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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
SIGNS OF PROSPERITY.

Enormous Increase In the Earnings of the
hariington-A Blanket Mortsge-first.
Glass Sleeping Car service Resumed -
The Matter of Unauthorized freigho
Discussed Tariffs.
CHICAGO, Oct 81. 1T il reported that
the gross earnings OF the Burlington
road for the month Of October will be
something over 81 900. 0n0, or an in
crease of 5000. 900 over the same month
at last year. Never before in the his
tory of the Burlington road has II had
On hand 50 much money from earnings
as at the present time.
The treasurer Of the road has called
for offers of and 5 per cent Iowa
division bonds TO take up S23s O0U of
the sinking fund. The call for per-
cents met with no response and that
for per-cents met with little result
The replies were far from being
enough To take up the amount set
aside for purchase and cancellation.
The proceedings OF the stockholders
of the Chicago a Mort western, held
in this city September %, which au-
thorized the issuance of blanket
mortgage and bonds to the amount OF
fl65, 900. 900, were filed for record yes
terday morning. The purpose of the
mortgage is To pay the outstanding OBJ
legations of the company in the aggre-
gate principal sum of sll4. sO2, 900 and
of its allied companies. the Ninona X
St Peter railroad and the Dakota Cen
trail, amounting To Sls. 34S, 900. The
bonds will be 90-year bonds. payable
November ?. 1857. bearing tive per
cent. interest, and will be underwrit-
ten by the United States Trust Co. OF
New York and John A. Stewart, as
trustee.
beginning last night, the Chicago X
North western road will resume the
frst-class sleeping car service between
Chicago and Portland. Ore, via the
Union Pacific and the Oregon Short
Line.
The meeting of the executive Off
GERS of the western roads, which was
held for the purpose of seeing If some
thing could not be done in the way of
killing off TIE unauthorized freight
tariffs that have been in effect on the
western roads for some time, has been
compelled To give up the idea for the
time being, and the tariffs will remain
in effect as heretofore.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
HANNA'S VOTE MAKER.
working the Pension scheme ON shs
Ohio Voters.

Ohio toters.
The insolence and arrogance OF re
publicanism as n result OF Indulgence
are Illustrated in the conduct OF the adj
ministration in establishing an annex
of the pension bureau in Ohio AT this
critical iuncture in the political career
of Mark Hanna. 4 force OF % clerks
has been specially detailed 10 expedite
pension cases for voters in this pivotal
state.
"A pension for vote" Is the principle
upon which the Hanna managers Will
proceed from this time forth in their
quest for support from men who were
brave enough and patriotic enough to
risk their lives in defense OF the union
and whose names are not now on the
overburdened pension rolls at Washing
ton. The movement is. of course. an in
suit TO the high-minded and manly old
soldiers. who resent all Efforts 10 coin
their yalor into dollars. but IL ir OF a
piece with the entire political career or
Hanna He has underestimate the in
telligence of the American people from
the moment of his entrance TO politics.
What he has accomplished has been due
TO the use OF Doodle and the mistakes
OF rival political managers.
But in thus attempting TO attach the
pension bureau to his train he will dis
cover that he has committed blunder
| from which be cannot recover in time
to save himself. The nation will never
be willing to believe that the voters OF
J Ohio will at the polls ihdorse so despica-
bic use of funds which. in theory. a.
least. were set aside. by the American
people as a token of national gratitud,
| 10 the men who fought for the preser-
walton. unimpaired. Of government
representing the highest aspirations OF
a free and intelligent race.
No surprise can be felt by those who
have watched Commissioner Evans ad-
ministration of the pension bureau that
he should unprot estingly lend his aid TO
the furtherance of Hanna's scheme in
| this way. With brazen etfrontery. as
founding in its assertion and shocking
to national pride. this man Evans has
boosted Of the number Of "the boys" he
has cared for" since he was placed in
|
in full knowledge of the fact that na-
tional revenues are at lower cbb than
they have reached in decade. and that
treasury deficit necessitating the
issue Of gold bonds is inevitable. he
has swollen the pension rolls beyond all
precedent and coolly announces that hi
will require at least Ss 100000 more than
was appropriated by congress for pen
sion purposes. When ii is remem bered
that this appropriation is Sl4l.00o.0o(
for the current year. fairly adequate
idea may be had of the cnormity M
Evans insolence. To be sure he is only
the instrument in the preparation oil
this outrage, but the reflection that he
missed only by very narrow margin
the nomination for vice president or
the ticket with Mckinley shows to what
depths of degradation the party which
once elected Abraham Lincoln presi
dent has been dragged by Hannaisn
and syndicate politics.-St. LOWS Re
| Dublic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
A kNOTTY QUESTION.
1t Has Been Raised by the Action of the
Creek Legislature Ia Rejecting the Dawes
Commission Agreement.

