Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1911 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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SINCE GOODLAND’S GONE “WET.”

Kentland Democrat :The Democrat will not try to mention all Kentlandites who will go to Goodland hereafter as we have heretofore —their*, nu.mber will be too great.

JAMES H. COX DEAD.

Aged Rensselaer Resident Passes Away Sunday Night. James H. Cox, an aged and well known citizen of Rensselaer who has been in poor health for some time, died at 11:40 o’c’ock Sunday night at his home on .North Van Rensselaer street, aged 78 years. The funeral was held at 2:30 yesterday afternoon from the Christian church, of which denomination he had been a member nearly half a century, and interment made in Weston cemetery. Mr. Cox was a native of Hendricks county, Indiana, where most of his life was spent. With his family he came to Rensselaer n 1891 and had since resided here. For a number of years he conducted a wood and coal yard here, later engaging in the news and confectionery business, but for the last few years his health has not permitted him to continue in any line of business. He was a highly respected citizen and “one of the noblest works of God” —an honest man. He leaves besides his aged wife, three sons —George and Anson of Rensselaer, and Edgar T. of Oklahoma —and two daughters— Mrs. H. J. Dexter of Union tp., Jasper county, and Mrs. Hornaday of Plainfield.

“THE FLYING METEOR”

Is Name of New Fast Train Soon to Be Put in the Monon. Indianapolis, Ind., April I.—lt is reported among railroad men that about August 1 the passenger arrangements between the Monon and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton lines will be severed and that the Monon passenger trains instead of running between Chicago and Cincinnati via Indianapolis, will run between Indianapolis and Chicago. As yet there is no talk of a separation of the two lines in the freight department. One of the reasons for the proposed change is the fact that the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton does not get the Monon trains over the road on time and this has caused President Harrison to demand better service, or an annulment of the passenger -agreement. It is seldom that the trains reach this city from Cincinnati on time —frequently the morning trains are from one to two hours late and the Monon thus loses a great deal of Chicago business. A few mornings ago twelve passengers for Chicago were lost by the Monon and a few mornings before ten Chicago passengers took other lines because the Cincinnati train was behind tme. President Harrison, on a recent visit to this city, met a number of business men and discussed the proposed change and as one of the results of that conference “the Flying Meteor” will come into existence. The Monon is building a train to be painted a distinguishing color and to be called “the Flying Meteor.” It will be the very latest development in passenger cars and fitted up with every modern convenience. This train will start from Indianapolis and will make the run between Indianapolis and Chicago in four hours and fifteen minutes, forty minutes faster than the fastest time ever made between the two cities by a regular train. The same schedule will be made between Chicago and Indianapolis and the companion train to “the Flying Meteor” will end its run at Indianapolis. The new train will be in charge of picked crews and President Harrison said that the crews would be changed until one was found that would get the train over the road on schedule time.”

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THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol B. D. McColly of Chicago Heights, 111., was here on bridge business Monday. —o— Attorney Roy Blue left Monday on a business trip to several points in Michigan. * —o— Fourteen marriage licenses were issued last month, against five for the month previous and eighit for the month of March, 1910. —o <— Geo. A. Williams, Gaylord McFarland and Judge Hanley went to Kentland Monday to attend the last week oi ie Newton circuit court. —o— Don’t forget to file your mortgage exemption. A good many people neglect this until too late and then they pay a few extra dollars in taxes for their neglect. The month of April remains for doing it. —o —■ Marriage licenses issued: April 3, Lawson Lefler Bruce, son of Ed L. Bruce of Rensselaer, aged 22, occupation farmer, to Carrie Marie Jasperson of Tefft, aged 22, occupation school teacher. First marriage for each. : —o —- W. H. Wortley, trustee of Jordan tp., has bought. 57 acres of the former Charlie Baker farm, including the improvements, lying just north of his home place at S6O per acre. A. C. Scott bought 37 acres of the farm, and Mrs. Susana Wortley bought 40 acres.

T. D. Williams, assessor of Colfax township, was in Kentland yesterday and filed with County Assessor, J. Z. Johnston, his completed work of assessments made (both as to real estate and personal property) in his township, and also his resignation of his office—because of his removal from this county to Putnam county, which he is doing today. Mr. Williamson, who is a staunch and uncompromising Democrat, was serving his second term as assessor for Colfax township, and was a competent and “get-there-Eli” official. His report is the first filed by any of the assesors in this county this year.—Kentland Democrat. — o — English, Moore and Washburn and Squire Irwin held an insanity inquest Monday on Grover Ritchey, the 24-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Ritchey of south of town, and declared him of unusual mind and a fit subject for confinement in the asylum at Longcliff. Young Ritchey was married about one year ago and they have one child. For several days he has been acting'queerly, and the returns of the inquest states that he would go out in the cold only partly dressed; wanted to work all the time; appeared dazed; loss of memory; did not appear to recognize anyone, etc. He has required constant watching. About ten years ago his shoulder was injured by a pole striking him, resulting in a curvature of the spine, and this trouble, no doubt, has brought on his present condition. He is at present in Barkley tp., where he has been working for one of the Randle’s.

