Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1912 — Page 1

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Motion Pictures • Our new machine is now working fine, and yon will be pleased with the splendid films we are showing. The subjects for tonight are; A WESTERN REDEMPTION A, very fine picture TWO MEN MB 4 GIRL A picture that will please yon BEYOND THE LAW A picture that will surely appeal to yon See' and hear Mrs. Munro play the piano and cornet at Lie same time. X real guaranteed attraction,, and money back if not satisfied.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Miss Edna Hauter went to Chicago today. 4 cans kidney beans or corn for 25 cents. Rowles & Parker, Phone 95. Perry Horton went to Cedar Lake yesterday. 2 cans fancy pink salmon for 25c at Rowles & Parker’s. E. P. Honan made a business trip to Mishawaka yesterday. Fresh strawberries every morning at Rowles & Parker’s. Mrs.- Mary E. Lowe made a business trip to Monon yesterday. Miss Laura Hatton went to Roselawn today for a short visit. Bread, the best in the world, at McFarland’s. Mrs. W. E. Babcock and daughter, Margaret, went to Chicago today. We have a full stock of sewer pipe. HAMILTON & KELLNER. Born, a boy,' to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Gumm, of west of town, June 8. Born, a boy to. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hall, of Carpenter township, June 4. Bread, either potato yeast, salt rising or regular, at McFarland’s. Miss Mary Putts returned yesterday from a two weeks’ visit at Indianap.' Ils. Come and see our buggies and carriages. They are first class. HAMILTON/* KELLNER.

William Thompson went to Greensburg yesterday, where he is visiting an uncle. Phone 96 for nice big lemons and other fruits. ROWLES & PARKER. Mrs. J. P. Hammond and son Morris went to Wheatfield today for a few days* visit. Fancy old potatoes, |1.50 a bushel. New potatoes, 50c a peck. JOHN EGER. Mesdames Leslie Clark, Chas. Porter, C. L. Harper and her guest, Mrs. Shepard, are spending the day in Chicago. \ i Ray. W. G. Winn was called to Pittaburg, Pa., Sunday to preach the funeral of a member of bls church in that city. Don’t/miss taking a guess on the largest sack of flour ever put up. We may deliver it to your house. w JOHN EGER. Governor Fosa, of Massachusetts, yesterday signed the bill allowing the Grand Trunk Railway system to extend a line to Boston. Remember, you can have yottr wall paper cleaned even if you . have done your housecleaning. Better see me at once. Satisfaction guaranteed. W. A. Davenport *

The Evening Republican.

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Barney D. Comer made a business trip to Hoopston, 111., yesterday. J. <P. Simons went to Monon today on business. Mrs. J, S. Holliday made a business visit to Lafayette today. Mrs. D. M. McMurray was called to Westport, Ind., today because of the serious illness of her grandmother, Mrs. J. Staley. We will unload Thursday a car of nice, sound, rural potatoes, for seed or table use, at $1.50 a bushel. JOHN EGER. Commanders of thebattle ships Nebraska and New Jersey, now at Key West, Monday afternoon received orders to proceed to Cuba. - • -———— • We will have another large shipment of nice pineapples on sale Thursday and Friday, by the case or dozen. JOHN EGER. Frank Vfelsh, of Jordan township, recently received the appointment as a. door-keeper at the coming democratic national convention, to be held at Baltimore next month. The Unique Club of the Pythian Sisters was to have been entertained Thursday by Mrs. C. W. Duvallrbut owing to the death of Mrs. Ross Porter the time his been postponed. Seven of the pupils at the DePeyster School and Monnett Home left today for their homes; others will go the latter part of the week, while still, others will remain here the entire summer. ■ ' '

If you are tired of sour or clammy bread, and if you are tired of baking the cook to get something better, try some of that delicious bread baked by the National Biscuit Co. Sold by J. A. McFarland. » ■ Rice Porter has purchased‘of J. W. Horton the lot at the corner of Division and Angelica streets, and at once will erect a modern seven-room one and one-half stojy house for his occupancy. > You can secure Mica Special Roofing from any dealer in Jasper or Newton counties. If your dealer does not have It In stock, call me up and I will supply you direct Prices the same everywhere. HIRAM DAY. S. B. Galbraith, Who has been working at the depot butchdr shop, and his wife left I last Sunday for Germantown, Ark., where he will work on a dredge. They will probably remain all summer and fall. Using a cross-cut saw instead of a firebrand, the independents of Zion City last night succeeded in totally wrecking Tabernacle No. 2, a temporary frame structure built by the Zkmitesfor their daily services. » ~4—» ' ” J ...... . The upper house of the Minnesota legislature Monday ratified the amendment to the federal constitution providing for the direct elec.tion of United States senators. The lower bouse has already ratified the amendment

Entered January 1, 1807, m SMond clan mail matter, at the post-ofllM at IvuNlMt, Indiana, nndar the act of March 9, 1870.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1912.

