Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1909 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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OMAR DAY MARRIED

T* Mr. Omar Day of Rensselaer and Miss Anna Horstman of Lafayette were married at the latter place Sunday morning and came here at once and are spending the week with Mr. Day’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Day. They will probably leave Friday for Kenilworth, 111., where Mr. Dajr will teach manual training in the Kenilworth high school. \1 The Democrat joins Omar’s mtkny friends in extending congratulations.

SEE HERE, YOU CHECKER FANS!

John T. Denvir, America’s Greatest Checker Player, to Visit Rensselaer Saturday NightThe Chicago Inter Ocean of Sunday last announces that John T. Denvir will be here to deliver a lecture on the scientific game of checkers. Mr. Denvir was one of the team that played a match with Europe’s greatest players, and since the death of Charles Barker, the American champion, Mr. Denvir is probably the greatest American exponent of the game. He will be here Saturday and deliver the lecture at the Armory at 8 p. m. Admission is free, and everyone is invited to come out and here him. After the lecture Mr. Denvir will give an exhibition of simultaneous checkers, playing 20 or more boards at one and the same time. He will also give an exhibition of blindfolded playing.

VISITING HERE FROM OKLAHOMA

E. W. Maxwell and son, H. E. Maxwell of Blackwell, Okla., came Saturday, the latter to remain and work for his brother John Maxwell of Barkley township, and the former to visit here a couple of weeks and look aftex his residence property at Lee, when he will go to South Dakota to visit his daughters, Mrs. Samuel Parker and Mrs. Ed Leech. He will also visit relatives In Nebraska and will not return to Oklahoma until November. Mr. Maxwell says the heat in his locality has been very oppressive lately, and reached aB high as 112 at BL&ckwell, something unusual. The corn has been practically all killed in streaks by the drought and hot weather, but in his locality, where they got rain, it is going to be a bumper crop. The state over, as well as the state of Kansas, will not have more than a half a crop. Wheat was only about half a crop in his vicinity, and potatoes and fruit of every description Is a complete failure.

“HOME” TELEPHONE DIRECTORS

Were Elected at Saturday’s Meeting, and Will Organize This Week. The meeting of the new Home Telephone Company Saturday was very well attended and every section “of the county represented except Carpenter township, where no work has yet been done, owing to the quite general satisfaction with the rates and service of the old company, although many, people in that section have expressed themselves as favorable to the new company and will take stock and put in the mutual ’phone in preference to the old company’s whenever the new company gets to work in that locality. The Board of Directors were elected at Saturday’s meeting, care being taken to choose them from different sections of the county and still have enough in the vicinity of Rensselaer to make it easy to secure a quorum on short notice. The directors chosen were as follows: For Wheatfleld, Keener and Kankakee townships—George O- Stembel of Wheatfleld. For Barkley—Grant Davisson. For Walker and Gillam—John O’Connor of Kniman. For Hanging Grove and Milroy— C. A. Lefler of Hanging Grove. For Jordan —Francis M. Welsh. For Newton—Robert J. Yeoman. For Marion—Marion I. Adams and F. E. Babcock. For Union—Harvey Davisson. These directors will serve for one year, or until their successors are elected and qualified. They will have full charge of the business affairs of the company, and will meet in Renßelaer Saturday, September 4, at fl a. m., to select a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Tress. A committee was appointed by the chairman to draft a Constitution and By-Laws and have same ready to submit at a stockholders’ meeting to be held Saturday at 1 p. m., in the east court room, for adoption or modification. Thiß committee is composed of Marion I. Adams, J. F. Bruner and James Britt.

BAKER FAMILY REUNION. The second annual reunion of the Baker family will be held at ▲. B. Long's 41 Union township, Jasper county, on September 12, 1909. Everybody is invited to come and bring their baskets and enjoy a good time. A. B. LONG. Subscribe for The Democrat. \ .it v. _, . r; '.> ' • r 'vf

FRED HOOVER IS KILLED.

