Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 20 September 1895 — Page 5

M onlng sale o>» —; LADIES’ and MISSES CLOAKS. ■ ■■ Tl ” ® = Wq 0 aLtK, R & S- E< H “ aKvHm * Wwl - 0 - ■ j ( - We have just received our line of Fur Capes, Cloth and Plush Capes, cloth Jackets, Children’s and Misses Garments. Do not make your purchase until you have seen our line as we can show you the largest line in the city. Prices lower than ever. ASK TO SIEJZEJ TZXJ3XVX. JESSE NIBLICK & SON.

WARMAN'S CAT STORY. I Pumy Liked the Poet Well Enough, but I She Stuck to the Locomotive. [ “You have heard of the railroad dog, | of course, ” said Cy Warman. “Everybody has, but I’ll venture to say that you never heard of a railway cat. Well, I used to have one. You know I used to fire on the Rio Grande Western. I got mixed up with one of those big mountain climbers in a wreck one time, after that I quit the business cold and turned poet. Well, now for the tabby. “You know the exploits of the railroad dog have been recounted in divers places—how he saved a train and the lives of the passengers from a fathomless pit or a dark yawning abyss and all that. Those are all stories of the railroader, of which the dog is the hero of r the hour. My yarn is not like those old stories, for pussy was too well trained to do anything so rash as to save a train and thereby endanger her own life. In the first place, puss was a pet of the landlady where most of the railroad $ men boarded, and in consequence the cat took a liking to railroading. “She was a remarkable traveler, and she preferred the tender of a freight Ib- * comotive to a Pullman palace car. When the train would have a long wait at a side track or station, Miss Puss would descend from her perch on the pile of Coal, or if the weather was inclement from the seat of the engineer, whore she would sit looking out On the track beyond and go in hunt of mice, and if it was lunch hour would hunt up the < kitchen door of the depot eating house. She was a great favorite and always had the best the hopse afforded. She was a beautiful cat. Her fur was jet black, and when the engine was running down the steep grades of the mountains she would hold her place on the top of the

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tender with all the grace tfnd dignity imaginable, and if the wind blowing she would ruffle up her black coat of fur as though entering a protest. Puss never missed a trip all the time I was on the road after she took the railroad fever. “When I left the Western, puss had to choose between her owner and the big black monster that had carried her so many miles. I remember the day I went out to bid the big inanimate object goodby. I was very much attached to it. Why not? We had gone through a wreck together, and it had received the brunt of a collision with a big rock. I looked at the engine, which was eteamed up ready to start on its trip, and soon saw puss mount to her perch on the coal. I spoke Itenderly to her, and she arched her back and purred knowingly. When I bid the boys goodby and called her, she came part way, looked up at me in an undecided manner and finally gave a pitiful meow and walked off toward the engine again. She kept up her habit for several years after that and finally was crushed to death in a wreck. She was found curled up on the box by the side of the inanimate form of the engineer. Both had died at the post of duty.”—Chicago Inter Ocean. Reasonable Expectation. Mrs. Dix—l wonder what present my husband will bring me tonight. Mrs. Hicks —What makes you expect one? Is it your birthday? Mrs. Dix—No-o. We quarreled this morning.—Loudon Answers. — : His Treasure. The Count (who bus had a little tiff with his fiancee, the heiress) —But, my treasure — The Heiress —Your treasure? Your investment, you mean.—London TitBits.

