Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1907 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. • Corn, 37c; oats 33c. Today is “groundhog day.” “The Conquest of Canaan.” Watch for it. 1 Considerable corn began to come in again yesterday. Mrs. James Mead of Hammond, visited relatives here this week. J-Mesdames Geo. F. Meyers and L. P. Shirer were Chicago visitors Saturday. Brookston Odd Fellows have let the contract for a new SB,OOO home for their lodge. The G. E. Murray Co. is showing a long line of swell new patterns in laces and embroideries. The sale is now on. B. Forsythe went to Fairfield, lowa, Sunday to join Mrs. Forsythe,, who bad been visiting there for a week, and returned home with her. Prices on all heavy winter goods are now so low at Rowles & Parker’s that it means a big saving to you to bay your next winter’s supply now. -1 Miss Belle Ramey, formerly of Rensselaer but now of Chicago Heights, was married a few days ago in Chicago to Frank Sutton of that place. Subscribe for the Democrat now and secure the opening chapters of “The Conquest of Canaan” by Booth Tarkington, Indiana’s popular author. John Eger may be president of a bank, but bis brother Will is a grand-dad, and that is something the former has no immediate prospects of becoming. A—John Zimmer of Newton tp., was injured considerably in a runaway accident Monday, receiving quite bad cuts on bis face. He is able to be about, however. The United States steel corporation has just purchased 2,500 acres more land for annexation to the town of Gary, in Lake county, paying $3,000,000 for same. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Gifford 1; Rensselaer, R-R-2, 1; Remington, R-R-l, 1; Midland City, 111., 1; Remington, 1; Estes Park, Colo., 1. Mrs. C. P. Wright returned Thursday from Kentland, where she was called Saturday by the sickness of her mother, Mrs. E. B. Vondersmith. She left the latter much improved. The Democrat has a nice lot of correspondence from Kniman this week. Our readers would like to, hear from there each week, and we hope our new correspondent will not disappoint them. 4 O. K. Ritchey attended the ' poultry show at Chicago last week. He says it was good outside of the turkey exhibit, and there were but 18 turkeys in the show, 12 bronze, 2 white and 4 Naragansets,

Attend The Murray Co.’s undermuslin sale, Feb. 4th to 9th. New zephyr ginghams at Rowles & Parker’s big double store only 10 cents a yard; no litait to the; number of yards a customer can purchase. ,7 The rural mail carriers on routes /woTthree and four have sold their teams to Liveryman Knapp and the latter will care for and rent them teams at S3O per month eaph. A. J. Harmon’s Poland China hog sale last Friday drew a good crowd, quite a number from a distance being in attendance. The sale aggregated $1,275. One sow sold for S6O and one pig at S4O. J. W. Faylor of Union tp. got his left foot broken or mashed last Saturday by a heavy wagon passing over it. A doctor was called and dressed the injuries. It will keep him on the superanuated list for a few weeks. LGeo. Meyers, the real estate agent, has bought of Joel Allen of Pontiac, 111., the latter’s real estate holdings in Walker tp., consisting of a tract of 960 acres, paying $30,000 for same. He bought it for speculative purposes only. Mrs. H. P. Farmer, who has been getting along quite well since her return from Washington, and apparently improving somewhat, bad a pretty severe time of it Tuesday night, and was considerably weakened Wednesday. Frank Hascall has purchased his partner’s, Geo. Bell’s, interest in tike Hascall & Bell barber shop and is now sole proprietor. He has employed Dale Warner of Hegewisch, 111., formerly of Mt. Ayr, to assist him in the shop. Woman’s Relief corps have moved their lodge rooms to the court house and now occupy quarters with the G. A. R. Post, while the M. W. A., and and Ladies of Honor occupy the old K. of P. lodge room jointly in the Starr building. x/Oooney Kellner, the ice man, muK put up no ice as yet, it not having reached the desired thickness. St. Joseph’s college has put up some from the artificial lake in front of the college that was about five inches thick. There will probably be some good ice-making weather this month. Miss Jennie Muth, music* and drawing teacher in the city schools, who was called to Topeka, Kan., by her father’s illness some time ago, has been succeeded by Miss Queen Perry, teacher of the same branches in the Goodland schools, the former being unable to return at any stated time because of her father’s continued sickness. X Frank Borntrager’s team became frightened at a train near the Babcock & Hopkins elevator Saturday afternoon and ran away, throwing Frank out and bruising him somewhat. They ran into a telephone guy wire at the corner of Washington and Weston streets and stopped, having only the wagon tongue fastened to them. Not much damage was done, however.

