Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1909 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

9 1.50 Per Year.

JASPER VOTES DRY RY 590.

Light Vote Is Gast io Saturday’s Election. THREE “WET” PRECINCTS, Wheatfield and Walker Townships and North Precinct of Union Being Carried by Small Majorities By the Wets—Total Vote 2286, Or 1200 Less Than the Vote Cast at Last General Election. county option election Saturday brought out about a 2-3 normal vote, and the majority against the licensed sale of intoxicating liquors was about as anticipated by most people. Wheatfield and Walker townships and North Union precincts voted wet, while the other 17 precincts all voted dry. The official returns snow that a total of 2286 votes were cast, against 3496 at the last presidential election. Of this number 1438 were what is generally denominated “dry” and 848 “wet.” The weather Saturday was something fierce, being cold and blustery all day with occasional blizzards of snow. It was more like a March day than May, but which side, if either, profited by the weather, we are unable to say. Following is the official vote by precincts as canvassed Monday by the election commissioners, E. P. Honan and R. B. Harris: PRECINCTS. .Dry Wet Maj Barkley, East.... 35 27 8 Barkley, West.... 54 33 21 Carpenter, East.. 106 49 57 Carpenter, West.. 88 29 59 Carpenter, South. 100 41 59 Gillam 58 21 37 Hanging Grove. .. 40 16 24 Jordan 50 21 29 Kankakee 45 22 23 Keener 79 „60 19 Marion, No. 1.... 149 53 86 Marion, No. 2.... 131 105 26 Marion, No. 3.... 86 46 40 Marion, No. 4.... 89 53 36 Milroy 19 11 8 Newton 63 31 32 Union, North.... 45 48 *3 Union, South.... 90 36 54 Walker 34 52 *lB Wheatfield 77 94 *l7 Totals 1438 848 590 ♦Wet. A little work was done by the wets in Wheatfield and Walker townships only, but had they been well organized the dry majority would have been much smaller and they might have carried the county possibly.

In the option election in Tippecanoe county last Friday, the “wets” won out by 793. Lafayette city gave a majority of 2,345, which was a stunner for the drys and greatly overbalanced the dry vote in the rest of the county. The drys voted several hundred Purdue students, illegally, the opposition claims, and 47 students were arrested. While Wabash township in which West Lafayette and Purdue is located gave a dry majority of 833, it is not at all Improbable that many of the students who voted marked their ballots for the wets. The “drys” attribute their defeat largely to the small majorities in the country districts, which they say was caused by personal ywork Oh the part of the "wets,” and tjie appeal made to the farmers on the question of the Increase in taxation, which argument they say blinded the farmers. The “wets” were surprised at the heavy vote in the city, the majority being 500 more than was expected. Several of the leaders of the “wets” said that every pledge made to the Taxpayers’ League as to law enforcement would be fulfilled. Jefferson, Martin and Washington counties, which also voted Friday, each gave dry majorities, Jefferson 106; Martin 399, and Washington 1,284. Thirty-six saloons are put out of business in Jefferson and 8 in Martin. Washington county has been dry by remonstrance for four years. Clay, Pulaski and Spencer counties voted yesterday, Fulton votes to-day and Posey county votes Friday.

SOME UNMERITED ADVERTISING

A number of the Democrat’s exchangee have given free insertion to the advertisement of a would-be gay old widower of Monon who is

anxious to hook up with some rich maiden lady or widow, probably in hopes of recovering some of the good old cash he was compelled to give up to his last victim after having secured a divorce through fraud and misrepresentation. The Democrat sincerely trusts that no lady reader of this paper will be caught on the pin hook so adroitly manipulated by this gay old angler.— White County Democrat.

MRS. JOHN MOHLER INSANE.

A sanity commission composed of Squire S. C. Irwin, and Drs. English, Kresler and Gwin, held an inquest on Mrs. John Mohler, in the north part of town, Monday morning and found her insane, altogether not dangerous. She will be taken to Lpngcliff as soon as the application for her admittance is accepted.

JIM ANDERSON RUNS AMUCK.

