Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 9, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 July 1898 — Page 4

i V Sfcrgftif Coai t| §tmtnt m 9* 9,9eC. 99999m ,0mT**r. in w JMa Month.-, In rtwmt. advance . «1 * Mf Entered at «be prwtoP tc<? In Petersburg ftu tratnnmMian through tnc omits as secondeU\m matter. FRIDAY, JCLYS.im Judicial Ccuveiilbur. Notice is h**rcrltv given that the democrats ,of Dubois ami Pike counties will meet at •S*eet Sulphur Springs, Pike county, Indiana, on Frtday, July 13, 1S98, at J-0.o'clock a. in., in delegate convention for the purpnse of nominating a candidate for prosecuting attorney for the 37th judicial circuit, composed of the countic.- of Dubois aud Pike, to be voted for at the November election, 1S98. In said convention the county of Dubois is entitled to fifteen delegate votes and the county of Pike to thirteen delegate votes, as fixed by the democratic state central committee. Satd convention shall bavt full power to adopt rules governing its deliberations. George R. Wilson, Chainuau Dubois County. W. J. Richardsoi», ' Chairman Pike County. Johx E. McFall, Secretary Dubois County. M. MoC. Stoops, Secretary Pike County. Joint RepreHewiative t’oarenlion. Notice is hereby »m*democrats of Dubok ana Pike ,-mmues will meet at fiweet Sulphur spijuigs.Pike county, Indiana, on Friday. July 13, IfijMi. at 1 o’clock p. m., in delegate .convention *for the purpose of nominating a candidate (or joint representative for said counties, to be .voted for at the November election. 1S8S. Iu said convention, the county of Dubois is entitled to fifteen delegate votes and the county of Pike to thirteen delegate vote* as fixed by the democratic state central Committee. Said convention shall have full power to adopt rules governing its deliberations., Gkorcf. R. W n.sox. ■Chairman Dubois County. W. ,T. Richardson, Chairman PikeCouoty. John K. Me Fall. Secretary Dubois County. M. MoC. Sjoops. Secretary Pike County.

Wont's the matter with the American aavyf’ it’s all right. If Spain ha* any desire whatever to save ^tme ship from the wreck she ha»l letter take it home before one of the American gunners gets sight of it. Advteal Ceveka with his fleet attempted to rnn the blockade at Santiago and escape. It was only an attempt, as the naval gunners put them hors dee combat on short notice and in the most approved atyle. UUlL'li. "iEi‘1 JL.J l-ULi" Th* supreme tout! last Friday handed down its decision op the trustees case ami ■held the law to be constitutional. Tin present trustees will hold over until 1900 The opinion was written by Judge Jordan and the dissenting opinion by Judgt Hackney._ Ho?i. W. M. Ellsworth, the able editoi jof the English Democrat, and his estimable .companion celebrated their Cist wedding anniversary. TL<-y married Juue 20 1837. During all there years they havt been residents of t'rawf jnl county. May they live to celebrate their diamond anniversary. x ■■■■ ')■; Rkpvblk as newspapers howled continually about Hoke Smith and Pension commissioner Lochren, but when the G. A. R. .■encampment of Indiana at Columbus passed Resolutions condemning the pension policies of the present administration and asking for the removal of Evans, A hey don't ever mention it. Oh no, these newspapers don't Ray anything about that because they are all republican*.

Thk republicans o* the First congres* skmal district in convention at Princeton .treated Indiana's war governor, Mr. Mount, goal naughty. The committee on resolutions failed to even mention the governor f>r his administration in any way whatever. The Pike county .convention failed to pas* resolutions, not even endorsing Secretary Gage s financial policy, or tl»e policy of the commissioner of pension.** in dealing with Jthc old veterans. Wiut the Amerkan nary is not capable pi doing remains to be seen with some more formidable power. Dewey won a decisive battle without the lose of a ship and only two killed at Manila, and at Santiago last Sunday Schley won a brilliant naval engagement, destroying Cerverae fleet after a hard chase ami capturing the Spanish admiral. Our gunners are the finest in the world and all'praise is due them for their magnificent work. We reaffirm and emphasize the platform /adopted by the natvonaX democratic convention of 11096 at Chicago. We are in favor of the free and unlimited coinage ol both gold and silver at the existing ratio of 16 to, 1, without th« aid or consent of any /other nation. We are unalterably opposed to the smgie gold standard,;md we S|tecially protest against the declared purpose of the present republican secretary of the treasury fit applying that policy more thoroughly.— jfapBcrwtic State Platform. -s'

