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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11
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Special to the indianapolis Journal.
CRAWFORDSVILLEsI Ind, Sept. 10.-The
trial of Rev. e. l. Prather, of the Baptist
Church at Browns Valley was held before
a ministerial council there yesterday. At
o'clock this morning a verdict of guilty
was returned, and Rev. Prather was de-
barred from the ministry, and the church.
Fellowship was recommended to be with
drawn The evidence was of a sensational
turn, and the charges were sustained of his
having been guilty of falsehoods, SANDER
ing. insulting women and indecent ex-
posture. 1t was also developed that he had
been punished by the law for the latter
otfense at Utica, n. Y, and Aberdeen,
Kan. 1t was also shown that he had been
dropped from the K. of P. lodge for some
of his antics. He came to this county from
Arkansas, and he has preached for several
denominations. Prather endeavored to
show that he was being blackmailed but
all save one minister, and he did not vote
voted him guilty as charged. The min
iSterial council was composed of twenty
five ministers, and was presided over by
President Stott. of Franklin College, and
the secretary was Rev. r. A. Neighbors, of
the Outlook, of Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-11
CONTINUES no ROLL.

Totals. United States. 80. ST. 104, $50 $50 Inc.
Totals outside New York. 4S4. $780, OF Inc.
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States On acc cunt 6 exports stands
as 9 credit balance il our favor.
If it were not for the immense
sums spent abroad By American
travellers and reside dents, and the
annual payment for interest on
bonds and other Of our obligations
held abroad, the United States.
would gradually absorb the wealth.
Of the world Il may come to that
some day. The American bonds
and other securities held abroad.
will be gradually paid off and can
celed Or repurchased. In time,
wealthy Americans will come to
live more at home and to travel
more in their own country, as we
develop in arts and science and
stable constitutions, and as the craze
for foreign exploration and exploit
tation dies out. For the balance
Of the present year and indeed
for the whole, Of the fiscal year of
1898, onr exports are quite like
" to be even larger than for the
past fiscal year. The price of
wheat is now about Is cents high
or a bushel than it was a year ago
and the demand for it is good,
and bids fair to be better. We
shall harvest larger crops than
in 1896 and the foreign demand
for them, owing to short supplies
and poor crops abroad, as we have
hertofor Q explained, is sharper,
Notwithstanding the advanced fig
ures asked by holders. We. are
in position to feed the world,
and large percentage Of the out
side world requires an immense
quantity of our food. The found
alton on which to build a new era
of prosperity in this country was
never better than it is now. The
passage of the tariff bill ought to
mark signal upturn in business.
A great many people desire finan-
cisl Legislation as. we'll, but the
fact is that we can get along with
out any additional financial legis-
lation. The country was prosper
Gus for a quarter of a century und-
or the existing fnan< ial system,
and it can be prosperous for many
years more without any material
change in that system. Mime.
apolis Tribune.
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It's supposed that every imagin-
able kind Of a lie has been told about

A6sy ~ sse
Il is supposed that every imagin-
able kind Of a lie has been told about
Senator Hanna, but q new one was
started upon its rounds when It was
telegraphed from Washing ton that
Mr.. Hanna had moved his quarters
from a hotel into the White House,
in order to escape the office-seekers,
and even. the furnishings Of the room
alleged to have been assigned to
him in the White House were describ-
ed under the name Of the & Prince Of
Wales room" It is needless to say
to sensible people that Senator Hanna
has not moved to the White House
and has no intention Of doing SO, al
though he reserves the right to visit
his old friends, Maj. and Mrs. Nc.
Kinley just as often as he pleases and
they find it convenient and pleasant
to receive him. The object Of this
story was to make it appear that
Senator Hanna was trying to run
from the republicans who wish to
see him in the interest of their pill
cations for Office. Exactly the reverse
is true, No man in Washington is
easier to see than Senator Hanna, and
no man regrets more than he does the
impossibility Of giving appointments
to all the applicants who are, by rea-
son Of their valuable campaign work,
entitled to consideration. He doesn't
dodge these applicants. On the con
trary, he often goes out of his way
both to see them and try tohelp them
get places, and it is not surprising
that he should have become mad en-
ough to say that this story was ''the
worst and most damnable
rot" ever painted about him. 5s
Those who are familiar with Sec.
Rotary Sherman speeches in the Sen
ate do not need to be told that he is
a master of vigorous English, when
there is proper occasion for it's use.
Those who are not, should get copy
Of his instructions to ambassador HAY
core erning negotiations " til Great
Britain relating to the seal fisher
les, and read it. The paper is not
likely to please Lord Salisbury, who
has placed his government in pos
ition which has compelled Secretary
Sherman to charge it with lack of
good faith, but it will please every
body who likes to see the truth plain
~ stated without b]usters
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Washington Letter.
(From Onr Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. July Is. 1897.

