Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 40c; oats, 35c. Wednesday was pension day. Garden making has been in full blast this week. G. F. Meyers is in Illinois on business this week. Go-Carts and Baby Carriages at bottom prices at Williams’. pFred Parcels went to St. Louis Monday to seek a job at barbering. _ Tested Yellow Seed Corn for sale at O. K. Ritchey’s, 4 miles southwest of Rensselaer. T. M. Hibler of Joliet, 111., is here this week looking after his firm in Milroy township. ■/—Mrs. N. Crull, of Monon, was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ramp, Sunday. Mr. E. Rapp, of Washington, 111., was here this week looking after his real estate interests. For Sale —First-class new rub-ber-tired phaeton. Used but twice. Enquire at this office. Wm. Eldridge, southeast of town, has been quite sick for the past week, but was some better at last reports. Dr. Rose M. Remmek, optical specialist, will make her regular visits to Clarke’s jewelry store, May 11-14. V Mr. John Berger, ©f Huntington, was in the city on business Thursday, accompanied by B. G. Parks of Remington. W. H. Blodgett, of the Indianapolis News, was here Wednesday writing up another installment of the McCoy bank failure. \i Andrew Faris, a former resident of Rensselaer and Gillam township, died at his home in Medaryville last Friday, aged about 84 years. Parkison, who recently graduated from Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, will hang out his shingle at Boswell, Benton county. Mr. and’ Mrs. J. F. Major are visiting the latter’s mother at Warsaw for a couple of weeks, after which they will depart for their new home at Soudan, Va.

$3.55 for the round trip to Indianapolis, may 11th and 12th, good returning up to May 15th,. account Democratic State convention. W. H. Peam, Agt. Ss 'i v The first band concert of the season drew a large crowd Thursday evening. The band under the leadership of Prof. Weaver, did very nicely and received much applause. ''-kjj’rank Hopkins and wife have moved here from Seattle, Wash., and occupy the property on North Cullen street vacated by S. C. Irwin, who moved into property vacated by J. F. Major. Jasper Kenton and family left Tuesday for Artesian, South Da-< kota, where they expect to spend the summer. This is close to Mr. Kenton’s brother William, and they will spend a part of the time with him. Ernest Cockerel has traded his 80-acre farm in Union township for five lots in East Hammond, owned by James T. Randle. He also got $1,600 in cash. The deal was negotiated through N. Littlefield’s agency.

The Newton circuit court will convene Monday. "jAHiram Day has sold his lumber yard and will quit the busines. Mrs. Sarah Cowgill left Thiirsday to visit her sister in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Mrs. Babb and Mrs. Betsinger, of Monticello, visifed their brother, Peter Giver, Sunday. 75 feet of 10-inch sewer pipe at the price of drain tile. Must be taken at once. J. H. Jessen. “''-Joseph Osborne of Remington was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. W. S. Parks, Wednesday. The Democrat and the Twice-a week St. Louis Republic for a short time to paid-in-advance subscribers for only $1.50. )CMr. and Mrs. W. M. Hoover went to Franklin Tuesday to attend the wedding of their niece, Miss Marcia J. Adams to Mr. Emmett M. Pritchard. The democrats of Newton township will hold their convention today to nominate a township ticket and select delegates to the county convention of Slay 28. The fine weather of the past week has brought the fruit trees in bloom and shade trees are nearly full leafed. Spring seems to have arrived in earnest. '/Judge Thompson will be sixtysix years old to-morrow. Fortytwo years of this time he has lived in Jasper county. He will be “at home” to-morrow afternoon to friends who desire to pay their respects. Judge Thompson has let the contract for the erection of a twostory double business room opposite the Makeever House, where White & Marion’s shop now stands. The building will be built of hollow cement blocks, something new for Rensselaer.

