Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1904 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn 43c; oats, 380. Read The Democrat for news. Jessen the Jeweler, opp. Harris’ Bank. 'Sfclrs. Vernon Nowels is visiting 'relatives in Chicago. Miss Anna Walter visited in Pern a few days the first of the week. > The Ideal clothing house is making unheard of reductions on clothing. VMrs. Frank Foltz and mother Mrs. Kolb, are visiting relatives in Omaha, Neb. Ladies’ shirt waist and muslin underwear at headquarters, Chicago Bargain Store. T. F. Maloney, trustee of Kankakee township, was in the city ,on business Monday. Hon. Jessie E. Wilson of this . place will deliver the 4th of July address at Brookston. Mrs. A. L. Berkley is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCoy, in Lafayette. Mrs. Weil and Mrs Spangler of Peoria, 111., are visiting Mrs. L. Wildberg and the Tuteurs. % Advertised letter: Miss Louise Bonnett, Mrs. Amy Watson, W. B. Kerns, M. D., David Larsh. C. B. Steward and Miss Valeria Banes attended the B. Y. P. U., at Indianapolis this week. Prof. G. W. Michael has moved to his farm, southeast of town, having completed his new house thereon. Mrs. A. F. Shesler and children' went to Woodland, 111., Saturday to visit with her sister, Mrs. Wm. A. Hurd. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Davisson spent Sunday with the family of their son Amos Davisson in Union township. * Misses Dolly Shook and Ada Sayler returned Monday from a t-yvo weeks visit in Ohio and Richmond, Ind.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Busk and two daughters left Tuesday for a two months visit with relatives and friends at Windsor, Mo. rk A. Perkins of Goodland- was in the city on business Wednesday. Mr. Perkins had about $3,000 in the “busted” Home Bank. Mrs. Wm. McClintick, who was recently mixed up in a shooting affray, has returned to Rensselaer and again taken up her residence here, * Mrs. C. W. Shesler returned home Saturday from an extended visit with her sister, Mrs. Eli Holmes of Milford, 111., and other friends and relatives at Woodland. * Peter Foulks of Milroy towIT Bhip, was in the city Wednesday. Uncle Peter has been a resident of Jasper county for fifty years, forty-four of which he has lived [in Milroy. . I The law firm of Ferguson & Willson will be dissolved soon, it is fctated.and Mr. Ferguson will move Into the Hollingsworth room, below their present office, while Mr. IWilson will retain the old quarters.

■ A good rain fell all about RensBelaer Monday, but not enough Bell in in our immediate locality Bo lay the duet. Six miles weet fl fine rain fell, while south of flown they got too much in some Blaces. ' fl Mrs. James Maloy went to Bteeger, 111., Monday to stay with Ber son Dr. Maloy for about ten Bays* while her sister, Mrs. Travis, Bho has been up there for several Bonths, came home for a few Bays stay. jflia.rthur Tuteur, who has been Attending Ann Arbor university, flame home Saturday for a few flays stay after which he will go B> Peoria, 111., to assist his uncle fli the latter’s law office during flie summer vacation. fl Ex-District Chairman T. J. McBoy was in the city Monday. Tom ■as looking exceedingly well. He fl now stopping most of the time fl Lafayette, and it is reported Bat most of the fine furniture in Heir home here has been removed.

