Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 76, Decatur, Adams County, 9 April 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

THE CANDIDATE A Short Biography of John F. Lachot Winner at Yesterday's Convention is a Strictly Self-Made Man. John F. Lachot, the winner of yesterdays convenion, and the democratic nominee for treasurer of Adams county is a man, well known. He is clever, genial and a democrat with back bone enough to fight for the party under any and all circumstances. He is forty three years old, having been born in Wayne county, Ohio, June 9, 1860. When he was eight years old he came with his parent in French township Adams county. There he was reared to manhood, working on the farm and going to school whenever an opportunity presented itself. When twenty years old John struck out for himself, going to Berne where he worked as a laborer for a year, then accepted a position in a drug store rem lining at that work for some time. Later ho le tsod the Cottage hotel which he operated successfully for one year. Ten years ago he contracted with the Brooks Oil Company of Cleveland, Ohio as a r >ad salesman and has since served oontinonsly in that capacity. He has been successful in all his business career and is built of that material which makes a man popular where ever he goes. He has a smile and a hearty hand shake for everyone and will add strength to the democratic ticket this year. He was married in 1885 to Miss Martha Everhart of Blue Creek township and their family consists of four sons’and a daughter. WAS FINED Douglas Dudgeon Put Up a Fight, But Went to Jail. Douglas Dudgeon was arrested yesterday afternoon by Marshal Cordua on a charge of public in- - toxication and disorderly conduct. When arrested he refused to go to jail, and it became necessary to use a patrol wagon. The Wells Fargo Express wagon was pressed into service and Douglas was allowed the free use of the barred part of the jail in which to recover from the effects of the liquor had disposed of during the day. Ho was brought up promptly at nine o'clock this morning before Mavuz Coffee who upon hearing all the evidence concluded that Douglas was guilty us charged and fined him one dollar and costs which amounted in all to nine dollars and thirty cents. Douglas pleaded hard for the Mayor to let him go promising to never drink another drop and putting forth every other plea imaginable but all was useless. When last seen he was wenaing his weary way toward Ben Schrank’s barber shop to have him, as his guardian stay the docket for him. AT EUCHRE Miss Patterson, the Hostess, at Meeting of Card Club. Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson . was hostess last evening to the Friday Night Euchre Club at her home; on North Second street. Mrs. John Peterson earned the prize, a beautiful plate. The guests besides the regular members were Mesdamea D. M. Hensley, D. F. Quinn, J. B. Heller and Misses Gerte DeVoss, Vera Patterson and lietsi Qiunn. The club will hold its next meeting with Mrs. Arthur Rose.

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CARRIERS’ SALARY Increase Has Been Agreed Upon by Senate and House. The following provision has now been agreed to by both senate and house.and can not be altered in conference: “Carriers shall not solicit business or receive orders of any kind for any person, firm or corporation, and shall not during their’hours of employment carry any merchandise for hire.” It will be for the conference committee to be composed of three senators and three representatives to decide whether the senate proviso or the house proviso to the above provision shall be adopted. The Senate provisoes finally agreed to in that body is as follows: “Provided, That said carriers may carry merchandise for hire and receive subscriptions for and deliver news papers,magazines and other periodicals for and upon the request of patrons residing upon their respective routes when ever the same shall not interfere with the proper discharge of their official duties, and under such regulations as the postmaster general may prescribe and not otherwise, and [provided further, that no carrier shall refuse to deliver or take orders for subscriptions for any merchandise, newspapers or periodical requested by any patron on his route, subject to the laws of the United States, and the regulations of the post master general.” The house proviso says that “carriers may carry merchandise for hire for and upon the request of patrons residing on their respective routes whenever the same shall not interfere with the proper discharge of their official duties.

