Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 April 1897 — Page 3

IA $5.00 CUT

On TailorMadeSuits

I will now make, sell and guarantee suits at $5.00 less than the regular price:

A $25 Suit for $20 A $ 2 0 S $ 1 5 A $ 1 7 S $ 1 2

'SEE riY NEW PRICES'

Suitings and Trouserings per yd $1.40 and up

5'i inches wide, (double width).

Full Suit Patterns 4.50 and up Pants Patterns 1.75 and up Suits Made to Order 12.00 and up Pants Made to Order 3 00 and up

STOP AT THE

PATENTS

EUGENE W. JOHNSON,

Solicitor and Attorney in Patent Cases,

1729 New York Ave., Washington, D. 0. Office Established 1808. Charges Moderate. Correspondence Requested.

El

Lonsdale Muslin Fruit of the Loom Muslin Masonville Muslin EUerton Muslin Lonsdale Cambric Unbleached Muslin 10-4 Lockwood Sheeting 9 4

This is a cut of $1 on pants. The goods are identical .. with those sold at the higher prices and a fit is guaranteed.

There is no trick about this offer. It is a genuine bonafide proposition.

Call and see how It Is done.

Frank I. Robinson.

204 EAST MAI IN STREET.

You Cant Go Amiss By Going to

Willits' Millinery Emporium

When you want anew Hat, Bonnet, or anything in the Millinery

line, You will find everything the latest—direct frem the East—

up to date in Price, Style and Quality and the most complete se-

lection in the city. Don't forget the place.

NO. 209 EAST MAIN STREET,

10-4 Pepperal 9-4 VV 10-4 Brown 9.4 «I it' it

,r -&.•—•vrr:

3% All Prints, such as Simpson's Black, American Blue, Turkey Red Lancastic Ginghams Chests .... Rockland

You'll see it in our dis=

play window. Then

come inside and buy a pair of SHOES.

The old stand with anew front. Free Shines for our Customers.

U. S. unci FOREIGN PROCURED.

I T%[ Ski I—T With a reliable com ~7* Piny. One good risk is worth a barrel of cheap ones. You've never had a Are, but can't tell when you might. See

LOUIS M'MAINS,

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Oilice Kooms 3 and 4. fisher Building.

GRAND OPENING.

Oil Saturday, April 10th, We will open our store with anew stock of

Dry Goods, Notions and riillinery

And would like for every lady in Montgomery County to come and look 1 whether they want to buy or not. Please note the prices:

....s

WJ4 MGJ'i 00%

.06% .03% .19 .17 .17 .15 .15 12K

.03% •04% .03% .03

THE GOLDEN RULE.

VOL. 50-NO CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APR.LL !), 1897-TWELVE PAGES.

HOTEL TO BE ENLARGED.

T\venty Fiv(! Rooms to 1m« to the Hotel Kainsey» and Other 1 mprovemenUiitsi Cost of $lO.OOO.

A. I'. Ramsey was a prophet of prosperity last Fall. He still ha6 faith in the advance agent and will prove his faith by his works.

He will immediately begin to make S10,000 worth of improvements on the Hotel Ramsey and for that purpose has bought 300,000 brick of Ferguson Bros. The hotel building will be extended north to the alley and two handsomely appointed business rooms will front on Green street. Above these there will be added to the hotel accommodations twenty-five modernly equipped bedrooms. The present office of the hotel will be enlarged and the dining room converted into sample rooms. The new dining room will be large and elegant and will be north of the present room, being connected with the oilice by a wide hallway. The laundry and kitchen will be moved north and west of their present location. When complete the hostelry will be one of the most modern and convenient in the West, as the plumbing of the whole establishment is to be re-adjusted and all late improvements put in. The refitting of the Hotel Ramsey will doubtless have the effect oj quieting all talk of the erection of another hotel building in the city.

With its contemplated equipment the Ramsey will prove more than adequate for the entertainment of the traveling public.

THE TRADE PALACE.

Grand Spriug Opening at MeClure Ac Graham's—Kxcels All Former Displays.

