Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1909 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. To-day’s markets: Corn, 6?c; Oats, 52c. Dick Crowell spent Tuesday with his parents in Montipello. Mrs. Mattle Porter of UnlonTtn,, spent Wednesday in Monon. J Harry Kersey of Kersey, Was in town on business Wednesdays ‘7 Mrs. Anna Mills went to Chicago Thursday to spend a few days. Miss Julia Leopold went to Tipton, Wednesday for a short visit. Mrs. Rebecca Porter went to Lafayette Wednesday to spend a few days. Mrs. Mary E. Drake returned Thursday from a few days visit in Chicago. W. J. Wright went to Indianapolis Wednesday to attend an un» dertakers’ convention. * Aden Evans of Petroleum, Ind., spent Tuesday witn Mr. and Mrs. Kent Blankenship. ■ ■ —■. . . f D. H. Yeoman went to Michigan City Wednesday to look after his dredging Interests near there.

Mrs. H. B. Murray went to Joliet, 111., Wednesday to visit with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Lefler.

Herbert Eib, who has been attending a business college in Chicago, returned home Wednesday. Miss Lottie O’Connor returned to her home in Kniman Wednesday after a few days visit with friends here. Nim Hopkins went to Crawfordsville Wednesday to visit with his son Ray, who is attending Wabash College.

Dr. M. D. Gwin went to Indianapolis Thursday to attend the meeting of the secretaries of the county health boards.

Mrs. J. Wlldberg and friend, Mrs. Harris of Chicago, came Thursday to spend a few days visiting Mrs. Anna Tuteur.

Miss Vera McMullen returned to her home in Forest, 111., Thursday after a few days visit with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harmon.

Henry Watson, who has been staying at Chicago Heights the past two months, came Thursday to remain here indefinitely

Wattles Rhode, former proprietor of the Princess theatre but now on his father’s fruit farm In Florida, was in town Wednesday.

Harvey Wood, J. L. Haglns, Thomas Crockett and Henry Grow went to Crawfordsville Thursday to attend the G. A. R. encampment.

D. D. Conaghen of Pekin, 111., was in town Thursday to look after his farm which Is occupied by Bert Beaver of south of town.

Mrs. A. E. Coen returned Thursday to her home in Berwyn, 111., after a few days visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wasson.

Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Lake of Troy Grove, 111., came Thursday to visit with Mrs. S. R. Nichols, with whom she formerly made her home.

Miss Josie Porter, who has been teaching at the Bell Center school the past term, left for her home near Mt. Vernon, So. Dak., Wednesday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Duvall entertained the senior class of the high school Wednesday evening for their son Edgar Duvall, one of the graduates.

Miss Nancy Carr, accompanied by Miss essie Knox, left Thursday mornMlss Jessie Knox left Thursday mornItag for an extended visit at Spokane and Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Margaret Keller received word Tuesday of the death of her brother, James Fay of Dundas, 111. The remains were brought to Parr Wednesday for burial.

Mrs. James Robinson went to Monon Thursday to spend a few days.

The “Spud” baseball team went to Monon yesterday to play the Monon “White Sox.”

U. B. Kellogg, of Canada land fame, was in town a few hours on business yesterday.

Ord Hanley, the Kniman post'mafter was in town yesterday to take a train for Monon.

H. V. Childers of Delphi came yesterday to spend a few days visiting with relatives here.

Louis Genires returned Thursday from a business trip to Chicago and Chicago Heights, 111.

W. F. Hayes of Mt. Summit, Ind., came up Thursday to look after his farm in Barkley township.

Harry Kipllnger went to Cedar Lake a few hours Wednesday and returned with 22 nice croppies.

Mr. Faris of the Bloomington real estate firm of Simons & Faris, was in town yesterday on business.

Sam Lowry of north of town, who was recently operated on for strangulated hernia, is recovering nicely.

Mrs. E. E. Malone and daughter Lorene of Monticello came yesterday -o visit her mother, Mrs. E. E. Shields.

There will be preaching at Good Hope Christian church in Union township tomorrow at 3 p. m., by Rev. Clarke.

Miss Minnie Clark of Wheatfield came yesterday for a short visit with her cousin, Lucile Davisson of east of town.

Mr. Hensley, who has been relieving operator Leland Jes Sen at the board of trade office, left Friday to open an office at Tipton.

Mrs. Frank Morton returned to her home in Goodland Thursday after a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ancel Woodworth.

