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

Business Directory. THE DECim NATIONAL BANK. •APITAI 660.000 SURPLUS, 111,600. (>rg»nir.<'<l August 16,1888. Officers:—P. W. Smith, Pros., Daniel Weldy Viee-pres., R. 8. Peterson. Cashier, J. 8. Peter-, aoa, Aee’t Cashier. Bo a general banking business. i - Interest paid on time deposits. Buy and sell Domestic and Foreign Exchange, County and City Orders. The Old Adams County Bank CAPITAL, ESTA BLISHED, 1871. Officers:—W/fc. Niblick, Pros., D. Btudabaker, Viee-pres; Rufus K. Allison, Cashier. C. 8. Niblick, Ass't Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made in all naata of the country. County, City and Township orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul G. Hooper, jflLttomey at liaw Decatur, Indiana. J . T. FRANCE. J. T. MBUIIYMAN FRANCK * MERRYMAN. Attorney larw, Office:—Nos. 1, 2 and 3, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a sotcialty. J. H_. 8080, MASTER COMMISSIONER AND ATTORNEV-AT-I.AW. Real Estate and Collections. B. K. ERWIN, Attorney»at“ljaxv, Room J and 2 Niblick & Tonnellier Block, Decatur, Indiana. ' J' "'T A. P. BEATTY. P- MANN. MANN A REATTY, Attorneyn-at-IJaw, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted. Odd Fellows’ Buidilng. G. R. DICKERSON, Attorneyand 35Tot«,ry X»u.T=>llo. Pension claims a specialty. Real estate and collection agent, Geneva, - - Indiana. M. L. HOhIOWAY, M. D. Office and residence one door north of M. E. church. Diseases of women and children a specialty. A. G. HOLLOWAY, Physician and Surgeon. Office over Boston Store. Residence one , door north of M .E.Church. 38-Sltf P. R. THOMAS, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Office over Burns’ harness shop, east side of Second Street. Decatur, Indiana. All calls promptly attended to In city or country night or day. «T. C?. 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 Vapor he is enabled to extract teeth without pain. Work guaranteed. <3-0 TO H. M. ROMBERG Por Your XjX’VXm'ST. The Best and most Reasonable Prices, lift MONEY TO LOAN On Farm property on long time. No Commimmion. Low rate of Interest. Fcurtlnl Payment*. In anv amounts can be made at any time and stop interest. Call on or address, A. K. GHVBB or JT. F. MANN,Office:—Odd Fellow’s Building. —— MERRYMAN’S FACTORY You can get all kinds of Hard and Soft Wood, Siding, Flooring, Brackets. ~± Moulding, Odd-sized Sash and Doors. In fact all kinds of building material madore furnished on short notice. Look Herel I am here to stay and can sell On® and Pianos cheaper than anybody else can afford to sellthem. I sell different makes. CLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable. See me first and save -> money. » jr. T. COOTS. Decatur* Ind.

