Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1911 — Page 1

No. 206.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Miss Eva Clark went Hammond today for a week's visit. Miss Elizabeth Witham is visiting relatives at Forest and Rossville. L. A. Harlnon returned this mornins from » trip to Mitchell, S. Dak. - Attorney Wesley Taylor, of Monticello, was here a short time today. A. §l. Sawin returned yesterday from a visit to Indianapolis and Edinburg. Mrs. Cal. Nichols, of -Chesterdan, came this morning to visit Mrs. Cal Cain and family. Mrs. Frank Haskell and lit*.ie son have returned from a visit at Frankfort and Lebanon. Mrs. L. Shepherd returned to KanMakee, 111.,, today, after a visit here #lth Mrs. Maines. Robert Michal is building a\gO£d new two-story house and a good barn on his farm southeast of town. Mrs. E. K. Weirick returned to Clinton, Ind., today, after a visit since Friday with Mrs. Charles Harmon. Eli Gerber was out bright and early this morning with a remonstrance against the brick street improvement. Miss Zella Thomas went to Lafayette today, accbmpanying Miss Zella Miller, who had been visiting here, to her home. Better Bhoes for' less money, is a big assertion, but we are ready to back up this statement with the goods, at VanArsdel's. All persons knowing themselves tohave accounts with Dr. W. W. Merrill will please call at his former office. Monday, Sept. 4th. Better shoes for less money than anywhere in the county. If you -are from Missouri, come in and we will show VanArsdel’s.

Vern No we is went to Chicago this morning, taking his son Harold there for a visit of several days with his grandmother, l Mrs. E. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. James Peck and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon E. Balcom, of Remington, took the “Hoosler Limited"' here last evening for Chicago. Frank Kelley and family have moved here from Elkhart and occupy one of the Makeever houses on Cullen street, east of the court house. Mrs. George E. Murray entertained yesterday and again this afternoon at the Murray home on River street. About one hundred ladies were her guests. i Mr. and Mrs. Everett Leech and her mother, Mrs. M. A. Ross, of East Chicago, who have been visiting his mother here, went Jo Foresman today to visit relatives. Mrs. W. H. Galbraith and little daughter Alice returned to Chicago today, after a visit of three weeks with her mother, Mrs. James Lewis and other relatives in this county. Miss Margaret Conaghan, of Pekin, 111., who has been visiting her father, T. D. Conaghan, south of town, for the past week, went to Chicago today for a short visit before returning home. Mrs. Lida G. Monnett and daughter, Mrs. Ernest Dewey, are moving today to their new bungalow home, southwest of town. Mrs. Dewey's brother, A. 9. Ashlock, of East St. Louis, is visiting them. ■w — —• Mr. and Mrs. H/W. Wood, Sr.; and daughter. Miss Leathe, went to Monon yesterday evening to be present this morning at 10. o’clock at the marriage of Mlsb Gertrude Shedvely to Dr. Leonard Chattsworth, 111. Frank -Busha and wife have moved their household goods from the David Nowels house on Main street into the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beam, where they will live until Mrs. Beam’s return from the west •*>-»• Jk. ■ -U.A- .-A.'' ; ’

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TONIGHT’S PROGRAM PICTURES. y ' •% TESTED BY THE FLAG. THE TRAGIC WEDDING.

Mrs. W. R.-Brown, who has been quite sick, having had an attack of appendicitis, is now somewhat improved. V ' '■ ■— -'■'l—l. I !■ W. F. Powers has been quite sick for several days with an attack of kidney trouble. He is somewhat better today. James an aged veteran of the civil waif [having belonged to Company K, of tire 82nd, is visiting his three sons near Newland. Miss Hfelen Leatherman was 13 years of age yesterday and a party in honor of the event was given hey that evening and was enjoyed by a large number of her girl friends. D. J. Eastburn and wife, of Lafayette, were guests a day or two this week of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Waymire. They have been visiting relatives in Maza, N. Dak., and Stitler, Alberta, Canada At the latter place they found some excellent crops. •Mr. and Mrs. Royal Bussell and two children and his brothers, Wilson and Elvin, returned yesterday from a ten days’ visit-with James Lefler and family at Packard, Wls. Mr. Bussell will tell us about his trip, in the Hanging Grove correspondence, which he so ably conducts.

