Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1903 — Page 7

HORSE BILLS. The Democrat would remind the owners of stable horses that it is fully prepared to turn out folders, cards or large horse bills on short notice and at very reasonable E rices. The best selecfibn of orse cuts in the county. 'Give us a call if wanting anything in this line. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. Office over Larsh’s drug store. MJIW. jPjE&y Crown, Bar and Bridge T Work, Teeth Without I Plates, Without Pain. .. J. W. HORTON .. IS YEARS IN RENSSELAER. Teeth carefully stopped with gold and other fillings. Consultation free. Nitrous Oxide Gas administered daily. Charges within the reach of all. orr.cs orroair* coumt houh. Where to Locate? WHY IN THE TERRITORY TRAVERSED BY THE . . LOUISVILLE and NASHVILLE RAILROAD —THE— Great Central Southern Trunk Line, IN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, WHERE Farmers, Fruit Growers, Stock Raisers, Manufacturers, Investors, Speculators, and Money Lenders will find the greatest chances in the United Staes to make "big money" by reason of the abundance and cheapness of Land and Farms, Timber and Stone, Iron and Coal, Labor—Every thing I Free sites, financial assistance, and freedom from taxation for the manufacturer. Land and farms at SI.OO per acre and upwards, and 500.000 acres in West Florida that can be taken gratis under the U. S. Homestead laws. Stock raising in the Gulf Coast District will make enormous profits. Half fare excursions the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Let us know what you want, and we will tell you where and how to get it—but don't delay, as the country is tilling up rapidly. Printed matter, maps and all information free. Address. R. J. WEMYSS General Immigration and Industrial Agent. LOUISVILLE, KY. CITY, TOWNSHIP AND COMITY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. MayorJ. H. S. Ellis Marshal Mel Abbott Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney —Geo. A. Williams Civil EngineerJ.C. Thraw le Fire ChiefC. B. Steward comrcxutut. Ist ward. Henry Wood. Fred Phillipa 2d wardW.S. Parks, B. F. Ferguson 3d wardJ. C. McColly, Peter Wasson COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk John F. Major Sheriff Abram G. Hardy AuditorW.C, Babcock Treasurerß. A. Parklson. Recorderßobert B. Porter Surveyor . Myrt B. Price Coroner Jenuiiir* Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton AssessorJohnß. Phillips COMUIBSIONKKS. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2ud District Frederick Waymire 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commisstouers’ court—First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TBUSTKBS. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grove John RyanGillam Lewis Shrier Walker Elias Arnoldßarkley Charles M. Blue Marion John Bill Jordan Geo. M. Wilcox. Newton S. L. Luce Keener Thomas F. MaloneyKankakee Stephen D. ClarkWheatfield Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William T. SmithMilroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Suptßensseleer G. K. Hollingsworthßensselaer George Besse ... Remington Geo. O. StembelWheatfield JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley I’rosecutlug attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.- Second Monday in FebruAry, April, September mid November. REVIVO fT| REBTOR “ VITALITY Madoa a WeH Man ™* of Me. G-XUDLA.I* S"XUmN’OXK WTM prodecee the above recalls In 80 days. Itsots powerfully and quickly. Curse wbsn all others talL Young men will reealn their lost manhood, and old an will recovsr their youthful vigor by using REVIVO. It quickly and sursly tutor** Nsrvouansaa. Lost Vitality. Im potency, Nightly Emlasiaoa Lost power. Falling Memory, West Ins Diseases, and all effects of self abuse or oioMsand indiscretion, which unfits one for study, business or marriage. II not only cures by starting at tbo seat of diasaas. but laaareat nerve tonlo and blood builder, bringluff back the pink glow to pale checks and restoring the fire of yoatb. It wards off Insanity and Consumption Insist on having REVIVO, BO other. It can be carried In vest pocket. By mall. HLOOperpaokage.or sis for SS.OO, with a pool •ire written guarantee fie care or retwnd the aeoaey. Advice end circular free. Address ROYAL MEDICINE CO, For sale in Rensselaer by J, A. Larsh, druggist. PLENTY OF EGGS And no sick cklrkens where Wells' Hoosier Poultry Powder la need. Curee Cholera. Oasee and Ecu*. l*s poultry healthy. Wrice, Mreata Sold by A. F. Long.

