Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 9 August 1901 — Page 1

Yog Know of the.

4 *++++m++++++t+MHH+++K W. N. Tyson: "One year ago this morning occurred the terrible wreck at Raub's station on the Monon, in which tour men lost their lives and a number werejnjured. I could hardly sleep last night for thinking of the anniversary.

It was a terrible experience and the only wonder was that a great many more were not killed. I was shot out through a window like a rock out of a oatapault and landed about half way up the bank against Ed Coleman. Coleman's first thought was as to whether •She engines would blow up, and we made quick time getting away from y.,sheir vicinity. The next time after she wreck that I rode on the Monon she engine dashed into a funeral procession and killed a man, and I have been afraid of the road ever since.!'

J. A. McClure: "I probably owe my existence to a catarrh on my grandfather's hand. He was with the com*tnand of Gen. William Henry Harrison away back in 1811 and just before she battle of Tippecanoe he was discharged because of the condition of

Ms hand. He was so close to the battlefield that he heard the tiring of the guns."

Mayor Elmore: "1 was in Indianapolis yesterday, and I was struck wilh the number of former Crawfordsvilllans that you meet in the capital city. I was told that there wero over three hundred former residents of this city that now make their homes in Indian*polls, but they all have the kindest feelings for their old home."

A real estate agent: "There is a great scarcity of small houses to rent right now in the city and a man who had a family to move out of one of his

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recently told me that he had seven inquiries from people that wanted the house. I believe'that it would be a good speculation for somebody that had the money to build about a dozen five and six room houses, for which he could easily get from $8 to a 10 per month."

A merchant: "Bad eggs seem to predominate in the markets at present and we are not paying very much for unassorted lots that have not been tested. The trouble with the eggs is that they are 'heat struck'. There is no smell about them and they cannot be called rotten, but the 'whites and yulks are run together and the hen fruit 1b thus made unmarketable."

A druggist: "The four most valuable drugs known to medical science are opium, quinine, chloform and mercury, and of these the most universally beneficial to suffering humanity is opium, including of course its derivatives. Its complete loss would be an irreparable calamity, since there is no known substitute for it. Like other good gifts of nature it is, of course, abused, but not by any means to the extent chat a certain class of wellmeaning fanatics seek to prove. Next comes quinine, the universal antidote to malaria, which, but for this drug, would render many regions of the tropics quite uninhabitable by white men. Chloroform still maintains its position as the first of anaesthetics and it is not too much to say that it baj made the highest developments of modern surgery possible."

Well Known Here.

The death of John D. Strain occurred at the home of his sister, Mrs. Ann Sweeney in Rockville, Tuesday evening. Mr. Strain's decline has been marked for a number of years and his infirmities forced him to enter the soldiers' bome at Lafayette. As a member of the 14th Indiana he had a splendid soldier's record.

VOL. 54—NO. 32 CRAWFORDSVILLE. INDIANA, FRIDAY AUGUST 9. 1901-TWELVE PAGES

HARD ON THE BABIES.

Death Thins Their Kanks and the Secietary'of State Board of Health Rebukes Mothers.

The secretary, of the state health board in a study of the forthcoming annual report, finds that more than onefifth of all the deaths in 1900 were of infants one year old and under. Of these infants lO per cent, are breast fed, while 90 per cent, are bottle fed. The study is a rebuke to such mothers as oan but will not let their babies feed from their breasts. The secretary writes:

The total number of deaths in the state in 1900 were 35,516, a rate of 14 1 in 1,000 21.8 per cent, of all the deaths was of infants of 1 year and under. Most of these infant deaths was from preventable cause. Only 10 per ent. of breast fed infants die before 1 year of aee, the other 90 per cent, being bottle fed. No wonder the sanitarians speak of the deadly milk bottle. Four and four-tenths per cent, of all the deaths were between 1 and 2 years 2.2 per cent, were between 2 and 3 years 12 per cent, were between 3 and 4 years, and .99 per cent, were between 4 and 5 years. "The expectancy or chance of living after one jear increases rapidly. After 5 years and ui til 10 years old the expect at cy decreases slightly, as 2.9 per cent, of the total deaths was in this class. "An increased expectancy appears from 10 to 15 over the preceding period, as tuts utaths were 2.1 per cent of the total. Bei ween 15 and 20 there is a decreased expectancy, also between 20 aiiU to. Consumption is a strong factor in dpp.reaMt'fcr expectancy between 15 and 20, and it is a very strong factor in the ages between £0 and 25. This fact appears from the following figures: "Total deaths, 15 to 20,1,377 of these 315 were caused by consumption. The total deaths between 20 and 25 was 1,621, of which 550 were caused by consumption. In other words, the great white plague caused one death in five during the period of 15 to 20, and one death in four during the period of 20 to 25. "J is to bp noticed that during the finest period of life, 15 to 25, that consu up1 inn do most of its deadly work.

