Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1903 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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THE LIBRARY ENTERTAINMENT.

The date for the library entertainment has been fixed for Thursday, June 11th. The postponment, although very annoying and Taxations, f will result in a finished performance that will give no opening to criticism. No painstaking and no expense will be spared to make this the best and jolliest entertainment ever offered to the Rensselaer public. A PhoEjfc and snappy minstrel show, with plenty of ragtime life and song will open the entertainment Eleven of onr talented yonng men in new and artistic costumes will sit in the circle, the ends being taken by the old time favorites, Messrs. Orlan and Van Grant, who have a rich, rare and racy collection of new jokes, new songs and new dances. Messrs. Ross Benjamin, Fred Parcels, Charles Mann and Mont Burk as additional end men will render the latest songs of the day. Mr. Zern Wright will act as interlocutor. The minstrels will be followed by the production of Pansy from Parr, an original musical comedy in two acts. The scene is laid in Parr, Indiana, and the plot arises from the struggles of Miss Pansy .Pinkamink, lovely, talented and stage crazy, to appear In publio on the stage. This role will be taken by Madeline Phillips. 'The part of Squire Parsimonious .Piukamink, father of a too talented femily,ofa very retiring disposition and violently opposed to theatricals of all sorts, and especially to having members of his own femlly appear in publio, justioe of the ' peace, postmaster, pbysioian and surgeon, coroner, county commissioner, most grand and exalted canrusher to the Ancient Order of the Hookanaye Dutch, and ‘‘joint” representative from Nubbin Ridge, will be rendered by Mr. Hugh Gamble, and was written especially for him. Pansy’s small and simultaneous brothers* who a re strictly in it whenever there’s any thing doing, familiarly known as Zach and Roosh, “them twin tarriers,” will be represented by . Messrs. Orlan and Van Grant, and they put lots of ftra and misohief into the parts. Mr. Brace Hardy will appear in an entirely new and sympathetic role—that of Teddy Sullivan, a pert young blade of Parr, much given to athletics and slang. Miss Jennie Bernard, Miss Ethel Ferguson, Miss Valeria Banes and Miss Frances Eiglesbach are among the singers and Harry Eger and Herman Tuteur' will give one of their clever character songs. The part* of Pansy’s Parr friends, the picnickers, the collegians, and a company of gipsies will bring upon the stage a host of pretty girls and stunning fellows. The gipsy dancing will be a feature of great beauty.. Every effort will be made to make the audience comfortable and the management is ready to promise a royal good time. Seats are now on sale at HdfPs. 76c, 50c and 85c. *

BIG JOINT COMMENCEMENT.

Kankakee, Walker and Wheatfield townships, and Wheatfield town will hold their joint commencement at the latter place next Saturday,- Jane 13. The exercises will begin at 10:30 a. m., and continue daring the afternoon. A very interesting program will be rendered, ahdlt will no doubt be a big day for Wheatfield. There are 31 graduates in the four places as follows: IIUAUI TOWNSHIP. Ollie White Ethel Fisher .John Will 0.0. White Philip White Charles Miller Leona Finn ’ Gilbert Albin Emma Will WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP. Era Bush Rae Hlppensteele WALK Vi TOWNSHIP. Beatrice JPeer Margaret Callaghan Erwin Poyer Benj. H Gulbransen Gaylord Brown Clarence Gulbransen Ernest Baehan Stella M. Nelson Arthur Wynkoop Clara Nelson (de’cd) Mae Pettet Carrie M. Jasperson Minnie Karch Florence Knight Henry Kerch WHEATFIBLD TOWN. Fred McGlinu Otto Miller Ralph Nicoles Frank Smith Earl Darner Gold Stab Pc fils nob 1903. WHEATFIELD TOWNSHIP. Richard Shirer William Meyers WALKER TOWNSHIP. Lota O’Connor Jerry Fenzel Curtis Steele John Fenzel George Rachau Ella O Connor VhEATFIBUJ TOWN. Homer Turner Mary Clager Pearl Knight Grover Stembel Joseph Rodgers Lucy Clager KANXAKBB Township. Mary Flan '

MONEY ON FARMS. A special fond to loan on Farms for Five Tears at 5 per oent interest, with privilege to make partial payments at any interest paying time- Call at Fibst National Bank, No of Pub. Bq., Rensselaer, Ind. The Democrat, SI.OO per year.

ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.