Read the half-page ad of the Ideal Clothing Store. A clock receives the same care as a watch at Jessen’s. The republican joint-represent-ative convention will be held here to-day. and Mrs. Myer of Flora visited their son Dr. W. L. Myer Thursday. Muslin underwear sale Saturday, June 25th, at Chicago Bargain Store. \ John Ramp has been in Lafayette all week, canvassing for a Catholic book. Herbert Keesey of Logansport, was the guest of his brother, Roy Keesey, Sunday. Ladies’ shirt waist wash suits $1.75 to $2.25, was $3.00 to $4.00, at Chicago Bargain Store. Rev. H. N. Ogden, of Cincinnati, will preach at the Trinity M. E. church next Sabbath morning and evening. Y Rush & Warren, of this city, have been awarded the contract for building a new M. E. church at Franceßville, at $4,692. One counter full Ladies' Black and Misses Tan Oxfords, only 50c per pair, was $1.50 to $2.00 a pair, at Chicago Bargain Store. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Pleasant Grove, 1; Medaryville, R-R-l, 1; Rensselaer, R-R-3, 1. It will pay you to buy clothing at the Ideal’s great reduction sale, even though you do not need it now. Its money saved to buy it for future use. Myrtle Yeomam returned to her home in Claypool, Ind., .Thursday, after a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. of Newton tp. Lowell Tribune: Mrs. L. B. Falk and little daughter returned Saturday evening from a visit with her brothers Will and John Tanner and families at Rensselaer.

'LjZom, Saturday morning, to Charles Warner and wife at Kniman, a pair of twin giris. Mrs. Pettijohn went up on the very first train Saturday morning.—Fowler Leader. V Roy Dehner, a 17-year-old boy employed on a farm south of Kentland, was killed by lightning Monday while in the field plowing corn. The young man resided at Thayer, Newton county, We are in receipt of a copy of the annual catalogue of St. Joseph’s College. The book is handsomely printed and contains a large number of elegant half-tone cuts of toe college, grounds, etc. The 14th scholastic year will begin Sept. 7. Mrs. Abraham Warne, formerly of this county, died at her home -in Chicago Heights, 111., last Saturday from toyphoid fever, aged about 60 years. She was a sister of Wm. and John Greenfield of Rensseller. Burial was at Chicago Heights. If Tom McCoy had been here he would have relieved the financial embarrassment of the carnival people all right. Tom always had a warm spot in his heart for carnivals, and if the people would furnish the “dough” he would back them to his (their) last dollar.

and Mrs. Charles Pettit of near Parr died at the Presbyterign hospital in Chicago, Tuesday, where it was operated on for the removal of a coffee berry from its windpipe. The shock of the operation was too much for the little one, and it passed away soon thereafter. Parker, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Childers, got up in the night sometime last Saturday night, took some money from his mother’s pocketbook, and left town. Since then nothing has been heard from him. He told some other boye of the neighborhood that he was going to run away becuse his father had punished him for something be hdd done, and was going west, but the boys thought he was joking. This is the fourth time the boy has ran away, and his folks will not go to the expense of looking for him again. No doubt he wishes ere this he was back home once more.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, June 25, 1904.

COURT HOUSE NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered In the Offices of the County Capitol. The county commissioners were in session Wednesday, Thursday and yesterday on the Iroquois ditch. Thursday they were out all day looking over a part of the proposed ditch. Nothing more has been done in the matter at this writing than was repotted last week. —o — The supreme court has decided the act of 1903, known as the* county officers law, unconstitutional. This law extended the term of nearly all county officers to January first succeeding their electiou. Just what effect this will have on election of county officers in this county we are unable to say at this time, but it is probable that it effects the treasurer, assessor, and all the commissioners, at least, who will have to be elected this fall. —o — The Board of Review will close! its annual session to-day. Aftijde from the changing of some individual assessments, little haa hpen done at this year’s session. The average value of borses was changed in several of the townships, as follows:. Hamming Grove, reduced from '568.23 to $45.29; Gillam, raised from $35.72 to $42.86; Barkley, raised from $37.74 to $41.51; Newton, reduced from $52.80 to $49.16, Kankakee, reduced from $42.45 to $38.20; Carpenter, raised from $39 to $52; Milroy. reduced from $36.72 to $33.05; Union, raised from $28.38 to $34.05. The following townships were left as they were: Walker, $37.86; Marion, $49.30; Jordan, $40.57; Keener, $30.53; Wheatfield, $34.67.

