Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1909 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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TO HOLD COUNTY OPTION ELECTION

Petitions Now Being Circulated ' In Jasper County. AN ORGANIZATION PERFECTED And It Is the Intention to Hare the Petition Ready to File Next Week So That Action Can Be Taken By the County Commissioners At the April Meeting—League Se- —- lects County and Township Officers. nL . t r The meeting held here Saturday to discuss the advisability of petitioning for a county option election was fairly well attended, representatives being present from Carpenter, Marion, Union, Kankakee and Keener townships. The meeting was held in the east court room at 1 p. m., and S. C. Irwin and Rev. G. H. Clarke made chairman and secretary, respectively. X The question of the Advisability of calling a county option election was taken up and the sentiment was unanimous in favor thereof, and it was decided to circulate the petitions at once and get them ready for filing for the April meeting of the county commissioners. A letter was read frm Mr. Hicks of the AntiSaloon League in which suggestions for the campaign * were made, and, if thought necessary, he stated that he could be here to attend a meeting of the workers and the public generally next Friday. It was decided to have him come, and the meeting was ordered for 11 a. m., next Friday. '

A permanent county organization was effected by the election of S. C. Irwin, Chairman;, J. K. Davis, Vice Chairman; Rev. G. H. Clarke, Secretary; J. P. Hammond, Treasurer. Township chairmen; Barkley, W. N. Jordan; Carpenter, Rev. Crowder; Hanging Grove, Joseph Stewart; Jordan, C. E. Sage; Marion, W. S. Day; Milroy, Geo. L. Parks; Newton, John Rush; Gillam, James Stevens; Keener, Wm. H. Tyler; Wheatfleld, J. M. Helmick; Kankakee, P. W. Fisher; Walker, H. P. Brown; Union, John I. Gwin. ’ The appointees, for most part, were not present at the meeting, but it was thought they would accept. Each township chairman is to appoint two precinct chairmen, one from each leading party, to assist in the work. Blank petitions were handed out' to those in attendance and the work of getting signatures is now being done in various sections of the county, and as | fast as filled they were directed to be sent in to the county secretary. The intention is to have the election held in April, and it takes 20 per cent of the voting strength of the county to call the election. Therefore some 725 legal signatures must be secured to the petitions.

ROSELAWN RESIDENT DIES.

Harry Nelson, formerly of Wolcott, but who recently moved to Roselawn, died last Friday of neuralagia of the heart after a sickness covering only a period of three days. The remains were taken to his old home at Wolcott and the funeral was held at the Meadow Lake church Tuesday morning. A widow and six children survive him. He was 67 years of age.

BLAINE GWIN RECEIVES PROMOTION.

Gwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. sj. C. Gwin, came Saturday for a week’s vißit with his parents. Blaine for the past year has been a district agent of the Federated Charities Association with his headquarters in Baltimore, Md., and has made a special study of the tramp. His work has been so entirely successful that those in charge of his departnment have transferred him to Winnipeg, Canada, where he will act in the capacity „of district secretary.

GOOD NEWS TO DUCK HUNTERS.

Amendment to Hunting Laws Now In Force Gives Them Until April IS to Shoot Water Fowl. An amendment to the hunting laws of the state of Indiana, which was passed at the recent session of the Legislature, and which became a law as soon as it was signed by Governor, will be of special interest to duck hunters. The law formerly closed the season for ducks on the first day of April, but the new amendment leaves the season open until April 15. This applies to

other water fowl included in the open shooting season as well as wild ducks. The new law also contemplates that duck shooters shall have until the first day of May to sell or otherwise dispose of the water fowl they have killed during the open season. The amendment to the hunting laws which were enacted at the sessloA of the legislature just closed contained ail emergency 'clause and that is the reason it became effective as soon as the governor’s signature was attached. ,

ONE OF THE OLD KIND.

Out of the homelike, intense, picturesque and absorbing old story of the an actor, Eugene Moore, has made a new play. It at once won big success last season and warranted its manager, Fred G. Conrad n sending it out with especial advantages of scenery and a metropolitan company this season. The production will be at the Ellis Thpatre in Rensselaer, Saturday night, March 27. There is no cheapness in Mr. Moore’s play of the “Hidden Hand” evidently. All the criticisms of last season contain high praise of the author’s dignified, skillful and delightful dramatization. He has avoided all false melodrama and put together four acts of romance in old Virginia with all its light and shade of southern comedy and sturdy strength, interesting character, darky fun, mystery and backwoods character. Jhere is reason to expect in the “Hidden Hand” as Mr. Moore has written it and Manager Conrad presents it, a drama of the genuinely good old kind that satisfy everyone so well that they actually seem to give nourishment.

