Greencastle Star Press, Greencastle, Putnam County, 29 July 1893 — Page 4

1'ost Up on Prices ! ^12. $10. 3lcn*« All Wool *uits for $5.00 I nli! Saturday Aiglit, July 211, at

CLOTHING : STORE,

THK STAR-l’RilSS. Fra*K A. Arnold, Eililor and Proprietor.

S iturday, July 29,1893. TERMS . / . One Dollar per Year Entered at the Postofllce, (ireencastle, Ind. s second-class mail matter. The indicationa are that the pric e of grain of all kinds will advance, says the Farm Journal.

Over in Clay county lives a wife, ! not (juite forty years of age, who is the mother of eighteen children. The Indiana State Fair is to he held at Indianapolis, Sept. 18 to 23, and large exhibits in all lines are expected. Only ten days now until Congressmen and Senators will be afforded opportunity to save the country—it needs saving from the greed of tariff barons and gold standard cranks.

The Treasurer of Tipton count} seems to have believed that public office is a private snap, to the extent of about $40,000. Senator Voorhees and Judge Ho! man say that when Congress meets next month it will remain in session for at least one year. The weather is not altogether lovely—’tis calculated to harrass the feelings of fat men ; nevertheless it is a fact that the McKinley Bill will be badly disfigured and clear out of the ring before the present Congress gets through with it. Texas has been heard from ; Senator Coke thinks tariff reform as urgent a question as financial reform, and as much entitled to consideration at the extra session as silver. He will not vote for the repeal of the Sherman law unless a substitute favorable to the continued coinage and use of silver be adopted. Indiana keeps to the front; people are bound to hear of the Hoosier State to earth’s utmost ats; Indiana is eminently all righ The last truth of general interest is the announcement that George Snively, of Columbus, Ind., has refused a back pension of $600, which had beer granted him, on the ground that he is able-bodied and can earn his own living. The Banner-Times attempts to hold the Democrats responsible for all the ills the country suffers under, notwithstanding the fact that they are the result of Republican legislation. Next we expect the B.-T. to assert that the World’s Fair was opened on Sunday, that the men were burned to death at the cold storage fire, and that the World’s Fair is closed on Sunday becauseCleveland was elected in 1892. Such assertions would be just as logical as many made in its columns.

That knife-throwing, pistol-point-ing, rattle-hrained Republican newspaper, the New York Press, in commenting upon the approaching session of Congress, says : “When the tession begins every Republican Senator and every Republican Representative should be present. Since the civil war closed there has not been a Congressional session of such moment to the American people. It has been thirty-two years since the Democracy, the party of free trade, of dishonest money, of subservience to foreign interests and hostility to American ideas, had control of every branch of the Federal Government.'' And the very first thing that the “party of dishonest money” is called upon to do is to save the country from ruin threatened by the ‘‘dishonest money” policy of the last Republican Administration! There is no basis for argument now. The facts are made plain and doubters are relegated to the rear. There is no longer excuse for ignorance in any quarter as to the cause of this summer’s disturbances in busi ness and financial circles. “SteVe” Elkins has been prevailed upon to break his silence and tell us just what is the matter. This Steve does in his usual straightforward, blunt way. It takes him something less than a column to do it, but when he does it it is done. The sum of it all is that the country has gone to the dogs because it turned Steve Elkins out of the War Department a few months ago.

The fellows who were twisting the lion’s tail last year and twitting Demcrats about being allied with English free traders are the same fellows that are now pleading for cooperation with England in its raid against silver and in favor of a single (gold) standard of coinage. The indications are that State Geologist Gorby is a disgrace to manhood and to his constituents; it appears that he is only in his true element when he surrounds a large j quantity of whisky and makes himself obnoxious to decent people. Gorby should be bounced from office — no man who continuously keeps bis “hide full of liquor” is fit to hold a public office. The false notion is current that all the silver money advocates reside west of the Alleghaney Mountains. This is a mistake. The Times Union, published at Albany, New York, says : If silver were to be stricken from the currencies of the nations, there would ensue such a scramble for gold as would convulse the commercial world. | More or less silver is in use in the coinage even of the nations which adhere most strenuously to the gold standard. No matter what may be said or done, there will continue to be a place for silver. The Treasurer of Tipton County has proven an expensive luxury to his bondsmen, who will be compelled to pay his defalcation amounting to about $40,000. It appears that last horses, dealing in margins, etc., absorbed the people’s money that was entrusted to him for safe keeping. If there is any sympathy to be turned loose the bondsmen should receive the benefit ; those guilty of betraying the trust the public has reposed in them should suffer the penalty of the law—Tipton county owes it to her self to make an example of derelict officials. It is not the fault of Republican newspapers and Repualican politicians that the country is not now in the midst of a far reaching and distressing business panic—the men and papers named have used their tongues and columns to the best of their abil ity to bring about financial disaster T he fact is, however, that the Republican party is responsible for the existing state of things, and the attempt to place the responsibility on Democratic shoulders and gain political capital thereby has only emphasized the shortcomings of the Repub can party while it was in power. One of the brightest financiers , f the West in discussing the business outlook and the liiouetary situation sizes up the matter as follows. “The bankers of the country undertook to force the national government to purchase bonds. Or, in other words, the banks undertook to “buck” the national government in financial mat ters and the government has turned the scales on the banks. This caused a scare and the Dwiggins string of hanks first failed. This caused more uneasiness and the people who had money deposited in the banks drew it out There is as much money as ever, but the people have foolishly lost confidence . This is the God’s truth of the whole business.”

