Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 25, Decatur, Adams County, 7 September 1894 — Page 9

GROCERIES 11 KROCERIES'' Bremerkn mp, - COFFEE.) •**k3iS/VVVV\^U j!arL ■ ••tabllahed t, ’ Everything ■ bualnea* ■ \ intholln ® Bioum enjoy* ' of ■Z# trade "1^ household ■ eeoond lUnCFR I , ®Bf necoßß,t,e * B to none 'Uft AS. - V'Xl are to be Bln the city. Jffij \ WfrV ZBMB%found t here P CAKES ’HAL” SOAP FOB 25 ft I S ’ & CiWWED 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 2 PRICES. ■ 1 I 25 pounds of Light Bfown Sugar for SI.OO ■ CaaD Fetid. for T3uttor and Eggs, w Dlffl&BfflfiM Ea*t Side ot Second Street, Decatur, Ind. Daniel Schlegel, DEALER IN LIGBTMW ROBS, SPOUTLW, ROOFING, AW “ Tinware of all Kinds, StoYe-PijiM Repairing and Mending done- lo order. Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur, - - - Indiana.

SURROUNDED BY MYSTERY! A Great Mistake. A recent discovery la that headache-, dizziness, dullness, confusion of the mind, etc., are due to derangement of the nervo ce’nters _which supply the brain with nerve force; that indigestion, dyspepsia, neuralgia, wind intstomach, etc., arise from the derangement of the nerve centers supplying these organs with nerve fluid or force. This is likewise true of many diseases of the heart andlungs. The nerve system is like a telegraph system Its will be seen by the accompanying

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cut. The little white lines are the nerves which convey The nerve' force from the ner.ve centers to every part of the body, fust as the electriccurrent is conveyed along the telegraph wires to every station, large or small. Ordinary physicians fall to regard this fact; instead of treat- . Ing the nerve centers for thecause of the disorders arising therefrom they treat the part affected. Franklin Miles, M. D„ LL.B., the highly celebrated specialist and

student of nervous diseases, and author of many noted treatises on the latter subject, long since realized the truth of the first statement, and ills Restorative Nervine is prepared on that principle. Its success . In curing all diseases arising from derangement of the nervous system is wonderful, as the thousands of unsolicited testimonials in possession of the company manufacturing the remedy amply prove. Dr. Mlles’ Restorative Nervine is a reliable remedy for all nervous diseases, such as headache, nervous debility, prostration, sleeplessness, dizziness hysteria, sexual debility, St. Vitus dance, epilepsy, etc. It is sold by all druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent direct by the Dr. Niles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, $1 per bottle, six bottles for S 5, express prepaid. Restorative Nervine positively contains no opiates or dangerous drugs. Sold by all Druggists,

