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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-03
Ferdinand Township Teachers

For next school year:
Dist. Rosa Steinhauser.
" LILLIAN Sweeney.
F." 3.-Clement Lueken.
F" 4.-John f. Hoing.
" 5.-Grades 1, 2, 3 and A.
+. Schwestern; grade g.
John Schneiders.
" 6.-Wm. Wirzberger.
, 1900-04-05
WOES.


generally are not encouraging for the
exports oil cotton goods are likely to
IAN away America having got ma
chlhery oy Whlch they a produce
special enects themselves
Such is the dismal iorecast OF the
Bradford correspondent OF the Flnan-
clal Times OF ohaoh FOR the year
1893 cotton goods formed the principal
part OF Bradford trade with the
Nhlteu states the gross Nalue amount
lis 10 hearIy S~S'ooV'VVV' put the export
vi wooleh soous zen On liohi ABOUT
, 1900-04-05
T ~ENTRAPPEO.
A Captured with Six Guns
Near Bioemfontein.


London, April 2.-The extraordinary
run of success which had hitherto at
tended Lord Roberts operations was
broken on Saturday, when a part of
the British force operating east of
Bloemfontein walked blindly into n
Boer ambush and was captured, with
six guns.
Colonel Brentwood, in command of
the Tent Hussars, the Household cav
airy, two horse batteries and the
mounted infantry under Colonel Pit
cher, was in garrison on Friday Mt
Thaba Nchu, which Is about half way
between II Free State capital and the
border of Basutoland. The British
commander was threatened by the
near approach of n large Boer force,
and finding his position untenable,
marched that night TO the Bloemfon-
tein water works, lying south of the
fodder river, where he encamped.
! position appears to be on the road
to Bloemfontcin and about fifteen
miles from that town.
Early Saturday morning the British
camp was shelled from the rear. Colo
mel B~roadwood thercupon sent of n
convoy with his batteries, while the
rest of his force remained behind to
act as a rear guard.
Thc Dad here crosses a deep spruit,
IN which the Beers had concealed
themselves.
According to one accoun the British
loss was not great, as most of the con
yoy were in the trap before a shot was
fired.
Lord Roberts seems to have heard of
Colonel BroadwOod's plight very
quickly and he sent General Colville's
division at once t. his rescue. Latest
reports say that Colvillc arrived on the
scene Saturday noon and began shell
Ing the Beers, so that there is some
hope thai the guns and wagons will be
recovered.
, 1900-04-05
Vote as You Prny."

The Prohibitionist party, when it
first started out in politics, used fire.
quently to urge. Vote as you pray"
Well. that is a pretty good motto, and
the voters of the country would I'M
doubtedly do well to follow 1t. And
if they do. there will be no need to
worry lest. by some gruesome chance.
by some frightful mistake, such as was
made in 1892, the free-trade policy may
be saddled upon the country again.
Every single individual in the country
prays that national prosperity may be
continued; that the wages of workers
may continue high and go higher; that
poverty and want will vanish. Then
vote as you pray" and vote for pro-
lection, for protection means all these
things.
, 1900-04-05

Wellington, N. H., April 1.-The ex-
ploring steamer Southern Cross. bear
ing @. Il. BOrchgrcvink and the sur
vivors of the South Polar expedition
fitted out in 1898 by Sir George Ncwnes
of London, arrived to-day at Campbell
town, New Zealand.
MIR BOrchgrcving reports that the
magnetic pole has been located.
~. Hansen, Il of the biologists who
started with the expedition, died on the
voyage.
The expedition left Hobart, Tas-
mania, for the Antarctic region De
cember 10, 1S9S. During the latter
part of February, 1890, the members
landed from the Southern Cross near
Cape Adalr. Nictorialand. it having
been arranged that the stcamcr should
leave them there with fun equipment
of every kind, and should return for
them in 1900.
, 1900-04-05
HAMPERING FOREIGN TRADE.


