Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1908 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

SI.OO Per Year.

REPUBLICAN ABSORBS JOURNAL.

Leaving But Two Newspapers In Rensselaer. Which Is a Plenty For the Field. A deal was consu mated Monday by which the two republican newspapers in Rensselaer consolidated, the Republican absorbing tjieJonrnal, leaving The Demoorat and the Republican the only papers in the city and they amply cover the field in a news and advertising way. By the terms of the deal as we understand, Mr. Clark, who had established the Journal some eleven years ago out of the remains of the old People’s Pilot, the defunct Populist organ, puts in his outfit and is given a one-fourth interest in the Republican. Part of the Journal mechanical equipment will be utilized and part of it sold. Mr. Clark takes charge of the mechanical end of the business at a salary of $75 per month and has a one-fourth interest, of course, in the net profits of the plant. Dr. Washburn retains his interest in the paper, which we understand is one*half. but will have nothing to do with its business management. From a business standpoint this seems a wise move, as the Journal Jias no doubt had rather hard sledding forsome time and has little to lose and much to gain by the change. The Republican will better its equipment, and there will be no division of the ’'spoils” as heretofore. The advertiser will cover the field by advertising in The Democrat and Republican—which he could have done all along—instead of dividing his advertising in three papers. As it now costs a big wad of money to start a paper and get it on its feet, even where a good opening exists, it ia not likely that there will be any division in the party that is likely to result in another republican paper being established here for many years.

THE OTHER SIDE

The dispatches sent out from Logansport last week giving suoh a roseate hue to the Baldwin & Dague bank assets seems to have a hidden string attached. The receivers’ reports of the assets included the Baldwin & Dague personal notes at face value, which is $61,000 in the Goodland bank alone and other notes of questionable value, at their face. A farm of 400 acres iu Cass county, some lots in Logansport and a farm of 200 acres in White county have been turned over by Mr. Baldwin, but there is said to be $5,000 in ditoh taxes against the Cass county farm and a SSOO mechanics’ lein against the house on the White county farm, so that it would appear that there will be some question after all about the banks paying out in full. At Ambia a new national bank with $25,000 capital has been organized to take the place of tbe “busted” Baldwin & Dague institution.

DEATH OF JAMES MALOY

James Maloy, for many years a well known resident of Reneselaer, died at the home of hia son, Dr. Bernard Maloy in Steeger, 111., Tuesday at 3 p. m., aged about 68 years. He bad suffered from diabetes for several years, but the immediate cause of his death was hiccoughs, from which he suffered some four or 5 days prior to his death and to relieve which everything possible was done, but without result. The remains were brought here for burial Thursday and the funeral held in St. Augustine’s Catholic church at 11 a. m., Rev. Thomas Meyer officiating in requiem high mass, and burial made in Mt. Calvary ‘ cemetery south of the oity. James Maloy was born ia Maysville, Ky., and came to Rensselaer in the latter part ot the sixties, where he had sinoe resided until a oouple of years ago when with Mrs. Maloy he went to Sfeeger, 111., to live with his son Dr. Maloy, whose wife had recently died. He was married Jan. 15, 1870, to MiBS Anna O’Meara, of Rensselaer, who with two sons survive him. He bad a large acquaintance all over this section of the state and was a man who had a host of friends. News of his death will be received with profound regret by scores of people who had known and respected him.

BALL. There will be ■ dance at Warner’* Hall Thtireday evening, February 13. Tickets 30c.

PUBLIC SALBS. The Demoorat has printed bills for the following public sales: Thursday, Feb. 13, Carr Bros., miles southwest of Rensselaer, General sale, 15 head of horses and mules, oattle, hogs, farm tools, etc.

ROSELAWN AND THAYER TO BE "DRY.”

Kentland, Ind., February 4.—A blanket remonstrance was filed in the commissioners court of Newton county which will close six in* Lincoln township. The little towns of Roselawn and Thayer are in Lincoln township, and being located on the Kankakee river, have become the rendezvous of hunters and sports from Chicago. The saloons therefore, observed no laws whatever. Fights and brawls were of daily occurrence, and the court docket is kept filled with crises from those towns growing out of the illegal sale of liquor or of other charges traceable to the saloons. The temperance people had a hard struggle to carry the remonstrance, but were successful by eight majority.

