Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1909 — Page 2

THE JB3PER GOUNTr DEMOGRHT. : f. £. BIBCOCK, EDITM MB POBLIffItB. Official P*woof«Mo Paper of Jasper County. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays. Office on Van Rensselaer Street 1 - •*-- - Lone Distance Telephones: ’ Office 316. Residence til. ) Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1009.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has again discovered that a “prosperity wave” has arrived. It is the same old wave, however, that the Enquirer discovered about a year ago and several other times Since. Unfortunately, it Is largely Imaginary. Wages are being cut by all the large corporations while the prices of living keepß going up, especially “the staff of life.” Striking has again commenced, and It seems £ow that President Taft'B first year of administration may be a trifle rocky.—Lake County Star (Rep.) Well, didn't they vote for Taft and prosperity? Lieutenant Governor Frank J. Hall refused to accept mileage because the law /lid not authorize It, though some of his predecessors had taken It. Governor Marshall refused to accept an appropriation for house rent because it was contrary to the constitution, though his immediate predecessors had taken It. The people will always know where these men stand.

GOVERNOR MARSHALL'S NEW YORK SPEECH.

Governor Marshall, who is to speak at the banquet of the National Democratic Club in New York April 17, will discuss the tariff with some reference to the bill now being debated in congress. The Indianapolis News quotes the governor as' saying that he suspects that some of the things he intends to say in his speech will be coldly received in New York, but he declares that he will nevertheless say them because they are right. Governor Marshall says further: “The time is approaching when the people are going to get what they demand in the matter of a tariff. Pour times the Republicans have promised to revise and better tariff conditions, and as many times they have failed to keep their promises. This time they seem destined to fail worse than ever. When the tariff is revised, or destroyed, it must be done by the Democrats, and in order to meet the demands of the people the Democrats must get down to the basic principles. Those basic principles are what I Intend to discuss in my speech.” The governor Js entirely right. The tariff never will be reformed in a manner satisfactory to the people until it is done by Democrats along bedrock Democratic principles. When Governor Marshall speaks in New York the country is going to Bit up and take notice of what he says.

THE SCHOOL BOOK QUESTION.

The parents of Indiana school j children are deeply interested in the matter of text books now under consideration by the State Board of Education. An army of school book agents has been camped in Indianapolis for weeks. Most of the men composing this army want the books now in use changed and those they represent substituted. During the recent teachers' association these men were strongly in evidence and they lost no opportunity to impress upon the teachers the very great importance of changing the text books, doubtless hoping; that the teachers, if convinced, would in turn impress the same idea upon the State Board of Education. As the State Board is to award contracts within the next few weeks for approximately seventy per cent, of the books under its control, there will be a keen interest in its action. If a complete change is made, and the books now in use are thrown out and different ones put in it wilt cost the parents of the state a large additional outlay, of money when the next school year begins. It is easy to see, therefore, that the action of-* the State Board of Education is going to attract close attention. If any book now in use is unfit it should be discarded. On the other hand, if it is suitable, it should be continued'in the interest of economy and* common fairness. ▲ change far the mere sake of a change would be a blunder—it would be an outrage on the people

who have In the past been bled to the limit of endurance by the school book and supply combination. The people have stood a lot of things on this school book question, and 7 they know that somewhere and In someway they have been gouged. The old Democratic school book law was a monumental reform, but by changes and manipulations In recent years under another party the school book bills of the people have grown heavier. The Democratic papers of the state have repeatedly called attention to this fact. The old reform law was enacted by a Democratic legislature to reduce the cost of books and to prevent frequent changes, the Idea being that a book once adopted, at a fair price, should be continued in use so long as it served its purpose. And that Idea Is as good now as It was then.

WASHINGTON LETTER.

