The Richmond Item from Richmond, Indiana • Page 2

THE EVENING ITEM RICHMOND, INDIANA MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1896 I to all ther Deople. and it would tend THE LUKENS CASE. A RARE CHANGE to lessen in a marked degree the purchasing of votes. We have Just received a new line "At the conclusion of Mr. Foulke's oods Sale! City May be Enjomea rrom Dress Grand Per For Collecting the $500.

Investment Eight Cent Per Annum of those celebrated Men's all wool suits at address a resolution, introduced by Mr. MacFarland, was unanimously adopted. The sentiment is embodied in the first paragraph, which is: "Resolved, That municipal and legis Siekmann. Store -HaseraeircF AND NO TAXES TO PAY. lative reform can never become perma nent and effective until the worn out system ofward and district represen The greatest bargain giving Dress Goods Sale tation is abolished, and the members of the city- councils, county, boards, the legislature and of congress are elected "at large" on the official Aus $6 It Also FoMlble that the Pxopirtj-ownera Hay be Able Xo Straighten the Matter up by Paying token' Kaoagh More than Ills Bid to Iaiure Him Jtslnit Loi-B Hm Several Days In Whlcb to Fliliap.

The case of Contractor Lukens whose bid on the improvement of North Sixteenth street, was made too low, has been the subject of much discussion among city councilmen, and contractors during the past week, and there has been considerable speculation as to the outcome. Preferred Stock or the IJrowa-Ketcham Iron Works of Indianapolis Offered In $50 OO Shares at Par by the Indiana Trust Company, and the Union Trust Company, I ol. The Brown-Ketchain Iron Works of tralian ballot, giving to each party its ever held in Eastern Indiana, is now going on our store. In twenty years connection with the busrass, ft ottanMnn to the wants of the pur- proportionate share of representation according to its total vote." Indianapolis have issued of Preferred Stock bearing an 8 per cent cumlative dividend payable May and November, in shares of $50.00 Free Pills. Send your address to H.

E. Bucklen Chicago, and get a free sample hnt of Dr. KiDc'a New Life Pills. A As is generally known the city holds We have a full line of Men's and Boys' Bicycle Suits and Trouserings. trial will convince you of their merits.

chasms public, we have never witnessed goods sold at such dScnlously low figures, stating that we nave enjoyed a most leral pattome in our Dress Goods Department. raere are two reasons for this remarkable sale. These Pills are easy in action and are each. The stock is non-taxable and non-assessable and has a preferential lien upon all the property and assets of the Company, which is a large and successful producer of structural iron and steel work. In the last fifteen years a certified check from Lukens amour-1-ing to $500, which is forfeited if the contract is not taken.

Ten days are allowed a contractor to comply with the requirements of the bid made, and at the end of the time, the money is given over to the city if the contract is not signed. Luken's claim is that his bid was made too low by mistake particularly effective in the cure 01 constipation and sick headache. For malaria and liver troubles they are inval uable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious substance and to be purely vegetable. Tbey it has constructed many of the largest and finest buildings in the country and its reputation is second to that of no other concern.

The company lias a surplus of $50,000.00 and possesses a magnificent plant, capable of doing a in do not weaken by their action, dui Dy giving tone to the etomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size 25c per box. Sold by A. G. Luken ir nf onlnro-enine' ovtr store is now going and therefore he cannot take the contract.

It was stated to the Item this morning by a prominent member 'of the council that Lukens proba druggists. bly enjoin the city frpm collecting the $500. However, there is a prob FOR BISHOP. on, which will for a time crowd us very it Accessary to reduce our large stock to the lowest point possible. much alrgcr business than the present capital allows.

The business has been examined in every branch by experts selected by the Trust Companies. It is rarely that an opportunity to obtain such a remunerative investment is offered to the public. The reputation Dr. Townsend Endorsed by the Colored People of Chicago. ability that the property owners along the line of the proposed improvement will arrange for Lukens to go ahead with the contract and they will insure him against a possible loss.

