Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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MRS. W. J. REED FATALLY BURNED

Wife of Former Resident Meets Tragic Death at Knox. KNOWN TO MANY READERS Of The Democrat, As Also Is Her Husband, Who Is a Native of Jordan Tp., and Has Numerotis Relatives Residing In Jasper County—Mrs. Reed Formerly Taught School In This County. The many friends of Mrs. Wm. J. Reed of Knox will be pained to hear of her t terrible death Wednesday from endeavoring to put out the flames that enveloped her little son, whose clothing had caught fire from a gasoline stove. She was a former school teacher • of this* vicinity, a daughter of James Longwell, and was well known at Fowler, Goodland and Monon, where the Longwell family formerly resided. Her sister, Miss Disa Longwell, taught school in Jasper county recently. Fred Longwell of Brook is a cousin, and her husband, W. J. Reed, is a native of Jordan tp., this county, and is well known here and has many relatives in this county. John Reed of Virgie and Thomas Reed of Jordan tp., are brothers of Mr. Reed. Mrs. Reed’s maiden name was Ella Longwell. The Starke County Democrat has the following account of the terrible accident: One of the most horrible accidents ever to occur in this community was visited upon the home of Atty. W. i. Reed and family at 7 * o’clock this morning a when Mrs. Reed was burned almost beyond recognition and her eight-year-old son Herbert was badly burned about his hands and legs by flames which orignated from an explosion of a sjnall gasoline stove. Mr. Reed also sustained a number of bad burns on , his hands while engaged in smothering the fiendish flames which had enveloped his wife from head to foot. The explosion occurred while the son Herbert was filling the gasoline tank on the stove. The stove had been burning for several minutes before the explosion happened, buC at the mother’s request had been turned out by the boy because the’ tank was Tunning dry. At her request he-immediately commenced filling the tank and, according to his own pitiful and pathetic little story, epilled some of the dangerous fluid over onto the heated burner. The next instant he was enveloped in a mass of flames and crying aloud, rushed to his mother’s side for assistance. Before she could do much for the boy, 'however, the flames had been communicated to her own clothing which naturally prompted her to seek her own salvation. Rushing frantically from the house to the back yard she presented a living torch when' Mr. Reed appeared on the scene. He was upstairs with the other children when the accident occurred, and hearing the cries of the mother and son he arrived at the kitchen door just in time to see his wife pass out ok the back door. Seizing the bay, whose clothes were still ablaze, he plunged, him into a tub of water, standing near by and then rushed out after his wife. In pasing out through the summer kitchen he noticed that the stove was still afire and. without a moment’s, hesitation threw it out into the yard. But for this presence of v mind the house might easily have been destroyed. I Seizing his wife as best he could, » Mr. Reed with a superhuman commenced rolling her on the ground and in this way finally succeeded in suffocating the fire. Only a few small remnants of clothing still clung to her body when the loving hands of neighbors gently carried her back into' the house which only a few moments before was a haven of sunshine and happiness. A more pitiablesight can hardly be imagined. Drs. Schwier and Dawson were hurriedly called and while they did all that could possibly be done for the poor woman they realized at a glance that the most they could do was little .enough. Dr.. Olney and a trained nurse from the St. Joseph hospital in South Bend arrived here in an automobile at about ’ 10 o’dock, but they could be of no assistance. Mrs. Reed lapsed into unconsciousness at about 8:30 and from this she never rallied. She

died without a struggle at about 11:45 a. m. No arrangements for the funeral have as yet been made, but it will, in all probability, be held in this city. The unfortunate mother is survived by the husband, four little children, the youngest being an. infant of 8 months, five sisters, two brothers and a father. The sudden death of this excellent wife and mother has cast a pall of sorrow over the entire, community and friends are hurrying from every direction to do what they can for the grief-stricken family.

A SIX MONTHS RECORD.

Frightful List of Fatal Accidents In Lake County. Thus far this year forty-eight people have met a tragic death in Lake county, while a hundred or more have met with serious injuries. have been killed and thirty-four injured by the steam and electric railroads. Six automobilists have been killed, thirty-six injured and twentyseven autos have been wrecked. The drownings number eight thus far. This is certainly going some, and if a list of the murders committed during the past six months in that region were at hand the tragic death list would be swelled about a score more.

