Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 37, Decatur, Adams County, 30 November 1894 — Page 9

f ’’ \! I ■ GROCERIES 11 . GROOFRIFS I ' Bremerkamp, vIIWLIIIIbV • • (successors up donovan a coffkk.) This *' •atabllahed pT” ) Everything buelneee \ ' ,nthe,,ne house enjoys of a trade M K household second w3te] 1/ijvM l noooeß,tlee to none areto be In the city. ' 'Mi V M found * he y cmT imrwli 55 g rfjr| |JSUGARS, SYRUPS, t CANNED 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 Caeh. Paid for "Butter and X3**aa. WMHi Hast Side ot Second Street, Decatur, Ind. Daniel Schlegel, DEALER in RODS, SPOUTING, ROOFING, AND Tinware of ail Kinds. MiOSM aii HoMta to order. Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur, - - - Indiana.

THE r.. , _.,i. , A Warning to the <ha;>< Who Think the . Fl»li Story Teller Is Safe. Emmet Washburn and Irving Smith Were on their way to Wilbur’s mill, near Pinesville, in upper Delaware valley, the other day. Washburn was driving a team of valuable young horses. The sun was shining brightly over their heads, but the sky to the northward WM black with thunderclouds The last thing Washburn remembered while *ey were driving along/iyas that he Wm listening to a fish story Smith was telling him, when tuddely there came a frightful crash over their heads and a flash of intense light The next thing Washburn remembers Is Ids finding himself lying in the bottom of his wagon, with Smith lying near. After awhile he wm able to rise and look about him. Both of his horses lay dead in the road. Smith revived soon afterward. The sun was still shining brightly, and the thunderclouds in the north had broken away. A thunderbolt from a clear sky had evidently burst upon them. Each horse had a hole id his neck. Smith was wearing a pair of blue overalls, with a patch in each knee. The patches were gone, having been cut out around the edges as neatty as if the separation was done with a pair of shears. The rim of Washburn’s straw hat had been cut entirely away in the same manner, Neither of the men was injured in the slightest degree, but each felt a strange numbness in his body and limbs for two hours. They buried the horses at the roadside. A peculiarity of this freak of freaky lightning is that while , Smith can remember distinctly the story he was telling Washburn up to the point when it was interrupted by the thunderbolt he cannot remember the closing part of it, although he says the incidents of it happened to him this season, and he had told the story several times. The team whs v: lued at $500.—-Hoverdale ( , (Pai) Dispatch. ® Central Ajila In the Nineteenth Century. , - Some details of the late Russian exv plorer Prejevalski’s last journey through the difficult wilds of central Asia have just reached London. Some of the novel superstitions of the natives are amazing. For instance, orders were given by the native authorities that no one should sell land to the Russians, for the Chinese had assured them that the Russians would plant willow trees, which would grow with enormous rapidity and would claim all the land in shadow. Another story which was believed was that the natural history cases contained the eggs of Russian soldiers, which the explorer would hatch out into whole regiments of troops. GenAral Prejevalski himself was supposed *to bear a 'charmed life. A more useful myth was that any Russian article if stolen would begin to cry out, “l am here,” till it was rescued. HHgbT—' * - i --~ I■■ ' .

