Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 1 February 1895 — Page 7

■VjL [[Business Directory. |J THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. I I DECATUR, • INDIANA. I CAPITAL STOCK. SIOO.OOO. ■ f OFFICERS:—P. W. SMITH, President; J U. HI MOLTHom,*. Vloo-Prosalent; C. A. DC'lan, B | •ashler; K. X. Eihnokh. Assistant Cashier, B l DIRECTORS:—?. W.'Smith, Wy. A.KckbB I l*h, J U. Hal*, D. G M I'hodt, .1. H. ■ I Rcbhock, C. A. Duoas. John B. Holthouhi:. ■ | , This bank does a general banking biishiwH. Loami money upon approved mccui-li.v, amM/*ount« paper, inuKes colh’OtiouH. send ■ moivy L io any point*. buys county and city oklcid. Interest given on money deposited, on time •ertifioiitetA. The Old Adams County Bank » OAPITAL, 1120,000. ESTA BLISUED, 1871. ! • Offloera:-W. H. Niblick, Pres.. D. Sturta- . baker, Vlce-pree; Rufus K. Allison, CMhier. «. 8. Niblick, Ain't Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made in all piuts of the country. County, City and Townshin orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought uud sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul G. Hooper, Attorney a,t Law Deehtur. Indiana. J. T. FRANC*. J. T. MMHRYMAN FRASCE A MERRYMAN. A.ttorn.oys-at-Xiaw, ■ Office:—Nos. 1. 2 and 3, over the Adams Oountv Bank. Collections a snteialtv. J. H-. 8080, i MASTBK COMMIRSIONKK AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Real Estate and Collections. B. K. ERWIN, k Attorney-at-Liaw, Room J and 2 Niblick & Tobnellier \ Block, Decatur. Indiana. A. P. BKATTY. J- F. MANN. MANN Jc BtfATTY, Attorney e«at«Liaw, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prose- / «uted. Odd Fellows'Buidilng. Ifi <i. R. DICKERSON, Attorney and Notary JE’vx'tollo. Pension claims a spoctalt}'- and >”1 «pße<jtion ageni. Geneva. - • Indiana. BI. L. HOLLOWAY, M. »- Office and residence one door north of M. E. church. Diseases of women and children a specialty. A. G. HOLLOWLY, Physician and Surgeon. Bl Office over Boston Store, ftesidenco one door north of M .E. Church. 38JHtf P. B. THOMAS, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Office over Bums' harness shop, east side of Second Street, Decatur, Indiana. All calls promptly attended to in city or country night or day. ar. <?. 3xraDi»rrtriwu, f DENTIST. Now located over Holthouse's shoe store. * a 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. 0-0 TO H. M. ROMBERG >i Vor Your XsXXT’SnK.Tir. The Beit and most Reasonable Prices.rlltf MONEY TO LOAN » I - On Farm property on long time. KTo Commlmmion. Low rate of Interest. Partial Payments. In anv amounts can be made at any time and stop Interest'. Call on or address. A. K. GRUBB or J. F. MANN, Office:—Odd Fellow’s Building. AT MERRYMAN’S PAOTOPY You can get ail 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 Here! lam hereto stay andean sell Oraans and Pianos cheaper than anybody else can afford .to sell them. I sell different makes. CLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable. Bee me first and save _ <MMk*M| ODe ßecatvr issA ; : H J. T. <X>oy» »r BH. .