- —o — W. J. Stewart, G. D. Clymer, and H. T. Griggs of Goodland, and Judge Darroch of Kentland were here Saturday and had Judge Hanley appoint J. W. Oswald, a Goodland attorney, receiver of the defunct Home Bank at that place. We are told that the failure was caused from heavy over drafts, bad loans and speculation in oil stocks. Patton Bros., the big poultry dealers, were over-drawn *34,000, we are told, and have notr gone to the wall themselves. Bert Patton of Bloomington, 111., the junior member of the firm, married banker Gilman’s sister. Thomas Barnett, a recently failed Goodland contractor, was also over-drawn $13,000, we are told, while W. D. Foresman, the Foresman grain dealer who failed last fall, was overdrawn SO,OOO. Not a trace has been discovered of Gilman since Monday night, June 13, when he drove to Fowler with Bert Hartley, the Goodland grain dealer, to take the Big Four, train to Indianapolis. Hartley, took a train to Chicago the same night, on business. Gilman is alleged to have borrowed about S2OO from two Goodland saloon-keepers the day he left, telling them that he was in need of currency, and it is not thought that he had very much money on his person when he left.

—o — The appellate court on Wednesday reversed every case it decided, and among those reversed was the case of the commissioners of Jasper county vs. F. E. Babcock, wherein the latter secured a judgment in the Newton circuit court a little more than a year ago before Frank A Comparet, special judge, and a jury, for $111.20 for printing ballots used in the election of 1902; The commissioners contended that an appropriation made by the county council of SBO for “printing and stationary” meant ballots, and that this was all that could he recovered regardless of what it was actually worth to do the work, and although other claims were allowed far in excess of existing appropriations at the same session, cut the bill to SBO. A jury in the Newton circuit court gave judgment for the full amount of the claim. In reversing this judgment the appellate court held: (1) A complaint against a county for the coat of-printing ballots ordered by the board of election commissioners must allege an existing appropriation by the County Council to pay such cost It it not enough merely to allege that the election commissioners ordered the work done, that it was worth the stated sum, and that the the board of commissioners allowed plaintiff's claim for that amount, bat it was not paid. (*) The power of the election commissionionera is subject to the provisions of the county reform law. (Sj The

courts will not read into Section 6504, b, 1. Burns, of said law. any more exceptions tban are expressed therein. . Another case reversed the same day was that of Judy & Wood vs. Harry Gifford. Gifford secured a lodgement against Judy & Wood in the Newton circuit court for SSOO for malicious prosecution. The court revised the decision so far as Judy and wood were concerned, but affirmed as to Hunter. This would apparently mean that Hunter is stuck for the judgement, bnt as he is said to be both law and execution proof, it will probj ably not worry him very much. In the Gifiord case the court held: Special findings returned by the jury with the Verdict, stating that two of the three defendants in a suit for malicious prosecution did pot have any malice as against the plaintilt lathe Institution of the prosecution complaiaed of. entitled those two defendants to judgement. Malice is a fact which must be established by the plaintiff in such a suit as past of his case. . - ■ C, 4F. STACKHOUSE FOR TRUSTEE. SsjThe democratic convention last Saturday to nominate a township ticket, nominated Charles F. Stockhouse, a prominent and well farmer residing north of tqSp, for trustee, and Peter HordaQaan, Jr., a well known young farmer residing on the poor farm gravel road, tot assessorX Both ara good careful men and treserve to be elected. The township committee was authorized by the convention to fill any vacancies on the township ticket.

A SPIRITLESS CONVENTION. So far as we have been able to learn Jesse E. Wilson was the only man from Jasper county attending the Chicago convention, and he had an appointment as assistant sergeant-at-arms, or he probably would not have gone. Ordinarily, with national convention so close as Chicago, from one hundred to three hundred Jasper county people would have been on the ground. That no one but Mr. Wilson attended demonstrates the apathy exmuig in the g. o. p. over Roosevelt’s nomination.