CASTRO IN DANGER.

CIPHER DISPATCH SAYS HE MAY BE OVERTHROWN. Success of the Rebels in Venezuela Would Likely Involve Powers in New Complications—Blockade " HI Not Be Stopped by Arbitration . A telegram tn cipher received by Secretary Hay from Herbert W. Bowen, the United States minister at Caracas, contained the disturbing information that a new crisis had arisen in Venezuela Nvhlch may threaten the heretofore conceded success of the agreement of all parties concerned to refer the claims of Great Britain, Germany and Italy to The Hague court of arbitration. Minister Bowen reports that through the development of unexpected strength on the part of the Venezuelan revolutionists the situation of President Castro's government has become extremely critical. The national treasury is empty, which means that Castro is without pecuniary resources to continue the stand he has made so successfully against the forces of his internal enemies, who nre apparently well supplied with arms and the.wherewithal to carry on their struggle. The inference is that Castro may be compelled to abandon the reins of government. A change in the control of the republic might bring about a resumption of the dangerous conditions which prevailed when the coercive measures of the allies were begun. , A new national administration at Caracas may mean the undoing of all that lias been accomplished toward peace between Venezuela and the powers. Should Castro be overthrown his triumphant successors may repudiate all that has been done by him to bring about a, settlement of the international question? ’Naturally the administration in Washington is concerned over the news sent by Minister Bowen. Great Britain ami Germany came to an umferstading to enforce the blockade of the Venezuelan eoast precisely ns if the negotiations for arbitration had not been begun. It was doubtless in consequence of this understanding that the vessels at Porto Cabello were taken.

CABLE REACHES HAWAII.

Wire Communication Between San Francisco and Honolulu. San Francisco and Honolulu nre now connected by cable. The first words passed under the ocean a few moments after 11 o’clock Thursday night. The wire worked perfectly. The first message received was from Gov. Dole to President Roosevelt. It was merely a formal greeting and congratulation from the people of Hawaii to the people of the United States from one chief Executive to the other. Right after the Dole signature on the first message came a second ines-

HARBOR OF HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

sage through from Honolulu. It was a greeting from the people of Hawaii to Clarence 11. Mackay, president of the Cable company, congratulating him upon the completion of the cable. The line is now open for public business. The opening of this cable line marks a great step in the work of connecting the United States with its island possessions. The next step is to be tlie completion of the cable between Honolulu and tlie Philippines. The cable to Australia has been in operation about five weeks, with most satisfactory results from a business standpoint A midway station, in nu uninhabited and hitherto unknown island in the Pacific between Hawaii and Guam, is the greatest obstacle yet onixuiiitereel., T.’.e island is listed ns "Midway island,” and except for millions of birds is uninhabited. The only visitors to have been Japanese and Chinese brigands, who used it for game hunting and for a meeting place for the division of loot. Up to date tlie officials of tlie cable company have been unnble to learn what government, if any, lias control of and jurisdiction over the island. If it is determined that it belong* to the United State* an effort will be made to have the

CABLE STATION, HONOLULU.

manager of the cable office appointed governor of the island, and he will have the honor of ruling over a email territory inlubited by less than a score of men. With the opening of business to Honolulu a rate of 50 cent* a word from San Franciaco ha* been established. When tlie line I* completed to Hongkong, Slinnghal mid Manila n rate of $1 a word will be established. Heretofore the rate to these points ha* been $2 and a season of rate-cutting between the two cable companies is not unlikely. The Pacific Const limited, west bound, on the Rio Grande Western Railroad, ran iat,o a huge rock slide two miles east of Westwnter, Utah, one trainman being killed and two injured.

TONA DUNLAP ACQUITTED.

