Greencastle Star Press, Greencastle, Putnam County, 4 May 1895 — Page 4

Sell 'Em Low

The mast miserable men «v the \T >rld are those who worship money, th.it is, who are bent entirely on acemulating wealth, and are putting : all their energies into the business. When reveree comes, as it often does, the man as a rule collapses under

the load.

—— The word is that arrangements are i being perfected by some of the county i Auditors and Treasurers of Southern i Indiana to test the constitutionally of the fee and salary act of 18U3 in so j far ns it allects their salaries 'Ihe suit to be filed will include a demand

and Let Em Q-o. Go through your wardrobe, young man- mid count, your suits —after you havs counted them if you have less than a dozen don t pack up and go west to grow up with the country; but make a bee line fur the Closing Out Sale of

the

PUTNAM CMI HOUSE And supply your probable demands of at least two years to come. No such goods at so low figures ever oft’ered on this market befoie. After this stock is closed it is doubtful if you will ever have such another chance.

rebels scent to have been

Our Handsome Tailor»made, Silk wounded, captured or driven into hid r— • _ • t_ r> .• a. _ r _ a a „^ ir» vrjrArtrta e.-M

not entitled to draw more than their fees, which are nominal. The advices from Cuba indicate that the Spanish ctficials and sold iers have pretty well snufled out the Cuban rebellion, and most of the

killed,

Finish Suits for Men Going

Now This Way:

$25.00 Suits for $12.50

20.00 “ “ 18.00 “ “ 16 00 “ “

12.00 “ “ 6.00 10.00 “ “ 5.00 8.00 “ “ 4.00 6.00 “ “ 3.00

500 Boys’ Suits.

$10.00 Suits for $5.00

ing. The telegraphic reports say that Maceo s band has been routed by Gen Salcedos, Garzon’s band has 10.00 been defeated and the survivors snr rendered, Montego’s band has been dispersed, and Castillo's band has

been scattered

8.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.50

4.00 3.00 2.50 •2.00 1.50 1.00

.75

Our Silk Lined

$25.00 Overcoats at $12.00 20.00 “ “ 10.00 15.00 “ “ 7.00 10.00 “ “ 5.00 6.00 “ “ 3.00

What the Putnam bays is so. PUTNAM

Clothing Store EAST SIDE SQUARE.

THE STAR-PRESS. Frank A. Arnold, Editor and Proprietor,

Siturday, May 4, 1895. TERMS 0 L e Dollar per Year Entered at the Postofiice, Greeneastle, Ind. as Fecund-class mail matter. We want a good correspondent at each poetoftic'e in Putnam county. Those uowactidrus correspondents will please notify us when they are out of supplies of any kind and we will forward the same to them promptly The silver and auti-silver contest is on in Illionis, and the people of that State will be pretty well posted on the question of finance by the time that convention is held in June. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided that newspaper publishers cannot be compelled to reveal the authorship of editorials. That’s good. It would be very disagreeable for the editors of some of our contemporaries if they should be made to tell from what exchanges they rip their most stirring editorials. On Saturday there appeared in print a new compromise proposition to bring together the gold hugs and bimetallists. It proposes a new dollar, to be composed of proportionate parts of silver and gold—at 10 tol — fused together and made into a coin about the size of the present half dollar.

One the 'pt-c'd correspondentwriting from Washington City, says that the fact cannot be hidden that the sentiment in favor of a bime tallic currency is rapidly spreading over the entire country, and he at tributes this growth to the activity and persistency with which the friends of silver coinage urge me justness and equity of their cause The advocates'of silver coinage claim that the only way out of the present muddle is to make the currency of the country sound by legalizing the coinage of gold amt silver on equal terms; th is, they say, is the real “sound money” basis that we must come to and abide by.

There is need of cool heads and active brains to ateer clear of errors in party managemen' and party de clarations of faith in the immediate future. The making of the Democratic platform should not lie relegated to rattle-brained incompetents or political tricksters who are adepts in the use of words to befuddle readers. The masses of the Democratic party should make their dcijittiiiio aiiown at thteif cdale con-

ventions, and then the demands ol the majority should be heeded ami plainly set forth la the National | Democratic platform.

itraia oi, my pe.. ^ I They have had a prohibition law in Maine, for lo, these many years, but the “dratted thing" never has prohi bitted ; snake bite medicine has al ways been on tap almost every place in the State. At thecity of Bath the police have at last succeeded in find ing liquor in a place they had suspected for over twelve years and which they had frequently radtd during all those years without success Some fresh tacks in the carpet at the head of the stairs gave them the clue. Under the carpet was found a board containing a knot hole, under which was ajar of liquor. A small force pump was also in close

proximity.

