Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 28, Decatur, Adams County, 28 September 1894 — Page 3

GROCERIES 11 — GROCERIES! 1 *■>**■<■■■* v w (SUCCESSORS TO DONOVAN & COFFEE.) ••labllshed .. ■' Everything H, buelneee jJW J'jjirT’ In the line house enjoys 1 s trade r household ••cond k( IL&tFiJ I l&Mr neooe *“ ,eß to none aretobe :In the city. JB\ WV found the y mTBL sw fob ss i SUOtRSTSYRUPM CMWEB~GOODS]J|jIi of alljkinds 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 Caeli Paid for Butter maet Eggs, lira & Biwtaj. Emit Side ot Second Street, D<culur, Ind. Daniel Schlegel, DEALER IN LIGHTMXG RODS, SPOUTING, ROOFING, AW Tinware of all Kinds. ' Stove-PipM Rejairina Mi Menfling toe lo order. Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur, - - - Indiana.

- • —- -rt The Human Electrical Forces! How They Control the Organs of the Body. The electrical force of the human body, as the nerve fluid may bo termed, 1j an especially attractive department of science, as it exerts so marked an influence on the health of the organs of the body. Nerve force is produced by the brain and conveyed by means of the nerves to vhe various organs of the body, thus supplying the latter with the * vitality necessary to injure their health. The pneumogastrlc nerve, as shown here, may be said i to be the most, import ant of the entire nerve sys- ffsMEMtafy tam, as it supplies the fifiaßjWM'EW heart lungs, stomach, KSSjMgfgEf bowels, etc., with the WMt' nerve force necessary to tttlragafcvffia keep them active and jgKanfSnk healthy. As will bo seen M«®jgaSk by the cut the long nerve JjWtßaPSh descending from the wSwEft base of the brain and terminating in tho bowels is the pneumogastrlc, MMbM while the numerous lit.tie branches supply t heart, lungs and nch with necessary v - BwwOwiMa HWftjWlfl tallty. When tho brain becomes in any way disordered by irritability MßfißggEfljgMwy or exhaust ion, the nerve force which it supplies Is lessened, and the or- MH!EMgjnil9Ugh3 gans receiving the diminishod supply are conBequently weakened. Physicians generally fall to recognize, tho Importance of this fact, but treat tho organ itself instead of the cause of the trouble The noted specialist, Franklin Miles, 111. !>., LL. 8., has given the greater part of his life to the study of this subject, and the principal discoveries concerning it areduetohlseilurts. Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine, the unrivaled brain and nerve food, is prepared on tho principle that all nervous and many other difficulties originate from disorders of tho nervecenters. Its wonderful success Incurlng these disorders is testified to by thousands in ■every part of the land. Restorative Nervine cures sleeplessness, nervous prostration, dizziness, hysteria, sexual debility, St. Vitus dance, epilepsy, etc. It Is free from opiates or dangerous drugs. It is sold on a positive guarantee by all druggists, or sent direct by the Dr. Miles Medical ■Co., Elkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, $1 per bottle, six bottles for $5, express prepaid. Sold by all Druggists, X xfxxfxxfxxtxxfxxtxxfxxfxxfxxfx xtx X fOTCKj 2. I F Vloi 2. Jb s lj| s4| BaiKTßi I ■ S WACHIKQ,)/ 7iMYWDISH WASHING, - -•< - 41 IS! HOUSti CL.E»NIMC,i-i <1 VI HA«D"»-SOFTWA7EB|>- — 4FULL DIRECTIONS ON PKG. jsf AN 8 OZ. PACKAGE FOR SCENTS.

