Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1912 — Page 1

Jasper County Democrat.

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Public Sales. The Democrat has printed bills for the following public sales: Monday, December 2, Ray L. Adams, 3% miles south and % mile east of Rensselaer. General sale, 12 head of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, farm implements, etc. Wednesday, December 11, Ernest Mayherw, 5 miles southwest of Rensselaer. General sale, 9 head of horses anal mules, cattle, hogs, farm tools, etc.

Randle Family Reunion.

At the home of Nelson Randle on Main street, the Randle families living in and near Rensselaer hald a family reunion Thanksgiving day in honor of Mrs. Florencp McFarland and daughter Helen of Camden, Ind., who is a niece of James T., Henry an <l Nelson Randle, and formerly lived in this locality. The guests present were: James T. Randle, . Mrs. Evaline Randle, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Makeever, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Randle, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Poole, Mr. and }lrs. H. E. Randle, Ed. J. Randle and son Walter, C. C. Randle and family, L B Josserand and family of Reynolds, Alf Randle and family, Charles Randle and family, J. N. Leatherman .and family, Mr. and Mrs. George Bond and B. Forsythe.

NO ASSISTANCE NEEDED.

Democrats Can Select Their Own Postmaster. The Republican is authority for the statement that N. S. Bates. Eli Gerber. W. R. Nowels, N. Littlefield, Frank Hoover, Miss Elizabeth Spaulding, W. A. Davenport, F. E. Babcock and Ed Lane, trustee of Newton tp„ are applicants for the Rensselaer postoffice, and later says that Mr. Gerber denies that he is after the place. None of the parties named have told The Democrat that they were or would be applicants for the office. Mr. Murray’s commission does not expire until two years from next Vpril, we understand, and it is usually the custom to let postmasters serve out their term.

Whenever the time comes no doubt “Steel Trust” Peterson, as the Republican' is pleased to denominate Congressman-elect John B. Peterson, who was elected in spite of the steel trust’s support of Mr Crumpacker, will make a selection that will be generally satisfactory to the democrats and the patrons of the office without asking for any advice from the Republican. In fact this is a matter in which the Republican occupies about the same position as the maimed dog that attended a gathering of his canine friends.

The Republican is strong for Mr. Littlefield for postmaster, which is, in fact, a handicap to Him if he is really an applicant, and like Governor Wilson in the case of Col. Harvey and his paper, he should call upon the Republican to desist, as its support is embarrassing to him.

DEATH OF ELIAS STRONG.

Former Well Known Resident of Jasper County Dies At Los Angeles, Cali. ' Lucius Strong received a telegram Tuesday afternoon from his niece, Miss Nellie Baker of Los Angeles, Cali., stating her uncle, Elias Strong, had passed peacefully away at 10:30 o’clock that morning at Glendale Sanitarium, near Los Angeles. He had recently passed through an operation for lung trouble and seemingly came out of it alright. He had been taken to the sanitarium to recuperate his health and was improving as fast as could be expected, when he was suddenly taken with the grip, which caused his death. \ Mr. Strong was born in Marion County, Ohio, in March 1832, and came to Jasper county with" his parents fn- 1857, and the family settled on what is now know as the Matheson farm just northwest of the city, He had , never married. He resided in Jasper county until some twenty years ago when he went to Los Angeles, and has since resided at or near that city. He was a very highly respected man and had many friends among the older residents of Rensselaer who will be sorry to learn of his death.

He leaves a younger brother, Lucuis Strong, of Rensselaer, and one sister, Mrs. Harrison P. Baker, of Onargo, 111. An older brother died many years ago. The funeral and burial took place at Loa Angeles.

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FATAL ACCIDENT TUESDAY EVENING

William Washburn and Noble Peacock Dashed to Eternity STRUCK BY HOOSIER LIMITED While Loading Cattle at Stockyards and Instantly Killed —Fra nif Hill, R. S. Makeever and Two Others Have Narrow Escape.—Did Not Hear Flier Approaclilng.

