Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1909 — Page 1
Jasper County Democrat.
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K. P. BUILDING DISPOSED OF.
Dickinson Trust Co. Trade It To H. F.‘ Meyers. HAS HAD CHECKERED HISTORY And Over $20,000 Have Been Sunk In the Building By the K. of P. Lodge and Citizens of Rensselaer, Who Bought Stock and Loaned t Money on Mortgage—ls. Now Quite a Valuable Property Owing to Poetoffice Being Located Therein.
The K. of P. building, ’on the corner of Washington and Front streets, has been disposed of by the Dickinson Trust Co., of Richmond, Ind., who came into possession of the building a few years ago through the foreclosure of their mortgage on same. The new owner is Henry F. Meyer of Chicago, and the consideration stated in the deed is s7,t>Vu and “other property.” This block, one of the costliest business blocks in Rensselaer, has had a checkered career. The local K. of P. lodge lost some $3,500 which they put into the block when it was first built by them a few years ago. About $14,000 in stock was also issued and disposed of to K. of P. members and business men, and John Eger loaned seme $5,000 on second mortgage, all of which was lost. The building cost about $32,000, and sl2,ooo*was borrowed on first mortgage from the Dickinson Trust Co., and when they foreclosed their mortgage they had some delinquent taxes to pay, about SI,OOO to Warner Bros, on a lein on ttfe building for plumbing work, and the costs of foreclosure, so that they must have had in the neighborhood ,of $15,000 in it. -v;; ; Owing to its location the lower floors have remained vacant most of the time since it was built, but the stroke of policy in getting the postofflce moved into the corner room recently on a ten year lease has had the effect of filling up every room in the building and has made it quite a valuable property. The Trust company probably came out all right on the property at last, as the consideration stated in the deed is $7,b00 in addition to some other property taken in the deal. They offered the building tor SIO,OOO oqly about a year ago, but found no takers.
RECEIPTS TOTALED $117.
The Wabash Glee Club on their. 14th annual tour, gave a most excellent concert at the Presbyterian church Tuesday night. The gross receipts totaled sll7. The club was handicapped by the loss of their bass viol player, who had his instrument broken by a drunken man on the train near Wolcott. Two of the company were sick also, but the excellent work of H. H. Walter , in his specialities and Rees in his baritone solos left the audience wall pleased.
MONTICELLO’S SMALLPOX SITUATION.
The smallpox situation has remained unchanged since last Thursday, at which time Floyd Baum, a high school student from Yeoman, was discovered to have the disease, and the schools were closed. All public assemblages were prohibited until further notice. No new cases have developed here since, notwithstanding rumors to the contrary, but the health officers have decided in the intertesta of public safety to continue the closing order another week. There will therefore be no school nor church services' next Sunday. The playhouses will also remain closed.—Monticello Herald.
THE JUDY VS. WOOD CASE.
Judge Lairy of Logansport, a sort of judicial Rip Van Winkle, was out Noonday evening and presided a few hours on the local court bench. ’ A year ago In January John F. Judy of Warren county sued W. L. Wood of Jasper county for $7,000, claiming that amount to be due him at the termination of their business patnershlp. Mr. Wood claimed that the balance was in his favor. The case was brought here for trial and Judge Lairy was called as special Judge. Mr, Wood was given a judgment for SBOO and a motion was made by Judy for a new trial. Judge Lairy eaid he would return later and hear the argument, but probably forgot the appointment and did not show up until Monday afternoon. More than a year having
elapsed since the case was tried, the attorneys could not agree on what the evidence had been and in several instances intimated that the opposing counsel were not adhering to the Washington precedent Judge Lalry finally instructed the official reporter to prepare a transcript of the evidence and set May 15th for the hearing of . further argument.— Kentland Enterprise.
FOUR MORE COUNTIES GO DRY.
Bartholomew, Vermillion, Jennings and Henry In Dry Columns. The local option elections this week in Bartholomew, Vermillion, Jennings and Henry counties added four more to the list of Indiana counties voting dry under ithp county option law. The majorities were 785 in Bartholomew, 351 in Vermillion, 520 in Jennings, and 2,586 in Henry. Seventy-nine saloons are put out of business in the three former counties, Henry county being already dry by remonstrance. This swells the list of voted dry counties to 42. Cass and Blackford counties will vote next Tuesday.