WASHINGTON, Oct 22.-The rejecting
by the Creek legislature. Wednesday. OF
the Dawes commission agreement for
the rehabilitation of the tribe is viewed
with much concern by the interior de-
partment authorities. They regard it
a. of great Significance, as affecting
other tribes with whom the commits
sion has to deal. and concede tn at 1t Is
not unlikely to result in failure to
reach an understanding with any of
them. So far, none of the agreements
made by the commission with repre-
sentatiges of the tribes have been rati-
fed and the negotiations now on with
the Cherokes are not progressing salts
factorily.
Advices reached here some days ago
that emissaries of the fullblood ele-
ment % the Cherokee nation had gone
to the Creek tribe. Now it is stated
that there is probability that what
ever action is taken for the purpose OF
making the mem bers Of the tribes citi-
zens. the incidental prelimiD aries
will have to be taken by congress and
an interesting debate on this question
involving the power Of congress to en-
act legislation on this line. is expected
early in the coming session.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
REPUBLICAN soBaeRs Fooled.
The Crooked Frances nj the Dingiey
Mnustrostty.


Perhaps il would be nearer the mark
20 attribute the ruling of Mckin ey's
mugwump secretary OF the treasury
making the Dingley bill retroactive 10
ignorance rather than 10 dishonesty.
The bill was signed by the president
nj 400 o'clock on the afternoon OF Sat
urday. July "a. 1897. At that hour the
custom houses OF the Atlantic ports a nd
about three-fourths of all the other Gus
tom houses of the country had been
closed. Secretary Gage held that the
government could not recognize frac-
tions of day. and that the bill must
take effect aud become a law from the
very earliest hour of the day on which
IL was signed. lie accordingly ruled
that all entries and Withdrawals liqui-
dated at the old rates on July "a under
the Wilson duties must be reliquidated
at the higher Dingley duties.
Mr.. Cages ruling made n difference
TO importers who had received goods
through the custom houses on that day
prior TO the signing of the bill OF near
liz half n million dollars. Many OF them
served notice of contest and an agreed
case was presented 20 Henderson Sum-
merville general appraiser. for an opin-
ion. His written decision. after review
ing the case carefully. concludes thus:
"Our conclusion is that the compact
of July "a. 1897. did not become oper-
alive as a law until six minutes after
four o'clock p. IN. OF said day. when ii
was approved by the president; that it
was not operative by relation OF any
previous hour of the day. but that the
tariff act of August 2s. 1894. remained
unrepealed and in force until the pre-
else moment when said act OF JAY 81.
1897. was approved. and that goods i'm
ported and entered for consumption in
the forenoon OF said July "a, s97. or NJ
any hour prior TO the time of approval
of said act). would be governed as 10
classification and rates of duty by the
tariff net of 1894 and rot by said act
of 1897"
This decision accords exactly with
the position taken by the Times when
Mr.. Gage first made his absurd and I'M
tust ruling. Appraiser Summerville's
finding is in harmony with common
honesty. common sense and common
law The retroactive idea is entirely
republican. and therefore dishonest. II
fixes an obligation before the condi-
tions constituting il have been consum.
mated. Tom Reeds republican house
Inserted this legal paradox in the Ding
ley monstrosity before Il went to the
senate. As lawyers. It's sponsors and
trainers knew that II would not hold
water. but they were guilty Of the 20
ltical dishonesty OF trying TO make
capital with their employing trusts by
running q bluff on the importers
Cages void ruling displays his menta
caliber and indicates the tendency o.
the republican administration TO cx
tract by hook or by crook. and when
ever the occasion offers. every drop o.
blood and pound Of flesh il can from tn,
taxpayers.-Kansas City Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
STRENGTHENING THEDEFENsEs
Unusual Attention to the british Army
aud the Colonial Defenses.