- ----— ■■■ —- Brother Stoops of the Democrat should proceed to explain to the voters of Pike county how it is that he can gouge the county for publishing the tax rate when the populist county attorney says that there Is no law authorising the publishing of ea# rate. The Press is unable to fully comprehend the situation, and cannot yet under-den-tand how one man, equal to another in most respects, should be .subordinated to another.—Petersburg Press. The above paper, which is edited by the cliai ripan of the republican party, ias seen lit iu its two last publications of accusing the,editor of this paper of “jgouging” and ‘•filching” from the county for publishing the notice of the rate of taxation. The notice has been published in ope of the county papers for a numlwr of years and is required by law. But there is no law requiring it to be published in two papers, and the oounty attorney was right in his opinion when he says there is no law requiring it to be published in more than oue paper. The editor of the Press is respectfully referred to the following section of law which is fouud iu Burns’ Revised Indiana Statutes of 1394, page $17: Sec. “3,533. Notice to tax-payere—150. As soon as the county treasurer receives such duplicate, he shajl forthwith cause i notices to be ’posted up at the court house door, and also cause the same to be pubiished in one weekly newspaper having general circulation in his county, if any there be, for three weeks successively, j stating in such notice, the amount of tax charged for state, county, school, road or other purposes, on each one hundred dol- j Lars valuation of the taxable property, also the tax ou each j>oil for state, county or other purposes. We congratulate the tax-pavers of Indiana upon the rapid decrease of the state j debt, and beg to remind them that the i revenues with which the payments thereon ^ have been made and are being made result from the enforcement of .the democratic Tax law of 1891. which was enacted by a democratic legislature over republican opposition and protest, which w;^ assailed by a republican state convention, denounced by re-. publican orators and the entire republican press, but which was sustained in the highest court of the nation through the effort* of a democratic attorney general. Kvery dollar paid on the state debt by republican officials is cumulative evidence of the stupidity or worse, of the republican organization in its bitter opposition to the law whkb made such payment possible, and which, since coming into power, they have made no effort to repeal. We also recall that h democratic legislature enacted a law ►creating a sinking fund of 3 cents ou the hundred dollars, to be applied exclusively to the stare debt, end that under these laws the democratic administration of Governor Matthews, in 1395 and 1396, set the pace ' by reducing the state*,debt by more than two million dollars.—Democratic State Platform.

The platform advocates * ‘liberal pensions for the survivors of the Union army,” but savs not a word -about keeping Hoke Smith at the head of the pension department for four years to wreak vengeance on Union soldiers by dropping thousands of them from the pension roll without any just cause whatever.—Rook port Journal. Nor is the Jdurnal publishing the resolutions adopted by the state encampment of the G. A. 1L held at Columbus a few months ago which roasted Pension C'orarafesioner Evans to a queen's taste and asked for his removal by Secretary Bliss. The Journal should roast Bliss and Evans for a change, as both are good republicans. We now have a renewal of the same old story. When the farmers have no wheat the pripe is high: when the hew crop is ready for market the price comes tumbling down. The “dollar a bushel*’ cry of a few weeks ago did the farmers no good, because he had no wheat to sell. It simply placed another hardship upon the laboriog classes and made a fresh crop of millionaires., Now is the time for the alleged benefactors of the farming classes* to bestir themselves to prove the truth of their prophecies and redeem lkeir promises.--Oakland City Journal. We insist that the wealth of *.he country should bear its just share ol the public hurt lens. Epr that reason we approve the inheritance 'tax recently adopted through the efforts of the democrats in congress and we favor the principle aud policy of an income tax. The demonstration of silver aud the judicial dental of the power to tax incomes. have materially impaired our resources for war purposes. We favor the reim position of an income tax, so that the j question of its validity may be reviewed by ! the supreme court.—Democratic State PiatI form. Scblkt bottled Cervera up af Santiago and when the Spanish admiral began to | flee he set the gunners at work and de* I stroyed the fleet and captured the daring admiral and made him a prisoner together with 1,300 others. Dewey and Schley are not fighters on paper, but the real stuff. All honor to them.

