Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 December 1897 — Page 2
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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 3. 18#7.
SENATOR FAIIUIAKKH is devoting all liis time to the work of preparing material on the new immigration bill, •which he will take up at the comingsession and which he hopes y^ill pass.
1'BOSPKRITY signs continue to multiply. A Pittsburg firm employing 3,500 men has decided to grant these workers an increase of ten per cent, in wages, thus restoring former rates that were reduced when business WHS suffering from the general depression. The present action is entirely voluntary and serves to indicate that the revival of activity in all lines has been sufficient to warrant a heavy outlay that will admit the workingmen to Ghare of the benefits of good times.
Mil. Anoi.ru SOETBEEU, the German statistician, has tabulated the world's yield of the precious metals since the year of the discovery of America. From 1492 to 1840, the year of the discovery of gold in California, the average total of gold mined was 1?6S than 810,000,000 a year, or in all S3,500,000,000. by 1803 the 6tock of gold had been increased to 38,000,000,000, and at the opening of the new century it wiil be 810,000,000.000. For many years the United States has led in the yield of precious metals, its production reach-one-third or one-fourth of the total. Most of the Klondike gold will come to our mints and be taken from the earth by our citizens. The estimate of our mint for 1S!7 is: United States, $60,000,000 Australia, 852,550 000 South Africa, 550,000,000 Russia, §25,000,000, and $215,000,000 from Mexico, British India and China. These figures were made befoie the rich discoveries in Alaska were announced.
LAST year the silver men repudiated the law of supply and demand, affirmed the existence of a mysterious and indissoluble link between silver and wheat, and announced that only the election of Bryan and silver legislation could prevent the price of wheat from going down 6teadily. Bryan was not elected. Thore haB been no free coinage legislation. The price of wheat has gone up as fast as the price of silver has gone down. Now the free silver men, speaking through Mr. Bryan, exalt the law of supply and demand and gravely reproach sound money advocates for believing or suggesting or insinuating that McKinley's election or the gold standard or the Dingley law has boomed wheat. If anybody in all tho worid attributes the .rise in wheat to McKinley he deserves to be reproved, but not in decent consistency by W. J. Bryan. For this credulous individual, if he exists, is clearly a disciple of the Bryanite doctrine of 18'JO, that legislation, and not the law of supply and demand fixes prices. Mr. Bryan also suggests that a rise in the price of wheat profits only those who have wheat to sell, and at the expense of those who have wheat or flour or bread to buy, forgetful of the fact that he wa6 last year urging the farmers who produce no silver to double upon themselves the price of silver, in order to increase, through some mysterious process the price of wheat which they do produce.
POSTAL SAVINGS HANKS. The report of Postmaster General Gary, embodying as it does the reports and recommendations of the assistant postmasters general, is an exceptionally important document. A large part of the volume is devoted to an argument, to our mind unanswerable, in favor of the prompt institution by this country of a postal savings bank system. The array of facts and figures marshaled to show the timeliness and importance of this step ought to make a deep impression upon the Congressional mind. The enormous gro.vth of the postal money order business is adduced as showing how the people already patronize the postal service, for the transmission of funds. That they would avail themselves of it to deposit their savings is beyond iuestiou. Within a very few years the deposits would be counted by the hundreds of millions. The time is certainly auspicious for the adoption of this policy of postal savings banks. Further than that, however, it ought to be possible to combine that policy with some plan for the improvement of the currency system.—From '•The
ProyrcHX of the World," in American Monthly Review of Reviews for December.
NAMING A SENATOK.