ANOTHER SUICIDE NEAR MONTICELLO.

Monticello Herald: John Phillips hung himself Tuesday at the home of- his brother, Wm. H. Phillips about six miles south cf here on the Oakdale road. He was about 70 vears old and unmarried. He was a man of veryregular habits, and when he failed to appear at dinner time Tuesday Mrs. Phillips went in search of him. To her horror she found him hanging by the neck to a beam in an implement shed off the premises. A doctor was summoned, but life was extinct. He had apparently been dead several hours. No.cause is known for his deed as he was surrounded by all the comforts of life.

HAD WORKED IN JASPER.

The coroner of White county has received the following letter from Arthur Reveland of Senaca, 111., % card bearing whose address was found in the pocket of the young man who suicided a few miles north of Monticello last Thursday evening by throwing himself under a Monon freight train, as told in Wednesday’s Democrat: , I received your letter to-day. I at once recognized the card. It was this last April one day that a stranger came along here and wanted work. We gave him work for a day, and he stayed here a couple of nights. At last we found a place for him and he worked there until about a month ago. He left this man and said he was going to Nebraska. While he was at my place I learned his history somewhat, and here it is: His name was Stefen Szenrawfski. His home was near St. Petersburg, Russia. His mother was married again. I don’t remember her name. He had no relatives in this country. ‘He had been here two years and was 22 years old. He had worked on a ranch near Rose Lawn, Ind., for a Charlie Otis. When he left us I gave higi my card with my name on it.

CHILDREN’S DAY AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

All the Sunday services at the Christian church have been arranged to emphasize children’s work in tht church. The Bible school superintendent desires the presence of everx- member of the school. The orchestra will furnish special music. In the - place of the regular sermon, Mrs. Foltz will introduce •, a number of children who will give an exercise entitled, “The Ptea of the Children of the Nations.” In the evening the children of the Bible school will give an exercise entitled “Into All the World; the Crowning Glory of I the New Century. In this exercise are good drills and stirring songs. All are'invited and every member expected “to be presnt. The pastor will speak at Good Hope at 3 p. p. Subject, “God not Mocked.” L ;

See, our oxfords at the great sacrifice* clearing sale the rest of this month at the Cash Store.r—

G. B. Porter.

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 25. 1910.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About County Capitol. Trustee Shirer of Kankakee township, was down on business Wednesdav. - V OI— New suits filed: No. 7617. 43eorge L. Johrison vs. Oscar Byerly, et al; appeal from Squire M. P. Comer’s court. —o — The County Council is called to meet in special *sesion Tuesday, July 5, principally for the purpose of appropriating funds for new bridges. Fred Brown of Goodland, who was a star boarder at Sheriff Shiner’s hotel for several months as the guest of Newton county, charged with stealing a horse at Kentland last fall, of which charge he was acquitted at trial, was married at Monticello Wednesday to Miss Dollie Dobbins of Wolcott. —o White county republicans nominated the following county ticket Thursday: Clerk, Charles S. Preston; treasurer, Wm. P. Cooper; recorder, Morton Coonrod; surveyor, Frederick Price; assessor, Wm. F. Snyder; coroner, Geo. R. Clayton, Jr.; commissioners, Chas. A. Gay, Jacob D. Moore. —o— W. D. Bringle of Jordan tp., has purchased the undivided 3-5 interest of Mirs. Myrtle Yeoman of Hibbard, Ind., J. V. Bringle of Summit, So. Dak., and Mrs. S. B. Moffitt also of South Dakota, in' the 83-acre farm in Newton tp., owned by his father, W. L. Bringle, deceased. The consideration as stated in the deed is $3,900. <

