Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1912 — Page 1

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TILE GO TO LAND OWNER.

Higher Court Decides Against Contractor and Reverses White - Circuit Court. The appellate court Thursday held that when the county commissioners establish a tile drain through land and later order it replaced by larger tile, but make no provision regarding the disposition of the old tile, the owner of the land and not tile is the Owner of them, and when the contractor, hauls them away he is (liable to the owner of the land lor their value. The decision is made in reversing the White circuit court in the case of M ilda M. Carson, landowner, vs. Milton J. Hana wait, ditch contractor, and is the first decision ever, rendered in Indiana On subject. The tile in dispute are only worth $314, but the decision will control the future rights of possession of old tile in other reconstructed tile ditches.

Will Locate In Indiana Again.

Goodland Herald: Dr. M. G. Traugh was in Goodland Saturday morning shaking hands with everybody fop rhe doctor draws no line, they all are his friends. He has leased his large ranch to parties ■for a year and will take a good vacation. He will make his headquarters at Lafayette. After he gets located he and 'his good wife expect to make Goodland many visits. Mrs. Traugh will visit with relatives in Monticello two or three weeks until they find quarters in Lafayette.

Monticello Power Co. Is Bankrupt.

The Tippecanoe Electric and Power Company, which operates the lighting plant at Monticello has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the federal court. On petition of Charles A. Munroe of Chicago, president of the company, a receiver has been appointed to operate the plant during the time its bankruptcy affairs are being adjusted. Judge Anderson has appointed James C. Curtis of Indianapolis, as receiver. The petition in bankruptcy shows that the company has assets of $52,7 06.50, and liabilities of $118,263.65. Munroe is the principal creditor, as he owns SIOO,OOO in bonds, which is the total issue, and $17,175.22 of the general debts of the company.

A Busy Thoroughfare.

The amount of traffic that passes over the Washington street bridge in Rensselaer each day is astonishing, considering the size of our city and the numerous other roads entering the city. Sunday was not a very exceptional day for automobiles, yet the writer kept count of the machines that passed over this bridge from 4:25 to 5:45 Sunday afternoon, and the number was an even 60, or one machine for less than each minute and a half. During the same period there was probably a still greater number of horse vehicles passed over this bridge, and about the same ratio was kept up from say 7 a. m., until 9 o’clock at night, both of autoe and teams.

Parr Creamery Not Likely to Be Rebuilt.

The Democrat is informed that at a meeting of the Parr Creamery stockholders Saturday it was voted not to rebuild the creamery, which recently burned. The vote, we are told, was 17 for rebuilding to 20 against. The insurance has not been adjusted as yet, the insurance company wanting to rebuild and equip the creamery instead of paying the full amount of the insurance, an option which is reserved by all insurance companies. They think that they can replace the creamery for less money than the insurance tliey rwould have to pay, but are willing to pay the full amount if the stockholders will rebuild. Just what effect the decision of the stockholders against rebuilding will now have on the adjustment of’ the insurance we are unable to say.

Later —The Democrat was informed yesterday that the vote of Saturday was to be reconsidered and it is probable the creamery will be rebuilt. At Saturday’s meeting not all the stock was represented and one man holding eight shares voted against the rebuilding, which accounted for the majority against the proposition.

COURT HOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL —— The Legal News Epitomized—Together with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Judge Hanley is enjoying a few days vacation from the Newton circuit court. Judge Wason is sitting a few days in cases where the! regular judge is disqualified, and' Judge Hanley will not go over un- ! til Friday. New suits filed: No. 7873. A. S. Keen, adm. of estate of Caroline' Jackson, vs. game; claim of funeral expenses of S6O. No. 7874. George M. Kime vs. John D. Miller, et al.; action on landlord’s lein, or conversion. . Demand $270.50.

Sheriff Hoover and little daughter Irene, Mrs. Wm. M. Hoover and Mrs. F. E. Babcock visited the former’s . wife in the West Side hosi pital, Chicago, Sunday. She is getting along the finest kind from her : recent operation and will probably be brought home in about a week. —o— Mrs. W. H. Kenoyer, formerly of Kentland where her husband served two terms as cf.erk of the Newton circuit court’, committed suicide at ■ her home in Benton Harbor, Mich., last Wednesday according to the Kentland Democrat, and the body i was shipped to Morocco where burial was made Friday. ?so particulars were given. A daughter pf : Mrs. Kenoyer . recently committed I suicide also at her home in Streator Hl. - —o— . A dispatch from Logansport says of the arrest of Henry D. Vance, the real estate trader here last week, mention of which was made in Saturday’s Democrat: Henry u. I I ance, a real estate dealer, has I been arrested on a bench warrant charging perjury and is in the i county jail. , Vance sold a piece jof property to George B. Forgey, another real estate man, and it is charged that he made an affidavit that there was no incumbrance except a certain mortgage. Later it developed that there is a ditch Men against the property.