There will be a reception held at the home of Mrs. Chas. Hanley by the ladies of the Presbyterian Missionary Society, Sept. sth, from 3 to 5 o’clock, for Mrs. J. P. Engstrom. A cordial invitation to all the other missionary societies of the city to be present at this reception, is extended.

William Pauley brought his daughter Elma and his son George down from Chicago yesterday for a visit of a few days with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Zernden. Mrs. Zernden has been quite sick lately. Mr. Pauley had the misfortune to lose his oldest daughter from tuberculosis a few weeks ago.

Mr. and Mrs. Clark Price, of Ashland, Kans., have been spending the past six weeks at her former home in Sandusky, Ohio. Mr. Price came here a few days ago and in company with his brother Myrt visited the old home place in Carpenter township. Today he went to Chicago, meeting Mrs. Price there, and they started for their Kansas home.

H. E. Simmons, of Boise, Idaho, was a Rensselaer visitor over night. Mr. Simmons formerly lived at French Lick Springs and has been a school teacher in Idaho for the past eleven years. This year he will • teach in South Dakota, although he has no thought of giving Idaho up as a place of permanent residence. Last year he taught at the same place Miss Alice Drake taught, and he stopped off here for a short visit with her.

E. V. Ransford is preparing to hum another location and may decide on Decatur, 111., and may again engage in the same business he was in here. His residence property, the former Strickfaden home on South Cullen street, was sold several weeks ago to Mrs. Elizabeth Alter, but Mr. Ransford has it rented until Nov. Ist He has Just completed the painting of the house and barn and is now engaged in packing china, dishes, etc., so as to have tfce work off his hands when he determines on a location.

Rev. and Mrs. Parrett returned yesterday evening from a three weeks’ vacation, the first two weeks of which was spent with his relatives in Lyndon, Ohio, and the last week at the Bible conference at Winona. The latter was a magnificent meeting and ministers from all overthe country were there. The expense of the meeting was about $6,000, and only about $3,000 was procured by the sale of seats, but Rev. “Billy’’ Sbnday, the evangelist, raised the other $3,000, starting the subscription list by giving $250 hipiself. Rev. Sylvester Horne, who Is a member of the British parliament, was one of the big men at the conference. William Jennings Bryan spoke last Sunday evening on the subject “Old Fashioned Religion.” Rev. and Mrs. Parrett enjoydfe their vacation period very much.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST SO, 1911.

Came Here With Family of Five—Only Two of Them Left

Rev. 0. S. Rardin, who for the past two years, has been the pastor of the Rensselaer circuit of the Methodist Protestant churches, at Rosebud and Mt. Hope, has v heen assigned by the conference to Dunkirk, where he is moving this week. Rev. Rardin has resided in the parsonage at Rosebud. He came here with a family of threb children two years agTFand within the past three months all of them have been married. One is now Mrs/James Hopkins, toother is Mrs. Russell Harmon, and the third is Lee Rardin, who was recently married to Miss Jessie Makeever. So Rev. and Mrs. Rardin are now leaving for a new ministerial Held without any children in the family.

Rev. Rardin accomplished a good work at Rosebud, working diligently for the church and his removal is a matter of general to all the members of the church and to those who know him outside of the church. During the past year a larger number of new members have been received into the church than for some time previous thereto. The new pastor will be Rev. Daniel Myers, a young married man who comes well recommended from Maples, Ind. His household goods have arrived and he is expected before Sunday.

Institute Proving Greatest Success Ever, Say the Teachers.

