Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 16 October 1897 — Page 2

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If the rumored discovery by a Dutch •cientist of a simple process for converting potato starch into sugar is substantiated it will be one of the-most remarkable achievements of modern chemistry, and if it can be dome on a scale to make it commercially successful it will create an economical revolution.

General Gomez, coinmander-in-chicfof the Cuban army, writes: "Weyler's successor in Cuba, in order to cope with the rebllion at its present stage, will be obliged to demand 200,000 troops and $100,000,000, and even then he will fail as ignominiously as Weyler has failed." There is not much compromise in that.

The bequest of the late Alfred Nobel of 200,000 crowns for the most effective argument against war has bceen awarded, so it is said, to the Russian painter „Verestschagen. The condition of the bequest is that the argument shall be presented in a literary or artistic form, and this probably prevented the trustees from awarding the gift to the United

States Pension Bureau.

The Crown Hill Cemetery Association at Indianapolis last week purchased an additional tract of seventy acres on the north of their present extensive grouijds. The purchase price was $300 an acre. The land is partly wooded and for many years to come it is expected to serve as a park. TI16 association now owns 600 acres of ground, more than is owned Ny

any

cemetery in the country, so far

asNs Jcno.wn.

The Russian Emperor rarely travels by rail for any distance from St. Petersburg without the death being recorded of some unfortunate individual who has approached too close to the railroad tracks in defiance of the warnings of the sentinels by which it is guarded, and who in consequence thereof has been shot dead. An incident of this kind occurred during the recent journey of the imperial couple from St. Petersburg to Warsaw, and the fact has now been brought to light that the peasant thus killed was an old grandfather who had become stone deaf through age, and who therefore could not hear the challenge addressed to him by the sentinel.

A sure-enough gold factory "blew in" at Chicago, Oct. 6. Edward C. Brice, an inventor of considerable notoriety and success in other lines of scientific research, is at the head of the scheme, and he expects—or says so at least—to manufacture pure gold from baser metals to the value of $2,800,000 a year. The company of which Mr. Brice is the president and heaviest stockholder is capitalized at $75,000. The plant is now worth $25,0000. The formula by which Klondike is to be "knocked out" is the result of years of study and thousands of experiments. Rather than give full details of the process, as demanded by the government, the inventor will operate without a patent and trust to secrecy for protection.

The "New South," barring a yellow lever epidemic, is now regarded by many thoughtfull people as a sort of promised land" for dissatisfied persons or for others who from any cause desire to emigrate to new scenes and more profitable fields. Substantial progress in tlmost every industrial line has been the rule in nearly every section of Dixie for the past ten or fifteen years. The development of cotton manufacture has been especially remarkable. Before the war there were no cotton mills in the South of any importance now there are 482. They use more than a million bales of cotton a year. In 18S7 Southern mills u&ed 401,452 bales of cotton and

Northern mills 1,710.080, while in the year ended August 31, 1897, Southern mills used 1,042,671 and Northern mills 1,804,680.

Famine grim, gaunt and hopeless threatens to devastate Erin's isle the coming winter. The outlook is more gloomy than at any time since 1879. John Dillon, the Liberal leader in Parliament, is demanding the immediate assemblage of that body to deal with the impending distress. He considers that government relief is the only solutionof the problem, and urges immediate and decisive measures before the winter 6baill set in and render the task doubly difficult. The potato crop is a total failure, and this means starvation and death to thousands of people without other resources, who even at best find life a continued struggle for a mere existence. The most lamentable consequences must ensue if relief is not at once provided for.

Strong opposition has developed to the deep waterways to connect the great lakes with tidewater. For the last two or three years Philadelphia, Baltimore, Newport News and other Atlantic ports south have been drawing export trade in grain and provisions away from New York, and they see in this new project for a ship canal a scheme on the part of New ork to recover this business and to prevent its future diversion. According to the official estimates a deep water canal across New York State, connecting with the Hudson, would cost about hundred millica, dollars. It

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would, however, be of incalculable ben( efit to the West, which is not interested so much in the method of transportation as in the cheapness with which its prod' ucts is transported. As a general prin-i cipie, waterways have been a benefit td the West, and a deep water canal to thfl seaboard is in the interest of the farmers of the great empire lying west of Ohio and north of the Ohio, clcar to the mountains.

The phenomenal growth of postal business has outstripped the achievenrents of mechanical genius. All machinery for the cancellation of stamps in the larger offices of the country has become inadequate and would be thrown into the scrap pile if better could be obtained. As a result of this condition of affairs the Postoffice Department has invited persons who have new designs for tyachinery of this charaictcr to submit them to a committee recently appointed for that purpose. Working models arc wanted. People who have heretofore devoted their energies to new-fangled churns and automatic gates have now an opportunity to work in a field that might prove extremely profitable.