Finest line of laces and embroideries ever shown in this city at RowibS & Parker’s big double store. Renicker of Barkley tp., JeTt Tuesday for Chattanooga, Tenn., Jacksonville and other points in Florida for the benefit of his health. -/About four inches of snow fell Thursday morning and is still on the ground, although indications of a thaw were apparent at the time of The Democrat’s going to press. Ernest Medworth, who lives close to the Jordan tp., line in Newton county, suffered a stroke, of paralysis Tuesday, and his whole left side is reported paralyzed. Just received, new line of tine zephyr ginghams; not seconds or short lengths, but full pieces. No limit to the number of yards a customer can buy, 10c yard at Rowles & Parker’s big double store. “The Conquest of Canaan.” by Booth Tarkington, will be The Democrat’s next serial. An Indiana story by an Indiana author. Don’t miss the opening chapters which will appear next week. - Frank Steel, aged about 22 years, was arrested here Wednesday by the marshal of Thorntown on paternity charges preferred by a 16year*old girl of that place, and was taken there to answer the charge. J. J. Montgomery is still at Wolcott repairing the telephone line there, which was damaged to the amount of $2,000 in the storm of Jan. 16. It will take three weeks yet to repair the damage done there. Owing to the announcement plates of our new serial, “The Conquest of Canaan,” not arriving in time for use last week, we will not start this story until our next issue. Watch for the opening chapters next week. P. C. Pursley, notice of whose sale appears in another part of this paper, will move to near Amherst, South Dak., next month, where be has rented a half section of farm land and 70 acres of hay land. Later he will probably buy a farm there. The A. J. Harmon sale west of town Thursday was well attended and property sold well. Mr. Harmon expects to move to town as soon as he can rent a suitable house. He will travel for the Kelly Land Co., of Mitchell, South Dakota, the coming year as general agent with territory in Indiana and Illinois. Mrs. John Romine, after a long siege of sickness, died at her home near Mt. Ayr at 3 p. m., Thursday, Jan. 24, aged 37 years, 1 mo. and 1 day. Mrs. Rome has resided in Newton county. Ind., about thirty-two years. She was a good wife and mother, and as good a neighbor as was to be found. She leaves five children, three girls and two boys. Funeral services were held at residence Friday at 2p. m. Interment at North Star cemetery.—Mt. Ayr Pilot.

We originated the wide 10 cent embroidery sale two years ago and now afternoon sales for the benefit of the farmer. Who will be next to copy after the Chicago Bargain Store?

The little son of James Blakemore of Milroy tp., who has been having quite a severe tussle with diptheria, is reported considerably improved at this writing. He has been given the anti-toxin treatment by the attending physician. All the other cases in that neighborhood are recovered and no new cases are reported.

/ The farmers have been improving the good roads the past week, and a large amount of corn has been hauled to market. Previous to this stretch of cold weather the roads have been in such a condition that practically no corn had been marketed at all, and it was being rushed in at an unprecedented rate until the snow storm Thursday, which put a check on hauling.

Exchange: Is marriage a failure? The answer is in the wide-staring eyes of that dimpled bundle in the cradle. Marriage a failure? Ask that young mother as she croons over her first born. Ask the little whitefaced woman in black as she kisses the cheeks of her stalwart son, as she sends him into the world to conquer. “All is lost but you, Mary,” chokes out the grayhaired victim of a business collapse. An arm steals about his neck, and a wrinkled hand strokes his brow, and the sweetest voice he ever knew whispers words of soulful sympathy and courage in his ear. Ask him about marriage.

GILMAN CASE STILL GRINDING.