“Sidetracked” will be the subject of the evening sermon at the Christian church to-morrow evening. This is one of a series for young men, following the sermon of last Sunday evening on “The Ideal Young Man.” New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 3; Claypool, Ind., 1; Medaryville, R-R-l, 1; McCoysburg, 1; New Carlisle, 0., R-R-l, 1; Remington, 1; Lee, 1; Rensselaer, R-R-3, 1; Mt. Ayr, 1; Parr, 1. \D. M. Worland left Tuesday on a prospecting trip to Ft. Scott, lola and Leavenworth, Kan. He has some propositions for trading his town property here for a farm in Kansas, and if suited with the prospects will make the deal and move out there next year and go to farming. The bond of Thos. J. McCoy as treasurer of the Rensselaer school board, is signed by T. J. McCoy, Alfred McCoy and Albert R. Hopkins, and is in the sum of $20,000. No statement of the amount of funds in McCoy’s hands at the time of the bank failure has been made as yet.

W. F. Reynolds of near Surrey, who recently gave up his milk route in Rensselaer, has disposed of his dairy and returned to Chicago to take up his old position with his former employers in the milk business there. The purchaser of his dairy will ship the milk to Chicago. Chicago & Northern Indiana Railroad Company is a new organization incorporated a few days ago whose avowed institution is to construct an electric line from Indianapolis to Chicago, passing through White and Jasper counties. The incorporators are all Indianapolis men. It is asserted that work on the line will begin soon, and that the road will probably be completed to Logansport, which is to be the division point, this season. William B. Searcy died at his home in the northwest part of town at 2 a. m. last Sunday, aged about 78 years. The cause of his death was Bright’s disease and heart trouble. Mr. Searcy had., been living with his son-in-law, John L. Smith, northeast of town, until recently, when he moved to Rensselaer. The funeral was held Tuesday from the M. E. church conducted by Rev. J. B. Bair, of Brookston, and interment made in Weston cemetery. He leaves a widow and five children, three sons and two daughters.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, May 7, 1904.

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. Next week is the last week for paying dog tax. —o — There were $347.93 of unloaned school funds on hand May 1. —o — Only five marriage licenses were issued last month, against 6 the month previous and 7 for April, 1903. —o — It is announced that S. R. Nichols has secured, or is about to secure, a surety company bond, and will continue as» treasurer of Jasper county. There was some speculation as to the outcome of the matter if the Harris’- went off the bond. —o — New suits filed: No. 6670, John M. Buryanek vs. James R. Guild and C. E. Robinson; action on account. Transcript from Starke county. No. 6671. John C. Shirk, et al. vs. Ida Allison Constantine, et al; action on note. Transcript from Newton county. —o— This is the last week of court, and many matters of minor importance have been disposed of since our last issue: Divorce granted Joseph Fitzhugh. of Milroy tp., from Elsie L. Fitzhugh, on grounds of desertion. Sarah L. McCune was granted a divorce from Robert McCune, and given custody of the children. Martha Butler vs. Catholic Order of Foresters; judgment for plaintiff for SI,OOO, the amount of policy. Plaintiff’s husband left some years ago for the Klondike, and after a time she got no letters from him and she considered him dead. The order did not want to pay the policy on which she had kept up the assessments without proof of his death. —o — The county commissioners held a special session last Saturday afternoon and appointed Charles C. Warner clerk, and accepted his bond of SIO,OOO with the United States Fidelity and Guarantee Co. as surety. Mr. Warner entered upon his duties Monday. The commissioners closed up the business of the regular term Tuesday. Following are the more important matters of the session: R. W. Marshall, county attorney, was authorized to occupy the old clerk’s office for his law office, free of rent. The requisition of the poor farm superintendent for supplies for the three months, beginning June 1, was approved and advertisement ordered for bids. G. P, N. Saddler was appointed engineer to prepare plans and specifications for a new bridge in Carpenter township. Samuel Sparling, et al, petition for ditch; L. Strong, Wm, G. Day and Sylvester Gray appointed viewers to meet May 10. John F. Major, clerk, reported fees collected for March and April to be $282.45. Ethan A. Bartoo was appointed justice of the peace in Carpenter township on petition of Robt. Parker, et al.

REPUBLICANS TAKE EVERYTHING IN SIGHT.

