Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1909 — Page 2

fflffl my democrat. F.t.BIBCOCK, tBITOBKDMBUSItR. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Published Wedneedy’e and Saturday's. Entered as Second-Class Matter June 3, 1908, at the post office at Rensselaeer, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. • Residence 311. Advertising rates made known on application. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1909.

THE WEST AWAKE

The Leather Manufacturers In Mass Meeting JO SAVE THEIR INDUSTRY Strong Statements to Congress Against the Duty on Hides—The President of a Cattle Company Shows That the Cattle Raisers Got No Benefit From the Duty—How Senstore Can Bo Influenced. At the recent mass meeting In Chicago by the leather manufacturers to demand free hides, at which meeting there was represented more than DO per cent of the entire output of leather goods In the great central west, a very Interesting letter by A. D. Browne, President of the Hamilton-Browne Shoe Company of St, Louis, was presented to the meeting, indorsed by unanimous vote and forwarded to Washington by telegraph. This letter was addressed to Senator Dolliver, urging him not to stand with ’Aldrich for a duty on hides, and contained the following straightforward statements: The West end East United. "We of the west have been working hard in conjunction with the eastern manufacturers of boots and shoes for the abolition of the 15 per cent duty on hides, knowing, as we do, what the continuation of it means to the Independent tanner if he cannot get relief from this burden before it is too late to save him. "We assume that your attitude i& inspired by a feeling that the growers of cattle are benefited by the 15 per cent duty on hides. This is not the case. The writer of this is largely interested both In the manufacture of shoes in Missouri and In the growing of cattle for beef purposes in Texas. The cattle company of which 1 am president sells annually from s(>o,(K>o to ,$75,000 worth of beeves and has done so for 1 therefore speak hot in any theoretical manner, but by the letter. Hide* Merely a By-product. “I know from actual experience that the animals that my cattle company breed and sell to the packers are valued from the beef standpoint entirely and that the hide is merely a byproduct along with the horns, the bones, the hair and the hoofs. The writer as a manufacturer of shoes, one of the largest In the world, is therefore in a position to see the operation of this iniquitous tariff on hides from both sides of the line of division, and I say to you in the light of the knowledge that 1 have acquired through actual experience that unless the present 15 per cent duty on hides is abolished it is but a short time until the Independent tanner will be forced out of business or into clerkships with the packing-tunning interests as they are now constituted. "Do uot allow yourself to be persuaded that you are working in the Interest of the west when you lend your support to the proposition to place a duty on hides. We of the west do Dot want tills duty. It operates directly against all of the best interests of the west and south and profits absolutely no one but the packers. "I realize the full weight of the statements I am making to you and hold myself responsible to you for the facts embodied in them. But do not give your vote for a duty on hides upon the theory that you are protecting the west against the east. This is not the case. Urgent Demand* Needed. One of the telegrams from the convention to one of the senators read: "You must stand firm for free hides. The country outside the trusts demand ft" Aggressive and persistent demands of this sort have proven to be the most effective way to Influence senators. The senators appear to think that the silence of the people in the face of proposed additional plunder signifies indifference.

NO ADVANTAGE TO THEM

Ex-Governor Douglas of Massaohusetts. Groat Shoo Manufacturer, Shows That Cattle Ralsore Are Few and Get No Benefit From a Duty on Hides. Ei-Covenior William L. Douglas of Massachusetts, one of the largest mannfacturers of shoes tn the country, has ■scently Issued a statement protesting against a duty on hides, in the course of which he shows that no benefit from the hide duty goes to the cattle raisers. Cattle Ralsore Becoming Fewer. _ According to the census of 1900

