Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1905 — Page 5

HOUSES AND MARES FOR SALE. V' We have on hand 500 head of cheap horses and mares suitable for farm and breeding for * B months at prices running from SSO up. W W For particulars see ° r write our agent, Mr. John Kimble, will give all the desired information. ABE KLEE & SON 27a North Center Ave., Chicago.

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK North Side of Public Square ■ RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

Loans Money on all kinds of Good Security, on CITY PROPERTY and on FARMS at Lowest Rates, Pays Interest on Savings, Pays Taxes and Makes Investments for customers and others and sol cite Personal I ntorvlsws, with a view to Business, promising every favor consistent with Safe Banking.

FARfI LOANS A SPECIALTY.

Hi Rensselaer Feed Store Remember, the New Feed Mill is running and will grind you a sack of feed or a whole wagon load at 5C per bushel; corn shelled or ground cob and all. FEED BARGAINS: Corn and cob meal per 100 pounds $ .70 Corn and oats chop per 100 pounds 1.00 Corn cracked per 100 pounds 1.00 Mixed Feed (famous cow Feed) per 100 pounds.. 1.15 Millet seed per 100 pounds (2 bu ) 1.00 Homing meal per 100 pounds 1.15 Oil Cake per 100 pounds 1.65 Buckwheat Flour 3 cents per pound Timothy Hay in too pound bales, per bale... 45c and 50 Shredded Fodder per bale. 40 Some and see us. A< L _ BRANCH

OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. In the Matter of the estate of Ann E. Pettit, deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, to February term 19cB. , _ Notice is hereby given that Hannibal Landon and David J. Tettit, as Executors of the estate of Ann E Pettit, deceased, have presented and filed their accoui t and vouchers in final settlement of said estate, and that the same will come up for examination and action of said Court on the 14th day of February, A. D. 1005. at which time all heirs, creditors, legatees or devisees of said estate are required to appear in said court and show cause, if any there be. why said account and vouchers should not be approved. And the heirs of said estate are also hereby required, at the time and place aforesaid, to appear and make proof of their heirship. Dated this 14th day of January 1905. HANNIBAL LANDON, DAVID J. PETTIT. Executors.

FOitfllllll ® ® ob Motion, Of Benton, White and Jasper Counties. REPRESENTED BT MARION I. ADAMS, RENSSELAER. IND. Insurance in force Dec. 31, 1908. 51.695,762.75. w Increase for year 1908, 5221.566..48

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DIRECTORS. A. Parkloon, President. JehnM. Wasson. Vice-President. Jamas T. Randle. Qeo. B. flnrray. B. L. Moiling.worth, Cashier.

TOMIP TRUSTEES’ CURDS. Jordan Township. The undersigned, trustee of Jordan township, attends to official business at his residence on the first Saturday of each month; also at the Shide school house on the east side, on the third Saturday of each month between the hours of 9 a. m . and a p. m. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address. Good:and. Ind. R-K-D. CHAS. E. SAGE, Trustee. Mllroy Township. The undersigned, trustee of Milroy township, attends to official business at his residence on the first and third Saturdays of each month. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address, McCqysburg, Ind. W. C. HUSTON, Trustee. Nowton Township. The undersigned, trustee of Newton township, attends to official business at his resipence on Thursday of each week. Persona having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postoffice address Rensselaer, Indiana. Phone 26-A Mt. Ayr Exchange. W . B. YEOMAN, Trustee. Morion Township. The uoderaigned, trustee of Marion township, attends to official business at bis office, over the First National Bank of Rensselaer, on Tuesdays. Fridays and Saturdays of each week. Persona having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Postofhce address Rensselaer. Indiana, CHARLES F. STACKHOUSE, Trustee. UNION TOWNSHIP. The undersigned, trustee of Union township, attends to official buainess at his residence on Friday of each week. Persons having businesa with me will please govern themselves accordingly Postoffice address. Rensselaer, Indiana. R. F. D. 3. HARVEY DAVISSON, Trustee, aiLLAfI TOWNSHIP. The undersigned, trustee of Gillam township, attends to official business at his residence on Fridays of each week. Persons having business with me will please govern themselves accordingly. Poatoffice address, Medaryville. Ind. THEODORE PHILLIPS, Trustee. HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Buy Sadlsfaii Sr Buy People Briaga Golden Health sad Beaewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation, Indigestion, Live and Kidney Troubles, Pimples. Eczema, Impure Blood, Bad BreathTSiugfish Bowels, Headache and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea In tablet form, X cents a box. Genuine, made by Houiirn Daco Compact, Madison, Wig. GOLDEN NUGGETB FOR SALLOW PEOPLE Read The Democrat for news.

