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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
4
The Bloomfield Democrat proclaims itself the only all home print paper in the county and asserts it has double the circulation of any local newspaper. It invites advertisers to call and examine subscription books. Subscriptions are $1.50 per year.
The bill passed by the house raises salaries for county posts including clerk 2500 auditor 2600 recorder 1600 treasurer 2500 and sheriff 2500, not applying to officers elected in 1880. Also note Royal Baking Powder Co. earned 400000 last year with ads mainly in country papers. Testimony highlights value of country papers as advertising media.
The Indianapolis News reports the amendment by Mr Huffmann to raise county officer salaries including Clerk from 2500 to 2800 Auditor from 2600 to 3000 Recorder from 1500 to 1800 Treasurer from 2300 to 2600 and Sheriff from 2300 to 2500 was defeated during the session.
The Home Rule party quarrels over money sent from America to aid their cause. The infighting could delay the campaign for a time, but the broader aim of Home Rule, like tariff reform, is deemed destined to prevail for the people.
James H. Kyle was chosen as United States senator from South Dakota to succeed Moody, winning on the fortieth ballot with 75 votes to 69. A Farmer's Alliance man, he had long been a Republican before joining the Alliance last summer. He is expected to vote with Republicans on key party questions.
The record notes 35 House speakers with Polk and Colfax as notable presidents and vice presidents. It details Polk as speaker of the 24th and 25th Congresses (1835–1839) and president in 1844, Colfax as speaker during the 38th–40th (1863–1869) and vice president elected in 1868. It then discusses paternal ancestries, stating most presidents are English with nine exceptions, listing Jefferson Monroe Grant Hayes Jackson Polk Buchanan Arthur Van Buren and others as Scotch, Scotch Irish, or Dutch. It similarly counts vice presidents with English ancestry nine exceptions, naming Calhoun Arthur Hendricks Morton Vankuren as Dutch connections.
Quay breaks a year of silence to denounce all charges as malicious and false. He dismisses terms like cobbled up and claims he cannot fully deny some points. He recalls past campaign associations and asserts memory gaps about petitions for official actions.
The census reports a decade rise in crime with 30,659 convicts in 1880 and 45,233 on June 1, 1890. About 4,000 bound-out prisoners not counted in 1880 push total above 35,000. Crimes rose 27.28 percent, outpacing population growth at 24.86 percent. Race and nativity details include 34,540 whites and 14,687 colored, and breakdowns of native and foreign born statuses among whites.
The record shows 707 foreign born mothers and 1,040 foreign born fathers among convicts. Of 43,127 with known parentage, 14,725 are foreign born, 14,687 are Negro, and 13,715 native born American. Native whites are less than a third of penitentiary inmates, foreign born exceed them by over one percent, with 43,445 men and 1,791 women in total. female convicts have declined since 1880 from over 1.5 percent to under four percent.
Judge John G. Berkshire of the Indiana Supreme Court died last Thursday at North Vernon after a two week illness from a severe cold that developed into pneumonia. He served as the Supreme Judge from the second Indiana district and was described as a self made man with reason and good common sense.
A Free Soiler argues the Republican defeat in the last election stems from the McKinley tariff. He claims elections timed before the tariff’s passage hid its effects, predicts more Democrats would win if votes aligned, and defends the Lincoln era republic as a government of the people. He recalls 1890 results and opposes slavery.
An historic tone praises Queen Isabella for pawning jewels to fund voyages and extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy. The ad claims benefits for lungs liver throat and stomach diseases, purifies blood, and guarantees cure or money back.
The Atlantic Monthly article shows our people read less good literature as total book purchases rise. The piece urges parents and educators to curb trashy reads, promote moral courage, and enlarge volumes of wholesome literature to counter national decline.
Seymour Riddle argues teachers must model and cultivate a genuine love of reading to create lifelong readers. Supplementary literature in higher grades and post-school education enhance moral development, guiding youths toward pure literature and broader inquiry.
Widely valued Electric Bitters are touted as a pure medicine that cures liver and kidney diseases removes pimples boils and other blood conditions drives malaria from the system and cures headaches constipation and indigestion. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back priced 50 cents to 1.00 per bottle at S Stalcup's Drugstore.
The Indiana Senate approved a loan authorizations and city reforms including non-partisan police and fire boards for Evansville, and penalties for prize fight spectators. A civil service act for state institutions was defeated. The House moved medical practice and lien reforms, a public works board for Evansville, hospital funding, and public aid publication duties. Governor Hovey vetoed a state health board appointment bill. both houses overrode.
