Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1906 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

SI.OO Per Year.

NOW SURVEYING.

Preliminary for Electric Road Under Way. WILL REACH RENSSELAER TO-DAY. Starting From Lafayette Survey Runs Northwest and North Through Remington and Rensselaer. The surveying gang on the proposed new electric railway which is to pass through Jasper county in an\,.almost direct line north, reached v Remington Wednesday, we are informed and is expected to reach Rensselaer to-day. From Remington to Rensselaer the survey is being made on the Range Line, and from Rensselaer north the gravel road will probably be followed, although the engineer is said to be given considerable leeway in the matter of route. Of course the route toucheß Fountain Park, north of Remington. ' * The surveying crew is accompanied by Mr. Enfield of Lafayette, who was here Wednesday evening and reports everything progressing nicely. He says there are two or three financial concerns who are ready to take the matter up as soon as the survey is made and right-of-way secured, and are ready to furnish the finances to begin work on the line at once. Two of these are Chicago concerns.

Mr. Enfield suggested that a Sublic meeting be held here again [onday evening or at some other suitable date to further discuss the matter. It is the intention, it is understood, to secure right-of-way just at one side of the public highway, and not on the highway itself, as no title can be secured to the highway and no company would care to build a line on land to which it had no title. The half-mile road west of Range Line has been talked of between Remington and Rensselaer, but as the laud is more valuable along such road than the Range Line it is likely the latter will be the route decided upon.

BOY SHOT IN THE KNEE. The 12-year-old son of Geo Markin accidently shot himself in the knee with a rifle last Sunday at Wm. Markin’s, where he is staying. He was out hunting a snipe when the gun went off and the ball lodged in his left knee. An X-ray examination by the attending doctor, A. R. Kresler, located the bullet in under the knee, and it will be left there for the present as the doctor thinks it will cause the lad no inconvenience.

BLAZE IN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

\rTbe tire company was called out at about B.a. m., Wednesday by a slight blaze in the chemical laboratory iu the high school building. There was considerable smoke but not very much fire, and it did not take long to extinguish it after it was once located. The damage was probably about SIOO, fully coverejLbjLtnsurance. £Fhe fire is supposed to have started frpm some of the chemicals used in the laboratoryx-and had it started in the night, might have caused the total destruction of the building.

A QUESTION OF VERACITY.

Deputy-Prosecutor Leopold denies the statements attributed to him by Supt. Hamilton, as published in this paper last week, that he refused absolutely to conduct a court of inquiry to catch the gamblers or to act on an affidavit of Mr. Hamilton. He says the county superintendent wanted him to conduct a court of inquiry to get evidence against Fendig alone, saying that "Hamilton did not want to nave the other fellows caught;” and that he promised to send a man to make a personal affidavit against Fendig—Leopold having told him be would act in the matter, so he (Leopold) says—but did not do so. Mr. Leopold visited Mr. Hamilton, we are told, and wanted the latter to come to us and modify the language of the statement as published regarding this matter, but was told that the statement as

published was correct—that he did refuse to act —and that there was nothing to modify. It seems the gentlemen are not quite agreed in this mattes, but as no one can possibly-abjeol—exoept the gamblers—and it is also a part of the proseoutor’s duty, we suggest that a court of inquiry be held and all those who frequent this place be looked after. Now if the prosecutor wants to vindicate himself lei him act, and if Supt. Hamilton is wrong in his contention that Mr. Fendig has gambled, that point also would be settled no doubt. There is great opportunity in an honest court of inquiry for vindication in this matter, and it would appear that there are several parties who stand in need of being vindicated. Will the prosecutor aci ?

HEARING WAS BY AFFIDAVITS.

Nothing New Brought Out In “Hearing” of Fendig Matter. In the hearing, given teachet B. N. Fendig Saturday, whose license was recently revoked by County Superintendent Hamilton, the latter ruled that all evidence must be in the form of affidavits, and introduced affidavits by officers Vick, Parks and Zea, who testified to seeing Fendig near the gambling house on night of raid, to finding name of “Bennard” on a slip supposed to be Rosenbaum’s memorandum of “chips” issued; thnt hand-writing on said slip was Mr. Rosenbaum’s and that the general reputation of Fendig for the past two or three years was that of a frequenter of gambling places. Zea testified that he at one time spoke to Fendig about the report that he was gambling and the latter had told him he would quit. Hamilton made affidavit to the effect that he had been informed that Fendig gambled and that he had so admitted to him, and that he had been so informed by the officers of the city. Fendig filed an affidavit denying that he had told Hamilton that he played poker, or that he was at the gambling place on the night of the raid, but said he had told Hamilton that he played cards occasionally in a social way. Hamilton was represented by attorneys Irwin and Hershman and Fendig by attorney Baughman and depnty prosecutor Leopold, the county attorney, who had heretofore represented the latter, for some reason not being present. This hearing was independent of the former proceedings of revocation, we are told, and pending the appeal to the state superintendent Mr. Fendig is teaching his school. It is reported that State Supt. Cotton will be here in a few days to take up the matter, accompanied by the attorney-general, but Mr. Hamilton was out of town Thursday and yesterday and we were unable to learn whether a date for the former’s coming bad been set or not.

