Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1908 — Page 1

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Jasper County Democrat.

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Rendered In the Soft vs. White Lavmtit. JURY WAS OUT SEVEN HOURS. itresUing With the Case—Judgment Also Against White On His Cross-Complaint. ■' i ..the case of Dr. Solt of San Rtorre vs. Warren J. White of t&T, some |2OO for profMhional services which was being when.. The, Democrat, went to greps for Saturday’s issue, was given tp the Jury at 2:10 Saturday afternoon, and after wrestling with the oase until about 9 o’clock that night a verdict giving the plaintiff a judgment for $1 against the defendant. wand also a judgment against the defendant on his crossoomplaint was reacned. The question of costs, which are' quite heavy, has not been settled W the court at this writing, and the opinions of the attorneys differ on the matter, plaintiff's attorneys claiming, as we understand, that White must pay the costs, and viceversa. The jury was excused Saturday night, after reporting on the SoftWhite case, until Friday, when the Arrick vs. Davis case comes up tor new trial. . The Roe vs. Townsend damage case from Remington will likely go ever for the term.

LAFAYETTE MILLIONAIRE DEAD.

James Murdock, Well Kuewn Financier and. Prominent Demo cret, Dies Suddenly. James Murdock, one of Indiana’s most wealthy and prominent fiAhnclers, diedat, the home of his spn, Samuel T. Murdock, in Lafayette at l?|0 Saturday morning from lta|rt disease, aged 71 years. He Was apparently extremely hale and hearty for one of his age. and was Mflmtwgly in the best of health the day before his death, which came very suddenly. Two sons and one daughter are left.

Mr. Murdock was born in Ireland, and in 1850 came with his parents to Ohio, later settling near Richmond, Ind., where his father died. Soon after his father’s death James took his mother and located in Lafayette, where he went to work as a laborer in a brick yard. He saved his money and was economical in his living. ,He later farmed for a while, then engaged in the grocery business in Lafayette. He later headed several syndicates, gas, electric railroad and electric lighting, street railway, banking, etc., in all of which he most successful. At the time of Ms death he owned the Hotel Lahr and much other business and real estate property in Lafayette and the Murdock home was one of the finest in the Star City, while hie wealth is estimated at $5,000,000. . Mr. Murdock was a life long democrat and was formerly quite gve In polices, but of late years, i his increasing age, he has given e attention to political affairs. He was warden of, the Michigan City prison under Gov. Matthews.

MISS ORABELL DUVALL MARRIED.

.Word was received here Friday evening that Miss Orabell Duvall, daughter of Mr. Mrs. C. W. t>Uvall, who left about ten days ago for Butte, Mont., , to take a position, as generally understood, as private librarian, was married there Monday. of last ftok Mg Mr. Lloyd,, who is of Indianapolis, it is reported. Some parties from here who were up to Chicago Friday and met them and she introduced Mr. Lloyd as .her husband. The'news came as a surprise to her friends here and the full particulars have not been received at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Duvall expect them here soon to visit them when the full particulars of the courtship and marriage will be made known. U is supposed that Miss Duvall met Mr. Lloyd at Indianapolis, where she attended a technical school for several months.

NEW HARNESS SHOP.

. I wish to inform my old customers and friends that I have once more engaged in the harness-mak-ing business in Rensselaer and will be found in the room first door south of Knapp’s livery barn, on Van Rensselaer street, with a line Of horse furnishings, etc. Repair work done promptly. Give ®e a

J. C. CARMICHAEL.

call.

* For Sale:—Two good heavy work 35F J’w at thia ofnce xor name or Owner.

W. J. WRIGHT BUYS THE WILJ LIAMS FURNITURE STORE. J- Wright, the undertaker, las bought the furniture business <V the late Jay W. Williams and the stock is being invoiced. Mr. Wright will open for business Thursday morning. The two Colverts will be. nptained as clerks and the undertaking business will be conducted separately, Mr. Wright giving his personal attention to the latter, and bls leisure time will be put in at the furniture store. He will conduct the business in the same room occupied by Mr. Williams ancestors were ©l3 furniture dealers in Rensselaer, and the two lines, furniture and undertaking, goes together in the small?? cities and towns. He expects to give >is personal attention to beth branches of the business and by fair and courteous treatment merit a liberal fehare of the public patronage. ; ■ . ,

SAMUEL BABB DIES.

