Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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ITIS A/UTTER OF HEALTH POWDER AbMlnMfNl* THERE IS HO SUBSTITUTE LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 44c; oats, 39c. Buckwheat seed for sale at the mill. • J. F. Warren is here from Oklahoma City, Okla. D. B. Nowels returned to Lamar, Colo., this week. ' ' V B. S. Fendig will pay $1.20 per dozen for good squabs. Monticello came up over 200 strong to the high school contests Saturday. Mrs. H. V. Weaver visited her sister, Mrs. Lona Nichols, at Lowell, Sunday. * Mrs. Lucy Malone of was the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. H. Shields, Saturday. . / Attorney George A. Willianra* of this city, will deliver the Decoration day address at Goodland. Mrs. John Eger has gone tN Kendallville to visit relatives and to attend the wedding of her brother. Miss Cora Friend of Chicago is working temporarily as stenographer in Baughman & Williams’ office. The democratic county convention will meet to-day at 2 p. m., in the east court room at the court house. Jacob Lesh of L’nion township, is attending the German Baptist conference, near Dayton, Ohio, this week. The Fowler Leader says that John Bond, of that place, will build a new house “on his farm near Rensselaer.” . | The State Bank of was incorporated Tuesday. Delos Thompson is cashier. The bank expects to open for business June lßt - y Ernest Cockerill has bought'o! J. W. Horton the property on Division street at present occupied by Mose Tuteur. Consideration SI,BOO. A church social at the Barkley church, Saturday eve, May 28th. Light refreshments will be served And a small fee charged for benefit jof church. Come. * A. »B. Martin, aged 67 years, committed suicide at his home in Delphi Tuesday morning by shootling himself in the right temple rwith a 22 caliber target rifle. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 5; Mt. Ayr, 1; Chicago, 2; Foresman, 1; Logansport, 1; Francesville, 1; Remington, 1. The Ladies of the Grand Army ■will serve dinner to the soldiers of khe Civil War on their return [from the cemetery on Decoration |Day, at the ladies’ waiting room ■in the court house. I Miss Cora Wray, daughter of |C. D. Wray, a former Dunkard ■preacher of Barkley township, [died jat her home near Covert, BCicht, Tuesday from consumption. [Deceased was a sister of Mrs. L. |S. Renicker of this city. L On account of union memorial ■services at the M. E. church toImorrow, there will be no morning services at the Christian church. ■Evening services will be held as lusual,! with special music by the ■orchestra and a sermon by Rev. |Elam, the pastor.

