Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1910 — Page 4
lIEMCODNIIWIRI U.MBttaWTMIIIBPBLIMI. OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Entered as Second-Class Matter June I, 1808, at the post office at Rensselaer, Indiana, under the Act of March t, 1879. Long Distance Telephones Office 815. - Residence 811. Published Wednesdays and Saturday. Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages. Advertising rates made known on application. SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 1910.
THIRTY MEN LOSE LIVES . IN BIG HOLOCAUST
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sides of. the building and buried firemen who were near. The building that was destroyed was the principal beef house of the Morris plant It adjoined on the south the building in which are the main offices of the company and was the largest of the Morris group of structures. It was six stories high. Despite the fact that they knew that the bodies of the victims were buried under the brick pile firemen who were not engaged in rescue work directed streams of water into the burning building Many of them went about with tears streaming' down their cheeks, overcome with grief at the fate of their chief and his subordinates who had perished. Scenes of pathos occurred when relatives of the victims reached the scene of the disaster. Many; had been noti fled by telephone by friends, and upon arriving an the stock yards pushed their way through the crow ds of curt ous spectators to the smoldering pile where the bodies of the dead firemen were buried, . . Mrs. Horan was notified of the death of her husband by Battalion shies Ed ward McGurn of the Ninteenth bat talion When he delivered his mes sage the chief’s widow’ collapsed and had to be carried to. her room. She became-hysterical and a physician Was summoned. She is in a serious condition. The flames spread so rapidly that the firemen were unable to save the plant. The entire stock yards district was threatened at one time The fire is still burning furiously with 700 men fighting it. Word has been received from the stock yards that the fire had burred through the wjall protecting all the warehouses of' Morris & Co. and the flames were ex pected to jump to these structures a 1 any moment. A strong wind is fanning the flames and every available fire company in the city has been sent io the yards in an endeavor to check the spread of the flames.
14KILLEDINPENNSYFIRE
Falling Walls cf Leather Factory Causes Large Death Toll. i - ' , William Glazier, Fireman, Taken from Ruins After Being Buried for 14 Hours and May Live. Philadelphia, Dec 23. —Thirteen firemen and one policemen were killed when the walls of the Friedlander Leather factory, en North Bodine street, collapsed after the place had been destroyed by fire. The band of rescuers stopped digging in the ruins after the befly of Charles Edelman, of engine company No. 6, was taken out of the ruins. According to an official statement given out by the department of public safety- in addition, to those killed thirty-one firemen and seven policemen and one civilian were injured some of them dangerously . Most of these were sent to hospitals, but physicians were unable to say yet whether any of them would die One fireman, William Glazier, of engine company Nd. C was’ taken alive from the ruins after he had been im prisoned for fourteen hours There is hone that he may live The fire was in a five-stcry brick building, fifty years old. It was destroyed with a loss of $25,000. Tbe cause of- the fire is still undetermined. Desolation has stalked into the homes of the dead firemen. Mayor Reyburn has called a meeting of the citizens’ permanent relief committee for today and Councilman T J. Ryan presented an ordinance in select council to appropriate whatever sum is deemed sufficient for the relief of the families of the dead and crippled
ENGLISH SPIES SENTENCED
Prisoners A'dmit Making Sketches of German Fortifications. ~ Leipsiz, Germany, Dec. 23- Lieut Brandon and Capt. Trench, the English military officers who confessed th making sketches of the German forti fications at Borkrum, were sentenced to four years each as spies. They will be imprisoned in a-German fortress. The convicted officers are likely to be sent to the fortress at Glatz. Silesia. They will bfe allowed to provide for their own comforts. No irksome restrictions will be imposed pn them and they will be gi y en plenty of opportunity for recreation, and study
SCENES AT CHICAGO FIRE.
Searching in Debris for Victims and Policemen Carrying the Dead.
1910, by American Press Association
CHARGES CONSPIRACY
Tawney Sees Scheme for Big War Appropriation. The legislative battle over the war scare engendered by the withdrawn secret report of Secretary of War Dickinson over the inadequacy of the defenses of the United Spates, is expected to be renewed in congress. It is now an open secret that Mr. Dickinson’s note of alarm was sounded with reference to Japan. Representative Tawney, bctvever, sees among the forces that called it forth a “conspiracy” to gain a big appropriation for war equipment purposes, and thus to fill the pockets of gunmakers and other persons. “I do not.like to use the Word ‘con spiracy’ in connection with this mat ter," Mr. Tawney is alleged to have said, “but there may be interesting developments when the whole story is told.” It is said Secretary Dickinson will send to the house a revised report which will eliminate the data in the report that was designed to be “confidential.”
