Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1902 — Page 2

Chicago, Indianapolis a*d Louisville Ry. Rensselaer Time-Table, South Bound. No. 81—Fast Mail 4:49 a. m No. s—Louisville Mail, (daily) 10:55 a. m. N0.83-Indianapolis Mail, (daily).. 1:46 p. m. No. 39—Milk accomrn., (dai1y).......-4k15 p. in. No. 3 Louisville Express, (daily).. 11S5 p. m. •No. 45-Looal freight 2:40 p.m. North Bound. No. 4—Mail, (daily) 4:30 a.m. No. 40—Milk aeeomm., (daily) 7:31a.m. No. 32—Fast Mail, (daily) 9:55 a. m. •No. 90—Cin.to Chicago Ves. Mail.. 6:32 p.m. INo. 38—Cin. to Chicago 2:57 p. m. No. 6-Muiland 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 and 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. MoDoel, President and Gen. M’g’r, Chas. H. Rockwell, Traffic M'g r, CHICAGO. W. H. Beam, Agent, Rensselaer.

Board and lodging. Rates SI.OO Per Dav. FRANK COOPER, Indianapolis, Ind. 2024 HOVY STREET. Jin, TOWNSHIP IND COUNTY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor John Eger Marshal Abram Simpson Clerk Schuyler C. 1 cw i n Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney Harry R. Kurrie Civil Engineer.. H. L. Grumble Fire Chief Eldenß. Hopkins COUNCILMEN. Ist ward .('has. Dean, 11. J. Kannal 2d ward I. J. Porter, C. G. Spitler 3d ward J. F. MoColly, J.C. Chilcote COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk John F. Major 5heriff......... ..Abram G. Hardy Auditor W.C. Babcock Treasurer R. A. Parkison. Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner . Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools Louts H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMISSION EKS. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2nd Distric Frederick Wuyinire 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioner's court—First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TKUHTKKH. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grove John Ryan Gillam Lewis Shrier Walker Elias Arnold Barkley Charles M. Blue.-. Marion John Bib Jordan Geo. M. Wilcox Newton 8. L. Luce Keener Thomas F. Maloney Kankakee Stephen D. (’lark 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. TOWSHIP TRUSTEES’ CARDS. Milroy Township. Wm.T. Smith, trustee of Milroy township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on the First and Third Saturdays 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. Wm. T. Smith. Trustee. Jordan Townahlp. John Bill, trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that he will be at his residence-in said township on the Second and Fourth Saturdays 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.

