Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 35, Decatur, Adams County, 15 November 1895 — Page 9

Business Directory. " THE Ml NATIONAL BASK. DHCA’HJR, • INDIANA. CAPITAL STOCK, 9100,000. OFFICERS:—P. W. Smith, Preaident; J. B. Holthoubk, Vice-President; 0. A. Duoan, (Mahler; B. X. Bhinqbh, Asalatant Cashier. DIRECTORS:— P. W. Smith, Wm. A. Kinmlbr, J. D. Halb, D. O. M. Trout, J. H. Hob rock, C. A. Dugas, John B. holthousb. This bank does a general banking business. Loans money upon approved security, discounts paper, makes collections, sends money to any points, buys county and city orders. Interest given on money deposited; on time certificates. The Old . Adams County Bank * OAPITAL, 1120,000. ESTABLISHED, 1871. Officers:—W. H. Niblick, Pres., D. Studaoaker. Vice-pres; Rutus K. Allison, Cashier, fl. 8. Niblick, Ass't Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made tn all paats of the country. County, City and Township orders bought. Foreign ana Domestic Exchange bought and •old. interest paid on time deposits. Paul G. Hooper, Attorney a.t Uclxtv Decntur, Indiana. Patents u specialty. —Mb———a—— — R. S. PETERSON, Attorney at Law bEOATIH, - INDIANA. Office Rooms 1 and 2. A. Holthouse Block. J. J=L. 8080, tIAHTKK COMMISSIONEU . AND ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. Heal Estate and Collections. » R. K. ERWIN, A.ttorn.cy-ftt-laaw, Hoorn J and 2 Niblick & Tonnellier Block, Decatur, Indiana. ' r «. It. DICKERSON, A tt<->rnov and INToto.x~y X>xxt»lio. Pension claims a specialty Real estate and -G >l lection agent. Geneva. - • Indiana. M. L. HOLLOWAY, 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 Btore. Residence across. • the street from his former home. 38-31 ts FRANCE A MERRYMAN. A.ttorneysi-at"l-iaw, Office:—Nos. 1, 2 and 3, over the Adams Oountv Bank. Collectionaa specialty,. D. J. ERWIN, Physician rfc Surgeon. AB calls promptly attended day or night. Office over Journal office, corner of Monroo end Third street. Residence on Marshall street near Third. ar. c?. jNTEX’TrriNrjE, DENTIST. Now located over Holthouse’s shoe store, s 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 F’or Your LIVERY. Ths Best Rigs and meet Reasonable Prices. lltt ENSLEY & MESHBERCER, —Dealers in— Building, Derrick, Curb and Flag STONE. Linn Grove. * Indiana. ISfCome and see us before you buv. Madison Street Gallery. MISS JULIA BRADLEY & BRO., Pr«t>B. (Successors to H. B. Knott.) Cabinets, Tintypes, Photos, Groups Done in the latest style of art. All work guaranteed and price the lowest. Gallery on Madison street, north of court house. 38-31tf Look Herein I am here to stay and cancel! Organs and Pins cheaper than anybody else can afford to sell them. I sell different makes. CLEANING AND REPAIRING done reasonable. See me first and save money. J. T. fOGTS De<intnr, Ind. J. D. HALE, DEALER IN. — Grain i OU, Seeds, Coal, Wo(fl Lime, Salt, Fertilizers, Elevatirs on the Chicago lc Erie and Clover Leaf railroads. Office and Retail ■tore southeast corner of Second and • ’ efferson streets. PATRONAGE SOLICITED

PRICE AM DECLINING Beport on Trade Matters by Dan & Co, and Bradstreet’s. BESSEMER IKON IS LOWER. Snormoai Western Receipts of Wheat Are Reported — Many Woolen Milla Closing Dowa to Await Orders—-Mild Weather Checks the Demand For Seasonable Goods—Fall ares. Nbw York, Nov. 9.—R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of trade today, say: It has been a broken week, and just before and after elections in the most important states operations rarely have much significance. Business may be largely /iffected in time, but as yet there is scarcely any indication what the effect will be. The price of Bessemer pig is lower, $14.75 at Pittsburg, and billets are lower because there is scarcely any demand for rails at the combination prices. Structural contracts are now few, and the demand for wire and wire nails has been curtailed by the trust’s advadee in prices. Many woolen mills are also dosing to wait for orders, though the demand is fairly satisfactory for some dress goods and worsteds. 