Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1912 — Page 1

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Phone 273 for wood, coal and feed. EL D. Winslow was down from Fair Oaks today. ' Fancy flg-newtoii cakes, only 10c a pound at John Eger's. G. O. Bales, of Goodland, was a Rensselaer visitor over night. Oyster shells and other poultry feeds sold by flamilton & Kellner. Mrs. J. E. Gilmore and three children are spending today at Parr. We sell “The Plow a Man Can Pull.” s HAMILTON & KELLNER. Mrs. G. L. Kistler went to Laporte today to visit her daughter, Miss Emma Lock. Mrs. John Phillips, of McCoysburg, spent today with her daughter, Mrs. Van Wood. Charles Saidla made a business trip to Morocco today. He is engaged in the fertilizer business. Mrs. Martha Dickinson is quite sick at the home of her brother, John Casey, in Fair Oaks. Mrs. A. L. Willis and Master Charles Hawkins are spending today with relatives near Parr. Try a 25c package of rolled oats and get a handy glass measuring cup with it. JOHN EGER. C. S. McCarthy, of Toledo, Ohio, was the guest a short time today of E. T. Harris and family. Mrs. W. H. Beam went to Lafayette today for a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. F. X. Busha. Mrs. I. M. Washburn and Mrs. B. F. Fendig are spending today with Rev. and Mrs. Edward Baech, in Delphi.

Dallas Prevo, of Medaryville!, was In ness here with Joe Davisson, of Kniman. F. P. Huntington, of near Mt. Ayr, went to Indianapolis today to see about selling some vacant lots he owns there/ ■' ' Whitsell Lewis is another Jasper county man who ha» a birthday only once in four years. He was 76 years •of age on FeL. 29th. Attorney Jesse E. Wilson came down from Hammond today. He represents a number' of remonstrators in the Iroquois ditch case. Mr. and firs. Frank Wood left this afternoon for their home at Billings, Mont., after a visit of several days with their parents in Rensselaer. As we near spring, we crave something for an appetizer. We have a full line of sweet, sour, and dill pickles. J JOHN EGER.

It is not surprising to find illegal gales of liquor in a “dry” town. Logansport, with all its licensed saldons, had a blind tiger raid a few days ago. “* trT— - -4 —T-.T*- * ■ ■/. '—*? — l * James R. Craig was down from Thayer today looking after some business matters, among (other things laying in a stock bf stationery, tetter heads and envelopes. The board of trustees of the Indiana State Soldiers’ Home at Lafayette have decided to build a new home for nurses employed there. The building will cost SIO,OOO. Mrs. John Linback, on the William Daniels farm in Barkley township,, has been quite sick for the past week or'ten days with pneumonia following an attack of the grip. Mrs. Anna Ray will return to Sheridan in a few days, aftep having spent about two weeks here aiding in the care of her niece, Mrs. Vernon Hopkins, who is quite low with consumption. . ’ ’ * Romke Sipkema and James. Roorda, of Keener township, were In Rensselaer today. They returned recently from a visit to their native land, Holland, spending several weeks with relatives there.

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History of Tenth Indiana Being Distributed to Members.

Lafayette Journal. The comprehensive history of the Tenth Indiana Infantry written by Captain James B. Shaw, has left the press in the Burt-Haywood company and is being distributed to members of the regiment. It is the most complete regimental history ever written and has much historical value. Captain Shaw has been secretary of the regimental association ever since its formation and no man in the regiment was better prepared to write an authentic history. Captain Shaw spent years in collecting the information and it is accurate. The compilation was a great task and the captain deserves credit for his perseverance, untiring effort and loyalty to his regiment. The volume is handsomely illustrated, id well written and is a credit to the author and to the regiment. It would be impossible to give an outline of all the valuable information the* book contains and those who served in the regiment can best appreciate the great value and completeness of the volume. It will perpetuate the name of the clever author.

S. E. Sparling’s Big Sale Will Be Held April 11th.

S. E. Sparling will hold his big sale on April Uth at the Sparling farm, 1 ntile south of Rensselaer and’ just west of St. Joseph’s college. The sale will be one of the largest held in this part of the state this year and comes at a time when there will doubtless be a big demand for everything offered. It is preparatory to his leaving the farm he sold recently to Michael Kanne and which will be farmed by Mr. Karine’s sons. The Republican is printing an extra large sale bill for the sale and they will soon be put up on the billboards’within a wide radius. Col. Fred Phillips will cry the sale.

