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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14

Every free born Ohioan believes
he j. destined to hold Office at least
If not TO be an aspirant for the pres
idency. 30 when John X. Mclean
was reported 10 have ambitions Il
become president, the story was
readily believed, says the Evans
vile Courier. But Mr.. Mclean ha.
denied his candidacy and added
significantly:
lou. in Ohio We are all for Bry-
an"
Ii is interesting 10 note Mr.. Bry-
ans attitude toward the nomination.
In his speech in Atlanta, Ga, Tues
day, he said:
Whether | am nominated or not
in 1900 is immaterial to me.
Whether shall ever again be a
candidate for any office depends on
circumstances. | don't want TO be
a candidate for president unless
those who think as | do believe that
| can do more Tor the principles of
the party already adopted than any
one else. would rather help some
body else win than be the cause OF
the party defeat. Ii the Demo
cratic party wants somebody to lead
a retreat they must find some one
accustomed to walking backward.
The Democratic party will not weak
EN- on the money question, and the
question of imperialism will bring
more votes out of the Republican
party in the coming campaign than
IN any Of the campaigns since the
last canvass of Abraham Lincoln. y
His words are strongly significant.
They mean that the nomination is
the least important thing of all TO
him. The platform il his first con
Germ, and if he cannot control the
convention so "a 10 secure str light
forward, unequivocal declaration on
the great questions before the coun-
Try, he does not want the nomina-
ton. The Democratic candidate in
1900, so far as Mr. Bryan j. con-
.cerned. will not say one thing while
the platform declares for another.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14
Boone Township Trustees
Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee of Boone
township, Dubois county, hereby gives
notice that he will attend to all business
pertaining To the office of Trustee, at his
residence, about one mile west Of Por-
tersville, on Portersville and ireland
road. on Saturdays OF each week, and
reun ssts all persons having township
business to present ii on Saturday. Citi-
zens desiring books from the TOWNSHIP
Library, are notified that the Library il
kept by VIM. McHarris. in Portersville
y. b. CoFFMAS, Trustee.
Aug z, 1897 ".
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice il given that hereafter the Trus
lee of Mad sCa township will 5e AT the
Office of DIR. Bean. in Ireland, on every
Saturday, for the pur ,ose of attending tc
township business, and all persons hav
ing business with the township are ex
pected TO confine it TO those days.
The township library is KEEP. AT Isaac
Alexander's in Ireland, where all may
obtain the books.
The Indiana School books will be
ioLnd at VIM. T. Young's store al ali
times. john +. NORMAN,
Aug. Is, '95-y Trustee Madison tn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14
Railroad Excursions.

Summer Resorts.
Sweet sulphur Springs. Nelpen.
White sulphur Wells, English.
Fair View Springs. BoonvIlle.
Fritzlon Mineral Springs. Evansville
DeGonia Mineral Springs. De,ionia.
Ash Grove Springs. DeGonia.
Tickets will be sold at one and one
third fare for the round trip on the certi-
ficate plan. and same must be counter
signed by the pr,priei ,r 81 summer re
sort visited
SUNDAY Excursion Rates OF one far
for the round trip. good forthe oay only
" + CLAYCoNB. Agent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14

The travelling statesmen who wer,
so solicitious in 1896 to have money
that was good all over the world
but have since lost their jobs on az
count of the formation of trusts
would undoubtedly rather have Their
jobs back again and take their pay
in money that was good in this
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14

