Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1909 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat

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ELEVATOR BURNS AT MOROCCO.

Rich Bros. & Cc’s. elevator at Morocco burned Wednesday night together with ten thousand bushels of grain- The loss on building is estimated at $15,000, with SB,OOO Insurance. U

MONTICELLO VOTES TO PUT ON CITY AIRS.

At the election in Monticello Monday on the proposition of becoming a city, 244 votes were cast in favor of city to 178 against, making a net majority of 66 in favor thereof. The town election, which was to have been held Tuesday, was then declared off and a city election will be held within the next twenty-one days.

GEORGE W. ANDRUS DEAD.

Old and Respected Citizen Passed | Away at 2a. m., Yesterday- \ George W. Andrus, an, old And highly esteemed resident of Marion tp., died at 2 a. m., yesterday, aged 76 years. He— had been in poor health for several months from cancer of the stomach, and his death had been lijdfced for at any time for several weeks. The funeral will be held at the M. E- church at 2 p. m., Sunday and interment be made in Weston cemetery. Obituary later.

ELECTION RESULTS GRATIFYING TO DEMOCRATS.

Ih Louisville, Ky., the democrats regained complete control of the city offices again Jn Tuesday’s election, and were also successful in electing a majority of the legislature by over two-thirds which will enable it to pass any meas re over the republican governor’s veto, and insure the election of a democrat for the U. 8. senate. In Massachusetts the republicans only won out by a scratch, some 8,000. In Ohio the democrats elected mayors in 73 cities, the republicans in 66 and the independent and fusionists in 10. Taken altogether the results the country over are very gratifying to democrats.

WHOLLY FALSE, AS USUAL.

The charge made by the Republican that J. C. Carmichael only recently embraced K the democratic faith, and then only to get an office, is entirely unfounded. Mr- Carmichael has been unable to subscribe to republican doctrines as laid down by this presenf leaders of that party for pome time, and last fall supported the democratic ticket entire. He did not seek the democratic nomination for councilman-at-large nor any other office, but when the democratic convention nominated him he accepted and made a very good race indeed, considering the big majority the party of graft and greed have in Rensselaer. He changed from republican to democrat through principle only, but perhaps as much could not be said of one of the candidates on the republican ticket.

The democratic latch-string is out at all times for as good men as John Carmichael and Henry Grow, and it has no insults to offer to office-hungry democrats who forsake the grand old party of Jefferson, Tilden, Hendricks and Bryan for the loaves and fishes of the party of graft and corruption.

A SMALL. CYCLONE IN BARKLEY.

A small cyclone virited a section of country north of town about 11 a. m„ Monday, doing considerable damage to fruit trees, also to hay stacks, corn cribs and other outbuildings in its path. The first damage was done at Nat Heuson’s, where some hay stacks were untopped, then at Alf Donnelly’s, where a com crib was broken up somewhat- Several hay and straw stacks in its path on north and east were then blown over and on the McElfresh place, occupied by Wm. Green, the hay stacks were uncovered and four or five rods of rail fence was blown flat to the ground. The next damage done was on the Joe Jackson place, occupied by Joe Trulfey, where three hay stacks were uncapped, blew the chimney off the house, moved one hen house off its foundation and another hen house 10x14 was moved three feet and broken up somewhat. A big double crib 24 feet long was moved a few inches and a hog house 8x24 was all torn to pieces and the lumber scattered for several hundred feet. A few apple and cherry trees were also uprooted at Mr. Trulley’s. The Wind is said to have been a regular cyclonic twister, but fortunately was of small proportions, and the damage was not very great.

Wanted—Corn buskers with team and wagon. Good corn and three weeks work, probably; customary price paid—FRED MARCLAY, Rensselaer, R-l, Phone 522-H. \ Try our 25 and 30c Richelieu coffees. They are the best. ROWLES A PARKER.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol.

Auditor Leatherman was in Chicago yesterday on business. The Jasper circuit court, November term, will convene Monday. New suits filed: No. 7522. William B- Austin vs. William ~S. DeArmond; suit in foreclosure. Demand S2OO. "■ o - ■ Thursday was pension the government pensioners drawing their pension through the Indianapolis agency. —o—Following is a report of the proceedings of the board of commissioners at their regular session this week: E. W. Culp ditch; report of commissioners approved and ditch established and expense account and assessments, approved and confirmedJ. J. Hunt allowed attorney fee of $lO. Grant Culp appointed supt. to file bond in sum of SI,OOO. John Smallfelt ditch; ordered established and assessments and expense account affirmed and approved. Geo. A. Williams allowed attorney fee of $125. John P. Ryan appointed supt. to file bond for sl,000.