The infant child sos Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Williams of Parr, died 20 styles from which to select that new shirt waist at Rowles & Parker’s, M. Lyons of Delphi, who has been visiting Mrs. Joseph Halligan for a few weeks, returned home Wednesday. The republicans of Wheatfield township have nominated Robert Mannan for trustee and Albert S. Keene for assessor. jlMiss Bessie Eger was here from Chicago to attend the funeral of her grandfather, Mr. Michael Eger, returning to her musical studies Thursday. and Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth went to St. Louis Saturday' to “do” the fair, but they found it in such uncompleted state that they returned Wednesday. '/■Uncle Simon Phillips received a letter from his son Gus a few days ago, and the letter stated that jie would sail from New York to-day for a six weeks sojourn in Europe* Grant Renicker of Pyrmont, Ind., is visiting his brothers John and Levi Renicker for a few days. Next week he will go to Interwald, Wis., to visit his brother Sherman. Wright’s running horse, “King Cotton,” ran a race at Goodland Thursday for a purse of SIOO against the Harrington pony, and won easily. The distance run was three furlongs. Bill of Jordan township, will build a new schoolhouse at Raymond corners, district No. 4, the present summer. Advertisement for bids appears elsewhere in this paper. It is said that T. J. McCoy Wak operated on at the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago Saturday for for appendicitis; that the operation was successful, and that he is now getting along nicely. Bringham and Thornburg have traded their furniture stock In the Nowels block to J. E. Will man of Kankakee, 111., and the stock is j being moved to that city. Mr. Bringham will move to Indianapolis. XThe freak child born recently to Mr. and Mrs. Boone of Milroy township, which was mentioned in these columns last week, died Monday, having lived eleven days. It was buried in the Catholic cemetery at Reynolds. The remains of Mrs.W. B. Peterson were brought here yesterday for interment from Kansas City, Mo., where the family recently moved. Deceased had been in poor health for some time, and died in a hospital, we understand, of uraemia. , Alexander Tyler, an old and prominent resident of Keener tp.. died at the home of his son W. H. Tyler in that township, Saturday, aged 79 years. One of his sons, M, M. Tyler, resides in Rensselaer, The funeral was held Sunday. democrats of Milroy township nominated Carey Huston for trustee at their convention Saturdao, and Wm. Culp for assessor. Carey Huston, Charles Beaver, Fred Saltwell and James Blakemore were selected as delegates to thp county convention. AMesdames W. C. Babcock, F. E. Babcock, O. A. Yoeman, Chas. Robinson, A. Woodworth, Wm. Childers, C. W. Duvall, Bert Goff and Mrs. Grace Pumpbrey attended the district convention of Rathbone Sisters at Wheatfield Thursday. The Wheatfield Rathbones royally entertained the visitors. Mrs. Jane Vestle, a widow lady aged about forty-five years, residing two miles north of Mt Ayr; was found dead at her home Wednesday afternoon, sitting in her chair. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of her death. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Barton, of near Mt. Ayr. The democratic county central committee has leased the suite of rooms over Long’s drug store for headquarters during the coming campaign, and suitable furniture will soon be placed therein and rooms be kept open and supplied with reading matter at all times. A telephone will also be put in. These rooms are: conveniently located and will make very pleasant quarters.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, May 28, 1904.

COURT HOUSE NEWS.

Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. • Marriage licenses issued: May 20, Edwin H. Greenwalt to Florerrce Wood. • May 25, John McMillan to Elsie May Fepters. May 26, Floyd E. Martin to Clara Vicory. —o — No will of the late Joseph C. Harris has as yet been filed for probate, but two deeds, one conveying 320 acres of land in Newton township, to Henry O. Harris, dated July 31,1908, and one conveying certain * lands in Union township to Elbert T. Harris, dated March 21, 1903, were filed for record this week. The considerations stated in the deeds are $10,476 and $28,000, respectively. Dr. A. E. Kirk has just compiled a list of the farmers and householders in Jasper county, from which we find that there are 867 householders in the city of Rensselaer and the incorporated towns of Remington and Wheatfield, as follows: Rensselaer, 566; Remington, 208; Wheatfield, 96. There are 850 farmers in Jasper county living on farms which they own, and 1090 tenant farmers. This list is compiled from the records of the township assessors.

« -°- The wife of John Blaze of Union tp., was declared insane Monday by Squire Troxell and Drs. Miller and Kresler of this city. The family have been living in a tent all winter on the Yeoman farm, and their quarters are said to be filthy in the extreme. They have five children, the youngest but 18 months old. She is thought to be only temporarily insane, and that a short stay at Longcliff will effect a cure. The family formerly resided at Remington, and later in Rensselaer. The woman is a daughter of M. F. Goble of Fair Oaks. J ~ Q ~ AC. M. Blue has filed his resignation as trustee of Marion town- | ship, to take effect June 6. It is rumored that Geo. W. Goff, the republican nominee for the office, will be appointed in Blue’s stead, to serve until Jan. 1, Regarding the propositions nnally made by Blue to assist his bondsmen in making up the $3,000 township funds which he had in the defunct McCoy bank, we are told that he kept putting off doing anything, and finally went back on the jjropositions entirely. The bondsmen then told Blue they would get off his bond unless he did'something or resigned, and he filed his resignation. The agreement with his bondsmen when they signed his bond," is said to have been that the funds were to be left at the First National—or then the Commercial Bank—but Tom McCoy secured the position for Philip Blue as superintendent of the poor farm, it is said, and the depositing of funds in the McCoy bank was possibly in payment for services rendered in that connection.