TO-NIGHT EVENINGS OF THIS WEEK Presents the Wonderful Musical Team, the “Musical Munros” Who are the only team on earth to give an orchestra effect of three pieces, cornet, piano and violin. Don’t fail to see them.

The J. I. Case gopher is the best on the market. Sold by Hamilton & Kellner. The 8-year-old daughter oi Shelby Comer, of Union township, run a nail in her foot yesterday, causing her much pain. She was brought to town immediately and the nail was removed and the wound dressed by a local physician. J. T. Randle has made quite rapid improvement lately and is now able to be down town each day and is looking much like himself again. He is a very hale and hearty man for one of his advanced age and should live to enjoy many more years of pleasure aindi^"ElsTamlly'Mid many Iriends. News cotnes that W. B. Austin, president of the Hamilton Club of Chicago, has been appointed chief usher at the republican national convention on June 18th, also' that Donald Hollingsworth, son of G. K. Hollingsworth, of Chicago, formerly of this city, will be one of the 4hirty-one ushers. The large scores that seemed to maintain in baseball last Sunday in this section of the state are still being heard from. A Delphi team met the Monticello Wild Cats and the final seore was 39 to 18.lt looks as though the game had been played with a solid rubber ball or with a few rubber arms and bone heads. Miss Ruth Parkison, daughter of R. A Parkison, who was taken to Wesley hospital several days ago, came home today. During the spring vacation she had tonsilitis, since which time a tubercular gland in her throat has been swollen. On the advice of a physician, though her condition was not serious, she was taken to the hospital to have a tonsil and adenoid growth removed.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Luers, Ed Lane and Elizabeth Luers took a nice trip last Sunday in Joe’s automobile. They went to Wolcott, Monticello, Delphi and almost to Logansport, a distance of 140 miles. Jbe says that he found no place where the crop prospects were better than they are* in Jasper county. Next Sunday, weather permitting, they will make a trip to Brookston to the day. W. R. Lee came home Monday evening from Newman, 111., where he is conducting a store, and will remain here until tomorrow, when Mrs. Lee and son, Howard, and her sister, Mrs. Fred Arnott, will start for Colorado Springs, Colo. The trip is made with the hope that the climate will prove beneficial to Mrs. Lee’s health, which has been failing for some time. She will, remain with her sister, Mrs. A. B. Bickford', for an indefinite period. Mr. Lee will continue to operate his store at Newman, where he is doing a good business. They will not break up their home here but will retain the house with the expectation of ultimately returning £ere. Mrs. Arnott expects to be absent about a* mdBBF. Call Phone 99 for the best bread ever sold in Rensselaer. The National Biscuit kind. Fresh every morning.

RHOADES WAS CLEARED; MARSHAL TURNED DOWN.

