Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1910 — Page 5

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Brief Items of Interest to City and Country Readers. J. H. Ellis was a Knox visitor Thursday. Kenneth Rhoades spent Thursday in Joliet, 111. H. L. Brown was a Chicago visitor Wednesday. Mrs. Jean Crowell was in Thayer a few hours Wednesday.

The last call for peaches for this season in car lots.—John Eger. W. E. Crawford of Rankin was a business visitor here Wednesday. ; Kenneth Allman returned home Wednesday from a few days visit at Indianapolis. Miss Alice Worland went to Shelbyville Wednesday to visit with relatives. Mrs. A. J. Fleming went to Kankakee Wednesday to attend the fair a few days. Mrs. R. A. Patterson of Tacoma, Wash., is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. L. Willis. Linden Daugherty went to Crawfordsville Wednesday to visit friends a few days. ]\A. Leopold went to Wolcott Wednesday to make a short visit with his son Louis and family. Mrs. Alice M. French of Indianapolis returned home Thursday after a ten days visit here with friends. Mrs. S. F. Poole of Kankakee, 111., returned home Thursday after a short visit at Ed Randle’s in Barkley tp. Mrs. E. N. Loy and son returned home' Wednesday from a three weeks visit with relatives at Piqua, Ohio. Adelbert Beckman of Lafayette who had been making a short visit here with friends, returned home Thursday.

Miss Nellie Stucker of Manchester returned home Wednesday after a two weeks visit here and at Mt. Ayr. Marion Gwin left Wednesday for Belle Fourche, So. Dak., after a several weeks visit here with relatives and friends. John Walker, Charles Blue and Miss Clara Robinson went to Water Valley Wednesday to spend a few days fishing. Joe Truelly of west of town went to Hammond Tuesday to visit relatives a few days. He will also visit at St. John while away. Bert Brenner left Thursday for Mitchell, So. Dak., to accompany home his wife who has been visiting there the past few weeks. C. W. Duvall and wife and Mrs. Mary D. Eger returned home Thursday from a few weeks visit at Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Dora Sims of Chicago came Sunday evening to visit her neice, M‘,rs, Newton Sunderland, on the Ketchum farm, east of town.

To-day’s markets: Corn, 51c; Wheat, 90c; Oats, 28c; Rye, 60. The local ball team played Brook at the Goodand horse fair Thursday, but lost by a score of 8 to 6. Trustee S. D. Clark, wife and daughter and George _ Stembel were down from Wheatfield Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Maloney were down from Tefft Wednesday tO’enter their son in St. Joseph’s College. 'J Mrs. D. H. Yeoman, who has peen in poor health for several months, is gradually failing and is now confined to her bed all the time. Mrs. Barbara Redal and daughter of Columbus, Ohio, came Wednesday to. visit Mrs. J. I. Miller and family of near Pleasant Grove. s/ Pete Wood was down from Oaks yesterday with a load of lucious melons and left a mammoth one at The Democrat office as a sample. Thanks. Jack Johnson, the prize fighting plugugly, passed through Rensselaer yesterday noon in his auto with two other ‘‘nagurs,’’ enroute to Indianapolis. King, mother and sister qf Buchanan, Mich., former residents of Rensselaer, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Washburn and other friends here.

■4 Miss Ethel Brown of Chicago ip visiting Misses Fame and Grace Haas. Mrs. B. G. Oglesby of Knox, a sister of the latter, is also here for a few days. Mrs. C. D. Martin and granddaughter, Marion Martin, of Cincinnati, Ohio, left Thursday for home after a few weeks visit here with relatives and friends. ■\ New suits filed: No. 7643. Appeal in Jungles ditch. No. 7644. John W. Nowels vs. George W. Tudor, et al; action enjoin construction of tile drain. Isaac Parker of east of town left Thursday for Mitchell, So. Dak., where he expects to buy a farm if suited with conditions there, and will move his family there in the spring. Mrs. W. B. Knouff of Towncreek, Ala., who had been visiting Mrs. Isaac Wiltshire here the past week, left Wednesday for Westfield to visit relatives before returning home. We are going to .ship in another carload of fancy peaches, in bushel baskets. Leave vour order now. If the quality and price is not satisfactory you do not have to take them. —John Eger. Mark, Oag and J. A. Yeoman and wives of Kingman, Kan., left Thursday for their homes after a several days visit here with relatives. They also attended the Yeoman family reunion while here. Mrs. Oren Savins of Francesville, formerly of this place, is reported to have suffered two strokes of paralysis several days ago while visiting in the east. It is thought that she will be recovered sufficiently in a few < days to bring her back to Francesville. C. B. Poundstone of Clarion, la., and brother, John Poundstone of Grant Ridge, 111., who had been visiting their former thirty year neighbor at Grand Ridge, George Mustard, of this place, the past few days, left yesterday for their homes.

