Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 11 March 1904 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. ■VBRY KVKNING. BXCBPT SUNDAY, BY U■ W G. ELLINGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. B, Mirrler, per week lOe By carrier, per year $4 00 By ma’l. per month 25c By mall, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application Bntered In the postoffice at Decatur, Indiana, an second-class mall matter J. H. HELLER. Manasir.

COUNTY TICKET For Joint Senator JOHN W. TYNDALL For Representative JOHN W. VIZARD For Prosecutor JOHN C. MORAN For Auditor C. D. LEWTON Fcr Sheriff ALBERT A. BUTLER For Surveyor L. L. BAUMGARTNER For Coroner JOHN S, FALK For Commissioner First District ' DAVID WERLING For Commissioner Third District MARTIN LAUGHLIN CITY TICKET For Mayor DAVID D. COFFEE For City Clerk JACK McFEELEYj For Treasurer W. J. ARCHBOLD For Marshal ED GREEN For Councilmen—First Ward AL BUHLER alex Lebrun FOr Council men—Second Ward H. S, PORTER HENRY STETLER For Councilmen—Third Ward PETER GAFFER PETER KIRSCH The Decatur Tyndall organ does not deny that Tyndall, the candidate for joint senator, is one of the leading members of the brick and tile trust. —Fort Wayne News. Yep. Give him h—l brother He is a millionaire, bloated bondholder. and has a corner on the ■“hot air" industry. Notwithstanding all this, he is regular, voted for Bryan and fifty cent dollars. The disgrace to our “national hon >r" is incomprehensible, and the self sac-

NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL

Indianapolis, March 11 —Hope is I growing among the Democratic leaders here that former Mayor Taggart will be selected for national chairman They are not only anxious that he •hail be so honored but they realize that he would be in a fine position to greatly aid his own state. A prominent politician said today that if Taggart is made national chairman and if the Democrats name Ben Shively of South Bend for vice-president and If Senator Fairbanks is placed on the Republican ticket that there is no doubt that Indiana will be a decisive battleground during the coming campaign. Taggart's friends —and they are a legion—are doing all they can to secure for him the coveted position. It is said on the authority of one close to him that it is his sole political ambition to conduct a winning national campaign for his party. James Stutesman, the smiling Peru “■talesman” was a guest at the Columbia club today. Stutesman always manages to liven up things when lie arrives and today he was entertaining his friends in his usual debonair manner. He is not a candidate for membersh.p or the legislature this year although some of his friends have urged him to run. Stutesman is in politics most of the t‘me but is not the luckiest fellow in the business. He has aspired to represent the Elev-

Bosse’s Opera House, Tuesday, March 15 MR. WILLARD SIMMS In the Musical Comedy that never fails to please Pickings from Puck Ljrto direction A SUNBURST OF WIT AND HUMOR Producing Scintillating Rays of Laughter and Merriment. An all star cast- An ensemble of beauty. CarlnnA .. New and catchy songs. Tuneful muTic. Sup 4 costly""*costuming. ’ 1 y Prices 25, 50 and 75c. Scat sale commences Saturday morning Dine o’clock at The Holthouse Drug Co. store * ‘

rificing and patriotic fight of the • News is wringing chrooodile tears from all the humble multitude—from Millionaire Senator Fairbanks clear down the party line. L'nfurl the red flag and let all those who believe only- in the g. o. p label stand up and swear anew their allegienoe to the patriotism of republican trusts—no others need apply. THE HOLTHOUSE DRUG CO’S CONFIDENCE IN HYOMEI. Not a Penny Need be Paid Unless it Cures Vou of Catarrh. '‘Use Hyomei anil lie cured of catarrh, " say The Holthouse Drug Co. When a responsive business house like this comes out and advertises that Hyomei will not cost a penny unless it does all that is claimed for it. it shows what remarkable confidence they have in this scientific medical treatment. A oompleie Hyomei ontfit consists of a neat inhaler that can be carried in the pocket or purse, a medicine dropper and a bottle of Hyomei, and costs but fl. The inhaler lasts a lifetime and when extra bottles of Hyomei are needed they can be obtained for 50c. This treatment does away with all disagreeable and dangerous stomach dosing. Breathed through the Hyomei inhaler for a few minutes four times a day. it impregnates every jiarticle of air taken into the air passages and lungs with germ-killing and health-giving lalsams. In this way it cures the most ehronic and deepseated catarrhal diseases of the air passages and respiratory organs. The user is the sole judge whether Hyomei is to be paid for or not. If it does not help. The Holthouse Drug Co. will cheerfully return the money and it will not cost a penny.

