Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 October 1885 — Page 8

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Prepared with special regard to health. No Anfmonia, Lime or Alum. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO.. CHICACO. ST. LOUIS.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1,1885.

Many imitators, but no equal, has Dr. Sage's Catarrh and Remed)

AN advertiser has several thousand dollars to loan on reasonable terms.

The Gazette and Good Cheer. Arrangements have been made wherethe "Weekly GAZETTEand "Goods bheer" the brightest of Massachusett jfriodicals can be furnished for $1.75 pe year.

The suit in the Superior court, Indianapolis, of Elmer McDonell against the Vandalia has been dismissed at plaintiff's cost.

Clergymen, Lawyers.

And in fact every one who suffers from nervous prostration, loss of appetite or sleeplessness should use Nichol's Bark and Iron.

Shooting Affray.

A man named Davis shot his wife and father-in-law last night at Clinton. The cause is •supposed to be some family trouble.

When Baby -waa sick, we gave her CASTORIA "When she was a Child, she cried for CASTORIA When she became Miss, she clang to CASTORIA When she had Children, she gave them CAST*A

Wey Bros.

The especial attention of the readers of the WEEKLY GAZETTE is called to the notice of Wey Bros', proprietors of the marble and granite works at 215 Walnut street. They do fine work at small cost.

WRECK ON THE E.&T. H.

South Bound Freight No. 17 Jumps the rack. This morning E. & T. H. south bound freight No. 17, due at Spring Hill Junction at 10:17, went out late and jumped the track at the junction. Several cars •were piled up in the ditch and the north bound passenger train, due here at 1:55 p. m., did not get in until the passengers were transferred.

A Big Fire in Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, Sept 30.—The six story brick building at Race and Commerce streets, used as a trunk and box factory by Mendel & Rosenberger, burned this morning. Loss 845,000 insurance $40,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. One hundred an! twenty employees are out of work.

The registration in Cincinnati foots up 60,096, which is about 5,000 less than the total vote at the presidential election last year.

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THE POLLARDS.

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Sketch of the Operations of the Indiana Bank Swindlers.

How the Supreme Court Unconsciously Played Into Their ., Hands.

The Mourners Who Go About the Streets and Refuse to be Comforted,

MITCHELL, Ind., Sept. 27.—The Indiana bond swindles of R. B. Pollard and his gang have excited capitalists and brokers all over the country, and each batch of new developments creates fresh interest. The swindle already involves nearly $750,000. This amount in Indiana township bonds is known to be on the market, and how much moremav be involved is a matter of guess work only. He full extent of the swindle will probably never be known. Eleven trustees have either escaped to Canada or have been placed in jail,3 and their issue of bonds will average over $50,000 each.

Pollard is no doubt the sleekest rascal who ever operated in Indiana. He was born somewhere in Verjnont, and became notorious through his dealings as a lightning-rod agent. He was constantly involved in law suits, and was engaged in so many difficulties that he led a precarious existence. He drifted out into the West, and about four or five years ago turned up in Mitchell, where he pursued the lightning rod business and tried to organize an insurance company. In this he failed, as his scheme was too vapory. Finally Pollard organized a tellurian company, composed of some of the leading citizens of Mitchell. The instruments sold at about $30 each, and, although the company was making money, it was too slow for Pollard and his brother-in-law who abandoned the business and began selling sch«»l furniture and school supplies.

Pollard's first idea in the bond swindle was evolved from a Supreme Court decision cited on page 515, Vol. 81, Indiana Reports, on which Judge W. A Woods, of the Indiana Supreme Court, holds "that a Township Trustee has authority to buy school furniture for his school township, and to give the promissory note of the corporation therefor and payment can not be resisted on the ground that the goods were not needed and the price too high, unless fraud is shown, nor then without an offer duly made to return the goods." The title of the case in Johnson School Township vs. Citizens' Bank of Greenfield appeal from Clinton Circuit Court.

Another case, bearing on the validity of township bonds, which Pollard cited, was that of Henry Miller, administrator, vs. White River School township, Gibson county, not yet published, except in the Indiana Law Magazine (volume 5, No. 1, page 27), in which Judge Howk holds that the two sections of the statutes 6,000 and 6,006 have no application to the ordinary debts incurred by trustees for furniture, apparatus and other supplies for schools.

