Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1904 — Page 5

THUGS GLOW A BANK

Carry Off Nearly $6,000 with Them and Leave Not a Clew for the Sleuths. T / BANK INSURED AND ALL RIGHT Incendiarism and Robbery Perpetrated on an Oil Operator— Indiana Miscellany. ClajtCity.lnd., April 22.—The Farmers’ and Merchants’ bank of this place ■was blown at 2 a. m. by robbers and 5,281 was secured. The cracksmen made good their escape and so far no clew has been discovered by the authorities. The report of the explosion aroused many of the citizens and several people were soon on the scene after the robbery. It is alleged that four men were seen driving at a breakneck Bpeed out of town immediately after the robbery. These men are supposed to have been the robbers. Just Wracked the Building. The bank building was entirely demolished, every glass in the lower floor being shattered and one of the massive hinges from the safe was hurled across the street, and demolished the glass front of a saloon. In addition to the 5,281 from the strong box, individual deposits estimated at S6OO were taken. These were in purses and other rece'ptacles in the vaults of the bank. Bank Will Lom No Money. The bank carries burglar insurance and will lose nothing of the amount stolen. The loss on the building and furnishings will be heavy. Josiah and George Goshorn, brothers, are the owners of the bank, a private concern, which they established seven Or eight years ago. The bank has always enjoyed the confidence of the community, and as its losses are insured, the burglar’s visit will have no effect on its stability. Business has not been interrupted. Hunting on • Blind Trull. No trace of the burglars has been secured, and the authorities, although making an active search, are handicapped by the fact that they have no dew as to the identity of the cracksmen, who unqueertiomabiy were professionals. No strangers were observed lurking about the city before the robbery, and the coming and going of the unwelcome visitors remain a mystery. ■ V BBr THUGS RESORT TO STRATEGY OH Well Operator Decoyed from Hie Home by a Fire That Burned His Derrick. Marlon, Ind., April 22.—Jesse Hippie and E. L. Black, oil well operas tors, have been living in a temporary dwelling near some "wells they have been drilling and operating, near Thirtieth street and Haiueavenue. Wednesday- night Hippie was alone, when he heard a stone strike the door of the building. He made an investigation, and discovered one of the oil well derricks, situated a Bliort distance away, on fire. He went to the derrick for the purpose of extinguishing the flames, bnt the entire rig was destroyed. When he returned to his home some one had looted it, taking a large amount of money, two suits of elotldng, a watch and two diamonds. It is thought the oil derrick was fired by the robber, who decoyed Hippie away so that the robbery could be accomplished. Father Run* Off with His Child. Kokomo* Ind., April 22. —There was a sensational scene in the Howard circuit court when Judge Elliott gave Mrs. Elmer Crume a divorce and the custody of her baby daughter. Crume grabbed the child and made a bold dash for the door, escaping from the court house with his daughter, while the judge. Sheriff Stanbro, and Court Bailiff Trees helplessly looked on. Neither Crume nor the child have been heard of since. The Crumes are walthy people.

Mother Forget* Her Babe. Blufftom. Ind., April 22. While Mrs. William Forrest, near Ruth, this county, was busy with household cares, the house caught fire and In her excitement she ran to the residence of Naaman Dickaßon, some distance away, to summon assistance, forgetting- her children, one a babe 4 weeks old, lying on a bed, and the other child 2 yeans old. The babe was creumt#!, but the other escaped from the house without Injury. Value* HU FUtger at $8,600. Franklin, Ind., April 22.—Alexander Ford has filed suit In the Johnson circuit court against the Franklin Desk company, demanding $2,500 for the loss of one finger while operating a saw in the factory of defendant company, Feb. 28, 1904. Defective machinery is alleged to have been the caune of the accident Off to Servo Their Sentence*. Indianapolis, April 22.—1 n custody of United States Marshal Pettit and Deputies Rankin and Snavely, Broderick, Collins and Brown, the convicted bank wreckers (the latter accompanied by Ms wife), left here last nlgbt for Leavenworth, Kan. They arrived at the prison at 10 a m. today. Dillon'* Chance I* Slim. New Albany, Ind., April 22. —Republicans of tb# Third district have nominated John F. Dillon, of Jasper, for congress. The district is heavily Democratic.

