Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 16, Decatur, Adams County, 1 July 1897 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT PCBUSaKO WEEKLY. DEMOCRATIC PRESS PUBLISHING CO LEW G. ELLINGHAM. EDITOR. 51.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Post, fflce at Decatur. Indiana a, -•.•.•o<l-('lu» Mai. Mate r. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUMTY. ttf w-u- -V V - tr— u—w—V-W—V -w w ’ it— i~-—w ir—w -v-w—w I POOR PR!\TI\G ’ PAA S i POOR PROFITS. I We (ret out a ela-s of print ng ; , that is superior to the "general , £ run." Goxl printing p<>o». i s DEMOCRAT ‘ i B OK ANU JOB 8 | PRINTERY. ■ THURSDAY, JULY 1. An exhibit of the city’s liabilities >s demanded by the taxpayers Mr. McKinley and B «s Hanna have concluded to abandon the idea of trying to get congress to authorize the appointment of a currency commis-’on at this session. Consideration of the tariff bill will s<>on have passed from the de liberations of the senate. The prosperity rain can then travel uninterruptedly accoidrg to republican argument now but not in accordance with their prediction six months agoMark Hanna denies that Secretary Sherman is to retire from the cabinet. Hanna put him there, ai»c be ought, to know. But is there not i a need of a society m ’’ ashington for the prevention of injnstic and cruel’y to aged and decayed . statesmen? J. Emmett Cvlly has abanoned the Willshire j'itirnalis’u’ field. ?.f ie> many futile attempts to furnish tht people there with a newspaper Citizens of Wil *h’re will long bo d Mr: Cully in fond nmembra; •» owing to the fact that they tru-**’ him too long and too well. IL inow located a’ Plymouth. Czar Reed has made out his L-’ of committee assignment* and u - - Je-s mine of his kindergarten, otherwise k »na* the U. h'.u-e o’ representative*, d<> -• raethii.g t< offend him between no* and the he will atnontce them after the house has adopted a r< solution selling tht date for the adj urnmet-i of the session. There is great re; son to believe that the cause of free diver w triumph in the Ob’-. t r- ’ * fall. Never has -;c > in in’*’--developed itself, as is i • w ap’-are among al; classes of people ami all political parties. A L • - Sta'es senator will be elec’*- . a the next session of the r . g -.ature, and this fact makes ti e coming fight all ’he m re exciting By the waj, the council nave tot made any move toward furnisbir t. the taxpayers of Decatur wrh f tabulated or complete statement ol the city’s financial standing. Ai immedia’e reply in this matter would favor an anxious public anc relieve the prevailing impressior that there is a “nigger in the woodpile,” which they are loth to nn cover. Come gentlemen, let’s taki a look at the records. The handsomest piece of prin’-i ing art that has come to our notic» for a long time, is the city and business directory of Portland, whici is the fruits of the Sun office. Tht directory contains the name and street address of every inhabitan of that place, and according to it. enumeration their population num bers 6,143 Numerous advertisements add a finish to the book anc makes it of value in addition to tbe directory itself. Tbe printing istylisb and artistic and dots credi to tbe Sun’s long established reputation for keeping op with the pro cession in the art preservative. Following tbe example of Marl Hanna, we this week claim the distinction of being the “advarc agent” of patriotism for this year of our Lord 1897, the one hundred and twenty-first enniversary of th. declaration of independence. The beautiful emblem of national honoi that adorns page one, will kindle anew th» flame of patriotism tba’ slumbers in the breast of every American citizen. No matter how we may differ upon vital questionappertaining to politics or religion, creed, sex or social environments we are one united kiqgdom in honor ’ and defense of the flag and the hemes of the free. May it ever be thus, and may our patriotic instinct* increase and rebound as the golden locks upon the hoary head of Father Time gradually become hued with a silver shade, and new generations are emulating the examples inculcated many centuries ago.