State Rested Monday Afternoon and Defense Begins.—Trial Drawing to a Close. The case of the state against Fred D. Gilman, of the defunct Home Bank at Goodland is still grinding in the Newton circuit court and is attracting large crowds of spectators. The state continued to introduce evidence to show the amounts individuals had on deposit, after the same manner as the McCoy case was conducted at Monticello, until Monday afternoon, when it abruptly rested and the defense began Tuesday. Nothing new of importance was brought out, by the state, the evidence being simply of a routine character and telling the amounts each witness had in the bank when it closed. Concerning the evidence of the defense we copy from the Newton County Enterprise account of the trial: First a number of witnesses were called and testified to Mr. Gilman’s good name in Goodland prior to the bank failure. Of course Mr. Gilman was to be the star witness in his own behalf and a big crowd of spectators were congregated in the court room when he took the stand. Gilman was questioned as to his solvency on the date of the bank failure and he testified to assets, far in advance of his liabilities. For instance the Patton matter was explained by Mr. Gilman, according to his figures Patton was solvent on the day of the bank failure by several thousand dollars, notwithstanding the weight of the State evidence had proven him hopelessly insolvent not only on that date but for several years previous. Patton also testified as to his own solvency. Gilman then listed his own assets, both personal and real, and made a creditable showing. The notes held by the bank and heretofore mentioned were gone over by Mr. Gilman, and in the minds of many weakened his case by placing such high valuations on those which have since been proven worthless. Besides declaring the Patton account gilt edge, Gilman said the Barnett note was good for its face, that the Hartley accounts were good, and in fact there were but a few notes which be said were worth less than face and these were for small amounts. Touching his mining and oil stock Gilman said the greater part of it had been given him by his brother-in-law, although he paid $2,500 for the Indiana Oil Stock and S2OO for Hoosier Oil Stock, both of which were of good markat value. He also uncovered 225,000 shares of stock in some other mining company which he declared was worth $65,000. He pretty generally wiped the slate of all testimony that had been proven by the State and safely establiseed bis own solvency according to his evidence. Mr. Gilman was on the stand nearly all day yesterday. He stated that Wm. Keene and a number of other depositors had filed claims against his estate for various sums due, while in fact they had no deposits but were overdrawn. The State is doing little in

THE WEATHER

Following is the official weather forecast up to 8 o’clock tonight: Illinois and Indiana—Rain or snow; colder. Lower Michigan—Snow; warmer in east portion. Wisconsin —Clearing and colder. lowa —Fair, except snow in east portion; colder.

cross examination, letting Mr. Gilman’s evidence go in largely for what it is worth with the jury. The defense will continue Mr. Gilman on the stand today and the case will probably be advanced to the argument of counsel by night. Large crowds of spectators have been in attendance at every session since Gilman took the stand, and are on the increase. Yesterday afternoon the court room was packed and the doors were thrown open to give an overflow crowd that stood in the corridor an opportunity to hear the testimony. Standing room was at a premium. A dispatch to an Indianapolis paper says of Gilman’s testimony. Relative to the claim of the Constable Brothers, of Goodland, he says that the Constables authorized him to borrow money for the purpose of investing in the Hoosier Oil Company, and that their money was sunk in that investment. He also testified that Eugene Park, who had filed a claim against the bank for $313 on open account and $4,000 on time deposit, had overdrawn, and he added that Park’s daughter had a deposit of $9,000. He claimed further that the account had been juggled by Parks in order to avoid taxation. The witness said that when he went to Indianapolis on the night of the failure of the bank he had only S4O, and that he failed in his effort to realize on oil and mining stock for benefit of the bank. He also testified that he had never solicited deposits for the bank and •that he had never gambled on the Board of Trade, but that he had made investments for others. His living expenses did not exceed $1,500 a year. Duiing the afternoon yesterday Gilman’s children were brought into court, and as they nestled under the arms of their stepmother Judge Darroch began a series of questions relative to Gilman’s family. The witness, with tears drenching his face, told a pitiful tale of how they had suffered through the wrong of others. In fact, when Gilman left Goodland and his children were thrown on the tender mercies of charitable people, the oldest, a boy of fourteen years, could not find a home and he slept in the streets for several nights. Throughout theexamination-iu-cbief Gilman made an excellent witness, answering all questions without hesitation, and seemingly not attempting to conceal anything. He was also ready with explanations if the question or answer seemed to be vague. At the hotel where Mr. Gilman is stopping during the trial he has confidbd to callers from Goodland that during the two years of his absence he made SII,OOO by fortunate investments, and that he would pay every creditor of the bank if he was given sufficient time.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. /—Jan, 25, to Mr. and Mrs. Van Grant, a son. X Jan. 31, to Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hopkins, on Front street, a son. See our gingham window prices and terms for sale days. Friday, Saturday and Monday at 1:30, afternoon only, Feb. Ist to 4th, at the Chicago Bargain Store. I can’t get over being hoodoed into buying a separator I don’t want. I’ve a “dratted” notion to trade it for one of Barney Comer’s good kind. Peter Tumbledown. The prices we are making on muslins, laces, embroideries and everything you need for your spring sewing means a big saving to you. Rowles & Parker. When renewing your farm loan or making a new one, it will pay you to see . Baughman & Wiliiams. They are making a specialty of the farm loan business and can make you the beet rates. See them, over First National bank, ts Rowles & Parker’s lace and embroidery department is the most complete in the city while the prices they name are always the lowest. Zephyr gingham, bought by the case from the factory like many other goods, enables us to make prices less than they can be bought now in less than case lots from the jobbers, at the Chicago Bargain Store.