A poultry breeder says a bushel of corn { will produce six pounds of pork worth 33 cents, while this bushel would keep a hen a rear. She would lay at least 13 dozen eggs, which, averaging JO cents a dozen, ; would equal $1.20 and die would rear a j brood of chickens worth twice as much | more, making a total of near!/ §5. Experiments made at the Utah agricultural experiment station seem to prove the correctness of the statement made in the paragraph quoted above. Another paper says: “Forty dozen eggs will bring more money than a load of hay, which requires a great deal of labor to produce and a good sized patch of j ground to <grow, besides lots of sweat. | Study the egg question.”

WAKfllftOTO* LETTER. Oar Kegaiftr C*rre*|MM»de«t Rend* la aJBateh af New*. No more striking object l&sson in A pterican grit and bravery was ever given the world than that by the soldiers and mailers who participated in the terrible but victorious campaign against Santiago. Qen. Shatter's bull dog persistency in steadily going ahead regardless of difficulties, natural or man-made, until assured of victory was an indication that his schoolmates made no mistake when they nick-named him “Bull.*' The number of men killed, wounded and overcome by the heat is appalling, when the number of men partiei{•ating in the fighting is considered, but no larger than might have been expected under the circumstances—the thermometer 105 to 125 and several days of almost continuous assaulting of breastworks and, charging up hill in the face of a hot fire from both large and small guns. Admiral Sampson’s fleet worked in accord with Shatter’s ancy and helped once more to demonstrate that the American soldier and sailor has no equal on earth in all around staying and fighting qualities. Under the provisions of the bill providing for taking .the next census, the employes of the census bureau are to i>e uqL more than two-thirds of oue political party.

The new house committee on the census is made up iu about the .same proportion, eight republicans, four democrats and one populist. Membership on this committee was eaglerly sought, hs it is supposed that its mem tiers will have a litt le more pull in securing census appointments than other members of the house. The four democrats on the committee are DeVries t f California. Norton of South Carolina, Griffith of Indiana, and McDowell of Ohio, and the populist is iiidgley of Kansas. No' appointments under the bill are to be made before next year, so far as any outsider knows, but the haste in sotg& Cfuatters to; get the bill through is somewhat suspicions and it will not he surprising if somebody finds a way to take care of a -ft-w friends before that time, at Uncle Samuelsex|>etise. There has been more swearing since the first of the month on aecouut of the oppressive and troublesome stamp tax than about the extremely warm weather we are having. It is only" uecessary to stand a few minutes at the paying teller’s window iti a bank or at the receiving clerk's desk | in a telegraph office to be convinced that a i revenue stamp tax is about the most obnoxious of all taxes, just as the democrats in congress said when they were protesting; iu vain against its imposition Upon the country. Smie persons were simple enough to believe that the telegraph company would pay for the stamp that is required to be affixed to every message sent, but they soon found out differently. Corporations never pay anything that their patrons-can be made to pay. The positive statement from Europe that Germany, France aud Russia had entered1 into an agreement to prevent the United States retaining the Philippine Islands or turning them over to Englaud after the war is ended, is being extensively discussed I in Washington. This particular statement may or may not be true, but that our talk about permanently keeping the Philippines has aroused mutteriugs in Europe, which may cause future trouble, is known to ali. These things are causing it to be asked whether the game is worth the candle. In oilier words, would the possession of the Philippines compensate us for engagiug in I a war with a combination of European I powers? Of course, the average American | is ready at all times to resent any European j interference in our affairs, and should a j combination of powers officially sav that we should not keep the Philippines, would favor keeping them anyway then. But would it not be wise for this government to announce m advance of any such notice j that it does not wish to keep those islands? I Many think so. No agreement has yet been reached as to the day on which the senate shall vote on the annexation resolution, but is expected that the vote will be taken this week.