Getting Ready For a Busy Week In the Indiana Legislature. QUESTIONS OF TAXATION. Ways and Means Committee Wrestling With the Mortgage Exemption Bill. Arrangements Being Made to Bear the Representatives of the State Institutions—General Indiana News. JJlndianapolis, Jan. 28. —The house made another unavailing effort to hold a session Saturday morning, but a rollcslL,was demanded and disclosed no qu<>rdm,,thns necessitating an adjournment dutll today. The remnant of the lawmaking body took the noon trains and in a few hours none but members of the ways aud means committee were left. This body remained in session from 10 o’clock until 4 endeavoring to get its decks clear for tllo general appropriation bill, which must be taken up this week, in order that it may not be delayed until the rush comes in the last ■ days of the session. The committee determined to recommend the Remy bill, taxing greenbacks, which has been amended so as to correct some other sections cf the tax law, following recommendations of the state tax commissioners. It places on the schedule 10 articles that were overlooked in the law of 1891. Mortgage Exemption. The committee has wrestled about 10 days with the Newhouse bill for mortgage exemption aud has finally gotten it into shape where it can recommend its passage with amendments. As the bill! is presented for passage, it exempts from i taxation mortgaged real estate up to |l,ooo for each individual, provided the ■ SI,OOO is not in excess of two-thirds of' the assessed value of his property. In . . any event it can not go beyond two- I thirds. Re is entitled to exemption for only such mortgages as are owned in the stace and must make affidavit showing who owns the mortgage. The auditor must then notify the auditor of the county where the mortgage is owned, [ ! in order that it may be listed for taxa-I tion. It was a very knotty problem to frame a bill that would accomplish the exemption of mortgaged real estaro without letting the railroads, which are i I. Mortgagedto.their. full value, escapoJ taxation. It is estimatedthatthis will take about $80,000,000 off the duplicates ' • and reduce the state revenues about $325,000 per year. This., wdl prevent the contemplated reduction of the state levy. State Institution*. * The committee has determined to 1 meet every Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evening during the rest of the session. The first four of these meetings ] . will be devoted to hearings upon the needs of the various state institutions, I ' and letters have been sent to the various superintendents notifying them of the fact. Tomorrow night representatives ! of Purdue, the State University and the ■ State Normal will be heard; Thursday | i evening will be devoted to the insane i hospitals; Friday evening to the deaf , and dumb, blind and feeble-minded institutions and the Soldiers’ Orphans’ home, and the following Tuesday night to the prisons and reformatories. Direct Tax for. State Inxtitutions. Among the managers of these institutions, the question of a direct tax for the support of each one has been recently agitated and has met with much favor. “If such a plan can be equitably arranged,” said a prominent member of 1 the house, in discussing the subject this ; morning, “it would be immensely su- ■ perior to the present method. The managers would then know precisely what they could depend upon and could make their plans and calculations accordingly. As it is now, it is a .general game of grab every two years. Each superintendent asks for twice what his institution really needs, in the expectation that ' his request will be cut in two. Then they are compelled to come here and ■ lobby and pull and haul and log-roll in a fashion that must be as disagreeable to them as it is to us. lam for the direct method if it can be arranged upon a proper basis.” But whethet such a measure goes ' through or not; the appropriations must ! be made in the usual way this year, for , the tax could not go intqj effect in time to meet their needs. The committee is 1 pretty well prepared with data regarding the state revenues, past appropriations, etc., and is ready to tackle the subject. Many Committee Reports Ready. It will probably require at least two days to dispose of the committee reports now awaiting the action of the house. Nearly all the measures of importance now in the hands of the various committees were ready to be reported back, and many of them have been ready since last Wednesday. The house, however, never reached this order until late Thursday morning, and then on the first call the Mjller-Bowers election contest came up and occupied all the remaining time. Friday morning so few were present that the order was suspended and there has becifjxq ■ since'. '■ DIDN’T GKT HIS MAN. ’Squire Overton Failed to Locate Defaulting Treasurer Taylor. , Crawfordsville, Ind., Jan. 28.