Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1910 — Page 1

No. 163.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. There is a letter at the Republican office for "W. G. H.” Tom Jensen has gone to Wheatfield for a visit with his parents. New cream and brick cheese, something fine, at C. C. Starr & Co’s. C C. Starr & Co.’s home roasted coffee is the best and cheapest. The Buffalo Bill Wild West show is to- exhibit in Lafayette July 30th. 'The Monon will run another 75c ex•curston to Chicago Sunday, July 17th. Jake Moore, who has been visiting relatives in Indianapolis, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mauck, of Muncie, are the guests of his sister, Mrs. Frank Oitser. Mr. Hayner, the piano tuner, is still in the city. Leave orders at Clarke’s jewelry store.

Pickling vinegar and fine white table vinegar, the best you ever used, at C. C. Starr & Co’s. Mrs. M. B. Richards, of Lansing, Mich., came today for a visit with her brother, Sheriff Shirer. Mrs. Tom Thornton went to Lafayette this morning, where she expects to remain all summer. Harvest hands like good strong coffee. Get Starr’s home roasted and you will be sure to please them. John B. Ellis, who is attending the Rush Medical College in Chicago, is visiting his father, J. H S. Ellis.

The merry-go-round, which has held ■forth west of the Republican office, wan shipped to Martinsville today.

~ Miss TffefTe Ackerman, of Monticello, who has been the guest of Miss Myrtle York, returned home today.

Several auto loads are going from here this evening to Ade, where they will hold a dance in Mr. Ade’s pavillion. Music will be taken from here.

Just received another car of White Star and Acme flour. Only $1.40 and $1.50 a sack and guaranteed Io be the best flour made.Rowles & Parker.

Fresh butter and soda crackers, graham and oat meal crackers, snow flakes, luncheon toast, high teas, the finest goods made, at C. C. Starr & Co’s. My loan company is still making farm loans at 5 per cent. If you are going to need a loan make application now, as some other companies are already refusing to loan. John A. Dunlop, I. O. O. F. Bldg. We were temporarily out of flour a ' few days last week, but we have just received another carload of White Star and Acme flour, $1.40 - and $1.50 a sack. No better flour made at any price. Every sack guaranteed. Rowles & iParker.

Mayor Thomas Hawkins, of Shelbyville, has issued strict orders that all dealers selling fireworks before the 3rd of July for the celebration of the Fourth will be prosecuted. Many people have been celebrating there for a week. Former Judge Owen Heaton, of Ft. Wayne, was nominated as the republican candidate for congress by the republicans of the Twelfth district at their convention In Kendallville Saturday. Judge Heaton had no opposition and the nomination was made by acclamation. Health officers have taken steps to compel the city of Huntington to clean out Little river, which runs through the city. The city sewers empty into the river and the health officers declare It is dangerous.

The Evening Republican.

AT THE Princess Conight —• — PICTURES. Friends. SONG. oh, What Pd Do For Yon. by Mrs. Valeria Honser.

MISSING WORD CONTEST WAS TOO EASY THIS WEEK.

Seventeen Correct Answers Received —Four Dollars Divided Equally Among the Candidates. The Missing Word. Cheapest in Smith, Kellner and Co. ad. Those Wlia Submitted Correct Word. O. O. Hammerton, Rensselaer. Mrs Harry Swartzell, Rensselaer. Mrs. E. Kaub, 809 Cedar St., Elkhart, Ind. Harry Zimmerman, 213 Franklin St., Michigan City, Ind. Miss Ethel Fleming, Rensselaer Lizzie Wiseman, R. D. 3, Rensselaer. Mrs. Chas. Parks, R. D. 3, Rensselaer Madge Beam, Rensselaer. Mrs. N. Kresel, Rensselaer. Goldie Wolfe, Rensselaer. H. R. Smith, Hammond, Ind. Mrs. A. L. Jensen, Wheatfield. Elvyn Allman, Rensselaer. Mrs. Wm. Simons, Rensselaer. Guss Yeoman, R. D. 3, Rensselaer. Albert Wasson, Rensselaer. Willie. Price, R. D. 1, Parr, Ind.

The missing word contest proved to be entirely too easy last week and seventeen correct answers were received. The four dollars have been divided equally between the contestants, and checks have been mailed to the successful ones. Next week two dollars will be given for correct answers, and we will try to make the list just a little more difficult.

Monon Trainmen Get Big Raise In Wages.

