Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1910 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. It don’t pay to bake when you can buy Fate’s fine Quaker Bread. _ Ji;ph Hickman made a business trip to Lafayette yesterday. ; Try our Brazil block coal. It is a splendid coar. Order of phone 273. Qet your hard coal of the Rensselaer Lumber Co. All sizes. Orville Ford returned to Hoopeston, 111., yesterday after a short visit here with E. Ranton and family. Car of .chestnut hard (coal Just in. All sizes now in stock. J. L. BRADY. Mrs. I. N. Hemphill is spending today at Parr with her sister, Mrs. L. W. Benbow. Give us your next order for cook stove coal! We have the best. J. L. BRADY. Mrß. Joe Halligan went to Fairmount, lnd., yesterday to visit relatives. The best soft coal on the market — Pluto-Cannal. MAINES & HAMILTON.

Prof. Hayner has returned to resume his work of piano tuning. Call him at Clarke’s jewelry store. Just received -two car loads Chestnut Anthracite. Maines & Hamilton. Phone 273. .... , \ Elmer Lyons returned Monday to Elkhart after a visit of a few days with the family of Henry Putts, of Jordan township. Chas. Faught and Carey "Guard, of Noble county, who have been visiting their cousins, the Norman boys, went to Parr this morning to visit the family of Sol Norman. Just received, on assignment, a large stock of sweaters, will be so’d at a sacrifice, at the Leopolds’. Van Rensselaer street, south of Fate's restauraLu Roy Cheesman and wife came up from West Point to spend New Year’s with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Moore. Mr. Cheesman returned yesterday and his wife will remain until the last of the week. John Gwin’s public sale Monday was a good one. His stock and equipment brought a total of $1,860. B. D. Comer also sold 30 head of sheep, Fred Kullas sold a team of mules and Ed Eilts sold about SSO worth of stuff. Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Fitzgerald, of Lafayette, are moving to Rensselaer and will occupy a house on Weston street next door to the residence of Mrs. Fitzgerald’s aunt, Mrs. William Dixey. The move here is made because of the ‘poor physical condition’of Mrs. Fitzgerald, who has the dropsy, and she desired to be near relatives.

Mrs. Ben Smith aud two children went to Chenoa, 111., this morning, and will be-joined there in a day or two by Mr. Smith, rfrho is returning from Denvef, Colo. Ben found the weather so cold at Denver that practically all building operations were suspended and there was no work, so he decided to return home until spring, and he will accompany his family back here in a few days. Mrs. L. A. Carson, who is 86 years of age and blind, has been quite sick at the home of her son, J. H. Carson, on Weston street, and for several days it was thought she could not live. She Is unable to walk owing to a sort of paralysis. Bhe was visited over Sunday by her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Lawrle, of Reynolds, and her daugh-ter-in-law, Mrs. R. J. Carson, of Motion.

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PIONEER PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF NINETY.

John Makeever Succumbs to Injury Received More Than Year Ago. •’The death of John Makeever occurred at 10 minutes beftre 5 o’clock Monday evening at his apartments in the Makeever hotel. He passed quietly away, apparently suffering nc paiji and being conscious although unable to speak until a few minutes before he parsed away. He was worn out and was ready for peace and rest in the great beyond. Mr. Makeever’s decline dates from the 20th day of October, 1908, when he was thrown from his buggy by his horse becoming frightened while he was driving near the residence of James T. Randle,* returning from a trip to his farm which he made daily at that time. He, fractured two ribs and bruised one shoulder and probably suffered other internal injuries. The shock was quite severe and he never recovered from it, although he was out in a remarkably short time after the accident. During the early fall of last year he lost his appetite and consequently his strength failed and each day saw him weaker. He was not sick, suffering no pain, his pulse was normal and he slept like a child, but his strength failed and he became weaker and lost flesh each" day. For several years he was a very robust man and up until the time of his accident he weighed 186 pounds but when death came he was reduced almost to skin and bones. He was worn out and death was due to his age, superinduced by the shock of his accident.

He was 90 years of age on Dec. Ist. He was one of ten children born to Patrick Makeever and wife, and came with his parents and other members or the family to Jasper county from Pennsylvania in 1846. He is the last of these ten children to die and lived to an older age than any of ills brothers or sisters, although his father and mother each lived to be more than 100 years of age. With a team of horses and a small amount of capital he set about the task of making a home in a new country and his industry and thrift soon gave him a commanding position in this county and the name Makeever became known throughout northwestern Indiana. It was probably in 1880, when Rensselaer was a town of only about a thousand people that he decided to erect the Makeever which required an investment that not many men would •have undertaken with the limited prospect for business that was indicated. But the hotel was built and waß one of the largest hotels in this part of Indiana. He has occupied it as a residence since its completion, retaining' the east suite of rooms on the first floor during the various landlordships that the hotel has had. He engaged in the banking business, conducting a private bank that never catered extensively for deposits but he was i a money lender known all over northwestern Indiana. In January, 1885, his wife died, and a few years later he was married again. Three children were born to his first union, one, a son, John Napoleon, born in 1863, died at the age of one year and 14 days. The two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Williams and Mrs. Almira Stockton, survive and were constantly with their father during his last days. Two grandsons, Mrs. Chas. H. Porter and Jay W. Stockton, also survive. The funeral will take place Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the M. B. church, being conducted by Rev. C. L. Harper, who will be assisted by Rev. Aaron Wood, a former pastor of the church and a personal friend of the deceased. The Masonic lodge will also have a part in the service.