—1 t , turns out that ’Squire Overton has been ’ sold in the Taylor matter, and he will not secure the $2,000 reward for the capture of the defaulting soutn Dakota treasurer, which he was so Confident of raking in a few days ago. Mr. Overton and City Marshal Grimes went to Rensselaer, where the missing man was supposed to be in bed sick, at. the house of Tom McCoy, a brother-in-law. Tayior was not there and had not been there. It was finally learned that Overton had been told by two <Jn rnmerß thiMa tor of Lafayette had“told themvthat he was going to Rensselaer three times a week to see Taylor. This was all that Overton knew about the matter, and the only source of information. The Lafay- ■- ■ '

ecto doctor naa oeen going to nenswiaer to see Mrs. McCoy, jvho had been sick. On account of his prominence, many persons were originally inclined to believe the story. * *- JUVENILE BURGLARS. Two Yellowback Literature Flende Try to Hob a Store. Wabash, Ind., Jan. 28.—F. M. Coate was aroused late Saturday night and fold that bnrglart were robbing his store. He got his shotgun and humed to the place and found two juvenile cracksmen sitting by the stove, while abont them in piles lay valuable goods, collected preparatory to being carried off in coffee sacks. Leveling his gun at the pair, whom he recognised as Arthur Hendrickson, aged 20, and Bert Curtis, 17, he commanded them to throw up their hands and they quickly complied. Curtis carried an oldtime horse pistol, but offered no resistance, and both were turned over to the officers and locked up. They are in no wise abashed by their arrest. They have been reading much yellow literature lately. Capacity liicreaand. Elwood, Ind., Jan. 28.—The American tinplate factory has increased its capacity by adding 250 extra men and starting its new addition of flour mills, thus increasing its output to 7,500 boxes of finished bright plates per week. The factory was started in 1892, and it now stands the largest plant in the United States. The plant at first only had five mills and employed 300 hands. Nine mills are now in operation and 750 men are at work. Another mill is being built and when completed the output will be about 8,500 boxes per week. Mny Recover. Logansport, Ind., Jan. 28.—Warren Kuowles, who was shot in the lung a week ago by Henry Warden, and who has been lying at St. Joseph’s hospital i in this cily in a critical condition, is get- [ ting better and it is now thought will! • recover. Warden, while drunk, shot I Knowles without provocation, together I with Riley Ellis, who also assaulted . Knowles, and have both been indicted i for assault with intent to commit murI der. The feeling here is intense against i Warden and Ellis and there were rumors of a lynching in the event of Knowies’ death. ~ Gritty Old Man. Alton, Ind., Jan. 28.— Captain John • Haynes, who has quite a reputation as i a flatboatmail, has gained additional ! notoriety by floating from Leavenworth! [to this place on a raft made of two.pop-1 lar logs, with his feet tied together and his hands tied behind his back. The ' raft was 7 hours and 20 minutes float- ' ing down, atid tTrd old man suffered fmore by cold than otherwise. ( There were 1,000 or more people on the banks here awaiting his arrival. The feat was performed on a wager of $25. ‘ Captain i ■ Haynes is 71 years old. Antitoxin Fqr Diphtheria. Indianapolis, Jan. 28.—Considerable ' interest has been excited here among physicians over the use of antitoxin in i the treatment of diphtheria cases. Re- | cently several experimental trials have I ' been made with gratifying results. In ; one instance the treatment was applied to a patient which had been pronounced j : hopeless and a complete cure effected. I Two other children of the same family I were given injections of the serum as a j preventive and both escaped thp disease. Stole a Bicycle. Shelbyvilijs, Ini., Jan. 28. —A stranger went into Stanton & Guthrie’s and wanted to buy a bicycle. He asked the privilege of trying it on the street and never returned. He took the road toward Indianapolis and was tracked most of the way. He was probably one of the gang of bicycle thieves who have been operating in this state