Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 22, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 November 1897 — Page 4

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

A. C. DUDDLESTON, Editor and Proprietor.

Publication Office, No. 501^4 Ohio Street. Telephone 4®. The Mail is sold tn the city by newsboys and all newsdealers, or will be delivered to any address, by mail, at the rate of |S a year, $1 for six months, or 50 cents for three months. ntered at the Postoffice atTeire Haute, Ind., us second-class matter.

Ax ifivansville man has been admitted to the bar at the age of eighty-three years. In Evansville a man is not supposed to attain his full reasoning powers until he reaches this age.

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oldest Mason was buried again this week in some little town in New York The oldest Mason is rivalled in numbers only by the last survivor of Washington's bodyguard and the last survivor of the Six Hundred at Balaklava.

TIIK Indianapolis police board has issued an order that when an officer is found sleeping while on duty he will be summarily dismissed from the force. If there is any sleeping to be done, Mayor Taggart will do it when called upon to enforce the laws.

THAT was a very sensible ruling made by Judge Brownlee in the eastern part of the state last week, in which he refused to restore the maiden name to a successful female applicant for a divorce, giving as his reason therefor that there is no law in Indiana justifying such action.

TIIK West Virginia congressmen, for the first time in many years, if not the very first time, all Republicans, and they are united in their opposition to civil service as at present administered. They wiJI present a bill at the coming session of congress calling for the repeal of the laws regarding civil service. The people at large are openly and avowedly opposed to the present system of civil service laws, and any congressman who is in favor of them, as a rule, will misrepresent his constituents. _______________

A TKUK Southern gentleman who is making a campaign for the congressional nomination in the Atlanta district announces a novel platform. He says he is in favor of the Chicago platform, is in favor of lynching raptists, because he believes that^it is a religious duty to keep southern homes pure and undeflled, and says that he believes the south was right in the 00's, and that the sentiment of her people at the present daytime will sustain him in this announcement. It is difficult to see how there would be any dissenting votes in a southern district on such a platform as that.

THR annual report of the Secretary of War furnishes some interesting figures. With a population of 72,000,000 and the country extending from eastern to western sea, including the new territory of Alaska that is an empire in itself, the entire cost of the army department for the last year was under $50,000,000, and of that sum $0,800,000 were expended for fortifications and soacoast expenses, $13,700,000 for rivers and harbors, and $300,000 for national soldiers' homes. Thus the actual cost of maintaining our army does not exceed $37,000,000. Such a sum would be but a drop tn the bucket for either of the great

iropean powers, with a territory and population not to be compared with ours.

THAT was a just verdict, as it was an un usual one, returned by a Chicago jury which gave $30,000 damages to a railway conductor, who for his part in the great American Railway Union strike, was blacklist*! by the railroad company by which he had been employed. There is no question but the railways generally in a roundabout way. intending to evade the law. did blacklist many men who took a prominent part in the ill-advised strike, and if their policy was correct a man might as well bo dead as attempt to defend what he considers his rights, as against the views of a railroad company. The ISiM strike was wrong, but if so, the men who took part in it did not deserve a sentence to starve, as the blacklisting meant, and it is gratifying to see the courts have taken an advanced step indicated by this verdict.

To AN outsider it looks as if there should be some vacancies in the regular army, to make room for some of the young men who have been graduated from West Point, and can fiud uo assignment to duty. In Chicago this week, during the court martial of Capt. I/a ve ring, for his brutal treatment of an enlisted man. Col. Hall, the commandant of Fort Sheridan, testified that he had commended the action of Cnpt. Love ring, who admitted that he had ordered a soldier dragged by his heels for a considerable distance, stabbed him with his sword, kicked him while prostrate and tied, and swore at him, because the man had refused to work. There ought to be a vacancy at Fort Sheridan, but it is likely that the court martial wilt acquit C-apt. Lowering, and the enlisted man who suffered these indignities will be in great luck if the court martial doesn't order him to be hanged. It would, no doubt, if it had the power, for daring to question the authority of the high and mighty captain.

