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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

1T is better to open the mills to
labor than to open the mints to free
coinage" That was the cry of the
Mckinley hosts in '96. They made
the welkin ring shouting it. You
heard it. Everybody heard it.
Did anyone of the shouters then
think that before Mckinley would
be in office year every cotton
factory in New England would be
closed; that twenty-five thousand
operatives would stand idle rather
than accept a ten per cent. cut in
theI wages? How many Of the
shoutt RS would be glad to undo the
work they did on the I'd Tuesday
IN November, 1896, if they only
had chance.-Aurora Bulletin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

The Secretary Of the Treasury is
a green Gage il he has any idea
that his financial plan to make gov
ernment bonds payable in gold, will
ever be enacted in law. Standard
silver dollars that are good enough
for Mr.. Gage to hand out of his
Chicago bank topay workmen every
Saturday, are good enough to pay
the bonds held by himself and his
millionaire friends. The passage
OF the Teller resolution ought to
convince Mr.. Gage that he is vast
ing his sweetness on the desert air.
Go to, Mr.. Gage. Get back 10
Chicago before your pass expires.
Bulletin.
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Newspaper Accuracy.

Accuracy is one of the prime ne
cessities in newspaper. Notwith
standing the fact that people are al
ways talking about the unreliabilit,
ol the press, they 60 to the news
paper from day to day and week e
week Tor information with unfalter
ing confidence. The newspaper i,
everywhere quoted, even in cour.s
d justice, as authority. On ac-
count OF this necessary reliance or
The press nothing so Injuries pa
per as reputation for inaccuracy
or carelessness with regard to. or
4 wllful disregard of the truth.
1t is difficult because Of the failitil-
ty Oh human testimony, the many
and varvlng points of view from
which different individuals look on
every occurrence, to always secure
perfect harmony and consistency in
details. Yet the good newspaper
editor or reporter soon comes to
have "nose for" the truth in a
story, as well as for the news
This newspaper sense, SO to speak.
is quickened by use. Judges and
lawyers, after long practice, reach
such a perfection in weighing the
possibilities of evidence that it is
to deceive them, however
much luries may be befogged. The
newspaper man has to weigh evil
1ence in scores of cases every day.
and having more practice, becomes
more expert than even lawyers and
judges. There is a sequence. a
harmony of law, running through
III occurrences that gees far to
nd in Judging OF ard determining
ne important facts of a story. Ac-
uracy should 90 to figures and
lates as well as to incidents. and
his conscientious reliability is a
natter of successful business and !
I enduring reputation as we'll as of
orals.-National Printer Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11
Huntingburg Argus

Huntingburg Argus
Luther Baily, living on Elmer
Small's farm, near the old Kestnel
mill, had his house and all its con
tents burned Monday, excepting
a sewing machine, and there was
no insurance. The house caught
fire from a defective hue.
While at Jasper last Saturday
we stopped for the first time at the
Stewart House, now being con-
Quoted by Mr.. j. II. Stewart. ut
was a surprise to see the elegant
in which he has fitted il up
all the modern conveniences.
The dinner was in harmony with
The establishment. The people
rom all parts of the county will
make no mistake by p,tronizing
his hotel while in Jasper.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

Small southern boy, politely -
"Please pass the 'lasses."
Prim northern aunt-"You mean
molasses, do you not?"
Small southern boy-"How can
/ mean mo- 'lasses when | haven I
had any ?"-Truth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11
Hearty Enjoyment.

Are your children fond Of read
ing?"
IL should say so; there isn't a
book in the house that has back
on it,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

IL told my employer | had onl,
10 cents to my name" I"
What did he say?"
she tried to borrow it of me-"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

a woman's work is never done
because she always has to stop te
wait on some man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

Advertisers in The COURIER are
capturing the trade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

The fire fend caught VIM. Weld
man, OF near Bristow, Perry county,
Tor big round sum. His barn was
consumed and all its contents, and
5000 in money, which was hidden
in the barn. The cause of the fire
is unknown. Total loss will reach
about $500.
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! warn you again to flee from
drink. No drunkard shall enter
the kingdom of heaven. -
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,ihe Undersigned, Trustee of Balm
, erldge township, Dubois county. will at
y, M "' y township business on Saturday
X s,ery week, at Frank Betz's office on
MI Nam street, between Eighth and
hrarn h.n' IN Jasper. The Township Lii
s,a'N ana Indiana School Books are at
e place. WILLIAM SmuLER, Trustee.
aug. 10, ls97-y.
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w. E. COX,
Attorney at Law,
JASPER, INDIANA.

