Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 40, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 January 1898 — Page 1

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\ gTRAUS BROS. & CO., L 5 \ T TR RS A T TR KT MR o _-.i_,_f'\'-,ér,a I .. < R i.= 5Qe m'f;f.“ oL B [ B || IR 5 s el Moe PO RSaE o !"2" R e e B Aoty o IRRN | Y : : : :".’v_!',—v';;‘:v?‘:;"ﬁ z ?‘e‘_if e" . ; 5| T = 2 i 3 o' | S e ] iy LRSS Pt BPtO Al Rl L P S P . B ANKER S , o sale -Ligonier, Indiana, n I | ——— : ,_,We transact a general Banking business, in- " cluding the koaning of Money, purchase of commercial paper; receive deposits, buy and sell domestic and’ foreign exchange, and make colleetions. Close and’ prompt aftention will be given to all business with which we are entrusted. g Straus Bros. & Co., ' .. . LIGONIER.INDIANA _—;—————*__ THE REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS o of Ligonier Lodge No, 185, F. & A M. are held on the first Monday evening R in each month at 7:00 o’clock during the - . menths of November, December, January, February; 7:30 o’clock during March, April, May, September, October, and 8:00 o’clock diting june. July and August. Masonic brothers fnvited to attend. . €, G. KEEEN, WM, W.G.BROWN, Secretary. : 35 —— G A.R.—Stansbursost N 0.125. Meetson ® thefirstand third Fridays of each month at7:oo p.m. AllG. A. R. comrades invitedto attend. . J.H.HOFFMAN, Com. HENRY KNEPPER, Adjutant. _ 42 /oSO K OF P. Ligonier Lodge No. 123 /) =) & Meetsevery Thursday evening at < Ei7:oo o’clock. All Knights who may be inourtownareinvited toattend. : . : : " B, M. CowELs, C.C. ™ J. E. McDONALD,K.of K. & S. W A.SHOBE : e. ¢ 2 | PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, - LIGONIER. . . . < INDIANA Office up stairs over ‘Graves’ Bakery. Residence on Main Street.

E. W KNEPPER., , % ® & - 5 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Will attend promptlyto all calls entrusted tc him either day or night.- Office’ over Eldred’s Drug Store Building, second floor. Residence on South Martin street, Ligonier,lndiansa. [4Bt J. C. HOLLOWAY ' ‘ & 0o . E i HOMEOPATHIC : PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, . Office over U.é. Exprre-;s office. Residence, 209 . South Fifth street. Office ’phone 84; Residence 'phone 85. Office hours from 8 to 10 a.m. and from 2 to 4 p. m,,also evening. : : -—LIGONIER, INDIANA. '(}’ A. WHIPPY, M. D. AL HOMOEOPATHIST — " (Successor to Dr. W, E.Newton.) Office over W. D, Decker & Co’s Grocery Store " LIGONIRE, - % -l . INpiAwal W . J.HOGUE | : @ 55 : > : % 'L_ £ - ATIORNEY AT-LAW, @ 0 .~ Office up stairs in Weir Block. LIGONIER. - - . . INDIANA W H. WIGTON. £ 5 : ATTORNEY AT LAW and ‘ . NOTARY PUBLIC. . : * _Office over Citizens Bank, .cor, Third and . Cavin streets, i ; Succesgor to L. D, Fleming.) LIIGONIER, IND YGREEN & BOTHWELL, ; ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. ; ALBION AND(LIGONIER, - - INDIANA.. ' Ligonier, over Sisterhen’s. : . Office {Albion. over Engle’s Livery Stable. Mr, Bothwell can be reached by telephone at Albion, and wigtl be found in their office in . ‘this city every Tuesday, +f

