Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1910 — Page 4

TBE JfiSPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT. f.E.BABCOCK.tDITORANDPIJBLISHER. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1910.

WILLIAM E. LORIMER.

Senator Whose L'ame Figures In Sensational Charges of Bribery,

SAYLER DEFENSE ASKS TIME

Hearing for New Trial Will Not Be Heard Until May 10. Alleging that they are not able to present tneir arguments for a new trial of the Sayler murder case the court at Watseka, 111., continued the case to May 10. The state made no objection to the continuance. Application will be made for bail for Mrs. J. B. Sayler and Dr W. R. Miller in case a new trial Is granted.

MISSIONARY CONGRESS

Four Thousand Delegates Assemble in Chicago. More than four fWusand delegate®, composed of prominent business men statesmen, distinguished visitors from abroad and men jji almost all walks of life, are gathered in Chicago In at tendance at the men’s national missionary congress. - The avowed purpose of the organization, which has become a world-wide movement, is to unite the missionaries of the different denominations and “christianize the world during the present century." Former Vice President Fairbanks, former Governor Folk, of Missouri, and former Governor Hanly of Indiana, Lord William Cecil of England, brother of the earl of Salisbury, and Prince T. H. Yun. of Korea, are among the distinguished visitors and delegates to the congress.

PUBLISHERSELECTOFFICERS

American Newspaper Association Se lects Old Men for Ensuing Year. The American Newspaper Publish ers’ association at its annual meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York elected these officers: President, Herman Kidder, of the New' York Staats Zeitung; vice president, Bruce Haldeman, of the Louisville Courier-Journal; secretary, Elbert’H. Baker, of the Cleveland Plaindealer; treasurer, William J. Pattison,• of the New York Evening Post; directors, H. W. Brpys’h, oithe Indianapolis Ne,w’s; F. P. Glass;, of-tire Montgomery Advertiser; C?.. Hamlin, of the New York Tribune, and W. Knapp, of the St. Louis Republic. . All oi these tlfleers st. r■. ed, last year, the entire ticket being, re-elected without opposition

O’BRIEN WINS FROM SCHRECK

Philadelphia Fighter Lands at Will— Schreck Severely Finished. At Lexington, Ky., ‘‘Rhiladeiphia Jack” O’Brien won the decision oyer Mike Schreck, of Cincinnati, here in a ten-rgund, bout, and. while; the termer did not score aknockout, be clearlj' outpointed his opponent and hit three times to Schreck’s one. O’Brien drew blood in the fourth round and the rest of the fight Schreck bled freely from several gashes on his face and body, and for four rounds his left eye was closed and the Philadelphia man hammered him at will.

4 FATALLY HURT, 15 INJURED

Collision Between Coal Car and Elec trie Coach Proves Fatal. At Seattle, Washington, four persons were fatally hurt, and fifteen others injured in a collision between a passenger car of the electric railway and a loaded coal ear, seven miles from Seattle. The coal car broke from control and rushed down a hall at the rate of fifteen miles an hour.

ROOSEVELT NOT A CANDIDATE

He Will Not Run for the Presidency In the Year of 1912. * ‘ Theodore Roosevelt, according to f Washington naber. has written Pres-

ident Taft letters indorsing thfe lather’s administration. s’ The letters Show Mr. Roosevelt will hot be a candidate for the presidency in 191'2, or for any other office meantime. It is said he wants William Loeb Jr. to be governor of New York.

