Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1908 — Page 1

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A SMALL FREIGHT WRECK.

No. 91, a through freight, met with an accident that caused the total wreck of a stock car Sunday morning about 1 a. m. As the train was rounding the curve of the depot it broke in two, which set the brakes on the forward end. The last car on this end of the train was a stock car, when the rear end struck the forward end this car was broken in two in the middle and pushed off the forward trucks. The early trains had to pass the wreck on the north siding until it was cleaned up. No other damage was done.

SENTIMENT DIVIDED ON GUARANTEEING DEPOSITS.

At the meeting of Tenth district bankers at Lafayette last week, E. L. Hollingsworth, of the First National Bank of this city, was honored by being made both temporary and permanent chairman of the meeting. W. E. Pinney of Valparaiso gave an interesting talk on guaranteeing bank deposits. He stated that guaranteeing bank deposits would have a tendency to draw the money from its various hiding places in mat- ' tresses and tin cans and old socks and would materially increase the deposits. He stated against the proposition that the system would place a burden on all honest bankers to discharge the liabilities of incompetent men and bankers of no responsibility. R. C. Downey, assistant cashier of the American National Bank of Indianapolis, spoke against the proposition of guaranteeing deposits, while Andrew Smith, secretary of the State Bankers Association, stated that he was in favor of a guarantee law, and gave several able arguments in its favor. The sentiment of the bankers was divided on this proposition, the majority, we understand, being against it For lack of time the question of “The Depository Law’’ and “Do We Want Postal Savings Banks’* was not discussed.

IS AN EXPERT STENOGRAPHER

But Lost His Job on Account of Hard Times and Is Now Plowing Corn. Mr. Bennett, who discovered the dead man up the track Sunday, is working at Conrad, helping plow corn. When his testimony was taken it was found that he was a stenographer and he was given the job of taking down the evidence of the Coroner’s inquest. He proved to be an expert at the business and ..followed the conversation swiftly and reliably, afterwards turning to the typewriter and writing the whole matter up. It seems that he had been working in Chicago on the Iron Age and being let out of a job took it down the track for the country on the lookout for another. His money gave out and he was compelled to walk. When he reached Morocco he was tired out and was glad to take a job at anything that presented Itself. This happened to be plowing corn and he is now busily engaged at that vocation. There is hardly ever a time that a man cannot get a job at something or other if he is willing to work, and this young man seems to have the right stuff in him. —Morocco Courier.

RURAL ROUTE FOR KNIMAN.

At Least Route Has Been Inspected and Reported On Favorably. There Is talk of a rural mall route out of Kniman. The posed route has been examined and was gone over by the inspector last week and he will report favorably, we are told. The proposed route will run west from the postoffice to the Kniman school house, thence north 1 mile to the Kramer corner, thence west 1 mile to the Lewark corner, north 1 mile to the township line, west 1% miles, 4 miles south to Virgie school house, 1 % miles east to the Davis corner, 1 mile north to the Boyle corner, 1 % miles east to the Kennedy corner, 2 miles south to the Jungles corner, 2 miles east to Laura, 3 miles north to the Wagner corner, 3 mites west to .Kniman. . 1 E, This route will be 22 miles long ’’and 93 patrons will be served. The new route, if established, will probably do away with the postoffices at Virgie and Laura. Volney M. Peer of Kniman has worked the proposition up and will probably be among those who take the examination for carrier.

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THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. New suits filed: No. 7328. Charles Bowers et al, vs. Jacob Eppler et al; action to quiet title. Transcript from Newton circuit court. « o The “long dry spell’’ in the marriage license business was broken Saturday, when one license was grafted, making three for the month, and the first issued since June 6. —o— Myrt B. Price was taken to Mudlavla Tuesday in an automobile to take treatment for rheumatism. This disease started in his thumb, and has spread to almost all of his body. At this writing he is suffering a greatdeal of pain. 1 —o— An evening session of the circuit court was held in the rooms of Myrt B. Price, county surveyor, Monday. The Hodge Ditch case Is on hearing, and Mr. Price was too sick to go to the court room, so the court room came to him. The case had not been finished when we went to press, in fact is likely to last two or three days yet. —o— Constables Ropp and Robinson went up into Union township yesterday to arrest John and Henry Cooper, Peter Theis and Charles Fish, who, it is alleged, committed an assault on the person of Lewis Harrington, the agent at Zadoc, last Sunday. If apprehended their guilt or innocence will be inquired into by Squire Irwin, and if they are visible to the naked eye they will be apprehended all right.

