Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1902 — Page 3

€sw—iijj ii ■ i * MMIIMiLWIIIIMM Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville By. Rensselaer Time-Table, South Bound. No.3l—Fast Mail..; 4:49 a. m No. 5 Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m« No.33—lndianapolis Mail, (daily).. 1:46p.m. No. 39—Milk accomm., (daily) 6:15 p.m. No. 3—Louisville Express, (daily).. tl :25 p. m. •No. 45—Local freight 2:40 p. m. North Bound. No. 4—Mail, (daily) 4:30 a.m. J?o 40—Milk accomm., (daily) .... 7:31a.m. / Mail, (daily) 9:55 a.m. j. So-Cin.to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 6:32 p.m. two. 38—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p. m. No. 6—Mail and Express, (daily)... 3:30 p. m. •No. 46—Local freight 9:55 a.m. No. 74—Freight, (daily) 9:09 p. m. •Daily except Sunday. tSunday only. No. 74 carries passengers between Monon end Lowell. Hammond has been made a regular stop for No. 30. No. 32 and 33 now stop at Cedar Lake. Frank J. Reed, G. P. A., W. H. McDokl, President and Gen. M’g’r. Chas. H. Rockwell, Traffic M’g'r, OHICAOO. W, H. Beam, Agent, Rensselaer.

CALIFORNIA Besi Personoiiy conouciefl Tourisi Excursions. Leave CHICAGO Tuesdays and Thursdays -VIA THEGREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE AND SCENIC LINE. Tourist Car via Southern Route Leaves Chicago Every Tuesday. Daily First Class Sleeper Through Be* tween Chicago and San Francisco. Crossing the best scenery of the Rockies and Sierra Nevada* by Daylight. Direct connection to Los Angeles. Best Dining Car Service through. Write for information and literature to E. E. Palmer, G. A, P. D., Peoria, 111. John Sebastian, G. P. A., Chicago

CITY, TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor John Eger Marshal Abram Simpson Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer H. L. Gramble Fire Chief Elden R. Hopkins COUNCILMKN. Ist ward .Chas. Dean, H. J. Kannal 2d ward I. J. Porter, C. G. Spitler 3d ward J. F.McColly, J.C. Chilcote COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk John F. Major Sheriff Ahram G. Hardy Auditor W.C. Babcock Treasurer R. A. Parkison. Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillipa COMMIBSIONEHB. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2nd District Simeon A. Dowell 3rd District Frederick Way mire Commissioner's court—First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRU6TEXB. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grove John Ryan Gillam Lewis Shrier Walker Elias Arnold Barkley Charles M. Blue Marion John Bill Jordan Geo. M. Wilcox Newton S. L. Luce Keener Thomas'F. Maloney Kankakee Stephen D. Clark Wheatfield Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William T. Smith Milroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensseleer G. K. Hollingsworth Rensselaer J.D. Allman ... Remington Geo. O. Stembel Wheatfield

JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February, April, September and November.

_ Milroy Township. Wm. T. Smith, trustee of Milroy township. Wives notice that he will be at his residence in Mid township on the First and Third .Saturdays of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contract* or paying claims will be done on such designate* day. Wm. T. Smith. Trustee. Hanging Grove TownshipJoseph Stewart, trustee of Hanging Grove township; gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on Friday of each week for the purpose < f transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. Joseph Stewart, Trustee. Jordan Township. John Bill trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that he will be at his residence In said township on the S-cond and Fourth Saturday* of each month for the purpose of transacting township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. John Bill, Trustee.

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Edward P. Honan, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Law, Abstracts, Real Estate, Loans. Will practice in all the courts. Office over Fendig’s Fair. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Hanley & Hunt, LON, ADSIFOCIS, Loons ond ROOI ESlQie. RENSSELAER, IND, Office up-stairs in Leopold block, first stairs west of Van Rensselaer street. Wm. B. Austin, Lawyer and Investment Brokei Attorney For The L. N. A. AC. Ry. and Rensselaer W. L.«t P. Co. over Chicago Bargain Store. Rensselaer. Indiana.

