Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1911 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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MRS. B. FORSYTHE DEAD.

Wife of Well Known Merchant Dies In a Chicago Hospital. Mrs. Cora E. Forsythe, wife of B. Forsythe of Rensselaer, died at 2:30 a. m., Tuesday following* an operation at the Hahnemann hospital in Chicago. The remains were taken direct to her old home in Xew Philadelphia. Ohio, for burial beside other relatives, the funeral taking j iace Thursday. Deceased was born July 1, 1855, and was therefore almost 56 years of age at the time of her death. Xews of her death was a great shock to 'her many friends in Rensselaer, where and • her husband had resided for the last twenty years and where they owned a beautiful home and business block, also a large farm near town. The Democrat received a letter from Air. Forsythe Tuesday afternoon after going to press, com eying the sad intelligence of his wife’s death. Mr. and Mrs. Forsythe had been conducting a store at Winamac since last fall, practically all the time, and she was taken from there to the hospital only a few days before Jier death, to undergo another operation, she having been previously operated on last fall. When leasing their department store building here some two years ago M'r. Forsythe ana wife expected to retire from active business, travel and see much of t!he world and take their ease after a successful business career, but he could not sell his remaining goods advantageously in bulk and decided to close them out at retail, then they would quit. But the truth of t'hat old adage, that the best laid . plans of mice and men oft gang a glee, is once more demonstrated, and the beautiful home, the finest in Rensselaer, although built more than ten years ago, has scarcely been occupied at alt and is' now draped in mourning for its mistress, while the well earned competency of years of close attention to business—for Mrs. Forsythe was an active assistant of her husband’s and spent most of her time at the cashier’s desk — is left behind. With so much to live for and the dream of years about to be realized —the retirement to the enjoyment of home pleasures of travel —'her death is a pecularly sad one, and The Democrat extends its sincerest sympathy to the husband who is so suddenly bereft of his life companion, with whom 'he had so long looked forward to, of passing down the shady side of life on a flowerstrewn pathway unto the end of all human hopes and desires.

THAT NEW YORK TRIP.

Itinerary Will Soon Be Arranged for The Democrat’s Contest Trip. Mr. Blanchard, traveling passenger agent for the New York Central lines, was in t*he city Tuesday afternoon in consultation with The Democrat regarding its contest/trip to New York City. The itinerary was talked over and as soon as a few more details are arranged—which will be in a very few days, when Mr. Blanchard returns here to complete them —it will be published complete. As now contemplated, the party will leave Rensselaer, say, on Sunday morning, July 2, for Chicago; spend part of the day in Chicago, leaving Chicago about 3:30 on Pullman sleeper over the Michigan Central on its celebrated fast “Wolverine” train for Niagara Falls, passing through Canada and reaching the Falls next morning. Monday at the Falls. Trip on famous Gorge- Railway, etc. Monday evening in Buffalo. Leaving Buffalo Monday night via Pullman sleeper for Albany. Reach Albany about 6:30 a. m. Tuesday. Leave Albany by one of the beautiful Day Line steamers on the Hudson at 8:30 a. m., reaching New York City at 6 p. m., Tuesday evening. Tuesday night take in the performance at the Hippodrome, the greatest theatre in America. All day Wednesday and until 3:30 Thursday afternoon sightseeing and side trips parks, Coney Island, etc., in New York. Leave New York via ocean

■ steamship on a 19 hours trip on | the Atlantic ocean to Old Point Comfort, Va., at 3:30 p. m., ' reaching there at 8:30 a. m„ Fri--1 day. All day Friday at Old Point i Comfort, Newport News, etc. Friday evening via steamer up Chesepeake Bay and the Potomac River for Washington, which is reached next morning. All day Saturday in Washington. As congress will likely tsill be in session a visit will be paid to the lawmakers and arrangements also made for the party to visit President Leave Washington Saturday night via Chesepeake and Ohio (the great scenic route), Pullman sleeper to Cincinnati, through the Alleghaney Mountains and the states of Virginia, West Virginia and Kentuck, • arriving in Cincinnati Sunday night; either spend the night in Cincinnati or leave over she C. H. D., and Monon for home Sunday night, or next morning, as desired, reaching Rensselaer Monday. There will be many attractions visited, ■, including Coney Island, theatres, etc., that cannot be named in this short sketc*h, making it the trip of a life-time, and one never to be forgotten. Our party proper will consist of five, including the editor and wife, but we can take up to ten or twelve, and the cost of the entire trip, including meals, berths, and all side attractions planned —in fact all necessary expenses of the eight day's trip—will be $75 each. The total mileage included 'in the itinerary is' between 3,000 and 3,500 miles, and it will make one of the most beautiful and comfortable trips imaginable, one that comparatively" few people are ever privileged to enjoy. The entire expense of the three fortunate young lady contestants, of course, will be paid by The Democrat, but to others desiring to join t’he party the cost will be $75 per person.