—l o — suits filed: No. 6674. John P. Levi vs. Anna M. Levi;, action for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married Jan 17, 1900, and separated on Dec. 15, 1900, when defendant left and wholly abandoned plaintiff without his wish and consent, etc., after selling all plaintiff's property, consisting of 2 mules, 1 cow, 500 bushels of corn, farming implements and household goods, and pocketing the proceeds. Defendant is now alleged to reside somewhere in Adams county, Ohio. The plaintiff resides at Eniman, we understand. No. 6675. James H. Chapman, Trustee of A. McCoy & Co., vs. Winifred N. Pence et al; action in injunction. The complaint reoites that said banking firm borrowed of the Central Trust Co., of Chicago, $30,000, some time prior to April 18,1904, and deposited aa collateral security notes of divers persons amounting in the aggregate to $46,000; that said loan had been reduced to $13,000 since first made; that pn April 18, 1904, there was $25,000 of said collateral in the vaults of said Chicago Trust company; the remainder having been sent to Rensselaer banks for collection and proceeds to be applied on said debt of A. McCoy & Go., to said T rust Co, It further alleges: * * "that said

Alfred McCoy was, on said April 18, 1904, indebted on his own individual account and liable as securities for others in the sum of over SBO,OOO. That said Thomas J. McCoy was indebted on his individual acconnt and as surety for others in the sum of over $200,000. That said Alfred McCoy and Thomas J. McCoy then were also members of the firm of McOoy, Son & Porter, a limited partnership, which firm was indebted in a sum in excess of the valufe of its assets. That said Alfred McCoy then was also a member of the firm of McCoy & McDonald, which was also indebted in an amount in excess of the value of its assets. That said firm of A. McCoy & Company was and is indebted in th% sum of mt>» than $420,000 as shown by its books of account and records, and.its available assets do not exceed in value one-half that amount. That on the 18th day of April, 1904, said firm of A. McCoj* & Company was hopelessly inaclvent, not having property subject to execution to pay its debts and the residue of the property of the individual members of said firm, after the payment of the individual debts, added to the assets of said firm will not be sufficient. * * * That said trust (A. McCoy & Co., assignment to James H. Chapman) is insolvent and the assets, however judiciously managed, cannot possibly pay all the valid claims against said trust, and as this affiant is informed mad now believes will not pay 50 per cent of the valid claims against the said A. McCoy & Co.” That said defendants have begun Buits in Chicago to attack the colliteral in said Trust company’s possession,, to secure the payment of claims of defendants against said A. McCoy & Co., and plaintiff asks that defendants be enjoined from further prosecuting such suits; that the collateral may be returned here after paying balance of Trust company loans, and the proceeds thereof be applied to pay valid debts against said insolvent company and said defendants thereby may secure only their pro rata share with other creditors.

BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.

Clove "lade to Throw ClcCoy Bank Matter Into Federal Court. A petition to throw the McCoy bank matter into the bankruptcy courts is said to have been sent in to the federal court at Indianaaolis and a hearing will probably be had in a few days. The petition is signed by some of the bank’s creditors, among whom are said to be J. J. Fry of Roselawn, A. J. Brenner of the Makeever House, and Tony Strickfaden. There is said to have been some disatisfaction among other outside creditors, and we are told that if this move had not been made by the parties who signed the the petition, that others would have taken the matter up. It is thought that the federal officers will, or can delve deeper into the matter than the assignee, having greater power, and that if there are matters of a criminal nature connected with the wrecking of the bank, they will be and the parties punished. It is argued by some who are opposed to the proceeding that the expense will be considerably more, but this is a debated question. The Democrat has thought from the first that this was the proper thing to do, and is glad to see that the preliminary steps toward that end have been taken. This is a matter in which the public, as well as the feumerons creditors, are interested, and, if any one is guilty criminally, they should be brought to justice. It may deter other would-be bank wreckers.