Perhaps the worst accident that ever happened in Rensselaer occurred about 6 o’clock Tuesday evening, when William Washburn, a well known farmer an stockman, and Noble Peacock, son of Mrs. Erastus Peacock of Rensselaer, were hurled into eternity by the Hoosier Limited, while loading cattle at the stock . yards at the east side of town, near j the cement tile factory. Frank Hill, jD. S. Makeever, Clay Dewees, Mr. j Washburn's farm tenant, and W. j Rough, Deweese’s hired man, nar- ; rowly escaped'the same fate. In fact I Hill was struck by something, he doesn’t know what, on the left arm j and it was reported the member was ! broken, but it proved to be only , badly bruised. Mr. Makeever was al!so knocked down by one *of the bodies and considerably bruised. 1 The others of the party were unhurt. \

WiasWburn, Makeever and Hill ! were loading cattle and bogs for shipping, having six carloads in all, i of cattle and one of hogs. The sidetrack was occupied by the stock cars and as fast as one was loaded it was pushed down east over the j street crossing and another one was ■j Sot in {dace. They were returning west from pushing a loaded car over < the crossing with Dewees in the lead with the pinch-bar, and Peacock, i Washburn, Hill and Rough following ,in the order named. A freight engine standing on the south sidetrack was puffing and snorting and the enj tire party had evidently forgotten about the Hoosier Limited, due at ,6:02, and the noise of the locomotive on the opposite track drowned the roar of the swiftly approaching • train. A pile of loose rails between I the north track and the main track made it necessary' to step around them, and they no doubt got over < on the edge of the main track or j ver >' dose to it when the flyer came , whizzing by at a speed of forty miles an hour.

Young Peacock and Washburn were struck by the engine and thrown quite a distance, the former's head striking one of the pile of rails axd the entire top of his skull torn off . Pieces of the head were found thirty feet from the body. Mr. Washburn was thrown north and completely under the trucks of one of the cars on the sidetrack, his skull fractured on the top of the head and one arm and one leg broken and the body badly bruised. Death came so sudenly that neither ever realized what had struck them.

The suction of the fast moving train almost drew Kough under it. He was pulled to the ground and remembers grasping something and holding on, probably one of the loose rails between the tracks. Dewees was at the rear of the car with the pinch-bar and escaped injury or being thrown down.

As soon as the men could gather their senses they started for aid, stopping first at the Babcock & Hopkins elevator while Mr. Makeever went on to the depot. , The train crew never knew that they had struck anybody, and Mr. Washburn’s body not being found at onte, it was thought perhaps it had lodged on the cowcatcher, and the agent at Fair Oaks was telegraphed to stop the train and ascertain. This was the first intimation the crew had that anyone had been struck.

After some little time, however, Mr. Washburn’s body was found and the two bodies were taken to the Wright undertaking rooms and prepared for burial. Mr.' Washburn’s remains were taken to the family home on the west side of town Wednesday afternoon, but that of ytoung Peacock was not taken to his mother’s horn© until f this afternoon,

THE TWICE-A-WEEK

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. SATURDAY, NOV. 30. 1912.

on account of the condition of Mts. Peacock, who is in very poor health and was to have entered the Rensselaer Hospital yesterday to undergo an operation. William Wlashburn was one of Jasper oounty’s best known farmers and stockmen and a highly respected citizen. He ‘had lived in Jordan tp., for many years, where he still owned a large farm. Starting at the lower rung of the ladder he had iaccumu/lated considerable iproperty. He was a careful, conservative man and of good sound judgment. He to Rensselaer about twenty years ago and had a nice comfortable home at the west end of McCoy Avenue, where with his esti-i unable wife they were passing down the shady side of life’s pathway in happiness and plenty. He had been* veny successful in. stock feeding andj Continued to look after his farm and the stock growing and feeding end of it.

