Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 March 1898 — Page 1

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VOL. 51—NO. 9

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Men's Calf congress or lace

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COME OFF THE FENCE.

BUY A PLOW

But Be Sure You Buy the Right One.

Some one said we had sold out We did that is no fake But we have got our house full again. We

will have another car load to come in this month. Come and see us. We will treat you white.

WM. THOMAS.

115 East Jlarket St.

WEDDING invitations at the JOUHNAL.

THE

H. R. TINSLEY & CO.

IFIPERIAL

John Deere

They will suit you in any soil and the price is right.

COME AND SEE) US IN

Harrows.

We have all kinds.

Uncle Sam 1

Has on His Glasses

Watching' the struggle in Cuba with a just eye. If you are watching your own interests, in house or in office, you can't do it properly without your eyesight is perfect. If it is affected in any way have your eyes fitted with the proper glasses. We will furnish yon with glasses that will make you think you have a new pair of eyes after we test them.

Kline, Jeweler and Optician.

Great Bargain Sale of Shoes

FOR ONE WEEK' ONLY.

Infants' Dongola, patent tip, button, S .50 Child's 5 to 8 35 G5 14 ..11 1 I (t 8)4 to 11}. 05 .. 1.00 Misses' or lace, 13 to 2,. 1.25 1 It 13!. to 2 .85 Ladies' 1.00

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Satin calf congress or lace 1.50 II (i ii it it 1.75 it It I 1.50 2. on

All Heavy Winter Shoes Sold at A dual Cost,

STAR SHOE. HOUSE.

One Door West of American Clothiers. Crawfordsville, Ind.

LAID

OUlt PRICE. WORTH

or lace 1.50

or lace 1.50. 2.00

1.50 2.00

("APTAIN

1.25

2.00 3.00

F. B. GONZALES, DENTIST

Office 131£ East Main Street.

Over Rost's Jewelry Store.

Telephone No. 290.

ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Announcements for county offices will be inserted in Daily and'Weekly for 15, strictly cash in advance.

AUDITOR.

WILLIAM M. WHITE Is a candidate for Auditor subject to the decision of the Republican county convention.

TREASURER

ALLEN W. JOHNSON will be a candidate for County Treasurer, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention

SHERIFF.

R. C. HARPER, of Sugar Creek township, will be aciindidate for sheriff of Montgomery rounty, subject to the decision of the Republican convention.

CORONER

DOCTOR BALL of Brown township, will be a candidate for Coroner .f Montgomery county Riil ji'c: to the decision of the Republican nominating convention.

Chf €nitufori)st)iIlc fminuil

WASAFLOATING MINE

Believed Will Be the Court's Find-

ing In Maine Disaster.

NO CONFLICT.

Relations Between Navy Department and Naval Committee Arc Harmonious.

"Washington, March 8.—To remove the impression that had gotten abroad to the effect that tho relations between the navy department and the house no.val committee were not harmonious, Secretary Long last evening gave out a short statement on the subject. He Eaid: ••Congressman Boxitelle has been misunderstood. The congressman, who is one of the most patriotic men in the world, is always ready to do everything that can be done for the navy. In my annual report I recommended that 1,500 men bo added to the enlisted force on account of the iacreaso in the number of ships. The naval committee, of which Mr. Boutelle is chairman, has already decided to grant this increase in the regular naval appropriation bill. Meantime, if there should be any immediate necessity for more men, the same committeo and Mr. Boutelle, as its chairman, are ready to make provision to that effect at once."

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, MARCH, 4, 1898-TWELVE PAGES.

PURPOSELY NEAR BUOY

Explosion Possibly Caused by Careless

ness of Spanish Officer In IlaixHing

the Keys While Testing tho Cir

cuit—No Activity at Washing

ton Proctor Upturns.

Havana, March 3.—Without adding unnecessarily to tho flood of surmises, conjectures and prophecy concerning the finding of the court of inquiry, it is fair to say that, as a matter of fact, most of tho naval officers here and at Key West incline to the opinion that the court will find that the disaster to tho Maine was caused by the explosion of a floating submariuo mine under the port side of the ship, forward. Opinions differ as to whether this mine was made

SIGSBEK.

[Commander of the ill-fated Maine.] of high explosives, such as wet and dry gun cotteu or ordinary gunpowder.

