Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1907 — Page 4

3isper eomiT mm. i t, hmmi, unw m Fiiuan. SATURDAY, SEPT. 7, 1907.

MURDEROUS INSANITY

Stands Off the Whole Jail Ferce Until the Water Cure Is Applied. =*& . . HE BEATS ONE MAN TO DEATH Finally Hucoumba to tb« Water and Is Secured—What an Klectrlo Flash Did to n Man. I- . i , Connersvllle, Ind., Sept s.—Harry Robinson was committed to Jail as an Insane person, and soon after be bad been registered be killed Austin Ford and brutally assaulted Charles Ring, another prisoner. When he was first committed to Jail be was allowed the privileges of the corridor, with four other prisoners, and after he had been there for possibly an hour he becnrne violent and attacked Ford and Ring, both of whom were knocked down. Ring struggled to his feet and ran to his cell, locking his door against further attack. He Repulses the Officers. Meanwhile, Robinson continued to beat Ford with his only leaving him to return with cuspidors, lamps and other missiles, with which he renewed the attack. The cries of the other prisoners aroused attention and Police Chief Barker, Patrolman William Cole and Lestam Jeffrey, son of {the sheriff, started into the Jail to overpower Robinson. The insaue man made a rush at the officers, who were at a disadvantage, as they were entering the corridor through a narrow passage, and they were forced to retreat, while Robinson continued to hurl missiles at them. Water Cure Is Successful. Other officers the entered the Jail, and several wild shots were fired In the hopeof frightening the insane man. but they only served to make him more furious. Then the fire hose was —turned on the errmnt mart, nnd they finally succeeded in overpowering Robinson, but not till he had knocked one of the officers down. He was then given an anesthetic, which soon quieted him.

He Watt Beaten to Death. Ford's face was beaten almost Into a pulp, and his body was a mass of bruises, lie was dead when tlie officers reached him. was 45 years old and ti retired telegrapher. Within the last few weeks lie had shown signs of mental derangement, and lie. was plnced in jail Monday, at the suggestion of his mother, who.feared that he might become violent, Robinson is crazed on religions matters. GOT A Sit AVI’. AM) IIA1I! CUT Also Had His Hunds and I’»(# Terribly Burned—Miracle He Was Not Wounded. Bedford. Ind.. Sept. 5. - James N. Comley. assistant superintendent of electric- power at the United States cement plant, is routined to Ids home, suffering severely from an electric shock. In some manner lie came in contact with an open electric' switch at the plant, and instantaneously Ids entire body was enveloped in tinelectrie blaze, ininiingoff the hintv.v growth of heard from his face and cropping his hair as effectually as If done by a barber. His hands and face were terribly burned, and It was only by a miracle that be was not cremated. Within eight hours after Comley’s peculiar ex-perlenc-c, Ira Anderson, an electrician' at the same plant, was Injured by a sudden flash of electricity that enveloped bis body, but In* was not so seriously burned as Comley. Methodist Conference in Session. Oreeneastle, lad., Sept. 5. The fifty-fifth annual session of the Northwest Indiana conference of the .Metliowest Indiana eonf< rence of the Method Episcopal church opened here at the College Avenue ehuneh, Hev. Bishop William S. McDowell, of Chicago, presiding. More than 200 ministers, all representing ehtirehes in central and northwestern Indiana, are in attendance. Lom of Tomato Growers. Boonvllle. Ind„ Sept. 5. Tomato growers report a loss of more than 50 |>er cent, of the crop by heavy rains of the last few weeks. The tomatoes were just beginning to ripen. Blooms that would have brought on late tomatoes were washed off and the large ripe tomatoes were ettlier hurst open or made to rot on the vine*. '

Odd Fellows Are Growing. Indinnajiolis. Sej ifT s. —The semi-an-nual rei>oi t of Grand Secretary W. H. Leedy, of the grand lodge, I. O. 0. F.. (thews a considerable increase In membership and wealth of the order in Indiana during the last six months. Re- * sources have grown to a total of $3,185,505 and the membership to 74,643. Stabbed in the .Jugular Vein. Sullivan, Ind., Sept. s.—ln a fight in the home of Leonard Fa trick, at Gilmore, twelve miles northeast of here, Patrick stabbed William Allen in the ‘ jugular vein, killing him almost instantly. , _ . '

MEANT AS A THREAT?