OIL COMPANY IN RECEIVERS’
HANDS. . J. W. Toyne of Gillam tp., was down yesterday on business. He says the oil field operations closed down a couple of days ago and notices "have been posted that the company had gone into the hands of a receiver. We are unable to learn the extent of the liabilities and assests, but the former are probably quite large. This no doubt will be the closing chapter in the Jasper county oil bubble. Not much has been done in the past year or two, but recently the company started up at Asphaltum and gave evidence of renewed life. There never was oil enough in this field to grease an oil wagon, but just enough to find dead-loads of suckers, and probably a half million or more dollars have been secured from the sale of stock, none of which has been unloaded in this locality. The suckers were easterners and foreign capitalists. Considerable money nas been spent at Asphaltum in making a show, but no great amount of “product’’ was ever shipped out.
1250 SIGN ELECTION PETITION,
And More Names Coming Tn Every Day—Will Likely Reach 1400. Up to yesterday morning the special local option election signers had reached 1250 and by the time the petition is filed tonight it is probabe 1400 names at least will be secured.* Hanging Grove tp., had not reported up to yesterday morning, and more names were expected from Milroy and Barkley. Following is the list of signers to the petition by townships: Marion and Rensselaer. 361 Barkley 9 Carpenter 264 ’ Gillam 41 Jordan ig Keener 152 Kankakee 41 Milroy 6 Newton 63 Union ....113 Wheatfield ....114 Walker ..... . o . ...... 68 1250 In some of the townships the petions have not been circulated very thoroughly, and even in Rensselaer and Marion the number of signers is not heavy, considering the vote here. Quite .a number of the signers credited to-Marion and Rensselaer are really residents of Barkley, Newton, Jordan and other adjoining townships, their signatures having been secured on the streets in Rensselaer. Carpenter and Keener make the best showing. It is the intention to have the commissioners set the date for the election on Saturday, May 1, we understand, it belfig thought that the farmers are likely to be less busy about that time than at an earlier date. It is thought this will come after sowing is all done and just before corn planting. White, Starke and Pulaski counties will file petitions for option elections also to-day, and their elections will* be held some time next month.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES.
The subject of the Sunday morning sermon at the Christian church Is "The Conversion of/i Preacher.” In the evening, "The\ Ministry *of Tears.” All are Welcome. f
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Notices for Sunday, April 4. All services at the usual hour, to which the public is cordially Invited. After a few weeks vacation the pastor will ( resume the work and he wants to greet all members of the church, 'along with others who have no church home. Subject of the morning sermon, "A Forward Look;" in the evening, “Elisha." '
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THE TWICE-A-WEEK
RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 180®.
THE COURT HOUSE
Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. ■ Commissioners’ court and the county board of education will both meet Monday. J. F. Osborne returned Wednesday from a surveying trip in the north part of the county. —o— County- Assessor Lewis went to Lafayette yesterday to attend the district meeting of County Assessors. —o — Only six marriage licenses were issued last month, against 12 for the month previous and 13 for March 1908. —o— This, is the last week of court of the present term in Newton county, and April term will begin here one week" from Monday. This will be our last term until September, but Newton will have one more term—in May—before the summer vacation. —o— The case of Thomas J. McCoy, the former Rensselaer banker, who is endeavoring to secure his release from the state penitentiary on the grounds that his sentence Is entitled to dimunitlon for good behavior, is set for oral argument in the supreme court April 9, one hour and a quarter on each side. —o — The commisoners of Jasper and Benfapn counties met at Fowler Thursday and established six miles of road on the county line, runnnig east and west, south of Remington. Three miled of the road is east and three miles west of the Gilboa gravel ’road. The road is established under what Is called the county line law and the expense of construction will be equally divided between Carpenter and Gilboa townships.
ELLIS THEATRE ATTRACTION.
