St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 23, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 October 1897 — Page 4

4 independent. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY’ AT WALKERTON, - - . INDIANA. W. A. Endley, - Editor and Publisher. — $1.25 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. SATURDAY, OCT. 23, 1897. Wisconsin is preparing to celebrate the fliftieth anniversary of its admission to the union. It is reported that James S. Dodge has refused to accept the Japanese mission which was recently tendered him by President McKinley. The widow of Bill Nye, the humorist, has met with reverses which have left her in very poor circumstances. The bank at Asheville, N. C., in which she failed, and she recently suffered a loW of? 30,000 in New York property. -v A football player was Killed in at Bellwood, Pa., the other day. Its~> rough sport and no mistake, but those who wish to play ought to be permitted to do so. It’s their own heads, arms and legs that get broken, cracked and twisted, and it should perhaps be nobody’s busi- 1 ness but their own if they choose to maim themselves in this way. On the strength of his recent victory in Indianapolis the friends of Tom Taggart have already launched a gubernatorial boom in his behalf, it may, how- ' ever, be a little early in the day to start such a movement. During Taggart’s

second term as mayor of Indianapolis lots of things are apt to happen. His party when the proper time comes may not feel so ready to tender him the gubernatorial nomination on a gold plate. D. M. Geeting, state superintendent of public instruction, believes that children should be instructed in the public schools in the art of letter writing. This is an important part of an education and an accomplishment which will prove of great practical value to pupils in after life. The superintendent's head is level on this point and his efforts to have letter writing introduced in the schools as a study is deserving of the heartiest encouragement. Chas. A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, died last Sunday at the age of 78. He was perhaps the greatest editor in this country, and as jouranalist stood in a similar relation to the public to that of Horace Greeley in his time. Dana, like Greeley, is described as a man of many peculiar characteristics and seeming contradictions. Cynical, belligerent, tenacious, intense, cold, hard, as a thinker, he was withal kind, true hearted, gentle, and a great lover of the beauties of nature. He was a king of the pen and his supremacy in newspaperdom was unquestioned. Stephen J. Field has retired from the supreme bench of the United States where he has served continuously for more than 34 years, longer than any other . justice has served since the court was organized. Justice Field is 81 years old, and it is on account of his great age and poor health that he retires. He has had a very interesting career, the early part of his life reading like a romance. He traveled over much of the world when very young and finally drifted to California during the gold excitement of ’49, where he practiced law and filled important offices until 1863, when he was appointed to the supreme bench by President Lincoln. Justice Field was a noted character in California in the early days, being noted as a fighter with the pistol and bowie knife whenever occasion demanded that he should defend himself.

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The United States leads all other nations in the iron and steel industries. Great Britain concedes our supremacy in this respect in all the principal markets of the world, even admitting that we are obtaining a foothold in England. The dome of Robinson's theater in Cincinnati fell during a play last Sat- i urday night, killing two persons and injuring about 50. A peculiar coincidence of the catastrophe was that the title of the play being rendered at the time was “The Dangers of a Great City.” A play entitled “Under the Dome” was billed there for the following week. Indianapolis has the reputation of be ing one of the worst places in the country for dirty politics. The city’s political affairs have practically long been controlled by a gang of saloon bums and unprincipled ward politicians of the Sim Coy stripe. A civic federation to fight for reform in politics could do a land office business at the Hoosier capital. The only notice of Charles A. Dana’s death that appeared in the New York Sun was the following: “Charles A. Dana, editor of the Sun, died yesterday afternoon.” This short and apparently irreverent notice has attracted a great deal of comment, but it is supposed to have been inserted in this way in deference to the Swishes of Mr. Dana himself. Senatt> r . lurpie and Ex-Governor Matthews hS"/e agreed that there shall be no conflict between their senatorial aspirations, which means that Turpie will have a clear field for re-election to the senate so far as Matthews or the democratic party is concerned. Turpie is a fine scholar, a great student and an experienced statesman, while Matthews is more on the order of the mere politician. Os the two men Turpie is much the better fitted to represent Indiana in the senate.

1 George M. Pullman, president of Pullman’s Palace Car company, died sudden- ' ly of heart failure last Tuesday morning. Mr. Pullman was a robust man all his life and his death was entirely unexpected. Uis age was 66 years. Beginning life as a poor cabinetmaker he won fame and fortune as the inventor : and manufacturer of the elegant polace 1 car which bears his name. He was a J great worker, a man of clear judgment and daring business methods. While misunderstood by many, as a man in ' Mr. Pullman’s position is quite apt to be, he is said to have been a man of 1 great generosity and kindness of heart. John L. Sullivan, the ex-champion slugger, who aspires to the mayoralty of ' Boston, is dead agin monopolies and ex ' presses his sentiments on the subject in 5 the following lucid and impressive manJ ner: “I’m dead against monopolies and 1 givin’ away franchises to companies. I think a city ought to own franchises. Look at Boston It’s eaten up by street railway companies. New York's had better luck. But the corporations have got Boston by the neck all ri<rht. A city ought to own those things itself, and not go givin’ them away to corporations for nothin’. See? It’s like givin' a mug a rope to hang you with. You make those corporations strong by givin’ them things and first thing you know they jump up and do you.” Local Briefs. See the new walking hats at Millards. Cunning little hoods for cunning little faces —at Millard’s. Boys knee pants as low as 10 cents at T. J. Wolfe’s. See ad. Cobbler’s outfits, 25 cents for a whole set, at Ake’s harness store. Ladies, go to O. H. Millard’s for walking hats and sailors in all the late designs. Also Tams for children. Our Cobbler's outfits at 50 cents. Heretofore they have always sold for 75 cents and sl. Ross Brady. WANTED-TRUSTWORTHY AND ACTIVE ’ ’ gentlemen or ladies to travel for responsible, established house in northern Indiana. Monthly 965.00 and expenses Position steady. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Dept. Y Chicago,

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