Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 15, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 October 1897 — Page 4

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THE MAIL.

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

A. C. DUDDLESTON, editor aid Proprietor.

Publication Office, No. 501H Ohio Street. Telepbone 469.

The Mall Is sold In tbe city by newsboys and all newsdealers, or will be delivered to any address, by mall, at tbe rate.of $2 a year, W for six months, or 50 cents for three months.

ntered at tbe Postofflce at Terre Haute, Ind., as second-class matter.

OCTOBER 9.

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Name of School.

Name of Teacher.

Name of Pupil.

Each Coupon will count as ONE vote. The contest closes Monday, November 1st. 1897.

THE MAIL'S LIBRARY CONTEST. Tbe interest manifested in the contest for the libraries offered by The Mail to three of the public schools of the city continues unabated. The absence, however, from the city during the entire summer of the majority of the teachess and many of the pupils who are interested in the contest, has necessarily caused The Mail to announce a postponement of the close of the contest. It was originally fixed for September 4th, but the date has been changed to November 1st, to cover the time lost during the vacation.

The details of the plan are familiar to the readers of Tbe Mail, and are as follows:

The Mail will print each week at the head of its editorial columns a coupon, which is to be voted at The Mail office for the most popular city school, the most popular member of the city school force, and the boy or girl furnishing the most coupons to The Mail in the contest. At the close of the contest, on the 1st day of November, to the public school in Terre Haute receiving the highest number of votes The Mail will give a Library of Books, to be selected as the successful school may decide, to cost $100. To the public school in Terre Haute receiving the second highest number of votes The Mail will give a Library costing $50. To the public school in Torre Haute receiving the third highest number of votes The Mail will give a Library costing $25.

In addition to these substantial prizes for the schools. The Mail also offers the following inducements to every person interested in the award of these Libraries:

To the teacher receiving the highest number of votes in the City Library Contest, The Mail will give a Webster's International Directory, the latest revised edition, with a Complete Reference Index.

To the boy who is credited with the highest number of coupons in the Library Contest, The Mail will give a $10 Gold Piece.

To the girl credited with the highest number of coupons in the Library Contest, The Mail will give a $10 Gold Piece.

Accoumxo to a decision of the Colum bia, Mo., school board the proper pronunciation of the name of that state is "Miwtoury."

GKNKKAI. WKYI.KH seems to have one of the characteristics of the man with a political job after his party is defeated. He refuses to resign.

THR regular boarders will be interested tn knowing that the crop of prunes in California this year will exceed in value all the gold mined in that state for twelve months, and will easily roach $30,000,000.

Fou a downright manly man commend us to Governor Atkinson, of West Virginia, whose wife is on trial in that state on a charge of forgery, committed before she became his wife. It is said that there is a great deal of spite work in the indictment against her, and the governor declares that if she is convicted he will immediately pardon her. Whether just or not, one can but admire his pluck.

TiiR interest in a national campaign hardly exceeds that manifested in Indianapolis over the election of a municipal ticket next Tuesday. The newspapers are devoting more space to it than they did to the national campaign last year, public meetings are as frequent and largely attended, and as much personal bitterness is being developed as marked tine last contest between the great parties. There are six tickets in the field, but the real fight is between Thomas Taggart, the Democratic candidate, and W. N. Harding, the Republican candidate, Taggart is an adroit politician, smiling and smooth, and while the silver faction of his party opposed him because of his alleged sympathy with the National Democratic plat form last year, he was powerful enough to control the convention that renominated him. Harding is a capable lawyer, and has seemingly the best of the campaign in showing up the weaknesses and jobs of the present administration, bat he has by far the strongest man in the Democratic party In the state *«ainst him. If

he defeats Taggart he can well feel proad of his campaign. There is little of national politics in the Indianapolis contest, and the question whether or not the city has been well managed or mismanaged daring the Taggart regime is the main one at issae. Then as a "side line" there is the street car qnestion, as well as that of gas, telephones, the breweries, saloons, etc. The average citizen of Indiana doesn't feel in his normal condition unless he is in the midst of a heated political campaign, and the residents of Indianapolis certainly have no reason to complain in that respect in the present canr

THEBE seems but little abatement in the yellow fever epidemic in the south, although, as is usual in such cases, some experts have been found who declare that yellow fever does not exist in the localities where it is claimed. Many deaths are occurring, however, the quarantine against affected points continues, and so far as results are concerned, if it is not the yellow fever it is producing the same results. The cost of the yellow fever to the south is simply enormous. The panic into which its throws the Gulf States can hardly be conceived of by those in the north. The railroad service is nearly destroyed trains stop o» passengers are not allowed to land. The people are as much afraid of the loss of commercial prestige as they are of death and yet, instead of trusting to sanitary precautions, they declare quarantine everywhere, and this a prohibitive quarantine. The loss to business is enormouscalculated at twenty five million dollars for New Orleans alone, and two and a half milions for Mobile, as the cotton freight business is all stopped.