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Hanna and Anti-Hanna Forces ~ Bending Every Energy to Se- - : ~cure Final Victory.’ COMBINE STILL® REMAiNS< UNBROKE f‘llepublicu:n Steerili‘g Commlttee Gives Out a Notice That the Republican ] Senatorial Caucus to Have Been Held Wednesday Night Will Be ; Abandon_ed—()reates Surprise. . Columbus, 0., Jan. s.—Previous to the assembiing of the legislature Tuesday there -were conferences on both sides on the senatorial contest. The Hanna men claimed to have secured pledges from Representatives Griffith, of Union, and Joyce, of GuernsSey, who voted for ‘Mason Monday for speaker, but with these doubtful accessions they were still short two votes of enough to elect. While .Hanna's friends are working here, the republican county committees, clubs and other orggnizations at the homes of the doubtful republican members have been enlisted, and many delegations of visiting statesmen are arriving, one of the first being from the home of Gov. Bushnell, of Springfield. - The combined opposition to Senator Hanna is still uncertain as to their candidate. Some democrats object to Gov. Bushnell or Mayor MecKisson or Dr. Kurtz, or any other republican that has yet been suggested. While the opposition has informally an-

N A \ - Vr( ; i V\ 2 B /7//1/’ S 4 ,‘_“w\. 7 2 &% BN 9 L '\‘Tsk\?\:g’? W o\ Camgilf | // . /il / (2 X ' ///4? lv'«:"\""“‘"}%\ P s s il o oy ) Mﬂ’,’(‘/}éé?;’i;"‘: ot V! AN~ & . /’ NN 7 N N RN 7 4 (\ N £ \‘\\\~§\\ Z RS RN NR e \ ; L %& AR \\’:~f‘ \“‘\l\hv\ : \\\ i R\\ \\\ N , , \ N ~- . CHARLES L. KURTZ. nounced several names for senator, there has been no fixed action_on that selection. The combined opposition to Hanna claims to ~ have enough votes to defeat Hanna, but they have not yet claimed enough votes for any one senatorial candidate mentioned by the combine to elect.” Their trouble is not only to hold all their present forces in line against Hanna, but to get them to agree upon their man for sénator.’ -~ |

Aimed at Hanna.

.'ln the house all sorts of bills were introduced against = corporations. ‘These measures were regarded as thrusts at Senator Hanna, whose affairs are of varied intérests. Anamendment of the Nichols law, which taxes the earnings of express, telegraph, telephone and other companies, was introduced so as to include street railways, electric light and power. equipment, artificial and natural gas, pipe line messengers,” sleeping car and all other corporations. .

Naming of Committees Delayed.

~ The house adjourned at noon till Wednesday. There is much-unfinished business, but the combine does not intend to announce any af ’tlhe' standing committees till after the joint senatorial caucuses are held Wednesday might. The preferred places will not be.given out in apportioning the com: mittees till it is known what republicans remain out of: the joint republican scnatorial caucus. The senate at noon took a recess till 2:30 without announcing any of its committees, Senator Burke securing all he wanted the clerkship and other patronage through the democrats. He’ was in conference with the democratsduring the noon recess. .The proceedings in both houses showed plainly that everythin'é‘, possible was being done by those who held the fort to beat Senator Hanna. The line on Monday was as distinctly drawn as ever, showing the senate to stand 19 to 17 against Hanna, and the house 56 to 53 against him, leaving him three short of enough votes on joint ballot for election. During the noon recess the conferences and jollification meetings of the combine were continued. ! : " No Republican Senatorial Caucus.

: Quite a surprise was created Tuesday afternoon by the announcement that the Hanna men had changed ' their plan for ‘a joint senatorial republican caucus Wednesday night, and that the fight will go on without any caucus deerees on either side.

The following was given out Tuesday afternoon by ithe republican steering committee: : - “The sentiment’ of the house and senate, as expressed to the chairmen of the two republican caucuses, is that it is unnecesgary to call a senatorial caucus. : ‘““The universal expression is that, as Mr. Hanna had been indorsed by the Toledo convention and by the county conventions of the state and was nominated by the peo{)le in their primary capacity at the polls, t is more respectful to their constituents to aceept their action as conclusive, in accordance with the precedent of two years ago, than to supplement it by a formal nomination of their own. No caucus will, therefore. be called.” e e Creates Big Sensation. -

,The announcement that the republican joint senatorial caucus that had been called for Wednesday night would not be held caused as much stir as the result of the -caucuses last Saturday night-and more than the organization of the legislature by the combine Mon-

