Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 6, Decatur, Adams County, 28 April 1893 — Page 6

®he DECATUR, IND. M. BLACKBURN, » . - runT.’Snmt. lAO3 AVRIL. *1893 SuMo Tu We, Th Fr Sa • •••••/ 2345 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 9 9 9 ® © *_ PARTITION WALL FALLS CARRYING FORTY MEN DOWN INTO THE CELLAR. Ono Rilled and Many Injured-Panic In a Otenrah— Union Carpenter* attbo World’* Fair ReroßCd to Strlke-An Extra Session of Congress Probable. DID NOT STRIKE. Union Carpenters at the World’s Fair Are Sensible* gkicago special: President A. P. Russell, vt the Building Trades Council, west down to Jackson Park to see why the carpenters bad not obeyed his order to strike. The pass on which he entered ' the grounds specifies Jhat he shall not interfere with the workmen. Mr. Russell disregarded this, however, and ordered the men at work on the German i building to quit. They refused to do so i and as Mr. Russell persisted in his efforts to induce the men to strike they called on the Columbian guard to eject him from the building. After a Hvely scrimmage in which Mr. Russell got a black eye and one or two of the gaards were knocked down, Mr. Russell was put in the patrol wagon and carted to the police station. His pass was ■ taken from him and by direction of Di- ' roctor of Works Burnham be was es- ; sorted outside the grounds and re- I leased. I Jlot one of the carpenters employed at , the World’s Fair grounds obeyed the ; order to strike, and so far as can be learned it is the intention of the men to continue at work regardless of the order j of the leaders. THE WALL FALLS •anying Forty Men Down Into the Cellar. A partition wall in the electric light bailding, now being erected at the southera corner of Hunt Street and Broadway, Cincinnati, collapsed, precipitating toarteen workmen into the cellar, a distance of forty feet At the time of the accident there were nearly fifty men inoinding carpenters, bricklayers, and laborers, at work in the various parts of the building, a majority of them being the fourth floor. The four outer walls were completed but the partition walls had just begun to peep over the fourth floor. The center section gave way. carrying the workmen with it. John Hull, a married man, 55 years •Id, was instantly killed. The fatally injured are: Frank Wienewnth, bead crushed; Ed. Wienewuth, •mshed about the body; A. Schumas, internal Injuries, and Elijah Johnson, internal injuries. The seriously injured are: William ’fcempsoL, aged 38, back crushed; John Rawan, head cut, and John Fox, head •at. An Extra Session of Congress

The present condition of the Treasury I has led to a revival of the talk of an , extra session of Congress to act on the Merman law. The President bas notj bad anything to say on the subject to anyfof his Congressional callers as vet, heWover, and it is probable there will net be an extra session before the Ist of September, when it is understood Congress is to be called together to consider tike administration plan for the revision W the tariff. The President will doubtless at the same time take occasion in his message to urge immediate action on the monetary question, and will, it is said, advise the immediate repeal of the Sherman act Panic In a Church. Kaples special: A fatal panic occurred in the church of Torre Annunziata. During the services, which were attended by a very large number of persons, part ot the draperies about the altar were blown against a lighted candle. The flames spread with great rapidity and the congregation made a rush for the doors. The wildest excitement prevailed and women and children were thrown to the floor and trampled upon. The fire was galckly extinguished, and when some semblance of order was restored, it was found that eight women and five children had been crushed to death, while hundreds of others had been more or less seriously injured. A Storm Tossed Vessel Arrives. Ban Francisco special: The ship Ilyderbad arrived hero after dftys sailtag from Swansea, Wales. On September 9 the ship encountered a terrific gale which badly damaged her and shifted She cargo. On October 12 the Hyderbad experienced another gale of severity which left it in an almost helpless condition. The question of abandoning the vessel was seriously considered but It was finally decided to put into the Fallaland Islands, where it took until Jan. 25 to put the battered ship in repair. The lyderbad had a rough time of it also Item the islands to this port. IHch Deposit of Tin Discovered. Extensive and rich deposits ot tin have been found near Guyanjuato, Mexico, the mines giving evidence of having been worked by the Aztecs or some other race eenturios ago. The Chess Game. Lasker won the fifth game of chess of the Kokomo series in his match with Showalter easily. The game lasting only four hours and taking only forty moves. Hlovon Thousand Under Her Bod. f Mary Carthage of Hobart, Ind., was fonnd at her homo dead. She had been lying alone and encaged in the raising •f poultry, In a satchel under her bed was found Sil,ooo. She was about 80 years eld. Prince Boland. Prince Roland Bonaparte and suite has arrived at San Francisco. After seeing the State they will visit tho World's Fair. A Ml.Hing Ordinance. Indianapolis special: {The discovery was,made public tho other day that tho .“ordinance granting o charter to the Citizens'Street Railway Company, passed la 1804, is not on file, but instead, wbat Is regarded as a true copvef tho original, has been placed on record. The whereabouts of tho original document is unknown. It is said that the fact that the original was missing has been known tc a faiTed few for several years, and thal they gept still for fear that some change might be made in the copy, with no op jortunlty to prove tho same by compart sou with the original. Just what figure the missing do“iunnnt will cut in the / i. . •;

