Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 3, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1896 — Page 9

Business Directory. uu: mm m'houl bank. DECATUR. - INDIANA. * I VI’ITAL STOCK. SIOO,OOO. M lil’lJ S, - - - 1,000. (•TWICERS: P.O'. Smith, President: .1 II Hoi.nim -i:. Vice-President; C. A De .an, Cfislner: E. X. EniNCKH. Assistitut Cnsliier. DIRECTORS .lon' It. Hoi.inotsr. I. Gol.X'k.H. <. A IH'G IN, ■). II I' IIXIK'K P W. /IS.tiTn. 11. R- Moi.’iz. .1, li. II Al i V Interest ulven on money dc|iosiled on time ' eertlfleiiicr. TheOld Adams County Bank <eAMTAL, »r~*nlO). ESTABLISHED. IS7I. OfficersW. 11. Niblick, Pres.. D. Stmill Baker, Vice-pres; Ruins lx. Allisou, Cashier, Bhii- S. Niblick. Ass't Cashier. Do n general banking business. Collections made in all |>a.ils ol the country. County, City ami Townshin orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought ami •old. Interest paid on time deposits. W . ZViMf (i. Hooper, Attorney zxt IjZxaaz Decatur. Indiana. Patents a specialty. R. S- PETERSON, Attorney at Law UKUAT I It, - - - INDIANA. Office Rooms 1 and 2. A. Holtliouse Block. J. H.. 8080, HAN IKK <OJIJIISMONKK AND A TTO It N K Y - A T- K A W. . deal Estate ami Collect i ms. _ — 11. K. EH II IX. Attornoy-at-xjaA?i7, Hoorn 1 and 2 Niblick N Tonnellier Block. Decatur, Indiana. * G. It. t>I<KKKM>N, Attorney «vxxcl UXTotnry r* TAlo lie. Pension claims a specialty Real estate and 6 election agent. , Geneva, - - Indiana. JI. L. HOLLOWAY, JI. D. Office ami residence one door north of M. E. t church-. Diseases of women and children a specialty. A. G. HOLLOW AY, Physician and Surgeon. Office over Boston Store. Residence nyoss . the street from his former home. 118-31 t-t* w FRAXCK A .JIKKKYMAX, Attornoyscat-Ijaxv, Office:—Nos. 1. 2 and 3. over the AiKmuh Coiwitv Bank. Ct Ho itions a specialty. 4 D..1. Fit WIN, Pliysician Surgeon. All calls promptly attended day or night. Office ami tjesim nee over Journal office, corner of Monroe and Third streets. .. _ w _ JT. C?. JJEPTUME, Now located over Holthouse's shoe store. 8 prepared to do all work perta ning to the. dental profession. Gold filling a specialty. By the use of Mayo’s Vapor he is enabled to extract teeth w ithout pain. Work guaranteed. OO TO ' H. M, ROMBERG K’or Your LiIVETLY. the Best Rigs and most Reasonable Prices, lit! , hL D. HALE, DEALER IN Grain, Oil, Seeds, Coal, Wool Lime, Salt, Fertilizers, EHevators on the Chicago & Erie and iCiover Leaf railroads. Office and. Retail store southeast corner of Second, and Jefferson streets. OF-YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITS! _ — ... ■ DRE YDl’l M Y BGRNED. Little Indianapolis Girl's c'btl’iing (’atcJXes Fire I Tom' h Biiluouu, lie.iter. Indian\pobis, -Apt d I rim lyitle 3-year-old daily u ter of Jo>-ph . j la. urnft. an visit sl flue honic of Uwr :'! done yes!. Vilify ali'Tii'ioti, Jis v s r-r frequent custom, to play V. th-reshe Climbed ljp the b;:’hl Oin lit I' 1.0 ]■ oi, out the wnr :o'v. Her <•!■:.. ' cal;.' lit fire and sit" t .-.li in, t■ ■; .ui i i house. Besie, Ipt ).,.y ir-Oiil sir I 'l',’ caught ill r’;:ii.| r011.',1 ill-1 in a I ■!' '!■ i I'm, A suviiiglicr p <■. b it; the ■ will w < < n-. ; . fully burr.'"!, especially m the 10l arm 'and left err. ' - Thrown 110-wp, mo Eiub'ankuicnt, Farmland. In L, April 1 — While — Mrs. —Sfoitsvoi al —j’’ l ister mid —Mrs; — K: S~ Mathews xyero out driving south ot . town. yesterday,-Hicir hpr-.i * too'; fright ■ • and ran away, an-' tne ladies wife | k hurled lro:;i tiib. bn 'V liuwn-.au < :i- ’ b: ;:>ii'iit and wi".- b ily,, injured. ■! Mrs. Fl, spy s I'yov Iy- is de. ■> lliTfixl.-r A. ,-. ;>lk ~ Citi. Api’Af'ia, i. d., Aprrt I. -!;. v. J. Vs. Bnrhetr. who'.hwtr"'ii pm tnyufUnr Arcadia (J.UnL.:.i:in clinD-h t'or...tiie )kist fjve years. I> :• r • ei\eda-e lil to’the i’ iist Chrr-'l me r ■-J CoJupH II : luik teiiyi'i'i'd iiis i i '" >m! ioA, to take ! effect next Sunday, after wirretr he good ! to his new charge.

