Ligonier Banner., Volume 43, Number 39, Ligonier, Noble County, 17 December 1908 — Page 1

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Will find our store an ideal place to stop. “It fits in” Our lines are large and full, everything marked in plain figures. Your money goes farthest here. One lady said “This store has the most nice things for presents of any place | have ever been in” Sensible gifts are popular this year. Our store is full of useful articles. Come in and see the largest line of 1847 Rogers silverware carried in the county. If you are looking for cheap silverware we do not have it, simply because we are able to buy in quantities large enough for factory shipment and get the extra Th 4 N special dis- . #77_ count thereby Silverware 2///J/7’ enabling us to We 47 1t undersell and Sell 71 I / offer @o you 4 A -the highest /\ ) A grade and the 7 #' i ) forsixtyyears {K/s// /") » standard sil%,gﬁf\;} verware, at a s . very low rate 1847 ROGERS BROS, almost as low . b . as the cheap grades, surely quality counts. Our line of 1847 Rogers consists of the latest patterns produced. You can see the Charter Oak, one of the most beautiful creations ever produced in the silverware line, also the beautiful and well-known Ving\ge,.ﬁnd th; Berkshire, Columbia, riscilla, Avon, areall popular. It (;(é;;}}/ gives us pleasure®="-—2° | to offer to youa Y—o=f line of silverware ’ “igi”“ that we not only ‘ recommend but guarantee. We have the most beautiful berry spoons, gravy ladles, cold meat forks, oyster forks, boullion spoons, orange spoons, tea and table spoons. - - ‘ All goods nicely boxed and ready for the giver - "RICH CUT GLASS ‘We have the largest and best line of cut glass ever brought to this city, selected from the largest stock in Chicago, consisting of Salad Bowls, $3 to $9; Nappies, 75¢c to $5; Jugs, $6 to 10; Glasses, $1.50 doz. to 1.25, each; Sherbert Cups, 2.00 set; Vinegars, Salt and Peppers, etc. There is nothing more elegant and rich than a piece of Cut Glass. , TOYS AND DOLLS '~ We have a large line of Toys such as Engines, Railroad track and cars, Magic Lanterns, Iron and Trunks ets. A large line of dressed and undressed - FINE CHINAWARE ety cu e beore Xopas and .. KING & WEAVER

The Ligonier Banner.

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1908.

m Coming Session Promises to Be Qag¢ of the Most Interesting In State s History. SENATE’S HIGH-HANDED COURSE Republian Senators Have Entered Into Compact to Use Their Remnant of Power to the Fullest Extent and to Demand Their Pound of Flesh, but We Shall See What We Shall See a Little Later On. Indianapolis, Dec. 15.—The coming session of the legislature gives promise of being one of fhe most interesting in the recent history of the state. Even the holiday season, which is now at hand, has not districted attention from the scheduled events and the probable developments which the first two months of the new year are expected to show. It is unfortunate for the people that the leglslature which meets January 7th is divided. While the Democrats have a majority orn joint ballot, the Republicans ‘have a smali margin to the good (or bad) in the senate. At a meeting of the Republican senators here last week they resolved to use this remnant of power to the fullest extent. It is declared that they are going to demand their pound of flesh. The Democratic lieutenant governor is not to be allowed to name the committees. If the Republican senators have their way, he is not to be allowed to do anything except to look as pleasant as possible under the circumstances. But we shall see what we shall see a little later on. There are twentythree Democratic senators. The death of Senator Legeman (Rep.) of Vanderburg county leaves the Republicans with only twenty-six. If they elect a successor to Legeman at the special election Dec. 29 they will have twentyseven. But if the Democrats elect their candidate it will give them twen-ty-four, leaving the Republicans with a bare two majority.- All political experience shows that a majority of two or three is a mighty hard thing to handle satisfactorily where there is an adverse presiding officer, as there will be in this case. ‘The Indiana senate never had a fairer presiding officer than Lieutenant Governor Frank J. Hall will be. But he: is not the sort of man to “play horse” with. Besides, it is believed that among the Republican senators there are some who will understand that the people last November voted to get rid of the old Republican machine way of running things in the statehouse -and that these men will serve their constituents and themselves by refusing to obey the whipcrack of the discredited Republican bosses. é