The institute proceeded Tuesday and Wednesday along the same lines, and it* seems to be the opinion of almost the entire institute that it is one of the best ever held in Jasper county. Tuesday the instructors conducted their subjects in their usual able and interesting manner, besides which tbe teachers were favored by an excellent address by Prof. Sanders, on the course of study and the work to be accomplished! this year. Prof. Latta, of Purdue, also gave instruction and experiments in elementary agriculture. Mg the evening a very pleasant reception .was given in the east court room for the purpose of helping the strangers get acquainted., A short program was given', after which refreshments were served and a verv pleasant social time enjoyed by all.

Tenth U. S. Infantry to Go To Panama to Guard Canal.

The 10th United States infantry, which for some years was stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, near Indianapolis, and which has been on the Texas-Mexican border line for several months, Tuesday received orders to go at once to the Panama canal zone, to guard the canal. It is expected to ultimately establish a brigade at the zone. Frank A. Crosscup and Bernice Brown, of Rensselaer, are members of the 10th. Their periods of enlistment will soon expire and they may not be taken to the canal zone unless they re-enlist.

Little Sob of Milton Both Has Mild Attack of Polio.

Harold, the handsome little son df Mr. and Mrs. Milton Roth, Is thought by physicians who .have examined him to have v a mild attack of infantile paralysis. Saturday night and Sunday he had a high fever and when it passed away his left leg at the knee was left weak and the right leg was also slightly affected. The lad is now able to be up and cap bear his weight on his legs,, but sometimes they weaken and he sinks to the floor. Mr. Roth will probably call into consultation the ablest physicians he can get to aid in the diagnosis and the treatment of the lad.

Governor Marshall is Home From Month’s Vacation at Petoskey.

Governor Marshall returned to Indianapolis Tuesday from a month’s vacation spent at Petoskey, Mich. The governor found his desk in the state house burdened with correspondence 'Which has accrued during bis absence and which his secretary, Mark Thistlethwaite, had been unable to finally dispose of. Several appointments to state clerkships await the action of the governor. He also found several requests to make addresses awaiting him.

Preaching at Lee and McCoysburg. There will be preaching Saturday evening at the Lee M. E. church, and Sunday evening at the McCoysburg school house. Everyone invited. REV. E. M. KUONEN

RENSSELAER YOUNG HAN MAY GO TO INDIA.

Glenn Wishard Offered General Secretaryship of Y. M. C. A. in City In Far Away Country. Glenn Wishard, son of Mrs. Jennie Wishard, of this city, who graduated several years ago. from Northwestern University, where he took the theological course, has just been offered and will probably accept the general secretaryship of the Y. M. C. A. work in either Calcutta or Madras, India. After his graduation he took up Y. M. C. A. work and for some time was stationed at St. Paul, Minn. Several months ago he returned to Chicago and is now in charge of the juvenile protective association movement in connection with the Hull House work in^Chicago. The offer to him came very unexpectedly, and as Mrs. Wishard was in California visiting her parents, Jhe has as yet had no opportunity to talk it over with her. He has decided to accept the position, subject to his wife’s approval and the approval of their physician. It seems to Glenn to be a fine opportunity for the accomplishment of great good and it is this fact that makes him desire to accept it. If they go, their trip will be made across the Atlantic, with a few days’ stop in England, thence by boat throught the Straits of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean and Red Seas, and the Suez Canal and across the Arabian Sea. The start will be made about the last of October and they will arrive in Madras about Dec. Ist / Glenn’s present work calls him to a conference at Lake George lasting from Sept. 2nd to 4th, and another at Northfleld from the sth to Bth. After his return to Chicago his mother plans to spend a few days there visiting her sons, Mel and Glenn and other members of the family will also gather there if he has at that time decided positively on accepting the call.

Rensselaer people will many of them remember Glenn Wishard, although he has not been here much for a number of years. Some ten years ago- he Worked as a porter at the Nowels hotel, while acquiring an. education to fit him for admission to college. He is only about 28 years'of age and the honor of being offered the position is quite a distinguished one.

Watts De Peyster School for Girls Will Open Next Monday.

