Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 200, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1910 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Cyril Steel made a business.trip to Reynolds today. B. F. Fendig made a business trip to Chicago today. Mrs. I. M. Washburn is spending today in Chicago. Will Woodworth left this morning for Belle Fouche, S. Dak. / . _ Shoe bargains for men, women and children in the shoe department at the Home Grocery. F. O. Adams and wife,, of Hinsdale, Mich., were in Rensselaer over nigtu. They are land prospecting. Miss Minnie Scheurich went to Indianapolis today to spend several days in the wholesale millinery houses. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nagel went to Lafayette today after a short visit here with her daughter, Mrs. Hugh Leav.l. Miss Marie Northlane returned to her home in Union City today after * short visit here with her sister, Mrs. Haselmire. Mrs. Rosa Thayer, of Indianapolis, returned to her home today after a short visit with her brother, Douglas Smith and family. There will be anothe.r excursion to Chicago next Sunday; 75 cents for the trip. Train due' here at 9:15. |/he Cubs and New York will play ball. Born, Sunday, Aug. 21, to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McClure, of Hammond, a daughter. Mrs. E. Peacock is with her daughter, and “Uncle” Blaine visited there Sunday. The little son of Will Whittaker, of Barkley township, has been quite sick with intestinal- trouble for the past two days. Slight improvement is reported at this tipe. Mrs. Mary D. Eger and Mrs. C: W. Duvall left this morning for a visit of two weeks with felatives at Grand Rapids, Mich. Mr. Duvall expects to go there later and participate in a family reunion of the Duvalls. John W. Walker returned last evening from the west and will make a longeF stay with old friends here. T'.e Republican was misinformed about him returning to Tombstone, Ariz. Instead he only went to Jefferson City, Mo., where Mrs. Fletcher M. Doan, the wife of Judge Doan, died at the home of her sister, arid where the burial took place. Judge W. .1. Wood, chairman of the Railroad Commission of Indiana, will hear evidence at 10 o’clock this morning on a petition filed recently by the Monon Crashed Stone Company at Monon'asking a reduction of rates on crushed stone from Monon to Battle Ground, Delphi and Lafayette. The petition, filed by the complainants against the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad Company, asks the commission to establish a. rate of not more than 30 cents a ton net. The present rate is 45 cents. V. J. Crisler left Chicago Monday night at 2:45 expecting to reach Rensselaer this morning at 4:49,- but he @Md not get in until 10:65, owing to *fhe wreck at Paisley. The tralp backed up to Hammond and would have come around by way of Wilders, but there was difficulty on the Erie road and the train had to wait. It finally reached Rensselaer shortly before 11 o’clock. There was a heavy wind storm in the north part of the state and Vern reports that corn north of the Three I railroad was blown down flat on the ground. A traveling man whe came over from Kankakee, 111., also reported that the corn was badly down in that section. Train No. 5, due here at it):ss, was about 40 minutes lath, Ho. 31 having run on No. s’s time. \

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AT THB Princess tonight PICTURES. Just For Good Luck. The Faithless Lover. SONG. Come Along My Mandy by . Boscoe Wilson.

