Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1898 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XIX. NO. 96.

RENSSELAER TIME-TABLE Corrected to May 15, 1898. SOUTH BOUND. No. 31—Fast Mail (don’t stop) 4:ls A. M. No. s—Louisville Mail, Daily 10:55 A. M. No. 33—Indianapolis Mall (dally)... 1:45 P. M. No. 39—Milk accomm,. Daily 6:15 P.-M. No. 3—Louisville Express. Daily ..11:12 P. M. *No. 45 Local Freight......., 2:40 P. M. NORTH BOUND. No. 4—Mall (daily) 4:80 A.M. No, 40—Milk acconim.. Daily 7:31 A. M. No. 32—Fast Mall (dally) 9:55 A. M. *i«o. 30—Cin. to Chicago Ves. mall . 6:32 P. M. +No. 38—Cin. to Chicago 2:5" P. M. No, 6—Mall and Express, Dally. .. 3:27 P. M. *No. 46—Local Freight 9:80 A. M. No. 74—Freight (daily) 7:52 P.M. ♦Daily except Sunday, t Sunday only.

DOBECT COUNT? OFFICERS. I'lerk * ... Wm. H. Cooveb Sheriff Nate J. Reed Auditor... .... Henry B. Murray Treasurer Jesse C. Gwin Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor.... ... John E. Alter Coroner Truitt P. Wright Supt. Public Schools ... Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips l Ist DiSt ABRAHAM HALLECK Comm’rs] 2nd Dist John Martindale ( 3rd Dist. Frederic Waymire Commissioners’ court First Mondays In March, June. September and December. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor .................. Thomas J. McCoy Marshal Thomas McGowan Clerk Schuyler C. Irwin Treasurer C. O. Starr Attorney C. E. Mills Civil Engineer H. A. Gamble. Fire Chief Edgar M. Parcels f-,„, I M. B. ALTER Ist Ward.. | F. B. Meyer Councllmen < 2nd Ward, j ' G. Spitler o.a Robinson L3rdWard.) Kight JUDICIAL. Circuit judge Simon P. Thompson Prosecuting Attorney albert E. Chizum Terms of Court—First Monday in January; Third Monday in March: First Monday in lune; Third Monday in October.

COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. trustees. townships. Roberts Drake Hanging Grove A. W. Prevo .................Gillam John F. Pettit Walker Samuel R. Nichols Barkley James D. Babcock Marion Marcus W. Reed Jordan Jackson Freeland ................Newton 0 C. Rierma Keener J.C. Kaupke Kankakee Albert S. Keene Wheatfield John A. Lamborn . ...Carpenter George W. Castor Milroy B. D. Comer Union St TOWN OR CITY. A. Beasley Remington M. F. Chilcote.... Rensselaer Edward T. Biggs Wheatfield Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensselaer OHUROHES. FIRST BAPTlST—Preaching every two weeks at 10:45 a. m. and 7p. m.; Sunday school at 9:30r B. Y. P. U, 6 p. m. Sunday; prayer meeting 7p. in. Rev. A . <J. Fritts, pastor. *** FREE BAPTIST—One service every Sunday morning and evening, alternately. Prayer meeting Tuesday evening. A. C. F. meets Sunday, 6.30 P.M. Rev. D A. Tucker, pastor. *** CHRISTIAN—Corner Van Rensselaer and Susan. Preaching. 10:45 and 8:00; Sunday school 9:30; J. Y. P. S.C. E.,2:80; S. Y. P. 8. C. E„ 6:36; Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30. H. N. Shepherd, pastor. Ladles’ Aid Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. *** PRESBYTERIAN—Corner Cullen and Angelica. Preaching, 10:45 and 7:30; Sunday school 9:30; Y. P. C. C. E., 6:30; Prayer meeting. Thursday 7:30; Ladles’ Industrial Society meets every Wednesday afternoon. The Missionary Society, monthly. Rev. C. D. Jeffries, Pastor. *•** METHODIST E.—Preaching at 10:45 and 7; Sunday school 9:80: Epworth League Sunday 6; Tuesday 7; Junior league 2:30 alternate Sunday; Prayer meeting Thursday at 7. Rev. H. M. Middleton, Pastor. Ladles Aidsociety every Wednesday afternoon by appointment *** CHURCH OF GOD—Corner Harrison and Elza. Preaching 10:45and 7:30; Sunday school 9:80; Prayer meeting. Thursday, 7:30; Ladles’ Society meets every Wednesday afternoon by appointment. Rev. F. L. Austin, pastor. *** CATHOLIC CHURCH—St. Augustine’s. Cor ner Division and Susan. Services 7:80 and 10:80 a. m. Sunday school 11:80 p. in. Rev. Edward Jacobs, pastor. LODGES. MASONlC—Prairie Lodge, No. 126. A. F. and A. M. .meets first and third Mondays of each month. H. L. Brown, W. M.; W. J. lines. Sec’y. Evening Star Chapter. No 141. O. E. S . meets meets first and third Wednesday- of each month. Mrs. C. W. Hanley, W. M.; Hattie Dowler, Sec’y. *** CATHOLIC ORDER FORESTERS-Willard Court. No. 418, meets every first and third Sunday of the month at 2 p. m. J. M. Healy Sec’y; E. P. Honan, Chief Ranger. *** ODD FELLOWS—lroquois Ix»dge. No. 144, I. O O. F.. meets every Thursday. Bruce White, N. G.; S. O. Irwin, Sec’y. Rensselaer Encampment, No. 201, I. O. O. F., meets second and fourth Fridays of each month. 8. 0. Irwin. C. P., John Vannatta, scribe. Rensselaer Rebekah Degree Lodge, No. 346, meets first and third Fridays of each month. Miss Maude Hemphill, N. G.; Miss Laura Shields, Sec’y. »»» 1.0. OF FORESTERS—court Jasper. No. 1703, lndei>endeuc Order of Foresters, meets second and fourth Mondays. Geo. Goff. C. D. II C IL; R. P. Johnson, it.; *** MACCABKES-Rensselaer Tent. No. 184. K. (). i - . M. Meets Wednesday evening. C. E. Tyner. Commander; F. W. Clssel. Record Keeper. 4(31* PYTHIAN—RKNSSKLaKR Ixtdge No. 82. Knights of .Pythias, meets every Tuesday. O. W. Hanley, C. N. W. Reeve, K. of R. S. RENSSELAER TEMPLE. Rathbone 8l»ter».~ No. 47. meets 2nd anil 4th Wednesday*. every month. Mrs. G. E. Murray.M. E. (’.: Mrs. O. A. Yeoman.’ M. of R.C. *** PATRIOTIC ORDERS, GRAND ARMY—Rensselaer PostNo.MG. A R. meets every Friday night. D IL Yeoman Post Commander. J. M. Wasson, Adjutant. Rensselaer Women's Relief Corps meets every Monday evening. Mrs J. Q. Alter, Press dent; Mrs. Hettle Reynolds. Secy. HOLLY COVNCIL—No. 7, Daughters of Liberty, meets 2nd and 4th Mondays. Gertrude Hopkins. Counsellor; Nellie Moss. Recording Secretary.

A Letter From Dr. Ira in Cuba.

Santiago, Cuba, July 18, ’9B. Dear Father:— The other day I sent a small communication to you on a couple of pieces of bark. I had nothing at all to write on and I was afraid you would be worried so I took that stuff to write on, and ran all over the regiment looking for an envelope. It is all over here now and we are at peace with everybody. I hope we will not have to fight any more Spanish of the variety there is around here. Our hospital quarters are located just across the valley from the Spanish camp and several of the Spaniards have been over to see us. One young fellow came over this afternoon. He was not over 16 years old and he was as nice a young man as I ever saw. The way he took off his hat and bowed showed how he had been trained. He asked for something to eat and our MajorSurgeon refused him food and told him to go back. He bowed again, and said good bye, or “adios,” and walked straight back home. I did

UNCLE SAM, CHIEF MUSICIAN TRAINING THE NEW MEMBERS OF HIS BAND.