Jim Anderson, one of the employes on the county stone crusher, had £ mild case of d. t's., Saturday evening and run amuck, driving all the north siders into their holes, and it was not until the sheriff' called in the aid of five husky deputies that he could be successfully handcuffed and taken to jail. The trouble started in the Tom Grant grocery, when Anderson' struck his wife, and some specta-' tors took it up and forcibly ejected him from the store. He walked across the street to Babcock & Hopkins’ elevator and attacked Elza| Grow and Bert Hopkins. Both of them knocked him down and Emerald Aldrich sat on him until County Supt. Lamson could bring the sheriff. Jim fought and kicked the officers for about ten minutes, but finally succumbed to a real bear hug from Sheriff Shirer. He was taken to jail and kept until he sobered up„ and was released Sunday on a promise of good behavior.

TWO KILLED BY MORON TRAIN

Saturday Morning At the TwentyFourth Street Crossing, at Indianapolis. The southbound Monon train Saturday a buggy containing W. E. Dodd, wife and 17-year-old son at the Twenty-fourth -street crossing, and the father and son were instantly killed and the mother badly injured, but will recover. The family were on their way to the city to buy a new suit of clothes for the boy, who was to graduate from the Mallott Park school, and a cut of freight cars hid from view the fast passenger train until they were squarely on the track. It is claimed the train was running at a much higner rate of speed than the law provides at the time the accident happened, and it is a fact that the Monon trains do run at a fearfully high speed down near Indianapolis, probably better than a mile a minute down ajxmt Broad Ripple and nearer the city.. The man killed in this case was a prominent farmer and was only 39 years of age.

DR. J. W. BATES DIES.

Brother of N. S. Bates of Rensselaer. Follows Wife To Grave After Three Months. Indianapolis, May 4.—Dr. J. W. Bates died yesterday at his home in' Broad Ripple of pneumonia. He was one of the best-known men in that community and. among the medical fraternity of Indianpolis. He 1 had practised medicine for twentysix years. About three months ago his wife, Mrs. Birdie Bates, died of ptomaine poisoning. His wife's death bore heavily upon him and it is believed had something to do with the lowered state of his vitality preceding the attack of pneumonia. | Dr. Bates was on the Broad Ripple l town boardy which ordered the first) cenftnt walks for the village. He| was a member of the committee which built the high school and j helped in the erection of both the Methodist and Christian Churches of that placed He always was activel in civil and social life and a practical politician. Dr. Bates was born in Castleton, Ind., Aug. 9, 1857. His early, schooling was in this vicinity. While yet a youth he taught school. He was graduated in medicine from the I Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio. He returned to Broad Ripple, after his graduation in 1883 and I had been practicing there ever since. 1 In 1891 he married Miss Birdie Butterfield, daughter of Luke Butterfield, in Broad Ripple. Two children survive, Miss Modessa Bates and Miss Geneva Ann Bates. The funeral will be held at the Broad Ripple Christian Church at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon with burial at Union Chapel

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THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1900.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. Six marriage licenses were issued last month, against six for the month previous and nine for April 1908. —o —■ Yesterday was pension day for the old soldiers drawing their pensions through the Indianapolis agency. County Commissioner A. D. Washburn and attorney H. L. Sammons of Kentland 'were over yesterday on business.

The Benton Kelley road case from Newton tp., this county, is set for trial in the White circuit court next Monday. . —o — At the County Board of Education meeting Monday, C. B. Steward | was re-elected truant officer, he having no opposition. New* suits filed: No. 7450. Benjamin Fogli vs. Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Ry. Co.; venued from Porter comity. —o— Chris. Weurthner, the Newton tp. Insane man, was taken to the Longcliff asylum by Sheriff Shirer and True Woodworth Monday. He gave them no trouble either at the jail or station, and at the latter place he was left, to wander about as he chose until train time. Without being requested he boarded the car and was seated quietly when the sheriff reached his side.

