Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1910 — Page 1

No. 148.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Ike Leopold and Lou Hammond, of Wolcott, are here today. Clarence Dobbins is here from Lafayette today on business Mrs. Chas. Reese and Mrs. Chas. Pierce are spending today in Monon. Mrs. Ed Sternberg left today for lowa, where Mr. Sternberg has a big dredging contract. John Vanßeek, Clifford and John Fairchild, of DeMotte, were here on business today. Carl Duvall, who attended the wedding of Everett Leach at East Chicago, returned home today. H. J. Dexter, of Union township, contributed a dollar to the Milroy monument fund today. Leave your orders at John Eger’s for pineapples for Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Mrs. J. A. Wilson returned to her home in Muncie today, after a visit with Mrs. W. H. Kipjinger. Miss Grace Daugherty went to Bloomington today to attend the summer term of the state normal. Leave your orders for pineapples for Wednesday and Thursday of this week. JOHN EGER. Earl Boyd, who has been working t, j the section here, is moving to RemBugton, where he will work on a ditch. Omar Day has returned from Kenilworth, 111., where he has been teaching. He will teach at Laporte next year. ' .. , Mrs. Nicholas Krull and children, after a visit with her parents, Mr. and itrs. Chas. Ramp, returned to Kentland today. Mrs. Austin Rathfon and Miss Emma Brown, of Medaryville, returned home today after a short visit with Mrs. 1. N. Hemphill. * A semi-annual clearance sale of trimmed hats will be held until July 4th, at Mrs. Purcupile’s. Big reduction on all trimmed goods. Delos Thompson took a crowd of Fourth of July boomers to neighboring towns this afternoon for the purpose of advertising our celebration. We still have some of those nice, Northern sand grown potatoes at 10c a peck or 40c a bushel.

Phillip Mossier, of Hammond, came this afternoon for a visit with his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. A. Leopold. From here he will go to the boys’ city at Charlevoix, Mich. James Gillispie, of Roselawn, was here on business today. Mr. Gillispie is making arrangements to run a platform dance at Roselawn the Fourth. No general celebration will take place there, however. You can buy at John Eger’s this week, for 25c, 4 canS“ hominy, kraut, pumpkins* peas, red kidney, wax or string beans. Guaranteed to be strictly standard or money refunded. JOHN EGER. « ' ' theatre train leaving Chicago Hbout midnight ran into a freight train as it was taking siding at the South Hammond yards this morning. The extent of the damage was not learned. The trains from the north did not reach here until noon. Bates’ berries are now in the midst of the season. Those who want them for preserving should leave their orders at once and then be ready to take them when their turn comes. The berries are fine now, but the seascin will e be very short, as the first and second early varieties krere frozen. Leave orders at McFarland’s.

The Evenig Republican.

AT THE Princess tonight — * — PICTURES. Tbe Tenderfoot’s Triumph. SONG. Somebody Wants You, by . Miss Myrtle Wright.

I. M. Lewis, who has been teaching in the Texas University at Austin, has returned home to spend the summer with his mother, Mrs. Margaret Lewis, of Barkley township. The Christian Mothers of the CAtholic church will give a lawn festival Wednesday, June 22nd, in the church grounds. Ice cream and cake and coffee and coffee-cake will be served. Music will be fujraJshed by the Boys’ band, beginning at 8 P. M. Everybody invited. Delphi’s pearl button factory started last Thursday with seven men at work. Only the blank buttons are cut from the mussel shells in this establishment. These are then sent to another place to be ground down, the eyes pierced and the button polished and carded. It is said no finishing will be attempted before next year. A dispatch from Peru says that the farmers are having trouble with the Hungarian pheasants they have been keeping on game preserves. The pheasants became very tame and walk into barnyards and eat up the feed spread for other fowls. They particularly dislike turkeys and one man had two turkey nests destroyed by them and the old gobbler licked to a frazzle.