The cranks wbo favor a single or gold standard have a great deal UTsay because France a few years ago suspended the coinage of silver. But they are careful not to say a word about the all important fact that before she did so she had a larger amount of silver in use per caiiita than any other leading nation. When the l uiieu .States has as much silver in use for money as France, it will be time enough to talk about suspending coinage here. It is useless and foolish to borrow trouble—to cross the river before you come to it. It is not lack of money that has been affecting the country— there is just as much money now as there has been for many years; it is lack of confidence that has been the cause of all this worry and closed the purses of the timid. If the people who have their money in their pocketbooks and strong boxes would put it in circulation times would brighten up immediately. In commenting upon the fact made plain that Harrison wants the Republican party to nominate him for President in 1890, the New York Sun says: ‘What does Geu. Harrison stand for? What did he stand for? Nothing salient save the Force bill, and the Republican pirty is nowaware that Force hills are not pleasant to handle. Even of that policy of Force, Gen. Harrison was only the accidental and second hand representative. He also got one or two ideas from Mr. Blaine, but he was not identified in the Republican mind with any Republican principle, or otherwise recommended by popular manners or inteleetual biilliancy.” Our New York contemporary forgets that President Harrison stood for something more than the Force bill. Hi stood for McKinleyism, for dodging the financial issue, for extravagance in public affairs, ami as an apologist for the Republican legislation which is responsible for the ills the country suffeis under.

Fox Ridge. Joseph Fry and wife, James Farlow and family, Albert Browning anti wife, R. W. Crawley and family and Edward Landes and family took in the great sights at Eel river on Sunday Frank Meikel is home from Indianapolis Those reported sick are Frank Blackwell, Lilly Vandevier and Walter Farlow... Thomas Davenport is able to attend to business again after an attack of sickness Joe Fry and James Farlow' are the boss fishermen of these parts .... Stella, the three year old daughter of Jacob and Lucy Williams, died on Monday at two o’clock and was taken to Lebanon for burial. Tippy.

Red are her lips as roses, Dewy, divinely fair: Bui no young man proposes, For red- alas!—is her hair.

Putnam ville.

Nice shower Wednesday morning Jos Cromwell and Johnson Hepler went to Indianapolis, Monday, to see their brother-in-law, Geo. Hurst, who is quite sick— Mrs. Feck is here on a visit from Indianapolis. There will be a basket meeting at Bethel next Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Jones lost their

baby the first of the week • Miss Herbert, of Cloverdale township, has been visiting at .las. Cooper’s Mr. Carrington and family have moved back from Indianapolis Earl stohe is training a bicycle Lightning killed a cow for Mr, Griggsby on Monday evening. xx

The hammock is out on the lawn again From evening to dewy morn. And the girl who tried to get in it too quick Is likewise out on the lawn.

Hanged anti Rurnrd. Memphis, Tenn., July 24.—Lee WalW•r, the negro who assaulted Miss Mollie McCadden and four colored girls last week, was lynched by a mob a few minutes after midnight Saturday night. After the hanging a huge bonfire was built in the street and the body cut down and dumped into the flames. .Murdered While Sleeping. Burlington, la., July 2fi.—Mrs. Leonard Fritzsehe was shot through the heart and instantly killed while sleeping in her bed in this city last night. Her husband and four other persons were arrested as the murderers.) Kxrurslou Train Wrecked. Akron. O., July 26.—Spreading rails caused the wrecking of a world’s fair excursion train on the Pittsburgh A Western road near this city yesterday and forty-two persons were injured, three fatally. A Swig* Robber. Chicago, July 26.—A warrant was issued for B. 11. Nemitz, representative at the world's fair of thirty-five Swiss watch manufacturers, who has disappeared, together with $40,000 worth of exhibits.

