Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1903 — Page 3

The 99 Cent RACKET STORE THE PLACE TO LOOK FOR BARGAINS. We handle all kinds of Goods and shall add new lines as our trade demands. For this great sale which is now on we shall sell boy’s 3-piece suits, from 3 to 9 years of age, for only 99 cents. A beautiful line to select from. Great bargains IN ALL PARTS OF OUR STORE. We shall, from March 33d, take all the Eggs you can bring us, and will pay the Highest Market Price in trade ** Don’t forget to bring your eggs to the Racket Store. We have a 1 cent counter which would put a lot of other 5 cent counters in the shade. " Our 5 and 10 cent counters can not be equaled by an}- one, and our 25 cent counter is a cracker-jack, so to speak. Housefurnishing goods we are Headquarters for, also we carry the largest Stock of China, Crockery and Glassware of any place in the city, and our prices are right; all the latest and up to-date goods you will find here. Ladies’ Waists, Skirts, Ilosery, Towling and Table Linen, and in fact we handle most everything. Come in and see us when in town and brim; your eggs. E. V. RANSFORD, ( Proprietor of the 99 Cent. Racket Store, 218 WEST WASHINGTON ST. RENSSELAER.

Notice of Hearing of Ditch Petition IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF WILLIAM P. BAKER. ET AL. Notice is hereby given that a petition has been tiled with the Auditor of Jasper County, State'of Indiana, and viewers have been appointed who have viewed and reported said view which is on tile in my office apd at a hearing of said cause heretofore had said ditch has been by the Board of Commissioners of said County ordered established: and later a supplemental petition in said cause has been tiled asking to have further and other action taken therein by the viewers in said cause and further report herein made by said viewers. which said further action has been taken and report therein tiled in the Auditor's office of said County; the hearing of said further petition and report upon its merits will be on TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL, 1903, the same being the second day of their April term. 1 !*■•.! The pruver of said petition is that a ditch be constructed on the following route to-wit: Beginning two hundred and fifty (250) feet east of the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section seven (7), township twentynine .1.29.1 north. Range six itii west, running thence in a general northeasterly direction to its outlet in tiic Iroquois River four hundred (400) feet west and three hundred (300) feet south of the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section five |5). township twenty-nine (29) north, range six (rt) West. This proposed work will uit'eet the lands of the following persons I John Mukeever, Catherine Donnelly. Lucy Donnelly. Cecelia E. Donnelly, Ralph J. Donnelly. Emmet L. Hollingsworth. Joanna M. Cliipman, Eunice Adamson. James H. Adamson. William P. Baker. Arthur H. Trussell. Charles M. Stackhouse. Bert K. Amsler, Thomas G. Redgate. Charles P Moody, Granville Moody, Civ[l Township of Marion and Trustee of Civil Township of Marion. WM.C. BABCOCK. Auditor Jasper County. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given to the citizens of the village of Parr auil to the citizens of Union Township, in Jasper County. Indiana, that undersigned a male inhabitant of the state of Indiana, over the age of twenty-one years of good moral character and not in the habit of becoming intoxicated and has been a continuous resident of said township for over ninety days last past and who is and will he the actual owner and proprietor of said business, and will lie if such license lie granted, will make application to the Board of Commissioners of said Jasper county, at the April Term or session of said Board, commencing on April u. 1003 for a retail liquor license, empowering him to sell and barter spirituous, vinous, malt and all other intoxicating liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time in less quantities than five gallons at a time with the privilege of allowing and permitting the same to be drank upon the premises where so sold and bartered. That the location of the room in which this applicant will ask for a license to sell and barter liquors as aforesaid is on ttie ground Boor of a two story frame building d u d upon thenorth end of thewes* ty tcct < of the west side of out lot twelve in the village of Parr, Jasper County, Indiana. Said building being more particularly described as follows: commencing at a point three feet south of tne north west coiner of said out lot twelve and running thence south a distance of thirty-two feet and three inches, thence east a distance of eighteen feet and three inches, thence north a distance of thirty-two feet and three inches, thence west a distance of eighteen feet and three inches to the place of beginning. Said room in which applicant desires to sell being thirty-one feet five Inches by seventeen feet live inches Inside measuremei t. The applicant says that said room fronts upon Firman street, a public street In said village of Parr, and that the front of said room facing the said street Is furnished with two large glass windows and one large panel door with glass therein and that the whole of said * room may be viewed from the Btreet; that there is one window upon the west side thereof and one door and one window In th e south end of said room; that the said room is seperate and apart from any other business of any kind whatever; that there ara no devices for amusement or music of any kind or character in or about said room; that the same can lie securely locked and admission thereto at all times prevented, and that there are no partiMorrls’ English Worm Powder Warranted toenreany case of Worms to Horses, Cattle, Sheep or !>««», also Pin Worms In Price. 50c. per bail Sold by A. K. Long.