The Frankfort News endorses the plan of the State convention naming the candidate for United States Senator and gives the following most excellent reasons:
There should be no "off year" in Republican politics. The trend of political progress is to eliminate inertia from State campaigns by injecting .National politics in the issues when the Presidency is not at stake. In Iowa, Mr. Allison got his commission as the party candidate for Senator frow the State convention in Ohio, Mr. tianna was named for the Senate by each Republican that voted. With only the incidental interest that attaches to State and county elections, one-fifth the voters fail to exercise the privileges of suffrage. This is a condi tion and not a theory, and in Indiana, too often, the Republicans suffer seriously. The next Republican State convention should commission the next parly candidate for Senator. He should be approved by the representative party candidate for Senator. He should be approved by the representative party caucus rather than the old time legislative caucus. This brings the nominee in line with all other candidates and writes across his commission the unmistakable will of the majority of his party. It makes National politics no less conspicuous than when the candidate for president heads the ticket. It arouses the principle that the ballot enforces. It puts the partisan prestige in the saddle, and lines up all Republicans on a platform 60 broad and National that personal disappointments and the mistakes at the "pie counter" do not crop out in results. It musters every soldier of the faith and rallies the army to the aggressive defense of the llag. Indiana lias renounced Democracy for time, and we. hope, for eternity. Let the Republicans of the State keep step to this forward movement by nominating the Senator at the State convention, and the "off year" for Republican succ ss will have passed into innocuous desuetude, the party will have a National issue, and the advice of Lincoln about keeping in touch with the people will have moved several notches forward.
OUR TRADE W1TI1 CHINA. Harper's Weekly: It is now proposed, with a novel style of commercial campaign, to see whether a heavy increase cannot be made in our trade with the Chinese empire. The latest American method of a permanent exposition is to be applied at the great city of Shanghai. Our celestial cousins are so steeped in the superstition of centuries that they will not believe the marvels of modern machinery unless they see them. Hence they cannot be induced to buy from circulars or pictures. In order to meet and overcome this prejudice, American merchants of .New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco have united in the establishment of an American-Chinese chamber of commerce at Shanghai. Plans have been completed by George S. Bowen, well known for his connection with the exposition at Chicago ground has been secured at a convenient point in the American reservation of Shanghai building designs of a Chicago architect have been adopted, and enough subscriptions to the enterprise have been secured to insure interest payments on the required sum. Manufacturers' associations of four cities have heartily endorsed the plan. The proposed structure is to be 400 feet long, 200 wide, and will cost about §200,000. It will be divided into sections similar to the World's Fair building. In it are to be permanently displayed, for the inspection of unbelieving Orientals, a wide assortment of the. latest American machinery, electrical aparatus, and exclusively American manufactured products and material Chinamen will have the chance they demand of seeing all this vaunted machinery in operation. It is confidently assumed that this eye-opening process will loosen their purps-striugs, and divert a large part, if not a lion's share, of China's trade to the United States when the new development gets fairly under way. One feature in this enterprise will commend itself to all interested parties. It is to be thoroughly American in management and methods. Those of our merchants who have connections in China are represented almost exclusively by foreign agents there, and the results have not been satisfactory. These men are I tinctured by their own national prejudice and methods. They lack that patriotic devotion to American interests which native Americans would show. .Not only are the officers of the new Shanghai chamber to be American throughout, but, r.U exhibitors are urgently requested to send their own trusted representatives to control their interests in Chica.
A MEETING of the Republican State central committee has been called for Tuesday, the 2Sth day of December, 18117, for the purpose of fixing a date and issuing a call for primaries for the reorganization of the party cam paign of lS'JS. It is the desire of the committee that this meeting^be the occasion of the general assembling of the leading, active Republicans of the State for the biennial conference or love feast.
Tin-: criticism by free trade papers that customs collections since the new tariff law Went into effect have been light is easy of explanation. The importers had crowded into the country all the foreign goods which they could get in under the low tariff rates of the Wilson law prior to the enactment of the protective measure now upon the
statute books. Not only did they scour the world for foreign manufactures, but they ransacked the bonded warehouses, taking out the bonds on everything upon which the new law increased the rates of duty. This is shown by the recent official figures given the public at Washington, which show that only 818,000,000 worth of goods remained in the bonded warehouses of the country at the beginning of the month in which the Dingley law went into effect, compared with more than 850,000,000 in those same warehouses one year prior.
A New Kxaiiiiiier.
The following special from Washington, D. C., will be of interest to the veterans of this city and vicinity:
Representative C. B. Landis, of the Ninth Congressional district, has succeeded in securing another special pension examiner for this district. A letter from Hon. U. Clay Evans, commissioner of pensions, brings this information. The special examiners now at work in Indiana are far behind with their work. The Ninth district is one of the strongest soldier districts in the State, and Mr. Landis made a proper showing to the commissioner of pensions and demonstrated that it was no more than fair to the soldiers of his district that an additional special pension examiner be appointed in order that the cases referred to special examiners might be acted on more prpmptly. The new special examiner will be stationed at Noblesville, this being the strongest soldier county in the N'nth district. The soldiers are greatly elated over the action of the commissioner of pensions.
iHuluclii IMusseil I'p.