It is saiqd that it is a‘part of the Republican plan to cause contests to be filed against some of the Democratic senators-elect. There is no genuine claim that any Democratic senator was not fairly and legally elected, but the proposed contests are to be used as clubs to beat down the contests of the Democratic state candidates and incidentally the contest of Edward Simon (Dem.) of Lake county for a seat in the house. Simon’s contest is expected to develop the political nastiness 'of Lake county, where 2,000 or 3,000 illegal votes are charged to have been cast by Hunyaks and others .for the whole Republican ticket. ° If the present program of the Republican bosses is carried out, a legal1y elected Democratic senator is to be unseated if Simon is admitted to membership in the house. And this is so, even though the Democrats succeed. in establishing the rottenness which gave the Republicans their majority in Lake county. And why do the Republican take such an interest in keeping Simon’s opponent in his seat? They don’t; that is not the point at all. The point is’ just this: The illegal votes which “elected” Simon’s opponent also “elected” certain Republican candidates for state offices, to-wit, Fred Sims for secretary of state, John Billheimer for auditor, Jim Bingham for attorney general, Oscar Hadley for.treasurer, Louie Peetz for statistician and the two Myerses for judges. The Republican schemers don’t need Simon’s seat in the house and don’t care a rap about Ed Wickey, his opponent, “slick” man though he is. But they do care about the loaves and fishes and fleshpots involved in the state offices upon which they have, it seems, laid larcerious hands. 2 ‘ ¢ x % = It is generally agreed that if the Democrats had control of both houses of the legislature so that they could carry out their policies without mere partisan opposition from the other side, they would fully redeem every pledge made in their platform. They even hope to do so, in the main as it is. The meeting of the Democratic representatives and senators here ‘on Tuesday of this week will have a good effect. While the primary purpose of the gathering was to enable the members to get acquainted with each other, ‘there was a good deal of discussion among them as to probable legislation. There was also a good deme!% ship, but the thing that the members had most in their wwm attempt was made to bind the future

action of any member on any proposition, but there was a striking agreement of opinion on at least one sub ject, and that was that every form of official extravagance must be checked and every unnecessary appropriation must be lopped off. The report of the state treasurer for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 last ghows how hard a time the Republi can officials have had to “make ends meet,” even on paper. During the 1906 campaign the Democrats called attention to the fact that the state treasur er's report showed. that the state government had found it necessary to call on the counties for advances amount ing to more than $900,000. In 1907 the amount of these advances had risen to over $1,200,000. And now the report for 1908 shows that the state ‘had received advances amounting to $1,772,000. A continuance of this ratio merely means that it will not be long until the state has anticipated -and spent its total revenues before they have accrued, and that money will have to be borrowed or the tax rate raised in order to meet current expenses. : ; : It will be remembered, of course, that the Democratic party has no responsibility for this condition. It has grown up during the twelve years that the Republicans have had entire control of the state government in all of its departments. Governor Marshall will find the site uation a hard one to meet in its financlal aspect. He will be supported by a Democratic house in all proposed reforms, but as it now appears, he is likely to be seriously handicapped by an adverse senate, by a politically unfriendly finance board, and; for some time, at least, by other boards, officials and projects for which neither he nor his party can be held accountable. However this may be, the people may rest assured that there is going to be no more extravagance in state affairs so far as those Democrats who have been elected can prevent it, and that economy and efficiency are to be marked characteristics of Governor Marshall’s administration. S The Republicans are realizing more keenly every day that the late campaign left them in a peculiarly distressing plight in Indiana. The TaftRoosevelt steam-roller ' started the trouble in the Chicago convention. Hanly’s special session of the legislature aggravated it and the result of the election finished the work of demoralization. With only two Republican congressmen in the state and no other Republican senator, Albert J. Beveridge finds himself more politically powerful than he had ansy-right to dream that he ever would be. As is generally known, Beveridge was a Taft man from the start. He never was sincerely forg'airbanks, and neither were any of the members of his faction. When Beveridge’s candidate for governor, Charles W. Miller, was defeated by Watson in the state convention last April it looked as though there was no end to the power of the Fairbanks-Hemenway-Goodrich machine. . But the whirligig of politics has brought about a marvelous change. Beveridge is to be the sole dispenser of federal patronage in the state at large, and in eleven of the Thirteen congressional distriets. Fairbanks, Hemenway and Watson retire to private life, where, in secluded places, they can sharpen their knives unobgerved. Goodrich, three times their chairman of the state committee, announces that he will step- out. In this condition of affairs the Bev- | eridgeites exult. It is an exceeding great exultation, in which grins and winks and significant remarks and politically murderous gestures bear a part. . They recall that President Roosevelt and Soon-to-be-President Taft have declared that the Republican party in Indiana must be reorganized. And they remember that Beveridge is close to the throne that is and the throne that is soon to be. Therefore they are preparing to take things in their own hands and reorganize the Republican party according to their own views and with an eye to their own advantage. But will they succeed? There is the rub—and it is an interesting rub. The Beveridge faction wijll undoubtedly monopolize the federal offices and doubtless will be able to put forward | a husky team for the reorganization scrimmage, but the other faction will start out with the ball in its posses‘sion and with a thorough knowledge of the game. Anyone who knows Mr. ‘LFairbanks ‘and his supporters knows that, barring a grip on the offices—which is frequently a weakness—they are as much in the Republican game right now as they ever were, and when the line-bucking begins they will be there with the goods. In the meantime the two factions go on girding up their tense loins and grinding their battle-axes for the fray that is bound to come and which no one is potential enough to prevent. Bl Lo eed . QGovernor-elect Marshall will move to Indianapolis shortly after Christmas and take possession of the house which he has rented on North Pennsylvania street. It is understood no appointments will be announced and ‘that probably none will be determined upon until after the inauguration, which occurs on Monday, January 11. Mr. Marshall has been busy gathering ‘with | the preparation of his inau-: !;"01 .address. No in-com BE eon %‘hulmmﬂw WK 0 rmmt B degins of SeinG ol | K A e TIELL DIl gy j{?‘a; i Wff*{’%ﬁnm;*‘@% R 3 é}}:“ - i s s eel