Sunday School Entertainment. The Congregational Sunday school of Hosmer will give a silver medal contest and j ice cream festival at the church on Saturday evening July 16. Services to begin at $ o’clock p. m. 'The following schools have Keen invited to take part in the contest. | ! Union, Littles, Pleasant Ridge and Hosiner, each school to furnish two orators. An I admission fee will be charged to all over I ten years except the orators. Immediately after the contest refreshments will be served in the church yard. You are invited. : Com kiuK, j Bargains for Mnaie Lovers. To locate best advertising medium# we! offer through well known papers, the very ! latest popular and patriotic mane at less1 then wholesale nates. "The Royal Bine Two 1 Step,” latest popular march, and "Dewey’s j Victory.” greatest battle song'writtcD, both j 50c. pieces, sent to any address on receipt! of 25c. Mention this paper and mark, envelope "Music.” O. P. McCarty, General Passenger Agent B. & O. S-W. Ry., Cincinnati. 0. 64 From an Old Soldier., Knox, I ud.. Jan. 14,1807. Gents:—I have every confidence in recommending your Syrup of Pepsin. I am 73 years of age and am broken down, the trouble having been brought on by my experience in the war. Your m<*iicine has done me more good than a hund red doctors and 2 am just about well of stomach‘ troubles. j Yours truly, JarrafKtti Wilhelm. . i by Bergen $ OliphanjL ; *

Democratic Ticket For Secretary of State, SAMUEL RALSTON of BooMcwatf. For Auditor of .State. JOHN W. MINER of Marlon County. •For Treasurer of State, HUG H DOUG H ERXY .of Wells County. For Attorney-General, JOIIN G. McNUTr or vigo Couaty. For Clark of the Supreme Capri, HKNUY'WaRRUM qf Marlou County. 4 For Superintendent iPubllc Inst ruction, W. B. Sinclair of Starke County. For State Statistician, JAJIKS S.GUTHRIE of Brown County. For State Geologist, \ EDWARD BARRETT of Hendricks County. For Judges of the Supreme Court, 1st Dist.. LEON A RD J HACKNEY .of Shelby County. 3d Dist., jAMES McCAJSE af Warren County. 5th Diet.,TIMOTHY E. HOWARD of St. .1 oseph County For Judges of the Appellate Court, 1st Dist., EDWIN TAYLOR of Vanderburg Co inly.

2d Dist..C. J. KOI.LMEYER of Bartholomew County. 3d Diet.. EDGAR BROWN of Marion County. ( 4tli Dist., W. S. DIVEN of Madison County. 'rth Diet., JOHANNES KOFELKE of Lake County. ; For Congress, First District, ! THOMAS MUNCAN. For Joint-State Serator, EDWARD F. RICHARDSON. For Clerk, , LEW-LS E. TRAYLER. For Auditor. WILLIAM H. SCALES. > For Treasurer. fONIAS O. SMITH. For Sheriff, W. M. RIDGWAY. For Coroner, AI.LEN RUMBLE. For Surveyor. A. G. CATO. For Commissioner. First District, JOSEPH L. ROBINSON. For Conwnissioner,Third District, WILLIAM II. BOTTOMS. They Are Convincing. The logic of the Hon. William Jennings Bryan is clear ami ehrystaline, ami It is refreshing when compared with the bajder-djk-h.aiui absurdities advanced as argument by vocates of the gold standard. lie has ■prei^tKed seven questions to the opposition thar <i>o;convincty^. They are: 1. The Uuited State* addjged bimetallism in 1792 and cont^iued it until. 187^— 89 years—during which time no partj^ever i condemned bimeullism iu a national coif- • vent ion.

