Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1906 — WILL FINANCE ’FRISCO [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WILL FINANCE ’FRISCO

The Democrats of Jasper County are hereby notified that the County Convention for the nomination of Candidates for various County offices, to be voted for at the November election, 11)06, will be held at the East Court room, Rensselaer, Indiana, on. SATURDAY. MAY 26, 1006, at 11 o’clock a. m. There will be nominated at said convention the following officers: Clerk of Circuit Court, County Treasurer. County Sheriff, County Assessor, County Surveyor, County Coroner, One Commissioner from Second District, One Commissioner from Third District, County Couuellrnen for the First. Second, Third and Fourth Counctlniauic Districts, respectively, Three County Couucilmen at I,arge. The several precincts will meet at thpir usual voting places, on Saturday, May, 11), IJHJ6, at one o’clock p. m., and choose delegates to mid convention. The basis of representation at thit convention will be cue delega e for each ten votes, or fraction thereof, oast for the Honorable Edward J, Fogarty for Secretary of State in I'.KJ4. Upon this basis the various preciucts will be entitled to the following number of delegates: Hanging Grove 4 Newton 6 Gillum 7 Keener II Walker. 9 Kankakee 6 Barkley Hast fi Carpenter South.. S Barkley West 7 Carpenter East.... 7 Marion No. 1 R Carpenter West... R Marlon No. 2 10 Milroy 4 Marion No. 3 R Union South 9 Marion No. 4 9 Union North 7 Jordan R Wheal field 9 At said Convention there will be chosen delegates to the State, Congressional; Judicial, Senatorial and Representative Conventions. Lucius Strong, Chairman. Geo. E Hershman,Secretary.

CALL FOR STATE CONVENTION. lUDlana I*ol.lß' Ind., March 12, 1908. To the Democrat* of Indiana and all tlioie who deaire to 00-operato with them: In accordance with an order of the Democratic Htate Central Committee, the Democrats of Indiana, and all who desire to co-operate with them, are invited to meet in delegate convention a£ Tomlinson Hall in the City of Indianapolis, Ind., on Thursday, June 7, 11)06, at ten o’clock a. m , for the purjiose of adopting a platform for the Campaign and the nomination of candidates for the following offices: Secretary of State Auditor of State. Treaiiurer of State. A ttoroey - General. Clerk of the Supreme Court. Superintendent of Public Instruction. State Geologist. State Statistician. One Judge o the Supreme Court for Firat District. One Judge of the Supreme Court fur Fourth District. Two Juugee of the Appellate Court for First District. Three Judge# of the Appellate Court for Seooad District. m The convention will be composed of i,371 delegates, apportioned among the several counties of the State on'a basis of one delegate for every 200 votos and for each additional fraotion ot

more than 100 votes cast for John W. Kern for Governor at the inovember eleotion in 1904, Jasper county being entitled to the representation of seven delegates. The delegates from the respective counties composing the eev eral congressional districts will meet in the city of Indianapolis at 7:30 p. m., on Wednesday, June 6, 1906, at tne following places: First District—State House, Room 45. first floor. Second District—State House, Room 11, first floor. Third District—State House, Room 12, first floor. Fourth District—State House, Room 83, second floor Fifth District—State House, Room 91, third floor. Sj,xth District—State House, Room 93, third fl >or. Seventh District Criminal Court Room, CoMjt House. Eighth District—State House, Room 102, third floor. Ninth District—State House. Room 85, second floor. Tenth Distr2ct —State House, Room 120, third floor. Eleventh District—State House, Room 29, first floor. Twelfth District State House, Room 15. first floor. —*—— — ; Thirteenth District—State House. Room 112, thlrdfloor. At each of such meetings the following officers and members of committees will be selected: One Vice-Presldentof the Convention. One Assistant Secretary of the Convention. One member of Committee on Order of Business and Permanent Organization. One member of Committee on Credentials One member of Committee on Resolutions Tickets to the convention will be distributed by the District Chairman at these district meetings. The members of the committees thus chosen will meet at the following places at 8 o’clock p. m., of the same day: Committee on Resolutions—Room No. 77, Grand Hotel. Committee on Credentials—Room No. 26, Grand Hotel. Committee on Permanent OrganizationRoom No. 3, Grand Hotel.

The County Committees of the several counties wherein delegates have not been selected, will make the necessary arrangements for the selection of delegates, giving at least two weeks notice by publication in the Democratic paper of the county, of the time, hours and place of holding such election for delegates. All railroads will allow reduced rates to and from Indianapolis for the convention. W. H. O’Brien Cn’m. Joe Reiley, Sec’v. Rochester is now under demo cratic control for the first time in the history of the town, the new board of trustees being democratic and having appointed a democratic marshal and night watch. The new officers say the lid must go on.

It is announced that there will be no saloons allowed in the new town of Gary, Lake county, where the steel trust will erect the largest steel mills in the world. The work <>f laying out the town and grounds for the mills is now going on and a large force of men has been put to work. The city is to b" laid out on plans accommodating a population of 100.000 people. It is said tliat saloon keepers are purchasing lots outside the lands owned by the steel trust and will be ready to take care of the thirsty Garyites who venture their way.