HEAVY LOSSFROM FIRE Nearly Half a Million Dollars’ Worth of Property Consumed. GOODS DAMAGED BY WATER Large Carpet Store, a Bank, Telegraph Company, Big Dry Good. House and Other. Loser* — Nearly Two Million Dollar. In the Bank*. Vault — Death From a Fall—State Note.. Indianapolis, Sept. 19.—Fire on the south side of Washington street, between Meridian and Pennsylvania streets, yesterday destroyed nearly |500,00C1, worth of property. Flames were ftfst discovered in the large carpet and drapery house of Eastman, Schleicher & Lee, and within two hours and a half that firm’s stock of fine carpets, draperies, wall paper, queensware, china, cutglass, bric-a-brac, etc., amounting to $175,000, was completely destroyed, aud the Indiana National bank building was a total wreck, while much damage was done to the Condit block, the big building occupied by the New York store and two other buildings. The loss to the bank outside of the building and fixtures will be small. It is said there was nearly $2,000,000 in money in the large vault, over $900,000 of which was in gold, but the fire could hardlv damage its contents. The bank opened out for business without loss of time in the Indiana Trust company’s building. The New York store suffered considerable loss by smoke and water, and the store will remain closed until the loss is adjusted, which will probably take several days. i. The top part of the Condit block, a 5-story building facing on Meridian street, is occupied by the Western Union Telegraph company. Their battery room was completely burned out and every room in the building was thoroughly soaked with water. Baldwin, Miller & Co., wholesale jewelers, who occupied the second floor of this building, say their loss will amount to $lO,000, their stock being badly damaged by water. The buildings occupied by Eastman, Schleicher & Lee and the Indiana National bank are complete wrecks and will both be rebuilt.- The two buildings immediately east, while not so badly damaged, may both be torn out and rebuilt, as they are old and out of date. FELL ONE HUNDRED FEET. Workman on the Indianapolis Gas Company’s Bnildihg Meets Instant Death. Indianapolis, Sept. 19.—James Christie, whose home was in Decatur, Ills., a gang foreman for the contractors who are erecting the 10-story iron building in this city for the Indianapolis Gas company, crawled out on the large iron derrick yesterday to fix the hook on the end of the chain used for lifting the heavy iron columns. He was warned about going, but as he had done the same thing before he did not heed the warning. Christie let himself down the chitin to the hook, but could not get back, and before the derrick could be turned so as to place him in shfety he lost his hold and fell with a crash 100 feet below to instant death. He was a widower and leaves several children. FIKE IN THE FLATEGLASS WORKS. Major Doxey’s Mammoth Plant at Alexandria Badly Damaged by Flames. Alexandria, Sept. 19.—Fire broke out in the American plateglass works and the plant was damaged between $15,000 and $20,000, with no insurance. It was caused by escaping gas from a defective pipe in the casting hall. The casting hall was entirely destroyed, but the grindingroom and polishing departinent were saved. The plant had just resumed operations after two years of idleness. The destruction of the- works throws 150 men out of employment. Men were put promptly at work to repair the damage, and Major Doxc’y, the president of the company, says that the company will be making plateglass within five weeks. HANGED BY A MOB. L, Harriott, a Warsaw Man, Dangles at the End of a Rope. Warsaw’, Sept. 19.—L. Harriott was ' taken from jail here yesterday aud lynched by a mob. He was the man who, a fpsv. days ago, abducted Mamie Ernhort and imprisoned her on an island in Eagle lake, where she was terribly maltreated, from the effects of which she may die. Harriott escaped from jail Tuesday night, but was recaptured early yesterday morning. Railroad Collision at Greensburg. .Greensburg, Sept. 19.—The northbound ’midnight express yesterday on the Michigan division of the Big Four ran into an extra freight in the yards in this city. As a result, John "Beatty of North Vernon was killed, aud Frank Byrnes, the fireman, badly injured. When the collision chine the tender crushed against the engine, .catching! Beatty, mashing his stomach and break- ; ing both legs-A'l’n jumping Hyrneswas , caught and he was senously bruised iti I several places. The engineer and fire- i man of the freight both jumped and escaped injury. There were 153 paa^en-1 gers on the. express, and, although they ■ experienced a severe shaking up and I several were injured, none were seriously wounded. Disfigured For Life. Wabash, Sept. 19.—A peculiar accident befell John Carver, a .young man" ■ living a few miles north of this city,/ which will disfigure him for life. He j and a companion while in the woods hunting became engaged in a friendly scuffle, and Carver wits thrown, alighting violently on a stump from which numerous sharp splinters projected. The splinters catered his cheek and, passing entirely through the mouth, emerged on the other side, while his ips were terribly lacerated.

