Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1911 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Big choice lemons, 35c a dozen.— Home Grocery. Mrs. Lon Kaiser and baby joined her husband in Surrey today, where he manages the W. R. Lee grocery. Try our new, mild, full cream cheese and new brick cheese.' - . JOHN EGER. Reduction in all trimmed hats until July 15th at Mrs. Purcupile’s. The selection is large and good. Jacob Rubin and Morris Kramer, two Chicago owners of Gifford lands, were in Rensselaer today. Get a parasol. $1.45 parasols now $1.16 during our big sale. ROWLES & PARKER. A quick, sure seal for your Mason jars—Keeran’s Vacuum seals, 10c a dozen at the Home Grocery. y-' Miss Donna Harmon and Miss Ester O’Malley, of Pontiac, 111., are visiting the former’s brother, L. A. Harmon, and wife. We are headquarters for fruit jar 3, lids and rubbers, and “H. & E.” granulated sugar, the best sugar made for preserving. JOHN EGER, You should supply yourself with one $r two pairs of shoes before our big sale ends. ROWLES & PARKER. Mrs. M. D. Walsh returned to Chicago today after a ten days’ visit with her daughter, Mrs.' John Murfltt, near Mt Ayr. Now is the time to buy. Get some of the unusual bargains before our big sale ends. ROWLES & PARKER. Alfred Bird, a former well known resident of this county, died some three weeks ago in Hammond. He was injured several weeks previously by a falL Our sales have been greater than we had expected. We now have extra salespeople. Better get some of the bargains before the sale ends. ROWLES & PARKER. Jim George recently quit, his job in a Chicago shoe store and is now working as a billing clerk in the Monon freight depot in Chicago, where Hurley Beam also works. / William Guthrie came over from Monticello this morning to see whether his Jasper county farm was still on the map and also to see whether the fly had beat his tenant in harvesting his wheat crop. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hilling and two of their three children, of Arvilla, N. Dak., are here for a short visit with Mrs. Alice Howe, who raised Arthur from boyhood. He is now engaged in the barber business in Arvilla. We are now unloading our 9th car of flour since Jan. Ist, 1911. More flour than all the balance of the merchants in the city have handled. Quality is what sells flour. * JOrfN EGER. Miss Marjorie Vanatta left this morning on the early train for Marion to visit her father, Judge Robert Vanatta. Her grandmother, Mrs. John R. Vanatta, accompanied her as far as Frankfort, at which pfacc Marjorie changed cars. Mrs. Agnes Kelley has sold the old Kelley home at the corner of Rutsen and Weston streets to her son. Chase V. Kelley, and it is understood that he will trade it or sell it. The consideration named in the deed was $3,000.

George Ade has been compelled to put up signs on the entrance of the * Hazelden grounds that they are private and not open to the general public on Sundays. This move was made necessary by the fact that they were getting to resemble a “Barnum’s circus” people coming in machines from fifty miles around to trample over the grounds.—Brook Reporter. A Classified Adv. will find It.

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM -—♦ PICTURES. • r v: .. < THE TRAITOR. ROBBER NECK. FIRES OF FATE.

About two hundred members of the Christian church and Sunday school attended the reception given to Rev. G. H. Clarke and family at the church Monday evening, tho occasion being the removal of the minister to Indianapolis. The evening was devoted to an expression of the mutual benefits and enjoyment of the past six and a half years and the strong tids existing between Rev. Clarke and his family and the congregation were proven by the various speakers. John Merritt spoke for the men’s Sunday school class, which Rev. Clarke has instructed for several years. Mrs. J. N. Leatherman spoke for the ladies’ aid society, and Helen Leatherman recited a declamation telling of the accomplishments of the aid sqciety. Miss Glenn Day spoke for the choir, J. L. Brady for the church and W. S.. Day for the board of elders, and Miss Jessie Makeever for the Christian Endeavor Society. Mrs. Delos Thompson played a piano solo and Miss Wilda Littlefield, Mrs. George H. Healey and Harry Jacobs sang solos. Members of the church presented Rev. and Mrs. Clarke with a beautiful set of silver knives and forks. Refreshments , were served. Rev. Clarke will begin his pastorate of the Sixth Christian church of Indianapolis next Sunday, but his family will not leave here until the latter part of July or even later.

