Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1916 — Page 1

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Eclipse of Sun Will Be Here On February 3rd.

For a short time Thursday morning, Feb. 3rd, Rensselaer will be in darkness, according to predictions of astronomers and authors of the almanac, who state that on the above date at about 9 to 11 o’clock a total eclipse of the sun will .be witnessed. The last total eclipse of the sun was witnessed shortly after the civil war had quieted down in The south, during the latter years of the sixties, was poverty stricken from the ravages of the war, and when darkness enveloped the land at noonday, the people of the ignorant classes were awe stricken by the effect om the phenomena and fell to thfe earth in prayer, thinking the eve of a terrible calamity was upon them. Chickens went to roost and cockscrowed: Martins’ owils and other birds which fly by night appeared and candles were lighted in the dwelling. The eclipse predicted for February 3 is to be total and will be a reproduction of the one of 1869.

Jury Disagreed in Chiropractor Case.

Marcus Morkert, of Lebanon, in Boone county, a chiropractor, was tried on a charge of practicing medicine without a license, and after being out a day and a night the jury disagreed. The leading attorney for Mr. Morkert was Col. Long, of Kansas City, Mo., who is general counsel for the International Chiropractor’s Association. Sixteen indictments against the Lebanon “chiros" were thrown out of court by Judge Combs, of Frankfort, who tried the charge pending againt Morkert.

Chief Tahan, Tonight!

The third number of the lyceum course will be held at the Presbyterian church next Friday night. In the dress of an Indian chief which he wears as a trophy of war, Tahan presents to lyceum audiences in his lecture on “Things I Saw and Did While a Savage,” one of the best if not altogether the most thrilling and intensely interesting, and at the same time instructive, life stories ever told by a human being. And not only has it an educational value but it carries a moral and religious message as well. He was only two years old when a band of Kiowa Indians raided the frontier settlement and massacred all but the babe. He was taken by the chief and given to Tsilta, his wife. Having been captured in Texas, Tsilta named him Tahan, that is, Texas man. He was educated by his foster mother in all the ways of the Indians. When he was ten years old he was captured by Custer, who compelled the chief to reveal his identity, which resulted in his being returned to an uncle in Texas. He later returned to the Indians and he was persuaded to become a government scout. He deserted and fled to the Cheyennes, was later captured, courtmartialed, sentenced to death, and imprisoned at Fort Reno. He cut a hole through the prison roof and escaped in the night. He wandered for three years and was finally converted in London, Ontario. He studied for the ministry and finally his case was presented to Grover Cleveland, who pardoned him. The above is just a brief outline of his thrilling life story which he tells in a modest but most interesting manner, throwing a light on the character and traditions of the Indians from the standpoint of personal knowledge apd sympathetic appreciation.

Fred A. Phillips Auctioneer “5 ~ / ... The following is a list of the sales booked to date by me for* this season: * WILLIAM ROSE SAM LOWERY JOHN R. LEWIS, Hampshire Hogs. WILLIAM DAUGHERTY O. C. HALSTEAD GLENN BAKER, Admr,. ROBERT SMITH HARVEY W. WOOD, Sr. JACK ULYAT CHARLES BATTLEDAY CHARLES FLEMING, Pure Bred Angus Cattile, HERMAN MESSMAN WILLIAM LARGE COLTON AND MARKIN JACOB RAY MARSHALL JOHNSON CLYDE GUNYON MATHEW NESSIUS CLAUDE MAY ELIZUR SAGE , ~ . • JOHN FLYNN FRANK KING _ JOHN C. BRISTOW Merrill freeland CHARLES MAY JOHN W. FAYLOR.

T he Evening Republican.

COUNTY DIVIDED INTO 8 DISTRICTS

Election Commissioners Spend Considerable Time in Es frt to Equalize Representation.

The election commissioners, C. C. .Warner, republican; J. J. Hunt, democrat, and Judson H. Perkins, also a republican but a member of the board by virtue of being the county clerk, met Wednesday and spent some time in an effort to make an equitable division of the delegates to the state convention. There will be eight delegates to that convention from Jasper county and it is a duty of the election commissioners to make the distribution as evenly as possible according to the votes cast at the last election. They found it quite a task and when completed had arranged for one delegate from each of the following groups: Kankakee, Gillam and Walker townships. Wheatfield and Keener townships. Union township. Carpenter township. Milroy, Jordan and the third precinct of Marion. Maribn second and foutrh precincts. Barkley and Hanging Grove. Newton and Marion first precinct. While the voting strengths are far from etjual in some respects, it was

To the Clerk of the Circuit Court: We, the undersigned residents and legal voters of party, in > County, Ind iana, hereby nominate the following named person (or persons) as candidate.. for delegate from (townships or precincts, naming th'e group) in Jasper County to be voted for in the said ward or township at a primary election to be held by precincts in said county on the second Tuesday in the month of March, 1916, to attend the state convention of* party. ~A a s delegate for townships (of precincts and townships) in Jasper County, Indiana. Name Residence