Gompers Say* Soma Significant Words in Cloaing a Labor Day Talk. KICK AGAINST THE INJUNCTION That Is the Barden of Hie DisconmHeant’s View Of the Day. Gives It * Place with July 4—Klota at San Francisco and an Ohio Town—General Observance. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 3.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in his Labor Day address at the Jamestown exposition, made a protest against what he called “the discrimination of the Courts against the laboring men of our country which deprives them of their constitutional guarantee of equality before the law. The Injunctions sas issued against workmen are never used or Issued against any other citizens of oux country. It Is an attempt to deprive citizens of our country, when these citizens are workmen, of the right of trial by Jury. It Is an effort to fasten an offense against them when they are innocent of any wrong-doing, Will Interpret the Law Himself. "Labor asks no immunity for any man, workman or other, who may be guilty l of unlawful or criminal conduct. So far as I am concerned let me say that never have I nor will I violate a law. I desire it to be clearly understood thnt when any court undertakes, without warrant or lnw, by the injunction process to deprive me of my personal rights and my personal liberty guaranteed by the constitution I shall hnve no hesitancy In asserting and exercising these rights. Sounds a Word of Warning. “And It may not be amiss to sound a word of warning and advice to such of the rampant, vindictive and greedy employers who seek to rob the working people of our country of their lawful and constitutional rights by the unwarranted Injunetlort process: The full power of labor has never yet been exercised in defense of its rights; if not wise to eoninei its exercise." Hearst Eulogizes Labor Day. William R. Ilearst also delivered a Labor Day address at the Jamestown exposition. In part Hearst said: “Labor Day should rank with the Fourth of July as a characteristic American holiday. The Fourth of July commemorates: the* means by which we gained onr independence ns a nation, and Labor Day commemorates-'the means by which we have marie our nation the most powerful, the most progressive, tiie most prosperous of any in the world.”

SOME UNPLEASANT INCIDENTS

Paraders Attack Car Men—Two Rioters Shot and Shooters Arrested. San Francisco. Sept. 3.—The labor union ptirade resulted in tin* shooting of two men by employes of the United railroads. The car men were attacked by Hie paraders—and in selfdefense opened tire. The trouble started after the parade was over and the crowd was waiting at the ferry to cross the hay to Shell Mound park. The crowd was scattered around and was frequently on the tracks where the ears were running, the crews being that red rag to the hull when union labor is the hull non-union. Just what started tin* riot is not known now, blit probably a car narrowly missing some of the people on or close tn the tracks was made the pretext of an attack on Inspector L. .1. Hall, who was starting the ears for the United Itailroads. Then Conductor Watkins and Motorman Dunston were ‘attacked, and they drew pistols and turned them loose on- their assailants. Meantime part j of tin 1 mob was attending to Hall. He fICSt rail from Ills assailants. They fol- ; lowed him to the corner of Sutter and Montgomery streets, where they overtook hint. j He drew n pistol and aimed at a burly labor union man who carried bricks in his hands. The inspector opened tire and shot the man through the groin. Six shots Vere (ijrod. A riot call was sent into the police and fire departments and a force of police and firemen were soon on the scene. The men who did the shooting were arrested, but several rioters who were seized 'by the police were released. One reason why no arrests were made was that the rioters mobbed the police and released the few who were arrested. A police lieutenant said: "It took twenty officers to arrest one nian^’ Following are the wounded: John Peterson, utilou man, shot groin, may die; L. J. Hall. United Railroads Inspector, shot In head; F. J. Durston, motoruian. shot In head and badly cut; Henry C. Castan, motorman, hit or head with stones, badly cut; Thomas Bow-man, union Ironworker, shot In j ,e ?- - . Steubenville. 0., Sept. B.—A Labor Day riot that bid fair to end In a tragedy had it not been for the bravery of two young women employed in the telephone exchange occurred here. The victims of the crowd’s rage were Joseph Harblson, fractured skull, and John Hatton, Cut and bruised. Whlie In shielding the men Miss Mary Magee and Eiila Itooke received cuts and bruises about the head and body, and are Id a serious condition. Harblson