A CARNIVAL COMPANY COMPANY I IN HARD LUCK. f'-The Lotta Carnival Co., recently reorganized under the head of the “Union Amusement Co , arrived in Rensselaer Monday night, coming here from Delphi. The company was said to be in hard luck financially, having been playing a losing business this season. They were not allowed the use pf the streets here and seemed to be having considerable trouble among themselves. of the attractions and' people left them here and pulled out for greener pastures, while the merry-go-round secured tV a location of John Makeever, west of the laundry, and the remaining shows secured grounds of the Mills boys, north of their home, on the east side.

EPWORTH LEAGUE CONVENTION. The fifteenth annual convention of the Valparaiso District Epworth League will be held here next Monday and Tuesday, June 27-28. Rev. D. Tillotson of Lebanon will speak at 8 o’clock Monday evening on “A Mind Open to God.” The address Tuesday evening will be by Prof. D. A. Hayes of Evanston, 111, The convention will be held in Trinity M. E. church. CHURCH FAIR AND SOCIAL. At the Barkley M. E. church, Saturday evening, June 25, there will be a combination of good things. The literary program is free to aIL Rev. W. H. Fertich, the pastor, will assist in the literary exercises and render something suitable for the occasion. Aprons, bonnets, fancy work, and other things will be on sale. Ice cream, strawberries and cake 15 cents. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. June 16, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kennedy of Jordan tp„ a daughter. June 13, to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Green, in the south part of Jordan township, a son. June 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blue, of Wheatfield, a son. June 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Cfaas. Pettit of near Parr, a daughter. June 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Lagen, of Woodstock, 111., a daufhter. Mrs. Lagen, was formerly [iss Carrie Randle of Rensselaer. An armload of old papers for a nickel at The Democrat office.

IN FEDERAL COURT.

The Lafayette and Mulberry Banks Throw McCoy Bank Matter. On petition of the First National Bank and the Merchants’ National Bank, of Lafayette, and the Farmers’ National Bank, of Mulberry, filed last Friday, the McCoy bank affairs are now in the Federal or Bankruptcy courts. The two Lafayette banks are creditors of the McCoy bank in the sum of about SIO,OOO each, while the Mulberry bank is creditor for $5,000. Deputy United States Marshal Rankin came on Monday and took charge of affairs. He appointed Assignee Chapman as temporary custodian of the property of the defunct bankers, and the first hearing in the matter will be held before Referee Bowers of Hammond on July 5. Under the bankruptcy law the federal court can go back and uncover transactions four months prior to the filing of the petition in bankruptcy as we understand; A Trustee either resident of Rensselaer or nonresident will be appointed, who will take charge of all assets and dispose of same under the direction of the federal court. It is also said that, the whole matter will probably be closed up in six months and creditors be paid whatever is coming to them. Should other property or assets be found later, the matter can be re-opened. We are informed that small creditors need not fear the real estate will be sold at a sacrifice under this proceeding, as some of the larger creditors are interested in it* bringing every dollar it is worth, and will see that it does bring full value.

Suit has been begun in the Carroll circuit court by Assignee Chapman to enjoin the Bowens of Delphi and New York City from prosecuting a suit to get control of notes held by the Chicago Central Trust Co., as collateral for loans made the McCoy6. This is the same paper, we understand, as that sought to be secured by Winifred Pence et al., and proceedings are practically the same. The sale of the McCoy bank buildiug was confirmed by Judge Hanley last Saturday, Judge Thompson withdrawing his objections to the same. Ten thousand dollars is paid down and tl e balance in September, wheu the 6ale is approved in open court. All sales of personal property and real estate heretofore made by Mr. Chapman will without doubt be approved by the federal court.

