Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 28 January 1898 — Page 3

VOL. 51-2*0. 4

D. C. BARNH1LL,

Funeral Director and Embalmer.

CRAWFORDSVILUE, !ND.

All grades of goods carried in stock. Calls attended day and night. Office 213 3. Washington St. Residence 415 S. Washington St. John B, Swank, Assistant. Telephones No, 61-'81^83

In a Live Business

Of course, prices are revised here or there, as occasion requires, and this process is productive of bargains in a moderate way, but we don't shout over every small reduction. You may expect to find throughout the season, here, a complete stock of desirable Clothing for Men and Boys, and furnishings of like character .This answers a number of enquiries about "bar8

gain sales."

MONEY TO LOAN.

At Per- Cent.

On First Mortgage Securities. ELA.M T. MURPHY & CO.

]s oilice formerly occupied by C. N. Williams, Rooms 3 and 4 Campbell Block, 101 'A eat Main Street.

TTatirtei-tfoaum Brothers

LOUIS M'MAINS Attorney=at-La

And%

I Do Voy Know'

General Insurance

OFIICK ROOMS—3 and 4 Fislier Building, with Ristine & Ristine.

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That an enormous stock of Cloaks, (-apes and Jackets, all kinds, all, styles, all the latest patterns in all the latest novelty cloths, are being sold at the Joel Block for one-fourth their actual cost? Do you realize the fact that now, if ever, is the time to purchase anything in this line? Winter and

Gfc Cloak or a Cape always come in handy. ST -X 3ST

weather are not nearly over and a Jacket, a

CLOAKS ARE ALMOST GIVEN AWAY.

They must be sold inside of a week and you know what will do this. Mark a good stock down low enough and even if people dpn't need them right now it will pay to lay them away until them do. Everything goes—nothing reserved—set your own price.- A $10,000 stock from which to select a garment. Don't forget the place. We have put the entire stock on sale JC JZ sr j*

Joel Block, South Washington Street.

TURNED LOOSE.

K. 1». Smith. Charged With Having Assaulted Mr*, l'al McMsmus, is Turned l„oose 1'IMMI

I lie Public,

Thf! trial of It. B. Smith, charged with having assaulted Mrs. Pat MoManus, occurred Monday afternoon and packed the court room. The evidence was of a rather racy character, and the best witness for the defense was Pat himself, who was called by the State. Pat testified in a serene and placid manner that he beat his wife once in awhile and that that excellent lady was in the habit of getting drunk. It was also shown that Smith was frequently employed by Mrs. McManus for the purpose of "rushing the growler", and on the day before the assault had purchased her a bottle of whisky. F. P. Mount, who represented Smith, was especially severe on the McManus family in his argument, and, all in all, the cause was in the nature of peaches and cream for the righteous congregation assembled to hear its trial.

The jury soon returned a verdict of acquittal and the handsome and court ly R. B. is now loose. Four ballots were necessary to reach the verdict, the first standing ten to two for ac quittal.

DR. ABBOTT ON DANCING.

Approves of the Activity of This Social Ji version and ot'Taste in IM'ess and Theaters.

The Crawfordsville admirers of Lyman Abbott are some of them shocked. A New York dispatch says:

Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, in his morning Bermon in Plymouth church, Brooklyn, yesterday, said in part: "Applied to activity, dancing is one of the most natural things in the world, and the Christian's duty is not to condemn all dancing, but to use the instructive element of the dance and turn it to God's use and praise. "Taste in dress is right fashion, mostly wrong. Dress making Bhould be an art, not an imitation. For a woman to wear the same kind of a bonnet because some other woman does is not only untasteful, but unchristian. "I know this is a dangerous sermon. Truth is always dangerous, The only thing that is safe is platitude. "Patronize-the theatre if it sends yoti back to life refreshed and invigorated. You have a right to decide every question by this fundamental test: 'Does it help me to become a better man or woman?' "The function of the Christian church is to take the world and all material things and make them serve God and humanity," said Dr. Abbott in conclusion.

serious Injury.