CONGRESS IT IT AGAIN. Short Session Called to Order at Noon Today. ABSENCE OF MANY MEMBERS President’s Message the Only Matter to Be Considered —Prospect* In the House For Lively Political THU—Significant Call by Senator Voorhees For a Finance Committee Meeting. / Washington, Dee. 3.—Congress reassembled for its short session at noon today, Speaker Crisp presiding in the house and Vice President Stevenson in the senate. Attendance in both branches is not up to the standard. No business other than the reading of the president’s message will be attempted during the day. So few members of either house were to be found in Washington last week that there was a seemingly well founded apprehension that both the senate and house might find themselves without quorums and be unable to accomplish any business in the first week of the session, but members came on every . train arriving Saturday and Sunday and last night they were flocking into town like schoolboys on the day before a term. , - Houai;. 'matters. Likely That Little Legislation Will Be Accomplished. Washington, Dec. 3.—Beyond the passage of the regular appropriation bills, it seems probable that little in the way of legislation will be accomplished at the short session, although several important propositions will doubtless be pressed to the front. Among the members of the dominant party in the house, over half of whom were defeated for reelection, there is a great deal of bitter feeling against the administration for real or fancied grievances. It will be the purpose of the Democratic leaders to curb a display of resentment, but the Republicans will spare no pains to provoke and goad their defeated adversaries into letting loose their vials of wrath. In the course of the session it is understood the Nicaragua canal project will be brought prominently forward. At the opening of the congress, however, routine matters will be kept to the fore to stave off as far as possible unpleasant references to the election. Before adjournment for the holidays it will be necessary to pass an appropriation to carry out the tariff bill provision levying a tax on incomes, the collection of which begins Jan. 1, and while it will no doubt meet with much opposition and lead to a general review of the arguments against such a tax, the general impression is that it will pass by a large majority. The case of Judge Ricks will also furnish a diversion before the holidays if the committee should present a resolution of impeachment. Impeachment proceedings are rare and novel and this one, the first since the trial of President Johnson, would attract national attention. The committee on appropriations has two bills almost prepared, the pensions and fortification bills, and they will be reported tomorrow, that work on them can be entered upon Wednesday. SENATE AFFAIRS. <« Financial and Tariff Topics to Excite the Most Interest. Washington, Dec. 3. —The senate has 200 items on its calendar, but more interest seems now to be directed to financial questions. Significance is attached to Senator Voorhees’ declaration that he will ask the finance committee to sit tomorrow. Tuesday is the day for the regular weekly meeting of this committee, but it does not ordinarily meet so promptly after the assembling of the senate. Chairman Voorhees declines to state the object of the meeting, further than to say that it is to be held for the purpose of permitting an exchange of views among members. It is possible that his purpose may be to arrange a policy upon the supplemental tariff bills. These bills have all ' been reported by the committee, but it may be considered necessary to discuss them further before deciding upon a plan of action. The Democratic majority on the finance committee is on record in favor of the passage of the bills, and it is not improbable that the early action of the committee is sought to frustrate any attempt to prevent consideration. This is not altogether surmise, for it is known that some of the so-called conservative senators have advised that a general party conference be held soon for the consideration of this question. The experience of last session showed that whenever caucuses were held the conservatives carried their points. Hence there is reason for the prompt potion of the friends of, the supplementary bills. There appears to be nothing outside of financial or tariff questions likely to excite a ripple during this week. Civil Service Reform. Washington, Dec. 3.—ln its annual report the civil service commission claims that experience shows that all positions in the government service, with possibly a few exceptions, can well be filled under the competitive system. The law, R is stated, is now better observed in the larger offices than ever before. The Indianapolis and Baltimore offices are cited as having been very badly managed from a civil service Bbunupuim, out mlw are considered wen conducted, as are those of Boston and Chicago. Coffin Case. Washington, DeO. 3.—The case of Francis A. and Percival B. Coffin, plaintiffs in error, vs. the United States, Will come up today before the supreme court for a hearing. The motion for the advance was made by Solicitor General Maxwell for the government early in October. Will Serve M Senator. Washington, Dec. 3. —Representative patchings of Mississippi says that Gen-