Bad ventilation of school houses has much to do with this awful deadly work of consumption. Before 15, at school, children are in 80 per cent, of instances made to live in foul air. This impairs the breathing orgars and thus are iaid the foundations for consumption and pneumonia in after life."

Greencastle After the Pow-Wow. Greencastle Banner: The Greencastle Red Men are making a commenda ble effort to have the pow-wow of this district held in this city in 1902. They have had some badges printed and the same are in evidence to-day. They are urging their friends to aid them in securing the meeting for this city, ai will send a strong delegation to Crawfordsville on the 16th to root for Greencastle. A number of the business men of the city will go along and lend their aid. It I as been a matter of satisfaction hi retofore that when Greencastle went after a convention she always got it, and iu this instance there should be no let down. People like to visit this city. Si

A Superb Den.

Detroit Free Press: Gen. Lew Wallace has probably the most superb "den" in the world. On his grounds at Crawfordsville, Ind,, he has built a great structure of brick and stone, with a tower, a dome, and surrounded by a moat. No windows the light enters through the dome, the interior being one great room. At night electric lamps flood it wirh light. It is lined with bookcases, and is thus library as well as study. The ceiling is ivory tinted, the walls down to tbe cases are silver green. Rare statuary, oriental relics am objects of art form the decorations.

A Poem By Jim.

The forthcoming issue of the Indiana Weekly, August 10, will contain an exclusive poem by James Eimore, the Alamo, Ind., poet—"When the Bees Began to Swarm"—together with a two column illustration showing the poet reading one of his productions to a party of prominent Indianians, including well known Crawfordsville citizens. Extra copies will be on sale at Crawfordsville news stands.

At Work on the Masonic TempleThe wo' of excavating for the foundation and basement of the Masonic Temple began yesterday, a large force of men being employed. The excavating on the Carnegie library has been finished and the place is now ready for the brick masons, who will begin work at once on the foundation.

MARVELOUS INCREASE.

In tbe Use of Postal Facilities by tbe fi mertcan People.

A statement going to show the marvelous increase in the use of the postal facilities by the American people is that of the director of the bureau of engraving and printing at Washington, just issued, in which it appears that the number of postage 6tamps sent out for use during the current fiscal year includes 1,300,000,000 one-cent stamps, 3,500,000,000 two cent stamps, and 309,236,000 of higher denomination.

The total including special delivery ten-cent stamps is 5,116,236,000, against 4,377,727,000 for the previous fiscal year, an increase of over one and a half billion stamps. It is not easy to grasp the full significance of these stupenduous totals.

A few calculations may help. According to these figures sufficient stamps will be issued this year to supply every man, woman and child in the United States withatleast sixty stamps each. Distributed among the population of the entire globe they would supply each person with postage for not less than three letters.

Placed side by side In continuous lino the total issue would girdle the entire earth three times, forming a variegated ribbon around it early three inches in width.

If soread out in the same manner across the United States the stamps would form a paper sidewalk from New York to San Francisco over three feet wide. Pasted into a stamp collector's book of the conventional size, the issue for the year would fill half a million volumes, which, placed one upon the other, would form a solid column over twenty-five miles high. If it is true, as Edward Everett Hale says, that the United States postal system is the greatest of popular educators, these figures will serve to show the extent of Uncle Sam's present service as a school teacher.

Heavy Showers.

At Crawfordsville ever since last Saturday it has been raining bargains at Graham's great mill end sale. The great priu drops have been truly refreshing to the thousands who have crowded the Busy Store and received values almoi incredible the past week. Mr. Grahnm wishes to assure everyone that radical price concessions rule every department during this sale ~in fact value and cost are utterly ignored, as r,heir p. icy demands'the selling of all goods in their respective seasons. Tuus they close their eyes to loss, for if it affects their purpose it is a wise loss. L-Tbie great sale shows more than the price, power and prestige of the Busy Store—more than the buying of thousands of people ?n one store in one day. The lesson that will be drawn by discerning people is in the fruit of the masterful scale on which they do business and the unfailing resources of this store. Summer is the time to save if you shop shrewdly. Dull times for manufacturers and importers make them glad to sacrifice profit and a part of cost.when a [season closes, and this great mill end sale brings to you this benefit. The Busy Store has no time to be dull. The hot months when business usually languishes they make bu«tling with business activity by great movements of worthy merchandise at prices which even they can paralel at no other season of the year. All are invited to attend this great trading opportunity and share in the fruits of the great mill end sale.