TO START ANOTHER BANK.

W. R. Lee, for the past two years a of the G. E. Murray department store, has severed his connection therewith and formed a partnership with B. F. Ferguson iu the real estate aud loan business, under the firm name of The Farmers Loan, Abstract and Safety Deposit Company. They have moved into new quarters in the Harris bank building, lately occupied by the Jasper Savings and Trust Co., and expect to also organize a bank and be ready to do a general banking business by April 1. The rooms they occupy were designed for banking rooms and are fitted with vault, safe and other banking fixtures. Mr, Lee still retains his stock in the Murray store but will not be in anywise connected therewith in the future. He thinks he will like the new business he has undertaken much better and will devote bis entire attention thereto. Mr; Ferguson is one of Jasper, county’s oldest real estate and loan agents and the new firm ought to make a good combination.

SAME OLD CROWD IN CONTROL.

The election Of a republican county chairman here Tuesday resulted as usual, and tbe same crowd is in control of the party machinery that has controlled it for several years, to the sorrow of the people. Carpenter tp., made an effort to oust the party from the Halleck et al grip aud secure a “new deal,” aud we understand instructed their commitiemen to vote for county auditor James N.' Leathermau. The latter did not want the place, feeling that he could not devote the necessary time to it, and made no effort to secure it. The old machine was in control in most of the precincts, and when the votes were recorded it was found that Mom Leopold had received 9 votes and Mr, Leatherman but 7. In the vote for secretary Dr. Kannal received 9, Geo. Healey 5, A. J. Harmon 2. C. G. Spitler was re-elected treasurer. The only way for the better element of the party to break the maoniue’s grip is to give it an overwhelming defeat at the polls, for in that way only oan other but machine candidates be nominated.

CALL FOR PRECINCT MEETINGS.

The democratic voters of Jasper oounty and all others who desire to affiliate with them are requested to meet at the usual places in their respective precincts on SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 1908, at 2 p. m., for tbe purpose of electing a precinot committeeman and secretary. The preoinct committeemen so elected will meet in the city of v Rensselaer on Saturday, Feb. 15,1908, at 2 p. m., in the east oourt room at the court house and elect a oounty chairman, sectary and treasurer. The secretaries of the precinct conventions are requested to report the result of same at once to the oounty chairman. Lucius Strong, Co. Cbm. N. Littlefield, See.

Box Social at Center School House, Union tp. Feb. 8. Prises will be given. Everybody invited. Ladies please bring boxes. Floy Williams, Teacher.