From The Democrat's Regular Correspondeent. Interest in Washington continues to center in the 'Payne tariff bill which has now passed the House and is being considered by the Senate commltttee which expects to report its substitute Monday or Tuesday. I is somewhat difficult to take seriously the House measure in view of the fact that the Senate Is preparing a complete substitute and that It is known the measure adopted by the upper house will not only contain innumerable alterations but that It will shape the law as ultimately enacted. It Is asserted In Republican circles that the Senate committee has actually lowered some of the Payne duties and that all the duties on "necessities” will be lower than those Imposed by the Dingley bill. It remains to be seen, however, just what Mr. Aldrich means by necessities and what he classes as luxuries. It Is known, for Instance, that he and his colleagues on the Finance committee have raised most If not all of the duties on steel. This means higher prices for every steel article from steel ranges to steel chisels. That raises the question, is not the steel range as much of a necessity to the woman with a large family to cook for, and the chisel as much of a necessity to the carpenter or the farmer who does his own carpentering as the coffee they drink or the tea they consume? A highly interesting }f somewhat academic discussion has been raised by the suggestion made in a newspaper close to the administration that the President might deem It his duty to veto the tariff bill. The proposition advanced by the correspondent of that paper was that if Mr. Aldrich and his associates on the Finance committee increased the duties to a point where they must be regarded as a violation of the Republican national platform, the President would not hesitate to exercise the veto power, he having already on more than one occasion inflated to the leaders of his party in Congress that while he did not seek to exercise any undue influence over their deliberations he would not sign a bill which, in his judgment, did not give due consideration to the interests of the “ultimate consumer.” Speculation has been rife as to whether this was an “inspired” dispatch, that is, suggested by the President himself with a view to warning the members of his party in the Congress, or whether it merely voiced the fears of certain of the more moderate protectionists on the Finance committee.

Opinion generally leans to the idea that the dispatch was inspired at the White House and in any event it seems to have had the effect of occasioning some anxiety among the Senate leaders for Senator Aid- 1 rich has takep occasion to go to the White House carrying with him a copy of the benate substitute and assuring the President that the duties therein were all lower on necessities than those fixed by the Dlngley bill'. Whatever may ulti-j mately prove to be the facts, the Senator from Rhode Island appears to have completely satisfied the President who expressed his entire approval of the work of the Senate commlttee and has since told his friends that he regards the measure prepared by the upper house as an admirable piece of work. Thus all talk of his vetoing the bill has been dissipated and once more entire harmony reigns among the Republican tariff cooks. When the author of “A Man Without a Country” penned that famous novel he could hardly have seen far enough into the future to have perceived the plight of Clpriano Castro, whilom President of Venezuela, and yet If ever there was a man without a country It is that same Castro. As nominally the President of Venezuela, actually tue dictator of that unfortunate country, Castro violated every pledge and disregarded every obligation of honor and honesty. Hlk was literally a reign of terror and when his nealth compelled him to go abroad to seek the services of a famous European physician, the people of Venezuela seised Joyously upon the opportunity to depose him and make Gomes their president. Having recovered' ait I least partially from the effects of ,the operation he underwent abroad,

*.♦ , Castro sailed for this continent. Meanwhile, however, he had been Indicted for murder, having as President ordered the execution of one of his generals whom he charged with treason and condemned without a trial. Were Castro to land on Venezuelan soil he would immediately be oast into prison as a felon. Therefore, he sought to land at some other West Indian port from which he could direct a revolution with a view of overthrowing the present President and reinstating himself. Castro, by the way, had repudiated the just claims of the United States and insulted American ministers until this country was compelled to break off diplomatic relations with Venezuela. His successor immediately agreed to submit all American claims to arbitration which is what the United States had long demanded. Consequently, his successor appealed to the United States to use its influence to prevent from finding harbor anywhere in the West Indies and fomenting a revolution in his former country. The United States cheerfully complied, with the result that Castro cannot land anywhere in the vicinity of Venezuela. He left his ship at Porte deFrance, but France has ordered him to leave and the Indications are that he will be unable to set foot again anywhere on American soil, but will have to return to Europe where he is powerless to work injury to his former country. Literally he is “a man without a country.”

Incubator Oil, Incubator Thermometers, Incubator Lamps, and Sanitary Hen Coops and Nests— We have them. EGER BROS.

FOR SALE—FARMS AND PASTURE LAND.

40 acres eight miles from court house, gravel road, free mail, telephone, ail cultivated, some tile, fair buildings, deep well, fine bearing orchard and in good neighborhood. Will sell on easy payments or accept live stock as first payment. Price $45. 40 acres on main road near station with stores, school and churches No improvements. Will trade clear for live stock or town property or sell on easy payments. A 80 acres, on main road, free mall, near church, 40 acres cultivated, 40 acres timber and pasture, six room bouse, large barn, good well and small orchard. This farm has school fund loan on it of SBOO. Will sell on terms of S3OO down or trade for live stock or other property. Price S3O. 280 acres, well located, gravel road, near school, mostly black level land that I will offer for a short time at $22.50 per acre. Terms SI,OOO down. This place is fine for general farming and all good soil. 14 acres, on main rqad, near station, that I will trade clear for stock, vacant lots or other property. ' x G. F. MEYERS.

THE BENSON GRAIN SEPARATOR.

We now have for sale the Benson Grain Separator for cleaning oats, grading corn, and wheat for sowing, cleaning all kinds of grass seed, in fact you can clean any crop that grows on your farm. Call and see this mill work. Every one guaranteed. EGER BROS.