ItMM a lateTMt OstharsS ta thsOfflcas saS CsrrMsn of the County Capitol. Only 4 marriage licenses were issued during the month of May, against 7 for the preceding month, and 5 for May, 1902. New suits filed: No. 6505. Herbert A. Wells vs. Caroline Roberts et al; action on note and mortgage. No. 6506. Wm. B. Austin vs. James T. Rapplege et al; action to quiet title. County Clerk J. F. Major left Tuesday for an extended trip through the Carolinaa, Tennessee, Kentucky and perhaps other states. He will probably be gone two or three weeks. The business of the clerk’s office is in the hands of Miss Mary Bates, bis very efficient deputy. —o No other aspirants appearing for the office, County Superintendent Hamilton had dear sailing for re-election to snooeed himself last Monday. All the trustees were in, but Mr. Stewart of Hanging drove, owing to the critical illness of his wife, did not arrive in time to participate in the election. a —o — Following is a report of the proceedings of the commissioners for the June term: In the matter of highway petition of Wm. P. Michaels et al, Daniel E. Fairchild, Bert Robbins and Luther H. Frame appointed reviewers, to meet June 22. Petition of Henry Herath et al for highway in Kankakee tp., John P. Ryan, James S. Stephens and Charles Odom appointed viewers, to meet Jane 15 at office of C. C. Jones in Dunnville, and qualify and proceed to view said proposed highway. John P. Ryan et al, petition for highway. Geo. F. Myers apgjinted commissioner, to meet ulaski commissioners June 15, at Medaryville. Bids for construction of Hanging Grove gravel road will be received up to July 10, for letting. The commissioners were still in session yesterday and we are, therefore, unable to give a complete report of their proceedings in this issue.

WAS THE REAL THING.

John O’Connor of Kniman, was in the city Tuesday, and informed us that be was in Chicago last week and while there saw an octopus —not one of the republican trusts, commonly called by that name, but a* genuine deep sea monster. We tried to convince John that some of the Rensselaer boys often see worse animals than an octopus, when they go to the Windy City, but he refused to put the matter off as a joke and insisted that the animal he saw was the real thing, and said it was the first one be bad seen for many years. It was on exhibition at a wholesale fish SDd oyster house, and its arms or tentacles were about ten feet long, giving it a spread of more than twenty feet. One time when John was in the U. S. navy service off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, he and a companion were in bathing, and they sighted one of these devil fish at such close range that they skedaddled back to their ship in a great hurry.

DID NOT WITHDRAW.

Remington, Jane 1,1908. Jasper Co. Democrat: Having learned in the last few days that a report was being circulated that I bad withdrawn my name from the remonstrance. I take this method of informing the people that such a report is positively untrue.' I signed my name (Ellis Jones) to the remonstranoe, and it’s there to stay. It may be true that E.' M. Jones signed the remonstranoe and had his name withdrawn, bat I want it distinctly understood that I haven’t withdrawn mine. Ellis Jones.

MONEY TO LOAN.

Private funds to loan on farms and oity property at a low rate of interest, also money ir loan nq bankable notes and second monsage. A complete set of abstract books. fl. Chapman. Mnkeever'a Bank BaiUlac. Bensaalasr, lad The Democrat and Btate Sentinel, each one year for $1.35; Democrat and Cincinnati Weekly Enquirer, $1.60: all three, $1.05.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, June 6, 1903.

AN EXCITING INCIDENT.

Attempt !• rtade to Qet Away With One of the Remonstrance Papers. One of the most exciting incidents of the anti-saloon crusade in Rensselaer occurred at the county auditor’s office last Friday night- The remonstrators have until 12 o’clock Friday night preceding the meeting of the board of commissioners to file their remonstrance papers, and just a few minutes before 12 last Friday night the people who had the remonstrances in charge were in the auditor’s office preparing to file their papers. Conrad Kellner, who was defeated for license at the April term, although not a party to any of the remonstrances at this time, was also present in the office of auditor. The remonstrance papers for Rensselaer were lying on the counter and the auditor was jnst about to place his file mark upon them, when Kellner picked one of them up and with the remark, “1 guess this one will not be filed,” started towards the door. Rev. Royce, who was behind the counter, rushed around to the outside and, although it is alleged, Cooney made a move as if to pull a gun, Mr. Royce did not hesitate for a moment, but grabbed the paper away from Kellner, and it was filed. Henry- Hildebrand, who was one of the parties whom the remonstrances were against, is also alleged to have caught hold of Cooney, and protested against any such means for thwarting the will of the people. Henry said be wanted to win by fair means, or not at all. The incident is said to have been most dramatic, and Rev. Royce added new laurels to his temperance crown by bis prompt and courageous action in saving the remonstranoe from the enemy.

