Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1904 — Page 5

BEDFORD'S MYSTERY

New Evidence in the Schafer Murder Case Heard by the Grand Jury. NOTHING STAHTLING GETS OUT Mob After a Miscreant Who Tried to Kill a Woman Who Wouldn't Marry Him—Notes.

Bedford, Ind., June 3.—The grand jury investigating themurder of Sarali Schafer Jun. 21 is said to be in possession of valuable information not heretofore brought out Suspicion has been directed to a Bedford citizen who is said to have been out the night of the murder with p stranger who was found about the same time by the night watchman in the boiler room of the Brooks & Carter Stone Mill do ing his clothing. The same man, it is said, was the purchaser of the emprty whisky flask found in the alley near the sht»d where the hotly was found. Newspaper Editor Summoned, W. H. Gliddell, editor of a Brazil newspaper, has been summoned to appear before the grand jury to testify regarding certain information which may have prompted an editorial in a recent edition of his newspaper. Miss Eva Love, room-mate of Miss Schafer, testified before the grand jury jesterday for more than an hour. It is reported that a letter from an Illinois man, stating that he and another man had been employed to kill Miss Schafer. has been received by a city official. Inquiry to Close Tomorrow. The grand jhry will close Its investigation /Saturday with the adjournment of the Lawrence county court. Deputy Prosecutor Stephenson, it is said, will continue the investigation of the mystery until after the adjournment of the Monroe county circuit court, at which time Judge Wilson says he will summon a special grand jury to consider the evidence secured during the Interval. The reward offered for the arrest and conviction of the murderer has been increased, to $4.250 by subscriptions of Simpson B. Lowe and other citizens.

MOR LOOSE AT ANDERSON After * Miscreant Who Tried to Batcher a Woman Because Be “Loved ' Her.” , Anderson, Ind., June S. Mrs. Ada Barger, a widow 31 years old, was murderously attacked by James McCormick, a rejected suitor, because she would not jilt tbe sweetheart of her youth. The woman was literally hacked to pieces. McCormick broke through a barrteade that had been placed at tbe*front door In order to oppose his threatened visit and after Inflicting more than a dozen wounds with a razor or bowie knife, he Jumped through a window and escaped. A mob armed with rifles and shotguns is pursuing McCormick with the avowed purpose of bringing him back on a stretcher. No mercy will be shown him if the mob ever Catches tbe would-be murderer. McCormick came from Pennsylvania a year ago. madly smitten with Mrs. Barger because of a photograph of her’s which had fallen into his hands. He is a distant relative of the victim, and on the strength of this Mrs. Barger permitted McCormick to board at her home. Can't Mafca Artificial Oaa. Indiann|K>lis, June 3.—Judge F. E. Baker, of the United States circuit court, has decided that the property of the Consumers’ Gas company belongs to the certificate holders., and the company has no right to manufacture artificial gas. The property will be sokl. It is valued at $3,000,000, and was organized early in the natural gas period with .money subscribed by citizeus to pipe and sell gas at cost.

Race War Imminent, They Say. Lawrenceburg, Ind., June 3. Advices from Weisburg are to the effect that a race war is imminent at the labor camps along the Big Four railway. This state of affairs is due to the depredations of several negroes who within the past week have robbed and maltreated whites employed at the camifs. Miners Rant a Lost Boy. •Terre Haute, Ind.., June 3. —Twelve hundred miners suspended work to assist iij the search for the 4-year-old son of Dr. Byers, who has been missing from home since Sunday. Ponds and abandoned mines are being searched apd gypsy camps examined. Society Wedding at Hammond. Hammond, Ind., June 3. Charles Raymond Dyer and Miss Eva Jackson were married at the St. Paul’s Episcopal church. They belong to prominent families in society here and are well known in Chicago and in Minneapolis. I Fatally Wound* Hl* Wife. Bethel, Ind., June 3. —Mrs. Lee Harken was perhaps fatally wounded by the accidental discharge of a rifle in the hands of heir husband, who was shooting sparrows in the yard, while his wife was watching him. Goat Geti Him Into Tronble. Terre Haute, Ind., June 3. —William Fidler has sued Samuel Graff for $2,000 for the personal injuries inflicted by Graff’s goat, which butted him, making him permanently lama.

TWO CRISES IN PROSPECT

Situation at Hanging .Rook, 0., Where Thera Are Labor Trouble* Calling for Ohio Troop*.

Hanging Rock, 0., June 3. —A crisis in the strike situation here will be reached soon. The soldiers will take into custody a union man and striker who Is said to be a leader of the forces which the troops have been sent here to quell. The soldiers have started a house-to-house search for arms and are confiscating all they find either in the hands of union or non-union men.