Johnny Hanks. Fond du Lac was defeated by Oshkosh, 3-1. Johnny got 2 put-outs, but nary a hit. For Sale: A couple of show cases. homh grocery; City Clerk Chas. Morlan has been suffering from rheumatism of the iris of the eyes for several days and has been in a rather serious condition. They are now slightly improved. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Swisher and daughter, Miss Hazel, of Francesville, came to Rensselaer this morning and Mrs. Swisher and daughter went to Chicago on the 10:55\train for a visit with relatives. Miss Mildred Halleck went to Chicago today to keep house for her uncle, S. L. Luce, while Mrs. Luce goes to DeMotte, to help care for her mother, Mrs, C. O. Spencer, who is in_ very poor health. A heavy rain accompanied by a strong wind and prolonged claps of thunder occurred early this morning. The precipitation amounted to 1% inches. There was a sharp shower also at about 8 o’clock, but it did not continue long. C. J. Dean left for Saginaw, Mich, on the 10:56 train, going by the way of Monon and Michigan City. He-was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. A M. Sands and Joseph Borntrager, who went as prospectors and who may invest while there. Miss Clara Brusnahan, daughter of S. A Brusnahan, of Union township, returned Suiday from a visit of several weeks with her sister, Mrs. C. E. Richardson, at Clinton, Okla. She also went to Enid from Clinton and visited Mr and Mrs. John Carr for a few days. Mrs. C. G, Spitler went to Chicago today, for a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. Delos Coen. Miss Elizabeth Spitler, who has been visiting there for the past two weeks, will go to Goshen in a day or two for a week’s visit with her aunt, Mrs. F. B. Learning. The M. P. Conference which has % been in session at Frankfort has made its assignments. Rev. O. S. Rardin has been returned to Rosebud, which is known as the Rensselaer circuit, while the Rensselaer mission, which Rev. Johnson has been the pastor'of lor the past year, remains to be filled. Dr. W. L. Myer, C. C, Warner, R. D. Thompson, Fred Phillips, Vernon Nowels and Oren Parker went to Bass Lake by auto Sunday, where their wives are encamped. Mr. Phillips, Mr. Nowels and Mr. Thompson returned Sunday evening, but the others remained and will probably be back Wednesday. Mrs. Phillips' returned with her husband. V Little Jay Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Van Wood, is now showing constant improvement, which is slow but apparently making for a return of health. The drainage from the pleural cavity is itee and will profbably continue for some time, but he has almost regained his strength and is increasing in weight at the rate of about a pbund a week. During his sickness he lost about 12 pounds in weight. James P. Goodrich, receiver' for the Chicago, Cincinnati ft Louisville "Railroad company filed his report for July with- the clerk of the United States District Court Wednesday afternoon. The report shows that the cash receipts for the month were and that the expenditures were $334,168.43. The earnings for the month were $107,177.81. The population of Canada on March 31, last was 7,489,781, according to the estimate of the census department announced yesterday.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1910.'

HORSE SHOW WILL BE SEPT 29-30 AND OCT. 1.

Committee Hakes Arrangements For Second Annual Horse Show And Starts Ball RolUng lor Big Time j j Rensselaer’s second annual horse show will be held the last two days of September and the first day of October, being Thursday, Friday and Sat urday. A number who assisted with the show last year met and decided to go ahead with the arrangements ,andNto make the show an Improvement if possible over last year’s. The classes will consist of light harness horses, saddlers, mules and draft horses of all breeds. There will be more than 50 premiums. These will cover all ages, classes and breeds of horses and mules. The improvement in brood mares and fine stallions that have been introduced into Jasper county within the past few years has given us" a class of horses hard to improve upon and the interest created at the last show was so great that the rivalry this year should be greater than before and the number of entries materially increased, with a much better showing in the two-year-old draft classes. The committee will at once proceed to the preparation of the premium list rnd to the advertising. Let the country people co-operate with the people of Rensselaer hi making this a great success.

Mrs. James Hurley Died at 2 O’clock This Afternoon.

Mrs. James Hurley died at about 2 o’clock this afternoon, after a long sickness and great but patient suffering with consumption. A husband and several children survive her.

Went to Francesville to Seek Reconciliation With Parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Merica arrived in Rensselaer Tuesday afternoon and went to Francesville today, going by the way of Monon on the 10:55 train. The telephone bad been kept busy between Francesville and here. It is probable that the young folks will spend a day or two with his parents and then return to Rensselaer where Mr. Merica will resume his work at the Morrison cream station.

Monon Freight Train Runs Into Box Car at Paisley.

Through freight No. 72 that passed through Rensselaer northbound at about 11:30 Monday night, crashed Into a bo& car at Paisley, Just south of Cedar Lake and was derailed but noone was injured. The box car wa4 on the main track where it had been blown from the siding by the wind All trains were delayed, No. 31 from the north, backing up to Hammond and being detoured by Wilders to Monon. Trains Nos. 4 and 36 were also sent around by Monon, Wilderß and the state line to Chicago. The milk train went through, bringing all mail from the south, but north trains had not reached Monon in time to send the north mail on the milk train and it did not reach the arrival of No. 32 at 10:05.

Barkley Township Boy Captures Big Pickerel in the Kankakee.

Vannie and Marie Arnold, children of Ell Arnold, of Barkley township, spent last Friday fishing in the Kankakee river, near Wheatfield. Vannie caught a pickerel weighing 14 pounds and measuring 38 inches in length. It was'caught With a hook and line and just as he was about to land it {the line broke and the fish flopped into the river but Vannie did not intend to let his prize escape so easily and he made a dive for the Hver, caught the big fish in his hands and succeeded in bringfcg it to land. Some fishermen there said it was the best catch they ever sarw made In the Kankakee river A number of extremely big pickerel h(iye been caught in that stream this year and one day last week a fisherman at Water Valley caught two that, weighed 40 pounds, one weighing almost 22 and the other a little more than 18. He sold the two for $4. Itching, protruding or blind piles yield Co Doan’s Ointment. Chronic cases soon relieved, finally cured. Druggists all sell It

WOMAN 83 YEARS OF AGE SUICIDES BY DROWNING.

Mrs. James Shlndeler, In Poor Physical Condition, Drowns Herself In Water Tank on Farm. Mrs. James Shlndelar, aged 83 years, suicided at an early hour this Tuesday morning at the farm home in Jordan. township, H miles southwest of Rens telaer, by drowning herself in a stock water tank. The particulars as learned from Undertaker Zern Wright arp as follows: . i Sfc Mrs. Shindeler had been in very poor health for some time and for the past ten days had been unable to leave the house. She lived with her husband, and the 17-year-old daughter of John Hill lived with them. She is theij| granddaughter. At about 4 o’clock this Tuesday morning the wind was blowing hard and it rained hard also. Mr. Shindeler was conscious that his wife, who occupied a separate bed in the same room with him, had spoken to him, and that she had left her bed, but he did not wake up entirely. The granddaughter heard old lady get up and thought it was Mr. Shindeler closing the windows. A little later, however, she was certain that the windows were not closed and arose and closed them herself. She then went to the room of her grandparents and finding her grandmothe absent awakened Mr. Shindeler and they made a search of the house, but found no trace of her. They then went to the barn and tool shed and looked wherever there seemed any place for her to have gone, but found no trace. It was raining very hard. Finally Mr. Shindeler saw a small box used in the kitchen to keep a little gasoline stove on, on the ground at the side of the water tank and going there was horrified to find the body of bis wife in the tank, submerged in the water. He could not get her out by himself and the granddaughter ran to the home of • * Joseph Branson, about 400 yards away, and Mr. Branson hurried to the scene and helped to remove the body from the tank. She was dead and probably had been for an hour. The water tank was 2% feet deep, 5 feet wide and 10 feet long, and was braced with three metal straps across the top o* the tank. It was plain that she had taken the box so that she would be able to climb into the tank. She had gone in from the end, feet first. A number of neighbors gathered at the scene of the sad occurrence and there was no doubHbut that she had taken her own life. Dr. Collier, of Brook, who was called,,was also there and it was decided that a coroner’s inquest was not necessary. Mr. Shindeler worked for many years for Norman Warner and will be remembered by many Rensselaer peo pie. The funeral will be held at the Good Hope church Wednesday ; afternoon and burial will be made in Weston cemetery, in Rensselaer.

Aged Father of Mrs. Angela Leurs Died Monday Evening.

-Joseph Stripmeyer, aged about 87 years, who had been in very poor health, died Monday night at 6 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Angela Luers, southeast of town. He suffered a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago and has been failing since that time. Mrs. Andrew Kahler is also a daughter' of the deceased and there is one other daughter, Mrs John Kahler, of Chicago. The funeral will be held Thursday morning at St. Augustine’s Catholic church in Rensselaer and interment will be made in Mt. Calvary cemetery.

Ben Benson Back From Attica To Spend Winter in Rensselaer.

Ben Benson differs from some other folks in that he returns to the north for his -winters. He is the man that left Rensselaer last spring foi' Attica, taking his wife and three small children on foot to that town. One of the » children was a baby and a small baby cab formed part of the equipment. They lived in Attica until last Saturday when they came U* Rensselaer, but they did not walk back. They came by train. They occupy a house on “smokey row” and Mr. Benson, who is now industrious, la looking for a job.

The Prettiest Moving Picture Show In the city. rropriftOTe

WEATHER FORECAST. Showers and probably thunderstorms tonight or Wednesday; cooler Wednesday.

SCARLET FEVER SCARE NORTH OF RENSSELAER.

