Daily Democrat, Volume 1, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1903 — Page 4

Rural Route News. Rural Route Number Five South. Teachers are complaining of rather poor attendance during these stormy days. A B. Riley and family were in town Sunday the guests of Mrs. Riley’s parents. L W. Merriman has quit his working place, namely, John Durr’s, and can now be found at home. Miss Lanta Baughman opened school again Monday after a three weeks vacation caused by a scarlet fever scare. The farmers have been taking advantage of the good roads to haul off their corn and other stuff in spite of the cold weather. George Passwater has gone to New York presumably to see the country and meet his bride. Who says it does not pay to advertise? Revs. Sprague and Brandyberry have been giv.ug us some very fine selections in the way of special songs each evening of the meeting. TEACHER'S INSTITUTE The teachers of Blue Creek township held their institute at district No. 4, Saturday, and from one of them W get the following report: “Miss B(a)ughman read an interesting paper on ’Systematic Methology,’ in which she emphasized the fact that we should study in school actual realties and not books, while Mr. Tyndall in the discussion took the other side for the reason that we could not always get the realties and could get the books. Mr. Roop gave a talk on ‘Dickens as an Educator,’ in which he favored training the imagination of children. Mr. Merriman followed with the same subject, but conducted it as a class exercise, bringing out many examples where children suffer ed for lack of sympathy. We should sympathize with children, not for them. Mr. Holmes' subject was Language and Grammar. Generally language is an art while grammar is a science. Following this the institute adjourned for dinner. At 1:15 came a general discussion on the subject, ‘What subjects may be eliminated from Arithmetic?” The result was that from a practical standpoint, a great deal may be left out, but for a mind-training, all should be left in. Miss Campbell handled the ‘Memory’ part, and at the close this part was unsettled. Will boys take a greater interest in Barbara Fritchie than girls? Mr. Battling gave some very good points from Side Lights of His torv and institute dismissed. NOTES. Trustee Mattox says all teachers who are tardy must do without their dinner. What is the corresponding feminine for the noun chairman? Mr. Bartling and Miss Campbell engaged in a lively debate on “Was Johnson or congress wrong?" Mr. Tyndall says there are only two pieces of land in Adams county where a knowledge of geometry is needed to divide. Next meeting February 14, at No. 6. Cordiallv invited. The teachers do not think like Rev. Brandyberry said that they would be happier if they would eat less. The railway from Caracas to Valen- [] live miles, has eighty-six tunnels. Assassination of a Sheriff. Birmingham. Ala.. Jan. 13. —A report has reached here of the assassination of Sheriff Reese of Bibb county. Reese and one of his deputies had arrested two negroes and were taking them to the depot to board a train for Ccnterville. One of the negroes was walking in front of the sheriff and the other behind him, when suddenly the one in hee rear shot the sheriff, killing him instantly. Both prisoners escaped. Another Mexican Earthquake. Laredo, Tex.. Jan. 12. —A special from Oaxaca. Mcx., says: it has been learned here that a severe earthquake shock was felt at Jamilloptee. Considerable damage was done to property, but there was no loss of life. Subterranean rumbling has been heard there for some time. Fatal Union Pacific Wreck. Laramie. Wyo., Jan. 13. —Two Union Pacific freight trains met in collision near Harper's Station, causing the death of Fireman Scalill, the fatal injury of Brakeman H. S. Weick and the serious injury of Engineer J. D. Riner. Two locomotives and several cars were damaged.

The American FENCE is the best! The price is the lowest! We give you a No. 7 top wire. We give you more pounds of wire in a rod of this fence than you get in any other fence sold out of Decatur. Nothing but the best of galvanized steel wire used. This low price won’t last long. Don’t wait on our agents; we can’t get to you. Unless you see us soon you will miss the opportunity of your life to buy fence. Ask us about fence and we can do you good. Brlttson Brothers.

