Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 11 November 1898 — Page 2

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1808.

MB. MCKINLEY is in all probability feeling tolerably well.

THK American people have evidently concluded to let well enough alone.

CHKADLE'S gum shoe canvass, like the prayers of the wicked, availed him nothing.

IT really looks as though the administration of Mr. McKinley had been endorsed.

FOB the first time in very many years Indiana gives her vote to the party in power.

IT is doubtful now if the silver question will cut much of a figure in the campaign of 1900.

THE administration has succeeded in teaching the Spanish statesmen the significance of the words "must" and

THE Inuiaaa legislature will elect a successor to Senator Turpie this winter and that successor will be a Republican. Who the honored man will be remains to be seen.

IN the 13th precinct, union township, the Republican ticket was mercilessly slaughtered. Stilwell and DaviB live in this precinct but this, of course, is merely a coincidence.

THE Republicans of Montgomery county in their bucolic simplicity went up against the old, threadbare Democratic shell game again and lost a goodly portion of their official wad.

THE returns indicate that after March 4, 1899 the Republicans will control both houses of congress. The majority in the lower house is reduced but the senate is surely gained so the Republicans have cause for joy.

THOUGH peace has not yet been declared between the United States and Spain, the pension office leports that between 5,000 and 6,000 applications for pensions have been filed for alleged cases growing out of that war.

IT is barely possible that Mr. Benjamin does not feel kindly toward Mr. Merrill for the result in Wayne township. He should remember, however, that Mr. White was raised there and the people know what sort of an article he is.

THERE is a fly in every ointment, an ounce of sour in every pound of swoet, and a Moredcai at every gate. The Republicans of Montgomery county appreciate this fact in the needless loss of some of the very best men ou the county ticket.

THE JOURNAL for the campaign past has no regretB so far as its course and policy are concerned. It presented issues rather than campaign lies and presented the merits of the Republican candidates for consideration rather than any alleged or real demerits of the Democratic candidates.

THE public sense and sentiment of the United States will back the President's appeal to congress for action in the Nicaragua canal emergency. The time for a big cut through the ligament that binds together North and South America has arrived, and your Uncle Samuel is the surgeon that must perform the operation.

THE head of the navy deserves the gratitude of the whole nation for a wise and sensible administration, says .Ira Nelson Hollis ip the November

Atlantic. There has been no interference with the duties belonging prnperly to trained officers, and no ••election of civilians for duties which tnt-y could not perform. The efficiency of a navy depends as-much upon the strength and intelligence which controls it as it does upon the

shipB

and

personnel. Suppose, for instance, that a weak secretary had directed Admiral Dewey to establish a pacific blockade of Manila. The result would have been disastrous and the war might have been indefinitely prolonged. The case is not sn xriHginary one, as worse errors have )Men committed in other wars in fact, even in this war they were committed bv the Spanish naval administration. Wf have much to be thankful for in having found two true and loyal sons of America at the head of the navy department during the early days of preparation for action, when Dewey was (supplied with coal and ammunition, and the standard of accomplishnentWH Ni