Last Tuesday Miss Clara Crawford met with a very serious and painful injury at her home. She stepped from a chair to the window sill to arrange a curtain and then stepped back. She missed her footing on the ch&ir, however, and fell heavily to the floor, breaking her thigh bone. Medical assistance was quickly summoned and she is now resting as easily as could be expected, considering the nature of her hurt.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 28, 1898-TWELVE PAGES.

Oil lilt: Aftcniooii of Thursday. Feb. :i. at. Two O'clock, You Can Have a Chance to See the Creates! .1 Hand und Get Home

Before Dai U.

Wherever music is loved, wherever the stirring stains of military bands inspire tired marchers to forget fatigue, wherever the piano is played, and wherever the devotees of terpsichore gather in any part of the world, the name of John Phillip Sousa is a household word. The first of American composers to win international fame and popularity, he stands to-day pre eminently the foremost of our conductors, the most versatile and successful of our composers, and the representative of all the great public loves in music. Sousa's great band of fifty eminent soloists, veritable magicians of music, responsive to every impulse of the master mind in command, has reached the acrce of excellence and finish. This is, indeed, the ideal wind orchestra, capable of performing the noblest works of the noblest composers with all the artistic nuances of strings, in addition to the rich tonal quality of the reeds and brasses. Sousa's men are the band of the people. Their melodies and harmonies touch the throbbing- chord of responsiveness in the public heart, and set all nerves tingling in unison to the music. This is the twelfth regular tour of Sousa and his band, and the present series of concerts will be among the most notable in all the brilliant history of this famous organization. Mr. Sousa, always fortunate in the choice of soloists, takes special pleasure in introducing this season two young artists whose commanding talents entitle them to great honors in their profession, Maud Reese Davies, soprano, and

Jennie Hoyle, violiniste. Sousa and his band will appear at Music Hall, Thursday afternoon, Feb. 3.

v? To lie Ki| nipped. Company M, of this, city, and the other militia companies of the State are soon to be refitted with everything the State supplies—arms, belts, guns, uniforms, tents, blankets and amunition. The uniforms are being made now and will be forwarded a6 soon as possible. The belts are the latest style, the Webb. The guns will be of a model later in date than those the company is now using, and while they will not be new in all cases they will be •'just as good as new." The tents are what are known aB shelter tents. They are small but are conveuient to carry and on the march will take "the place of the knapsack, which has been done away witfa, as a cover for the soldier boy's rations. The best part of it all is that these various supplies are to be kept at the headquarters of each company instead of being stored at the State headquarters. Each company will have on hands an outfit tsuflicient to enable it to take the field at a very short notice. It will cot be necessary to wait until supplies can be sent from the State capital.

Rev. G. \V. Switzer's new church in West Lafayette was dedicated Sunday, Dr. Moore, of Cincinnati, conducting the services. At the cloBe of the service Rev. Moore stated that he was in city as a financial evangelist and stated that the amount to bs raised was about 810,000. The amount raised by the donations in the morning and evening netted $12,341 S'.i The basket collection in the morning amounted to •3125.10 and that at night to $53.38. Yesterday morning 8125 more was promised and several more contributions have been promised for later in the week. The services Sunday evening were again conducted by Rev. Moore, and were again very successfnl. The new church i6 now the permanent home of the West Lafayette Methodist church and there all meetings of the future will be held.

Col. DeHart For Senator.

Col. DeHart, of Lafayette, has announced himself as a candidate for State Senator from Tippecanoe county. Col. DeHart is well known in thi6 city, where his extensive legal practice has frequently brought him, and his many admirers here will be pleased to learn that a man of his force of character, high honor and profound knowledge of public affairs is to represent our neighboring county. In too many counties legislative offices are relegated to men of poor judgment and limited experience. This fact accounts for much of the miserable legislation of the past—legislation which would never bo enacted by a body of men made up of such long beaded fellows as the courtly Colonel of Tippecanoe.

