Decatur Democrat, Volume 48, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 8 September 1904 — Page 8

■; j 1 ■■'■■■ ■ A ' 4 9 W;Z® ,/i\ i tf/A 'Wi fk 111 VUmVi l| 'FuAi L-U-'&W (SO Mji® T '. *1 ■ ■ '■ “T ie present cdious tax law Is a Democratic measure, passed to rescue the financial credit of the state”.—Charles W. Fairbanks at ths Fort Warne convention in 1892,

Pleasant Mills The infant daughter of Ira Steele isq nite sick. Austin Archer of Ft. Wayne spent the past week here with relatives. Miss Minta Ritter is still quite poorly, and not able to be around yet. Oran Fortney and family visited Sunday in Fort Wayne, the guests of friends. Frank Winans and family, of Monroeville, visited a few days with friends. Mrs. Rosko Matthewson and niece are making an extended visit with relatives and friends in Uhicaj o. Pleasant Mills is on the boom, as quite a number hive negotiated for lotsand comtemplatej building in the near future. Harvey and Willis Brewer, of Elgin, Ohio, visited the Jpast week here with their father. B. F. Brewer and other friends. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, of Ada, Ohio, former residents of this place, and principal instructor of the Pleasant Mills schools, called on old friends here last week. Charles Yager and. family are moving to our burg this w eek. Charley is tired of farm life and intends from now on to be a fullfledged Pleasant Millsite. The Harmount family Uncle Tom’s Cabin will exhibit here undir canvas next Thursday evening, Sept. Sth. As this will be a highclass entertainment, don't miss the opporunity of attending . Come out and enjoy the evening and witness the free band concert in the evening, under the leadership of Prof. A. L. Harmount. Berne Items. School commenced here Monday with a full attendance. Jacob Branneman went to Fort Wayne, Tuesday, on business. Isaac Emery, who has been quite sick is able to lie around again. The Saints are holding meetings here under a large tent, and all are Cordit.lly invited. The present outlook is very good for a big crowd at Petoskey. Mich., and other points next Tuesday. Harry and Rafe Imbode came home from a visit to Elwood and other towns they visited last week. At the homes of Charles Wright and Chris Martz they are rejoicing over the arrival of two new democrats. Rev. and Mrs. K ■enig returned home Monday, after a weeks' stay at Van Wert Ohio, renewing old acquaintances. From indications there will be a big crowd from here go to Portland tomorrow to see the next oogressman nominated. Miss Myrtle Wilson returned home from Scott. Ohio, Saturday, where she had been calling on friends and relatives. Mrs. Pfeifer and Etta Atkinson of near Salimc-nia, were visiting their sister Mrs.. Dr C. H. Schenk a few days last week. Noah Wnlliman came home from Martinsville last week, feeling xnuch better than when he |went to that institution some three or four weeks previous Senator L. V. Ulery, of Fort XVayne. was looking up his oil holdings hereabouts Tuesday. The senator is one of the nicest andbest democrats in this neck of the woods. Linn Grove. Harmount's Uncle Tom's Cabin exhibited here on Tuesday evening. Sterling P. Hoffman returned to Marion, Ind., on Monday to resume his school work.

