Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 14, Decatur, Adams County, 16 June 1898 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT BVBBY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW 0. ELLINQHAM, Publisher. 11.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur, Indiana as Second-Class Mail Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, JUNE 16. OUR TICKET. For Congress. ORLANDO J. LOTZ. For Representative HENRY KRICK. For Prosecuting Attorney DAVID E. SMITH. For Clerk Adams Circuit Court ELMER JOHNSON. For Treasurer JONAS NEI’ENSOHWANDER. Fot SberfflT DANIEL N. ERWIN'. For Recorder THOMAS M.GALLOGLY. For Surveyor WILLIAM E. FULK. For Commissioner—First District JOSEPH E. MANN. For Commissioner—Second District. FREDERICK REPPERT. For Coroner DR. CHARLES S. CLARK.

Democratic State Convention. On account of the meeting of the democratic state convention which will lie held in Indianapolis on Wednesday, June 22,1898, the Central Passenger Association has authorized a railroad rate of one fare for the round trip on all railroads from all points in Indiana to Indianapolis. Tickets will be sold at this rate on June 21 and 22 ! and will be good returning to and in- ! eluding June 23, 1898. Parks M. Martin. Chairman. Asahel H. Wampler. Sec'y. Next Wednesday is the democratic state convention and present indica- : tions point to a large attendance from Adams county. The railroad rate is one fare for the round trip- 53.30 from Decatur. The most successul of all merchants ! are those who everlastingly advertise. The Democsat completely covers the Adams county held and can return bigger margins upon the money invested, nhan ever Leiter thought of. Try a contract. Congressman Johnson of the old i sixth district, will practice in some of the eastern cities after his retirement from congress. He made such a statement to his colleagues Tuesday, at which time he made one of his celebrated lightning speeches—2oo tverds i; micute.

The supreme court may at any time render a decision upon the constitutionality of the legislative act, postponing the election of township trustees until 1900, The case is now ready for decision, all arguments having been made. Much interest is centered iu the case gnd its disposition is -awaited with interest. fid attef ft republican eon veil-j tidii iff out* city at which time j ■4h?-y proudly resoluted upon the happy and prosperous condition of the i farmer under a McKinley administration, comes the announcement of the downfall of the mighty Leiter, who alone was the power that sent the price of wheat to a dollar. The commissioners are acting wise- ’ ly in not extending the improvements at the court house beyond that necessary in replacing the dome. Other improvements that have beeu demanding their attention for some time will be deferred until next year when they can be paid for. While the dome is unsafe, yet the court house proper is as solid as the rock of ages, and will be standing proud and erect long after the present generation is all parading the golden streets. But why bends instead of the good money lying in the vaults of the treasury? Because bonds bear interest. Bonds make bankers rich. Bonds force the people to pay tribute to the plutocrat, and coining the bullion into money does not put any tax on the people to lie paid into the hands of the bondholders. Nevertheless, the seigniorage is to be coined and all because the members of the house of representatives are afraid of ghosts. Chicago Dispatch. We think the view taken by some of our business men upon the change in train service upon the Grand Rapids is eroneous. For instance you cannot go to Fort Wayne and buy merchandise of any kind for as little money as in our own city. Those who go there for that purpose are a class who imagine that goods are valued by their price and not by quality. We venture the assertion that ten new customers will patronize the merchants of our city to where one goes to Wayne. Southern Adams is rejoicing in the change and Portland is kicking the back of her head off. This signification means something. It means that Portland will loose trade and that the residents of southern Adams will come here where they have more or less business anyway.