Squire Irwin was called upon Thursday afternoon to officiate at the Clerk’s office, in the marriage of Fred G. Vincent of Harvey, 111., to Miss Susanna K. Homerding of Green’s Grove, 111.,' a couple who were granted a license here Tuesday, but are understood to have experienced a little difficulty in getting a minister to marry them because the groom had been divorced from his former wife. They left on the afternoon train for Chicago on their way back home. licenses issued: June pl, Charles Edward Lewis, of Orons, Maine, son of Isaac R. Lewis of Jasper county, aged 34, occupation plant pathologist, to Clifford Neff Moody, daughter of Granville Moody of Barkley tp., aged 30, occupation housekeeper. First marriage'for each. June 22, Samuel F. -Wolfinger of Marion county, Ohio, aged 32, occupation farmer, to Harriet May Sayler, daughter of Benjamin L. Sayler of Rensselaer, aged 30, occupation teacher. First marriage for each. —o — One Robert M. Allen, an insane njan, was taken in charge by Sheriff ' Shirer Wednesday morning on complaint of parties south of town, at whose home the man had appeared and frightened the women, in the absence of the men folks. The man is said to have made his home for some tffnelit Fowler but recently disappeared and his whereabouts had since been unknown to his friends. Thursday morning the man’s cousin from Brook, accompanied by the town marshal of that place, him back with them'and an insanity hearing will be there.

The case of Harry C. Willette, administrator, vs. Benjamin J. Gifford, et al. Appealed from the Jasper Circuit Court, was reversed in the Appellate court Tuesday. The court held: (1) Where a mortgage was executed in 1881, to indemnify the mortgagee against loss under a certain contract, and six years later, in an action on the contract begun soon after the said mortgage was given, a court of Ohio that had jurisdiction of the parties adjudged that $14,394 was due the mortgagee thereon, and such judgment was renewed and kept .alive by a subsequent judgment of the Marion superior court in an action thereon, recovered in December, 1890, the'statute of limitations did not bar* a suit to foreclose the

mortgage at the expiration of twenty years after its execution, (See Acts 1909. Page 334.) (2). A mortgage lien is kept alive as long as the debt it secures is alive (except as terminated ,by Act? 1909, Page 334, enacted after this suit was brought.) (3) The mortgager or his graftnee can not acquire a tax title that he can set up against his mortgagee, because he is bound to keep the taxes paid.

SIDESWIPES FREIGHT

Monon Limited is Partly Wrecks ed at South Hammond. Hammond, Ind., June 22. The Cincinnati limited train on the Monon, leaving Chicago at 11:30 last night, was partly wrecked at 12:30 this morning at South Hamond. No one was seriously injured, The northbound freight did not pull into the siding as expected, and the limited sideswiped it on leaving the Monon yards at South Ham mond. The pilot of the engine and the drivers were twisted Ten freight cars were demolished and the baggage coach of the limited was wrecked.

GILLAM COMMENCEMENT.

The .Gillam township commencement exercises Thursday evening of last week brought out one of the largest crowds of people that ever witnessed a similar occasion at that plad?—standing room was at a premium. ” And they were well repaid for their coming. The church had been beautifully decorated, the recitations by the graduates were well rendered and the address by Judge Charles Hanley was well worth coming miles to hear. Especially were his remarks interesting to the Gillam people, the Judge himself being a Gillam product and having himself graduated from the same platform on which he then stood as a speaker. He indulged in some reminscenses with which some of Ynose present were familiar, advanced some excellent educational ideas and gave some very good advice to the graduating class. A better speaker for this occasion could hardly have been secured, had they looked “the wide world over.” The quartet that furnished the music was highly complimented on all sides and especially did the duet sung by Mrs. M. Guild and Mrs. L. G. Baughman receive a liberal share of the applause and praise. Trustee J. W. Selmer is to be congratulated upon the success of the event, which h had worked hard to bring about.—Medaryville advertiser.

MUST POST-NOTICE

Of Arrival of Trains—Railroad Commission Issues Order to Station Agents. More work and more hot weather worry for the railway station agents of Indiana. The railroad commision has found fTiat they have, in numerous instances, been disregarding the law concerning posting notices of the arrival of trains, and by an order issued Thursday, proposes to see that they obey it hereafter.