The Watts de Peyster School for Young Girls, heretofore known as the Monnett, will open next Monday and the students will be instructed at the school, instead of being sent to the public school, as heretofore. There Will be four instructors and a housekeeper, and sixteen girls between the ages of six and twelve have been accepted. They will be taught the CQmmon school branches and in addition to that will be instructed in domestic science branches, taught how to sew, how to cook, how to keep house, etc. The cost of sendjng a child to the school is only sl2 per month, and the institution has to have some outside help, and a field worker or two will assist in procuring help from outside sources. The school has the sup port locally also of a number of charitable people who have often delighted the superintendent with gifts of a substantial kind. The Monnett home has been remodeled during the past year and put into excellent shape for the school term. Another'year will probably see it considerably enlarged and the attendance increased.

Charles Payne Buys Out Members of Perkins Company.

Charles Payne has purchased the interest of Harve Moors’ and Britt Marlon in the plumbing firm of Judson H. Perkins & Co., and has already taken up his new work. Mr. Moore will return to work at the Babcock & Hopkins elevator and Mr. Marion retires, owing to the fact that he has suffered intensely from rheumatism lately and has been unfitted for work most of the time for several months. He will probably take treatment at the springs. The firm will continue under the name of Judson Hi Perkins & Co.

Rensselaer to Tackle Goodland At Base Ball Next Sunday.

In preparation for the horse show ball games, the Rensselaer team is indulging in some practice, and last Sunday had a very good choose -ud contest. Next Sunday they will go to Gbodlaml to play the team at that place. Swartaell will probably pitch, McLain catch, Tensen play second. Parks short, Meyers first, and the two Wilcox boys and Elder in the field. That looks pretty good, don’t it 7

Hugh Burns Raised Cain In Keener Township Sunday.

Hugh Burns, the brick mason, whose wife is a daughter of David D. Gleason, of Keener township, and a cousin- of Senator Halleck, raised a big disturbance at the Gleason home last Sunday. According to Mr. Gleason he came there drunk and after cursing and threatening them all, made an attack on Mr. Gleason. The latter knocked him down twice, but broke his left hand in doing it .Burns had gone to Thayer on the milk train Sunday morning and is supposed to have procured his booze there. He hired an automobile and went'to the Gleason home. After he had been thumped quite thoroughly he left and went to Shelby, where Senator Halleck went in response to a telephone message from his uncle, Mr. Gleason. Burns undertook to cause a racket with Senator Halleck and would have done so if he had not been restrained. Constable Steve True, of Keener township, was given a warrant for Burns’ arrest and apprehended him near Thayer, just before the milk train arrived there, and brought him to Rensselaer, expecting to have him locked up, but Sheriff Hoover refused to lock him up, claiming that he could not legally do so without commitment papers. Senator Halleck wanted Burns locked up, but the sheriff refused to accept him as a prisoner without commitment papers, and stated that he was acting on the advise of the county attorney. Bums was released in Rensselaer and hired an auto to take himself and the constable back to DeMotte. They arrived there about 11 o’clock and Burns proceeded to walk to the home of his wife on the Gleason farm. "He is alleged to have- forced an entrance through a window and thus entered the house. His frightened wife escaped from the other side of the house and ran across the fields to her father’s house, a half m>le away. She got her father and they returned together to the house. Mr. Gleason took his shotguif and after the/ arrived at the place, Burns, who was by that time quite sober, edged around and took the gun away from his father-in-law, and after getting all the shells there were on the placp, pulled out, and they think went to the woods.

