Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 10, Decatur, Adams County, 25 May 1894 — Page 7

j.JWWifr-" 1f,..-. '*'7 * ‘ ’ ' ' ' ’ • ; — ’ NOW IS THE TIME TO - ■——— — BEAUTIFY YOUR HOMES. 4 2. also TIME TO LOOK AROUND FOR BARGAINS IN' • --~— PAPER, PAINTS AND Os which we have a Complete Stock constantly on hand. Do not fail to see us before buying PVBE T A-T3 ZLIXTSEEIZ) OIL.; —: On the above Articles we will Not be Undersold. We also carry a Complete Line of — — "Vairxisli, Hard-Oil ZFlrxislx, Colors in. Oil, • ♦ And all Goods used for interior and exterior decorations. Remember now is the time to be looking up your MA <7 UIM RCM H and be ready for the comin £ hay and grain jugs and oil cans and have them filled with the best / l/lVzilllx I—* C7ILI harvest. IFe also carry a complete and of i DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINES. don’t forget the place, W. H. NACHTRIEB. j*--- • ' - , , ■ - : r^-— / ; T —7 -■ ■

Business Directory. THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. CAPITAI. S 5 UKiO SURPLUS. 811.500. Organized August 15» IHB3. OfficersP. W. Smith, Pres., Vice-pres., R 8. Peterson. Cashier, J. 8. Peter ■on, Ass’t Cashier. Do a general banking business. Interest paid on time deposits. , . P Buy and soli Domestic and Foreign, Exchange, County and City Orders. — Adams County Bank CAPITAI,, 815,000. SURPLUS. 875.000. • Organized in 1871. Officers :-D. Studabaker. , |'! b tu - Allison, Vice-pres; W. H. Niblick. Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made in all piuts of the country. County. Citv and Township orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. . Interest paid on tune deposits. ———***—"7SlT Paul G. Hooper, Attorney «ut Law " ’ Decatur. Indiana. A. P. BEATTY. J - *• mas »N. MANN A BEATTY, Attorney s-nt-Ijaw, v laries Public. Pension Claims Prosebee In Odd Fellows’ Building. J. T. FBANCE. J. T. MERRYMAN. FRANCE A MERRYMAN. A ttorneys*al*Tja x/V, Office:—Nos. 1. * and 3, over the Adams Countv Bank. Collections a soecialtr. J. n. 8080, MASTER COMMISSIONER AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Real Estate and Collections. R. K. EEWIN, A.ttorney-at-luaw, Room J ahd 2 Niblick & Tonnellier Block, Decatur, Indiana. ‘ujTM. ML L. HOLWWAY, M. D. Office and residence one door M- E - church. Diseases ot women and children a specialty. _________ P. B. THOMAS, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Office over Burns' harness shop, east side of Second Street, DeoAur, Indiana. .All calls promptly attended to in city or country night or day. a-, c?. nteftunte, DENTIST. Now located over Holthouse's shoe store, is prepared to do all work pertaining to the dental profession. Gold filling a specialty. By the use of Mayo’s Vapdr he is enabled to extract teeth without pain. Work guaranteed, GO TO H.M. ROMBERG For Your XsI’V'SnU'ST. The Beit Btgi and moit Reasonable Prlcai. lit! MONEYTOLOAN On Farm property on long time. JNTo Commis«ion. Low rate of Interest. IF’ayxxicxxtw. In anv amounts can be made at any time and ■top interest. Call on or address, A. K. GRUBB or J. F. MANN, Office:—Odd F ellowa’ Building. ' '