He leaves a wife and one daughter, Mrs. W. O. Rowles, ~ and two grandchildren by his deceased daughter, Mrs. Iva Robinson, and a host of warm friends.

The body lay in. state at the home Thursday, where it was viewed by many old and sorrowing friends. The funeral was held yesterday at 10:00 a. m., from the Methodist church and was largely attended. Burial was made in Weston cemetery. Mr. Washburn’s age was 67 years.

Noble Peacack was aged 23 years, 7 months and 11 days. He was a son of Erastus and Florence Peacock, and ‘was a nice yotfngr man. He had served in the U. S. army L::l returned .ionic, several .nom i:s ago, and his devotion to his mother, who was in poor health, had endeared him to many people. He intended to remain here with his mother and care for her in iher old age. His sad taking off was a terrible blow to her.'

The young man had been working for Firman Rutherford, but had got off .for the day to help Mr. Washburn, whio had been a former neighbor and had performed many kindly acts for the family, ip, driving and loading his cattle. He leaves a father, Erastus Peacoolj. of Tarpon Springs, Fla., mother, two sisters, Mrs. Dora McClure of Hammond and Mrs. H. J. Bartoo of Remington-—who was here with her mother when the accident occurred —and one younger brother, Blaine, who is with his father in Florida.

Mr. Bartoo, who was told of the accident by phone soon after it occurred, hurried over by auto and was here within a half hour after he was appraised of it.

Crumpacker Spent $875.25; Peterson 582.64.

According to the statement of the campaign expenditures filed at Washington, E. D. Crumpacker’s unsuccessful campaign for congressman for this district cost him $897.25, while John B. P-eterson, his successful opponent, spent but $582.64, o>over S3OO less than “Crump.” The Democratic state committee spent $32,550 and has $2,129.26 loft In the cash drawer. Of this amount received Governor Marshal! gave $l6O to the campaign fund /or the state; Samuel M. Ralston, successful candidate for Governor, contributed $300; Thomas M. Honan, attorney-general, gave $1,190, and W. 14. Vollmer, state treasurer, gave $1,200. The report-shows a large number of small contributions ranging from $1 to $25. Thomas Tag Bart contributed SIOO, according to the report. C. M. Murdock and S - . T. Murdock contributed SI,OOO, and the democratic national committee contributed $2,400. Mr. Dougherty also filed a report as treasurer of the democratic national committee for Indiana. This report shows receipts of $2,200.50 and expenditures of $2,140.50.

On and after December 2, 1912, all sales made amounting to one dollar or less will be made for cash only.—Hamilton & Kellner.

Gall in and see the sample line of holiday calendars for holiday gifts, with holly calendar pads and without any advertising printed on them, in panel effects, oblong and square. A very pretty line at from 5c to 25c each. We also have the holly calendar pads for sale for use on home made calendar backs.

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Holiday Calendars.

COURTHOUSE NEWS IN BRIEF

Interesting Paragraphs from the Various Departments OF JASPER COUNTY CAPITOL The Legal News Epitomized— ToL gether with Other Notes Gathered from the Several County Offices. Commissioners’ court convenes Monday.

. E. P. Honan was in Demotic oh legal business Tuesday. The Jordan tp., road case was reversed by the appellate court a few days ago. Devere Yeoman, county surveyorelect, has resigned his position of superintending the construction of a big sewer contract at South Bend and with Mrs. Yeoman started housekeeping in the Bert Brenner property on River street. W. F. Osborne, the present county surveyor, who filed notice of contestiing Mr. Yeoman's election with the auditor, has stated that he will dismiss the contest, we are told, and it is likely this will be done when the commissioners m* a Monday.

Itenm from the cirqiit court docket: ■ ' ■ • : ■' ■■ , State cases No. 1356, 1381, 1383, 1395, 1396, 1416, 1437, and 1473 were dismissed on motion of the prosecutor. They were all old cases which have been on the docket for a long time. No. 7863. Charles W. Hickman vs. Roy Donnelly: defendant files verified motion to suppress the deposition of Win. Grundy, et as. Motion sustained. Cause continued for term at costs of plaintiff. No. 7939. Elmer and Clara Tolbert vs. Noah J. Yoader; jury trial, verdict for plaintiff in sum of $325.