there were then only 37,629 stock raisers in the country, while there were 5,483,618 farmers—that is, the stock raisers constituted less than 1 per cent of our farming population and pnly about one-fifth of 1 per cent of our total population. As our grazing lands are growing less and less each year, which is the case In every country advancing in civilization, the number of stock raisers becomes less. It was stated on May 13, 1909, by Boyd’s City Dispatch, a well known distributing agency, that they could find only 22,000 names of persons who could fairly be called stock or cattle raisers. So that, if we assume that the cattle raisers are benefited by the duty, 800 consumers of Shoes and other leather goods must be taxed for every cattle raiser benefited. This is an Intolerable ratio of burdens to benefits, even from the standpoint of a high protectionist. Prices of Cattle and Hides. But ex-Governor Douglas, after referring to these things, went further and showed by a careful comparison of the prices of cattle, hides and leather for the past twelve years that there Is practically no relation or connection between the prices of cattle and hides and not even a close connection between the prices of bides and leather. After giving all the figures from April, 1897, to April, 1909, taken from official and authoritative sources, Mr. Douglas said: "Thus we see that the prices of hides are often high when the prices of cattle are low and often low when the prices of cattle are high. "In 1905 and 1906 hides were selling above 15 cents per pound when cattle were below 6 cents per pound, while tn 1902 hides were selling at 13 cents when cattle were selling at 8% cents. In 1900 hides were selling at 16Mi cents when cattle were selling at &85 cents. While in 1908 hides were selling at 9J4 cents when cattle were selling at TH cents. From April, 1908, to April, 1909, the price of cattle declined 2 per cent, while the price of bides advanced 47 per cent From February, 1906, to April, 1909, the price of cattle ad-: vanced 26 per cent while the price of hides declined 8 per cent”

MRS. RUIZ KILLS HERSELF

Was Mentioned In Suit of Wife Against Alfred G. Vanderbilt. London, June 11. Mary Agnes O’Brien Ruiz, divorced a year ago from Antonio M. Ruiz, a Cuban diplomat, and whose name was mentioned in connection with the divorce case of Alfred G. Vanderbilt, committed suicide in her home in Grosvenor street on May 16, by shooting. The facts in the case were suppressed, and the affair is now being investigated. Mrs. Ruiz came to London and took a furnished house where she had numerous visitors. She became ill. Her compalon, Miss Caney, heard a shot in Mrs. Riuz’s room and on entering found the patient lying in bed with a bullet wound in her breast.

RACER DROPS DEAD ON TRACK

Frank Gill Falls Lifeless After Contest on Gravesend Course. Gravesend, New York, Tune 11. — Frank Gill, a chestnut horse, fell dead, probably from bursting a blood vessel, after finishing second in the thiro race here. When Scoville, his rider, pulled up on the lower turn he felt the horse giving way under him and jumped off just as the thoroughbred dropped dead. As a three year old Frank Gill de seated Peter Pan, one of James R. Keene’s racers.

WHITLA NOT AFTER MONEY

No Claim Against Reward Offered For Conviction of Kidnapers. Sharon, Pa., June 11. —James P. Whitla, father of Willie Whitla, and Frank Buhl, uncle of the kidnaped 1 boy, announce they do not want to be reimbursed for money expended for 1 the recovery of Willie. The impression was given from Mercer, Pa., that Whitla and Buhl expectI ed to get over $3,000 of the $15,000 reward offered for the arrest and conviction of the abductors.

COREY HURLED FROM AUTO

Steel Magnate, Wife and Friend Escape Serious Injury. Palaiseau. France, June 11. —An automobile in which William E. Corey, president of the United States Steel corporation, his wife and a friend were driving, becapie unmanagable. All three were thrown out, but Mr. and Mrs. Corey escaped with a few scratches. Their friend, too, was hurt slightly.

KILLS ALLEGED ELOPER

Husband Shoots Down Overseer Who Returns For Personal Effects. Branford, Fla., June 11.—Paxton Carver, who, It Is alleged, eloped with the wife of C. M. Murphy, a wealthy contractor and planter, was shot and killed by Murphy. Carver was overseer at Murphy’s farm. He returned to the place to get some of his personal effects.

PRIEST CUT BY BURGLARS

Franciscan Father In Hand to Hand Clash With Thieves. Utica, N. Y„ June 11.—In a hand to hand encounter with three burglars, a Franciscan father attached to St. Stephens church of Croghan, a suburb, was stabbed In the right arm. Other priests heard the struggle in the monastery and prevented a killing.

