Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 9, Decatur, Adams County, 17 May 1894 — Page 2

NEW SPRIN6 CLOTHING- /_ AT Holthouse & Co. goodsej» FURNISHING DEPARTMENT are coming is complete in daily in every respect. in Bpite HATS and CAPS °f the .. in various hard times. different styles . twt , J£ls <■ S wlW'Ua and colors. We have a larger stock * ~ to (elect from. ? £ [jfAlLOfDfc ClOmM’l than any time before ** Wh - JR»s</ ® ; *Wu gj with prices to suit the 11/ “Times” T We carry an immense I I line of Piece Goods Confirmation Soils! Wl# The most attractive line 5 Patterns in the city to select your life | BW Styles. Boys Confirming Suits from. Ifef ! ||||S At remarkable J|hl| INw C ome in Bow Prices. J|| ||gf and select BSFCaII and tee them. early. WETS HOLTHOUSE & Co>

The Human Electrical Forces! How They Control the Organs -of the Body. p f w * Tho electrical force of the human body, as the nerve fluid may be termed, is an- especially attractive department of science, as it exerts so marked an influence on the health X Os the organs of the body. Nerve force is produced by the brain and conveyed by means of the nerves to die various organs of the body, thussupplying the latter with the vitality necessary to insure their health. The pneumogastric nerve, as shown here, may be said jBl to be the most important >£S Os the entire nerve system, as it supplies the amMEgMay heart lungs, stomach, WMSjigW-MHwF bowels, etc., with the SsjßsSiSiySs nerve force necessary to keep them active and healthy. As will be seen ■ wjys» by the cut the long nerve descending from the j base of the brain and ■ terminating in the bowels is the pneumogas t ric, while the numerous lit-aßMEggSafj tie branches supply t iieart, lungs and stom-W®k-s§mMßjßHgjgi ach with necessary viiality. When the urain becomes in any way disordered by irritability or exhaustion, the WHMK&ap force which it supplies is lessened, and the or- , gans receiving the difinished supply are consequent! y weakened. Physicians generally fall to recognize. ' ' -ft the importance of this fact, but treat tho organ itself instead of tho cause of the trouble The noted specialist, Franklin Miles, M. I)., LL. 8., has given the greater part of his life to the study of this subject, and the principal discoveries concerning it are due to his etforts. Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine, the unrivaled brain and nerve food, is prepared on the principle that all nervous and many other ■difficulties originate from disorders of the nerve centers. Its wonderful success in co ring these disorders is testified to by thousands in oyery part of the land. Restorative Nervine cures sleeplessness ■nervous prostration, dizziness, hysteria, sexual debility, St. Vitus dance, epilepsy, etc. It 4s free from opiates or dangerous drugs. It •Is sold on a positive guarantee by all drug.gists. or sent direct by ths Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, $1 per bottle, six bottles for $5, express prepaid. Sold by all Druggists, Notoe to All. That we will keep constantly on hand at our mill corn, oats, chop, mixed chop, bran and shorts of the best quality, and at the lowest possible prices. Will delive r free to any part of the city. Cal and examire stock and prices. Hart Brothers.

Mrs. lElizabetn Bradley, agent for Burkharts medicines, takes this method <0 inform poeple where they can find her residence, fifth house south of Jail,, on Market street. 43 ts » • : ————— v We have taken our flour out of the groceries thereby enabling us to sell f cheaper than anyone else, as we have no commission to pay. Best, flour at $1.30 per hundred at Hart & Bro.’s City Mills. d 22-2 w 4 For the National Encampment of the G and Army of the Republic, at Pittsburgh, Pa., the G. R. & I. will sell round trip tickets at $0.50 each, Sept. 6th to 7th inclusive. Good for return passage until Sept. 25th, 1894. One stop ©ff will be allowed On the return journwithin the limit of tAe time. J. Bkyson, Ag’t.

