Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 August 1898 — Page 6

WEEKLY JOURNAL.

ESTAHI-IS1IKU IX ISIS. Buccessor to The Record, the Orst papor in Oawfordsvillo, -established la 1831, and to the People's Press, established In 184-1.

PRINTED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.

By .THE JOURNAL, CO.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

One year in advance. $1.00 til months -. 0 Xhree months •^Sa

Payable in advance. Sample copies free.

THE DAILY .JOUKNAJL. TEHMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

One year in advance. :... ........$5.00 Bix months. 2.oU Threo months 1-f5 Per week, delivered or by mall .10

ifinterod at the Postoftico at Crawfordsville, Indiana as second-cluss matter.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1898.

WJTUIN the last two years the American farmers have paid off mortgages amounting to 8100,000,000.

UNCLE SAM'S 3 per cent war bonds are commanding a premium of 5 per cent and the influx of gold from Europe and the Klondike is at flood-tide.

THE fifty-fifth congress is decidedly a "do something" organization, and itB most vigorous critics are Spaniards and small.bore Democratic politicians.

IT is strange that those Populist statesmen who are striving so hard to keep the silver issue alive have not thought to pack it away in cotton batting.

IT would be interesting reading to know how many of the Democratic senators and represenatives in congress who voted against the late bond measure, are now subscribers for these Bame bonds.

AT one time General Shafter, then major, was captured by General Joe Wheeler's cavalry and sent to Libby. Now they are boon companions, serving under one flag. Time certainly •works wonders.

HON. .TOE BAILEY, the incubator Democratic leader and self-appointed interpreter of the constitution, will find an unpleasant shrinkage in his rank and file department when the votes are counted in November.

THE fact that circuses are doing well sail over the country is evidence that prosperity has struck us. There are now four circuses on the road where there was one two years ago. About the only circus we had that year was

Bryan's great railroad show.

ANTI-IMPERIALISTIC Democrats will have to give St. Thomas Jefferson the clammy clasp, as be said seventy-five years ago, "I candidly confess that I have ever looked upon Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of states.

TOTAL earnings of 201 railroad companies, owning 150,000 miles of road, to January, 1S9S, 81,037,000,000, an increase of $5S,000,000 over 1896. In 1S96 thirty-four railroad companies, controlling 5,441 miles of road, went into receivers' hands, while in 1807 only eighteen, owning 1,551 miles, buffered that fate.

GREENCASTLE Democrat: The state of Maine grows statesmen. They frequently make statesmen out of men of what might be termed just good ability, by keeping men in congress as long as they desire to remain. Thomas B. Reed is a man, however, of pronounced ability. He was again nominated by acclamation for congress.

THE Texas Democracy does not seem to be in line with brother Bryan and ex-brother Cleveland on the question of territorial expansion. A fellow feeling may make the Texans wondrous kind toward Porto Rico et al., but they should remember that the Democratic party has the first claim on their sympathy, suffrage, and shot•guns.

THE hospital ship Missouri is to "be supplied by an association of which tHelen Gould is the leading spirit, with four electric ward kitchens to cost S5,000 each. A kitchen upon which that much money has been expended ought to be a genuine good thing, and with "four of them on a boat there should be no repetition of the pitiful and disgraceful experiences on the Seneca and the Concho, whore sick and dying men had nothing to eat but the rough rations of the field and nothing to drink bu.t stale and putrid water.

THE financial condition of the government and the country at large has been immensely improved in the fifteen months that President McKinley has held cflice. in support of this statement attention is invited to the following figures:

(jOVKIl VMKNT HECKll'TH A NJ) EXI'H.NDlTrHKS.

lteoeipls from July 1, ltt'jtj. to April 1, 1897 $ 242,785,051.25 Expenditures from July 3, 1896. to April 1, 1897... ... 281,600.3:12.1.8

Deficiency ,j V- 38.905,280.9:1 Jieceljjts from July 1, 1897, to April 1, 1898 307,516,713.26 Expenditures from July 1, 1B97, to April 1, 1898 303,370,270.44