WAR SUMMARY. _ I>t*pHtches Boiled Down For the Benefit of Our Reader*. WEDNESDAY. Kingston, Jamaica, June 8. —Advices from Santiago say that the American fleet while bombarding the fortifications passed within 800 yards of the shore and I that the destruction was awful. Forts Estrella and Cataline were tired by exploding shells and Cavo battery were silenced in quick order. Madrid, Jane 8. — Admiral Cervera cabled his government of the engagement, giving the list of killed as three officers and six men and 34 wounded. Says the damage done to the fortifications was uuimport.-git. Washington, June 8. —The navy department received a dispatch from Admiral Sampson last night concerning tire bombardment of Santiago. It says: “Bombarded forts at Santiago June 0. Silenced works quickly and without injury of any kind, though within 2,000 yards.” The officials say there is nothing in the dispatch about landing troops. A press dispatch from the scene of conflict says there was not an American ship or man hit during the engagement. Th» Jowft opened the battle with a 12iuch shot. Cape Haytien, June B.—From all indications tbs cable between Hayti and Cuba has not been working since midnight Monday. It is probably cut. Chickamauga, June 8. — General Brooke has issued an order for all companies in the camp to recruit ap to 106 men immediately. This will absorb about 15,000 of the second call. THURSDAY. Tampa, Fla., June 9.—The regular and volunteer troops that have been mobilized here have sailed for Cuba and are expected to arrive there by Sunday. Colonel Studebaker’s regiment, the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana, was among those sent on the expedition. Washington, June 9.—Secretary Alger has issued an order to the attaches of the war department that they must not reveal any movement of troops of which they may become possessed by reason of their duties. The navy department posted no bulletins yesterday. The department is very busy arranging details of the Manila expedition, and hurry orders were flying very thick to San Francisco. Cape Haytien, Hayti, June 9.—News of a battle at Caimanera in Guantanamo bay have reached here. Five American warships appeared before that place and bombarded it on Tuesday compelling the Spanish to leave the fortifications and retire to the town proper and later forcing them to flee f rom there, together with the inhabitants of the place. The bombardment destroyed the French cable house. Madrid, June 9.—Captain General Augusti of the Philippines has cabled the government that he is practically surrounded by the insurgents and that they have cut the railroads and telegraph lines, thus depriving him of communication with the provinces. He says | the insurrection has reached great proportion and that he cannot fight two i enci^es—the insurgents and the AmeriIt is known here that besides the sinking of the Mercedes the Americans succeeding iu landing shots on the Vizcaya and the torpedoboat destroyer Furor, but no statement is made as to the amount of damage they received. FRIDAY. Washington, June 10. — General Greely has issued orders to the cable companies that no message will be permitted to be sent to foreign countries giving the movement of ships and r. if', whether press messages or otherwise. , huuse of representatives last night agreed to the conference coiniuitteUs report on the war finance bill by a vote of 154 to 107. It carries with it a provision for the coinage of the silver , bullion now in the treasury. Mole St. Nichols, June 10. — The 1 United States cruiser Marblehead ""d • auxiliary cruisers Yankee and St. Luui.-, have suc'.ecded in cutting the cable at Guantanamo. This cuts Cuba off from all communication with the outside world.

Cape Havtien, Hayti, June 10.—A man arrived here from Turks island, one of the Bahamas about 100 miles north of Hayti, who nays it was reported there Tuesday that Santiago had surrendered. Cable communication between Cape Haytien and Cut's is interrupted. Madrid, June 10. —The press and public opinion are outspoken on the bad news Irom the Philippines. The government is bitterly blamed for remiss' ness. Public feeling, though aroused, is displaying an omincus calmness, waiting to know the worst, when developments may be expected. Senor Sagasta says that Spain has no i intention of taking the initiative in negotiations for peace. Captain Auuoa, minisrcT of marine, has gone to Cadiz to remain until Admiral Camara's squadron is ready to put to sea. Fifteen vessels form the squadron and it will sail with sealed orders to be opened at sea. SATURDAY. Havana, June 11.—Baiqniri, a fortified mining locality some distance east of Aquadores and near the railway line to Santiago, was bomoarded yesterday by several American warships. Official advices from Santiago say the bombardment caused no damage. Chickamauga. June 11.—The general impression prevails at General Brooke's headquarters that there will be no removal south from this camp for some time. Kingston, Jamaica, June 11. — Advices from Santiago are that the Spaniards are making preparations for a desperate resistance. They are repairing and strengthening their fortifications and have 20,060 soldiers in the city. The insurgents are iu communication with Admiral Samnsou. one Cuban officer