Especially for iced tea—Millar’s Turtle Chop—l£>c and 30c a package. Home Grocery. Oxfords at VanArsdel’s at 79e, SI.OO, $1.39 and $1.89 are creating a sensation among shoe wearers. Miss Selma Leopold Is organizing a class for instruction on the piano. Any one wishing to make arrangements for lessons phone 461. One of the nicest breakfast foods on the market today is the new cooked oats. Ready to serve—loc a package at the Home Grocery Don’t fail to see VanArsdel’s show windows, displaying the greatest values ever offered in Oxfords at SI.OO per pair. Edward Cox Davis, composer of Lincoln’s funeral march is dead at hi 3 home in Des Moines. He was 92 years old. Lincoln’s funeral march, made famous at the time of the President’s death, was played from the original manuscript by the St. Louis Cornet Band. Dolly Campbell, 13, leaped- from a second story window at her home In Elkhart to escape a whipping from her mother, Lucile Campbell. Her right ankle was broken. According to the child’s story, her mother took her to task because she visited her father, George Campbell, from whom the mother was divorced. The Indianapolis News of Monday evening states that on application of a buyer of eggs, a representative of the board of health will be sent to a northern county to give investigation to alleged sales of stale eggs. He may not be coming to Jasper county, but it is jußt as well that the people of this county take warning and do not sell eggs that are bad. It may prove expensive if they run afoul of the inspector. William Nowels, who went to Elk Falls, Kans., a few weeks ago on account of the sickness of his sister, Mrs. Joseph Boyce, has received notice of her death. She was born in Jasper county March 2, 1838, and her maiden name was Sarah Emily Nowels. Her marriage took place March 11, 1868. She died June 21st. Of thirteen children born to her, six still survive. Deceased removed from Jasper county many years ago, but will be remembered by many of our older residents. A Classified Adv. will rent It WEATHER FORECAST. Cooler and generally fair tonight; Wednesday fair. June 28—Bun rises 4:31; sets 7:34,

About Two Hundred Attended Farewell Reception to Minister.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1911.

REAL GOOD NEWS FOR PROGRESSIVE RENSSELAER.

Factory Men Here to Start Operations —Depot Construction Begins— Purtelle at Work. Good news is coming In bunches and it looks like Rensselaer would he a hive of industry the balance of the year. W. W. Sterling, president of the United States Match Co., and P. T. Longacher, one of the directors of the concern, arrived here this Tuesday morning with the plans s>r the factory building and took the first steps toward getting the factory building started. They have arranged with a local carpenter to put his force of workmen on the job of constructing a temporary building in which they will put their various cement block cement, etc. They "have upwards of a hundred moulds that will be sent here and the block making will begin just as soon as the building can be erected and the equipment reach here. Itiis expected to ship the machinery here next week, possibly to have it here within a week from today. They will rush business and get the big factory up just as soon as possible. Workmen are today moving the fence north of the Monon track between Forest street anfl College road back fifteen feet, so that the switch tracks can be run on the north side of the track. The land now included in the right-of-way was purchased of M. A. Learning, the deed being recorded today. The railroad purchased a strip 15 feet in width and extending along the track a distance of 300 feet. The price was $l5O. This is the first step toward the actual construction of the new depot. The building will be started within a few days, according to the latest advices received by Agent Beam. Eugene Purtelle continues to work away on his railroad. The Roumanians who came down from Chicago are said to have thrown up a shack in which they will live and that they are going about things in a businesslike manner. Purtelle is spending considerable money and each day there is added in the ultimate success of his projected road. Things sure look good for Rensselaer the remainder of the summer and the permanent effect should start a boom here that will greatly increase the population of the city.

Friends of Miss Bessie Davis have been quite active with social events fn her honor the past few days. On l«St Saturday evening Mrs. Frank Kresler gave a miscellaneous shower at hey home and this evening Mrs. Ernest Lamson and Miss Gertie Leopold, at the home of the former, will give china shower. Miss Davis will be married Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock.

B. W. Douglass, state entomologist, has made an inspection of the shade trees in Plymouth, which are Infested with the cottony maple scale. On Mr. Douglass’ suggestion the mayor and council will< employ a tree expert and purchase a power spraying outfit to kill the insects. Several thousand dollars will be spent for the purpose Peter M. Beck, a machinist of South Bendj, has built an airship of the Bleriot monoplane type, and is now engaged in a series of trial flights at Notre Dame. JBTith a few modifications and a probable change in the motor, Mr. Beck is sanguine of his ultimate success. In the trial the machine rose to a good height, but because of wrong ballasting did not hold its position.

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LARSEN’S DEATH MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SELF-INFLICTED.