L POST OFFICE COMMISSION SAYS PLAN IS UNADVISABLE. Decision Is Made Public in Report of Postmaster General Meyer—Ask - an Investigation. - Washington, Dec. 16.—“1t is pot feasible or desirable at the present time for the government to purchase, to linstall, or to operate pneumatic tubes.” : - This is one of the most important conclusions reached by a commission appointed by the postmaster-general to inquire into the question of the feasibi\ligy and desirability of the government purchasing and _operating pneumatic tubes in the cities where the service is now installed which was Tuesday transmitted to congress by Postmaster-General Meyer, the conclusions of which he approves. The commission, however, recommgends the desirability of further investigating the subject of government ownership of the pneumatic tube service in five or six years. The pneumatic tube service is in operation at present in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. . The conclusions of the commission are as follows: “That pneumatic tube service is an important auxiliary for rapid transmission of first-class mail in' the largest cities and performs a function not at present obtainable by other means. “That it is particularly available for special delivery 'mail, first-class mail of local origin for local delivery, supplementary closings of first-class mail for dispatch by train, and for advance dispatches of first-class ~mail from trains for city delivery. . “That when established it should also be employed as far as possible, economically for the transmission of other mails. “That registered mail should be gsent by tube whenever security and celerity can be combined. - “That pneumatic tube service appears to be still in an experimental condition, although progress has been mand, toward the development of a fixed standard of machinery. RULES COMBINATION IS ILLEGAL. American Tobacco Company “Hit by Decision of Court. New York, Dec. 16.—The dee¢ree of the United States circuit court in the government’s suit against the American Tobacco Company and others, which was filed late Tuesday afternoon, declares the American Tobacco Company, the American Snuff Company, the R. J. Reynolds Company, Pierre Lorillard, and the Blackwells Durham Company are engaged in an illegal combination. The decree restrains these holding companies engaging in foreign and interstgte commerce until competition between them is restored. The decree denies the receivership asked by the government. An appeal, which has been taken to the United States supreme -court, will act as a temporary stay of the decree. . Will They Be Fair ]

According to Indianapolis advices, the republican state senators have about reached the conclusion that it would not be good policy to strip the incoming lieutenant governor, who happens to be a Democrat, of his legitimale prerogatiyes as presiding officer of the senate. If there is any one thing that is repugnant to fairminded and well-meaning citizens, it is the manifestation of a narrow, partisan spirit in a legislature assembly—the substitution of might for right. Some such disposition was manifested during the legislative session of 1895, when Mortimer Nyeof LaPorte,was a lieutenantgovernor. Thelandslide of 1894 made the senate republican,~ but Mr. Nye, elected in 1892, held the fort until 1897, Thete was then, as there is now a good deal of talk about ‘‘gshearing the lieutenant governor of power,” but Mortimer Nye was such a clever yet resolute man that republican partisans were loth to show their teeth. Though politicians greatly dislike to have their plans thwarted, it yet remains a fact that McKinley’s memorable injunction, ““Above everything else, gentlemen, let us be fair,” is too firmly imbedded in the public mind to be ruthlessly disregarded.—South = Bend Times. SRR .

