Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1906 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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REPUBLICANS WIN

But By Greatly Red deed Pluralities. DEMOCRATIC 6AINS OVER STATE, And Republicans Will Have Only Small Majority In the Legislature.—Results In This and Neighboring Counties. In the election Tuesday a very light vote was cast all over the state, while in our own county the republican plurality of 795 two years ago was cut down to 436, and the pluralities on the county ticket as usual were still lower, but the entire republican county ticket was elected. The total vote two years ago in the county was 3,645, against 2,523 this year. The stay-at-home vote apportioned among the three leading parties shows a loss of 350 for the democrats; 710 for the republicans; 57 for the prohibitionists. The official vote of the county at the bottom of this page gives the vote by precincts for all the candidates. Not much of interest was manifested in the township offices, advisory boards, justice of the peace and constables, and reports from the different townships are not available at this time. In Marion township, Haratio Ropp, democrat, defeated Christie Vick for constable, and John Healy gave John H. Thornton a chase for justice, but all the republicans won out except Mr. Vick. The constitutional amendment ticket, on the bottom of the state ballot, did not receive much attention, and only 589 votes were cast in the entire county on the proposition—sll for to 78 against. The democrats have made great gains throughout the country and in Indiana and in some or our neighboring couqties, as will be seen from the returns published in this paper. Hearst was defeated for governor of New York by about 40,000 plurality, according to latest returns, but the balance of the democratic ticket was elected. Indiana is carried by the republicans by about 25,000. Oklahoma elected the entire democratic ticket. George Hersh man made a good race for prosecutor in this county, as the returns show. His opponent’s plurality in Newton county was 439. Judge Darroch was defeated for congress, of course, in this district, but Crumpacker’s plurality of some 10,000 two years ago was cut to about 4,000. The democrats gain a congress man in the eighth and eleventh districts, giving them four of the thirteen districts. Fred Landis, one of the four notorious stand-pat-on-the-tariff-and-government-pay- roll brothers, lost out in his big republican district, while 0. B. Landis of the ninth got through by a decreased plurality, and it is said that there is already a move on foot to retire both Crump acker and Landis at the end of the terms to which they have just been elected. In Newton county Chas. Spinney, democrat was re-elected treas-

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urer by 320, and A. D. Washburn, democrat, was elected commissioner by 60. All the rest of the republican ticket was eleeted by reduced majorities. In White county thp democrats elect recorder, clerk and sheriff, while the republicans elect treasurer, coroner, assessor, surveyor and the two commissioners. The county went republican on the state ticket by 310, but Crumpacker’s plurality was only 186, and Meeker's 225. Pulaski county democrats elected everything but sheriff. W. J. Reed, formerly of Jordan township, this county, defeated Simon Bybee, republican, for prosecutor of Pulaski and Starke counties, by a small plurality—s 3. Judge Palmer was defeated for re-election of the Carroll-White judicial circuit by 41 plurality, James P. Wason, of Delphi, bei,ng the lucky candidate. Thomas, republican, for prosecutor, was re-elected. , Our old friend James Saunderson was elected judge of the Ben-ton-Warren circuit court over Ele Stansbury, republican, by 369 majority. He carried his home county of Benton by 721. Benton went 250 republican on the state ticket, but the democrats elected their county ticket except treasurer, clerk and surveyor by majorities of 17 to 175. * Starke county elected its entire republican ticket. Crumpacker carried Lake county by only 848 votes. The democrats elected Ed Simon representative and F. S. Carter sheriff.

LIGHT VOTE IS AGAINST SALOONS.

Remonstrators Will Be Able to Knock Out Saloon Applicants Much Easier. The light vote cast in Indiana last Tuesday is a bard blow to the saloonists, as it will enable “antis” to successfully remonstrate against applicants for license in many towns that heretofore could not be touched. The number of remonstrators required to defeat a license, of course, must now be based on this elaction, and as an example of what can be done we cite the following towns: Remington now requires only 227 remonstrators, against 292, the number required under the previous election. Union tp., 110, against 182 under former election. Keener tp., 69, against 97 under previous election. Wheatfield, 82, against 120 under previous election. Kankakee, 47, against 74 under previous election. Walker, 62, against 97 under previous election. Barkley, 89, against 158 under previous election.

CATHOLIC FAIR CONTESTANTS.

Following are the names of the contestants for prizes at the Catholic fair to be held in the K. of P. building the week of Dec. 10. The list of prizes will be published later, not having been 'decided upon at this writing : Married men—J. J. Eiglesbach, Louie Harmon. Married women—Mrs;'Stephen Koh ley, Mrs. Joe Thomas. Single men—Peter Hordemau, Owen Callahan. Young ladies—Grace Worland, Emma Lane,

Rowles & Parker can save you money on your winter’s supply of dry goods, clothing and shoes. * at. •-

Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana, Saturday, November io, 1906.

A BUSY SCENE.

