Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1911 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. J. F. Payne made a business trip to Monticello today. Howard Myers is manager of a recently organized ball team at Brook. Mrs. George Sigler returned to Mt. Ayr this morning after a short visit here. Miss Myra Watson returned Sunday to Chicago after a visit with her mother. • Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thomas returned to Chicago this morning after a short visit with her sister, Mrs. J. H. Holden. Nate Walsh left this morning for Blackfoot, Mont., where his brother Claud is working. The boys are sons of Frank Welsh, of Jordan township. Mrs. John Paxton, of South Bend, and Mrs. A. Baech, of Delphi, are here to spend Decoration Day with their sister, Mrs. Kate Watson. « ♦ Mrs. W. S. Parks returned home this morning from a short visit with her sister at Monticello and a niece in Remington! Jas. R. Baker and daughter, of Peoria, 111., are visiting at the home of her father-in-law, John M. Baker, and family, in Barkley township.

Special millinery sale for 15 days. My milinery and dress making parlors, one block west of post office and just north of the Milroy monument. —Mrs. H. A, Cripps. A Rev. J. P. Green was called to Chicago today to perform the marriage ceremony for a relative living there. The bridegroom comes all the way 4rom California to get his bride. Mrs. Catharine Laßue -continues with but little change in her condition. She is probably growing slowly weaker but there is nothing critical about her condition at this time. Mrs. J. T. Manley writes us that they are - now pleasantly located at Keokuk, lowa, and find it a very desirable place of residence. They direct the Semi-Weekly Republican be sent to them. Misses Ruth Harper, Merle Harris and Martha Long returned that afternoon from Greencastle, where they have been visiting Rensselaer young ladies who are attending DePauw university. Mrs. J, E. Smith returned to Thorntown this morning after a visit here with her sister, Mrs W. P. Smith, Her son Harland, who accompanied her here, has been visiting in Chicago, having accompanied his cousin, Clarence Smith, there several days ago. He will remain here after his return for a fw days.

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Passenger train N®. 36, which goes through Rensselaer at 5:30 this morning and does not stop here, was derailed at Hammond this morning. No extensive damage resulted so far as could be learned and trains were not greatly delayed as a result. I Wallace Murray is in a, very serious condition at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Donnelly. He had a bad spell Tuesday and for a time it was thought he would die. Today his condition is not improved and it is expected that he can not last long. Among Rensselaer people to see the races at Indianapolis were Delos Thompson, Frank Leek, J. P. Hammond and son Herbert, Harry Parker, N. C. Shafer, Paul and Van Wood, Harve Moore, Brit Marion, Scott Chesnut, Jim Rhoades and John Braddock. Mrs. Jdfen W. Paxton returned to South Bend this morning after a short visit here with her sister, Mrs. Kate R, Watson. Mrs. A. E. Baerh was also visiting here from Delphi, and this morning Miss Katherine Baech came for a short visit. Dave Overton returned a few days ago from a prospecting trip to Kansas City and Omaha. He has railroaded considerably in the west but there is stagnation in railroad business now and no certainty when things will get better. Dave found nothing doing and returned home. Robert Medworth had the middle finger on his left hand taken off at the joint Wednesday afternoon in rather an unusual way. He was leading a jack behind his rig, and the animal gave a lunge. In Borne way the rope caught his finger and shaved it off as clean as a knife cut.—Brook Reporter. " Joe Hardman has been having some severe trouble with his right toe, which has been badly swollen. For a week he was unable to get down to the store. He is sure it is not gout and he has just about decided to call it plain rheumatism. By using an old shoe with a hole cut in it over the affected member he is now able to be up town again.' The only trouble with wearing a shoe with a hole in is the fact that a fellow can’t wear holey socks. The Brook Reporter Says that Prosecutor Longwell had a big racket with Herman Rogers and Hume Sammons, the attorneys who defended Hank Granger. Just what the dialogue was that took place at the trial the Reporter does not say, but it indicates that some of the evidence for the defense was not entitled to very much consideration. The paper says that Prosecutor Longwell was so mad yet when he reached Brook that he had to pack a chunk of Ice around, with him to keep his temper down.

■atemd January l, 18S7, as aacond-cUaa jnaU matter, a* the port-offlo® at meuMlaar, nrtHaaa, under the act of March 3, 187*.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31.

GREAT AUTO EVENT WAS VICTORY FOR MARMON CAR

Indianapolis Speedway Race on Decoration Day Resoled In Death of One and Injury to Seven. < The 500-mile auto race over the Indianapolis speedway on Decoration Day drew the largest crowd to Indianapolis that ever visited that city on a single day. There were from 80,000 to 100,000 at the race. Only one death resulted from the mad contest but seven others were more or less injured and many of the fine cars were wrecked and the wonder was thkt there were nqt several other deaths.

