Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1909 — Page 1

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A MANUAL. TRAINING BRANCH.

jLv manual training school is soon K> be added to the common schools of Rensselaer. The three highest grades, sixth, seventh and eighth will be the first to have this useful branch added, and the teachers will Instruct the girls in the art of sewing, and it is probable that the janitor, Elden Hopkins, will take the boys to his work-room in the basement and learn them all the detaile of carpentering; The branch will be on a - small scale at first, but the school board hope to enlarge it in the future for the high school as well.

THE CIVIC UNION MEETING.

The public meeting of the citizens of the city, held in the Christian church, Sunday afternoon, was not attended as Well as it no doubt would have been had it been more widely announced. \, The meeting was for the purpose of hearing Rev. D. B. Johnson explain the purpose and work of the Civic Union of the state of Indiana. Rev. Johnson is Supesiptendent of the movement, and in a forceful, plain manner, he told the need of of an organized effort against all forms of public evil. Here and there over the state have been organized local unions as the need would arise, and one purpose of Mr. Johnson is to unite these into a state organization, and 'at the same time to effect like organizations in places where such do not now exist. Judging from the interest manifest by those present the plan was heartly received and endorsed as a workable movement, not against one evil, but against all evils threatening to menace our home, church, and public life.

GREAT ICE HARVEST NOW ON

Finest Crop of Congealed Aqua for Years Is Being Gathered. . “Cooney, the Ice man,” has been very busy for the past few days, and has had 16 teams and 68 men, employed in harvesting the finest ice crop ever put up in Rensselaer. He commenced work Friday, with about an 7-inch crop, but the continued zero weather had increased this Monday to eleven inches, and the finest, cleanest and purest ice ever put up in the city.. Mr. Kellner has a pond near the southeast part of town, on the south side of the river, near the Padgett bridge, especially prepared over a year ago for this purpose. It is filled by pumping water into it from wells, and no purer ice Is harvested anywhere in / the Btate than this. Last year he got nothing from it, there being no ice weather, but this year the crop is simply grand. All day Sunday the army of men and teams worked, and by to-night he will have his ice-houses practically filled, although a few men and two or three teams will be kept at work for a few days yet. He expects the total crop to fill his houses to their capacity will reach 1,800 tons, and the daily expense of the harvest has been between $l5O and S2OO, all of which is being paid to citizens of Rensselaer.

MATRIMONIAL EXPERIENCES OF A FORMER CITIZEN.

Thirty-eight years ago, Daniel W. Dumond became a resident of Walker township, Jasper county, bringing a wife and two children, a son and daughter, from Lowell, Ind. The wife was formerly a Miss Dickson, and of a well-to-do family. Hard times seem to have created stormy times for Dan, and after a few years of unpleasant family relations he disappeared, leaving hie entire family. Perhaps fifteen years or more elapsed before he was heard of. He had then secured a divorce from wife No. 1 and had married a lady of southern birth who claimed to be an authoress of considerable means. At this time Dan became £ Christian preacher and traveled a great deal and made his home in various states from Ohio to California. After about ten or twelve years of married life, wife No. 2 died. Dan then went over into Canada where he took up a homestead and secured a widow of considerable wealth for wife No. 3. This wife died about 18 months ago, and Dan, having already sold his homestead for $3,200, came back to the States. , During the early fall he visited his Bon Henry at Lowell, Ind., and while there he succeeded in winning for the second time the heart of wife No. 1, and now she has become wife No. 4. He has become a citizen ot the U. 8. again and with his son Henry has gone oyer into Montana, where they have filed on homesteads and the son being a carpenter, are there now building a new home in a new country for a new wife.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. The Supreme Court haS granted a rehearing in the three-mile gravel road matter, and may reverse itself. pjulian Hopkins, the former Mt. Ayr man who was arrested recently at Lafayette for having too many wives, was “sent up” for from two to fourteen years by the court there a few days ago. Hopkins was employed as local editor on the Rensselaer Republican a few years ago. New suits filed: No. 7458. William H. Cheadle, trustee of the Bank of Remington, vs. Oliver and George H. Houser. Demand 11,200. No. 7549. Wallace B. Leonard, et al; vs. Henrietta S. Akers; Buit to quiet title. There are “signs” that another of the young lady deputies at the court house has something on her mind, and it is probable that a new face will soon be seen in that office also. Something certainly ought to be done to give the matrimonial business a warming up in this county. Thus far, with the Christmas holidays right here, only two marriage licenses have been issued- this month. If the fever becomes epidemic at the court house, there may be a general cleaning out of all the old deputies before spring. The young lady deputies in the various county offices and the stenographers in the banks and law offices of the city, gave a fine dinner Monday noon in the west court room in honor of Miss Isabel Luers, the deputy in the treasurer’s office, who will soon leave them and go to North Dakota. The tables and chairs were appropriately decorated with hearts and, cupids, and the big chair of the circuit court judge at the head of the table was occupied by the guest of honor, and was literally buried in decorations of colored hearts. To say that they ail had a fine time is putting it mildly, and of course there was much speculation as to who would be “next.” The almost unheard of is to happen soon—one, at least, of the young lady deputies at the court house is to get married. The statement that this is an almost unheard of occurrence, is not intended as any reflection on the marrageable attractions of the deputies, but just poor judgment on the part of the young men. A former Carpenter tp., young man, now of Haynes, No. Dak., is the lucky groom-to-be, and the event will take place soon after New Year’s. There has been a great rush from the other lady deputies to secure the position where “lightning struck,” but Miss Nettie Price has distanced all the competitors and will soon take her place in the treasurer’s office, so it will not be hard to guess who the bride-to-be really is.

