Daily Tribune, Volume 17, Number 31, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 31 December 1902 — Page 4

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L'aiJy Average Circulation u.r November

The Vigo county commissioners displayed peculiar and questionable zealousy in purchasing over $14,000 worth of voting machines just at this time. Of course, the people want machine voting but in view of impending legislation, the action of the board is open to the severest criticism. It is known that the Supreme court is soon to pass on the constitutionality of machine voting and that if the decision is favorable the legislature will pass compulsory statutes oil the question. This legislation may be of such a character as to seriously embarrass Vigo county and undoubtedly it will be of a nature calculated to afford the public machines at a price .milch below that now exacted. In the rather remote possibility of an adverse decision by the Supreme court, howevMY- tins county wonUt be left With a fine lot of junk on hand. Viewed from afty standpoint the commissioners' action was untimely and unwarranted. It. cs»nnot be explained on anv reasonable around.

Official procrastination is sometimes profitable. While our authorities have leeii leisurely discussing the best method of removing the Spanish(.-friary.fijpin Miff Philippines the problem has been solving itself in a very satisfactory manner. In other •\u»rds the friars have been •jetting out of the archipelago on every boat thai has left and of the thousands Who infested the fslftnds a year ago their- now remain only three or four hundred in Manila* And these are j/etlmg ready to go. The evodus lias been characterized by no lamentations or protestations of sorrow aiul even the foxy friars seem glad to gad. Parting is such sweet sorrow on both side.1? that it borders on jejune joy.

Mexico's new customs are payable in silver and to meet the fluctuations of the market it has been deemed necessary to promulgate a new rate eiteh month, a course which must perforce result in emtle-s misunderstandings, vexations, and embarrassments. The revision nj adjustments of a rill' rates every thirty days is a labor which will doubtless floor in short order the Greaser Ucmiles 1 hat .undertake* it. Still the operation of this cimihcrsome and gfdtesque law will nerve to emphasize the riesirabiliiy of the country getting on a gold basis with all expedition.

Henry Marshall, who i« to be eleo.trd as speaker of the Indiana hou«e of representatives, is a thorough going business man. He knows a hawk from a hand-saw and is accustomed to dealing with larae interns!« and with all sorts a fid conditions of men. His experience is such as is calculated to render him a fine, otttcer and is hijrhly probable that he will be a potent factor in expediting the work of the session. Mr. Marshall has a magnificent opportunity to gain the respect of the people of the state.

tt is reported that the New KngLuid senators opposed to the Newfoundland treaty, the senators from the beet sugar states opposed to the (.'iibun treaty, and the far west senators opposed to the importation of tropical fruits will uaite to defeat the treaties now before congtyse, The tariff' is not as General Hancock declared it, a local issue, but. onefl ii» a while there are those who seek to make it so and in their action bring the whole splendid system into temporary disrepute.

The great loss of human life during 1002 through accidents brought about by carelessness or cupidity piesents an appalling showing. In spite of the multiplication of safe guards and precautions the yearly death rate from accidents in wreck and fire continues to grow. Possibly it is an evil iaeident to our strenuous national life but nevertheless conditions can be radically improved and the bloody sacrifice on the altar of developement be reduced to a minimum.

Sheriff Dudley refuses to relinquidsh the Sullivan county jail at the demand of Governor purbin. If his impertinence is carried much further he may find himself in a position to he unable to relinquish his ievidence there even when willing.

The man who has not fared well during this year now closing is the-exception. 1902 has been the red letter year in the country's material prosperity and the. great- majority ef the

people ha\e been on the band wagon.

