Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1913 — Page 1

No. 92.

TO INSPECT YOUR YARDS WEDNESDAY

City Health Officer Will Have Several Alda to Tag Unsanitary Premises. The City Health Officer expects to make the clean-up program of next, week the most complete sanitafy movement ever undertaken in Rensselaer, and has a plan on foot that should result in mueh good. The good comes from the fact that all of us are interested in good health and all should know that cleanliness is essential to that end. It has been printed over the country *Swat the Flies,” and that admonition is only excelled by the 1913 version, “Starve the Flies.” The city council has adopted next Tuesday and Wednesday, April 22nd' and 23rd, as clean-up days and it is hoped to encourage every property owner and every tenant to get busy and clean up and burn up and destroy waste and rubbish of all kinds. It is hoped to make an appeal to our civic pride sufficient to accomplish the desired result, but the city health officer has the authority of the law to enforce correction of neglects, that endanger life as breeders of disease and his power covers a wide latitude It is hoped that he will not have to invoke the measures of punishment within that power and he won’t if people will get busy. The rake will accomplish much if you get behind it energetically during the next few days. The big clean-up is to start Tuesday morning and on Wednesday noon the aids of the city health officer will start out on a tour of inspection, and every premise in Rensselaer that appears to need

sanitary correction will be tagged. Then will come the city health officer and inspect the places reported unsanitary and measures taken to compel you to get right with the spirit of progress. There has been more early pride evidenced in Rensselaer than for many yeprs. It is in the air. People are daily becoming more tidy about their homes, and the fellow that is careless is going to be behind the times. Tonight when you gb home to your supper, look about the yard and see what is needed and either go to work or set some one to work on the job. Have it done when the inspectors come around next Wednesday afternoon. Move* the ash piles, put the tin ckns in barrels, have the unburnable rubbish moved to the dump pile and help in the movement to make Rensselaer the cleanest and best city in Indiana.

If you wish to SAVE MONEY on your Spring Suit, buy it .from TRAUB & SELIG. * ' Isadore Kudozitskl, a young Pole, is in jail at South Bend charged with attempting a holdup, using potatoes and apples on a grocer instead of the customary revolver. In our men’s furnishing department all the new Spring Styles. Prices the lowest. ROWLES & PARKER. City Engineer A. P. Melton, of Gary, Monday began the survey for the Gary ship canal, which will connect Lake Michigan with Gary’s proposed second inland harbor, to be located in the Grand Calumet river.

Strong Tires for the country man Would your farm hand follow the plow in a pair of patent colts? Takes something stronger—calf skin or tough old pig skin and then the shoes go down to the uppers quick enough. If extra strong shoes are economy for your form hand why are not extra strong tires economy for your motorcar? Why not use tires built Especially to take the hard knocks of country wear? United States Tires are built extra strong They contain all the strength that four famous tire factories, working as an enormous unit, can put into them. Your dssir* for economy in managing the business affairs of your form ought tp lead you naturally to the use of United Btat«s Tires. They coat no more than you are asked to pay for other kinds. Next Saturday’s spin to town is not complate until you have 'bought United States Tires at , The Rensselaer Garage

The Evening Republican.

Daughter of Peter May Found of Unsound Mind.

A sanity board was convened by Squire Irwin Tuesday to pass upon the mental condition of Mrs. Helen Shumway, daughter of Mrs. Peter May, In the east part of town. The board consisted of Drs. Kresler, Gwin and Loy, and several witnesses were examined and it was decided that the woman was insane and treatment at the asylum was recommended. ‘ Mrs. Sumway’s first Jmsband was Peter Pursley, who lived in Rensselaer at one time and who was killed by a runaway team Of horses about four years ago. She /Was married later to Shumway and to them a baby was born about a year ago. She continued to live with her husband until last fall, when the insanity beeame noticeable and she left him and came to Rensselaer Under the hallucination that her first husband had been murdered and that she was under hypnotic influence and was not legally married to Shumway. She has been growing worse during the past two or three weeks and at the examination it was related that she imagines that her 'husband and others have ordered her to kill her infant child and to curse and abuse her mother and other relatives. She is violent, hysterical, profane and destructive and requires constant watching. She talks of having been ordered to kill some one. She is 34 years of age. It is thought probable that she will be completely restored mentally by treatment at the asylum. 7"

Carbuncle Causing Young Man Great Deal of Trouble.

Arthur Kresel, son of Wiljiam Kresei, south of town, was taken to Wesley hospital several days ago, where he is being treated for a large carbuncle on his upper lip. Tt had qssujned great proportions and caused a great swelling of the glands of the neck. There seemed danger of the lip sloughing off and practically taking all the lip. His fever has been up to 104 degrees. His local physician heard Irom the hospital this morning and his / fever had gone down some. It ia hoped to pull him. through and to save his lip, but it is not possible to foretell the outcome at this time. The boy is 19 years of age.

Dance Starts at 8 o’Clock In Response to Requests.

