Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1906 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

CLAUDE LEEK DIES SUDDENLY.

The remains of Claude Leek, the 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Leek, of near Surrey, arrived here yeßterday morning and the funeral was held at 2 p. m., yesterday, from the residence of Frank Leek, in Rensselaer, B. F. Ferguson conducting the services. Interment in Weston cemetery. Claude • was stationed at Oxford, Wis., as telegraph operator, and the only particulars received by his relatives here as yet is that he died suddenly last Monday from heart failure.

THE BABY SHOW.

The “baby show” at the poultry exhibit Saturday drew a good crowd, over six hundred tickets beings oldon that day, which enabled the association to not only pay out on all expenses but will leave a balance of soibe SBO in the treasury as a surplus from their first poultry show. For some reason the Wm. Porter prize of a pair of South American Frazzles was called off, and the prizes, two Plymouth Rock roosters, were both given by B. D. Comer of Union tp. The babies were placed in two classes, those under nine months of age and those under eighteen months, and there were some seven or eight entries. C. W. May of Carpenter tp., was the judge, and be awarded first prize to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips’ baby of this city, and the second to Mr. and Mrs. Sol Norman’s baby of Union tp.

THE REMONSTRANCE IS GOOD.

No appeal was taken by the saloon men in the remonstrance matter in the first ward of Rensselaer. The time for snob appeal expired laßt Friday and the fact that none was taken shows that the saloon men admit their defeat and that Rensselaer will be a “dry” town, theoretically, at least, after the expiration of the present licenses next fall, and it is likely that the newly organized Law and Order League will try and see that the theory is pretty well practiced. Conrad Kellner and Henry Hildebrand have both been up in Pulaski county investigating the prospects there, with a view of buying out some saloon keeper there or starting up in business new. They found a saloon that could be bought at Francisville, but did not consider the patronage sufficent to justify either of them in purchasing it.

“ON THE MIDWAY.”

There was a little “round-up” of the gambling fraternity on Thursday night of last week, caused by a complaint made by Bernice Brown, of Barkley township, and not from any extra diligence on the part of the officers of the law, who must have known that several gambling joints were being operated here right along for a long time, and that a gang of alleged gamblers whose occupation was ended apparently at Remington when that town closed out the saloons, had come to Rensselaer, and according to the general report were plying their trade here with suoh signal success that they have remained here for the paßt year or more. Their operations are supposed to have been in connection with the “fraternity” here, and no donbt the winnings have been sufficient to keep a number of them from doing such a vulgar thing as trying to earn an honest penny all this time. As a result of the raid mentioned, August Rosenbaum, in a room over whose saloon young Brown alleged his father had lost money, and Tom Johnson a former Remington man and Wm. McColly were arraigned before Squire Irwin, and the former fined $lO and costs, $lB.lO in all, and the latter each $5 and costs, $12.50 for McColly and $13.10 for Johnson, all told, on pleas of guilty. Rosenbanm “staid” his fine and the others paid.

LIBRARY LECTURE COURSE.

Following are the three numbers of the Publio Library Lecture Conroe yet to be given: Jan. 26—Wallace Brnce Amsbray. Feb. s—Montaville Flower. April 16—Dr. John Driver. Season tiokete SI.OO. General admission 50o; school children 26c.

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SLAP AT HANLY,

Were Original Resolutions At District Meeting. POLITICIANS AGAINST 60VERN0R In Latter’s Efforts to Enforce the Law and Bring Recreant Public Officials to Justice. The republican district meeting here Tuesday was quite largely attended by delegates and “rootera” from all parts of the district. Henry W. Marshall of Lafayette was elected chairman on the first ballot, to succeed A. K. Sills of Monticello, who was not a candidate for the place. The names of Henry W. Marshall and Charles E. Thompson of Tippecanoe county; Garrett S. Van Dusen of Laporte and George Williams of thiß county were presented as candidates. The vote resulted as follows: Mar. Tbomp. Wil. VanD Benton.. 3 Jasper n Lake 32 Laporte 23 7 Newton 2 7 Porter t 6 Tippecanoe.. 16 17 Warren 11 White 9 4 - Totals 105 31 22 7 It is stated that Mr. Williams had over fifty votes pledged to him before the convention opened, but he now oan say with many others who have sought office at the hands of his political party, that there are a blamed lot of liars in this world. He is a good, clean man, and would have made a good chairman, we have no doubt. Perhaps it was the above qualifications that were not wanted, judged from past selections made in this district.

