Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 3 March 1898 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT BVIRT THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW Q. ELLINGHAM. Publishpr. 11. M PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Postofflceat Decatur. ladlana ah Second-Class Mail Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY. MARCH 3. OUR TICKET. For Representative HENRY KRICK. For Prosecuting Attorney DAVID E. SMITH. For Clerk Adams Circuit Court ELMER JOHNSON, For Treasurer JONAS NEVENSCHWANDER. For Sheriff DANIEL N. ERWIN. For Recorder. THOMAS M. GALLOGLY. For Surveyor WILLIAM E. FVLK. For Commissioner —First District JOSEPH E. MANN. For Commissioner —Second District FREDERICK REPPERT. For Coroner. DR. CHARLES S CLARK. THE MAINE. Dispatches yesterday state that the | discovery by expert divers strongly indicate that the Maine was blown up by a submarine mine, which if proven to be correct, knocks silly all fairy stories about it being the work of a fanatic or crank. The government officials are the only ones having knowledge of the submarine mines, hence it was with the knowledge and consent of the government that the beautiful Maine now lays lifeless in the Havana harbor. The investigation by the naval court of inquiry will of course continue for some time, but the feeling now expressed is that the result is foretold in the above. The course of the administration is not known, but we hope it will be to the end of upholding American honor and dignity, and if the shedding of blood is necessary that the president will be equal to the occasion without waiting for the aid and consent of any nation, not even the gold Ixtnd buyers of; England.

For Spring and Sbrnrnei'. We have just received a large and beautiful line of Spring and Summer piece goods, consisting of the latest Suit and Trouser patterns at such awful low prices that you will be surprised when you see them, We use nothing but the best of trimmings and guarantee every garment we turn out. We are not the instigators of the cut price system, as our prices are always lower than any other concern. We respectfully ask the public to call and see us, learn our prices and examine our work. We are not missfit tailors, but up-to-date. Yours truly, EHINGER& MEYERS. Over Kern, Brittson & Beeler’s.

Company B. has been inspected by a U. S. Army officer and now our soldiers are readv to lick the day lights out of Spain, bn with the march. Smallpox is prevalent in every state surrounding us. Our health officers are taking the necessary precautions to prevent the spread of the malady. The democratic congressional committee of this district will meet at Muncie next Tuesday, to name a place and set a time for holding the congressional convention. The spring trade will soon be in full blast. If you desire the best results from vour ‘advertising, secure a space by contract. It is the cheapest, the best and the only way to advertise. The Democrat so completely covers Adams county that its value as an advertiser can not be easily measured. Merchants who are beginning to speculate upon the spring trade should early place their advertising. The constitutionality of the acts of 1597 extending the terms of office of township trustees and assessors, is to tie tested. The case will go up from Whitlev countv and will lie pushed by the Hon. Thomas R. Marshall, of the twelfth congressional district. At the conference of Indiana populist- at Indianapolis last week, the rank and file of the party sat down upon the unruly middle of the readers, ’ and insisted upon managing their own business, without the aid. consent or money of the republican campaign I committee. Senator Tvhpie's last great speech in the senate upon the payment of government bonds in silver, was a masterly production of logic. This grand man still retains the vigor of youth, when it comes to publicly denouncing the unjust discrimination favoring the one standard of gold coin. The death of Jacob Buhler, sen., , removed another Adams county pioneer , from the active walks of life. Fori half a century the deceased was ac-| lively connected with the business in-1 terests of our city and county, and for | many years his advice was cheerfully | given and heeded, and which embraced much of the early progress of our now prominent business center. The Indianapolis Sentinel anniversary edition was a marvel of beauty, never before excelled by any newspaper published in Indiana. Its fiftytwo pages were carefully prepared and compiled, and embraced ten years of Indiana’s industrial progress. The Sentinel has l>een equal to the pace and now stands upon an equal footing with the newspapers of the country, a fact that makes every hoosier proud.