BHING GLAD TIDINGS Senate Appropriates $2,000,000 For the Indianapolis Postoffice, I DISCUSSION QN THE BOND ISSUE. Rlr. PHlrr .Gave V'!’.<•« T’.at “He Will Call I p (hi* Bond I a«* Impili v its Simhi as Mr. l ii’i UIH Sprerh <»n the PtipiHil Uoik«* still Working on Siimlry Civil Apmroprhition Bill. W AsiiiNiiroN Mar< h'.Sir—The senate is t?> have a revival-of liftiiuhal air! bond .dis'-ussioil as a result of an am niated debate shortly before the session closed ’yesterday. Mr. I'eiYer's resolution for the appoiutnicnt of a.special committee of five senators to investigate rec-ent bond issues hail been relegated to the calendar, owing to the opposition of Mr. lliil, but it was reached in the regular order yesterday. Again Mr. Hill sought to have the resolution go over, but he was met by energetic protests not only from Mr, Peffer but also from Mr. Wolcott and Mr. Teller. The latter gave notice that further delays would not be resisted ,and Mr. Puffer followed with notice that he would move today to proceed with this Loud inquiry resolution a' soon as 'dr George concludes a speech on tin'lM-pon'. l This promises to bring a test vote unless dilatory tactics postpone the measure. Among the bills passed yesterday were those appropriating G’,(>«><).oo!) for a ; iblie building at Indianapolis and setting the I.mg pending aceouurs lietwe, u tl' • United States and Al'kmisas. DID NOV 1.0-I lIEU (ARGO. Stcitincr ( (inimuihH-i' aid to Have Bei ri A'iiilhis ting’. Washington. Mm'< h 31.—The treasury department has evider -e tending to show th:,it the st< auishi]> Commodqre wiiicli recently cleared from thq,port of Charleston. S. C. with arms and ammunition did not lose her cargo in a storm at sea as reported by her captain, but landed it mi the coast of Cuba. The collect-‘f of customs at Charleston in a report to tK’e secretary of the treasury says that the Comthodore cleared that port <m the !)th inst. for Tampa, Fla with manifest showing arms, ammunition and artillery. Gnthe 22nd she returned without Inr cargo and on the folluwing' dry she entered as IT. m s -a. Her <.".i V'tain made ;■ wleek report which says that he eneonnfered a severe gale and'that her cargo was thrown overboard ami the whole power of al] the pumps was used to keep her afloat. Tins statement, the collector says, is cootr idiefed by oneof the Commodore's fircret-n who stated that the cargo ax as sucessfully landed on the coast of ('ub:i. Other eydidenee in support of tin 1 fireman’s story is promised, and in ease it is proven to lie true, the vessel, it is said at the department, is liable to forfeiture to the government for violation of the navigation laws relating to clearance papers. ' - SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION. House Disposes of Fifteen of the One Humlied Pages. Washington. March 31.—'1’lie house yesterday took up the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill and disposed of 15 of rhe 100 pages before adjournment. During the general debate Mr. Cannon, the present head of . t :e appropriation committee and his predecessor Mr Savers (Tex ), interchanged opinions as to presem and past appropriations. , Mr. Cannon .in the course of his remarks, expressed the opinion .that the appropriations ff>r this session could iiot'fall below $50(1.