Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Mr. Arnold Luers and Miss Mary Jacks Wed Today.

The bans of marriage of Mr. Arnold Luers and Miss Mary E. Jacks, a well known young couple of south of town, were published at St. Augustine's Catholic church Sunday morning. The groom is a well known youngs farmer and the bride is a daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. W. £. Jacks and a successful teacher in the Jasper county schools. She has recently become a member of St. Augustine’s church where the marriage will take place this morning.

W. F. Frye Bays Wasson Bus Business.

“Billy” Frye is now the owner of the Wasson transfer line, having completed a deal Monday whereby he traded his residence property for the bus, barn and lot on Division street. Mrs. Wasson will occupy the Frye home as soon as Billy can move into the property vacated Monday by Charles Parker, who moved his family to Remington. Mr. Frye is an old hand at the bus business and is very popular with the traveling public. We wish him unlimited success,

Burial of John Romine.

The funeral of John Romine was held at Mt. Ayr Monday. Undertaker Wright of Rensselaer, who had charge of the funeral, came near having a bad accident, when in crossing a culvert the bank caved in on one side and let one of bis horses down to its body. After unhitching this horse both horses lunged off into the ditch, but fortunately the tongue of the loaded hearse broke and the latter remained right side up and not damaged. The horses were gotten out on the bank and the damage patched up, and the procession proceeded on its w’ay. The funeral services consisted of a prayer and hymn at the house. Interment was in the North Star cemetery.

N. Littlefield Races With Cyclone.

Democratic County Chairman X. Littlefield and family nearly got caught in the cyclone that passed through the Schultz neighborhood Sunday evening. They had been up to Mr. Littlefield’s farm in Union and also visited Mrs. Littlefield's brother, F. R| Erwin and family at Fair Oaks. They were a little late In leaving the latter place, and with Mr. Erwin’s little daughter, who came home with them, and Neen’s family, they had the auto pretty well loaded. The angry, fast rolling clouds didn’t look good to Mr. Littlefield, and making the best time he could over the four miles of dirt road east until he struck the gravel road coming south past the German Lutheran church, he opened the throttle and came spinning in at about a 30-m.ile-an-hour clip after reaching the gravel. It was not long after he passed the church until the cyclone demolished it and filled the roadway with broken trees and their branches.

Miss Ilda Schnee.

The Chicago Inter-Ocean . spoke very highly of Miss Ilda Schnee on the occasion of the MareschalehiVerdi memorial concert at Handel Hall, Chicago, last year. It said: “Her voice is Unusual in range, of lovely quality and considerable power. Moreover Miss Schnee is extremely musical, most prepossessing in appearance and has a striking individuality. She displayed a natural taste in delivery as well as a great proficiency in vocal art.” On the occasion df her singing with the Ballman Orchestra, the Chicago Journal writes: “Miss Schnee has a rich and well-trained voice. The young artist made an extremely pleasing impression, and we expect her to make a phenomenal success in her line of art.” Those who have heard Mias Schnee say that these statements, far from being overdrawn, scarcely do justice to rich and pleasing qualities, of her voice, and to the deep sympathetic feeling with which she invests her songs. Miss Schnee will appear in a song recital at Rensselaer on May 2, and without a doubt it will be a rare bit of good fortune to hear this gifted singer. Buy your typewriter paper for legal work at The Democrat office. We also handle abstract and legal backs of best quality, and prices are no higher than others charge for inferior goods. v

