Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 13 January 1894 — Page 2

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THE DAILY JOURNAL.

Printed Every Afternoon Except Sunday.

THE JOURNAL COMPANY. T. U. McCAlN. Pretldent. J. A. UREENB. Secretary.

DAILY-

A. A. MCCAIN, Treasurer.

One year 15.00 Six months "-0 Three mootlis 1.25 Per week, by carrier or mall 10

WEEKLY— ,, One year II 00 Six months 50 Three months 25

Payable In adTance. Sample copies tree.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1894.

HENRY WATTKIWOX denounces the Wilson bill as a "miserable makeshift." He realizes that the men who vote for it will walk through a ''slaughter house to an open grave." All the same Henry will applaud when the bill passes.

THK collar and cuff workers of Troy and Xew York City this week sent a petition to Congress signed by 69,819 people. It made a book two feet thick, six feet long and four feet wide, was bound in red, white and blue and required four men to carry it into the House. This made the "cuckoos" uncomfortable.

LADOGA Leader-. The Crawfordsville JOURNAL is much improved in appearance of late, and the proprietors are to be credited with an enterprise that is truly commendable these trying times. TKR JoriiN.VL is neat, clean and gratifying in its mechanical make up, and a newsy sheet always.

THK Atlanta Constitution which no person would for a moment accuse of being anything else than a Democratic paper, has this to say of the Hawaiian muddle: -jj

We are involved in a disgraceful tangle, and it is all the result of the attempt to mingle Republican and mugwump elements with Democracy. If we had a Democratic Secretary of State in the Cabinet he would have taken hold of this matter in accordance with the precedents and traditions of our party, with no 'thought of attacking Mr. Harrison's policy simply because it was Harrison's.

SKNATOR TUBPIK has made a speech in the Senate on the Hawaiian question which must be annoying to the President and Secretary Gresham. The brief telegraphic reports of the speech say it was a: strong legal argument, based on international and diplomatic law. and took the position that the provisional government having been tmce recognized by the United States and the civilized world it was a fact accomplished and recognition could not be withdrawn. Senator Turpie can afford to speak his convictions as he has no standing at the pie counter.

THE JOURNAL has been asked to explain why the Democrats in Congress are called "cuckoos." It was during the debate on the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act that Senator Morgan, of Alabama, we believe it was, applied the term to the Administration Democrats, probably from the fact that the cuckoo is supposed to be named from its note. The note is a call to love, and continues only during the amorous season. The cuckoo, it is said, lays its eggs in a nest formed by other birds by which they are hatched. It will bo seen that the term is appropriate to those who receive all their,inspiration from Grorer Cleveland.

TITE iniquitous Wilson bill will probably pass the House just about as it came from the committee. The patronage whip is to be cracked over the heads of those who were disposed to vote against it. The Texan described in picturesque language the situation: "Our folks are like a lot of old bulls in a bunch of cattle. When the cowboys come up they will prance out and bellow and paw up a heap of dust, but as soon as they hear the crack of the whip they will turn right in with the rest of the herd and go quietly along just as if they liked it." It is the "pie counter" at the White House which will drive the recalcitrants back with the rest of the herd.

GK.V*. J. C. BLACK, -in the .course of his sppech the other day in the House in advocacy of the passage of the Wilson bill, said: "If I were being chased by bees I would lay down the honey, and if I were being set on wolves I would get the fresh beef out of their sight." Continuing, he added: "I would iteek to rcpaI Uioxc lotos which made •icagr-s higher, and would let wages have their natural play all over the world." In other words because the JilcKinley law had the tendency to make wages higher and work plentiful General lilack is in favor of repealing it so that wages can have their natural play all over the world. Instead of legislating for the benefit of the American wageearner General Black is attempting to legislate for the world.

A STORY is told of Col. Gilbert A. Pierce, the late Minister to Portugal, that he once picked up in his arms a young lady who stood hesitating at the corner of a street in an", Indiana village, unable to cross it because a shower had filled it with a rushing torrent of water. The yoiaig lady submitted without a protest while the Colonel strode -gallantly through the torrent until he deposited he fair charge on the opposite sidewalk with dry feet. "Sir!" she then said indignantly, "arc you aware you have insulted me?" "I was not aware of it," replied the Colonel, "but seeing that you are right, I beg to make amends." So saying, he picked up the protesting damsel and restored her to the place where he had first made her acquaintance. The gallant Colonel is the father of Mr». R. S. Inglis, of this •ity.