Farmer Resident 9 Victim of Dynamite Eiplesioe. WAS PROMINENT IN POLITICS i : ■ While Here, Serving As State Senator, Commissioner, Prison Director and Indian Agent.—Formerly Resided at Remington, But Moved to Indian Territory In 1882 When Appointed Indian Agent.

t Though the kindness of Mrs. N. ittlefield we are supplied with a copy of the Cole Camp, Missouri, Courier of August ’ 19, containing an account of the accidental death of Col. Fred Hoover, a prominent resident of Remington of 25 years ago, when he moved to Indian Territory to take charge of an appointment under President Cleveland, as Indian Agent. All of the older residents of this section of the state will remember ' Fred Hoovers The —m<JWord was received here last Monday morning that Col A Fred Hoover had been dangerously, perhaps fatally Injured by an explosion of dynamite. A little later his death was reported.'Hv Mr. Hocwer came to Cole Camp t ten years ago and made this his j home until about two years ago, j when he moved to Lincoln in order j to be nearer to his work. During; his residence here he became ac- j quainted with everyone in this section and everybody was his friendHis death cast a gloom of sadness over the whole community. For some time past he has been prospecting on what is known as the Ashley Berry farm, eleven miles southeast of this city. For several months past he and his wife have 1 been living in a cabin near the shait he was having sunk. Last Monday morning his workmen failed to come to work at the appointed time and he told hiß wife he presumed they, had gone to the circus at Lincoln! and would not come. He told her he would take some powder and blow the water out of the shaft and be that far along in case the men did come. He took the powder or dynamite and went out and Bat down on a rock just a short distance from the shaft and began preparing the powder for the shot he intended putting off. Mrs. Hoover stepped to the door of the cabin several times and cautioned him to be careful about the powder. The last time she appeared Mr. Hoover laughed and told her he knew how to handle powder and she need have no fear. She returned to her work in the house and in just a few seconds the explosion occurred, throwing rocks and dirt through the house and filling it with smoke so that it was difficult for Mrs. Hoover to reach her husband. When she did reach him he was sitting in about the same position he had been when she last saw him before the explosion. His hands wer gone, his body was lacerated from his knees up and he was badly powder burned. Mrs. Hoover said to him, “Why! Papa, your hands, are gone.” He looked down at them and then up to her and from that time did not 1 appear to know anything only that he was out of doors and wanted to be taken in on the bed. As the men carried him in he called one of them by name and said, "next time we will put in two sticks for the shot.” These were his last words.

The accident occurred about nine o’clock. At that time there was no one nearer than B. F. Jach’s place a quarter of a mile away and Mrs. Hoover had to go there for assistance Mr. Hoover died about one o’clock. It is not known just how much powder Mr. Hoover had but the force of the explosion jarred chinaware off the shelves at the home of Mr. Jach a quarter of a mile away. His son, Frank L. Hoover of Sedalia, was notified of the accident immediately and arrived at Lincoln on the noon train. He arrived too! late however, to see his father alive. Mr. Hoover was a very large man, j weighing 265 pounds, and owing to the extreme heat and the manner | of his death it was impossible to j keep him and the remains were interred ip the Dillon cemetery Monday evening. Frederick Hoover was born Dec. 2, 1837, at New Castle, Indiana, and was 71 years, 8 months and 14 days old at the time of his depth. While yet a boy he went into a printing office to work and later became part owner of the plant. Later he engaged In the merchantlle business. During the civil war he served In the 69th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. At the close of the war he again engaged In the merchantlle business, which he followed until 1875, when he was appointed Prison Director at Michigan City, Indiana, and served two terms. In 1882 he was eleoted State Senator and served one term. In 1884 he was appointed Indian Agent with headquarters at Pawbuska, I. T. He resigned this

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1, 1900

position after a time and moved to Holton, Kans. He was appointed Postmaster at Holton under President Cleveland. Sunday, January 30, 1859, he was united in' marriage to Miss Martha Bowan of Middletown, Henry county, Indiana. To this union were horn four children, two sons and two daughters; of these but one, Frank L. Hoover of Sedalia, survives him. His widow will make her home with this son. , As stated above Frederick Hoover came to this county ten years ago. He has been prospecting in different sections of this county ever since. He had great fdith in this section, so much so that he has spent a small fortune in the past ten years in prospecting and to him is due the credit of putting Benton county Tjhere it is to-day on the mineral map. He is the one who started the boom at what is now known as Tahoma. After he had exhausted his finances he interested Eastern capital and for several months past he has been prospecting at the place where he met his death. He had great faith in this prospect and only a few weeks ago wrote the editor of this paper that he believed it was the best prospect he had ever had in this county. That his associates were gladly furnishing him all funds necessary end that he believed he would soon reap the reward for his many years of toil. When the workman quit work the last time he told one of them he believed they were within three feet of the vein and was anxious to continue the work. His shaft was thirty feet deep with a fine showing of lead.

