Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1910 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

*1.50 Per Year.

CARRIED, AS USUAL.

Only Fifty Per Cent of a Full Vote Cast in Tuesday’s Election. The total vote cast in Rensselaer and Marion township Tuesday to vote a subsidy of 1% per cent in aid of the Purtelle electric railroad scheme was but 475, or just about 50 per cent of the vote cast at the November election, which was 884. There was practically no votes in from the country and many of the most prominent tax payers in town did not go to the polls. The subsidy tax therefore, was carried by a big majority—4os to 70. The vote by precincts was as follows: No. 1, fcr..... 121, against..... 15 No. 2, for. ....I’3o, against... ..19 No. 3, f0r..... 62, against . ... .22 No. 4, for ~... 87, against ... . .14 Totals .....405 70 This gives us.-.six trains each way even' day, not including the Purtelle hot air line, which may (not) be in operation shortly.

NEW TIME CARD

On the Monon Goes Into Effect To-Morrow. The Monon has at last decided definitely about its new train schedule, and the same will go into effect to-morrow. As previously stated in The Democrat, the trains which have heretofore split up at Monon, due in Rensselaer at 10:55 south and 3:13 north, w'ill now be run on through between Chicago and Indianapolis, and going south will be due in Rensselaer at 11:30 a. m., and north at 2:55 p. m., making but the Hammond stop between Rensselaer and Chicago, and make the run of 73 miles in two hours and four minutes. The new- schedule makes some changes in the time of some of the other trains, and they are now due in Rensselaer (including the new r trains) as follows: South —4:45, TT:O6 and 11:30 a. m., 1:58, 5:58 and 11:05 p. m. North—4:s9, 7:35 and 10:05 a. m., *2:53, 3:15 and 5:58 p. m.

POULTRY AND CORN SHOW

To Be Held the First Week in January, In the Armory. The following extra cash prizes will be given on corn besides the regular cash and ribbon prizes announced in our premium list: 10 ear class, yellow corn, $3 first, $2 second, third. 10 ear class, white corn, $3 first, $2 second, $3 third. 1 ear class, white corn, $1 first, 50 cents second, 25 cents third. 1 ear class, yellow corn, $1 first, 50 cents second, 25 cents third. For the longest ear, any color, sl. This year’s show promises to be the biggest we’ve ever held, and with the addition of com we hope to make it an annual event which will be of interest to everybody. Com and poultry must be in the Armory by Tuesday evening. Jan. 3. Mr. Wm. Littlejohn of Kentland, Ind., an expert judge, will judge the com on Thursday afternoon. Everybody invited to be there. —Rensselaer Poultry Association.

MOVE PLANT TO MARION.

One of “Bob” Parker’s Infant Industries to Leave Logansport. The Western Motor Works of which Hon. E. H. Wolcott has been the active manager, will be moved from Logansport to Marion. Rumors to this effect have been current several times, but not until last Saturday was it officially determined to abandon the Logansport plant and consolidate at Marion. Mr. Wolcott will continue as director and secretary but resigns from the active management to give more attention to his personal affairs. He will continue to reside at Marion. This is the plant which Robert Parker, the former Remington banker, was the financial backer of 'and which took about SIOO,000 of the depositors’ money, it was shown when the bank went under. ; ( Headquarters for X-mas candies. Fine candies from 10c to 40c per pound.. Fancy box candies 35c to $2.25 per box. Special inducements to Sunday Schools and week-day schools— At Geo. Fate’s Fat Dinner Joint

EXAMINERS FIND $4200 SHORTAGE

In Accounts of Ex-Treasurer Spinney, of Newton Co. AUD. BRINGHAM SHORT ALSO According to Report Filed Wfth the State Board of Accounts— Question of the Spinney Shortage Has Been a Bone of Contention, and Three Sets of Examiners Have Gone Over the Books.

Field examiners in the employ of the stftte board of accounts have charged Charles W. Spinney former treasurer of Newton county, with a net total of $4,226.31, due to reported errors in settlement sheets, assessments collected and not accounted for, marginal collections not reported, net deficiencies on ditch assessments, deficiency in the county bond sinking fund, deficiency in the macadam road fund and' extra compensation. A credit of SBO. was found in the item of state tax returns. Spinqey was treasurer of the county from 1905 to 1908 both Albert D. Schuh, w’ho succeeded Mr. Spinney, was found to owe the county $890.80 at the close of the fiscal year 1909. Of this amount, $884.80 was subsequently accounted for. The examiners hold that Schuh still owes the county $6 for excess salary. \ The examiners also total of $384.45 due from Elmir R. Bringham, present auditor, and Alonzo E. Purkey, former auditor of Newton county, December 31, 1909, the close of the examination period. Purkey was auditor for four years, ending December 31, 1908, and was charged with $108.35, alleged to be due from fees unaccounted for and from overbalance of salary to himself. Bringham, the present auditor, was charged with owing $240.10 at the close of the fiscal year of 1909, due to fees unaccounted for in his final annual settlement, and to overallowance to himself of salary'. The common school fund was found to be credited with $352.52 in excess of the correct amount, while the congressional school fund was deficient by 5357.18. Spinney, Schuh and Purkey are democrats; Bringham is a republican.