Dr. Rose Remmek returned yesterday morning from a three weeks stay in Indianapolis, where she was called by the sickness of her father.

Monticello Herald; Leonard Turner got a call to Evansville soon after going to Indianapolis and now has a- nice daylight linotype job on the Courier of that city.

large new residence of An<yew Gangloff at the southwest corner of town is all plastered and is now ready for the carpenters to put the finishing lumber on.

No preaching at Bluegrass school house in Newton tp., tomorrow on account of the baccalaureate sermon in Rensselaer, but there will be preaching the follbwlng Sunday as usual at 3 p. m.

Mrs. A. L. Branch came Wednesday evening to accompany her stepchildren, Beatrice and Coefflne, to their home in Stockton, Cali. She went to Lafayette and Attica Thursday to visit relatives for a few days.

The first shipment of Indianagrown strawberries was made from the New Albany field Tuesday night. The yield will be much smaller than last year, growers say, owing to the drought last fall, which destroyed many of the plants.

2pThe Ransford stock of goods in the Ifrevo building on Washington street was sold last week to J. F. Bruner and parties from Gary, and will probably be moved to that place. The deal was made by M. M. Tyler of Valparaiso, ae agent.

Judge S. P. Thompson, A. Simpson, E. Mabb, J. P. Daugherty, Capt. J. M. Wasson, H. W. Wood, A. J. Bellows, Mrs Mary A. Howe and Mrs. A. L. Padgitt went Wednesday to Crawfordsville to attend the annual G A. R. encampment. 7

Dr. W. P. Crowell of Monticello was in town Thursday to see his son Dick, who went to White Fish, Mont., Thursday afternoon to take a position as manager of a cigar factory. If the climate suite him the family will move there in the fall.

F. M. Welsh says that practically all the farmers in Jordan township will finish up planting corn this week, and some finished up the first of the week. Geo. F. Meyer is advertising in this issue of The Democrat a public sale of dairy cows, to take place here Saturday, May 29. Read the ad on another page. *

X T he Rensselaer Lumber Co., has sold the residence property on North Van Rensselaer street, recently occupied by Dr. Miller, to Ed Randle, who will occupy same.

yjVfrs. Len Leffler came up from Lafayette Thursday afternoon and will remain until after commencement, her sister, Miss Ethel Jacks, being one of the graduates.

Miss Francis Wilson of Muncie, came Thursday to spend a few days with her uncle, H. W. Kipllnger. She will go to Chicago from here to take a course in dramatic art.

Everett McCleary of Barkley township and Wm. Price of Parr returned Thursday evening from Indiapolis where they represented the Gifford and Farr I. O. O. F. lodges, respectively, at grand lodge.

Mrs. Charles Hammond of Big Rapids, Mich., came Thursday to visit relatives and attend the high school commencement exercises, her son, Ralph Hammond, being a member of the graduating class.

Starke County Democrat: The total number of automobiles in Starke county at the present time is 48. Nearly half of this number or 22, are owned by Knox people. The Buick leads in point of numbers, there being 16 cars of that make in the county.

The funeral of Henry H. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate who died suddenly from appoplexy at his home in New York a few days ago, was held yesterday at 10 a. m., and the entire machinery of the Standard Oil Company throughout the country was stopped during the funeral ceremonies.

J. M. Knapp returned Tuesday night from a couple of weeks visit in his old home at Panama, N. Y. The east doesn’t look good to John any more, and he says if they were to give him a quit-claim deed for all of Chautauqua county, New York, with the proviso that he must live there, he wouldn’t accept the gift?

The piano factory people whom a committee recently went to Chicago to investigate with a view to securing the factory for Rensselaer, have notified President Robinson of the Commercial Club that they will come down Monday or Tuesday next to look over the ground here and submit a propostion to our people if pleased with the outlook.

John Resh and Charles Bowers have contracted 65 acres of pickles for the salting station which is in prospect, 25 acres of the land belonging to the Hartsell estate, 10 acres of Will Murray and 3 acres each from Harry McGee, Will Simmons and Bert Welsh, and many other smaller growers will devote a few acres to the new industry.

White & Hickman, accompanied by Charlie Simpson and Ed Hopkins, went to Indianapolis Wednesday to attend the I. O. O. F. grand lodge meeting. They expected to make the entire trip via auto, but at or near Delphi both of the rear tires blew out to their machine and they had so leave it there and go on by rail. New tires were secured in Indianapolis and they came back to Delphi Thursday afternoon and put on the tires and got home about midnight that night.