SURE TO COME Results From Advertising Never Fail to Materialize. The man who pays money for advertising needs a cheerful philosophy to sustain him. He needs nerve and faith and patience. The time goes and tho money goes and the returns longer. Advertising is the greatest force in modern business, but it takes nerve to use it. It is hard for an advertiser to realize what he is paying for it. He draws a check for the full page and the page looks like it was worth 30 cents. It is hard to project the imagination into a thousand homes and see the advertisement doing its work. The advertiser does not pay for the type, and ink and paper. He pays for an effect in people s minds. It is as intangible as air and as permanent as fine. Monuments crumble, bridges fall, mountains are disrupted Though it goes on forever. Teach a man a word—an idea— ‘ a fact, and he will never wholly lose it. Your investment in the minds and memories of the people is the safest thing you own. The best ussests of a business is well known trade mark. Do you realize what that means’? It means that in tho convolutions of human brains that trade mark is indelibly impressed. You can’t see it, but it is there, and it is property—‘you can capitalize it. It is worth mure than you paid for it. MOORE-SPADE Pleasant Wedding Last Evening Near Peterson. Last evening at six o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Spade near Peterson occurred the wedding of theirjieautiful and accomplished daughter Mattie, to Mr. Jesse Moore of Napanee. The wedding was a very quiet affair only tho immediate relatives being present. The was performed by Rev. Sprague of Monroe and was very simple and impressive. Mr. Monore is at present engaged in the moat business, at Napunee, where this young couple expect to make their future homo and for which place they leave today. They were the recipitent of many beautiful and valuable present.

DECATUR, INDIANA, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1904.

CONFERENCE NEWS Delegates Chosen to National Convention Rev. Daniels a Reserve.- Rev. Wade to be Made Presiding Elder of This District. MUNCIE, Ind., April 9—The following ministerial delegates to the general M. E. conference at Los Angeles were chosen torfiy by the north Indiana conference: The Rev. Cyrus U. Wade, presiding elder Muncie district; the ReV. William D. Parr, secretary board of church extensions; the Rev. H. N. Herrick, presiding elder Kokomo district the Rev. G. H. Hill, presiding elder Richmond district; the Rev. Leslie J. Naftsger, pastor Grace church, Kokomo, and seoro- | tary north Indiana conference; the Rev. F. J. Brown, assistant editor of the Western Christian Advocate. The following were elected reserves: The Rev. E. L. Seamans, presiding elder Wabash district ; the Rev. H. W. Bennett, presiding elder Goshen district, and the Rev. W. H. Daniel retiring presiding elder Fort Wayne district. It required nearly four hours’ balloting to elect lay delegates. They are Hugh Dougherty Bluffton ; D.L. Overhelser, Logansport ; Mrs Frank Wilson, Wabash ;H. J. Blackldge, Anderson; John. Cavin. Ligonier and Mr. Williams, Knightown. C. C. Averess, Redkey, and Mrs. Daniel Waugh, Tipton were elected reserves. It is pretty well assured that the Rev. L. J. Naftzger, pastor of Grace church Kokomo, will be elevated to a presiding eldershin and will have charge of the Mancie district. The Rev. C. U. Wade the present elder of this distrot, will probably be made presiding elder of the Fort Wayne district in place of Dr. W. H. Daniel,who has asked to bo made a supernumerary, owing to illness in his family,. Dr. George H. Hill, presiding elder of the Richmond district in all probability will be continued another year. GO TO GENEVA

Decatur K. of P. Lodge Promised a Royal Time. A meeting of the Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias will be held at eight o'clock this evening, to drill and complete arrangements for going to Geneva Monday when where they will assist in instituting aK.of P. lodge. Besides the Kekionga, lodges will attend from Berne anil Portland, the Portland and Decatur teams to confer rank work according to present arrangements. E. Bert Lenhart of this city has been appointed instituting officer and will have charge of the work. Geneva people have concluded arrangements for taking care of the visitors and will do it in the hostpitablo manner for whioh they are so well known. A good time is assured. DIED IN INDIANA Mrs. Warner, a Former Willshire Lady is Dead. A telegram was received in Willshire yesterday convoying to the relatives tho news of the death of Mrs. Leah Warman, at her home at Carwood, Ind., whioh occurred early Tuesday morning. She was the eldest daughter of Mr. mid Mrs. Jas. M. Roop, of near this place, and was about twenty years of age. Tho remains wore brought to Wren for burial, the funeral and interment taking place this afternoon. —Willshire Herald.