On Monday Senator Voorhees gave out to an interviewer his views on the silver coinage question. He declares for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, without reservation. In his interview he says: “The truth is that danger from the coinage and use of silver as money in this country n ever occurred to a sane mind until greed, avarice, unholy speculation reared its serpent head and aimed a vicious, deadly blow at the honored dollar of the fathers in 1873. Sin ce that time we have had nothing but financial vexation, distrust, business depression and ruinous panics. The five years wh ich immediately followed the demonetization of silver in 1873 were freighted with more calamity and suffering on the part of laboring and producing people than was ever before know n on this continent in the same le ngth of time. A wave of confiscations wept over the country, annihilating values, depriving labor of its reward, destroying ail in arket prices for property except such as were hid at sheriffs sales. Nor did this wretched condition of aftairs show any sign s of improvement until the partial restoration of silver to its money functions took

place in 1878.

“If I am told in this connection that silver h'lliion a« a marketable commodity at this time commands alow price, my answer is that if gold had been conspired against, I'frrs'ste-illy arsaUed by fori -aerif as we" a. fair, stauhed in liie u&rk and m the daylight, and in the back, and under the fifth rib, and wherever else a dagger could be planted, for nearly a quarter of a century past, it would be in a far worse crippled condition than silver. No other form of money on the face of the earth could ha ve withstood, as silver has done, such a malignant unsparing crusade as the last twenty-two years have witnes.ed in th's country. It still holds its place in the alfections and confidence of the people. "I wish to impugn the motives of no one and to avoid hard words in discussion as far as possible, but the time has come when speech, though temperate, should he very plain. Party platforms from this time forward will not be framed to cheat on this subject, whatever may have been dore heretofore. No dubious phraseology or straddling planks on the question of silver will be tolerated in the next national conventions that are to take place in this country. Words will mean what they say and men will be nominated whose lives and records will constitute a guarantee that the principles declared will he carried out. Nor are the people to be imposed on any further by the ominous air with which the money lords and money lenders prate about the terrors and disasters of being put on a silver bvsis by the free coinage of silver. “If the free and unlimited coinage of silver as full legal tender money, and as the standard of statutes and the unit of account and payment, without a word of international agreement on the subject, will put this country on a silver basis, then we were on such a basis, every day and hour from toe passage of the first coinage act in April, 1772, until the demonetization act of February, 1873 a period of eighty-one years, during which we rose from weakness to the loremost rank among the nations of the earth. I commend to all crokers in regard to a silver ha*U a careful reading of the act of April 2, 1792, formulated by Hamilton and Jetferson and approved by Washington.”, )

BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Industries Gaining Steadily Without Sigrn of Hesitation.

i:«TlTAl of Artlvltf In All Direction* Mrenffttien* C'ontl<t«nce In the future Prospects of Trade—Views of Commercial Agencies.

N'ew York, April 27.—R. G. Dun A Co.’s weekly review ol trade says: “Neither the rising: In speculative markets nor the steady gain In Industries has ceased, and it Is wholesome that there are fewer signs of hesitation in the productive industries than in speculate prices. Wages strikes grow more numerous and cause some trouble, and retail demand lags behind wholesale sales and jobbing purchases behind production in some branches, but through many conflicting reports the fact shines out that the industries are gaining, not with a rush and a whirl, but more safely. It Is less clear that railroads are Increasing their earnings, or that over production of cotton Will be cured by the advance of 1% cents in price, or that cornering short sellers of wheat will help to market the large surplus. But revival of activity in all those directions, if possible, excessive In some, helps confidence to take the throne so long held by distrust Recovery is not often mathematically equitable. When the load of de-

pres&lon is

lifted.

and men

find

that better

Ih intci

have come

to

stay, there

mu»t

be many

con-

tradlctory changes.

Quite a number

of

works have advanced wages during the week, but strikes to compel an advance, possible for some but not for others, have grown much more numerous. Some shops are closing for want of orders, but a larger number are resuming work Prices of shoes and cotton goods are rising, wool and woolens are lower It would be a distinctly unnatural movement. Inviting only distrust, if it were sympathetic and with equal step in all branches. The Iron Industry. “Iron production, stfmulated because ore, coke and oil were to be dearer. Is retarded by shrinking demand for products, for on the whole, new business Is said to be smaller than in February or March. The structural demand far buildings throughout the country was never better Wool Prices Away Down. “Wool has sold at the lowest prices on record this week. 10 cents for Ohio XX and W cents for year s Texas, and offers to clear off stock before new supplies came forward tempt manufacturers to purchase beyond present needsWheat, f'xports Checked. • Higher prices for wheat, nearly 3 cents above last week’s, tend to check Atlantic exports. which, flour included, were only l.Mto.873 bushels for the week, against 2,820,445 last year, though for the previous two weeks about equal to last year s The Money Market. •Bank exchanges In April, thus far. overage daily 11.6 per cent, more than last year, but lfi-8 per cent less than in 18V3. Money is coming hither from the Interior and a larger demand for commercial loans appears, especially from manufacturing towns in New England and from Importers. The failure Record. “Failures for eighteen days In April showed liabilities of #5.OTh.ftgJ. of which 632.770 were of manufacturing, and (S.183.82.’ of trading concerns. The failures for the week have been 230 In the United States, against 17V last year and 37 in Canada against 20 last year ” llradstrcet's View. Uradstreet’s says: •The feature of the week is the continued strength of prices of staples after the striking advances of preceding weeks. Perhaps the most relentless advance has been in hides within ton days Bessemer pig iron and steel billets are practically unchanged in prices, with demand on the whole rather less, but prices are firm. Steady quotations are reported also for cotton, coffee, sugar and pork, while wheat, Indian corn, oats and lard are all

