Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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COUNTY CLERK WARNER

Will Lead the Republicans to the Slaugther This Year. —County Convention March 18. At the meeting of the republican county central committee Monday afternoon, Charles C. Warner was elected county chairman; it. J. Kannal, Sec. and C. G. _ Spitler, Treas. The date was fixed for holding the republican county convention on March 18. 'Mr. Warner’s term as clerk of the circuit court will end May 1, and he will then have plenty of time to put in at the political game. ---

THE NEW WOODMEN RATES

Will Cause Many Members to Drop Out of the Order. The new' insurance rates of the > ' -43 Modern. Woodmen of America, which were adopted Saturday at the meeting ot delegates in Chicago, are likely in thousands of members dropping out. The new rates aggregate an increase of 47 per cent over the present rates, and the increase is particularly hard on old members. For ample, the Writer carries $2,0 00 on which he is now paying $1.40 per monthly assessment. Under the new rating at our age when the new nates for old members takes effect (Jan. 1, 1913) we will have, to pay $4.80 per month, or $3.40 more than w r e are now paying. The new rating for new members takes effect May 1, 1912, and where an T 8-yeair-old member now pays $1.50 per month for a $3,000 policy, he will pay $2.25 under the new rating. After the age of 54 (present old members) the rate of $3 per SI,OOO does not change, but continues the same until death. The increase is so radical that thousands of old members who are now on the shady side- of life cannot possibly keep up their insurance, and will be forced to drop out.

STILL DOING BUSINESS.

Swindler Purtelle’s Checks “Come Back” On Logansport People. According to the Logansport Journal, which is urging the people of Cass tp., to go a little slow and investigate before voting a $50,000 subsidy to Eugene Purtelle, the swindling railroad promotor, Pur telle has been getting in his work in Logansport and has perhaps contracted numerous bills there in addition to giving some worthless checks. The Journal says: A feature which would tend to support the demand for cautious proceeding and further investigation developed yesterday in local banking circles where it was learned that four checks, given by Eugene Purtdlle promotor of the proposed road, were returned protested from the bank at Lowell, Ind., on which they were issued. These checks were issued to local people by the promotor and were placed in a local bank. When returned protested the local people were notified and took up the checks.

It ireally is almost past comprehension that in this day and age any man can go ahead and swindle innocent people in the way that Purtelle has done and escape the penitentiary. It would seem that bur _ officers are very derelict in their duty in not doing something in this matter. There are at least two cases in our own circuit count where PurtelLle has given his worthless checks for cash, to say, nothing of the many he has given for labor, and The Democrat believes Prosecutor Longwell owes it to the people swindled and to the public at large to get busy and set the machinery of the law in motion. The parties swindled, it seems, £ think it better to let matters go than to spend their time and money to prosecute these cases. But there is a duty to the public that, can not weli be avoided by the prosecuting attorney when his attention is called to such infractions as this, and, for the protection of others, he should not delay.

Bans Published at St. Augustine’s Church.

The bans of marriage were published Sunday morning at St. Augustine’s Catholic church for third time for Claude Lamie of Earl Park and Catherine Feldhaus of Newton tp., and for the first time for Ai Kanne and Miss Lizzie Reiddle of Rensselaer, whose marriage will) take place Feb. 15.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gath- ~ ered from the Several County Offices. t

Miss Vera Parker, deputy in the clerk’s office, has tendered! her resig nation' to take effect Saturday and expects to go to Chicago and seek a position as stenographer. Postmaster W. E. Peck, township trustee Chas. V. May and a few other of the republican braves of- Remington were over Monday to help reorganize their county central committee. The county treasurer sold the Maxwell, Akers and Delehamty ditch bonds Monday to Breed & 'Harrison of Cincinnati, at par and $8 premium. The bonds bear 5 per cent interest and aggregate $23,538.47. There were two other bidders at a slightly lower premium. The Newton county grand jrry returned three, indictments at their session last week. Two were against Randolph Wright, one of which was for assault and battery and one for cruelty to animals. The other indictment was against a Brook man, charging incest.

