Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1910 — Page 1

No*. 139*

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. M. L. Hemphill, of horse stocks fame, has purchased a Brush runabout. - a . County Superintendant W. O. Schanlaub, of Newton county, is in Rensselaer today. The Wrens will play ball with the college at Riverside park Sunday. Game called at 2:30 o’clock. Music while you eat at the social to be given Tuesday evening by the orchestra of the Christian church. Mrs. Fred Chancellor, of Milford, 111. and Miss Florence Hawkins, of Remington, spent yesterday with Mrs. J. D. Allman. Attend the ice cream and cake social to be held at the Christian church Tuesday evening, June 14th. Benefit of the orchestra.'* Misses Florence and Aileen Allman returned yesterday from Milwaukee Wis., where they spent two weeks visiting their aunt, Mrs. Perry W. Dirham. , A letter from a relative states that there are 23 cherry trees loaded full of ripe cherries on the place. That sounds good, doesn’t it? That is the condition in Tennessee.

For this week ouly we offer you for 25c, 4 cans of Swift's Cleanser; 10 bars Daylight soap; 7 bars Santa Claus soap or 6 bars of Galvanic soap. JOHN EGER. J. T. Randle and granddaughter, Miss Ruth Makeever, left Thursday for a three months’ trip to the west, and will visit his son John at Mangum, Okla., and other relatives in Missouri, Kansas and Texas. __ The aeroplane races take place at Indianapolis next week. It will be a :sight worth seeing and it is probable that a large number of automobiles will again pass through Rensselaer. 'On July 1, 2 and 4 more auto races will take place on the Indianapolis speedway and evidently there will be lots of travel via auto through Rensselaer during the next three weeks. We saw a check drawn by Frank Pagett Monday, the amount of it being $1,926. “That is the last dollar I owe the county for what I lost in the Parker bank.” We are glad that Mr. Pagett has done this. Glad that he has been able to do it. Glad the commissioners didn’t attempt to force payment. As it is the county suffers no harm and Mr. Pagett has not been distressed. The total amount of loss was about $13,000. —Oxford Gazette. The marriage will occur at 11:45 Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rayher, on Austin avenue, of their daughter, Miss Zelma Rayher, to Mr. William W. Roth, of Monticello. Mr. Roth worked in the B. S. Fendig poultry yards here for some time and made many friends. He is now engaged in the contracting business with his father at Monticello, where they will make their future home. They have the best wishes of all their acquaintances. The Republican has completed the brief for the appellant in the case of Clinton L. Bader, appealed to the Bupreme court from the Jasper circuit court. It was prepared by Attorneys George A. Williams, Henry A. Sties B. D. Lu Glazebrook and M. M. Hathaway, and is very exhaustive, presenting the claim of the appellant for a reversal of the decision of the lower court. The brief contains 80 pages and is one of the nicest specimens of brief printing ever done in Indiana. We don’t have to send to Cuba for pineapples. They know us and send them to us. Only $1.90 to $2.10 for what others sell for from $2 25 to $2.50 a case. ; JOHN EGER.

The Evening Republican.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM —♦ — PICTURES. Good Lessons In Charity. Sam’s Artistic Beard. Lanncelot and Elaine—Based, on Sir Alfred Tennyson’s “Idyls of the King.” The finest picture ever shown in Rensselaer. SONG. If I Had Yon, by Miss Myrtle Wright.

Jim Tanner, of Bucklin, Kans., is visiting friends here. Frank King and family returned last evening from a visit at Zionsville, Edinsbarg and other places. The salary of the postmaster of Brook has been increased from $1,200 to $1,300, and the Morocco postmaster gets a boost from $1,300 to $1,400. Harve Robinson returned from Hammond last evening where he went to look after a job offered him as linotype operator, but which he decided not to take. The advance of from 15c to 25c on the wholesale price of pineapples this week over last, makes the Home Groccery’s big pineapple sale look extra good and shows that their judgment was right. Horse owners are reporting this the best season ever for breeding and state that there are an exceptionally large number of fine mares in Jasper county. There is no doubt that the horse show last fall had a stimulating effect upon business and has inspired all breeders to want to get the best stock. The show this fall should be a hummer, while the 1911 show should be better still.