HAS HAD A GOOD EFFECT

"Quick” Work In tho Car-Barn Bandits' Case Said to Have Saved Two Uses. Chicago, April 22. Four men— Frank Howard, Albert Schoeppe, William McFadden aqd John Mack —have been arrested on the charge of having committed numerous burglaries and hold-ups iu the city. After they had been locked up the men confessed to numerous crimes of a similar character in the south, the principal one being in a gambling house in Memphis where, they said, they compelled twenty men to line up against the wall while they searched them. Less than S4OO was secured. Later the men planned to rob the State bank of New Orleans* but gave up the undertaking when they found it would be necessary to kill two clerks. “We would have killed them,” said Mack, “if it had not been for the quick work iu the case of the car-barn bandits in Chicago. I would not stand for murder after that, and we gave up the job.”

SCOTT SPEAKS OF PENSIONS

Does Not Mutter What the Deficiency Is in the Opinion of the West Virginian. Washington, April 22.—While the pension bill wais under discussion in the senate McCumber reported) an amendment for $1,500,000 to pay increases under the “age-limit” order, and in doing so defended the order. Scott of West Virginia expressed regret that McCumber bad felt called on to defend the pension system. The man who* like Senator Nelson or Senator Aldrich, had taken his knapsack .on his back deserved the gratitude of hjs country. “It makes no difference whether the deficiency is $4,000,000 or $400,000,000, I am for the soldier amdi his widow and children, and if I could do so by a vote of mine I would' pay a pension of $25 a month to every soldier, whatever his terra of service and whether he was rich or poor.”

Gaines Always Does It, He Says.

WasMngton, April 22* While the Panama canal bill was before the house Gaines of Tennessee said the preisidtent had ridden rough shod over statutes affecting the canal zone. “I doubt if it is the Idea of the best standards of citlzeriship,” tartly replied Hepburn, “that a man shall stand as a brawler constantly against the chief executive of this nation.” “I always do that,” answered* Gaines, “when they don’t obey the law, no matter who or where It is.”

Bacon Wants Additional Facts.

Washington,. April 22.—Senator Bacon has offered an amendment to DoLMver’s trust Inquiry resolution, directing the secretary of commerce to include In his Teply information relative to the prices paid in foreign market* for American products as compared with the prices for the same articles in the United States.

Protection for Bull Run Monuments.

Washington, April 22. Representative Rlxey, of Virginia, has introduced a bill appropriating $50,000 to protect the monuments that have been or may be erected on the battlefields of Bull Run, Va.

Warship at Evansville, Ind.

Evansville, IndL, April 22. —The torpedo boat destroyer Lawrence arrived here last night and will remain until tomorrow. Hundreds of people greeted her as she came into port

Wilmot Makes a Straight Score.

Kansas City, -April 22.—J. Wilmot, shooting from the thirty-yard line, won the fourth mid-winter interslate shoot at twenty-five live birds at Blue River park, making a straight score.

THE WEATHER The following is the official weather forecast ud to 8 o’clock to night: Illinois —Probably fair In the northeast, sowers and warmer in south and west portions; east to southeast winds. Indiana— Probably fair In north; showers and warmer In south portions; fresh easterly winds. Lower Michigan—Fair; fresh easterly winds. Wisconsin—Fafr except possibly showers in southwest portion; fresh easterly winds. lowa— Showers; rising temperature; southeast winds.

