Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1907 — Page 4

JIM COBIIY DM. F. t. 81BC0C1. IDITOii HD POBIIBHER SATURDAY, FEB. 9, 1907.

BIG BUNCH OF GRAFT

Fifty Thousand Dollars to Two Officials of the State Life Company. REAL ESTATE AGENT SWEARS Accused Men Both Declare the Allegation Falser-Smiley N.,Chain- . j,/- hers Very lll—ltems. )' _ ' ~ Indianapolis, Feb. 8. Evidence tending to show that President A. M. I Sweeney and Vice President Samuel Quinn, of the State Life Insurance company, received $25,000 each for voting for the purchase of a thirteen-story office building in this city several years ago was brought out in the investigation being conducted by the state auditor into the affairs of that insurance company. W. E. Mick, a real estate agent of this city, who consummated the otlice building deal, gave the alleged details in bis testimony. Both Sweeney and Quinn, before adjournment, aroseand positively declared that the statements of Mick were false. Organized Labor Bill Called. Indianapolis, Feb. B.—The American Federation of Labor’s child-labor bill, the most important provision of which was that seeking to prevent the em- I ploymijnt of children at night, was killed In the house. After friends of the measure had failed to table an amendment excepting factories from the night work provision, the author, ; Kleckner, of Cass county, moved to I strike out the enacting clause of his own bill. /This motion carried. Doings of the Legislature. In the senate Wickwire’s bill to make common carriers Hable fdr accident to employes, even if the persons injured were partly negligent, was defeated. : Tyndall's bill to legalize the issuance of free gravel road bonds was passed. Tlie house passed Farnas bill requiring railroads to carry free 150 pounds of baggage. Smiley N. Chambers Seriously 111. Indianapolis, Feb. 8. Smiley N. Chambers, one of the prominent attorneys of this city. Is seriously ill at his home, in North Alabama street, as the result of a cerebral hemorrhage. Several physicians were called, and conntant attendance was given Chambers, but his condition was pronounced very serious, and rapidly growing worse. Big Money in It for Indiana. Indianapolis. Feb. 8. The Wabash Railroad company lias filed with the secretary of state in this city a certificate of increase in capital stock of the railroad company. The increase amounts to $66,500,000, and consists of SSO,OOO,<MK) in common and $16,000,601) In preferred stock, of .SIOO par value a share of each. The check accompanying the certificate is for $66,FOO. HE SLICED OFF AN EAB Did It with a Red-Hot Poker, and Now the Injured Man Wants $3,000 Damages. Frankfort. Ind.. Feb. 8. A few days ago at Middlefork. Joseph Whiteman and Martin V. linger, well-known farmers, engaged in ti dispute relative to what I’rofessor Christy, of Purdue university, had said concerning the cultivation of corn. The lie was passed between the men and Whitemaij seizing a red-hot stove poker struck Unger over the head, cutting off the left ear and inflicting other painful and serious injuries. In the circuit court here Unger has filed a suit for damages against Whiteman, asking $2,000 for personal injuries. Unger was in the hospital here for several days and tiled the action in court as soon as he was able to leave the institution. tVhiteninn, at his trial, was fined $5 and costs for assault and battery. The men have always been the best of friends. DePauw Gets an Estate. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. B.—By the will of Milton Durham, a graduate of DePauw university mon* than half a century ago, all ids estate of $50,000 will go to a permanent endowment fund for the current expenses of the institution on the death of bls widow. He and his wife had been closely associated personally witn L'“l‘auw for many years. Fair To Be Open at Night. Indianapolis. Feb. B.—ls the state board of agriculture can obtain sufficient electric current from the lines of the street railway company a number of new ideas will be carried out at the state fair next September. The fair will be open at night, the Horticultural. agricultural and art buildings and grounds being lighted. Vanderburg County “Dead Broke.” Evansville, Ind., Feb. B.—Because of the shortage of John Walker, until recently treasurer of the city of Evansville and Vanderburg county, the financial affairs of the county are at low ebb, and, In the words of one of the county officials, "the county Is dead broke"” . The Democrat for job work.