Mr. Gleason had again telephoned for Senator Halleck and accompanied by his wife, the latter went to the Gleason home, arriving a little while after Burns bad gone. Senator and Mrs. Halleck remained all night, but Burns did not show up and he did not come to DeMotte for his trial in Squire Fairchild’s court Monday. Since then his whereabouts are unknown, but he wrote a letter to the contractor for the new depot, asking to havfe his last week’s wages sent to DeMotte. Burns is out of jail on W bond of S2OO, haring been bound over to the circuit court on a charge of wife desertion. His attorneys succeeded in getting him out of two other scrapes, one seeking to place him under a peace bond. It looks like therft was plenty of cause tohifve him under b&nd, judging from his Sunday night escapade. Burns is said to be a first class mechanic, and while working here is supposed to have earned $7 per day. According to Mrs. Burps, however, he has worked but little for several years and has generally spent his money for liquor and in gambling. She charges that for a long time she worked as a stenographer in Chicago and supported herself and him, and that finally (his became unbearable and she now declares that she wishes for some wpy to be safe from him. Mr. Gleason states that the desertion charge wa* brought as a means to procure \ divorce and the assurance that Burns would not bother his daughter a*afn. Other and more serious charges are now apt to be brought against Burns, and it is said that his brother-in-law, who is his bondsman, is apt to asked to be relieved from further responsibility.

Cream Receiving Station Being Moved to Boom East of Garage. Dean Merica is getting things ready to move his cream receiving station from the room at the corner of Van Rensselaer and Cornelia streets to the Makeever room, just east of the Maxwell garage, formerly occupied by the express office.

Card of Thanks. We desire to thank the neighbors and friends who gave us aid in many kina ways following the death of our beloved husband and father. Our heartfelt thanks goes out to them. Mrs. W. W. Merrill and Daughters.

- WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Thursday; slowly rising temperature. Aug. 31.—Sun rises 5:26; sets 6f3S.

John Herr Claims He Was Deceived In Big Land Deal.

John Herr, of McCoysburg, drho came from Marion, Obio, some two years ago, after purchasing most of the old McCoy ranch at McCoysburg of Geo. W. Infield, and who has been having some troubles in getting his deal cleared up, now seems to be in a lot more trouble. He has Just brought action in the Jasper circuit court against The First State Sayings Bank, of Evart, Mich., alleging that in a recent deal with them he was deceived into taking in trade a hotel property in Evert, Mich., at a valuation of $30,000. John A. Dunlap, as attorney for Mr. Herr, sets forth in the complaint that in August of this year, he made a trade with The First State Savings Bank of Michigan, selling his land in Hanging Grove township for a consideration of $54,000 and taking In trade a piece of property in Evert, Mich., for $30,000. The plaintiff alleges that he accepted the word of the defendant company's representative as to the value of the property at Evert without going to see it He alleges that he was told that there was a barn on the property worth SI,OOO and that there is no barn at all. He also alleges that he was told that the hotel property was leased for SIOO per month and that it was doing a fine business and that the renter was well pleased and would stay there indefinitely. He states in the complaint that after the trade was concluded he made an investigation and found that the occupant of the hotel was not paying any rent at all, but was there slmplv as a stool pigeon to help along a sale and that in consideration of his work he was given his rent The complaint sets forth that the property is not worth to exceed SIO,OOO and that because of fraudulent and false representations he was defrauded out of $20,000, which he seeks to recover. Another new suit filed is Stanton T. Spencer vs. Fred Lanle, suit on warranty.

Wheattield Township Child , Stricken With Infantile Paralysis.

Wheatfleld Review. The two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Vandercar, who ‘reside north of here, was stricken Monday evening with infantile paralysis. Dr. Fyfe stated the case was a severe one and the child was in a very precarious condition. Infantile paralysis cases, also called poliomyelitis, are becoming more and more frequent and the disease is baffling the efforts and skill of the medical fraternity. The Rockefeller Institute of New Tork is at the present time making laboratory experiments to determine whether infantile paralysis can be contracted from domestic animals. Several children have recently been stricken In Tippecanoe county, and the experiment will be made from specimens from a drove of hogs selected by State Veterinarian Coover, at Rompey, Ind.

Little Miss Entertained Friends at 6th Birthday Party.

Dorothy, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will F. Frye, was 6 years of age Tuesday and in response to invitations twenty-six little friends attended a party at her home and enjoyed the games played and the refreshments served. Dorothy received a number of nice presents.

It’s a Wedding Breakfast When Ton First Meet Kellogg’s It’s Yours For life. i.ilu Lib (111

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