SAPPING LIFE OUT Such Is the Effect Upon Venezuela of the Present Blockade. A Condition to Entering Upon Negotiations for a Settlement Will Be to Raise Blockade. Venezuela Will Insist on This and Will Receive Some Influential Support. Washington. Jan. 13. —Advices received here indicate that while Minister Bowen comes as Venezuela’s commissioner in negotiations looking to a settlement of the claims of the allies. President Castro has made it a condition that the blockade shall be raised before Mr. Bowen proceeds with the preparation of the protocol for the peaceful adjustment of the claims. Moreover, it now develops that in this request Venezuela is likely to have the support of Italy. The United States, though not a party to the negotiations, of course will throw the weight of its moral influence on the same side. The Italian government is influenced in its course by purely economic considerations. It does not desire to crush Venezuela, but simply to procure the repayment of claims. The continuance of the blockade, by sapping the very life out of the country, threatens to make it impossible for Venezuela to pay these claims within any reasonable period of time, so that any judgment rendered against her by private arrangement or by The Hague tribunal would be hollow and almost without results. Furthermore, it is held by Italy that there is really no sufficient reason for a continuance of the blockade, which is working great harm to trade, as it already has had its full moral influence upon Castro and longer punishment would serve no useful purpose, in the Italian view. The Italian government. it is stated, remains thoroughly loyal to the alliance into which it has entered with Germany and Great Britain, but that fact it is held will not necessarily operate to prevent Italy from using her moral influence to have the alliance do what it regards as right, while still keeping within its lines. Great Britain’s Reply Ready. London. Jan. 13.—A lengthy communication supposed to be in the nature of a reply to President Castro's answer, was handed to the United States embassy by the foreign office yesterday. The negotiations are proceeding satisfactorily. PASSENGERS ICEBOUND Continental Limited Locked in Detroit River for Fifteen Hours. — Detroit. Jan. 13. —The passengers on the Wabash railway’s eastbound Continental Limited were Icebound for fifteen hours Sunday night and Monday in the Detroit river on board the ferryboat Great Western. The train was backed onto the ferry Sunday at midnight, four hours late. Most of the passengers were asleep at the time. When they awoke yesterday morning they were out on the river in a field of ice. It was 5 o’clock in the afternoon when the Great Western forced a passage into a landing slip on the Canadian side of the river and the Continental Limited was pulled off the boat. Holds On to Her Lover. Geneva, Jan. 13. —Dr. Zehme, counsel at the Saxony court for the crown princess of Saxony, who recently eloped with M. Giron, has issued a statement to the effect that Giron has been requested to leave Geneva during the preliminaries to the divorce proceedings, but that the crown princess has no intention of leaving M. Giron. She is taking steps to obtain a divorce and nothing more. It is expected that the legal negotiations may be brought to a conclusion at any moment Secretary Moody Hurt. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 13.—As he was being driven into the naval academy ground here yesterday, Secretary of the Navy Moody was painfully hurt. The horses attached to his carriage ran away and the secretary leaped from the carriage. He fell upon his face and his nose was lacerated, but he was not incapacitated by his injuries.