Opinions agree, not only as to the existence of mines in the harbor, but also that this one was laid purposely near the bony where foreign war vessels were directed to moor and was fired from an electric battery on shore.

It is believed barely possible that the explosion of the mine was the result of the carelessness or ignorance of Spanish officers in charge of the mine station keys when testing the circuit, but the latter supposition is not felt to be probable.

It is further regarded as settled by the evidence before the court that the portside of the hull forward was completely blown to pieces, and that the only explosion on the Maine, except of isolated cases of fixed ammunition, was that of 2,000 pounds of saluting powder stored forward and of which no trace can be found.

A commander for tho monitor Miantomomah which has been ordered into commission was selected yesterday in the person of Captain Mortimer Johnson, who is at present on waiting orders.

Secretary Long says that the Miautonomoah with the ram Katahdin will remain in the Delaware for the present at least. With the commissioning of these two vessels there remains only the cruisers Columbia and Minneapolis on the Atlantic coast available for immediate service in case the department should decide to commission more ships.

The Atlanta and New York could be made ready in the course of three or four months and the Chicago in six months in case emergency orders for their repairs were issued. There area number of good ships on the Pacific coast, however, whose repair is under way, such as tho Charleston, the Philadelphia, the Yorktown and others, and the payrolls of the construction bureau at the Mare Island n.ivyyard has now amounted to the large total of $60,000 per month for wages alone.

There is no unusual stir of activity about the bureaus of the quartermaster general or the commissary general of tho army, where moro than anywhere else the preparations for a warlike

emergency would be apparent. The Ulcers of these bureaus say no accnmula:iou ot aild'tumal supplies is taking place and that no contracts for extra supplies are in contemplation.

Tne navy department has received a t' leg am from Captain Sigsbee announcthe arrival at Havana yesterday of the wrecking tug Merritt, with tho wrecking lighter F. K. Sharp, under chargo of Captain Fred II. Sharp of tho Merritt company. Captain Sigsbco said that Captain Sharp probably would begin work today. Ho also announced the arrival of the Spanish cruiser Vizoaya at Havana.

filCN VTOK I'llOCTOlt.

H© Arrives at Key West From Ills Visit to Cuba.

Key West, March 3.—Captain HanIon of tho steamer Mascotto, who has just arrived from Havana, says that, when the vessel left Havana there was no signs of impending riot or of an antiAmerican demonstration. On the contrary everything was normally quiet.

Senator Proctor and his party returned to tho city late last night, after spending the day at Matanzas, where they wore shown every attention by United States Consul Brice. The members of the party expressed tho deepest sympathy for the suffering Cubans, of whom they saw many.

About 10 or 12 miles out of Havana tho train raa slowly, because the insurgents had cut the wires, and Senator Proctor on his return was told that there had been a small skirmish not many miles from the lino, in which five or six men had been wounded.

General Yidal Ducassi, secotid in command of the insurgents of the province of Pinar del Rio, who .vas wounded in the head during the recent engagement near Candelaria, with the Spanish under Colonel Bilbas, succumbed to his injuries and his body was buried near Tacotacota, province of Pinar del Rio. He was cared for during his last hours by Dr. Rubio.

Spanish Divers at Work.

Havana, March 3. Two Spanish divers are at work about the wreck and it is understood they will report to the Spanish board, appointed to inquire I into the cause of the disaster. Captain

Peral is the president of the Spanish board of inquiry. No bodies were found yesterday. It is reported that Captain Sigsbee does not expect to find any of the dead in the zones of the explosion, but he still believes bodies will be recovered from portions of the wreck as the divers remove the debris. The divers, who are working steadily forward, are encountering continual difficulties. ,•• c, ..

Shipping J'ynainite.

Cincinnati, March 3.—Two tons of dynamite were shipped from here yesterday to Pensacola, Fla. The shipping firm declines to say whether it was shipped on government account or to private dealers.

Divorce Grunted.

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Society gulls from the north end came joshing into the circuit court on Thursday to witness the divorce trial of John Osborne against Julia Osborne Julia, fair girl, wasn't present, presumably having been to a ball Wednesday night and overslept herself. The trial went on just the same, and her heretofore stainless character received several swift shoves into the mire. John made himself out a much abused man and there was a sympathetic sigh went through the audience when he tearfully told the it urt that sometimes I Julia would not provide anything for him to eat obliging him to seek his ra-

at the home of his indulgent ma On one occasion Julia, whom he pictured as a strapping big girl with fourteen inches of muscle, gave him a thump over the head for refusing to chase the can. The thump brought blood and the crimson spurted all over the room spoiling the new carpet and the current issue of the Sunday school Times. John had much more of a like character to tell and so impressed Judge We6t that the Judge said be would have the divorce granted just as soon as he paid the costs.