Hits any other financial policy been so i. uni versa! ly commended ? 2. The United States adopted the gold standard in 1873, without any national party asking to have the change made. Has congress ever made any other change approaching this in importance without the people demanding it through some party? 3. The gold standard was maintained in the U uited States from 1873 to 1896, during which time no party commended it in a national convention. Has the United States ever endured any < other policy for so long a time without some party defending the policy? 4. The law repealing the purchasing' clause of the Sherman law declared it to be the policy of Hie United States to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and further declared that the cffqrts of the government should be steadily directed to the establishment of a safe ; system of bimetalism. Why should the government direct its efforts toward the establishment of auy kind of bimetallism if the gold standard is satisfactory to the people of the United States? 5. When in 1896, the bolting democrats indorsed the gold standard they polled less j than 1 per cent of the votes of the United ! States and carried only one precinct in the j Unkm-i-a precinct in which there were only ; six votes—-and the bolting democrats .only polled three out of the six. Was any financial policy ever more com- j pietely repudiated? 6. The bolting democrats, when members of the Chicago contention in 1896, joined in a minority report declaring in furor of international bimetallism. Were the bolting democrats bimetallists at Chicago, or did they try to practice a fraud upon the rest of the convention? 7. The republican party has never declared the gold standard to be a blessing to the United States. In 1890 the repobli-j • cans at Minneapolis declared that the j < American people from tradition and j interest favored bimetallism. Have the traditions or the interests of the American people changed since 1892 ? , -, Tried and True. Thousands hue tried By. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin lor constipation, indigestion and sick headache and nave found it true to the claim made for it, vix: that it is the best remedy now before the good people for fbe relief of gbomach troubles. Trial - sizes 1.0c, large sigcs.dttc and $1*00 of Berr geo & Oiiphant. ;

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« Men’s Negligee Shirts^ ja rich and foncy colors, in beautiful plaids, .checks and stripes for 50c;VIen’s French Balbrigga^ and Gauze Shirts, Jong and short sleeves and drawers to match; each $9 cents. ' Men's Balbriggan Shirts, full size^ for 50 cents. Men’s Soft and Stiff Hats ■- In ail the coorrect spring shapes and handsome cofors. * f . Men’s Summer Night Shirts in plain white cambric and faacy rimmed, made full length and width, for 50 cents. c W. L. BARRETT, a ^PETERSBURG, INDIANA^ !""!!■ "1C

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Fine Bedroom Suits, from $10 up. Fine Sideboards, from $10.00 up. Fine Hall Racks, from $£.50 up. Finest line of Rockers. Conches. Sofas. Lounges. Dining Chairs and Stand Tables ever brought to the town. I have also added the Undertaking business. I have a full line of Funeral Supplies** pf all kinds. I have employed a firstelas> Funeral Director, and I have the finest Hearse in the county. W. C. ADAMS, Lower Main Street, Telephone No. 16-2. PETERSBURG, IND.

•Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat-1 |ent business conducted foe Moderate Fees. ! • Oim office is Opposite U. S. PatentOffice 'and we ( insecure patent in less tune than those remote from Washington. , i Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip-' tion. We ad rise, if patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee pot doe till patent is secured. , i A Pamrhlet, “ How to Obtain Patents," with' 'cost of same in the U. S, and foreign countries! | sent free. Address, , C.A.SNOW&CO. ■ orr. PATENT Office, Washington. D. C. < llAW>WWWA<AV»T»Via>>(»V»%%wW

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LonisYille, EyansYille # St. Louis C. Railroad Time table in effect Nov. 28, 1W: it. Loot* 'aat Kxp. 10:45 a.m llrfS a m 11:23 a.m 11:38 s.m. 6:2u p.m. St. Louis Limited. #:00 p-m 11:40 p.m. 12:01 a.m. 12:14 a-m. 12:30 a.m. 7:12 a.m. Stations. Leave"'.LonlsviJle .arrive Leave .Hnntipgburg ..arrive Leave ..Velpen .... ..— arrive Leave .. -.Wloslovr ..... ..arrive Leave ... j.. .^.Oakland City...arrive Arrive.8t Louis*. Leave Louisville Limited 7:00 a.m. 4:25 am. 4:02 a.m. 3:52 a.m 3:87 a m. 9:15 p.m. Lon is villa Fast Exp, 5:45 p.n», 2:55 p.m, p.m, 2.i« p.m, 1:57 p.m 7:52 a.m, Night trains slop at Winsto# and Velpen on signal only. R. A. Campbell, G.f,A., St, Louis. J, f. Hurt, agent, Oakland OftjL