LORIMER CASE IN SENATE
Majority Report of the Committee Ex onerates Illinois Statesman. The final fig! t of Senator Lorimer of Illinois to re.ain his seat in the United States senate began in that body with the filing of the majority report of the senate committee on privileges and elections, finding that bis right to his seat, had not been invalidated as a result of an investigation of a charge that he had obtained it through bri-> bery or corruption, either direct or indirect. With the majority report filed by Senator Burrows of Michigan was read a telegram from Senator Frazier of Tennessee, a member of the committee, asking for leave to file at a future date., if he sees fit. a minority report in line with a statement filed by him. setting forth that enough members of he Illinois legislature had been “tainted,” through bribery or attempt of bribery, to invalidate the election of Mr. Lorimer. As soon as the report was filed Sen at or Beveridge of Indiana took the floor and also reserved the right to file a minority report.
850 MEXICANS FALL
Rebels Reported Victcrici s in a Big Battle at La (. ■ Diaz's Mexican army suffered a loss of 850 men in ( dead and wounded in the battle at La Junta, according to the latest news Irom the scene. The federal troops engaged in the' combat numbered l,0C”. When they raised the White flag there were only 150 ablebodied men in the force that surrenderel to the victorious rebels. La Junta is a suiaJl town on the Mexico -Northwestern and Orient railroads. News of the battle and its result was sent out by railway employes. The telegraph wires were cut later. The fight at La Junta is believed to be a continuation of the battle reported in the vicinity of San Andreas. An effort was made to run trains over the Mexico Northwestern into Chihuahua, but with what success can not be learned.
ISLAND SINKS INTO SEA
From 150 to 170 Men, Women and Children Perish. About seventy families, variously es tlmated at from 150 to 170 men, wo men and children, were drowned following the sinking of their island home. The little island, in the center, of the llOpanog Lagoon, off Salvadore, Costa Rico, disappeared and slid into the depths of the lagoon, carrying with it nearly all of the inhabitants.
30 FIREMEN DIE IN STOCK YARDS FIRE
Chicago Fire Chief and Assistant Chief Victims. At Chicago Thursdey thirty firemen, including Chief James Horan and Assistant Chief William Burroughs and Captain Dennis Doyle of engine company No. 59, were killed in a fire which swept the plant of Morris & Co at the stock yards. Hugh tanks of ammonia exploded and wrecked the buildings in the hide branch of the. packing plant The walls tottered and crumbled* burying the firemen beneath the ruins. The deadly ammonia fumes spread. Firemen who were not killed by the collapse of the walls succumbed from the effects of the ammonia gasses. Scores of other firemen were injured and some are dying in the hospitals. Extra calls were sent in every fewminutes for additional fire apparatus. For a time it was feared the entire stock yards would be destroyed. It was the most serious conflagration that has threatened Chicago since the big fire of 1871. Hundreds of lives were endangered. For hours the firemen battled with the flames. Chief Horan and Assistant Chief Burroughs were standing just inside the walls of the burning building, directing the work of the men of companies 59, 39 and 29, when the walls were blown out with a report like a connon. The second floor of the building collapsed, burying all the men under the bricks and timbers. Not a single mar w as able to escape. Immediately afterward huge flames sprang up and the buried men had no chance for their 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. Mean while the walls fell on the various sides of the building and buried firemen who were nearCall after call was sent in for reinforcemerts. A dozen patrol wagons took r’--' injured to hospitals. More than 100 engines responded to the various calls, and tons of water were poured on the flames. 23 DIE IN PHILADELPHIA Policemen and Firemen Are Victims at Big Quaker City Blaze. In Philadelphia Pa., at least twentythree lives were snuffed out as the result of a fire which destroyed the leather-goods factory of D. Friedlander, 1116 to 1120 North Bodine street, and as many more were injured, many of them fatally. „■ While the firemen were fighting tbe flames from the roofs of adjoining dwelling houses the south wall of the factory collapsed, burying nearly two score of firemen. As soon as the extent of the calamity became known policemen were hurried to the scene in an effort to save those who were still alive in the debris by tearing down the north wall, which was tottering. This body of policemen had scarcely got to work when the north wail crashed upon them. At tne time o* this second fall there were between -twenty-five and thirty policemen and firemen at work directly under the high mass of bricks. When the crash came fifteen of them managel to rush to safety, but the others were crushed beneath tons of brick and
$2,000,000 CONFLAGRATION Disastrous Fire in Cincinnati Costs the Lives of Four Men. Four men dead, seventeen injured and a loss estimated at $2,000,060 is the story of a fire that swept through a number of business structures in Cincinrati, raging for more than five this city raging for more than five hours. Most of the injured-afid missing are firemen. The fire broke out in the eightstory shoe manufacturing plant of the Krippendorf-O’Neil company and before it could be. checked had spread into the adjoining structures. The Sycamore Street Stables company building and the building and plant of the Victor Safe and Lock company were wiped out. The plaat of the United States Leather Goods company was badly damaged.