William Mertz and wife, of Fcrt Wayne, were visiting Ed Heller and family last week. Not a few of our people attended Labor day at Bluffton Monday, and report that it was short in interest. Noah Baumgartner and wife, of Rockford, Ohio, are visiting their parental homes and other friends here. Bismark, the glasseater, who had been conspicuous for his absence ' for some years, past. i s again in our midst. F. A. W. Lindsey and wife are attending the Vurhees' family reunion at the home of Alex Vorhees, j of Winchester. Lee Lindsey anl his newly wedded wife, of Jefferson town- | ship. Sundayed with F. W. Lindsey of this place. Oral V. Hoffman returned Wednesday night from Atlantic City, Washington, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and other notel places were visited during his outing. Miss Stella Liddy left for Marion, to take a college course in stenography,’and typewriting. After her arrival she made a preference and is now a student of the Fort Wayne Business college. Atlantic City, N. J. After a long ride of 36 hours, passing through some very beautiful mountains scenery, I arrived in Atlantic City about 10 o’clock at night, and the first thing I did was to go down to the‘ board walk, ■’ which at this time of night is one of the grandest sights that one can look upon, as one will never forget this sight in their life time. This board walk is 60 feet wide nd seven miles in length, running parallel north and south with the city on the west and the wide ocean on the east. It is built of steel posts about 15 feet high, the walk being on top, with iron banisters on each side. During high tide the water comes up to the posts and during low tide there is a distance of two hundred feet to the water. This beach is the finest of white sand, and one may sit down with their best clothes on and will not soil them. You can see ladies with fine white dresses on sitting down in this sand and never soil them. During the day you may see from ten thousand to one hundred thousand along this beach. You stand watching this large crowd of people at their different amusements. You become so confused that before you are aware of it you have donned a bathing suit and are out in the large waves participating in the sport, which without a doubt is very beneficial, as well as amusing. This continues until evening when every, body is seen on the board walk, with the finest costumes that can be had. They are out on this walk as late as two o'clock a. m. The walk is brilliantly illuminated with electric lights, and some of the grandest pisplays can be seen here: also on the large steel piers, that extend out into the ocean, some of them being one mile long. People walk out on these to get the beautiful ocean breeze and watch the bathers. There is also any kind of an attarction on them that can be sen any place. On these piers is where tl>? large nets are kept and are raised every day, tons of fish being raised with them. The U. S. Life Saving Station is also along this board walk, it being another grand and interesting sight. Standing on the walk yon can see a hundred of the beach patrolmen dressed in red uniforms, ready to plung in to the water should they see some person in danger During the height of the season, there is one-half of these

men sitting in their boats stationed out along the danger line, guarding the ,'ithirs that they will nit go o.:t t>o far. After spending a fewday- here ore becomes so iiU;,<l < d T.) t s place that it is a'.mo-t i*n-pO'-i for him to leave it, but after. '< waiten.pt- 1 fin illy succeeded in bonding a train and bi I Atl inoc Citv firewell and started for W:,. ' i ng n. D. C. (to be continued) The fun ral services of Peter Zcigier, who died early TYusday morning will be held from the residence of J. W. Teeple in this oitv at three o'clock Thursday afternoon. Rev J. C. White of the M. E. church will conduct the services. The Rice family reunion will be held at Seele's park next Friday, September 9th. that occasion being the birthdav of Grandma Rice, who will be eighty one years old. All relatives of the Rice family as well as the Rabit family are invited, and the occasion will be the usual happy one. A large crowd is e X pected, as the relatives arej many. The roll of honor list sent out by the State Life Inturance Company of Indiana, shows that C. L. Ayers, formerly of this city, is one of their leading business getters. He is director of agencies for the'state |of Michigan and the report shows I that nearly a quarter of a million in business was written during August. His brother Ralph M. Ayers, also a former Adams county boy. led the list, having written ! $35,000. Mr. Ayers has an office at | Detroit and is certainly up in life ■ insurance circles. John A. Walters, aged sixqv-eight ■ years, died at the home of his son Hiram S. Walters, at Fairmount, i Ind., at a late hour Saturday night. He lived in this county nearly all his life, having owned a farm four | miles east of .this city. During the ! past ten or twelve years he lived in i Decatur, until .five months ago, when he went to make his home with his son. He had been in poor health for many years, but it was not generally known here that his condition was serious. His wife who resides here and four sons, Hiram S.. of Lafountaine, Frank, Marion, Nelson, of Alexandria and William of Fort Wayne, survive him. The funeral party arrived at noon Tuesday over the Clover Leaf and the services were con ducted by Rev. Pontits at 12:30 from the United Brethren church. Mrs. Elizabeth Stout, wife of Jacob Stout, filed in circuit court to day a claim against the estate of Catharine Faylor for work performed for Miss Faylor during the latter part of her life, says the Bluffton Banner. She says in her claim that she did washing, cooking and chores for her from 1888 to 1900 and estimates that in all she gave four years of those 12 years to Miss Faylor for which she received no pay. She now asks that she be given $1,500 from the estate. The estate is still tied up by litigation and it will be some time before it can be settled. The suit of D. D. Studabaker against the estate to establish his claim to one of the two farms is still pending and it is now in the apellate court so that claims cannot be paid until that suit is settled. TELEGRAPH OFIASHES. Bluffton, Ind., Sept. 5,—W. A. Lipkey was nominated for sheriff at the democratic county primary held Saturday. He had five opponents and defeated the nearest, George Brickley by only fifty-seven votes. About 2,500 votes were cast, the totals being as follows: George Brickley, 673; Freem Carlisle, 539; G. G. Shepherd, 55 Martin Wickliffe. 72; Marion Gorton, 473; W. A. Lipkey, 694. Richmond. Ind., Sept. 7—After six weeks confinement in a sanitarium at Oxford, Ohio. Elwood O. Ellis, former pastor of South Eighth street Friends church, of this city, has escaped from the institution. His absence was discovered by Dr. Cook, when Ellis failed to report in the dining room yesterday. Arthur Ellis, son of the former pastor. went to Oxford in the endeavor to discover the whereabouts of his father, but was unable to find any trace of him. Mr. Ellis was allowed to walk-about the grounds of the institution unattended. Be seemed perfectly satisfied with his surroundings and his physical coniition was reported as improving. So far as known he had no monev. It was at first supposed that the patient had committed suicide, bnt a thorough search of the surrounding county has failed to reveal any evidence of his deatn.