Surplus... 4.140,442.82 May 1, 1898, .• of money inthe I..IL i- atis 2,424,148,173.00 1 ay 1. 189G. amount of money in the Unitcilsoates 2,347,1106,008.00

Increase in two years.... 70,842,407.00

X.EADJSKS WITHOUT FOI.I.OWERS. Louisville Times (Dem.): Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, "the acknowledged leader and chieftain of the party." and Mr. Bailey, of Texas, the ex-officio head of the Democratic representation in the popular branch of congress, are both outspoken in their opposition to the policy of "colonial expansion," yet a resolution to that effect, presented to the Democratic Btate convention of Texas by Mr. Bailey, was 6nowed under by a vote of 697 to 334, and the following adopted in its stead: "We favor the carrying out of the letter and spirit of the resolutions undei which we intervened in Cuba, and we insist that the Cubans shall be permitted to establish an independent government of their own: but in the event that the people of that island shall hereafter desire to be annexed to this country and the terms of annexation can be satisfactorily arranged between the two governments, we will annex Cuba as a part of the territory of the United States. We favor the acquisition of Porto Rico and all other Spanish possessions in the western hemisphere."

What are these "leaders" of a party that thus refuses to follow going to do about if.'

PKi IKON AND OO.M.MEI1C1AL PKIMACY. Says John Foord in North American Review for August: "The commercial primacy of the world belongs to the country that can produce the cheapest pig iron. For this carries with it the ability to command the cheapest machinery and the cheapest transportation, which in their turn render possible the conversion of raw materials into manufactured products and the delivery of these to the consumer at the lowest attainable range of cost. Iron and steel are produced in the least favored localities of the United States as cheaply as in Great Britain in the most favored localities they are produced more cheaply. Yet, in the very center of American iron and steel production the ore and the fuel have to be brought together from points a thousand miles apart, while in Great Britain a hundred miles is quite an exceptionally wide interval between the two. How has this formidable handicap of 900 miles of transportation been overcome? How has it become possible to produce a ton of pig iron in Pittsburg to-day at about the same price as the ore entering into that iron cost fourteen years ago? To be strictly accurate, the answer would have to enumerate a variety of causes, including improvements in blast furnace construction and practice, and economies in the production of coke. But underlying them all is the controlling influence which determines the cost of the ore—the depth of water in the lake channels. By every foot that this depth has been increased the distance between Duluth and Cleveland has been virtually shortened by 100 miles, so that in the 40 years in which the depth of water on St. Clair Flats has been doubled, and a navigable depth of 20 feet has been established in the St. Mary's Falls Canal, the cost of transporting a ton of ore on the lakes has come down from four mills to six tenths of a mill per ton per mile."

TIIE GOLD PRODUCTION. According to the mint bureau at Washington the world's product of gold in 1897 was §240,000,000, and the product of 1S9S is estimated at $275,000,000, an increase of 535,000,000. Africa leads as a gold producer, and is expected to turn out §75,000,000 this year. Australia and the United States are close competitors as gold producers, each being expected to turn out about 500,000,000 thisyear. The Klondike is not proving of the importance anticipated. The most careful estimates'are for a product of 810,000,000 in 189S, which is smaller than either California or Colorado California's product this year being estimated at $17,000,000 and Colorado's at 823 000,000. Ten years ago tbe world's gold product was 8110,000,000. Since then it has more than doubled, and now amounts, as just said, to about 8275,000,000. This does not look like any scarcity of the precious metal, especially considering the prospects of new supplies and the increasing use of other forms of money. Certainly there will be no scarcity of gold in the United States: for in addition to our own increasing output and the Klondike supply we are likely to have a large influx of gold in settlement of our trade balance. The latter can be settled by returning our securitieP, which is not likely by an overflow of American capital into foreign countries, which may occur to some extent now that the war is over or by the sending of gold, that being the most probable outcome. Evidently, then, we are sure of having an abundance of gold in the country. At the same time the banks are anxious to expand their circulation, as soon as they secure sufficient of the new 3 per cent bonds so tbe prospects are for an abundance of cheap money for some time to come.

COLONEL WILLIAM JENNINGS BUY AX is reported as trying to arrange to have his regiment (now on its way to Cuba) paid in gold, as American silver at 10 to 1 doesn't go in Cuba.

