Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 286, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1912 — Page 1

No. 286.

A BIG Fat Turkey will be given away FREE Every Week STOP*!N AT THE STORE AND RECEIVE INFORMATION. Traub&Selig “THE NEW YORK STORE.” Clothing, Furnishings and Hats.

PENSION CHECKS WILL COME DIRECT

Yew Plan For Payment of Veterans and Widows Will Do Away With Quarterly Applications. - The veterans Pf the civil war have been informed that hereafter they will receive their pension checks 'direct from Washington, D. C., and they can be cashed at any bank like an ordinary check. They must, however, be endorsed by the pensioner and two witnesses, to whom the pensionei must show that he is the Tightful owner of the check and that, his certificate number is the same as the one on the check. With no further red tape he will receive his money. The new plan of paying pensions will be handier alt around. It takes the work entirely out of the hands of pension agents, who formerly executed * the vouchers received by the soldiers. The new method will also save the pensioner trouble, as all 'he will be forced to do will be to go to the bank with tils check and certificate, endorse his check and have two witnesses do the same. Under the old method a trip to the pension agent was necessary. Heretofore the vouchers have been sent from Indianapolis, Ind., Lexington. Ky., and Columbus, Ohio, but they will all come from Washington in the future. Pensions wili be sent to the last known address. If a pensioner changes his address he should notify Washington, giving his former address and his new one. Otherwise his pension will be sent to the old address.

The Ideal Ear of Corn Described by Experts.

The Indiana Corn Growers’ Association lha® .stipulated! the requirements for. an ideal ear of corn as follows: A perfect ear of corn should be cylindrical, or nearly so, in shape. The circumference of the ear should be about three-fourths of its length. The rows should be straight and not less than sixteen or more than twentytwo in number. The kernels should be well formed (about five-sixteenths of an inch wide by five-eighths of an inch long), uniform in size and shape,, and six to the inch In the row. ~«*The ears of corn, exhibited at the . state «om show, January 1.3-18, that most 'nearly , fill the above requirements, will be awarded the sweepstakes premiums. Corn growers who' contemplate making an exhibit should use the tape lin# when selecting the ears. eit is sometimes easy,’’ says Professor Christie, "to find one good ear, but when, o-jaatT comes to select ten ears lare exactly alike in type, length, shape and color, he has no easy task. Farmers should start now to sejeot show corn. Do not leave itj until the evening before or the morning that you start for Purdue.” 9

Son Sent Red Snapper For Thanksgiving Dinner.

J. C. Gwin received by express Thursday morning a barrel in which was packing in ice a red snapper fish, weighing 25 pounds and which made a mighty fine Thanksgiving dinner. It 1 was sent by his son, vLacy Gwin, the American Express Co*s. agent at Galreßton, Texas. No letter has been received to say whether or not Lacy had caught the fish himseK.

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EXCELLENT CITIZEN ' CLAIMED BY DEATH

James Andrus Died Friday Evening at . 6:15 O’clock After lUiiess of Few Days. Another extremely sad death has occurred to add to the sorrow of our community. Friday evening at 6:15 o'clock John Andrus, who lived two miles northwest of Rensselaer, died after a sickness of only a few days. Peritonitis, created by a diseased appendix, and embracing the entire peritoneum, the membranous lining of the abdomen, was the cause of his death. He had been ill but a few days and serious only since Wednesday. His physician called another doctor into consultation Thursday morning and it was decided to call a specialist from Chicago and to operate if there was any chance of saving his life. The specialist arrived Thursday night but it was decided that the patient could not stand an, operation. It was realized by the surgeon and the physicians that the chance of his living through the attack was very remote. 1 He grew rapidly worse and passed away Friday evening at the hour stated. Following the terrible tragedy that took the lives of William Washburn and Noble Peacock on Tuesday evening, the death of-John Andrus has proved another great shock to the community, for he was one of the most highly esteemed men of the county and one of the most universally admired because of his many excellent traits of character. John Andrus had lived with his parents throughout his life and since his marriage in June, 1911, to Miss Clara Parker, they had lived with his widowed mother. His death took place at tihe farm. For some time Mr. Andrus followed the carpenter business and he was regarded an especially fine and conscientious workman. Several years ago Jie fell while working on a building and suffered a fracture of one leg that laid him up for a long time and left him slightly crippled. He leaves to mourn their loss a heart-broken wife, a loving mother, one sister, Mrs, Parker Overton, of Hammond, and one brother, Jerome Andrus, of 'Shelby. Mich. Mrs. Overton arrived here Thursday and Jerome arrived this Se'urday morning. The funeral will take place at the Christian church Sunday afternoon at 2:3d o’clock. It will be conducted by Rev. C. L. Harper, of the M. E. church

