Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1913 — Page 1

No. 115.

Gayety Airdome Grand Opening ThisEyehing McCormick & McCormick in their great comedy act Two Reels of Good Pictures Music by Rensselaer Band Everything New. Admission 10c.

“JINK” BRENNER’S HOTEL DAMAGED BY FIRE

Fire at Winchester Ciuses SIOO,OOO Loss—Loss to the Windsor Hotel is SI,OOO. The Windsor Hotel at Winchester, now run 'by l “Jink” Brenner, former landlord of the Makeever House, was damaged to the extend of SI,OOO by Are Tuesday evening. The Are originated in Goodrich Bros.’ hay and grain elevator and caused a loss estimated at SIOO,OOO. Through the efforts of the Winchester Bremen, numerous business blocks and residences, situated in the northern section of the city, were saved. The loss to the elevator is estiat $50,000, with $25,000 insurances Twenty-Ave thousand bushels of grain w4re consumed. Damage to the City Mills is estimated at $5,000, fully insured. The Windsor Hotel was damaged to the extent of SI,OOO, with no insurance, and the New York Central lines suffered- to the extent of $lO,000. The rest of the loss is conAned to residences situated in the northern section of the city. The blaze was discovered in the part of the elevator, tvhich is situated on North Main street, at 6 o’clock by people returning to their homes from work. Spontaneous combustion is thought to have been the cause of the conAagration. The Bremen were handicapped during the fore part of their Aght by low water pressure. At the time of the blaze every employe of the elevator had started for his home. The Union City Are department, appealed to for aid, came a distance of ten miles in an automobile truck. The run was made in twenty-two minutes. With its aid much was accomplished. Many residences on North Main street and in the northeastern section of the city caught Are. A brisk northeasterly wind Caused burning embers to Ay about the city. Had it not been for this there Is no doubt but what Winchester’s business district would have been wiped out. The explosion of a gas main caused the Bremen much trouble In Aghting the Aames. The Big Four railroad is badly damaged. Tracks will have to be relaid, as will platforms. Cars belonging to the road were consumed. Fireman Carl Summers ’ received severe burns while Aghting the Aames on the City Mills, but is not seriously injured. , People from miles around Booked to the city and thousands of people witnessed the blaze.

The hew 5 and 10 Cent Store keeps glass fruit jars.

COMET , Cigars Ju 5c 5 cents each MAKE THE WORLD \ MORE ENJOYABLE \ \ TO LIVE ON. / '7W A \ Try one today, and rise / ;j! \ ■ above yonr troubles. - - —1- 4 Made of choice, specially selected, J / Long Leaf Filler, fine-grained Binder, N|S SEAy and Light, Even-Burning, White Ash jtttgßEP/ Wrapper. Sweet-Flavored as a nut— Fragrant, Rich, Mild. Made In Rensselaer. J. DeLong, Maber.

The Evening Republican.

Grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Morgan Dead.

News has been received here by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Morgan, of the death of Hamilton Payne Morris, at the age of 15 years, 8 months and 22 days, at Moline, Kansas, May sth. He was the son of Charles Morris, a former resident of Rensselaer, and the son of Mrs. Morgan. The boy’s death was caused by congestion of the brain, resulting from an attack of carbuncles and boils. The Moline Advocate has the following to say of his death: “While his death was not unlooked for, the Anal end came as a shock to the community, and especially so to his young associates and schoolmates. Payne was a universal favorite with both young and old. His quiet habits and sturdy usefulness, coupled with his respect for older people, made them his friends. His love of fairness with his young associates made them respect him for that one great virtue so quickly recognized by youth. “The funeral was an unusually large one, and the Aoral offerings in their profusion seemed especially appropriate and suggestive of the young man’s life gone out. A place of honor was accorded the teacher and students of the room in which he was a (fellow student, each carrying a white carnation. The schools were dismsised and students and teachers followed his remains in sorrow to his last resting place in Moline cemetery, where they Bled past his open tomb and dropped one by one their Aoral offering' upon his sleeping dust."

Gayety Airdome to Open This Evening.

