Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 36, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 January 1900 — Page 4

She fikt bounty evident equal; th -:hat all men are created i|at they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable righ ts: that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. IN order 0to kill the trusts, it is necessary to smash the tariff that protects them and makes tfiem possible. The President will not support Mr. Quay in his efforts,to set aside senatorial precedent. Mac has troubles of his own. / Carnegie, the millionaire, has nailed up his “barrel”'to' republicanism and will hereafter donate to library fundjs. _Hg

/ As was to be expected. the> President, having exploited Gen. Wheeler for all he was worth, is now ready to get rid Secretary Gage and the Standard Oil bank make almost as good a combination do Governor Roosevelt and Boss Pljatt. Read the Democrat at all times and get. the news. The largest paper in the county ^.nd the subscription price is only one tjollar per year. [Cans of Pike c Republicans of Pike county are having quith a time. The Hemenway boomers are making great efforts to securf control of the machinery. There will be a river and harbor bill at this session all right. A presidential year without , one would be an anomaly not to be tolerated by the faithful. ' It is the duty of the administration to declare its policy toward the people of the islands which we have acquired. An air of gloomy mystery palls after a while. •The French in Canada are almost in open revolt against the British war in South Africa. Another call ~for troops will strain their loyalty to the breaking point. The appointment of census takers in the several townships of Indiaha is giving some oif the chairmen of the county republican central committees a great deal of trouble these days. f Op course ijt was inevitable that Secretary Gage should use the only bank possessed of the necessary bonds. But who warned the “Rockefeller” National to he ready with such a huge stock of bonds? Congressman Gains of Tennessee, has introduced a resolution in congress to reduce the duty on print paper such as is used by newspapers. Take olf all the duty, and let the trusts have opposition. It might be as well to own at once that Messrs. Alger, Foraker, Kohlsaat and others wrote the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence, as well as the St. Louis gold plank.

It would be hard lines if President McKinley should retire First Assistant Postmaster-General Heath as an offensive partisan, for accepting' a berth on the republican national committee. during the next campaign. It is rather singular that only American goods are stopped by the British at* Del ago a Bay. Russian, French and German shipments are unmolested. Is it possible that England knows that we will not object? Cne of the Montana legislators, , who confessed under oath that he was bribed to vote for Clark for the senate, has now confessed that he * was really bribed by the other side to confess. Confessions come cheap in Montana. Unless the British win some victories before parliament meets, it is conceded that the ministry will fall. If such a thing were done in this country, it would be denounced as rank treason and the doers would be consigned to the block. And now they say that the Overstreet gold standard bill will npt become a law. but will be modified: in the senate. The howl that the plain people raised throughout the country has changed the mind of the republican administration. Bondholders and national banks, however, object? and want the gold standard bill a* pre-i sented in the house.

LAWTON FUND. People of Indiana Asked to Help Krect Monument. The Indiana Lawton Monument Commission, with headquarters at Indianapolis, is making strenuous efforts to raise a fund of $25,000 for a monument to Gen. Lawton who was recently killed in the Philippines. The work was inaugurated by the Commercial club of Indianapolis, and it is certainly commendatory. The officers have addressed the following circular to the people of Indiana, which explains the plan the commission has for raising the funds. The circular says: .. /j >'... ' “Under the direction of the Board of Trade and the Commercial Club of Indianapolis. The Indiana Lawton Monument Commission has been organized for the purpose of erecting in the capital of the state an equestrain statute of heroic size to the memory of the late Major-General Henry W. Lawton. U. S. V, f Contributions to the necessary fund ot twenty-five thousand dollars are asked from the people of the state in which he long lived and which he regarded as his home. The monument will honor him, but not so much as it will honor his state. The appreciative recognition of a life exceptionally devoted to, his country's service and of an heroic death will be good for us and for pur children, who cannot be too much; inspired by examples of faithfulness and patriotism. I " ~j

