Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1910 — Page 4

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WEDDING TO OCCUR SOON

Miss Mary Harriman and C. C. Rumsey Who Are to Wed Soon.

PACIFIC TRAIN HELD UP

Crime Committee By Two Men Near Phoenix, Ariz. Sheriff on Way to Penitentiary Is Relieved of His Guns and Passengers’ Valuables Taken. Phoenix. Ariz,,- May 12. —All passengers to the number of seenteem together with the conductor and brakeman on a Southern Pacific train which left Maricopa for the thirty mile run to Phoenix, were held up here by two men who boarded the train with the passengers at Maricopa. They went first to the smoking car, where one robber stood in the door and covered the passengers while the other went through the car. A deputy sheriff from Globe, conveying two prisoners to the penitentiary, had his gun taken and all the guns of the other passengers were taken. The robbers then went to the rear coach containing mostly women and took all their money. The robbers were young men, apparently cowboys. They did not molest the express. The sheriff from Tucson was in Phoenix and he, with the sheriff from Phoenix, and a large posse with horses left Phoenix on a special train for the scene of the robbery, which is on als Indian reservation

WORK RUSHED ON MANSION

Approaching Wedding of Miss Harriman Causes Great Activity. .Middletown, N. Y., May 12.—The approaching wedding of Miss Mary Harriman, which, it is said, will take place at the country mansion on Tower Hill, at Arden. Orange county, is causing great activity on the Harriman estate at that place The house, which was the pride of the late E. H. Harriman, is now occupied by 150 carpenters, decorators and painters, who have been directed to have a certain number of rooms in readiness on the day of the wedding.

SPRINGFIELD BRIBERY PROBE

Judge Refuses to Halt Inquiry at the Capita' of Illinois. ■” Springfield, May 12.—Developments of chief interest in the legislative bribery scandal centered in this city, where Judge Shirley of the Sangahion county circuit court refused to stop the investigation into bribery at the state capital Judge Shirley denied the motion of Attorney General Stead that the Sangamon county grand jury be ordered to postpone its investigation.

OFFICERS ARREST SUSPECTS

Hotel Employes Taken in Diamond Robbery in New York,. New York, May 12. —Frank Lavelle and Lizzie Kiernan, who have been employed in the Hotel Breslin, have been arrested and locked up at police headquarters as suspicious persons in connection with the larceny of $2,400 worth of diamonds from a room in the Hotel Breslin. The diamonds were the property of Frank Ross and were missed from Mr. Ross’ room May 10.

BLAST ON BRITISH WARSHIP

Report of an Explosion on Rear Admiral Keppel’s Flagship. London, May 12.—Reports are cur rent at Dover that an explosion occurred op the. flagship London of the British Atlantic battleship fleet in Norwegian waters Later reports state the accident waa of a trifling nature.

ROWING PARTY OF STUDENTS DROWN

Six Girls and Two Boys of Huntington Lose Lives. PARTY IN TWO ROW BOATS Four Surviyprs Relate Old Story of Boy Who Rocked Boat With Disastrous Result to the Members of the Party. Wilkesbarre, May 13.—Six girls and two boys, members of the graduating and the junior classes at the Huntington Mills high school, five miles from here, were drowned in a mill pond and four other boys managed to reach shore. They were between 15 and 18 years old. ' _ . After lunch a party of the older ones, six boys and six boys, proposed going for a row on the mill pond. They embarked in two boats about 1 o’clock and fifteen minute fterward, eight of them were dead. The dead are: Maud Sutliff, Caroline Koons, Ruth Bonham, Iris Davenport, Kathleen Good, Rachel Thompson. Robert Minny, Ray Dodson. The four survivors, George Dodson, Uriah Weitsel, Jay Koons and Harold Bell, have generally confusted stories to tell. They and the victims had often been out on the mill pond. They went down to the water in couples, and got two small row boats. There was some splashing of water with the oars, some of the party used their hands and threw water on the others. The boats drifted to the middle of the pond and were several yards apart. In one of the boats where the boys and girls were having a very jolly time one of the boys got up to change his seat. The boat rocked somewhat and the girls shrieked; the boy rocked the boat a little more. It dipped some water and the girls, thoroughly alarmed, sprang up and the next Instant the boat overturned and all six were in the water with a chorus of screams for help. The other boat reached the six struggling in the water w’ith no more effort than a half dozen strokes of the oars. Those in the boat were as excited as those in the water. Every one seemed to be screaming or shrieking for help. Those in the boat reached out to get their playmates, those in the water seized the sides of the boat and tried to scramble in. Their weight on the gunwales pulled the boat beneath the water or they upset it while trying to climb in. The four survivors say that then there was overwhelming confusion. All the boys could swim and all apparently made an effort, to save some of the others and each reached the shore after a desperate struggle to save his own life. Apparently there were no cowards, the survivors saved themselves only when it was impossible to save others and saved themselves with an effort.

