Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1911 — Page 1

No. 168.

* LOCAL HAPPENINGS. • Typewriter ribbons for stpe at The Republican office. i3s :t. v . Peanut butter, olives and picnic goods galore at the IJome Grocery. D. M. Worland made a business trip to Chicago today. ■ - — ; ■ Good evening! Did you trade at the Home Grocery today? .... A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. James Hall, south of' town, yesterday. Born, Monday, July 10, to Mr. and Mrs. William George, of Barkley township, a son.

The finest home grown tomatoes ever offered, now at the Home Grocery. Born, Tuesday, July 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Johh Akres, o£ Barkley township, a son. Reduction, in all trimmed hats until July 15th at Mrs. Purcupile's. The selection is large and good. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Tryon and daughter, pf Chicago, are visiting his brother, C. H. Tryon and wife. Will Lowman, who is working as motorman for a street car company at Muncie, caffie home yesterday for a visit of several days with relatives. Mr. Hayner, piano tuner and repairer from Chicago, is in the city. Patronage respectfully solicited. Leave orders at Clarke’s Jewelry store. The bankrupt Racket Store stock is being invoiced by B. J. Jarrette, J. H. S. Ellis, W. R. Lee, C. G. Spitler and Mr. Ransford. Two daughters of Adam Flesher, of Barkley township, aged 5 and 9 years, have typhoid fever. They live on the John Eger farm.

. Mrs. Clara Puterbaugh left this morning for her home in Piqua, Ohio, after a visit with her brother, Dr. E. N. Loy and family. Her son, Loy Puterbaugh, will remain here fpr a longer visit.

G. K. Wentworth is installing a new derrick and machinery to replace that destroyed by fire on the site of the well he was drilling for oil near Roselawn, and will resume drilling within the next ten days.

Owing to the storm Tuesday, the regular 10 cent monthly social.of the M. E. church will be held Thursday July 13, at the home of Jesse Gwin, in the east part of town. Mrs. W. L. Frye, Chairman.-.

Miss Grace Findley, principal of the Watts de Puyster school of Rensselaer, went to Logansport yesterday to accompany her mother, Mrs. Sarah Bowman, of Brownstown, here for a visit They arrived this morning.

Mrs. Frank Hunt' came down from Lowell today to again help in the care of Mr. Hunt’s mother, who is at the home of J. J. Hunt and whose condition has been very poorly for some time and recentlyconslderably worse.

Abe Martin says: '“How’d you like t’ edit a R'publican paper durin’ th’ kind o’ weather we’ve been a havin’? Miss Fawn Lippincut will give a parched lawn party t’night, with incidental music by Prof. Clem Harner’s band.”

The Rev. Edward Baech, of Delphi, former pastor of the Presbyterian ohurch of Rensselaer, will preach in that church Sunday morning and at the union vesper service Sabbath evening. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to be present at both of these services.

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The Evening Republican

Starr’s home roasted, fresh roasted coffees are the cheapest and best. Try them. Mrs. Clifford Craw and baby, of Chicago, are guests of her cousin, Mrs. I. F. Meader and family, in Union township. . ■>-’ During the storm Tuesday afternoon lightning struck the wires near the depot and burned out both of the telephones and one telegraph instrument

Coffees are advancing right along. Our prices are below the market. Try our 25 and 30 cent coffee; compare them with the 35 and 40 cent grades others sell. C. C. STARR & CO.

W. D. Bringle, of Jordan township, received a telegram yesterday stating that his sister, Mrs. F. L. Yeoman, of Culver, had Just undergone an operation for appendicitis in a Fort Wdyne hospital. The operation was apparently successful and she was getting along as well as could be hoped.

Mose Hodshire, who served a three years enlistment in the regular army prior .to his discharge last December, is now working at Frank Haskell’s barber shop. He was in Alaska two years, in California seven months and in Mexico five months. He enjoyed the service very much. -

Mrs. Bessie Makeever Barnes and little son-, Harold Parker, arrived yesterday morning from Tulsa, Okla., for a visit of two or three months with-her mother, Mrs. W. S. Coen and family. Mr. Barnes is busy in the oil fields near Tulsa and will not Join his family here until shortly before their return home. .Crops at Tulsa have been practically destroyed by the drouth.