Prosecuting Attorney for the lIth Judicial
tirclit. and viii carefully attend to any civil
business entrusted to him I'm any county OF
the circuit.
once IN spayd's building on Public Square
Dec. 2, 'H-ly
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-23

typon tie facts wo think no SUFFICIENT case
was made out for the exercise III 3urisdic-
fion. We come to this conclusion ire
spective q the question Of the validity Of
the State statute and without passing upon
the rame or expressing any opinion in re-
gard therein"
In other words. Federal courts should no,
lay hands upon State law and enjoin
It's operation except in extraordinary cases,
certainly not before the State courts have
passed upon It: and even in the latter case
the right course is to ask for writ OF
error to take the question from the SUI
preme tribunal OF the State to the supreme
tribunal OF the United States as involving
constitutional inquiry.
There is force in Justice Peckbam's de-
cIsion. well worthy study as precedent
by the Federal Judges as well as the bar
at large. 1t is In the nature OF a triumph
for the democratic idea OF government.
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!. TEN PAGES TODAY, 4.
ANNEXATION OF cunA.

The recent statements from various
sources that strong annexation sentiment
is growing In Cuba even among the Span
ish on the island who have large property
interests. are more than likely founded on
fact. And Il is more than probable that
Cuba's future will be under tho stars and
stripes rather than under an independent
standard OF its own
Many there arc who profess TO believe
that we ought not to desire Cuba as a
part OF the American Union on account OF
the racial differences and the differences
in language and customs. How long would
1t BE- before Cuba under the American lag
the English language would virtually be
the only one spoken. American population
would be the dominant one, American cap
ital would control every field of Industry
and Louisiana and Mississippi and Florida
would not be more American than Cuba.
There is no richer territory on the globe
than this Gem OF the Antilles and under
American influences and methods 1t would
become in decade one of the wealthiest
most prosperous and attractive States In
the Union. IL has an area little larger
than Kentucky and population, cst-
mated at l,60o,o00. before tho instruction
began.
s There Is one controlling reason why the
United States should have tho island aud
that Is OF a sanitary nature. American
sanitary methods in Cuba are necessary
for the protection OF our Southern Stntes
and under such methods Cuba would soon
; become as healthftl as Florida
The Island Is within the legitimate
sphere of our influence, almost part of
the main land. has a population that could
easily bc improved and rendered useful TO
us, and immigration would be so large
that soon the popular complexion would
not be different from other of our States
we would obtain added wealth aud
strength by the acquisition OF Cuba. The
reasons suggesting the dcsirability OF an
nexation. therefore. are entirely different
from those involved In the question of
Hawaiian annexation.
There Is not another civilized nation on
earth that similarly situated with us.
would have waited this long to jump at an
excuse for placing the island under it's
flag.
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GOSSIP OF GAY GOTHAM.


| New York, February 20.--The Part playei
| by motion pictures In the amusements OF
! New York indicates how the scientific de-
lights the American For more than yeaI
these moving picture exhibitions have been
shown continuousl', and still people flock
in crowds to the houses where they may be
seem During last summer and fall thou
sands used to collect on the sidewalks Of
Upper broadway every evening to watch
The display given at half dozen points
from housetops, and hundreds now sigh
because the weather has rung down the
| curtain on these free shows
City building statistics, just complied
show that during last year plans were an
proved FOR the construction OF $500 build
ings at an estimated cost OF ssl COS. lGi.
Plans for alterations numbered 1905 at nm
estimated cost OF s7,i62. oss. The plans for
flat houses. estimated TO cost more than
sin.oCo each, numbered ii46 and the total
estimated ccst OF such buildings was $50. :
sahoeo. The office buildings erected num-
hered ~; school houses IS. and churches
~. And the Indications are that this tme
lieNt year the foregoing figures viii seem
Insignificant TO the student of structural
growth.
In paper read before the American Pa
per and TULIP association, DR. H. Il. Fer,oy
OF the department OF agriculture said that
the consumption OF wood In the man,lfac.
ture Of paper equals 1000, 600 cords per an
mum, mainly OF, spruce, three fourths COM
ins from New England, New York and
pennsylvania, lie estimated the combined
Investments OF the paper aud pulp trade M
siaoNuo,coo, with production OF more than
100000 tons OF material. worth 500. 0oD-
600 annually, He declared that. oven with
the use of smaller sizes and inferior ma
tetiai, tie consumption of tho next decade
would leave the supply in such an exhaust,
en condition as to warrant feeling of nm
easiness at this time. II MAS dangerous
re said, TO work on the theory thai the
VIRGIN wood supplies are inexhaustible
Sooner or later shortage must ocnur /,
present msthods are persisted In.
The great abundance OF money al lon
rates Of interest, and the prospect that Il
VIII continue for some time. have had their
effect on the trust companies, as well as
upon the banks. All of the trust conrauies
have for some time refused to accent nav
deposits at more than III per cent inter-
est except in few special eases. where
the circumstances may warrant a higher
rate. and some OF them do not caro- 10 az.
sept any even o. ~ per cent. while most
OF them are believed to have reduced ~.
idtc OF interest allowed on money already
on deposit with them to Ia per eans. (
trust company official, when sounded hin,
on the subject today. would neither affirm
nor deny. on the kround that II IVES ncns
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: :
THE TEXAS TRUST LAW CASE.