TO CHICAGO TUESDAY

Will Go the Winners In The Democrat’s Chicago Trip Contest. The winners of second place in The Democrat’s recent voting contest, which prize was a two days trip to Chicago, wdll leave Rensselaer next-Tuesday on the 10:05 a. m., train, which reaches Chicago at 12:10 p. m. The young ladies to go on this trip will be accompanied by the editor and wife, and the party will stop while in Chicago at the Palmer House. Tuesday afternoon will be spent.in the shopping district and sight-seeing, and Tuesday night the party will take in “In Old Kentucky,” at McVicker’s theater, which old favorite play opens a two weeks engagement at this popular play house to-morrow. _ . - Wednesday will be spent as the party may see fit and the return home will be made on any train desired Wednesday. The young ladies who were fortunate enough to win this trip are: Misses Nellie Osborne, of Gilliam tp.; Ruth Yeoman, of Newton tp., and Estella Taylor, of Carpenter tp., and we hope they will enjoy every minute of the trip. ' '

It was originally intended that the New York trip, for the first place winners, would be taken during holidays, but the young ladies who won out in this contest, Misses Fern Casey of Union tp., Rosabell Daugherty of Barkley tp., and Nellie Eck of Carpenter tp., prefer to put the trip off until next summer, which will be a much more favorable

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA, SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 1910.

time for making the eastern tour, and it has been decided to do so. The precise date for making the trip has therefore not been decided upon and will not be for some time yet, but we are taking th.e matter up with the railroads and as soon as rates and route is definitely decided upon we will let it be known through the columns of The Democrat. Quite a number of other young ladies of Rensselaer and vicinity have stated to The Democrat that they would like to go along on this New' York trip and pay their way, of course, and it may be that a rate can be secured that will be an inducement for quite a party to go besides the three young ladies whose expensed will be paid by The Democrat and the editor and wife, w'ho also expect to go along. There will be at least five in the party, therefore, and perhaps two or three times this number.

PUBLIC SALES. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Monday, Jan. 2, Josiah Davisson, at Kniman., General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc.-

KURRIE SAYS WE WILL GET A DEPOT.

pHarry Kurrie, who is council for the Monon railroad system, is confident Rensselaer will get a new depot soon, and we are told Mr. Kurrie has stated that the new president of the Monon has approved plans for a brick and stone depot here costing about $18,500, and ordered that it be built. The location decided, upon is at the Brady* elevator crossing, on the west side of the street and south of the railroacu> By the way, Rensselaer is just as well off at present as other stations on the Monon, for except Lafayette and Frankfort we have as good a depot as any on its lines. However, Rensselaer is said to be the best paying station on the entire system between its terminals, and if we do get <r new depot here it will probably be due to this fact and thfe personal influence of Mr. Kurrie, whose home is here; It is to be hoped that the report from Mir. Kurrie is correct.

SHOWING DAKOTAINS THE WAY TO FARM.

From the Edmunds County (So. Dak.) Democrat of recent date we copy the following mention of Tom Shew, who moved from Carpenter tp., this county, to near Ipswich, So. Dak., last spring: “Mr. Thomas H. Shew, of Harmony township, brought in a load of nice white oats in a 76 bushel wagon box last Tuesday and was greatly surprised to find the load weighed out oyer 109 bushels. The oats are the finest quality and Mr. Shew says they are the best he has ever seen. The oats were raised this year on the southwest of 12 in Harmony, one of the S. V. Arnold farms and the yield was very fair for this year. Mr. Shew moved here last spring from Indiana and is well satisfied with this country.”

BABTIST CHURCH SERVICES.

Junior B. Y. P. U. Sunday afternoon and Seniors in the evening before preaching. Topic: The children of the city. Morning sermon theme: The Prince of Peace. Evening: Serving Jesus in all things, even the little things. The morning service will partake of an installation feature, when the newly elected officers will be installed. 1 -All are welcome.* —J. P. Green, Pastor.

CHRISTMAS AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH.

