Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 15 October 1897 — Page 10

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER i:. 1897.

AT last accounts the Ohio Democrats were still running' away from their silver platform.

REPORTS from the farming regions show that the corn is shocked. So are the freo-6ilver advocates who note its advance in value.

THOSE dark clouds that hung over every manufacturing town nowadays are not of a dangerous character, except to the calamity howlers.

TUT-: Louisville Courier Journal notes the sale of "fine leaf tobacco in that market at S32 per hundred pounds, the highest price for many years.

CONSIDERING that the Ohio Democrats made free coinage the chief feature of their platform, they are remarkably quiet on that subject since the opening of the campaign.

PROFESSOR WILSON is EO busy with his new duties that he hasn't had time to explain why farm products and prices of labor increased as soon as the DiDgley law went into operation.

Wni' doesn't Mr. Bryan go on with his Mexican tour? lie has been shut out of all the State campaigns and would not be missed if he should go any day.

OVER 20,000 barrels of American apples were shipped to Great Britain last week and the price per barrel in Liverpool averaged S3.75 The choicest Newtown pippins brought from SO 30 to #7.25 a barrel.

SECRETARY WILSON says the beetsugar manufactories in the United States will be quadrupled in number in the next year. Is this due to "famine abroad"? Of course the Dingley law must not he credited with it.

TELEGRAPH operators iu Arkansas are now required to remain at their instruments day and night in the expectation of afresh bulletin from Chairman Jones as to the real attitude of the Democrats on the silver question.

TREASURY officials now have no doubt that the Dingley law will produce simple revenue after it gets fairly at work. The earnings of its second month exceed those of the second month of the Wilson law and are steadily growing.

THE largest tin plate factory in the world is to be erected at Newcastle, Pa. See, didn't somebody predict just a few years ago that no amount of protective encouragement would make it possible to manufacture tin-plate successfully in America?

THE Dingley law goes right on increasing the money receipts from week to week. Those of the second half of August were a little over '.) millions, those of the first half of September over 10 millions, and those of the second half of September above 11 millions.

IT is hinted that the Democratic ticket of 1900 may be Ilenry George, of New York, and Tom Johnson, of Ohio, on a platform of single tax. The party must have an issue, you know, and as free trade and free silver are dead there seems to be nothing else left for them.

THE year ending September 1, 1S97, was a bad one for the wheat-and-sil-ver-hand-in-hand theory. One ounce of silver on September 1, 181)0, was worth just as much as one bushel of wheat in New York. On September 1. 1807, it took just two ounces of silver to buy a bushel of wheat.

PERU is in the throes of an oil well excitement. Up to this time twentyeight producing wells have been completed and only two failures have been recorded. Eighty-five derricks are up and soon that number of wells will be in operation.1 Thebe wells produce from 50 to 1,000 barrels a day. From all accounts Peru is an oily town.

A CONSENSUS of the newspaper sentiment of the country doeB not lead to the belief that the proposition of the Ohio silverite6 to swap Senatorial horses in crossing the stream is in cold earnest. The average editor seems to be of the opinion that McLean is just as much the candidate as ever and stands ju6t as little show of being elected as ever.

THE people who are now devoting their attention to a criticism of Mr. Bryan [because he wears diamonds, should remember that Mr. Bryan must have a place to invest his money. He has been making a great deal of money since he talked himself into notoriety at the Chicago convention, levying tribute at every village at which he stopped during the campaign, and charging enormous prices for his speeches and lectures ever since that time, while his book is said to have brought him in large sums of 11 oney. For this money he must find MHUC "permanent investment." He does not believe that the prosperity which is with us has come to stay, consequently he cannot afford toinvcsr.it in stocks and bonds or business enterprises. He is an enemy of the railroads, he says, though lie is quite willing to ride over them on free passes, and cannot be expected to invest in their stocks and bonds. As to national banks, or banks of any sort, he has a horror of them, and takes occasion at ever opportunity to attack them. Of course, it cannot be expected that he will "hoard gold." Therefore, what is left Mr. Bryan for investment except diamonds?

