Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1905 — Page 4

f. t, MBOOM, tUTOI 111 HHMH. *' Un Dwtmu Taunoan jOwnt, Wl. Offlelal Democratlo Paper of Jaspar r . County* 1 tl.oo PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. . AdTertlelof rate* made koowaoa application Entered at the Poet-oOee at Benaaelaer, lad. aaaeoood elaaa matter. Offloe an Van Ranaaaiaar Street. North of Murray’a Stare. SATURDAY. APRIJ, 15,1905.

“Jack” Graves, a member of the firm of Warsaw attorneys who are investigating the accounts of extownship ex-trustees in different parts of the state, is a former Mo* rooco boy and a son of “Jim” Graves, who for many years kept the only hotel in Morocoo.

The Benton county council has refused to make an appropriation for an investigation of the county records. Unless such an investigation can be an honest and nonpartisan one it is a waste of money, and, unfortunately, in most such investigations politics and whitewash play too important a part to make the “investigation” of any real value.

Next Tuesday is the first anniversary of the failure of the McCoy sheepskin bank. The parties responsible for this failure by which hundreds of thousands of dollars of the hard earned money of widows, orphans, laboring men, farmers and business men was lost, are still breathing the free air of liberty, and the prospects of punishment are remote. Had it been a sack of flour or a chunk of meat that some poor devil stole to keep his family from starving, they would have long ago been learning a trade at Michigan City under the supervision of the state. I The trustee of the bankrupt Home Bank at Goodland is declaring a 10 per cent dividend to creditors, and it is thought that at I least another 10 per cent dividend [: will be realized. The Home Bank | went under several months after | the McCoy sheepskin bank here | -closed its doors, and it was gener- ; ally believed that the creditors would realize but five to ten cents ? on the dollar, yet here is a dividend of 10 per cent already declared and more in prospect, while the McCoy bank creditors are still holding the sack and with no I prospect of ever receiving more than 20 per cent on their claims. No dividend at all has been declared as yet, nor do we hear anyi thing about when one will be.

An exchange says: ‘‘One of the greatest means for keeping the debt of the state of Indiana unpaid and the taxes of the people at high notch is the drain upon I the treasury of th«j several coun- | ties by the political leeches and | grafters who are permitted to roost about the court house and pick up not merely crumbs that accidentally fall here and there but if given half a chauce will ; rake off a whole pie or two.” And ‘ yet this sort of thing is apparently s just what the people of many loI oalities want, and the mere suggestion of turning these ‘‘leeches atod grafters” out to shift for ! ; themselves, to make a living by | the sweat of their brow, is met with a storm of protest and is & promptly voted down, ala Jasper county. The people have only themselves to blame for these L things, and when they continue | year after year to vote for a continuation of the same old gang, they should walk up to the (proxy) I treasurer’s office and pay whatever |la demanded of them without | grumbling, remembering that as | ye sow, that shall ye therefore I reap. 2,200 dozen of eggs taken in I Saturday, more than all other gro- | oers and egg buyers combined. It r is evident the public know where Bphey always get more for their j| produce than elsewhere. Chicago Bargain Store.

COMBINE THAT FAILED

Creditors Try to Control the As* sets of a Firm That's Bankrupt. OPPOSED TO PUBLIC POLICY Say* the Judge In the Federal Court— Mysterious Knife Wound— State News Notea. Indianapolis, April 14. —Judge A. B. Anderson, of the federal court, upheld the appointment of the Indiana Trust company as the trustee of the E. T. Kenney company, of this city, and held the combination of creditors tor the control of Judicial proceedings in their own interests to be clearly against public policy. The opinion was the result of a long and fierce fight between the Indiana Trust company and 118 banks in all parts of the country which were creditors of the Insolvent E. T. Kenney company. Brings Up a Nt* Point. The opinion is regarded as important in that it brings up a point seldom raised in bankruptcy proceedings. It Is the case of a combination of a part of the creditors of the bankrupt company to control the assets of the company. The Aultman company, of Canton, 0., and four other allied corporations, of which the Kenney company was one, were declared bankrupt •lx months ago. The E. T. Kenney company, of this city, had creditors numbering about 250. The company’s liabilities were more than $400,000, and the assets were SIOO,OOO. Committal, Hu bat One Voto. Gs the creditors 118 were banks In many parts of the country which had discounted paper to the amount of about $266,000, and which had formed a “creditors” committee. The court’s decision is against the banks’ contention, the committee being given only one vote. First of the Kind et the Capital. Indianapolis, April 14.—The Indianapolis Southern Railwny company will be the first railway to come Into Indianapolis over elevated tracks. An understanding to this effect has been reached at a meeting between Mayor Holtzman and representatives of the rUinois Central Railway company, which has acquired control of the Indianapolis Southern.. The company is now arranging to build into the city by Oct. 1 from the Indiana coal fields. Cattle on the Hoof Are Higher. Indianapolis. April 14.—During the last three weeks prices of cattle on the hoof have advanced fully $1 per 100 pounds, and 50 cents of this advance lias been noted during the last week. Wholesale prices of dressed beef have advanced fully that much and in the case of steer carcasses the advance lias amounted to $1.50 per 100 pounds. Retail prices almost equal those of 1902.