9 GROCERIES 11 PDOPCDIEQ I I BremerKamp' UIIUULIIILU • • (SUCCESSORS TO DpNO VAN & COFFEE.) ‘ T "'*h d ■ ’S'Everything established ?• ■ G V ’ ''i ■ A TRB' '' ” ' in the line husmees „ house enjoys S.’J '<■ I \ \ a-. household a trade yaJ f- 7 B — "".~I f - T 7 —.< |v!-t>ftr<R • necessities second »'' > \ uW\ I Av/CFA 'Hi-'''-" / \ -a aretobe to none /jw- \ , V -V-TL *' -hi&r found there in the city. — ~~~ Just received from tire Jerome B. Rice & Co., Seed House, Cambridge, N. Y, “New Early Queen’’ and “Early Rose’’ potatoes. SUGARS, SYRUPS, & CANMED GOODS of all kinds such as Asparagus Tips, (Club House Brand) Extra French Peas', Deviled Crab, Kippered .Herring, Lobsters, etc., etc., sold at* ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. 25 pounds of Light Brown Sugar for SI.OO Cash Paid for Butter and Eggs, . w v „ East Side ol Second Street, Decatnr, Ind. , I 1 57

SPECIAL NOTICE. Having sold out my business to Mr. Robert Case, I will hereby notify all persons indebted to me either by note or book account to call an<£ settle at once. I will be at the store in Magley, or at my residence in Kirkland township. J, D. Hoffmann. -Decatur, Ind., May 10,1894. Bw3 Lost— A loan Bock of the German Loan Association of this city. The bbok is the property of M rs. Sarah Wolfla. Finder will please return the same to Christen & Schirineyer’s office. For Sale—The American Eagle left on exhibition at this office several months <*go by Mr. John Stoutenberry, of Kirkland township, and which is properly cured and mounted, is for sale. Any ode wishing to buy this rare bird can do so by calling at this office.

— Bargains ! Bargains !! Bargains!! t Bottom Price at the Bargain Counter at Henry Winnes’ Shoe Store. dlßw6tf Go to J. Martin’s for fresh cakes, pies, bread and everything in the baker’s line. ■ d 6 w-5 6 50 Dozen heavy weight KNEE PANTS at 25 cents per pair at Ike Rosenthal’s stf Secure a bargain in Tan Foot Wear at Henry Winnes’ wfltf When in the city stop at the U. & E. Bakery and Restaurant, for the best mealsand lunch. Albert Schurgeb 8 ly Proprietor. Smith ,& Bell are paying the highest cash prices for Clear White Ash logs, cut 12 feet long, 12 inches and over at the top end, must be clear and staight. 43 ts ' * V ' -

