People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1897 — Page 4

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The People’s Pilot. BT F. D. CRAIG, (Lessee.) r * . , -- l&OT PUBLISHING CO., (Limited.) Proprietors. David H. Yeoman, President. Wm. Washburn, Vice President. Lee E. Glazebrook. Sec’y. .1. A. McFarland Treas. The People’s Pilot ts the official organ of the Jasper and Newton County Alliances.and .» published every Thursday at ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM Bntered as second class matter at the post office in Rensselaer. Ind.

400 Years of Murder.

It is an insult to the Cuban patriots for this coed try to even suggest, as Olney is doing, the possibility of anything less than absolute independence. Oh, for the spirit of Patrick Henry to burn those immortal words across the star Set canopyof heaven, “Independence or Death.” Of all the nations which God has permitted to despoil the weaker peoples of earth, the most damnable is Spain. Sines the day that Columbus returned from his historic voyage, the Spanish name has been a badge of shame. Her boasted maritime powers was but a reign of pirates; the conquests of her armies in America in the name Christianity, was tut -the march of brigands against peace loving, defeneless people. The butcheries of Cortez and Pizarro, were too revolting for anyone to excuse, and the whole history of Spanish rule in America is but a continuation of the same inhuman, blood-stained vandalism, and it is perpetuated to-day by Weyler in Cuba as ferociously as it was begun four hundred years ago. With the cross at their head they pillaged the temples of the civilized people of Mexico, Yucatan and Peru, races far more highly civiized than themselveß, in all the impulses of the heart, truer in all their virtous aspirations, intellectual, of a far finer culture, unselfish boyond the comprehension of modern teachers of the Great Doetrin of unselfishness. The Creator Himself could not forgive the black deeds of Costile and this displeasure seems to have followed them for a hundred years from the height of power and splendor and vanity to the very depth of national weakness, poverty and degradation. Coleny after colony has driven her legions of tax gathering tyrants onto and into the sea; her rich possession, that odco girded the earth and enslaved millions of wretched mortals, are all gone but Cuban aad the Phillippenos and they are beyond her control or ] ower to recover. Think of America hesitating to lend her moral support to the bleeding patriots at her very ‘ shores, when by every precedent of our own history wo should send our soldiers and ships to right a wrong that has offended decency on earth and shocked the Merciful Presence above. It is the same Spain that burned the libraries of Yucatan, that destroyed the priceless parchments preserved in the archives of the Mayans for i)000 years, that sacked the towns of unopposing, trusting butdecieved people, that carried torch and sword into the homes of welcoming natives, that violated unprotected virtue, that carried countless thousands of innocent captives into slavery in foreign lands to die of torture indescribable. It is'Spain, composed of the same robber Spaniards, the same wanton despoilers of happy homes and peaceful governments; the same destroyers of civil zation, the same greed cursed nation. Thank heaven there are men in this country. Men who feel the blood of free ancestors coursing through their veins, and who know the duty they owe humanity and posterity. They are noblemen indeed, who at this hour dare defy the cringing serfs of capital who are trying to smother the patriotic response . of Columbia’s free sons to the cry for justice by oppressed Cuba. On! brothers, on! Response to your hearts honest impulse i 6 the divine call to action. If the great nation fails to do its duty, do not hesitate as to your individual responsibility, Remember the deeds of Kossiusko, Lafayette and the thousands of other liberty loving spirits who crossed the broad Atlantic to follow the Stars and Stripes. The way is open for you to cross the narrow channel that separates Cuba from Floriaa and fight under the banner of Free Cuba. The absurdity of Spanish threats of war against the United States is conceded by all. President Cleveland’s position as regards Cuba can be somewhat accounted for by the fact that Caban bonds are largely held by the Wall street element to whose interests he has so ably devoted himself.. Cuban independence would mean depreciation if not repudiation of theae stocks.

* ‘ ' ' » * r ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' 1 ill 111 111 111 i 7 1 1 7 7 ? 7 1 7 7 I 7 7 } > Ellis & Hurray, RADICAL REDUCTIONS. M M Sensational Sales. No Reserve Stock, Every Department in our entire double store represented--dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, cloaks, carpets, furnishing goods, everything goes. Sale Commences Friday Morning, January Ist, ’97, 8 o’clock, Continuing until Jan. 15th only. 15 days of the keenest merchandising ever known in Jasper County. Read the list carefully. Then make up your wants, for you cannot afford to miss this Sale. Getting ReadyClearing counters—Gaining space—For the Slaughter ■ S V ’ * OF A $40,000 STOCK.

Domestics. Yard-wide unbleached muslin 4c Good unbleached sheeting 5c * Superior unbleached sheeting.... *6c Extra heavy unbleached sheeting. 7c Yard-wide bleached muslin 5c Fine bleached muslin..... 6c Extra bleached muslin 7c Lonsdale (green ticket) 7£c Lonsdale cambric. 8c Light shirting prints 4c Dark dress prints 4<* Best indigo blue prints..... . ...:. 5c Best turkey red prints .-. • 5c Good shirting 4|c 7c Best heavy shirting 8c Good canton flannel 4£c Better canton flannel 5c Heavy canton flannel 7c Extra canton flannel 8c One lot all silk ribbons, all widths 5c

We have reserved the following until you have read the above list of Keen Cut Prices, the lowest ever named in this. County. Prom Friday Morning, January Ist, until January 15ttj, We will give an extra 10 per cent discount on every article purchased in our house, be it great or small. RUUIS & MURRAY.