Work On Stone Roads Being Pushed. THREE STONE CRUSHERS WORKING A Part of the Time, and 37 Teams Hauling Stone on the Roads, While 25 Men Are Working About the Crusher. A visit Ho the stone crushing scene where the work of taking out rock for the Marion-Rensse-laer stone roads is in progress, is an interesting one. Three stone crushers are at work a part of the time, and Tuesday, when we visited the scene, there were 37 teams hauling the crushed rock out on the roads, eight carts hauling the crushed rdck from the river bed to the crushers and some 25 men engaged in loading and driving the carts and at work about the crusher. Between three and four miles of the country roads to be improved are already completed, of the 34| miles —including the city streets. A heavy steam roller is used to roll the rock down smoothly on the road before putting on the fine rock, which is also rolled down smoothly, and an apparently excellent road is being built. Many people who have examined the rock being used in this improvement think it the best material they ever saw for wear and packing down. A great deal of the rock seems to be thoroughly saturated with the heavy black oil that is found about here, and this ought to assist in the packing or cementing of the roadway and in keeping the dust down. The channel to be cut out in the rock, near the old oil well, where the principal crusher is at work, is to be some fourteen feet deep, in the river improvement, which will be at least ten feet deeper than the excavation already hauled away to the crusher. This rock is broken up by the blasting, of course, but it is thought by many that it will require more blasting to break it up small enough for the big dredge to remove. These two improvements are making lots of work here, which will continue all next summer, and is putting lots of good hard cash in circulation.

GET INTO FIST FIGHT ON TRAIN.

Rensselaer Sports Have a ftix-up in Returning From Lowell Football Game Sunday. Quite a large number of Rensselaer’s sporting gentry went up to Lowell Sunday ostensibly to see the Rensselaer-Lowell pick-up football game, but in reality many went to get a little “booze,” it being known that the Hanly lid in Lake county is an unknown quantity. But it seems there were some arrests last week of Lowell saloonists for illegal selling of intoxicants, and the town was closed up Sunday as tight as Rensselaer now is of week days. Consequentseveral of the more thirsty ones hiked out for Cedar Lake via the tie ticket route, to get something to drink. Cedar Lake is always “wet,” and if there ever were any keys to the dozens of booze joints there they were years ago thrown into the lake, and the cup that

cheers is always on tap there and keeps company with the slot machines and other gambling devices that Gov. Hanly has not had time (?) to reach with his reform club. The fellows who went to Cedar Lake are said to have found what they were looking after, and returning on the milk train were in a happy mood when they reached Lowell and the balance of the sports got aboard. Soon a quarrel was started and a fight was in progress, the principals being Geo. Healey, of the Rensselaer Republican, and Will McCord, Jess Grayson and Fritz Macklenberg. Healey is said to have struck the first blow, -but says he was forced into it by the vile language used by some of the others toward him. In the melefc a few windows were broken irom the car and all the participants were more or less marked up by blows. The train crew was powerless to stop the fracas and the train was stopped for a few moments. It seems to have been Healey on one side and the three or four others against him, and bad not the partiesbeen separated it is likely he would have fared badly. McCord and Macklenburg formerly tended bar for Geo. Strickftden, and it is reported that the trouble dates back to an article written by Healey about the alleged drunken orgies the closing night of Strick’s saloon, but if this be true or not we are unable to say. In fact we know nothing of the ‘‘merits” of the case at all, but there is said to be two sides to it as usual. The whole affair is a most regretable one as such things ate disgraceful and give a town a| bad name, and especially happening on the Sabbath day is not calculated to help the matter any. It is thought by some that the matter is not yet over with, and that there will be some more black eyes before the parties are all satisfied.

Regarding the boys who went to Cedar Lake, Mr. McCord states that he was not of the number, and that he was not drunk, as has been reported.

Later:—Wednesday, at noon, while Fritz Macklenburg was on his way home to dinner, when passing tne Republican office. Mr. Healey ran out and pounded Fritz up quite badly. He alleges that the latter was one of the four with whom he had the difficulty Sunday and that Fritz struck him several times while others in the crowd held him down in the car seat where he was practically helpless. Healey was arrested and plead guilty to assault and battery before Squire Irwin, who fined him the usual “dollar and costs,” but it is said the costs were practically all thrown off. Healey told of the trouble on the train and the court held that there were entenuating circumstances in this latter assualt. The better class of people hope that there may be no further trouble, and that if there are more differences to settle they will be settled in the courts rather than dog fashion.

A NEW STORE. Owing to my large stock and crowded condition in my old quarters, I will open up on Deo. 1 another store in my room west of the postoffice with holiday goods, and counters from 5 cent to 99 cent, E. V. Ransford. Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol.

New suits filed : No. 7089. John M. Jost vs. Harry Rishling and David Culp; suit on note. Demand S2OO. —o•— Nine marriage licenses were issued last month, against eleven for the month previous, and seven for October, 1905. Marriage licenses issued : November 3, Roland Layman, of Remington, aged 31, occupation laborer, to Rosa Lee Lance, also of Remington, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Nov. 6, Jacob Henry of Momence, 111., aged 24, occupation machinist, to Golda Seeley of Wheatfield, aged 16. First marriage for each.