The dance to be given at the armory tonight will start at 8 o’clock, several having requested tha.t this hour for starting be adopted instead of 9 o’clock or later as has been the custom. The Indianapolis piusic is the Mitchel orchestra, who have promised that a saxophone player will be with the orchestra. The weatherman has forecasted fair weather and the dance promises to be a very pleasant one.'

Our Suits are guaranteed PureWool, ?9.00 to $25.00. TRAUfe & SELIG. Don’t fail to get one of those large kettles for 10c if you purchase 25c worth of merchandise the new 5 and 10 Cent Store, Saturday. The navy department has written' Col. Gignillia at Culver, Ind., expressing pleasure at the work done by, the academy .naval reserves during the recent floods. Try our mill feed, 16*/* per cent protein, for the same price as bran. HAMILTON & KELLNER.

Entered January 1, 1897, as second class mall matter, at the post-office at Rens-selaer, Indiana, under the act of March 3, 1879.

Degenerate Man Making Desperate Fight for Uie—Penitentiary S taping Him in Face. The Hammond Times states that Hugh Burns, who tried to kill his wife at Schneider Monday evening, is making a desperate struggle-for his life and there seems a prospect that he will recover if blood poisoning does not set in. The Times speaks of him as a blood-thirsy desperado and the term seems quite fitting. In St. Margaret’s hospital at Hammond he expressed regret that his plan to kill his wife had not succeeded and yet he said that he loved her. An unfortunate thing in connection with the deplorable affair is the fact that sensational Chicago newspapers, not informed of the true state* of Affairs, published that Burns’ action was prompted by jealousy and that his wife was unfaithful to him and that Frank Parsons, the ,man who was hit by a chance shot, was at that time in her company. The fact is that Mrs. Burns had never seen Parsons and that she was accompanied' by So one, but was oh her way back to where she,holds a responsible position as/A bookkeeper. It is a lasting shame to some city newspapers that care so little for the honesty or the reputation or the feelings of persons deep in trouble as to employ sensational and slanderous articles in the absence of re\ liable information. Mrs. Burns is a pure, good and shamefully abused woman, who put up for years with a husband in every way her inferior and tried to make the best of a bad marriage bargain. When 'ishe eould stand the abuse of a degenerate husband no longer and sought to live apart from him and earn her own living in legitimate employment Burns would £o ‘to her employers arid make charges against her and try to drive her into the street and would try to extort money from her by means of blackmail.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1913.

BURNS MAY LIVE; STILL IN HOSPITAL

Under date of March 26th Burns wrote to his wife’s mother, Mrs. D. D. Gleason, at DeMotte, demanding that she write to Mrs. Burns and have her pay him money and saying that if she did not get him the money he would have revenge right off. .He states that if he does not hear from her in a week she will get all that is coming to him later and then makes a threat to Mr. Gleason. He goes ahead to state that his life is no good to him and that he had made up his mind to have the money if he had to go to jail the rest of his life. He concludes with the statement, “I will be a happy man in two months, one way or the other.” i This is only a sapiple of many letters Burns is reported to have written to his wife and her parents, trying to bluff them to give him money. H 1& wife lived in constant fear that he would'murder her. He is quoted by the Hammond Times as having said that he intended to kill her as she got off the Monon train at Thayer, but that there were about fifty people at the train and he decided to wait until a more favorable time. Burns had a razor and a bottle of carbolic acid in his pocket when his arrest was affected. The citizens of Schneider and the hewspapers are giving much credit to Deputy Sheriff Harry Rouse, for bravery in fighting Burns. He stood behind a telephone pole a short distance away and Burns fired at him repeatedly and the bullets cracked about his head. He took off his hat and held it out from the pole to attract Burns’ fire. Every little bit Burns peeped cautiously the door and then pointed his revolver at soem of the men and each time the revolver spit fire. Rouse demonstrated that he is cool and cautious and to him is unquestionably due the fact that Mrs. Burns was not murdered. As Burns was being taken to the hospital he is said to have kidded the deputy sheriff and to have said, “That was some gun play we had, eh?” He refused to take an anaesthetic when the officers probed for the bullets and said if you can’t get them out with your instruments use grabhooks....... r. : If Burns recovers, he will have to stand trial on the charge of attempt to murder his wife and he will stand a chance of getting a long sentence, probably 15 or 20 years. Any sentence that is meted out will be inadequate punishment for the frightful crime he tried to commit.

Church of God.

Sunday subjects: morning, “Charity”—(l Cor. 18). Evening, “Two Phases of the Coming of Christ.”

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HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

The program committees of the two literary societies held a meeting Tuesday evening and it was decided to have the" next meeting, which will be the last one of the year, a musical, to be given jointly by the two societies. It will probably be about April 30th. As this is the last of the second six weeks, the six weeks’ ‘examinations have taken a prominent part in the toils of the pupils this week. The seniors were given tests in both history and chemistry on Tuesday; and the juniors in English and German on Thursday. Lee Adams was absent the first of the week nursing a case of measles. The seniors, who are studying U. S. history, are about to finish their course and will then take up the study of civics for the rest of the year. The senior German class is starting to read “Harold,” a short play. The play, to be given by the seniors is being talked of a great deal and the one about to be decided upon will need about thirteen characters. This will be definitely determined next week, and the cast will bo chosen.