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In time of peace prepare for war. The great German Remedy, Elzey’s Cboiera Balm, sold bv Ilolthouse & Smith, Decatur, Ind. The best medicine on the market' for. cramps, diarrhoea, cholera morbwUa grippe, &c Prepared by John Elzey, Monroe, Ind. i2tf Fob Sale —Brick and Tile. If you want to purchase, call and see our tile. Will be glad to give prices. Sizes from 3 to 20 inches. Willtake 500 cords of wood for tile. Kkick, Meyers & Co. BRICK! BRICK!! BRICK!!! Mayer & Mann are prepared to furnish first-class brick for any purpose, at reasonable prices. Remember the yard near Patterson & Pillars mill. 13tf A few choice lots yet tor sale at an ex tretnely low price in the new addition to the city of Decatur. For price and terms on Grant Railing. 43-ts- ' All laundering at Miller's Steam Laundry, is positively guarnteed to be the finest that has ever been done in this city, or no charges will be made, we respectfully solicit a trial. ddlwlO SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, If you want something for nothing, now is your chance. The City News Stand has in its posession four complete volumes of the beautiful scenes of the White City and eleven parts of the Portfolio of National Photography, the first part of each volume will be given free to any new subscriber of Tlie Daily Democrat who takes the paper a month, or to any of our old subscribers who will pay a month in advance. ■ ■ ■ ““I The Famous Midway Plaisance at Toledo Trf-State Fair Grounds August 20 to September 4. Streets of Cairo, Hagenbeck’s Arena, Persian Theatre, Irish Village, ' Moorish Palace, Dahomey Village, German V illage, Works, International Costume Exhibit, Ohio Vienna, Turkish ' Theatre, Japanese Village. A street fifty feet In width and nearly one-quarter mile in lenght, extending from the entrance to the rear of the Exposition grounds, lined on either side with Midway attractions. ■ Admission to the street free, to the attrac- j tlons much less than at Chicago. Toledo 1 St. Louis & Kansas City B. R., Clover Leaf 1 Route, will issue one fare excursion tickets ’ from Indiana and Ohio stations East of 1 Frankfort. On special dates one cent per ' mile. Make preparations early. The at- ’ tractions great, the excursion rates extremely low. See nearest agent Clover ! Leaf Route. J Tell all your friends that you see, i and write those that you don’t see, < that Fort Wayne, Ind., will celebrate 1 its One Htfndreth Anniversary, Oct. 1 9th, 10th and 11th, 1894, and that all ( railroads will give excursion rates upon ( those dates, , iO-— . HUM

TRAIL OfDEATN. Sickening Sights In (he- Burned Districts of the Northwest, RELIEF PARTIES AT WORK. First Estimates of the Dead Provo About Correct. CHARRED BODIES EVERYWHERE. Revised List of Death* In the Varlooa Town* Continued by Forest Fire*—Many | Deail Lye Beneath a Scorching Sun While Attention I* Given to the Living. Tank of Burial Too Much For the Bravest of Men — Detailed Storle* of Horrible Dlicoverie*. HINCKLEY 2»’ SANDSTONE «2 MILLER 12 BETWEENSKINK LAKE AND MILLER 12 POKEGAMA 28 LUMBER CAMPS AND SCATTER--ING (estimate) Total'.... * - 304 St. Paul, Sept. 4. — Latest details ! simply confirm reports as to the inagni- | hide of the Hinckley disaster. The I most conservative estimate of the dead is 362, and from that figures go up to 1,000. Although the exact number of dead will never be known, enough is known to make this one of the most appalling disasters in American history. More have perished, but never so