The report of the State Board of Accounts shows that the total township expenditures for 1909 in Jasper county were $105,166.57, against $114,508.50 for the previous year. The decrease was $9,341.93, ' or an average of about $750 for each of the thirteen townships. The report is not yet compiled for 1910 and 1911. In the meeting of the White County Republican Central Committee this forenoon W. O. Thomas was selected as chairman, Ben Price, Jr., vice chairman, J. B. Vanßuskirk secretary and C. D. Meeker, treasurer. W. O. Thomas was endorsed as a candidate for district chairman, and President Taft wias endorsed. —Mbnticello E'd Gilmore and Charles Porter of Parr plead guilty, the former for gambling and the later for assault and battery on the person of George Smith, W. L. Wood’s blacksmith, in Squire Bruner’s court yesterday and were fined $1 and costs each, amounting to a trifle over $32 for both. The affray took place at Parr Sunday in Gilmore’s soft drink parlors, it is alleged. W. L. Wood as deputy prosecutor, represented the state and filed the cases.

New' suits filed: No. 7820. Susan 'Mi Denny vs. Edward L. Denny; action for divorce. The complaint alleges that the parties were married Jan. 18, 1890," and separated in May, 1911. Cruel and inhuman treatment and failure to provide is charged. One child, a son six years old, is the fruits of this union which plaintiff asks the custody of. / No. 7821. Charles H. Guild vs. Adolph May, adm. of estate of Peter May; claim against said estate. Demand SI,OOO.

MJaririage licenses issued: Jan. 27, Harry Orvtl Downs, son of Part B. Downs df Newton tp., aged 18, occupation farmer, to Grace Mearl Stand is h, daughter of Frederick A. Standish of Mt. Ayr, aged 18, occupation housekeeper.. First manriage for each. Jan. 27, Jesse Claude Lamie of Earl Park, son of Joseph Lamie, aged 20, occupation farmer, to Mary Catherine Feldhaus of Newton, tp., aged 19, occupation housekeeper. Married at St. Augustine’s Catholic church yesterday at 9 a. m. J Chris Wuerthuer of Newton tp., J was 'recommitted to the insane ' asylum at Longollff Friday. Ac-

• THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 31, 1912

cording to the statement of the physician signing the recommit--ment, 1. M. Washburn, Chris ‘-goes to his neighbors’ homes and orders them off their own property; accuses them of living wicked lives and has frightened certain ones by cannying his gun about with him following his controversies with them. He does not communicate with anybody in any other manner excepting to talk in a wild manner regarding religious matters and ‘attempting to regulate the of other people. He is making a nuisance of himself according to his neighbors and they desire that he be placed under restraint again.” Chris was committed to the asylum April 30, 1909, and discharged Sept, 16, 1910. ,

ELMER DICKINSON KILLED.

Run Over By Train In lowa—Body Brought Here for BuriaL"*’ The body of George Elmer Dickinson was brought here Saturday night from lowa and the funeral held Monday forenoon from the M. E. churdh, and interment made in the Egypt cemetery in Jordan tp. The young man was born and raised in Jasper county and was a son as Reuben Dickinson, who moved to near Oneida, X. Y., a few years ago. He had been working in lowa for. several years near Hudson, and was on his way east for a visit when killed. Just how the accident occurred is not clearly known. He was on board a train for Chicago and Is suppoesd to have stepped off ih the yards at Belle Plain, lowa and was there struck by another train. He was found at 4 o-Lclock Thurs-' day morning lying by the side of the track, not far from Belle Plain. The back of his head was crushed in, one aim and hand crushed, and was so badly injured that it was seen he could not, live. He was supposed to- have been run over about 12:30 a. m., and was not found until 4:30, when he was picked up by the crew of another train and taken to Cedar Rapids where he died at 9:30 a. m. He was partly conscious ant. made known his father’s name and residence. Pie had when found $390 in cash . on his person, two S2O biils being in one of his gloves of the hand that was crushed, the bills being badly ground up, also a ticket to Chicago. > This is about all that is known of the particulars at this writing.