Former Rensselaer Citizen Died at Monticello Last Thursday. p-Edward Babb of Rensselaer went Io Monticello Saturday to attend the funeral of his brother Samuel Babb, who died at that 'place last Thursday. He vms t,he only brother Ed had left-'fahe White County Democrat says ft him: “Samuel Babb, a well known resident of Monticello for almost a third of a century, died at his home' on North Railroad. street Thursday afternoon from the effects of a rupture sustained just a week before. The injury was received while mixing mortar for plastering at the new Trust bank building. It was not thought serious at the time but soon developed Into a severe case of strangulated hernia. A surgical operation performed by Drs. Coffin, Goodwin and Robinson failed to give relief and death resulted after great suffering. “Samuel Babb was one of the most familiar figures about Monticello, where he had Bved for so many years, and he was always a hard worker, and scarcely a new building went up in town in the past twenty-eight years that he was not engaged in Us capacity of mortar mixer.. *

*He was born Nov. 21, 1842, at the village of Romney in Tippecanoe county and was just a few days past 66 years old. He enlisted in Co. K„ 48th Jnd. Reg., in Is6l, and served till the end of the war, 4 years and 5 months. Jan. 24, 1869, he was married to Catherine Giver, in Rensselaer and for the nejrt eleven years he lived In Rensselaer, Remington, Wolcott and Rynolds, locating In Monticello in 1880. He leaves a widow and nine children and four grandchildren. "The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Services at the house and interment in Monticello cemetery under the auspices of Tippecanoe Post G. A. R. of which he had long been a member.’*

EVER SEE AN "OATS INCUBATOR?”

' About the newest thing In Winamac is an "oats incubator.” c, V. Keeler has just put one in operation at his chicken farm and from it he giyes to his 490 fowls every day several bucketsful of fresh green oat sprouts, which Is claimed to be a very desirable kind of food. The outfit is simple and orignial. It consists of seven crates—one for each day— about .2x2*4 feet ln> site. The crates have wire screen bottoms, «nd are slid Into a frame one above the other with nine inches of space between. In the bottom of each crate are several layers of burlap. On top of this each morning water is poured onto the top crate —enough to give the pats a good soaking. The water gradually drips from one crate to another, mdistenlng the grain in every crate, the surplus falling into the .pan at the bottom. The oats Sprout and grow, and at the end of seven days each crate gives a crop of tender shoots about three inches high. These are pulled out by the roots and fed, and one can imagine how a chicken goes after it. Thus a bucketful of oats makes four or five bucketsful of green feed. Mr. Keeler has the affair In his incubator cellar, where the sprouting goes on constantly, each crate being "loaded" for the same day next week* Immediately after it is emptied. Mrs. J. H. Weaver, seeing the young farm In successful operation, has this week installed one for her large flock of chickens, and Henry Barnett- is donlg likewise.—Pulaski County Democrat.

BOX SOCIAL.

** lal “ £u“n. r h 7“, 0 '° Dec. 6, for the benefit of the school. AH are

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2,190 S

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. ■ _ I . • . . ' ’ ’ * J ? Ijl Attorney Guy was over from Rem-. ington on business yesterday. . ; —o— ' Ten marriage licenses were issued' last month, against nine for the month previous, and eight for No-i vember, 1997. Marriage licenses issued: Nov. 80, Noah J. Yoder, pf Newton coun- J ty, aged 42, occupation farmer, txjl Alida Rodgers, also of Newton, aged | 28, occupation housekeeper. First' marriage for each. I ° The various Boards of Finance ‘ created under the Despository Law of 1907, should not forget that they must again advertise and select depositories under said law again this year, same as last year. The first designation of depositories under said act remains effective until- the first Monday in January J 1909, and biennially (two years} thereafter. (See closing sentence in Sec. 17, page 399, of said act,) Advertisement must be made of such meeting at least twenty (20) ; days previous .to said First Monday in January. This is a matter that should not be neglected, as notice must bd given by publication twenty days before the meeting.

