Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1909 — Page 4

They Come for Miles to the Big Closing-Out Sale to Retire from Business CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE, opposite Courthouse, Rensselaer, Indiana. This is undoubtedly the Greatest Money-Saving- Sale ever inaugurated in this country, considering the magnitude of the stock, the High-Grade, Up-to-Date Merchandise to be sold at a sacrifice to vacate the rooms in a short time, or not later than July 5, 1909. It is evident the public appreciates these values by the crowds ?nd loads of merchandise carried away every day. All new spring goods, contracted months ago, shall go in the Great Slaughter Sale at Money-Saving Prices. We prefer to give our customers the benefit of the Great Reduction rather than a sacrifice sale to one party. r Five applicants for the rooms, but the stock must be sold first.

Boots, Shoes and Rubbers at Manufacturers’ Wholesale Prices. The first time in the history of the store have we cut prices on the celebrated E. Stout’s Patent SnagProof and Balk Brand Rubbers, the world’s best, that have been sold at contract price only. We now have the right to sell at cost, and you can learn the profit that is regulated by the manufacturer. Over 50 cases fresh stock, all bought for this winter, and many cases not even opened. Men’s $3.50 Ball Brand Boots, duck foot. Closing Out Sale price $2 60. Men’s $4.50 E. Stout’s Genuine Snag-Proof Boots. Closing Out Sale price $3.75. Men and Women’s SI.OO Alaskas, now 76c. 20 to 50 per cent off all Leather Shoes, and no better made. Clothing Hundreds of Men’s $lO 50 to $16.50 Suits, sold at $4.75, $6.75 and $7.75, and we are making up another lot at same prices, but come in before it is too late. Overcoats at prices that would pay you to buy for next year if not needed now. Work Coats at Cost. Men and Boys’ Trousers and Boys’ Knee Pants at a great reduction. Underwear Every piece in the house at manufacturers’ wholesale prices, and some much less. ' Silks Every yard in the house included in this Closing Out Sale. All 50c to $1.50 per yard, closing out now 35c to $1.25 yard. Horse Blankets, Lap Robes, Stable Blankets, Etc. All at Actual Cost at Wholesale.

Lay in your supplies now at The Old Reliable, as prices will advance when we retire.

JASPER Mill DEMIT. I. (. BM. EDITOR HD PUBLISHED SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 0,100 U

SAYS WILHELM HAD 3 WIVES

Women Faint at Bier of Murdered Man. SON RECOGNISED PICTURE

Alleged Second Wife Cl. Inis He Married Her After Deserting Her Step- I Sister and That Afxerward He Abandonee Her and Returned to Number One —Number Three Is Under Arrest In Connection With Husband’s Death. Newark, Feb. s.—lt was claimed today that Frank Wilhelm, found murdered iu his home, was a bigamist and had three wives living. Mrs. Fredericks Wilhelm, of No. 227 East Eighty-third street, New York, claims Ehe was married to Wilhelm in Jersey City Id 1894, soon after he had deßerted his first wife, Hannah Wilhelm, who was also liis step-sister. Two years later, she v Baid, she discovered he had deceived her. When she accused him, she charges, he deserted her and her year old daughter and fled with his step-sister wife. Since then she had not heard from him until a second child, born after he disappeared and now a lad of twelve years, read of the murder and recognized his picture in the paper as that of the man whose photo he had been told was that of his father. Mrs. Frederlcka Wilhelm does not know what became of Hannah Wilhelm. The wife with whom he has recently been living, Mrs. Mary J. Wilhelm, is in jail, held in connection with the murder. Mrs. Frederlcka Wilhelm and her sister, Mrs. Marla Armater of New York, fainted at Wilhelm’s bier while the funeral was in progress.

WAVY’S GUNNERS IMPROVING

Fleet Practice Scoree Show Excellent Work With Heavy Rifles. Washington, Feb. 6. —An increase In battle efficiency, the greatest yet made during any one year, is shown by the *ea

scorei of battleship fleet practice in Manila bay. The average percentage of hits made by heavy guns was over 50 per cent, and some ships made from 75 to 80 per cent, and the increase in rapidity of hitting was considerably over 100 per cent. The ranges at which the battleships fired were from 6,000 to 9,000 yards.