not hesitate to tell the major what I thought about treating the fellow so and when I had finished my talk the major said he guessed I was right. I filled a haver-sack with tacks and salt pork and went over to the Spanish camp and found the boy. When I gave him the food the poor fellow went down on his knees to thank me. All their soldiers I have met are much whiter than they are painted and even though they are cruel fighters it is because they are forced by their officers to fight that way. While we were fighting we could see their officers ordering them back to their trenches at their revolvers’ points, when the men tried to escape. Owing to the very inferior work of our Surgeons the Chief Surgeon “roasted” them and ordered them to take up their quarters with us at the hospital instead of at the Colonels headquarters. There are nine of us doing the medical work now and wc are all busy all the time. Our chief trouble is malaria and some typhoid fever. lam kept busy all the time talcing the, temperature of the men. I received a “medical brief” you sent me. In it are two important subjects treated, viz, typhoid fever and malaria. Our surgeons give quinine for both and that alone. It is very disgusting. I was not in a Division Hospital at all during the fighting. When Col. Senn at Sibony gave me a chance to work with him, Major Williard, our Chief Surgeon said “No, I want Washburn with me on the firing line to assist with the wounded.” He wanted it easy, I v am getting all the experience there is to be had here and my health is fine. The ceremonies when the city was formally surrendered were fine. 1 will never forget them. I cam hear a band playidg the “Star Spangled

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1898,

Banner” over on the mountain side a mile away another is starting to play now. It is now .6 o’clock p. m. and retreat is being sounded. The return of the Santiago people to the city after the surrender was a great sight. Your Son, » Ira.

Caution for Prevention of Typhoid Fever.

There is more typhoid in Indiana in August, September and October than in other months. We would do wisely to take extra precautions against this disease at this time. Typhoid is usually acquired by drinking water containing typhoid germs. Prudence therefore, dictates that all drinking water, not known to be above suspicion, should be boiled before using and cooled in'a closed vessel. The germs of typhoid are known to be in the bowel discharges and urine of those sick with the disease. All typhoid excreta should be disinfected and. then buried. All articles of clothing soiled by a typhoid patient, should be disinfect-

ed. Typhoid is sometimes spread directly from person to person, and public notice of every infected place should be given by placard on the premises, and otherwise if necessary, so that no person may unguardedly drink water or take food from a source likely to be contaminated- Flies may carry typhoid germs and hence should not be permitted access to typhoid excreta. Indiana State Board of Health. August 5, 1898.

The Rensselaer Ball team with a following of about 30 rooters drove to Remington yesterday morning and boarded the 9:38 train for Sheldon to return the game of ball due them. Those that attended the game pronounce it one of the best games of the season. It was exciting from start to finish. For three innings neither side scored. In the fourth each side scored a tally. Sheldon added one in the sixth and one in the ninth, while Rensselaer was unable to score any more. Thus the result stood 3 to 1 in favor of Sheldon. Bowen and Boville formed the Rensselaer battery and did effective work. Only six errors were made in the entire game, three by each team. Our people were very cordially received by our Sheldon friends.

Pythians Will Go to Indianapolis.

Rensselaer is preparing to send a largedelegtion to Indianapolis the week of August 22, on the occasion of the biennial encampment of th® Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias. One of the big features of the meeting will be the prize drill tournament.

A Good Game, But—

An Interesting Old Document.

Monroe Banes has just become possessed of a document which he values very highly, both as a keepsake and a curiosity. It is his grandparents’ marriage certificate. It is on a large sheet of genuine parchment, all in hand-writing, and it tells how, on Dec 14, 1803, William Banes married Hannah Trego, at a Quaker meeting, in Bucks county, Penn. After the deliberate manner of the Quakers, the intention of the couple to'get married had been publicly announced at several successive monthly meetings; and no one having raised any objections, the marriage was consumated, on the above date, after the Quaker manner. Namely the parties clasped hands and the groom promised to be a true and faithful husband until death did them part. If the bride promised anything the certificate forgot to mention it. The main body of the certificate is in beautiful handwriting, and is as clear and legible as the day it was written. Below the certificate are

the names of 30 or 40 witnesses, probably all the members of the meeting present at the wedding. Nearly all of these signatures are ; also in excellent handwriting. Besides this certificate, Mr. Banes has also become the owner of many old family letters, some of them written and sent through the postqffice long before envelopes ;• or postage stamps were invented.

Governor Mount’s Experiment.

Governor Mount is preparing to try an experiment in wheat growing. Early in June he turned up the soil of a twenty-five acre field, which he intends to plant with wheat this fall. He proposes to give the field a heavy top dressing, he says, and see if he can not produce an extraordinary yield. The rule of the Indiana farmer has always been to “break” ground for wheat in August and September, and sow the seed as early as the earth could be put in order. The governor has an impression that spring “breaking” for wheat will prove to lie preferable.