ULTIMATUM TO MINERS' Pennsylvania Operators Say They Must Return by May 28. CRISIS IN THE SITUATION. aiavs and Italians Make Ugly Demonstrations at Latrobe aud Uniontown Strikers Make Captives of Men Wlio Were Anxious to Work—Condition of the Strik#ln Illinois. Philadelphia, May 22.—An important ’meeting of bituminous coal mine operators from the central Pennsylvania 'region was hcTd in this city yesterday afternoon. Every operator in the district was present, and it was unanimously agreed that the men should be given until May 28 in which to return to work. If they fail to do so by that time the mines will be thrown open to whoever seeks employment and those Inen who decide to go to work will be protected by the operators. A resolution was adopted to the effect that the operators agree that it is impossible to pay their employes more than their present wages of 40 cents a ton for digging coal. The territory represented employes 12,.000 men. COAL STRIKERS DESPERATE. They Prevent Men From Goiijg to Work by an Ugly Demonstration. Latrobe, Pa., May 22.—Interest in the strike situation here now has the call over the flood excitement. The state of affairs is extremely critical. The attempt to resume work by the Latrobe Coal Company was met by ugly opposition yesterday, principally from a big mob of Slavs and Italians armed with clubs, bars of iron, big steel files and other weapons. Only one man was allowed to go to work. At the Ligonier works a dozen deputies were confronted by a mob of 250 strikers. One deputy was struck over the head with a club and his rifle wrested from him. Miners Protected by Guards. Danville, Ills., May 22.—One hundred and fifty men, protected by guards, were at work yesterday in the Consolidated Coal company’s mines at Mission fields. The striking miners hereabouts made no concerted action against that place. Two hundred and fifty of the ‘ Danville district miners marched to the mines of the small operators in the vicinity yesterday and compelled all of them, either by threats or persuasion, to close up. The only mine they will permit to run is the one furnishing coal to the city waterworks, and a coal famine is again imminent. Workmen Held Captive. Uniontown, Pa,, May 22.—The river miners of the fourth pool took a turn at marching yesterday for the first time in the history of the strike. They assembled at Fayette City. Six hundred strong they were, and made a raid upon Kyle plant, capturing a number of the Frick company’s men who had returned to work. The strikers took the workmen to their camp and now hold them captives there. - DALTONS, NO DOUBT. g Hot Filing Between a Posse and Outlaws. One Man Captured. El Reno, O. T., May 22.-‘-Two men supposed to be members of the Dalton gang of train robbers passed through El Reno yesterday, traveling eastward. The sheriff telegraphed to the little town of Yukon to intercept them. A posse was quickly organized and when the train robbers made their appearance they were attacked. The defense was quite as hot as the attack and a running fight ensued. One Mr. Farish was shot in the groin, the bullet passing entirely through him. He is not expected to live. An old man named Nelson was shot in the forehead, but not dangerously. A numbe? of other persons were wounded more or less in the skirmish, among them a man named Bnyder who was shot in the face and will die. One of the robbers was shot off his horse and captured, but resisted to the last, and several of his cantors bear cuts

I ana nrtnses on tne nead where he welted them with his 6-shooter. The other , made his escape, but is supposed to be I hit a couple of times, one bullet taking I away a piece of his hat and another 1 striking him in his head. The one capt- . ured is unknown here. The robber [ who escaped is being followed by a party i of armed men. PINHEAD REPUBLICS. MOST OF THEM IN EUROPE OR ON ISLANDS OF THE SEA. The Smallest In Area Is Little More Than a Square Mile, and the Smallest In Population Numbers Fifty-five Souls—Simple Forms of Government. When a person speaks of small republics, he is supposed to mean those of South America and Europe, which are marked on every map and described in every cyclopedia printed since they have become republics. The fact is, the world is spotted with small republics that are never heard of, some so small that they* seem more like needle points than pinheads. A few of them are known to the most learned teachers of geography, but the majority of them would set the most of these teachers a task which would require more than a single day’s research. These little republics are found on islands so diminutive that they are mark- ; ed only on navigators’ charts and again ! between and in the center of kingdoms. : hi area they run from less than a square I mile up to about 100. In population they i run from 55 people up to but little more i than that many hundreds. They are all ; republics in that they are governed by < the people, but their plans of government i shmy-a great many novelties. To Tavolara may be accorded-the dis- | tinctfop of being the smallest republic ! in point of population on the. fjtce of tho i globe. It is situated on an island about , five miles long by five-eighths of a mile I in width 13 milOs off the northeast const | of Sardinia, Its population numbers j about 55 people. The principal occupa- ; tion of tho inhabitants is fishing, the I land being tilled only enough to supply ■ the needs of the islanders. The posses- i sion and absolute sovereignty of the island of Tavolara was formally granted i by King Charles Albert of Sardinia to I the Bartoleoni family in 1836, and for more than half a century Paul I, king of Tavolara, reigned over it im peaefc—| On thft 30th of May, 1882, King Paul j died of heart disease, sitting in his chair, like tho Empemr Vespasian, vainly endeavoring to write a will. His last words were a request that none of his relatives should succeed him on the throne of tho island and that its inhabitants be allowed to govern themselves. JJone of the. relatives ever filed a claim, and on March 27, 1886, the islanders held a mass meeting and decided to establish a republic. The matter was a simple one for them. A constitution was drawn up, which gives, by the way, equal suffrage to women and also provides for the election of a president every six years. The president receives no salary and is advised by a council of six, the members of which are elected by the people. There is no pay and no perquisites attached to any of the offices. The independence of Tavolara was formally recognized by Italy in 1887, but there is nothing on the records which shows any other country having taken notice of it. If wo wero judging the countries by their area, then to Goust must be awarded the honors. But while its area is not one-third as great as that of Tavolara its population is over twice as much, the total number of inhabitants being about 130. Goust is situated on the flat top of a mountain in the Lower Pyremies and occupies an area of but a fraction over a mile. The republic has existed since 1648 and is recognized as an independent j state by both France and Spain. Tho government is vested in a council, con.sisting of 12 members, who serve seven years. This council elects from its number one who discharges the duties of, chief executive. Ho acts as tax collector, assessor, judge, etc., but from yll his acts there is an appeal to the bisliop of Laruns in the valley below. Other than these there are no officers, not even