The Rensselaer bankers who attended the bankers’ meeting at Hammond Tuesday, report having had a very enjoyable time. Sixteen autos were used to convey the visiting bankers all over the Calumet region, and at the big steel plant at Gary they were carried all through the extensive plant by rail, the steel company having some 150 miles of trackage in their plant, and the party was conveyed to the different departments on flat cars, pulled by a big engine, also out on the pier running out into Lake Michigan.

The time for filing a remonstrance on the proposed extension of the Iroquois ditch expires next Friday, but so far as we are able to learn no remonstrances are being clr-'. culated at all, and it is not likely there will be. Most people seem to realize that the improvement must come and those furthest away who fought it hardest before in the belief that their assessments would be quite heavy, have now found that such assessments will be so light that it will not pay them to try to defeat the improvement again, as such defeat would be but temporary at most. have had excellent weather all week for planting, and most of the corn is now in the ground. We are told by parttea who have been up through the north part of Jasper this week, that they never saw that section look so well

HEAVY COST OF FIGHTING GRAFT

Heney and Burns Received Six Figure Sums. WAYS OF THE DETECTIVE Sleuth Accepts Employment and Salary From the Street Railroad Repre sentatlve Prosecution Had Engaged Him to Shadow—Remarkable Developments In the San Francisco Trial of Patrick Calhoun For Bribing 8u pervisor*. i San Francisco, May 21. —Many i phase of municipal graft prosecution, hitherto kept secret, was made public during the bribery, trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railroads. Rudolph Spreckels, who admitted covering a portion of the graft prosecution expense,, against testified. In a summary offered in evidence, it was declared that the total subscription received from all sources amounted to $213,391, all of which had been expended. Spreckels testified that he had personally given $138,478 of this amount and from his declarations it was inferred that he was still self-obli-gated for an indefinite amount. Private Detective John Helms reviewed many of the charges he had preferred against Patrick Calhoun and William M. Abbott, by whom he is alleged to have been employed In a confidential capacity. He declared that he entered the employ of William J. Bums and the prosecution in November, 1908, and that he drew pay from both sides from November until the following February by virtue of fresh employment given him by Abbott, who knew nothing of Helms’ employment by Bums. The financial statement presented by Spreckels was divided into four accounts entitled: “W. J. Burns,” with a total of $123,250; “F. J. Heney,” $23,828; “C. W. Cobb,” SIO,OOO, and “sundry,” $66,295. Among the items credited to sundries are SII,OOO paid to Hiram Johnson and $13,400 paid to J. J. Dwyer.

Gotch Beats Four In One Night.

Salt Lake City, May 21.—Four local wrestlers were thrown in 19 minutes knd 3 seconds by Frank Gotch.

Nordica to Wed and Quit the Stage.

London, May 14.—Lillian Nordica Bays that after she marries George W. Young, the banker, next spring, she will retire from professional work.

for this season of the year. There is little or no water to delay farm work and thousands of acres more corn will be planted there than for several years. The days have been a trifle cool and the nights real cool all week, and it has not been good growing weather, but there has been no rain and the cool days have enabled the farmers to push their teams right through all day long without tiring them badly.

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. May 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harrington of Union township, a boy.

BIG DITCH CONTRACT LET IN WHITE.

Monticello Herald: Sixteen bidders competed here Tuesday for the job of constructing the Big Creek ditch. The letting was conducted at the clerk’s office in charge of—Supt. Paul Ward and Attorney Chas. Spencer. There was some genuine competition, and as a result the contract was let at about 25 per cent, less than the estimated cost of construction. The bids were all per cubic yard and ran as follows:

Cents per Bidders cubic yard. Boyles & Lezenby Co, Elkhart. 6.48 C. V. Oyen & Co .5.94% Winamac Bridge Co, Winamac 7.27 Woolman Construction C 0.... 6.9 Wolcott Dredging Co, Wolcoti. 5.65 Sternberg & Sons, South Bend 6.95 James L. Taylor, Royal Center 5.9 D. H. Yeoman, Rensselaer..,. 7.00 M. J. Hanawalt, Monticello.... 7.35 John McAndrews, Kankakee, 11l 6.5 Horton & Moseley, Lafayette.. 5.73 h. W. Marble, Wheatfield.... 7. F. P. Wade, Geneva, 1nd...... 6.12 John Hack & Son, main ditch 5.5 Same, laterals 10. John C. Vanatta, Brookston. . 6.15 Will Brown, Hebron, Ind 6.98 The contract was awarded to the Wolcott Dredging Co., whose bid of 5.65 cents per cubic yard was the lowest. ,