(.)!)(),(1:.O. The action q£.,the committee in appropriating for contract work only until Alarch. 181)7, -xvas attacked, but -Mr. Cannon justified it on the ground that the same thing had. boon done last year in the case of the fortifications bill. But few amendmi'uts were added to the bill yesterday. Bit lit amendments to increase the salaries of lighthouse superintendents from .si.tiOy to SI,BOO werfr adopted. M IDE TWO AU EN DAI EN IS. Senate Coiiiinittiy < lianges House Bill to Aliolisl, Capital I’linisliinerit. Washington. March 31.—The senate committee on the judiciary made two amendments to tn» house Irill.to-abolish capital punishijumt in eertaiu-casesJiCi. fore reporting it to the senate. The first of these added •’treason” to the crimes of which an accused person was found guiil'A N\‘.e jury might qualify the verdict by adding the Acords ••without capital punishment.” L’iie second.aini'.iulment provided that when an Indian committed tire crime of rape yvithiii the limits of a reservation he ?.hall Im,' punched by imprison incut at tie' discretion ol' I he court. To Protect Biiiluay i*ass<'ngerH, Washington. March 31. — Senator Davis, from tl.ie judiciary eonmiiltee, 7 ye'terday repot I' ■■ ■ a v<irabiy to t lie sen - ate the bill makim: H unlawl'ul to shop!' nt or throw any nn-sile into a r,.ay locomotive or car or ip shoot al any person therein. TTp- bill has particularaplilicatiou to the Indian I t’rr-itorv and imposes. se\(••■.• id Hili.c." (Hl Innse \vll() violate its piovis ■ There is now on tile sla'l-jrl'c 'nooks i gem ral law on this subject appiical'i' :o t he olher portions ’ of tile Umon,' ■ ? ' Jjidtina Vim Cimfhiiied. Wasihnh*<>'v; M.n'.’ii 3t>. -The sen ate. in ext ent ive ses -ion vest er. ay con (irined the following nmN-i-i: ■! ions: ('lenient Dietrich of Ind ..i. to the Ijtitcd Stales consul al- inns', ’-'ranee; I’.. .1. ]\ van, as j on! ■ ■ ,'lt i».:•.i. 1. _XV iss.; ljieup'Maii.l Lol in ;m;n \lbert lhe;u .'ker,' i 'buri 'ei:th .. irv Jo.b • eolonM. Also q n r. ■ ■ ::ei: promotions tin-army. . — ~ Mhm. -<•' i t:all!- t'lHniv. WASltlXjfnS.g 'I r 11-J. i’:: c. .nt roller- of 1 II" ear ■. ;:..s - \■ d a .telegram annoime:n.» ihe.~us|'ii'iisi<hi ut the First Xa.ti'W'j iv.nk o.i' .Mo-tis. Minn. Batik. I'.xaminer Brush has I ven placed in charge. J. * I

To ♦ Remove That Tired Feeling,. Take IOS DIE ONLY WORLD’S PAIR F»Sarsapartlla . Over Hair a Century Old. , Why Not (let the Best? AYtR’S PILLS cure Headache. CONTESTING A WILLHeirs of Joseph Leonard Bring Suit Against the Sole Benficiary, SPOOKS DRIVE TENANTS AWAY. Kepntablr Resident of Logansport ClainiH He Rented a Itauiited House —Coiixalescnig From Paralysis Damages From a *• aiooiikeeper Condition of '••mail Fruit. News XoteH. Valparaiso, Ind., March 27.—A sensation was created here by the announcement that suit had been brought in the Porte; - circuit court to contest rhe validity of the will of t he late Joseph Leonard, a bachelor, vim was. al the time of his d nth. t l, e v, ■ ::l! hiest man in Porter county. The plaintiffs arc Mrs. j Clara Demotte. wile of ex-( ongr.essmaii Mark L. Demotte; William Stephens. .Mrs. Eva Finney, Mrs. Elizabeth Finney, wives of prominent mbH of this city, and Louis. Stephens, children of .Mrs. Martha Stephens, who was a sister ot the late Joseph' Leonard, and John ' Leonard, a brother. In January, 181)5. Joseph Leonard (lied. He left an estate valued ;:r over I $1300.000. By the terms