Rensselaer Young Lady Honored By College Mates at Ann Arbor.

Miss Selma Leopold, a graduate of the Rensselaer high school and a stu dent at Ann Arbor, Mich., for the past two years, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Leopold, has just been honored by being selected as humor editress of “Gargoyle,” the college paper published by Ann Arbor students. Miss Leopold possesses much natural literary genius and as the high school correspondent to The Republican during her last year in high school proved popular with readers. All will join The Republican in congratulating the student body of Ann Arbor on their wise choice.

John B. Gangloff went to Plymouth today to visit his sister, Mrs. Nagle. He is feeling very much improved now over his condition of several weeks ago, but it r*ll4- very weak. His mother plans to take him on a trip to the south for several weeks,. i Henry Krellow, a Russian inmate of the Indiana reformatory, probably fatally wounded John Lee, a guard, Monday by striking him on the head with a heavy pair of tongs. The prisoner had been reprimanded by Lee for talking in the dining room. Another guard shot Krellow In the hip as he was about to strike a second blow. .. Eugene Purtelle went north on the milk train today, He volunteered no information and if he has. any new plans for building his railroad they must go unpublished because of his aloofness. Eugene has a very aristocratic method of remainging aloof when he feels miffed and be is absolutely haughty in the presence of the reporter. Representative Barnhart has. enlisted the services of the navy department in an effort to find Roily Baugher, of Laporte, Ind., who mysteriously disappeared on June 24, 1911, deserting his wife and three children. The‘fact that he often spoke longings ly 0? s career in the navy leads bis wife to believe that he ran away to become a seaman. Representative Barnhart's aid was obtained by the chief of police at Laporte.

Entered January 1, 1807, as second class mail matter, at the Beasselaer. Indiana, under the act of March a, 1878.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1912.

COUNTY CONTENTION WILL BE HELD MONDAY.

Republicans Will Make Nominations For County Offices in Rensselaer On March 18th. Next Monday, March 18th, is the date of the Republican county convention. The convention will be held in Ellis theatre in Rensselaer, commencing at 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon. The delegates to the convention, totaling 154, will be selected Saturday of this week at the various precinct voting place or other places designated by committeemen. In Marion township the voters of the four precincts will meet in the court house, as elsewhere announced. At Remington the voters will meet at follows: East precinct, second floor of town hall. ■West precinct, first floor of town hall. South precinct, vacant room in the Austin block. East Barkley township will meet at the Valma schoolhouse Sunday afternoon at p o’clock. Otherwise, so far as known at the regular meeting places. The delegates will probably arrive in Rensselaer early Saturday morning and there will be the usual amount of hustling during the hours preceding the convention. Candidates for the following offices are to be nominated: treasurer, sheriff, recorder, surveyor, coroner, commissioners Tor the second and third districts. Alson A. Fell, of Carpenter ' township, will be renominated without op position. There is no other candidate for surveyor but W. F. Osborne, the present incumbent W. J. Wright, the present .coroner, seems to have a life lease on that job and will again be renominated. D. S. Makeever is the only candidate for commissioner for the secorid district. For commissioner of the third, Charles A. Welch and Fred Berger, both of Carpenter township, are announced and will probably come before the convention with divided delegations. The biggest fight has been for the nomination of sheriff, the candidates being Charles Morlan and A. L. Padgitt, both of Marion township, and both men of excellent citizenship and lifelong republicanism and either of whom should have the entire support of their party. The recorder’s race has been three-cornered. The candidates are Frank E. Lewis, of Keener township, and Geo. W. Scott and Charles J. Dean, of Marion township. Mr. Lewis was on his way to England when his announcement was made’ and did not return home until Tuesday of this week. He Would have been home a few days earlier but suffered an attack of appendicitis while in England. He Is not thoroughly recovered yet but is now actively at work. George Scott had the misfor tune to become seriously ill and to have to undergo an operation for gall stones just after making his announcement as a candidate. He is now able to be up but is very weak and not able to drive about the country. Mr. De&n has been enjoying good health but has not taken advantage of the misfortune of his two rivals, to start anything that would handicap them and it has been a clean race. Republicans are all wanting a strong ticket and they are sure to get it Any of the announced candidates should be elected. They represent ability to conduct the offices to which they aspire as well as the qualities of manhood that should be required of office holders. The convention will have enough rivalry to furnish considerable interest and the delegates are certain to have a pleasant gathering. The Republican will be pleased to publish the names of- the delegates selected from the various precincts if their names are furnished us by the committeemen or our correspondents. Please give the name in full, the precinct or township from which selected and the postoffice address of each delegate.