VOTED OUT Town of Wren is Dry Since the Recent Election. The village of Wren voted out the saloon by vote of 20 to 40, says ,the Willshire Herald. Two votes were discarded because of being improp erly marked. The campaign leading up to the elect ion evoked considerable feeling; and even yesterday there was so much dissatisfact ion at the result that |legal steps may I be taken to set the decree of the people aside, winch will (ail. It appears that tbe saloon was conducted in a manner to invite the enmity of all law ab’dug citizens, whether probibitoiiisls cr ‘iiorni ml temperance men. The vote was so decisive that it is not likely that anything will come of the attempt to iustrate the will of the people by instituting legal proceedings in an effort to retain the saloon. HOME TALENT To Present “A Bank Cashier” Here Soon. A home talent dramatic company7 will soon make its appearance before the public of this city. The company is composed of bright and intelligent young ladies and men and upon their first appearance should prove a howling success. Parts have been assigned and all are working hard to commemorate them. The title of the piece is “A Bank Cashier” and is strong in every department. We are unable at this time to mention any of the cast as much secrecy prevails among its members. It is the intention of this company to make a tour of two weeks yet before the season closes, to see what success the play will be. The company is well backed financially and is bound to prove a success. AUTO COMPLETED Peter Kirsch Has One Which he Bull Himself. Peter Kirsch has practically completed the building of an automobile I and he has manufactured the en- | tire machine with the eoxdption of i the gasoline engine. Ihe auto is I built to carry four people and is ' made of the very finest material. It will be ready for a test trip in a few days and Mr. Kirsch and family expect to enjoy many pleasant hours during the coming summer. The machine has several new ideas conceived by the builder during its construction. CIVIL SERVICE Twenty-three Young Men Want to Carr City Mail. Twenty three young men this morning availed themselves of the opportunity to take the examina tion for free mail carriers of this city, when the free mail service starts Muy the Ist; and as only three men can be used there will twenty one dissappointed young men. From an expression gained from one of the applicants the examination was a severe one and a bard test for some of the young men present. The successful ones will not be known for a few weeks yet. CLOVER LEAF WRECK TMo Freights Meet Head End in Bluffton Yards. A small freight wreck in the local yards of Clover Leaf delayed traffic about two hours this forenoon. There was no great damage done, however, and nobody was injured. The smash up was a head end collision between east bound local freight No.22,pulled by engine No. 63 in charge of Conductor Yount, and west bound through freight No. 45, which was pulled by two engines, Nos. 57 and 64. The collision occurred at a point about midway lietween Market and Wabash streets and the exact blame for the collision seems hard to placj.—Bluffton News.