His father was notified and the body was ordered shipped here. His sister Carrie came on from New York to attend the funeral, also the, two other sisters, Mrs. May Farm'er of Logansport, and Mrs. Blanche King of Niatic, 111. He was aged 30 years,- 5 months and 23. days, and leaves a father, and three sisters. It is understock he was on his way to visit his sisters in Illinois and Indiana, when killed. A. 11. Dickinson of - Carpenter tp., and M. R. Dickinson of near Francesville, are u-ncles of deceased.

Accordij}g to a Lake county paper, John Middlecamp of Gary has started suit against Dr. H. J. Laws of Crown Point and Dr. I. M. Washburn of Rensselaer, whom he alleges have “made him a cripple for life through their unskillful handling of his case.’’ i “He alleges in his complaint that on Jam 27,' 1910, he was a ,victim of an accident by which he broke his leg a few inches above the knee and dislocated his shouldder. “He says that he called, in the doctors in the neighborhood and that they gave him the benefit of their skill and training, with the result that his leg is now several inches shorter than it should be and he is unable to lift his arm or use it in any way. “The case was filed by McCracken and Freer, who ask $20,000 damages for their client.’’' Middlecamp was formerly a resident of Kniman, Jasper county, and it was while a resident of that place that toe was attended by the defendants, we understand, Dr. Laws at that time being located in Rensselaer. •<

Miss Florence Keeney, Mirs. Carrie Halburge, Wm. Gordon, Perry J. Albright, Wesley Marion, Taylor Hawkins, C. A., Kelly.

Sues for Malpractice.

Advertised Letters.

Public Sales. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Wednesday, Jan. 31, John E. Bisloisky, 1 mile north of Pleasant Ridge. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, farm implements, household goods, etc. Thursday, Feb. I’, Charles Mailer. 3% miles northwest 'of Gifford, on the Delos Thompson farm. »General sale, horses, hogs, chickens, farm tools, household goods, etc. Thursday, Feb. 1, Frank -Eck, 8 miles south and 4% miles west of Rensselaer. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, Sheep, farm tools, etc. Tuesday, Feb. >6, Wm, Augspurger & Son, 3 miles west of Rensselaer. General sale of horses, cattle, hogs, chickens, farm tools, some household goods, etc. Wednesday, Feb. 7, Joseph Stewart, 10 east and y 4 mile south of Rensselaer. General sale Of horses, hogs, farm tools, etc. Thursday, Feb. 8, James E. Walter, 2 miles north and % west of Rensselaer. General sale of 'horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, chickens, implements, etc. Wednesday, Feb. 14, J. E. Sullenberger, at the residence of Henry Ropp, 5% miles north of Rensselaer. General sale of horses, cattle, farm implements, etc.

Mrs. William Cooper Dead.

Mrs. Wm. Cooper, who has been critically ill at the o'hme of her sister, Mrs. James Snedeker, for some time,; died at 7 a. m., yesterday. She would have been 35 years of ago in March. She leaves a husband apd six children, two girls and four boys, the eldest being 14 years of age and tJhe youngest 4. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 11 a. m., at the Brushwood church.

Charles Yeoman an Editor.

The Democrat is in receipt of Vol. 1, No. 1, dated Jan. 25. 19'2. of the Weston County Gazette, published at Newcastle, Wyo., and we notice at the head of the editorial column the- name of “Chas. R. Yeoman, editor and proprietor.” Mr. Yeoman is a former Jasper county boy, and his friends here will join us in wishing him success. The initial number of the Gazette is a six-column sheet of 12 pages, and is nicely gotten up. Mr. Yeoman announces his introductory that the paper will be democratic in politics.

What They Said When They Got Home.