Pollard carried these laws and decisions with him compelled his dupes to believe every word he preached, and had no trouble in convincing bankers, brokers, capitalists, fanners and statesmen, that his bonds were as good as gold and marketable as diamonds. He, his son and Campbell, traveled over the state and made their business boom they lined their pockets with greenbacks, carrying on, in the meanwhile, a wholesale bribery and conspiracy business, defrauding people at every crook and turn. Pollard met Brown, the trustee, at Washington, and after a few friendly games at the poker table, soon had him so deeply involved that Brown turned bond speculator too. They missed no opportunity to make a trade, and bonds flew thick and fast for diamonds, gold watches, pianos and property of various descriptions.

Frank Pollard, the only male offspring of Reuben Benson Pollard, is fully at shrewd as his father, and just such a schemer. Frank Pollard was a great favorite among the girls, very lavish and extravagant with his money, spending it with a free hand wherever he went, and none of the country boys stood a chance when he was around. He spread himself at all the parties and balls, and threw in dollars at the church collections where others would throw in cents, and all this time he was aiding his father to swindle the people. He is 26 years old, a good-looking young man, with an eye to business. He now resides in Canada witn his pa. It is related that at one time Pollard, Jr., was courting a dashing woman of grace and beauty, when the old gentleman heard of it and, stepping in, married the woman himself. Frank didn't like the joke, but stood it like a dutiful son, and is looking in fresh pastures on Canadian soil for anew "mash."

Eleven trustees thus far have been disgraced by the Pollard gang. Ten have decamped to Canada, leaving school furniture behind by the car-load. Pollard, his son and brother-in-law,

Is What We Can Truly Call Our Line of New

OVERCOATS.

WE HAVE

The Largest and Best Stock For Men, and the Largest and Nobbiest Line for Boys and Children ever shown in this city.

L. GOODMAN & CO-

410 MAIN STREET.

Campbell, are keeping them company. The scoundrels have started themselves in business across the St. Lawrence, and will be seen no more in the land of liberty and independence.

It remains for the Supreme Court to disentangle the fiaess. It is in part responsible for the origin of the swindle by the decision giving trustees the slightest pretext for running their townships into debt The supreme legal body must now deliberate on the momentous question as to who shall pay the bill in this gigantic fraud—the honest, toiling taxpayer, or the man who has innocently invested his money in bonds that a lame law allowed a dishonest scoundrel to issue.

More than a million dollars are involved, and more than a thousand men will fight for that million dollars.

The scoundrels rest in peace and seclusion within sight of the American shore, and gloat over their ill gotten gains, while their American dupes chew the cud of bitterness, helpless in their woe, and defenseless in their misfortune —victimized, beaten, robbed, and not a line of law that will bring the wretches back to answer for their crimes.

ELECTRIC LIGHT.

The System in Use in Terre, Haute Declared to be the Best

By the Electrical World.

Complete List of Premiums Awarded.

The following is a complete list of the ive stock premiums awarded at the Marion Grange fair:

Horses.

Best stallion, for general purposes, 4 years old and over, H. C. Jeffers. Stallion 2 years and under 3, George West.

Mare 4 years and over, Thompson. Gelding 4 years and over, F. J. S. Robinson.

Colt I year and under 2, Baker. Colt under 1 year, Joseph Harr. Team driven to a light rig, G. W. Greeno.

HEAVY DRAUGHT.

Best stallion 4 years ana over, Stualley. Stallion 2 years and under 3, Bennett Payne.

Colt 1 year and under 2, J. T. Moss. Colt under 1 year, N. B. Gillespie. Best team, George Rector.

FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.

Best double team driven to light rig, Blocksom. Single driving horse to light rig, Willard Thompson.

Span muies, Lyman Morgan.

Cattle.

Best bull 3 years and over, J. T. Moss. Cow, any breed, F. M. Wickizer. Calf under 1 year, James Hamilton. The horse show, fine art, etc., were very good. The lecture by Master Trusler was able and instructive. All in all a succees.

Invalids' Hotel and Surerical Institute. This widely celebrated institution, located at Buffalo, N. Y., is organized with a full staff of eighteen experienced and skillful physicians and surgeons, constituting the most complete organization of medical and surgical skill in America, for the treatment of all chronio diseases, whether requiring medical or surgical means for their cure* Marvelous success has been achieved in the cure of all nasal, throat and lung diseases, liver and kidney diseases, diseases peculiar to women, blood taints and skin diseases, rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous debflity, paralysis, epilepsy (fits), spermatorrhea, impotency ana kindred affections. Thousands are cured at their homes through correspondence. The cure of the worst ruptures, pile tumors, varicocele, hydrocele and strictures is guarauteedj with only a short residence at the institute. Send 10 cents in stamps for the Invalids' Guide-Book (168 pages), which gives all particulars. Address, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo,

THE TERKE HAUTE WEEKLY GAZETTE.