C ity Sil Guaranteed for twenty-five years. We also have a large stock of STERLING SILVER single spoons from 75¢ to $2.00. All our goods handsomely engraved free of charge. = . . , e i O S | A g,»('@*‘?g»?j R ?OV{)OQ@;* 00l ,l! ‘rﬁ;‘,’:y:'g N "?‘{]"Qgﬁ?%%’g?{ﬁm’ S&?{)‘%_lv - .'?n‘u" eeN Y | RTe D R e 5(I NS o el RAUBERT'S JEWELRY STORE.

A FINE TREAT IN STORE. Holiday Amusement at the Jefferson Theater iu Goshen Are unusually Fine Every theater goer 1n Ligonier, who delights in what is best on the stage will be interested. in the announcement coming from the Jeffergon theater in Goshen. for holiday attractions. For the period between Christmas and New Years, a time when everybody naturally seeks amusement, two of the finest atfractions in the country have been booked for the playhouse and each is a shining example of complets sucess in its particular line. For Tuesday night, December 29th, the Sam S. and Lee Shubert production of Augustus Thomas’ really remarkable play, “The Witching Hour.” ‘will be seen, ' *‘The Witching Hour” ‘was the. dramatic sensation of all last season and thus far none of the ‘new productions of this season has come anywhere near equalling it, ““The Witching Hour’”’ enjoyed an ‘extended run at the Hackett theater, New York, and was also acted at ‘ Garrick and Powers theaters in Chi‘cago. No play of many years caused ‘the comment that this work of Mr. ‘Thomas brought forth from the best ‘class of people all over the country.

- Men who have watched the progress of the theaters for years, immediately pronounced ita triumph. Only a few days ago ‘‘The Witching Hour” was soon at the Majestic theater in Fort Wayne. The Journal Gazette attached such importance to the engagement that it came out the morning following with a criticism over a column in length and under a big head, in which it had nothing but praise for both play and company. The Sentinel and News were likewise enthusiastic, Ligonier people who miss this production will miss what 18 unquestionably destined to be one of the hest things ever seen at the Jefferson.

New Year’s Eve, Thursday night, December 31st. marking the last performance of the year 1908, the Jefferson will have Joseph M. Gaites’ production of musical comedies, “Three Twins’’ with Vietory Morley and Bessie Clifford, heading a company of 76 people. Two car loads of equipment and a special orchestra will be carried and the engagement will be a fitting one to mark the end off at Goshen for New Year’s Eve while enroute from Louisville, Ky., to Grand Rapids, Mich., to play a return engagement covering New Year’s night. The long runs recorded by the piece at the Whitney theater, Chi¢age, and the Herald Square theater, New York, should be enough to recommend it to every lover of musical comedy. It is full of good music and good comedy all the way through. ; Ligonier people may obtain seats for either ‘‘The Witehing Hour” or “Three Twins” by making application to the Jefferson box office either by mail or telephone. The Boys Made Good Henry and George Lash, twenty and seventeen, respectively, of Avilla are laying claim to championship honors because. backed by a substantial wager, they sawed and split ten cords of wood in nine hours and fifteen minutes. It was stipulated in the wager that the wood should be cut into *'stove length,” and that the timber to be conyerted in firewood should be of oak, ash or elm, nothing to be cut over six inches in diameter. Many ' people witnessed the ccomtest and saw the boys win the wager with a liberal margin of time to spare; the time limit being ten hours. So far no person has seemed to dispute the right of the Lash boys to championship honors, and. their title remains unchallenged. -After all, there is something: useful and practical in the idea of wood-sawing champions, and it is commended to college atheletes who failed to “‘make’” the football, baseball or tennis teams in their respective in- \ stitutions, and are seeking some way lin which to utilize their athletic energies- :

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The County Jails With all the progress that-has been made in other fields and charities and corrections in Indiana the jail system remains the same. Our jails are our greatest reproach. They are a continuing disgrace to our name. New jails have been ' built and improved administration has been established in one after "angther of these institutions. During the past year plans have been submitted, as required by law, for new buildings in Lake and LaPorte counties. The new jail in Warren county has' been finished. Th&Floyd county jail has been remodefed. This has been a disgrace for the past half century. It can never be a satisfactory building, ‘but"fﬁ‘é‘“%m%?r““o&égements : n:{d% l'{;!'re 8o helpful that we take pleasure in commendirng them. The Vigo county jail is also being remodeled. Notwithstanding such improvements as these in & number of jails, the system remains substantially the same, and conditiops in many of the jails, some that are even among the best; aresimply horrible.

