Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 55, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1904 — Page 2

THE DAILY DEMOCRAT. imr IVBNINO. BICEPT SCNDAY. BY L. E W GS . ELI-INGHAM. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. S, Barrier, per week 10c By carrier, per .rear $4.00 •y mall, per month 25c By mall, per year $2.50 Single copies. Two Cents. Advertising rates made known on application ■ntered In the postoffice at Decatur. Indiana, as second-class mail matter. *. H. HELLER. Manaobh. COUNTY TICKET For Joint Senator JOHN W. TYNDALL For Representative JOHN W. VIZARD For Prosecutor JOHN C. MORAN For Auditor C. D. LEWTON For 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 Councilmen—Second Ward H. S. PORTER HENRY 3TETLER For Councilmen—Third Ward PETER GAFFER PETER KIRSCH Real Estate Transfers. Joel Neuensch wander to Stephen Swain pt sec 26. Kirkland tp $275. Coy Martz to George Martz pt sec 11 French tp $2400. Josephine Rodd to A. Volmer pt lot 575 Decatur 330. Lizzy Howard to Thomas Schooly pt see 34 Kirkland tp 80 acresssooo. Abe Schnepp to Emma Truster pt sec 3 St. Marys tp 40 acres >2400. G. W. Jackman to W. A. Fonner pt see 16 Root tp SIOO.. Tampa. A German Coach Horse, had six of his get at the Great Northern Adams County Fair last fall. Got four firsts and two second prmiums as the best •®olts at the fair. Tampa and two other young stallions are at Meyers & Sheiman’s feed barn, north Second street. Decatur, Ind. 53d6 Mr Krimmel, the piano tuner of Fort Wanye is in tho city Parties wishing thier piano tuned will please leave word at the Murray Hotel, at their earliest convenience. Phone No. 57. 55d2

NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITAL

Indianapolis, March 16. —An intereating political story comes from Kentucky to the effect that a boom will be launched there by the Hearst men for President Mitchell of the mine workers for vice-president. The mat- . ter was discussed at a meeting of the Kentucky mine workers last week and it has been eagerly taken up by the Hearst boomers. This is not the first time that Mitchell has been talked of tor vice-president. Four years ago there was an effort to boom him but he nipped it in the bud. It was stated at the headquarters of the miners here that Mitchell has no desire to enter politics. The fact is that while be is said to be at heart a Democrat he is almost a non-partisan so far as active politics is concerned. Ha is a very close friend of President Iloosevelt and other prominent Republican leaders but he is also very close to the Democratic chieftain. RecenlJ, ‘A. “ l< * th at he would resign ,r , .? ght “ fh ' ef of toe bureau of statistics, but this »•»« <,ei eially denied here and the general Impression now 1. that Mitchell can’t be 'nduced to give up hie position in the labor field to run for political office.

The Republican political pot is fairly boiling over in the Eleventh district and from word received here today the temperature is highest at Wabash where it seems that Landis and his friends have gained the upper hand by a shrewd move. The delegates are to be selected by direct vote

COUNCIL MET Some City Business Transacted Mall Boxes to be Placed on Electric Poles.—A Number of Bills Allowed.

The regular session of the city council was held last night, Mayor Coffee presiding and every member present. The minutes of the meeting of March Ist were read and approved. Mr. Fordyce moved that the county commissioners put down a new well near the city fountain and that the city pay half the expense. The vote resulted in a tie and Mayor Coffee postponed his deciding vote. The petition for a side walk by L. B. Brokaw was referred to the street committee. A motion was carried that the street committee meet Mr. Shane at the Clover

Leaf depot, in regard to putting on a flagman at Line street crossing. A motion was carried authorizing the city elecrician to move all electrio light poles on Fourth street. Trustee Tate Coffee was ordered to pay the city treasurer one dollar per month for rent of council room for time used by him. The agreement to allow the mail boxes for city free delivery service to be posted on telegraph poles was approved. Frank P. Bell was granted an electricians licence. The proposition of Louis Holthouse to furnish team and take care of tire apparatus was again referred to the fire committee. A resolution allowing salaries of city officials was unanimously carried. The following bills were allowed: Otto Bremerkamp, labor $1 00 H. P. Streicher, sand 36 40 Knapp Supply Co., supplies 47 08 Shelby Electric Co., supplies 22 50 Ft. AVanye Elec Co., supplies 176 96 Electric Supply Co., supplies 16 571 Grand Rapids, freight 37 74 ' J. D. Hale, labor 1 00 S. Spangler, rent 10 00 J. C. Patterson, express 1 75 L. G. Ellingham, printing 18 50. R. A. Parkins, labor 43 50 J U. S. Cress, city oom. salary 17 50 D. Shackley, city com. salary 17 50 B. W. Sholty, city com. salary 17 00 L.A.Graham, city com. salary 40 00 Corbin & Edwards naming streets, 41 90 C. & E. railway, freight, 121 00 L. C. Helm, pay roll 10 00 Jno. Thomas, labor, 51 90 Geo. E. Steele, pay roll 45 Sunday Creek Coal Co 70 04 See Frank Bell if you want electrical work done. 546 d.

