Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1907 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 48c; oats 40c. Mrs. Frank Rank of Englewood, 111., is visiting the family of J. F. Irwin. : 7 Mrs. Mel Abbott is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Woods, in Chicago, Miss Edna Thompson is visiting Mrs. George Knrrie at Philadelphia, Pa. -LQpnrad and Thayer, in Newton bounty, will each get a rural mail route July 1. New subscribers to The Democrat this week by postoffices: Kniman, 1; Rensselaer, 1. —vMrs. D. M. Yeoman and daughter of Ambia are visiting here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Strong, \Miss Mary Davidson of Carthm 111., visited here over Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Geo. A. Williams. H Omar Day of Pordue, accomKmied by his room mate, G. H. oClain, spent Sunday with his parents here. Miss lima Robinson of Indianapolis, visited her mother, Mrs. Geo. Robinson, here over Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. D. M. Wood of Hammond visited the Barkley circuit last week and organized two Home Missionary Societies. Dr. Rose M. Remmek, optical specialist, will make her next regular Visit to Clarke’s jewelry store, May 27 and 28. 7 / The foundation for A. F. Long’s new house on River street was ' Completed Saturday and the carpenters now have the frame up. The Rensselaer Christian En.deavor convention will be held here on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 4 and 6, at the Christian church. . ’ ; : August Bretsinger, a cigar maker, has moved here from Wolcott and occupies one of the John Makeever houses .on South Division street. The St. Joseph’s oollege ball team returned from Lowell Monday night with the scalps of the Lowell team dangling froth their belts, Soort Bto 1. s<£. S. Bates reports that the /frost Sunday night killed all his early strawberries that were in blossom, which means that the crop will be a light one. , The Chicago excursion Sunday was not very well patronized, ana the train did not have many passengers when it ’arrived here. Only 81 tickets were sold from Renshelaer. 7 Mrs. Charles Cox and little daughter of Oakland, Cali., is visiting Mr. Cox’s mother, Mrs, Rachel Scott, here, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Davidson, near Goodland.

Miss Cena Carr is visiting friends in Morocco this week. Mrs. Ike Tuteur and little eon of Chicago, is visiting relatives here. The rains Wednesday and Thursday nights compelled the stone haulers to lay off. - A Arson was born to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Krull of Kentland, formerly of Rensselaer, the first of the week. Mrs. Geo. Andrus of north of town was called to Yipsilanti, Mich , by the critical condition of her aged mother. Dr. l Rose M. Remmek, optioal specialist, will make her next regnlar visit to Clarke’s jewelry store, May 27 and 28. Postmaster Murray has received a supply of the new series of stamps commemorative of the Jamestown exposition. Tom Callahan and H. C. Dahnoke of Newland, will experiment a little this season with peppermint growing, putting out some six or eight acres. Mrs. Mary Barlow left Tuesday for a visit at Indianapolis and Shelbyville, accompanied by her grand-daughter, Miss Alioe Worland, who will have her eyes treated in Indianapolis. Mrs. F. A. Ross left Wednesday for Asheville, N. C., to attend the annual meeting of the Amerioan Library Association. She 1 will visit the Jamestown exposition before returning. Mrs. H. C. Reed has again changed her mind about continuing her leasehold of the Nowels hotel and has paoked up her goods and will quit the hotel, storing her goods for the present, and will leave Rensselaer.

Acting on the petition of several hundred patrons of the Fowler postoffice, Congressman Crampacker has reoommended the appointment of Mrs. Kobt. Cox to sncoeed her late husband as postmistress at Fowler. Mrs. Marai} Warner bad a stroke of bad luck with her ohicken growing one night last week. The brooder caught fire and burned up, together with about 120 of her earliest chioks, from a March hatoh, that would soon have been large enough for frys. Medaryville’s two year blanket remonstrance runs out next month and an effort is being made by the liquor sellers to break in there onoe more, but is that the town will oontinue on the water wagon, the oitizens there generally expressing themselves well pleased with the dry«oonditions. Our former townsman, J. O. Cline, writes us to forward his Democrat to Aberdeen, So. Dak., where he states he is now located as foreman on a large ranoh and getting along fine. Hh says it is a fine country there ana he is through sowing wheat, oats and barley. Wheat is up and looks excellent, he states.