Practically all the jails in the state have been vigited during the past twelve months by either a representative of the Board of State Charities or by the several Boards of County Charities. The reports of these visits of inspection, all of which 'can be found in the publications of the Board, make patent the serious disgrace resting upon the state in our county jail system as it is found in actual operation. ¥rom one county after another comes word of bad conditions—uncleanliness, foul air, idleness of prisoners, enforced association of hardened criminals and first ofienders, inadequate provision for gepartion of the sexes,and all too frequently the presence of unfortunate insane persons. In some instances the bad conditions are due to defective construction, this being particularly noticeable in the older institctions. The only remedy is a new building. Again the blame rests wholly upon authorities who have neglected too long the most simple repairs or have permitted gross carelessnes in the jail’s administration. Again and again a jail is spoken of as a disgrace to its county and to Indiana. - ‘

What is needed is a . complete change of system. That now in op‘eration is a relic of the olden times. Our jails as they are conducted do more harm than good» In a rational prison system .the jails should be simply places of detention.: Convicted prisoners should be confined elsewhere. Provision should be made by law for the official condemnation of county jails by some board. The ‘condemnation should be provided for when the jail is badly out of repair; when it is unsanitary; when the moral conditions ars bad. In any event, the anthorities should be notifled and given a reasonable time to remedy the wrong. In case of failure to do so the facts should be properly presented by the Board and it should prohibit ghe ‘use of the jail until the fault was remedied or a new jail built, Another abuse of our jail system is the fee allowed for boarding prisoners. This should be abolshed. - " Most of the prisoners who are convieted and sentenced to jail are charged with violating the State laws. Itis hard to understand why the state should not have ' ¢harge of them. In mostof our jails vxpﬂaclassified and they lead idle and not infrequently immoral lives, Why

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should not the state establish one or more workhouses as the need seems to arise, under state control, cou-

ducted on the merit system? These

could be located upon diversified | land so as to afford as great a variety of employment as possible. The experience of some of our sister states in this way should encourage us as to the probable success of the venture ‘To these workhouses could be sent all convicted prisoners who now go to the county jails, except the sentence; be an exceedingly shortone. There they would be under good discipline and proper training, and would have regular employment. The prisoners could be more cheaply maints in ed -in accordance with the bestreformatory methods. Better resaits should be secured. " Sam Bernard Coming “If you cannot laugh at Ssmn Bernard in “Nearly a Hero,” go see a doctor.””—New York Herald. The critic of the Herald was convinced that in Sam Bernard, his vehicle and his cast and chorus, there was much good entertainment, aad he said so. He was not alone, for other writers said thesame thing; the advertisements of the pleased patrons was & strong point in his favor,and fer months while other productions were failing all around him, Sam Bermard and “Nearly a Hero” were nightly convulsing eapacity aundiences at the Casino, His vehicle was constructed

for laughing purposes only; laaghter is good for thin peopl: who would grow stout, and for stout people whe want to shake off superfinous fesh, and Bernard has always had a fac--ulty of inducing true ringing. infectious laughter. There is nothing ordinary in this vehicle,and as = delectician, Mr. Bernard unquestionably outranks all other comedians who pattern along the “German™ His Ludwig Knoedler, is & rare performance. A decent horseplay is never found necessary,and the imherent humerous traits of Mr. Bernard stand him in good stead. His songs and saying rival ‘‘Sufficiency™ the words of which have caused handreds of thousands to smile. laagh and roar. Mr. Bernard has always insisted upon the best cast obtainable and this season his cast is one of brilliancy, including as it does Grace Laßue, Ada Lewis, Minerva Cloverdale, Sam Edwards, Phil Ryley, and the most beautiful chorus and production of the season. His engagement at the Garrick Theatre begins Sunday, December 20th.

Mrs. Mcßaney’s ExPerience Mrs. M. Mcßaney, Prentiss Miss., writes: “I was confined %o my bed three months with kidney and biadder trouble and was treated by two physicians but failed to hSlet relief. No human tongue can bhow 1 suffered, and I had given up hope of ever getting well until I began taking Foley’s Kidney Remedy. After taking two bottles I felt like a new person and feel it my duty to tell suffering women what Foley's Kidney Remedy did for me.” _ S.J. Willlams. = -5t More ple are taking Foley's Kidney E?medy every year. It is considered to be tb?tgolt effective remedy for kidney and biadder tronbles that medical scicuce can advise. Foley’s Kidney Remedy ocormrecis ‘will make ? feel well and look well. B.J. Williams. o ” For Eczema, Tetter and Salt Rheam ‘The intense itching characthristie w;;w-k y B.J. Willinms, 816 2*’%&«*{” S