Ten thousand dollars private funds left with us to loan on Decatur real estate,first mortgage. Low rate of interest. Will loan in sums of |SO upwards. The Decatur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf Howard City. Michigan. I have 18 good farms for sale. Forty acre to 120, can sell you any size farms you want Timber or cleared land, will sell for cash or small payment down. 17d6 PETER NELSON We are making special low prices on monuments to be erected by Decoration Day. We have all the latest designs, and invite you to call and see them. Wemhoff s Monumental Works, Decatur, Indiana. Leaders of North-eastern Indiana.

enth district in congress biit he never I had a show against Major Steele. Then it was said that he wanted to become lieutenant governor but the I district had a candidate for governor ahead of him. He was defeated for speaker of the bouse in 1901 when there was no doubt that he was the popular choice of a majority of the members. It is now said that he aspires to an appointment In Uncle Sam’s diplomatic corps. An interesting report has been received here by politicians. It is from Evansville and is to the effect that George A. Cunningham of that place will be a full-fledged candidate for the United States senate if Senator Fairbanks is nominated for vice-pres-ident. While there may be some ground for it most politicians look upon it as a pipe dream pure and simple. Cunningham is the First district member of the Republican state committee and stands well with his party in his section but he has never been so prominent as to lead anyone to suspect that he might enter the race for the senate. It is the general impression that if the First district furnishes a candidate for the senate that Congressman Hemenway will be the man but this latest report says that he will not and that Cunningham has an understanding with him to that effect.

Charles Peterson returned from a business trip at Berne this afternoon. Sheriff Johnson says that there continues to be little change in John Terrell's condition. He has Iteen sleeping more the last few days but still refuses to eat much. The sheriff says that he is h udiy ever heard to talk any more, even to Himself, and that in answering questions he ' usually makes signs instead of talking—Bluffton News. L. S. Kapp went to Chicago this; morning and from there will go to | Joliet, 111., to see W. J. Craig, his brother in-law. Mr. Craig is an invalid and cannot work, although otherwise he is enjoying good health. Mr. Kapp will probably make arrangements to have Mr Craig move to Bluffton to reside, and if he decides to come here he and his wife will probably arrive here about June let. Mr. Craig was at one timeclerk of Welle County.—Bluffton News. «

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS James W. Menefee representing The Menefee Foundry Co., of Fort Wayne. Ind., is at present in our city with a view of introducing the safety Cistern and Well ('over. He has been before the county commissioneis in regard to the matter and his convincing demonstrations h ive proven to them that it is a great agency to avoid disease by preventing surface impurities from entering wells and cisterns. The comimssioi ers are highly pleased with the advantages they see in the Menefee Safety Cistern and Well Cover and are satisfied that it is the best cover they have ever seen. The covers are very neat in appearanoe and form a sanitary standpoint nothing can be better. In the judgment of the commissioners, they are destined to give satisfaction in every particuar. The corers are so thoroughly adapted to fit. that frogs, rats. mice, snakes, worms, etc., cannot possibly get into the cistern or well as is the case when a wood cover is used. Mr. Menefee proposes to remain in the city for some time and will use ever endeavor to get the Safety Cis tern and Well Cover thorougly before the public's notice. He will consider it a favor to receive any one who desires to ascertain further particulars. The commissioners cordially invite the public to exam ine and witness the utility of the Safety Cistern and Well Cover recently placed on the well at the northeast corner of the Court House Square. After due examination of the cover it will be well to call on Mr. Menefee at the Robinson Hotel on Third street and an interview with him will furnish sufficient information that the Menefee Safety Cistern and Well Cover, is the cheapest and best cover that can be used on any well or cistern. Any inquiry by letter or card will also receive his prompt and personal attention

THE AXTELLS. Patchen Wilkes farm, Lexington, Ky., owners of Patchen Wilkes and Onward, two of the most noted trot ting stallions in Kentucky, when in need of new blood to fuse with tne get of these two great stallions, cer j tainly as exjwienced breeders, they would select from a family that not only produce race horses, but produce i horses that are individually faultless as drivers and bring the highest prices in their class. This farm se- ■ lected Axtellion 1:15| by Axtell 2:121 (3). To demonstrate to you that they made no mistake in their selection we I need only refer you to their consign-I ment to the Chicago horse sale last week where they sold forty head for an average of $385 per head, and not one of these colts had a public record. j The fact they were from the loins of three of the greatest stallions of the land, Patchen Wilkes, Onward and Axtell was enough to assure any I horseman that he was getting the 1 worth of his money. Axinite 2:17} (3), brother in blood to Axtellion 2:11 i, is the sire of Francis, one half mile 1:03} (trial) that sold at BlairBaker sale at Indianapolis one year ago for $3500. Helga 2:12} (trial) that sold at the same city last Wednesday for $1350. He is also the sire of Grandor 35996, a very handsome young stallion owned by A. N. Kcder, Pleasant Mills, Indiana. See the Dutchess at Gus Rosen thals. % Get your rebat" checks at Gus Rosenthals. Confirmation presents with yonr Confirmation suit at Gus Rosenthals, Decatur.

