People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — Page 1

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i'Jiii'lilililiiiiii (Q)Lc!JtsviiiLNEwAißmxCHiaEaßi[fa • ■■■ ‘-wwo-e. —» . The Direct Line to Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati LaFaycttc, Louisville, Went Baden, French Lick Springs I and All Points South. Frank J. Reed. G. P. a., Chicago. Mofion Time Table No. 28, in Effect Sept 13. NORTHBOUND. SOUTH BOUND. No 4, 4.30 a m Nc 5 lOtWa e. No 40... 7.31 a m No 33 1.53 p m No 32. 9.55 am No 39 6.03 d m No 6 3.30 p m No 3 11.80 p m No 30 6.19 pm No 45 2.40 p m No 74... 7.40 pm N 046,. 9.30 am no 74 carries passengers between Monon and Lowell. No. 30 makes no stops between Rensselaer and Englewood. No. 32 makes no stops between Rensselaer ‘and Hammond. Train No. 5 has a through coach for Indianapolis and Cincinnati, vla-Roachdale; arrives Indianapolis 2:40 p. m.; Cincinnati, 6 p. m. No. 6 has through coach returning; leaves Cincinnati 8:30 a. m.; leaves Indianapolis 11:50 a. m.: arrives Rensselaer 3:30 p. m., dally. Tickets can be purchased at regular rates via this new route. W. H. Beam, Agent.

CHURCHE& FIRST BAPTIST. Preaching every two weeks, at 10:45 a. m. and 7 p. m.; Sunday school at 9:30; B. V. P. U. 6 p. m. Sunday; prayer meeting 7 p.m.; 0. E Voliva pastor. CHRISTIAN. Corner Van Rensselaer and Busan. Preaching, 10:45 and 8:00; Sunday school, 9:30; J. Y. P. 8. C. E., 2:30; B.Y. P. S. O. E., 6:30; Prayer meeting, Thursday, 7:30 Rev. Findley, pastor. Ladies' Aid .Society meets every Wednesday afternoon, by appointment. *** PRESBYTERIAN. Corner Cullen and Angelica. Preaching. 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday School, 9:30: Junior Endeavorers, 2:30 p. m.; Y. P. 8. 0. E., 6:30. Prayer meeting, Thursday, 7:30 Ladies Industrial Societv meets every Wednesday afternoon. The Missionary Society,monthly. **# METHODIST E. Preaching at 10:45 and 7; Sunday sehool9:30; Epworth League, Sunday 6: Tuesday 7: Junior League 2:30 alternate Sundays. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7. Dr. R. D. Utter, pastor. LADIES AID BOOIETY, every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. CHURCHOE&OD. Corner Harrison and «sss: 7:30. Rev. F. L. Austin, pastor. Ladles Society meets every Wednesday afternoon, by appointment. *** CHRIBTIAN.-BAIIKLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST. Freaching every alternate Lord’s Day. Morning, Sunday School 10:00; Preaching ll:oo. Evening, Y. P. S. C. E., 7:3o; Preaching, 8:oo. Rev. R. S. Morgan, Pastor. LODGES MASONIC. —PRAIRIE LODGE, No. 126. A. If. and A. M„ meets iirst and third Mondays of each month. C. G. Spitler W. M.; W J. Imes, Secy. EVENING BTAR CHAPTER, No. 141. O. E. S., meets first and Third Wednesday’s ol each month. Nellie Ilopkius, W. M. Maud E. Spitler. Sec'v. *** CATHOLIC ORDER FORESTERS - Willard and third Sunday of the month -at 2 p. m. E P. Honan, Secy., Frank Maloy, Chief Ranger. ,*** ODD FELLOWS. IROQUOIS LODGE, No. 149,1. O. O. F., meets every Thursday. W. E. Overton, N. G., S. O. Irwin, Sec’y. RENSSELAER ENCAMPMENT, No. 201, I. O. O. F., meets second and fourth Fridays of each month. T. J. Sayler, C. P.; John Vanuatu. Scribe. RENSSELAER REBECCA DEGREE LODGE No. 34(1. meets first and third Fridays of each month. Mrs. Mattie Bowman, N. G.; Miss Alice Irwin, Sec’v. *** I O. OF FORRESTERS. COURT JASPER, No. 1703, Independent Order of Forresters, meets second and fourth Mondays Geo. Goff, O. D. H. C. U.; J. W. Horton, 0. K.

Furniture Reparing.

I am prepared to do repairing of furniture, upholstering, and other woodwork; residence east part town. J. H. Fishel.

Tire JLots For Sale. Situated two blocks from court house, on Cullen street. Excellent residence location- For paticulars see Mrs. Allen Catt, Rensselaer.

