Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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A LIVELY RUNAWAY.

Front street was the scene of a pretty lively runaway about 4:3C o'clock Friday „ afternoon, when a horse driven by Mrs. S. W. Williams of west of town became frightened near the Ben Harris residence by some part of [the harness breaking and ran Eouth at break-neck speed. It ran into the iron fence in front of Delos Thompson’s residence and Mrs. Williams was thrown out of the buggy and -under the animal’s feet, and it was a miracle that she escaped without fatal injuries. The horse finally broke loose and ran back north and was stopped at the corner by Frank Donnelly’s. The buggy jaras an old one, and it was pretty badly demolished. Mrs. Williams. while considerably bruised, was not seriously' injured.

MASTER MASONS ENTERTAIN.

m With “work in the Master" Mason’s degree followed by a big banquet, Prairfe Lodge, Xo. 125, F. & A. M., entertained in royal style large visiting delegations from Morocco, Wheatfield, Remington and Brook Monday evening. Two candidates, Dr. E. A T . Loy and C. FI. Porter, beingmade Master Masons. The work was done by the Morocco degree team and was given with credit for its perfection, The banquet was served by the Eastern Star Chapter in the Armory r ,-near 100 Massons partaking of the feast that was fit for kings. Members of Prairie Lodge, F. & A. M. and O. E. S. to a large number will return a visiting compliment to the Morocco Masons in their celebration .of St. John the Baptist Day, Friday, June 24.

CARSON-ADAM S NUPTIALS.

marriage of Mr. Ivan Carson and Miss Mary Adams took place at 8:30 o’clock Sunday iUQpiing 4 at _the home of the -bryfi^s -parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. I. Adams, southeast of town, Rev. A. G. W. Farmer officiating. There were present only the immediate relatives of the contracting parties. After the ceremony a luncheon w'as served and the newly weds took the .10 .US train for Chicago for a short visit,' after which they will return to Rensselaer and for the present stay at the W. R. Brown residence on McCoy avenue, and Mr. Carson will continue his duties as traveling salesman ior a Milwaukee shoe firm, jk Both young people ire well and favorably known in Rensselaer and have a host of friends who extend to them hearty congratulations.

TWO NEW STATES

Are Rejoicing Over Admission To the Union—Political . Outlook. - • Santa Fe. N. M., June 20. The territory of Xew Mexico is enthusiastic from one end to the other as a result of President Taft signing the statehood bill to-day. Santa Fe, Las Vegas and Raton held " mass meetings. The meetings in the plaza at Santa Fe adjourned with three rousing cheers for Taft: Telegrams of felicitation wfre exchanged between Acting Governor Young, of Arizona, and Acting Governor Jaffa, of Xew Mexico. The latter has already prepared the apportionment for the constitutional convention of a hundred delegates, two-thirds being Republican. There will be no delay in adopting a constitution. as the Republican party of the territory is very conservative and energetically opposed to Socialistic ideas. The constitution is likely to be the most conservative and is sure to be one that will meet President Taft’s approval. If is proposed to have the constitution adopted by the people in time t 0 lay before Congress in December. Xew Mexico State will be Republican ov 5,000 to 10.000 in a total vote of 60.000. The Republicans are preparing to capture the Senatorships. Thomas B. Catron and Solomon Luna are picked as the winners, but a strong fight, will be put up by .Governor Mills, ex-Govemors Prince, Otero and Carey, Delegates to Congress W. H. Andrew's and Colonel W. Hi H. Llewellyn.

BIG BUNCH OF ATTRACTIONS

Have Been Secured For Rensselaer’s 4th of July. ■■ v s ■ WILL BE A BUSY DAY ALL DAY, And the Varied Program of Amusements and Attractions Should Draw An Immense Crowd to Our Town—Balloon Ascension, Day Fireworks, Aerial Acts, Baseball, Etc. Etc.

The 4th of July committee, especially Messrs. D. M. Warland and J. 11. S. Ellis, are wonting tooth and nail to make this year’s celebration an event long to be remembered in this vicini ty, and in addition to the Milroy monument unveiling, a large number of attractions have been secured which cannot help but please the public in their varied character. As none of the neighboring county seat towns are preparing to celebrate and, in fact, there w r ill be no celebration of consequence within twentyfive miles of us, there should be a very' large crowd here on that day. Musk: will be furnished by the j Boys’ Band, who will have their new uniforms by that time. The boys play r w'ell and in their new uniforms will make a nice ap-, pearance. There will be a prize of a sls i flag given- to the largest delega-! tion from any township; a $lO flag so the second largest. An automobile parade with prizes of S2O and $lO the best decorated autos. Aerial Acts by the Flying Baldwins. Street sports of various kinds with $45 in prizes. One hundred dollars worth of day fireworks.