BAD NAUHEIM BATHS AT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA

Dr. James H. Honan Brings Natural Halts From Famous Springs and Uses Them in America. Dr. and Mrs. J. 11. Honan left this Saturday morning for their winter •home in Augusta, Ga., where he is engaged from Dee. 15th to April Ist as a lecturer on cardio-vascular diseases at the medical department of the University of Georgia, and where he has built a beautiful winter home. Dr. Honan has for many years re-! sided in Germany, where lie has become one of the most 1 eminent heart specialists in the "world, and where he is consulted by many Americans. For some time he*has been engaged in practice at Bad Nauheim, where the; famous springs are located. Thous-. ands of people, including many weathy 1 Americans, visit the springs every year. The treatment is especially used for heart disease, rheurtiatism and ar-terio-sclerosis or hardening of the arteries. Dr. Honan decided that the salts from the waters there could be procured by means of evaporation and brought to this country, where fairlysuccessful efforts had been made to use a combination of other salts in ,the treatment of these diseases. Accordingly he set about to do it and the success he has met has been remarkable. He has not built a sanitarium at Augusta. Ga., but. -the baths are administered in the same building where he has his office. Eminent doctors have told him that there is no reason why the baths will not have just as; good results in this way as they would: at Bad Nemheim. Dr. Honan .has already met signal success ahd with.; the advertising of the treatment it is quite probable that he wilt find more than he can take care of. He will not' give up his practice in but plans to go tpere each year, after the first of April. Himself and wife have been visiting his brother, Attorney E. P. Honan, and wife for three or four weeks.

1 11 " * Mrs. Catharine Hinkle, of Nash, Ok-', lahoma, is one of the most prompt' subscribers on The Republican list to make renewal. The subscription to her paper wcrfild have expired to-’ day and yesterday a draft renewing lt| for another year was received. Suits have been brought in the clr-i cult court at Lafayette against a number of former county officers of Tippecanoe county who, according to the field examiners of the state board of accounts, are indebted to the county in various amounts for making illegal allowances and failure tg. turn over certain fees. The suits were filed by Prosecutor Homer Hennigar on information received from the state board.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1912.

MANIAC ADMITS HE COMMITTED MURDERS

John Frank Hickey Makes Complete Breast of Murder of Joseph Josephs and Two Others. At Buffalo, N. Y„ Friday, where John Frank Hickey was taken after his arrest in the east, the man confessed that, he had killed Joseph Josephs, the 7-year-old Laekawana boy, and also two others. He said that his first crime was accidental, having taken the life of Ed Morey, of Lowell, Mass., moje than twenty years ago. This act started him on a life of crime and debauchery. In 1902 he killed a New York newsboy naihed Michael Kruck. The lad was 12 years of age. He was strangled to death In Central Park. A little over a year ago he strangled the Josephs boy to death' and threw his body in a cesspool. He wrote a confession of the crime some time ago, telling where the body could be found. No name was signed to the letter but expert detectives used t.he handwriting as a means of determining who the writer was and they fastened the crime on Hickey and then found where he was staying. He makes a full, confession of the murders and says he commits them when filled with whisky. He seems to live a dual personality. The district attorney at Buffalo says that the details of the c"imes are too revolting for publication. -

200 MILLION PENSION BILL AT SHORT SESSION

Appropriation to Be Made by Congress Will Exceed That of All Former Years. A— Appropriations of nearly $200,000,000 for pensions to veterans of American wars will be necessary at the short session of the congress that opens Monday. The unusual sum, ex-* cceding all appropriations of former years,, will be necessary to make up a deficit of nearly $20,000,000 resulting from the increase of pensions tinder the Sherwood law; of last summer and the proportionate increase of the general pension budget occasioned by this act. . , Estimates obtained by members of the congress indicate that the regular pension bill probably will cary about $175,000,000. This in -itself will be a record-breaking total, as the Sherwood law materially increased many pensions. It has not yet been determined whether the deficit of approximately $20,000,000 will be added to the regular appropriation bill or put into some other measure. sion bureau has enough .money for the present, but will run short between March 4 and July 1. when the new fiscal vear begins, unless it receives the extra $20,000,000.

