Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1906 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 47c; oats 35c. Clean np for the 4th. Next Wednesday is the day we celebrate. Get Tn the crowd—come to Rensselaer the 4th. Drop in at Hascail Bros, for a dish of ice cream. Decorate your homes and business houses the 4th. JteTd Eger is home from Harvard for the summer vaoatioii. Miss Cecelia Hollingsworth visited in Indianapolis this week. Farmers needibg expert work on binders, call on Vance Collins. Make your headquarters at Murray’s big department store July 4. Mrs. F. E. Babcock visited her mother, Mrs. 8. M. Freelove, in Good land Tuesday. Remember, that The Democrat is all home print and every page contains borne news. Fair Oaks has called off its celebration the 4th and will come to Repseelaer en masse. yNRev. and Mrs. J. L. Brady re- „ turned Saturday from an extended trip through the east. Chas. Pefley of Remington, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner, here this week. -'-yThe little daughter of Van Lesh, near'Aix, received a bad cut on the face last Friday by a fall from a swing. Don’t fail to read the third page of today’s Democrat. The information there may save you several dollars. Miss Mabel Kenton of near Mitchell, South Dakota, came last

Friday tor a few weeks visit with friends here. Check yoar bicycles July 4th at Bissenden’s bicycle and automobile repair shop, west of Chicago Bargain Store. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Searcy of Ironton, Ohio, are visiting the former’s sister, Mrs. John L. Smith, north of town. Fred Phillips is building a 40foot addition to his large pigeon house, making it now about 100 feet long. Fred has about 500 birds at present. '•xMr. and Mrs. Geo. Bell spent 'Subday in Kentland. Mrs. Wolf, who visited Mrs. Bell last week, returned to her home in Kentland with them. If you bring your dinner with you the 4th, Milroy Park, just west of the Washington street bridge, is a cool, shady and roomy place to go and eat it. Mr. Hayner, expert piano tuner and repairer from Chicago, is in the city. Patronage respectfully solicited. Please leave all orders promptly at Clarke’s jewelry store. L. Strong, G. E. Hersh- ' m&n and F. E. Babcock of Rensselaer and John Bill and W. D. Bringle of Jordan township, attended the Judicial convention at Goodland Tuesday. -7" <: 3k>rn, June 16, to Mr. and Mrs. ». H. Norman, of 02012 Berrg st., Spokane, Wash., twins, a 7$ pound boy and a pound girl. Mr. and Mrs. Norman formerly resided near Parr, this county. E. L. Hollingsworth and children left Wednesday for their annual outing at Charlevoix, Mich. Mr. Hollingsworth them as far as Chicago. ’ He will join them for a few weeks after the 4th.

Mm. Guse of Biwabik, Minn , is visiting her sister Mrs. Chas. Platt. Look at Williams’ show window and see the McDougal Kitchen Cabinet. . Correspondence from “South America” reached this office too late for publication last week. The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the court house will be “Religious Liberty.” All are welcome. Have a good time the 4th, but don’t get so enthusiastic as to forget to use due precautions in the Eling of explosives. iss Rose Carr, a typo on the lblcan, returned home Thursday after a two weeks visit to friends in Greencastle, Ind. The pastor will baptize and receive the new members at Trinity M. E. church next Sunday morning. Union services in evening. Shook has bought the A, yTTlarmon dray and is now in charge of same. Mr. Harmon is thinking some of going out on a farm next spring. The trained nurse at E.V. Farmer’s returned to Chicago Sunday, the two typhoid cases there being so far improved as to require her services no longer.

George Nierenearten of Remington will be in Rensselaer for ten days, beginning Monday, and will make 28 photos for 25c. Call at once and get your money’s worth. Our neighboring newspaper men who come to Rensselaer the 4th are invited to make theix. headquarters at The Democrat office while here. Call in and let’s see you. H. J. Wolfram, a young printer employed in the Joliet (Ill.) Republican office, returned home yesterday after a ten days visit with hfs sister, Mrs. Edward Herath of near Surrey. • - Mrs. Calvin Karsner and two little sons of Chicago came down the first of the week to visit her sister-in-law, Mrs. H. Wiltshire; she returning home Monday, but left the boys to recreate for a few weeks.

