Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1910 — Page 1

No. 185.

IoCAL HAPPENINGS. Read pages two and three today. A new tile roof is being put on the main building at the Indian school. C. B. Steward and wife are spendstoping today with friends at Roselawn. For iced tea, try the fancy Turtle Chop black and green tea at the Home Grocery. Miss Bertha Stocksick went to Knox today for a week’s visit with the family of James Short.

Ringling’s circus is at Lafayette today. Editor Healey and Harry Parker are in attendance. George Catt, of Monon, superintendent of the Monon bridge gang, is v.sitlng friends here today. Mrs. Newt Pumphrey and Mrs. Grace Pumphrey and son Harold are spending today fishing on the Kankakee river. Mrs. M. H. Schmidt, who has been spending two weeks in Rensselaer, stopping at the Makeever house, returned to Chicago this morning. Louie Leopold and famliy came from Wolcott this morning to visit his father,'A. Leopold and family. From here Mr. Leopold went to Chicago on business. - ~ The west front business room of the Republican building fs for rent. This is a fine room for a small business ard will be rented reasonable. Inquire of Healey & Clark.

The band concert Thursday evening brought out a large crowd and tVo music was very much appreciated. The boys are improving very much and play new pieces every band concert evening. James Overton has been having a bad time with the hand that was infected following a slight injury. It is now improving. He returned this morning from Lee, where he had gone on a business trip. G. L. Thornton was in town yesterday. He has severed his whiskers from his face and his friends hardly recognized him. Lots of wheat and oats are being threshed at Surrey and prosperity is perched on every farm. The Lowell ball team went over to Valparaiso last Sunday and played the Valparaiso team and were defeated by a score of 12 to 1. The Valparaiso team had five men from the Madison, Wisconsin, team. So in reality, our boys played Madison instead of Valparaiso. i Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark went to Hammond today and after a short visit there with their daughter, Mrs. James Mead, will go on to Whitehall, Mich., for sevtral days’ visit with Mrs. Clark's sister, Mrs. Chas. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Warren, also Mr. and Mrs. Farnum, of Oklahoma City, ai’fe also at Whitehall. Misfortune has certainly placed an unrelenting hand on the family of James Hurley. His wife hfis had consumption for several months and recently they lost a 20-months-old baby with cholera infantum, and now Mr. Hurley has appendicitis. He haß had one or two previous attacks and it is thought probable that he will get weil without an operation.

The excursion to Niagara Falls offers an opportunity to see nature’s most beautiful and marvelous cataract and other scenery that every American should see, while inexpensive side trips can be made that will make a most interesting vacation. A special will leave Shelby next Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 10th, and the round trip is only >7.50, with first-class accommodations. It is a nice trip, well worth all |t costs. v .

The Evening Republican.

AT THE • Princess tonight PICTURES. The Marked Time Table. SONG. —— A Song That Reminds Me of You, by Leonard F. Andrews. The Home Grocery for the very finest clover honey, 15c a carton. Bloomington, Ind., has a population of 8,838, an increase since the last census of 2,378. We have unloaded another car of H. & E. sugar, the best sugar made. JOHN EGER. County Treasurer J. D. Allman and wife went to Remington this morpmg, where his father, J. H. Allman, is reported to be in a very serious condition of health. The Home Grocery makes a specialty of luncheon goods. The best in olives, pickles, preserves, fresh fruits, etc., always found there.

Miss Lulu Crockett returned to her home at Hobart this morning after a short visit here with Rev. and Mrs. Kuonen, of the Barkley church. Mr. and-Mrs. F. P. Meyer, of Danville, who havt been visiting his mother here, left on the 10:05 train for Chicago, and will spend several days on the Great Lakes before returning to their home. Mrs. Sarah Beal left this morning for her home in Macon, Mo., after a visit of about two months with relatives among the Adams and Hoover families here. - A J. W. Phelps was over from Remington this morning. He thinks that the drouth that has been quite general in North Dakota this year will not greatly affect the land business there. It is the first drouth in ten years and the buyer at this time need haye no fear for the future. He expects to conduct a number of prospectors to that country during the next four months.