A feature of the meeting was the resolutions. Mr. Haywood of Lafayette, who is understood to have been the power that brought Marshall out as a candidate and is “agin” everything always that J. Frank Hanly wants, was made chairman of the resoluations committee. This, it appears, was all pre-arranged, of course, and when the committee reported the honest and fearless adminstration of “our matohleßs president Theodore Roosevelt, and the course of “our peerless representative in congress, Hon. E. D. Crumpacker,” were lauded to the skies. But there was never a "cheep” about our “valiant and law enforcing governor, J. Frank Hanly.” After reading of there solutions Will Ade of Kentland got up and moved that a paragraph be inserted endorsing Hanly. (It semes that the snub at J. Frank was expected and Ade had been selected to move for the Hanly resolution by the latter’s friends.) Ex-chairman Sills, who was presiding, informed Ade that his motiqn was too long winded for him to remember and put to the convention, and if he wanted it put he would have to reduce it to writing. This was but another scheme to head off the resolution, bnt it was reduced to writing and the friends of the governor weTe strong enough to get the motion through, ana J. Frank got the endorsement of the Tenth his own distriot, but he owes no thanks to tha professional politicians of his party for it.

SOME FREAK WEATHER.

We have been treated to all sorts of freak weather this week. Monday we had quite a severe eleotrioal storm, with a great deal of heavy thunder and sharp lightning. One stroke of lightning struck the engine of the drillers at the rook work on the river just south of town and more or less shocked the eight men who were working there. Jesße Ball and George Gorman receiving the severest shocks. The engine was not damaged, we understand. There was considerable wind with the storm, or following it, rather, which did considerable damage at different points, but not much of oonsequence in this vicinity. Following this came a couple inches of snow and a touch of real winter. A “January thaw,” set in Wednesday and most of the snow has

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, January 20, 1906.

disappeared, leaving the gronnd and the streets and sidewalks in town covered with a glare of ice at this writing. There is little indication of cold weather as yet, and the hopes of the ioe men are at zero even though the mercury is far from it

AN INTERESTING CASE.

The State of Indiana vs. George Keister, proprietor of the Keister/ restaurant down on saloon row, was in progress before Sqpire Thornton at the court bouse as The Democrat went to press. Mr, Keister was arrested Wednesday on an affidavit sworn ont by Ruth Burris, a former dining room girl in the above restaurant, and oharging selling intoxicating liquors without a license. The particular offense charged is the selling of beer to Frank B. Myers, which is Postmaster Myers, of Rensselaer, on Jan. 11. Frank claims, we understand, that he bad bought the beer elsewhere and merely kept it at Keister’s to take when he felt sick, he being afflicted with somg chronic ailment, thirst, or something like that. A change of venne was taken from Squire Irwin and the case set for 10 a. m , before Sqnire Thornton, but at the hour set the defendant objected to the manner of selecting the jury, from the spectators present, and the case was continued until 2 p. m., and a jury summoned from about town.

PROF. HOOVER OF RAUB KILLED.

Pell Under /loving Train at Fowler and Top of Head Crushed Open, Causing Instant Death. Kentland Enterprise: .Professor Hoover, principal of the Raub schools, met a horrible death Saturday afternoon. In attempting to board a moving freight train at Fowler, where he had spent the day with his brother, Prof. Lewis Hoover, Superintendent of the Fowler High School, he fell under the wheels in such a shape that the upper part of his head, above the ears, was virtually crushed off and his brains were scattered along the track. On arriving at the depot the freight was pulling out and Mr. Hoover attempted to board it. He was carryiug a package of books and papers under one arm, and with the other band caught the guard rail at the front end of the caboose. He either lost his hold or slipped on the step and the moving train swung his body onto the tracks. He was a young man, a graduate of last year, and had only resided in Raub since the opening o f school last fall. His home was at Hagerstown where the body was taken for burial.

