Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 25, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 12 December 1896 — Page 4
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THE MAIL.
A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
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SATURDAY. DECEMBER 12.1896.
THE HOLIDAY MAIL.
The Christmas number of The Mail will be issued next Saturday, December 19th. It will consist of twenty pages, with a handsome illustrated cover. As usual it will contain many features of more than ordinary interest, together with a grent amount of reading matter incidental to the holiday season. The Christmas Mail is one of the striking features of the holiday season in l'erre Haute, and this year's issue will not be inferior to those of former years. Its value as an advertising medium is well known to the merchants of Terre Haute, and all the leading business houses are represented in its columns. On account of the extra labor involved in binding the paper, the last form will go to press Friday night, and all copy for advertisements should be furnished early in the week in order to receive the proper attention.
Tiik real news about the Cuban situation seems to be harder to get hold of than a prize in a lottery.
Thrhk is one product for which America can secure the markets of the world without any trouble, and that is apples. Since the 1st of July over 1,750,000 barrels of the fruit have been shipped to Europe, where they sell without any great competition.
MR. MCKINI.KY has no comment to make on the president's message. Mr. Bryan will make his comment at some length, he announces, in a communication to the press of the country. Could anything more strougly emphasize the difference between the opposing candidates for president In the recent election.
When William McKinley becomes president on the 4th of March he will be the third Methodist since the founding of the republic to occupy the presidential chair. It Is a singular fact that all these occupancies have been since the war, the other two
Methodists l»elng Presidents Grantand Hayes. Six of the presidents have been Presbyterians, eight were Episcopalians, one. (iarfleld, a member of the Christian church, and two wen' Unitarians.
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C. mmDLKSTON. F. J. PIEPENHKIKK. DODDLESTOH PIEPESBRIBK, PROPRIETORS.
PUBLICATION OFF ICR,
Nos. 20 and 22 South Fifth Street, Printing House Square.
The Mall is sold in the city by newsboys and all newsdealers, or will be delivered to any address, by mall, at the rate of 83 a year, il or six months, or 50 cents for three months. Entered at the Postofflce at Terre Haute, Ind., as second-class matter.
THK war against football seems to be gaining strength. Some of the state legislatures are disposed to pass laws making the game misdemeanor, and now it is announced that the association of college presidents, which meets In Chicago next week, will unite In an effort to eliminate the game from the list of college sports.
ELECTRICITY and the bicycle have practically destroyed the market for horses, and It Is said that the present winter will see 100,000 horses starve to death in the state of Washington alone, where they have been turned loose to shift for themselves, Whole herds of horses have been offered at the rate of $1 to 8 per head, and at these prices they are a drug on the market.
THK Kentucky court of appeals has decided that Scott .Tackson, the murderer of Pearl Bryan, Is not entitled to a new trial, and he must therefore hang. The decision in his case affects that of Alonzo Walling, who was convicted with Jackson, of one of the most awful tragedies of the decade. The date of their execution will devolve upon the governor of Kentucky, but has not ret been announced.
Thk breach between the gold and silver factions of the Democratic party does not seem to be lessening, although in this state It Is said that an effort will be made to bring them together. In New Haven, Conn,, recently In a municipal election the rival factions each had a candidate for mayor, and as a result the Republicans elected their man, something that has not Occurred before In many years. In Chicago the contending forces will each have a celebration of Jackson day, the anniversary of the birth of Andrew Jackson, each claiming to represent the simon-pure Democracy. President Cleveland has been invited to address the gold Democrats, and Mr. Bryan will probably address the silveritM. The feeling in Chicago between the factions is so bitter that it Is likely they will never be again united, unless in the face of some great emergency.