I present street car difficulty is hard to • conjecture. THE BIG KRUPP GUN Will bo I’r«wnle«l to Chicago at the Utoee of the Fair. Washington special: At the conclusion of the World’s Fair the monster Krupp > 1 gun, the biggest piece of ordnance in the world, will bo presented to Chicago by Herr Krupp and mounted in a fort off Hyde Park, permission to build which has boon given to Colonel Robert T. Rae of Chicago, by the Secretaryof War. The fort will be located in the knuckle of the breakwater, which is to bo built at a point beginning two miles and a half off Morgan’s pier, and after running toward the southeast for throe quarters of a mile will turn to the south and stop at a point one mile beyond. It Is at the turn the fort will be built. It will be located on five acres of made ground and according to the very latest plans of fqrtiflcations. The works will be of earth, as stone is no longer of value to resist the terrific assaults of modern implements of war, and everything that can be done to make the fort a worthy example for future architects of fortifications to follow will bo done. When the fair is over the fort will be occupied by the government artillery, and the monster Krupp gun will be mounted there ready either for inspection or for active service. With Its immense power it can protect Chicago from its northern coast lino to its southern, for by its perfected sights expert gunners can obtain an accuracy of markmanship that will enable them to throw a shot weighing pretty nearly a ton clean through a man-of-war, and one shot is guaranteed to send the largest craft afloat to the bottom. SEVERAL MEN INJURED By a Gas Explosion In a Bank at Detroit. A gas explosion occurred at the Dime Savings bank, iocited at the corners of Griswold street and Lafayette and Michigan avenues, Detroit. One man was seriously injured, several others badly scorched and burned, and the office of j the institution wrecked. Only a few of , the employes were in the office when the explosion occurred. One of them en- ' tered the vault and lighted the I gas and the explosion followed. I John Stein, collection clerk, was I thrown with great fore'e against the I cage of his office. Ho was frightfully j burned about the head, face, and hands, ] the flesh on his face being literally cooked. William Harris, individual book-keeper, was the most seriously ini’ iured next to Stein. Several other emI ployes were also badly scorched and burned. All the windows on the north side of the building were blown out, and the heavy front doors were lifted from their hingesand blown like feathers into the street A GREAT FLOOD. The Red River ol the North Is Out of Its Bank*. Grand Forks (N. D.) special: The Red River of the North is forty-two feet seven Inches above the low water mark. The rise was just a foot Tuesday an, the water Is still creeping upward. For miles north of this point the Ice is still solid, and a gorge may form at this point at any moment which will flood a million acres of the Red River valley to a depth of from one to ten feet. A large number of families of this city were forced to move by the encroaching flood. A number of houses which formed a portion of the settlement in the rear of the Gotzian block were carried down stream against the trestle work approach of the Great Northern bridge. Considerable quantities of wreckage, small houses, barns, outbuildings, trees, wood, and carcasses of dead animals are floating down past the city.

