Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1916 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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The Capitol Paper company of Indianapolis suffered a $150,000 fire loss Saturday. Wilson’s plurality in California, according to semi-official figures just issued, was 3,773. A cheap imitation of tinfoil is made in Germany by coating paper with a mixture of finely powdered metal and resin and subjecting it to friction. It is announced that Governorelect Goodrich will revive the pomp and display of a governor’s military staff, which was abolished by J. Frank Hanley. William Hook, accused of a connection in the Fout murder case in Starke county in 1915, will be placed on trial in the Pulaski circuit court Monday, December 11. Abe Martin says: Ever notice how a movie audience plauds a film baby ’cause it can’t hear it? My idea o’ nerve is th’ eastern newspaper makin’ suggestions t’ our western President. The Brown cattle sale at Monon last Thursday was the biggest event of its kind in that section, 337 head of cattle bringing $16,117.25, an average of $47.82 a head. There were many calves in the sale, some bringing SSO. Charles Hosier of Morocco, recently elected clerk of the Newton circuit court, took charge of the office on Tuesday of last week, succeeding Charles M. Daniel of Goodland, who was appointed to fill out the vacancy caused by the death of the late Howard McCurry, and was defeated by Mr. Hosier at the recent election. Former Clerk J. G. Davis will be his deputy.

The contest for the office of county treasurer of Starke county will be decided by the supreme court. The election returns showed C. W. Weninger, Democrat, elected by one vote. His Republican opponent, Ira N. Comptoh, asked for a recount, and when this wag completed the latter was declared elected by one vote. Mr. Weninger is the present incumbent and says he will continue to hold office until the case has been settled by the supreme court, to which it has been appealed.

Monday’s Lafayette Journal: The Monon officials will make an inspection trip over the Monon system beginning today. President Kurrie’s private car, No. 90, went through here at noon y r esterday enroute to Louisville, where General Manager P. L. McManus with his private car, No. 60, will join the party. The same gentlemen, with the exception of the parties from New York, making the last trip over the road, will return to Chicago Tuesday night. Mr. McManus and Mr. Eskridge will return here in the former’s private car Wednesday morning.

C. M. Duggan, famous as a cattle king of the Argentine republic, and Pedro T. Pages, who came with him to attend the International Live Stock exposition to be held at Chicago, at which Mr. Duggan will judge Shorthorn cattle and Mr. Pages the grade cross-breeds, visited Lafayette Friday and Saturday. They w£re entertained at Purdue university and at the Crouch stock farm, and Friday evening were guests at a banquet at the Hotel Fowler, Jeptha and Geotge Crouch, Jesse C., Andrew and John W. Van natta and John H. Skinner, dean of the Purdue school of agriculture, being the hosts. Mrs. Inez Milholland .Boissevain, noted suffrage leader, died in a hospital at Los Angeles, California, Saturday night after an illness of ten weeks from apiastic anemia, the trouble originating in her tonsils, which became inflamed as the result of too constant speaking during the recent campaign. Her age was 30 years. Mrs. Boissevain was a native of New York. She was married in July. 1913, in London to Eugene Boissevain, a wealthy Hollander, but soon thereafter returned to this country and resumed her practice of law and her suffrage activities. She" toured the country with the “millionairess Hughes special” in the late campaign.