Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 36, Decatur, Adams County, 22 November 1895 — Page 9

’ business Directory. 111 —fc— I THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK. DECATUR. - INDIANA. CAPITAL STOCK, SIOO,OOO. OFFICERS:—P. W. Smith. President; J. H. Holthousk. Vioe-PresidOnt; C. A. Dogan, Cashier; E. X. Ehinokh, Assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS:—P- W. Smith, Wm. A. Kukblbk, J. D. Hale, D. G M. Thoiit, J. H. Hohrock. C. A. Dugan. John B. Holthousk. This bunk doos a Funeral banking business. Loans money upon approved seeurlty. discounts paper, makes collections, sends money L to any points, buys oounty and city orders, i Interest given on money deposited, on time " x certificates. The Old Adams County Bank CAPITAL. 1120,000. ESTA BLISIIKD, 1871. Officers:—W. H. Niblick, Pres.. D. Rtudaeaker. Vice-pros; Rufus K. Allison, Cashier. 8. 3. Niblick. Ass’t Cashier. Do a general banking business. Collections made in all paAts of the country. County. City and Township orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. 111 ' '■=? | Paul G. Hooper, A ttr>T > Ti.e.~V r a-t La w Deeutlir. Indiana. Patents a specialty. R, S- PETERSON, Attorney at Tjaxxr, * DECATUR, ... INDIANA. t omce Rooms 1 and 2. A. Holthouse Block. J. 3FL. 8080, S nARTEK COMMISSIONER AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Heal Estate and Collections. ■SSS —'"-!■■ 12-'-*' ----- , ' ■ — R. K. ERWIN. . Attorney-at-Ijnw, Boom 1 and 2 Niblick & Tonnellier Block, Decatur. Indiana. G. H. DICKERSON, , Attorney and Notary X a xxt>llo. Pension claims a specialty Real estate and 6 dlection agent. Geneva, - - Indiana. — ■ ry£RS. M. L. HOLLOWAY, M. D. Office and residence one door north of M. E. church. Diseases of women and children a •pecialty. A. G. HOLLOWAY, Physician and Surgeon. Office over Boston Store. Residence ao-oss the street from his former home. 38-31 ts . ,—— —— FRANCE dt JIEKRVMAN. I . .... .. Attornoys-at-XiatAz, Office:—Nos. 1, 4 and 3, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. ( D. J. ERWIN, Physician <fc Su.rseon, All calls promptly attended day or night. | Office over Journal office, corner of Mourqa , and Third street. ..Residence on Marshall street near Third. JT. <?-KTJEI’TTJ'KraE!. DENTIST. M I I ¥ VTCV 1 -I Now located over Holt house'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. 0-0 TO H. M. ROMBERG For Yonr LIVERY. The Best Rigs and moat Reasonable Prices. Utt | \ == ENSLEY & MESHBERCER, —Dealers in—- -: Building, Derrick, Curb and Flag STONE. Linn Grove. Indiana. BTCotne and see us before you bur. Madison Street Gallery. MISS JULIA BRADLEY & BRO., Props. (Successors to H. B. Knott.) Carnets, Tintypes, Photos, Groups Done In the latest style of art. All work guaranteed and price the lowest. Gallery on Madison street, north of court bouse. 38-31tf Look Here! I am here to stay and can <ell Organs aifl' Pianos 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. COOTS De r atnr, Ind. J D. RALE, • - DEALER IN Grain. Oil, Seeds, '-Coal, » Wool Lime, Salt, Fertilizers, Elevators on the Chicago It Erie and Clover Leaf railroads. Office and Retail store southeast corner of Seoond and -veffsrson streets. PATRONAGE SOLICITED C..1 .’i v l Ai* “ ■ r‘ jL' t'

HOUSE m RABIES. Bitten In the Nose Three Weeks Ago by n Strange Dog. ANIMAL PROMPTLY KILLED. Preacher's Strange Entry Into the*Fleld of Literature — Woman Shoot* Her Neighbor In a Quarrel Over Chicken*. Young Man Lying at the Pofut of Death From Kxceaslve Cigarette Smoking. Mooresville, Ind., Nov. 15.—About three weeks ago a horse belonging to .1. P. Calvert of this place was bitten on tiie nose by a strange dog and terribly lacerated. Mr. Calvert feared the dog was mad and has kept a close watch on his horse. Yesterday the horse was seized of hydrophobia in its worst form, biting itself and everything in reach. ! The horse was promptly killed. It is 1 said that several dogs and a great deal | of stock in this vicinity was bitten by the sumo dog. DRIVER INTO LITERATURE. Large and Painful Carbuncle Responsible For a I'astor's New Vocation. Greenwood, Ind., Nov. 15.