People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1896 — Page 6
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ELLIS & MURRAY
Have Concluded to adapt the CASH SYSTEM on and atfer SEPTEMBER Ist, will sell goods strictly for cash.
Frank K. Meyer was in Chicago Tuesday. Threshing is about all done in Union township. Roland Lease is building a new house east of Parr. The Ideal wants your Trade Louis Wildbfrg, Manager. The Christian Aid Society met with Mrs. Coen yesterday. Geo. Haste has purchased the farm of the elder Lease near Parr. Miss Nellie McCarthy is able to sit up after a severe spell of fever. See Boys long Pant Suits from 82.00 upward. Louis Wildberg Manager. Mrs. Hetty Hoyes is quite recovered from her late severe illness. □ Miss Manda Hoyes was in LaFayette Wednesday to see an optician. Miss Belle Chamberlain of Kentland is visiting her cousin Miss True Yeoman. Simon Thompson is haviug another new house built on one of his farms east of Parr. Rev. Hampton preached, morning and evening, in the Christian church last Sunday.
The Ideal does not want to be slighted come and see what I can do for you Louis Wildbfrg, Mgr. Miss Gertrude Robinson is visiting relatives and friends in Gillam township this week. Mrs. Addie Yates left yesterday for Williamsport to visit relatives for about two weeks. Mr. Rienhart, the cement man, is laying a pavement on front street in front of Judge Haley’s residence. The Ideal is just opening a line of Overcoats for winter; they will be sold right. < Louis Wildberg Manager. Taylor McCoy’s dog is suffering with a broken leg. He is in a fair way to recover undder the care of a specialist. One of the twin babies, the little girl of Mr. and Mrs. Beam died last Friday morning and was buried Saturday. Joseph and Arthur Hall has bought the grist mill of Amos Alter and will move it to Parr in about two weeks. The intense bitterness with which the republican judicial contest in this district has been fought in the primaries resulted in polling the full strength of the, party in most places.
Mr. John Jesson is making slow but sure progress on the court house sewer job some 40 feet during the past week. Come to the Ideal and see what I can do for you, even if you are not prepared to buy today. No trouble to show goods. Louis Wildberg Manager. Miss Nellie Coen returned Tuesday from traveling quite extensively for the past eleven weeks. She teaches in the city schools this year. Mr. Paradis writes that he will be home from his trip to Manitoba in time to preach in the Presbyterian pulpit next Sunday at the usual hours. Mrs. G. H. Brown is having an imposing monument erected this week for her late husband. Its weight is over five tons and is one of the finest in Weston cemetery. Cleo, the little four year old daughter of J. W. Mellender, fell and dislocated her arm at the elbow joint Wednesday of last week. Dr. English reduced the dislocation. Master Delos Coen and Miss Carrie Randle are spending the week with their aunt and uncle, Mr. aud Mrs. George Brown, at Knox. They went alone last Monday but will be at home for the circus. Mrs. Simpson, living in the east part of town, broke both bones of one leg Tuesday. She was standing in a wheelborrow picking peaches when that historic contrivance of torture upset. She is doing nicely. In our article last week on the court house bonds an error occured in stating that, the loss to the county by the failure to sell the bonds to the highest bidder was 85000. In fact the loss was something less than 81200. The problem is a nice one upon which the several experts who have figured upon it disagree, the figures ranging down to about SBOO. Married —Sunday, Aug. 30, by Rev. R. D. Utter, of Trinity M. E. Church Miss Alice Irwin and Mr. Newton Warren, all of Rensselaer. The happy event took place at tho home of the bride’s parents Mr, & Mrs, J. Irwin, at 9 o’clock a. m., in the presence of a company of friends, and relatives of the contracting parties. The bride and groom are well known in Rensselaer society, and universally esteemed. The Pilot wishes them bon voyage. The Lake County Fair will be held at Crown Point, Ind., next week, Sept. 8,9, 10, and 11.
THE PEOPLE’S PILOT, RENSSELAER, IND.. THURSDAY SEPTEMBEB 3, 1896.
No Nomination
Populists of the Tenth District Defer Action. Pending an Adjustment of the Electoral Ticket With the Democrats. IN THE INTEREST OF THOS. E. WATSON. State Legislative Nominations also to be considered in the General Plan of Cooperation. Adress by Candidate Kreuger.