GET IN THE PUSH AND GO WITH THE CROWD.

Grand oheap excursion to the irrigated lands of Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado. Leaves Rensselaer at 9:55 a. m., Tuesday, Ootober 16. Come with us and see what irrigation has done for the great southwest, where you may now see great fields of Alfalfa sugar beets, wheat, oats, barley, corn and fruit orchards of all kinds. Take no man’s word for this but investigate for yourself. Take heed and profit by the opportunity. It does not present itself every day. For rates and particulars inquire at C. J. Dean’s office.

DEATH AT COUNTY FARM.

Joe Bilile, an inmate of the poor asylum whose serious condition is mentioned elsewhere in these oolumns. died Wednesday morning and was buried the same day in Weston cemetery. He was suffering from a oancer on his face and neck which broke Tuesday night and caused his death from loss of blood. He was about 85 or 36 years of age and leaves four brothers, one of whom resides at Remington.

For Sale: 36 head two-year-old steers; 6 miles east of Francesville, Ind. Mark Fritz. School shoes, the kind that wear at Rowles & Parker’s olothing and shoe Store.

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, October 6, 1906.

AGAIN FORTUNATE

Hoiion Has Head-On Collision at Broad Ripple. RENSSELAER PEOPLE IN WRECK. Mall Trains 31 and 32 Crash Together Thursday Morning.—No One la Killed But Several Are Severely Bruised Up. • * —— Another of those “fortunate” wrecks, which has guided the Monou’s lucky star for a number of years, occurred at Broad Ripple, a suburb of Indianapolis, at 7:25 Thursday morning, when southbound train 31 crashed into northbound truin 32 head-on, seriously injuring two persons, slightly injuring a few others, wrecking both engines and blocking the tracks. The collision was a femarkable one in that there was no loss of life. The seriously injured are H. J. Hanseman, a mail clerk, living in Cincinnati, ana G. R. Jones, conductor of train No. 32, of Indianapolis. Hanseman was pinioned to the floor of his car by a tender, which was thrown inside the car, and it was about half au hour before he was rescued, The clerk was badly cut about the head and face and bis skull seemed slightly fractured over the left eye. The northbound train was in charge of Conductor G. R. Jones, who was walking through his train when the collision threw him from his feet. He struck his back on a seat and landed on his head on the floor of a car with such force that he was rendered unconscious. The friends of Jones were apprehensive concerning his condition, for the reason that his mind seemed a blank after be regained his feet. He could not tell wMjtfr he lived.

Samuel Wallingford, an old man living in Mentone, Ind., who was a passenger on No. 32, was cut about the head and needed the services of a physician. Several other passengers were slightly bruised in the shake-up, and one of them, a passenger in a Pullman, was cut across the hand with flying glass. The collision occurred near the center of Broad Ripple, the southbound train coming to a stop on the trestle work over the canal. The northbound mail was slowing up to take a siding at the Broad Ripple station, and was about a block from the place when No. 31 came from the north at a high rate of speed, The enginemen had little time to act. Reversing their engines, the crews .sprang from the cabs and alighted cn the soft earth at the side of the track. The engine of the northbound train had slowen down nearly to a stop when the other train crashed 'into it. There was a deafening roar, followed by a hissing of steam that appalled the people of the suburb. The tender of the southbound engine was jammed back with such force that it was ripped away from the truoks and shoved back into the first mail car. The pressure was so strong that the sides of the mail car bulged out so that the tender oould get inside.

By a strange fate the tender remained suspended about a foot above the floor of the oar, and in this space was Hanseman, the clerk. When the trainmen and suburbanites ran to the rescue they were unable to pull the clerk from under the tender, as his feet were caught by broken timbers. The engines were looked together and the front ends of both were crushed in. The trucks were thrown from the track, but none of the trucks of any of the cars left the tracks. Had it not been for the battered engine and mail car the casual observer would have thought the trains were attached to a single train. A few windows in several of the ooaches were broken. Passengers in both trains said they reoeived a shaking up, but that after the exoitement of the first shock there was no confusion. Hanseman talked rather incoherently, and gave different addresses when ksked where he lived. From what oouid be learned from him he lives at 2543 Tremont street, Cincinnati.