Manager B. F. Barnes, of the Gayety Airdome, received his new picture machine today and will open the Gayety Airdome this evening, weather permitting. The boys’ band will turn out and furnish music for the occasion. Mr. Barnes has purchased one of the best picture machines on the market, especially, adapted for outdoor work. For the opening week two good vaudeville acts have been engaged. Mcdormick & McCormick will appear in a comedy act tonight and Thursday. Wilson & Wise, a good singing and whistling act, will be on the program Friday and Saturday evenings. In addition to the vaudevijle acts two reels of pictures will be given.

The Odd Fellows will give work in the first degree on Thursday night, May 15. Refreshments will be served. All Odd bellows are invited to attend. FRED S. TYLER, Sec’y.

Use our Classified Column.

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

Notice to Odd Fellows.

RENSSELAER. INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1913.

BARN BURNED AND OTHER DAMAGE

Granville Moody Lost Barn and Some Other Property—Wind Storm Losses. '

The rain storm Tuesday evening was accompanied by considerable lightning and wind arid from several localities reports of damage have come in. The greatest loss so far reported was the destruction by Are started by lightning of the big horse, hay and grain barn on the Granville Moody'farm-in Barkley township. The barn was about 35 feet square and’built of oak, having been erected about 15 years ago by George W. Andrus and son, John. Probably twenty tons of timothy hay was in the mow of the barn and a quantity of feed in the cribs. About all the harness was in the barn. Two milk cows were in a shed on one side of the barn. All were destroyed. The horses, about ten head of good ones, had been turned out of the barn before the Are. Mr. Moody was in town, attending a meeting of the directors of the .State Bank, when, the Are occurred. Three men at the farm were unable to do anything to subdue the Aames, which enveloped the entire building only a few seconds after the electric bolt, which occurred at 8 o’clock.

The loss was partly covere4 by insurance 4n the G. H. McLain agency. The loss was probably in excess of $2,000. At about the same hour a small cyclone occurred in the William E. Jacks i neighborhood, southeast of town. The silo and an outbuilding were blown over and fences, trees and other outbuildings damaged, the roof being torn off the crib and. binder shed. This loss was also covered by windstorm insurance in McLain’s agency. The barn on Isaac Leavel’s farm, occupied by Joe Cain, was moved partly off the foundation. Morg Shields had some property damage in the same neighborhood.

Philip Roy, southeast of town, lost Ave head of good horses by lightning at about 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. His son had been discing with the horses and was driving them home when the lightning struck the horses, killing them instantly. The boy, strange to relate, was not injured. George Martin, living on the Poole farm 1n Milroy township, had two horses killed by the lightning. The Lawndale school house, in the east end of Jordan township, was struck by lightning but did not catch Are. Considerable damage was done.

Funeral of Miss Ruth Parkison Was Very Largely Attended.

The funeral of Miss Ruth Parkison was held at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Parkison, on Weston street, yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. J. C. Parrett, of the Presbyterian church, conducted the services. The home was not large enough to hold the sympathizing friends who were present to pay their last respects to her memory. The pall bearers were Firman Thompson, Howard Mills, Tom Padgett, Kenneth Allman, Boyd Porter and George Long. The floral offerings were so numerous that ten flower girls were required to take care of them. They were Charity Pierce, Edna Robinson, Mae Clarke, Florence Allman, Aileen Allman, Maurine Tuteur, Mary Brown, Edna Babcock, Rose Kanne and Angela Kolhoff. Interment tqok place at Weston cemetery. J, Those from out of town attending the funeral were Rev. D. A. Rogers, of Union Mills, Ind., and J. J. Lawler, of Chicago.

Ruth Ida, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Parklson, was born in Barkley township, Jasper county, July 3, 1894. She finished the Rensselaer high school course, graduating with the class of 1912. She and her parents went in July, last, to Kingman, Kansas, with the hope of regaining her declining health. They returned to Rensselaer May 4, and in due time to learn that she was so soon to go away. She united with the Methodist Episcopal church In Rensselaer during the early ministry here of Rev. C. L Harper and her young, hopeful life speaks a language more true and eloquent than words can depict. She leaves her parents, three brothers, William Kenton, John R. and George, and two sisters, Mrs. Mamie Rhoades and Jane, and many relatives and friends to mourn her early departure. She passed away in Rensselaer, May 11, 1913, her age being 18 years, 10 months and 8 days.