Chas. S. Baker was over from Mt. Ayr today and looks a lot better than we had ever expected to see him again. He was in Rensselaer on Feb. 4th and went home feeling poorly. A few days later he suffered a stroke of paralysis and it seemed for a time that he would never be any better. Now, however, he is able to get about and is feeling very much better. He was accompanied here by Mrs. Baker. J. M. Pierson, of Muskogee, Okla., in writing to renew his subscription: says: “Mrs. Pierson has been in bed with typhoid fever for seven weeks but seems a little better now. I am working for the Merchants’ Oil Co. and will say if the people of Thayer want to see a real oil well, to come to Muskogee, as we shot one at one o’clock yesterday and at ten today it had flowed twelve hundred barrels. I send best wishes to all Jasper county people. Would like to be at the unveiling of the monument, but this is impossible.” Editor Stonehill doeß something in the current issue of the Brook Reporter that we did not think he would do. He admits that he lied when he printed that the publishers of the Republican had addressed letters to neighboring papers asking them to remain neutral in regard to the graft cases in Jasper,county. He acknowledges that he published the story without warrant and make apologies. It is not surprising that he concludes his apology by using a lot of abusive language, too low and vulgar for respectable newspapers to publish. As Babcock copied the lie Stonehill started, it is now up to him to show as much respectability as Stonehill and admit that Stonehill’s article was admittedly false. Stonehill fails also to publish the horrid things he claimed to have heard about us at Remington. The challenge Is still open. Orie says he Is through with us. Don’t think we should have called his lie. Funny idea of newspaper quarrels this fellow has. He thinks it is all right to lie about the other fellow, but not proper for the other fellow to make him swallow it. Orie makes his own jokes as he goes through life. He is really the Mark Twain of the present day. The hairs must have grown out again. Cheer up, Orie, try your luck again. You may not always draw blanks.

Don’t pay from $2.25 to $2.50 for a orate of pineapples, when yon ean bny fancy fruit at SIJK> to $2.10. 42 to the crate, $1J0; SO to the crate, $2.00; SO to the crate, $2.10. JOHN EGER.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1910.

“FARMER” HOPKINS FINED, BUT PROTESTED INNOCENCE.

WeU Known Farmer Charged With Having Imbibed too Freely and Assessed Five and Costs. •- - - “I/deny it all, but I might ad well pay the fine as they will stick it to me any how,” said “Farmer” Hopkins when Squire Irwin assessed him $5 and costs, amounting to $9.15, for beIpg drunk. The evidence seems to show that our old friend, whose conduct of recent years has been very good, was really guilty. Word reached the Rensselaer Garage Friday evening that the “Farmer” had run into the ditch east of town on the Pleasant Ridge road and needed help. A machine was dispatched to the scene of trouble and it did not prove a very hard job to get the machine back into the road but it was a difficult matter to get its owner into the machine. It is said that it was necessary to tie him into the machine to prevent his falling out. After the garage was reached “Farmer” indulged in some boisterous talk and used language that didn’t sound very well to our new nightwatch. When admonished that he had better keep still he defied the officer and was promptly and properly taken to jail, where he was kept over night. In the morning he couldn’t remember that he had done anything out of the way and objected to the fine, but paid it any way. He claimed that hd either lost, or had stolen from him, his pocketbook containing about S9O. It was an unfortunate day for “Farmer.”

An Unusual Eclipse Of Sun Next Friday.

On Friday, June 17th, there will be an eclipse of the sun unlike any other eclipse within the knowledge of man. The eclipse will be of a very interesting character from the fact that for a few seconds it will be an annular eclipse, then changing to a total eclipse, then back to an annular for the second time. There is no record of any such occurrence in any history of astronomy, although there is record of annular eclipses for 400 years and of total eclipses for thousands of years. The eclipse as a partial phase of greater or. less magnitude will be visible frftm the north, decreasing in size as it passes through Canada and the United States. It will begin shortly after 7 o’clock in the morning and last all day.

Former Pilot Editor Married To a Kankakee Young Lady.

An announcement was received in the Republican office Friday of the marriage Thursday evening at Kankakee, .111., of Mr. Lesley Miller, former editor of the Mt. Ayr Pilot, and Miss Edna Alice Gardiner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Gardiner, of Kankakee, 111. They will be at home after June 20th at Kentland, Ind., where the groom will work on the Enterprise. The Republican wishes Mr. and Mrs. Miller a happy married life.

Remington Electric Light Plant Contract to Be Let Today.

- The ground for the electric light plant at Remington has been cleared and the contract for the construction of the building for the plant is being let today. It will be located Just west of the Washburn elevator. Frank Timmons, formerly of Remington, and now living at Hoopeston, 111., was on hand to bid on the work.

Marriage License.

June 11—Irvin L. Hansen, born Lake Village, May 3, 1889, present residence Lake Village, oeeupation drainage contractor, and Ola Pearl Armstrong, born Kniman, April 23, 1892, present residence Zadoc, occupation housekeeper, father’s name Chas. H. Armstrong. First marriage for each. They were married in the courthouse by Squire S. C. Irwin. They are a nice looking coupler^ -

New Tailoring Store.