Conductor Strong said his train was running on time, and that Hiad a clear right-of-way. The train does not stop at Broad Ripple, and Strong says the train was running at a speed of about 25 miles au hour when the aocident happened, Had the southbound train reached the place a moment later the northbound train would have been on the sidings Strong said he did not understand the delay of the northbound train in reaching the siding. The trainmen of No. 32 said there had been a mistake in time. -Conductor Jones was not in condition to explain why his train was late in reaching the siding. There were rumors about the wreck that Jones bad orders to take the siding at the Belt junction and wait for No. 31, and that he thought he had time to run ahead and reach Broad Ripple before the southbound train reached the place. Mrs. W. H. Beam, Mrs. George Bell and Mrs. W. F. Smith, of this city, were on the northbound train coming home from Indianapolis, where they had been attending the grand lodge meeting of Rathbone Sisters. The two former were sitting in seats thrown together, facing each other, Mrs. Beam with back toward the front of the train, and Mrs. Bell a few seats back of

them. Some gentlemen who knew them came along and sat down in the seat with Mrs. Smith, and all were talking when the crash came. Mrs. Smith and the gentleman were pitched forward with such force againat Mr. Beam that the back of her seat was broken and her back sprained quite badly. Mrs. Bell was thrown right np over the back of the seats and pitched forward several seats,landing in the center of the aisle. She struck her cheekbone against some obstruction and has a black eye to remember the wreck by. Mrs. Smith escaped with a slight bruise on the knee, but Mrs. Beam, who is a large, fleshy woman, was under a doctor’s care since her return home Thursday afternoon, .but yesterday morning wsb feeling much belter, although quite sore from bruises, as were the other ladies.

Charley Mann, of this place, was one of the mail clerks on the southbound train, but escaped injury by jumping. Geo. F. Meyers and F. B. Ham were also passengers on the southbound train, but escaped injury, except Mr. Ham, who was severely shaken and bruised a little. In fact, none of the passengers were badly hurt, we understand, on the southbound train. James F. Irwin was returning from a business trif) from Muncie, and was also on the northbound train. He got his knee bruised some and it pained him considerably the night after the wreck. Harry Karrie, the railroad’s attorney, met the Rensselaer injured at Lafayette with a roll of the long green that would choke an elephant, and settled the damage and took receipts in full from them. Mrs. Bell was paid $30;“ J? F. Irwin $25 ; Mrs. Smith $lO. Mrs. Beam did not settle.

PRINTER WANTED.

The Democrat wants at once a good, all ’round printer-foreman; man of good steady habits who is a competent job and ad man, on which class of work he will be employed most of the time; married, and who will appreciate a good position and can produce references as to his stick-to-a-job qualities. To such a man a steady position for years to come is assured and the highest possible wages will be paid.

PULPIT ANNOUNCEMENTS.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The subject of the Sunday morning sermon is "Popularity;” in the evening, "Bruised Reeds and Smoking Flax.” All are welcome. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The Quarterly Communion service will be held at the Presbyterian church Sabbath morning. In the evening the pastor will speak on the subject “Jesus Only.” -.

Ladies cloaks, cloaks, cloaks, oloaks, cloaks at the G. E. Murray Co. I still have a large stock of all wool Pants on hand, therefore do not boy cotton mixed stuff at high {>rices when I sell all-wool pants or less money. L. Wild berg, Clothier.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. The Newton oircuit court will convene Monday. —o — Daniel V. Comer of Union tp., was admitted to the Jasper County Bar daring the present term of coart. —o — Eleven marriage licenses were issued last month, against 9 for the preceding month, and 8 for September, 1905. —o — The saloon license of George Strickfaden will expire next Friday njght, Oct 12, being the last of the four saloons to close under the blanket remonstrance filed last January. —o — Assistants Nos. 1 and 2, A. G. Hardy and Wm. Irvin, respectively, declined to serve on the MarionRensselaer stone road superintendency, and Supt. Porter has secured Jim Donnelly, a mighty good man, by the way, to assist him. —o— Mrs. John Blaze of Gillam tp., who was confined in the insane asylum from June 2to Dec. 12, 1904, again became unbalanced this week and was taken in charge by Sheriff O’Connor Thursday and lodged in jail to await notice from the asylum authorities that she can be received there.

Prosecuting Attorney Graves was here from Morocco this week, in response to letters written him, it is said, regarding the conducting of a court of inquiry to look into the alleged gambling matters here. He is reported to have said that he was willing to act in the event that his deputy did not. New suits filed: No. 7080. Ziba F. Little and Rufus Jacobs vs. Hiram Blancbet; suit on account, demand $176,34. No. 7081. A. L. Johns & Co., vs. John Coen et al; action to set aside deed. No. 7082. William Grub vs. William H. Larribee et al; action to quiet title.