tious or partition in said room The applicant says that he is qualified as an applicant for said license for the said place. The applicant will ask for a license t, r a period of one year and permission to sell cigars and tobaccos in connection therewkn. COTs-ard F. Gilmorf.. thedfords BIACKDRAI/Oltf THE GREAT Family medicine ■ Thedford’s Black-Draught lias I I saved doctors’ hills for more than Eg ■ sixty years. For the common fam- ffl ■ ily ailments, such as constipation, ■ ■ indigestion, hard colds, bowel com- I I plaints, chills and fever, bilious- I ■ ness, headaches and other like I ■ complaints no other medicine is I ■ necessary. It invigorates and reg- ■ ■ nlates the liver, assists digestion, ■ I stimulates action of the kidneys, ■ ■ purifies the blood, and purges the I ■ bowels of foul accumulations. It I B. cures liver complaint, indigestion, J ■f sour stomach, dizziness, chills, | rheumatic pains, sideache, back- 1 I ache, kidnevtroubles, constipation, 1 I diarrhoea, biliousness, piles, hard 1 I colds and headache. Every drug- I gist has Thedford’s Black-Draught I in 25 cent packages and in mam- I moth size for SI.OO. Never accept I a substitute. Insist on having tne I original made by the Chattanooga I Medicine Company. I I believe Thedford’s Black-Draught I is the best medicine on earth. It is I good for any and everything. I have I a family of twelve children, and for ■ four years I have kept them on foot ■ and healthy with no doctor but Black- M Draught. A. J. GREEN, lllewara, La. M When you lmve a legal notice to bo publisheil. such as notice of iuH'iit, notice of survey, notice of uliri’nistrator’s or guaruiuii's sale, non-resident notice, or any other not ee not controlled by county or tow nship officers, bring it to The Democrat office, Our prices for this work are lower than others by reason of our setting the notice without any piu ding whatever, and wo will appreciate the favor of your bringing notice of this character to os More Riots. Disturbances of strikers are not nearly as grave as individual disorder of the system. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous tension, will be followed by utter collapse unless a reliable remedy is Immediately employed. There is nothing so efticient to cure disorders of the Liver or Kidneys as Electric Bitters. It’s a wonderful tonic and effective nervine and the greatest all-round medicine for run down systems. It dispels nervousness, Rheumatism and Neuralgia aud expells Malaria germs. Only BOc. and aatlsfactlon guaranteed by A. F. Long, drugglat.

COAL COMMISSION’S REPORT

Jndge Gray and Carroll D. Wright Place It in Hands of President Roosevelt. Washington, March 18. —Judge Gray and Carroll I>. Wright, president and recorder respectively of the anthracite coal strike commission handed to President Itoosevcli the report of that commission. It is said the report will be made public Saturday. The report of the commission is a bulky document, but the conclusions reached can readily be summarized, although the members of the commission have been particularly reluctant In regard to the details of tbeir report In a general way it Is known that the commission recommends an average increase of wages amounting to about 10 per cent, of the existing rates. This is coupled with the general recommendation that the coal corporations should lie more considerate of the modes of living of their employes and should discourage the extension of the truck system and endeavor to arrive at a general system of arbitration regarding not only the question of wages but also of hours of labor, systems of weighing and the application of credit in the company stores. The report makes a strong plea for the rights of the non-union man, and shows that a labor organization which Is strong enough to make 100.000 men lay down their picks ought to be strong enough to prevent absolutely the application of the boycott with or without violence.