Whereabouts of Seeley. New York, Nov. •27.—The World this morning says: If the word of a well known physician can be depended upon, Seeley is within 80 miles of the city hall and has not been much further away than that atty time since he disappeared over a week ago. The fugitive is broken in health and spirit and may have but a few months of life left to him. Lying upon a bed in an upper story room of the house in which he has found refuge, this physician says, Seeley spent a good deal of time yesterday preparing a statement by which he expects to show that he was only a tool in the hands of others and that persons more prominent and better known than Frederick Baker, his dead confederate, profited by his stealings. Another Unfaithful Clerk. New York, Nov. 27.—The National Bank of the Republic has been victimized by one of its employes to the extent of $5,200. The discovery was made in August last, but was not made public until now. The bank lost the amount through one of its discount clerks, but did not prosecute. The name of the defaulter is David F. Morgan. When thei discovery was made the amount of the shortage was found to be $17,000. Most of this was made good by his mother and another relative. Injured Footballlsts All Right. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 27. — Fred Murphy, the right tackle who was supposed to be so badly injured in the game with Harvard at Springfield on Saturday, attended recitations yesterday. So did Butterworth and Jerrems, the other injured members. In the afternoon the whole team went out to Yale field and did some hard' practice. ORIENTAL ARMIES. Military Strength of China and Japan of Special Interest Just Now. In view of the possible unpleasantness between China and Japan over Korea the following account of the military strength of the two powers is not without interest: The military force of China consists of the army of Manchuria, 70,0 W) men, many of them armed with the Manser rifle, with a liberal supply of Krupp field cannon; the army of the center, 50,000 men, which can be doubled in case of war; the army of Turkestan of uncertain strength, employed to maintain order in the extreme western territories, and the territorial army, something like the American national guard, of 200,000 men in time of peace, but which is capable of being raised to 600,000. Her navy comprises , 1 first class battleship, 1 second class, 8 third class, 9 port defense vessels, 9 second class cruisers, 47 third class, 2 first class torpedo boats, 26 second class, 13 third class and 2 smaller boats. japan’s army on a peace footing is about 66,000, but she has a reserve strength of nearly 200,000. Her fleet is a purely defensive forca It comprises 5 armored cruisers and 22 third class cruisers. __

A MlNfimrESr China’s Finest Vessel, the Chen Yuen, Strikes a Torpedo/ COMMANDER LIN SUICIDES. Otherwise Be Would Have Been Deeupitated For Bonnin* the Ship Into a Torpedo Planted by Hie Own Government — Heavy Firing at Port Arthur. Japan Tendered Stupendous Indemnity. Washingtom, Nov. 28.—The Chinese have lost the finest and most powerful vessel of their navy—the great battleship Chen Ynen, which stood the brunt of the fighting at Yalu. A cablegram to the navy department states that the Chen Ynen in leaving Wei-Hai-Wei harbor on the 18th inst accidentally struck a torpedo. She was beached, but was rendered useless for lack of docking facilities. In despair at the catastrophe the commander, Commodore Lin, committed suicide. The Chen Yuen was a magnificent fighting machine, very much like our own battleship Maine. It would appear from the facts in the cable that the ship fell a victim to one of the torpedoes planted by the Chinese themselves to guard the entrance to Wei-Hai-Wei, which was the last of the great naval strongholds of the empire save Port Arthur, now tottering’ to its fall. It was as well that Commodore Lin committed suicide, for he would doubtless have been decapitated for his error. It is believed here that this loss has deprived the Chinese navy of its offensive power. TALE OF TAELS. China Ready to Give Up PITS,OOO,OOO For Cessation of War. Washington, Nov. 23.—1 tis reported that China has intimated that she will offer to pay a war indemnity of 100,000,000 taels, and in addition pay all the war expenses incurred Japan. The tael is a Chinese coin worth about 76 cents in American money. The amount of indemnity would be swollen by 150,000,000 taels for war expenses, making the aggregate offer equivalent to $175,000,000. The amount is thought here to be larger than necessary or just. HEAVY FIRING. Japs Are Making a Hard Fight For the Capture of Port Arthur. Tien Tsin, Nov. 28.