'day. The opponents of Senator Hanna insisted that it was a white flag, that the Hanna men: were afraid to show their hands again and that it wasaconfession that the senator did not have sufficient votes and had ascertained that he could not get them in a joint caucus. “The combine” insisted that this action showed that the result in joint camus would be the same as in separate caucuses. At the Hanna headquarters the an- : ncement was received with apparent satisfaction. Messrs. Dick, Nash, Grosvenor, Brigham and all those close to the senator approved of the action of the républican members of the legislature in withdrawing the caucus call and simply standing on the plank for Hanna in the last republican state platform. The outside claim of the Hanna men is that several republican members who voted for Mason for speaker have pledged themselves to Hanna and that they do not want “the combine” with which they have been associated to krow of their action in the senatorial contest until the balloting beginsin the legislature for senator one week hence. MAY HELP RAISE A LOAN. Britain Interesting Herself in the Behalf of China. London, Jan. s.—There is gcod reason to believe-the British government is considering the question of assisting China to raise a oan. The Chinese proposals on the subject are urgently supported by the business men here. who are interested in China. | Peking, Jan. s—The ministers. and the Tsung Li Yamen (Chinese foreign office) spent the whole of one night in discussing the deposition of the Chinese commandant. of Tao Chou, province of Shan Tung, who is accused of having used threatening language to a German missionary. The commandant has not been summoned to Peking for examination, as previously cabled, the difficulty having been smoothéd over. The "general situation 'remains wunchanged. Hostilities are feared. The German minister, Baron von Heyking, is understood to.be temporizing until the arrival in China of Prince Henry of Prussia. S

DISCUSS CIVIL SERVICE,

Cabinet Getting Ready to Reply to - .the Senate ltesolution.

Washington, Jan. s.—At the meeting of the cabinet Tuesday, attended by all the members except Secretaries Alger and Long, the replies to be submitted by the varlous secretaries to the senate resolution, calling fer information as to the application of the civil service law to the several departments of the government and the recommendations, if any, the secretaries have to make regarding the administration of the law, were fully discussed. The head of each department will submit to the senate his individual reply to the resolution, and it was only the general tenor of the replies that was under discussion. All of the replies have been prepared, and it is expected that all of them will be sent to the senate Wednesday. Aside from the civil service matter no question of general importance was discussed. o

| SLEPT AT HIS POST. Engineer on Santa Fe Road Causes e a Fatal Wreck. . Kansas City, Jan. s.—While James Scott,a Santa Fe railway engineer, slept in his engine cab,his engine,drawing a long string of freight and stock cars, bore down upon another freight train, moving in on a:side track on the Santa Fe railway' yards in Argentine, Kan. A collision followed. Charles K. Landers, stockman, 40 years old, of Brazilton, Kan., was killed, and M. L. Miars, stockman, of Waverly, Kan.; A. C. Olin, stockman,of Brazilton,Kan.; JohnC.Myers, stockman, of Brazilton, Kan.; J. M. McAdow, liveryman, of Ottawa, Kan., _were injured. The stockmen were in the caboose of the wrecked train. None of their injuries are serious." Has Not Gone to Join Insurgents. New York, Jan. s.—Mrs. Julio Sanguilly, wife of the Cuban general, who was Monday in Havana, on board the steamer Saratoga, said Tuesday - that her h}xsbang was not on his way to rejoin the insurgents in Cuba, but was suffering from rheumatism, 'and was on his way to Mexico in hope of finding reliéf thera Gen. Sanguilly was released by the Spaniards from Moro castle, on his promise not to return to Cuba. , Marries an Indian Prince. London, Jan. s.—kady Anne Coventry, third daughter of the earl of Coventry, was married at St. Peter’s church, Eatonsquare, to Prince Dhuleep Singh, son of the late maharajah of Lahore. The courtship of the prince and Lady Anne has been marked by considerable opposition upon the part of the lady’s family, which was mainly overcome by the intervention of the prince of Wales. : :