The production of oleomargarine during the last fiscal year amounted to 45,53i,207 pounds, being over 5,000,000 pounds less than in 1S96, and of over 24,000,000 pounds since 1894. The decrease is attributed to hostile state legislation cutting off the privilege of sale, as well as that of manufacture. The number of manufactories decreased from twenty-two in 1896 to sixteen in 1897. The number of wholesale establishments from 157 to 103, and the number of retail houses from 3,800 to 3,539. The quantity exported during the year amounted to 3,148,407 pounds, which is a slight increase over the year 1896. Illinois continues to lead in thte manufacture of this product. Rhode Island is second with total production of 7,112,433 lbs. and Kansas third, with 5,589,363 pounds. The revenue derived from this source during the last fiscal year amounted to $1,034,129.

The clashing testimony of the alleged anatomical experts in the Luetgert murder trial at Chicago developed some sen-: sational and ridiculous scenes. The experts on behalf of the prosecution! claimed to be able to identify certain' scraps of bone found in the refuse of! Luetgert's sausage factory—the same! having been submitted in evidence—as being those of a human bring. This was contradicted, of course, by experts o? behalf of Luetgert. The prosecutioil then set a trap for Luetgert's (expert, in order to break the force of his testimony, by getting him to identify a portion of the skull of a dog as being that) of a monkey. Dr. Allport, the witness,) confidently entered upon a long disser-j tation relative to the similarity of the! skull in some portions to that of a liu-j man skull. After he had finished, Assistant State's Attorney McEwen reached for the bone the expert held and remarked: "Well the bone is from the skull of a dog." Dr. Allport looked surprised, but, recovering himself suddenly, he observed: "Well, it might have been a monkey-faced dog." This was greeted with a laugh, in which Luetgert joined.

Since May last several creameries in Kansas have been shipping jointly their entire product of butter to England, and have sold every pound at a profit. They are now sending a carload every week direct to dealers in Liverpool. State Senator Hanna, of Clay county, one of the "butter kings" of Kansas, has managed this export business. It has been so successful that he says that Kansas, with her low-priced lands, cheap feeds, good cows, compe tent butter-makers, and exporters •who will gee to it that none but pure cream ery butter is furnished England, will prove a strong competitor of Danish dairymen who now so largely monopo lize the British butter markets. On tin lines successfully followed by these Kan sas creamerymen there can be profitable butter exports from many other good dairy regions of this country. The way to get a foreign market fgor butter is to go after it.

Recent dispatches from the Indian Territory have predicted that the Dawes commission would not be able to come to any agreement with the Creek In dians regarding the allotment of their lands in severalty, but it has done so At a joint session last week of Dawes commission and one appointed by the Indians a treaty was concluded which will work a complete change in the Indian government. By the terms of the treaty town sites are to be laid off where towns now exist and residents can secure title to their town property by the payment of 50 per cent, of an assessed valuation of their lots, exclusive of improvements. Allotments of 160 acres *each are to be made to every citizen, and all the residue of Creek lands to be held or sold and the money held ar- a fund to equalize the various allotments, the location, condition of soil and fertility of land to be taken (into consideration by the alloting agents. Provision is made for the setting aside of lands for school and church purposes. It is said the treaty is satisfactory to the Indians, but will be fought by the whites who own town property in the Territory and by the owners of grazing franchises and other concessions. If the treaty is ratified it will retsuilt in opening a large amount of good land for settlement and will be a long step toward the better civilization of the Indians.

THEBOWENTAXCASE

A FINAL COMPROMISE BY STATE WITH HEIRS OP THE CARROLL COUNTY MILLIONAIRE.

Saw His Own Grave—Rode a Spoonbill I'isli-A New Kallroail Discussed— Kotos of Interest.

Tlie Bowen Estate Taj Case. The county of Carroll Is to be admitted Into the State again. For two years the State lias refused to accept Its settlement sheets. The strained relations grew out of the State's effort to put on the tax duplicate a large amount of sequestered property belonging to the estate of Nathaniel W. Bowen, of Delphi. After the State had uncovered the property, and had under way a suit to recover the back taxes, the heirs, without the knowledge or consent of the State, made an agreement of settlement with the county. Under the terms of that settlement the estate was to pay to the county a lump 'sum. As soon as the Attorney-General heard of the agreement between the county and the heirs, he made an investigation and learned that the State's interests were not protected by the agreement. The county overlooked the fact that the State had a share in the taxes and had not made provision by which the State was to receive anything. When the next settlement sheet came down from the county the Auditor, acting unller instructions from the Attorney-Gen-eral took the subject in hand and has een pushing a suit to compel the heirs to a settlement with the State. Tuesday's inail brought a proposition of compromise from the heirs, and the State Board of Tax Commissioners was immediately vailed into special session to consider it. £. M. Geeting, superintendent of Public Instruction, who, as the distributor of [the school fund, has an interest in the settlement, was called into the conference. After a long session it was agreed to accept the compromise proposed. The beard declined to make public the terms of tho compromise until the agreement shall have been signed by the Bowen leirs, but it is understood that the State .viil receive about 510,000.

