Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 15, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1898 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT KYBBY THURSDAY MOBBING BY LEW a. ELLINGHAM. Publisher. 11.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Sobered at the Post office at Decatur. Indiana as Second-Class Mall Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, JUNE 23. OUR TICKET. For Congress. ORLANDO J. LOTZ. For Representative HENRY KRICK. For Prosecuting Attorney DAVID E. SMITH, Fur Clerk Adams Circuit Court ELMER JOHNSON. For Treasurer JONAS NEUENSCHWANDER. For Sheriff DANIEL N. F.RWIN. For Recorder THOMAS M. GaLEOGLY. For Surveyor WILLIAM E. FULK. For Commissioner —First District JOSEPH E. MANN. For Commissioner—Second District. FREDERICK REPPERT. For Coroner DR. CHARLES S. CLARK.

The board of commissioners through their legal representative. Auditor Mangold, place before you this week their annual report showing receipts and disbursements for the past year, as well as the condition of the various funds. The report makes an excellent showing. The net liabilities are but $30.401.40. less than half of what the city of Decatur alone carries. Much improvement has been made during the vear past, $6,768.96 being expended for bridges alone. We respectively invite a careful examination of the report. It is the privilege and duty of every citizen anil taxpayer to thoroughly investigate the condition of the county finances. Judge Lotz, the democratic candidate for congress, wore a Cromer badge at the Decatur convention. There are lots of democrats in Delaware that will go to the polls feeling the same way.—Portland Saturday Review. Similar chestnuts have Ix-en sprung by other republican newspapers in the district, and in truth it is about the only kind of argument that can lxmustered by those who have to fight the battles for Cromer. The Democrat denies in whole and in part the misguided assertion that Judge Lotz paraded this city adorned with a Cromer badge upon the occasion in question. He attended the conven-’ tion as any civilized American had a right to do. He was in the company of democrats here and at no time expressed himself as a Cromer rooter, or took any part whatever in behalf of the convention nominee. The republican newspapers of the district will have a mighty hard time smoothing out the wrinkles in Cromer’s scabby record by such silly statements of which the above is a sample copy. In the Edwards-Coverdale electric light ease, the members of the old council took occasion to emphasize in their testimony that their actions were based upon instructions from the city attorney, that they would be justified in law. This is not onlv babish but outrageous. There is not a member of the Adams county bar or any other, when asked for an opinion puts up a guarantee that that opinion will be upheld by the court. It is preposterous when you thiuk of it. Thev can give an opinion upon a point on law but that opinion might be entirely the reverse from the court, or any other attorney forthat matter. It is a precedent unheard of before and the old council are the only ones we know of. who would have nerve enough to establish such a thing. The facts are just these. The defendents were all men and knew right from wrong. They wanted to destroy Edwards’ property. They sought council and the city attornev gave it as his opinion that an act for damages would not lie justifiable. The court and jury have held otherwise.

The second chapter in the Edwardset al electric light case, reveals a different tale. This time instead of justification being upon the part of those who took advantage of official position it is with the one who stood the blunt of mid night plotting. The Democrat believes the judgment rendered the plaintiff Edwards to be a just one. It somewhat exceeds in amount the average judgment in a damage suit, but as an instructor that public officials should to some extent respect the rights of the people, it will lie perpetual and everlasting. The late council whom we owe for notoriety. were gifted for their rank abuses of authority. The platform upon which most of them were elected was but visionary to them from the time they went into office until they retired. They annulled their contract for street lights and notified Edwards to remove his poles and lines from the streets and alleys, when a franchise existed for his protection. He refused and they met and passed a resolution ordering the marshal and street commissioner to proceed to remove them. Knowing that public