The Electrical World, published New York, contains the following in a recent issue: "The Thomson-Houstoif Compfiby were practically unknown in England before winning the gold medal at the Inventories, their system never having been introduced there. They sent over their apparatus in charge of an electrical expert, and exhibited it purely on its merits. The system was subjected to the most severe tests that could possibly be made to demonstrate the workings of the various important features which it possesses. On the first visit of the jury, they requested the expert to cut out lamps, twenty, twenty-five and thirty at a time to short-circuit the machines pour oil on the commutators, and, in fact, do everything which would naturally tend to damage any dynamo machine. The jury comprised some of the greatest scientists of England, and the remakable efficiency of the automatic features of this system, together with the fact that little or no depreciation could be discovered during a running period of 90 days, appeared to them in the light of a revelation. In their report upon the workings of the ThomsonHouston system, the jury say that from the time of starting up the lights to the day of submitting their reports there had been not one moment's cessation from any causes attributable to the machines or lamps. The fact that the highest honor in the gift of the Commission has been bestowed upon the ThomsonHouston Company in the face of the strongest competitiorLever entered into at any electrical exmbition in which every prominent electric lighting company of Europe and the United States took an active part, speaks for itself. The award, which was the only gold medal given for arc lightning, was made on the 11th of August, at the London Inventions Exhibiton Building, London, England."

The system above referred to is the one the Terre Haute Electric Light and Power Co., has adopted and for which Jhey own the right in Vigo county.

THE GRANGE FAIR.

MONTREAL'S MOB.

People Who Stupidly Object to Vaccination Quieter Today.

Two Small Disturbances,

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Montreal's Mob.

MONTREAL, Sept, 30,—Only two small disturbances occurred last night, one at the grey of morning and the other later, on the Champ de Mars. The police had received information that a mob would assemble at the] latter place and a strong force was on hand. On becoming unruly, the crowd was quickly dispersed. A man named Urgloire Therin, was arrested for exciting the crowd. Joseph Pierrultand son were also arrested. Everything is quiet.

AT LATEST REPORT ALL QUIET. The latest news from Montreal this afternoon is that all is quiet. The volunteers are still on duty and the police are searching for small-pox patients

F4 "WHEELMEN.

The Road Race Saturday—Bicycle Notes. 3 ill

Quite a large crowd witnessed the first road race of the Terre Haute Bicycle club which was held Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock. .* fv

Ben McKeen acted as referee. Anton Hulman, timekeeper, Chas. Baur, judge and starter.

Before starting the club was photographed in a body. The course, as measured by a cyclometer was eight miles beginning at the Polytechnic and going north to Ft. Harrison school, thence east, south, west and south again to Polytechnic. The roads at different points were dusty, sandy hianlplyloose graveled and smooth and is considered a good sample of the average road in this county. The great number of carriages passing over the course at the time made it extremely dusty and unpleasant to the cyclists. In the last mile or home stretch the leader (Lucas) was compelled to wait several minutes on the I. & St. L. switch engine which was blockading Thirteenth street.

While waiting at the crossing the second man (Crain) closed up the gap of a quarter mile and the two came down Thirteenth almost together, Lucas winning by three seconds. Fisbeck on his Star (little wheel in front) came in third followed by Lewis. Hudson brought up the rear having lost some time in mounting at the top of the second hill. Lewis was so unfortunate as to break a spoke out of his front wheel on the first mile and had to dismount and remove the spoke from the wheel, thereby losing some time and in view of this fact, his position in the race was very good. The following is the record: G. V. Lucas, 54 in Expert Columbia— 39 min. 20 sec. Chas. Crain, 52 in Royal Mail—39 min. 23 sec. Frank Fisbeck, 56 in Star—39 min. 40

Chas. Lewis, 54 in Expert Columbia— 39 min. 48 sec. Ed. Hudson, 58 in Expert Columbia— 41 min. 42 sec.

A beautiful gold medal has been ordered by the club and is expected to arrive in a few days.

A Collapsed Building.