NO NORTMO SOOTH. Famous Mason and Dixon Line. Has Been Completely Obliterated, YANKEES AND JOHNNY REBS Era of floorl Feeling Between the Two I Section, of the Country Ha. Been Inaugurated — Dedication of the Many Monument.—lndiana’. Effort. lu Behalf of Her Beoplo Commented On. Chattanooga, Sept. 19.—1 f one may judge by the events of the last 10 days, the Mason and Dixon line has been wiped off the face of the map. The friendly, brotherly feeling that has been displayed here this week and that shown at Louisville last week by the boys of gray toward the boys of blue, the bitter sectionalism that has so long divided the Union no longer exists. For nearly a fortnight now the doors of the south have been thrown open to the men who came here 30 odd years ago bearing arms of slaughter and destruction. Not a single incident that would indicate a feeling of hatred on either side has been recorded. “Yankees and Johnny Rebs,” grown gray with years, have gone over the great battlefield together, discussed the events of those awful days, drank together, and even, in some instances, slept together, without stirring up anything like an angry thought. Generals who commanded armies for the Union have been guests of the generals of the confederacy and each has solemnly declared that there is “no north and no south.” In the early hours of the day there was a general exodus from town to the battlefield. There were bands of music followed by regiments of militia. There were thousands upon thousands of battlescarred veterans and there were thousands upon thousands of men, women and children who personally never knew what war was. There were carriages, wagons and vehicles of every description in which the people rode, a The cars, electric and steam, were loaded to the guardrails. Many of the vast throng looked over the field of Chickamauga, sadly remembering the awful scenes of carnage and death they had witnessed there 30 years ago, but all felt a thrill of joy to know that old wounds had healed and the hatred of those days was no more. Such were the conditions that prevailed at the preliminary exercises attendant upon the dedication of the historic battlefield as a national. park which takes place today. The exercises on the battlefield were opened by the dedication of the Michigan monuments on Snodgrass hill. Wisconsin followed, the Badger state veterans gathering in the northeast corner of Kelly field. The Ohio people took possession of Snodgrass hill upon the completion of Michigan’s ceremonies, and Indiana held her ceremonies on Lytle hill, so named in memory of General Lytle, who was killed there. Massachusetts monuments were dedicated at Knob hill, and at the conclusion of the ceremonies the graves of Massachusetts soldiers were decorated. Indiana Doinjj H«r Part. The exercises in connection with the dedication of the Indiana monuments took place yesterday afternoon on Chickamauga battlefield, with General Morton G. Hunter, president of the Indiana commission, as master of ceremonies. After prayer by Dr. Lucas, R. M. Johnson opened the exercises with a graceful tribute to Governor Morton and Governor Matthews. The next speaker was James R. Carnahan, who was through the two days’ battles. He paid a high"compliment to the valor of Indiana troops and Governor Morton. Judge D. B. MeConneH of tile Ninth Indiana then spoke, and Governor Matthews, coming forward, was greeted with applause. When ho concluded he was vigorously applauded aud personally congratulated by the prominent veterans on the platform. The other speakerk from Indiana ’ were General Lew Wallace and Colonel I. N. Walker, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. General Carnahan, who was through both days' battle, conducted Governor Matthews and a large p-rty over the ground covered by the Saturday's bartie. Today the entire party, accompanied . by their band, visited Lookout mountain and Missionary ridge. Indiana is the only state that has a camp here .or has made any provision generally, a fact that is favorably commented upon by visitors from other states. One Ohio voter■■n’said: ‘’“When it comes to looking after her veterans Indiana is always at th:' front.” ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Vast Cnnroum of 01'1 Veterans Meet Under a Mammoth Circus Tent. Chattanooga. Sept: 19.—1 t is doubtful if P. T. Barnum in his palmiest days ever saw such, a crowd at his circus as assembled beneath one of his old 3-ring tents in this city last night. Barnum used to claim that .it seated 15,000 peo-. pie. If ho told the truth, there must have been a greater number .in it here, for the space used for'circus performers was occupied by auditors. The occasion for this great gathering was the reunion of the Society of the ' Army of the Cumberland. A largp/ number of veterans belonging to the j Society of the Army of the Tennessee/ [ who cam-' here from Cincinnati, were ' present as guests. That venerable vet- . eran, General- J. D. Morgan of Qttiney, I Ills., vice president of the society, who i is now past 80 years of ago, presided in the absence of General Bpsecrans, the president. When the meeting had been called to order, Gi-her’il Morgan introduced Mayor George \V. Ochs, who made the address of welcome. Response was j made by Ge.ueral H. V*. Boynton, secroi tury of the association. FollowingGenerat Bo:.■ tiTu.it. General Morgan made an address of welcome to the eonf<Wrate veterans, as n-r which Senator MandertOn of Nebraska delivered the annual address of the society. Weather. Indiana — Fair; warmer; westerly