But Only That Part Which Relates
to Home-Produced Articles.
The placing of an order with a Mary
land company for 1000 tons of steel
rails for use in Norway f~oreshadows
the opening of a hitherto untouched
market for our manufactures Of iron
and steel. This is the first sale of
American steel rails in that part of
the world, and 1t is another evidence of
the steady advance of u manufac-
tured products in the markets of Eu-
rope. The foreign country which is
not buying American rails. locomotives
and other railway supplies is the ex-
ception instead of the rule.-New York
Mail and Express.
1t is becoming more n more evil
dent from such frequent recurring in
stances as that cited above that the
free-traders have much reason to feel
agrieved at the manner in which the
Dingley tariff hampers foreign trade"
Anything which hampers the trade of
foreigners is always offensive to the
American free-trader. Here is a clear
case of hampering the trade of the
AIohhioiSNlo vi -NOl way ny IN u
duction in their midst" of a big order
of American-made steel rails. For this
the policy of protection is directly re-
sponsible. for under the workings of
that policy the ironmongers of the
United States have grown so strong
that they can invade all the markets
of the world with their products. and
thus hamper the trade of foreigners
everywhere. When to this unpleas-
ant state of affairs is added the enor-
reduction hal has taken place
in the marketing by foreigners of their
competitive products in the United
States by reason of the protective du-
ties of the Dingley tariff, it is impos-
sible to deny that foreign trade is in
deed greatly hampered, and that there
is much ground for the sympathy felt
for the unfortunate foreigners by the
free-traders of America.
, 1900-04-05
Nine million Brick Combine.

Chicago, April "A corporation en-
bracinE Il majority of the brick man
ufacturers of Cook county has been
formed. The new concern has n cap
ital of S9,O00,0OO and will practically
control the brick market of Chicago
and the neighboring cities. T~hirty-siN
firms, including all of the large and
important brick yards of Chicago,
have been combined in the deal under
the name of the Illinois Brick Com
pany.
ty-SiN firms will be abolished and OPP
Grating expenses will be further cut
10y keeping n number of the present
yards closed for a time, until the de
mand for the product requires their
operation.
, 1900-04-05

The way to fight these treaties is
not to spend all u strength in expos
ing the gross injustice done to this
state in these particular cases, but to
attack the principle involved. It is ut
terly vicious. No reciprocity treaty
can be negotiated whose effect is not
to directly and without compensation
take money from M class OF our cit
liens and bestow it elsewhere at the
caprice of the negotiator of the treaty.
1t is a relic of m~edievalism; 1t should
have no place OIL the statute books of
any civilized nation. Fight not merely
these treaties, but all reciprocity trea-
ties. Let us end the whole business
once for all.-San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1900-04-05
A FREE-TRADE TRUST.
English wall Paper Manufacturers Or
ganize p Combine,

The following bit of news, contained
in a special cablegram from London,
will be interesting to those that con-
tend that free trade is the proper rem
edy for the trust evil:
THE English wall paper trust. form
ing since last September, is now ON
plete, with a capital of $30,oe0.90O.
Practically every manufacturer in the
United Kingdom is in the combina-
ton"
AS England already has free trade,
and has had it for many years, the
theorists there cannot throw the re-
sponsibility for the formation of the
wall paper trust upon the tariff. We
may properly ask how it is, if 1t is
The tariff protection that enables trusts
to thrive in this country, that a num-
Der OF them can thrive in the British
isles, where there is no tariff protec-
ton?
The wall paper trust, which is de-
scribed as embracing practically every
manufacturer in the United Kingdom,
is a more comprehensive trust than
any that has yet been formed in this
country, with the exception of the
Standard Oil trust, and the Standard
Oil trust has no protection upon its
product. The great Rockefeller trust
has been organized and maintained
without any aid from the protective
tariff.
In England the wall paper manufac-
turers are not protected against impor-
tations from abroad by duties on wall
paper, and yet it seems that they can
combine every manufacturer into a
trust and fix their own prices for what
they sell.
There must, then, be something be-
sides the tariff that is responsible for
the trusts, and If that is the case, the
introduction of free trade would not
prove to be an effective remedy. On
the contrary. free trade would probably
serve to extend the operations of the
trusts. With the duties abolished we
should see international instead of
merely national combinations to con-
troll the output and price of many arti-
cles.
The protective tariff operates to
keep the foreign trusts out of the Unit
ed States. leaving us with only our W
creations to deal with-and the way
will be discovered to curb and control
them effectually. Minneapolis Trib-
une.
, 1900-04-05
26s.144; 1898, sl5,4a1.e7e 1899, $685.