The Populists of the tenth congressional district met as per call at Monon today to nominate a candidate for congress. About one hundred delegates were present and every county was represented, The forenoon was passed in earnest conferences upon the advisability of the nomination of candidate at this time. It was developed that a general desire existed to endorse the nomination of the Hon. Martin J. Xreuger, the free silver democratic candidate, providing satisfactory concessions be made to the populists upon presiden tial electors and state legislators in harmony with plans now pending for the co-operation of all the free silver foices of the state upon presidential electors, state officers, congressmen, senators, representatives and other
officers. The convention met in the high school building and was called to order at one o’clock by District Chairman F, D. Craig, of Rensselaer. David H, Yeoman of Jasper was made temporary chairman and W. I. Harbert of White secretary, which temporary organization was afterwards made permanent. The committee on credentials reported no contests, When the matter of nomination was taken up the following resolution was passed by unanmious voice: Whereas.—There are now pending negotiations between the committees representing the democratic and peoples party of this stats for harmonious cooperation of all the free silver forces upon presidential electors, congressmen and legislators to be chosen at the coming election, be it Resolved, That we do not deem it expedient to at this time to name a candidate for congress for this district but that we leave the matter in the hands of a committee of nine, one representative from each county in the district to be named by the respective delegations of this convention. and also that our congressional committeeman, F. D. Craig, be ex-officio chairman of said committee, with plenary powers to act for said convention as in their judgment they deem best for the cause we represent. And that this committee is instructed to take such action as will best promote the cause of free silver in this district and in the state. In accordance with the above resolution the following committee was appointed: Newton—Sheldon Smith. Morocco Jasper—J. A. McFarland, Rensselaer White—D. H. Overly. Monticello Porter—Michael Barry. Valparaiso LaPorte—Wm. T. Kimsey, Michigan City Tippecanoe -D. J. Wood, Lafayette
Benton—W. X, McCollough. Lochlei Warren—W. J. Mavberter, Williamsport Lake—A. O. Ottenheimer, Hammond The convention adopted the following resolutions as their political faith: Resolved That this convention indorse the national and state platforms of the people’s party as adopted at St. Louis and Indianapolis and the nominees of those conventions. Resolved,That we believe, with Abraham Lincoln. that this should be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people instead of a government of the trusts, by the syndicates and forthe corporations. The greatest of preparations are being made for the farmers institute to be held at Parr next Monday. There will certainly be a good exhibit of farm products, and the event will be a great success. Every one seems to be planning to attend. Mrs. Imes has received her first selection of fall millinery among which are some beautiful new designs. See her new walking hats and sailors, and other popular styles.
Since the Reformation, no such general religious awakening has been experienced as that which marks the closing years of the nineteenth century and the question discussed in the September Arena by I. N. Tayler, “Is a Universal religion Possible?” is one that has exercised many minds. While of course, all discussions of this nature must be merely speculative in character. Mr. Taylor handles the question in such a broad, comprehensively, and unorthodox manner that his paper cannot fail to be of great interest to all those to whom the great subject of religion appeals.
The September Arena contains a paper by James Malcolm, on •‘A Remarkable Statistical Report,” which discloses revelations as startling as did Mr. Stead’s “If Christ came to Chicago.” It deals with the statistical report recently issued by the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics, and points out the frightful injustice done to the great industrial population of the country your present unfair system of taxation, which multiplies the burdens of the poor man by adding to his already too heavy load that which should be borne by the rich man. This paper should be read throughout the length and breadth of the land, and the question it discusses should be agitated until a just and equitable system of taxation is established.
In the September Arena Rev. B. W. Williams discusses the “Evils of Land Monopoly,” and m a short but pithy paper shows the baleful results which flow from monopoly in land—the gift of the Creator to his creatures, but which has been wrenched from them by grasping syndicates and private monopolists. Mr. Williams points out the extent to which foreign landlordism prevails in the United States and gives a long list of the names of foreign dukes barons and earls, also of American syndicate and private monopolists who own vast tract of land in this country, with the number of acres held by each which is very suggestive.
N[?]braska Campaign Opened.
Lucoln, Neb., Aug. 6. —Ex-Cougress-cn Horr of New York opened the ■Lmpaign for the republicans in this tuie Wednesday night. He spoke to ‘•-ige crown in the M street park, tgmg the election of McKinley.
Tennesses Town Scorched
Knoxville, Tenn.._Aug. s.—The entire business portion of Concord, eighteen miles from here, consisting of nine stores, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The fire originated. in the telephone office in the center of the block and spread to adjoining buildings. One of these contained powder and dynamite, which exploded, accelerating the spread of the flames. Loss, about $20,000; partially insured. No lives were lost. The origin of the fire is said to be incendiary. Annie Boch, a dissolute woman, was found dead in bed in New ork, with her throat cut from ear to ear. The police believe It a murder.