Manure Spreaders—l handle the Kemp’s 20th Century and the Miller Spreaders. Call and see me at the Brick Barn and get prices before buying. J. V. ROLLINS.

NEW HITCH BARN MANAGEMENT

Having purchased an interest In the former Kresler hitch barn on Cullen street, I invite my old friends and the public in general to call and see me, assuring them fair treatment at all tines. HUGH LEAVEL.

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

William H. Cheadle, Tr., to Joseph Wealing, Jan 18, its 6,6, bl 9. Remington, 1625. William C. M°°berry to Robert A. Hartrlck, April 1, n% se, 17-31-6, Walker, $6,000. | James E. Walter to Oeorge A. Williams, Mch 25, pt wli sw, 7-29-6, 67.61 acres, Marlon, sl. | George A. Williams to Lucy A. Walter, Mch 25, pt sw, 7-29-6, 18.53 acres, Marion, sl. Martha Donnelly to uames E. Walter, April 6, und 6-8 wl4 nw, 18-29-6, und 6-8 w% nw, 7-29-6, Marlon, SIO,OOO. Jennie Myers to Julia Brown, et al April 6, pt Its 9, 12, 13, bl 37, Weston's add, Rensselaer, sl. | Fred H. Renlcker to Henry C. Pierson, April 3, pt w% ne, 30-30-6, Barkley, $4,150. Sarah A. Lang to James Clark, et ux. April 6, It 3, bl 16, Rensselaer, S4OO. Marrletta Luse Bosseman, et al, to Martha A. Luee. Feb 4, 1908, ne, 80-32-6, wtt, 29-32-6, pt ne, 29-32-5, Kankakee, SI,OOO. q c d. Samuel L. Karr to First National Bank of Rensselaer. April 8, pt wft, 31-29-6, Marion, sl. q c d. Frank PuUlns to Elmer E. Pulllns, et al. April 3, e% nw, 13-30-6, 80 acres. Qlllam, 32,800. Elmer/ G. Opfer to F. J. Wilkinson, Mch 1, pt nw. 18-28-6. 11\22 acres Marlon, sl. John H. Dicken to Wabash National Bank, April 1, pt est nw, 17-81-6. pt n* sw, 17-31-6. * Walker, it 2. bl 3, Hogan, $2,000. Adam H. East to L. L. Whitt, April 9. nil ae, 13-31-6, 80 acres, Walker. $6,800. 1

Incubator Oil. Inoubator Thermometers, " '•••'j Incubator Lamps, and Sanitary Hen Coops and Nests— We have them, EQBR BROS

BREAD LIKELY TO COST MORE

Patten Wheat Manipulations Affect the Bakers. FLOUR CLIMBING STEADILY Every Home Probably Will Feel'; Directly the* Effect of the Deals Engineered In the Grain Market—High Pricee Announced on the Other Side of the Atlantic as Well as by Those In the Trade In This Country. Chicago, April 13. —The announcement by bakers of an advance of 1 cent a loaf in the price of bread is expected this week, as the direct result of the manipulation of the wheat market by James A. Patten. Within two weeks it is expected the advances will have extended all over the United States. In addition, reports from London are that the price is expected to advance In England also. The immediate effect of the Patten deal was a big advance in the price of flour. Truman W. Brophy, Jr., secretary of the Eckhart & Swan Milling company, declared that the price of wheat to millers has increased 38 per cent in six months. Soon they must make radical increases In the price bf flour to the baker, who, in turn, will either have to advance the price of bread or reduce the size of the loaf. Millers stated that if the present unprecedented wheat prices continue, the price of patent flour in a month will have advanced from $3 to $4 a barrel. The lower grades of flour have already advanced |1 to $1.50 a barrel, and patent flour $1.50 to $2. The mlllere declare (there are two direct causes for this. One is the manipulation of the market by Patten and the balls, and the other the enormous amount of exporting that has been done. They declare that so much wheat has been shipped abroad that the local market has been drained, and thin coming on top of the Patten deal has made for high prices.

SENATE TO CONSIDER TARIFF ON THURSDAY

Wine Schedule Increase Expected to Produce $3,000,000. Washington, April 13.—The amended tariff bill is now on the senate calendar and, by an agreement reached on the floor, consideration of the measure will begin on Thursday. As reported the bill does-not contain all of the changes in rates which the finance committee proposes to make. Although several important amendments, such as the restoration of the Dingley rates on women’s gloves and hosiery, and the assessment of a duty on iron ore have been made, the revenue producing possibilities of the bill are little changed. The increases are provided mainly in the schedule covering luxuries, the entire liquor schedule being materially advanced. The increase on wines and spirits is expected to bring in about $3,000,000 additional revenue. The provision placing an increased duty on filler tobacco Imported from countries which prohibit the importation of American tobacco has been stricken from the bilL Senator Newlands spoke briefly on an amendment offered by him for a gradual reduction of all tariff duties until they shall amount to only 45 per cent ad valorem.