CAPITAL N'oTEs BY LOCKWOOD THE OWEN AND DE9S COLONIZING MOVEMENTS CONTRASTED. Former Failed Becanae Colonists XV ere .11,!, t.. It. r.i- bin W-..ik—Will the Same Condition* A fleet the Latter? Three Unndred of Steele’s Constituents lu Washington, and None Seeking Office —Other Gossip. • From Our Special Correspondent. Washington, .Tune 30.—The projecri .n of a communistic comm .nwealth by Mr. Debs calls to mind an address made by “the father of English socialism, Robert Owen, in the hall of the house of representatives 72 year* ago last March, in which he outlined similar plans for a co-operative colony wnich he was about to establish at New Harmony. Ind. Mr. Owen came to America with an established reputation not only as a social reformer but as a successful business man. being at the rime of the launching of his'experiment the leading cott<>n manufacturer of England. The privilege granted to him of speaking in thehallc.fthehou.se of representatives was an unusual one and has been exi tended on only a half dozen occasions in the history of the capital. Mr. Owen addressed a distinguished audience, I composed of the leading men in political life in Washington at that time, and / rid .4 ' 1 / .... EUGENE V. DEBS. the plan for a scheme ■ - rial r-• aeration which h- gave to the c .jn t ..it I occasion attracted world-wide attention. Thus ambiri’.U'ly anm .’in.:--d, tbNew Harm ny community at"m over a th usan.d ent . - ing every state in th- Um ar. :er ry country in the north of Europe. It included William M lure, th fa’her : American g- . gy: J- —.. N es an . Madame Fr- tag.- t. r- ft. Pes’ .. .zzi.ii: -v-t' f I countrr: Th,mas Sav, th- :. : .- : American z »gry, and many others disanguished in *. i-.-noe an ! literature, ini eluding the youag-r <jv -t> . Robert Dale. Richard Da.- and Dane Dale, v .. found at N*w Harm ::y a rr.agrrito- rt estate of 3 azree. while tn th- rilpH-'. -A -- afterward iis as r?.--Liber-w-iV 1 : * ** - \~l »■. wIII- th . x New Harmrasy evolv-rii pa’-r-Ei f r and in©c<pontted them into nrw C’'j©j3iinid<4is fcr the rain the izsax kcatec 1H tiic Ligl—-• QiO D*X TUTt- Al Tera jT'liiy 1 erisr-n • >f two ytstr? lur.r.g wh-ch the urigmal oKSitiumriT that was exp.e'. t''-1 : u.- a -*.grit to -atr-'.-m-dise.lved i-’e 12 warring fa,: rierrs. Mr. I Owen eouft—-d isi* failure _ - --rgtaee. to Engeii-d after .. ■- it r-un-in the endeav or t: - -nre s. i operation. The p-lar. ir. me labor . exchange not- system - : Mr I> - I announces will be a part .f tu* -rr-ge-. , 'While from an ecuu : -sa*mNew Hann-.ny was a ta.-ur-•. fr n .-n-r 1 standpoints it was a d:-t..-.gu>„,e: -- - I ces*. t L. ■ f 1 noblest names that distinguish tiw easiy I history of the state, and • tee sxrtire west it contributed the b-.mtrng, I scientific and educati .nal gr -th. If it was the deathbed of Owentsm, it wathe birthplace of west-m <-ulrare. In tinkering on constirurions the New Harmony reformers worked out the modem conception of the legal rights of women, ; which became a part of the c .nstitution of Indiana as revised 50 years ago and has since been adopted throughout the I Union. No.matter whether Mr. Debs’ plan for social reconstruction meets the same fate, if it should contribute to the western state in which it may be located the same leaven of progress which came to Indiana with Robert Owen and his followers, the effort will not have been in vain. Senator Fairbanks, in an interview as late as Saturday evening, declared that with the tariff bill out of the way the Republicans in congress would move to a fulfillment of campaign promises on the monetary issue, and his dowwwt to the thr-.ne gives emphasis to a belief that such action is specially desired by the president. He says the question will come up before adjournment of the special session in an attempt to secure the creation of a monetary commission. While not entirely sanguine as to the result, on account of the fact that his party is a minority one in the'senate on the money question, he hopes that the end desired may be accomplished. Nearly 300 of Congressman Steele’s constituents were in Washington last week, and not one them wanted an office. It is fair to say, however, that ■ they were attaches of the Wallace circus, the home of which is at Peru, r.nd which is now making a successful tour throughout the east. Colonel Wallace ctlled to mind the fact that President McKinley addressed the largest audience ever gathered under cover in Indiana beneath his big tent in. the campaign of 1892, something like 17,000 people being packed beneath the canvass. “Talk about original McKinley men.” said Colonel Wallace, “there were thousands of them in Peru that day. I re-