S. P. Thompson ditch; remonstrance of F. M. Lakin heard and cause continued to adjourned session of Nov. 10. Mathias Zimmer ditch; no objections on file, and the petition is referred to drainage commissioners. Paris T. Robinson appointed third commissioner, to meet Nov. 15. Thomas Davis ditch; motion to strike out remonstrances of several parties over-ruled; answers to remonstrances filed. Commissioners directed to meet Nov. 15 and correct and amend report as to grade line, etc., and report on or before Nov. 24. Viewers file report in Marlon I. Adams highway, showing same to be of public utility. George W. Terwilliger and nineteen others file remonstrance. Geo. W. Terwilliger and G. A. Borntrager file separate remonstrance • asking for damages. Board appoint Francis M. Parker, J. L. S- Gray and R. B. Harris as reviewers to meet Nov. 15, and report before December term.

Estimate of supplies for poor farm approved and notice ordered for letting on first day of December term. Auditor directed to give notice of letting contract for bridge in Wheatfield tp. and one in Walker tp. Contract to be let December term. The various county depositories reported the following interest on county funds for October: State Bank of Rensselaer... $52.52 Baijk of Wheatfield. 6.57 State Bank of Remington... 21.93 First National Bank 101.46 Jasper S- & T. Co 44.49 Board adjourns to meet Nov. 10 to hear report of experts’ examination of county records.

TOWN OF REMINGTON LOSES OUT.

Appellate Court Says Panhandle Railroad Can Fence Up Its Right-of-Way. The appellate court Wednesday decided that the ground occupied by a railroad through a town must either be a street at all times or a private rlght-df-way at all times, and that the town would not be allowed to treat the same right-of-way as private property assessing against it the cost of paving a street and prevent the railroad from inclosing it with a fence. ThS circuit court enjoined the The Jasper circuit court enjoined the Pittsburg, Cincinnati Chicago & building a fence between its tracks and a street pavement in the town of Remington, for which it had been compelled to pay. Judge Hadley said: “The position of appellee (the town of Remington) in this case is wholly Inconsistent with its position in the case in 168 Ind., 419, where-IL. sought to levy assessments on this very ground that appellant proposes to fence, to pay for the Improvement of the street established in the action on which this case rests. Certainly if it was all a portion of the street it was not subject to assessment for street improvements. The supreme court in that case held that said ground was the property of the appellant and subject to assessment. The appellant unquestionably has the right to fence its right-of-way so long as it does not erect barriers in any streets of the tdwn and its station along the established streets.” The court said in its decision: (1) Where the right-of-way of a

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

_ RENSSELAER, JASPEB COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1909.

railroad running east and west through a town across Intersecting streets remained unfenced until the public, by continuous use, had converted a strip along each side thereof into a public highway and upon a suit by the railroad to quiet title to said strip the court adjudged the traveled ways on either side to be streets and quieted its title to the middle strip through the town except at street intersections, the private ownership thereof was thereby established. (2) Where the town thereupon improved one of such streets along the original right-of-way and assessed the middle portion for the cost as abutting property, and compelled payment by procuring a judgment of the supreme court that the tracks lay on private, ground, it will not be heard to assert the contrary. (3) A provision in the decree quieting said title, that “Neither party shall erect any barriers between Ohio and Indiana streets to prevent free acpess to the depot or streets,” does not forbid the erection of a fence along the south side of the track at said point which will compel persons to go round by the intersecting street crossings to get over to the depot.

THE HORTICULTURAL MEETING.

The horticultural meeting at the court house Thursday was a decided success. About forty persons, mostly fruit growers, met in the east court room and discussed the growing of fruit in all it phases. In the afternoon more than a hundred persons followed Mr. Woodbury, associate horticulturalist from Purdue University, over to the orchard of F. M. Parker, where he gave and explained methods, and gave examples of scientific pruning and spraying. Prof. H- O. Lanning brought >aut his botany and zoology sections to take notes of the experiments. All parties were deeply interested in the work and we trust much good will result from the meeting.—JOHN E. ALTER, Local Chairman.