for some time. Killed by a Train. I Logansport, Ind., Jan. 28. —J. Barney Wermes, an employe at Kenneth quarries, while waiting oh the railroad track on his way home from work in the evening was struck by a train, receiving injuries from which he soon died. His ears were protected by a muffler, which prevented him from hearing.the approaching train. Crashed by a Load of Hay. Frankfort, Ind., Jan. 28. — Gus Luper, a farmer residing near Geetingville, was hauling a load of hay and in attempting to pass another team on the road the wagon turned over. He was buried beneath the load and when reI leased he was in an unconscious condition, dying soon as terward. Missing Man Heard From. Kokomo, Ind., Jan. 28.—John Sallonj berger, the Kokomo man who mysteriously disappeared 15 months ago, nas turned up in Philadelphia. He was supposed to be dead. In a letter to his wife this week he says he will rejoin his family soon and make the proper ex-planatious-concerning his absence. INDIANA” NEWS NOTES. Greencastle is to have bread, pound loaves selling two for 5 cents. A new Masonic temple costing $40,000 has been dedicated in Richmond. The Century Cycling club of Shelbyville started up this morning with orders amounting to $47,000 worth of wheels. Henry Cuppy of Laurel, aged 81, a veteran of the Mexican war. is death He was the first treasurer of Jay county. Mise Nellie E, Wood, a student of Earl ham college, near Richmond, carried ofl first honors in an oratorical contest. I/orenzo Todd, aged 20, while sightseeing at the Prospect Hill coal mines near Vincennes, fell down a shaft 235 feet deep and waa» instantly killed. John L. Fry of Greenfield has brought a SIO,OOO damage suit against Charles Mv Gibbs for in juries received in a fight. Both men are well known in business circles. Captain William D. Wiles, of the wholesale grocery firm of Wiles, Coffin & Co., Indianapolis, is dead. He was well known thrpughout the state. A. J. Freck of Lynn Grove Saturday began a 30-day feast on quail and apples on a wager of $75 that he could subsist on one quail and fbur apples a day for the time named. John A. Holman, ex-judgeof thesuperior court county, died in New York last Tuesday, news of his death not having been received at his home in Indianapolis until Saturday. —-

~21 INCOME TAX SUOWINGL: Gratifying Reports From Collectors on a Preliminary Canvass, ESTIMATES AS TO RETURNS. Friend* <>f Tl>l« Tax Exprena the Belief That It Will Become' Popular If Large Amount* Are Realixeil—Three Hundred Thousand Peraons nnd Corporation* Expecteil to Contribute. „j Washington, Jan. 28.—Members of congress who believe in the income tax as an equitable method of raising reve- < nues are gratified at the unexpectedly " good showing of the preliminary can- ' vans made by the collectors of the internal revenue at the direction of Secretary Carlisle. They believe that the greater the amount realized from this tax, the more popular it will become and the more firmly rooted as a part of the policy of the government. Representative McMillin of Tennessee says that if a large per cent of the revenue of the govern- | meat is derived from this plan any at- ' tempts to repeal it before the expiration of the 5-year limit fixed in the Wilson bill will be exceedingly unpopular, and that the greater the reveuue derived from it the greater will be the probability of its xb-enactment at the end of its term. ’ < When the proposition to tax incomes was before congress the profit from the scheme was at first estimatefl at from $15,000,000 to SIBSJO,OOO. Later the , estimates of the committee were raised [to the vicinity of $30,000,000. Mr. Hall | of Missouri, who has giveu more study, perhaps, to theory and history of the income tax than any other man in the house, did not place the total below $50,000,000. From the results of the canvass of the internal revenue bureau it appears that Mr. Hall was more nearly correct than the other forecasters. He now says that the income tax may yield more than $50,000,000 and it is known that the treasury department officials do not place its results below that mark. The shelving made by 36 of the 63 districts gives ground for the estimate that about 300,000 persons and corpora- * tions will contribute to the treasury by this plan. CONGRESSIONAL WORK. WWNational -LegislatureW ill JEn<leavor to Do Thia Week. Washington, Jan. 28. —The week 'in the senate will the renewal of ! the discussion of the Hawaiian question, i WhiciPpcoinises to become- the subject i of several more very animated speeches ! before it shall be definitely and finally disposed of. The'adoption of the Vest amendments to the Allen resolution instead of discouraging the antagonists of I the administration has apparently had ! the effect of spurring them to even I more strenuous and pronounced oppo- ' sition. They express themselves as hopeI ful of reversing the verdict of Saturday indorsing the president’s position when the next vote shall be reached, which shall be on the final adoption of the substitute. Senator Teller will inaugurate the discussion for the week with a continuance of his speech began Saturday. v The bankruptcy bill has been given the position of unfinished business and will occupy attention for the greater part of the week. Senator George will inaugurate the debate with a speech on Monday. There are no appropriation bills before the senate, but three of those remaining unacted upon, viz: The District of Columbia, the diplomatic and the postoffice bills, will be reported during the week, and it is Senator Cockrell’s purpose to call them up immediately with the view of getting them out of the way as soon as possible. This he will do to the displacement of either the Hawaiian resolution or bankruptcy bill. What the House Will Do. The programme in the house for the present week will be subject to revision in case President Cleveland sends a special message to congress calling for legislation to protect the gold reserve. Speaker Crisp, who has been at Asheville, N. C., for the benefit of his health, is expected today or tomorrow, and if special legislation is demanded by Mr. Cleveland to meet the crisis an effort undoubtedly will be made to comply with his wishes. Today a vote will probably be taken on the bill to repeal the differential imposed by the tariff act on sugars from bounty paying countries. It is the present intention to give Tuesday and Wednesday to the bill reporied from the Pacific railroad committee to fund the debt of the Union Pacific road. The remainder of the week will be devoted to the consideration of the navy and agricultural appropriation bills. Eight appropriation bills have already been disposed of, besides the two mentioned there are yet unacted on only the legislation and general deficiency SUFFERINGS AND STARVATION. One-fifth Bf the Population of a Town Without Filler Food. Grantsburg, Wis., Jan. 28.—Reports from the town of Rusk, this couty, confirm the news of terrible sufferings and starvation in that town. One-fifth us the population are without proper food, and a large number of them have not a ixnind of flour in the house. All the local aid is exhausted as well as the town funds. Governor Upham has been appealed to. Most of these people are new settlers with large families. Fires destroyed their entire crops ana arougnt aestroyea vegetables and grain. Small Concern* Jubilant. Haverhill, Mobs., Jan. 28.—Several of the smaller firms have been added to the list of those manufacturers who have signed the agreement with the operators, and the strikers are feeling more confident that they will win the fight. The small manufacturers are jubilant over the state of affairs, as they are reaping benefit while the big concerns ate losing a considerable trade. Four big manufacturers are still holding out. . .; ‘ r \ ■

F. SCHAFER & LOCH’S HARCWABi STOKE. ECeAdquartera JF’ox* STOVES AND RANGES. printer is now close at hand and you will need a stove. We have an endless variety and a large stock to select from, arad our prices are WORLD BEATERS A fIJ. 1 £• Robes, Blankets, TFTiips, lIIIF Al Sle ’Shs, Buggies, Surreys, r will uLVVII VI Road Carts and the celev brated Tunbu f Wagons Is Unequalled in the City. OFCali and see us, 2nd street, Decatur, Ind.

BRUSSELS AND TAPESTRY. The Difference Between These Two Kinds of Carpets Explained. By placing a brnsscls and tapestry ' carpet side by side a clearness and sharpness are noticed about thebrussels carpet which are absent from the tapestry. In the latter there is a mistiness about the colors, and the pattern lacks that sharpness and delicacy which characterize the former. This is due to the process of manufacture. A Brussels is a yarn dyed, and a tapestry may be described as a printed fabric, but the printing is done upon the yarn before the process of weaving. The whole method rs manufacture is most ingen' - ms. In the making of a fi r e. frame fewer than 1,280 ends of face yarns are required for the weav- i ing of one piece of standard quality, | frame consisting of 256, J_ and 256 ends only can come to the face j at each pick of the pattern. Therefor’' . 