THE Henry George movement in New* York has assumed proportions that make it a formidable factor in the campaign for the mayoralty now well under way. A few days ago the campaign was drawn on lines that seemed to put the brunt of the fighting on Tracy and -Van Wyck. Now the question that agitates the politicians and citizen reformers opposed to Tammany and the Chicago platform is hoiv to head off Ilenry George. His candidacy has grown like a mushroom in the night. All efforts to secure harmony among the sound money men, good government factors have thus far failed, A new reason for united action is evident, iu the George candidacy, with its pyrotechnic 6tart and its possibilities for a threatening centralisation of all the socialistic, anarchistic and other radical factors in the population of the great city. The George platform is such as to attract the dangerously discontented of all classes. Unless the George movement is to result in the election of that candidate all those citizens who are opposed to the doctrines pi onounced last year by the Democracy and others that are now only briefly mentioned must get together in support of man who, whether he is now in the field oris yet to be named as a compromise, will command the full support of all the anti-Tammany, anti-George, antiBryan elements of the municipality.

CHAIRMAN JONES is said to be very much worried over the rapid development of strength by the Gold Democrats. The organization which that wing of the Democracy has kept up in the various States and the vigorous work which is being done in their behalf in all States where campaigns are in progress has surprised and chagrined those Democrats who were six months ago trying to read the gold Democrats out of the party. It is now quite apparent that the vote which they will cast in the States where they have nominated tickets will be a surprisingly large one, and that the progress of that wing of the party toward the control of the Democracy of the United States is phenomenally rapid. It is quite probable that it was a shrewd view of this condition which led chairman Jones to advise i-he New York Democrats and others to keep the issue out of the campaign of ls'.7.

SEPTEMBER bank clearings continue to sustain the belief that business improvement is genuine and permanent. The September clearings, despite the fact that business in the South is temporarily suspended by reason of the yellow fever troubles, make an excellent showing. Seventy eight cities aggregate a clearing of over five and a half billion dollars, again of over 14 per cent, over August and more than 50 per cent, over September of last year. Free silver and free trade orators should be particular to mention this condition in their talks in the States where campaigns are now in progress.

A (.RATIFYINU evidence of the revival of business and prosperity is shown by the condition in Pennsylvania as set forth by the Philadelphia Pram. The reus has thoroughly canvassed the State, receiving 102 communications from 4" counties relatives to the industrial condition. The answers show that business throughout the State is in a greatly improved condition that factories have started up and increased employmentall over the State and that large orders are coming in and work is plenty.

THE following quotation from Mr. Bryan has a point: "This is an agricultural country, and any prosperity, to be permanent, must begin on the farm." That remark was made a year ago, and it is mnnecessary to 6ay that Mr. Bryan oinits it from his speeches this year.

THE anti-gambling amendment to the State constitution in New Jersey was not defeated as at first reported, It received a majority of over COO, Well done, New Jersey.

JOHN W. BREIUENTHAI,. the State Bank Commissioner of Kansas, says: I am daily receiving letters from Kansas bankers about paper that I have made them charge off as bad debts being paid in full. One bank had six quarter sections away out in the coyote country. I hardly considered such property an asset, but agreed that they should be set down as worth 8100 each, or 8000 in the aggregate. Here is a letter announcing that one quarter brought8500. The bank has the other five quarters left to secure the other S100. Here is another letter from a bank that I had been abusing about its assets. It had 400 acres of coyote country land. The rresident f-avs he does not propose to sell the land at a sacrifice, and will buy it himself at twice the valuation 1 put on it. Some of the banks that 1 have been threatening to close up are in good shape now, and are talking back to me pretty plainly. A banker at St. John had a mortgage on everything an old fellow had, and 1 called the banker almost worthless a few months ago. The banker staked the man for one more effort. He put in four hundred acres of wheat, hit it right, and has paid off his mortgage and much more, besides.

