Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 September 1898 — Page 6

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 'J, 1898.

WELL, the summer is over but we have had no frosts as yet.

BAILEY, of TexaB, will have time between now and the meeting of congress to revise his foreign policy.

IT appears that Dick Crocker has a BurpluB of coaling stations in the rural districts of New York which Dave Hill was supposed to control.

"COIN" HARVEY is out west on a lecturing tour, but he is carefully avoiding the state of Kansas where the bankers are unable to loan their money.

THE Jones, Bailey and White free silver junta are opposed to annexing Porto Rico or Cuba, because the inhabitants have repudiated the 16 to 1 silver dollar.

CAPT. EULATE IS now at liberty to return to Spain, having changed his mind as to the matter of takiDg back in captive tow Bob Evans and the battleship Iowa.

AMERICAN genius has demonstrated its ability to build superior ships, and it has done so under constant fire of adverse criticism from men who call themselves Americans.

GENERAL PATRICK COLLINS has been discoursing on the decadence of Democratic leadership in the house of representatives, and General Collins is a Democrat of the stalwart type.

PROF. CHARLES ELLIOT NORTON has again taken occasion to say unpleasant things of hi6 country. Prof. Norton has undoubtedly earned a Democratic congressional nomination.

KANSAS is shouting that she has produced this year a buBhel of wheat for every one of the 75,000,000 inhabitants of the United States. Better use the bulk of it to stop the mouths of her vociferous army of calamity howlers.

THE British-Egyptian advance up the Nile is now in striking distance of Omdurman and Khartoum, with many an old score, including the assassination of "Chinese" Gordon, to settle with the former followers of the Mahdi and the present supporters of the Kalifa.

THE Democrats are going to make political capital out of the charges of incompetence in the war department. The way to take the wind out of their 6ails is to have a thorough investigation before the election and either disprove the charges or place the responsibility where it belongs.

EX-GOVERNOR STONE of Missouri, has served notice on the New York Democrats that Bryan will be the nominee in 1D00 and that the Chicago platform will be re-adopted. He further notifies them that a failure on their part to adhere to the Chicago platform will result in a new Democratic organization in that state.

A CARLE dispatch

Eays

that Gen.

Greene will not allow the Chinese to land at Manila. As there are already about 3,000,000Chinamenin the Philippines it would 6eem that the addition of a few thousands, more or less, would not be important, but Uncle Sam's naval and military representatives in the Orient have done pretty well so far and certainly understand what is the part of wisd-jui better than the people on this side of the eartb.

IT is gratifying to note that American trade has been universally satisfactory duriDg the first half of the year 1893. Not only is our domestic business good, but it is stated that the demand for our products is extending to every quarter of the globe. Just as soon as the war terminates there is evidence of stimulation and additional activity in every braach of commerce, with an era of unparalleled business activity that will at least extend till the termination of the present year.

HUMANITY and good politics both demand an early investigation of the many charges of neglect of our volunteer soldiers. The people want to know the truth and if men suffered and died unnecessarily they want those responsible for it to receive the merited punishment. Incompetence which causes death is close to crime and the Republican party and country can ill afford to let such serious charges pass by. Let the investigation be keen and searching, before an unprejudiced committee and let it be soon.

IIENKY WAT'l'ERSOS'S LATEST.