BRIBERY STORY TO BE THROUGHLY SIFTED

Illinois Legislator’s Charges Result In Sensation. The sensational charge by C. A. White that SI,OOO each was paid certain members 'of the legislature In electing William Lorimer United States senator and that the alleged existence of what was termed a “jack-pot” corruption fund stirred Illinois political and official life. Following the disclosures Governor D.eneen, States Attorney Wayman and Attorney General Stead got busy In vestigatlng the charges. The case wijl probably be laid before the grand jury at- once, it was declared. Charles A. White, a Democratic member of the legislature from O'Fallon, St. Claire county, in the Fortyninth senatorial district, .confesses he received SI,OOO for voting for Mr. Lorimer. White further says that he received S9OO as his share of the corruption fund which it is alleged was held in a 'sort of trust for the payment of money for the passage of bills in the jeneral assembly. Lee O’Neil Browne, of Ottawa, minority leader, is accused by White, according to the story, and is charged with having paid the money White declares he received for having voted for Mr. Lorimer. Robert E. Wilson, Democratic member from Chicago and a follower of Browne in the legislature, is accused by White of having paid him the S9OO additional that White says he received. Senator Lorimer, in his home at Plstakee' Bay, made a statement denying every word of White's confession. He declared that politics was back of the charges and there was no foundation for them. “This attack is a surprise to me,” said Senator Lorimer. Ido not understand it. I do not understand why such a-thing should be printed. I am sure that nobody gave anyj money to any one In the legislature'"on my benaif, White or any one else.” Lee O’Neil Browne arrived in Chicago and declared emphatically there was no truth in the story told by Mr. White.

The grand jury, called primarily to look into the various charges growing out of the /John C. Fetzer trouble with the Chicago and Western Indiana railway, will take up the White-Lorimer case as well and promises to make on>e of the most important and sensational political graft investigations the city has known for years. A startling development in the brloery scandal wus the report that memPers of the legislature who have been mentioned in the gossip about corruption were beginning to leave the state. Lee O’Neil Browne, declaring that the story of. White is false from beginning to end, has determined to fight the Charges. Among the “down state” men who are in Chic ago at tile request of State’s Attorney Wayman to testify before the -rand jury are Thomas Tippit of Olney, leader of the minority taction of Democrats in the legislature and opponent of Ice O’Neil Browne; J. W. GibSOP,; a banker of Mount Vernon. 111., the. home to.wn of Representative William C. Blair, Democrat, who voted I for Lorimer; Henry A. Shepherd of ; Jerseyville, banker and legislator, y. ho vc t e d'. for Lori trier :1 ndw a s nam e d by Charles A, .White, as one of those who attended lh> St. Louis .meeting; Sen--ator. Albert.. E-- Isley of Newton. who made a speech in, the legislature declaring; that there was “bribery in. the lir.” - I- • Representative Tippft -admitted that he expected to go before the grand jury; but he refused to forecast what 're would tell the jurors.. Later in theo day the men were taken before the grand jury.

MILLIONS LOST BY FIRE

Sixteen Killed. Many Injured--30.000 People Homeless. A dispatch received by the London Daily News- from Kobe states, that 8,000 houses, all the public offices and three banks at Aiomori, in northern Japan, were burned Thursday.. Thirty thousand people are homeless. Sixteen were killed and many injured. The loss is estimated at $lO,000,000.

ROOSEVELT IN CHRISTIANIA

Welcomed to Norway’s Capital by King Haakon and Queen Maud.

The. ■ Roosevelt party arrived in Christiania, Norway, and was formally received at the railway station by King Haakon and Queen Maud. - The meeting of royalty and the former president of the United States was cordial. During the exchange of greeting the band played American airs' Great crowds in the streets gave greeting to Mr. Roosevelt as he drove to the palace. The buildings along the route were elaborately decorated, American flags being entwined with the Norwegian colors.

500 DEAD IN COSTA RIGA DISASTER

Many Hundred More Reported Injured. JUSTICE TEMPLE RUINED Buildings Leveled In Appalling Earthquake Calamity. PEOPLE ARE PANIC STRICKEN Quakes Continue and Further Fatalities Are Feared.

San Juan, Del Sur, Nicaragua, May 6.— The greater part of Cartago, Costa Rica, has been destroyed by an earthquake. All wires in the district are down. Details are very hreager, but it is known that 500 persons are dead and many hundred wounded. Many buildings were levelled, among them being the Temple of Justice by Andrew Carnegie. The wife and child of Dr. Bocanegra, the Guatemala magistrate to the Central American arbitration court, have been killed. Last reports say that the quakes still continue and that the people are panicstricken. San Juan was also shaken, but little damage was done there. No deaths are reported in that city.

