Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1910 — Page 4

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RAWN WAS VICTIM OF AN ASSASSIN

Finding of Second Bullet Shows Suicide Theory False. ESTATE IS TO RE ATTACHED Illinois Central Graft Probe May Reveal Half Dozen Former Officials to Have Profited by Alleged CrookednessChicago. July 22.—Important developments have strengthened the theory that Ira G. Rawn, president of the Monon railway, was not a suicide, but was murdered by a midnight naaura der. One of the most important new features is the finding of the second bullet. This is highly important as showing that Mr. Rawn fired at the intruder. Failure to find this bullet and the fact that but one chamber of his revolver was empty has done much to brave up the theory of suicide. It also serves to show that he was slain with a weapon of much larger caliber thac his own. as the ballet which entered his body tore a hole near his spine where it emerged after passing through his body. Still another development was a private examination of the premises, the body of the slain man and an examination of the servants and neighbors by detectives said to have been empolyed by insurance companies. These men, after many hours work, announced they had no doubt Mr. Rawn had been murdered and that the insurance companies would probably not contest the payment of 'hW ■ policies. Against all these features; which indicate that he was slain by an assassin or some one prompted by revenge, is the statement by attorneys for the Illinois Centra] that Mr. Rawn was on the verge of being exposed as the head and front of the conspiracy to joot that compntry of $1,500,000. None meq making these charges will them over his signature, but all talk freely of the case and say the evidence was overwhelming 1 It was stated authoritatively by the Illinois Central attorneys that Rawn’s estate would be tied up in the courts in an effort to reimburse the road for its losses The amount of his estate is not exactly known, but it is thought he was worth, aside from his life Insurance. fully a million dollars It is thought his total insurance, accident and life, will exceed $200,000. Before the latest developments, attorneys connected with the Illinois Central graft inquiry painted Rawn as the head, front and brains of the millien and half dollars conspiracy Some of them went further and said they had expected his suicide and that they are now even expecting the suicide of another former and prominent official of the road who has not thus far mentioned in connection with the graft cases It was stated ’hat soon another bill will be filed bringing nearly half a dozen former officials of the road into the case

700 IN GRAVE DANGER

Forest Fires Surround Towns and Escape Is Cut Off. Situation at Bloomville 's Very Critcal and Food Problem Is Serious One—Loss Over $200,000 Merrill Wis July hundred persons in Bloomville and Heinemann are hemmed ir by fores* fires with seemingly no means of escape. The fires have destroyed the railroad tracks for some distance be: tween Merrill and Bloomville. making it impossible for the Inhabitants of doomed towns to seek refuge by rail. The situation at Bloomville is critical The 400 homeless of Heinemann fled tq that village only to be confronted by similar peril. Gleason north of Bloomville. is isolated by the fire and it has been impossible to get word from there for several hours. This leaves Bloomville with its 500 persons cut off on every side With the population nearly tripled, the question of feeding the people is a serious one. Reports from Bloomville tell of the flight of scores of people, some going on foot and others in wagons The loss to buildings is $200,000.

GUARD NEGRO FROM MOB LAW

Brutal Assault on Six-Year-Old Girl May Be Avenged. Wheeling, W. Vs.. July 22. —John Jackson, an ex-convict, was captured at Claysville, Pa., charged with abducting Mary Maurer, a 6-year-old girl of McMechan and of a prominent family. The man is 40 years old and Wednesday night be grabbed the child and kept her on a hill all night, subjetting her to indignities.

An angry mob pursued him. and fifty shots were fired, but he escaped. He was brought back under a heavy guard so prevent lynching and lodged in the MouiUsville penitentiary. Feel-, ing runs here and trouble la feared. ~ ■

CHURCH ENDS CONFERENCE

Reports Show Much Progress in Seymour District During 1909. Seymour, Ind., July 22 —The Seymour District Conference of the Methodist church closed a three days’ sesdon here. Among those who took prominent places on the program were the Rev. M. B. Hyle of Indianapolis, the Rev. Harry A. King, president of Moores Hill college, and the Rev. Virgil Tevis of Rushville The reports from the different churches in the district showed that much progress has been made by the church in this district the last year.

FIND LOOT ON CIRCUS TRAIN

Employes of Lumber Company Recover Stolen Harness From Car. Rushvilie. Ind.. July 22. After searching forty-five cars df a circus train at Connersville. Wilbur Grindle and Will Buckner, employed by the Case Lumber company here, finally found locked in a tool box on the last car five sets of harness, valued at $125, which were stolen from the Case barns Monday night when the circus was here ; An enbpoiye of the circus who committed the robbery could not be found.

