Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 18, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 September 1899 — Page 4

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8b fiitt Counts fraomt nr n. ne€. stoops. One Tear, in advance .Iljjj Six Month*, In advance «"* v. ~r-——r-a Entered at the pf|«tOtll<v In Petersburg for transmission through the malls as seeon.lclass matter. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1899. •' ■ ... . 1 The heathens worship an idol of stone—the republicans worship an idol cf gold. It is not proper in France to call a man a liar. He is always referred to as a “'contributor to the dossier.” dN the excitement of , the moment, it has probably not occurred to most ; people that in our latest feat of expansion. we have succeeded in gobbling a full-fledged Mohammedan and a'l his trib,e. e 'Only three^labor strikes in Indiana last Friday, one at the Bedford stone quarries, one at the Brazil coal mines and the other at the Bloomington stme quarries. This is prosperity. Have a little more confidence. ' Since the election in the Bland d strict of Missouri, which Judge Shackelford carried by an increased majority, small bore republican editors have but little to say about silver at the ratio of, 1<> to 1 being dead. FCnston’s name is added to the long list of those who, having visited th_' Philippines and had an opportunity to see the Filipinos, return to this country convinced that the expansion policy of the administration is wrong. ■9 Attorney General Griggs says he will do nothing in the Carter court martial case until Carter's attorbe'y, Wayne MacVeagh,- returns from Europe. No doubt, the attorney for Captain Carter can be induced to pro1 mg his stay to help out his client. Several farmers have lost considerable money bv holding last year's corn crop for higher prices. When corn was selling at 35 cents per bushel th^y wanted more. As the market collapsed many are selling their crop at 25 cents per bushel. This is the lowest price for a few years. What the people want is the old times that were prevalent under the double standard times when prices on all farm products were high and wages were . good. As it is at the present time the products of the trusts are high and wages low. Trusts are the creation of republican legislation. Bryan's latest suggestion to "license the trusts." while calculated to startle one at first in its originality, is a most excellent plan, for in granting the license, the federal government. can make such conditions as will squeeze the water out of the stock and prevent the monopolization of any industry.

„ List's see. Sometime ago republican papers were saying that silver at ll» to 1 was dead and the cause stinketh. Well, since the Kentucky, Iowa, Ohio ■ and other conventions have been held and the Chicago platform of 185H> endorsed these same republican papers are beginning to realize that there was no death and that the people are rather lively in the several states. , Those mighty editorials were of no avail. The old veterans and the school teachers are invited to call at the Democrat,office during their stay in the city next week. The latchstring i hangs on the outside. Make yourselves i at home in the city and enjoy the j pleasures and benefits that are to be I derived from the reunion and the in- j stitute work. The program of the i institute tea splendid due and the best I of instructors have been secured for | the work. There is no question but what the i town board should secure some'suita- j ble place for hitching racks for people who come to the city to trade. A great many farmers come to the city and remain but an hour or so .to do their trading and do not care tp pay for putting their horse's in the livery i stables. To this class of farmers an j 'injustice was done by taking away the j hitching racks without first securing j another place. There is anotherclass, | however, of farmers who come toj town from a distance and expect to ?stay several hours who put their horses up at the several livery stables. Occasionally a few use the hitching lacks. The people who trade here1 should hate some accommodations or

they may go elsewhere. The town b>ard at its meeting this (Thursday) evening should take some steps toward securing a suitable hitching lyard. Don't put the action off until j next year but take action as soon as possible. Union labor in the United States ; will scarcely endorse the arrest and sentence by United States authorities in Cuba, of a man named Ferrer, a delegate to the Cuban masons' union, {who got ten days imprisonment for j having peacefully urged some carpenjters to join a mason's strike. If United States troops are used against labor in this way in Cuba, how long will it be before the same authorities will take similar action against labor in the United States? The sending of a big army to the j Philippines is a political play on the part of the administration. This is j recognised by all close political observers. The opinion of Colonel W. j E. McLean of Indiana, who was Deputy Commissioner of pensions under .the Cleveland administration, is that (of thousands, regardless of politics. He said: “Out thing is certain: if the Philippine war is not ended before the presidential campaign comes on, it is good'bye to President McKinley. The war over there is fast growing in unpopularity. The policy of expansion is opposed by a great many western republicans, and the democrats are nearly a unit against it.” Speaking of politics in his own state, Colonel McLean says: “The Indiana •democrat who is not for Bryan and , the Chicago platform is a man without I party, and his position is so lonesome | that he almost feels as though he had no country.” The Colonel knows, as he was that sort of a democrat himself in 1890. FEDERATION OF LABOR. .V New Labor Oruanl/.atlon Institute ' ed l.ast Friday Nltfht. Last Friday evening at the city hall a large uumber of laboring men met at the city hall for the purpose of organizing a new labor union, the Federation of Labor. The attendance .was very large. Speeches were made by T. H. Dillon of this city, and W. D. Van Horn of Terre Haute. Mr. Van Horn is the state president of the United Mine Workers, and thoroughly understands every phase of the labor question and made a strong speecjfJn favor of organization. At the conclusion of his remarks the meeting closed, and’those who desired to join the Federation were asked to remain. Quite a number remained and the work pf organization was begun. The union takes in men employed in the various occupations and is not confined to any one branch of trade, but includes all who have a desire to unite with a labor organization. The following officers were elected for the first term of office: President. Tom Minx. Secretary, Matthew Burton. Treasurer, Nathaniel Burton, Another meeting will be held this (Thursday) evening at the city hall.

Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded in the county recorder's office during the past week: William Foster to Henry Tialow. ne qr nw qr sec 30, town 1 north, range 8 west, 40 acres. Luther fox to Edward Blake, w hf ne qr sw qr, and pt e side nw qr Sw qr sec 17, town 1 south, range 8 west. Edith Lush to Edward Blake, pt sw qr ne qr sec L*>, town 1 south, range 8 west. Wahoo Tribe to P. H. McNabb, lot 8, D, Algiers cemetery. Josie Willis to Perry Willis, pt se qr se qr sec f>, town 1 south, range 8 west. t'ornelius Jenkins to Price Jenkins, s side sw qr nw qr sec 22, town 1 south, range 9 west, 20 acres. B. H. Osgathorpe to Eliza A. Burst, pt ne qr sw qr sec 18, town 1 south, range 8 west, 10 acres. *E. G. Davis to William A. Jackson, pt se qr ne qr and pt ne qr ne qr sec 2, town 2 south, range S'west. (’. A. Little to William A. Jackson, e hf ne qr se qr sec 2, town 2 south, range 8 west, 20 acres. William Snelling et al to Sherman Johnson, s hf ne qr sec 30, town . I south, range 8 west, 80 acres. James S. Wilson to Thomas W. Decker, w hf sw qr sw qr sec. 13, town 1 south, range 9 west, 20 acres. 'John A. Kirk to Delphina Iluey, nw qr nw qr, and n hf sw qr nw qr sec 22, town 1 south, range 9 west, t>0 acres. Piles Cured. • If sutferers will use Banner Salve according to directions a positive cure will result in worst cases. Guaranteed. 2oc. J. R. Adams & Son. s

Trusts and the Law. During the past week, says the New \ork World, the prices of beef and other meatshave been advanced from two to five cents a pound by a combination of western packers. There is no pretense that beef is scarcer or, that it costs more to make it. It is; admitted that the price is raised ar- j bitrarily in order to make good to the j trusts its temjtorary losses incurred : in establishing a meat monopoly in i England. „ Meanwhile trusts continue to multiply in all the other necessaries of life. Within the week there were organised: A cotton goods trust: An ice trust; A hide and leather trust; An asphalt trust. These simply supplement the hundreds of other trusts and monopolies formed during the past year, seeking to control the production and fix the prices of nearly every article of general use. The latest combinations

cover: The food we eat; The clothing we wear; The shoes for our feet; The ice required for health and comfort; The modem pavement for our streets. Are there no laws against these “conspiracies in restraint of trade’*— these combinations of Greed against Needy „ .. Oh, yes! There is a stringent Federal anti-trust law, and most of the states, including New York and Illinois, have statutes of a similar character. Why are not these laws enforced? It is as easy as a thimblerigger*s game. The attorney general of the United States, the official charge (under the president) with the duty of seeing that “the laws are faithfully executed,* says that the regulations of industrial combinations “is entirely a matter of state control,’* and that “unless the functions of inter-state commerce are interferred with I would be super-officious to attempt a crusade against affairs with which I have no business.** . To the lay mind of the ordinary plundered citizen it would seem that a meat trust organized in Chicago, and not only supplying the market of all our eastern cities but actually selling meat cheaiier in London than it does in New York, was engaged both in inter-state and international commerce. So of the ice trust, reaching from Maine to New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. So of the hide and leather trust and a hundred others., ' And yet, with a trust lawyer as attorney general and a president to whose campaign fund protected monopolies contributed millions of dollars, the chance of the people to find relief in the federal law is about equal to the chance of safety to a roost of chickens guarded by Br’er Fox and Br’er Coon. As to the state officials, the republican attorney generals—with here and there an honorable exception like that of Mr. Monnett in Ohio hold that the state laws are powerless, owing to “inter-state commerce” and to chartered rights granted by other states. And so there we are—at the mercy of the the trusts. Nobody to blame. Everybody powerless. The common-sense remedy would seem to be to elect a President and governors who believe that monopolies should be and can be strangled, and who will see to it—“By the Eternal! that the laws are kept.