'Cotton mills do well, as the halt and hesitation in cotton does not stop the buying of goods, and many believe goods safe at current prices, even if cotton is not. The market for raw cotton is held at 8.81 cents in spite of ail estimate of a short crop.. Wheat fulls back with, great reluctance from its summer rise of 20 cents, but has declined I> 4 cents for the week, western receipts being 8,019,910 bushels, against 3,845,032 bushels for the same week last year. Corn comes forward largely, receipts being more than double last year’s, and nearly 1,000,000 bushels went abroad. Failures for the week have been 280 in the United States against 261 last year, and 49 in Canada against 42 last year. Election and Weather Affect Trade. New York, Nov. 9. — Bradstreet’s says today: The interruption to general trade throughout the country incident to election has been emphasized by unusually mild weather, which checks demand for clothing, heavy weight textiles and other seasonable goods. Jobbers at most of the large distributing centers report that orders now received are largely of a filling in character. Except for iron, steel and cotton the larger portion of advances in prices of commodities reported since March last has largely . disappeared. The sentiment among traders generally is that the outlook promises an active spring trade and that the holiday season will prove satisfactory. The feature of the business week among larger eastern cities is an im“ proved demand for textiles, with increased strength in iron at Pittsburg after the recent reaction. The total exports of wheat from both coasts of the United States this week (flour included as wheat) amount to 2,566,000 bushels, against 2,743,000 bushels last week, and 2,689,000 bushels in the week a year ago. ALBERT GRIDLEY’S SUICIDE. Son of a Prominent Illinois Pioneer Kills Himself In New Orleans. Bloomington, Ills., Nov. 9.—Albert W. Gridley of Batavia, Ills., aged 52, blew out his brains at New Orleans yesterday. He was the eldest son of General Asahel Gridley, a pioneer of Bloomington who died in 1880 leaving a fortune of $1,000,000. Deceased had been a drinking man, but had taken the Keeley cure. He was highly educated. Os two sons and two daughters of General Gridley, Albert was the only one who had a child, a boy of 12, who, his uncle being childless, will inherit all but a very small portion of the immense estate. COLORED - MAN FOR JUDGE. Janies C. Matthews of Albany Elected to a High Judicial Office. Albany,Nov. 9.—James C. Matthews, colored recorder of deeds at Washington in President Cleveland’s first ad? ministration, has been elected judge of the recorder’s court of this city, which office carries with it powers of a supreme court judge. His majority was 2,000. He was nominated and elected on the regular Democratic ticket. It is the highest judicial office ever held by a man of his race in this country. Banker Probert In Trouble. Washburn, Wis., Nov. 9.—Banker A. C. Probert was arrested yesterday a second time within two weeks, this time on a charge of embezzlement at Shell Lake. Mr. Probert has been having a great deal of trouble with his banking institutions here and at Sh< I Lake and Prescott since the panic < t 1893. He owes depositors nearly $150,000, and the state bank examiner a few days ago made a report showing that ) the cash resources of the three institutions aggregated only $550.' Probert is mayor of this city. - Nez Perce Lands to Be Opened. Washington, Nov. 9.—Yesterday S oretary Smith sent to the president a draft of the proclamation opening the Nez Perce ceded lands to settleinent. He suggests that the opening of the lands be fixed 10 days later than the time at whit ’• he appends his signature. This will give time for the proclamation to roach the land officers before the lands open to settlement. Relative of Mrs. Cleveland Dead. Chicago, Nov. 9.—J. W. Codmar died yesterday. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was that Mr. Codman killed himself while temper irily insane. B was a relative of President Cleveland t wife. _ ■ .Weather. Indiana aiid Illinois—Rain, followed by clearing weather in southern and central portions; fair in northern por tions; northerly winds and cooler in southern portions. - • - 1 ’ .. " '