MIDDLETOWN ALARMED ■ 1 >»> Diphtheria Epidemic Assuming Large Proportions. TO PROHIBIT GATHERINGS. Order Issued by the Town Board Closing Church Meetings and Schools of All Kinds—Bedford Also Infected With the Dread Disease—Celebrated Their Golden Wedding—State Notes. Middletown, Ind., Sep£ 26.—The epidemic of diphtheria, in this city is assuming alarming proportions. Schools have ' been dismissed and the town board has issued an order prohibiting church and Sundayschool meetings, or public gatherings of any kiiid. The board has also ordered that children under 12 years of age. shall not be allbwed- upon the streets, either by day or night, until the epidemic subsides and danger of infection is removed. gg| Lawless element. Fights Arc of Common Occurrence at Middletown. Middletown, Ind., Sept. 26.—There is a lawless ejemeht in this town which so far the authorities have been unable to suppress. Fights occur weekly .in which knives revolvers play a part. R. B. Sharpe, Who has been marshal, was frequently ijarned that if he interfered with the gang ihis property would be burned,'' and at thb last meeting of the town board he tendered his resignation. The vacancy was tilled l>y appointing Joseph Wright, who recently removed here from Indianapolis. Mr. Wright declares that he will breakup the gang of lawbreakers, irrespective of consequences. Suicided by Hanging. WARSAW. Ind., Sept. 26.—Julius Wieting, son of Paulina Weiting, a leading jeweler of Milford, committed suicide Monday night by hanging himself in his father’s burn. His body was found and cut down by the coroner. The jury returned a verdict of suicide wljile insane temporarily. He was 2!) years old. No cause is known. His arrangements were' most deliberate in their character. ~ McKfnley at Indinnapolis. Indianapolis, Sept. 26.—Governor McKinley of Ohio was here yesterday. He opened the Republican campaign in this state with a speech at. Tomlinson hall. He spent a pleasant, half hour at the state- ' house ill company with Governor Matthews. . Fourteenth Tear. PLAIN field, Ind., Sept’. 26.—The 14th yeauin ibe 1:-story of the Central academy has jus begun with an increased attendance ovir any previous term. The matter of new I Hildings to meet the demands of the grm ing institution is being agitated. Elluv oi th. Meyers & Co. do all kinds of ham3ss repairing on short notice. . ' 26wt4

TO IM -UM. Ever the Aim and Object of the Republican Party, Origin and.' History of the Contract Labor Law, Enacted For the Purpose of Giving Employere Cheap Labor—Perpetuated to Keep the Laborer* Who Had Returned From the War From Securing Employment at Good Wage*- - Remarkable Report* on the Bill Made by Republican* In Congress. In 1864 congress paused an act substantially entitled an act to encourage immigration. This was its ostensible purpose, but its real object was to clothe contractors, mineowners and manufacturers with power to contract with and import laborers from Europe to supplant American workmen, and to reduce the price of American wages. Mr. E. B. Washburn, in reporting the same to the house, said: The vast number of lalxiring men, estimated at nearly 1.250,000, who have left their peaceful pursuits and patriotically gone forth in defense of our government and its institutions, has, a vacuum which is becoming sesibusly felt iij every portion of the Never before in our history has there exist ed so unprecedented a demand for labor as at the present time. This demand exists everywhere. It exists in the agricultural districts of the northwest and in the central states; in New England, and among shipping interests of the lakes and seaboard, and is felt in every field of mechanical and manufacturing industry. The dearth of laborers is severely felt in the coal and iron mines of Pennsylvania; in the coal mines of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois; in the lead mines of Galena, and in the gold and silver mines of California, Nevada, Idaho and Colorado. It is lielieved that the demand for laborers on our railroads alone will give employment for the entire immigration of laborers in 1863. Held the Laborer’s All. The second section provides that contracts may be made whereby immigrants shall pledge the wages of their labor to repay the expenses of their immigration, and further provides for the enforcement of the contract and that it shall operate as a lien upon any land acquired by the immigrant when recorded in the county where the land is situated. So drastic were the provisions of this measure that it gave to the importer of laborers not only a lien upon any land they might enter, but upon the wages they might earn. Senator Sherman in reporting this measure to the senate very adroitly tried to conceal its real purpose, but inadvertently