The Democrat is indeed to County Assessor Lewis for the following figures compiled from the returns of the township assessors, showing loss and gain in personal property assessments for the year 1912: » , ■' : ‘ q Gain Loss Barkley $54,630 Carpenter 47,590 Gillam 31,965 Hanging Grove . . 25,830 Jordan 44,185 Kankakee 5,115 \ i Keener 24,130 Marion 47,195 Milroy 13,485 Newton $9,330 Union . 27,450 Walker 51,820 Wheatfield 9,930 Rensselaer 11,760 Remington 52,714 Wheatfield, Town.. 14,540 Total .$450,585 $21,090

Marriage licenses issued: May 18, David Earl Cox of Parr, son of James C. Cox of Kankakee, 111., aged 21, occupation farmer, to Cora Effie Schultz, also of Parr, aged 23, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for male; second for female, she having been divorced from first husband May 2, 1912. Married by Squire Bruner at his office Another marriage license has been issued but the application has not been placed on record, to accommodate the parties who do not wish the matter made public at this time. As a matter of fact our marriage license laws are intended to make public the issuance of all licenses, by making the applications public records, and if persons do not want the pubWc to know that they are going to be married they should go to some

THE TWfCE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1912.'

state where publicity is not compulsory. A clerk has no legal right to withhold from the public any marriage license issued by him, and applicants therefor should' not ask it. —o —. The appellate court Friday decided a case from Hendricks county, regarding a township trustees duties in furr. ishing transportation to school children from an abandoned school district that will be of general interest, and particularly here, where two cases are now pending iri the appellate court from Newton tp., involving some of the points decided in the Hendricks county case. The court held: (11 The statute specifically provides that a township trustee shall see that children are transported from discontinued school districts, pnd a contract for that purpose is binding on the township though no notice was given of the letting of the contract, no bids received and the advisory board was not present or participating. (2) The reason contracts for school supplies, etc., are void without certain formalities is by reason of statute making them void. The statute does not include contracts for hauling children. (3 ) The fact that the school district .was so long since discontinued that the present pupils were then under school ages or since born does not affect the trustee’s power. (4) Cause is reversed with orders to restate conclusions of law and enter judgment for appellant.

Fearful Ending of Joy Ride.

While on a joy ride Sunday evening, six persons, two men and four women, in an auto going thirty miles an hour, plunged to their death at 2 a. m., Monday when they run into am open draw at 92d street, South Chicago, and the big touring car and its occupants were carrjed into the slimy depths of the Calumet river. A reckless chauffeur, who “borrowed”- the machine from his employer, a Mts. Spaulding of Chicago, without her knowledge, was responsible for the fatal accident. Fortunately he was drowned with the others of the joy party. Only one body, that of a young woman about 22 years of age, and thought to be Anna Mahoney, daughter of a Chicago policeman, had been recovered up to Monday night.

Death of Babe From Pneumonia.

Fa ling to catch the Hoosier Limited for Chicago Sunday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Trulley, who reside on the old Hartsell farm west of town, who had intended to take their 4-months-O'ld son to Chicago for medical treatment for pneumonia, decided to take the child to Monon, where a physician was caned and seemed for a time to be doing the child a great deal of good, and who after the treatment advised them to return home. On the retv-n trip home the Child grew worse, and when the train stopped here it was in a dying condition, and the parents took the little fellow to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Donnelly, about a block south of the depot. The child only lived a few minutes after reaching the Donnelly home, dying at about 8 a. m., Monday. The funeral was held St. Augustine’s Catholic church yesterday at 2:30 p. m., and burial made in Mt. Calvary cemetery.

'Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Healy who were among the recent cyclone victims near Parr, wish to publicly thank through The Democrat the people for the financial aid, and the many kindnesses extended to them. Their house and belongings were completely swept away, and they were left almost entirely destitute. The assistance given them Will ever be gratfullily remembered.

Affirms Decision of Lower Court

The Appellate court last week handed down a decision in the case of Haines Hackett vs. Indianapolis, Chicago & Louisville Railway Co., affirming a decision of the lower court, which gave Mr. Hackett a judgment of $30,000 damages for the lose of both legs while in the company’s employ. Harvey E. Wynekoop, attorney for plaintiff, was here last Friday conferring With his client and expressed himself as very sanguine .that Mr. Hackett would soon be in possession of the amount now fixed by two courts.— Monon News.

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THE GRIM REAPER.