An old sdage reads: There is a place
for everything" and for everything to b
In its place. the LOUISVILLE DISPATCH
should find q place In the home OF every
DEMOCRAT In the SUNNY SOUTH. The
Dispatch is the peoples paper. owned by
the people. and Is always ready to fight
for the cause Of the people 1T STANDS
soUARELY ON THE CHICAGO PLAT
FORM. without the aid or consent Of the
Gold Bug Monopoiies. and q fair compar-
ison Of its news service tnow being fur
nished over leased wires by the New York
sun. the Chicago Inter Ocean and the
Northern Press Association with that OF
any other paper. will fully verify its
Motto. IF you see II In the Dispatch it's
50. and II it's 80 1t IL always In the Dis
patch"
The Dispatch also has stan Of over
300 active correspondents In the South. and
will POSITIVELY GUARANTEES MORE
THAN DOUBLE THE SOUTHERN NEWS
Of any other Louisville paper. Get the
Dispatch: IL gives the news and tells the
truth about II.
Daily. s pages: Sunday. - pages; Week
iy. 8 pages. We club with the Weekly
Dispatch at the remarkably low price Of
~ % for both papers in advance.
Weekly Dispatch, s1.00
Weekly COURIER, 1.j0
$3.50
In advance, b,th for half price.
per year, sl.25.
Send your n. mes and money Il
the COURIER. Jasper. Ind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14

AS all lees In excess OF the salary
must be paid into the county treas
ury, and where the fees do not
make tn. salary, the county must
pay the deficiency, the anomaly
was presented of a county of 10, 461
population receiving money from
its county officers, and another
county of 23,364 population going
into It's treasury to make up its
official salaries. On one hand the
old fee law would be a blessing to
the taxpayers of Dearborn county
and curse to its officers. On the
other, the salary law works an op.
posite effect in Blackfcrd.
1t is such inequalities as these
that the commission is trying to
overcome and at the same time con
form to the constitutional require
ment that the salaries shall conform
to population and service. 1t is
conceded that progressive county
may retrograde, and that county
in the lowest class may advance,
and the commission is irving to
find some basis that will provide
for such changing condi-
tons.
1t should lie said that the com
is trying to find fair way
Of fixing salaries, one that will com
pensate the officers for their work
and at the same time give the peo-
pie protection against wrong. To
his cad it invites counsel from all
citizens, and would be glad to re
ceive suggestions from any source.
The policy of the Republican
party is to allow the bondholders,
bankers, Insurers and pawnbrokers
to dictate all legislation on the
money question. In their nexl
national convention the trusts will
name candidate for the Presidenc,
to enforce legislation against them
selves. Why not go further and al
low the liquor dealers to make thu
laws for the regulation of the liquor
traffic. The next logical step will
be to permit the thieves to make
the laws against stealing, and finally
to permit the inmates of our peni-
tentiaries to revise the criminal
code.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14
Hall Township Business,