While the 20,000 trainmen employed on the Pennsylvania laiiroad lines are taking a strike vote, the company refusing to grant them an increase in wages, the Monon trainmen are rejoicing over a big increase in wages which has just been announced by the company. The conductors and brakemen in the passenger service and the yardmen will all benefit by the increase, which went into effect April 1. The men this pay-day will receive separate checks for the time they worked since the new schedule went into effect. For many weeks the trainmen’s committee was in Chicago, and it had several conferences with General Manager B. E. Taylor, of the Monon. Mr. Taylor received the trainmen in a courteous manner and the best of feeling prevails between the employes and the officials of the road. Passenger conductor Jack Condo'n was at the head of the committee. About two hundred men will benefit by the increase. The increase is a gradual one and runs from 10 per cent to nearly 50 per cent in some cases. Trainmen on the small branches on the south end of the road will receive a big increase. Yardmen in some instances will receive an Increase of 3 cents an hour, and ten hours will constitute’ a day's work. Freight brakemen, who havp been getting $2.22 per hundred miles, will,, under the new schedule, receive $2.42. Freight conductors, who have been granted $3.41 per hundred miles, will, in the future, be paid $3.63. A short time ago the Monon granted the firemen a substantial increase in wages, and now the engineers have a grievance committee in Chicago asking for an increase. This matter, it is believed, will be adjusted in a short time. Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner? Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Complexion sallow? Liver needs waking up. Doan’s Regulets cure bilious attacks. 25 cents at any drug store. We make a specialty of furnishing Wedding Announcements. Call and let us show you.

Kntend January 1, IW7, aa oeoond-olaM mail matter, at the poet-o Moe at Beneeelaer, Indiana, under the act of March a, 187 T.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1910.

SUPPOSED INSANE MAN HAS TAKEN NO FOOD FOR A WEEK.

Brought Here From Newton County For Safe Keeping—ldentity Unknown—Bad Scars on Head. Sheriff Mose Sawyer and Co. Clerk Reuben Hess, of Newton county, brought a man Jiere for safe keeping Saturday who is a mystery. The man was found wandering around near Goodland on Tuesday of last week and has not taken a mouthful of food since that time. His condition is ° pitiful. He lays on his cot in the jail cell the most of the time with a mute appeal on his face and does not utter a word. He pays no attention to the food that is offered him. Sunday he talked a few minutes with Sheriff Shirer but failed to disclose his identity. He said he had worked for a farmer near Goodland for a few days before the Fourth, and that on the Fourth he had started with him for Kankakee, and that while in the buggy he had asked the farmer if he had earned any more than his board. The farmer said he had and gave the man 50 cents, and he left the buggy. He told Sheriff Shirer in a rambling way that he had once been a bad man, but that now he was a good man, and talked of religion. One time after that the sheriff saw him kneeling by the cot as if in prayer. The man is about 5% feet tall, has a deep scar above the right eye, as if kicked by a horse, and his nose also shows a bad scar. He is dark in complexion, has dark hair and mustache. Both arms are tattooed. One has the letters W. H. K. and some kind of an emblem on it. The other has the American flag held by a female figure. Application has been made for the man’s admission to Longcliffe, but this has been denied by the authorities owing to the shortage of room. Further efforts will be made to have him admitted, if he can be induced to take nourishment.

Tim Goodland Herald has the following account of the man: Tuesday afternoon quite a good deal of excitement was caused when the word was phoned in from Rufus Jay’s home southeast of town that a crazy man had put in his appearance and for the marshal to come after him. The marshal secured the services of Dr. B. W. Pratt’s auto and with several good deputies started out for the man. They came up with him just north of C. M. Peckham's farm, walking north. They stopped the machine about fifty feet in front of him and Mr. Morin walked up to him taking hold of his two arms and asked him where he was going and received no reply. He then asked him if he wanted to take a ride and again received no reply. The marshal, believing that silence gave consent, put him in the auto and brought him to town and placed him in the lockup. A physician was summoned who examined him, He had a bad scar over his right eye, his nose is sunk in the middle and under his left jaw there was another scar. This one seemed to be giving him much pain, but were all old scars. Efforts to get him to speak were ,in vain, a question as to his nationality was discussed, several languages were spoken to him without avail. All he would do was to make signs, he would point to the scar over his right eye, then to his right ear; rub his hand over the back of his head, point to his left jaw, then to his heart and then at his feet. Then he would place his hands together, bringing the tips of his fingers to his lips, then bend his head down low android out his hand pleading for something. This he kept up continually and could not be understood at all.