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

litinsHiK Puapapbs from the VariMSDepartments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. i *> V New suits filed: No. 7867. L. H. Reedier vs. C. B. Wells; suit on note. Demand $l5O. Remember that Monday, May 6, is Lhe last day for paying the spring installment of taxes to avoid the penalty. Constable W. S. Parks arrested B. X. Boyer, a Shelby druggist, under charges made by the caretaker for trespassing for the purpose of hunting on the Northern Indiana Land Co's, ranch. The case is set for hearing Thursday. A transfer of the Springer lands in Walker tp., 1,519 acres,, to E. L. Hollingsworth, consideration sl, was placed on record here a few days ago. Mr. Hollingsworth informs The Democrat, however, that it is merely a trust deed and not a bona-fide purchase. W. S. Parks was over at Watseka, 111., a few days ago, and says that Ray and Hubbard, recently convicted there for the Bradriek murder, are likely to get a new trial, many .people there, including the sheriff, having become convinced that they are innocent of the crime. The grand jury met Saturday again pursuant to adjournment, and after complimenting the management of the jail and poor farm ana returning two more indictments, adjourned for the term. A total of five indictments were returned, three of which were against Messenger and Xordyke for boot-legging, ahd the two latter have not been returns made upon, that is, no arrests have ben made, and therefore it is not made public who they are against.

According tp the sworn statements of the republican candidates filed with Clerk Warner, F. E. Lewis and C. J. Dean, unsuccessful candidates for recorder, expended $25.40 and $17.80, respectively, and Geo. Scott, the successful candidate, $21.30; Chas. Morlan, unsuccessful candidate for sheriff, expended $6.95, while his successful opponent, A. L. Padgett, expended $11.30 to get the nomination; Chas. Welch for commissioner expended $5.96 and D. S. Makeever $3; Fred Berger, unsuccessful candidate for commissioner, expended $3.50, and A. A. Fell, for treasurer and W. F. Osborne -for surveyor, expended $4 and $3.30, respectively, making a total of $101.51, $56.15 of which wont to the official , organ and its offspring, the Wheat field Review, for announcements and printing.

The petit jury came in Monday and heard one of the state cases against Wm. Nordyke 'for boot-leg- j giag, selling two pint bottles of whiskey to Geo. Platt) and he was found guilty and fined SSO, which* means fifty days more board for* him at Jasper county’s expanse in* addition to the forty-two days he has already had. The other indictment against Messenger was dismissed. 1 TlKf indictment against Nordyke, it was found, would not permit the use of evidence of his former convictions in White county on bootlegging charges, so it was dismissed and an affidavit filed that will .per-' mit the use of such evidence, it is! alleged. Nordyke then filed an as- 1 fidavit for a change of venue from • the county and the case was sent to 1 Newton county. In the meantime he is enjoying three square meals per day at Jasper county's expense.! In cases of this kind it would be! economy for the marshal to fill the' coat-tails of the offenders full of*, hob-nailed boots and keep up the good work until they were kicked 1 outside the corporation, with a

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, APR. 24, 1912

Big Railroad Strike Promised.

According to ao ultimatum issued to the jailroads east of the Mississippi, unless request of the union of locomotive engineers for an increase in wages was granted, all the engineers on railroads in the territory named, including the Mooon. would go on strike this morning, tying up all traffic on all the lines.

threat of more “boots" if they ever came back. The cases of the Crowder-Cooper Shoe Co. vs. Johnson, et a’; Grant vs. Reed. and. American Fertilizer Co. vs. Callahan were set for yesterday. ,

Misses Edith, Alice and Harriet Shedd, the three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Shedd, will leave New York on board the steamship George Washington or June 15 for a few months sojourn in European cities. They expect to visit Paris, Berlin, and several cities in England, France, Grmany, Switzerland and Scotland, returning here in September in time to take up their teaching. They will be accompanied by Miss Cora Ellis of Lagrange, 111., who will take a week's course in German pronunciation at the university of Marberg, Germany, with Miss Harriet PShedd.

DITCH CASE REVERSED.