DIABOLISM OF MINCH

Keep* s Promise to Kill a Man and Give Mrs, Minch a Permanent Mark. ... _ Peoria, Jlls., March 14. William Minch, one of the best-known residents of Washington, Tazewell county, yesterday rode to the home of his brother-in-law, Adam Oetzel, one mile east of Farmland, and shot him In the back, killing him instantly. Then Minch rode to Washington, to the home of his former wife, picked up a butcher knife, cut off her right ear and one of the Ungers of her left hand. When he had accomplished this he ran from the house, mounted his horse aud rode to the Santa Fe station. When within a few yards of the building he placed the revolver to his head and fired, dying within a few moments. All parties concerned are among the best and most prominent people of Tazewell county. Minch ts alleged to have remarked about two weeks ago that he would kill Oetzel and give his former wife a mark that she would “Carry to hell with her.’’ Domestic trouble is said to have been the cause.

DEMOCRACY OF CHICAGO

Renominate* Carter H. Harrison, This Being the Fourth Time Hs Has Made the Race. Chicago, March 17.—The Democratic city convention yesterday nominated the following’ticket: For mayor, Carter H. Harrison; city treasurer, Ernest Hummel; city clerk. John J. Boehm; city attorney, John E. Owens. The platform favors municipal ownership of all "public utilities.” and proposes a Leg!lining of the system by the “speedy" construction by the city of a system of subways in tlie heart of town. Civil service reform is favored and the platform demands "home rule for Chicago and the largest measure of personal liberty for all citizens which may be compatible with peace nml order.”

Extra Session of the Senate.

Washington. March 14.—The senate yesterday was' in executive session all day and Morgan occupied most of the time with his speech against the Panama canal treaty, concluding the effort. Spooner got the floor when Morgan sat down and will sum up for the treaty. Washington. March Hi.—The senate Saturday put in another session almost entirely behind closed doors, and Spooner began the final plea for the Panama canal treaty, which was largely constitutional and legal. Spooner spoke for five hours. Depew followed Spooner. Bacon and Morgan submitted amendments to the treaty, mostly providing for fortification and armed protection of the canal by the United States and generally giving the United States practical sovereignty over the canal strip, Washington. March 18. Without dotting an “i” or crossing n "t”— even without changing a single punctuation mark—the senate yesterday voted to ratify the treaty with the republic of Colombia for the construction of an isthmian canal. The vote for ratification was seventy-three in the affirmative to five in the negative.

Almost a Revolution.

Madrid, March 18.—A veritable revolution exists in Portugal. The government has prohibited the sending out of news. The tax collectors have fled*. A state of siege was proclaimed at Coimbra four days ago and the disturbances continue. Eight inhabitants, it is said, were killed, and a number of persons, including several soldiers, were wounded.

Death of a Golf Champion,

New Orleans, March 18.—David Bell, the champion golf player, died at Hotel Dleu at 1 o’clock in the morning, the result of a fall he received ten days ago. His parents were notified in Scotland und the body is being held to await instruction®.

More Taxes for Corporations.

Jefferson City, Mo., March 17.—The senate has passed Field’s bill to assess railroad, telephone and telegraph companies for road taxes.

