Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1911 — Page 1

No. 178.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Miss Margaret Moody, of Douglas, Arts., is the guest of Miss Myrtle York. Potatoes now down to 60c a peck at the Home Grocery. Typewriter ribbons for sale at The Republican office. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ellis went to Momence today to visit relatives. The Home Grocery for the piano contest votes. Mrs. W. C. Milliron returned yesterday evening from a visit with relatives at Denver, Ind. Baby won’t Buffer five minutes with croup if you agply Dr. Thomas’ Eclectic Oil at once. It acts like magic. Mrs. Harvey Miller returned last evening from a visit of ten days with her sister at Brookston. “ Mrs. Wm. Gruber, of Newland went to Delphi today to visit relatives. Mrs. Blanche Minnicus returned to her home in Chicago Heights today, after a visit of two weeks with Rens- * - -V - selaer relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Coppess eame over from Medaryville yesterday evening for a visit with their daughter, Mrs. William Simons and family. R. H. Sfiumway left for his home in Elgin, Minn., yesterday after a visit of three weeks here with the family of Peter May. Deputy Auditor Miss Nellie Reish returned last evening from her summer vacation, which was spent with friends in Chicago and Hammond. Regulates the bowels, promotes easy natural movements, cures constipation —Doan’s"Regulets. Ask your druggist for them. 26c a box. Miss Marie Goepp, of Francesville, after a two weeks’ visit here, left last evening for Chicago, where she will visit friends for the next month. Mrs. E. K. Carmack and daughter returned to Englewood today after a visit of two weeks with the family of Dr. Merrill. C. A. Merica came over from Francesville last evening and Mrs. Merioa came this morning. They are spending the day with Mr. and Mrs. Dean Merica and their new grandson. Impure blood runs you down —makes you an easy victim for organic diseases. Burdock Blood Bitters purifies the blood—cures the cause—builds you ®P. ' Miss Ethel Grant last evening entertained a number of friends at a chicken dinner and the guests spent the evening at the Grant home. Miss Cleo Wilkinson, of Union City, was the guest of honor. \ ■«,— , r James Jordan, who has been spending the summer on the farm in Barkley township, went to Lafayette today to see about re-entering Purdue, and trying to secure some employment out of school hours. This will be his third year in the electrical engineering department. / The rain in Rensselaer was slight last night, but south of town it was much heavier and threshing had to be suspended. Will Morris had Just pulled his machine into Emmet Fidler’s, ready for a start this morning, after having a busy week. The best job threshed this week was at Clarence Maxwell’s. Clarence had 25 acres that ran 40 bushels to the acre. Not many fields are that good this year. The Erie railroad, the main line of which runs through Porter county, four miles north of Hebron, has completed arrangements for the building of 465 miles of new track between New York and Chicago, thus completing the double tracking of its entire system. The Improvement will involve an expenditure of about one million dollars and the work will extend over a period of several years. Phone your Want Adv. to The Republican. Call N& 18.

The Evening Republican.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM —• — > PICTURES. THE INFANT AT SNAKEVILLE (western ceaedy) THE SACRIFICE. THE QUARREL ON THE CLIFF.

