Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1910 — Page 1

No. 99.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. New bulk peanut butter at the Home Grocery. Miss Elizabeth Spaulding returned yesterday evening from a visit in Indianapolis. Try those fancy evaporated apricots at John Eger’s, for this week only, 10c a pound. C. I*. Yeaton, of Jamestown, N. Dakwill arrive here, this evening to confer with his real estate business partner, V. J. Crisler. Your cheap canned goods not satisfactory. Try the 3 for a quarter kind with satisfaction guaranteed at the Home Grocery. < J. C. Frazee returned to Peru today after a short visit here in the interest of his Barkley township farm, which is tenarfted by Will Whittaker. H. G 7 Sinshauser, from over near Goodland, was in Rensselaer today He tfiinks that the oats look better over his way than they do nearer Rensselaer. We have Just ordered out our sixth car of flour for 1910. Quality and price are what tells. $1.50 a sack for the best flour mace or money refunded. JOHN EGER. Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Miller took their departure this morning for their future home at Windfall, Ind. A number, of" the members of his cburch iiere were at the station to bid him "good bye” and wish them great success in their future home. . ' Mrs. A. O. Garriott returned to Hammond this morning after a visit of several days herb with her father, Alex. Leach, who is in very poor health and has been conilucd to his bed for the past ten days. Her brother, Evferet • Leach, and her husband were both here Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Gray left, this morning for Carmichaels, Pa., where Mrs. Gray’s aunt, Miss Mary Frost, lives. Mrs. Gray spent about three months there last year and now she will bring Her aged aunt home with her to remain for an indefinite time. They will return in about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Mills have sent $1 for the monument fund from Hamilton, Mont., and J. H. Adamson has sent the same amount from Culver, Ind. Each express their approval of the monument and their willingness to help commemorate the brave lads ■ who went out to. their country’s defense in the sixties. An appeal for aid for the Milroy Soldiers’ monument* with a pledge card, return envelope and sending envelope has been printed ’Ey the committee and about 300 of them sent out. If persons will Bend these out to former residents and friends and to relatives of the old soldiers it will augment the receipts. The letters may be had by calling at the Republican office or by leaving the addresses with any member of the committee. John Marnitz, who moved from the Robert Michael farm, southeast of Rensselaer to a farm near Smithson, White county, the first of March, came to Rensselaer this morning to pay his taxes and look after some other business, among other things the renewal of his subscription to the Republican. He is on a good 200 acre farm and when the bad weather. overtook him he had about all bis corn plowing done and will be ready to start planting as soon as the weather “squares away." 'y*-,' . / SSOO to SI,OOO to loan on town property. JOHN 4. DUNLAP, t. V Lao. F. Bldg.

The Evening Republican.

POSEY TO SPEAK AT MONUMENT UNVEILING.

Committee Decides on Former Congressman Who Was Friend of General Robert H. MJlroy. The committee that was appointed to select a.speaker for the unveiling of the soldiers’ monument on July 4th, have* received a favorable reply from Frank B. Posey, of Evansville, who states in his reply that “It will be a great pleasure to accept your kind invitation to be present at the unveiling of the statue of General Milroy and the soldiers’ monument, on July 4th. I knew General Milroy and am glad to pay personal tribute to this distinguished soldier. I had such a good time when I was in Rensselaer before that I.will gladly go back.” Mr. Posey was a former member of congress and was one time a candidate for governor of Indiana. He spoke here at the home coming two years ago and delighted the large audience that heard him, and the announcement of his acceptance of the invitation to make the unveiling address on July 4th will be well received all over Jasper county.

B. F. Fendig made a business trip to Chicago today. Try four cans of fancy kidney beans for only 25c at John Eger’s. .... Q. O. Pumphrey went to Columbia City today to see the farm which he recently purchased. ’ Mrs. Alice Connard and two children, of Frankfort, came today to visit her daughter, Mrs. William Kennedy, north of Rensselaer. Spaghetti and cheese make a wholesome dish. Best spaghetti, best cheese always found at the Home Grocery. Mrs. James H. Myers and daughter, Mrs. Chas. Reed, of Barkley township, left this morning for Muskogee, Okie., where the former's daughter, Mrs James Pierson, is very sick and not expected to live.