Twenty-five Red Men went from here to Rensselaer Friday evening to assist Organizer Richardson to institute a tribe in that city, There were 51 petitioners and of these 48 were present and initiated into the mysteries of the Irnproved Order of Red Men. Hacks were at the train to meet the Monticello boys, who were taken at once to the banquet hall and ordered to proceed to massacre a chicken supper prepared in Rensselaer’s best style. At midnight a halt was called in the work and 'refreshments for the inner man were again served. The work of initiation consumed the entire night and the Monticello team was a body of tired looking men the next day, as the , most of them had not closed an eye in sleep on Thursday night until in the small hours.— Monticello Journal.

WAS ONLY INTOXICATED

Say Doctors of /Young Man Found In Highway Near Alf Donnelly’s Plac^. Considerable excitement was caused at the Alf Donnelly farm north of town Friday afternoon, when Mr. Donnelly found a well dressed young man lying out in the road,, unconscious. He was picked up and taken In the house and Drs. Englisfli and Kresler called. From papers found on his person he was supposed to be one August Huber, and was perhaps 23 years old. He was finally brought to his senses and said that he was driving a team with a party of movers going from Francesville, to Peoria, 111., and being on the rear wagon, fell off, and his companions drove on without missing him nor apparently, ma.king any search for him. The doctors thought toe was intoxicated, and he was * brought to. town and placed In jail, but was released the same evening, and he went to the country and is now working bn a farm.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Malty Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places.

Freight Wreck oil 1 ' Million. Bedford, - Ind.! Jan. 29.-—The Morion railway north-bound fastfreight train sideswlped a southbound extra freight which had taken the sidetrack at Horseshoe, four miles north of here. No one was injured, but eight cars were piled up and traffic stopped six hours.

KANSAS WOODMEN

Threaten to Secede front National Order Because of Increase in Rates. Kansas City, Mo., Jail. 28.—Modern Woodmen of America in Kansas are talking of seceding from the order because ,of the increase in insurance rates made at t'he convention in Chicago. There are 81,000 Woodmen in Kansas. A meeting of the Woodmen to discuss the situation, will be held in Kansas City, Kan., Friday night. The Kansas delegates to the Chicago convention were instructed to vote against any increase in the rate. It was carried over their protest.

FORDYCE CONFESSES

That He Shot Willcutts When He Refused His Demand for Money. Marion, Ind., Jain. 28.—-Cecil FoTdyce, 22 years old, who last night shot ant}_ killed Clarkson Willcutts, owner, after calling him to the door of his home, tonight confessed that he was alone in the crime. He said he saw Willcutts sitting in his home, and “I thought he would have money since he lived in such a fine house. When he opened the door in response to my knock I pushed my gun against his body and told him I wanted his money. " Instead of throwing up his hands ho grabbed my gun, and then I shot and ran,” said Fordyce. He expressed no concern over his crime. F.trdyce has relatives in Wabash, Ind., where he formerly lived, though his father now lives at Houston, Miss. He says .he has “stuck up” men in several towns.

GOODLAND STOOD SEVENTH

In List of Towns Selling Most Red Crons Christmas Heals. Approximately 1,250,000 Red Cross Christmas Seals were sold in Indiana in 1911. Terre Haute won the grand prize, Greensbung ranked second; Kirkpatrick, third; Danville, fourth; Pierceton, fifth; Mt. Carmel, sixth; Goodland, seventh. Thife announcement waß made today by Merle Sidener and Guernsey Van Riper, the Indiana sales managers It is based upon reports from practically all of the 426 agents in. all parts of the state. The prizes were awarded on the basis of the sales per inhabitant; one class for sales ctmounting to more than sloo,' with a $5,000 vacum l cleaning system as a prize, and tjie other, of sales under SIOO with five hand or electric suction cleaners as prizes. ' ! Terre Haute gets the large cleaning system for one of its public schools. The other communities, with the exception of Goodland have been awarded the suction cleaners. Goodland will receive a handsome silk flag donated by Capt. Wallace Foster, for one of its public schools. The cleaners were offered by the McCrum-Howell Company of- .New " York. Terre Haute’s per capita record was 3.37; Greensburg’s 3.33; Kirkpatrick’s 11.10; Danville’s 4.78; Pierceton’s 4,52; Mt. Carmens 3.62; and Good land’s 2.92. The 1911 sale was almost twice that of 1910. ?•

Vof. XIV. No. 84.