Thk report of the secretary of the Interior for the current yea* presents some interesting figures concerning the public domain of the United States. The public lands still vacant amount to over (00,(100,000 seres, not including Alaska, with an area Of acres. About 85,728,731 acres have been patented to railroad*, and there itrt yet due railroads and wagtm roads under their grants an aggregate of U4.7Wi.83S acne. The total acreage aggregated from the public domain was Wft,Jl#.W acres, TtM newvtary deems It desirable that our teftereage should be taken up by actual inters, to whom every encouragement ftbould he given. Mid says that If the rate? of settlement continues in the future as In tfc* pittf
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very Uttle raouit Uad will be
left in thirteen years' time. He urges legislation for the preservation of the forests, in accordance with a report to be submitted to congress by the Forestry Commission, which has lately returned from a tour of inspection. Secretary Francis calls the attention of congress to the necessity of legislation looking to the reclaiming of arid lands, and says that of the 300,000,000 acres of arid lands 100,000,000 acres might be reclaimed by the conservative use of water, but it is impossible, under the laws now in operation, to control the reclamation of the arid regions so as to prevent the improvident use of water over which the general government has no control. This should be done by a system which contemplates the reclamation of the entire territories from a common source of supply and the utilization of that supply, or by the adoption of the suggestion of the commissioner of the general land office that is, to place the lands in the direct eontrol of the states for reclamation.
A landslide is sure to bring into prominence some wild-eyed cranks, and the most prominent of all seems to be Mayor Pingree, of Detroit, governor-elect of Michigan. Mr. Pingree seems to have all the qualifications to throw "Bloodybridles" Waite, Pitchfork Tillman, Llewellyn of Kansas, and Pennoyer of Oregon, into the shade. Mr. Pingree announces that he intends to hold on to the office of mayor of Detroit until his term expires, notwithstanding the fact that he will after January be the governor of the state. The mayor, governor and crank in general has the presidential bee in his bonnet as well, and all of his official acts will have in view the furthering of his chances of securing the presidential nomination in 1900, if not from the Republicans, from any other old party. The voters of Michigan will doubtless live to rue the day that they made such a character the governor of their sovereign state.
AT the last session of the Indiana legislature a committee was appointed to thoroughly investigate the penal institutions of the state aud look into the matter of employing convicts on the public highways. The committee has prepared its report, and will show some interesting facts in connection therewith. It was found that the men who come out of the prisons of the state are not reformed in any manner. They seem to serve an apprenticeship in crime during their first terms and they are not at liberty when their first terms expire. Statistics show that the increase in the number of criminals in Indiana is greater in proportion than the increase of the population. This fact alone is said to show that there is something radically wrong with the prison system, for a large number of convicts are serving theirsecond and third terms. The committee will report against the working of prisoners in the penitentiaries upon the public highways. There is no assurance that the method can be successfully carried out and there are other matters demanding the attention of the state before this question is given consideration. Reformation will be urged as the one thing needful up to the time of the adoption of the grade system in the prison south no steps had been taken in this direction. The convict should be educated as well as Is possible during his career In the institution and he should be given every chance to improve his condition aud thus be able to take some interest in the world. The convict leaves the prison unfit to associate with men he cannot make his own living and consequently he falls into crime once more. The committee advocates the indeterminate and parole laws to be enacted in this state and to be used in connection with the grade system at the prison south. With the indeterminate and parole laws in force, prisoners are simply sentenced to the prisons by the judges or juries without any special time for their Incarceration. When the prison authorities believe that the convict has become a changed man when he gives every evidence that he can go out Into the world and live an upright life, he is paroled. If ho fails to keep up his good record, back he goes, but so long as he behaves himself he is as free as are other men.
DKI-AWAKK is to have a new constitution. There Isn't much news of general Interest in this simple announcement, un til it Is understood that the little commonwealth, wtth a vote less than cast in this congressional district, with one congressman and two United States senators, has had its constitution, adopted in 1791, amended but once, and that in 1832. Delaware has the whipping post, deprives certain classes of free speech, as was shown last fall, when the advocates of the single tax theory were refused the right to hold public meetings, and is otherwise recognised as one of the back numbers in the union of free states. The Bayards and the Saulsburys have been fighting for years for pre-eminence in control of the affairs of the little state, and when the Democrats were in the saddle there one or the other of these families was in the lead. Since the Republicans gained control, resulting in the election of an United States senator, the contending Democratic factions have been compelled to take a back seat. In the recent election the Bayards were prominent as gold Democrats, and the son of the United States minister to England was the gold Democrat candidate (or congress. The other faction won, owing to a split in the regular Republican organisation, and although McKinley carried the Mate, Democratic state officers, congressman and legislature were elected, and the free silver people are in control. The Saulsburys are in the saddle now, and one of their moves will be in favor of a new constitution for the little state. Etelaware is a peculiar state. It has but three counties. The city of Wilmington is the only town of importance, containing nearly half the popu
Ution of the state. Delaware has no pen* itentiary, no asylum for insane, blind, deaf and dumb or any kind of Institution supported by the state. Punishments forcrime are limited to hanging, jail sentences and whipping, the last for petty offences. For this purpose a whipping post stands in each jail yard. The whipping post Is brought into requisition as a punishment for vagrancy. Of coarse all this has nothing to do with the necessity for anew coo-
TERBE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL,, DECEMBER 12, 1896.