Marriage licenses issued: Nov. 27, Joseph Alfred Ashby of Fulton county, aged 26, occupation farmer, to Minnie May Martini, daughter of George W. Martin of Pleasant Ridge, aged 22, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Squire Irwin in the clerk’s office.

Nov. 28, Ulysses Gant Lutes of Monon, aged 22, occujration farmer, to Minnie Rea Johnson, daughter of William Johnson of McCoysburg, aged 19, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each. Married by Rev. J. P. Green at the clerk’s office.

When the Proctor liquor regulation law went into effect the city council of Gary fixed the license fee in that city at SSOO per year, the maximum amount. Later this was reduced by ordinance to $250. The matter of reducing the fee was taken into court and held to be valid, but on appeal to the appellate court the case was reversed and the SSOO iee stands, the court holding that when the fixed the fee at SSOO it exhausted its power; that the law provided how an-d when the election of fixing the fee should be made, and when once made the amount stands as established and is 1 out of reach of the council and is subject to no change except by the legislature itself.

I)AYS TO I (HPISTMAS

Collegeville Items.

A very large number of visitors were present at the Thanksgiving celebration, and a majority of them were alumni. At 8:15 o'clock the solemn high mass was celebrated by Rev. Julius A. Siemetz of Lafayette: a very instructive*sermon was also preached by the Rev. Michael Byrne, St. Anne's church. Lafayette. At 10:30 a band concert was given in the gymnasium, in the j' afternoon both the visitors and students attended the football game at Rensselaer.

•The main feature of the celebration was the rendition on Thanksgiving eve of the “Private Secretary,” a comedy in three acts, by members of the C. L. S. The play is certainly comedy through and through, and the iroutbful actors succeeded in presenting it comically and at that thoroughly so. There is nothing of the serious in any of the three acts,, not even the resultant consequences of all the trickery. The "old uncles” foot the madcap nephew's bills and extravagant debts and the university will continue the grind of the same social routine. "Well, we too were wild chaps in our days while at college," and the boys cannot he blamed too seriously.

George Sindelar in the title role did very well indeed, but his physical build was his handicap for a star first baseman is at tremendous odds to Mr. Hyde himself into a perfect mollycoddle under the glare of the footlights. As the older Marshland Mr. Herman Daniel was rather soberly solemn, but withal he was pleasing In hia acting. Mr. John Zeller as Cattermole was the surprise of the evening. There waß force in his every word and action. And his impulsive springs at the Private Secretary and other characters always carried the audience with him. The two nephews. Urban Roehl and Theodore Fettig, were genial college lads indeed, and their grace and easy manners were agreeably pleasant. Gibson in Mr. Leo Landall was there with the tailor tape, but some measures fell short. The landlord. Mr. Herman Schweitzer* should by the force of his impersonation have been able to collect the overdue rent. The servant and the* constable had not much dust to stir, yet every scene found them on the spot. All in all the was highly enjoyable, and we hope that the C. L. S. will not wait over long to show us more of a like nature. The cast of characters follows: tra must be commended for the

