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

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Mischievous Boys.

All boys who amount to "shucks" are mis

chievous, it is said. Still they do wear out

clothing and hats mighty fast. Therefore any

:j|j possible saving on these essentials must be

taken advantage of. Here is an opportunity $ oM right now. We have placed on sale for this

week 48 boys' suits in two patterns. A Blue

Cheviot and a Fancy Gray Mixture. Good

woolen material, ages 5 to 14 at $1.75. They

are cheap at $3.00.

I THE AMERICAN

127 INortH Washington St.

Prescription Druggists, The Iiluford Corner.

Manufacturing Clothiers,

Corner Main and Green Sts., Crawfordsville, Ind.

A L.ONG STUDY

For durability, up-to-dateness, style and price they defy competition. High grade manufacture.

THE DOVETAIL COMPANY

THE CELEBRATED EAGLE CLAW CULTIVATOR.

Ovo 5,000 now In use in Montgomery county. Better this year than ever. Call and aee the now improvements. Largest line of farm implements in Crawfordsville. Three kinds breaking plows. Four kinds of Corn Planters.

HOULEHAN die QUILLIN.

WOOD STAINS, FLOOR PAINT,

Varnishes, Paste Paints, White Lead, Raw Oil, Boiled Oil, Brushes, White

Is required in buying Rood articlesTof some value. It is for this reason that we hero drop a hint to those contemplating' the purchase of a new vehicle or wagon this Spring. Seethe

Dovetail Piano Body^* Surrey, Phaeton and ^^Road Wagon Bodies

Wash Brushes, Muresco Wall Finish.

mm

Whitnack & Cotton.

VOL. 50-NO. 15 •CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL !), 189T—TWELVE PAGES.

Purse til*Will be lliing l'l I lithe Sp«-eit lcini aii(l Other Attractions Added Later Oil.

The directors of the fair association met last Saturday and the committee appointed to revise the constitution and by-laws made its report which was accepted. There are no radical changes made but the ancient instrument was adjusted to modern times.

Paul Hughes was elected superintendent of privileges and a committee on printing and stationery was also elected. This committee is composed of M. B. Waugh, VV. W. Morgan and W. P. Huiet.

Two weeks from Saturday the directors meet again to revise the premium li6t, and any person who has any suggestion to make along this line is requested to meet with the directors at that time.

It was voted to devote 82,500 to the speed ring this year, the amount being I the same as offered last year. The board Eeemed favorably inclined to the idea of some side features in this department, but the matter was not given definite action.

POOR WHEAT CROP PROSPECTS.

The X!7 Yield Mill He Kveti Tiider T,ust Two Failures.

Indianapolis Journal: If there is any old wheat in Indiana outside of a few elevators the local millers are not aware of its whereabouts,and the prospect for the Indiana wheat crop of 1S07 is far from promising. F. P. Rush & Co. said yesterday: "Our opinion is that tlie wheat crop of the State is damaged from 30 to 35 per cent. We think this damage was caused by freezing in December. This opinion is made up from 150 correspondents in addition to confirmatory reports from men and agents who have traveled over the State."

The Blanton Milling Company says: "We find in Indiana a great deal of damage and in some sections entire fields will be plowed up. Other placcs show some improvement. Our estimate on the whole is that the winter wheat is below last year, or about 00 to 65 per cent. This estimate is based on 200 correspondents covering the entire State. We also find less old wheat held back by the farmers than any year during the past seventeed. There is practically no old wheat in the State and this year's crop will be 10 per cent, under the last two years, both of which were failures."

The Kcd Men's I'ow-AVow.

Lafayete Journal: La?t August when the annual district pow-wow of the Red Men tribes of the Wabash valley was held at Covington it was decided to meet in Lafayette this year and, in the election of officers for the ensuing year, the association recognized S. H. Saltzgaber as president, Eugene L. Dyer as treasurer, and John W. Mitchell as secretary. There was an immense crowd at Covington, members of the order and their friends coming from twenty or more places, but the weather was so sultry that the sense of the meeting was that the pow-wow here should be held later, perhaps in September. The date was left to a committee and no decision has been made. Any date in September would probably interfere with some county fair and any date in October might strike unfavorable weather. At present the middle*of August seems the most favorable time, but no decision has been made. Secretary Mitchell is receiving letters almost daily from the different tribes in the district and all that he has heard from promise a large delegation. The local tribe is anxious to bring an immense crowd here and every attraction that is possible will be offered by the programme committee. Lafayette has a great many natural inducements and to these will be added a programme that would be difficult to eclipse.