stitution bnt simply shows the uniqne character of the little state and its people. When the old constitution was revised in 1883 the three counties of Delaware were of equal population, so that territorial apportionment for tike legislature was as fair as any, and on that basis each county had ten members, three senators and seven representatives. This apportionment Is no longer equitable, the county of New Castle having as large a proportion as the other two counties combined. This is one of the subjects to be dealt with by the convention. Another is the simplification of the judicial system, making the judges elective, with a tenure of fixed terms instead of life. The patronage of the governor, too, which is something enormous, about three hundred offices being in his gift, will be largely taken away and all these be made elective. The restrictions on the right of suffrage are also onerous, among other things the payment of a poll tax being required. This has opened a wide door to fraud and corruption and has made possible such men as Addicks, whose peculiar efforts in
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behalf lost the state to the Republicans. Delaware was formerly a slave state with about 3,000 slayes and a greater number of free blacks. They are forbidden to vote under the present constitution, but under the amendments to the federal constitution this clause is overridden. Delegates were chosen at the recent election to form a new constitution. The courts have been called on to take a part in the proceedings, and the results of the constitutional convention will be watched with interest.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Fine Gaudies of all kinds at McGahan's, corner Fourth and Cherry.
Consignment.
I have received several thousand dollars' worth of Jewelry to sell. Would be pleased to have the public call and see me for articles in Jewelry, such as Watches, Chains, Charms, Rings, Cuff Buttons, Thimbles, etc.
H. F. SCHMIDT.
Buyers of Candies
of any kind and quantity will do well to call on Eiser for prices.
Heating Stoves.
Geo. S. Zimmerman still has a complete assortment of Heating Stoves which he is selling at great ly reduced prices. Give him a call.
New goods received daily suitable for Christmas presents, including Lamps, Bric-a-brac, etc. Prices the most reasonable in the city.
GEO. J. HAMMERSTEIN, 307 Main Street.
Good Coal Cheap.
You can get more heat for the motley out of a ton of coal from the Broadhurst mines across the river than from a ton of any other coal sold in the market. It is cheaper, too, than any other coal in the market, the price being but $1.65 per ton delivered. The over-the-river coal has always had a good reputation in this market, and the coal from the mines of J. N. & Geo. Broadhurst stands at the head. If you have never used any of the Broadhurst coal give it a trial and be convinced that it is in every way equal to representations. Orders can be sent by mail, or left at the city office, 110 south Third street, St. Charles Hotel, and they will receive prompt attention. Patronize a Vigo county industry, and try the Broadhurst coal.
Go to Wilvert, 1115 Main street, for fine Candies and your Christmas goods.
Fruits,
Game,
bles.
At E. R. WHght& Co's
Tttrkeys, Chickens, i, Geese, '1 '"-""v. Duck*]
Vegeta
•o •*, 647 n*in
Quails,
Rabbits, Squirrels, Fancy Frni&i
All the
Vegetables.<p></p>E.R.Wright&Co
-Street.
Banquet Lamps, ParW Lamps, and every desirable Lamp, in numbers never before equaled in this city, at prices that can not be beaten.
GEO. J. BAMMERSTEIK,: 307 Main Street.
Frencb China Dinner Sets, 102 pieces, in choice of three colors, at George J. Hammerstein's, 307 Main street, at prices ranging from $17.50 to $20 00. What more suitable Christmas present can be suggested.
Santa Claus
Has his Mantels on exhibition at Finkbiner & Duenweg's, and invites his friends to call and see them.
Go to Wilvert, 1115 Main street, for fine Candies and your Christmas goods.
Our Candies Pure
and healthful, and cheap as any. Eiser makes candies and buys from manufacturers.