KNIFE WOUND FOUND IN BYEB9 Waa Probably What Killed Him and No One Know* Who Had the Knife. Rockville, Ind., April 14. Jesse Dowen.the saloonkeeper,who last Sunday evenlmr shot and is neeused of killing Marshal Albert Byers, and who afterward surrendered to the sheriff hep. and was placed In Jail, was released, and. with his friends returned to Diamond. Prnseeutor Adams, after making an Investigation, filed a complaint alleging voluntary manslaughter, and the accused man was admitted to hall in $2,000 by ’Squire Bryant. On examination by the coroner, a knife wound was found on the body of Byers, and this adds to the mystery of’the murder, since no one has been found who can tell anything aliout that. The shot was also peculiar In that It entered the skull in front of the right ear. passed around the ear, and came out behind it. on the same side of the head. The knife thrust was a clean wound, the blade passing between the ribs and entered the heart. When the bullet ranged around the skull, ns described, it did not injure the brain. v Peculiar State of Things. Indianapolis. April 14.—The "closed season" for Issuing marriage licenses in Imllann will not he ns long as threatened when a few days ngo it was discovered that it would be necessary for the state tioard of health to prepare a form for licenses and forward It to tlie county clerks after the acts of the recent legislature are promulgated. There will be one hour, however, in which no licenses can lie grunted, and It will probably be the only period In the history of the state when no permits will be issued. Miner Accused of RetpontllUy. Princeton. Ind., April 14. circuit court Iloacoe Ileddrick, a coal miner who it Is alleged placed the shot which caused the mine disaster near this city on Mnrch 22, resulting In five men being killed outright and four others being fatally Injured, pleaded not guilty to a charge of unlawfully drilling and blasting In coal mines. He is said to have put the charge six feet Into solid rock. Negro Shoots mu Antagonist. Anderson. Ind., April 14.— During a saloon fight Horace Poindexter, a negro from Muficle, shot and fatally wounded Henry Russell. Poindexter escaped In company with three companions. Russell bad been drinking.

JEFFERSON IDEA ABOLISHED

Dilnnltr v et Virgin!* to Be Governed bjr • President Instead *( a Board of Regent*. Charlottesville, Va., April 14. Dr. Edward Anderson Alderman has bec-n installed as president of the University of Virginia, marking a change in the policy of the institution established by Thomas Jefferson, eighty years ago, to which that famous statesman enthusiastically devoted the latter period of his life. Jeffersonian simplicity of government for the institution did not contemplate a president Jefferson wrote Into its charter that government should be administered by a board of regents, a chairman of which should be elected annually from among the professors. Along these lines the University of Virginia grew to Its place as a potent factor among the higher institutions of learning of the south. Recent development has rendered its efficlentadministration impracticable under the old methods, and the change is made to meet the larger demands.

AFRAID FOR THEIR LIVES

flattened Miners Quit Work Because They Fear Violence from a Gaag of Strikers, Duluth, Minn., April 14.—Nine hundred men have left their work at the Chrisholm, Clark, Glen, Leonard and Monroe-Tener mines at Chisholm mines, telling Captain R. J. Mitchell and M. H. Godrey, superintendents of the underground and open pit properties, that they will return when assured that they will not be shot down by striking miners front Hibbing, 300 of whom had visited the mines. The men here are earning from $2 to $4.20 a day for eight and nine hours’ work. and are not at all In sympathy with the strike movement. Sheriff Bates has been called upon to protect the mines, and It is said the next move will be to call upon Governor Johnson to send out several companies of the state militia.

