Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1900 — Page 4

m why ». Official Democratic Paper of Jasper County* f.LMBCOCK,EDITORANDPUBLISHER, latered at the Port-office at RenrteUer, Ind. as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: S>NE TEAR IX MONTHS »c THREE MONTHS2Sc. Payable In Advance. Advertising rates made known on application Office on Van Rensselaer Street, North of Ellis & Murray's Store. NOTICE TO ADVERTISES!. All notices of a business character, Including Wants, for sale, to rent, lost, etc., will be published in The Democrat at the rate of one cent perword for each insertion. No advertising will be accepted for less than 10 cents. Cards of thanks will be published for 36cehts and resolutions of condolence for •1.00. For President in 1900, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.

Township Conventions. WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP. Notice is hereby given that the democrats of Wheatfield tp., will meet in mass convention at the school house in the town of Wheatfield, on SATURDAY. MARCH 24. 1000, at 2:30 p. m., for the purpose of nominating the following township ticket: One Trustee, one Assessor, three members of the Township Advisory Board, one Road Supervisor Ist dist., one Road Supervisor 2d diet. Geo. O. Stembel, Philip Stuppy, Chairman. Secretary. KEENER TOWNSHIP. The Democratic voters of Keener Township will meet in Mass Convention at the school house in DeMotte, Indiana, on SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1000, at 2 o'clock p. rn.. for the purpose of nominating the following officers: Township Trustee, Township Assessor, two Justices of the Peace, two Constables, three members of the Township Advisory Board, three Road Supervisors. A. Brook, Chairman. Tim Curtain, Secretary. JORDAN TOWNSHIP. Ndtjceis hereby given that the democrats of Jordan tp„ will meet in M iss Convention at Egypt school house in said Township on SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1800, at 2 o'clock p. tri., sharp, for the purpose of nominating the following township ticket: One Trustee, one Assessor, three members of the Advi«ory Hoard, three Justices of the Peace, three Constables ami four Road Super visors, one each from Ist, 2d. 3d and 4th districts. Frank Welsh, F. E. Duvall, Chairman. Secretary. CARPENTER TOWNSHIP. There will be a Mass Meeting of the voters of Carpenter Township in sympathy with AntiTrusts and Anti-Imperial ism, held in Town Hall, Remington, Ind., on SATURDAY. MARCH 31.1000. at 2 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of reorganizing the Township Central Committee, and to place a Township Ticket in the field to be voted for at tire November Election, 1900, By Order of Committee. NEWTON TOWNSHIP.* Notice ia hereby given that the democratic voters of Newton Township will meet on SATURDAY* APRIL 7,1800. in mass convention at Saylorville school hoase for the purpose of nominating a full township t eket to be voted for in the November election. C. L. Carr, Chairman. Cal! For City Ward And Mass Conventions. The democratic voters of the city of Rensselaer will meet in ward mass conventions on MONDAY, APRIL 2,1800, 7:30 P. M„ to nominate candidates, to be voted for at the city election, May 1, 1900, for the following offices: Two Councilmen for the first ward. One Councilmen for the second ward, Two Councilmen for the third ward. The places of meeting for the various wards will be as follows. Ward one, in the Ladies' waiting room of the court house. Ward two, in the Sheriff's office. Ward three, in the County Superintendent’s office. Immediately after the various conventions the City Mass Convention will be held in the east court room to nominate candidates, to be voted for at the city election May 1,1800. for the following offices: City M«yor, City Clerk. City Treasurer, and City Marshall. By order of the City Democratic committee. L. Strong,Chairman. E. F. Mann, Sec'y.

It might be a good idea to assure the Filipinos that they will not have to pay more than some given percentage, in order to persuade them to submit to our kindly and enlightened sway. The Republicans say that the sugar and tobacco trusts will pay the Porto Rican duties. How’s that? We thought they told us that it was the foreigner who paid the tariff taxes a few years ago. The only “victories” reported from the Philippines now-a-days are those won by the grim reaper Death. A long list of casualties are reported almost daily by Gen. Otis. Imperialism is costly, both in money and lives. Deeming the present session an inopportune time to secure ratification of the several reciprocity treaties with colonies of Great may be ratified extended one year.