REHEARING IN ROAD CASE.

Supreme Court Action Opposed By Judge Jordan.—Decision After f Holidays. The supreme court Friday granted a rehearing in the gravel road case. No decision was announced and the only indication of a change of opinion as to the constitutionality of the law under which bonds have been issued for the constrnction of gravel roads, to be paid by taxation, is contained in a dissenting opinion filed by Judge Jordan. He says; “I perceive no sufficient reasons for granting the rehearing in this appeal. Viewed from any standpoint the statute in question, in my opinion, is unconstitutional, I, therefore, vote against granting the petition for rehearing.” Judge Jordan wrote the original opinion in this case, holding that the statute is limited to townships which contain towns and cities of fewer than thirty thousand inhabitants, and is, therefore, a local or special statute. The petition for rehearing asserted that the court gave an erroneous construction to the words “includes any incorporated town or city in such township having a population of less than thirty thousand inhabitants,” and that instead of supplying the word “which” before that clausfe, the court ought to have read the first word of the clause "including,” as it appeared in previous acts of which this purported to be a codification. It warn insisted that under such a construction the statute would n-.t be local, but would apply to every township In the state, certain limitations being Imposed with reference to the petitioners and taxable property in

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22, 1900.

townships that contain cities and towns. The court adjourned until after the holidays, when another opinion deciding the case is expected.

FARMERS AND DAIRYMEN ATTENTION.

The Indiana State Dairy Association extends a free invitation to Indiana farmers and creamerymen to attend its twenthieth annual meeting at Lafayette, Jan. 14, 1910. The meeting will be held in connection with the farmers’ short course of the Purdue School of Agriculture, and will afford the farmers attending a splendid opportunity to become better informed on the importance of dairying and its benefits to farm and farmer.

THE REMINGTON POULTRY SHOW NEXT WEEK.

Remington Poultry and Corn Show next week, Dec. 27 to Jan. 1; $50.00 cash prizes on Corn. Entry free. Corn will, be scored Dec. 30 by Prof. Christie of Purdue. Entry closes Dec. 29. Poultry will be scored by W. C. Pierce of Indianapolis, on Dec. 28 and 29; entry on poultry 25 cents each. These judges are men with a national reputation, and cards issued by them are recognized the world over as correct. This will give you an opportunity to find out just how good your corn and poultry is. Send your entires at once, to H. A. Lambert, Sec., Remington, Indiana.