J and hi' staff having been aboard the I flagship in consultation with the ad- | miral. Washington. June 11.—The first army for the invasion of Cuba is still on the United States coast awaiting a convoy, which consists of 16 warships. ,The number ot transports to be convoyed is 50. The war department hearing the report of the Spanish vessels being on the north coast of Cuba decided not to take the slightest chance of having the transports attacked by Spanish war vessels but to wait until Sampson’s detail could reach Key West. Loudon, June 11. — The English Weekly Press extoles the act of Lieuten- ■ ant Hobson and his crew in sinking the [ Merrimac. The Spectator says: "You ; can’t beat a nation whose officers and i men are equally ready to perish for a j forlorn hope it it only may aid a national object. ” MONDAY. Mole St. Nicholas, Hayti, June 13.— Lieutenant Colonel Huntington’s battalion of marines, which lauded at the entrance of the outer harbor at Guantanamo, last Friday were attacked Saturday afternoon by Spanish guerillas and relulars. The marines were guarding an abandoned oablehouse when the enemy came upon them from the bush, The fighting lasted from 3 o’clock Sat. urday afternoon until 6 o'clock Sunday morning, when the Marblehead landed reinforcements and the Spaniards were repulsed. The singular part of this fight was that only four of our men were killed and one wounded. The killed were Assistant Surgeon John Biair Gibbs of Virginia, sou of Major Gibbs, who fell in the Custer massacre; Sergeant Charles Smith. Private William Dunphy and Private James Colgan of Massachusetts. The Spanish loss is unknown, as they were curried away by their comrades. Lieutenant Colonel Huntington's men were the fir;t to plant the American flag on Cuban soil. San Francisco, June 13. — General Merritt has issued an order that all troops for the second Philippine expedition must be on board the transports by Wednesday noon. Washington. June 13.—The First division, under command of Major General Shafter, sailed from Key West last night. It is expected to arrive off Santiago Wednesday. Emhteen warships convoyed the expedition. In 10 days, unless something unforseen happens, the Porto Rican expedition will have started. It will be convoyed by the best vessels in Sampson’s fleet, as it is expected to make a laud and sea attack on San Juan. Madrid, June 13. —General Blanco has telegraphed that if the blockade ot Havana and Cuba generally becomes more effective it will be urgent to send war stores, as his supply is running short. Rome, June 13.—The pope has wired the queen regent that lie is ready to use his influence whenever she desireshim to do so to induce the powers to intervene to stop the war. TUESDAY. Washington. June 14.—The war department yesterday removed the injunction of secrecy and admitted that troops had railed irom Tampa for Cuba. They should be eff Santiago by Thursday at the latest. The army of invasion cur.si s ts ot 15,000 men and officers, I and they are being conveyed to the i seat of war in 82 transports con- ' re>;-vu by cruisers, gunboats and auxilliary crafts to the EJL-ba’ cf 16. Tne landing of these troops is expected to take place without difficulty so far as an attack is concerned. Should the Spaniards attempt to prevent a landi^ o squadron will be turned 1 ■ose upon them. Guanta-uaao, Jun- 14 —A second attack on the United States marines now holding the bay was made Sunday by the Spanish guerillas and regulars, but reinforcements were lauded from the Texas and Marblehead, together with several pieces of artillery, and the enemy was compelled to retreat, 8" F'jr? ' ;, June 14. —The troops to compose the second Philippine expedition were ordered aboard transports today. Madrid, June 14. — Senor Oapedon, I minister of the interior, yesterrmy informed the cortes that the latest semiofficial dispatches from Santiago indicated that several American warships were badly damaged during the last bombardment, the New York being compelled to retire to a repairing yard. LARGEST IN HISTORY AgrbowltUral Export* For the Year Will Reach Ov-r 5800.000.000. Washington, Jnue 13. —The farmers 1 of the United States are drawing upon other parts of the world for more money in the fiscal year which ends with this month than iu any preceding year in the history of the country. Even the high water mark of 1892, when our exports of agricultural products amounted to $799,328,232, will be surpassed. It is quite apparent that the agricultural exports of the year will be considerably in excess of §800,900,000, the total for the year being likely to reach $835,000,000. Never before have the exports of agricultural products reached the $800,000,000 line and never but twice have they been as much as $700,000,000, the two occasions in which they passed the $700,000,000 line being iu 1891 and 1892. Think the War Will B® Short. London, June 13. — The Madrid corre spondent ot The Daily Mail says: “Au extremely bad impression is current as to the outcome of events. Business men are inclined to the belief that the war will be short, probably only lasting another month. Military men hold the opposite view, considering that Spain can put much reliance on the elements.” Prisoner Eeeape* Jail. Warsaw, Ind., June 10. — Michael Darr, in jail here on a charge of grand larceny, has escaped.