THE DEMOCRAT’S ELECTION REPORT.

Wednesday, for the first time in the history of Jasper county, a complete report of the municipal elections in the county and also a report of the elections in New York City, Cleveland, Indianapolis and many other cities, was published in a Jasper county paper the next morning after the election. The city list of The Democrat containing the full election reports, was in the postoffice at 6:25 a. m., and city subscribers were able to thus obtain a full report when they came up town after their morning mail or came to their places of business. The Surrey, Parr, Fair Oaks and other points north, were mailed out on the milk train at 7:35, while Remington and Goodland rurals were sent by taking the packroutes going out of those places were sent out by taxing the packages to Remington by auto before the rural carriers had started out on their routes, thus supplying the hundreds of Democrat subscribers in that locality with their paper as early as usual Wednesday morning, with a report of both the Rensselaer and Remington elections of Tuesday, in addition to the news from other points. Owing to the fact that the east bound train on the Three-I carries no mail in the morning, we were unable to reach the points east from Shelby until evening, and at Medaryville and Francesville the rural routes were served one day late. We have received many compliments on our enterprise In reaching almost all parts of the county with election returns as quickly as the big city papers, which of course only had the outside reports, and nothing of a local nature-

PREHBYTEKIAN CHURCH.

The morning sermon at the Presbyterian church next Sabbath will be on the subject, “Many Adversaries.” In the evening the pastor will use the stereopticon to illustrate a missionary sermon on Africa. Everyone is invited to attend both services.

CHRISTIAN CHURCH SERVICES.

The superintendent of the Bible School requests your presence next Sunday morning at 9:30 to, hear the orchestra and participate in the intensely Interesting Bible study from the life of Paul. The subject of the morning sernron is “Companionship with God;” in the evening, “Seeking the Lost.” This is first in a series of Sunday evening evangelistic sermons. All are welcome.

Just came in, style up to the minute, ladles, suits and cloaks at The G. E. Murray Co, We are fortunate in having secured the famous “White Star” Flour for this territory. You will say so when you try it. Only ffl.Bß a sack and its equal to any 11.50 flour sold anywhere. ROWLES A PARKER.

DIVORCEE MUST SUPPORT CHILD

Even If Decree Awards Custody to Mother Bringing Suit DECISION BY AN INDIANA JUDGE Jurist In Writing His Opinion States Father In the Case Would Have Done Better Had He Paid For Little Girl’s Keep Instead of Attempting to Avoid Doing So by Hiring Lawyers •nd Resorting to Legal Proceedings. Indianapolis, Nov. 5. —A husband divorced for his own misconduct, and deprived of the custody of his children, must support them or he may be punished for abandoning them and “contributing to their delinquency.” The Indiana appellate court so decided in affirming a judgment of the Elkhart juvenile court, from which Clarence L. Spade had taken an appeal. The decision reads: “It is shown that the appellant is an able-bodied man able to labor and support his helpless, dependent child. “If the appellant had exended his energies and money for the support of his infant child, as becometh a father, which he has expended to defeat the Order requiring him to do his duty by his child, it would have been to his credit, instead of to his everlasting shame.” The juvenile court adjudged Spade guilty of contributing to the delinquency of Bernice Spade and ordered him to pay a fine of SIOO. The concluding paragraph of the ruling says: “Parents are required by law to maintain their own offspring. They can not cast off the obligation by its neglect or by any other wrong. Commonly where this duty to a child exists connected therewith is the right to its services. But a father, who, by ill-doing, forfeits his claim to its services and custody does not thereby free himself from his own duty of support.”

MINT HEAD AN INDIANAN

Professor Abram Piatt Andrew la a Native of Laporte. Washington, Nov. 5. Professor Abram Piatt Andrew, Jr., who has been sworn in as the new director of

PROFESSOR ANDREW.

the mint, is an Indianan, having been born in Laporte, Feb. 12, 1873. He still counts himself an Indiana man and goes back to Laporte once or twice every year, as his parents and many other relatives are residents of that city and county.