TRAGEDY OF REVENGE

"Short*’ Official of a Society Murder* His Prosecutor and Than Himself. LEAVES THREE LETTERS BEHIND They Explain His Terrible Crime— Temperance Legislation Probable—Legislative Notes. Veedersburg, Ind., Jan. 17. John Brant, of the Veedersburg News, and Charles Eckburg, a barber, were found dead In a barber shop where they gone to balance the books of the Odd Fellows’ lodge, in which both held official positions. At a late hour they had not appeared and citlcens b«gan an Investigation which resulted In finding Brant In a barber’s chair, shot through the head, andjflbkburg lying on another chair, shot through the temple. A revolver was found In a cuspadore near Eckburg’s body. Letters Explain the Tragedy. On Eckburg’s body were found three letters. One was addressed to the public, and was dated an. 1. In it Eckburg declared his intention of killing himself because of his financial troubles. He admitted that he was short in his accounts, and tnat he could not adjust the shortage. The second letter was written to Harry Wertz, the dead man’s best friend. In It he said he had determined to take his life and that he Would “take Brant with me.’’ To Wertz he admitted his troubles, and asked Wertz to settle up his affairs and do the best he could for his family. This letter was dated Sunday. The third letter was addressed to his wife and was not made public. Brut Had Persistently Probed. The coroner’s verdict charges that Bckburg shot and killed Brant and later killed himself. Eckburg was financial secretary of the local Odd Fellows' lodge for several years. About Jan. 1 an auditing committee composed of Brant, John Labaw and Charles Pugh, was appointed to audit the books, and in this Brant took the initiative. He has'slncc been persistent In trying to discover the alleged Irregularities.

TEMPERENCE LEGISLATION Drastic Amendment Will Be Added te the Nicholson Law Petitions Are Circulating. Indianapolis, Jan. 17. —It seems more than probable that the Indiana legislature, despite opposition, wil be forced to enact drastic temperance legislation In the shape of an amendment to the Nicholson law. During the last campaign the saloons and brewery Interests made a hard fight against the law, aiming specially at the blanket remonstrance” feature. They held that it was local option in disguise* and contrary to the constitution of the state. The suggestion caused the temperance people to look Into the matter more closely, and now they have come 1 forward with a bill to make this cause more effective than ever. Formerly if an application for a saloon license was opposed by a majority of the people living in the district it was the plan to put forward a second person as the principal and have the license Issued in his name. The temperance people want the law changed so that a remonstrance shall be construed to operate against all applicants and to hold good for two years. Thousands of petitions are being circulated and success seems sure. Lrglalatlve Summary. Indianapolis, Jan. 17. The principal doings in the legislature were: Senate—lmpassioned discussion of the lobby: Slack Introduces resolution for election of United States senators by popular vote; Ganlnrd introduces private banking bill; Barcus introduces a bill against spite fences. House—Orders the eo-diflcatlon bills indexed: Bell railway commission bill introduced by Beckman; John Mitchell Invited to address the house; trading stamp bill Introduced. Died of Mysterloas Injuries. Indianapolis. Jan. 17. The death of W. H. Rankin at the central hospital for the Insane shortly after having been transferred from the Fletcher sanatorium was taken up by the grand Jury. Coroner Tuttwiler completed his Investigation and reported that In his opinion the grand Jury ought to look into the matter. It was ascertained that death was caused by injuries he had received in some mysterious manner. Savon Notable Death* In Three Day*. Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 17. The seventh death of well-known people in this city in three days occurred v. hen Mrs. Wilhelmina Zulauf, widow of the late John Zulauf, passed away; the result of injuries received in un accidental fall some weeks ago. She was the mother of John C. Zulauff, president of the Citizens' National bank. Hove ridge and Hemao way Arrive. Indianapolis, Jan. 17. —Senator Beveridge and Representative Hemenway. who are to be elected United States senators today, arrivexd from Washington at 6:45 this morning. They will address the Joint meeting of the bonse and senate at noon tomorrow in acceptance of their election. Cutting Hor Third Sot of Teeth. Dillsboro, Ind., Jan. 17. —Margaret A. Baugh. 78 years old, of St Leon, is cutting her third set of teeth. The last of the second set were extracted five years ago. Four of the third set are already plainly visible.

TWENTY YEARS’ SLEEP.