The engineer’s estimate shows the required excavation in cubic yards to be as follows: Main ditch... 557,367.7 Branch No. 1.. 22,370.9 Branch No. 2.. 69,773.9 Total 649,512.5 Total estimated cost... .148,232.21 Contract price @ 5.65 c. .136,697.45 Less than estimate. .$11,534.76

Notice:—We are paying 11 cents a pound for hens, and 25 cents a pound for spring chickens, weighing 2 pounds or better. B. 8. FENDIG.

Try The Democrat for job work.

COLONEL ASTOR AN INVENTOR

Will Give to Public Machine to Make Fuel of Peat Deposits. New York, May 21.—Colonel John Jacob Astor has applied for a patent for a mach|ne which it is hoped will make possible the utilization of peat deposits as a fuel for power. He intends to present his invention to the public in the hope that it may be so general use. Colonel Astor is about to try his process at his own place, Rhinecliff-on-the-Hudson. He will erect a 150-horse power plant and attach it to a stone crusher. If the peat gas succeeds in running this, it is believed an interesting engineering advance will have been achieved.

IRISH ADVENTISTS SCARCE

One Hundred Converts In Thirty Year* on the Emerald Isle. Washington, May 21.—The slow advance of the faith in the British isles was the subject of a report read at the conference of the Seventh Day Adventists. It was stated by Elder W. T. Bartlett that in thirty years the records showed only 1,700 converts. In Ireland, he said, there had been less than 100 converts. He attributed this to the great strength of the churches of England and Rome.

STRIKE OF FIREMEN THREATENS TO SPREAD

Leader Says Georgia Road Is ‘Forcing Negro Supremacy. 1 Atlanta, Ga„ May 21.—A threat to extend the strike of railway firemen to every road in the south, and the formal appeal by officials of the Georgia railroad to the federal authorities to take a hand in order to safeguard the mails are features of the situation today. The following telegram was sent to the general chairmen of the firemen of every road in the south by E. A. Ball of Toronto, Canada, vice president of the Order of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen: “Situation assuming serious aspect. Company forcing negro supremacy. May have to make the white man’s cause a national one.”

MADE INSANE BY FEVER

Naval Officer’s Mind Disturbed by Illness Contracted In Cuba. Washington, May 21.—Ensign Edward Guerrant Hargis of the United States navy, a nephew of the noted Judge Hargis of Breathitt county, Kentucky, has been declared to be afflicted with “depressive insanity.” An order was made that his wife, a daughter of Rear Admiral Hawley, U. S. N., retired, shall get SIOO a month out of her husband’s allowance from the government. Hargis won honors both in his class and on the athletic field. At a Cuban port he contracted tropical fever, which brought on his present trouble.

SUNSHINERS IN CONVENTION

Eight Hundred Women Representing 914 Branches Gather In New York. New York, May 21.—About 800 women attended the annual convention of the International Sunshine society at the Hotel Astor. Mrs. E. C. Burgess of Brooklyn delivered the address of welcome. Of the 3,000 branches of the society, 914 were represented. Invitations for the next meeting came from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Atlantic City.

APOLOGIZES TO COUNTESS.

Lord Ronaldshay Confesses Error In Attacking American Heiress. London, May 21. —Lord Ronaldshay made an apology for an attack upon the Countess of Granard, formerly Miss Beatrice Mills of New York. He had alluded to the countess as “a dumped American heiress,whohad been fortunate enough to secure a title.” In an address he said that he wished to apologize for what he confessed was “a singularly ill-chosen joke.”

CUBA’S FOURTH OF JULY

Principal Event of the Day a Review of Troops by Gomez. Havana, May 21. —The seventh anniversary of the establishment of the Cuban republic in 1902, was celebrated with more than the usual enthusiasm. The principal event was the review at Columbia by President Gomez of the new army. Four thousand infantry and cavalry paraded under command of General Pino Guerrera.