INDIANA WOMEN SAVE TOWN

Wives and Sweethearts In Bucket Brigade at Cayuga—s2s,ooo Loss. Cayuga, Ind., Nov. 5. —Women who worked beside their husbands and sweethearts are credited with saving this town from being wiped out by a Are which destroyed four business buildings at a loMkof $25,000. An engine company, fA>m Danville, 111., thirty-five’ miles north, arrived but the apparatus was not unloaded from the special train, the valiant work of the citizens having checked the flames.

STUDENTS AS CORN HUSKERS

Forty College Boys Shuck 600 Bushels and Help Y. M. C. A. Oakland City. Ind., Nov. s.—The forty students of Oakland City college, who went to the corn fields of Professor N. C. Johnson and shucked nearly 600 bushels of corn, are overwhelmed with offers of corn husking jobs from fanners in this vicinity. The young men, led by Professor Dearing, made |l* in three hours, which has been placed in the treasury of the college T. M. C. A. Try The Democrat for job wore.

A SUCCESSFUL PLAY.

“Paid In Full,” which is now being published in serial form in The Democrat, is now being played at the Englsh opera house in Indianapolis, and is enjoying a good run. The Indianapolis News’ play critic says of the play: “It unnecessary to refer again in this column to the remarkable success which has attended this piece from the day of its first performance. It is a noteworthy play, interesting and dramtic, and, though it has already been seen in Indianapolis, interest in it, apparently, has not abated.” The story as being run in The Democrat contains all the interesting features of the play from which it is taken, and as a synopsis of each previous chapter is published, any reader can take up tne story at any stage and get an intelligent idea of the story as far as it has progressed.

ADES WILL AID K. OF P’S-

Real County Chairman will Take Part in Kentland Celebration. Kentland, Ind., Nov. s—The local lodge of Knights of Pythias will dedicate its new Castle hall November 12. Incident to the dedication will be a presentation of George Ade’s “County Chairman,” by a local cast, under the direction of George Herbert, of Chicago. ’The production will be given on the evenings of November 11, 12, 13, the night of November 12 being reserved for members of the order. A banquet will follow the play. • Will H. Ade, brother of the author and playwright, will play the part of the Hon. Jim Hackler, county chairman. Ade was county chairman of Newton county at the time this play was written, and George Ade drew on his brother’s papularity and political sagacity for the character that bore the title of the Play. Miss Adah E. Bush, cousin of Ade, will appear in the role of Mrs. Ellas Rigby, and John Ade, the father of the author, will appear on the stage in the rally scene. John Ade, Jr., also has a minor part. The new Castle hall that is to be dedicated is one of the best equipped lodge homes in northern Indiana.

COLLEGEVILLE NEWS.

Francis Dickman has returned from Sedalia, Mo., and resumed his studies- He was called home to attend the funeral of his sister. Last Monday was All Saints’ Day, and it being a holy day there were neither classes nor studies. Several of the Fathers visited diflerent cities of the state and delivered the sermons for the occasion. Father Lear conducted the services at the college. 9 The fpllowing visitors enjoyed the college hospitality during the last week: Judge and Mrs. E. P. Hammond and daughter of Lafayette, S. Hipskind of Wabash, Mr. and Mrs- W. Dwyer of Dunn, P. Pohl and J. Fleming of Chicago. Basket ball is again attracting attention. The call for representative tryouts has been issued. There is but one member of last year’s fast quintet left over, and the membership of the new team will -bi watched with great interest as it will be a rather difficult task to maintain last year’s championship reputation. “You can’t tell from the looks of a frog how far he’ll jump,” said the wise one after last Sunday’s football game between St. Joseph’s College and Rensselaer. The result was a surprise to everyone. The college lads hardly expected to win and their expectations were not based on a large hospital list, but on the superior weight of their opponents. Speed; however, directed by our doughty little captain’s generalship, made up for the lack of weight. Both teams played fast cleaa ball from the first sound of the whistle to the last. -The college lads required ten minutes of play to race McArdle forty-five yards and across Rensselaer’s goal line. Near the end of the first spasm T. Kennedy was pushed over for the second and last touchdown of the game. The half closed with the score 11 to 0 in favor of the college boys. No results were obtained in all the worry of the secnd perid. Once the college goal line was In great danger, but the collegians braced, held for downs, and Frollch kicked the oval into safe territory. When the last whistle blew the ball was near the center of the field. We have been fortunate In sex curing White Star Floor. It is equal to any $1.50 flour sold anywhere, but for a limited time, to introduce this famous flour we are going to sell it at SI.BB a sack and every sack guaranteed to please or your money refunded.

