Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1913 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

The latest clew as to the whereabouts of Belle Gunness, which came recently in newspaper messages from Lethbridge, Alberta, has fallen flat. The womah alleged to have been under surveillance, it was found, bore no resemblance to the pictures and the description of the Laporte woman and the man who started the story was a mere sensation monger, it is said.

In November the relief fund of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg and Erie paid out a total of $73,766.90, of which $28,000 was for the families of members who died, and $45,766.90 for members who were unable to work. The sum of $9,579,646.58 represents the total payments of the relief fund of the lines west since it was established in 1880. The report was issued by the company last Tuesday.

Harry Freeman, the Monon brakeman who received a life sentence for killing his wife in Lafayette in 1898, has been granted a pardon, by Governor Marshall. Freeman was 18 years old when he committed the crime and tried to kill himself at the same time. He has been working at Marion as a parole four years for George Shideler, upon whose recommendation the pardon was issued. ~

Thursday, Jan. 2nd, was the 72nd birthday of Mrs. B. Fleming and relatives and friends to the number of twenty-five, gave her a pleasant surprise. They brought wellfilled baskets and all had a splendid time. Among the guests was her son, A. W. Fleming, and wife and daughter, of Buffalo. In leaving all the guests expressed the wish that Mrs. Fleming would live to enjoy many more happy birthdays. . s jggf

Mark Sayler has gone to Anderson and begun work as a street cat conductor. He worked as a motorman and conductor at Pueblo, Colo., for some time before he came home for a visit a few weeks ago and while here decided to remain in Indiana if he could procure a job. This proved an easy matter. Mrs. Sayler and their little daughter are still here and will remain until he gets well established in his new job.

The United States Steel Corporation is to extend its operations into Canada. Chairman Elbert H. Hubbard Tuesday said: “We have decided to establish a manufacturing plant at the site we secured some years ago at Sandwich, just opposite Detroit. In the near future we shall commence the construction of blast furnaces and mills. We probably shall build a wire milL rail mill, structural mill, bar mill and perhaps others. The first cost will be in the neighborhood of $20,000,000.”

A short time ago some poultry solicitors worked this part of Jasper county and promised farmers 11 cents a pound for their chickens. They put up a half dollar forfeit money at each place they contracted as a guarantee that they would be on hand on January 3rd. The market went down and the men did not come for the chickens, which the farmers had brought in to them. They tutned to the local dealers and received 10 cents a pound. The local dealer is the dependable one to do business with, almost invariably.

There was a kind of family reunion of the Fidler children at the home of their mother, Mrs. N. A. Hendricks, New Years day. Dr. Chas. Fidler, of Milwaukee; Joseph Fidler, of Champaign, III; William Fidler, of Newman, DL; E. L. Fidler and Mrs. Chas. Hemphill, of Rensselaer, were the children present Mrs. Hendricks has been in poor health and the out-of-town children took this occasion to visit her. It was the first time in twenty years that all the children had been together at one time. While here they took the opportunity to weigh themselves togeth- ; er and the combined weight of the four sons and one daughter was 1050 pounds, or an average of 210 pounds each.