Frank G. Kresler was home Sunday and left that evening for Crawfordsville to begin his work as a traveling salesman for the Marshall Field Co. He had not expected to start out quite bo soon and had expected to be able to attend last night’s meeting of the city council, being a member of that body. His present employment will prevent him from attending to his councilmanic duties and it is his intention to tender his resignation, which will probably be done in .May. If the members of his ward have any Suggestions to make as to whom his successor shall be, it is. probable that the mayor" and councilmen will take them into consideration In making the appointment. C. S. Chamberlin and little daughter returned yesterday from Chicago, where they spent Sunday with Mrs. Chamberlin. She is still doing very well at the hospital, but having some difficulty in retaining food on her stomach and the wounds from the operation are healing very slowly. The Burgeon who operated on her is one of the lecturers at Rush Medical college, and he made her case the subject of his leeture one day last week, not mentioning her name, of course, but Dr. John Ellis, who is a student at Rush, heard the lecture and being familiar through the Republican with the case recognised that it was her’s. When she wsb first taken to the hospital last year an X-ray photograph was made and this will now be looked up by the surgeon again to see If any sign of the pin that waus later found in the appendix, is visible. A specific for pain— Dr. Thomas’ Eclectic Oil, strongest, cheapest liniment ever devised. A household rement ever devised. A household remedy in America for 26 years, 1 ~ 4 • :

***"* U 13W. a. —™»rt Mmm te*U matter, at tlw poat-offlo* at taM., HUUaaa, nJ?.r th. act of March «, IST*.

While Prof. Smith did not make any report, not having returned to Rensselaer until about 9 o’clock and having proceeded to Lafayette at 11, it is understood in an indirect and unofficial way that the bridges will show that they are from two to three tons short in the weight of steel. The workmanship was also poor, bolts having been put through the truss instead of rivets and the bolts projecting out from what shquld be the finished side of the bridge. The planks were partly heart Side up hud in practically new bridges they had begun to rot, and in one case a warped plank had been laid without an effort to straighten it, leaving an aperature that was large enough for a horse’s hoof to go through. This was patched by driving a post through the hole even with the surface of the bridge. Prof. Smith, it is understood, is to come back to Jasper county and to measure other bridges and the bridges of other companies. It is not intended to let other companies off with a “clean bill” if they have been guilty. AH these things will probably be ready to present to the grand jury when it is called, which will probably be next Monday. Mr. Long well is acting on his own initiative in hiring an engineer and so far as known he is paying the expense himself. That there will be other indictments when the grand jury convenes there is little doubt.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 2®, Ml®.

PURDUE ENGINEER MEASURES JASPER COUNTY BRIDGES.

Measurements Made of Bridges Constructed by the Wfnamae Bridge Co., hi Union and Keener. i ■ It is quite probable that other indictments will be found by a grand jury, soon to be called, against Clinton L. Bader, of the Winamac Bridge Co., if investigations now under way show that other bridges Bader’s company built do not comply with specifications or . are sufficiently short to justify a suspicion of premeditated guilt. Prof. Smith, engineer from Purdue University, came to Rensselaer Monday and In company with Walter V. Porter drove to Union and Keener

townships and carefully measured one bridge over the Iroquois ditch in Union and another over the Otis ditch in Keener township. Both bridges were built by the Winamac Bridge Co. The engineer did not take the specifications of the bridge with him and did not make any comparison, but took careful measurements and will make the comparison after computing the weights and measurements and make his report direct to the prosecuting attorney and by him presented to the grand jury. What the investigation will disclose awaits to be seen, but it is safe to conclude that the two bridges were selected because information had been suggested that they were short of weight. Prosecutor Longwell is himself greatly disappointed because Bader was not taken to the penitentiary after his conviction and he doubtless proposes to let no stone go unturned in an effort to dig up other corrupt practices if any exist and make the guilty suffer the consequences.

Prosecutor Longwell states that he has discovered that two contracts were let to the Winamac Bridge Co., only a short time apart, and that the specifications were identical. One bridge was built for ,595 and the other for ,1,289. In another case a difference of ,700 was made between the cost of two bridges when the costlier of the two was (Inly 5 feet longer than the other one. The prosecutor thinks that this discrepancy can not exist in' the natural trend- of business and he is going to try to find out how it happens

Some Welcome Aid Has Been Received at Monnett Home.

Miss Codding, of the Monnett School for Girls, reports that some very welcome donations have been received at the school within the past few days. Mrs. Mary E. Kannal gave them a good supply of potatoes, Mrs. Alfred Collins gave them a liberal amount of fruit and Miss Mabel Law, of Texas who is to the school management unknown, sent a donation of $lO. These contributions are a great help tp the school and others who feel able anight contribute to the cause with the assurance that their help has been placed with a worthy institution,

FORMER CITIZEN HEADS CHICAGO MARQUETTE CLUB.

William BTAustin Chosen to Position of Distinction in One of City’s Leading Clubs. William B. Austin, for many years a resident of Rensselaer, and now engaged in business in Chicago, has been distinguished by election to the presidency of the Marquette Club, of which he has been a member for the past ten years. Mr. Austin is a self-made man, having engaged in the practice of law and the money lending business here

when quite a young man and having grown to prominence through his energetic determination to succeed. He is the secretary and treasurer of the John T. Shayne company, of Chicago, and one of the chief owners also, and he is; now engaged in the brokerage business successfully. He is one of the Vice-presidents of the Indiana Society of Chicago, and one of the directors in the Hamilton Club, and a member of the University and Union League clubs. The Chicago Tribune of Monday published 'a good picture of Mr. Austin, which B. F. Fendig, an old friend, has cut out and hung in his window, another proof of the recognition that is given to Rensselaer energy and brains in other places. We recall when a boy, of hearing Will Austin say one day while riding to the station in the bus that three things were essential to success in this country. The first was a fair amount of native ability, the second a fair education and the third a lot of nerve. “Get these three combined in an American citizen,” said Mr. Austin, “and you can’t hold him down.” Mr, Austin’s many Rensselaer friends are pleased at his recognition and feel that the Marquette Club has honored itself in naming him as its president.