Balloon Ascension and parachute drop. A ball game will be played at Riverside Park in the afternoon between a Winaamc team * and the Wrens. This game is independent of the ! celebration, and an admission'fee of 25 cents will be charged to cover the expense of the game by the baseball management. There will also be a merry-go-round on the corner south from the Makeever hotel, a platform dance on the east side of the public square, and numerous other attractions, so that there should not be a dull minute the day long. Everyone can find something to amuse or attract them all the time. . Much* credit is dde President Worland and J. H. S. Ellis for the number of attractions secured and the prospective huge success the celebration' will be.

SHIFTING THE BURDEN.

Unjustly From the Local Officers Onto Governor Marshall. The petitioners have come to j Irown Point for names to send jGovernor Marshall, which asks him l*> close the Cedar Lake saloons on Sundays, and from reports they were ;vell signed before reaching here. Jlany believd the governor will act s prayed for in the petition.— Crown Point Star. Why don’t the local officeis of Lake county enforce the lawat Cedar Lake, if it is being violated? Why shift this burden from the shoulders of the. republican officers of Lake county, where it properly belongs, onto a democratic governor, where it does not belong? This thing of the people of a community running to- the governor with every little local matter instead of getting after the local* officials whom they are supposed to have elected to enforce the law and who at least, take an oath to do so, makes us tired. If the officers of'Lake county would say emphatically to the saloonkeepers, that they must obey the law or suffer the consequences, it would only take one or'two arrests to bring them to time. Let / the good people of Lake

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

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county arouse themselves and .see to it that the law's are en- ! iorced by their own officers- or admit that they are incapable of governing themselves, humiliating as this latter course may be. Don’t bother the governor with every little thing that comes up. There are 92 Connies in Indiana, and the state executive has something else to do besides troubling himself with all the little vexations of each of these.

HORACE MARBLE’S DEATH

Deplored in Both Jasper and Lake Counties. Concerning H. W. Marble, whose death occurred at his ranch near Wheatfield Wednesday night, the Lake County Star •says: “Up to four years ago he was the icture of health, and prosperity hined on him from all directions. He had served Lake county two j erms as sheriff, two terms as audi:or and paid his country's debt by serving three years in the civil war, both as officer and private. He was j eady when his sickness first apjeared to sit down the remainder of bis time and take comfort. “He was 71 years of age the 10th f this month. He leaves two childen frdm his first union, Mrs. J. iW. Ott and Mrs. Bernice Clark, and from "the second union, Mrs. L. A. Salisbury and H. W. The second wife urvivea. . “Mr. Marble was a man with many friends and will be a great oss to Wheatfield, being the leader here in a business way. He has a fine war record and his 12 years of jofficial life in Lake county proved that he was popular and wore well. A COINCIDENCE. “Ten minutes before the grandfather died in Wheatfield, a grand- | on was born here to Mr. and Mrs. Salisbury, and he has fairly won the | ame of Horace Marble, and came to fill his place.”

SUICIDE AT MONTICELLO.

Unknown Young - Man Throws Himself in Front of a Monon» ~ Freight Train, f Lying in the grass along-side the track until the train reached him, an unknown young man leaped in front of Monon fast freight Xo. 96, just south of Guernsey last Thursday evening at 5:00 o’clock, and was instantly killed. The tragic deed was witnessed by members of the train crew, who are of the opinion that it was a case of deliberate 'suicide. * Train Xo. 96 was running at a good rate of speed, and when the man jumped in front of the engine he was ground to pieces, both legs being cut off, his hip and one arm crushed and the body otherwise mangled. Brakeman Howes of the freight train saw him before he jumped. He 1 had been crouching in the grass and waiting for the train to approach. As he jumped in front of the train be held both arms aloft. The body was taken to Monon by the train crew, and Dr. D. R. Clayton, Jr., coroner, was-summoned. He found a postal card in the man's coat pocket with the photograph of. a soldier on the back of it. Evidently the picture is that of the young man himself. The card was 'addressed to Arthur Riveland. Seneca, 111., but bore no postmark or stamp. Evidently the card had been prepared for mailing, but the man | | had no money to buy a stamp. I fThe coroner communicat’d with the party to wffidm the card was addressed, but nothing has been heard from him as yet. People at Monon saw- the man in that towm Wednesday morning. He bore' Ithe appearance of a tramp, either I walked into town or came in on I a freight train. He was poorly! attired, about 4 years old and j ssioothfaeed. Bnriai was made! Saturday in Monon cemetery.

