Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1911 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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BESSIE CRONIN AGAIN.

Bessie Cronin, who occupied so much space in the newspapers from two to four years ago, on account of her libel suits against a number of papers in this state, has commenced again. This time she has entered suit against Baker & Son, former publishers of the Delphi Herald, because they made some comment on the trials held in the White Circuit Court.

MRS. JOE GALEY DEAD.

Mrs. Joseph Galey of Jordan tp., who has been in poor health for the past year, died at 4:30 Saturday morning. Her age was 63 years. A husband and two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Michael and Mrs. Grace Cook, survive her. The funeral was held from the residence at 3 p. m., Sunday, conducted by Rev. C. L. Harper of the M. E. church of Rensselaer, and interment majle in the Welsh cemetery.

AUTOMOBILES GALORE

Pass Through Rensselaer On Way to Indianapolis Auto Races. Probably 400 to SQO automobiles passed through Rensselaer Saturday, Sunday and Monday, enroute from Chicago to Indianapolis to the Decoration day races. One hundred and fifty to 200 of these went through Sunday and Sunday night. They began going through again Monday morning and kept it up all day and part of the night Quite a number spent Sunday ight here and the Makeever House did a rushing business serving meals both Saturday, Sunday and Monday, while Sunday night it had to turn many away for lodg-png-telse where. The Maxwell over 400 gallons of gasoline to the autoists on Sunday alone.

ICE COMING DOWN.

At Least the Side of the Ice House Fell Out. The whole south end of the walls of Frank Kreslers big ice house gave way Sunday morning and for a time it was thought much of the ice would be lost. The east wall also broke away to some extent at the bottom, but this has been braced and will probably get no worse. The house was nearly full of ice at the time of the break but it remained in place and Mr. Kresler with a force of men started in to temporarily repair the damage to the building, which was done by boarding up the break and filling it in with straw where the sawdust had fallen away. The damage will probably not be over S3OO or S4OO, and' wfcs caused by the foundations being too weak, it seems. The cement foundation gave way and the frame walls followed.

DEAD HOGS IN RIVER.

Health Authorities Looking for the Party Responsible for the Offense. Health Officer Dr. E. N. Loy \as notified Saturday that some dead hogs lay in the river west of town, and on investigation he found three dead porkers., lying in the riffle west of the Stott Grant farm.' They are suposed to have been victims of the cholero scourge, and Dr. Loy says enough cholera germs have gone down the river to kill all the hogs between Rensselaer and Momence. Conrad Kellner, just east of town, and S. W. Williams, on the Stott Grant farm west of town, are the only persons we have so far heard of who 'have lost hogs from cholera, but they allege that they buried all of theirs that died. The offense for polluting a stream of water is quite severe, and the health officer made arrangements to have the dead animals removed and buried, and an investigation will be made to place the responsibility for their presence in the river and punjsh the guilty ones.

BOX SOCIAL.

A box supper and ice cream social will be given at the Lawnsdale school house next Saturday night, June 3. Ladles please bring boxes. Benefit Sunday school and church.

THE COURT HOUSE

Items Picked Up About the County Capitol Judge Hanley has been chosen to sit in the White-Stoudt ditch case in the Whtie circuit court. —O'James Willis was arraigned before Squire Irwin Saturday on the charge of automobile speeding on the streets the night before. This was the second offense, and the Squire made the fine $5 and trimmings, $7.55 in alt —O'Mar riage licenses issued: May 27, Edward Frank Myers, son of James My res of Fair Oaks, aged 26, occupation farmer, to Ella Roorda, daughter of John Roorda, also of Fair Oaks, aged 21, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Squire Irwin at the clerk’s office at 8:30 a. m.. May 27. —o— The county board of review will meet next Monday and continue in session for thirty days. The board consists of the county assessor, auditor, treasurer, by virtue of their office, and two appointees by the judge of the circuit court, who are John T. Biggs t>f M heatfield and Ed Reeve of Rensselaer. The board will hear objections to assessments, both real and personal, made by the various township assessors. -—io— . County Commissioner Dickinson will furnish one car load of oil for road purposes, and it is probable that the road east to the river will be oiled. George Ade intends to oil from the river east past Hazelden. This will make several miles of oiled roads. The oiling of country roads is in the nature of an experment here, but the government says it is the only sure protection of stone roads, and will give more than double the wear when oiled.— Brook Reporter.

GOODLAND BANK PAYS 60 PER CENT.

The fifth dividend of twenty per cent for the Bank of Goodland lias been declared and the checks will be mailed next week. This is the last of the Arkansas land sale. It was enough to pay the depositors of the Ambia and Fowler banks, but the checks have not been made out yet. But the balance for the Goodland Bank has to be dug up. Being private banks, all of the property of William Dague and Daniel Baldwin are held foT it. The visible property of the latter consist of a hotel property in Logansport, a half interest in a cattle ranch near Denver, and in a law suit in the Supreme court x>f the state. — Fowler Leader.

BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY.

Several from Schultz settlement helped Mrs. John Stibbe of Union tp., celebrate her sev-enty-sixth birthday anniversary Sunday. An elaborate dinner w'as served of which thirty-five partook. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schultz and grandson; Mr. and Mrs. William Schultz and children; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schultz and family; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Schultz; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krueger and his- brother George; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Makus and children; Emil Stibbe and wife, and Mrs. Ernest Stibbe and family. All had a pleasant time and left in the evening wishing her many more happy anniversaries. —A Guest.

MONON DITCH AGAIN.

Long-Pending Litigation Affecting Northern Jasper Again On the Boards. The Monon ditch case will be taken'up on Monday, June 5, before special Judge Henry A. Steis. Mr. Steis had been named as special judge by Judge Vurpillat, but last week resigned the position. Judge Vurpillat then reported to Governor Marshall that no person could be found to t y the case and the governor then re-appointed Mr. Steis as the judge at a salary of $lO per day,

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1911.

the amount being twice the sum which Mr. Steis had been receiving while acting as an appointee of Judge Vurpillat. The principal reason why the case has never been tried to a finish is because the pay of the special judge has been too small to warrant him leaving his own business long enough to try the case, and now that the pay has been placed at $lO per day, it will be sufficient to compensate Mr. Steis for the time spent here. Nye & Nye, attorneys for the remonstrants, state that they have 230 remonstrances which they propose to have tried separately even though it take ten years to do so, and at the rate which the remonstrances were disposed of at the last trial, two a week, it will take at least -two years to settle the matter, if the attorneys are successful in having their lemonstrances all tried.—Winamac Journal.

BIG CREEK DITCH IS COMPLETED.

The Wolcott Dredging Company has completed the Big Creek or Dudley C. Smith ditch, and is now engaged in - tearing down the machine and boat to load the same on cars for shipment to a point in Illinois near Lawrenceville, west of Vincennes. The company has one machine there now ■ digging a fivemile cut-off in the Embarras river, at a place where the river swings twenty-five miles around in the shape of a horse shoe. It is hoped to secure quicker and better drainage for a large acreage of land by this work. The new contract is in what is called “made” land, the wash or sediment from the rivers in past ages. It will be fine digging.— Monticello Journal.

DEMOCRATIC EDITORS

Will Meet at Laporte Friday and Saturday. The mid-summer meeting of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association will meet at Laporte bn Friday and Saturday of this week. The editors will leave Indianapolis at noon tomorrow and go by special traction cars to South Bend, where they will lie guests of the Commercial Club Thursday night at the Oliver Hotel. Friday morning they will go to Laporte where Mayor Darrow and the citizens have prepared to entertain them lavishly. Governor Marshall, Congressman Barnhart and others will address the meeting. There will be a lake trip and other features of entertainment that will make the meeting one long to be remembered. The meeting will close Saturday with a dinner given by Warden Fogarty at the Michigan City prison.

PICKLE PROSPECTS.

r here is every prospect, up to date, of a good pickle crop this ye; r. It is now time to have the ground all prepared and planting should be done within the next ten days if weather is favorable. We understand Squire Dingee Company will furnish seed where it is needed for replanting any spots where the seed does not grow' which sometimes ‘happens because the ground is too wet or too dry or eaten up by bugs. If the pickle vines are kept free front weeds and picked regularly as instructed and according to the grading required by the receiving station here, all growers ought to make a good profit out of their patch. Last year the weather was too dry to expect much of a crop of pickles, but we can hardly expect this season will be a bad as last. Those who do not put in pickles may regret later that they have not a patch, so that they can join the procession who, daily, go to the factory to receive their cash checks.

DOMESTIC SCIENCE CLUB. There will be a meetihg.of the Domestic Science Club in the east court room at 2:30 p. m., Saturday, June 3. Subjects: “Remedies in Emergencies,” Mrs. E. N. Loy; “Good Ventilation,” Mrs. Henry Wood; “Fruit in Diet,” Mrs. B. D. Comer.—Mrs. L. E. Day, Sec. Treas. , ~ —-i

AUTO TURNED TURTLE.

A big auto driven by H. D. Jones of Chicago, accompanied by his wife and brother-in-law, turned turtle out by Zack Stanley’s, at the north side of town Sunday evening, caused by a defective wheel, and Mrs. Jones suffered a fracture of two ribs, the others escaping injury. One wheel of the auto was smashed in. The car turned over in the ditch, but fortunately there was enough space in the ditch under the wrecked car to save the occupants from fatal injury. The party left the car here for repairs and went on to Indianapolis Monday afternoon via rail.