Unusual Attention to the british Army
aud the Colonial Defenses.
LONDON, Oct. LIN connection with
the increased strength of the British
army the defenses of the colonies of
Great Britain is receiving unusual at
tcntion- The government has ust
dispatched former under secretary of
state for war. Sir Ralph Wood Thomp-
son, to Australia with instructions to
report To the war Office upon the con-
dition of the defenses Of the Australian
colonies, To urge an increase of the CO.
lonial forces, and to submit proposals,
for arming the local troops and ex-
changing ba,talions from Australia
with those of the motherland.
The mission OF W. ;. Fielding. the
Cana liam minister of finance, to Great
Britain. also includes discussing with
the colonial Office what proportion of
Al. 5,,O, 900, which it is proposed TO ex-
pend in strengthening the Canadian
defsnses, should be borne by the inn
pcr'al government.
The Indian council and the war Of
flee are said to be considering import
ant measures involving the addition of
onc-third To the strength Of the Indian
array.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
THE SHORTEST POTATO CROP.
Falling on OF Nearly 80 Per Cent. from
the Crop of Last Year.

IN. Crop Of Last Year.
New YORK. Oct. 2l.-'Not since ls92
has the potato crop of the United
States proved SO nearly n failure, say.
the American Agriculturist, in its final
report OF the yield of 1897. Compared
with the liberal crop Of last year there
is an apparent falling off of nearly
80 per cent. IN tonnage and the quality
Of the whole is greatly ,ehcienI
County and township returns from all
the leading potato growing states to
this weekly newspaper, show the yield
of potatoes to be la. 600. 900 bushels.
against 245, 0O0. 900 in 1896. 2s6. 600. 900
in 1895, ls5. 900 900 in 1894 and only
1856, 900, 900 in the short crop of 1892.
The average rate OF yield per acre is
placed at "a bushels, taking the country
at large, against 81 bushels in 1896, 50
in 1895 and 90 in 1892.
The reasons for disaster to the POI
tato crop of 1897 are about rs varied as
multiplicity OF causes could make
them. Standing out with more promi-
hence than any other two factors, are
blight and rot. as a result of extremes
OF weather conditions. While the
yield in bushels is small, the quality is
almost as deficient. This is true OF
most. but not oil states. The crop is
best in tie northwest Such portions OF
Canada as make a speciality of potatoes,
notably Ontario and the maritime
provinces, show a general but not
serious shortage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
SALiSBURY'S REPLY.
Rs spouse tn the Proposals of the American
BimetziIic Commission.

BimetziIic Com mission.
LONDON, Oct 2i.-Lord Salisbury
last night sent to Ambassador Hay the
reply of the British government to the
proposals of the American bimetallic
special commission, headed by Senator
Wolcott- 1t is automatically worded
note.
His lordship says that the govern
ment of Great Britain cannot reopen
the Indian minis at present. He re-
grcts the inability To accede to the
proposals of the American commits
sioners, Great Britain having as
great an interest AS the United States
and France in securing a stable par ex-
change for gold and silver and an en-
karged use for silver
In these circumstances, continues
Lord Salisbury, the British govern
ment does not see the desirability Of
an international monetary conference,
but will b. pleased To consider any
other practical suggestion from the
United States
Senator Wolcott was not in London
last evening.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
SPANISH HONOR.
War, While Costly, Might Prove . Con
venient Savior.

HAVANA. Oct -. La Lucha," in an
energetic editorial entitled War Is
Convenient for Spain" says:
The sensational American press is
renewing the campaign in favor of
American Intervention, which, it says.
will meet the approval of congress.
Rather than that we should continue
enduring this sort of thing, it is. pre-
ferable that our American friends
should decide to interfere. Spain has
nothing to lose. Her case is the same
as that of !. poor man suing a rich one.
The rich man is always the loser.
Moreover, if Spain were TO go to war
with the American Union it would lie
proof positive That in our national
character there still exists the tradi.
tional Spanish honor. which we would
defend even more carefully than our
lives
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
M'KINLEY PRICES.
Extravagant Claims Of Republican
Rantera.

