Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1905 — Page 5

LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn. 50c; oats 230. /Miss Grace Haas is quite sick. ■<UA. H. Hopkins is taking an outing in Wisconsin. Saturday, August 26, is old settlers’ day at Monticello. Stewart Hammond is visiting relatives in Owen county. C. P. Mayhew of Red Bluff, Cali., is visiting relatives here. Mrs. Eleanor Adams is visiting her son William at St. Cloud Minn. 'kMtß. Marsh Warner and son are visiting in Delphi and Rossville this week. vj /lke Tuteur of Chicago, was vfiaking hands with friends here last Friday. '«L_Mr. and Mrs. H. J, Bartoo, of Morocco, spent Sunday with relatives here. Miss Ethel Sharp returned last week from an extended visit with relatives in Ohio. Jasper Kenton left Tuesday for South Dakota, to look after his big farm near Artesian. Mrs, W. D. Robinson and Mrs. Emma Wartena of Hammond are visiting relatives here. $2 50 to Detroit and return, Saturday, Aug. 26th, via Wabash. Special train, 11:45 p. m. There will be a dance given at lhe Gifford & Callahan hall in Newland, Saturday eve, August 19. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Reprogle, of Monticello, spent Sunday here with the former’s brother, Cloyd Reprogle. -‘•—Mrs. Candace Loughridge left Thesday for Lisbon, No. Dak., to visit her sister, Mrs. John H. Brown and family. Moore, of Barkley tp., and S?n-r~Nichols, of Rensselaer, are at Mudlavia, near Attica, taking treatment for rheumatism. and Mrs. John W. Paxton and Mrs. J. F. Watson of Longmont, Colo., are visiting relatives and friends in Rensselaer. Parties wishing sand or gravel for plastering or cement purposes can procure same of Marion I Adams, delivered. ’Phone 528-A. Miss Alice Bates returned Tuesday from a few weeks stay at Winona. She also visited Niagara Falls and Toronto, Canada, while gone. Mrs. E. T. Jones and daughter Hazel left Sunday for a month’s visit with relatives and friends in and about Cincinnati, 0., and Covington, Ky. Advertised letters remaining uncalled for in the Rensselaer Bjstoffice, August 14: Mrs. Susan ristow, Mrs. L. Grunar, Mrs. J. E Hill, Mr. Gurney Brown, Mr. Warren Tower. A large number of Rensselaer people drove over to the Fountain Park meetings last Sunday and if the weather is favorable, a much larger number will go over tomorrow. C. S. Clarke, contracting agent for the Sun Brothers Shows, was in the city Monday making contracts for advertising and supplies for the exhibit here on Thursday, Asgnst 31. Mr. and Mrs. John Greenfield returned last week * from several months absence iu California, and have again taken up their residence in their property in the east part of the city. The Hills, who lately purchased the McCoy lands in Jordan tp, have insured ail the improvements etc., in the Farmers Mutual Insurance association, represented by Marion I. Adams. Mrs Frank Zacber of Newton tp.. who was taken to the insane asylum a few months ago, was brought home last week by her husband, she having practically recovered from her derangement. Miss Lessie Bates returned home last week from a three weeks visit in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maine and other points in the east. She also visited Monteral and Toronto. Canada. The first mail order catalogue of the Chicago Bargain Store is now in press and will be ready for distribution in a few days. Mr. Forsythe expects to make the mail order business a regular feature of his big store.

