Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 46, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 March 1899 — Page 4

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8kt §p<kf Count g gftuwtwt lly 5I. Mel). STOOP*. One Year, In advance ... fl (B Bix Months, In advance . iO Entered at the poatofflee tn Petersburg for transmission through the malls as secondalass matter. FRIDAY, MARgjH 24,1899. Trust i stock is booming. Th& farmers’ land, however, are not booming worth a cent. The tendency is dowhward. . It is about time that Mark Hanna was evolving some new scheme to elect another president. The old one will not work again. The beef investigation is showing up some pretty bad things. Embalmed beef and rotten canned goods is a pretty mess with which to feed soldiers. Trusts are a mighty good thing for the country from the way they are being organized at the present time. Why not all the trusts go into one great combination and control the whole business. An independent republican city ticket would poll a big vote. A large number of the voters say they have as much right to kick a little after the convention as some of the leaders had before the convention. The Mullein Hill republicans are a little sore on the gang who always down their candidates for town offices. They are getting tired of the treatment and will proceed to even up matters a little this spring. The farmer can think about the trusts this spring when he goes to till the soil for oats and corn that a plow trust has been organized with a capitgj. of $00,000,000. But remember, that this is only one of the many trust combinations. There are others.

The talk of an independent republican ticket is growing stronger every day, and a meeting may be called at any time. Several caucuses have been held during the past few weeks. Let ’em come, the light will be threecornered then, and will be a lively one, with the chances about even all round. '> Senator Thurston of Nebraska, isn’t one of those wild republicans . who regard the presidential election of next year as already settled. In an interview Mr, Thurston said: “The ^presidential battle next year promises to be lively and exciting. McKinley will probably be renominated, and I presume, that Brydn will head the democratic ticket. I believe that the republicans will win if we stand together and work hard, but our democratic friends will undoubtedly put up a stiff tight. We must not indulge ourselves with the delusion that we are going to have a walk-over.” If any proof were needed that Mr. McKinley isn't in the South solely for rest and recreation, it is furnished by the fact that he will, during the present week, meet Czar Heed in person, on Jekyl Island, where Mr.. McKinley will be the guest of ex-Secretary Bliss, and Mr. Reed will be the guest of a rich Wall street banker, both at the Reed's friends that the meeting is his idea, and that he intends to compel an immediate show down on the part of Mr. McKinley that will make the position of the administration on the speakership of the next House perfectly clear. The queer part of the whole business is that two men who have spent the winter within a stone’s throwr of each other in Washing ton, should find it necessary to meet in the spring, on an island off the coast of South Carolina, in order to come to an understanding. It is stated 5by Mr.

According to war department officials, General Gomez will not receive a dollar of the $3,000,000 about to be distributed, entirely on his say so, among Cuban soldiers, by this government. This statement has caused everybody to wish to know where Gomez got the money to pay for his present very extravagant mode of living in Havana. It is known that previous to his beginning the negotiations with R. P. Porter, who acted as Mr. McKinley’s personal representative, which resulted in the agreement to pay $3,000,(XX) for the disbandment pf the Cuban army. Gomez had no money, and that ever since then he has apparently had plenty. Did Porter make an individual payment of money to Gomez? If so, how much,

and from wi at fund was it derived? These are s me of the Questions sug- ' gested by tl .* situation and asked on .every hand. Congress did not appropriate a cei t to pay Cuban soldiers, but there w is an item added to the sundry civil >ill by the last Congress, appropriate g $3,000,000 as an emergencyt fund, to be expended at the 'discretion o the president. That is the money t at will be used, but if the 'claim that ( omez has got none of it I and w ill not get none of it. be true, | the source t om w hich Gomez extract- ■ ed the wea th to pay his present enormous e: senses is left a mystery. But it will b solved. The acting secretary of w r says that the administration intei ds to make Cuba repay from its rev^ nues this money. Secretar Alger doesn’t appear to care anymoi i about being consistent than he did bout the welfare of the soldiers duri g the war. Several days before Con ress adjourned, Alger announced fiat the junket he had intended to < mduct to (’uba and Porto Rico was off because his official duties would preve t him leaving Washington. Of coi rse, it w-as well known that Alger ibandoned the intended junket beca se he failed to get a sufficient r imber of democratic senators and epresent atives to accept invitations ip accompany him. But for consistei :y’s sake, it was supposed that Alger v mid remain on duty and make a bluff of being busy. Not he. He left imm diately after Mr.McKin- [ ley did. for i trip to New England, j which was i vtended to Canada, and this week h‘: is going to start for Cuba and P rto Rico, but he won’t carry any congressmen with him. He says he is g< ing to pay the expenses of himself i. id the two meh w-ho will accompany him. but it would require the voucher: for the payments to convince the public.