licenses issued: May 11 Harrison E. Neier of Wheatfield, aged 25, occupation farmer, to Minnie Catherine Karch, daughter of Fred Karch of Walker tp., aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.y. May 3, Peter Mathias of Chicago, aged 4.9, occupation janitor, to Helene Seraphina Spaeth, also of Chicago, aged 38, occupation housekeeper. Second marriage tor male, first wife having died in October, 1906; first marriage for female. —o— Trustee Karch of Walker town , ship has asked the court to take charge of the four children of John Blaze of his township, and Sheriff Shirer will likely go up ano get them today or tomorrow. The mother is in the insane asylum and the father works out by the day. The children are neglected, halfstarved, half-clothed and have not sufficient bed clothing to keep them warm at night, and are said to be in a pitiable condition. Trustee Karch says that he can find good homes for two of the children. —<o— The county commissioners did little Monday except allow claims and award contracts for six bridges to the Winamac Bridge Co. In the afternoon the board went to Keener township to inspect some bridge work being done there by the Winamac Bridge Co., over which there has been some complaint. The bids filed Monday for bridges were as follows, three oj the bridges i being in Keener, two in Walker and one in Marion township, and bids given are for each in above order: Winamac B C.>424 >630.90 >723.80 Attica B. Co.. 490 575.00 822.00 Lafayette BC. 585 867.00 920.00 B«;n McColly. 670 920.00 1050.00 Ben McColly is from Chicago Heights was a former citizen of Jasper county. There was but one bid filed for repairing the couft house, that of Chas. E. Osborne, >450 for the county to furnish the material; >6OO and he furnish material. Quito a number of claims were allowed, and ditch and other matters came up yesterday, a complete report of which will be given in Saturday’s Democrat.

CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS.

But little has been doing in court the past few days. This is the last week .of the term and Monday, the Newton Circuit Court will convene. The jury came In yesterday again, to hear a couple of cases that were set for trial. Following is a report of the proceedings not heretofore published: Kirkpatrick ditch; motion to strike from file remonstrance of J. E. Whtt and wife sustained. Mary A. Bowers, et jd, vs. Brasilia F. Ferguson, et al; defendants falling to amend are defaulted; defendants attorney, W. H. Parkison defaulted, and cause submitted to court for , trial without Intervention of .jury; evidence partly heard and further hearing continued. 1 Emmet L. Hollingsworth ws. Frank Reaney et aj; plaintiffs demurrers to defendants pleas In abatement are sustained, and defendants Knapp and Mandervllle, separately

except; defendants ruled to answer > Oliver Hurley vs. Warren Springer; dismissed at plaintiff’s cost. John Summers vs. B. C. Ward, et al; judgment for |69. B. J. Gifford vs. George Beedy; dismissed, costs paid. Thomas Cain vs. Thpmas Cain, administrator of estate of James Rodgers, deceased; judgment for 1J65.10. William Moore vs. Mary Weurthner, et al; motion to dismiss appeal sustained; plaintiff prays appeal to supreme court, granted, and bond filed and approved. S. B. Moffitt vs. Board of Commissioners by agreement cause is submitted to court.

Michael Rlngelsen ditch; J. R. Phillips files report and resignation! which is accepted, and M. B. Price is appointed Phillips allowed $9 for his services. Albert Konovsky vs. Board of Commissioners; motion of applicant to strike remonstrance of October 2, 1908. from file, Overrruled; evidence heard and court finds that said remonstrance was signed by 88 legal voters of Keener township, and that there were 137 votes cast in the general election of November 1906, and that the court therefore has no jurisdiction. Plaintiff moves for new trial, which is overruled and an appeal granted to the appelate court. a The Boswinkle vs. Adams case from Newton county was being heard by the jury as we go to press.

BORNTRAGER DITCH HEARING.

Will Come Up for Docketing Before Judge Wasson Friday. The Borntrager ditch matter will come up befdre Judge Wasson of the Carrol-White circuit, who has been agreed upon as special judge to’ hear the cause, next Friday. The petitioners expect the objections of S. P. Thompson to be over-ruled and that viewers will be appointed. The remonstrators will be heard, of course, after the report is filed, which will not be for several months yet, as it will take several weeks to view the proposed ditch and make out the report. It is probable, however, that it will be filed for the September term of court if the work is pushed along rapid-

“WE TOOK TO THE WOODS.”

morning found Logan Wood and wife on the sunny side of Eagle Nest Ridge, gathering flowers, while 75 of the neighbors went to their home and piled the cake and chicken almost to the ceiling, all because Mrs. Wood was forty years of age. A great repast was served, followed by vocal and instrumental music. No one could talk about their neighbors because nearly all were there and good natured old time sociability prevailed, and all went home happy. No wine was served, however, for South Union had just rolled up the largest dry vote of any precinct in the county.