This is one crisis. The other is the imminence, as allaged, of an end to the strike. The state board of arbitration Is at work, and It Is stated that an agreement has nearly been reached. This agreement Involves the discharge of the non-union men and the return of the union men to their old places, according to report.

FIFTY THOUSAND ON CUT-TIME

Result of Orders to Curtail Production In the Textile Industry in New England. Boston, June 3.—Orders have been issued by several cotton mill managers, instructing agents to curtail production on account of the depression in the textile industry. Many mills in southern and central New England have been running on short time all the spring, and at, present about 50,000 operatives are affected. The employes of the Pemberton mills, of Lawrence, have now been notified that the plant will be shut down tomorrow for two mouths. Similar notices were posted at other mills.

GREATEST DISCOVERY YET

Professor Demonstrates That He Has Found the Microbe That Causes the ‘•White Plague.” Naples, June 3.—Fofessor Sekron, the discoverer of life in crystals, has given a public demonstration that be has found a new microbe wbitk causes phthisis, a microbe quite different from that causing tuberculosis. Professor Schron affirms that this discovery explains why Dr. Koch’s serum not only did not cure phthisis, but aggravated It.

Caught by a Folding-Bed. Minneapolis, June 3. Mrs. A. M. Woodward, wife of the president of the South Side State bank, is dead as the result of a folding-bed accident. While some of their household goods were being moved Mr. and Mrs. Woodward occupied an old foldingbed. It dosed on them in the night. Three of Mrs. Woodward's cervical vertabrae were broken.

No Conscrlptton in England. London. June 3. Secretary Ar-nold-Forster, answerng a question in the house of commons, said the government had no intention of proposing to parliament the introduction of a system of conscription, as recommended by the royal commission on the volunteer and militia forces.

Water Invade* People's Borne*. Newton, Kan., June 3. —Six hundred people were driven from their homes by a sudden rise in Sand creek, which flows through thenorth and west parts of the city. The overflow was caused by heavy rains.

“Culver” Day nt the Fair. St. Louis, June 3. —Yesterday at the World’s fair was especially designated as "Culver day.” in connection with “military week,” and Governor Durbin. of Indiana, reviewed tbe Culver .Military academy cadets.

McClelland Beets Abe Attell. St. Louis, June 3. —Jack McClelland, of Pittsburg, was given the decision over Abe Attell, of San Francisco, at tbe end of a fifteen-round bout here. Referee Sharp’s decision was well received.

THE WEATHER The following is the official weather forecast up to 8 o’clock tonight: Illinois, Indiana. Lower Michigan and Wisconsin —Showers; fresh easterly winds. lowa —Showers; fresh easterly winds, becoming variable.

THE MARKETS

Chicago Grain Chicago, June 2. Following were the quotations on the Boai* of Trade todav: Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. July (01d)....* .88% $ .89% I -88% * .88% July (new).. .87% .87% .87% .87% Sept. (01d)... .83% .83% .83% .83% Sept. (new).. .82% .82% .81% .81% Corn— July 50% .50% .49% .49% September ... .49% .49% .48% .48% Oats— July 39% .39% .39% .39% September ... .31% .31% .31% .31% Pork— July 11.45 11.57% 11.32% 11.40 September ...11.75 11.80 11.57% 11.60 Lard — July 6.47% 6.47% 6.40 6.40 September ... 6.65 6.67% 6.55 6.57% Short Ribs — July 6.67% 6.67% 6.60 6.60 September ... 6.82% 6.85 6.75 6.77% Chicago Lin Stock. Chicago, June 2. Hogs— Estimated receipts for the day, 34 000: sales were made at *[email protected] tor pigs, [email protected] for light, *[email protected] for rough packing, *[email protected] for mixed, and *[email protected] for heavy packing and shipping lots, with the bulk of the trading at *[email protected] for fair to good averages. Cattle—Estimated receipts .for the day, >,000"; quotations ranged at *5.50@ 6.10 for choice to extra steers, *4.86@ 5.50 for good to choice do., *[email protected] fair to good do., *[email protected] common to medium do., *[email protected] fed western steers, *[email protected] Stockers and feeders, *[email protected] cows, *[email protected] heifers, *2.25 @4.25 bulls and oxen, [email protected] stags, *[email protected] Texas steers, and *[email protected] veal calves. Sheep and Lambs—Estimated receipts for the day, 10,000; quotations nahgedt at *3.00©6.75 westerns, *[email protected] natives, *[email protected] yearlings, *4.50©7.20 western lambs and *[email protected] spring lambs.

ON A HISTORIC FIELD

President Roosevelt, Standing Where Lincoln Once Stood, Eulogizes the Dead. HE SPEAKS IN A POURING RAIN Children Strew the Gettysburg' Graves with Fragrant Flowers. Chicago Veterans Turn Out Despite Bad Weather—Ceremonies at the World’s Fair.