DIPHTHERIA ALL OVER.

The one solitary case of diphtheria la Rensselaer thus far Is now fully recovered —Kersey Kirk, the 9-year-old son of Ed Kirk —and the house was fumigated yesterday. No new cases have been beard of and it has not been necessary to take any extreme measures to stamp out tire disease. It Is not anticipated that there will be any new cases develop In Rensselaer from the Kirk boy, owing to the prompt measures taken at the start to prevent contagation. Diphtheria is epidemic in various parts of the state, and in its virnlent form it is a much to be feared disease.

SOME NEW NEEDED REFORMS.

The coming legislature should enact a few laws for the benefit of the people, and among these should be the repeal of the metropolitan police law, and give -the cities themselves the right to make their own selections for police commissioners instead of having it done for them by the governor. The cities and towns law should also be amended tn -many ways and ;restore to the people the right to elect their own peace officers. I The county council law and the township reform law should be i amended so as to make the county council and township advisory boards bi-partisan—the dominant party to have four and the "under dog” three members on the county council, and two and one on the advisory boards. Then the law would be of some real benefit, which It is not at present. Boards of county commissioners should also be madp bl-partisan, the dominant party having, the two members and the minority party one. Everbody— except the would-be grafters—ought to favor an honest and economical admfnstration of local affairs ajt least, gad no one can gainsay that the general public would not be greatly benefltted by the reforms above mentioned.

FAULTY. TRAINING OF PARENTS TO BLAME.

Hammond Times: If ever there was a filthy, nauseating scandal and one which does newspapers no credit that print its shocking details, it is the Gould-Castellane-DeSagan affair. For the past few years Anna Gould has been mixed up in story after story, which must surely make the late Jay Gould turn over- in bls grave. If American girls ever needed a warning to shun the diseased offspring of the decadent royalty in France and other kindred countries, where the romance tongues are spoken, it certainly couldn’t be made any stronger than the Castellane-DeSagan affair. It would seem that Anna Gould might have had the decency after being involved with the scoundrelly Bpnl, to let the French nobility alone, but scarcely were one set of fetters free before she forged another pair for herself and the unfortunate little scions of the Gould family, who are unfortunate enough to call Anna Gould mother. There is no sympathy expressed for the woman. Americans will say it serves her right. The experience of the Gould woman Is nearly the same as others who have married the mongrelblooded aristocracy abroad. The DeSagan case is absolutely sickening. It should be hurled in chloride of lime or even stronger—say mercuric chloride.

PUBLIC SALES. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Tuesday, Dec. 8, James A. Keister, 8 % miles southwest of Rensselaer. General sale, horses, cattle, hogs and farm implements; ■ Tuesday, Dec. 1.5, John W. Mauch, 5 H miles west and 2 % miles north of Rensselaer, on the Mauck farm tn Newton tp. General sale; horses, cattle, farm tools, etc. I Wednesday Dec. 14, James Lefler, on the W. E. Moors farm in Hanging Grove tp., 1% miles west and 3 miles north of McCoysburg. General sale Of horses, cittle, hogs, farm tools, household goods, etc.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE IN HAMMOND.

[g Hammond's foreign population Fas given a bppst, this afternoon, when an Erie immigrant train unloaded a representative bunch in the city. The train of six ears was loaded to the roof with the prospective Republican voters. The number dropped here, was not so large as other deposits but was of sufficient size for a few more groans of despair on the part of local citizens.—Lake County News.

GEO. ADE TO TAKE ANOTHER EUROPEAN TRIP.

A Chicago papeixays: Seeking material that may result in another "Sultan of Sulu,” and seeking also rest and recreation, George Ade, humorist and playright, will leave Chicago, December 10 for a trip around the world. He will be accompanied by Orson C. Wells, a fellow member of the Chicago Athletic Association. Ade and Wells will go first to the Phillippines and Japan, and then will journey by qasy stages to different points of interest in Asia and Europe. They probably wRI be absent about six months.

TRUSTEE PAYS RACK $2,400.

