Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

$1.50 Per Year.

HAD TOO MUCH MONEY.

George Barcus, Now of Wabash, Relieved of $75 Surplus. According to a dispatch from Wabash, George Barcus, formerly of Rensselaer, was the victim of burglars Wednesday, who entered his house and took $75 in cash and several other articles of value Mr. Barcus is the owner of the Barcus Foundry Co. of Wabash, but resided in' R;ensselaer for a number of years prior to going-to Wabash, and is well known to most peo,pie here.

ICE-MAKING WEATHER.

Mercury Hits 5 Below Zero Thursday Night. The robins song of last week has given place to zero weather since Wednesday of the present week, *■ asd yesterday morning the mercury stood at 5 below zero. Thursday morning it stood at 8 above, and a fierce shaving wind prevailed all day. The river froze over completely during the day, for the' first time this winter, afird ice on the Kresler ice pbh'd is now about a foot thick, and is “still thickening.”

TRAINS ALL LATE.

On Account of Intense Blasts From Old Boreas. The strong north wind with a zero 1 temperature caused all trains to be late Thursday and yesterday. The night train'from Chicago due here at 11:05 Thursday night did not get in until 1 3:30 yesterday morning, and was an hour running from Fair Oaks to Rensselaer. The milk train yesterday going north —as were all other trains, for that matter in both directions —was several hours late. The cold wind was so intense that it was almost impossible to t kdep up steam fn the locomotive' boilers. Telegraph wires were down yesterday and Rensselaer was cut off from the outside world. It was impossible at the Monon station to tell anything about the arrival of trains. Much suffering is reported in Chicago and other-big cities among the poor people, who were unprepared for the cold wave.

HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Occupied by Gaylord Parker on Farm Owned by George Ivanne. The farmhouse on the former Shesler farm two miles east of town, on the Pleasant Ridge road, was destroyed by fire Thursday ev- • is ening shortly after five o’clock. The farm is now owned by George Kanne and is occupied by Gaylord Parker as tenant. The bulk of the contents were removed, but the house was completely destroyed. The fire is supposed to have started from a defective flue. Fire Chief Montgomery, C. W. Rhoades and two or three others went out to the fire and succeeded In saving a summer kitchen that butted up to the house by the use of chemical extinguishers. The house' was probably worth from $1,600 to SI,BOO, and was Insured in R. D. Thompson’s agency for SBSO. There was S2OO on the contents. The mercury was down about zero and a heavy gale was blowing at the time, making it anything but pleasant to be burned, out of house and home.

First Gas Well Gone.

The first natural gas well in Indiana, the first well the citizens of Hartford City ever saw, the parent of the natural gas boom that made the Indiana gas belt one of the world’s manufacturing centers, about twenty-five years ago, is abandoned, says the Hartford City Times-Gazette. A gang of workmen is at present engaged in pulling the casing from the well. , It' is on' a tract of ground adjoining Eaton and several years ago ‘‘played out,” although for many years the .gas pressure from the well, which alone supplied Eaton and surrounding territory, was as high as three hundred pounds to the square inch”. Now when a good gas well is struck it shows a pres- 1 - sure of thirty to forty' pounds and its volume is usually increased by pumps. The well was known as the Carter, well. Its roar could be heard and the light from its flame could be seen in Hartford City, eight miles away. The Lake Erie & Western railroad ran excursions twice a week to witness it.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL <'■■■■ ■■■■■ ! : _ . * The Legal Epitomized;—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Trustee Shirer was down from Kankakee tp., op business Wednesday.

The court expenses in the Poole trial as filed by Tipecanoe county, are $3,100, and in addition Grant Hall as special prosecutor also wants Benton county to pay him SI,OOO for his services. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Guy came over Thursday to take recdrd in abstract work, but the trains all being late made it necessary for them to remain over until yesterday before they could gef back home/ —o— __ County Commissioner Hershman won practically everything in M. B. turkeys at the Indianapolis poultry show—-first, cock'; first, hen; first, pullet; first, cockerel. He also won on his Black Langshans—second cock; first, hen; second, fifth, cockerel; first, second, pullet; first, pen. New suits filed: No. 7812. Asa W. Sawin vs. C. I. & L. Ry. Co.; action for damages from fire alleged to have been set by one of defendant’s locomotives on March 11, 1911. by which a field of plaintiff’s was burned over and hay in stack destroyed, to plaintiff damage in the sum of SSOO, for which judgment is demanded.

