Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — Page 4

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State Ticket.

SAMUEL RALSTON. Secretary of State. JOHN W. MINOR, Auditor of State. JOHN G. M'NUTT, . Attorney General. HENRY WARRUM, Clerk of Supreme Court. W. B. SINCLAIR. Superintendent Public Instruction. JAMES S. GUTHRIE, State Statistician. EDWARD BARRETT, State Geologist. JUDGES OF SUPREME COURT. LEONARD J. HACKNEY, Second District. JAMES M CABE, Third District. TIMOTHY E. HOWARD. Fouffli District. JUDGES OF APPELLATE COURT. EDWIN TAYLOR. First District. C.J. KOLLMEYER, Second District. EDGAR A. BROWN. Third District. J ' WILLIAM S. DIVEN. Fourth District. JOHONNES KOPELKE. ' Fifth District. The County Ticket. For County Clerk, JOHN F. MAJOR, of Carpenter Township. For C’ouijty Auditor, GEORGE O. STEMBEL, of Wheatfield Township. For County Treasurer. MARTON I. ADAMS, of Marion Township. For County Sheriff, WILLIAM C. HUSTON, of Milroy Township. For County Surveyor. DAVID E. GARRIOTT, of Union Township. For County Coroner, DR. P. J. POTHUSJE, of Carpenter Township. Commissioner Ist District, FRANK M. HERSHMAN. I Commissioner 2nd District, LUCIUS STRONG. For Congress. JOHN HOSS, of Tippecanoe County. For Joint Representative, DAVID H. YEOMAN, | • of Jasper County.

& Wherever an American soldier tails let the stars and stripes forc ever float. Clark’s eminent success as a 'Journalist and business man consists of running a sheet on money furnished by his relatives. We know whereof we speak. L The editor of the Democrat has conducted this paper for four months and has not been asked to sign a statement acknowledging himself a liar, Clark was compelled to do that after a journalistic career of about the same number of months. ■LvC / \ Hi’ - / Everyman on the Democratic [ ticket stands squarely on the Chi- ; eago platform and the people will | make no mistake by voting the whole ticket which is pledged to lower expenditures and reduce

With four republican papers and one that is trying to be, to apoligize for the wasteful extravagance of the board of commissioners for the past three years the republican party of the county ought to be happy —but it isn’t.

The corner stone of the new court house cost $486. The original cost of the stone to the contractors was $1.35 per cubic foot. The working and shaping of the stone required the labor of one man 8 days. The quality is the same furnished for the walls of the building and builds up the same as any other stone and the only extra that should have been asked and allowed was for the extra size and extra labor. The Rensselaer Marble works offered to furnish the stone of pure white marble for SSOO from material that cost $5.00 per cubic foot for the undressed material but their proposition was not considered and almost as large an amount was allowed for a stone that cost but $1.35 per cubic foot.

Editor Democrat:—l notice that you are still quoting from Bulletin No. 4 now while there is no doubt as to the correctness of your figures, yet they are not always a safe guide as to high or low taxes. Take a county where the people are all in moderately good circumstances, where there is a good sprinkling of millionaires, who can not dodge the assessor, and the per inhabitant tax will be high while the real tax (the tax per valuation) may be comparatively low. In Bulletin No. 4, from which you quote, Allen county’s " expenses are $10.32 per inhabitant and Jasper’s is $5.64, yet by the recent report of theaud-

itor of state Allen county pays, on the SIOO valuation, 17 cents less county tax than Jasper. By Bulletin No. 4 Jasper stands seventh in high expenses per inhabtant, and in real taxes (taxes on the valuation of property) about ninth or tenth. Persons who want to be honest, who wish to get at the real tax status of Jasper county, as compared with other counties, will if they examine the new report of the auditor of state, easily find that we are unjustly, unreasonably and ridiculously taxed. While this tax question is again before our people it is to be'hoped that it will have as little party politics mixed with it as While the republicans have fastened this burden upon us, here in Jasper, in other counties equally heavy loads have been imposed by continued democratic rule. The people of the tax ridden counties have mixed national and county politics together too much, w T e look too much to the government capital and too little to the county seat.

A Drama in Four Acts.

ACT 1. Editor: “Many things have I said against mine enemy and many things will I yet say. Mine enemy deserveth all the vile epithets I can bestow upon him. I have called him a robber, a thief and said many things calculated to wring his heart and make him cry out in anguish and I will eat my words, never! never!! never!!! (Curtains) < ACT n. [Editorial room, furniture, presses, etc., companion and two “soiled doves.”] (Curtains rise.) Embraces! Kisses! Embraces! Kisses! Living pictures! (Curtains fall amid sounds of revelry within.) KOI in. (Attorney’s Office.) [Companion, “soiled doves” and Notary.] Each sign document and Notary affixes seal. (Curtains.) ACT IV. (Attorney’s Office.) [Editor and Notary.] Editor: “Publish not that

story (pointing to affidavits) and I will acknowledge myself a liar before the world. I have falsely accused my brother Editor arid if you will give me one more chance I will sign the papers and leave the town forever, (falls .on knees before the Notary.) Notary hands him the papers and he signs.

More About Those Bonds.

The Secretary of Treasury invites subscriptions from the people of the United States for S2OO, 000,000 of the bonds of the 3 per cent loan authorized by the act of Congress to provide ways and means to meet war expenditures. Subscriptions will be received at par for a period of thirty-two days, the subscription being open from this date to 3 o’lock p. m. on the 14th day of July, 1898. The bonds will be issued in both coupon and registered form, the coupon bonds in denominations of S2O, SIOO, SSOO, SI,OOO, and the registered bonds in denominations of S2O, SIOO, SSOO, SI,OOO, $5,000, SIO,OOO. They will be dated August 1, 1898, and by their terms, will be redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the United States after ten years from date of their issue, and due and payable August 1, 1918. The bonds will bear interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, payable quarterly; the interest on the coupon bonds will be paid by means of coupons, to be detached from the bonds as the interest becomes due, and the interest on the registered bonds will be paid by checks drawn to the order of the payees, and mailed to their addresses.