Rip Van Winkle's Cane Map Have Been More Pact Tkaa Fiction. Even superficial students of folklore know that the tale of Rip Van Winkle, supposing that Irving really heard it In the old Dutch settlements along the Hudson, is by no means peculiar to that district, but is found in some form or other all over the world. In other words, the idea that it is possible for a human being to survive in a state of unconsciousness for a very long time would seem to be either a universal fancy or to be founded on some actual experience. Dr. Lancereaux In the Paris Bulletin of the Academy of Medicine reports such an experience, the case of a woman who actually did, so far as intelligent consciousness was concerned, sleep almost exactly twenty years. The patient, of a neurotic aud hysterical family, had always been delicate and nervous. On May 31, 1883, she was severely frightened and fell into violent hysteria, which after twentyfour hours passed into unconsciousness. In this condition, interrupted every month or six weeks by sudden convulsive attacks, she lay until May 23, 1903, kept alive entirely by injections of nourishment. On May 23 she was seized with hysteria similar to that at the beginning of her sleep, and the next day there was another convulsion. On May 25 she began definitely to recover consciousness and by the next day was able to speak intelligently of events before her sleep and could also remember from day to day since her waking. Of happenings during her sleep, such as the drawing of some of her teeth, she knew nothing. On the evening of May 28 she died-peacefully. The particular case is of interest chiefly to the medical profession, but the general fact of survival in unconsciousness for a very long time shows how such tales as those of the Sleeping Beauty, the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and Rip Van Winkle, to mention only ( the most familiar examples, could have originated from actual experience and observation. Very likely such cases occurred more than once. “Truth Is stranger than fiction,’’ runs the old saying. It is undoubtedly more correct to say that fiction Is merely enlarged, reduced, distorted and otherwise decorated fact and that without a fact within general knowledge from which to start fiction could not exist It is entirely safe to conjecture that at some prehistoric period, sleeping not out of doors, of course, but under shelter, and for many weeks and probably months, if not years, there was a Rip Van Winkle.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

The Bill Wax Not In the Senate.

One of Senator Frye’s scintillations as presiding officer, when the Philippine bill was near its passage in the senate, should not be lost to the world. Such measures, till perfected, are considered In committee of the whole, not In the senate, as the term goes. The distinction is of little popular significance, but of great parliamentary Importance. Senator Bacon, wishing to make a certain motion, was informed that the bill was not In the senate, but in committee of the whole. “Oh, I thought we were In the senate,” replied Mr. Bacon. “We are in the.senate,” Mr. Frye responded. “but the bill is not.”—Washington Post.

Henry VIII. and Puddings

Bluff King Hal, otherwise Henry VIII. of England, was exceedingly fond of puddings. At one time he gave a certain Mistress Cornwallis a house in Aldgate for herself and her heirs forever “in reward of fine puddings.” In King Henry VIII.’s private accounts occur again and again entries of his rewards to different housewives for bringing him puddings. A typical instance runs thus: “Item. The same day paid to the wife that made the king podings at Hampton corte, vis. viijd.” This would be about $1.75, but its value was ipuch greater when the entry was made. This love for “fine puddings” explains much in tbe familiar rotund figure of King Hal.

A Matter of Gender.

The English language is supposed to be very simple in the matter of genders, but foreigners who triumphantly handle questions of gender of inanimate things in their own languages often have their difficulties with the English. A Frenchman recently came to grief over his English. “I fear I cockroach too much upon your time, madame,” he remarked politely to his hostess. “En-croaeh, monsieur,” she smilingly corrected him. He threw up his hands In despair. “Ah, your English genders!” he sighed.

Ambiguous English.

“Have you ever tried to explain the various meanings of some of our English verbs to a foreigner?” asked a lady who employs many servants. “My German maid went to the drug store the other day for some headache medicine and returned very much puzzled. “ "The man say, “Vill you take it or shall I send it?” ’ she reported. 'Eef he do not send it. how can I take it?* ”

Just Like a Woman.

Ma Twaddles—Tommy, you’ve been a bad boy today, and I shall tell your father all about it when he comes home. Tommy Twaddles—Aw, that’s jest like a woman—can't keep a secret, can you?—Cleveland Leader.

Unbreakable.

“Now, yo’ lodkey heah, yo’ George, doan’ yo’ fall down an’ break dem alga.* “I couldn't break um nohow. Dey Is Plymouth Rock aigs, dey is.” It la possible to repeal a law, but not a banana.— Philadelphia Record.