DREDGE NOW AT WORK ON UPPER IROQUOIS.

The Sternberg dredge which is at work cleaning out the upper Iroquois, begun throwing dirt Friday. The banks through the muck are apparently solid enough now to prevent any more caving. The specifications require perhaps three feet to be taken out, but they are taking out about a foot more.

As this dredge must come down through the railroad bridge to take out the ledge of rock on the Gangloff farm, the county commissioners should order that letter “S” in the line of the ditch removed just south |of the railroad. The specifications j did not call for this freakish obstruction, and it never ought to have been permitted by the superintendent, even though the. "landowner” I did want It. It should be removed f by all means.

FINEST FARM RESIDENCE IN JASPER.

Over in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove, where most everybody owns the farm upon which they reside, and where there exists a friendly but progresive rivalry among the populace in making their farms ideal country estates, Chas. Moody has under construction and nearing completion, a large and commodious home. He has picked a beautiful site on a high sloping elevation of ground surrounded by tall and stately oaks, and in point of drainage for sanitary purposes it cannot be excelled. The dwelling will probably contain ten rooms not including basement for hot water plant and the bath. It is arranged in the latest pattern of architecture, with every appointment of convenience to make urban life a pleasure and well worth the while.—Francesville Tribune-

EXCURSION TO CHICAGO.

Monon Will Run Another One Sunday—Round Trip From Rensselaer SI.OO. • The Monon will run another excursion to Chicago next Sunday over the Indianapolis division. The special train will pass through Rensselaer at 8:48 a. m., and will stop at Cedar Lake. There will be two big hase ball games in Chicago on that day, namely, Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburg, and Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland. Special train will leave Chicago at 11:30 p. m. Following is the special train schedule and round trip fare from Monon north: Monon 8:20 a. m. SI.OO Lee »:30 “ 1.00 McCoysburg ...8:35 • “ 1.00 Pleasant Ridge .8:40 “ 1.00 Rensselaer ~...8:48 “ 1.00 Surrey ...8:57 “ .90 Parr 9:02 “ .90 Fair Oaks 9:09 “ .85 Roselawn 9:20 “ .75 Thayer . .9:25 “ .76 Shelby ~..9:28 “ .76 Lowell 9:42 “ .75 Chicago 11:80 “ ... The excursion train will stop at Cedar Lake both going and returning. Return train will leave Chicago at 11:80 p. m., Sunday, \June 13.

First Oysters of the Season, New York Counts, at Fate’s restaurant. 29 Cents for Cream at the Ren*■elaer Creamery—-W. H. MORRISON IJ pays to fertilize wheat. Maine* & Hamilton sell 4 per cent potash and 8 per cent phosphate acid, bone Oiler, at S2O per ton.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. j The cheerful countenance of Miss Alice Bates is again seen in the AuI ditor’s office, she having recovered sufficiently from her recent operation to resume her duties as deputy. The county institute convened at ! the Presbyterian church Monday at 1 p. m., and the city Is filled with pretty school ma’ams of various ages and degrees of prettiness. The lady teachers, of course, predominate, , the ratio perhaps being as high as five to one. The enrollment of teachers in attendance is 103. New suits filed: No. 7488. Benjamin F. Alter vs. Barney D. Comer; suit on account. Demand $250. This case grows out of the construction of the John W- Humes ditch, wherein the contractor, O. M. Garriott, did not complete the work and same was re-let. Mr. Comer i was surety on Mr. Garriott’s bond. ! No. 7489. Charles F. Guild vs. ! Joseph H. Long; suit on note. De- ’ mand S6O.

BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONAL MEETING.