disclosed the secret before concluding the statement. He said: ’ The special wants for labor in this country at the present time are very great. The war has depleted our workshops and materially lessened our supply of lalwir in every department of industry and mechanism. In their noble response to the call of their country our workmen in every branch of the useful arts have left’-vacan-cies, which must lie filled or the material interests of the country must suffer. The immense amount' of native labor occupied by the war calls for a large increase of foreign immigration to make up the deficiency at home. The demand for lalxir never was greater than at present, and the fields of usefulness were never so varied and promising. It was true as stated by Senator Sherman that there was “a noble response to the call of their country” by the workingmen, but while absent lighting its J battles their vacant places should not j have been filled with cheap laborers im- i ported from Europe under contract. ■ Paupers unable to get to this country ( under the terms and provisions of this • law could virtually enslave themselves in foreign countries to American contractors and American manufacturers ! and the contract would be enforced here to the fullest extent. Amounted to Slavery. The second section of this law reads as follows’: i See. 2. And be it further enacted. That all contracts which shall be made by emigrants to the United States in foreign countries, j in conformity to regulations that may be , established by said commissioner, whereby ’ emigrants shall pledge the wages of their labor for a term not exceeding 12 months to repaythe expenses of their emigration ! shall be held to be valid in law aiid may I be enforced in the courts of the United . States or of .the several states and ■ territories, and such advances, if j so stipulated in the contract, and the contract is recorded in the recorder’s office in the county where the emigrant; i shall settle, shall operate as a lien upon any I land thereafter acquired by the emigrant, j whether under the homestead law when ; the title is consummated, or on property otherwise acquired until liquidated by the , emigrant; but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize any contract contravening the constitution of the United States, or creating in any way the relation of slavery or servitude,—United States statutes. At large, volume 15, 1863-65. •*» The extent to which the authors of this measure knew they were going is - apparent from the last lines of the section—“but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize any contract, in contraveption of the constitution of the United States, or creating in any | way the relation of slavery or servitude.” A further provision of this law exempted the immigrants imported under contract from ’ military service. - The American workman might Jje taken from his place in the shop at any time, but the imported laborer was in no danger. Why Did They Continue It? We ask Republicans why they took advantage of the absence of the wageworkers who wore in the array? They say it was necessary. Labor was scarce and wages was .high. Will they answer why, when the war was over, when the tirmies disbanded and the'men returi ->d I home to-take t-iv.br places, this lew v as/ uot repealed? Will they inform us wl y, • when half a million of men were discharged from the mills ,or factories in 1875, this law was kept upon the statute books? Will they answer why during that long period of depression, when hundreds ol thousands of mou were out

• a- ' ? 'W, • * /’'J * « at employment and seeking work, it was necessary to import as was done-under this law, largo number* of Europeau laborers? The fact that this statute remained in force nearly 20 years, 18 after the war hud closed, and that every effort to repeal it in the interest ot American labor was thwarted, is sufficient to satisfy the most skeptical person that it was fashioned and framed in the interest of the wuitractor and manufacturer. From the time of the enactment of this law till its repeal over 6,500,000 immigrants came to our shores. How many of these left their, native land and came to ns voluntarily upon their own resources because of their for our institutions, and how many debased and vicious characters were brought here under this contract system cannot be told. Laborers were imported under the provisions of this law up to the time of its repeal, and the statutes now in force prohibiting the same are still being evaded in many ways by men who cry loudest “protection to American labor!” The Republican party, supreme in all departments of the government, was cognizant of the, fact that while honest laborers were unable to secure smployment importations under