A person who defrauds another of his money by selling a spurious article is bad enough but when he injures health by his trickery he is a monster. Beware of the imitations of "Garland" Stoves and Ranges and preserve your health. For sale by C. C. Smith's Sons Co., Third and Main streets.
A fine line of Christmas Goods, such as Easels, Unframed Pictures, etc., at the most reasonable prices at the Art Department ot the Havens Geddes Co
Boegeman's Reduction Sale. In order to reduce the large stock we have bought for a long, cold winter, we shall slash the knife into prices clear down to the cost mark, to FORCE THE SALE and turn the stock into cash at once. We have the largest and most complete stock of Arctics, Wool Boots and Rubber Goods in the city, and our Leather Goods are up to our usual full limit, and Solar Tip Shoes in endless varieties. Men's Working Shoes. Never did we have a better line of hand-sewed, heavy sole—the best made. But they must all move. Remember, we do not issue these circulars every full moon for effect, but only when we mean business, as we will be able to prove to you when you come to see our prices. We are not connected with any other house, or have any one else selling our goods. ONLY IN OUR OLD STAND, 104 south Fourth street, Terre Haute, Ind. Next to Ehrmann's meat market, corner Fourth and Ohio.
Wilvert makes a full line of Bon Bons, Chocolate Creams, all kinds of Taffies, Cream Wafers, etc. 1115 Main street.
At Baur's Pharmacy you will find what you are looking for in Holiday Goods. They have an elegant line of Leather Goods, comprising Cuff and Collar Boxes, Card Cases, Pocket Books, Traveling Cases, Writing Desks and Tablets and Cigar Cases. A rich and tasteful line of Perfumes and Cut Glass Bottles, brush and Comb Sets and many other attractive novelties, all fresh and new and at reasonable prices.
For your Christmas Candies go to McGahan's, corner Fourth and Cherry.
Do jour holiday shopping at the KLEEMAN Dry Goods Co's.
The most complete line of Choice China ever shown in the city at Geo. J. Hammerstein's, ,307 Main street. Prices very reasonable.
Everything new at E. W. Leeds', including Diamonds, Watches, Silverware, Tea Sets, Silver Novelties, Opera Glasses, Gold Headed Canes, and everything found in a first-class jewelry stock. The prices are so reasonable as t" pat him in touch with those who want to buy. Remember the place, 521 Main street
We d^n't wish to see any ot our reader* dcfnrtnfefl, and must warn them against the many coanterfeita of "Garland" Stoves and Ranges. These articles are without donbt tbft hest that we have seen bsrat*fnl as weU as suefuL For sale by C. C. Smith's Sons Co.', Thin! sad Main streets.
L. B. ROOT & CO.
PANTS
Great Clearance Sale
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Cloaks, Furs and
Imported Garments and Suits
HIGHEST GASH PRICE PAID FOR
DEAD
Also Tallow, Bones, Grease
OF ALL KINDS,
At my Factory on the Island, Southwest of tbo City.
Harrison Smith,
Office, 13 S. Second St..
TERR HAUTE, IND.
Dead Animals removed free within ten miles of the city. Telephone 73.
At Greatly Reduced Prices.
To introduce our new and elegant Cloak room favorably to the great trading public, we put in an unusually choice line of Paris, Berlin and New York garments. They have served our purpose for exhibition and as models, and the few left will now be sold at about half price.
Elegant Paris Wraps that were $85.00, reduced to $39.00. Elegant Paris Wraps that were $75.00, reduced to $35.00. Elegant Paris Wraps that were $60.00, reduced to $30.00. Berlin and New York Wraps reduced to $20, $25, $30 and $35. Black French Coney Capes, 30 inches long, full sweep, $$, $7.50, $9, $12 each. Black Astrachan Capes, 30 inches long, full sweep, $10, $12, $15, $18 each. Black Wool Seal Capes, 30 inches long, full sweep, $15, $18, $20, $25 each.
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BOOKS
FOR THE THOUSANDS.
Never before*have we shown such a complete line of desirable Christmas Presents in the way of Fine Art Calendars, Children's Books,
Gift
Wilvert makes a full line ot Bon Bons, Chocolate Creams, all kinds of Taffies, Cream Wafers, etc. 1115 Main street.