BOY HIT WITH BAT DIES

In Catcher's Position and by Accident Is Struck Over Heart Central Falls, R. 1., May 21.—Arthur Burroughs, nine years old, while catching in a baseball game, was killed when the bat which Earl Paine swung struck him over the heart* The boy was the son of Councilman Fred C. Burroughs, superintendent of the state printing plant

To Keep City on Railroad Line.

Valley City, N. D., May 21.—An injunction restraining the Northern Pacific railway from running its passenger trains on new tracks a mile outside of the city instead of on tracks that run through the city, has been lasued.

WOMEN WALK TO SAFETY OVER ICE

Party Leaves Steamer En- - trapped In Floes. PASSENGERS ENALARIED Liner Hope* to Reach Water Which Can be Navigated After Stout Sealing Steamer Bite* Way Through the Solidly Packed Field—A Second Boat That Was Blockaded Takes Advantage of Part Thaw and Propels Herself to Freedom.

St. Johns, N. F, May 21.—The Allan line steamer Mongolian, which has been wedged in an ice pack off the mouth of this harbor since Wednesday, ia still imprisoned. She is undamaged. It is thought that an attempt by the stout sealing steamer Diana to open up a lane between the Mongolian and the narrow harbor opening will be successful before tonight That this will be possible was apparently indicated by the release of the costal steamer Prospero, which managed, unassisted, to extricate herself from the icefield. The experience of five passengers of the. Mongolian's 300 who successfully crossed the uneven icefield between the liner and shore assured the others that a ready and fairly safe avenue of escape was available. The five who made the journey were: Dr. McPherson and wife, Dr. Hunt, Miss McPherson and a Mr. Stephenson. Hand-in-hand, with the men ever watchful for the safety of their women companions, the little party mounted hummock after hummock and on particularly smooth and even cakes even slid with the abandon of their childhood days. They were anxiously watched both from the steamer and the shore. When they reached the borders of the icefields at the harbor mouth a tug took them on board.

DIVES 135 FEET; UNHURT

Plunges From Bridge Into East River to Acquire a Reputation. New York, May 21.—Albert House plunged from the Williamsburg bridge into the East river, a distance of 135 feet, and escaped practically unhurt. The man was picked up by a motorboat. It was thought that he was seriously injured, for the big drop had left him breathless and apparently in pain. He speedily recovered. An examination revealed that his only injury was a bruised cheek. House recently abandoned his trade, that of a carpenter, and has been leaping from high places to acquire a reputation which would win him a summer engagement as a high diver. He was arrested and held in SSOO ball to keep the peace for six months.

DIVORCED FROM F. J. GOULD

Wife Wealthy In Her Own Right and Doesn’t Ask For Alimony. New York, May 21.—Mrs. iielen Kelly Gould has been granted an Interlocutory decree of divorce from Frank J. Gould. Mrs. Gould is allowed the sole custody of the two children of the marriage, Helen Margaret and Dorothy Gould, from December to April, both Inclusive, and the defendant inay have them from May to November. No provision is made for alimony for Mrs. Gould, nor is the name of any co-respomfent mentioned by her referred to. The Goulds were married in 1901. Mrs. Goald is a daughter of the late Eugene Kelly, the banker, and is wealthy in her own right.

CASTRO’S FRIEND A REFUGEE

Editor of Former Official Organ Is on Way to Paris. New York, May 21.—His fortune having been lost by a mob’s destruction of his newspaper plant at Caracas, Venezuela. Gumersindo Rivas has sailed from heer for Paris. M. Rivas was editor and proprietor of El Constitutional, which was the official organ of former President Castro. Rivas is ill from the shock of losing a newspaper plant which he had made into One of the finest properties of its kind in South America.

HIS BUSINESS WAS DEATH

Answering Parent's “Urgent” Call Bon Finds Father Lifeless. New York, May 21. —“Come at once to the Grand hotel. I’m up here and must see you on urgent business." This was the message Charles E. Sexton, an insurance broker, gave to his son over the telephone. The son, an architect, hurried to the hotel and found his father dead from six bullet wounds. Business worry caused the suicide.

BATTLESHIP KILLS NEGRESS

Frightened to Death by Searchlight of the Mississippi. - Foroche, La., May 21. Adeline Hawkins, a negroes of this place, was literally frightened th death by the powerful searchlight of the battleship Mississippi on its way up the river to Natchez. ‘lt is the judgment light,** she amclaimed. and then tell dead.