ana mere is to ne mu one vurmg place in each township. As there are over 2.2U0 votes in the township where the city of Wabash is located it is not evident how so many people ars going to be permitted to cast their votes in the time specified in the call. It has been figured out that if one man a minute should vote for fourteen hours at three booths that many would not be able to get in. Major Steele's friends are afraid that the voting places may lie packed with Landis' men as the latter have control of the election machinery. An appeal has been made to Chairman Dicken of the Wabash county committee to provide for more voting places but up to this time he has stuck to the original plan. Every Inch of ground is being fiercely contested by the two candidates.

It is not likely that there will be more than one new Democratic con- 1 gressman after the November elec- ] tlons. The new Democratic member ' will be Lincoln Dixon of the Fourth ( who is now practically assured of nomination without opposition. Con- 1 gressman Griffith's withdrawal, it Is I generally understood, was in Dixon’s I tovor. Jo« Shea of Seymour and Joe . - r * v *»s of Madison prospective can- , dldates, have also stepped aside and of r"?’ lhßt P H Mc <'ormaek < of ’ olumbus. the only prosnertlve , ito becoZ th " n "" 1 ’ ‘““ H to » candidate for mayor State politicians who know Dixon feel r sure that he will rank web with \hi other members from Indiana.

Euterpean Program The Euterpean Society will meet this evening with Mrs. Morrison and the following program will be rendered: Correlative Minute Talks Schumann Hattie Studabaker Browning, Faye Smith Hel barto, Mrs. W. H. Naehtrieb Characterization of Schumann W. F . Brittson “The Sprng Night”, Schumann, Blanche Dibble “Moonlight” Schumann, Mrs. P. B. Thomas “Anfachwing”, Schumann, Dessie Beery Description, Midge Smith Studies in Musical History Essay on Browning, Faye Smith Character Study of Poets “A Woman's Last Word.” Browning. Bertha Heller "The Bird as a Prophet.” Schumann Mrs Ella 801 l Description, Mrs. Ellingham “The Pied Piper of Hamellin” Browning, Mrs. W. F. Brittson Pronouncing Contest—Art Section Life of DelJSarto Mrs. M. A. Hamm “Andrea Del Sarto” Browning, Dr. Beardsley Studies of Painters and Painting “Nonelette Finv ,” Schumann, Bessie Schrock Description, Minnie Or vis Description of Del Sarto Paintings, M. A. Hamm

WAS GREAT Pickings From Puck Made a Hit Audience Laughed for Three Hours at Mr. Simms and Company.

“The Pickings from Puck" company showed last night at Bosse's oj>era house to a fair sized house and the show in every particular was a howling success and those who were in attendance certainly received their money's worth, as the house was in an uproar from the time the curtain went up until it fell at the end of "the last act. There is no doubt but that Mr. Willard Simms carries a good company, each and every one of them being a star in her or his part. The specialties were catchy and up to date in every respect and brought applause from the audience at the end of each one. There is no plot to the play to speak of and the man who wrote the play merely wrote it to amuse and make people laugh, and he certainly made a sucess of it. The singing was good and the chorus showed many well trained voices. The hit of tl e evening was the paper hanging scene by Mr. Simms himself and was the best thing of its nature ever witnessed in this city. On a whole this was the best company that has appeared in this city for many sea- ; sons and should they return in 9 the near future will be greeted by a t large and enthusiastic audience as 5 Mr. Simms will hereafter prove a * favorite in the city. j A DRY HOLE 3 1 Oil Well on Holl house Farm Proves a » e ii Failure. 8 Again have the hopes of the i. people of Curryville and vicinity y been dashed to dust. The Holthouse oil well was drilled in yesterday by

the Pittabrug Oil company and proved to be a dry hole. If the report of the drillers is to be credited. The well was drilled in excess of the usual distance in the sand, {but no satisfactory showing of oil was found. Later the well was plugged by the company and preparations made at once to abandon the hole. Today one of the tool diessers in conversation with a Banner reporter stated that there had been eighteen feet of oil in the hole. This, however, would not be enough to pay operating exiienses and is indi ! natives of but little.—Bluffton Ban ner.