Rensselaer, Jasper County. Indiana, Saturday, February 8, 1908.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Eight marriage licenses were issued last month, against 14 for the month previous and 10 for January 1907. —o — The four old indictments against F. D. Gilman, the* former Goodland banker now serving sentence in the state prison at Michigan oity, were dismissed on motion of the prosecuting attorney last week. o—.0 —. The annual delinquent tax sale will take place Monday, beginning at 10 a. m., at the court house. The delinquencies are slightly more in number this year than usual, although several have paid since advertisement was made. —o — Owing to the fact that there will probably be some change made in the appraisement of the Parser bank assets before the appraisement is made public, we are unable to publish the list this week as intended. As soon as the appraisement is released by the trustee we will publish same. —o — New suits filed: No. 7264. Warner Bros. Vs. Edward Leach; suit on note. Demand SIOO. No. 7265. Warner Bros. vs. Joseph C. Thornton; suit on note. Demand SIOO. No. 7266. Isaac Wells vs. Fred Lee; action in replevin. No. 7267. Amelia Fagot, guardian, vs. theminor heirs of Joseph Fagot, deceased; petition to sell real estate. No. 7268. Willis Lutz vs. Edward Leach; suit on note. Demand s3s^ No. 7269. Farmers National Bank of Mulberry vs. Charles Templeton et al; suit on note. Demand $250. j \Marriage licenses issued: Feb. 3,vTesse L. Garriott of Fair Oaks, aged 32, occupation farmer, to Minnie Elizabeth Hooper, also of Fair Oaks, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. \ Feb. 4, Everett R. Williams of Aix, aged 21, occupation farmer, to Florence Davisson, also of Aix, aged 21, occupation housekeeper, First marriage for each. Feb. 4, Manta Philipus Van Meerten of Demotte, aged 27, occupation farmer, to Lillian Berna Merrit, also of Demotte, aged 16, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each, s> 4Feb. 5, Grant Rishling of Renssflher, aged 28, occupation farmer, to Minnie Frances Barce of Marion tp., aged 27, occupation.housekeeper. First marriage for each, —o — At the meeting of the Board of Education Monday it Was decided to continue both the Boys’ Corn Club and the Girls’ Bread Club. Last year was a very baokward year for the com club, yet the showing that the boys made at the Farmers’ Institute was a very creditable one, there being over 100 exhibits shown. An effort will be made to double the number this year. A change will be made this year in that each boy will exhibit 11 ears, prizes being awarded on ten ears, and one ear in each exhibit being carefully scored that the boy may take it home with him and see where it is weak. Seed will be furnished the boys as last year, Trustees Cook, Yeoman and Karch being a committee to secure the seed. The details of the Bread Club were not definitely arranged but left to a later meeting. Q Ex-Auditor Hayworth of Pulaski county, and a gentleman named Smith of Logansport are engaged in going over the accounts of extreasurer —in name only—S. R. Nichols. It seems from what little we can learn about it that there is a discrepancy in the aqoounts of the auditor and treasurer which dates baok some two years. We are told this discrepancy is but SI,OOO to $1,500, and that Nichols thinks that he is charged with and had to make settlement of that much too mnch money, hence he is having the acoounts checked up to discover if possible the error. The above is the little that was al-

lowed to leak out to The Democrat, and we do not vouch for the correctness of the alleged discrepancy. Of course such things are kept from this paper as much as possible as it is not to be made public, and the little given above is all we were able to get at this time. —O— Sheriff O’Connor received a bench warrant from the Kosciusko circuit oonrt on Monday morning for the arrest of a young man by the name of Stewart Thompson, said to be some where in this county. After diligent inquiry he was located working for Charles Bussell in Hanging Grove. Deputy Sheriff Joseph O’Connor went out and made the arrest and when they arrived at the jail the sheriff, as is usually the way, called up the sheriff at Warsaw telling him that he had the prisoner here and asked him to send for him as soon as possible. Later the sheriff here was notified by the sheriff at Warsaw that as the warrant was directed to the sheriff of Jasper county he would have to deliver the prisoner there. Therefore the sheriff sent deputy Joe with the prisoner on the early train via Delphi to Warsaw. The young man is 22 years old and 6 feet tali. The sheriff does not wish to tell the cause of the arrest, but we understand it is for paternity. The young man had all arrangements made to start for Michigan when arrested. / The February term of the Jasper circuit court will convene Monday, The grand jury is called for the first day of the term and among the matters that will be taken up, it is rumored, is the Parker bank failure and the investigation of where the “booze” comes from that some of the young boys have been getting so much of lately, The penalty for giving or procuring liquor for a minor is severe, and if the guilty ones are apprehended it is likely the lesson will have a salutary effect on such matters for some time to come. The petit jury is called for the third Monday of the term. Following are the names of the grand and petit jurors and the townships they are from: GRAND JURORS, I. W. Faylor Union Wm. B. Culp Milroy Karl Leek Newton Charles Holle Kniman Green Thornton Newton Julius Huff Jordan PETIT JURORS. David S. A1ter.......... Union J. W. Hum es Union Geo. W. Coppess .......Gillam Morton L. Ford Hanging Grove Judson L. Adams .Barkley Edward Bellows ......... ... .. .Carpenter Marion Freeland ... Newton Frank L. Borntrager .—..Marlon Emmet Fid ter Jordan A. S. Freeman. Barkley Geo. W, Castor ... ...MUroy James W. Amsler Marion J. B. Musgrove Keener Frank W. Fisher.. ...—. Kankakee Chas. A. Lefler Ranging Grove Chas. U. Schatzley ...Wheatfleld —O— The work of the February term of the couutv commissioners was completed Wednesday and the board adjourned. Following is a report of the proceedings: There was allowed $441.66 on the Hanging Grove stone road construction; $2,243 on the Gillam stone road. L. V. Sayler petition to vacate highway in Walker tp.; Chas. Harrington, Wm. Cooper and O. A. Yeoman appointed viewers to meet Feb. 20. Samuel E. Sparling petition for ditoh report as modified is approved and ditch ordered established and costs taxed to dith. Charles V. May ditoh; Geo. Heaaler appointed superintendent to give bond in the sum of S3OO. Jasper Guy allowed attorney fee of $65. Additional time granted drainage commissioners to report in the Jerry Shea ditoh. Notice ordered given for letting of oontraot for supplies for oouuty farm for next quarter on first day of March term. Micah R. Halstead et al, petition for highway in Newton tp.; Grant Davisson, Perry Marlatt and Wm. Daniels appointed viewers, to meet Feb. 22. Notice ordered given for letting contract on first day March term for two new bridges in Milroy tp.