UNCLE FELIX FRENCH DEAD.

Former Rensselaer Citizen Dies Sunday at Hutchisoi), Kan. The Democrat received a telegram from Isaac French of Hutchison, Kan., Monday morning, Btating that his father, Felix French, had died there Sunday night, and the funeral would be held Tuesday afternoon. He had been in poor health from stomach trouble for several weeks and for the past four weeks had been confined to his bed, taking but little nourishment, and for a week before his death practically none.

Felix French was born Feb. 15, 1828, near Newport, Vermillion county, Ind. His parents, Phillip and Sarah Randall French came there from Ohio. He was the ninth child of a family of twelve children. v Was married to Nancy S. Smith, who survives him, Oct. 15, 1861, to which union three children were born, two sons and one daughter, I. E. French (wife and son), G. E. French (wife and two sons) and Elizabeth French, who still resides at home. He moved from Vermillion county to Newton edunty in March, 1885. He later moved to Rensselaer whWe he resided for some years, moving from here to Hutchison, Kan., near which place his sons reside, in February, 1903. He was a member of the Masonic lodge for more than half a century, haying been made a Mason at Montezuma, Ind., in 1854. Uncle Felix had many friends in Jasper and Newton counties who will be pained to learn of his death.

COMMON COUNCIL MEETING.

Routine Business Transacted But Nothing Done In Telephone Franchie Matter. The city council met In regular sessiog Monday night with all members presents except Couniclman Irwin. Nothing whatever was done with the telephone franchise mattter, and is it likley the matter will be dropped entirely. The marshal was authorized to notify property owners who have private sewers to the river to extend same out to the new channel. The petition of Horatio Ropp, et al, to narrow Leopold street in Leopold’s add, was referred to city attorney to prepare resolution. The following claims were allowed: ' CORPORATION FUND. W S Parks, marshal $30.00 E M Thomas, nightwatch.... 25.00 Chas Morlan, clerk 7 25.00 J J Montgomery, fire warden. 25.00 Same, chief fire dept 40.00 W J Wright, framing maps.. 2.70 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, labor with team. 30.00 Earl Chestnut, work on street 21.00 Marion Smith, work on sewer 15.00 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. ; C S Chamberlin, salary 50.u0 Mell Abbott, same 30.00 Dave Haste, same 30.00 Tom Hoyes, work on line... . 25.13 Ball Engine Co., rep for eng. 111.00 Western Electric Co, dynamo.Bo3.so General, Electric Co, elec sup 48.00 Moses Leopold, rreight 100.32 WATER FUND. John Hordeman, wk on main 4.25 Gould Co, water supplies.... 9.87 E 8 Mills, prem on insurance 6.78

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THE TWICE-A-WEBK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1900.

THE GOURT HOHSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. i 2 Auditor Leatherman was in Chicago Saturday on business. Benton, Greene and Montgomery counties voted yesterday on the county option proposition. New suits filed: No. 7427. Roth Bros. vs. Frank B. Hann suit on account. Demand $93.11. * Still there’s nothing doing in the marriage license business, only two licenses having been issued this month. Treasurer Allman was in Wheatfield Monday and made arrangements for the collection of north-end taxes at the Wheatfleld hank. ''LjSx-sheriff O’Connor tells us that tne Frank Dittle, tke Newton copnty horsethief, who with John McCoy broke jail here a few years ago, is now serving time in Nebraska for stealing a horse near Freemont, Neb. Mr. O’Connor saw in The Democrat the mention made by the Kentland Enterprise of a man of similar name having been convicted for horse stealing, and investigated the matter, only to find that it was his old prisoner. \J — otAugust Woolbrandt of Walker tp., was adjudged insane at an inquest held before Squire Van Doozer of Wheatfleld last Thursday, and application has been made for his admittance to the insane asylum at Longcliff. He labors under the delusion that the state militia is marching after him and the report of a gun will send him into paroxysms of .fever. Woolbrandt is married and owns an 80 acre farm near Wheatfleld. If a county option election is to be held in Jasper county it will be necessary to call the county council together in special session to make an appropriation to pay the expense thereof, there being no appropriation existing for special elections at the present time, and the county commissioners have no authority to attempt to bind the county in any way unless there is an appropriation existing at the time. In fact they are prohibited from doing so, and it is not likely will order an election until after an appropriaion has been made. This may delay the election until May. The applican for saloon license at Kersey will be met with a remonstrance filed last October, some two or three months before the old remonstrance expired. Under the light vote cast two years ago it did not take very many names to defeat license in that township, but under the vote cast last fall it would take 103 names. There were 88 names on the remonstrance filed. It is evidently the intention to contest this remonstrance as the old one did not expire until after the election and the law is that the required remonstrance number is based on the vote cast at the last preceding general election. Is the remonstrance filed in October a legal one when the old one did not expire until after the last election? Or should the remonstrance have been filed since said election and contain a majority of the voting strength of the township as shown by the vote at said election?