Mrs. C. D. Nowels i<» confined to the house with malaria! fever at this writing. Miss Mary Soh mitter, of Delphi, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Billy Merica, on South Scott street. , Mr. and Mrs. Enos Timmons of Plymouth are visiting relatives and friends here and in Jordan tp. -\-Gaylord Nowels has gone to Los Angeles, Cali., with the intention of locating at or near that place. The two last items in the Blue Sea correspondence should have been placed under the Remington bead —a mistake in make-up. Mayor Ellis, A. J. Brenner, Geo. Scott, Bert Brenner and Joe Jackson took in the Ringling cir.cus at Lafayette Wednesday. J\Frank Critser, Geo. Calvert and soh Clint, and Christie Vick and F. M. Abbott are spending the week camping and fishing on the Kankakee. \Miss Jennie Myers and Mrs. A. Gangloff took in the Wabash excursion to Niagara Falls Thursday. They expect to be gone about a week. The running races that were to have been given at the Stock Farm track next Thursday have been postponed until a later date, notice of which will appear in due time. Moosmiller who has been night man at the Lowel station on the Monon for some time, is at home recuperating from too close work, and will not return to Lowell again. B. O. Gardner, the real estate man, and R. A. Parkison,of Rensselaer, Will Murray and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Burns of Barkley, left Tuesday on a land prospecting trip through Kansas. Donnelly and Perry Marlatt returned Tuesday from their prospecting trip to Ransom county, No. Dak. While neither invested this trip they were well pleased with the country and report crops excellent. Nels Sampson, aged 84 years, died at the poor asylum Sunday afternoon, where with his aged wife he was taken from Hanging Grove tp.,some ten days previous. Burial was made in Weston ceme tery Monday afternoon. nSTt. and Mrs. G. A. Strickfaden returned Sunday from their eastern trip. Besides Boston, where Mr. Strickfaden attended the national meeting of the C. 0. F., they visited New York City and numerous other points of interest. They were gone two weeks. The bid of John and W. H. Eger of $16.50 per acre on the McCoy & Porter lands in Union tp , not having been raised, the same will be accepted and the deal closed up. Porter lets his interest go with that of the McCoys and at the same price. If you are a farmer, and are thinking of making a change in location, it will pay you to read the advertisement of the Burchard Hurlburt Investment Co., in another column. C. J. Dean one door south of The Democrat office, is the local agent for this company. J. A. McFarland had a mammoth egg plant on exhibition at his store the first of the week. It was grown by N. S. Bates and was about twice as large as any fruit of this plant we bad ever before seen. It was as large as a goodsized pumpkin and attracted much attention. Newton County Enterprise: The first political plum for Newton connty to come from Gov. Hanly fell into the hands of (Schuyler C. Jones Tuesday, in the way of an appointment as oil inspecter. Fees are the only perquisites of the office. Mr. Jones’ district embraces the counties of Newton, Jasper, Porter, LaPorte, Pulaski and Marshall. The disclosures of graft (which is modified stealing, or stealing, within the limits of the law) and of out-and-out stealing in all parts of the country and in almost every line of human effort, indicate an aroused public sentiment that is bound to result in good. It shows that the people are taking advanced ground.—Rockville Republican. —(Louie Ramp, who has been at Hullsmith, Texas, with Will Donnelly for several months, came home Wednesday and will not return until the weather there becomes cooler. The mercurv has been hanging around 125 0 , but the nights are always cool. The hot weather did not agree with Louie and he is now under 1 the doctors care.

In the Field Day meet at Fountain Park Thursday Remington carried off the honors. Rensselaer had five men entered and carried off three firsts. . Mrs. Newton Wright died at her home in Brookston last Sunday after several years sickness during which she was bedfast. Her husband was a relative of the Wrights, Imes’ and others here, several of whom attended her funeral Tuesday. Her husband died about a year ago. yW. H. Cunningham and grandson Goldie Reeves of Cloverdale, Putnahi county, are visiting friends in Jordan tp. Mr. Cunningham was a former resident of Jordan tp., on the John Reed farm, leaving there in 1862 and locating in Putnam county This is his first \visit here since that time. They drove through with team. An old lady living near Morocco, who had never ridden on a railway car during her life, recently visited the Kentland station and was shown into the waiting room. She took a seat and prepared to enjoy herself, After sitting quietly for half an hour, she reached over and touched a stranger on the arm and remarked: “It rides real easy, don’t it?” M. J. Johnson, assistant superintendent of the Metropolitan Insurance Co., of Chicago, was drowned at the bath ng beach at Cedar Lake Saturday evening, where he had accompanied a picnic party. The water was but four feet deep where he went down, and it is thought an attack of heart disease caused his death instead of drowning. He was 32 years of age and unmarried.