The St. Joseph’s bail team defeated St. Vincent’s of Chioago Saturday by a score of 10 to 0. Health Officers Kresler and Gwin attended the state meeting of health officers at Indianapolis this week. Miss Cady Williams of East Liberty, Ohio, is here for an extended visit with her brother George and wife. Coca-Cola is never bottled only in Coca-Cola bottles, with the CocaCola label and Cocm-Cola crown. All others are imitations. Bay the genuine Coca-Cola at Vick’s 4 Btates. 4 Mrs. J. L, Brady was taken to Chicago Monday for an operation for gall stones at a hospital there. Her husband and sister, Mrs. Rebecca Porter is with her. She has not been operated on at this writing and will not be until next week, we understand. Our former townsman L. L. Ponsler sends ns a copy of the anniversary edition of the lola, (Kansas) Daily Register, containing among the illustrations a cut of Lute’s handsome residence and also a cat of the big plant of the lola Brick Co., of which Mr. Ponsler is secretary and manager. Karah L. MoKillip, a prominent farmer of Milroy tp., and democratic candidate for county commissioner afew years ago, was strioken with paralysis last week and his lift, was diapaired of for some time. His whole right side, was totally paralyzed and he lay unconscious for a long time. At this writing he is reported slightly better.

Lowell Tribune: James Flynn, of Rensselaer, came up on the milk train Sunday morning and visited his daughter, Mrs. H. V. Weaver and family here until the excursion train came, which he took and went to Chicago to see his wife, who is taking treatment in a hospital in that oity. He in-, formed us that Mrs. Flynn is doing nicely since she went to the hospital. The Jasper Savings and Trust Co. have leased the room now occupied by Long's, drug store, for a term of years, and the room will be thoroughly remodeled, a new vault built and the front changed so that entrance will be at the west side of front instead of the center, and on a level with walk. Mr. Long will move into his own room on the opposite side of the street. The ohange will probably be made in July. “Class Day” of. the high school was observed at the Christian church last night, admission being by invitation. A splendid pro-; gram was rendered, including a dramatic selection, “A Dream of Fair Women and Brave Men,” bj| the seniors. The baocalaurate program will be'given at the same place to-morrow evening. The sermon will be by the pastor, Rev. G. H. Clarke. Commencement program will also be at the. Christian churoh Monday evening, address by Dr. William A. Quayle of Chicago.

Mrt. Jasper Wright of Newton tp., went to Wabash Wednesday to visit relatives. Mis. E. 8. Parr and daughter of Ohioago are visiting the former’s sister, Mrs. W. F. Smith. Lyman Zea has secured a job a* Lafayette with a cement walk gang since doffing the star as nightwatoh here. <* W. A. Rinehart, A. McCoy’s son-in-law, from Queen City, Mo„ was here looking after business matters this week. Mesdames Eldon Hopkins, T. W. Hans and Mr. C. B. Steward attended the grand lodge Rebekah and I. O. 0. F., at Indianapolis this week. A 1 Robinson of Monon, who went to Forsyth, Mont., recently with the party from here, has returned and does not speak very enthusiastically of the job there. He advises those seeking work to stay here at $1.50 per day rather than go go there at $2 50. Quite a party of relatives of Mr. and Mrs. George Hanna, of near Kniman, consisting of F. G. Burns, A. B. and S. O. Hanna and their families and Mrs. R. R. Bright, came over from Carroll county last Friday to visit the former. Mr. Hanna met the party here with his two teams and conveyed them to his farm. Crown Point Star: Several new saloons are being added for the Cedar Lake trade this season, and if the Indians who made that place headquarters seventy years ago could come back now they would be surprised at the amount of firewater now offered for sale there. There was none of the stuff then nearer than the village of Chicago. A fine growing rain accompanied by considerable lightning came Wednesday night, and Thursday was warm and the best day for growing crops we have had in two months. Thursday night it also rained slowly nearly all night long, and yesterday morning it was quite cool again and indications were that more rain was to follow.