it Jlk Illiii ■■ . Dr. H. O. Wells, at the Murray HotelDr. H. O. Wells, the well known rectal specialist of Fort VS ayne, will make another professional visit to Decatur next Tuesday, September 131 h, from 8 a. m. to 12, where he may be consulted by any one suffering from any form of rectal disease or chronic constipation. Dr. Wells treats all forms of rectal diseases, including piles, fissure, fistula, itching, bleeding, ulceration or paralysis of the lower bowel. Those who are afflicted wi ; h any of the above mentioned diseases and especially those who have been unable to get satisfactory treatment elsewhere, are invited to call on Dr. Wells at the hotel. Many ladies who are supposed to be suffering from some form of “female weakness - ' are in reality afflicted with rectal disease or impaction of the lower bowel. Dr. Wells recently treated a lady who had been ill for two years and spent several hundred dollars, being treated for female trouble, which did not exist. She was immediately relieved by the proper rectal treatment. Irritability of the bladder and frequent d°sire to urinate are frequently reflex from rectal disease. Chronic constipation or impaction of the lower bowel bearing down upon the pelvic structures, is a more prolific source of diseases o women than ail other causes combined. Constipation is often caused by obstruction in the rectum, either from pile tumors or "rectal pockets” which are folds of mucous membrane stretched across in such a way as to act as an obstruction. In such cases the constant taking of physics is necessary Jbut does not cure If you suspect that you have internal piles, or any form of rectal obstructon it would be advisable for you to call upon Dr. Wells and get his opinion of your case. Those suffering from piles are absolutely, guaranteed a cure, it does not matter how bad the case may be nor how long it has existed. No charge unless cured. Consult Dr. Wells and leirn something new. No cutting. No pain. No detention from business. Consultation free. H. O. Wells, M. D., 723 Clinton St., Fort Wayne, d&w thurs ORGANIZE.