To Remove That Tired Feeling, Take AYER'S T ® THE ONLY WORLD’S FAIR • Over Half a Century Old. Why Not Get the Best? AYER’S PILLS cure Headache. REFORMS IN ARMENIA. Christians Have Been Doing Some of the Fighting Themselves. OPPOSITION AND DESPAIR. Commerce Lomfs Heavily Through the Weakness <»f the Turkish Government. Minister Terrell’s Unsuccessful Attempt* to Get Permission to See an American Citizen. London, Nov. 8. —The Daily News' Constantinople correspondent, whose sympathies lean towards the Armenian side, admits that Moslem attacks have aroused such a spirit of opposition and despair among the Armenians that instead of allowing themselves to be killed quietly, as at Trebizond and Akhissar, the Armenians themselves commenced the attack at Zeitoun, Erzeroum and elsewhere, besides making ill-advised and mischievous demonstrations in Constantinople. “It will take years,” this correspondent continues, “to revive confidence and trade and commerce lost through the present condition of anarchy, due to the deplorable weakness and inaction of the government.” As an instance of this, the correspondent cites the fact that Hon. A. W. Terrell, United States minister, has been trying for two months to obtain permission for United States Consul Poche at Aleppo, to see an American citizen of Armenian origin,’ who has been sent to prison there for life. It is pointed out that Minister Terrell has - secured orders from the two grand viziers to,the local authorities at Aleppo to grant this permission, which has either been rescinded before t-hpcon-sul had an opportunity to act upon it, or has been disobeyed by the local governor, the desired.results being evaded rather than refused. “This is more remarkable,” the correspondent observes, “because Mr. Terrell has considerable personal influence at the porte. Yet now, after demanding the dismissal of the vali at Aleppo or that the porte itself should assume responsibility for refusal, he has only succeeded in getting an order for the prisoner to be brought here.” DOING HER BEST. Said Paslia Says Turkey Is Trying, to Carry Out the Reform Scheme. London, Nov. 8. —A Constantinople correspondent sends an interview with Said Pasha in -which he says he could not claim that the Turkish administration was snow-white, but it was certainly ndt as black as it was painted. The ministers, he said, were working hard to carry out the scheme of reforms, and counted upon England’s generosity not to increase the difficulties by encouraging the revolutionary Armenians, who, instead of being grateful for the concessions that had been made, were in open revolt throughout Asia. A dispatch from Vienna says that it is believed that the changes in the Turkish ministry are intended to appease Mahommedan' disaffection, and ara not a demonstration against Eng-' land, although Kiamil Pasha, the outgoing grand vizier, was the most proEnglish of the pashas. TROUBLE WITH THE TEXAS. Power of the Engines Impaired by an Obstructed Bilge Grating. Washington, Nov. B.—The examination of the battleship Texas in drydock at New Yo;k has verified the theory of Engineer-in-Chief Melville as to the cause of her failure to attain her estimated horsepower, owing to hot condensers. The mouth of the bilge grating, through which sea Water is pumped to cool the condensers, was'found to be choked with an impenetrable mat of seaweed with a gummy residum. The grating'is 15 by 31 inches and it was stopped, save a hole about eight inches square in the center, thus diminishing the water supply to one-sixth of the normal. It is believed, now that the obstruction has been removed, that the engines will easily make their horsepower. PIETZEL’S PROPERTY. Letters of Administration Asked For the Estate of Holmes* Vietim. Ft. Worth, Tex., Nov. B.—Q. T. Moreland has filed application for letters of administration on the estate of Burton T. Lyman', or B. F. Pietzel, as was Jhis real name, for the benefit of creditors. This is the man for whose murder Holmes has just been convicted in Philadelphia. Recently Attorney Hudson filed application for letters of administration on the estate of Minnie Williams, deceased. > She was the owner of the property that was deeded to ,Lyjnan by alleged fraudulent deeds and. Sin' of the many persons Holmes is accused of murdering. ■ a Kiisn county farmer reports having raised seven ears of corn from ontLgrain. There were 3,825 grains on theearjiKA Along shutdown is feared in phe tinplate works at Elwood on account of the strike. It is reported that a number of the men are moving to other uoints.