Trouble On Green Street

On Thursday there was trouble on Green street at the laundry of Willie Moy. In the laundry works a bad, bold Chinaman named Moy Ton. Moy Ton is a great big double fisted pirate with a record as black as an abused tar barrel. He was once shot in New York City by the police and is an all around bad egg. He is a bully, too, andTbursday afternoon after giving his employer a cursing he turned in and knocked him down. There was wild excitement in the laundry for awhile and quite a large crowd collected The difficulty was finally straightened out by the police aud peace now reigns. It is likely that Moy Ton will be obliged to leave the town, as he is a trouble maker from away back in the sixties.

The lte«t Combination.

Tho WeekM Journal |i oo The New York Tribune l.oo Vbe Agricultural Epitomist so

Our price to- the t-hre" papers Is only $l.SO The Journal and Tribune il.'JS The Journal aud Epitomist $1.26

GAVE HIM THE RUN. THE STOUT CASE.

Congressman l.utulm SeeureK the llgeliarjje of linker uf the .overniiieiil

I'rintinj* OMH'e lit Washington.

A Washington special says: "Representative Landis has finallv secured the discharge of Albert Baker, the government employe charged by him in his famous civil service epeech with having organized and carried out the slaughter of thousands of Republicans in tho government printing office. He had a hard time getting linker's scalp every effort having been met by the powerful influence of the civil service commission. He finally enlisted Senator Hanna and through him the President. The order for Baker's dismissal went in to-day by direct and imperative White House suggestion. Mr. Landis is highly pleased at the success of his campaign against Baker. The latter was private secretary to Public Printer Benedict during Cleveland's first term, and at Mr. Benedict's personal request was continued on the pay roll by General Palmer during the Harrison adminstration. He is charged by Mr. Landis with having put in his time during these four Republican years to collect data on which excuses for dismissals could be built if the

Democrats ever get back into power. When Mr. Benedict was re-appointed Public Printer Baker was given his old place, and proceeded to make U6e of tho material he had laboriously collected. He caused the discharge of an army of Republicans, and the record of his performances fell into Mr. Landis' hands and was utilized by him in "that speech." He denied the correctness of rrfany of Mr. LaDdis' statements and made the civil service commissioners believe he was a much persecuted man. The emboldened by his success in retaining his position he began attacking the Indiana Congressman. The latter there upon sharpened his tomahawk and went on tho warpath. He made good every charge he bad made against Baker, and although the latter hud takeu (-belter in the office of the civil service commission he ultimately dragged him out. Baker is private citizen to-night.

Wants Hlg Alimony.

Wm. S. Mitchell, a Tippecanoe county farmer well known here, has been sued by his wife for divorce. Mr. Mitchell is described as a farmer of much wealth, owning a farm of 985 acres, 150 acres of which are in Tippecanoe county, and the complaint says he is worth $10,000 in addition, notes, money and personal property, and of this sum his wife asks the court to award her judgment for $10,000 as alimony, to grant her a divorce and have the defendant pay into court a sullicient sum of money to enable her to prosecute the case. She is the mother of four children and asks the court to give her the custody of the three youngest.

After Itroiliir Glover.

The letter of Rev. Mr. Glover, former rector of St John's church here, to C. M. Travis, in which he said he was ready to enlist and "make Spanish the prevailing religion of hell," has caused a good deal of comment. It was first published in THE JOUUNAL and has since gone all over the country. The New York Sun published the letter on Monday and the New Vork Tribune, speaking of it, says: "If this is false the Sun has grossly wronged Mr. Glover. If it is true Mr. Glover has grossly wronged the religion which he professes."

Against, the Liiw of 1 807.

In the Whitley county court an action has been brought to test tho constitutionality of the law enacted by the State legislature of 1897, which provides for changing the time of electing township trustees and assessors from November, 1898 to 1900. Suit was brought to compel the chairman and secretary to certify the nomination to the county clerk and and also a suit will be brought against the county clerk to compel him to have these names printed on the ballots to be voted upon at the coming election.