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Trustee of Hall township, vii
attend to township business on each sat
nrday OF the year, at my office, and per
cons having township business to tran.
sact are required to present it to him on
Saturdays.
The townshiplibrary will also be found
a, my office near Rosamond, and the cit
iyens are invited to call there for library
books
The Indiana Series of School book,
may be had at my office, and at John J
Mes:hede's, in Celestine
LEVI l.. JACOBS,
Trustee Hall township.
Aug. 9. 1877
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14
Columbia Township Truss
tees Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee of Colum-
bia TIP, Dubois county, Ind, will attend
to Township business at his residence on
every Saturday, and persons having
township business TO transact are re-
quested to present il on that day OF the
week.
The Township Library is kept at the
Office of the Trustee, where those en-
titled can obtain books.
X. 7. SMITH, Trustee.
Aug. 18th. 1897 V.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14
Trying TO Make Fair Salary Law.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 9.-The
Indiana fee and salary commission
constituted by an act of tie last
Legislature and composed Of Timothy
T.. Howard, ex Judge Of the supreme
court; Augustus c. Daily, ex-audi-
tor OF state, and William A. vii
klns, Is entering upon Its labors
with a prospec. OF ultimately fixing
the question OF official salaries upon
a fair and equitable basis. and re-
moving this disturbing factor from
the politics of the state.
The high character of the mem
bers OF the commission, the fair and
impartial manner in which they
nave gone at their work, and their
earnest investigation into the sys-
TENS OF other states all tend to in
-pire confidence, and there is little
doubt but the legislature will enact
a law at its next session which will
De fairer than the law which is now
"a the statute books, and which has
been 50 frequently attacked in the
courts.
Upon the very verge of its duties
the commission finds itself hamper
ed by the organic law of the state,
which requires that fees or salaries
shall be Uniform in the counties ac
cording to population and services
required. In the several cases that
nave been before the supreme court
hat body has upheld the salary
Jaw, and has affirmed that judg-
nent with respect to uniformity lay
wholly with the law making power.
IMPORTANT POINT GAINED
This much has been gained, then.
that the right OF the legislature to
TX salaries mas been e. tablished,
md that there is no recourse from
the dictum OF that body, for, how
ever lacking the salaries may be a.
between counties, the courts will
not interfere, tor in fixing the sala-
ries the Legislature has said there il
uniformity, and this the courts will
not galnsay.
1t was this condition that led to
b. appointment of the fee and sal
ary commission. Every intelligent
nan who looked into the subject
cav that the compensation Of officers
while based upon population and
.ervices required, was not fair, and
It was impossible to answer the
complaints of such officers when
they came up to the legislative meet
Ing-, and pointed out the grave in
Justice that the law worked in many
instances.
The first work Of the com mission
vas to correspond with other state
officials, and get an idea of the sys-
TENS in vogue elsewhere. This work
threw little or no light uDon the sit
nation, for there was a great diver
sity between the systems and none
of them we're recommended as fully
meeting the necessities of the stu
alton. Tennessee and California
were the only two states that had
attempted to fix salaries according
70 population and service, and in
both the same difficulties that exist
lere obtained.
Nearly all the other states had the
lee system, pure and simple, or a.
mixture Of fees and salaries, the first
pf which Indiana il trying TO avoid,
and the second Of which is made inn
possible under the state constitution.
Reports from county officers regard
ing salaries and collections are be-
ing received and will be followed I
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14
HARRISON Trustees Notice,

Notice is hereby given that the under.
signed, Trustee OF HARRISON township,
will att md To township business on each
Saturday OF the year, at my office, and
persons having township business to
trrnsact are required to present it to him
on Saturdays.
The township library will be Kept at
my home i'll Haysville.
GEORGE NIX,
Aug. %, 1877. Trustee.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14

later by personal visits to all tie
counties and inspections of the con-
ditions.
As basis upon which TO work /,
the commission has divided the
counties OF the state into four classes.
These four classes embrace those
that are progressive, those that are
standing still, those that are slowly
developing, and those that are retro
grading. The point now is to fix
upon basis that will be uniform
according 10 POPULATION and services
rendered, for ne commission cam t
fix salaries in some and fees in 9TH
ers, because the constitution forbids
il.
Investigation shows that there are
many inconsistencies in the old law,
and the commission has about
reached the conclusion that there
should be such elasticity in the new
act as would provide for increase or
reduction in salaries As counties pass
from class to class, into which, for
convenience of investigation, the
commission has divided them.
Thus, for instance, if the population
increases or decreases, the salary
ought to increase or decrease in the
same ratio to maintain the uniforms
lty that the law contemplates.
ILLUSTRATED BY TWO COUNTIES.
Two cases will show how unfair
is the present law, and these two
are by no means exceptional.
When the law was passed Black
ford county had population of
10, 46l and Dearborn had a popula
ton OF %, 1854, and the salaries of
three Of theprincipal officers in each
wee thus fixed:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14

It's a regular summer day picnic
to revel IN the bargains and de-
molishing prices offerel by The
COURIER advertisers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14

You won't need magnifying
glass to read the bargains advertised
in The COURIER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-14
LIVERY and SALE STABLE.
VOLLMER & CO..