During the hail storm yesterday afternoon the team hitched to the Renlcker fruit wagon ran away. They were stopped at the northeast corner of Harrison and Cullen streets by Jamie Willis, after running into a tree. The tongue of the wagon was broken along with other damage. Several bushels of plums were in the wagon and most of the fruit was appropriated by the small boys after the rain storm.

Mr. and Mrs, J. Q. Alter left this morning for Longmont, Colo., for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. Gaylord Nowels and family. They will also visit his brother, Tsaac B. Alter, at Rossville, Kans., and his sister. Mrs. Nannie Richards, at Elk Falls and friends jt other places in Kansas They expect to be absent about six weeks. Lem Huston is carrying the mail on rural route No; 3 during Mr. Alter’s absence.

Marshal Mustard has .not relaxed his vigilance for unmuzzled dogs and will not do so during the 150 days’ limit established by the health officers. Yesterday he saw Dean Merica’a bull dog on Washington street and there, was no muzzle on it. The marshal got’ busy with his shot gun and doggie bit the dust Mr. Mustard says that he is treating all dogs alike and warns the public to respect the muzsle ordinance’ and the health officers’ orders.

O. K. Rainier’s household goods have arrived from Lafayette and are being moved today into the house he recently purchased of N. Littlefield. Mr. Rainier is the father of Mrs. M.: D. Gwin and their removal here was* to be close to their daughter. Mr. Rainier has been retired for several years. He was for a long time successfully engaged in the hardware and implement business at Chalmers and during that time served one term as a commissioner of White county.

According to a report made to Governor Marshall by Burt New, his legal clerk, following an investigation in Fargo, N. Dak., the board of trustee? of the state prison at Michigan City will lose $9,485.32 on notes given the trustees for binder twine sold In 1907. Mr. New succeeded in recovering eighty thousand pounds of twine consigned to the same distributing firm, which will be sold by the trustees In Fargo. The twine recovered, however, is not a part of the 1907 shipment, and its sale will not in any way reduce the loss referred to.

One of the balloons which started in the elimination contest from Kansas City was seen at Kouts and Hebron yesterday forenoon about 11 o’clock. It was traveling in a southeasterly direction about 200 feet above the earth and carried five passenger?. Only one of the balloons was in the air at last reports. This is the Million Population Club balloon. It passed over Moline, 111., yesterday morning, going at a rapid speed and traveling high, and has not been seen since. It was traveling northeast and fear is expressed lest it may have started to sail across Lake Michigan. A Classified Adv. will find ft.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 191 L

CORN AND OATS SUFFER IN WAKE OF HAIL STORM.

Lightning Also Does Damage, While Fruit and Garden Truck Suffer lu Big Storm of Tuesday. Rensselaer was not in the worst of the hail storm Tuesday afternoon, according to reports coming in from sections op all sides of this city. It is hard to determine which locality is the worst hit, but from information procured by The Republican from farmers and others who have driven through the country the damage in the Makeever and Yeoman sections in Newton township seems’about as bad as can be. Much of the corn wa-3 stripped barren of leaves end in some places it is reported broken down. Oats was also badly damaged and some think that in some places they will scarcely be worth harvesting, while in other places they may be cut with a mower and raked up and part of the crop saved.