NOTICE TO DEMOCRATS. At the meeting of the Democratic County Central Committee on Thursday of this week, it was decided to postpone the holding of the Democratic county convention until Saturday, June 2. The republican senatorial convention will be held at Goodland next Tuesday. The democratic senatorial convention will be held at Monon, and the judicial convention at Remington, but . the dates' of either have not yet been decided upon. Naturally Porto Rico can afford to pay 15 per cent. Her laborers struck a day or two ago for an increase of their wages from 40 to 50 cents, and they will therefore only have to give up some of their luxuries in order to supply the money.

Democratic chances continue to brighten. The Republicans grow more and more hopelessly divided as the days go by. By coming out boldly for imperialistic government of Porto Rico, they have stripped off the mask of “expansion” with which they concealed their true policy and the people can now choose with knowledge. There can be little doubt how they will decide when the issue is put plainly before them. The commissioners of De Kalb county have begun suit against county Auditor Seiler to collect $72 which Seiler drew for services on the board of review for 1899 and used the money for private purposes. The commissioners contend that it should have been turned into the county fund,'as it was his duty as auditor to attend the meetings. The commissioners ask $l5O damages. County Tresurer Hines drew pay for similiar services, but turned it into the county fund.

The financial statement of Jasper county for the six months from May 31, 1899, to Jan. 1,1899, appears in the Apologist this week. Evidently it was not desired to give much publicity to this statement, the commissioners ordering it published in the Apologist and Barnacle. However, as it is rather rich reading, The Democrat will reproduce it in these columns next week, that the democratic taxpayers of the county may have an opportunity to study the report and see where their money goes to. The report confirms a number of statements made by The Democrat soon after the last annual report was made, concerning certain expenditures, etc.,

Gen. Lew Wallace, the well known author and one of the most ardent McKinley supporters in Indiana during the last national campaign, has written a letter to the Indianapolis Press, in which he scores the McKinley administration unmercifully for its imperialistic policy; and offers a sixteenth amendment to the constitution, in which the United States shall not expand except with the consent of the people. He says in closing: “The masses of the party (republicans) are innocent of imperialism, and it is not their intention to establish a colonial plaything for the present executive or for executions to come; none the less, they will have shortly to answer both those charges.” The letter is a scorcher from start to finish.

It was by a strict party vote, excepting Senator Lindsay, of Ky., who voted with the republicans, that the Senate tabled Senator Allen’s amendment to the Porto Rico bill, declaring that by force of the Paris Treaty of Peace the Constitution of the U. S. was extended over Porto Rico and its inhabitants, and the previous talk of some of the republican Senators made their votes somewhat surprising, as a vote to table the amendment was equivalent to a vote in favor of the contention that Congress can legislate for our new possessions, regardless of the Constitution. By a coincidence the vote was taken just after Senator Chilton had made a speech, in which he said: “Our constitution goes to Porto Rico. It goes everywhere that the American power goes, and it is a shame to our pretensions that the first act of an American Congress in dealing with our new acquisitions from Spain should be an effort to deny to that people the highest right of free men—the protection of a written Constitution. It seems like a travesty to hold that Congress, which is the creature of the Constitution, can legislate for anybody or anything in disregard of the terms of that Constitution.”

Foreign policies are not the only things this administration is copying from European nations. Secretary Long has created a Board to be know as the Naval Policy Board, corresponding to general staff of European navies, which will control our Navy both in peace and war. Admiral Dewey is head of the new Board. Inasmuch as our Navy has got along for mors than a century, during Which it has won some of the greatest victories ever fought on water, the reason for such a radical departure is not apparent. Less red tape, not more, would seem to be what is needed. As long as Dewey is at the head of the new Board, no fear need be felt about what it may do, but with a political favorite at its head, it might do much mischief.

