Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 31 December 1897 — Page 9

Before buying anything but the genuine

The Last Week

Round Oak

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CLIFF VORIS. OMER COX.

the Year$$$

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Men's Suits worth S 5.00 Mortgage Sale price S 3,97

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7.00 4.86 9.00/ 6,75

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Men's Overcoats 4,00 2.95

Men's Cotton Working Pants, the best dollar kind .69 Boys' Knee Pants, well made ,14

The best opportunity ever offered for Monoy-

Saving buyers to clothe themselves

$ comfortably for Winter.

THE AMERICAN

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VOL. 50—NO. 52 ORAWFOEDSYILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897-TWELVE PAGES.

TEN PER CENT RAISE.

Tli« Dovn Tail Humify Company Give* All Its Kmployea a ltaise of Ton l*«*r Cent UH an Kvhlenee of Mie

Revival of Prosperity.

Last Friday the Dove Tail Buggy Company gave to its employes an appetite for Christmas by announcing a raise of ten per cent all around in wages. This is material evidence of the renewal of prosperity and will serve a6 another brick to sock through the glass palace of our calamity contemporary on west Main street.

SENATORICAL CONTEST.

Governor Mount Declares Himself Not In It —Haggard unci Hanley Engage 1u An Angry Wrangle.

Indianapolis News: The Senatorial contest within the party will be one of the chief topics discussed "on the 6ide" at the State conference of Republicans next Tuesday. Lew Wallace, Robert S. Taylor and J. Frank Hanley, the three candidates announced, will be here, and the several "possibilities" will be on the ground. The fciends of Governor Mount would be pleased, if during the conference, he would an1nounce his candidacy, but they understand full well that no such announcement will be forthcoming. Within the last week he has said to influential representatives of the party who have callcd upon him to discuss the subject privately that he must not be considered a candidate thai it would not be fair to his friends for him to even think of entering the race, and that it must be understood that he Bas no idea other than that he will serve out his term as Governor. Already candi dates for nomination for representative are in the field with the understanding that if they would be nominated and elected they will support the Governor.

The so-called "remote ca.ndidacy" of the Governor is causing all

Eorts

of

trouble in the Tenth district, the home of J. Frank Hanley. Some of the party men in the district, so the story goes, have undertaken to discipline Lieuten-ant-Governor Haggard, who favors Governor Mount. From Lafayette comes the story that the other day the Lieutenant-Governor called on Mr. Hanley to talk over the situation, and bad a "Klondike" reception. Mr. Hanley, it is said, leaned back injhis chair and with much dignity told the Lieu-tenant-Governor that he (Haggard) could choose his own course, and that any action he might decide on would not cause any alarm in any quarter. State Senator Wood, the law partner of Mr. Hanley, who was in the room, interrupted the conversation to say to the Lieutenant-Governor that unless he (the Lieutenant-Governor) supported Hanley, his name would be "Dennis' in politics.

The conversation, from all accounts warmed up until the three men were on their feet, each saying bitter things. The parting words of the Lieutenant-Governor were that he did not call at the office to be dictated to, and it is now said that he is against Hanley, "first, last and all the time." The Lieutenant-Governor was here to-day. but he declined to discuss the incident.

Durrclt't Dust'.

I he Christmas celebration of Ike Durrett, the base ball player, will cost him his life. Durrett according to a dispatch from Rockville, went to a dance Saturday night and while there became involved in a quarrel with a man whose name ha8 not been learned. Some time after the quarrel the pitcher was shot and will die. Durrett iB known to every base ball admirer in Crawfordsville, where he has frequently appeared on the diamond. Last year, during the life of the Central League, he played with Washington, pitching and playing right field. He iB a large man and a fine ball player, being a heavy batsman. The full detailB of the shooting of Durrett are not given in the Rockville diBpatch, but it i6 said the wound is a mortal one, and that the ball player can live but a few days. Durrett firBt sprung into prominence through his work with the Rockville team, in 1895. At the end of the playing season of '05 Denny Long signed the big player, but afterward released him. Indianapolis also signed him, but let him go without a a trial. In 1897 he signed with the Washington team and he played fine ball while connected with that club. Just who fired the shot which mortally wounded the pitcher had not been ascertained when the dispatch was sent out.

Taken South.

"Honest Henry" Courtney, the young colored beau who stole Baird Saltzgaber's European duds a few days ago, was taken by Sheriff Canine on Monday to the Jeffertonville reformatory.

ROBBED HIS BENEFACTORS.

Ira Aluanl, a Not Over'y iJright Youth, (iocs Into the Trunk of Mrs. Joseph Gray anil Steals a Goodly Tile.