Is THERE no limit to what corporations may demand of municipal corporations? It would seem that the limit had about been reached, but a suit filed in the Supreme court of Illinois recently shows that corporation "nerve" has not yet arrived at its highest condition. The street car companies, which come near owning Chicago, body and soul, filed a brief attacking the right of a municipal corporation to demand any compensation, more than a license on the cars run, from a street car company for the privilege of being allowed the use of the public streets. The brief recites that the attempt to make a street car company pay for the use of a street is an assumption that the city owns something which it can sell in the open market, the same as it could an old city hall when it had built a new one, or a fire engine for which it had no further use. The city, the company contends, has no right in the streets it can sell to a street car company or any 9ther person or corporation, its duties bsing to provide them for the "benefit and interest of the public." It would seem from this that in addition to owning the streets of the city the street car companies feel inclined to compel the city to give them a warranty deed for them.

THE latest crisis in Spain, resulting in the resignation of the last minjstry and the formation of another, promises reforms for Cuba. Senor Sagasta, the premier of the new cabinet, says his party is prepared to grant to Cuba all possible selfgovernment, abroad tariff, and every concession compatible with the inflexible defense of Spanish rule in the West Indies. He believes that this will satisfy the majority of the Cubans, but in this he errs. No compromise is possible with the Cubans that does not give them freedom from the yoke of Spain. For nearly three years they have maintained their war for freedom, and are unmistakably stronger now than at any previous time since the insurrection began. It is not likely, therefore, that they will rely on any promises held out to them except that of absolute freedom. A change in ministry means but little to them now. The change announced in the policy of the mother government has weakened its credit, and already the Bank of Spain has refused a new loan ordered. During the past two years, with thp outbreaks in the Phillipine Islands and Cuba, Spain has probably had more experience in transporting soldiers by sea than any other nation in either ancient or modern times. She has sent nearly two hundred thousand men to Cuba, and nearly thirty thousand to the Philliplnes, and yet neither insurrection gives any promise of being subdued. The outlook for her fs far from satisfactory, and when the people of Spain begin to realize the full import of the failure to quell the insurrections internal troubles will increase, and doubtless end in revolution.

THE fountain-head of all the goodness and purity in Greater New York, the CitiKens' Union, composed of college professors and theorists about government, municipal and national, in their efforts to obliterate parties from municipal contests in that city will about succeed in turning the control of the greatest municipal corporation in the country over to Henry George and his followers for the next four years. Henry George, who is an able man, but a wild theorist on almost every subject under the heavens, has been nominated for mayor by a combination of the free silver men of both parties, the Populists, and several smaller political organisations, and is creating an enthusiasm that is likely to put all the other candidates in the rear. George's platform, manufactured by himself, with the Chicago platform of last year as the chief plank, has been approved by many of the leading advocates of Bryan, and George is maintaining. as are his followers, that his is the only simon-pure Democratic party engaged in the present contest, and that Tammany, which has nominated a very weak ticket, on a platform ignoring the Chicago effort, is but a feeble imitator of original Democracy. The Qtisens' Union has also placed a fall ticket in the field, is making an active canvass, and while the Republicans are using every effort for success. the opinion is expressed by some of the most conservative newspapers in the great metropolis that the chances for George's election are better than those of any other candidate. All the elements opposed to Tammany rale might have been united in the present fight, with the

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result that it. would have been ali&pst annihilated, for Tammany without public offices and public contracts from which to fill its treasury, and line the pockets of its officers, would be no Tammany at all. The Citizens' Union with true Mugwumpian spirit however, assumed that all the patriotism and goodness in New York was contained within its organization, and refused to confer with any of the other organizations interested in the fight against Tammany. Many of its leaders were men who had never taken enough interest in public affairs to cast votes in elections, and several of them acknowledged that with the great interest aroused in the last national campaign, and with all that there was at stake, they did not go to the polls to record their preferences Now, these same men assume to dictate to the political organizations that they know all about municipal politics and munici pal government, and close their ears to all attempts to secure co-operation on the part of those who are, like them, opposed to Tammany. It is possible that Seth Low, their candidate, may be elected, or that ex-Secretary of thi Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, who is the Republican candidate, may be elected, but at this distance those chances seem remote. With Henry George and his followers in control of New York for the next four years the rule or ruin mugwumps of the Citizens' Union will be furnished many subjects for thought. The election does not occur until November, and it is barely possible that the boom that seems to have set in for George may lose some of its headway, but now it seems all powerful.