—Reliable information received here from Port Arthur shows that the first attack of the Japanese drove in the Chinese outposts. Three other attacks were subsequently made, but in each instance the Japanese were repulsed. Heavy and incessant firing has been going on since noon Tuesday. The Japanese are landing additional troops. GENERAL GIBSON DEAO. Statesman, Soldier and Christian Passes Quietly Away—Biography. Tiffin, 0., Nov. 23.—Every bell in Tiffin at 6:30 o’clock last night rang out a knell notifying all that General William H. Gibson, the statesman, soldier and Christian citizen, had passed away. General Gibson had been ailing for some time and took to his bed a few days ago. Only the immediate members of the family and the doctor were at the bedside when death came. The funeral will be Sunday afternoon, under the direction of the G. A. R. William Henry Gibson was born in Jefferson county, 0., May 16, 1822. He received his early education in the schools of Seneca county and afterward spent two years at * Ashland academy. Then he learned the trade of a carpenter. As his intellectual horizon began to widen he made up his mind to study law. His chosen profession proved to be well suited to his tastes and capability and he rose rapidly. In 1843 he settled in Tiffin and for the remainder of his long and honorable career he was one of the foremost citizens of that city. In 1847 he married Miss Martha M. Greeger. Four children were born to them. Two sons and two daughters. The daughters are both living, but the sons are dead. At the opening of the war he became colonel of the Forty-ninth O. V. I. From Shiloh to Atlanta he was never found wanting when duty called. General Gibson served the state in several important offices. He was one of Ohio’s most famous orators. WHY NOT! Isn’t Mau’s Poor Heart as Susceptible to Injury as Woman’s. Centerville, Mich., Nov. 23.—The unique spectacle of a man suing a woman for breach of promise has created a sensation here. Arthur Mussellman of Mendon claims that Mrs. Solomon Dill encouraged his attentions and finally proposed marriage to him, but now declares there was no engagement between them. Mussellman sues for damages. The trial of the case began yesterday. TERSE TELEGRAMS. Cash balance in the treasury, 1100,411,950; gold reserve, $57,742,764. Western Passenger association has lost the Rock Island road. It is fast going to pieces. Clouds have made it impossible to observe further the reported eruptions of Mt. Ranier. Rockefeller and other Standard oil people indicted in Texas for violation of trust laws express no fear of conviction. Dean Obetz, for 12 years at the head of the homeopathic department in Michigan University, has resigned in the interest of harmony. » United States gunboat Fessenden, Captain Hodson, is investigating recent molestation of American fishermen by the Canadian ram Petral. The Holmes insurance swindle is still the subject for a great deal of newspaper speculation, none of which have succeeded in solving the mysteries of the case. The Hirshfleld divorce case in Fargo, in which the many times millionaire is trying to undermine the wife's character, produced a sensation when a witness confessed on the stand that he got S4OO and expenses from Chicago for giving the evidence-

FENDS FOR VETERANS. Pension Subcommittee Agrees on 1140,000,000 Appropriation. SUITS FOR SUGAR BOUNTY. Oeodroversy Involving Largo Bums of Mol>«y Finds Ito Way Into the Court of Claims—Exhibit by the Pension Appeals Board—Mr. Brookshire Will Retire to His Farm. Washington, Nov. 24.—The subcommittee of the house committee on pensions met yesterday and after listening for an hour to Commissioner Leehren’s explanation of the requirements of the office virtually decided to report a bill providing for the appropriations recommended by the commissioner in his estimate, heretofore furnished except in the one item of fees for examining surgeons. The original estimate was that $1,000,000 would be required to pay these fees, but Mr. Lochron told the committee that he thought SBOO,OOO would be sufficient, and that figure was decided upon. The pension appropriations as decided upon by the subcommittee will therefore be: For pensions, $140,000,000; for surgeon’s fees, $800,000; for clerk hire at pension agencies, $450,000; miscellaneous, $131,570. Total, $141,381,570. Mr. Lochren stated to the committee that he did not believe that a smaller sum could be safely relied upon to meet the requirements of the service. He said that the expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, had been approximatley $140,000,000 andjhe expressed the opinion that with no additional legislation the figures would be about the same for the next two years. After that he thought there would be a gradual