Death Claims Two Well Known Old People of Rensselaer. Mrs. Candace Loughridge and Mrs. J. H. Cox, two old and well knowm residents of Rensselaer, died Saturday morning within a few minutes of each other, Mrs. Loughridge passing away at her home on Vail Rensselaer street at 7:30 o’clock, and Mrs. Cox dying at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Dexter, in Union tp., only a half hour later. Both were also of about the same age, Mrs. Loughridge being a few -months the older. The critical condition of each was mentioned in the last issue of The Democrat, and their death was then looked for at almost any moment.

MRS. CANDACE LOUGHRIDGE Candace L. Powers was born Sept. 18. 1834, in Marion county, Ohio. At the age of 4 years, wj-th het} parents, Mr. land Mrs. Henry Powers, she moved to Ft. Wayne, Ind., and on March 12, 1 845, they came to Jasper county where she has siinc’e resided. In 1862 she was united in marriage to Dr. James H. Loughridge. To this union w ere born three children, Dr. Victor E. Loughridge, who died in 1896; Virgil, who died in infancy, and Mrs. James H. Chapman, who survives her. Dr. Loughridge passed from this life in 1896. Besides Mrs. Chapman, she leaves to mourn her loss one granddaughter, Majorie Loughridge, and one brother, W. F. Powers, both of Rensselaer, and two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Brown of Lisbon, N. D., and Mrs Joseph Hemphill of Piper City, 111., besides a number of other relatives and a host of friends. At the age of 15 years she united with the M. E. cnurch and, while not an active church member or worker, she, nevertheless, lived a consistent life up to the time of her death. Mrs. Loughridge was a charter member of the G. A. R. Ladies’ Auxilliary. She was a home woman and placed her homie and flowers above all else. The funeral was held from the house Monday at 2 p. m., conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett, and burial ahade in Weston cemetery beside her husband.

MRS. ESTHER L. COX.

Esther L. dbx was the daughter of John and Elydia Campbell, and was bom on a farm in Warren Co., Ind., May 11, 1835. She departed from this life on May 18, 1912, at 8 a. m., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Dexter, in Union tp., at the age of 77 years and 7 days. She was - married to James H. Cox on the 3d of October, 1855, and to this union five children were born—Mrs. Ella E. Hornaday of Plainfield, Ind.; Mrs. Mary C. Dexter of Jasper county; Edgar L. and George G. Cox of Pawnee, Okla., and Zimri A. Cox of Rensselaer, all of whom are living. They spent the earlier part of life on a farm in Illinois and Indiana, moving from their farm in Hendricks county, Ind., to Rensselaer in December, 1891, where dhe had since resided.

Her husband preceded her one year ago last April. ; ’ She leaves to mourn her departure five childrem, seven grand-child-ren, three great-grand-children, and three brothers and one sister living in Kansas, also a 'host of friends. She was a woman of noble character; of a quiet and loving doepositiom She was never too tired to give a helping hand to the sick and needy. She was a loving and ii.dulgent mother and a devoted Christian. She had been a member of the Christian church for more than 40 years. The funeral was held at the Christian church in this city at 11 a. m., Monday, conducted by Rev. J. L. Brady, and burial made in Weston* cemetery.

M. W. A. Memorial Sermon.

The M. W. A. annual memorial sermon will be preached Sunday, June 2, at the Presbyterian church, in the evening, by Rev. -J. C. Parrett. Woodmen are requested to meet at their hall and march in a body to the church.—Geo. D. Mustard, Clerk.

Birth Announcements.

May 16, to Mir. and Mrs. M. L. Thornton of Surrey, a son. May 20, to Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Mlauck, In the north prat of town, a 11 % pound son.

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. $235,500 Slice of Gary Given Woman “Squatter.”

Michigan City. Ind.'. May' 17. Alter an alb night session, in the su|>erior court, a Verdict in favor of the plaintiff, was returned today by the jury in the case of Mrs. Drusilla Carr of Miller, Lake county, against Mrs. Rose Hitt, Arza Hitt, \V. W. Hall and Mrs Mary B. Mathens.' According to the verdict, .Mrs, Carr is entitled to 157 acres of land on the shore of Lake Michigan, worth $1,500 an acre, or a total of $235,500 for the entire tract. Before Gary was built the land was hardly worth its taxes. Mrs. Carr’s title, according to the verdict, is by virtue of possession for more than twenty years. " Mrs. Carr and her husband “squatted’ on the land thirty-six years ago, and. the latter engaged in fishing, hunting and trapping. Mrs. Carr had a small house on the land, and said her right to the property had never been disputed until the rise of Gary made it valuable. The persons who claimed to be the actual owners claimed that Mrs. Carr had not been in possession even for twenty years, as her real home had been in Miller, Millvale and Indiana Harbor, and that she had occupied the land only intermittently and accidentally. The trial has been in progress nearly three weeks, and fifteen lawyers were employed. This was the second trial the first having brought a disagreement a year ago at. Valparaiso. It is asserted that the city of Gary was behind Mrs. Carr in her action to quiet the title, as the city wishes to take the property for park purposes.