MONON ROUTE EXCURSIONS.

.$11.60 round trip to Chattanooga, Tenu., Sept. 15,16 and 17. 85c round trip to Shelby, Auguit 19: limit Aug. 30. $20.65 round trip to Denver, Col., Aug. 39 to Sept. 4. $68.80 round trip to Portland, Ore.. June 1 to Oct. 15, going via any direct route, returning via San Francisco or Los Angeles or vice versa; $57.80 going via any direct route, returning via same or any other direct route.

RAILROADS IN POLITICS.

Power of Their Lobby In National and State Legislation. There is probably no state in the Union that is not plagued wlthjthe railroads mixing in politics for selfish ends. No legislature meets but a railroad lobby is on hand to further railroad interests and defeat the will of the people. Railroad lobbyists swarm at the national capital, and the legislation passed or defeated by congress shows the tremendous power of the railroad lobby. More evidence of the political corruption caused by the railroads has been exposed during the past year or two than ever before. Governor La Follette, the honest and able servant of the people of Wisconsin, has fully exposed the railroad monopolists in his state and has been Instrumental in clearing the capltol of their hirelings. A Republican paper, the Lincoln (Neb.) News, gives evidence of the pernicious activity of the. railroads In that state when it says: The announcement that the Union Pacific Is in politics for the purpose of protecting Itself from the Burlington is another of the plausible explanations vouchsafed for the activity of John N. Baldwin and his trusted agents. The contention is set up that it is necessary to take an Interest in politics to keep the Burlington from forcing up the assessment to the detriment of the Harriman road. This fact goes to prove conclusively that the railways are perniciously active in politics. If they are able to dictate the assessment one way. they unquestionab’y have the power to say what shall be done in other directions. Evidence like thia is available from many of the states, and the question 18 how long the people will stand to see the railroads assessed at one-half their value while paying large dividends and charging unreasonable rates In many instances. If congress will pass the necessary law to give the Interstate commerce commission power to substitute reasonable rates when railroad charges are shown to be excessive, the first great battle against those giant combines will have been accomplished. It Is almost useless to attempt to control the railroads doing an interstate business by state legislation, but the federal government has the power and must use it to protect the people.

A Choice of Evils.

Tommy (dreased for evening party)— pother, shall I wash my hands or put on gloveeT '

W. H. BEAM, Agent.

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Shoes Clearance Sale during last week of August- Monday morning, 8 00 a. m., August 21, to Saturday. August 26. Less than Fifty Cents on the Dollar. Shoes marked $1.90, 2.45, 3.00 and 3.45, price now - 50 cts, 75 cts, SI.OO and $1.50. Ole only mention a few Prices in this space. Call and see for yourself and be convinced. manufacturers’ loss, your Cain. Yonrs very trnly, tending and Eowest Price Clothing Store. THE CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE, Rensselaer, Indiana.

NEGOTIATIONS ARE NEARING A CRISIS

Agreement or a Smash-Up of the Conference Due in a Few - Days. KOBE ARTICLES ARE AGREED ON But Indemnity and Sakhalin Loom Up in Front Hope Is on Their Postponement to the I-ast—Summary of What Has So Far Been Accomplished. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 17. —The peace plenipotentiaries adjourned for luncheon at 1:30 o’clock, having sj e it the entire morning discussing article nine, which, it is believed, includes the question of Japan’s reimbursement for the cost of tile war. No agreement was reached and the commissioners temporarily laid it aside and proceeded to discuss tlie following article. Portsmouth. N. H., Aug. 17.—The prospects of peace are distinctly brighter. The plenipotentiaries are laboring with a seriousness and earnestness which leave not the slightest doubt that both are anxious to conclude a treaty. Articles 7 and 8, dealing with the fate of the Chinese Eastern railway, have been disposed of. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 10.—The crisis in the peace negotiations upon which the eyes of tlie world are fastened is approaching rapidly, and the end of this week or the first of next, at least, should witness the deadlock and tlie end, if the conference is to go to pieces. Two more of the twelve articles, numbers 4 and 6, were disposed of yesterday. Article 4 consists of mutual pledges to observe the Integrity of China and the policy of the ‘‘open door” for the commerce of all nations, and article G covers the surrender of the Russian leases to the Liaotung peninsula. Port Arthur, Dalny and the Blonde and Eliott islands. Beal Fight Again Postponed. To article 4 both parties gave ready assent, and the official statement of the adaption of that article took care to state that it was agreed to “unanimously.” Article 5, the consideration of which was postponed until later.