Mrs. Carrie D. Short went to Monon today to transact business. Miss Elsie Hall, of Indianapolis, is the guest of Mrs. J. L. Brady. , Jasper Koons went to Logansport on business today. Caries Criswell returned to Benton county today, where he works on a farm. William. Whited returned this morning from Wheatfleld, where he had been since Monday. Twenty lady clerks are wahted at the Ransford bankrupt store. Apply at, once, at the store to D. A. Kloethe. Mrs. Frank Hunt, who came dowu from Lowell yesterday, went to Medaryville today for a visit with relatives. Miss Grace Smith returned to her home in Saybrook, 111., today, after a week’s visit with Frank Rowen and family. * Trustee Selmer was down from Gillam township today and went to Lafayette on the 11:06 train, joining Mrs. Selmer there, where she had been visiting relatives for the past week. “Doan’s Ointment cured me of eczema that had annoyed me for a long time. The cure was permanent.”— Hon. S. W. Matthews, Commissioner Labor Statistics, Augusta, Me, John Shrock and wife, of Protection, Kansas, who have been visiting Simon Chupp and family at Surrey for several days, left this morning for North Grove, Ind., to visit other relatives. Mrs. W. L. Miller, of Henry county, 111., who has been visiting the family of Conrad Schafer, south of .town, left today for a visit at Chalmers, Mudlavia and Indianapolis. Her daughter Marguerite remained here for a more extended visit. Mrs. Ellen Maloney, of Chicago, who has been visiting her Mrs. Mary E. Drake, for the past three weeks, accompanied James Butler, also of Chicago, who has been visiting here several days, to Monon today to visit relatives. They will return to Chicago from there. Mrs. Elizabeth Snodgrass, of Little River, Kansas, and Mrs. Eliza Reed, who have been visiting at Frankfort, Plymouth and Otterbein, have returned home. Mrs. Snodgrass is a sister of Mrs. E. J. Morris and will probably spend the remainder of the summer in Jasper county. U. M. Baughman, who moved from Rensselaer to Oklahoma City several years ago, is now visiting his mother and other relatives in Monon and will come to Rensselaer in a few days. Mrs. Baughman and daughter Iris are now in Colorado, spending the summer. King Davis, of Rensselaer, was here yesterday afternoon to visit his mother, Mrs. Isaac Davis, and to make arrangements for a trip to Canada. He and his mother will start next Tuesday to be gone a month or six weeks in a visit with relatives in that qountry.—Montlcello Journal. Trustee Hillis, of Colfax township, Newton county, was a Rensselaer visitor today. He has always been in favor of the interurban railroad and ready to help it along by giving a right-of-way through his two miles of land. He would even go farther than this if the road was in responsible hands but be has found enough irregularities about Purtelle to shatter any oohfldence he may have originally hadj.in his ability to build the road. Frank Donnelly went to Lafayette today to have the stitches removed from hiß left eye from which the cataract was removed. The growth had been on his eye for about twenty years and began to grow bttt recently. He also had another slight operation performed Thursday, haring the end of his palate cut off. Recently he had been troubled by having his palate double back and catch in his throat It would remain in that position for some time and he decided to have the end of it cut off.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1911.

POSTMASTER’S ACT SURPRISE.

Postmaster TValkup, of Crawfords* Title, Sends in His Resignation. Crawfordsville, Ind., July 28.—The news that Rankin C. Walkup had sent in his resignation as postmaster of Crawfordsville came as a decided surprise, Tio intimation having been made of the' resignation. It will no doubt precipitate another warm fight for the office if Mr. Walkup’s resignation is accepted by Postmaster General Hitchcock. Mr. Walkup gives “other interests” as his reason for resigning. He his various land and mining interests besides being a stockholder in several insurance companies, which take up the greater part of his time. As far as is known, there are no political reasons for his resignation. ■ Mr. Walkup is serving his second term, and prior to the time he was chosen to succeed himself a sharp fight was made to defeat him. The active candidates for the place who opposed Mr. Walkup were A. A. McCain, editor of the Journal; Thomas B. Nicholson, photographer, and James Harding, former county surveyor, and these, with several others, are; now figuring on their chances. Recently Mr. Walkup disposed of his stock in the Indiana and Ohio Live Stock Insurance Company, the Crawfordsville Trust Company and the Crawfordsville State Bank. He shortly afterward bought considerable stock in the Home Fire Insurance Company of Indianapolis and was elected a director. Mr, Walkup will leave immediately upon the acceptance of his resignation for a trip through the West.

STOVE EXPLODES; HOME BURNS.