The democratic congressional convention for this district will meet at Michigan City, Saturday, July 14. This will be an opportunity to see ex-banker T. J. McCoy, no donbt, if he is not too busy harvesting his hay crop just now. F. Ferguson returned Saturday froih a three weeks absence in Washington state. While there he sold to M. J. Sayler of near Monticello, a half-section of land in Douglas county, near Hartland. Mr. and Mrs. Sayler expect to locate there within the next year. Geo. F. Meyers returned Saturday from a few weeks stay at West Baden, and says he feels like a new man. He went first to the Hunter springs, near Attica, but received little benefit, his trouble being of the stomach. He then went to West Baden, where be thinks he was greatly benefitted. John Kimble has traded his general merchandise business and property at Gifford to Oscar Byerly, of Manistee county, Mioh., who is now in possession of same. Mr. Kimble gets a 160 acre well improved farm in Michigan on the deal. John is undeoided as yet abont what he will do, but will probably locate either in Rensselaer or Medaryville.

Commenting on the*“Tom" McCoy sentence tbe Starke County Democrat says: “It will be observed that be receives the same prison sentence for breaking a bank for nearly half a million that Watson received in the court here last week for stealing flO worth of tools, which would seem to have some bearing on the question of whether 01 not all men are equal before law.” The committee on decorations for the 4tb request that all business houses decorate, and hope that many of the private residences of the city will decorate for the day. Letthecitybe in gala attire, for thousands of visitors from neighboring towns and the country will be here. Decorations cost but little and will add much to the handsome appearance of our town. The Oxford Tribone says: “Tom McCoy sowed to the wind and reaped to the whirlwind. From a •good fellow’ he dops tbe felon’s stripes. His maxim in life was ‘I would rather live 16 years than stay here 50.’ He has lived the 16 and will pay the price. Moralizing iB useless. His own eon heeds not the leseon, but is following in the tracks of good fellowship and prodigality.”

Berl Richardson, principal of the Manitowoc, Wia., high sohool, is here spending his vacation at home. " Misses Ethel Sharp and Nellie G(ray, who have been attending sch&ol at Terre Haute, came home Tuesday. ' W. 8. Day is preparing to build a new residence in the northwest part of the city, to replace the old one which he is tearing down. \C. C. Kent. H. L. Sammons and Ryan of Kentland were over yesterday morning looking after some legal matters. They made the trip in Mr. Kent’s fine auto. Make your headquarters at Rowles & Parker’s dry goods and clothing store July 4th, and secure some of those bargains mentioned in their page ad in another part of this paper. C. H. Payson of Watseka, 111., one of U. B. Kellogg’s attorneys, was here Tuesday interviewing some of the latter’s Canadian land victims, with the view of ascertaining the feeling here against his client. Geo. K. Hollingsworth and family came down from Chicago last Friday in their Franklin auto, making the trip in 4£ hours actual running time. George returned to the city aftef a day or two, but the family will remain here for awhile.

Fred Miller, son of Mrs. Wesley Miller, is in a very serious condition from appendicitis. His condition is such at present writing that his physician thinks an operation is not advisable, but hopes it will be such in a day or two to admit of bis being operated on. Spitler has been elected president of the new banking agd trust company; J. N. Leatherman, vice president; J. J. Hunt, secretary and treasurer; Howard Mills, assistant secretary; C. G. Spitler, J. N. Leatherman, J. J. Hunt and' E. P. Honan, executive committee. Hiram Day has bought the little old house on the Judge Hammond lots on South Division street and is moving it to a lot of his on the corner of Scott street, opposite the Geo. Hopkins property, where he will fix it up into a tenant house. “Hi” is becoming a regular Abe Leopold for acquiring rental property. Wolcott Enterprise: The extensive advertising done by Rensselaer for her coming celebration will in all probability attract a large number of our people for next Wednesday. It may be a hot, 6ultry day or cold and rainy, we cannot tell even by referring to the almanac, but all who go are assured a good time.

The contractors on the Jordan stone road have made arrangements with Conrad Kellner to put in a crusher at his ice pond and take out etono for the completion of the north end of said road, they having exhausted the supply taken from the Garrison ditch, we understand. Rock will probably be shipped from the Kenneth quarries near Logansport for the south end.- It is expected to have the road completed early in August.

