Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 22 April 1898 — Page 2
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FRIDAY. APRIL 23, 1808.
GENERAL WALLACE is not playing to the grand stand.
THE war revenue tax places a duty of ten cents a pound on tea. The popular brand for this season will doubtless be gunpowder tea.
IT now looks as if some of these Btreet corner jaw-6miths, who have been abusing the administration for not sending an army against Spain before the issues in the case were made up, will have a chance to enlist. THE JOURNAL predicts that the Hon. Mike Foley and all others of his class will be quite as reticent about enlisting as they were forward and frothy in urging that a bloody war be waged.
A GENERAL tax levy for State purposes is usually accounted a hardship and imposition. Taxation for local purposes is something tangible, the other is frequently not understood and in many cases brings no personal benefit. It is next to impossible to impose a general tax without working injustice in some quarter. There is a movement to abolish direct taxation for State purposes and raise this class of revenue through corporation taxes, releasing the latter from taxation for local purposes. New York and Illinois have taken the initiative by providing for an inheritance tax and larger fees for corporation license. Illinois has shown the good results by a fattened treasury. The question is shaping itself to meet constitutional revision and promises to be one of the reforms of the future.
THE theories of Dr. Schenk are attracting more attention than are those of the Ohio legislator who would regulate the marriages instead of the births. The fact is, the layman is nearer touching a need than is the scientist. Upon statistics carefully gathered for along term of years in our own and other countries, it is shown that for every 1,000 female births there are from 1,038 to 1,070 male children born. The greater death rate among males is shown to almost exactly offset the excess of female births. No benefactor of his race would seek to destroy so fine a proportion. Any interference on the part of science may be looked upon as a preBumption. Nature may be safely relied upon to regulate her own affairs when she is allowed to pursue her own methods. The demand is not for more boys but for better boys—not for fewer girls, but for stronger ones.
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COMMUNITY that is 'Stricken with a serious epidemic finds the close relationship existing between commerce and disease. One of the best functions a state or city can exercise is an intelligent and strict supervision over the general health. Impurities in the water, milk, meat or other foods, furnished the citizens, should be vigilantly looked alter. A few dollars spent in this way wtuld prove tuo&t beneficial, but like other moral agencies pitted against evil, as the benefits are not direct and calculable, the average citizen resists tbe outlay. Clean streets, clean premises, and proper sewage are all matters of public concern. An epidemio is a reprosch to a community as it is usuiliy accepted as evidence of vile sanitary conditions. Nothing that will breed disease germs should be tolerated by the community.
The State of Massachusetts spends 8140,000 per annum through its board of health.
THERE is a probability that a cure has at last been fou-i for cancer. Recent experiments with hvperdermic injections of alcohol into the diseased mass appear to have met successsul results. The Medical Brief for March quotes from the Medical Council, which calls upon all physicians to give the treatment a fair trial. It is founded upon pi-actical knowledge of the de 6tructive effects of alcohol upon connective tissue, its consequent contraction, and the blighting of enclosed parenchyma. The treatment consists of injecting half a drachm to a drachm of very strong or pure alcohol into the cancerous mass, repeating the process every five, six or seven days as the soreness caused by the injections abates. This remedy Bbrinks the growth. According to the Medical Council, it "becomes smaller and smaller and eventually exists only as a stationary, benign hard connective tissue mass that may be ignored or that can be excised with ease."
SPEAKING OF PATRIOTISM. On a pleasant October afternoon in 1896 there assembled in Crawfordsville a great concourse of people drawn hither to hear an address by William Jennings Bryan, then candidate for the presidency of the United States. Mr. Bryan arrived in due season and spoke briefly from a platform erected almost in the shadow of those stately beeches under which Lew Wallace wrote for immortality. Mr. Bryan in the few words he spoke protested his patriotism and love of country. All who saw and heard him then will remember the dramatic close of his remarks. With his head thrown proudly back and clinched fist extended toward the residence of General Wallace, he exclaimed with all the power and malignity he possessed: "I will pit my patriotism against that of Lew Wallace or any other man on earth.''
Times have changed since then. The Nation stands in the shadow of the imminence of a great war. What of the two men?—the challenged and the challenger.
We see General Wallace, the time tried soldier of two great wars, putting aside forever a cherished ambition and offering his services to his country for service in the field, even though he be asked to go as the humblest private in the ranks.
But what of Mr. Bryan? Where is Mr. Bryan, the man who would pit his patriotism against that of any other man on earth? Has this good patriot nothing to say and nothing to offer? Where is Mr. Bryan?
