Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 30 July 1898 — Page 7

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A Sharp=

Shooter

NEW STEEL

PASSENGER

STEAMERS

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Knows well the value of perfect and accurate eyesight as well as anyone whose occupation necessitates the continual use of the eyes. Resting glasses ai-e a great relief to the student or bookkeeper. Wo will test your eyesight and increase the efficiency of your vision by proper glaanos. or to those sight is failing wilh age.

M. C. KUXK.

Jeweler and Optician. Onp. Court House.

Dewey Captured Haniila

While-.••'Nick'' capMir --, the ibi ,t\- at

trFhe

Thin is a Capital place, with r-v-ry:.hin^ nf-w Tip lo-datc'. No. 126 North Greon Street

K8 A SUMMER CRUISE TAKE ib-

To Mackinac

The Greatest Perfection yet attained In Boat Construction •-Luxurious Equipment, Artistic Furnishing, Decoration and Efficient Service.

To Detroit, Ulacklnac, Georgian Bag, PetosReg, GUlcap

No other Line offers a panorama of 460 miles of equal variety and interest.

FOUR TRIPS PER WEEK BETWEEN

Toledo, Detroit and Mackinac

PETOSKEY, "THE SOO MARQUETTE AND DULUTH. LOW RATES to Picturesque Mackinac and Return, including Meals and Berths. Approximate Cost from Cleveland, $17 from Toledo, $14 from Detroit, $13.50.

Pare,

EVERY DAY AND NIGHT BETWEEN

CLEVELAND, PUT-IN-BAY AND TOLEDO iend

2c. for Illustrated Pamphlet. Address

SCHANTZ. «. r. A.. DBTFTOTT* MIOH.

WHEN IN DOUTT

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No. 207

East Market Street.

Detroit and Gieveioiid iiaviootioa

TFiY

En. UI \IEW:

New Idea."

COMFORT,

SPEED

and SAFETY

DAY AND NIOHT SERVICE BETWEEN

DETROIT AND CLEVELAND

S1.50

Bach Direction.

Berths, 75c., $1. Stateroom, $1.75. Connections are made at Cleveland with Earliest Trains for all points East, South and Southwest, and at Detroit for all points North and Northwest. Sum

nday Trips June, July, Aug..Sept. Oct. Only

compow

.1 have stood the test of years, have cured thousands of c: -es of Nervous Diseases, such

V/wS if?! JCsL/Q- Llebility, Dizziness, Sleeptess3 n.-ss and Varicocele,

Uuoj any

Atrophy,&c.

11nrg*5^^ They clear the brain, strengthen

HuftlH 1 the circulation, make digestion perfcct, and impart a healthjr vigor to the whole brine. All drains and losses arc checked permanently. Unless patients are protvrlv cured, their condition often worries them into Insanity» Consumption or Death. Mailed scaled. Price $* per box

6boxo6,\vith

iron-clad legal euaranteejto cure or refund the

money, $5.00. Send for tree book- Atldrc»s« EK, l'rop sew ntral Uruif Store. Comer «IWe and Water Sis,

umraer

Clipper.

108 South G-reen Street.

Better Beer from a half barrel than from a fourth of a barrel. You also get better beer from a barrel than a half barrel. We are now tapping from barrels exclusively.

"THE IvODGE."]

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1898.

THIRD INSTALLMENT?

Of the Labor Problem Controversy

Which Is Exciting Huch In

terest.

Our reasons foridiBcussiog the labor question at this time 16 that we are now engaged in a political campaign. A legislature is to be elected and the candid ites are in the field and they should discuss the matter before the people a be able to act intelligently

matter.

whose

the

Judging from the dilatory action of congress ami the state legislature lor the ten years past—we conclude that the public have accepted the uicturm ot the employers—that nothing' can be done, But the observer of human affairs will notice that in tbis present age tho great^maes of human affairs is being moved by a current tnat seemB to be increasing in velocity as though Dealing a cataract or t.eliouciiing with the unexplored ocean bejond.or dropu.g the metaphor and accepting the iactj \\e cannot w-uve the impending lhbtie whether it be war or social revolution we.canriot evade it 'lhe school master 1= abroad—the tune has past when any preceuenti theories or maxiins liowe\i tiered or reverenced by age can 11111_-r\ tneed by age, can intervene to

part of deserving

humanity me ordinary comforts and opportunities of life. The doctrine of the c'luue-right ot kings is gone. The law or primogeniture is obsolete or nearly to—the Qction of superiority of birth right is being regarded as a fableAnd oven genius and intellect witn their inspired productions mu6t acknowledge a partnership with labor and muscle that act alike to the happiness at'd comport of life.