of a wij.l exI evuted in 18ss he bequeathed all- his esI fate, both personal and real, to his bothej. - . James Leonard, and at His death . what was left of the estate sboicd tye I divided equally between the daughters of James Leonard. The plaintiffscluim : that the jiretended will is invalid and was wrongfully and unlawfully admitted to piobate; that -Joseph Leonard was of unsound mi nd; that tiie pretedned av,ill was revoked by Joseph Leonard after its execution and before his death, by a will in writing exeented'by himself and attested by two subscribing witnesses. SPOOKS INFESTED THE IKK SE. N - • Groans, Slirieks itmf Wailings Drive the Tenants to the Streit. Logansport. Ind., Alareh 27.—A week ago D. H. Lytle rented an old house which has had numerous occupants. Without exception every tenant ha(s*moved out within a few days after moving in. Lytle has followed a like course, and he says tliaf for six between 11 and 12. he and his wife, were visited by a shadowy, phosphorescent form, which beckoned until followed to a garret door, where it disappeared with a 1 ound which shook the house. Theii followed umJirihly groans, shrieks ami wailings, as if some one was rrt flirt,d agony. LytleL reputation for vflW'jty liteuiiquestioued. nnd the alba ir lias or - I’llsioJUkj intense excitement. Cxindil ion of Small I ruit. • . J ■ t» ' Lat>< htl. iml.t March 27.—Experts have been gathered' here from ev ry comity in northern Indiana' showing the eondifiou of small, fruits. The acreage planted is.neariy double that of last year, and it is the' consensus of opinion of fruitgrowers that in unprecedeiited -crop Will J>e mJ helled. The fruit .district, along the Miehigijn slate line reports that the peach ’trees ;tre ju perfect condition, imdrthat the crops will be a record,breaker. Convalescing I rom Paralvsis. Thorn town. L'id... Mur- li 2L—Robert W. Matthews who snffereiLa stroke of paralysis a few weeks ago at Gwens---yiHe. been brought Imre, to the home of his mother. He is slowly convalescing, Mr. Matthews is well known among tr.-iyi.dnfg men. His home has been at' Lcxingt -n, Ky., for the past 10 years.-.—' ?■ . Saloonkeeper Hast Pay Damages. ViNiT.NNHS, Ind., Marell ,27. — Mrs. Denia Ehlers .has been granted damages -by a jury against Adam Reinhart; -a saloonkeeper who . sold her husbamt liquor while the latter was intoxi.-ateij, • lililers being killed by a train while in that cmtdilion. The parties- residejjtj 1 iaziH< l lrf"':ntd the ease was blXlUght Ip're on li ('lsy'ge of vm:ue. ' Xsk to I iru on h-for.es. Indianapolis. Aiarch'Ji. I’heffranite qnd-M-a-rbln Dealers' ass-s ia:inn has decided to ask the next legislature to grant niailm' dealers the riglii to taken lieu on tomlisioLi's.' Lexxjs i io; li , i : 4.:--. city, v a> elect oil in , -,c "'m ami Schuyler Towell Os Log.Ce port, secretary and treasurer. “7 —■- - Mysterious l>isappi i nrauro< —l + tt>c. tnrtTfAttTjTh'’' 2 i. hunts- Hiss. a farmer, who until r> e< ..tlv resitlert-wtrh bis wife ai d two ehihiri n on John llnil--er's t'itrnV. tour in il' ;t : yon th of this i-ify. lias Niysfermusiv ui-rmie: i <l. 'ioavmo his I'amiix in pfnir < •■ht.u.i- t.i iwos Xo cause is-as.-i; lied tor bis I \iving home. "~ ■ . txt” IN ». H ntriA I NGS. Gciveruor M.tl'iiici.'s j,-I ;D iu a serious d'ululit ion. , I. I'wari! k’uts'ii'r •:• loy. <-.0 > by the J.o. -sfrtitimii o. \. I ' l ■ \m.ii. \V. A Wellons lijis In. n fippointed post ; 'j master at X'eednmre. Drown county.. Dr. 'l'. I'.'iim. for years a practitioner at liourlion, i-dead, aged I'd wars ' e>- ■ ' ' r ' ... .