Sunday night about half past one o'clock Officer Flynn arrested Ira Alward in a room over Nicholson's Green street saloon, the charge against the young man being the larceny of S2G8 from Mrs. Joseph Gray, of near Waynetown. Alward when arrested was in company with Everet Mikels and some other young- 6ports. who had him well under the influence of liquor. Alward is about 22 years of age and is a son of Tobias Alward. He was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gray when he was only a small boy and was raised by them. He left them two years ago to work in Fountain county and by their invitation came home to spend the holidays. Sunday the Grays went away on a visit and in their absence young Alward opened Mrs. Gray'6 trunk and stole the money, which represented the savings of many years. Gray himself knew nothing of the existence of the money, Mrs. Gray having kept it secret as she supposed.

About fifty dollars was in gold and had been in the trunk for thirty-eight years, she having been given it by her people. JVhen she returned Sunday she missed the money and A1 ward, and sagely concluded that they had gone together. She told her husband who telephoned here, and the boy was soon under arrest. Monday morning he was bound over to the Circuit Court in the sum of SI,500 and returned to jail. To a representative of the JOUKXAI, the young man told his story with many a silly titter and sly wink which denoted but half sense. "Yes, I stole the money, of course. I knew all the time where she kept it. Whenever she sold any chickens when old man Gray was gone she would salt the money away in this trunk. She was saving it for a good old time, I reckon, but 1 thought I would take it and have a good young time. 1 wouldn't have done it, though, if I hadn't had a pint of whisky in me. Why, I'm all right. 1 wear just as good clothes as anybody about Waynetown, and I go with the very best girls down there and you bet I've got a silver spoon stand-in with them, too. No other fellow can shine up to me when it comes to having a good time with the girls. I came on to CrawfordBville when I got the money and hadn't spent over §5 when I was caught. Most of it was with Frank Hays, at the Sherman House, for safe keeping. Mikels was going to help me spend it and we were going, to Lafayette to tear the floor out of the town. Well, I suppose I'll go over the road now, but I guess it won't be for over fourteen years. I'll have a good time, though, wherever I am,"

The Indiana liranrli.

Terre Haute Tribune: U. H. Boudinot, the well known insurance rate adjuster, is still critically ill at his home on Mulberry street, and his friends have considerable apprehension as to the outcome.

The recent exposure of the scandal which involved E. C. Boudinot and Frank Boudinot, of Reaver Falls, I. T., has aroused some local interest owing to the similarity of names with that of the Colonel. The latter named men are, however, no blood relation of H. H. Boudinot, excepting from the following remarkable circumstance:

Col. H. H. Boudinot's great grandfather harbored a Maryland Indian years ago, and the native grew in his benefactor's affection to such an extent that the .Indian was given the best available education. He lived with Elder Boudinot for years and assumed the family name. Later, he went to the Indian Territory and there became the progenitor of the family which has figured BO prominently in the Cherokee freedmen bribery scandal, which has been given much publicity in the newspapers and has occupied the Department of the Interior for so long a time.

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R. B. SMITH.

A Well Known Ciiliiml Mm, ets Into .....Mighty serimi* Trouble anil lsn'1 Out Of II Vol.

On Saturday afternoon R. H. Smith, a well known negro, who for many years has been a hanger on of the saloons, was arrested and lodged in jail on the charge of having attempted to commit a criminal assault on the person of Mr6. l'at McManus. Smith, according to the story of Mrs. McManus, had entered her rooms, which are oyer the McManus grocery on nurth Green street, and there at once assaulted her. The detail? ire unfit for publication but sutlice it to say that Smith was foiled by Fred Coombs and wife, who, attracted by, the cries of Mrs. McManus. entered the rooms. Smith was soon under arrest and on Monday when brought before Mayor Stilwell pleaded not guilty, declaring that he hnd no recollection whatever of being in the McManus rooms. His bond was placed at SI ,000.

A not unamusing incident is told in connection with the case. Tho attendants and prisoners at the jail indulged themselves at Smith's expense Sunday by telling him that a mob was being organized for his especial benefit. He was much frightened and was unable to sleep that night. Some time after midnight a crowd of horse thief detectives came to the jail with the police who brought young Alward in. They made much noise in entering and Smith thought the mob had arrived. His frantic shouts and agonized prayers could be heard for blocks. Finally he rolled on the lloor in hysterical fright fairly guawing at the iron gratings. It was with the greatdilliculty that he was persuaded that his time had not arrived.

THE CO-ORDINATE PLAN.

The Indianapolis N(nvsS|M*aks Kdilorially On tin Mutter and (lives It a Hearty Indorsement.

An editorial in the Indianapolis Kews says: "The trustees of Wabash College have settled a vexed question in a wise way. For years there has been a strong effort to secure the admission of women to the college unconditionally. Opposition to this change has been just as strong. At the recent meeting of the board of trustees the question was forced to an issue. Those in favor of co-education had circulated petitions]and bad obtained many signatures. On the other hand, a number of the staunchest friends of the college were unalterably opposed to co-education. What was the board to do? The situation was critical. After a careful consideration of all aspects of the question, it was decided that co-ordinate education, as at Harvard, Columbia aud other Eastern institutions, would solve the difficulty. It seems to us that it does. The plan proposed is that when sufficient funds have been raised, a building shall be erected iu which women's classes shall meet. The new college would be Incorporated separately from Wabash, but a part of the faculty would be the same, and the library and laboratories of Wabash College could be utilized by women students It is thought that in this way the work formerly done at Coates College, but now abandoned, could be resumed and carried to a higher standard. At present there is no Presbyterian school for young women in the State.