Tmri.ixo things have played an important part in elections in this country, and the most trivial arguments have led to the defeat of candidates who were thought to be invincible, but it is doubtful whether anything so seemingly unimportant ever led to the defeat of a candidate as the enforcement of a law requiring the mottling of dogs. It is said that the recent elections for members of parliament In England hare been greatly influenced against the party tn power by the strict enforcement of a law rvquiring

mauling of

dogs. Dog muzzling has become a grave political question, and even the cynical Marquis of Salisbury admitted as much in a recent speech., Even the government minister of agriculture was compelled to admit as much' in a speech, and he went into details to defend the obnoxious law. Although polities in this country are said to be the most peculiar on earth it can be safely said: that no congressional elections were ever affected by a dog tax.

EVES the ^despised worm will turn. There will be a meeting in Chicago this evening of Americanized and native-born Chinese to ^perfect an appeal to congress for the right of suffrage, and that body will be asked to repeal the Geary antiChinese law passed in 1882. A number of prominent Chinese from all over the country will address the meeting, and it is said to be the first time that the Chinese have openly declared themselves. The president of the equal rights league they have organized says in talking of the movement: "We want Illinbis, the place that Lincoln, Grant and Logan called their home, to do for the Chinese what the north did for the negroes. Why should we not have a voice in municipal and national affairs like other foreigners At the present time we are no good to either party and have been silent sufferers for years. •The Chinese who call America their home and who have established themselves here love this country and are as patriotic as any American citizen. It is true we have enough poor Chinamen in the United States, and we disapprove of immigration. There are 50,000 Chinese in this country who are desirous of becoming citizens, and the rest, who wear the blouse and cue, ,we don't want. They are incapable and only come to this garden to pluck its fruit and not cultivate the trees."

IK a man that plays is a player, and" a man that digs is a digger, and a man that runs is a runner, then a man that skins must be a skinner, and Otis Skinner, the actor, is well named, for he certainly "skinned" an Indianapolis preacher this week. The minister, with more prejudice than judgment, took occason to attack the stage in his sermon last Sunday, condemning it and all connected with it as immoral and corrupt. Mr. Skinner, who writes as well as he acts, answered the preacher in a letter to the Indianapolis papers, and he certainly flayed the minister alive. He asked him, among other things: "Do you condemn all literature as unfit because of the works of Rabelais or Paul de Kock? Do you denounce painting and sculpture because some puerile-minded men have worked out unhealthy ideas on canvas or in marble? Should we abolish government and municipal control because of jobbery and the rottenness of a set of machine politicians? Should we brand the church as an iniquitous institution because there was once a Pope Alexander, because the Puritan divines committed murder in the name of witchcraft, and because of the scandalous examples of some of the ministers of to-day whose misdeeds are frequently recorded in the daily papers." It seems strange in this enlightened age that ministers can be found who will indulge in wholesale and outrageous condemnation of the stage. They exist, however, and seek to gain by their unseem talk a little cheap notoriety that otherwise they could not achieve. Such unreasonable attacks do more harm tp the cause they represent than all the sermons they can preach in a year—some of them in a lifetime. ______________ i,