contract were constantly being made, but no step was taken to pr otect them from this competition. x It remained for a Democratic house to repeal this law at the session of J 884-5, which was done by the bill of Representative Foran of Ohio. I>o Xot Changft Town*trip*. Democrats cannot now move from one township to another without losing their votes. NAME FULL TICKETS. It Keep* Up the Organization and Gathers Unexpeotued Plum*. “It should be'the duty of every county chairman to see that a complete ticket is in the field," said Chairman Taggart the other day. "The advantages are far more than I can readily enumerate, but chief among them is tbe benefit of keeping a party organization. It is utterly impossible to keep up interest and get out a full vote without a local ticket in the field. Therefore it should make no difference how great the Republican Majority in a locality full county and township tickets should be placed in the field and active canvass made. It is I really surprising what a good effect this ' has. And it not infrequently happens through local disaffection or the personal popularity of candidates that Democrats capture some good offices even in the most hopeless Republican strongholds. Take the case of Wayne county for instance. Though it is the strongest Republican county in the state, the , Democrats have kept up their organization and made their fight always. As a ! result they have not bnly greatly aided I the state ticket but every once and J awhile capture a fat office, as, for in- ! stance, sheriff and auditor, when the I Republicans had an immense majority . on the rest of the ticket. It is the 6b-1 servation of these results that makes me i so persistent in urging that a complete ticket be placed in the field in each county and township. If this is done this fall Indiana is just as certain to go Democratic as election day is to come.’’ MYERS MUST SPEAK ALONE. T" —er— Candidate Owen Too Sick to Keep His ' Engagements to Speak. The joint debate between Captain ■ Myers and “Rev.” W. D. Owen, the respective Democratic and Republican for secretary of state, is off. The wiser heads in the Republican party ; had ;tll along regarded a joint- debate as a foolish thing aiid “viewed witli alarm” : the certain humiliation that awaited their candidate. This prospect or something else made Mr. Owen very sick; so ; I sick, in fact, that he went to a Michigan 1 | sanitarium. The other day Chairman I Gowdy wrote Chairman Taggart posi--1 tively refusing to carry out the proi gramme arranged. Os course nothing ! was left for Chairman Taggart but to | I accept the declination f However,' he ! j made the suggestion and request that 1 should Mr. Owen recover his health sufficiently to permit him to re-enter the canvass later on that the debate lie carried out according to the programme \ originally laid out, either in whole-or in . part. Captain Myers stands ready at any moment to meet his opponent, and .Chairman Taggart will insist on the - joint debate in the event that Mr. Owen ! once more enters the canvass. Captain ■ Mvrrs. will keep the appointments as ! originally made. Do Not Change Townships. j Democrats cannot now move from one , tow nship to another without losing their I votes. ' ' _ ~EXIUES ESCAPE. Two Thousand Siberian Prisoners Break Away. San Francisco, Sept. 26.—-By the ■ I steamer Rio Janeiro, from the Orient, = news was received of the escape of 2,000 prisoners from Siberia. The men were employed in the eoustructibn- of the Si- j berian railway and had been planning the escape for several months. The ■ men overpowered the soldier’s who were ’ guiding them, and securing all the arms j they could find they fled. When last ’ heard of they were making their way j toward Corea. Indictment* Quashed. Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 26. —In • the United States district court here 62 ; indictments for conspiracy against (ireat: Northern strikers have been quashed. Prominent lowan Dead. Eldora, la., Sept. 25.— W. P. Rise- i rodt, one of the most prominent men in lowa, died yesterday. He was leader I of the Law and Order league which ex- 1 term’iiared the notorious Rainbarger I gang of outlaws, a man of indomitable i courage and great executive ability. Returned a Verdict. | • Att.anta. G-a , Sept. 26.—The coroner's jury which has been investigating Forest Crosvk y s murder for a week, ■ •has returned a verdict placing the'crime i on William J. Myers. 'Phe ’vi.leneo . ■ again.'-’' Myi'rs is wholly ci rea m ; .;uti:d but wry strong. -- - Didn't Know It. Was Loaded. Mo., Sept. 26.—During# char- I avai l last night J. L. Thompson, the j bridegroom, was shot dead by one of the party who did not know .the pistol-