The western strip extends practically all the way through the center of Newton township and some of the farmers fear that the corn will be an almost total ruin where it is the worse. At the county farm, the Omar Morlan and Squire Moore farms, the Jim Parkison farm and west and north the

damage cannot be estimated in dollars at this time. “Uncle” Bill N. Jones drove in from the farm occupied by his son John Wednesday morning to tell us how bad the storm was. He thinks that corn is totally ruined in places. He also stated that they found a number of hailstones that measured 5% inches in* circumference. His granddaughter, who accompanied him, stated that one hailstone was measured that was 7 inches around the large way and 6 the smaller way. At the Jay Stockton farm a number of win,dow lights were broken out and broken windows are reported from several other places. Seventeen are said to have been broken in the house on th.: old Thompson farm, occupied by a man named Warren. Bert Yeoman was probably hit as hard as any person in the amount of damage to corn. His is said to have been completely stripped and in some instances to Lave been snapped off near the ground. Some think the corn that is stripped will not fare so badly but will come around all right with favorable weather. A steer was killed for D. S. Makeever.

North of .town tnere is a strip that suffered badly. Sam Lowery, on the Wm. Baker farm, reports that a field of 110 acres of oats which he started to cut the day of the storm, is so badly damaged that he doubts whether it will be worth harvesting. The heads were beaten off and lay loose on the ground. Arthur Trussell and the F. M. Parker farm are also in the hail ridden belt Fruit suffered a great deal and many apples were knocked from the trees and others bruised badly. South of town the Frank Weber and William Wortley farms came in for considerable damage. In Barkley township some sections were not damaged at all, while occasionally there would be a section that suffered quite a little. The Burnstown school house, No. 5, in that township, was struck by lightning and entirely destroyed. It was worth about $1,500 and was insured for $750. John Ryan was down from Gillam township and reports that there was som? damage from the hail through the center part of that township a short distance south of his place, and another strip still further south. No serious damage was evident then on* his route to town until the John Moore place was reached. Wheat is turning out good in the north and south end of Gillam, but was a total failure through the central part, and Mr. Ryan turned his hogs Into bis wheat so that they could get what little the files had left. A. W. Sawin was at his farm near Fair Oaks Tuesday during the time we were having the big storm here and there was no rain even there. At the Ira Meader farm there was a sprinkle but no hail. That section has suffered all season for want of rain and has never had enough to satisfy the needs of growing crops. In consequence oats and wheat have suffered, but corn is still doing nicely. There was a glorious rain in Jordan township at the W. D. Bringle farm, but no hail or only a small amount. A report from over toward Brook is that the lightning did considerable daage there and that a large barn was struck and burned on the farm occupied by Tilman Watson, and that three bead of horses were killed. Mr. Watson resided for many years near Rensselaer. The hall that fell along Washington street was mostly the size of marbles or hazelnuts, although there were some considerably larger. In some

Prospects are Good for One Cent Letter Postage.

One cent letter postage will probably be inaugurated by the United States Postoffice Department as its next important reform. This prediction, made by prominent business men who have banded together to demand a new and fairer rate than that now existing, is based upon developements in the postal department during the past two or three months. Early in May Postmaster General Hitchcock announced that the annual deficit, which was as high as $17,000,000 last year, had been wiped out and that the department this year would show a surplus of at least sl,ooofooo. Accompanying the announcement came the information that Mr. Hitchcock’s determined efforts to 1 run the department in a businesslike manner and the cutting out of unnecessary expenses had been regarded by the wiping out of the balance from the wron, side of the sheet.

Co-incident with the announcement that there would be no deficit this year, facts were given out by the department which tend to show that an even greater saving will be affected during the coming year. For the ten weeks, ending July 1 the department heads have been conducting an exhaustive series of experiments and tests at various Important postal centers regarding second class mail matter. At St. Louis, for instance, it was demonstrated beyond argument that the government could effect a great saving by shipping the larger part of its second class matter on freight cars rather than in mail cars, as has been the practice heretofore. It is intended to begin this month (July) oh semimonthly and monthly publications in the eastern states and bring them to six main distributing points in freight cars. The six points are Cincinnati, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, St. Paul and Omaha.