PEACE may now be regarded as an accomplished fact. There is simply nothing left for Spain to do than to accept oar terms however harsh. It cannot reflect upon Spanish pride, as that ceased to 'exist when her two great fleets were sent to the bottom of the ocean in true American style. The loss of Spain's Caribbean Sea colonies will save tbe nation at least 810,000,000 a month outlay for their protection, and her destroyed navy probably half as much more for its support. The result of this war, therefore, will prove an economy to the government In the end and Spain as a nation will doubtless soon be better off. The disastrous results to Spain show that in international affairs pride and poverty do not go together, and that whenever they do, pride is compelled to fall to the level of poverty sooner or later, as in this instance.

Now that the war is virtually at an end, the prestige that this country has obtained will give it a glorious future. American pride will reign supreme with our people, backed by the highest government credit of any nation in the world because founded upon unlimited resources arid the remarkable brain power, skill, industry and vital force of the people. No nation has ever made brilliant history quicker than this to enable it to demand at least a position of equality in every respect, both on land and water, with the other great nations of the earth.

THE Republican state convention is to be congratulated on the nomination of Captain Hart for auditor. A bitter fight was made on him by certain parties and the one great argument was that as deputy auditor be had done his duty. He had failed to countenance or permit the pilfering of county officials over the state and as a consequence hundreds of these estimable gentlemen were on hand hot-hoofed and red-handed for his defeat in the convention. They lost, as bad men always do in the Republican state conventions, and Captain Hart stands the successful while not the geographically logical candidate. He won simply because he did his duty and because he was fought for faithfulness in office. It is another demonstration that no public officer need be afraid to do his whole duty no matter what may be threatened against him by political bosses. The people will always stand behind the honest official and when the people take up the question the bosses take to the woods.

PARADE OF SIR KNIGHTS.

l'laua Arranged for a Great Sliow Paat the Triennial Conclave.

J. R. Bonnell, C. R. Snodgrass and J. F. Warfel left Saturday evening for Pittsburg to make arrangements for the entertainment of the big Crawfordsville delegation which will attend the big triennial conclave of the Knights Templar in October. An Associated Press dispatch from Pittsburg says: "The grand parade of Knights Templar daring the triennial conclave in Pittsburg is to be the finest spectacle of the kind ever seen in this country. Gen. J. P. S. Gobin, grand marshal, has just issued his general orders and the general programme of the parade and reception to grand master Warren Larue Thomas. In anticipation of an early declaration [of peace between Spain and the United States this display of Templar pomp and grandeur is to be turned into a glorious celebration of American victories, a congratulation to tbe army and navy for the magnificent work accomplished, and an invocation for the future success of American arms. With this idea in view the parade, for the first time in tho history of templarism in America, will be formed on military lines. Many of the commandersand staff officers in line will be veterans of recent battles on sea and land, some of them most notable figures in the war. The parade will begin to move promptly at 9 a. m. and will ba completed by 3 p. m. on Oct. 11. The route selected will not be over four miles in length from start to finish. General Gobin'6 general order «provides in the most complete manner for a compact and beautiful display. There will be but one band oftmusic to each battalion, division or grand commandery, thus obviating the diiliculty heretofore experienced in marching by the presence in the line of too much music. In the evening a grand reception by the grand commanderies will be given at the building of the Duquesne summer garden to Most Eminent Sir Warren Larue Thomas, grand .master of the grand encampment This function will be something new in the history of conclaves, and is to be confined strictly to,Knights Templars.'' ...

ftliSH Grace Leo's Engagement A 11*1011need. At the eighth annual reunion of the club composed of Grace Lee, Maude Cohoon, Laura Grubb and Valeria Wicker, at Roachdale, on Sunday, Aug. S, Miss Cohoon announced the engagement of Miss Grace Lee, of this city, and Mr. Ernst Louis Oberg, of Duluth, Minn., a leading journalist of that city, who is now encamped at Chickamauga with Co. A, 14th Minnesota.

MISS KROUT'S WORK.

A ltevlew of Her Literary Career With a Jtatlier Broml Statement of Her Work iu Crawfordsville.