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BntMsd January i, 1897, a* ■eoond-olaaa mall matter, at the post-office at "rrunrvlnrr. under the aot of March 3, 1079. ■ : .i* 1 s'"'"'

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, IMO.

JOHN MAKEEVER Pioneer resident of Jasper County, who died Monday, January 3, at the age of 90 years, 1 month, and 3 days. 1

WELFARE OF CITY TO BE MAYOR’S SOLE OBJECT

City’s Chief Executive Makes a Short Inaugural Speech, and Council Gets Down to Business.

KING DAVIS IS NEW MARSHAL G. A. Williams Elected to School Board Position, for Which Delos Thompson Declined to Qnalify. At about 8 o’clock Monday evening Mayor Geo. F. Meyers called the city council.' to order. He occupied the seat at the councilmanic chamber in the county assessor’s office which J. H. S. Ellis has held for the past eight years. To his right sat D. E. Grow, of the second ward, to his left sat Frank TKresler, of the third ward, and facing him at the opposite end of the table sat C. J. Dean, councilman at large. G. W. Hopkins, of the first ward, occupied Dr. H. L. Brown's old seat, the second on the left, and A. G. Catt occupied the chair wfilch Mayor Meyers held during his service as councilman. These places will be held during the administration unless ideas which Mayor Meyers holds are carried out. He believes that each councilman should have a separate desk, facing the desk of the mayor, and that each should have hlB notes and business of the council under lock and key. In case this plan is adopted It is probable that a railing wduld be constructed in such a manner that the visitors to the oouncil chamber would be seated outside and a degree of privacy giyen to the council which it does not now possess. After Mayor Meyers had called the council to order he suggested the adoption of rules to govern the council, and Councilman Grow made a motion that Roberts’ Rules of Order be adopted. The motion was carried. Mr. Meyers did n„t rise to his feet but In a calm manner expressed himself as grateful to the voters of the cRy for the honor of his election and stated that he hoped to merit the confidence thus reposed In him, as well as the friendship and co-operation of all the people of the city luring the term of his offloi. He stated that his sole object would be the welfare of the city and Its people, and that lie feels encouraged by the many prof-

MAYORS OF RENSSELAER SINCE IT BECAME CITY OF 4th CLASS. 1898-1899 . . Thomas J. McCoy 1900-1901 John Eger 1902-1910 .... J. H. S. EUla 1910- . .. George F. Meyers

fers of help and confidence that much good may be accomplished. He felt that he had about him meu who would stand behind him in the support of every honorable measure. He stated that as he shall proceed with the administration of the affairs of the city his acts shall have nothing of personal feeling in them, but shall be impartially based on the broad plan of the greatest good in the betterment of the city and its people. He said that he had counciled with his advisors about his appointment for marshal, but that he did not wish to shift the responsibility for the appointment, for it was his own act. He said that he had had seventeen applicants for the position, all good, worthy men, and that he had weighed the matter carefully in his mind and that the only regret he felt in making the appointment was the fact that the other sixteen applicants for the position, would have to be disappointed. He closed his talk with the statement that this appointment as well as the selection of his committees had been made with the one purpose of contributing to the best interests of the people. The business of the meeting was then taken up, and every member of the council cast his vote for Moses for city attorney. Councilman Hopkins then introduced two ordinances, one defining the duties of the city marshal, and the \ other fixing the salaries of the city marshal, city attorney, city civil nglneer and chief of the fire department. The former provided that to addition to the duties prescribed in the 3 1»lutes that the marshal be required to keep the streets, alleys, sidewalks and crossings, sewers, gutters aqd catch basins free of obstructions. The salary ordinance fixed a salary of SBO

per month for mashal, payable semimonthly; S2OO per annum for the city attorney, payable quarterly; 30 cents an hour for civil engineer for each hour actually employed; and S4O per year for fire chief, payable annually. Both ordinances met unanimous passage. • Delos Thompson, who at the last meeting of the old council had been elected to fill the unexpired term of Chas. W. Coen on the school board, stated that he, had not desired the office and ’ had decided not to qualify, and the board then elected Attorney G. A. Williams, all five -members voting for him. In this connection it may be stated that Mr. Thompson stated to the old board in the presence of a large number of people that he did not want to be placed on the board of seftool trustees, that he had had his turn and wanted some one else to take place. But he was elected in the face of that statement. Persons who were associated with Mr. Thompson on the school board or who met him in any capacity relating to the schools will agree that he was a valuable member of that board and served the city with honor. , Mr. Williams will make a splendid member of that body, and as Mrs. Williams had been ferquently mentioned as an available member of that body should the council desire to elect a woman, the board will have the service of Mr. Williams and the advice through him of his wife, whose experience in the school room will be very valuable. ~ r

