Decatur Democrat, Volume 42, Number 23, Decatur, Adams County, 18 August 1898 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVEBY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, Publisher. 11.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Postoffice at Decatur. Indiana as Second-Class Mall Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. 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 NEVENSCHWANDER. For Sheriff 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. After that St. Louis girl kissed Hobson, the war ended. Teddy Rovsevelt it is said will soon resign as commander of the famous rough riders. The democratic state convention in New York is called for September 28, just six weeks before the election. Brevity is a good thing even in political campaigns. Fitzhugh Lee announces his candidacy for United States senator from the state of Yirginia. If it was not for an over-production of politicians, many other states in the union, would likewise honor him. The democratic state platform leaves the matter of territorial expansion to the good judgment of the American people, while the republican ! platform leaves.it to President McKinley and his advisers. Leon O. Bailey will be renominated I by acclamation by the seventh district democrats. This was made possible by the withdrawal of Jacob P. Dunn, the only contesting candidate. Mr. Bailey is one of the bright young democrats of the state and ; as a political lion, can fairly make the earth tremble. The wheel meet at Indianapolis last week was not the howling success' contemplated, and as a result the I sandwich venders still have a large stock on hand. The Sentinel immediately came to their rescue and is now ferninst anything resembling a convention. Send them to Decatur, brother; it is the only good town in Indiana any way. Although no announcement has been made yet it is no longer any secret that Mayor Quinn has purchased an interest in the Journal and after September 1, will lie actively connected with that publication. Mr. Quinn is a very clever gentleman and the Democrat takes time by the forelock in wishing him success and prosperity in this professional and business venture. The state campaign will open in earnest about September 15, making about a six or seven weeks campaign, and that is plenty long enough. It may be well to here mention that the republicans will run no free excur- j sions this fall, neither will they keep on display any of that much coveted i prosperity that is to come after Me-! Kinley is elected president. All this j will tend to shorten their campaign of war with Spain. Chairman Martin of the democratic state committee, in an interview in the Sentinel yesterday spoke in glowing tones about democratic prospects in Indiana this fall. The workers of the partv are all enthusiastic, organization is going merrily along and happiness and harmony is clearly written upon the faces of all party managers. All this is significant of a grand and glorious victory. Mr. Martin pins faith in organization, which if properly followed will knock into smithereens the ridiculous assumption of the republican party, that they “fit” the war. Let’s organize. Pick up a newspaper of any date and the advancing strength of monopoly will appear. Yesterday it was the wall paper trust, completed and launched with the announcement that prices would be raised 25 to 50 per cent, at once, and that there would be a profit of 86,000.000 for the company next year. The wall paper trust was yesterday’s contribution to monopoly. ‘What tomorrow’s may be no one can guess. Everything from beef to coffins, from rubber overshoes to collars, is already a trust. We pay to monopoly for individual profit the heavy taxes which a few decades ago were considered intolerable when paid to the nation.—New York Journal.