TeuneaHee Town Scorched. Hollow Rock, Tenn.. July 26.—The business portion of the town was destroyed by fire Monday night. Only the Record office and Lovelace A Bros.’ store remain standing. The loss will reach $10,000, with small insurance. The origin of the fire is believed to be incendiary. May Expel the Oneen. Ban Fs-axlmcv, July 26.—Late advices from Honolulu say that if the United States decline to annex Hawaii it is said the provisional government will expel the queen. Prof. Alexander has been sent to Washington to aid Minister Thurston. Robbers I.ool an Ohio Dost Office. Wapakoneta, O., July 25.—The post office at Moulton, this county, was roblied Sunday morning by burglars, who took $100 in stamps, $500 in notes and $yoo in dry goods and jewelry. No clew.

Long Tramp Ended, Chicago, July 83.—The Misses Plant, of Nuncia, Mich., arrived at the world's fair grounds yesterday, after walking all the way from Muskegon. Mich., 320 miles. The journey was made in ten days.

IS AN IMPOSTER. . Ft V £_^ The Jury’s Verdict in the Celebrated Newby Case.

Th« CTaiumnt to William Newby** Pension Is Declared to lie Dan Henton— The Judse’i Charge—The Crime and the I'enalty Therefor.

A WAMOV!* SUIT INOCXL * * Springfield. 111.. July 24.—“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty.’’ Those were the last significant words pronounced Saturday afternoon in the Benton-Newby case. The crowd that had gathered in anticipation of the result lapsed into almost painful silence as the verdict was announced. The jury retired at 2:07 Saturday afternoon and in nineteen minutes they filed back into the courtroom with their finding. It was plain that an agreement, if reached at all, was not expected so soon. the prisoner is cool. The defendant was closely watched as to the effect of the announcement made upon him. He did not manifest any nervousness while waiting the fateful moment, and when the verdict was read he showed the coolest indifference, and there was no change in his color or expression. When the news was transmitted to Mrs. Newby, who was waiting in an ante-room, she was strongly affected and gave expression to her feelings in sobs. the judge’s charge. Judge Allen prefaced his charge with a reference to pension legislation, saying it should be carried out to encourage the application for pensions by meritorious old soldiers and to prevent fraud. Unusual interest, he said, had been duveloped in the case, and that strong feeling had been wrought up was manifested both in the courtroom and on the street. The jury should not let this enter into their decision, but should return a verdict in accordance with a love of justice and a sense of duty as drawn from the evidence. To establish the defendant’s identity in view of the conflicting testimony of the witnesses on either side was an exceedingly difficult and delicate matter and demanded the exercise of the highest intelligence. It involved the judgment as to which class of witnesses was the more reliable intellectually and morally. He then briefly stated the theory of the defense that the defendant was wounded at Shiloh, was captured by confederates. and finally found himself in Andersonville prison. This theory should be weighed in the presence of the fact that the evidence did not show that any of the other prisoners were taken there. An important point to be decided was as to whether a man who showed the strength of mind accredited to the defendant during his wanderings through Ohio, Indiana and the south, could have entirely forgotten his relatives. The value of the alleged wife’s testimony and that of the physician's regarding the defendant’s physical ability must bo decided alone by the jury. The charge closed with the precaution that the defendant must be found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. THE CRIME AND THB PENALTY. The indictments against the defendant were for presenting false affidavits for a pension and for falsely impersonating an old soldier for the purpose of defrauding the government of $20,000 or over. Newby, supposed to be dead, never received his discharge from the service, and had he established his claim he would have been entitled to pay all these years. The extreme penalty of the law for his offense is fifteen years in the penitentiary.