Twelve tickets were sold to Ft. Wayne from Rensselaer to the State encampment, G. A. R. Among those attending from here w&re Mrs. J. C. Porter, Mrs. Marie Hopkins, Mrs. John Alter and Mrs. George Maines of the Circle, and Mrs. P. W. Clarke and Mrs. John Duvall of the Relief Corps. RiohanL Grow, Wm. Powers and J. H. Thornton also attended. Ray Wood, who has been at Tombstone, Arizona, for several months, principally for the purpose of taking instructions in short-hand of John Walker, former court reporter here, is expected home next month. He is now a good competent stenographer, we understand, and expeots to follow that business as an occupation. He is undeoided on a location, we are told, but will probably go west. C _ Mrs. Harvey Miller of Barkley tp., who was taken to Chicago recently to be operated on for gall stones, underwent an operation last Friday. She was found to be in a very serious condition and the operation could not save her life/ She died at the hospital Tuesday and the remains were brought back to Mt. Ayr for burial, the funeral being held Thursday at the home of her mother, Mrs. Keeney.

Harry Price of Des Moines, lowa, committed suicide last Friday at the home of his father, D. §. Price west of Brookston, by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. Young Price was married a few months ago to Miss Ella Heraon of Brookston, who a few years ago was employed for several months as a compositor in 3fhe Democrat office, and they had gone to Des Moines to reside. He came home about a month ago because of poor health, the condition of whioh made him despondent and to which is attributed his rash act. About a half a buehel of postcards are held up at the Rensselaer postoffice, on which the gayly lettered words “Greetings from Rensselaer” appear in some sort of a mica or other substance that rubs off and is skid to be dangerous to postoffioe employes in handling, frequently causing blood poisoning. The postoffice department has ruled that these cards cannot be mailed except in an envelope, when two cental postage must be paid, and if you nave mailed any such loose oards at the Rensselaer office don’t expect an answer soon, for they have not been sent out, ! but still remain in the office where they will be returned to the writer on calling for them. > i

VWork on the Remington and Catpenter stone roads was commenced this week. The stone is being shipped in from Logansport and the streets in town irilf, be covered first, we understand, jfntm Jones, Ves Richards, Earl Chestnut and Peasley Clark of Rensselaer, are at work there, the two former time-keeper and grade work superintendent, respectively. In renewing bib Subscription to The Demoorat, Unde Felix French of Hutchinson, Kan., says: “We had a cold April and May so far, but the past few days have been warm and has brought corn and potatoes up'in fine shape and has been good on the wheat. Fruit is all killed. Farmers have cut the first crop of alfalfa. lam still as good a demoorat as ever but they don’t haye much show in Kansas.” The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruoe Hardy fell head first from an upstairs window while at play at their home at the west side of town Monday, but fortunately alighted in a bucket of clothes whioh broke the fall and shh was uninjured. Her head was wedged in the bucket, however, and but for Mrs. Fred Phillips bearing her smothered cries and going to her rescue she would probably have soon died of suffocation. * Says the Ft. Wayne News: “The_ hardships of the American farmers who were induoed to take up their residence in Western Canadafought to prove a wholesome warning. Conditions there are too crude and primative, crops too uncertain, and winters too severe to warrant farmers quitting their holdings here for a gambler’s chance in a rough new land. Land sspeculators and transportation companies have painted an alluring picture of the possibilities of the great northwest, but hard experience has taught dupes that possibilities are not certainties or even probabilities,”

The battery of field artillery on its way from Ft. Sheridan, Chicago, to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, mention of whose coming was made in our last iosue, arrived in Rensselaer at about 3 p. m.j Saturday and went into camp in the ball park, south of the river. There were about 100 men and about 180 horses and males, with 4 cannon, aminition and camp wagons, etc. They attraoted considerable attention Snnday and quite a munber of people from neighboring towns and the surrounding country came in to see what Uncle Sam’s artillery soldiers looked like. A pick-up ball team in town played a scrub nine of the soldiers, and defeated them by a score of 6 to 3.