, Remonst rators Win Out In Noted Newton Tp. Drainage Cause. The case of Stockton, et al. vs. et al. was reversed in the supreme court last Friday. This case is known as the Pancoast ditch case, and was appealed by Almira M. StoektoD, Cordelia M. Williams and Eliza Makeever, heirs of the John Makeever estate, and Isaac N. and Jasper -Makeever. The case was heard by Judge Wason of the circuit and decided against the remonstrators. The ditch was petitioned for in September, 1909, by A. C. Pancoast, Sidney B. Holmes, Erhardt Weurthner and Randolph Wright, in the Jasper circuit court, and the remonstrators objected on the grounds that the ditch sought to be established was over the same lines as the Martindale and Halstead ditches, on which they had been assessed; that the Martindale ditch had never been completed according to plans and specifications and that the cause was stilt! pending in the commissioners’ court; that if such ditch was completed according to plans and specifications and the Halstead ditch cleaned out according to law, the drainage would be ample; also that the circuit court had no jurisdiction in the case, because the law is that any prppeedings lor Che enlargement or adding to any ditch already constructed or partly constructed be brought in the court where the original ditch was established. The supreme court took the latter view, holding:

(1) Where a ditch was ordered and construction commenced in the board of commissioners’ court, and thereafter parties filed a petition in the circuit court for enlargement and extension of the ditch and drainage system, but other parties filed verified remonstrances stating as cue o>f the grounds that the ditch way ordered by the board of commissioners and was not yet i fully constructed, the circuit court erred in holding; the remonstrances insufficient and as not stating grounds of defense and sustaining demurrers thereto. (2) Pnder the statute the enlargement, etc., of a ditch must be by the court which ordered it, and though the supreme court will i/upport a presumption in favor of tne jurisdiction of the lower court where the record does not disclose before the lower court’s order that it is a different court from the ohe originally ordering it, yet where the objection is made in time it robs the trial court of jurisdiction to act in the ®a titer. (3) [The objection that the proceeding is in the w r rong court is more than a plea'in bar, it goes tq the jurisdiction of the court* This is quite a victory for the appellants, who put up a whole lot of their good money to take the' appeal, the tfecord and brief alone costing them perhaps over SI,OOO. This brief, which was printed by The Democrat, contained 160 pages and was the largest brief ever gotten out in Jasper county, we believe.

Me&srs. Dunlap and Parkhon, who were appellants’ attorneys, are fe;!ing jubilant ove* the reversal of the case, as is J. W. Stockton, whir as agent for most of the appellants, took the appeal.

Will Tour Europe.

Mrs. Rebecca Hemphill Dead. Mrs. Rebecca Grant Hemphill died at 10:30 o'clock a. m., Monday at the home of her son, Dr. F. H. Hemphill, she was a daughter of Thomas Grant and about 60 years ol age. She had been in • poor health for some time before she underwent an operation in May, 1911, and had required the services of a trained nurse. She was born in this county on Dec. 31, 1852, and was united in marriage to Wait Hemphill in 1871. Mr. Hemphill dying about 36 years ago. A son, Dr. F. H. Hemphill, and a daughter, Miss Mattie Hemphill, both of this city, remain to mourn her loss, with three brothers, Abel and Franklin Grant of Rensselaer and Dr. Colfax Grant of Mound City, Mo., also one sister, Mrs. Lavorne Hemphill of Greehsburg, Kan. Funeral services were held this afternoon, Rev. Joseph Williams of Frankfort, having charge at the Church of God. Interment made in Weston cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Parks Return From Southern Trip.

Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Parks of near Surrey returned Friday afternoon from a four months sojourn in Tennesse. They were near Burns, in Dixon county, only a short way from W. E. Noland, who-moved to Dixon county from near Lee a few years ago. They liked the country there very well indeed and Mr. Parks has partly bargained for a 290 acre farm in Hickman county, just at the edge of # the town of Bon Aqua, which i» quite a summer resort, and will move onto same this fall if he can sell his 'farm here at what he thinks it is worth. Mr. Parks thinks the south is a nice place to spend the winter, and says it was warm and quite rainy there most of the time. In early January it got down to zero once or twice.

Mr. Noland, he states, is doing very weD indeed. He raised over 300 bushels of sweet potatoes last year, and they were worth $1 per bushel when Mr. Parks left. Irish IKJtatoes were $2.25 and apples $2 per bushel. Mr, Noland sent a liberal mess of sweet potatoes to The Democrat editor, and Mr. Parks delivered them Saturday in good condition.