Mr. Bryan is in Washington City, the capital of the United States, but he is not there to offer his services as a soldier, or even as a sutler. He is there to foment discord and to embarrass to the extent of his vicious power the administration of his successful rival for the presidency. He is there to forward his personal and selfish ends by rallying his partisans to an opposition of the administration at an hour when so to do should be high treason before the law of the land as it is in the sight of God and thinking men. He is there to throw every delay and every obstacle he can in the way of those who strive for National honor and the welfare of a great people. He is there to discredit and to thwart, so far as in him lies, a pure patriot and an honest man who is endeavoring to do his duty as he sees it and as God inspires him. Is a procedure of this character the boasted patriotism which Mr. Bryan would pit against that of Lew Wallace or any other man on earth?
SPAIN'S GOVERNMENT OF CUBA. Why should Spain govern Cuba? For Cuba to be governed by Spain, a monarchy four thousand miles away from Cuba, is to be forever misgoverned. Spain, if her intentions were ever so good, could not govern Cuba with any satisfaction to the people of that island. One community of people cannot govern another community, in a very distant part of the world, and would have no right to if it could. Every distinct nation of people has a right to govern itself. It was conceded, at the close of our revolutionary war, that the colonies each had aright to govern itself, and could do as it pleased about coming into the union and surrendering its sovereignty. It was never claimed that one colony had any authority whatever in the territory of another. It was only by virtue of the voluntary agreement to the national constitution that the states ceased to be independent communities. There is no greater truth than that uttered by Gen. Washington, in his farewell address, that there can be no such thing as the friendbhip of one nation towards another. It is not friendship for Cuba that prompts Spain to hold on to that island as long as she can. She is prompted altogether by a selfish spirit. And selfishness in nations, as in individuals, is always breeding trouble. No family can be under the least obligation to tolerate a quarrel at its very doors, every day in the week. It would become a riot and a nuisance. So the United States cannot afford to have an endless war in Cuba, at our very doors, and continually disturbing our peace and inflicting all sorts of damages in the business affairs of our people. The time has come, in the course of human events when Spain must abandon
Cuba, and she might as well doit without a fight as with it. But with or without war she will go, and Cuba will be free to work out its own destiny. Whether she will ever be annexed to the United States or not, will, of course, depend upon the choice of her own people, and the people of the United States. P. S. K.
THE sign of tne tramp on the gate post, "Good meals on short notice without work," is a badge of mistaken kindness, harmful sacrifice, means worse than wasted. "We have no right to make our alms a temptation to the poor and it is a dangerous, though easy thing to teach a man that he can live without work.''
MULBERRY SKLLAR stated in his speech Saturday that the influence of the "cold, heartless dollar" would be powerful enough to prevent war. Mr. Sellar was probably testifying as an expert in this matter of influence.
GEN. WALLACE'S WITHDRAWAL.
What He Says Concerning It and What the Press of the State Says-The General Would Serve as a Private.
General Wallace in withdrawing from the race for the United States senate acted finally and in accordance with a resolution reached after mature deliberation. He has withdrawn from the senatorial race for good and all and his card may be taken as final. General Wallace is equally sincere in tendering his services to the federal government and he did so without the promise of preferment in any way. In answer to a question General Wallace stated to THE JOURNAL that he had had positively no communication with the President on the matter and had been promised no position. General Wallace stated that there were only two positions in the army which he could accept and maintain his self respect. One of these is the position of Major-General, the rank he held when he left the army after the civil war and the other is the no less honorable position of private soldier. General Wallace stated that he had served in all the other military positions from Major-General down except a6 a private and he was perfectly willing to serve his country in that capacity before he died.
Below are published several articles clipped from the state press relevent to the action of General Wallace:
Indianapolis News: Gen. Lew Wallace is as patriotic as ever. He has notified the war department of his readiness for service, and that there may be no misunderstanding of his motives, he at the same time announces his withdrawal from the senatorial contest. All honor to the gallant soldier.
Indianapolis Journal: One cannot well wonder at the action of General Wallace in withdrawing from the senatorial race in view of the behavior of that body within the last few days. Neither is it to be wondered at that war is considered preferable to a senatorial career.
Indianapolis News: The withdrawal of Mr. Wallace from the senatorial race leaves two active candidates— Robert S. Taylor, of Ft. Wayne, and J. Frank Hanley, of Williamsport. The action of Mr. Wallace was a surprise to the politicians, and afforded them a subject for gossip. The impression seems to be that he is out of the race to stay. Men connected with the state organization of the Republicans say he could hardly afford to reenter the contest after the settlement of the Cuban affair, even though he should find an opportunity to goto the front. Representative Republicans say that as between Taylor and Hanley Taylor will have a "walk away," but it is pretty well understood that there will be other candidates in case the Republicans elect a majority of the legislature. W. T. Durbin, of Anderson, the Indiana member of the Republican national committee, will probably be a candidate. His friends here said they would not be surprised if the announcement of his candidacy came within a few days. George W. Steele, of Marion, is another possibility. His renomination and re-election to Congress is now assured unless there should be a Democratic landslide, and it is pretty well understood among tbe politicians that he intends to enter the race for senator after his re-election to congress. Governor Mount still says he is not a candidate, but his admirers still predict that he will be the next senator. It is pointed out that he has never said that he will not be a candidate if the Republicans carry the legislature and there seems to be a demand for him.