HOT TALK IN COUNCIL

U. M. W. Convention Hat an Exceedingly Warm Time Over the Colorado Stike. u MITCHELL SHOWS HIS ANGER Denounces Some Strike Leaden in No Uncertain Terms. Declares Them Cut rust worthy and Not Truthful—Also Defends the Civic Federation Against an Attack. Indianapolis, Jan. 20. tional convention of the United Mine Workers of America John Mitchell,the president was accused by Delegate Robert Randall, of Wyoming, of having sold out the Colorado striking miners to the operators, of having been a traitor to the miners’ organization, and of having entered into a conspiracy with the mine owners, D. M. Parry, and Governor Peabody’s peace organizations to ruin the Colorado miners and lose them the recent strike. President Mitchell took the floor and gave some of the reasons why the National miners’ organization had withdrawn its support from the Colorado strikers. Would Not Trust Howell with Money. Randall had said that President Howell, of the Colorado district, asked for $300,000 for the strike, offering to win or lose it on that amount. Mitchell, referring to this, said: “Let me be plain on this. Howell did not ask for the money. If be had he would not have got it; I would not trust him with it.” He charge! President Howell and ex-National Board Member Gegr with crookedness, and Gear with collusion with stock brokers. He told how he forced Gear to resign his office because of it. Gear, he said, admitted that he was to get SI,OOO for advance information concerning the close of the strike. “Not a Sale Wltnen* Agalnit Anybody.” He also told of Howell leaving Gear In charge of the strike for a time last year, and said that in two weeks Gear drew $35,000 of the organization’s money for the strike. “Mr. Howell,” declared Mitchell, “is not a sat* witness against anybody.” He told how the first and last money sent to the strikers was appropriated by the officers to pay their back salaries. Mitchell said that SOOO,OOO had been poured into Colorado; the spirit shown by the miners of the state was such that he had recommended the settlement.

CIVIC FEDERATION ATTACKED Mitchell Defend* end Deaerlbes It M a Union Organization. Randall also made an attack on the Civic Federation, declaring that its leaders were “Grover Cleveland, whom every laboring man detests; Frank Robbins, of llttsburg, who has made millions by beating dowu his miners, and Andrew Carnegie, whose hands are red with the blood of the Homestead strikers-/' President Mitchell showed his anger and took the floor 8t once. Said he: "I have heard of this man Randall before. He is a delegate who, II the local union at Dietz, got up and said that John Mitchell had sold out to the operators in the Colorado strike. I had intended to call him to account In this convention for that statement, and I do intend to make lim prove his assertions.” Mitchell was interrupted by cries: “He's a liar,” referring to Randall. Mitchell then proceeded to defend the Civic Federation. As to Grover Cleveland, he said, he did not like him, but Carnegie made a most tavorable speech for union labor when he said that in a strike he would not employ “senbs,” but wait for the old men, who were the best. Grover Cleveland was not a leader in the Civic Federation—he never looked in at that meeting. Said Mitchell: “The leading lights of the Federation—ls you don’t know who they are I can tell you. They are men like Frank L. Robbins, who employs only union men. and the leaders of the union movement in this country.” The attack of Randal! was attributed by friends of President Mitchell to the socialists, who had just previously met with their annual defeat in trying to have the miners’ organization declare itself for socialism. Randall said he would have something to say late-ami President Mitchell said he would reply to Randall's statement whim It was made. The (lelmte c'-osed with the adjournment of the convention.

OPERATORS FOR CONCILIATION Organising a Joint Trlbnnal with the Unions to Settle Dispute*. Indianapolis. Jan. 20.—Tbe commissioners and secretaries of the several organizations of bituminous con', operators of the United States met and took the initial step toward the organization of a joint tribunal of miners and operators to which shall be sent for adjustment all mine troubles. A committee consisting of .John P. Reese, S. W. Kniffin, T. W. Davii and Herman Justi reported in favor of the establishment of suth a tribunal, and a second meeting will be held at Chicago in ninety days at which a proposition In detail will be submitted to the miners’ organization. The purpose of the movement is to promote methods of arriving at some satisfactory understanding for tbe settlement of grievances district and locaL

