Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 December 1897 — Page 3

Before buying anything1 but the genuine

Round Oak

O. C. BARNHBLL,

It is reliable. "Hundreds of the best citizens of Montgomery county are saying so. Holds fire. Burns any kind of fuel

Voris & Cox.

CLIFF VOtilS. OMBR COX.

South Wash. St., Crawfordsville.

Funeral Director and Embalmer.

CRAWFORDS ILLE, I rS 13.

All grades nf gondn carried iu stock. Calls attended day and night. Oflice 2i:t S Washington St. Residence 415 S. Washington St. John B, Swank, Assistant, Telephones No. 61',81''83

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W. K.WALLACE

A gout for the Connecticut Pirn Insurance Co., of Hartford, American Kirn Insurance Co.. of New Vork, Girard Fire insurance Company, of Philadelphia. London Assurance Corporation, of London, Grand Rapids Kire Insurance Co., of Michigan. Office in Joel Block with R. E. Bryant

Colder

Blankets.

A fine pair for 69c

Others at 79c, 98c, etc.

Comforts.

We will sell a nice wide

Comfort for 49c

Underwear.

Well, here, if any place we ex^ cell. A fine line with prices so low that our Underwear count'' er becomes a snatclvgrab, Suits from 25c up, Nice, fleecy/ lined warm ones too.

A Thanksgiving ,i, Nightmare

Could bo no more frightful than the breaking down of your wagon or the giving way of some vital part that might cause a runaway. When buying a buggy, or even a sot of harness you not only want good style, but the vital and essential qualities of strength and durability. The lowest price is not always an indication of cheapness. Be sure and see our line of fur and plush Robo3 and Horse Blankets. Handmako harness from S3 up. Special price on Buggies and Surreys to reduce stock before winter sets in.

JOB IB. FISHER.

1 '2H-130 S. Washington St., Crawfordsville, Ind.

THINK TWICE

Robert W. Caidwell ATTOR XE Y-AT-L AW

Office at rear of Citizens" l»n|i.

Prompt and careful attention given to all leeral business iu this and adjoining counties.

Now is the time to buy. We have cut deep gashes into profits and cost itself shows through. We are establishing a record of cheapness in this city which the others strive in vain to attain. Here's your chance. We must make room for Holiday goods, and the following prices are what we depend onto doit:

Cloaks!

Hundreds of them also Capes and Jackets. This dc partment is simply teeming with values. Plums for bargain loving buyers. A fine double Cape, finely finished $2.98

This is only one of many.

In nillinery

We've got all kinds of styles —We've got quality and be/ sides this there's very little to pay. We make up a lot in the )a\" est style for which others ask $2.00 /98c

We can sell you a hat from 49c up,

You never saw before such buying posibilities and the cost was never so small. You can't afford to miss this opportunity if you need anything in our line.

The Golden Rule.

THE LOWEST PRICE STORE IN THE CITY

VOL. 50-.NQ. 48 CRAWFORDSYILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1807—TWELVE PAGES.

A GIGANTIC TRUST.

May Absorb tlie l'laut. of the Indiana Wir« l-Yiice and Nail Company.

The plant of the Wire Fence and Nail Company in Crawfordsville may soon be absorbed by a gigantic trust. When asked as to the prospect O. M. Gregg stated that as yet the plan had not been matured and that, although knowing the formation of the trust was in progress, he did not know when, if ever, it would be in effect. The following Associated Press dispatch was sent out from New York Tuesdaj "Efforts were begun six months ago to consolidate under one ownership and management the wire rod, wire nail and other wire interests of the

United States. Material progress has been made in the last ten days, and a meeting has just been held in this city at which every wire manufacturer in the country was represented. For some time after the plan was set on foot it looked as if consolidation would not be accomplished, but finally a basis acceptable to all was arranged and the meeting was held to perfect the final details in this stupendous transaction. "According to the Press, J. P. Morgan & Co. are financial backers of the enterprise, which involves 800,000,000. The capital will be furnished by American, British and German firms. Mr. Morgan is now in Europe for the purpose of interesting foreign investors in the scheme. It is understood that each mill will be purchased cutright by a company formed recently, at an appraised valuation, to be paid for two-thirds in cash, and the other third in equal portions of preferred and common. "There is every reason to believe that by February 1 every wire mill in the country will be owned and operated by the Morgan people, with John W. Gates, of Chicago, as president of the company. The effect of consolidation will be far reaching, and present methods of doing business will be greatly changed. It is said by those who are most interested in wire manufacture that large savings of freight will result, as shipments will be made from mills nearest to the point of delivery, and that other material saving of cost will be made."