We know that certain unequalities ill al*a\b among men but it is the grohtr unequalities torced by unjust and ai 01 rary laws aGd ruies of which we com lain.

The bone nf contention that we are uow discussing is ^shall employers of vast numbers ot men necessary in conducting public enterprises be allowed to entorco he rule of competition in payment ot wages or should the employer be compelled to consider whether the wages he pays are just, fair and reasonable and when the matter is in dispute should there be a court provided by la

to decide the controversy? In

Iielar.d for generations the rule ot competition in reference to renting of land was ab-olute.^lne land forces pressed it to such an extent until pestilence and rebellion threatened the destruction of the island. The government had to interfere and regulate the relations 7'e tween landlord and tenant.

As a encum^tance illustrating the proposition as to the

baBis

unjustly

many cases Beerns to be

BO—but

in every case it is fixed

at a point where the employer can maintain himself and family in the reasonable convenience and {comforts of life and not* on ^the roll of competition. There is probably cot an cilice or position under the state or federal government but what if put up at auction the simo class of service could be secured at diminished prices. Hut the capitalists say that is not a fair illustration. The governments pays a premium to its officers and servants in order to secure loyalty and support. That may be true to some extent but all corporations do the same whether private or municipal. I he stockholder is seldom present, it is the employees that are paid fair wages th it stand by it in trouble

But long experience has shown that 'nt-duties imposed on the government cannot be performed by labor engaged t.n the competive basis. Take for instance the post affice department the services of which in to closer relations to all the affairR of civilized society th.m any other busiuess, private or public.

Its r°quisites are industry, vigil and h.nH'sty and a high degree of intelligence. These are qualities that are developed arid grow up often from an inferior condition of society because the comforts and satisfaction coming from remunerative wages stimulates the growth of these qualities to the highest degree of activity. This proposition is easily verified in all the departments of business ae it is so in government affairs.

But we find that wealth always seeks allience with learning and intellect as by their aid is secured

the means of pos

sessing for themselves the products of labor, while the human muscle is left defenceless and like any natural force is approperated to the rise ot a master

with only one sufficient and to maintain its existance. The time, however, is coming and is now here when muscle can bring to its aid skill and intelligence under its own control, that will compel a recognitii of ltfc full value in the conducting of human affairs. The reports from our army and especially from the navy indicates this new change of social condition. It was once considered that an ordinary seaman was mere powerfood, if the physical strength and bruu courage that was all that was necesary. The officers supplied the balance but it is demonstrated that the skill of the seaman in handling the ship and the instruments of offensive war is equ. 1 in importance to the genius of the commander in directing the engagements. Mere physical force in the subordinate must yield to superior inlligence of the opposing force. It's also true in the army where the opposicK parties in physical force are equal victory will incline to the fide of the higher intelligence, and when an

O MI

plojer proposes to put the ignorant and unskilled in competition with higher inti Higenct?, labor it is such iniustice that kociety has a right: to interfere.

SO.UE SUGGESTIONS

Made by the Board of Review to

Township Assessors.

hen the Board of Review adjourned itfc labors hist week. It made a matter of recoul the following suggestions to the township assessors: "It is the opinion of the Board of Rt-\ lew that the different assessors need to be complimented on the work of the past ear but the board would most respectfully make the

following

sug

gestions. 1. lhat the cost of making the assessment of the different townships be more neariv equal, especially as ,to townships of equal size and valuation. 2. Ihat the household goods of some of the townships be taken bigher to compare with other townships and especially the cities and towns, & That the farming implements be taken at a more uniform rate. •1. That there be more care used in the footings of the field books there beiDg many errors. •j. That the assessors use great care in the transfer from the field-book to assessor's book, especially the additional improvements.

G. That the assessors select very competent men lor the assessment of 1899, that being the year for the re-ap-praisement of the real estate of the county, and that they list? great care that the assessment may ba uniform."

Alonon-C & S. E. Deal.

upon which

WiigeB should be puid we ute tile fact the government of the Umied States is the largest empiojer of labor. Tuere is in it* employ approximating to one quarter of million of persons and yet there .ne no strikes and employment in her set vice is univi isally rougbt after. Tne BCaie of wages is sharply discriminative and 1

reported tl at negotiations have

been opened on a new basis for the pui cha^e of the Chicago, Indianapolis i\ .Louisville, or Monon route.

Xo official statement is made, but it is alleged that the reason for the abrupt termination a few days ago of previous negotiations was the discovery that the delinquent taxes of the Chicago & ^southeastern wcru considernble in excess of the amount understood by the Monon people, It is alleged that the amount which the Chicago & Southeastern owes for taxes in Indiana exceeds the original cost of the road.