(Another Deadly Cyclone .Sweeps Over Kansas Towns. Osage City (K&ti.) special: One of the worst cyclones which ever visited Kansas. struck this city the other day, and in a short time forty buildings had been wrecked and several lives lost About twenty persons were, injured, many of whom will- die. The part of the city which was devastated lies on the south side of the tracks of the Santa Fe and comprises both business and residence buildings. Fully one hundred bouses, barns, and stores in tbe suburbs were completely dernolishea. Telegraph and telephone lines are all down, and the streets are lined with debris. The damage is estimated at 850,000. Osawatomie, Kan., was also in the path of the cyclone, a terrific hail-storm occurring. Houses were flooded from the torrents of rain, windows broken, and several barns and small buildings blown down.

They Meant It About two weeks ago Toni Tarpley of Verona, Tenn., was notified bv White Caps to leave the country or be killed. Failing to do so he was spirited away by them a few nights afterward. Diligent search was made for him, but no trace could be found. A day or two ago, while Joe Tillman was squirrel hunting near Berlin, which is not far from Verona, he was walking through tbe woods looking up into the trees when he came face to face with Tarpley, apparently standing erect He soon saw that Tarpley had been hanged and dead for some time. The stretching of the rope and his body had let his feet to the ground.: The White Caps had executed their threat The President's Plans. ” The President expects to be absent irom Washington about a week in attendance upon the naval review and the opening of the World’s Fair. He will eo to New York and remain until the official ceremonies connected with the review are over. A short rest will follow his return to Washington and he will then leave for Chicago to be absent three or four days. Tbe details of the program have not been arranged. All the Cabinet ladies will be with the President and the members of the Cabinet In New York and it is probable that they will also accompany the Presidential party to Chicago. Judd Will Resign. St. Louis special: Max Judd, Consul General prospective of Vienna, is a little disturbed by tho report that Count Kalnokey, the Austrian Premier? had refused to accept his credentials. The cablegram stated that the Premier had given notice to the American Minister, Fred Grant, that the Austrian Government would not grant an exequatur to Mr. Judd, because of former Austrian allegiance. Mr. Judd is quoted as saying that if the Austrian Government offers any objection to his appointment he will tender his resignation to I’resident Cleveland at once and save him further trouble. Another Hljj CraKh. ' i. ■ Philadelphia special: The Pennsylvania Steel Company has gone Into tho hands of two receivers. The appointments were made by Judge Pennypacker under application of Alfred Earnshaw Mid Robert Cox, creditors of the company. The company is capitalized, for 85.000,000, of which 84,500,000 has been paid in. The debt of the company amounts to 84,000,000, and the secured Indebtedness Is 81.000,000., The plant . Mid machinery are valued at 83,000,000. I The company does a business of $8,000,800 a year, and 4,400 men are employed.

A largo amonnt of liabilities will soon mature. Two Murderer* Etciipo. Murderers Thomas Pali later and Frank Roth under sentence of death, escaped from Sing Sing prison, New York, one night recently. The guards were overpowered. oue of them belug blinded by pepper thrown In his eyes. The guards wore locked into the colls of Carlyle Harris and Murderer Osmond, whose cells wore opened and the two Invited to escape, but they refused. Tho murderers then climbed to the top of tho colls and then to the roof, knocking off the scuttle. Warden Brown has a posse after them, and has asked the Governor to offer a reward for their capture. Indiana Gas Fields. A deal that has been pending since last summer, closed recently by aCihclnnati brokerage firm. It is the first move of a largely capitalized syndicate to gain control of the natural gas fields of Indians. Among the syndicate are many capitalists who now become controllers of 40,000 acres of natural gas territory. It is their Intention to immediately enter into competition with the Chicago Pipe Line Company and the Indiana Gas Company. They have plenty of capital, it Is said. Thomas Liggett tho gas man of Pittsburgh, will remain on tbegrouud to conduct the business. Look* Like I'cace. Omaha special: The Federated Committee representing the boilermakers, blacksmiths, machinists, molders, and pattern makers, who struck last week on the Union Pacific system, met the railroad officials recently at the railroad beadquarters to arbitrate differences. A proposition was made by the Union Pacific to give apprentices who ’ had served their time standard wages, I provided they were competent. This is] better tnan the strikers asked. The I main point upon which the strike hinged ] will be in all-probability settled to-day.