Frankfort Visitor at Home of Quarun tined Family Pulls Ont With Family of Five Children. Dr. Loy, as county health commissioner, last week placed a quarantine over the farm residence of William Kennedy, north of town, after two cases of scarlet fever were discovered. Visiting at the Kennedy home was a man named Donohue, his wife and five children, and notwithstanding the fact that they were informed that they must remain there until the quarantine was removed, they are sai i to have come to Rensselaer Saturday afternoon and to have taken the 1:58 train for their home in Frankfort. One child is said to have been ill at the time, and consequently every person with whom they came in contact would have been exposed. Dr. Loy communicated with the tyealth officers at Frankfort as soon as he learned of the fact and a vigorous effort was to be made there to locate and quarantine the family. There were two cases of scarlet fever in the Kennedy family and it is thought the prompt discovery and treatment will prevent a spread unless persons were exposed at the depot Saturday. There are two cases of diphtheria reported in the family of William Rees, near Newland. The Rees family lives near to the Nuss family, where there were four cases recently. The cases in the Nuss family recovered and the quarantine was raised. Dr. Wilson, of Medaryville, is reported to have found several cases in the Newland neighborhood and to have placed them under quarantine. ' The county health commissioner states that the schools in the districts that have the diphtheria or scarlet fever will not be permitted to open until the disease is thoroughly rooted out. This will be promptly done by a rigid enforcement of the quarantine Cards have been printed and will be placed on all houses where either disease exists. There is a penalty /for violation of the quarantine and also for the destruction of the cards.

Dr. Ernest E. Wishasd Had a Close Call at Noblesville.

A dispatch from Noblesville to the Indianapolis Star states that Dr. Ernest Wishars, who was recently here with his family for a visit, had a narrow escape from Injury Monday noon. The telegram states: “His machine hurled seventh-five feet and demolished when struck by a Midland freight train about noon today at a crossing near here, Dr E. E. Wishard, a prominent local physician, formerly of Indianapolis, narrowly escaped injury. He received only a few cuts and bruises.”

Asks Appointment of Guardian For Rebecca Kennedy, of Newton.

Chas. H. Mustard has filed a petition asking that a guardian be appointed for Rebecca Kennedy, whom be alleges is of unsound mind. The petition states that she has means to the value of $l,lBO and Is unable to take care of it. She Is now at the home of Mr. Mustard, just across the Newton county line. The west front business room of the Republican building is for rent. This is a fine room for a small badness ard irill be rented reasonable), Inquire of Healey it, dark.

TONIGHT’S PBOGBAM -—♦— » ’ . PICTURES. The Little Vagrant, drama. A Sea of Clouds, scenic. SONG Lady Brady. J. H. Fredericks.

ASK FOR Clark's Brand Pure White Clover, Honey Put up in Clean, Neat Cartons. Sold by All Grocers.

lira Day . DEALER IN : lair, Cement ■! m Drift; , < RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA j

Real ... ' % Estate I have opened up ah office in ! Room 5 of the Odd Fellows’ block, where I will conduct a .general real estate, loan and insurance business, handling farm and town property and stocks of goods, local and foreign.' Will be glad to list your property or t- *>how you whst I have for sale and trade. A.S. LaRUE

EXCURSION TO CHICAGO Sunday, Aug. 28 Via Menen Rente Lv. M0n0n............ 8:50 a.m. SI.OO Lv. Rensselaer...... 9:15 a.m. .76 Arr. Chicago 12:00 14. BASE BALL—CUBS vs. NEW YORK tiff • ■ Special train stops at Cedar Lake in both directions. Returning, Special Train will leave Chicago at 11180 P. IL, Sunday, Aug. 28, 1910.

FARM BARGAINS.

Five, ten and twenty acre tracts half-mile from court house. Prices right. 85 acres, all cultivated, joins large ditch, well located, good buildings. Price SSO. 100 acres, all cultivated, black soil with clay subsoil, on large ditch, near station. Price SSO. 133 acres, six-room house, large barn, good well, all' black soil with clay subsoil, near station, at $45. 160 acres, good black corn land with day subsoil, good house and barn, well located. Price SSO. 90 acres, good six-room house, large barn, good well, double cribs, all tlllsible, on large ditch, has some tile, and a bargain at S4O. Terms, SI,OOO down. All the above farms are bargains and can Hie sold on favorable terms. I can show these farms from this place any time. Also have a number of farms for exchange.

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