The race was won by Ray Harroun, who drove a Marmon “Wasp” and completed the 500 miles in 6 hours, .41 minutes and 8 seconds. He was only 5 minutes and 38 seconds ahead of Ralph Mulford in a Lozier car, and less than 5 minutes later a Fiat car driven by David Bruce-Brown came under the wire. ,

The excitement was intense during the race and when the accident occurred that threatened to result in the death of someone the big crowd would rise and shriek with sympathetic anguish. Some of the Rensselaer people who went to -see the races say they never again care to witness a similar sight. The prize money amounted to $25,000. Of this amount Harroun gets SIO,OOO, Mulford gets $5,000, BruceBrown $3,000 and others as follows, according to their position in the race:

Spencer Wishart, Mercedes, $2,000. Ralph De Palma, Simplex, $1,500. Charley Merz, National, SI,OOO. W. H. Turner, Amplex, SBOO. Harry Cobe, Jackson, S7OO. Fred Belcher, Knox, S6OO. Hughie Hughes, Mercer, SSOO. Total, $25,100. - “ In addition to this sum in gold, the leading ten drivers shared in a distribution of side prizes given by accessory makers amounting to nearly $15,000. The entrants of the ten leading cars will be given bronze plaques by the speedway management. Asked to make a formal statement, Harroun, the victor in the first 500mile race ever run on a speedway, said:

All credit is due my car for the brilliant victory. At no time was the throttle wide open and I relied solely upon the consistent high speed to win for me over occasional bursts in the back stretch. The weather was noticeably warm, although I did not suffer in any way from the heat. “The last hundred miles was by far the easiest of the entire run and the car was less difficult to handle on the turns. At first there was a tendency to slip which increased toward the 200-miie mark, but from that time I had little trouble in holding the car to its tmurse!' “In my estimation the limit is reached at 500 miles and is entirely too long for the endurance of the driver. I was from the J7ftth to the 250th mile and the rest of the drive was extremely refreshing.’’

The estate of Chris Arnold, who was accidentally killed in a runaway accident near Omaja, Cuba, almost two years ago, has not been settled and it is possible that his brothers, Charles and Ell, will be required to make another trip there to look after it. Chris bad purchased the land for cash and was given a contract calling for a good deed, but It seems that the deed has some defects and these matters hav so far remained unadjusted. The estate is valued at about $6,000 or $7,000. Chris had been buried about three weeks before his Jasper county relatives learned of his death and Charley and Eli were surprised when they went there to find that he had been buried in a Cuban graveyard, where the boddies are buried in a grave with others and it is thought probable that six. or eight are burled in the same grave with him. They wanted to remove the body while there and place it in an American burial ground, only about 16 miles away, but found that a body burled there can not be disinterred short of two years. They expect if they return there next December to have the body taken up and either plaved in the Amric&n cemetery in Cuba or brought back to the states. Another peculiar thing connected with the burial* there is that an annual tax is placed upon a corpse buried and if this is not met promptly by relatives or friends the bodies are dug up and buried in a potter’s field. A Cuban lawyer is looking after their interests and they believe is giving R honest attention.

Our screen doors are the beet; bang right, wear longest and the price is right. J. C. Gwin Lumber Co.

What Will the Auto Damage Be to Jasper County Roads?

f \ ' Probably not less than 600 automobiles have passed through Rensselaer within the past week. That figures three hundred each way and is not an extravagant estimate. They were largely big high power cars and they hit up the roads at from 30 to 60 miles an hour. They leave a stream of dust behind them when it is dry and they splash the mud when it is wet. They are hard, on the roads. Walter Porter, who knows something about roads, has been out over the roads since the machines began to pass through and he says that it is conservative to say that the machines which have passed through Rensselaer to and from Indianapolis have done damage of $2,000 and there is no law to prevent the machines from using the roads. They are public highways and there is no system of tolling those who use the roads. The people who owfi the machines pick the best roads just as any of us would do if we were traveling by auto and they are not very thoughtful about the results. They are good fellows, out for a good time and they go the limit and don’t care much for things generally and especially for the roads that , they are at no expense in building or maintaining. - : There should be an auto road tax and the state legislature should lose no time when it meets again to provide protection to the roads or a tax for their maintainance. Many of the cars have passed through Rensselaer and it is probable that more than two-thirds of them have been expensive cars, costing from $2,000 to $6,000. A tax of $25 per year on each of these for road purposes would be small and it would not nearly repair the damage that each one Will do in a year’s time.