Millionaire Lumberman Dead. Milwaukee, Jan. 5.—A special to the Wisconsin from Eau Claire, Wis., says William Carson, the millionaire lumberman, died after an illness of several days, aged 80. Mr. Carson came to Wisconsin 60 years ago. He was connected, with various business enterprises, and did a great deal toward the building up ‘of Eau Claire. He is survived by five daughters and a son. : | Mill Shut Down. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan.s.—The employes of the ten-inch mill at the Homestead mill of .Carnegie refused to accept the new scale of wages, and the mill has been closed down indefinitely. All other departménts are in full operation: | Bigamist Bates Found Guilty. ~ Chicago, Jan. s.—David Ellsworth Bates, charged with repeated bigamy, was found guilty by.a jury in Judge t' Horton’s court, and his . punishment ey s Uit T NNN R WRINING

Shows No Emotion When Pro- - gramme for His Execution Is - Rehearsed to Him. |

REQUESTS OF THE CONDEMNED MAN.

Wants Rope Used to Be Burned, Does Not Want Spectators to See His Remains, Objects to Autopsy and Wants His Body Given to His Parents at Once. .

San Quentin, Cal., Jan. 5. — Theodore Durrant has rehearsed the scene of his own death. - At his own request, made absolutely without«emotion,hehasbeen told every incident that will mafk the last minutes of the last hours of life.. From the moment that he awakens next Friday morning until Warden Hale gives the signal to spring the gallows trap, Theodore Durrant knows what is expected of him. 20, A book and several papersonreligious subjects were received at the prison Monday for Durrant. They were-offer-ings from a woman who now resides in Toronto. She was a resident of San Francisco three years ago and has displayed much interest in Durrant’s affairs since his arrest for the murder of Blanche Lgmont. Deputy Warden Edgar made a thorough inspection of the books: and papers and then permitted Durrant to have them.

The authorities suspect that some of Durrant’s legal friends may attempt some play at the very moment of the execution. Durrant may invite five of the 150 people who will be present, but Warden. Hale will revise the list. It is unlikely that any of his attorneys will be seen beside the gallows. : Requests Made by Dnrrant. ) The condemned man has 'made the following requests concerning his execution: N First, That the rope uged to hang him shall be destroyed immediately after his death, so that no person can say that he holds a piece of it as a memento. ™ : - Second, That none of the spectators shall be allowed to gaze upon his features after he is executed. - 2 * Third, That no autopsy shall be. held after death, and that no physician be allowed to examine his body. Fourth, That after he is pronounced dead his remains shall be delivered to his -parents as soon as possible. : z Appeal Again to Governor.

San . Francisco, Jan. 5. — The attorneys for Durrant visited Gov. Budd at the home of his niece in this city and presented a petition praying for executive interference in the Durrant case. The petition stated that Durrant was a vital witness in the slander suit brought by-his mother against Horace Smyth, a juror in the murder trial, who, it is alleged, circulated scandalous stories concerning Durrant’s family relations. Gov. Budd receéived the petition and promised the attorneys for Durrant he would read and carefully consider its contents before giving his decision. Attothey Deuprey still threatens to spring a se‘matiox} in the case. Gen. Dickinson ‘will niake another attempt to obtain a writ of habeas corpus from the United States circuit court.

Receives a Confession,

San Francisco, Jan. s.—The father of Theodore Durrant has received from Meridian, Tex., a document which purports to be the original alleged confession of Joseph E. Blanther to the murders of Bjanche Lamont and Minnie Williams. It will be used in the final effort to secure a stay of execution. - FAVORS BRANCH BANKS. Thomas G. Shearman Outlines Good Features of the Plan. ‘New York, Jan. s.—ln response to a request from the monetary commission. for an expression of his views on various financial questions, Thomas G. Shearman, _of this city, has submitted to the commission a paper on the establishment of branch banks on a large scale. ' - “I regard this plan as far more important, as well as more practicable,” says Mr. Shearman, “than any other remedy which has been proposed for the settlement of the currency question.” !

Mr. Shearman insists that nature has: driven conditions forward to a pointat which the whole country is actually or a banking basis, instead of a money basis for exchange. i o Not in Dangerous Condition. ' .Sheboygan, Wis., Jan. s—The condition of Attorney Martin Hughs, who was injured in an encounter with Actor’ Edward B. McDaniels, of Robert Fitzsimmons’ company, is not considcred dangerous. Hughs lost considerable blood and is very weak, but is ex~ pected to be about in a day or two.. After the fight McDaniels apologized. and no arrest was made. Should Hughs” injuries result seriously, the police say,. there will be no trouble in apprehending McDaniels. |

Shot by Her Brother.