No. 7813. William Large vs. Arthur Williamson;- action to dissolve partnership, for an accounting and appointment of a receiver. Marriage licenses issued: Jan. 3, Frank Albert Clager, --on or John Clager of Wheatfield, agth 24, occupation clerk, to Mabel May Myers, daughter of Daniel W. Myers, alsu of Wheatfield, aged 20, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. C; L. Harper.

Jan. 3, Henry Clay Hoshaw of Rensselaer, aged 67, occupation pensioner, to Barbara Seelman, also of Rensselaer, aged 66, occupation nurse. Second marriage for each, first wife of male having died Jan. 29, 1911, arid first husband of female having died Oct. 24, 1906. Marrjed by Rev. C. L. Harper. Proceedings of the county commissiriners: Matter of Iroquois .ditch; it being shown that the special assessment heretofore ordered will be insufficient, the construction commissioner is directed to make the assessment 1% per cent, and same is ordered collected. . W. H. Wortley ditch t drainage commissioners granted extension of time in which to file report, to Feb r ruary term. • Notice ordered for letting contracts on first day of February term for four new bridges in Kan'kakee tp. Report of election in Marble highway matter filed and road ordered constructed, letting to be on second day of February term. S. C. Irwin petition fdr highway; granted until Jan. 10 to file report. Application of Emma Mitchell for admission to tuberculosis hospital is dismissed. »

HURRY AND SIGN

If You Want a Share of Stock in the _ Co-operative Store. Many of the best and most influential citizens have taken stock in the new store plan, because besides the dividends assured at the end of the year, the monthly -discount on the purchases makes it one-of the most liberal / business propositions ever offered. It will be a safe, strong Co-operation. One share pf $25 and entitles the holder to all the benefits, and you should see Mr. Lee at the Home Grocery at once and get in for one share at least. No money required at once.

THB TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1912.

Death of Former Remington Lady.

Mrs. William Draper, a former well known Remington laly*. died ~a few days ago at the home of her daughter, _ Mrs. E. E. Ydoman, in Ames, Okla., aged 77 years. The body was brought back to Hartford. City, Ind., for burial. She is survived by four daughters. ' Mrs. Draper 'resided in Reniington for a good many years, removing to Hartford City some twenty years ago, where they have since resided.

Woman Burned to Death at Lowell.

» ; ■ Mrs. Daniel Stratton of Lowell )vas burned to death Saturday night from an explosion of coal oil which sne was using from a can to stimulate a smoldering fire.' The explosion following her quick dash of oil on the dying embers blew the bottom from the two gallon can of oil in her hands, throwing the burning oil all over her and completely enveloping her •in flames. She was literally roasted alive, and died eight hours later after suffering untold agonies. She leaves a husband and a two and one-half year old daughter, the latter also being, badly burned.

Cold Cuts Down Attendance at Poultry Show.

The Rensselaer Poultry Show being held in the I. O. O. F. building Lhis week is having fierce weather to contend with, and as a consequence the attendance has not been what it should be. There is a fine lot of birds on exhibition, numbering, in air the different varieties about 375. .. There are a few freak bird3‘on exhibition, and a b*g \wl that acts like he would enjoy nipping off a finger or two when they are pointed at him, shares honors with a pair of “Japanese Sikies,” a peculiar breed of chickens’ that Artnur Mayhew of Newton tp. has on exhibition. , Tbe show ends today with the baby show held at the Princess Theater this afternoon. Come out to both today , and help to swell the receipts and enjoy a good show in addition.

Death of Former Resident.

