Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1904 — Page 3

Loans on Land. We make our own inspections; no delay, no extra expense; interest 5 per cent. Loans on City Property and on Personal security also. Call, write or telephone No. 35. The First National Bank RENSSELAER, INDIANA.

FARHER FRIENDS, Will this Interest You? The line of goods I shall handle this season are all high grade, every Buggy and Carriage will be a guaranteed job. I have several good makes —Studebaker, Page Bros., Gates, Osborne and others. Studebaker Farm Wagons are the best ironed and have the best box ever put on a wagon.. The two best mowers and binders on the market— McCormick and Milwaukee. I have extras for both machines. The best of all, the Kemp Manure Spreader, makes farmers more mon£y than any implement ever put on the farm. I have the Birdsell Clover Huller of South Bend, Ind. It gets all the seed. An English sparrow would go hungry on the seed it leaves in the straw. I have the McCormick Shredder, and Corn Harvester, the world’s best. Come and see. A Watch, one that will keep time, given Free with each buggy and carriage sale : I am, yours truly, On Front Street A. ROBERTS.

Farms and City Property For Sale and Exchange. We can trade your farm or city property for a ranch in Kansas, North Dakota or Minnesota. We have some good farms here in Jasper county — 42 acres and two houses in small town; want 80 or 120 acre farm for same. Also 160 acres, 80 acres, 115 acres to exchange for city property or merchandise, and 396 acres in Wisconsin to trade for an Indiana farm and will assume a mortgage. We can order that Rubber Tired Boggy, only $52 Call on or Address:— riartin Bros. Box 14. KNIMAN. IND.

TO THE PEOPLE.

Having purchased the J. W. Freshour blacksmith shop, I am prepared to do all kinds of work in iron and wood. I have in my employ Mr. John Worden, who is an expert in plow and wood work. I also employ Mr. £d. Moon, the expert horse-shoer. He has worked under the intruction of some of the best veterinaries and understands the anatomy of the foot thoroughly, and can remedy all faults known to the horse, such as interfering, forging, padling, cross-firing, knee-knocking and stumbling. A set of the latest improved Barcus horse-stocks, for safely handling the wild and vicious horse. I hope to retain all old customers and as many new ones as will give me their patronage. All my work is guaranteed. Jesse Ball, Proprietor.

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 and 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 from any park of the city to bring your work to the shop. Frank Kino.

A Chattanooga Druggist’a Statement. Robt. 3, Miner, Proprietor of the Read House Drug Store of Chattanooga. Teun., writes; “There is more merit in Foiev’s Honey and Tar than in any other cough syrup. The calls for it multiply wonderfully and we sell more of it than all other cough ayrupe combined. Sold by A. F, Long. Come to The Democrat office for all kinds of job printing.

SOUTHEASTERN LANDS

Charles J. Dean, Agent, Rensselaer, Indiana. Rioh prairie lands in Northern Texas adjoining Oklahoma line; smooth as a floor,rich, black,deep soil covered with a thick growth of Buffalo grass: soil will produce all crops, and fruit and alfalfa to perfection. Prices run from $4 to SB. We are entting these up in small tracts at $8 per acre for a short time, One-third cash, balance in yearly payments at 6 per cent interest. Pecos Valley, New Nexico, irrigated lands; excels California for fruit and climate. Finest stock and alfalfa proposition in the United Statee. Water Is supplied by natural water courses, irrigation company and artesian wells. These lands are offered at $25 to SSO per acre, in small tracts for fruit growing, within 3 to 7 miles of Santa Fe railroad and excellent towns; in large.tracts for grassing purposes. The lands are selling from $6 to sls per acre. Oklahoma —I have a large list of lands *in Oklahoma and Kansas, can sell land in any county in Oklahoma, at from $1(1 to S3O per acre. Oheap rates, less than half fare, on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. For further information, write or call on CHAS. J. DEAN, Rensselaer, Indiana, Immigration Agent for Santa Fe R. R.

Austin & Hopkins offer better terms on farm loans and city property than any firm in Jasper County. WANTED - FAITHFUL PERSON TO travel for well established boaae 1b a few counties, calling on retail merchants And •Rents. Local territory. Salary SIO.OO per week with expenses additional, all parable in cash each week. Money for expenses advanced. Position pennament. Busin am successful and rushing. Manufacturers and Wholesalers. Dept. 1, third floor, BS4 Dearborn St, Chicago.