San Jose, Cal., Jamn. 5. — Rebecca Smith, the five-year-old daughter of George F. Smith, was fatally shot by her ten-year-old brother. - The children | were playing in the garret of their home with a revolver. He pointed it at ' his little sister and pulled the trigger. A bullet penetrated the child’s eyerand she died in five minutes. \ Has Not Left the B. & 0. | Baltimore, Md., Jan. s.—William H. Green, the general manager of the Baltimore & Ohio railway, said that there is absolutely no truth in or gmumﬁw‘ for the report that he is to give up his present position, or that he contemplates any change what@ver in his pres- ‘ ent business relations. | : A s | a 1 ' Pure Pennsylvania Buckwheat Flour. I bave on hand four tons of thiw N T R T

! TONS OF GRAIN SPOILED, ‘Blg Warehouse at Stocktén, Cal., | Burned—Loss Over $500,000. Stockton, Cal., Jan. s.—At 12:10 o'clock in the morning fire was discovered in warehouse No. 5 of the Farmers’ Union and Milling company and before the department could respond the flames were beyond control. The fire quickly spread to warehouse No. 6, and it was soon seen that neither warehouse could be saved. The attention of the department was turned to saving the warehouse of the Navigation and- Improvement company, which was separated from No. 6 only by a fire wall, and the Eureka or Crown mills ‘warehouse, which had only the same. protection from No. 5. .Streams were withdrawn from the central portion of the doomed structures and set at work on the ends with some effect, and by continuous fighting against the iron sidesi and roofs of the burning buildings, which appeared to shut them off, the firemen were successful. The warehouses were well filled-with grain, for both the Union and its clrents have been among those who were waiting for the price of wheat to advance. The low.est estimate on the amount of wheat destroyed is 10,000 tons, and many put it higher. The loss is placed at more’ than $500,000. : - FOR REVENUE REFORM. Hdn_se Begins Discussion of Question : : in Earnest. Springfield, 111., Jan. s.—For the first ‘time since the spetial session opened December 7 the house manifested a disposition Tuesday to grapple with the revenue .reform question in dead earnest. At the suggestion of Speaker Curtis the house resolveditself intoa committee of the whole to discuss the knotty problem. First, however, the Chicago citizens’ bill was read a second time, after which Representative Mitchell, of Cook, who is opposed to the measure, moved to recommit it to the revenue committee. Mr. Kilcourse moved as a substitute that the bill be made a special or.der for Thursday, whichgwas carried. The Jbill will be open to amendment then and will'undoubtedly be so altered that recognition. by its framers will be difficult. At '12:15 the committee arose and the house adjourned until four o’clock, when the discussion was presumed. Mr. Saylor, of Cook, introduced two revenue bills, providing that all public franchises shall be assessed one per cent. on their cash value, and limiting to one per‘cent. the assessment on all property at its fair cash value. Both bills were referred to the committee on revenue. 2e . Gov. Tanner Tuesday sent a special message to both houses of the legislature asking that he be given authority to move the insane asylum from its present location over the abandoned coal mine at Peoria to firmer- ground. - . ' ;5 "LOSE CLAIM AGAINST MEXICO. ‘,Spanlpin Arbiter Decides Against the Yot United States. g New York, Jan. 5.—A special to the Herald from Washington says that greatly to the surprise of administration officials the award of the Spanish arbiter in the matter of the claims of Charles Oberlander and Barbatra M. Messenger, citizens, ..of the United States, against the government of Mexi«co is against the claimants. The only expense to which Mexico will be put will be to pay half of the cost of the proceedings, while the United States will not only have to defray its share ~of the expense, but has lost what administration officials have considered the best claims on file in the department of statle. 2