THEY HAVE RETURNED;: Peary Relief Party Arrives From the a- Frozen North, MR PEARY STAYS BEHIND. ■i* Wife Much Chagrined by Hl* Determination to Remain In the Arctic Region*—Some Rare Ethnological Specimen* Secured — All Very Reticent. Scarcity es Food. Philadelphia, Sept. 26.—The steamer Falcon with the Peary relief party and members of the expedition board, arrived yesterday afternoon. Long before the vessel reached her moorings thousands of people had gathered on the wharves in the vicinity to welcome the little party of explorers. As soon as the Falcon was tied to the dock Mrs. Peary with her baby and an Eskimo girl whom Mrs. Peary had brought with her were escorted to a waiting coach and hurried | - f '’j:'; ! ’- ' : «i‘ LIEUTENANT PEARY. to the Pennsylvania station where she boardwl a train for Washington, the | home of her mother. The brave little | woman showed plainly by her mamr r I that she is much chagrined because of her husband’s determination to remain in the Arctic regions. She declared she is going north again next summer and \ bring him back to civilization. Coin- ■ maiider Bryant, who had charge of the ’ relief party, says the expedjtidn was ! great success. ... . i , “We made many valuable collec- > ! tions,” said he, “the ethnological sped- i j mens being very rare. I think we have I the finest series of photographs of lif< j aud scenes in the Arctic country that I were ever taken.” Embargo Placed on Their Lip*. • The party killeel eight polar bears and | ; have the skins with them. They also I have th'e ‘ skeleton of one of these am- ; mals. In addition they brought back about. 50 Eskimo dogs. All of the relief , party came on the Falcon except Dr. Ohlin, who left at Copenhagen, Professor Chamberlain of Chicago and H. L. Bridgeman of Brooklyn, who went from 1 St John to Toronto, where they will examine some fossils. i All on board were very reticent. It is said that an embargo has been placed on their lips for five days or longer and ‘ it was therefore difficult to get inforina- ■ tion about the trip. It was intimated ! by one of the men with Peary that several who came away would have reniained’with the explorer in the frozen ! north but for the scarcity of food. When asked il it was true that the explorer and his party ha-1 been Compelled to ear : whale blubber the man decline,lfo either ! confirm or deny the story. MRS. PEAKY INTERVIEWED. She Denies the Story That the Party Ate Walrus or \\ hale Blubber. Washington, Sept. 26.—Mrs. Peary ’ arrived here at 9-o’clock last night. She was met at the railroad station by her brother, Emil Diebitsch, who was a member of the auxiliary expedition of the Falcon, aud escorted to the home nf her mother. Although much,-fatigued by her journey anrt experieiu iiig the de- . lights of meeting her fri'-nds for the first time in over a year. ?■::>. Peary accorded a brief interview to a r. rterof the- Associated Press. M.■ < P.< ..ry took occasion to deny so il >■ ° - ■ vaents made con'cerning the vo;e of the ■party. She declaY-. i that th.rejvere ample food supplies for t'.;? :.i jdTSoi’s of the expeditio.u during the pa.-t winter while at Anniversary I-i_. ■ and she enumerated a long list of c.,■? that ■ were at their disposal. “It is uot. true." she said, “that we : ate walrus' dr whale blubber to help out i the meat ’supply. But in the fall and ; spring 250 deer were kifled and used for I ’ food and. their skins were utilized for clothing. The statement that we left Lieutenant Peary without adequate provisions for the coming winter is also : without foundation." continued Mrs. ' Peary; “do you’think I would have left I him had such been the case? He is amj ply provided for and as a precautionary ■ measure, had thejneat from the Falcon I left at the places” Mrs. Peary/fnen briefly recounted the ! effort made ’by her‘husband to rpach ! the northern eOast of Greenland for the i purpose of outlining it and said he Was cbinpel’ed to turn back after proceeding ; 125 miles liecause of a sickness that i broke, out among his dogs and rendered ! them useless. . ’ - -I > lluriied to Death, ‘ e ■ ■ Clarksville, Tenn.. 's.-pr./Iti.—Yes-i terduy Airs. Alice Keesec' l h ft her three I children-iff home alone and soon after- ' ward the eldest went for water to a I spring. Hearing screams sire ran to the. I house to find hei’ sister Teila burned to j death, her clotl ling having caught lire from the stove. Hcr./clmired remains were found m the mo idle of the floor. : ; a ; L. Fairwrv. Ills., Sept. 26.—William, the son Ol t. . ' -I.;; 'I: .1 of loek- : j;:w ye : L.;-d v.. The <lissc Wtiscausedby iam.ete-ypb.g cu u i n '.it, which I Penetrated - ;ne foot, several vceeks ago. Hank Bn*penuca. | Centralia, We-sept. 26.—Hense’s ' private, bank of this yesterday, The deposits were $26,000. It b dauued the assets aggregate $35,000.