We understand that a blanket remonstrance against the liquor traffic is being circulated in Keener township this week with fair chances of success. Fred Granger has applied for a license up there and his application will come up for action Monday. The remonstrance, if a sufficient number of signers were secured, would have to be filed last night. If Keener goes into the knocking out of saloons the liquor seller in the other "wet” townships of the coanty may as well throw up their hands

George Hasoali, of Remington, met with a mishap while returning home from Rensselaer Saturday night. His team got off the embankment along the newly graded road in Jordan tp., and dumped him in the ditoh. “Sip” lives in a dry town, and whether tbe perpetual dampness of Rensselaer bad anything to do with the matter we are unable to state. In making inquiries at a nearby farm house as to where he was at, he asked them to “say nothing about it," and of course his wishes were respected. , Some Monticello soiled doves moved over here last week and rented quarters for a “restaurant" in the Nowels property on the north side of the railroad, near the depot. The oharaoter of the place was not long in making itself known to the authorities and they were invited to move' on, which they are doing, going to Chicago, it is reported, where people are not so blamed particular. Mr. Nowels knew nothing of the character of the parties when he rented them the property, and as soon as he learned what they were he gave them notioe to skidoo.

The year-old babe of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swartzell was operated on by Dr. English yesterday tot an abcess in the groin. It was quite a severe case, but it is thought the babe will get along all right now. At the meeting of the Indiana Retail Furniture Dealers at Indianapolis Wednesday, Omar Ritchey of Anderson, formerly of Rensselaer, was elected president and Jay W. Williams, our local dealer, was elected a member of the executive committee. Professors H. L. Gamble and J. J. Montgomery, with their assistants, will have charge of the fireworks, and it is the intention to shoot them from the top of the State Bank building, the east side. This will give the crowd a chance to congregate on the court house square and in Washington street east of Van Rensselaer. Unless we are very much mistaken this display of pyrotechnics will be something extraordinarily grand for this part of the country, and we want every one of The, Democrat readers who can do so to come in and witness them. Don’t forget to bring the children, also. T.B.McManus of Duluth, Minn., the owner of the east part of the Nowels block, was here Thursday looking after his property. Mr. McManus is a member of the Board of Grain Appeals, of Minnesota, an appointee under the present democratic governor, Gov. Johnson. By the way, Gov. Johnson is the only native governor Minnesota has ever had, and he is the son of a Swede blacksmith who drank too much for his own good or the good of his family, and his son, now the governor of that great state, was compelled at the age of 12 years to assist his mother, who took in washing, in supporting the family. The rise of Governor Johnson has been phenomenal, and the end is not yet.

XMessrs. Delos Thompson. B. F. Fbndig, C. C. Warner and Jack Montgomery returned Tuesday evening from their automobile trip east. They were gone thirteen days, Vpa visited the following placeSm the order named: Indianapolis, Dayton. Springfield, Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio, Erie, Pa., Buffalo and Niagara Falls, N. Y., and from Buffalo took a boat across Lake Erie to Detroit, where they again autoed to Ann Arbor, Jackson, Battle Creek,Kalamazoo and Niles,Mich., South Bend, Laporte, Valparaiso, Demotte and thence hotueflTThey traveled about 1,150 miles via auto and some 300 miles via water, were ( in five states and the Dominion of i Canada. A very pleasant trip is reported. % | N NNext Saturday. July 7, The Democrat editor expects to leave for a brief visit with his aged mother, brothers aud sister in Otsego county, N. Y., whom he has visitedybut once in twenty-one yearsy He will also visit Albany, the stfite capital, and go down the Hudson via boat and spend Sunday with an old friend—Fred Clarke, of Monticello who is now employed in the famous De Vinne office in that city—in the metropj olis: returning to Albany and go- | ing tnence via the Hoosac Tunnel j route to Greenfield, Mass., and i from thence up the Connecticut riv- ! er to Claremont, New Hampshire, I to spend a day with Geo. E. Small, for several years a resident of Goodland. During his absence ; the office will be in charge of Mr. E. T. Jones, the efficient foreman, who will look after all orders for advertising or job work and is authorized to receipt for money due the office. It is so seldom that an editor takes a vacation that it usually occasions surprise, and this announcement is made in advance, so as not to occasion any startling rumors that he has skipped the country or been ran oat of town by his political enemies. He expects to be absent two or three week*.