Henry Watterson, the prince of the old line Democracy, has declared himself an expansionist, and in the edi torial columns of the Courier-Journal he thus philosophizes: "Just as we were closing the book on that old history—the Republicans having for another generation followed the example of the Democrats before them and parceled out the good things among themselves—the war with Spain comes along to give the Democrats another chance. Shall we throw it away, as Grover Cleveland and Mr. Sherman and Carl Schurz urtre us to do, or shall we sail in and win*5 "There is enough to give every one of the boys in the trencheB a show for his marbles. If we can't make Mr. Bryan president of the United States, what is the matter with sending him to Cuba to come back a senator? It may be that he would prefer Porto Rico, and in that event, as in Cuba, there may be a good deal of hell developed to the square inch, and aB Mr. Blackburn is oat of a job, why not send Joe to Cuba? Gov. Altgeld, being of foreign birth, cannot be president. He would doubtless be satisfied with Hawaii. There are fourteen hundred islands in the Japanese Archipelago, a Philippine apiece for those that be hungry and thirsty, all the way from DebstoUrey! Good Lord! in the face of 6uch a prospect, think of patriotic and famished Democrats trailing after John Sherman and Carl Schurz. Think of William Jennings Bryan trailing after Grover Cleveland! It is just simply awful, is in not? Give us Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines and we can work off all our surplus silver upon the nativss and have governorships, senatorshipsand postoffices to burn! What's the matter with a new shuffle, cut and deal of the pictorial pasteboards? It is, too, too late for William to go hobnobbing with Grover! Come, Billy, come! Better get up in the band wagon with the rest of us old fashioned, manifest destiny, expansionist Democrats and join in the chorus, 'Where the Hag flies there lly we.' You may not be able to lift yourself into the White House by your shoulder straps. But they give a mighty fine finish to the gentleman and Democrat who would lead the boys in the trenches throughout the nation, as well as in Kentucky, Nebraska and Texas, where leading is easy and costs only wind and noise. But if you cannot lead the grand old party to victory, at least do not lead, or try to lead, it into a blind-alley, such as witnessed the death of the old Federalists and the old Whigs. They died because they refused to see the handwriting on the wall. Shall we? They died because they could not keep up with the procession. Shall we? What we really want, Billy, dear Billy, is to call you our 'Sweet William,' not to hear folks use about you such improper language as 'Billy be dam—d!' "And now ladies and gentlemen, whilst Mr. Bryan meanders down the center aisle, the band will please play 'Home Sweet Home!"'

LOCAL GOVEUNMKAT ItEFORM.

Already various plans for reforming local government in Indiana ate being suggested to the legislature which is to be elected in November. The subject is a complicated one involving broad principles and a vast amount of details and is too important to be acted on in the hurly burly of a sixty day session of the legislature. It is a subject which demands investigation and deliberation and as such should be referred to a commission of men interested in good government and able to embody the best thought of the timeB into a bill to be presented to the legislature of 1901. The legislature of 1899 cau do no better than to pass a law authorizing the governor to appoint the commission with power to formulate a bill for the better government of cities, towns, townships and counties. The articles published a few months ago in THE JOURNAL from the pen of Augustus Lynch Mason show the possibilities of improvement along these lines but it were wise to make haste slowly and adopt the commission method which has been so helpful to reform legislation in other states rather than to run the risk of making matters worse by asking for ill considered laws next winter. ..•.•-K".'?,:

THE international conference now in session at Quebec is very likely to demonstrate more plainly and convincingly the correctness of the assertion that the interests of Canada demand closer relations with the United States. Great Britain enjoys a prefence tariff of 25 per cent in her North American possessions and it is this more than anything else which hampers Canadian commerce with this country, as Canada cannot grant us equitable reciprocal tariff concessions while that preference tariff exists. It is no wonder that we hear suggestion of a repeal of that obstacle to closer commercial relations with us, and even of a Zollverein between the two countries. It would be strange.

SENATOR JONES of Arkansas and Senator White of California gave Bailey of Texas the wrong tip on steering the Texas Democrats. How, the mighty are fallen.

AT JACKSONVILLE.

G. Raymond White Writes of tlie Ctfe of a Soldier in an Army Camp—What the Crawfortlaville Boys are Doing.

To the Editor of the Journal. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 1, 1898.—