—o —• The county commissioners met in regular session Monday, and were still in session yesterday. A remonstrance against the sale of intoxicating liquors in Carpenter tp., containing 288 names; one from Second Ward of City of Rensselaer with 90 names, and one from the Third Ward of Rensselaer with 114 names were filed and held sufficient. Ben McColly awarded contract for repair of bridge in Gillam tp., at $335. Walter Tresemer of Tefft was before the board with a wolf pelt and was allowed the $lO bounty on same. He had presented it once before to the auditor and filed his claim last month, but took the pelt back home with him as he wanted to make a rug of

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1911.

it. A dog that bore some resemblance to a wolf was missing up in that locality and some one started the story that Tresemer’s wolf was this dog. The commissioners wanted to be satisfied, and ordered the pelt brought back for examination, with the above result. Petition of John Pinter,<jand 91 others for local option election in W heatfield field sufficient and election ordered held Saturday, April 29. The Proctor liquor regulation measure says: “That the number of retail licenses may be granted In any city or township under this act shall not be more than one for each five hundred inhabitants thereof, which number maybe further limited by the board of county commissioners of any county to any number not less than one to each one thousand inhabitants ofXucn city or township.”

It would seem from this that no unit could secure a saloon unless it had 1,000 population, and while the question has not come up that we have noticed in any other place in the state, ' the county attorney and some of the other local attorneys take the position that a unit is entitled to one saloon, if it votes wet, regardless of its population, and the board set the date for the election as above noted. Wheatfield town and township has but 890 population, and instead of putting the township to the expense of an election now it would seem that. it would 'have been better to have continued the petition until the May term and submitted the question to the at-torney-general for an opinion.

APRIL TERM OF COURT.

(The April term of the Jasper circuit court will convene next Monday. The grand jury is not called, but the petit jury is called for the third Monday of term. Following are the names of the grand and petit jurors drawn, and their place of residence: GRAND JURORS. Frank E. Lewis, Keener. James Taylor, Carpenter. Fred Ropp, Barkley. John Mitchell, Milroy. A. D. Hershman, Gillam. .James A. Guild, Gillam. PETIT JURORS. Frank Corbin, Jordan. Ephriam Gilmore, Hanging Grove. . Clyde Randle, Hanging Grove. John Van Beek, Keener. Joe Gailey, Jordan Jacob A. Hensler, Carpenter. Ed Muchler, Kankakee. John W. Fayior, Union. George Gilman, Carpenter. Wm. F. Neier, Kankakee. John Foresman, Jordan. Henry A. Ropp, Union. Wm. Middlecamp, Walker. John E. McColly, Newton. D. S. Makeever, Newton. Sam Scott, Barkley.

POLOS EASILY DEFEATED

By Sam Marbarger Saturday Night in Straight Falls—Slim . Crowd Attends. (By A. Critique.) Sam Mlarberger, who has been wrestling under the name of Tom Coburn, proved too much for Polos, the Lafayette Greek, last Saturday night at Ellis’ opera house. Marbarger won handily in straight falls, never being in any danger himself as the Greek found Sam’s excessive weight and experience too much of a handicap to Overcome. The Greek demonstrated that he is a good defensive man, particularly so in handicap matches but weak on the offensive. Lafayette papers have suggested matching Polos against “Demon” Bartl. If this match should be made, the Greek will think all his other matches have been parlor exhibitions.

Marbarger was challenged by Egener of Brazil, Ind., but no date has been set for the match. The attendance would lead one to think that, the matches are coming too and a rest will do the game good. (Marbarger was to go to Tennessee to wrestle “Doc” Roller this week. Roller, while a good wrestler, has been more or less pf a joke for several years on account of his desire to shine as a pugilist. He did start aganst a third-rater, according to Western paper advices, but it took two referees to announce it. One said “Time.” The other counted “Ten.” ' And Roller quit prizefighting. i

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BENTON COUNTY’S FIRST MURDER MYSTERY.