SENATE’S FORECAST Arkansis Accounts, Postofflce Appropriations First on the Calendar, CUBAN QUESTION MAY COME UP. I'robali .Do- \i<- Ilu ll- Will Be a Long DebiiG GO. 111. Postotili'e p.i'lt Men--ur<. * ; i -ienl I xlerniinntion ol Abisl,a*i •• J- ll.iv Be l.rouglit to ttu* I’l'oiit. Hous, e/ili V, oi'U, ihi sunilry < ivil Bill. XVa'si jon. March 30. - ’rhe present nriam J in tlie .senate is to tak'-up the bjll prw. adiig fora settlement of th" acconfft- I' tween th" state of Arkansas and tin ('mt'd States at the eoix-hision of the n riioig hour today and to give the da;, to that bill, if necessary, to dispose of it. It is doubtful, however, whether further time will lie given the bill if 11 is not oaf of the way when file adjournment hour is reached- tonight. It is t xtieefed that the posfoffie,. appropriation bill will be reported tr in the appropriations committee today, and if it should be the disposition will lie to j take it up in the senate tomorrow and pass it as soon as possible. I Senator Mitchell sgys that lie will ‘ ask th<' - uate to pri coed with the consideration of the Lhipoiit election case after today, providing appropriation bills do not stand in the way. Senat"!'(icorge alreaily lias given notice of aspei'ch on tins question and will be heard among others when the qqf stiori is'tifkvu. up. There probably will ..i .o

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: prolom.-'"' i bate over the posrnfn bill unless upon tile fast mail subsidies and it xx ill. in .ill iikihood. be disposed ot in two or • litee days time. The apprnpiations c miinittee hope to have the Inllian ; and naval apnfopriatioiis bills ready to 'report lw the last of the week. i If there should be any time between ■ the disposition of rhe. postoffice bill and the reporting of these two bills the calendar, affords plenty ot material to work j upon. Senator Camion s rcsolutioi'i ’"directing, the opening ot the Uilcompah'gre I-ndian reservation in. L tah, which created such an animated debate a few davs since, will bei-oilie the unfinished business ;ifr<T the Arkansas bill. The foreign'relations committee is anxious to get u]> the bill to prevent the extermination of the Alaskan seals as.-non as possible, and it may be pressed to the front during the week.; . k HIH SE PROGII AMIII’, Most of the Week Wilt Be ( ousiinied by the sundry C ivil Vppropriation Bill. XVasiiing ion. March 30.—The sundry ! civ.il appropriation bill probably xvill consume the niajor„porti< n of rhe time ’ of the h";is ■ this w’eek lUtd bv many it I is co'nsLli'red doubtful whether it will | have keen dispo-ed ol' when the huiisc, ■ adjourns next Saturday. The bill wvl qireeip’t a’ ' the-general opposition oPtfie Detitoei " '■ side because ot the tact, already pointed our. that for .TPeimtinujng wa'l; now utidef comt a■•£> i rivit ami harbet and publieMmiidmg work) the i LilTe: i'.'ies H]>pi;oitrial ions for only eight j months This is an entirely new de- ; partner and w ill hrmg upa gem i tl <ii<- . cus<i< it o! Jis ail alot'g rite lino. ’i • fit aedirion to this [he bill carries s'2!