The Democrat has printed sale bills for the following public sales: Monday, Jan. 22, 80l Norman, 6 miles north and If miles west of Rensselaer; general sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, etc Tuesday, Jan. 23, Joseph Theis, 12 miles north and § miles west of Rensselaer, on what is known as the Pixley Ranch; general sale! horses, oattle, hogs, farm implements, etc. Thursday, Jan. 25, (postponed sale) W. M. Hammonds, 7 miles north and miles east of Rensselaer; general sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, household goods, etc. Monday Jan. 29, Henry Snow, 9 miles north and 2 miles east of Rensselaer; general sale, horses, cattle, hogs, farm implements, etc. Tuesday, Jan. 30, James E. Walter, 2 miles north and mile west of Rensselaer, on the old Donnelly farm; general sale, horses, oattle, hogs, farm implements, eto. Wednesday, Jan. 31, Joseph Gaines, 7 miles west of Rensselaer; general sale, horses, battle, hogs, farm implements, etc. Iroquois Stock Farm pure bred Hereford cattle and pure bred Poland Ohina hog sale will be held in Rensselaer, Saturday, February 3.

Farm For Sale: 155 aores, ten

miles northwest of Rensselaer; 85 aores under cultivation, balance wood and pasture land; haß five room house, barn, hay shed, drilled well, tank in barn lot, fine orchard and vineyard, etc. Price s4l per acre. John Karb, Rensselaer, Ind.

PUBLIC SALES.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About The County Capitol. v/A. Halleck was elected republican county chairman Monday, there being no other applicants for the place. Mose Leopold was ke-elected secretary. The county convention was set for Monday, March 12; primaries to select delegates to same to be held the Saturday previous. —o — Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 18, Herbert M. Schuster of Remington, aged 36, to Mary Shide, alto of Remington, aged 20. First marriage for each. Jan. 17, Harry J. Ploegsma. of Demotte, aged 25, to Ida Roadhouse, also of Demotte, aged 24. First marriage for each. —o — Quite an improvement has been made this week by trimming up the shade trees about the jail and sheriff’s residence. By the way, Bheriff O’Connor has put this property in the best condition, both inside and out, that it has been for many years. The interior of the bnildings have been thoroughly cleaned and painted and are in complete sanitary condition, something that they had lacked a great deal of being for some time.

Geo. E. Hershman was up at Wheatfield Wednesday defending Frank Stanton, a Kersey saloonkeeper who was charged by Ed Edgerly—although one Granger, his opponent in the liquor business, is believed to have been behind the prosecution—with having kept his place of businees open after hours. George succeeded in acquitting his client, who proved that he was at home, sleeping the sleep of the just when the alleged offense was committed.

The Sternberg dredge near Parr met with its first serious break down Tuesday. It was working in a fifteen foot cut, the deepest cut on the entire ditch, just north of the Wishard farm when the “A” frame broke and let the boom fall with a crash. This frame is a piece of timber 36 feet long and 14 inches square, and it will delay work about a week in getting a new one. Young Sternberg went to Chicago Wednesday to hurry up and personally see to the shipping of the new piece of timber.

Sheriff O’Connor, got word Thursday night from the sheriff of Newton, county to be on the lookout for Milo Miller of about Mt. Ayr, who was supposed to be headed toward Rensselaer to catch a train and make his escape from the officers. A close watch was kept but Miller failed to show up here. He was caught at Mt. Ayr, about 2 a. m., yesterday morning by the Newton county sheriff. He had been here during the day, it seems, but had returned to Mt. Ayr and kept out of the way of the officers. He is understood to be charged with embezzlement, but no particulars have been received here at this writing. —o — The Democrat this week conains the reports of four more township trustees, including that of our own township of Marion. We wish to call especial attention to this report, which includes the service account of the present democratic trustee for the past year. It will be seeu that his service account is but $314, which is the lowest we have ever seen for this township, and is a saving to the taxpayers of about S2OO alone. Another item is the great saving made in the poor expenditures. When Mr. Staokhouse took charge of the office he found a large number of regular pensioners on the poor list who had been there so long that they thought the township owed them a living, and had become arrogant in their demands for aid. Most of these never ought to have been given aid at all, or but temporary at least. He has gradually weeded out this list until he has cut down the expenditures about one-half for the past year, and no deserving person who really needed aid and was unable to work has been