Jury in AJedo Poisoning Case Declares Young Woman Not Guilty. Miss Tona Dunlap, on trial at Aledo, 111., for the murder of Allie Dool, was acquitted by the jury shortly before

noon Saturday., The verdict came unexpectedly; the courtroom was not full when the jurymen took their -places, and when "not guilty” wns read it was hardly comprehended by those sitting in the courtroom. Tona Dunlap, whose very life had been regiven

MISS TONA DUNLAP

to her by those twelve men, rushed to them and thanked them for what they had done. Tona Dunlap, the bosom friend of Miss Dool, and one who, but for the circumstantial evidence that accumulated against her, would be among the last to be suspected of taking the life of the joung woman, is one of the most popular young girls in Aledo, as was Miss Doo) before her death. The case is one of the most interesting in the criminal annals of Illinois. On the night of Aug. 7 Miss Dunlap purchased some chocolate/ and shared them with Allie Dool, her closest friend. Miss Dool was immediately taken ill and died shortly afterward in great agony. In her dying statements she practically accused Miss Dunlap of poisoning her. When suspicion pointed to Miss Dunlap she found many supporters, and several weeks passed in the accumulation of evidence by the State's Attorney before the authorities ventured to take her into custody. The preliminary trial before a justice of the peace resulted in her discharge from custody, but later the State’s Attorney presented the evidence to the grand jury, and Miss Dunlap was indicted. The State proved that the defendant purchased poison from a drug store a few days before the death of Allie Dool. On this point the State laid great stress, and on the face of it the evidence looked bad. But Miss Dunlap's attorneys brought forward her sister, who swore positively that Tona came to her room at night, sat on the floor, removed her shoes and stockings, took thte package of poison and applied the entire contents on a corn on one of her toes. The death of Allie Dool is more of a mystery than ever. This ease has been ever one of mystery. After five long weeks, weeks in which every effort has been made to probe into its secrets, it is only deeper.

NEW YEAR'S AT WHITE HOUSE.

President's Reception Eclipses All Similar Evefite, President Roosevelt’s New Year's re- • ception was probably the most brilliant i event of its kind ever held at the White I House. While foreign diplomats and ' high government officials had precedence,

it was essentially a people’s affair, open to all the public who wished to greet th* chief executive. Tlie ambassadors, ministers, charges d’affaires and secretaries were in brilliant uniforms, and gave s touch of color from monarchical government to the sober black of the democratic crowd of American citizens. Mr. Roosevelt shook hands with all comers. He met them in the blue loom of the mansion. The following ladies were invited to assist Mrs. Roosevelt: Mrs. Hay, Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Payne and Miss Wilson. Mrs. Root and Mrs. Hitchcock, being in mouruing, did not attend the reception.

Religious News and Notes

The Archbishop of Toronto, Canada, say* he doe* not desire annexation to th* United States. John D. Rockefeller has agreed to give SIO,OOO to help the Salvation army at Cleveland, Ohio, if SBO,OOO more is raised by May 1 text. The next house of bishops of the Episcopal church will receive an appeal fmru 80,000 Polish Catholics, led by the!’ bishop in America, for admission. A man was scnvtnced recently in England to a month's imprisonment for entering St. Alban’s abbey while drunk-and shouting th* Lord’s prayer from th* altar. Tlie,- Churchman states the religious returns of the census of Australis for 1901 show that tlie Episcopal church ha* 47 per cent of the population in New South Wales, and nearly 5 per cent in Victoria and Tasmania. In the latter places, however, there has been a decline in the last decade. The Methodists have made the greatest proportionate advance, and agnostics and freethinkers, “never numerous,” says tlie Churchman, are approaching the vanishing point. The editor of the Missionary Review of the World attributes the present backward tendencies in foreign missions to the belief that the "period of probation” may lie extended beyond this life, nnd to the "eclectic" view* of religion that prevail. He say* further that there has been a serious decline In the practical supremacy of Chrlstinnlty, due mainly to the loss of sanction* nnd rewards and th* change from the old-fashioned Idea of hell ns n literal lake of fire to a loose and vague conception which rob* It of nil Its terrors. "Practical universalism,” he adds. “I* the plain drift of our day.”