BEVERIDGE MAKES A REPLY

What He Says About the Report on Child-Labor Legislation of a House Committee. Washington, Feb. B.—Commenting on the report of the house judiciary committee on the child-labor bill Senator Beveridge, author of the senate childlabor bill, said: "It is absurd as a matter of law. It deliberately Ignores decisions of the supreme court, like the famous lottery decision; Ignores the existence of a dozen similar existing law?, such as the meat law, food. law, or the law prohibiting interstate commerce in Insects, and numerous other similar Jaws; completely Ignores the fact that the power of congress over Interstate commerce is the same as the power of congress over foreign commerce, which has been upheld by the supreme court of the United States more than a dozen times; ignores the existing law prohibiting the importation of convict-made goods, which the supreme court says we have the right to prohibit from interstate compierce. So the report of the committee from a legal point of view is absurd and inexcusable.”

THEY’RE BRANDED, ALL RIGHT

College Society Girls Who Will Go Through Life with Their Hand - Marked. Indianapolis, Feb. 7. —Three high school girls of this city, desiring to become members of the Alpha Gamma Tan sorority, were Initiated a few night ago. The hands of the candidates were extended and the initiators used a brush dipped in acid to make the letter "A. G. T.” on the backs of their hands and also to make a "bracelet” for the wrists. The candidates complained of the burning sensation and two of them suffered so severely that physicians had to be called. Both are believed to be marked for life, while a third, who was branded after the acid was diluted, will possibly escape being marked for life. The girls who thus marked their companions claim that they did not know the nature of the add and that the initiation was done In a spirit of fun and without any Intent to disfigure the candidates. “He Heapeth Up Riches,” Etc. Wabash, Ind., Feb. 7. Leaving a fortune of $30,000, every cent accumulated from a pension of SSO a month, judiciously invested by his guardian, Henry Wensler is dead. Injuries in the civil war left him simple minded, but he supported himself until recently. Government men sent here stated this is the only fortune In the United States developed from a pension alone. Several heirs of whom no one knew before have appeared to claim the estate, and there will be a law fight. State Inquiry nt Fowler. Fowler. Ind., Feb. 7.—The Indiana state railroad commission has conducted its official investigation into the cause of the wreck at this place on Jan. 19, in which a number of persons were killed and injured. The investigation so far lias brought out the fact that the crew of the freight train violated one of the company's rules in not clearing a “superior class” train five minutes.

Relief for the Entrymen.

Washington, Feb. 8. The senate lias passed a bill providing that no homestead entry on the public lands shall lie cancelled because of the failure of tlie entryman thereon to hereafter reside on tlie land during the months of December, January, February and March. In computing'' the homestead proofs no credit is to be given for the period of actual absence.

Smith Sends in His Resignation.

Washington. Feb. 8. Senator-Elect William Alden Smith, of the Fifth congressional district of Michigan, has notified Speaker Cannon that he has forwarded to the governor of Michigan his resignation as a representative from that state and signified that it was not his Intention to qualify as a represent-ative-elect of tlie Sixtieth congress.

We’ve Been Looking for This

London. Dec. 8. —The Times this morning announces the sensational discovery I»y Theodore Davis at Thebes or Luxor, in Egypt, of the tomb and mummy of the famous Egyptian queen. Tele.

Correspondent Russell Very Ill.

London, Feb. 8. —Sir William Howard Russell, the war correspondent who described tlie battle of Bull Run fr the London Times during the cLvil war in the United States, is critically ill. Fire in * Hominy Plant. Torre Haute, Ind., Feb. 7. —In a fire which brokeSsut at 3:30 a. ni., the manufacturing plant of the American hominy mills was entirely destroyed. The total loss Is estimated at SIOO,OOO, which Is probably covered by insurance, said to be placed In Indianapolis. Tiny Baby in the Family. Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 7.—A daughter weighing one pound and eight ounces has arrived at the home of Mr. and Mjrs. Charles McCoy here. The baby is well developed and hearty.

Stringent Anti-Pass Law.

Pierre, S. D., Feb. B.—Both houses of the legislature have adopted the anti-pass bill, rejecting an amendment to permit exchange of newspaper advertising for transportation.

Refuses to Abolish Hanging.

Lincoln, Neb. Feb. B.—The Nebraska house has concurred in the action of the senate in indefinitely postponing the bill to abolish capital punishment.

TWO HUNDRED DEAD?