indignation would frustrate their plans, the same night the resolution was passed was selected for the dirtv work. This is the result of a civil suit for damages, and they may thank their Creator that it was a civil instead of a criminal suit. STATE CONVENTION. The Winning Ticket Selected at Indianapolis Yesterday. The Convention Full of Patriotism. Democracy and Free Silver Sentiments.—Glorious Principles Laid Down. THE STATE TICKET. Secretary of State— Samuel M. Ralston, Boone county. Auditor of State—John W. Minor. Marion. Treasurer of State —Hugh Dougherty, Wells. Attorney-General — John McNutt, Vigo. , i Clerk Supreme Court Henry II arrum, Marion. Superintendent Public Instruction —IV. B. Sinclair. Starke. State Statistician—James G. Guthrie, Brown. State Geologist — Edward Barret, | Hendricks, i Judges of Supreme Court—Second | district, Leonard J. Hackney, Shelby.: Third district, James McCabe, II ar* : ren. Fifth district, Timothy E. How-; ard, St. Joseph. i Judges Appelate Court First dis-1 trict, Edwin Taylor, Vanderburg. I Second district. C.’ G. Koolmyer. Bar- j tholsmew. Third district, Edgar; Brown, Marion. Fourth district. G. j IV. Diven. Madison. Fifth district,l Johanno Kopelke, Lake.

The democratic state convention met at Indianapolis yesterday and from early in the morning until late at night enthusiasm ran wild. The convention was called together at 10:40 by Chairman Martin ot the state committee. After the usual opening exercises, the name of Senator David Turpie was announced as permanent chairman, and the large throng of people fairly went wild in their homage to tne old leader. Rules for the government of the convention were then announced and concurred in by the convention. Seuator Turpie. the permanent chairman, then took his place and made a powerful, rousing, democratic speech, which brought cheer after cheer from the thousands of people present. He spoke about an hour and discussed at length the present crisis with Spain aud the necessity for the revenue bill soon to go into effect. He told simply and truthfully the part taken in the passing of the war measures by the democrats. He told of the amendment of the bill in the senate so that the silver in the treasury may be coined into standard dollars at the same ratio and fineness as the one now used by the Unite ! States. The senator's speech was one of the best efforts of his life aud was attentively listened to by every delegate and visitor in the house. After the close of his speech the report of the committee on credentials was accepted aud then came the report of the committee on resolutions read by Samuel E. Morss of the Indianapolis Sentinel. The report affirmed the course for which the United States is engaged in war aud recalled the active part taken by democratic senators and representatives in congress. It urged the immediate increasing of the army and navy to any extent necessary to assure speedy and decisive results. The platform contains the democratic principles on the question of pensions, the Nicaragua canal, the financial question, income tax, tariff, election of Senators by the people, tax law. eight hour law. and confidence in the Hon. William J. Brvan. The resolutions closed by tributes of respect to Senator David Turpie and Mr. Vorhees. The platform was adopted and then Chairman Morss of the committee on resolutions, submitted two additional resolutions, one recommending that hereafter the conventions of the party lx? distributed among cities capable of entertaining them, and one adopting the rooster as the party emblem. Both resolutions were accepted by general consent. The convention was the most interesting and exciting held for years, and a full account of it. together with the platform will be given in our next issue. The interest taken predicts beyond a question that the party emblem selected will have a chance to crow long and loud.

The \e* Stamp Taxes.

The stamp tax feature of the new war revenue law will be a constant reminder to the people that the war is an expensive luxury. -If war taxes were coufined to beer, toljacco and bank capital the majority of the people would not feel that they were 1 making a very heavy investment in Cuban liberty, or that they were being personally impoverished by the inauguration of tLe new national policy which may impel us to grab all of Spain - island possessions in the western hemisphere. But when it comes to affixing an adhesive 2-cent stamp to every batik check or sight draft, a 1eent stamp, every telegram and a 25eent stamp toevery year's lease, the war taxes will reach the common people iu away that will impress them with the sense of their participation in the expenses of a war for humanity and civilization. While the stamps will be a novelty to the younger generations, they will be a reminder to our older citizens of the stamp taxesof the war of the rebellion, when stamps on matches, photographs, patent medicines and instruments of conveyance were familiar sights. The enforcement of the stamp taxes will also give