AD SAYS ’TAINT SO.

The Democrat is in receipt of the following letter from Monon, with the | request that we publish same. It refers to the alleged advertisement for a wife which recently appeared in a Warsaw paper, and which advertisement was copied by several papers in this vicinity, including The Democrat: Monon, Ind., May 3d, 1909. Jasper County Democrat Dear Sir I See you gave me Some cheap rate advertising in last week Paper that I do not appreciate thare was not a word of truth in it Some one wrote that up & forged my name to it it was done with'out my Knolage or conent I will Make it hot for the parties if I find out who done it Resp yours A. D. SCOTT. The Democrat thought all along that such a well preserved old widower as Ad ought not to have to advertise to find a wife, and hopes he will find out who the parties are that perpetrated the cruel “joke” upon him. Royal Flour and Millar Coffee, always the same—always good—Home Grocery.

THANKS FRIENDS FOR GIFT.

George Wood writes us from Mt. Vernon, So. Dak., and requests us to publish in The Democrat his sincere thanks to each and everyone who contributed to the fund sent him to assist him during the sickness and burial of his two children, and says he hopes to be able to pay each in some way in the future.

NEW AUTOMOBILE AGENCY.

I have taken the agency for a neat, durable and comfortable automobile at a price In reach of a common man. Call and see me at once If you are thinking of buying an auto, as a sample car will be here In a few days with a demonstrator, and I will want you to see it. J. V. COLLINS, Rensselaer, Ind.

MURE TIME FOR BLOCK SYSTEMS

Commission to Be Lenient , With Some of the Roads. RESPITE CLAUSE IN LAW Case of Each Line Will Be Taken Up In Order and a Decision Made After Hearing Is Held-Some of the Cor* poratlons Have Complied With the Act Already—Other Are Making a Plea of Reduced Earnings. Indianapolis, May 4.—The question of compelling all railroads where the gross earnings a mile a year are J 7.500 or more, to equip their lines in Indiana with some form of block system, is to be settled by conferences with in dividual roads. This is the decision reached by the railroad commission of Indiana. By an act of the general assembly ol 1907, all railroads earning >7,500 or more a year are required to have their roads in the state equipped with such systems by July 1/ of this year, although the same act gives the railroad commission power to grant the roads an additional twelve months in which to satisfy its requirements, provided that good and sufficient cause can be given for asking the additional time. A number of the roads have met th 6 requirements and- the commission has accepted the block systems they have put in use. Because of the slump in railway earnings during the last two years, however, various other roads have asked for an extension of time, and the commission is inclined not to push them too vigorously. Instead of making a general order giving all roads the benefit of the additional twelve months, the commission thought best to take up each case separately as filed, and such an order was made.

ENCAMPMENT DELEGATION

Marion Post to Send Largest Number of Veterans to Crawfordsville. Indianapolis, May 4. —Thus far the largest delegation of G. A. R. veterans to promise to attend in a body the annual state encampment at Crawfordsville, May 19, 20 and 21, has been found in Marion. The Major Steele post, comprised of inmates of the National Soldiers’ Home at that place, and the General Shunk post of Marion, comprising a combined membership of more than 200, have sent word to Assistant Adjutant Fesler that they will charter special cars to go to Crawfordsville, stopping in Indianapolis. Steele post already has a membership of more than 150. This post has been in existence for less than one year.

A GUEST.

LOVE TROUBLES OF TEACHER

Loses License For Obtaining Answers For His Girl Pupil. Crawfordsville, Ind., May 4.—For the love of one of his girl pupils, fifteen years old, Howard Charters, twenty-three years old, a teacher in the school of Union township, this county, has forfeited his license on the charge of having supplied her with answers in an examination for an eighth grade graduation diploma. The girl’s name is Opal Marie Whitecotton, and under the name of Okal M. Whitecotton her teacher went to Ladoga, where he was not known, and said that he had been out of school for some years and wished to take the examination for a diploma so that he could enter a business college.