TIIK new captain general in Cuba, General Blanco, does not find his pathway strewn with roses. Realizing the hopelessness of his offer of autonomy for the stricken island, he Is beginning the plan of action for which he is said to be noted, that of buying off the leading insurgents, and thus making traitors of them. He has offered General Maceo release from prosecution and a pension for life if he will desert the cause of free Cuba and leave the island forever, and has made similar offers to other of the Cuban generals. Thus far his plan has not met with success, nor does it seem likely that it will be successful. The insurgent leaders claim that they are stronger now than ever before, and with liberty in sight they are not likely to surrender all that they have been fighting for for nearly three years, suffering privations without number. The utter hopelessness of the Spanish attempt to conquer Cuba is shown by the report of General Blanco to the home government. This report shows that General Weyler was furnished an army of 192,000 regular soldiers, of whom only 89,000 remain effective. The hospital list accounts for 40,000, leaving 63,000 who have died from wounds or disease. The insurgents have doubtless suffered heavy losses, too, but there seem to be more insurgent rifles and machetes in the field than ever before, and they are gaining rather than losing ground. They at least are accliffi&ted and are exposed only to starvation and to being killed in battle by a rapidly decreasing army of soldiers that has not done any effective fighting up to this time. General Blanco's report will discourage enlistments at home, dishearten the Spanish people and destroy what little financial credit the government has been able to maintain.

A few more baby cabs to dispose of, and the prices are all right. BREINIG & MILLER CO.

Wild Ducks at O'Brien's, 8io Mam Street Overcoats to order, $18, and all home work.

WM. G. HOLLER, 8ao Main.

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Your How*u With CiMMttt.

Candy Cathartic, care coasUpaiion forever. X0c,35o. IfG.C.C. nil, druggists refund money.

50 more new stoves just "arrived and at reasonable prices. BREtNIG & MILLER CO.

Are your ears oat of joint? Get your piano tuned by Paige & Co. and they will get all right again.

Black Bear, pgEtoasts or Steaks at O'Brien's, 810 Main Street.

All our Suits and Overcoats from $15, $18 and $20 will be sold to-day and on Monday for $12.00. The bargain opportunity of your life. A. ARNOLD, 423 Main St.

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Having taken the agency of the celebrated Miller Brewing Co., of Milwaukee, Wis., I respectfully ask my friends and former patrons to again favor me with their orders for the finest keg and bottled beer in America, which is now on tap in many saloons. I will endeavor to fill all orders promptly and to the satisfaction of all. *j" Very respectfully,

Clocks, Diamond Rings, Silver Novelties, Cut Glass, Watches, and everything in the Jewely line for Christmas may be seen new and fresh at Leeds', 521 Main. Come early and make your selections.

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The Man From Mexico

Prices, 23c to $1.00*'

THURSDAY, DEC. 2.

Mahara's Minstrels.

Prices, lOc, 20c* 30c, 50cJ«

SATURDAY, DEC. 4.

MaryStuart.

Prices,-^*' 25c to $1.50

GRAND OPERA HOUSE

Tuesday Evening, November JO.

TEBB.E HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, NOVEMBER 27, 1897.

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To the Public.

EUGENE DUENWEG.

Office at Finkbiner & Duenweg's. Telephone 281.

Suits to order for $18, all home work. WM. G. HOLLER,

V. 820 Main. $4 Flower Stands, now $3.50. "There's Million in it," Rat Traps 60c.

Our Dollar Watch is "No Fake." Blount's Door Checks are the best. All at A. G. Austin & co.'s.-

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Fresh Fruits at Eiser's. Removal. ,H. M. Tourner has removed to 648 Wabash Avenue, Paige's mu,sic store, where he has a full line of Optical goods, and does fine watch repairing. He will be pleased to see his old patrons and new customers. Satisfaction guaranted.

See our fine line of Holiday Goods, in China, Glass and Novelties. Prices that will please you. Hammerstein's, 307 Main street. |,

Great Music Offer.

James Paxton Voorhees if.

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The entertainment will be siren a us pi so

THE JACKSON CLUB

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Send us the names and addresses* of three or mord performers on the piano or organ together with ten cents in silver or postage and we will mail you ten pieces full sheet music, consisting of popular songs, waltzes, marches, etc., arranged for the piano and organ. Address: ..... PO^.TOAB Music PUB. CO

Indianapolis, Ind

Baltimore Oysters at Eiser's.

The largest single shipment of fresh oysters that ever arrived in Terre Haute was received by E. W.' Johnson, Wednesday, Nov. 24th—1,000 gallons and 2,000 cans.

