Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 27 April 1899 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY LEW G. ELLINGHAM, Publisher. *1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. Entered at the Postofflce at Decatur. Indiana as Second-Class Mail Matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY. APRIL 27. Hon. W. H. Eichhorn of Bluffton, has also been invited to respond to a toast to the democratic editors, at their meeting at Madison. The prohibitionists will hold a state c inference at Indianapolis May 15 and 16. The object of the meeting is to create a little life into theorganization. Ladies should purchase their callicos now. In a very short time no good pattern of thi§ kind of merchandise can b? purchased for less than six cents a yard. Dewey Day. See program elsewhere for its proper observance together with the warm welcome to be given Company B. Decorate and otherwise show your patriotism and appreciation of our gallant soldiers. Soldiers of the 160th received .sllO when discharged by Uncle Sam. This but partially repays the niggardly compensation accorded them while in service, but is no doubt appreciated as being the best that is in store for them. The Berne Witness has enlarged to a six column quarto thus showing lots of enterprise on the part of Bro. Roher. The paper is bright as a shinning dollar, full of news and well edited, and is no doubt, fully appreciated by the reading public at Berne. The Democrat flag is unfurled in honor of the gallant boys of Company 8.. who will reach home today. They have seen service a little more than a year, and their home coming is looked forward to bv many anxious and happy hearts. Rally around the flag, boys. The trial of M. S. Quay of Pennsylvania. has ended with the acquittal of i Quay. He was charged with conspiracy with the state treasurer of Pennsylvania, in using the state's money tor private uses. The case ' was hotly contested in the courts. Quay's political enemies aiding in the prosecution. Upon the court's verdict of acquittal Governor Stone im-; mediately appointed the defendant as United States Senator.

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According to the Fort Wayne Journal prisoners in the Wells county jail will, work upon the publie highways. Such an order has been issued by Judge Vaughn. Clerk Lenhart last Friday received Adams county's allotted share of the 1899 legislative acts, which make a volume of about the usual size and dimensions. It is expected that the laws will go into effect May 1 or thereabouts. According to a tabulated report fresh from the state board of charities. we note that the number of persons cared for at public exjiense is 14.025. Os this number the Michigan City prison contains 823. Jeffersonville Reformatory 910, and the Woman's prison fifty one. Do not get too busy to write advertisements. Take time It is a mistaken economy to allow thisdelusion to keep you from proclaiming the merits of your goods and the validity of your prices. Keeping something new before the publie is one means of holding the confidence of the buying public as well as the assurance that you mean business. The paper-making trade seems to be about iMottled up in trusts. Envelope manufacturers are in a trust; news print paper is in a trust: straw board makers are in a trust; paper bag manufacturers are in a trust, and now the manufacturers of writing paper are about to enter the new haven. The traveling man. the jobber and the retail dealer are not in any combine.

In all probability the gallant soldiery of Company B. will be here today." and a welcome home coming it will be too. Reunions and camp fires will ablaze in many homes tonight. On Monday next our citizens will show their appreciation of the company’s devotion to their country by a public reception, which will ring with patriotism from early morn until late at night. Arrangements are replete as will lie seen elsewhere iu this edition of news. The very latest move of the imperl ialist promoters is the discovery of a j treasonable anti-annexation plot, the object of which is to encourage Aguin I aldo by letting him know that there is a strong sentiment in this country against subjugating the Filipinos and to discourage our volunteers by making them believe that their service was not what they enlisted for. But what is the object" for a conspiracy to tell the truth? There certainly has been no secret about opposition to the policy of the administration in the Philipines, and no outsider can tell American volunteers whether they are discontented oi not. They do their own thinking. Sentinel.