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Another idol luis been shattered. Paifus Cantrell, the Indian»polis grave robber, lias taken to romancing. When Rulus first began to make his ghastly disclosures everyone thought he was a liar but as investigation after investigation established his startling statements as the unvarnished truth, the fioklc public swung to the other extreme and came to look upon the rascal as a sort of Hoosier edition of "Truthful James." If he accused any man that man was damned and his exoneration of any one under suspicion of body snatching amounted to clearance papers with a halo thrown in for good measure. But Truthful Rufus has fallen, not like Lucifer, but.just like any ordinary cross roads liar. He has put the credulity of the people to a test which strained it to the snapping point. Probably jealous of Venezuela as an attraction he has ventured too far in the jungles of romance and lost his way. He solemnly avers that on one of his grave jobbing expeditions a coffin was dug up and being opened was found to contain a man not yet dead, a bit of ineonsideration and neglect which tvas promptly remedied by a doctor in the party who calmly and sweetly proceeded to choke the remaining life from the body. This is ju.-t a bit too gruesome even for Indianapolis. The light has gone out in the temple of truth.

iJfost'r

The CO*! men should jntike a lot of gOod i'C$otv6s tonight.

THE WIDE WORLD ROUND.

-"•England's Many-Colored Guns.

.1 here is a ^urgeous iridescence about a recent despatch mnn .v,ncrsri,t, x.:igtand great depot for arms ana men, wlMcn ton *iii romantic interest on. our new great gUn'at Mifluy itcrok. We had better day, at the outset, that we do *ot place implicit confidence in trie said rtespaten, but regard it rather us very promising Jirnt ettott the difficult field, of modern realistic ricaion. The writer uegmb t?y announcing that experiments af Alaershot have reveaied tne interesting iact thnt the invisibility of artillery can be secured down io comparatively dose ranges by the device ot pa-iBting the guns and carriages with btcaks of red, blue, .aid yeio\y-—ttte three primary colors. These colors harmonize with the natural surrounding* and background in such an effective manner that at three thousand yards heldglasses have the greatest difficulty in detecting tne guns so treated, without other means of concealment being attempted. Ont battery with its rainbovv-hued guns approached to within a thousand yards withoua. being seen. The writer goes on to aver that this new discovery promises some very interesting developments, and »o doubt it will bring about a revolution in the mode of conducting the warfare of the future. The present regime at the war cflice, with its indefatigable search or reform in England's military procedure, will be certain, says our writer, to decide on some very radical changes with reterence to the new invisible color scheme. The idea of decorating the big guns with fanciful patterns and wall-paper figures in tike three colors is looked upon with high favor, as contributing a joyful not to be solemnity of battles, and providing a delightful accessory to the glory of pageants and military reviews. It has already been whispered, our despatch declares, that a War office agent has been visiting the studios of oome well-known British artists, with a view to securing their tAleut for the decoration of'the guns of the Royal Horse Artillery. The powers of the war oflice have determined that in applying the primary colors ao the guns it should be dono in as artistic a manner as possible, in order that the guns may as well be ornamental in times of peace as useful in actual Warfare.

Count Boni's Latest.

It will be a cold day when nt Boniface de Castellane fails to get his name into the newspapers. While his worthy sire, the Marquis de Castellane, is enlightening the readers of one of our curent magazines on the splendid history, present obligaions, and high future desainy of "la noblesse Francaise,' 'aiiJ exhorting the member# of his exalted order to stir up their intellectual faculties and once more get in the van of French elightenment and progress, like those two noble ancients, Mirabeau and Talleyrand,—-his worthy son Bcni has done it again, and this time in a larger and more comprehensive manner than ever before. It has always given us a benign satisfaction to contemplate the exploints of the young heir of all the Castellaaes and some of the Goulds, lo see him liiafch up and down, explaining thao. his highly sensitive nature has been wounded, and that he will not enjoy unfiled sleep until he has shot a brute of an editor or to hear him lay down the law as to what a real gentleman will do or Will not do, as, for instance, that no real gentleman will pay mere salesperson when he intends to settle his account or when we learn that Count Boni asserts that no true gentleman will wear a sxiit more than once, and therefore orders garment* from his tailors not by the dozen merely, but by the grose,--*itd these things give us a certain quiet pleasure which we do not get from waterfalls and rainbows and earthquakes and thundef-stortns. But the present feat of Count Jioni,—if it faithfully reported, and is not a new leaf from the book of the Aldershot correspondent,—puts all past exploits into the shade. Acting on the advice of his patrician sire M. le Marquis, Count Boni determined to stir up his intellectual faculties and get into the front of the procession of la belle France,—in other wordB, to stand for the Chamber of Deputies. But they say he distributed such largeness to the electors a* to arouse a uniersal outcry, with the result tli»t a bill has been introduced to abolish all French titles, including those of our countrywomen who have married into the Faubourg St.-Germain, No wonder Count Boni is setting out for foreign- parts.