POLITICS OF THE DAY

Corrupting; Influences of Protection. Mr. William Lloyd Garrison has a most excellent article in the Free Trade Almanac for 1903, from which the following is a part: “A system built on fallacies has its root in corruption, and its fruit bears evidence of its parentage. From untruths to misuse and misappropriation of revenues, to grants of privileges for favors received and expected, to corruption of public and private morals, the step Is easy and inevitable. To comprehend the demoralized state which public sentiment has reached, one has only to observe the indifference and derision which meet Hie reformer who preaches ethics in poll: tics. It is tacitly taken for granted that polities, to be practical, must be Impure. Expediency is the gospel of the hour, and principles are considered academic and irrelevant. • • • “Corruption, having exploited the people through the tariff, next seeks to tax them further bv domestic monopoly. Trusts are tne instruments. The tariff enables them to escape foreign competition and more easily to throttle competition at home. The machinery of government becomes at length subordinated to the representatives of selfish combinations. They dictate laws, hold in subjection university. press and pulpit, instigate foreign aggression, encourage war. and put imperialism and militarism in the place of a 'government of the people, for the people, and by the people.’ The protective tariff is a viper's nest, i Unless it is destroyed, the United I States will be a democracy only in name.” Free Trade Almanac. The 1903 almanac of the American Free Trade League contains much excellent material on the tariff question. It should lie in the hands of all good Democrats. The Secretary of the League, Gen. Hazard Stevens, thus accurately and truthfully characterizes our so-called system of "protection:'’ “No longer needed as a defense against the foreigner, protection has now become the thumb screw of extortion upon the American people. It is the dam holding back foreign competition, and behind which the great trusts levy high prices upon their countrymen, upon the same class of goods which they are exporting in great quantities and selling abroad at 20 to 50 per cent less than at home. Hdnee their stubborn resistence to any reduction of duties which protect them in their monopolies and extortions. "This whole doctrine of protection is a blunder that rises to the level of a crime; Inculcated by selfish and corrupt interests until it has become a party fetich, protection has at last reached Its acme, done its perfect work, by demonstrating that it is a system of monopoly and extortion. It fosters greed, begets fear of the foreigner, ami pa-ftlyzes self-reliance. It is the champion of special privileges, the offspring of Injustice and inequality, the corrupted of legislation and polities. Every tree interest of America cries aloud t<rt its overthrow." Wa*e> Always Last to Rise.

The trusts have no trouble in putting prices up promptly.

A Happier Day Coming. Every student of tn riffs, nt home or abroad, must recognize that the question Is complex. This complexity Is much Increased by the variable Interests of peoples, ns divided nationally and as divided Industrially. It Is pleas ant to believe that the foremost countries of the world nre growing Into closer union, ami that It Is becoming safer as time passes to remove artificial barriers iietween them. It will be a glad day when these barriers can be swept away altogether, for the expenses of government are largely Involved In maintaining them.—Sioux Ulty Journal (Rep.). Five Pension Bill* Per Minute. The record the House of Representatives made one day last week in pass Ing 174 private pension bills In thirtynine minute* Is not one to l>e proud of. At this rate nlinost five pension bills a minute were passed, or one every twelve seconds. No machine run by the swiftest electric motor could possl-

bly exceed the speed the House attains in adding to the list of pensioners or increasing the rates of pensions. The wonder is that in these days of laliorsaving inventions a legislative Edison does not arise to invent a penslonometer which will save the House trouble by converting applications into pensions while the applicant waits.—Boston Transcript. Coal Baroni aa Labor Importer*. President Goinpers' latest sensation is in his testimony before the coal strike commission charging the operators with importing Ignorant, cheap labor with a view to reducing the cost of mining. In tills he is unquestionably right. Just as soon as it became apparent in the coal districts that labor was getting the upper hand the purpose of ‘holding it down” was served by these importations. Low wages here was high to them and they worked on the minimum scale until the influence of the American standard of living had seized upon them. This was the signal for another importation, and thus the game has been kept up.—Detroit Free Press. Best for the Workinsjman, Lewis Nixon, shipbuilder and politician, is a level-headed gentleman, whose views on the.relations between capital and labor, as expressed at the National Civic Federation meeting, received merited attention. Mr. Nixon delivered this characteristic opinion, among others: “I don’t believe in giving the men what they may not want, If one wishes to give something, a library or what not, figure it out and give it to the men in increased wages and shorter hours.” Employes will be pleased with Mr. Nixon’s advocacy of their cause. He has voiced arguments made by organized labor in a dozen different lines.—Albany (N. Y.) Argus.

