Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 19, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 September 1897 — Page 1

Sljc pike Countii Democrat. VOL. XXVIII. PETERSBURG, IND.. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 17. 1897. NO. 19

THE NEW RAILROAD. Another Meeting: to be Held at Paoli Wednesday. Gabe Houser Murdered at Allenville, Missouri. Te*rber« Seleeted for Lockhart and WashingUa Towaahlps. Other It \ ' • of Xewa that Aajr «•»- Irrrtt ¥•«*. V. F. A n. A. H. H. Am laptrtwl l.ttiii to k« Held Ot Pool! tut WrtiHti}. Considerable interest is Iteing manifested in the new ratjroad project and the meeting at Vincennes last Thursday was very well attended by |>rouiiu«nt citizens along the line of the promised road. Another meeting wiU be held at Paoli next Wednesday at which time it is expected to perfect all arrangements and that definite steps be taken toward building that proposed line of railM*ad. All citizens who are interested in the matter should attend the meeting. Petersburg nmls another railroai and it would be of incalculable benefit to the people all along that part of the county through which it would operate. The Blac k Diamond system is one of the best mapped out for the people of this Motion as it would give them a direct outlet to the ^ulhern market. The Democrat gives the following explanation by. 0*1. Boone of his proptaad rules and limitation on freight and passenger rates »*n the projected Black Diamond eystem, which will be of interest should our V., P. & N. A. R. R. be included: First—No through passenger trains to lie run over any corjioration comprising the Black Diatu aid system of railways unless Che line is double tracked. This will naturally force all the roads north of Jellico, Tennessee. to be made double track—Jcllie »to the *ea, 500 miles, to be constructed

from the start double tratflt. Why? Because a single track will never be able to handle the traffic. Second—To enoourage people to reside along the line cf the Black Diamond high-1 ways of commerce, passenger rates for local residents to be fixed not to exceed the following fares: One way two cents per mile; j round trips, limited, good for only oue week,one and a half cents per mile; for the outside public the rates shall not exceed three cents a mile. Third—An excursion train to be run over the same route the local passenger train covers at least once a month, upon which the fare will be one cert per mile. Upon | all legal holidays and during the week between Christmas and New Year’s trains to be operated with rates not to exceed one and a third cents per mile. Fourth—All local freight rates in the ‘'Southland” to be not in excess of twothirds of what like service was charged for On April 8, 1895, by the Southern railway company on its line in Tennessee between Bristol and Chattanooga. In the “Northland” (notth of the Ohio river), the local freight rates shall not lie in excess of fivesixths of what like service was charged for July 1, 1897, by the Pennsylvania company, using the tariff sheet of the line between Madison and Indianapolis, Indiana, for Indiana and Illinois, aud for Ohio, using the tariff sheet between Columbus, Ohio, and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Fifth—Through the tariff rates on the j “Southland” lines of the Black Diamond shall not be in excess of one and two-think of what the rate is between Chicago and Ohio river |*iitits. Through tariff rates on the “Northland” lines for a like distance shall not be in excess of the tariff rates in vogue between Chicago and Ohio river points. Sixth—The coal rates for Blount and Monroe counties, Tennessee, shall not be in excess of the rate to Knoxville, plus twentyfire cents per ton. (Hate to Knoxville has l*een fixed by contract at sixty-five cents per ton for domestic coals aud forty-five cents per ton for coals used for steam and heating purposes.) Seventh—The coal rates to all points in North Carolina shall not be in excess of the rate from the mineato Knoxville, plus fifty cents per ton. Eighth—The coal rates to all points south of North Carolina state line shall-not be in excess of the coal rates from the mines to Knoxville, plus eighty-five cents per ton. Ninth—To encourage the maintaining of manufacturing establishments along the Black Diamond highways it shall l>e the pledged policy of each of the Black Diamond lines to subscribe as a bonus a sum equal to not less than one-tenth of the actual cost of any plant erected, outside of cost of real