Jury Acquitted Assistant Fire Chief On Charge of Assault Oh City Marshal George Mustard. -- What will probably and what should properly be the closing act of the trouble between City Marshal Mustard and Assistant Fire Chief Rhoades came Tuesday afternoon when the latter was prosecuted in Squire Irwin’s court on a charge of assault and battery on the person of the marshal who was the prosecuting witness Rhoades was cleared by a jury verdict Attompy w» A TlmnnilnYN ronm. ZIILUIUCJ Villi ZX. JLr tl 11 i<*JJ ttzjrlV sented the defendant The trial was before a jury and it required some time to secure a jury of men who had not discussed the affair- on the street an<£rexpressed an opinion one way or the other. It was very plain from the outset that the great majority of those at the.-trial and apparently of those on the street were against the action of the marshal in using the club on Mr. Rhoades and this fact made the selection of a jury a rather. difficult matter. The jury finally selected was composed of D. E. Grow, Lewis Welsh, Alf Donnelly, Frank Kresler, S. S. Shedd, William Nowels, George Johnson, Harvey Davisson, John Poole, I. N. Hemphill, G. H. McLain and Will Barkley. The trial did not last very long, there being only four witnesses to testify. Marshal Mustard was the first to take the stand. He said that h e and. Sheriff Hoover were standing at Earl Duvall’s corner when Rhoades came up and said: “I reckon you are satisfied now, you have killed "my .dog.” Mustard said that he did not know it was Rhoades’ dog he had killed, but that he considered that he was doing his duty and had treated all persons alike. Rhoades called him a “damned cheap skate.” Mustard said he told him he could not talk that way to him and started to arrest him. He said he laid his hand on Rhoades’ shoulder and Rhoades struck him in the eye' He said he did not use the “billy” until he was hit The “billy” was exhibited in court and passed among the jurymen. It is'a loaded leather club, about 8 inches in length. The upper end of the club is braided leather and a thong it attached to fasten about the wrist. He said that Sheriff Hoover stepped in between them and Rhoades kept trying to hit Mustard. He said that the sheriff would not let him arrest Rhoades but told him to go on down the street On cross examination the marshal said he had seen Rhoades’ dog loose several times but he was not sure it was the dog he had killed. It was a fox terrier. The marshal said he carried a revolver. Charles Halleck, 12 years of age, son of Senator A Halleck, was in front of Duvall’s store when the fight started. He saw Rhoades standing by the marshal’s side and heard him say, “I hope you are satisfied, you have killed my dog.” He heard Rhoades swear at the marshal and said the marshal laid his hand on Rhoades’ shoulder and there was a mix-up and that Mustard reached in his pocked for his billy. Both of the men wanted to fight and the sheriff separated them. He said he was standing in such a position that he could not see Rhoades hit the marshal.

Sheriff Hoover related the story up to the /time the mix-up occurred. He said that h.e did not know that he could tell it exactly. He said that Rhoades called the marshal a cheap skate and a damned cheap skate and that the marshal told him not to “sass” him. He said Rhoades said he did not care for the marshal’s tin star. He said the marshal grabbed Rhoades by the shoulder tolerably hard and partially turned him around but that he did not see Rhoades hit Mustard. He saw Mustard reach in his pocket and he did not know whether he was after his club or his gun and he stepped-in between the combatants. Mustard hit Rhoades two or thrje short jabs with the club and then lit him one good blow. Rhoades start 1 1 to fall but. recovered himself. The marshal was swinging wildly wjth the club, witness said. He separated them and told the marshal to ge away, that he would take care of Rhoades. The marshal upbraided him for interfering with him and witness told him that he might later be glad of it, as he might have seriously injured the defendant. He said Rhoades was angry. He was asked to show the position the three men occupied and Rhoades, Attorney Leopold and the sheriff stood up and gave a pantomime of the fight. He again said he did not know Rhoades hit him. He said that he knew from Rhoades’ actions that the marshal could not take Mm without knockrrg him down. ‘-t Defendant Rhoades then took the stand. His testimony did not differ

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much from the others; except-that he declared that he did not strike at the marshal until the latter had sruck him with the billy. He said that the marshal did not tell him he was under arrest until after the fight had been stopped by the sheriff. He said he knew about the order requiring dogs to be muzzled dnd that he had with very few exceptions had his dog muzzled or in the house. He also said that he thought the .killing order applied to worthless dogs and that he regarded his dog as a valuable one in killing rats about his poultry pens. He thought the marshal killed his dog for spite and he went to tell him so. He said he was much out of humor. There was considerable evidence of bitterness during the trial and in the argument qf Attorney Leopold, who accused the marshal of being possessed of. a dig-killing mania anl of not being fitted for the marshalship. He charged the officer with neglect of some duties of greater importance in order to kill dogs. The Jury was out about 50 minutes and on the first three or four ballots stood 8 for acquittal and 4 for conviction. After a few ballots the acquittal verdict was reached. The action of the jury can in no manner be construed as a defense of lawlessness. It was rather a criticism of the marshal’s method of law enforcement. Mr. Mustard lacks tact. He does a number of acts in his line of duty in a manner to aggravate every one concerned and It seemed to be generally conceded that in view of the fact that Rhoades and he were on unfriendly terms that he could have avoided the killing of the dog, which was a harmless terrier. It is an unfortunate thing for the marshal to ce defeated in a case of this kind and yet he has no one but himself to blame for it. He is criticised on two other scores. One for losing him temper and the other for using his club. The sheriff was right at hand to aid in making the arrest of Rhoades, who is a much smaller man than the marshal and the use of a club Should be indulged in only on rare occasions. Mr. Rhoades is an excellent citizen. He was born and raised in Rensselaer and has i ever been implicated In an? act' of rowdyism. His excellent citizenship and the marshal’s unpopularity would alone have cleared him, even if the testimony had not shown that the marshal was over-ardent in the use of his club and used very poor judgment in his manner of appeasing Rhoades’ anger. The Republican suggested a year ago that there are numerous duties for a marshal to perform and that standing oa the street corner with his pockets filled with loaded billies and revolvers constitutes a small part of the service required in Rensselaer. If Mr. Mustard is to remain as marshal, •he should eheer up, exhibit a spirit of greater fairness, resolve to carry no spitefulness and pledge himself to guard his somewhat flrey temper. The mace, the pistol and shotgun should play a secondary place to the shovel, sythe and oyeralls.