Lawrence Kellner has published a notice in a Rensselaer paper of his intention to apply at the December teqn of commissioners’ court for a retail license to sell liquors at Remington. Remington is now “dry” and has been for some three years, but there is some technicality about the filing of the last blanket remonstrance that the parties “who are now trying to “break in” there evidently think will enable them to win out in court. It would be a good idea for the anti-saloon people there to file another remonstrance in which there can be no technical errors to be taken advantage of.

The following jurors have been drawn for the November term of court, which convenes next Monday. The grand jury is called for the first' Monday at II a. m., and the petit jury for the third Monday at 11 a. m.: GRAND JURORS. Warren Poole, Hanging Grove. Walter V. Porter, Rensselaer. T. F. Maloney, Kankakee. Harmon Dickinson, Carpentet. W. B. Walters, Marion. John Ryan, Gillam. PETIT JURORS. M. W. Coppess, Gillam. C. P. Moody, Barkley. Lewis Welsh, Jordan. J no. R. Phillips, Hanging Grove. C. F. Stackhouse, Marion. A. 8. Keene, Wheatfield. Judson Maines, Marion. H. W. Marble, Wheatfield. Chas. F. Warner, Walker. Joseph Steward, Hanging Grove. John R. Lewis, Barkley. S. A. Austin, Wheatfield. C. D. Lakin, Union. John Rusk, Barkley. George McElfresh, Barkley. Horace G. Daniels, Marion. —o —

The county commissioners met in regular session Monday, but adjourned Monday night until Wednesday. Following is a report of the proceedings of the term : Liquor licenses were granted to Willie F. Granger, of Kersey, and William Ballinger, of Kniman, to date Nov. 12 and Nov. 15, 1906, respectively. No opposition was made to the granting of either license. Contracts were awarded for new bridges to S. L. Luce, two bridges across the Hodge ditch in Wheatfield township, for $1,939.20, and

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to the Pan-American Bridge Co., for bridge in Jordan township for $1,267. Harvey Wood was appointed inspector of election in precinct No. 3, MaTion township, in place of C. J. Dean, who was away on a land expedition to the Dakotas, and D. M. Worland was appointed in Newton township, the trustee, W. B. Yeoman, being disqualified, owing to James Yeoman, a cousin, being a candidate for county commissioner on the prohibition ticket.

Petition to appoint E. H. Morrow justice of the peace in Carpenter township was continued. The claim of $205.75 of E. B. Sellers, of Monticello, and Foltz & Spitler, of Rensselaer, for legal services in the case of Heinzman vs. Jasper county, was continued. There was allowed on the engineers’estimates $3,312.43 on the Hanging Grove stone road; 11,865.25 on the Gillam gravel road; $1,683.36 on the Marion stone roads; $3,740.80 on the Iroquois ditch; $483.850n the Moffitt ditch. Additional time of one year was granted for removal of rock in the Iroquois ditch contract. Notice ordered given for letting contract for supplies for poor farm on first day Dec. term. Trustee of Marion tp., was granted permission to extend additional poor relief not exceeding sls per quarter to Dora Smith. E. P. Honan et al, petition for ditch; continued for notice. Mary M. Potts et al, petition for ditch; final report heretofore filed is withdrawn and amended; preliminary filed making new parties; notice ordered. Daniel S. Makeever et al ditch; no objections filed and cause referred to commissioners for final report. Thomas Davis et al, petition for improvement of Junglas ditch, commissioners granted till next term to file preliminary report. John M. Ott petition for stone roads in Remington and Carpenter township; notice for election ordered published and Rial B Harris and D. H. Yeoman appointed election commissioners.

The buyers of the Iroquois ditch bonds are kicking on paying the six months’ accrued interest on said bonds, amounting to some $2,000, as required in their bid, and the county ordered the return of the bonds from Cleveland, Ohio. The buyers then attached the bonds and the First National Bank of Rensselaer, through whom the bonds were sent for collection, has been ordered to procure the return of the bonds, and to give such bond as security as may be necessary to discharge said lien of attachment, the necessary expense to -be charged up to said ditch improvement. The bond buyers put up $2,500 cash forfeit when bidding, which is still in the auditor’s hands, and they will either be compelled to take the bonds and pay the accrued interest or lose this forfeit.

A CORRECTION.

The item in another part of this paper regarding two of our high school teachers attending the Lowell Sunday football game, we are glad to say is incorrect, and it should have read two of the district or country school teachers. It is said that three of |he Rensselaer high school football team played in the game, however, under ficticious names. It seems there is something in the athletic association rules against high school players engaging in scrub games* and Sunday games, and if found out bars the players from playing in high school games. The names of these players have been given us for publication, but we refrain from making them public now. There are several names given in the Rensselaer list of players as published in the Lowell papers that are unknown here.

GEORGE JENKINS DEAD.

>George W. Jenkins, an old and resident of Barkley township for many years, died last Sunday, at 4:30 p. m , at the home of his son, Charles Jenkins, in the above township, after an extended sickness from Bright’s disease. His age was a little over 73 years, and he was one of Jasper’s early settlers. Quite a large family of children survive him, but his wife died several years ago. -The funeral was held by Rev. Sherrill Tuesday, and interment made in the Prater cemetery.