RAVAGES OF CHOLERA. Terrible Condition of Affairs In North China and Japan. DYING BY THE THOUSANDS. Terrific Heat In Tok Io Has Nursed the Germa of the Dlaease Into Virulent * Life—Miss Turner, a Missionary, and a Yonoj Child Succumb to the Plague. Much Illness Among Forelgnera. San Francisco, Sept. 19.—Notwithstanding the efforts of the Chinese and officials of exchanges to suppress the news in regard to the cholera, the truth has at least come to light concerning the plague. Japan and north China are alive with cholera germs. Siberian officials have declared Japanese open ports infected, and from official sources it is learned that over 17,000 people have died in Japan from the plague since its start. In China the disease has gained a 4rm foothold. Advices by the steamer Rio Janeiro report that in Tokio the heat is terrific, and the disease germs have been nursed into virulent life. On the Rio Janeiro little could be learned concerning Yokohama, but nevertheless the plague is raging there. In China, at Hio Fow, the disease is spreading rapidly. Miss Turner and the child of Dr. and Mrs. McFarland of the Chu Chai London mission were stricken and died. At Nan King much illness prevails among the foreigners. Many of- them have been forced to flee from the country. The ravages of cholera in Japan are far greater than have been reported. Up to Aug. 28, just before the Rio Janeiro sailed, 17,378 deaths from the disease were reported. HELPING A YOUNG MAN. Miss Helen Gould Repays an Early Act of Kindness to Her Father. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 19.—A story of how Miss Helen Gould, daughter of the late Jay Gould, remembers people who were friends to her father in his early days came out in this city yesterday, through information received from Delaware county. Back in the 50’s Jay Gould was befriended by Robert Wilson, a blacksmith, in Hobart, with whom he boarded. 'Wilson sent him to school, aud in return Gould kept his books. Robert Wilson is now dead, but his daughter, Mrs. Charles Wicks, whose brother, John P. Wilson, is a physician in this city, lives in Roxbury. She has a son 20 years old. About a week ago Miss Gould surprised the family by offerjng young Wicks a scholarship in the University of New York. It was learned that Miss Gould had carefully inquired about the family and its early relations with her father. The scholarship will be VATICAN AND QUIRINAL. Pope May Have a Small Principality Purchased For Him by Catholics. London, Sept. 19.—Discussing the revival of the rumor that Italy may be induced to sell a small territory to the pope, a Paris correspondent telegraphs that the project for the pope’s ransom Dy the Catholic world, which is described as an American project, is no secret in the cabinets of Europe, which have been for some time in possession of the details of the plan. It embodies, in addition to the establishment of the papacyian principality with its own seaport, certain naval privileges and the restoration of confiscated church property. Negotiations are said to be progressing between the Vatican and tiie quirinal. __ Mr. Iselin Commended. London, Sept. 19.—The Pall Mall Gazette commenting yesterday afternoon upon the letters which passed between Lord Dunraven and Newt York yachtsmen regarding the, America’s ctap race, says that it desires to reppeifttfe controversy so far as to make the opportunity to pav a tribute to the sportsman like behavior of Mr. Iselin. It is a pity, the Stride says, th.it Mr.. Iselin’s , handsome offer to Lord Dunraven could not meet with action. The American yachtsman, file Gazette concludes, deserves the respect of all lovers of sport, | One Mail Lost His Life. Osiik >sh,- Wis., Sept. 19. —OshkoSh had a $250,000 fire, winch began at | iiO'>n yesti'rda'y, and before it was ex- ! tinguished a sash and door factory, a I wagon factory, 6,000,000 feet of lumber, two brick saloons and a number of ■ dwellings were destroyed. John Zel- I mor, foreman of the sash department of ; Morgan Co., went back iiijd the. factoty after his tools and lost his life. His charred remains were recovered this; evening. '... ■ ; : Will Select a Keferoe. . New York; Sept. 19. —A meeting wilt; be held in this, city, tomorrow morning r for the purpose of selecting a referee for ‘ the Corbe’t-Fitz.simmons fight. Managers Vendig, Julien and Brady will represent the Florida Athletic club, Fitz- i simmons and Corbett, respectively. f-. — : Russian Cholera Victims. ) St. Petersburg, Sept. 19.—1 n the; province of Volhynia, frpin -Aug.. .18/ to Aug. 24, inclusive, 5,849 cases of choi- ! era were reported, with 2,T34 deaths... In the province of Podolia from Aug. T to Aug. 31 101 eases of cholera and 45 deaths were reported. Will Try to Capture San Salvador. San Francisco, Sept. 19.—Generali Antonio Eteeta sailed yesterday t'or Mexicp on his expedition to regain con-1 trol ot the government of San Salvador. ■ He was accompanied by only two per-; sbiial attendants. ’ I Gunboats For Cuba. Glasgow, Sept. 19.—The gunboats which Wen under construction for the. epast guard of Cuba, have been I completed and their crews left Cadiz I yesterday on the Conoy Alfonso 111 for Cuba.

