Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 5 May 1894 — Page 2

THE BANNER TIMES. GREENCASTLE. INDIANA. SATURDAY, MAY 5. 1894.

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state will be overrun by men of na tionul reputation. It promises to be a red hot campaign so far as the republicans are concerned.

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The truth hurts. The Democrat wastes two and a half columns of space this week, aided by the InIdiauapolis Jonaal correspondent, an attache of the office, trying to explain away the republican gains of Tuesday. It will require several pages and columns of specials to make an impression on that victory. The republicans are satisfied with it.

KMHI I'l.H AN COl'NTV TICKKT. For Representative GEORGEW. HANNA For Auditor •TAMES McD. HAYS For Clerk .JOHN I>. HUNT For Recorder LEMl'KI. JOHNS For Treasurer OSCAR A. SHEPHFIRD For Sheriff DAN I Eh W. MA< Y For Surveyor I.AKRV DOWNS For Coroner JOHN T. OWEN' For Commissioner 1st District—JOHN' L. BRIDGES 2nd District—JAMES C. RKAT

KKPI HI.K A> STATI. TK KKT.

Secretary of State WM. D. OWEN Auditor of State AMERICT'S C. DAII.EY Treasurer of State FRED J. SC HOI. Z Attorney (ieueral WM. A. KETCH AM Clerk of Supreme Court ALEXANDER HESS Supt. Public Instruction D. W. GEETIXG State Statistician S. J. THOMPSON State Geologist W. S. BI.ATCIILEY Supreme Judge—First District JAMES H. JORDAN' Supreme Judge—Fourth District LEAXDER J. MONKS

The round about defense of the ideas of the Indianapolis Journal correspondent by the Democrat to j day adds to the impression that ! many people have that the untruthful telegram sent the Journal on : Tuesday night from this city, and I which had to be corrected the next I day, concerning election returns was a set-up job. It is well-known that the Journal correspondent is an attache of the Democrat office and hag for the most part of his life been a democrat and is not now given the confidence of the republican party; and the further fact that the great republican victory in this city was thus wilfully misrepresented is not surprising. What causes the well merited censure of such a course hy republicans of this city is not so much the misleading statement, as the fact that the Journal, the republican organ of the state, is made an innocent party to such deception through its representative here. Had it appeared in a democratic paper nothing would have been thought of it by republicans as the democratic papers' chief business is to belittle that victory. The “hurst of anger” at such a course from republicans of this city was general and they have been protesting and still propose to protest vigorously to the Journal for permitting such acts. Even democratic papers out of town gave truthful accounts of gains here and the overt act of misrepresentation to the Journal merely gave the local democratic papers a peg to hang to. A democratic defense of the matter is a virtual admission that the special was pre-conceived. Republicans of Greencastle are proud ot their one hundred and seventeen gain on a short vote and they do not propose to see it slopped over in any such a mugwump! an way.

Incidentally it might be said that Benjamin Harrison is still making speeches that win approbation. He never talks otherwise.

Still those resolutions do not appear in either of the democrat papers. There's some good reading in them for democrats as well as republicans. A late report is to the effect that the democrats have elected two counciltnen and a constable at Red Wing, Minn. The local democratic papers might run out a rooster on this special. Yestkbday was pension day, and the vouchers loaded the mail bags to Indianapolis. The checks will begin arriving today, and the money, badly needed, will be put into circulation. This is one of the systems the democratic party is trying to do away with.

All estimates of the probable revenue under the new tariff arrangements are to be taken with considerable allowance for the fact that nobody can yet tell how much the general prosperity is going to be retarded by democratic folly of one kind and another during the present session of congress.—(jlobeDemocrat.

Chairman Gowdy, of the republican state central committee, has given it out that the campaign in this state will open out along the line on the first of September, two weeks earlier than it began in 1892. The battle will then be waged unceasingly until the polls close in November. General Harrison will be one of the speakers, and the

A SUICIDE IN- JAIL.

(■oldiug SiddoitH Hung In the

County Jail l.aNt Nftght.

The suicide of Golding Siddons in the Putnam county jail last evening is a case that presents some sensational and sad features. Siddons was addicted to drink, and during his sprees, which he took periodically, would get into a terrible state, which would result in temporary insanity. He began a spree several days ago and got into one of his usual shapes. On Wednesday night he was taken in charge by Policeman Donnohue in south Greencastle, where he had appropriated some chickens, presumably to trade the same for liquor. as his friends say that seemed to be an idea with him when he would get his uncontrollable desire for liquor. He was placed in jail, and yesterday morning taken before Mayor Case, who imposed the usual fine for intoxication, and he was sent to jail in default of bail. He had eaten a hearty breakfast, and at dinner time ate all the food taken to him. He called for some ginger tea and drank that. This

A Tramp I-rfT TbU.