Peter Hordeman reports a fine wheat run north of town, with occasional yields of 30 bushels to the acre. B. D. Comer and Paul Wiggin each had that average, Mr. Hordeman himself had au average of 25 bushels and in the neighborhood of Aix, the average varied from 20 to 30 bushels. There was doubtltss more wheat raised in Jasper county this year than ever before and it is doubtful if any county in the state is showing a better yield in point of average. Leonard F. Andrews, who has been spending the summer in Rensselaer, has signed for the ensuing year with Harry Green in the Eli and Jane company, which will show in Rensselaer on Aug. 13th. Jess Wilcox will also be with the company again this year. Mr. Green announces that this is the last year of Eli and Jane and that next year he will have an entirely new play. They will travel in the south and southwest this year. Mr. Andrews has been singing at the Princess and has made many friends during his stay here. J. T. Randle and granddaughter, Miss Ruth Makeever, returned Thursday afternoon from their trip to Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, which started with their departure from Rensselaer on June 9th. They visited Mr. Randle’s three sons, Robert, at Mexico, Mo.; Tom Randle, at Ottawa, Kans., and John Randle, at Mangum, Okla. He found all the sons doing well and the country generally quite prosperous and happy in the prospect of good crops. In western Kansas crops are extra fine and also in northern Oklahoma, but they taper off toward the cotton belt. Mr. Randle was able to be up on the streets soon after his arrival home and seems to be in greatly improved health and the trip doubtless was a great benefit to him. John Randle, who was the last of the three sods to move to the west, is engaged in the livery business at Mangum, having several horses and one automobile for hire. He is enjoying a good business. Wagon beds, from sl9 to $24, at Maines & Hamilton’s, phone 273.

Entered Juui j l, 18*7, u Moond-cU.ee mall matter, at the post-office at Beneaelaer, Xfidlana, under the act of March 3, 187*.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1910.

TYPHOID FEVER CAUSES DEATH OF HAYES GWIN.

Popular Young Lady Yictim of Disease After Short Sickness at Home Near Pleasant Ridge. Rensselaer was never more comshocked than by the sudden death of Miss Hayes Gwin, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Gwin, which occurred this Friday morning at the home near Pleasant Ridge. The young lady, who was a general favorite with all who knew her, to6k sick only a week ago and did not seem serious until Wednesday of this week, when her disease was pronounced typhoid fever. She became deliiioas end the poison from the disease seemed to settle in her heart. The family and friends did not become greatly alarmed until this Friday morning, when a council of physicians was held. Death came at about 9 o’clock. The funeral will be held at the house Sunday at 4:00 p. m., Rev. Harper conducting the services. Interment will take place at the- Crockett cemetery, south of town.

Interurban to Build Spur From Cedar Lake to Crown Point.

A dispatch from Crown Point has the following to say of the interurban that is to pass through there: It is said by those in a position to know that the Indiana Northwestern Traction company are contemplating the building of a spur from their main line running around Cedar Lake to this place, and that work on the same will be commenced immediately on the pro- 5 ject in conjunction with the construction work on the main line. With the franchises beinghobtained in the towns and cities along the route of the Northwestern, it is evident the company means business, and Crown Point will be glad of the opportunity to secure this connection, as it is a roundabout way to,Hammond and possibly a stepping stone to better transportation facilities than the town now affords.

Kankakee Township Harvesting Fine Crop of Wheat and Oats.

Trustee John Shirer was down from Kankakee township today and stopped in to tell the editor about prosperity in that section of Jasper county. He thinks that Kankakee township is right in the front rank and had the figures in his memory to substantiate his claim. Hon. I. D. Dunn had 55 acres that averaged 48 bushels to the acre, which is the best yield we have heard of so far in Jasper county for so large a field. William Fitzgerald had 90 acres of oats that made 4,070 bushels, which is a little more than 45 bushels to the acre. He also has about 1,400 bushels of wheat. Thos. F. Maloney had 1,300 bushels of wheat and E. R. Hight had 700 bushels. Threshers are busy and every one happy. Corn looks better than it ever did in that section of Jasper county and there is no one howling about the tariff. Kankakee is enjoying prosperity.

“What is Wrong at Winamac?" Asks a Peru Newspaper.

“Winamac, the little town on the Panhandle road, which only secured a place on the map because the editors of the two rival newspapers occasionally kick the stuffing out of each other when they meet upon the street, and thus break into the news columns of the city papers, is on the verge of race suicide,” says the Peru Chronicle. "The vital statistics for the months of May and June show that there was not one birth reported in that town during that period. Sixty long days passed without a visit from the stork. The old bird, which comes to Peru quite often, seemingly has forgotten the county seat of Pulaski county. It is possible that he has not had time to go there or it is probable that the old fellow has forgotten that the town is on the map. : “When Roosevelt appears in Indian?, this fall and delivers his speech, a committee of Winamac men will wait upon him and endeavor to have .Teddy journey to their home and Investigate. Something’s wrong in Winamac.” Buy your threshing coal at Maines & Hamilton’s. Phone 273.

K. O. K. A. Second Team Won Pennant at Winona Boys’ City.

Although the Rensselaer first team at Boys’ City was unable to repeat last year’s performance arfifct win the pennant, the second team, captained by William Babcpck, Jr., won their’s, having a per cent of 1,000, winning all four of their games. The first team played Chicago Wednesday and lost by the score of 5 to 4 in ten innings. The boys will arrive home from Winona Saturday.