And Or. Mitchell Blushed.

Dr. S. Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia, author of many delightful novels-and essays, relates the following anecdote of an European experience that he once underwent: "While in Austria," he says, "I was taken suddenly ill, and fearing my sickness to be a case of 'aggravated nerves,' I had summoned quite the most famous nerve specialist in Vienna. After making the necessary examination, he said to me, 'I see that you are an American.' 1 confessed that I was fearing at the same time he might regret having answered the call that had been made on him. 'ft is quite extraordinary that an American should consult a Viennese physic-Ian when troubled with nerves. From what Tai't of the country do you •come.?' he inquired. 1 informed him that my home was in Philadelphia. At that, his eyebrows lifted strangely, and he lairlv iwsped. 'Philadelphia!' he exclaimed. 'Come to Vienna to be cured of a nerve trouble when you live in Philadelphia!' He mad« no effort to conceal his amazement, the cause of which I e.euld not imagine. 'Why not?* I asked. 'Because, he. replied,

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have in Philadelphia the greatest and most

famous nerve specialist in the world.' 'And who is he, pray? I asked Much to my surprise—and you can imagine the blush that mounted to my cheek-he replied: 'His name is Df. H. Wier Mitchell—he is the most famous.' I concluded thea Mat he had not been informed of his American patient's name, and I consider the compliment he so unwittingly played me, quite the most delightful experience of that European trip.

THE

PIRATE'S CORNER.

Some people mistake spectacular effect, for success.

A sick man is always ia favor of a constitutional amendment.

Tne lingering 'guest would doubtless be surprised to lea,rn that his long going is often regarded as a shortcoming.

What He Wants.

She fixes lots of fancy dishes For the table. Yes. That she is skilled in this respect

He's willing to confess. But when he sits him down to eat, Good food is what he wishes, A fid not the fancy flowers and things

She's painted oil the dishes.

When it comes to waltzing the awkward man gets there with both fact. .••••-r.'"It is never too late to mend," said the man who was too lazv to begin.

A pessimist is a man whose views of life are in accord with hi disordered liver.

The Origin of Species.

The Hippopotatmis is fond Of tolling in the dirtiest places And, turning from his cleanly pond, ~, „V With mud obscures his burly graces.

A dainty ba.th of stagnant slime Is what he never can resist. thought he may evolve in timo

Into a Problem Novelist. vr

Great wealth awaits the oculist \vlio can'help people t&o are hi hid to their own interests. •j 4

Don't attempt to drown sorrow in drink you will only die-

cover that sorrow is ah expert, sttimtner.

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MACHINES ARE URGED

VOTING DEVICES ORDERED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

EVERY PRECINCT SUPPLIED

uid Machthes which Proved Too Small will be Remodeled and Returned Here,

The county^ commissioners yesterday placed with the United States Standard Voting Machine Company of Rochester, X. Y., and order fot.twchty-four voting machines. This together with the six machines already purchased (which the company in their new cofttract agrees to change so that they conform to the law) will niake a total of thirty voting machines*, in Vigo county. This supplies every precinct.

Vigo is the first county in the state to adopt the machines for universal use. There are several other counties that use them in one or two precincts, but Vigo will have them in use everywhere, The macines are arranged with keys for 23 questions. 7 political parties and 54 candidates, and are guaranteed in their operation to register a secret vote AnA correct count according to the sta.te election law. The machines are also sjuaranteedi to he free from defects in material or workmanship for five years, and will be repaired without, charge within that time, if any such defects appear. A man will be furnished at election time to instruct, the election officials in the use of the machine. The contract prioc is $600 for each machine, and the time of delivering is to be August 1st. 1303.