R. S. DWIGGINS BURIED HERE SUNDAY.

f The remains of Robert S. Dwlggins, a former old and well known citizen of Rensselaer, were brought here for burial Sunday. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the Church of God, Elder Joseph Willey of Plymouth and Rev. D. T. Halstead of Rensselaer conducting the services. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. V Deceased wafc a native of Ohio, and at the time of his death, which occured last Friday from a stroke of appoplexy at a sanitarium near New York City where he had been for a short time, his age was 76 years. He had lived in Rensselaer most of his life, locating here in 1858, ard studied law with General Robert M'lroy fpr some years. He left here some ten years ago and went to Berkley, Cali., where his son Jay resides, and remained there until two years ago, when he and his second wife, to whom he was married in 1900, went to New -York and lived with his son Elmer. He was a candidate on the prohibition ticket for governor of Indiana in 1884, and as a republican served this district in the state senate in 1870-71. With his brother Zimri he was engaged in the banking business here at one time, but retired-in 1886.

PUBLIC SALES.

The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Wednesday, Dec. 22, Fred Renicker, six miles due north of Rensselaer. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, household goods, etc. Friday, Dec. 31, Joseph Willet, 1 % miles north of Lee. General sale of horses, cattle, farm tools, household goods, etc.

STOCKHOLDER'S MEETING.

There will be a meeting of stockholders of the Rensselaer Commercial Club, Wednesday evening, December 22, 1909, at 7:30 p. m., at the Court Room for the purpose of amending the by-laws of the association and the addition of new members, and such other business as regularly comes up. Let everybody come out and make this a rousing meeting. D. M. WORLAND, President.

NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING.

Notice is hereby given to the stockholders of the Jasper Savings and Trust Company of Rensselaer, Indiana, now The Trust and Savings Bank of Rensselaer, Indiana, that the regular annual meeting of such stockholders will be held at the office of the company on Wednesday, January 5, 1910, at seven o’clock p. m., for the election of nine directors and consideration of the affairs of the company. Given December 16, 1909. CHARLES G. SPITLER, Pres. Attest: Judson J. Hunt, Secy.-Treas.

Boys, buy your girl a chafingdish for Christmas, at Rhoades’ Hardware Store. Home-made gingham and fancy aprons make a fine Christmas present. ROWLES ft PARKER. Buy •your father, brother or beau, a nice bathrobe, smoking Jacket, combination aet, % dozen hoae, Kingsbury hat, fur dap, or nice warm gloves. You will find the best line in the city at my atore. C. EARL DUVALL.

BALLINGER ASKS FOR AN INQUIRY

Chafes Under Alaska Coal and Water Power Accusations. PRESIDENT WITH SECRETARY Taft Regards as Outrageous Some of the Ineinuatlona Made Againat Member of Hta Cabinet—Attack in House by Representative Hitchcock Spur That Made Official Determine to Look to Congress For Vindication or Condemnation. Washington, Dec. 21.—Richard A. Ballinger, secretary of the interior, has reached the point where he has determined not to remain quiet any longer under the charges and insinuations that have been made against him in connection with the water power site policy of his administration and the Cunningham coal land cases In Alaska. Ballinger now Is seeking an investigation by congress into his official conduct. The way has been paved for such an inquiry and those informed believe it Is certain that either the senate or the house will appoint a committee to look into the allegations involving the secretary. After the holiday recess a resolution for an inquiry will be presented in the upper house by Senator Nelson of Minnesota, who is chairman of the committee on public lands, or Senator Jones of Washington, Ballinger’s own state. President Taft is in thorough sympathy with Ballinger’s desire for probing into the coal lands cases and the water power site controversy. He believes that the attacks on the secretary are the most outrageous ever directed against a public man and has expressed indignation on account of them. The attack made on Ballinger by Representative Hitchcock, a Nebraska Democrat, is regarded as having had much to do with the decision of the secretary of the interior to ask conegress to take action.

CONSOLES LA FOLLETTE

Depew Says Turkey Will Put Wisconsin Solon at Peace With World. Washington, Dec. 21.—Senator Depew in a speech sarcastically thanked Senator La Follette for associating him with President Taft in general criticism that appeared In a recent Issue of the Wisconsin senator’s magazine. “I trust,” said the New Yorkqr, "that when, after Christmas dinner, the Wisconsin senator’s hands are clasped soothingly over the resting place of his Christmas turkey, his sleep will be blessed with happy dreamfc for 1912, and his digestion unimpaired, because his heart will be free from envy, hatred, malice and all uncharitableness.”