SAYS MOVEMENT STARTED HERE.

Agitation for Increase of Telephone Rates Had Its Inception In Rensselaer, Says Francescesvllle Paper. The Rensselaer telephone company is trying to persuade the city council to grant a franchise so it can advance its rates fifty cents per month on each telephone. Delos Thompson, controlling stockholder of the plant, is behind the “new deal.” For the purpose of influencing the bpard and subduing Jlhe sentiment of an antagonistic public, some of the stockholders started the rumor that the Francesville company and 1 others hereabouts were also preparing to advance their rates. This movement had its inception in Rensselaer, and we are told that the rates would have been advanced alright had the-var-ious telephone owners acceded to the wishes of Delos Thompson as expressed in a meeting held at Monticello two weeks ago for the purpose of talking over “telephone matters.” His proposition to advance the rates was flatly turned down. The present ownership of the Francesville plant appears to be satisfied with the present rates, and, notwithstanding the recent reverses made by the heavy sleet

storm, are constantly improving and extending the service for the benefit of hundreds of satisfied customers. If Mr. Thompson’s ambition is to become a wizard in finance, he Is living in the wrong atmosphere. Mr. E. H. Harriman can handle his case in that “mystic maze,” in New York Stock Exchange.—Francesville Tribune.

NOBLE J. YORK DEAD.,

Noble J. York died at his home oh' Milroy avenue at 9:05 p. m., Monday night, of acute pneumonia. His age at the time of bis death was 62 years. A widow and four children survive him. He has been sick only about two weeks, coming home from the state legislature, where he was employed as a doorkeeper at the senate, suffering from a supposed case of stomach trouble, which developed into a case of pneumonia and caused his death. At the time the crisis in his case was reached hopes for his recovery were bright and his death came as a surprise. V Mr. York *was born at Laurel, Fountain county, Ind., June 4, 1847, but lived the greater part of life at and near Monon and Rensselaer, coming here shortly after the death of his sister’s husband, William Rhoades, five years ago. While living at Monon he was instrumental in ridding that town of saloons and its lawless element, and his death will be a severe blow to his friends in that community. He acquired considerable property at that place and owned at the time of his death several business and residence buildings there. The funeral will be held at the home Thursday afternoon at 2 p ; m., and made in Weston cemetery.

THE BIG CHASSIS RACES.

