Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 October 1897 — Page 10

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1897.

LAST month's exports of breadstufl's were greater than those of August, 1890, and August, 95, combined.

TUK battle of the experts is now on in the Leutgert murder trial at Chicago. When expert meets expert then comes the tug of war.

ON'IC State in the Union—Missouri— la6t year mined lead and zinc to the amount of §3,500,000, or more than all the gold received from the Klondyke.

IT is more than a mere coincidence that prosperity and business activity should have begun the moment a Republican President and a protective Congress were elected.

Tins Dingley law still holds itself ready to fulfill itB promises, as soon as the importers get rid of material on hand. It at no time assumed to be superior to the law of supply and demand.

HERE is a good prosperity item: The business failures in the United States in August, 1896, represented a loss of 828,002,637, while the amount for the same month this year was but SS,174t-

•128.

THIS year's corn crop iB estimated at 1,750,000,000 bushels. The only famine that exists is in freight cars to haul the crop to market. Last year corn was selling at 15 cents, now it is 25 cents.

THOSE silver statesmen who recently interviewed the Japanese financiers as to the cause of the demonetization of silver in that country do not seem to be in any haste about making their report.

SENATOR JOHN T. MORGAN, who is now at Honolulu, writes that there is no active or organized opposition to the annexation in Hawaii. The desire of the educated classes for annexation is intense and earnestly patriotic.

THE National Tribune pointedly remarks: "If we annex Hawaii we may have to increase our navy to protect it, but if wo don't annex it we shall certainly have to increase our navy to protect ourselves against the power that will annex it."

THE streets of Wabash, this State, are to be paved with asphalt. This is a sensible step, as asphaltum is much superior to the noisy brick. Crawfordsville is not ready for street paving, but when it does come nothing should be considered but asphalt.

THERE are millions in cleaning up and keeping clean, but the admonition seems to fall on dull ears so far as this city is concerned. 'Crawfordsville never was in such a filthy condition as it is now. Nobody even makes a pretension of cleaning up their premises

THE Treasury Department has refused to receive SI,000,000 in gold in San Francisco in exchange for the same amount of currency in New York. Had this happened during Cleveland's administration there would have been -DO necessity of selling 8202,000,000 worth of bonds.

STATE AUDITOR DAII.EV has compiled figures fiom the reports of Township Assessors, showing that the total assessable property in the State, exclusive of corporations, is 81,128,821,880, the amount last year being 81,120,302,020. The corporate property which is assessed by the State Board of Tax Commissioners amounts to over 8100,000,000.

THE effect of the increased employment which has been visible since the protective law went into operation is fbeing felt in business circles everywhere. Wholesalers and retailers report a greatly improved business, especially in the large cities and throughout the manufacturing districts, while the good prices received by farmers is having a similar effect in the agricultural rep-ions.

THE experts called in the Lutguert murder case do no agree as to whether the bone found in the sausage vat is human or hog. One learned expert swears that the bone found is the femur of a delicate woman, and another equally as learned swears the bono is from a delicate hog. The common herd will naturally conclude that the whole expert gang are frauds, willing to swear on the side which puts up the boodlo.

HERE is the declaration to which both Benjamin P. Tracy and Seth Low subscribed their names in presenting to the Legislature the charter of Greater New Vork:

The commission urges an amendment to the State Constitution permitting minority representation in municipal elections because it believes, quite apart lrom the special conditions prevailing in Greater New York, that minority or proportionate representation is in the interest of good city government. Such representation tends to emphasize the fact that in the administration of a city, the common interests of the citizenship of the place are more fundamental than party divisions.

It is generally conceded that both Low and Tracy are excellent men. the one as good as the other. They both have views in common as to the management of a great city like New York. They both hate Tammany and its methods with all the fervor which characterizes every good citizen. It would seem, therefore, that the differences between the anti-Tammany forces could and should be adjusted in a way satisfactory to all concerned in the interest of good government. It is to be hoped that wise counsels will prevail, and that the leading city in Republic may set the pace for the other cities, great and small, throughout the country.

