Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1906 — Page 4

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F. F. BUBCOCK, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Official Oemocratlc Paper of Jasper County. SI.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertising’ rates made known on application E ntered at the Post-office at Rensselaer, Ind as second class matter. Office on Van Rensaeiaer Street, SATURDAY, FEB. 17,1906.

Now let Indiana follow Ohio’s example and pass a 2-cent a mile passenger rate on railroads. Judge Nye, of the PulaskiStarke circuit court, has announced his'candidacy for the republican Domination for Appellate judge for this district. The republicans will bold their county convention on Monday, March 12. Al) the present county officers eligible to re-election will be caudidates for another term. J. D. Allman of Remington, will be a candidate for the nomination of county treasurer. Should Gov. Hauly call a specialfsession of the legislature 10 oust Secretary of State Storms and to enact a 2-cent-a-mile passenger rate on railroads, £as it is strongly inferred he will do, it is claimed that a special election will have to be held in this district to elect a successor to representative Jesse E. Wilson, who has resigned and moved to Washington. Many other districts are in the same boat, it is said.

The election to decide the question of improving the gap in the Range Line road through Jordan tp., will be held next Tuesday in Carpenter, Jordan and Marion townships. The Democrat believes this improvement ought to be made, and this plan, for the three townships to unite in making it, is the only solution that has thus far presented itself. We do not believe the people who have this expense to pay will ever regret having voted for the improvement, should it carry, which seems an assumed fact from what we have been able to learn of the sentiment of the people interested. Come out, anyway, next Tuesday and vote your sentiments.

Push for the Fairbanks' Boom.

Marion. Ind., Feb. 15. Following the election of Edward F. Gate, of Indianapolis, as president of tin* Lincoln League of Indiana the annual convention of that organization adopted resolutions advocating the nomination of Vice Prt'sident Charles W. Fairbanks as the Republican candidate for president in 1908.

Fire in a Railway Office.

Frankfort. Ind.. Feb. 15. The gen era I offices of the Clover Leaf Railway company. in this city, narrowly escaped destruction by fire. The fire started In the office of the chief train dispatcher, putting that department of the company out of business till new connections can be made.

Sneezed His Arm Out of Joint.

Shelbyville, Ind., Feb. 15.—Herschel Conner, a confectionary clerk of thia city, suffered a dislocation of hia right arm In the act of sneezing. As the young man felt the inclination to sneeze, be threw up both arms and throw the right one out of its socket.

TELLS OF PAYING RANSOM IN GOLD

Edward Cudahy Gives Testimony in Trial of Pat Crowe. BAVED BOY BY PAYING $26,000 Kidnapers Had Threatened to Blind and Mutilate Their Prisoner. Father Drove to the Spot Designated at Midnight with Only One Companion and Left the Sack of Gold. Omaha. Neb.. Feb. 12.—There was a dramatic Incident in the trial of Pat Crowe on the charge of kidnaping Eddie Cudahy, when Edward ?Cudahy,

EDWARD A. CUDAHY.