To find a buyer for your property, use a classified adv. In this paper.

JULIA HOWLAND HEALEY

Born Feb.9,lß4o—Died May 14,1913

Julia H. Healey, mother of George H. Healey, editor of The Republican, died this afternoon at 1:10 o’clock, after a lingering illness.

The following obituary was written some months ago by Mrs. Healey and pinned.to it was the short paper about Abraham Lincoln, whom she greatly loved from the time he was Arst a presidential candidate. This short article about him was written shortly before his last birthday and Mrs. Healey had expected to deliver it at the annual Lincoln memorial given by the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Her health was such that she could not attend that memorial and it was evidently her wish that this brief tribute be printed. It furnishes some idea of the high ideals that composed her life and also gives important testimony of the developing interest of women in the affairs of state and nation at the outbreak of the civil war. Mrs. Healey was devoted to church, literary, temperance and patriotic societies, being for many years a member of the Ladies’ Literary Club, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, the Woman’s Relief Corps, and for the past fourteen years of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Her wide reading from scholarly authors and historians gave her a fund of knowledge and a Auency of expression that proved entertaining in any company. A visit made a few years ago to the national capital, where she saw Arlington cemetery, the home and tomb of George Washington at Mt. Vernon and other points of interest, proved of neverfailing delight to her. Although she suffered much during her long sickness, her mind remained active and she read the daily papers and current magazines and enjoyed discussions about federal and state policies. A few months-ago she wrote a biographical sketch of her life and this is printed just as she had prepared it in a clear, legible hand. It shows how active was her mind and how perfect her memory. It is here printed in full.

Julia Howland Healey was born In Miami county, Indiana, February 9, 1840, in a log house not far from Perrysburg, which was the postoffice of her father’s family. Indians were plentiful at that time and often came to her father’s house, they having a reservation east of Peru, and where some of the tribe still live, refusing to sign away their lands. When the rest of the tribe signed away their lands and went further west, they camped for the first night just out of the town of Perrysburg. Mrs. Healey’s father took his family to the camp in the afternoon before .their last night, he being well acquainted with many of the Indians. Mrs. Healey was the first child born to her family after their coming to Indiana, two older children, a brother and sister, being born in the east, one in New York and the other in New Jersey. Mrs. Healey’s father, Joseph Allen Howland, was born in Orange, New York. He was of Holland-French extraction, his father being a fullblooded Hollander, and his mother a full-blooded French woman, by name, Jane Purcellec. Mrs. Healey’s mother’s maiden name was Mary Taylor. She was bom on a farm near Paterson, New Jersey. After her father’s and mother’s marriage they lived at Newark, New Jersey, until they came to Indiana. Mrs. Healey’s father did not long remain on the farm, but preferred to go back to teaching school, that being his business in the east He moved to Logansport about 1843, where he lived most of his after life. Mrs. Healey’s mother died when she was about five years old, and a few years later she went to live with

her mother’s sister in Michigan, who had just moved to that state from New York, it being her mother’s dying request that she be raised by this aunt, Mrs. Phebe Taylor Benedict. Soon after Mrs. Healey was 18 years old she visited her father’s family at Logansport, near which city she met Joshua Healey, to whom she was married February 23, 1864. Mr. Healey was at this time captain of Co. G, 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted at Rensselaer soon after the close of a school had taught at Smith school house, northeast of Rensselaec. To this union Ave children w r ere bom. William and Florence were born after the close of the war. Both died in infancy and are buried on the same lot with their parents. Dora Healey Lyon, of Delphi: George Howland Healey, of Rensselaer, and Maud Healey Mills, of Hamilton, Montana, survive their mother. In the yepr 1862 Mrs. Healey joined the Christian church at Mill Creek; Cass eounty, near which she was teaching school. She lived a Arm believer in this church, never changing her church relation and was glad indeed when a church of her choice was organized in Rensselaer, of which she and her two older living children were charter members, and later her younger daughter joined the church. Her husband died January 2, 1880.