H. K. Ravenscroft and daughter, Miss Lena May of Kingman, Kan., and Mrs. A. M. Harner of Goltry, Okla., left Wednesday for their homes after a three weeks visit here with the latter’s sister, Mrs. J. F. Irwin and family, and also at Remington. Y Mrs. Allen Catt, daughter, Mrs. Lewis, son Ed Catt, and tne former’s neice, Mrs. Nancy Knouff returned .home a "’few days ago from a three weeks visit with relatives at; Gree.nfield. Ed says while there he attended a reunion of the- Catt family, and reports there were 135 present. Fred and John Bowman, formerly of Remington and sons of Ezra Bowman of that place, have bought the McConnell drug store at Monticello and will conduct same under the firm name of Bowman Bros. Fred Bowman has been employed in this drug store for several years.

The Maine state election will be held next Tuesday. Peach Sale next Tuesday and Wednesday. A carload of Fancy Michigan Peaches direct from the orchard in an iced car. $1.75,. $2.00 and $2.25 a bushel.—John Eger. Word received from Chicago yesterday as to the condition of Mrs. B. Forsythe, was that she was getting along just the nicest kind from her operation, although she is probably not out of complete danger yet. Mr. and Mrs. Alf Jacks of the west part of town will move to Lee Monday next where Mr. Jacks has purchased a half interest in Sam Jacks’ store. The Democrat wishes them success in their new location. At the auto races at Earl Park Saturday, Al Hyndman of Fowler was probably fatally injured by the auto he was in turning turtle. George Higgins of Chicago who was driving the Buick car, he being a professional driver, was also badly hurt. C. A. Lefler, assessor of Hanging Grove tp., was in Thursday to attend the representative convention. He says there will be four times as much wheat sown in Hanging Grove as last year. William Murray, on the James Overton farm, will put in 80 acres. ■

The annual reunion of the Yeoman femily was held Tuesday at the home of W. H. Parkison, on College Road. There were 95 present to partake of the bountiful dinner spread on the lawn. The afternoon was spent in visiting between the many relatives and friends in attendance.

The numerous rains of the past few weeks have started the grass to growing nicely and if host stays off for a month longer, as it should to mature all the corn, fall pasture will be the best for several years. In some localities of the county the rains this week made it most too wet to Frank G. Hinkle and friend, J. G. McCartney of Lewiston, Pa., came Tuesday for a few days visit with the former’s aunts, Mrs. AA£m. Powers and Mrs. Candace Loughridge. This is Frank’s first visit here since he left Rensselaer twelve years ago. He has a position with the Standard Steel Co., at Lewiston. John Byers of Burlington, lowa, is hiere for a visit with old friends of before the war, and his sister, Mrs. George Robinson of Hanging Grove. He will remain until after the soldiers reunion. Mr. Byers is a former resident of Rensselaer, going out in the 9th Indiana from here in the war of the rebellion. This is his first visit back here since the war. - Wolcott Enterprise: Leonard Holstetter of Hoopeston, 111., has purchased of Eben Wolcott the land adjoining the town of Wolcott on the south. The land is that farmed by A. B. Wooden, the tract containing eighteen and one-fourth acres, and the price paid was $135 per acre. The new owner expects to build this fall and will convert the place into a poultry farm.