the millionaire packer, told the jury how he had saved his boy by paying s2ffi)oo in gold. “I took the money ont there,” said Mr. Cudahy. “because my boy had been kidnaped. He was in the hands of criminals. They had already committed a great crime m taking my boy from his father and mother. “I took it there because they had threatened to put out my boy’s eyes; because they had threatened to cut off his ears: because I feared they would murder him. That is the reason why I gave the money up. gentlemen, and that is the only reason. Had Never Suffered More. “I can state gentlemen, that I hav« twice had death enter my house, but I never suffered greater anxiety and grief than I did during that time that my boy was taken from me and until he was returned.” As he spoke he leaned forward in his chair and addressed himself directly to the jurors. He spoke with intense earnestness and displayed much emotion. His eyes tilled, and as he concluded his answer to Ids attorney’s question he brought down his clinched list on the arm of the chair. Mr. Cudahy told of his return home with his wife on the evening of the bey's disappearance, of their anxiety during the night, and of the finding of the kidnapers' letter on the following morning In the front yard. He win standing at the window and saw Gray, his coachman, pick It up. It was handed to him at the front door, and Mrs. Cudahy joined him as he began to rend. When he read the first sentence saying that Eddie was kidnaped the mother fainted. Determined to Pay the Money. The- letter, which gave explicit instructions for the delivery of the ransom money, together with positive threats of torture for the Imy. was discussed by Mr. Cudahy and his lawyers and the chief of police. "From the first." declared Mr. Cudahy, “I was determined to comply with the terms of the letter and to take out $25,000 as demanded for the release of my son.” Mr. Cudahy testified that In this decision be was opposed by every one else, the police and his lawyers urging that he was placing himself in great danger with no assurance that his boy would be returned. He detailed the arrangements for getting the money from the Omaha National bank and the midnight drive with it to the spot designated in the letter, accompanied only by "Paddle” McGrath, head cattle buyer for the packing company. Fixes Crowe’s Guilt. Omaha, Feb. 14.—Interest reached its height in the trial of Pat Crowe, alleged kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy, when the state sought to introduce a letter which E. A. Cudahy, Sr., testified to having received from Rev. Father Murphy, a Roman Catholic priest of Vailla. The letter was a confession, signed “Pat Crowe,” and the state sought to show by expert witnesses that the signature was written by Crowe, after examining, admitted signatures by him. The defense put forth strenuous objections, and the jury was taken from the court room while the objection to the introduction of the letter was being argued. The letter, among other things, offered to return $21,000 to Cudahy If the case against Crowe was permitted to drop.

British Battleship Launched.

Portsmouth, Eng., Feb. 12.—The monster battleship Dreadnought, which when flushed will have cost $7,500,000 was launched by King Edward.

MITCHELL AND DOLAN

U. M. W. President Saye He Will Reply to Hie Critic at the Proper Time. TALKS LITTLE FOR THE PAPERS But Puts a Sting in the Tail of What He Does Say. Hints That the Pittsburg Man Is a Disorganizer No Hope for Peace in the Southwestern Mines. Pittsburg, Feb. 15.—1 tis stated here that John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, has called a special session of the national executive board at Indianapolis early In March. The board will decided whether to call another convention of the miners or to Issue this ultimatum: “An advance in wages or strike.” Pittsburg. Feb. 13. —Patrick Dolan, president of the Pittsburg branch of the miners’ union, In a statement in reply to the attacks of his foes, tells the members of the organization that they never won a strike under Mitchell's leadership and calls the present situation ridiculous. ?few York, Feb. 13.—President John Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, who arrived here Sunday night to prepare for the conference on Thursday between the mine workers of the anthracite region and their employers, spent a busy day at the headquarters In the Ashland House, arranging his programme for the meeting. The miners’ president brought with him from Indianapolis a large trunk filled with documents and statistics relating to the hard coal industry In Pennsylvania, which he will use at the conference. He remained in his room practically all day. and had no visitors of any prominence. Mitchell declined to discuss the anthracite coal situation, so far as it related to the miners’ union, in advance of the meeting with the operators. Neither would he talk of the conditions in the west. Dolan a Disorganizer ? Mitchell was much interested in the statement given out by District President Patrick I>olan, of Pittsburg. When first approached on the subject he declined to discuss Dolan's action, but later in the day he dictated the following: “I do not propose to be drawn into a newspaper controversy with Mr. Dolan or any one else. At the proper time and in the proper way 1 shall make answer. At present lam too busily engaged solidifying the ranks of the miners and protecting their interests to say anything that would assist him in his apparent efforts to destroy their hopes and to divide their strength.” Conferring with His Lieutenants. Although absorbed in work relating to the coming conference he is keeping in close touch with the situation in the various bituminous coal fields. Mitchell was In conference with the president of the three anthracite districts—T. D. Nicholls. William H. Dettrey and John Fahy—who will take up most of his time between now and Thursday in the work of perfecting the demands or proposition to be laid before the coal mine owners. The outline of these demands was drafted by the three executive boards of the hard coal fields at a series of meetings held last week at Wllkesbarre. Position of the Operators.