Fruit all Gone all Over The State; Small Grain Hurt.

While the fruit had weathered the early freezes and frosts the combined snow and freeze of Friday night, Saturday. and Saturday night was too much for it, and now it is probable that every bit of fruit has been killed. Even the leaves on many trees, both fruit and shade, were so badly frozen that they have curled up and will mostly fall off, it*is believed. All seem to be sure' now that apples, pears, peaches, plums and cherries are totally destroyed, not only in Jasper county and most of Indiana, but over a large area of the central west, which is sure to make fruit extremely high. N. S. Bates, who has a large strawberry acreage, has looked over his patch and thinks it escaped very well. The snow on the ground gave the fruit protection from freezing that the tree fruit did not get. He thinks if favorable weather ensues we should have at least a two-thirds crop of strawberries. He also thinks raspberries and blackberries have not been hurt Early gardens were practically ruined and garden making will have to start anew whenever the weather is favorable. Oats and wheat did not suffer materially by the last storm. What damage they have had came mostly from the dry weather of March and early April and froth the dry freezes of the early part of the month. The cool weather vith its moisture of drizzling rain aid snow will not hurt oats very much unless it continues too long and several farmers with whom we have Bpoken think the oats are in a very fair condition.

Gov. Charles E. Hughes to Be A Member of U. S. Supreme Court.

Oov. Charles E. Hughes, of New York, prominently mentioned during the campaign for republican domination for president in 1008, has been offered and has accepted the position of associate Justice of the Supreme Court' of the United States. It is an appointment for life. It is understood that Mr. Hughes will continue as the chief executive of New York until next October; not taking the oath of office until the fall term of the supreme court The acceptance of this high office will forever preclude Gov. Hughes from becoming a presidential candidate. ' - . •-.••• izz J. ..

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WEATHER FORECAST.

Showers tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer.

Babcock Takes Change of Venue In State Case Against Him.

The case of the State against Frank E. Babcock, in which Leslie Clark is the prosecuting witness, has been sent to Newton county for trial on Babcock’s motion. In the issue of the Democrat of April 16th, under the heading' “A Little Explanation,” Babcock undertook, to try this case, and recited an incident which he alleges to have been informed occurred at Cedar Lake, in which a certain republican editor was seen in a beer stall with a woman. The article stated that the editor was seen coming out of the beer stall with empty beer bottles, went with them to the bar, got more beer and returned to the stall. Babcock stated in that issue that he did' not say that it was “Clarkie” and that he don’t say so now; that there are a lot of otheir republican editors in the country and that it is up to the two men who saw the' occurrence to say what editor it was. He closes his article by saying: “We don’t believe they will flinch when the time comes for them to tell this under oath, and the case will be tried in this county, too.” And this is the case that Babcock now has asked and been granted a change of venue on. Evidently he has changed his mind since his article of April 16th or else the “gentlemen” who he had relied upon to swear whom the editor was have “flinched.” Leslie Clark is absolutely innocent of this libel. His citizenship and his family demand that he prosecute the man guilty of so gross an insult, and Babcock will learn gradually that he can not fling such contemptible and wholly false charges at any citizen without having to stand before the court and face his false statements. The fact, that this case was to be tried in Jasper county caused the Republican not to discuss it, but now that Babcock has backed up on his boast that it would be “tided in this county, too,” we believe the people have a right to know that the inuendo that it was hoped would do someone an injury, was In fact a lie against a man who is in every way the superior of the man who would publish and perpetrate such a story. This is the story that lished a year ago, having equal Inference to Leslie Clark and George H. Healey. The latter forced Babcock to sign a statement that he was not meant. Mr Clark has pursued a less impetuous but more proper course in having brought action for criminal libel against the man who would thus mar his standing In a community. The story was intolerable, unbearable, a lie and a libel, and Babcock should get justice wherever be Is tried.

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Tom Thumb Wedding

And Merchants’ Carnival will be given at the Opera House Monday evening, May 2nd. Benefit of the M. E. church. Best home talent ever given here. About 100 of our oWn people tak|ng part. Do not miss this. Seats on sale at Jensen's Jewelry stote. Reserved 35c, general admission, 25c, under 12, 15c.

Card of Thanks.

We desire to extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks to our many friends for their kindness, sympathy and floral offerings in our recent bereavement.

MRS. J. C. PORTER and Family.

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