The remains of Mrs. Mary E. Hinkle, accompanied by her son and daughter, George Hinkle and Mrs. Ora Bushong. arrived here -Wednesday from Bangor, Mich., and burial was made in the Mi. Taber cemetery in Barkley tp., the funeral services having beer, field in Bangor Tuesday afternoon. Deceased was about 72 years of age, and her death was very sudden, she having died sometime Sunday night L being found dead next morning 'by Mrs.. Bushong, who had spent the jnight with her. The son and daughter above named are the only children-who survive her. Her husband, Joseph Hinkle, died several years ago. She lived by herself in Bangor while her son an-d daughte-* lived irf the country near Bangor. Mrs. - Hinkle resided in Jasper County for about sixty years, moving to Bangor a few years ago.

Sudden Death In Hanging Grove.

Uncle George Robinson, aged about 75 years, died very suddenly yesterday morning. It seeips that death was due to heart failure, he having been In very good health up to the time that he ..returned from doing the chores yesterday morning, when he complained to his iwlfe that he was not feeling very well. Mrs. Robinson went to another room to do some work and when she returned a Short time after found him dead, sitting in a cTTair by the fire. He had previously had a few attacks of heart trouble, but none of were very serious.

He leaves a wife and six children to mourn his loss. Charles Robinson of near Mitchell, So. Dak.; Mahele Robinson of Los Angeles, Cali.; Marion Rpbinson of Rensselaer; John Robinson of Hanging Grove; Mrs. Clarence Maxwell of Jordan; and Mrs. L. H. Hamilton of Rensselaer, another daughter, Mrs. Elmer Kenton, of. near Mitchell. So. Dak., having preceeded him to the grave. The funeral will probably be held some time the first part, of next week, arrangements being delayed for reply of the children as to whether or not they will be here to attend.

All heavy underwear at the wholesale prices during our January, sale. —Duvall’s Quality Shop.

NOTHING MORE TO BE SAID.

Republican Crawls Into Its Hole and Draws Hole In After It. The letter frorft the Inter-State Mfg. Co. published in. Wednesday’s Democrat left nothing more to be said on the part Of the Rensselaer Repub’lcan as to the value of the piano given away in The Democrat's recent piano contest, and it also showed to the public just what lengths that buen will go to in "their efforts to discredit and injure The Denjocrat and its editor and publisfier. ‘The attack was etnirely unprovoked and unjustified. .The Republican carried on a precisely the same plan of contest a few years ago and not a word against it was dpne or said at, any time in this paper of by the writer in nay way. When (Tie contest was over The Democrat mentioned the winnei without any criticism of the contest or mis-repfesenting the value of their piano, which we will now state, howevfcr, was nob to be compared with , that given away by The Democrat in Its contest closing' Dec. 23.

The most despicable part of the whole thing is the Republican's tryipg to injure the sale of the piano. It had passed out of the ) hands of The Democrat and ia a financial way the Republican’s unjustifiable attack could not injure us so far as tlje results of the contest were concerned. But the 'winner in the contest, Miss Ida Hurley, Is a deserving poor girl and expected to sell the instrument and use the proceeds to help pay j her way through the Rensselaer high school to fit herself for a teacher, and she should realise upwards of S3OO for the instrument. I To her the attack is of great damage, and the friends who assisted her in winning in the contest ought to resent the unjustifiable attack on the value of the piano by the jealous Republican. j u Now, just a word as to the facts regarding The Democrat’s contest | When Mr. C. H. Dayton, representing the Inter-State Mfg. Go., came to Rensselaer, he stoped at the Makeever House,, and naturally called upon the Republican first, its office being just across the street therefrom. Mr. Clark was the only memlber of the firm in when he ! called. The latter was most favorably impresed with the plan but said he could do nothing without consulting* Healey, who would soon be in. The piano man said -thathe would go up the street and see what he could do toward interesting the - merchants in handling the voting certificates and would be * . V back in a short time. On his trip; up town he called on D. M. Worland, and in starting back dropped into The Defhocrat sanctum, and told us the above facts—which are absolutely correct —and we asked him what the plan was. On its being explained we clearly saw that the Republican was sure .to take it up, and so we took time by the forelock and closed a contract to handle it before the representative of the Inter-State Co., left,our office, and he never went back to the Republican at all! Now the reader can easily see the sour grapes fermenting. This is all. We beat ’em” to it.