Malachi Bill Scott, of redolent renown, went into a west side 6aloon Monday afternoon and insisted on putting on the boxing gloves. This done he insisted on having someone stand up in front of him for facial mutilation. No one seemed disposed to undergo this hyperbolic massage, however, until a brawny Irish lad with a sunny smile and "fourteen inches of muscle," finally agreed to accommodate the carniverous Malachi. The embryonic gladiators sparred cautiously for a few moments and Malachi was just beginning to see an opening when suddenly he saw all the stars which spangle the blue canopy of heaven. A swift shove against his classically cut chin sent him living through the air and with terrific force against the opposite wall. Unfortunately in falling he struck a heavy spittoon and his leg was broken below the knee. The fracture was a bad one and it will be some time before Malachi can walk again.
High Praise.
Ed Beiderwolf, an old Wabash College boy, assumed the pastorate of the Broadway Presbyterian church in Logansport last Sunday. The Rciiorter speaking of his beginning there say6: "(u his pulpit utterances Mr. Beiderwolf is forceful, scholarly, eloquent and impressive. IJis agreeable and winning personality lends to his manner a magnetic charm which is very attractive, and his every accent is 60 imbued with the high spiritual purpose which underlies it that it cannot be other than convincing. Such a man is, of necessity, a power for good in a community, and, as such, the new minister of the Broadway church is entitled to, and receives, a hearty welcome into the life ami to a part in the works of this good city of churches."
'iglitors From Old Kiphy.
George Campbell and his son, Talbert, from good old Ripley township, were tried before 'Squire Stilwell Tuesday for punching the head of a patriarch named James Davis. The elder Campbell and '"avis had a dispute over a line fence which ended in Campbell attacking Davis. Talbert was accused in aiding and abetting the assault although it came out in evidence that he merely stood by and whistled encouragingly through his fingers. Pa Campbell was fou.. guilty and fined 83 and costs. Master Talbert was acquitted a^d made an instantaneous shoot for his native woods.
May lie Tried Here.
It is stated that there is a possibility of the Lane murder case being sent here on a change of venue from Clinton county, but Prosecutor Kennedy has as yet received no intimation &of such a change. It is certain, however, that Lane will ask a change and under the law it must be granted him, he being on trial for his life. As Crawfordsville is most conveniently located for the witnesses and attoineys it is, therefore, likely that the case may come here.
A Jteeoj-din Clock.
The Crawfordsville postoilice is in receipt of one of the government recording clocks. By this all carriers and clerks have "tab" kept on the time of their arrival at and departure from the office. On arriving they insert a key which registers the time of their coming and on leaving the sameaction registers the moment of their departure.
I Still Safe.
Colin Campbell, the betrayer of Dr. Culver's daughter, Eflie, was one of five prisoners who attempted to escape from the Jeffersonville prison Monday morning. He was detected, however, before getting away.
CLODFELTER'S COMPANY.
Incorporated Willi a Capital Stock of Half a million.
The Indiana Traction Company, which proposes to build an eiectrie rcilroad from Elwood to Marion, filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State Tuesday. The capital stock is 8500,000, and it is announced that 835,000 of this amount has been subscribed. Noah .T Clodfelter, under whose direction the undertaking has recently taken new life, subscribes for 833,500 of the stock. It is announced that the affairs of the company will be directed by Noah J. Clodfelter, F. A. Maus, of Indianapolis
N. Downs, of Battle Creek, Mich. C. S. Cleaver, of Chicago Charles G. Lohman, of 1 ndianapolis, Dee Allen, of Battle Creek, Mich., and W. Pierson, of Fairmount. The road, when completed, will be thirty-two miles long.
Tin Senteme Given.