The interest which was aroused over the Poole murder story a couple of weeks ago was so general that a bit of history in regard to the first murder mystery of which there is any record in Benton county will probably make interesting reading for many of our subscribers and recall to the minds of a'few of the older residents the exciting incidents connected wth the affair. On December 23, 1867, John Flemng, Sr., found the bones of a man in a pond which had gone dry in York township. An inquest was conducted by Coroner Dr. Jonathan Kolb who drew the following deductions from the appearance of the bones and certain other facts. The murdered person had been a man about six feet high; that he was about thirtyfive years of age at the time of his death; that he chewed and smoked tobacco; that he had had a rib broken about six months before his death ; that he had had a tooth extracted and was a mechanic. The investigation conducted by officers of the law resulted in the arrest of James Leonard McCullough, who claimed his home near Muncie. The victim of the crime was one Morgan whose given name is unknown, and the crime was committed about the year

1862, five years previous to the finding of the bones by Mr. ingAbout the year 1860 Morgan went from Warren county to the pineries of Wisconsin and remained there two years during which time he acquired a team of » good horses and about SBOO in gold. He started to drive home and on the way fell in with McCullough. It was supposed that partly to relieve the tedium of the journey and partly through a desire to accommodate McCullough, Morgan took him in to ride in his wagon as far as would go together. They reached Benton county and encamped for the night in York township near the state line. Morgan never left that camping place alive. Either during the night while Morgan slept, or the next morning while they were preparing to break camp, McCullough shot Morgan in the head with Morgan’s own gun and afterward chopped him in the head with an ax. After concealing the body in a pond of water McCullough resumed his journey and stopped at Oxford the next morning where he had the team shod.

During the trial it developed that Coroner Kolb’s deductions in regard to the dead man were all correct. Tfi’e State made as strong a case against McCullough as is possible under circumstantial evidence and he was sentenced to a life term in the penitentiary where he died in 1881. Pending his trial McCullough broke jail at Oxford and was at liberty about three weeks when he was recaptured near Muncie and confined in jail at Lafayette. He made an unsuccessful attempt at jail breaking at Lafayette and with a little more time at his command success would have crowned his efforts. The trial cost the county about SI,BOO. The State was represented by Simon Thompson of Rensselaer, then prosecuting attorney, assisted by John L. Miller of Lafayette. The attorneys for the defense were Col. DeHart and R. C. Gregory. —Benton Review.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Notice of Annual Meeting and Election of Officers. Notice is hereby given to the members and ..supporters of the Presbyterian church at Rensselaer, Ind., that the annual meeting will be held at the church at 8 o’clock p. m., on Wednesday, April 12, 1911, for the purpose of electing two elders, two deacons and two trustees. The secretary and treasurer will report at the meeting, as also will the proper officers of all auxilliary societies of the church. ■ . . By order of the Board off Trustees.—i-J. H. S. Ellis, Secy. March 22, 1911. ,

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State and General News

SOON WILL BE IN SIGHT. Pensacola, Fla., April 4. —The hull of the sunken battle ship Maine, in Havana harbor, will be exposed not later than June 1, according to Frank M. Daniels, the contractor who built the cofferdam around the ship.

A FOOTBALL VICTIM.

Newcastle, Ind., zXpril 2.—lnjuries sustained last Thanksgiving Day in a game of football at Cincinnati claimed the Ife of Arthur J. Hahne, a young business man of this city. Two operations were, performed, but failed to bring relief, and during the last three months his life slowly ebbed away. The decease is survived by his young bride of less than a year and a few weeks’ old baby. Death occurred at a hospital in Ft. Wayne, where he was taken the first of the year.

IOWA FARMERS

Who Held Crops for Higher Prices Sadly Disappointed. Des Moines, lowa, April 4. The amount of corn of the 1910 crop now in the hands of farmers is about 150,000,000 bushels, as against 120,000,000 bushels at this time last year of the 1909 crop. The reserve stock of oats is 36,000,000 bushels more now than a year ago, and of wheat 1,600,000 bushels more. Farmers have been holding for higher prices, only to be disappointed. If the season of 1911 should prove even an average crop year, next fall would no doubt witness an era of low-priced grains, i

WITH A BANQUET

Delegates to the Methodst Conference Will Be Entertained. Kokomo, Ind., April 2. —The sixty-eighth annual session of the Northern Indiana M. E. Conference was formally opened in this city today. Dr. Monroe Vayinger, President of Taylor University spoke at the Main Street M. E.Church, where the sessions of the conference are being held, and Dr. Henry King, President of Moore’s Hill College, spoke at Grace M. E. church. Rev. C. U. Wade, Logansport, has completed the arrangements for the banquet Saturday night. Not less than 400 will be seated at the festive board. The banquet is intended as a sort of an evening of education for the various ministers in the conference.