The above coming as it docs from a Populist State officer, is a most remarkable statement, when it is remembered that Populism lives and thrives on calamity. Mr. Breidenthal must be preparing to jump his politics.

INDIVIDUALS seeking federal office, but so far without success, seem to find a sort of solace in denunciation of the civil service law. Their view being wholly selfish is therefore short sighted. One might suppose, from their deliverances, that a repeal of the law would open the way to a place for everybody asking recognition. But of course it would not. It would simpiy aggravate the difliculty. Disappointments in the palmy days of the spoils system were more numerous than they now are. Then the disappointed railed at the bosses and the President. Now they rail at the civil service law. Repeal the law, increase the size of the scramble, and the turn of the bosses for basting would come come again. The talk about an "oflice holding oligarchy" is nothing but cairipaign*fustian. It takes no serious hold of serious people. If such a system existed, and were as bad as painted, it yet would not be as bad as "an oflice seeking oligarchy." For such the old system was. Thousands joined in the scramble, but only a few pulled the wires, and for their own personal ends and advantages distributed the favors.

NEW CASTI.E Courier: There is no chance to haye established anywhere a beet sugar factory unless the farmers of the community will agree, absolutely, for a term of from three to five years to grow an acreage of beet6 sullicUnt to supply the factory. The reason for this requirement is obvious and nerds no elucidation. If the farmers of Ilenry county will pledge from 3,000 to 4,000 acres of beets and subscribe 825 of stock for each acre, with the time for payment arranged so that they can meet the obligation from the obligation from the proceeds of the first and second years' crops, we can have a beet sugar factory in operation at Newcastle next year.

THE silverites have at last weakened in the face of the rapid depreciation in the value of their metal. It was a matter of-surprise that they should have shouted silver as long as they did in view of its steady depreciation, but they were doubtless in hope that something—wheat or something else— would carry it up again to its price of last year. Instead of this, it has gone down like a chunk of lead, literally, and finally stands at such a ridiculously low figure that they have been forced out of self respect to quit howling for free coinage and are now kicking around the political junk heap for some other worn out kettle which they can patch up and hang over the political fire.

IF the ordinary free silver advocate will stop and consider the matter a moment, will it not strike him that he is advocating an unsafe proposition, i. to establish silver as a standard money when it goes up and down in the markets of the world from day to day, and is variable as tho wind? One ounce of silver in New York was worth Aug. 4, 57.1 cents, but by Sept. 1 had fallen to 51.2 cents per ounce. During the first half of the month of September it advanced to 57.5 cents, but bebefore the end of the month was again quoted at 54 cents. No unprejudiced man would think of establishing a metal of such fluctuating value as a standard of value upon which to do business.

THE Postoflice Department has decided on a general extension of the money-order system. First Assistant Postmaster-GeneralHeath believes that any postoflice wanting money-order facilities should have them. Complaints have been constantly made by business houses that their correspondents in villages' are unable to send money-orders because their postollices have no such facilities. The total number of money-order oflices now is about twenty-two thousand, and this will probably be increased to thirty thousand before the close of the fiscal year.

AGRICULTURE IN ALASKA.

Investigation Mini© of tlio Conditions lly hi*. II Iter II. Kvans—Feasibility of 12stablisliin^ Kxperimental Stations— .Dr. Kvans' Views of the

Gold Fields.

Dr. Walter H. Evans of the Department of Agriculture has returned from Alaska, where he spent about three months. His mission there was to investigate as to the feasibility of having agricultural experimental stations there, a special order having been issued to this effect by a provision of Congress While Dr. Evans is not ready just yet to make his report in that respect. The conditions were all right in many of the sections he visited for the stations, but, ou account of the situation of the country itself, it is believed he will not report favorably.