A Candidate For Jeffersonville.

Sundaj- Marshal Brown, of Wheatfield, brought from Valparaiso and turned over to Sheriff Reed, a young fellow named Claude Gray. He had been working for Rowley Morehouse, up in the northeast corner of Wheatfield Tp. It is charged that last Tuesday he stole $45 from a fellow workman named Julius Jenson. He went to Valparaiso next day and invested largely in clothing; and being there again Friday Jenson found him there and had him arrested. He had left the clothing at Kouts, but the Valparaiso merchants agreed to take it back, so that Jenson got back part of his money, at least. Gray is a mere boy, being only 18 years of age.

Some Important Reports.

Reports have been received at the office of the State Board of Health covering vital statistics for the quarter ending June 30, 1898. They show that, compared with the

preceding quarter, there were 796 fewer deaths, and 50 per cent, fewer cases as contagious and infectious diseases. Cholera infantum has prevailed unusually in certain counties, but there was a slight decrease in all diarrheal diseases as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1897. There were 4,952 marriages during the quarter, an increase over the corresponding quarter of last year of 150. Of the males married 131 were boys under 20 years of age; 7,165 babies wers born; 3,660 males, 3,505 females.

Jog. Borntrager Married.

The mystery of Joseph Borntrager’s protracted stay at Wapakoneta, Ohio, is at last made clear. He returned here last Thursday bringing with him an Ohio bride. His marriage took place last Tuesday, August 2nd. and the bride’s name was Miss Mary Zink. They will make their home for the present with the groom’s father, Charles Borntrager, south of town, but will soon build a house on one of his farms. A reception in honor of the bridal eouple was given the evening of their arrival, at his parents' residence, at which about 38 couples were present and enjoyed the occasion greatly. New three room house to rent. Four dollars per month. W. B Austin.

Old Canvass ami Rope tor Sale

I have 15,000 yards of <>ld canvass, and about 10,000 yards of old rope for sale. Suitable for covering stacks, machinery etc. Sold in large and small quantities. Canvass with ropes attached, from 2 to 3 cents per yard. At the Monnett threshing machine shop. *J. Y. Wallick.

Roosevelt All Right.

Teddy Roosevelt wrote to Secretary Alger that 4,000 of his rough riders would easily be worth 10,050 national guardsmen, armed with black powder Springfields, or other archaic weapons. This made Secretary Alger very wroth and he wrote a very sharp rebuke to Teddy. Then John R. Tanner, the not altogether admired governor of Illinois, jumped in and hit Roosevelt another whack. But rpally we believe that Roosevelt was about right. He did not say that the rough riders were inherently better men than the volunteers, but conveyed the idea that, armed as they are with modern and efficient weapons, using the smokeless powder, which experience in bush fighting around Santiago has shown to have such enormous advantages over the ordinary black powder, the rough riders would be vastly more efficient than other troops firmed with the out-of-date Springfields, shooting the smoky powder which revealed every man’s hiding place to the enemy every time he fired his gun. In our judgement it is not Roosevelt who needs rebuke, but Secretary Alger himself, and previous heads of tlje war department and whoever else is responsible for the want of efficient weapons and smokeless powder for our soldiers.

The Army Canteen.

There is apparently a misconception of the word “canteen,” which is not necessarily a place where liquor is sold in the army at all. The “canteen” takes the place of the suiter’s stand, which no longer exists. All the profits from the sale of the goods in the “canteen” goes to the men instead of into the pockets of the sutler, who was frequently a robber, and who secured the monopoly of dealing with the soldiers and robbing them by a pull with the appointing power. The “canteen” may sell liquor clandestinely, just as the sutler did, but it is not a liquor shop by any means.

Band Concert.

Program for Thursday night, Aug. 11. “Roscoe Military Band” Hall Overture —“Crownof Victory”.. Ripley “Fairy Dreams Waltzes”.*4 udauer March—“ Uncle Sam” Dalbey Overture Pettie “The Bride Elect” Sousa Overture —“Cooxden ßeebee Prof. W. F. Baughman, Director.