Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1910 — Page 1

4, li, , No. 283.

I jfciiMEEnF I

local happenings. 1 razor, 1 strop, 1 hone, all for sl. Warner Bros. A. J, Harmon made a business trip to Kankakee today. Guaranteed razor, strop and hone f or U.OO at Warner’s. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Yates spent Sunday and Monday in Chicago. Ear] Eehch returned to Foresman oday, where he is husking corn. L. L. Lefler and wife, of Lafayette, are spending today in Rensselaer. Four cans of hominy, pumpkin or sauerkraut for 25 cents at John Eger’s, We do grinding and sell all kinds a^nes & Hamilton, phone 273.

Mrs. John Eger is spending today with Mrs. Peter Hordeman at Rosebud.

Sale is Friday and Saturday of good Pocket knives for 39 cents at Warner Bros.

Try a dozen of tfiose fine Florida Jumbo oranges, only 30 cents a dozen at John Eger’s.

Born, Monday, Nov. 28th, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips, a daughter, and their second child.

W. V. Porter, R. B. Harris and B. J. Mobre attended the John G. Brown sale at Monon today.

Hear “The Schuberts” at the M. E. church Wednesday evening, Nov. 30. Concert will start at 8:15.

Get a good knife at Warner’s Friday or Saturday. Thirty-nine cents buys choice of 75c and $1 knives.

Mrs. M. E. Thompson and Mrs. Jennie Thompson are spending today in Logansport with Mrs. S. P. Thompson.

We are making a special reduction ■on buggies in-stock. They are splendid bargains. See them at Maines & Hamilton’s.

Mrs. Abel Grant will entertain at her home on Thursday afternoon the Pythian Sisters and a full attendance of members is desired.

Presbyterian ladies are busily at work on things to be sold .at the annual Christmas bazaar. Place of holding it will be announced later.

Attorneys Abraham Hal leek-and J. - J. Hunt went to Winamac this morning, where they represent Interests in the Mortgage Trust Co. ditch.

Mr. Beckwith and Mrs. Shore will be assisted at the concert this evening by Perry Horton. ' Don’t fail to turn out and enjoy an evening of free entertainment.

Frank, Nave, of Attica, was here over night, In company with George Marr, of Wheatfield. Mr. Nave will have a monster sale at his Newton ■county farm on Dec. 16th.

Miss Conever has a most exquisite -voice, entirely free from the tremolo and possessing a rate sweetness that •does not fail in her entire register.— 'Coldwater (Mich.) Courier. At M. E. church, Nov. 30th. '

Rev. David Dilling returned to Monticello this morning. He conducted ttfle funeral yesterday of Jesse Smith, the Union township school teacher. Rev. Dilling is a pastor in the church of the Brethren.

Let us have your coal orders. We have M large supply of genuine Jackson Hill Egg, Egg Cannel, West Virginia Splint, Pittsburg Smokeless and all sides of hard coal. Maines & Hamilton, phone 273.

There will be an entire change of program at the concert to be given at the armory this evening by the Kreil Piano House. Mr. Beckwith and Mrs. Shore will give an original musical sketch written by the latter. The sketch will be in two parts and is very amusing. There will be an entire change of program at the entertainment this evening. Additional seats will be provided and it is hoped to have seats sufficient to accommodate all. A cordial invitation is extended to all to be present. We have just unloaded another car of New York apples and you can buy them fr° ra UB at ,eBB than other merdmn ts are Paying for them in Ch&l , Ben Davis” $3.00, "Baldwins" 13.25, “Northern Spies” and “OfesfliMi 8 ” 33.50 for full 3 bushel barrels, or 35c by the peck. JOHN EGER.

The Evening Republican.

Princess ConigM PICTURE. Stolen by Indians. SONG. Stella Dear, By Miss Cecil Morgan.

Only 6 Days More of the Great Piano Sale in Republican Building.

"Short Session of the City Council Monday Evening.