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hough Dr. Evans did' not visit the Klondike region, extending his investigations to the coast from Unalaska to Sitka, a distance of about 2,000 miles, and about 150 miles in the interior, he learned much on his visit about the gold fields of the country. He also taw gold mining at Cook's Inlet, where he visited. In all the coast region he traveled about 3,500 miles. Dr. Evans left here June 1, went to Seattle, tbeuce to Sitka. On his return trip he left September 5. He said to a Washington Slur reporter:

"1 was at Chilkat pass iu July. I did not see many persons then starting into the Klondike regions. On my return, going up Lynn canal, I passed many boats containing parties of prospectors. I heard from many persons coming out that there were not enough provisions for the people going in. The two passes, Skaguay and Dyea, I heard discussed frequently. "Skaguay was reported the best, as horses and stock could go through it. In this way provisions could be packed through. In D\ea pass there is an incline of about 45 degrees, over which the animals cannot go. Therefore Skaguay was deemed better, but it was far from being as easy as expected. "The last accounts I had were that there were 0,000 people and 3,000 horses mired in Skaguay.

"From what I learned about the gold fields, I am convinced that the richness is by no means confined to the Klondike regions. I saw many evidences of quartz and placer mining elsewhere. Cook's Inlet, about 150 miles from the ocean, is a fairly rich section. It is estimated by a Mr. Wheeler, of Sunrise City, near the head of Cook's Inlet, that about S400,000 was taken out last year by about 300 men. The mining there is done by the sluice box. The miners can wash with the water they get five months in the year. A large portion of the Cook's Inlet gold bas in the future to be gotten at by hydraulic power. I know three young fellows who go from Seattle every year, I believe, and work in that region five months, anil bring out about, SI,S00 apiece."

Dr. Evans showed the Stnr reporter several nuggets of unusual richness, which had been given him by one of the miners at Cook's Inlet. The largest was about as large as the end of the little finger. They came from SixMile and Lynx creeks, and were oblined by the sluice-box method. They were worn smooth, evidently in being brought down to where they were found, by water. Dr. Evans stated that he 6aw one miner have a nugget worth 880. The gold was imbedded in quartz about the size of a small hen egg. He saw one nugget worth 832, of nearly solid gold. When thrown on a hard surface, he stated, it rang like a gold coin. "There waB a boom in Cook's Inlet a year ago," Dr. Evans stated. "People did not succeed as well as they expected, and left. It happens that in the mining region if a person in one claim is making 88 or S10 a day and another in one adjoining is making only S5, the latter will become discontented and leave. This seems to be the rule in mining regions. Cook's Inlet is about 750 miles from Sitka, running from the Pacific ocean 150 miles. There is a regular steamboat line from Sitka there from April to the' end of Ostober. One of the companies in Cook's Inlet was clearing up, when I was there, with twenty men, about 8700 a day. There is no hydraulic mining done there, as yet, though I believe some companies are organizing for it. I believe if a young man goes there and is a hustler and will attend to his business he will do fairly well, though he need not expect to make as rich strikes as is done in the Klondike.

The quartz mining will follow later. "I was surprised to find that a large number of these things are grown in the section of Alaska which I visited, and I am certain a number of other things could be grown if interest would be taken in this respect. People do not seem to wish to bother with agricultural pursuits. They are willing to pay S25 a ton for hay, when they might raise it there themselves. It has to be obtained from San Francisco or Puget Sound. "I found a large number of native berries growing in the part of the country I visited. These comprised blueberries, red raspberries, cranberries and strawberries. The latter have

the finest flavor for the wild variety I ever tasted. "I found that southeast Alaska is very thickly timbered. In the interior and southwestern section grass grows luxuriantly. Most of the timber is spruce. ''There is a generally mistaken idea in regard to the climate of the southern coast of Alaska. The popular idea is that it is very frigid. The coldest it gets in the coast region is only 10 or 12 degrees below zero. The coldest I ever heard a report of there was 13 below zero. Of course this is only the coast region, where tire Japanese current washes and warms things by its tropical heat. It seldom gets down to zero in that region. "Fish and game are pretty plentiful. There are two syndicates engaged in the salmon canning industry, and they have their seins all through the waters."