Organize vour clubs, be they bi metalist clubs, or dubs so they are free and unlimited coinage clubs. Organize. This method is a sure one to political success and glory. The ehairman of the Indiana gold bugs has resigned and now that important auxillarv to republican success in 1896, is hopelessly wandering abroad in the land without a head to its organization. As it has always been a tail to the republican kite, we set* but little use for a head any way. The discussion of the gravel road question is being considered favorai bly by many of our fanners and others interested in better highways. M e need public roads that are accessable at anv time of year. The farmers want roads that will permit them to market any product at any time they mar choose. Macadamize. The numerous and bitter complaints of the mistreatment of convicts in the northern prison seem to merit a careful investigation. It would be well if the Ixiard of state charities would look into this matter in a careful way. and especially if they would examine the guards who have left the prison under its present management. Sentinel. Or r state chairman. Hon. Parks M. Martin, pins great faith in organization and is now busily engaged in urging this important feature in every county and township. He also urges the attendance of bimetallic clubs to ' the second annual convention of the I Ohio Valley Bimetallic League at Indianapolis. April 6 and «. This will iby far eclipse any political meeting , that will occur during the campaign. Such noted speakers as .J. Bryan. George Fred Williams, James K. Jones and A. J. Warner, will be present. and that is sufficient to insure a great outpouring of the faithful. The nameof our honored jurist Judge Heller has l>een mentioned as a suitable quality to succeed Leander J. Monks, now a member of the supreme court from this judicial district. \\ hile the subject is yet somewhat premature. the vacancy not occurring until after the general election in 1900. yet it affords us great pleasure at this early day to mildly proclaim that such a condition of things would greatly please the inhabitants of Adams county and at the same time honor one who is deserving and qualified, and who would hold the proud mantle of justice with credit to himself and the state. During his career as Judge of the twenty-sixth judicial circuit he has thoroughly impressed the bench and bar with his ability to safely handle any and all questions of law. His opinions are all logical and generally correct, and the democratic party of the state could not do a lietter act than to place his name upon the stat< z,et in 1900.

I A MAN —I Can suffer more' * i “ l °“f < ’ rt T h e ° come back to In” a dozen over-npe cla“8 Your shirt ought to be a con1 every week ftm the* la unj , g H ved in itß BOClety> Our g genial companion hlf 5 de to fit; if they were not we XFi 50c. 75c and SI.UO sniris would not talk about them. The ELGIN « . , | „ UJ The manufacturers of these celebrated \ Shirts have produced a PERFECT GAR- V VUjy MENT in every particular, that can be sold at the p°p ular pRicE OF S IOO, n ~ i > and is better in every way than most L I J Shirts that are sold at higher prices. A I rin v ’ / u! MATERIALS GUARANTEED / U'• WAMSUTTA MUSLIN — p PURE LINEN W H t I X. ■ / We carry all sizes, and invite you to I THE ELGIN SHIRT ca || and examine them, and guarantee CUTTER 4 CROSSETTE. f fjt sat j sfactiont Makers ’'i