At Peace With Spain. The white winged dove of peace once again hovers over this great nation. Spain has accepted the terms of peace as laid down by this government, the provisions of which are: 1. That Spain will relinquish all claim of sovereigntv over and title to Cuba. 2. That Porto Rico and other Spanish islands in the West Indies anil an island in the Ladrones to be selected by the United States shall be ceded to the latter. 3. That the United States will occupy and hold the bay and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace, which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines. 4. That Cuba. Porto Rico, and other Spanish islands in the West Indies shall be immediately evacuated, and that commissioners to be appointed within ten days from the signing of the protocol meet at Havana and San Juan respectively to arrange and execute the details of the evacuation. 5. That the United States and Spain will each appoint not more than five commissioners to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace. The commissioners are to meet in Paris not later than the Ist of October. 6. On the signing of the protocol hostilities will be suspended, and notice to that effect will be given as soon as possible by each government to the commanders of its military and naval forces. Hostilities have already ceased which practically means the end of war. The appointment of peace commissioners will be made at once, and they will meet in Paris not later than October 1. Upon them devolves the responsibilities of arranging the future of the Philippines and the settling of the many other important territorial questions. The American people rejoice that peace reigns once more. Although victorious in every military attack and exciting the wonder of the world at our courage and sagacity, yet the hunger for blood does not rankle in the breasts of our people. The war has been an object lesson to all the nations of the earth and they can not now fail to appreciate our power and loyalty to the stars and stripes. It is said that Major-Generals Wheeler and Lee met in the war department yesterday, the first meeting since the war began. They were both strangly affected by the meeting, embracing and kissing each other like two college school girls. The probable mustering out of many Indiana companies of soldiers, has led the Fort Wayne Journal to suggest that they all show themselves at the street fair there, thereby greatly advertising the excellence of the fair and at the same time permitting them to demonstrate their patriotism which can be more easily expressed, owing to the fair. The home coming of our brave boys should contain a spark found deeper than the advertisement of a street fair. Decatur refuses to lie buncoed. Dun’s review predicts that notwithstanding a slight temporary rise in the price of wheat it will rule lower during the coming year. It says that the “general holding back of grain by farmers and the consequent heavy shrinkage in western receipts have reduced the visible supply below all past records.” Bradstreet's also states that the farmers generally are holding back their wheat for better prices.—Sentinel. The attempt of many republicans to fight the coining campaign upon the war solely, will not wash very long. In the first place the republicanshave no monopoly upon patriotism in this war. In the second place they can not drown the sweet refrain of the “dead issue" of silver by a solemn clanking of their war record. In the third place the excellent record of democratic administrations upon state issues is such that they will hear from us long and loud. They tell us that the silver issue is dead, that it is a back numlier, and that it will never be heard of again. This is what the republicans tell us, and yet it is a fact that these same republicans are spending more time and money in trying to kill off this “dead issue” now than they did in the campaign of 1896. Newspapers which wish to fill their columns with Iwiler plate rot about this dead issue, can I nave the same furnished them free- ' as they can have their editorials sent to them from Mr. Hanna's headquarters at Washington. It is strange how the corpse of silver seems to be worrying the puppets of Johnny Bull at Washington.

Judge Lotz and Mayor-elect Touhey of Muncie, were in the city Monday evening. The former is the democratic candidate for congress, and is now making a tour of the district. getting readv for the opening of the campaign. The Judge is one of the most able men in the district, is a forciful and logical speaker, and is a clean, honorable and honest gentleman. His appearance carries conviction of these elements. He would' represent this district in congress the highest honor, and that mea/ns much in these days of machine made congressional timber, who are gr/Ound out without regard to qualifications, or moral scruples. There is,' not a blemish upon his make-up, not a wart upon his social, motal or professional standing and he Ahould lx' - sent to congress. This country will always be safe when entrusted to the care and keeping of such legislative law makers, besides it places American citizenship upon its proper plane.