and Hatton came here from St. Louis to work In a mine where a strike la |n progress. As they left (the telephone office they were set upon by a crowd and were being badly beaten when the two girls rushed Into the thick of the trouble and protected the assailed npen with their own bodies, one being struck on the head and the other on the arm with a piece of Iron. The police dfd not arrive until a let-up In the assault occurred, and then they only made one arrest

PARADES WERE THE FEATURE

Chicago’s Example Not Followed and Demonstrations Were General. Ne# York, Sept. 3. 'The weather failed to ipake good his prediction of a bright day for labor’s annual outing, but In spite of the rain, which began early in the morning and lasted until after noon. 2. r >,ooo members of labor unions paraded the streets, drenched to the skin, and watched and cheered by thousands of umbrella-pro-tected spectators. A committee of the horseshoers caused considerable delay in the startlng-of one parade by examining the feet of all the horses in line to determine whether or not they wore union-made shoes, the result being that many of the parade officers had to walk, their carriage horses not comJng up to the requirement of unionmade shoes. Several bands of strikers were in the parade, including telegraphers. Cincinnati, Sept. 3. The Labor Day parade, which was one of the largest ever seen here, was interrupted by heavy rain storm, which also materially affected the programme of outings arranged by the workers and thelrSramilies. Indianapolis, Sept 3.—Labor Day in Indiana was favored with good weather. In this city 20,000 strangers saw a parade of 5,000 unionists, each carrying a flag. The afternoon was given to pleasure. St. Louis, Sept. 3.—Fifteen thousand members of St. Louis organied labor marched through the streets on their annual Labor Day parade. Omaha, Sept. 3. Ten thousand members of union labor In Omaha were represented In the greatest Labor Day parade which ever marched through the streets of this city. The procession was over a mile long. Springfield, 111., Sept. 3.—One of the largest Labor Day parades ever held in Springfield was that of yesterday, when S,(XX) men, nearly all of them from this city, paraded the principal streets of the city; In the afternoon a mass meeting was held at the White City, where speeches were nmde by several labor leaders, including Max Morris, of Denver, Colo., who urged the accumulation of a great fund with which to fight tlie Manufacturers’ association.

DEDICATION OF M'KINLEY SHIFT

New York State Honors the Memory of Martyred President. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. s.—The monu mont erected in this city in honor of William McKinley was dedicated with elaborate ceremonies. Governor

M’KINLEY MONUMENT AT BUFFALO Hughes was the principal orator of the day. Large crowds were in the city from all over the state.

Five Killed, Eleven Injured.

Charleston, VV. Va„ Sept. 4.—Five persons ate dead and eleven injured ns the result of the derailment of a Chesapeake and Ohio passenger train about 8 o’clock at night a mile and a quarter from Kanawha Falls, thirtyene miles below this city. The dead: William Campbell, of Venetta. W. Va., telegraph operator; Walter Saunders, of Wendall. W. Va.; Sites Vaught, of Gauley, W. Va.; Allen Leving, law student and expressman, of Hinton, VV. Va.; one"' white man, unidentified. The Injured: Robert Allen, of Hawknest. VV.- Va., leg broken. Ten others, names not ascertained.

No Money in Horse Racing.

New York, Sept.3.—James R. Keene, whose success on,the turf this year lias attracted much attention, Is punted In an Interview as saying tfiat, despite the fact that his horses have earned 1309,631 this season, he has not mads money by his racing ventures.

Condition of the Public Debt.

Washington, Sept. 4.—The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the of business Aug. 81 the debt, less cash in the treasury, aggiegated $884,602,382. a decrease foi the month of $3,008,772.

