Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1916 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Enraged because she would no longer live with him Edward Smith, of Attica, Monday shot and killed his wife, aged 19, and then hanged himself. John H. Stanley, held at Muncie for the shooting of Charles Lovett, has refused to submit to an operation for the transfusion of blood to save the life of his victim. The little son of John Ward, who was operated on last week at the St. Elizabeth hospital in Lafayette, is somewhat improved now after a ’ittle weakening spell Sunday. The child’s mother is staying with it and will remain until the child is able to return home, which will probably be in about two weeks. “Special attention is called to the program appearing today of the Matinee Musicale, which is to be given Thursday evening at the M. E. .church, the first night of the May festival. The excellence of this program and also of the Choral Club program, which is to be rendered on Friday evening, should draw crowded houses on each occasion. Master Charles Gundy, who had scarlet fever at Fair Oaks and was under quarantine here for soirie time after the return of his mother here, has had p complication consisting of swollen glands of the neck. Dr. Washburn, who was attending him, found that pus had formed there and an operation was performed and the little fellow seems now on the road to health. At a card party given Tuesday afternoon by the K. of C. ladies at the Knights of Columbus hall in Lafayette in compliment to the visiting ladies who are attending the K. of C. convention, Mrs. E. P. Honan, of Rensselaer, and Mrs. Graves, of Kokomo, were winners of the visitors’ prizes. The K. of C. convention ended yesterday after it was decided to hold the next annual convention at Kokomo. Miss Clora Belle Spalding, who came from Chicago yesterday to take part in the May festival, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. CL E. Prior. Miss Spalding and Mr. Prior studied music together for some time. Miss Farwell, who will also take r art in the festival, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sage. Both of» the visiting singers attended the rehearsal Tuesday evening and all were delighted with their voices and the complete success of the May festival is assumed. If the old painter gives out you can get a new one at Hamil ton & Kellner’s.