Private n ws from the Philippines indicates th it the administration is again juggi ng with the public in regard to t e situation. While no official disp; xhes have been quoted, Officials hav talked so as to leave the impression 1 lat the reports of Gen. Otis, since re victories of the past week have >een to the effect that Aguinaldo's army is about ready to ask for ter is and that a general collapse of t e rebellion may be looked for any tin 2. Owing to the strict censorship, ; 0 private telegrams dealing with th-^conditions existing, can be sent iron Manila direct, but some have been si nt to Hong Kong by boat and cabled rom there, which do.not take such a osy view of the situation. According ) these, the war is a long ways from eing over, and the only effect that will follow thrashing Aguinaldo's army, which our troops do every ti le they come in contact with any j >rtion of it, will be to transfer th fighting ground to the hills and ushes, where it will be difficult for our men to get at them except whet the}’ choose to be got at, and possibl to other islands of the group. Th re is a nightly panic in Manila and most o|f the white women and childre have been sent away for fear of a n tive uprising. Time will tejl which is correct, the official or the priv te view of the situation. The Orego has arrived in Manila bay.

The blan s for assessors which are ready to It : sent out to the different counties of the state show new features. Two .'hanged were made necessary by the new law. The first is the provision i: the new blanks for giving the numbe; of shares of stock in building, loan o savings associations and their value Under the law passed by the last leg slature a statement of all such stock lust be given. The second and the gn ater change in the blanks is a line lis of blank spaces in which to insert tlie value of all notes owing by persons assessed. The old law allowed per ons whose1 property was assessed tc "lump” the whole sum oi the notes wing by them. The ne&s law requir s that a person must set out in ful in the blanks and make oath as to he name of the payee, the date of m turity and the amount of notes. ■. Tk :n follow the customary blanks for ;he total value of accounts owed and t le total bona fide indebtedness and t ie balance for which persons shoul be assessed. v The nev dog law provides that all dogs that ire alive on April 1 will cost their owr ;rs one dollar each. Last year if a man' did not want to pay for his dog h« could take him out in the back yard shoot him and thus satisfy the assess r. This year it is different. If the dog is breathing on April 1, the dollar wil have to be paid, no matter if the dog dies the next minute. So owners sb uld be prepared to “cough up” the d liar by April 1 or get rid of the dog b fore that date.

DOWN WITH THE TRUSTS. A Republican Paper That Is Getting Its Eyes Open. Bishop Fallows preached a sermon recently, in which he stated: “The lesson of limitation must be learned by the men who illegitimately, although ostensibly within the law, forming trusts and combinations to restrict production, enslave labor, crush out needed competition, increase human suffering and sacrifice human lives. The time has come for them to know that,the people are a soverign and not a selfish clique of insolent, wealthy oligarchs. Their right to combine is derived from the people. The right to control them forever rests with the people. Legislators, judges and executives are but servants of the people.” The time certainly has come for the people to assert themselves and crush out the countless combinations formed to plunder them. The organization of “combines” is the rage of the hour. In one issue of the Tribune last week, mention was made of new consolidation enterprises with a total capitalization of $200,000,000. There is hardly any line of business which an effort is not being made to control through the machinery of a trust. Even the manufacturers, of woolens, tempted perhaps by the high tariff which protects them, are beginning to combine. The consumers will have to pay tribute to the monopolists on their food, their clothing and all their utensils and implements unless the formation of trusts is stopped. Some of the combines which are being organized at this time may be called “promoters’ trusts.” Ingenious speculators see in the consolidation of existing concerns a chance to earn money for themselves. They^ “engineer the deal.1’ They get their pay in a block of the stock of the new concern. They sell that stock for what it will fetch after having fed green investors with glowing accounts of its earning powers. In many cases these promoters do not expect the over capitalized concerns for whose existence they are responsible to last long. All they ask is that those concerns last long enough to enable them to get out from under. There are other trusts, however, which the organizers intend to be permanent. Those trusts are not gotten up so much for the purpose of selling stock to simpletons as to establish industrial monopolies to exploit the consumers of the country.—Chicago Tribune, republican.