The law authorizing this issue of bonds provides that in allotting said bonds the several subscriptions of individuals shall be first accepted, and the lowest amounts shall be first allotted. In accordance with that provision allotments to all individual subscribers will be made before any bonds will be allotted to other than individuals. All individual subscriptions for SSOO or less will be allotted in full as they are received, and such subscriptions must be paid in full at the time the subscription is made. If the total sum subscribed for in amounts of SSOO or less should exceed $200,000,000 the allotments will be made according to the priority of the receipt of the subscriptions. Allotments on subscriptions for over SSOO will not be made until after the subscription closes, July 14th, and will then be made inversely according to the size of the the smallest subscription being first allotted, then the next in size next, and so on, preference being given to individual subscriptions. Persons subscribing for more than SSOO must send in casTi or certified checks to the amount of of 2 per cent of the sum subscribed for, such deposit to constitute a partial payment, and to be forfeited to the United States in the event of failure on the subscriber’s part to make full payment for his subscription, according to the terms of the circular. Allotments to subscribers for more than SSOO will be made as soon as possible after the subscription closes.

In order to avoid a too rapid absortion of funds into the Treasury, with a possible consequent evil effect on industry and commerce, any subscriber for more than SSOO will be permitted to take his allotment of bonds in installments of 20 per cent, taking the first installment within ten days after the notice of allotment, and the balance at four equal intervals of forty days each, in four installments each of 20 per cent of the bonds allotted. Delivery of bonds will be made in instalments as payment for them is received, and payment must in all cases be made in full as the bonds are taken. The 2 per cent deposit will apply on the final instalment. Any subscriber may pay for the whole amount

allotted him within ten days from the date of the notice of his allotment. Interest will be adjusted from the time of the actual payment, whether paid in one sum or in installments as 'permitted. Separate subscriptions from one individual, although made from time to time, will be aggregated and considered as one subscription for this issue of bonds. The Secretary of the Treasury will receive in payment for the bonds post-office money orders payable at Washington, D. C., and checks, bank drafts, and express money orders collectible in the cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Lbuis, New Orleans and San Francisco. All money orders and bank drafts must be drawn in favor of the Treasurer of the United States. The money orders and bank checks so re-

ceived will be forwarded for collection by the department, and as soon as returns are obtained the subscriber will be credited with the amount of his subscription as of the date of collection. The Secretary will also receive in payment for the bonds certificates of deposit issued by the Assistant Treasurers of the United States in the above-named cities. These certificates of deposit may be obtained from any Assistant Treasurer in exchange for gold coin, gold certificates, standard silver dollars, silver certificates, United States notes, Treasury notes of 1890, and national bank notes; and the subscriber will be credited with the amount of his subscription as of the date of the certificate of deposit. The Secretary will also receive currency sent by registered mail or by express direct to the Treasury department. For the mutual convenience of the subscribers and the Department, a blank form of letter to accompany remittances has been prepared, and it may be obtained at of national and state banks generally, at the several subtreasuries of the United States, at any money-order post office, and at any express office.

The bonds will be dated August 1, 1898, and they will be forwarded to subscribers at the address designated by them free of expense for transportation as soon after that date as possible. The bonds will be accompanied by a check for the amount of interest due the subscriber at the rate of 3 per cent from the date of his payment "to August Ist, 1898. * All remittances and other communications relative to this loan should be addressed to the Secretary of Treasury, Division of Loans and Currency, Washington, D. C. All subscriptions must be received at Treasury’ department, Washington, D. C., not later than 3 o’clock p. m., Thursday, July 14, 1898. No subscriptions received after that date and hour will be considered.

Judicial Convention.

The Democrats of the 30th Judicial district will meet in delegate convention at Goodland, Indiana, on Friday, July 22, 1898, at 1:00 o’clock, p. m. and nominate a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney to be voted for at the November election, 1898. The apportionment will be one delegate for each 100 votes and fraction over 50 votes cast for B. F. Shively, for Governor, in 1896. Jasper county will be entitled to 14 delegates. Dawson Smith, Ohm. Benton Co. D. W. Shields, Chm. Jasper Co. W. D. Martin, Ohm. Newton Co.

Dr. J. W. Horton,

Graduate of the Haskell school of prosthetic denistry, is established in the new brick, first door weet of post office. All operations performed according to the latest methods. lO“Special attention given to the painless extraction of teeth by the use of gas and local anaesthetics.

Jack Warner. Wagon and Carriage REPAIR SHOP. We do all kinds of repairing in Wood, Iron or Steel. All kinds of Repairing of all Kinds of Vehicles. We have a first class carriage blacksmith. We paint carriages and other vehicles and make them as good as new. BICYCLES PAINTED to look like new ones, at reasonable prices. ALL OUR WORK WARRANTED Give us a call, learn prices and inspect our work. Jack Warner. Shop on Front Street. 1 Block South Nowels House.

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The Menieus Lenses. The particular advantage these Menieus lenses possess are that they give much more correct secondary axes and when adjusted to the eye yield more perfect vision through the periphery of the lens, rendering the field of vision much larger and more distinct. The above is a scientific fact. If you want a pair of these lenses of the best material in the world, correctly adjusted to your vision, notify, or call on Dr. Chas. Vick, the Optician, Rensselaer, Ind.