The Philippine Islands. It is supposed that the original inhabitants of the islands were blacks, very dark and with curly hair. They lived like the different tribes in Africa, each trilie having a chief. Hunting was their principal pastime. These negroes, it seems, were in course of time overcome by the Malay race and forced back into the mountains in the interior of the islands, and yet farther along a mixed race was found. These mixed people divided themselves again into two separate tribes, the Togales and Bissayas, superior in many respects to the previous races. After Magellhaen had visited many islands of the group, he landed on the island of Alatan. April 1521. Here he was attacked by the armed inhabitants and killed. The white people, which had been left on the island of Cebu sometime before, were also killed. After cruising about for some time, and visiting the islands of Bajol. Panay, Negros and Mindanao, the two chiefs of Magellhaen returned to the Molucca islands. The Trinidad returned to the island of Ternate after trying in vain to reach Panama by way of the South Sea: the Victoria, by regular route returned to San Lucar. Del Cano was mostly interested in the Molucca islands. In 1525 a new fleet was organized and was sent to these islands to explore them. After this one expedition followed another, and in 1527 we read of an expedition sent out from America for the same purpose of exploring the Molucca islands, but the colonization of these islands was postponed for many years on account of the war between Spain and Portugal. In 1542, after peace had been declared, Ruy Loqez de Villalobos sailed vith five ships and in 1543 reached the bay of Caraya, but the only result of this expedition was that he named the islands in honor of Philipp 11. The first permanent settlement was made by Urdaneta in 1563. The Spaniards were compelled to use their guns to effect a landing on the island of Cuba. And it seems that even at this early time the Spaniards were as brutal at that time as they were on Cuba in the last few years, they burned the houses of the people, plundered and took what they could use and planted the Spanish‘flag, taking possession of the land in the name of the king of Spain. In 1571 the Spaniards took possession of Manila, the island we have read so much about in the four or five months post. But trouble some times came to the new settlers. Borneo, Mindanao and other islands were inhabited by Mohammedans which were pirates and robbers of men, not infrequently was Cebu visited by them, they landed at night, plundered and carried off the people as slaves. One of the worst pirates was one Limahan, who had a band of pirates under his command numbering 4,000, his field of operations was the coast of China and the surrounding islands. In 1574 he formed a plan to attack and destroy the settlements on the island of Luzon. Gathering all of his followers he landed at Marivelas, eight miles below Manila, November 30th, with 400 men, he marched on to Manila, which was only garrisoned by 150 Spaniards. As the Spaniords trusted the people about them thej’ did not exjieet anything serious to happen. The first news the Spaniards received of their danger was by by the fleeing of Tangalas who were running to Manila for protection, but these Tangalas were only laughed at by Mertin de Gayte, when later on the report of the advance of the pirates was verified by many others coming in, twelve Spanish soldiers were sent out to reconoitre. These were soon overpowered by the Chinese pirates who, without much opposition entered the place, murdered all of the Spaniards, ransacked and burned their houses. But before they had time to get away with their plunder they were attacked by a squad of Spaniards under command of Alonso Velasquez, and driven back the way they had come; after a heavy loss the pirates reached Mariviles. Limahan, on December 2, again appeared before Manila with 1,000 men and attacked the place, this time he was better prepared, his men were better equipped with lances, arrows sabersand powder and balls. Furthermore the commander at Manila had only sixty men under his command to defend Manila, but these few men were heroic: they forced back the pirates when they made an, attack on the 2nd of December, killing the leaders of the pirates and m any of the men. The pirates then boarded their ships and left the bay of Manila.

In accounting for its second great cut in wages within the year, which has precipitated a strike of considerable magnitude, the wire nail trust declares that it finds it impossible to make money under existing circumstances. ’i’et a keg of nails of the grade that at one time sold as low as 85 cents now sells for 51.75 to 82.00, and for some time the trust has had an ironclad monopoly of the trade. If the. trust is speaking the truth, it hits the high-tariff and gold-standard ‘prosperity” as hard a blow as it has received in many a day.—Kokomo ' Dispatch. The work of mustering out of the volunteer army has already practically began. It is the intention of the war department to hold in reserve an army of 100,000 and this means the discharge of more than that number. The one hundred and sixtieth will no doubt lie turned down and the one hundred and sixty-first be sent to Cuba under command of Fitzhugh Lee. This is the result of a political pull and is a disgraceful discrimination in favor of Col. Durbin, who just left Camp Mount two weeks ago.