2 for me seoson 011902 me stow Bren Troiiino siamon S i: WILKES ABDALLAH NO. 4645.; v" Brown horse, 16-1 hands high, weighs 1400 pounds; bred by R. (• P. Pepper, Frankfort, Ky., owned by T. M. Hibler, Joliet, 111. £) U 0 Sired by tire Mighty Onward, the greatest living sire with 158 from 3:06 to 3:30 and better; 106 producing sons that have sired 346 trotters and 380 pacers; 67 daughters that have produced 63 trotters and 38 pacers. WILKES ABDALLAH'S Ist dam is Jeanette, sired by Woodford Abdallah, he 0) by Woodford Mambrino 3:31 1-3. he by MambrinoChief; 3d dam, Japhet, sired by Hutford's Cripple; 3d dam, Doniphan, sired by Davy Crockett. (.• NOTICE TO BREEDERS. •) x> WILKES ABDALLAH will make the season at my farm known as the old QM “Cleveland Farm," in Milroy Township, at $lO to insure a colt to stand and suck. Having put services down to the low figure of $lO we insist that mares be returned regular for trial, and anyone parting with mare before foaling time will lie UM held responsible for service. Wilkes Abdallah is a licensed stallion under the Q) Za laws of the state of Indiana and colts will be held for service. Mares Will be x» kept on grass at $3 per month and have the same attention as our own. but all accidents and escapes at owner's risk. Q) (• T. M. HIBLER, Owner. •) . O. Address. Rensselaer. Box 138. D. ART WHITNEY, Manager. AGENTS WANTED one in BBch town to rldo and exhibit a sample 1902 model jt 9 bicycle of our manufacture. YOU CAM MAKE 910 TO w WEEKbosides having a wheel to ridefor yourself. JO Ihß 1902 Models Guaranteed $9 to sls >r W .Til 1900 and 1901 Mode's ST to Sil ■/ / ’■L Iff 500 Second Hand Wheels U I ft 111 ''lift taken In trade by our Chicago retail stores, all uj *0 wO Bl \ IVi IHI ' H makes and models, good as new ~ ~ Ki s ilfL. ’ 1 ■ Wo any I’icycle OM APPROVAL to anyU M IMGSitB ono a cent deposit in advance and allow I WISWIIO DAYS FREE TRIAL. ■ ! * |f.j Jno risk tn ordering from us, as you do not need ■ f 1 K. 'J In ■ to P a y a cent * lf t 'b° bicycle does not suit you. rO i ftxZ Ka.nJL nn IlflT DIIV * wheel until you have written for our ■/ r, ■ ww "" Hu I Bui factory prices* free trial offer. Mil \K Tires, equipment, sundries nnd sporting goods of all kinds, at 1 W Wft half regular prices. In our big free sundry catalogue. Con- / V wN tains a world of useful information. Write for it. n WE WAMT u reliable person In each town to distribute catalogues for us In WU A exchange for a bicycle. Write today for free catalogue and our special offer. V J. L. MEAD CYCLE CO., Chicago, 111.

Morri** English Stable Powder Sold by A. >. Long

FARMS FOR SALE. BV Dalton Hinchman REAL ESTATE AGENT, Vernon, Ind. No. 289. Two hundred and forty-five acres, level, new two-story frame house, seven rooms, well and cistern, two tenant houses, two orchards, fair sized barn, 80 acres timber, good soil, Can be bought for $35 per acre. No. 290. Two hundred and eighty-two acres, two houses, one and one-half storle each, barn 50x60, cattle barn with crib 10x50 feet, horse and cattle barn combined 50x70, 6 corn cribs 8x24 feet with driveways, granary with capacity of 2,000 bushels, running water, three fine wells; two windmills; large or. chard of all kinds of fruit at each house, 77 acres wheat, 185 acres timothy, three and onehalf miles over pike road to town of 7,500 population. Price SII,OOO. $4,000 cash, balance six per cent., five years. No. 291. Three hundred acres, 220 acres cultivated. 40 acres timber, 170 acres bottom, 80 acres tiled, on pike, four wells, cistern and live water, two large barns, corn cribs, granaries, sheds and wagon scales, medium house, level, yielded from 40 to 70 bushels corn last year per acre. Price S3O per acre. Correspondence Solicited. References: Judge Willard New, Ex-Judge T. C. Batchelor, First National Bank. Merchants: S. W. Storey. N. DeVersy. Jacob Foebel, Thomas & Son, Wagner Bros. & Co-, Nelson & Son. J. H. Maguire & Co., W. M. Naur, Herbert Goff and Wagner's plow factory. Anyone that wishes to look over the county, would be pleased to show them whether they wished to buy or not. Read The Democrat for news. Don’t forget The Democrat when you have a legal notice to be published. I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for ■short times at current bank rates. Funds always on hand. W. B. Austin. Tell your neighbor to subscribe for the taxpayers’ friend, The Democrat. It gives all the news.

Have You Seen? The New Machinery at the Rensselaer Steam Laundry. It is the best and latest improved in the United States. No more pockets in open front shirts. Our New drop board Shirt-Ironer matches every button hole perfectly and holds the neck band in perfect position while ironing. Do you realize you are working against your own city when you send to out of town Laundries and indirectly working against your own interests? We CLAIM THAT WITH OUR present Equipment and Management our work is Equal to any Laundry in America. Our Motto: Perfect Satisfaction or no charges. We make a specialty of Lace Curtains. Send us your rag carpets, 5c a yard. Rates given on family washings. Office at G. W. Goff’s. Phone 66. Prompt work. Quick Delivery.