JUST LISTEN TO THIS.

Misrepresentation to the Last By Winamac Papers In the Bader Case. C. L. Bader went to Michigan City Tuesday morning, alone, to report himself at the prison to serve the penalty imposed upon him some time ago by the circuit court of Jasper county for collecting full price for a bridge satisfactory to the commissioners of that county though lighter than the specifications called for.

Apparently there was a practice of “peanut politics” at Rensselaer during the last few days. The decision of the supreme court three weeks ago affirming the finding of the lower court has not yet been certified to the lower court—unless it has been done since Sunday. It was given out and well understood that it would not be so certified for thirty or sixty days from the date of the finding, thus givi|ig Bader : that much time to arrange his afl fairs and his attorneys that much I time to make a further motion I should they so desire. H. A. Steis ; of South Bend, one of his attorneys, was here Saturday and arranged for I a motion to be made this week. But on Sunday the sheriff of Jasi per county phoned Bader to go there that day and give himself up. The sheriff is a new man, elected last fall, and is said to be a Judge Hankey partisan. He admitted that the finding had not yet been certified to the Rensselaer court, but said in substance “We have the power—you report!” Bader had no desire to be antagonistic, and after explaining that he had not expected the call for some days yet and that a few important matters needed attention from him Monday he asked to be allowed till Monday evening. To this the sheriff replied that Tuesday morning would suit him as well as or better than Monday evening, and asked Bader if he would “come to Rensselaer” at that time, to which Bader replied “No use to go there— I’ll go to the prison, and you can meet me there if you wish to.” And he went there Tuesday morning to deliver himself to Warden Fogarty. Bader has enemies, and he has friends. The former are pleased, of course; th latter, claiming to understand some details that the public does not —some things which they term rank injustice to Bader if nothing worse—say they realize that at present the cards are against him but assert that time will show how and by whom he has been made the scapegoat and forced to stand for things he should not, and that matters pertaining to these things are not yet ended. From words dropped by those who in the past have been free to criticise Bader it seems evident that the misfortune now saddled upon him and the sorrow upon his family and aged parents have made “two friends grow where one grew before;” people seem imbued with a suspicion, at least, that all things pertaining to the Rensselaer trial and to other matters were not fair and square as made to apply to Bader.

The mills of the gods don’t ruif at lightning speed, perhaps; but it is alleged that eventually they grind pretty fine. Are they now on a grist pertaining to the Bader matter?—Pulaski County Democrat. The above is a fair sample of the misstatements made by the Winamac papers in connection with the Bader bridge graft case. As stated by The Democrat, Sheriff Hoover got orders from Governor Marshal], to take Bader to the penitentiary a”d turn him over to the warden. It was not his own violition nor that of Judge Hanley, who has also been frequently assailed by the Winamac papers in this Bader businfess. When an officer receives inductions like Sheriff Hoover received in this case he is pretty apt to get a rpove on, rather than wait for an opinion to be ce r tified down. As Judge Hanley is a republican and Sheriff Hoover a democrat, we are at a loss to figure out just where the “peanut politics” comes in. Also, we scarcely believe that Warden Fogarty would have extended the glad hand to Mr. Bader had he gone there alone and tried to break into prison. There are a few formalities that must be gone through with before this

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State and General News

PLACED ON HOT STOVE.

Evansville, Ind., May 28.—-The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Porter Davis, near here, stood her eleven-months-old brother upon a hot stove, not thinking there was fire in it. and as a result the feet of the little fellow were burned almost to a crisp.

TWO YOUTHS KILLED

When Ice House Was Blown Down By Tornado—Four Injured. Pekin, 111., May 28.—Clyde Sakers and Frank Wooley, aged 16, were killed ‘here this afternoon when a cyclone struck this city. The boys took refuge in an icehouse and were crushed when the building was blown down. Four others w*ho were with them were bruised in the debris, and seriously injured. The heavy wind was followed by a downpour of rain and hail that did great great damage to fruit and crops. The steeple of the German M. E. church was blown down while Sunday school was in progress. The children were thrown into a panic, but none was injured.

DAVID WALLACE,

Half Brother of the Late General Lew Wallace, Dies at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., May 28.- — David Wallace, son of former Governor David Wallace, and a half brother of General Lew Wallace, died here this afternoon. He contracted a severe cold two months ago and never recovered "from it. He was a member of the State Board of Agriculture. The decedent was born in 1852 and is survived by a widow and sister. His widow was Zelda Seguin, well known grand opera singer, Who abandoned the stage in 1880, when she married him. For many years he was in the commission business at the stock yards here.