FOB CATS 1*AW REPUBLICANS. Again has Montgomery county gone Republican and again have several of the principal county offices, for which able and honest Republicans were candidates, gone to the Democrats. It is a repetition of the battle two years ago and of other previous struggles wherein decisive Republican victories have been sadly marred by the loss of the flower of the leaders. This oft' repeated story has its explanation and its lesson. When the Republicans carry Montgomery county by a substantial majority and lose a number of the principal offices, it is not because of the superior character and personality of the Democratic candidates for these positions. In all cases, past and present, the Republican candidates have been in every sense the equal of the opponents. The explanation of this phenomenon is elsewhere. It is simply and purely because numerous Republicans, unwisely zealous in the interest of friends on their ticket, consent to "trade" with Democrats whose word is the only assurance that the goods will be delivered. AB is generally known Montgomery county polls Republican by about 175 votes. The Democratic poll shows this as well as the Republican poll. The Democrats realize that the Republicans will carry the county in close proximity to the poll and that their only chance for solace relies in their ability to save a portion of the county ticket. They invariably accept this chance and they almost invariably get the solace, and as a result Montgomery county has to go 400 Republican to insure the election of the entire Republican ticket. The Democrats are never at fault in selecting the offices for which to make the fight. They select always the best offices and those most calculated to intrench their party in power at the court house. Two years ago they made the fight for judge, ulerk and sheriff and they won. This year they made the fight for auditor, sheriff and treasurer and again they won with a single exception. The work haB been done each time syetematically and thoroughly. The friends of the Democratic candidates selected for advancement are called upon to "trade" and the organization backs the fight up with a tremendous zeal. The friends of the Republican candidates whose election is conceded or is regarded as unconsequental are systematically worked and are offered grand results in the way of "trade." The election returns demonstrate that scores of them succumb to the sirenic song and also demonstrate that the Democrats aB a usual thing fail to carry out their part of the contract. It is seldom that a Republican candidate runs ahead of his state ticket while it is noticeable that the favored Democratic candidates always lead their state ticket by several hundred. THE JOURNAI. is glad to state that Republican candidates are seldom parties to a trade but it regrets to eay that the party backbone in Montgomery county is lamentably week as regards tbe county candidates. If the good Republicans of Montgomery county stood shoulder to shoulder in a county contest, if they repudiated the overtures of a designing and unscrupulous opposition, it is safe to say that the entire Republican ticket would be elected almost every time. This state of affairs will continue here until the Republicans come to a tardy appreciation of the fact that they are being used as catspaws and until they realize that in union for a straight ticket there is strength.

THE Indianapolis Sentinel a few days ago said: "Michael IPoley, ofCrawfordsville, was here yesterday. He is called the 'Young Bryan of Indiana' on account of his personal magnetism and oratory. He has been very active in the enmpaign and is one of the speakers most generally sought for by local committees. Mr. Foley 6ays in all parts of the state he hears of Damocratic gains. Every county promises gains of from 100 to 1,000, and not a county he has been in has there been any indication of Democratic loss. 'There is no question about the result,' said he yesterday. 'We are going to win and they know it.'

SHILOH.

Henry Dice will finish husking corn this week. He averages 75

bushelB

a

day. John Pennock was seen at Mace Saturday night in companv with his best girl.

The oyster supper given by the Mace school Saturday night was well attended.

Some of the corn is molded or rotten, especially that which is on the ground.

OrB Sellars will will visit relatives in Liverpool, England, soon after the election.

Albert Chadwick will attend the veterinary school at Toronto, Can., after the holidays.

Our school has nineteen pupils all of whom are advancing rapidly with Ed Vanscoyoc as instructor.

There will be an oyster and pie supper at the West Point school, No. 26, four miles south west of Crawfordeville, Friday night, Nov. 18. All are cordially invited to attend.

"LITTLE Colds" neglected—thousands of lives sacrificed every year. Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup cureslittle colds—cures big eolds too, down to the very verge of oonBnmption.

WOOD IS PERPLEXED

Question of Water Supply at Santiago Is Bothering the General.

MATAMORA BREAKS LOOSE

Ex-Ban(llt and Insurgent Colonel Is Again Robbing Plantations of Stock and Holding People Up—Everybody

Must Be Vaccinated, Is the Latest Order.

Santiago, Nov. 9.—The main question now before General Leonard Wood, governor of the military department of Santiago, is not political. It is the question of water, which is a serious problem. The rainy season is about over and usually, after a month or so of dry weather, water has to be brought from the mountains and sold in the streets. General Wood is anxious to avoid a repetition of such conditions, and has engaged the services of three expert engineers to report as the best method of supplying the city with "water, whether with artesian wells or otherwise.

Matamera, a colonel in the insurgent army and formerly a bandit, objecting to the humdrum ways of peace, recently took to the hills with 20 men and is now carrying on lais old vocation—robbing plantations and farms of cattle and horses, holding people up and setting in every way a bad example.

General Wood is determined to suppress Matamore, and apart of the gendarmie is now ready, uniformed and drilled, well mounted and armed to do the work. Twenty men, under command of a lieutenant, has left for the locality in which Metamora and his companions are peratiug, with orders to bring them all in, dead or alive.

The general opinion here is that if Mataanora is not suppressed he will soon have between 100 and 200 recruits, but now that the purpose of the authorities is known it is expected that many will join him.

The Americans here are greatly annoyed and the Spaniards deeply grieved at the failure thus far of the special Spanish commission, headed by General Don Luis Valderama, to recover the remains of General Vera del Rey, the Cuban's having apparently leveled the ground where the body was buried for the express purpose of preventing its recovery. Another effort will be made.

