Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

At Camp Mount, Ind anapelis, Tuesday, soldiers were oi tspoken in their con Jemnation of the treatment received at the hands of the administration, and when informed that they ould bave to pay th- ir own lailroad fares going to and returning fron home, not a few pretty strong remarks were made at the expense of the government: "It looks like the government cares more for the Spaniards than it does for ns," said a soldier, “when it sends the Spaniards home free of cost and makes us pay our own way. It wi 1 certainly fall very hard on some cf the boys who will have to pay $4 or §5 railroa t fare out of their monthly pay of $15.60. I for one don’t think that the government is treating us fairly.” Many complaints of like tenor were heard throughout the camp. * * * Now that the time has about arr ved when the soldiers must square accounts with the government preparatory to being mustered out a groat deal of complaint is ' eard übont the prices charged by the state for certain ar hides that the soldiers will have to pay for. These articles were issued to the sol iers befo e they w nt to tho f ont, but have never been paid for and t e .soldiers complain that they will be “unmercifully skinned" if they have to p >y the prices fixed by the state. For instance, the state charged 15 cents a pair for scoffs that she governi ment afterward issued for 6 cents and foe shirts worth fr m thirty to fifty cents the state charged 90 cents, with prices of other articles of equipment propo tionately high The soldiers are insisting that the board us survey shall not allow these mounts to be charged, but shall see that they are cut down to the government’s prices. The soldiers are entitled to the balance remain! g between wh’.t they have to pay for their clothi g and the government pllowance for that purpose, but although many of t em have stinted themselves there will be no balance for mo t of the soldiers un'ess the government turns down the prices charged by the s.ate. Mayor Taggart, who done a gieat deal or the returned soldier boys, sent out to camp three immense cans filled with milk for the soldiers of the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh.

Alger’s History in Brief. In September, 1864, Col. Alger andjhis regiment were in the Shenandoah Valley taking part it Sheridan’s great campaign against Jubal Early, About the first of the month Cblonel Alger applied for a ten day s’leave of absence. The application was dis. p roved and return, d by his division commander, Genefal Wesley Merritt, because of the active operations then in p ogress. Upon the return of big application for leave disapproved, Col Alger left his regiment and went to Washington without leave. There he procured a detail on court martial duty in that city. This fact was reported to General Merritt, who in turn reported it to Gerferal Sheridan, who brought the matter to the attention of the war department, reccmmending that Colonel Alger be discharged for being absent without leave. In consequence of that recommendation from General Philip H. Sheridan. Col. Alger was disenarged from the service on September 30, 1864. The incident terminated his military career. After the war was ovr he procured in some way“the brevet of brigadier general and major general of volunteers. Later on he turned his attention to money making *nd politics. Ofhisbusine s methods the uSprem ■ court of M chi an has spoken in very uncomplimentary language. Of his political methods John Sherman has spoken to accuse him of flagrant bribery, purchase, decjption and betrayal, still later on, Alger became a McKinley shouter, and m fulfillment of a political bar gain he now occupies a s at he cannot fill, and his inepmpeteney is the scandal of a the nation and the wonder cf tho world. And this man the Precident shi< Ids, and thereby assumes no small portion of the responsibility for the “crime against humanity” enacted on the fransport ships and in the military camps in Cu’ a and the United States.

u Mia.s k, State of Itdiana, ) County of Jasper, j SS: In the Jasper Circuit Gcurt, To October Term, 1898. Alice P Williams, etal,, i vs t Complaint Bothy K Timmonset al., ) No 5630. Nov. come the Pl dntiffs, by Hanley & Hunt their attorneys, and file their complaint herein, together with an affidavit that the defendants—Bothy K Timmons and Mr Timmons her husband, and Mr Timmons widower of said Bothy K Timmons; Bothy K Timmons an Mrs Timmons his wife, and Mrs Timmons widow of said bothy K Timmons; Townsend P Iden ahd Mrs Iden his wife, and Mrs Iden widow of said Townsend P Iden; Nancy Iden and Mr Iden her husband, and Mr Iden widower of said Nancy Iden; John G Timmons and Mrs Timmons his wife, and Mrs Timmons widow of said John G Timmons; Nancy M Dunnock and Mr Dunnock her husband, and Mr Dunnock widower of said Nancy M Dunnock; George F Dunnock and Mrs Dunnock his wife, and Mrs Dunnock widow of said George F Dunnock; Mar garet A Burgett and Mr Burgett her bus band, and Mr Burgett widower of said Margaret A Burgett; Francis M Burgett and Mrs Burgett his wife, inti Mrs Burgett widow of said Francis M Burgett; Miranda R Timmons and Mr Timmons her husband, and Mr Timm< ns widower of said Miranda R Timmons; Joshuv J Timmons and Mrs Timmons his wife, and Mrs Timmons widow of said Joshua J Timmons; TwillaJ Timmons and Mr Timmons htrhusband, and Mr Timmons widower of said Twilla J Timmons; Andrew Ferguson and M.s Ferguson his wife, and Mrs Ferguson widow of said Andrew Ferguson; Andrew Furguson and Mary Arnhuiguson his wife, and Mary Ann Furguson widow of| said vndrew Furguson; Vesparion Lard and Mrs Lard his wife, and Mrs Lard widow of said Vesparian Lard; Charles Laird and Mrs Laird his wi e. and Mrs Laird wiiowof said Charles Laird, and all the unknown heirs, devisees and legatees, and all of the unknown heirs, devisees and legatees of the unknown theirs, devisees and legatees of each at;d every of the above named defendants are not residents of the Sta e of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said Defendants, that unless they be and appear on Wednesday. November 2d, 1898, the fifteenth day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holdenonthe Third Monday of October, a d. 1898, at the Court House in the City of Rensselaer,*in sid County and State, and answe or demur to said complaint, the same will bs heard and determined in their absence. In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my —hand and affix the seal of ■j Seal. >• said Court, at Rensselaer, I — J Indiana, this 9th day of Septembe , a d. 1898. Wm. H. COOVER, Clerk. Hanley & Hunt, Attys forPl’ffs. September 10, 1898—514 50