Indianapolis News: Miss Mary Hannah Krout, who is with Miss Mary Dean, has had a journalistic career which has attracted much attention. About fifteen years ago Miss Krout began on a country newspaper (THE CRAWFORDSVILLE JOURNAL) and did all the political writing, the editorials, the exchange work and the reporting, atd was frequently left in entire charge when the editor was away. She soon after that wont to the Terre Haute Express, where she stayed a year, and wrote political articles which surprised the newspaper men, who were not accustomed to consider at all the feminine gender as a part of the grammar of newspaper life. Going then to the Chicago Inter Ocean she was put on the society work, for which she frankly says she bad no talent but her knowledge of politics was so apparent to the editor that in le6s than a year she was sent as a special correspondent to report the Indiana state convention.

This was the beginning of her work as a special correspondent, which, sinc6 that time, has taken her to Hawaii, to New Zealand and Australia and to London. She was in Hawaii for five months in 1893, and the revolution coming on soon after that, she was sent again in 1894 and remained for six months. She gained a knowledge of the life and conditions there which is of especial interest now and which she has incorporated in a book to be published this fall. Miss Krout describes the former Queen of Hawaii as a woman with American manners and American ideas. She is dignified and charming, but she is insincere, and possesses little depth of mind or heart. Surrounded by a set of adventurers, she has allowed herself to be controlled by them entirely and her loss of the throne has been the result.

Miss Krout was in London for three years, one of which was the jubilee year, and she met many of the English women who have made names for themselves in the world of literature, as well as a number of the women of the nobility, who are known for charity all over the world. She was entertained a part of the time by Lady Henry Somerset, and at another time was a guest at Newnham College, Oxford, of the principal, Miss Clough, who is associated there with Miss Gladstone. .Every year the women writers of London give a dinner at tbe Criterion restaurant. One that she attended she describes as a brilliant affair at which over three hundred women were present, among them be ing Mrs. Humphry Ward, Mrs. Lynn

Linton. Mrs. Richie (the daughter of Thackeray), Mrs. Anne Clifford and Sarah Grande.

Miss Krout is giving little of her time to society during her visit here, but is busy on a new book which will narrate her London experiences. She will be here until September. In March she will return to London, going by way of the Pacific and the eastern countries.

NEW CALENDAR PROPOSED.

Wise Men Are Even Monkeying With Time Itself—There Will lie a New Way of Counting.

It is suggested that on January 1, 1900, a new division of the year into 13 months will be instituted. If such a division were made the first 12 months would have twenty-eight days, or four weeks each, and the new month twen-ty-nine days, to make 365, and 30.in leap years. After a few days there would be no need to. refer to calendars, as the same day of the week would have that date through the year. If January 1 was, say Monday, every Monday would be the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22d, and so on all through the year.

Tho change of the moon would be on the same dates through the year, and many calculations of like interest, dates of maturing notes, Easter and many other important dates would be simplified. Although the present generation would have to figure new dates for birthdays and all legal holidays, exceot New Year, would be on different dates, yet the gain would be more 'than the loss, as that would be permanent and the objections trifling.

A Mysterous Iisenso.

A pecular disease is just now creating sad havoc in the village of Ashboro in Clay county. The same disease struck the inhabitants in 1896 and its reappearance has created the greatest alarm. Already, there has been four deaths reported and many more are sick, with little prospects of recovery. The disease has every symptom of flux in its worst form, and is said to be as deadly as the Asiatic cholera. In the summer of '96 there were thirty or forty deaths resulted, the epidemic almost depopulating the little town, which has but about 200 inhabitants. The origin of the strange disease appears unfathomable, although many attribute it to the drinking water.

Ir. Griflitli Awarded tlio Contract:. The bids for building tbe new M. E. church at Wingate have been opened by the trustees and the contract awarded to Eph Griffith, of this city, his bid being the lowest, §2,860. There were nine bids, ranging all the way from 52,860 to 53,740.

FROM THE SIGNAL CORPS.

It Is Now Located at Jacksonville, Fla., With a Fair Prospect of Going to Havana.