FRANCIS M. LAKIN DEAD.

Well Known Resident of Jasper County Dle<l Friday Afternoon. Francis M. Lakin, aged 69 yeans, dded at 4 p. m., Friday at the home of ’his sister, Mrs. E. H. Shields, on McCoy avenue, where ho was taken when brought homo from Chicago about ten days previous. HSs ailment was Pancer of the stomach, and while he had been ailing somewhat for the past two years it was not until recently that he got down completely. He had always been a stout, rugged man, although small of stature, and had prided himself on never having had a doctor until recently. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at l o'clock, from the Christian church. Rev. W. Q. Winn, conducting the services, and interment made in Weston cemetery. . Mr. Lakin had liyod in Jasper county for many years and was well known in Rensselaer and the northern part of the 'county. He was a good and industrious citizen, had raked a large family and by hard work and economy had accumulated $ comfortable competency, lie Had recently had a sale,, rented his farm and expected to move to town to take things easy the remainder of his days, but man proI>oses and God disposes, and such was not to be. He leaves a wife and thirteen children, two children having preceded him to the other shore. Those remaining are: Ltr. Austin N. Lakin, State Line, Ind.; Miss Rhoda Lakin, who lived with her pa/rents; Mm MoMie Alter, wife of Amos Alter, of Union tP-: J>ora Lakin of Chicago; Chas., John, Ed, Don and Homer of Union tp.; Mrs. Grace Shlndelar of Chicago; Mrs. John Shide of Remington; Mrs. Shelby Comer of Union tp.; Fleet Lakin of Chicago. All the children were present at thie funeral and most of them at his bedside when the end came.

George Reed’s Leg Amputated.

Blood poisoning having set in, George Reed, who was injured about two weeks ago by being struck by the milk train at the Dave McConnehay crossing and his leg badly broken between the knee and ankle, was taken to Chicago Friday evening and placed .in a hosu pital. His wife, Mrs. Wm. Bennett, Jud Maines and the attending physician, Dr. E. N. Loy, accompatned him.

The doctors operated on the limb , where the infection 'had started and cleaned it thoroughly and removed the splintered bones and infected flesh, and it was thought the limb could be saved. Saturday night it was found that the infection had spread too much to save the limb, and it was amputated above the knee, in the hope of saving his life, but not much hope was held out Sunday, but it was thought if he''could get through Monday tihe Chances for his recovery were very good. Rejmrts yesterday were to the effect that while still in a critical condition, hopes were entertained for his recovery.

From the Medicine Hat Country.

In renewing his subscription for The Democrtat, T. F. Brusnahan writes from Hamilton, No. Dak., and says: “While writing will say a word for the Red River Valley. We have Che broad acres of as good soil as I ever saw any where and our markets for small grain are very near ,as , good as they are in Indiana. ,The cost of living is somewhat greater, still, I think, I can look around here and see many opportunities that but wait a little capital and the touch of industrious hands only to produce a vast amount of wealth. But, you win say,’ how about the winters? Well, they are not as severe as I was expecting. Up till the 23d of December we had no cold weather to speak ( 6f. Since then we hnve had some pretty sharp winter weather. The coldest day our thermometer registered 46 below zero. I went to Hamilton that day, •It was~ r very calm and it did not seem cold. If the wind had blowed hard I would not have wanted to make the journey. We had plenty of rainfall the»re is nearly always plenty of rain to mature good crops, and corps were generally good here last year. v • ■ With best wishes to The Democrat and old-time friends and neighbors of Jasper county, I iremain, as ever, T. F. BRfTSNAHA'N.”

Nine read of horses at the E. Bislosky sale Jan. 81, i one mile north of Pleasant Ridge.