HOME MARKETS. NOTICE TO MERCHANTS. You are invited to insert in this column, free of charge, the price you will pay for any farm product. Accurate prices paid by Decatur merchants for various products. Corrected every day. GRAIN. BY E. L. CARROL, GRAIN MERCHANT. Wheat, new $ 71 Corn, per ewt, yellow (new) 55 Corn, per ewt.,(new) mixed 53 Oats, new 31 Rye 41 Barley 45 Clover Seed 4 00 @ 5 37 Alsyke 5 50 @ 6 80 Tirnothv 1 35 Buckwheat 40 Flax Seed 1 10 TOLEDO GRAIN MARKETS. Changed every afternoon at 3:00 o’clock by J. D. Hale, Decatur. Special wire service. Wheat, new No. 2, red. cash $ 77 3/4 May wheat 80 7/8 Cash corn, No. 2, mixed, cash 45 3/4 May corn 44 1/2 Oats, cash 35 1/2 Oats, May 35 7/8 Rye, cash 53 STOCK. BY FRED SCHEIMAN, DEALER. Hogs, per ewt....... $5 50 @ $6 00 Cattle per lb........ 3 1/4 @ 4 1/4 Calves, per lb........ 5 1/2 @ 6 Sheep, per lb........ 2 1/2 @ 4 1/4 Beef Hides, per lb....... 6 POULTRY. BY J. W. PLACE CO., PACKERS. Chickens, per lb........ $ .08 Fowls, per lb....... .07 1/2 Ducks, per lb....... .08 Turkeys, per lb....... .12 Geese, per lb....... .06 WOOL AND HIDES. BY B. KALVER & SON. Wool....... No market now Sheep pelts....... 40c to $1 00 Beef hides, per pound....... 06 Calf hides....... 07 1/2 Coon hides....... 50c @ 1 25 Possum hides....... 15c @ 50 Skunk hides....... 25c @ 1 25 Mink hides....... 50c @ 2 00 Tallow, per pound....... 4 1/2 CHICAGO MARKETS. Chicago market closed at 1:15 p. m. today as follows: Wheat, May....... $ 76 3/8 Wheat, July....... 73 3/8 Corn, May....... 44 1/8 Corn, July....... 43 Oats, May....... 34 7/8 Oats, July....... 31 7/8 Mess Pork....... $16 27 HAY MARKET. No. 1 tirnothv hay (baled) No 1 mixed hay (baled) No. 4 clover hay (baled) Losse hay $1.50 less. COAL. Anthracite....... $ 8 00 Domestic, lump....... 4 50 Domestic, assorted....... 4 25 OIL MARKET. Tiona. . . . . . . $1.69 Pennsylvania . . . . . 1.54 Corning . . . . . . 1.34 New Castle . . . . . . 1.41 North Lima . . . . . . 1.15 South Lima . . . . . . 1.10 Indiana . . . . . . 1.10 OTHER PRODUCTS. BY VARIOUS GROCERS AND MERCHANTS. Eggs, fresh, per doz.......$ 22 Butter, per pound....... 16 Potatoes, per bushel....... 40 It is a popular saying in Brazil that every ton of rubber from the Upper Amazon costs two lives. STOCKHOLDERS ROAR Claim Is Made That Stratton’s Independence Mine Was "Salted.” — Denver, Col., Jan. 13. —The Strat-ton-Independence company (limited) has filed in the United States court a suit for $6,000,000 against the executors and trustees of the Stratton estate and also against I. Harry Stratton, heir-at-law. The complaint alleges that at the time the mine was sampled preparatory to concluding the sale which had been negotiated through the Venture Corporation of London, the samples were "salted” so that the amount of ore, according to the samples, was valued at $7,000,000, when in reality the ore in sight was worth only $2,000,000 or less. It is alleged that the sacks of samples were opened and sprinkled with silvanite. The Venture corporation will also bring a similar suit, declaring that its expert, C. A. Rickard, was deceived by the salted ore and the individual stockholders will bring actions for the return of their money, .alleging that they were induced to purchase stock at $5, $10 and $15, which in reality was not worth such prices.

Weather Forecast. Increasing cloudiness with possibly snow flurries Wednesday and north portion tonight. Rising temperature Prevailing Current Prices for Grain, Provisions and Livestock. Indianapolis Grain and Livestock. Wheat—Wagon, 74c; No. 2 red strong 77 t Corn—Steady; No. 2 mixed, 44 Oats—Steady; No. 2 mixed, 34. Cattle—Slow at [email protected] Hogs—Quiet at [email protected] Sheep—Steady at [email protected] Lambs—Steady at [email protected] Grain and Provisions at Chicago. Opened. Closed Wheat— Jan . . . . . .$ .72 1/8 $ .72 May . . . . . . 76 1/2 .75 3/4 July . . . . . . 73 3/4 .73 1/8 Corn— Jan . . . . . . 46 1/2 .46 1/8 May . . . . . . 43 3/4 .43 1/8 July . . . . . . 42 3/4 .42 3/4 Oats— Jan . . . . . . 32 3/4 .32 3/4 May . . . . . . 34 1/2 .34 3/4 July . . . . . . 31 7/8 .31 3/4 Pork—Jan . . . . . . 17.75 17.50 May . . . . . . 18.20 16.32 July . . . . . . 16.10 16.15 Lard— Jan . . . . . . 9.80 9.87 May . . . . . . 9.45 9.52 July . . . . . . 