Augustus Phillips Will Play In “Boots and Saddle” Company.

Augustus Phillips, the actor, has secured a fine engagement for the ensuing year, and will be the leading man in the “Boot and Saddle” company, in which Charlotte Walker, the wife of Eugene Walter, the author of the play, has the leading lady parts. Mr. Walter also wrote' “The Wolf,” “The Warrens of Virginia” and other popular plays. Mr. Phillips will begin rehearsals shortly and it is quite probable that the company will open their winter season in Chicago.

Wallace Statuary Troupe Leave The Show at LaPorte.

The circus left town minus one attraction, namely, the statuary stunt, says the Laporte Argus-Bulletin. The reason for these performers refusing to continue with the show was owing to the fact that the management wanted them to handle their own properties, which work had been done by a gang of twenty men, who went on a strike at Hammond for increase in wages. The performers - told the management that it was a hard enough job to look like Venus and other celebrities, without doing the common, ordinary work of laborers in setting up shop Give us a chance to figure on your threshing grocery Kill.

Duvairs G. Earl Duvall Dinars Quality Shop Rensselaer, Indiana Exclusive Clothier, Furnisher and Hatter We have just purchased of one of our big rlnthlng houses, four lots of suits, thirty-six suits in all, and took all they had in these suits--they were S2O and $22 suits in beautiful serges, fancy gray cassimeres and worsteds, sizes 34 to 40, and we will now sell them A ‘ $15.00 ASui * For Regular S2O and $22 Suits. They can not be duplicated for Price, Tailoring, Fit and Quality by any concern in the state. If you attend the circus, you will need a new suit, shirt, hat, and other things to make you look dressy. This week we will give you all soft-collar shirts in the dress line at wholesale prices. Now Is the Time Now is the Time to Buy wiclKa to Buy Silk Neckwear Soft-Collar Shirt Silk Hose Knee-len. Unions Silk Handkerc’fs Fancy Hose Silk Shirts - Se Straw Hats Silk Union Suits Fancy Underw’r And on Your Vaca- fmJp Hmßii \\\ Coat Shirts, with no tion you Infill need I, uy jIM collar, a Trunk, Travel- JjMm \ u \ Nobby Felt Hats ing Bag, or \ -r ln shades Suitcase. and blacks. Quality Shop. C. EARL DUVALL. Rensselaer, Ind.

JOHN EGER.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM _ = PICTURES. The Prettiest Moving Picture Shew, in the city. ii ,e Face at the Window, a drama. BEX Warner, Proprietor. r '"" = SONG AwfcftJ) Sweet Star of Love, n J. F. Fredericks.

WEATHER TORE CAST. Fair tonight and Saturday; moderate temperature.

The Funeral of Mrs. Victor Sullivan Will Be Held Here Monday.

The funeral of Mrs. Victor Sullivan and baby, who died at Frankfort Wednesday, will be held at the Catholic church in Rensselaer Monday morning at 9 o’clock, after which burial will take place at Mt. Calvary cemetery. Services will also be held at Frankfort Saturday at 10 o’clock, and the remains will be brought to Rensselaer Sunday afternoon. The funeral will probably be preached by Mrs. Sullivan’s brother, Father William Hordeman, of Frankfort.

We are the only firm in Rensselaer that sells pure cider vinegar of as high a grade as 45 grains. Six gallons of our vinegar is equal to 7 gallons of that sold by others, but we sell it at the same price as the lower grade. J, A. McFarland. Maines & Hamilton sell the Superior Grain Drill; no better drill on the market. Phone 273. Nice, juicy, small oranges, 15c a dozen. JOHN EGER. Don’t lose sight of the Home Grocery for the best coffee and flour.

Tippecanoe County Young Man Charged With Murder of Trapper.

William Ashby, aged 16 years, married, is in the Tippecanoe county jail at Lafayette, charged with the murder of Samuel Waddell and the burning of the latter’s cabin. Waddell was a young trapper living near Conroe, in a cabin all alone. He had saved a lot of money. He and Ashby were in Lafayette together and became intoxicated on the night of March 20th. After they returned to their homes, the Waddell hut was burned and the next day the charred remains of its occupant were discovered. Something like $8,200 in gold and silver was also found. Paper money, aggregating SI,OOO, was supposed to have been burned. Since the death of Waddell, however, relatives have been doing some investigating and called Detective Winehart, of Lafayette, to assist them. They found that Ashby was frequently drunk and was displaying a lot of money that he had not earned. Recently his wife left him and she has told some things that seem to add to the chain of circumstantial evidence and a good case is believed by the detective to have been dug up against Ashby.

We can still furnish you old wheat flour, Aristos, Gem of the Valley or Lord*B Best. Every sack guaranteed or money refunded. |1.60 a sack. JOHN EGER.

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