Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1910 — Page 1

No. 59.

CIK TONIGHT’S PROGRAM Princm ™ Cbcatrc PHILLIPS, Proprietor. W*toh This Space Every Bay My Old Southern Home. George Clay The Man Who Talks and Chalks.

REV. B. F. FERGUSON DIED LAST THURSDAY IN WASHINGTON.

Woll Known Baptist Minister, Lawyer and Business Man Victim of Paralysis After Several Strokes. Rensselaer relatives and friends 'of Rev. B. P. Ferguson were surprised to learn Wednesday evening that his death had occurred at 11:30 o’clock Thursday morning of last week, March 3d, and that his funeral had occurred the Saturday following. He died'at Quincy, Wash., where the family were living. Mr. Ferguson left Rensselaer April 28th, last year, to the home of lyis sons, George and Dee, near Low Gap, Wash., in the hope that the change of climate might restore his greatly impaired health. He soon suffered another paralytic stroke, however, and it was evident that he could receive little benefit. His wife and daughter Ethel, left Rensselaer last September 16th to join him and they located in Quincy, in order that he might be near a physician. Ethel secured employment teaching arithmetic and music in t£e public schools at Wilson Creek, about 40 miles away and has been employed since that time. In the fall, Mr. Ferguson suffered another stroke of paralysis and Monday, of last week, another one. He was rendered unconscious bj the last stroke and never revived, sinking gradually away. He leaves a widow who is a daughter of John Coen and a sister of Mrs. John R. Vanatta, of this place. Three children, George, Dee and Ethel, also survive. Rev. Ferguson was twice married, his first wife being a sister of Mrs. C. L. Harper, whose husband Is now pastor of Trinity M. E. church. He came here from Brookston something like thirty years ago and was a resident of Rensselaer until his removal to Washington. He was a Baptist minister for several years, being pastor of the Freewill Baptist church. Later he embarked in various kinds of business, milling elevator, insurance, 1 real estate anc} law. During the latter years of his life he maintained an office in Rensselaer and devoted his time in the main to acting as an immigrant and .lan«J agent. He suffered a light stroke of paraly sis some six or eight years ago and although he largely overcame it, he was never the vigorous man he had been before that time. He was widely known in Jasper, White and Newton counties dhd held in high esteem b> many who had known hlm'throughout his life. His death will be a great shock to all who knew him. He woulc have been 60 years of age the coming May.

We have sold over 100 barrels of Flout in the last ten days and we do not give our salesmanship the credit for it. But we give all the credit to the high qualify and the jprice of the flour. Aristos, Gem of the Valley and lord’s Best. Every sack guaranteed or money refunded. $1.50 a sack. JOHN EGER, i The Emporium solicits your cleaning and pressing. Suits pressed 50c. Cleaned and pressed, SI.OO. H. B. TUTEUR, over Warner Bros. When looking for shoe bargains, don't forgot the shoe department at the Home Grocery.

The Evening Republican.

Boy Has Fortunate Escape When Team of Horses Run Away.

Rex Ott, son of George Ott, of Barkley township, who is just recovering from a month’s sickness of meases was slightly injured in a runaway accident this Thursday afternoon. He had accompanied his father to town and was driving a spirited team of colts. They started to run near Duvall’s livery barn and in his weakened condition he could not hold them. They ran east on Harrison street and when near- Weston the wagon tongue caine down and the wagon was overturned at S. M. Xaßue’s residence. Rex was caught beneath the wagon but fell into the gutter way and the wagon dies not bear very .heavily on him and as the horses broke loose when the wagon overturned, he escaped. serious bruises, although hi: hip ana back were somewhat bruised. The horses ran about a half block farther and were stopped.

Obituary of Mrs. Rachael Knox.

Rachael Emily Pierce was born in Jasper county, Indiana, Feb. 15, 1863. Her death occurred on the morning of March 7, 1910. Her age was 47 years and 12 days. ; •' -z- '-- • - She was married to Thomas A. Knox July 7, 1880. To them Vere born 8 children, two of them dying In infancy. There remains three girls and three boys: Leah, Rufus, William, Jessie, John and Lucile. After her marriage to Mr. Knox they moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, where they lived until March, 1899. when they moved on a farm 2M| miles south of Rensselaer, where she lived at the time of her death. Mrs. Knox had been a sufferer for almost a year. Two weeks preceding her death, her suffering became intense, but through it all she was patient and endured with Christian fortitude. Mrs. Knox was a member of the Christian church, uniting with the same during thp pastorate of Rev. T. A. Hay. Her profession was marked by deep sincerity and her life was consistent with her profession. She discharged her duties'Tn the home as a true Christian mother, teaching her children both by precept and example. She was a friend of the schools and saw to it that each of the children were, equipped with a good education. She believed that religion was. fundamental in character building and all of the children who are old enough have become Christians. She believed in industry and economy and taught them so they are all self supporting.

Mrs. Knox was full of the sweet spirit of charity,. The unfortunates were not passed by without a word sympathy or a deed that gave relief. This disposition made her a practical member of the Relief Corps; with which order ahe has been identified for a number of years. She was patiept in tribulation and full of the spirit pf gratitude. During the moments of her greatest suffering, she insisted that her blessings were many. She retained consciousner rp to the very last and assured her family that her desire was to live but that she was not afraid to die. When the end came, she passed away .without a murmer. 1 She leaves to mourn her departure a’husband, 6 children, one sister, Mrs. Mary A. Howe, and a large circle ol ,r, 9° dß - .1 a .