We can see no cause for any great number of republicans to raise such a howl over the Porto Rican tariff measure. It is one of the pet theories of the republican party that taxation makes people prosperous, and, as it is admitted that the people of Porto Rico are in a pretty hard row of stumps, it is but meet for their god-father, the republican administration, to seek to alleviate their financial sufferings at once. What more proper than to place a 15 per cent, tariff on their products? The only mistake in the matter that we can see, viewing the question from the administration standpoint, is in making the tariff so low. Of course, als per cent.lariff will get in its work in the course of time and make the Porto Ricans immenseley prosperous, but to have got “short service” upon them and made them realize the great benefits of the republican prosperity theory, the rate should have been doubled or thribled. There is nothing like haying enough of a good thing.

The nightmare labeled “Porto Rico tariff” still hovers over the pillows of prominent republicans and destroys their rest.’ Conferences are held every day with Mr. McKinley by Senators who favor the tariff and by Senators who favor free trade, and the odd thing is that both classes of Senators talk as though they believe Mr. McKinley to be on their side. All sorts of propositions are being advanced by republican Senators to avoid anything like an open rupture in their party on this question, one of them being to continue the debate until the close of the session without allowing the bill to come to a vote, and another to load it up with all sorts of amendments and then defeat it by an overwhelming vote. The dodge in ,either of these expedients would be so palpable, that it is hardly conceivable that the republican leaders will be foolish enough to allow either to be adopted. The republican party is in control of all branches of the government, and for it to fail to place itself on record by positive legislation on this question, would be an acknowledgment of weakness that would be absolutely certain to drive the party from power. That is why they will have to patch up some sort of legislation.

That alleged offer of the good offices of this government to facilitate negotiations for peace between Great Britain and the Dutch Republics in South Africa, was confirmatory rather than otherwise of the belief that an understanding exists between the McKinley administration and the present British government. It enabled Mr. McKinley to make an attempt to soothe the numerous republican sympathizers with the two struggling republics, by pretending to do something, and at the same time gave Lord Salisbury just what he wanted —an excuse to serve notice on the powers of Europe, through his answer to the alleged offer of our good offices, that no mediation would be tolerated by Great Britain, and that the conquest of the two republics would be pushed to a conclusion as originally planned. If that was not the result of an understanding between the British Government and the McKinley administration, it was one of the oddest coincidences that ever occurred. Senator Mason on Monday called up his Boer resolution in the Senate, and something may be said on this phase of the question. The republicans have compelled the * resolution to be debated in secret session, but the talk in secret session has a habit of getting out.

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Terrible Pains in Head, Neck and Spine, Weak Back, Appetite Gone, no Sleep for weeks, and Nerves all in a Commotion. Relief came with Dr. niles’ Nervine.

No disease plays such havoc with the delicate nervous system as that terrible scourge, LaGrippe. It tears and strains at your spinal column. It twists your neck and seems to fairly split your head wide open. In vain you strive to throw it off. In vain you try to get away. You are racked and buffeted until your vitality is gone —then left to die. Dr. Miles’ Nervine will help you. It is a wonderful nerve-healer and healthrestorer. It has closed up the lacerated wounds of thousands of grip’s unfortunate victims and started them on the road to recovery. Dr. Miles’ Nervine is a food as well as a medicine, and it not only feeds but heals the nerve tissues,

Not In Sympathy With It. We have as yet received no calls for district conventions to elect delegates to the National convention at Cincinnati on May 9. Let the districts act at once. The districts are entitled to one delegate each. We understand that some of these were selected by the delegates while in this city attending the State convention. If such be the case they should make official report in order that credentials may be made out by the State chairman. Let not this be neglected.—Populist Journal. At a district meeting of the 10th district held at the time of our state convention, J. C. Smith of White county, was elected delegate and W. 11. Ritchey of Rensselaer, Jasper county, alternate, to the Cincinnati convention of May 9, 1900. We failed to hand the names in at the time, but the chairman will please forward the credentials to the above named parties.—White County National. Mr. Ritebey handed us the above clipping from J. C. Smith’s paper and said that this was the first intimation that he had of his selection as an alternate to said convention, and furthermore that he was not in sympathy with the middle-of-the-road movement.