The coal mine operators have come .to a full understanding and have agreed as to the general policy they will pursue at the conference with the committee of the mine workers' union to be held here Thursday next. The presidents of the coal carrying roads are unwilling to discuss for publication the questions at issue between themselves and the United Mine Worki ers prior to their meeting with Mr. 1 Mitchell and his associates, but their i position, elicted by careful canvas, is as one president put it. such that “the miners will have to strike or back down.” "We do not propose," he said, “to accede to their demands in any way and do not see what else they can do but strike.” No Hope of Agreement Here. Pittsburg, Kan., Feb. 13.—The coal operators of this district have concluded that ail hope of an agreement between the miners and operators lias vanished, and in anticipation of n conflict President W. C. Perry, of the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ association, has issued a general cal) for a meeting of the operators at Kansas City on Feb. 24. The tone ot the call forebodes that an agreement between the operators and miners Is unlikely, and as a result there will probably be a suspension of work on April 1. The operators are determined to remain flrm in their |*osition. and they will adopt measures to protect themselves in case of a strike.

LOOKS LIKE A LIVELY ROW

Mitchell and Dolan Will Probably Have a Sharp Fight. Pittsburg, Feb. 13. —From telegrams received here by meml>erH of the national executive board of the United Mine Workers it is learned that John Mitchell is preparing to take some action on the statement issued by Patrick Dolan. Mitchell telegraphed to William Little, member of the national board, and Edward McKay, national organizer, summoning them to New

fork to meet Mitchell at the Ashland House. Dolan has announced that he will issue another statement, but said he would withhold It awaiting any action President Mitchell might take. “All I will say,” Dolan said, that I meant just exactly what I said and that the statement I made was absolutely correct.” Three locals of the United Mine Workers, representing about 450 miners in the neighborhood of Charleroi, held meetings and denounced Dolan, demanding that he be ousted from office, unanimously adopted a resolution condemning him after hearing the report of the delegates to the recent national conference and voted the delegates full power to work for the removal of Dolan from office.

END OF A BIG SUIT

Heinze Mining Properties in Silver Bow County. Mont., Are in New Hands. Butte, Mont., Feb. 14.—The last act in the transfer of the mining properties controlled by F. Augustus Heinze In Silver Bow county has been completed, and the mines, whose names have become known the world over through litigation which has been carried on over their possession, havtl been turned over by the representatives of the Heinze companies to the local agent of Thomas F. Cole, president of the iforth Butte company. This ends war Involving $50,000,0000f property. v The news of the termination of the negotiations, that have been pending for months, has been received all over Montana with extreme satisfaction. Assurance is given that the pending litigation will be stopped at once, and the development of these properties will begin immediately.

WRECK AND THREE DEATHS

Two Are Cremated and a Third Is Killed by Over-Exertion—Five Are Injured. Fort Scott, Kan., Feb. 15. —Two persons were burned to death, another died from over-exertion and excitement in trying to save victims, and five others were injured in the wreck at Columbus of the Joplin express, north-bound, on the St. Louis and Francisco railway. The train caught fire following the wreck, and with the exception of the Pullman was consumed. The dead are Harry Roundlee, Fort Seott, express messenger, and JF. H. Lockhart, Joplin, Mo., newsboy, burned to death; A .H. Herke, Weir, Kan* died of heart disease. The Injured— Harry Wood, Fort Seott, engineer, dangerous; W. F. Runyan, Fort Scott, fireman, leg broken; C. E. Waddell, Tuscumbia, Mo., slight; two Joplin women, names not known, slight.

Beavers Given Two Year.

Washington. Feb. 14.—George W. Beavers, the former chief of the salaries and allowance division of the postoffice department, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the government In connection with the sale of time recording clocks to the postoffice department. He was immediately sentenced to two years in the penitentiary at Moundsville, W. Va.. where August W. Machen, Dr. George E. Ixirenz and the two Gross brothers already are confined. the former for four years and the remainder for two years each.

Hadley Says He Wins.

Des Moines. la., Feb. 14. —With the taking of the testimony of Frank Northrup and F. E. Lyman, of Des Moines, both former Standard Oil company employes. Attorney General Herbert S. Hadley announced that he had made out his case against the Standard Oil company In Missouri, and expects to. get a decision ousting the company from doing business in that state.