FACTS ARE IN DEMAND

State Railway Board Asks Questions About the Rail Horror at Woodville. WANTS TO GET AT THE CAUSE What It Was Told, by Some Railway Men Two-Cent Fare Bill Passes the Senate. Indianapolis, Feb. 1. The Indiana state railroad commission opened its Investigation into the cause of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad wreck at Woodville, Ind., last November, in which a large number of lives was lost. C. E. Schaff, first vice president of the Big Four railroad; G. L. Peck, general manager of the Pennsylvania lines west Qf Pittsburg, and J. C. Sullivan, superintendent of the Peru division of the Wabash railroad, gave expert testimony. Several employes of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and representatives of the railroad brotherhoods also testified. Views of Schaff and Peck. C. E. Schaff spoke in a general way of what the railroad officials try to do to have the rules of a road carried out by the employes. He said that it Is such a common practice for trains to carry signals and for signals to be blown by whistles that the importance of obeying these rules is not impressed on enginemen every day. After the wreck at Woodville, he said, many railroads issued bulletins calling attention to the wreck, and Impressing on all employes the importance of obeying therules relative to flagging trains. G.. L. Peck said that in his opinion nothing could be gained by modifying or widening .the scope of the present rules, as they were the result of long ye'ars of experience. Labor fjeader’s Explanation. J. C. Sullivan said that his company used a system of discipline with its men, giving them demerits for violations of rules and credits for observance, sixty demerit marks being a cause for dismissal. Seniority he said was recognized in the line promotion. J. J Dermody, fourth vice president of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, declared that the telegraph systems on various railroads are inefficient because of the fact that they employ young men of 15 to 20 years of age as operators. He asserted that the wages kept competent men out of the trade. What a Working Engineer Said. C E. Gallaton, an engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio, was called to testify as a representative of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. In his testimony he gave evidence tending to show that the engineers of the railroad do not live up to all the rules.

REMARKABLE OLD LADY

Cutting Her Third Set of Teeth, Has. Her Second Eyesight and Nearing 89 Years of Age. Columbus, Ind., Feb. I.—Mrs. Sarah M. Patterson, who makes her home with her daughter. Mrs. Harry Jackson, in this city, Is cutting her third set at teeth. She will be 89 years old on the 25th day of next June, but in spite of her age she is brigt and spry, and. she takes as much pride in her personal appearance as if she were seventy years younger. Mrs. Patterson was born in Ohio, cut her first set of teeth as any ordinary baby does, and this set was replaced by the regular second set. The second set went the way of the dentist several years ago, and now the third set is coming in. Mrs. Patterson says the new teeth feel just like her second teeth when they came In. She keeps well Informed on the topics of the day by reading the newspapers, and says she has her second sight. She used glasses several years ago. but her eyesight has now improved so that she can read even small print with her naked eye.

Seismic Shake in Indiana.

Indianapolis, Feb, I.—Reports from various sections of the state bring news of severe earthquake shocks, the tremors varying from four to five seconds to one minute. Si>encer, Owen county, and Danville, Hendricks county, were more sensibly affected than other places. At the former the school building rocked so perceptibly as to cause alarm among teachers and pupils and they ran from the building. At Danville people rushed from their homes into the streets and were panicstricken. Receives a Fine Lot of Trophies. Danville, Ind., Feb. 1. Robert Hufford. a prosperous farmer, near this town, has received eight boxes of trophies from Colorado, forwarded by a brother long In the west, and consisting of deer antlers, bear heads, antelope horns, with stuffed birds and animals only to be found In the mountains. The value of the consignment was $4,000. • Senate fbr Two-Cent Fares. Indianapolis, Feb. I.—The Bland bill to force the railways to carry passengers in this state at the rate of 2 cents a mile, with no extra charge for failure to buy tickets before getting on * train, has been passed by the senate. Fatal Gasoline Kxploeion. Anderson, Ind., Feb. 1. While at the home of his father-in-law at Saybrook, 111., Carl Cheney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Cheney, of thia city, was burned to death by the exploslotk of a tank of gasoline.