BILLINGS HELD LIABLE
Sensational Decision Handed Down in the Walsh Bank Case. Judge Tuttle handed down in court in Chicago a sensational ruling that in his judgment C. K. G. Billings, the chairman of the board of directors, of the Peoples Gas Light and Coke company, iis liable as to losses suffered by stockholders in the sum of $3,060,000 by reason of his negligence, with other directors of tbe now defunct' Chicago National bank, which went io the wall under the presidency •of John R. Walsh. The court also granted an injunction against the present board of directors of that bank restraining them from accepting a compromise offered by Mr. Billings and providing for the appointment of a receiver syith instructions to lue the gas coujpary head for the above amount and to at tach bis Ctrl eago property.
NEW YORK SHAKEN BY TERRIFIC BLAST
Twelve People Killed ty Elplosion in Power House Twelve people were killed in New York city, two of them women, and thirty were injured In a double explosion of gas and dynamite in the new electric power house of the New York Central railroad. The property damage is estimated at >500,000. The following dead have been identified:Mary D. Polk, 104 East Fortieth street; Frank Kelly, Central office detective; James Ryan, clerk; Patrick Jordan, laborer; Thomas Stagg, watchman in the power house; C. McMorrow; E. B. Livermore. There was much excitement in the large hotels in the vicinity of the Grand Central station, as the force of the explosion rattled the windows. Traffic on the New York Central road was delayed by the explosion. The blast picked up a north-bound trolley car, lifted it in the air and sent it crashing down upon an automobile which was passing on the other side of the street. Four of the passengers were killed and everyone in the car injured. What became of the chauffeur or the ocupants of the wrecked automobile known. A dead man was found on the sidewalk near by and the police believe him to have been the chauffeur. ' The house of fire company No. 8, Lexington avenue and Fifty-first street, is practically demolished. The walls ape cracked and the engines put out of commission. Battalion Chief Duffy and the other firemen were hurled to the floor and received injuries. The shock broke every window in the babies’ hospital in Lexington avenue and several in f ants were cut by showering glass. The building in which the explosion occurred immediately took fire after the accident. In tbe Bible Teachers’ Training school on Lexington avenue directly opposite the power house, 125 men and women who were on their way to breakfast were thrown to the floor by the blast. Many were injured and several were taken to hospitals. All the windows in the building were blown in and the ceilings fell. Just what caused the double explosion may probably never be known. Fortunately for the thousands of commuters on the New York Central lines, the force of the blasts were directed in another direction from the railroad tracks, otherwise the loaded incoming trains might have been wrecked.
290 MINERS ENTOMBED
Appalling Catastrophe Occurs In Coliiery in England. An explosion in the Little Hulton company’s colliery at Bolton, England, entombed 290 miners. The explosion jammed the cages in the shaft, delaying a rescue party and interfering with ventilation. Of all the workers who were in the mine wheh the explosion occurred, a lone boy is the only one who made his way to the surface. The ‘number of dead will not be known for some time. Bolton is a manufacturing and colliery center, aboutzfifteen miles from Manchester, with a population of about 200,000. ,
FORT WAYNE MAY GET BUREAU
Chief of Weather Service Recommend's Two New Stations. Willis L. Moore, the chief of the weather service, recommends that a weather bureau be established at Fort Wayne, Ind. He advises the establishment of only two bureaus at this session of congress —one at Fort Wayne and the Other at Dayton, O. Representative Cline is elated over the official designation Of Fort Wayne as an appropriate location for a weather bureau. He will urge legislation appropriating $24,000 for a site and building and $6,000 for maintenance during the first year of operation.