REPORT QUALTROUGH GUILTY

Captain, It Is Said, Won’t Be Allowed to Bring Battleship Home. Gibraltar, Feb. s.—lt is unofficially understood that the court has declared the charge of drunkenness against Captain Qualtrough proved. It is believed it has been declared there were extenuating circumstances. Captain Qualtrough, it is said, will rot be restored to duty and Lieutenant Commander Kline will take the Georgia home. .. ■

BATTLE WITH BRITISHERS

English and Americah Tars Break Even In Boxing Bee. Gibraltar, Feb. 5. —A series of boxing matches were held on board the American battleships. The main interest centered in the Minnesota, where six English cracks faced the American navy champions Honors were easy, each country being credited with one knockout and two draws.

MAN IN EXPRESS PACKAGE

Belief That Strange Shipment Was Part of Robbery Plot. Toledo, 0., Feb. s.—ln the express car of a Lake Shore train was a long box consigned from Toledo to Worcester, Mass., by the American Express company. Near Sandusky the messenger heard a voice and upon forcing the lid of the box discovered a wan who jumped out. The messenger pulled his revolver and compelled the stranger to throw up his hands, The train was stopped and the man hustled out of the car into the darkness. It Is believed the shipping of the man was part of a robbery plot.

EIGHT HOURS A STARTER

Labor Leader Say* Ultimate Object Is Keep All Employed. Cleveland, Feb. 5 —Harry D. Thomas, secretary of the Cleveland United Trades and Labor Council and of the Ohio Federation of Labor, has announced that the agitation for an eight hour day was only the commencement of the larger movement. The ultimate end Is to reduce the hours of labor until all men are employed, one hour a day if necessary, to employ all, he says.

Rend “The Round-Up.”

Special Grocery Sale A New Price Refulator to Reduce Stock / , But in this department we will continue with a complete' line of Staple and Fancy Groceries until near the time to vacate the rooms. Extra fancy Michigan Potatoes, none better, only 80c N per bushel. Perfection Coal Oil, sold by every grocer at 10c to 16c gallon. Our price, 9c gallon. Fancy. California Naval Oranges, dozen 15c to 30c Fancy Bulk Coffee, pound ......... 11c XXXX Coffee, pound 12t Fancy Rio, pound .-...• 12£c ~ Fancy Peaberry, pound 16c. Fancy Mocha and Java, pound 18c Quaker Oats, largest size package 25c Cream of Wheat, package 12$c Shreded Wheat Biscuit, package lo^c Extra Fancy Canned Tomatoes, can 9c Extra Fancy Canned Corn, can 8c Home-Canned Fancy Michigan Peaches: Pint Mason Jar, 15c. Quart Mason Jar, 25c. Half-Gallon Mason Jar, 45c. Gallon can Fanjey Apples 29c Gallon can Fancy Apricots 59c Gallon can Fancy Blue Berries 59c All Tobaccos 8c and 9c cut All other groceries reduced same proportion. C. G. Gehn, who has traveled many years for the Franklin McVeagh Grocery House, Chicago, complimented our Grocery as being one of the cleanest, freshest looking stocks on his route, because we bought the reliable, high-grade goods and not the cheap trash that did not sell. Dress Goods At manufacturers’ wholesale prices to close out. All 25c a yard goods, now yard 19c All 50c a yard goods, now yard 35c and 37c All 75c a yard goods, now yard 50c and 60c All SI.OO yard goods, now yard 75cand 80c