- w ASHlNGTON. July 10, 1884,.
President McK inley's determination
to take possession Of Hawaii the mo-
ment that Japan, or any other nation,
makes threatning move against the
island, met with strong endorsement
in both House and Senate. There
was no buster in it, no sensationalism
about it; just the quiet announce
ment that having determined to an
mex Hawaii the U. S. would brook
nothing from any other nation. The
Senate committe on Foreign relations
has favorably reported thetreaty for
the annexion of Hawaii. but whether
it will be voted upon at this. session
will depend npon circumstances.
The tariff bill is still in conference
and while an agreement may be reach
ed at any time one may. not be reach
ed until next week. Chairman Dingley
is authority for the statement that all
sensational publication purporting
to give details of the contest in the
committe over this or that chedule of
the bill have been pure guesswork,
and without any foundation. Many
of these publications have been made
for speculative purposes. .....<
Quite a number of diplomatic and
consular nominations were sent to
the Senate this week, and it is under
stood that no more appointments of
this nature will be made until after
the adjournment of Congress,unless
it be to meet some special exlgency.
The Senateswill endeavor to dispose
of all the nominations Oh hand before
adjourning. 30.
Ex- Gov. Morril, of Kans.. who is
now visiting Washington speaks en-
Enthusiastically of financial future Of
the State, ard of the political future
he said: With the restoration of good
times there can be no doubt of the
extension of the silver agitation, and
when this is accomplished Kansas
will once more reuslne its old position
as one Of the strongest republican
afakoc IN %ho IT,: o,,Tz 81. ~ ..jsz
Elk Congressman Pierce, Of Ind,
who is now prominently identified
with railroad interests, said to a
Washington newspa per man: There
is undenial improvement in the world.
It is visible in Indiana and every.
where else thatsI have. been. This
improvement will go on gradually
and in healty way until the country
will be as prosperous as it ever was.
/ have no doubt that President Nc
Kinley's administration will mark an.
ora Of gocd times and great activity
in all lines Of business. The country
has beenR slow TO recover because it
was like q man who had been en-.
feebled by long illness; the process.
Of cooperation with q nation, as in
dividual, IS uiften tedious but once a
nation gets started on the road to CON
valescence there is no fear that a
complete cure will not. result We
areson that road now. 9
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PAPER OF MOBILES COUNTY

PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT WoRTHINa.
TON MINNEeOTA
Terms Of subscription Three months 40 cts !;
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Persona receiving paper and not ordering
the same Will not be required to pay subscrip.
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clubbing rates with nearly all the leading pa
ton. s8.. M; , - - 49,
Correspondence from all parts Of the county
soiicited: Postage expense Of the same will be
When possible items for publication should
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Local advertisements cents per line each
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For some time past the news
papers of the state have been loud
in their denunciation Of the state
commission for going outside the
state for bids for stone for the new
capitol. They want it construct
ed from Minnesota stone, which,
is no more than right and proper,
provided the stone is as good as
that Of other states, saying nothing
of the price One refreshing feat
ure in this connection is to notice
that so many free trade papers san
ction the project. If'it is right to
protect Minnesota from the comp
etition Of her sister states, why is
it not right to protect American
industry from the pauper labor Of
the world? please answer, some
of you free trade prognosticators.
Murray Go. Herald.
The receipts at the posto&ce
for the quarter ending June 80
were $63750, an increase of more
than 800 over. the corresponding
quarter last year. The business
was the largest ever transacted at
this Office for the same quarter.
which is always the lightest of the
year.. The postofice is nearly
always a barometer of the condit-
ion Of trade, which would indicate
that Adrian is doing measurably
we'll in spite of the hard times
Mobiles Co. Democrat, July 1927.
"The postoAice is nearly always
| a barometer of the condition OF
| trade"
Single Col Standard means
poverty to the masses. Double
Standard means business boom,
and work and prosperity for ALL
Mobiles Go, Democrat Sept. go
The Pioneer Press says that the
news that business IS improving
is unwelcome to the silver men.
Well, if it was, they would not be
bothered by hearing any Of it these
days. Mobiles Go. Democrat, Sept
Is, '96. ..
X, Whatever may be the result of
this campaign, it has had one good
effect. It has buried the jingoes.
MOBILES Go. Democrat, Sept. 25,
'96. If it only had.
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The government statement of
exports and imports for the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1897, is out
and it makes a most gratifying
showing. Our imports were very
heavy, especially during the past
SIX months, owing to the tendency
OF tariff changes, but the year are
the largest on record. We have
not only sold abr Dad large quanti-
ties of grain, meats, and other ag-
ricultural products but our exports
of manufactured articles show up
in amazing proportions. The
statement foots up as follows: Ex-
ports Of domestic merchandise
81, O32, 998,889. Increase over 1896
$l70,000,00o. Total exports of
domestic and foreign merchandise
$l,O5l, 9S7,O6l, as compared with
$882,6O6,93e: for 1896. The i'm
ports of merchandise for the same
period aggregate $764, 1878, 9O5,
leaving the excess of exports for
the year,s2s7,61 ,l86, which rep
resents tie trade balance in our
favor. Tie excess Of exports is
about s23,Q00,0OO over any pre-
vious year, It is plain to be seen
that if imports had not been nm
duly stimulated by the tariff agi-
tation the bolance would have been
much more largely III favor Of the
United States. The figures as
given will convey some idea of the
wealth and resources Of our coun-
try. We have, according to esti-
mates, more than two years supply
of wool and WOODEN goods on hand;
we have g years supply of raw
sugar, and we have immense sur
plus accumulations Of other arti-
cles on which the duty is expected
to be raised. But Notwithstanding
these extra imp atoms we have.
paid for them with our exports Of
merchandise and the foreigners
have been obliged to send here a
net inn port Of ss45, ooo, GOO in gold
TO partially make up the balance. !.
The rest Of the indebtid mess 81.
foreign countries 70 the United
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Report of the Board of County Commits

Report of the Board Of County Commits
sioners Of the County Of Mobiles, State
Of Minnesota, on UncoIIected per-
sa sonal Property Taxes for the
Year 1897. 3
WoRTH1NGToN, Minnesota. July IA. 1897.
Be 1t Known. That the Board of County
Commissioners of Mobiles County, Minneso-
to. did meet In session on the 18th day of
July, 1897. the same being the first session of
said Board after the 10th day of June, 1897.
That at said session the County Treasurer of
said County delivered to said Board the list
of uneollected personal property taxes for
the year 1896. tngether with his certificate
thereon as required by law; and that at said
session the said Board did duly consider
said list Of Of uncollected taxes. and did can
Gel such taxes as they are satisfied cannot be
collected. That the following is correct
list Of said uncollected personal property
taxes in said County for said year OF 1885, as
30 revised by said Board. to-wit:
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A. J. Rice and F. D. Lindquist were ap-
pointed a committee to count the cash in the
county treasury.
Board adjourned to July 14th, a. m.