eral Walthall, who resigned the aenatorship from Mississippi, which expiree March fl, 1896, but who was elected for the succeeding six years, will probably take his seat. He has recovered hia health. No Cause For Alarm. Washington, Dec. 3.—lt is stated positively at the department of state that there is no fresh reason for apprehension touching the safety of American residents of Pekin. DEAD BODY ATTACHED. Illinois Boy’s Bill Had to Be Paid Before Hl* Corpse Could Be Moved. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. B.—The people of Crescent City, a village 74 miles south of here, are wrought up over the conduct of A. A. Calhoun, proprietor of the Hotel Morrow. About five weeks ago Frank Bateman, a young man of 19, in the last stages of consumption and hailing from Galesburg, Ills., put up at the hotel, paying his bill in advance. Ten days ago he began to fail and a few days ago died. His brother-in-law, A. Arkell of Bloomington, Ills., had been telegraphed for and arrived to take charge of the remains, but brought only sufficient money to meet his personal expenses, as the boy had an income. However, the weekly allowance of the deceased had not arrived, and as the family was known by some of the guests the undertaker and landlord were asked to wait for their money till the body had reached its destination. The undertaker and physician acquiesced, but the hotelkeeper flew into a passion and swore that neither the remains nor any of its belongings should be moved till the board was paid, and at once swore out an attachment on the dead body. A gentleman present offered his diamond ring as security, but it was refused. To end the unseemly affair a resident named Miller gave his check in payment and the body was removed. Young Bateman was highly connected and his father, now deceased, was once a member of congress from Illinois. TRYING HIS LUCK. Bourke Cochran In a New York Banquet Nominates Tom Reed For President. New York, Dec. 3.—Tom Reed of Maine has been nominated for president by no less a Democrat than Bourke Cochran. This occurred Saturday night ' in the Waldorf hotel banquetroom beI fore a gathering of Ananiases known as i the Black Lake Fishing club. About 40 I persons were present, among them Reed i himself, General Horace Porter, Senator ■ Higgins, Warner Miller, T. C. Platt, William J. Cornelius Bliss, Theodore Roosevelt, William R. Grace and others scarcely less known. Toastmaster Edward Lawterback had referred to Mr. Reed as a colonel, a czar and a Cffisar and the man from Maine had spoken briefly in his own defense. Then Bourke Cochran rose and paid a splendid’ tribute to his old neighbor in the house. He said Reed would undoubtedly be the next speaker and “I believe,” he went on, addressing Mr. Reed, “you will lead your party in the great battle of 1896.” I Thbre was tremendous applause at this, and Mr. Cochran added: “I have tried my ’prentice hand on nominating Democrats for office and have failed. Now I want to see what sort of luck I will have when I nominate a Republican for office.” BEFORE THE NEW YEAR. Prince Bismarck Predicts That He Will Die Within the Present Month. Berlin, Dec. 3.—01 d Chancellor Bismarck has become taciturn since the demise of the princess and scarcely answers when addressed by members of the family or his doctors. When his daughter, Countess Rantzau, tried to reconcile him he said: "It is an irreparable loss and has taken all courage out of me. She is gone and I am sure I shall follow her before the bells announce the birth of the new year. I have always been con-' vinced that I would die between 1890 and the end of 1894, but I never could imagine that I should be left alone in my last days by the woman to whom I owe not only a most happy family life, but also every success in my public life. ” Prince Bismarck frequently visits the temporary mausoleum at Varzin, in which the body of his wife was placed. The floor of the mausoleum is entirely covered with wreaths. CARRIE D HIS WIFE’S COR PS E. Man Fatally Hurt In Escaping From a Burning Building. Chicago, Dec. 3. —About a score of people had narrow escapes from death by fire in a burning flat building at 48 Polk street last night. All of them were compelled to jump to the building adjoining, and in so doing to leap across a court five feet in width. In a room on the top floor of the building Emile Patti, with some companions, was watching over the dead body of hiswife. When the fire broke out Patti became almost crazed with fright and, seizing tne body of his wife, attempted to take it up to the roof. The smoke became so dense that he was compelled to drop the corpse. When he reached the roof and attempted to leap across the alley he lost his footing and fell to the ground, breaking his shoulder and receiving internal injuries which may prove fatal. Patti was the only person injured. The fire amounted to nothing. Bogus Advertising Order. New York, Dt-. B.—Richard Ferral, aged 35, a collector employed by the Index Publishing company of Chicago, is held for examination in the Tombs police court on the charge of attempting to collect money on an alleged bogus order for advertising. May Keep Tillman Ont. Columbia, Dec. B.—The supreme court heard today arguments as to the constitionality of the election law on the petition of Senator Butler.- An adverse decision may keep Tillman from succeeding to Butler's seat. Dreadful Explosion. Brussels, Dec. 3. —Three persons were killed and 20 injured by an explosion yesterday in a factory at Canaille. The building was blown to atoms.