After supper another attempt was made to get him to talk, in the meantime a striking resemblance between him and a picture sent up from Decatur, Adams county, offering a reward of |25 for an escaped convict .by the name of Gray, who had been sent up from Muncie for grand Recency ten years ago, and who, while on parole stole a team of horses and was serving sentence in the Adams county Jail, but escaped a few weeks ago. This picture was brought back to the cell and he broke down and began to cry, shortly afterwards he made a sign for writing material, he was handed a pencil and paper and he wrote,**That was my picture," more attempts were

made to get him to write but there was nothing doing. The fact that he could write English was proof that he could speak it, but did not wish to do so. Out at Jay’s ae asked the lady of the house for e drink and told Mr. Jay that he was from Chicago going east to pray, and when Dr. Bassett removed his shoes to see why he pointed at his feet he was understood to say “Don’t hurt me” but other efforts to get him to speak were useless.

The writer has seen crazy people and he showed every evidence of the fact that he is off mentally, or he is doing a good job of putting it on. He is perfect otherwise, seems to be about 35 years old, height 5% feet and weighs about 160, dark hair and mustache. The only time he showed violence was when the doctor handed him a glass half filled with water, he took the glass and looked at the contents and dashed the contents to the cell floor and raised as if to strike the doctor, who hustled out and closed the door, and ordered him to lie down, the fellow caught the top of the cell, pulled himself up and let out one or two angry snorts and struck his hands together and picked up a pail of water beside him and made as though he was going to throw the contents on the doctor just outside the cell. After a few more attempts were made about 8 o’clock to get him to talk but resulted the same as the others, he was let alone_for the night. However, Wednesday moring while Marshal Morin was sprinkling the floor of the city hall next to the cells he was surprised to hear the fellow say “You are using a good deal of water,” but that ended the conversation; the fellow had had his say and was satisfied. Shortly after the noon hour Tuesday he was seen by John Cochrane, Jr;, walking north carrying a coat. As there was nothing on his clothes to identify him, Wednesday morning a search was made for his coat with the expectation of getting something from it that would lead to his identification. He spent a good night in his cell and slept most of Wednesday morning. It is the general opinion that he has gone batty over some religious signs and repeats identically the same one each time.

His worldly possessions amounted to the clothes he had on his back and 27c. He had been recently shaved, but his shoes one probably because of a very sore foot. The poor fellow in this condition is to be pitied. Everything possible has been done to help him but without avail. Three doctors who examined him pronounced it a very remarkable case; they pronounce him to have good health and all right with the exception of his marked signs of insanity. Tatooed on his arm are the initials “W. H. K.” and Wednesday afternoon while the doctors were examining him on his shirtfront was found the name “Kickshaw,” which corresponds with the last initial on his arm. His hat has the mark which represents a dealer in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and his clothes were of good material. After proper papers were filled out by Judge J. W. Baer, he was taken to Kentland by Sheriff Moses Sawyer, who came over in an automobile.

Wrens Easily Defeat Remington by Score of 13 to 2.

Notwithstanding our weakness on account of the absence of “Dad” McLean and Tom Jensen, the Wrens beat the slow Remington aggregation to the tune of 13 to 2. We clearly outclassed our opponents in fielding, and also a little in batting, and owing to the errors made on both sides it was not a very good game to witness. Remington had thirteen errors to their discredit, while we ran up as many as seven. They received five hits, and we got seven one-baggers, one two-base hit and one sacrifice. All together it was a very poorly played game, but then what are we to expect when we had such “bum" opponents. « We have scheduled some of the best teams in this part of the state. Next Sunday we go to Brook. —A Fire whfch started at 1:30 o’clock Friday morning in the boiler room Of the Pittman handle factory at Logansport destroyed the entire plant, entailing a loss of >IO,OOO.

Th* Prettiest Moving Picture Show in th* City. BEX WABXEB, Proprietor.

WEATHER FORECAST. Partly cloudy, with local- showers tonight or Tuesday.

Mrs. Frank Foltz Suddenly Stricken With Paralysis.

Mrs Frank Foltz was stricken with paralysis Saturday morning, her entire right side being affected. She has been troubled with her heart for some time, and this was responsible for the attack. She became unconscious at once and remained in that condition until Monday morning, when she partially recovered consciousness and showed some signs of improvement.

Sister of S. S. Shedd Dies In. Los Angeles, Cal.