Family Escapes Without Change of Clothing From Decatur Fire. Decatur, Ind., July 28.—A coal oil stove explosion today resulted in the total destruction of Mrs. Mary Murphy’s home in Union township, inhabited by herself, her son Lewis and family. The flames spread so quickly that not sufficient clothing was gotten out to give the family a change. The insurance waß SI,OOO. William Raudebush, 25 years of age, who has been staying at the home of his uncle, Corey DeWitt, near Parr, fell down stairs at about 12 o’clock last night and cut his head severely on i jug which he knocked down when he fell, The jug was broken and he landed headfirst on a three cornered piece and the gash extended from the top of his head down to his neck. Several stitches were required to close up the wound, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Littlefield and two children, of Orange, Cal,, have been visiting Remington relatives and his brother, N Littlefield and family in Rensselaer, for the past two weeks Mr. Littlefield was formerly engaged in the practice of dentistry In lowa, but found the work top confining and after moving to California engaged in the real estate business. They left last evening for Clarion, lowa, to visit Mrs. Littlefield’s relatives and it is probable that they will later locate in Kansas, where he will continue in th > real estate business. A. L. Clark yesterday sold a large white horse to the Barnum & Bailey circus for $375. The horse will be used in the rihg. Mr. Clark bought the animal from a farmer named Johnson, six ifilles south of Remington, and ( the horse has no unusual history. He will be valuable to the circus, however, as he had the right shape for the purpose, something that not one horse in five hundred possesses. The circus management was keen to buy him as soon as they saw him. The Rlngling circus also has a Lafayette horse, one formerly owned by Charles Cooper, and it is time for other circuses to fall in line if they wish to retain their popularity here. —Lafayette Journal. W. F. Michael, of Jordan township, was a Republican office caller this morning. He christened his farm several years ago, "Pine Tree Farm,” and recently when he went to write a business letter he found that he was out of stationery. No business farmer can afford to write business letters without dignifying them with good printed stationery and so Will postponed writing theietter and ordered the stationery, both note beads and envelopes. For a dollar you can get 100 note heads, nicely printed and tableted r an 4 100 return envelopes. No fanner can afford to be without them. Order today by either a personal call or by teleplume. We will try to have them ready the next time you come to Rensselaer. . %

SAYS HE IS THROUGH WITH US; LEAYES IN DISGUST.

Eugene Purtelle Falls o Get Backing And Threatens to Take Road Over Another Route.

Rensselaer people did not make up the 6500 which Eugene Purtelle. tne railroad promoter, wanted, and Mr. Fvrtelle left the city this Saturday morning on the 10:05 train. Before going he said that he was disgusted with the place and that he had realized for some time that he was making a fool of himself by trying to enthuse the people here. He had expected to go to Goodland this morning to try to get the people there to take up his project, but he did not go, owing to the fact that the automobile he had engaged became disabled. Mr. Purtelle should realize that his failure to receive support here is altogether his own fault. He has taken no steps to secure for himself the confidence of the people and the solicitors found the lack of confidence in hljn the cause of refusal to give aid to the project along the lines undertaken Friday. Purtelle gave checks aggregating 6300 or 6400 in payment for labor and other things some two weeks ago and these checks were not paid by his Hammond bank because he had no funds deposited there. Some of the men who are holding the checks threaten to send Purtelle over the road if they are not made good. At Thayer work has been suspended and a Hammond newspaper states that the foreign laborers came there with a check for $345 and there were no funds to Purtelle’s credit. Purtelle tells an unlikely story about his backing refusing to pay the claims because he was pot receiving the local support he should. He has refused to give any friend or advisor reason to believe that he has any financial backing.

He is said to have sold to a woman near Roselawn SSOO worth of stock in the road and to have received that amount in cash; He has made a few other small sales and the aggregate of these is probably about all the money that has been spent at Rensselaer and in Newton county. A large number of people think that in voting the subsidy in Marion township and in granting the franchise in Rensselaer, and helping secure the right-of-way the people have done about all that is necessary and until Purtelle makes good ou a number of his promises the community is under no obligations whatever to him, and should not build up false hopes of getting a railroad. The Republican is for the railroad tooth and toenail, as it always has been, but it does pot believe in encouraging the public to confidence in a man it personally distrusts and the public knows that SSOO would not be a drop in the bucket toward building

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GIRL FROM GREECE STRANDED.