The latest is the “wind wagon,” driven by hot air, of course. The wagon is an automobile on which a propeller, the same as used to drive an aeroplane, is attached to the drive shaft at the rear, and the car simply coasts on the four wheels, driven by the rapid revolutions of the propeller. The Overland company built one of these “wind wagons” that made 70 miles an hour on the Indianapolis speedway. We were temporarily out of Aristos flour last week, but we have now received another car, making the seventh car that we have unloaded since Jan. Ist. More flour than all tlie balance of the merchants have had in the same length of time. If it was net for the high quality of the flour, we could not have sold it. If you have not tried it, do so. Every sack guaranteed or money refunded. JOHN EGER. Charlie Lewis is home from Orons, Maine, where he is a teacher in the State University,,to take part in an' interesting ceremony this afternoon. At three o’clock he will be united in marriage to Miss Clifford Moody, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Moody. The ceremony will take place at the home of the bride’s parents in Barkley township. Rev. E. M. Kuonen will officiate. Only % few of the relatives and friends will be present. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Lewis will leave for Maine, their future home. The groom is the son of Mrs. Margaret Lewis, of Barkley township.

The residence of Isaac Davis at Monticello was destroyed by fire yesterday. Mr. Davis is the father of City Marshal Davis, of Rensselaer. The fire started In the attic or roof above the kitchen and was not discovered until it had eaten its way under the roof over the dining room and up into the space under the roof over the main portion of the house. As soon as the fire was discovered the neighbors rushed in and carried out the furniture, clothing, carpets, etc., saving about all except the contents of one bed room up stairs and that was not seriously injured except by yater. The origin of the fire is not known but is ; suspected to have been a defective flue in the kitchen. The damage ihay reach SI,OOO, but is protected by insurance. Mr. Hayner, expert piano tuner and repairer, from Chicago, is in town and respectfully solicits the patronage of his many clients and others that would like to have their pianos tuned or repaired. Please leave orders at Clarke’s jewelry store.

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Grim Reaper Stills the Heart of One Of Jasper County’s Most Prominent CltJsens. Wheatfleld Review., ... After one year of patient and at times intense suffering, Horace Marble departed this life at the family home north of town on Wednesday evening, June 15th, 1910, at 11:50. He died at the age of 71 years and 5 days. Horace Marble was born in Benington county, Vermont, June 10, 1839. He came with his parents to Lake county, Indiana in the year 1848. In the year 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served his country until the end of the Civil-war, being mustered out in the year 1865, having been promoted to the rank of captain by brevet. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Booth in the year 1866, and to them were born two daughters, Mrs. Kate Ott, of Crown Point, and Mrs. Bernice Clark, of Wheatfleld. His first wife died in the year 1872, at Hobart, Indiana. In the following year he married Martha Skinner, who survives him. To them were born one son, Henry Ward Marble, of Wheatfield, and one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Salisbury, of Crown Point. All his four children are still living. Horace Marble was elected sheriff of Lake county in 1880 and served two terms, until 1885, when he was elected auditor of the county and held the place until 1893. During his term of office he made extensive purchases of land in Wheatfield township, Jasper county, Indiana, and since that time he has devoted much of his attention to his landed interests and to the management of the Bank of Wheatfleld, the presidency of which he retained up to the time of his death.

In the passing of Mr. Marble, the community loses one of its best known and highly esteemed citizens; a man of marked intellectuality, good business acumen and strict integrity. During his connection with the Bank of Wheatfield, his personality was largely responsible for the big increase in the business, and the entire community learned to love and respect him. The funeral took place Saturday, and the services were held at the M. E. church, conducted by Rev. Downey. The obsequies were very largely attended and many friends of the deceased came from Hammond, Crown Point, Valparaiso, Hebron, Hobart, Medaryville, North Judson, Rensselaer, Roselawn and other nearby vicinities The burial services were in charge of Wheatfield Lodge No. 642 Free & Accepted Masons, of which lodge tho deceased was a devoted member, and were conducted according to the Masonic burial services. The pall bearers were Clifton J. Hobbs, Master of Wheatfield Lodge, Isaac N. Best and Andrew Smith, of Earle Lodge No. 649, Roselawn; J. J. Wheeler, of Lake Lodge No. 157, Crown Point; M. Summers, of Porter Lodge No. 137, Valparaiso; G. D. Gregory, of Wheatfield Lodge No. 642. Interment at Wheatfield cemetery. The following named lodges of the Masonic fraternity were represented in the funeral procession: M. L. McClelland Lodge No. 357, Hobart; Prairie Lodge No. 125, Rensselaer; Porter Ixtdge No. 137, Valparaiso; Lake Lodge No. 157, Crown Point; Kingsbury Lodge No. 222, Kingsbury; North Judson Lodge No. 438, North Judson; Hebron Lodge No. 502, Hebron; Garfield Lodge No. 569,Hammond; Earle Lodge No. 649, Roselawn; White Post Lodge No. 658, Medaryville.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1910.