Only Two Were Hurt.

Vicksburg, Miss., April 14.—Only two persons were Injured In the derailment of northbound passenger train No. 12, on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad, near Hardee station. The Injured are James DeCoure* ney, the express messenger, and Adelaide Smith, a negress.

Bob Fitzsimmons Wants to Fight Hart.

Peoria, 111., April 14.—80 b Fitzsimmons while here declared his willingness to fight Mflrvin Hart at any time and for any purse.

THE WEATHER

Following Is the official weather forecast up to 8 o’clock tonight: t Illinois —Partly cloudy with probably showers In extreme south portion; fresh northeast winds. rndlana —Partly cloudy; fresh northeast winds. Lower Michigan—Generally fair; colder in south portion; fresh northerly winds. lowa—Partly cloudy with probably showers in extreme west portion; fresh northeast winds. ,

THE MARKETS

Chicago Orals. Chicago, April 13. $ Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. May ...Sl.iott $1.17i4 $1.15% $1.10% July ... .87% .88% .87% .88% Sept. ... .82% .83% .82% .83 Corn—' May ... .48% .49 .48% .48% July ... .48% .48% .48% .48% Sept 48% .48% .48% .48% Oats— May ... .30% .30% .30% .30% July ... .30 .30% .30 .30% Sept 29 .29% .28% .29% Pork — May... 12.85 12.95 12.85 12.92% July ...13.07% 13.20 13.07% 13.17% I^ird— May ... 7.27% 7.37% 7.27% 7.35 July ... 7.45 7.52|% 7.42% 7.52% Short Ribs— May... 7.12% 7.15 7.10 7.15 July ... 7.37% 7.42% 7.35 7.40 Chlaago Live Stock Chicago. April 13. Hogs—Estimated receipts for the day, 2g,000. Sales ranged at $4.80® 5.35 for pigs. $5.40®5.65 for light, $5.45 @5.50 for rough packing, [email protected] for mixed, and, [email protected] for heavy packing and shipping lots, with the bulk of the trading within the range of $5.55®5.65 for fair to good averages. Cattle —Estimated receipts for the day, 12,000. Quotations ranged at $6.60 @7.00 for extra steers, [email protected] good to choice steers, $5.35® 6.15 good to fancy yearlings. [email protected] fancy cows and heifers, [email protected] native veal calves, $3.00® 4.50 heavy calves. Sheep—Estimated rectlps for the day, 12,000. Quotations ranged at $5.70 @6.10 for good to prime export wethers, $5.50,@5.65 medium to good native sheet), $6.75® 7,30 good to fancy native lambs, [email protected] western range lambs. Boat Buffalo Lift Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y., April 13. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Com mission Merchants, East Buffalo, N.Y., quote as follows: Oattle-Jtecelpts, 1 car; market steady. Hogs—Receipts, 20 cars; market lower; pigs, $5.60@ 5.65; yorkers, $5.80®5.90: medium and heavy, [email protected]. Sheep and Lambs —Receipts, 30 cars; market, dull and lower: best lambs, [email protected]; fair to good, [email protected]; best clipped, $6.85@ 7.00; mixed sheep, [email protected]; fair to good, [email protected]; yearlings, $7.25® 7.85. Calves—Market, firm; best, $6.50 @6.75; common and thin, [email protected].

. - . C, /_ , , ; JAY W. WILLIAMS | THE FURNITURE AND CARPET DEALER. I The Dealer in < aggfc• < A Large Stock j > LOW PRICES S , < ...0f... j; CljUlFlpe j Go-Carts i: w - L an<l B * Convinced. < i 4 * S' REMEMBER THE PLACE- 3; Opposite Public Square, RENSSELAER. INDIANA, ji

Bay your farm leases, deeds, mortgages, etc., blanks at The Democrat office. * Farmers’ ill nsuranee Rssoeiaiion. Of Benton, White and Jasper Counties REPRESENTED BY MARION I. ADAMS, RBNSSBLAER. IND. Insurance in force Dec. 31, 1904. 51.895,559.32. „ Increase for year 1904, 5199.796.56. TsJOTICB or FINAL SETTLEMENT OF £5 ESTATE. In the matter of the estate of Christian Nelson, deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, April Term, 1905. Notice Is hereby given that Lewis Gilbranson, as administrator de bonus non of the estate of Christian Nelson, deceased, has presented and filed his account and vouchers in final settlement of said estate, and that the same will come up for the examination and action of said circuit court on the 4th day of May, 1905, at which time all heirs, creditors and legatees 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 estateare also hereby required, at the time and place aforesaid, to appear and make proof of their heirship. LEWIS GILBR ANSON. Admr. de bonus non. Baughman & Williams, Attorneys for Administrator.