1 SHY IN SCARLET

Bj A. 00HA& SOILS.

CHAPTER V.COKTISCKI).

Tils Intention 1fa.fl lideffXo~be absent a year at the most, but a combination of unforeseen circumstance ^prevented his leaving the mines for nearly five. At the end of that time, however, his memory of his wrongs and his cravings for revenge were quite as keen as on that memorable night when he had stood by John Ferrier's grave. Disguised, and under an assumed name, he returned to Salt Lake City, careless what became of his own life, as long as he obtained what he knew to be justice. There he found evil tidings awaiting him. There had been a schism among the Chosen People a few months before, some of the younger members of the church having rebelled against the authority of the elders, and the result had been the secession of a certain number of the malcontents, who had left Utah and become Gentiles. Among those had been Drebber and Stangerson and no one knew whither they had gone. Rumor reported that Drebber had managed to convert a large part of his property Into money, and that he had departed a wealthy man, while his companion, Stangerson, was comparatively poor. There was no clew at all, however, as to their whereabouts.

Many a man, however vindictive, would have abandoned all thought of revenge in the face of such a difficulty, but Jefferson Hope never faltered fora moment. With the small competence he possessed, eked out by such employment as he could pick up, he traveled from town to town through the United States in quest of his enemies. Year passed into year, his black hair turned grizzled, but still he wandered on, a human bloodhound, with his mind wholly set upon the one object upon which he had devoted his life. At last his perseverance was rewarded. It was but one glance of a face in a window, but that one glance told him that Cleveland, in Ohio, possessed the men whom he was in pursuit of. He returned to his miserable lodgings with his plan of vengeance all arranged. Ifc chanced, however, that Drebber, looking from his window, had recognized the vagrant in the street, and had read murder in his eyes. He hurried before a justice of the peace, accompanied by Stangerson, who had become his private secretary, and represented to him that they were in danger of their lives from the jealousy and hatred of an old rival. That evening Jefferson Hope was taken into custody, and not being able to find sureties was detained for some weeks. When at last he was liberated, it was only to find that Drebber's house was deserted and that he and his secretary had departed for Europe.

Again the avenger had been foiled, and again his concentrated hatred urged him to continue the pursuit. Funds were wanting, however, and for some time he had to return to work, saving every dollar for his approaching journey. At last, having collected enough to keep life in him, he departed for Europe and tracked his enemies from city to city, working his way in any menial capacity, but never overtaking the fugitives. When he reached St. Petersburg they had departed for Paris and when he followed them there he learned that they had just set off for Copenhagen. At the Danish capital he was again a few days late, for they had journeyed on to

London, where he at last succeeded in running them to earth. As to what occurred there, we cannot do better than quote the old hunter's own account, as duly recorded in Dr. Watson's journal, to which we are already under such obligations.

CHAPTER VL

CONTINUATION OF THE NEVINIHCENCE9

JOHN H. WATSOS, D.

Our prisoner's furious resistance did not apparently indicate any ferocity in his disposition toward ourselves, for on finding himself powerless he smiled in an affable manner, and expressed his hopes that he had not hurt any of us in the scuille. "I guess you're going to take me to the police station," he remarked to Sherlock Holmes. "My cab's at the door. If you'll loose my legs I'll walk down to it. I'm not so light to lift as I used to be."

Gregson and Lestrade exchanged glances as if they thought this proposition rather a bold one but Holmes at once took the prisoner at his word, and loosened the towel which he had bound round his ankles. He rose and stretched his legs, as though to assure himself that they were free once more. I remember that I thought to myself, as I eyed him, that I had Beldom seen a more powerfully built man and his dark, sunburned face bore an expression of determination and energy which was as formidable as his personal strength. "If there's a vacant place for a chief of the police, I reckon you are the man for it," he said, gazing with undisguised admiration at my fellow-lodger. "The way you kept on my trail was a caution." "You had better come with me," said Holmes to the two detectives. "I can drive you," said Lestrade. "Good! and Gregson can come inside with me. You too, doctor you have taken an interest in the case, and may as well stick to us."