ECKELS ON CURRENCY. Views of the Controller With Relation to the Banking System. .... IN ELASTIC ISSUE DESIRED. Ke Would Repeal the Requirement es a Deposit of Bonds and Permit Banks to Issue Notes Against HO Per Cent of Their Unimpaired Capital—Safety Fund to Be Provided—Currency Commission. Washington, Dec. B.—The report of Hon. James H. Eckels, controller of currency, submitted to congress today, gives full information in regard to the organization, supervision and liquidation of the national banks for the year ended Oct. 31, 1894. It shows that during this period but 50 were organized—the smallest number chartered, as well as the minimum amount of capital, in any one year since 1879. During the year 79 banks with an aggregate capital stock of $10,475,000 passed out of the system. The feature of the controller’s report is his discussion of the currency question: “No section of the law should be disturbed,” he says, "which cannot be materially improved upon, and no amendment engrafted unless such amendment will work out better results than flow from the existing order of things. For the present law it must be conceded it has been successful in every material feature, excepting it the matter of bank note issue, and here the failure has been but a partial one. The notes issued by the banks under governmental supervision have been uniform in appearance, and under any and all circumstances of the full face value which they purport to parry. They have possessed the first requisite of a good bank note issue—immediate convertibility into coin upon presentation. Elasticity of Issue. "It is probable that there could be no better plan for simply insuring the noteholder against loss than the present requirement of a deposit of bonds to secure a bank’s circulation, but it is equally certain, however, that a method could be devised not less safe in this respect and in addition thereto possessing that which is essential and is now wholly wanting—elasticity of issue. The complaint, therefore, made against the present system is that, lacking in elasticity of issue, it fails to meet as fully as it ought the varying wants of the country’s trade and commerce. “But serious as this fault and retardful as it is to the business interests of the country, any attempt to remedy it which should lose sight of or in any wise make less certain the present unquestioned credit and convertibility of the bank issues of the country could not be justified. It is a duty of governments to see that the currency which circulates among the people shall always be of the very highest character, the soundness of which should never be a subject of inquiry. For 30 years the American people have had such a bank currency, and having seen the value of it both here and abroad they will not be content to have any innovation made unless such new departure insures not only equal but better results. Safety Fund Security. “It is respectfully suggested that not only as good but better results would be attained if the present bank act were amended by repealing the provision thereof requiring each bank as a prerequisite to deposit government bonds. In lieu of such provision should be substituted one permitting the banks to issue circulating notes against their assets to an amount equal to at least 50 per bent of their unimpaired capital.” The controller follows this suggestion with the further one for the maintenance of a safety fund, to be provided by . graduated taxation upon the outstanding circulation of the banks until the same shall be equal to not less than 5 per cent of the total of such outstanding circulation, this fund to be held by the government, as an agent only, and for the purpose of immediately redeeming the notes of insolvent banks. He adds: “If the recommendations here made should receive consideration at the hands of congress, a bill drawn after careful study and investigation of the whole subject would necessarily embody all the details incident to a change from a bond to a safety fund security as a basis for bank circulation.” He then cites such proof and gives such statistics as seem to him to make the plan suggested a perfectly safe one to enter-upon. Government Ought Not Issue Notes. “The general goveinment ought to be wholly free from the direct issuing and redeeming of notes to pass as money among the people,” he says. “No government has ever yet successfully engaged in so doing, and the experience of this government has proven no exception to the rule. The general cost and loss entailed upon the government and the repeated periods of uncertainty as to the government credit and the stability of our monetary system have been so great as to make the legal tender and treasury issues of 1890 one of the extraordinary burdens placed upon the people. These issues ought to be redeemed and cancelled and the government thus enabled to retire from the bankinir business, a business tor wfifcfi it is so poorly equipped. The intention of those who first authorized the legal tender issues was that it should so retire at the earliest practicable moment. A commission, nonpartisan in its character, composed of men of eminent abilities, could unquestionably devise a currency system sound in every part, and one which would commend itself to every interest of the country. It could largely take the question out of politics and have it considered simply in its business aspects and upon its merits, but if the present congress is to enact a law upon the subject, appointment of a commission could avail nothing. If, however. nothing more defi nito can be accomplished, the question of the creation of such a commission ought to be considered and acted upon. Not So Wet. Indiana—Fair; north winds. Ohio—Fair; local snows on the lakes; colder.

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