Frank B. Griffin’s Moving Pictures which is booked to appear at Ellis* Theatre on Tuesday, April €, Is said to be etcellfed by no other like attraction now traveling. The Louisiana Purchase ‘Exposition recently held in St. Louis, conferred on Mr. Griffin the only Diploma and Gold Medal awarded for efficiency in the operation of moving pictures. Mr. Griffin has arranged a program of subjects, selected with the view of bringing the remote parts of the Earth before people who do not have an opportunity to travel and see these far off lands. Such scenes can only -be witnessed by extensive travel. The instructive side of animated pictures has not until recently been appreciated, and has consequently been neglected. In presenting scenes of Samoa, New Zealand, Fiji Islands and South America with their native and wild animal inhabitants the public Is able to view and study the primitive dwellers of the Southern Hemisphere. The beautiful Alps of Switzerland with their lofty snow capped , peaks offers one of the most pleasing panoramas ever seen. Not forgetting our own America, Yellowtone Park, conceded to. be the region of strange phenomena has long been recognized as the spot of most surpassing interest on the American continent. This region of scenic wonders with its spouting geysers and beautiful gorges is the home of wild animals. Buffalo and Elk are to be seen in countless numbers. Niagara Falls with its roaring cataract presents picture which has no equal. The cotton fields of the south are of especial interest while the bucking broncho's of the west gives one an Insight into ranch life. The story of Ben-Hur is most interesting subject. The scenes being laid in Jerusalem and the Holy Land ending with the thrilling chariot race ie a most magnificent spectacle. The program is interspersed with just enough comedy to make the whole performance one of thorough enjoyment. Prices IQ and 20 cents. Reserved seats 25c. Seats on sale at Jessen’s.
Have you seen those nobby Kingsbury hats at my store? If not, now Is your chance to wear the nobbiest and best hat hiade. See what I have in “men’s Easter bonnets.”- :
GEESE AND DUCK EGGS.
We want 10 cases of geese and duck eggs.for Easter. Must be In by April 5 or 6. We pay the best price for cream and eggs the market will afford. FANCY PRODUCE MARKET. Phone 39.
I just received from New York the swellest and test line of neckwear npde, so If you need a new Easter I»ecktle I would be pleased to show you what I have.
EARL DUVALL.
EARL DUVALL.
MORE ABOUT MUTUAL INSURANCE.
Editor Democrat—ln reply to the communication last week by “Blood Sweater” on Mutual insurance, would ask him what he knows about the meeting reported to have been held in Indianapolis in January, 1904, of the stock companies doing business in Indiana for the purpose of devising means to stay the tide of business toward mutual companies? And report has ft that there was a fund made up to give agents special inducements where they secured business from mutual companies. ,/!If it is the case Mr. Blood Sweater, you were sent here to help the boys, get your pay out of the special fund and the boys their regular commission. Again, Mr. Blood Sweater, was it the farmers or the insurance stock companies who engineered the bill through the legislature to restrict mutual companies to one county territory? I say “bill,” —it was a “rider” to some other bill —and it was expected to get it through without any detection until it was a stationary law. But, thanks to Governor Marshall for his veto. You also infer, Mr. Blood Sweater, that stock companies can not fail. Let us see: Out of 160 companies doing business in San Francisco barely 60 companies are doing business to-day. You speak of mutual Insurance a failure in the Philipines.” That’s all bosh. Let's talk about mutual Insurance in Indiana. There are some 60 companies in the state and there never has been a failure. If there had been you would have published It all over the continent.