An Unfortunate Illustration.

One of St. Joseph's able orators ODCC accepted an invitation to speak at a Fourth, of July celebration in a neighboring town. Unfortunately the enterprising weekly in the said village saw the point and that is what hastened the orator's vacation. The celebration was all that was desired, and the orator saw his opportunity and made the best of it. He was in the mid^st of his oration when a point was replied where the growth of these great United States was described. To make the effect more forcible the speaker pointed to a woman in the crowd who held a babe in her arms. In a flight of impassioned oratory he exclaimed: "Look at that innocent babe as it nestles in its mother's arms. Just as it draws nourishment from its mother's breast to sustain life, so has the county drawn aid and support from the people who are upholding its integrity and honor."

The orator observed that the woman with the infant in her arms turned red, white and blue in the face, but he took it to be a genuine outburst of patriotism. A second glance, however, indicated that something was wrong. At the conclusion of the address the orator was advised by well meaning friends to keep out of the way of the woman to whom he had directed his remarks. Inquiry brought out the fact that she was a confirmed old maid who had not spoken to a man for at least seven years. She was merely holding the baby for one of her neighbors. It is reported that the speechmaker of the day got his hat and walking stick and soon severed his connection with the assemblage. In the future it may be wagered upon that the orator will hew close to his text.—St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald.

Graves of the Klondike.

Although there are very few people in the country, one is continually surprised at first by perceiving a solitary white tent standing on some prominent point or cliff which overlooks the river. At first this looks cheerful, and we sent many a hearty hail across the water to such habitations, but our calls were never answered, for these are not the dwellings of the living, but of the dead. Inside each of these tents, which are ordinarily made of white cloth, though sometimes of woven matting, is a dead Indian, and near him are laid his rifle, snowshoes, ornaments and other personal effects. I do not think the custom of leaving these articles at the graves implies any belief that they will be used by the dead man in another world, but simply signifies that he will have no more use for the things which were so dear and necessary to him in life—just as, among ourselves, articles which have been used by some dead friend are henceforth laid aside and used no longer. These dwellings of the dead are always put in prominent positions, commanding as broad and fair a view as can be obtained. At Pelly we saw several Indian graves which were surrounded by hewn palings, rudely and fantastically painted, and sometimes by poles.—Outing.

A Queer Qneen.

A captain in a regiment stationed in Natal, when paying feis company one day, chanced to give a man a Transvaal half crown, which, as one would naturally expect, bears "the image and superscription" of President Kroger.

Tbe man brought it back to tbe pay table and said to the captain, "Please, sir, you've given me a bad half crown."

The officer took tbe coin, and, without looking at it, rang it on the table and then remarked: "It sounds all right, Bageter. What's wrong with it?" "You luke at it, sir," was the reply.

The captain glanced at tbe coin, saying: "It's all right, man. It will pass in the canteen."

This apparently satisfied Bagster, who walked off, making the remark, "If yon say it's a' right, sir, it is a' right, but it's the first time I've seed the qneen wi' whiskers on."—London Answers.

Thm "Black Death.*

An eminent Swiss specialist, Br. Yearsin, a pupil of Pasteur, declares his ooavictioaa that the plague which has provailed in southern China stnoe 1894 and in British India since 1806 is the genuine black death of the middle ages, and that it will in all probability reaob Europe in a year or two. ,7 J' ':b

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TBRR-E HAUTE SATURDAY EVENTSG MAIL, OCTOBER 9, 1897.

Should anything occur at any time that is not entirely satisfactory, we will consider it a favor if you will let us know about it.

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Cloak Departm'nt

Are you a judge of Cloaks Do you appreciate good cloth and good tailoring? If you are a judge of Cloaks, you can be suited here. We haven't a bad Cloak in our stock—don't keep that

kind.

Two $10.OO Specials. A fine wool Kersey Jacket, full silk lined, velvet eollar, straps and stitching as trimmings, thoroughly tailored.

A good quality Boucle, front and collar trimmed with broadcloth straps, full Boman, silk lined.