DEAD MAN IS ACCUSED

Burdick’s Business Partner Says That Pennell Was the Murderer or Instigator OF THE OEIME THAT JARS BUFFALO Had Threatened to Kill Himself and the Woman Mrs. Seth T. Paine Gives Her Testimony. Buffalo, March 18.—The name of Arthur It. Pennell, who was named as co-respondent in the Burdick divorce proceedings, and who met a terrible death In Genre’s stone quarry two weeks after Edwin L. Burdick was murdered, constantly came to the surface in the inquest before Judge Muiphy yesterday. Charles S. Parke, Burdick’s former business partner and

MRS. SETH T. PAINE.

close friend, while on the witness stand gave it as his opinion, based upon information and supposition, that Pennell or a hired assassin killed Burdick. Fear of disclosures growing out of the divorce proceedings instituted I by Burdick against ids wife, Parke firmly believed, was the motive for the crime. Mrs. Seth T. Paine. Parke told of conversations he had with Burdick relating to trouble with Pennell. One on occasion Burdick told Parke that Pennell had threatened suicide if the suit was not stopped. Pennell threatened to kill both himself and Mrs. Burdick. Mrs. Paine, the wife of Dr. Seth T. Paine, an intimate friend of the Pennells and the Burdicks. was closely questioned regarding the relations between the two families, and especially of the feeling displayed by the men toward each other. Mrs. Paine’s house was searched by the police on the Sunday following the murder. Her Husband, Also. The district attorney touched only casually upon her whereabouts on the night of the murder, devoting most of the time to questions relating to her relations with Burdick and her knowledge of the feeling between Pennell and Burdick. Mrs, Paine denied having been at Burdick's house at any time when not accompanied by Dr. Paine. Her relations with Burdick were purely social. Dr. Paine was examined. He was on the stand for only a few minutes. He was in Batavia on the night of the murder. V TESTIMONY OF MILS. PAINE 6ha Telia of Her Delation* with tlie Burdaks Pretty Fully. Mrs. Paine \Vas 1 lie first witness called and was questioned minutely relative to aer relations with the Burdicks and Pennells. The testimony showed that she had been guest and later member of a dancing club.whertshe met Burdick, being accompanied to the club by her husband. She became very friendly with the Burdicks and visited them at tnelr home, and also the Pennells. Bhe learned from Burdick when his wife left and did not call at Burdick's thereafter. She had met Burdick, however, frequently since Mrs. I!, left home, a few times by .appointment which was made by telephone. The appointments, according to the witness were kept once at Lang’s candy store, once at the Genessee and once at Main and Summer streets, six weeks or two months ago. On the last occasion Bunlick talked about ins wife. lit 1 said that the gossip that had been going on about his wife was true and that he had the necessary evidence to secure a divorce. He did not say exactly taut he had sent her away, but that was what was gathered by the witness. Burdick told Mrs. Paine that he felt Very badly about Fennell, bis friend, coming into bis family that way. lie said he had had a talk with Pennell and tlmt Pennell had agreed to leave the city. Once lwfore Pennell had promised to leave home, but had not done so. “When was the last time you had a conversation with [Burdick] him?” asked the attorney of Mrs. Paine. “Over the telephone. On tne day of his death.” “Whut did you say to him?” “I fold him I hud not seen Mrs. Pennell and did not know whether she was going to attend the Elmwood dance or not lie said that if the Pennells were not going to be there he might go. He wanted to know If I were going. I told him I had a cold and would not go. The night previously he had called me up and asked me If I could find out whether the Pennells were In the city and let him know the following morn-