Cartago, capital of the province of that name, lies at the foot of Irazu volcano, fourteen miles from San Jose It has an estimated population of 10,000 and Is the seat of the Central American peace court. Andrew Carnegie gave $250,000 in the summer of 1908 for the court buildings. Cartago was the capital of the country until 1823. It has suffered frequently from earthquakes, having been partially destroyed in 1803, 1825, 1841, 1851 and 1854.’ Beginning last month a series of earthquakes swept over the country. Thirty were reported on April 14. They did piuch damage, but caused few fatalities. San Jose and Port Limon felt the force of the shocks There are 6,000 white foreigners in the total population of 325,000 and they have shaped tlife’pacific policy of the government. Value of the annual commerce in recent years has averaged about $13,000,000. The principal exports are coffee; bananas, mahogany, hides, rubber, gold and silver.

WRECK PITTSBURG MINE

Mob of 400 Destroys Clemens Mine in Pennsylvania. * While Leaders Held Parley With Su> peri ntendent, Members Complete .. Wrecking cf Property. ----Pittsburg, . May .6.—Four hundred miners, marched on the Clemens Coal company strip mines and demanded that the men stop work,; at the same time declaring that if the men returned io work they would have their heads chopped off like chickens. ■ While the leaders of the mob were talking to the superintendent the balance of the mob started in ‘ the work of destruction of the mines by breaking pumps and engines and./throwing them down the pit-. .’.;■ Train cars were, turned, loose and allowed to run down the inclines. Telephones were torn out of the offices and thrown, out of doors ana wires torn down. When the wreck was complete the mob departed. The majority of the mob were foreigners and while they did not carry the red flag of anarchy, they Carried red handkerchiefs on stigks. <„

MARGARET P. BLACK INSANE

Chicago Authoress Is Committed to Sanatarium by Court. " j Chicago, May 6.—Mrs. Margaret Potter Black, who under the pen name of Margaret Horton Potter had written several well known novels, was adjudged insane at a private hearing held by Judge Williams, sitting in the county court. She was ordered committed to a s'anatarium.

Prince Tsai Tao Off for Europe.

New York, May 6. Prince Tsai Tao, uncle of the Emperor of China, has sailed by the liner George Washington for Europe.

BALLINGER CASE IS NEARING CLOSE

Taft’s Letter to Secretary Defines President’s Position. IS INTROOUCED INTO EVIDENCE Closing Testimony on Cross-Examina-tion Develops Bitter Feeling On Part of Parties to Inquiry— President Letter in Full. Washington, May 6.—The climax of interest in the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation was reached when the direct examination of Secretary Ballinger was concluded and a sharp cross-ex-amination by Louis D. Brandeis, counsel ’ for L. R. Gravis, was begun. There were several tense moments in the session when it appeared that serious clashes were imminent. Secretary Ballinger made no effort to conceal the bitterness of his feeling toward Mr. Brandeis, Glavis, Pinchot, Garfield and others and the magazines and newspapers that have attacked him, and it was apparent that the cross-examination is capable of producing some sensational situations. President Taft’s letter in part was as follows: “Beverly, Mass., Sept. 13, 1902: My Dear Mr. Secretary—l send you in letter form my conclusions in regard to Glavis’ charges and other matters. I have studiously refrained from mentioning Pinchot’s name in the matter, because I do not wish to make it impossible for him to remain in the service. I value him highly as a public service and believe him capaoie of further usefulness. His weakness has been his inability to credit high and honorable motives to those who differ with him as to his method of doing* things when he is pursuing a worthy subject with all the enthiusiasm of his nature. I know him well and am very fond of him personally and mean, if possible, in spite of this defect, to preserve his great ability, valuable experience and patriotic disinterested zeal for the benefit of the public service. “I have confidence in both you and Pinchot. I know you are both patriotic and sincere and both favor generally the same result as to conservation, but that you are a lawyer, like me, and insist on the legal way; while Pinchot is impatient of such restraint. I wish to secure the high value of the service of you both for the great work before us. “Sincerely yours,

“WILLIAM H. TAFT.”