S. S. Shedd received word Sunday of the death of his sister, Mrs. Mary E. Graves. Her death took place at Los Angeles, Cal. Her age was about 80 years and she was the oldest child of the Shedd family. The cause of heart trouble. Death took place Friday. Burial will take place at Oneida, 111., her former home, Tuesday. Two weeks ago her brother, J. W. Shedd, with whom she made her home, and who has spent much of his time in Rensselaer, died in Los Angeles, and this no doubt hastened her death. Mr. Shedd will attend her funeral. ~

Iroquois Engineers Working Toward Brook.

Brook Reporter. We understand that the surveyors are busy at work this week surveying the river bed for the proposed new drainage, and as quick as the engineers file their report, and the next step will probably be a more active one in calling for bids for the construction of the ditch, or rather deepening of the river. The estimate cost of the construction of the ditch has not been made public, but it will run into the hundreds of thousands and the benefits derived remains to be but there seems little question but that the work will be done. It will take from one to two years to' complete the work and the real dredging will not commence until next year.

Mrs. Earle Reynolds Operated Upon After Arrival In London.

The Republican is in receipt of a letter from Earle Reynolds, who recently sailed for London 'to begin an European engagement with his wife, in the skating acts. He writes under date of July Ist from London: Had a fine sea all the way over; made the trip in five days right into London. Had bad luck right from New York, or in fact a day out. My wife was quite ill all the way over. Soon as we arrived here I consulted two different doctors and they said an operation must be performed at once, so arrangements were made for yesterday, June 30th, 4 P. M., when they operated on her. The operation was most successful and she came out of !t quite well. She is also feeling quite well this morning Have best nurse in London and had the best and most expensive doctor. I had to postpone two week’s Palace engagement and we will open July 18th instead of July 4th. I have a nice flat two blocks from the Palace. Everything is high in London. The nurse sent me out after some fresh eggs. They were 60 cents a dozen. Everything is high in .this country in the way of food stuff. Labor is the cheapest thing here. Mutton Is the cheapest and most common meat.

Don’t think that piles can’t be cured. Thousands of obstinate cases havye been cured by Doan’s Ointment. 50 cents at any drug store.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM —•— The films will arrive too late today for the subjects to be announced, but an extra good program will be given. * The Rensselaer orchestra will furnish the music Tuesday evening.

This is the Handy Store During th* heat of summer there •re a host of appetising things that we oan supply ready to sat. Mo necessity at aU for cooking oneself cooking meals. Our Canned Goods department Is always ready to serve you. Potted Bam, Sliced Beef. Delicacies in biscuits to no end. Th* freshest fruits from far and near. In short, there is every requisite here to enable a housekeeper to prepare appetising meals easily and quickly. And best of all, the grades that we handle are guaranteed to bo pure and wholesome. Try us on anything you like. McFarland & Son Bellable Grocers.

NASAL CATARRH.

Henry L. Britton Says It is Easy to Get Bld of. “My head, nose and glands leading to my eyes and nose were stopped up and swollen, I tried several so-called catarrh cures, but Hyomei, used thoroughly did the curing. There is nothing too good to say in favor of Hyomei. It cured my nasal catarrh.”— Henry J. Britton, Frost St., Eaton Rapids, Mich. Hyomei (pronounced High-o-me) cures catarrh, because it gets where the germs are, and destroys them. It is made of Australian eucalyptus, mixed with other healing antiseptics. When breathed over the irritated and inflamed membrane, it gives relief in two minutes. Used regularly for a few weeks it will build up and heal the germ infested membrane and drive out catarrh.' , If you own a small Hyomei pocket inhaler, you can get a bottle of Hyomei at druggists everywhere, or at B. F. Fendig’s for only 50 cents. If you do not own a Hyomei Inhaler, ask for a complete outfit, the price is SI.OO. It is guaranteed to cure catarrh, coughs, colds, croup or sore throat or money back.

Household Furniture for Sale. Having decided .to remove from Rensselaer, I will sell at private sale, all of my household goods and furniture, consisting of bookcases, china closet, center table, beds, dressers, dining room table, cooking and heating stoves, etc Must be sold by July 20. Goods can be seen at residence on College avenue. S. N. PULLINS.

New Tailoring Store.

Sults made to order at reasonable prices. Clothes cleaned, pressed and repaired. Also ladles* garments pressed. Dry cleaning a specialty. All work guaranteed first-class.

MEYERS & SECOR.

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