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If half the push, enterprise and backbone that is now busy advocating new telephone service, would devote same to bringing some new manufacturing or business enterprise to Decatur, their efforts could be applauded and the patronage of their business or profession enlarged. Come gentlemen, let's come together and work for the common good of all, and , not try to profit by tearing some one else down. A writer in the Indianapolis News predicts that Uncle "Jim'' Murdock will be the directing genius of the next democratic campaign iu Indiana. That would not be a calamity. Uncle Jim has lots of common sense in that , head of his, and there is use for ; that commodity in managing a cam-; | paign, though some peole seem to , think that bluster and balderdash is ■ ( of greater importance. South Bend j Times. ( The Hanna-McKinley men arc al j readv beginning to see that the retire- ( ment of Czar Reed doesn't call for as , much rejoicing on their part as they I thought it did when it was first made : , public. It will remove a powerful . enemy from the pathway of the administration, but there is danger that the scramble for the speakership, which has alreadv started, may create a number of smaller enemies who may be able to do more damage to administration plans and politics than one' big enemy like Mr. Reed. Sam Hose, colored, killed Alfred Crawford, a farmer living near Palm- ! etto, Georgia, and ravished his wife. The outrage and tragedy was vindicated by citizens and neighbors who burned the wretch at the stake. In I support of mob violence in this instance, the Atlanta Constitution says: "The terrible expiation which Sam Hose was forced to pay for his crime will arouse a flood of discussion carried on by those who know the facts on the one side and by those who do not care for the facts on the other. But while the form of thisJ criminal's punishment cannot be upheld, let those who are disposed to criticise it look into the facts and by these facts temper the judgment they may render. An unassuming industrious, hard working farmer, after his day's toil, sat at his evening meal. Around him sat bis wife and children,' happy in the presence of the man who ■ was fulfilling to them every duty imposed by nature. At peace with the world, serving God, loyal to human ity, they looked forward to the coming day. Noiselessly the murderer, with uplifted axe advanced from the rear, and sank it to the hilt in the brain of, the unsuspecting victim. Tearing the child from its mother’s breast, he flung it into the poo] of blood oozing from the father s wound. Then began the culmination which has dethroned the reason of the people of western Georgia during the past week. As the critics will howl about lynching, the Constitution will lie pardoned for stating the plain facts. The wife was seized, choked, thrown upon the floor, where her clothing lay in the blood of her husband, and ravished. Rememlier the facts! Remember the dark night in the country home! Remember the slain husband! Above all, remember that shocking degradation which was inflicted by the black beast, his victim swimming in her husband’s warm blood as the brute held her to the floor. Keep the facts in mind: when the picture is painted of the ravisher in the flames, go back and view that darker picture of Mrs. Crawford outraged in the blood of her murdered husband.”

Telephone War. Now a telephone war seems imminent. While every one should feel interested in a cheap telephone service, yet in attaining this desirable end, consideration should be paid the various elements that might bring it about, or in other words, the devil should be given his dues. In Septembr 1894 the Citizens’ Telephone Company was organized, and every mother’s' son in Decatur was not only invited but solicited, urged and implored to become members of the company, bv the payment of S4O for four shares of stock which entitled such stockholders to a telephone in his home or place of business at a rental | of fifty cents per month. The organization was finally completed with fiftytwo original stockholders, after which nine more were added making a total of sixty-one, as it stands today. Within six months after the company had organized, a storm burned out the switch board, a loss in itself of SSOO. Besides this, additional damage was done amounting to perhaps that much more. Through inexperience light wire and small poles were used in the construction of the plant, which were soon found inadequate to good service and they were later replaced with heavy wire and larger poles, practically rebuilding the entire plant within the city. It has cost something more than SB,OOO to place the plant where it is today, and the stockholders will not realize anything from their in vestment for at least five years to come further than cheap service—and be- ! fore that time will elapse other improvements will have become neces- , sary, which will extend any realizaI tions for a much longer period. At present 150 telephones are in use giving a service that is unexcelled. The rental rates charged, $2 a month for a business house or $1.50 for an office or residence, is the same as is charged by Van Wert. Ohio, with 209 phones, Portland with 175 "phones, Bluffton with 225 'phones. Huntington with 249 ‘phones, Delphos, Ohio, gives a rate of $2 for a business house and $1 for a residence, and Dunkirk gives the same rate. In the face of this evidence the rate charged bv the company here is not excessive. Were the Citizens’ Telephone Company out of debt and on their feet financially, we would willingly join a crusade for cheaper'phone rental, but under existing conditions we feel that it would be unjust to the Citizens’ Telephone 'Company and their enterprise in fur- . nishing telephone service all over the city and connecting same with other independent companies which permits one to sit in his office and talk to Fort Wayne, Van Wert, Portland, Bluff ton, Montpelier, Hartford City, Huntington, Markle, Monroe, Geneva, Berne Willshire, Pleasant Mills and a score of other surrounding towns. It is no time to make war on such enterprise, especially when it is of the home variety. If another company can organize without outsideinfluence as has been intimated -all is well and good. But when the Citizens’ Company can only count 150 'phones ' after an organization of five years, the ' outlook is not bright for a new company, whose only claim to existence > comes through an appeal for cheaper rental. The presentation of a silver cane to President McKinley bv an old miner i. s r Prj h ? ps sn "^ sti 'e of the idea that ■ i McKinley considers silver something ;I to walk on. The miner is presumably a member of that celebrated miners’ : i syndicate which was alleged to be I furnishing funds for the Bryan cami paign of 1896. But why talk about it I Sentinel.