That member of the finance committee who promised us a report, but failed to materialize with same, is now spoken of as the republican candidate i for Mavor. Well. well. well. The present and very much specu 1 lative subject of war with Spain recalls with much significance the_ remarks of Samuel J. Tilden in l s% 's. at which time he urged congress to better prepare the sea coast defenses of the United States. He said in part: "To provide effectual defenses would be the work of years. It would take much time to’ construct permanent fortifications. A small provision of the best modern guns would take several vears. Neither of these works can lx* extemporized in the presence of emergent danger. A million of soldiers. with the best equipments, on the heights surrounding the harbor of New York, in our present state of preparation, or rather in our total want of preparation, would be powerless to resist a small squadron of war steamers. This state of tilings is discreditable to our foresight and to our prudence. The best guarantee against aggression, the best assurance that our diplomacy will be successful and pacific, and that our rights and honor will be respected by other nations, is in their knowledge that we are in a situation to vindicate our reputation and interests. While we may afford to be deficient in the means of offense. | we cannot afford to be defenseless.; The notoriety of the fact that we have \ neglected the ordinary precautions of defense invites want of consideration ’ in our diplomacy, injustice, arrogance and insult at the hand of nations." There is much talk just now concerning the comparative strength of the United States navy and that of, Spain. The strained diplomatic rela- ; tions of the two countries makes the : subject of more than passing interest, i The fact that there may come a time . in the near future when the naval; powers of the two countries may be matched against each other, is suffic-. ient cause for a careful comparison, of the relative strength of their navies. British authority of the highest rank credits the United States with six completed battleships of the first-class, the loss of the Maine leaving five such i vessels now. This means ships not less than 6,000 tons in measurement ; and not more than twelve years old. with a speed not under thirteen knots an hour. Spain is given just one vessel of that grade. It is safe to say that the United States Navy is now fully five times as powerful as the, Spanish fleet, in ships worthy of a place I in modern line of battle. Neither this | country nor Spain is credited with any | battleship of the second or third class.' some vessels of the classified in that way being placed in the division of I Port defense ships. In first-rate cruis- ‘ ers the Spanish navy comes nearer the strength of the American fleet than in any other department. Spain is given credit for eight such craft against only five of this country. It is well understood, however, that the American cruisers are far more effective than the best vessels of the same kind in the Spanish navy. They are faster, newer and better armed. Two of the Spanish cruisers are old battleships fit now for nothing better than the cruiser class. Os the second-rate cruisers we have thirteen. Spain is given only six such boats, and it should be understood that the secondclass cruisers of this system of grading are all vessels of not less than fourteen knots speed. The American ships of that class are very effective fighting machines. In third-rate cruisers, unarmored gunboats, sloops, torpedo gunboats and other small fry of that sort. Spain outnumbers the vessels of the American navy is full of antiquated. weak and ill-armed crafts which could not do much service in any war. One of our first-rate battleships could beat twenty such vessels with ease in i' an open fight at sea.

Additional Locals. Cvban relief: A Ik>x of provisions will lie sent from Decatur next Monday to the famine stricken sufferers in ! Cuba. All who wish to contribute clothing, bed clothing, groceries or | money, however small the amount. I will please leave same in care of J. H.■ Garard at Sprang A True’s store. Sam Simison, of Rune, was in the city last Monday trying to make ar-I rangements to start the work on the ’ Berne telephone lines at once. That j little city has some hustling business • men who are ready for anything nee- i cessary to make a good business town I in this age of the world and Sam is | one of them. We have no doubt but! what the Berne telephone system will ■ be a good one and an entire success. George Baker, formerly of Monroeville. and who is well known in this city, haring at one time been a member of the Decatur city band, has accepted a position as tuba player in the lowa State Band with headquarters at Clarinda, lowa. George has been playing in the Canton, Ohio, band during the past year. His friends in this city will be’ pleased to know of his success and wish him a long continuance of the same. “Dummy" Kilm, who was a mem-1 ber of the Decatur base ball team in 1894. has according to the Fort Wayne papers gone into the pugilistic busi- I ness. He is matched to meet a man I by the name of Yates at the Fort Wayne Atheletic Club next Friday night. The entertainment is for the benefit of the Fort Wayne ball club. If "Dummy" is as good a fighter as he is a ball player, he may give his man a pretty merry chase. The management of Bosse’s opera house has secured the Sadie Raymond Company in the ’Missouri Girl" to play a return date on March 4th. When the Company was here Jan. 6th, they gave such unniversal satisfaction and a great number of the patrons of the house did not see them. Mr. Bosse thought best to have them plav a return date so as to give everybody an opportunity to see the finest’ Comedy ever produced in this house. Reserved seats on sale at Holthouse & Callow's drug store. Chicago & Erie Excersions.—-Mer-chants association meeting at New York. March 14 to 20. Tickets at very low rates, on the certificate plan, will be sold March 11 to 13 from all Erie stations. Solid vestibule trains. Chicago to New York, with Pullman sleepers and dinning cars. Also In-ter-state Merchants Association at St. Louis. Mo.. March 6 to 14. April 3 to 10. One and one-third fare, on the I certificate plan for the round trip. For i information call on or address agents I C. A E. Railway. Messrs. J. F. Elliott and J. McLean Moulden. of Kokomo, were registered at the Burt House over Sundav. It is said their business in this citv was to confer with Elder Simpson in regards to securing Rev. Gregg as pastor of the First M. E. church at Kokomo the coming year. Mr. Gregg seems to be in demand in all the principal cities in this district. Elder Simpson said in his talk last Sunday evening that he was more in demand than anv minister in the Northern Indiana Conference and that he would no doubt receive a charge suitable to his talent. M illiam J. Bryan in a recent speech made in Chicago said: “The weeklv ! new-spaper plows the ground, sows the seed and cultivates the crop, and so often is forced to step aside while those who neither plant nor cultivate reap their ripened grain. The cause which you advance, the candidate which vou support and the party which vou love will be immeasurably strengthened if each of you upon your return home will step ifato the office of vour local newspaper'that is patientlv and uncomplainingly keeping alive the partv fares and pay your subscription a vea’r or so ahead.'