MRS. GOULD ON WITNESS STAND

Expenditures at “Castle” Included Sums For Liquor. MRS. RUIZ KILLS HERSELF Woman Mentioned In Divorce Action 3 Against Alfred G. Vanderbilt Ended Her Life With a Bullet In Londes Last Month and the Suppression of Reports of the Tragedy Now Are Being Inveetigated—She Was the Wife of Cuban Diplomat New York, June 11.—It was a smaller and slighter Katherine Clemmons Gould who took the stand in her suit for separation from Howard Gould than the public remembered; and her loss in weight was becoming. Mrs. Gould wore mourning for her father and the sober black of her gown and her long gloves was relieved only by the double string of pearls at her neck and the flash of the diamonds in her long hand purse of black leather. So far as the presence of her husband was concerned she seemed not to know he was In the same room, although he sat but a few feet from her.

Mrs. Gould alleges that her husband deserted her without just cause on July 16, 1906. Howard Gould answers that his justification was the habits of the plaintiff; that since he left her he has made her an allowance of $25,000 a year, but that she is extravagant, intemperate and has been guilty of misconduct. The wife denies the charges and asks, for an allowance of $120,000 a year. ' In answer to questions, Mrs. Gould rattled off the amounts her husband had allowed her month by month. They averaged about SIO,OOO. When asked if her expenditures at Castle Gould included money for liquors, she said: “Yes, everything. I bought the apples, onions, potatoes, vinegar, sugar, salt, flour, horse feed and chicken feed.” She told with evident relish of the magnificent yacht Niagara, with its crew of eighty men, its saloon with seats for sixty guests, and decorations that’ in one room alone cost $52,000. She could not recall seeing Dustin Farnum, the actor, whose name figures in an affidavit introduced as evidence, in 1908 or 1909, but she was positive she had not seen him within a month.

RACES WITH WATERSPOUT

Deluge Tears Out Section of Track Just After Train Passes. Cheyenne, Wyo., June 11.—Union Pacific westbound train No. 31, the China and Japan fast mail, raced for four miles with a waterspout near Paxton, Neb., and aarrowly escaped being wreeked. Ths train barely missed the course ex’ the deluge, which tore out a section of track a few seconds after the train had passed over It. >

MALARIA OUTBREAK IN AFRICA

Rainfall Breeds Mosquitoes and Dis ease Is Spread Rapidly. Cape Town, June 11. —The heavy rainfall has caused the overflow of the Orange river in the Gordonia northern district. This has resulted in the breeding of swarms of mosquitoes, leading to a serious outbreak of malaria. Three-quarters of the population are affected, and ninety deaths are reported.

ROOSEVELT READY TO FLY, DECLARES TAFT

Says Aviators Are More Birdlike In Build Than Others. Washington, June 11.—In presenting medals to the Wright brothers. President Taft said: "It has been said that this is the first presidential recognition of aeronautics since President Washington. Well, all I have to say is that I had a predecessor who, If aeronautics had proceeded as far when he left office as they have today, would not only have gone down under the water in a submarine boat, but would .have gone up into the air in a flying machine. No one had a more earnest interest, a more active interest and a greater desire to see into the things that make for progress than my predecessor. "There may be some reasons why some presidents have not figured in aeronautics. I see that these gentlemen who have flown in the air are constructed more on the plan of the birds than some of us.”

Former Cub a Semi-Pro.

Milwaukee, June 11.—Chick Fraser, pitcher last year for the Chicago Cubs, has been signed to manage the Milwaukee White Sox, a semi-profes-sional aggregation.

Good Spender.

•He la going to cut out the gay life and spend his vacation on the farm.” “What Is be going to do that for?" “Because vacation Is all he has to •nend.”

A Thrilling Rescue. How Bert R. Lean, of Cheny, Wash, was saved from a frightful death is a story to thrill the world. "A hard cold,” he writes, "brought on a desperate lung trouble that baffled an expert doctor here. Then I paid $lO to sls a visit to a lung specialist in Spokane, who did not help me. Then I went to California, but without benefit. At last I used Dr. King’s New Discovery, which completely cured me and now I am well as ever." For Colds, Asthma, Croup and Whooping Cough its supreme. 50c and SI.OO. Trialbottle free. Guaranteed by—ArF. Long.