INDIANA MINERS Legislation Passed By Democratic Legislature to Ameliorate Their Conditions. To Protect the Miner From Weyler Heartleasnes** of Greedy Operators the Democracy Passed Laws Providing for Mine Inspection, Check Weighman, Safety of Miners in Descending and Ascending in the Cage, the Proper Bracing and Ventilation of the Mine, the Abolishment of Child Labor in Mines, as Well as the Wiping Ont of the Infamous Pluck-Me Stores. One of Indiana’s great sources of wealth is her coal mines, and, strange to say, however - paradoxical it may ap- | pear, this source of wealth has been \ fruitful of more poverty and hanger lud their attendant ills, than has fallen to the lot of men employed in any other | department of the state’s industries. Coal mining in Indiana of late years has been fruitful of the most deplor- ' able conditions, the result in a large measure of the inordinate cupidity of mine owners and operators. With these men it was not sufficient that squalor resulted from a constant depreciation of wages. The extreme hardships, which inadeqate wages imposed, afforded them opportunities to exploit their selfishness, until the only music that was heard in and around the mines was the anathemas of the men, the wailing of women and the cries of children, and the coal regions of Indiana became the center of deplorable destitution. bordering upon famine. It was not possible tor legislation, not even Democratic legislation, though warmed into the greatest activity that humanity could urge, to relieve the victims of organized outrage. But what ’ could be done for the relief of men, the victims of Weyler heartlessaess, was cheerfully attempted, as „he records of Democratic legislation amply demonstrate. As early as 1883 the Democratic legislature, tq guard against the injury aud death of miners, provided that the rope used for “hoisting and lowering in ■every coal mine shall be a wire rope” and that it should be examined every morning. The legislature still further provided iu case gas was known to exist in the mine, for a competent fire boss to investigate conditions to insure the safety of the miners.

The law also provided that tl*c mine inspector should examine all mine scales used for weighing coal, to guard agaiust fraud, and, to further protect the miners’ interests, the law provided for a “cbSckweighmau” to inspect the weighing. In 1885 the coal miners of the state sppealed to a Democratic legislature to still further afford them protection. And the law, in the interest of humanity, provided that not more than 10 persons should work ih any mine, shaft, slope or draft in every 24 hours after 5.000 square yards have been excavated, until the second outlet shall have been made. The law also provided for breaks through or airways and all else required for the thorough ventilation of the mines. The law also provides for an ample supply of timber, so that the workmen could properly secure the works from caving in. It also provided that miners' bosses should visit these miners in their working places at least once a day. It is seen that this legislation had in view the protection of the health of the miners and sought to prevent their injury and death from avoidable conditions.

Hot Sale of Fall Hats 1898. We are sole agents for the L Itra hashionable Howard Stiff and Soft Hats; price $3.00. Equal in style and quality to any $5 00 hat in America. W e also handle the Royal Stiff Hat in all colors. The most popular hat in this country. See our window Saturday for the best SI.OO hats in the city. Holthouse, Schulte & Falk. p. S—We are selling all summer goods at cost and less than cost.

THE DECATUR NATIONAL BANK, DECATUR INDIANA. July 14,1898. RESOURCES. I LIABILITIES. Loans and Discounts, - $202,938.89 Capital. - - • 5100.000.00 ; Overdrafts, - - 3.490.40 Surplus, - - 7,500.00 jU. S. Bonds and premiums 27,500.00 Undivided profits, • 871.9? Real estate and furniture, 6,588.79 Circulation, - . 22.500.00 Cash and Exchange, - 76,171.06 Deposits, - - 185,81121 8316,689.14 , §316,689.11 DIRECTORS. OFFICERS. P. W. Smith, J. B. Holthouse, P. W. Smith, J. 15. Holthouse, J. D. Hale. J. H. Hobrock, President, Vice-President. D. Sprang, C. A. Dugan, C. A. Dugan, EX.Ehinger. H R, Moltz, Cashier Ass’t Cashier, A general banking business transacted. Foreign drafts sold, Interest paid on certificates left six or twelve months.

The Democratic legislature of 1891 was appealed to for further legislation to protect coal miners from the rapacity of owners aud operators, and the response was prompt and emphatic, the purpose be'-'g, iu so far as practicable, to relieve th r coal miners of the state from exact* ms, which, with relentless persistency, forced them into deeper poverty and f orbade their escape. The legislature of 1891 re-enacted, or made mure binding, the regulations relating to scales aud to weighing coal. It hud been the practice first to screen the coal before weighing, by which the miners were defrauded of a large per cent of their just dues. This was prohibited and coal hair to be weighed before it was screened, and provided that 80 pounds ot coal should constitute a bushel, aud '.hat 3,000 pounds of coal should constitute a tou.