Our $1.45 Acme flour—nothing better made—Pre-Inventory sale price $1.35 a sack.—Rowles & Parker. ■; : 1 Church of God Services. Elder S. J. Lindsay of Oregon, 111., editor oF the Restitution Herald, will preach at the Chupph of God next Sunday at 10:45 a. m., and 7 p. m. Everybody cordially invited. ' Those that have waited until now to buy their new cloak, suit or overcoat, have waited well. Our PreInventory prices will save, you ss. Sale starts Monday, dan. B.—Rowles & Parker. $3.00 all wool men’s shirts $2.00; $2,511 all wool men’s shirts $1.50; $2.,00 all wool men’s shirts $1.25; $1.50 all wool men’s shirts $1.00; SI.OO all. wool men’s shirts 75c. During our sale—Duvall’s Quality Shop.

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FRIGID WEATHER IN MIDDLE WEST

Suffering and Death Accompany Severe Gold Snap. AWAY BELOW ZERO AT CHICAGO Denizens of Northwestern States Experience Temperature Below—2o —Four Deaths from Cold in Kansas—Fish Frozen.

Chicago, Jan. 5.—A severe spell ot: , winter Weather, which is bringing misery to thousands and death to many, and which, according to the weather bureau officials, will last for days, has Chicago and the middle west securely in its grasp. There is but one consolation alike to those who have homes and to those who are barely able to keep warm enough to live by constantly moving and that is that there is no snow on -the ground. When it is understood i that in many costly apartment houses, with the steam radiators popping like locomotives It was impossible to keep as warm as might be desfred, some Idea may he gained of the plight of those who have to keep moving to keep warm. It means that If the cold spell outlasts their vitality, it is another grave in the potters’ field. And their vitality had to battle against a temperature of II to 16 below by unofficial thermometers on street comers in various sections of the city. ' Even so, Chicago remained one of the warmest places in the United States. Cold as it appeared here, the temperature was 29 degrees lower in Huron, N. D., where the minimum was 34 below zero. . Nearby, at Ishpeming, Mich., the official temperature was 27 degrees below zero. At Sheridan, Wyo., the mercury dropped to 29 degrees below and at Duluth to 20 below. In Kansas tjie cold snap has caused great loss of live stock, frozen or starved to death on the ranges. Near Reading, Kan , unusual winter conditions have had the effect of killing thousands of fish in the Marias des Cygnes river. Four persons were frozen to death near Ness City, Kan. One of the victims was a ranchman who was driving cattle over the range south of Ness City. “It is colder all over the west,” said Forecaster Cox. "The spread of the -winter grasp is so extehsive and so uniform that I have been unable to find any signs of moderation. Winter is here ail right. “There will be no break in the winter weather for two or three days at least, and I am not prbmising any cessation even then. “More probably we are in for a week or more of good, solid, cold weather. Just how cold it will get I cannpt tell very far in advance.”

GIRL JUMPS; SAVES LIFE

Farmer’s Daughter Leaps from Window'with Clothing Ablaze. Anderson, Ind„ Jan. 5. —Only by leaping from a high second story window after her clothing and Hair were in flames did Emily Glosser, sixteen years old, save her, life in the fire which destroyed the residence of her parents six miles west of the city. Mr. Glosser and bis daughter were the sole occupants of the house, others of the family having goneTbr a visit. The father rose early, leaving the daughter in bed, and went to his work. When she awoke the flames were all about her. She tried to get to the stairway, but was cut off by a wall of flames. As she hurried across the room to a window her hair and night clothing caught Are. without a moment’s hesitation she raised .the window and sprang to the ground eighteen feet below. She was badly burned about the face and hands, and her hair was burned to the scalp The origin of the Are is not .known. ALr_ Glosser had only recently built the house, which was one of the mrist modern farm residences in the county. The house and contents were destroyed, entailing a loss of $5,000, with small insurance. --

CELL OPENS FOR AGAR

Former Indiana Grain Dealer, Convicted of Embezzlement, Released.