It is very hard to stand idly by and see our dear ones suffer while awaiting the arrival of the doctor. An Albany (N. Y.) dairyman called at a drug store there for a doctor to come and see his sick child, then very sick with 1 croup. Not finding the doctor in, he left word for him to come at once on his return. He also bought a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, which he hoped would give some relief until the doctor should arrive. In a few hours he returned, saying the doctor need not come, as the child was much better. The druggist, Mr. Otto Scholz, says the family has since recommended Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy to their neighbors and friends until he has a constant demand for it from that part of the country. For Sale by Hunt Bros. Druggists.

NOTICE. Having sold my lumber yard I desire to close all my business by March 20. All accounts not settled by cash or note will be left with a collector and costs added. I will be at my office until March 20. J. W. Paxton & Co. A Fiendish Attack. An attack was lately made on C. F. Collier of Cherokee, lowa, that nearly proved fatal. It came through his kidneys. His back got so lame he could not stoop without great pain, nor sit in a chair except propped by cushions. No remedy helped him until he tried Electric Bitters which effected such a wonderfull change that he writes he feels like a new man. This marvelous medicine cures backache and kidney trouble, purifies the blood and builds up your health. Only 50c at Hunt Bros. Drug Store.

NOTICE We, the undersigned, do hereby agree td refund the money on two 25 cent bottles or boxes of Baxter’s Mandrake Bitters, if it fails to cure constipation, biliousness, sickheadache, jaundice, loss of appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver complaint, of any of the diseases for which it is recommended. It is highly recommended as a spring tonic and blood purifier. Sold liquid in bottles, and tablets in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One package of either guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. A F. Long. B. F. Fendig. ■"' ■ ■ —— ✓•Us* Hoosier Poultry Powder Sold by A. F. Long.

makes new nerve fibers, increases the red corpuscles in the blood and strengthens the brain cells. When you find yourself so nervous, restless and irritable that you cannot sleep at night, Dr. Miles’ Nervine will soothe your weary nerves and bring restful, refreshing sleep to your tired and worn-out brain. When you are weak, exhausted and run down so that you have no desire tor food and no ambition for work, Dr. Miles’ Nervine will stimulate your appetite, invigorate your digestion and build up strength for body and mind. “La Grippe left my stomach so weak that I could scarcely eat any kind of food and was nervous and sleepless. I took three bottles of Dr. Miles’ Nervine and was cured.” Mrs. Wm. B. Swank, Miamisburg, O.

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Real Estate Transfers.