Of Lincoln she wrote: “The more we think and read of Lincoln the more are we impressed with his greatness. It is not my purpose to mention his birth, or poverty, these we have heard so much of. It is the mature Lincoln of whom I will speak. The first that I remember of hearing of Lincoln was when he was nominated for presidential candidate. Before this campaign it was an unheard of

thing for. women to attend a political meeting. They advocated the politics of their fathers or their husbands and defended them loyaly, but they had very few ideas independent of these. But this campaign was different from its predecessors. Men began taking their wives to hear political speeches. Steven A. Douglas was Lincoln’s opponent, as most of you know. I was in Miami county visiting. A joint political speaking was to be held, and Jasper Packard was the Republican speaker, and I heard my Arst political speeches, and was impressed with what I heard of Lincoln and began to read of him and his speeches. I was impressed with his simple way of. putting things, with his ready wit, of his sayings, of his ability to meet an argument, and these convinced me he was no ordinary man. Of course, I read and heard of him continually from this time on. His great lessons were given in few words. “What could be more impressive than this advice: Labor to keep alive in your heart that little spark of celestial Are called conscience. Gaze not on the marks and blemishes of another and ask not how they came. Or this, You can pay a little bill when you have some money, better than you can pay a big bill when you have less money. Let your recreations be manful, not sinful. Lincoln said: “I have little conAdence in a man who can say, ‘I am no wiser today than I was yesterday.’ ” Lincoln was a profound thinker. He lived in an age when people had time to think and he became the wisest and greatest man the world has ever known.”

At the close of the civil war Mrs. Healey and husband, Col. Joshua Healey, located in Rensselaer, and with the exception of about three years, had lived here continuously since that time. In 1877, for the beneAt of Colonel Healey’s health, removal was made to Carlisle Springs, Ark., where the family remained for several months. In 1878 they returned to Indiana and located at Goodland, where he died January 2, 1880. Mrs. Healey at

Notice • During remodeling of store front, : business will go on uninterrupted We are giving Special Prices on all Ladies’ Suits and Coats. An opportunity to buy a High-Grade Garment at a Low Price. Do not allow a little debris to keep you from coming in. More anxious than ever to do business. 1? E" • ; Fend^Falr

WZATHKR FORECAST. Showers tonight and Thursday: slightly cooler tonight south portion.

once removed to Rensselaer, where her husband was buried. Three months after hfe death a baby daughter, now Mrs. Edward F. Mills, of Hamilton, Mont., was born. The struggle In behalf of her children during a few years after her husband’s death taxed her frail body, had never been strong, and during the succeeding years she was never in good health. Her health began to fail more rapidly almost three years ago and she took a more decided turn for the worse a year ago. For a long time she insisted on living in her own home on College avenue, but this was reluctantly given up October 12th, last, when she took up her home with her son, George H. Healey, with whom she has since lived and at whose home she died. Besides the three children mentioned in the obituary there are eight grandchildren, also one sister, Mrs. Mary Fawcett, of Delphi, who was at her bedside when the final summons came, and whom she recognized with a smile and a tender kiss, the last act of consciousness. Congressman John B. Peterson and family will Jeave Washington next week and spend several weeks at home. Most of the Indiana delegation Intend to come home, now that the tariff legislation is out of the way, and not kill time in Washington.

THE BEAUTY Q® . of gjjsja THE EaMI CLOCK Qi Tick, tock, goes the clock, “All my beauty’s gone— My wooden case is scratched and dull, My polish Is aU worn." But Jap-a-Lac renewed it In a truly wondrous way; You'd think it was a brand new clock lust bought the other day. There’s many a clock per-, forming its mission in life under the great disadvantage of an ugly appearance. Many . a grandfather’s clock that is sadly in need of a coat of Jap-a-lac to renew its youth and beuty and make it like brand new. JAP-A-LAC Anyone can use Jap-a-lac. It requires no special skill There is nothing so good as Jap-a-lac for the renewal of old And-* irqns, Base Boards, Bannisters, Book Shelves, Card Tables, Letter Boxes, Trunks, Chairs, Desks, Dressing Tables, Linoleums, Gas Fixtures, Gocarts, Hat Hacks, Radiators, Refrigerators, etc. Japa-lac comes in all sixes, from 10c cans up. Ask for it in our Paint Department. FEN DIG'S REXALL DRUG STORE

vol xvn.