Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 4 May 1899 — Page 7

| I Baker & Christen, • Architects E I Have opened an office over ■ Archbold A Haughs Book ( Store, and are prepared to do f»l ■ anv kind of work in their line. ■ Pedons contemplating build ■ j n e can save time, trouble and ■ money by consulting them. *l6 11) fl I Baker & Christen, Architects. of fl ed ■ '■« — I Paint! J Paint! I I Paint! 7 I 16 n ■ * ■vTitliout it our houses would e HI I I look like a row of shanties, e M . I ■if poor paint is used it looks I I about as bad as no paint 1} at all | El sell GOOD PAINT I THAT LASTS. | I B I Page Blackburn. ■ 52-13 THE DRUGGIST.

■take advantage I Os the EXEMPTION I LAW, which entitles I you to S7OO Exemption ■ from your assessment. i ■ Have your Blank AtH- ■ davits ready when the ■ assessor comes around. ■get THEM OF ... I DON L. QUINN, ■■in the office of F. M. Schirmeyer. i nth e ■ |"O Dr. Williams'lndian Pile I ■ ■ F-. nk ' ■■ ■■■■■ t w ..! ■■Hi'' ll.ii'l S BM | e | •■■■:. and Ileluni: I ill I Ll . ~1; w. • Die em.-irs | V■ | allays the itching at oin e. acts 111 ■■as a poultice, inws instant reI I ■ hes. Dr. Wil.iams'lndian Pile O.nt I g ■ ment is prepared for Piles andlteh I ■ in? of the private parts. Every box is IB™ warranted. By druggists, by mail on re_ | B ceipt of price. .">0 cents and fl.iHi. WILLIAMS I ij MANUFACTURING CO.. Props.. Cleveland. Ohio. I Nachtrieb & Fuelling. I HEALTH. POWER, ENERGY. I K M TRADEMARK f Ict w® I I .< * Stop forever all weakening drains | j 7 V feed the brain, replace wasted tis g ■ ,; r7a»V ue3 - an< i rich, flesh-buildinj I 1 bounding through every pari I I T-r of the system, making every orgac ■B I Mt, and causing yon to glow and tingle | J < /// > witni>cw'.yfaundstrength. Toureanen I ■ ' man. and can feel it! The greatest NERVE J Q LtyiATONIC ever di covered. Palmo Tableti " S yVcOcurequicklyand forever Nervous DebilI I . ify Varicocele. Atrophy, Loss of Memory, s I Sleeplessness,Dysnepsia.Kidney Diseases I I 50c a box; 12 boxes (with guarantee, good I M eo,d) ’ ss °°’ Seat anywhere ‘ I Smith & Yager. Docatur. Ind. IR-Kc-eley ( Bl Aiz-xH„I Produce a diMSM ■ ■ niconoi, havino dellriite patliol ■ AnL.m Ogy. The disease yields B ■ Vpium, easilv to the Double ■ ■ ■ id,iride of <lold Treat- I ■ IvUdCCO merit as luiministi-reu at g I' c ’ „ the Keeley Institute ■ i yJSIny i at Marion tin ouly B Keeley Institute in Northern Indiana. V ■ Communications Confidential. | ■ 1903 South Adams Street. 1 I SEND US ONE DOLLAR EXtti ■ *• 1899 pattern hfch-erade RESERVOIR COAL AND WOOD ■ COOK MOVE, by freight C.0.D., subject to examination. ■ Examine it at’ _■ ~ ■ ■ your freight ■ depot and if *' ■ f • nd perfect 11. 2>?] ■ ly satisfactory Bk.Vfc3-x.-T BS'*'- Lia> ■ •"<! the milMl J| BBLwJy?L_q| Tml ■ Move (HR. >BCT arir(?Eg*f/ ■ '•AIS you ■ ever 'saw HBr or heard ■ 2LP*- Vthe I Er AC 0 M n E ■ less the »1 00yT WRITE FOR OUR BIG FREE I STOVE CATALOGUE. K and freight charges. This stove is size No. 8, oven is ■ *«Sxl8xll. top is 42x23; made from be-t pig iron, extra Jarge flues, heavy covers, heavy linings and grate.*. » large oven shelf, heavy tin-lined oven door, hand-ome nickel plated ornamentations and trimmings. « x ‘ ,a large deep, genuine Standish porcelain lined resenufr. nanu sotiit large ornamented base. Best eoal burner made, am ■ We furnish FRkE an extra wood grate, making it a p.-r ■ feet wood baraer. W1 E A BIMHMMiI AHANTf b with ■ ev ery stove and guarantee safe delivery to your rain ■ roadsUtion. Your local dealer would charge y n J-; * 'or such a stove, the freight is only about tor ■ each 500 miles. Ou Be oave you at least Ad.lress, I -SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.<!NC >GHICAGO,IIL (S«ms, Bccbuk & Co. ore UaorooyMj reIUMe—MUM.’