The senate approved a bill allowing incorporated cities to condemn property for streets and alleys and another bill permitting city pawnbrokers licenses from £10 to $20. Senator Magee’s bill to discharge harmless incurables was defeated. Mrs. Gougar urged protections for girls and municipal women’s suffrage. The house revised county officers’ salaries, some up 20 to 30 percent, others down. Monnday actions included library bonds for Indianapolis and tax changes, with the fee and salary bill advancing.
A memorial from several hundred Pennsylvania employes protests the Kelly railroad bill as harmful to the voluntary relief department of the Pennsylvania lines. A bill on county indebtedness passed. The world's fair bill faced amendments, debates, and was laid aside by a general taxation bill. In the house a road system reorganization bill dominated the morning, with Fippen's bill recalled over neutral provisions. The legislative apportionment bill saw reports and was passed under suspension of rules along party lines.
Evansville Ind Feb 24 A large blaze struck the People's Theater early Monday at 5 30 gutting the building. The adjacent Journal office suffered heavy damage with lost type and injured machinery L Fritschs tailoring shop also burned The total loss is placed at about 75000 origin unknown but suspected to start in a room with electrical appliances Fire dept did commendable work The theater had been remodeled eight months ago and was a popular venue
Washington February 5 Superintendent Porter prepares the first bulletin on mortgages from a nationwide census effort. Agents collected abstracts of about 9,000,000 mortgages over ten years, detailing real estate debt, interest, motives, and loan purposes across Alabama Iowa and other states. The work aims to show debt levels by county and the scope of mortgage indebtedness for future study.
In Columbus Ohio on Washington’s Birthday parade day a newspaper war spills into the street. W J Elliott owner of The Sunday Capital shoots Al Osborne of The World. A fusillade in a hat store kills Osborne and a bystander Hughes and injures Sullivan and Patsy Elliott. Elliotts arrested.
Fletcher and Churchman bankers filed attachments against the Toledo and Hocking Valley Railroad. Several cars were seized and are now in sheriff’s custody. Writs extend to northern Indiana to seize any of the company’s cars. Banks claim $140,000 owed under a contract with the defunct Indianapolis car works after cashing the company’s paper.
In Greensburg Indiana on February 21 H B Lucas suffered fatal injuries at Potts Johnsons rim and hub factory. While operating a turning lathe at high speed the knives flew from the machine, disemboweling him. He cannot survive the injuries.
The president named Charles Foster of Ohio to fill the treasury post. Foster, born April 28, 1623 near Sandusky, rose from a country store clerk to congressman and Ohio governor, earning the nickname Little Giant. The Senate confirmed the nomination on February 25. A separate report notes a deadly explosion at Spring Hill mines, Nova Scotia, killing 117 to 120 miners and injuring eleven, with cause unknown.
The funeral of Gen. Sherman was held in St. Louis with a grand escort from Union and Confederate groups and troops. Rev. Thomas Sherman conducted the service at the grave, and the family plot received the remains alongside Mrs. Sherman and two children. The event mirrored the late general's stature in a somber, ceremonial setting.
Long fragment lists prices for wool, cotton, and other goods across Ohio and Michigan markets. Mentions wheat and corn futures, cattle and sheep prices, and regional notices from Indiana and New York markets. Included are local incidents from Hoosier towns, such as arrests, a murder indictment, and a jail sheltering.
Ridpath’s Universal History offered in four octavo volumes with fifteen hundred illustrations and thirty-two color maps. A premier narrative praised as the only complete world history, featuring maps charts diagrams and lavish design as a self-contained historical library.
Endorsing notices from J H Vincent and E H Long hail Ridpath's Cyclopedia of Universal History as a superior, compact reference with clear style and excellent illustrations. The book is praised as a permanent home library chair for general history and a valuable, accurate resume of mankind's great movements.
A scattered Indiana bulletin reports seances and religious fervor, a senate liquor license bill rising to 200 dollars, and various crimes. Notable items include a fatal hydrophobia case in New Albany, a death identified as William Pugh of Louisville, and a 9 000 dollar damages verdict for Lee Doty after a CC railroad crash near Oxford. The planing mill lockout in Indianapolis leaves 600 to 700 unemployed while two children die from scalding near Paris. Tommy Ryan fined for a December street fight in Crows Point and a Barthea murder attempt on Mrs Bathe near Randolph county. Various towns report births, deaths, and local curiosities.
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