decline. The subcommittee will meet again Monday, Dec. 3, but it is not probable, that there will be any change in the decision. In case there is no change the bill will be reported to the full committee so as to get it promptly before the house. Report From Board of Appeals. The work of the board of pension appeals during the fiscal year ending June 80, 1894, and from that date to Nov. 1, 1894, is fully reviewed in the report of Assistant Secretary of the Interior Reynolds. In summarizing his administration Reynolds says: “Upon taking charge of the office in April, 1893, I found 4,965 appeals pending, with the work of the board of appeals more than two years behind. In 18G months, with 5,847 additional appeals entered during that period, the current appeals are being and -tardy justice no longer, follows an appeal to this department by any deserving soldier, widow or orphan. Thus 10,000 cases have been considered on appeal and finally ruled upon, a greater number than was ever disposed of in the same length of time and more than double the number considered in any like period under my predecessor.” The small balance of arrears is said to consist almost entirely of claims undergoing further investigation in the pendon bureau and of others whichfor their final decision await the determination of the legal questions that will be decisive of all. SUGAR BOUNTY SUITS. Controversy Growing Out of Its Repeal Now In the Courts. Washington, Nov. 24.—The controversy between the sugar growers of the country and the United States government growing out of the repeal of the act granting a bounty of % cent a pound upon all sugars grown in the United States and territories by the new tariff bill, and the subsequent refusal of the treasury department to pay bounties upon the sugar grown in the present year, reached the first stage in progress to definite legal settlement yesterday, when J. Archibald Murray, an attorney of New York, filed in the court of claims three suits identical in character and all seeking to reoover from the government sums of money alleged to be legally due the complainants as bounty upon sugar raised by them in the year 1894. The Chino-Valley Beet Sugar company of California sues for $43,121, the Norfolk Beet Sugar company of New Jersey for $3,093, and the Oxnard Beet Sugar company for $11,782. The complaints are based upon the allegation that the United States, by the act of congress granting a bounty of % cent a pound, entered into- legal contract with the complainants, as well as all other sugar growers, and led them by its terms to undertake the culture of beets and other plants from which sugar is obtained, but which could not have been profitably pursued without the benefits of such a contract. The claim is further made that the crops of the complainants were growing and the sugar resulting from thorn was in process of manufacture long before the passage by congress of the measure repealing the provisions of the act granting the bounty, and the government has no right to withhold the payment of the bounties alleged to be due. The cases will probably be pushed to an early hearing. Dangerous Counterfeit. , Washington, Nov. 24.—Chief Hazen of the United States secret service has received from Nbwark, N. J., one of the most dangerous counterfeits seen in a long time. It is a S2O United States note with the “Morris” head and small seal check letter “D.” The execution of the work is exceptionately fine in every particular. The penalty clause in the left soaoe of the reverse side of the note is entirely wanting; also the words “series of” on ths face. But for these deficiencies the character of the note would be almost impossible of — Brookshire and His Farm. Washington, Nov. 24.—Congressman Brookshire has arrived to attend the meeting of the appropriations! committee. While defeated by about 2,500, he came within 48 votes of securing as large a vote in the Eighth district as Myers, Democratic candidate for secretary of state, and in this respect made a better comparative showing than any other Democratic congressional candi-