many in so terrible a manner. As to property loss, all thoughts have been of death and few could be found to talk about their losses. It is probable the loss at and around Hinckley will exceed #2,000,000, ! although no careful estimates have yet been made. Os the fires across in Wisconsin less is known, but there has been no loss of life reported and it is hoped all is over. Notwithstanding yesterday’s showers the ground is dry and parched and all vegetation so dry that it would ignite easily and burn with horrible rapidity IN THE BURNED DISTRICT. Graphic Discriptions of Scenes About the Destroyed Villages. St. Paul, Sept. 4. — A Pine City special to, The Pioneer Press says: Words cannot tell the story of death and destruction that is revealed to the travel- | er on the St. Paul and Duluth railroad, from Mission Creek to two miles above the little town of Miller, or Sandstone Junction. The awfulness of the desolation which strikes upon the eye of the observer as he reaches the camp which was once the. town of Hinckley is still more strongly impressed on his vision as . he journeys northward. Yesterday the smoke had lifted, revealing a landscape bare and black. Here and there in the bleak and dreary stretches of country in what is now a great lone land was seen the body of a deer, whose fleet feet hail not been able to outrun the flames, or of a human being who had been absolutely powerless against the grim destroyer. A Pioneer Press man accompanied Judge Nethaway of Stillwater and the members of a relief party which started on a handcar loaded with provisions to relieve the people of Sandstone, who, were reported in great distress. Two miles above Hinckley they found lying by the trunk of a tree the body of a man, evidently that of a lumberman. The relief party proceeded as far as Shunk lake, where the Duluth limited train was burned. Here they found Engineer Williams in charge of a gang of men rebuilding the burned bridge. From them it was learned that the living at Sandstone had been taken to Duluth by special trains and their pressing necessities relieved, so that the help from Pine ■ City was not needed. The party there- | fore resolved itself into one of search -for bodies of victims of the disaster. Gruesome Discoveries of Dead. The house of John Robinson was near Shunk lake in the edge of the woods, and the family sought refuge in the cellar. There was no escape from the fire and the party found the bodies of Robinson and his wife Mary, their eldest daughter and two smaller children. All the clothing was burned from the bodies, but the victims had evidently been suffocated before the flames reached them. The hands of the oldest daughter were upraised with palms together in an attitude of prayer. Within 600 yards of the spot where Engineer Root; stopped his train was a long trench, running from the little body of water which proved a place of safety for tho passengers on the limited, to a swamp on the lake. Following aiODg raiie vrenon mo psrry C—... 0 upon me partially clothed body of a man who, in personal appearance, corresponded to the description of General Passenger and Freight Agent Otto Rowley of the Duluth and Winnipeg railroad. An examination of the .dead man’s shirt collar showed the name, O. Rowley, and it is supposed that he was a passenger on the limitra and in taking to the ditoh expected to reach the lake. , Other bodies found by the party were , those of a man and a woman who had ; evidently fled from a farmhouse nearby, and the bodies of two men who are sup- i - .