Eighteen thousand dollars was appropropriated last spring to be expended for voting machines, but only six machines were purchased at that time. The satisfactory results obtained, however. by the use of the machine at the recent election determined the commissioners in the matter of closing the deal. l^ome of the Democrats in Prairieton township did not want to vote by machinery in the recent election, and several plans for doing away with the system were suggested. While the representative of the voting machine company was preparing the contract yesterday Attorney Ha.mill told of the following method suggested by & Baptist preacher of that vicinity. The preacher's plan was to have a. runaway just about tile time the bridge was reached and spill the machine out of the wagon into the water, thus making it unfit for use. The scheme was novel and the preaebet supported it stoutly, declaring that, he had never known a man to be successfully prosecuted for an accident.

Endorsed fry Plumbers.

The following letter has been sent in for publication by one of the committee representing the Plumbers and Steam Fitters' union: "Terre Haute, Dec. 29, 1902. 'Messrs Blocksoin and Holmes: "Gentlemen.—At the last regular meeting we the officers and members of Local No. 157, Plumbers and Steam fitters, by unanimous vote endorsed the application of W. R. Young, president of Local No. 292, International Association of Machinists, for superintendent of public buildings, and will say that he has our fraternal support and will say that said body of Local No. 157 will not approve of any other than a competent and card retaining man of which we know the above named gentleman is in possession. "GEO. SCIiAEFER, Pres. "WM. BOYLE. "AUG. JAENI6CH.

OF CAVANAUGH.

One License Issued Today. A marriage license was issued this afternoon to Mr. William Reeves and Miss Bertie Epperson. This is the only license issued since yesterday morning early.

CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED. with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and fn order to cure It you muat take Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure ts taken internally, and acts dlrecay on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and Is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with th« best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfacSes. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces wonderful i-esults in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free.

P. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price 75c. Hall's FamHy PHls are the bestt.

BETTER THAN A PLANTER A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on the affected parts, is better than a plaster for lame bactyand for pains in the side or chest.

VUtti

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superior as a Mnhn Jre for the relief of deep seated, muscpar and rheumatic pains. For sale by all dr*J$psts.

Every Eflf (iGaranteed at Hance*s Dairy Depot, o4v*nth and Elm,

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BUSINESS RECORDS NEARLY ALL SMASHED DURING 1902.

ENORMOUS STRIDES MADE

Domestic Demands So Insistent that Imports Expanded to Unprecere

BradstreetV review of the business year to be issued' Saturday next will have tlie following: "To nay that 1&02 was the best year this country has ever experienced, wliile truthful enough in the, main, does not suggest fully the enormous strides which the United States took in the year just c-'osed. "Practicaly every hranclr of ordinary trade and manufacture shows an increase above the best of previous years, and yet this immense enlargement of output Was not sufficient of itself to satisfy the growing, it might even be termed insatiable, demand for all kinds of materials. "In many cases the usual foreign out* let. for products was, perforce, neglected by American producers, who confined their efforts to supplying insistent domestic demand, while in others foreign production was called upon to re-en-force domestic output, with the result that new currents and channels were created in our foreign t.rttde. "Our export trade, therefore, shrunk, while our imports expanded to unprecedented figures. "The railroads of the country, in their efforts to handle the business offered them, suffered as never before from congestion, and comylaint of interference with production and distribution of the products of the farm, the mine, the shoo and the loom was practically universal. "Industrial unrest wan naturally marked, as it always is in times either fo prosperity or of depression, and serious disorganization of some of the country's brfsic industries resulted' for a time. "In many case*, however, resort to extremes was avoided or rendered unnecessary by liberal recognition by employers of changes in the standard of living, and it is safe to say that two men obtained higher wages or had their working time reduced without resort to strikes for every one who actually quit work. "Speculation, it is true, felt the checks imposed upon it by conservatism, by short stops in the preceding year, nd last, but not least, by high rates for money: but. ttefpite the fa*?t that stock market operations Were orvly about oneHalf those of 1901. bank clearings, those usually reliable guides of business, showed aggregates practically equal to the hitherto unheard of totals of 1901. "Ail this was accomplished with a minimum of friction, as reflected in the form of business embarrassments."