The musical numbers were all very pleasing, especially The orchesgood work they are doing so early in the season. The Glee Club and Mr. Deraiody’s success is attested by the encore cal they received. R. A. Waldron. Pri sec - C Sindelar. Bernard Marshland - H Danjpl. (iatermole, friend of Marshland, of Mr. R. A. Waldron. Private Secre-

tary ....... .George Sindelar. Bernard Marshland, country gentleman .........H. Daniel. Catermole, friend of Marshland from Ir *iia .John Zeller. Douglas Catermole, nephew of the former U Koebl. Harry' Marshland, nephew of Bernard Marshland . . . ,T. Fettig. Gibson, a tailor .Leo LandoLl Schneider, German landlord ...... • - t..... . Herman Schweitzer. James, colored servant. .. vj. Tokart Knox, constable .G. Pohlman The following musical numbers were rendered: Bridal Rose, Overture - Orchestra. . Lav&lle Smiles and Caresses - Orchestra. . . . Bendix A Stein Song - Glee Club. ....... •••- v •-- F, F. Bullard. Out on the Deep - Milton Densody. . Prof. W. L. Havorka. conductor of orchestra; Prof. W. J. Nowak, director of the Glee Club; Rev. I. J. Rapp, director of the play.

Birth Announcements.

Nov. 27, to Mrs. Harrison Wasson, a son.

Presbyterian Church

The subject of sermons for next Sabbath will be '‘Today/’ and “Honor.” Everyone is invited to attend these services at 10:45 and 7 p. m. ■'

Poultry Show.

Newton County Poultry Association will hold their annual show at Goodland, Ind., December 9 to 13th. Send for catalogue.—A. J. BULLIB. Sec.

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 l'lices.

Getting Ln Its Work Again. Reuben Helvie, living six miles northeast of here, suffered the loss of his teit hand while shredding corn this forenoon. He and his brother were Shredding on the farm or Frank Benjamin. Mr. Helvie in some way got his hand in the machine and it was so badly mangled that its amputation at the wrist was necessary. He is a man of moderate means and has a large family dependant upon him.—Tuesday's Mon>ticello Journal.

AGED MAX BURNS TO DEATH

In Effort To Save Granddaughter, Who Already Had Been Rescued. Logan sport, Ind.. November 28. Charles Michaels. 60 years old. of Idaville, near this city, was burned to death today when trying to save his two-year-old granddaughter, who he thought had been left ln his burning residence. The child previously had been carried from the bouse by relatives who tried to warn Michaels. The house fell in shortly after the old man entered the structure.

ENDS BALDWIN TAX CASK.

Judge Til left, in Cass Court Reduces Amount to be Paid. Logan sport, Ind., November 28.Jndge Joseph N. Tillett, of Peru, in the Cass circuit court, Wednesday, ‘decided the case of William T. Wil- ! son, executor of the Daniel P. Baldwin estate, against M. M. Minniek, [treasurer of Cass county. He canceled alleged unpaid taxes in the sum of $29,741. which had been j placed on the tax duplicates by j George H. McCaslin of Indianapolis, tax ferret. He rendered a special finding of facts, and fixed for each, year the amount of property which [ Baldwin tad failed to list.

In his review of testimony and evidence the judge said that the Bald win-Dague banks at Antbia, Goodland and Fowler were never solvent. and he expressed the opinion that Judge Baldwin never intended them to be. The judge said Baldwin made a practi-* of starting private banks, letting them fail and then start others. He said he bad found many mortgages which Baldwin had never listed.

Resolutions of Iroquois Lodge.

Hall of Iroquois Lodge, No. 143 I. O r O. F. Rensselaer, Indiana, November 28, 1912. Whereas, by accident death came in a sudden and tragic manner to our esteemed and beloved brother, William Washburn on November 26* 1912, therefore, be it Resolved, That in the sudden and unexpected death of Brother Washburn this lodge has lost a worthy and loyal member, the community' an upright and useful citizen and" his family a ldnd and devoted husband and father.

Resolved, That we extend to the bereaved relatives our sincere and heartfelt sympathy in this hour of their sad affliction and be it resolved. That the charter of this Lodge be draped in mourning for a period of thirty daiys; that these resolutions be spread upon the records of this Lodge and that a copy be delivered to the widow' of the deceased brother and that they be published in The Rensselaer Republican and the Jasper County Democrat. ■ Respectfully submitted in F L & T. w FRANK OSBORNE, FRED MeCOLLY. B. D. COMER, . Committee.

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