RESOLUTION FOR CENSUS VETOED

President Forwards Special Message to House. r - - CALLS iT ‘SPOILS SYSTEM’ Says Both the Eleventh and Twelfth Were Taken Under a Provision of Law Excluding Competition and That Every Man Who Speaks With Authority Has Stated That the Result Was to Produce Extravagance and Demoralization. Washington, Feb. 5. —In vetoing the house resolution providing for the taking of the thirteenth census, President Roosevelt sent the following special message to the house: “I return without approval the resolution entitled, An Act to Provide for the Thirteenth and Subsequent Decennial Censuses.’ I do this with extreme reluctance, because I fully realize tire importance of supplying the director of the census, at as early a date as possible, with the force necessary to the carrying on of his work. But it ia of high consequence that the statistical work of the census shall be conducted with entire accuracy. This is as important from the standpoint of business and industry as from the scientific standpoint. Calls It a “Spoilt System." "It is, therefore, In my judgment, essential that the result should not be open to the suspicion of bias on political and personal grounds; that it should not be open to the reasonable suspicion of being a waste of the people’s money and a fraud. “Section 7 of the act provides In effect that appointments to the census shall be under the spoils system, for this is the real meaning of the provision that they shall be subject only to non-competitive examination. The proviso is added that they shall be selected without regard to political party affiliations. But there Is only one way to guarantee that they ahall be selected without regard to politics and on merit, and that is by choosing them after competitive examination from the lists of eliglblea provided by the civil service 'commission. "To provide that the clerks and other employee shall be appointed after non-competlHre examination, and yet to provide that they shall be selected. without regard to political party at-

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filiations, means merely that the appointments shall be treated as the perquisites of the politicians of both parties, instead of as the perquisites of j the politicians of one party. Refers to Last Censuses. “I do not believe lh the doctrine that to the victor belongs the spoils; but I think even less of the doctrine that the spoils shall be divided without a fight by the professional politicians on both sides; and this would be the result of permitting the bill In its present shape to become a law. Both of the last censuses, the eleventh and the twelfth, were taken under a provision of law excluding competition; that Is, necessitating the appointments being made under the spoils system. Every man competent to speak with authority because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the work of those censuses has stated that the result was to produce extravagance and demoralization. “Mr. Carroll D. Wright, who had charge of the census bureau, after the census of 1890, estimates that $2,000,000, and more than a year’s time, would have been saved If the census force had been brought Into the classified service, and adds: Wright Admits Waste. a" ‘I do not hesitate to say one-third ot the amount expended under my own administration was absolutely wasted, and wasted principally on account of the fact that the office was not under civil service rules. " ‘ln October, 1893, when I took fharge of the census office, there was an office force of 1,092. There had been a constant reduction for many months and this was kept up without cessation till the close of the census. While these general reductions.,were being made, and in the absence of any necessity for the Increase of the force. 389 new appointments were made.’ "This, of course, meant the destruction of economy and efficiency for purely political considerations. "Fraud Upon the Public." "The non competitive examination in • case like this is not only vicious, but is In effect a fraud upon the publiq No essential change is effected by providing that it be conducted by the civil service commission; and to provide that the employees shall be selected without regard to political party affiliations is empty and misleading, unless, at the same time, it Is made effective in the only way in which It is possible to make it effective, that is by providing that the examination shall be Hade competitive. “I also recommend that if provision is made that the census printing work would be done outside the government printing office, It shall be explicitly provided that the government authorities shall see that the eight-hour law Is applied in effective fashion. "Outside ot these matters, I believe that the bflT is. on the whole, satisfactory and represents an Improvement upon previous legislation on the subject."

Cloaks, Suits, Skirts 1-3 to 1-2 off first cost price to close out. $16.50 Ladies’ Panama Suits now $5.00 $6.50 Black Cloaks .... ' now $3.25 Fine Coats, same proportion. Carpets and Rugs A new, clean stock at prices that will pay you to drive many miles. 25c to 60c yard Carpets, now 20c to 45c yard. 9-ft. x 12-ft. Velvet and Brussels Rugs, were $12.50 to $36.50, now $9.50 to $29.25, etc. Jap/ Straw Matting, Beautiful Carpet Patterns. Forty-two Rolls bought last fall at a great reduction in price, but worth 16c per yard. For this sale to close out, 10c to 25c per yard. i 1 Furs : Furs Is a business, however we will close them out at 1-3 off our marked-dpwn prices in plain figures. _ I Wall Paper To close out, 8,000 rolls, actually worth 5c to 25c per roll, at 3c to 8c per roll. * N6w Stock from Sample Books at Reduced Prices for this sale. Q, Hats and Caps 175 dozen new spring stock of the newest nobby styles just opened, all included in this sale, at Great Reductions. The Celebrated Long-ley Hat, the newest popular styles, sold at $3.00 the world over and good as any $5 hat. To close out, your choice in soft or stiff hats, 15 per cent discount, or $2.55. ' Cheaper new hats, 90c to SI.BO. Older stock, fall and winter hats, yi to }/ 2 off regular price.