The Reiua de Los A'igeles left last evening for G.bara. in addition to the staff of physicians and nurses first selected, she carried two contract surgeons, one of whom was formerly on the staff of General Calixto Garcia.

General Wood's orders to the surgeons were to vaccinate everybody at Gibera and Holguiu.

CAPITOL WRECK

"Worlcmen i\a idly Jit-pairing- Iam. iio Done by the Fire. Washington, Nov. !).—The work of cleaiing the capitol of the wreckage of Sunday's lire is carried forward rapidly by a large force of workmen. The heavy stone arch tinder the fileroom of the United States supreme court has been settling rapidly for the last few days, and it is now decided to tear it out

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and rebuild this section of the masonry. It is a difficult operation, however, as the room above is loaded with the valuable old record* and files of the supreme court, wliich may lie dumped into an inextricable confusion if the sustaining arch is removed. Boathooks will be used to draw the files from the room, as it is considered dangerous to enter the room, and the rebuilding of the arch will then proceed.

Assistant Architect Wood has made a careful examination, confirming his first view that the main, foundations of the capitol are uninjured.

Perfection Found at Lant.

DECATUU, 111., Jan. 24, 1898.—Dear Sirs:—I received a gun shot wound in '04 while in the army which caused a partial paralysis of the bowels and from that time to the present I have had to U6e a laxative. I have tried a great many kinds of medicines in that time but have never found any as effective or that has been aB near natural as Dr. Caldwell'" Syrup Pepsin.

Yours truly. JOHN ARMSTRONG

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THE INDIANA'S

Souvenir of the Naval ISnffagement Off Santiago. Brooklyn, Nov 9.-—The battleship Indiana disclosed a very interesting relio of her experience in helping demolish Admiral Cervera's fleet off Santiago when her hull was exposed to view in the drydock at the navyyard the other day. This was a great dent in her forward starboard bow, almost beneath the bridge. Its history is this:

In the thick of the fight, when shot and shell were churning up the water and whizzing through the air all about the ship, and she was replying in repeated broadsides from every gun that could be brought to bear, there suddenly came through the roar a swiftly-increas-ing, supereminent who-o-o-ish and harsh scream that seemed headed for the commander and his aids on the bridge. "It made us all flinch," remarked an officer who was there, dropping his shoulder and cocking his knees. "Then followed a immeasurable roar—a shocking, benumbing, blinding explosion, and a prodigious fountain of water burst up besides the bow and deluged the forward deck, while the ponderous ship, tearing its way through the water with gigantic weight and momentum, seemed to stop suddenly and was jarred from stem to stern as if she had run against a stonewall. "Captain Taylor instantly ordered men into the forward hold, feeling sure that a bigger projectile than the navy had ever dreamed of had pierced—perhaps crushed in—the side of his magnificent vessel. They hurried below with lanterns. Everything was tight and dry, and the ship kept rushing on, and the guns maintained their terrific cannonade." "What had happened?" "We were never quite sure till we could examine her bottom here in the drydock. Then we found an elongated, trough-like dent, perhaps two inches deep, in the plates of the starboard bow, about four feet [below tho water line, and we became sure of what we had previously suspected—that a great shell, falling at the end of a curved trajectory, had struck, glanced and burst. The impact was tremendous—the escape simply marvelous. "Supposing your ship had been 10C feet to tho right of her actual position at that moment—what then? "God knows! Some sublieutenant would have brought the Indiana back to to New York—if he had had anything left to bring back!"

HAVANA NEWS

Acting1 Mayor Angulo Cleaning Up. Other Happenings. Havana, Nov. 9.—Streetcleaning in this city lias been undertaken on new lines by Acting Mayor Angulo. The principal feature is using the fire department as a streetcleaning brigade. The main streets of the city are to be flooded by hose attached to tho hydrants at the streetcorners, and they are then to bf cleaned down by the firemen.

Colonel Williams, the chief quartermaster and steward, and the typewritci attached to the United States commissioners, are very seriously ill.

The president of the Spanish Red Cross society has cabled to the local president of the Red Cross society in Cuba directing the society here to continue in active organization until the last Spanish soldier has left the island and after which the Red Cross society of Cuba is to be dissolved and the surplus funds are to be remitted to Spain.