IS IN 1 my Hill WAY Affairs of Turkey Reported to Be Decidedly Critical. GOVERNMENT GETS MONEY. Ottoman Bank Make, an Advance •< •1,800,000, the Larger Part of Which Will Probably Be Stolen — Kx-Grand ▼lsler Practically M Kalla — Kearly Five Thousand Armenian. Maaaacred. Constantinople, Nov. 9.—There is no change for the better in the political situation here unless it rests on the fact that the Ottoman bank has advanced the Turkish government the sum of sl,600,000, which will enable the new minister of finance, Sabri Pasha, to provide for tho most pressing needs of the government. The latter, it would seem, consist in fitting out the army reserves just called out on the porte’s attempt to make some show of trying to restore order in Armenia; but there are so many other demands upon the Turkish treasury at ths present moment that the money just advanced would not go a long way even if it was placed to legitimate uses, which is not likely to be tho case. In the best informed circles here the situation is regarded •as decidedly critical and important developments are expected within a short time. The appointment of the ex-grand vizier, Kiamil Pasha, decidedly a well meaning man, as’ vali of Aleppo, is regarded here as toeing only another Way of sending him into exile. He may not . be actually exiled, but he will not be allowed to return from Aleppo until it suits the porte. He is charged with | many things, but the sum and substance ■ of it seems to be that he has been made ' a scapegoat for the sins and lack of i mercy of others. The Turkish troops are being concentrated at Marash for an advance on i Zeitoun, so soon as the military preparations are completed. Further private reports received, here ; from Diarbekir estimate the number of j Armenian victims of the recent massa- | ores at 5,000. It is believed that this number is in excess of the actual total I of those killed, but there seems to be no ' doubt that the victims are numbered by I the thousands. FRESH OUTRAGES. * I Report That Many Villages Have Been Burned' and Pillaged In Armenia. Berlin, Nov. 9. —The Vossische Zeit- I ung has news from Bucharest that fresh massacres have occurred an the villayet ‘ of Erzeroum and, that many villages have been burned and pillaged and enormous numbers killed. Relief Funds For Armenians. New York, Nov. 9.—The Arniepian Relief association of this city cablijs to the relief committee of London £4OO for , sufferers in Sassoun. A cable message , has been received bv the association from 'the Duke of Westminster giving information that the London committee are still able to Send funds to the region of the famine. Italy Ready to Act With England* London, Nov. 9. —A dispatch to The Times from Rome, referring to the gravity of the Turkish affair, says Italy is in perfect accord with England and that the Italian fleet, is ready to cooperate with the English fleet wherever the interest of European peace may need it. Dismemberment of Tarkey. Rome, Nov. 9.—-The Corrie del Mattino of Naples has advices to the effect that the Marquis of Salisbury has confidentially proposed to the powers the dismemberment of Turkey. —— i <J, ILLINOIS DAY AT ATLANTA. Fiv. Loaded Excursion Train. Leave the Windy City For the South. Chicago, Nov. 9.—The excursion to the Atlanta exposition left Chicago last i night on schedule time. There were five trains, three over the Eastern Illi- . nois and two over the Pennsylvania line—conveying the First regiment Illinois. National Guard, Governor Altgqld and staff, Senator Cullom and party, Mayor Swift and party and a large num- ' ber of Chicago’s representatives, invited by the Chicago Southern States association, and many people from surround- ! ing cities. Altogether there were nearly , 1,580 people on the trains. This afternoon the Cook county Democratic inarching club and many mem-! bers of'the Cook county Democracy will-: leave viji thaJ.llinois Central. They will stop at jßLphis on Sunday, an eiitertainmeniOßting beef? arranged for ; them there. WBiey will reach Atlanta j Monday in time to take part in the cele- ! bration of Illinois day at the exposition, i Don’t Want Bipartisan Boards. Columbia, S. C., Nov. 9.—ln the con-. Btitutional convention lost night Sena- : tor Tillman, chairman of the suffrage committee, made a great effort to have ' reincorporated in the suffrage article j reported by his committee the clause stricken out Tuesday night providing ! for bipartisan election boards, ’lie mace i a characteristic speech, but the convention by a vote of 75 to 51 refused to divide the control of the election machinery. " Alleged Shortage of a Fosttoaster. Saylor Springs, Ills., Nov. 9.—William Garst. the postmaster at Ingraham, was found to be short in his accounts with the postoffice department, his bondsmen taking charge of the office this week. He disappeared from home and it is feared ne has committed suicide. A search is being made for his body. . Carlisle's Nephew Not Guilty. Lyndon, Kan., Nov. 9.—Dr. R. G. Mullings of Lebo, Coffey county, a nephew of John G. Carlisle, secretary of the treasury, after a two days' trial, was acquitted of the charge of murdering J. W. "Blake on the afternoon of Dec. 27, 1894, at Arvonia. The defendant proved the shooting was in self-de-fense.