Little Ground for the Scare.

San DomTigo, Feb. 14.—There is but slight basis for the report of a revolutionary movement at Monte Christi, and as a matter of fact the whole country is unusually quiet. The attack on Dajabon was made by a small group of outlaws, who failing in their attempt to capture the town withdrew to the mountains, pursued by government troops.

House of Commons Meets.

London, Feb. 14. —James William Lowther was unanimously re-elected speaker of the house of commons. In accordance with precedent there was no opposition. The house afterwards adjourned for the day without transacting any other business. The swearing in of members will occupy the rest of the week.

Suffragists Re-Elect Officers.

Baltimore, Feb. 14.—Mlsa Susan B. Anthony, was re-elected honorary president and Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, of Philadelphia, president of the Women’s National Suffrage association at a session of the national conventon here. The other officers were also re-elected.

France's Alleged Ultimatum.

Rome, Feb. 13. —Most pessimistic official news has been received here from Algeciras. It is said that France is determined to consider a Franco-Span-ish organization of the Moroccan police as her ultimate concession, to which Germany refuses to agree, thus breaking up the conference.

Gordon Bigelow Is Accused.

Milwaukee, Wls., Feb. 12.—Gordon Bigelow, eon of the defaulting president of the First National bank, is named as having received SIOO,OOO of the funds embezzled by Bigelow and Goll In a new Indictment containing seventy counts just returned against Goll.

PUBLIC SALE. We have rented our land and offer the following horses , ingles and forming implements for sale, commencing at 10 o’clock, A. M., on Wednesday, Teb. 21. At Our Farm i Mile east df Pleasant Ridge, Ind. The following property to wit: 26 HEAD OF HORSES and MULES Described as follows: Bay horse, 4 yrs old, wt 1250, Horse, 3 yrs old, wt 1450, Bay Horse. 6 yrs old, wt 1500 ’ Gray Team, 10 SS yrs old, wt 2900, 2 Bay MldlMiWJUf Horses, 9 yrs old, wt * Hr 1300 each. Gray Horse' yrs wt 1200, VBlown Horse, 12 yrs ol(i ’ wt 130 °, Gray Nimwarn Horse, 8 yrs old, wt 1400, Black Horse, 8 yrs old, wt 1450, Black Mare, 10 yrs old, wt 1100 in foal, 2 Bay Horses, 7 yrs old, wt 3000, This stock will be sold without reserve of any kind. They will be sold just as they are and any known defect or blemish will be pointed out at time of sale. Mules, n Pair Brown Mules, 9 • t „ yrs old, wt 2600, pair of Brown Mules, 8 yrs old, wt 2800, pair Brown Mule, 9 yrs old I wt 1200, Gray mule, SHB 9 yrs old, wt 1400, . Ww Brown mule, 9 yrs old V W wt 1300, pair of Bay Mules, 8 yrs old, wt .t. 2700. These are 12 headof the best mules ever offered at public sale in Jasper Co Farming Implements. Consisting of plows, harrows, cultivators, planters, binders, 10 sets of good work harness, other farm tools, etc. Terms of Sale. 11 months credit without note having approved security. 6 per cent discount for cash. THOMPSON & LAWLER. Fred Phillips,A.J.Harmon, Auc’ts

Work harness oiled for tl per set nt Worden’s harness shop.

OLD GLOET [?] DENOUNCED

Bishop Turner Declares It a "Dirty and Contemptible Hag”—V. S. Worse Than Hades. Mason, Ga., Feb. 16. dress before the 500 delegates attending the convention of negroes to discuss racial problems Bishop H. M. Turner declared the United States flag to be a “dirty and contemptible Atg.” He further said that hell was rfn improvement on the United States as fat as the negro was concerned. In concluding he said: “If a little, Ignorant and stupid white man, who was never heard of and never w’ould be heard of until 10.000 years after the resurrection trumpet, wishes a little notoriety he begins to belie and slander the n(>gro and bounds into popularity. And I challenge any one and all of them to meet me in public discussion, and I will show that the negro is a far letter man than they are.”