NEW BUILDING AND LOAN.

The Iroquois Building, Loan and Savings Association of Rensselaer, filed articles of association with the secretary of state this week. John Eger is president; J. H. S. Ellis, vice-president; and J. H. Chapman, secretary and treasurer. The directors are the above named gentlemen and J. F. Major and Jerry Healy. The capital stock is $500,000, divided into five seriee of 1,000 shares of SIOO each. Shares are exempt from membership or expense fund and members can withdraw at any time and receive baok every cent paid in with 6 per cent interest. About 125 shares of stock have been subscribed to date, and 1,000 can easily be sold. It is the intention to have the association in running order by July Ist, and much benefit to the city and to people of moderate means who desire to build homes is expeoted to result. ' —— . Irwin & Irwin are making loans on farm or oity property at a low rate of interest and commission and on more liberal terms than can be obtained elsewhere in Jasper County.

An Incident of the Anti-Saloon Fight In Rensselaer Not On the Bills.

REV. ROYCE TO THE RESCUE.

COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS.

White elected H. J. Reed, democrat of Monticello, county superintendent, to succeed T. S. Thornburg, republican; Newton county re-elcted W. L. Kellenberger, republican; Benton county re-elect-ed L. A. McKnight, republican; Starke county elected Prof. J. W. Dunn, democrat, superintendent ofihe Knox schools, for the past fi<9 years. Pulaski re-elected, for tbb tenth time, J. H. Reddick, democrat. A large per cent of the new superintendents are democrats.

CHANGED HIS MIND.

We have frequently heard it said that John W. Medicus was one of the worst prevaricators in Jasper county, and unless he can make a clear explanation we shall be inclined to believe that the reports were not overdrawn. When John was down herefrom Chioago Heights, two weeks ago, he dropped in at The Democrat office and for ahont two hours talked almost continuously, and among other things told ns that he had signed the liquor remonstrance in the first ward of Rensselaer the Saturday night before. Asked if be still claimed a residence here, he said: “Oh yes, Rensselaer is still my home and I. am a resident of the First Ward. I voted there last fall (which we knew to be true as we were on the election board) and I expect to hold my residence in Rensselaer. I have never voted np there (Chicago Heights) and do not intend to. I am jnst up there because I can make bigger wages than in Rensselaer. I send money down to my little girl right along and go to see her whenever I come home. Yes, I shall still make Rensselaer my home”. This he repeated several times, as is his wont And yet an affidavit was present at the hearing of the Hilderbr&nd license case, wherein John had sworn on Jane Ist, only one week later, that he was not a resident of Rensselaer and had not been forthe past sixty days, and that he was registered at Chicago Heights, Cook county, Ill:, as a voter there. The affidavit was acknowledged before Charles McColley formerly, of this countv, now a police magistrate, we believe, of Chicago Heights. We are not arguing the question of his having the moral or legal right to sign the remonstrance, or not, as he chose, when here, bat bis unsolicited public statements to us and several others, pat him in a very unenviable light, in view of this later affidavit. It was also stated by the saloon* istfs attorneys, we understand, that John had voted in the judicial election held in Cook county last Monday. If so, he was certainly very indiscreet, for the laws of Illinois require a year’s residence before one can vote there, and hie voting here last fall would bar him from casting a legal vote in Illinois at this time.

TO OUM A OOLO IN ONt SAY Taka Lax stive Bromo Quinine Tablet*. All drugßitU refund the money if it fail* to cure. 8. W 7 Grove’s signature i* on each bpjL. 95c.

HANGING GROVE AND MILROY COMMENCEMENT.

Hanging Grove and Milroy townships withhold joint com-" mencement exercises at McCoysbnrg, Saturday, June 20, at 8 p. m. Hanging Grove has seven graduates —Rollin Stewart, Ferae Parker, Anthony Lefler, Anna Philips, La Vera Lee, Vera Lefler and Ray Gwin —while Milroy has but two—Agnes Stewart and Glenn Huston. An interesting program has been prepared for the occasion.

THE BIG FLOODS.

- Many Jasper county people have friends and relatives in the sections of Kansafe and Nebraska where the terrible flood disasters of the past week occurred, an extended report of which appears on an inside page of this paper. Uncle Felix French and family, who moved from here a few months ago, reside at Hutchinson, Kan., where, the reports state, the city was a lake of water five miles wide and the foundations of many buildings had been weakened, while others had collapsed entirely. The loss to crops and property in Hutchinson and surrounding valley is said to be $2,000,000.