THE MARKETS

Chicago Grain Following were the quotatoins on tLe Board of Trade today: Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. May $ .89% $ -89% * -SG»4 * -89% July (old) .86% .87 .86% .86% July (new).... .85% 85% .84% .85% Sept (01d).... .82% .S 3 .82% .82% Sept. (new).. .81% .81% .81% .81% May™~ 48% .50% .48% .49% July 49 .49% .48% .48% September .48% .49% .48% .48% Oats — May 37% .37% .36% .37 July 36% .37% .36% .30% September .. .31% .31% .30% .30% Mayll.9o 12.10 11.85 12.10 July 12.15 12.32% 12.12% 12.32% July 6.65 6.75 6.65 6.75 May°* 6.40 6.27% 6.37% jujy 6.47% 6.55 6.45 6.55 Chicago Lin Stock. Chicago, April 21. Hog*—Estimated receipts for the day, 25,000; sales ranged at $4-15424.60 for pigs J 4.60525.10 for light, $4.70424.95 for rough packing, $4.70425.15 for mixed, and [email protected] for heavy packing and shipping lots, with the bulk of the sales at $4.90425.65 for fair to good averages. Cattle—Estimated receipts for the sday, 7,000; quotations ranged at $6.1542 5.70 for choice to extra steers, $4.50425.25 good to choice do., $4.15424.70 fair to good do., $3.40424.20 common to medium do., $3.90@5 40 fed western steers, $2.00424-30 Stockers and feeders, $1.J54J4.20 cows, $2.60424.56 heifers, [email protected] bulls and oxen. [email protected] stags, fe.06424.30 Texas steers, and $4.00426.75 veal calves. Sheep and Lambs—Estimated receipts for the day, 12,000; quotations ranged at 2.65426.40 westerns, $2.65425.56 natives, $4.36425.75 yearlings, and $3.25426.75 western lambs, and $3.25426.60 native lambs,

NEWS BRIEFLY STATED.

of General Interest Taken from the Wires. Some of the Happenings of the Past Week Given In Condensed Para* graphs for Busy People. Thursday, April 11 Examinations for the Rhode* Oxford scholarships were held in many states yesterday. At the second Maine district Republican convention Hon. Charles E. Littlefield was renominated for' congress. Amid applause In the house the general deficiency bill, the last of the general appropriation bills, has been reported. Prince Hugo Hohenlohe, brother of the head of the Hobenlothe-Oebringer family, married Mme. Helga, a famous circus rider, at Berlin. The first trip through the new subway at New York in a regulation motor car with passengers was made yesterday. Friday, April IS. Jack Monroe, the heavy-weight pugilist, was defeated in a wrestling bout with Jim McCauley, at St Paul. The stewards of the British Jockey club have withdrawn their sentence warning Lester Reiff, the jockey, off the turf. Frank C. Maeder. of St Louis, a stockholder of the Buffalo Bill Wild West show, wants a receiver appointed for the show. Pope Pius has sent to the czar his condolence on the death of Admiral Makaroff. Saturday, April 16. Mrs. Louis Mlchells was given a verdict of $2,500 at Alexandria, La., against a man who “prostrated her with abusive language.” Communication between Buffalo and Cleveland by wireless telegraphy for commercial purposes has been opened. Lieutenant A. G. Sharpley, of the Twelfth cavalry, stationed In the Philippines, has been court martialed for an attempt to alienate the affections of an enlisted man's wife.

Charles H. McCarthy, of Philadelphia. has been formally offered the chair of secular history at the Catholic University at Washington. The senate has passed a Joint resolution ordering the printing of 10,000 copies of the report of the anthracite coal strike commission. Monday, April 18. William Rothwell ("Young Corbett”), the pugilist, has sailed for a three months’ visit to Europe. Professors C. F. Burgess and Carl Hambuechin, of the college of engineering of the University of Wisconsin have discovered a method of making pure iron at a fraction of a cent a pound. The birth of a sdn to Mr. and Mrs. Will Kirehman. south of Sumner, la., makes five generations alive In one family. All the i*apers necessary for the transfer of the Panama canal to the United States are now completed at Paris, The melting snows have disclosed thousands of dead sheep on the ranges in Montana. The Chinese in St. Louis have subscribed $2,000 to the Japanese war fund. Judge Cleveland, gt New Haven, Conn., has refused to dismiss William J. Bryan as an executor of the Bennett estate. The mortuary report for St. Louis for last week shows .an increase of ten in the number of fatalities due to pneumonia.