Suit Against Township Official to Collect $20,000 Compromised. Columbus, Ind., Nov. 28.—The case of Adams school township, Decatur county, against Francis M. Howard, former trustee of that township, has been compromised here for $2,40*6. The present trustee of Adams township brought toiit against Howard and his bondsmen, alleging that money belonging io the township had been wrongfully spent by the. trustee. The amount demanded was $20,000. The case was brought here for trial on a change of venue and it was the Intention to try it this term.

FIRE DESTROYS ELEVATOR.

Wheat, Corn and Oats Burn, Causing Loss of $20,000. Sheridan, Ind., Nov. 30.—The large elevator belonging to Arza Smith, of this city, was destroyed by fire Saturday night. There were about 5,000 bushels of wheat, 4,000 bushels of corn, 2,000 bushels of oats and 100 bushels of clover seed destroyed, causing a loss of about $20,000, partially covered by insurance. The origin of the fire te unknown, as there was no fire In the mill all day. » The fire spread to the coal yards belonging to J. L. Vlckory & Co. and destroyed about twenty-five tons of coal. The factory operated by the Indiana Condensed Milk Company also was damaged.

SAVINGS BANK INSURANCE.

M. C. Thornton to Introduce Bill for Such State Institution. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 20.—M. C. Thqynton, of New Albany, who will represent Floyd county in the next House of Representatives, was In the city today, and was talking the State savings bank plan of Insurance among his friends. Mr. Thornton will introduce in the next Legislature ■ a bill providing for a State savings bank. It probably will be modeled after the Massachusetts law. Mr. Thornton has a great savings bank literature from Massachusetts which he will present In support of his measure.

“Thousands of dollars,*’ he said, “go out of this State each year to industrial insurance companies which charge about four times the premiums they should charge. The State savings bank is an institution where the poor man may deposit his earnings with the knowlege that the money is not to be dissipated in high salaries or wasted through methods of graft” Employers of labor are becoming greatly interested in the plan in Massachusetts, Mr. Thornton says, and are doing agency work for the savings bank department. This agency work is without cost to the policy holder. iMr. Thornton ih M in the insurance business at New Albany.

NOTICE. AH persons knowing themselves J®,‘J* Indebted to the late Jay W. can at the furniture store for settlement of

FEAR RAILROAD STRIKE IS NEAR

Vote Being Taken by Engineers on Pennsy. CONFERENCES HELD DAILY Brotherhood Delegate* and Representatives cf the Company In Washington Presenting Respective Sides of the Controversy to Chairman KnajSp and Professor Nelli, of the General Board of Mediation—Linos West of Pittsburg Affected by Situation. Washington, Dec. I.—A serious controversy has arisen between the Brotherhood of Locomotlve Engineers and the Pennsylvania railroad affecting particularly the lines west of Pittsburg, The details of the differences between the membership of the order and the railway company were presented to Chairman Knapp, of the interstate commerce commission, and Charles P. Neill, cominis“sioner of labor, who constitute the general board of meditation under the Erdman act. The engineers desire official recognition of their general board of adjustment in the settlement of any grievances that may arise between the members of the order and the railroad company. So serious has the difficulty become that a strike vote now is being taken by the engineers of the lines west of Pittsburg. If the vote should be in favor of a strike—and the indications are that It will be, according to some of the men here —the situation will become acute.

General Manager G. L. Peek, of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg, presented to the board of mediation the railway side of the controversy. It is probable that the conferences will last for two or three days.

SAFETY APPLIANCE APPEAL

Supreme Court to Say Whether Couplings Must Be Kept in Order. Washington, Dec. 1. —The question whether the safety appliance law requires railroad companies to maintain automatic couplings in good order as well as to equip their cars with them is involved in the case of E. M. Delk versus the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad company. The case originated in Tennessee, where the trial court granted damages to a railroad employe who was injured That verdict was reversed by the United States circuit court of appeals. The supreme court will review the case.