Although 2 o'clock in the morning is an unseemly hour for writing, it is the first chance I have had for several days. I have charge of the guards tonight, every precaution being exercised just as though we were in the field. At this hour everything is wrapped in quiet and slumber, not a sound breaks the stillness that hovers over the 28,000 boyB who form the seventh army corps which iB soon to embark for Cuba. The ghastly city of white tents, the chomping of horses and the hourly call of the sentinels who walk their posts, rain or shine, are the only

signB

of life as far as I

can hear or see. The review and parade of the seventh army corps in this city yesterday afternoon will rank as one of the great military pageants in the history of the nation. There have been occasions when larger numbers have marched in review before commanding officers, there having been one or two in the annals of the war with Spain, but those occasions have been few. More than 28,000 men were in line yesterday, a larger number by several thousand than that which composes the standing army of the United States in time of peace, a larger number than has been massed at Manila, and a number almost equaling the fighting force that has won renown and glory and has planted the national colors on foreign lands in the con fiict with Spain. A grand body of soldiers it was, one that any general of modern or ancient times might be proud to command, and there can be no doubt that Major-General Lee as he saw the thousands of men troops pass the reviewing stand yesterday afternoon felt the pride that was justly his. For once the god of the weather favored the seventh corps. A sky overcast with light clouds, a breeze that fanned the browB of perspiring soldiers and a pavement that formed a smooth ground ior a large part of the way, combined to make almost perfect circumstances for the parade. Hundreds and thousands lined the march, all enthusiastic and inspired by the unusual and grand sight that was passing before them. Jacksonville has had many occasions in her recent history that have roused her citizens to enthusiasm, but the scenes of yesterday have been unequaled in all her history.

Twenty -three regiments, besides the signal corps and medical staffs were *n line. There were generals and colonels almost without number, while twenty-one bands discoursed inspiring music and marked time for the host of marching men that followed. Throngs packed the sidewalks and filled every available spot from which a vantage spot to see could be secured. The place of honor in the parade was given the signal corps, although we were preceded by Torey's rough riderB as they have not been assigned to this corps as yet and were treated as visitors. The signal corps certainly got its share of applause from every side. From one beautiful residence on Main street floated a large banner with the word

Indiana" on it, and it filled every man's heart with joy. We were far away and among Btrangers but not forgotten. Did the boys cheer? The 161st Indiana were almost three miles behind us. They received a grand ovation and won much praise by their line marching, full companies and straight lines. No one received a greater ovation than did Colonel Bryan of the 3d Nebraska regiment. As Boon as he was recognized the throng began to cheer and it was continuous almost during the entire route.

The ambulances that followed were used by nearly every regiment. Men fell out, overcome by this fatigue of the five hours' march, but there were no deaths.

For five weeks the Indiana signal corps has 6weltered under the hot sun of Florida. They have worked hard and faithfully and are fast becoming proficient in every branch of the signal service. Of course there are many who want to go home and the lamentations of those who feel they cannot serve their country as an army of occupation, make it unpleasant for those who want to go on to Cuba. They feel that they gave up home, friends and positions to go to the front in time of war and now that peace is at hand, they feel that their place is at home. I do not believe that any one will have to jo against their will. Three of our boys have gotten discharges and three have been transferred to Santiago.

Last Sunday several of us spent the day in St. Augustine and got one more good meal at the celebrated Ponce de Leon. It is a quiet old Spanish city and seems a hundred years behind the times.

Jacksonville has sprung from a small city to one of£i0,U0U. Merchants have employed sign writers from all over the state to mark up prices. Soldiers are robbed when they buy anything, and the papers realizing that this feast can only last a few weeks, have covered up everything—even the condition of the swampy camps where 6ome

of the soldiers have to eat and sleep, fearing that if the facts were known the army might be moved. Some days there are twenty or thirty deaths, yet not one word of it can be seen in any of the northern papers. Typhoid fever spareB few victims here. They are now bringing trained lady nurses here from the north and it is about time. Imagine being nursed by some fellow who tried to enlist as a blacksmith, and, failing on some account, joined the hospital corps.

There are few people here who have failed to notice a very stylish couple who appear most every evening, enjoying a horseback ride. They are Lieutenant Carbonell and wife, nee Miss Cisneros, the plucky Cuban girl who was rescued from the Havana prison by Carbonell and a party of New York newspaper correspondents early this spring. They are Btopping at the Windsor and the lieutenant has been assigned to General Lee's Btaff.

