Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1912 — Page 1

No. 284.

Try to be at oar store at 4:00 o’cloek this afternoon. - % A BIG Fat Turkey will be given away FREE Every Week STOP IN AT THE STORE AND RECEIVE INFORMATION. si * * r Tran b & Selig “THE NEW YORK STORE.” Clothing,Furnishings and Hats.

WEATHERMAN IN CHEERFUL MOOD

Puts On His Brightest Smile and Informs Us That All Will Be Fair Thanksgivnig Bay. . r Fair Thursday. The weatherman is very brief but he is not in the habit of saying pleasing things and then waiting around to have someone say “Thank You.” He just spits out his mind and then ducks. Today some rather ominous black clouds have been hanging around and if it were not for the assurance of the weatherman we might be a little frightened that we would have to eat turkey and watch football while it was raining pitchforks or snowing and blowing a real blizzard. With the pleasing prospect of a bright day, we can now make our plans to accept all the “turkey” invitations we receive, get our tickets for the football contest and quit worrying.

ANNUAL FOOTBALL CONTEST WITH CURTIS

Rivals For Past Two Years WIU Tiike Third Trial With Red and Black —Good Game in Sight. The athletic event of greatest prominence in Rensselaer for a dozen years or more has been the football game on Thanksgiving Day. For the past two years and again this year the op-, ponents of Rensselaer have been Curtis high school of Chicago. The visitors have been twice defeated and it is expected to accomplish this result again tomorrow. Coach Parker has been -trying everything known to his football ingenuity to put the team into .condition and he witnessed that game at Purdue last Saturday to get someideas that might prove valuable. The boys are determined to put their best effort into the game and it will be full of scrap from the kick-off. The game will be called at 2:30 o’clock. It Is hoped that the playing periods are made the full time prescribed under the rules. The game should be largely attended and give, evidence of the gay spirits of an occasion of the kind. The school rooters have composed some yells and are planning to give the players lots of encouragement. ;

Marriage Lieense.

Joseph Alfred Ashley, born White county, Ind., Feb. 22, 1866, present residence Fulton county, Ind., occupation termer, to Minnie May Martin, bora Tippecanoe county, Ind., July 31, 1890, present residence Rensselaer, occupation housekeeper. First marriage for each.

Abe Martin Says -*'• • ’ Tipton Budd shot an’ fatally wounded his mo3t popular cow -Saturday, mistakln’ her fer a hunter. It changes th’ whole appearance o’,.‘th’ town t* cut some feller’s whiskers off. • r A pocket knife makes a good Christmas present, t Buy- a 76 cent or $1 knife tills week at Warner Bros. Choice for 39 cents.

The Evening Republican

TWO MEN KILLED BY THE HOOSIER LIMITED

William Washburn and Noble Peacock Instantly Killed, and Frank Hill, D. S. Makeever, Clay Dewees and Will Kough Had Close Call.