July 14th.
Board met, all members present.
A motion prevailed that the sum of sl5o. 90
be set aside to be used as an expense account
for the ensuing six months. -.
On motion, $13o1 81 was ordered transferred
from the county interest fund to the county
bond fund. {.
On motion, the bid of Mackay Bros, in the
sum of $685. 90 for new boiler for heating
the jail was accepted. ~-
A. J Rice and F. D. Lindquist reported as
follows:
County Treas. DR.. Balance, $26203. 10
Bank of Worthington. 80. .s7672. 35
Adrian Exc. Bank. ........ $685.
Mobiles Co. Bank. ........... 1855. 43
Orders .................. 531 40
Cash and Drafts. ............ 157 .O5
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Name Of Twp. or
Person Assessed. District. TAX.

LLOYD Knipp. -. Ind. Lake s s.52 S e5 $lo.47
Saupe. ...... Ellsworth. e.5s SIS 7.25
Ole Gilbertson. Grand Prairie 1885 1.ol II. 40
Hersey Iverson.. Lorain. 60 os (e
AL Gourtwright Worthing-
s. Il Go. :. ). ton VII. 518s 80 s1f ~
sAC Clausen ~. 2.ss q -. Sc
Nv Worden. ]. Twp. i .53 IL s / "a
Mrs Anna Young, Adrian, $50 90 o.s5
Nels Johnson Summit =. 4.97 so 5.47
,CS Kennel 81. Bloom, 2.76 1s q. a
Valentine Gerber w llmon Al Il 4.s5
q That the following Is correct list Of the
personal property taxes In said County. fer
said year which said board arc satisfied can
not be collected. and SO Cancelled By said
Board. to- witt
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$262O3. 10 $262O3. 10

....s...g-...t.. ..<....<. r. July 18TH 1897
We. your Committee. have examined
books of County Treas. and counted all
| moneys and bank balances in his possess
ion and find it to balance as per attached
statement. A. j. RICE,
Ft1- IL s..-.s. s~:.r. +. D. L1NDQUIsT
July 14tll 1897 IL 49,. -" A. z.-4s
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-05
Who's Gambetta?

"Your improvised chiefs of the ma
tional defense are simply so many
knights of the pavement " (chevaliers
du pave), said Bismarck to Jules Favre
at their interview at Ferrieres a fort
night after the fall of the second empire.
Bismarck was not absolutely within the
truth, though he was very near to 1t,
but in this instance he reflected the feel
ings of the courts of Europe with regard
to the men whom we now complacently
term "the founders of the third repub-
lie" Europe had heard of Jules Favre
himself, of Jules Simon, of GARNER
Page, of Eugene Pelletan (the father OF
Camille Pelletan), but Gambetta, Pr
card, Ferry, Glais- Bizoin and q half doz-
en- others, who suddenly professed to
pick up the sword that had fallen pow
erless from the hands of the marshals of
France, in order to stem the tide OF for
eign invasion, they did not know. 1t is
doubtful whether the French them
selves, outside Of Paris, knew much
about their self elected would be saviors.
When on the 9th of September, 1870,
Victor Hugo, his son and daughter,
Nine. Drouais, and several friends left
Brussels for Paris, where the poet ex-
pected triumphal welcome, their train
was brought to a stop at Maubeuge by
the side of another containing part OF
Vinoy's army that had escaped the dis
aster of Sedan. Men and horses were
huddled pellmell in cattle trucks, the
men silent and depressed, brooding over
their unexpected and blastlike defeat.
Hugo tried to cheer them. He leaned
out of his carriage and shouted; "Vive
la France! Vive la republique! but
there was no response, not even when
Mime. Drouais told the men who was
speaking to them. On the platform,
though, just as the train moved once
more, franc tireur waived his KEPT and
yelled: give la republique! Vlve
Gambetta |" "Who's Gambetta? l do
not know Gambetta, remarked the poet
to NJ. Antouin Proust, who was seated
by his side.-Fortnightly Review.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-05
Some Enpene Field Humor.