To Farmers and Horsemen. Having established myself in the Blacksmithing and shoeing Business in Decatur, I would respectfully ask all those in need of work of any kind in my line to give me a call. I will Warrant my Work as good as any, aud at Prices as Reasonable. Shop in Ellsworth & Co’s, building, east side of Second Street, Decatur, Ind. C. W SCHIEFER, DB. C. V. CON2TELL, Veterinary Burgoon Axxd DETCTIST. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and Toronto Veterinary • Dental School. Treatsail diseases of the domesticated animals. All calls promptly attended i day or night. Surgery and Dentistry I specialty. Office in Odd Fellows Block ! Decatur, Ind. 2-* J. D. HALE, DEALER in Grain, Oil, Sends, Coal, Wool £>ime, ; Salt, Fertilizers, | Elevators on the Chicago & Erie and i Clover Leaf railroads. Office and detail i store southeast corner of Second and Jefferson streets. PATRON AM OLICITED i A CARD. J. S. BOVVERS, headquarters tor the Hercules Blasting Stump Powder, Caps and Fuses. Foundation Rock of the best quality always on i !• hand. Hercules Powder be- j i ing cheap, clear your fields of ! stumps. J. S. Bowers & Co., i leaders in all classes of Goods. Here’s the Idea Os the Non=puli=out Bow The great watch saver. Saves the watch from thieves and falls—cannot be pulled off the case—costs nothing extra. / f . \ \ The bow has a groove I f frO 1I ■ on eac h end. A collar I I CJD I I I down inside the \\ J J pendant istem and fHs into the grooves, firmly i locking the bow to the pendant, so tnat ** cannot be x x pulled or twisted off. A Can only be had with cases » stamped with this trade mark. Jas. Boss Filled Watch Cases are now fitted with this great bow (riugi. They look and wear like solid gold cases. Cost only alxjut half as much, au<i are guarantied ■ for twenty years. Sold only through watch dealers Remember:-; ? IB 3 . '1 Lveystone \ atch uasc Co., PHILADELPHIA. t’o’- sale b$- D. M. Hensley and Jacob Clos THE best investment in real estate is to keep buildings well painted. Paint protects the house and saves repairs. You sometimes want to sell —many a good house has remained unsold for want of paint. The rule should be, though, “the best paint or none.” That means Strictly Pure White Lead You cannot afford to use cheap faints. To be sure of getting Strictly Pure White Lead, look at the brand ; any of these are safe: “Anchor,” “Southern,” “Eckstein,”'" “Red Seal,” “Kentucky,” “Collier.” Fop Colors. —National Lead Pure White Lead Tinting Colors. These ’k>rs are sold in orie-ponnd cans, can te :: suillcienttotint 25 poutida of Strictly .. I’ureWh ’ I >■! the deair xf shade: they are hi w sense i...' -nn.xed’ pafeits, but a of f'erfo.-tr,-; ' > : -”'S in. the handiest form t» tmtSiri.’ ’"t-.' White Lead. As- -■’d ’-a’ thousand dollars have been.< s ; -owners fey havin"'our book on j . r.—' : I r-card. Send us a postal caul aud bofllLee. • NATKIN AL I LAD CO., New York. » a Cincinnati Branch,. ? A , Seventh aiid 1 ic.aiau Avenue, Ciuciimatk 1 ’ -r— — ... - -j. ’I ‘