Quite a number of Baptist people ■ are in attendance at their Annual ' Associational meeting in session j Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday ;of this week with the Burnettsville I church. This is the semi-centennial j anniversary of the organization of the Monticello Association. A special service will be held in memory of Revs. Huston and Dooley, ! both of whom were former pastors : here, and who helped to form the j Association fifty years ago in the Burnettsville church. These men both died within the last year Rev. Miller, present pastor of the local church, is to preach the Introductory sermon at thlß meeting. These annual meetings are a source of great help in Baptist circles, and no doubt those who attend this year will be greatly benefitted.

WE SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

Mr. and Mrs. F. E- Babcock were in Chicago Sunday and took the boat trip to Milwaukee on the big steel whaleback excursion steamer Christopher Columbus. The trip takes about five hours each way, and was very pleasant going. On the return journey the lake was more rough and the boat rocked considerably and a few passengers got seasick. To add to the strenuousness, when about 20 or thirty miles out from Milwaukee and some five to seven miles from shore there was a sudden severe jolt like two freight cars coming together, and the engines stopped very suddenly. Just what caused the crash we were unable to learn, but everyone in the main saloon where we were seated, rose to their feet and waited with bated breath for the next development. They were reassured, by the cooler headed, and sat down again. It was perhaps a half an hour before the engines were started and then the, speed was much slower and the boat arrived in Chicago one hour late, and evidently a part of the machinery had been broken. It was also learned that fire had broken out down in the boiler rooms immediately after the crash, an<J, it was some little time before it was gotten under control- Rumor of the fire was kept from the passengers as much as possible, and only a small portion of them knew of it. One idiot on the deck immediately above the flames, started to yell "fire,” but only got out a gasp, for an officer or member of the crew jumped onto him and choked off the frightful cry and beat him up so that his head was swathed in bandages after he had had his injuries dressed. % No further trouble resulted, although the passengers who knew of the Are were very thankful when they saw the lights from the lighthouses in the harbor at Chicago, and more so when they were once more on dry land. It is very difficult for the passengers to get an official information of this kind, which is probably just

First Oysters of the Season, New York Counts, at Fate’s restaurant. The plow a man can pull. Sold by Maines & Hamilton. The Home Grocery will henceforth handle their Royal flour under the mill brand “A and K’s Best.” They have a car in transit, to come this week- Unloading sale as before. Price $1.39 per sack for the safe only-

as well, for had the 4,000 passengers known the' truth a panic would surely have resulted beside which the Slocum disaster at New York a few years ago would scarcely have been a circumstance. No mention of the trouble was made in the Chicago papers, that we saw, and the general public will know little of how close a terrible calamity was averted.

JOHN E. TILLETT DEAD.

Former Prominent Citizen of GiUam Township Dies at Francesville Francesville Tribune: John E. Tillett, citizen and merchant, died at the family residence in Francesville, Monday night at twelve o’clock. The cause of his death was cancer of t£e stomach. Mr. Tillett had complained more or less for a long time, but the first real perceptible signs of broken health did not appear until March, when he had a hemorrhage of the stomach, which was diagnosed as being the result of an abscessed condition. He eventually recovered sufficient strength to come down town occasionally; there were days when he seemed to gain in the struggle, hut his ultimate recovery was looked upon with doubtful hope, as his first illness was a fore-runner of what might follow, cancer developed and for weeks he lingered in the shadows of death. During the time intervening between his first Illness and his death, he battled bravely for life, sustained by the splendid constitution he had built up by careful living and simple habits. At times death lurked the threshold, but time and again he rallied, although the end was anticipated; it was an unequal battle against an unconquerable foe. Mr. Tillett was conscious and in full possession of his mental faculties at the hour of passing away. Monday it was thought he was sinkjng rapidly and he Instructed the family about his business affairs and funeral arrangements and then awaited the summons of death to declare an armistice. At 11:45 he said he would like to hang onto life as he had so much to live for, but fate was against him and the peaceful termination came a few minutes later, when his soul was ushered In the mysterious beyond—the unseen and unknown.