Remember the great clearance sale 25 to 50 per cent discount on everything to July sth. Chicago Bargain Store. Don’t forget that trunk or suit case you will need for your vacation; we have them at all prioes. Duvall & Lundy. The only convenient plaoe in town to unload your family or produce. The high sidewalk in front of our grocery department. Chicago Bargain Store. Get ready for the fourth, and buy a nice cool summer suit; we have them in flannels, eerges and fine worsteds, from ¥5 to sl2. Duvall & Lundy. We are proud of our record for many years in the past for being the only bouse to accommodate the public on big days with chairs and benohes. OHicAqp. Bargain Store.

BARKLEY AND MARION'S COMMENCEMENT.

Barkley and Marion townships will hold their commencement exercises at Valma M. E. church tonight, commencing at 8 o'clock. A nice program will be rendered. Barkley graduates are: Kuby Gratuer, J Nellie Waymire, Grace Waymire, Versa Richmond, Harry J. Arnold, Bertha Daniels, Janie MoCleary, Linden Daugherty,! Maude Martin, Kathryn Arnold. Marion graduates: , Russell Morton, John William Martin, Charles Lowman, T. Ray Clark, Floyd Spain, Samuel Zard, Roscoe Zigler, Virgil Knowlton, Spain. GOLD STAB PUPILS BARKLEY TOWSSHIP. Alice Daniels. Marie Arnold. Nellie Abbott, Farie Renicker,! Frances Davisson, Ray Walker, Bernicß Walker, Katie Morgenegg, Golden Wolfe, Allen Hall, Paul Norman, Kstei Marion, Bertha Parker, Nile Britt, MARION TOWNSHIP. Virgil Knowlton, Alberta Wasson, Lee Adams, Sidney Peters.

UNION SERVICES.

The Protestant ohurch will bold union services during the hot weather on Sunday evenings, commencing with next Sabbath. First service will be at Trinity M. E. church on next Sabbath evening, Rev. J. C. Parrett preaching. All welcome.

Come to The Democrat offioe for all kinds of job printing. The Democrat handles Farm Leases, Mortgages, Deeds and other legal blanks. Make your headquarters at Murray’s big department store July 4. Great Bargains in Buggies at the K. A. Parker store until July 4th. C. W. Coen, Adra. In spite of the big sale of suits we had, we still have the choicest and newest styles left. The Ideal. Make your headquarters July 4th at Rowles & Parker’s dry goods and clothing store. See Hershman & Hodges for Farm and City loans and Fire Insurance. Two good second-hand binders for sale cheap. Call on L. S. Renicker. Millet seed for sale at residence of Joseph Kosta, miles west and 4 mile north of Surrey. Estrayed,—May 4th, a dark brown mare, wt. 850 to 900, white hind feet and a white mark on one hip, brand “W 8” on one shoulder. A reasonable reward will be paid for information leading to her return. Joseph Theis, Virgie, Ind. Everybody cordially invited to the beet location in town to see all the attractions July 4th. Chicago Bargain Store. A few Weber wagons and beds left yet, and will sell at a bargain. Call on L. S. Renicker. Hot weather shirts you will find in all shades and sizes from 50c to $2.50 at Duvall A Lundy’s. Wanted: —Every reader of the Jaeper County Democrat, who needs a Sewing Machine, to write at once for our Special Offer. The Standard Sewing Machine Co., Box 5, Indianapolis, Ind. Special great reduction clearance sale from now to July sth. Chicago Bargain Store. Of all the cakes that Granny bakes give me the grundens bread Eight men and two little boys. If I had the wings of a dove how swiftly l would fly, to Roberts’ Implement House aud a buggy I wonld buy, all high class goods at Roberts.

SEQUEL OF HIS MARRIAGE

White Knew Evelyn Neebit Before She Wu Mr*. Thaw. There were several stories of what Thaw did after firing: the shots, but a number of men agreed that he had said: “That will never go with that woman again.” To Polkeman Debee at the garden be said: “Well, damn him, he deserved It.” It Is known that for years bitter enmity had existed between White and Thaw on account of the former’s attentions to Mrs. Thaw which had begun prior to her marriage. Mrs. Thaw’ disappeared in the excitement while her husband was being taken to the station house, and up to a late hour could not l>o found. On the way to the police station Policeman Debes said Thaw expressed great gratification over the killing. "I’m glad I shot him,” he said; “I’m glad I did a good job of It That man has ruined my —then dropping bis voice, Debes said that Thaw suid something that sounded like either “wife” or “life.” Evelyn Nesblt, who became Thaw’s wife on April 4, 1905, was a flower girl in the “Toreador” company. They were married at Pittsburg by Rar. Dr.