DEPOT OPENING PROBLEM.

I • Builders at Hammond Confronted With Many Delays on New Monon Depot. The new Monon depot is in the hands of the cleaners, as far as outside appearances are concerned. A sand blast process is being applied to give the stone in the building the uniform white appearance, and the railroad front of the building, Which is already completed, shows the results of the work. In view of the many delays of the past, it is problematical when the new depot will be opened to the public. Each inquiry as to when the work will be completed brings the answer that the “work will be rushed to completion,” but the travling public generally is well satisfied so to speak, if the Fourth of July crowds will have the advantage of the new waiting rooms— Hammond Times.

KANKAKEE RIVER SHELL MINE

Rapidly Developing as an Important Center of Button Industry. , Washington, May 18. —The Kankakee river valley is rapidly developing as an important center of the shell button industry, according to a bulletin issued by the bureau of fisheries. The buttons are manufactured from the shells of mussels taken from the Kankakee river. “The moet profitable region com; mercialiy,” says the report, “is the stretch of river between Momence and Wilmington, 111., and this is now being expHoited. A shell deal-i er Muscatine, W. S. Berry, furnished the information that between Waldron and the Kankakee dam, 5% miles by water, he had obtained nine carloads of shells, and three below Kankakee, 90 per cent, of which were muclrets, with a few razorbacks, three ridges and big pink pocketbooks. “The three ridges were of little value on account of the deep furrows between the ridges. Below the Kankakee bridge, two hundred

tone were obtained within one thousand yards by means of the fork.” *

"MAN WHO STOOD STILL”

is Title Given Quaintest of Illinois.. Characters, Who Dies in Canada. , .Aurora. HL. May IS. -The death of D. \\. Stockwell of this city, at. Hawarden, Can., early today, marked the paming of one of the quaintest characters in Illinois He was known as the "man who stood still.” As owner of one the biggest stores in Northern Illinois, outside of Chicago, during the C ivil War he prospered. Five years after the war h«“ was stiU making a profit. In 10 years more the place was a curiosity shop and has continued so. The hoop-skirt. barber-strij>ed hose* jet jewelry and like antiquities continued a part of his stock. In later years he was the only one who entered the place, except visitors to the city. He did no advertising. He had about SIO,OOO worth of goods, and settled down to wait for customers who never came. Ito was at business at'7 o'clock each morning and remained until 6 o'clock in the evening. He was 77 years old.

CAUSES MAN'S ARREST

Mrs. Jennie Conrad ,of Oak Dell, Near Conrad, Lands Employe, Lowell, Ind., May 18. Mrs. Jennie Conrad, the famous widow of the Kankakee farm lands, one of the wealthiest in this part of the state, succeeded in landing her missing butler in jail in Chicago. I'nder the name of Ferdinand Meschede there is locked up today at Central Detective Bureau a man who, the police believe, can clear up a score of Chicago robberies in which "trusted” servants made away wfth jewels and plate. He is accused specifically of forgery In connection with the looting of the home of Mrs. Jennie Conrad, owner of the Oak Dell Farms, near Conrad, where he was employed as butler. The loot at that time consisted of all Mrs. Conrad’s son’s clothes, all the family silverware and the most serviceable of the furniture. Meschede had been left in charge while the family went io Eunojte.

Mre. Conrad also found two canceled checks of >4OO, which she had not written, cashed by the butler at the Northern Trust Company’s Bank in Chicago. She still trusted him. At the instigation of the bank detectives shadowed him. For six months the chase lasted, Involving several ’ homes in Highland Park and Lake Forest, where the butler had worked under as many different aliases. Finally he was arrested at the Loyola Academy, Hayes amd Winthrop avenues.

STREETS WILL BE OILED.

Advantages of Dust Laying Product Seen by Hammond Board of Public Works. At a mass meeting of property owners with the board of public works, the city engineer and the ctity attorney, in the superior court house, last night, a resolution was passed instructing the board to advertise for bids for oil sprinkling only, as advocated by the Times for the past four years. The meeting was not as large as it should have been, the weather and social attractions having been a deterrent to a tenge gathering. City attorney John A. Gavit presided as chairman. There was not a single advocate for the water sprinkling. The sentiment generally was so overwhelmingly against water that it was taken for. granted by many people who did hot go to the meeting last night that oil would be selected. The board of public works will let the contract next Monday, and will in all . probability give it to John Probl, having received the lowest bid from him. Mr. Prohl’s bid was >33 for each 10,000 square feet, the specifications providing one-half gallon of road oil for each square yard of pavement for the first application, and one-third of a gallon for the second application. The price bld provides for two applications la •season.—Hammond Times.

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