Methodist Church. - Revival meetings commence at Trinity M, E. church March 7. Mrs. A. A. Fell preaching. Morning subject is “Spiritual Atmosphere.” Evening subject is "Power of Sin.” Children’s meeting at 2:30 p. m. Young people’s meeting at 3:30 p. m. No Epworth League at night. Meetings to continue indefinitely. Day meetings every day at 2:30 p. m., commencing Tuesday, March 19th. You are invited to these services. ..;••• You will find on our ten-cent counter over two hundred useful articles, some worth double the amount we ask for them. Your choice for 19c. JOHN EGER. A Classified Adv. will sell ft

Plucky Express Messenger Killed Two Highwaymen.

David A. Trousdale, an express messenger on the Southern Pacific railroad, trapped two highwaymen who had held, up a train near Sanderson, Tex., Wednesday, and "killed them both. ' The robbers boarded the train, No. 9, west-bound, a few miles east' of Sanderson. The mail and express cars and the locomotive were detatched from the passenger coaches. Then the engineer, under cover of the robber’s weapons, was compelled to run the two or three coaches ahead of the rest of the train. One of the robbers took Trousdale back to the train and kept him under guard, while the other robber covered the crew in the cars ahead and started to rob the safe and express boxes. Trousdale is said to have employed the old ruse of signaling to an imaginary person back of his captor. When the robber turned, Trousdale grasped a mallet, and before the highwaymon could shoot, struck him and killed him. ‘ - Then, arniing himself with the dead robber’s revolver, Trousdale waited for the return of the other bandit. After he had robbed the express boxes, the second man returned to the coaches. Stepping from cover, Trousdale killed him. All the stolen property was recovered and the train proceeded. Trousdale is thirty-one years old. He was recently promoted to the express run. He lives in San Antonio. The bodies of the robbers were taken to Sanderson. They are unidentified. Sanderson is in Terrell county, one of the border counties along the Texas-Mexican frontier, and on- the eastern edge of Big Bend county, into which the United States government has been sending cavalry this week to do patrol duty.

Roy Foster, Last Year Favorite, Coining to the Ellis Theatre.

“On the Road to Casa Grande, * which is booked at the opera house in‘the near future, is a new play by Roy Foster, who will be remembered as a member of the original stock company which played here every Friday evening last spring. It is described as one of the prettiest, most entertaining plays of recent years. It is full .of good comedy and possesses a story so engrossing that the attention is held until the last minute. No play that ever went on the road has been the recipient of so many ecomiums and flattering comments. Miss Josephine RandalLWhOWsalso vjlth the stock company last year, is with this play, playing the part of a Swedish servant girl and her performance is said to be flawless and screamingly funny. Mr. Foster plays the part of a Mexican. The company also Includes Miss Carolyn Mackey, late' of the Columbia Stock company of Brooklyn, Miss Cora Bennett of the “Are you a Mason” Co., Mr. Clarence Bellair of the “Sweetest Girl From Paris” Co., and Mr. George Thompson, last season with the “Fourth Estate”' Co. This list of talent is a guarantee in Itself of the excellence of the attraction, but added to that are report - from every town in which this company has played, all saying practically the same thing, “best show we have had this season.” They carry every piece of scenery used in the play complete. The play is situated in the west but bears no further resemblance to a western piece. It is a story of an eastern family who moved out west; there are no murders, no dynamite explosions, no fights, but there is good comedy and plenty of it, a gripping plot pleasantly developed. The blind mother in the play is a touch of naturalism which has drawn much favorable mention. It bears the unique record of being the first and only western play up to date which appeals to the ladies. It has the atmosphere of the west but developed the old, old story so dear to all of us. It will be at the opera house on the evening of Friday, March 22nd.

Block Signal System Mow Completed From Chicago to Delphi.

The South Hammond to Dyer section of the Monon’s block signal system will be placed in operation at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon, thus completing the iystem from Chicago to Delphi. Work on the south end of the system is being pushed along very rapidly.