The so-called Cuban government has appointed commissions to inspect the Cuban troops and report upon the exact number of men in each army corps, with the TOW of drawing up an exact statement upon which to discuss tho problem of paying off the soldiers.

EMPEROR WILLIAM.

Views Turkish Troops and Expresses Gratification at Ilis "Welcome. Damascus, Nov. 9.—The visit of Emperor William and the Empress Augusta Victoria to Damascus has proved most successful and interesting. Their majesties liavo visited tho principal sights. Yesterday afternoon Emperor William reviewed (5,000 men of the Turkish garrison, the review ending with a picturesque fantasia by Bedouins mounted on horses'and camels, who executed wild evolutions.

Last evening a grand banquet was given in the emperor's honor. Tho city was brilliantly illuminated and the streets and squares were filled vsith enthusiastic crowds.

Emperor William has telegraphed tc to the sultan an expression of his great gratification at the cordiality of the welcome.

WIRE SIFTTNGS.

The Sixth infantry, which has been al Fort Thomas, ICy.. has been ordered to San Antonio.

Mn: Alvary, the popular German operatic singer, who sang .-luring many seasons in tho United States, is dead. He expired at Tahars, Thuringia.

Indian Inspector McLaughlin reports to Secretory liliss that there is no foundation for the reported uneasiness in the Kiowa agency, Oklahoma.

Tho Panama, which has arrived from Cuba, will be loaded with quartermaster's stores and sent to Xuevitas to supply the garrisons in Puerto Principe.

A steamer is ashore on tho northeast part of Cat island. She is painted black, is deserted, has two funnels, two masl3 and no deckhouses. Her name is not known.

In the United States circuit court at Springfield, Ills., Judge Allen entered a decree of foreclosure and sale In the case of the New England Trust coinpauy against the Chicago and Ohio River railroad on a mortgage for $800,000, executed in May, 1806, on which interest was defaulted. The road has been absorbed by the Peoria, Decatur and Rvansvllle railroad.

It Hangs On

Ws are talking about your coach. One cola no sooner passes off before another P£®m5f- But Its the same old conch all uj118 ttos. And It's the same old story, too. There Is first the cold, then the

J*1*® pneumonia or consumption, jrltfi fhe long sickness and life trembling in the balance.

Ayer's Cherry Pectoral

loosens the grasp of your cough. The congestion 01 tne throat and lungs is removed all inflammation is subdued the parts are put perfectly at rest, and the cough drops awav. It has no diseased tissues on which to hang. $1.00 a bottle. At all druggists. Put one of I Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plasters on your ohest. It will draw out Inflammation and soreness from your luntrs. friee,20e.

J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass.

NEW REMEDY

For Hog Cholera Received at Purdue Experiment Station. Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 9.—The Purdue experiment station, in charge of Dr. Bitting, has beeu notified it will receive a consignment of serum for treating hog cholera some time this week. This is the new government remedy, which is proving successful, and it is the first lot to be tried in this state. Tho disease prevails in almost every county, and is causing immense losses. From the reports received it is estimated that fully 750,000 hogs, valued at^ $4,000,000, will be lost tint, fall. Everything on the market has been tried without success, and the results of the experiments with the new serum will be watched with interest.

REMARKABLE WILL

Interest 011 $30,000 Divided Among a Hundred liittle Girl Wailte. Chicago, Nov. 9.—A remarkable will was presented to Judge Kohlsaat today for probate. The will, which was made by Orlando D. Hadsell, an eccentric old bachelor, who died recently, divides among 100 little girl waifs every year for 9!) years the interest of $50,000. Hadsell is reputed to have made' his money on chattel mortgages. Although Hadsell seemingly spent the last years of his life almost as[a hermit, it is stated that a contest over his will may be made by two women, one of whom clnimn to have been Hudson's bookkeeper for a number of years.

Postal Order Issued.

Washington, Nov. 9.—PostmasterGeneral Emory Smith has issued an order admitting private mailing cards, authorized by tho act of May 19, 1898, into tho foreign mails at 1 cent postage each for Ciuiada and Mexico, and 2 cents each for till other postal union countries. This permits the sending of any kind of card in lieu of requiring the usual postal card, provided the size is the same as the official cards.

Oil" For the Philippines.