Citizen* or Kansas City Must Vote. Two general city elections have been held in Kansas City since a charter was adopted which contained a provision imposing a poll tax of 82.50 on every male citizen over 21 years old, the same to be remitted if ho voted at the general election. No attention was paid to the provision, and nearly Slot),000 stands on the books against citizens who failed to vote. In a test case on the constitutionality of the law Judge Gibson has decided it valid, and that every tax could be collected with interest and costs: Big Jewelry Robbery. The other night burglars entered the store of George ift. Wilkinson, the leading jeweler of Mansfield, Ohio, and completely gntted it They cracked the safe and secured its contents, consisting of over 250 gold watches, a large quantity of diamonds and other valuable jewelry, together with a considerable amount of money. It was the largest and most complete job in the history of the county. The total loss is estimated at over 55.000. There is no clew. Mrs. Hancock Dead. Mrs. Winfield Scott Hancock, wife of the late Gen. Hancock, died after a long illness at her home in sew York City. Mrs. Hancock was born in St. Louis and the remains will probably be taken to that city for interment Death has played sad havoc with the family of Mrs. Hancock of late vears. Since 1875 she ] has lost her mother, her only daughter, I her son, and her husband. These bereavements have had much to do with her illness and death.

A Family Instantly Killed. An appalling accident occurred, nine miles southeast of Warsaw, Ind. An cast bound express train on the Nickel Plate road while rounding a sharp curve, struck a wagon containing the family of John 8. Smith, consisting ot himself, wife, and three small children. All were instantly killed, their bodies being horribly mutilated. Dead In Ills Chair. Shelbyville (Ill.) special: John M. Thornton, the newly elected City Attorney, was found dead In his chair. He was a grandson of the late Gen. W. T. Thornton, banker, and has a largo relationship in the South and here. z t Killed by a Chicken Bone. At Parkersburg, W. Va., some time ago a chicken bone lodged in Mrs. Henrietta Poole’s throat,andln coughing the other night to eject Hie bone, hemorrhages were produced, which ..finally caused her death. A Dangerous Plaything. Chas. Adkins, 13 years old, living in North Little Rock, Ark., while playing with a pistol accidentally shot and instantly killed August Northwang, aged 12 years. ■ Hit by a Tree. Edward McClure, a young man about. 25 years of ago, residing two miles of Sidney,'Ohio, was struck by a falling tree and seriously, if not fatally injured.

Drowned. J. K. Powell of Toledo, was drowned • near Churubusco, Ind. He was duck | hunting on Blue River Lake when his ' boat upset and he went to the bottom. Three Women Burned to Death. Rome special: In Rivoli, Province of Turin, three women were burned te death in a fire in a draper's shop. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattlk—Common to Prime....s 3.25 9 Hoos—Shipping Grades 3.50 f'- 7.25 to Choice 4.00 @ 6.25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 75 9 .75j<i Corn—No. 2 to 9 .41 OATS—No. 2 -.27)4® .2814 Rye—No. 2 4S 9 .M BurrEK—Choice Creamery 27J£@ .2s>4 Logs—Fresh 1454® -15Ji Potatoes—New, per bn. 65 <9 .75 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 9 5.50 Hogs—Choice Light 3.f0 <3 7.50 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 9 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 65 <di Coen—No. 2 White 42 9 Oats—No. 2 White 34)4® .31 L ST. LOUIS. CATTLX 3.00 9 B.X Hogs 3.00 9 7.25 Wheat—No. 2 Bed U & .6414 Corn—No. 2 .........36 & .37 Oats—No. 2. .30 9 4 si RYE—No. 2 54 .66 • CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.25 Hogs. 306 9 IM Sheep 3.00 9 s.co Wheat—No. 2 Red 68 9 .6814 Cobn—No. 2 4214® .4314 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 33 ® .34 1 RYE—No. 2 58 & .601 DETROIT. Cattle s.oo 4j,'r>.w Hogs 3.06 9 7.00 Sheep 3.06 © 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 72 9 .73 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 40 © .41 Oats-No, 2 White 36 0i .37 TOLEDO. • ■ '' Wheat—No. 2 .70 @l7l Cohn—No. 2 Yellow 41 @ .42 Oats—No. 2 White 32 9 .3214 RYE 64 @ .56 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 3.50 @5.50 Hogs—Best Grade 4.00 @ 7.50 Wheat-No. 1 hard 86 @ ,sl' No 2 Red 78 @ .77 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT—No. 2 Spring .88 @ 170 COHN—No. 3... 39%@ .4014 OHTS—No. 2 White 3040 -sals'; Ryf.—No. 1 54 @ J>6 Baeley-No. 2 61 0 .65 Pose—Mess 16.56 ®17.00 NEW YORK. Catti.B 3.9 & 5.7? Hoes 83W & 7J50 bHEEP B.oo' 0 6.M’ Wheat-No. 2 Red 77 @ .78 Coen—No. 2 .51 @ .52 Oats—Mixed Western ;.. .37 @ .38 Buttbe—Best... .26 0 ,28 Pobk—New Mean 18.00 @18.50