CHARLTON RENEWS FIGHT
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Are Reopened in New Jersey Court. The hearing at Trenton, N. J.* in the habeas corpus proceedings brought by Paul Charlton to prevent the extradition of his son, Porter Charlton, who confessed to killing his wife in Italy, was renewed in the United States circuit court. Porter was in court in custody of officers. The main point involved is whether under the treaty between the United States and Italy Charlton, who is a citizen of the United States, can be extradited to Italy for a crime committed there.
ANOTHER STRIKE MURDER
Teamster Shot to Death in Chicago «in Garment Workers’ Trouble. The garment workers’ long strike in Chicago claimed its third victim when John Donnelly, a teamster, was shot and Killed at Milton and Chlcagp avenues while driving loaded with unfinished garments said to belong to Hart,
For the Children
Facts About the Fishes That Fly.
The wings of two known kinds of flying fish are the pectoral fins grown to au enormous size, says St. Nicholas. The kind commouly seen is called the flying herring and resembles the garpike. They do not move these fiiis when flying, but seem rather to float on the wind, such flight sometimes extending in calm weather to a distance of more than an eighth of a mile. When they come on board a ship their coming is supposed to be caused by air currents which the wiud makes as it strikes against the side of the vessel and which lift the fish above the deck. Some ol®ervers say that It can change the direction of its flight at will, but it is probably at the mercy of the wind. The fish are supposed to leave tbe water to escape a hungry enemy. - ■ y Magic Writing. In this game a confederate is necessary. The player states to the company, after a few remarks-on ancient sign language, that he is able to read signs made with a stick on the floor and agrees to leave the room while the company decide upon some word or sentence. The game is played as follows: It is agreed by the player and his confederate that one tap on the floor s.hall represent A, two taps E, three taps I, four taps O, and five taps U, and that the first letter of each remark the confederate makes shall be one of the consonants.of the word or sentence decided upon by the company. The consonants must be taken in order. On the player’s return, supposing the word chosen to be “March,” his confederate would commence: “Many people think* this game a deception” (initial letter M). One tap on the floor (A). “Really it is very simple” (initial R). “Coming to the end soon” (initial letter C). “Hope it has been quite clear” (initial letter ll'. A few more signs are made so as not to finish too* abruptly, and the player then states the word to be “March.” If carefully conducted this game will Interest an audience for a Considerable time. An Idle Boaster. A most beautiful rainbow was lighting up the skies. Gold, crimson, purple* every lovely tint, was comprised in its arch, from the deepest to the most delicate hues. Every one admired it. Most of all it admired itself. “I am handsome,” it said—“more beautiful, far handsomer than the sun, for bright as he is he has but one color, and I have many.” The monarch of the skies heard this boast and smiled a quiet smile. Then, hiding his' beams in a cloud, he concealed himself for an instant. Where was the rainbow? It had disappeared. It bad forgotten that only by the reflection of the sun could it exist. And so it is with vain and conceited folks who forget by whose favor they live, whose hand has made them prosperous aud by whose grace alone they are permitted to enjoy those gifts the possession of which makes them conceited and proud. Conundrums. When was a piece of wood like George V? When it was made into a ruler. What is that which 'no man wishes to have, yet never wishes to lose? A bald head. What is the difference between a French pastry cook and a billposter? One puffs up paste and the other pastes up puffs. What is the first thing a man sets in his garden? His foot. Why are some men like pipes? Because they are mere sham. If a man bumped his head against the top of the room, what stationery article would he get? Ceiling whacks (sealing wax). What is a good thing to part with? A comb. Why is the Bank of . England like a thrush? Because it often changes its notes. A Cat In the Air. The three masted schooner William P, Hood of Somerset wgs sailing along the Massachusetts coast, and everything was peaceful. The ship’s cat was sunning himself on deck, not caring much if the schooner ever reached port again, when suddenly there was a sweep of wings, a frantic and agonized meow, and pussy was rising in the air in the talons of a great American eagle. That was, the last that the schooner’s captain and crew saw of their pet and the hungry bird. They say that -the eagle must , have measured more than six feet from tip to tip of the wings. Surely only such a bird could have flown away withi a fourteen pound car. We ask a chance to prove out statements or any others that wt have made in favor of the Ford. —John M. Knapp, Local Agent.