Hi£ Shipment of Horses.

Walter Brothers Monday shipped 125 head of fine horses for the European market. A shipment almost as large was made a few days ago.

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Some of our usual bargains,

for which the public has learned to come to us:

Java Coffee 9 7,8c "Ark" Soap 2c "Swan" Toilet Soap 3C Shoe blacking 2c Lewis Lye 8c Cocoa 19C Saxony yarn per skein 5c Chenile table covers, large ones 59c

This is not all. We will also show you genuine bargains in china cups and saucers, orna/ ments, lamps, calicos, muslins, hose, in fact, everything must go to satisfy our want for room,

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NO SPECIAL SESSION GOES-

Governor Mount Says lit* Will Notionv«*ne the Legislature.

Governor Mount has definitely decided not to convene the legislature in special session to take action to prevent the waste of gas. The decision was arrived at Monday. lie holds that the laws upon the statute books had by no means been exhausted, and until they were, he saw 110 necessity for 6uch an extreme measure as has been sought by the Mayors of the cities in the gas belt. He holds that the waste of gas is shameful and wrong, but there are already several cases pending in court that will cover the question involved, and these he will have advanced to a speedy settlement of the points at issue. The attorney general has advised against the State taking up the mp.tter until every law has been exhausted, and he has also advised the Governor not to enjoin the oil operators at whose door the waste of gas is charged.

ALMOST SUFFOCATED.

Mils Flint, tlu Hypnotist. Has Narrow Kseupti lrom Death.

Marina, the daughter of Prof. Herbert L. Flint, the hypnotist, who is well known in Crawfordsville, had a narrow escape from asphyxiation at a hotel in Galesburg, 111., on Saturday night. When she retired after the performance 6he turned the gas off in her room at the Union hotel. The stop on the gas jet was broken, so that Miss Flint turned it too far and opened the jet about a quarter of the way. About midnight she was aroused by the sense of suffocation and had presence of mind enough to call the bell boy by the push button. When the call was answered the boy could not arouse Miss Flint, as she had fallen unconscious. The boy hurried to ^be room of Professor Flint and told of the trouble. The professor is a large, strong man, and with one blow he burst in the door and carried his daughter out.

A Sketch of M. I). White.

Indianapolis Journal: Ex-Representa-tive M. D. White, or "Mike" White, as he is familiarly known over the State, is here to urge executive clemency in behalf of Steele and Sidener, the erring members of the Crawfordsville postoliice force. Mr. White enjoys the distinction of having appeared in twenty-eight murder cases since he began practicing law in Indiana. He prosecuted John Coffee, who was hung at Crawfordsville several years ago. The Coffee execution was a ghastly affair, and the man was really hanged three times before life was extinct. The trouble was due' to a defective rope that broke under his weight. A man named Dennis was arrested with Coffee, and had his trial immediately alter Coffee was convicted. Dennis was also found guilty and sentenced to death. Mr. White prosecuted Dennis, but in the latter case he found himself confronted by a peculiar situ ation. He made up his mind at the beginning of the trial that Dennis was an innocent man, but, being an honest lawyer, the attorney did his duty by the State. His prosecution of Dennis was vigorous, but it was a noticeable fict that during his argument Lawyer White refrained from asking the jury to fix any particular punishment, tt

Immediately after Dennis had been sentenced to die his attorneys bestirred themselves in an effort to get a new trial, and finally succeeded. The lower court was reversed and the case sent back to Montgomery county. Attorney "Mike" White, acting for the State, at once went before the court and recommended that Deniss be released. He declared the belief that the man was innocent and announced that the State had no disposition to push the case further. "When that case went to the Supreme Court," remarked Attorney White yesterday, in Valking of the Dennis trial, "I made up my mind that in the event it was not reversed I would go to Governor Gray personally and tell him that Dennis was an innocent man. I believed it, although I prosecuted him. I should have said to Governor Gray that to hang the man would be murder.

Death or David Hinkle.

