Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1907 — Page 5

LOCAL, AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to Qty and Country Readers. Corn, 35c; oats 31c. Bert Brenner attended the poultry show at Lafayette last Friday. A great slaughter sale of cloaks now on at the Chicago Bargain Store. -\Tom Grant and Frank Rowen have bought the McColly grocery near the depot. Eigelsbach of Chicago, is visiting his father, Henry Eigelsbach, for a week or ten dayd. \Ja. A. Jessen has gone to Pike"vtew, Colo., near Colorado Springs where he is working for the Santa Fe R. R. and Mrs. Luther Wartena and Robert Wartena of Hammond, are visiting relatives here this week. /y Levi Renicker will travel for the International Harvester Co., the coming season. He will probably start out some time next month. ! Mrs. Stephen Kohley desires to thank her many friends for the* assistance given her in the popularity contest of the Catholic fair. and Ray Markin who have been in South Dakota for the past summer, returned home Bunday to spend the winter but expect to go back in the spring. --y'Nlr. and Mrs. Charlie Zard, who 'nave been visiting relatives and old friends here for a few weeks, returned to their home near Mitchell, So. Dak., Monday. Wolcott has now gone “dry” for sure. A remonstrance was filed last week containing a clear majority of 36, and the county commissioners held it good. Parker Childers, the 18-year-old son of J. W. Childers, left town again during holidays, and told some of the boys here that he was going to Colorado this time. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Rensselaer, 1; Rensselaer R-R 1, 1; Rensselaer R-R 4,1; Battle* Creek, Mich. 1; Remington, 1. Ray Huston writes us to change the address of his Democrat from Whitefish, Montana, to Spokane, Wash. The Democrat now has quite a list of subscribers at Spokane. Ex-Township trustee J. P. Ryan of Gillam tp., was in the city on business Wednesday. He came in from Chicago Tuesday evening, where he had been with a carload of stock. E. W. Allen of Kankakee tp. was down Tuesday and Wednesday, taking in the poultry show. Incidentally he brought along a 34-8) turkey gobbler and entered for exhibition. Mary E. Lowe, who has beeh in a Chicago hospital for the past six weeks, undergoing a couple of operations, returned home Tuesday, apparently much improved in health. Dr. Roberts will be at Remington Thursday Jan. 24th. Dr. Roberts extracts teeth without pain or danger, using his own exclusive method, “Odontolone.” Call at the Griffith Hotel. —-/Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Goff were Chicago visitors Monday. The latter is visiting a few days in Crown Point this week also, and expects to leave soon for Hot Springs Ark., to spend the winter with relatives.

-yCJ3ro. Fitzpatrick of the Frances'vifle Tribune is the luckiest editor we ever heard of. He got two tons of hard coal at the Catholic fair here last week practically without mdney and without price, at least it only cest him SI.OO. The schools of Milroy tp., have been closed because of the death from diptheria of the five-year-old son of Joseph Groans, at the home of James Blakemore last Saturday. Two other children who have been attending school now have the disease. Geo. Strickfaden came up from Muncie last Friday afternoon to attend the Catholic fair and to take his family back to Muncie with him. As previously stated they will leave their household goods here for the present, and live at the hotel which Mr. Strickfaden is conducting there. W. A. Rinehart of Queen City, Mo., was in the city Monday. It is currently reported that he called at the Republican office and wanted to whip the editors for "complimentary” notices that have appeared in that paper regarding him since the McCoy bank failure, but strange to say he was not accomodated.

Austin & Hopkins put a fine large new safe in their office this week. The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the Christian church, is "A World-Famed Church;” in the evening, “Lessons, from History.” All are welcome. Councilman Gerber, Truant Officer Littlefield and Township Assessor Hardman attended the Jackson Day Banquet at Lafay. ette Tuesday night. They report a very enjoyable time. 4-XHiris Riddle of near Lisbon, N. J)ak., arriyed Monday for an extended visit with relatives and friends in and around Rensselaer. He reports less snow in No. Dakota this yqar than last. -Vnufue and Martin Warner of Thunder City, Idaho, are visiting their uncles, Norm, John P., and Marsh Warner, here this week. They left Rensselaer 29 years ago, with their father, Martin Warner The deeply interesting serial, “The Manager of the B. & A.,” which has been running in The Democrat for the past several weeks, will end next week. Watch for the opening chapters of another tine serial to begin at once on completion of this story. It will be something that you will enjoy and of a high class order. Burr Porter and Chas. May of Carpenter tp., were in the city Tuesday to leave their order with The Democrat for several hundred sale catalogues for the big Duroc Jersey hog sale they will have on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The Demoerat is also getting out this week 500 catalogues for A. J. Harmon’s Poland China hog sale, which will be held in Rensselaer on Friday, Jan. 25.