SAMU13L, BIGGER,

Govevi'.or of ln-li ?ua, 184rr—1S43

Saw His Own Grave,

Dr. 3. W. Sage, of Hartford City, one of the members of the present board of pension examiners, has seen his own grave, and read his own epitaph. Dr. Sage has just returned from a visit to Southern battlefields, over which he once carried a knapsack and a musket, and where the rebels added a few ounces to his weight in the shape of minnle balls. Ho saw the old tree under which he slept one night after a day's terrific engagement, in which he was badly wounded. It was on this night that he threw away his knapsack and canteen. An unfortunate comrade, who picked them up, died witli them under his head. At daybreak feage was able to continue on his way back to his regiment. The man who picked up the knapsack and canteen was buried as John W. Sage, who -had died from injuries received in the conflict. On his visit to the battlefield, Sago looked up his grave, and, on tho tombstone read his name and that of his company, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company F, 75.

Rode Un a FInIi. -v.1

Jefferson ville special: Will Leuthold was catching fish on the falls of the Ohio. Since the Government has begun its extensive work of blasting a new channel for the river, tho water had been closed off by artificial dams and diverted 'into the Kentucky chute and the Portland canal. Tho result is that great pools have formed where fish by the thousands 'are imprisoned without ability to get away, and hundreds of people are busy capturing them for the market. Among these was Leuthold. In a large pool, covering probably an acre or more, and pretty deep, he spied a large spoonbill. He jumped on the fish's back as it passed where he stood, and hung on. The frightened fish swam around the pool, vainly trying to shake off its rider, then it dived, but never deep. Still Leuthold hung on and swept on and around in a dizzying circle at a great speed, while hundreds of people looked on and laughed and yelled. The fun lasted for nearly an hour, when the fish, unable to shake off its rider, gave up, and, with the assist ance of some other men, was dragged fiom tile water, lc weighed over thirty founds.

A New Railroad IMacuHqed.

Muncie special: Operations for oil are numerous in the northwestern part of •this county, where Indiana's largest well was developed last week on the W. II. jBroyles farm. Drills are now being sunk for thr?$ more wells, anrt preparations

are being made to sink many more. It is reported that the Chicago, Indiana & Eastern railroad, the track of which is laid to Matthews, and the roadbed of which is built to Wheeling, twelve mile^ northwest of this city, and six miles from the new oil field, will be extended to this city by way of Gaston, tho nearest town to the new field. About a year ago the farmers offered to give a good land bonus if the company would extend its road to this city, but money in large amounts was asked, and the farmers felt that they wore not able to grant the subsidles. Now* that their land has greatly increased in value by the discovery of oil, they are beginning to talk about votin tho subsidies, and the probabilities are that, in addition to the Midland, this city will hove another railroad next year in the C. I. &. E.

Ripley County I-ynoliers.

Versailles special: The Ripley county regulators are not inclined to rest on their lo.urels after stringing up the five inmates of the jail here three weeks ago. They are keeping close watch on all who are inclined to take jiart in helping ex-^ poso the members of the mob, and a score of letters have been sent out at different times warning the citizens to keep their mouths shut or take the consequences. Several prominent citizens have received these communications and there is a growing fear that they may receive a visit from the regulators any night. Two more threatening letters came through the mails the other day to prominent men here, telling them to have a care and obey the previous warning to cease talking. One of these came from Milan, this county, from where it was understood a number of the lynchers hailed. The letters were signed "W. C. U.," which -is supposed to stand for "White Cap Union."

STATE ITEMS.

A new oil well at Gaston, eight miles from Muncie, drew thousands of visitors, Sunday.

The Jeffersonyin^ reformatory was lighted for the first time with electricity, Saturday night.'

Franz Maurer, an aged German business man of Laporte who lived alone, was found dead, Monday.

Work on the falls in the Ohio river has

begun. Men are working night and day for fear high water may come. The Anderson council purchased the electric light plant, Monday night, for $34,000, of Congressman Henry, and will supply electric lights at cost.