Interesting Items of News From Medaryville Advertiser.

Wm. McNeil, of Wheat field, was the guest -of his uncle, Frank Dunn, recently. J. W. Mannan, of Whcatfield, was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. M. M. Ocker, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dunn and daughter left Wednesday for a seveial days’ visit in Gary and Chicago. Mrs. Wm. King, west of town, is suffering with a severe cold on the lungs. She is reported slightly better. Mrs. J. H. Faulkner has been quite ill for the past two weeks with appendicitis. Latest reports have 'her ■slightly improved. Dr. Vandament has opened an office in the new hotel building, in the room recently vacated by Dave Farnsley, the jeweler. Invitations are out announcing the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Watson to Alfred H. Zulich on next Wednesday, Dec. 4th, at high noon. The boys of the high school basket ball team went to Winamac last Saturday to play the team of that town and were defeated by a score of IS to 15 ‘ Mrs. R. A. Mannan, Mrs. Joseph Hilliard, Mrs. Bernice Clark and Mrs. S. Fendig, of W.heatfleld, were the guests of Mrs. M. M. Ocker Friday and Saturday. i Mrs. Grant Eldridge left Saturday evening laßt to attend the wedding of Miss Rowilla Magrnder to Arthur Martin at Kankakee, 111., which occurred Monday noon, Nov. 2-sth. The First National Bank received its new safe last W'ednesday. It is made by the Victor Safe and Lock Co., of Cincinnati, and is said to be the best safe made. It is Manganese steel, impossible to drill, weighs four Jons, and has three time locks. It measures 6 feet bt 4 feet and is withal a very substantial piece of furniture. Mrs. Ban Johnson, of Chicago, and Tkwson Layman, of Spencer, Ind., visited their brother, Robert Layman, from Saturday until Tuesday. Thier presence seemed to cheer the sick man and he was somewhat better after their visit Medaryville and Francesville Chapters, O. E. S., met in joint session here last Friday evening in honor of the grand matrtm, Mrs. Anne Robinson of Winchester, Ind. About seventyfive were present. Refreshments were served. All reported a very pleasant evening.

IDAVILLE CITIZEN BURNED TO DEATH

Home Destroyed by Fire Thursday Morning—Thought Grandson in House tind Lost Life. Monticello Journal, Nov. 29. * Charles Michael was burned to death in a fire which destroyed his .home at Idaville early Thanksgiving morning, being overcome by smoke while frantically searchinig for his little two-year-old grandson, whom he believed had been left in bed ir the excitement following the discovery that the house was on fire. That his sacrifice was needless i: deplorable but in no wise detracts from the -heroism of his aet. He risked his life in the belief that he might save that of a loved and lost. No man can do more. ' His daughter, Stella, lacked only a hair’s breadth from sharing his fate in her effort to rescue him. Mr. Michael awoke a few minutes before four o’clock to find his home burning around him; he hastily called his family and all in a few moments were safe at the foot of the sairs, but Mr. Michael in his*excitement failed to see his little grandson, the child of Mrs. Mora Carnahan, which had made its home with ttiem for some time, the child perhaps being behind some of the older ones, for with a look of anguish he rushed upstairs to the bed where the child lay, calling to his daughter. Stella, to bring him a lamp. She followed a moment later - but found her father had been overcome by the smoke as he leaned over the bed searching for the child. A frantic effort to arouse him was fruitless and Stella found herself - choking and ready to fall; with a mighty effort site reached the door and managed to stagger down the stairway where her mother extinguished her blazing clothing. Help soon arrived but all that could be done was to .save the household goods and prevent the adjacent dwellings from catching fire. After the house had fallen in the body of Mr. Michael was located and by the use of extinguishers on that part of the fire it was made possible to extract the charred remains. Both feet were entirely burned away and the body of course but a black mass. The event oast a shadow of gloom over our community, making a sad Thanksgiving day.