In black and blue, all-wool Kersey, inlaid velvet collar, fly front, full silk lined, trimmed with straps and stitching, a thoroughly tailor-made garment, $11.50.

Elegant line Plush Capes, all new designs in braiding and embroidery, $3.08, 14.98, $6.48, $7.50, $9.38.

Flannels.

U. Cold weather comfort at warm weather I prices. The goods are here and they must be sold. If you believe that win-

ter is coming, buy now. A lot of manufacturer's short lengths in Outing Flannels, usual price 8fe'c and 10c a yard, for 5c a yard.

Choice qualities and styles in Outing Flannels, light and dark, at 8}FJC and. 10c a yard.

Wrapper Flannelettes, 27 inches wide, new styles, 10c a yard. Floconne, anew and handsome material for wrappers and dressing sacques, 15c.a yard.

Imported Swansdown Outing Flannel, 25c a yard.

Two Queens.

"I was much struck," says Max Muller in Cosmopolis, "by the extraordinary power of observation of a French friend of mine, who, when in 1865 tbe queen and the Empress Eugenie entered the Grand Opera at Paris together and were received with immense applause, turned to his neighbor, an Englishman, and said, 'Look at the difference between your queen and our empress.' They bad both bowed graciously and then sat down. 'Did you not observe,' he continued, 'how the empress looked round to see if there was a chair for her before she sat down? But your queen— a born queen—sat down without looking. She knew a chair must be there, as sorely as she is queen of England.'

No Bargains.

"Eternal vigilance," shouted the orator, "is the prioe of liberty!" Tbe women electors exchanged glances. 'That is the same price as last year," they remarked, and shrugged their shoulders.

There were no bargains to be had, and they lost interest in tbe proceed' ings.—Odds and Ends.

How's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.,, Toledo, O.

We the undersigned have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm.

WKST & TKUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O., WALDrxo, Knf*Aif& MABVCf, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.

Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggist*. Testimfmijilit fn».

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Dress Goods.

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A Woman Matadore at Cordova.

Now comes the denouement, for upon a final flourish of trumpets the matadore, who in ibis particular performance was a woman, steps forth with a brighter red flag or cloak on a staff in her left hand and'a good Toledan blade in her right, hidden beneath the right edge of the red flag. The bull makes a dash for the woman. Our ladies turn their heads and ask me what I see, and I repurt a calm, deliberate and sldllfnl step to the left by tbe female matadore, a quick flash of the s\yord, a bend of the body to the right and over the bull's neck a spurting of blood, not very copious, and thesword has pierced the animal's neck close to tbe shoulder. The jugular is severed, the beast trembles, bis knees give way, and he falls amid the applause of the audience at the skill of the swordswoman. Before tbe matadore pro ceeded to the slaughter she formally asked permission of the presiding alcalde to do the killing, and, upon his formal consent, proceeded with sword in hand to the front of the bull.—Baltimore Sun.

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Talks to*you about cheapness, ask him about quality, width, size, weight, etc. You may touch a sore spot with some, but with us they are subjects which we like to discuss. There is a difference between cheap goods and good goods cheap, and the word "bargain" is a snare that traps many a wise buyer.

To be stylishly dressed is more a matter of taste than of money. We can show you stylish Dress Fabrics at small prices. At 30c per yard our two-ton&l effects with small dots are extremely handsome for the price.

Our Checks and Fancies at 39c a yard. Quaker City Novelties at 45c a yard. New Plaids at 45c a yard. Granite and Jacquard Suitings at 50c a yard.

Choice novelties in Covert Cloth, Granite Cloth, Camel's Hair and Silk and Wool Mixtures at 65c, 75c and $1.00 a yard.

We sell better Ribbons for less money than most stores. We offer a great variety to choose from. We are particular about our styles and shades— we find that it pays to be particular. We have been fortunate in securing a lot of Plain and Moire Taffeta Roman Stripe and Fancy Ribbons, all pure silk, and worth from 35c to 45c a yard. They are on sale at 25c a yard while they last.

Blankets.

Summer may linger, but Blanket weather is sure to come. We have made provision in Blankets that every housekeeper will enjoy, and they are cheaper now than you ever saw them before or ever will see them again. 10-4 cotton Blankets, in white, tan and gray, at 39c a pair.

Full size gray Blankets at 75c a pair. Fancy stripea Blankets at 89c a pair. Wool mixed Blankets at $1.38 a pair. Fine white Blankets from $2.35 up to $15.00 a pair.