HOGS STILL DYING.

Cooney Kellner, of»just east of town, had lost 54 head of his drove of about one hundred hogs from cholera up to noon yesterday, six dying yesterday. There are about fifteen or twenty head more sick. The loss will be a severe one indeed to Mr. Kellner, probably aggregating SBOO at- least. It was thought yesterday that the worst cases were over with and that most of the remaining hogs might be saved.

BUSHA-BEAM.

Air. Frank X. Busha, of Lafayette, a telegraph operator at the Alonon station, and Aliss Aladge Beam, daughter of Alonon agent AV. H. Beam were married Tuesday afternoon at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. G. H. Clarke. They went to Lafayette, where the groom’s parents reside, the same evening, and after a short sojourn there will return to Rensselaer and make this their home for the present. Air. Busha is booked for % position at telegraphing in Lafayette as soon as a vacancy occurs, w'hen they will (take up their residence in that city. The Democrat joins the many friends of the young couple in extending congratulations.

WELL DONE, MR. TAFT.

President Taft has refused to pardon John R. Walsh of Chicago and Charles W. Morse of New York,' former bankers, convicted for violation of the national banking laws, in wrecking their respective banks. Walsh was sent up for five years and Morse for fourteen years. The president says “rich men should more strictly than poor citizens.” Say, we’re beginning to like Taft, and it’s no wonder some of the old g. o. p. grafters are trying to class him as a democrat. We also like his refusing to accede to the hotheads and embroil this country in trouble with Mexico. If he will just keep on along this line he will be serving both the people and his country well. Our Richardson seamless shoes for women overcome that tired, aching, burning sensation so prevalent during these sultry days. Ask your friends about them and try a pair yourself. Sold arid warranted at Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store. Opera House Block. p« * * All the news in The Democrat

TH E TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1911.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol The Carroll circuit court convenes Monday. —o — The court house clock has been out of commission she past ten days, and it has these spells so frequently nowadays that one is forced to the conclusion that the “thing" is about played out. —o•—• Ex-township trustee Joseph Stewart and R. S. Drake were in from Hanging Grove Thursday on business pertaining to the proposed petition for an extension of the Hanging Grove stone road miles, to connect with the White county stone —o—Marriage licenses issued: May 23, Frank Xavier Busha of Rensselaer, son of Louis H. Busha of Lafayette, aged 26, occupation telegraph operator, to Madge Beam, daughter of Wm. H. Beam of Rensselaer, aged 24, occupation stenographer. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. G[ H. Clarke at t'he Christian parsonage. <>■■■<■ .. . Janitor Charles Morlan returned Wednesday evening from a ten days absence at the Hunter Springs near Attica, where he has been taking treatment for rheumatism, but thinks he should •have staid another week. However, it was nearing the first of the month and he had his city books to look after, making out the light and water duplicates, etc. ' . ■ —o— Up to Thursday afternoon 35 claims, ranging from 10 eents to $2.60 had been filed with the county auditor for the crow bounty. The latter claim is by Lee V. Meyers of Knjman, Dan Wood of Fair Oaks, however, is a close second to' Meyers, with a claim of $2.20. It would be a great convenience to the auditor and a saving in expense if parties would not bring in a smaller number than ten of either scalps or eggs, in fact, this was, no doubt, the intention of the framers of the law. —o —• It is said that the number of candidates for county superintendent at the June meeting of the township trustees will be six at least. They are: Ernest Lamson, present incumbent; L. H. Hamilton, ex-superintendent; J. C. Dickerson of Kankakee tp.; AL L. Sterrett of the Wheatfield schools; Ross» Dean of Rensselaer; and Homer Arnold, son of Charlie Arnold of Barkley tp. The trustees stand-nine republicans to four democrats, and as none of the candidates are democrats, it is difficult to say where they ‘will throw their support. —o — Sheriff Hoover was accompanied to Michigan City Tuesday by John W. Culp, who went up to see what kind of a looking place it was there. John didn’t like the surrounding and ed with Mir. Hoover Tuesday night. Mr. Bader, the Winamac bridge grafter, met the sheriff there as agreed upon, and was turned over to the Warden and went through the regular routine of all persons entering that institution. He never expected to have to go to prison, and even now he thinks the efforts to be made in "certain quarters will secure him a speedy praole. No doubt this is keeping 'his lips sealed. —o —• The Harvey J. Dexter ditch case, appealed from the Jasper circuit court by Cordelia Al. Williams a few months ago, was affirmed by the supreme court Wednesday, the court holding: (1) This court will not consider questions not involving the jurisdiction of the lower court, not raised in she court below. (2) The court below' can correct any defective descriptions of property assessed which are brought to its attention. (3) The commissioners are not rfequirbd to state in their report that the drain will provide “ample means for drainage,” etc., but it will be presumed such was found if there is no denial of the capacity of tne