KIRKSVILLE CYCLONE i Two Hundred Families Are Homeless In (he Missouri Town. Kirksville, Mo., April 29.—As a result of the tornado that swept through the eastern portion of this city, demolishing I half of the residences and other buildings, 200 families are homeless and more than 30 dead bodies and 70 injured persons were recovered from the ruins yesterday. More than a dozen of the in- i jured will die. Although rescuers have been searching the ruins over since the storm spent its fury many are still missing, and it is thought that a considerable number of the unfortunates were | consumed in the flames that broke out soon after the storm had ceased. The work of rescue continues, but it mav be days before the total number of victims . i is known. Death List at Newtown. Chillicothe, Mo., May I.—The death list at Newtown from Thursday evening’s storm has reached 13, and proba- | bly will reach 16 in the next day or two. Mrs. Flagg died yesterday from her in-1 I juries, after terrible suffering. Her house was one of those blown away by the tornado. Three others of the injured are thought to be dying. Thou- | sands of sightseers visited Newtown yesterday. Two More Deaths at Kirksville. Kirksville, Mo., May I.—With the exception of two victims who died yesterday all these killed in the tornado of Thursday evening have been buried. I Cal Little succumbed yesterday fro.a i his injuries, as did also Paul Beeman, a child. This makes the number dead 33. Yesterday 15,000 visitors came from hundreds of miles around to view the ruins. * MEXICO Has a Remedy For Mob Law ami Lyneh.iig That Works Well. City of Mexico, May I.—The treasury report of foreign commerce shows that in eight months of the fiscal year the exports have increased nearly £9,000,000 and are now at the rate of nearly $150,000,000 yearly; the imports have increased 13 per cent and are now at the rate of 198.000,000 in silver annually. The governor of Sinaloa, in order to give greater security to life and property, 111 c: t 1111 r»l»<1 I

has suspended th, constitutional guarantees in case of kidnaping, patricide, premeditated murder and highway robbery. Sinaloa is on the Pacific coast and isolated from the railway system of the country This means that offenders of these classes will be subjected to punishment by the constituted authorltie without the formality of trial when their guilt shall be clearly evident. A similar measure regarding persons guilty of putting ot structions on railway track, was taken a few years ago with eminently satisfactory results. That class of offenses died out. It is the Mexica: remedy for mob law and lynching and works well in practice. NAVAJO INDIANS Kill Their Medicine Man Because of i His Inability to Cure Smallpox. Holbrook, Ariz., May I.—The Navajo Indians near here held a large meeting Saturday and killed their medicine man. The reason for the action of the Indians was the inability of the medicine man to stamp out or cure the smallpox, with which large numbers of the tribe have died this winter. The medicine man was made to undergo excruciating paius and horrible mutilations of the body before be was killed. First he was scalped, then he had his ears cut off; next his arms and legs were severed from the body, ami then ho was shot 1? times through the body. Between each of these barbarous and bloody acts of cruelty the murderers would dance around the body, which was securely fastened to a tree, and sang their hideous songs. Officers are now out hunting foi the perpetrators of the horrible deed. MRS. GEORGE IS FREE Acquitted of the Murder of George D. Saxton. Canton, 0., April 29.—The verdict of “Not guilty,” delivered to the court yesterday, acquitted Mrs. Anna E. George of the murder of George D. Saxton. It set at liberty the woman who I has occupied a cell in jail for seven I months. In less than an hour after the verdict had been announced congratui latory telegrams were received by Mrs. George from sympathizers in many quarters of the country. More of them were addressed to her attorneys and were congratulations on a professional victory. Garing the afternoon and last evening Mrs. George was constantly engaged at receptions. Increased Their Bail. Philadelphia, April 29.—At the conclusion of the hearing yesterday of Former United States District Attorney Ingham and ex-Assistant District Attor ney Newett, charged with bribery in connection with the Lancaster (Pa.) counterfeiting conspiracy, Commissioner Edmunds increased the bail of each ' from SIO,OOO to $20,000. Second Increase In Wages. ' Reading, Pa., May 2.—The second increase for the year took place yesterday in the wages of the Reading Iron company’s 2,500 hands from 5 to 10 per cent. The company’s new furnace was also successfully set in blast. Twentieth Kansas. Lawrence, Kan., May 2.—Congressman J. D. Bowersock received a letter from Adjutant General Corbin yesterday saying the Twentieth Kansas would probably start home from Manila about the middle of June. ■ — • Bellamy Storer. Madrid, May I.—Bellamy Storer, the newly appointed United States minister I to Spain, will present his credentials to i the queen regent next Thursday.