DID NOT HEAR THE TRAIN

Accident Occurred Tuesday Evening At About 6 O’clock, the Train Coming Upon Them Without Any of the Party Noticing Its Approach and the Fatal Accident Was Not Known to the Train Crew and Not Reported At Depot Until After the Train Had Passed Through Rensselaer. mmmmmmmmmm ' - . . William Washburn, wealthy farmer and stockman, and Noble Peacock, a young man, both of Rensselaer, were instantly killed at the stock loading pens in the Monon railrhad yards in Rensselaer Tuesday evening at about 6 o’clock. Frank Hill, another well known farmer and stockman, received a severe bruise to his left arm, and D. S. Makeever, another well known farmer and stockman, was slightly injured, while H. Clay Dewess, Mr. Washburn’s farm tenant, and Will Kough, who worked for him, had a narrow escape. The Hoosier Limited, running practically on time, and which was not observed by any of the six men, was responsible for the death and. injuries. The body of Noble Peacock was much more mutilated than that of Mr. Washburn, but death was evidently instantaneous in each case. Those who came almost sharing the fate of Mr. Washburn and Mr. Peacock are able to give a very clear account of the accident, although none had any. warning of the approach of the train and it is simply -a matter of good fortune that all six were not dashed into eternity at the same time. The men were loading stock, Washburn & Dewees having three carloads and Hill two carloads of cattle and Makeever one car of hogs. The csts f9r Mr. Hill’s cattle were not on hand and hewas helping the others load. The siSetflfek running past the stockpens and loading chute was occupied by stock cars. The main track parallels the sidetrack at this point anc is only a few feet away. Between the sidetrack and the main track there are a number of steel rails distributed. These obstruct the walking space between the two tracks. The men would push a car up to the chute, load il and then push it out of the way and return for another car. In returning they walked either between the rails of the main track or just to the north of the track, probably the latter. On another sidetrack to the south the local freight engine kept up a puffing and trembling and the men did not notice the fast passenger train as it approached. None seemed to think that it was right on the scheduled time for the train. They were intent on getting the cars loaded and gave no heed to the possible danger from trains. They were just at the point where another stock cai stood on the sidetrack and Dewees, who was in the lead and who was carrying the pinchbar used in starting the car, had just gone around the end of the car. Makeever was right behind him and then in succession Peacock, Washburn, Hill and Kough. The train’s approach was not noticed by any of the men and the survivers are unable to express just the feeling they had as the train whizzed by. Kough happened to be just far enough away from the track not to be hit, although he states that he was drawn down to the ground by the suction from the fast-moving train. He was conscious of grasping something with his hands and holding on. This was probably the rails that lay between the tracks. Mr. Hill was a little closer the maintrhck and he. too, experienced the* suction feeling. He is unable to say whether be was hit by some part of the engine or received his injury as he fell to the ground. His left elbow was badly bruised, and at first it was thought he had suffered a fracture. The injured arnj is being carried in a sling. He was not injured otherwise. Mr. Washburn was next. He was struck by the engine so violently that his body was knocked some eight or ten feet to the side and beneath a car on the side track. It was not found for some time after the accident was reported at the depot Noble Peacock was in front of Mr. Washburn. He must have been nearer the track than any pi the others, for his body was not thrown so far to the right but more to the front Apparently -he had struck head first and his head had hit one of the loose rails between the tracks and the skulk shattered and particles of it were scattered about for a distance of thirty feet His body I struck Mr. Makeever. knocking him down and straining him on the right side. Mr. Dewees was not injured. The near-victims at once began to look

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foi the other members of the party and soon found the body of Peacock but not that of Mr.'Washburn. They went at once for aid, leaving word at Babcock & Hopkins’ elevator and Mr. Makeever went to the depot. In the meantime the Hoosier Limited had made its stop at the depot and proceeded on its way. None of the crew knew of the disaster wrought by their train. It was thought the body of Mr. Washburn might have lodged on the cow catcher and a message was sent to the agent at Fair Oaks to train and make a search. Sodn aft&r, however, the body of Mr. Washburn was found beneath the box car, entirely beneath the car and one foot wedged in under one of the rear wheels. A fracture of the skull in the top of the head had doubtless produced instant death. Otherwise his body was not badly injured. One arm and one leg were fractured. The bodies were gathered up and taken to the Wright undertaking rooms, where the surgeons for the railroad made further investigation. It was evident that, the wheels of the train lihd not passed over the bodies and that death had been caused by the concussion as the side of the engine struck them and as they struck the objects nearby. William Washburn was 67 years of age. He had been a resident of this county for many years and had pros-: pered as a farmer and stockman. He resided in Rensselaer,, .having a fine residence at the west end of McCoy avenue. He Was in poor health, having diabetes and his local physician had held out ntf hope for recovery nor for long life. He was also somewhat deaf and this may possibly have figured in the fact that he did not hear the approaching train, but the others were all alert of hearing and none heard it. Mr. Washburn' was one of the splendid citizens of our city and county. Of pure life, rigid integrity, devoted to Christianity, cheerful and charitable to any worthy cause, he had lived in a way to endear himself to every person in the community and •he will be missed, not alone in the home, but in the church and among those whd dealt with him in any way. He leaves one daughter, Mrs. William Rowles, and two grandsons, the children of their deceased daughter, Mrs. Schuyler Robinson. _ Noble John Peacock was 23 years of age the 15th of last March. He had returned some eight months ago from an enlistment in the regular army, spent most of the time in western posts. He is the son of Erastus Peacock and wife and had taken a deep interest since coming home in the care of his mother, who had just moved last Saturday to their recently! purchased home, the former Dr. Catt property. Noble planned to live there with his mother and to be her support and comfort. H«r poor health caused him deep worry and he had planned to .have her enter the local hospital for an operation. He was very industrious and had proven himself a young man of steady qualities and excellent worth. He had been working for Firman Rutherford, but Tuesday asked to be excused for the day in order to help Mr. Washburn bring the cattle in and load them in the cars. His sudden and shocking death proved a hard blow to his mother and to his sister, Mrs. H. J. Bartoo, of Remington, who was here at the time. The sad news was taken to them by neighbors. Mrs. Bartoo at once called her husband and he. accompanied by his sister, Miss Minnie Bartoo, came over and remained for several hours. The funeral of Mr. Washburn will be held Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the Methodist church, and that of Noble Peacock Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Mts. Bartoo at once sent a telegram to her father, who is in Florida, and he replied that he would be here as/quickly as The only other member of the Peacock family is Blaine, a younger brother, who will accompany the father here. The terrible accident has cast a gloom over the Thanksgiving season and has caused sadness in many houses where joy otherwise abounds.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1212.