date in the state. Mr. Breokahire will, locate at Crawfordsville in law practice and devote some attention to nis 400acre farm in Montgomery county. One Indiana Postmaeter» Washington, Nov. 24.—L. T. Young baa been appointed postmaster at Alquina, Fayette county. DENOUNCED IN COURT. ' I Loan and Investment Company Pronounced Fraudulent by the Judge. Chicago, Nov. 24.—The North American Deposit and Investment company of Dubuque, la., was severely denounced by Judge Horton in open court yesterday afternoon. The methods of the company were declared to be fraudulent and its officers pronounced swindlers. The company is one of the largest loan and investment concerns in the country, having a capital stock of $25,000,000. The chief officers, Samuel R. House, president, and Lyman E. Page, secretary, are residents of this city. The subject matter for Judge Horton's criticisms was contained in the facts brought on the trial of a chancery matter in which Caroline Humphries and her husband, a colored couple, were com-, plainants. The evidence was to the es-, feet that Humphries and wife wished to obtain a loan of $1,200 on property worth $2,500. They were induced to sign papers which they were told constituted a mortgage, but which in reality amounted to an absolute warranty deed. The old people never received but $-560 in cash, the balance of the $1,200 being given to them in the shape of stock in the company. Judge Horton ordered a reconveyance of the property and ordered the cancellation of the $1,200 note. Based on Expectation. Dubuque, Nov. 24.—The North American Deposit and Investment company was organized here by Isaac Bates of St. Paul. While its capital stock was fixed at $25,000,000, it never had anything approaching such a sum, nor, in fact, anything at all. Bates is said to have admitted that the business ot the concern was based on expectations. WHAT CAN FELLOWS SAYT Governor Wants to Know Before Designating Him to Prosecute Others. New York, Nov. 24. — Governor Flower’s reply to a request of the committee of 70 that the attorney general in person or by deputy be directed to conduct the prosecution of certain persons in this city accused of the violations of the election laws has been received. The governor’s letter says: “Charges have been preferred against District Attorney Fellows by citizens of New York, which I have sent him and asked him to answer within eight days. Until these charges are tried and disposed of I prefer not to take any definite action with regard to the subject of your letter.” CUT HIS OWN WAGES. Mr. Savereign Moves a Oue-Thousand-Dollar Reduction In New Orleans, Nov. 24.—The Kifffehts of Labor general assembly adjourned last evening to meet in Washington next year. One of the unusual acts of the meeting was the motion by General Master Workman Sovereign to reduce his salary from $3,500 to $2,500. and the motion carried unanimously. A resolution was adopted protesting against today’s bond sale. PORT ARTHUR TAKEN. Japanese Again Victorious After Hours of Fighting. Chee Foo, Nov. 24.—Dispatches have been received here stating that the Japanese captured Port Arthur on Wednesday last after 18 hours’ fighting. First Statements Retracted. Philadelphia, Nov. 24.—Holmes, the insurance swindler, last night retracted many of the statements made, or said to have been made, to a detective when coining to this city from Boston. He declared that both the Williams girls were alive and that Anna was recently paid $1 ,000 by Pitzel in New York city. The story of her murder and numerous other crimes with which his name was linked he characterized as “rot,” invented to throw the detectives off the track. Storm In the South. Meridian, MisS., Nov. 24.—Meridian was visited late yesterday afternoon by the most destructive storm within its history. Wind wrought considerable damage to buildings, fences and shade trees, and several business houses were damaged to such an extent as to entail serious injury to buildings and goods. No people were hurt. Kansas City's Election Frauds. Kansas City, Noy. 24.—The election fraud case is getting hot in the courts, though the proceedings now going on in court are only preliminary to a decisivecontest. The men who made the official account from the forged election returns say they are now satisfied the returns were altered, changed and forged as alleged. First catuolic on the State Bench. Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 24.—For the first time in the. history of North Carolina a Roman Catholic has been elected a judge of the state supreme court, in the person of W. S. O’B. Robinson, the Republican-Populist nominee. It is said that he will be the first Roman Catholic to hold $ state officer. A. P. A.’s Without Prejudice. Denver, Nov. 24.—Attorneys for Patrick Phillips, a Catholic about to be tried for murder, yesterday challenged four jurors who acknowledged they were members of the A. P. A. The jurors swore they had no prejudice whatever against Catholics and the court overruled the challenges. Murdered by Outlaws. Wichita. Kan., Nov. 24.—A dispatch to The Eagle says that Sheriff Tom McGee of Hemphill county, Tex., was shot and mortally wounded last night by three outlaws. - Tore Out His Arm. Rockford, Dis., Nov. 24.—Peter Weldon was probably fatally injured yesterday, his arm being caught in a cornbusker and torn from his body.