SIXTY MISSING AFTER FIRE IN LONDON SHOP

Christmas Purchasers Forced to Leap Out of Windows. ,, London, Dec. 21. —Fifty to sixty employes of the department store of Arding ft Hobbs are missing and it is feared many of them are dead in the ruins as a result of a fire which gutted the store. It is estimated that the monetary loss will foot $5,000,000. Several hundred persons were in the store making Christmas purchases when the fire broke out. Its progress was so rapid that many persons were compelled to jump from the windows, alighting in burning debris. Those who were not injured by jumping were burned in the blazing rubbish in which they landed. Foremost in the work of removing decorations which caused the fire to spread to other buildings was John Burns, the labor leader and cabinet officer, whose home is close to the scene of the fire. He organized a gang of helpers who removed the-festoons and hauled down the l Venetian poles that supported them. Afterwards he headed a bucked brigade which threw water on the front of the buildings that were menaced.

WOMEN CONVICTS PARDONED

Texas Governor Thinks Penitentiaries Were Built For Sterner Bex Only. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 21.—Because he does not believe penitentiaries were intended for women, Governor Campball has decided to pardon Mrs. Agnes Goode, who had been sentenced to thirty-five years for killing her husband. When the prison doors swing open

to release Mrs. Goode Christmas eve the last white woman In the Texas prison will have been given her freedom. Five others were pardoned within the past few days.

Drunkenness Fines Reduced.

El Paso, Tex., Dec. 21.—A1l fines for drunkenness have been reduced in the El Paso police court until the thermometer climbs higher.

BEVERIDGE BOSS IN INDIANA

Republican Machinery to Be In Charge es the Senator. Washington, Dec. 21. President Taft haa been talking politics with several visitors and is giving more attention to the situation which confronts his party in Ohio and in Indiana than he has since be assumed office. Taft saw Assistant Attorney General Wade Ellis who comes from Ohio and former Representative James E. Watson who was defeated in the last Indiana gubernatorial race. In both Ohio and Indiana it is asserted the Republican party is not flourishing too welL Watson talked with the president about Indiana affairs generally. The Hemenway-Watson faction, it was stated, will make no effort to elect a successor to State Chairman James Goodrich, but will permit Senator Beveridge to pick his own chairman. Chairman Beveridge will be allowed to rim the Indiana political machinery as he sees fit and will be handed also all the responsibility. The floors of the new executive office corridors are as slippery as those of a ballroom and large statesmen like Watson have to be careful. After a brief audience with Secretary Carpenter, Watson hurried out joyful and serene. As he neared the doors which lead to the open air his feet slipped and he came close to descending with force. As he looked around disgustedly he remarked, “Why that floor’s too slippery even for a politician."

SAILOR SURPRISES SCIENCE

Boatswain Keeps Alive Two Beal Pups by Artificial Means. Washington, Dec. 21. —Judson Thurber, boatswain on the revenue cutter Bear, now at San Diego, Cal., is to get a 6,000 miles trip at the expense of the United States government, and all on account of two seal pups. Thurber caught the little seals in Alaskan waters early In October and has kept the animals alive by artificial means, contrary to all the legends of sealers and the previous experiments of scientific persons. In order to find how it is done Thurber has been ordered to come to Washington to show the bureau of fisheries his artificial method of rearing young seals. If Thurber’s method Is round practicable it will mean much to the sealing industry.

THAW MUST STAY CONFINED

United States Bupreme Bench Upholds Decision of Lower Court. Washington, Dec. 21. —The supreme court of the United States denied the petition of Harry K. Thaw for a writ of error to the court of appeals of New York. The petition was presented in the case In which Thaw made an effort to obtain release from the Matteawan asylum. In that case a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied. The supreme court decision, given by Justice McKenna, leaves the decision of the court of appeals undisturbed.

Leopold’s Fortune $53,000,000.

Paris, Dec. 21.—A French financier who is familiar with the Congo and other business operations of Leopold of Belgium estimates that the late monarch’s private fortune, in excess of the $3,000,000 bequeathed to the princesses, was $50,000,000.