CROKER STILL A DEMOCRAT

He is Entitled to Wear Uniform Resembling a “Four Alarm Fire." New York, April 13. Richard Croker at the dinner of the Albany Burgesses’ Corps, a military organisation which ranks with the Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Boston, was initiated as a life member. Hereafter he is entitled to wear the official uniform of the organization, which is of solid scarlet, “resembling, ’’ according to one of the speakers, “in color and general appearance, a four alarm fire.” The former Tammany leader closed his address by proposing a toast to ,f the president of the United States.” He smiled as he added: “Some folks will say Croker is becoming a Republican. But I’ll be a Democrat as long as I live." - .

$4,000,000 TO CLOTHE ARMY

To Purchase 826,000 Yards of Olive Drab Cotton Cloth. Washington, April 13.—Bids will be opened within the next few weeks for the largest consignment of army clothing ever purchased in time of peace. The contract will aggregate about $4,000,000. This represents a year’s •upply. t The largest single Item is for 825,000 yards of olive drab cotton cloth of the new shade of khaki which has been adopted tor summer military wear.

Number Four Bomb In Barcelona.

Barcelona. April 13.—Another bomb was exploded in one of the streets here but no one wna injured. Iq nil four bomba have When exploded during the last few day*. ! ../V *

MENE IS GOING NORTH

Esquimaux Boy Writes That Civilization Has Done Nothing For Him. New York, April 13.—Mene, the Esquimaux boy, brought from the region of the Humboldt glacier in Greenland by Commander- Peary, haa written to Chester Beecroft, announcing his intention to return to his people. "When this reaches you,” the letter read, "I will be well on my way. Never mind where I am, I km Just working north. I am homesick and disgusted. When Professor Bnmpus, of the Museum of Natural History, ref used to give me my father’s body so that I could bury It or give me my sled and gun, I gave up believing that your Christian belief, which you taught me, was meant for a poor Esquimaux boy. After all, my own people are more human and kind and 1 am going home. Your civilization has done nothing bat harm for me and my people. Good bye.” ‘

INCREASE IN THE INSANE

30,507 Patients In the Asylums of New New York State. New York, April 13.—The sixteenth annual report of the State Charities Aid association to the state commission in lunacy gives the total number of patients in the state hospitals and licensed private asylums on Oct. 1, last, as 30,507, an increase of 1,414 over the previous year. “The figures represent the largest annual increase of the insane in the history of the state,” the. report says. “During the previous ten years the average annual Increase In the total number of the committed Insane was 741.“

SHUT DOOR ON MRS. CASTRO

Steamer That She le On Is Not Per mitted to Dock. Washington, April 13.—Mrs. Cipriano Castro, wife of the former president of Venezuela, also is being kept out of that country. Dispatches announce that she arrived at La Gualra on the Guadaloupe, but was not permitted to land or to communicate with shore. As an added precaution the Guadaloupe was not docked, but proceeded onward for the next stop, a Colombian port. It is apparent the effort is to keep Mrs. Castro from any direct communication with her husband’s former political friends in Venezuela.

JAPS WANT SUBMARINES

Negotiating With American Builder For Plans and Specifications. New York, April 13.'—The Japanese government is negotiating with an American builder of submarine boats for the purchase of plans and specifications for a new type of submarine of smaller model than the type now in common use but of double speed. The purpose of the Japanese govern ment, if the negotiations are successfully concluded, is to send draughtsmen to New York to make drawings under the direction of the American builder, but to build all the new boats of the new type in Japan.

NEVIUS VISITS BATTLEFIELD

Grand Army Commander the Guest of Manassas Post. Manassas, Va., April 13.—Henry Nevius, commander In chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, is the guest of the Manassas post at the home of Lieutenant George C. Round. He visited the Bull Run battlefield, where luncheon was served in the famous old stone house which bears the marks of shot and shell. Today he will leave Manassas for Hampton, Va., where the Grand Army encampment of Virginia and North Carolina will be held tomorrow.