OPENED TO THE PEOPLE DEDICATION WILL BE IN THE OPEN AIR. President Palmer, Director General Davis •nd Secretary Dlckln*oii Rearrange the Plans of the Directory-President Cleveland Will Start tho Machinery. AU Can Seo the Show. Chicago correspondence? President Palmer, Director General Davis, and Secretary Dickinson, by a few strokes of the pen. have upset the plans of tho Exposition Ceremonies Committee. Opening day exercises will be held In the open air, and not in a small hall with closed doors for the edification of a few select guests. While the local board was by no moans unanimous on the question, a few of the leading spirits got together in a back room •nd formulated a programme that would have insured tho oiliclale and their friends the pleasure of listening to the

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speeches and music in music hall, While several hundred thousand people would i be kept waiting on the outside for the ; programme to conclude and for Preslj dent Cleveland to set in motion the i machinery of the Exposition. The plan of building a platform on the plaza in front of the Government building, where 50,000 people could see the exercises even It they could not hear the speeches, was opposed by Director of Works Burnham, who said the lawn would be spoiled, and the crowd should be kept outside until after the machinery was started, anyway. His recommendations were finally adopted by the executive committee of the local board, much to the disgust of the members of the board of control. Thatbody referred the matter to a special committee of President Palmer, the Director General, and Secretary Dickineon, and this reference was taken as an equivalent to a change of programme. When this special committee assembled the other afternoon the members got ip" business without much discussion. Before Co(. Davjs or Secretary Dickinson made any reference to the subject which they had met to discuss President Palmer stopped whistling long enough to remark: “Well, gentlemen, I guess we are pre’ty unanimous about this question; are we not? ’This show is for the people, and the people must have tome return for their money."

Col. Davis and Mr. Dickinson assented, and President Palmer, after calling for his stenographer, glanced down his nose and through his glasses

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at a copy of a paper, and whistled come more. Ten minutes later a report was drawn up and signed by the committeemen, in whichthey regret the necessity of going counter to the decision of the directory, and reeommendlng that the exercises be held out of doors, at the east front of the Administration Building, a small plat form to be erected for the accommodation of President Cleveland and Kis escort . The.'people who pay at the gates will see tha show. Special Fete Ihiyi. Special fete days will be a prominent and interesting feature of the World’ Fair. The different States, foreign countries and many civic organizations will each have a day upon which to conduct special exercises or celebrations, and programmes for them are now being arranged. Following are

• wli 1 iHitf BOOTH IN TUB VITICULTURE EXHIBIT. the days glready assigned for such celebrations: t Washington,! May 17 Germany ....•*ano 15 Nebraska. Juno 16 .Masßacbuscttß June 17 New Hampshire June 21 France Jay 14 Utah.i ....July 24 L1bena................... • • Jul/ « Commercial travelers July cj Independent Order ot Foresters Aug. 12 HayU .AugColored people Aug. 25 North Carolina -Aug. 18 Anstrla Aug. 18 ■The Nctherltnds Aug. 31 Nicaragua W’ J Now York gopt. J Brazil ....Sept. 7 jCollfornla .Sept. » Maryland Sept. 12 f .Aug, i‘ Colorado gepj- J’’ Montana Sept. 23 Patriotic Order Sons ot America. Sept. 20 lowa.. Sept. 21 abode Island ® Spain } 2 Minnesota <>*• u