U. M. Baughman. G. A. William*. Baughman & Williams, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law, Notary work. Loans and Real Estate. Special attention giveu to collections of all tiuds. Office over "Racket Store,” Rensselaer. - Indiana. Moses Leopold, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND INSURANCE, Office over Ellis & Murray’s Rensselaer, - - Indiana. J. F. Irwin S. C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. Collections, Farm Loans and Fire Insurance. Office in Odd Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. Ira W. Yeoman, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Remington, ... Indiana. Law. Real Estate. Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office upstairs in Durand Block. nu«« rOLra. a. SHtuiu hmst «. luaaii. Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompson A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Absracts and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the County. RENSSELAER, IND. Mordecai F. Chilcote, William H. Parkison Notary Public. Notary Public. Chilcote & Park’son, ATTORNEYS aT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance, Abstracts and Loans. Attorneys for the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. Will practice tn all of the courts. Office over J. Makes ver's Hank, on Washington street. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA. H. O. Harris, E. T. Harris, J, C. Harris, President. Vice-Pres. Cashier. Rensselaer Bank. Deposits received on call, Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit issued on time, Exchange Bought and Sold on principal citiea. Notes Discounted at current rates, Farm Loans made at 5 per cent. We Solicit a Sfiaru of Your Business. Drs. I. B.&L M. Washburn, Physicians & Surgeons. Dr. I. B. Washburn will give ipeelal attention to Diseases of the Eye, Ear. Nose. Throat and Chrouio Diseases. He also tests eyes for glasses. Orrioe Tiurasa* No. 4a. Ruisa.oi Phoms No. Rensselaer, - - Indiana. E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over I met' Millinery store. Rensselasr, Ornoe Phoms. IF7. Rssibshos Phoms, lIS. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. Office over Larsh’s 'drug store.

SHIP SUBSIDY VOTED.

HANNA-FRYE MEASURE PASSED BY THE SENATE. Six Republicans, Including Allison, Spooner, Dolliver and Quarles, Vote Agalnat Bill, but Press No Unfriendly Amendments—Won’t Pass House.

By a vote of 42 to 31 the Senate Monday afternoon passed the ship subsidy bill in an amended form. This majority of 11 would ordinarily be considered decisive, but the vote was sensational and significant because six of the best known Republican Senators, coming from the three Republican States of Wisconsin, lowa and Vermont, voted with the Democrats in opposition to the bill. A surprising feature of the proceedings was the adoption of an amendment proposed by Mr. Hanna which in one clause apparently gives permission for a shipping trust, and in another clause bars from the subsidy all foreign built ships, cuttisg out two of the American line’s present fleet, the New York and the Philadelphia. This line was supposed to be the special beneficiary under the ship bill. The substantial accord of the four Senators from Wisconsin and lowa is generally recognized as an indication that the delegations in the House from these States also will be opposed to the bill, and this will mean its almost certain defeat.

The six Republicans who raised their voices against the measure were Senators Allison, Spooner, Dolliver and Quarles from the West, and Senators Proctor and Dillingham from Vermont. Other Republicans were dissatisfied with the bill, but concluded to stand by the party. The result is generally regarded as a great personal victory for Senator Hanna. His influence, and nothing else, carried the measure through. No unfriendly amendments were adopted, and the bill is now substantially as its friends drew it. If it fails to secure the results desired, they cannot blame the opposition for meddling. The important amendments adopted were one by Senator Allison limiting the postal subsidy to $5,000,000 a year for five years, and after that to $8,000,000 a year, and one by Senator Spooner, which virtually serves notice that the act may be repealed at an early day. An amendment offered by Mr. Hanna, and accepted after three divisions of the Senate, provides that while American citizens may acquire interest in foreign steamship lines, no foreign-built ship is to share in subsidy or hereafter be admitted to American registry. This was intended to meet the criticism that Pierpont Morgan and other American financiers intended to purchase foreign ships and secure American registry for them and a share in the subsidies provided for in this bill. Of course. Congress may change its mind and vote such registry, as one Congress cannot limit its successors.

How much this bill will cost the United States treasury in case it becomes a law no one knows. Some one has calculated that the postal subsidy will run well up to the limits fixed by the Allison amendment, or $5,000,000 a year for the next five years. It has also been estimated that the general subsidy part of the scheme will not cost more than about $1,000,000 a year, but it was noticed that the managers of the bill were unwilling to have any limits put upon this expenditure. The expenditure may. therefore, be reckoned at from $5,000,000 to SO,000,000 a year at the outset. Strangely enough, the Democrats are well pleased. They count upon the, subsidy bill, passed by Republican votes, as one of their sUungest cards in the coming campaigns. This explains why the Democrats did not put up a more strenuous fight against it, as they did at the last session. There Is no prospect that the bill will pass the House at this session. The attitude of the lowa Senators indicates that Speaker Henderson's unfriendliness to the measure is well supported and likely to continue at least till after the fall elections.