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Grand Jury to Make an Investigation j of That Mysterious Crime. i PEOPLE UNDER SUSPICION. Footprints In the Sand and Other Circumstantial Evidence Likely to Solve the Mystery—Desperate Struggle of an Aged Man With Two Robbers—Young “Ticktacker” Seriously Shot—ltems. Bristol, Ind., Nov. 9.—The grand ‘ jury which has been called to convene ' Monday may make a thorough investii gation of the Crumbaker murder mystery. -Jonathan Crumbaker, who was ' on hi«s way home- from Elkhart, was waylaid on the public highway and brutally murdered aoout a year ago. The assassins made their escape and have since been at large. The murderers’ footsteps were traced in the sand for a' long distance, when all trace was lost. For a time it was’ believed that a man in jail at Woodstock, Ills., was guilty of the murder, but he established an alibi and suspicion was directed elsewhere. The allegation.' is now made p that persons living here are guilty of the | crime. The size of the footprints made in the sand and other sensational circumstantial evidence promise to solve the mystery. The motive for the crime was robbery. STRUGGLE WITH ROBBERS. Milton Seller., Aged Seventy, Make, a Flucky Defense of His Home. Bedford, Ind., Nov. 9. —Milton Sellers, 70 years old, living west of here, went out on his back porch and found Himself confronted by two men, who were evidently waiting for the family to retire. Mr. Sellers immediately closed with one of them and in a desperate struggle was shot twice, once in the left breast, which glanced on a rib, and again in the leg. The robbers then endeavored to get away, but Mr. Seller’s held on to his man until the companion came to the rescue, after which they escaped. Mr. Sellers, however, retained his hold upon the revolver. Bloodhounds have been sent for from Seymour to trace the robbers. Fell From a Scaffold. Brazil, Ind., Nov. 9.—Captain John ■ Bailey was probably fatally injured by the fall of a high scaffold at the rollingI mill annex. Mr. Bailey and Hum bolt I Mcßride were placing a band around i the smokestack. Suddenly the scaffold gave way and Bailey’Tell headforemost to the ground 40 feet below. His scalp . was torn off, his nose broken, his right ? leg dislocated and his right arm frac--1 tured and dislocated. Mcßride was ■ saved by catching onto a cross timber. ••Ticktacker” Accidentally Shot. RigHMOND, Ind., Nov. 9.—Louis Stackj house, a young man of Greenfork, was ; accidentally shot by Moses Hatfield, a : prominent citizen of the town. Stack- ; house and somfi other boys were putting i a “ticktack” on the window of Hat- : field’s house, and rhe latter to frighten : them, fired a revolver in the air. The . bullet struck a tree, glanced downward

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and lodged in the abdomen of the young man. His condition is serious. Defaulted His Bond. San Francisco, Nov. B.—J. C. Davis of Rochester, who was arrested here several months ago charged with fraud, ■ has disappeared. When his case was called for trial his $4,000 bail was declared forfeited. Davis came to San Francisco on his wedding trip, having married the daughter of a wealthy Rochester lumberman. The police believe they are in Europe. Will be entitled to two weeks in which to prepare their brief, and it is understood that they will avail themselves of the full period. Theodore Durrant’s Case. San Francisco, Nov. B.—Theodore Durrant will be taken to court today ostensibly to be sentenced for the murder of Blanche Lamont. There, is little prospect, however, that sentence will be pronounced. Attorneys for the defense will move for a new trial, and this mo-’ tion will entail a continuance. They Crusade Against Cigarettes. Logansl’Ort, Ind., Nov. 8. — Mrs. Martha Pettit and Bert Kingsbury were arrested at Monticello and fined $lO each, with costs, for selling cigarettes to youths under 16. The action is the result of an investigation started by Superintendent Hamilton of the city schools of that place. It is said the school superintendents of the state, at their last meeting, determined upon a vigorous’crusade against the cigarette habit. ” INDIANA NOTES. Daniel Mclntire, one of the pioneers of Grant county, is dead at his home in Marion. He was 70 years old. Two heavy freight trains on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois road met head on at West Union. Both engines were wrecked and one of the firemen badly injured. Mrs. Peter Ehrlich, one of the wealthiest and best known ladies of Clay county,.is dead at her home in Newberg as the result of being kicked and trampled by a refractory horse. A welcome rain has fallen in many parts of the state,’ Bedford reporting an especially heavy fall. While the northern part of the state was favored with enough to effectively quench the marsh fires. Hon. Li. P. Newby was voted a goldheaded cane by Henry county Republicans as the most popular candidate for governor. . , A large golden eagle was 4 shot near Hillsboro yesterday. It measured nearly eight feet from tip to tip, and was gorgeous in plumage. Last night the Republicans of Henry county celebrated the recent victory. Fireworks and 50 barrels of hard cider were the features. The wall-- of the courthouse at Brazil Were so badly cracked by the recent eiirthit is thought the building will have to come down. Many cases of typhoid fever are reported in Rossville. Clinton county. There have ' bee.n a number of deaths from the disease, I and a dozen others are iu a dangerous con- ' ditiou. * r Patrick Gleason, an old resident of Jefii fersonville K went to Louisville on Monday ■ and has not been seen since. His family ] is much alarmed over his continued nb- , sence and fear foul play, as he had considerable mom-yin his,possession. Suit has lieeii brought in the federal eouri at IndianApolis by John C. Shaffer ; against R L. F. Peirce for the collection ! of a $25,1)00 note. The litigation grows out i i>f h deal made a few years ago by Indiani ipblis parties for the Los Angeles waterworks.