1 Ever since Its completion the Eleotrlo* 1 ity Building has been one of the quietest spots of tho Fair. Its doors have I not been thrown open with the wlds hospitality of Its neighbor, the Mining Building; cars have not stood outsld* disgorging their contents, and pasaors- > by haverurelv attempted to force their • way into tho building. Tho vaulted roof, the ohurch-llko nave and transepts, aud the noiseless progress of thq work within have combined to fnvesj the Electricity) Building with an air of profound socreoy and mystery. Thia I mystery has been sustained by the att titudo of the exhibitors, who are one , and all possessed of the idea that If the , barest hint of their intentions goes abroad, jealous rivals will steal their cherished plans and out-do them on their own ground. A time has come, nevertheless, when further concealment la impossible. A chance visitor may now look around the building and discover abundant signs of that which la to be. The Women’s Department. The one department at the Fair in

which women have full sway is theii own building—the house planned by a woman architect, hurried to completion by a woman, and then decorated by woman artists. This is the building that was almost done before many oth-

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ers were fairly commenced. It is now filled with exhibits. Two large rooms are jammed with cases packed with displays. Some of them are from Germany, others from Frnnc.e, and a number of the biggest boxes came from England. J apan contributes a large num*

ber of big cases. For more than a month women who paint roses that seem to be sprinkled with dew have stood on a scaffold in the upper gallery, painting a frieze around the parlor of the building, the room where a’,l the grand receptions will be held. This is known as tho Cincinnati room, because artists from that city decorate It and will contribute most of the furniture to it Miss Pitman and two assistants will soon finish their work. The broad frieze Is In copper and red tones, extending entirely around the room. The rose designs will also appear on the ceiling. On either side of the parlor are the rooms furnished by California and Kentucky women. These are without decorations as yet, but the women of those States are ready to begin work. Much preparation has been made at home and they can finish the room in a few days. Mrs. Candace Wheeler, of New York, is known as the most successful Tvoman designer In the country. She has been highly praised for her work in the Woman’s Building. Critics say she has nothing to fear by a comparison with the finest work at the Fair. Fair Notes. The North German Lloyd Steamship Company is preparing an elaborate exhibit. Minnesota women have the honor of presenting an especially handsome and unique flag for the decoration of the ' Woman’s Building. Thb statue Germania, which is to adorn the Imperial portal of a new German Parliament Building In Berlin, will be shown at the Fair. Italy, which for a long time declined to participate In the World's Fair, has made an appropriation of 277.500 lire, or about $55,500, sot Its representation. More than $16,000,000 has been paid out thus far by tbe Exposition Company alone in preparation ot the Fair. An expenditure of six or seven millions more will be made. Bretbos Effendi Helweh, the famous oriental decorator, has arrived In Chicago from Paris with forty large boxes, contaln’ng the ; arts of a wonderful work which is to be displayed at the Fair. Fobti-five precious historical documents relating to the voyages and discovery of America nro to be exhibited. The Duke of Veragua, the living descendant of Co’.umbus, has agreed to lend them. The forty-five papers form almost a history of Columbus’ career as discoverer. In the list is tho original commission given to Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella upon his departure for the first voyage. It is dated Granada, April 30, 1492. Ip It hulls appointed grand admiral of the ocean seas, vice king and governor general of all the lands he should discover. Every document In tin collection Is either written by Columbus or signed by Ferdinand or Isabella.