“Its only a silver dollar—’tis grimy and old and worn; the last that is in my pocket and it goes for

PHI GAMMA DELTA.

State Convention of that College I rater-

mtjr In Ihia City thi* Week.

, The last two days have been red-

a morning horn, as hundreds ^ve lmer ( , avs tQ the members of the gone before it, as. hundred, more De p. iUw ( . h|ipter 0 ,- P hi Gamma may go, for a second of shallow | De , ta thif| , )eing the ol . t .asion of pleasure, an age of remorse and the annual 8tute conven tion of the

woe. Tis only a silver dollar, the last my eyes may see: and it's been owned and handled by score's ere it

fraternity.

On Thursday evening the frater nity parlors were thrown open for

came to me. It's dated in’67, when j the recept;on of the vi8itillg Phl I was a hoy and thought a wretched j Gam8 ttU(i la( , y friend8 of tbe unismall silver dollar was as a wheel,, Ter8ity The evenin ,, wa8 de lght-

oh, rot! This dollar in years now vanished perhaps was a boon to one, a boon to the struggling toiler, who ground ’neath the midday sun ; perhaps to the lonely widow, who wept for the silent dead, it brought to her home some comfort, to her children, perhaps, some bread. Ah, yes, to the starving children, in hut that knew naught of gold, bought food in the heat of summer and fagots when days were cold. Perhaps they may owe existence and fortune and joy and fame to this

fully passed in dancing, games and conversation, and the night was far spent when the hundred guests departed, congratulating the Phi Gam boys upon what was preeminently the social event of the year. On Friday evening the annual banquet was served at Hotel Commercial. The banquet was in every respect a success, and one not soon to be forgotten by the wearers of the royal purple. Dr. G. 0.

Smvthe, one of the founders of De-

dollar of '67, the last that's to my , Pauw chapter pre8ided and an .

name.

Peihaps l>\ tin *' an S* 8 , nounced Hie following toasts: Zeta,

„ „ r.ver some man as a heathen trod, ( The Ba(|ge . Tau Xhe Ladie8; P8ii was the last seen of him alive, and ' int ° Un< 1 e Wa ' *'•' to initiation Night: Lambda, Fiji at

the glory and grace of God; and if; thp World - 8 Fair .

in erratif trav els, it guided a human i Extemporaneous speeches were

soul above all the slums of dark- : , i u .u

i given, and it was only when theap-

ness, the rivers of death that roll, I . . ' ,

’ preaching morn was announced

then have I the right to spend it! 11 i im c ' , * ' that the assembled Phi Gams loined This dollar may sacred be—Well! , , i .n # . i i i i . ^ hands around the festal hoard and Well. It is iiueer how fancies this •. j .i • . .. . 1 united their voices in the inspiring morning sweep over me. It's queer 8trail)8()f .. Ble8t be the Tie th8t

from dinner on nothing was heard

from him.

Last evening a few minutes before six o’clock Deputy Foster took the supper up to him to the jail door. He generally passes the same through the wicket, and, as

usual, called for his prisoner. .. .1 . . . ., |—but the same old craving comes , Golding was the only man in tail,! ° Binds.

, . t , over me as ot yore. 1 pause and , .. ... , I he convention was pronounced

am vacillating—one hand on the:, . , . „ ,,, by all to have been one of the most

gin mill door I pause—but the 1 » , , ,, rni .. ,,

1 | successful ever held. The follow-

pause is useless—though close by •

, o j , ln g were tbe visitors: the charm’s brink, I throw on the , fT • .. ,,

, . . Indiana University — Messrs,

bar my dollar and call for my

morning drink.”

