Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 97, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1904 — Page 2

ufIILY DEMOCRAT. ■▼■RY kVBNING. kXCBPT SVNUAY, BY L. K W O . ELLINGHAMI. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Barrier, per week 10<tty carrier, per year *4.00 Sj mall, per month 25<‘ mall, per year *2.60 Single copies. Two Cents. vertieink rates made known on application Entered In the postofflce at Decatur. Indiana, at eecoud-oiass mail matter. I. H. HELLER, Manager. e. 1 i— A VICTORY. The election yesterday was somewhat close and furious, but nevertheless it was a victory for the democrats, they electing every candidate on their ticket, save and except two; councilmen. As usual, the returns afford an interesting study, chief among which is, that democrats vote for men and that republicans vote their ticket, regardless of who composes it.

As an illustration, many democrats voted against Mayor Coffee, because they held him responsible for a laxity in the law, and this was completely worked by the g. o. p's. for all it was worth. On the other hand, the same moralists shut their eyes and voted for Harry Cordua. the only man re sponsible for law violations, simply because he was on the republican ticket. As evidence of this fact, the vote for the republican candidate for

mayor was but twenty-eight votes more than that for the republican candidate for marshal. This should ' be treasured by the democrats for future reference. But in the face of all this, it was a complete victory, and we believe the men elected will fulfill their duties fearlessly and honestlv The majority in the city council is reversed, and now four demoocrats will have to assume the responsibility formerly held by four republicans. While it is not our purpose to give them advice, vet we cannot refrain from this suggestion: The most serious charge with which those interested in the success of the party ticket had to combat, was that all the progress and all the improvements

were given the city by councils, the majority of whom were republicans. The charge was more or less serious, and to some extent true, and it will pay the four democrats, just elected, tojprofit thereby. We do not mean that you should be reckless and extravagant. but be progressive, alive to

the century in which you live, and a good business council. That done, your whole duty will have been accomplished and you will receive the praises that are due you. Along with about thirty five hundred other Adams county democrats, we rejoice over the election of Hon. .J Fred France, »s mayor of Huntington. He achieved a notable victory and is entitled to the honors.

OFFICIAL VOTE OF CITY ELECTION, HELD TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1904. z====== ==== = - - B . . MAYOR C-ERK TREAS MARSHAL COUNCILMEN—Ist W COUNCIL— 2d W COUNCIL—3d W : T T “T* : :Ijl :I : I ; I’ I ' ; T I ; precincts. i < :■ ’ 4 i ;1 < i : , * t te 8 — as i’«' -= ! 2 t s is"S £ - 4- -S I T ? x <£ £ 68 4 « 3I g a|o I B Kn, Wud—A I 1121 lost 110 106 82 111 83 111 121' 71 First Ward -B ' 55 44 51 51 50 28 46 62 44 I I Second Ward-A ’ 127 91 133 141 110 98 122 122 101 B * VOd Wwrd B ’S2U 84 85 65 U M M Til Third A «4U5 1 112 I 1001 5jJ JB7 101 w,ud B 86 re 83 j I J 88 121 Total I 680 4U I 832 I 628 |“4 J ill 188 W 115| 178 187 172 ; 16oj 175 222 Majarity 66 I l| 111 nun ' —1 ’

Twenty nine ties excuse us, the campaign is over. At the city election held throughout Indiana, the democrats achieved a long line of notable victories. Among them were Auburn, Ligoneer, Columbia City, Bluffton, Huntington, South Bend, Warsaw, Anderson. Lebanon, Alexandria, and nearly every place else. It was finely a democratic day. The valient work of city chairman, Calvin Miller, and the efficient organization which he turned loose, went a long way in saving the day for the democrats. It was the best organiza tion ever effected in the city, and they did their work and did it well. As the head of the organization the city chairman has demonstrated that he i knows several things about politics , and knows how to put them into practical use. DEMOCRATS WIN