Burns’ Revised Statutes of 1908 (Section. 5310) provides that all railway stations shall be equipped with blackboards, on which th'e station agents shall post information concerning the arrival and departure of trains at least thirty minutes before due. Information has, reached the comrhission to the effect that in numerous instances agents have left the bulletin boards untouched for days at a time, irrespective of how the trains w*ere running; that many of the boards were worn so that writing on them was illegible, and that a general shaking-up among the station agents and railroad managers was necessary for the comfort and convenience of the traveling public. A penalty is provided for failure to observe the law cpncerning the bulletin board, and this fact is emphatically brought to the attention of the agents as well as the railroad companies in the order from the commission. The companies are ordered to make ah inspection of the bulletin boards* on their routes and to see to it that they are kept not only in good condition but that they are made to convey accurate information to patrons of the road£. 1.

ASSESSMENT FIGURES FUR 1910

Were 6,996 Horses, 12,309 Cattle and 3,451 Sheep IN JASPER COUNTY.MARCH 1 Carpenter Leads on Number of Horses and Sheep and Barkley on Cattle—B2 Automobiles the Assessment Books for 1910 Show, Which Is Exactly Twice as Many as Last • Year. I he County Board of Reveiew will close its session to-day, haying sat the twenty days required by law. Not many complaints have been made on the assessments returned by the township assessors. A few changes and additions of omitted property have been made, Hit the labors of the.board have not been very strenuous and none of the members have lost flesh from overwork. While the complete recc'd of the session has not as yet been made up,- we have been able, through the courtesy of the board, to gather a few figures from the board’s notes that will be of ’ntcrest to our readers In the matter of live stock assessments, we find that Carpenter leads all the other townships of the county in the number of horses and sheep owned in her borders, while Barkley leads on the number of cattle. ' The number owned in each township together with the average value follows:

Horses Cattle No. Vai. No. Vai. Walker tp. . 352 SSB 1129 sl6 Remington . 153- 51 62 24 Milroy .... 185 55 465 19 Rensselaer . 250 63 140 25 Jordan .... 667 62 1200 19 Kankakee . 228 64 555 18 Barkley ... 911 69 2336 21 Wheatfield . 282 "90 489 16 Newton ... 652 71 1320 22 Union 786 60 1485 20 Carpenter .. 1172 65 1488 21 Keener .... 382 52 964 19 Wheatfi’d tn 66 55 41 23 Gillam .... 524 63 1161 18 H. Grove ... 386 70 882 19 Sheep No. Vai. Milroy 7. • ••• • • 98 $4 Jordan 214 5 Kankakee .......128 4 Wheatfield 101 2 Newton 461 4 Keener . . .122 5 Union 433 4 Carpenter ..622 4 Barkley B .518 5 Gillam ....323 5 Walker . ............ . 11l 3 Hanging Grove .... .. . .270 5

There are just twice as many automobiles ' listed for taxation this year as there were last year, or 41 in 1909, to 82 in 1910, and from present indications next year the number will be about doubled again. Of thjs number 31 were owned in Rensselaer. All but but 2 of the 13 .townships is represented in the auto list, Milroy and Kankakee. Following are the names of the auto owners and their places of residence, also the assessments placed on each machine by the board, most of which is a reduction of from 10 to 20 per cfcnt from the valuation given by the township assessors: A R Kresler, Rensselaer. .... .$350 Michael Koboski, same.-...... 200 Elizur Sage, Newton tp 1000 Matt Worden, Rensselaer 300 Bruee White, same 175 I M Washburn, same. ....... 600 Fred Phillips, 5ame.......... 675 E J Duvall & Co, 5ame...... 350 Geo H McClain, saine. . . . 400 N Littlefield, 5ame.......... 175 Ernest Lamson, 5ame........ 400 Fairy E Leek, same. 350 E Besser, Remington 300 Andrew Ropp, Barkley. ..... 350 Harvey Davisson, Uni0n...... 75 Geo Terwilliger, Marion 350 W E Price, Union. ......... 450 D W Waymire, Keener...... 350 R B Harris, Rensselaer 450 E C English, same 350 J W Marlatt, same. 575 Same, Barkley 350 C H Porter, Rensselaer 350 John Shroer. 8ark1ey......./ 350 Geo Davisson, same. .. ....... 450 Grant Davisson, Mme........ 450 John Jordan. Remington...... 450