The decision OF the supreme court n,
Washington demanding TO custody those
who had been arrested in Texas for viola
ton OF the anti-trust laws OF tho State,
hut who had been granted their freedom by
On inferior Federal court, Is a matter for
general congratulation in This section. as
II tends TO discredit much of the arbitrary
conduct OF tho Federal judiciary In this
and other States for some time past.
These courts have been assuming to pass
on The constitutionality OF state enactmcnts
before the State courts had acted or before
tne question OF constitutionulty was prop
erly raised The usual course has been by
the ready issuance OF an Injunction, stop-
ping the machinery OF n sovereign con,-
monwealth before the appellate or supreme
courts had examined tho matter nj issue.
The result has Teen a virtual government
by Injunction AGAINST which the great DEM
ocratc party OF this Nation has so!emnly
protested.
the habeas corpus proceedings rcs,rlcd
TO In the trust cases under discussion. we're
but another form OF Injunction. The one
course applies to criminal cases, the oth.r
% civil The effect Is the same--the ston.
pms q inc operatson Of the state law by !
Federal Judge. = :
uAtiec Peckham's decIsion. therefore. Il
~ the nature Of an injunction against AZ, IN
jnpcfion IN questions involving The exerc,s.
81! soseretRn State authority, the ren,a III.
os me Justice are especially sisnlflcant
Willie h0ldinR that ~ t,f.,i,r .-..,.. -
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POINTS ABOUT People.

Inc Two old men of the house, Represent /.
atas.s yehu Baker OF Illinois and Samuel
s,rona sS Or Nebraska, have developed q
sion 'Ao prsselt ssS-
There has been recently nublisbed \,
Washington a photograph of Mrs. C,eye-
i IN, writing In her den in the Wh,te
rouse u is the only published pho.o.rant
mansion. '-o e~ueu'ise
me contractor for the monument to he
n :, a. Asheyiile. n, C.. to The memory
VI W ncnulon Baird Vance has Informed ths
III, N charge thai the monument
Ms IS .eaay Tor unyetlins any time after
columbus Alexander. who has lust died
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sWEAr-sHors COMING WEST.

A We have the statement OF the Cleveland.
ohio. district assembly Of the knights OF
Labor that the sweat shop evil which has
been such raw Aore In New York and
other large Eastern cltics. Is gradually
making Its appearance In the West In lis
worst form, Il y found In Cleveland 70
such an extent that union labor circles
hare begun . crusade against 1t.
The picture Of the sweat shop presented
BY this Cleveland district assemblys
eonuAattee 10 2 forbiddIns one. Ii appears
thet ~ most objectionable form of the
psppsr lsbor y found among tie knee
snee xssken. wensn aaa mss sad some
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at the age of 81 years in Alexandn6 Y
was one of the four jurors who soy
for the acquittal of John Il. sun!
| charged with participation In tne ~
sination of President Lincoln.
Winston S. Pierce, chairman Of ~
OF directors of the Union Pacinc nus5
Is a lawyer, AZ years old, ana ~ h;
of the late vice president, Thomas 4 e r
bricks. Mr.. Pierce is a member o. ,u
firm of Dillon G. Swayne OF New ~.
In private letter from an Az,
woman travelling in Europe ocsus y
following: Last night We wen! ~
Carlo and saw Lily Langtry IN ios, ~,
white satin and diamonds PLAYING u, y.
and winning all the time. TIE ay,
Cambridge was watching her, eno Z
everybody else" V
Professor Mommsen. the Romea
torian. replied as follows TO ne VI
recently addressed to the artisn - -
thors of Europe: what manner Y n
will the Twentieth century Won ..st1
"The woman OF the Nineteentn IA
has given me so much food for tnou. WI
| have no room for her OF the iwsA
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Not After chiltnn .
Bowie Gross rImbers.