They be 50MDLY! enlarged and remodeled 900 902 Main Richmond, Ind. lieve that it will be cheaper to do this than to have new bids made, which will in all probability be much higher than any of those now given in. The of the Company and its substantial characer, as well as the steadiness of its profits, give a guarantee for the future seldom met with. This additional capital is to go into the business and will increase its ability to make money. The denomination of the shares ($50.00) makes this a convenient investment for persons of moderate ten days will not expire unui i nuns-day and in the meantime it is hoped Hi at some sort of an adjustment of Dr James M.

Townsend since leaving Richmond has risen rapidly toward the front of the colored church and he is now one of the candidates for bishop. A Chicago paper of yesterday said: "Representative colored members of the various churches assembled at Bethel A. M. E. church, 30th street and Dearborn avenue, last evening to endorse Rev.

J. M. Townsend, pastor of Quinn chapel, as a candidate for bishop.Thero are now Tour vacancies out of the twelve bishoprics of the A. M. E.

church in this country, and Rev. Mr. Townsend's supporters are the difficulty will be made. VANCAMRS CONFTRMANTS REUNE. qua rters with an entire new stock of merchandise, have everything Bright, Fresh and New.

The demand for Dress Goods now being on we first to cut and reduce. Rtad a partial list over carefully. -Every item will be found just as stated, regular price and reduced price on each ticket. Meeting of Those Who Have Been Confirmed By the Rev. J.

Beck, Pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Chvrch. are choice eating hoi or cold. The best of pork and beans and a sance made of delicious tomatoes. Equally good for a light lunch or a heavy meal. Atall grocers', 10c, 15c and 20c Send fie for postaso and we will send you a sample can.

VAN CAMP PACKING means, while tne return is larger man can he obtained in any other channel. Subscription books will colse May 2nd when allotment will be made. Subscriptions must be accompanied by a certified check for 10 per cent. Upon allotment of shares, 15 per cent must be paid. The remainder to be paid in installments of 25 per cent on May endeavoring to secure his installment in one of these vacancies by the general conference of the A.

M. E. church which, meets in Wilmington, N. May 1. huh Half Wool, regular price 12oc to 25c yard Wool, regular price 15c to 20c yard Indianapolis, Ind.

Now 8 l-3c yard. Now 10c yard. 15c yard. 19e yard. Now 2Sc yard.

2 to 38 Inch, nil colors and kinds, regular price zuc to oau jaiu. to 38 Imli. all wool, regular price 25c to 50c yard in r.s huh: don't miss these, regular price 40c to $1.00 16th, June 1st, and June ICth with per cent interest on all deferred payments. Subscribers, however, may all upon allotment. Subscriptions will be received by the Indiana and Union Trust Companies of Indianapolis, or by the following banks: Indiana National, Indianapo Now 38c yard.

is Inch; Tin I i l'i'M Just think of it, regular price COc to $1.25. 4gc yard very finest, regular price 75c to $1.50 At the Trinity Lutheran church last evening there was held a reunion of those who have been confirmed by the pastor, the Rev. J. Beck. This church is ix branch of the St.

John's Lutheran church and in the short time that it has been organized there has been a steady growth of the membership, and the work done along church lines has been very satisfactory. In three years he has confirmed thirty-four and a majority of those were present last evening. A program was rendered, the chief numbers being as follows: Anthem Choir Scripture lesson and prayer. Address of welcome Edna Igleman 10 Inch; The "Hale G. Parker, world's fair commissioner at large, presided at last night's meeting.

A committee composed of Dr. J. H. Mc Gee, John G. Jones, and Rev.

D. A. Graham submitted resolutions indorsing Rev. Mr. Townsend for an appointment as di-shop.

These were accepted and will be sent to the general conference. Rev. Mr. Townsend was recorder of deeds Under Harrison, but he tired of the position before his term of office had expired and resigned to go into the ministry. He is 53 years old.

Silksl Silks! Silks! i Choice now 28c yard. wrmMnis. worm irom wc io Choice now 48c yard. I Pica II Pice. Remnants, worth from 75c to $1.00 yard i i A HP rl nr i ncra th i for Waists cnuuren nm.