Trouble Over Y. P. S. C. 15. ltntes. Western roads are again in turmoil over Christian' Endeavor rates. The Southern Pacific has broken loose from the agreement reached a few days ago, and, giving as an excuse the recent decision of tlie supreme court, has announced rates §1 less than those agreed iipon. It quotes §45 for the round trip from the Missouri river to San Francisco, S4(i 50 from St. Louis. Memphis and New Orleans, and S50 from Chicago. Western roads, at a meeting last week, declared they will make a one-way rate of $5 to Kansas Citv, and one of 85 from Kansas City to Denver, if the Southern Pacific insists on selling at the rates quoted. Round trip tickets, they argue, would be seized upon by the scalpers and the whole western passenger business be affected. If one way rates only are quoted the scalpers cannot handle the tickets.

Social at Wesley.

The Ladies' Aid Society of Wesley Chapel will give asocial at the hall on Thursday, April 15, at 7 p. m. Supper 10 cents. All are cordially invited.

FAIR DIRECTORS MEET. THE PANTALOONS FACTORY.

Tim IMaiit is I'lirrlmseri lly the ^ou Woolen Mills Company and Will Continue to lie Operated Here.

Lia6t Thursday the Pantaloons Factory was purchased from the Duncans by the Yount Woolen Mill Company, which comes into immediate possession of the business. -The Woolen Mill Company will not remove the plant to Yountsville, as was contemplated by tha late management,but will continue to operate ttie business in Crawfordsville on about the same scale as it has heretofore been conducted,

The Pantaloons Factory was instituted here about a year ago by J. B. Duncan, who successfully carried on the business until his death soiue two or three months ago.

It was Mr.Duncan's intention to have increased the capacity of his plant very materially, but the Woolen Mills people will not do eo for some time at least. The factory was established to make up a part of the mill's output and will continue to do so, the policy of the now management being influenced by the returns of the business.

The Dunlcard.s Moving.

The Chicago Rccord has the following concerning the immigration movements of the Dunkards from the Middle States toward the West: "Chicago is to be made the rallying point next week for Dunkards, gathering for their fourth annual migration to the newly established colony of that faith in North Dakota. Large parties will come from Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia. Virginia and Pennsylvania. The united company will leave Chicago over the Wisconsin Central Tuesday afternoon. Small parties from Kansas, Iowa and Missouri will be met at St. «Paul.

Overcrowding of the land where the Dunkards have hitherto been settled is the cause of this general movement. By long custom the Dunkards are agriculturalists. No storekeepers, mechanics or professional men spring from their society. All the sons are trained for farming, and the old homesteads cannot be partitioned aiqong them. As their choice of farming land has been invariably in the most fertile sections, adjoining property is expensive and not easily purchased. The founding of a colony elsewhere is therefore the policy of the younger Dunkards.

The North Dakota community,which now number about 3,000, is in the Turtle mountain district, just south of the Canadian boundary, on the line of the Great Northern Railway. Cando is the Dunkard center."

Hie lioyml Arcanum.

Tlie Grand Council of Indiana of the Royai Arcanum held its annual session in Indianapolis last week. There were about two hundred delegates present. Thq Grand Regent in his annual report says "On December 31, 1895, we had forty-two councils, with a membership of 3,578 during the year 189G, 248 new members were initiated, 30 admitted by card and 17 reinstated, a total of 295 members received during the year deducting from this number the losses sustained—22 by death, 31 withdrawn and 121 suspended, a total of 174, leaves a net gain for the year of 121 members, making our total membership 3,699 at the close of 1890, and forty-three councils. Of the fortythree councils in the State twenty-one made a gain, sixteen sustained a loss and six neither gained nor lost, closing the year with the same number they had at the end of the previous year. Our membership on March 31, 1S97, was 3,711."