—Some people are naturally endowed with a i literary bent, while others take to literI ature from necessity, but a large and painful carbuncle is responsible for the entry of- Rev. F..M. Westhafer,pastor of a church at this place, into the field of fiction. His suffering from one of Job’s comforters on the neck was so intense he could not sleep, and so he" amused himself by writing a story. The product of his sleepless nights appeared to him so satisfactory that it was sent to The Youth’s Companion to be entered in competition for prizes. Last week; the awards were . ’<t and Mr. Westhafer was one of the <v. ners. He will delve further into the ne.. vocation so strangely opened to him. QUARREL OVER CHICKENS. Mrs. Sarah Davis Shoots and Fatally Wounds Her Neighbor. Rockpout, Ind., Nov. 15.—Mrs. Sarah Davis shot and fatally wounded Mrs. •Isabella Goodman, her neighbor, yesterday. They quarreled about their chickens. Mrs. Davis is in jail. Victim of Excessive Cigarette Smoking. Converse, Ind., Nov. 15. — Pearl Pence, the 17-vear-old son of John Pence, and one <n the brightest young men in the town, is a victim of excessive cigarette smoking. He began using cigarettes four or five years ago and the habit grew upoa him until he became a slave to it. His health began to fail and he jftopped using the weed, but his systen/ had become so saturated with the poison that he was beyond the reach of medical aid, and yesterday he died. Prison North Statistics. Michigan City, Ind., Nov. 15.—Warden Harley of the Indiana prison north has submitted his report to the state for I the fiscal year just ended. The gross receipts were $106,400.20; expenditures, $100,000..... The report.. shows that the number of prisoners received was 442; discharged, 4f7; pardoned and paroled, 48; died, 15; remanded, 3. The decrease in the population of the prison for the ypar was 54. Miami Indian Commits Suicide. Marion, Ind., Nov** 15.—An Indian living on the reservation east of here named Camelus A’xytawaw, committed suicide by shooting himself. Too much firewater is the only reason assigned. He was a member of the Miami tribe, and at one time was very wealthy, but through bad management lost his money. * Two Freight Trains Collide* Muncie, Ind., Nov. 15.—There was a head-on collision at the Big Four depot yesterday between two freight trains. Mogul engine No. 251 was nearly ruined, and Engineer Chip Quigley of Bellefontaine was injured, but not dangerously. Get Venturesome In Their Old Age. Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 15. —Frederick Gasser, 70 years old, of this city, and Emile Gasser, 64, of Waterloo, Wis., were married here yesterday. It is the first venture in matrimony for either of them. Accidental Discharge of a Gun. Columbus, Ind., Nov. 15.—Jesse Baker, near Waymansville, while hunting, accidentally discharged one barrel of his shotgun, the charge tearing off his left hand. * INDIANA NOTES. Carroll county farmers are losing many hogs from cholera Depositions,in the Zella Nicolaus-Gould damage suit will be taken in Wabash on Dec. 4. ' The Central Union Telephone company has put in a plant at Washington, including long-distance connection. The rate by'vall between Evansville and St. Louis has been etit to $6 for the round trip, and the'prospeclJT g<s<«i foT' a fate war. Lewis Roberts, a wealthy farmer of Hamilton county, is dead. He settled in the county (55 years ago, coming there from Pennsylvania. The Standard Huband Block company’s plant at Marion was sold yesterday by the receivers to Stepbep J, Seneca for $27,000 The plant, will be enlarged. Francis Orr was suffocated in a well at Bristow, Perry county. Two others in the same well were, prostrated, but Mrs. Orr alarmed the neighbors in time to save their lives. Genera 1 Harrison left for New York yesterday afternoon and this evening will pre side at the meeting in the interests of for eign missions at Carnegie hall in that city. He will probably be detained in the east on business matters for several days. Governor Matthews yesterday pardoned two convicts—James Bpgers. sent up for two years for iwsault.frdm Jasper county, and Charles Boden of Hamilton county, sentenced to two years for miooting. Developments since the trial leads the governor to believe that both men were iuuu•ent.