ChalliesI Challies! ChalliesI Inch Challies, 35c Quality. For Only 14c yard is Pieces lis; Merchants National, Indianapolis; Merchants' National, Lafayette; Fowler National, Lafayette; National Branch Bank, Madison; Citizen's National, Peru; Citizens' Bank, Anderson; Elston Crawfordsville; Farmers' Bank, Frankfort; Citizens Bank, Greenfield. The first 10 per cent will bo paid to the Trust Companies or Bankers, through whom the application is made, which will be returned if application is rejected. The right is reserved to reject or reduce any application. Statements of particulars may be had on application.

Write for circulars to THE INDIANA TRUST Response ena naner Solo and chorus Eva Heet and members of the class of '96. Recitationt "The 1 Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Tli at Contain Mercury, as mercury win surely destroy the sense of imell and completely derange the whole stem hmi Anterinsr it throueh the mucous surfaces. Very Respectfully, P. SIEKMANN a a es Of, 3nch articles sould never be nsed except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten-fold to the good yon can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P.

J. Cheney Toledo, contains no mercury and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mnront surfaces ofthe system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you net the genu-toe It is taken internally and is made in Toledo, by F. J. Cheney A Co.

Testimonials free. 1 i JL I Knollenberg. Address Rev. M. L.

Baum, of Day- O. The following is the list of con-firmants: Margaret E. Erk, Elizabeth Sudhoff, Gertrude Menke, Wallace aie-wtKc, Mary C. Nipwehtipr. class of 1893; Blanche Nolte, Emma Wrede, Elizabeth Otte, Bertha Wilsdorf, H.

Trouse, Edward Dietrich, Edna Igleman, Grace Knollenberg, Elma Heit-haus. Emma Meyer, class of 1894; Eva since he has come out for free THE UNION TRUST Indianapolis, Ind. Or to any of the above named banks. ITEM. by druggists, 75c per bottls.

eelj in the Senate again. The trick is too old and Btala to be called 6hrewd, but is never too effete and moss grown to be properly characterized as unetates- HARRISON. MEANS WITH US silver coinage he has lost mllucnce and popularity at home and abroad. Ou Saturday he was beaten hi ovn county by the gold-standard Democrats, who out-numbered the Boies-erowd in the ratio of three to TAKE PROFITS AWAY! manlike. unscrupulous ana oeneam mo diguity of any true citizen.

But aside from these reflections, there is not the His Chances Considered Good Even By a McKinley Instructed 15A11NE3. J. W. HAKNKS. Hua.

Matineer. JOHNSON Johnson, tilitur. Mrs. Anna Sage, wife of Ex-Deputy U. S.

Marshal, Cclumbus, says: It, two. Notwithstanding his defeat for Delegate. Heet, Katie Heet, Cerena Haner, Lizzie Meyer, Elsie Berg, Edna Oelk-laus, Carrie A. Moss, Fred A. Erk, Oscar Stauber, Charles Drifmeyer, Harry G.

Snyder, Edgar G. Tubesing, Charles Jurgens, Everett Menke, class of 1896. TIP-TOP PANTS, ALWAYS! the governorship in liH, naa Air. Boies remained steadfast to his record There was in Richmond on Saturday Office No. 14 N.

7lh. Telephone 78. for sound money he would have been TROUSERS PURCHASED ANYWAY! lnst sypntleman who is a delegjtte to remotest possibility of such a rusion doing Voorheea any good, in view of th9 fact that all the sound money Democrats ia Indiana have already virtually repudiated the financial weathercock from the abash. A fusion cf Popu-lists and Democrats in Indiana would lv be a reunion of diecoriant the national Republican convention, "I was delivered of TWINS in less than 20 min to-day the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. and he hails from a district in Indiana I-- TINY PRICES ASKED! Tcd.l IN CHICAGO.

where instructions were given for Mc Now his name is scarcely mentioned in the list of availables. It is not for AND SOME OTHEIl THINGS. Hon. utes and with scarcely any pain after using1 only two bottles of us to impugn nis motives. If he believes Democratic elements, wnicu a nmo ia the least probable eventuality outside cf Hicks weather predictions.