TIDAL WAVE IN ECUADOR

More Than Fifty Persons Lose Their Lives and Many Coast Villages Are Destroyed. Feb. 16. Confirmation of reports of loss of life by a tidal wave following a submarine earthquake on Jan. 31 has been brought here by the captain of the steamer Quito, which has arrived her from Guayaquil, Ecuador. On Jan. 31 several coast villages in the department of Cauca were destroyed and more than fifty persons were killed or drowned. On the same day an earthquake lasting seven minutes was sett In the Interior of Colombia. Esmeralda suffered the most in loss of property. The people in that region are panic stricken and are living in the open air.

THE MARKETS

Chicago Grain. Chicago, Feb. 15. Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat— Open. High. Low. CloseMay ...$ .85% $ .85% $.84% $ .84% July ... .83% .83% .83% .88% Sept 82% .82% .82 .82% Corn— ‘ Feb 40 May ... .43% .43% .43% .43% July ... .44 .44 ’ .43% .43% Sept .... .44% .44% .44% .44% Oats—

May ... J»% -30% .29% .29% July ... .29% 29% Sept. ... .28% .28% .2£f% .28% Pork— * May ...15.50 15.57% 15.40 15.42% July ...15.22% 13.40 15.22% 15.30 Lard— May ... 7.90 7.95 7.87% 7.87% July ... 8.00 8.05 7.97% 8.00 Sept. .. 8.12% 8.17 8.10 8.10 Short Ribs— May ... 8.17% 8.25 8.15 8.15 July ... 8.27)% 8.35 8.25 8.27% Cash sales—Wheat —No. 2 red, 87@ 88c; No. 3 red, 85@86c; No. 2 hard, 82@85c; No. 3 hard, 8O@88c; No. 1 northern, 84©87c; No. 2 northern, 83@ 86c; No. 3 spring, 79@85c. Corn—No. 2, 40%c; No. 2 white. 4(J%c; No. 2 yellow, 40%c: No. 3, 39%@40c; No. 3 white, 40@40%c; No. 3 yellow, 30%@ 40c; No. 4, 37@38%c. Oats—No. 2, 29%c; No. 2 white, 31%©32c; No. 3, 29%c; No. 3 white. 29%@30%e; No. 4 white, ’29© 29%c: standard, 30%@ 31%c. Live Stock, Poultry and Hay. Hogs—Estimated receipts for the day. 23,000. Sales ranged at $6.15©6.22% for choice to prime heavy, $6.10 @6.20 good to choice heavy mixed, $5.90© 6.00 rough heavy packing, $5.35 @6.00 poor to prime pigs. Cattle —Estimated receipts for the day, 6,000. Quotations ranged at $5.80 @6.50 for prime steers, $3.55© 4.50 good to choice cows, $4.25©5.00 prime heifers, $7.40© 8.00 good to choice calves, $3.65© 4.20 medium to good feeders. Sheep—Estimated receipts for the day. 12.000. Quotations ranged at $5.40 @6.00 for good to choice wethers, $5.00 @6.00 good to prime ewes, [email protected] fair to prime yearlings, [email protected] good to choice lambs. Live poultry—Turkeys, per lb, 15@ 18c; chickens, fowls, 12c; roosters, 7%c; springs. 12 per lb; ducks, 13c; geese, $6,006(9.00 per doz. Hay—Choice timothy, [email protected]; No. 1. slo.oo© 10.50; No. 2, [email protected]; No. 3, $7.00© 8.00; choice prairie, $9.50 @10.00; No. 1, [email protected]; No. 2, $7.00 @7.50; Nb. 3, [email protected]; No. 4, $6.00 @6.50. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 15. Dunning & Stevens, lave Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle —Receipts, 2 cars; market steady. Hogs— Receipts, 15 cars; market higher; all grades, [email protected]. Sheep and Lambs —Receipts, 30 cars; market steady; best native lambs, [email protected]; westerns, [email protected]; yearlings, $6.25@ 6.50; wethers, [email protected]. Veal*— Market steady; best, [email protected].