Monuments have been erected by state in memgry of distinguished services during our other wars and suirely our people will wish to similarly recognize one who far and away above all others of recent years has enriched our military history. It is proposed to organize in each county an auxiliary commission. For that end the county officers are askjed to associate other citizens with thepitreasurer, the former of whom shall be ex-officio a member of The Indiana Lawton Monument Commission, and to then proceed in the $olicitipg of funds. Those in sympathy with the project 1 are invited to send their contribtions ! to the treasurer of their county or- [ ganization or to hand them to apy | newspaper. •>’ ; f Each newspaper is urgently requested to open a column for the acknowledgement of contributions and is authorized to receive the contributions and forward them to the treasurer of its county organization. The Indiana Lawton Monument Company.” ' ■ “Awful anxiety was felt for the widow of the brave General Burnham of Machias. Me., when the doctors said she could not live till morning,” writes Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who attended her * that fearful night. “All thought she must soon die from ppeumonia, but she begged for Dr. King’s Jtfew Discovery, saying it had more than once saved her life, and had cured her of consumption. After three small doses she slept easily all night, and its iurther use completely cured hef." This marvelous medicine is guaranteed to cure all throat, chest and lung diseases. Only 50 cents and $1.00. Trial bottle free at Stearnes& Co’s drug store. selves, to select a chairman A. Night of Terror.

GraVel Road Law. , There has been something1 staid regarding the employment of labor in building gravel roads, and that all may know what the law is on the subject the following is published from sec. 4. page 1«8 of the act of 1899: * * * That when any contract shall have been awarded to any con-] tractor for the construction of said road or roads under this act he shall give preference in employing labor for the construction of said road or roads to the citizens of the township or townships, towns or cities in which said road or roads are to be constructed. Provided, however, That said preferred labor shall be as good and effective as that which could be procured elsewhere, and at no higher cost: And provided further. That any taxpayer of the township or townships where said roads are, who may render any service or labor, or may furnish any material for the construction of said roadjs,- may, if he shall so elect, demand of the contractor a certificate statuig the value of the amount of service or material furnished, and if any such certificate shall be issued, the county treasurer shall receive the same, and it shall act as a quietus against a similar amount of taxes against the property of said tax payer, and all such certificates shall be deducted from the contract price for1 the said contractor of the said road or roads by said contractor. A Prominent Lawyer Of Greenville, 111., Mr. C. E. Cook, writes: 4iI have been troubled with billiousness, sick headache, sour stomach, constipation, etc., for several years. I sought dong and tried many remedies, but was disappointed until I tried you Syrup Pepsin. I con cheerfully recommend it to any suffering from above complaints.” Oliphant Dru^ Co. j

OWNS CAPITOI^IN KLONDIKE Indiana Man That lias Half Interest: In the Building. Frank C. Lory, a half owner of the Capitol building of the Klondike, located at Dawson City, is at .the Grand hotel today. Isn the Capitol are located the offices of the head commissioner of that section of British country, corresponding to the governor of one of our states, the controller of finances and the post office, and in it are kept all the government records. The joint owner with Mr. Lory is*M. T. Beaver. Mr. Lory is a native of Petersburg, Ind,, and has been home on a visit. , ‘•The Capitol,” said Mr. Lory, “is a two-story, log house, forty-six feet witle by seventy-seven feet long. The front is of lumber and finished in rustic style. It cost us $42,000 to put up the building. Common labor cost $15 a day and the foreman $20 a day. The window panes are fourteerf by twentyeight inches, and every one of them cost us $8.50. In the United States thev would cost 15 or 20 cents each.. The front, panel doors cost $175 apiece. For the rough lumber that went into the building we pa® $200 a thousand feet, and the planed lumber cost $385 a thousand. “Every team employed in hauling the lumber cost us $10 an hour, and riot one of the haulers would ease down his figures to $0.75. It required three hours to transport a single load. Once we got into a pinch and had to pay $100 to have tvro loads hauled from the mills, a short distadce out of Dawson. “The building is not plastered, but lined with canvas that cost 40 cents a yard. First we constructed a lumber roof. The knots soon rotted out and the roof soon began to leak. We replaced it with a paper roof, but the Dawson council, fearing a conflagragation, passed an ordinance that required us to construct a galvanized iton roof and all this cost lots of money. Those that prate about the high price of building materials in the United States know nothing about the cost of building in the Klondike. But then we rent the Capitol for $1,200 a month to the government, and we are not kicking. We used tq get $1,800 a month for it.” Lory went to Dawson City o three years ago without a dollar. For ten months he worked at his trade of tinner for $20 a day. He had taken a big supply of food with him and his living cost him comparatively little. He started in business by cornering all the intoxicating liquors in Dawson from which he made large profits. Then he made money as a real estate broker. “Mark my words,” said he, “that over $40,000,000 will come out of the Klondike this spring. That will double the output of any previous spring. I have just received a letter from the controller of finance saying this spring’s output will at leastequ^l the figures I have given. Still I would advise a poor man to stay away from the Klondike. Everything is now in the hands of capitalists, who are reducing wages, and the best pay a laborer can now get is $100 a month and his board.”—Indianapolis Press.