Lafayette Call: The veteran of two wars is again restless under the restraint that precedes the sound of the bugle. General Lew Wallace, despite his 71 years, is ready to respond to the call of his country. April is surely an eventful month in the General's career, whatever we may say of superstitious beliefs. He was born at Brookville, the famous old town of Indiana, April 10, 1827. The first militaay response by him was in April, when the Mexican war engaged his earnest sympathies. In April, 1861, he ws sum-
1861, he was sum-
moned to Indianapolis by Governor Morton, the day Fort Sumpter was fired on. Within three days he had raised six regiments and had fifty companies to spare. April 7, 1862, witnessed Shiloh, the scene that caused so much discussion in the General's life, and from which he emerged so grandly. We believe the idea of "Ben-Hur" came to him one April morning. And now, in April, 1898, be surrenders his ambition to be senator and offers his sword to the President. General Lew Wallace is the Grand Old Man of Indiana!
Noblesville Ledger: General Wallace having withdrawn from the senatorial race and tendered his services to the government in case of war, what will Hanley, Taylor and other senatorial aspirants now do? Will they follow suit and go to tbe front and win fame on the field of battle?
Overdoing It.
"What makefe you think S--doesn't care much for his wife? "Because he's always so attentive to her in public."
WILL NOT BE DIVIDED
German Lutheran Synod Opposed
to Making Two Districts of One.
BUILDING AND LOAN DECISION.
War Excitement nt Winchester—Farmer Mysteriously Missing:—Christian Eudeavorers' Convention Drowned
In a Millrace—Corncrib Fell on Him—WHS Impaled.
Indiauapolis, April 20.—The German Evangelical Lutheran Synod lias adjourned after selecting Laporte, Ind., as the place for the next meeting, which occurs in 1900. Final action was taken on the proposition to divido the synod into two districts, and it was overwhelmingly defeated. The congregations of Euianual church, Allen county St. John's, \Vauatah, Ind., and Bethlehem, Tocsin, Ind., were received. The financial report was read by Rev. H. Duemling of Fort Wayne and showed receipts of $19,031.92 and expenditures of $18,755.20. 1U'II»)IXC. AND LQVN.
Supreme Court Decides Kunniny Stock Is Taxable.
Indianapolis, April 20.—The supreme court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court of Monroe county in the suit brought by Albert S. Harn to enjoin the treasurer of that county from collecting taxes which had been assessed upon running stock in a building association owned by Harn. The stock was only partially paid up, but had not been pledged as security as a loan, and Harn claimed that the legislature had not selected stock of this description as a subject for taxation, and, therefore, under the holding in what is known as the insurance tax case, it was not taxable. Both the circuit court and the supreme court, decided against the contention.,,,.^,,
AIL DKI.I VKKY.
Three Desperate Criminals Esoapc From" •i Alun lie ISiislile.
Muncic, Iud., April 20.—Don Blake, Lee Godfrey and Frank Shoeoraft have escaped from the county jail. They had .sawed the bars off their cells, and when the turnkey entered and passed to another apartment, they made a rush for the big door, slipped the lock and escaped. All were notorious. Blake and Godfrey were recently released from prison, but committed larceny and were again arrested. Shoecraft was in jail for housebreaking.
Pensions Granted.
"Washington, April 20.—Pensions have been granted to the following ludiauiaus: Original—George West, Scottsburg, $8 Aaron Schellingor, Whiting, $8. Original Widows, Etc.—Laura McNiel, Lafontaine, $8 Mary J. Anderson, Laketon, $S Sarah Thomas, Indianapolis. $8 Serrah J. Pegg, Reserve, §8 Lydie K. Keplinger, Terre Haute, $8. Restoration and Increase—Albert G. Morris, Muncie, .?(i to $8. Mexican War Survivors, Increase—Jacob Kline, Keudallville, $8 to $12.
Drowned In Mill nice.
Kuiglitstown, Ind., April 20. Ed Waldemian, a livery stable employe, was found dead yesterday in the millrace near town. He had started out the night before for a drive, and it is presumed the horse wandered into the race. The body was completely under water, with tlio buggy on top. He was 23 years old and single. His home was at Middletown, O.
Impaled 011 a Sluke.
Lockport, Ind., April 20. Robert Stoase, while walking in a field, caught his foot on a wire and fell on a sharp stake, which ran clear through his body. He was found several hours later in the position in which he fell, having been unable to rise. It is thought he cannot live.