CANNON BALLS

Were Rolled Down Incline on Sidewalk By Wesleyan Freshmen. Middletown, Conn., May 28. Eight Wesleyan freshmen returning from their annual class banquet were arrested today and kept in the city lockup with a number of “common drunks” for almost 10 hours, as the result of an escapade in which 60 of their class participated. On arriving in town the students entered tlie grounds of the Russell Library, where a large stack of Revolutionary cannon balls are kept. Each student seized a cannon ball and climbing to the top of College street hill, rolled them down the incline on the sidewalk. They will appear in the City Court tomorrow to answer to the charge of a breach of the peace.

FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT.

tLafayette, Ind., May 29. —Four persons in a big touring car on their way to the bedside of the dying father of two of the members of the party went over a steep embankment near here yesterday, and Mrs. William P. McEwan, wife of a farmer of Raub, Benton county, was instantly killed. William S. Minier and Mrs. William S. Minier, a sister of Mrs. McEwan, were seriously injured. The party started from Raub in Mr. McEwan’s car at 9 o’clock Saturday night, having received a telephone message a short time before from Crawfordsville, saying that Mrs. McEwan’s father, Tames E. Fleming. was dying. Mrs. McEwan insisted on leaving immediately, saying s'he was afraid if she waited s’he would not see her father alive. When they reached the overhead.crossing near Montmorenci the brake failed to work and McEwan was unable to bring the car round the second turn. He twisted the steering wheel until 'he pulled it loose from the post and the car hit the light railing and plunged down the embankment.

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Mr. and Mrs. Minier were taken home today in a serious condition. The funeral of Mrs. McEwan will be held Tuesday at her home. She is survived by her husband and eight children.

SEVERAL PERSONS HURT

On Their Way to the Indianapolis Auto Races. Gary, Ind,, May 28.—While on their way to Indianapolis for the 500-mile automobile race Tuesday, four Chicagoans were injured in an automobile accident near here today. Harry Guick, 2138 Wabash avenue, accompanied by George Richardson Oliver Cook and Albert Bay. was driving When the car skidded and plunged over a twenty-foot embankment. The men were pinioned beneath the car and it required some time for farmers who were near, to release them. All were bruised and scratched, but none were seriously injured. J. A. Brown, a diamond dealer, of Chicago, while making the trip from Chicago to Indianapolis for the Memorial Day race on a motorcycle, was thrown from his machine three miles west of Crown Point, Ind., today, and sustained a fractured skull. He had started with 10 companions,. but had fallen behind and was trying to overtake his friends when his machine hit a rut in the road. He was picked up by an automobile party' and 'taken s to Crown Point and later was returned to Chicago by train. It is said his condition is serious.

COOVERT WINS SUIT.

Judy Will Be Given Chance to do “More Than He Agreed.” John F. Judy will be given an opportunity to make good his motto, Mr. Judy was in partner-, ship with Jesse J. Frey in the Roselawn Bank, While the partnership existed Frank Coovert as county treasurer deposited a sum of money in the bank, about $2,100. Later Judy withdrew from the bank but gave no notice of tie dissolution; and then came the bank failure. On the ground that Judy was a partner in the bank at the time the deposit was made, Mr. Coovert brought suit to recover his loss, refusing to 'have his claim pro-rated in the settlement of the bank’s liabilities. The case was sent to White county for trial, w'here Mr. Coovert was given a judgment. Judy then appealed to the Supreme Court and there the matter has since slept. Last week the court affirmed the judgment and Judy must pay the bill. The people* of Newton county well remember the reverses Mr. Coovert met in bank failures during his term as treasurer, and will be glad to learn that he will recover the amount he held in the Roselawn bank. It will also be remembered -how promptly Mr. Coovert met his liabilities to the county, paying every cent due on the day he surrendered the office. This judgment, we are informed, will enable him to pay off the last loan he was obliged to make in order to protect his bondsmen. Kentland Enterprise. «

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. Monon .8:30 a.m. il.oo Lv. Lee ..8:30 a.m. .90 Lv. McCoysburg ..8:35 a.m. .90 Lv. Pleas. Ridge.. .8:40 a.m. .80 Lv. Rensselaer ....8:48a.m. .75 Lv. Surrey 8:57 a.m. .75 Lv. Parr 9:02 a.m. .75 Lv. Fair Oaks. .9:09 a.m. .75 Lv. Roselawn ....9:20a.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—CUßS vs. NEW YORK. Returning, special train will leaver Chicago at 11:30 p. m„ Sunday, . June 4, 1911. ... . I

i Health notice. Parents must not allow their children to go swimming in the river at any point below the ice house, on account of typhoid infection. — City Health Officer. 7‘. -’/y