Give Hack Those Unties. George Ratcliff has entered suit in the circuit court against Payne & Lidekay, of Ladoga, to recover a surrey and a buckboard of the aggregate value of $200. Ratcliff alleges that the defendants were out on a sort of a foraging expeditien and unlawfully took a^ay from his place the vehicles in question. The defendants will donbtless set up an altogether different state of facts in their answer.

Wauls a New Guardian.

George Beach, a sixteen year old'son of the late S. A. R. Beach, has brought suit in the probate court to have his guardian, James A. McClure removed. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant has been negligent of his trust in that he has failed thus far to file an inventory or make a report and that he has mismanaged a farm of fiftythree acres belonging to the plaintiff.

I'liilci'taiiivii,

Saturday was the twenty-fifth annivery of the marriage of J. W. Stroh and wife and in honor of the event they entertained quite a large party of their friends in the evening. The affair was a thoroughly delightful one for all who were present.

Four Civil Actions are Hroii^hl lit llu? Auditor's Name Without the Auditor's Knowti'dp or Consent.

There was a whole lot of fun over at the court house last Friday afternoon and the fun didn't begin to abate until four civil actions had been stricken from the docket in the clerk's otlice.

Some days ago Auditor White was informed by Attorney General lvetcham that the four express companies had paid into the State treasury their delinquent taxes and thut the money had been apportioned to the several counties. Montgomery county had something over 81,700 coming to her and the Attorney General wanted the Auditor to make out the mileage of each of the four companies in the several townships so the apportionment could be made directly to them.

A QUEER PROCEEDING. FRANK BALES' SUICIDE.

Auditor White spent last Friday morning in this work and along in the afternoou he chanced to drop into the clerk's ollice on a little matter of business. Great was his surprise to find that a suit had just been filed in his name as Auditor against each of the four companies for the delinquent taxes already paid in and ready for distribution. In each of the four suitB attorneys' fees in the sum of §200 were asked and the fifty per cent penalty demanded. Each suit was signed by Dumont Kennedy as prosecuting attorney. Mr. White at once called up Mr. Kennedy and asked for an explanation of the unusual proceeding. Mr. Kennedy was as much astonished at Buch a request as Mr. White had been upon discovering the filing of the suit

He stated that John L. Slirum had come to him with the four complaints ready for his signature and had informed him that Auditor White was perfectly cognizant of the matter and authorizing it. Thus informed Mr. Kennedy signed each complaint and returned them to Mr. Shrum who carried them to the clerk's ollice with the statement that Prosecutor Kennedy had requested him to file them.

Upon Mr. White's emphatic denial of all knowledge in the matter, the expression of his unqualified disapproval and his explanation of the true status of the tax cases, Prosecutor Kennedy hastened to dismiss them. Summons had already been issued to the sheriff but they were successfully recalled before service was bad on the defendants.

Fixed Valuations,

The several township assessors met last week with Capt. liillingsly, the county assesor, and discussed the method of procedure this year, the directions of the State board being considered. The rates of taxation for horses, grain and other chattels of varying value were agreed upon and it was decidcd not to allow the publication of the same Horses, however, will be assessed at about §40 and there will be but little change from the rates of last year The assessors and their deputies began their work Friday morning.

I'ndci'ii Xtw l!(!(-iiMB.

A special from Fort Wayne says: "The Fort Wayne Gazette was sold this afternoon to a syndicate of which Charles R. Lane, of Indianapolis, iB the principal and will be editor-in-chief. Amos R. Walter will be business manager. Prof. W. R. Leonard, the former owner, retains 82,000 stock, and a number of Fort Wayne men complete the ownership. The paper will be improved in many ways, making it one of the best Republicans organs in this part of the State. Charles A. Casad, of Crawfordsville, will reach here Sunday morning to take the position of city editor.

Wat eh tor Theiu,

A new swindle is being worked successfully in various parts of tlie State by two smart individuals. They call upon the farmers and agree to contract for all the butter they can make at forty-three cents the whole year. They then solicit an order for groceries, offering them at ridiculously low prices. The farmer gives an order and in addition pays about ten per cent, of the order in cash. The agent secures the cash and never delivers the goods. '.iuite a number havo been caught on small sums of SI to S5.