Will Dlseontinae Buying Bags. Owing to the low price, danger of fire and lack of storage, I will discontinue buying old rags, but will buy junk, iron, brass, copper, etc., as heretofore. B. 8. FENDIG.

MORE LEADERS THIS WEEK. Corn Flakes, fresh and fine, package - 8c Virginia Sweet Pancake Flour, pkg. - - 8c Geiger’s Self-Raising Buckwheat, pkg. - 8c Money-Back Recleaned Currants, pkg. - 8c Royal Brand Fancy Seeded Raisins, pkg. 8c Great Western Hominy, 2 cans for * 13c American Navy Chewing Tobacco, pound, 33c THESE PRICES FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. HOME GROCERY

Emerson Coen May Have Bone la His Neek Broken.

Emerson Coen, son of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Coen, is still in the naval hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y., the surgeons not having definitely determined the nature of bis neck trouble. At first it was supposed that the ligaments had grown together after being strained and torn, but now it is believed that a small bone in the neck is broken. An x-ray photograph will be made to determine the exact condition. If it is found that a bone is broken, it is probable that it can be adjusted by an operation that is not necessarily very serious. He is able io J>e up each day and to walk about the hospital and grounds. His parents are naturally much worried about his condition.

Good Wrestling Contest at Ellis Next Saturday Night.

The wrestling match at the Ellis theatre Saturday night promises tc be a very interesting one. Sometime ago Joe Collins, clever 150-pound grappler of Chicago, wrote to Manager Ellis that he would be pleased to meet any man of equal weight that jie could find. Manager Ellis thought of Polos, the Lafayette Greek, but Polos weighs 165 pounds. He then wrote to Jerry Walls, of who promoted most of the matches here last year, and Walls arranged to have Billy Scbober, who claims th? lightweight championship of the state, take on the match. Schober gives his weight as 145 pounds. While the men are small, they are splendidly developed physically and are both recommended to possess all the cunning of the wrestling art. The match will take place after 9 o'clock and two local boys may go on in a preliminary. “Suffered day and night the torment of itching piles. Nothing helped me until I used Doan’s Ointment The result was lasting."—Hon. John R. Garrett Mayor, Girard, Ala.

ELECTRICITY I The Practical Lighting Element of the Twentieth Century. Be an J at the «wn» ttmt UCO/tOMIC A.L. Hai/t your ‘Building Lighted With EltctricHy. Electric Wiring Electric Bells Electric Flat Irons Electric Curling Irons Electric Vacuum Cleaners Electric Flashers for Signs < Electric Flash Lights Electric Signs ' LOCK ATTACHMENTS, can be used on any snap switch. Up-to-Date Fixtures of all kinds. Estimates given on all work. - All work done according to National Board of Fire Underwriters—inspected by CUy Electrician. Raymond Helmer Shop at Rensselaer House, opposite the Postoffice. Phone 151.

WEATHER FORECAST. Snow or rain north portion, rain in the south tonight; Friday colder and generally fair.

Wabash Glee Club Will Be Here Monday, March 25th.

The best entertainment of the near* future and one of the best musical events that has come to Rensselaer for many years will be the visit on March 25th of the Wabash Glee and Mandolin Club. They come under the auspices of the ladies of the Presbyterian church. Their entertainment Will be wholesome, pleasing and satisfying and will be a real bargain for the reason that the prices are only 36 and 25 cents, the former price for adults and the latter for children. Tickets are on sale at A. F. Long’s and Gt, J. Jessen’s. It is quite certain that the capacity of the church will be tested to take care of the audience. Make your arrangements to attend this entertainment and don’t forget the date, Monday evening, March 25th.

East Barkley Republicans Will Meet at Talma Sunday.

Owing to the fact that the township graduation examination Is to take place at the usual voting place in East Barkley township Saturday, it has become necessary to. change the place of holding the convention to select delegates to the county convention. The •meeting tor - the selection of these delegates will b held at the Valma schoolbduse at 2 o’clock. All republicans are urged to be present. WM. FOLGER, Committeeman.

Presbyterian Church.

The subject of the morning service for next Sabbath will be “Lent.” the evening the, pastor will use the stereopticon to illustrate a sermon of “The Healing Power of God.” Everyone invited to both services.

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