For Stomach Or Liver Troubles, Take BYERS M Cathartic Pills Received Highest Awards At World’s Fair. After sickness, take Ayer's Sarsaparilla, HAS A NEW FAVORITE. ll' Proposed a Pleasing Financial Sehoine to Hie Sultan, IZSET TO BE CHAMBERLAIN. Abdul Hamid Awakeninfe to the Serlou* Nature of His Posltlotf—Account of the Massacre of Erzeroum —Was Undoubtedly Ordered by the Authorities—Will Arrange a Naval Demonstration. London, Nov. 16.—A dispatch to The Times from Constantinople says the intermediary who persuaded the sultan to grant the moratorium, was a man named Izset. The sultan had never heard of a moratorium, but the Turkish mind takes kindly to any programme iroviding for a postponement of the payment of debts, and the plan was accepted without loss of time. It was Izset who denounced • Kiamil Pasha, and he will be appointed first chamberlain of the palace. Several palace officials wili probably be dismissed in the near future. Among them are the first and second chamberlains of the palace. These officials were among the few respectable men connected with the household of the sultan. Both are reputed to have been fond of money, but neither official had the ravenous appetite and easy digestion of Izset. The ministers were in session almost the entire day Thursday, the sultan I awakening to the serious nature of the i position which he occupies at the present time, but he is so impressionable that all that would be required would be for some palace spy to divulge some ■ imaginary plot and turn all his majesty’s thoughts into another channel. No Dea.<l Turks. A dispatch to The Times from Erzcrouin says that a letter nearly four columns in length, dated Nov. 3d, fully confirms the accounts recently published concerning the massacre there, i The writer says that it is impossible yet to ascertain, the number of the killed. I Some persons assert that it will reach ! fuliy 2,0v0. I short of the total. Continuing, the I writer says: “We have not dared to | go to the quarters of the city where the Turks are too numerous. It might be said of the tithes of Christians who have been victims thus far, an.l I have not the opportunity of investigating ! more than 1-lp of the cases, I have yet to hear of a single dead Turk m this struggle. This 1 think disproves the charges of the aggressiveness brought, up against, the Armenians. The bare, bold fact is tlmt it was purely a mas‘eacre of the innocent inhaDjtants'by the enraged Turks, and but for the presence of foreign consuls things would have been fay worse. With the coming of winter the misery in store for the remaining Armenians wjill be terrible.’’ The correspondent quoted, who was I staying at the American mission, says that he has heard testimony in varioi quarters that the government opdereu the massacres, which were to be executed according to preconcerted signals. Joint Naval Demonstration. Vienna, Nov. 16.—A Constantinople dispatch received here reports that the ambassadors will today give notice to the sultan of their intention to arrange for a joint naval demonstration. SENATOR HILL TO LECTURE. Leader of the New York Democracy Will Make Hi* Debut In Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 16.—Senator David B. Hill is going on the lecture platform and Chicago will be the city of his debut. This somewhat surprising bit of news was made public yesterday by the call of a young man at the office of the Auditorium. The young man wantc to see Manager Milward Adams, and when he was admitted to Mr. Adams’ office he ahnounced'that he wanted the first open date of the big theater. Mr. Adaiqs Wanted to know with whom he was talking, and the young man produced a card identifying himself, as ‘ ’representing Senator - David B. Hill of New Y'ork. ’’ He liad all necessary credentials to prove that he w;as authorized i to represent the leader of the New York I Democracy and to make contracts for his lectures. He and Manager Adams soon came to terms. Senator Hill will make his first appearance in Chicago on the night of Friday, Dec. 6, at the Auditorium. The subject of his lecture will be “Liberty.” Slayer of Frank Swaney Acquitted. Youngstown, 0., Nov. 16. —Daniel Courtney," charged with the killing of Frank Swaney, his son-in-law, was placed on the witness stand yesterday and testified in his own behalf. Mrs. Swaney had separated from her husband and gone to her father, who warned Swaney to stay away. Swaney, with a revolver in his Hand and a hatchet in his pocket, forced his way into the house and Qourttiey shot him. The jury last night acquitted# him on the ground of self-defense. Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder /WMMNt -kJ** -«•. am Mtaaamw,

