Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1898 — Page 2

The republican. OHIOIAL PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY fISSVED EVERY TUESDAY 4 FRIDAY BY GEORGE E MARSHALL, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. •OFFICE— In Renublican building on corner Wash tug ton and Weston Streets. •JTSfRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One Year • $1.50 Six Months -75 Three Montlis . . .50 Tuesday, January 11, 1898.

Republican Organization For 1898.

Rooms of the Republicah State | Central' Committee. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 28,1897. ) "To the republicans of Indiana: It has been decided by the Republican State Central Committe that •the republicans in each county of the State of Indiana shall, on the 22nd ♦day of January, 1898, by precinct ♦meetings, by townships, ward or •county delegate or inass conventions, ♦or in such other manner, and at such hour and place as may be designated bv the County Central Coimnit- ■ tee, and after at least ten days' publication of notice thereof, in the republican press of the county, to be given by the officers of the County Central Committee, transact the following business. First—Elect from each voting precinct one member of the County Central Committee. The County Central Committed so chosen shall >meet at such place as may be designated by the County Chairman, on •Saturday, January 29, 1898, at two ♦o’clock p. m., and elect a Chairman and Vice-Chairman, and provide for the selection of a Secretary and Treasurer.

Second —Elect delegates and alternate delegates to a Congressional District Convention, at which one member of the State Central Committee from such Congressional District shall be elected. The several counties of the State •shall be entitled to representation in said Congressional District Convention as follows: One delegate and one alternate delegate for each two hundred votes, and each fraction of one hundred votes or over cast for Hon. Henry G. • Thayer. Elector-at-Large for the State of Indiana, at the election held November 3, 1896: , -APPORTIONMENT TO COUNTIES BY DISTRICTS. * * * * TENTH DISRICT. No. Dele- Vote of gates. 1896 Benton 10 1,998 Jasper, 10 2.032 Lake 24 4,883 Laporte 23 4,691 Newton 8 1,545 Porter 14 2,852 Tippecanoe 31 6,239 Warren .10 2.045 White 12 2,383 Total 142 **. * * The delegates so chosen from the counties composing the several Congressional Districts of the State shall meet on Tuesday, the first day ■of February, 1898, in Congressional" District conventions as follows:

10th District, Lafavette. The State Central Committeeman from each district shall publish the hour and place of holding the convention for the district. The new State Committee shall meet at the Denison House, in Indianapolis, on Tuesday, tlie Bth day of February, 1898, at two o’clock p. in. and shall elect a Chairman, ViceChairman, Treasurer and Secretary, and transact such other business us may be deemed necessary. At each of the district meetings there will be transacted no other business than that above designated. We urgently request that every republican in the State attend these meetings and assist in the selection of the best men possible The Chairman of the Marion County Central Committee is authorized to call the meetings for the purpose of electing delegates to the Seventh Congressional District convention on Monday, Januarv 29, instead of January 22, as provided in other counties in the State. This call is issued by order of the Republican State Central Committee, made at the meeting held in Indianapolis on the 28th day of December, 1897. Gko. F. McCulloch, Chairman. R. E. Mansfield, Secretary. Six months ago a large number ■of the people of the country were clamoring for the instant recognition by the President of Cuban

> r , > belligerency. The President’s Cuban policy, however, as outlined in his message, seems now to be thoroughly acceptable to the people of this country and but little fault is being found with it, except by those who are bound to find fault with any policy which the President may adopt The indications are that an immigration restriction bill will be taken up for early consideration by the Republicans in Congress. The principal feature of the bill proposed seems to be an educational test to determine whether the immigrant shall become a resident of the United States.QThe Republican part} 7 has always been the party of progression and education, and will push the measure this session as it did a similar one last session which President Cleveprbmptly vetoed after it had been passed by both bouses. No one.man contributed more to the defeat of Bryanism and the silver heresy in the campaign of 1896 than Mark A. Hanna, and though that party was again squarely defeated in Ohio this fall by the Republican party of Ohio, it is concentrating every effort to defeat Mr. Hanna for the Senatorship and thus ‘‘even up” in a personal way, and insure a silver Senate and the blocking of legislation during the first half of President McKinley’s administration.