drain in the court below, as that question can be put in issue by any remonstrator. '—o— one of the cases of the State vs. A. E, Kirk, tried in the Newton circuit court Wednesday and Thursday, the one wherein Kirk while running a drugstore at Parr was charged with selling a drink of liquor to Charles Garriott, the defendant was acquitted. The other five cases were continued to the October term. The jury failed to agree in the state case against Hank Granger of Thayer for the alleged running of a blind tiger, and the state case agaj|ist C. G. Mauzy, for alleged graft in working out railroad taxes was dismissed because of faulty indictment. Sheriff Hoover has been “joshing" the Republican editors a little about the Bader case, and of course in their zeal in defense of this democratic bridge grafter, they sw'allow both the bait and the hook. Strange how a paper that hates democrats like the devil does holy water should be so deeply concerned over this particular democrat, whose gulit is unquestioned. Until Bader explains about the change in figures on that Milroy tp. bridge, from $1,240 to $1,400, and a number of other things in connection with his grafting in Jasper jeounty, he will receive mighty little sympathy from democrats or anyone else—routside of those few who were so vehement in protesting his innocence all along.

LET’S HAVE THE STORY FIRST.

It is reported that petitions for a permanent parole for C. L. Bader, the convicted bridge grafter, will be circulated at once. Before any reader of The Democrat puts his name to such petitions he would do .well to ponder over the following words from President Taft in refusing a parole for John R. Walsh: “But it must be judged with Reference to the right of society to have the law vindicated and crime punished, no matter how influential the convicted person or how many friends his present pitiable condition may lead to speak in his behalf. “The opportunity to commit such crimes is only afforded to men who have enjoyed high position in society and have secured the trust and friendship of many. Every case of this kind, therefore," must present some such considerations as those referred to, and if the executive on an appeal for clemency should yield to them, it would defeat the object of the law and present a demoralizing difference between the punishment meted out to the ordinary criminal whose circumstances have naturally led him into crime, and one whose position in society should have made for him strongest restraint against violation of the law.” • We should be just before we are generous, and while we may feel sympathy for Air. Bader and his family, the ends of justice and the moral effect would be w*holly lost by his release from prison. If he was led into this —although he was a man of good intelligence and had reached the age of discretion —as many people seem to think; if he wanted at first to be honest but was prevailed upon to become crooked, and was thrown down by his associates in crime and made the “goat,” then he is justified in making a clean breast of the whole thing. The public can best judge whether ’he is entitled to sympathy after hearing his story, and that there is a story back of - this there can be no more doubt than there is that Bader is guilty of tne crime for which he is now paying the penalty—although, perhaps, not alone guilty. ________

ST. JOSEPH’S COMMENCEMENT.

The sixteenth annual commencement of St. Joseph’s College will take place June 13-14. The Columbian Literary Society will present the play, “Under the Flag,” Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock and Wednesday morning June 14, at 7 o’clock the baccalaureate address by the Very Rev. F. A. O’Brien of Kalamazoo, Mich., will be given, followed by the class exercises. " _ I will have a new barber with me Saturday, skilled in shaving, hair cutting, etc., and satisfaction guaranteed, your patronage solicited. —C. H. Cain.

State and General News

OIL SEARCH ABANDONED.

Capitalists Sink SIO,OOO and Give Up In Laporte County. The effort to find oil in the vicinity of Xew Carlisle and Rolling Prairie has been abandoned by the capitalists who have been drilling for many months. One of the wells was driven to a depth of 2,000 feet without finding trace of either oil or gas. It is estimated that SIO.OOO have been expended in experimental wells in this county. — Michigan City News.

TELEPHONE COMPANIES COMBINE.

A deal was completed Saturday, wherebv the Bringhurst Cooperative f elephone Company became the property of the Cutler Co-operative system, the two systems being merged into one with the switchboard at Cutler after June Ist. -The consideration was $3360 on S4O per share, and comprises 53 phones. The Co-operative systems of Carroll county are in a flourishing condition. every one being on a paying basis.—Delphi Journal.

KNOX CARNIVAL A FROST.

7he Dale carnival company has come and gone. The aggregation of snides came uninvited and went unmournedr Some members of the company doubtless intended to be on the square, but the predominating portion was composed of frauds. The Knox band was sadly taken in by the show, but was powerless to help itself. Hie balloon ascension and the high-dive features which were advertised were not given, although a ladder a hundred feet high was erected on Lake street. The aggregation went to Angola. It will be a long time before another bunch of this sort is given the use of our streets. —Starke County Republican.

