s opera house last night by a largo and enthusiastic 1 audience. From the time the our tain went up on the first act and until tho close of tho iK’rforinunce the audience was in an tiprour Mr. Russel is carrying a strong cast and each and every one is a star at 1 his or her part and tho lines are spoken with a naturalness and a distinction that is superior to many high classed attractions Without doubt George Morrison us Ligo Smit 11 and Percy Martin as Willie Brown will long be re membered by the theatre going public in their love making scene Smith taking the |mrl of the sillv ignorant farmer boy, and Martin the part of a wise city tough, and they certainly carried out their part to perfection. This companv carry their own bund and orchestra andt heyiire no moan aggregation ut that, in fact the street work by the inind was the tiest that has ever Ixxm hoard in tho city by an organization of this kind On a whole ’ The Pnnkin Husker" is well worth going to sec The play Ims merits and many of them There is plenty of fun. some fool ishness, enough intrigue to keep the .‘fling from being monotonous and considerable Ixsituy in the way of pleasing sentiment nnd -connselfing. Peoph who see tins per ‘ lorinance will not i>e sorry Tlv next attraction willb« 'Hide Tr;» •<i January 15.