Unable to Speak English, She is Put Off Train at Jonesboro. Marion, Ind., July 26.—Miss Anna Markakis, 18 years old, wbo left her home in Greece several weeks ago to come to America to visit wealthy relatives at Milwaukee, is stranded in this city, having been put off a train at Jonesboro today. Although unable to speak English, the young woman made residents of that city understand that she was a Greek, and they brought her to this city and placed her in charge of a Greek merchant, who immediately communicated with the Milwaukee relatives. They will come for her tomorrow.

Educational Board Prepares New Rules Governing Normal Course.

Changes in the rules regulating the accredited normal schools of Indiana are being prepared for publication by Charles A. Greathouse, state superintendent of public Instruction. The changes were made by a special committee of the State Board of Education at recent meetins. Among the more drastic changes are the following: Preparatory high school work shall be completed before admission to the normal course, except where a pupil has two credits to complete in a commissioned high school which he may complete in an accredited normal school. No teacher shall be permitted to teach more than twenty-five hours in one week (the former number having been thirty). The school library shall not be .used for a recitation room. The principles of education, school management, the principles of teaching apd special pedagogics, as applied to teaching, shell constitute at least twothirds of the course of study for students desiring to qualify as class A teachers. Three hours a week shall be given to the study of special pedagogy. Except in music and penmanship, no class shall exceed forty students, and a maximum of thirty is recommended. Changes were made in the rules relating to the employment of teachers in the accredited normal schpols and in the number of hours of study in various required subjects. Senator Kern has introduced in the senate a memorial of the Society of Friends, praying for the negotiation of unlimited arbitration treaties, to the end that all international differences may be settled in the future by peaceful methods.

A Classified Adv. will rent it

an interurban railroad. That some determined man with a small amount of money and a high regard for truthfulness and honesty might build the road we have always believed, but we do not believe that Purtello has the qualities that will get very far In railroad building.

WEATHER FORECAST. Showers tonight or Sunday morning, probably followed by fair. t July 30.—Sun rise* 4:54; sets 7:19. Resolved—That a fellow who is always making excuses is generally at fault himself for his troubles.

MARION WILL OIL STREETS.

Mayor Gives Orders Following Inspection of Richmond Pavements. Marion, Ind., July 28.—Following a personal investigation of the methods used in oiling the streets of the city of Richmond, Mayor John O. Wilson today announced that plans will be made at once for oiling macadam and dirt streets in this city. Property owners will pay for oiling the streets in front of their places and the city will pay for the oiling at street intersections.

PUTS BAN ON CARD GAMES.

Order Issued at Newcastle Applies to All Cigar Stores. Newcastle, Ind., July 28.—Mayor Barnard and Prosecuting Attorney Evans have issued an order to the cigar store and poolroom proprietors of the city to get rid of the card tables in their places by Saturday night or stand prosecution. This order follows a crusade started by the police against gambling, and an effort is being made to rid the city of gambling of all kinds.

Miles Praises Game Preserves; Many More Quail in Indiana.

That there are millions of quail In Indiana this year is the belief of George W. Miles, commissioner of fisheries and game. Several reasons are given for the Increase this year of the game birds in the state. More than one-half of the ground throughout Indiana for some time has been in game preserves, where hunters are forbidden to shoot, kill or trap the birds. There are at present 250 preserves In Indiana, and each embraces from 2,000 to 10,000 acres. The preserves are largely responsible for the rapid Increase of ths quail, Mr. Miles believes. Farmers are being taught, also, to feed the birds during the winter. Rabbits are increasing rapidly,'according to the commissioner. Mr. Miles made a trip recently through southern counties, including Monroe, Brown and Lawrence. Everywhere, he said, the quail and rabbits were In abundance. Of the more than 93,000,000 Inhabitants of the United States, as disclosed by the last census, one of every fiftyfive, including men, women end children, is an employe of a railroad company.