Dayton Press. Kinley. The delegate in conversation with the Item on Saturday evening, was asked if he had given any time in the figuring out of McKinley's Wm. Dudley Foulke Addresses the Single Tax Club On Friday Evening Last. in free silver it is all the more i by crtiet ios" izf.x r.DiTtos, per yodt.

to his credit to say so when the saying The Press should remember that the so costs such a sacrifice. But it is none "MOTHERS' strength in Indiana. He replied that in his oninion. McKinley would not cnund monev Demccrats have no as the less unfortunate for him, that rt crti 500 PAIRS ALL WOOL PANTS, FANCY CHEVIOTS. while the masses of his party were be surance of controlling the party in In get twenty Indiana delegates.

C3i0, The Chicago Chronicle of Saturday cortained the following: "William Dudley Foulke', of Richmond, the president of the American Proportional Representative ISLaS FRIEND" diana this jer- Ia 'ftct but ing educated away from the free silver fallacy he should turn his face in that $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5.00 SPLENDID TROUSERS AT. ittlo doubt that on a count of noses "How about Harrison turning the was asked the delegate. "Well," he said with a knowing wink, "you can just know that I wouldn't be sorry a bit. I tell you that the free silver faction wnl be iouna to i il reir 8,079. 3,710.

ci 1. 9,875. BLACK AND BLUE CHEVIOTS, FANCY PATTERNS outnumber them. If Mr. Voorhees and his friends think his fortunes are any DID NOT COFFEK AFTERWARD.

"Sent by Kxpress or Mnll, on rocelnt of pH-. Sl.OO per bottle. Book "TO MOT11KKS" mailed free. BBADFIELD BECl'LATOU ATLANTA, OA. SOLD II All.

IMtUGGISTS. THE FIGHT. he is growing in strength every day." JEANS PANTS COc S1 00 and bettered by a combine with the Pops, that program might easily ba adopted, league, addressed the weekly meeting of the Single Tax club last evening on th? subject of "Proportional Representation and Municipal Reform." Mr. Foulke told of the many evils wheh result from tho present plan of district representation and called attention by several interesting illustrations to the manner in which voters, under the nresent system, are disfranchised direction. Such a course almost compels one to either doubt his motives or his judgment, and when we look at his splendid record and then remember what a terrible tempter ambition is, and how when Mr.

Boies first came out for free silver it looked as though the whole country was going to "be stampeded in that direction, we cannot wholly resist the feeling that it is not his judgment that has gone wrong. All Free. ThoBfi who have used Dr. King's New PANTS 00- '125- just as it bas of ten been heretofore. BOYS' 1XNG tCw'J When it comes to political strategy pure and simple, the Tall Sycamore is a $7.00 200 ALL WOOL SUITS.

Discovery know its value, and those who have not, have now the opportunity to try it Free. Call on the advertised drug-ciRt and tret a Trial Bottle, Free. Send mil-ribbon exnert. and don you for MONDAV, APU1L L7. 1K0.

get it. address to II. E. Bucklen Chicago, and get a sample box of showtd renumber thai the rner stiverfistng There is so much truth in the follow Dr. King's New Life Tee, as wen ah a conv of Guide to Health and House- CURRENT COMMENT.

Trading Public, Attention! Turn people i rt'n. t'e nony expanded ing sarcastic editorial from the New York Nation that we cannot refrain hold Instructor. U'ree. ah or wnicn ib tniaranteed to do you eood and cost you by the gerrymanders. The fact thai; New York, which has frequently elected democratic state officials, always has a Republican legislature was dwtlt upon at length by the speaker.

"Mr Foulke does not claim for his plan of proportional representation that it wil cure all the ills that the municipal flesh is heir to, but he does claim that its adoption would give more equitable representation nothing. A. G. Luken Jb Druggists. from reproducing it in this column: We know what the partisan, the Mc around and tell them about our bargaino.

LOSE EVERYTHING. Kinley. theory is. Last fall's prosperity NPIIUILAIIOJ', 8 was due solely to anticipation of tho Boyee Was warded the Contest On a Foul in the Second Round The Receipts Were Not Large. The prize fight on Saturday night rather Sunday morning drew about one hundred and fifty Richmond people over the line to witness the contest.

Boyce and Durkfn were the principals and both were in good condition for the fight. It was finished in short order for In the second round, while Boyce was down, Durkin fouled him by a blow on the head. The referee promptly gave the fight to Boyce amid much dissatisfaction from" the friends of Durkin, It looked as if a general "rough house" would result, but luckily it did not and the entire crowd returned to the city in good shape. I blessings of a Republican congrees Misfortune of Mr. and Mrs.