FRENCH LICK DRY.

But West Baden Went Wet at Saturday’s Election. Indianapolis, Ind., April I. Elections were held in the French Lick Valley today to determine whether saloons shall be licensed. French Lick, where National Committeeman Taggart’s hotel is located, voted “dry” by 23. West Baden voted “wet” by 143, but a remonstrance against granting saloons in the township has been filed, and the entire valley probably will remain “dry.” The present week has been disastrous for the Anti-Saloon League. Ninety per cent of the cities holding elections voted “wet.” The most noted “wet” victories were at Newcastle, Elkhart, Goshen, Martinsville and Washington. In practically every case, however, the “wet” majority was decisive. One strange feature is that the only unit having saloons to vote under the law was Huntertown, a small place in Allen county, which went “dry.” All other elections were held in salodnless territory, and the result is regarded as a protest against conditions that existed duting the last two years. The drys carried three ( elections today in Vermillion county and lost one. Vermillion township, including the town of Newport, went dry by two majority; Highland township, with the town of Cprryville, dry, 144; Clinton township, outside city of Clinton, 136 dry. Helt township, containing the towns of Hillsdale, Dana, Summit Grove and St. Bernice, voted wet by 17. It was 400 dry two years ago. Paoli, county seat of Orange —— —•

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county, in which French Lick is located, voted dry by 194. Paoli has been without saloons for two years. Orleans, in the same county, voted dry by 188 and the township, including the towns of West Baden and French Lick, gave a wet majority of 120, but the town of French Lick went dry.

WINS THE STATE CONTEST

Miss Ardella Saib of Jasper, Ind., Best Speller In Grade Schools. Ardella Rose Saib of Jasper is the best speller in the grade schools of Indiana. Representing the Third Congressional District Thursday afternoon in the state spelling contest, held in the State House at Indianapolis, little Miss Saib defeated thirty-sev-en contestants, picked from the grade schools in Indiana. Naomi Frank of Greenfield was second in the contest and Levin Litzenberger of Middletown was third. |As a final test, after all her opponents had been forced to their seats, Miss Saib spelled “falsetto” correctly and was awardeel a gold medal and a dictionary by John 1. Hoffman, deputy state superintendent of public instruction. • “Hereditary” was the stumbling of Miss Frank, and “recurrence” proved the undoing of young Litzenberger.

TUBES IN CHICAGO RIVER.

Making a Conecting Link in One Hundred Million Dollar Passenger Tunnel. Chicago, April 2, —The Chicago river, mythically famed as the stream on which a man once fell in summertime and broke his leg, acquired a new distinction today when it became the scene of a notable engineering feat. Thousands of persons lined the banks and crowded the bridges, docks, barges and buildings in a heavy snowstorm to see the sinking of a giant doublebarreled tube which is to be used as a tunnel for street cars, and ultimately is to be absorbed as a link in the proposed $100,000,000 Chicago passenger subway. The twin tube of steel weighs 8,000 tons, is 280 feet long, 30 feet wide and 20 feet high. It was built at Goose Island on the north branch of the river, and was floated down to LaSalle street two months ago. There it was lined with two feet thickness of concrete.

Meantime dredges were scooping out for weeks the hollow in the river into which the tubes were to be sunk. Every appointment needed to be perfect. The slightest slip in the execution of the plans, according to the contractor, would involve a loss to him of SIOO,OOO. Today was chosen to drop the tubes into place. By permission of the War Department the»gates of the drainage canal at Lockport were closed at 5 o’clock this morning. Five hours later the water in the river had attained the level of the lake and at the tunnel point it was as still as a country pond. Tugs pulled the steel tubes into place crosswise of the river. Valves were opened and water poured into compartments at either end. Slowly the tubes began to sink. By 2:30 o’clock they were resting in the big groove below. The next step will be to pump out the water and to connect either end of the tubes with the land tunnels. The tunnel and the incline approaches thereto will be 2,014 feet long. The work will cost $1,166,000.

MIGRATION.

They are going to the country — the box car fe their coach. The hobo leaves the city as the springtime doth approach; He’ll sleep out in the open till the frost comes ’rotfnd next fall, And the slogan on has banner is, “The farmer feeds us all.”

POULTRY WANTED. Will pay 12 cents for good hens and. springs not staggy.— Fancy Produce Market. C. E. Prior, Prop. Phone 39.