Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 30 August 1901 — Page 10

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WEEKLY JOURNAL.

ESTABLISHED IN ISIS. Successor to Tht Becord, the first paper iu Crawfordsville, established In 1831, and to the People's Prttt, established In 1844.

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Entered at the Postofflce at Crawfordsville, Indiana, as second-class mutter.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1901.

MANY prominent Democrats say the silver issue is dead without mentioning the fact that all the rest of the Democratic platform is in a poorly condition.

THE Indianapolis (Sentinel in an extended editorial asks "What would Hendricks do?" if he were here to-day. The answer is easy. Unless Mr. Hendricks has seen a great light since he went away he would oppose the government.

AN Alabama sheriff ha9 startled his state by firing into a mob that wished to take from him for fuel a negro suspect. It is doubtful whether his outraged fellow citizens will send him to the asylum as crazy or fine him for intoxication.

A KUMOR is current on the streets that Tom Nolan, in view of the state of the paarket, has taken to wearing polished potatoes on his shirt front and is serving Lyonaise diamonds to his guests. It requires a strange market to head Mr. Nolan.

THE time has come to assault the tariff, remarks the Atlanta Constitution. It is reafeonably certain that the Dingley tariff, with its attendant surplus and prosperity, can easily stand an attack from the authors of the GormanWilson tariff fizzle.

THE Montgomery county corn crop while immensely benefited by the recent rains will be materially less than last year. If the price remains where it is now, however, it will doubtless net the farmers as much money as the great crop of 1900.

WAVELAND .Independent: Coroner Dennis evidently has some sense of the eternal fitness of things. When a young woman burned to death in the eight of several neighbors, he sensibly decided that there was no mystery about the cause of death, and hence no cause for judicial inquiry.

THERE will be no prize pumpkins at the Montgomery county fair this year, the drought having put the vines out of the business. Their absence will doubtless be compensated lor, however, by some of the delightful and elevating exhibitions with which the privilege committee has promised to regale us.

CORN reports are not quite so bad as they were a week or two ago. There will be a falling off of several hundreds of millions of bushels from the crop of 1000, yet the shrinkage promises to be less than was feared last week. Favorable weather, indeed, from this time onward to the harvest might bring the yield up to 1,700,000,000 bushels, as compared with a crop of 2.000,000.000 which was promised at the beginning of July.

ACCORDING to a ruling made by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Frank L. Jones, teachers must be paid their regular per diem for attending county institutes. If this ruling is enforced it will result in shortening the Bchool term in Crawfordsville one week, the funds not being sufficient to pay for the institute week and the regular term also. This ruling of Jones is most vicious in character and is based on a law which he managed to railroad through the legislature masked in the verbiage of another measure. Things are coming to a pretty pass when the public must be taxed to pay teachers to prepare themselves for their duties.

Positions in the public schools are eagerlyjsought by many more than are able tojobtain them and for Jones or any onelelse to frame a law which pays people toiprepare themselves for work that they should unaided equip them selves for, is carrying things entirely too far. The same principle carried to its logical conclusion, would enact iaws providing for the normal school educational public expense of all persons expressing fa desire to become teachers. It forces the tax payer to educate [persons who afterward seek his employment with this publicly paid for education as their recommendation. As fairly might the patrons of a groc* ery storejbelforced to stock at their own expense the shelves from which they later buy goods for cash. Mr. ores is playing for a third term nomination, and hopes by securing legislation of this character to line up the school teachers of the state in his cause. There are others to be reckoned with, however, and at the next convention this oily young statesman will likely hear something drop.

"G'OVEliXMEST FOR THE I'EOi\LE." New York Ti'ibunc: The civil service commission in its report to the President, just issued, pays a deserved tribute to the administration which is being organized in the Philippines, the very region where, we were not long ago told, corruption and jobbery were sure to run riot. Judge Taft himself, in deciding the language question in the Philippine courts, enunciated the principle which has guided himself and his associates in organizing the civil service of the islands. It is a principle which may well be borne in mind in general administration of insular affairs, and the prevalence of which will afford the best vindication of American rule of the islands against one of the commonest attacks upon it. It had been urged that to make Spanish the oflicial language in the Filipino courts would result in some hardship to American lawyers there who did not understand that language. To this Judge Taft replied that legislation and administration in the Philippines were to be for the benefit of the Filipino people, and not for that of any limited class. He was convinced that the welfare of that people would best b« served by making Spanish the official language for the next five years, and accordingly he gave his decision to that effect.