Always have the best turnoutS, OF any
variety for customers; particularly COM
mer.ial travellers. Courteous and care
full drivers TO all parts Of Dubois and adj
dining counties. Horses boarded and
sold on cheap terms.
oct u. Is~.-ly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-11-23

The scheme for construction of ship
channel connecting the Mississippi river
and the great lakes had decided boom
at the recent waterway convention in
Peoria, Ills. It was resolved by the
convention that, in view Of its impor-
tance, "the Mississippi river deserves the
most liberal treatment at the hands of
the general government, to the end that
its improvement may be made so COM
plete that it will furnish at all times an
unobstructed outlet to the sea for the
surplus products of the Mississippi val
ley" From the Mississippi connection
with Lake Michigan would be made
through the Illinois river, and congress
will also be asked for ''iberal treat
ment" of that stream.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-11-23

First off, - the case of Mr.. Walter
L. Farnsworth, the Chicago confection-
er who acquired 40 wives before his at
tention was called to the fact that he
was playing way beyond the limit, is
calculated to excite wonder and sur
prise. On reflection, however, it is not
SO very strange. Mr.. Farnsworth is a
Chicagoan and therefore possessed of
boundless courage and tireless energy.
So it is not remarkable that he should
undertake the task of making the great
est collection of wives in the world.
Then, too, it must be remembered that
his business was a potent factor in the
enterprise. With an inexhaustible sup
ply Of confection to draw upon, Mr.
Farnsworth's facilities for accumulat-
ing wives seemed almost limitless. Had
not some presumably envious person
caused an injunction to be served on
his towering ambition there is no doubt
that Mr.. Farnsworth would have won
the worlds championship as the most
numerously married man.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-11-23

The announcement comes from Wash
ington that temporary and provisional
settlement has been made in the Alaska
boundary dispute. According to the re-
port the United States surrenders no
substantial advantage and Canada gets
no port on the Lynn canal and no other
outlet. She gets no territory on any
navigable stream. and imports into the
Klondike region will, as heretofore,
pass through American territory. It is,
however, hardly fair or intelligent to
characterize this provisional agreement
as a virtual surrender on the part of
Canada. The modus vivendi establishes
simply working line for the sole pur
pose of preventing collisions and
breaches Of the peace. While serious
trouble between the United States and
Dominion of Canada is not imminent.
nor has it been, it is we'll that prudent
craftsmanship take precautions against
even remote contingencies The fact
that temporary agreement is reached
is an earnest of the ultimate permanent
settlement of vexed questions without
serious friction.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-11-23

Attention is called to the decidedly
curious circumstance that the word
"war" was not used in the speech of
Queen Victoria to parliament regarding
the Transvaal situation. Mention was
made of difficulties, =" events and a
estate of AFFAIRS but the shorter, more
definite and significant term was care
fully avoided. Yet it is very real war
that is going on in South Africa, and
nobody in that country or England has
any doubt on that point War is hard,
harsh word and CRATES severely upon
modern ears. especially in this era, when
there is so much talk of universal
peace and "the brotherhood of man. "
It is no wonder that the Widow of
Windsor, who beyond doubt earnestly
desires to pass her declining years at
peace with all the world, should wish
to skip the hard and ugly but simple
and significant word "war."
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-11-23

The supreme court of Michigan has
decided that Mrs. Merrie Hoover Alb
bott cannot legally hold the Office of
prosecuting attorney, to which position
she was elected in Ogemaw county, in
that state. The court held that there
could be no question of the lady's in
eligibility: If woman could fill the
post of prosecuting attorney, she could
aspire to any constitutional Office in the
state The reports Of the decision do
not indicate the logic or law upon
which the opinion was founded. Judge
Moore gave a dissenting opinion in
which he declared that IF woman
were capable of doing the work required
Of her in any Office it would be hard to
say that the common law forbade her
doing so simply because she was a
woman. y The entire competency Of
Mrs. Abbott was not called in question.
The decision is doubtless good law, but
many women and some men will not
regard it Is good policy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-11-23
First Publication Nov. q. Is,