William B. Austin to O. B. Keene, Dec. 30, sw 23-31-5. wife se 23-32-5, 240 acres, Kankakee SIO,OOO. John R. McAfee to B. J. Gifford, March 13, pt se nw 20-28-5. pt e',i sw 20-26-5, e’fe nw 202S*5, Hanging Grove, SSOO. Andrew Arnold to Charles F. Arnold, Jan. 18, wife nw 34-30-6, n?s nw sw 34-30-6, 95 acres. Barkley. $4,180. Sarah A. Hunt et al to Judson J. Hunt. Dec. 36, 1898, unds-6 sw 13-30-5. same se sw 13-30-5. same wJ4 sw 13-30-5, same se se 14-30-5, same se 24-30-5, same nlfe nw 24-80-5, Gillam, and 480 acres in Pulaski county, $19,500. Nathan H. Guild to Charles H. Guild. March 6, eH sw 26-31-s,’Gillam, $4,500. Elizabeth Coffelt to L.ounimie Dawson, March 11. It 11 bl 5, Chambers & Morgan's add Remington, sl. John Evelsiger to Nancy M. Davis, Feb. 6, wJi ne 34-29-5, eJi nw 34-29-5, Hanging Grove. SB,OOO. Rial P. Benjamin to John W. Paxton, Meh. 10, Its 1,2, 3,4, 5. 6. 7,8, 9, 10.11. bl 24, Weston’s sec. add Rensselaer, $2,200. Jasper circuit to JobnM. Wasson, March 6. e*fe se 4-28-6, ne nw 4-28-6, pt nw ne 4-28-6. pt sw ne4-28-6, pt sw ne 4-28-6, pt nwse 4-28-6, pt se nw 4-28-6, pt se nw 4-28-6. Marion, Decree. Mathias Zimmer to Adam J. Fecher. Jan. 27, se se 12-31-6.se ne 12-31-6, Walker. $4,200. •Wallace Robinson to Greer leaf L, Thornton et ux. March 1, slfe nw 4-29-6, pt nw sw 4-29-6. 90 acres Marion, $3,500. Margaret Clouse et al to Greenleaf L Thornton et ux. March 9, s!4 nw 4-29-6, pt nw sw 4-29-6, 90 acres, Marion, sl. q. c. d. Mattie A. Tyner to Margaret A.Simoni. Feb. 16, It 19, eJi 18. bl 29, Rensselaer, Weston’s 2d add SBSO. John A. Teter to August Lntcherhand, March 9. wjfe se 7-27-9, Carpenter, $3,000. James P. Luse et al to Cyrus P. Lose, Jan. 5, ne 30-32-5, wJi se 29-32-5, pt ne 29-32-8, 500 acres, Kankakee, sl. a. c. d. W. S. Russell, com., to Lizzie Ekman. Mar. 1, wJi ne 8-27-7, eJi sw 8-27-7, Carpenter, $5,600. Com, deed. William B. Austin, to Eli Gerber. Feb. 22, nw 8-31-7, 80 acres. Keener, $1,200. Jno. D. Mansfield to Homer Day, March 4, 1899, seX sjfe neJi seJ« nwj* 83-32-7, 280 acres. Keener, $2,000. q.s. d. William B. Austin et al to Henry Baumann, March 19, sjfe ne 25-31-7, 80 acres. Keener, $1,200. Wm. Billinger et al to John E. Meyer, March 16, pt sw sw 8-81-6, Walker, SBO. Alfred E. McCoy to WtHiam Ballinger, Feb, 18, pt sw sw 8-81-6, Walker, S3O. Jno. W. Paxton to Henry P. Farmer. March 10, ne se 16,28-6, Ma.ion. SIOOO. Mary E. Spßleret al to Abraham G. Hendry, Feb. 21, nw nw 1-31-5, ne 2-81-5,206.87 acres. Walker, SI,BOO.

U. 8. of America to Joseph Williams Dec. 81,1850, nw nw 9-28-6, Marion. Patent. U. S. of America to George Glascock, April. 15,1858, ne ne 8-28-6 Marion Patent. Greenleaf L. Thornton to Alexander E. Nolder, March 1. Fract. nw ne 5-28-6. 54.15 acres, Marion, $3,000. Jasper Circdit Court to James O. Laughlin, March 6, nw ne 17-31-7, 142.92 acres. Carpenter, Decree. Richard J. Tom to Herman H. Kelder, Nov. 24. nw ne 17-81-7, Keener, SI,OOO. James F. Irwin to Catharine Kohler et al, March 30, its 21.22. bl 30, Weston’s sec. add. to Rensselaer, 61.000. David B. Nowels to George O. Bales, Meh. 8, Its 1, 2,8, 4, B, 6, 7. 8,9.10, 11, 12,18, 14, 15, bl 21. Weston’s add Rensselaer, 65,000. Louisa M. Imesto Willem H. Sayler et ux, March 20, pt ne 19-29-6,1 acre, Marion, sllO,