Peanuts also are grown in large quantities there and Mr. Parks brought back some of them as well as other products of that section. When they left oats sowing was over with and the farmers were plowing for corn. Alfalfa, which they have just begun raising there, was about a foot high. The spring is late there also.

City Council Doings.

The city council met In regular session Monday night with all members present except Councilman Grow. In matter Cf petition for sewer on Franklin street by Sam Roth, et al., on motion rules were suspended and resolution for same adopted and clerk ordered to give notice. On motion city attorney was instructed to prepare an ordinance appropriating 1100 to the Rensselaer Boys’ Band for band concerts during summer of 1912. City attorney was instructed to prepare an ordinance amending the clause of the ordinance now in vogue regarding the employment and salary of the nightwateh for the ensuing year and present same to council at next meeting. The following claims were allowed; CORPORATION FUND. Geo Mustard, sal marshal... $30.00 Frank Critser, nightwateh.. 25.00, Ray D Thompson, express paid .35 Wm Price, asst engineer. .. . 2.00 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, city teamster. . 30.00 Wm P Baker, hay. ..... .'. . . 18.48 A Rowen, clean wa1k5...... 1.40 Jake Gi'lbiore, 5ame....... . 1.40 Wm Cioffel, wk on street. .. . 3.00 John Hordeman, same 3.<JO Ed Randle, same ~. . . 3.50 H B Avis, same'. ........... 10.50 James Hill, same ... 4.00, LIGHT FUND. C S Chamberlain, sal & mssg 50.00 Mell ■ Abbott, salary. ... ... . 30.04) Dave Haste, same 30.00 C Thompson, wk on line. ..• 33.00 Electric App Co, supplies.. 3.12 111 Electric Co, same 102.77 General Electric Co, same. . 127.95 Vandalia Coal Co, coal. .. ~ . 77.22 Jesse Gates, hauling coal . ... , 36.48 H B Tuteur, rebate Feb lights .90 Ray D Thompson, frt paid. . 94.53 WATER FUND. Ray D Tfaoiiipson, frt paid.... 3.28 T E Malone, salary. ........ 30.00 Clinton Oil Co, oil . ..... . . . 33.47 A Woodworth, relate wtr rentl 3.55

CYCLONE CAUSES DEATH AND DAMAGE IN UNION TP.

Several Other Persons Seriously Injured In Worst Wind Storm Ever Known In lasper County. TEN ARE KILLED XT AND NEAR MOROCCO

Where Great Damage Was Done.— Ixnvell Also in Storm Path and Several Were Injure! and Much Damage Done.—Several Illinois Towns Hit by the Cyclone.

The most destructive storm that ever visited Jasper county occurred Sunday evening in Union tp., and left death and destruction in its wake. The greatest damage was in the Schultz neighborhood some ten miles north and two miles west of Rensselaer, where the German Lutheran church was completely demolished, houses and barns wrecked and Robert Schultz, the 13-year-old eon of August C. Schultz was so badly injured that he died a few hours later. Tite storm came up about seven o’clock from the southwest and some hail fell. The clouds looked very threatening, and at August C. Schultz’s the family were preparing to run to the cellar when the cyclone struck them, breaking in the windows amd demolishing the house. When they begun picking themselves out of the wreckage it was found that Schultz’s jaw was broken, Mr. Schultz was badly bruised but otherwise unhurt, and a thirteen-year-old son Jiad the left side of his head caved in and was in a critical condition. He died from his injuries at 2 a. in., Monday at a neighbor’s, where the family w.ent after the storm. Tne house, barn and outbuildings were demolished.