Tuesday a post mortem was held to ascertain the exact cause of his death. Three tumorous cancers were found; one at the cardiac orifice of the stomach, another at the base of the biliary duct, the third was on the outside of the stomach and adherent to the intestines. These cancers produced hemorrhages and destroyed all of the functions of the digestive organs. John Edward Tillett was born in Jasper county, this state, March 10th, 1857. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Tillett, the fourth of nine chilren. He spent the early part of his life on the farm and on January sth, 1881 was married to Minnie Cunningham. To this union three daughters were born—Pearl, Emma and Virga. MrTillett continued on the farm until 1888 when he moved to Francesville in the grocery business with James N. Hayworth for two years, after which he disposed of his share of the business to his partner and entered the butcher business. In 1892 he traded for the Dr. D. W. Strouse drug store in which he was engaged continously until his fatal illness. Mr. lillett’s mother died in 1893, but his father at 84 years survives, also his sisters and brothers—James M. Tillett of Peru; C. F. Tillett, Mrs- Stephen Freeman, Mrs. Mary Parker and Mrs. Paris Robinson of Gillam; Mrs. Thos. Randle of Hope, Kan.; Dr. J. A. Tillett of Whitefish, Montana. The funeral was held at the residence Thursday afternoon, Revs. Casper Garrigues and J. J. CLaypool officiating. Interment was made in the cemetery east of town.

TELEPHONE MEETING SATURDAY.

A meeting of the Directors of the new “Home Telephone Co.” will be held SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, at 11 a. m. at the courthouse to organize by electing a President 1 ? Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer. A Stockholders* meeting will be held at the same place at 1 p. m., to adopt a Constitution and By-Laws. Every director is urged to be present at this meeting, and as many of the stockholders as can do so conveniently should also be present and bring along a neighbor who will take a share or two of stock.

Vol. xn. .No. 40.

HELPED JOHN TO CELEBRATE.

About 75 neighbors, relatives and friends of *John Leah of north of town, gathered at the home of John Jones in Union township, Sunday and marched enmasse to Mr. Lesh’s where they reminded the latter that he was 40 years old and a celebration of the event was in order. They took well filled baskets of good things for the inner man along, and It is needless to say that they all ate, drank and were merry.

GUNBOATS ON ANOTHER JUNKET

Christie Vick writes home from Seattle that ten of the U. S. gunboats on their way to the Philipines and Japan, anchored at Settle for ten days while enroute, and he sent home postcards of the boats. They are: The Maryland, 800 officers and men, main battery 18 guns. The Milwaukee, 600 men, 14 gunsi The Tennessee, 750 men, 20 guns. The Virginia, 812 men, 24 guns. The Washington, 800 men, 20 guns. The South Dakota, 780 men, 18 guns. The Colorado, 800 men, 20 guns. The Pennsylvania, 800 men, 18 guns.

HAMMOND TO GET NEW PACKING PLANT.

Hammond, Ind., Aug. 28.—The great Cudahy Packing Company of Omaha has begun preparations for the construction of a colossal plant in Calumet, midway between East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, to employ two thousand men. Half a million dollars is to be expended at once on the erection of a group of buildings and on the laying of tracks and switches, and it Is estimated that by the first of the year the factory will be in operation, providing employment for between four and five hundred persons. This Industry will represent, however, only one feature of the big plant to be located at this point. An immense establishment, in which the Cudahy people propose to manufacture the cars used in their gigantic business, is one or the incidents of the new venture, and a sweet glycerin factory and a factory for the manufacture of wool felt for Insulation purposes are others. The exact cost of the entire undertaking has not been given out, but that it will reach up into the millions is assured. The tract purchased by the Cudahys embraces thirtythree acres and the price paid waß approximately $30,000.

IT TOOK TWO BARRELS OF TUMBLERS.

The Racket Store gave away two barrels of tumblers during its recent sale advertised in The Democrat, to those bringing in the coupon in the ad. Mr. Ransford did not have near enough to supply the demand for them. He thought two barrelsful would be the greatest a plenty, but it wasn’t^ People do read the advertisements in their local paper, and if the business man wants to reach the people economically, to tell them of his wares, he can not do it in a more effective way than by newspaper advertising.

Don’t miss the flour sale this week at the Home Grocery. Book now for all you can use at $1.39 per sack. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. August 30, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Heuson, north of town, a daughter. Write or telephone your order for flour, for unloading day sale $1.39 per sack, at the Home Grocery. See our line of buggies before you buy. W r e have the quality and our prices are right. MAINES & HAMILTON. Subscribe for The Democrat.