French China, Bric-a-brac, Breakfast Sets and China Plates at the lowest prices ever offered in the city, at Geo. J. Hammerstein's, 307 Main street.
Vandalia
V-P
Holiday Excursions.
One and One-third Pare for the Round Trip.
Ticket* to be on sale Dec. 94. 25,31, and Jan. 1st, '97, Rood returning to and including Jan. 4.1807.
Students' Holiday Rates.
For students of seminaries. colleges and universities presenting certificates signed by the principal of the Institution tickets will be sold at the same rate available from the beginning of vacation, with return limit not later than January lltb, 1897. These rates apply to all points In Central Passenger Committee territory excepting the western termini of the Trunk Line Association.
Homeseekera' Excursions Tuesday. Dee. IS. MM, to potato in western, northwestern, southern and southwestern states.
One-way Settlers' rates Tuesday, Dec. 1Mb, IMS. to points in southern states. For reliable information apply a* city ticket ofltae. 064 WAbash ave„ telephone 97. or Lnlon Depot. uEOBGK E. FARRIXGTOX,
Books, Works by Staudard Authors, in
attractive bindings for Christmas, Albums, B. ush and Comb Sets. Pillow Dex, the new game, only 25 cents.
A full line of Eugene Field's works, including Field's Songs of Childhood, set to music, and Field's Love Songs. Nothing more acceptable can be given for Christmas than a handsome book or calendar, and you can get the most for your money right here.
Boole Department
Havens & Geddes Co. To Your Measure $3 to $6^
MADE BY HOME TAILORS.
SUITS PBOPOBTIOUATELY LOW.
A. Iv. Bngle, OSS Wabash Ave
CJTREET IMPROVEMENT FINAL E8TI0 MATE. Notice Is hereby given that tho final estimate report, of tho cost of the Improvement of first alloy north of Walnut street from oast building line of Sixth stroot oast, and parallel to Walnut stroot. to east llnoof alley running north and narallol to Hlxth stroot. was on the 1st day of December, 181W. referred to the committee on st roots and alioys, and any person aggrieved by such estimate may iear before said committee, ontlio2d day •y. 1897, at tho office of the city civil engineer In said city, and make objections
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thereto, which objections will be reported by said committee to the common council of tho city of Torre Haute at the next regular meeting of said council after the said committee shall conclude the hearing upon said objections and all persons Interested may bo heard In reference to such objections before the council.
STREET
Pennsylvania
General Agent.
JTELSEtfTHAL,
A.
Justice of tlie Peace and Attorney-at-Law.
VgmrtkThbd Street. Terre Haute, Ind.
CIIA8. II. GOODWIN. city Olerk.
IMPROVEMENT FINAL ESTIMATE.
Notice Is hereby given that tho final estimate report of tho cost of the Improvement of the alley between Fifth and Sixth street, from noit.li building line of Walnut street north *o tho north line of alley running west between Ohio and Walnut street, was on the 1st day of December, 1HW, refertt red to the committee on streets and alleys, and any person aggrieved by such estimate may appear before said committee, on the 2d day of January. 1H&7. at the office of the city civil engineer In said city, and make objections thereto, which objections will bo reported by said committee to the common council of the city of Terre Haute at the ling the said committee shall conclude the hear-
next regular mee of said council after
lng upon said objections and all persons Interested may be heard In reference to such objections before the council.
CHA8. H. GOODWrN, City Clerk.
REAL ESTATE, LOANS
Collecting Agency and Accident Life Insurance. Loans promptly made on city property ana, farm land at lowest rates.
Thos. A. E. Cantwell,
328H Ohio Street, Long Block, Room
GEO. HAUCK&CO.
Dealers In all kinds of
COAL.
049 Main fttreet I 634 X. Eighth Ht. Telephone 33. Telephone l*C,
J. A.. DAILEY,
503 OHIO STOA.-HIBJT. Give him a call If you have any kind of Insurance to place. He will write you In as good companies as are represented In the city.
gAMUELM. HUSTON, Lawyer, Notary Public.
Rooms 3 and 4.517H Wabash avenue. Telephone, 497.
SANTO. DAVIS. FRANK J. TURK.
DAVIS & TURK
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
43»X Wabash Are. TERRE HAUTE. IND.