Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1900 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

SI.OO Per Year.

R. H. Robinson, dentist. Francesville street fair will be held next week. Miss Lelia Middleton will teaoh at Kniman this year. —- Remember the Grand Millinery Opening, Oct. 4,5, 6, at M. &A. Meyer’s. Bro. Harlow of the Monon News, was in the city on business a few hours last Friday. Don’t move from one precinct to another after next week. You will lose your vote if you do. George W. Castor has resigned as trustee of Milroy tp. His term would have expired in November. Strayed: —One dun pony, white face. Finder will receive reward. T. H. Robertson. The new court house tax is now 14 cents on each SIOO valuation, almost one-half of the total county tax, Wm. Foster and Daniel Gray, if they live until Nov. 6th, will vote at their 17th presidential election. —Goodland Herald. Mrs. S. C. Develin of Burnettsville, came Wednesday for an extended visit with her brother and family, Joseph Sharp. The Citizens Band played for the Lafayette carnival Thursday. Several visitors from Rensselaer attended during the week. Judge Saunderson of Fowler, and T. B. Cunningham of Kentland, were in the city Wednesday and made us a pleasant call. J. D. Boaz has moved from the David Nowels property, near the depot, into the A. Parkison brick house on North Forest street. Low rates to Indianapolis, via Monon Route. Good going Oct., 3 and 4, returning Oct. 5. W. H. Beam, Agent. Daniel Z. Clark, residing southwest of Lee, got his left hand caught in a hay press last Saturday and two fingers were taken off. Alvin Fisher, who has been in lowa and South Dakota for the past year, returned home Thursday and will remain here for the present. We understand that James McManus of neur Valma, has bought a farm in Jennings county. Mr. and Mrs. McManus were down there last week. Remember The Democrat when you want sale bills printed. A free notice in the paper with each set of bille, and everybody reads The Democrat. Misses Eva and Florence Haff of Valparaiso, were in town Thursday oveT night. They were enroute home from a visit to friends at Brook and Goodland. Miss Roe Dennis, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dennis, of near Pleasant Ridge, for the past two months, returned to Chicago last week. It is rumored that Roes Goble of the dress goods department of the Chicago Bargain Store, has rented a house on Bouth Scott street and will take a Dart into it ere long. Supt. Clark of the county poorfarm has turned into the county treasury $750, proceeds of the farm for the quarter ending August 31, 1900. We didn’t used to hear much about any receipts under the old management. Daniel W. Michael and James Bullia of Jordan tp., have filed merchanic’s liens against the Chicago & Wabash Valley Railroad Co. et al (Gifford’s road) for labor alleged to have been performed on said road grade, amounting to sls and S3O respectively. The much-tried Dluzak corn stealing case at Monticello last week resulted in a verdict of guilty, and a fine of $1 and ten days jail sentence was administered. Defendant has asked for a new trial, and the question came up for argument Thursday and _yesterday.

DR. MOORE, Specialist, Office First Stairs We*t of Port Office. Phone 35.. RENSSELAER, IND.

Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Parkison sire visiting relatives in Kansas and Oklahoma. For first class dental work call on Dr. R. H. Robinson. - Office over Ellis & Murray’s store. Miss Lillie Sayler left for Medaryville yesterday where she is engaged as trimmer in a millinery store. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Burk of Lamar, Colo., are visiting here with their daughter. Mrs. D. B. Nowels. Will Iliff and wife of Jasper county are visiting at the home of White S. Harbison. —Kentland Enterprise. Don’t fail to call at M. & A. Meyer’s Millinery Opening, where you will find the most stylish hats in town, Oct. 4,5, 6. The Monon Route will run another cheap excursion to Chicago Oct. 7th. This will probably be the last this year. W. H. Beam, Agt. Joseph Keiper, who has been visiting his brother Theodore, and other relatives here for several weeks, returned to his home in Trenton, N. J., Wednesday. Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Middleton were over from Remington Tuesday. The former took the train here for Lafayette to attend a ministerial meeting, returning in the evening. The prizes for the corn show are on exhibition in B. F. Fendig’s show window. Several samples are already in and farmers are requested to hurry up their exhibits. For particulars of the show see last week’s Democrat. B. F. F. A petition in bankruptcy was filed to-day in the United States Court by Mark J. Phelps and John W. Phelps, partners in a commercial enterprise in Remington. Their liabilities are $6,559.82, their assets nothing. Press. Alf Donnelly has a whole lot of small onions scattered about his onion field north of town which he will give to any one who wants them. They are nice for pickling, etc., and many people in town would no doubt be glad to get some of them. Some boys playing with matches set fire to a barn at Medaryville on Thursday of last week and three barns were consumed before the flames were checked. A strong wind was blowing at the time ana it took hard work to save the town from burning up. Old George Marshall, editor of a base ball circular at Rensselaer, has. transfered his love from Morocco to Brook, and the manner in which he slobbers over that town would be laughable were it not for the fact of its being the feeble drivel of a poor, weak, old man in his dotage.—Morocco Courier.

Mrs. Fisher, a sister-in-law of Frank Fisher, accompanied by Mrs. Pennington of Grant county, came up this week. They brought Frank’s baby boy home, he wasg! lad to see him. On account of the poor health of his sister-in-law he will take the baby to his father in Ohio in the noar future. —Wheatfield Telephone. As heretofore announced, The Democrat will publish articles on both sides of the Gifford railroad project in Barkley tp., and to-day presents the first article we have had favoring the tax, which is over the signature of Warren Robinson of this city. While the article is rather lengthy, we have given it space that the public might see that we meant what we said at the time we made the proposition. Up in Barkley township, where they have an election every month, the people will vote Oct. V, for the second time within three months, on the proposition of donating $8,600 to B. J. Gifford for his railroad. The prospects are good for again defeating the measure, but it will take work on the part of the opponents to the tax to defeat it, and every voter should come out and vote as his conscience dictates.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, September 29, 1900.

Pigs For Sale:— At O. K. Ritchey’s, 4 miles south of Rensselaer, 3 Poland China boars, extra fine, wt. 150 to 200 pounds. Today’s Rensselaer markets (all top prices): Wheat 65; corn 38; pats 20; rye 43. One year ago today the prices were, wheat 65; corn oats 21; rye 45. The Democrat has purchased a limite number of Bryan and Stevenson lithographs, and will give them away to its readers who call for them. First come, first served. Court Reporter Walker has entered suit against the Newton county council, the auditor and the trersurer for what is claimed a balance due for services, according to the Kentland Enterprise. The council will fight the claim. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Crockett returned Satarday from a three weeks visit with friends in Nebraska. They visited Omaha, Springfield, Lincoln, Ft. Crook and Humbolt. They saw quite a number of former Jasper county people. They were much pleased with the country, and report fine crops. Mr. Crockett says that while politics was rather quiet throughout the section visited, the sentiment is very much in favor of Bryan. T. A. Crockett brought back with him from Nebraska a patent fruit and flower gatherer invented by his brother William. It is a very simple little affair but useful and also inexpensive. The sample is on exhibition at Eger’s hardware store. Mr. Crockett also informed us that his brother had recently taken out a patent on a lawn mower which has guards and sickle, in lieu of thejknife usually used. The sickle is operated by an endless chain and it is claimed for it that it does the work better and that one may cut the grass under the edge of sidewalks and fences, something which cannot be done with the present style of mower. The town at Monon have disposed of town warrants and gone into partnership with the township, we understand, and raised money which it is thought will be sufficient to complete her new school building. The original contractors, however, and the town officials fell out and the contractors left the job. The town now has workmen engaged in completing the building, and the brick work is about completed, but a lawsuit is sure to grow out of the matter. The edifice will be a very fine one, too fine, many people there a town of Monon’s caliber. The skeleton of the building can now be seen at the north side of town from the Monon trains, and it looks to be quite a huge affair.