/f:f/ Largely Determine the Quality of a Buggy As a famous driver once said: //* I Y&L 1.1 "The Wheel is to the :/ buggy what the Hoof is U •!i to the horse.”

Snide buggies always have snide wheels. Some have even as low as E grade wheels—right down to the danger line. No Montgomery Ward & Co. Vehicle ever has low grade wheels not one. We will not make such a rig for anybody. There isn’t an E grade wheel in our factory. Never will be. When a buggy is offered you at a lower price than Montgomery Ward & Co.’s price, you can bet your bottom dollar it has low grade wheels. There are no wheels made worse than E grade. If there were, they wouldn’t stand up long enough to sell the buggy—and the buyer. You wouldn’t trust your life in a buggy with E grade wheels, if you could see an E grade wheel before it is puttied up and painted. An E grade buggy wheel is made of culls, and will have about three “ brash ” spokes to one good one. “ Brash ” wood is the dend wood of a tree through which the sap does not circulate —and is next to and runs into the bark. It is dark colored, full of check holes, and under strain will break square off. And there are elm hubs, often, on E wheels, instead of hickory, as on ours. Mighty few buggy dealers in the smaller towns know anything about the grades of wheels in the buggies they have tp sell.

Montgomery Ward Co. Michigan Ararat, Madboa fUI/tg <tn I and Washington Stracto— VIUWgU The ONLY General Merchandise House Owning and Operating its own Vehicle Factory

NOTICE OP APPOINTMENT. Notice i« hereby given that the undersign* ed has been appointed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Jasper County, State of Indiana, ad min fat rat rix of the estate of Jasper N. Sample, late of Jasper County, deceased. Said estate it supposed to be solvent. LUCY E. SAMPLE, _ _ „ Administratrix. E. P. Honan, Atty for estate. buggTTs LA PORTE, STAVER, HARPER. There are None Better. We Sell BUGGIES at Right Prices. WWI The finest Repository in Northern Indiana, Sixty jobs now on the floor. Agents for Deering and Milwaukee Harvesting Machinery, Deering Twine. A chance on our free Buggy for every $5 invested with us. 1 PfIKR.IT pi:

Read The Democrat for news. Upholstering and Repairing . Having sold my bicycle repair business, I have concluded to put in the place of it, and in connection with my undertaking business, a first-class Upholstering and . ~ General Furniture Repair Business. I have secured the services of a first-class upholsterer. Work called for and delivered to any part of the city. Satisfaction guaranteed. ’PHONE 56. A. B. COWGILL. Poland China* Hogs FOR SALE OF EITHER SEX. Sows sired by (Ohio’s Great Hog) Wichita Chief. Captain Sunshine and Sure Perfection the Great, bred to a son of L. & W. and Sure Perfection 33039. Prices reasonable. J. F. FENWICK, R.F. D. No. 1. GOODLAND, IND,

They will tell you the wheel is a “ Sarven patent,” or a “compressed band hub,” and “hickory,” all of which is doubtless true, for all grades of wheels, from A to E, are made in these styles, and even “ brash ” hickory is “ hickory. ” But the chances are that the dealer doesn’t know an E grade wheel from an A grade. Nobody can tell the difference after they are painted. It is our business to know all about wheels and axles, gears, bodies, tops, trimmings and finishes. All about buggies, in short. And we give .you the • benefit of our expert knowledge. • You profit both in money saved and in the extra quality of your buggy —when you buy of us. We are MAKERS of vehicles, and have a splendidly equipped buggy factory at Chicago Heights, 20 miles from Chicago, where expert workmen and selected materials, under the direction of Mr. F. L. Shaw, are employed to make honest vehicles to be sold direct to the people at the fairest prices. We tell you the truth in plain language in the careful descriptions of mbre than aOO styles of vehicles found in our new Vehicle Book. If you haven’t receiver! one yet, send us your name and address today. We will send you a copy of this valuable Vehicle Book free by return mail.