Bt0ntera.
Out in Ohio the republicans have been
compelled to resort to the claim that
the Mckinley administration is respon-
sib,e for the recent rise in wheat This
has been done. not directly. but indi-
rectly. Mr. Hanna began it by an
nouncing in the beginning of the cam
raign that he had received information
TO the effect that Providence was on
the side of the republicans.
On the heels of this il was a compar.
atively easy matter to inform the voters
that, to Mr.. Mckinley, under Providence.
should be given the credit for dollar
wheat. That great man had no sooner
been elected than he sat about arrang-
ing for famine in India and short
wheat crops all over the world except
in these United States, of which he ant
Hanna are the chief managers. and OF
whose liberties they are the bull-works,
as il were.
All this has been given out in Ohio
witha good deal of solemnity. Hanna. in
the free-and-easy flow of his gush, has
held these things before the attention
of his audiences until the whole cam
paign seems TO depend on the promulga-
tion of the belief that the Mckinley adj
ministration has really been powerful
enough TO create famine conditions else
where in order to induce the 7oters to
indorse Hanna.
But now there seems to be trouble
ahead. and the Cincinnati Enquirer calls
attention to it. We no longer have
dollar wheat. In fact. wheat has fallen
ten cents a bushe since MIR. Hanna be-
gan to knead his political dough in pub
lie, and the Enquirer wants to know
why Mr.. Mckinley should thus strike at
the interests Of the farmers by permit
ting this slump. AS Mr.. Mckinley
was powerful enough to raise wheat to
a dollar, why does he not hold it there
Why does he sit idly by and permit the
! poor farmers to be robbed Of 500 on
every thousand bushels of wheat they
SELL when he could so easily prevents iii
IL is n very interesting situation
Atlanta Constitution.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
DENIAL FROM WEYLER.
Contrndicts the Report that He Refuses
to Surrender His Command.

LONE, the Spanish minister, last night
received the following cablegram from
Ge1. Weyler:
"Please deny the report that has
been published that have refused To
surrender my command and that GEN.
Castellanos refuses TO consider as paci-
fled the four western provinces. La
accordance with her majesty's COM
mand. will sail on the last day Of
this month";
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
TRAFALGAR DAY.
Nelson's Great victory More Generally Gel
ebrated than Usual.

LONDON. Oct. -. The anniversary Of
the battle of Trafalgar. fought October
"a. 1906. was celebrated yesterday
more generally than usual. The Nell
son monument on Trafalgar square,
this city. was decorated with gar
lands and the foot of the column was
hidden beneath wreaths, including
one from Canada inscribed England
expects every many TO do his duty
Nelson's flagship, the Victory, at
Portsmouth, was decked with laurels
and evergreens and the spot on the
quarterback where the British admiral
fell. mortally wounded. was covered
by an immense wreath.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29

TUBERCULOSIS.
Tests Reveal Its Presence in the ksnsAs
Agricultural College Herd.


MANHATTAN. Kas.. Oct. 22.-Tuber-
culosis in an advanced stage has been
found to exist in herd of cattle
owned by the Kansas state agricul-
tural college. Official tests were made
at the college grounds here under the
supervision OF DIR. Law. of Cornell
university; DIR. 4. A. Gedds, from
the bureau of animal industry
at Washington. and Professors Fisher
and Cottrcll, OF the Agricultural COL
lege. Eight animals were killed for
the purpose. and in each the disease
was found to exist The disease. 1t is
said. is known to have been in the herd
for years, and the old management Of
the college has been condemned for
not taking action.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29

NEW MILITARY RESERVATION.

4. Embraces a Radius of Ftfty Mics
Around 1T. Michacis. Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Oct. III. The secretary
of war has issued an order CIR, ing a
military reservation in that part of
Alaska lying within a radius of 50 miles
of St. Michaels. The purpose is To con,
fer upon L.eut.-Col Randall the neccs-
sary legal authority To preserve order
and protect property in this section OF
abe country, both Of which are believed
90 be jcopardized by the large number
of lawless characters gathered near the
mouth Of lhe Yukon.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
PARTLY CLEARED UP.
Khe Mystery Surrounding the Disappear
nnce of Fannie Rutherford.

hhse OF
SAN FRAScisco. Oct. 2L-The mys-
terry surrounding the disappearance of
Miss Fannie Rutherford, the daughter
Of a well-known steamboat owner Of
Minneapolis, in June last has been
cleared up to certain extent by the
arrival IN this city of her brother
Harry. who traced her across the con-
tinent only to find that she had again
returned east IL now appears that
Miss Rutherford eloped with Arthur
Lootz, nephew of well-known bust
ness man Of Chicago. by whom he was
formerly employed as an accountants
lie was formerly a resident OF Coving-
TON, KY. and comes Of good family
but for some time past has been a fu
gitive from justice. Young Ru,her
ford. IL Is said, will kill Lootz when
they meet
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
RICH NEW GOLD FIELDS.
DIscoveredry In the Northern Part of Brit
ish Columbus.