The city election Tuesday was a very quiet affair and resulted in the election of the entire republican ticket. Following is the vote by wards: FOB MAYOB. Ist ward 2nd 3rd Total J.H.S. Ellis—R 11l 95 109 315 GeorgeMaines-D.... 57 46 67 170 Ellis’ majorities 51 49 42 115 FOB TBEASI’BEK. J. H. Chapman—R.. .124 107 133 364 U. M. Baughman—D. 68 49 56 173 Chapman's majori's..s6 58 77 191 for Albbk. Charles Morlan—R.. .130 107 133 370 Joe Jeffries-D 61 41 56 158 Morlan’s majorities.. 69 66 77 212 FOB MARSHAL. Mel Abbott—R 135 101 131 367 John Hordeman—D.. 56 48 59 163 Abbott's majorities.. 79 53 72 201 FOB .COUNCILMAN —FIRST W*BD. Charles J: Dean—R -. 128 Harry Brown—R.. 123 Smith Newell—D.. 64 J. A. McFar1and—D...................... .... 68 SECOND WABD. James F. Irwin—R 104 C. G. Spltler—R 103 J.J. Eiglesbach-D 42 John Schanlailb—D 43 THIRD WABD, Richard Grow—R ...124 John Carmichael—R 128 Mow Tuteur—D 59 Bruce White—D 55

GOIVES THE TAX-PAYERS A PARTING KICK.

AThe old city council perpetrated one more outrage on the people of Rensselaer at a special meeting held Wednesday night, by increasing the salaries of all the employees at the city water and light plant. Supt. Chamberlain’s salary was increased from SBS to SIOO per month and the other employees from $55 to S6O per month. This was done in the face of the fact that thousands of dollars in protested city orders are outstanding and not paid for want of funds, and the further fact that a great many laboring men and mechanics in the city will have to go on short rations for the next year or more because of the stop put to building operations, and that the employees wem all liberally and well paid before?^ This action was no dotioV taken to further embarrass the incoming council, but it is a matter the latter should not hesitate to grapple with, and reduce these salaries to the former figures at least, at their first meeting. Gentlemen, the eyes of the tax-payers of Rensselaer are on you, and it is hoped you will not be found wanting in this first test of the stuff you are made of.

WILL LET BONDSMEN PAY.

Trustee Blue Won’t Worry Over $3,000 Lost In McCoy Bank.—Bondsmen Want OH His Bond. A meeting of the bondsmen of C. M. Blue, the republican township trustee of Marion township, was held Monday night in the county superintendent’s office to take some action regarding the $3,036 of township funds in the defunct McCoy bank, a good share of which it is expected the bondsmen will have to pay. We are told by one of the republican bondsmen that Blue showed the white feather throughout the meeting, and informed them that he did not propose to make up any of the amount himself; that if he ever got able he would pay it back, but woold do nothing now. He has a residence property in Rensselaer, which we are told is in his wife’s name, and he is said to have little else. He was asked to pay only his proportionate share of the loss, it is said, which would probably be about $l5O to S2OO, it was thought, and he declined to do this.

The bondsmen then took a vote withdrawing from the bond, it is said, and the sentiment to do so was unanimous, and they will all withdraw, we understand. The bondsmen as shown by the Bond Record in the auditor’s office are:

John Eger, Charles E. Mills. Theo.F. Clark, D. G. Warner, Chas, M. Blue, E L. Hollingsworth, Granville Moody, John W. Horton, Louis H. Hamilton, George E. Murray, Mary E. Robinson, Walter V. Porter. John Martindale, Abraham Leopold, W. B. Austin.

Later: As we are about to go to press we hear that Mr, Blue has thought better of the matter and has offered to give a SSOO mortgage on his residence property and take out SI,OOO life insurance made payable to the bondsman and keep up the payments on the same for their benefit, in case he should die. He also says we are told that he will pay it all back if he lives. This change of front is thought to have been brought about by the action of the delegates to the judicial convention in turning Blue’s brother Roy down for prosecutor. One or two of the bondsmen wens over to the convention with their ‘•hammers” out for the Blues because of C. M’s. previous action regarding the bond matter. If the latter report of his doing the square thing in correct, the bondsmen will not withdraw, we are informed.