the continued cola, backward spring oats are said to be looking well in this section of the state. Wheat is generally poor in Indiana and many fields have been plowed up in the.wheat belt and planted to oorn.XJ. M. Wasson tells us that he was out to his farm southeast of town a few days ago and save that they have twenty acres of fine wheat, the best he has seen afiy plaoe between Rensselaer ana the Ohio line. There are several other good fields of wheat in the county, but it will not be as good as last year. Corn planting has been in progress the past two weeks, probably more being planted this week than last. The g£pund is in very good condition but ia too cold yet for com to start readily. Slight frosts fill Sunday and Monday mights>/_ 15O,000XXX) bottles of Coca-Cola sold in 1906. On sale at Vick’s 4 Btates. The Democrat and the Chicago Daily Examiner, both a full year, for only $3.00. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. May 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Thompson, a son. May 19, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chapman of Cincinnati, Ohio, (formerly of Rensselaer) a daughter.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THB at the dote of b u*in«»s« on May 2ft, 1907. RESOURCES LIABILITIES. Loans and Discount. <g Capital Stock paid in 21,000 Oft 80nd5...... IUMB 80 Profits, less expense 1,96142 «, U 2 5? indi v <iua) deposits on demand. 129,715 00 CaSunSefe. .' 6 4 042 M Individual Deposits on time.... 8,078 88 T0ta1.1......"16M8J1? v *** State of Indiana )„ /> County of Jasper) 8 * , *’ |j 1, Unison J. Hunt, Secretsry-Trsosuror of the above named Jasper Savinas and Trust f Company, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true. JUDSON J, HUNT, ' • Seer* tar yTreasurer, - ■ Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 24th day of May 1907, || Mohs Leopold, Notary Public. l My commission expires February 4,1909.

MFLAME IN MIDLAKE

Steamer with Eighty Persons on Board Burns, but All Are Saved Except Five. FOUR OF THEM DIE HORRIBLY - ' << . ■ , Cooped Up in the Hold and Ho Chance for Their Lives. / _it~ Other Dead Is • Passenger, Fatally Roasted in His Berth—Other Vessels Near Crew la Heroic. ..u|£p3 Grand Haven, Mich., May 22.—Five lives were lost and about seventy-five people had a perilously close escape from death when the .passenger and freight steamer Naomi, of the Crosby Transportation company, burned In the middle of Lake Michigan while on her regular night trip from this port to Milwaukee. Four of the victims were coal passers penned down In the forecastle by the flames, where many of* the rescued passengers from, the decks of the freighter Kerr and the steamer Kansas saw them at the portholes valuly Imploring for help. Fatally Burned in His Berth. J. M. Rhoades, of Detroit, a passenger, was the fifth victim. He was terribly burned In hhr berth, and died soon after reaching a hospital at Grand Rapids, Mich. The steamer was bnrned to the water's edge, and has been towed into this harbor, where she lies at her dock a smoldering hulk. The fire broke out about 1:30 a. m. between decks in the forward end of the steamer. It spread with tremendous rapidity, and it was apparent almost from the first that It was vain for the crew to fight the flames. Crew Does Its Duty Nobly. They Immediately turned their attention to arousing the pasengers an< getting them on deck. Headed by Steward Phillip Rossbaeh and Purser Wm. Hanrahan the members of the crew worked like heroes to save the sleeping men. women and children. Captain .Traill sent up signals for help as soon as he discovered that his ship was afire, and in a few moments three steamers whose lights could be seen a few miles away came to the rescue. They were the steel freighter Kerr; the Kansas, a sister ship of the Naomi, and the Saxonla. Terrible Fate of Coal Passers. By the time the three steamers hadi reached the scene the Naomi’s boats were in the water filled with people, and a number of passengers was still huddled on the stern of the burning ship. The captain of the Kerr ran bis big steel ship up under the Naomi’s stern so close that the imperiled people leaped to her deck. Then the screams of the Imprisoned coal passers were heard from the bow part holes. Vainly they begged for help. The portholes were top small for them to pass through and they were compelled to fall back into the smoke and fire, where they burned to death. Judge’s Wife Killed In Wreck. Maysvllle, Ky„ May 23.—Mrs. Lawrence W. Halsey, wife of Circuit Judge Halsey, of Milwaukee, was killed and fifteen persons were seriously injured, Including Judge Halsey, in a wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio road near here.

Mrs. Ella Farman Pratt Dead.

Concord, N. H., May 23.—News reached this city of the death at Warner, of Mrs. Ella Farman Pratt; author of books for young people. For mahy years Mtb; Pratt was editor of Wide Awake. She was 64 years of age.

Noted Railway Builder Dead.

Omaha, Neb., May 23.—John A. O’Keefe, one of the best known railroad building contractors In the west; Is dead Of heart failure. O’Keefs built many hundreds of mifea of westera railroads.

Violations of Mining Laws.

Terre Haute, Ind., May 23.—Twen-ty-one miners and one mine operator have been arrested on various charges of violating mine laws on complaint of State Mine Inspector Epperson, who said the mining laws will be strictly enforced.

There will be a dance at Warner’s Hall, Thursday eve, nay 30th. Good music and very best of order. Tickets 50 cents.