1t was only year or two ago when
Field played his last joke on George
CASTOR, the big hearted Italian, who is
still in Kansas City and will sit and
read Fields poems for hours. Every
year he seemed to think more of the
singer humorist. When Field went to
San Francisco, he wrote CASTOR letter,
briefly telling him Of the fact, as we'll
as the time and train which would find
him in Kansas City. Field would be
stopped over half an hour at that point
But the worth Of the letter lay in its
pictures. On one sheet the humorist
drew very bad picture of himself 60
ing to the train in Chicago. Over on
another sheet train was drawing rap
idly toward station named Kansas
City; while in the foreground was a
very excellent likeness of CASTOR him
self, trudging stationward with two
baskets, one on each arm, and both
heavily freighted with bottles and cigar
boxes. CASTOR took the hint, and the
bottles and the cigar boxes and he were
all there on time. So was Field. Today
CASTOR regards this letter as one of his
proudest possessions. w Washington Post
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-05
An Indian Taboo,

The penalty for violating, even IN
Willingly, the taboo of gems is visi-
tation of sores, livid spots, inflammation
of the eyes and even blindness. The
In-shtasunda, or thunder gems, do not
touch reptiles, toads or beetles. Some
years ago the vegetable garden of the
Omaha mission was visited by the pota-
to bug. The good missionaries in charge
engaged the children in the work of e1-
termination by offering a bounty OF o
cents a quart, solid measure, for de-
funct bugs. AS the extinction Of the
species became imminent, some Of the
young wits adulterated their bugs by
the addition of spurious beetles. About
this time one of the little girls became
suddenly covered with sores Her par
ents, hearing of it, came in consterna-
tion to the mission. She belonged to the
thunder gems, and the child's bug in
come ceased at once. She had unwlt-
tingly been carrying on traffic IN her
taboo. Alice G. Fletcher in Century.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-05
wA1ERsp BY A SPIRIT FORM.
Mystery of Two Little Cottonwoods on tho
South Dakota Prairie.

HY8teTY OF Two littic Cotboh"OOe' 80 49,
South Dakota Prairie.
The construction crew of a western
railroad was at work for some days ut
pne place near Pierre, S. D., and the
roadmaster in charge planted two tiny
cottonwood shoots in the baked,soil at
the side of the track which was being
constructed. Nothing was ever known
to grow where they were planted but
the curling buffalo grass and the why
bunch grass, which came up with the
moisture of the melting SHOWS OF spring
and soon withered and curled under the
whitening heat of the summer sun, no
moisture coming to refresh the baked
and parched plain on which the little
shoots were planted.
No one ever expected the shoots to
live, but the roadmaster devoted great
deal of attention to them while his
work kept him in that vicinity. Shortly
after this the roadmaster was killed IN
an accident, and the trainmen kept
watch of the two trees to see how long
thew would stand the terrible drought
which was curling all other vegetation
in that part of the world. But they
grew and thrived, and from what source
the roots drew sufficient moisture to
sustain their vigorous growth is one OF
the mysteries. All summer long the air
is q yeritable breath of the Sahara and
the earth is baked and burned, still new
er a leaf droops or curls. The trees
have attained a sturdy growth and the
engineers who pass them in their night
runs declare that spirit form appears
and pours water about them, and the
section men who go past the spot in the
morning to their work report the soil
about them to show the effects of hay
ing been watered during the night. Last
fall prairie fire burned over the ground,
and everything in its path was supposed
to be destroyed, and it was supposed
that the trees had suffered with all else
In It's track, but they came through
without injury.
What mysterious something supplies
these trees with the necessary moisture
to keep them growing and Furnishing
on this baked plain or what protected
them from the ravages of fire when all
else succumbed is left TO those who
delve into the mysteries of the hidden
world to solve. The only known fact in
regard to them is that they stand and
flourish in spite of all known laws OF
nature in regard to plant growth. Chi
cago Tribune.