United States Senator Fairbanks, probably the biggest gun the republicans will have here this campaign, spoke at the opera house Tuesday night. Mr. Fairbanks is a slow and deliberate speaker, weighing each word carefully before giving it utterance, but is not a really entertaining speaker. Almost his whole talk waß devoted to deifying McKinley and apologizing for the mistakes of his administration. All the errors, if such they were, the democrats were to blame for, and all the good, if any, President McKinley was entitled to the credit of. Being a slow speaker, as before stated, Mr. Fairbanks didn’t get around to the Porto Rican tariff steal, the embalmed beef scandal, the Sulu treaty, the Cuban postal steals, and numerous other questionable deals engineered by or through the President, and touched but lightly on the trusts. As a clear and concise statement of facts and an educator, the speech did not begin to compare with that of Gen. Weaver. Too much was suppressed to make it of much value as an educator to the people. That such was the case we have only to ask the reader to examine Senator Hoar’s speech in the senate on the Philippine treaty, reports of U. S. officials in the Philippines previous to the outbreak of the "rebellion, ’’and a study of the treaty of the Louisiana purchase.

Hon. John Ross’ meetings in the county this week have been well attended and much interest shown in the issues as presented by Mr. Ross. To-night he speaks at Curtis Creek school house, in Newton tp. Commissioners’ court meets Monday. It will be necessary at this meeting to make some changes in the election inspectors. J. F. Pettit is ineligible in Walker, we understand, by having a relative a candidate, and C. T. Denham in Carpenter, is himself a candidate. Louie Fendig left last night for Brunswick, Ga.. where he expects to enter the law and real estate office of his brother Albert. He was accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Tillie Bouchard, and children, who have been visiting here for several months. The latter will visit for a short time at Brunswick and then go on to her home in Tampa, Fla. Miss Elizabeth Keiper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Keiper, and Albert Abbot, of Rensselaer, were united in marriage in the Indian School chapel, last Tuesday at 11 a. m. Rev. Thomas Meyer officiating. About6o people were present at a sumptuous dinner given at the home of the bride in honor of the newly married couple. They were also the recipients of many useful and beautiful presents. They will make their future home in Rensselaer. Gen. James B. Weaver addressed a good audience at Van Rensselaer Park Monday afternoon. Gen. Weaver is about 65 years of age, and a fine looking man. He entered the war of the] rebellion as a private in the ranks and served over three years, com- j ing out as a general. His address was a masterly one and carried conviction to every breast except those who had come steeled against the shafts of truth. Almost all of his discourse was devoted to the Philippine question, and the orator, to use a slang phrase, knocked the tar out of every administration claim, proving his points from official records, nearly all of which were from republican government officials. There was no gainsaying any statement made. As he remarked, our friends, the enemy, were so slippery that he went “loaded for bear,’’ and had the documents right at hand to prove every statement made. Mr. Weaver is a pleasant, easy speaker and the time passed only to quickly. For two hours he held the closest attention of his auditors, who at the close of his address gave three rousing cheers for Gen. James B. Weaver of lowa, and three cheers for the great democratic leader, William J. Bryan. Gen. Weaver’s speech did much good here as it will at all other places where the people desire to hear the truth about the Philippines and the policy this government has pursued against them. Several from Remington, Fair Oaks, Kniman and other places were in attendadce.

Millinery! Millinery!

I will be at Kniman, Oct. 3d, and DeMotte, Oct. 4th and sth., with a full line of street and trimmed hats. K. Welch.

Newton County Election.