The “insides” of the Democrat this week present the republican state convention resolutions in full. These “insides” appear to be edited independently of the “outsides,” and upon quite more liberal and fair grounds. These “insides” have the following to say concerning the democratic party in general, most of which the Banner Times has agreed are right, things that the people of the 101111 try know are correct, and things the New York World prints, which, paper, the Democrat (according *0 its always correct files) has said will do to tie to. We herewith reproduce what the Democrat has reproduced from the H'o/'/d. It's good reudin': It is useless to deny or belittle the fact that there is a widespread reaction among the voters <>f the country against the democratic party. The town elections in Ohio, Illinois and Michigan tell the same story as those of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and the state election in Rhode Island shows the same causes at work in a more important field. And the reaction is not only sharp, hut it is persistent, it is even more manifest in the spring elections than it was in those of last fall. There can be no dispute as to the fact that tlie political tide is running strongly against the democrats. As to its meaning, there is room for a whle difference of opinion. The proreetionists in both parties profess to see in it a reversal of the verdict against McKinleyism that was rendered so overwhelmingly in 181*0 and ISIS. The auti-ail-miinstration democrats insist that it is doe to Mr. Cleveland’s deficiencies as a party leadei. The Cleveland democrats and the revenue reformers regard it as the result of the “hard times” through which the country has passed during the last year. There is an element of truth in all these, but the real cause of the reaction is popular disgust with a party which can do nothing apparently I except wrangle and dodge. The democrats in the house, and especially those in tiie senate, have presented a spectacle of impotence arid cowardice from which any party in the best of times j would suffer grievously. There’s more, but this is enough {to tell where the democratic party , is “at.”

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and no response coming, Mr. Foster unlocked the door and walked in, supposing Siddons asleep. Upon walking around to the south side into the large room, he saw Siddons, as he supposed, standing in a cell door. He spoke and no answer came. A second look, however, showed that Siddons had taken his life. He was hanging in the mid die cell door, with his feet about two inches from the door. The suicide was evidently a very determined one. Siddons had taken a short pieee of heavy twine, which was stretched from a partition to a wall, and which was used as a clothes-line by prisoners, to hang handkerchiefs, socks, etc., on. It wasn’t more than three feet in length, and it required considerable ingenuity on Siddon’s part to make it answer his ends. He tied it over the cell door into the latticed partition and then placed a bench near. Mounting this, he got his head as close to the casing above the door as possible, and then barely had enough rope to go around his neck. He pushed the bench aside and stepped off into eternity. All indications point to a very deliberate act. He evidently made no struggle, and could easily have climbed back on the bench, or have reached the sides of

AMONG THE CHURCHES-

Indiana

Wylie, Layman, Zaring, Busch, Miller, Woenkhaus, Smith, Simons, Cramer, Binford. Wabash—Moore,

. .. a Z - ., ^ Doctorman, Hall, McDonald, What thr Hni-vu-r* will Hr Tomorrow at ’ ’ Hiarm of Wonhip. I Richey, Dague, Fairbanks, McKee, [All denominations are invited .0 us., this Hensch, Newcomb. Steward. Trout

column for their Sunday announcoinentft. j

Any vacancy in the pulpit or change in the Duckworth. Hanover---!!. D. hour of service, should be made known at ; C „ tler . Kred H . Sears, of Davton, once. I astors and members of churches not ’ * ’ here iflven are Invited to hand in their roirular O., and Messrs. Christian and •ervtoeshereafter. Notices Inserted in this | Zener, of Indianapolis, were also in

column free of charge.) attendance.

LOCUST STREET A. M. E. CHURCH. j

Preaching at 10:30 a. in. and 7 :30 p. in. by the pastor, Rev. H. K.

Stewart.

THE BALANCE OF TRADE.

Though at Present In Our Favor, It Muat

Injure Us Later.

It has frequently been noted between j 1890-3 that England and other European

C. W. Wesson will preach at 10:30 j countries were purchasing much less a. m. and Prof. L. C. Bentley’ n t raw cotton froIn the UniUKl the 7 m., O. v p n r v ft .on ide “ generally prevailing that this was f .uu p. m. 1. r. s. L. r., at o.JU due to a depression in European trade I p. m. This is our monthly mission- 1 and in those countries to which Europe ary meeting, and we expect to have 1 “ells her gnods. During the present cot-

BAPTIST CHURCH.

ton season, however, since Sept. 1, 1893, England lias taken (183.000 bales of cotton more from us than she did during the corresponding period of the previous season. Continental Europe has also taken 314,000 bales more up to March 15 than a year ago, thus making aggregate additional purchases in round numbers of 1,000,000hales more raw cotton than

All cordially invited we 8old Europe during the fir8t half

I the cotton season of 1882-3 than a year

ago.