5 Per Cent Farm Loans made by Austin & Hopkins. New wash fabrics, handsome, stylish, elegant, and prices so small they are well nigh lost sight of, Rowles & Parker. Go-Carts and Baby Carriages at bottom prices at Williams’. * ■■■ ”■■■ ■ ■ V For Sale:— Lots 10 and 11, block 17, Weston’B Second addtion to Rensselaer. Enquire of E. P. Honan, Rensselaer, or W. E. Harry, Brook, Ind. ts. Brigbest, busiest, best carpet section in town; see us for right patterns and right prices. Rowles & Parker.

MAN FOUND DEAD.

Anthony Earl Who Disappeared Last November, Found in a Woods Pasture in Milroy Tp. .T While out looking for some of stock Monday morning, Joseph Nelson of near Queen Citv school house, Milroy township, pame upon the body of a man lying in a clump of bushes in the pasture about 300 yards from Nelson’s house. Nelson arroused his neighbors and Coroner Wright was telephoned for and went out to the scene. The man had apparently laid there for many months, although not as badly decomposed as one would have expected. He was about 31 years of age, had on fairly good clothes, and a ladies’ gold watch and chain, an Odd Fellows pin and $6.60 in money was found on his person. The hair was practically all gone from his head, but a heavy sandy mustache adorned the upper lip. This and the clothing and %atch were about the only means of identification.'^

It was learned that one Anthony Earl of Sheldon, 111., a single man, who had worked for Ed Tebo of Newton tp., last fall, he being a cousin of Tebos wife, had been missing since the 15th of last November. Search had been made for him by his relatives and they had been able to trace him from Sheldon to Remington where he staid all night and thence to Joseph Jarbis’, four miles southwest of where the body was found, where it is said he got a drink of milk Sunday morning, Nov. 15. Mr. Tebo went out to the scene Monday afternoon and identified the remains as those of Earl, also the watch and pin as those carried by him. Quite a number of people from town went out to view the body and a photograph was taken of it as it lay in the underbrush, undisturbed except for turning on its back. When found it lay on the side and was partially drawn up as if in agony in the death struggles. Relatives of the dead man were communicated with at Sheldon, and they came on to Remington, where the body was taken Monday evening, and there took charge of it and drove to Sheldon with it. Earl is said to have been an industrous man, of good habits and a saving disposition. Some years ago the remains of his father were disinterred and he was permitted to view them. This had such an effect on his mind that he was later declared insane and was confined in an asylum for a time. He had been “acting queerly” and his relatives had talked of returning him to the asylum, and it is said that when he left Sheldon in November he declared that he would kill himself before he would ever be taken to the asylum again, and that they would never see him alive again. It seems to be the opinion that'lie committed suicide where found, using poison, and that the continued cold weather during the winter preserved the body until now. Earl was born in the west part of Carpenter tp., this county.

MUSCLE AND BRAINS.

Monticello Excelled In Both and Carried off Cup and Pennant. The annual meet of the Northwestern Athletic, Oratorical and Musicial Association held here Saturday was largely attended by high schools from other points, especially Monticello, which school came over nearly 200 strong and keyed up for taking 1 everyting offered. Representatives of Fowler and Goodland high schools were also in attendance and took part in the contests. Monticello won out in both athletics and oratory, but Rensselaer carried off the honors in music. A summary of the events gave Monticello 54 points; Rensselaer 37; Goodland 10; and Fowler 5. In oratory Oliver Fauber of Monticello, was awarded first place; Lucille Marshall of Rensselaer, 2d; and Leithel t Patton of Goodland, 3d.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. May 20, to Mr. and Mrs. James Amsler, sooth of town, a daughter. May 20. to Mr. and Mrs. A 1 Ramey, in the northwest part of town, a son. May 23, to Mr. and Mrs. Jacqb Gilmore, near Surrey, a son. May 25, to Mr. aod Mrs. Otto Anderson of Jordan tp., aaon. Read The Democrat for news.