Gettysburg. Pa.. May 31. —On historic Cemetery bill, overlooking ground hallowed by the blood of half a hundred thousand brave men, and in the presence of a concourse of thousands who had assembled to pay tribute to the memory of the nation’s dead. President Roosevelt delivered a notable address. On nearly the same spot, on Nov. 19, 18ti3, President Lincoln delivered the Immortal address enunciating principles which have rung around the world for more than a third of a century. Military Escort for the President.

President Roosevelt was escorted to the cemetery on the battlefield by a body of several hundred veterans of the civil war. The president and his special escort were preceded by several organizations, including a squadron of United States cavalry, the Third United States artillery and the Marine band, of Washington, which bad been ordered here for the occasion. Mrs. Roosevelt and other members of the president’s partj’ followed in’earriages. The rear of the procession consisted of civic organizations and citizens in carriages.

Children Strew the Flowers.

Governor Pennypacker presided at the ceremonies, which were held In the rostrum in the cemetery. After the Memorial Day services of the G. A. R. had been concluded, and the pupils of the public schools had strewn flowers over the graves of the thousands of dead, during which ceremony the Marine band played a solemn dirge. Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the United States senate, pronounced the invocation. The president was then introduced by Governor Pennypacker, and was accorded an enthusiastic reception. His speech was a glowing eulogy of the men of ’6l, and full of lofty patriotic sentiment. He also referred eulogistlcally to the late Senator Quaj’’s services in the civil war. He spoke during a pouring rain.

MEMORIAL DAY AT THE FAIR Five Thousand Soldiers March In Review In a Pouring Rain. St. Louis, May 31.—The first day of “Military week” at tbe World’s fair was rendered disagreeable by a torrential rain that threatened during the forenoon and broke in the afternoon. Accustomed to all kinds of weather and to strict discipline the soldiers and cadets marched in the pouring rain, apparently indifferent to the soaking, and the Plaza of St. Louis was thronged by thousands who cheered and dheered. Tbe military parade wa% the feature of the day. and was part of the ceremonies in commemoration of Decoration Day. Over 5,000 military and semi-mili-tary organizations passed in review before Major General John C. Bates, commander of the northern division of tbe United States army, and President D. It. Francis, of the exposition. After tbe parade Decoration Day exercises were held in Festival hall,which has a seating capacity of about 2,500, but which was thronged by probably twice that number, as every available bit of standing room was occupied, including tbe stage. After the invocation by Rev. Samuel I. Niccolls. of St. Louis, a member of Rajisom post, G. A. R., the presiding officer. Major Leo Rassleur, past comma nder-in-cbief of the G. A. R., made a brief introductory address. The reading of President Lincoln’s address at Gettysburg, Nov. 19, 1803, was a feature of the programme. Major William Warner, of Kansas City, past com-mander-in-chief, made the closing, address and the vast audience joined a quaretette in singing “America.” The exercises ended when “taps” was sounded by a bugler. Miss Alice Roosevelt and her friends braved the elements and visited the exposition.

CHILLY WINDS AT CHICAGO

Bnt the Veteran* IMd Not Fell In Their Tribute of Honor. Chicago, May 31. —1 n spite of a chilly wind which swept across Lake Michigan and made the weather decidedly uncomfortable the ceremonies in which Chicago honored its dead heroes of the civil wal were carried out faithfully. The morning hours were set apart for the decoration of graves by the posts of veterans, aided by their wives and daughters. This was followed by tbe annual parade of the soldiers of ’6l. As a tribute to the sailors and soldiers who died on the sea the survivors of the posts of naval vetenins marched to the edge of the lake at Grant park, and amid appropriate ceremonies strewed flowers upon the water. In Oakwoods the resting spots of the Confederate soldiers who are buried in Chicago were not neglected. With the old soldiers at all tbe cemeteries trudged arm-in-arm their wives and the widows of their former comrades, who are banded together in the Woman’s Relief Corps. Tbe Sons and Daughters

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of Veterans accompanied their elders in these real memorial parades. Other points where the celebrations were notable were: Washington, where the ceremonies were at Arlington cemetery and tbe Soldiers’ Home, and where Commander-in-Chief Black was the orator; New York, where Mrs. Nellie Sartoris, General Grant’ daughter, put flowers in the crypt of Grant’s tomb and “Corporal” Tanner was the orator; Topeka, where Secretary Taft was the orator; St. Paul, San Francisco, Cleveland. Duluth, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia—in fact, hardly a town in the country was without its celebration of the day.

McCOY BANK MATTERS.