TO DEDICATE THE PARK Veterans of Both Annies Gathering on the Battlefields. ? ) —— GOVERNORS ARE ARRIVING. Today Will Be Dedicated the Varloua Monument. Erected by the Different States—Governor Matthew* and Staff Arrive on Time—Meeting of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Chattanooga, Sept. 18.—People are pouring into this region almost as thick and fast as they did 83 years ago. But they are not all men this time, and they are not armed, although some of the old veterans, both of the north and south, are attired in their old army regimentals. Many of these old fellows have their wives and children with them, and they are looking over the battlefield where they fought so fiercely 33 years ago. No one will ever know the number of people who are here. General Boynton said that the visitors were strung along from Sherman Hights to the far end of Chickamauga. All the hotels, inns, taverns and boardinghouses are full, and thousands are camping where they camped on the night of Sept. 17, 1863. The passenger agent of the railroad leading to Chickamauga battlefield said that his road had hauled not less than 5,000 people there yesterday. This was not nearly all who went out. Many went out on the electric car lines and then took carriages. Chattanooga’s citizens have the town open to the visitors, and if any of them did at one time feel a hatred for “Yankeedom” it has long since died out. Everything that human ingenuity could devise tor the comfort of the old soldiers has been done by the enterprising dwellers in Chattanooga. Distinguished Guests Arriving. A good many governors came into the city yesterday and more will follow today. The Ohio visitors made a grand demonstration upon the arrival of Governor McKinley. He came in from Knoxville over the Southern road and was met at the depot by the Ohio commission with a carriage, a military band, the Toledo cadets and the Fourteenth regiment Ohio national guard. He was escorted to the home Qf Hon. H. Clay Evans, whose guest he will be during his stay here. Governor Altgeld of Illinois, accompanied by Adjutant General Orendorff, his staff and the Illinois commission, came in yesterday afternoon from Chicago. Governor Matthews of Indiana, with his staff and Colonel I. N. Walker, com-mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, arrived yesterday. Vice President Stevenson and family came in late last night via she Cincinnati Southern railroad, and proceeded at <?rye by special train to their quarters at .V’.jkout Inn. He was met at the depot bv the Second battalion and Nashville battery of 4:he Tennessee national guard. Governor and Mrs. Morton of New York, with the governor's staff, came in today on a special train. Today’s exercises were confined to the dedication of the nionqjnepts erected by the states of Indiana, Illinois, Ohid, Michigan, Minnesota. Wisconsin, Missouri and Massachusetts. The first session of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland met a,t 9 o’clock this morning, with Colonel J. D. Morgan of Illinois presiding. The session xvas devoted mostly to routine bnsiHess. ATLANTA EXPOSITION. Formal Opening of the Enterprise Took I’lice This Morning. Atlanta, Sept.-18.—This morning at’ 6 o’clock the’gates of the Cot ton States and International exposition were flung ajar, and for .120 days the. exposition . will be open to the people of the world. The opening marks the greatest event" Hi the history of the big show. Half of the nations of the earth were represented in the procession during the day, and the-most prominent speakers of the country 5, addressed the multitude that gathered in the Auditorium, to witness the formal inaugural’exerci-’ s,. The arrangements for touching the j button have been completed. A wire has been put in from Buzzard’s Bay, the telegraph station for Gray-Gables, the home of President Cleveland, and ; another wire has been put iii from the i Auditorium toihe...machinery building, j When the time for pressing theTbitt-ton ; arrives, the wires will be cleared and an operator m the Audttorirau willnotii fy’another operator at Gray (Tables. ; The Wire running into the machinery ! building has. been .connected with two electric machines attached to valves on the big b'ripli engine which drives the :.shafting pf the machinery and the valve, ioh the largest water .pump. As soon as f the president closes the electric circuit ■ these, valves will, be opened and steam ' will pour, into the engines. As they be- : gin to act, tne'engineers in thii.huildii.g will open all the engines and start i every machine in the hall. Fierce ‘"Fife iit DoJge, Neb. Dodge, Si pt. IS.—This' town was almost wiped, out by fire yesterday. Forty business houses burned, With contents, ' and also miuiyWesidenCOs. The damage i is over Fremont, Scribner add ; other towns sent special trains with tire - apparatus, but arrived too late to be of ; service. A fierce wind was blowing at. the time. The property was WelhauI s tired. . Thought to Be Filibuster?*. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. IS.—The United States revenue cutter Winona i picked up off Pine Key the schooner ; Lark with 35 Cubans on board, believed Jto be filibusters. The iiien have been i placed under bond for a hearing. Crisis Impßiiding lu the East. ,g Lon don, S pt. 18.—A, dispatch from Constantinople says that the British minister’s yacht has been under steam for the last 24 hours awaiting dispatches for the fleet. Great apprehension is felt among the Turks, y .... - -