ANOTHER SUICIDE.

Put Head' on Rails and Was Decapitated By Train Wheels. Terre Haute. Ind., June ,18,—Herman Bruner, made an excavation under a a railroad track big enough for his body and when , a train came raised his head, placed it across the rail and was guillotined by the wheels.’ Eight years ago his neighbor committed suicide in, the same manner, i

Millet and Hungarian seed at Eger Bros.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol. | • ‘/• < ' White county republicans will hold their county convention tomorrow. . /, Xew suits filed: Xo. 7616. John F. Judy vs. Edward W. Lakin; suit on note and chattel mortgage. Demand S2OO. The linotyper made us say in Saturday’s Democrat, in the list [of marriage licenses issued, that L. M. Ritchey’s age was 32, when it should have jead 42, I red Longwell is busy at work making out the brief to the Supreme court in the Bader graft case. This case is expected to come up for a hearing in the next couple of months, —Brook Reporter.

—o The county board of review will close its labors Saturday. Yesterday a hearing was given automobile owners, ‘ many of whom are kicking greatly over the assessments made on their machines. Eleven marriage licenses had been granted this month up to yesterday noon, and one more was on rap for yesterday, that of Mr. Charies Lewis and Miss Clifford Moody, daughter of Granville Moody, of Barkley tp. The month of June for the last two years prior to this only drew five licenses each. Marriage licenses issued: June 18, Charles Fred Fanselow of Chicago, aged 22, occupation clerk, to Grace Adell Hilliard of Tefft, agpd 18, occupation postmistress. Fast marriage for each. Mine 18. .David Thadious Smith of Newland, aged 22, occupation farming, to Effie Mitchell of Jasper county, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Squire Irwin in the clerk’s office. June 18, Ivan John Carson of Rensselaer, aged 22, occupation traveling shoe salesman, to Mary B. Adams, daughter of Marion I. Adams, of Rensselaer, aged 24, occupation teacher. First marriage for each. June 21, Fred G. Vincent of Harvey, 111., aged 27, occupation horse-shoer. to Susanna K. Homerding of Green's Grove, 111., aged 24, occupation clerking. Second marriage lor male, having been divorced in December, 1909; first marriage for female. June 21, Fred M. Bishop of Council Bluffs, lowa, aged 34 years, occupation railroad clerk, to Florence Z. Warnock, of Remington, aged 28, occupation teacher. First marriage for each.

UNCLAIMED LETTERS.

The following letters remain uncalled for in the Rensselaer postoffice for the week ending June 20, 1910: J. W. Hevall, E. Lanen, Mrs. Adlena Schultz, Miss Helen O’Dell, Mrs. L. F. Aushorn, Mrs. Fannie O. Roades. These letters will be sent to the dead letter office July, 4, 1910, if not delivered before that date. In calling for the above, please say “Advertised,” giving date of list. GE. MURRAY, P. M.

DEMOCRATIC EDITORS

Are Preparing For Their Conventiofl This Week at French Lick. Indianapolis, Ind., June 20. "On to French Lick” is the slogan of the Democratic, editors of Indiana, who will hold their annual mid-summer meeting there Thursday. Friday and Saturday. They have accepted the invitation of National Committeeman T Taggart. to be his guests- for three days. Invitations have been extended to members of the State Committee, members of the subcommittee t appointed to arrange for a Democratic news bureau, and to the nominees on the state ticket, The meeting promises to be of great importance to the Democrats. as the state- campaign as-. fairs will be discussed. Fridav there Will be a business

session, at which matters pertaining to hewspapers will be discussed. v On Friday night the annual banquet *of the association will be, given. John W. Kern, nominee for United States Senator, is booked for the principal speech. He has accepted an invitation to be present. His speech is anticipated with deep interest, as he has not said anything- on political questions since his nomination. One of the important matters the editors and party leaders will consider will be the creation of a campaign press bureau to take the place of a party organ here. Governor and Mrs. Marshall will not attend the French Lick meeting. The Governor will leave for

JOHN B. PETERSON. Recently Nominated for Congress by the-Democrats of the Tehth Indiana District.