Suicides multiply. Values and banks tumble. The cloud of stagnation darkens. The change of executive® approaches. The period of depression lengthens. Mortgage foreclosures crowd the docket of every court. Values m Jasper county have fallen one-third to one-half in a year. The Populists of South Dakota are purging the party of the Hannacrats. Owing to the machinations of the trust that controls that commodity, leather continues to advance in price.

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT, RENSSELAER, IND.. THURSDAY, JANUAR * c 97. —■ ■ ■■ ■— ■■ 1 - - -

The newspapers of Nebraska are giving much praise to Governor Holcomb for the character of his appointees. Nebraska voters are following the lead of lowa and demanding a non-partisan conference at Lincoln, Jan. 6, 1897. It will take nearly twice as many acres of land now to pay for the court house, as it would have taken one year ago. Thanks to a fight between the Sugar Trust and the Arbuckle coffee company the price of coffee has gone down a few cents. The feasibility and constitutionality of the state taking individual action in regard to practical bi-metallism is being widely discussed by the newspapers.

One lot all silk ribbons, widths 7, 9 & 12, worth from 15c to 25c, go at 7c 5 Full standard ginghams 5c 5 Good ticking 8c 5 Heavy ticking 10c 5 Extra ticking 12^c 5 Best A. C. A. ticking 15c 5 Turkey red table damask, 25c 5 quality 16c ! Half bleached damask; all linen.. .23c s 54-in bleached damask, 50c grade. 32c ! 60 in bleached damask, 65c grade..39c K' Blankets. I 25 Pair extra fine, all wool blankets, \ worth $6, |7, SB, $9, at half value. , 50 Pair gray blankets at 49c, 75c, 98c a pair, worth double. Underwear. i Ladies fine union suits, $2.50 quality, at...... $1.87

What promises to be a most unique and interesting gathering is the National Congress of Mothers, that is to convene shortly in Washington, D. C. According to the report of Labor Commissioner Powers, the farmers of Minnesota have realized on their crops 17,500,000 less in 1895 than in 1891. Chairman Prewete, of the Populist State Committee of Mississippi, has issued an appeal to the Populists of that state to lay aside prejudice and work for the principles of Populism. Secretary Olney will submit plans to congress. Jan. sth, by which the United States will act as mediator between Spain and Cuba and guarantee to the island semi-independence, and amnesty to the insurgents.

Ladies fine union suits, $2.00 quality, at '. $1.48 Ladies fine union suits, $1.25 quality, at 98c Clark’s spool cotton 3c Belding sewing silk 4c Best drop cambric 4c Dress Goods. Dress goods in plaids, novelties, cloths, cashmeres, serges, henriettas, etc., etc. To be closed. 40-in henriettas, all colors, 35c grade, at.... 20c 40-in novelty dress goods, worth 75c, at 49c 45-in black serges, worth 65c, at. .45c 45-in black henriettas, worth 65c, at 45c Hosiery. 50 doz. men’s heavy seamless socks, at sc, 7c, 10c a pajr

W. J. Bryan’s lecture at Atlanta was a most unqualified success, but at its close he refused to accept the SIO,OOO check that would have bound him to. deliver the entire series of lectures. He has as yet not fully stated his plans. The New York Journal, one of the most independent papers in the east, recently published a number of interviews with leading business men, in regard to the present status of business. Reports were made from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, New Orleans, Memphis, San Antonio, Denver, Kansas City and San Francisco. The most hopeful reports were from the west and south where a very slight improvement was noted. Eastern men state that the depression has become more marked during the last month.

Ladies fleece lined seamless, fast black hose, at 10c 25doz. Ladies fine all wool seamless cashmere hose, 35c grade, at. ..18c 10 doz. Gents all silk Teck scarfs, at. ..23c 25 doz. Gents heavy under shirts and drawers, 35c value, at 25c 25 doz. Gents fine heavy shirts and drawers, white, gray or jersey ribbed, 65c grade, at 43c Sweaters. Full" line of men’s and boy’s, from Men’s overs for felts at lowest prices ever quoted anywhere. 100 pair Ladies fine shoes, French Kid, hand turned. These shoes were worth $3, $4, $5 a pair, all go in at sl-50 a pair These shoes and the gents Teck scarfs at 25c we accept from our regular discount sale.

Senator Pettigrew, S. Dak" j has been leading the fight! against the Pacific railroad steal®* He urged the appropriation of 1 $10,000,000 to take up the trust * notes and explained fully hof|« the branch lines are being used! to divert business from the ma|jj| line, on which the government. | holds a lien, that the road is not 1 insolvent, as it is claimed, but I that the floating debt was created! to complicate and embarass the! government liens. The samel disgraceful methods of bribery! and corruption that character*! ized the Credit Mobilier have I been and are being used. On 1 the other hand Senator Thurs-i ton of Nebraska, urges that the| government would get more by 1 passage of the Pacific Funding I bill than by foreclosure. A-I measure can be judged by it£d| friends as well as by its enemies®!