The Mulberry mutual was organised in 1869 and has run 50 years. Insurance in force, $8,823,048; s Hamilton county, organized 1876, run 33 years. Insurance in force, - Montgomery and Fountain counties, organized 1877, run 31 years. Insurance in force, $6,059, 247; Jefferson county, organized 1877, run 31 years. Insurance in force, $1,843,442; Allien county, organized 1878, run 30 years. Insurance in force, sl,3®8,620; Aid Association of Elkhart county, organized 1870, run 39 years. InSfirance in force $8,656,235. I have simply referred to a few that have been doing business for a number of years. Now you can say that mutual insurance is deterioating, and are afraid we will be out of business in a year or two. Too bad. Let us seeT about it:
In comparing mutual with stock insurance we find just this difference: In mutuals we carry our insurance at actual cost. In stock companies we pay them a profit for carrying it. The general average cost of mutual insurance for the year 1904, by the reports of the twenty-seven companies at that time members of the State union, was twenty-two cents on each SIOO. The amount of insurance in force in these twenty-seven companies was $57,840,786. Premiums collected, $126,808.47. For the year 1907 (last report) thirty-five companies were members and reported the amount of insurance in force $91,917,313,00. Premiums collected, $210,690.88. 65,428 members; average cost of insurance 23% cents on SIOO. By those two reports we we find that $34,076,527.00 of insurance has been written in the last three years, or an increase of 59 per cent. •
For the year ending December 31, 1904, there were 100 stock companies doing business in the State of Indiana. Of .these 100 companies nine were Indiana companies, sixty-four foreign companies. These companies had risks at large of $26,511,045,326.00 Premium charged, $302,064,574.00; giving them a general average fixed income of $1.13 on the SIOO. These same companies were doing business in the State of Indiana alone, December 81, 1904, as tolows: Amount at risk, $785,813,710. Premium received, $5,799,229.83; at an average cost to the insured of 74 cents
on each SIOO. Losses paid, $2,622.613.70. Net income above losses, $3,376,607.13. Total income to each company, provided they did an equal share of business, would have been $317,660.77. From the annual report of stock companies December 31, 1907, we find 146- companies doing business in the State. Twelve were Indiana companies; 106 companies of other states, and 29 foreign companies. The 146 companies had risks at large of $34,468,554,963.00. . Premiums charged, $381,772,995.00. A fixed income of $1.13 oh the sloo. Amount in force In Indiana alone, $914,859,--088.00. Premium received, $6,935,762.62. Average cost to the insured, 76 cents on the SIOO.
A MUTUAL MEMBER.
Get in on the Home Grocery’s flour deal this week. Clara Treanor has again opened her millinery store across from the depot at Remington,
GIVE BIG ORDERS FOR CIGARETTES
Dealers In Indiana to Have Window Displays. ' CONTRABAND FOUR YEARS In Violation of Law Repealed by the Last Legislature Over SIOO,OOO Worth Is the Estimate of the Quantity of Prohibited Goods Handled by Indianapolis Jobbers In 1908—Oscar A. Baker’s Four Years of Exile In Europe Were Put In on Account of Regulation Which In Two Weeks Will Be Nullified. Indianapolis, April 2.—A few hours after Governor Marshall announces, about two weeks from now, that the recent legislature’s repeal of the anticigarette law Is in force the business streets of Indianapolis and the smaller cities and towns of Indiana will blossom with gorgeous window displays of a luxury contraband in this state for the last four years. And if “Cigarette" (Oscar A.) Baker, who is due in New York from Europe this week, returns to visit his family and friends in Indiana he no doubt sigh over the futility of his four years of exile, under the lately revoked $3,000 reward for his capture, offered by the same legislature that passed the anti-cigarette bill. Baker, as an agent of the so-called tobacco trust, was charged with attempting to buy votes against the antlclgarette bill. While the secret sale of cigarettes has been continued in Indiana, it Is said by jobbers of Indianapolis that enormously increased orders now are being sent to the factories. In violation of law it Is computed that SIOO,OOO worth of cigarettes were sold by Indianapolis jobbers last year.
SAYS HE’S NOT OWEN
Prisoner Held In Georgia Declares a Mistake Has Been Made. Augusta. Ga., April 2.—The man held here as W. D. Owen on request of the Boston authorities, as the fugitive Übero plantation swindler, sought for since 1905, Insists that he is W. W. Fowler. He says his arrest is the result of a case of mistaken Identity. He asserts that he Is a resident of Hastings-on-the-Hudson. W. K. Miller, his attorney, has Instituted habeas corpus proceedings. Under the Georgia law the defendant in such an action has three days in which to answer. In the meantime Inspector Armstrong, of the Boston police department, is on his way here. The theory of the police is that Fowler and Owen are the same man. It Is asserted that a short - time ago he married an Augusta woman, the daughter of a clothing merchant, now deceased. The woman is or was welltodo It is asserted that friends of the woman learned of the Identity of Owen and Fowler as the same man and told the police.
UNIVERSAL BASEBALL PASS
Legislator's Efforts In Behalf of Game Appreciated by League Presidents. Indianapolis, April 2.—Thomas W. Brolley of North ,Vernon, who, as a member of the recent legislature. Introduced the bill which permits Sunday baseball in Indiana, was asked: **Have you got a pass?” In reply Brolley pulled from an Inside pocket a neat little case containing a card which he said would admit him to any baseball game in the United States. The card bore the names of the presidents of more than one hundred professional baseball organizations.