It is claimed by St. Louis pbstoffice officials that it costs nine cents a pound to carry mall matter from New York to St. Louis by the present methods. Under the new system it is expected to reduce this to one-half cent a pound with only one or two days delay. At St. Louis alone, according to B. R. Billings, the clerk in charge of the railway mail service, the saving to be affected will exceed SBOO,OOO Near the end of May, Charles Wm. Burrows, President, and George T. McIntosh, Secretary of the National One Cent Letter Postage Association, which has its headquarters in Cleveland, held a conference with President Taft and later with Postmaster General Hitchcock at Washington and were given cordial assurance of support. Kir. Hitchcock declared that no single change appealed to him as of more importance than the lowering of the present rate on letter postage. Mr. Hitchcock assured Mr. Burrows and Mr. Mclntosh of his earnest approval of the campaign they were engaged in Washington, during the winter .session of congress will, in all probability be the battleground on which will be fought out a campaign for one cent postage. It is expected that much light on the general situation in tha portoffice department will be furnished by the postal commission appointed to investigate rates and methods now prevailing.

Officers of the National One Cent Letter Postage Association claim, and are ready to prove, that first class mall matter Is producing a profit for the government of $60,000,000 a year. With the wiping out of a portion of the loss incident to the carrying o* second class matter, by the new plan being worked out by the postoffice officials, there will be a huge surplus in the department’s coffers. Business men who have banded themselves together in this association vigorously claim that this should be used for lowering rates on letters.

Church of God Services.

Elder Joseph Williams, of Frankfort, Ind., will be at the Church of God next Sunday to conduct the following services: 10:45 a. m., sermon, “The Credibility of the Scriptures." 3:00 p. m., Bible lesson, “The Third Heaven.” 7:30 p. m., sermon. “The Devil." Everybody. Invited.

Gasoline and Oil.

Send your orders to Starr’s Grocery telephone 226. Prompt delivery.

places in this city hailstones the size of eggs are reported and in the country they usually speak of them as .being as large as walnuts. The rain here was about 2 Inches during the afternoon. Some think that in Newton township it was considerably more. The benefit of the rain will be greAt where the hall did not offset it

In Excellent Health at 97, Is Father of Frank Hill.

A dispatch to the Indianapolis News from Madison, has the following to say about James Hill, the father of Frank Hill, of this city: In excellent health and possessing a clear mind and good sight, James Hill celebrated his ninety-seventh birthday anniversary at his home in Brooksburg"recently. A number of his family were present, and those who were unable to attend remembered the event with presents. A large number of friends sent him letters of congratulation. Mr. Hill was for many years active in the banking and insurance business of Madison and dealt in real estate, acquiring a great deal of land in Jefferson county. Later he made investments in farm land in Jasper county, and these investments have proved exceptionally good. Mr. Hill recently distributed this land among his children. His sons Rees and Frank V moved to Jasper county to live on the farms there, William and Charles Hill remaining with him in Brooksburg, where Miss May Firth, a niece, cares for his home. He wgs one of the builders of the Madison & Indianapolis railroad, and in 1883 he was elected to the legislature as a senator from Jefferson county. Of his experience in the legislature he says: “I went there verdant, but I learned in a week that some meh got there accidentally and many should have gone to the .state’s prison. I came to the conclusion that the legislature was the greatest humbug in existence.”

Watts de Peyster School and Monnett School Consolidated.

Literature has been published and is now being distributed which relates the consolidation of the , Monnett School for Girls and the Watts'' de Peyster School. The latter school will be continued here under the name of the Watts de Peyster School for Young Girls. Miss Grace Findley is the principal; Miss Sarah Bowman, field secretary; Miss Bertha Riel, instructor; Miss Myra A. Newton, matron, and Miss Emma C. House, mother. The school will have, an enrollment of at least twelve when school opens on Sept. 4th, and it is probable that more will be secured between now and that time. It is hoped to build the school up to a much larger enrollment. •

Mrs. Louie Leopold Operated on In Mercy Hospital, Chicago.

Louis Leopold, of Wolcott, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Leopold, of this city, came down from Chicago Tuesday. He had been there for the past ten days during which time Mrs. Leopold underwent a serious surgical operation at Mercy hospital. * She is now getting along nicely and hopes of her complete recovery are entertained. Mr. Leopold returned to Wolcott Tuesday evening.