MONON DITCH AGAIN

Will Follow Close of April Term of Pulaski Circuit Court. Shortly after the close of the April term of the Pulaski circuit court the Afonon ditch remonstrance cases will again be on the legal program of the county. Governor Alarshall has appointed Attorney H. A. Steis of South Bend as special judge in the matter and Alonday, June 5, has been designated as the time for opening the trial. Special Judge Steis was sworn in last Saturday. AIOsT of the remonstrance cases have been submitted to the court settlement, said an attorney yesterday. Hathaway & Horner have decided—on this method leaving only the remonstrance held by Xye & Xye to be settled in court. —Wtnamac Republican.

SAY TRAINS WERE MONEY LOSERS.

Panhandle officials state that the report published in a morning paper Sunday to the effect that the four passenger trains recently taken off were money makers is incorrect. Neither the two State Line trams nor the Red Hummer paid, thev said. T'he management declares that these trains had at no time paid but were kept on for the accommodation of the traveling public and had it not been for such a falling off in business the trains would likely have been kept on. \\ hile the- State Line trains always appeared to be crow'ded coming in and leaving this city, yet the officials say that only a short distance out the coaches were practically empty. Five additional train crews have been taken off by the Panhandle and the force is now at the same state Of reduction it was during the depression in 1908.—Logansport Pharos. -

COLLEGEVILLE ITEMS.

Rev. J. Schmtz, Remington, was a visitor last Monday. Carl Minick, Logansport, formerly a student of St. Joseph, spent Sunday with old friends here. Thursday being theTeast day of the Ascension all classes were suspended. Rev. Theodore Surer, C. PP.

Vol. XIV. No. 15.

S.. and James Fitzgerald attended the dedication of the new church at Kokomo Sundav. ~ Last Sunday Rev. Augustine Seifert. C. PP. $., delivered the principal address to the convention of the Staadts Verband at Terre Haute. Commencement will this year be held on June 14. The baccalaureate address will be delivered by the Very Rev. F. A. O’Brien. LL. D., Kalamazoo, Mich. Rt. Rev. Herman J. Alerding. Bishop of Ft. Wayne, will be present and confer the degrees. and award the premiums. On Wednesday t*he Royals and the Cardinals played the longest game of base ball ever seen on the local diamonds. The Cardinals were obliged to fight nineteen long innings befoFe the victory finally followed their banner by the score of 2-5. Several limes the Royals had had the game well in hand but lost it through wild base runnings.* From the third to the nineteenth inning the game was scoreless ' owing in particular to the strong pitching of both Lili and Fiely who performed all the slab work of the three hour and fifteen minute game.

MEMORIAL SERVICES.

Program for the union Memorial service at the Presbyterian church, Sunday morning: Doxology. Invocation, Rev. J. P. Green. Music, Quartette. Scripture, Rev. G. H. Clarke. Anthem, Choir. Prayer, Rev. C. L. Harper. Solo, Miss Martin. Sermon Rev. J. C. Parrett. Music, Quartette. Hymn, “America.” Benediction, Rev. G. H. Clarke.

EXCURSION TO CHICAGO.

The Monon will run its first Sunday excursion to Chicago on Sunday, June 4. Following is the schedule of special train and round trip fare from Monon to Lowell inclusive: Lv. Monos .;... . .8:30 a.m. SI.OO Lv. Lee ...,...... 8:30 a.m. .90 Lv. McCoysburg . .8:35 a.m. .9O Lv. Pleas. Ridge... 8:40 am. .80 Lv. Rensselaer ....8:48a.m. .75 Lv. Surrey .8:57 a.m. .75 Lv. Parr 9:02 a.m. .75 Lv. Fair Oak*. ... .9:09 a.m. .75 Lv. Roselawn ... .9:20 a.m. .75 Lv. Thayer .9:25 a.m. .75 Lv. Shelby .9:28 a.m. .75 Lv, Lowell . .9:42 a.m. .50 Ar. Chicago 11:30 a.m. Baseball—-4TBS vs. NEW YORK. Returning, special train will leave Chicago at 11:30 p. m., Sunday, June 4. 1911.

Our Barnyard Shoes, the best of all shoes, afford comfort, durability and perfect satisfaction to farmers, laborers and mechanics. Take no substitutes.—Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, Opera House Block.

DO YOU WANT LIGHTNING PROTECTION? I sell the. largest and best lightning conductors that are made. I also- handle the copper cable at the following prices: 28 strand, pure copper, 7%c per; foot; 32. Strand, 9c; 40 strand, extra large, 12%c. If you are interested, call and see me or write me at Rensselaer.—F. A. Bicknell.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL. An ice cream social will be held at the James school house, three miles south of. Rensselaer, on Saturday evening May 27. Everybody come ice creapt hungry-

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