Northern Michigan some time iff July, and probably wilFbe away from Indianapolis a month. He will deliver the Democratic campaign keynote speech about that time. Senator Beveridge is expected to return to Indianapolis next week. He has arranged to spend his vacation at Dublin, N. H., but it is probable that he will not get away from here much before the latter part of July.

OLD FASHIONED OPEN AIR SERVICE.

Thursday, June 23, at the John Alter grove 2miles east of Parr, the United Brethern church will hold an/all day, open air service. Rev. c W. E. Stanley of Rockville will preach at 10:30 a. m., and Rev. W. U. Sherrill of Battle Ground at 2 p. m., followed by a baptismal service. Bring well filled baskets and come and help make this one of the most Enjoyable occasions of the year. — W. G. Schaefer, Pastor.

TEN-YEAR-OLD KID.

Plans To Drive a Big Touring Car a Thousand Miles Columbus, Ind„ H une 20Herbert Ogden, aged 10 * years, of this city, has been employed by an automobile Company of Detroit, to drive one of its big touring cars 1,000 miles or more, starting from Detroit. He will be the chauffeur, and have absolute charge of the machine.

E. V. RANSFORD TO MOVE.

Announcement is now publicly made that E. V. Ransford will move his 99c Racket Store to the rooms now occupied by the Forsythe store in the Odd Fellows Block* as stated in Saturday’s Democrat, and will open with a big general department store, including groceries. Announcement of the big removal sale wifi be" made later.

See our oxfords at the great sacrifice clearing sale the rest of this month at the Cash Store.— G. B. Porter. Clover Seed—l have sbme good clean clover see|d for sale in any quantity desired* — T. MWalter, Rensselaer, Star Route; phone 503-H.

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“MURDER WILL OUT.”

Columbus, Ind., June 20.—Because they wished to avoid- the annoyance of publicity, Captain W. H. Aikin, aged 73, lawyer and politician, of Hope, and Miss Christian J. Murphy, aged 53, tried to keep their marriage here yesterday a secret, but it became known to-day.

A BIG SCORE,

But An Interesting Game, Sunday at Pleasant Ridge. The Rod -Sox of Rensselaer, jprganired Sunday, wont to Pleasant Ridge in the afternoon where H’rey got it put over them by the [{Pleasant Ridge team by a score '<of 20 to 16. This big score was Vue more to rough grounds, the

ball hitting little raises and bounding out of reach of the players, than to poor playing. This was Red Sox’ first game of the year, and everything considered the game was most interesting and was enjoyed by the large crowd present. The features of the game was the base running of Haskell and Jones, the former pilfering 4 sacks. The Red Sox are composed of railroaders, plumbers, printers and farmers. Clifford Parkison umpired an impa/tial game. The following is the score: Pleasant Ridge R H PO A E. Potts, p. 2 2 4 1 0 B. Lowmtn, c 2 17 4 1 Gwin, If 2 2 6 1 0 Martin, cf. J...... ... 3 4 1 0 0 Bond, 2b,’.: 12 6 11 Caldwell, 3b... 2 2 3 0 0 Eldrldge, rs . . 110 0 0 R. Low man, If 2 2 0 0 0 ' Total, 20 20 24 7 3 Red Sox R H PO A E KOupke, p. .... .. .. . 1 % 1 4 0 Anderson, c 1 1 9 1 0 Gwin, lb .. ‘ 1 1 0 0 0 Joneß, 3b .... 3 3 3 1 1 Rowem, cf 3 2 0 0 1 Said la, 2b .. . . 11 1 0 0 Haskel, lb ... 2 2111 0 Watson, ss . 3 1 0 1 1 McCurtain, 2b 1 3 2 5 0 Total 16 15 24 13 3 Base on balls, R 4; P R 3. Twobase bits, R 4* P R 2. Three-base hits, P R 1. Home runs, P R 1. Double plays, R 1. Hit by pitched ball, R 1. Struck out, R 8; PR 9. Passed balls, 0. Time,, 2:20.

LEFT HIM IN THE LURCH.

Terre Haute, Ind., June 20. Herschel Gassaway, a schoolteacher, of Paoli, Ind., came to Terre Haute, to-day, procured a license to marry Nettie Baird, and, taking a Justice of the Peace to perform the ceremony, went to her address and he was told she had left, and that it was thought she had gone to marry another man.

' “ y • • v\ , V- - Semi-Annual Clearance Sale, from now until July 4, of all trimmed hats. Big reductions. — Mrs. Purcupile. Mr. Hayner, expert piano tuner and repairer, from Chicago, is in town. Patronage respectfully solicited. Leave orders early at Clarke's jew;elry store.