Whatever may be said of other features of * campaign, however potent may be the utterances of a gifted orator in awakening enthusiasm; however convincing the argument that he Invokes, the one thing of prime importance is an organization that will bring out the entire vote of the county. Whatever may be the surface indications, every Democrat should be taught to look upon the result in November as depending upon his personal effort in the days that precede the casting of the vote. Whether he is county, township or precinct committeeman. or whether or not he is conn.-cted with the organization in such a capacity, the fact that he is a Democrat should be sufficient in the present campaign to bring into activity every energy that will tend to insure success. There is always a class in every party that is content with voting the ticket and when this is done they think their whole duty has been performed. Many of them are men of influence and could add materially to the interest of the campaign were they to give their personal efforts in the work of organization. The trouble is that they think they are not needed, that there is nothing they can do. This is a mistake that may be fatal in a close county; in fact, has been fatal In counties where, when the polls closed, the party managers could look back and see where victory could have been assured If only every man in the party had done his whole duty. Let (he present campaign prove an exceptfiSn in this regard. Let everv Democrat from the county chairman to the precinct worker enter at once upon the work of organization and push it till every Democrat is at work for success. County meetings, township meetings, precinct meetings, are efficient factors in such a work, for they lead to interchange of thought, to judicious partition of the work, and to intelligent and thorough effort.

A DEMOCRATIC LAW Claiming Credit For Benefits Accruing From a Law Which They Denounced. The chief claim that the Republicans make to credit is the fact that they have steadily reduced the state debt since they came into power in 1894. It is notorious that the ability to do this came through the tax law ol 1891, which was enacted by a Democratic legislature in the face of Republican opposition. The Republicans carried their opposition into the cam paign of 1892, and at the state conven tion, which met at Fort Wayne, they adopted this resolution: “We arraign the Democratic party of Indiana for enacting an unequal and unjust tax -law. It imposes upon the farmer, laborer and householder an excessive and unequal share of public burdens. It creates a great number of unnecessary officeholders hitherto unknown to the law. To the burden of taxation, already too heavy, it adds more than >IOO,OOO for the fees, salaries and expenses of these officers and offices. We demand its radical revision. We pledge ourselves to enact such amendments to the present law as shall relieve the farm and the home from the unjust taxation now borne by them; which shall place a just share of the public burdens on capital and incorporate property, and provide a more simple and less expensive method of assessment.” Mr. * airbanks, then a candidate for the United States senate, was the permanent chairman of the convention and denounced the law in the following language: “The present odious tax law is a Democratic measure, passed to rescue the financial credit of the state. I misinterpret the signs of the times if the people do not repudiate the law and the Democratic party at about one and the same time. “There is one way to cure the tax law. and that is to radically revise it.” At the time the convention denounced the new’ law as imposing “upon the farmer, laborer and householder an excessive and unequal share of public burdens.” agents of the railroads were gathering data along the several lines to show that the railroad companies were being assessed out of proportion to the farming lands through which they ran. John T. Dye. general counsel for the Big Four railroad, presented the data to the State Tax Board and asked that the assessments of the year before be reduced. On the same grounds the railroads appealed to the courts. This law has put the money in the state treasury to pay the state debt, and it is the same law that the Republican party joined hands with the railroads to overthrow.