Whether the present negotiations will terminate in a sale of the Chicago & Southeastern is uncertain. It is not a secret that its principal owner is mire than willing to ecll it at his own price, but lhat has been regarded as too high by prospective purchasers in the past. At one time a difference of only 810,000 prevented a sale of the Chicago & Southeastern to the Indiana & Illinois Southern, it is said. There is said to be a much greater difference than that between the price put

the Chicago &

Southeastern by President Crawford aDd the price the Monon is willing to pay.—Sentinel.

Love at First Sight.

Eugene C. McCarthy and Miss Delia B. DeBolt, ot this place, were married at the home of th^ bride's parents Wednesday evening by Rov. McKnight. The newly married couple were strangers to each other until about a month ago, when Mr. McCarthy came through here as line foreman to a gang that was stringiDg Bell telephone

wireB.

meeting of the young people led to mutual admiratioD, and later a betrothal. The groom's former home was Toledo. The young people are off on a wedding tour to Chicago, Milwaukee aDd other points, and will probably locate in Crawfordsville for residence—Thorntown Argus.

Ice Cream Supper.

There will be an ice cream social and supper August Cth at 8 o'clock p. m. one-half mile Dorth of the Stump school house, at the home of Frank Surface. Receipts for the benefit of the pastor. Come with pocket books well filled. By order of

COMMITTEE.

Hicks' August Weather.

REVIEW.

RURAL FREE DELIVERY.

TWO Routes Chosen and Servic*

Will Begin Next Monday.

Messrs. Rathbone an Smith, ol the po tolfice department, have been in tbis city this week selecting a couple of routes on which to try the free delivery experiments. The two routes selected were recommended by Gov. Mount, F. M. Dice and Pastmaster Bonnell and are ot be given a thorough test. 'I he first route is from this city to Shannondale on which about 130 families live who will be benefitted. 'lhe second route runs south on the Ladoga road to the Epperson farm, thence west to the Greencastle road at the old Swindler farm, returning thence to Crawfordsville. Them are about 14u families on this route, Mail agents have been chosen and will begin the work tho t\st of next week. The agents will leave Crawfordsvi le about SI o'clock each morning and deliver mail to each h- ihe along tho line.

'•Moon will be full and in perigee on the l*t, anil at the tame time we pass the crisis of a regular storm period. Look for the extremely warm weather at the openiug of August. The barometer will fall to low readings and many a'.-tive summer storms will transpire from the 1st to .'3d. Change to cooler will be natural about .'Id to oth. On and near the fith and 7th. there will be a reaction to storm condition." What "storm conditions'" are. all who have followed Rev. Hicks' fuller predictions now understand. "From the 11th to loth is a regular storm period, during which many blustering summer storms will be natural. We do nut feel that heavy and general rains are to be e\pected in August. We believe tlint northwestern sections wi'l begin to feel the severe drouth this summer. Look for reactionary storms anout ISth and 19th. Another regular stormy period ruus from 22J to 25th. Look at that time for extreme warmth, endmg with thunder and wind. Much cooler nights will follow. The 29th and .'iOth are reactionary storm centers, warm with thunder and rain.''

Why Not Capture Them. fhe failure of the police to capture or even make much effort to secure the thieves engaged in numerous burglaries in the eastern part ot town for some weeks past is causing considerable indignation among many property owners. Generally after the thieves have been out on some foragiDg expedition and the victims of their work make their losses known, the first thing heard is the "police think they know the guilty parties and arrests will follow.' That expression is getting too old. The police have never yet made any arrests resulting from the work of house breakers. Property holders particularly on Wabash avenues are indignant at the seeming lndifferaDt attitude of the police in the matter, and avow that they seem better fitted to hold down chairs in front of the city building than to bestir themselves and arrest the housebreakers who seem to have had things their own way for some weeks past.

A Recent Wabash Graduate.

The many friends of Prof J. B. Garner, who is instructor in chemistry in Bradley Institute at Peoria, 111, will bo glad to hear of his unqualified success. Ilia work during the past year has been eminently satisfactory to the managers of the institution, and in recognition of his services they have advanced his salary from 81,000 to SI,100. Last year he taught a class in the introductory or elementary sciences. This was in addition to his regular work. This year ho will be relieved of this extra labor and will also be given an assistant in his regular chemistry work. Tho managers of the institute have complimented Mr. Garner very highly over tho high, character of last year's instruction and there is evsry prospect that his salary will be still further increased by Dext year. He is enjoying the best of health and is thoroughly satisfied with his position. —Lebaoon Reporter.

The Shows.

The Ringling show is billed for performances at Lafayette on Wednesday. This is now tho largest of any of the shows under canvass in the country.