.Milroy Park must have attention. It Is growing up in weeds and high grass. The council should make some provision for the care of the park. The city marshal and teamster are doing some good work and there is more needed to be done than they can look after. The weeds along vacant lots are growing-rapidly and notice should be served on owners that they must be cut. Rensselaer probably never looked better than it does this spring but it is time nOw to let people know that they must look after their property. Cockleburs and other noxious weeds are growing ran idly. They should be cut. Where a person occupies property alongside unimproved property they can with little exertion keep the worst of the weeds cut and they will benefit the public health if they will do it.

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GOOD CROWD HONOR THE VALIENT SOLDIER DEAD.

Forty Old Soldiers March to and From . Cemetery and Hear Address of Rev. Joel P. Green. The Memorial day service was quite largely attended Tuesday and an unusually large number of old soldiers marched to and from the cemetery and with a large number of citizens paid a debt of gratitude to the valor of those noble sons who enlisted in the cause of the union’s preservation. The line of march was from the court house square to the cemetery. The boys’ band led and two squads from Company M followed. Then came the Sunday schools and the Odd Fellows, the only secret order to join the parade. Then came the old soldiers who seemed to be feeling unusually good this year. They marched to and from the cemetery with nimble step and evidently enjoyed the opportunity to honor their comrades who had'gone before. The service was excellent at the cemetery. The quartette composed of Mrs. George Reed, Miss Maude Daugherty, James Matheson and C. E. Prior, sang several songs. Prayer was offered by Rev. Harper and the main address was delivered by Rev. Joel P. Green, of the Baptist church. Rev. Green was for some time in the regular army following the close of the civil war and his address was a stirring one, dealing with the cost of peace and the necessity for maintaining same. Miss Marguerite Norris recited Lincoln’s address very nicely. Returning from the cemetery the organization was reversed, the ex-sol-diers marching behind the band. On Washington street they opened ranks while the militia marched through and the militia then opened ranks and stood facing the center at present arms while the old soldiers marched through. At the post hall in the court house the ladies of the G. A. R. gave their annual dinner to the civil war veterans, bringing to a close a very; beautiful day spent in devotion to the cause of human freedom. The day was ideal. A rain -in the morning threatened to last all day, but by 10 o’clock it had cleared up and the afternoon was bright and pleasant. Among the veterans from dut of town were B. H. Sheffer and Theo. Warne, of Parr, and William Warren, of Tefft.

Doan’s Regulets cure constipation without griping, nausea, nor any weakening effect. Ask your druggist for them. 25 cents per box. Get screen doors of the J. C. Gwin Lumber Co. ' For any pain, from top to toe, from any cause, apply Dr. Thomas’ Eclectic Oil. Pain, can’t stay where it is used A Classified Adv. will find it.

WEATHER FORECAST. ■ Thunderstorms this afternoon and in .the south portion tonight; cooler in extreme south portion tonight; Thursday fair. May 31. Sun rises 4:32; sets 7:23. Maximum Monday 86; maximum Tuesday 80; minimum this morning 61. Precipitation 0.58 inch.

Tribune’s Enterprise Gets Papers to Indianapolis in 3:46.

The Chicago Tribune put one over on its contemporaries Tuesday and at the same time accomplished a record breaking trip over the Monon railroad between that city and Indianapolis. In order to get the paper to Indianapolis, where thousands of Chicago people had gone to see the races, a special Monon train was chartered. With a baggage carolled with Trubunes and 100 newsboys in two _ coaches, the special left Chicago at 1:15 Tuesday morning. The train arrived at Indianapolis at 5:01, thus making the trip in*3 hours and 46 minutes. The regular fast trains have a 5 hour schedule. The Tribune special was given a clear track as nearly as possible, but one or two delays caused the train to slow up and from 16 to 20 minutes was lost in this way. But the record establishes a new one for a train between Chicago and Indianapolis. All the newsboys, who were lusty lunged fellows gathered up in dhurry from the streets of Chicago, wore purple badges bearing the name of the Tribune on them and they took Indianapolis by storm. So great was the Monday night crowd that many people were unable to get beds and bad to walk the streets all night. Then thous&ids got up early to get a start for the motor speedway, and when the newsboys started up the streets of the city they met many buyers, but they were unwilling at first to believe that it was the regular edition of the Tribune they were being offered, but were convinced when they read the article that told of the Tribune’s arrangement for the meteoric special.

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