Craft’s Distemper and Cough Cure A SMcific for Distemper. Coughs. Colds, Iloana, rias ays, snU all Catarrhal dlaaa.es of horns, Me. ai.M per bwMle Sold by A. F. Long.

GREAT TREASURY SURPLUS.

Figures Show an Exceedingly Prosperous Year for Nation. Uncle Sam lias had a good year. On the last day of the fiscal year the treasury figures showed a surplus for the twelve months of nearly $90,000,000. Notwithstanding the large appropriations by Congress and the heavy expense of the war in the Philippines, the receipts during the year show almost that great sum in excess of expenditures. Last year's surplus was about $75,000,000. To show the magnitude of the business Uncle Sam is carrying on it is only necessary to quote from the official treasury statement: RiECEII’TS FOR THE FISCAL YEAH. Customs $253,791,131.5!) Internal revenue 270,359,951.20 Miscellaneous 35,402,902.52 Total EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR. Civil and miscellaneous $113,184,989.63 Wur 112.021,414.33 Navy 67.627.868.04 Indians 10,01),595.37 Pensions 138,455.010.18 Interest 29,021,920.07 Total .$470,321,797.62 Notwithstanding the reduction of war taxes made by the last Congress, the total receipts of the government during the year just closing have been only $20.000,000 less than during the preceding year. Internal revenue receipts fell from $304,000,000 to $271,000,000, but customs receipts increased from $238,000,000 to $255,000,000. Uncle Sam has taken in money at the average rate of $1,800,000 per business day during the last year, and he has paid It out at the average rate of $1,500,000 a day. Three hundred thousand dollars profit for each business day.

IN MEMORY OF OLD SOLDIERS.

The National Memorial University at Mueon City, lowa. , The first and main building of the Nati6nnl Memorial University, being built at Mason City, lowa, solely by contributions from the Sons of Veterans of the United States and allied organizations, has just been completed. The structure, erected at a cost of SIOO,OOO, occupies a central position in the 160-acre site on Patriots Hill, The other buildings will be grouped aronnd it and it is expected that the institution will be thrown open in the fall of 1003. The National Civil War Museum is expected to have the greatest collection of war relics in the United States. Another building will be Barton Hall, named in honor of Miss Clara Barton. of the American National lied Cross Society. The National Alliance of Daughters of Veterans will pay for this and for the women’s college. There will be tin endowment fund of $1,000,000. The mission of the Memorial University is to

THE MAIN BUILDING.

honor the memory of the men and women of wnr times, to periietuate the principles for which the American soldier has contended aid to assist patriotic people in the work of causing a greater appreciation of free government and raising the standard of citizenship.

Been use of a Cigarette.

Miss Rose Fox. a New York girl, while attending n wedding reception the other evening, brushed her skirts over a lighted cigarette ou the tiixir. Almost instantly she was a mass of flames. Before the fire was extinguished she was horribly snd perhaps fatally burned.

Gauge of Hallway Changed.

Burlington track in lowa 125 miles long was changed from narrow to standard gauge in nine hours by 440 men. Thousands stood in the rain watching the <ML

THE POT BEGINS TO BOIL

RAINFALL FOR MONTH OF JUNE BREAKS ALL RECORDS.

The rainfall in the corn-raising States for the month of June of the present year shows a marked increase over that of 1901. In many of the States the gov ; eminent has not collected its statistics, but there is enough at hand to show that the rainfall for June throughout the United States has broken all records. June, 1902, June, 1901, Inches. inches. New York ..6 Ohio 6.58 3.32 Nebraska 9 ... Missouri 6.59 1.23 Minnesota 2.49 7.21 Wisconsin 4.71 4.149 Louisiana ....1.70 4.70 Indiana 7.32 4.66 The following table from records of the weather bureau shows the amount of rainfall in inches in Chicago for the month of June during the past decade: 1892 10.58 1898 5.30 1893 3.59 1899 2.71 1894 1.69 1900 2.06 1895 1.79 1901... 2.41 1896 2.82 1902 6.22 1897 3. Go

COAL STRIKE AFFECTS NAVY.