The Illinois Steel Company announces its orders at this time nearly double those at the beginning of any previous ybar, .and prophesies that the country is entering.upon the best business period within ten years. There is probably no more indication of the condition of business generally than- is shown by the iron industry. Iron and steel enter into practically all branches of business, —building, manufactures, mining, agriculture, railroads, and in fact every branch of trade, and an enlarged demand for it surely indicator an increase in all branches of business. If Mexico has any delegates in the next Democratic National Convention they will undoubtedly be instructed, and will vote for William Jennings Bryan, first, last, and in between times. Mr. Bryan is naturally making quite a hit in that country. It is true that most of Mexico's inhabitants cannot write or read, and that her money per capita is about one-third of the per capita circulation of the United States, and that her dollars will buy less than one-half what American dollars will buy, and that her workmen receive one-third the compensation of those of the JJnited States; these little things

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are so. Perhaps that is the reason Mr. Bryan has made his hit.

Theodore Durrant, a monster of depravity who murdered two innocent young girls in a church in San Francisco, under circumstances of the utmost atrocity, was hanged yesterday at the California state prison. The evidence against him was circumstantial but conclusive beyond every reasonable doubt, yet very nearly three years have passed since the crime and nearly two years since the conviction, but owing to the weakness and the laxity of the governor and the supreme judges of California this unparalled wretch has succeeded, on all kinds of frivolous technicalities in defeating justice during all this time. It is such conduct upon the part of governors and judges that encourages criminals in the commission of crimes, and produces the spirit of mob law among the people.

Those astonishing reports from Washington just after the meeting of Congress which indicated that the Hawaiian annexation proposition was likely to fail cannot stand the test of examination. Many of the men who were regarded as opposed to the treaty are now indicating a disposition to support it, and the chief opposition yet remaining comes from those who are unwilling to look with favor upon anything originating with the Republican party, as this proposition does. Japan has concluded to withdraw her protest, since she says that the United States is really in earnest about it, and' tbat interference by her would unfavorably affect her present friendly relations with the United States. “Bimetallism must mean one of two things: Either it is two kinds of money of unequal value circulating side by side by reason of the exchange of the less valuable for that of greater value, or else two kinds of money of such intrinsic equality of value' that they will circulate naturally side by side. Wahavea bimetallic currency in the United States now. A firm establishment of the gold standard with such interchangeability with silver as will make it acceptable on an equality with gold will maintain this bimetallism, the same as it has existed for the last eighteen years.” —Secretary Gage before House Committee on Banking and Currency. Senator Wolcott lias been characterized as “no quitter,” and this is emphasized in his prompt denial of Democratic canards insisting that he was about to resign his chair in the Senate because the President and his Secretary of the Treasury were unwilling to adopt free coinage without international co-operation. These Democratic editors apparently overlook the fact that Mr. Gage does not now propose anything differing from the principles-laid down in the St. Louis platforln, a platform upon which Mr. Wolcott stood firmly in the campaign of last year.