>.I OOu.o over Sinod 1 11" 1 Its-, ihuti the I estim -• In ’he * Rds :: n< :_*•’’• '•'■>• which 1 maker ' the smitlfy eiv'l lull memlici's I are pi' sonally interested and M'heie tiie comm '.tee has deehu'ed, to i*; iimmi-nd -in ac"Ofdanee. with tiie esrimates the nieuji e; - intih'ested call be relied upon to puslt t lcir <lpp i sitioii to extremes. - It is th'e intent ion o's Chtiii inan Hitt ofTh" foreign atfaii;,s committee to call up the conference re;tort-- on tiie Culuin resolution as soon as tiie sundry iLvd bill.is out of t-he way. Tiie leaders of the house are liendifrg all tlieir efforts’to hasten Tiie ajipropriatiou bills.i-n orilef to efirrt an em'lv filial adjournme-’t. The.ri -er and harbor Dill is the t.ext at>proprta'ion bill in order alter the smidry eivi!. N ! JVS No r <ON I I1: d ED.' r _ . _.T— L_ • 1 T ' Jtcporlr.l Lirins I I""' aii Yinerii. n Vcs--el Not- » crilii'd. Washing, ion. March HO. - So far as can I asci rtaitjed nothipg lias hcc.it received here regarding the ret o"i"'i ttriitk on th. \mei'ii*:tri selmoiterAVidi-.m 'fond l>v;i S'';;i Lit unnbaat off the coast of I flip Is Ot' J illbs. lor the pliriTise of • tqfori’.!.ng Ibt’kclf ' ’”fj’ ' f.t••!> 11l the I case'..'l he. H • mis'i minis’.' r. thipu v ,de I Lbniv. ■;> cominuiiic;Weif )vdh a tii'end "at —1\ ■ : ’ lot:. J.imaieE ,'t —xilii. " place th" V' .-scl at' ved. Utt Ti;- ty last night id 'iiSi. ri i-eivci! '.my reply. ~— TTTT 4r i’sh Milliter N«»t \\ - ’< -■ -N, ,\l.:r, h ■■. - k:■ vci i, | Bey. Die it v >. i stat< i'i i'ceti f.-alie. i :tf-m - ■ : "■> : s\ in; , i el’f!:'-rm’.em x\ it’i tiy I Arm ■' . < ■■’.:.’ia !1V d I'T-jk, - jy;. The Hi vis mitlfts the. so <wv" | mg ■ ■ en.lhe >iib.,< - t y ' .' ■! ’ v ; him ’• ' "'nav from tl\" isi'i. min- | Ist er ol •1 ■ veign-hrtairs: •”iT;ik_Tiews ! tel : .c. ’o the l.guded Tmt sj-eeard- ; nig f. ■" ' I'Jj'Li legal ion \\ . - iugton; I’einT l T-.‘. you may eont r.iioctc’, . ,To|3n Gti' vrs. oi W heal lieid. of attemi>tp.-;'li*\d)tilie a juror. Ir«s 'in , n a,-, (juilled. zr -- - ■ —

F. SCHAFER & LOCH’S HABDWAIS STORE. . lloactGUArtcro Jf'ox STOYES ffi A&K6ES. H'inter is now dost .it hand and you will need a stove. II e have an enißcss’variety and a lartye stock to select from, and our prices arc BEATERS A HL 1 " 1* Blankets, IFhips, Olir AWL ftl Slci^hs - Buggies, Surreys, VIS! mlvvla VI Road carts and the celebrated Tunbul Jl agons Is Unequalled in the City. and see us, 2nd street, Decatur, Ind.