Unequalled values in fine all-wool Blankets at $5.00 a pair.

Have You Tasted Siniguellas Olives?

KAUFMAN'S

Headquarters for Choice Groceries.

FRUIT LIST Concord and Catawba Grapes, California Grapes,

Fancy Quinces, Choicest Pears, Fancy Free Stone and Cling Peaches.

VEGETABLES:

Cauliflower, Egg Plant, Radishes, Lettuce, Cucumbers, Chestnuts, etc.'

Seventh and Main. Fresh Oysters/

Can or Bulk, at Eiser's.

Notice to Taxpayers.

The time for the payment of the November installment of city taxes and street improvement assessments expires on Monday, November i, 1897. Pay your taxes promptly and save penalty.

11 WRIGHT I CO.

Are prepared as always to supply the best the market affords. THEY HAVE Cauliflower,

Niagara Grapes,

Michigan Peaches.

Of course they have everything else. 647 Main Street.

To make your Sunday dinner complete, go to Fiess & Herman, 27 north Fourth street, where you will always find an abundance of the choicest meats of all kinds. They have also on hand sausages of all kinds of their own make. Telephone 252.

To Cars Constipation 7or»v«r. Take Oascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to care, druggists refund money.

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Women's Hosiery

Your Hosiery may as well be right as wrong. It costs nothing extra for correctness. You will appreciate the difference between our Hosiery and the common kind. We offer: 100 dozen seamless fast black Richelierf ribbed Hose at lS^c a pair.

Fancy boot top and fast black Hose, 25c value, for 19c a pair. Spun silk Hose, an importer's sample line. They are worth from 50c to 75c a pair—they go at 25c a pair.

Fancy Hosiery, all the latest styles, from 25c to $5.00 a pair. Children's Hosiery, special value, fast black, double knee, heel and toe, 8Kc a pair.

Kid Gloves.

Our importations are all in, and we are now showing the newes't productions of the best makers. Kid Gloves that are porfeot in fit and unequalled tgr durability. We are sole agents for the genuine Foster and the celebrated Reynier Gloves. At $1.00 a pair we show 2-clasp real Lambskin Gloves, worth $1.25. All new shades.

At $1.25 a pair the celebrated P. & L. Glove, the best in the world for the price. At $1.50 a pair our Foster lacing and Montespan real Kid Gloves, the perfection of Glove making.

Extreme French Glove novelties in fancy shades, $2.00 and $2.25 a pair.

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ORDINANCE FOR PROTECTION OF PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAINS. Bo It ordained by the common council of the city of Terre llaute:

Section 1. That It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to wash or cause to bo washed any domestic animal, or fowl, to-wlt: A dog, cat, pig or hog, horse, cow, or any other domestic animal, chicken, goose or duck, or any other domestic fowl, fn any of the public fountains of the city of Torre Haute, or wash or cause to bo washed any article of woarlng apparel, bed or tablo linen, In any of such public fountains, or to In any manner pollute or contaminate the water of such fountain" by placing or causing to bo placed therein any substance, or mineral of whatsoever nature or kind, or for any human being to bathe or wash themselves In said public fountains, as aforesaid, or in any manner whatsoever defacing said public fountains.

Sec. S. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction before the mayor, bo fined In any sum not less than one ($1.00) dollar and not more than ten ($10) dollars.

Sec. 3. Whereas an emergency exists for the immediate passage of this ordinance, therefore the same shall bo In full force and effect from and after its passage and publication.

Adopted by the common council at a rogular meeting thereof hold on the 6th day of October, 1897.

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CHAS. BALCH, City Treasurer.

CHAS. H. GOODWIN, City Clerk.

OT1CE TO COAL OPERATORS.

Notice Is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by tho common council of the city of Terre Haute, Ind., at Its regular meeting to bo held October 19th, 1897, for furnishing the city with coal for the year. Bids will be received for any and all Kinds of coal, tho contractor to furnish the best of any variety on which he may bid, block, lump, screened and unscreened, and nut coals preferred. Each proposal must be accompanied by a bond with good freehold sureties or equivalent security, In the sum of $800. liquidated damages, conditioned that the bidder shall duly enter Into contract and give bond within five days after the acceptance of his bid, for the performance of the work. The city reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

By order of the council. CHAS. H. GOODWIN, City Clerk.

Good Fall Wear

The best for the money that you can get anywhere. All the latest styles.

T. J. GRIFFITH

Palace Shoe Store

420 Main Street.

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