Indianapolis. Jan. s.—Henry E. Agar, formerly a millionaire grain dealer of Gibson county, operating elevators in twenty towns along the Ohio river, was released from prison and left for Texas. " Agar disappeared from a boat on the Wabash river in 1907 and.was thought to have been drowned. His wife collected $20,000 life insurance. It soon developed that he had

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forged cheeks sos a large amount of money, had embezzled thousands of bushels 6f grain and liad forged names of friends to notes. Two years later he was found in Benito, Tex., where he was engaged in business,.-having changed his name. He was arrested, brought back to Gibson county and convicted

SEE GLOWING YEAR AHEAD

Newcastle Merchants “at Banquet Discuss Future .Prospects for City.

Newcastle, Ind.. Jan. 9.- oJe hundred and fifty business and pj’nfessional men of this city attended the second annual banquet,o& the Newcastle Retail Merchants’ association, held at the Bundy hotel, the idea of the banquet being to discuss business plans for the coming year. Following the banquet addresses on business topics were made by Thomas B. Millikan, Mver Heller, F.-’-W. stout, R. 1). Goodwin, S P Jennings, J Harry Smith and other business men. President Elwood Lawson of the assocla* tion presided. Enthusiasm was great for the location of half a dozen new factories here this year.

EDITOR MAY LOSE EYESIGHT

Gasoline Explodes While He Attempts to Clean Stovepipe. Lafayette, Ind„ Jan. 5. —• John A. Metzger, editor and publisher of the Brookston Reporter, may lose his sight as the result of an nocldent. He was cleaning the stove tn his office and was trying to blow the soot from the pipe by putlipg small quantities of* gasoline in the stove He placed too much gasoline In at one time and the expLosion that followed blew the burning fluid out of the stove onto his clothes and head. The fire In the office was extinguished by two office girls, His eyes are swollen shut and iis face and head severely burned.

WIDOW WEDS CHAUFFEUR

Marriage of Wealthy South Bend Woman Takes Place In Chicago. South Bend, lnd„ Jan. s.—Mrs. Mabel M. Treanor, who, after one of the hardest fought battles in the legal history of St. Joseph county, succeeded in having set aside this will of her mother, Mrs. Samuel Good, and thereby gained possession of a $1,000,000 estate, was married in Chicago to her chauffeur, Harry Alfred Wood. The ceremony was performed hy Rev. M. J. Fitzsimmons.

Steal Money and Tobacco.

Elwood, Ind., Jan. 5.-The fourth robbery in the business section of the city since the beginning of the holidays occurred when two unidentified men gained entrance to the William Bell poolroom, taking S2O. in money and a quantity of cigars and tobacco.

Will Meet in Lebanon.

Greenfield, Ind., Jan. s—The Stone Riv#r Battle association has adjourned! after selecting Lebanon for next year’i meeting. James Sowell of Lebanon was chosen president and J. K. Bower of Shelbyville secretary.

Keeps Peaches Twenty Years.

Columbus, Ind., Jan. B—Mrs. Joseph Gable of this city served for dinner at her home peaches which she canned twenty years ago, and they were as fresh and delicious as when first canned.

Accidentally Kills Himself.

Evansville, Ind., Jan. s.—Joseph Kissel accidentally shot and killed 'himself, while bunting in the fields near here.

Hardware Stores to Close.

Beginning January 8, 1912, we will close our stores at' 6 p. m., excepting Saturday until further notice WARMER BRQS. E. D. RHOAIDES, C. W. EGER.

Box Social. ' . . i. Box social and spelling school at No. 6 school in Newton tp., Saturday night, Jan. 13. Girls bring boxes, arid boys well-filled purses. A good time is assured. —Helen Lamson, Teacher. i Presbyterian Church. 1 The subject of the sermon for Sababth morning will be “Our Father’s Business,’’ and for the evening, “Doing Our Best,’’ Everyone wefcofrie to both fierv- ' ices; . ;' r '", . . „ Domestic Science Meeting. c_ The Domestic Science Club will merit at 2:30 p. m., today at the Library auditorium. The following, sribjricts will be discussed: “Use of Feathers for Beds and Pillows,” Mrs. H. Wood. “The Right of a Business Woman,” Mrs. A. Eib. Engraved calling cards to order at The Democrat office.