I assented gladly, and we all descended together. Our prisoner made po attempt at escape, but stepped calmly into the cab which had been his, and we followed him. Lestrade mounted the box, whipped up the horse, and brought us in a very short time to our destination. We were ushered Into a small chamber, where a police inspector noted down our prisoner's name and the names of the men with whose murder he had been charged. The official was white-faced, unemotional man, who went through his duties in a dull, mechanical way. "The prisoner will be put before the magistrates in the course of the week," he said: "in the meantime, Mr. Jefferson Hope, have you anything that you wish to say? I must warn you that your words will be taken down and may be used against you. "I've jot a good deal to say," our prisoner said slowly. "I want to tell you gentlemen all about it." "Hadn't you better reserve that for your trial?" asked the inspector. "I may never be tried," he answered. "You needn't look startled. It isn't suicide I am thinking of. Are you a doctor?" He turned his fierce, dark eyes "CUT

ho asked this last question.

""Yes.T am," 1 answered. "Thou put your hand here," he said, with a smile, motioning with his manacled wrists toward his chest.

I did so, and became at once conscious of an extraordinary throbbing which was going on inside. The walls of his cheat seethed to thrill and quivar as a frail building Would do inside which some powerful engine was at work. In the silence "of the room I could hear a dull humming and buzzing noise which proceeded from the same source. "Why," I cried, "you have an aortic aneurism!" "That's what they call it," he said, placidly. "I went to a doctor last week F.boi't it, and he told me that it was bound to burst before many days passed. It has been getting worse for years. I got il from over-exposure and under-feeding among tha Salt lalte mountains. I've done my work now, and I dorft care how soon I go, but I should like to leave. some account of the business behind me. I don't want to be remembered as a common cutthroat."

The inspector and the two detectives had a hurried discussion as to the advisability of allowing him to tell his story. "Do you consider, doctor, that there is immediate danger?" the former asked. "Most certainly there is," I answered. "In that case it is clearly our duty, in the interests of justice, to take his statement," said the inspector. "You are at liberty, sir, to give your account, which I again warn you will be taken down." "I'll sit down, with your leave," the prisoner said, suiting the action to the word. "This aneurism of mine makes me easily tired, and the tussle we had half an hour ago has not mended matters. I'm on the brink of the grave, and I am not likely to lie to you. Every word I say is the absolute truth, and how you use it is a matter of no consequence to me."

With these words, Jefferson Hope leaned back in his chair and began the following remarkable statement. He spoke in a calm and methodical manner, as though the events which he narrated were commonplace enough. I can vouch for the accuracy of the subjoined account, for I have had access to Lestrade's note-book, in which the prisoner's words were taken down exactly as they were uttered. "It don't much matter to you why I hated these men," he said "it's enough that they were guilty of the death of two human beings—a father and a daughter—and that they had, therefore, forfeited their own lives. After the lapse of time that has passed since their crime, it was imDossible for me to secure a conviction against them in any court I knew of their guilt, though, and I determined that I should be judge, jury and executioner all rolled into one. You'd have done the same, if you have any manhood in you, if you had been in my pjace. "That girl that I spoke of was to have married me twenty years ago. She was forced into marrying that same Drebber, and broke her heart over it. I took the marriage ring from her dead fiuger and I vowed that his dying eyes should rest upon that very ring and that his last thoughts should be of the crime for which he was punished. I have carried it about with me and have followed him and his accomplice over two continents until I caught them. They thought to tire mo out, but they could not do it. If I die to-morrow, as ic likely enough, I die knowing that my work in this world is done, and well done. They have perished, and by my hand. There is nothing left for me to hope for or to desire. "They were rich and I was poor, so that it was no easy matter for me to follow them. When I got to London my pocket was about empty and I found that I must turn my hand to something for my living. Driving and riding are as natural to me as walking, so I applied at a cab owner's office and soon got employment. I was to bring a certain sum a week to the owner, and whatever was over that 1 might keep for myself. There was seldom much over, but I managed to scrape along somehow. The hardest job was to learn my way about, for I reckon that of all the mazes that ever were contrived this city is the most confusing. I had a map beside me though, and when once I had spotted the principal hotels and stations I got on pretty well. "It was some time before I found out where my two gentlemen were living but I inquired and inquired, until at last I dropped across them. They were at a boarding-house at Camberwell, over on the other side of the river.

When once I found them out I knew that I had them at my mercy. I had grown my beard and there was no chance of their recognizing me. I would dog them and follow them until I saw ray opportunity. I was determined that they should not escape me acain. (To Be Continued.)

The Befit of Reasons.

The reason why Allcock's Porous Plasters are popular is that they may be relied on to cure. 1. Lame back, sciatica, stiffness or twitching of the muscles. 2. Chest troubles, such as pleurisy, pneumonia, consumption. 3. Indigestion, dyspepsia,biliousness, kidney complaint.