Peotrow- PUGNACIOUS CONGRESSMEN. First, Congressman Hall of Missouri said something that Congressman Money of Miesiesipi did not like, and then Mr. Money called Mr. Hall a liar. The latter responded promptly and neatly by aiming a blow at Mr.

Money's head, the Mississippian dodging with great dexterity and retorting courteously by pitching a heavy inkstand at Mr. Hall. Here the eparkling flash of congressional rpparteo might have ended had not Mr. j-'ino ivjM'iltr ol th Klolimond People were only impatiently taking their profits in advance. The Wilson ski at Cripple Creek, Col.

irw, If ins worn aaeordiuc to lw, tariff was ruinous, a Democratic preei iuctur.i vrc datlT elrculatloo for th thr months Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Peotwoski, who are well known to many Rich atnl December, lally rlod. THIS'- PEOPLE. mond people, Mrs.

Peotrowski having 'pHi c.ii Ciiatlau durliiz wid dent in charge of the nuances was a calamity, but still money could be made on the strength of the tariff that was to come in three years' time. That was the orthodox Republican theory Bix months ago. Now it hae been amended. M. H.

JOHNSON Hall espied another inkwell of some size and weight and thrown it at bis been Mrs. Theresa Maag, have met with great misfortune. They went to I Mlhlld In Corner 8th and North r. opponent before tho latter had time to get out of the way. After the doctor p-i i -r Ait towuty.

prwmRtly PP raidi inh to nbov Cripple Creek, a few day preced No man is willing to invest a aouar or How tbo Weight May Bo Increased in a Hoalthful Natural Manner. ing the big fire there, and all of their goods have been destroyed, they not th lih ly of January. It KAKK M. COHBKH. Notary Fubli.

bad worked on his bruised neaa ior Borne time Mr. Money was taken home hire a laborer until McKinley is nominated. All the dollars, in fact, are being expended to buy hia nomination, and noue are left for trade. If prosperity comes quickly, it will ba due to hope saving a thing. Mr.

Peotrowski has in a carriage. Taia was the digmhed ana inspiring All iHsonlo who are thin are not necessari mining interests at Cripple Creek and vicinity and intends to make that place scene which occurred yesterday after r.noro P. Rowell 6t noon. It is hinted now that as soon aa his future home. Their misfortune so which radiates rrom ma come lace; is not.

it will (bow in what desperate Mr. Money has undergone the repairs which will Dermit hia appearance on the soon after arriving in the place is greatly regretted by their friends In Richmond. etreet he will demand satisfaction in the good old Mississippi fashion. Inasmuch aa the innwells ueed yesterday seem to ly so from disease, it is natural for some to be thin, and do amount of treatment would add an iota to thoir weight, but the great majority of people -aits thin because their digvstiou is uot erfect, their stomachs do not thoroughly digest flesh-forming foods, they may uot have hronio dyspepsia, but their digestion is uot vigorous enough to assimilate the food necessary for robust health and to keei up their weight. For all such, the new discovery for dyspepsia and digestion comes as a most welcome addition to tu list of meritorious reed of him the country etanaa.

-inn-theory we all know. We might argue against it, but we will not. Neither will we argue with children under four, or with people who live in padded rooms. The averago McKinleyite is chained to hia idol. He is about aa much sub REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

A Beautiful Face i made doubl attractive a plain face seems less plain if accompanied by a graceful figure. Tho Wm. Turner and wife to CM. and D. Jenkins, lot 12, J.

P. Smith publishers of tho American Ncvsoaper Directory, offer OIOO reward to anyone disproving tho accuracy of tho Stem's circulation figures. Osi: of tho meet borribla of the many bloody tratdica of the times was the work of Alfred Egbert, while temporarily ir.race. at Uockville, Indiana, Saturday. Without any apparent provccition or tho most far fetched motive he killed a neighbor woman and her two children; and then with tome coherency, though and others, addition, Richmond, south ject to fact and reaaan aa a Mohammedan.

