Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1907 — Page 5

A. J. H ARITON, THE POPULAR AUCTIONEER Is ready to Date your Sales for the coming season. A lifetime experience in handling stock. My terms are live and let live prices. See me before dating your sale. Boom 4, Second Floor I. O. O. F. Building. Phone at my expense, No. 385

LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. Corn, 54c; oats, 440. This has been another week of fine fall weather. L. H. Myers visited his son in Monticello Thursday. William Zard of the Chicago Bargain Store, spent Sunday in Chicago. S. S. Galbraith and John Farabar of Remington, were business visitors in Rensselaer Wednesday. G. E. Marshall and family departed Thursday for their new home in Rogue River Valley, /Oregon. Mrs. M. E. Thompson and neice, Miss Ida Milliken, have gone to. Battle Creek, Mich., where the former will take treatment. Charlie Wiltshire, who is servRng his second year in the regular army, visited his parents here this week.. He is stationed at Ohio. T The 5-cent theatre has quit and the managers will seek other fields. They claim to have lost money here, although they had fairly good houses. Mt. Ayr Pilot: R. J. Yeoman is suffering with several broken ribs, the effect of stumbling and falling on a hill of corn stubs while cutting corn. Prof. I.N. Warren has bought the tefi acre tract of land owned by G. E. Marshall at the eas t side of town, consideration $2,050. Mr. Warren has bought it for speculation only. Josiah Davisson, who has been agent for the C. & E. 1., at Kniman, has been transferred down on the Brazil-Momence line and is given the Agency at Wadena, Benton county. “Joe” Atkinson, one of Benton county’s prominent citizens, is dead at bis home near Oxford, aged 76 years. He was sick only about a week from what was called ulcer of the lungs. John A. Grey, who resides on the Thornton farm near Surrey, recently purchased by Frank Borntrager, has rented the James Blake farm of 135 acres, northwest of Remington, and will move S. same about Feb. 1. ost farmers are finding on ing into their corn fields that there are a good many nubbins this year and considerable corn is chaffy. The indications are that farmers will generally be disappointed in the yield in this locality. The subject of the sermon at the Christian church on Sunday morning is, “Aids to Conduct;” in the evening an Autumnal service will be conducted, special ' music by the dboir. The subject of the sermon is, “Ripe Fruit.” All are welcome. Miss Lena Richeeoh is lying at at the point of death from consumption at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Richesen at Sharon, u Her death is looked for at any moment and she may have passed away ere The Democrat reaches it readers. The militia football team has booked a game for to-day with a Wabash team at the latter place; with a Chicago team at Rensselaer next Saturday; and with rs Frankfort team at Rensselaer Nov. 9. Return game with Frankfort at that place Nov. 23. -I > A dispatch from Winamac states that a law and order league was organized there last Saturday by the temperance people erf Pulaski county and that the organization t ndorsed Prosecutor W. J. Reedformerly of Jordan tp., this county —for member of the democratic state committee.

Corn husking has begun .to some extent hereabouts. Mesdames Fred Phillips and Grant Warner are visiting in Fowler this week, J. A. Teter, the Carpenter tp, prize swine breeder, was in the city on business Thursday. ; W, H. Wyncoop of near Kniman, left Tuesday on a prospecting trip to Chamberlain, So. Dak. David Alter, a former resident of this county, died at his home near Frankfort this week, aged 80 years. A. F. Long is going to have another big corn show this fall. See adv. on last page of to-day’s Democrat. The Mt.'Ayr grain elevator has been sold by Ponsler & Johnson to Arthur Herriman and Harris Martin of that place. A Starke county potato grower raised 16,000 bushels of potatoes this season, the yield being about 225 bushels to the acre. Mr. M. 0. Kenton, of Olobe, Arizona, formerly a resident of near Surrey, was married last week at Long Beach, Cali, to Miss Emma E. Coleman of that place.' Mrs. Alfred Hoover, south of town, got her right hand quite badly hurt Wednesday by it caught in a wind pump. The forefinger was so badly cut and lacerated that several stitches were necessary to sew up the wound.

Mrs. Thresie Dudek died Sunday evening at the home of her son-in-law, Joseph Berenda, in Newton tp.. and the funeral was held from St. Augustine’s Catholic ohurch in Rensselaer Tuesday morning and burial made in Mt. Calvary we metery south of town. Deceased was 78 years of age, and was a native of Bohemia..