T. .
In tho Dallas News Of Tuesday appeared
special from Washington under flaming
headlines. announcing that Senators Mills
ana Chalton on the one side and Governor
Cuiberson aud Congressman Bailey on mo
other would engage in a struggle for pol,t,.
ieal supremacy IN Texas during the conilnr
campaign. Governor culberson, as is we'll
known, has bis eye on the senior sena-
tors seat, and unless somethiar ,n.oIe-
seen arises he viii make the laa,Iing. Dis
ambition Ia not only natural, but iaulaL,e
~ for Mr.. Bailey twho is said IL 40 sil.r
MI Chtlton's seat and Govera,r lulhe,-,
son being parties 10 fight against vnllion.
as intimated BY the News, We viii mi,
er~iit H. The News is an alarmist. a.Mars
watching for a chance to ontsr / wedge
that may spl:t the Texan democracy. Size
mas IalIed ~ every effort 80 FAR, AVID the
!tmbers VIII not believe that any OF lhe
z. aemoerais named viii give hsr prstext
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our OF THE MOUTHS Or ~

Little Mamie was trying 70 W. ~,
dull lead pencil that her ~,
given her, but meeting with p.
she exclaimed. "Oh, mamma,
has slipped down over the iesu
marks won't come out y. q
lille" asked the teacher. ~, y, r.
days are there In a year! -
dred and sixty-five and q fouIsn. .S11 1
ly answered Willie. HOW ~
fourth OF day." asked tp n. r.
Why" replied Willie. "thars 'Ss3
OF July"
Come here. Lulu" said tnS ". ~ (
to his prospective sister-in-nS a r
Come and sit on my knee ~. WI
you something NICE 'Ah .Ss1llu
swered the little miss, and tnen
Say, did 'ou dive sister zai q ,sss
for sittin' on 'ou knee wike
Eddie's father was Jewels, ~ r.
times the little fellow sol Dr. s..s M r.
up with Indian stories ana ~ ~ n q
lessons. One Sunday mornir s.dsvi -
prlsed his mother by asking ~ r.
ma. what tribe was II that ~ ~
plated calyes--the lsraelites =
taws?' KS
Harry. aged s. had been IL
school and upon his return .,15
to tell his mamma about tne IA lf'1
you know, mamma" said ne
was awful meddlesome, anrt..,]2x
told her to mind her own SSS3mj
In sack OF salt &. z.
Mamma, said lis.le Freoa'
was at grandma's she gave y
of pie" well. replied NJ ssS n
Is good enough for YOU vow, ,,s W
dom Of It when you are :
grandma older Than YOU, 3
asked. why. yes, Of ccuts7 ~
the rsnly well. then" ns 49,!
suess shes gct lots more y
have ( s. S;
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of the public's business He is welcome
| to his opinion, of course, but his manner
only confirmed the truth OF the statement
| that the trust companies are overstocked
| with the root or all evil.
| Probably financiers are the hardest PEG.
ple In this town to get at, and If an excuse
, be necessary for their exclusiveness they
have an excellent one Nobody can doubt,
after Russell Sage's experience few years
ago. that it is the part of wisdom for them
TO be on the lookout for dangerous lunatics
or assaseins. J. Plerpont Morgan, how
ever who is perhaps as prominent as any
other of the multi millonaires of the city,
Is rot hard to see. The partitions in his
palntial office at Wall and Broad streets
are OF plate glass and Mr. Morgan's own
desk is in plain view from the main en-
trance, The crank who should undertake
TO walk toward that desk iIpannouncel
would find himself In sarious trouble be,
fore reaching It; but one who has a legiti.
mate errand can have personal interview
with little delay. and with TO more for
mnlity than the presentation OF card TO
an office boy. But nearly all the big men
OF finance are securely housed and CAREFUL
ly guarded.
These model tenements. although cheap
are up to date, There are nine main en-
frances, and from each hall there are two
Gets of stair eases that lead respectively
to the front and rear apartments. At each
entrance are electric bells and speaking
tubes that run to each flat. The staircase,
and walls of the halls are made of fire.
PROOF materials, as also are the partitions
In the basement of each house are shower
baths laundries and steam drying apra-
ratus that are al the disposition OF the
tenants without charge All apartments
are lighted by gas and fitted with dumb
waters that run TO the Easements, and
with speaking tubes through which con.
may be had with tradesmen
Set bowls and hot and cold water are sun