Green Burkhead guessed g the correct number of iMenjjt I glass jar at Fristoe's restaurant**. | were 472 and Green s guessl Representative-elect Krick is I the owner of the beet dog in I ty. Henry returned from Midu.s SgS with this valuable annimai B day. Thedog is a full bMd.silka haired, rat-terrier and cost twentiH five dollars, so it ought to be gwi.H Henry promises organizing a trust anM going into the rat catching businHs-B He has already taken several w.raa and we have no doubt he will taqJl wonderful success in this new eater-B prise. The state board of tax commissiot-. I ers has sent out a call f< >r a meetgg of the county assessors March 15 < | 16. The object is a conference assessors with a view of equalizat a|| of values, the discovery of sequesters: g property and a better understand 9 of the tax law in relation to pipe , J companies, building and loan taiv - ,S etc. A similar meeting was bril: I 1894. Letters have Ixen sent tt- I county commissioners asking them ’ H allow the expenses. The meetings-.. ■ lie held in the hall of the house of rep-la resentatives. The first action brought under th j I compulsory education law was W: a in South fiend last week. Valentis 3 Kosinski neglected to se id his « year old daughter, Neroniea. to sch> and after Ix-ing arrested by the trui: g officer and arraigned in a justice coun.K| he plead guilty to the charge andwffl fined ten dollars and costs. Thehij provides that a fine of not less tbsK ten dollars nor more than fifty dotaß for each offense shall be imposed, w « which may >*■ added imprisonment::,:, the county jail of not less than tn® nor more than ninety days. Decatur is having its share of bus-H ness changes this spring, another very important one having taken ph* ves’terday morning when Lee Yaje late of the firm of Yager Bros.. ?'" ■ chased a half interest in the drugs:: . of Benjamin J. Smith. The firm’ll a hereafter be known as Smith A Yap: <S and will do business at the same -M place where Mr. Smith has l>een j : ■ nected for many years. Messrs. St - and Yager are fxith bright, energy young men and have hail many y® I experience in the drug business. T:.however, need no introduction to readers as Ixith are well known in tte I city and county The team is a str - one and we wish them unlimited sw I cess. The Primary Oratorical Conte | will lie at the opera house at eight f J m. Monday evening March <• this occasion an orator and a declaims will be selected to represent I schools at the Eastern Indiana Orator I ical Contest which will be held l ' I Muncie Ind., in the near future. I J tensive preparations has been by the contestants who are as follo*B For oratory. Misses Mabel Edwan. Anna Sellemeyer, Nora Smith. EC ‘ Woodward and Mr. Arthur Suttr for declamation. Misses Joseph’ Niblick, Agnes Schrock. Fanny 1 Vilbiss and Mr. Robt Schrock. > mission 10, 15 and 20 cents. , Se* | reserved at Holthouse & Callow s dm? store. The supper given by the Rathbi® j Sisters in the Bowers' building - | Monroe street last Thursday was a hugh success. The supper 0, excellent and the attendance was 1 that could lie expected. The supi>netted the ladies about fifty dollar As advertised an elegant chair " ■ voted to the most popular officer of the ladies orders of this el C There were five names presentee a“ after the votes were counted - • William Roobuck. chairman of th e , R. C„ was found to have received largest number of votes and was * cordingly awarded the chair. Roebuck received 1951 votes out o possible 3664. The Rathbone Siskj feel very grateful to all who aid ‘ | them in mailing the supper a suo