Lying at the foot of Bay street is the iron clad vessel "Lima." This ship was found floating, deserted off the coast of Cuba by the lighthouse tender Mangrove. She has never been identified or claimed and the United States is over 8120,000 ahead. The "Three Friends" and celebrated filibustering, but late Associated Press dispatch boat, "Dauntless," are also here. They certainly have had their share of excitement. The gunboat "Suwanee" arrived yesterday for coal. We expect to leave here by October 1st. I don't know what we will do if the mosquitoes are as bad in Cuba as they are here. Several of the boys have had tin slumber robes made, but it was of no avail—the mosquitoes all carry can openers. The boys are all well and some hope to be home soon. Duncan had his ankle badly wrenched by his horse falling upon him, but he escaped any broken bones. Herman Neistadt is acting as orderly for the colonel. The heat got th:. best of Schlemmer one day in drill, but he Boon came around in fine shape. Lyons has been acting as cook during the sickness of the regular men. The quartette continues to be in good demand at headquarters. Duncan and I are on a committee to furnish an entertainment. The Iowa band of forty pieces has donated its services and the officers furnish everything, and have promised to bring out the 400 of Jacksonville. Selections by the band, songs, dancing and refreshments seems to be the programme.

We will not be there for the fair. CoRr'L G. RAYMOND WHITE.

:,: With Roland Reed Again.

Miss Alethea Luce is again with the Roland Reed combination. The following notice of'her appears in the Boston

Oloibe:

"Miss Alethea Luce,

who will be 6een here with Roland Reed in 'A Distinguished Guest,'is one of the American artists that made a decided hit in London last season in 'The Cat and the Cherub.'"

1 No Change in the Manual.

State Superintendent Geeting has written to county superintendent Walkup that there will be no change in the manual, or course of study, for the schools this year.

A Big Feacli.

Mrs. L. C. Hall favored THE JOURNAL with a big peach raised on the Clevenger farm seven miles north of town. It weighed 9% ounces.

PROBABLY ANDREE

Report That 21 White Man DescoiultMi flg From Cloud* on Hurisou Bay Sh

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sept. 5.—Indians reaching Dauphin from the far north report meetiug an Esquimaux who told of the appearance among them of a strange man who descended from the clouds on the shores of Hudson's bay. The opinion among the whites is that the man is Andree, the Arctic explorer.

DROPPED DEAD.

R« v, .SleplHMiMin Dies ot Heart Trouble In His 1'ulpit.

Springfield, O., Sept. 5.—Rev. James Sri-*phtnson of Jamestown, O., dropped dead from heart trouble in the pulpit hero yif-ti rdiiy at High Street Methodist. chiin.ii at the beginning of his sermon.

Mo Yellow I'Vvor at. K«»y West.

Key West, Sept. 5.—State Health Officer Porter issued a proclamation yesterday stating that ho believes no yellow lever exists in this city, nor has there been any here this summer. The present, quarantine will be kept on for a few days as a ineansof extra precaution to avoid the possible error of last year in the upper gulf coast.

Mine Kl iilI's Ouit \Vovl. Hazeltou. Pa., ir'ept. 5.—Some of the engineers at the Colerain colliery have gone out on a strike, claiming that since the pump runners joined the striking miners and quit work they have been obliged to look after the pumps and also their own work, No further conferences have been held by the striking miners with the company officials and the men are still determined to hold out.

3Itxe! Flour Millers.

Louisville, Sept. 5.—Word has been received here that Wallace A, Gaines of Covington has been appointed special deputy collector in the revenue department. His duty will be to see that the manufacturers of mixed flour comply with the provisions of the revenue aot of June 13.

HOW IT SPREADS.