The county seat election in Newton oounty last Tuesday on the question of removal from Kentland to Brook, resulted in 1,337 for and 1,208 against. The total vote was 420 less than the vote June 19 for removal to Morocco, all the townships showing a loss exoept Iroquois, where Brook is located. Following is the vote by townships: For Aralnat Total Iroquola 429 10 436 Reaver 83 269 343 Jefferson..... 17 529 346 Waahlnffton 148 49 197 Jackaon 196 22 218 McClellan 11 18 27 Grant 197 239 433 Colfax 33 14 67 Lincoln.. 170 10 180 Lake 36 42 78 Totela ,1337 1 208 2343 Wanted—We want 100 men* with approved personal or real estate security to borrow the special fund we have to put out. Ferguson A Wilson.

FAIRBANKS’ TRICKERY.

The speech of Senator Fairbanks Tuesday night was the most complete and flagrant resort to deciet and trickery that it has ever been our lot to hear from any man occupying so exalted a position as Mr. Fairbanks. We give below a sample: In attempting to hold Mr. Bryan up to scorn and ridicule for his action in endorsing the Philippine treaty and then taking the position regarding them which he now does (and has all along), to show that it was only for political purposes that Bryan did this, Mr. Fairbanks read from Bryan’s speech of acceptance at Indianapolis as follows: “I was among the number of those who believed it better to ratify the treaty and end the war, release the volunteers, and (Mr. Fairbanks added the conjunction—it’s not in the original speech) remove the excuse for war expenditures— Here he stopped. Why didnt he read the rest of the sentence? Here it is: AND THEN GIVE THE FILIPINOS THE INDEPENDENCE WHICH MIGHT BE FORCED FROM SPAIN BY A NEW TREATY." Next he read from the middle of a paragraph the following: "I believe that we are now in a better position to wage a successful contest against imperialism than we would have been had the treaty been rejected. With the treaty ratified a clean-cut issue is presented between a government by consent and a government by force, and imperialists must bear the responsibility for all that happens until the question is settled.’ What did the first part of the paragraph say? Here it is: “Lincoln embodied an argument in the question when he asked, “Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws?’ ”

Then he went on: “If the treaty had been rejected the opponents of impearialism would have been held responcible for any international complications which might have arisen before the ratification of another treaty." Here again he stopped in the middle of a paragraph. We give you below the rest of the paragraph which the Senator failed to read: “But whatever difference of opinion may have existed as to the best method of opposing a colonial policy, there never was any difference as to the great importance of the question and there is no difference now as to the course to be pursued." Next he jumped over one paragraph and read a part of a paragraph. That the reader may get an intelligent idea, however, of how unfair and misleading Senator Fairbanks quotation was, we publish all of the omitted paragaph and one from which he read, in full, the part read by him being inclosed in quotations. We also publish the two paragraphs following, that you may see what Bryan did really say: The title of Spain being extinguished we were at liberty to deal with the Filipinos according to American principles. The Bacon resolution, introduced a month before hostilities broke out at Manila, promised independence to Filipinos on the same terms that it was promised to the Cubans. I supported this resolution and believe that its adoption prior to the breaking out oi hostilities would have prevented bloodshed, and that its adoption at any subsequent time would have ended hostilities. "If the treaty had been rejected considerable time would have necessarily elapsed before a new treaty could have been agreed upon and ratified, and during that time the question would have been agitating the public mind." If the Bacon resolution had been adopted by the Senate and carried out by the President, either at the time of the ratification of the treaty or at any time afterwards, it would have taken the question of imperialism out of politics and left the American people free to deal with their domestic problems. But the resolution was defeated by the vote of the Republican Vice President, and from that time to this a Republican Congress has refused to take any action whatever in the matter. When hostilities broke out at Manila Republican speakers and Republican editors at once sought to lay the blame upon those who had delayed the ratification of the treaty, and, during the profress of the war, the same Republicans ave accused the opponents of imperialism of giving encouragement to the Filipinos. This is a cowardly evasion of responsibility. If it is right for the United States to hold the Philippine Islands permanently and imitate European empires in the government of colonies, the Republican party ought to state its position and defend it, but it must expect the subject races to protest against such a policy and to resist to the extent of their ability. Nothing very villianous about it after all. Some men would mjsquote holy writ to gain their ends, and Senator Fairbanks

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Dtmiyieii Hon. E. P. Honan of Rensselaer, Will at Center Schoou House, Milroy tp. on THURSDAY, OCT, 4, at 7 :S0 p. m.

seems to be that kind of a man. The democrats do not have to resort to any such methods.