poaed to Itave been passengers on the Burned train. First Estimate* Proving Correct. The latest verified report# of the number of dead do not materially alter the former estimates. In fact, that estimate is proving remarkably exact considering the confusion of the first day. One element that makes close figuring very difficult is the fact that bodies seen in the wixsls and along the track are not infrequently reported to two points and sent out from each as among it# dead. Then, too, the tendency of tho occasion, bad as it is, is to exaggeration.- However, eliminating these doubtful elements as far as possible, The Pioneer Press is convinced that the total is I as nearly exact as possible. The nunil her of dead at Hinckley is placed at 200. The Pioneer Press correspondent has actually counter! 194 of these and the margin allowed is about all that is necessary. SCENES IN 111 USED districts. Blackened Kirftig and Charred Bodies Lyinjf Everywhere. St. Paul, Sept. 4.—Yardmaster Dave Williams of Duluth is something of a hero hims-ls. He is the man who grasped the situation, acted on his knowledge ;yid promptly relieved the people of Sandstone. He received a message from Miller Sunday night which said: •‘There are 150 people- at Sandstone 1 without food or shelter. For God’s sake i get them out of there.” Within an incredibly short time an engine in charge of Yardmaster Williams was on the way. The entire road 1 after the burned district was reached 1 was patroled and the engine kept up a continual whistling, so that any persons who might be near would come at once to the track. When the train arrived at Sandstone Junction (or Miller, as it is 1 generally called) it was met by nearly , the entire population of Sandstone and Miller. The depot platform at Miller had been burned and there was not a house standing anywhere in view. About 170 people were taken aboard and ■ a messenger sent to Sandstone, who informed the people of the arrival of relief. Very few remained, and they were those with loved ones -lying dead. Bodies Scorching In the Sun. No one was burned seriously who was not fatally injured. There was no attempt to care for the dead, who lay scattered with irregularity through the streets of the town. Everything inflammable at Sandstone was- destroyed and investigations brought the number of the dead up to 62, with 21 people missing. i Mr. Webster, father of Mayor Lee | Webster, in this town, was among the dead and yesterday afternoon Mr. Webster went to Sandstone to bury his father and mother. The scene at Sandstone, as described by him, was heartrending. Th<- of the town were onl’’ lilies of sand between heaps 'of asligs. Within these lines lay 40 bodies scattered at random, ami 22 more were found afterward in the outskirts of the town and along the hollows and marshes toward the river bank. The bodies were- lying exposed to the sun and rain alike, and were rapidly becoming decomposed. They were identified, as far as possible, and will be buried today. Sickening Task at the Cemetery. None of the citizens of Pine -City w ho volunteered their aid in the work of relief did more than F. G’ Weber. He took entire charge of the work at the cemetery and kept at the hideous duty until all that could be done had been accomplished. Not until nightfall were his labors over, and during that time he had a succession of relays of men under him, for many sickened and had to give it up. The work progressed slower than need have been the case had Mr. Weber’s working force been adequate. As it' was, 65 unidentified dead were interred in the trenches, 56 more were put in boxes and 13 were buried by their friends, making a total of 134 bodies handled at the cemetery. Mr. Weber says he has reports of 51 bodies all ready for burial- today-and this number will grow every hour. Th- ) ; bodies found after today must be buried | where found. It will be impossible to move them, as they are literally falling to pieces. No Further Danger. Yesterday afternoon there was a rain., followed by a strong breeze, and soon" the flames which had been quenched and smoldering by morning showers were again fanned to a blaze and hundreds of columns of smoke began to ascend. The fire will not be out for many a day unless there are heavy rains, but there is no danger, as the underbrush s burned out clean and there is nd possibilitv of another spread. > one ot the marvelous circumstances of the occasion is the escape of so many cattle and horses. Many were absolutely unscorched, though no one can explain how they escaped. Others were pitifully burned and steps are tardily being taken to put them out of their misery. This morning the. carcasses of dead animals, which had become very offensive, were put out of the way bjburial and burning. Identity of dead. A One Husband Fuelled by Discovery of Money—Another’s Cause For Joy. St. Paul, Sept. 4.—Among the victims of the holocaust at Sandstone were Mrs. McNamara, wife of John McNamara of Pine City, and her daughter. Mr. McNamara went to Sandstone, where he found the bodies of his wife and daughter. They were not badly burned and were identified by means of spectacles worn by Mrs. McNamara and by the cloth’ >g of the two women. On the person c Mrs. McNamara. Itowevsr, was found #3,500 in cash, and Mr. McNamara could riot believe the body was that of his wife, as he did not know of her possessing any such amount of money. He cannot lie convinced that the money is that of his wife and hopes that there is some mistake which will prove that she and daughter are still among the living. Another peculiar incident in connection with the identification of bodies