A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart of Groton, South Dakota: “Was taken with a bad cold which settled on my lungs, cough set in and finally terminated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up saying I could live but a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if 1 could not stay with my friends on eartli, I would meet my absent ones above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. I gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God, I am saved and am now a well and happy woman.’’ Trial bottles free at J. R. Adams & Son’s drug store. Regular size 50 cents and $1.00, guaranteed or price refunded, i Township School Resolutions. The following resolution were adopted by the teachers of Washington township at their last institute last Saturday which was held in this city: We the teachers in Washington towmship, beg leave to submit the following resolutions. Resolved, That we tender or thanks to Mary Riley for her efficient work as secretary of the institute. That we extend our thanks to chairman Ault for his untiring efforts in making the institute helpful and instructive. Resolved. That we heartily endorse the work of our trustee in his efforts to advance the cause of education in the township. Whereas, Our Superintendent Corn has made never tiring efforts to advance the school system of the county by encouraging towmship commencements. high school work, and by manifesting his interest and service in various other ways. Be it Resolved, That we tender our thanks to Superintendent Corn, and that we desire to retain him as superintendent for another year. Be it future Resolved, in order to advance the cause of education, that we wish to have at least one graded school to be located at some convenient place in the township, and that we use our influence to secure such a school. E. H. Chamness. ) • D. W. Bell. [- ( om. Margaret Higgins. )

An^Oregon Minister. I received the bottle of White Wine of Tar Syrup. One of my children was very sick with croup, and as your medicine was pleasant to take 1 gave it, and it gave almost immediate relief. I w ould not be without it, and I also recommend it as a medicine that should be at all times in every family. , West Union, Oregon, Rev. H. Staup. I For sale by Paul Bros. m

Fees of Justice of the Peace. Senate enrolled act No. 14, amends section 8,555, revised statutes. 1,881. so as to provide that fees of justices of the peace shall be as follows: For summons or capias, »' cents; examinations on a criminal information or oath, 50 cents; swearing witness, 5 cents; trial for unlawful detention of lands, *1; warrant in criminal cause. 25 cents: issuing attachment for contempt, 25 cents: acknowledgment, 25 cents: order removing pauper from county, 50; certify^hg description of a boat adrift or astray, 35 cents; warrant of certificate of appraisement, ,25 cents; taking and certifying depositions. 25 cents; each one hundred words therein, 10 cents; other process, each 25; writing of record, per hundred, 10 cents: trial on default, 25 cents; if defense is made, $1; each additional day occupied by trial after the first, $1, certifying copies of proceedings, per hundred words. 10 cents: entering continuances, 10 cents: bond on recognizances. 25, cents; venire for summoning a jury, 25 cents: subpoena. 25 cents: transfer, judgment or docket of judgment, 25 cents: issuing execution. 25 cents; each oath. 5 cents; rendering final judgment^ 25 cents; trial "of right of property and judgment, $1: swearing jury, 10: making up docket, per hundred words, 10 cents; attachment against property. 25 cehts: making return of fines, each mile, 10 cents; transmitting papers of appeal, 25 cents: writing affidavit, 25 cfents. Docket fees are to be collected for the use of townships, as follows: £ In townships not containing a city of 100,000 inhabitants, in case of a dismissal. 25 cents; in case final judgment is entered, 50 cents. In townships containing cities of 100.000 inhabitants, in ' case of dismissal $1: in case final judgment is entered; $3. All docket fees are to be charged and collected for the use of the township, and paid over to the township trustee at the end of each quarter, by whom they shall be held as part of the general fqnds of the township. The docket fees are to be charged and collected as other costs, and to be first paid out of any cost paid or collected. The act further provides that in any township containing a city of 100,000 inhabitants or more, no* fee x>f those named above other than the docket fee shall be charged or collected on behalf of the justice of the peace, but each of the justices in such township shall receive in lieu thereof, a salary at the rate of $2,000 per annum, payable quarterly, on the last day of March, June, September and December in each year, to be paid out of the township treasury. The act -contains an emergency clause, and took effect on the date of its approval, February 22.