END OF THREE THUDS

Niedermeier, Van Dine and Marx Die Victims of Their Own Diabolism.

TWO REPENTANT AND CALM Bat Niedermeier Tries to Kill Himself and Collapses When He Finds tbe Law Too Strong. Chicago, April 23. car-bom bandits were hanged, one at a time. In the county Jail. They were taken to the scaffold at half hour Intervals between 10:30 o’clock and noon, amd by 1 o'clock the black coffins had been shouldered ouit of *a side exit and carried away to a morgue in Chicago av-

GUSTAVE MARX. H. VAN DINE. P. NIEDERMEYER.

enue. Niedermeier, the boastful, was the meet craven of the threes He was carried limp and half unconscious, to the gallows, and the trap was sprung as be was sitting on a chair. No clergymanaccompanied him to whisper words of consolation to him at the last Van Dine the Last to Swing. Van Dine was the last to be hanged. The possibility that his mother's pJ?as to the governor might result in a reprieve led Sheriff Barrett to delay his execution until after both Niedermeier and Marx had been cut down and wheeled away to the Jail hospital. He died, like Marx, with prayers on his lips and a priest on either side of him as be dropped. Aside from the pitiful spectacle of Nledermeder’s last mo monte the execution was devoid of more than the usual awful scenes. Marx end Van Dine said nothing to their attendants either on the death martib or on the scaffold, and they died quickly. Guards Had to Hold Niedermeier. Niedermeier, as he was wheeled along the corridors, tried to beat his head against the walls and wrest himself loose from his shackles, and the guards were forced to hold him until he was strapped in his chair. It was nine minnteß after the trap fell before his heart stopped beating, and he was In convulsions for that length of time, although the doctors testify that his neck was broken by the fall.

LAST MOMENTS OF THE THUGS

Wonted tha Death Warrant, to -Show It to St. Peter,” He Said. Niedermeier was half crazed when the sheriff and his assistants appeared before him in the jail hospital to read to him the death warrant After Chief Deputy Peters had finished the formalities Niedermeier sat up in his cot “Give me that warrant,” he said. “I want to show it to St .Peter to prove that you murdered me. I don’t care for myself, but it’s a disgrace to my mother. Give me that death warrant and I’ll walk along with you.” He started to bis feet, but fieftl back again, and without further ado be was strapped In a hospital truck and pushed out Into the corridor. As the scaffold was reached he closed his eyes and mumbled: “Take those rubbernecks out of there before you hang me.” Three deputy sheriffs then hoisted him In their arms and bore him to the trap. His feet caught on the iron bar and his bead fell forward on bis chest. Jailer Whitman slipped a chair under him.

The shroud and the white cap were fastened around hftu. and in an instant he was dangling at the end of the noose. The trap fell at 1035. Marx reached the scaffold at 11:17 and the trap fell two minutes later. Van Dine was hanged at 1135 two minutes after the death march was ended. Both be and Marx wore white roses in their coats. Niedermeier wore a red one.

Chronic Bronehitln Cured. “For ten years I bad chronic bronchitis so bad that I conld not speak above a whisper," writes Mr. Joseph Coffman of Montmorenci, Ind. “I tried all remedies available, bpt with no success. Fortunately my employer suggested that 1 try Foley’s Honey sad Tar. It’s effect was almost miraculous, and I am now cured of the disease. On my recommendation many people have used Foley's Honey and Tar. and always with satisfaction." Sold by A. F, Long. Call on Austin & Hopkins for terms on farm and city loans for five years. Make* a Clean Sweep. There’s nothing like doing a thing thoroughly. Of all the Salves you ever heard of, Bhcklen's Arnica Salve la the best. It sweeps away and cures Burns, Sores, Braises, Cuts, Boils, Ulcers, Skin Eruptions and Piles. It * only 85c, sod guaranteed to give satisfaction by A. F. Long, Druggist.