A hundred farmers of Bear Creek township, near Portland, grew impatient with petty robberies, Sunday, and started out on an armed chase. They found nobody.

James Shipley, arrested at Anderson for highway robbery, was supposed to be deaf and dumb, but on receiving a light sentence left the court house laughing and jeering at the court.

The "Bloody Ninth" Regiment has been holding an interesting reunion at Hebron. Of 2,735 men who wentito the war on thi3 regiment's rolls, only 327 returned. It is the fourteenth annual reunion.

James Wilson, of West Union, O., was brought to Cilarlestown, Ind., as a Keeley patient. At midnight recently he leaped from a window cf the Karnes Hotel in a delirium, carrying sash and all. The proprietor cfiased him to a livery stablo and was stabbed twice in the arm with a pitchfork before Wilson could be controlled.

A young woman dressed in black with a crepe veil is "doing" some of the southern Indiana towns by telling that she is the daughter of a Moravian minister who died recently. She begs for enough to assist her over Into Illinois. She finds many easy marks.

Otto A. Relnke, who worked for Farmer John Rowe, near Crown Point/ last summer, disappeared, Sept. 28 and with him went a horse and buggy. Reinke was arrested in Chicago, Monday, where he was attempting to sell the liorse to a band of gypcies.

Walter Francis and wife burled their sixteen-days-old midget son at Elkhart, last week. It weighed but three pounds. It was thirteen inches long. The funeral was largely attended by the curious. Tho infant was well-formed and appeared to be healthy until the day of its death.

The strange spectacle of a dam on fire was seen at Drybread's mill, Bartholomew county, last week. It is supposed that a fisherman threw a cigar away. All the wood above the water line had become as dry as punlc. Tho fire was put out before the dam was injured to any great extent.

An Elwood company is being formed to erect a $150,000 brewery. A large ice plunt will also be built in connection. It has been figured that over $300,000 worth of beer Was sold at wholesale in Elwood during the past year. Eight different breweries have local agents, all doing a. •paying business. One agent alone sold' 26 C00 barrels the past year. .••••• 1

OUR PLEASURE CLUB.

SAVED BY IUIIt TOXIC.

A Luxurious Growth Coaxed to Fringe His Ulsterettc,

1. Hamlet—How can I go on my starring tour without a fur collar and icuffs on my overcoat? I would be a 'disgrace to the profession.,

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2, An idea! I'll buy a bottle of this hair grower.

3. One good application win fix it.

4. ''Necessity is the mother of invention."

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Mrs. Spritlie—I'm so glad you've p,ll kept well. I've had lovely health, too, while away. By the way, my ilear, I nearly forgot. Here is a divorce for you."

Mrs. Homelove—What? "A divorce, you know." ''Merciful heaven! Has my husband—" '"Oh, he doesn't know a thing about it."* "But I don't want a divorce "Of course you don't now- my dear, but you might some time, and then it would be real handv to havei in the house. I thought tliat, being in South Dakota, I might as well get! divorces for all my friends, and save them the journey. Of course you needn't use it until you want to." "And have you given others such papers?" "Not yet. You know I give a reception next week, and I thought 1 use the divorces for gorrnan favors. So novel, you know.".

A GIRL AFTER HIS OWN HEART.

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And finds his collavB l\i*t vw But she cannot use hia razor8' ^sascuyjogll

Years and years he spent at rr, rillniR up his head with lcnmrlJ*0' J. irninR Hebrew, l,atin (jro^'in^ wiser weelt by \vP(»^ Hut

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thins he dla not learn

How his doily breaa to earn lua time he does emploY Hunting for a job, poor boy -^Kansas City juJaai

Mrs. Hushmoresettle up or leave. Summer Boarder—Thank* ly. The last Place S

uiade me do both.

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The Outskirts of tho town.—v Herald.

"No," said tho old farmer,

was getting on,

in re-

ply to the query of a summer

board­

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colico

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don't

washerwoman."

calculate

he's getting on so well. lie was homo t'other day and

had on a col­

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collar. I

rather suspccfc he's behind

with his

'Way out in Indiana Tho school boiirrl gives a yell For the boys—from roadiiiii rillcy—

Have forgot tho'"ray to spoil 1

Their brains are badly rattled And they falter,

and

they doubt)

'•An' the Kobblo uus '11 Kit *ea» Ef thej' don't watch out!" —Atlanta Constitution.

New Minister—I saw yo» going into a saloon yesterday, Mr.

Good^

Mr. Good—Yes my wife was off to a church society meeting,

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Dealer—Well, mum, I didn't warrant 'em .not to keep on evaporatin'.

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