September Sale j

r Good times has come again, wheat a dollar a bushel, money more plenty and merchandise lower than ever kuown in ti»e world's history. We hare two stores piled with good* from cellar to ceiliug, bought before the. recent advance in wool. We want you to buy your Winter Goods early, while our clerks can properly wait on

t you. Take advantage of these cut prices for tow cheap sale. ■3>LOOK AX THE PRICES^ 2000 yards pretty patterns in Calico.. 2500 yards extra heavy Muslin for Sheets. 500 yards Flannelette for Dresses.;. 875 yards Plaid Ores* Goods, pretty styles. , 600 yards double with Novelty l>res* Goods.. 500 yards all wool Ladies’ Cloth for Dresses. f 4* l*ir» full siae Blankets with Inwder .. , 500 pairs Infants* Button Shoes.. ... ► 300 |«airs Indies’ Calf Button Shoes, the $1.10 kind L 100 Boys’ Suits, good and stout.. | 160 Bovs’Winter Pants.... 1106 Men's lined Jeans Pants..... . 500 Men’s W<»rk Shirts, full site.. 150 Men’s Stylish Cnder Suits.. 300 Men's Fine Tailor Made Suits, worth $12. Every article in our two immense stores is equally as cheap. Bay yonr fall goods now and make them up while yon have the time. L OTWe are agents for the celebrated Huntingburg Yarns. W. V. Hargrove & Co., moral rroas or the ► Star Clothing House and Peoples* Dry Goods Store. L>ri_rw.nr> r^..^ ■*- '**' “* ***• **** . 4< a yard t . 5c a yard 1 . 5c a yard < . 5c a yard \ 15c a yard < 20c a yard ' . 49c a pair ' . 25c a pair i , 98c a pair ; 98c , 24c ] 59c * 25c J $ 4 50 7 50

i estate, the boons so subscribed to be paid by the railway company by permitting the freight bills of such plant so erected and operated to be credited with an amount equal to not less than one-fifth of its freight bills, covered only by the corporation so subscribing, until the bonus is paid. Tenth—No tickets to be on sale outside of the railway offices of the Black Diamond lines. The ten articles of good faith that will be inaugurated by the Black Diamond corporations. and to insure the earning out of same will be incorporated in every right of way taken, shall be adopted by each board of directors and ratified by the stockholders before the mortgage is made. It will make every line of the Black Diamond highways a paying investment to capitalists. Why? Because it insures constant use of its tracks to handle the great traffic in store for it. It will be a system of railroads that will not only give its best service to the people living along its lines, but work solely for their welfare and advancement in the commercial world. Trusting I have made plain the future I policy of the Black Diamond corporations, whereby the entire section wiU be served by handling its freight ami passenger traffic, ami that such a policy will insure to make the people more contented and prosperous, 1 am, with respect, Albert E. Books, The projector of the Black Diamond Railway System. Zanesville, Ohio, August 14, 1897. COLD BLOODED iMt'KOEK.

Gabc Mouser. lnatautly Killed ai Allenville, Mo. News has been received from Missouri that Gabe Mauser, a former resident of Patoka township had been instantly killed at the above named place by John Sinks on September 1st. The particulars of the shooting will be fouud iu the dispatch below to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mouser at one time lived iu Marion township. and had some trouble, and in August, 1865, was shot from arubnsh while riding along the road near Window by uukuown parties, lie was shot through both thighs and for a long time his recovery was doubtful. The dispatch and particulars of his revent death is as follows: Jackson, Missouri, September 2.—Perhaps the most cold-blooded murder ever committed in this (Cape Girardeau) county was perpetrated at the town of Allenviile, sixteen miles south of this city, on the Iron Mountain railway. John Sinks shot and instantly killedN^Rbriel Mouser at about midnight last night. The testimony at the coroner’s inquest, held to-day showed the homicide to have been without provocation, ami the coroner’s jury returned a verdict to that effect. Mouser was a man of family, had a wife and five children, and was on his way from Pike county, Indiana, to Stoddard county, Missouri, lie was traveling in a wagon, lie stopped at Ware Station, in Union county, Illinois, where he worked a while aud met John Sinks the man who murdered him.' Sinks was workiug there, aud together they started for Dexter, Missouri, near which Sinks owns a farm. Near Collinsville, m this county, they stopped and camped for several days. ' Sinks turned his horses out to graze and they wandered away, and he supposed thev were stolen. He started iu pursuit of a mover who he believed had stolen his horses, taking Mouser with him.