THEY ALL DEMAND IT.

Rensselaer, Like Every City and Town In the Union, Receives It. People with kidney ills want to be cured. When one suffers the tortures of an aching back, relief is eagerly sought for. There are many remedies today that relieve, but do not cure. Doan’s Kidney Pills have cured thousands. Here Is Rensselaer evidence* to prove it: Mrs. Aaron Hickman, N. Front St, Rensselaer, Ind., says: “In my opinion Doan’s Kidney Pills are the best kidney medicine on the market. 1 have taken them at different times when suffering from attacks of backand other symptoms of kidney complaint and I have always received prompt relief. Three years ago I first began their use and they have proved so satisfactory that I have had no desire to change to any other remedy. I was so well pleased with the benefit I received from my first trial of Doan’s Kidney Pills that I gave a statement for publication recommending them in the spring of 1907. Since then when I have heard anyone complain of kidney trouble or backache, 1 have suggested that Doan’s Kidney Pills be procured at Fendig’s Drug Store and given a trial.* Different members of my family have taken this remedy and like myself have been greatly benefited.” For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's —and take no other. Growing better every day.—Home Grocery.

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WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Thursday; slightly cooler tonight. July 13—Sun rises 4:40; sets 7:30.

Obituary of Mrs. Kannal.

>— Mary Ella Kannal was born at Salem, Columbiana county, Ohio, Nov. 17, 1848, and died at Rensselaer, Ind.. July 9, 1911, aged 62 years, 7 months -and 22 days. , . Her mother’s name was Jane S. Smith, whose parents were among the earliest settlers of Columbiana county. Her father’s name was Jess Duck, who was born in Germany and came to the United States at the age of 21. She was the oldest of the four children born to her parents, of whom only one sister, Miss Ida J. Duck, of Salem, Ohio, is yet living. On September 13, 1869, she graduated from Music Vale Seminary, and Salem Normal Academy of Music, Salem, Conn. September 24, 1872, she was married at Salem, Ohio, to Emmet Kannal. To this union were born three children. Harvey Jess. Romaine Irma and Juno Ida, all of whom are* living in Rensselaer. On July 31, 1891, her husband died, since which time she has made her home with her children in the old Kannal homestead in Rensselaer. In her girlhood in Ohio she attended the Episcopalian church, but after coming to Rensselaer, there being no church of her choice here, she did not affiliate with any other, church. She leaves to mourn their loss three children, one sister, three grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.

Judge Hanley Refuses to Hear Wary Riot Cases at Valparaiso.

Valparaiso Messenger. Legal circles were surprised today to learn that C. W. Hanley, of Rensselaer, who has officiated as special judge in the Gary cases, has declined to preside during the trial on the remaining three cases. On the bottoms of the records in the state cases against White, Mulcahey and Price, charged with Illegally entering an election booth, Chief of Police Martin, charged with assaulting Wm. Lacey, and Martin and Joseph Kertez, charged with assault on John Upshaw, the judge has written the following: “"I refuse to assume jurisdiction in this case. C. W. Hanley, Special Judge.” After having three fires in a single day, Ed Zeigler, a farmer of near Blppus, is thinking of installing a private fire department The first blaze was caused by lightning, the second by burning and the third by a spark from a locomotive on the Erie railroad. The damage was slight - Cecil Broadstreet age 17, is dead at his home in Miller, as a result of swallowing contaminated water while bathing in the Grand Calumet river, a stream polluted by waste products from Gary and Hammond factories. Following his return from a swimming trip, young Broadstreet was attacked by an acute swelling of the throat, which later extended to his stomach. Eight Indiana candidates to Annapolis Naval academy had tfed luck at the recent c ami n a severe test and they “flunked," leaving eight Indiana m.i 1.1 e tt,; >. successors will be appointed on recommendation of Indiana members of congress next spring. Of those who took the examination for the country at large, more than 50 per cent failed to P* BB - ' ...

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