The assignee of the defuuct McCoy bank filed a petition in court last Friday asking to be allowed to make certain arrangements to take care of the Babcock & Hopkins indebtedness to said bank. The petition, stated that the said grain firm was indebted to the following: A. McCoy & Co., notes and overdrafts, unsecured, $10,681.56; A. McCoy & Co, notes held by the Central Trust Co., of Chicago as colateral, unsecured, $11,199.21; First National Bank of Lafayette, $3,437.91 unsecured; First National Bank of Rensselaer, SIO,OOO, secured by mortgage on the elevator at Rensselaer, making a total indebtedness of about $35,000. The petition set forth that certain of the creditors of said firm were threatening to throw them into bankruptcy, and that if such action was taken and the property sold at forced sale, the creditors would not likely receive the full amount of their claims,while if given time the firm could pay out in foil, their property being worth considerably more than their indebtedness. It had been agreed that the said firm should transfer all its property to a trust company to be formed for the purpose of handling same, and would then lease the elevators and machinery at an annual rental of 16,500 for the first year and $7,000 thereafter until all of said indebtedness was paid, the said rental to be applied pro-rata on said indebtedness. If the profits of their business enabled them to do so, the saidfirm would pay off said indebtedness faster, and that all of said net profits, after living expenses were paid, should be applied to this purpose. The court granted the petition,

and the “Babcock & Hopkins Company,’’ composed of E. B. Sellers, of Monticello, and Jesse E. Wilson, Geo. A. Williams, B. F. Fendig, and W. C. Babcock, of Rensselaer, has been incorporated and will handle said business according to the above plan. The capital stock is $50,000, divided into shares of SIOO each. One sharejeach is held by the five directors and the rest by Jesse E. Wilson, trustee, who will surrender same, as fast as the indebtedness is paid, to Babcock & Hopkins. The creditors agreed to this plan, and the mortgage of the First National Bank has been released in accordance with same. This firm has four elevators and machinery, besides numerous weighing and buying stations, and also has about $25,000 standing out with farmers in the way of seed grain, balances due them on grain shipped, etc. Their assets are probably in the neighborhood of double the amount of all their liabilities, and this move gifes them plenty of time to fix up all indebtedness without in any way crippling their business. The assets above liabilities of every kind are over $40,000, Mr. Babcock informs us. They do a big business aud necessarily have a large amount of money tied up at all times. They enjoy -the confidence of the farmers throughout the community and their standing with them will not be shaken by this move. The unexpected failure of the McCoys simply caught them with much of their capital tied up.

Assignee filed petition Saturday for leave to renew note of SI,OOO of L. B. Josserand, held by Delos Thompsotn as collateral security; court grants authority to renew said note and assign same to Delos Thompson. No farther proceedings in the matter to throw the McCoy bank case in the bankruptcy courts have been reported, and we are told that nothing has been filed to that end in the federal court at Indianapolis as yet. The injunotion matter of the assignee vs. Winifred Pence et *al, to prevent the latter from further prosecuting their suit in Chicago to secure possession of collaterals in the possession of the Central

Trust Co., was heard by Judge Hanley in chambers Tuesday, and a temporary restraining order granted. The case will come up for hearing on its merits at the September term of court. Assignee Chapman on Wednesday filed schedules of the real estate that have come into his hands, as follows: 202.67 acres in Jordan Township. 2,000 63 519.15 “ “ Union “ 40 “ “ Rarkley “ 160 “ “ Glllam 40 “ “ Jasper and Lake counties (Tom's island in the Kankakee.) The inventory also included lots 9 and 10 in block 6, (the Dexter property), and the four acres of land connected therewith lying betweeu the river and Weston cemetery, owned by T. J. McCoy. Our understanding is that Tom had but little equity in this property. The sale of the personal property on the McCoysburg farm took place Thursday and aggregated about $2,800.

BUT TOM STILL HANGS ON.

Among the names of those prominently mentioned for trict chairman, in case of T. J. McCoy’s resignation, are those of G. P. Haywood, of Lafayette, and W. H. Ade, of Kentland. —Goodland Herald.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GIRLS.

Here is some common sense adise given by a Missouri editor to the girls of his town: “Don’t hang around the depot unless you are going away or are there to meet friends. Don’t go the to postoffice and shove about in a miscellaneous crowd. Don’t go to church and take a back seat with your escorts, then whisper and giggle throughout the sermon. Don’t be loud and boisterous and slangy. Stand on your dignity . and don’t form acquaintances quickly. Don’t carry your heart od your sleeve and don’t throw yourself into the arms of every good looking drummer or well dressed stranger who comes to town. Be womanly, be modest, be thoughtful * and serious at times; don’t unsex yourself, and thus lose woman’s sweetest charm. Two lots situated in desirable part of city, each 67x150 feet, for sale cheap; cash or time. Apply at Dempcrst office.