More Than All Others. Rome City. Ind. Dr. C. D. Warner, Coldwater, Mich., Dear Sir: -It gives me great pleasure in recommending your White Wine of Tar Syrup to the public as an excellent cough cure. I have sold over a gross within a short time and I always warrant a cure and have never had a bottle returned, I sell more of vour White Wine of Tar Syrup than all other cough remedies I keep in stock. I sold one dozen bottles to one of my customers. Itespectfully yours, J. P. CHAPMAN. Sold by Paul Bros. s Our Latest Music Offer. Please send us the names and addresses of three music teachers or performers on the piano or organ and twenty-five cents in silver or postage and we will send you all of the following new and most popular pieces full sheet music arranged for piano or organ; “The Flower that Won My Heart,*’ now being sung by the best known singers in the country, “Mamie O’Rourke,” the latest popular waltz song, “March Manila, Dewey’s March Two-Step,” as played by the famous tr. S. Marine band of Washington, D. C., and five other pages of popular music. Address Popular Music Co,, Indianapolis, Indiana. Stopped the Backache. A. R. Bass, Morgantown, Indiana, | writes: I was afflicted with kidney j lisease and had to get up quite often ; luring the night and suffered severe , pains in kidneys and with backache, * l used Foley’s Kidney Cure, after taking three bottles, I am entirely cured. I. R. Adams & Son. a J

R ICHARDSON 4 TAYLOR. Attorneys at Law. Htta'lltloll glVI'lt l<> Mil bU'llH-Mi. NoUry 1‘ublla- ihiiiMdUUV ill Of In Cmi i>(‘iiit*r bitlbllnx, Kiglilli Huai Mmii-Peia-rsburu, IiiUimiM. Htiafe ■alii, ^SIIBY «l COFFEY, O. B. AKhbK V. A. Cofey. Attorneys at Lam. Will ||»riu-|H*a* In mII ronrl*. SiieelMl Mila* lion given lo mII a*tvll ■ uulnawK. Notary l*n Ha? emmlMIII|y In Ilia* •»flta*a*. t'ollea-tbms mu Mud promptly reinitirai. tHRee over W. BurretlV More, I**l**n*burg, I no ih tut. riff

s. U. DAVENPORT. Attorney at Law. Prompt attention given to nil bus! in tMfice over J. K. Adams A Son’s drug sn Petersburg. Indiana. JJOLCOMB A CHOW, Attorneys at Law. Will practice in Mil court*. Prompt atte lion given to all business. OtHee in Cnrpen block, first Moor on Eighth-nt., Petersburg, titer W ’ILKON A TYNER, r. M. WILSON. T. W. TYNIIM. Petersburg Collecting Agency. Calk'd Ions in all parts of the Unitetl States Remittances promptly made. Charges art reasonable. (Jive us your old accounts, notes, etc., ami we will do the rest. Cali on or wri us. Office opposite court house in Park building, Petersburg, lud. rtte er R. RICE, Physician and Surgeon. Chronic Diseases a specialty. Office over Cltlxeus' state bank, Petersbu Indiana.,, VY 7 II. STONECIPHER, Cental Surgeon. Office lu roomsti and 7, In Carpenter bull in*. "Petersburg. Indiana. Operations firstclass. All work warranted. Anaesthetics liked for painless extraction of teeth. ^OTICE Is hereby given to all parties co il cerned that 1 will tie at my residence SATURDAY AND MONDAY Of each week, to attend to business connected wlih the office of trustee of Monroe township. Positively no business transacted only ion otfioeday. J. M. DAVIS, Trustee. Postotfice address: Spurgeon. NOTICE Is hereby given to all persons com cerned that I will attepd at my office EVERY MONDAY, To transact bus)ness connected with the office of trustee of Jefferson township. L. K. TRAY LOB, Truste? Postotfice address: Algiers, Indiana. NOTICE Is hereby given to all parties terested that I will attend at my In Stcndal, EVERY SATURDAY. I'o transact business connected with lhoof >1 trustee of Lockharttownship. All per liavtng business with said office will pk take notice. J. U BASS,Trust NOTICE Is hereby given to all personsinterested that I will attend In my office it my residence EVERY MONDAY, r<» transact business connected wtftlt then >f trustee of Marlon township, All; perSo saving nuslness with said office will ph take notice. T.C. NELSON,Trns Postotfice address: Winslow. t ftiee ns ash tee N OTICE Is hereby given to all parties cerned (hat 1 will attend at my residei EVERY WEDNESDAY, lo transact business connected with theo >f ti ustee >f Madison township. Positively no business transuded exeeplt rffl.-c days. J. D. BARKEK, Trust Postotfice address: Petersburg, Ind. fice

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