Mr. and Mrs. V, O. Patterson of New Boston, 111., visited the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Blue, here during holidays. Mrs. Patterson was formerly Miss Pearl Blue, and was married at Omaha, Neb., on Thanksgiving last. She is now teaching nt Broken Bow. Neb., but after finishing her school will return to New Boston —where she taught last year —and reside with her husband. yMr. and Mrs. Homer Faris of 'Wilsonville, Neb., returned home Saturday after a few days visit with the former’s relatives here. He is a son of Calvin Faris, a former resident of Rensselaer, who removed to Nebraska several years ago, and had come back to Indiana to get married. His wife was Miss Clara Klepter of Oaklandon, Marion county, and the marriage took place New Year’s day. Wanatah Mirror: Wanatah is certainly far from being a dry town at present. With six saloons and all doing a good business, there is probably more money spent here for drink than clothing and eatables. The remainder of the business houses sum up as follows: Two dry goods stores, two grocery stores, two butcher shops, one drug store, one general merchandise store, one barber shop and one hotel.

The funeral of Mrs. Daisy Hawkins was held Saturday afternoon from Trinity M. E. church, Rev. H, L. Kindig conducting the services. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. Deceased was born in Rensselaer, Maroh 10, 1879, and was married to Vermont Hawkins, May 19, 1900. Charles Farmer of Anderson and Mrs Addie Hawkins of Logansport, uncle and sister-in-law, respectively, of Mr. Hawkins, were out of town people in attendance at the funeral. Francesville Tribune: Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Kohley of Rensselaer were in town Friday greeting old time ticquaintances. They have a splendid farm a couple of miles from the Jasper county capital and are also engaged in the dairy business which keeps them very busy and they don’t get over this way very often. However they are enjoying the prosperity of the world which was indicated when they boosted their subscription to this paper into the 1908 column. Lafayette Courier: Frank J. Spitznagle, the congenial tobacconist, has received a letter from Rensselaer telling him he was the winner of a plow which was put up as a premium at a Catholic fair at that place last week. Mr. Spitznagle bought the ticket a month ago and had forgotten the incident. His friends say he has decided to purchase a small farm near the fair grounds and use the farm implement in working off surplus flesh. He expects to make an exhaustive study of agricultural subjects. An admiring friend of a poetic inclination is writing an ode to “The Man Behind the Plow.”

Wanted—A good man to handle exclusively or as a side line our lubg. oils and paints; Salary or com mission. The Stetson Oil & Paint Co., Cleveland, 0. J--Alva Simpson, employed at the 'Babcock & Hopkins elevator on the night force, got a bad fall early Saturday morning, caused by one of the rungs of a ladder breaking with him. He fell some thirty feet and landed in a bin of corn. While no bones were broken, he was pretty badly shaken up and at this writing is still unable to resume work. Mrs. Mary A. Thomas died at the home of her brother, Bert Dowell, in the east part of town Monday night, aged 50 years. She bad been in poor health for some time. The funeral was held Wednesday, from the residence, Rev. H. L. Kindig of Trinity M. E church conducting the services and interment made in Weston cemetery. She leaves three sons and two daughters. Brook Reporter: A town may claim that the licensed saloon does not injure it, but the fact of the case is, there is not one thing on earth that injures the town as much as the licensed saloon. Where can you find a “dry” town in the state that is willing to go back to its bondage again? Not one. The advocates "t high license say that is the onlv solution of the difficulty. Not so’ When you are rid of the saloon keep rid of thfem That is the solution and the only solution. \/Searlet fever is reported in the family es Mrs. W. O. Florence, in the east part of jhe city. The house has been quarantined and it is hoped to stamp out the disease without any further spread/ It seems that the whole family, consisting of the mother and six children. have had tonsilitis and some of them an eruption to some extent —except one child—but they got along very well, and it was only Sunday that the disease appeared in typical form. Health Officer Miller and Dr. Merrill agreed on the diagnosis The disease seems to have been of a rather mild character in the first two typical cases, but two of the later cases have been quite severe. Those that had a straight case of tonsilitis bad had scarlet fever several years ago. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Jan. 3, to Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher of near Aix, a daughter.

NOVEL CURE FOR COLDS.