Suits made to order at reasonable prices. Clothes cleaned, pressed and repaired. Also ladies’ garments pressed. Dry cleaning a specialty. AH work guaranteed first-class.

METERS & SECOR.

COLLEGE STUDENT CHARGED WITH PETIT LARCENY.

Broke into Gym, Swiped sl9, was Arrested, Lodged in Jail, and Bound Over to Circuit Court. Elmer Beile, 19 years of age, a student at St. Joseph’s college, is now in the Jasper county jail, with a charge of petit larceny filed against him, and being under bond, in the sum of S3OO, which he can not furnish. The affidavit was preferred by Father Augustine Seifert, president of the college, when he learned that Beile' had broken into the college gymnasium and taken sl9 from the barbershop cash drawer. Beile admitted his guilt and the money was recovered, but after communicating with the boy’s relatives and finding them unwilling to help him out, it was decided to let the law take itß course. It is understood that Beile lived in St. Louis with his mother and last fall stole enough money from her to bring him to the home of his grandmother at Lafayette. She decided to place him in school at St. Joseph’s college and he came here last November. During the winter students missed money at times and circumstantial evidence pointed to Beile as the guilty party. No positive evidence was procured against him until last Sunday, when the theft at the gymnasium was discovered and Beile weakened under the third degree questioning and admitted that he was guilty, His mother came up from Lafayette, but refused to give him any aid and stated that he had been a bad boy, incorrigible and not deserving of assistance. He will have to remain in jail until the September term of the Jasper circuit court.

Program of Walker Township Commencement Exercises.

• The following is the program for the Walker township commencement to be held at Dew Drop church Thursday afternoon, June 23rd, 1910, at 1 o’clock: Music Invocation Rev. Downey Music Graduation Mabel E. Nelson The Birthplace of Lincoln • ..Hazel Meyers Evolution of Farming Machinery. Obal Hershman Domestic Science... Bertha Hershman The Hibernation of Some Animals in Winter William Braddock Natural Resources and Wealth of Indiana Agnes Fritz My Trip to Chicago Hanna Ott The Primitive Indian. Hughie Davisson Enemies of Man Paul Hershman Our Noblest Birthright. .Ella M. Hines Roosevelt’s Hunt in Africa Richard Barker Gypsies ...Irene M. Jungles The Art of Coining Maggie Peer My Vacation in the Yosemite Va11ey..;.... Gladys Holle The Tramp Problem.. .Mamie Jungles The Rise of Slavery Arthur Davis Territorial Growth... .Lawrence Davis Amusements of the Day.. Mary Fenzel Our Class in 1921..Ne11ie O’Connor Address...T. Rev. Downey Presentation of Diplomas ...Superintendent Ernest Lamson Benediction Rev. Downey

Keener Township Commencement Program.

The annual commencement of the Keener township public schools will be held at the M. E. church at DeMotte on Thursday afternoon, June sixteenth at 2 o’clock. The following is the program: Class March Jeunesse Doree Invocation Rev. Downey Vocal Music My Trip to South America Earthquake of Italy. Zola Stroup Selection . Orchestra Perry’s Dash for the Pole Herman Koster Milk Harold Spencer Selection ..................Orchestra Work While You May.... Josie Curtin Ferns and Their Habits William Cheever Forestry Ernest Coberly Selection Orchestra Address Prof. Q. A. Brennan Presentation of Diplomas ... ....... Superintendent Lamson Benediction Rev. Downey

Th« Prettiest Moving Picture Show In the City. BEX WABVEB, Proprietor.

WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Sunday.

Verdict Given Against Former Newton County Trustee.

Kentland Enterprise. In the suit of the advisory board of Lincoln township against D. K. Frye former trustee, the jury brought in e verdict ten minutes before adjournment of court Saturday evening giving judgment against Mr. Frye for $559.86. It seems that Mr. Frye is the victim, oi violator, of the Chinese puzzle, known as the township trustee law. It was not charged that Mr. Frye profited by his irregular transactions, but that he spent the money of the township without authority of the advisory board and without due appropriation and public notice. Township trustees, of course, should be made to obey the law in the transaction of public business, but it would not be amiss for our law makers to provide a statute for the trustee’s guidance that could be interpreted by one lawyer out of fifty. During his term as trustee, Mr. Frye expended some $250 for new bridges over and above the appropriation, and overdrew the special school fund some S3OO, and it is for these amounts the Jury holds him accountable.

Mad Dogs Create Terror in Lafayette—Several Children Bitten.