J. Fred France Elected Mayor of Huntington. Special to Dally Democrat, HUNTINGTON IND., May 4— J. Fred France was elected mayor of this city at yesterday 'selection, defeating Charles Wintrode by 169. The democrats also elected the clerk and five out of ten councilman. The republican candidate for marshal was elected by two votes. BLUFFTON, IND., May 4—The city election held yesterday resulted in a democratic victory. The winners are John Mock, dem., mayor; £. F. Elliot deni, clerk; Fred J. Tan-

genian dem., treasurer ; John Crosbie. rep. marshal. The democrats elected four councilmen and the citizens ticket two. Message. R. B. Allison received the following message this morning fiom Edward S. Lacy, President Bankers National Bank of Chicago, 111., of which bank Judge Studabaker was a director and one of its largest stock holdrer . Chicago,lll., May 4, iyo4

R. B. Allison, Decatur, Ind. Please convey to friends and relatives of Judge Studabaker, assurance of sincere simpathy of myself and official associates, in their great bereavement. We have lost a wise counsellor and a loyal friend.

Edward S. Lact, President Bankers National Bank, Chicago, 111. To All Odd Fellows You are earnestly invited to meet at the I. O. O. F. Hall Saturday morning at nine oclock to participate in the funeral of David St udababer. the last charter member.

DEATH OF JUDGE STUDABAKER Continued from first page. the Hon. John K. Evans, well known in the history of the state. To this union were born i ix children Mrs. John Niblick, Mrs. Lizzie E. Morrison. Miss Hattie Studabaker, Mrs. W. J. Vesey, Fort Wayne, . David E. Studabaker, all of | whom remain to mourn their loss

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and John E. who died May 2, IS6s* < aged eleven year*. Mrs. Studabaker died June 7, 1891. In June of 1895, [ Mr. Studabaker was married to i Mrs. Jennie Phelps, who survives him and with the children mourn the great loss at this time. Judge Studabaker practiced law for thirty one years retiring in 1883 to enter the banking business. In the law he was associated as a partner with James R. Bobo and John

P. Quinn both now deceased. He has for years been an extensive stockholder and director in various i banks including the Old Adams County Bank. Bankers National Bank of Chicago, First National, i Marion,Bank of Geneva and Bank of Berne. The funeral services will be held Saturday morning at ten o'clock from the Methodist church of which he was an earnest and sincere member. Rev. W. H . Daniels of Fort Wayne will officiate assisted by Rev. W. E McCarty of Hoagland. The services will be in charge of the I. O. O. F. lodge and Bar Associa tion. The lodge will furnish pall bearers besides which there will be eight honorary pall bearers including old friends from this and ’other cities.

A meeting of the Adams County bar association was held at four

o'clock this afternoon to arrant, a to | attend the funeral services and to j appoint proper committees. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS OF DAVID STUDABAKER. I was born on a farm, im mediately north, of what is now the tewn of Fort Recovery, in Mercer county, in the state of Ohio, on the twelfth day of August, in the year 1827. At that time there was no town at I Fort Recovery and only four or five ■ settlers lived in the neighborhood. | All around for a long distance there were no settlers, the Indians camped and hunted about there, and

frequenlty came to our to,use. The place now called Fort Recovery. | was the ground on which St. Clair was defeated on the fourth of November 1791. The ground was attterward recovered and a stockade fort built there called by General Wayne Fort Recovery. About twenty acres of land haa been cleared next around the Fort, at my earliest recollection, the Fort and Stockade had been burned and the cleared land was a blue grass ,' common, that horses and catttle