SILVER orators who want something new with which to interest their audiences are commended to a recent statement by the Director of the Mint, showing the per capita of gold and silver in the leading countries of the world in the present year and a comparison with the conditions in those countries in 1873, the year of the "crime" against silver. The United States had at that time 15 cents per capita in silver, and now has 8S.77 per capita. Belgium then had 82 88 per capita, now she has S8.71 per capita Italy had then 80 cents per capita, now 6he has 81.35 the Netherlands had then 89,50 per capita, now she has 811.90 Austri-Hungary then had 81 11 per capita, now she lias 82.70 Australasia had 81 15 per capita, now 6he has 81.49. Sweden in 1873 had 98 cents per capita in Bilver, now she has 81 per capita Norway, 89 cents per capita now 81 00 per capita. Russia, then 23 cents per capita now 38 cents per capita. The only nations in the list given in the list which have at all decreased are Great Britain, France, Germany and Denmark. Great Britain's per capita has fallen off 3 cents, being 82.90 instead of 82 99 that of France haB fallen from 813-85 to 812.94 that of Denmark from 84.10 to 82 35, and that of Germany from 87 47 to 84.20 per capita.

STATISTICIANS of the Treasury and State Departments are collecting data for the use of the administration and Congress next winter as to our trade relations with gold and silver standard countries. It is expected that statistics will show that between 90 and 95 per cent, of our transactions with other countries are settled upon a gold basis, and the history of the last year or two proves that the tendencv among silver standard nations is to establish a gold basis and get in line with the most advanced countries in this regard. It will be shown that since the price of silver has declined to a low point the trade relations of the silver Countries with the great commercial nat'ons have been seriously disturbed, and that in many cases imports have been reduced in a remarkable degree.

THE claim that Germany and other countries would probably set up retaliatory legislation with reference to our tariff is is not being justified by events since the new tariff law went into effect. Not a word is heard about any retaliatory legislation anywhere save Argentine, and a stuay of the commercial relations of that country with the United States shows that there is littleiprobability that any action will be taken which would disturb the commercial relations of the two countries in view of the fact that we buy more from Argentine than she buys from us, and that therefore she is unlikely to enter upon a system which would injure the sales of her own people to us.

LOUJSVII.I.E Times: The farmer whose potatoes were so low in price last year that he couldn't afford to sell them, and so high this year that nobody will buy them, has concluded that the remedy for the ills that alllict him, one year after another, is not "the rehabilitation of silver," but the killing of one-half of the theoretical politicians and the banishment of the other half. And thus the pendulum of life swings, both on farm and forum, from orje irrational extreme to the other.

TJIE Karth American Review for October contains a remarkably interesting paper on "Immigration and the Educational Test," by Prescott F. Hall, Secretary of the Immigration Restriction League, wherein is suggested a remedy to allow the country the benefit of desirable immigration, and curtail our hospitality to those from foreign lands as little as possible, but which shall yet effectually bar out the elements which are a grave source of danger to the State.

THE comparison between the government of cities in the United States and Europe in not favorable to this country. The contrast presents some striking points, l'aris is a fourth larger than New York, yet it spends on its fire department 8514,000 a year, while New York spendp 82,345,355. That item is explained by the fire proof buMding enforced in Paris. New York's police department costs 8150.000 a year more than that of l'aris. New York spends in street cleaning 83,000,000, and Paris 81,930,500, including in the latter case care of the sewers and the utilization of sewage for fertilizing. The two cities spend about the same amount for education A comparison with Berlin would l* still more trying, for the German ca ital is said to be the best governed municipality in the world. 11 is a modern city, too, having grown during the present century from a population of 180,000 to 2,000,000. Berlin's annual expenditure is 820,000,000 that of New York, 839,000,000. American cities have much to learn in the art of spending their revenues to the best advantage, and of increasing them without burdening the citizen.

IN a recent interview in the lacoma Lcdijcr Senator John L. Wilson said there would be no contest in the Senate over the annexation of Hawaii. The only question to arise would be over the°matter of government, and a plan had already been broached by several Senators, which it was thought would meet all requirements The government would be territorial in form, with two houseB, the upper house and the Governor, to be appointed,# and the lower house, to be elected. The Governor would be from this country and nominated by the President, subject to the approval of the Senate. The upper house would be appointed from the island, and the members of the lower body would be elected by the voters of the island. The United States House of Representatives will have nothing to do with the appointments. Senator Morgan will lead the debate and his inieSion to Hawaii is to gather data.