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The Downfall of Letter. We take the liberty of clipping the following from the Fort A\ayne Journal, which gives a full accounting of Leiter, the widely known plunger upon the Chicago Board of Trade: The mighty Leiter has fallen. His holdings are to be turned over to a board of trustees, to settle up his “deal” in wheat as best they can. The older Leiter refuses to advance any more money to the sou aud the plunger 1 can not meet margins. The downfall : of the young Napoleon of the wheat pit comes as a surprise, at a time when the public was speculating on his profits, when he was regarded out of 1 and on the safe side of the market, but it is the same old story, it seems, and others have traveled the rocky ( road to ruin. Another idol is shatter- i ed. another attempt to corner the > wheat of the country fails. For over ] a year .he Leiter deal has been the 1 talk of the commercial world. Old > heads wagged when it was predicted i that a man unaccustomed to the wheat ' pit. but possessing a personality that ] made him as well known at a bound as i Admiral Dewey, could successfully ' engineer a wheat deal of such stupend- 1 ous proportions. April 2,1897,'8r0ker 1 French entered the arena withinstruc-' 1 tions from Colonel Leiter to buy 100,-, i (MX) bushels May wheat at 76g cents. ’ The representative of the great opera-1 tor filled the order. Just as fast as the market declined the Leiter orders I made their appearance. The cheapest i batch of wheat that Leiter bought 1 was a lot at 6-F| cent* -600,000 bushels June 18,1897. This was for September delivery. Some saw in these . transactions the beginning of an era ‘ in the history of the Chicago board of trade. They were right. The deal 1 carried the price of wheat from 64| J cents in June, 1897, to §1.25 in May of this year. At one time an interest of §35,000,000 was involved. Over 35.- 1 000,000 bushels of cash wheat aro»nld to have been merchandized. With Leiter’s grasp of affairs and his hand on the wheel of progress; the brokers' executed these orders, running as high as 1.OCX),000 bushels. He declared the

interests was entirely his, although he i had the sympathy of his father and I would lie able to avail of his resources ' in financing his deal. He at this time < made the statement, ridiculed at the 1 moment but shown since to have been j made in sober earnest, that he pro- ’ posed to carry on a great merchandiz- i ing operation, and that he contem- ] plated no corner and cared nothing i about the size of the short interest. ; He was after the wheat, he said, not ! after the scalpers. Leiter in April aci cumulated a line of almost 7,000,000, i , bushels for the following May market; 1 sold it out and Ixiught as much more i ! back for July, and repeated that pro-! i cess for Septemlier. Each of these turns < added to the strength of the Leiter I position, because each time the future > I was changed over it was replaced by ; i the new one at a lower price. Leiter paid no carrying charge. In the September there was a little elaboration

of program. That month he took in all the cash wheat, the contract grade being the No. 2 spring. This was the I first evidence of the seriousness and breadth of the speculation. About ! 3,000,000 bushels cash grain was paid | for in September and was hurried I abroad. An enormous line, about 7,660,000 bushels, was changed over to December. The size of the speculation has grown with each change of future. It increased for December very much faster than it had for any other month. It had become the more imposing because Leiter’s interest was no longer in Chicago alone. He had at the close of 1897 about 10.000.000 bushels wheat bought for December at Chicago. He had several millions cash wheat at Liverpool, or between Chicago and and Liverpool, and he had begun to accumulate interests in other markets. It was in this month of December that Armour and the other elevator men had their exciting race with the elements, finally bringing their wheat-laden fleet into Chica-

go ahead of the blockade winter was trying to establish. Leiter expected to get 5,000.000 bushels of cash wheat that month. He got over 10,000.000 bushels. The speculative grade at Chicago had been raised and the grain j Leiter paid for was the finest in the ■ 1 world. By this time every grain | trader the world over was talking of > 1 the wheat deal at Chicago. Joseph Leiter was still managing his wheat; campaign from the office on Clark j 1 street where he had for some years managed his father's property. It was half a mile from the board of | trade. He was dividing his time be-! tween tenants and his grain interests. 1 He sat at a desk at his Clark street 1 office with telephone instruments in I front of him. It was, however, carry-' ing on a great contest at too long a 1 range. In late December, having i prior to this become the open market ■ leader, he took an office on the third j floor of the board of trade, and organ- ' ized m elaborate force for transacting i his wheat business. He employed j private grain inspectors, equipped a | separate office for handling wheat re- ! ceipts and hired rooms for the care of cash wheat samples. He declared that he bought wheat because it was cheap and proposed to merchandise it. He said lie would ship all the wheat delivered to him. It is always instructive, and sometimes important, to ascertain the outside view. The following editorial of the Boston Transcript has a present political interest hereabout, says the Philadelphia Record in giving ft to its readers: Ex-Postmaster-General Wanamaker put in eighty speeches of redhot shot against the republican rascals, who nevertheless carried the Pennsylvania state convention and nominated Quay’s man without the ' least difficulty. And to Mr. Wanlasting praise bo it recorded that he has not. like the ordinary doughface politician, immediately after his great struggle for right aud ' decency risen to move to "make the nomination unanimous,” or to “bury all differences in the face of the com-