GtRL NEEDLE CUSHION. Phyolel.no Have Taken TOO Bits of Steel From Her Body. Shakon, Pa., May 15,—A human needle cushion is Melinda Morford, a id-year-old girl of thio town. Melinda's home is on Madison avenue, and up to date the doctors have removed from her body about 700 needles and pieces of needles. How or when they got into her flesh is a mystery. It is believed, however, that the girl, while hysterical or laboring under delusions, has stuck the needles in her arms and legs. They have traversed her body, und when near tiie surface cause great pain. Then they are removed by tiie doctors. As many I as 50, it is said, have been taken out at one time. Melinda denies that she put the needles in her body. CAVE-IN OF A TUNNEL ’ TWO MEN KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE MONON NARROW GAUGE. I Two Others Seriously Injured by the Falling of Barth and Stone —Railroads Cannot Compromise Tax Cases. Fee ami Salary Doclaion—Notes. 1 Bedford, Ind., May 16.—The Owensburg tunnel on the Switz City narrow gauge branch of the Monon, 18 miles west of this city, caved in yesterday, instantly killing J. A. Trusty and Ozam Jackson, both of New Albany. William H. Hurst of the same place also received injuries from which he will probably die. One of his eyes was crushed out and he is badly bruised about the head. Matt Quinn of Newberry was also severely injured, though not fatally. The accident was caused by removing a ben,, which allowed the earth and atone from ab6ve to fall on the men at wwk. — ’ No Tax Compromise With Railroads. Indianapolis, May 16—The state tax commission has rejected all offers to .compromise with the railroads in the tax litigation. The negotiations had been pending for some time. She roads have; endeavored to be relieved of paying penalties on delinquent taxes. The commissioners made tne roads a proposition, the nature of which is not made public, but the railways thought to accept would be an unconditional surrender. u Shocked by Lightning. Covington, Ind., Maj- 16.—During a storm, and while the family of Smith Coiling were watching the electrical display, which was brilliant, they were prostrated by a bolt which struck the house and four of them fei’ in a heap. Mrs. Cuffing and her grandchild, Leona Graham, wereonlj’ stunned, but her daughters, Mrs. Graham ana Miss Carrie <Coffing, were dangerously shocked. Fee and Salary Decision Will Stand. Indianapolis, May 16.—The supreme court has declined to reconsider the fee and salary lew decision. Petition for a rehearing was overruled. The suit was on the constitutionality of the fee and salary law regulating the compensation of county and state officers. The court has declared the law valid as relating to sheriffs. Regulator Honse Wrecked, Muncie, Ind., May 16.—During a severe stonn lightning struck the large gas regulator house at the location of the four wells owned by the Winchester Gas company, near Selma, completely destroying it. The gas of all four wells ignited. A lars force of men are tryA ing to stop the blaze. Acute Case of Smallpox. Hartford City, Ind., May 15.—Tire tramp quarantined at Montpelier on suspicion of having smallpox has been pronounced an acute victim of the disease. The town is excited because of threatened quarantine. Poisoned by Eating Sardines. Brazil. Ind., May 16.—The 4-year-old daughter of Abraham Galloy was fatallv poisoned by eating sardines yesterday. Vinegar had been poured on the sardines-, generating a poisonous acid from the can. • Drowning Season Opened. Vincennes. Ind., May 16. — Henry Davis, 11 years old, was drowned yesterday in the river while swimming. ■ I INDIANA NOTES. Jjk Ehv.ood is to have another tinplate mill.-. Mpncie will not? tolerate Stinday ball playing. ; a Faj-ette county’s school enumeration shows 4,143 children of school age. A vicious Muncie dog has bitten two children and their parents fear hydrophobia. 1 Vincennes paper mill is short of coal and will have to shut down unless soon supplied. Frank Gray of Muncie stabbed Jack Donahue while the two were engaged in an altercation. George Bigelow, aged 3, was burned to death in Indianapolis while playing with a bonfire in an alley. Bert Wills, whose saloon in Burlington has been wrecked four times by antis, has again resumed business. Fred Caffee and May Case, prominent young people of Laurel, eloped to Louisville and were married. General Lew Wallace has been appointed a member of the naval academy visiting board by the secretary of the navy. Defense in she Indianapolis bank case thus far has been an effort to prove a high value for the cabinet company’s plant. Fort Wayne sends up complaints of serious illness resulting from the use of impure virus in vaccinations. One death has occurred. J. N. Jackson of Kokomo has in his possession deeds signed by President Janies Madison conveying government property to his grandfather. George Riley, porch climber and panel thief, from Jeffersonville jail a few hoUrs before time to be transferred to state prison for two years. >. William Galmeier, the old veteran in the Marion soldiers’ home who recently received notice of heirship to a fortune in Germany, has received 4,000 marks from the estate and has started to Germany to secure the remainder of $25,000. # John Huper, employed* in the Marion pump works, while handling the log carriage, fell against the moving log and was carried against the saw. His face was terI ribly torn and one arm was cut so badly as to require amputation.