THE Columbus convention of Mayors, in session this week, has been discussing a variety of topics associated with city management. Street lighting, traction franchises, municipal ownership in general, sewer systems, water supply, police administration, and dozens of similar subjects have been taken up with earnestness and skill, and the debates thus far indicate that in many cities the public alliairs are in the hands of men who closely study general as well as local conditions, and 6trive to keep fully abreast of the times. The interchange of views and experiences must result beneficially to the communities represented at the convention. There is no good reason why the rulers of cities should not gather together and confer just as do the politicians, the school teachers and the ministers of various denominations.

THE sixty days since the enactment of the Dingley law are in marked contrast with the corresponding period of the first year of the Cleveland administration. During the sixty days from July 20 to September 20, 1893, banks were closing their doors, business houses suspending, manufacturers putting up their shutters everywhere, while during the sixty days following the enactment ofithe Dingley law the banks are announcing that they have more money than they can loan,-the business houses are full of activity and reporting enormous sales in every direction, and the manufacturers have increasing orders, are advancing the wages of their employes and increasing their hours of employment.

COMMENTING on the failure of the grand jury of Ripley county to find in dictments against any oi the partici pants in the recent lynchings ai Versailles the New York Tribune says:

Indiana certainly cannot afford rest under the scandal which a failure to prosecute the Versailles lyncher will inevitably entail. As one of th oldest and most conservative of the Western States she cannot allow her standards of civilization to be lowered and her escutcheon stained by an un rebuked resort to methods of vengeance which find their justification only on the distant and isolated frontier. And the longer public reparation for the Versailles outrage i$ delayed the more seriously will Indiana's status as a progressive and law-abiding portion of the Union be compromised and impaired.

TnK Treasury receipts under the Dingley law for the month of September are very encouraging. They exceed those of the second month of the Wilson law, and the deficit for the month will be trilling if indeed any exists at the end of the month. The second month of the Wilson law developed a deficit of over S13.000.000, while the second month of the Dingley law will produce little if any deficit. That is the difference between protective tariff and milk-and-water-betwixt-and-between tariff of the Wil-son-Gorman stripe.

SOME one has been looking over'an American book published in 1872, entitled, "The Home: Where it should be and What Should Be Put Into It," and makes the discovery that the house-

hold equipment costing 81,000 at that time can be bought now for 8400 The S3 kitchen clock of that period has dropped to 85c, furniture and carpets cost less than half as much, window shadeB less by two-thirds, and a dozen solid silver tablespoons can be obtained for a large discount on 830. Their cost now is about 81 an ounce.

PEOPLE who were inclined to criticise President McKinley's course because he did not adopt the jingo policy on the Cuban question as soou as he was inaugurated President, begin to see the unwisdom of the criticism then and the wisdom of the President's course of actiou. It is now apparent from the developments since Minister Woodford's arrival in Spain that the attitude of the administration will be such as to bring about a termination of the troubles in that unhappy island, and in a way which will avoid the criticism which would surely have followed the precipitate action urged by many people immediately after the inauguration of the President.

MR BR VAN, it is said, is devoting most of his oratorical attention to Iowa just now. The Nebraska banks are complaining that they have more money than they can loan, and the farmers of that State are paying off their debts with unexampled rapidity, thus making Mr. Bryan's home State a rather uncomfortable place for him just now.

CHAIRMAN JONES continues to disclaim any hostility to silver, but all the same still advises that the New York Democrats ignore the silver question in their campaign. Has Mr. Jones lost the courage of his convictions, or has he lost his convictions?

RAIN IN OCTOBER.

Foster Say* We Will Have Kit in anil Colli Weather Tliis Month.