McClure & Graham have made an effort in their opening at the Trade Palace this year which the ladies should surely appreciate and which we are sure they do appreciate. Their annual Spring opening is always an event but without exaggeration it may be said that this year it exceedh all past affairs of the kind. The main room with its very high ceiling is susceptible of a grand effect if properly decorated and the verdict of all is that its full possibilities have this year been realized. Walls, shelves and counters are literally covered with beautiful goods of all textures and colors giving a kaladeoscopic effect which is wonderfully heightened by the calcium lights. The various departments are fuller than ever before. Never did Crawfordsville have such a selection of silks, organdies and dimities, and the millinery department under the management of Miss Wyman is almost a fairyland. There are over a hundred hats, most of them the work of Miss Wyman but some of them imported from Paris. The carpet room is packed from floor to ceiling with the newest designs in all kinds of carpets, rugs and wall paper.

Charley Rountree's Lambs. Chicago Journal: The attraction at the yards to-day was a small lot of lambs, sent in by Charles Rountree, Yountsville, Ind., that trace their lineage back to a small lot of the Tunis sheep that were imported into this country in 1773 by the United States government. They averaged 80, and brought 82.25 clipped. The are fine wooled of high degree.

Ladies' Skirts 98c to Wrappers 49c to Corsets 25c to Shirt Waists 49c to Lace Curtains 35C to Towels from to Table Linen from 20c to Spreads from 45c to Toweling from to Arbuckle's Coffee German Sweet Chocolate Royal Baking Powder, per pound Good Brooms Tack Paper Star Soap Cuticura Soap Pear's Soap

7.00 1.50 .98 .98 2 98 .25 .98 .98 .10 12K .03 .40 .10' .01 .02 .15 .11

JOHN W. GREEN.

Ilis Death Monday—A11 Kxcellent Vouiij Man Cone to Ilis liewanl.

John W. Green was born at Waynetown, Ind., March 3rd, ISO", and died at his home near Waynetown April 5, 1897. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm, lie attended the public schools of Crawfordsville and Wabash College and later DePauw University. At the age of twenty-one he began farming in Illinois and by his own exertion transformed his home into one of the most beautiful and his farm of the most valuable and productive on the Illinois prairie. Bis-health failing, he gave up farming in the spring of 1891 and most of the time since then he has 6pent at his father's home. He spent the %vinter of 1890 and 1897 at the home of his sister, Mrs. Chas. W. Ross, in Crawfordsville. Since last October he has been confined to his bed but was alwayscheerful and hopeful and always so considerate for the feelings of others and planned much concerning his future—when he would be well and strong again. His most faithful attendant was his mother who watched over him with unremitting care. Realizing a few weeks ago that his end was near, he was very desirous to go home and so on the 23rd of March was removed from his sister's to his father's home— the home of his childhood. His last days were his happiest ones, and he passed away gently sleeping, amid singing birds and blooming flowers.

Although not a professed Christian he was a regular attendant, when his health permitted at First M. E. church a great admirer of its pastor, Dr. S. V. Leech, to whom during his last illness lie frequently expressed himself as being ready to go, and that all was well with him. Just a few days ago he 6aid that his illness had drawn him very close to his Savior. His funeral occurred at the family residence near Waynetown Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and weree in charge of the Masonic fraternity, of which he was a member. Interment in the family lot at Wesley.

Attention, Comrades.

My arrangements are now completed for holding memorial services at Freedom church on May 30 and 31. The sermon will be delivered at 11 o'clock Sunday. The services on Monday will begin promptly at 10 o'clock a. This being special services I extend a special invitation to all soldiers and friends in the surrounding- country tQ

ffieet with us. Bring baskets we!' filled with the necessary forage. Come early and stay late and pay tribute of respect to our fallen heroes by strewing their graves with flowers.

Committee on arrangements—J. W. Hanna. B. F. Faley, N. J. Fullenwider, Penn Hanna, Joel peer, Tilghman Easley, George Bay less. :'y

Finance committee—Grace James, Delia Whittington. Committee on decoration of house— Cora James, J. T. Harrell, W. B. Canine, Grant Bayless, Sarah Lamson, Annie Rice.

Committee on music—W. J. Miles. Committee on flowers—Myrtle Rice, Eva Patton, Myrtle Miles,Grace James, Ethel Reynolds.

Committee on table—Tilghman Easley. Water boy—George Canine.

By order of J. Hakkei.i..