Dr. Evans brought back several specimens of grasses and other evidences of growth in the section he visited. It was learned that he did not consider there was enough organization in Alaska to form the experimental stations just yet, and difficulties would be encountered in this respect from its being a territory. At the same time he was convinced that agriculture in the section visited can be carried on much more generally and with much better results than is supposed. His trip was a success in every respect.

Union Township Schools.

Great improvements have been made in the school houses during the past two years, until now Union township bas only a few houses not in good repair. There is no reason fcr not having the school rooms in the district schools in good condition, being nice, pleasant places for the children. There have been school houses in tiie county districts that were a disgrace to the free school system, and it was an outrage to send children to such places. Persons iu town would never dream of sending their children to such places, and the children in the country are entitled to the same privileges. The Trustee believes in having attractive school houses, as the surroundings of the school room have much to do with the character of the pupil when grown.

It ha6 been said by some persons that they went to a log school house, sat on a board seat, and studied by the light admitted through greased paper, and they demand to know why children can't do that way now. When children went to such schools people lived in log hoi ses, slept in an attic, and were depiived of many comforts of life. We might demand to know why people do not now live in log houses with just as much propriety as to say that the old school houses "in which we went to school" were good enough for to-day. "Old thing have passed away and all things have become new."

NOTES

Arbor day is Oct. 29 Eight of the 37 school houses are brick.

The school entertainments this year are being well attended. There are nine pupils in the high school class at Soap Factory.

Some teachers continue to burn up the microbes and leadpencils. There are driven wells at schools 2, 3, 10, 17, IS, 21, 24, 25, 2(1, 28, 32, 33, 35 and 37. "What shall be done with the bedbugs brought to school by children?" asks a teacher. Catch them and stew them up with the microbes in the sterilizers and bathe and disinfect the children.

There are slate blackboards at 1, 2 3, 4, 5, 0, 7, S, J, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 32, 34, 35, 37 and 37. When a slate blackboard is put in a school house, all further expense of repairs on blackboards is ended.

Illinois Anylnm to Ho Abandoned. PEORIA, Ills., Oct. 11.—It is practically determined that the present site of tlie Illinois State Asylum for Incurable Insane will be abaudsned and the building torn down. Tlie site, however, it is expected, will remain near Peoria. Tho building stands on a high hill, and there is an old coal mine underneath it, on account of which it is not considered safe to erect any more buildings there.

IICMMIOIKI

Collision.

FORSYTIIE, Ills., Uct. 11.—There was a headend collision on the Illinois Central railroad here Saturday. Two freight tram engines were derail) and badly damaged, as were also sevt ,il cars. A carload of apples was des. roved. The accident was due to the j.iilun of air brakes to work. Tlie crews of both engines jumped, and two men were seriously injured.

Cliiirli'fl Stewart Furnoll. •.

DUBLIN, Oct. 11.—Yesterday was the sixth anniversary of the death of Charles Stewart Parnell. Five thousand Nationalists paraded the streets to the bloak (Jlasnovin cemetery, whore tliey heaped high tho grave of their famous and lamented leader with flowers brought from all the counties of Ireland.": $10,0(H) Ihitnu^c*. .WARREN, O., Oct. 11.—In the United States circuit court at Cleveland lfai*y Grace Davis was given §10,000 damages against- tho Pittsburg and Western railroad. April 4. 1893, a detached freight car without an attendant ran down a grado and cut oil jone of her legs.

THE REASON WHY.

Every Why Has a Wherefore and 'Tis Well to Look for It at Times,

In these days people want to know the Whys and wherefores.

The 19th century man is a natural skeptic. The why and wherefore of such is plain.

He reads statements of supposed facts. lie is told every ailment can be cured.

He tries same panacea. It fails he tries another with the same result.

Such experiments make him look askance at future claims. Often the fault is his, but he don't see why.

Ho may have a backache or perhaps a lame or weak back. He used plaster or liniments, they relieved him for a time, but failed to cure the trouble.

This is his fault then why is it that he didn't know the wherefore of his aches.