To the Editor The Journal. JACKSONVILLE, Fla Aug. 5, 1S9S.— The Indiana signal corps arrived safely in Jacksonville last Sunday afternoon after a twenty-four hours' ride from Washington Barracks, D. C.. The seventh army corps, to which we are assigned, is quartered in a very pretty camp about two tniles from the city. There is very little shade and the soil is v.ery saudy. There are twenty thoutand troops here and seven more regiments will arrive tc-morrow. This is the first taste of actual army life we have had and we are daily put through just what we would do in the field. A great many of the boys are feeling the effects of their recent vaccination but we have been fortunate about sickness. One accident by horse drill is the only misfortune so far. We now have to ride backwards, mount and unmount at full speed, and in fact every old thing that constitutes a rough rider. The heat here is sicuply awful, but a good breeze from the ocean relieves it to a great extent. One hundred and twenty in the shade is pretty warm. The "mosquito fleet" has bombarded us nightly but have only UBed their sixteen inch probes up to this writing. I succeeded in crippling one last night which I expect to ship home to John Wampler as soon as the railroad company can get a car large enough to hold it. The alligators are very gentle and come up from the swamp to be fed whenever they hear the mess call. I saw Col. W. J. Bryan last evening. He certainly looks fine in his uniform. Capt. Harry New, of Indianapolis, and Major Russell Harrison are also conspicuous. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee gets around among the boys and sees that they want for nothing. Arrangements have been completed for the instant removal of this division to Ashville, N. C., in case the yellow fever catches us here. It is practically settled, war or peace, that we go to Havana with General Lee when he becomes military governor of the island, which will probably be in September. It is wonderful to see the different branches of army life and sights that are to be seen hero and I regret that every one in Crawfordsville cannot see it. There are five regimental bands and a dozen drum corps that play morning and evening. Everything is in a hustle and every one on the run. We are getting awfully sunburned and tanned but we are all well. Every one has a supply of limes (which look just like lemons) and drink limenade instead of water. The Red Cross society furnishes plenty of ice. If one sticks to what is served him and lets fruits and sweet meats alone he is all right. Don't send boxes to the boys whereever they are for it is a dead loss. Better send them the money and they can buy some delicacy that is not injurious. Duncan and Neistadt are out riding this evening and Schlemmer is out with the heliograph. "Recall" has just sounded so I will now get back into my duck suit and take a sleep as I was up all night in charge of the guards. To-morrow (Sunday) we will take a plunge in salt water at the sea shore which is five miles from the camp. With best regards.

CORPORAL G. R. WHITE. Ind. Vol. Signal Corps.

Funeral of Mrs. Robinson.

The funeral of Mrs. Samuel Robinson occurred last Friday at the family "residence on east College street' and was largely attended by friends and relatives of the family. The services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Switzer, of Lafayette. A quartette of the following young ladieB rendered, "It is Well With My Soul," and "Abide With Me," and "Sometime We Will Understand:" Misses May Kline, Edna Dice, Ora Moffett and Mary Goltra. The numerous and costly floral offerings were born by the following flower bearers. Miss Nellie Coutant, Mrs. S. D. Helm, of Crawfordsville, and Mrs. Harry Hubbard, of Kokomo. The pall bearers were Messrs. D. H. Martin, John Rice, W. K. Wallace, W. E. Nicholson, Warren Ashley and Robert Ross.

Mrs. Robinson was a eonsistent member of the First M. E church. Having lived in Crawfordsville all her life she possessed a large and extended circle of friends and acquaintances who will mourn her untimely taking off, in what should have been the prime of life. In the home circle her sweetness of character, influence and loving devotion was most felt, and during the long months of her illness it was the little family circle whose kind and constant administrations alleviated and smoothed the sufferings of this patient and loving mother. X.

Costly Presents.

Darlington Echo: J. W. Kirkpatrick, of Kirkpatrick station, telephoned here for Sam Martin to come over, as he wanted to transfer a portion of his land to his three children. Accordingly Sam took V.i E. Craig as a notary and went out Tuesday morning and made each child happy in the possession of a good farm, worth some ten thousand dollars each. The old gentleman retained one thousand acres as a nest egg for himself.

POPULIST CONVENTION.