School Law Changes. The compulsory education law has been amended so as to include all children from G to 14 years of age and requires them to attend the entire school term instead of only twelve weeks, and all school terms shall be not less than six months. The state superintendent may countersign life licenses issued by other states and make them good in Indiana. The State normal, State university and Purdue university must make itemized statements of expenditures twice a year to auditor of state. The term of county'superintendents has been made four years instead of two. Hereafter all county superintendents must hold at least a three yea As' license, or a life or professional license, though superintendents who are nowserving may be re-elected without being holders of such licenses. It is5 not clear from the law whether or not the Normal diploma will entitle the holder to be elected to the county superintendence’; No county teasers’ examinations will be held hereafter in the months of September, October, November and December, and, this will leave the county superintendent more time to visit the schools early in the year, Special examinations may be held, however, in emergencies. The applicants for license must now pass on literature, school government and the science of teaching. Teachers who have held two three-vear licenses and who have taught six consecutive years in one county shall be forever exempt from examinations so long as they continue to teach every year in the same county. Any teacher may send his manuscript to the state superintendent’s office with $1, and if he secures a license it will be good in any county in the state. Each township shall either erect a high school separately or jointly with other towrnships, or the trustee can pay the tuition not exceeding $10 a year of any pupils of his township, sufficiently advanced, to some neighboring high school.

Given up by Four Doctors. Beaver Dam. Ohio—My daughter, after being treated by four doctors, and being given up for lost, a neighbor recommended Foley's Kidney Cure. Today she is able to walk several miles without fatigue. I feel we would have lost her if it was not for your medicine. Respectfully, Mrs. J. M. Bailey. J. R. Adams & Son. m

SECONDtoNON

Our Gihg U is a Class \] lisslf And that class is the highest. I • " Everything has been done to make it the best Ready-made Clothing in the land, and there has been no failure in any particular. And what so correct can be found at Barrett*4%t any and all times. We have cut ^ I Regardless of Former Values * : The shortest time is our object, and to effect that speedily we have made prices about half what values say that they ought to be, and those who have waited can reap the harvest their patience deserves. v . - Each garment shows that care has been taken in thW making- Nothing that would increase the-dressiness or finish has been overlooked. i i ■£>OAL_L. AND TAKE A L.OOK<& Remember that on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday tnir store closes at 6 o’clock ; Monday at 8:30 and Saturday night at 10 o’clock.

M. L. * L. E. WOOLSEY. Lawyers, All business receives prompt attention. 1 Collections made and remitted. Settlements of estates a specialty Office over Citizens’ bank, Petersburg, Ind. W TILSON A TYNER, F. M. WILSON. T. W. TYKKR. Petersburg Collecting Agency. Collections in all parts of the United States. Remittances nromptly made. Charges are ieuso'nable. Give us your old accounts, notes, etc., and we will do the rest. 6n or write ns. Office opposite court house in Parker building, Petersburg, Ind. Crushed Coro! Is Ihe^best Cow Feed, and is fpr sale at At 55c per 100 pounds delivered. Telephone Xo. 41-2.

Illinois Central®. R. ,T3E SSXOSST XMEMPHIS, TO NEW ORLEANS Ami all Points in MISSISSIPPI. LOUISIANA, ARKANSAS, Texas, .m,, MEXICO a# CALIFORNIA. Connection Made mm Evansville, Indiana, With elegant through service to above point*. Gas lighten vestfbuled trains With cafe ears, Puliniau sleepers and free reclining chair ears. Connections made every S'andav and Wednesday with the fa'mons Sunset Limited for San Francisco, California, an# points cn route; and every Thursday with the Pail man Tourist Sleeping Car for Ne#\Grleans Hml Texas and California, in whk^: berth rates are very low. . f; . ' - This is the true Winter Route to California; no blizzards, cold weather or snow' blockades. HOHESEEKERS’ tickets. On the first and fhtrd Tuesdays of eac|i month homeseekers’ tickets sold to Southern and Southwestern points at special low rates, good to return within twenty-one days from dntevof sale. Liberal stop-over arrangements. A copy of thelSouthern Homeseekers’Guide will be be mailed to you free on application to F. R. WHKELER, C. P & T. A.. •JOO Main-st„ Evansville. Iud. A. H. Hanson. W. A. Kellonn, Gen. Pass. Agt. Asst. Gen, Pass. Agt.

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A Telephone in your Residence, Office or Store will save time and make you money. ^ ' |||g Our present Rates leave no excuse for being without this modern necessity . m Don’t, “sponge” on your neighbor. Thirty days trial wifi convince you. Place your order now, and thus get your name-on the new list, soon to be issued. ; lisps? Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co,, mm J. H. McCLURKIN, Manager.