Self-Government for FHioinos. In a letter to Hon. John G. Milburn regarding the use of the term “selfgovernment” in his response to the notification speech. Judge Parker makes himself plain in respect to the policy he would pursue toward the Filipinos if elected president. Here is his letter: “Esopus. N. Y.. Aug. 22. 1904. “My Dear Milburn- —You are entirely right in assuming that as I employed the phrase ‘self-government.’ it was Intended to be identical with independence, politic'- and territorial. After noting the criticism referred to by you I am s; 11 unable to understand how it can be said that ?, people enjoy self-g ernment while another nation may in any degree whatever control t’ ej act on, but to take away all possible opportunity for conjecture, you shall be nude clear In the letter of acceptance that I am in hearty accord with that plank in the Democratic platform which advocates treating the Filipinos precisely as we did the Cubans: and I also favor making the promise to them now to take such action as soon as it can be prudently done. “Thanking you for your letter, and with best wisnes tor you always, 1 am, “Very sincerely yours. “ALTON B. PARKER. “John G. Milburn, Esq." Parker Satisfactory; Roosevelt Obnoxious. Smiley N. Chambers. United States district attorney for Indiana under the Harrison administration, has a very high opinion of Judge Parker, and it Is evident from a recent interview that he Is strongly Inclined to support him. He does not say he is for Parker, but when he declares that Parker’s personality is satisfactory to all the people and that Roosevelt is obnoxious to many of the business interests of the country, he virtually says that the president Is obnoxious to him, because he is intimately associated with business interests. Here is the deliverance of Mr. Chambers on this point: “The personality of Mr. Parker is satisfactory to the entire people of this country. No one. Republican or Democrat, can object to him. The personality of President Roosevelt Is obnoxious to many of tha business interests of this country. The personality of the two candidates will cut a large figure In this campaign. "The Republicans are confronted by the same conditions as in the Blaine campaign of 1884 —a very popular candidate with many classes of people—who failed to command the confidence of certain conservative and influential elements.” Senator Fairbanks continues to hold to his >6,000 job.

MARKET REPORT reeled every day. ”• v °rgrain. BY B. L. CARROL, GBAIN MEHCPav, New Corn yellow New Corn," mixed.... * Machine shucked one cent ies' a ' Date, new No. 3, White Oats old 'S Wheat, No. 2 Wheat, No. 3' 1 Barley Rye No. 2 Clover Seed , Alayke & sfi 5 fi ® Buckwheat« J Flax Seed« Timothy n 80 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1-ltp m today, according to National C mission Co., special wire service M follows: ’ Wheat, Sept, old | jp September wheat new Wheat, Dec. , $ Wheat, Mayj Corn, September 533 Corn, Decern ber s'l i Corn, May jq’ Data, September 30 Oats, Dec. 321 Oats May 35! Sept. Pork io go' Sept Lard _ 7 qO TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock bv J. D. Hale, Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red, cashfl 11} September wheat;l Ri December Wheat 1 13} Corn cash 57 September corn 483 December corn Oats, Cash 32s September oats 33} Oats December 36 Rye, cashls OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VABIOCS GBOCEBS AND MEBCHANTS Eggs, fresh, per doz} .i Lard i| Butter, per pound 10 Potatoes, new 50 Onions 65 Cabbage per 100 lbl 00 Apples, per bu 40 STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DE LEB Lambs 5 0) Hogs, per cwt.ls GO 5 25 Cattle per lb 3 @ 3} 4 Calves, per lb3j 4 Cows 2 2j BY J. W. PEACE CO. Chickens, young, per lb 64®' Fowls, per lb Ducks, per lb Young Ducks 6@7 Young Turkeys, per lb 12 Geese, old per lb Geese, young, per lb 3®6 HAY FIARKET. No. 1 timothy large (baled) !8 00 No 1 ” small Xo 2 ” SI 00 less No 1 mixed 1 50 less N’o 1 clover 1 5 Hess WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVEB A SON. Wool, unwashedo.lW Sheep pelts 25c to 11 Beef hides, per pound Calf hides Tallow, per pound OIL fIARKET. Tiona doming 'J New Castle | North Lima South Lima Indiana Whitehouse Somerset Neodasha, (Kan.) Barkersville '53 Ragland COAL—Pet Ton , , .. $6 75 Anthracite ’ 350 Domestic, nu» — 343 Domestic, lump, Hocking—■ Domestic lump, Indiana Pocahontas Smokeless, lump Eyes Examined Free and Headaches Cured —BY— Drs. Burke & Lemontree of 621 S. Michigan St. South Bend, I nd “ nf ex* who have had over 1> . Te ‘ ir * perience in fitting the e o hers have faUed ’ making regular visits to rrnfSE 60 days, will be at the Bl RT September 15th and IM ( #re DAYS only. All * la88 “ -fl be fitted by us on this ocean q( warranted for 3 years from purchase. Special attention to Schoo REMEMBER THE