I —°— “pMarriage licenses issued: June 27, Arthur William McAully of Chicago Heights, son of Thos. J. McAully, aged 22, occupation mechanic, to Lennie Fern Alter of Union tp., daughter of John E. Alter, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. S' June 29, Arthur Willie George of Jasper county, aged 20, occupation farmer, to Whilminla Henricks of Goodenow, Hi., aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. 4*June 30, Russell Sluyter of Rensselaer, aged 21, occupation barber, to ■ Anna M. Adams, also of Rensselaer, aged 19, occupation seamstress. First marriage for each.

Joe O’Connor and Gus Grant went up to the Kankakee river north of Wheatfield yesterday to get John Muffley, who has been acting strangely of late. He is an old bachelor, and owns a 40 acre tract adjoining the river, but >he claims to own the entire surrounding country, and it is alleged has driven neighbor boys away when driving up the cows, on land that did not belong to him at all. He has a very loud voice and it is said makes life hideous with his howls at night, or whenever he takes a notion to yell, which is often. His sanity will be inquired into before Squire Irwin when the deputies arrive with him.

—o — The Republican still fails to explain why The Democrat should be assessed on its personal property, including claims due it on account, and the Republican editors should be given Immunity baths by the Board of Equalization. Why should not darkey be assessed on his apalry and chickens, clocks, watches, etc., and the military editor be assessed on his chickens, clocks and watches, and both of them on accounts owing to them, as well as The Democrat man? Why should they not be assessed on money on deposit in bank—-if they had any—the same as any other business men or individual? These are questions the average taxpayer will do well to ponder over. —o — Automobiles t are a luxury rather than a necessity. The owners want the fanner to provide good roads for them to travel over; many of them crowd the farmer and his team off Into the ditch as they go scooting by regardless of law or the rights of others; the farmer’s wife and children don't dare to drive to town in many Instances because they are afraid of meeting one of these "devil wagons,” and yet they are assessed in Jasper county at about one-eighth to one-tenth their value while the farmer’s horse is assessed at full half value. The

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1908.

Democrat has no. fight against autoists, but it does really think that their machines should be assessed on the same basis of value as the farmer’s horse. At the request of several readers The Democrat publishes the vaiua-" tion placed on the several autos owned in Rensselaer March 1, as shown on the assessment sheets: Dr. Wasteburnoo “ English 100.00 " Kresler 76.00 “ Turfler 4 00.00 “ Gwin 100.00 Delos Thompson 350.00 F. B. Ham 150.00 Harry Parker 50.00 B. F, Ferguson 100.00 6. G. Spitler.... 300.00 Farle Leek 100.00 T0ta1|1,575 These machines a total investment of about $12,000. The question of raising these assessments was taken up by the board of equalization, but it was decided to leave them as they were. The above includes but one machine each assessment, while we believe Delos Thompson and Dr. Turfler each had two. The Jasper Co. Telephone Co., machine and C. S. Chamberlain’s - and Dr. Kannal’s machines seem to have been omitted also.

CARPENTER TP. TICKET.

The democrats of Carpenter tp. nominated the following ticket at their convention Saturday: For Trustee, George Besse. For Assessor, J. H. Green. For Justices of the Peace, A. H. Dickinson and E. T. Whitehead. For Constables, John O’Connor, Wm. L. Rich, Wm. Puckett. This is a good ticket and its friends hope it will win despite the big republican majority in Carpenter.

QUESTIONABLE REGULATIONS.

Is this “the land of the Free and the Home of the Brave’’ when it refuses admittance to 50 Japanese maidens who arrived at Seattle, for whom some of our Japanese residents are anxiously waiting to espouse them? Surely wives are as much a necessity to these industrious people as they are to the Russians and Italians, who* also send for their sweethearts when prosperous enough to support them. Under what law or regulation these Japanese are denied admission is not clear to anyone outside of the immigration bureau, for as the Japanese men are here legally, or they would be deported, one can hardly see good reasons for the denial of allowing them the civilizing influence of wives and children.

DID YOU SEE THE ECLIPSE?