turned away. JFbe entire saving to the taxpayers of Marion tp, during the first year of Mr. Stackhoues’s term has been a great many hundred dollars, and shows that it pays to pat a man in this office who has something else to do—attend to bis personal affairs a part of the time —other than see how much he can bleed the township for. —oThere are now seven regular boarders enrolled on Sheriff O’Connor’s “hotel register.” Of this number one, Ben Baker of Roselawn, one of the Baker brothers brought here from Newton county for disturbing a Christmas entertainment, will have served his time to-morrow and will be turned loose. His brother Bert will have to remain until Feb. 15. Wm. Marlin, Dewey Dewitt and Roy Brohard, the Fair Oaks trio laying out fines and costs for a like offense at Fair Oaks, will be turned out Feb. 1, just in time to watch the Ground Hog when he comes out to look for his shadow. Peter DeYoung, the Goodland boy who swiped a cow hide from Peter Buck, a Goodland butcher, will have completed his term Feb. 10. John Moritz, of Wheatfield, in jail for having jumped a bail bond here about a year ago and who was arrested at Kersey last Friday, will have to remain until the circuit court takes action on his case.

WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES.

The Democrat has bad considerable complaint of late from its subscribers residing along the rural routes running out of Goodland, Remington and Wolcott, about their paper not reaching them on Saturdays. This trouble is caused from failure of the proper transfer of the mails from Sheldon, 111., to State Line for the east bound Panhandle train which leaves the latter place about 5 a. m., Saturday morning. This transfer is by wagon, and it is said the carrier has several hours time in which to make the transfer, yet of late it seems to be the exception rather than the rule for this transfer to be made in time for the early train, and as a consequence The Democrat has not been reaching towns along the Panhandle until about noon Saturdays, too late to get out on the rural routes until the following Monday. This is a disappointment to several hundred subscribers along that line of railroad, who fail to get their favorite county paper for either Saturday or Sunday’s read-

ing. The Democrat packages are mailed to all postoffices and also to single package subscribers every Friday afternoon in time for both the north and south mails on the Monon, which leave Rensselaer at 6:15 and 6:32, re-

spectively. The packages destined for points along the west end of the Panhandle are sent south at 6:15 p. m., and go to Lafayette and from thence on the Big Four to Sheldon. If the proper transfer was made there the packages would reach their destination about 6a. m., Saturday, which, with only an occasional “miss” they have been doing for several years until quite recently. The Democrat has written the Superintendent of Railway Mail Service in an effort to get this matter straightened out, and hopes—if it is impossible to get the transfer made on time at Sheldon—to have a special sack made np here to be sent to Reynolds on the Friday evening train and there transferred to the Panhandle Saturday morning for the west bound mail, reaching towns along the west end of that road at about 9:30 to 10 a. m., which is in time for the rural routes at all those points. This seems to be the only solution to the trouble, as we cannot send the paper out on any other mail train and reach the points mentioned in time for delivery on Saturdays over the rural routes.

Wallace Bruce Amsbary, we

consider one of the best monologists and raconteurs in thifc country. fie gave several selections at the meeting of the Illinois Press Association in Ohioago about a year ago, and it was the unanimous opinion of the editors and guests there that he was the equal or superior of any person in his line, and we take pleasure in recommending him to our oitizena, as we believe he will add V6ry much to the entertainment of the evening.—Jersey ville Democrat. At Rensselaer Friday, Jan. 26.