Tuesday, April 19. During the St Louis exposition Chicago will be billed as a summer resort point by all of the western railroads. Vice Admiral Makaroff’s widow has been granted an annual pension of SIO,OOO. Benny Yanger and Tommy Mowntt, both of Chicago, fought six rounds at Chicago, the referee deckling the bout a draw. It is announced that the University of CMcago will In a short time inaugurate the Oxford Idea of teaching and will abandon the “university” system. From Feb, 6 to April 16 there was coined $60,180,890 In S2O gold pieces at the Philadelphia mint. The Iroquois theater at Chicago has been sold to Rich & Harris of New York and Boston, who will rename it and devote It to vaudeville. Wednesday, April SO. The National Academy of Sciences is holding its fortieth annual session at Washington. The Republicans of Catalonia, Spain, are greatly depressed because of the success of King Alfonso’s tour. Snow slides, some of them fatal, are reported from almost every point -In the interior of Birtish Columbia. Constable John Small, a Chicagoan, failed to get a telephone connection by dropping a nickel in the slot, went to law and got a 5-eent judgment Massachusetts celebrated with great unanimity the anniversary of ,the bat tie of Lexington. f The Republican territorial convention of Hawaii has instructed for President Roosevelt The Duke of Sutherland Is In British Columbia gathering material In aid of Chamberlain’s fiscal campaign. There is a great demand from Japan for refined petroleum, because the war has cut off the •upply from Bus- • •ia. \ _ % A . . * . * - . •---

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Come to The Democrat office for all kinds of job printing. S. U. Dobbins returned Wednesday from bis Western trip. Advertised letters: H. A. Wilbur, Chas Witehell, Uye Yawn, Orvil Dunlap will go to Bloomington, 111., to-day to take a position in a banker’s office. W The two-year-old son of Werner Miller, southwest of town, bad his shoulder broken Monday, from being kicked by a horse. The Democrat and the Twice-a week St. Louis Republic for a short time to paid-in-advance subscribers for only $1.50. * The ground has frozen nearly every night for the past week, and the continued cold weather is holding back the grass from coming on. Miss Emma Sharp of Belden, Mich., who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Mattie Sharp, for the past two weeks, returned ‘home Wednesday, accompanied by Miss Georgia Peacock, who expects to work in the silk mills, where Miss Sharp is employed. /Two deaths as a result of scarlet fever have occurred near Pleasant Ridge in the last week. Earl, the 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lowman, died on Thursday of last week, and the 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kenton died Monday evening. Rev. E. Taylor and family left Tuesday morning for Tulsa, I. T., where they expect to make their future home. Rev. Taylor has been living in the Gilford district for the past few years. Their many friends in this locality wish them godspeed in their new home. Union township republicans nominated Ike Thomas for trustee and Richard Mallatt for assessor at their convention Saturday. There* were two candidates for trustee, Thomas and David Alter. Thomas received 116 votes and Alter 88. For assessor Richard Mallatt, John Porter and S. R. Shreeves were candidates. Mallatt received 115 votes; Parker, 74; Shreeves 6. VTom Grant, who recently sold his lumber yard at Roselawn, is preparing to build a fine new house on the site of his old house on North Division street. The old honse has been moved one lot south to make room for the new structure. Tom had $3,300 in the McCoy bank, and the closing of that institution may cause some delay in his building plans, although most of the material is on the ground. The report that the city schools would have to close as a result of the failure of the McCoy bank, is erroneous. While T. J. McCoy was treasurer of the school board and whatever funds were on hand —a small amount, however —are tied up in the bank, the board found that there was about $3,000 in the county treasurer’s office to their credit, and at a meeting of the board Tuesday night it was decided to go ahead with the schools. Moet of the teachers and the superintendent had all their savings deposited in this bank.

An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office. Call on Austin & Hopkins for terms on farm and city loans for five years. Sunday morning services at the Christian church, subject. “Paul, the Christian;’’ evening subject, “Uncle Sam is Sick. What Will Cure Him?” Mrs. James Maloy, who has been with her son, Dr. Bernie Maloy at Steeger, 111., for the past few months, returned home Wednesday, accompanied by her infant grandson, and will remain here for the present. Mrs. J. W. Pierce received the intelligence Wednesday morning that her father, Joseph Coons, a former resident of near Rensselaer, had just died $t his home in Bucklin, Kan. He was about 73 years of age, and left a wife and- five children, all of whom reside in Kansas, except Mrs. PieTce. Owing to sickness in her own family the latter was unable to go to the funeral. Over at Goodlßnd last week, five or six boys aged about ten years each, gathered in a back yard at one of the boy’s home and amused themselves in making a cannon out of a small bicycle pump, which one of the lads had found. A hole was punched near one end to touch it off at and the “barrel” was filled with powder and tamped down with paper. Then it was placed on a bench and Leslie Johnson, aged ten years, touched it of with a match. When he was picked up it was found that the “cannon” had entered the boy’6 head near the temple and penetrated clear to the rim, a distance of several inches. Death was instantaneous.