•• ■ 4/* I THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR •«M **¥HM, Daniel Webster Flour. 1 'fT’ ' *' Read what we have to say next week. Th© “TWO BIG STORES.”

THE WEATHER Following is the official weather forecast up to 8 o’clock tonight: i Illinois—Generally fair; warmer in north portion. Indiana—Generally fair. Lower Michigan and Wisconsin— Generally fair; warmer. lowa—lncreasing cloudiness.*

"Pocket” Swept by a Storm.

Evansville, Ind., Sept. 4.—A severe electrical storm passed over southern Indiana, doing considerable damage. The storm was especially severe in Knox county, where much corn was ruined. Houses were unroofed and four structures were wrecked by falling trees, but no loss of life repoited. Death of Cyrus M. Allen. Vincennes, Ind., Sept.'4.—Cyrus M. Allen, 63 years old, of the bestknown men In the cohnty, Is dead of paralysis, with which he was stricken six weeks ago, while at Lipton. Fell Off a Wagon and Drowned. Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 4. Louis Grant, 20 years old, was drowned at Emison, Knox county, by accidentally falling from a wagon into a deep gravel pit. s ———————— Had Buried 15,000 Persons.

Torre Haute, Ind., Sept. 4. Bal!, sixty years an undertaker of Terre Haute, where he has burled 16,000 persons.

The Place to Get a Home y Hartline, Wash. August 2q, IQO7. Mr. B. F. Ferguson, y ' Rensselaer, Ind. Dear Brother:— l received your letter yesterday, was glad to you were all well and prospering as well as of old. It is discouraging in all lines of business when the farmers fail in a crop, for he is the main producer as well as the greatest consumer. I feel for my old Jasper county farmer friends in having a crop less than expenses, for have not I been through the mill back there? I should say yes, but they have the grit and get along some way, while some of them profit by it. We have nothing to complain of out here; we have a fine crop of everything that was planted. The season was fine; it rained just when the crops needed it and not a drop too much. It rained last’night all night; we did not need it in particular yet it did not hurt anything; it lays all the dust and makes the ground so we can commence fall plowing early. The harvest here is about two-thirds done, it will be pbout the first week in September before it is all finished. Tfij-eshing has commenced; the wheat is going from twenty to forty bushels to the acre, the difference is in the fall and summer plowing and the farming of the ground. We have three days heading yet, then we will be done. We have fifty-two ricks of wheat, each rick fifty feet long, so you see we have some wheat. Such ricks as ours where they are threshing are making 200 bushels to the rick. We will not have ours threshed for a couple of weeks yet. Wheat is worth 70 cents per* bushel. Harvest hands here get $3.00 a day; we begin work at five a. m. and quit at seVen p. m.; work every day, no lay off for rain. When it rains you can go to work in an hour after it quits. It seldom ever rains in harvest time. There are four or fiye combined harvesters running in sight of our place and nine header outfits, each outfit will cut about 30 acres apiece; about 400 acres are cut each day in sight of 11s. It takes seven men to run a header outfit properly. I will name them so you wiif know the places if you hear men call them when you are in a wheat country: First the header puncher, that is the man who drives the header; one stacker, three box drivers, one spike pitcher, one loader. Tell grandpa we have the finest potatoes I ever raised" and lots of them, and the least ’ work I ever put on potatoes; not a bug of any kind about them, one man near us has twenty acres of potatoes out, and they are fine. He just plowed the ground for summer fallow for oats next year in June, and just dropped the potatoes in every third furrow as he plowed, and plowed them under; when he got time he harrowed the twenty acres over and that is all, and they are as nice and fine a crop as a man would want to see. I have about one acre that I did the same way and they are splendid. I think I will treat about twenty or thirty acres that way next year. The potatoes don’t hurt the ground any, you can go right on and sow the same ground Jn winter oj* spring wheat just the same. f As to the land here I can tell a man just as much about it and what it will do under certain conditions as any man out here. I have made a thorough study of conditions, of different lands and crops, and 1 believe if this land is* properly handled it will produce forty bushels of wheat and seventy-five bushels of oats one year with another. The man across the road from our place cut and threshed with a combined harvester and thresher seventy bushels of oats per acre If anyone don’t believe this just come over and we will crawl under the wire fence and count the two-bushel sacks laying on the ground in win-rows where the machine dumped them, the owner says that if he had put the oats in the way he ought to and sowed a little more to the acre he could have had a hundred bushel to the acre as well as not. No one man ought to farm more than one section, 400 acres in spring and 200 in winter wheat. , Yours Truly v John T. Sayler. To the Public:— We desire to call your attention to thp above statements and to further state that if you have any desire or intention of making a change of your place of living, you certainly can make no mistake in going to the Great State of Washington. We would cordially invite you to come and see us; we will take pleasure in showing you our prices and explaining to you further about this wonderful country. Y ours Respectfully, Ferguson & Ferguson, Rensselaer, Indiana.