Vol. VIII. No. 42

WHERE TO WORSHIP TOMORROW.

CHRIBTAIN CHURCH. The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the Court House is, “The Wheat and the Chaff,” in the evening, “Seeking for a sign.” All are welcome. PRESBYTERIAN' CHURCH. The morning subject at the Presbyterian church will be, “A Man’s Own Business,” evening; “Daniel” a character study. Everybody welcome J. C. Parrett, Pastor. REVIVAL MEETINGS. Rev. Dr. J. 8. Bitler, of Chicago, one of the most distinguished Evangelists of the Methodist Church, has been engaged to lead in a revival campaign at Trinity Methodist Church. Dr. Bitler has held successful meetings in many of the leading cities of this country, east and west. The meetings will begin on next Sabbath Jan. 21. Dr. Bitler will speak for the first time Sabbath morning. The public are cordially invited to attend these meetings and co-operate with the church for their success.

GREAT SUNDAY SCHOOL CAMPAIGN

Tour to be Made by State Worker in Jasper County. The State Sunday School Association of Indiana has added a new feature to their work for the counties. A tour is planned during which a state specialist holds a first class institute in each township. Such a Tour will bo conducted in Jasper county, Feb. 21 to March 6, by State Field Worker, E. D. Goller. He has toured more than two dozen counties with the conclusion that the plan is a great success. Rev. S B. Stooky of Lanvill, Ind., said of Mr. Goller’s work: “I have been to Winona Lake, but I have never heard better work than that done by Mr. Goller.” Institutes for Jasper county will be held as follows: Wednesday, Feb. 21, Carpenter township, at Romington; Thursday, Feb. 22, Jordan tp., at Mt. Hope; Friday, Feb. 23, Milroy tp,, at Baptist church; Saturday, Feb. 24, Hang-

ing Grove tp., at McCoysburg school house; Sunday, Feb. 25, Gillam tp„ at Independence church; Tuesday, Feb. 27, Barkley tp., at Barkley M. E. church; Wednesday, Feb. 28, Marion tp., at Rensselaer, M. E. church; Thursday March 1, Newton tp., at Surrey church; Friday, March 2, Union tp., at Fair Oaks; Saturday, Mar. 3, Keener tp., at DeMotte, M. E. church; Sunday, March 4, Wheatfield tp., at Wheatfield M. E. church; Monday, March 5,

Walker tp., at Kniman, M. E. church; Tuesday, March 6, Kankakee tp. at Dnnnville M. E. church. Programs will be sent to every superintendent in the county. Mrs. J. I. Gwin, Co. Pres. B. D. Comer, Co. Secy.

Santo Domingo Revolt Ends.

San Domingo, Jan. 17. —The port of Monte Cristi, on the north coast, which recently had been in the hands of the revolutionists, capitulated to the government forces, the lhtter guaranteeing to pretect the lives and property of the rebels. The Dominican gunboat Independence, which supported General Morales, the former president of Santo Domingo, also surrendered after her commander had sought refuge on one of the American warships. Tue revolution is ended and all is quiet.

Ex-State Treasurer Sentenced.

Chicago, Jan. 18.—Henry Wulff, former treasurer, and Justus W, Lobb, associated with Wulff in the Continental Financing company, were each sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the bridewell and a line of SIOO. The men were sentenced under a plea of guilty to charges of using the United States mails to defraud and operating a scheme similar to a lottery.

Liabilities $3,000,000.

Cleveland, 0., Jan. 17. —According to an official statement issue*! by the bankers’ committee investigating the affaires of Denison, Prior A Co., the bankers and brokers who failed several days ago, the liabilities of the firm, Including the forged bonds, put out by L. W. Prior, will aggregate SB,000,000.

Reprieve for Albert T. Patrick.

Albany, N. Y., Jan. 17.—Governor Higgins has granted a reprieve until March 19 in the ease of Albert T. Patrick, sentenced to die for the murder of William M. Marsh, in order to allow the production of new evidence. The Clearance Bale continues at greater reductions than ever on everything a few more days, Chicago Bargain Store.