Administration officials are inclined to criticise the award, on the ground§ that it is not in accordance with the‘ facts presented. Minister Romero re-| gards the award as eminently judicious.. BASEBALL MAN GONE. ) ‘ Death at New York City of Charles H. Byrne. } New York, Jan. s.—Charles H. Byrne, who was president of the Brooklyn baseball club, died at his residence in this city. L | ‘Death was. due to a complication of diseases. Mr. Byrne had been unconscious since Monday of last week and death had beén expected. The\ history of modern baseball is contemporaneous with the active life of Charles H. Byrne, and to him has been given the credit for many of the features of the game which have given it its national] character. | By his honesty and enterprise Mr. Byrne made the American association a power and forced the National league to meet it half way in consolidation agreement. _ 'S‘t-até Finances of Missouri. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. s.—State Auditor Siebert’s report shotvs that $5,168,490.30 was received into the state treasury in the year 1897, and that $4,094,947.21 was paid out. Balance in ‘the treasury January 1, 1897, $57,463.05, and on January 1, 1898, $649,006.19. Increase, $71,543.14. Five hundred thousand dollars in bonds were paid, which leaves the total state debt at $4,500,000 of 314 per cent. option bonds. b _ Clothing Manufacturer Dead. New York, Jan. s.—Elias Enstein, one of the best-known manufacturers of suits and cloaks in this city, is dead, aged 68 years. He came to this country from Bavaria about 45 years ago, made his home in Macon, Ga., and dealt in general merchandise. During the first two years of the civil war he was private secretary to Gen. Cobb, of the confederate army, and saw much fight~ ing with him. |

Episcopal Minister Weds.. ‘ Doylestown, Pa., Jan. s.—The marriage of Rev. Dr. James S. Stone, rector of St. James’ Episcopal church, of Chicago, to Miss Caroline Worthington, of this place, was solemnized at noon in St. Paul’s Episcopal church. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Edward M. Jefferys, rector of St. Paul’s, assisted by Rev. Richard N. Thomas, of Philadelphia. - Movements of British Cruisers, Hong XKong, Jan. s—The British <ruised Edgar has arrived here, and the British cruiser Grafton has sailed northward. The bulk of the British

Wawaka News Nuggets. . ’ | BY ALTA vxs'rA;? ‘ Write it 1898. g T ‘ Miss Mable Zimmerman visiied in Kendaliville last week. - : A. E. Nowels spent New Years with his parents at Lagrange. = ~ Mrs. O. S. Randolph is visiting her parents in Quincy. Mich. . ~Miss Hester Stigner visited her parents here New Years. ‘ i Samuel Folwell visited his daughter mm Bryan during the holidays. T. J. Forrey and D. T. Zimmerman were in Ligonier Monday evening. Bert Haid has secured a position as brakeman on the Lake Shore road. - Miss Flossie Holey of Cromwell spent. Christmas here with her brother. O. Emery and 1. Wells furnished{ music for the dance here Friday night. Grandma Gill is reported quite sick by her attending physician.’ Dr. Johnson, : P ' Mrs. David Glant and” daughter visited relatives on the Haw Patch last week. ! ‘ : Wm. Roop came up from South Bend to §pend the holiday with his mother. | v ‘, ~ Mrs. Preston and children have left for Illinojs, where they will ‘join Mr. Fr'eston. ! K S : Frank Pincheon 'of Albion was calling on relatives and friends here last week. . o o