+ D..
First Publication Nov. %, 1899.
CTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Mile Lacs.-ss. In Probate Court.
Special Term, November 10Th, 1889. a
In the matter of the estate Of George w.
Taylor, deceased. azSfs ;@y 1--WE" -..-r
Il On reading and filing the petition of David
be entitled to q conveyance OF certain real
estate from the administrator of said estate
based upon the assignment Of a contract from
said George w. Taylor, deceased to John and
Sophia Thomas, setting forth that George w.
Taylor, deceased. was bound by contract in
writing to convey said real estate to the said
David Wetter the assignee, upon the terms and
conditions therein stated, with q description OF
the land to be conveyed and the facts upon
which such claim to conveyance is predicated,
and praying that the probate court make q
Matthew r. Taylor administrator of George
w. Taylor, deceased, to convey such real estate,
to said petitioner as the person entitled thereto
@s It is therefore ordered, that oil persons in
terested in said estate may appear before this
court at a special term thereof to be held on
Saturday, the 10th day Of December A. D. 1859,
at 10 o'clock In the forenoon at the probate
office, in the court house in the village OF
Princeton, in said county, and oppose said petit
ton. Sgs* 4 @%s593yss EFTis fE3 S$J%S B IS
And it is further ordered. that this order
shall be published once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day Of hearing,
in the Princeton Union, q weekly neWspaper
printed and published at Princeton ngsoid
county. - tt.az#. ] 3fis 5.a5 & 1H.as All III
Dated at Princeton the 10th day Of November
A. D. 1892 BY the court Y5s$ H.
-. s..ii;g.3&.s BIN. vANALsrE1N,i FL
glProoate Seal .s zz,s3ss Judge Of Probate
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-11-23
First Publication Nov. 2. 1899,


STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
~ Mile LacS.-Ss. In Probate Court.
Regular Term, Oct Goth, 1899.
In the matter of the estate Of Samuel P.
Hunt deceased. =, = sE=f -.
Whereas, an instrument in writing, purpOrt-
ing to be the last will and testament of Samuel
P Hunt deceased, late OF said county, has been
delivered to this court; and .a4a- H.
Whereas, Delos N. Hunt has filed Herewith
his petition, representing among other things
that Samuel P. Hunt died in said county, on
the Gath day of October 1899, testate and that
said petitioner is the executor named in said
last will and testament, and praying that the
said instrument may be admitted to probate,
and that letters testamentary be to him issued
thereon; .*f- o.. .S.&g =,
It is ordered, That the proofs of said instru-
ment, and the said petition, be heard before
this court, at the probate Office in said county,
on the 25th day of November A. D. 1899, at
O'Clock in the afternoon, when all persons in
terested may appear for, or contest the probate
of said instrument. ~
And it is further ordered, That notice of the
time and place of said hearing be given to all
persons interested, by publishing this order
once in each week, for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing, in the Princeton
Union, weekly newspaper printed and pub
lished at Princeton in said county.
Dated at Princeton the 30th day Of October
"A. ID. 1899. - ID By the court, sss. es4.s
B. M. VANALSTEIN,
probate Seal Judge of Probate.
Attorney for Petitioner
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-11-23

Next to the demand for the Missouri
mule one of the earliest developments
of the South African war, in its effect
upon the markets Of the world, has
been made manifest in the shape of a
sudden and material advance in the
price of beans. This was likewise the
case during the course of our late war
with Spain and obtains also as an Incl
dental feature in the operations in the
Philippines. The nutritive and sustain
ing qualities Of the bean serve to render
it almost indispensable to the men of
fierce fights and long marches. This in
creased demand and consequent higher
price is of course a good thing for the
bean grower and the bean merchant,
but it is tough on Boston, whose great
food staple it is Obviously the more
beans that are eaten by the soldiers of
this and other countries the fewer beans
will be left for Boston folks to eat. Not
even second to her devotion to beans is
Boston's love of peace Here are the
headquarters and propaganda center Of
various peace societies. 1t has long beer
the Hub from which has radiated the
spokes Of peace. Can it be that there il
selfish and sordid motive behind Bos
toms affection for the white winged
goddess? May it not be possible tina
her love Of peace and hatred of wal
have their basic principle in fear Of tn
curtailment and possible exhaustion O.
her favorite food SUPPLY Indeed it il
no marvel that in Boston war in any
part of the world is regarded as "a con
spiracy to take away our liberties ant
raise the price of beans.''