WILL MOVE TO MISSOURI.

Wm. T. Smith, trustee of Mil*oy Ip., returned last week from a prospecting trip to Missouri, and he informs ns that he haß traded his 80 acre farm in Milroy for a 280 acre farm in ’Monroe county, Mo., possession to be given March first next. His nearest posjoffice will be Santa Fe, while Perry, the nearest railroad station is 11 miles away. Mexico, where oor former townsman Robt. Randle, resides is 18 miles from his place. W. O. Florence likewise resides near Mexico, while Thomas Randle, another former resident of this county, also resides in the near by county of Linn. Mr. Smith was well pleased with the oountry thereabouts and informs ns that others from his township contemplate going out there to look over the situation, among them Mr. W. H. Beaver, who expects to start next week.

OUR ENVIOUS NEIGHBORS.

There are a generous lot of popple over in Rensselaer when it comes to rendering decisions in law. A man over there stole over SB,OOO worth of cattle and was fined $25; another stole several hundred bnsholsof corn, was found gnilty and fined SI.OO and costs. A company of real estate men from here sold a farm in Giilam township and the jury over there after a law snit gave a Jasper connty man the commission. It seems to ns that they are so kind that if a man stole the oourthonse and all its contents, he would be fined 25 cents and costs and be made mayor of the city.—Francesville Tribune.

BIRTH ANNOUCEMENTS.

May 29, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Swartz, east of town, a daughter.

Vol. VI. No. 9

ALL REMONSTRANCES WIN.

Rensselaer, Remington and Parr Applicants Are All Defeated. The various liquor remonstrances occupied the attention of the commiasioners Monday, Tnesday and Wednesday, and it was not until Thursday afternoon that a decision was arrived at in the Rensselaer cases of Hilderbrand and Rosenbaum. In the Parr case the remonstrators got 11 new names and 5 of the withdrawals back on Friday, which would have made them .a clear majority of 16, but the board held that not counting these, they had a majority of one, and the license was denied. The was the first one taken np and after consuming considerable apparantly unecessary time in threshing over old straw, the board decided to sleep a few nights over the matter, and a decision was rendered Wednesday, holding the remonstrance good. Several of the withdrawals were gotten back by the remonstrants, and they had a good, safe majority to go on. This leaves Remington with only one saloon, there having been one closed by the remonstrance, in April and the remaining one's license expires in September. The Rensselaer remonstrances were not decided until Thursday at 2p. m., when they were held food and licenses refused both [ildebrand and Rosenbaum. In these cases the remonstrators worked very hard last Friday, and six or seven of those who had

withdrawn under a misapprehension were induced to sign back. Coanting all the names the remonstrators had a majority of one only against Hildebrand, and about four against Rosenbaum, some signing against the latter who would not remonstrate against the former. Several of the names were contested and considerable evidence heard pro and con as to the legality of the same appearing. During the hearing the court room was packed with spectators fully one half being ladies. Several whirls were taken at the matter, and a decision was expected, as announced, Wednesday morning, bat at that time it was agreed between the attorneys that the evidence in the Hildebrand case (which was the first one heard) should be taken as the evidence on the same contested names in the Rosenbaum case, and the final decision as to both cases was postponed until 2 p. m., Thursday, when a special finding as to facts regarding the contested names was returned. Abe requested that there be no demonstration, and his wishes were respected, bat when he read the decision it was somewhat difficult for a few of the temperance people to hold in. The victory was a complete one for them, and especially to Rev. Royce, who had perhaps done more real hard work than any of his associates of the ministerial association, although none have shirked. When some of the workers got disheartened, it was his voice and confidence in ultimate triumph that urged them to greater exertions, and he is entitled to much of the credit for their great victory. The result of the anti-saloon movement in this connty to date is the closing of one saloon at Farr; three at Remington, and three at Rensselaer, a total of seven. Hildebrand’s license will expire June 7, and Saturday night ends his license, so far as opening his doors are concerned. Rosenbaum’s license expires June 20, and as Conrad Kellner has already closed, and, we are informed, will probably make no farther attempt to secure a license, after the 20th Strickfaden will be the whole thing in the saloon business in Rensselaer. His license expires, we believe, on Dec. 14. Both Hidebrand and Rosenbaum have filed appeal bonds and will take the matter to the circuit court, they announoe, bnt as the next term of coart does not convene until Septeml>er 14, and then they will probably take a change of venue to some other connty, and most wait their time there, it will no doubt be late in October before a decision is had. .

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