Lafayette is now in the throes of a mad dog scare. What a few da>s ago was looked upon as a mere incident has brought about a dangerous condition, and the local authorities have been aroused. One head of a dog sent to Indianapolis for examination was found to be' infested with negri bodies, and the animal had bitten two children and several domestic animals before being killed. Friday consternation was created in the south part of the city by a mad dog which ran amuck. The dog frothing at the mouth, got away before it could be killed after biting six dogs. Another dog on Wabash avenue went mad and bit a number of dogs. Several children who have been bitten are now taking the Pasteur treatment. The mayor has issued an order to kill every dog not muzzled, and the police have killed about fifty animals in the past few days. So serious has the condition become that the parents have refused to allow their children out of doors, unless they are with them. Mrs. Michael Plapes waj attacked near her home by a dog and one of her hands was badly lacerated. The dog is believed to have been mad, and after it was killed the head was sent to Indianapolis for examination. The entire country is greatly agitated. Horses and cattle have been bitten by the mad dogs.

Wrens Will Play College on Riverside Grounds Sunday P. M.

The Wrens will play the St. Joseph college boys again next Sunday, the game taking place at Riverside Tthletic Park. The Wrens expect to present a stronger team than played last Sunday.

Why He Loved Her So.

She has a sprightly step; faultless skin;* rich, rosy complexlou; smiling, face. She looks good, feels good, be cause Electric Bitters keep her in perfect health; make all organs active, digestion/ good, prevent headaches, al low no chance for “blues”. Try them yourself. 50c at A. F. Long’s. Harsh physics react, weaken the bowels, cause chronic constipation. Doan's .Regulets operate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation. 25c. Ask your druggist for. them.

Our Classified Column does the work

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM i- • % —— PICTURES. Mr. Mix at the Mardi Gras, a comedy. A Brother’s Devotion, a drama. SONG The Holy Light and - Roses Bring Dreams of You, By J. F. Frederick.

Defendants In Sugar Trust Case are Convicted.

New York.—Charles R. Heike, the white-haired secretary of the American Sugar Refining company, was convicted on one count of an indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the government of customs duties on sugar. Ernest W. Gerbracht, former superintendent of the Williamsburg (Brooklyn) refinery, was convicted on all six counts. For James F. Bendernagel, former cashier of the refinery, the jury stood seven to five for acquittal. He will be tried again. This ends the government’s second attempt to imprison the group of men responsible for the vast underweighing frauds to which the so-called trust has virtually confessed by the restitution of more than $2,000,000 in duty. Heike is the highest official of the company upon whom blame has been fixed and he now faces a possible sentence of two years in the federal penitentiary and a fine of SIO,OOO. He is sixty-five years old and broken in health and spirits. His counsel in summing up declared repeatedly that a prison term meant nothing less than death. Convicted on all six counts, Gerbracht can be sentenced to twelve years in prison, with a maximum fine of- SIO,OOO. Like Heike, he is past middle age, being sixty-three years old. The trial was started on March 16th with six defendants included in the and Bendernagel, there were three minor employees—Harry W. Walker, assistant dock superintendent, and G. M. Volker and James F. Halligan, checkers. The trial had not progressed far, however, when the testimony had so far incriminated these men that their counsel entered a plea of guilty. They have not yet been sentenced. —— Bendernagel had been tried previously with Oliver Spitzer, the pardoned dock superintendent, who testified at the trial Just closed but as was the case in this trial, the jury disagreed. Spitzer got two years and four checkers were sentenced to one year each. They are still serving time on Blackwell’s Island, but Spitzer, conscience stricken, made a complete confession and though denounced by the counsel for the defense, told a story that resulted in Heike’s conviction. The sixth count on which Heike was found guilty charged him with “unlawfully and wilfully conspiring with Oliver Spitzer and others in making and effecting and aiding in effecting entries of raw dutiable sugar at less than their true weight, by means of false and fraudulent statements as to those weights prior to March 1, 1907.”

Canned Goods Bargains That Defy Competition.

4 cans of peas, hominy, sour kraut, pumpkin, red kidney beans, wax or string beans for 25c. All guaranteed to be equal to anything you can buy for 10c or money refunded.

Attention Knights!

All members are requested to be at the lodge Tuesday night, June 14th, to nake arrangements for holding our annual K. of P. memorial services on Sunday, June 19th, 1910, at 3 o’clock P. M. By order of C. C.

Pineapple Sale. Save money on your pineapples Wait for our sale. $1.90 to $2.10 a case for fancy canning fruit. JOHN EGER. Accidents will happen, but the bestregulate# families keep Dr. Thomas’ Eclectic Oil for such emergencies. It subdues the pain and heals the hurts.

VOL. XIV.

JOHN EGER.