The success, however, will depend upon the genuineness of the plaster used. The popularity of Allcock's Porous Plasters has been so great that multitudes of imitations have sprang up on every hand. The only sure cure is to get the genuine Allcock's Porous Plasters.

Brandreth's Pills improve the indigestion,

AROUT a year ago I took a violent attack of la grippe. I coughed day and night for aboutsix weeks my wife then suggested that I try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. At first 1 could see no difference, but still kept taking it, and soon found that it was what I needed. If 1 got no relief from one dose I took another, and it was only a few days until I was free from the cough. I think people in general ought to know the value of this remedy, and I take pleasure in acknowledging the benefit I have received from it. MADISON MI'KTAUM, Otway, Ohio. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by Nye & Booe, druggists, 111 north Washington street, opposite court httuse.

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Pitcher's Castoria*

1,800 Linen Doileys' worth 5c Discount Price lC each

100 Dozen All Linen (large size Napkins, worth 81.00 ar\ Discount Price tUC dOZ -V I*i 20 Bolts Turkey Red Damask worth 25c yd —1

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J5 Bolts Bate's Best Turkey Red and Fancy Damask, 58 inches wide, worth 50 and 05c vd

Discount Price .*.... fi.. 2W yd

15 Bolts all Linen Half Bleach Damask. 5 patterns, worth 50 c.

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4.000 yds. Checked Linen, Glass Crash, 16 inches wide, fast colored stripes, worth 10c yd Discount Price OC yd

25,000 yds. 18-inch Linen Checked Glass Crash, fast colors, very fine, worth 12j'c —j Discount Price O*

100 doz. extra large, All Linen, knotted fringe Towels, fast colored borders, worth 35c r»o Discount Price 2JC

100 doz. extra large All Linen Towels with fast colored borders, worth 25c 1 Discount Price lOSc.

Lonsdale, Masonvill and Fruit of the Loom, 38inch Bleached Muslins, worth 10c yd Discount Price Di

Every item in Bleached and Brown Muslins and Sheetings at less than wholesale prices.

KID GLOVES,

250 doz. Ladies' Kid Gloves, all sizes and color*, including black, that have been returned to manufacturer on account of slight imperfections, some so slightasto be-scarcely noticeable, worth $1.00, 81.25, 81.50 and 82.00 per pair

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Outing and Domet Flannels.

50 pieces 2,500 yards Domet Flannels, good patterns and colors. Worth 8%c to 12Kc Discount price

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LOUIS BISCHOF

127-129 EAST MAIN STREET

Wednesday Morning, January 3, 1894, at 8:30 O'Clock We Will Commence Our

17th Grand Annual Discount Clearing Sale.

If we know anything at all we think we ought by this time to know how to

run a Clearing Sale, and we assure the public that all our energies and accumu

lated experience have been enlisted to make this The Greatest of All Clearing

Slies. Read the list and depend upon it that you will find everything just

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.100 Black Hare Muffs, worth 75c Discount price All other furs 33% per cant. off.

DRESS GOODS,

150 bolts Fancy Mixed Suitings, 33 inches wide, good colors, worth 15c per yard Discount price ."

25 bolts all-wool Serge, 40 inches wide in good desirable colors, worth 50c Discount price

A grand bargain.

Fine 30 inch Henriettas, all colors and black, worth 25c and 35c per yard Discount price

We never carry over novelty Dress Goods if price will sell them. We have marked a discount of 25. 33X, and 50 per cent, off on all fancy styles.

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During the last two months we disposed of

150 dozen fine glass bottles, assorted sizes and styles, cut and ground glass stoppers, vyorth 50c, 00c and 75c

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PRINTS,

100 Holts Dress Style Prints, nice dark grounda. good colors, worth 5c yd Discount Price 2%c yard

All our best Prints, including American Indigo Hluc, best Turkey Red, Simpson Mournings and new fall style? in fancy prints that have sold for 7c

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NOTICE.

very article in our stock will be offered at discount prices of 25, 33^ and 50 percent. Thi« means X, and of the original price will be chopped off, making this the grandest bargain sale ever inaugurated. This includes Hosiery, Underwear, Gloves, Linens, Dress Goods, Cloaks, Curtains, Silks, Trimmings, Laces, Embroider'es Staples. This sale will go down in the Dry Goods history of this city as the climax of merchandising.

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