was the cane of a Mr. Schleininger, whoso wife when last seen was leaving her home at Hinckley and had started for the river. He hud given her up for dead arid began a search for her body. Yesterday he found the blaokenetl and charred remains of a woman whom he identified as his wife in the horrible pile at the cemetery. He had the'body separated from the rest and placed in a rough box ready for the burial. Leaving it at Hinckley, he took the Duluth train for Pine City and on the train met his wife. She was one of the fortunate few who got on board the Dtiluth train to West Superior, and as soon as the road was ojM-n slie started to rejoin her happy husband. GHOULS AND VANDALS. Under Cover of Charity Desperate CharB<>!> the Dead. Plne City, Sept. 4.—J. G. Donnelly says that in all his experience as an undertaker he never saw such sights as werepresented at Hinckley yesterday. There’!# a strong suspicion that among fpose who have been in Hinckley ostensibly for relief purposes there have been a lawless few who have played the part of ghouls and vandals. Many of the bodies had money and valuables on them, and in cases these were stolen. One body was found in which the trous ers were intact and the pockets had been turned inside out. Heavy Rainfall. Iron Mountain, Mich., Sept. 4 — There was a heavy downfall of rain through the fire belt yesterday afternoon and evening. Trainmen arriving from rhe north report rhe fires under check and that the danger to towns is /asijed. DANGER IN PENNSYLVANIA. OH Fields and Several Towns Threatened by Forest Fires. Bradford, Pa., Sept. 4. —Dangerous forest fires are raging in many directions ami there are serious prospects that they may leach the oil fields, where most serious consequences would result. Twenty towns in different parts of the state feporV danger from the fires and men are everywhere on guard or fighting the flames. Railroads are interrupted in their traffic and it is feared the worst has not been realized. The fire is particularly dangerous to the oil interests about Kane. Immense quantities of lumber and timber are being destroyed. UNKNOWN MURDERERS. Woman Assaulted and Killed, Presumably by Tramps Providence, Sept. 4.—Mrs. Gilbert Potter was brutally assaulted and murdered by some unknown persons at Rice City some time last night. Potter is a fish vender and had left home to go to the store for a stock, of fish. Mps, Porter arid the 5-year-old child remained at home.. Neighbors found her dead upon the bed, The mattress was snalted with blood from a bullet wound just abov' her right ear.- the pistol having ItCeu held so near that her- hair had beta scorched. > te had been assayed ami murd -red. The child was found shut up in a closet -asleep. Tramps suspected. LABOR DAY. Successful Observance In Most Cities of the Country. Indian apoUS. Sept.4.—The Labor day celebration was not as successful-inpoint of numbers in parade as had been expected. several unions being unreprei sented and not more than 1,205 men ap- ! pearing in line. Picnic features were highly cajoled. Reports from other cities'are of a general observance of the day. In Chicago 12.000 men marched’ through a steady ram. 15,000.pcraded in Boston" and New York shewed up2Ci 000. In Toronto the day was observed for the first rime. HIS LIFE FOR A KISS. i Young Man Brutally Murdered For Having Kissed a Pretty Girl. Newsite, Ala., Sept. 4.—While at work yesterday Robert Cross was seized by Bob Ashley and the latter's father ■ fired six bullets into life Ixxly. causing instant death. The assassins kicked the dead man and walked off while terrified ■ spectators gazed on in -ilince. The | cause of the murder was that Cross was I kissing Ashley's pre tty ’daughter at church. / But One Ticket. Denver. Sept. 4. —The two factions of the Democra’ic party, both.holding state ‘ conventions here yesterday, appoint< conference committees. Tiu-se comiwtees drew up a platform and nominaL ■' a full state ticket which satisfied both factions. Arkansas Goes Democratic. Little Rock, Sept. 4. —The state election yesterday was carried by the Democrats by 15.000 to 20,000. In some counties Republicans and Populists fused. The colored vote was light. Breckinridge Campaign. Lexington, Sept. 4.—The primaries which will uoeide the result- in the Ashland district will he held Saturday, Sept. 15. The district is well stirred up. BASEBALL. —»■ --> „ . ■ . . Western League. MORNING GAMES. Pitchers. rhe .Sioux City.... Cunningham y/.i.jet. 8 I<J 4 Indianapolis.. Pepper., ./ 712 1 Grand Rapids.Rhines ;..ll 14 2 Minneapolis.,.Frazer IV IV 2 AFTERNOON GAMES. Minneauolis...Baker. 21 22 I Grand Rapids. Parker, Killeen ..14 13 3 Detroit. Borcfers, 8 12 1 Kansas City... Hastings 7 8 4 Sioux City....Cunningliani 19 18 3 Indianapolis-Phillips ,12 17 7 National League. Pitchers. rhe New York....Rusie <1 8 3 Cincinnati.... Dwyer 4 8 2 BrooklynDaub......' ’. 9 13 4 Louisville..... Inks 4 8 a Boston.: Nichols 1112 1 Chicago Hutchinson 4 8 5 Philadelphia.. Jones.... A IKJ, St. LOuis....—lla w ley 4 < I Baltimore Hawke......... •••'’’? ? Cleveland Young 3 b o MORNING GAMES. Boston, 5; Chicago, 4. New York, 16; Cincinnati, 2. Baltimore. 13; Cleveland, 2. Pittsburg, 22; Washington, 1. Brooklyn, 6; Louisville, 4. .Philadelpliia, 8; St. Louis, 1.

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