Supplies for Poor Asylum. The county commissionefs today awarded! the contract for furnishing supplies for the poor farm. The contract for furnishing meat was awarded to C. W. Nugle Mr. C. Koll received the contract for furnishing" the groceries, and the clothing contract was given to J. Holmes. The bids for the grocery contract were the closest, there bein'g a difference of only three cents. There were but two bidders, Mr. Koll and C. W. BausJ-meister. Mr. Bauermcister's bid WAS $521.64, Whle the bid of Mr. KLoll was $521.61.

A Card.

For The Tribune: I see in Wednesday's issue Judge I. N. Pierce says Bradford was the first man hung in Vigo county. Now if the judge will refresh his mind a little he will recollect that Dlas was hung in 1844. I can not rememfter Who was sheriff. I think it was Wm, Ray. Samuel Connor hung Bradford and Win. Stewart hung Morgan, saw the question asked Was Bradford the first, so I answered.

J. M. SANFORD.

ON SOUTH SIXTH STREET—*

choice lot, central loeatron.

ON WABASH AVENUE—

business property, 19, 22, 37,

60, 67 and 75 foot front.

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FEMALE TROUBLE NOT RECOGNIZED AS CATARRH.

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Farm, Tuell 4 Usher, W. W.

Ray's Subdivisions.,

FARMS 4 MILES WEST-*®'

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ARTHUR GRIMES

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Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. PAINLESS EXTRACTION'. Sixth and Main. Over McKeen's Bank.

-J. M. Dishbn and no other "Goes forth Jn haste. XVith bUls and paste And "proclaims to all creation,

Men ate wise who advertise In the present generation.

BACKACHE "AND sDIZZINESS.

Most of the Ailments Peculiar to the Female Sex Are Due tp Catarrh of Pelvic Organs.

MRS. M.

BRICKNER.

Catarrh of the Pelvic Organs Is a Very Common Disease Among Women Nowadays.

This Affection Is Generally Called Female Weakness, Female Disease, and Many Other Similar Names.

99 Eleventh Street, Milwaukee, Wis.)

"A Bhort time ago I found my con* dltlcn very serious, 1 had headaches, pains in the back, and frequent dizzy spells which grew worse every month I tried two remedies before Peruna, and was discouraged when I took the first dose, but my courage soon returned, in less than two months my health was restored."—Mrs. M. Brickner."

Perana has cored thousands of cases of female weakness. As a rule, however, before Perana is resorted to, several other remedies have been tried in vain A great many of the patients have taken local treatment, submitted themselves to surgioal operations, and taken all sorts of dootor's staff, without any result.

The reason of so many failures is the fact that diseases peculiar to the female sex are not commonly recognized as being caused by catarrh.

Those or­

gans are lined by mucous membranes. Any mncous membrane is subject to catarrh.

Catarrh of one organ Is exactly the same as catarrh of any other organ. What will cure catarrh of the head will also cure catarrh of the pelvic organs. Perana cures these cases simply because it cures the catarrh.

Most of the women afflicted with pelvic diseases have no idea that their trouble is due to catarrh. The majority of the people think that catarrh is a disease confined to the head alone.

This is not true. Catarrh is liable to attack any organ of the body throat,

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bronchial tubes, lungs, stomach, kidneys, and especially the pelvio organs. Many a woman has made this discovery after a long siege of useless treatment. She has made the discovery that her disease is catarrh, and that Peruni can be relied upon to cure catarth wherever located.

Miss Florence Murphy, aTtoS^SW&nrl Avenue, Seattle, Wash., writesr "I suffered for over a year with female trouble, and although I tried several physicians, none of them seemed able to help me permanently.

It took only a little over three bottles of Peruna to make me well and strong. I never have backache, headache, or bearing down pains any more,"—Miss Florence Murphy.

Mrs. Judge McAllister writes '••--n 1217 West Twenty-Third Street, apolis, Minn., as follows: ,v "I suffered for years with-.a path ia the small of my back and right side. It interfered often with my domestic and' social duties and I never supposed that would be cured, as the doctor's medicine did not seem to help me any. "I took Peruna faithfully for seven weeks and am happy indeed to be able to say that I am entirely cured-. Perfect health once more is the best thing could wish for, and thanks to Peruna II enjoy that now."—Minnie E. McAllister.

If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he. will be pleased to give you his valuabl£ advice gratis.

Address Dr. Hartman, President

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