“ HOMELESS” Hundreds of Boston’s! Poor Driven Out by Fire, TWENTY ACRES OF EMBERS. Disastrous Incendiary Blaze Starts In the Boston Ball Park. LOSS ESTIMATED AT $1,000,000. These Figures, However, Give No Insight Into the Agonlea of Working People Who Returned to Find Home* In Rains, Their Few Belongings Consumed and Families Scattered — Hundreds Compelled to Sleep In the Open Air—Hours of Battle -With the Flames Finally Rewarded and the Destroyer Quenched. Relief Measures. Boston, May 16.—8 y the torch of an incendiary over $1,000,000 worth of property is in ashes, over 500 families of the medium and poorer classes, consisting of over 2,000 people, are homeless, and many of them who had no time to save a portion of their household furniture slept last night in the open air. Women with babes in their arms and little children huddled close together had only the sky for a roof and the few mattresses saved from the burned tenements for a bed. After 6 o’clock, the time for the workshops and business places to close, many pathetic scenes were witnessed, fathers returning to find their homes burned to the ground and no trace of their wives pud little ones. Children who had been at work as cash "boys and girls in the big stores were barred ont from the streets where they resided and could find no trace of their parents. fire Covered a space of 20 acres, and as far as can be learned only six persons were injured, none fatally. The fire started in the Boston league ball park, in a pile of lumber which was lying under the rightfield bleachers directly back of first base. People Forced to Flee. In a moment it had leaped out to the seats and, fanned by a brisk breeze, swept toward the grandstand. So rapidly did the flames speed that before the occupants of the grandstand realized it the fire was Upon them and they were forced toffee. It was several minutes before the firemen were at work. The leftfield bleachers were next ignited. Meanwhile the sparks had fallen upon the houses on Berlin street and the flames surged on toward Tremont street, reaching out to the fight and left until the entire square’between the ball grounds and Tremont street, and extending north on. Walpole to Burke street, was a mass of burning buildings. The fthern>an kindergarten, a brick structure, obstructed the progress of the fire for only a moment, and that too was soon numbered among the structures consumed. The buildings on the south side of Walpole street were soon burned. The flames shot down toward Coventry street on that side of Tremont nearest the "ball grounds. They swept on in this direction for three squares, as far as Burke street, devouring the homes of men and women who were working with frantic energy to get out their household goods, and even before they could remove these to a safe place the walls burned and crumbled down. Barely Escaped With Their Lives. At 5 o’clock the entire block along the west side of Tremont street, from Walpole to Burke, was a brilliant mass of flames which swept across to the opposite side and soon engulfed the buildings for four blocks. By this time the residents of the tenements for nearly half a mile arpuffd had become alarmed and were moving all their property into the streets and seeking for places of safety. So vapidly did the fire eat its way, however, that those in the blocks adjoining Tremont street did not have time to save their house.hold effects and barely escaped with their lives. The streets were filled with frightened women and children—poor people who were trying to save a part of their small, property—and hurrying firemen and policemen. Furniture of all kinds littered the sidewalks, and the firemen were greatly hampered by obstructions. By 6 o’clock the conflagration had crossed Tremont to Cabot street. Firemen Finally Rewarded. Shortly after 6 o’clock several steamers arrived from Lynn, Salem, Beverly, Brooklj’n and Lawrence, and every effort was made to stop the fire at Cabot street. But it could not be checked, and not until it had burned from Cabot street half way through to Werwick street and north to Burke street was the liiriit of the burned district on the southeast side of the ball grounds reached. While the firemen were fighting on this side, the fire was spreading from Walpole toward Milford place on the southwest side of the ball grounds and in half an hour all buildings in this block was in ruins. The fire burned on until it reached Ruggles street at one point, consumed the houses on both sides of Chapel street and laid low the structures on Sudbury street. At Ruggles street on the west and Cabot street oh the southeast the fire vVas practically Auout lav buildings were burned and about 500 families rendered homeless. Insurance men figure the losses at §1.000,000. ' - ; Relief Measures. A special meeting of the board "Os aidermen was called last evening to take action on the exigencies of the case, and it was voted to use the surplus of §4,000 now held by the trustees of the Johnstown flood, collected for the flood sufferers, for the relief of the 2,000 people made homeless by the conflagration. ' The meeting was adjourned to today, when some further means will be de(Vised to aid those in,distress. \ , • ’■' ■ ■