QRAND OPERA HOUSE.

WEDNESDAY, DEC/1. Mr. WILLIE COLLIER

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Daily, by mail, $6 a year Daily and Sunday, by mail, $8 4 year

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Price 5o a copy. By mail, S2 a yr. Address THE SUN, New York.

FOR TRADE.

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OR TRADE—Good vacant lot to any perwho will furnish material and erect a brick outbuilding. Including coal shed, etc. Address X, care of Cbas. Balch, Olty Treasurer.

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WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW that I am in connection with the best rectifier in tbe United States who can compete with any, and who the rectifiers and compounders wiil or can produce. I stand ready to prove anything or any assertion I make against them. If they dio not do any crooked work why do they stick np signs to keep out I went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and I visited a rectifier. and he would not permit me to go up in his rectifying business. P. N. STAFF.

FOR SALE.

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OR fine, almost new piano at a price. See it at Paige's if yon want a bargain.

Eiser's Candies, always fresh. Everything in the line of Queensware, China, Glass, Crockery, etc., in the greatest profusion at Hammerstein's, 307 Main street. Our prices cannot be beaten.

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With pleasant anticipation botlrthe young and the old look forward to the" cominjefof Christmas. We IP- IS! A* 7"

invite an early inspection of our display of Holiday fl U'SK Goods.If you buy now you will be elad later on to l^^nnii that all is done, without a Bit of hurry or worry.

L°°k our list over—it may help you:

Useful Gifts. Fancy Goods.

?y, Dress Goods, Jewelry, Silks, Silver Novelties, ,v Cloaks and Furs, Pocket Books, 'l, Hosiery,^ Chatelaine Bags, Hx Gloves" vi7 1, Chatelaines,

Handkerchiefs, Photograph Frames, Men's Furnishings,

Umbrellas, S am in Stationery, Cushions and Pillows, Perfumery, .1 Glove Boxes, Toilet Articles, Handkerchief Boxes, Underwear, Comb and Brush Sets, Linens, y/j. .: Work Baskets, Blankets, Scrap Baskets, Books, Fancy China, Bibles,

Prayer Books, China Novelties, Calendars. Christmas Cards.

Dolls, Toys, of all kinds, Games, Doll Carriages, Rocking Horses, Children's Books, phin%?^ea Sets, Doll Houses, etc., etc. I ,,.SANTA CLAUS makes his headquarters here, and will arrive next Saturday to meet his little friends.

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Art Goods,

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1 Christmas Talk

Is beginning to make Itself heard. There Is nothing so appropriate or so

,, wolcome for Christmas as present of a substantial kind. At

J. M. Bigwood's

607 Main Street,

There is displayed an unusual line of goods from which to select. It includes Diamonds, both loose and mounted, from J5.00 upward. Watches from $2.50 upwards. Rich American Cut Glass from all the best makers, beautiful hand-painted Pottery from the best artists in America, Florcntine and Bronze Busts and Statuary, very artistic, and at prices wonderfully low, Silver Plated Ware, Sterling Solid Silver Novelties in abundance. A fine line of Clocks and a beautiful line of Jewelry, which must be seen to be appreciated. Spectacles, Opera Glasses, Pocket Books,

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Notice to Taxpayers. The time for the payment of the November installment of city taxes and street improvement assessments expires on Wednesday ^December 1, 1897. Pay your taxes promptly and save penalty.

CKAS. BALCH, City Treasurer.

Sterling

Silver Hair Brushes, Mirrors. Combs, etc. The prices are unusually low on all these lines, and a little money will go a great way in purchasing goods now.

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Bon-Bon Can Oysters, 15c, 20c and 25 cents a can, at O'Brien's, 810 Main Street.. -3%-^

If you are figuring on buy- I ing China, buy it now, be-^ fore the prices advance as a result of the new tariff. We have a fine line, and our prices are reasonable.

HAMMERSTEIN'S, 307 Main street.