Mrs, S. Neufer of York township spent New Years with relatives in (Goshen. I T

Grant Knepper, who has been numbered with the sick, is at work in the saw mill again. Qe Anthony Rink went to Garrett on Friday and visited with . their son, Jacob, over Sundgy. Mrs. Harry Williams_and son of Toledo were visiting her parents here during the holidays! Mrs. Bostwick and Miss Winey of Elkhart were the guests of T. J. Forrey and wife New Years. ' ; Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Rice of Battle Creek, Mich., were visiting with J. A.Shaffer during the holidays. .~ . - Misses Mary and Minnie Penny of near Jackson, Mich., are here on an extended visit with relatives. . TR S. D. Pickett lett on Suunday night for his home in Chicago. Business of importance called him there. - ‘George and Cassie. Hollinger .of North Manchester wvisited here last week with their many friends. Mrs. Emma Bortner and little daughter spent the holidays with her sister, Mrs. E. W. Bﬁ@}ebﬂfn’- i Mr. and Mrs. A. McGowan were visited by their great grandchildren on New Years. The couple have been married over sixty years. ' - William Kime of this place and Miss Cora Hoops of Lagrange county were united in marriage on Thursday. Dec. 23, at Lagrange, Ind. - They will go to bousekeeping shortly in Wawaka. J. A. Shaffer, John Haid, Chas. Thompson, Jerry Brandeberrv. J. B. Frick and Chris Felton went to Ligonier last Friday eyening to attend a special meeting of the K. of P. lodge. The boys report a very pleasant time. The Rathbone Sisters elected the following officers at their last regular meeting: Mrs. Millie - Earle, P.. C.; Mrs. Carrie Shaffer. M, E. C.; Mrs. Ollie Mummert, E. S.; Mrs. Dellaßell, E. J.; Mrs. Nettie Gill, Manager; Mrs. Geneva Nowels. M. R. and C., Mrs. Carrie Felton, M. of F.; Mrs. H. Thompson, P.; Mrs. Mary -Haid, G. of 0. T. . AN

- Wawaka Lodge, No. 432, K. of P., elected the following officers at ' their meeting Dec. 29: Arthur Franks, C. C.; Jacob Frick. V. C.; Charles Gill, Prelate; W. C. Mummert, M. of E.; A. W. Johnson, M. of kK.; John R. Chaffee, K. of R. and S; Jacob Ramer; M. at A.; Jacob Shaffer, I. G.; Bert Cook, O. G.; Marion Glant, M. of W.; Jacob Shaffer, trustee; Harry - Bell, Delegate to Grand Lodge. ¢ :

Our Albion Column, - . BY SCRIVENER. : ’ W. J. Boate has been laid up with an attack of tonsilitis. : Dr. Eagles of Chicago was at home spending the holidays. ‘ - Mrs. E. S. Fitch returned from Jackson Mich. last evening. Mrs. John Cockley gave a masquerade party on New Years eve. Fitch Speuncer of Waureon,Ohio, was spending the holidays with his parents. ~ Will Matthews returned from his ‘annual hunting trip in- Arkansas yesterday. A Fred Black went to Anderson Ind. where he has secured employment in a carriage factory. Vin Lane left for Ovid Mich. the 4th where he has secured employment in a carriage factory. _ John Hackenburg of White Pigeon Mich. . was spending the holidays among his friends. : W. E. Worden has purchased the milk route of Geo. Black, and will ‘take possession next week. | A party of stove men of Marion Ind. are here canvassing the surrounding country selling ranges.. ‘ Willis Brown has taken possession of the Bradley House this week and intends conducting a boarding -house. ‘ Roceo Garromone and. Vin Lane furnished the music for a dance at Hicksville. Ohio, Wednesday and Thursday night. _ Sl Mrs. Sarah Baer died on last Thurs--day night of paralysis. of the brain, at thé home of her brother; Peter Black of Jefferson township. = There will be a Democrat caucus over the rooms of the Demoecrat office Saturday evening, January Bth at 7 o’clock for the purpose of selecting a delegate for the districts convention at Fort Wayne, also t?r the selection of two precinct committeeman. S gt e L 2