I [Under thia head notices win be publ lished for 1-cent-a-word fbr the Aral I insertion, %-cent per word for each additional Insertion. To save book-keep- ; Ing cash should be serit with notice. No notice accepted for less than 25 cents, but short notices coming within the above rate will be published two or more times, as the case may be for 25 cents. Where replies are sent in The pemocrat's care, postage will be charged for forwarding such replies to the advertiser.] For Rent— Farm of 400 acres to man with at least three teams and experience in handling live stock. Also residence of four rooms.— Ar. i t hur H. Hopkins. i- ' '——-—.— For Sale— My property north of railroad; will sell cheap—MßS. MCCLINTOCK HARTMAN. For Sale— Some clover and some ■ timothy hay.— M. I. Adams, Phone 533-L. For Sale— Small residence of foul rooms, will sell on monthly payments.—Arthur H. Hopkins. For Sale—A Polland China Boar, elligible to registry.—JOHN SCHANLAUB, R-3. Phone 535-B. 7jan
For Sale— -Mammoth pure bred Bronze turkeys. Also pure bred Plymouth Rock Chickens.—MCDONALD SISTERS, McCoysburg, Ind. R-l. j 25 For Sale— —Coming two-year-old Shorthorn bull, a good one—CURTIS BELCHER, Rensselaer, R-4. Jersey Cow— Five years l old, fresh in a few days, a full blood Jersey, for sale by F. M. PARKER, Phone 217. Registered Shorthorn Cows— Will be fresh soon, and 30 tons of good timothy hay in mow for sale at my place near Foresman.—J. W. SAGE, Brook, R. F. D. Wanted— To lease for from three to five years, a good eight room house, with bath, lights and city water, not more than five blocks of court house; possession wanted not later than March 1. Might buy if price is right.— F. E. BABCOCK. Farm Loans— Money to loan on farm property in any sums up to SIO,OOO. E. P. HONAN.
Farm Loans—Jasper Guy of Remington makes farm loans at 6 per cent interest with no commission but ’ office charges. Write him. ts For Rent—One of the best half section farms in N. Dakota, in cultivation, 168 acres plowed for wheat, close to good market.—Dr. S. H. Moore. For Sale— White Wyandottes, have ■three dozen pullets and hens, 20 cockerels. All to go at $1 per head if taken before Christmas.—AßTHUß MAYHEW, Rensselaer, Ind., R. R. 3, phone 29-H, Mt. Ayr. Money— Some loan companies are refusing to make farm loans at the present time. My company is still loaning at 5 per cent. If you are going to need a loan make applica tion at once, as money is scarce.— JOHN A. DUNLAP, I. O. O. F. Building.
For Sale at a Bargain— l6o acres of sandy loam, 1% miles east of McCoysburg, Ind.; good ' improvements, large barn, 8-room house and large orchard, partly tiled. Will sell at a bargain if taken -in 30 days. Reason for selling owner wants to go to Florida for his health. Terms made satisfactory. Address all communications to BOX 10, McCoysburg, Ind. Land Snap— l6o acres in Ransom Co., North Dakota. Level as a floor and as pretty land as you ever saw. All wild prairie. One crop of $2.50 flax will pay for it. Adjoining land held at S4O per acre. For a quick sale $29.00 per acre buys it. Big snap.—CHISMAN & CONBOY, Lisbon, N. D. Barred Rock cockerels for sale, bred from leading strains.—THOMAS E. REED, Remington, Ind. Phone 79J. ' . Wanted— Married man on farm 20 miles from Chicago, that is run to make money. Registered cattle and hogs. Must understand care, and feeding of stock to get results and take pride in the appearance of stock, buildings and farm (140 acres.) Must be a worker; no kicker,' rough or drinking man need apply. Wages $45 to SSO per month, house rent, ten lbs. milk daily, garden, half chickens and eggs. No other extras. State experience, references and when could come first letter. Lock Box V, Chicago. You must read this if you want the benifit. J. W. Greer, Greenwood, La., suffered with a severe case of lumbago. “The pains were so intense I was forced to hypodermic injections for relief. These attacks started with a pain in the small of my back which gradually became fairly -paralyzing. My attention was attracted to Foley’s Kidney Remedy and I am glad to say after using this wonderful medicine I am no longer bothered by my old enemy lumbago.”— A. F. Long.
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