Service Reported on the Verge of a Disastrous State of Affairs. The navy already is suffering from the effects of the coal strike, and Rear Admiral Bradford, chief of the bureau of equipment, who has charge of the pur-

PRINCIPALS IN VIOLENT SCENE ON FLOOR OF THE SENATE.

ehase of coal for ships of war and navy yard plans, has reported to the Secretary of the Navy that the service is on the verge of a disastrous state of affairs. The navy will lie crippled seriously unless the strike ends and the sources of fuel supply are again open to the government. The supply of coal such as is used in the furnaces of naval vessels and at the plants of naval establishments is diminishing to an alarming extent. The reserve stock has been drawn upon with such liberality that the service is do longer in a position to meet calls of emergency. The available appropriation for coal also has unusual drafts upon it, and it will be necessary next year to ask for an unusual emergency deficiency appropriation. Every effort has tx-en made by the department authorities to protect the service from the disastrous effect of the strike.

Brief News Items.

The American Medical Association has concluded its fifty-third annual meeting at Saratoga. N. Y. The next meeting will be in Hot Springs, Ark., in 1903. The May statistics of gross postal receipts at the fifty largest postofflees in the United States show a net increase of 11 per cent over the receipts for May. 1901. In preparing for burial th> body of James a circus man, who died suddenly at New Brunswick, N. J„ the undertaker found $1,250 in one of the dead man’s stockings.

BAILEY ASSAULTS BEVERIDGE.

Texan Pounces on Indiana Man in the Senate Chamber. Senator Joseph W. Bailey of Texas treated the Senate to a pugilistic scene just after adjournment Monday, when be sprang upon Senator Beveridge of Indiana and choked him as he sat in his chair in the chamber. Had not several Senators and attendants rushed to the aid of the Indiana man and pulled off Bailey the result might have been more serious. A slight shaking and a torn necktie were the only injuries sustained by Mr. Beveridge. In the scuffle his desk, which was screwed to the floor, was partly turned over by the onset of the massive Texan. The sensational attack by Bailey was the result of a remark made by Senator Beveridge. The Texas statesman made an attack on the officials of the State Department, saying they were either grossly incompetent or willfully negligent because they had not secured the release of a citizen of Texas who is confined in a Mexican prison and had failed to furnish Senator Bailey with the papers relating to the ease. Senator Beveridge defended the department and said the statements made by Senator Bailey were “unwarranted.” This remark incensed the Texan, who, immediately after the session ended, walked to where Senator Beveridge was sitting, and demanded peremptorily that the Indian-

ian withdraw his remark. The latter retorted that the matter was ended so far as he was concerned, whereupon the wrathy Texan sprang upon the Indiana Senator, who was seated in his chair, and choked him. Assistant Dorkeeper Layton, who was on hand, made for the two Senators, and Senators Spooner. Bacon, Hansbrotigh and others interfered and Bailey was led away, subdued but still muttering revenge. Here is a list of other rows that have occurred in the Senate session: Jan. 28, 1902-—Senators Lodge and Teller and Senators Tillman uud Spooner In angry debate. Feb. 23, 1902 Senators Tillman and McLaurin In fist fight In open Senate. April 24—Senator Money assaulted a street car conductor. May 9—Senators Dolliver nnd Mack exchange angry words over Philippine War. May 21—Senators Patterson nnd Dietrich had hot words in Philippine Investigation committee. May 27—Senators Rawlins nnd Dietrich came near blows In same committee.

Denounces St. Peter.

Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton, pastor of Rockefeller's Baptist Church in Cleveland, who has instituted a street crusade there in the interests of religion, created a sensation by declaring that St. Peter was a lying old fisherman uud a coward who denied his Master.

Killed by Cat Bite.