HOT COFFEE SCALDS WOMAN

Farmer’s Wife Is Seriously Injured While Cooking for Thrashers. Fairmont Ind . July 22.—Mrs Oscar Mart, wife of a well known farmer, was terribly burned by the explosion of the contents of a large tin bucket in which she was making a large quantity of coffee for the members of a thrashing crew. She had placed a tight lid on the bucket, which was blown off .by the accumulated steam. Although her t*unis are very deep, it is thought that spe will recover

Y. M. C. A. DIRECTOR TRIED

Sentiment Favors Defendant in Evans ville Case Charging Loitering. .Evansville,-' Ind.-. July 22. —J. W: Bailey, physical director of the Y. M C. A., who was arrested in front of a poolroom here on a charge of loitering, was tried in the city court, but judgment in his case was reserved until the police could offer more evidence to sustain their case Sentiment developed against what some persons term overzealous efforts of the police to break up loitering downtown..

RABBI GOES TO NEW YORK

Lafayette Clergyman Receives Appointment to Church at Rochester. Lafayette. Ind , July 22. —Dr Horace J. Wolf, who for the last year has been rabbi of the Jewish congrega- , tion of this city, has been appointed associate rabbi of a large congregation at Rochester, N. Y He will pe associated with Dr. Landsberg. rabbi of the congregation. Dr, Wolf is well known throughout the state.

DRAFT CANNON CRACKER LAW

Shelbyville Councilman Adopt Ordinance to Prohibit Their Use. Shelbyville. lnd.. July 22.—Although the Fourth of July is long since over Mayor Hawkins and members of the council did not believe it too late .to draft an ordinance prohibiting the discharge of cannon crackers in this city and the ordinance was passed on third reading the rules being suspended.

LIGHT FIRE UNDER SLEEPER

Pittsburger Is Burned When Boys Start Blaze Beneath Park Bench. Pittsburg, July 22 Robert Finley fell asleep on a bench in East Park and mischievous boys threw a burning newspaper uijder him His clothes were nearly burned off and his head and shoulders badly blistered before the fire was extinguished by policemen. The boys escaped.

CYCLONE SWEEPS SWEDEN

Farm Houses and Factories Unroofed Near Eskilstuna —No One Dead. Stockholm. Sweden, July 22.—Central Sweden was visited by a cyclone. No lives were lost, but there was much damage to property. Many farm houses and factories were unroofed, especially in and about city of Eskilstuna.

FARMER DIES IN A MEADOW

| Succumbs to Heart Disease While Working in Harvest Field. •r —r*. . -• ' Columbus, Ind., July 22.—William Taylor, 65 rears old. dropped dead of heart disease in a hay field on his farm near N'ewbern. He. was a member of the Order of Red Men and was one of the county's grast successful farmers.

112=: ROWLES & PARKER’S! ■ Store. J LOW PRICE. I Entire Stock of Men’s and Boys’, Women’s and Children’s I I Low Shoes Reduced for Clearance, Crossett, Krip- I I pendorf, and Other High-Grade Makes. I ■ The selection we are offering comprises many lines I I that are nearly complete. We are determined to I I to sell them this season if low I I \V* prices can make it possible, /V I I for we never carry this sea- I I son's products over to the I life--- We cannot urge you too strongly to take \ advantage of this sale. Thousands know per- \3 ; sonally of the high quality of Shoes we sell VJ J and the lowness of our prices, but to make quick clearance, our already low prices are i still lowered. . 1 This Sale Makes a Big Saving to You on Your Fall Shoes. I | $1.75 for Women's $2.00 Patent and Patent Tip Vici;! $2.45 for Men’s $3.00, $2.85 for Men’s 53. 50. and $3.15 I Oxfords. ; for Men’s $4.00 Low Shoes, including Gun Metal 1 $2.15 and $2.65 for Women's $2.50 and 3:00 Gun Metal, < 2-eylet tie pumps. Patent Colt 2-eylet tie pumps, ■ I Patent. Tan and Black Suede Ankle Strap Pumps, j| Tan Russia Calf 2-eylet tie pumps; Patent Colt, I I Gun Metal and Patent Sailor Ties, Gun Metal, Pat- \ Gun Metal and Tan Button Blucher Oxfords; Soft I I ent and Tan Blucher and Button Oxfords. ;! Vici and Velour Calf in lace, button and blucher. I I SI.OO, sl.2sand $1.50 for low heel Soft Vici Slippers;! Low Shoes for Boys, Misses and Children, all are in- 1 for hot weather. j; eluded in this Gigantic Clearance Sale, including 3 50c and SI,OO for Serge Slippers that are cool and com-;! Tans. Patents, Gun Metals, and Vici, in Ankle I II . sortable. ;! Strap Pumps, Sailor Ties, Button and Blucher OxA complete stock of all kinds of .Work Shoes, made of |! fords. I solid leather, the kind of shoes that wear. $1.35 for Women's $1.75 Patent Tip Vici Oxfords. ■ lIT 1 111 MB 11 If MI SI How ii Progress in 111 Depmums I I THE BIG CORNER DEPARTMENT STORE. |