The children are busy preparing for a Christmas entertainment which will be given on Saturday night, Christmas eve. There will be choruses, recitations, and also a cantata, entitled ‘‘Seeing Santa” which promises to be very interesting. There will be a'Christmas tree and “Santa” has promised to be present.' On Sunday morning the service will emphasize the Christmas thought both in the music and sermon. At night a Christmas concert will be given. The pastor will repeat ~ his Christmas sermon at Good Hope at 3 o’clock. A fine line of Signet Rings, all sizes, at Clarke’s.

THE COURT HOUSE

items Picked Up About the County Capitol. New suits filed. No. 7683. Mathias Yeager vs. George McMurchy, et al.action to quiet title. —o—• The annual meeting of the county assessors of the state will be held at the capital building in Indianapolis, on Jan. 2d to 4th, inclusive. The meeting is not secret, and taxpayers are invited to attend. —o — It is to be hoped that the next bunch of subsidy hunters who visit Rensselaer —or any other towfis or townships in Jasper county, for that matter — will be required to put up the cash to pay the actual expense of the election, whether the proposition carries or not. If the voters lose the time to go to the polls and vote that is all they ought to be required to do, and that is all they would then be out on these fake promotion schemes, licenses issued: Dec. 2|, James Hamilton, son of Isaac Hamilton of Milroy tp., aged 30, occupation farmer, to Vesta May Beaver, daughter of Wm. H. Beaver, late of Milroy tp., deceased, aged 23, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. Clarke at the Christian church parsonage Dec. 21, at 1. p. m. yJDec. 21, John Nessius, son of Joseph Nessius of Jordan tp., aged 25, occupation farmer, to Enda May Sigo, daughter of Charles Sigo of Carpenter tp., aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage so reach. • —9--Sheriff Shirer has rented the D. H. Yeoman property at the north side of town until March 1, when he will move onto his farm west of town. Sheriff-elect W. I. Hoover, who takes his office Jan. 1, will move in as soon as Mr. Shirer vacates office. He* has made a contract with Sherman Biggs, a young man from the southern part of the state who has been working for him this summer, to carry on the farm on a partnership basis, and all the stock and tools will be left on the place. Mr. Biggs is a single man, but his mother will come here and keep house for him.

COLLEGEVILLE ITEMS.

The Christmas recess began Thursday 3:30 p. m., and classes will again be taken up Friday morning, Jan. 5, 1911. Nearly all pf the students, excepting only those whose homes are too far away, have departed to spend the holiday season with their parents and friends. All the Fathers of the college will be engaged on Christmas day in assisting the pastors in various parts of the state at the solemn services in their churches. Nearly all of them have also been invited to deliver the Christmas, sermons. Most of them will be away on short vacations till classes are resumed. On last Sunday evening the C. >L. S. rendered the following program : 1. Overture, “Triumphal,” Band. 2. “College Oil Cans,” R. Kuntz. 3. “A Christmas Gift,” U. Koehl. 4. Overture, “Tolono,” Band. 5. Debate. Resolved: That the world owes more to the Romans than to the Greeks. Ass. 11. Gabel, Neg. G. Peters. 6. “Inspiration Waltzes,” Band. , 7. Sketch, “Nobody’s Son,” H. Moran, L. Welch. ; The rendition of the entire program was high class, and was highly appreciated by all. H. Gabel, the winner of the debate is deserving of special praise for the oratorical manner in which he delivered his composition. G. Peters’ oration was well written but not so forcibly presented. It was the best entertainment that the senior society has given *us this .year. Thus far the basket quintette has not been able to capture a game. AcGoodland they were

defeated by the score of 31-19. On Wednesday afternoon the Monticello team, under the management of Jack Anhier an old S. J. C. boy. trimmed the locals by a score of 29-19. The visitors were a husky bunch of clean players, and were after the ball every second of play, whereas the collegians were slow and undecided, to which, more than to anything else they must ascribe the loss of their games. If, by constant practice and hard work they develop alertness and grit and staying powers, they will yet give us soem real basket ball worthy of all comers. The ma tvrial is there, it only awaits proper development.

ANNUL ANNEXATION.

Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago Taken from Gary’s Grasp. Gary, Ind., December 21. Three Indiana cities, Hammond, Whiting and East Chicago were ■taken from the clutches of Gary by an order issued by Judge V. S. Reiter of the Lake superior courtj yesterday. Last winter Gary annexed these three cities antLtwo towns, and, technically, they have been part of Gary ever since. The town of Miller was enabled to escape some time ago, but the fifty-year-old town of Tolleston was less fortunate, and it is now a part of four-year-old Gary. The annexation of three cities gave Gary more than one hundred and ten square miles, with a lake frontage of twenty miles, extending from the Chicago limits to Porter county. Only the fact that Chicago was in another state prevented its absorption by the new city. Judge Reiter held the annexation to be invalid.