The occupation of the coal miner is not a desirable one and every person will admit that so hazardous work should be well paid. But in their strike for higher wages does it mean that the miners want more necessaries or luxuries for their families or more “booze” for their bellies? Pennsylvania has a high license law and the cost of running a saloon is considerable, yet in the town of Shenandoah there are 183 licensed saloons, or one for every sixteen voters! In Mabanoy City there are 163, or one to evury fifteen. In some places, like New Philadelphia, there are as many as one saloon to every Bix voters. Schuylkill county, in the heart of the anthracite region, stands first among the sixty-seven counties of the state in the number of saloons to the population. In the last five years a license has been granted for every 173 persons in the county, including men and women and children. Deduct the women and children and there is a licensed saloon for every fifty adult male persons! While nearly all of them seem to think otherwise, the greatest enemy the laboring man haß in this oonntry today is the saloon.

New York Syndicate Is To Supply the Wrecked City with $100,000,000. SENATOR NEWLANDS AT WORK Report That the Deal Is Nearly Closed for the Big Loan. Foreign Gills, Refused by the President, Are To Be Accepted by the Committee Rehabilitation Notes. Ran Francisco, May 2.—The first definite proposition for furnishing money on a large scale to San Francisco for the purpose of rebuilding some of the burned sections lias been made public. It is announced that a syndicate of New York capitalists has agreed to advance ?100,000,000. This came in a telegram received by W. F. Herrin, chief counsel of the Southern Pacific, from Fnited States Senator Newlands. of Nevada, who had a large interest in the burned Palace hotel. Senator Newlands stated that he had submitted t'£ plan to New York financiers, and tuit they had virtually consented to supply the money on a bond and mortgage basis. The names of the New York people are not given. The offer is under discussion by the local finance committee. Will Accept Foreign Aid. It has been decided that the citizens' committee will accept all offers of aid from foreign countries. This decision was reached when a communication was received through Japanese official sources asking if the citizens

would receive tin* contribution of 200,000 yen made by the emireror of Japan and declined by tlie United States government. The finance committee held that, San Francisco being essentially a cosmopoliteu city, it was obliged to care for many destitute foreigners, and that it would be proper in these circumstances to accept all outside tenders of assistance. QUAKE HITS THE BROKERS Ijooks Like They Would Be Mulcted in a Heavy Loss. San Francisco, May 2.—The money brokers are confronted with a serious problem, especially these who nave been advancing the salaries of municipal employes. Yesterday was pay day in many of the departments, the day on which the brokers present their demands and collect the commission which they exact. Between the tire and theearthquaken any of the assignments have been destroyed, and Auditor Horton is besieged by anxious 1 muter* demanding that he accept a substitute for tlie missing document. Horton refuses to give any satisfaction. “The warrants will be given to the persons to whom they* belong unless proper documents showing a bona tide assignment are Hied." In* declared. Sixty per cent, of the city’s servants draw their salaries through brokers. The profit. In the business lias become so great that the privilege of negotiating such loans has become a political plum. To secure it some brokers have advanced large sums for political purposes wHh the understanding that the business will be directed to them. MONEY STRINGENCY RELIEVED Able Men To Be Put to Earning Their Own Livings Soon. Tlie local money stringency was somewhat relieved by tbebanks resuming business in a small measure through the branch United States mint. Wellknown depositors were given certified checks for small sums by the savings banks, and business clients of commercial banks were accommodated, if they so desired, with sums not exceeding SSOO each. Tlte relief of tlie destitute was continued under the new system devised by Hr. He vine, of the National Red Cross, and the local authorities, and it Is reported that all unworthy and undeserving persons will within a few days be eliminated from the lists of those entitled to assistance. Pinna for establishing and maintaining a large free employment bureau have been perfected, and will be speedily put into operation. Through this means It it

hoped to afford another channel for assistance and to distinguish the able adult who Is wiling to work from tlio mui who prefers to subsist on the generosity of others. • j Considering the condition of the city j an astonishing amount of building has l>een commenced. The new structures are all one-story frames, but they will be sufficient for a time to provide for the immediate needs of their builders. Up to the present time Governor Pardee has received through the malls nearly half a million dollars for the relief of San Francisco sufferers. It is difficult to tell exactly how many temporary buildings are being erected, but the carpenters' union reports 2.000 men at work. Among the ruins of the once great business bouses, temporary structures are arising In mushroom fashion and the rivulets of commerce are beginning

to move with increasing volume into broader channels. According to the figures of the general committee the grand total of food supplies received here since the day of the earthquake is 8,797 tons. Regiment Sends SIO,OOO. San Francisco, May 2. —The Tenth regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers, which was camped in this city' at the time of the Spanish war, has sent a donation of SIO,OOO to the relief committee. In a note the officers told how well they were treated by the people of San Francisco during their sojourn here and as a token of appreciation they made up this handsome purse to help out the big hearted people of this city. Famous Pictures Saved. San Francisco, May 2. —The picture “The Man With the Hoe,” the famous painting by Millet, which was reported to have been burned with others in the (’rocker mansion on Nob Hill, was rescued from the flames. Other famous paintings in the same collection which were carried to safety are “The Oaks” by Itosseau and “Dance of the Nymphs.” Dead and Missing at Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa. <-al v May 2.—The list of dead and missing has run up to a total of seventy-seven. The last body found was that of Mrs. Augusta S. Rodgers, a dressmaker. She was killed in the collapse of the Novelty Theater building.

MAYOR EUGENE E. SCHMITZ.

CITY HALL AFTER THE FIRE.