FOOD FOR BOYS AND GIRLS 1 The more natural diet is more palatable, invigorating and strengthening to body and mind—right to the ! contrary with unnatural, improperly prepared food, which stunts the growth, dwarfs the mind, causes a lack of will power and steadiness ot nerve. No doubt that fifty per cent of the failures in life can be traced to improper diet when young. D* PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY 1 FOOD is a natural food, and is healthy for growing children. Let the children try it, and note after continued use the mental a fra physical vigor it imparts. Palatable —Natritious —Easy of Digestjoir and Ready 7 fol Eat My tignat arm on \OjA awry package. f jCJA S/ (Jr s cf.Xo.wLcQjeS „ Dr. Price, the creator of Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts. Prtparid by PRICE CEREAL FOOD CO., Food Nil*, BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Main Offices, CHICAGO. For Sale By THE CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE, B. Forsythe, Proprietor.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 40c; oats, 35c. Joseph Smith, of Kniman, was a Rensselaer visitor Wednesday. Watch The Democrat’s editorial page for township convention dates. W. and S. A. Austin were down from Wheatfield on business Monday. ■_ Union and Walker township democrats will hold their conventions to-day. Tested Yellow Seed Corn for sale at O. K. Ritchey’s, 4 miles southwest of Rensselaer. V Ike Leopold and daughter, of Wolcott, were guests of A, Leopold and family Tuesday. A good gentle family mare, harness and canopy top carriage for sale, Enquire of W. A. Huff. The 99c. Racket Store moved into the Makeever block§east of the Chicago Bargain Store this week. Mr. Roy Keesey, of Logansport, is a new clerk in the dress goods department of the Chicago Bargain Store. A few hundred dollars on hand to loan on mortgages of small amounts. Postoffice box 414, or inquire at Makeever Hotel. XMrs. I. A. Glazebrook, Mrs. John Duvall and Mrs. Ray Wood attended the Eastern Star Chapter meeting at Indianapolis this week. ■ Advertised* letters: Miss Anna Summers, Franz Lumley, Ira C. Ray, Hayden Wilson, Mr. Watt, Mr. Franz Summers, Abraham Shade and George Harmon. The great Smith family was in evidence at republican state convention this week. Including W. F. Smith of Rensselaer, there werj twenty-two delegates by the name of Smith. J\The graduating class of the Rensselaer High School this year will number but eleven. Monticello will graduate a class of thir-ty-three the largest in the history of her high school. Rev. H. L. Kendig will speak on the subject: “The Anti-Sa-loqn'League and the Liquor Traffic in Indiana,” next Sabbath evening,’May Ist, at 7:30. The public will be cordially welcomed. /{■Joseph Berger and Matt Ferk, of' Pulaski, visited the latter’s cousin, Mrs. Henry Eiglesbach, east of town, a few days the first of the week. Mrs. Eiglesbach had not seen Mr. Ferk for twenty years, or since she left Germany. Monticello Herald: Dr. and Mrs. Tarfier missed the train which they were expecting to take for Rensselaer Sunday and remained here until Monday the guests of Attorney Uhl. They had been visitidg Mrs. Turfler’s father at Idaville and were late getting back. XOtis Teeter, a 14-year-old Monticello lad, placed an obstruction of ties on the Panhandle track at that place and then “discovered” the obstruction in time to prevent an accident to the noon passenger train. He was arrested and confessed he had placed the ties on the track and expected a reward for reporting the “discovery.” He is now in jail.

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. The Barcus Horse Stocks Co., move this week for their new location in Wabash. The company has paid out $14,000 for labor in the past two years, we are informed. The following employes with their families go with them to Wabash: Chas. Ball, Willard Shields, Geo. Mustard, S. F. Huston, C. Stephensan, A. M. Riner and Clint Calvert, the latter being a single man.

OBITUARY.

Bucklin (Kansas) Banner: Joßeph C. Coons was born in Johnson county, Indiana, August 7, 1831, and died in Bucklin, Kansas, April 20, 1904, aged 73 years, 2 months and 13 days. He lived at the place of his birth until after his marriage to Miss Nancy Walker in 1851, when he moved to Jasper county, Indiana, and livft there until 1887, when he moved to Kansas, where he lived until his death. Mr. and Mrs. Coons lived on a farm near Bucklin until the first of this month, when they moved to Bucklin where they expected to spend a few years of their life in leisure, after so many years of toil on the farm. Mr. Coons died of paralysis after an illness of only a few hours. He was at the time of his death living with his son S. E, Coons, but had just started the foundation of a house which he expected to make his home. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Coons, five of whom are living. His many friends sympathise with the widow and children of the man who at the time when he expected to enjoy the fruitß of his labor, was called from them. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church yesterday at 3 p, m., and the remains consigned to rest in the Bucklin cemetery.

A GREAT PIANO OPPORTUNITY.