Many reasons were advanced in favor of co-education, but there were also many against it. The trustees were unanimous in believing that it would be unwise to institute such a change. It can not be doubted that they have the best -interests of the college at heart. It *.vas held among other things that, as the only denominational college in this part of the country, admitting only men, Wabash had for a number of years occupied a unique and favorable position among educational institutions of the West. If a co-edu-cational policy were adopted, this position would be

loBt,

(jetting Up .Steam on (ii-ccn Street. Alf Lookabill and J. J. Darter sold a steam saw mill at Colfax for John W. Hanks. Price SI,400.

PART SECOND

WARM RACES-

.Millutan i. Wliittaker, nl' 1'ioneer Iticyclu 1'unit*, I'eniniM-S Crawiorrinvllle ,Siin«Kxeitlng Spurt I'm- N' vt Spring.

Stillinan G. Whittaker, the well known bicyclist, is in the city. Whittaker broke all the world's records for road racing on tho fifty mile course north of tho city several years ago. As Whittaker rode the old high wheel and as that, soon after his then remarkable records were made, passed out of date, those records still hold good. Whittaker no longer rides as a champion but is still in the bicycle business. He states that next Spring all the famous riders of England, France and America will come to Crawfordsville and go after all the world's records for safeties. They will, of course, utilize the old course, the equal of which for road racing has never been found. They will endeavor to break every record from a half mile spurt to a twenty-four hour tangle and Whittaker expects to see the hind lights of everything on wheels. The riders, Mr. Whittaker says, will speud six weeks here and will attract large crowds of sporting strangers. Let UB hope that all this shall come to paBs.'

rniiue Distinction. Truly.

Lebanon Reporter: J. 0. Collins, an aged gentleman residing at Crawfordsville, passed through here to-day on his way home from Indianapolis. Mr. Collins has the rather unique distinction of being the possessor of a pair of socks knit from yarn made at the 'i ount's factory, four miles west of Crawfordsville, in 18(17. lie has worn them every winter of the subsequent years. Mr. Collins is an uncle of Ed Collins, of this city. He is about sixty years of age.

A Loan Made.

It was ascertained Monday that Ira Alward, an account of whoso waywardness appears in another column, made a loan of a part of his stolon money Monday before he left Waynetown. He loaned a young chap named Woody Holman SI25 and took therefore Moody's personal note. Moody is a young Napoleon of finance but he will have to cough up the coin, an act which will doubtless prove displeasing to him considering the easy way in which the money came to liim,

Ifclgnr HIIH tlie lushle Track. Lafayette Times: The Republican candidates for Prosecuting Attorney are said to be Edgar D. Randolph, Allen O. Boulds and Charles Haskell Henderson. There may be others, but they have not turned up. Mr. Randolph is said to have the inside track. Mr. Henderson has been a candidate he came to the bar, but has always been turned down. Mr. Boulds will have to wait. He may get there some day—not now.

Itiully II lll-t.

Frank Foreman, while coasting on Spring Hill on Monday, met with a serious accidc^i. ilis sled got away from him and dashorl into the fair ground fence. The lad was terribly skinned, cut and bruised aud suffered excruciating pain. He fainted several times after being taken home and is in bad shape. On Saturday night, while coasting on the same hill, Miss Laura Kepler had her face frightfully skinned.

"Sleep, .Soldier. Sleep."

The boys of Co. presented Capt. M. V. Wert with a handsome upholstered reclining chair for a Christmas gift. The present was an attestation of the boys' appreciation of Capt. Wert's unselfish and indefatigable labor in bringing the Company to the excellent position it now occupies. Company stands second to no company in the Indiana militia, and to Capt. Wert this fact is largely due.

A

while it was

apparent, from statistics gathered many sources, that only a slight increase in the number of students could be expected. Co-ordinate education was, therefore, decided on, instead of co-education. The solution of the problem—a difficult one—wa6, it Beems to us, happily found. The advocates of co-education mu6t admit that the trustees have shown an interest in the higher education of women, while those that opposed co-education can not complain of a violation of their wishes."

Clii'iHtimi.s Kmiaivuy,

Saturday morning, while coming to the city in a bobsled, Mrs. Alice McIntyre, living three miles north of town, were moreorle6B injured by the team running away. Mrs. Mclntyre was thrown out and sustained a broken arm, while the children were bruised somewhat. Dr. Hard was called and rendered needed surgical attention.

Uenruesa Cannot Ke Vure1

l»y local applications. as they canuot roach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused bv an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tubs got* inllaniod you havea rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,and when it is entirely dosed deafness Is tho result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will bo destroyed forover: nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inllamed condition of the mucous surfaces.

We will glvo One undred Dollars for any _ase of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.

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