A Full Ticket is Nominated and ltcsolntioxiH Denunciatory of J, 1$, Cheadie are Passed.

The Populists of Montgomery county met last Saturday in the large court room and proceeded to discuss the political situation. It was evident that the convention was against fusion witb the Democrats. That party was scored if aaything worse than the Republican. A unanimous vote was in favor of holding a new congressional convention and the plan was also favored by the Populist leader, Mr. Motsinger, of Shoals, who was present, by editor Walters, of the RosBville Journnl, and by Chairman George, of the Clinton county Populist central committee. In the afternoon the nominating convention was held and T. F. Ballard was elected as chairman, declaring that he was a new recruit to the party although he bad been preaching Populism for twenty years. The committee on resolutions made the following report which was unanimously adopted: j' "We, your oommitteeon resolutions, beg to submit the following: "Resolved, That we, the People's Party of Montgomery county, in convention assembled, declare again our unqualified adherence to the Omaha and St. Louis platforms as the charts to guide Populists. ''We most heartily endorse the Indiana state platform and pledge our state ticket our hearty support. "We hereby emphasize our demand for the initiative and referendum with the imperative mandate and our advocacy of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 10 to 1 and our most unqualified condemnation of a redeemable currency. All money should be a full legal tender and such money needs no redeemer. "Inasmuch as Joseph B. Cheadle, who was nominated at the Populist congressional convention at Frankfort on April 12 last, refused to accept our nomination by accepting the nomination of ouriancient and persistent foa, the Democratic party, and permitted his name to be placed under the Democratic name and emblem, and insulted our people by denouncing us as sell outs and the hired men of plutocracy: therefore, we believe that a vacancy enists on our congressional ticket, which vacancy, we believe, shoulu ba filled, and we urge our congressional committee to take immediate steps to fill such place. We, furthermore, rec-: ommend Alonzo G. Burkhart, of Tipton, for such position. "We hereby instruct the county central committee that should any vavancy occur on our county ticket which we name today that thevim-^ mediately fill such vacancy, to the end that wo have a full county ticket to vote for next November without any fusion with any other party. "All of which Is respectfully submitted. WILLIS JACK.MAN,

SOI.OMAN Cl.ORE, MARTIN HICKS, Committee."

The following ticket was nominated by acclamation: Representative—Solomon Clore.

Prosecutor—Wm. Vanscoyoc. Auditor—Noah Flannigan. Treasurer—Nathan Freeman. Sheriff—John D. Lofland. Surveyor—George Largent. Coroner—Dr. Dingman. Commissioner, first district—Martin Hicks.

Commissioner, third district—John Ammerman. After the nominations speeches were made by Mr. Motsinger, Mr. Walters and others.

Hooked For Some Time.

There is an impression prevailing in some quarters that Company is to return home immediately on the acceptance of our peace terms by Spain. Last Monday one party asked at THE JOURNAL office if a letter sent to one of the members of the company would get to Lytle before the boys started, home. It is not likely that the boys will be discharged for several months yet as the army will be kept up all during the time the negotiations between the countries are in progress. It may be that the boys will be sent to Porto Rico or to Cuba to do garrison work or to relieve some regiment now at the front. Then, too, the Cubans may get a little gay and have to be attended to.

Potato Cx-eek Picnic.'

The annual Potato Creek school picnic will be held at Potato Creek on Saturday, Aug. 20.

THE Shakers of Mount Lebanon, a-: community of simple, honest, Godfearing men and women, have prepared ths Shaker Digestive Cordial for many years, ant7, it is always the same simple, honest, curative medicine that hasihelpedto make the Shakers the healthy, long-lived people that they are. The Shakers never have indigestion. This is partly owing to their' simple mode of life, partly to the wonderful properties of Shaker Digestive Cordial. Indigestion is caused by the stomach glands not supplying enough digestive juice. Shaker Digestive Cordial supplies what's wanting. Shaker Digestive Cordial invigorates the stomach and all its glands so that after a while they don't need help. As evidence of the honesty of Shaker Digestive Cordial, the formula is printed on every bottle. Sold by druggists, orice 10 cents to §1 per bottls.