Estimated Effect of the Terrible Weather Out in the Northwest Country. LONG LIST IN NORTH DAKOTA Settlers Not Prepared for the Arctic Weather That Came. Expectation That Many Will Be Found Dead in Their Cabins and Elsewhere Estimate Is Conservative. Minneapolis, Feb. C.—When winter loosens its death grip on the northwest scenes in the isolated cabins of settlers and skeletons on the prairies wilUfel) the story of how perhaps 200 persons have lost their lives in the cold and the snow. This is the most conservative estimate of the victims by railroad men based on past experiences during stormy winters. It is next to impossible to get news showing the full extent of the disaster. North Dakota Is a state of vast distances. Last autumn many settlers, lured on by stories of land agents, went Into the wilds with provisions, prepared to spend a moderate winter and to allow their cattle to run wild during the season of cold. The intensity of the cold and the unexpected snowfall have undoubtedly proven fatal to many of these, and their stories cannot be known until the spell of winter is gone. Thirty Below Quite Common. With very few exceptions there has been below zero weather In and about here for seventeen days, and for the past three days, beginning with Sunday, when the official temperature was down to 22 below zero, it has been in flint neighborhood. In North Dakota 30 degrees below was quite common, and this, coupled with terrific blizzards which raged almost without let-.up until Saturday, made living in the open anything but pleasant, and even indoors in some towns and in remote parts of the state there has been much suffering because tlie railroads have been blocked. For days the main lines of the Soo, Groat Northern and Northern Pacific have been blocked, and many of the branch lines have been completely at a standstill for weeks and months. This has caused coal famine in many North Dakota towns. Car of Coal and One of Beer. McHenry, N. D., sends in a telegram that there have been no trains since Dec. 18, and that ail fuel,’ Including gasoline, is gone and tlie farmers are burning barley and fence posts. A Fessenden. N. D.. special says that after a blockade lasting eight days the Soo lino managed to get a train through, and in that train was a car of coal and a car of beer. The latter shipment had been on the way for weeks, and its arrival when necessities were so solely needed was looked upon as one of the ironies of the situation. The country in that district is in need of fuel.

SEVEN DEAD IN THE SLIDE

Baby Has a Miraculous Escape in this Snow Avalanche on Monarch Mountain. Salida, Colo., Feb. 6.—The snowslide on Monarch mountain killed seven persons as follows: Fred Mason, owner of boarding house; Mrs. Fred Mason; Geo. Griffith, Joseph Boyle, John Emerson and John Gillert, miners; Steuben Skinner, saloonkeeper. The Mason baby, reported at first to have lieen killed, had a miracuolus escape from death. He was buried under many feet of snow and broken house timbers for fourteen hours, and when found was lying in his bed unharmed. Nearby were tlie dead bodies of his parents.

“War Scare Is All Bosh.”

Washington, Feb. 4. —After a talk with tlie president Senator Cullom, the chairman of the committee on foreign relations, said: "This war scare is all bosh. I'll like to 'go to war’ with Senator Perkins for talking the way he did. There is no more chance of our going to war with Japan over this little school question,” said the senator, “than there Is of fighting China, Russia or Great Britain.”

New Jersey Chooses a Senator.

Trenton, N. J., Feb. 6. —In joint session here the legislature choose Frank O. Briggs, of Trenton, to succeed John F. Dryden in the United States senate. He received 41 out of 78 votes cast. Senator Ackerman (Rep.) voted for exGovernor Griggs, and Senator Colby voted for Justice Pitney.

Death-Knell to Horse Racing.

Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 6.—The action of the lower house of the general assembly sounded the death-knell of horse racing In Tennessee, that body passing the anti-race track gambling bill. The measure has already passed the senate. The governor will sign the bill, which takes immediate effect.

Captain George H. Grammer Dead.

Chicago, Feb. 6.—Captain George J. Grammer, vice president of the New York Central Railway system and one of the best known men In the transportation world,-Is. dead at the Presbyterian hospital from the effects of ax operation performed two weeks ago.

Iowa Artist Honored.

Rome, Feb. 7.—William E. Cook, ol Independence, la., has been signally honored by Pope Piuz, -R4.0 has consented to give the jnluler slttitw fol a portrait.