The Wallace show, en Indiana concern, exhibits at Greencastle on Tuesday, but will not be here tbis year.

LaPearl's show exhibits at LaGrange, Indiana to-day, going from there into MichiitBn and remaining in that State during August.

A canvass covered exhibition termed Pawnee Bill's wild West, exhibits here on Monday. It is a 25 cent affair, a small addition probably of Baffalo Bill's show.

Cut Bale on wall pBp?r at tb6 99c' Store. k-f, .*. y* tv":

57TH YEAR.—NO 4).

Safely Landed in Jail.

One day lnht wt-ek a young,' man giving the name of Frank Buck, and claiming to be a farmer or. the IS'utt place southwest of the city, purchased a horse and buggy

J. M. Irons. The

turnout belonged to O. X. V.mrleave for whom Mr. Irons was acting as agent. Buck put up the tale that he was short of ready cash but that he would secure Mr. Vancleave with a mortgage on hio crop and cattle to secure the purchase price, 8140. The terms were readily agreed to and Buck drove off with his new property. In a few day Vancleave and Irons began making inquiry in regard to the ttanding of B„ck and learned to their chagrin that he didn't own a bushel of grain or a hoot of cattle. A search was quickly instituted for the festive purchaser but he had skipped the trala lco taking with him the horse and huggy. Notices were at once sent to the surrounding towns to keep a sharp look out for him. .Saturday- morning ttw poiiuo received word from Green-H c.ibtle tuat Buck had been arrested there while trying to sell tho turnout to a farmer named Alt.augh. Buck was brought to this city on the noon train and given a preliminary hearing before Mayor Stilwel!. lie entered a plea of guilty but was bound over to the court in the sum of f.'300, in default of which he is now in jail.

Labor Union Aleeting.

At the regular meeting of the Labor Union last Friday night the following officers were intstalled:

Pres.—Chas. Davis. Vice Pres.—Gus Fink. Sec.—Zeke Titur. I'in. Sec.—Chas. BeDjainin. freas.— Geo. Kepler. SergeaLt at Arms—Frank Scaggs. Chaplain—

Eph Griffith,

Trustee—Fred Dohertw

Of Interest to Pensioners. lhe pension office has sent out notices to notaries public that hereafter the laws governing the acknowledgement of pension papers must be strictly complied with or the official will be prosecuted. Heretofore it has been the custom of notaries not to require the presentation cf the certificate every time the voucher is made out, but hereafter all the papers will have to be taken. Pensioners will save trouble and delay by taking notice of thisorder-.

Got a Job.

W. X. McCainpbell, formerly city councilman, lias lately received a position as Superintendent of the right of way of the long distance telephone company, his jurisdiction extending east from Indianapolis through this State. The position is worth 81.000 per year.

There is Nothing Better

Perhaps under the sun in the way of a clean sweet smoke than the celebrated -Hoboe" cigar, manufactured in this city by Mr. W. A. Muhleisep. No cigar over made or brought to this city has caught on with the public like the "lloljoe." Try one. It's a dream.

Toledo, St. I,ouis fc Kntisas City Railroad. I he Clover Leaf will run its annual excursion to Mackinac on Aug. 27th, Tickets will be sold for "fast line" No. leaving Illinois stations night of Aug. 20th. Indiana and Ohio stations morning of Aug. '27th, arriving Toledo 8:55 a. m. and connecting with the magnificent steamer "City of Alpena," of D. & C. Nay Co. which leaves Toledo 11:00 a. m. anu arrives at Mackinac Island 0:45 a.m. Aug. 29th. Good returning from Mackinac not later than 8:30 a. m. steamer Monday, Sept. 5th: from Toledo until Sspt. 7th inclusive. Side trips "ad libitum" may be arranged for at slight cost upon arrival at Mackinac

Toledo. The benefits and pleasures of this delightful water trip of 820 miles must be experienced to be fully appreciated. The universal popularity which our Mackinac excursions have enjoyed in former years assures us in advance of the success of this one. An early reservation of berths and space will certainly be advantageous to patrons.

For full information as to rates, cost ct berths, meals, side trips, etc. call on any agent Clover Leaf route or address, ,I C. U. JK.NKINS,

Genl. Pass. Agent. Toledo O.

Great sale of wash goods and ladies shirt waists at the Big Store—temporary quarters Y. M. C. A. armory. Read the big ad. in to-day's paper.

The rebuilding sale of the Big Store is being continued in the temporary quarters in the Y. M. C. A. armory, W. Main St.

Beart'tha Signatnp

Kind

You

Haw Always Bougkt

Thtfrntdwh is arranging for an Odd Felbwe celebration on August 25i