Obituary of Frederick B. Rishling.

Frederick B. Rishling was bora June 18, 1851, in White county. Ind.. near Lee, and died April 11, 1913, in Jasper county, near Remington, at the age of 61 years, 9 months and 24 days. The -immediate cause of his death was pneumonia, although he, had been in poor health for the past year. He was twice married, first to Mary Redd. To this unioii was born one son, Harry, of near Monticello. He was next married to Ella Wood who survives him, and to this union were born six children, two daughters, Mrs. Frank Crowder, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Charles Bartoo, of Remington; and three sons, Dan and Lindly at home, and Cecil, of North Dakota, a younger son dying in infancy He also leaves one brother, A 1 Rishling of Remington, and a half-brother, James Overton, also of Remington, and one sister, Mrs. Will Porter, of Rossville, Ind,

Chic-starter, and ehieken feed, and oyster shells, at John Eger’s.

S3OO Vortex Motorcycle Free Machine .May Now Be Seen in Our Show Window HOW TO OBTAIN THIS HANDSOME MOTORCYCLE We will issue trading certificates with every cent yon purchase and each cent purchased will represent one vote. Certificates being good for their face value in votes at the rate of ope rote for one cent. You can transfer the coupons to a friend or acquaintance, as the certificates are transferable. The person securing certificates giving the largest numbejr of votes will receive this handsome motorcycle, absolutely 'free. Any person in our town, or surrounding country, is eligible. The contest is open to one and all. You can nominate yourself or anyone you may name personally or by mail, and we will enter their name in a voting register. We will notify the candidates and in referring to them, we will do so by numbers. This insures and guarantees that there will be '*• . Y NO PUBLICITY FOR ANY CONTESTANT When the contest is over, the motorcycle will be awarded to the contestant receiving the largest .number of votes. This is not a game of chance and there will be no lucky number. You nominate your candidate and then work for his number by inducing your acquaintances and friends to trade at our store. The matter is very simple. It does not cost you anything, and you have an excellent opportunity to secure this beautiful motorcycle which will be not only useful but will be a source of pleasure. The giving of this motorcycle is a costly means of increasing our trade but we have decided to incur the expense and reward those who have, in the past and will in the future, give us their patronage. Have your friends and acquaintances r save their certificates for you. Cotitest Closes October 29, 1913. C. EARL DUVALL • , T m : ‘ ' •;r^ Clothier and Furnisher f Rensselaer, Indiana , iii wmBWB

. ' ,V' ' -..r, . , ... •>. . Whooping Cough Notice. Any person having or suspected of having whooping cough must re- a main on their own premises, and any child or adult found mingling with people and exposing them to the disease will be quarantined after Friday night, April 18th. City Board of Health.

Special One-Cent Sale Bargains for You Saturday, April 19 ONE DAY ONLY

Swift’s White Laundry Soap. Buy 2 bars at 5c each; you get the N 3rd bar for 1C kFuII-weight Turkish Bath Towels, 16x34 inches. Buy 2of these at 10c each; you get the 3rd 4 towel for I C Safety Pins, 1 doz. on a card, asst. Buy 1 card at sc; you get < the second card for I C 10-in. Grey Enameled Pie Plates. _ Buy one of these for 10c; you * _ get the second one for 1C Child’s* Decorated Cup and Saucer. Buy cup and saucer for 10c; you get the plate to match < fl _ for I C Large tube Royal Dental Cream. Buy one of these at 15c), you ' get a regular 10c Tooth 4 ■ Brush for 1C

Cut this out and bring it with you and get some or all of these bargains. Remember, one day only—Satui day, April 19th. There will be no restriction as to the number of lots you may buy. ONE AIN: TO KEEP THE BEST. ONE METHOD: FAIR DEALING. ONE PRICE: THE LOWEST. Jarrette’s Variety Store BERT J. JARRETTE Rensselaer, Indiana

WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Friday; warmer noj-th portion tonight; cooler north portion Friday.

For the newest and best Clothing and Furnishings for Men and Boys see TRAUB & SELIG. REMEMBER, WE SET THE PACE.

54-in. Brass Extension Curtain Rods. Buy 2 curtain rods at 10c E - each; you get the 3rd rod for ■ C 1-pound can of Violet Talcum Powder. Buy one of these at 10c; E _ you get a 5c Hand Brush for I C Our regular 5c package of Envelopes. Buy one of these for sc; you get the second pack- E age for 1C Pretty Decorated China Cream Pitcher. Buy one of these for 10c; you get a decorated E Bread and Butter Plate for ■ C DeLux Edition Standard Sheet Music. Buy one copy for 10c; you get the second copy— E ehoice :..4... 1 C Any man who makes a 25c purchase or more of hardware gets a N _ 10c lash whip for ■ C

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