The Weather.

Illinois and Indiana —Showers and warmer today and tomorrow.

THE MARKETS

Chicago Cash Grain Market. Wheat—No 2 red, [email protected]; No. red, [email protected]; No. 2 hard winter, ?1.11%@1.14%; No. 3 hard winter, $1.06@L13. Corn—No. 2,62 c; No. 2 white, 65@66c; No. 2 yellow, ' 63© 6,3%C; No. 3, 61@61%c; No. 3 white, 64@65c; No. 3 yellow, 62@62%c; No. 4, 57© 58c. Oats—No. 2 white, 44%@ 45c; No. 3 white, 41%@45%c; No. 4 white, 40@42c; standard, 44@44%c. Chicago Live Stock. Ilogs Receipts 8,000. Quotations ranged at. $9.65© 9.75 choice heavy, 50.60© 9.70 choice light, [email protected] heavy packing and $9.10© 9.50 good to choice pigs. 'Cattle—Receipts 2,500. Quotations ranged at SB.O- a 5.40 good to choice . steers, $5.75© 7.00 good to choice beef ■cows, $6.65© 7.50 .goed to dhoice heifer’--; slsoo© G.. 5.0 ..select feeders, $5.25.@ good to choice-Stockers, sß.oo@ 8.00 good to choice .calves, "Sheep and Lambs—lo,ooo. Quotations ranged <it $8.50© 9.00 good to choibq lambs, [email protected] good to choice, -wethers, [email protected] good to choice ewes, . slo.oo© 12,00 good to choice spring ’lambs. ; Live Poultry. ‘ Turkeys,, per lb, 17c; chickens, fowls, 16c; springs, 16 c; roosters, 12c;.geese, 10c; ducks, 16c. • Eutter. Creamery, extras, 28 c; prints, 31%c; extra firsts, 27c; firsts, 2'pc; dairies, extra, 26c; firsts, 24c; packing stock, 21c. / Omaha Live Stock. Cattle —Receipts 3,100 head; market strong; native steers,, [email protected]; ’cows and’heifers, [email protected]; western steers, $3,[email protected]; Texas steers, $3.00 @6.00; cows and heifers, [email protected]; canners, [email protected]; Stockers and feeders, [email protected]; calves, $4.25@ 8.25; bulls, stags, etc., [email protected]. Hogs—Receipts 6,300 head; market 10@15c higher; heavy, [email protected]; mixed, [email protected]; light, [email protected]; pigs, [email protected]; bulk of sales, $9.10 @9.25. - . ■ Sheep —Receipts 2,400 head; market strong; yearlings, [email protected]; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, [email protected]; lambs, [email protected]. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, May 5, Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle—Receipts 5 cars, market slow. Hogs—Receipts 10 cars, market higher, all grade®, $10.0*[email protected]. Sheep and Lambs— Receipts 10 cars, market strong, best lambs, [email protected]; yearlings, $7.75@ 8.00: wethers, [email protected]; ewes, $6.50 7.00. Calves, [email protected].