Don’t fall to get our prices on Christmas candies—Bowles ft Parker. Butter Fat 35 cents a pound this week at the Rensselaer Creamery; closed all day Christmas. W. H. MORRISON, Prop. Our holiday lines have been replenished daily with new goods and our stocks offer bvery advantage to the late X-mas shopper—Row-Ice ft Parke r. Gifts of Jewelry or silverware are lasting. You can select something that is sure to please as we have a magnificent showing of the lastest styles. p. W. CLARKE. We have the largest and most varied line of nickel-plated ware in our city. E. D. RHOADES ft SON. You are all thinking of Xmas, so see my line of bath-robes, smoking Jackets, collar-boxes, travelers’ sets, pin and tie to match, silk hose, and everything. C. EARL DUVALL. Silk Tlee, silk half hose, silk suschtefs, smoking jackets, bath robes, combination sets of all kinds, everything for X-mas gifts can be found here—Rowlee ft Parker.

GEORGE RHODIUS DIES AFTER AN OPERATION

Millionaire Who Said Woman Abducted Him Passes Away. « Indianapolis, Dec. 21. —George Rhodins, a wealthy resident, whose marriage at Louisville five years ago to Elma Dare was annualled after the couple had been pursued to New York, la dead in a sanitarium. He suffered a stroke of paralysis Sunday and an operation to relieve pressure on the brain was performed. Elma Dare appealed annulment proceedings to the state supreme court, and this matter Is pending. She was charged with the abduction of Rhodiuß when, It was alleged, he was weak mentally and physically. Rkodius received a fortune estimated at nearly $1,000,000 when his mother died.

GOOD PRICE FOR TOBACCO

Indiana Growers Received Fourteen Cents For Their Bums? Evansville. Ind., Dec. 21—Three and one half million pounds of tobacco, representing the entire crop of Spencer, Warrick, Dubois and Piktf counties, Indiana, was sold at Richland City, Ind., by the committee of the American Boclety of Equity to Commodore P. McClary of Boonville, Ind., and the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse company. The burley brought 14 cents a pound for the best grades, while the dark tobacco was sold for 8% cents and 7 cents a pound.

ASKS ZELAYA’S PUNISHMENT

Indiana Representative Prepares Resolution Condemning Nicaraguan. Washington, Dec. 21.—Representative Adair of Indiana is the author of a Joint resolution authorizing the pres ident to restore order, maintain peace and protect life and property in Nicaragua. His resolution sets forth that it is the duty of the United States to demand the arrest, trial and punishment of Jose Zelaya. by an impartial tribunal in Nicaragua, “for the willful murder of citizens of the United States."

IMMUNITY FOR WIFE

Husband Finds Her Happy With Another and Will Not Prosecute. Evansville. Ind., Dec. 21.—Because his wife, twenty-six years old, Is happy at Booth Point, Tenn., to which place she eloped, he says, from here last fall with John Lavinne, Joseph Vaughn refuses to prosecute her, although he has Just returned from there broken hearted. Vaughn says his wife is desperately in love with young Lavinne.

No gift is more pleasing and! practical than a piece of nickel-plat-ed ware. E. D. RHOADES & SON. j The G. E. Murray Co., want to figure with you on your Christmas candy bill. CHRISTMAS TREES. There will be on sale at A. F. Long’s store one of the finest assortments of Christmas trees ever brought to Rensselaer, just the size for your home or school or church. Specials for this week:— 4 lbs. seedless raisins for 25c 4 lbs. Muscatel raisins for. . . ,25c 3 packages ne# currants for. . . ,25c 3 lbs. fancy dried peaches for. .25c ROWLES ft PARKER, The Big Corner Dept. * Store. Our O. V. B. line of silverware for the Holiday trade can’t be beat and we sell it at a better price than the same grade can be obtained elsewhere in the city. Come to our store and be convinced. EGER BROS., Hardware. 25 per cent off the finest line of furs ever shown in this city; we bought the entire sample line of Annis Mink furs and are giving you the benefit of this saving— Rowlee ft Parker, the Big Corner Dept Store. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS. Dec. Id, to Mr. and Mrs. Lou Hocker, of east of Pleasant Ridge, twins, both girls. Dec. 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davis, who live with her father, David Alter near Rosebud school house, a boy. Dec. 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davis, of Union tp., a son. Don’t fail to make your fur selections for X-mas from the finest line ever shown in this city. The entire sample line of Annie Mink furs bought at a big discount, and the saving Is yours—Rowlee ft Parker, the Big Corner Dept. Steve.

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