Marriage Licenses granted: Oct. 3, Maurice Gorman of White county, aged 34, occupation farmer, to Edith Clager of Wheatfield, aged 27, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Oct. 3, Grover Dallas Gunyon of Jasper county, aged 22, occupation farmer, to Mabel McClanahan of the same oounty, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Contracts were let to the PanAmerican Bridge Co., at a total of $3,230 for four new bridges, one each in Milroy and Union and two in Keener. The contract for furnishing coal for the court house, jail and county farm was awarded to A. L. Branch, the lowest.and best bidder, at $3.95 per ton for West Virginia Smokeless, $3.80 for best Pittsburg Lump from car or $4.00 delivered. Michael Bernicken of Wheatfield, was granted a liquor license to sell intoxicants in that town, no objections being made thereto. This gives Wheatfield three saloons or one for about each 100 population.

—o— The county commissioners finished up the work of the term Tuesday and adjourned. Following is a report of the proceedings: Petition of Thoe. Driver et al for vacation of highway in Barkley tp.; vacation granted on payment of damages of SIOO to Mrs. Victor Yeoman and $75 to Eli Arnold, *as reported by viewers. It is reported that the petitioners consider the damages excessive and will either appeal or drop the matter. Petition for the Remington and Carpenter proposed stone road improvement was granted and Tuesday, Deo. 11, set for date of holding special election to vote on the proposition. Mandel Bensibar et al, petition for highway in Kankakee tp.*; Dan Fairchild, David Gleason and John A. Sigler appointed viewers.

Vol* IX. No. 27

Henry Kolhoff et al, petition for highway in Jordan tp,; road ordered established 50 feet in width. E. L. Hollingsworth et al, petition for ditch; referred to ditch commissioners. Trustee of Marion tp., was granted permission to extend additional poor relief, not exceeding sls per quarter, to Sarah Platt, John Alberson, Frank Ramey, Cecil Potts, Annie Jenkins and Alice Potts. Trustee of Carpenter granted same to Mary Elliott and Anna Risyenger. Notice ordered given for letting contract for new bridge in Union and for repairs to the Lamson bridge in Jordan. Plans were also ordered for a new pile bridge in Wheatfield tp. Election inspectors were appointed as follows: Barkley, East, Cbas. Walker; Carpenter East, Samuel Bowman, Carpenter South, W. O. Roadifer; Marion No. 1, Wm. Greenfield; Marion No. 3, C. J. Dean; Marion No. 4, Charles Morlan; Union South, James H. McClanahan.

REUNION OF THE 9TH INDIANA.

The annual reunion of the 9th Indiana Vol. Infantry is being held here yesterday and to-day. A free supper at 5 p. m. in the lower room of the K. of P. building by the G. A. R., Relief Corps and Ladies of the G. A. R., was on the program of entertainment provided for them yesterday, followed at 8 p. m., by a camp fire in the armory. A general business meeting will be held to-day, after which they will “break ranks.”

J&aP’See pages 3 and 8 for local news.

COMPROMISED FOR $200.

Samuel Yeoman Settles Damage Suit Against the flonon.—Other Court Proceedings. The $5,000 personal damage suit against the Monon for alleged injuries received by Samuel E. Yeoman of Virgie while alighting from a train hereabout a year ago, in stepping into a hole in a defective depot platform, was compromised Tuesday by the railroad paying him S2OO. Judge Palmer was here Tuesday to try the Otis ditch case, but about all that was done was to over-rule motion of objector Grantham to reject report of commissioners, to which the exceptors except, and all parties were given 20 days to file all bills of exceptions, and cause continued for term. In the case of Parks vs. Harmon Clark, appealed by the former from the justice’s court at Wheatfield, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Parks, after being out only a few moments. In the justice’s court Clark had obtained a verdict for some $23 for caring for a horse owned by Parks and which he had let John Greve have to keep for a year, and the defense, we understand, was that if anything was due Clark he should go to Greve rather than the owner of the horse. Costs in the case are probably three or four times the sum in controversy. The jury was discharged Thursday after hearing but one oase. Printzess coats are the acknowledged style leaders. All the new styles at Rowles & Parker’s.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Sept. 28, to Ms. and Mrs. Geo. Potts, north of town, a daughter. Oct. 1, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leavel on the Frank Parker farm north of town, a son. Oct. 1, to Mr. and Mrs. George Seible, in town, a daughter. Oct. 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Feider of Union tp„ a boy. Oct. 3, to Mr. and Mrs. Erhardt Weurthner of Newton tp., a son. Oct. 4, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Keiser, in town, a son. TOWNSHIP CONVENTIONS. N> WALKER TOWNSHIP. The Democratic voters of Walker tp., will meet in mass convention at Center sohool house on SATURDAY, OCT. 13,1906, for the purpose of nominating a township ticket to be voted for al the November election. ThosTOallaghan, Chm.