THE MARKETS

omcago, Sept 5. Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat — Open. High. Low. Close. Sept. ~,s .94 $ .04% $ .93% « .93% Dec 99 1.00% .98% .99 May ... 1.0*%' 1.06% 1.04% 1.05 Com— Sept 62% .63 .61% .61% Dec 61% .62% .60% .60% May ... .61% .62% .60% .61% Oats — Sept. .. .57 .57 .55% .56 Dec. ... .54 .55 .53% .53% May ... .54% .54 .53% .54% Pork — Sept. ..15.50 15.50 15.40 15.45 Oct. ...15.80 15. He 5.60 15.65 Jnn. .. .15.92%, 15.95 15.80 15.80 Lard— Sept. 9.00 9.02 9.00 9.00 Oct. ... 9.20 9.20 9.05 9.10 Jan. ... 8.97 9.00 8." 8.80 Short Ribs— . Sept. . . 8.60 8.65 8.57 8.60 Oct ... 8.70 8.75 8.67% 8.70 Cash sales—Winter wheat—By sample: No. 2 red. 95c; No. 3 red, 90@ 92%e; No. 2 hard, 94%e; No. 3 hard, 92%®94c. Spring wheat—By sample: No. 3 spring, 97c®51.03. Com—By sample: No. 2, G2@62%c; No. 2 w' ; « 62@62%c: No. 2 yellow, 66c; V 61%®62%e: No. 3 white, 626;: No. 3 yellow, 65%®66c; No. 4, t. 62c. Oats—By sample: No. 3 white, 48®54c; No. 4 white, 47@56c; standard, 56c. 1 Live Stock, Poultry and Har Hogs—Receipts 16.000. Sale

at $&[email protected] for choice heav\ ping, $6.40®6.50 choice light, $: a 5.95 mixed packing, $6.00®6.25 cliolc* pigs.' Cattle—Receipts 6,500. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for prime fat steers, $3.90® 5.00 good to choice cows, $4.50®5.75 prime heifers, [email protected] good to choice bulls, [email protected] good to choice calves. Sheep—Receipts 16,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for good to prime native wethers, $5.25®5.50 ' good to prime native' ewes, [email protected] choice spring lambs. Live poultry—Turkeys, per lb. He; chickens, fowls, ll@ll%c; springs, 13c: roosters, 7c; geese, [email protected]; ducks, 10c. Hay—New timothy, $14.00®20.00; choice old timothy, $20.00® 22.00; No. 1, slß.Bo® 19.50; No. 2 and No. 1 mixed, $16.00® 18.00; No. 8 and No. 2 mixed, $13.00®15.00. Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin feeding prairie, choice, $9.50® 10.50; No. 1. $8.50®9.00; packing hay. $7.50®8.50. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 5. Dunulrq? A Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle —Receipts 3 cars: market slow. Hogs— Receipts 2Q cars; market-steady; heavy $0.40®6.50; yorkers, $6.70®6.90; pigs, $0.85. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 10 ears; market slow; best lambs, $8.00; yearlings, $6.00®6.25; wethers, $5.50® 5.75; ewes, $4.75®5.00. Calves —Best $4.50®9.00.