Faithful to the Monopolies. The party which now controls Congress is fully committed to the policy of artificial prices. In spite of the protests of a minority it insists on standing by the present law and frowning doxvn all “tinkering" with it. In framing that law the powerful interests got all they wanted, and what they wanted was a law to shelter monopoly. Otherwise expressed, they wanted authority to maintain artificial prices. Having done what they could in that direction by law they accomplished the rest by combination so as to throttle competition at home.—Louisville CourierJournal. Economics that Come High. Certainly the object lesson £yrnished by tills rise of prices (by the Standard Oil Company! ought to be sufficient to open the eyes of all persons to the extreme thinness of the plea that the great monopolist combinations serve tlie publie by the economies which they introduce in production. Of what benefit arc these economies to the public I if the price is not regulated by cost of I production, as it is under a regime of effective competition, but solely by 1 "what the traffic will bear?"—Baltimore News. Men and Salaries. John Mitchell, president of the miners’ union gets SI,BOO per year, while Nir. Schwab, president of the steel trust, is credited with receiving $1,000,000 per annum. Considering tlie respective results achieved by the two men it looks as if the steel trust might do well to hire Mitchell at Schwab’s salary, though one could not conscientiously advise tlie miners to hire Schwab even at Mitchell's salary.— Chicago Chronicle. Not an Edifying Spectacle. The spectacle of the two great military ami naval powers of Europe attempting to bully a little South American republic, weakened by revolutions, into paying claims that have not been adjudicated and violating international law and usages in sinking naval vessels before war was declared and bombarding forts on half an hour's notice Is not an edifying exhibition of high cultivation. New York World.

Tliey Are Cheek by Jowl. Legislation Is in the absolute control of the Republican leaders. Nothing goes without their consent. Hence the suspicion that the anthracite duty was imposed ami will be retained with their approval. Tlie coal magnates publicly reproach tlie politicians for their efforts to end the strike, but evidently in private they hold amicable relations with the Republican lenders. - Philadelphia Record. The Focialistlc Tendency. The people are coming to lielleve that organised capital seems to have little sense of responsibility and hi seeking to avoid this Charylxlia of irresponsible capital they nre dashing toward the Scylla of socialism. The tendency is not to be mistaken, ami lu awakening to the seriousness of the situation men cannot afford to blind themselves to the true causes.—Detroit Free Press.

Clustered Diamond*. Rodrlck—l held a hand of diamonds last night that won me a fortune. Vap Albert—You must be getting adept at poker. Rodrlck —Who snld anything nbout poker. This was the hand of nn heiress. People who sell newspapers In the streets of Moscow are compelled to appear In uniform.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Calling* of Members of Present Legislature—Evansville Jurist and Brother Break Down When Accused—Will Erect Window Glass Factory. That lawyers make our laws is indicated in the composition of the present Legislature, which is as follows: The House of Representatives stands as follows: Thirty-three lawyers, 24 farmers, 10 merchants, 2 physicians, 3 miners. 3 contractors, 2 millers, 2 preachers, 2 bankers and one each of the. following: Editor, cigarmnker, grain dealer, glass worker, teacher, civil engineer, machinist and„author. In the Senate there nre 19 lawyers, 9 fanners, 4 bankers, 2 real estate dealers, 2 manufacturers, 2 editors, 3 physicians, 1 lodge organizer and 1 miner. There were 17 Republicans and 9 Democrats who served in the last General Assembly re-elected. In the Senate only 2 were re-elected. Break Down Under Charges. Judge Louis O. Rasch of the Vanderburg Circuit Court and Edward IE Rasch, his brother, are nt their home in Evansville in a state of collapse. Judge Rasch was charged with having accepted money from men he appointed in office, and when the facts were published he broke down mid took to his bed. His brother surrendered the office of Comity Recorder after having served eight years and collapsed while in his office. Physicians nre at the bedside of tlie brothers and their friends are alarmed over their condition. It is understood the Rasch matter is now in the hands of Gov. Durbin. Workmen to Fight Trust. Workingmen in the gas belt held a meeting in Muncie mid subserilied several thousand dollars toward a fund with which to erect a mammoth glass plant in Muncie to fight the window glass combine. Local capitalists will supply the remainder of tlie capital and the workingmen will build and conduct tlie plant. Building operations will be started in the spring.