Lake County To Be the Scene of Great Auto Race In May. There will be $15,000 spent to improve lands over a course covering 22 miles of Lake county’s best roads, and including the cities of Crown Point and Lowell, will be run one of the most important raises of the season for the Cobe trophy in May. “Pathfinder” autos from Chicago carrying expert engineers went over the roads last week arranging for their improvement between now and the first of May. No less than $15,000 will be spent on road improvements alone. Embankements must be built and the roads properly graded at curves. The race wjll be given for stock chassis cars under the auspices of the Chicago Automobile Club, which has already raised a fund of $65,000 for the race which will be but a part of the expense. Lake county will probably be enriched $200,000 by the race. Eleven field hospitals will be built along the course of 22 miles and the best surgeons in the country will be in charge. Never less than two nor more than eleven men have ben killed in these races, and excitement will therefore not be lacking. Two grand stands each to seat 10,000 people, will be built along the course near Crown Point, and if options on the desired property are secured the race will start and finish at these stands. The following article from the Chicago Tribune gives an expert’s opinion of the course and some idea of the magnitude of the event: “Renewed enthusiasm over the prospects for the first running ot the national stock chassis race for the Cobe trophy was kindled yesterday by the scouting chassis race for the Indiana circuit. Four cars, bearing twenty-odd committeemen and others who are interested in the outcome of the race made the pleasant little run to Crown Point and thence over the course. Prior to this trip there had been a few lingering doubts in the minds of some ot the more cajtious over the entire suitability of the highways selected. Now there is none. The conservative Judgment of N. H. VanSicklen, the veteran motofist and the man who was in charge of the preparations of the Savannah course, pronounces the course deserving of the praise it has been awarded. “ 'lt is better than the Briarcliff course in Westchester county,” he said, “and it is at least equal to the Vanderbilt course, with the exception of the Motor parkway stretch, and it will not be as rough as the Motor parkway surface.’ ” * “In spite of the season, the roads were in good condition, with the exception of a few mile* on the east leg which were resurfaced last fall and which will require some rolling. “The contests committee of the Chicago Automobile club, Joseph F. Gunther, A. J. Banta and C. G. Sinsabaugh, will make many more such trips to the course during the coming weeks, together with Frank H. Trego, general executive of the race. Yesterday’s jaunt was purely preliminary and designed chiefly to Becure expert judgment on the course.

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WILL WAGE WAR ON 700 SALOONS

Plans on Foot For Option Fight In Indianapolis. MANY ELECTIONS AT HAND State Superintendent Shumaker of the “Dry” Forces Announces Campaign to Put on Lid Will Ba /Inaugurated In Marlon—Fifty-Four of the NinetyTwo Counties In Indiana Already Have Voted With the Prohibitionists. Wayne the Only "Wet” Region. Jndlanapolis, March 22.—E. 8. Shumaker, superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league, Bays plans are being made to bring about an option election in Marion county. Indianapolis, in Marion county, has over 700 saloons, three breweries, the stock of the principal ones of which is largely held in London, and numerous brewery agencies. A number of option elections in the state are scheduled for the near future. On Wednesday, elections will be held in Montgomery, Benton and Green counties. Ohio county will vote on Wednesday: Bartholomew, Jennings and Vermilion counties will vote on Tuesday of next week. Petitions for elections are being circulated in Tippecanoe county, which has 103 saloons, and Knox county, which has seventy-three saloons. These saloons are all located at Lafayette and Vincennes, the county seats of the two counties. Fifty-four of the ninety-two counties of Indiana already have voted “dry" and 497 saloons thus have been put out of business. Only one county, Wayne, has voted “wet.”

WOMEN BOYCOTT BAKERS

Displeased With Richmond Because It Voted Against the Drys. Newcastle, Indr, March 22. The Current Topics club, a woman’s organization, has delegated a committee to notify a local grocer that the club members would no longer purchase bread baked in Richmond, an adjoining city, because that city swayed Wayne county for the “wets” in a recent county option election. It developed that almost two-thirds of the club members have been using bread baked in Chicago. Pool Tables Cheap. Wabash, Ind., March 22. —The saloon men whose places of business have been closed by operation of the local option law, are removing their furniture. Billiard and pool tables, many of them good as new, are being sold for $lO and sls each, as many of the saloon men own no property and have no place to put them without paying storage. Several tables have been purchased by well-to-do citizens.

HAZERS’ VICTIM DIES

Arrest of Boys Expected For Stringing Up Fellow Pupil by Ankles. Indianapolis, March 22. — The authorities .of White county have learned that Charles Stintson is dead as a result of hazing by fellow pupils. Stintson, it is alleged, was strung up by his ankles to a sapling and left banging so long that he died a few hours after he was taken down. Several teachers of the school had been driven away by unruly pupils. A few days ago a new teacher was employed. He was more determined than his predecessors and whipped several rebellious boys. The boys blamed Stintson for their, humiliation. Arrests are expected.