Washburn Body to Lie In State at Home.

The body of William Washburn was removed from the undertaking rooms to the residence this Wednesday morning and will lte in state there between the hours of 2 and 5 p. m., Thursday afternoon, when they may be viewer by friends. The casket will not b* opened at the church. The funeral will be held Friday morning at 10:30 ( o*deekj No Evening Republican tomorrow. Following our usiwl custom on Ttmnksgivlng day we will publish no evening paper.

v “ There’s always something for which , 1 to be thankful.” Ifi —Charles Dickens. ; If it’s a fair question, what are you most interested in for Thanksgiving—T urkey or Smart Clothes ? If you’re built along the same mental lines as most of the young fellows of our j acquaintance you’d rather be well dressed than well fed, if it came to an actual show-down. Wouldn’t you? But, why even think about not being well fed on Thanksgiving? An excellent “feed” is coming to you. You’re going to get “Yours”. If we were as sure that you were to be well dressed as we are that you are to be well fed we wouldn’t think of calling your attention to Fashion Clothes But, you must be dressed to perfection on Turkey Day. You must wear an overcoat which will bring you distinction —which will make you the admired of all—which will keep you comfy and place you above criticism. Yes, you must wear one of ! our wonderful overcoats, with its sweeping style and fine rich fabric. Hake it your ; business to look tomorrow. . / Men’s Grey or Blue extra fine A 16-oz. all-wool Blue Serge A very swell Tan or Gray ' Chinchilla, Belted Backs, warm, suit our regular S2O 00 Suit. Diagonal Overcoat, Full Serge « Convertible.- Collar Overcoats. ' h . . Body Lining, Extra Satin Sleeve j Easily a $25.00 coat. Our price and , tbe beßt money 0311 buy> Lining. Belted Backs and Confor this sale, But far thls fiale >, vertible Collars. Price , $20.00 $15.00 $15.00 Simon Leopold

SECOND ATTACK OF APPENDICITIS

Miss Martha Long Returned From Western College at Oxford and Will Undergo Operation. Miss Martha Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.’" A. F. Long, returned yesterday from Oxford, Ohio, where she haß been attending Western College for Young Ladies. She had been sick for several days with an atack of appendicitis. This''was the second, attack and confined her in bed for several days. It has been decided to have an operation performed as soon as she is sufficiently recovered and It is probable that she will be taken to the Presbyterian hospital in Chicago one day next week.

High School Notes.

The- entertainment given by the Lincoln Literary Society at the Methodist church on Tuesday afternoon proved to be very successful. The program was interesting and each number was handled well. The programs for the entire year were passed out to the students and to sevefal visitors who were present. School was closed Wednesday for the Thanksgiving vacation and the students took their books home with the expectation of entering the new high school building <m returning. School will not re-open until Wednesday following Thanksgiving and Monday and Tuesday will be taken as visiting days by the teachers. This week ends the second six of school and the examinations were given Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Turkey Dinner Is now an important part of die celebration of Thanksgiving Day. To make the expense a little lew, we give you a few prices on a few of the necessaries: Cranberries, quart 7c. | Celery, bunch, 3c to sc. Lettuce, pound 15c. Oranges, dozen 20c to 25c. Apples, peck 25c. Bananas, dozen 15c. Raisins, pound 8c to 10c Grapes, pound 10c. Creamery Butter, pound 35c. Rhoads’ Grocery

Jim Rhoades & Co. now have, on hand a complete line of Tungsten electric globes. Ton can arrange for wiring or any electrical work by sailing them.

WEATHER FORECAST. . • ■■ Fair tonight and TMsrsday-

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