Lyon & Healy, Chicago’s largest music house, has just bought out the western house for the Weber Piano and other celebrated instruments. Hundreds of beautiful pianos that crowded the big Weber salesrooms on Wabash avenue will now be sold by Lyon & Healy. Prices will be quoted that will make it possible for almost any family to secure a Weber or other high grade piano. All pianos are selected by experts. Pianos shipped anywhere. Write to-day for the Bargain List. It contains new pianos as low as $125; and second-hand pianos as low as SIOO and every instrument is an exceptional bargain. Write to-day to Lyon & Healy, 2 Adams street, Chicago.

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 office and see if we cannot make just the kind of a loan you are needing, or call us up by telephone as we ha# both the long distance Bell and Independent telephones in oar office. Austin & Hopkins, ■ Rensselaer, Indiana.

CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

The city council met Monday evening with all members present and transacted considerable business. The city engineer made his final report on the Division and Scott street sewer. The total cost is $1119.65. The report was referred to the sewer committee. The fire warden presented a report showing that he had inspected 136 chimneys during the year and caused such as were defective to be repaired. He reported the empty Foster House to be in an unsafe condition, owing to broken windows furnishing easy access to the building. He also suggests that the city purchase a team to be used in hauling the fire apparatus, etc., that a man be employed whose especial duty it shall be to drive snch team and look after same. His report was ordered placed on file and the clerk was directed to notify the owner of the Foster Hoase to repair same. All proceedings were dismissed on the proposed Weston and Franklin street sewers. On Weston street there was a remonstrance on file large enough to defeat the improvement and the “stringency of money matters’’ was given as a reason for abandoning the Franklin street project. Privilege was given to Lee Jessup to nse a portion of Washington Btreet daring the erection of the Makeever building on condition that he files a bond for any damage that may result from the nse of the street. - O. B. Steward presented a claim of $224 for eleven year’s service as fire warden. The first two years of the time the salary was sl2 per month and the balance of the time $25 per month. The bill was referred to the city attorney for a legal opinion. The report of the city commissioners on the opening of the alley in block 16 was adopted. John Coen and others petitioned for an arc light at the Makemself crossing on Cullen street. Referred to light committee. The mayor appointed the following election inspectors: First ward, Fred Phillips; 2nd ward, B. F. Ferguson; third ward, A. E. Aldrich. The mayor was authorized to appoint an auditing committee of two to audit the treasurer's books.

The following bills were allowed; CORPORATION FUND. H, L. Gamble, city engineer...... .$ 12 00 Clide McGee, assisting engineer.... 90 A. G. Hardy, boarding prisoners... 27 50 A. R. Kressler, city health officer... 6l 36 Geo. A. Williams, city attorney 57 00 F. M. Abbott, salary as marshal.... 22 50 ROAD FUND. Geo. E. Marshall, printing notices .. 78 00 John McCianahan. work on ditch... 75 Chas. Seelman, work on street.... 255 Roy Grayson, “ “ “ 225 Geo. Platt, " “ “ 22J S. O. Baker, “ “ *• 60 Fred Hartman, “ “ ditch.... 300 Ray Thomas, “ “ “ 225 Wm. Warren, “ “ street .. 1 50 Chas. Bowers, “ u “ 200 Henry Nevill, “ “ “ 300 H. Potts, ’ “ “ “ ISO Eph Hickman, “ “ “ 75 Wm. Shellhart “ “ “ 75 WATER FUND. Conrad Hilderbrand, salary 27 50 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. General Electric Co., supplies 10 20 Victoria Coal Mining Co., coal 113 10 Standard Oil Co., oil 29 84 Western Electric Co., supplies 10 20 McColly & Coen, merchandise 765 Geo. Barcus & Co., repair work.... 6 OO C. Chambedain, salary 42 50 Lem Huston, “ *7 5° C. L. Thornton “ 27 50 Jas. H. Chapman, freight 224 33 B. F. Ferguson, insurance 10 44 A. J. Brenner, boarding machinist . 16 OO

A Thoughtful Man. M. M Austin ot Winchester, Ind., knew what to do in the hoar of need. Hie wife had such an tin usual ease of stomach and liver trouble, physicians could not help her. He thought of and tried Dr. King’s New Life Pills and she got relief at once and was finally cored. Only G6c, at A. F. Long’s Drag Store, Subscribe for The Democrat.