ARIZONA IS AMBITIOUS.

Her People Are Now Pleading for Admission to the Union. Arizona has come to the front with an appeal for statehood. Gov. Murphy was in Washington a few days ago and made a vigorous plea for admission into the Union. He made it unmistakably clear to Congress that Arjzona was by no means "an humble mendicant’’ begging timorously at the congressional doors, but that she felt herself entitled to admission, and that this honor was a matter of due justice. Of the Arizonians Gov. Murphy said that they embody the atrongeat types of American citizenship and "strenuous manhood," and that her civilisation is as advanced a* that of any State in the Union. "The public school system of Arizona,” he continued, “her university and normal schools equal any in efficiency, and the percentage of illiteracy is not lower in any State of the Union. Her population has Increased 104 per cent in a decade. Her wealth increased $6,000,000 last year, and If it were all assessed would exceed $100,000,000 in assessable valuations. Every industry 1* prosperous and the territory has a greater variety of weal th-producing resources than any other State or territory in the Union. “We have 140,000 people made up of superior citizenship. We are capable, financially, of maintaining government. We desire to govern ourselves as a sovereign State, and no good reason can be advaaced why our rights in this respect, under the constitution of our fathers, should be denied. Very soon it will be Impossible for Congress to refuse statehood for the three territoriee, because public sentiment will become so aroused that it cannot be prevented.”

Interesting News Items.

It is said that the Russian Czar will visit Vienna. Countess of Warwick fell from her horse at Essex, England, and was badly bruised. Ralph Ingalla, son of the late Senator John J. Ingalls, is after the position of assistant attorney general in the Philippines. Gotfried Miller, a young farmer, while riding a young horse near Woodbine, Kan,, was thrown into a barbed wire fence and killed.

LOOKS EASY, BUT OH, MY!

GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENTS AGAINST MRS. SOFFEL

Indictments in three cases against Mrs. Catherine Soffel, wife of ex-Warden Peter K. Soffel, growing out of the escape

of the Biddle brothers from jail on Jan. 30, were considered by the grand jury at Pittsburg and true bills returned. Should Mrs. Soffel be convicted on the three charges the maxitn u m aggregate sentence that could be imposed upon her would be sixteen years in prison and a fine of $2,500.

MRS. SOFFEL.

The first charge is for aiding criminals to escape. The other charges are separate indictments for felonious assault and battery upon Charles Reynolds and James G. McGary, jail guards. Reynolds was shot by one of the Biddles, and McGary was thrown over or jumped over the railing from the cell tier and was seriously hurt, on the night of the escape.

AMBASSADOR WHITE TO RETIRE.

Envoy to Berlin to Quit Official Life Next November. The return home of Andrew D. White, the United States ambassador at Berlin, which has been rumored since family bereavements and business interests gave the ambassador a desire to give up his jost, is said to be set for November. Mr. White began his diplomatic career 4* attache of the United States embassy

ANDREW D. WHITE.

at St. Petersburg over forty years ago. He was president of Cornell University from 1867 to 1885, and while still the head of that institution was for two years minister to Germany. From 1892 to 1894 he was minister to Russia, and In 1897 was appointed ambassador to Germany. He was chairman of the United States delegation to The Hague peace conferencs.

The Comic Side of The News

Even the fishing Is noj good in those Eastern States where everything is under water. An emergency appropriation to supply our statesmen with sparring lessons is earnestly suggested. Canada is receiving modern artillery from England and is anxiously waiting to hear ua tremble. Paterson, N. J., can make np Its mind nt its leisure whether it prefers fire, floods or anarchists. Ix>rd Kitchener will yet be obliged to put up a bunch of “Keep Off the Grass'* signs in South Africa to restrain Dewet. Mr. Hogg of Texas is right. Knee breeches are not calculated to beautify a 400-pound patriot of the star-spangled variety. It is doubtful, however, if Congressmen will die fast enough to keep the Senate provided with convenient excuses for strategic adjournment. Paris had a labor riot the other day. Since they ceased having cabinet crises In that country the people have to furnish their own excitement.