Ilia theories are true besause he 20th street, war. $4,500. Frank W. Tice to Elizabeth Tice, wants them to be true. He believes A I'Jord to Liars part section 18, Abington township, that all good thinga come from a pro have been pretty formidable weapons in themselves, the proposed duel might aa well ba discouraged.

The duel which baa taken place already, although informal, was brilliantly success ul and quite sufficient. It ia now suggested that the gentlemen engaged in this little dispute be allowed to re enter the House only on the condition that the inkwells, paper weigts and other articles over sixteen ounces weight be chained down to their desks. If congressmen must hold these matinees, let them hire a hall and, providing themselves with pillows, boldly flight it out in quiet and in decency, Chicago Record. 30 acres, war. $900.

hibitory tariff, and without it not any remedies. The now discovery referred to is Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, which is not only a pleasant and certain cure for indigestion, but possesses the peculiar power of digesting flesh-foruiing foods, like meat, eggs and similar ordinary ods. so that the increase in weight is a perfectly natural process. One grain of the digestive principle in Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets vrUl digest 3,000 grains of flesh-iorming food. Dr.

Jennison mmntlv stated that he depends altosrether good thing was made that was made, It ia the bo-all and end-all of states derson Hei John H. Kelly and wife to Margaret Kelly; lot 26 Woodnut's addition and part lot 29, C. T. Price's addition, Richmond, war. $5,000.

manship. It is the only orthodox patriot- not ia defer.BC, ho ehoi to death tho Daniel G. Reid and wife and Richard iem, and William McKinley ia ita prophet, And so on for quantity. hcrilT ar.d hia deputy who were looking upon these tablets for the cure of dyspepsia and stomach troubles maA that they 1 Corset for him to arrest him. Ilia meet coher A.

Jackson and wife to Frank Long, lots 15, 39 and 40, In the Boulevard subdivision, war. $1,500. not only cure the indigestion, cut in every case a gratifying increase in weight was noticed, not fat, but tbo proper amount of ent net. however, wa9 hia final one.when Three years ago Horace P. Boies Daniel G.

Reld and wife and Richard he turned tho ehot gun upon himeelf of Iowa, was one of the strongest and and those who are ready to believe them. WAVERLY bicycles of this year's make are NOT sold in Indianapolis, or anywhere, as low as $50. Because of the local dealers game of "freeze out" you can buy our line of unexcelled bicycles including the Waverly. at: a price for cash of 1 0 per cent over cost to us. The SCHNEIDER Cycle Works, Open every evening.

9-13S. 6th urd relieved tho earth of one of its moet most popular Democrats in the United out the curves of a hand-figure and gives grace to an bring some A. Jackson and wite to John H. lot 41 Grand Boulevard adition, Richmond, war. $400.

flesh tor ueaiin ana symmetry, lit. nar-landaon speaks highly of the tablets, not only because they build up flesh and cure indigestion, but they are absolutely safe and harmless, no matter what the condition of the stomach and aro excellent not only for the ordinary dyspeptic, but for invalids and children. rpvorence excent free suverites. lie vk ward one. Every inch of It is.

raentary iceacity. av fil Letty Lamb to Hanah E. Jenkins, Bucklen' Arnle Ssiv. Ths best Salve in the world for Cutt Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fevsr Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, OhllblaiCB, Corns, and all Skin Erup tiiraa, and positively cures PUe, bo pay required.

I gurant1 ia give per satlufactit's mony nt anaed. Prto-s 25 cent pe A. a. Lakaa A Os, had betore that been one of the few Tub- Iiifhmond (Ind 1 Itkm thinks it lot 19 Economy, war. $400.

AURORA CORSET Aurora, 111. AT YOUR DEALERS. iopfdir Fhri.wd in Senator Voor- Jonathan Mitchell and wife to Drew- I conservative and clear headed western Democrats, who commanded the respect of the ineelligent voters of all In all sections. But Stuart 8 Dyspeptic Tablets are sold Dy an druggists at 60cts. per package and.

a trial will convince anyoua of their merit. ry Davis, part section 16 in Green bet 8 to bo elily working up a fusion bo-tween tl ropuliats and Democrats of hie state, with a view of landing him- township, 70 acres, war. $2,500..