VICTORIA. Il. C.. Oct. 2i.-Sews has
been received from Ominica, in the
northern part Of this province. Of the
discovery Of rich placer mines on =
new creek, and the remains OF Walker
Gid HALFWAY aud Jim Robinson. who
went there nine years ago and lost
their lives Hugh Grant was at he
head Of the party which recently
found the place. Samples OF the yold
brought back are the purest seen in
British Columbia
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
Children Catch Cold

more easily than grown folks, and their
constitutions will not permit of quinine or
other radical treatment. DIR. Bells Pine.
Tar-Iloney is not only absolutely harmless.
but is pleasant to the taste. and is certain
cure for NIL coughs and colds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DIR. Klines
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 80 trial hottie 4
treatise. DR.. Kline. 933 Arch st, Phila., Pa.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29
NOTHING BUT PROMISES.
How the Ohio Republicans Do the
PeOple.

Senator Hanna in his campaigning
ipeeches to the Buckeyes promises them
that the republican party will settle the
money question. IL II shall be given
chance. upon a basis that Will take the
question out OF politics and prevent fu-
ture business reverses. This news Is
honey sweet. MIR. Hanna does not go
Into particulars: and there Is nothing
In the past history OF republican fnan-
ciering TO Justify hope. The republicans
have tinkered and tinkered. and made one
dangerous experiment after another. and
they are still tinkering. and are afraid
to rectify their most obvious errors. -
Philadelphia Record.
There is reason TO believe that the
republicans have done all they propose
to do in the line of redeemipg pledges.
They have satisfied the demands of the
contributors TO republican corruption
funds by enacting n law that enables
those contributors to recover the full
amount of their contributions with
heavy interest from the people, and this
no doubt fully meets the republican
idea of what is needed in the way Of
remedial legislation. The party leaders
have concluded apparently to rest their
case on the Dingley law and to trust to
the full restoration of prosperity for
further political capital. The repub-
leans met great crisis in partisan
spirit and essayed to satisfy the de-
mands Of a suffering people by impos-
ing upon them additional heavy bur-
dens.
Mr.. Hanna's promise that the repub-
lican party will settle the money ques-
ton amounts TO nothing, because it is
clear that the leaders of the party are
satisfied with the present condition Of
the currency. and even il it shall seem
to them to be advisable to make some
change at the instance of the great
moneyed interests, their settlement of
the question will not be what the public
asks and expects. The treatment the
people received at the hands Of the re-
publican tar ff-makers is in evidence as
showing that the interests of the masses
will not be consulted by the republican
party.-Binghamton (N. W Leader.
------
The number of failures in the
United States for 1897 will amount TO
$4,000 and over at the rate already re-
pOTteu IuT the HTsL nine HlOHtHs. III
the year 1s7l-26 years ago-the total
failures for the whole year was 2.015.
As late as 1ss2 TO 1855. the number of
failures reported in some OF these years
for six months was less than those re-
ported for the third quarter Of this year
which the goldites declare have been
months of prosperity. Thirty years ago
the number Of failures reported for the
entire year was SGT. II business fail.
ures are an evidence Of goldite prosper
ity the country is being furnished with
ample evidence.-Illinois State Register
We shall see whether the Nc
Hanna administration, having iD'pu-
IDENTIFY claimed credit for the early
wheat crop. will 60 on talking in that
strain while the fields are parched. the
stock suffering from thirst and the
farmers hopes OF prosperity gone glini'
mering. II is a poor rule that will not
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29

The Important Point.-Doctor- You'll
be on your feet IN n week or So" Patient
con my feety But how soon will be ON
my wheely'-Puck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29

The consumption of Star plug tobacco i,
the largest in the world. No other tobacco
is SO good as Star plug in all respects.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-10-29

ANY wife can make her husband trembe
nv saying she has heard something" about
him.-Atchson Globe.