STATE, COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP TAXES In Jasper unty, Ind., for the Year 1897. r ' * NO 1 ICE I s * HEREBY GIVEN, that the Tax Duplicate for the year 1897 is now in my hands ard that I am ready to receive at the County Treasurer’s office in Rensselaer, the taxes charged thereon. Tlie following table shows the RATES of taxation on each SIOO TAXABLE PROPERTY, and on each TaxablePOLL and DOG: ~ ' jj Townships and Incorporated Towns. i : m ?m m m m -11 <1 r1&1 .& ISI g- 1 g- ■ g-11 • e-1 rIFI•S 1b- 1 r 11FUNDS. !« hH I •=“ ,i rI;!:-1Nrr8i £r?if-> i: I = Hq i : : : i i : r< i : i : h i ® i. : i • :■ O ■ . : • i Q • ; ! ; • • •_ • • ; • 1-3 • • H : ' ; I !■ < ! • i • • i I : : ; : : • : ■ © ; . • © : . ; i . i ®i : i i • i M i • ! • i • i. • !- ! : iM : — - :: i : i I ’ i I I i I I i i t i *. i > o ■ ; : o ! 7 i " — ft $ t rtt $ s V State Tax....].09 j. 09 ;.O9 ].09 pO9 i. 09 !.O9 i. 09 i. 09 i. 09 i. 09 i. 09 i. 09 i. 09 i. 09 ] .09 State School Tax[.ll [.ll [.ll |. 11 Lil [.ll .11 .11 Lil Lil [.ll Lil [/JI .11 1.11 | .11 Benevolent Instn. Fund*.. LOS LOS ].05 i. 05 LOS ].05 .05 i. 05 i. 05 i. 05 i. 05 i. 05 i.(<s i. 05 :.05 i. 05 :::::•*?: : • • • • ’ : • State Debt Sinking Fund .03 i. 03 i. 03 i. 03 i. 03 i. 03 i. 03 i. 03 i. 03 ].03 i. 03 ].03 i.Cd i. 03 i. 03 i .LB Educational Instn. Fund . LOlf|.ol<Lol^.Ol^LOlf LOl^j.ol§i.ol^[.OlfLol§|. OlfLol .01f ;.01j[.01|[ .01§ County Tax .50j!.50|i. 50|[. 50|[.50|!. 50|[.50^. 50|[.50|i.50|[.50||.50|(.50|i.50^1.50fc| .50$ Court House Bonds !. 10 \. 10 ]. lO LlO :. 10 ;. 10 \. 10 i. 10 \■loi.loMoi. 10 [• 10 LlO M 0M 0 Gravel Road Repair Tax. i. 05 i. 05 i. 05 i. 05 i-05 i. 05 i. 05 i. 05 i. 05 i. 05 i. 05 i:OS i. 05 i. 50 i. 05 i .05 Corporation Tax:.... i.... |....*.... ] .70 i....]... .]. .. i.. 25 i.. . .[.... i.... i «... ! : j ! i : j ! j j • • : : i i Sinking Fundi .j.... i.. .. i. 10 i.... L ... i.... i i.... i i. ... i.... i.... i.... i .... Township Road Tax[.ls M 5 i. 15 Ll 5 i. 15 i.lO Ll 5 i. 25 115 i. 15 i. 25 [....[.20 i.. .i. 20 | .30 Township Bridge Tax.... ;.05 LlO LlO i.lO L..J.05 LlO i.lO i. 05 i.lO LlO L...L10 L..J.10 i .10 i / i i i • ! i i ; i i i i i ! Township Taxj.lo i. 25 LlO i. 20 i....L10 i. 20 LlO i.lO i-15 i. 15 25 L.. J. 25 L 25 Special School Tax[.os i. 20 [.20 i. 25 [.50 [.35 i. 25 i. 25 i. 20 i. 20 i. 15 ;.35 [.15 i. 50 [.35 j .20 Township TuitionLls i. 25 i. 20 L 25 i. 35 i. 25 L25-L2O ;.2O i.3P i. 20 L 35 i. 20 ..35i.30 i. 15 Gravel Road Construction i. •• «i ...i... - i-... i.lO i. 40 L••:•• •• jl -00 i.;.. .*i... J .... Special Additional Bond i.... i....;.... i.... i. 20 J.... i;....;.... i..;.;.... i.... [.... i.. [ .... Township Poor Tax [.Ol [.06 i. 02 [.02 [.04 [.04 LOl i.Ol [.04 i. 04 [.OB i.OB i. 03 i. 03 i. 04 [ .02 Additional Special School i.... i.... i.... i.... LlO i.... ii....:.. ...i.... i i. Total Property Taxes .. ||1,46|1.96| 1.72| 1.92|8.49]2.24|1.91|1,86!2.69| 1.89|1.88| L. 98j 1.8811.83j2.19| 1797 : ii ? I : i i j- I ! ] ■’ ii , i i i n i State on each P 011.... ] .50 .50] .50 ; .50] .50] .50] .50: .50] .50] 0 i i • i i. : i : i ‘ i - i ! ! i * s Ni State School on Poll. [ .50i .50: .50! .50i .50] .50] .50 50 50! .50 .50] .50 .50 .50i .50] Q; : • : • : ’ : : . : ; : ■ i \ ; Special School on Poll. i. : . .j....i. ...]