Another mortgage for SB,OOO, given by Mattie M. Rinehart (A, ! McCoy’s daughter) to E. W. I Bowen & Go., excuted June 18. 1904, was filed for record here Monday. This mortgage also covers the Hanging Grove lands of Mrs. Rinehart and makes a total of $54,500 placed on this land in the past ninety days. The incumbrance is now about S3O per acre, as much as many conservative people here, who are acquainted with the land,.consider it worth. • Dr. Auburt L. Berkley has given assignee Chapman a mortgage for $3,725.95, the amount of his overdraft in the defunct McCoy bank, on his fine residence property on McCoy avenue. We understand that John Makeever holds a first mortgage on this property for $2,000, which has been about half paid out, and that Dr. Berkley has a standing offer of $5,000 for the property, which if true, would pay off all incumbrance and leave him a small equity in the property. We also understand that he asks $6,500 for the place. Appraisers Harris and Yeoman filed two appraisements of assests Monday, on notes and overdrafts. The appraisement of the notes found in the bank, the face of which aggregated $39,885.94, probably does not amount to over SIO,OOO, many of the notes being entirely valueless according to the appraisement. We notice that the following notes, of S. R. Nichols, the republican county treasurer, who is a candidate for re-elec-tion, are considered absolutely worthless: One note for $644.90. given Jan. 25, 1904, and dne Oct. 25, 1904. One note for $6,374.28, given Dec. 1903, and due Dec. 1904. One note for $6,374.28, given Dec. 5,1903, and due Dec. 5,1904.

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One note for $6,374.28, given Sept. 6, 1901, and due Sept. 6, 1902. One note for $6,374.28, given Sept. 6, 1901, and due Sept. 6, 1902. One note for $619.57, given Jan. 25,1904, and due April 25, 1904. The total of all these notes which the appraisers declare in their judgment to be worthless, is $28,761,59. Two old notes of Mack Caldwell, a former race horse man of near Mt. Ayr, for $289.78 were reported of no value. The over-draft of A. G. Hardy, the republican sheriff of Jasper county, for $717.60, is also valued 000,00 in the appraisement, as is over-draft of the Jasper County Republican Central Committee for $159.16; the over-draft of $1,855 43 of F. B. Myers, the republican postmaster; the overdraft of 8. R. Nichols, the republican county treasurer, for $1,202,55; W. A. Rinehart’s (A. McCoy’s son-in-law) overdraft for $1,699.91. The appraisers valued Tom’s 40 acre island in the Kankakee at $1,200, the improvements at $l5O and the gasoline launch at S3OO.

GILMAN’S WHEREABOUTS STILL A MYSTERY.

)\Not a trace of Fred D. Gilman, th& Goodland banker who left that town last week, has been had. Some think he has gone to Mexico, while others think he has gone to Australia. He left his wife, who has his six children by his former wife, on her hands, with only S2O. Fred had a fine home in Goodland, but we are not advised whether the title to it is in his wife’s name or ndbi^ Mr. Gilman was connected with two other banks, one at Milroy, Rush county, and one at St. Paul, Shelby county, both of which have been compelled to close on account of having loaned him large sums of money. Geo. W. Allison, a former Goodland boy, was cashier of the Milroy bank. He has a wife and two daughters. Allison has turned over all his property to creditors of the bank, retaining only a few household necessities. The people there have confidence in Allison, and have made him cashier of a new bank organized by local capitalists to take the place of the old one. Both these banks will nearly pay out, it is expected, but Gilman’s Goodland bank will pay but little. Treasurer Coovert, of Newton county, who had $14,000 in the Gilman bank, is very unfortunate, as he had $2,000 in the Fry bank at Roselawn, not long ago. He has property enough to make up the loss, and it is 6aid that neither the county nor his bondsmen will lose a penny. It is reported that when the grand jury meets in Newton county a number of indictments will be returned against Gilman.

To Stockholders of the Rensselaer Castle Hall Association: You are hereby notified that there will be a meeting of the Stockholders of the Rensselaer Castle Hall Association at Knights of Pythias Hall, Rensselaer, Ind., on Tuesday, the sth day of July, 1904, at 8 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of electing directors and making some arrangements relative to the collection of unpaid subscriptions and rents, the payment of indebtedness and to conditions as to treasurer elected and to moneys deposited with him, and any and all further business that may be proper. A full meeting of said stockholders is desired, Attest, Jas. H. Ellis, Judsox J. Hunt, President. Secretary. Ladies’ Muslin underwear sale Saturday, June 25, great reductions one day only, at Chicago Bargain Store. ■J- -

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