There must be at least ten petitioners and the person who makes the affidavit must state under oath that the signatures of the petitioners are genuine, that the signers are all over the age of 21 years and are to the jest of his knowledge and belief legal voters of Jasper county. The same applies to persons who

Miss Nellie Hatfield, of Winamac, came this morning to visit Mrs. Julia Day for a few days. 0. Arthur Tuteur will arrive home from Indianapolis this evening to remain over Sunday. Dr. H. L. Brown, George Long and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harmon are spending today in Chicago. The Pythian Sisters will hold their installation this evening .and it will be followed by a supper. ■ A large turn-out is expected. Sylvester Gray returned last evening from Colorado, to which state he accompanied Mrs. Gray for her health and where she will remain for some time longer. ______——— ’ Prosecutor W. Ray Collins has filed 24 affidavits for assault during the riot growing out of the election wet and dry troubles at Linton. More wilDfoilow. Nineteen men have been arrested. J. H. Robinson, of Huntington, assisted” by Abe Hardy, bought a car load of horses in Jasper count/ this week. They were shipped to Huntington and there will be consigned with several other carloads to the eastern market. A hearing of the C. D. Shook petition in bankruptcy by the referee, Harry Sheridan, in Hammond today, .took several interested parties there, including G- H- McLain, F. B. Ham, A. S. Laßue, W. I. Hoover and Attorneys Parkinson and Halleck, The house committee on interstate and foreign commerce yesterday made a favorable report on a bill introduced by Representative Wood, of Indiana, authorizing the Gary Land company to construct a bridge across the Grand Calumet river at Gary. Independence for the Philippine Islands within four years after the pending bill for enlarging self-gov-ernment there becomes effective would be authorized byjm amendment to the measure submitted by Senator Hitchcoak and generally understood to bear the approval of President Wilson. -

Delegate’s Petition.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1916.

■ the best division that could be made, the board decided, without splitting up the precincts or having the delegates w’ith fractional voting strength, which is not contemplated by the law. It will be necessary for any persons who want to go as delegates to the state convention to see in which group he resides and then to file his petition to go as a delegate. The petition must be signed by ten persons who are members of the party whose convention the petitioner wants to attend and one of the petimust sign an oath before a notary or other person entitled to administer oaths that he voted for the majority of the candidates of that party the year before and expects to do so at the coming election and that to the best of his knowledge and belief the other petitioners also voted for the majority of the candidates of the party. The signatures must be in ink and must contain the residenceaddress of the petitioner set opposite his name. The petition must be filed at least twenty days before the date of the primary. The petition shall be in substantially the following form:

desire to attend the congressional convention, the date for which has not been set. The division of the county and the number of delegates will be the same at the congressional convention. Persons wishing to go as delegates to either convention should get busy and have the petitions to the above plan.

The machinery of the state department has been successfully invoked to obtain German dyes needed for printing United States paper currency and stamps. . __2 Boston Star—No lecturer on the assembly platform gave better satisfaction. Tahan, Friday evening. Henry Ford intends to treble his plant’s capacity, it was learned yesterday. His plans call for the expenditure of $10,000,000 and the employment of 100,000 men. Phone 7 and call for our B. B. range coal. —Harrington Bros. Co. Felix Erwin, of Fair Oaks, who recently bid in the west end of the Boyle ditch, has purchased a new dredge from Saginaw, Mich., and will soon have it working. Talk to us about your coal; we haye something to tell you about our coal.—Harrington Bros. Co. Rav and George Herr and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Herr arrived this morning from Marion, Ohio, and will live in Hanging Grove township the coming year. Fenton O. Churchill went to Chicago yesterday and before going left at The Republican office samples of wheat and oats raised by the Maines boys in Montana, for whom Fenton worked the past year or two. They may be seen at this office; B. B. or Puritan Egg for the range. Ky. B. or Carbon splint for the heating stove. —Harrington Bros. Co. Secretary Lane yesterday designated 365,000 acres of land in South Dakota, some already patented, as open to settlement.’ That subject to acquisition will be opened to entry March 10. Mrs. James Lister, of Chicago, came this afternoon to Visit her mother, Mrs, Eliza Reed, who is poorly, probably having an attack of the [grip. Mrs. Reed was 82. years of age joyed remarkably good health.