136 MEN ARE ENTOMBED

Explosion Occurs in Coal Mine at Whitehaven, Eng. Four Men Are Rescued Alive, but Little Hope Is Expressed of Saving Any Others. Manchester, Eng., May 13.—An explosion in the Wellington coal mine at Whitehaven cut off the exit from 136 miners who were working below’ the surface. Rescue parties succeeded in saving four men who had been working at the bottom of the shaft. They were prevented by gas from penetrating to a point where the main body or men is imprisoned. Every indication was that the inner workings of the mine w r ere on fire and there was the gravest apprehension regarding the entombed men. The fire in the mine is gaining and there is no hope for those imprisoned.

GET $2,000 IN CAR HOLDUP

Three Bandits Make a Rich Haul by Job at Seattle, Wash. Seattle, May 13. —Three highwaymen held up a “pay-as-you-enter” street car on the South Park line of the Seattle Electric company shortly after 1 o’clock in the morning and escaped with money and other valuables estimated at $2,000. The heaviest losers in the holdup were saloon, keepers and bar tenders who were on their way home. One man claims to have lost $1,200 In money and jewelry/

ROB MICHIGAN POSTOFFICE

Bandits Secure $3,000 in Money and -Stamps—Terrorize Town. Saginaw. Mich., May 13. Bandits masked and mounted blew tie postoffice safe at Mount Pleasant, a city of 8,000 inhabitants, and secured $3,000 in stamps and money and terrorized the entire tow r n. The robbers, numbering seven or eight, entered Mount Pleasant from the south and rode through the main streets In old time border fashion, shooting and shouting.

USE AUTO AS PATROL WAGON

Kokomo Police Are Given Use of New • I*’ f -* Member’s Machine. Kokomo, Ind., May 13. The city having stubbornly refused to purchase a patrol wagon, Capt. Windoffer has supplied a method of taking care of those arrested for being intoxicated. The problem has been how to get helpless victims from a distance to the county jail or city station. ■ Enos M. Wallace, a retired merchant of. Hemlock, who has just become a member of the Kokomo police force, owns an automobile and has placed its use at the disposal of the city. The big machine has been given/ quarters at the city building, ready foi emergency calls

CHOPS WIFE’S HEAD WITH AX

Husband Runs Two Miles to Give Himvt self Up to Police.. >..'i St. Joseph, Mo, May 13.—-After almost killing his wife with an ax, George Buford, a negro, ran two miles in the night to give himself up to the police. He tried to get into the police station, but could not open a door, so continued through the business part of the city to the county jail. With perspiration dripping and himself hardly able to gasp for breath, he told the officers he had chopped off his wife’s head. The jailers thought Buford had gone insane and paid little attentior: to him at first. She was found dying-

GATHER WORKHOUSE HINTS

Newcastle Officials Visit Other Cities to Study System Used Newcastle, Ind. May 13. To secure information on the methods of other cities in working prisoners and with the idea in view of establishing a joint workhouse for the city and county, representatives of the board of county commissioners and city officials went to Anderson and Muncie. They will also visit other cities before taking any definite steps for establishing such an institution here.