1 ndianapolis-Sculi/ici: Two cases that attracted a good deal of attention were those of William Sidener and Guy Steele, of Crawfordsville. They have been clerks in the postoilice at that city and they have, by their own acknowledgement, been pursuing a systematic course of extracting money from the mails. Sidener, who was a distributing clerk, would watch letters that appeared to have money in them and toss thetn out ou Steele's case. Once out on his route Steele would rille the letters and when he came back would divide the proceeds with Sidener. The clerks admitted this to the court and entered pleas of guilty, relying on the influence of a delegation that had come over from Crawfordsville to secure a mitigation of the sentence This delegation was composed of some very prominent men, among them being A. F. Ramsey, president of the First National bank T. 11. 15. McCain, editor of the .IOCHN'AL, Postmaster John Bonnell, Ed Voris, former postmaster, and Dumont Kennedy, prosecuting attorney. The attorneys who appeared for the two men were Michael D. White, Senator Sellers, Francis M. Dice Judge Britton and Thomas L. Stilwell. The judge listened to the plea of these men, who told of the high standing of the families of the prisoners, their former excellent character, etc. He then sentenced each to serve one year and a day in the penitentiary, offering to release both on their own recognizances until Dec. 15, when they must show up in court prepared to begin their terms. This was done in order to give them an opportunity to adjust their affairs at home. Sidener would not accept the offer, saying that he wished his sentence to begin at once.
United States prisoners are not allowed time for good conduct as are State prisoners.
I'liiim Township School Ni.ti'S, P. M. Buck continues very low. Section 1 of teachers' institute will meet on Saturday.
The truant oflicer will soon be on his rounds among the townshipschooi. All teachers should report names of children not attending school in their respective districts.
Teachers should be very careful in keeping a correct record of attendance of the pupils as a report must be made tTcrefrom at the close of tho Echool and it be sworn to.
Music Hall.
On next Thursday night. Dec. 'J, A1 G. Fields' big minstrel company will be here. This is one of the largest and best minstrel companies that travels, requiring three large cars to carry them over the road. If you want to fix a night to have a good time you can do so on the above date. See A1 G. Fields on Dec. as there will ba a "warm time in the old town" that night, sure. On December 13 the attraction is "Boy Wanted
A NECKLACE OF PEARLS
Is a beautiful possession. If a woman owns ono, and if a single pearl drops off the string, she makes haste to find and restore it.
Good health is a more valuable possession than a necklace of the most beautiful pearls, yet one by one the jewels of health slip away, and women seem indifferent until it is almost too late, and tlicy cannot be restored.
To die before you are really old is to suffer premature death, and that is a sin. It is a sin because it is the result of repeated violations of nature's laws.
Pain, lassitude and weariness, inability to sleep, dreadful dreams, starting violently from sleep, are all symptoms of nerve trouble.
You' cannot have nerve trouble and keep your health. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the womb, the ovaries and the bladder are affected. They are not vital organs, hence they give out soonest.
Tho Christmas Turkey.
In "this weak and piping time of peace" the defiant shriek of the great North American eagle that bald headed bird of freedom, does not cut as much ice as does the lonely gobble of succulent and toothsome turkey. This gorgeous bird, if lucky, has now escaped the Thanksgiving hatchet and struts wide tailed and high headed more triumphant than ever, the "master" of the barnyard. But the Christmas war cry of "Johnny get your gun" or "Papa get the ax" will seal his doom. Mr. J. E Fitzpatrick, the local manager of the Arthur Jordon Co. gave us a few points of Christmas turkey in a short conversation to day. He said the bulk of his Christmas trade must be marketed at his house between the 10th and 10th of December as shipments later than the 10th cannot reach the eastern markets in time to get full benefit of the Holiday prices. The farmers generally do not realize how long a time is required to prepare any transport stock from this vicinity to eastern markets and they frequently defer delivery till to late 10 reach eastern destination in season, There is sure to be an over supply of turkeys for Christmas. The general crop this year was late. Too late for the bulk of the crop to mature in time for the Thanksgiving trade which of necessity crowds a larger proportion onto the Christmas market. The natural result of this will be lower prices. It is not reasonable to expect that the extreme Thanksgiving prices will be carried over till Christmas. Producers should market their btock now and not wait for the rush. Get on the band wagon today. Don't wait for the Christmas toboggan. The experience of the lust two years shows that the increase in the production of capons, which are marketed in January and February, has killed the demand for turkeys after the first of January. Turkeys after January first are getting coarse and the toms especially get 11 ibby and tough. Capons are much more desirable and the wise farmer will sell before capons come onto tie murket and depress prices. If any turkeys are held back it should be the hens by all means. The Christmas demand is largely for large young toms though the preference is not so marked as at Thanksgiving. For the next two weeks, however, young toms anil young hens sell right along together. Just now quality is the important factor. There is no sale at all for poor thin stock.