DEATH OF HORACE MARBLE.

Among those attending the funeral from a distance were Murray Turner, of Hammond; John Brown, County Treasurer Albert Maack, Recorder Johnson, Ballinger Brown, Attorney John B. Peterson and wife, Dr. John Blackstone, Mr. Linton, Editor J. J. Wheeler, Mrs. Henry Pettlbone Commissioner Matt Brown, Wm. Krlmblll, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ott and son and daughter, and Dr. Salisbury, of CroWn Point; Dr. Merrill, Sheriff Shirer, Ray D. Thompson, Delos Thompson, J. M. Wasson, J. P. Hammond, George Scott, Senator Halleck and J. J. Hunt, of Rensselaer; Postmaster Chas. Keuster. Dr. Corbett, John Lane and Mr. Horton, of North Judson; M. Summers and son, of Valparaiso; Dr. Leeson and wife, and Alva McNeil, of La-

Indiana Aids Move For Saner Fourth.

Less powder will be burned in Indiana on the Fourth of July this year than ever before if present plans of the towns and cities of the state are realized. The movement for a safe and sane celebration has been taken up generally throughout the commonwealth, and, while there are some towns and cities in which no legal steps have been taken to lessen the danger to life and limb by the reckless use of explosives, reports show that sentiment in favor of fewer firecrackers and more thumbs is rapidly growing. In many Indiana cities drastic ordinances have been passed to regulate the used of fireworks, and in some cities the touching off of firecrackers or the streets has been forbidden. There are a number of cities which already had rigid Fourth of July dinances on their statute books, and in these there is a prevailing sentiment in favor of enforcing the laws more vigorously than in former years. There are few cities or towns where regulations in some form or other have not been announced, and in those where the use of fireworks is not prohibited, laws have been made to confine the noisy celebration to the twen-ty-four hours of Independence day. In many instances the city councils have sought to regulate the celebration by passing ordinances regulating the sale of fireworks, certain kinds of explosives having been prohibited. Merchants in some cases have given aid to the movement by agreeing to handle only the less dangerous kinds of fireworks. The movement has been championed by the civil organizations of the state and the local bodies have in a great way been responsible for the action of the city authorities in joining in the support of a crusade against dangerous celebrations.

Monon Railway Doing Big Business This Year.

Indications are that the Louisville 6 Nashville and Southern railway will receive a larger return from its investments in the Monon this year than ever before, as the Monon will be able to make better returns to the controlling roads. At the present rate of improvement the subsidiary lines will have a surplus at the end of the fiscal year sufficient for the stipulated dividend on the preferred stock and with 7 or 8 per cent left for the common stock. The Monon has not been a rich earning property. Net earnings thus far this year have increased more than 43 per cent and it will not be surprising if this improvement should result in a considerable advance in the Monon dividend rates. With a slight increase in mileage its gross revenue has swung between $5,066,000 and $5,988,000 since control passed to the two large roads.

Ice Cream Social.

There will be an ice cream social at Barkley M. E. church Saturday evening, June 25th. Everybody come and have a jolly good time. BARKLEY LEAGUE.

New Tailoring Store.

Suits made to order at reasonable prices. Clothes pressed and repaired. Also ladies’ garments pressed. Dry cleaning a specialty. All work guaranteed first-class. MEYERS & SECOR.

crosse; M. M. Ocker, W. H. Tilton and Richard Howe, of Medaryville; W. L. Wood, of Parr; Jelta J. Mulder, Isaac N. Best, Henry Jensen, Andrew Smith, and Edwin Girard, of Roselawn; Chas. Hansen and J. H. Wells, of Lake Village; Selden Speith and Neil Brown, of Shelby; Hon. I. D. Dnnn, of Teftt; Lee Fisher, of Kingsbury, Mr. and Mrs. John Hagan, of Hammond.