House and J,ot Sold.

The law and real estate office of W. P. Britton reports the sale of a house and lot on Elm street by Florence Mulligan to Sylvester Ganut for §005.

BIG MATINEE. NO LACK OF CANDIDATES.

11 Is SilliestIMI That Nel»eUer*s KU'ction Would Secure Harmony.

Indianapolis News: Warren Bigler, of Wabash, who is a candidate for chairman of the Republican Stats committee, was here to day. His friends say that his name haB been received with favor in all parts of the State. Lie has been chairman of the Wabash county Republican committee for many years, but has never held oilice. It seems certain now that the new committee will have a good many candidates from which to choose a chairman. Nat U. Hill, of Blooiuington, is the favorite of a number of influential men in the party, and E. H. Nebeker's name meets with favor in many quarters. It has been suggested that nothing would do more to bring about party harmony than the election of Mr. Nebeker to be chairman. He was a candidate for the place against John K. Gowdy in 1890 against his will, and entered heartily into the campaign, it is pointed out, after his defeat. Geo.

W. Self, of Corydon, will have supporters on the new committee, it is believed, and map prove to be a favorite candidate. George W. Eolrnan, of Rochester, it is understood, would like to have the place.

OUTCRY AGAINST PENSIONS.

The KMI'illinsof I lie Pension Service Should Produce the J'roof or Ceuso Uringing Charges ol' Fraud.

A great outcry goes on among those who know and care nothing) of the scars of war against the pension rolls. Allegations are made of gigantic frauds, and yet no proof appears to substantiate the charges. A New York newspaper recently printed »a list of the names of all who receive from the government $50 a month or over as pensions. In this list of more than 4,000 names notone fraud has yet been found, in spite of all efforts to discover irregularities. Until those "who lodge charges of misplaced pensions are able to cite a case of wrong it is well to cease this wholesale denunciation of the honest and patriotic class of men and women who are worth beneficiaries of the pension ^system. By tlie latest report of the commissioner of pensions it is shown that the total number of pensioners on the roll June 30, 3897, was 070,014 and the total number of claims filed from 1861 to June 30, 1897, waB 1,520,(520, In the yeai closing June 30, 1897, only fiftytwo persons in all the United States were arrested for alleged offenses in connection with the pension laws— less than one person in every £29 330 who are pensioners on the roll or applicants for pensions Of these fiftytwo arrests but nineteen were of persons drawing pensions or applying therefor. The others were persons charged with having committed forgeries of witnesses' names or of official signatures. This small per cent of alleged frauds has never been beard of or found in any class of people or equal numbers either in business or society wherein money was concerned. And all this is shown after a search and the work of an army of special examiners paid §178,385.78 for the year hunting up frauds. These special examiners cost this great sum for the year, and the result of their wor)' in the matter of frauds was the arrest of fifty-two persons, of which only nineteen persons were pensioners or claimants for pensions, and the recovery of $8,588 73, all told, or money illegally I or improperly paid out by the government iu a total payment for pensions of»$139,949,7J7 35—a per cent so infinitesimally small that it would iequire an expert clerk to cipher it out.

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XV.

(•nruril in AtchiKou.

It is learned from Atchison, Kan., papers that D. W. Gerard and wife, of this city, are guests of ,Dr. S. V. Leech of the First M. E church of Atchison. They arrived on Saturday evening last, went to the Byram hotel, and then to the Sunday school on Sunday morning, taking Dr. Leech and family completely by surprise. They were given a most cordial reception and Mr. Gerard invited to speak to the Sunday Bchool. At the close of the Sunday school Dr. Leech took Mr. Gerard with him into the auditorium, introduced him to the large congregation present, and Mr. Gerard delivered an impromptu address before the sermon which made a fine impression on the Kansas people, showing the ability of our fellow wtizen to address an audience. Mrs. werard will visit relatives at Baldwin City, Kan., and Mr. Gerard will continue his trip through Kansas and Nebiaska in the interests of the Tribe of Ben-Hur.