1,024 ends of yarn are hidden in the body of the fabric. There are many ! qualities of tapestry, but in the produc- i tion of the standard quality only 21!' I ends of face yarn are required, instead j of 1,280, which shows at once that the brussels carpet has the great advantage of being thicker, softer and altogether- a more durable cloth apart from other advantages which it possesses. There is a limitation in the number of colors used in a brussel*. In tapestry there is m limit In the brussels the whole of the colors used show a more or less striped appearance the back of the fabric. I and You. Miss Frances Power Cobbe tells a story in her autobiography which well illustrates that even to intelligent and forceful persons is big and you very small: “At one of the pleasant gatherings at Mrs. Peter Taylor’s, which will not be forgotten by those who had the good fortune to be invited on her open evenings at Auluey house, Miss Mary Carpenter remarked, ‘lt is a thousand pities that everybody will not join and give the whoie’ot tneir mlfitis to tire great cause of the age, because if they would we should carry it undoubtedly. ’ , ‘What is the gre at cause of the age?’ we simultaneously exclaimed. ‘Parliamentary reform?’ said our host, Mr. Peter Taylor; ‘The abolition of'slavery?’ said Miss Redmond, a Degress, Mrs. Taylor’s companion; ‘Teetotalisni?’ said another; ‘Woman’s suffrage?' said another; ‘The conversion of the world to Theism?’ said I. In the midst of the clamor Miss Carpenter looke'd serenely round. ‘ Why, the industrial school bill, of course. ’ No one enjoyed the joke, when we all began to laugh, more than I the reformer herself. ” Rings as Marks of Tree Growth. Mr. James Stewart, one of the most intelligent horticulturists of the south, says in a note on the -annual ring growth of trees that he knew a case of a tree 25 years old jvhich, when cut down, ex-. hibited 75 concentric rings. The name of the tree is not given.—Meehan’s, Monthly. Unchanged. Intimate Friend— Has your bus ban d’s love grown cola? Sarcastic Wife-—Oh, no. He loves himself just as much now as he did when we were married 20 years ago.— Somerville Journal. otiuKespvtire ana iiacon. , A. faiiibus lnstorian well toown personally in Boston told the following story when he was asked what he thought of the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy: “I .was ouce libr.wiau in a small town, and it was my custom to catalogue books on the real moaning t f Daniel, astrology, modern, spiritualism, etc., under the general head ‘lnsane Literature s ’ When any volume written in support of the Baconian theory appeared, I catalogued it under the same head.’’—Boston JournaL Warned In Time. | j “William, ” said Mrs. Youngwife from the head of the stairs to her husband, who had come home at an early hour in the morning, “there is some of my homemade cake in the pantry, a new kind that I made today. I put it where, you can easily find it. ” , J “All right, dear,” responded Mr. Youngwife. “How considerate of you 1 I might have eaten some of it without thinking.” And the grateful husband made a supper of cold beef.—Philtdeluhia Times. / >-

To Farmers and Horsemen. Having established myself in the * Blacksmithing and shoeing Business in Decatur, I would respectfully ask all ihose in need of work of any kind in my line to give me a call. 1 will Warrant my Work as good as anj-, and at Prices as Reliable. Shop in Ellsworth A Co’s, building, east side oi secund Street, Decatur, Ind. ’ C. W SCHIEFER, j. IT hale” — DEALER IN ! Graitit Oil, Seeds, Coal, Wool Eime, Salt, Fertilizers. Elevators on the Chicago & Erie and Clover Leaf railroads. Office and. detail stere southeast corner of Second and Jefferson streets. PATRONAGE SOLICITED JOHH S. BOWERS, — DEALER IN— STONE.g....CRUSHED STONE.... , Can deliver on line of Railroad. Also, HERCULES POWDER, & For Stump Blasting. Always on Hand. DB. C. V. CONNELL, ■Veterinary Burgeon AXlcl DENTTIST. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College and Toronto Veterinary Dental School. Treats all diseases of the domesticated animals. All calls promptly attended day or night. Surgery and Dentistry a .specialty. Oilice iu Odd Fellows B ock Decatur, Ind. 2-* xixxfK > xtx x*x xte xt» xt* xt* xtf ptffaofigf I i x! Sill J I*. ~ „CLOTHES JVASkWS,;? ’ lI*OISH WASHIMC, • .-br .T'. 111 HOUSE CV-EANHtSC, < l VI HARDQcSOFTWAVER >jFU LL DJRECTI ONS GM PKG. x4*^i'xxixx^'x xtx>;x<• ■, > x, AN H QI- PACKAGE FO» 5 J . - ■ - . ’ - - —- ■ ■