The itemainiiig Appointments. Governor Mount hopes to experience a brief breathing spell before it is necessary to make the additional appointments provided for by acts of the recent General Assembly. He has now completed the appointment of boards for the benevolent, reformatory and penal institutions. Soon after the new laws go into effect ha will name a State factory inspector, two labor commissioners and five members of the State Medical Board. There are several hundred men who are anxious for each of these places, and the indications are that as 6oon as the laws are declared to be in force the Governor will once more be besieged by applicants and their friends. He has endeavored to convey the impression that the men who annoy him least, all other things being equal, will stand the best show for appointment but this knowledge on the part of the place-seekers does not keep them away from the oilice.

A Ilorse Sliow Contemplated. A number of the business men nnd horse fanciers of Crawfordsville are contemplating the propriety of giving a big horse show here thiB spring. In case the show is held it will have features not in vogue at the ordinary horse shows held hereabouts. Trizes will be offered for fine turnouts, fancy riding and other surpassing excellencies.

FRATERNAL SOCIETIES EXEMPT.

Slulo l»iil Xot Supervise or Guard Hie O 0 1 1

There has been some criticism of the State insurance department, growing out of the collapse of tlio Order of Equity, by persons who thought it was the duty of the department to examine and know the charactor of such concerns when they do an insurance business. C. W. Neal, insurance clerk of the State auditor's oilice, points out the fact that the law of 1S93, govern'ng assessment companies, expressly exempts such institutions from the requirement of reporting their condition to the auditor in Section 18, which reads as follows: "This provisions of this act shall in no way apply to any secret or fraternal society, or lodge or association, which, under the supervision of a grand or supreme lodge, secures membership through the lodge system exclusively, and provides insurance to its members, nor to insurance organizations of a purely benevolent character which pay no commission, nor employ any paid agent, organized under the laws of this or any other State." Practically the same provision is contained in the new law governing assessment companies passed at the recent session of the Legislature.

FOR DEPARTMENT PRESIDENT.

The Woman's KelLef Corps of This City Pass Some Important Resolutions.

At the regular meeting of McPherson W. R. C. No. 74, held laBt Saturday afternoon the following resolutions were unanimously adopted:

Whereas., Mary D. Travis, a member of this CorpB, has been prominently mentioned for the oilice of President of the Department of Indiana, W. R. C., and

W11HHEA8, We recognize in her the qualifications of mind and heart to eminontly fit her for the position, she, having through faithful service and experience, become familiar with the business affairs of the order, having served three terms as President of this Corps, one term as Junior Vice Department President, one term as Department I. and I. Officer, three terms as Department Counsellor and many terms as Assistant Department Inspector, and at present being National Press Correspondent therefore

Resolved I. That this Corps most heartily endorse the candidacy of Mary D. Travis for Department President, and will use all honorablcmeans to secure her election.

Recolvcd II. That copies of these resolutions be sent to each Corps in the Department, with the request that they will f&v<jr consider the same.

CI.ASS.

AtiCK Duncan, Pres.

Adaline West, Sec'y.

A Great, Soprahtk.

Miss Ellen Beach Yaw, the famous concert singer, is the guest of Miss Caroline Briggs, and will remain here until next Monday, when she goeB to Lafayette to sing in a concert there. The Lafayette Journal, speaking of her coming, says: "The sensation of the present musical period in this city will probably occur next Monday evening, when Yaw, the world's renowned soprano, makes her appearance at the Grand Opera House. Miss Yaw comes as the most wonderful singer of the age, and the local lyric world is on the qui vive to hear her. For a singer to be able to reach E in altissimo with the greatest of ease is in itself a wonder. Her runs and cliromatique efforts are delivered with crystalline pureness and perfect intonation. In fact her exhibition of vocal pyrotechnics is said to be dazzling."

The farmer Was a Sucker.

A guileless farmer has been found in Putnam county. His cow was killed by a railroad tram and in answer to the company's interrogatory as to the value of the animal, said she was only an ordinary cow, worth perhaps #35. By return mail he received a letter from the company enclosing a draft for 835 and saying this was the first common, ordinary cow killed by their trains since the road was incorporated. It wa6 their misfortune, the claim agent wrote, judging from the claims sent in, to always kill the blooded cows, cows with pedigrees as long as moral laws, cows that were the most prolific milkers and the best butter makers in the township. He said that that the letter of the farmer would be filed away as an evidence that it was not impossible for a railroad to kill stock that was not the best of its kind.

New Things and Ideas.