higher.”

TWELVE KILLED. Another Horror Occurs on the Interoceanlc Hallway in Mexico. City of Mexico, May 1.—Another wreck on the Interoeeanic railroad is reported to have occurred at Teftnematla, the scene of the recent disaster by which nearly 100 passengers lost their lives. Details hare not as yet been received from the wreck, but it is known that a freight train jumped the track and it is said that the number killed is twelve, with several more injured. The scene of the disaster is at the same curve which not only caused the Temematla catastrophe, but a number of small wrecks attended with

loss of life.

Furniture Factory Burned. Rockford, 111., April 30.—The main factory building of the Forest City Furniture company was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon, the machinery and a large amount of furniture in process of manufacture being consumed. The loss is estimated at SI00,000, fully covered by insurance. The fire caught in the engine room at about 6:30 o'clock. Cubau HcfieU limited Again, ~ Guantanamo, Cuba, May 1.—A force of government troops under command ol Mai. Teueriso .nude au attack Tuesday upon a band of insurgents at Ramon de Las Yaguas. A desperate fight ensued, which resulted in the total rout of the rebels with a loss of seventy-two killed and a large number wounded. The government force lost six killed and three wounded.

To K*<tuce

Milwaukee, May 1.—The Sanderson Milling company, Phienix mill, the Daisy mill owned by the Allis company, Manegold Milling company, B. Stern & Co.’s Jupiter mills and the Madgeburg company, all large milling plants of this city, have been merged into a trust for the purpose of reducing expenses by doing without eastern agents and traveling men. (’hrlMtlan F.iiileavor Convention* Boston, May 1.—More than 60,000 delegates are expected to be present at the fourteenth international Christian Endeavor convention, which will be held in this city this year from July 10 to 15 inclusive. The committee is now practically sure of .’>0,000 delegates outside of Boston and vicinity. Will He a Kuynl lilft. Rome, May 1.—King Humbert and Queen Margharita have given an order to a Turin jeweler for a magnificent diadem in pearls and diamonds to cost 110,000 francs. This will be their joint present to the Princess d'Orleans on the occasion of her coining marriage with the Due d’Aosta. Krnttirky A**ea,ment increased. Frankfort, Ky., April 30.—The state board of equalization has increased the assessments of property $14,000,000 above the total valuation of county assessors This is the greatest Increase ever made except by the board of 1BVJ.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. Valparaiso is having an epidemic of flower thieves and ruiners. Many costly and beautiful gardens have been spoiled. Near Tipton, Henry lladnon, an aged man, was burned. Ulysses Wright, pioneer of Montgomery county, still has a set of oldfashioned pewter dishes, which he uses every day. The prospect is decidedly favorable in the vicinity of El wood for a large crop of fruit. Hunky I vis, of Marion, found a 3-months-old girl baby on his doorstep the other night. Application has been made to the Wabash council by James Lynn, of that city, for an electric street-railway franchise. It is proposed to put in live miles of track the present sum-