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BIDAMAN NOW AT BAY

O • Captures the Terre Haute May* oralty Chair and Says He Will Hold the Fort. LEGAL SUCCESSOR HESITATES Ousted Mayor Says It Was Done 11 legal ly—Arrested for Selling £mbalmed Beef. Terre Haute, Ind., June 20. The affirmative vote by which Mayor Bidaniau was declared ousted in the Impeachment proceedings of the city council was cast by Allen, Weeks, Neukom, (Wen and Nattkemper, Republicans, aud Valentine, Democrat. The negative vote wps cast by Dudley, Republican, and Mehegen and Teitge, Democrats. When the office was declared vacant Comptroller Buckingham, who, under the law, liecomes acting mayor, was asked to take the . chair, but declined until he had consulted his attorney. Bidaman Is No Quitter. In the meantime Mayor Bidaman slipped into the room, took possession of the chair and said: “The council will now come to order. I have this chair and I propose to hold it until freezes over.” The eonneilmen were taken by surprise, and after a brief caucus, left the building aud went to their homes. Mayor Bidaman remained in the council chamber until after midnight Comptroller Buckingham said! that as far as he is concerned nothing will be done at once, and that the situation will remain as it is until one side or the other takes some action. Views of the Opposing Parties. The councilmen who votd for removal say Bidaman is out and will be ignored by the council, but they do not explain the effect of this ignoring, with the mayor In control of ail executive departments of the city. Mayor Bidaman says the action was illegal on the ground that Councilman Alien is holding another city office, that of clerk of what is known as the Kehoe school board. As to the testimony of the* councilmen who went slumming, ho refers to a meeting of Prosecutor Cooper. the council agreed to segregate the social evil, and now the same councilmen impeach him because he does not attempt to drive the evil out lyCHIME ON AN EXCURSION Bartender Shoots a Woman, Crippling Her for Life— Passengers in a Panic, Evansville. Ind.. June 20.—A panic occurred on the excursion steamer IX A. Xißliet when Bishop Gill, bartender on the boat, shot and seriously injured Ruth Brown. While resisting efforts to capture him Gill shot four others —Lloyd Norton. Zacii Reed. Mel Moody and Russell White—all of w hom will recover. The boat officers finally sutMlned Gill with a spike pole, knocking him down as lie was attempting to reload his revolver. During the excitement that followed the shooting several of the women passengers attempted to jump overboard. and were restrained with the grentest difficulty. Gill was locked in the cabin, and the boat headed back to the city, where Gill was turned over to the police. Ruth Brown, who was shot by Gill, is In the deaconness hospital. She may recover, but will be a helpless cripple, her spinel cord being injured. Fine Should Have Been Heavy. Marion. Ind.. June 20. —As Everett Storts was returning to ids borne in Van P.uren at midnight, after having taken a Miss Rlair home from an entertainment. he was set upon by several young men. stripped of his clothing. to a tree, and given a thick coat of varnish. An attempt was made to blindfold him. but lie saw their faces and next morning caused the arrest of five young men. They were lined in a justice’s court on a plea of guilty. For Selling Embalmed Sausage. Indianapolis. Ind.. June 20.—Harrv MntzLe, Henry Coleman. Joseph Cook. William Grand and Frank FUs, meat dealers on the market, were arrested on complaint of the state health authorities, charged with selling meats containing preservatives. Gone to Study Ohio Methods. Indianapolis. June 29. County Prosecutor Charles P. Benedict baa left for Toledo. 0., to study the methods employed by the prosecutor there In obtaining the conviction of the members of the Toledo Ice trust. Tried to Board a Moving Car. New Alhany. Ind., June 20. Chester Vernon, of Silver Grove, while attempting to board a moving street ear was thrown under the wheels and his right foot was crushed off. Trolley—Chicago to Cincinnati. Richmond, Ind., June 20.—1 t is nnparent that the Indiana Union Traction company has in view a direct lln* from Chicago to Cincinnati, and is making plana to that end. Adair Nominated for Congress. Alexandria, Ind., June 29.—John A. M. Aduir, of Portland, was unanimously nominated for congress by the Eighth district Democratic convention, which met here. Pharmacy Closed by Creditor*. Madison, Ind., June 20.—Dr. J. it-'* McDermott's pharmacy has been closet* by creditors, laying claim to $1,200.