The city council held a short session Monday evening. Councilman Hopkins was absent. The city attorney was instructed to have the light plant insured in some reliable company in the sum of $4,500. The following claims were allowed: CORPORATION FUND. Geo, Mustard, salary marshal.. $ 30.00 Frank Critser, night watch.... 25,00 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, teamster 11.66 Jasper County, crushed‘stone.. 12.00 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. - C. S. Chamberlin, salary, teleg. 50.87 Mell Abbott, salary 30.00 Dave Haste, salary. 30.00 Jesse Gates.-hauling c0a1..... 28.70 Wheeler Reflector Co., supplies 15.75 Central Electric Co., .supplies.. 64.36 Western Electric Co., supplies. 48.23 W. B. Austin, supplies 148.12 Standard Oil Cb„ oil 10.93 Jim Rhoades, work on line.. 31.50 Scott Chesnut, work on Ijne.. 25.65 Penn. Fire Ins. Co., insurance.. 63.30 Ray D. Thompson, freight.... 228.52 WATER FUND. T. E. Malone, salary 30.00 John Hordeman, work on main 6.25 Clinton Oil Co., packing 2.78 Neptune Meter Co,, meter 8.40

Celebrate Their Forty-Sixth Wedding Anniversary Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary at their home on Front street Sunday. The anniversary was really the previous Sunday, but it was celebrated last Sunday as more convenient. Mr. Leopold will be 77 years of age next Friday and this celebration was in honor of both events. Mr. Leopold has lived in Rensselaer since 1863, and he was married to his present wife in Chicago in 1864, since which time they have made their home in Rensselaer. At the celebration Sunday a fine dinner of turkey and duck was served. There were thirty present in all, including the following relatives: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wolfe and children, of Hammond; Ben Leopold, wife and sons, of Brook; Ike and Lou Leopold, wives and children, of Wolcott; Mrs. Mary Fendig and daughter Beckie; Mr. and Mrs. Vern Nowels and son; Simon Leopold, of Rensselaer, and Misses Flora and Blanche Fletcher, of Frankfort.

Free concert at the armory this evening given by the great Kreil Piano Co. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Bibler, of Warsaw, are visiting Rev. Schaefer and wife, of Aix. ’ Remember the concert at the M. E. church Wednesday evening, Nov. 30. General admission 35 cents. > Get a good pocket knife at Warner’s. Sale Friday and, Saturday of 75-cent and SI.OO knives for 39 cents. Miss Ella M. Clark has a refined, intelligent and charming personality. —Chicago American. At M. E. church. Wednesday evening, Nov. 30th. Rev. Schaefer closed a revival meet-' ing at Oak Grove school house, a mile north of Laura, last Wednesday. Twenty-nine conversions resulted from the meeting. Mrs. Shore will again appear at the concert this evening in 'a Fox Paris gown, and will make a change of costume appropriate to the last half of the sketch. Come out and hear this talented young lady. Chas. Marlin was released from jail today when his father came to town arid paid his fine assessed for drunkenness. Marlin’s place was taken at the jail by Ed Curts, of Newton county, who was brought here today to serve fifteen days for drunkenness. Deputy-Sheriff Van Dyke, of Newton county, accompanied Curts here. The Schuberts are a great success. They give an unusually versatile program, all features being ably presented.—Chicago Record-Herald. At M. E. church Nbv. 30th. Mr. Glenn Wells is a good pianist and his solos were much appreciated. He has a deep bass voice, well under control, and is an accomplished musician and singer.—Cleveland Plaindealer. At M. E. church, Wednesday evening, Nov. 30th.

Bntersd January 1, 1697, as second-class mall matter, at tbs post-office at Bensselaer, Indiana, under the act of March 3, 1879.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2», IMO.

CONGRESS WILL CONVENE MONDAY, DECEMBER 5th.

President Will Try to Secure Legislation at Short Session Before Democrats Take Power.

Congress will convene next Monday and for three months republicans will be in control of the legislative branches of the government. During that time President Taft desires to have passed legislation that he and leaders deem essential.

The situation is strewn with considerable confusion. The congress will be composed of a number of republicans who were defeated at the recent election and they will largely be of the class that believe that the tariff legislation of the recent extra session was just what the country needed, and they will also probably base their defeat as well as democratic success to the attacks made on the tariff by insurgent republicans. Thus, it is not improbable'that there will not be the greatest amount of harmony among republicans. President Taft, however, is very anxious to have the session pass some laws that he considers very important and it is probable that his message will set out in a clear and statesmanlike manner these things. President Taft has grown in national favor. He has kept steadfastly at work in an effort to make his administration a successful one and has not only maintained a position of harmony as between, republican factions but has given no room for attack from democratic sources. His message to congress is expected to contain a concise statement of the accumulation of his information about the needs of the country and it is possible that the esteem in which his opinions are held will contribute largely to the harmonizing of factionalism in the party and enable congress to pass some measures desired by the president. It is not thought probable that he will request for a revision of the tariff, although he is said to realize fully that there is a demand that the wool and woolen schedules be reduced, but it is not probable that he will precipitate a conflict between factions, when it is practically certain that a downward revision could not be made owing to the attitude of the same forces that established the present schedules. It is expected that he will let tariff recommedations go over until the next session and then make his appeal to a democratic house and a republican senate. This will give him an opportunity to receive the report of the tariff board which will acquire expert evidence on cost of production in this country and abroad.