ROWLES A PARKER.

Come to Remington Nov. 16 and attend Ben’s big pumpkin show, one big day of fun-—-Farmer and Workingman’s Friend Store.

SENSATION IN STEINHEIL CASE

Man Confesses Crime of Whlcb Woman Is Accused, WAS DISGUISED AS A FEMALE With Accomplice* He Slew Adolphe Steinheil and Mme. Japy, He Tell* the Court, and Both Make Their Escape—Filled With Remorse He Decide* to Confess the Crimes—Not Recognized by the Prisoner, Whose Examination I* Concluded. Paris, Nov. 5. —A new sensation was added to the trial of Mme. Adolphe Steinheil when M. Attain, the prisoner’s attorney, suddenly interrupted the proceedings to present a letter just received by him and signed “Jean Le Fevre” in which the writer stated that he wished to confess participation in the murders of which Mme. Steinheil is accused. The writer, the attorney said, ha* stated that he had been overcome by remorse. Immediately after reading the letter the attorney suddenly and draniatically introduced the writer, who in the meantime had made his way through the crowd in the courtr room to a place beside M. Aubin. Tells of Committing Murder*. The newcomer proved to be a man of about twenty-one years. Amid the greatest excitement he demanded a hearing. Refusing to reply to the preliminary Inquiries as to his profession and domicile the young man shouted that he had been an accomplice in the assassination of Adolphe Steinheil and Mme. Japy. As the audience hushed into silence In their eagerness to hear what he had to say Jean Le Fevres continued: “I was an accomplice in the assassinations at the home of Mme. Steinheil. Filled with remorse, I wish now to confess my part in the crimes. I was disguised as a woman and wore a wig of red hair. My accomplices wore long cloaks. We committed the murders and then escaped to the forest at Mount Morency, where we burned our disguises.”

Fails to Recognize the Man. Mme. Steinheil confronted Le Fevre, but said that she was unable to recognize him as one of the murderers whom she had described. Judge de Valles ordered that Le Fevre be placed under arrest and an investigation of his statement be made. At the same time the court warned the Jury that this dramatic episode might prove to have been another attempt to bafflj justice. The name of the late President Faure was introduced by the judge in referring to two cards, one for an exhibition of M. Steinheil's pictures and the other the visiting card of Mme. Maseline, who, the judge said, “painted a portrait of M. Faure and in whose house you first met the president.” To this Mme. Steinheil replied: “Oh, I met the president in the Alps.”

FARM HAND MURDERS THREE

Two Women and Man Are Victims of Hungarian’s Frenzy. Ogdensburg, N- Y„ Nov. s—George Thorburn, a farmer, bis wife and his wife’s mother were murdered by a hired man, a Hungarian named Maco, twenty-two years old. All were shot. A three years old daughter of Thorburn hid in an oven and escaped; A ten years old son was clubbed into unconsciousness. Maco admits his guilt but refuses to state his motive.

COMET TO PASS SUN IN MAY

Father Searle Sends Results of His Observations to Yale. Cambridge. Mass., Nov. s.—Halley's comet will pass across the sun on May 18. 1910, if the calculations of Rev. Father George M. Searle, sent to Harvard observatory, prove correct. Father Searle bases his calculations on observations made at Mount Hamilton, Sept. 12. 13 and 14, and at William’s bay on Sept. 26 and Oct. 19.

NEW DREADNOUGHT FASTEST

Battleship North Dakota Records a Speed of 22.25 Knots. Rockland. Me.. Nov. 5. —In her runover a mile course the new turbine battleship. North Dakota proved to be the fastest dreadnought afloat She reached the maximum speed ex 22.25 knots without tidal corrections, which will be slightly against her.

Asks Dismissal of 4,000 Cases.

Kansas City, Nov. 5.—-The end of the crusade Instituted in 1908 against a> leged violators of the Sunday laws, which resulted in more than 10,000 indictments, has come. Prosecuting Attorney Connling has asked for the dismissal of 4,000 cases.

Sale bills printed while ycu wait, at The Democrat office.

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