HERE’S AU TJTE NEWS TO BE FOUND IN THE STATE OF INDIANA. Giving a Detailed Account of the Numeral* • Crimes, Ceaualllot, lire*, Suicide*, Death*, Eta. Uta, Minor State New*. “I South Bifttn has 29 churches Vaij’Aliaiso has 59 firemen ou Its force. Cows at Delphi are to be kept off of the streets after June 1. Kokomo will advertise herself and has a fund of 82.000 to start with. Georg k Martin of Gentryville, mot death in Evansville by a wall caving in on him. Richmond capitalists have organized a company with 850,000 capital to manufacture church furniture. Tmt AJlen County Commissioners have Issued an order exempting from poll tax all men who are Incapacitated for manual labor. P. R. Vickery, employed at a felloe and wagon-stock factory at North Manchester, recently contributed a finger to a buzz-saw. Scarlet fever in malignant form baa appeared at Fortville. Tho health officers arc endeavoring to prevent a spread of tho disease, Mrs. Sarah E. Graham, aged 51, committed suicide by jumping into a cistern at Evansville. Her daughter's recent death unbalanced her mind. Charles Farr was allowed 8320 damages for false imprisonment at Wabash. Ho had been arrested, charged with horse stealing, but the accusers failed to appear against him. John Matiikr has brought suit for damages at New Albany tor an alleged illegal arrest He was a Councilman and was arrested for purposely remaining away from meetings John White, a young man living with his father four miles north of Wabash, died recently of blood poisoning. Last month he went to Gas City to work, and cut his foot with an adze. John Tumey at Bedford, employed in the Bedford Steam Stone Works in the capacity of running a traveler used for conveyance of stone, went down with his machine and was fatally injured, dying that night During a severe storm at Dana, the Baptist Church was struck by lightning and badly damaged. The spire and' belfry wore nearly torn down, the walls and roof shattered and much of the furniture split up and damaged. The new City Hall at Fort Wryne was formally dedicated by a reception and banquet Speech* were made made by Hon. J. B. White, Mayor Zollinger, exMayor Harding. Charles McCulloch, O. P. Morgan, D. N. Foster and others. C. R. Keller, the newly-appointed engineer of maintenance of way of the Whitewater road, will make his ’headquarters at New Castle, and it is hinted that other officials of this road are to have their headquarters moved there. Clinton has voted to become an incorporated city under the State law, having the necessary population forthat purpose. The census of 1890 gave the town 1,300. A recent census gives the population at 2,100. This is one of the most rapidly growing towns in Western Indiana. James Vandike, a freight brakeman on the C., H. & D., accidentally fell under the wheels of his train at Gwynnevllle and was killed, his head being crushed and bls left arm being cut off at the shoulder. He was unmarried, about thirty-five years old and lived at College Corners, Ohio. William Maxham, 13 with his 9-year-old sister and a dog, arrived at their old home In Boston, recently, after having traveled from Spokane Falls, Wash., beggiag.Uxglr way. They had'gone west with their father, but he died. They had 810 when they started and 81-75 when they arrived homo. The fear of an epidemic of spotted fever in Elwood, is increasing. A number of cases have • been reported in the last few days, and also several deaths have resulted therefrom. The physicians are powerless to prevent fatal results in most cases. The victims in most cases take suddenly ill and in a few hours become unconscious. Miss Blanche Cllbebtson, at Now Albany, has brought suit against the executors of her father’s will to set aside the provisions that says she cannot marry within ton years without the executors’ permission. If she does she forfeits part of the estate. She also wants her share paid to her at once. It amounts to about 8450,000.

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A deal was closed this weejc which gives Anderson another big paper mill. The new company Is headed by Albert Reynolds, well known in the paper manufacturing world, and formerly of the Anderson Paper Company. Eills Carpenter, manager of the North Anderson Land Company, engineered tho deal. Phil Matler, owner ot a town audition, donates the site. While shooting wild duck in a thicket and pond east of Muncie, some unseen person, from ambush, tried to murder Sheriff-elect W. P. Sherry. Three shots were fired from a Winchester rifle, and each bullet came very close to the officer. Charles Nihart was with Mr. Sberry.and he, too, had a close call for his life. After the second shot Mr. Sherrv and hi a companion bitched up their horse, and was leaving the place when the third bullet struck the fence a foot from Mr. Sherry. Gov. Mathews has appointed Ernest Plckhardt of Huntington, and William M. Lyon of Terre Haute, directors of the prison south. The latter who succeeds Wilford B. McDonald, is manager of |he Adams Express Company. Pickhardt Is a newspaner man, and served a term in tho Legislature preceding tho last. They will enter upon their duties as soon as they qualify. Plckhardt succeeds Robert E. Slater. Both of the retiring members, it is announced, declined a reappointment. Alonzo Wihttington, Deputy Assessor of Jeffersonville, was almost instantly killed by the dinkey train at that place. He was walking on the track,and carried an umbrella which prevented him from seeing tbe train. Ed. Earle, brakeman on the Evansville and Richmond east-bound passenger train, was almost Instantly killed while attempting to couple Sells Brothers' advance car on their train at Bedford. He was on the inside of the curve and a* there was not sufficient room, he was caught between the cars and received injuries that caused death In about ten minutea The County Clerk of Rockport is not a very good judge of the nationality of persons. The other day a Spaniard and a Kentucky white girl applied for a msrrlage license and the Clerk would not grant It, thinking that the Spaniard was a negro. Isaac Roberts, a young farmer of Huntington County, went to, the woods and shot out hi* brains With a rifle. He had entered into a deal with a stranger, several day* ago, for a bundle of green goods. Roberts paid some cash and gave his note for tho rest of the amount. He was informed that his scheme had been discovered and that a detective was after him This worried him until ho took bls life to avoid •’•rest and imprisonment.