That is the answer to the cheap sneer that the islands were seized and are to be exploited for the pecuniary gain of United States "carpet-baggers." How many of the latter class may have gone to Manila we know not. Probably there are some of them But it is evident that they are getting no oflicial encouragement. Certainly the American administration of the islands is not being shaped for their profit. We have already called attention to the commendable extent to which the Philippine civil service is being filled with natives. A further and most important step in the same direction is taken in making the official language of the courts of justice the one which is familiar to all educated Filipinos. That will make the educated classes in the islands favorable to the United States, and will confirm them in their leadership of the whole people and will give to all the fullest confidence in the administration of justice.

That is the highest principle of government, that it shall be for the good of the governed. It is to be believed that it prevails in the insular policy of this country. It was the reproach of Spain, and the secret of her ultimate loss of empire, that she treated her colonies as things to be developed and exploited and "squeezed" for her own gain. The success of a colonial governor was measured by the amount of gold and silver which he sent home to Madrid. The United States, happily, has reversed that system. It may be that in doing so it assumes a burden instead of acquiring a bonanza. Or it may be, as we think most probable, that it will do both, and will find its own best profit in governing the islands for their own good. After their good is served it will be legitimate to look to the advantage of this country, and such advantage will not be meagre.

SOME of the English railroads are cutting down dividends,and their sto ckholders look ruefully over the sea at the glittering gains heaped up by the best known American lines, and mildly suggest that British directors and managers ought to take some leaves out of the books which 6how the details of the successful administration of new world corporations.

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THE action of the Iowa and Virginia Democratic conventions shows that the party is still split on the question of free silver. And what pleases the Republicans is the fact that it is split worse than ever.

Expected Home.

The 14th U. S. regulars arrived in San Francisco the other day from its service in the Philippines and China. Harley Pattison and Bob Hartman, of this city, are members of the regiment and their relatives would not be sur prised to have them reach Crawfordsville any day. Their time does not ex-

pire until next March, but it has been reported that the war department will, owing to the severe service this regi ment saw, allow those wishing discharges to have them in San Francisco.

APPENDICITIS.

Some Facts Retarding its Kapid Increase.

Appendicitis among Americans is certainly increasing and while this is probably due to the excitement and worry of American business life, it is more often directly traceable to constipation. Appendicitis is caused by extraneous matter entering the vermiform appendix, and not by the swallowing of seeds. If the digestive organs are kept in perfect condition so the food is duly assimilated and the bowels move gently, at least once a day, appendicitis will never develop. Don't take chances. Regular doses of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin before meals will strengthen the organs of digestion, your appetite will be good, constipation disappears and you feel better in every way. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin does not relax the bowels by irritation, but by curing indigestion, the cause of constipation, Nye & Booe sell it in 50c and $1.00 bottles, under a positive guarantee. Write for book of testimonials to Pepsin Syrup Co., Dept. 5. Monticello, 111.

WILD SCENES.

Adelbert Kelllson Writes of the Great Land Drawings In Oklahoma.

LAWTON, Oklahoma, Aug. 20, 1901— EDITOR THE JOURNAL,:—Miss Ota Crane, of Lincoln county, Okla., (S. D. Kellison's niece and a cousin to exTreasurer W. E. Nicholson) drew a very valuable claim,

As a matter of form or to answer the the law, the drawing still continues, but all public interest in same ceased at 13,500. Figure ten thousand copies at five to twenty-five cents per copy and you can imagine the races that took place among the newspaper circulators to be first in the city of tents with a list of the previous day's drawings. The Oklahoma State Capital won by one hour the first day by printing the list and leaving other side of paper blank. Second day the Elreno America' run a special train to our nearest railroad station, twenty-eight miles away, and then hired a swift team for overland. The excited driver smashed a wheel and the Elreno Democrat won the race. However, the American manager threw six hundred copies into his buckboard and supplied a small corner of the city just twenty minutes ahead of the Democrat's great load. Third day the Lawton Republican's representative got hold of a wire at Marlow and sent a flying cowboy the twenty-eight miles to Lawton where nervous typesetters were waiting the list. But they had only set up apart of the list, when the news of a neck to neck race of the other papers about seven miles out, sent them to press. ThuB they' won by a few minutes. Cords of newspapers that were an hour late on each day of the drawing are here unopened.

We've been tenting here and there, on the mountain and in the valley, for six months. Tell you the racket of the hundred and eighty carpenters now at work in Lawton sounds musical.