membet that Mrs. McKinley was « npratulaud as the next lady of the while h'iu*>- and that ?.!i ■ said she hojied ?-"■ McKinley would never become a candidate fi r presid.nt. I 1 ,-xjiect _s:ie i- * ovenxjiOT"her objections by this time, however.” It ha* l-.-en expe tel that a day would be se t apart by the house in which to listi 11 to eulosies of the late Congressman Holman, but it now seems probable that this traditional formality will go os r until the n, vi - -si >n. The number of deaths in the house this session ha* t—n unusual, t'at <d C■.n--r»--s---man C- »>ke last week being the fourth. Congressman Royse went to Chicago appointed by the speaker to represent the house at the funeral of Representative Cooke. Colonel John L. Smithmeyer, the exIn iianian whose g nius is r—o.,nsit-:e for the grandeur of the new consrvss, a.ii ii. vary, has t> -. :i mted superintendent of ejustrucrion for the erection of th new buildings ~a Ellis island to replace tii ~e rw- i.tly destroyed ay fire. - r sires t - ■ ’ new btuid”_gs arris’.i -ally d, siguvd. and COilse>{Ui-:’.r.. has engaged the -ervieeof on-- .it tcie Lading architects and designers in the country. A god dial has hap'-.-ued during the past four months to pr wo the a— rti n mane in this .s.m .-e ,a,ienceat the opening of tbe pi---nt .---.,11 to the efft-.’t that few men in congress would be so influential at the white hv’..- as Senat, r Fa.r: .'•■ . ’ . ? ' be-.-n bestowed upon Indian.ans. but up to date th- -’.ate h..- tare-i as Weil .1any. leaving out of con-id, ration the personal 1 '- president has made in Ohio. It is ah • a facworthv otf n tice that no Imliauian lias received federal appointment up to this x i>: at the instance of the alti-rclii.'-U' -a: -man irm In Thi.» is verv likely to be the case during th-. ...ution of fav-r- winch is exi- ■ . ..t t:i d >s- of theseaston. Ap- ■- been going stoaduy on during the 1 .st few w—k-. however, tsr.- ’li an extent thar there will not be a gr- ;.t many places to be passed out even them One ?f the most familiar characters in W ishingt- n is J shua Parker, an almost t< tally disabled vetemn of the bt- war. who, with his wife, manipulates a scree 7 r-un up n w..i ii 1- an inscription stating that he -d: y the expl. >swu of a cannon in Fort Wayne abyeirs ago. R. pr-.-e-ntaiive R.-.btnsffl <rf F-jrt Warn- became inter- : Mted in Parker some rime ago. and is m.-cnc a:. " rt to have p'-i>*i ■1- *•:_ u -r-' r :: ~,f rhe h-■u=e of reprel_• - m : - the •-x- -: -■- rbe -riven 1 ti_- _• . siiiil -a t - .... y OLVurs ■ l thr ex veteran erf i . . - n ' — l 7_e- "ii* ■- men* pr -nde fir hLn jsLt. E* bar -f ‘ Har ! n- -1 - "-TL r jLi**.. ex-A • r- . . h r.....: -*■ - f nr in tn- jtray. and wa= i ll .ji.«r-inir-n r f t_ ssvt.-'e. zi -* -*-n« os injurx u July 4. >77. _ * . -r.■_ ■* t i 1-.. - Qa r F r* v\ ayn • Kis wife aiso a i a&ogecher ?? r-i- > ■>•7 pinabk- lljiz the effort.erf *' tr- relief to thr 'SuaaM-r General P-try H- . _ 2—- be*-s wreisEng foi stiL-r y• "arzrjL 'soe 'a T2>_- n*--intncat Trie war.-h t&e © srloffiee dewar- -- iKS had t- deal and it 1 srwrr.ij— x gras* wi c.v -_z .. . . ’ sasr-r -■ ■asalrAM -ue w r - ■ie-er: -d by L-- --VaT- . And *h- 1* nil-.elx--- he now liv -u; ■sreaK- eeier is K-':_Lgan. Elim, - - er " aAe very anxy.”..- | fiz»d rz. ar. suad impli'.r’e* trie postmaster . Ixatle sm. fur As Mr Htsstn is free* Izsdxaz* tbe paymaster genesal ivterrec ti* tn him with t. re.-.-iirz rhsst rioubO*# his wide aoqua _ tanot m lurriaua would enable fciza run the r*<Teant spou<iwith m ty Upto date, however. tfc Jersey ■■..• y widow }<as n. . tangible clue v. her husband's whereabouts. That the rivalry t-tween “esteemed ■ ■on’ p rari - t always so fierce and dangerous a thing as rhe fiery edito rials of campaign times seem to indicate was demonstrat-ed by the fact that Royal E. Purcell, editor of Th- - Sun of Vincennes, and T. H. Adams, proprtet r of The Daily Comm rcial of the same city, were registered together at the Raleigh List week. Tbe Sun claims the distinction of being the oldest paper in Indiana and ThCommercial is justly regard.