GAYLORD NOWELS DELIVERED LECTURE

Rensselaer Boy Addressed Colorado State Teachers’ Association On Manual Training. Gaylord Nowels, of Longmont, Colo., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels, of Rensselaer, is regarded one of the best manual training instructors in the state of Colorado, and he was honored a week ago by being on the program at the meeting of the state teachers’ association of Colorado, for an address on the subject of manual training. The Nowels boys seem to have a natural bent as wood workmen and Gaylord was for some years' considered one of the finest workmen in the planing mills plant at Delphi, which has furnished the best woodwork in Rensselaer for many years. He went to Longmont, Colo., several years ago on account of his health and is now An - instructor in manual training in ■flie schools of that city. His brother, Charles E. Nowels, also lives at Longmont and is a wood workman of ability. Vern Nowels, the Rensselaer confectioner, has never worked at the trade, but can make about anything out of wood and the large mirror frame and mantle w'ork back of his lunch counter is his own work, while he also made the partitions in the apartments he occupies over the restaurant.-

In a SIO,OOO fire at Lakeville, ten miles south of South Bend, Philip Ducomb, age eighty, and his wife, lost their general store, their home and everything (they possessed. The volunteer bucket brigade rescued the old people, but could not prevent destruction of their property. It was only after a hard fight that the town was saved. With thousands of blooded horses, cattle, sheep and swine arriving at the stock yards in Chicago on every train,” preparations for the opening of the International Uv# Stock Exposition today practically have been completed. Everything was in readiness when ' President W. E. Skinner threw open the gates. Rabbits are held responsible for the diphtheria epidemic that ha* been prevalent in Pike county the last two weeks. Several deaths have resulted. Hunters say that many of the rabbits killed are infected with diphtheria germs and that the people eating the infected rabbits are subject to the disease. The constitutional amendment providing woman suffrage in Michigan was defeated by 594 votes, according to figures compiled in the secretary of state’s office at Lansing, from every county in Michigan.

When your clock is out of order it needs a doctor as much as you do. We conduct a hospital for sick clocks. No matter what the matter is, bring your clock in here and we will repair it promptly. Our charges are reasonable. cJESSEN THE eJEWELBR* Rensselaer, Ind.

SECOND NUMBER Epworth League Lecture Course at M. E. Church Tuesday Even’g Dec. 3 8:15 o’clock Admission - 35 cents Sylvester A. Long, author of the popular Life Problem Lectures, spent eight years as a high school and college teacher. He has other business interests, but is now giving most of his time to the platform because he considers the Lyceum the most democratic and purely American expression of the general up-lift movement of the age.

die most Appropriate gift j Present your wife will) a Policy ; in the northwestern on your life i Von Dave solved two perplexing problems,j lttr. man. If yon act now, T can Dave yonr Policy i here in time. £. Arthur Cuteur, Special Agent j

FAIR OAKS.

Supt. Lamson visited pur schools Wednesday. ° Mrs. Kight is visiting relatives in Indianapolis. Floyd Johnson made a business trip to the county seat Taeeday. "Mrs. Cottingham is still kept In or near Brookston on account of the severe illness of her mother, Mrs. Nelson, The two, things foremast in the minds of Fair Qakers at present seems to be the new town ball and the town Incorporation. Mrs. Peyton, of Rensaeiaer, and Miss Johnson, of Hobart, came Saturday to attend the entertainment at the echoed house.

BYLVEBTER A. LONG.

WEATHEE FORECAST. Fair tonight and Saturday; sttnaer north and central portions.

Cream Chicken Dinner

will be served at the Christian, church next Thursday, Dee. sth, from 5:30 to 7:30 p. m. Menu: cream chicken, mashed potatoes, Waldorf salad, roll*, coffee and pumpkin pie, *Si for lie. Everybody welcome..

10-Cent Social.

The Helen Gould claw of the Christian Sunday school will «!▼« A 10-cent social in the church parlors Monday evening, Dec. 2nd. Everybody invited.

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