Ray Adams, who has been at Belle Foutohe, So. Dak., for the past three months, returned home last week and will remain here during the winter at least. It is a good stock country where he was but not good for farming. Bert Goff has a good claim there.which he is holding- dowp, but he expects to visit home folks here some time the coming winter.

This thing of opening the government treasury for the relief of the Wall Street gamblers every few weeks is an innovation of the Roosevelt administration that it would seem ought not to be relished by the public generally. The government never comes to the relief of the smaller banks or business men when they are hard pressed, and it ought not go to the relief of the stock gamblers. The precedent is a bad one. and one that they will come to depend on whenever they get in a pinch.

The banquet to be given Nov. 18 by the Jackson Club at Lafayette with Hon. W. J. Bryan as the star attraction, will be the most largely attended banquet ever given by the dub. Nearly two-thirds of tickets were taken last Week, and the, rest were taken early this week; so not another one is to be had. There will be 600 reserved seats among the 2,500 seats outside the banquet tables, and these will be sold at 50 cents each as long as they last, which will be but a very few days. x

Henry W. Marshall of Lafayette, republican chairman of the Tenth district, is coming in for a great deal of adverse criticism through his connection with the Western Construction Co., which has been robbing the city of Indianapolis of thousands of dollars in asphalt contracts. Marshall is president of the company and the investigation has grown so warm that he has taken to making fiublic explanations. The affair ooks mighty bad and before the grand jury gets through with the investigation it is likely to look worse for Marshairs company. Mti Ayr Pilot: Ton Dowling of near Morocco, is in a serious condition, and fears for his recovery are entertained, all the result of a dispute and a fight with Orin and Art Elijah, last Friday. Tom is supervisor of' the distriot in which they all live and was sitting in an open buggy in front of Elijah’s home talking about some road work. Tom had a spade in the back of the buggy and it is reported that when the disputf arose Orin grabbed the spade and struck Tom over the head, immediately after which Art climbed upon the buggy and stabbed him several times. Tom was very weak from the loss of blood but owing to the prompt action of a physician is still alive. The Elijahs were arrested and placed under >5,000 each to await the outcome 'of Dowling’s injuries. v

Goodland, was a business visitor in the city yesterday. ■ sSf Newdsgbecribers to the Democrat this week by postofficee: Rensselaer, 2; Rensselaer, R-R-3, 1. - The Democrat is going to have a big offer for new subscriptions and renewals next week. Watch for announcement. The Collins flouring mill has been running nights this week to fill anorder for a carload of buckwheat flour for an Indianapolis firm and to keep up with the local custom. r Mrs. E. H. Shields of Brook is visiting friends here this week. Her daughter Miss Katie Shields, and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Borkland and Mr. and Mrs. O. B- Light, also of Brook were visitors here Monday- . - David Bowman, appointed to serve out the unexpired term of Sheriff Oglesby of Pulaski county who was recently murdered in a fight with tramps, declined to take the office on the grounds that it meant too'much of a financial sacratice to him, and Chas. M. Swisher of Medaryville, a brother of Mrs. Oglesby, has been appointed to the place.

Matrimonial Disaster.

Young Smith was paying devoted court to a rich and beautiful girl, and a successful result seemed Inevitable when disaster unspeakable wrecked his chances Torever. One morning Smith discovered that the next day was, her birthday and Informed her poetically that on the morrow he would send her a bouquet of roses, one rose for each year. That night he wrote a note to his florist ordering the immediate delivery of twenty roses to the young lady. * The florist read the order and thc&ght he would please the young man by improving on it, so he said to his clerk: .“Here’s an order from young Smith for twenty roses. Smith has been one of my beet customers lately. Put In ten more for good measure!’’—Judge's Library.

True Christian Spirit.

Jack—Maud Willing has the true Christian spirit. Tom—What do you mean by that? Jack-»Why, last night when I kissed her on the cheek she immediately turned the other.—Meggendorfer Blatter.

A Paradise.

Mrs. Shoppfer—Oh, John, I dreamed last night that I was in heaven. Shopper—What was it like? Mrs. Shopper—lt was one immense department store filled with bargains. Why, they had goods marked at 98 cents that would cost a dollar here.— Detroit Tribune.

Increasing the Impaired Quantity.