Big Public Sale. As lam going to move to Chicago, I will offer at Public Sale at my residence I mile West of Parr, commencing at 10 o'clock a. m„ on Wednesday, Feb. 1,1905. 6 HEAD OF HORSES—consisting of i Sorrel Horse eight years old, wt. 1250; I Sorrel Horse seven years old, wt. 1301; 1 Roan Horse six years old, wt. 1200; 1 Sorrel Horse ten years old wt. 1300; 1 Black Horse eight years old, wt. 1250; and I Grey Horse twelve years old, wt. 1100. 3 COWS, one now giving milk. 10 HEAD OF H A S weighing IDO w a g o n s, IMPLEMENTS, ETC —consisting of 1 McCormick Binder in good condition; 3 Sets Work Harness, nearly good as new; I broad tire Wagon; 1 Top Buggy; 1 Gang Plow, good as new; 2 Walking Plows, 16 inch; 1 four-horse Steel Harrow; 1 Disk; 3 Cultivators; 1 Endgate Seeder; 1 Corn Planter, good as new, with 160 rods of wire; 1 Hay Ladder; Household and Kitchen Furniture and numerous other articles. Terms —A credit of 10 months will be given on sums over $5 with the usual conditions; 8 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. FRANK SHINDELAR. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer. E. P. Honan. Clerk. Hot Lunch on Grounds. Big Public Sale. Having decided to quit farming, I will offer at Public Sale at my residence 4 miles ,North and l / 2 mile East of Mt. Ayr, 4 miles West and 1 mile North of Surrey, 2 miles South and 2 y /z miles West of Parr, 4 miles South and V/z miles West ot Fair Oaks, 5 miles North and 7 miles West of Rensselaer, known as the James Romine farm, commencing at 10 a. m., on Tuesday, Feb. 7,1905, 10 HEAD OF HORSES AND COLTS —consisting of two Brood Mares ten years old, with foal; three-year-old mare half man: Geldings eleven twelve team for farm or heavy work; 2 Geldings nine ten years old; 1 Good Farm Horse; l Yearling colt, mare; I Sucking Colt. » 19 HEAD OF CATTLE—consisting of 12 Cows aged from four to ten years, all fair milkers and some extra good, seven now giving milk, others will be fresh soon; 3 two-year-old Heifers, good ones, with calf; 3 Yearling Heifers; and 1 Grade Durham Bull, three years old. 9 HEAD OF SHOATS—nearly full blood Poland China, wt. about 100 lbs. each; 2 Sows will weigh about 300 lbs. or more (if not sold before day of sale.) FARM IMPLEMENTS, ETC.—Two Osborne Binders, one a Columbia nearly new; 1 Champion Mower, a perfect grass cutting machine; 1 Hay Rake; 1 Hay Slide; 1 Hay Gatherer; about 30 tons of Wild Hay; 1 Moline Corn Plantter with 100 rods of wire; 1 Lever Harrow, three-section; 1 Low Down Seeder; 3 Cultivators with Eagle Claw and Gopher attachments; 1 Riding and 2 Walking Plows; 1 Bradley Disk, a good one; 1 Grand Detour Broad Tire Wagon, used two years; 2 Narrow Tire Wagons; Feed Trucks; Sled; 1 twoseated Carriage; I Top Buggv; 2 Open Buggies; 2 sets good Work Harness; 2. or 3 sets of old Harness; 1 Single Harness; 1 cross-cut Saw; some Household and Kitchen Furniture and many other articles.

Terms—A credit of 12 months will be given on sums over $5 with the usual conditions; 8 per cent off for cash where entitled to credit. E. L. HARLOW. Col. V. D. Kline, Auctioneer, Wm, Miller, ( r , . . Job Ashby, \ Uerks ’ Hot Lunch on grounds.

Captain of Purdue Base Ball Team. LaFayette, Ind., Jan. 20.—John H. Gaetje, of Fort Wayne, who has been a member of the Purue university base ball team for the past three years, has been elected captain of the team of 1905. Some One Set Hit Houee Afire, Kokomo, Ind., Jan. 20.—Some person entered the home of H. V. Turner, in the southern part of this city, and deliberately set it on fire. Loss, $2,000. Oldfield Will RaceAgallut Vanderbilt It is now a practical certainty that Barney Oldfield will race W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., at the Ormond-Daytona auto tournament In Florida, and another memorable contest like the last one on the surf rolled speedway is assured. Although it has been stated that Oldfield would not go to Florida, his entry lias been received by W. J. Morgan. Vanderbilt’s entry was the first received. Other entries include those of A. G. Vanderbilt, W. Gould Brokaw, H. L. Bowden, Louis J. Ross, E. R. Thomas of New York and his cousin. Dr. H. C. Thomas of Chicago, whose car is also nominated for a position on the American team in the Gordon-Bennett cup race. Stela’s New Auto Bout. Alexander Stein of New York has ordered an auto boat to be built from designs of Henry J. Gielow which is to be faster than the Onontlo. Stein is a racing yachtsman, and he will enter his new boat in every possible race. The Onontlo is the fastest boat of her kind in the world. She has a record of better than 28% miles an hour. The new boat Is to be 56 feet 8 inches over all. 54 feet 4 inches on the water line, 7 feet beam and 3 feet draft This boat will be ready early in May.