War KxWtemciit at Winchester.
Winchester. Ind., April 20.—"When the news of the final action of congress reached here yesterday there was great excitement. Last night there was a great parade with band, flags and cannon. The town was full of fanners from miles around.
The Cornerib Fell.
Lafontaine, Ind., April 20.—William Moore, a wellknown farmer near here, was seriously and perhaps dangerously injured by a cribful of corn failing on liiui. There were 800 bushels to the crib, and he was dragged out of the wreck more dead than alive.
Farmer Mysteriously Missing
Tipton, Ind., April 20.—Gotlieb I3aur, a farmer, who owns considerable property, mysteriously disappeared from home last Thursday and lie cannot be located. He started to Russiaville to deposit $200 in the bank. Foul play is feared.
Stepped Into Koiling Lye.
Rushville, Ind., April 20.—The 4-year-old daughter of William Wilson, a prominent farmer of Union township, yesterday stepped into a kettle of boiling lye. Her screams attracted her mother, but the child was so badly scalded she died Boon.
1,000-Found Casting Fell on llim.
Connersville, Ind., April 20.—Oscar Lewis, a helper in Root's foundry, was crushed to death yesterday by a casting weighing 1,000 pounds, which fell on hini while it was being moved. The crane became unhooked and caused the accident.
Summoned to Washington. Franklin, Ind., April 20.—On receipt of a telegram from Washington, Dr. Ross Payne left to report for duty as assistant surgeon for the infantry. He will rank as a first lieutenant.
Christian Eudeavoreis
South Bend, Iud., April 20. The eighth annual convention of the Christian Endeavor will be held in this city May (i and 7.
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RED CROSS.
Relief Expedition to 15« Sent to Ciil:i Under Its Fiajj.
Now York, April 19.—Stephen E. Barton, chairman of the central Cuban relief committee, has returned from Washington with Dr. J. B. Hubbell and Jolin Hitz of the American National Red Cross society. Mr. Barton said that the visit to Washington was for the express purpose of offering the services of tlie American Red Cross society. A consultation was also had with the heads of the state department with regard to the sending to Cuba of two special steamers under the Red Cross and American Hags.
It is planned, Mr. Barton said, to send the first of these two steamers with 1,000 tons of relief supplies as soon as she can be secured and loaded. The Geneva treaty of ISO! gives (lie right to float the Red Cross symbol, Mr. Barton said, without lVar of molestation. The relief steamers will proceed to Key West, at which point further instructions will be given their commanders. If the Spanish American complications remained unchanged at the time of arrival at Key West, the steamers will proceed direct to Cuban ports. In the event of a declaration of war those in charge of the relief exp 'ditimi, in accordance with the provision of the treaty referred to, will c.ill upou the war and navy departments for a convoy and military escort.
DISAPPOINTED SUITOR..
John KuMiiiiugcr Sends a Hall Crashing: Through His liram.
Marion, Ills., April 19.—John Ensminger, aged 24 years, committed suicide here by shooting himself. He was employed at the Simmons House. He called Editor Casey of The Egyptian Press, to a private room and informed him of his intentions to die. At the same time he handed a note to him, requesting that it not be opened until after his burial. Completing his work he went to the homo of his father, where in a few minutes after his arrival, sitting in a chair, he drew a pistol and
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sent a ball crashing through liis brain. He had been disappointed in love. Howas a son of John A. Eusminger, now holding a political position at Sprin gfield.
AGAINST THE COMPANY.
Supreme Court Decision In a California Itank Case.
Washington, April 19.—The cases ofthe American Surety company against' the receiver of the National Bank of California, involving the bonds furnished by this company to the bank for the fidelity and integrity of the cashier and president of the bank have been decided in tne United States supreme court. In the lower courts tho decisions were against the company and the opinion just filed affirmed those decisions. Justice Harlau handed down tho court's opinion. Justice White, Shiras and Peckham dissented in the case of the insurance of tho president of the company.
RELIEF COMMISSIONER TURNER.
Just Returned From Alaska, Where He Wan Sent by the Government.
Detroit, April 19.—Stanley W. Turner of tho government Alaskan relief expedition, who has just returned to this city, says that when the expedition arrived at Dvea tliey found two-thirds of the population gone elsewhere, and accordingly the expedition disbanded, turning ovor the supplies to the army post there. Mr. Turner believes the government appropriation of $200,000 for relieving the Klondike miners has hardly been warranted by the results accomplished, as relief so far has been extended to no one in Alaska.
He Loved and Won.
Tom—That friend you introduced at the club last night seems to be a melancholy sort of fellow. What's the matter with him? Jack—Disappointed in love, I believe. Tom—Too bad got the mitten, I suppose? Jack—Oh, noj he, got the girl.—Chicago News..
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