At Allen ville Sinks arrested two voung men for stealing the horses, he I threatened to hang them if the? did not tell j where the horses were, lie begau drinking. I still having the boys in custody, and dis- j charged his pistol several times. Mouser, who was an old man, remonstrated with him and told him be was acting the fool, j Sinks said, “If you call me a fool, I’ll kill j you." The old man repeated the charge | and Sink, shot him dead. After the shooting Sinks fled. In trying | to board a passing train be was thrown to j the ground and caught. He was lodged in j jail to await the action of the grand jury. TK ACH KICK SELECTED. Wht Will Wield the Had la Leek, hart aad Washington. Trustee Bass of Lockhart township, has ; made the following selection of teachers for the coming school year: No 1. Ida S. Corn. No 2. Lena Brewster. No 8. Benjamin Patberg. No 4. Lou Monroe. No 8. W. C. Wibbeler. No 6. E. F. Corn. No 7. Walter Ferguson. No 8. J. H. Barrett. No 9. Leaoti Woolsey, No 10. Abner McAllister. No 12.1. N. Barrett. No 13. E. A. Powers. No 1. Graded, H. O. Brewster and. Nanuie Greenway. No 2. Graded, C. P. Barrett and Jadie McGlaseon. • The first institute of Lockhart township, will be held at Stendal, October 2d, at one o’clock. The officers are Abner McAllister, president; B. 0. Brewster, secretary fand Continued to Eighth Page.

WHEAT AND SILYER Reasons for the Decline and the Rise in Price. Bath Are Baled by the Law of Supply and Demand. i Legislation Forces Silver Down; Famine Fashes op the Price of Wheat. Am Article Written fcjr the II«m. William Jenulage Bryan. Lixcolx, Neb., Sept. 4.—The rise in wheat will aid rather than injure the cause of bimetallism. While a few people may be inclined to give an administration credit or blame, as the ease may be, for everything that happens during its existence, every intelligent person reasons from cause to effect. Wheat has risen because the foreign crop has been exceedingly short. Bimetallists contend that the law of supply aud demand is universal. They apply it not only to money,but to bullion, both gold and silver, to wheat and every other article of value They contend that the exchangeable value of both money and merchandise will be affected by anything which affects either the demand or supply

The American wheat grower is just now profiting by an almost unprecedented disaster which has overtaken the wheat growers of India, Europe and South America. If the republicans desire to claim the credit for the high prices of wheat they must assume the responsibility for the famine India. Will any republican convention “point with pride” to famine as evidence that the republican party is redeeming its campaign pledges? Will the republican party pledge itself to use its best efforts to continue the famine abroad, as it pledged itself last year to promote international bimetallism? The most magnificent thing about the republicans rejoicing over the rise in wheat is that iu admitting the rise to be beneficial they auswer the arguments made last fall by leading advocates of the gold standard and plant themselves on the ground heretofore occupied by bimetallists. We were told last fall that an appreciating dollar was a na.ional blessing, and yet within a year the entire republican press is in ecstaey because the purchasing power of the dollar has been to some extent decreased. Wage earners were told last fall that a rise in the price of 90 in mod dies would be detrimental to them, and yet behold how happy republican spellbinders are because one great staple, flour, has risen.

c*uonug meu were tout umi meir wages would be virtually reduced when it required more dollars to buy a given amount of food and clothing. Can it be that our opponents have forgotten the “Railway Sound Money clubs?” As soon as employes ask for their share of the promised prosperity large employers will be compelled to raise wages or cease boasting that prosf*rity has returned. - .< While the republicans seem to have come over to our position there is this essential difference between them and bimetallists: j The! latt*% desire to raise all prices to the j bijnetallic level, and then keep them there - by a fluancial system which will furnishJ standard money in sufficient volume to keep j pace with the demand for money. Thej former praise a dear dol.ar, but grow happy ' over the cheapening of the dollar in its relation to a few articles. A general rise quickens enterprise for the time being, and the maintaining of the | level, when reached, protects business in 1 general and producers of wealth in particu- ! lar from the disastrous effects of falling prices; a rise in a few articles may bring advantages to those who produce such articles and yet be a detriment to those who are engaged in the production of which do not enjoy a corresponding rise. A few instances may be given: If wool rises the wool grower is benefitted, but the manufacturer of woolen goods will suffer unless there is a corresponding advance in the price of woolen goods. But an advance in the price of woolen goods is an injury to those who wear wooleo goods unless they enjoy a corresponding increase in their incomes. If sugar rises, the sugar trust reaps the profit, but it must be at the expense of those who consume sugar unless the consumers of sugar can make enough more to cover the increased price. So when wheat