On Sunday before the drawing began all were naturally very hopeful, and without previous announcement a family circle began to sing church songs at twilight. The crowd began to gather. Soon the grassy prairie round about was covered with people. The proud father now held a lantern above the shoulders of his sons and daughters who were but mere leaders of the mighty choir. The shining orbs of heaven smiled upon the scene and every countenance beamed with pleasure at the eagerness of the old gentleman to "let his light shine." No preacher, no roof, no seats, but fervent prayers and earnest talks in a great meeting.tVfhere will never be another such meeting [here because preachers have invaded the city—that class which believes it more important to win a ruemberjfor their sector denomination than to gain a soul to heaven.

One week later and a marked change has taken place. The drawing of best claims is over and nearly all are disappointed.j^The crowd is larger, awaiting the city lot sale. The "sure-thing" gamblers fill the long street with new devices never before seen even by mountaineers. In one large tent a large shining "wheel of fortune" was rolled upon its axle and if it stopped on the figure one, the scorers at the long tables who had placed their cash on one, won even money. But when the wheel stopped at 20 the men at the tables won twenty dollars to the one they hadJplaced on the number "20," so with 2, 5 and 10. Both whites and Indians lost heavily at these tables on Saturday. And we can never forget Sunday's scene. The lion-voiced fellow at the wheel aforementioned is heard several blocks, "Are you all down and ready boys? Roll!" Rev. Ross in the M. E. tent is saying, "Let us fancy we are east in our home church and get into the true spirt of worship."

But just then a surveyor cracked his whip and started across one of the tent ropes to locate a man on a choice claim, and the farmer who bought the hay on the town site rtan his mower so close that the sickle most drowned the choir. Pistol shots are heard now and then in the suburbs (and either a robber or the man who refused to be "held up" has been killed every day since August 1st. But finally an- aged preacher delivered the sermon and among other thing he said to us who failed to draw a claim "God keeps some people poor to get them into heaven. Once I bought a poor bony pony because a half dozen children could ride it at once with safety. And later when that pony got fat it took a man to ride it." What an idea that'God heaps upon us our mis1 fortunes. We'better like the spirit of the converted Indian at the church nearby. He recounted all the blessings God had given him till he was more than happy, then springing into his saddle he waved hls°hat and shouted as only an Indian can, "Bully for God!"

We arejusing too much space, but August 5tb was a critical time here The city is five miles away from the soldiers and no city nor county officers. The gamblers got the best of an old man $250. A Texan drew his revolver and made them return the money Another shell game gambler at the other end of |the street had got a man 314 filing money and they were in fight when a big German called for rope saying "I doz have experience in

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California." The gambler gave up the $14 and fied to their headquarters. The giant German then said: "Boys we will now clear the city of all these toughs." So saying about two hundred of us little fellows dropped in line behind the giant, like boys following the white elephant at a circus. The first gambling "stand" or platform the boys came to they turned upside down. The second was torn to pieces. The U. S. marshals on the hill got word frO/H the gamblers who had paid these "officer thugs" for protection. Here a dozen came full speed and heavily armed. The Comanche camp farther away spurred their ponies toward us "to see the fun." The marshals and gamblers lined up for battle. Our German general pushed on closer to them. The marshals had a short saddle rifle in their left hand and a forty-four revolver in their right, and they waved their rifles for the crowd to keep back. One big Indian came up and rode up in front of all toward the gamblers. A marshal leveled his rifle on him and told him to "turn back," but the Comanche never flinched. The big German now got face to face with the chief U. S. marshal and said: "De people has pin robbed, held up in brot daylight, and even murdered, and yet you doz do nothing till we oall for a rope to hang the highwayman. Now you marshals and gamblers get off des streets or ve vill take care of you in a quiet way—no excitement, everything business like." One gambler said to a marshal, "There's four hundred to our one." Of course this meant surrender. The gamblers agreed to leave town and the marshals hastened away from the indignant crowd. But when the gamblers had all come down from their platforms with grips full of cash and taken their places in carriages ready to leave forever, we thought how appropriate if the big German would only repeat the familiar call of the big gambler, "Are you all down and all ready? Roll!!!"

The drawing may have been fair but the three congressmen from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, who worked together to get the bill through to open this country, had the gratification of extra good luck to each of their districts. One county in Kansas drew fifty-two claims—more than all of Indiana and Illinois no doubt.

Corn sold at one dollar and seventyfive cents a bushel till last week, competition brought the market to one dollar and twenty-five cents per bushel again. Wild hay yields ope and a half tons per acre and thousands of acres free.

At the end of sixty days, (Oct. 6th), it Is a free race for the few claims that may be left. Many settlers who failed to draw a claim are yet hopeful that they will succeed on that day.

The railroad will build into Lawton by September 1. Water sells at twenty cents per barrel now. There was a ready market at fifty cents a barrel the first fortnight. Plenty of water at a depth of from eighteen to forty feet, but no well in Missouri, Indian Territory or Oklahoma is so cold and grand as yours in old Montgomery.