■V**The . annular eclipse of the sun was not very generally observed here Sunday, although at one time the face of the sun was more than a third covered by the moon, and the light from the sun ’ was very perceptibly The moon passed over the south-east quarter (we are unable to give the town rfnd range, or number of the section) of the sun’s face, and as a matter of course the farther north the point from which the eclipse was observed the less the sun’s face was covered, and the farther south the more of it was covered, until the line of totality was reached, when the moon covered the entire face of the sun. Within this line, which is a territory about 90 miles wide, can be seen the beautiful corona, which is the light waves flashing ffom the sun, and can be seen in all of its beauty, because of the darkness at the point from .which it is viewed. There will be a total eclipse of the sun in 1912 that will be visible here. The eclipse Sunday began at 8:42 and ended at 11:30 a. m, The colored gentlemen were still alive but badly frightened when last heard from, and their ultimate recovery is assured.

BAND CONCERT PROGRAM.

Thursday, July 2, 8 p. m. March St. Edmund Twostep The Imperator Overture Enchantress March The Forest King Twostep.The Promoter Waltz The Leading Lady March .Samsonian Closing March New Annapolis

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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. June 29, to Mr.und Mrs. Joseph Borntrager, a daughter.

TEST OF ZEPPELIN’S AIRSHIP

Stays tn the Air for Nearly Seven Honrs and Is Under Control All the Time. Friedrichshafen. June 30. Count Zeppelin's airship stood brilliantly the longest and most searching test it has yet undergone. It remained In the air for six hours and three-quarters, attaining an average speed of thirty-four and one-half miles an hour throughout, although for a short period the speed reached thirty-eight and one-half miles, the highest speed yet accomplished. The balloon, utilizing only its dynamic force, ascended to au altitude of 1,000 feet. It started off toward Constance at full speed, and then burned in the direction of Romanshorn, in Bwiterland, where it went through a long series of manoeuvres. It then made a descent to the surface of the water and communicated with the accompanying motorboat. It rose again and proceeded to Rorschach, ai the other end of the lake, propelled by the full force of the engines against a rather bnskwind. Later It was allowed to drift back to Friedrichshafen, from whence it made a dash for a long stretch at top speed with the wind in its favor as far as Constance, where further manoeuvres were gone through. The trip ended within two miles of the balloon >sbed. The balloon carried fourteen passengers.

WILL OVERTOP 'EM ALL

Gotham’s Latest Skyscraper is To Be •OS Feet High to the Tower’s TopNew York, June 30. —Plans for a new skyscraper which will overtop all New York’s lofty buildings, and the flagpole of which will pierce the sky at a greater height than the Eiffel tower in Paris, the highest structure in the world, have been filed by architects foe the Equitable Life Assurance society with the building department The projected building for the Equitable will be a sixty-two-story structure, 909 feet from the curb to the top of the tower upon which will be stepped a flagpole 150 feet in length. The ball on the flagpole will be sevenfour feet higher than the 985-foot Eiffel tower. The main building, which will occupy the site of the present structure of the company on Broadway, covering an entire block, will be thirty-four stories, above which will rise a square tower of twenty-eight stories, capped with a cupola. The facades are to be of brick and granite. The structure is to cost $10,000,000.

10 PER CENT DISCOUNT

On. my regular prices for all orders received during June. C. A. PETERS, Optician.

AGATHA SIXTH.

JUST NEWSPAPER FICTION

So David B. Hill Characterizes an Alleged Interview Just Before He Bailed. Albany, June 30.—Albert E. Hoyt, editor of The Argus, has received a cablegram from Governor David B. Hill in reference to an interview published widely as coming from Hill on the day he sailed for Europe. In this Interview Hill was quoted as referring to Governor Johnson as “the poorhouse candidate,” as criticising Bryan and as saying that “there is no Democratic party.” The cable dispatch follows: “Paris, June 30.—Attention just called to alleged political Interviews In American newspapers published after my departure. They are fllctitious. I authorize you to deny same.”

ALFONSO HOWLED LUSTILY

Crown Prince of Spain Expresses Himself at the Christening of His New Brother. La Grauja, June 30.—The christening of the infant son of King Alfonso under the name of Jaime took place in the chapel Louse here with all the pomp and ceremony of the Spanish court. The programme substantially was identical with that at the christening of Prince Alfonso of the Asturias, on May 18, 1907. except that no foreign special missions were present Prince Alfonso attended the ceremony in the arms of ITis nurse, and howled lustily throughout the proceedings. In contrast to bis little brother, who was most quiet.

He Stands by Betsy Horn.

New York, June 30.—John Quincy Adams, secretary of the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial ass<> elation, authorizes an emphatic denial of the story that Betsy Ross was not the maker of the first American United States flag. Secretary Adams says that an exhaustive search of the records and traditions of Philadelphia, made by a score of patriotic societies has “never shaken the truth of the statement that the first flag was made at 239 Arch street, the nome Of Betsy Ross."