"They tell me, dear, that your father’s money is all tainted.” “Do you hesitate to take It, George?” "No, dear. But doesn’t it seem under the circumstances as if he should try to make amends for its impurity, by giving us twice as much?”—Houston Poet.

Not a Member in Good Standing.

“They say that Jane Brown is to be married.” “Yes.” “But isn’t she a charter member of the Old Maids’ elub?” “Yes, but she never paid any dues.* —Cleveland Plain Dealer.

A True Philosopher.

"Doesn’t your wife lecture you sometimes?” asked the relative. "Yes,” answered Mr. Meekton, “but 1 don’t mind. I feel safer when she la at home lecturing me than when she is out playing bridge whlst”-Wash-ington Star.

Making Business For Him.

"Markley’s doctor advised him to go in for motoring.” “Why, there wasn’t 'anything the matter with Markley.” “I know, but »hls doctor’s specialty is surgery.”—Philadelphia Press.

Not Always.

Mrs. Gunbusta—Wilfred, you must never say “can’t,” but always say "cannot.” , Wilfred—Then If I want a musk* melon must I ask for a “cannot*!oupe?”—Judge.

Liked by One.

Hewitt—ls he a popular fellow? * Jewett—Well, he is quite a favoritq with himself.—New York Press. ?'

HERES THE BALLOONI

Cry That Paralyzed Business, Tied Up Telephones and Adjourned Court. MARIOM RIVER HAD BUCH FUH Chickens See the Airships and Call the, Farmer's Wife's Attention Thereto—State Notes. Marlon, Ind., Oct. 24. A balloon race is a sight not witnessed every day in Grant county, and some people say it is well that such races are of seldom occurrence. Business generally was Interfered with by the sight of four balloons passing over Marlon, and many ludicrous things happened. The appearance of the first balloon from the west about 10:15 a. m. caused business men and others to rush to telephones to notify the folks at home. The people of the residence districts had sighted'the balloons as early as those downtown and the result was the homes were emptied, every one being ifi the street The telephone service was soon tied up,with the result that no one could get any one else. Court _!• Twice Adjourned. The wort! that a balloon was In sight was eonveytd to the superior court room where a trial was In progress. Judge P. H. Elliott dismissed court, and Judge, jury, litigants and witnesses sought the court house dome and watched the German balloon until it was out of sight The trial had only been resumed when the sounding of the fire alarm gave notice of the appearance of the second balloon the “America.” The trial was again discontinued and the occupants of the court room again sought the court house dome. Chickens Were Rubbering, Too. Mrs." Avellne, the wife of Dr. F. X. Avellne, of East Wiley street, tells the most novel story of how the balloons were discovered in that part of the city. Mrs. Avellrtb was feeding the chickens when they quit eating and turned their heads to one side, appearing to see something in the air which frightened them. Mrs. Avellne looked up and saw a balloon. She hastened to notify her neighbors. Alonzo Ham. driving a ‘bread wagon for the Middleton bakery, was “rubbering” at the balloons while at Washington and Thirty-eighth streets when a street car struck his wagon, overturning it and scattering bread and cakes about in confusion. Picked Up the Message. Albert Gulton, who picked' up the message from McCoy and Chandler, dropped from the “America” was inhis dooryard, one mile east of this city, when be saw ‘the message come flitting down. He opened it and in addition to the message was a request that it be taken to the nearest Western Union office. The envelope contained sand.

FELL INTO A MEAL CHUTE When Taken Ont He Was Dead—Curious Accident to a Workman in an Oil Well. Indianapolis. Oct. 24.—John Mottwiler, a laborer employed at the Evans linseed oil mills, Belt railroad and West Michigan street, met a horrible death by being smothered In a meal chute. When taken from the chute the body of Mottwller was bent almost -double. Mottwller and several other workmen were busy on one of the upper floors shoveling meal into a chute that sent It below to conveyors that took It to the grinding machines. The rush of the meal was constant and the shovelers hardly looked up from their work as they tolled incessantly. Suddenly theie was an outcry and the form of Mottwller was seen to go Into the opening of the chute: Heroic efforts were employed to clear the ebute of the pile of meal that had be come clogged In it For nearly half an hour the men toiled, and soon the body of Mottwiier was seen to slide slowly to the bottom toward the lower bln. The body was doubled up, and to all appearance Mottwiier had -suffered great agony until death relieved him. Indian* Finances All plight. Indianapolis, Oct. 24.—Four hundred bankers, members of the State Rankers’ association, convened in annual session here. In the trust company section I. H. C. Royse, of Terre Haute, president of the section, declared that financial conditions as far an Indiana trust companies are concerned are all that could be wished. Bankers from over the state who are here share with local financial house officials, the belief that no effort of the flurry will extend this far away from New York. .... Fatal Trolley Accident. / Anderson, Ind., Oct. 24.—An Interurban car of the Indiana Union Traction company jumped the track JuiA east of this city, turning completely over, fatally injuring three persons and Slightly bruising a score of fattrtly hurt are: Mrs. Frank Donovan, of Yorktown; Eugene Williams, a girl, 14 years old; Mrs. Charles Walker, of Dalerille. Woman Kills Her Husband. Evansville, Ind., Oct. 24. —In a quarto! over money matters Mrs. Pheobe James, aged 39! shot and killed her ausband, George James, at HowelL