David Uinkle, aged about 40 yearB, of Whitesville, died Monday afternoon of typhoid fever. His illness was not considered serious until two days previous to his death. He was a good citizen, had scores of friends, and was a consistent member of the Christian church. A wife and little daughter survive him. The funeral occurred from the family residence at 10:30 a. m., Dec, 1. Interment at Myers' cemetery.

FOR SCIENTIFIC FARMING. NEW WELLS.

to he Held In Craw !orK\ ille on Deeemher l."uml IC».

The following is the programme of the Montgomery County Farmers' Institute to be held in the large court room on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 15 and 10, 1807:

WEDNESDAY MOIlNINd.

10:00—Opening Exorcises. 10:30—Business Mothods In Farming .... I). B. Johnson, Mooresville, Ind

Discussion.-

11 0O—"C'oru Culture" Win. N. Howtjrs, Darlington Discussion opened by ...

rix- I'l-ogi-aimim il tin- Iiii-iix-iV Iii,titulo SC\.-iiil Additional tins Wi'lls Arc Tarkrd

T. U. Sutton. Crawfordsville It. Harper, Gsq Darlington

General Discussion. WEDNESDAY Al-'TUHNOON.

1 :30—"Planting and Care of an Orchard"' M. Hobhs. Bridgeport. Ind.,

Pros State HortlculturalSoelety General Discussion. 2:16—Oration ...Clydo D. Loop, Muco, Ind

Subject—"Farming as a Vocation." 2:30—Farm Poultry Mrs. Fullenwider, Brown's Valley

Discussion led by. Prof. Will l-\ Fry, Crawfordsville WEDNESDAY EVENING. 7:00—Music by

Misses Marjorlo Calvin, Crawfordsville Nina Anderson, Crawfordsville, Emma Whltenack, Crawfordsville. 7:15—"Fruits for the Farm"

C. M. Hobhs, Bridgeport

Discussion.

8:00—Music. 8:10—Recitation Miss Bthol Romley, Crawfordsville 8:15 Recitation

Mrs. Dumont Kennedy, Crawfordsville Subjoct—"Jlnon." Music. 8:30—Dairy Farming........ 4 :f D. B. Johnson, Mooresville, Ind

Discussion. TIIUKSDAY MOItNINO.

9:30—Small Fruit Growing U. M. llobbs, Bridgeport, Ind Discussion. 10:l."i—The Essentials of Physical and

Mental Training Clms. IS. Butler, Shannondalo IHscussion.

10:4."—The Value of Corn Fodder and How to Handle It D. B. Johnson, Mooresville, Iud

Discussion led by J. S. Fullenwlder, Brown's Valley Arch Martin. Crawfordsville,

And otliets. THURSDAY AKTEHNOON. I,

1:30—The Ordinary Farmer with a Flock of Sheep. II. H. Kelm, Ladoga Discussion. 15—Oration by I.

Homor Davidson, Crawtordsville

Subject—"The Farmer from the Past to the Future." U:20—The Conditions of Agricultural

Progress Prof. \V. C. Laitn. Purdue University ^Miscellaneous Business, etc.

Klection of ollicers.

The institute has two free scholarships to give in the "long" or "short agricultural course" at Purdue University. Open to boys or girls. For further information apply to M. B. Waugh, Crawfordsville.

All papers read will be, as near as possible, limited to thirty minutes, and in the general discussion on all papers read the speakers will be limited to five minutes each.

Everybody is cordially invited to come and participate in the exercises, and no farmer or business man or woman can afford to miss the meeting.

IiigtfeHt on Kecoi-d.

When McClure & Graham a few days ago 6old their wool to the Chautauqua Milling Company, of Jamestown, N. Y., they made the biggest individual sale of wool ever made in Indiana. Their stock represented the clip of two seasons and the amount sold was 250,000 pounds. In 1890 after the wool was bought the price went down, but so confident was the firm of favorable legislation that the wool was held. The legislation hoped for came and the price of wool advanced fifty per cent. The profit to the firm was consequently a large one, and certainly no one iu this part of the country made a better thing in wool than McClure & Graham. The packers of the Chautauqua Milling Company who are packing the wool for shipment state that they never handled so fine a lot before. The quality is splendid and so far not a single fleece has been threwn out. The wool was carefully selected and was perfectly kept.