Firaf. Copleftot New Aets.

The first printed copies of the acts of 1897 reached the Secretary of State's office last week. They are unbound and are for the temporary use of the Supreme and Appellate Court judges. The bound volumes will be ready for distribution about April 15, which will be quicker work than has ever been done before on getting the laws into force. Two years ago the laws did not go into effect till July 1. This year they will be in effect May 1.

PART SECOND

Ilo Dies Ity His Own Hand and His llody. i.i«'s Five Days lirlorc Found.

Francid M. Bales, the Linden plasterer, who has worked at his trade much of the time in Crawfordsville, committed suicide Wednesday of last week at Clark's Hill. His body was not found until Sunday.

Bales was about 42 years of age and was a hard drinker until a year or so ago when James White, of Linden, sent him to Plainfield and gave him the Keeley cure. Bales then braced up and did well. He went to Lebanon to spend tho winter and there got to drinking again. lie started back to Linden and stopped off at Clark's Hill where he wandered about tho streets for several days. He disappeared on

Wednesday and people supposed that he had gone on to Linden. Sunday, however, his dead body waB found in a deserted paint shop. By his side lay a paper which had contained morphine. His body was brought to the home of his parents, Zack BaleB and wife, of Linden, and the funeral occurred there Monday. Bales leaves one daughter, a girl fifteen years of age.

HINSHAW'S DOOM.

To tho Surprise of Nearly Kveryliody Tlio .Supremo Court Kel'uses To Grunt a New Tiial to Tho Alleged

Wile Murderer.

William E. Hinshaw, the young Methodist preacher convicted of murdering hiB wife, and serving a life sentence, must remain in prison.

At a late hour last Friday evening, in controvention of its usual custom in handing down opinions, the supreme court sent a supplemental list of decisions to the office of the clerk, and among them was the long expected case of Qinshaw.

The case has become a cause celebre in Indiana, owing to the prior spotless character of the accused and the efforts that were made to secure his acquittal, many of the church members throughout the State and especially his immediate parishioners believing him incapable of such a crime.

Immediately after his conviction pressure was brought for a pardon, but this was refused, and an appeal was taken to the supreme court. The court of last resort sustained the trial court in every particular, and in an exhaustive opinion by Judge McCabe, covering forty typewritten pages, and in whose conclusions the bench concurs, the entire case is reviewed, the evidence being critically considered, and the exception to the trial court'B ruling thoroughly examined.

Tlie court declares that there is no ground upon which to sustain the contention of innocence on the part of the accused, for all the evidence, though circumstantial in the main, presents a chain of unbroken links, and breaks down every presumption of innocence.

The evidence is taken up in detail, the testimony of each witness examined under the light of all the facts, the rulings of the court from time to time in the course of the trial stated, and their underlying causes analyzed and their correctness affirmed.

Briefly reviewed, the circumstances of the murder are as follows: In January, 1895, William E. Hinshaw was the resident pastor of the Methodist church at Belleville, Hendricks county, and he and Thurza Hinshaw, his wife, occupied a house in that village. About 2 o'clock one morning the neighbors were aroused by cries of distress and the minster was found by the roadside with two bullet wounds in his left side and seventeen knife cuts on his arms and breast. His wife was found across the steps leading into the kitchen, dead from a bullet in her brain.

The minister said that he had been attacked by robbers, his wife shot while she lay in bed and he had received his wounds while struggling with the assassins. Later his own pistol was found with three chambers empty and his own razor was also found in the yard.

It was demonstrated at the autopsy that Mrs. Hinshaw could not have left her bed after being shot, and all the wounds on his person seemed to have been made by his own hand.

The decision will be a matter of deep regret to many church people who know him and who believe him innocent.

Commissioner Discharged.

Lafayette Courier: In the matter of the Indiana Wire Fence Company vs. Indiana Harrison Telephone Construction Company and the Citizens' Telephone Company of Columbus, Ohio, Commissioner H. H. Ristine, of Crawfordsville, to-day, in the superior court, filed his final report, showing the sale of all stock, and was discharged.