Mayor Meyers then announced J. K. Davis, better known by the name of King Davis, as marshal, and calling his appointee forth, had the council examine and approve his bond, and tbfen swore hint'in. His bondsmen are Robert Michael and J. H. S. Ellis. : He then designated J. J. Montgomery as chief of the fire department and swore him in. The council then elected unanimously L. C. Klosterman as city civil engineer. They tfcen elected Dr. M. D. Gwin, Dr. H. J. Laws and Chas. Simpson as the city board of health. The treasurer’s bond in the sum of $15,000, signed by R. D. Thompson as treasurer, and S. P. Thompson, J. H. Chapman, Walter V. Porter and A. F. Long, was then approved, as was also the bond of Chas. Morlan, city clerk, for SSOO, signed by J. N. Leatherman and R. A. Parkinson.

It was decided to meet next Monday night, which is the regular meeting night under the provisions of a city ordinance. The council then adjourned, and the members responded to an invitation sent out by the Mayor to banquet with him at Fate’s restaurant. Included in the party were the members of the new council, the new city treasurer, clerk and marshal and Mayor Ellis, ex-marshal Parks and the members of the retiring council and administration, which included retiring treasurer Moses Leopold, who is the new city attorney, and the retiring city attorney G. A. Williams. All wer? present except Councilman Gerber. A very fine banquet was served, consisting of turkey, scolloped oysters, etc. This was followed by turning the banquet into an experience meeting, in which members of the old council endeavored to offer some advice that might serve as a guide to the new members. The old and new members were all given an opportunity to express themselves and a fine time was enjoyed. The most perfect harmony marks the launching of the new city administration and uppermost in the mind of each seems to be the welfare of the city. The next four years will afford great opportunity for their labors and should prove to be the most profitable In the history of Rensselaer. The following committees were an-

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Sternbergs Land a Good Job Of Ditching at Celina, Ohio.

E. G. Sternberg was successful in his bid for a big Job of dredge ditching at Celina, Ohio, last week, add was awarded the contract for digging a ten mile ditch. The contract price was $27,900. It is the second Job of work this firm has done there, and Mr. Sternberg was very much gratified when the First National Bank of Celina went his bond for the construction of the ditch. G. C. Jenkins, who has worked for the Sternbergs for some years, came from Celina, add he will be placed in full charge of the Jbb that has just been bid in. Mr. Jenkins made many friends while here and they will be )!eased to know that his employers are to give him Just recognition of his able services.

Cold Weather in Florida Writes Judge S. P. Thompson.

Under date of January Ist Judge S. P. Thompson writes from Braden, Fla., as follows: “Fourteen years ago we visited Florida and met cold weather that killed orange orchards and now the papers report the coldest weather ever known. The gardens and orchards are suffering greatly. The fish are frozen in the shallow tidal inlets.” The Rensselaer Lumber Co. has all sizes of hard coal and the best varieties of soft coal. Order as soon as possible. ,

nounced: Finance, Claims, Contracts and ordinances—Grow, Hopkins and Catt. Streets, Alleys, Sidewalks and Public Safety—Dean, Catt and Kresler. Electric Lights, Water Works, Public Property and Education—H&pkins, Kresler and Grow. Sewers, Drainage, Bridges and Sanitary—Kresler, Dean and HopJdns. Fire Department, Nuisances, Resolutions and Rules—Catt, Grow and Dean. —. .-— —— =• Moses Leopold submitted bis final report, whicb showed $11,269.47 on hand to be turned over to Treasurer Thomson. The report was referred to the financial committee.

Home Grocery When Its cold and yen can’t get fresh fruits and vegetables, try a can of our SWEET POTATOES— Extra dry packed. 15c can. STBINGLESS BEANS— So tender and perfect that they can hardly be distinguished from the fresh ones. 10c can. SPINACH— Selected quality, very fine. 16c can. ASPAKAUAS POINTS— No woody stalks, just the Sweet tender tips. 86e can. PUMPKIN— Van Camp Golden. 10c can. SAUEB KRAUT— Van Camp’s, the kind that’s clean. lOe can. • CORN AND PEAS— New 1900 pack. 8 l-$c 10c, UM< and lie can. PORK ANO PEAS— The new pne; better than pork and beans, lie can. And always Millar Coffee and A. 4b K Flour. Daring the winter months wo close at 0 p. m. except Saturdays open till UsM. Telephone 41.

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