The SPORTING WORLD

Kling, Chicago National Catcher. The leading catcher of the 1907 base ball season was Johnny Kling, the sura throwing backstop of the Chicagd Nationals. Kling, in addition to catching In the Important games of the pennant race that resulted in victory for the Cubs, was also the mainstay of the team behind the bat in the recent world’s championship series with the Detroit Americans. * ’ Kling is one of the quietest players in the game. He is a good balance on that account for such terrors and Um-

JOHNNY KLING.

pire baiters as Jimmy Sheck .rd. Harry Stefnfeldt and Captain Chance himself. Because of his retiring disposition Kling is one of the most popular men lb the game today. In winter he runs a billiard academy in Kansas City, where he makes as much money as he does on the diamond. As a matter of fact, Kling is tired of baseball, and he wants to break away from the game. He would do so if the financial returns were not very high.

Football In China. "The first game of football I witnessed upon my arrival In China,” one of our consular representatives at home for a visit remarked recently, "I mistook for a very serious riot, and you wouldn’t have blamed me either. “In the first place, I was not aware that the Chinese had any such game, but later found that it is very popular in north China. It is not played as is the American game, and instead of eleven players to the side there are fifty. These northern Chinese are almost giants, and every man on the team will be six feet or over In height and weigh on the average 200 pounds. There are no goals, side lines or halves. The game lasts until one side Is the winner, and frequently this is not accomplished before two or three days. “The idea of the game is to force a small wicker basket, which takes the place of our ball, Into the territory of the other side, this territory being onehalf of the town, and up and down the streets the fight rages. Each man is equipped with a whistle with which to summon assistance when too bard pressed. “Stealth as well as main force may be used in getting the ’ball’ into the enemy’s country, and I know of one clever player who did so by passing over the roeffs of the houses. As you may imagine, 100 giants yelling and fighting in the streets create some excitement.”

Baseball Biters Bitten. One of the funniest happenings of the year took place in Chicago recently. Chicago was . the only place where It could have been pulled off. Just before the final game of the series between the Box and the Detroit Tigers a regular funeral ceremony was put on. Headed by a band playing a funeral march a crowd of White Sox rooters bore a papier mache tiger, much battle scarred, to the pennant pole, where It was buried with the usual ceremonies. Then the rooters left the field to the tune of “A Hot Time.” At this stage of the game Cobb and several other Detroit players turned the laugh on the rooters by securing the tiger anil starting him up the pennant pole. Then, just to show how dead the Tigers were, Detroit proceeded to make nine runs and handed the White Sox an awful trimming.

Football Crowds. Football crowds promise to be larger this year than ever before. The total attendance at football games in 1906 was over 1,000,000 greater than it was in 1905, and the attendance in 1905 was the largest in the history of the sport up to that time. The two largest crowds of the season were those which saw the game between Yale and Harvard and that between Yale and Princeton. From a purely academic point the least satisfying game of the year was that between Yale and Princeton, which resulted In a tie. Both elevens played brilliant football, but Yale proved more resourceful against the Tigers than had been deemed possible by those who had witnessed the preliminary work of the Elis. Another Australian Biffer. - There’s an Australian fighter in New York who, according to all reports, has all the earmarks of a fighter. He has been In this country thrqe months, but has been keeping himself under cover because the fight managers have not yet offered him a $25,000 purse. His name Is Warren, Billy , Warren, and he weighs 210 pounds when lu fighting trim. His one alm in life just now is to get into the ring with Jack Johnson. He has $5,000, or says he has. to wager that he can beat the black mas In a finish fight.