HOOSIER LEADING CUE ARTIST
If He Wins.,Tonight Morningstar Will Be Champion Bllllardist. New York, April 2.—Ora C. Morningstar, formerly of Rochester, Irid., but now a resident of this city, who has a clean score of five games won to his credit, will meet George Slosson tonight in the last scheduled game of the professional billiard tournament. Should he win he will gain the championship. A defeat, however, will place him on a par with George Sutton. who has won five games and lost one. In that event the tie will be played off next Thursday night. /
EDITOR DARLING CHOSEN
Appointed by Governor Marshall to Place on Board of Pardons. Indianapolis, April 2. Governor Marshall has announced the appointment of Harry B. Darling as a member of the state board of pardons to succeed Thomas Dailey named by Governor Hanly to fill the unexpired term of Edward H. O’Neill, who resigned. Mj. Darling lg the editor* the I*
THE WEATHER. Following is the official weather forecast: Illinois and Indiana—Partly cloudy today and tomorrow. Lower Michigan—Cloudy today and tomorrow. Wisconsin and lowa—Cloudy today and tomorrow.
porte Argus-Bulletin, Laporte. He is one of the leading journalists of Indiana and known throughout the state as a very able and just man.
Mrs. John W. Kern Named.
Indianapolis, April 2. —Mrs. John W. Kern has beqp appointed to succeed Mrs. Isabel J. Bell on the board of trustees of the Indiana Girls’ School.
PLAY JOKE ON JUSTICE
Students Who Were Fined Send 400 Wagons to Official’s Home. Paris, April 2. —Royalist students, who recently were condemned to brief terms of imprisonment and small fines by M. Hammard, justice of the peace, for the mutilating of statues, ordered 400 wagon loads of merchandise of every description, from pianos to coal, delivered at M. Hammard’s residence. Almost a riot occurred in front of the Hammard home when the deliveries began. Traffic was impeded and the irate drivers were with difficulty induced to depart without leaving their loads.
TEA WILL BE PUT ON THE FREE LIST
Rule Permitting Tariff Amendments to Be Introduced. Washlngton s April 2. —That a rule which will permit amendments to certain schedules of the Payne tariff bill will be brought in on Monday Is now practically certain. The ways and means committee having decided to take off the duty on tea and strike out the countervailing duty on coffee, a great deal of opposition caused by those provisions of the bill has vanished. As it has been agreed to permit a vote on hides and lumber, there are only a few provisions remaining about which there is any considerable contention. The reciprocity provision for bituminous coal and the placing of iron ore on the free list are understood to have been conceded by the house leaders as two propositions upon which the rule will permit a vote. The question of permitting a vote on the vailing duty on petroleum has not been decided upon.
BLOW AT AMERICAN WOMEN
Charge Made Against Tariff Bill by Alabama Representative. Washington, April 2. —In discussing the Payne tariff bill in the house, Representative Burnett of Alabama said: "The Republican members of the ways and means committee In the preparation of this bill aimed a deliberate and premeditated blow at the American woman.” Burnett discussed false teeth, hosiery and other apparel >for women, which, he said, “these gentlemen have unblushingly put in the bill." Though not surprised at some of the “more ancient” members of the committee, he said, he was shocked at the unprovoked treatment accorded women all through the bill by the “princely young gentleman from Ohio,** Mr. Longworth; “the gallant and chivalrous gentleman from West Virginia,” Mr. Gaines: “the fiery and impetuous youth from Michigan,” Mr. Fordney, and the "committee baby from Washington,” Mr. Cushman. * ’ • Taft Receives His Pay Envelope. Washington, April 2.-y This was President Taft’s first pay day as chief executive, the amount of the check which a treasury messenger carried to the Whitehouse being $5,625.01. Carriage or Auto For Sherman. -Washington, April 2.—To provide the vice president with a carriage or automobile "for his social uses," Is the purpose of a resolution offered by Senator Scott.
BIG FLOUR OFFER.
Get Your Flour Off the Car This Week. We bought before the advance in prices. We have a car of the now famous Royal Floor in transit, which will arrive the latter part of this week. On account of shortage or storage space we will sell you any amount off the oar at exactly cost. This offer is good for not to exceed one halt of the car. We are booking many orders and you should get your order in at once. Write or phone us without delay. HOME GROCERY.
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