New Instructions to Truant Officers. Secretary Butler of the state board of charities Wednesday sent out circulars giving new instructions on the revised truancy law. There are no features radically different from those formerly presented in the statute. The revisions for the most part concern the law's enforcement, and make it necessary, for one thing, for the county councils or commissioners to appropriate sufficient funus for tbe enforcement of the law.

Tt also requires teachers and school officers generally to furnish the truant officer with all the necessary information to assist in the prosecution of his work. All the trustees, by the opening of the school year, are compelled to place in the hands of the truant officials lists of children of school age arranged alphabetically.

In Squire Stllwell's Court. Theodore Wasson, of Waveland, charged with trespass on the land of Amanda Davis, on an affidavit filed by James Wright, entered a plea of guilty and was fined $14.60.

Yesterday the case of Frederick Croy, living northwest of the city, against the Monon for damages caused by fire, whereby he Inst a lot of rail fence, came up. Judgment was given Croy for $53 90.

WRECK IN IRISH CHANNEL.

Steamer Oceanic Sends the Klnkora to the Bottom—Seven Drowned.

Special to the Journal.

QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 8.-The White Star lino steamer, Oceanic, Captain Cameron, which sailed from Liverpool yesterday for New York, via Queenstown, arrived here this morning and reported having been in a collision last night in tho Irish channel with the steamer Kinkora, of Waterford, Ireland. The Kinkora sank. Seven oerns were drowned.

The Kinkora was a steel screw steamer of 453 tons. She belonged to the Waterford steamship company.

China's Appeal.

To the one who would be philanthrop' ic or to the sincere Christian, the appeal which comes from China to-day must certainly find response and recrnition for the demands of the hour. W iatever is done, must be done quick ly and every generous man and tender hearted and sympathetic woman throughout the length and breadth of our land should be true to Him, whose life -a earth was a mlnistery of help fulness to the do vu-trodden and unfor tunate. Lf they would be true to themselves, true to humanity, they must lend a hand to this great work of "t rowing out the life line" to the starving millions of defenseless women and innocent children of China. certainly must be felt that there is an added responsibility upon every true American and no matter whether he is Christian or not, he cortalnly reco gnizes the responsibility that rests upon us a nation In the Orient to-day for we enjoy the confidence of stricken China as no other foreignnation.

Let every church, every Sunday school, every Christian Endeavor SO' oiety, every Epworth League, every Young People's Society, every consecrated man and tender hearted woman unite in making this relief movement for China's starving millions an unexampled demonstration of Christian charity, so decided and impressive that it cannot fail to accomplish the great and glorious results we anticipate. 3 cents will Bave a life for a day. For the saving of how many lives will you oe refponsibi

WRIGHT-HOWARD.

Yesterday at 10 o'clock a. m. in the presence of a few intimate friends at the offic of 'Squire Stilweli, Mr. Joseph Wright, of Missouri, and Miss Lillie Howard, of Wingate, were made husband and wife. The bride has many friends in this county and the groom is quite well known. They will reside in Missouri.

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Ulven In Matrimony.

Wednesday at 9 p. m. at the residence -of Dr. Tharp, pastor of the Christian chur-b, occurred the marriage of Mr. John Ashby, of Danville, III., and Miss Emma Priebe, of Yountsvllle. The attendants were MlssEita Priebe, Bister of the bride, and Andy Morrison. After the marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ashby drove to Yountsville, where they will visit a few days with relatives of the bride. Next week they will go to Danville, III., to make that city their home. They have the best wishes of a large circle of friends, both being excellent young people.

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Outlook Not Favorable.

Continued fair weather, with no rain in sight and a slightly lower temperature, is the prediction for this section for to-day. The maximum reached here Wednesday was 91 degress at 4 p. m., and the lowest 68 degrees at 7 p. m.