King of tho Turf. Chicago, July 24. —At Washington park on Saturday Morello won the Wheeler handicap in 2:05 equaling the memorable record made by Salvator in his great match with Tenny June 25, 1890. But Salvator’srecord was made as a 4-year old carrying the exact weight allowed him according to the scales, while Morello is but a 3-year-old and carried eight pounds above the scales. Salvator’s performance, therefore, does not compare with that of Morello, who may justly be considered the racing wonder of the age. Chlrago Iron Mprrhants Fall. Chicago. July 25.—The firm of Parkhurst A Wilkinson, iron merchants at 148 to 104 Kinzie street, failed on Monday. The firm’s assets are estimated at $1,006,000. Parkkurst & Wilkinson were among the leading merchants in their line in the United States and had been established for more than a decade. Slow collections due at the bank is the cause of their trouble. Kalu Is Neeiled. Washington, July2b. — The weekly crop report of the weather bureau states that the rainfall has been deficient throughout the northern states. There was almost a total absence of rain from Nebraska eastward over the states of the Ohio valley to Pennsylvania and, while the corn crop is as yet uninjured, it is in a threatened condition in Nebraska and Illinois. Detroit Celebrate* He Klrtlidag. Detroit, July 25.—The two hundredth anniversary of this city’s birth was celebrated Monday, and in honor of Antoine I)e La Motte Cadillac, the Kreucii explorer, who first si tile, i here, the day will hereafter be kno—n as Cadillac day. _ Population of Minneapolis. Minneapolis. Minn., July 24.—According to the new city directory, using a multiple of 2!^, this city has a population of 293,707. The directory contains 89,483 names, or 4, 111 more than were given in the last issue. Through a Trestle. Alton, III., July 26.—-A freight train crashed through a trestle on the .SY. Louis, Chicago & St. Paul road near here yesterday and Conductor Bucrill was killed and three brakemen fatally injured. LToaed ou Sunday. Chicago, July 23.—For the first time since May 28 the world's fair was closed 1 to-day. —

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The following goods, that in price are much lower than any former offering we have ever | made, and we doubt if the oldest settler of Putnam county can remember the time when similar goods were ever offered so low in Oreencastle.

Infants’ yongola Button Hhoes at

Nos. 5 to 8 Children’s ‘‘ “ “ “ .

Ladies’ tipped Oxfords

At C a genuine Dongola pat. leather tipped Oxfords, solid leather insole and^

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a boy’s Laco Shoe, solid leather, sixes 3 to 5.

Men's Congress and Lace Shoes, solid leather counters and Insoles, guar- ’ anteed the equal of any two dollar shoe in the State. If the gore in these shoes gives I way inside of 12 months new gores will be inserted free of cost.

a stylish Tan Lace Shoe for boys, the equal of any $2.50 in the city.

At ^ 1 •*^N a stylish Tan Shoe for men, the equal of any $7.00 shoe sold in this market heretofore by any other dealer.

Men's fancy dress calf Bluchers.

At Men's splendid wear Plow Shoes, shoes constantly for 12 months.

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Dr. Joe Robison, of Fillmore, says he purchased a pair of shoes of us for $1.50 that wore( 1 12 months and the d shoes are good yet. James Best bought a pair of 99c shois that gave him 12 months good service. We have all numbers of the above shoes now, so come earlv and we can fit you

Mason qts., 65c; Mason

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South Ruf.sell. About done making hay and wheat about all threahed ... Growing crops need rain Berry cron small on account of dry weather Oats about all out H. W. Sutnerlin and wife and E. Hutherlin and daughter went to Montezuma on the excursion Chas. Burkett and Miss Ella Hymen visited the latter’s parents, near Ladoga, Saturday and Sunday J. B. Shannon is to build A. J. Farrow’s large barn That bay horse that gets out on the highway at night will be penned up some of these mornings, and penalty will have to be paid to get him out R. C. and H. W. Hutherlin have some fat steers for sale Noah Lookabill and Oeo. Gardner have gone away Elza Frank has built an addition to his shop The tax collector has been showing up delinquents about here. xx

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List of Letters Lying in the postofflee, at Oreencastle, ui calif d for, June 21, 1S98: Wni. Hartwell, Miss Lottie Spaulding, Jot h. Browning. H. H. Underwood, Miss Nell; Lin frock, Miss Clara Crowder, Emmersc Uunrk. Mrs. S. Scoon. Albert Rand. Mi Serena Span ding, Arthur Workman, Mi I.ena l.llis, Miss Rosie Coffman. C. H Chri mt; F/anhlLugh 0 ,^. 1 Hil ““' KiD (i * Vivalia. Mrs. Pauline Lancaster, of Indianapolis, visiting here Ned Miller has a new bugf Mrs. Amanda Wright is reported bett ......Ice cream supper at John Knauer's c Friday night Quilting at Dan Miller’s < Monday Samuel Payne is home from Ke tucky. ,,