BEST bargains ever offered in dry goods and notions in the Discount Sale at The Big Store.

PAET FIRST

A RECKLESS ACT.

Some Vicious Fool Solid* In a False Firo Alarm From tile College Campus Jlu.*- -$50 Howard For Mis

A pprehension.

Tuesday night just at 10 o'clock an alarm of fire was sent in from box seventeen, the college campus box. The department quickly responded and made a good run through the nasty night to the campus. Arrived there quite a little crowd was found standing about the box but no one knew of any fire. The college buildings were all intact and it was patent that the alarm had been sent in by some vicious vandal desirous of creatating a sensation and gratifying an abortive desire for "fun"—a desire probably born of beer. The department in no good humor returned to the engine house and the out signal was sounded.

On Wednesday the city authorities authorized Chief Vance to offer a reward of $50 cash to any party giving information which will lead to the arrest and conviction of the party sending in the alarm. The offense is covered by the following sections of the fire alarm ordinance. 87. MUDDLING WJTU APPARATUS UNlawful. Sec. 3.—It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, knowingly, to give a false alarm of fire in said city through any fire alarm box thereof, or to injure, or tamper, meddle or interfere in any way with said boxes, or any wires, poles, or supports thereof, connected in any way with said firo alarm system or any part thereof. 88: PENALTY -FOII VIOLATING. Sec. 4.—Whosoever shall violate any of

the

provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction before the Mayor, bo fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.

This is the fiist time a false alarm has been sent in with a vicious intent and too strenuous efforts cannot be made tc^- apprehend the guilty ones. For some time past acts of vandalism have been perpatrated about the college buildings and grounds and evidently by the same lawless gang. It is time these fellows were introduced to the interior of the county jail.

An Important Decision.

The caBe of John A. Burroughs vs. the State Medical Board is now before the Supreme Court and a decision is expected in a short time. Burroughs is a graduate of a fake medical school, who secured a license under the old law. The medical board as organized under the law of 1898 refused to issue a license to him, but he contends that the board cannot go behind the licenses issued under the old iaw. The board, of which Dr. W. TV Gott is a member, takes the opposite view and expects the Supreme Court to do likewise. This decission will settle a number of cases in different parts of the State.

Not In Hie Jtricli Business. Wilson Hunt was a caller at the JOUHNAL office Wednesday and denied having purchased a gold brick. Some time ago he lost a small sum, he says, which a party got away with, putting up a chunk of alleged gold as security, but he never purchased a brick or visited Terre Haute. Mr. Hunt believes that his name was used iu connection with the brick story by peojle whom he had befriended and who, losing heavily in the "brick" business, desired to make him suffer for it. "That's what a man gets for helping ungrateful people out of their difficulties," said Mr. Hunt.

Sentiment in Northern Indiana. Warsaw Times: The announcement is made that the friends of Hon. J. Prink Hanly will bring him out as a candidate for United States Senator before the next Legislature to fill the place that will them be vacant and now filled by David Turpie. In this section of the State, so far as we are able to discern, public sentiment very largely favors Gen. Lew Wallace, of Crawfordsville—a gentleman unusually well qualified for the position, and one whose name has been connected with that position for some time past.

Letter List.

Following is a list of the letters remaining uncalled for at the poBtolfice in Crawfordsville for the week ending Jan. 25, 1898. Persons calling for the same please say "advertised": Bosworth Nagley Henry BiddleFrankM(col) Plott Henry CochraneMissMaudRiley Mr Jessie FarmerMissMollie Williams MrsLil'eM Jackson Richard Wonderly John Mote Clyde WatsonMrsFrankie

To Chicago.

Ben S. Myers left Tuesday for Chicago with thirteen coops of his fine black Langshans, with which he expects to capture hie share of prizes at the Chicago poultry fanciers' 6how.