SLASH.
That the United States sold far more
than a billion dollars worth of prod
ucts more thai it bought during this
period, despite the fact that a state
of wal existed during a greater part
of it, is an unanswerable argument in
favor of the protective tariff. During
the last two years, under a wise and
careful Republican administration and
an adequate tariff for protection of
Americn industries, the people of the
United States have sold more goods
abroad than under any three years of
Democratic administration.
During the past two years the ex-
cess of the sales made by the people
of the United States in foreign markets
over the purchases in foreign markets,
over one billion of dollars, has been
greater than in twenty years of Demo
cratic administration.
During the past We years the peo-
pie of the United States have sold in
excess of their purchases in the mar
kets of the world five hundred millions
more than the entire excess over i'm
ports during the eight years that
Cleveland was president.-Quincy Clll.)
Whig.
, 1900-04-05

While the Emperor of Russia has
been seeking with noble ambition to
reform the warlike habits of European
nations through the reduction of mill
tary and naval outlay, the empress
has also been at work in another field
of operations. She has been setting
the example of simplicity and ono
in dress at a luxurious court. The en-
peror as a man of peace found himself
surrounded with soldiers who were
guarding the approaches to the palace.
He disliked military reviews, and re-
ployed for the purpose of protecting
him. 1t was a practical method of
letting his subjects know how that he
took little pleasure in the pomp and
glory of military power. The empress,
as the daughter of the late Grand
Duke of Hesse, had been brought up
in a quiet German court, where there
were few great functions and where
princesses We're accustomed to dress
plainly. She became the central figure
of the court Of st. Petersburg. where
there were magnificent ceremonials.
and the great ladies were arrayed In
the costliest Partisan costumes. She
has astonished them by the quietness
and plainne.I of her own gowns on
stately occasions, and by her lack of
interest in the luxurious pleasures Of
a rich and powerful court.
, 1900-04-05

prosperity stories have taken the
place of calamity croakings in Kansas,
and Mr.. Bryan is wondering what he
can do to regain his former hold upon
the ears of those who no longer find
him interesting. The story is told of
an old farmer who. at the point of a
shotgun, compelled a creditor to ac-
cept payment of a note before it fell
due. why did he do that?" some n
asked the narrator. oh. he wanted to
stop the interest" was the reply. John
w. Breldenthal, the state bank com
missioner, tells of a banker out In the
short grass country who wrote a letter
asking II there was any law that would
compel him to receive money for de-
post in his bank. Il wrote him" said
Breidenthal, that If he had more mon
ey than he knew what to do with. |
knew of no law in Kansas that would
compel him to take more You see,
they are paying their taxes, and the
, 1900-04-05
England pl.Ilkes the Award

London. April . As n nation and
ms individuals Great Britain is wroth
over the Delngoa bay railway award.
The average opinion is that this is
merely the latest instance where the
country has got the worst end by
trusting to arbitration. All the high
flown prophecies That an Anglo
German secret African agreement
would become operative through the
decision have fallen flat. because the
damages against Portugal are so small
that she is amply able to pay them
herself, without giving either party
f." the secret agreement the oppOrtuni-
iy of bidding for DclHgoa bay.
, 1900-04-05

Undaunted by the verdict of other
communities as to the immortality of
Alphonse Daudet's "Sapho" in its
dramatic form. the citizens OF n
western town evidently adhere to the
theory that seeing is believing. The
chief of police and his captains, the
police Judge, the mayor and divers
members of the w. C. T. u. occupied
front seats at a ~"Sapho" performance
in the strict line of duty, of course.
This method of censorizing alleged i'm
moral plays may be destined to become
extremely popular. 1t smacks a good
deal of the Parkhurst method OF pay
ing midnight visits 20 the Bowery
hootchy-kootchy establishments in
the interest of purity. In other words,
1t gives pious people a chance to sam
pie forbidden fruit under the pretext
OF caring Tor public morals, and that is
E temptation difficult to resist.
, 1900-04-05

Savannah, Ga. April Tile dredgc
iilhcOck, at work in the river here to.
dny. picked NJ two old type English
rnnnOn In n man Of war wreck. one
-tm weighed about 1000 pounds and
the other 500 pounds, The vessel is
supposed to have been sunk at the
time of the British occupation # the
city, when the French allies sailed up
the river to attack them, A number
Of cannon balls aud several silver
coins of Il date of more than 100 years
have also bccn taken out.
, 1900-04-05