Latest Quotation on Fingers.

Columbus, 0., June 30. —Four men have offered a finger each for S3OO to A. 8. Balloux, of Wheeling, W. Va., who lost his fingers in an ice cream freezer recently. He is in the hospital at East Liverpool, O„ and his brother. Joseph Balloux, made the offer of S3OO a finger on the suggestion of the surgeons. The men who have offered to have their fingers cut off are Robert E. Robbins, W. E. Thompson, O. E. Mans perger and a man signing himself *’D,' df Edward street

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BRUNAUGH TO PRISON

Judge Sends the Alleged Indianapolis Grafter Up Two to Fourteen Years. * w "" PRISONER’S BRIEF COMMENT Thinks the Newspapers Tried Him and Insists on HU innocence— Hoosier Miscellany. Indianapolis, June 30.—Judge Carter, in criminal court, overruled the motion for a new trial In the case of Harry Brunaugh, convicted of fraud against the city in the asphalt cases, and sentenced him to the penitentiary for a term of from two to fourteen years. When court convened Judge Carter made an oral statement of his ruling on the motion for a new trial, which was argued last Wednesday before hint. He overruled all the objections made by the defendant’s counsel. At the End of Their Resources. Bronaugh’s attorneys then asked for an exception and presented a motion for arrest of judgment, based on the same ground as the motion for a new trial. This Judge Carter also overruled. The judge then announced the sentence. Bronaugh’s attorneys also asked that his departure for the penitentiary be deferred until July 9, in order to give him time to straighten up his business and to make a petition in juvenile court that his mother, Mrs. Helen C. Brunaugh, of Batavia, 0., bo given the partial custody of his child. Judge Carter granted the request. Court Addresses the Prisoner. When Judge Carter finished his entries in the court docket, he said: “Mr. Brunaugh, you have been Indicted by the grand jury on the charge of making and presenting a false and fraudulent claim to the city, and you have been tried by a jury which found you guilty on the third count Have you anything further to say?’ Tried by the Newspapers? “I have nothing to say, except to thank the court and the attorneys for the state for their courteous treatment of me,” said Brunaugh, rising from his seat and talking earnestly. “I also wish to express my satisfaction concerning the conduct of the case by my attorneys. As I pleaded at the beginning of the trial, I repeat that I am not guilty of the charge against me. I think the public sentiment created by the newspapers against me had considerable to do with the verdict of the jnry, I am philosophical enough to bear with some degree of fortitude the judgment against me.”

HE INVENTS IN DREAMS

But Unlike Other Visions They Are Not •■Baseless Fabrics”—One Nets Him 525.000. Sullivan, Ind., June 30.—Willis Pratt, a farmer living near Farmersburg, is today $25,000 richer than he was. owing to an invention which he pictured in a dream. Some time ag> Pratt dreamed three nights in succession about the construction of an improved churn. The construction of it differed so radically from churns now in use, that he set to work and modeled one after the one he pictured in his dreams. Am soon as the model was completed he obtained a patent and began manufacturing churns on a small scale at bis home. Various patent journals published announcements, describing the Invention in full. Last week a churn company of Chicago asked Pratt to place a price on his invention, which he did, putting the figure so h'gh that he had little hope of the company accepting the price. Contrary to his expectations, he received a reply that the company would accept the offer and that It would send a representative immediately to close the deal.

Money Was Found on Him. Brazil, Ind.. June 30. —John T. WaV gamott is accused of robbing his friend John Allbright. He was bound over to the court in the sum of SSOO, and being unable to give bail was taken to jail. It is alleged that Walgamott bought bis friend a glass of beer that bad been doped, and that he robbed him after the drug took effect. When arrested Walgamott denied the charge, but the money was found in his sock. Hoodoo on This Devil Wagon. Brazil, Ind., June 30.—Allen Hill, an Indianapolis business man, was arrested here charged with running his auto mobile through thb city at a speed in excess of the city ordinance. He gave bond and will be tried later. After leaving the city with his fam ly in his machine be ran off an embankment on the Reelsville hill, east of there; the auto turned over, and the occupants: were badly bruised, but not seriously injured, One of the Bridesmaids Present. Greencastle, Ind,, June 30.—Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wood celebrated the.r golden weddirtg anniversary with a family picnic, ar.;’ im-ig t)j<‘ gues|< was Mrs. Mary A. Hunt, who was br'd-smaM at the marriage fifty years ago.

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