Delphi Herald: The present board of county commissioners have made an order that here after the expense of making a loan of school funds to individuals will be borne by the county instead of the party borrowing. This is quite an advantage to the borrower as it has cost him $6.25 to get the deal transacted heretofore. It is more than likelv that hereafter there will be more loans of this fund because of the decrease in expense of makjjig loans. Misses Mabie and Ethel Cain of Remington gave a party Monday evening to about thirty invited guests. Several auto loads coming from Goodland, Wolcott and Fowler. Games were played and at a late hour dainty refreshments were served, and all departed for home that night except Misses Edna and Ethel Iliff of near Goodland, who left Tuesday morning on the 7:35 train for Onarga, 111., to enter Grand Prairie Seminary. - One Who Was There. ICE CREAM SOCIAL. There will be an ice cream social and free musical entertainment at Egypt school house on Friday evening, Sept. 16. Everybody invited.

A NERVY SHOT.

A Man Took Big Chances on His Life. By F. A. MITCHEL. [Copyright. 1910, by American Press Association.] “Speaking of nerve,” said the Confederate veteran, “1 Saw a bigger instance of it before I went into the army than during the whole four years of my term of service. I don’t mean a case where a man excited by the booming and the volleys of battle goes in like a lunatic without realizing what he’s doing, but where he coolly calculates on an advantage the failure of which will cost him his life. “1 was living at the time in my native town in Virginia. Abraham Lincoln was the Republican candidate for president, and we were all watching for the result of the election, for it was generally known throughout the south that in case the man nominated on a platform of ’No slavery in the territories’ was elected our political leaders were going to take the southern states out of the Union.

“Virginia at that time was a Union state. At any rate, there were a lot of Union people In it. and I was one of them, though afterward I went over when the fighting began. When we beard that Lincoln was elected, you bet everybody looked serious. Some were hot for secession right off, some were opposed to anything of the kind, while the rest didn't know what they wanted. 1 was one of those who were on the fence, and it was our kind the leaders were laying for to make secessionists of. When a man was an out and out Unionist it was pretty hard to move him, though lots of us that were strongly opposed to seceding fought hard enough after the Old Dominion seceded. "But what I started in to tell you about was the way Ben Hewson, a strong secessionist from the first, tried to drive Ed Miller, as strong a Unionist, out of the Union and into the Confederacy. They were both plucky enough, though they were of different kinds. Hewson was aggressive, always

BROUGHT HIS PISTOL TO AN AIM.

having a lot to say and thinking that •very one should see things as he saw them. Miller was retiring, said very little and never forced bls opinions upon others. 1 reckon an excitable man is more easily irritated by one of these fellows who when you go for them shut up like a clam than any other kind. Hewson knew that Miller was straight Union and Insisted on arguing the point with him. When he found that Miller wouldn't talk he loet his temper, called him a traitor to the south and wound up by saying that if he wasn’t with the south he’d better get out of it. "It was easy to see that all this was very annoying to Miller. We were all surprised that he didn’t resent what Hewson said, and some set him down for a white feather man. Possibly Hewson thought so, too, and that's the reason be kept on adding one Insult after another, vowing that he would drive the black Republican out of the state or into the Confederacy. All this happened half a century ago and is now pretty nearly fdrgotten. The Issues that then were of such importance are now buried. Human slavery was not extended; it died. “The day news came that Lincoln was elected separated us pretty much on to one side or the other. Those who were inclined to secession before, but didn’t avow their sentiments, now showed their colors, and as they were in the majority the rest kept quiet. Some of the secessionists were mighty hot against those who wanted to throw off the Lincoln yoke four months before Lincoln would be in a position to put a yoke on to them. They weren’t •ven willing to wait for the state to secede. Among these was Ben Hewson. He talked to knots of men and to individuals, being far more bitter against what be termed the renegades of the south than the northern people. “When the ordinance of secession passed tfae legislature every vestige of restraint vanished from the secessionists. Ben Hewson Immediately set about performing bis promise- to drive Ed Miller out of the state or into the