FRUIT ESCAPES FREEZING

More Damage by Hail Than by the Cold Weather. Indianapolis, May 4. Dispatches from special correspondents say the cold wave did not ktlK. cherries and other fruits, though ice formed at Terre Haute and other places. Frost did some damage, but it was not general, as the strong wind kept the frost from forming. Fort Wayne says that despite the low temperature no harm was done in that part of the state. The severe storms did more damage than the cold weather, as hall literally cut the. newly formed rrult from the trees in the southern part of the state. No serious damage to strawberries is reported.

ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE HEWS.

Blessing of the Corner-Stone and Other News From Collegeville. The corner-stone of the new church at St. Joseph’s College was laid Sunday afternoon as announced last week. A number of visitors from abroad were present to assist at the celebration. It was also gratifying to notice the large number of*

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friends from Rensselaer and vicinity who came to the College to witness the ceremony. The procession of students, faculty and officiating clergy was formed in the college building. Thence they proceeded, lead by the crossbearer, to the new church. Arriving on the platform of the vestibule, the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Oechtering, V. G., of Ft. Wayne, Ind., blessed the corner-stone, following minutely the Impressive ritual and ceremonies of the Catholic church for such dedications. „ The piechanical work of placing the stone in position was done by the contractors, the Medland Brothers.

Rt. Rev. Mgr. Oechtering having contracted a severe cold was unable to favor the audience with an address. In his stead Rev. John Gormley, of the college faculty, delivered an eloquent sermon explanatory of the use and needs of a church and religious services in the education of our American youth. There is no true education of the mind without real moral training of the heart. “God grant that the youth of our state and nation may throng its sacred aisles in ever-increasing numbers, that they may be filled with the plenitude of true wisdom, which is to know Thee, O Father and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” It may be of interest to the reader to know the meaning of the inscription on the corner-stone: “D. O. M. Oratorim Sancti Joseph.” To God, the Best and the Highest, this church of Saint Joseph is dedicated. The architect, J. Gaul, of Chicago, inspected the work last Thursday and expressed his entire satisfaction with the manner and progress of the erection of the building.

Notre Dame Freshmen Defeat Col* lege Team. In weather that would have been extremely raw for a foot ball contest, the St. Joseph’s College ball team was defeated by the Notre Dame Freshmen in a rather* loosely played game Saturday afternoon. Apparently the Varsity was not in form. To have each inning punctuated with a new and wilder"snow flurry was more than they could overcome. Hasser pitched well enough, the Freshmen getting only two hits and ten going to the bench by the strikeout route. It was the seven free tickets to first that he issued, coupled with a number of rank errors by his team-mates, that lost the game for the local team. Sommars’ pitching was not at all of the phenomenal variety but the team back of him played ball all the time. The Freshmen showed great skill and knowledge in base running, taking advantage with good effect of the least opening given them by the Varsity. The game opened in approved style, three up, three down for three innings. The fourth proved fatal for the Varsity; two hits and a number of errors gave the Freshmeh four runs and the game. Hasser, not the least dismayed, reeled off a three base hit, but his teammates could do no more than score the captain. The game then went along as nicely as the snow storm would permit to the eighth, when the Freshmen added three more runs to their list without the semblance of a hit. The Varsity scored again in the fifth and seventh, but the Freshmen refusing to take a Wright trip their safe lead could not be overcome.

The score: Notre Dame 00040013 o—B St. Joseph 00010101 o—3 Earned runs: College 2; Two base hit, Nageletsen; Three base hit, Hasser; Base on balls, Hasser 5, Sommars 1; Struck out by Hasser, 10, Sommars 8; Hit by pitcher, Hasser, 2; Time, 1:50. Umpire F. T. Sauer. Attendance 250. Wrens Again, Defeated. V. Then game on Sunday was a walkover for the Varsity. Neither team showed real base ball form, and base ball form cannot be looked for in a delayed March gale that strikes the unsuspecting diamond on ‘he second May day. The score: College. .... 3 3 4 1 2 0 0 o—l 3 Wrens 010 1000 0— 2 Batteries: McGurren, Nagelelsen; Huff, Wallon. Remember the game with De Paul University, May 5, 2:30 p. m., on the College grounds.

We have much country butter now selling at 23c.—Home Grocery.