Had he known that the kidneys were the cause. That backache generally means kid-: ney ache.

That the kidneys must filter the blood. That failure to do so affects the' back.

That backache is only the first step toward many kidney disorders. Urinary troubles follow. Retention of urine, excessive urine, Diabetes,— Hright's disease.

Doan's Kidney Pills are a positive sppcific for all kidney complaints. The aching back has no greater enemy than Doan's Kidney Pills—not injurious to the most delicate constifcion.• Don't act on the bowels, but direct on the kidneys.

Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by i.ll dealei s—price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co Huffalo, X. Y., so'e agon's for the U. S.

Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute. For sale in Crawfordsville by Moffett it Morgan.

UNCONSTITIONAL.

Juilfre Davis Declares tlie I.nw Fixing Comity Treasures' Terms Void. NOUI.ESVILLE, lnd., Oct 11.—Special Judgu Davis lias declared unconstitutional the law passed by the last legislature fixing the time that term of county treasurers sluill begin. Judge Davis based his decision on a long lino of decisions of the Indiana Supreme Court, where it was decided "that tho Legislature cannot extend or abridge theterm of an oftice, the term of winch is ix on it on a it onact law which in its effect would create a vacancy."

FIKST PAY SINCE TIIE STHIKli.

Miners at Clinton Were Made Happy Saturday Kvenini CLINTON, lnd., Oct. 11.—Clinton was tho liovliest town in all Hoosierdom Saturday night, the result of tho miners receiving their first pay sinco the end of the big strike. Tho several mines that paid off distributed about $15,000 among their employes. The miners and their families who had so long beon living on short rations crowded the stores laying in provisions. Tilt* streets wero thronged with men, women and children and tho town has not had such a businesslike appearance in years. &

Woman Soulpiul by ShuTting. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. II.—Miss Kato Shane was literally scalped at tho National Surgical Institute late Saturday, She was washing her hair 111 the laundry when it caught in some shafting above her head. Sho was jerked from her feet and when sho fell to tho floor all the hair and the skin with it was gone. One ear and the eyebrow went with tho hair. Tho physicans removed enough skin from tho woman's back to cover her head, and think sho may recover,' but the chances, they say, are against her.

Preparing to hue the State. INDIANAPOLIS Oct. 11. Tho Allen Manufacturing company, making bicycles .it the Michigan City prison, is preparing to sue the state for $40,000 damages for the removal of convicts from that institution to the reformatory at Jelfersonvillo. Tho company claims that it had contracts and could not fill them. Tho company has placed a mortgage on its propery to secure indebtedness to tho banks.

Dtiukard Preacher Suicldos. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 11.—Jacob Fisher,' a Dtinkard preacher from Mexico, lnd., hanged himself in a livery stable Saturday. Fisher had been taking treatment iu a nearby sanitarium, and iu a lit of melancholy had wandered to the stable and taken his life. Ho was 54 years of •ige.

Ciiitian J, IS. White l)(*iiil. FORT WAYNE, lnd., Oct. 11.—Ex-Con-gersmen Captain ,J. B. White died iu this city late Saturday from a shock, tho result of an operation for appendicites. Death oecured on tho operating table. He leaves a large fortune. A widow and lour sous survive him.

JYter Stnrielmker Demi.

SOUTH BEND, lnd., Oct. 11.—P. E. Studebakcr of this city died Saturday at the Alma (Mich.) sanitarium of heart disease. Mr. Studebaker had been in poor health for some time. The remains were brought here for burial.

Cliiirclicfl Closed*

RUSIIVILLE, lnd., Oct. 11. Thg churches were all closed hero yesterday owing to an edict from the board of hoalth. The board took this step to prevent the spread of scarlet fever, which is seriously prevalent here.

ISroko Jail.

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PAOLI, lnd., Oct. 11.—Ira Cox and Ed Dalo, charged with assault and battery Amos Parrett, colored, chargcd with larceny, aud Ed Williams, charged with horso stealing, broke jail here and made good their escape.