RENSSBLAEK PUBLIC LIBRARY LECTURE COURSE Fab. 17,1908, Opie Reed. Maroh 6, 1908, Father Kavanaugh. ,

SENATOR WOOD

Resented Roosevelt's Dictation of Candidate. MADE HOT REPLY TO THE HISSES From the Administration Delegates That Greeted His Remarks—Machine Controled Convention. The republican district convention held Tuesday to select delegates and alternates to the national convention was not the harmonious meeting that the rank and file of the party would have desired. Senator Will R. Wood of Lafayette and George Ade of Newton county were the avowed candidates for delegates, and up to a day or two before the oovention seemed to have no opposition. Several of the delegates to the convention arrived in the city Monday and then a deal was consumated to defeat Wood and elect the rather more notorious than famous “Kit” Sill of Monticello in place of Mr. Wood. This jcame about it is charged, through ’ Mr. Wood refusing to stand hitched to the Rooseveltian eandidate, Taft, after Indiana’s candidate—he of cocktail notoriety—stood no show for landing the nomination. Mr. Wood told the administration appointees—who were all here as delegates—that he was for Fairbanks as long as there was any show for him, but after that he had no choice.

Practically all of Monday night and the forenoon of the convention day was spent in “caucusing” and everything was cut and dried before the convention assembled in the opera house at 1:30 p. m. The usual preliminaries were then gone through with, district chairman Hickey of Laporte being chosen chairman of the meeting and J. M. Mavity of the Valparaso Vidette, secretary, with the republican editors as assistant secretaries, although uoue of them were in evidence on the stage. Chairman Hickey iB a smoothfaced young man with a peculiar drawl to his voice that occasions numerous smiles when he speaks. He is a Laporte lawyer and this peculiarity has no doubt been acquired in handling his mixed clientage of that bailiwick. There was no contested delegations and everything moved along smoothly for awhile. Senator Bowser of Chesterton was chairman of the resolutions committee and the resolutions lauded Roosevelt and heaped enoomiums without stint on “Indiana’s distinguished citizen,” Vice President Fairbanks, and told of the “unparalleled prosperity” the republican party had given the country. Senator Fremont Goodwine of Williamsport was endorsed for lieutenant goverfiof and Judge Gillett for renomination to the supreme bench. Both gentleman were present and thanked the convention for the endorsement, the brief remarks of Senator Goodwine elictiug the greatest applause of the meeting. Then oame the selection of delegates to the national convention. George Ade, the famous playwright and author, was elected by acclamation and on roll call of counties Senator Wood of Lafayette and “Kit” Sill of Montioello were placed in nomination, the vote by counties being as follows: Sill Wood Benton 5 4 {asper...... y .ake 23 Laporte 23 Newton 4.65 2.35 Porter 11 Tippecanoe 26 White... 8.30 2.70 Warren 9 Total 81.95 44.02 After tbe vote was reoorded—but it was never announced to the convention —Mr. Wood got up to move that Mr. Sill’s eleotion be made unanimous, and in doing l so he told the delegates a few things that evidently did not set well with some of them, and he was cheered on one side of the house and hissed on the other. Senator Wood stated, among other things, that this was not the first time he had ever went down to defeat in a republican convention, but that it was the most humiliating defeat be bad ever suffered; that he had