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- : The Markets, ‘ CHICAGO, Jan. 3, 1898.—Now _that the returns for 1897 are all in, attention naturally turns to the outlook for 1898; and it can be said that seldom has this country had a fairer prospect. The crops of last season have been marketed at good prices and’ 1n the case of wheat a greater percentage of the adva%ce than usual has gone directly inte the hands of the producers so that the Ameriean farmer is. today more prosperous than he has been for several years. .The foreign demand gives no indieation of lessening. and Schwartz, Dupee & Co., who are 1n close touch with countries on the other side of the Atlantic, report their advices unanimous on the point that supplies there are very low. Should any complications arise between for~ elgn powers or over any of the numer-ous-political intrigues and quarrels in which they are now engaged the price of grain and provisions exportable from this country must advance very rapidly. , ~ All these conditions .are ominous to those ' who need our products and they will not be unheeded. Buying for fu- . ture demands instead of for the moment ig likely at any time to become the rule of Europe, and many who have canvassed the situation here very carefully say that the paucity . of our grain supplies will then be at once apparent. - The price range today was -as follows: ’ - High Low Close - Wheat—Jan. ......$ 913, & 90% $ 904 = —May,...... 92 91 -91 y C0rn—Jan..%...... 263 26% 263 ~May......c..0 29% 2 29% 0at5—Jan..;....... - 283 ~ 28% LBH ~May.......:. 23% 217% 2215 Pork—Jan.. :...... 907. 900 *9 97 . —May........ 937, 930 _ 932 Eard—Jan..... .7.. 452 430 430 o —May......... 480 4457 425 Ribs—Jan......- ... 450 4225 435.7¢ —May.......... 467-40 435 147 - i Notice to Water Takers, * . Under the ordinance governing the water works system, water rents are due Jan. Ist. All water rents due and . unpaid after Jan. 20, 1898, a penalty of 10 per cent will be added. See section 18 of General Ordinance No. 38, adopted -April 14, 1897, ' g " E. E. REED, City Clerk. If you need any building material write to ‘the I~XL Pump and Lumber Company at Goshen. They will furnish you just what you want. Prices very low. = B ‘A Sure Thing for You, A transaction’in wéxich’ you cannot lose is a-sure thing. BiMousness, sick headache, furred tongue, tever, piles and a ‘thousand other ills are caused by constipationiand’sluggish liver. Cascarets Can‘dy ~Cathartic, the wonderful new liver stimulant and intestinal tonic, are by all druggists guaranteed to cure or money refunded. C. C. C. are a sure thing. Try ‘a box; 10e., 25¢., 50c. Sample and booklet free. See our big ad. ;

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<.i R ® The Meal-time Drink. A Very Important Faector in the Pro= E duction of Disease, Little do the thousands of American peo-ple-of todag', who are -addicted to the insidious habit of coffee and tea drinking; realize _how seriously they are undermininfg the human structure and paving the way for future development of disease, and all through the force of habit. It is a habit, just as much so as that of alcoholic stimulants. In fact, the same poisonous alkaloids abide in coffee and tea as in whisky, alcohol, tobacco, morphine, etc., though not so deadly in character, perhaps, ‘but sufficiently harmful to pro£l€ce numerous diseases of the stbmach( Liver, kidneys and bowels, palpitation of the ilea.rt, : nervousness, etc. Itis fast becoming a habit -second only to that of alcoholism. - Doubtless, there- are those who are loath - to believe that the use of these beverageshas ever affected their health in any way, though they often complain from the vegl same disorders of which- coffee and tea drinking are the direct cause.. They attribute’ their ail-ments-of the stomach, liver, nerves, etc., to the.,organs. themselves, but never dream of the ¢ause of such organic derangement. Each ‘concoction of poison administered to the nervous system by the use of coffee ortea, islike adding fuel to the flame, and hence the func_tional disturbances and finally organic disease. They are the REAL cause of more sickness than is Eenerau&supposed. : : The fact that Dr: Martin, being a physi- . cian, and fully aware of the harmful effects ! of coffee and tea, led him to experimenting and he finally groduced the first cereal coffee ever discovered, the now famous Dr. Martin’s _ Nervine Coffee, the new food substitute for - coffee,’absoluteiy_ pure, unadulterated preparation of the choicest grains, gluten and rich - “cereals, nature’s own - products. These he has so harmoniously conﬁmundéd as to produce a delightful, “healt and delicious coffee-like beverage, which does not contain a particle of ordinary coffee nor dangerous drugs, like many cheap, soﬂed sub- _ stitutes, in order to give them a coffee flavor. It is the ’onginai substitntei all others are ~ imitations. ex:fectg' harm s_%nand can be freely %‘live'n to children or invalids. It ~makes the nerves strong and the health rugged. :On&gonnd goes mgrthm two of " ordinary coffee or other i , making -it an economical as well as a healthful drink. -Sold b;’all grocers, t& . 200, Mﬁ- _ For sale by J. L. Dunning and D, F s SRR ek sl i e, Sedv ol afi“_mﬁm T e