The Indians drew their "grass money" two weeks ago and under the long arbor on their camp ground you ought to have seen the men, children, and old squaws all gambling till a few carried the purse for all. The church Indians associate mostly with the whites.

Our postoffice is a small tent and we wait in line two hours. ADELBERT KELLISON.

Had an Admirer Pinched.

There is no sod connected with the widowhood of Mrs. Noah Vail. It is all green grassy grass. She has steadfast admirers, however, and chief among them is old Charley Payne, who ought to be saying his prayers and thinking about the world to come instead of joshing about after such fetching females as Mrs. Noah. Old Charley is as jealous as a tomale-eating Mexican and when he learned Sunday that hie flame had purchased a ticket for the Indianapolis excursion he hunted her up and taking the ticket away he tore it up. The lady, who had on her best bib and tucker preparatory to flashing her siren-like loveliness on Indianapolis, went into a fine rage and had the old boy arrested. He was released from jail Sunday night and Monday morning paid his fine.

Licenses are Always to Be Public. The officials of the attorney-general's office have been investigating the manner in which marriage licenses are being issued at Jeffersonville and find there is considerable irregularity. One of the things mentioned is that of with holding the names for publication a time. This is clearly in violation of the law. Attorney-General Taylor says the intent of maintaining a marriage record is for the public good in providing information to people who may be interested in seeing that improper unions are not consumated.

Yon Get "V our Money Back. We, the undersigned druggists, hereby agree to refund the money, if after using one box of Dr. Stone's New Dyspepsia Cure, it has failed to give satis factory results. Cures dyspepsia, Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Heart Burn, and Loss of Appetite.

MOFFETT & MORGAN, NYE & BOOE. GEO. W. STEELE, J. H. WHITENACK.

Infectious Opthalmla In Cattle. Purdue University agricultural experiment station. Newspaper bulletin No. 93, August 20, 1901.—Since early in the spring reports have been received from stockmen to the effect that a strange eye disease was affecting the cattle. These reports have been received from widely separated localities, showing that the disease had a quite general distribution. In some places the cattle simply have sore eyes and in others the affection is more serious and a greater or less number go blind. The loss is not so much from the number that are blinded, as to the unthriftiuess occasioned, and to the diminished milk flow in dairy cattle.

This disease is infectious and when started in a herd is likely to attack a large per cent, of them before running its course. It occasionally affects sheep but rarely horses. It has been attributed to a variety of causes, as the pollen from some plants, and to dust. The disease does usually occur at a season of the year when both pollination and dust are at their most irritating stage, but we are inclined to believe that these are only secondary causes. The germs that have been found are pus producers. This station regards the disease as one produced by a special organism. The disease is not new, having made its appearance in this state ten years ago, and remained ever since.

The symptoms are local and general. The body temperature is raised, the appetite interfered with and rumination checked. In the mild cases these symptoms are not marked. When first affected one or both eyes are held nearly closed, the lids swell and tears pour over the face. A whitish film forms over the eyes which may become dense. The cornea may- bulge forward owing to the pressure of the abscess from, within. Yellow spots from the size of a pinhead to that of a grain of corn form and from the margin will radiate reddish lines. These are abscesses and when they heal whitish scars will take their places. One eye may be attacked and then the other. The course will last from three to six weeks, but it rarely happens that there is complete blindness in both eyes.

The treatment is comparatively simple. Keep the badly affected cattle in the shade of a woods, or in the barn if necessary, during the middle of the day, to prevent aggravation. Locally, apply equal parts of finely powdered boracic acid and calomel, by means of a small insect powder blower. This can be done quickly with little restraint and is preferable to an eye wash for the cow. R. A. CRAIG,

ABsistant State Veterinarian. C. S. PLUMB, Director.

An Odd Accident.

A very odd accident occurred to Master Deane Swank, the youngest son of Dr. Swank Monday morning. He was tripping along gayly, as is the wont of bare-foot boys on a brick sidewalk, dropping new 8-penny wire nails down his shirt collar and enjoying the cool, gliding sensation they produced as they crept earthward next to his bare skin, when in some Btrange unaccountable way one of them struck the walk in such away that it was in perfect position for the sharp point to enter his bare foot a little forward of the heel. It got in so far—nearly its full length— that it took two men and a boy (Deane) to extract it. It being a bright new wire nail, it is hoped no serious result will follow.

Gilbert Locates.