Blinded by Gas. George Fisher and his 15-year-old daughter, May, of Decatur, have been stricken totally blind. They slept in a room with the gas burning. Tlie gas came on strong during the night, and, it is supposed, the burnt gas fumes affected their eyes. Physicians are much puzzled over the case. Whether the blindness will be permanent cannot be told. Can Trust Buys Indianapolis Plant. ThfCAmerican Tin Can Company, the tin can trust, has bought the Indianapolis Tin Can Company's large plant in that city, and the plant may be closed. The tin can trust now controls all but three of the tin can companies in the country. It is controlled by Daniel G. Reid of Richmond, and the Leeds-Moore crowd of financiers. Bridegroom Is Fatally Hurt. William Moater was struck by a enr on the Union Traction line at Linwood and so badly Injured that he cannot recover. He is a wealthy farmer nine miles north of Elwood and had gone to Anderson to get a marriage license. lie w as to have been married the same evening. All Over the State. Electrical workers of Indianapolis have struck for an increase in wages from 32’*> to 40 cents an hour. By the falling of a slate roof in the Seller-McClellnnd & Co.’s mine at Brazil diaries Everett was crushed to death. William McAlpin, aged 34 years, fell off the'depot platform at Hebron and a passing Panhandle train crushed him to death. George A. Charles, county treasurer, says that the tax rate on SIOO will bo S3.GO, tlie highest rate ever in Orange County. George Mayer of Mecca killed himself. Tlie news so shocked his mother that she* died of heart failure and the funeraJmK both took place Monday. sw* D. D. Price, for many years agent of the American Express Company at Kokomo, has been made tlie company’s agent at Grand Rapids. Mich. Kerlin Brothers’ largo natural gas pumping station at Hartford City was burned. The loss is $25,000. The patrons nre without fuel and suffering. Carrie Wachsmuth of Evansville. 27, committed suicide by taking "rough on rats." She was despondent because her mother had forbidden her to receive the attentions <>f a young man. Golden Hadley was pinioned to the bottom of the Collins coal mine at Brazil. by a heavy fall of slate, lie was frightfully mangled, but was able to speak a few words to his rescuers before he died.

Hampton West. aged <w years, a fanner living south <<f Noblesville, was arrested on the charge of stealing the bodies of Ralph Brocken nnd Walter Manahip from the Reaver cemetery, nine miles southeast of Noblesville. The 12,(MM) Indiana miners have gone back to the mines, the prolonged holiday being over and the supply of cars sufficient to give all work for nt least half the week. The operators believe the car supply will be better from this time on. The South Bend branch of the Y. M. ('. A. han formally accepted the generous gift of n h onto which the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company recent* ly decided to make to the local nanociutlon. John M. Studebaker will expend $200,000 in the erection of a lino modern Y. M. C. A. building with every up-to-date convenience to make it a model home for the association and a monument to the donors. The site in valued nt 50,000, making the sum total of the gift over n quarter of a mffllon. Judge Neal nt Noblesville granted a tcm|M>rnry injunction restraining the Indianapolis tian Company from shutting off its supply to Indianapolis consumers. Jncob Y. I’ike of Chicago han fded suit at Peru ngninnt Henry Hinckls of Amboy for $40,000 damages, charging Hlnckle, who is his wife's cousin, with alienating her affections from him. Mayor Knotts of Hammond says that he will father a bill In the coming legislature to combine Hammond, East Chicago, Whiting and Indiana Harbor Into ona city. He says the combined city would have a population of 30,000.