EXPOSES METAL EXCHANGE

Says Members Get Very Little for SSO They Pay Yearly. New York, Feb. 5. —The committee investigating the various exchanges in New York report that there is really no suCh thing as the New York Metal Exchange. Chairman Horace White says that “a great amount of business is done daily in copper in London. The quotations which are posted on the New York Metal Exchange are largely based on London transactions. A number of metal dealers pay SSO a year for the support of this exchange and for that they have the privilege of walking in and out of the place and looking at the posted quotations.”

CASTRO STILL PRESIDENT

Must Ee Impeached by Prosecution cn Criminal Charge. Feb. s.—That the new ■■ -men*, of. Venezuela must prose- • V -.•••: Castro criminally in orr‘. t •> :.3S his deposition of- ' as iaarned from Count Luigi Aid: svend'i. He has been acting as Italiir. charge d’affaires at Caracas. Castro is still the official president of that country. In order to make Gomez the constitutional president It will be necessary to impeach Castro. Count Aldrcvandi says Castro’s alleged action in cabling to P. M. Cardenas, then a departmental governor, an order for the killing of General Gomez will be made the basis of an action.

CANNERS’ TARIFF DEMANDS

Ask For Free Tin Plate and 3ugar and Deny Use of Chemicals. Louisville, Ky., Feb. s.—Denial that chemicals are used in the goods put up by any member of the National Canners’ association was made by that body at the adjournment of their second annual convention. Charles S. Crary, Hoopeston, 111., president; L. A. Sears, Chllltcothe, 0., vice president, and F. E. Gorrell, Belair, Md., secretary and treasurer, were re-elected. The canners called for an absolute abolition of the tariff on tin plate and sugar, and asked government standards for tin plate material.

Skating Champion Defeated.

Saranac Lake, N. Y., Feb. s.—ln th* International outdoor skating cham plonshlps. Edmund Lamy scored three victories O. B Bush of Edmonton defeated the champion in the 220 yard event.

"Lucky” Baldwin Unconscious.

Los Angeles, Cal.. Feb. s.—The condition of E. J. “Lucky” Baldwin, the widely known race horse owner, has become worse. He is unconscious.

NOTICE OF LETTING CONTRACT FOR BRIDGE. No. 9022. Notice is hereby given that on Monday, March Ist, 1909, the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, Indiana, will receive sealed proposals for the construction of a steel bridge in Milroy township, across the Howe Ditch. Said bridge to be 70 feet long and 16 feet roadway, and to be built on tubes. Said bridge to be built according to plans and specifications on file in the Auditor’s office. All bids to be accompanied by bond and affidavit as required by law. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN, Auditor Jasper County. Foley’s Orino Laxative cures constipation and liver trouble and makes the bowels healthy and regular. Orino Is superior to pills and tablets as It does not gripe or nauseate. Why take anything else? A. F. Long. 50,000 BUTTER WRAPPERS. Another shipment of 50,000 No. 1 stock “Quaker Brand” parchment butter wrappers just received at The Democrat office. The Democrat Is In position to supply printers in neighboring towns with these wrappers for less money than they can buy them from the wholesalers in small lots. The price of this class of paper stock has risen in common with all other papers, and we are compelled to charge a little more than we formerly have for them. On this shipment the retail price will be sl.lO per 1,000 unprinted, or $2.00 per 1,000 printed; 500 unprinted 75c; or $1.26 per 600 printed. The Democrat 1b the only print shop in this section that carries the "Quaker Brand’’ of parchment wrappers, the very best we have ever seen in this class of goods. Croup positively stopped in 2OF minutes, with Dr. Shoop’s Crou £ Remedy. One test alone will surely prove'*this truth.- No vomiting, no distress. A safe and pleasing syrup —soc. Sold by All Dealers. She Spoke to Napoleon Bonaparte. Brussels, Feb s.—Mme. Anna Rubaix, known as the “Centenarian of Ligny,” is dead. She was one of ths last survivors of those who saw and spoke with Napoleon Bonaparte. Atteil Defeats Kelly. New Orleans, La., Feb. 5, —Abe Atteil defeated Eddie Kelly in the seventh round.