Mrs. Mary Harris.

Mrs. Mary Harris, an old and well known resident of Rockville, died Monday night. She was 90 years old. She was twice married, first to Rev. John Thomson, a member of the Wabash College family of Thomsons, and later to the Uev. P. Harris, a pioneer of Parke county. William M. Thomson, a prominent merchant of Rockville, is her only son.

Cards of Tliunkg.

To our many friends who expressed their sympathy in our bereavement, and especially to those who extended a helping haud during the sickness of our children and the death of our darling baby, we wish to express our moat heartfelt gratitude, hoping they may be spared the alllictions we have had. MR. and MRS. C. W. LKWIS.

PART FLRS

ON to TLN» 'mu lord SI iI It- Sii pply l'ip", Tuesday.

Those good people who were kicking about the low gas pressure Tues-» day would probably have curled their blue lips up in a sweet smile if they had known what caused the trouble. The gaa company was engaged in connecting several line new wells to the Crawfordsville supply pipes and as a consequence the supply was necessarily low. With these new wells, which are said to be gushers, the company hopes to be able to carry Crawfordsville comfortably through the rigors of a winter of the Klondike kind.

"LUCKY" BALDWIN IN PERIL.

Armed Woman Is Crossing: tli« Continent to Wreak Vengeance.

Lucky Baldwin's life is again in danger. Lillian A. Ashley, the young, woman who sued him for breach of promise two years ago, and whose sister shot at him during the trial of the case in San Francisco, is on her way to Now York, and it is said she has threatened to take vengeance on the rich horseman. Baldwin, who is at the Hoffman House, New York, was notified of her departure yesterday, and the same telegram that gave him the information warned him that the young woman is armed and is evidently in earnest in her threats to kill him. Baldwin telegraphed to know if there was any doubt as to the young woman's departure. He found there was none.

To only a few of her friends had MisB Ashley disclosed her plan of taking vengeance on Baldwin. She kept her departure as secret as possible, but to those whom it was necessary to tell she 6aid she was making the trip to be present at her sister's wedding. This sister, Emma, is the same who shot at Baldwin in the San Francisco court room July 2. She is now living in New York, and Miss Ashley announced to her California friends that she is about to be married to a Brazilian coffee planter, worth manv millions and deeply in love. Baldwin's friends warned him that in all probability this planter is a myth.

Miss W11 lard's Denial.

A letter from C. W. Caldwell regarding coeducation at Wabash College appeared in the Journal recently. A copy was sent to Miss Willard. The letters are given below and explain themselves: "HAMMOND, lud —T. D. Fyffo— Dear Sir: I regret very much that I cannot, without doing violence to my own judgment and sense of propriety, sign your petition. I have always maintained that higher education of woman was not for the best interests of the State, for it tends to lead their minds away from that which is the foundation of every State, the home. Coeducation and higher education of women have both been condemned recently by three of the most advanced women of our time, among whom was Miss Frances ID "Willard, of the W. C. T. U. It seems to me that this is the moBt inappropriate time for this radical change. Especially as it has been tried in so many other institutions and the verdict of the most capable-judges is failure to benefit the race.

Respectfully, C. W. CALDWELL."

"It seems as if some readers and writers are determined to represent that I have faltered iu my allegiance to co-education, the higher education of women and the woman's ballot. But I hereby declare that was never more devotedly committed to all three of these reforms, and that I have neither written nor uttered a word trsat ought to give any reasonable mind a different imprefsion. An article appeared in the New York Critic embodying the views of a journalist who allowed me to give them to the public, which I thought it well to do as a text for discussion. He made points that 1 should never dream of making and with which I am not in sympathy. The Critic did not go into details, but simplv stated in effect that I had furnished this article. It showed the way that -men of the world looked upon the 'seamy side' of woman's progress. They are against it, and it is well for us to study their reasons in order to be able to answer thom.

FltANCKS E. WlI.LARDif -i|

"Evan6ton. 111., Nov. 20, 1897."

Letter List.

Following is a list of the letters remaining uncalled for in the postoffice at Crawfordsville for the week ending Nov. 30, 1897. Persons calling for eame please say "advertised": Coleman Bert Morg'nMissNe'lie(ii) MountsMissCora(21 Richards Patterson Giles WissMrPortraitAgt