BMKS CONDITIONS. Weekly Report on Trade Matters by Dun Co. anil BradstreefS. UNCERTAINTY AS TO CROPS. Demand For Iron and Steel Product* Falling Off—Unfavorable Influence of the Mild Weather on Trade—Price* ot Woolen Good* on the Increa»e—Wheat Export*—Failure* For the Week. New York, Nov. 16. —R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of trade to day. say: The scare about gold exports had no real significance, and although $2,250,000 more will go out today, the stock market has been recovering. There was and is a substantial cause of difficulty in the fact that exports of products have been too small to meet the greatly increased imports of merchandise. The government monthly crop report i has caused, as usual, rather more uncer- | tainty as to its interpretation than pre viously existed as to crops The cotton statement, lacking account'of acreage .on which it is based, w is only of speculative value, and the m re rumor that Mr. Neill has reduced iiis estimate oil the crop actually weighed more than I the official estimate. The bottom fact is that even a smaller crop than anybody expects, with tbe 3,000,005 bales carried over, will assuredly prevent any famine in cotton. Meanwhile the exports have decreased more than one-third. The demand for priKiucts of iron and steel falls off, notwithstanding the increase in output of pig, and thougn only a few concerns have cldsed" or reduced work or wages on account of lack of orders, prices are sinking, having declined 2.7 per ceut for the week and 6.4 per cent from .the highest point. For the past week the failures have been 283 in the United States against 270 in the same week last year, and 4’.i in Canada against 38 last year. Uufavorable Influence of Mild \ynether. New York, Nov. In.—Bradstreet’s today says: The condition of general trade continues irregular and without material change. There is a distinctfalling off in demand for iron and steel, with perhaps the heaviest reaction in quotations in those lines reported iu any week since the late boom in those metals reached its climax. Central western cities continue to feel the unfavorable influence of unseasonably mild weather, which is true as well of cities at the northwest. There is.a decrease in quotations for wheat, corn, oats, pork, cotton aud print cloths, with an unexpected im L provemenf. in deiiiaiid ahd prices for woolen goods. Total exports of wheat (flour included as wheat) from both coasts of the ■ United States and Montreal this week j aggregate 3,325,G.M) bushels. Last week I the total was 2,556,01X1 bushels and in ■ the week one year ago it was 2,1)01),00(1 I bushels. Total exports of Indian corn from both coasts of the I ’ nited’States this week amount to 1,’.121,000, 50 per cent more Ilian last week. STORY FROM MEXICO. “ „ “a o ' Spain Will Throw Ctiba Into the Possession of Great. Britain. City of Mexico, Nov. 16.—A prominent Spaniard here who is in close. touch with the Spanish government ■ says that, before Spain will concede Cu- j ban independence or permit the island to come under a United Spates protecto-1 rate qr rule, she will throw Cuba into I the hands of England, conceding to j England ostensible possession for a | number of years until England collects the sum of money whiCli is due her from Spain for advances made to carry on the war with Cuba. Says Cuba Should Not Be Recognized. Springfield, 0., Nov. 16.’