; THE 99 CENT RACKET STORL ========= ( ) We have decided not to move from our present quarters, owing to the great res- ! ) ponsibility and the large expense attached to same. Besides, our building is not yet > in shape to receive such a large stock as we now have on hand, and for other reasons > we have decided to stay where we are and let well enough alone for the present at j least. We can always be found at the same old stand. No need to look further > we shall always strive to do our best to please you by giving you “the same goods for > less money or more and better goods for the same money,” which motto has made the ( I 99 Cent Racket Store of to-day. > For the year 1907 we intend to double our trade with you all, by giving you the ! I best of everything, the most up-to-date goods manufactured, and the biggest values 1 you ever have seen for your money. We do not care to get rich all at once* we want I our customers to get rich alortg with us. You will get on the-right road if you trade 1 with us—we will give you your money’s worth and pay you.a good per cent for trad- ( ) ing with us. Every cent spent here you get a ticket which entitles you to a certain > amount in trade when your purchases amount to $5, $lO, sls or S2O. Careful’ buy- > ers are sure to look after this. It pays better interest on your money than any other ( I investment you can go into; where it costs you nothing to invest. You get your > money’s worth at the start, the dividends afterward. And it is as sure as the sun’s ( > rising. No matter when you bring in your tickets, no matter how many or how long ( > you have had them—they are “as good as wheat in the mill.” We shall out-do our-' ( 1 selves this year, giving away some of the finest premiums ever given away by any ( » house in America. The catalogue houses have made a very feeble proposition to their ( I customers—if you buy two or three hundred dollars worth of goods of will , > give'you an inferior set of dishes called Satelle China, made over on the border of the t 1 State of Ohio. You spend that much money at the 99 Cent Racket Store and we will ( ) give you an imported set, worth a dozen sets of the kind the catalogue house gives you. 1 > Q They must think everybody is E. Z. Mark. How many years will it be before peo- , > pie will quit buying a pig in a poke to get a gold brick for a premium and have it turn , I out common clay after all ? We have been in business now going on seven years in 1 I Rensselaer, and are glad to say our trade has increased every year, so we know that ( > there are a great many people who appreciate the 99 Cent Racket Store and its meth- ( I ods of doing business. We have the goods on the ground; we are always ready to 1 > adjust matters satisfactory to our customers; we give them the lowest price, at once, ( > no fancy cost marks to look wise over—everything is Open and above boarS ’ ( > We shall increase our stock in different lines, for instance in shoes we handle the 1 l Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co’s. Shoes, and are their sole agents here. We can < > guarantee them every way. Being made by the largest shoe manufacturers in the 1 I world is one reason why you should buy this shoe. They give entire satisfaction is ( 1 another, and, furthermoYe, we have the swellest line that “ever came down the pike,” 1 I the most up-to-date line in Rensselaer. There are hundreds of people that do not 1 > know what a fine line of shoes we carry, and think they can not get what they want 1 I here. That is where they are mistaken. If they would give us one trial they would 1 I be on our list as steady customers, besides having less trouble and more money in the 1 1 end. When you want shoes, no matter how small or how large, no matter what style 1 > or finish, try our Hamilton-Brown shoes once anyway; test for yourself the wearing 1 > qualities and compare same with the “back numbers” on your list and see if we are 1 I “talking through our hat” or a straight business proposition. Don’t forget that our 1 > prices are right, our stock is the right kind and guaranteed to give entire satisfaction 1 > by us and by the Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co., of St. Louis, Mo., the largest manufac- 1 I turers of shoes on earth. > We have a regular department store when it comes down to business, and would > be fully satisfied in calling it such, but we prefer the 99 Cent Racket Store to any 1 > other name. We have a larger variety of goods than any other store in Jasper coun- > ty, we will not except any, therefore you are almost sure of getting what you want I here when you call. This season we shall make it a point to buy nothing but the best ) goods and sell the same at the “live and let live prices.” Don’t forget our number—- ) Makeever Bank building, opposite court house. * E. V. RANSFORD, Prop., Rensselaer, Ind. AS* SAA*** •AAA?

We want young men and women to learn telegraphy at our school. Unprecedential demand for operators. Good positions guaranteed. Expense very low. Catalogue explaining all free. Dodge’s Institute, Monroe St., Valparaiso, Ind. 45 FARM FOR SALE. I have a good farm for sale of 160 acres, 3 miles east and a half mile north of Rensselaer, on the gravel road, known as the George Barrett farm. This farm will be sold at a great bargain if sold before March 1. Address L. H. Myers, Rensselaer, Ind. Thaw’s Wife on the Stand. New York, Feb. 7.—Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was the first witness in the Thaw case during the morning. She told how Stanford White accomplished her ruin in 1901 when she was 16. She refused to marry Thaw in Paris in 1903 because of the incident in her life connected with White.. She broke down and cried at his point she said the effect of her story on Thdfiv was terrible. He sobbed and walked the floor. Mrs. Thaw recovered hen composure after the most sensational\ part of her story. Many women in tlie court room were crying and the most Intense silence prevailed. ; Count J. A Creighton Dead. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 7.—Count John A. Creighton died at his home here at 1:27 o’clock in the morning. He had been 111 for several weeks with pneumonia, and suffered a relapse a few days ago. His estate is estimated at from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000, though, he gave away millions during his lifetime. Mr. Creighton was made a count of the Holy Roman Empire and Knight of St. Gregory by Pope Leo XII, who was long his personal friend. Can Always Bust a Will. Kokomo, Ind., Feb. B.—A jury set aside the Deffenbaugb will here on the plea of insanity brought by children not mentioned In the Instrument. The testator bequeathed $40,000 to the Sweedenborg church. The church gave notice of appeal.