GADDIS HIS ACCUSER

Man Who Killed a Whitecap Now Names Another of the 7 r; La .kss Party. THIRD MAN Said to be KHOWH State Behind the Prosecution in Thia Case—Seven Ducks at One Shot—State News. • Bloomington, Ind.. Oct. 23. —An affidavit was filed in the circuit court charging James Gillham, who keeps a store a half-mile below Victor, with being one of the men who, on the night of Sept. 25, attempted to break into the home of Tobias Gaddis, at Shagtown. with the Intention of “whitecapping” Gaddis. It was this visit that terminated fatally for Jesse Robison, who was found the next morning dead under an apple tree, a short distance from the house. If' Motive for Gillham Is Found. James Gillham, who is charged with being one of the companions of Robi- . sou, is 28 years old, and a member of a well-known family of Kirksville. Gillham’s store Is just on top of the hill, the other side of Victor, and from this store, before the attempted “whitecapping.” there hud been some feeling, according to stories in the neighborhood. One story is that a few days before the tragedy Gaddis and his nephew. Oscar Knight, were in the Gillham store, and that after they had gone a side of meat was missing. This, the officers who are pushing the case, believe Is sufficient to explain Gillham’s presence with the “whitecappers.” Gaddis Breaks His Silence. The affidavit is sworn to by Gaddis, who, on the advice of his attorney. Jesse Fields, broke a silence of three w’eeks.andgavetothe officers the name of the man whom he says he recognized In the moonlight Gaddis saysheisposltive that he recognized Gillham, and that the two women in the house with him recognized one of the midnight raiders as the storekeeper. Gaddis says that tlie women will testify to this fact, if necessary. Third Man Also Known. The authorities have the name of the third companion of Robison, but as yet no affidavit has been filed. However, it is likely that startling revelations will follow in a few days. The grand Jury will Investigate, and the case will likely be pushed by Governor Hnnlv. through the attorney general o* the state. HUNTER’S REMARKABLE SHOT Fires at One Duck, He Sees and Kills Seven, Six of Which He Had Not Seen. Columbus. Ind., Oct. 23.—Edward H. Godfrey, county clerk; Ralph H. Spaugh, William J. Beck and Albert W. Phillips, prosecuting attorney, have just broken camp south of the city, and they are telling about a remarkable shot which the county clerk made. Godfrey saw a wild duck sitting in the water near the edge of the river, and shot it When he went to retrieve it he found he had killed seven ducks at the one shot. The other ducks had been in the weeds and were not seen by the clerk when he fired. The party was much surprised to catch a number of “blue gills” In the river, near Jonesville,this county. Blue gills are hardly ever found outside of the lake districts of northern Indiana.

Not Room Enough for Both. * Brazil, Ind., Oct. 23.—The property owners of the powder mill addition to Fontanet met and decided by resolution to makfc the following demand on the powder company: That If the powder company did not intend to rebuild its plant there they would accept the rebuilding of their homes as good as before the explosion as Tull settlement of their property damages, but if the company did intend to rebuild the plant they will demand that the company buy their property outright and they wfll move away. ■ Gov. Hanly Eats Goat. Boonville, Ind., Oct 23.—Governor Hanly alighted from an Evansville and Eastern traction car and climbed the hills on “Overlook ranch.” which is the name of Colonel Frank B. Posey’s farm on the Ohio river near Yankeetown. The governor came as the guest of Colonel Posey, and with a score of other invited ' guests, partook of the meat of a barbdcued Angora goat, a product of “Overlook ranch.” Decapitate by a Train. Shelbyville, Ind., Oct. 23. Hurst, 60 years old, a carpenter, was instantly killed here at 11:50 a. m. He was crossing the Big Four railway tracks and was caught by a freight train, his bead being severed from his body. He leaves three sisters and four brothers. Mayor Before the Grand Jury. Indianapolis. Oct. 23. —Mayor Booktralter has been called as a witness before the Marion county grand jury to tell whatever he may know in regard to the graft in the asphalt street repair contract. Oak Tree Brings a Big Price. Russiaville, Ind., Oct. 23.—An oak tree which stood on the farm owned bv the late Jacob Harness, has been sold for $250.