—In an animated discussion by Mitchel post, Grand Army of the Republic, of the Cuban question, General J. Warren Keifer, ex-speaker, claimed that the United States could not consistently recognize the Cuban patriots as belligerents for the reason that the United States protested when European powers so recognized the confederacy. Spanish Squadron Off For Cuba. Havana, Nov. 16.—A squadron con sisting of the cruisers Ensenada, Cortes, Pizarro and Vasco has left Palma, ac-! compaiiied by the transport Legazpi. ] carrying material which will be utilized ; inputting the forts and the water of; the harbors of the island of Cuba in a' state of defense. FREE SILVER CONFERENCE. 0 White Metal Advocates to Arrange For a National Convention. Washington, Nov. 16. —The executive committee of the American bimetallic league yesterday unanimously, adopted a resolution accepting the invitation of the ilational silver committee ’ of t'hh'ago in.,calling a confcrunce-of I those who believe in the free coinage of j gold ami silver at 16 to 1 independently | of other countries to meet at Washing- i ton Jan. 22. 1896. for the uui’DQse of ar- [ ranging for a national convention. By the terms of the resolution each organization is to be equally represented, neither to have more than 25 tatives. a Will Not Sell Coal to Em pl ore*. - , Omaha, Nov. 16,—1t has been the. custom for a number of for the Union Pacific, railroad to sell its employes coal at reduced rates. This will be discontinued Jan. 12. I.t affects” every num on the system, ami the privilege has beem 'coveted by who could lay any chuin td" being an employe. ’ Will Try Transfusion of Blood. Montreal, Nov. 16.— professor William Osler (<Johns Hopkins University arrived heye yesterday to attend R. L. Gault, the Canadian cotton king, who is dying with Bright’s disease. As a last effort to save him transfusion of filoodL w tobfng resorted to. ' "

F. SCHAFER & LOCH’S HARDWABE ' STORE. $ HeMclciviartcrff For STOVES AND RANGES. PFlnter is now close at hand and you will need a stove. lie have an endless variety and a large stock to select from, and our prices are WORLD j}EATERS bCIJ 1 £• Robes, Blankets, THiips, 1 XIAPIT Al Slei £ hs > Bu gg ies > Surreys, UlJVvIv VI Road carts and the celebrated Tunbul JFagons Is Unequalled in the City. and see us, 2nd street, Decatur, Ind.

mpUAWILD' Five-Yhar-Okl Girl Taken From Her Home In Perry County. GUILTY MAN UNDER ARREST All the Adult Members of the Camp Taken In Charge by the Officers, But I Released When the Principal Con- I ' fessed—Death of Governor Matthews' Son —Soldiers' Home—Notes. English, Ind., Nov. 16.—A gypsy named Abram Romer is under arrest here charged with kidnaping the 5- i year-old daughter of Michael Dobbins of Derby, Perry cc nty.■ The child was taken on Frida v la>i, and Ihe gypsies were followed to this joint. Fourteen members of tl’.e camp, all of them over 16 years o : d, were also arrested, but; they were re leased upon Romer admit-1 ting his guiit,. which Was corroborated I by the child. Kerner, who is over six! feet high and swarthy as an Arab, says ' he is 51 years ol<L ai> I claims to be a native of Engiancr fie was sent to jail i in default of $2,500 bail. I Death nf Renick Seymour Matthews. Indianapolis, Nov. 16. —Renick Seymour Matthews, son of Governor Matthews, who was on the road to recovery from an attack Os typhoid fever at Atlanta, had a relapse Thursday evening ’ and s. Matt hews wai at her i I son’s bedside when death caiue) The . i governor himself was there m<jtf of last ; ’ week, but was compelled to return j I home on account of pressing state busi-j I mess, arid when lie left the attending : physickin had pronounced the young j mar, AMU-of danger. Mr. Matthews Wits 1 in charge of the Smithsonian exhibit ar i the exposition, and was considered one of the brightest young men connected I I with that famous institution. ' - ... I State Solfliers’ Home Application Blanks. ! Indianapolis, Nov. 16!—The trustees of the new soldiers' home have issued application blanks to the 500 Grand ( Army posts of the state. Post com-' manders are asked to see that those who ‘ desire to enter the home and are eli.tp | iblemake application immediately. The first task will be to gather up all the veterans of the war who are confined iu the almshouses of the counties. It is believed there are 200 or 300 of this class. The home will be open Jan. 1. Wives and widows of veterans will also be admitted. * Flirt I) quake Scare Causes Insanity. Laporte, Ind., Nov. 15.