Spain’s Greatest Need. Mr. R. P. Olivia, of Barcelona, Spain, spends his winters at Aiken, S. C. Weak nerves had caused severe pains in the back of his head. On using Electric Bitters, America's greatest Blood and Nerve remedy, all pains soon left him. He says this grand medicine is what his country heeds. All America knows that it cures liver and kidney troubles, purifies the blood, tones up^ the stomach, strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every muscle, nerve and organ of the body. ,If yreak, tired or ailing you need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50 cents. Sold by Stearates & Co’s drug store. I A new ruling by the pension department makes it possible for all soldiers over sixty-five years of age to get a pension. The ruling is is follows: “Claimants who have attained the age of sixty-five years are wholly disabled for manual labor within the meaning of the law, and are entitled to the maximum rating under the act of June 27. 1890. Claimants who have attained the age of sixty-five yeais shall be deemed entitled to at least the minimum rate under that act, unless the evidence discloses an unusual vigor and ability for labor in one of that age. A declaration stating that the claimant is a sufficient allegation in cases of this kind, even if no other disabling cause ia set forth: but complete proof should be required, showing the actual age of the claimant.”

Engagment Broken OfF. A girl in Montgomery broke her engagement with one of the wealthiest young men in the county, because he had indigestion so bad he was a menace to her happiness and no good to himself. What a relief just one Iwttle of Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin would have been to that man, and wrhat a boon it is today to many a household, where it keeps ajl the family in a state of health that warrants true loVe, confidence and happiness in the household. Try it yourself. At Dliphant Drug Co. j i

glCHARDSON * TAYLOR, . j Attorneys at Lam , Prompt hI tent Ion itven to hH biMneiw. A Notary Public constantly In ibeolilre. Office In Carpenter building, Eighth uni Main-sts, Petersburg, I net in on. Q BO ROE B. ASHBY. Attorney at Law, Will practice In all (Mrli Sr octal attenllon given to all civil» undue**. Notary Public constantly In Oh* office. Collections made »nd promptly remitted. Office >n Citizens' Hate bana building, Petersburg, Indiana. SG. DAVENPORT. Attorney at Lam, Prompt attention given to all business, illtlce over J. ti. Adams A Son's drug store, Petersburg. Indiana. QUARLES A. COFFEY. Attorney at Lam. ' All klndsof legal business promptly attended in. Your patronage solicited. Office upstairs in Citizen*’ state bank building,. Tel. W-SL Petersburg. Indiana. QOX A CROW, l Attorneys at Lam. Will practice in all courts. Prompt attention given lo nit has!nek*. Office in Carpenter b nek, first floor on Klghtli-sl., Petersburg. W ILSON A GREENE. J. \V. WILSON V. K.UKKKNK Attorneys at Law. Will practice In all coilta,. ' «. Office In Parker block, opposite tne court house, Petersburg. lud. R. RICE, Physician and Surgeon. Chronic Diseases a specialty. Office over Citizens’ state ban*, Petersburg, Indiana. J^R. J. W. COOK. Vitapathic Specialist, Graduate of the American Health College, treats all chrouic diseases without drugs by cleansing Impurities and removing poisons from the system. Office in Parker building, opposite court house. In the same office with Dr. Cook is Dr.G H.^Camp, an Eelecttic Physician of St years’experience in the practice of medicine. \y h.stonecipAer. Dental Surgeon. Office in rooms it and 7, in Carpeuter build-' ins. Petersburg, Indiana. Operations firstclass. All work warranted. Anaesthetics used for painless extraction ot teeth. W ILSON A TYNER, V. M. WILSON. T. W. TYNER. Petersburg Collecting Agency. Collections ihall parts of the United States. Remittances oromptly made. Charges are reasonable. Give us your old accounts, notes, etc., and we will do the rest. Call on or write us. Office ooposite court house In Parker building, Petersburg, Ind. 5 NOTICE is hereby given to ail parties interested that I will attend at my office in Stendal, EVERY SATURDAY, To t ransact business connected with theoffice ot trustee of larckhart township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice. J. L. BASS, Trustee. NOTICE is hereby given to all persons concerned that I will attend at my office in Otweil . EVERY DAY, To transact business connected with theoffice of trustee of Jefferson township. ROBERT M. GRAY, Trustee. Postoffice address: Otweil, Indiana. N'OTICE is hereby given,to all parties concerned that I wtll attend at my residence EVERY WEDNESDAY, To transact business connected with theoffice of trustee yf Madison township. Positively no busiuess transacted except on office days. J. D. BARKER,, Trustee. Postoffice address: Petersburg, Ind.