Confederacy. He put up a notice on a wooden tree box directly in front of Miller’s door written with his own hand: ’Those who are hot with us are against us. Let them go.’ Every one who passed it read it and looked up at Miller's house. All looked grim, knowing that it was a thrust of Hewson against Miller add might be serious.-' . ■' ' ■

“Miller sent ..for one of his Intimate friends and told him to go to Hewson and say he proposed to remain where he was and that If Hewson wished to drive him out he would have to do so at the point of a weapon. Hewson wished to know If this was a challenge. Miller’s second said It was not Then Hewson said that he would begin shooting the next time be and Miller met Miller’s friend persuaded Hewson to refer him to a second. The two seconds, anxious to make the affair as bloodless as possible, arranged the following terms: At 10 o’clock in the morning each principal should leave his house armed with a 42 caliber revolver, only one chamber of which was to be loaded. Both lived on the main street of the town, and they were to walk toward each other and fire at will.

“Hewson was very much put out at this arrangement, which, he believed, would result In nothing serious to either party, and refused to abide by IL But his second told him that if he did not he (the second) would have nothing further to do with the matter, and Hewson reluctantly consented. “When this prospective affair got out we were all very much surprised—first, that Miller bad decided to fight, aud, second, that a single firing should decide the Issue. But as Hewson was known to be a dead shot it was expected that the affair might not be bloodless after all. Nobody knew what Miller could do with a gun. but he had always been so peaceable that it was not supposed he was much of a marksman.

“No effort was made to keep the affair, the terms and the time a secret A duel limited to one shot was unique and Interested every one. The night before the tight all the men in town were discussing the probabilities concerning it. Most people believed that Hewson, having but a single chance to get rid of bls opponent, would let him empty the chamber of his weapon, then walk closely up to him and kill him. Others figured that Miller would find some method of drawing Hewson’s ball at a moment when he would fire at a disadvantage, which would leave Miller at liberty to take a deliberate alm. All agreed that if one or the other was not seriously hurt the matter would come up again later. “Shortly before 10 o’clock on the morning of the fracas I took position on the sidewalk between the two disputants’ houses. I noticed knots of men and boys gathering, the Union sympathizers taking position not far from Miller’s house, and the secessionists mostly congregated in the direction from which Hewson was to advance. Within a few minutes before 10 o’clock the street was lined with people, expectantly waiting to see the fight. “When the town clock struck the appointed hour Miller emerged from his bouse and walked to the middle of the street. It was now seen that he had the advantage of the sun on bls back, though as the morning was generally cloudy this made but little difference. He walked slowly down the street, and before he had gone twenty paces, turning my eyes In the other direction, I saw Hewson coming, also In the middle of the street, a quarter of a mile away. At this moment Miller drew. Hewson, probably either thinking the distance too great even to make ready or Intending not to open fire until bls antagonist should be at close range, did not raise his hand to his hip. “But suddenly Miller stopped and brought bis pistol to an alm. The people lining the street were puzzled, not dreaming that be would risk wasting his shot at such a distance. Hewson continued to walk slowly forward, still evidently not thinking it worth while to draw. . Miller’s pistol had been raised and sighted perhaps ten seconds when a crack and a puff of blue smoke were heard and seen. The next moment all eyes were turned toward Hewson. He was seen to pitch forward and fall tn the street. He was picked up dead. Miller’s bullet had struck him between the eyes. “Never did a man more successfully take time by the forelock to prevent bls enemy from killing him. The space over which Miller sent his bullet was measured with a tapeline and found to be 456 feet and 8 Inches. The remarkable features of his feat were, first, that any revolver could be made to do such accurate work at such long range; second, that any one except a marvelous shot could do It. and. third, that any man bad the nerve tp expend his only shot at such a distance. Indeed, so great was the admiration for his coup that secessionists and Unionists forgot the momentous Issues of the times, crowded around Miller and congratulated him. “I asked Miller bow be dared fire at such a distance and to what be attributed bis success. He said that at the moment be fired a spark of sunlight struck one of a pair of glasses Hewson wore on his nose. It seemed to Miller that his whole being was concentrated in bls alm. which be directed in a line Just above the reflected rays, and be was sure he would hit his mark. That was all be knew about It. though he thought there was some luck in it. But this can hardly be so. for when the. war'came on Miller went ndrih. became a sharpshooter and was considered the crack shot in his regiment. He possessed a- faculty of which he was probably ignorant at the time of bls duel.”