—David L. Pearson, living near New Buffalo, has become insane as the result of the recent earthquake. He was awakened on the morning of Oct. 31 by the shock, and he thought the world was coming ■ to an end. The hallucination has so I preyed upon that he is now j hopelessly deranged. It is feared that 1 other members of the family will become similarly affected. Veteran Indiana Editor Dead. Princeton; Ind., Nov. 16. —William ' H. Evans, the veteran Democratic edi- ; ■ tor of southern Indiana, is dead at Isis | 1 home at Oakland City, aged 60 years. He founded the Princeton Democrat in

Schlegel, DEALER IN LIGIfMG RODS, SPOOK ROOFIH A® Tinware of all Kinds. Slove-PiDiup, Rfijiairiuir and MiHodo loorio. n. Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur, - - - Indiana,

[ 1863, and was the editor of The Free Press, Oakland City, at the time of his death. He was postmaster of this qity during Cleveland’s-first administration.. Deceived as to Ilia Wife’s Health. Rushville, Ind., Nov. 16.—Charles E. Ferrell has brought an action for divorce, claiming that his wife misrepre- ' sented the state of her health before marriage. A fewmonths after the ceremony he discovered that she had been subject to epilepsy from her youth, whereas she had claimed herself to t><‘ iu perfect health. Four Slater. Fall With a Scaffold. Elkhart, Ind., Nov 16. —While engaged in the roof of the new Episcopal church yesterday, four men were thrown to the ground, a distance of over 60 feet, by the breaking of a : scaffold. Herman Weisse was fatally injured internally, but the others miraculously escaped with only slight injuries. Women Highwaymen. Marion, Ind., Nov. 16.—Two women have entered the ranks of highwaymen in this city. Several people have been ! stopped by the women, but in each case i they got away with losing anything, I The women, appear to have no weapons * I but stones, police so far have ! been unable to capture tliem. , Boat Strikes a Rock. Madison, Ind., Nov. 16.—The Madison and Louisville passenger steamship ■ Sunshine struck a rock yesterday at Cooper’s Bar, breaking her hull and floor timbers. There is three feet of water in her hold. She will be bulk--headed and raised. Nobody hurt. / Makes an Assignment. Greensburg, . Ind., Nov. 16.—WilT- ! iani Ehrhardt,! for several years a tailor ; in this city, n>/ade an assignment yester'j day in favor of hi§ creditors. Assets, $2,000; liabilities, $2,5<5u. • •S?’’ ' League of Agrumlturel I’ailer.% Chicago. Nov. 16.—A national organi-. ' zation of agricultural newspaper men was organized yesterday, 60 papers i from all Darts of the United States beI ing repres< nted. The-organization was ; 1 named tho Agricultural Press league, • and the officers for-the coming year aye M. J. Lawre tce. president; ,1. W. Wili,soil, vice president, and J. B. Connoipof J Indianapolis, treasurer. The next meeting of the league xv,ill be held in this j city in March. Crew of a Ship Iu Danger. London, NJv. 16;—A large bark-is. ashore at Wembury Bay, Plymouth. The crew lias taken to the rigging. There is a treniendous gale on and a lifeboat and tug have been vainly trying for hours to reach the vessel. It is feared that ail on board will perish. Elgin’s New Hospital Dedicated. Elgin, Ills., Nov. 16.—Sherman hospital, costing $23,(»00 aud managed by the Woman’s ciub, has been formally dedicated. The hospital was found-<1 *n 1888.. The institution has been aided oy many organizufjens ana individuals. The Showers Brothers’ Furniture com■i pady of Bloomington has contracted with I the prison south for all the idle convicts. I The company will establish a factory witbin the prison wtdls.’ < The safe in L. K. Brand's office at Mun- | tie was blown open by burglars and robbed;' I Yesterday, when Mr. Brand went to his ofI See he found a note frqtn Ais nocturnal ristors advising him to fijjy another make -ts safe next time. . ' . " - . - .._ _ ...