Dissolution of Partnership.

The firm os Thompson & Bro., is mutually dissolved. The debi s and credits of the firm will be paid by, and to David J. Thompson. Simon .P. Thompson, Marion L. Spitl.sk, David J. Thompson, November 7,1896.

Fireman’s Masquerade.

The Rensselaer fire laddies will give their annual masquerade ball on Thursday evening, the 31thInst, New Year’s eve. About 300 invitations will be issued and a grand time is anticipat d. The ball is given to replenish their treasury which has been depleted in caring for sick brothers. Visitors will bo admitted to the gallery at 25 cents.

Chrielmas Peultry.

The highest cash price paid for Christmas poultry by B. S. Fendig, opposite Makeever House and Hemphill’s barn.

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT.

Were the Ballot Boxes Stuffed and Bryan Robbed Of His Victory?

More Votes #■ R Reported Cast Than Existed In Several States.

The public will remember that when the press reports of the late election were stating that McKinley had swept all the doubtful central western States by big majorities, that Chairman Butler would _hot McKinley’s election even after other campaign {managers had given up. He stated that he had reliable information showing that Bryan had made gains in States .like Indiana, Ohio, lowa, Minnesota, California and other States big enough to give him the electoral votes of these States by good majorities. Jfiven when the State chairmen in these States conceded that McKinley had carried them Chairman Butler said that he could not understand it and insisted that there was something^wrong. The official count of the vote in these States is now coming out and they throw much light on the matter. The vote taubulated in Ohio, lowa, Minnesota and Indiana shows that there is something not only wrong but very rotten. In Indiana the following are the complete | figures -as taken from the official returns: Democratic and Peoples, 305,425; Republican, 323,82 b; Prohibitionist, 3,056; Gold Standard, 2,146; National, 2,268; Socialist Labor, 323. McKinley’s plurality, 18,403; McKinley’s majority, 9,610. Total vote cast, 637,046.

In 1892 the same totals showed the following vote: Democratic, 262,740; Republican, 255,615; Prohibitionist, 13,050; Popuiist, 22,208. Total vote, 553,613. This shows an increase of 83,433 votes since the last Presidential election. This is an unreasonable increase, when we consider that the last Republican candidate was Mr. Harrison and that he lives in Indiana. It was claimed in 1892 that Harrison brought out a remarkably full vote. Therefore there was little stay at home vote to swell this tremendous increased vote. The increased vote would indicate that the population of that State had increased a half million since the last election, and this is unreasonable. Another thing that proves that this increased vote is not straight is that nearly the whole of it is counted for McKinley. Just think of it, Bryan this year got 50,000 more votes in Indiana than Harrison got in 1892. Now a man who could gain 50,000 of the votes that were cast for Harrison in 1892, would certainly get at least half of the increased vote if it was not bogus. It is clear that the gold Hng bought up election officers and stuffed the ballot bores or made this insrease in some other unlawful way and counted it all for McKinley. Now let us look at Ohio. That State this year gave 4.75,000 votes for Bryan. This is 70,000 more than it gave Cleveland four years ago, when the vote was so close that one of the Cleveland electors was elected, and is the largest vote ever hitherto given by that State to any candidate, Democratic or Republican. It is

RENSSELAER IND., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1896.

Senator Buttler’s Paper Gives Startling * # Figures.

170,000 more than Campbell received last year, and 48,000 more than Bushnell, the present Governor of the State received. The biggest vote ever received by any Republican candidate up to 1896 was Bushnell’s vote in 1895, and that was 427,000. This years .Bryan beat Bushnell’s vote by 48,000, and yet is reported as defeated by, say 50,000 majority. How was it done? The returns show that the total vote of that State this yekr is 259,784 votes more than was cast last year (1895). The contest in that State last year for Governor was a very exciting one, and the vote was 100,000 larger than ever cast before in the State. The Republicans tried to explain the great increase then by saying that every vote in the State was cast then for the first time. On the other hand the Democrats charged that votes were imported and that ballot boxes were stuffed. They showed that the population of the State was 3,825,000, and that counting oue voter of every five of the population that the total vote could not be over 765,000 while the returns showed 840,506 votes. Now here comes a Presidential election only one year later and the total vote is 259,444 laeger than it was last year. There is something very rotten there. No one can claim that the population of Ohio has increased over a million in one year, and it would take such an increase of population to explain this increase of vote even if the election was honest in 1895. In short comparing the population and the total- vote in Ohio this year, it would show that nearly one person out of Wery three of population (counting women, children, convicts and insane) voted. This is absurd. It is impossible. /es there is something rotten in Ohio, and if it can be investigated and the truth arrived at, it would show that Bryan carried the State.