Bloomington Telephone-. W. O. Nicely publishes an article in the recent number of the Photoyraplier on "New Things and New IdeaB." Ho read the article first at the late State meeting of the photographers at Indianapolis.

Scott Got a Place.

Thomas D. Scott, the Big Four bridge carpenter, residing in this city, has been given a position under custodian Vest of the State House. Mr. Scott will be first assistant janitor.

ART FIRST

CENTRAL INDIANA FAIR CIRCUIT.

Dates ol' Hie Several Fairs A 1 .timed— The Purses for tlio Crautordsville ^Itaees.

ILe secretaries of tlio several fair associations in the Central Indiana FairCircuit met here Wednesday and organized by electing W, M. lilackstock, of Lafayette, as president and W. W. Morgan, secretary.

The following dates for the several fairs were agreed upon: Bainbridge—August 9-lit.

Sheiidan—August 10-20. Lebanon—August 23-27. Frankfort—August 23-27. Lafayette—Atogust 30-Sept. 3. Crawfordsville—Sept. 0-10. Boswell—Sept. O-10. Covington—Sept. 14-17. State Fair—Sept. 14-17. This year at the Crawfordsville fair there will bo no Tuesday

raceB.

It is

asserted that the colt races are always fakes at best and thev will be dropped. The following races subject to change have been settled upon for the Cravrfordsville fair:

l-UIlSB.

2:10 trot. $200 2:30 trot oQO 2:20 trot jjoo Free-for-all trot 400 2:.'J5 pace 200 2:25 pace U50 2:17 pace 300 Free for-all pace 400 Mile and quarter run 125 milo run

75

REPUBLICAN STATE CHAIRMAN.

A Striiffijle for the I'mce to He Vacated Ity John K. Gowdy—Inside Gossip,

Chairman Gowdy has issued a call for a meeting of the Republican State Committee to be held TueBday, April 12, to accept the resignation of the new Parisian Consul and elect successor. The Indianapolis correspondent of the St. Louis Qlobe Democrat gives the following inside goEsip concerning this meeting: "For oyer six weeks now there has been a quiet but exceeding intense struggle over this question. The choice of Mr. Gowdy and the men who l\ave controlled the committee during the past six years has fallen upon George F. McOulloch, who has proven the strongest man on the committee. The opposition to McCulloch is for the moBt part negative, and does not include the "Harrison stalwarts," who were so much in evidence last year, though it inoludes most of the members of the committee who acted with them in the effort tQ oust Gowdy. In sympathy with this opposition are National Committeeman W. T. Durbin and Assistant

Postmaster General Heath, wh9 hav§ som6 reason to prefer that MaOuilocIl should not control the State machinery. A few weeks ago the thing wa8 fixed to defeat McOulloch by a vote of 7 to 0 in the committee, but Congressman Landis came to the rescue by forcing the resignation of Ambrose Moore, who represented his district on the committe and had moved to Indianapolis. Landis had promised postoflices to four of the seven county chairman ot the district, and these chairman served notice upon Moore to resign or tliey would depose him. He resigned and his place was filled by Fred Sims, pledged to McCulloch. Both sides have a few more cards up their sleeves yet to be played."

AVill ltesist Double Taxation. The life insurance companies doing business in this State are arranging to make a determined fight againBt the effort of the State Board of Tax Commissioners to have paid-up insurance policies and policies having a cash surrender value listed for taxation. Three companies have agreed to stand together, and others, it is understood, will assist in the contest. Ex-Attor-ney-General A. G. Smith and JohnJA. Finch have been retained by the companies, and it is the intention, representatives of the companies say, to carry the question to the Supreme Court of the United States, if necessary. Life companies have sent out the following notice: "To Our Policy Holdars:—The companies interested in the ruling of the State Tax Commissioners, taxing values on life insurance policies, will have a hearing before the board on Monday, April 12, in regard to said ruling. We suggest that it will not be necessary to answer questions Nos. 7 and 8, personal property schedule assessment list, until final determination of this question."

I.etter ist.

The following is a list of uncalledfor letters remaining in the postotlice at Crawfordsville for the week ending April 7, 1897. In calling for these: letters please say "advertised": Baker Jonathan Job Mrs Allen Davis MisB Anna Mikels Cliford DuCase II Mott N Dawgan Prof R. Shultz Diff.