j Taking the average export value of A Call for Aid. cotton per hale at $50, these increased Friends of the south end mission, European purchases of raw cotton alone

an interesting one. All young peo pie are particularly invited. Sun day school at 9:30 a. m.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

The usual services at the G. A. R. hall tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. and

7 :30 p. m. to attend.

the cell door with his hands. When please read this: We heartily thank

found by Mr. Foster he was perfectly’ cold and had been hanging for some time. After ascertaining

the ladies of the W. C. T. U. for having so kindly given ns the use of their chairs for so long a time;

add $‘>0,000,000 to the value of our export trade and tend to increase the balance of trade largely in our favor. But it is a question whether this increase in our cotton exjiorts can consequently increase our balance of trade as a favor-

that Siddons was dead, the officer and now as they require the chairs j able factor or not. We believe that it

sent at once for Coroner McNetf, who came and cut the body down, and it was removed to the home of Thomas J. Siddons, the well-known blacksmith, on north Jefferson street. A Banner Times reporter called at the house lust night and talked with the boy's father. Mr. Siddons said his son had been drinking for several days, and that he hadn’t been at home since election dav, and they supposed he had gone to Knightsville. Mr. Siddons said his son hadn’t drank anything since Thanksgiving day until this time; that when he was sober he was a good boy, but the first drink seemed to place him in such a shape that he lost all control of himself, and he was unaccountable for what he

did.

Young Siddons was twenty-four years of age, and was a very quiet fellow when sober. He was nnob trusive, and for this reason his acquaintanceship was not great. His father, who has a family, has lived here and at Fillmore a long time. He stated his son never drank anything until after they moved to Fillmore. Thedeathof young Siddons has a sad caste, and his fam-

for their own use, our Sunday school does not. While Europe has been buvroom will be seatless. We there “^e Ainerican raw cotb.n it alio

appears that during the same period our

fore earnestly appeal to the friends; home spinners, the American manufacof the mission for a donation of turers, have taken 262,000 hales less of chairs, or assistance in any way hy bXs lei’thS^U^ars ago. nd 6 ' M ’° W which we can get the fiall furnished j This points to but one conclusion—that with scats during the coming week, the American cotton manufacturers are . , , . , making a smaller quantity of cotton Any help we can get will be thank-! goods than they did either in 1893 or fully received hy Mrs. James Tay-: 1892, and consequently that the amount lg r> 156-2t °f capital employed in the cotton mills

" “ is not so reproductive, and, further, that

The democratic papers arc sweat- number of hands employed in . t . . , , the mills and the wages paid to them

tng great drops of blood today in must be smaller.

trying to tell their readers what Tlie increased demand for America!

,h, m Tuesday. Th*:

forget to say they only bagged nimv of the lower duties to he levied under out of nearly one hundred mayors the Wilson hill upon cotton manufaccastle, by decidedly increased ma- paring to lay in a supply of raw majorities. ! terlal in 0I ' der that they may be in ■ - ■■ - » position to take advantage of the , ..I. . freer trade offered them hy the Wilson I he democrats threaten to bill an(i fiUpply the Am J can # “rush” the new tariff bill through { with cotton goods made in Europe, to the the senate but Senator Sherman PXl '* uldoa l,f An,t?r i ( ' an goods, to the det-

.... ... nmeut of our mills and manufacturers

serves notice on behalf of tbe rc-j and to the serious injury of our Ameri-

publicans that “we will never allow labor.

this bill to pass until we have had ' U nd " ^ ^nditions as these, which 1 [ are clear and conclusive, we can certainun opportunity to read it in this ly not regard with equanimity any inchamber—every word and every creH '* e * n th® balance of trade in our clause of if and every W01 d a ml 1 fa T° r ’ Whicl J 18 gHine<1 at tt inuch 8 reater clause >i it, ana every W0I «' h 1 " 1 i 8ubHe q Uent i 08gtoourin( j ugtrie8 an( j oar

clause of it will be subjected to our labor. The heavy exports of raw cotton , scrutiny. We would be held re- ^ ^ a be-

lly have the sympathy of their , , , . . cause later we must pay out two and friends in their hour of Double *P on "»’ 1 * lf dld den “** nd » nd three times its value for the goods into The funeral will occur tomorrow, I set ur “ thi8 kind ° r consideration which that raw cotton is manufactured. probably in the morning, at Fill- for tt 8trike8 down man . v m»ru an onomta . more- I important industries.’* The Banner Times—lOe. a week.

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