Ed Sutherland, 5ame........ 350 LB Elmore, 5ame...*...... 200 John Schultz. Union. ....... 200 John Andrus. Marion. .. : . .... 450 J W Wells, Demotte. ........ 50 Wm Washburn, Rensselaer. «, . 750 R A Parkison 5ame,......'.. 600 Jasper Co Tel’Co. 5ame...... 75 Fred Waymire; Barkley. . ... 960 S G Hand. Remington........ 275 J M Ott, Remington. .., ..... 500 Lyman Raymond; Jordan 650 W A Witham. Union. . . ... . . 250 W E Johnson, Remington.... 350 Geo Ketchum. Rensselaer.... 550 Babcock & Hopkins, same.... 625 W D Bringle. J0rdan........ 670 Wesley Hinkle, Union 675 T H Robinson, Gillam . ... .. . 750 Delos Thompson, Rensselaer. M 200 J L Brady, same. . , . . ..... . 575 F M Parker, 5ame......... . 1500 W H Mackey, same; ... . ... . 200 James Clark, same 150 I! W Marble. Wheatfield 500 F A Turfler. Rensselaer. .. . . . 300 C H Tyron, Remington...... 600 W H Snedeker, 8ark1ey...... 300 J L Bartoo. Remington...... 250 A H Hopkins. Refisselaer. . ... . 300 J H HanssjOn, same. ......... 900 A P Ranier, Remington..... E L Hollingsworth, Rensselaer 750 Internat’nal Harvester Co, same 75 M D Gwin, same. .......... 50 A Halleck, 5ame............ 50 Harry Parker, • same. ... .. f. . 30 H J Kannal same. . . ....... 50 H Marble. Wheatfield..... ... 750 W B same. ......... 300 Charles Meyers, same. .;..... 450 Ed Randle, 8ark1ey......... Granville Moody, same 1100 Chas Moody, same ...1050 S H Hopkins, same. ........ . 675 Charles Odem, Gi11am........ 600 J A Washburn, Remington... 675 C T Denham, 5ame...... 425 W T Elmore, 5ame.......... 50 J C Lewis, same. 50 iMatiida Schrader, Walker.... 75 John Herr; Hanging Grove.... 75 Richard Foulks, same 15 R Johns same. .... ... .: 50 John Lane, Newt0n.......... 50

DON’T MIS& THE AUTOMOBILE PARADE.

; The automobile parade here July 4th ought to be a most attractive feature of the celebration. The committee has hung up S3O in prizes, S2O and $lO, for the two best decorated autos in the parade, and with thg lajge number of niachines owned in this vicinity and the many that will be here from a distance should make a very handsome and interesting parade.

NOTICE TO ODD FELLOWS.

All members of Iroquois lodge, No. 143 I. O. O. F., and other members of the order of requested to meet at the lodge hall on Sunday, June 26, 1910, at 2 p. m.» to MXticipate in the observance of Memorial 'Day. By order of the lodge. FRED McCOY, N. G. S. C.' IRWIN; Sec.

HEAT CAUSES DEATH.

Lineman Shocked to Death When Moist Shirt Touches Live Wire. Lafayette, Ind., June 23.—Edward Klinker, age thirty-five, a lineman in the employ of the Lafayette Telephone Company, met a tragic death this morning in front of the Wabasji Valley sanatorium, an institution connect ed with the Seventh Day Adventist church, two miles north of this city. Klinker was replacing a worn out cross arm on a telephone pole and because of the extreme heat he had removed his coat and hat. In some manner his shirt, wet with perspiration, ca I me in contact with a 2,200 volt wire of the Indiana Lighting Company and he fell to the ground, a distance of twenty-five feet. When Roy Ross and Elmei* Marsteller, fellow workmen, reached him, he was dead. The telephone company officials believe that Klinker was overcome by the heat and fell against the high tension wire. The man’s body was only slightly burned • A widow and three children survive. Klinker was a member of the Catholic church and the Catholic Order of Foresters. A year ago he was badly hurt by falling from a telephone pole and had only recently renewed his position with the telephone company. The accident so unnerved the rest of the lineman at work on the wires that they quit for the dav.

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