HELD CONVENTION Republicans Met Here Today Delegates Chosen to State and District Conventions From Adams County. A republican county convention or rather seven seperate delegate con ventions were held at tbe court room at’ eleven o’clock this morning to select delegates to the state and district convention. The state convention will be held at Indianapolis, April 26 and 27. The district convention at Muncie April 20, the latter being for the purpose of choosing a national convention delegate and nominating a national elector. At today’s meeting County Chairman John Frsinger presided, read the call and annouced tbe purpose of the meeting. French Quinn was made permanent chairman and said some pretty things about President RooseveP «”d the g. o. p. in general. Fred R ibr 7 ”- +he Barne editor was made permanent score-1 tary. The chairman appointed \ Shaffer Peterson, L. A. Graham and C. M. Kenyon as a committee on resolutions. The various pre cincts then divided into seperate meetings and the following delegates were chosen: TOSTA’ E CONVENTION Delegates A Iternates J. S. Peterson M. F. Rice Cal Kunkle E. Fritizner C. A. Dugan r W.A . Lower J. W. Dague Frank Streii kier E. G. Egely James Louden W. A. Aspy Luther Martin ' Sam Tnmbleson Isaac Teeple TO DISTRICT CONVENTION. Delegates Alternates Eirl E. Adams Will Sob’-ock < Charles Peterson Joseph Helm i John Evans Enos Peoples I Win. Smith J. P. Hilyard I Robert Beery Ed Moscre Wallace Wells Chas. Haviland J. L. Love Win. Lanre The comimttee then read their resolutions which indorsed everything republican excepting congressman Cromer, and even he in a general way and same were adopted as read. P. L, Andrews made a speech and the event was over in less than an hour. The only fight was in the south Decatur precinct, where J. S. Peterson defeated M. F. Rice. ACTS STRANGE Erie Officials Observe Wild Looking Man on Road. Information which reached the police department Lite this afternoon,and which is considered worth of investigation, was given by several Erie switchmen, who stated that for the last four days there has | been a man of between fifty and sixty years old, who has been seen wandering about in the vicinity of the Erie out, north of the cit.y Ho has been seen several times during that time, whenever the switch engine would not pusher for an outgoing west bound train. Hie man would “slink” away into the nearby woods at every approach of the engine and crew as if frighten ed, and his various actions have been such as to arouse the suspicion of the Erie employes.—Huntington Herald. I. B. CHURCH. There will lie no preaching ser vice at the U. B. church tonight. Quarterly Conference business meeting at 7:30. Sermon tomorrow nt 10:30 by the pastor. Members will be received at the evening service. Rev. A. M. Cummins will preach at 7:30, sermon to lie followed by communion service. All I arc invited. ...

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| WEEKLY STATEMENT Banking Report up [to Noon Today From New York. , NEW YORK, N.Y ~ April 9-The bank statement for the v aek closing at noon today showed a better result than for several weeks, there being an increase in both loans and deposits. The report wa. as follow:-: Reserve, decrease JI 8,38,650. Loans, increase $15,825,900. Specie, decrease $288,700. Legals, decrease $514,100. Deposits, increase $16,143’,00. Circulation, decrease! 257,200. PRACTICE TOMORROW Base Ball Boys Will Have First Workout of Season. If tomorrow should prove to be a a nice day all aspirants for positions on the Rosenthal base ball team are requested to appear at Steele’s park at one thirty o’clock for batting practice. This will be the first workout of the season for the boys and everyone interested are invited to attend ajid watch the new ma'erial work out. Several new catchers will he worked as will Ja couple of new pitchers and the boys will be given several hours of hard work in this manner. No infield work will be done as the field is in no i condition for this kind of work, hut nevertheless they are requested to be present the same as the balance of the players to receive some nece, -. sary points in batting, signs and signal work will also be carried out and players drilled hard on bunting. Do not forget the time and be sure and be present. DOWN AGAIN Prict of Oil Falls Another Three Cents Todav. Oil took another tumble this morning the quotations dropped three cents, with prospects of another fall within the coming week. In all the oil fields there has been a marked activity and there was ' indications that the production ' would be greater during the coming months wore fine, providing however, the price goes no lower. Oil men are feeling indignant over this fact and unless the price goes ■i up within the next few days the 11 oil business all over the east and I west will be at a stand still. Certain oil men over the county are : predicting that "oil will go below ! the dollar mark and if such is the case all work in the fields will tie j closed. TO HAVE LIGHT Berne Council Grants Franchise for Electric Plant Tuesday evening at the meeting of the town council the electric light franchise was taken into oonI sideration and was granted to Henry H. Stucky. The franchise underwent considerable changing before it was deemed satisfactory to all parties concerned. As the franchise now is, it was thought that the town would not get a better one for years to come. The law, however, provides that 30 days time be given the citizen to reject the franhise. If at the end of the 30 days no objections are presented and the franchise voted out, it will go into effect and Mr. Stucky will proceed with his work.—Berne News. FILED SUIT Throe suits for claims against administrators have been filed in court, by Attorneys Hooper Lenhart, ; the same being entitled Willis F. 1 Johnson vs Willis F. Johnson . udmr., William D. Roe vs William 1 D. Roc administrator, two cases, |ono for $37 and ono for $7.67.