The curious grammatical error-al-
o incoherency-of the famous Mon
roe Doctrine has often been comment
ed upon. Something near a parallel to
1t appears in the recently negotiated
treaty between his country and Great
Britain for the construction and con
troll of the lsthmian canal. The text
of that treaty provides hat ratihca-
tons of 1t shall be exchanged within
six months of the date hereof or earlier
II possible!" And the treaty was writ
ten and carefully revised and re-re-
vised by one of the most accomplished
literary men of the age. 1t is perhaps
because the slip is so obvious that it
passed notice.
, 1900-04-05

The French wal department is now
carrying out a series of trials with mo-
tor carriages for field guns, and Gen.
de Gallifet has stated in the chamber
that there is every prospect of a salts
factory result. The point is of consid-
cradle Importance, in view OF the ne
cessity established by wal operations
in South Africa for a much heavier
weapon than the 12-pounders and Is
Founders with which our army has
beer hitherto equipped. The 4.7-inch
and the six-inch guns are regarded
with favor as necessary additions to
the equipment of u field forces. As
to the difficulties of mobility, the AT
inch gun with a mobile field carriage,
we are informed, could be made with
a weight of about two and a half tons,
which is not an excessive load; and
mechanical power could easily be ap-
piled for the movement of these guns
as well as for heavy transport wagons
Letters from the front speak with ap-
proval OF the success of the traction
engine, used by Gen. Buffers army
service corps, Notwithstanding hat on
the way from Frere and Chieveley to
Spearman's camp and Potgieter's Drift
very heavy loads were experienced,
and the fact that they have been sent
for Lord Roberts service now further
proves their Notwithstanding.
, 1900-04-05

Queen Victoria's extreme
in the matter of dress has been the
source of many amusing anecdotes.
The latest story is that an equery in
the royal stables, finding a shabbily
dressed old woman, whose back only
he saw, wandering around looking at
the horses, called to her; my good
woman, you must go away at once
Strangers are not allowed when her
majesty is in residence London Let.
ter.
, 1900-04-05

The traction companies of Chicago
run a great daily newspaper as a side
issue. 1t is reasonably to be supposed
that the paper is not being operated
for the purpose of direct revenue. Then
what can be the purpose of its own
ers? Franchise grabbing is greatly
aided nowadays by newspaper support.
No wonder that the numbers of those
who claim that Satan is going into
the newspaper business are being aug
mented.
, 1900-04-05

The best news which has come from
Cuba in many a day is a statement by
Professor Frye, who went there TO es-
tablish a system of education for the
Island. In six months eighteen hun
dred and seventy-eight free primary
schools on the American plan have
been opened. The daily attendance is
now one hundred thousand. BY May l
Professor Frye thinks it will be one
hundred and fifty thousand. Cuba libre
may still be a long way off, but this
Is certainly the road which leads to 1t.
, 1900-04-05

The National Bank OF Commerce OF
st. Louis, the largest not only in that
city, but in the whole southwest, has
set aside n hundred thousand dollars
toward a permanent pension FUND for
its employees, and has also %nounce
that henceforth they will share In the
profits of the institution. The fact
would be worth mentioning merely as a
piece of financial news, but it is still
more significant on account of the rea-
sons which the board of directors give
for their action. I'VE do not look upon
it as a gift" they say, but as a right
accruing from faithful service, which
we believe will be better and more eff
cient in every way when each employee
has such a stimulus before him." The
directors are undoubtedly right. Their
action is only another illustration of
the growing tendency of employers to
recognize their responsibility to their
employees. INT IN increasing desire on
their part to reward faithful service
and provide for honorable old age. Sue
cess to every such attempt!
, 1900-04-05

county treasurer wanted to make a de-
pository out of his bank, but he would
be mandamused before he would sub
nit to it."
All this looks bad for the political
party and candidate who hope to win
by reviving the free-trade and free
silver issues OF the Chicago platform.
, 1900-04-05

All the world seems reconciled to
conditions that make childhood the
happiest period of life. No one seems
to seek conditions that would make
middle age and old age of future gen
erations at least just as happy az the
days of youth.
, 1900-04-05

'uIstantinuplr, April 2-Thc Otto.
ir1u government addressed Il note last
't''llnG To the Russian embassy. de
earring that in the event Of the porte
'oi constructing railway lines in the
l''uck sea districts bounded by rail
ways already conceded TO others. then
d. occasions will be granted to Russin.
4 is considered that the porte In this
way settles the Russian demands In
Tie premises,
, 1900-04-05