“In 1892 Kentucky’s total vote was 340,848. Cleveland received 175,461 and Harrison 135,441. In 1895 Kentucky’s total . vote was 3t)7,057. In 1896 Kentucky’s total vote was 406,000. Of these Bryan received about 202,981, McKinley about 203,410. In Kentucky Bryan received at least 27,000 more votes than Cleveland received in 1892, and at least 30,000 more votes than the successful candidate for governor received in Kentucky in 1895. But Kentucky’s vote increased about 50,000 in one year. Where did they all come from? Next let us look at lowa. In 1892 the combined Cleveland and Weaver vote in lowa was 216,* 000; Harrison’s.vote was 219,000; total vote, 435,000. The total vote this year was 512,000; of which Bryan received 223,000, McKinley 289,000. This was a gain in four years of 77,000 votes. Of this gain Bryan received 7,000 aud McKinley 70,000. This was a gain of 770 votes in each of the 100 counties of the State. Counting live inhabitants

to each vote, we have an increase of population in lowa in four years of 3,850 to the county, a total of 385,000! The census of 1890 gives lowa 1,911,000 population. The State census, taken last year, gives .the population .as 2,058,0Qp, a gain in four years of 147,000. If the vote this year was honest, and the census of 1890 and 1895 correct, then lowa has gained 238,000 souls during the hard times of the past year, whereas she gained but 147,000 during the four subsequent years! Could such a thing as this happen? It is absurd and shows that there is something rotten in lowa also. Another most remarkable phenomena. of ttie lowa vote is found in the fact that nine-tenths of the 70,000 new voters voted

for McKinley. This phenomena was also witnessed in Minnesota, where every one of the 50,000 new voters of that State voted the Repuplican ticket; and again in Indiana, which increased its vote 80,000, McKinley receiving 67,000, of the increase. In an interview the other day Mr. Hanna said: Our first poll of lowa showed the Republicans 600 in the minority.” In our opinion, the population of lowa began to increase from the date of the discovery of this condition. If during she past year of hard times lowa has had such a transcendent boom in population, gaining 238,000 souls, what possibilities await the State if we should ever again have good times? When the returns from other doubtful States iu the West and Northwest are ready no doubt the evidence of crookedness will appear. Had it not been for the frauds in the States mentioned above, it is almost certain that the electoral vote of each would to-day be in the Bryan column, which would give Bryan 235 electoral votes or 11 more than enough to elect. This matter should not be allowed to pass without an official investigation. If it was done by buying up election officers, the amount of the fraud will be difficult to determine, but it should be investigated by all means.— The Caucasian, Raleigh, N. C.

The length of life may be increased by lessening its dangers. The majority of people die from lung troubles. These may be averted by promptly using One Minute Cough Cure. Sold by A. P. Long. Mrs, O. E. Hershman has received her fail stock of millinery, conbibting of walking hats, sailors, and Tam o’ Shanters. Her prices are always below all competitors. We will accept wood on subscription. Jasper county’s farmer’s institute will be held Monday Tuesday, January 18 and 19, 1897. The instructors are to be T. E. Terry of Hudson. Ohio, and A. O. Loclcridge, of Greencastle, Indiana. Wood sawed by tte Wood Brothers. Studebaker wagons for sale by U. A. Roberts. Take your grain to Coen & Brady’s new elevator, level driveway and dumps. Cancer positively and permanently cured. No core—uo pay. Address Dr. A, W. Armocost, Brooketon, Ind. The bazaar which will be held by the ladies of (he presbyterian church will open Wednesday, Dec. IC, You can buy a buggy of C. A . Roberts, or any artical in the carrage line. No cheap jobs handled. , Mrs. L. M. luies is nosv displaying a fine line of millinery novelitieß’, consisting of pattern hats, baby bonnets, trimmings of feathers and birds in profusion.

For Christmas Charity.

Some of our leading people have interested themselves in the laudable object of affording relief to those in our midst needing the common comforts of life, of whom it must be acknowledged there are many, some even now permitting themselves to suffer from the actual necessities of life, rather than let their sad