BURNED TO DEATH BY MOLTEN METAL

Auto Party Collides With Moving Cauldrons otSlag. ' u ,L ’ OCCURS AT ILLINOIS STEEL MILL Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lesterhouse and Mrs. Blanche Hunt Were the Victims—Miss Becker Seri- , ously Burned. » Chicago, Sept 9.—Two women and a man were burned to death in South Chicago last night when the automobile In which they were riding and which was speeding at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, collided with a train of three moving cauldrons of molten metal and slag on One Hundred and Fourth street, near an entrance to the Illinois Steel company’s plant. A third woman was seriously, but not fatally burned. The auto was owned and driven by Peter Lesterhouse, a contractor, of 309 One Hundred and Twelfth street. Sitting in front beside him was his wife. In the rear seats were Miss Anna Becker, Mrs. Lesterhouse’s sister, and Mrs. Blanche Hunt, a friend. The train of cauldrons is moved by a dummy engine, and the route leads out on the street by a narrow gauge track, then around to the rear of the plant, where it is dumped in the lake. It consists' of steel refuse. The Lesterhouse party had been out for two hours and were" returning home. The machine was crossing One Hundreth and Fourth street at nigh speed when the train of cauldrons steamed out of the steel works. According to the steel company’s employes, they supposed the machine was going to stop. The usual illumination shot up from the mouths of the great pots Lesterhouse apparently paid ro attention to the danger ahead When he did It was too late. Miss Baker jumped and escaped with serious burns. The machine hit one of the big pots with the force of a catapult. The molten mass shot upward like a geyser and bounded in showers on the trio, who lay burned and bleeding beside the wrecked car. The Impact had tossed Mr and Mrs Lesterhouse and Mrs. Hunt out of the car and Into the path of the molten shower. They were instantly burned to death. The steel men stopped their train and ran to the rescue. Miss Baker was sent to the hospital.

LOSES EYE BY AN INITIATION

Miss Catherine Crlsmond Suffers Injury in Joining Fraternity. Logansport. Ind, Sept. 9. —Miss Catherine Crlsmond suffered such a serious Injury to the eye during her initiation as a Delta Thea Tau "Spike’’ lasit night, that the sight may be lost. Miss Crlsmond was blindfolded and with hands tied behind her back taken for a street car ride about the city. In getting off a car Miss Crlsmond stumbled and fell, struck on her face and a small upturned stick entered the eye socket. The girl's father is greatly Incensed. The superintendent and principal say they will assist him In every way to break up the society against which much feeling is held.

COAL STRIKE IS SETTLED

Illinois Miners Will Return to Work on Monday Next. Approach of Cold Weather, Coal Shortage and Demand for Fuel Cause Concessions on Both Sides. Chicago, Sept. 9. —The strike of coak miners in Illinois is settled. The 40,000 or 45,000 men who have been, idle since last April will probably resumetheir labors next Monday. Approach of cold weather, shortage of coal and the demands of the railroad companies and large manfacturers for an immediate adjustment of the differences between the miners and their employers, induced both sides to make concessions.

LEBEAU DESTROYED BY FIRE

Lost Is $250,000 —Twenty-Five Buildings Are In Ruin*. Watertown, S. D., Sept. 9.—A fire wiped out the business district of Lebeau, terminus of the Minneapolis and St Louis road, on the Missouri river. The lose in buildings and fixtures is estimated at $150,000. The loss on merchandise and stocks of 0 various “ kinds will approximate SIOO,OOO more. Twenty-five buildings were destroyed.

CRUSHED DY FALLING TREE

Woodsman Suffers Fracture of Skull While Cutting Timber. Goshen, Ind., Sept. 9. —Russell Huff, 16, was fatally injured when, caught by a falling tree. His skull was fractured. Huff went into the woods near his home at Napanee to cut timber.