went there to graze upon. The boys of the neighorbood would go and'dig in the ground to find leaden bullets, that had been lost there at I St. Clairs defeat. In 1832, a boy by the name of Daniel Freeman j was digging for bullets on this ground, he struck something that appeared to be solid, and looked i like bras*. He examined further, and the find turned out to be a brass nanon that had been lost by General St. Clair at the time of his defeat, and had been buried in the ground by the Indians. They evij dently could not use it and probably I thought by burying it could prevent the whites from using it. The people in the neighbborhood soon heard the news aud they gathered to unearth the oanon, and shot it, it was a six pounder brass canon I can remember the circumstance of finning the canon and shooting it distinctly, and think it is the earliest reoollecion retained in my memory. was then about five years old. in the fall of 1833 my father sold his farm at Fort Recovery, and determined to move into Indiana, and settle on the Walash where the state road leading' from Winchester to _ I Fort Wayne crossed the river. Ac-

oordingly in the fall in the last of Novemlier, he took three men John McDowell, Robert Simmisson and Irwin Simmisson and went down to that place to build a house to move into. He selected his location on the south bank of the Wabash river, in section seventeen, in what is now Wabash Township. In a few days they built a cabin house composed of small logs, put a clapboard roof on it, cut a door in it and then returned to Fort Recovery. In going to this place they had to cut a road, from th6 place on Limber lost where the old Quaker Trace crossed that creek, down to where he built his house, a distance of about twelve miles. His plan was to move to the new place in the winter, while he could yet cross the creeks and streams on the ice. Accordingly he startisl about the twentieth of February 1834, the moving ouflt consisted of two teams, one four horse learn and one two horse team to haul the household goods. The stock was driven along, consisting of about ten head of horses and . colts and about as many cattle and one sheep that followed the cattle. i This sheep had been raised a pet, and it got to running with the cati tie. I can remember that my mother said to let that sheep do as

it pleased go with the cattle, and take its chances, or stay back, •then the cattle were started it choose to follow them, but we were not long at the new place until the sheep failed to come up with the cattle, the wolves had got it. The first day we only moved about three miles and staid all night at my uncle Adam Millers. The next day we moved off into the woods, along the new road that had been marked out. It turned warm and the snow commenced to melt fast, we camped that night on the bank of a little creek. In the evening commenced raining, and rained pretty much all night, the next morning the snow was gone, and the little crocks were high. The next day we moved a few miles further, to a point in our course we would have to cross the Limberlost Creek. The water was so high we could not cross it and we had to camp here and remain five days. At this place there had been a hunter in previous years built a camp, on one side there was a very large tree that had fell dawn

this formed one side of his camp, fie had cut poles and small logs, and built up the other sides, and made the top shed fashion, had peeled elm bark and had covered it. making quite a good roof. We moved our beding and beds into this camp and got along pretty well. My father and uncle Irwin Sirnrnisson about every morning killed wild turkeys, they were plenty, very fat and tine, so that we had plenty of nice meat to eat. At the end of five days the water had subsided, so that we could commence moving again. The Limber lost at that point had gone down so they could cross it with wagons but the Lobloly at what is now Geneva, was to high to go through with the wagons, so that my father and the men went down there,cut ash logs, split them in two, put them in Lobloly, pined them together and made a raft, my father h.d sent back the four horse team, and had but the one wagon to move with. He hauled the household goods from the Tingler Camp down the Lobloly where the raft was made. Load after load, and my uncles Robert Simmisson,lrwin Simmisson and Ruel Risley rafted them across got them on the north side of the Lobloly, the last load the family came in. The wagon was taken apart and floated over on the raft, in the evening the stock was swum across. It took the whole day to move this distance of about two miles "" camped in the open on the north bank of the north creek one or two rods east of where the bridge now crosses the creek, at the town of Geneva. A little incident occured after night about the time we were going to bed. The men had cut wood and built up a big] blazing tire and some how or other, blinded by the light I suppose a wild duck flew down right into the tire. One of the men struck it and killed it, this made quite a little excitement for us children, consisting of myself six years old; my sister the late Mrs. ( 'nrry, four years old, and my brother John two viatrs old who died when he was a young man in 1851. The next day which was the fourth day of March 1834 we moved to the cabin house, it took us all day to move about two mil"® and a ha'f to the cabin.