Mlffl’S NAPOLEONS. Chicago Snrprised by an Object Lesson In Hotel Equipment, WIW 1 . ' ’’’ THEIR ABILITY ADMIRED. On a Slender Capital of *40,000 the Fashionable Windermere Was Constructed and Furnished by Two Hoosiers at an Expense of 0(H)—Only One I’aralleL Sold For a Third of Its Original Cost. Chicago, May 1 ft.—The Herald pub- < lishes an account of the court pale of the Windermere hotel furniture, fixtures and stock subscriptions to Thomas M. Sprague for $22,625, the price having been run up $10,006 by the bidding of George M. Shelley, Kansas City’s noted ex-mayor. The stock subscriptions amount to SIOO,OOO alone. The more lawyers pry into the affairs of the Windermere the greater their admiration for the financial abilities of two Hoosier Napoleons—Joseph Defrees, late of Goshen, and August C. Mills of North Manchester. The only parallel to the Windermere venture that this city has lately afforded was Baker’s south side theater, or as it is now known, Havlin’s theater. That was built, as the lawyers expressed it, “on a wide, white shirt front,” by which they meant that Mr. Baker’s imposing presence and wealth of highly starched linen answered all the purposes of a large bank account. Story of the Venture. As far as can be learned these Indiana projectors of the fashionable Windermere invested just §40.000 in the venture. On this slender investment they secured a $140,000 site, erected a $315,000 hotel and got credit for SIOB,OOO worth of furniture, silverware and bar supplies. The hotel, which stood just across the street from the north line of Jackson park, did a thriving business during the fair. It probably sheltered more distinguished visitors than any other hostelry in the world’s fair district. The Maharaja of Kapurthala, the Indian prince, who came to Chicago witli a retinue of servants, his private cook and his fourteenth wife, was oh*of the guests. Mayor Gilroy stayed at the W indermere, and the Tammany braves ever afterward re* garded it as their Chicago wigwam. The hotel cleared $127,000 during the exposition, but this did not go far toward satisfying creditors, and it finally passed into the hands of a receiver, who has been operating it since last September. The hotel proper is owned by* the Imperial Hotel company, while the furniture was owned by the establishment managed by the A. C. Mills company. It was tiie assets of the latter that were sold in Judge Scales’ court. The property sold yesterday was subject to receiver's certificates amounting to SIO,OOO and about $6,000 additional charges, which raised the total bid to $38,625. This is but little more than t third of the original investment for furniture, etc. HARVARD STUDENTS DROWNED. Four Young Men Lost. While Out For a \ » Pleasure Trip. Boston, May 16.—Edwin Stanton Bach of New York city, William Campbell Truesdell of Newark, John Farnum Browne and Franklin Whitall of Philadelphia, all students of Harvard college, were drowned in the upper harbor near Thompson’s island Sunday afternoon. The first intimation of the catastrophe was had yesterday when Superintendent Bradley of the farm school on Thompson’s island picked up near the island two coats, a crochet to a boom and a pair of oars. In the pockets of one of the coats were letters addressed to Browne, postmarked Philadelphia, and papers which showed that the owner was undoubtedly a student of Harvard. In the pockets of the other coat were letters addressed to Truesdell. A party was sent out in the afternoon in search of the catboat in which they had started Sunday afternoon for a pleasure trip of a few hours, and late in the evening the overturned craft was found. Clinging to the mast, locked in each other’s arms, the dead bodies of Browne and Bach were found. Truesdell and Whitall have not yet been discovered. They were all bright young men. BASEBALL. A Rain Prevented All but One Game In the Western League., Yesterday a lucky interference of the elements prevented the possible defeat of the Hoosiers by Toledo, the afternoon shower rendering the grounds too wet for playing. Milwaukee and Sioux City were laid out by the same reason and Minneapolis and Kansas City had to give up after the third inning. The Hoosiers are now on their first western trip. Pitchers. H R E Grand Rapids.Rhines 2 5 2 Detroitßalsz 6 6 5 ™ National League. Pitchers. rhe Brooklyn Stern. 16 13 5 Washington... Petty. 711 0 ClevelandCuppy 7 11 0 St. LouisClarksono 7 3 Philadelphia..Taylor....r>lo 18 1 New York....Westervelt;. 4 8 3 Chicago.:Griffith6 10 1 PittsburgEhret2 3 4 Struggle For an Alderman. Joliet, Ills.,May 16.—Aiderman Mark G. Harris, who was appointed postmaster in this city, has resigned as aiderman, which will necessitate a special election. : . The council has seven Democratic and seven Republican aidermen with a Republican mayor, with one Democratic aiderman ih question, as the Republican candidate is contesting the election- of y. Aiderman Allen in the Fifth ward. The special election will be a very exciting one, the Second ward, where the vacancy is, being Dembcratic by about 100, and the Republicans will work hard to elept a man. > Illinois Apportionment Sult. Danville, Ills., May 16.—Judge Book- ’ waiter, who is hearing the apportionment suit, overruled the Bines mdtion and ordered arguments to proceed. A decision is expected Saturday. • ' i