METHODIST CHURCH. The services at Trinity M. E. church Sunday morning will be Sunday School and church combined at 10 a. m., with Christmas exercises and close with a short sermon about 11:15. Come and enjoy these exercises and get home in good time for the dinner hour. Subject for the evening hour, “The Supreme Revelation.”

BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Dec. 20, to Mr. and Mrs. John Mecklenburg, Jr., of south of town, a daughter. Dec. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Shaffer of Jordan tp,, a daughter. Dec. 22, to Mr. and Mrs. Chambers of southeast of town, a son.

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Home Telephone Company of Jasper, Newton, Pulaski and White Counties, Indiana, will be held iff Rensselaer, Ind., on Saturday, January 14, 1911, at 2 p. m., for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year. R. J. YEOMAN, Pres. F. E. BABCOCK, Sec.

NOTICE ANNUAL MEETING The 14th annual meeting of the Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association of Benton and adjoining Counties of Jasper and White, will be held in the Exchange Hall, Remington, Indiana, January 7, 1911, for the election of officers, and such other business as may properly come before the meeting. L We would like for as many to attend as can do so, as there is business of importance to come before the meeting. w. i. McCullough,Pres. FRANK E. FISHER, Sec.

LECTURE DATES.

Jan. 19 —Booth Lowery, humorist. March 13—The Beilharz Entertainers. April 7—Byron King. Hey there, Mister! Did you know that piece of Silverware yOur wife has been wishing for is at Clarke’s and s?he expects you to get it for her for Christmas? The cost is remarkably low compared with the quality of the goods. Warner Bros, will have in their window Friday and Saturday a bushel of knives, value 75c and $l.O0 —Choice for 39c. 1

30MENLOSE LIVES IN BIG HOLOCAUST

Fatal Fire at Chicago Stock Yards. CHIEF HORAN A VICTIM Walls Blown Out By Terrific Explosions of Ammonia, FIREMEN BURIED UNDER DEBRIS Rescuers Stopped by Heat and Ammonia Fumes.

Chicago, Dec. 23. —Thirty brave men lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the packing plant of Nelson Morris & Co., at the Union stockyards here. The dead include Ftre Marshal James Horan, Second Assistant Marshal William J. Burroughs, Capt. Dennis Boyle, Capt. P. E. Collins, Lieut. James D. Fitzgerald, twenty other city firemen and five employes of the stockyards. Scores of others were more or less seriously injured. At 9 o’clock last night nineteen bodies had been recovered, but the remains of Marshal Moran were still burled under the mass of ruins. Hundreds of firemen fought desperately tn the smoking ruins to find the body of Horan. When darkness came on the firemten worked by electric light fighting the blaze, which had broken out anew searching the wreckage for the body of the dead chief. The last corner of the' immense building, which covered an entire block, took fire shortly after darkness, and flames swept up 150 feet in the air. Mayor Busse started for the stockyards late, going to the scene of the fire for the third time. He said he would take personal charge of the search for Chief Horan’s body and of an investigation into the cause of the failure of the water pressure. In fear that the remaining walls would fall, Acting Chief Seyferlich removed his firemen from the more unstable portions of the structure, while a large force of police kept the crowd at a safe distance. *; Extreme efforts were made by the firemen to prevent the blaze from spreading and Acting Chief Seyferllch hoped to be able to confine it to the Morris plant and save the valuable buildings adjacent. At midnight last night the fire bad been burning twenty hours. Meanwhile the city council held a special meeting to plan relief for the families of the victims and to aid investigation demanded. Estimates of the financial loss run to 11,000.000 and even higher. The thirty men killed in the fire were crushed to death when the east wall fell, carrying down upon them tons of bricks, timbers and iron work and a heavy wooden canopy under which they had been standing.Scores of other firemen were injured and some are dying in the hospitals. The fire was the greatest disaster in the history of the Chicago fire department, and the worst horror in Chicago since the Iroquois fire, seven years ago. Terrific explosions of ammonia in the beef cold storage section of the building sent a heavy canopy crashing down on the squad 6f firemen who were working on a loading platform The fatalities all occurred in one place on the loading platform. Following this more alarms were sent In until 100 streams of water were poured on the blaze. Away up in the roof of the structure, _ near a point directly over the loading platform on which stood Fire Chief Horan, Burroughs, his assistant, Lieut Fitzgerald and a score of others, there was a sudden sharp. loud report Portions of the mason of the building Ifell away and a large part of this fell on the canopy, tearing it away and bearing it to the platform, which was crushed like an egg shell with its human freight . : Immediately afterward huge flames sprang up and the , buried men bad no chance for thtir lives. Scores of firemen rushed to the rescue but were driven back by the intense heat and the deadly fumes of the ammonia. One after another was overcome and fell to the ground. Meanwhile the walls fell on the various

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