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No. 31, south .... ...v. 6:45am No. 32, north....10:35 am ' No. 33, south ..... . . 1:25 pm' No. 34, north .. 5:4,» pm 1 Ft r sleeping car resei%ation«, maps, rates) »fni further information, call on your nearest ticket agent, or address, F. P. .1EKFRIES, G. P. & T. H. R. GRISWOLD, A.G.P.A T.A. Evansville, lnd. - . E B. GUXCKEL,, Agent, Petersburg, lnd. Eureka Harness Oil is the best preservative of new leather and the best renovator of old leather. It oils, softens, blackens and protect*. Use ■ on your best harness, your old harness, and your carriage top, and they will notl only look better but wear longer. Sold everywhere in cans—all •iaea from half pints to five gallons. Kad« by STJJUASU Oil. CO. .-i. *

^ iy you will say when you lc< I x before has it been your gooci \ ty offered »o you to buy as h f as we now offer. We have k through our large stock that never fortune to have such an opportuneiigh grade goods at such low prices A BEAUTIFUL f Line of fine White Shirts, fancy Colored Shirts, Ties, fine Silk Suspenders, Gloves, fine H andkerchiefs, Fascinators, Ice Wool Shawls, Lilies’Gloves and Mitts and fine Dress Goods suita ble for Christmas presents! Our I$e of Overcoats, Clothing. Hats, Caps, Boots, Boole is, Felt Boots, Rubber Goods, all Wool Blankets, Fancy Cct on and Woolen Hosiery and Underwear was never mote compete at the approach of ! CHRISTMAS !

. j- j j. • \ ;.- ■ Would be an e°xcellent toe to open up your heart, as well as your pocketbook, and bey sorno of the above articles. You need them now. Don’t pu cff happiness ’till tomorrow or next year, it may be too, late. Besides can’t |ou think of just one friend that has not been s > fortunate—thlt Providence has’nt smiled upon so cheerily, th it would appreciate a nice PRESENT -At If you do, the only questio n for you to ddcicle is what and where to buy. Ouf large stock and vepy low prices leave no room for any argument on these points. We can please you. We have just received a large amount of Gold Aluminum Tableware that we are giving away to our customers. Call aad get your share. Remember, it is given absolutely . f * i * \ * t t c * f f f y * . , , .. § With best wishes for a Merry Christmas and % Happy New- t } Year, we are respectfully,' ■ $ ^W. LEAR RETT*-1 PETERS1BURG, INDIANA FREE immiUTviminTrimrii 1 qi m I 11 m i m hid umn 1 n immi i\n Cold 1 Weathen Clothing All the Latest Patterns and Styles to Select -from. ■ . 4; a Suits, $16 and 10. Pants, $4 and up. Call and See our piece Goods and Trimmings. Ejj C. A. Burger & IjBro.j Merchant Tailors. B [MTilui(UiiiiiiiiiiJiiirmnnrnmiiirnrnni yiilMlHlIMHMIll

Time is Money :::: Time Saved is Money Earned Don’t Travel,---Telephone! A Telephone in your Residence, Office or Store will save time and make you money. = ;v ■ .• ' . if -■ ■ ' ■> ■ . ’1.. Our present Rates leaver no excuse for being without thisimodern necessity. * Don’t “sponge” on youi neighbor. Thirty days trial will convince you. Place your orde' now, and have a Telephone placed in your residence.. Let us knot* your wants. J. W. Th OMAS, Manager. «3TAR, .TAILOR* . NEXT DOOR TO Suits Made to Order.....,.. $12 00 up Pants Made to Order.... ..... ... 3 00 up Doeskin Jeans Pants Made to Order___ 2 25 Suits Pressed---- *...-. .... $Q cts Pants Pressed..’... 15 cts Pants cut off for Merchants at special prices. S6P*A11 kinds of Cleaning aa i Repairing at Lowest Ptices. Give me a call. Telephone 55-3. X.i. KC. CLASK. (MNNNMHNIMNtIHilMnMNNnHHHNH, ^U 7T :