M Mlt M [lf. [Under this head notices' will be published for 1-cent-a-word for, the first insertion, %-cent per word for each additional Insertion. To save book-keep-ing cash should be sent with notice. No notice accepted for less than 25 cerits, ;but short notices coming within the .above rate will be published two or 'more times, as the case may be for 25 cents. Where replies are sent in The Democrat's care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to tfis advertiser.] Wanted—Position as housekeeper by respectable middle-aged widow, have no children, thoroughly understand housework. —Enquire at. Democrat office for name of party. Farm Loans—Money to loan ok arm property in any sums up to 10,000. E. P. HONAN. Farm Loans—Jasper Guy of Remington makes farm loans at 5 per cent interest with no commission but office charges. Write him. ts For Rent—B room house on a corner lot one block east of court house, nice yard and fine shade.— Inqunre of J. W. STOCKTON, or phone 188. x For Sale or Trade—Two lots In desirable location in Rensselaer, each 67x150, shade and fruit trees. Wilf sell for part cash or trade for cheap rental property in city. Enquire at Democrat office. For Sale —5 acres of good black land with large tile through it suitable for truck or suburban home; facing North Main St., outside the corporation. Will sell at right price on favorable terms. — G. F. MYERS. Oak Lumber —Anyone wanting bridge lumber or piece stuff, communicate or call on JOSIAH DAVISSON, Kniman, Ind. Pasture—Good pasture for several head of cattle, 1% miles west of McCoysburg.—E. W. JENKINS. Pasture—A few cows or calves to pasture. of T. A. CROCKETT. Lost —Saturday, somewhere on the business streets, a $5 and a $1 bill, Finder please leave at Democrat office and receive reward. For Sale —An elegant B-flat, Beau Ideal Trombone, used only a short time and as good as new. Inquire at The Democrat office. For Sale—Handsome brass chandelier, three lamp with colored globes, raises and lowers by pressing a spring, cost S2O; just the thing for a country home parlor or sitting room. Have lights and do not need it, will sell at a bargain. Inquire at this office. For Sale—One team of mules 6 years old and sound, weight about 1300 lbs. each; 1 small driving mare; 1 2-year-old colt; 1 Weber wagon with triple bed, almost new. This property can be seen on the farm in Newton tp., now occupied by Emil Johnson.—M. R. HALSTEAD, Earl Park, Ind. Earl Park, Ind.

WARNER BROS. Reliable Gasoline Stoves Are reliable in every way, and will make cooking and baking a pleasure The Star Refrigerators Are not a luxury but an economical necessity. Low in price and low cost of operating. Lawn Mowers The Pennsylvania and Keen Kutter Mowers are hard to beat in quality and price. a Cream Separators Great Western Are the best. Cream Cans that are strong and durable Garden Flows And Garden Tools of all kinds. Washing Machines Hand and Water Motor. Keen Kutter Cutlery ' x Can’t be beat. See us for all kinds of Hardware and for the best wire fencing made for all purposes. Warner Bros. Rensselaer, Ind.

For Sale—Good tomato the best variety I could get; now ready to set Out; sweet potato plants later.—J. H. COX. ’»• For sale—As I have bought a larger separator, I wish to dispose of my Russell 33x50 separtator, equipped wit h a Parson’s sei f-feeder, Peoria weigher and Russell windstacker, belts in good shape—GLEN BAKER; Ind., R-l. Phohe 512-®. * Notice of Letting Contract for County Fann Supplies. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County, Indiana, will on Monday, June 6th, 1910, receive sealed bids up to 12 o’clock noOn, for furnishing groceries and meat for County Poor Asylum. All bids to be accompanied by bond and affidavit as provided by law. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. By order of the Board of Commissioners' of Jasper County. JAMES N. LEATHERMAN, Auditor Jasper County.

I Millions to ban! I We are prepared to take care 5 of all the Farm Loan business In g this and adjoining counties at y Lowest Rates and Best Terms, regardless of the “financial strln- J gency.” If you have a loan com- » Ing due or desire a new loan It wiH 2 not be necessary to pay the ex- r cesslve rates demanded by our » competitors. £ I FIVE PER CENT. Ml (omission - moi service t Irwin & Irwin I Odd Fellows Bldg. Rensselaer. IJ

THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS In modern Dentistry are equally well known to us in a practical way. We are experts in all brancehs, and our professional work proves its superiority, Our methods are modern, our staff is composed of practical experts in the business. We are satisfied to be judged on our reputatiori. Our prices are moderate. J. W. HORTON, Dentist, Opposite Courthouse.