Two Pictures. The Spanish-American war record runs thus, says an exchange: In the Navy. Killed in action 17 Dietl of wounds 1 Died of disease 0 Total. 18 In the Army. Killed in action 228 Died of wounds 125 Died of disease 5.277 Total. 5,731 The death list in the army, of disease is needlessly large,and the blame for it rests upon Secretary Alger and the incompetence in his department. His appointment was made in payment of a political debt and Ixx-ause he and several men in’his department are incompetent to properly discharge their duties, hundreds of men were sacrificed in unsanitary camps. It does not pay to put incompetents in j office. Major Lee. who has been the per sonal representative of Gen. Miles before the court of inquiry, made a speech summing up the evidence taken during the inquiry that any lawyer might be proud of. He showed that every allegation made by Gen. Miles has been fully sustained by good evidence, but if the Algerites are correct in the outline of their report, which the court will make in a fewdays, probably this week, the evidence is to l>e ignored, Alger and Eagan whitewashed, and Gen. Miles and officers who dared to tell the truth about the beef furnished the army censured. If that sort of a report is submitted, a wave of indignation is likely to sweep over this country that when compared with that which followed the whitewashing of Alger by the war commission, will be as a tornado to a summer zephyr. • It is now stated beyond preadventure that Czar Reed will retire from public life, settle in New york and begin the active practice of his profession, that of law. Mr. Reed has been a unique figure in political and public life, having served his district in congress for more than thirty years. Political disappointments are said to have brought about this determination to retire from congress. In 1896 he expected to be the chosen candidate of his party for president, and when the decree was written otherwise, he determined to quit politics for something more reliable or at least that which would recognize more fully the merits of the man. It is also said that a yearly salary of $50,000 is assured him, and that beats being congressman many points. It is safe to say that he will not drop out of sight of the public, much as he may try to Beware of ointments for Catarrh that contain mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the muscous surface. Such articles should never lie used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buy ng Hall's CatarrahCdre lie sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Chenev A Co. Testi monials free. Sold bv druggists. Pn?e inc. per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. a

gANK STATEMENT. Report of the condition of the old Warns County Hank at Decatur. Ind., in the Statanf Indiana, at the closeof its busine- the lith day of April, 1809. ID resources. Ix)ans and discounts, Overdrafts 4 Stocks. Bonds & Mortgages 75.757 95 Banking house. 6*56 Furniture and fixtures, 2.-26 S Current expenses, 757 55 Interest paid 2.415 44 Currency Srecie ’ ]!>?,' > U.S. Bonds & Sec's on hard : Due from banks & bankets *> ,1m ’ Cash and cash items 4.35' - *134 512 63 Total LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, ?120.0l)u (o Surplus fund Undivided profits 1.124 .*2 Discount, exchange and interest. •<29 Dividends unpaid I nd'l deposits on demand.. - lnd'l deposits on time, 17>.77" Total <M),373ft> State of Indiana. County of Adams *s: I. R. K. Allison, Cashier <»f the Old Adan-* County Bank, do solemnly *w< ar that the above statement is true. R. K. Allison. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me. this 2Tb day of April. I*9o. James T. Merryman Notan Public. Com. expires Feb 18, If 00. jq’OHCE OF SEWER ASSESSMENT. Notice is hereby given that on Friday, May 19,1899. at 7:00 o’clock p. m., at the council chamber in the city of Decatur, before the committees of streets and alleys of the common council of said city, a bearing will be had on the final estimate as submitted by the city civil engineer to the common council on the Pth day of April. IM, of the costa and expense of construction of the sewer known as the 13tb street sewer and the Krick sewer and that at the same time and place the committee will consider said final estimate. All persons interested are notified to be present and make ob ection 'hereto if any they have. Attest: The Common Council. D. M. Hower, City Clerk TO NON-RESIDENTS. The state of Indiana, county of Adams, ss. In the Adams circuit court, April term, 1*99. Estella Stocker I vs > No. 5,919. Daniel Stocker. I Complaint tor divorce. It appearing from affidavit fia•■! in tne above entitled cause, that Daniel Stocker, the above named defendant is a non resident of the Stare of Indiana. .. Notice is therefore hereby given the saia Daniel Stocker, that he be and appear before the Hoti Judge of tbe Adams circuit court on the 17th day of June, 1* •. the same being the 60th juridical day of the present term thereof, to he holden at the court house in the city of Decatur, commencing on Monday, the 10th dav of April. A. D., 1 and plead by answer or demur to said complaint, or the same will be heard and determined in his absence. - Witness, my name and seal of said court, hereto affixed this 26th day of April. I s " - John H. Lenhart. Clerk 7-3 By E. Burt Lenh art. Deputy. Jacob Butcher. Attorney for Plaint iff. MftY Ist Is the last day for paying your spring installment of taxes. We will not be re sponsible f< r any ommis sions and will not hold any receipts. Jonas—Treasurer.