Joseph Irons, nged 11 years, died of hydrophobia on the Baltimore and Ohio limited at Rockwood, Pa. He was on his way to Boston for treatment. Hi «•«» bitten by a cat last A»«L

SAVED BY AN INDIAN.

Sow ■ Bloody Revolt of Negro Slaves In New Jersey Was Averted. A bloody and desperate revolt was once threatened by the negro slaves of the Acquackanonck district of New Jersey, and were It not for a drunken Indian there would have been an awful slaughter of the whites. Shortly after the Revolution the slaves demanded their emancipation. Some of the New York farmers had freed their slaves, most of whom went Ramapo mountains, where they found unoccupied land. Stragglers appeared among the New Jersey slaves and had little trouble spreading dissension. The Dutch farmers were not yet ready to abolish slavery and refused the demands made upon them. The slaves became Insolent and hard to manage. They even went so far as to threaten dire vengeance, but little attention was paid to their mutterings. The negroes formed a secret society, and held meetings in the woods and in deserted houses. At last their plans were about complete for a .general revolt. A meeting was called in an old distillery which used to stand near Passaic. Negroes came from every direction, and by midnight nearly a hundred were gathered there. The leaders made excited speeches advocating the slaughter of all the men in the community. They were eager for a revolt and were to be informed just when to strike. The slaves of each family were to take care of their own masters. What was to become of them afterward was not considered, nor were there any plans of escaping the punishment which would surely be inflicted on them. They were for blood, regardless of consequences. An old Indian had spent the day at the distillery, and the man in charge of the vats had amused himself by getting the redskin drunk. He fell just outside the door, and lay there in a drunken stupor. He was awakened about midnight by the loud voices of the excited slaves, and after a time realized the purpose of tlie meeting. He knew that the farmers would reward him with whisky and tobacco if he carried them the news, and lost no time in doing so. He went to several farm houses before he could find any one who would l>eHeve the story, for no one thought that the slaves really intended to make trouble. Investigation showed that he was telling the truth, and the surrounded the distillery. The leaders were arrested and carried to Newark in chains. Many of the slaves were lashed by their owners until all thought of revolt was beaten out of them.

HOW A WATER RAT SWIMS.

In Germany a close study made of the manner tn which various animals swim, and pictures have been made to show how the water rat swims, both when he is at his ease and when an enemy is pursuing him. While he is looking for prey and scents no danger, this wily little animal goes through the water leisurely, but the moment he sees or hears an enemy he

RAT UNDER WATER.

changes his attitude and darts away, breasting the water at a great rate. Moreover, it is a singular fact that not only water rats, but all other rats and mice which live near the water, are splendid swimmers, nnd, thanks to their skill, are frequently enabled to escape from their enemies. It was not easy to obtain good photographs of swimming rats, but they were obtained at last.

TAP 24,000,000 TREES.

In the Process of Obtaining the Crude Rubber of Brazil. In the vast tropical forests which clothe the banks of the Amazon River and its tributaries there are produced every year 24,000 tons of rubber and 120,000 laborers are engaged in getting it out. This requires the tapping of some 24,000,000 trees, and as the rubber trees are scattered through the woods, with an average of twq trees to an acre, it may be taken that since the beginning of the season, in August last, 50,(XX),(XX) acres of Amazonian forest have been worked for rubber, an area nearly as big as the State of Kansas. The milky-julce from which rubber is made is contained in a system of special tubes' running through the tissues of the plant. It is quite different from the sap, and probably does not play any part in the nutrition of the tree. According to some authorities, it forms a reserve of water to be drawn upon in ease of drought. This “latex,” as it is called, is almost exactly like ordinary, every-day milk, except that in it “caoutchouc” takes the place of ."butter.” When a tree is tapped the milk flows from it for three or four hours and then stops of its own accord. A tree is not killed Dy repeated tappings. It will, after a while, "go dry,” like a cow, but after a sufficient rest will begin to give milk again. Some old standbys in the Amazonian forests have been giving milk for fifty years and still are yielding it. When a rich mnn falls In love, th* storekeepers count on selling him anything.