American people an idea of the manner in which government revenue is raised in countries which do not depend upon a tariff on imports to meet the larger share of government expenditures, as does the I nited States. In Great Britain the people are more active participants than we in the fiscal affairs of the government by reason of the large revenue that is collected through stamp taxes. The receipts from customs in the I nited Kingdom during the vear ending March 31. 1895. were £20,111,000, or ! about $98,000,000. The total revenue from all sources was £101.697.304. so that receipts from customs tariff were only about 20 per cent. The recipts from stamp taxes, however, including excise and stamps upon legal instruments. were £40.490,000. Os this amount (he stamps On instruments, conveyances, etc., yielded £14,440,000. The remainder of the British revenues comes from income and property taxes. postoffice and telegraphs. The adhesive stamp taxes of our war revenue law cover a very wide range of legal instruments, including bank cheeks, bills of lading, deeds, mortgages, bills of exchange, stocks, bonds, certificates of profit, contracts and promissory notes. This portion of the revenue law goes into effect on July 1. after whkh failure to affix the necessary stamps to legal instruments named in the law invalidates them and is also punishable bv heavy penalties.—Chicago Times-Herald.

All About Bonds. United States bonds are recognized ; as the most secure and stable form of i obligation that investors can hold. They are attractive, not only because ■ of the absolute security offered, but j because there is at all times a public I market for them on which holders can quickly sell; and they also offer the i most desirable form of collateral if I the holder wishes to secure a temporary I loan. The fact that United States bonds ■ are not subject to taxes of any character Federal. State, or municipal is a valuable feature of that form of | investment. United States bonds are . issued in both coupon aud regis-1 ' tered form. A coupon bond is pay- i ! able to the bearer. It may be bought J and sold without formality as freely as : any kind of property and without indorsements of any kind. Owing to j the freedom of transfer, coupon bonds are usually preferred by persons who expect to hold them but a short time. Their disadvantage for the person who wishes to make a permanent investment lies in the danger that they might be lost or stolen, in which ease the loss to the owner would be as ; complete as would lx l the loss of a j bank note. The coupon bonds take I their name from the method by ■ which interest is collected by the (holder. Printed on the same sheet with the bond is a series of coupons or small certificates of interest due. ; which are so designed that one is cut off at each interest period. Each coupon bears the number of the bond and shows the date of the coupon's maturity. The holder of a coupon i i bond, at each interest period, detaches the coupon due that day and collects it. The coupons are payable at any Sub-Treasury, and may lx- collected through any bank, and will ; usually be accepted by any merchant having a bank account, with whom ; ; the holder of the bond has dealings. The holder of a coupon bond may at ’ any time have it converted into a j registered bond free of charge. A registered bond is payable to the i owner, and can only lx? transferred by i being properly indorsed and assigned by the owner. Such assigni ment is made by the owner filling in the blank form on the back of the I bond, and must lx* witnessed by some officer authorized by the regulations of the Treasury Department to witness assignments. The owner of the registered I Kind who wishes to part with it writes his name on the back of the bond in the presence of the officer; then the witnessing officer writes his name in its proper place and affixes an impression of his official seal. The officers who are authorized to witness j assignments are a United States judge. United States district attorney, clerk lof a United States court collector of customs, collector or assessor of internal revenue. United States Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, or the president or cashier of a national bank, or if in a foreign countrv. a L nited States consul. In cases where there is no officer within a reasonable ' distance, or when, through sickness or j for some other good reason, the owner I . of registered bonds can not go before ! one of these officers, the Treasury Department will designate some person near the owner to act as witness. IVhen the owner of a registered bond disposes of it and has properlv as-1 signed it. he delivers it to the" new owner, who should at once forward it to the register of the Treasury for transfer on the books of the Department. The Register cancels the bond so forwarded and issue a new bond in the name of the new owner, and sends it to him by registered mail. The Department makes no charges for transferring bonds. If the owner of a registered bond looses it. or if it is stolen from him. he should at once notify the Secretary of the Treasury. A stoppage will hi? entered against the bond. and. if it should be presented for transfer, the Department will hold possession of the bond until the ownership is clearly established. If a lost or stolen bond is not recovered within six months, the De- . partment wall issue a duplicate bond • upon proof of loss and a bond of iu- • demnity being furnished. The inter- ■ est on bonds is paid by the Governi ment by means of cheeks. In order that no mistakes may be made in the > payment of interest.'the books of the ; Department are -closed'' for a period ? j varying according to the importance