provides for the cession of the island of Sakhalin. Discussion appearing useless at this stage, on account of the firm negative given in the Russian reply. it was decided, upon the motion of the Japanese, to defer its discussion, thus revealing the Japanese intention of postponing to the end the life and death struggle. SUMMARY OF PROGRESS MADE Five Articles Adopted, and Seven Others Yet to Consider. All questions relating to Korea and Manchuria except -the cession of the Chinese Eastern railroad and the main Siberian line running through northern Manchuria from the station “Manchuria,” on the Amur, via Harbin to Vladivostok, are settled in the five articles already adopted. Some confusion has arisen aliout those articles and the following resume can be accepted as absolutely accurate: 1. Recognition of Japan’s "preponderating influence” in Korea, etc. 2. Mutual obligation to evacuate Manchuria. Russia to retrocede to China all special privileges, etc. 3. Japanese obligation to restore the sovereignty and administration of China in Manchuria. 4 Mutual obligations to respect the territorial and administrative integrity of China and the principle of the "open door.” 6. The surrender of the Russian leases to the Liaotung peninsula, including Port Arthur. Dalny and the Blonde and Elliott islands. The remaining seven articles (not given in numerical order) are: The cession of Sakhalin; reimbursement for the cost of the war; the cession to China of the Chinese Eastern railroad; the article relating to that portion of the main line of the Siberian railroad running through northern Manchuiia. which includes provision for the policing of the road by China and not by Russia; fishing rights on the Siberian coast north of Vladivostok to the Bering sea; the article affecting Russia’s naval power in the Far East, and that providing for the surrender of the Russian warships interned in far eastern waters. To all of these Russia has more or less objection. COMPROMISE THAT MAY WIN Pressure on Japan to Forego Indemnity if Russia Will Cede Sakhalin. There are persistent rumors about the hotel that several powers, Including the Washington government, are bringing pressure to bear upon Japan to forego “the cost of the war” and content herself with such other compensation as she can secure out of the railroad, the Russian property In Port Arthur and Dalny, and the cost of the maintenance of Russian prisoners in Japan—this only on the theory that Russia will eventually agree to cede Sakhalin, which Is now potentially

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S. U. DOBBINS Live Stock and General Auctioneer and expert in handling a sale and getting you good prices and giving you satisfaction at a reasonable price. Come and see me. MY OFFICE IS WITH FERGUSON, HERSHMAN & FERGUSON, Law and Real Estate. West Side Public Square. RENSSELAER, IND. conquered territory. This is undoubtedly the line of ultimate compromise—if compromise there is to be. The Associated Press can state authoritatively that neither the question of making Vladivostok an "open port” or the Amur river an international waterway, as some papers have stated, is included in the Japanese terms which, as developments have demonstrated, were given correctly by the Associated Press the day they were submitted by Japan. Japan will make a stiff fight for the possession of the interned Russian warships. Denison, the legal adviser of the Japanese mission, spent most of the day in his office looking up the precedents on the subject, a.lpan is exceedingly anxious to obtain these ships, and In her argument will quote several international precedents in support of her demand. Bring on Your Cornstalks. Shelbyville. Ind., Aug. .18. —James Agnew, residing on the Morristown pike, three and one-half miles from towm, says he has the tallest cornstalk In the state. It has been growing in a swamp in the stub of an ash tree and, from the ground to the tassels, measures thirty-five feet. There Are Cabbage Heads in Indian* Clinton, Ind., Aug. 18.—Edward Walter, a local vegetable man, has raised the largest head of cabbage ever grown in Vermillion county. It weiglis twenty-two iiounds, and is fifteen inches 4a diameter.