The president is said to have determined in the main to go right ahead with his program just as though he was not to be confronted a year hence by democratic control of the house. Fourteen appropriation bills aggregating about a billion dollars will come up for passage and if not disposed of at a regular session there would have to be a special session, calling into power the newly elected congressmen. This is not desired by either republicans or democrats. The president will probably recommend the fortification of the Panama canal. Also the amendment of .the postal laws so as to provide for a parcels post along rural routes and for increased postage for the advertising sections of magazines. The granting of ship subsidies will be urged and here is where a big fight will be started that will not altogether be on party lines. It is not probable that this question can be disposed of at the coming session. Provisions for reapportionment to conform to the thirteenth census will be asked and sharp controversy is certain to attend this movement. There is not thought to be much chance for party advantage in the reapportionment, but the democrats will probably contend for a postponement so that it may have complete control in the matter. The session will be busy, although short, and President Taft will do all in his power to have legislation of importance to the country passed while republicans hold the reins.

Jack Larsh Doing Nicely, Writes Surgeon Monday Evening.

Jack Larsh is getting on splendidly, is in substance the word received by the local physician from the surgeon who is watching his case in the Wesley hospital at Chicago. Mr. Larsh did not return home Monday as expected but remained for a longer time. He wrote to George Hopkins, his pharmacy clerk, also stating that the little patient was getting along all right. The Republican was in error In stating that the jaw bone was set Sunday. This has not yet been done and will be postponed until the swelling has abated. The. fracture of tfa£ skull at the base of the brain will be set at the same time. It has been rumored that one of his eyes would be blinded but this is not the case. The flesh about the eye was disfigured some, but the eye Itself was not hurt. Having made arrangements whereby we can buy Gold Medal flour at the car load rate, we are prepared to sell you the best flour on earth a* cheaply as any other high grade flour is sold. Give us a trial.

J. A. McFARLAND.

BOARD OF HEALTH EXHIBIT HERE ALL NEXT WEEK.

In Charge of Dr. W. F. King, Exhibit Comes Here Under Auspices of Local Medical Authority. Editor Republican: The -estate Board of Health baiT a traveling exhibit which is under the charge of Dr. W. F. King, assistant state health commissioner. This exhibit will be in Rensselaer the week commencing Dec. sth. It comes under the auspices of the local medical fraternity. This exhibit consists of graphic charts, photographs, pictures, diagrams, mottoes, pathological specimens, etc., all illustrating the cause, the prevention and the cure of tuberculosis. The object of sending this around over the state is to teach the people that it is unnecessary to suffer from tuberculosis. This disease is suffered to exist at a cost to the people of Indiana annually, of ten million dollars. This is a useless expenditure of money and the State Board of Health suggests that it be saved. That it can be saved, there is no doubt, because it has been demonstrated positively, that it is unnecessary to have consumption, because it is the product of wrong living. By wrong living is meant the fact that we do not ventilate our bedrooms or houses as they should be ventilated. The penalty is desease and death.

We also do not feed ourselves properly. We should live upon the simple foods and masticate them thoroughly. By the simple foods is meant the plain foods, such as our fathers had, namely, hominy, rice, bread and butter, all vegetables, all fruits and a very small amount of meats. It is certainly true that we eat too much meat. It is also true that a large majority of the hogs and cattle we slay for food are diseased, and the wonder is when we consider the amount of meat eaten, thete is not more disease follows In its track. We must learn to live properly or we must suffer from sickness and die. We have with the tuberculosis exhibit what is called the pure food exhibit. This is intended to illustrate the pure food and adulterated food situation. People everywhere are deeply interested in the pure food question, and it is a mere bagatelle in importance as compared to the importance of the prevention of disease. Foods are adulterated to a considerable degree, but never adulterated with articles injurious to health. Cornmeal is used for adulterating sausage, water for adulterating milk, oleomargarine for adulterating butter, etc., etc. It will be observed that none of these adulterants are injurious to health. They are sold for a high price, under false names.

Dr. King will deliver lectures every day during the week. His assitant, Mr. Frank W. Tucker,-one of the state food inspectors, is also prepared to talk upon the pure food question. Dr. King expects to have an opportunity to address the high school students, the teachers, the trustees, the women’s associations, and the business men. The business men will soon realize that the biggest business they can attend to is the business of preventing disease. There is. more profit, more trade, more advancement to business than anything else that can be done. Every business man under-' stands how an epidemic interferes with his business, but all do not understand how a low grade of health in the community interferes with business.

We bespeak your approval of this exhibition and your support. Very truly yours, J. N. HURTY, Sec’y.

A Happy Home Gathering On Thanksgiving Day.

One of the most enjoyable occasions of the season was the gathering home of the children of John C. Watson, of Gillam township, on the Jud Hunt farm, for Thanksgiving dinner, there being present fourteen children and seventeen grandchildren, namely, Mr. and Mrs. Lonzo Watson and family, of Mt. Ayr; Tillman Watson and family, of south of Rensselaer; Luther Watson, of Lebanon; Arthur Watson and family, of north of Rensselaer; Wess Hammerton and family, of' Gillam township; Mrs. George L. Johnson, of Pleasant Grove; John Himes and family, of Mt. Ayr; also a sister of John Watson, Mrs. Mary Brouhard, of Indianapolis, and his nephew, Lonzo McDonald, and niece, Mary Steelsmith, of Elizaville, Ind. Misses Mary and Esther Pullins and John Teede, of Francesville, and a few near neighbors were also present. The day was pleasantly spent eating turkey and other good things in proportion, but the best of all was the photo of the entire crowd, each family being presented one by the father.

Corporation Tax Law Brings Three Billions to U. S. Treasury.

The net income of the 262,490 corporations of the United States, which are subject to tax under the corporation tax law, was $8,125,470,000 for the year which ended on June 1. 'According to the returns, made to the internal revenue bureau the capital stock of the corporations was $52,371,626,752, and the bonds and other indeptedness was $31,133,952,696. Calling card* at the Republican.

The Prettiest Moving Picture Show la the City. BEX WABXBB, Proprietor.

A Columbus of Space

By Garrett P. Serviss.

Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co. CHAPTER I. A Marvelous Invention. Edmund Stonewall was the most ingenious man that ever lived. -In my private opinion he was the greatest human being that has ever appeared on this earth, I say this, despite the fact that against my will, and without my knowledge at the start, he took me and two of pur friends in common on the wildest, craziest, most impossible and incredible adventure that ever imagination conceived.

r I ought to hate Edmund Stonewall for what he did to me and to my friends; but, in fact, I reverence his memory. Let me tell you the story, and then you will see the reason that underlies my feeling toward him. In the first place, he made the most wonderful invention that ever the world heard of. In fact, until npw the world never has heard all about it, and I shudder yet when I think of it. It was, of course, based on electricity, for everybody knows that electricity is at the bottom of everything. At came out of that discovery which made so much exciement at the beginning of the Twentieth Century—“radioactivity.”

What.is radioactivity? Heaven only knows. But it came near being the death of me; it has robbed me of my dearest friends; and I don’t know but that, if Stonewall had kept on, it might have put a finish to this old earth of ours! Stonewall was always bothering himself about “power" and “energy” and what not. He knew machinery and engines as a boy knows craps and marbles. But he was dissatisfied wit.i everything. “Men are fools,” he said. “They might be like gods. They ought to run the globe, and steer it where they like.”

You remember the old “Keeley motor?” Well, Edmund believed ip it, but said Keeley had got hold of the wrong end, and would never make it go that way.

All the while he was experimenting himself. He had money from a rich uncle, I guess, and he built himself a laboratory, and once in a while he would invite Jack Ashton, Henry Darton, Will Church and me to come and watch some of his experiments. It was all Greek to us, but it never failed to make us stare. We saw some wonderful things there, that people knew nothing about. Edmund took up Tesla, too, with his communication with Mars idea, but after a while he dropped that, and then came radioactivity.