IRRIGATING ARID LANDS.

What an Artesian Well Can Accomplish in Central Dakota. The question of the irrigation of the arid lands of the West is now the most important domestic concern before the American people. There are between 75,000,000 and 100,000,000 acres of such lands which without irrigation are virtually valueless, but which if watered are capable of raising an abundance of crops of all kinds. In some sections of the West, notably in central Dakota, water for Irrigating purposes is procured from artesian wells. The flow from some of these wells is very great. At Chamberlain a 600-foot well yields 5,760,000 gallons of water daily; at the Yankton Indian agency there is a flow of 3,000 gallons a minute. The result of the ceaseless flow from such wells in a country like Dakota, where the rainfall seldom exceeds fifteen inches yearly, can hardly be appreciated by one who has never witnessed it, says a writer in the National Magazine. Dry hillsides become covered with flags and water grasses; arid fields are heavy with verdure; trees, shrubbery, rose bushes, vegetables, grain and flowers grow luxuriously and are often untouched by frost weeks after everything around them is sere and withered. The cost of such wells is high, ranging from $4,000 to $6,000, and is beyond the reach of most fanners. The cost of one first-class battleship, $3,500,000, would sink and equip In the Dakota artesian belt 600 first-class wells, capable of irrigating 600,000 acres of arable land; giving an increase yield of 10,000,000 of bushels of wheat, valued at $5,000,000 yearly; besides keeping every dried-up watercourse In perennial flow, increasing the local precipitation, giving thousauda of farms a constant supply of water for stock and home use, increasing the bird life and vegetable development and largely modifying the rigors of the climate at all seasons. From many of these wells —without In the least diminishing their flow—power, light and heat could be supplied for a great variety of uses, and in a single decade after the establishment of such a system, men would wonder that it had ever been thought possible to exist without such potent agencies of good.

STORM SWEEPS NORTHWEST.

Railroad Traffic Paralyzed by Worst Blizzard In Years. Minnesota and Dakota, Wisconsin and the Canadian Northwest have experienced the worst snowstorm in mauy years and railroad traffic has been paralyzed. The Northern Pacific and Great Northern did not move a wheel for thirty-six hours in the blizzard stricken district nnd abandoned all efforts to do so until the fury of the aform should abate. The loss to range cattle and sheep on the ranges wiH be heavy, as many of the ranchers were caught unprepared after the mild weather. The high winds piled the snow In mountainous drifts and packed It In solid maasea, many deep cuta being filled. The temperature In the vicinity of Fargo, N. D„ dropped to 16 below. All the country in that section has been held firmly In the grip of one of the worst storms of the winter. The loss to stockman la expected to be great. Many of ths ranchmen were caught unprepared for severs weather. Old settlers near Fargo, N. D., went to the relief of a party of emigrants that arrived In the vicinity some time ngo. They did not have time to prepay for the blizzard, their shelters were not adequate and their food supply waa short. Winnipeg was cut off from communication with the outaide world and other towns on the border were storm-bound. The temperature was sixteen below In the Dakota* and Minnesota and at Alberta, Canada, it was twenty-six below. The zero temperature extended through the central portion of lowa and Nebraska. The Southern States felt the effect of the weather disturbances and cold rain* fell tn that section.

Blackmailer Meets Death.

Willard Smith, a young man of 20 years, who sought to blackmail a merchant of the town of Tillie, Neb., was shot and killed by one of a party of fonr men set to entrap hltn. He wrote an anonymous letter demanding money, which he went to secure, and, resisting capture, was killed. It is reported that the projected visit to Ireland of King Edward has been abandoned on account, It Is understood, of the aggressive action of the United Irish League.