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“Last February I was taken with the grip and it brought on nervous prostration which lasted for three months. I was so weak and exhausted in body and mind that I could not sleep, and my nerves were all in a commotion. I had terrible pains in my head, the back of my neck and down my spine, my back and legs were so weak that I could not walk, my appetite was gone and X had no sleep for nearly nearly nine weeks. Nothing that the doctors gave me seemed to do me any good and aklast I sent for a bottle of Dr. Miles' Nervine. The first dose brought refreshing sleep and from that time I improved very rapidly. I used three bottles of Nervine and two phials of Nerve and Liver Pills and my health was restored.” Mrs. E.C. Bawlby. Waterloo, Ind. Dr. Miles’ Nervine is sold at all druggists on a positive guarantee. Write for free advice and booklet to DR. MILES MEDICAL CO. Elkhart, Ind.

iiir @ that The Democrat iiiiiit:; Prints iAi fl IVI YOU ialmL ■ > The Bent ;i Horse Cards Application for License. Notice is hereby given to the citizens of the First Ward of the City of Rensselaer. Jasper county. Indiana, that the undersigned August Rosenbaum, who is and has been for more than ninety days list past a male inhabitant and resident of the said City, ano over the age of twenty-one years; and who is nOw and has been of good moral character, not in the habit of becoming iatoxicated, and a fit person in all respects to be entrusted with the sale of spirituous, vinous, malt and all other intoxicating liquors; that this applicant is and will be the actual owner and proprietor of said business herein mentioned, and will be for the entire term of such license, if license be granted, will apply to the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county. Indiana, at their April Term. 1900, for a license to sell and barter all kinds of spirituous, vinous, malt and all other intoxicating liquors, with the privilege cf allowing the same to be drank on the premises where sold, tn any quantity, also in less quantities than Five Gallons at a time, and also in less quantities than a quart at a time, as provided in the Acts of March Bth, 1897; March 11. 1895 and March 17W, 1875, that the location of die room in which this applicant will ask for a license to **ell and barter liquors as aforesaid is on toe lower floor of the two-story frame building situated on a part of the north thirtyfour (84) feet of Lot three (8), in block three (8). of the original plat of the town (now City) of Rensselaer, Indiana, being the only room on the said floor of said building; said room i n which this applicant desires to sell liquors as aforesaid is more particularly described as follows: . r. Commencing at a point one hundred and twenty-five (125) feet and eight (8) inches from the southeasterly corner of block three (8) in the original plat of the town (now City) of Rensselaer, Indiana, on the southwesterly boundary of Van Rensselaer street in Lot three (3). in said Block three (8); thence northwesterly along the southwesterly boundary of Van Rensselaer street a distance of twenty (20) feet and one and three-fourths (IX) inches; thence southwesterly parallel with Harrison street a distance of forty (40) feet and two and five-eighths (296) inches; thence southeasterly parallel with Van Rensselaer street a distance of twenty (20) feet and one and three-fourths (IM; Richest thence northeasterly parallel with Harrisonstreet a distance of forty (40) feet and two and five-eighths (296) inches to the place of beginning. That the said room in which applicant will ask a license to sell liquors as aforesaid is situated on the ground floor as aforesaid, and fronts on Van Rensselaer street, a public street in said City, that the front of said room facing said street is furnished with two large glass windows of four lights each; two large glass doors and four large additional lights, two on each side of said doors; that the whole of said room may be viewed from said street; that there is one door in the southerly end of said room and one door in the northerly side of said rocm; that said room is separate and apart from any other business of any kind or character. and there are no devices for amusement or music in or about said rooms, that the same can be securely locked and admission thereto at all times prevented, and that there are no partition or partitions in said room. That said license will be asked for a period of one year from the expiration of the license now held by applicant, and permission to sell tobaccos and cigars will be asked at the same time. August Rosenbaum. ■ , Applicant. ■ Rensselaer Markets. Wheat gg pom, 32J4t038 • * 45 g*y $7.00 Potatoes 50 Butter..... 18 r ••• o*<Oos TuSey? *" * •• f •*••• • .... •« 06 tO 07 Ta110w.... OS