RUMOR DISCREDITED j No Stock Taken In the Report of the Sinking of the Bermuda. I — — STEAMER "VCIUS'A IS OVERDUE. Mr. Hart of the Hart Steamship Company Believes the \ e»el Slink I- the laitt*r NO News From the Bermuda lEvpeeteil Before Tomorrow - Had War .Materials Alwanl For Cuba. New York. March 28. —Noword’ - been received by the Cuban junr. m ; this city rclative.jo»a report recently >'ir- | cplati d to th" effect that the Bermniia ; Lad 1 1 u llr I r.' '. and siilik by ;; ish worship, and rhe Cubans gem : discreiliti'd the runmr. Several pieminent leaders who were discussing rli'Garcia exp'ditioii expressed th> ir ‘e. i's that the rep -rt "f the arrival of the Bermuda in Cuba w:rs a mistake. '1 , thought rhe exjiedition wifieh la ■; was another and smaller one than that which sailed in the Bermndu.- ‘ One of the-men who organized the expeditiop saiil: "We have rec'elved as yet no cbnfirnuition of the Bermuda's iamling in-Chiba, nor can wi-Teas-mid>ly .expect it until her captain reach ■< some ]>ort away from the island—Kingston. Jamaica, for instance: or Vera Cruz. Xlexico —from wiiicli -he can cable us direct. It may be some daysyetbtffore positive information reaches us. bur in ' the nieaiitinie it is hal'd for us to believe that she: has landed on th" iiorU coast of the island.” ' MR. II \R f IS SEEN'. ' " r- : He Thinks There Has Been a Mistake and That the A t ssel Is Safe. Piin.AiiET.i'iti •>, .March, 2s.—-Tim subject of the alh god sin i ig of the st a er Bermuda by a Dr tish cr-iisef. Ji"' I). Hart of the Hart Steamship 'ijiauy, said ycstrfilay: "!•:•• not . _Jto hear any relmlJe information eon- - I (•■•vning tim Bermiida until tom..* J"'. I and tiu'n it will Is som.) tJimg vasrly'w : fercnl from t. •• e nt rl.iat a i-k. ' . ■ w.c hjp. h "s sent !:■ : t.> t !:■ ■ 1 oti ■ m ' He. and i'i thSt thbviSsel had 1- " New ' X’ork March 15 •- m-Jety *■ ", '• ra i Cruz, but wiie -..ihi.ii ■ war m.c .im I lor tile Cuban iu-m. m-. ■ Mr. irnri'- L" ■ r minks th’".. , I been a I'L. ::i\e ami. that life Ay , . . i; st< aim i■ \ m.c ..i .. . tiur ■■ jii-’.: . ■ ■ been siink. ■ Tin- liieory is that -■■■> • fired upon by a Spanish cruiser vm: h ' ‘ mistook her lora ilii’iisier.. The \ -i I is long (werdne. I ring h'ft Jaina I her return 'trip M. "'-h 12. She merely car -d a gouernl e.ir.o ! amt li.tdmo arnrr'wnirtwcr. ism .« . ... I numbered lietxi "c.ii 2 ■ and 30 at id .Hl ar . thought to have been lust. WORE GOOD CLOTHES. Except imially W efl r Wmii.m Kills Ilers,-Il In Neu York. Ni xv York. March — A'Ttimcsonic Woman Gommin- .t siucibe by so. ••oj-g ' the head hist ..night p. i.ri.ie { Seventy-second ’street" entrance to Ceyr .tr.d park. Iler I'loituii'- xf.fs oi- i '.-.-cQ; ■ ■ ~ -- -

■Home! SclilegreK • I)E ALEK;IN‘ - ' '■ ! UGH IMW IIODS, Snkin«. ROOHR .lAD: ~ ~ Thiw arc of all Ms. '' Stall W9t S ■ta .'? F.‘ ■ - Front St., near' Jefferson Street; Decatur, ■ ~ * Indiana. O ■ - • . • ' ■ , » ■ ,