People are Talking All Over Craw/ fordsville—This Report Comes, From Hutton Farm,

IIow it spreads. Can't keep a "good thing" down. Ever notice how good things are Imitated'' Better the article, more imitators. Fortunately the people have a safeguard. Praise can't be imitated. And true praise takes foot and spreads. Claim is one thing, proof another. Claim is what the manufacturer says, Proof is what the people say. Crawfordsvllle people say Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys, Cure all kidney ills. Hundreds of citizens testify to this. Here is a case in point:

Mr. J. R. McLoed, Hutton Farm, Bays: "Both my wife and myself have used Doan's Kidney Pills and found them a most worthy remedy. I had kidney complaint for a long time and about the last of June, 1897, I was taken with a stitch through my back and side which left me BO lame that I could hardly get up alone and could searcely attend to the lightest of my work. The kidney secretions were highly colored and contained sediment. AB my wife had used Doan's Kidney PillB with goods results I went to Moffett & Morgan's drug store and got me a box. In a very short time they knocked the lameness out of my back and put new life into me and cleared up the secretions. My general health is much better and I am well satisfied with my own experience with Doan's Kidney Pills. I can highly recommend them to others similarly troubled."

Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute.

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Vtorribe llattlo Which lU'sultod In (ho of Oimim-nt. u.

Omdnrmau, Opposite K! touiii, On the Nile, Nubia, Sept. 2, by C.i'.nel Post to Nazri—The Sirdar, Gencr... Sir Herbert Kitchener, with the Kh ui as black standard, captured during the battle, entered Qmdurinan, the capital of Mahdiam, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, at the head of the Anglo-Egyptian column, after completely routing the Dervishes and dealing a death blow to Mahdiam.

Roughly our losses were 200, while thousands of the Dervishes were killed or wounded.

The enemy advanced to the attack in battle array, chanting war songs. Their front consisted of infantry and cavalry, stretched out for three or four miles. Countless banners ilv Hcred over their masses and the copper and brass drums resounded through the serried ranks of the savage warriors, who advanced unwaveringly, with all their old-time ardor.

Their attack developed on our left, ad in accordance with their traditional tactics, they swept down the hillside with the design of rushing our flank. But the withering fire maintained for 15 minutes on all our line frustrated the attempt, and the Dervishes, balked, swept toward our center, upon which they concentrated a fierce attack. A large force of horsemen, trying to face a continuous hail of bullets from the Cameron Highlanders, the Lincolnshire regiment and the Soudanese, was literally swept away, leading to the withdrawal of the entire body, whose dead strewed the field. The bravery of the Dervishes can hardly be overestaied.

The flower of the Khalifas army was cauylit in a depression and within a sone of withering crossfire from three brigades, with the attendant artillery. The devoted Mahdists strove heroically to make headway, but every rush was stopped, while their main body was literally mown down by a sustained deadly crossfire.

Defiantly the Dervishes planted their standards and died beside them. Their dense masses gradually melted to companies and the companies to driblets beneath the leaden hail. Finally they broke and fled, leaving the field white with Jibbah-clad corpses, like a snowdrift dotted meadow.

MURDER

Of William Morgan by James Muberly Was Unjirovoiced.

HniTodsburg, Ivv., Sept. 5.—William Morgan, a brjther-in- law of JackOhinn and uncle of Hon. J. Morgan Chinn, the victim ot' a relative's buiiets and dirk knile, was buried Saturday afternoon iu Spring Hill cemetery. Deceased was a popnlar man and the attendance at tlie funeral was the largest seen here, in years.

In a coil in the county jail, less than two squares from the church, is James Moberly, who killed Morgan. .Moberly is and has been a member ot the Mercer County Democratic Committee and was recently appointed an election officer under rlie Goebol law. He comes of a good family, being closi lv related to the late Governor Beriuh Magoffin.

So far as developed the murder waunprovoked and the result of the imiable temper of the .-Liver. Morgan, after being shot twice in the chest in the breakfast room, knocked Moberly down with a chair, wrenched his pistol from him and throw it awav, and W Ipursueu by Moberly who, with a vicioiif knife, cut aud stabbed his life away.

u11.i'i iv«-t ltiuiicii oir.

Richmond., Ky., Sepr. 5.—James Harris, colored, of this city went awayfron: home, leaving bis 8-year-old child asleep. Fire broke out during his absence, and when rescued by the lire department the child's feet were burned off.

An Extraordinary Church.

One of the most curious churches In the world exists at Lao Vincente, Madeira, being cut out of a huge boulder on the shore. All the work of excavation waa carried out by the natives •with great labor, and tbe church Is exceptionally quiet, and perhaps nnique.

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