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voted three times for Mr. Fairbanks’ election as United Slates Senator, onoe when the latter was defeated and twice when he was elected; that Fairbanks was his friend, and that the action of the delegates demonstrate d that they did not want Fairbanks nominated. Many of the delegates, he stated, had pledged him their hearty supg>rt and that until he arrived in •nsselaer he did not suppoee that he had any opposition. This opposition he openly charged, came direot from Washington and from Congressman Crumpacker, who at the administration’s behest was for Taft, was meant by Mr. Wood’s remarks. I‘Crumpacker can’t dictate to me,” he declared. “I have enough manhood about me to decline to bow the knee to such dictation, but you delegates to this convention have sold yourselves and elected a man in my stead who has promised to be the tool of this dictation,” Hisses greeted these remarks, but the speaker continued: “I have heard snakes hiss before and I fear them not.” “Jim” Kregg, a well known Thayer saloon keeper, who was a delegate from Newton county, enlived the proceedings at this stage by yelling, “And this is a ‘dry’ town, too.” Jim’s break brought down the house, and after the applause had subsided the Senator from Tippecanoe poured more hot shot at the delegates, which became so pointed that one big duffer from the north end of the district- —the saloon end—yelled in a threatening manner, “Who? Who done this?” and for a moment it looked like he meant to do the speaker bodily harm. We have not the space to go into further detail of Senator Wood’s defiant charges, but what he said to the delegates, charging among other things that the present district chairman was “Crumpacker’s chairman,” was a-plenty, and they knew that all he said was true, too. As a matter of fact Mr. Wood’s charges were absolutely true. Crumpacker sent frantic telegrams to the politicians to “stand by tbe administration" whatever else they did, and it was Wood’s independence that defeated him, as he stated in very vigorous language, and the charge now being made that “Wood was drunk” is far from correct. !iKit” Sill does not bear an enviable reputation in his own county, and it was evident that the administration stand-patters had a hard time to get the delegates from White to give him the vote that they did. There was a great deal of delay in those delegates voting and considerable discussion and loud talk before their vote was finally annonnced which was evidence that many voted for him against their better judgment and dedesires. The party whip is a great thing. After this pleasing—to democrats —diversion the smooth and oily Mr. Sill was called upon and briefly thanked the convention for the honor bestowed upon him, as had previously Mr. Ade. Then oame the election by acclamation of Geo. A. Williams of Rensselaer and Warren Simpkins of Benton county as alternate delegates. Daniel Fraser, the well known Fowler attorney, was also ohoseu as au elector on the national tioket by acclamation, and the convention adjourned.

OUROC JERSEY BRED SOWS Don’t forget the date of J. A. Teter’s public sale of Duroc Jersey Bred Sows, which will take place in Lock's heated sale barn In Remington, Monday, Feb. 17. This herd showed at two state fairs last fall—Michigan and Indiana —and was awarded more blue ribbons and more money than any other herd represented. Forty head will be sold, inclnding 12 fail yearlings, 8 tried sows and 20 spring gilts, all good ones. No culls goes in this sale, every animal guaranteed. Gome and inspect my offering. J. A, Teter. BIRTH ANNOUNCEriBNTS. 'nJan. 27, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Wortley, Booth of town, a 114 pound son. V Jan. 30, to Mr. and Mrs. E. Gunyon of Parr, a son. yJan. 81, to Mr. and Mrs, Edward Price of Parr, a son. j yFeb. 2, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schultz of Union tp., a daughter. VFefc. 4, to Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Staffer of Jordan tp,, a daughter. XFeb. 5, to Mr. and Mrs, Trevor Wilcox of Surrey, a son.