Veedersburg News: Demas Gilbert, who has formerly been in the bakery business at Crawfordsville, has secured the room two doors east of the News office and Intends to start a bakery. 'He expects to get In operation by Monday. Mr. Gilbert is one of the best bakers we ever knew. He will run a first class place. The writer has known Mr. Gilbert for several years and know that he is a master of his business. He invites our citizens to call and see him.

Death of an Infant.

Aura, the Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wasson, of Brown township, died last Thursday. The funeral took place Thursday evening. Interment at the Indian Creek cemetery.

See CAPT. H. B. SAYLER,

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General Auctioneer,

Before Contracting Your Sale*

Write or telephone for dates. Telephone on line 20, free system, New Market, Ind.

A. W, PERKINS,

AUCTIONEER.

Leave orders with A. S. Clements, 107 N. Green St., Crawfordsville. 'Phone 257.

ft you are contemplating^ sale, attend some of my sales and see.how I do lu Securc Your Dates Early

Money To Loatii

I am now prepared to m&ke loans in sums of 110 to 810,000, and on the most favorable terms. Ohattle and personal security accepted on small amounts. All inquiries oheerfully answered.

C. W. BURTON. Attorney-at-Law, Crawfordsville, Ind.

Office—Over Mat mine's Jewelry Store, Main St

G. S. McCLUBR, Attorney at Law.

Real Estate for sale or rent.

116 South Green isireet.

LOUIS M»MAINS

Law and Insurance.

ATTORNEY

of American |Surety Co., of

New York, the largest bonding com'oing business in the United States, in all kinds of trusts furnished for a reasonable premium. OFFICE—Fisher Building, Crawfordsville, Ind

RUBBER TIRES!

The best rubber tires for buggies are the Goodyear, and we have the agency for them. Carriage blacksmithing and repairing done right, and Dick Newell does mv painting.

J. I. MILLER.

E.Main St., Opp. Robbins House., Crawfordsville

W. K.WALLACE

Agent for the Connecticut ]Fire JInsurance Co., of Hartford American Fire Insurance Co., of New York Glrard Fire Insurance Company, of Philadelphia: London Assurance Corporation, of London! Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co., ef Michigan. Office in Joel Block with R. E. Bryant,

South Wash. St., Crawfordsville.

Reeves & Jones,

Lawyers and Agents.

General law practice, real estate sold, money loaned or profitably invested, with abstracts of title at lowest price. Fire Insurance on city and country property in home company. Bankruptcy law benefits explained, until Its repeal soon, and claims of heirs against estates freely Investigated. Ofllee 130H east Maln^St., over American Clothiers.

Young Biros.

Invite all the a to

make their sale and feed barn their headquarters, the best facilities being present. We want to buy coach, draft and driving horses, and have 40 horses and mules and 20 farm mares for sale.

ALONZO YOUNG & CO.,

212 N.Green St. Old Rink Barn.

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Estate of Martha O. Hargrave, deceased. OTICE OF LETTERS TESTAMENTARY.

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Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has duly qualified and given bond as Executor of the last will and testament of Martha O Hargrave, late of Montgomery county, state of Indiana, deceased, and that letters testamentary on said estate have been duly granted to Byron R. Russell.

Said estate is supposed to be solvent. BYRON R. RUSSELL, Executor. Dated August 17, 1901. 8-29-3t

Estate Mary E. Burris, Deceased. OTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

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Notice is hereby given, That the undersigned has been appointed and duly qualified as Administrator of the estate of Mary E. Burris, late of Montgomery County, Indiana, deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent.

WILLIAM H. BURRIS, Administrator. Dated Aug. 13, 1901. Thomas & Folev. Att'vs for Admr. w8-16-3t

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OTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS.

State of Indiana, Montgomery county. In the Montgomery circuit court, September term. 1901.

Jasper Hornbeck, administrator Emaline Chapman estate, vs, John I. Chapman, et. al. Complaint No. 2,898.

Comes now the plaintiff by White & McBroom his attorneys, and files his complaint herein, petition for sale of real estate to pay debt, together with an affidavit that said defendants Katie Herman, who resides at Chicago, Illinois, Cora Miller and Lizzie Cyphers who reside at Cincinnati, Ohio and John Cyphers are not residents of the state of Indiana*.

Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants that unless they be and appear on the 14th day of the next term of the Montgomery circuit court, the same being the 1st day of October, A. D., 1901, at the court house in Crawfordsville, in said county and state, and answer or demur to said complaint, the same will b« heard and determined In their absence.

Witness my name, and the seal of said oourt, affixed at Crawfordsville this 6th day of August. A. D.. 1901. DUMONT KENNEDY, 9-16-8t Clerk.