A Missouri hen is said to have laid
egg with the initials of William
Jennings Bryan on the shell, and his
look upon 1t as a good omen
next November. But the hens have
Votes.-San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1900-04-05

Compressed cork in the form OF tiles
has made its appearance in the market
1t is claimed that this material is ad-
mirable for flooring, because OF It's
noisslessness and its waterproof quail
ties. 1t Is also said to be inimical to
germs. The degree Of compression can
be varied in the process of mAnuCac-
ture.
, 1900-04-05

The affection of old age is, accord
ing to Colsridge, one Of the greatest
consultations of humanity. | have
often thought what a melancholy world
this would be without children, and
what an inhuman world without the
AGED.
, 1900-04-05

VIII somebody name a single trust
that the Democratic party ever killed
No, don't break your neck trying m
answer.-Moravian Falls IN. o. Ysl-
low jacket,
, 1900-04-05

Every ball player in the country ls
now feeling better than he even did be-
fore, and positive, as usual, that he
VIII be able to make this the banner
seaBon of his life.
, 1900-04-05

The people always build, u do not
often enter the portals of that which
they build.
, 1900-04-05

The excess of exports over imports
or three a of President McKinley's
tministration has been: 1897, $780,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-07

.tb-l.
Au ordinance to Improve alloys III city
Ten.
BE il, ordained hy the Muntcirsl Assembly
OF the city of st. Louis. Is follows.
Section / The Board If Public imrrova-
mouts is hereby authorized and directed to
catis" alleys in City Block number TWEEN
ty-iuur hundred and ten. I"IW,.u tlct-
cuth st,'"t. blair avenue. North Park
rlt", md NewhnrIs, ar,lIur. t1 he i'm
proved by grading, preparing ground for
thu slIpCrStrnrtuTC laying - roadway pave
mcnl of vitri'iri paving brick on a concrete.
has. and making all proper connections
ami intersections with other streets ant al
l.ys.
S"r. =. The base shat! he q b,d "r hydraI-
tic cement concrete and tn' paving shall ne
The best quality Of vitriiied paving trick.
laid on a bed ur sand.
So. :. The grading shall he done in ac-
c"r'lincc with tho directions of the Street
commissioner The ground for the super
strtIrtur" shall l." prepared and the io;:';-
bod properly formed to q, depth ui eleven
AMI unc-lalf inches below thu intended sur
face of ih' roadway. ON tn" r",dhed a
inches deep, shall he laid; on this has" there
shall hc placed !. pavement ri tn best
quality of vitritird paving brick. TIA. brick
shall not he loss than eight inches nor more
tIJn nire inches long: not less than tWn and
oue-half inches nor more than four inches
wii'. not l"sS than four inches nor meic
than four and nrc-hhlf inches deep. They
shall =" set on ole ON = bot OF 'i";,it.
coarse sand Of sufficient depth to bring the
upper surface ut the brick. after they hay
been well rImnlei. to tit" true surface "i
the pavement. The joints shall hc com
plstcly filled with grout. composed Of on,
part best Portland cement To one part IF
sand.
Soc. l. The cost Of preparing ground Toy
tho stpristructur". concrete. Nitritied brick
pavement am! all proper connections and
iut"rsrt tinIrS required shall lie charged a. Il
lien upon the adjoining property fronting
ar bordering on tn" Improvement herein
provided for, aud shall he paid Icy tho OWL
,rs thereof. When said work is completed,
the President nf the Board ri Public I'm
prcV.Iu.nta shall compute tho cost thereof
and levy and ASSESS III" ssIuir ~ q SucriHi
tax against each lot Of ground charE"ahlc
herewith. in the names Of tn. owners
thereof. respectively, in tn" proportion tia;
th. linear feet o: each lot fronting ar Dor
tI"riuC M said Improvement bears to the
total number OF linear feet OF all the prop
.rtv chsrg.ahi" with TN" special tax ifor'-
said. aud shall make ont aud certify tn Tire
Comptroller. ON behalf uf tho contractor.
hills of such COS; and assessment according
Is rs required by law.
Soc. :. The cost al tle grading shalt be
paid by the city of st. Louis. and tn" sum
Of two hundred aud thirty-iivc dollars is
hereby appropriated ON account thereof.
r3,yihlo out al IN" fund set apart for street
Improvements.
Approved April >. ln"l.