Healing Medication That is Breathed, Giving Quick Relief. The fact that many people right in Rensselaer cough and hawk and sniffle for days and weeks after they have been treating a cold with the usual stomach dosing, shows how valueless are the ordinary cough and cold cures. The right way to cure a cold in the head, or a cough and irritation in the bronchial tubes, is by breathing Hyomei’s medicated air from the neat pocket inhaler that comes with every outfit, Take a few breaths in this way, and immediate relief will be noted. The medication goes right to the spot where the disease germs are and renders them harmless. B. F. Fendig gives an absolute guarantee with every Hyomei outfit he sells that if it does not give satisfaction the money will be refunded. The complete Hyomei outfit costs but SI.OO while extra bottles of Hyomei, if needed, can be obtained for only 50c. Cloaks, s hirts and suits at your own prices. Chicago Bargain Store

PLEASE CALL AND SETTLE.

All parties knowing themselves indebted to me for feed or fuel are requested to call and settle same without delay as I hpve sold my business and wish to close up my books as soon as possible. J. E. Bislosky.

Pins His Faith on Feathers.

Hazleton, Ind., Jan. 10.—During a storm which swept over this vicinity at an early hour in the morning, lightning struck the home of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Rabb, west of this place, and they were thrown violently from their bed to the floor, while splinters, broken brick and fragments of mortar rained on them. The bolt tore a hole In the roof and struck the bedpost, tearing It to pieces. Mr. and Mrs. Rabb attribute their escape from injury to the fact that they were sleeping on a feather bed. “1 never fool a Mt of danger from thunder.” says I’abb. “All 1 do Is to stick to the feathers."

Women in Bank Positions.

Wabash. Ind., Jen. 10.— Two women were elected directors of Wabash banks and will take an active part In the business. Mrs. Kate M. Buslck is with the Wabash National bank, and Miss Emma Daugherty with the First National

HOOSIER STATESMEN

Those Who Make the Laws for the State Are in Business Once More. GOVERNOR READS HIS MESSAGE Republican Majority in the House Only Six—State Railway Board to Probe the Woodville Horror. Indianapolis. Jan. 11.—The one hundred and fifty men who, under the name of the Sixty-fifth general assembly, decide what the laws of Indiana shall be, for the next two years at least, met and organized preparatory to taking up the work. There was a full representation of every county of the state at the opening, with the exceptions of Marshall and Kosciusko, whose senator, John W. Parks, is too ill to attend. Fully one hundred answered to roll call in the house. Republican House Majority Small. The Sixty-fifth is expected to be both Important and Interesting; important for the reforms pledged by the platforms on which men of both parties reached their seats in the body, and interesting because of the smallness of the Republican majority in the house, which assures anything but a sleepy sc*' iei'. In the senate the Republicans are to the Pemocrnrs as 37 is to 13, but in the house the difference is only that between 53 and 4h, and the 47 are about as active and wide awake as ever occupied the west side of the house chamber. Caucus Nominees Elected. Both senate and house organized, electing the officers selected at the Republican caucuses. Representative Branch, the newly-elected speaker of the house, presided throughout the greater part of the session. Both houses adjourned shortly before noon to meet In joint session at 2 p. m. to hear Governor Ilanly personally read his message. a document of some 33,000 words. Lobby We Have Always with Vs. Crowded galleries of men and women saw the opening, and politicians and amateur statesmen from miles around were about the side-lines. Noticeable, too, was the always-to-be-fonnd lobby, of various sorts and sizes of influence. The lawmakers, in their best Sunday clothes, had no reason to doubt that the eyes of the state were upon them.

WILL PROBE THAT WRECK

Indiana Railway Board Has Started a New Inquiry Into the Wopdvilie Horror. Indianapolis, Jan. 11.—Desiring to go to the very bottom of the Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Woodville last November in which sixty persons lost their lives, and believing that through knowledge gained thereby the cause of so many railroad wrecks in the country may be ascertained, the state railroad commission has decreed that its investigation into this disaster be resumed, and lias summoned all the officials and employes of the road who could have been in any way connected with the wreck to appear before the commission in its rooms at the state house Thursday, Jan. 31. The Woodville wreck inpuiry is to be directed in ascertaining whether the wreck was the fault of the railroad company or the men employed by the company. Traction Passes Are Returned. Hartford City, Ind.. Jan. 11.—James Fulton, S. J. Farrell and Christopher Keller, half the membership of the city council, have returned the free mileage books that were sent them by the Indiana Union Traction company. The books are valued at $lO each. The councilmen say they believe that they could not do the city and traction company justice while holding free passes. This is the first time in the history of the council that free passes have been returned.