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RED MEN CELEBRATE THIRD ANNIVERSARY

Pinkamink Tribe and Families Have Banquet and Social Time at the Lodge Hall Thursday Eve. Pinkapiink Tribe of Red Men held a delightful affair Thursday evening, it being the third anniversary of the organization of the Red Men in this city - . The Poccahontas, which is the ladies* auxiliary to the Red Men, pre pared a splendid banquet and not only were the members of both orders there in large numbers but also tKeir children and several guests. Three long tables filled the main hall and there were 130 seated at the first tables and 50 more at the next setting. The hall was attractively decorated with,* colored crepe paper draped from wall to wall and the tables were made cheerful by the use of cut flowers and potted plants. The spread was quite elaborate, the menu consisting of creamed chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, noodles, baked beans, pickles, bread and butter, coffee, ice cream and cake. Following the spread George W. Reed acted as chairman and an excellent program was carried out. Misses Wilda Littlefield and Thelma Martindale sang a duet, Herman Lang play? ed several piano selections and he and Mrs. George Reed played a duet. Miss Florence Gorham gave a reading that pleased all who heard it. There were three prepared and interesting toasts by Chas. M. Sands, John Merritt and Frank Morrow, the respective subjects being “Freedom,” “Friendship” and “Charity,” the cardinal principals of the order; The speakers, set out the advantages of brotherhood in the promulgation of these principles and their addresses were well received. There were one or two impromptu speeches and some Victrola music and the entire affair was a most delightful one.

LYCEUM COURSE DATES

January 28—Tahan. February 15—William Rainey Ben nett. - March 29—Columbian Entertainers.

Subscribe for Stock in the Rensselaer Building, Loan and Savings Association A good safe investhnent, backed by Rensselaer business men. Start a systematic savings account. Provide a nest egg for a rainy day. Build yourself a home \ and own it through our building plan of payment. 25 cents a week is the first aid to owning a share. Dividends declared semiannually. Our books will be open until Feb. 1 to receive January payments on stock. Inspect our By-Laws. Talk it over with the Secretary at the office of the association in the Odd Fellows building. B. F. FENDIG, Pres. ■ D. DELOS DEAN, Sec. • - ... - a -V '

Herman Hermansen Very Sick at Home In Gillam.

Herman Hermansen is very low with pneumonia at his home in Gillam township and fear is entertained that he can not recover. . He is 28 years of age and a brother of Mrs. Lou Robinsofi, east of Rensselaer. His Sisters, Ethel and Anna, the former a trained nurse, were called back from New York City, Where they had been visiting since Dec. 2 2nd, on account of his illness. They in Rensselaer this Friday afternoon and an atuomobile was injwaiting to hurry them to theii; home.

Funeral of Mrs. Joseph Ellis to Be Held Saturday.

The funeral of Mrs. Joseph Ellis, who died Thursday at about noon, will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock at the late residence on East Vine street, being conducted by Rev. C. L. Harper, who will come over from Delphi for that purpose. Mrs. Ellis was about 62 years of age. Mrs. Samuel Duvall left this morning for Evansville to visit her aunt. Her father, Dr. Curnick, accompanied her, but will return home Saturday afternoon. The weather turned colder last night enough to stiffen up the roads a little and to make travel which had been almost abandoned again possible. Almost every, auto owner or driver who tried to make a trip Thursday got stuck some place and had to send out an S. 0. S. call for help. Mules were brought into use in pulling the machines out of holes. Most of the road travel has been with horses and light rigs.

Shoes Shined.

Get yoUr shoes shined at Rhoades’ barbership. Seiner on hand every da> and on Sunday morning. ,

THE WEATHER.

Snow and colder tonight and Saturday.

W. V. Jennings, of Farmersburg, was chosen president of the Indiana Retail Lumber Dealers’ association, and C. D. Root, of Crown Point, was elected vice president, at the* convention in Indianapolis. The Motor Age of this week contains the picture taken in the Main Garage on Christmas day, the occasion of the marriage of L. F. Blunk, one of the mechanics, and Miss Evangeline Wood. The picture is the same as the one printed in The Republican some time ago. It is accompanied by a very nice write-up. The funeral of Mrs. D. G. Warner was largely attended Thursday afternoon and the friends who assembled to pay their respects to this noble woman whose life had surrendered to the ravages of disease at the age of less than 48 years, when it seemed only a few years ago that she would live to enjoy many years of health and happiness and to be a joy and comfort to her devoted family and friends. There were a number from out of town in attendance, including the following: Patrick of Marion: Marshall Phillips, D. D. Phillips and daughter and Mrs. Landis, of Monticello: Mrs. Frank Hanley and son, Tom, of Chicago; Welcome Robinson and daugther, Mrs. Emma Hayden and husband., of Lowell; George r Catt, of Monon; Mr. and Mrs. John Fisher, of Battle Ground, and Miss lima Robinson, of Indianapolis. Jerry Karsner, who has had no regular place to stay in town for some time, and who has been making a meagre living by selling papers, has been ill for a day or two and it was decided best to remove him to the county farm again and this was to have been done this morning but when the ambulance called for him at his quarters in the basement of the K. of P. building Jerry harp gottemup and gone out on the street again. It ivould doubtless be much better for him if he would go to the county _ farm for there he would have the comfort of a warm house and good meals. He is said, however, to be very much opposed to going back to the infirmary.

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