oiled TO each apartment. All halls and en-
frances are steam heated aud the plumbing
and sanitary work is open and Thought ~
be perfect The Easements and co,rt
Yards are asphalted The location "a one
Of the most healthful and picturesque In
the city. a perfect paradise for the meeh |
and lowly. who. too long. alas, have heeu
forced 10 dwell In the squalid and oyer-
crowded quarters OF the town The lion. |
Is certainly breaking through the dark |
spots here
The burning OF "fireproof', office
building has called attention to the fact
that so-called fireprooi buildings are -,
ffreproof. Elk Building Superintendent
Constable said few months ago that ,hers
wasn't firepsof building in New Yors
What Is mean by "fireproof'' Is slow burn.
Ing There are many buildings IN Ma,
ierk o. SLOW burning construction. Fire +
lh'ei Bonner In an interview, SPEAKING !,
ne Vanderbilt building fire. SAYS tb., !,
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Ex-Secretary OF War Robert T. Lincoln was
never celebrated for profound knowledge OF
international law, but any school boy knows
that Mr.. Lincoln Is wrong when nc states
that at is an elementary principle OF interna-
,ionai law that government is not RESPONSE
bio for the acts OF private citizens We
ought 10 return to Chile the money we es-
acted from her on account of the mob at Val
rnrsisu and make Italy give us back the
money We paid for the gentlemen lynched by
mol In New Orleans!
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The country is almost brcathcssly awaiting
the calm and official conclusion OF the naval
boGro Of inquiry as to the cause of the de-
strWction of the Maine Whatever Individual
opinions may be In this country. 1t will be
safe to take the findings of that board as alb
solrieiy correct and act accordingly. And I'M
I'll these capable officers have spoken no spe-
cial attention need bo given to the thousand
and one rumors nfoat
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girls are crowded In miserable Apartments
and are worked from fifteen to eighteen
hours day. In fact. the minimum re-
quired Is fifteen hours day. They are
not permitted TO stop for supper, but must
walt until after they leave the shop to
partake OF food. They begin work at Z
a. m. and quit at 10 p. m. One member Of
the investigating committee stated that
not infrequently the workers faint from
for leaving Is reached. The conditions
surrounding the workers. In nearly all the
shops discovered, were unsanitary In the
extreme, while the prices paid werc-sO
cents dozen for urlined and so cents a
dozen for lined garmsnts I.
Think OF human beings confined in
miserable holes, breathing sickness and
dcash for eighteen hours day, and OBJ
tanning IL cents for making pair OF
boys pantsi
Yet We hear people In this country tell
us that the Mexican laborer is TO be pitt
led,
The Knights OF Labor are doing good
Worh III huhtihb Vut ehSoo s"c"'-ohuDS
and bringing The facts to light. Pubic
opinion can not and Will not sustain such
a system Nor will those who maintain
1t. profit by 1t when their names are
given publicity. When democrats say
that the gold standard. with Its re-
sulting trusts and general industrial
depression, is responsible for such
conditions In this country, they are
met with denial. but the facts continue
10 grow from bad to worse. Is not change
necessary. that will render such paupersm
and tyranny as are found In the country's
sweat shops impossible?
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. Es:::'s:s'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-23

The fash of British and French powde
ma, soon light mp the Dark Continent until
the glare can he seen around the world
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-23

Politics inGcoreia just now also affords q
striking illustration of the danger of drop
plug into confidential communications to u
friend through the medium of a letter.
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l. Is said that the carrying of the exports
nad imports OF the United States across the
water costs a half million dollars day /.
Eighty-hse per cent OF this sum is paid 20
foreigners. That's the kind of an entorprising
business people We are,