TOMM." Andrew Carnegie Today Sees Wisdom In Grant’s Historic Words. TARIFF AND THE CURRENCY. It la His Opinion That Tinkering With Either at Short Intervals Is Bad Polley—His Advice In 1893 Went Unheeded—The Present Not n Good Tima For Business Forecasts. Pittsburg, Nov. 24.—Andrew Carnegie, the steel king, who has been in the city for 10 days inspecting his great plants, returned to New York last night. Before leaving he talked at considerable length on the business outlook. In the course of an interview he said: “This is not, in my opinion, the time when any valuable forecast can be made. It is reported we are to have a sensational presidential message looking to a change in our currency system. No matter whether the scheme would be better than that which we have, still the waters would be troubled and business would suffer. You know that if you wish to rebuild your house and live in it, no matter how much you are going to improve it (and all changes are not improvements by any means), you cannot enjoy undisturbed repose. Neither can a nation. This is one objection to tinkering at short intervals with any policy—tariff or currency. It is bad enough with the tariff, but it is highly dangerous w T hen the money and currency of a nation are tampered with. These are the blood of the whole system, industrial, commercial, agricultural, financial. From the richest man down to the bootblack on the corner is vitally affected by a change in money. His Advice Not Followed. “I did my best to impress upon tha powers that be, after the July panic of 1893, that the nation as a patient was not in position to undergo a surgical operation, and I had hopes that President Cleveland’s usual good sense would lead him to postpone his tariff changes until the general health of the patient was good at least. This advice was not followed. The patient had a great shock, the greatest shock that the United States has ever had (the civil war excepted), and it is in my opinion a mistake to look for speedy recovery. No matter what improvements can be made in our financial system, this is no time for change. I do not believe any decided improvement can be made in the system; it has worked splendidly, and one feature, which is to agitators an objection, is really one of its decided advantages—it tends to keep wild speculatiohVithin bound*, as jjt does not expand to suit gentlemen whqt oattnqt get money for the asking, only becausV they have nothing upon wh&n pruuent bankers wish to take the risk. of lending. “Let Us Have Peace.” “President Cleveland h:is been as sound upon money as President Harrison was, and I can scarcely believe that he meditates a message that must temporarily derange the business of the country—and this any ne,w policy must s do, 4 General Grant’s words are today full of wisdom: ‘Let us have peace.’ The action of congress is also an important factor. If the is to be excited by threatened changes in the tariff, no matter if these changes would be ultimately beneficial (which of course I do not believe they would be), still they would disturb the confidence not only of the people at home but of the capitalists abroad, both of which are essential elements to the return of prosperity. Therefore, you see, we must wait until the turn of the year before any reasonable opinion can be formed.” Illinois Congressional Contests. Springfield, Ills., Nov. 24. —Chairman Tanner of the Republican state central committee states that Hugh R. Belknap (Rep. ) will contest the right of Lawrence McGann (Dem.) to represent the Third district in congress, and General John I. Rinaker (Rep.) the seat of Finis E. Downing (Dem.) in the Sixteenth district. Tanner says no fraud is charged, but a recount is wanted. Light Wraps Will Do. Indiana and Ohio — Fair; slightly warmer.' ' ‘ BRIEF BUT NEWSY. Connecticut was slightly shaken by earthquake. Three telegraph wire tappers were caught in the act near Detroit. There uire rumors that Hawaiian royalists threaten an uprising. The alleged-body of Pitzel is to be exhumed to see if Mrs. Pitzel «m identify it. A wild hog attempted to carry off a 14-month's-ohl baby of Mrs. Galobie’s near Guthrie, O. T. George M. Irvin, alleged swindling grain speculator who skipped from Pittsburg, was arrested in New York.. Julius Bore., arrested in Des Moines for a S4O embezzlement, turns out a noted swindler with a dozen aliases. Trainer Geers starts next week for .California, with Robert J, Hal Pointer, Moonstone -and Ed Easton and will arrange races. University students in Odessa have been arrested for declining to vote for the purchase of a wreath for Czar Alexander’s funeral. Steamer Georgia crashed into and cut completely in two the schooner Eva T. Barnes, ladened with oysters, near Fort Monroe. Mrs. Burney Kelly and her sister horsewhipped H. H. Heiuebaugh, a Webster City (la.) real estate dealer, for alleged slanderous talk. A negro examined and discharged on the accusation of assaulting a girl at Landnun, S. C., was afterward taken into an adjoining county and lynched. Accident insurance companies are invea- __ tigating the death qf Albert G. Mitchell of Memphis, who insured for $52,000 and fell off the train the next day. Five Kansas City medical students were eaught robbing a grave. Under fictitious names they paid $25 fine each. The maximum penalty is five years. ,