Vol. VII. No. 8

FIRST SALE OF THE M’COY PERSONALS. The first public sale of Assignee Chapman of personal property of the McCoys took place Saturday afternoon, when the blooded horses, fine carriages, gilded harness and costly saddles of T. J. McCoy were sold. There was quite a good crowd in attendance at the sale, wjiich took place at Duvall’s livery barn, and a good many people from a distance were here. The property generally sold well, aggregating $2,283.50, about SI,OOO more than its appraised value. Douglas Maid, the high bred brood mare, which Tom is said to to have refused SI,OOO for repeatedly. sold to a Mr. Brownell, of Indianapolis, for $385, and one of her colts, a two-year-old filly, by Axtell, was bid off by Dr. 8. C. Johnson, of this city, at $232.50. Warren Robinson got the $l5O Jersey cow for S6O. The Kentucky sorrel riding horse (Taylor’s) was bought by Will Rath for $227. Jim Craig, the 350 pound Chicago saloon keeper, bought the $350 Goddard phaeton (a twin vehicle of Phil Armour’s, the millionaire Chicago packer) for sl7l. Craig also bought a fine set of harness and some other property. Lawler Brothers, of Chicago, bought the $325 trap and $225 Stanhope (bid off by W. F. Smith) for $l6O and $l4O, respectively. The fine military saddle, used by Tom when out on dress parade with Gov. Durbin’s staff, only only brought sl4, the same money as a common, every-day hogskin saddle put up later. After all of Tom’s property was sold, A. McCoy drove up with his old gray horse and buggy, which he has personally driven for years, and the auctioneer stated that it being sold by Mr. McCoy to secure money to live on. The rig brought sl4l. We understand that this rig and a cow were held out by A. McCoy as a part of his S6OO exemption, he taking them at their appraised value, which was very low. —o — Appraisers R. B. Harris and D. H. Yeoman have appraised the McCoy bank building, which includes the Tuteur store and the rooms above same, etc., with the ground on which same stands, at $12,000, subject to the inchoate interest of the wife of said A. McCoy. The ground is 663 feet by feet. The appraisement of the bank fixtures which are to be sold with the bank building Tuesday, June 7, is $834.00. The appraisement of the McCoy and McDonald personal property amounts to $2,186.05, on what is known as the McCoysburg farm. An additional appraisement of property of T. J. McCoy was filed last Friday. It includes SSOO stock in Castle Hall association and Tom’s gasoline launch, neither of which a value was placed on, and two Jersey cows and several saddles and bridles, blankets, halters, etc., 1 cutter, 1 pneumatic jogging cart, etc., the total value placed thereon being $l6B. An additional appraisement of personal property of A. McCoy was also filed, as follows: 1 Gray Mare at McDonalds ! 30 00 1 Toj> Buggy at A McCoy's 20 00 1 Roan Cow at A McCoy's 28 00 1 Jersey Calf at A McCoy's - 500 19 bales wire at McDonald's 47 00 13 rolls wire at McDonald's 101 00 Total V 234 00

MARION TOWNSHIP DELEGATES.

At the township convention last Saturday to select delegates to the county convention to-day, the following delegates and alternates were chosen for Marion township; DELEGATES. AI.TEHSN ATEB F P Mortou Henry Luers A K Yeoman Joseph Nagel F E Bibcock George Borntrager Lee E Glaaebrook Noah Zeigler N S Bates William Hoover Vm Washburn Alt Donnelly Henry Eigletbach Mason Kenton Geo P Ketch um John Hoyes CF Stackhouse JoeScheurich , Wm I Hoover Joseph Trulley B P Honan Joseph Halligan G W Michael John Eiglesbach Geo O Pumphrey C W Duvall Nelson Handle Samuel Scott L H Myers Bruce White Lucius Strong Geo H Maine* CDNowels MI Adams H Hildebrand Wm Clouse U M Baughman Bobt H Yeoman Korah Parker W L Criswell J A McFarland Reese Roby Will Barkley John Grey j EMaine* Reuben Dickinson \V H Egan - John Sullivan SmithKeweil Dr A L Miller Joseph Putts Dr 8 H Moore P Hordeman. Jr I A Glasebrook Wm L Nowels Oeear Hauter T A Crockett John Schanlaub A O Moore Sam Fendig.