lag. That Is why I telephoned to him the next morning.” MBS. WAKKEN IN THE STORY UnrdlcK Admired tier Vary Much—Jin, Pennell and Her Husband. •Burdick had called on her several times while Mrs. Warren, of Cleveland, was there and had taken them to the theater and to the dancing club, probably. “W aile he was talking to you * * * did be tell you that Mrs. Warren was getting a divorce from her husband?" "Yes, sir.” "Burdick thought a good deal of Mrs. Warren didn’t he?” “Yes, he admired her very much.” “Did he say there was any arrangement by which he and Mrs. Warren were to be married when she got a divorce?” “No. sir." Witness was at Pennell’s house about two weeks ago and bad a talk with Mrs. Pennell. “Did Mrs. Pennell say she was going to get a divorce from Pennell?” “No, she said she had heard the story that she tvas getting a divorce, but said she had no intention of doing anything of the kind. She said she had spoken to Burdick about taking his wife back.” Before that Burdick had told her that Mrs. Pennell wanted him to take Mrs. Burdick back. He said that Mrs. Pennell had caused all the trouble In the first place and that it was too late for her to intercede. “I believe it was Mrs. Pennell who first told Mr. Burdick about Mr. Pennell and Mrs. Burdick,” declared Mrs. Paine. BAYB PENNELL DID THE CRIME Or Some Hired AuMiln—Opinion of Burdick's Business Partner. Charles S. Parke, Burdick’s business partner, who had been associated in business with him for fourteen years and had known him for eighteen years, made some important statements on the stand. He occasionally visited, he said, at Burdick’s home. About a year ago lie saw Arthur It. Pennell at Burdick’s office. At one time Pennell was Burdick’s lawyer. Burdick told Parke about the trouble with his wife about Christinas time. Burdick told him he did not blame Mrs. Bmdick so much as he did Pennell. He said he had shown him every consideration, and that Pennell had promised to get out of town, but had not done sc*. He said he had lost patience and the divorce suit was to go on. The man who had made all the trouble was Pennell. “Did Burdick say he was afraid of Pennell ?” “lie said he had been warned to look out for Pennell, but he believed Pennell was a physical coward and he had no fear of him. He said he carried a revolver when lie went out of town just as a matter of precaution." Burdick had a conference with Pennell in a lawyer's office about the proceedings. “He said Pennell had threatened to commit suicide if the suit was not stopped. He threatened to kill both himself and Mrs. Burdick if the divorce proceedings were continued. Burdick told me he thought the threat was a bluff." “Did Burdick tell you that Mrs. Penned had tried to have him withdraw the suit?” “lie said both Mr. and Mi •s. Pennell liad pleaded with him to drop it.” “Wliat was Mr. Burdick’s mental condition about that time?” asked District Attorney Coatsworth. “'Well, it j appeared to tne that for some time he • had lieen breaking down. He had been ! unable to concentrate his mind, and ; I had noticed a painful look on his I face." | “Did you form any opinion as to j who committed this murder?” asked j District Attorney Coatsworth. “Yes, , sir. * * * Right after leaving the house that day” [day of the murder]. He said it was based on both supposition and information, and he was sufficiently convinced of its correctness to declare that he believed the man who killed “Arthur R. Pennell, or some hired assassin.”

THREE IN A FIERY TOMB

Deadly Explosions in the Cardiff Kline Where Three Lives Were Lost Last Week. Pontiac, Ills., March 17. Three more terrific explosions occurred at the Cardiff mines Sunday night and yesterday, following that of last Saturday, the nature of the explosions remaining a mystery. Six miners were in the mine Sunday night cleaning up the wreckage of Thursday’s explosion, when the first of the last series occurred. Men were sent belonv at once to their aid and recovered William Humphrey alive, blit terribly injured. The dead bodies of the two Bohemian miners were also recovered, but three of the party are still burled in the mines; namely, Ulysses Aldersou, Hutchinson, and Wilson. At a. m. yesterday the most violent explosion of all occurred, blowing out the top of the sliilft and wrecking the top works. Chief Mechanic Michenls was at the mouth of the pit. nml was so seriously injured that he died three hours later. Another explosion took pluee at 3 p. rm, hut with no fatalities. The state mine Inspector Is at the mine, but Is unable to give an explanation of the disaster. The mine will be flooded. 0

National Bank Closed.

Jacksonville, I’la., March 17.—The First National hank of Florida has closed Its doors by order of the controller of the currency. A national bank examiner has been placed in charge of the bank. No statement has been given out by the president of the bank, Jos. M. Shoemaker or any of the officials. The First National bank was one of the oldest and strongest Institutions In the state.