KENTON-SWAILM.

AMr. Omar Kenton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kenton, of Surrey, and Miss Effie Swaim, a popular young lady school teacher of Union township, were married at high noon, April £7, at the Presbyterian parsonage m Delphi, Rev. Beach a few days visit in Chicago the young couple returned to the home of the groom’s father in Surrey, Saturday afternoon. The Democrat joins their many friends in congratulations.

Wanted, Stock to pasture. Stock of all kinds taken. Plenty of grass and water. South of the road from Sharon, on the Widow Chilcote’s farm. Walter Disbro. 1 •

RINEHART RETIRES AS ASSIGNEE.

McCoys Substitute James H. Chapman In His Stead* to Which Creditors Acquiesce.

VICTIMS STILL BEINQ HEARD OF. Court Orders Trustee to Sell Real Esstate and Personal Property. The McCoy bank failure and the matters growing out of the same continues to be an absorbing topic in Jasper and surrounding counties. The action of the McCoys in dictating whom the trustee should be, and attemptiug to get one of the family on the assignee’s clerk roll has increased the suspicion that there are matters connected with the failure that they desire to keep from the public. Most of the depositors seem to want the fullest investigation, and insinuate that no “whitewashing” will go. We understand that the creditors had agreed on ex-Clerk |John F. Major as assignee in place of Mr. Rinehart, the elder McCoy’s son-in-law, who had been heretofore appointed by the McCoys, and to this the McCoys had assented and even solicited Mr. Major to act as such. This the latter hkd consented to do, providing there was no opposition and that there were no strings tied to him. This was all agreed to, it is said, and a meeting was held Saturday night of the creditors to accept Mr. Major. At this meeting T. J. McCoy requested that he be employed by Mr. Major as clerk, on salary, during the investigation. Major then got up and said, we are told, that if he was selected as assignee he would reserve the right to select his own clerks, and would not be hampered in his work by having assistants selected for him. The depositors, and also the public, who are indirectly interested in the investigation of the bank’s affairs, had the most implicit confidence in Mr. Major, and knew that the matter would be honestly and conscientiously administered upon were chosen assignee. After this plain statement by Mr. Major it seems the McCoys did not want him to act, and the elder McCoy had considerable to say against his selection, we are told. It is said that Major told T, J. McCoy on the street here Monday that he (Major) was not soliciting the position of assignee, but that he wanted something done in the matter of the bank’s affairs, and that unless something was done before six o’clock that evening, affidavits would be tiled in court against them. Matters warmed up more Monday than any time yet, and the crowds that gathered about the bank corner and the numerous discussions that took place gave promise that the apparent apathy of the depositors was experiencing a change, and that something must be done at once.

Go-betweeners then got in their work, and a meeting was held at the court houseJMonday afternoon and Mr. Rinehart made a little talk to the creditors,explaining the mistake in including the 330 head of cattle in the deed of assignment, or most of these cattle, saying that those shipped from McUoysburg lacked some $250 of paying what indebtedness there was due Wood Bros, on them, and that of the others shipped out a draft had been received by him (Rinehart) as assignee for the amount due the McCoys. The amount of this draft was not given. He stated that as there were some objections to himself as assignee and to the man whom the creditors had centered upon (Major), he would withdraw and present the name of a new man whom he thought both sides could unite on, and presented James H. Chapman. The announcement came as a surprise to most of the creditors who had expected that Major would be agreed upon, but as there were no objections made to Mr. Chapman the latter was accepted and Rinehart turned over the deed of assignment to him,

Mr. Chapman then came forward and stated that he would accept the trust if satisfactory to all parties, and that he would use his best efforts to realize as much on the assets as possible. He said that he had made no promises to anyone, and would make a full, free and unhampered investigation