CHICAGO, Sept 30.—A four story brick building in the rear of No. 196 and 198 south Clark street collapsed this morning. The basement of the wrecked structure was used as the working part of a bakery and several employees .were engaged there just prior to the fall. They, however, were warned by the crackling of walls and rafters and left the scene of danger only a few minutes before the roof fell in with a crash and cornice and all the floors down to the first story. The rear wall also fell out, destroying several old sheds that stood near. The loss is estimated at 850,000 as the contents of the building were very valuable, there being $10,000 worth of dessicated eggs alone in one part. The second floor was stored with flour. On the third there was a large machine shop with a valuable plant, and the fourth floor was devoted to the manufacture of printing rollers. It was reported that several men were missing and firemen have since been clearing away the debris, to ascertain if any unfortunates are buried there. L,

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It was found, however, fortunately that no one had been injurned. The structure was originally built for Charles .Woodman, by Coxe Brothers. The supports throughout the entire building were wooden and it was ascertained that the collapse was caused by dry rot in the timbers at the point where the girders rested on the joists. The building had given no evidence of its weakness until its collapse. Some of the men working in the basement had a narrow escape from being involved in the ruin. The present proprietors had taken the building after it had been pronounced in good condition by architects. They will tear the entire structure down.

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The Absolute Purity and Wholesomeness of t. Royal Baking Powder.

I is a no a a ha in he us at be the rival baking powder makers the absolute parity and wholesomeness of the Royal Baking Powder has rifever yet been questioned. 51, "v

The thousands of analyses, many of them by the most celebrated chemists of the world, the most searching scrutiny by scientific bodies in this country and Europe, the exhaustive tests before the juries of competitive and industrial exhibitions, and all the minute and prejudiced investigations by rivals and their chemists in th» endeavor to find something upon

to base the shadow of a fault, have had but one result, to more fully determine and establish the fact that the Royal Baking Powder and all its ingredients are absolutely pure and wholeBome All reputable chemists, and all but the most ignorant makers of the low test, short weight, lime, alum, and other impure powders, long since ceased to examine the Boyal Baking Powder to find anything impure or unwholesome in it.

While the Boyal is proud of these unimpeachable indorsements, and highly gratified at the perfect result Which it has, by the aid of the most competent chemists, the adoption of every available invention, and the expenditure of great sums of money, been able to accomplish, its greatest pleasure arises from the fact that its labors have been parallel with those great interests of the public sought in the protection of the lives and health of the

people. The" gravity of the'danger to the consumer from the many impure and unwholesome braking powders of the market is but faintly appreciated The Imall ainount of injurious substance imparted to the system at one time in the use of such powders is unnoticeable. 1 y' *1^ They are therefore continued by the consumer in ignorance of the

serious results sure to follow from the accumulated effects. This: slow, insidious poisoning, because unapparent, is more dangerous than a larger dose at once. All the baking powders upon the mar- /v

ket, except Royal, have been found to contain lime, alum, terra alba, or other ingredients that injuriously affect the health of the consumer.

The great advantage to the public of a baking powder like the Royal, whose purity and wholesomeness have never been questioned, and whose practical worth has stood the test of cooking for so many yeare. will be apparent to every consumer.

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The grandest and most complete assortment ever shown in the city. We invite" the attention of the Public to this department with much self-pride, feeling assur-' ed that we are in a position to offer such inducements which cannot fail to con- 5 vince anyone that we shall in the future, as in the past 29 years continue to excel' in Stvle, "Variety and Low Prices.

ELEGANT DISPLAY

Imported Wraps

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USED ON THE Ql A til ECONOMIST rLUW 3AYES Two Thirds in Cost of

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Fall and Winter "Wraps.

Boucle Cloth Wraps, Wool Frisse Cloth Wraps, Embossed Cloth Wraps, Sea1 Plush Wraps, Velvet Brocade Wraps, Knickerbocker Cloth Wraps, Bourettefe Cloth Wraps, &c., also

PLUSH CLOAKS

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Fedoras, New Markets, Circulars, Ulsters, Jersey Jackets, English Tourists and Finest Line of Tailor Made Garments ever exhibited in Terre Haute, from $5.00 and upwards. We are going to save you money on every dollars worth you buy.

HOBERG, ROOT & CO., 518 and 520 Main St.

Our book, "66 PER CENT., or the* Mortgaged FARM," sent FREE TO-* ALL who mention this paper. ki4, £*5"°Fvery farmer should read it.-^ "X

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