TWO-CENT RATE RULING

Decision in Favor of Railroad Reversed by Supreme Court. Washington, Dec. 1- —The United States supreme court reversed the de cislon of the circuit court of Virginia in the 2-cent railway rate law. The lower court granted the railroads a restraining order against the enforcement of the law by the state corporation commission. The decision of the supreme court is practically a dismissal of the question so far as federal courts are concerned, holding that the case is oqe for consideration by the state courts

BOSTON S OPERA HOUSE

Governor Guild Speaks at Laying of Cornerstone. Boston, Dec I.—A new era in the musical and social world of Boston was marked when the cornerstone of the new Boston Opera House was laid. Governor Curtis Guild, Jr., delivered an address. The opera house will not be ready for occupancy until a year hence. Eben D. Jordan gave the land and started the popular subscription to meet the expenses of the building.

ROOSTER A WITNESS

Appears Against Men Arrested In Raid on Cock Pit. Chicago, Dec. I.—Red Prince, with some of his feathers missing to show he had been in battle, was a witness against fivexrf thirteen men arrested during a raid on a saloon cock pit. * The prisoners were fined $3 each.

HUNDREDS PERISH IN SEA

Japanese Steamers Sink After Hulls Are Shattered in Collision. . Chefoo, China, Dec. I.—lt is reported that 750 Japanese perished in a col listen of steamships near this port The vessels crashed together head on and the hulls of both were shat tered. They sank Immediately.

BANK VAULT LOOTED

Cracksmen Steal »2,000 From Safe In’ Olpe, Kan. Olpe, Kan., Dee. 1.-Robbers used

several charges of nitroglycerine to break open the vault of the State bank here. They escaped with $2,000 in currency.

Walks Thirty-two Hours for $35.

Chicago, Dec, I.—Frank Sweetman, twenty-one years .old, who arrived in Chicago after a thirty-two hour tramp from Milwaukee on a 135 wager, called on Chief of Police Shlppy to certify to the time of bis arrival.

DAVIS JURY BY TONIGHT

ii . -i Indication That Death Penalty Won't .... Be Aaked. Omaha, Dec. I.—The trial of Charles E. Devi?, charged with the murder of Dr. Fredrick T. Rustln, proceeded la the district court before Judge Bears today. Good progress was made in the effort to secure a jury. The opinion was expressed that twelve talesmen would be accepted and swore before adjournment. The feature of the day’s proceedings was the fact that County Attorney English asked no questions as to their feelings regarding capital punishment. This is understood to indicate that in case Davis is convicted the state will not ask for the death penalty.

MAGOON SAILS TODAY

Will Confer with Wright About Withdrawing Army From Cuba. Havana, Dec. 1. —Governor Magoon left Cuba today for Tampa, Fla., and will arrive in Washington on Dec. 8. He will confer with Secretary Wright, of the war department, regarding the best methods for the withdrawal of the troops from Cuba and other administrative matters.

NEWBERRY NOW READ OF THE NAVY

Takes Office Today as Successor of Secretary Metcalf. Washington, Dec. I.—Beginning today the navy of the United States has a new official head. He is Truman H. Newberry, of Michigan, formerly as-

SECRETARY NEWBERRY.

slstant secretary of the navy, who has acted as secretary since the retiring secretary, Victor Metcalf of California, was incapacitated by illness The home of the new secretary is in Detroit, Mich. He is very wealthy, having inherited a large fortune from his father, and is interested in many railroads and corporations. He is a graduate of Yale university. Mr. Newberry has been interested in* naval affairs for many years. He was one of the organizers of the Michigan state naval brigade, acting as. landsman in 1895, and as lieutenant and navigator in 1897-8. He obtained a commission in the United States navy as lieutenant in May, 1898, and served throughout the Spanish-American war on the Yosemite. Mr. Newberry was appointed assistant secretary of the navy by President Roosevelt In 1965. Satterlee in Navy Department? New York, Dec. I.—Herbert L. Satterlee declined to discuss bls expected appointment as assistant secretary of the navy. He would not say whether he would accept the office. Mr. Satterlee is the son-in-law of J Pierpout Morgan.

FOR THEATERLESS SABBATH

New York Ministers Join Interdenominational Crusade. New York. Dec. I.—A movement among pastors of New York city to bring about the suppression of theatrical performances on Sunday was inaugurated when the clergymen of three denominations voted to join in an interdenominational crusade. A general meeting has been called for Jan. IK Acceptances to participate were voted by the Presbyterian Ministers’ association by the Metho-

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