For the Defendant.

Marion Scaggs and John Gott had quite a feathery little fuSB Wednesday over their rights as coal oil kings. Gott called Scaggs some hard names and Scaggs had him arrested for provoke. The two men were the only witnesses and as their testimony was in direct conflict the court found for the defendant.

Pleaded Guilty.

"Tub" Chad wick, ona of the three boys who burglarized Gill's beer depot, was before Judge West on Thursday and pleaded guilty. He will not be sentenced until the case of Orme's and McDonald have been decided on. It is likely, however, that all will suffer alike.

PART FIRST

1 lie Kvideneo in llcinj Hushed and tho

Case Will Not. Not lie a l.oiif One —A* ednesduy \s l'l-oeeedinjfM.

Special to the Journal. UOCKVIU.K, lnd., Mar. 2.—The testimony in the Stout case began this morning, the securing of a jury taking most of yesterday. Both sides exhausted their challenges and several of the jurymen are sitting on their first case.

Dr. Olin was the first witness called Wednesday morning. There was no change in his evidence. It was given in a quiet aud dignified manner.

By Harrison Little, janitor of the Covington court house, tho defense tried to establish the fact that Dr. Stout being in the court room, Hauk could not have 6een him at his otlice.

WKPNK8DAY AFTERNOON.

Dr. Stout, who was called home last evening, was in the court room at 11 a. m. Five ladies were in the room at tho afternoon session, among them Dr. Stout's wife and daughter. The crowd attending is not nearly so large as in the former trial. The witnesses are being taken out of their order on account of preB6iDg business or professional calls.

Dr. Barcus showed a diagram to the jury drawn on a large scale and explained the relative position of the different parts as spoken of by himself and other M. D's. The Doctor was asked if a girl of the age of 10 years could possibly do the work herself. Objection sustained. This witness became somewhat confused on the cross examination.

Dr. Gott's testimony was about the same and he was allowed to go without cross examination-

J. H. Laird, the man who saw Hauk and Grace in Stout's office, went to Covington on business, and while there thought he would see Stout about some medicine. He then went to the county superintendent's otlice. This witness seems moro positive and gave his testimony much clearer than at the first trial. He was recalled and was asked as to the illness or the appearance of the lady he Baw in the office. Objection made and sustained.

Mrs. McClamrock's testimony was somewhat different from the first trial and the defense laid impeaching questions as to Grace's condition since the Crawfordsville fair in September. This point will come out in rebuttal. As to her talk with Sat Hauk, bhe denies part but acknowledges she did say something about Grace not being right.

Dr. Overmyer testified much the same as on the first trial, but on the cross examination got excited when asked if he was oil friendly terms with Dr. Stout, blurting out to a question from Anderson that he was not so unfriendly to Stout but what ho could tell the truth.

The prosecution do not have the vim they had in the former trial and seem to be cutting their evidence short. At the present rate of progress they will be done with the State's witnesses Thursday. The train to-morrow may bring e.ome of Stout's friends and witnesses, but it is reported around the court house that several fail him. This cf course is only rumor.

Ho Chopped Down a Tree.

Wm. H. Ermentrout Tnursday swore out a warrant for the arrest of James Dribkill on a charge of tret-pass. It is alleged that last October Dribkill, wholly without warrant, chopped down a tree on the property of the late Delilah Cross.

Remonstrance Filed.

On Thursday a remonstrance against granting liquor license to the saloon keeper of New Richmond was filed in the commissioners' court. It was signed by about two thirds of the voters of Coal Creek township.

Dismissed.

The case' against Eph Reeder for selling mortgaged property was dismissed by the prosecutor. The prosecuting witness, John D. Hoffa had no case.

Next Month.

The wedding of C. N. Williams and Miss Margaret Doll, of Lafayete, will occur next month.

No Room for Doubt.

Proof, yes overwhelming proof can be furnished of the excellent curative qualities of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. "I caught a cold which led to a cough and pain in the chest, (pneumonia?) 1 bought Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, and after taking one bottle of it, the cough began to disappear when I finished taking the second bottle I was cured. Gustav Tliurmaster, 49 Hickory St., Cleveland,O." Dr. Bull's Cough S3'rup costs but 25 cents. Take ouiy Bull's.