TAFT LEAVES FOR TEN DAYS CRUISE

President Outlines His Position on State Conventions. President Taft has announced that ..he Is not going to draw any platforms for usg at Republican state conventions this fall. He has no desire to figure as the dictator of party policies and will not assume* the authority of a writer-in-chief ot these more or ss imp- riant documents. Neither he :nier.d to become the arbiter ■ o t< ra! fights. and he will not at- . i • to - elec: men from any office as . tr: :ion r. r.c.icatcs. Taft ex?s'! t: e I chef hat in most cases -•< s ' > ~ *on »e::::ons posed . . • i: ; interest arid intelli- : i. ■ ..... ; l-tforms that suited :.X it:he lnown that he had not m: e .a! a h :u cut and cut endorsement of the ‘iq platform that Senator Charles Dic k a:.d Wade E. Elis of Ohio srou?h< tip here The senator and Mr Ellis were of the opinion after seeing the president that thc-ir.plat-form would serve as a model for other conventions. The president did not repudiate this assertion to callers, but he did let it be known that he would not bother with other platforms Former Gov. John F. Hill, acting chairman of the Republican national committee, and Byron Boyd, chairman of the Maine state committee, motored down to Beverly front Augusta to Burgess Point. The president promised them to make three short visits in Maine One is to be at Eastport Tuesday; the second at Bangor on Saturday, and the third at Rockland on the 27th To get to Bangor the president will take a special train from Bar Harbor. He will stop at each of these three places an hour. The personnel of the party, which went north on the Mayflower 1 is: The president, Mrs. Taft. Master Charlie Taft, Horace D. Taft, Mrs Louis T. Moore, a sister of Mrs. Taft. ProC_ oMore, Secretary to the President. C. D Norton, Assistant Secretary of the Navy/and Mrs. Winthrop, Miss Mabel Boardman. Capt. A. W. Butt. M. P, Webster and James Sloan Jr. Announcement was made at the executive offices that President Taft was . much pleased with the reception given to Secretary of War Dickinson in Tokio. .. Here is the telegram the president sent to the Emperor of Japan:’'; ' * “I wish to express to yonr majesty my deep appreciation of the generous and ooorteoue hospitality extended to

Secretary Dickinson and his party during their visit to Japan. The expression of cordial welcome evoked strengthens the bonds of friendship between the two countries.”

GUN BLAST KILLS ELEVEN

Accident Occurs During “War Game" at Fort Monroe. \ Sergeant Haas and ten enlisted men were killed and a number injured in a “war game - ’ at Fort Monroe. The disaster occurred in the De Roussy battery, and was caused by the blowing out of a breech lock. The accident occurred as a fleet of targets, representing a hostile squadron sailing to attack Washington, was towed into Hampton roads. Five shore batteries of coast artillery, mounted with ten and twelve inch guns, were attempting to demolish the invading force.

DEATH ENDS AUTO TRIP

Family ofThree Killed In Crash Near Chicago. Death ended the trip of a tamily when an eastbound Chicago and Northwestern passenger train crashed into the automobile of Dr. W. J. MeEvilly, of Dysart. la., a half mile east of Lumbard. 111. Besides the physician his wife and nine-year-old daughter Mary were in the machine All were thrown several hundred yards by the train and the automobile was smashed to pieces. Dr. MeEvjJly was killed outright, the child died a few minutes after the accident, and Mrs. McEvilly died in West Chicago while still unconscious. Dr. McEvilly was president of the Tama County (la ) Medical society. He was born in Detroit and was forty years old. .

GOV. CARROLL IS INDICTED

Grand Jury Returns a True Bill Against B. F. Carroll. Governor Garroll of lowa was indicted in the city of Des Moines for | criminal libel by the Polk county grand jury. The indictment is the outgrowth of a long investigation by the grand jury of affairs in the lowa Industrial School for Girls at Mitch•lrille. It is alleged in the bill that the-;, governor made libelous statements concerning John Cownie, former chairman of the state board of control, In an article published in the Des Moines Capital of May 24. in which the governor set forth at length his reasons ‘ for demanding the resignation of Mr. * Omla i /) 1

Still There.