9.30 9.37 Ribs— Jan . . . . . . 8.72 8.77 May . . . . . . 8.82 8.95 July . . . . . . 8.80 8.92 Closing cash market—Wheat; 75c, corn 47c; oats, 33c; pork, $17.50; lard, $9.87 ribs, $8.77. At Louisville. Wheat—No. 2 new, 77c Corn—No. 3 white, 45 1/2c; No. 3 mixed, 45c. Oats—No. 2 mixed, 36 1/2c; No. 2 white, Cattle— Steady at [email protected] Hogs—Steady at Sheep—Steady at $2@3. Lambs—Steady at [email protected]. At Cincinnati. Wheat—Quiet; No. 2 red, 78 1/2c Corn—Firm: No. 2 mixed 46c. Oat—Firm; No. 2 mixed, 36e Cattle—Steady at $2@5. Hogs—Active at [email protected]. Sheep—Slow at [email protected] Lambs —Dull at [email protected] Livestock at Chicago. Cattle— Dull; steers [email protected]; stockers and feeders, [email protected]. Hogs—Active at [email protected] Sheep—Steady at [email protected] Lambs—Steady at [email protected] At New York. Cattle—Slow at [email protected] Hogs—Quiet at [email protected]. Sheep—Slow at [email protected] Lambs—Steady at @[email protected] At East Buffalo. i Cattle- Steady at $2. Hogs—Active at [email protected] Sheep—Steady at [email protected] Lambs—Steady at [email protected] The world’s population is increasing about 500,000,000 a century. Peter Wetsel & Son will offer for sale at public auction at his residence, two miles west of Decatur, on the Decatur and Bluffton stone road, beginning at nine o’clock a. m., on Wednesday. January 21, the following property, to-wit: Four head of work horses, coming 3-year-old colt. 2 coming 2-year-old colts, 5 head of milch cows, two of them fresh; 3-year-old steer, yearling heifer calf, 3 spring calves, 3 brood sows with pigs, 19 head of fall pigs, weight about 50 lbs.; 4 head of shoats, weight about 165 lbs.; 42 head of sheep, McCormick self-binder. new Deering mowing machine, Champion mowing machine, hay rake, Hoosier fertilizing wheat drill, wagon with wide tire, wagon with narrow tire, hay rack, 2 sets of dump boards, 2 hog racks, 2 Bucher Gibbs’ plows, spring-tooth harrow, iron spike-tooth harrow. Black Hawk check row corn planter, cultivator, bobsled, feed cutter, Silver & Deiming No. 9; 2 sets of work harness, 4 forks, 4 shovels, corn cutter. McCombs’ pulverizer and land roller, Fairbanks’ scales, weigh 1200 lbs.; hay in the mow, 55 shocks of corn fodder and numerous other articles. Terms: All sums under $5 cash in hand; sums over $5 a credit of nine months will be given, the purchaser giving note with approved security. Hot coffee and lunch at noon. Fred Reppert, Auctioneer. FREE! IMPORTED JAPANESE NAPKINSTO ALL CHURCH SUPPERS AND SOCIETY DINNERS FOR WHICH SEAL COFFEE THE FINEST GROWNIS PURCHASED! FOR SALE BY G. W. Archbold & Son.

ALL WOOL Carpet Remnants 35c A YARD. Remnants of the 65c grade of best Ingrain Carpets, in lengths from 2 to 19 yards, will be sold one week only . . . . . . . 35 Cents VELVET BRUSSELS Carpet Sarnples for Rugs, one and one-half yards long . . . . . . . $1.00 Each. BOSTON STORE 1. 0. 0. F. BLOCK. KUEBLER & MOLTZ CO. GUS ROSENTHAL'S Inventory Clearance IS attracting great crowds. The highest grade wearing apparel for men and boys is being slaughtered for this month only. A reduction of from 25 to 50 per cent on all cash purchases this month to close out all winter goods. Here are just a few of the rare bargains: Children’s Fine Overcoats Virtually at Your Own Price. Forty dozen fine, heavy, fleece lined, men’s underwear, worth 50c, now, each -------- 29c Men’s heavy Jersey winter shirts, worth 50c, go this month only at, each -------- 33c Twenty-five pairs men’s pants go during this month, while they last, at one pair for -------- Men’s heavy, lined Jeans pants, worth 75c, during this month in this sale, a pair for -------- 50c Men’s heavy, all wool Cashmere pants, worth $2.00, fifty pair of them, each -------- 98c Twenty-five two-piece knee pant suits, worth $1.00, during this month, each -------- 50c Equal Reductions Throughout the Store. — PREMIUM TICKETS GIVEN WITH 25c PURCHASES. Gus Rosenthal The Square Man. Decatur, Indiana.