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. X Mystery In Woman’s Death—Relative of William Henry Harrison la Desti-tute-Pastor Will Receive Vast Fortune—Asks Pay for Boats Destroyed. Family nnd friends,have been shocked by the sudden aml mysterious death Of Miss Ida Hayes, aged 24, daughter of Theodore Hayes, :i farmer residing near Dublin. Miss Hayes left her home several days ago ami was supposed by her parents to have returned to Delaware, Ohio, to resume her studies at college. Her remains arrived at Dublin one morning from Indianapolis, where she had died. The father said he had strong suspicions that his daughter had met her death from the effects of malpractice, and he will make a thorough investigation. i Driven to Seek Charity. Homeless and destitute, Mrs. Mary Rousseau Thixton, sister of the late Gen, Lovell 11. Rousseau, called at the home of Rev. Charles E. Asbury, pastor of the Wall Street Methodist Church in Jeffersonville, seeking aid. Mrs. Thixton is now 82 years old and very feeble. She comes from an aristocratic family, being u grandniece of William Henry Harrison and iu former days she was well to do. Pastor Heir to Millions. Rev. J. T. Russell of Lal’orte has fallen heir to real estate valued at $5,000,000, which represents about half the estate of Henry K. Sheldon, who died recently in the East. The will also gives the residue of the estate to Mr. and Mrs. Russell upon the death of Mr. Sheldon's widow. Mr. Russell has filled a number of pastorates in the East and West an 1 is widely known in the Episcopal Church, Asks Congress to Pay Civil War Claim. John Pierce of Marion has filed a claim with Congressman Steele for $37,500 for the burning of Pierce's boats on the Kentucky river by Union soldiers during the Civil War. Ry special act Congress is to be asked to allow the claim. Pierce was a loyal Union man. He says he was rendered bankrupt by the burning, which was ordered by the government.

Won the Number 13 and Died.John Habbig. an Evansville candy maker, aged 45, fell dead the other day. A few minutes before he died he played a slot machine and got the number 13. He leaves a wife and three children in Chicago, from which city he came. Within Our Borders. Oil has been found at Elwood. Strike of glass workers, Montpelier, is off. Train killed Bert King, a teamster, at Clinton. Hartford City flint glass factory has resumed. Hartford City will have free mail delivery May 1. L. E. & W. will build a belt line at Hartford City. Ninth district Pythians held a big meeting at Frankfort. Porter Douglas, 101, Frankfort, celebrated his birthday. Hugh A. Adams, Wabash, has invented a voting machine. Roscoe Lang, 6, LaPorte, is dead from drinking snow water. Helen Gould has given $3,500 for the Y. M. C. A. Hall, Peru. Hartford City Council passed a hotwater heating franchise. Christian churches of district 6 will meet iq Muncie April 2-4. Company has been organized at Vincennes to drill for oil or gas. Knights Templar will hold a conclave nt South Bend April 16 and 17. A. C. Aging has been elected president of Post G, T. P. A., Terre Haute. Brakeman Edward Carroll was killed by a Big Four train, Terre Haute. Evansville milkmen have organized for the advancement of their interests. Charles Byrum, 17, Flora, was thrown from a horse and perhaps fatally injured. Terre Haute people are anxious for the street car strike to be brought to an end. Arcadia brick works will be enlarged so 75,000 bricks can be turned out in a day. John Northcott, 38, merchant, Abington, burst a blood vessel and bled to death. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gebhart, Millville, celebrated their fifty-first wedding anniversary. 1 Mrs. Lee Dinwiddle, 45, wife of a Fowler banker, cut her throat. She was a nervous invalid. | George Nutter, 10, Bluffton, was seriously burned by the explosion of a handful of gunpowder. I Bennett Gregory, 23, of English, was killed near Princeton. His head was crushed by a beam on a dredgeboat. | Skilled workmen of the National Window and Bent Glass Company, Montpelier. struck. Want a guaranty of so much a day. I Old Baptist cemetery, Hartford City, has been declared a nuisance. Bodies of the dead will be removed to another burial ground. i Farmer George Otterman, four miles ' east of Ladoga, was robbed of S4OO. The burglars then stole Charles Zimmerman's horse, drove to Ladoga and tnrned the horse loose. “Babe” Wilkins of Rushville shot dead Michael Foley, aged 45, of Newcastle, at a card table in a saloon at Cambridge City. One man accused the other of cheating, when they clinched, and in the scuffle the revolver was discharged on Foley's breast. The victim was a saloonkeeper. Forty heirs have brought suit to break the will of the late William Case, Lafayette. Jacob Reynolds, alleged abductor of Anna Clark, Hodgenville, Ky., is under arrest, Laporte. David Grady, aged 53, of Orleans, a Civil War veteran, committed suicide at Vincennes by taking morphine. A well that was put down for the Elwood Electric Light and Power Company was “shot” recently after being drilled 150 feet below the Trenton rock. OU began at once to flow at a rate of twenty* 1 five barrels an hour.