“I suppose.” began the inquiring summer visitor engagingly, “that the wealth in this part of New Hampshire is in the soil?” The uative regarded the shining blade <>f bis scythe reflectively. “I reckon it is,” he mildly assented. “I don’t know anybody hereabouts i that ever g**t any out of it.”—Youth’s | Companion.

His Preference.

j The skimpy novel 1 abhor, i For 1 am thrifty And want a lot of reading for My dollar fifty. —Louisville Courier-Journal. j And when that bulky book you’ve got. With careful spending. ” The tale will have, as like as not, A tragic .ending. —Chicago Tribune.

THE MARKETS

| k Chicago Live Stock. » Chicago, July 21. Hogs—Reeepits 14,000. Quotations ranged at $8.60© 8.70 choice heavy, $8.85©9.00 choice light, sß.oo© 8.25 heavy packing, and $8.50© 9.00 good to choice pigs. Cattle —Receipts 6.500. Quotations ranged at $8.15© 8.60 choice to prime steers, $4.75© 6.00 good to choice beef cows, $5.75© 6.75 good to choice heifers, $5.25©5.75 selected feeders, *4.50 @5.00 good to choice Stockers, $8.40 @8.75 good to choice calves. Sheep and Lambs —Receipts 15000. Quotations ranged at $7.00©7.50 good to choice lambs, [email protected] good to choice wethers. $3.75©4.00 good to choice ewe«. Potatoes. New 5 potatoes, choice to fancy, 63© 65c; fair to good. 58© 60. Omaha Live Stock. Cattle —Receipts 2.800 head; market steady, strong; native steers, $4.75 @7.75; cows and heifers, [email protected]; western steers, $3.50© 6.25; Texas steers, $3.00© 5j00; cows and heifers, $2.75© 4.85; canners, $2.50 @3.25; stockers and feeders, $3.25 @5.75; calves. [email protected]: bulls, stags, etc., $3.25 @5.25. Hogs—Receipts 9,600 head; market s@loc higher;, heavy, [email protected]; mixed, [email protected]; light, [email protected]; pigs, S7.SO@S 00; bulk of sales, $8.15 @8.50. Sheep—Receipts 9.300 head; market 10@15c higher; yearlings, [email protected]; wethers, $3.25© 4.00; ewes, $2.50© 3.65; lambs. [email protected]. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y., July 2L Donning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y„ : quote as follows: Cattle —Receipts 8 cars; market dull. Hogs—Receipts 25 cap; market slow; heavy, $8.60© 8.80; Yorkers, $9.00© 9.25; pigs, $9.50. Sheep Receipts 4 cars; market strong; best lambs, [email protected]; yearlings, [email protected]; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, $4.00© 4.15. Calves, $6.00© 10.25.

Med lie Rem tie. [Under this head notices win 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 wuntng within *i—above rate win be published two er 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.] Farm Loans —Money to loan o& arm property in any soma np to 10,000. E. P. HONAN. Farm Loans—Jasper Guy of Remington makes farm loaas at 5 per cent interest with no commission but office charges. Write him. ts Cow for Sale—Good fresh cow for saIe—ALBERT DUGGIXS, Rensselaer, Phqne 514-E. Spices and Extracts—Watch for the Confer man, with spices, extracts and proprietary medicines.— B. K. YEIRS, Francesrille, lnd. For Sale—An elegant B-flat, Bean Ideal Trombone, used only a short time and as good as new. Inquire at The Democrat office. Fat Stock Wanted —Am in the market at all times for fat cattle, hogs, sheep, veal calves, etc., and pay the top market price. Write or phone me (No. 70-D, ML Ayr exchange) before selling.—J. N. BICKNELL, Mt. Ayr. Ind. For Sale —Handsome brass chandelier, v 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. Inqnire at this office. Typecases For Kale— Eight or ten Italic Job Cases, fail 6ize and almost good as new, 50 cenis each; 1 twothirds case, good as n ;w, 50c.—THE DEMOCRAT, Rensselaer, Ind. Money—Some loan companies are refusing to make farm loans at the present time. My company is still loaning at 5 per cenL If you are going to need a loan make application at once, as money is scarce.—JOHN A. DUNLAP, I. O. O. F. Building. Where Trouble Begins. Most people ignore constipation at first. When they are lashed by indigestion’s pangs, yellow jaundice, virulent liver trouble, they desperately wish they had taken Dr. King’s New Health Tea early and acred themselves. For Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, It’s supreme. 25c at A. F. Long’s.- •. •’ ■■■