Victim Was Not Seen Crawling,From Barn to Cistern—Circumstances Demand Deeper Probe. Fowler, Ind., June 26.—Does a humgn body every float immediately after drowning. This is one of the questions that is perplexing Fowler in the investigation of the death of Peter. Larsen, the kindly Dane, whose body was found floating in the cistern of his home last Friday morning. Even those who believe firmly that death was self-in-flicted cannot explain why the body floated in the water: That it did is accepted by some as proof that Larsen was killed and his body thrown in the cistern. This belief is entertained, notwithstanding an autopsy resulted in the conclusion that death was by drowning. Fowler sentiment is divided concerning Larsen’s death. The coroner, the prosecutor and the doctors who were called in the case believe tho old man first tried to kill himself with a hatchet and failing by that method jumped into the cistern. All sorts of rumors and reports can be heard. To satisfy the people, Deputy Prosecutor Burke Walker today requested a special investigation of the case by the grand, jury and Judge James Saunderson, of the circuit court, ordered the jury to report tomorrow morning. “I am not a prejudiced prosecutor in this case,” said Mr Walker. “I followed the testimony given to the coroner and I believe Larsen committed suicide. However, there has been so much talk I thought it only fair that there should be a special investigation and those who have any information in the case can come forward and tell the grand jury what they know.” “Has there ever been an official investigation of the Larsen property,” was asked.

“There has been no rigid examination on the belief that Larsen was murdered. The evidence submitted to the coroner suggested suicide from the very start. We haven’t given much consideration to the murder theory but now that the grand Jury has been called everybody can be heard.”

Opposing sentiment to the murder theory in the Larsen case might be separated. There are. those who contend the evidence pdints to murder and there are those who find fault with the manner in which the case has been investigated. It is recalled by a great many citizens there there would have been no developments in the Poole case had it not been for the zeal of an eighteen-year-old boy who couldn’t be stopped. With the Poole case in mind there are many who believe the present case should have been investigated vigorously and that, in a matter of such importance, there should be no reasonable doubt. There is a reason why the suicide of old Peter Larsen is doubted, and it is a reason of greater weight than theories. This reason is the fact that old Peter Larsen was a man honored and respected in the community. He was a plodding, phlegmatic Dane, not the least hysterical. He was a man of the solid type. He was good natured, optimistic and stout-hearted. Since his marriage to the woman who is now his widow he confided in friends that he had made a mistake. He said he and his wife were not congenial. Peter was a simple soul. He was a man who loved his flowers and garden and in the dusk, during the life of his first wife, he found peace In reading the Danish Bible, singing a hymn of his church and offering a prayer. That the present Mrs. liarsen didn’t have sympathy for this pimple life proved <a great disappointment and to a few friends he confessed all this. Peter Larsen, the likeable Dane, believed he made a failure of his second marriage, but he didn’t indicate to his friends that he was done with living. On the morning his body was found he intended filing an application for divorce and it was the talk of this town that there was a tentative agreement whereby his wife was to receive $2,000 and find a home elsewhere. But evidently Peter was not building solely on the prospects of a separation. Inquiry shows that he had asked concerning a trip east and that be planned spending the summer with a half-brother in Washington, in the event he could not get possession of the cottage he called home. These facts are known by a great many persons of Fowler who can’t understand why the kind-spoken Due, with a love for home and his garden of flowers, should seek to kill himself. As has, been stated the autopsy of Sunday indicated drowning. Inhere was water in the lungs and stomach