At Paul Makua’ all outbuildings were torn to pieces and the roof taken off an addition to the house. Mr. Makus’ cows were in the cow barn, all of which was carried away except the stanchons where the cows vere confined. At Denm.is HCaly’s, near by, the house, barn and everything was picked up by tlhe cyclone and carried completely away. Mr. and Mrs. Healy were both considerably hurt by the glass and flying debris, and were taken to James K. Garriott’s, a near neighbor, who suffered lesser damage. Mr. Garriott’s large barn was partly turned around off its foundation and some other outbuildings partly wrecked. At Barney Comer’s, a mile east, several apple trees were uprooted, strips of shingles on the roof of the house torn off, windmill ed and milkhouse blown ove'r and wrecked. , Fred - Schultz’s, just across the road east Dorn, 0 Mr. Comer’s, several windows were blown in, including the two large ones, one on the south and one on t'he west, stripes of shingles torn from the house, a tool shed moved off its foundation and wlhdmill wrecked. ,

Just north of Comer’s perhaps a % mile, - the German Lutheran church, a targe and substantial building, was twisted all tp pieces and not a timber left standing. The large church bell was lodged in 9. tree abopt 25 feet above the' ground at the northwest corner of Oho church and was still there! when the writer’ visited the scene .Monday forenoon. Trees near the! church were also badly broken and demolished. The church organ was left standing on the floor and unharmed. ■'.■.'l/.. t In the timber east of the church and in the line of the cyclone, which seems to have been about a half mile in width, scores of large trees were twisted off and broken down, and lay all directions, which proves that the cyclone was a regular twister and not simply a severe wind. The demolished church also discloses this, as the building was scattered all around and< did not

lie in one direction as would have been the case with a hard wind. At Michael Schultz's, just north cf the church, has large barn was moved tour feet east and two feet south off Its foundation, and badly bent and twisted, but not torn down. A corn crib was blown several feet and tipped on its aide. The Schultz lad who died from his injuries, was taken to Michael .Sdhultz s Monday morning, together with his parents, and it was a sad household that we met there. Mr. and Mrs. Schultz' have kix other children, Mrs. F. \V. Schwanke of I.owell, is a married daughter of theirs. On east George Casey’s big barn was destroyed and other minor damage done. Some of tiio debris from the church and from the Healy farmhouse was carried over on Aug. R. Schultz’s east eighty, a mile from the church and nearly two miles from the Healy s.

There was some little hail about the time of the cyclone struck that locality, and a fierce rain thereafter, almost a cloudburst. The rain seemed heavier, however, about a mile south and from there to the north corimration line of Rensselaer It must have been one of the heaviest downytours ever seen. The. entire country was practically flooded, water being over the grade at both the Burk and Pulllna bridges and both grades washed out so that neither were passable. A!cng the road west by Xoali Zeigler’s tho water had filled both ditches and run across the grade. - The water in the river, at Rensselaer was the highest Monday no<m it has ever been since the dredge was put through, but in town we got scarcely enough rain to notice it at all.

At the Thompson ranch north of I arr at* the ranch house proper, a big corn crib was demolished and a buggy blown over and wrecked, and a hog weighing about 160 pounds was killed by some flying debris. The storm proceeded from ‘ the ranch house north to a barn on the ranch, and ripped off the shingles and did other minor damage. Then il passed on east to the farm owned by Simon P. Thompson, Jr., where Dennis Healy lives, and seemings-y had gained in violence, for of the house, summer kitchen, chicken house, barn and granary, no trace could be found of the buildings, except the granary, which was picked up bodily and carried to the south about 20 feet, the rest of the buildings being completely carried off by the storm. Next the storm made a cut to' the northeast, completely demolishing the house, barn, and outbuildings on the August C. Schultz place, then turned to the southeast striking the Wild Lilly school house, laying waste to the outbuildings and dcing more or less darpage to the school house Just across the road at the farm of Paul Makus, directly in the path of the storing the dwelling was nnroofed and damaged considerably. Then northeast, at August Krueger’s, it ccmimitted one of its most freakest act', demolishing completely all of the buildings, and leaving alone an addition to the house about 12x14 feet, carrying away the rest of the dwelling.

In Walker tp., the roof was torn off Wm. Hershman’s large cattle barn, and a very large amount of water fell. , The property loss in Jasp*n: is perhaps 05,000. Just west of Morocco Mr. and Mts. Charles Rice and four children

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