POISON KILLS MERCHANT

Madison Coal Dealer Found In a Cincinnati Hotel. Cincinnati, March 22. —W. H. McAllister, a coal marchlnt of Madison, Ind., is dead here as a result of morphine poisoning. McAllister registered at the Palace hotel Saturday. Qroans were heard coming from his room' and when an entrance was forced, McAllister was found on the bed in an unconscious condition. An envelope addressed to Mrs. W. 11. McAllister was found.

SIX ON DEATH LIST

Overcharged Blast Said to Have Caused Disaster at Evansville. Evansville, Ind., March 22.—The Hat of dead resulting from the explosion in the Sunnyslde coal mine has been increased to six. John Petit, one of the injured, succumbed. All the other injured men will recover. State Mine Inspector Epperson examined the mine and attributed the explosion, to an over-heated blast He will continue hie Investigation in conjunction with the coroner.

The Democrat office for horse hills.

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THE WEATHER Following if the official weather forecast: Illinois, Indiana, Lower Michigan and Wisconsin—Probably fair; not much change in temperature. lowa —Partly cloudy.

KILLED THE WRONG MAN

Bouth Carolina Negro Says He Waa Hired to Commit Murdtr. Barnwell, S. C„ March 22—Aa the result of a startling confession made by Quitman Johnson, a negro, con* victed of the murder of Perry Uasery last November, Chester Kennedy, white, was arrested at the home of bis father near here. The negro admitted killing Uasery and said Kennedy had hired him and Ferdinand Grubbs, another negro, who was convicted with Johnson, to kill a man named Holland, and that he hfid intended to kill Holland, but had shot Ussery instead. Johnson said he and’ Grubbs were to receive S2OO for the killing.

IRON WORKERS REJECT CUT

Refuse to Accept New Scale Proposed by the Employers. Reading, Pa„ March 22. —A convention of iron workers of the eastern district voted uifanimously to reject the proposed reduction in wages submitted by the Reading Iron company. The new scale, effective March 29, reduces the wages of puddlers from $4.50 to $3.75 a ton, and affects 3,000 employes.

REPARING FENCES AROUND GOAL MINES

Anthracite Owners Are Preparing for a Strike. Hazleton, Pa., March 22.—1 n order to be prepared for a strike if one is ordered by the United Mine Workers of America, the Lehigh Valley Coal company, a subsidiary concern of the Lehigh Valley Railroad company, began repairing the high fences surrounding the collieries in this city. New barbed wire is 'being strung along the tops of the fences. The fence around the colliery of A. Pardee ft Co. at Cranberry, near here, also is being put in condition. Nearly all the collieries in the anthracite region, during the big strike of 1902, were surrounded by high board fences to keep the strikers off the property and to protect the coal and iron police. The miners called them stockades and several of the fences were set on fire and destroyed. Circulars were received' here from President Lewis of the miners’ union, asking the anthracite men to observe aa usual April 1 as a holiday in commemoration of the granting of the eight-hour day in the soft coal fields. The miners also are advised to banish strife from the union.

JOHN R. WALSH GETS STAY

Extension of Time in Which to File Brief in Ex-Banker’s Appeal., Chicago, March 22. —John S. Miller, chief counsel for John R. Walsh, who Was sentenced more than a year ago to serve five years in the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., for misappropriation of national bank funds, obtained a week’s extension of time in which to file a brief in Walsh’s appeal in the federal court He obtained the extension from Judge Grosscup, with the consent of District Attorney Sims’ office. The brief is to be filed March 29. Hearing of the appeal has been set for May 1L

PADEREWSKI QUITS TOUR

Famous Piano Virtuoso It Stricken with Rheumatism. New York, March 22. —Ignace Jan Paderewski, the famous piano virtuoso, arrived here from Minneapolis to place himself in the hands of a specialist on rheumatism. „ Mr. Paderewski was suddenly stricken with rheumatism in his right hand. The abandonment of his western concert tour has already cost Paderewski 810,000. He Is confident, however, that his ailment is only temporary.

Sues for $35,000 Damages.

Marslffteld, Wlv March 22. —Suit for $35,000 damages in two' separate actions has been started against the Wisconsin Central by Mrs. Emma Backus, widow of Otto Backus, killed a year %go in a railroad accident. Superior Low-down and. Peoria Endgate Seeders can be purchased of Maines ft Hamilton. ' A complete new. spring stock of lace curtains and rugs, 10 to 20 per cent discount to close out, at the Chicago Bargain Store.