DECLARES ASSYRIAN WHITE

Laporte Judge Ignores Ruling of Bureau of Naturalization. Laporte Ind.,.May 13. —Judge J. C. Richter in the Laporte circuit court ruled against the United States bureau of naturalizaton and held that an Assyrian is a white man. He ordered the issuance of second citizenship papers to Norman Abraham Tamber, an Assyrian who made a fight against the ruling of the bureau of naturalization that the Assyrians can not become citizens.

CONFESS STEALING HORSE

Franklin Man and St. Louis Negro Admit Guilt —Former Sentenced. Franklin, Ind, May 13. —Samuel Adams of this city and William Foster, colored, of St. Louis, pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing a horse from Mrs R S Sturgeon when arraigned in the circuit court here. Adams was sentenced to the state reformatory for two to fourteen years, and fined S2OO. Sentence was not passed on the negro.

BANKERS ANNOUNCE MEETING

Grreensburg Will Entertain Members of Indiana Association. _ Greensburg, tnd., May 13.—The annual convention of the bankers of the Fourth and Sixth Congressional Districts will be held in this city May 25, at which time the members of the Southeastern Indiana Association will be the guests of the three banks and the trust company of this city. ■ The convention is for one day and is expected to bring at least 150 guests to

LEG SEVERED: SHOWS GRIT

Young Man Drags Himself to Creek and Uses Shirt for Bandage Aurora, Ind , May 13.—With one of his legs severed near the hip by falling under a freight train. Harry Yater, 23 years old,. of North Vernon. Ind., was picked up by a train crew near Moores Hil-. The young man is in a serious condition. He had dragged himself to a creek and there bathed the limb and bandaged it with his shirt.

JURY AWARDS $100 DAMAGES

Grants Small Judgment in Malpractice Suit Against Richmond Man. Newcastle, Ind., May 13. —Instead of awarding Alva Ellis SIO,OOO, the amount he sued for in his action agqlnst George M. Snyder of Richmond for alleged malpractice, a jury in the circuit court awarded Ellis SIOO. The case was venued here from Wayne county, and occupied more than two days in the circuit court.

BLOOMINGTON SAVES RENT

Moves All City Officers to Building Recently Purchased. Bloomington, Ind., May 13.—T0 save S4O a month rent, the city has obtauied possession ofthq building it recently purchased at Walnut and Fourth streets and will have all the city offices moved into it. • - .■ ./ It is the intention of the city council to build a stone city hall on the' site in the near future.

ROOSEVEL TENVOY TO KINGS FUNERAL

Accepts Appointment to Attend as Representative of U. S. ——— ■ EUROPEAN ROYALTY ARRIVING • Relatives of the Dead King Reach London to Attend the Obsequies— Parliament Meets and Hears Message from George V. London, May 12.—Advices from Washington say that Theodore Roosevelt has accepted by cable the appointment by President Taft to represent the United States at the funeral of King Edward. The cablegrams exchanged between the president and Col. Roosevelt are as follows: “The White House, Washington, May 10. Roosevelt, care American Embassy, Berlin. “I should be very glad if you would act as special ambassador to represent the United States at the funeral of King Edward VII. I am sure that the English people would be highly gratified at your presence in this capacity, and that our own people will strongly approve it. I have yet received .no official notice of the funeral, but it is reported that it will take place on the 20th of this month. Pieage answer. “WILLIAM H: TAFT.” “Berlin, May 10. “The President, Washington: “Accept. ROOSEVELT.” The kin of the British royal family are arriving here to attend, the funeral of the king. Empress Dowager Marie of Russia, a sister of Queen Mother Alexandra, reached here accompanied by Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, younger brother of Emperor Nicholas, who will be the official representative of the Russian government at the funeral. The empress dowager and the grand duke were met at the railway station by King George and Queen Mary, who drove with them to Buckingham palace. Parliament met to pay a national tribute to the memory of King Edward and to welcome his successor, George V. A message from the new monarch, in which he announced the death of his father and his own succession, was read in both houses, which subsequently adopted addresses of condolence and congratulation to the king.