r ses, the wheat grower is benefited, but he profits at the expense of those who use flour unless the latter in some way secure a corresponding increase in their incomes. The farmer and manufacturer would each receive a higher price for his product and would be able to pay more to those employed in its production. Laborers, on the other hand, would at once realize the advantage enjoyed by the employer and their own disadvantage, and demand an increase in wages. Labor organizations, aided If the increased demand for labor, would obtain this increase and thus secure protection from harm. The good effect of a general rise and subsequent level of prices would be wide-spread and permanent. The owners of mouey and the holders of fixed invest-, ments ate the only ones to whom rising prices bring real injury is largely remedied by the greater security given to investment. Those who understand t^tcjm^of the recent rise in wheat know thaftlj^Wtve' will fall when the foreign qwji>s aeaino^a come normal. In fact, ymeat jrifs already reeeded^wice owing jo the fear that the firsLr^rttfTs cff IhCforeign crop failure were exaggerated. The export price of wheat for the year ending June 30. 1802, was $1.03. for the year following it was 80 cents ; by the first of November, 1893, the price had fallen below 70 cents. What will be the political effect of this temporary advance? That it must be adverse to the republican party is certain. If any are foolish enough to credit the rise to the new tariff law, to the gold standard or to “re- | stored confidence.” the spell will be broken when wheat returns to the level of the last few years. The disappointment will then be more intense because of the temporary delusion, and republican papers which are today calling attention to the price of wheat are simply laying up for themselves additional trouble. The advocates of bimetallism can rejoice in the rise while it lasts, and when it is over they can contrast the advantages of higher prices, due to an increased volume of money, with short-lived benefits of a spasmodic rise, due to famine so distressing as to appeal to the sympathy and charity of the Amercian people. —.

An omciai m tne agricultural department has recently issued a statement estimating that the fanners of the United States will receive for their wheat crop this year several hundred millions more than they received for last year’s crop, and points out the stimulating effect of this amount of money on other branches of industry. This is auother confirmation of the arguments made by bimetallists. A large part of this money comes from abroad. Wheat is not only higher, but more of it is being exported. If we had enough money in this country an increase in volume would be an injury. If an increase in the volume of money, secured by the exportation of higher wheat, gives cause for rejoicing, is it not evidence that we now have an insufficient quantity? If farmers are constantly reminded of the large increase in the value of this year’s crop will they not be able to calculate their loss more easily when wheat goes down ? Is it not possible that the pleasure experienced from the rise in wheat will lead farmers to desire an increase in the price of other farm products? When they learn the advantages of restored prices will they not seek some more durable means of sustaining prices than drought or famine? The department official has also contributed to our cause by emphasizing the benefits received by other industries from the farmer's prosperity.

In calculating the political effect of the ri.«e iu wheat it must be remembered that many farmers were threatened with foreclosure during the last campaign, and that a considerable part of the money received for wheat will be employed in paying off mortgages. ..Thus intimidation will be somewhat restricted, but the demand for merchandise will be less than it would be under ordinary circumstances. The reasons given above for believing that bimetallists will find encouragement, rather than discouragement, in the present conditions are the same which have been given by other advocates of bimetallism. Those who advocate free coinage may be wrong, but they agree upon the principles which underlie the money question, and they are oot likely to be frightened away from their position by events which enforce their arguments. The law of supply and demand explains the fall in silver as well as the rise in wheat. To what extent the fall in silver may have been accelerated by speculation in silver bullion I cannot say. It would be possible for bears to run the price of silver down to some extent, just as they sometimes lower the price of grain, and it would be much easier to manipulate the silver market, because both the demand and supply are more limited than the demand for or supply of grain; but, without considering the effect of speculation, both legislation and circumstances have tended to lessen the price of silver. The action of Japan has lessened the demand for silver, and the United States has not yet made saffioisnt progress toward international bimetallism to strengthen the market. Added to this the short wheat