....i... •.!....: .25!... .il.oo .... i .... i i i i i i i - i i i ! i i i i P; Corporation P011i.... i.... ii •25 .... : Tp. tuition on P 011.... !....;.!... J.... 1.... i. .L ... ■.... L ... \ ...; .25 !... .i. 25 ... J .... Total Poll Taxes 1./TTL. 1.001.001.001.001.251.001.00)1.00|1.00|1.00^1.0011.50nL700|2.25|1.0Q|To<j (6 mo. old : :Each Male Dog j and o™ i 0 Q 1.00^1.001700 2.001.00:1.001.001.00[l.001.001.001.OOil .001.001.00 j ■ Each F emale Do« and each dog g Vthe°ame% k rwn. or 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00]2.00 2.00:2.002.00 2.00 1. Range Line Gravel Road, 20 per cent, of Assessed Benefits Special Tax Levies 3 2. Union Ditch, 10 per cent, of Assessed Benefits. 3. Wheatfield Ditch, 10 per cent, of Assessed Benefits 4. Gallagher Ditch, 10 per cent, of Cost of Construction. ALL the Road and Bridge Tax and ONELhALF of all other taxes make the FIRST INSTALLMENT and must be paid on or before the FIRST Monday in May, 1898. ONE-HALF of all taxes, except Road and Bridge, constitute the SECOND INSTALLMENT, and must be paid on or before the FIRST Monday in November, 1898. Failure to pay the First Installment when due makes both installments delinquent and attaches a penalty of ten per cent, tq the full amount. The conditions prevailing are such that the Treasurer CAN NOT make and hold receipts for any one. Please do not ask it. PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO TAXATION: < < “The owner of property on the first day of April of any year shall be liable for the taxes of that year. The purchaser on the first day of April shall be considered the owner on that day.” Purchasers of PERSONAL Property as well as Real Estate should remember that ‘TAXES FOLLOW THE PROPERTY when the taxes thereon remain unpaid. ‘COUNTY ORDERS in favor of persons owing delinquent taxes cannot be paid without settlement of the taxes.’ ‘lt is the duty of the TAX-PAYER to state definitely on what property he desires to pay taxes, in whose name assessed and in what township or town it was assessed. THE TREASURER W ILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for the penalties and charges resulting from the tax-payer’s omission to so state.’ The Tax Duplicate for any year is made with reference to property on the first day of April of that year and remains forever unchanged as to the showing of property, and in whose name assessed and taxed. Transfers after the first day or April of any year will never appear upon the Duplicate of that year’s taxes. Those who pay taxes on property in trust, and whose taxes are complicated bx’cL as undivided estates, etc., should pay early enough to avoid the rush of the last few days, as it requires time to mnk*> the divisioßk-and separate receipts. ROAD RECEIPTS must be presented in payment of FIRST INSTALLMENT. The Annual Sale of Delinquent Lands and Lots will take place on the SECOND MONDAI of FEBRUARY, 1898. J. C. GU/IN. Rensselaer, Ind., December 21st 1897. TREASURER OF JASPER COUNTY’

When most needed it is not unusual for your family physician to be away from home, Such was the experience of Mr. ,1. Y. Schenck, editor of the Caddo, Ind. Ter., Banner, when his little girl, two years of age was threatened with a severe attack of croup. He gays: “My wife insisted that I go for the doctor, but qs our family physician was out of town I purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which relieved her immediately. I will not be without it in the future.” 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by F. B: Meyer.

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