,. r Mrs. C. A. Roberts reports the following contributions to the soldiers’ monument fund: Jacob Protman and James Barber, Illinois Jasper county land holders, $5 each; John Schanlaub, $1; Charles Cain, $1; Riley Snyder, $1; George Babcock, $1; Harry Murray, $1; J. N. Leatherman, $1; Mrs. Nellie Hines, 11. - . _ 1 . Geo. T. Barney, of Elkhart, as president of the Indiana Mexican War veterans, has announced that the meeting of that organization will be held at Indianapolis on Aug. 6.

Tha Prettiest Moving Motor* Show In tl>* City. BEX WABNES, Proprietor. - life

WEATHER FORECAST. JJ\ Generally fair tonight and Thursday.

Move to Prevent Drunks From Riding on Trains.

Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, has taken up with the various railway and traction companies with lines entering Indianapolis the question of preventing drunken persons from riding on the trains. He will submit the proposition to Attorney General Bingham Wednesday for an opinion as to how far the state board of health may accomplish its purpose. The state health commissioner says the large number of men who come to Indianapolis from dry territory and return to their homes, especially on Saturday night, in a drunken condition, constitutes a nuisance from the health standpoint. He says owing to the acts of these men according to complaints which reach the state board, traveling in some instances, is rendered not only unpleasant, but also unsanitary.

Autos, Not Homes, Are The Desire of Many.

Automobile registration for April and May In the office of the secretary of state, numbered 3,564. Of this number, 1840 were registered in May, the largest number ever registered in one month since the registration law was enacted. Frank I. Grubbs, deputy secretary of state, estimates the average value of machines registered to be SI,OOO, making the total estimated amount invested in automobiles in the state in April and May, $3,564,000. During the two months, the entire time of two clerks in the office has been given over to registrations. The work in the department is made unnecessarily heavy because a large number of applications sent in by mail are not properly filled out and often do not contain the address of the applicant. .

Old Fashioned Open-Air Service.

Thursday, June 23, at the John Alter grove, 2% miles east of Parr, the United Brethren church will hold an all day, open-air service. Rev. V-'. E. Stanley, of Rockville, will preach at 10:30 A. M., and Rev. W. N. Sherrill, of Battle Ground, at 2 PT M , followed by a baptismal service. Bring well filled baskets and come and help rnaKe this one of tho most enjoyable occasions of the year

Correct size and style calling cards at the Republican.

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TONIGIIT’S PROGRAM —« — PICTURES. The Elilj, a comedy. / SONG We’ro Grcwlng Old Together, by J. F. Fredericks.

THE MOST COMFORTABLE SHOE IN THE WORLD. U3F M>^w The above cut in a representation of a Richardson turned sole seamless shoe. The very shoe for this hot weather when your feet ache. Price, $3.00. Sold and warranted at Fendig’s Exclusive Shoe Store Opera House Block, Rensselaer, Indiana.

Pays $1,000,000 in Excess Premiums, Expert Says.

Indiana citizens are paying 51,000,000 annually in fire insurance premiums in excess of what they should, according to the testimony of Herman B. Seely, of Chicago, who took the stand yesterday as an expert witness in the case being conducted by Attorney General Bingham against insurance companies, which he alleges have illegal rate making co'mbinations. Mr. Seely qualified as an expert in architecture, fire protection, hydraulics and insurance rates. He based his charges of excess Insurance premiums on figures he said he has compiled within the last three weeks from the insurance reports in the office of the state auditor. He testified further that 55 per cent of all premiums is too large for the burning loss, and he asserted that in Indiana in the last five years the actual fire loss has been but 27 per cent of premiums paid. Attorneys for the defense attacked the qualifications of the witness. They attempted to show that his knowledge of insurance is superficial and gathered from books rather than from experience, and contended that he has had little practical experience in other lines.

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