MADMEN SAVED AT SEA

Sailors Rescue Shipwreck Vic tim from School of Sharks. Ship Tocantines Alsa Saves Fourteen Other Fishermen from Capsized Boat—Entire Crew Crazy. New York, May 12. —The steamship Tocantines, a famous vessel which ran the mine# harbor of Port Arthur to escape from the Russians, swings gracefully at her dock in Brooklyn after a trip from Brazil, bringing a new tale of adventure and rescue. The gold medal won by the captain and presented by the Brabilian government commemorates this latest achievement of the little ship—the saving of sixteen fltehermen off the Brazilian coast March 22. The first of the sixteen men was sighted by the lookout before dawn. He was clinging to a plank in the open sea and waving a weak arm to the oncoming ship. A school of sharks swam about him and his rescuers found that his legs had been badly torn by the big fish,. The man had been in the water twen-ty-four hours and had eaten his last meal six days before. He had set out from Rio Janeiro with fifteen companions. A squall took away their rig and left them to drift. All went crazy except this one man, who was compelled to take to the water to escape his companions’ frenzy. After hearing his story the Tocantines cruised about several hours, finally locating the wreck and rescuing all the fishermen.

FOREST FIRES STILL BURN

No Rain Has Fallen in Minnesota So Far This Spring. Reports from. Calumet, Aliston, Hainsdale, South Range and Baltic Are More Encouraging. St Paul, May 12. —Owing to the unusual ( drought in Minnesota the forests in the north and eastern part of the state, in northern Wisconsin and Michigan have been burning for several days, and great damage has been done. So far, however, no fatalities have beep reported. Nq rain has fallen in Minnesota this spring in any amount, i. ' Reports front Calumet, Mich., state that the fires about Aliston, Hainedale, South Range and Baltic are less serious. From Cass Like, Minn., the reports are reassuring., <

SMILING FACES ( Always look the best when there are good teeth to be shown in the smile. And the sweetest mouth looks infinitely sweeter when there are pearly teeth from within. -Our business is to preserve good teeth and restore bad ones to their natural use and efficiency. If we do your Dental work, you will never be ashamed to smile or to show your teeth. Give us one trial anyhow, and that will prove our claim. ’ J. W. HORTON, Dentist, Opposite Court House. Farm Loans— Money to loan oi arm property in any sums up to 10,000. E. P. HONAN. PERRY DAVIS’ PAINKILLER ‘ Summer complaint. bowel trouble, cramps, have no terrors in the household where this dependable medicine is kept on hand. 25c, 35c, and 50c. bottles, — i—. Notice of Letting Contract for County Farm 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.

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Special For One Week Beginning Saturday, May 14 We will give you special prices on all our OXFORDS Broken sizes will go at Less Than Cost ' ' ■ '. ' '' . ■ *- Saving you from 20 to 33 1-3 per cent. All our new stock to go at 10 per cent discount. This includes every Oxford on our shelves Men’s, Women’s, Boys’, Misses’ and Children’s. This is a sacrifice and one you cannot afford to miss, as you will need them soon if not now. LET US SHOW YOUI ‘ --I-" ' - - ' Z - The Cash Store G. B. PORTER.

Wonied for Sole Rem Be. [Under this bead 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 cents, 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 the advertiser.] Jersey Cow— Thoroughbred, now giving good flow milk, an extra good cow.—T. A. CROCKETT. Farm Loans—Jasper Guy of Remington makes farm loans at 5 per cent interest with no comniission 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. For Sale or Trade—Two lots in desirable location in Rensselaer, each 67x150, shade and fruit trees. Will sell for part cash or trade for cheap rental property in city. Enquire at Democrat office. Typecases For Sale— Eight or ten Italic Job Cases, full size and almost good as new, 50 cents each; 1 twothirds case, good a- e:w, 50c.—THE DEMOCRAT, Rensselaer, Ind. For Sale— s 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. Sweet Potato Plants— Nice sweet potato plants for sate, 1 mile south of Parr—HARSHBERGER & CHUPP. 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 electric lights and do not need it, will sell at a bargain. Inquire at this office. 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— 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. For Sale— Good tomato plants, 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 disipose of my Russell 33x50 separtator, equipped with a Parson's self-feeder, Peoria weigher and Russell windstacker, belts in good shape—GLEN BAKER, Rensselaer, Ind., R-l. Phone 512-B.