• Warner & Collirfs, 5 • f Hank, Rensselaer. J 5 South Side ** * ■ • *♦ * * Grocery. • £ Highest Price Paid for Butter and Eggs. SCHAMPION BINDERS • •BUCKEYE • and other Farming Implements. • ■ —• ■ JD LJ VJI J_jO, The reputation of these thoroughly HI • modem harvesters, Champion and ? O CJ 1\ Jl\ 10, Buckeye, have icon here places • WAGONS. front ranks of favor. ■ • Have the kindness to get prices and terms from Warner & ® Collins bofore buying. tfh
A. L. Willis —. Bicyclesmith and Cun maker.__M>Repairing of all kinds. Has complete line of extras for ■ alll kinds of wheels. New tubes, rims, pedals, etc. A specialty ofcleaning bicycles. Ordinary handle bars changed to adjustible at small cost. Kotvels House Block, Rensselaer.
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WHO OWNS IT?
Doe* Thu Country Belong to American* or to Foreigners. Southern Mercury: It Is high time for the American people to wake up to the fact that this country is going into the hands of foreign money lenders, and they will soon control it, if they do not already own a majority of the railroads, factories, breweries, furnaces, etc. Only contemplate for a moment the vast interests now held by foreigners: Sixty per cent of the stocks and bonds of the vast Pennsylvania railroad system is said to be owned in Europe. Nearly all the Illinois Central railroad, extending from Chicago to New Orleans, with great city properties and branches and laterals, is owned in Holland. Great ownership in the Immense properties of the New York Central railroad company, and all its vast railroad connections, is held in Europe. A controlling interest in the Great Northern railroad, running from Lake Superior to the Pacific ocean, is owned in England. A controlling interest in the Northern Pacific railroad, lying south of and as extensive as the last named railroad, is owned in Germany. Large, if not controlling interests in every other important railroad in the United States, are owned by European investors. The immense Carnegie iron works at Homestead, in Pennsylvania, are owned principally in Scotland. The controlling Interest in the famed Pillsbury flouring mills at Minneapolis, the largest in the world, is owned in England. The great iron mines of the Lake Superior region, said to produce 10,000,000 tons of iron ore a year, are largely held by English investors. A controlling Interest in the Grant Smelters in Denver and Omaha, the largest in the world, is owned by Englishmen. Foreigners own immense interests in the breweries of the country, largely, if not controlling. The largest bankers of New York are foreigners, or representatives of foreign banking houses. These are the great gold shippers. A large percentage of our fire and marine insurance is in foreign insurance companies. Five-sixths of all the freightage of our foreign commerce is carried in foreign vessels. Foreigners own millions of acres of our farming lands. They own many millions of dollars? in value of our city properties. Their mortgage loans overspread the face of the country.
Foreigners own millions of acres ot millions of United States bonds, and' state bonds; and they own untold millions of city bonds, and other municipal obligations in the United States,, and vast amounts of other properties, not here specially stated. So great has become the aggregateof all these ownerships in the United States properties by foreigners living in foreign countries that the aggregate cannot be less than $7,000,000,000 or $5,000,000,000, with an average of earnings of not less than . 5 per cent per annum.
Headquarters to Be in Chicago.
Canton, 0., Aug. 6.—Chicago will be the republican headquarters and New York will have only a branch. This conclusion is announced here with authority and reasons are given for the statement. It is recognized by Mr. Hanna that the main battle for votes is to be made in the west, and consequently Chicago will be more convenient as a base of supplies for campaign literature and other information incident to the work of the presidential struggle. For several years the populist and prohibitionist parties in Nebraska have had direct legislation planks in their platforms. This spring the regular democratic convention, which met at Lincoln on April 22, put the following plank in its platform: “We are in favor of the Initiative and Referendum system as an aid to securing a government of the people, for the people and by the people.” This is the third state, Massachusetts and Oregon being the other two. In which the democratic party has declared in favor of direct legislation. But in Nebraska the gold faction of the democratic party went to the other extreme and denounced the principle in the following language: “We believe in the government founded by the fathers of this republic and in the constitution, which for more than a century has been the admiration of the civilized world, and we repudiate the theories of populists and so-called democrats allied with populists, who would destroy that constitution for the socialistic experiment of Initiative and Referendum.” This is the first time any political platform has denounced direct legislation, or referred to it as “socialistic.” It is pleasing to reflect that this was only a bolting faction, however, and that it received no recognition in national convention. Direct legislation is a principle that is in no sense partisan, and should receive the earnest consideration of everybody Interested in restoring the government to the people.