mer

Edinburg will hold an election May 6, for town officers, and the republicans ami democrats have tickets in the field, but from present indications party lines will not be strictly drawn. Anderson citizens have taken the preliminary steps toward the organization of a commercial club. Mayor M. M. Dunlap, J. D. Bosworth, C. W. Prather and A. A. Small are the prime movers. At Lafayette a claim against the estate of the late JobM. Nash was filed for unpaid taxes covering a period of 13 years that if sustained in the courts will realize for this city and county $2.'0,000. William A. Goodman, of Cincinnati, is one of the executors made defendant in the proceedings. Thko. Eullf-rton, of White county, who was paroled in 1S03, was returned to the northern prison by order of Gov. Matthews. Fullerton was sent to prison in 1886 for 18 years for manslaughter, and his parole was granted on condition that he abstain from the use of liquor. He violated the condition imposed. He will now have to finish his full term of 18 years. At Kokomo Miss Stella Collins, aged 22 years, swallowed two ounces of chloloform with suicidal intent, but was saved by the arrival of a physician. A couple giving their names as Wm. Gregory and Lizzie Hunter, of Nelson county, went to Magistrate Hawse in Jeffersonville to be married. All the money the man could raise amounted to 65 cents. They went away saying that they would return in about a week and be better prepared. Wayne county’s expense in the Morrison will case will be $3,00& Indiana will probably send 700 Knights Templars and their wives to the Boston conclave. Nelson Trusler Post, members of tlie Randolph county bar and Winchester citizens the other night presented Bast Department Commander Albert (). Marsh, with a past commander’s badge. Department Commander Shively, of Wabash was present. Tnu transfer of the Wabash natural gas plant was formally made the other day to the Dieterich syndicate. Checks for the entire sum of $300,000, including the price of the artificial gas plant and the natural gas plants at Herbst, Micr and Somerset, were executed. James Kelly, aged 84, a veteran of the Mexican and late war committed suicide by shooting himself through the head at Peoria, Miami county, the other day. He was subject to despondency. Congressman C. L. Henry has appointed Dr. II. E. Jones, of Anderson; Prof. ti. W. Hufford, of the Indianapolis schools, and Prof. George S. Wilson, of Greenfield, as the board to conduct the competitive examination which will decide the appointment of military and naval cadets. The date has been named as the 18th day of May in the high school building in Anderson. There are forty applicants. The mail carrier from Nashville. Brown county, reports the finding of the body of James Harding, a wellknown farmer. Both feet and one arm were burned off. Harding left his home a few days ago and did not return, and neighbors searched for him, with the above result. Harding is believed to have been fighting a forest tire and to have been overcome by heat. His body was but slightly burned. Wayne and Henry county farmers will use bloodhounds to track petty thieves. The two hundred Muncie cmplorcs of the Findlay Rolling Mill Co. have filed suits to collect about $6,000 due them in wages. At Jeffersonville Frank Leathers was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary for the murder of James Walker at Cementville last August. The wife of Dr. A. J. Maris was found dead in the woodhouse at her father's home the other morning, near Tangier, Darke county. She had committed suicide by hanging herself with a hammock. Mrs. Maris' mind had been unsettled by a grip attack, and she had escaped from a room in which she had been confined the evening be-

fore.

Farmers of Madison county propose to fight the Richmond Natural Gas Co.’s efforts io pump gas. Bruno Hans, who fell from a trapeze at Ft. Wayne, died. Diphtheria is raging in Washington township in the southeastern part of Shell)j- county. Two bloodhounds will help out Anderson’s police force. Farmers near Decatur captured a trnmn who confe«:«cd that "he” had burned a barn. The indignant grangers were preparing to whitecap "him” when “he" was discovered to be a woman. She won’t tell her name, and is now in jail. At Kokomo, Mrs. Elizabeth Cassidy Vvas giuoleii a divorce a few days ago from Thomas Cassidy, who she thought until recently, had died twenty-eight years ago. The couple were married in 1865. Cannkllton is maintaining a quarantine, backed by armed guards, against Tell City, which ha« four cases of small-pox.

Would you buy horse because lie stood ou four legs and looked like a horse, whether he were alive or dead?

We

Alive.

If you put on our shoes ONCE you will ALWAYS.

USE

SHOES.

We carry the most complete line of Dry Goods in the county.

Never before Have we been in so good a shape to give our customers their money’s worth as we are to day. A few weeks ago we traded SB,000 worth of goods for r ial estate, and in that deal wo put in every dollar's worth of Clothing, every dollar’s worth of Furnishing Goods, every dollar's worth of Hats and Caps bought before The Great Reduction in the Tariff. We have restocked every department with an entire new stock of Spring Goods bought at the extreme low prices that Cash alone will reach, and now we enjoy the distinction of being the only house in Greeneastle that has an entire new stock, bought since the Great Reduction, and we the only house that sells goods at strictly one price. Beware of houses that sell goods ou the Jew plan and have to throw in a hat, shirt, tie and many other things to make their old goods go. The Model CLOTHING and HAT HOUSE

Save Money and Get the Best Goods. You Stand in Your Own Light by Not Patronizing tne Big llonaiixa. Our motto is: Live and let live. FINE COUNTRY LARD...10c HAMS ONLY 10c to 12c CITY LARD 8$c SHOULDERS 9c BACON 10c ! A full line of Tinware at /trices so low they will suit yon Come and see us. We guarantee satisfaction, rectify all mistakes, make you happy and feel at home. No store in own can undersell us. Best Grade of Coal Oil and Gasoline AT LOWEST PRICES.

Corner Liberty and Madison Sts, tf