crop in silver-using countries has lessen*! the demand for silver for the purchase of wheat. The fact that silver and wheat have parted company will cause no dismay to those who understand that the law of sup* ply and demand regulates the price of both. It is the contention of bimetallists that the opening of our mints to the free and unlinu ited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to t. will fix the mint price for silver, just as the mint price is now fixed for gold. They further contend that the demand thus created by law will be sufficient to utilize all the silver presented, and thus the bullion value will be raised to the coinage value. Some of our opponents have insisted that silver at $1.29 an ounce would make a silver dollar as hard to obtain as a gold dollar is now, but they ignore the fact that the increased volume of standard money will lessetvjfrhe purchasing power of the dollar, -ghefner it be silver or gold, and thus restore prices to the bimetallic level. What has* the republican party done to bring prosperity txTihe American people? It cannot be said that the mere election of a republican president upon a republican platform brought prosperity, because business failures and bank failures increased after the election. Since the republicans have contented themselves for the present with legislation on the tariff question, they must look to the tariff law, and to that alone, for such aid as political action can give. They are justly entitled to credit for any good which it brings and justly responsible for any injury which it inflicts. The opponents of the Dingley bill described its principal features when they called it "legislation of the trusts, by the trusts and for the trusts.” That beneficiaries of such a law will rejoice is to be expected, but can the republican party show that the law has brought, or can bring, advantage to the people in general? Nothing can better disclose the weakness of the republican position than the joy manifested by republicans over events for which their administration and their policies are in no wav responsible. W. J. Brtah.

.* Condensed Testimony. Charles B. Hood, broker and manulaoturer’s agent, Columbus, Ohio, certifies that. Dr. King's New Discovery has no equal as a cough remedy. J. D. Brown ! prop. St. James hotel. Ft. Wayne, Indiana, ! testifies that he was cured of a cough of | two years standing, caused by ia grippe, j by Dr. King’s New Discovery. B, F. ; Merrill, Baldwinsville, Mass., says that he has used and reeomended it and never i knew it to fail and would rather have it j than any doctor, beoause it always cures. Mrs. Hemming of 222 B. 26th St. Chioago, I always keeps it at hand and has no fear of oroup, because it instantly relieves. Free : trial bottles at J. R. Adams k Son's drag store. Something for the Boys* Here is a list of questions for wide-awake ; boys. Can you answer them? You can ‘ any day see a white horse, why do you ! never see a white oolt? How many | different kind of trees grow in your neighborhood and what are they good for? Why does horse eat grass backwards and a cow eat it forward? Why does a hop vine always wind one way and a bean another? Where should the inside of a chimney be the bigger, at the top or bottom, and why? Can you tell why a horse tethered with a rope always unravels it, while a cow twists it into knots? Why do leaves turn upside down just before a rain ? What is the length of a horse’s head—is it as long as a flour barrel? What animals have no front teeth and why? A Cure for Bilious Celle. Resource, Screven Co,, Ga.—I hare been subject to attacks of bilious colic for several years. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy is the only sure relief. It acts like a charm. One dose of it gives relief when all other remedies fail.—G. D. Sharp. For sale by J. R. Adams & Son. s

Biff Coal Trade. The coal trade in Pike county is booming. Last Saturday a train of twenty-five can loaded with bituminous coal went north to the Chicago market. The product of Pike county is known to be the beat in Southern Indiana and commands a good price in the markets. This is only a small part of the shipment each day as a majority of the coal is shipped over the Air Line. It Saves the I'rsipy Children. Ska view, Va.—We have a splendid sale on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, and our customers oomiog from far and near, speak of it in the highest terms. Many have said that their children would have died of croup if Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy had not been given.—Kellax A Ovmbv. The 25 « 50 cent sixes for sale by J. R. Adams A Son. /. __ » A Household necessity. Ho family should be without Folay’ls Colic Cure, for all bowel complaints. Bar* gen A Oliphant. a