Mr. and Mrs. S. M. LaßOe went to Bloomington today to visit for a few days with their son, Emmet, who will graduate this spring from the Indian i University law department Miss Ruth Makeever returned today from Godfrey, 111., where she. has been attending Monticello Seminary for the past year. She will resume her studies there next fall. Her mother, Mrs. D. S. Ma,keever, who went there last Monday to attend the commencement exercises, accompanied her home. - Mrs. E. C, Maxwell is this afternoon entertaining the Royal Neighbors and a number of friends. ' <

Funeral of Mrs. Ross Porter Will Be Held Thursday P. M.

Mrs. Walter V. Porter went to Chicago Tuesday afternoon upon receiving word of the death of her son’s wife, Mrs. Ros* Porter, and returned to Rensselaer on the 11:05 train that night, her son and the body of his wife coming on the same train. The remains were taken to the W. V. Porter home on Division and Susan streets and the funeral will be held there at 4 o’clock Thursday evening, being conducted by Rev. J. C. Parrett, of the First Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev. W. G, Winn, of the First Christian church. The body will lie in state from 10 to 12 o’clock Thursday and may be viewed by friends. The casket will not be opened at the funeral. Burial will be made in Weston cemetery. Mrs. Porter had been a partial invalid for some months, suffering from a pain in her right side. She had consulted two local physicians, Drs. Kresler and English, both of whom had, according to the Porter family, indicated that an operation might be necessary but that they had not urged immediate action. > Both physicians state that they found some disorders but that they did not regard theih sufficiently menacing to justify an operation. During the time that Miss Myrtia York was at the West Side hospital in Chicago Mrs. Porter called there and was examined by a specialist who advised the operation, telling her that it would not be necessary to have a Rensselaer physician accompany her to the hospital but that the operation could be performed just as well without a local doctor. Mrs. Porter was very anxious to have the operation performed and decided last week *o go to the hospital for that purpose. She went to the hospital Sunday and her husband went there Monday evening. Mrs. Porter was feeling very cheerful and when she went on the operating table >at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning she had no thought of the serious termination of the operation. She talked freely and treated the operation lightly. The anaesthetic was administered and the operation performed, the appendix being removed and during the time the operation was pending she breathed regularly and apparently was passing through it without danger. But • suddenly the breathing stdpped and life was extinct. The cause of death was assigned as an acute attack of heart failure. The surgeon and his aids worked heroically to restore life but without avail. The heart refused to act and life had gone forever. There was no more popular young woman in or near Rensselaer than Mrs. Ross Porter. Of the kindliest disposition, the most gentle and loving ways, the faculty of being always ready to do something for the pleasure of those about her, had made her admired by all who knew her. A queenly housekeeper, a willing and energetic worker, adapted to the manifold duties of the farm home, and also equally accomplished in a social way and as a church worker, Mrs. Porter was one of the real jewels of young wifehood and her untimely death ha* proved very depressing io'the entire community and especially to the younger set with whom she was a general favorite. Miss Sarah Bowman, of the DePeyster School for Girls, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. J. B. Bowman, who was here to attend the closing day exercises at the school, left today for Canton, Ohio, where they will visit

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