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of the loan. The books of the 4 per j cent loan of 1907 are closed for the | whole month preceding the payment of a quarter's interest. On other loans i the books are closed for fifteen days preceding the interest pavment. During this period no transfers are i made and the time is devoted to preparing "schedules which contain the names of the owners, the amount of bonds each one holds, and the amount of interest due each oue. II hen these schedules have 1 eea prepared and • proved, they are sent to the Treasurer ! of the United States, who immediately has cheeks and envelopes andressed.. and in due times each check is mailed to the address of its owner. The checks for the more distant points are first mailed. Interest cheeks are obligations of the United States, and. of course, are good everywhere. Coupon bonds are issued in denominations of S2O, SIOO, SSOO and SI,OOO. Registered bonds are issued in denominations f'Ji'.'lo . >SOO. >I.OOO. SS,OtK). 810,000. The war loan which is now being offered will be sold to subscribers at par during the period I of subscription, which ends July 14. 1898. The method of subscription has been as simple as possible. Blank forms may be obtained at every mon-. ey order postoffice, and at most of the banks and express offices, and on these forms is clearly indicated all that it is necessary for the subscriber to fill out. The subscriber may himself mail to the Treasury Department at Washington the blank form filled out. together with his remittance covering the par value of the amount of bonds for which he wishes to subscribe. That remittance may be in whatever form best suits the subscriber's convenience—in currency, bank draft, check, postoffice money order, or express money order. The day the currency is received, or the day the proceeds are received from the drafts, checks or money orders, the subscription will lx- entered and will immediately begin drawing interest. When the bonds are delivered, a check will accompany each delivery covering the interest at 3 per cent from the day the subscription is entered to the Ist of August, the date of the bonds, aud from which date the bonds will carrv their own interest.

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WAR SUMMARY. FRIDAY. Washington. June 17.—The navy department received no word from either Admiral Sampson or Dewey yesterday. [ Tnis absence of affirmative news from the seats of war causes no apprehension, but there is reason to believe the department is expecting important news very soon from one or the other —if from Sampson it is likely to be the fall of Santiago as General Shafter is due there today, and if from Dewey it will be the surrender of Manila. Press dispatches report the latter city surrounded on land by the insurgents and sea by the American fleet. Santiago de Cuba, June 17. —Admiral Sampson’s fleet bombarded the fortifications at Santiago yesterday for the third time. The Vesuvius was permitted to discharge three charges of guncotton into the bay where the torpedoboats were lying back of El Morro before the rest of the fleet went into action. Their effect could not be learned, but it is believed it will be known in time that the boats were destroyed. Each charge contained 250 pounds of the powerful explosive. . The great ships began their hammer- 1 ing of the fortification with solid shot I and shell. The havoc played by the big guns was terrific, one battery being ■ blown to atoms and gnns in emplacements squarely hit and tumbling somersaults down embankments. The Spaniards deserted their gnns and the list ot killed must have been a long one for the j Americans simply rained metal for hours on the fortifications. San Francisco, June 17.—The third ! expedition, for which preparations are being made, will not get away from . hereunder three weeks, owing to the I scarcity of transports. Washington, June 17. —The war department estimates it will take 35 transports to carry tiie 20,005 men intended for Porto Rico and their supplies. SATURDAY. Washington. June 18.—General Miles’ arrival here was the cause of more active war preparations. It is the intention now to send a much larger force to Porto Rico than was first thought uec- ; essary. This is caused from the fact that reinforcements have been received there and the fortifications greatly strengthened. Chickamauga. June 18.—Reports from recruiting stations in different states are most satisfactory and it Js expected all regiments will be filled much sooner than was expected. Four privates of Company K. First Pennsylvania have been tried by conrtmartial on the charge of desertion, they having been away from camp several days without leave. While it is not known what the finding of the court is, it is generally understood that it will go hard with them. Madrid, June 18.—Captain General Gugusti of the Philippines has cabled the government that the situation is extremely grave and that he may be compelled to take refuge in the walled city. Fighting is constantly going on all around Manila with insurgents by laud and four ships have appeared in front of the city carrying the rebel flag. Agunuldo, the rebel chief, has issued a proclamation calling on the natives to meet and declare their independence. 1 A London dispatch says according to advices received there under date of June 13 the insurgents have captured the family of General Augusti. MONDAY. Santiago, June 20.—A careful inspec- ' tiou of the fortifications since the bombardment last Tuesday shows that the American gunners spread havoc and ruin everywhere. Vnltures circle around the demolished works, which indicate that the fatalities were serious. The hilltops seem to be literally torn away. An omuious token of death flew from Morro castle, the Spanish flag being at half mast for several hours. It is not customary to half mast flags after an engagement, and it is believed by some American officers that the flag was in-