RECEIVERS FOR MAGAZINES

Outing. Bohemian, Grey Goose and Brains Go to the Wall. Syracuse, N. Y., April 13.—Judge George W. Ray in the federal court here appointed receivers for the Outing Publishing company of Deposit, publishers of the Outing, the Bohemian, the Grey Goobo and Brains magazines, and for Knapp Brothers, bankers, at Deposit and Calllcoon. The Outing receivers were authorised to continue the justness for thirty days add to borrow a sum not exceeding $2,500 for that purpose. <

ANGEL ON CRAWFORD’S GRAVE

Many Weep as the Author’s Funeral Cortege Passes. Sorrento, Italy. April 13.—From the windows and balconies flowers were thrown on the hearse and many persons wept as F. Marion Crawford’s funeral cortege passed. . i The statue placed over the grave was by the dead author's father, who designed it his youthful days. The author kept it always in his study and called it his guardian angel. Just before he died, he expressed the wish to have it at his grave.

MAY FINE STEPHENSON

Dleeovery That He Palled to File Hie Election Expense Account. Madison, Wis., April 13.—The senatorial investigation has disclosed the fact the Senator Btepbenson neglected to file his statement of election expenses. A fine of SIOO to 1500 is provided for this omission.

She Leaps From Ninth Floor.

New York. April 13.—Mrs. Anita IX Hamilton leaped from the window of her ninth story apartment and killed tterqelf.

itlW.il.Et notice accepted for lees than JS cenU. iTSmuT** “ **•' b? f" Royal Flour thd best. Home Grocery Well Drilling—Watson ft Rush, phone 167, Rensselaer, Ind. Sorghum Seed—s3.Bo per 100 pounds.—W. H. PULLIN, Rensselaer, Ind. For Rent-—BO acres, good buildings, cheap rent, G. F. MEYERS, Rensselaer. Ind., ■ i - Farm Loans—Money to loan on farm property In any sums up to SIO,OOO. E. P. HONAN. Mortgage Exemptions—lra W. reoman, Remington, Ind., will exempt your mortgages. Call at bis residence. Mason Work—l am prepared to do all kinds of mason, plastering and rock work, satisfaction guaranteed. MARION SMITH, 2m Rensselaer, Ind. Pasture—l have 200 acres nice bluegrass pasture, good fences and plenty of water, want cattle or horses ;rt>n the old Geo. Nichols farm In Walker tp. FRED KAKCH, Wheatfleld, Ind., R-l. — Pasture—l have 140 acres of pasture, timothy and blue grass; want cattle or horses, two good wells and tanks, plenty of water at all times. Mrs. S. Chilcote, Rensselaer, R-4. Specifications Made For Tile— Don’t lay tile by water nor by guess. Standing water has no grade, and flowing water la uncertain. Call ’phone 521-E. JOHN E. ALTER A SON. Eggs For Hatching:—Pure bred White Wyandotts; won six prizes at Rensselaer Poultry Show, 1903. A limited number of eggs for sale at $2 per setting of 15. R-R-3. ARTHUR MAYHEW. Rensselaer, Ind. Eggs For Hatching—Prize winning Rose Comb Minorcas, $1.60 per setting of 15; also Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds, $1 per 15. Eggs guaranteed. H. B. MURRAY, Rensselaer, Indiana. Setting Eggs For Sale—lt’s the busy hen that lays and the laying hens that pay. Pure bred Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs for sale, 75c per setting of 16. Th?re were 14,070 eggs laid on this farm last year by 176 hens. MRS. EDWARD HERATH, Ronte 1, Phone 602-D., For Sale—l Cyphers “Model” Incubator, capacity 360 eggs. Has served but four batches, good condition. Price new $35, will take S2O. Also 1 Cyphers, and 1 Kenwood Brooder, good condition. Price new S2O for both, I will take $lO. JOHN M. HELMICK, Wheatfleld, Ind.

GO TO Min When you want anything ‘ In the way of a : : : Cream Separator, •Gas Engine, Wagon Scale, or Wind Mill We also handle all kinds of Pumps and Cylinders, pipe and Fittings and do Plumbing of all kinds. Steam and Hot Water Heating All repair work promptly attended to. Call and see us before buying or 'phone 141 or 262.

MlonstiLotn! ' I — l ! !&,• . I I We are prepared to take car* j of all the Farm Loan buslnosa In j this and adjoining counties at i Lowest Ratos and Bast Terms, 1 regardless of the "financial stringency." If you have a loan oom- j Ing duo or desire a now loan It wIN j not ,bs necessary to pay the ax- j oooslvo rates demanded by our j competitor*. FIVE PER CENT. MOMMM PromDi Sendee Irwin & Irwin Odd Fellows Bldg. Rensselaer, j