According to Foster, to-day the barometer will begin to fall in the West, winds will change to southerly and warmer, and cloudiness with rain in many sections will pass over the country from west to east up to Tuesday. The barometer will rise promptly behind these storms and brisk, cold winds will set in .from the northwest From about the 0th to the 9th very cool nights with fro6t in northern sections will be more than probable. The 9th and 10th will be central days of reactionary storm conditions, with moon at her full and near the celestial equator. Look for warmer weather and more rain on and near the 10th, turning to high, cold, northwesterly gales over the uorthern lake regions from about the 11th to the 13th. More or less frost will touch all the central and some southern sections at this time.

A regular 6torm period extends from the 14th to 18th, it will grow much warmer, the barometer will fall in the west, attended by cloudiness and rain, and during the 15th to lSth, low barometer, warmer weather and rains will progress eastwardly across the continent. Rising barometer will push close after the storms, causing cold, northwesterly winas and snow, perhaps, along the rear of the storm area. Very cool days with frosty nights may be expected in all northerly regions OH and touching the 19th and 20th. The 21st and 22d constitute another reactionary storm center. Another high barometer and cold winds from northwest will follow for two or three days. From about the 25th to the 29th, we predict will fall the most general and heavy disturbances of the month.

Heavy storms of rain and wind, attended by lightning and thunder to the south, will visit many sections within sixty hours of 0 o'clock p. m. on the 20th. No one need be surprised to find these 6torms turning to sleet and snow in northern parts of the country, and it will be wise to anticipate a general cold wave, followed by cool, frosty nights even in the south during the closing davs of October.

It is needless for us to add that the drouth which we said would begin to be felt during the lattsr part of the summer and in September, has made its appearance, even worse than we expected in some places. September has broken all records for dogged, tropical heat over the greater part of the country.

The Alamo Ilaclc.

The Alamo hack now leaves Alamo at 0:30 a. m. and returning leaves Crawfordsville at 2 o'clock p. m.

INDIGESTION is often taken for consumption. The word consumption means wasting away,'and dyspeptics often waste away as badly as consumptives

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Notice Is hereby uiren that the undersigned has duly- qualified and given bond as executor of the last will and testament of Elizabeth A. Blnford, late of Montgomery county, State of Indiana, deceased, and that letters testamentary on said estate have been uuly granted to him. Said estate Is said to be solvent.

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In the matter of the estate of Elliott Pearson, deceased: In the Montgomery circuit court.. September term, 1897.

Notice is hereby given that Theodore II.Ristlne, as Executor of the estate of Elliott Pearson, deceased, has presented and (lied Ills accounts and voucher-, in final settlement of siiid estate, and that the same will come up for the examination and action of said circuit court, on the 22d day of October, 1897. at which time all heirs, creditors or legatees of said estate are required to appear in said court and show cause if any there be, why said iiccoun and vouchers shou'd not bo approved, and the heir" and distributees of said estate are also notified to bo In court at the time aforesaid and make proof of heirship.

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OTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

Notice is hereby given that we tho undersigned commissioners appointed by the Circuit Court of Modtgoinery County, Indiana, in the case of Samuel Conner et al. vs. Angellno Conner et al., will sell at private sale tho following real estate to-wlt:

The northwest, quarter of section twentytwo (29) township eighteen (18) north, range three CI) west, in Montgomery County, State of Indiana, containing 160 acres, it being the hone-stead and farm oi tho late Marion A. Conner, in Walnut township, jn said county, about 2',. tniles west of the town of New Ross on the Indianapolis State Road.

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Said sale will be maio at tho ollice of Kennedy it Kennedy, attorneys, In the city of Crawfordsville, Indiana, on the 18tti day of October, 1897, and If the same is not sold on that day said sale will be continued from day to day until such sale shall be made and from this date on bids will bo received at said ofllce for the sale of said land. The commissioners will also receive bids at any place but the sale will be consummated at said ofllce.

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Said land will be sold on the following terms: One-third cash at date of sale, onethird In nine, months and one-third in fifteen months from date of sale, tho purchaser executing notes for the deferred payments bearing six por cent interest from dato of sale and sccured by mortirace on the said real estate. CHAltLEST. NICELY,

JOSHUA II. CONNER,

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