For the protection of mi’aers, the law provided that “wten two veins of coal are being nv.ued iu oue shaft, two reflecting lamps "hall be kept lighted at all times” whe r the mine is in operation. Tne law provided lor the safety of miners, that the cage descending and ascending i’ - the shaft should be covered with one-fourth inch boiler iron, and that signal bells should be sounded when the cage was ascending or descending the shaft. The act in" posed upon the mining boss the imperative duty of examining every 1 working pla<.e iu the mine, at least every alternate dey. The law further provides, Sections 13 and 14: “That for any injury to person or property occasioned by any violation of this act, or any willful failure to comply with any of its provisions, a right I of action against operator, agent or lessee shall accrue to the party injured for the direct injury sustained thereby, and in case of loss of life by reason of such violation, a right of action shall accrue to widow, children or adopted children, or to the parent or parents, or to any other person or persons who were before such loss of life depentend for support on the person or persons so killed, for like recovery for damages for the injury sustained by reason of such loss of life or lives.” “That whenever loss of life shall occur by reason of any accident whatsoever. in or about any coal mine, it- shall be the duty of the person having charge of said coal mine to report the facts thereof without delay to the mine inspector and the said mine inspector together with the coroner of said county shall immediately go to the scene of said accident. They shall investigate and ascertain the cause of such loss of life, and have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and administer oaths of affirmation to them, and the cost of such investigation shall be paid by the county in which the loss of life may have occurred, in the same manner as costs of coroner’s inquests are now paid. The inspector shall give testimony in any suit for damages for the violation.”

The law seeks to insure prompt notice of the death of coal miners when engaged in mining coal and imposes a penalty of SSO upon the person in charge of such mine for failure to give notice of such death to the mine inspector. The legislation, with regard to proper ventilation, and fresh air, is of the most

emphatic character, the supreme purpose being to secure the miners against the perils of foul air. The act also provided that males under the aga of 14 years should noth employed in coal mines, nor females at any age. The enforcement of all the proviaons of the act in question, was provided for by wholesome penalties. It has been remarked that legislation, however drastic, could not mitigate all the ills to which Indiana coal miners were subjected, but the various Democratic legislatures, as the records demonstrate, responded to every prudent demand of the miners.

But aside from proper equipment at the mines to protect life and health and guard against injuries, legislation m demanded by the miners to protect tin ftQiJi of piracies practiced j owners and operators oi the the matter of payment for the coal tut; had mined. The purpose of these otters and operators, to all human appeat ances, being to rob them through tne agency of "pluck-me stores, wuereii. the impoverished miners time an up-- 1 were forced to the verge of starvatw . To put an end to this piracy, Democratic legislature of 1887 prov>“ that miners should be paid, if - ' mand was made, once every two W’ “ “in lawful money of the tnited• u ~ And the law further provided tba persons owning or operating should issue or circulate any check- • or other paper, which is not commer«« paper payable at a fixed time ■ bank in Indiana at itsfull f a ° e ' a lawful money of the United S a 8 per cent, interest, or by bank - currency issued by author! y United States Government, J o - . ploye of such person, co-p n , corporation or association .'• for any work or labor done y - ploye, or in payment of any ■ - K tracted to be done by such L shall be guilty of a misdeme upon conviction thereof, s in any sum not more than . • Nor was this all of the pro e. the Democratic le S islature , : ’ hite d mine coal miners, but it P rohlb ‘ ~u g an y owners and operators froin ’ . es „ rll -e merchandise to miners at I a tag[ than they sell the same mercM others for cash. And the law a penalty of not less than nor than SIOO. reference w This somewhat extended (saU d legislation relating to the dian a,if welfare of the coal miners o foan din an apology were necessary, the fact that no class ot °u jti zens engaged in any trßg ed nd have been so relentlessly plundered as coal miners. j on lv iu In the Democratic P art ?’“ tbey find the Democratic party, 1 11 se , gymfriends who espoused their . rfanepathized with them in the l resC nei>’ and distress and came to 11 lt r or( l such enacting laws calculate relief as was posstole by leg* o a deal 0‘ Allot a sudden there i- , sympathy expressed for &p “l ntß rie» o* penalty she is paying tor u cruelties are not too severe. squeal.