San Francisco, Nov. 9.—The United States transport Newport bearing General Miller and staff, the First battalion Twentieth Kansas regiment and the Wyoming light battery sailed last evening for the Philippines and Camp Merriam is now a thing of the past, the only troops left here being those of the California department.

SAYS HE WAS DRUNK.

Young Man Fires Seven Shots at a Youn-i Laily In a Sickbed. Georgetown, Kv., Nov. 9.—Hiram Cook, a young man, went to flic house of Sjott Holland, several miles from tOM'n, while the latter and his wife were away from home, and iiri-d seven shots at their daughter, Miss Lillie Holland, aged ai years, who was sick in bed. All the shots were wild.. ,ok liwd in the neighborhood, and had been to the house several times before to see old man Holland. Cook was arrested. He claims ho wtis drunk uucI did nob know what he was doing.

WHAT'S the secret of happy, vigorous health? Simply keeping tbe bowels, the stomach, tbe liver and kidneys strong and active. Burdock Blood Bitters does it.

There is no waste of effort to keep the fire going in a JEWEL, Stove or Range. There is no waste of, fuel, no waste of heat, no waste, of labor with a* JEWEL Stove or Range. You get the most heat with the least fuel because Jewels are scientificallyconstructed. You get more service from a JEWEL Stove or Range because it is built of the best material in the best way. Everybody gets the most satisfaction from JEWEL Stoves and Ranges because they are perfect in every point. Ask the dealer for JEWEL Stoves and Ranges and look or the trade-mark.

When the liver's wrong all's wrong.

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WEST POINT.

David Pavey has left for parts unknown. Corn hubking is nearly completed in this neck of the woods.

Henry Gohman is attending businesscollege at Crawfordsville. Albert Cheeterson & Co. are done baling hay for Harve Elliott.

The entertainment at the Ofiield school was well attended, the receiptsamounting to $10.

There will be an oyster apd pie supper at West Point school, No. 26, Friday night, Nov. 18 All are cordiallys invited to come and spend a pleasant evening.

RATTLE SNAKE.

Cribbing corn is in order. Jerry Bollman has the mumps. Joseph Burk has gone to Illinois to' husk corn.

Cager Groves went to church Sunday in the city. Samuel Burk is husking corn for James Galey.

Jep Lay son and Harry Groves are going to school in New Market.

Henry Layson and wife went to church at New Market Sunday. Elam White is clerking for the Warner clothiers in Crawfordsville.

O. B. Groves and family made a flying visit to New Richmond last week. Miss Pauline Davis is staying with John L. Davis in Crawfordsville and gping to school.

Tim Garret went to New Richmond a short time ago and on his way back had a wreck. He got hurt and broke his wheel.

Mr. Kincaid is teaching a splendid school at the Gilliland school house. He is liked by all of his pupils and the patrons are well pleased with him.

Say, Locust Grove, what is the matter? Why did you not tell about the Coons reunion at George Coons'? Well you just give yourself dead away. See!

Mrs. Sarah M. Galey and David White are very sick. Mrs. Galey has stomach trouble, while Mr. White has a tumor growing in his throat. Both are in a critical condition, but their friends hope for their recovery.

The Coons reunion at Cherry Grove on the fifth Sunday in October was a grand success. Those present were: James Coons and daughter,

W. J. Coons

and wife and daughter, Willie Coons and son, Albert, L. M. Coons and wife, J. Vancleave and wife,"Theodore Coons and family, Emmons Busenbark and wife, Van Vancleave and family, Sam Gott and wife and Curt Busenbark and children. Well, to 6ay they had a good time would be putting it mild. Say, Mr. Editor, you ought to have seen that fine dinner prepared by Mrs. Lizzie Coons and others. Well, it was just immense. Every one there done justice to the dinner, except Van Vancleave. He could not eat very much. So everyone returned home in the evening, hoping to live to be at the next reunion.

Wbat a Doctor gtja,

PANA, 111., Jan. 11, 1898.—Gents:—I have used many medicines but think I got the best results from your Syrup Pepsin. One other member of my familv also used it with the same happy effect The complaint for which we used the Svrup was a stomach trouble called in tbe books tiastralgia, a great deal of acid eructations (belching*) with flatulence of t.he stomach.

Very truly, DK W E. MCDIVITT.

Sold by O. E Dunn, Ph. G., Y. M. C. A. drup-g-ist. Crawfordsville.

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