Business Direclory THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. Capital. *50,000. Surplus, •10,00* Origanlied August 15, 1088. Officers—T. T. Dorwln, President; P. W. Smith, Vioe-Preildent; B. 8. Peterson Cssblsr; T. T.i Dorwln, P. W, Smith, H.ury Derkes, J. K, Holbrook, B.j. Tsrvssr, J. D. Hole and B. ■> I'eteraoa, Directors. W* are prepared to make Loans on good sesurlty, receive Deposit*, furnish Domestic and Foreign Exchange, buy and sell Government and Municipal Bonds, and furnish Letters of Credit available in any of the principal oitlee of Europe. Also Passue Ticket to and trona tho Old World, tniAudlm transportation to Decatur. Adams County Bank Capital, »T 3,00 Surplus, 70,0001 Organised In 1871 Offioere—D. Btndabakor, President; Hobt, B. Allison, Vtoo-Prenldont ; W. H. Niblick, Cashier. Do a general banklug business. Collections made in all parts of the country. County. City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul O. Hooper, Attorney at Law Deeefvr, - - Indiana, H.H.LOBIIUJV. Veterinary Surgeon, Monros, Ind, Rnocessfnlly treats all diseases of Horses and Cattle. Will respond to calls at any Unia. Prices resouabla navnr, a. x. makx, x. >. ERIFIJT MANN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office in Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur, Ind. T7IRANCE * MERRYMAIL J. T. rKANCT.' JU J. T. MRIIRYMA* a.ttox*zxeyfli «.t X.ia.'w, DCCATUH, INDIANA. Office Nos. 1,2 and 8. over tho Adsms County Bank. Collections a specialty. A.«. HOLLOWAY, f®lxy asloltexx db ovxx**teoxA Office over Burns' harness shop, residence one door north of M. E. church. All calls promptly attended to In city or country night or day. BS. M, JU HOLLOWAY, B. D. Office and residence one door north of B church. Diseases ol women and children spe•lai ties. •.T. May.M. V, V»li.XwrlolsHULdb JB-uurffteom- \ a. B. BOlfO. B. T. BOBU Master Commissioner. 8080 & BON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Wral Bstate and Colleotion, Dsnstsr Ind. ■ O. P. M. ASDBKWH, □E’lxy ololsaxt. Swrceozu MONBOB. INDIANA. Office and residence 2nd and 3rd doors west st M. B. church. NA Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterlnirj AMW Burgeon, Modus OperandL Orche tomv, Overotomy, Castrating, Rldg ling, Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn Ing. and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone’s hardware store. Decatur Indiana. J. 8. Coverdale, M. D. P. B. Thomas, M & ‘ DOCTORS Coverdale & Thomas Office ovr Pierce's Drug store. Decatur. Ind JET. F. COSTELLO, FMt-mlolazx * S-ULr’jseoax, Office over Terveor’s hardware store. Resldonce on Third street, in .the old Derkes Sroperty. All calls promptly attended to t city or country, day or nljrht Leri Nelson, Veterinary Surgeon, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor. Decatur and Short street*. T Q. NEPTUNE, J. DENIST. LI I I I Y V i I Now located over HoltboiMe’s shoe store, and is prepared to do all work pertalulng to the dentai profession. Gold filling a specialty, By the use of Mayo's Vapor he la enabled to extras* teeth without pain. All work warranted. MONEYTO LOAN On Pana Property on Long Time. SOTo Coxa&aaa.la*a*lo»a Lew Bate of Intsrool. P*3rx*x*aa.ta* In any assonnts can bo made at any time •■• stop intersst. Call on, or addroe*, A. X. GBUBB, or J. F. MA2TN, OMse: Odd Follows' Building, Deoatest ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFICE.