Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1911 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Car of lump smokeless just in. fj? L. Brady. A pair of fancy chickens given away eveiry night this week at the poultry show. Mrs. J. H. Robinson went to I**' fayette today to visit her mother, Mrs. J. J. Robinson. Mrs. J. H. Chapman will entertain —the D. A. R. Saturday afternoon; Jan. 7th, at 2; 30 o’clock, Don’t forget to go to the Poultry Show at the Armory, all this week, only 10c admission. < ■ '■ 1 1 ■ * The Presbyterian .Brotherhood will meet in the church parlor next Monday evening, Jan. 9th. Bert Amsler has gone to a hospital in Chicago and will be operated , OIL for "hernia next Saturday. 75 . men’s and young men’s overcoats to close out at wholesale prices. If you need one be sure and see these lines. C. EARL DUVALL. Sam Perkins is spending this week with Rensselaer relatives. He will continue to work on a farm near Idaville the ensuing year, but has hired to a different man. James Shindler, who fell down stairs at the home of his son-in-law, John Bill, several weeks ago, is now much improved and able to be about much of the time. He is now with hiß son at Brook. He is 79 years of age. The funeral of “Grandmother” Weathers will be held at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Peyton, on Division street, at 10:30 o’clock Friday morning. It will be conducted by Rev. J. P. Green, pf the First Baptist church. Burial will be made in Weston cemetery.: The Horton and Moseley dredge, which was constructed thiß fall, five miles west of town, and which was unable to do any work on account of lack of water, was set in operation last week. Wm. Hancock, engineer, thinks-the rains of the past few days will give them sufficient water to continue the construction of the ditch.— Monon correspondence to Monticello Herald. Work coats in sheep-lined corduroy or duck, at $3.50 and $4.00. each. Leather and corduroy reverseable coats at $5.00. Now is your chance. C. EARL DUVALL.

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM —♦ —- i #■ PICTURE. ' V“”." A Child’* Judgment. ' SONG Pd Like to (Ml on Ten, By J. F. Fredericks* ----- -

. See the largest turkeys in the world at the Poultry Show, all this week. Mrs. Carrie D. Short left this morning for a business trip to Monon, Monticello and Medaryville. James Steinman, a lightning rod agent from Bourbon, Ind., has been visiting the local salesman, C. C. Parks. Mrs. J. W. Smith has been taken to, the hospital and will be operated on* next Saturday for the removal of a tumor. Joseph Dulzak took his daughters Mary and Marjorie to Lafayette today tp have their eyes examined and treated. T*/ : Big sale on underwear, wool or cottons, in unions and two piece. They all go at wholesale prices. ~ C. EARL DUVALL, Dr. Kresler has sold hla-No,~40» Buick to a party at Lowell, and it was taken to that town today by Max Kcpner. Dr. Kresler has Invested in a Flanders 20. ‘ The current state funds will this year be deposited in sixteen Indianapolis banks instead of in only seven as was the case last year. The funds were apportioned on the basis of :i total deposit of $2,400,000. The sale of the Meyers ft Secor stock by ■ the receiver, C. G. Spitler, will take place at the west door of the court house at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, Jan. 14th, Instead of Jan. 7th, as stated a few days ago. Ray Markin left this morning for his home at Parkston, S. Dak., where he ‘ has employment at the bakers’ trade, which He learned soon after leaving Rensselaer. Ray spent two weeks visiting his Jasper county rela lives. ; ' ‘ Dennis Gleason shipped a car load Zot horses to Cincinnati today. He purchased seven head of these yesterday, which was the regular monthly horse sale day. There were several other buyers here but not very many horses. Mrs. John Bill, of Jordan township, tripped and fell In the yard at her home Tuesday and struck upon her face. Her nose, eyes and forehead, also her hands were badly bruised Although the Injury was very painful, no ill effects will result. We carry Indiana, Pittsburg and splint coals for heating and ste<*m purposes. J. L. BRADY.

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RENSSELAER* INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1911.

POULTRY SHOW THE BEST EYER HELD IN RENSSELAER.

890 Entries and the Turks are Best in The World—Public Should Attend ’ And Help Show Along: There are 390 entries at the Rensselaer Poultry and Corn Show, making the biggest and best show ever held in Rensselaer. ,! The ! largest exhibitors are William Hershman, of Walker township, and Emmet Pull ins, of Barkley, whose turkeys have won prizes in Chicago and Kansas City, and which competent judges says are the best bronze turkeys in the world. ; fi ; ~// The corn show is very creditable for the first attempt, although the number of entries should be very much larger than it is. t The corn is being judged this Thursday afternoon by Mr, Littlejohn, of Kentland, H. A. Pickett, of Greentown. has been scoring the poultry since Tuesday, and these awards are being made today. Besides the entries in the poultry show from Rensselaer and vicinity there are exhibits from Lowell, Remington,* Brook, Mt. Ayr and Medaryville. Five Lowell exhibitors are beta to atteiM the Bhow today, viz., P. L. Rigg, Earl Culver, Nate Slusser, Sam Pedrie and Ed Brownell. A pair of thoroughbred birds are given away each day to some one who has attended the show that day. A 1 Rishling was awarded a pair of Rhode Island Reds Wednesday. The prize today is a pair of Black Minorcas. - Ott Friday evening Miss Marjorie Loughridge will sing a number of songs, some composed by Lon Healy, and including his “I’d Like to Be a Friend of All the Girls.” Saturday afternoon-at the Princess theatre occurs the baby show, which is an annual feature with the poultry show. Rensselaer and Jasper county people should attend this show. Remember that it closes Saturday. The admission Is only 10 cents, well worth triple the cost.

DEMOCRATIC SPEAKER WAS CHOSEN AT CAUCUS.

Albert J. Veneman Selected to Rule Lower House at General Assembly Which Convenes Today.

Albert J. Veneman. of Evansvilio. was chosen speaker of the house of representatives Wednesday night after one of the most perplexing contests in thq history of Indiana / politics. Veneman was named on the second ballot ih the democratic caucus held in the agricultural room at the state house. Adam E. Wise, of Plymouth; Adoli h Sfeidensticker, of Indianapolis; Joseph M. Crains, of Madison, and Michael Thornton, of New Albany, were the opposing candidates. Harry G. Strickland and J. B. Faulkner withdrew from the race. Charles McCullough, of Brazil, was elected chief clerk of the house on th fourth ballot, receiving thirty-one votes. Mark Fippen, of Salem, was elected assistant clerk on .he first ballot. Fippen was journal clerk of the,house two years ago./ John Walsh, of Indianapolis, a prominent labor union man, was named as chief doorkeeper. " A resolution was adopted unanimously that the chief doorkeeper employ Bert Hendren, of Linton, as postmaster of the house. He had no opposition. CZ Zacharies Lieb, of Rockport, representative from Spencer county, was caucus chairman. John J. Keegan, of Indianapolis, and Charles M. Frisse, of Evansville, were secretaries. On the second ballot six votes from the Fifth district went to Veneman, which had been- cast for Seidensticker on the first ballot, thus giving Veneman thirty-one votes, the necessary majority if all the members of the house had been present The first ballot resulted as follows: Veneman, 24; Wise, 14; Beldenstlcker, 10, Cravens, 6; Thornton, 4. On the seccnd ballot Veneman received 31; Wi*e 18; Cravens, 2; Sei den sticker, 5; Thornton, t?

Methodist Church Services.

The subject at Trinity M. E. church Sunday morning is “Facing the Crisis.’’ Evening, "Our Bufflclency.’’ There will be preaching every night during January, except Saturday kev. W. W. Speer, of Wolcott, will be with us to conduct the singing. All are welcome to these services.

Now Is the time to order tile st The Rensselaer Cement Tile Factory, so yon better be sure and get them. They pay a better dividend than anything on your farm. * " Chas. A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction, ..has made out his January apportionment list for the school funds for the completion of the present school year. Jasper county Is credited with an enrollment of 8,541 school chlldreh and the trustees will come in for a division of $6,990.32 that comes to this county for school purposes. Benton county gets $6,393.66 and Newton county gets $6,460.90. Promft service In furnishing sale Mill. A The Republican CMOS.

RENSSELAER COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS DIRECTORS.

Proposition of Future Action Dis- “ cussed and Action Deferred Until* Directors Organise.

Thirty-two members of the Rensselaer Commercial Club met Wednesday evening in the club rooms and elected directors for the ensuing year*. The names of those chosen follow: D. M. Worland, C. G. Spitler, A. H. Hopkins, C. C. Warner, Frank Foltz, Hiram Day, Delos Thompson. B. F. Fendig and W. V. Porter. The directors are to meet this Thursday afternoon and organize by choosing a president and secretary.

Some discussion was indulged |n as to what the club should do and three propositions were mentioned, viz. / , - First, to sell all the land and prorate the proceeds according to the amounts paid in on the lots and thus dose up and go out of business; second, to reduce the price of the 'lots from S2OO to SIOO and refund to all who have paid beyond that amount, and to continue in business, taking things quietly until an opportunity shows up that looks favorable for action; third, to continue on the original basis and enforce payment on all contracts. ,

The middle ground position seemed to he favored by most of those present, although a number wanted to quit al 3 .together and a number more wanted to go ahead on the present plan. Another meeting will be held soon to take further action definitely on What the club shall do.

Senator Stephen B. Elkins Died at His Washington Home

Senator Stephen B. Elkins, of West Virginia, died at midnight Wednesday night at his home in Washington, D. C. He became ill in the summer at his home in Elkins, W. Va., but when he was removed to Washington ou Nov. 9, he was reported considerably Improved. Blood poisoning was the cause of death.

Senator Elkins was himself a railroad builder and was the chairman for a number of years of the interstate commerce committee of the U. jL senate. As the head of this committee he had charge of the Hepburn rate regulation bill of 1907, and of the administration bill of 1910. He had intimate knowledge of the questions affected by this legislation, and shpmeasure so roundly opposed by democrats and insurgent republicans. Alter the passage of the bill the late Senator Dolliver warmly complimented Senator Elkins. „ Senator Elkins was a genial man who liked practical things and notwithstanding his extensive business affairs outside the senate, he gave every care to his legislative duties and looked after the interests of his constituency very carefully. He was born in Ohio in 1841. He moved witn his father to Missouri, where he graduated from the Missouri university and then settled in New Mexico. There he served as attorney-general, U. S. district attorney, territorial senator and delegate in congress. He married the eldest daughter of Henry Gassaway Davis, who was the democratic candidate for vice-president in 1904. Mr. Davis was then a senator from West Virginia and Mr. Elkins moved fils residence to that state. He was chairman of the republican na tional committee in the campaign that elected Benjamin Harrison president He was elected to the senate in 1895. While residing in Missouri Mr. Elkins taught school and to this circumstance owed his escape from one of the most thrilling situations of his eventful life. Riding one day toward the close of the civil war along a lonely road in the western part of the state, he was seized by a squad from the band of the confederate guerilla Quantrill. -He was charged with being a spy and the penalty was death. Fortunately for Elkins, he was placed in the care of two brothers, who recognized the young man as their former teacher.

Appreciating his peril they contrived his escape. The senator’s new found friends were Jim and Cole Younger, who afterwards became notorious as the most daring of the band of outlaws led by the James brothers. When, after the close of the war, the Youngers were captured and went to prison on a life sentence for robbing a bank in Minnesota, Mr. Elkins recalled their kindness to him. He exerted his influence to procure their release and ultimately succeeded.

Total Fines Fer One Year Amounted to $124 in Rensselaer.

Squire 8. C. Irwin, the only active Justice of the Peace in Marion township, this morning sent a check for $124 to County Treasurer J. D. Allman, that being the sum total of flues collected during the twelve months ending Dec. 31st This money goes into the school funds of the city.

Two saieo of Gifford land are reported within the past few days. T. M. Callahan, Ed Oliver and David Blltstine are the active agents. David Popel, of Chicago, purchased 160 acres, paying $36 per acre, and J. C. Boone, of Richmond, bought 160 acres at SBO per acre. Other deals are pend ing.* —: ,^ a r'‘ , 7v *'V ~

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Lawless Gangs In London To Be Routed by Police.

Outlaws have been terrorizing London. They are an anarchitic sort and so thorough has their organization been that the efforts of the polic * have failed to secure the ring leaders until Tuesday, when a pitched battle was held between anarchists and the police. To defeat the anarchists a building they occupied was burned to the ground and Peter the Painter and Duteh Fritz, two leadera of the worst gang London has had, were burned up. The police now propose to go after the criminal class with a greater vigor than heretofore. England has had very lax Immigration laws and London is said to harbor a class of the worst outlaws from all foreign countries that have found it easy to gather there and avoid contact with the police while engaging in many channels of lawlessness.

Parlor Billiards Inventor Disappointed by His Failure.

From the Chalmers correspondence to the Monticello Herald we learn of the death of George. King, who a few years ago was the Monon agent at Fair Oaks. His death occurred at Frankfort. Mr. King was for many years the Monon agent at Chalmers and was engaged in the lumber business as a side line and succeeded to such an extent that he made that his sole business. He succeeded and made considerable money. While engaged in the lumber business in Chalmers he invented a game called pango or parlor billards. It was much on the order of croconole, but the cushions of the board were stripped with rubber that made a very pronounced rebound to the disc when it was thumped. Mr. King became wrapped up in the game, thought he had invented something that would prove a great seller, and he played at it until he became very expert, making three-cushion shots with all the dexterity of a professional billiard player. He went out of the lumber business and into the manufacture of pango boards and was unable to sell the product, although he spent much money in advertising. He was unwilting to give it up, however, and did not quit until he had spent all the money he had saved up. Then he went back to telegraphing. The failure embittered his life to a great extent and he never regained his former geniality. He would not discuss his failure and when the subject was mentioned to him he would say, “Pango be damned.” Mr. King was an exemplary man and*a successful one until carried away by his invention that failed to prove a seller

Auditor Entitled to Fees for Making Assessors' Books.

Montlcello Herald. * Judge Vinton rendered his decision last week in the case of the Board of Commissioners vs. J. L. Ackerman in the matter of allowances that had been made to him while auditor for making the assessors’ books. The. court held that he was entitled to these allowances, as the work.was not a part of the duties of his office required by law, nor was it part of the assessors* duties. This particular action had been brought at the request of Mr. Ackerman himself, covering all the allowances be had received for this work during his terms of office and extending beyond the period covered by the accounting board’s examination. The whole amount Involved was $750. The decision of Judge Vinton clears up the last question of fees alleged to have been due from Auditor Ackerman's administration, and every question has been decided in his favor.

Big sale on dress shirts of all kinds, $2.00 grades for $1.50; $1.50 grades for $1.15; SI.OO grades for 7sc; 50c cent grades for 38c. ' All sixes frovi 12 to 20. C. EARL DUVALL.

& IKaw kVI w 10l Igßß^ Eating quality arc shown in these goods—Not a fancy high-priced bos. W ON SALE AT \ I HUGH LEAVELL’S BAKERY I I i I I

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM •, ncfm . Two Boys In Bine, a western drama. ■ .. r ff&tH f T*'' _ - _ SONG. Base Ball.

sore LON HE ALT’S SONG “I LIKE TO BE A FISH* OF ALL THE GfltLS ” sale at ' Phillip’s Haste Store Price - - .26 cents, !

WBATHEB FORECAST. Snow tonight and Friday; not so cold tonight. —• Temperature for 24 Honrs Ending With 9 A. X. Today. Minimum zero fiat; mn-rimnm 17 above.

Representative Brown Will Be Glad to Hear From You.

In a short letter received from Representative John G. Brown, of Monon, he says: “I leave for Indianapolis Tuesday to take up my legislative duties and . I will be pleased to hear from constituents concerning matters of Interest to them during the session ”

Notice of Early Closing. We, the undersigned business men. agree to close our place of business at the time of six P. M., excepting Saturday, during the months of January and February, 1811, same to be effectuive beginning Monday, January 9th. r GEO. E. MURRAY CO. Dry goods and clothing side. ROWLES ft PARKER FRANK G. KRESLER SAMUEL FENDIG B. N. FENDIG C. EARL DUVALL MODEL CLOTHING STORE WARNER BROS. E. D. RHOADES & SON EGER BROS, i*. W. CLARKE G. J. JESSEN W. J. WRIGHT M HASKELL C. H. CAIN WOOD A KRESLER C. W. RHOADES FREEMAN WOOD The board of trustees of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league will meet at the headquarters in the State Life building, Indianapolis, on January 17, that date having been selected by the headquarters committee as the time for the annual meeting. Reports are received and officers elected at the annual meeting. B. 8. Shumaker, state superintendent of the league, says nothing has been said as to the subjet 9 which will come before the meeting for discussion. It has always been the policy of the board of trustees to discuss plans for the following year for the furtherance of the work. It Is said that the board will talk over plans for statewide prohibition, bat Mr. Shumaker said that no one r had any authority for making this statement. Hs said he did not know what subjects would be taken up at the meeting. J v ‘ ' '■ r ‘ The uniform text book law for the common schools of the state has saved the patrons, in the twenty years and more that it has been In operation, over $3,500,000, declares Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public instruction, who has collected data on the subject to lay before the .general assembly In the event the assault, oftwo years ago against the Jaw Is repeated in the coming session of the general assembly. Mr. Great bourn has arrived at the saving reported by a careful examination of records of requisitions In his office, and a comparison with text book prices In otbsr states, where the uniform text book law does not exist . A Don’t forget the Baby Show at the Princess theatre Saturday afternoon.

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