condition be known. Many homes there are, in our own small city, so the investigating committee reports, where the necessity of rigid economy will prevent any outlay to gladden the hearts of expectant childhood at Christmastide. Of all the days in the year, this one, so appropriately consecrated to gifts of friendship and deeds of iove, should be made an event so joyous and free from the sting of want, that each recurring anniversary will be anxiously awaited, and will forever remain a memory green as the years of youth gradually pass into those of maturity and finally fade into the twilight of life. No one is so poor that he cannot afford some gift or deed of kindness to some one else, and it is a duty we owe ourselves to practice at least once a year the precepts of the One Great Giver; we will be the better by stopping to think of humanity for even one brief day, and tne greater the benefit to ourselves the more truly must our gifts come from the heart. As a means of realizing money with which to carry out the proposed charities, the services of Mrs. Annie Ward Foster of Detroit have been engaged, and under her direction local talent has been organized into a Ladies Minstrel Show, to present the laughable entertainment, “Smoked Pearls,” Mrs. Foster is an accomplished reader, impersonator and manager, and no one can be disappointed by anticipating a rich minstrel treat. The total proceeds will be devoted to the object mentioned above. Price of arbn‘%* sion 25c and 85c, Seats reserved at Huff’s. Remember the date, Monday night, Dec. 21. - _____ To cure ail old sores, to heal an indolent ulcer, or to speedily cure piles, you need simply apply DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Srl ve according to directions, its magic like action will surprise you. A. F. Long. Mrs. Beishman will dispose of her wliole.line of new millinery at greatly reduced prices. Some beautiful pattern hate. Everything fresh and seasonable Lots in the Leopold addition adjacent to the court house ale the choicest of any in the city. Remember the best wagon on wheels is for sale by C. A. Roberts. Its the Studebiiker. A.L. Willis can do your bicycle repairing. Shop opposite Newels block. Parties waating corn buskers r.nd shreaders call on C. A. Roberts. Key Stone Corn Shelter for sate by Robert Randle.

OPERA HOUSE, MONDAY NIGHT, DEC- 21, “SMOKED PEARLS” j LADIES MINSTBH ENTERTAINMENT [ OF THE HIGHEST ORDER OF MERIT CONDUCTED BY ..-j, ■m*.—Local Talent, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF " 4 ■ ’ ( Minnie • Var 3 • Foster Zizzsr - mr The whole proceeds for Christmas Charities at Home. 25 and 85 Reserved Seats at Raff’s,

Two Silver Champions.

- Doubtless many of our readers, who appreciate the importance of the restoration of the bimetallic standard, would like to subscribe for and support a farm paper which while unsurpassed in Its agricultural, household and other departments, at the same time has been the leading exponent of the bimetallic principle of finance. With a view to supplying this want, we have made a liberal clubbing arrangement with the

Farm, Field and Firoside of Chicago. For many years this great paper has been pointing out to the farmers that low prices were the result of a cootrae tion of standard money to the gold basis and urging them as a patriotic duty oj self defense to vote for the restoration of silver. So effective has been its work, especially during the late campaign, that Qftjjlrgten Jones acknowledged to Wm. J. Bryan that it had done more towards the restoration of bimetallism than any other single agency. AS will be seen by our combination offer on another page, we can give paper in combination with the People’s Pilot, both one year, for the low price of •1.60. This offer also includes twenty packets of the best seeds in the market from the Farm, Field and Fkeeide’a free seed distribution, where 10 cents extra te paid for postage and packing. The Farm, Field and Fireside and the People’s Pilot are two papers which Mark Hanna’s boodle could not influence in toe late campaign.

Soothing, and not irritating, strengthening, and not weakening, small but effective such are the qualitiee of De Witt’e Little Early Risers, the famous little pills. Sold by A. F. Lone.

Obituary

David C., eldest son of Daniel S. and Catharine C. Makoevor, was boro in Jasper county, Indiaua, west of Rensselaer, Dec,, 1863. Ho lived there until he was 23 years of age, when he went to the West, where he married Mary, daughter of James and Salome Cunningham. Of this union was bom one son. He returned to his old home in the fall of 1895, to visit his people. Early in the spring of 1896 ho went to North Dakota, to prepare a home for himself and family, his wife and son remaining for -the time with her father In Missouri. His death was a shock to all hiß friends. Only a fews days before his death, his wife received a letter from him, stating that he was in good health. He was a member of the or German Baptist church,, The body of the deceased arrived in Rensselaer, Sunday morning, Dec. 6., and waß buried in Weston cemetery at 2 p. m., tbe Knights of Pythias conducting the burial service. The same day at 3 p. m. the funeral services were held in the Trinity M. E. Church, the pastor, Rev. R. D. Utter, officiating. The wife of the deceased was not able to attend the funeral on account of the illness of her son. Besides these, one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Lester, of Nebraska, and one brother, D. S. Makeoverof this county, together with many relatives and friends remain to mourn his death.

Lost

one $lO bill and one 92 bill, somewhere in town. Finder will be rewarded by returning same to Thomas Parker, Rensselaer, Ind, Key Stone Com Shelter for sale by Robert Randle.

NUMBER 25.