FOR SALE & EXCHANCffe No. D 1464 acres black land, new improvements, clear, to trade for Chicago property. No. D 2 Two houses, one 6 rooms, one 10 rooms, in Mathews, Ind.; fl room house, barn, and fruit, on two acres of land in Fowler. Ind., and gilt-edge first mortgage of 51.700; all clear; will trade al) or part for good improved farm and assume or pay difference, No. D 3— Three good bouses, well rented and close in Elwood, Ind., valued at >64,000, and cash for goad improved farm, No. D 4 100 acres, well-improved, clear, in Van Buren county, Mich. Want hotel or other rentals. Will give time on difference. No. D 5 100 acres grass land, in Rock county, Neb., clear. Want rentals. No. D 6Eight 5-room houses, all clear, in Elwood, Ind., to trade for pasture land or farm. Will assume or pay difference. No. D 780 acres improved land to trade for larger farm, No. DB acres, four miles from court bouse, improved, on gravel road, free mail, telephone. Will consider trade in part. No. D 9 X 120 acres, improved, free mail, school on farm, three miles to good town. Will divide if desired. Owner will accept good trade, or part payment and time on difference. No. D 1003 acres. 5-room house, barn, sheds. frui\ well; tree mail; school on farm. Take clear tra<I Jerty ** Pllrt payment or oth er goad No. D 11-Five-room bouse, summer kitchen, good barn, fruit, good well, on two lota in nearby town, to trade for small tract of land or property in ReusSelaer, and will pay difference or assume. No. D 12 — Two 5-room houses In Mathews, Ind , clear, to trade for property in Rensselaer, or for small tract of land. Will assume or pay difference, No. D 13— 23 acres, 3-roorn house, good orchard, free mail, near school, all cultivated. Price 51.000. Owner will take part in good trade, <No. D 14j- , 50 acres, four miles from court house, graI vel road, free mail, telephone, school, flroom house, outbuildings, bearing orchard, all cultivated. Price «05. We have cash buyers for bargains In farms. Also have stocks of merchandise of all kinds, littery stocks, hotels, and town property to traijefor land. fo^c I k«iX. ,arm ' and Pr ° Perty Wlth « \ G. F. MEYERS, Xteff* ’ Rensselaer, Ind. Pf t up your team at Vanoe Collins’ new feed and hitch barn near'the river bridge.

Weak Women To weak and ailing women, there is at least one way to help. But with that war, two treatments, must be combined. One is local, one is constitutional, but both are important, both essential. Dr. Shoop’s Night Cure is the Local. Dr. Shoop's Restorative, the Constitutional. The former—Dr. Shoop’s Night Cure—isatoplcal mucous membrane suppository remedy, while Dr. Bhoap’s Restorative is wholly an internal treatment. The Restorative reaches throughout the entire system, seeking the repair of all nerve, all tissue, and all blood ailments. The “Night Cure", as its name implies, does its work while you sleep. It soothes sore and inflamed mucous surfaces, heals local weaknesses and discharges, while the Restorative, eases nervous excitement, gives renewed vigor and ambition, builds up wasted tissues, bringing about renewed strength, vigor, and energy. Take Dr. Shoop's Restorative—Tablets or Liquid—as a general tonic to the system. For positive local help, use as well Dr. Shoop’s Night Cure A. F. LONG. a. Formers’Muiaol nsnrmce Of Benton, White and Jasper Counties, BY MARION I. ADAMS, RENSSELAER. IND. Insurance in force Dec. 31, 1904. 31.899,559.32. Increase for year 1904. 3199,796.58. WOOD SAWING AND TEAHING. I am prepared to do wood tawing on short notice, either in town or country, with my gasolene power outfit: also general teaming. Call ’Phone 524-D. Charles Leavel. BUY A FARM AND STOP PAYING RENT. I have listed for sale 25000 acres of choice farming land in Jasper county for cash or on terms to suit purchaser. T. M. Callahan, Newland, Ind.