-.1 as one of the leading Rennhlicuu newspapers of southern Indiana. Mr. Purcell is the retiring postmaster at the old territorial capital and Mr. Adams is his success r by appointment from the present administration. There can be little doubt of Senator Tunrie's desire to return to the senate. He is-ffivie active in public life at pres ent than ever before, and up to the opening of the tariff debate occupied as much of the time and attention of the sena»e as any memb- ron the floor. During the tariff <L ia? neither Mr. Tuzpie nor Mr. Fairbanks have b«i heard extensively, the work of the debate' being delegated to a few leaders on the Democratic side and the Republican members refraining fr m < <rat ry by caucus agreement. Mr. Turpie will undoubtedly be at the head of the Indiana Democracy in the paign for free silver'tn Indiana next year. Against him will be pitted Senator Fairbanks as the head and front of a vigorons Republican campaign, and altogether the struggle in Ind ana next year promises to be nearly if net quits as interesting as that of 1896. George B. Lockwood.

Great--Clearance Sale of Odd Suits, Odd Coats / Vests, I Odd Pants. Here’s a Bargain that out-bargains all Bargains: Commencing’ Saturday, June 2(>, We will sell, for cash only, the remnants of our stock of Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Suits, Coats, Vests and Pants, as long as they last, at one-half price. IF YOU NEED A SUIT. IF YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE ONE IF YOU ARE EVER GOING TO NEED ONE, Now is the time to buy, for things must go. if low prices will make them go. Do you realize what one-half price means? You get §2.00 pants for 81.00. You get 3.00 pants for 1.50. Remember, You get 5.00 pants for 2.50. these prices are for Lou get 3.50 suit for I.To. Cash only You get 5.00 suit for 2.50. ’ ll ’ ’ You get 7.50 suit for 3.75. i-.mv You get 10.00 suit for 5.00. F,?,, You get 15.00 suit for 7.50. t ’“ ywUl no ‘ lastl °* P. /tollhouse # Go.

UUtthfExtra k< of Congrt ** ha* lloiae »o Far. Years traiv, —Ex. T. B. Heed. While the county beard of review ir- kindly going after the “little fellows” it will be well for them to look up the records of those of wt-alth. Search the mortgage rec>rds and *ee that every one pays in accordance with the wealth they own. Some of the applicants for consular appointments are beginning to regard themselves as being up against a bunco game that is being ran oy Mr. McKinley, and they are k < king a- much as they dare to as long as they allow themselves to cherish hopes of getting a government berth. These men say that every time they go to tbe W bite House to try to pash along their application, they are told that Mr. M Kinley isn’t ready to take up the appointment of consuls, and yet they see the nominations sent to the senate almost every day, and some of them have been young fellows whose only claim for recognition were the pocket books of their fathers, or the social “pall” of their mothers. It is not strange that this state of affairs should cause kicking. The sugar trust is playing a shrewd tariff game to get what it wants while pretending to the contrary, and it is bound to win. The original sugar schedule, which gives the trust an increase of four cents on each hundred pounds over what it now receives on nintey-six degree ! sugar is all tbe trust expected to get from the beginning. In the first senate schedule, the increase was made nine cents, and in the schedule which was last week adopted by the senate tbe increase was put to ten cents a hundred pounds. When the bill goes to conference, the bouse will insist upon its sugar schedule being adopted with the chances in favor of succeeding. Then it will be announced with a great flourish of trumpets by republicans that the sugar trust has been knocked out, while the members of the trust will chuckle over having got as much as they expected to get, besides having made a lot of money by speculating in sugar stock while the several schedules were pending.