Rain fell in New York, Buffalo, at scattered points throughout tho east, along the gulf, on the south Atlantic coast and as far west as northwest T6xas. Light rains also fell over Colorado, Iowa and central Michigan. M|

The area of highest temperature is at present centered over the Mississippi vaMey. Low barometric pressure favorable to rainfall extends over the Ro ky mountains in Co'orado and along the Atlantic c&ast. An I area of high pressure prevails over northwest Michigan and is traveling in the direction of this state, bringing with it a slightly reduced temperature, but no rain.

Alamo Presbyterian Church. On nextSabbath morning, Aug. 11, will occur the regular preaching service. Meetings are held on the morning of every second and fourth Sabbath in each month. To these services all the interested public are invited.

Social.

At the Mt. Zion IJ. B. church the ladies will serve ice cream and cake, lemonade and coffee and peanuts, Aug. 17. from 5 o'clock to 10 o'clock p. m. All cordially invited.

PART FIRST

PERSONAL MENTION.

Short Items Relative to the Comings aad Goings of Crawfordsville People ..ifgg aad Their Friends.

•The best sodas at Whitenack •Ed Shirk went to Jamestown yesterday.

Rev. A. L. Crim went to Zionsviile yesterday. Ira Clouser went to Darlington yesterday. —A message from Indianapolis states that Charles Ca^ad is holding his own.

M. E. Foley went to Waynetown yesterday to make an address at the fraternal plonic. —Rockville Republican: Miss Minnie Whetzel, of Crawfordsville, is the guest of Miss Stella Hawkes,

Mrs. Frank Abraham is attending the Greensburg fair this week, being a judge in the art department. —Coca cola at Whltenack's fount. —Mrs. Guptill and children have returned to their home in Terro Haute after- a month's visit with Mrs. Ray Corbin.

Miss Flora Lehnen and George Edwin Lyman, of Lafayette, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Lewis, Rural Route No. 2. —Mrs. Anna Whitehead and son returned to their home in Pataskala, O., yjsterday after a visit with relatives here and at Yountsville. —Drink at Whitenack's fount.

For Sale—An extra good family driving mare, standard bred, nine years old and sound. Price, $125. Robert E. Reeves, New Market.

Veedersburg News: Charles Coats and

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Ethel Coates went to Craw­

fordsville Wednesday and wili visit at Indianapolis before they return home. Mrs. Elizabeth Coats, who has been visiting in Crawfordsville, returned home Wednesday.

Lebanon Reporter: A party compos od of Mrs. Louis Atkinson, Mrs. Frank LaFolleote, Misses Lillian Atkinson, Snow Tribbatt, Ethel Goodwin, Masters Warren and Eddie LaFollette, Judge and Guy Trlbbett and Aaron Goodwin have gone to Rock River about six mi lea southwest of Crawfordsville for a week's outing.

Elks* Carnivals.

The Elks, lodge of Danville, 111., will elve a carnival in that city, August 26 to 31, inclusive.

The Lafayette ELks will give their carnival during the week of Sept. 23 to iia.

A Fast Run.

The train on the Monon from the Bittie Ground camp meeting was late Sunday night and in order to make up some of the lost time, made the run from Linden to Crawfordsville in twelve minutes.

A Straw Contract.

The fair association wili receive bida for straw to be used during the fair until Saturday, August 17. Leave bids with D. H. Martin, at Big Four hardware store, or see Asher Wert. Righ reserved to reject any or all bids.

a Old Baptist Association, To those wishing to attend the old Baptist association, which meets near Culver, Ind., can procure half fare rate on Friday evening or Saturday morning of August 16 17. Fare from Crawfordsville 81 20 round trip.

Who Can Beat This?

On the farm of Samuel Busenbark, Chas. Warren threshed two thousand bushel iOf oats from 1 o'clock till 7 o'clock, and stopped once for grain. Eleven wagons were In the field and fail JU to keep the machine in grain.

Shoot at Lafayette.

The fifteenth annual shoot of the Lafayette trun club w,is held in that city yesterday and to-day. Ed Vorls, Frank Davis, Chas. Lacey, and Mack Stilweli are attending from this city. The diamond badge shoot will be held this afternoon.

A Youthful Angler.

Elston Yount, a ten-year-old boy,will be able to tell more fish stories when he is leu ,\ ears older than most men oan tell when they are a hundred. Wednesday he came in with a string of bass, two of which weighed two pounds apiece, and presented them to his uncle, Byron Russell, who has been something of a fi»h story teller himself. _______

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