and there was congestion of the lungs and brain and the discoloration indicative of strangulation. It was also found that Larsen was very fat and that he had a great deal of blood. The presence of the fat may explain the floating of the body-and the presence of the blood may be accepted as evidence that he didn’t bleed to death. However, it Isn’t fully understood why the body floated in the cistern, if death was due to drowning. \pne of the chief arguments in -the suicide theory has been the alleged testimony of Mrs. Sylvester an intelligent witness and neighbor *who heard the quarreling on the night of the tragedy and at whose home Mrs. Larsen stopped during the early hours of last Friday morning. It has been stated that Mrs. Schoup saw Larsen about his premises, that she even saw him come from the barn and approach the cistern where his body was found. But in talking to a newspaper representative yesterday she frankly stated that she didn’t see Larsen, although at one time she thought she saw some object moving behind the grape arbor of the Larsen home. Mrs. Larsen had suggested to her that she might see Peter Larsen moving about. v _ As an evidence of the manner in which this case has been handled there is the story of the hatchet, with which Larsen either hacked himself or by which he was beaten into semiconsciousness. The coroner hasn’t this hatchet, the sheriff hasn’t It and the prosecutor hasn’t it. It has been allowed to lie on the floor of the barn where Larson was supposed to have battered his own head. Possibly a hundred people have handled this blood stained evidenced the tragedy. Peter Larsen had use of but three fingers on his right hand.. It is a story of the town that the blood stains on the hatchet show all eight fingers of two hands in right position. It was the observation of early visitors to the scene that the finger prints on the hand ax were very plain and might be highly important, put the implement could not be located today. The Larsen home is a neat cottage surrounded by a garden and lawn that indicates the greatest skill and care. It is just such a yard that finds its way into the picture pages of the home magazines. The reporter was met at the gate by a Mr. C. Williams, of Chicago, son-in-law of Mrs. Larsen, the widow. He indicated that further investigation of the premises would be displeasing; he stated the case was closed by the autopsy. Mr. Williams said he had taken charge of the premises after the funeral and that he had cleJhed everything. The cistern had been cleaned by his orders and the blood stains washed away. Mr. Williams stated that he knew that Mj\ Larsen was insane and that the least said about the matter the better. He was quite sure there would be no grand jury investigation. Mr. Williams didn’t wish any further investigation of the premises. In a Small town he said public opinion is apt to take sides and it would be better to let the matter rest with the autopsy which indicated death by drowning. And in conclusion little is known about Mrs. Larsen, whom Peter, the Dane, married on short acquaintance. And Fowler is still seeking an answer to the question, Does a human body ever float, immediately after drowning?

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Business Transacted by City Council at Regular Meeting.

Considerable business was transacted at the regular meeting of tbe city council Monday evening. Bids were received for the construction of tbe Harry R. Kurile, et a!., sewer. B. J. Moore and George Scott bid 34*4 cents per foot and a » m Stevens 33 cents per foot Both bids were on the condition that no rode work would be necessary. The matter of letting the contract was deferred until this evening in order to investigate more fully as to the rock matter. No bids were received for the construction of the Monnett and Leopold alleys and the clerk was instructed to readvertlse for bids. Contractors claim that the engineer’s estimate for the work is too low, and for that reason they failed to file bids. A new ordinance regulating the us# of city water, making connections, etc., was introduced and passed to second reading. - Mrs. A. Gangloff, et al., petitioned for a street light Same was referred to the light committee. The city attorney was instructed to prepare a resolution for a sidewalk on Rutsen street from lot 7, block 11, east to Division street. An ordinance authorising the school trustees to erect a new school bonding to cost $12,000 was introduced and passed to second reading. The following claims were ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlin, salary ig&gp Mell Abbott, salary.. 30.00 Dave Haste, salary 20.00 Shirley Hill Coal Co., c0a1.... 34L10 Vandalia Coal Co., c0a1....... 54.57 Kenneth Rhoades, work on »ne 4.75 Scott Chesnut, work on line.. 9.50 Jesse Gates, hauling c0a1..... 26.86 C. W. Platt, work on light plant 11.60 Roy Thomas, same. 7.50 Central Electric Co., supplies, 21.88 Western Electric Cb., supplies 95.07 Healey ft Clark, letter heads.. 2.00 Healey ft Clark, advertising.. 3.00 Warner Bros., merchandise... 3.20 Ray D. Thompson, freight.... 118.85 CORPORATION FUND. John Hordeman, work on sewer 28.00 Geo. Mustard, salary... 30.00 Prank Critser. night watch... 2640 Healey ft Clark, advertising.. 8.36 The Northern Trust Co., commission on bond payments v 14.56 American LaFrance Fire Eng. Co., supplies 13.70 New York Belting ft Pkg. Co., fire chiefs hat 6.00 John Hordeman, extend sewer to river '. 7.50 Warner Bros., mdse fire c 0... 2.47 Conrad Kellner, sewer 146.99 Ray D. Thompson, freight 21.48 Healey ft Clark, printing..... 29.00 ROAD FUND. Chester Zea, salary. 25.00 W. I. Hoover, oats 3.92 Monroe Cart-, unload swr pipe 2.00 F. Rutherford, hauling stone.. 3.15 Harry Swartzell, same.. 14.00. Warner Bros., mdse 1.75 E. B. Smith, cement work.... 12.00 Ray D. Thompson, freight.... 1947 WATER FUND. T. E. Malone, salary 30.00 Clinton Oil Co., packing...... 2847 Ray D. Thompson, interest on water bonds 24441 “Had dyspepsia or indigestion for years. No appetite, and what I did eat distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me.”—dC H. Walker, Sunbury, Ohio.

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