tional rich quality and the police bjtlieVe that tiie woman's position in society was above the-common place. Sheappeiircd m bi- lid years old and her features were strongly Ereii'-h. Da -ide tiie body was a small pocketbook, containing a io cent piece, and a white hanilkereiiii-f. In one corner of the., hiindkerchief there was a mark which looked like an initial "E." Beyond that tiu-re was no mark, or anything on the person of tiie. dead woman .that could iw-slny way lead to her idehtity. Delegate Must Own Real Estate. • Githrie, - (5. "T., .Marc!) 2s.'—Everything indicates that tiie Republican territorial convention nt Oklahoma City todtiy will be exciting from start to finish 1 ’; both the Rsed and McKinley fam tions ('laiiniiig a majority. A movement has I'cein started by tin- taxpayers of the party for a resolution lieciariilg that Im iieL'gate shall be elected w.im doe> not owe real "Stat" m the tei-ritory aud there will ba hard tight oil this. Te*as f usion x heme. Aishn. March 28.—A report is current here and it ha.- aimeared in some of the Texas papers that the leaders of the Repiiblieaus- and Populists have a scheme to fus". the Republicans to vote foi: tiie Populist nominees lor state offices ami tiie Populists tn put Republican eleetois tin their liallots. if tins fusion is accomplished it will certainly endanger Texas as a Democratic state this year. Iron Winks to Resume Operation. Pn rsiH Ki... 'March 28.—The Solariron works, closed u lew days ago on account of the ii.ig.itbni betvyeen the pienibers of tiie dark, family, will be started up again next week. At compromise has been all'eeted satisfactory t ~all and it is ligreed that riie work .should be run as before. .Many orders have stacked up during the i'l'ief.shutdown. .e Vine-r ( ( inpan.v Assign*. Ij. >t 1-\i: i. . March '2<—Tiie Louisville Ven ■ci' .Miks company, on.■ of tielargest eom-erns of the knfd in the south. :i'-:"ii'.'d yesterday.' Liabilities are jiiria: :jlr. >. The ,y-et - ""tH-st ol? a c..\ ’iiia 15 aci''-.-. .eri'iTe”, i. 2 j’X.rs-vJo 01. ‘ Jt.iJe.l a. daige -o'o< m J'l.'is. . . 7 >ll ii'fffi'i' 111 West <"nt<':eio. . \V;>. n. J'G. iiis.. Marell 2S.— -Ahteri;.aiC.u'i torjid a fine sp; juuj of SirA t.T.»•' ' 'V, ' 1' tilt' gPi T’>l; t i l'\\’i •i' - i- :i .? . T •, h. -\xi <; •. r g<ii ’i: \ : i: j) >, .• i a > .\er Htl’u i:h: 1••• ■' t •.!. . • i.-i '•< MiKoiiic Tmiplv. El W ool'. I. . . Melg'll 2S.—-I V ood ' yi ... .\\ no .. e one ii.; the st reinji'.'t joitys ■I; I ill ■ are C''.e: ng arIN.aae :;' ’i-.s t j . ; hiagiiifii'i'llt 'new. eriitj .<• Ji’* i'.e i* Hi! ur<- to c .< •'?’•'> M-’in). I inlcr a \V:Tgon!o:i:| o! J.umbel*. —. Vi...m.i:>nt lid—lluE-A’ci'il I.—Yesterday .d vtietnwii crank Vaugliu. a ■ prosp-rou.- young fanner. wa> rhiowfi miner a .w a n l< with lumber, which a over lain, rhe ’team running oil X Thgllfi die. I.egiou Eniert.itued. Ij.W'.>oi>, itid.. April 1.--If is annotm.'eii that jl e ' .".val , I'.eati'ti M ill •mei t i;-.re im Mrry and will be enterliiitici; by Dr.' Edwins and t.;*qy<aiii Leeson.