COUNSELED PLACE Miners’ Officers Send Conciliatory Letter With Ballots. Recommendations In Favor of Accepting Operators Proposition Renewed at Last Moment Reasons for Accepting are Set Forth In Formal Order. Indianapolis. March 11 —The United Mine Workers' local unions in Indiana, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maryland, central Pennsylvania. Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia and lowa that are to participate in the referendum vote on Tuesday, on the proposition of accepting a reduction of 5.55 per cent, in wages or closing the soft coal mines on April 1, received their ballots this morning. With the ballots were sent out the circular letter that the national convention on Monday authorized President Mitchell, Vice-President T. L. Lewis and Secretary Treasurer W. B. Wilson to address’ to the locals, setting out their recommendations that the reduction be accepted, and stating the reasons for accepting. Reports continue to come from the raining districts that the strike sentiment is decreasing and that, as in Indiana, everywhere the sentiment is growing in favor of following Mitchell, Lewis and Wilson.

SCHOOL BOOK AWARD Bittir Fight Over Contracts Comes; to an End. Indianapolis. March 11. —After a meeting fraught with argument as to the merits of the books submitted as samples, the state board of education awarded the contract for furnishing school books for the Indiana schools for the next five years and succeeded in breaking the alleged school book combination holding the present contract. The contract for the primer and the series of five readers went to the Indiana School Book company; the contract for the arithmetics to D. C. Heath & Co., and the contract for the series of eight copy-books to Eaton & Co. The contract for the primary geography went to the Macmillan company, and for the advanced geography to Ginn & Co. The value of the books contracted for is nearly 11.009,000. The decision was arrived at after ’ the board had been in a heated ses-I sion for two days. The school book ) men said it was one of the bitterest fights that ever took place over state book contracts. The decision of the board was a surprise to many, for it was expected that the books of the companies holding the contract now in force would again be successful. Life Sentence Affirmed. Indianapolis. March 11.—The supreme court has affirmed Joseph Spaulding's sentence of imprisonment for life on conviction of murder in the first degree for killing Raphael Competello in Indianapolis, in July, 1902. Spaulding was a seventeen-year-old colored boy, and ran out of a saloon and stabbed the Italian because he found his older sister throwing rocks at him. judge Dowling said that the evidence sustained the charge against Spaulding In every particular. Knox Brought to Indiana. Portland. Ind., March 11. —Sheriff Andrews has returned from Columbus. 0., having in custody Robert J. Kn»x. who has been committed to jail preliminary to arraignment. Knox professes not to know John Schoonover, alias H. B. Gordon, now in jail In default of SIO,OOO bonds, and who brought Knox to grief by attempting to pass a raised check. Profitable Term of Court. Evansville, Ind., March 11.—The | term of court just closed was a fruitful i one in the collection of fines. The grand jury returned 1.18 indictments against men for operating slot ma- ! chines, and each man paid a fine and costs, amounting to about >36. Forty | gembiers were fined on other charges, as were inmates of resorts, and all paid their fines. Editors Elect Officers. Bloomington. Ind., March 11. —At , the annual meeting of the Southern Indiana Editorial association the following officers were elected: President, J. N. Marsh, Columbus Times; Vice-President, Walter Bradfute, Bloomington Telephone; Secretary, Jay C. Smith, Seymour Republican; Treasurer, George Sandford. Washington Herald. Drank Carbolic Acid. Logansport, Ind., March 11—Edward O. Wisely, for four years postmaster at Royal Center and later justice of the peace In Boone township, committed suicide by swallowing a large quantity of carbolic acid. Wisely was divorced trom his wife some time ago and had been despondent at times. Murder Trial at Albion. Albion, Ind., March 11.—The trial of Joseph Estllck, charged with the murder of Comanche Davault, at Cromwell, has been set for trial on March 28 In the Noble circuit court.

HARNESS We have and are complete in this line, and everything made to order on short notice. > > > Repair Up and Oil Up Now is/the time, and we the best oil, or will oil and repair for you cheaper than you can do it yourself. REMEMBER US EOR AWNINGS Don’t} forget our drawing. Five fine prizes, Ticket with every 50c purchase. See bills. H. S. Porter

I have hired a number of fine paper hangers Alex Leßrun ts Private funds to loan on city prop erty at lowest rate interest. Privilege of partial payments. The Decatur Abstract and Loan Co. 257dtf Farm For Sale.—l3s acres in Jenings county, only |35 per acre, limestone soil, 20 acres bottom, good house, orchard, large barn, living water, 20 acres timber, balance in cultivation, 20 acres growing wheat, on pike,3 miles from Pa. railroad, 2 miles from Big 4. Call on or address, D. A. Hendrickson, Queensville, Ind.

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