Wheri the discovery of radium and uranium and those things came out, the rest of us would never have known anything about it but for Edmund. We used to skip that part in the papers, and I can’t say that his explanation made it much clearer; but, anyhow, he made the thing very inspiring to our imagination. “Listen to this, boys,” he said to us. “Here’s Professor Thomson declaring that a single grain of hydrogen contains in its padlocked atoms enough energy to lift a million tons three hundred yards high. But Professor Thompson doesn’t know how to get at the energy, and neither does Professor Rutherford, nor anybody else. But somebody has got to get at it, and I guess it will have to be me.” “But what would you do with it if you got it, Edmund?” asked Jack, in his good-natured, drawling manner. Edmund’s eyes shone strangely, but he replied only: “I would do what Archimedes dreamed of.” None of us knew anything about the dreams of Archimedes, and we dropped the subject. ; < But Edmund Stonewall did not drop it. He simply went to work at it. He used to be at our club every evening, but after he got this new idea we would not see him for weeks on end. And when we did see him he was as

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM PICTURE. The Broken Symphony, a drama. SONG. Let Me Call You Dearie.

WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Wednesday. Slightly colder tonight.

mum as an oyster. But what a look he had in those deep eyes! Somehow, with all his eccentricity, we never connected the idea of craziness with Stonewall. He was different from other human beings, that vfras all. One evening, after a long absence, Edmund suddenly turned up at the club, and mighty glad we were to see him. We couldn’t understand his talk half the time, but it charmed us just the same. We never laughed at his extraordinary ideas. There was a depth in him that awed us. This time he showed an animation that we had never noticed before. “Well, boys,” he said, shaking hands all around, “I’ve got it.” ‘'Got .what?” drawled Jack. “The interatomic energy under control. I’ve arrived where a certain Professor Duncan dreamed of being when he wrote that, 'when man knows that, every breath of air he draws has contained within itself enough energy to drive the workshops of the world, he will find out some day, somehow, some way of tapping that energy.’ I’ve tapped it.” “Indeed!” said Jack. “Well, as I asked you once before, what are you going to do with it?” I have just been telling you that.we never thought of making fun of any of Stonewall’s -ideas, but there was something so extravagant in his words and manner that we all fell into Jack’s half-bantering mood, and united in demanding: -JlYes, Edmund, tell us what you are going to do with it?” Unintentionally we nettled him and, without knowing it, we probably laid the foundation for the 'astonishing thing that happened to us. He did not reply for a moment, while his eyes flashed and his face darkened. Then he said slowly: “If you will come over to the laboratory I’ll show you what I am going to do with it.” Nothing could have suited us better. Ever since Edmund had shut himself away we had been curious to know what he was up to. We all got our hats and walked over to the laboratory. He led us directly into the back yard, which we were surprised to find walled and roofed, so as to form a huge shanty. Edmund opened the door and ushered us inside. I tell you, we were startled by what we saw. In the center of the place was the queerest-looklng thing you can imagine. It Was not anything that I can well describe. I will call it a car, for that is what it most resembled. It was about 18 feet long and 10 feet high and broad, round like u boiler, with bulging ends. It seemed to be made of polished steel. Edmund opened a door in the end. "Step in," he said, and unhesitatingly we obeyed him, all exceptrChurch, who was always a skeptical fellow, and who, for some reason, remained outside. Edmund turned on an electric light, and we found ourselves in an oblong chamber, beautifully fitted up with fancy wood, and with leather-cushion-ed seats all around the sides. The walls shone with polished knobs and handles. , “Sit down,” said Edmund, "and I’ll tell you what I’ve got here.” Then, missing Church, he called out to him to come in, but there was no answer. We concluded that Church, thinking the thing would be too deep to be interesting, had gone back to. the club, Edmund presently resumed: “As I told you a little while ago, I’ve solved the mystery of the atoms. I've power illimitable at my command. If I chose to build the right sort of apparatus, I could drive this old planet of ours against the moon and wreck It! But I’m not going to damage anybody or anything. I’m simply going to try a little experiment. Excuse me a moment” Thereat he stepped outside, and we looked at one another, wondering, but still having too much confidence in Edmund to really set him down in our minds as unbalanced. We rather thought that he was going to show us some wonderful thing, as he used tc do in the laboratory; something we couldn’t understand, but that would be Interesting to lock at. We were not prepared for what followed. We heard Edmund outside in the shanty, making a noise that sounded like the opening of a barn dodr. Then he reappeared, entered the car and closed its door. We watched him with growing curiosity. There was an odd smile on hl* Continued on Page Four.

vol. nr.