NO STRIKE Miners Vote Favors Acceptance Nine States Give a Majority for Signing Scale and Public is Happy. Special to Dally Democrat, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 16 —Reports received on miners vote from mining states show a majority in favor of accepting the operators two year scale, thus indicating to a certainty that there will be no strike. The result is a happy piece of news for the general public as a coal famine is thus averted. THE M'DONALD CASE Trial Will be Set Down for May Term at Bedford. Bloomington, Ind.. March 16. —It is the agreement between Judge Wilson and Prosecuting Attorney Miller that the trial of James McDonald, tor the murder of Miss Schafer, will be set down during the May term of court at Bedford. Judge Wilson's health is not good, and the docket is now crowded. Miller says that the trial will take ten days. Mr. Miller also says that McDonald will be taken to Bedford for arraignment after which he will be returned to this city for safe keeping. Thci e is no fear of mob violence at Bedford, but the old jail is an unsafe structure. It is no secret that the grand jury, in returning an indictment against McDonald, did not stop with sufficient to warrant a report. but went into the testimony in detail, until morally certain that conviction would follow trial.

Laying Blame on Collins. Indianapolis, March 16. —In the op- j ening of the trial, in the United States district court, of Justus L. Brodrick. | president of the defunct Indiana Na | tional bank, at Elkhart, who is indicted on charges or wrecking that institution. it was made plain by the attorneys for the defense that an effort is to be made to place all the blame for the failure of the bank and all of the criminality on Cashier W. L. Collins, who. after the charge of embezzlement placed against him had been nolie pressed, pleaded guilty to the charges of making false entries on the books of the bank and false reports to the comptroller of the currency. Damape Awarded Plaintiff. Crawfordsville, Ind., March 16—The jury in th. Gregg damage suit returned the following verdict: "We. the jury, And for the plaintiff and assess her damages at |3,000.” This damage suit was brought by Mrs. June Gregg, the divorced wife of George Gregg, who charged that Mrs. Sarah Gregg mother of the husband, had alienated his affections from his wife. Mrs. June Gregg asked for 110,000 damages. The case was on trial for four weeks and the argument occupied one week. Another Traction Merger Rumored. Brazil, Ind., March 16.—1 t is reported here on good authority that George F. McCulloch, of the Union Traction company has bought from the Terre Haute Electric company the Terre Haute electric lighting plant, the Terre Haute street car line, the Brazil & Terre Haute interurban line, the Brazil street car line and the Brazil electric lighting plant. Nominated for Sixth Time. Mt. Vernon, Ind., March 16.—For the sixth time Congressman James A. Hemenway, of Boonville, was nominated yesterday by the Republicans of the First district. The two delegates to the national convention were instructed to vote for the renomination of President Roosevelt

Coffee Upset on Babe. Indianapolis, March 16—A pot of hot coffee, upset by ths baby's mother, ended the life of one-year-old Clyde Myers, child of Mr. and Mrs Daniel Myers The mother lifted a pot of coffee from the stove and accidentally overturned it on the little one, who was seated nearby. Texas Itch Among Horses. Anderson, Ind., March 16.—Veterinary surgeons have reported here that they have found the Texas itch among Madison county horses and they ordered all honres so afflicted killed at once. LOST Bcttteen Blackburn ’• drug store and she Baptist church, a fur colleretto, Finder return to this office find receive reward.

| Wallace Bruce Amsbary: M + Will appear at Bosse’s Opera House W * ♦ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16th « T W $, , $ $ ♦j YOU MISS A TREAT IF YOU 4; FAIL TO HEAR AMSBARY w ▼ $ > $ f ’♦ He is a monologlst and reader of rare 4 ♦ ability, and the entertainment is guaranteed ♦ S to please yon. 4 $ M + " ♦ Seat sale at Holthouse Drug Co. Wednesday morn- 4 ♦ ing- + $ 8 ... I Can Beat Them A11... NEW NOVELTIES In all wool suitings, made to suit your body and taste for $lB 00 HENRY MEYER TAILOR

’Phones —Residence 312. Office 103. Send your dates in early. Fred Reppert Live Stock Auctioneer. Speaks English, German, Swiss and Low German. DECATUR, INDIANA. Hall, Son & Falk WANT HOUSES TO RENT Callers Every Day I)R. P. L. FRITZ Dentist Office above Holthouse, Schulte & Co.’s clothing store. DECATVR, - INDIANA. Insure Vour Property in the Decatur Insurance Agency Gallogly & Haefling

F I RS T c ?.sW. A Kuebler NATIONAL E . x — BANK Asst. Cashier DECATUR, INDIANA Capital and Surplus $120,000 CORRESPONDENTS: Hanover National Bank, New York Ft. Dearborn National Bank, Chicago Fifth National Bank, Cincinnati American National Bank, Indianapolis White National Bank, Ft. Wayne 3 per cent interest per year paid on certificates left six months.

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