Brick Through the Window. Rushville, Ind., Jan. 11.—While Geo. Wingerter, a wealthy cigar manufacturer. and his family were seated In their parlor about 8 p. m., a brick wns burled through a large plate glass window. and it bounded past his wife and came near striking her. No cause has been assigned for the deed, and there is no clew to the guilty person. Here’s a Husky Horse. Kokomo, Ind., Jan. 11. —The largest horse ever foaled and raised in Howard county has been sold for eastern shipment here. The animal weighs 2,850 pounds and was raised by Jacob Gingery, In the east part of the county. This ponderous dray animal sold for the moderate price of S3OO. Got Caught in a Shaft. Noblesville, Ind., Jan. 11. Grant Caca, aged 40, was probably fatally Injured at the city mills while trying to adjust a belt His left hand was caught, carrying him around the shaft three times, tearing the member off, breaking the arm above the elbow and crushing the right leg in two places. Balm for a Wounded Heart. Marion, Ind., Jan. 11.—Miss Flora Cox has w’on jaudgment for $2,000 •gainst William Davis for damages resulting from a breach of promise to marry.

MOTHER EARTH HAS THE QUAKES

Distinct Shocks Are Felt in Sweden, Norway, Russia and in Pennsylvania. Stockholm, Sweden, Jan. 10.—Two distinct and sharp eartli shocks were felt at several points in Sweden at 1:80 in the morning. Dispatches received from Arvika, Mellarud and Stromstad, report that the rocking of houses at those places caused a exodus of the alarmed Inhabitants. Christiania, Norway, Jan. 10.—Twc severe earth shocks were felt here at 1:30 in the morning, accompanied by rumblings like thunder. Telegrams received in this city - show that the shocks were felt at other towns in Norway. The disturbances caused considerable alarm, but no damage has been reported. Yekaterinburg, Russia, Jan. 10. — Two earth shocks were felt here early in the morning. Williamsport, Pa., Jan. 10.—A series of shocks, evidently earthquakes, were felt and heard in this section, from 4:45 to 5:30 o'clock in the morning. Buildings shook so that families were awakened and rumbling sounds were heard over an area of about twenty miles.

SHAH OF PERSIA DEAD

London Paper Has a Special That Says So—Public Announcement Is Held Back. London, Jan. 9.—The Daily Mail‘s correspondent atTeheran in a telegram sent last night at 11:50 o’clock says: “The shah of Persia died this evening, though no public announcement of the fact will be made until tomorrow. It was evident yesterday that the cud was rapidly approaching and four injections of camphor were employed to prolong the ruler’s life. All the shah’s vital functions were suspended today. Soon after sunset the doors of the harem were closed. This was the sign that all was over." Muzaffar-Ed-Din was born at Teheran. March 5, 1853, and succeeded his father, Nasr-Ed-Din, on the death of the latter, May 1, IS9C. The late shah leaves many children, and will be succeeded by his eldest son, Mohammed All Mirza, who was born In 1872, and who is now at Teheran. Teheran, Persia, Jan. 10.—Official announcement of the death of the shah was made at 9 o’clock in the morning from the office of the grand vizier. The news was received quietly by the people.

ASSASSIN COUNTS ONE MORE

General Pavloff Dies by the Hand of a Terrorist, Who Will Follow His Victim. St. Petersburg, Jan. 10. Another high official has met death at the hands of an assassin, who got in reach of his victim so easily that after his capture he joked the police about their helplessness in such matters. He will probably soon follow his victim, as taken red-handed the court martial will be swift and sure In his case. This last victim of the terrorists was Lieutenant General Vladimir Pavloff, military procurator, or advocate general. The assassin wore the uniform of a military clerk, and telling the gatekeeper at the entrance to the garden of General Pavloff’s home that he had a report to submit to the general he was allowed to pass. He found the general working In the garden and emptied all the bullets of an automatic pistol into his body, killing him instantly. Then he ran, jumped into a carriage, firing as he drove away and killing a policeman. Later he was captured.

RESPONSIBLE FOR A HORROR

Men Held to Blame for the Terrible Wreck at Terra Cotta, D. C., by the Coroner’s Jury. Washington. Jan. 10. —The Coroner’s inquest over the Terra Cotta wreck of Dec. 30 held for theaction of the grand jury Harry H. Hildebrand, engineer of “dead” train; Frank F. Hoffmier, conductor of that train; P. F. Dent, night train dispatcher at Baltimore; William E. McCauley, division operator of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad; B. L. Vermillion, engineer of local train GO, into which the “dead” train crashed; George W. Nagle, conductor of train 66; J. W. Kelly, Jr., trainmaster of the Baltimore and Ohio, and William M. Dvtrow, the telegraph operator at Silver Spring. All the men held except Dent, McCaulley and Kelly, were in the building where the inquest was held and were placed under arrest.

Great Fire at Detroit.