No matter how closely you scrutinize, you will find our milling methods are up-to-date and beyond criticism. Why not let us attend to your milling the next time you have anything to be ground. River Queen Mills

Nolice ol ■ Miiion. In Commissioners’ Court, July Term, 1909. State of Indiana, ) County of Jasper,) bs - _ f In the Matter of Petition fpr an Open Drain by John Smallfelt, et al. To John M. Tillett, Joseph L. Beesley,, Joseph Eichelberger, Albert Warner, Michael Mangold, John Richardson, Edward Litchfield, and J. W. Selmer, township trustee of Gillam Township, in Jasper County, Indiana: You and each of you are hereby notified that the petitioners in the above entitled cause have filed their petition in the office of the Auditor of Jasper County, Indiana, and have fixed by written endorsement upon said petition upon Tuesday, July 6, 1909, as the day on which said petition shall be docketed as a cause pending in the Commissioners’ Court in Jasper County. Indiana. You are further notified ihat said petition prays for the location and construction of an open drain upon and along the following described route, to-wit; Commencing near the center of Section Two, in Township Twenty-Nine North, Range Five West in Jasper County, Indiana, at the outlet of a tile drain and in an open ditch heretofore constructed and running thence in a southwesterly direction across the South-west Quarter of said Section Two and the North Half of Section Ten in said Township and Range and following generally the line of an open ditch heretofore constructed to a point near the westerly line of the North-west Quarter of Section Ten where the open drain herein prayed for will have a good and sufficient outlet in what is known as the Pinkamink River. Your lands are described in said petition as benefitted and said petition will come up for hearing and docketing on Tuesday, the 6th dav of Julv, 1909 JOHN SMALLFELT. Et Al. _ . Petitioners. George A. Williams. Atty, for Petitioners. June 15-22

NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the assessment sheet of the Drainage Commissioner of the Wilhelm Heilscher Ditch, No 94, is on file in the office of the Countv treasurer: that assessments may be paid to h lm , on or before September 15th, 1909; and lien cancelled: that the Board of Commissioners have ordered bonds Issued for all unpaid assessments after September 15th, 1909. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN. Auditor Jasper County. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the assessment sheet of the Drainage Commissioner of the Michael Rlngelsen Ditch, No. 93, is on file in the office of the County Treasurer; that assessments may be paid Saw m or before September lath, and t U , en can £e>led; that the Board of Commissioners have ordered bonds is--2, ue< ? tor ’ll 1 un P a i<i assessments after September 15th. 1909. B\, or 1 d Q er Of l he oard of Commissionera or Jasper County. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN. Auditor Jasper County.

NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the assessment sheet of the Drainage Commissioner of the Grover Smith Ditch, No. 91, is on file in the office of the County Treasurer; that assessments may be paid to him or before Septemoer 16th. 1909; and lien cancelled: that the Board of Commissioners have ordered bonds issued for all unpaid assessments after September 15th. 1909, By order of the Board of Commissioners of Jasper, Countv. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN, . Auditor Jasper County.

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For the Trade of 1909 /expect to exhibit the best line of Buggies that ever came into the city of Rensselaer. I have bought three car loads at this writing and if the trade is as good as last season (and I think it will be better) I will need another car or two. I have the agency for none but first-class firms’ goods, the latest styles of Auto Seats and other designs of high-class. All work made up by experiened workmen and no job is misrepresented, nothing but guaranteed work is bought or sold; the best that can be bought is none too good; the good class of work is the winner in the long run. With this fine line of Buggiei and Carriages, I also have the Farm Wagon with a reputation behind it, the Studebaker, South Bend, Ind. Some one is advertising wagons built out of White Oak and Hickory—why, that is an everyday occurance with the Studebaker, for the last fifty years and still at it. The world’s best Mower and Binder, the McCormick, also the McCormick Hay Rake, they have double coil teeth which makes them more than again as good as the single coil. For a Manure Spreader, The Success is the world’s best; it regulates the number of loads you wish to put on an acre. I have other articles for sale:—Clover Leaf Stock Tonic and Poultry Tonic, guaranteed to give satisfacton or money refunded. Extras for all machines I sell. C. A. Roberts On Front Street, north of Postoffice and just across the street from King’s Blacksmith Shop, Rensselaer, Indiana.

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