GEN. OTIS IS ACTIVE: PEACE OVERTURES DO NOT INTERI ERE WITH HIS PLANS. Preparations For Pushing the War Go Steadily On — Expect Envoys to i Return With Revised Proposition. I ncondit ional Surrender Demanded. Manila, May I.—While it is the general expectation among Americans that the Filipino emissaries will return with revised proposals from General Antonio Luna, Major General Otis is not letting this prospect interfere with his preparations for pushing the war. He has ordered Major General Lawton to return to Angat, a few miles northwest of Norzagaray, and not to advance aggres- I sively while the negotiations are pending. General MacArthur is apparently acting on the same policy, but he is repairing bridges and strengthening the lines of his force, which is stretched out with a 4-milo front and within a quarter of a mile of the enemy. The possibilities of peace was gratifying to a great majority of the army, who have regarded the war as an unpleasant duty that must be performed according to American traditions. Manila is cheerful over the prospects of a return to normal life, though there are sceptics who remark that a truce would enable the insurgents to rest until the rainy season upon which they have been depending as an important aid. The prisoners report that there are 75,000 refugees north of San Fernando. This is not impossible, considering the thickly populated region which the Americans have cleared. It seems also that smallpox is spreading among them. The so-called Filipino congress will meet at San Fernando today. When Dean C. Worcester of the United States-Philippines commission, who accompanied the Filipino emissaries from Calumpit, said to Colonel Manuel Arguelles tl.-t the Americans were under no obligations to refrain from fighting, the Filipino officer replied: “Would you fight while we are discussing terms of peace?” Mr. Worcester responded with the suggestion that an armistice would give the Filipino leaders time to escape. “My God. where would we escape to?” the Filipino exclaimed, referring in this to the menacing hostile tribes behind the Filipino lines. Colonel Arguelles told a correspondent that he was much disappointed in the results of his mission. He said also that Aguinaldo expected Calumpit to be the cemetery of the American army. In the course of the conference Saturday Jacob C. Schurman, chairman • f

the United States Philippine commission, told Colonel Arguelles that if the insurgents would now lay down their arms he and his colleagues of the commission would consult them regarding the plan of government to be submitted to President McKinley. He said he could not promise that all their suggestions would be adopted, but he could assure them that there would be a presumption in favor of their suggestions, adding that the commissioners would be especially’ desirous of satisfying the legitimate aspirations of the Filipinos. When Colonel Arguelles protested that uncondition-1 surrender would be humiliation, Mr. Schurmanreplied: “There would be no more humiliation in General Otis treating our brother Filipinos as General Grant treated our brother Americans at Appomattox.” Saturday, before General Otis had issued the order directing General Lawton to return to Angat, the troops of his command encountered the rebels in a circle of hills outside San Rafael, about five miles northwest of Angat, dislodging them after an hour’s fighting. The Americans hud three wounded. A thousand armed Filipinos fell back as the Americans advanced. The villagers meet General Lawton, offering him provisions. They dare not flee into the mountain country on the east because of the robber tribes there, and on the west are the troops of General MacArthur. Messrs. Carrick and Holmes (Americans), who had been running a sugarmill at Calumpit and whose fate had caused some anxiety, have sent word to Manila that they are safe with Mr. Higgins, manager of the Manila-Dagu-pan railroad, at Beyonbang. PUBLIC DISTURBED Over Jamaican Government's Refusal to Disclose Terms of Warning. Kingston, Jamaica, April 29.—Public anxiety over the goverment’s refusal to disclose the terms of the warning from the Washington government has developed into an argent popular desire for a statement from Washington, or through American newspapers, to impress the representatives with the necessity of making their stand for reciprocity when considering the tariff bill. In the pub lie mind Mr. Chamberlain, the British secretary of stale for the colonies, would not dare repeat his previous coercive tactics if the representatives should oppose differential duties against American products. Greatest Gold Producing Country. Pretoria, May I.—ln the course of his speech Saturday at the opening of the Volksraap. President Kruger announced that the Transvaal was now the largest gold producing country in the world. He said the output in 1898 was £16,240,638, being an increase of £4,586,905 over the output of the previous year. Shot and Killed a Negro. Columbia, Mo., April 29. John Benton, a negro aged 40 years, was shot and killed yesterday by Peter and William Conklin, father and sou, at Stephens station, six miles north of here. The Conklins state that the negro had wronged the daughter of Peter Conklin, who is said to be of weak mind.

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