Oyster Social.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Roberts' Chapel will give an oyster social at the home of Calvin Breaks, Sr., on Friday evening Dec. 10. All are invited to come.
UNION HILL.
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J. Walker is able to sit up most of the time. His neighbors and friends have gathered his corn for him.
There will be a Christmas entertainment at Union Christmas night. Santa Claus will be there.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at Mrs. Williamson's Wednesday. The receipts of the supper were §42 Hi", quilt, £23.35 total SOti 31. The expcusis were SI I.'J'J.
W. B. and Anna Dice royally entertained, at their hospitable home, about fifty of their relatives ou Thanksgiving day. A v«ry palatable dinner wus enjoyed by all. The table was decorated with flowers, turkey, cranberry sauce, oysters and a great many other good things. While the dim er was being served "Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow." was sung, after which some instrumental music was rendered by Lulu Dice. For the remainder of the evening music wan furnished by the "Dice and Johnson Striug Band," which was enjoyed by Christopher Dice and family, W. A. Dice and family, D. A. Kennedy and family, A. McOray and wife, of Danville, Ind. Dr Burroughs and family, of Shnnnondale W C. Loop and daughters, Frank Gray and wife,W. O Johnson and family, E. Dice and family, H. Shuey and family. Homer and Roy Dice. W. W. Johnson and wife. Mrs Elizi Linn, Mrs. Brockman and daughter. Morton Brockman and family and Newton McCray.
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, by building up the nerves and restoring woman'* organism to its natural state, relieves all these troublesome uterine symptoms. In confirmation of this we, by .= permission, refer to the following women, all of whom speak from experience: Miss CELIA VAJJ
IIoux, 1912 Sharswood St., Philadelphia, Pa. Miss GHACK COI.LOKD, 1434 Eastern Ave., Cincinnati, O. MHS. NEWELL, 00 Ryerson St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mug. Is.MIKL OUERQ, 220 Chestnut St., Woburn, Mass., MRS. A. II. COLE, New Rochelle. N. Y., and many others For special symptoms Mrs. Pinltliam lias prepared a Sanative Wash, which will cure local troubles. Give these medicines a trial.
Write to Mrs. Pinkliam, Lynn, Mass., if you are not quite satisfied you can address private questions to a woman.
Theory Here.
The greatest claims for S.S.S. (Swift's Specific) are made by those whom it has cured, and_ after all the most valuable reputation is one which is given by those who speak from experience. We could' publish a page of what we claim S.S.S.' will do, but the people prefer to read of what it has done, and hence we give the testimony of reputable, well-known people in different parts of the country, who gladly tell of how S.S.S. has cured them of blood diseases, after trying',* other treatment in vain.
No wonder S.S.S. has such staunch friends. The experience of those who take it to-day will be the same as ofthose who twenty years ago found it the? only cure. Blood diseases are obstinate, and cannot be cured by one medicine in a dozen which claims to cure them so when S.S.S. is taken with satisfactory results, after a disappointing experience with other remedies, it is not strange that it has grateful friends by the score.
MR. WII, I„IAAI SOWERS.
Mr. William Sowers, of Bradford, Ohio, •was cured by S.S.S. ten years ago of a severe blood poisoiij and writes that to this day no sign of the dreadful disease lias ever returned. He says: "I had a terrible blood disease •which is considered incurable, and was treated for along time by the best physicians, but they did me no good. The disease* seemed to get a firmer hold on me, and attacked my tongue and throat, which, were soon full of vile ulcers. "I changed doctors several times, and afterwards took nearly every blood remedy on the market, without the slightest benefit. After five years of treatment" which did me no good whatever, I was induced to try S.S.S. This remedy proved itself equal to the case, for in a few months I was entirely cured and my skin was perfectly clear and smooth. I could hardly believe that the cure was permanent, but teu years have elapsed and no sign of the ilisease has yet appeared."
S.S.S. is a sure cure for Cancer, Catarrh, Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula, Klieuuiatf.sm, Eczema, and all other blood diseases, which other remedies liave no effect whatever upon. It is
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