Detroit. Jan. 9. Fire gutted the major portion of the large plant of the Michigan Stove works on Jefferson avenue, causing a loss estimated at $750,000, while the entire plant was insured for but $380,000. Upwards of 15,000 gas and coal stoves were ruined, and of the tremendous plant, covering an area of ten or twelve acres, only the office building, the foundries and part of the storage building were saved. Several firemen were injured by falling debris, and half a dozen spectators were hurt when the horses attached to one of the fire department wagons ran away into the enormous crowd that lined the street opposite tho burning plant

Fate Was Hard on Him.

Chicago, Jan. 10. Five hours after his arrival In Chicago from Winona, Minn., and one hour after he had obtained employment as a brakeman for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway company, Emanuel Martin was killed while coupling cars.

IOWA LAW OUTRAGED

Done by “Best Citizens,” Who Boast of Their Immunity from Prosecution. SMILED UPON BY SOME WOMEN Graced by the Presence of Clergymen, Mob Murder Done. Old Man Who Had Committed a Double Crime Lynched; Sheriff Inactive—Lynchers Wear No Masks. Charles City, la., Jan. 10.—James Cullen, who murdered his wife and 15-year-old stepson, was taken from the Floyd county jail here by a mob and hanged to the Cedar river bridge in the heart of the city. The mob broke into the jail and quickly overcame the feeble resistance Sheriff Schermerhorn was able to offer. The mob was composed of many of the leading citizens of the town, and even the leaders made no attempt to disguise themselves. Cullen fought like a tiger, but was overpowered. He declared that his wife and son had attacked him and) that be had killed them In self-de-fense. South Couldn’t Beat This. Four or five ministers and a large number of women w-ere in the crowd. The crowd gathered about the jail about 9 p. m. With a railroad iron they battered down the door, and with picks and axes quickly cut through the wall. .Judging from the expressions about town the hanging is largely the result of the pardon granted to Louis Busse, the Bremer county wife-mur-derer. Busse murdered his wife within fifteen miles of Charles City, was twice granted reprieves, and then his sentence was commuted to life Imprisonment. What Does Gov. Cummins Say? Men who participated -in the mobbing stated that they did not fear prosecution. They said that they disliked mob violence, but considered that if mob law was ever justifiable it was in the case of Cullen. They declared that the estate of $50,000 which he had accumulated as a contractor here would have been used to fight his case In the courts, and that it would be years before he would have been punished, if ever. W. W. Schermerhorn, the sheriff, while aware that the feeling was at high pitch, did not think it would end in lynching, and made no preparations to defend the prisoner. Cullen’s brother, Richard Cullen, a banker from Warren, 111., who was In the city, did not bear of the mobbing until after it was all over. James Cullen killed his wife and 15-year-old step-son at 4 a. m. Wednesday at his home on East Clark street, and attempted to commit suicide, but failed. Cullen was always known ns a man of bad temper, and was somewhat eccentric. He was (JO years old. He was especially a ernnk on the subject of temperance; was a man who never took a drink of liquor in bis life.

HILL IS TOLD TO GET BUSY

Commanded by Interstate Commerce Commission to End the Coal Famine. Chicago, Jan. 9. —A telegraph order to James J. Hill commanding him to do something immediately to relieve the coal famine in the northwest was sent by members of the interstate commerce commission, sitting in Chicago. News from the district where the people have been suffering for weeks caused the commissioners to take summary action. The telegram was signed by Commissioners Lane and Harlan and was as follows: "Our information is that the coal situation at Mohall and Cavalier, N. D„ is still extremely serious. Farmers are chopping telegraph poles for fuel, and many farmers have been driven into town. Further aid must be promptly given.” This message followed the receipt of a dispatch to the commission from Attorney Marble in which he said that there was great suffering in the Dakota towns, that more than sixty farmers bad been driven into the cities for refuge, that there was no coal at Cavalier and that a bad storm east of Devil's Lake was aggravating the serious situation.

End of Zion City.

Chicago, Jan. 7. —Zion City is to be thrown open to private business enterprises. so it is officially announced by Overseer Vollva. For years it has been one of the principles of John Alexander Dowie, the founder of Zion City, that all commercial enterprises In the city must be under the control of the church.

Dougherty Records Destroyed.

Peoria, 111., Jan. B.—Burglars blew open a safe containing all records of defalcation of N. C. Dougherty, former superintendent of schools, now In Joliet penitentiary, during the night and burned them. Loss of the records effects the liability of bondsmen and prevents future indictments.

New Railway bureau.

Chicago, Jan. 8. —As a means of relieving the shortage of freight cars representatives of a number of western railroads have decided to form an organisation to bo known as the Car kSlclency bureau.