XThe McCoy bank failure has over shadowed all other topics in Rensselaer this week. No one can talk of anything else. Numerous cases of people having funds temporarially there for some specific purpose, which they must now defer, to build a house, barn, to buy a home, farm, horses or stock, come to light every day. Wm. Bennett had bought a small farm west of town and was going to build a house. He had his lumber on the car and had given a check Saturday in payment for freight on same. He hauled one load of lumber when he was stopped by the freight agent. He had over $3,000, all his ready money, in the McCoy bank but his check was n. g. Many similar cases are heard on all sides/^ McCoy’s bank had been losing its credit with its correspondents for some time, it is said, and the crash was not unexpected by the here. Both had laid in a big supply of cash to meet any emergency that might arise, but no runs were made and no uneasiness whatever is felt by depositors in those banks, as it is known that they do a conservative business. One banker informed us that his bank had SBO,OOO in cold cash in its strong box and arrangements made for getting SIOO,OOO more in a few hours time, covering every obligation. He knew the crisis in the McCoy bank was at hand and wanted to be prepared. Instead of drawing out deposits, however, people have shown their confidence in the stability of these banks by ah increase in deposits.

Fountain Park Assembly, Remington, Ind., Robt. Parker, Supt., August 13-28,1904. ts. Loans on farms and city property made by Austin & Hopkins on the best terms and shortest time of any firm in Jasper county. For Sale: —A fine work mare; two good cows, fresh; one buggy and one set of single harness. Call on Mrs. Linnie Gant, in the east part of town. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. April 15, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gaffield, southeast of town, a son. April 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Wood of Parr, a son. FARM LOANS. We make farm loans on the most favorable terms and in the shortest time obtainable anywhere. Loans on city property are made by us for one, two, three, four and five years, with privilege of partial payments on any interest payment day; also loans on personal security. Call at our offioe and see if we cannot make just the kind of a loan you are needing, or call us up by telephone as we have both the long distance Bell and Independent telephones in our office. Austin & Hopkins, Rensselaer, Indiana. NOTICE TO FARMERS. Having purchased Mr. Waymire’s interest in the blacksmithing business on Front Street formerly conducted by Waymire & King, I wish to announce that I will henceforth devote my whole attention to same aird request our former customers and others, to call and see me. Messrs. Hansen and Wartena, the Well known and reliable smiths, are with me and we can handle your work promptly and in a satisfactory manner. Phone No. 112. Call on us i from any part of the city to bring your work to the shop. * Frank King.

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. Parties desiring to borrow money and to offer farm lands as security will do well to see us before placing their loans. We Have the best facilities for placing loans and we believe we crfn save you moaey. Our contracts are from two to ten years with privilege of paying at any interest paying time. While others have either raised their rates or quit business, we still have an unlimited amount of cash at 5 per cent interest. See us, we will do you good. Baughman & Williams, Attorneys & Abstracters, Rensselaer, Ind. Phone 329.

Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, no., April 30, to D:e. 1. , Rate for 15 days $9.15, 60 days $9.55. Season ticket $11.45, On April 25. See ad. elesewhere for train service. nONEY TO LOAN. Private funds to loan on farms and city property at a low rate of interest, also money loan on bankable notes and second mortgage. A complete set of abstract books. James fl. Chapman. Makeover's Bank Building. Rensselaer, Ind WANTED-FAITHFUL PERSON TO travel for well established house la a few counties, calling on retail, merchants and agents. Local territory. Salary fiO.OO per week with expenses additional, all payable in cash each week. Money for expenses advanced. Position permament. Bnsineas successful and rushin|g. Manufacturers and Wholesalers, Dept. 1, third door, 384 Dearborn St, Chicago,