tended to notify the American fleet that Hobson and his brave men were dead. If such should prove to be the case they were murdered, for not a shot was fired at the castle. Off Guantanamo. June 20.—Cuban scouts report that the inhabitants of Caimanera have strewn the streets with straw and oil and made all preparations to burn their homes and flee to the mountains rather than fall into the bands of the Americans. Caimanera lies about four miles from Camp McCalla, and the situation is desperate. The people are eating horses and mules and scouring the hills for fruits and herbs. Key West, June 20.—A Cuban pilot has arrived here who says he penetrated the harbor of Santiago and found there a Spanish garrison of 15,000 men, besides Admiral Cervera's fleet. He says Spanish vessels are fully manned, but the crews are discouraged and disappointed. Admiral Sampson, the pilot says, is watching the Spaniards so closely that they cannot repair their fortifications. Washington. June 20.—AdjutantGeneral Corbin denounces absurd the report that he is to be given au important commaud at the front and virtually to supercede General Mlles. A list of 193 young men who are to be appointed to second heutenantcy in the regular army was given to the public last night. Those from Indiana are: Indiana —Harry R. Campbell, mechanical and electrical engineer; Victor Garrigus, private Indiana volunteers; Elijah B. Martindale, Jr., Graduate Culver Military academy; Ivers W. D-onard, captain Indiana volunteers; William Lewis Hodgkins, honor graduate Purdue University. TUESDAY. Washington, June 21. —News is anxiously awaited by the departments from General Shafter and Admiral Dewey, as the troops sent to the latter and those intended tor Cuba, barring accidents, should now be at their destinations, yet nothing has been heard from them. The decision of General Blanco as announced to not exchange prisoners and that to fire on any American vessel bearing either the stars and stripes or a flag truce created great indignation here, and may result in the government resorting to retaliation according to the regulations of war. The war department has information that its officials have secured the end of one of the cables running from CuM and it is expected communication between Sampson and the departmeuwill be established today. Chickamauga, June 21.—There wn* much rejoicing among the men in cam? here yesterday when the ordnance department distributed 9,000 Springne*, rifles, in addition to three carloads o> guncarriages and eight wagonloatbo harness. But it is extremely u> 1 I to get tents. San Francisco, June 21.—The t ~ for the third expedition to Mania ® been a-signed to the transports. " are expected to sail not later than Santiago de Cuba, June j United States troops under t Shafter have not yet arrived, an delay is inexplicable. According formation in Admiral Sampson» session they should have reac ~ yesterday. Officers say muc iva I lime and favorable weather ' ; lost by the delay. , General Garcia of the C u visited Admiral Sampson on o* T ‘ ‘ flagship and consulted about t e melit of Santiago. reg j. Shafter is expected to land ments at Guantanamo bay. *•’ l be held as a base ot supplies- ’ mated over 300 Spaniards wet s therein the recent fighting. t> being found yesterday in the r » Port Antonio, Jamaica, u i The steamer Brookline has ar from Port Morant and repor ’ j- n jted sighted troop ships convoyei . States warships 50 miles due Crooked island. The headed southeast and tie if not lieved were going to Porto K* ’ , bound fee that place, but or then they were out of their course-