The Jouinal do-a not believe the coruaiissioTiers would wink at crime or r* kni> 'ieglv extravagant, but we are inclined to believe that their patty f aity is so great they are willing to accept any excise to drop a prosecution tint tn .y reflect on Adams county democracy .—Jouina;. The above cor fl cts considerably it uas reference t-- the rais.ng ol road receipts and attempts to criticise the board of commissioners and iu a manner accuses them of white-washing the affair. The public is well enough acquainted with tiie facts to know that such is not the xase. The very moment the commissioners discovered the discrepancy, they ordered an investigation. After tbe investigation was completed, they ordered the prosecu iug attorney to bring suit for tbe recovery of the money. They took no excuses whatever, did their duty as they saw it and as any honest and conscientious official would do. They were in a position to compromise and white-wash the affair, and the public been none the wiser. Party fealty cuts no figure, in this case and it likewise cuts no figure in any other. Now then let’s have a statement of the city’s financial resources. The prosperity boom in Indiana can be fairly sized up by the amount of business done by the postoffices ihe first of June each year the salaries of presidential posioffices are re arranged and scheduled according to the amount of business done by each office. Tbe rating for this year has just been completed and relegates Richmond from first to second ciass, Greensburg from second to third class, Frankton, Walkerton, Waterloo and Mineral Springs from third to fourth class. Bluffton is the only city advanc'd, and that from third to second class. In the regulation ot salaries, advances were made at Albany, Angola, Bluffton, Bourbon, Brazil, Corydon, Crown Point, Edinburg, North Manchester, Notre Dame, Ridgeville, Whiting and Winamac. This makes fifteen offices where increases were made, while reductions of SIOO to S2OO annually, were made at Alexandria. Anderson, Attica, Batesville, Bedford, Bioomiugton, Connersville. Crawfordsville, East Chicago,Elwood, Fairmount, GreenCastle, Greenfield, Greensburg, Hartford City, Jonesboro, Liberty, : Linton, Logansport, Madison, I Mitchell. New Albany, New Castle, i Plainfield, Redkey, Shelbyville, South Bend, Thornton Union City, Valparaiso, Vevay and Washington. Thirty-five reductions were made, and shows the general attitude of business the state over. The prosperity wagon don’t seem to be a rousing success. It is safe to say that the American paople will never again be duped as they were in ’96.

’IAIiKETY OHRECTED BY J. D. HALE. GRAIN MEHCHIST DECATUR MARKET. W heat ? 3 Corn, per bn. (mixed)29 Corn, yellow,2l Oats old 11 Oats, new 18 Rye ... 38 Barley .. - Clover seed...., Timothy I.® Butter IS Eggs, fresh £ Chickens..® Ducks Turkeys $ Geese® Wool 12M.1S Wool, washed.and .9 Hogs3.M TOLEDO MARKETS JUNE 30, 1:30 LM. Wheat No. 2 red, casht July wheatc'a Corn No. 2 mixed, cash i Corn No. 3 2’ » To Cure a Void in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund he money if it fails to cure. 25c. You may hunt the world over and you will not find another medicine equal to Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy l° r bowel complaints. It is pleasant, safe and reliable. For sale by Smith & Callow. j •‘Last summer one of our grandchildren was sick with a severe bowel trouble,” says Mrs. E. wGregory, of Frederickstown, Mo- “ Our doctor’s remedies had faded, then we tried Chamberlain s Cone, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemeilv, which gave very speedy relief. D r sale by Smith di Callow. The Chicago & Erie Railroad Goto Tennessee Centennial and lu^ 1 national Exposition at Naahvuf, Tenn., May 1 to October 31, P’" The C. E. K R. Co. will «U 1 and 20 day and sea-on excnrst’S tickets account of above named s position. Rates from Decatur, ■ 1 §19.90, *14.60 and *10.60 for roar trip. For further information i* on or address J. W. De Long. - S’ Page Blackburn the druggist, the sale in D<catur of Cure, a Perfect Family Owing to the marvelous P° wer3 ] V tonic and nervine, it P l? ' ll?1 ' f cures all diseases of the Bt<..m- 1 ’ liver and kidneys, giving new and strength and affording*' v relief to sufferers from dy-f’dr-constipation, loss of appetite, lessness, nervousness and sic' • ache. Brown’s Cure g’ ve ' ’’ women the clear ekm, 1,1 • cheeks and the rich bl'’ o * so much desire. Keep a . c tf it in the bouse and save Pj. ncS 5 and family many spells c at( . and heavy doctor's bills- •’