Notice of Letting of Hauling for Gravel Road. I will be in my office on Saturday, Oct. 6, 1900, for the purpose of receiving bids for hauling 114 rods of gravel for a gravel road on the Section line between Sections 4 and 5, Township 28, Range 6, running south from James W. Cowden’s farm. Said gravel to be hauled from the Adams gravel pit. James D. Babcock, Trustee.

Temperance Speaking.

H. 8. Bonsib, “The Flying Dutchman,” will speak at Sayler school house, Oct. 2; Egypt school house, Oct. 3; South Lawn school house, Oct. 4; Surrey school house, Oct. 5. All meetings at 7:30 p. m.

Common Council.

The regular meeting of the common council was held Monday evening and the following business transacted: J. H. S. Ellis declined the position of councilman to which he was elected at the last previous meeting, and a vote was taken on his successor, resulting in C. G. Spitler, Rep. receiving 3 votes, F. M. Parker, Dem. 1 vote. Spitler was declared elected. For president of the council to preside in Mayor’s absence, Porter received 1 vote, Dean 3, McColly 1. Councilmen McColly, Dean and Spitler were appointed committee on street and alleys; Porter, Dean and Kannal on finance, ordinance purchasing and claims; Chilcote, Kannal and Porter on fire dept., sewers and drains; Spitler, Chilcote and McColly on water and lights. Committee on sidewalks recommended that petition of Martha J. Phillips be granted, and sidewalk was ordered on Washington and Milroy streets, about 740 feet altogether, fronting Mrs. M. E. Thompson’s property. Contract with Park County Coal Co., for coal for light and water plant to April 1,1901, at same old price, was approved and Mayor authorized to sign same. Bond of H. R. Kurrie of SI,OOO as city attorney, signed by H. R. Kurrie, Frank Foltz and C. G. Spitler was approved. An ardinance prohibiting the riding or driving upon cement walks and fixing a penalty of $3 for each violation, was introduced and passed to second reading. This ordinance is intended to put a stop to bicycle riding on the sidewalks. The parties to whom the old chemical engine was sent for repairs, stated that they would put the same in good condition for $159, which is $9 more than the city is offered for it after the repairs are made. The council will take a little time to recover from the shock. Following claims were allowed: Geo. D. McCarthy, work ou street .... f 2 OQ John S. Ramey, same 6 45 Samuel Scott, game 10 75 John Callahan, game 3 80 Wm. Gust, game 90 Harry McGee, same 1 75 James A. Ramey, game 3 00 Fre<! Stockulck. work on Makeruaelf. 3 00 Chat. Platt, cruahed rook 8 50 C. C. Starr, services as city treasurer.. 30 00 H. L. Gamble, aervlcea aa city engineer j| ;<) Vern Roblnaon, aaalatlng engineer 5 35 J.C. Thrawla, aaine 2 30 Carl Lamaon, same 90 Thomaa Hoyea, aame 73 A. McCoy, freight and expreaa 80 39 J. H. Chapman, aame 90 28 C. S. Chamberlain, aalary WOO Lemuel Huaton, aame 22 30 Peter Giver, aame 22 30 Standard Oil Co., oil 10 20 C. G. Spitler, inaurance on boilera 73 00 Gen. Electric Co., aupplee 19 30 Oau Ritchey, delivering coal ........... IS 00 Crane Co., packing 4 18 D. E. Hollister, salary 22 30 Largest Stock of Furniture, Carpets and Chairs at William*’ Furniture and Carpet Store.