Pnfwa January 1, latT, as aeooaa-olan man matter, at the pont-ome* at Beaaaelaer, luUlawa. wider the act of March a, in*.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1910.

BADER TO PENITENTIARY FOR 2 TO 14 YEARS

Judge Orders Sentence Carried Out. After Surveyor Reports Shortage in Other Bridges.

AU WORKMANSHIP WAS BAD ' i Ijt Court Would Have Suspended Sentence Had Other Bridges Conformed to Plans and Specifications.

e Clinton L. Bader, general manager of the Winamac Bridge'Co., who was found guilty by a Jasper county Jury two weeks ago, of having presented a false and fraudulent claim to the county in connection with the erection of a bridge over the Howe ditch in Milroy township, and who was denied a new trial by Judge H&nley, Monday afternoon, was takgn to Winamac this Thursday morning to arrange some business affairs and to bid* his family good bye before starting in to serve his sentence of from two to fourteen years in the penitentiary at v Michigan City. Following Judge Hanley's action in overruling the motions of Bader’s attorneys for a new triai and for an arrest of judgment, Bader was committed to the keeping of Sheriff Shirer. So general and pronounced was the regret for the convicted man because of his reputed high standing at his home, where every person seemed to testify to his probity, that Judge Hanley decided to institute an investigation of other bridges built in this county by the Winamac Bridge Co, and if he found that up to the time the bridge under discussion was built, the Winamac company had built its bridges right, he would suspend the sentence. Accordingly he sent County Surveyor Frank Osborne and Devere Yeoman to Keener township to measure four bridges constructed by the Winamac Bridge Co. They reported to him Wednesday evening to the effect that every one of the bridges had been materially cheapened, that the workmanship was poor and that Bader’s claim that his other work, was in accord with specifications wa% not based on fact. The surveyor and Mr. Yeoman reported that the bridges over the Tyler were from 6 to 9 inches .than called for in the specifications, that the eye beam was short and the L supports measured but 2Vi by 2 inches, whereas the specifications called for 2Vi by 3 inches. They found the trusses were of' proper size and the tubing also right. Bolts had been used instead of rivets in all bridges and the bolts had been inserted wrong : had the wrong kind of heads and that instead of having the head on the exposed side, the rough ends of the bolts wjth large washers and tap were ex--1 posed and made a very Unfavorable appearance. The bolts were poorly set. The hub guards were light in weight. The bridge lumber was put on indifferently And in one bridge 40 feet long, 16 boards ha 6 been turned with the heart side up. Some of the bridges were not set true the road and not locked straight on \ the eye beam, sp that one end of the bridge was about a foot wider than the other end. In the minds of the men who made the investigation the work was

. i careless, showed great Indifference of workmanship and either intentional wrong or criminal carelessness on the part of Mr. Bader or his engineers. One of the bridges over the Tyler ditch in Keener township was built by the Attica Bridge Co. The surveyoi and his assistant thought they would measure it. also. It was built from the same specifications exactly that the other bridges had heen. They found all the metal parts what the specifications called for, the bolts properly set, the bridge of proper width, the workmanship- perfect and the bridge apparently conforming in every material manner to the apecifl,cations. _ “ After. returning to Rensselaer the

inspectors went to a bridge over the Howe ditch in the southwest part of this township and there looked over a bridge that Bader’s company had built. It conformed in most particulars to The specifications, although the hub guard was 1 by 3-16 inch in dimensions whereas it should have been IV4 by % inch. This would have amounted to but little in the weight shortage. The general workmanship, however, was regarded an poor.— When this information was furnished to Judge Hanley, he decided to withhold the sentence no- longer and directed Sheriff Shirer to take Bader to Michigan City after he had had an opportunity to visit his home in Winamac and look after some of his business affairs. While Mr. Bader is regarded Pas a man in comfortable circumstances, he is said to have most of his means tied yp in the bridge business. He has a wife and five children, the oldest being 19 years of age and two of his daughters and one son being in high school.

Mr. Bader’s Winamac friends arq claiming that notwithstanding the fact that the other bridges are short ip several particulars that he was not an intentional party to fraud. That there is something mighty / wrong with the Winamac Bridge Co., however, is very evident by this report of the surveyoi and his assistant and whatever work may be given to them in the future should be scanned very carefully and if there is any method of making them liable for the shortage they should be compelled to settle with Jasper county. Bader may be as innocent, so far as his intention goes, as he claimed to be and as he convinced many after the trial that he was, but his ignorance of what his company was doing is inexcusable. Now, if he is innocent, the question will be asked, “Who is' the guilty one?’’ Is it the engineer, Charles Kelley, or who is it? The county commissioners of Jasper county can not escape censure. They should not have accepted bridges that were not right and while they may offer as an excuse that they believed from what examination they made, that they were right, they can not satisfy taxpayers with this sort of an excuse. They are the agents of the taxpayers and have failed to perform their duty in protecting the interests of their clientele.

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We want to figure with you on your Spring Fencing bill, Electric Welded is the best and our prices are the lowest. ROWLES ft PARKER. Many &50 Women's Shoes ai $3.50. Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store, opera house block. "

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