M I AtOne ' I I Half the Cost li Lion 7 Coffee Las better strength and . ■fV flavor than many so-call-fffPl ed “fancy" brands. M M Bulk coffee at the same I W price is not to be com* f M pared with Uon In quality* I m In 1 Ik. air tight* JJy; waled packages.

The Democrat.has about 25 full size italic or job cases and a few California (full size) job cases for sale at 50 cents each. These cases are all in excellent condition and practically new. 1 single news stand (almost new) for $2.00. Foley’s Honey and Tar. Cures coughs and colds. Cures bronchitis and asthma. Cutes croup whooping cough. _ Cures hoarseness and bronchial troubles. Cures pneumonia and la grippe. Sold by A. F. Long. The season for horse bills is approaching. Remember The Democrat office is the place to get them. Raw or Inflamed Lungs. Yield rapidly to the wonderful curative and healing qualities of Foley's Honey and Tar. It prevents pneumonia and consumption from a hard cold settled on the lungs. Sold by A. F. Long, BLACKSMITH NOTICE. Having purchased the old Glazebrook blacksmith shop and business on Front street we wish to announce to the public that we have secured competent blacksmiths to have charge of same, among whom is Abe Wartena, and we will be prepared to execute all work entrusted to us promptly and in a workmanlike manner. Horseshoeing, plow work, wood work and repairing a specialty. Give us a call. Waymire & King. Cough Settled on Her Lungs. "My daughter had a terrible cough which settled on her lungs," says N. Jackson of Danville. 111. “We tried a great many remedies without relief, until we gave her Foley's Honey and Tar which cured her." Refuse substitutes. Sold by A. F. Long. Irwin. & Irwin are ranking loans on farm or city property at a low rate of interest and commission and on more liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere in Jasper County. Wakeful Children. For a long time the two-year old child of Mr. L. P. McPherson. 59 X. Tenth Street, Harrisburg. Pa., would sleep but two or three hours in the early part of the night, which made it verv hard for her parents. Her mother concluded that the child had stomach trouble and gave her half of one of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, which quieted her stomach und sue slept the whole night through Two boxes of these tablets have effected a permanent cure and she is now well and strong. For sale by A. F Long. To Rent: —80 acre farm; good buildings and fruit G. F. Meyers, Kniman. Ind. Tragedy Averted. “Just in the nick of time otir little boy was saved," writes Mrs. W. Watkins, of Pleasant Ci’y. Ohio. Pheumonia had played sad havoc with him and a terrible cough set in besides. Doctors treated him and lie grew worse every day. At length we tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption and our darling was saved. He's now sound and well.” Everybody ought to know it's the only sure cure for Coughs, Colds and all Lung diseases. Guaranteed by A. F. Long, druggist, Price 50c and $L Trial bottles free. New Lumber Yard In Rensselaer, Where you can got all kinds of Lumber, Lime, Hair, Brick, Cement and Plaster; nlso the celebrated alabastscent Wall Plaster. I solicit a share of your trade at my old stand. Respectfully, Hiram Day. ScVERt ATTACK OF GRIP Cured by One Bottle of Charr borlaln’s Cough Remedy. “When I had an attack of the .rip last winter (the second one) 1 actually cured myself with one bottle of Cli'tnberla'iu’s Cough Remedy.” says F'rank W. Perry. Editor of the Enterprise, Shortsville, N. Y. “This is the honest truth. Ir t times kept from coughing myaelf to piece* by taking a teaspoonful of this remedy, and when the coughing spell would come on at night I would a take dose and It seemed that ih the briefest interval the cough would pass off aud I wquid goto sleep perfectly free Pom cough ami its accompanying pains, To say that the remedy acted as a most agreeable surprise is putting it very mildly. I had no idea that it would or could knock out the grip, simply because I had never tried It for such a purpose, but It did. and It seemed with the second attack of coughing the remedy caused it to not only be of less duration, but the pains were far leaa severe, and I had not used the contents of one bottle before Mr. Grip had bid me adieu.” For sale by A. F. Long. Subscribe for The Democrat.