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into the bank’s assets. Mr. Chapman is a good accountant, an attorney of good standing, and will no doubt discharge his trust to the best of his ability. On petition of I. Tuteur and others. Judge Hanley appointed Mr. Chapman receiver Tuesday afternoon and fixed his bond at $320,000 and gave him four days to file the bond. He has secured a surety and will begin his duties. There are five different firms and individual businesses to be settled, as we understand —A. MoCoy, personal; T. J. McCoy, personal; A, McCoy, Son & Porter; A. McCoy & McDonald; and A. McCoy & Son, the latter the banking firm. The opinion seems to prevail among attorneys that the personal debts of A. McCoy and T. J. McCoy will have to be settled first, and that these claims will be paid in full out of the real estate. The McCoy, Son & Porter and the McCoy & McDonald debts, if any, will no doubt likewise be paid in full, and the remainder of the proceeds from the sale of the real estate will be applied to the bank assets to' pay creditors of that institution. Winifred Pence foreman of the Nelson Morris ranch, who with other members of his family had SIO,OOO iq the defunct bank, has entered attachment proceedings in Cook county, 111., against the McCoys, but we are unable to learn the nature of the property attached. Some property which they own or it is thought they have an interest in, has evidently been discovered by Pence’s Chicago attorney, that is not known of here. J. W. Yokel, another creditor, has also begun like proceedings in the Cook circuit court. We understand Mr. Chapman will employ Bert Van Voorst, cashier in a bank at Monticello, to assist on the bank books. • An order of court was made yesterday morning for the trustee, Mr. Chapman, to sell the real estate and personal property included in the deed of assignment, except notes; also the bank building and fixtures. It is reported that $45,000 in collateral is up with a Chicago bank for a loan of $15,000, and Mr. Chapman will look into this matter at once also.

Following are the names of additional creditors of the bank that have been reported to us since our last issue. We do not vouch for the correctness of these figures, but they are probably approximately correct: Theodor© Warn©, Parr *220 00 D E Hudson. Parr 160 00 John S Lakin, Parr 100 00 JacobKeed,Parr 100 00 James L Babcock, Parr 60 00 F M Yeager, Mt. Ayr 400 00 Wm Crisler, Mt. Ayr 400 00 Mrs Wm Crisler, Mt. Ayr 800 00 T J Richardson, Valina 40 00 Mort Ritchey. Marion tp. farmer. 300 00 Mrs Gish, Jordan tp 175 00 Mrs Sophia Chilcote, Marion.... ...... 600 00 John Romine, Mt. Ayr 140 00 Milroy Township Trustee 31 00 James Clark, Marion tp. farmer 50 00 Mrs Carrie Healey, Marion tp. widow. 345 00 Miss Martha Benjamin. Rensselaer... 250 00 Maggie Welsh, Valparaiso 500 00 Horace Marble, Wheatiield, banker.. 800 00 Nazel, Monticello 5,000 00 Mrs Israel. Rensselaer, widow 20 00 Mrs Peyton, Rensselaer, widow 10 00 Mrs Shea, widow. Rensselaer.. 300 00 Wm Haley, Marion tp 600 GO

BAND CONCERT PROGRAM.

The following program will be rendered by the band Thursday evening, May 12: 1. March—" The Gossips,’’'. Walter Rolfs 2. Bchottische-"The Dainty Damsel,"... .........................Alessand ro Onofr 3. March—" The Main Chance.” E. R. Schermer 4. Waltz—" Ma. Ma, Don't Be Cross With Me." V ...........F. Beyer 5. Two-Step—Coons in the Canebreak,”. M.S. Clay son 6. Waits—"Love’sOwn,”...Geo. H.Bramhall 7. Quick Step—" The Hamilton,” .George M. Wood 8. March Charictaristic “Bean Club Musing*,” (Introducing the champion canine high diver of America,)

PROFESSOR SUNDAY. As a special feature, Bros. Sunday will make a high dive from the top of a 35-foot ladder into a net below. We will say of the professor that he is an eight-months* old trick dog owned by Verlin Hopkins. The professor stands without a peer in the world in the performance of this wonderful feat.