a clergyman. .Neither is there a cemetery or any public institution whatever. The pass which leads to the adjacent Spanish parish of Lamns is so steep that the carrying of heavy burdens is an impossibility. Thl inhabitants of this tiny mountain republic have built a chute, therefore, down which they slide heavy articles and the bodies of their dead to ! the cemetery far below. Indeed the good inhabitants of Goust are baptized, married and buried in the nearby Ossan valley. Since the seventeenth century the population has varied but little, ambition and a desirp to see the world calling the more venturesome from this republic In the clouds. The inhabitants are long lived and robust, are shepherds I and weavers of cloth and seem entirely i contented with their lot, having little . ambition either- for riches or power, i Their language is a quaint mixture of French and Catalonian Spanish. Another republic of dwarf proportions | is that of Franceville, an island in the New Hebrides group, situated east of . Australia and a short distance north of ! New Caledonia. It contains an area of i some 85 miles,' and its population con- ; sists of about 40 ybites mid 500 natjves. . The island was formerly a colony of France, but its independence was guaranteed it in 1879. Its government consists of a president and advisory council of eight, chosen by the people. The president, who is at present a Mr. R. i ; D. Polk, a native of this country, is ap- i ! pointed a judge, from whose decisions ■ i there is no appeal. Equal suffrage is ex- ! tended to all. White or black, male or ; female, may vote, but only the white | male may hold office. The island repubi lie is in a prosperous condition and cari ries on a good trade with France. —St. ; Louis Globe-Democrat. The Voices of Nations. I The Tartars are Supposed to’ have, as j a nation, the most powerful voices in I the worl<|. The Germans possess the ■ lowest voices of any civilized people, i The voices of l»oth Japanese and Chinese are of a very low order and feeble comI pass and are probably weaker than any i other nation. Taken as a whole, Euroi peans have stronger, clearer and better i voices than the inhabitants of the other ' continents.—London Tit-Bits. MAELSTROM (Staudare No, 17539.) ; — In View of the Fact that hd Brsadag, High ttg Horses Are bringing high prices in the eastern niark< ts. we would kindly urge or ask tamers and others desirous ot breeding dor a profit to call and examine the Well-bred, High Acting Stallion kept at Isaac Peterson’s barn and owned by A. A. BOCH, DECATUR, IND. Mrs. Elizabetti Bradley, agent for Burkharts medicines, takes this method to inform poeple where they can find her residence, fifth house soutb of Jail, on Market street. 43 ts We have taken our tiour out of the groceries, thereby enabling us to sell cheaper than anyone else, as we have no commission to pay. Best flour at ‘fcf.3o per hundred at Hart & Bro.’s City Mills. d 22-2 w 4

THE—NEW M YORK STORE Has at last brought relief to the public by selling iCttii ill Guls’ Piffllsio, | COMPLETE LINE OF HATS, Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s Shoes -.r At one-half of their real value. We are always ready to show you any Article in stock that will prove their cheapness. Hope you will appreciate our presence in your midst. ■V77E3 lESZESrtE: TO STAY ■ I and save you money Regardless of the misrepresentation of others. NEW YORK STORE Stone’s old Hardware stand, Decatur, Ind. ■ IHINWT FENCE. -r -1L Jy-’ tow!; - ’■ L-vi r If iOrfei i lii 7. * - =j: L B ANB ®.WT FENCE IN ME IMM. Thousands of miles of it built throughout the countryFor Farm Rights for Adams County, apply to John Blakesley. Decatur, Ind. Daniel Schlegel, DEALER IN umBG rom Wing, nooFii, aw - — Tinware of all Kinds. „ • ■ :. Slm-PipM Ww ME Meiift ta to order. Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur, - - - Indiana.