mon enemy,” or to “stand by the old flag.” or any of the conventional claptrap that signifies the fraternization of the professional leeches on the Ixxiy politic. Far from that, Mr. Wanamaker says of the convention, which has made the regular nominations, that “everybody knows it was a packed, purchased, pretendediy instructed convention, and, like a loaded gun, could fire but one ball,” and he has also remarked that ’ there are more dissatisfied republicans in Pennsylvania tonight than ever before, and the Delamater defeat will be as nothing compared to the W. A. Store overthrow ahead.” Mr. Wannamaker is ever a growing man, even though he was a good deal of a man liefore he entered public life. He has had some defeats in statesmanship that must have bt-wildered one so used to success in large business operations, but they do not seem to have discouraged

him to the point of unnerving his • tremendous energy. When he became ■ President Harrison’s postmaster-gen-eral he promised himself and the i public in his first official rej>ort that 11 he would bring the United States i postal service up to the standard of : that of European nations and attach ■ to it the cheap parcel post and eheap • telegraph and telephone service now f enjoyed by the public in all enlight r ened modern nations except our own. But the railroads with their fat mail 3 contracts. Western Union, the express s companies and other great corpora--1 tions who now collect such tolls on ) these public necessities as were done t away with a generation ago in Europt', s were too many even for Philadelphia's 1 Napoleonic business man, John Wan--8 amaker. They might subscribe mili lions to his campaign fund, but would i not abate one cent of the tribute they e exact from the public. Mr. Wanamak- ? er is not a man who is easily disheart- - ened. and everything depends now on - how his spirits holds out.

Official Cal! Democratic State Comention, Indianapolis, Ind., May. 23,1898, To the Democracy of Indiana: The democratic state conventioti will assemble at Tomlinson Hall, in the City of Indianapolis, at 10 o’clock a. m., on Wednesday June 22, 1898. for the purpose of nominating candidates for state offices to lie voted for at the November election. 18t8; the adoption of a platform and such other business as may properly eome before the convention. The basis of representation to said convention as fixed by the democratic state committee is one delegate for each 200, and one delegate for each fraction of 100 or more, of the votes cast for Hon. John B. Stoll, presidential elector. 1896, Under this apportionment the convention will consist of 1.528 delegates. The officers for which nominations will lx* made are as follows: Secretary of State. Auditor of State. Treasurer of State. Attorney-General. Clerk of Supreme Court. Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Chief of Indiana Bureau of Statistics. State Geologist. Judge of Supreme Court, Second District. Judge of Supreme Court, Third District. Judge of Supreme Court, Fifth District. Judge of Appellate Court, First District. Judge of Appellate Court. Second District, Judge of Appellate Court, Third District. Judge of Appellate Court, Fourth District. , Judge of Appellate Court, Fifth District, Parks M. Martin. Chairman. Asahel H. Wompler, Sec'y. Notice of Dissolution of Partnership. Notice is hereby given that France & Merryman this day, by mutual cop sent, have dissolved partnership m the practice of law, Mr. France "ii. occupy an office over P. Holthouse ' Company’s clothing store and • ■■ Merryman will remain at the former location. The books and accounts o the late firm will be left in the han » of Mr. Merryman for adjustment, «e thank our clients and friends for a past favors. John T. France. 14m3 James T. Mebrvmax. June 15, 1898. Situated in the eastern spurs of J-'-Apennines is the old republic ct Morino. It has an area of 39 miles and a population of 6,000. ■ governed by a council of 60 elects life. It has a standing army of ’ The people dress just as they > 1492, and there are no shops m country. me rarest autograpns in the won® are probably Shakespeare’s. Omy ?■ ’ are claimed to exist —threa . to his will (two of which are dou two to conveyances of property, o the folio edition of his plays c ou > and one in a translation of “ on a .a This last is in the British museu cast over 800 guineas. Cremation is becoming incre * 1 ” nBJ popular in Paris, and the crema erected at the cemetery of Per® has already been found to be too . The latter somewhat resets Campo Santo of Genoa and w i 10,000 receptacles for ashes. niches are closed with slabs o on which inscriptions may be Distilled spirits came iuto London in 1450 and had to be p ed in 1494. Michael Savouar duced a treatise on the making ter of life” in the flfteent which became a standard au the subject, and was follow” work of Matthioli of Siennabooks gave au impetus to bra- • ing in Italy, whence the trade e* to France.