Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 106, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1899 — Page 1

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Denounced the Dowie Lunacy.

What is considered the most important action of the Logansport Presbytery during its meeting here last week, was the declaration of the Pregbytery in the matter of the defection of one of its oldest members, and concerning the movement conducted by that monumental faker, Dr. Dowie, of Chicago. The action of the Presbytery and the occasion which made it necessary, are found in the following letter from Mr. Jones, and the appending report of the Committee on Credentials. Irvington, Marion County, Ind., Sept. 5,1899. To the Moderator and Members of the Logansport Presbytery: Dear Brethren: —Are the rules

of your body sufficiently elastic to allow you to drop my name from your roll without a letter of dismission or the formalities of a trial? It is with much regret that I ask you to dissolve ties that have existed for more than half a century, but, on the whole, I hope you will see your way to do so without extended discussion. I have quite a number of reasons for this request, but will only say that Christ is more luminous and precious to me than ever before and I find the tokens of His presence and power chiefly in movements outside the great church organizations- Please address! Rev. A. Jones. On this communication the Committee on Credentials reported as follows: In response to this communication and in view of the fact, as the Presbytery is creditably informed, that Mr. Jones has been for some time and is now in affiliation with the Christian Catholic church, commonly known as the Dr. Dowie or Divine. Healing movement of Chicago, therefore in accordance with the spirit of Chapter J, Sec. 53, of the Book of Discipline, the the stated clerk be instructed to erase the name of Rev. Amos Jones from the roll of Presbytery, though we might proceed further and depose him from the ministry. In taking this mildest form of acton upon, the offense of Mr. Jones in joining a denomination deemed heretical, Presbytery feels it incumbent upon itself to bear most emphatic testimony against vagaries es such movements as that in which Mr. Jones has taken part, and must repord, as it now does, its most emphatic protest against his statement about finding “the tokens of Christ’s presence and power chiefly in movements outside the great church organizations.”

NORTH BARKLEY.

We have a new post office at Gifford Station. Painters began work on the new building at Gifford Monday, Miss Ella Callahan returned home Friday from her visit to Kankakee 111. Quitejtfeumber from this vicinity took in the excursion to Chicago Sunday. Herman Ahlers did business in Lafayette a few days last week. Comer played Pleasant Ridge a game of ball Sunday score 11 to 17 j in favor of Comer. John G. Cusson is visiting in Kan Bkakee 111. this week. Gus Swager is visiting frieds in the north part of the state this week Mayion Layton is visiting friends in Lafayette. George Beedy visited friends in this vicinity Friday. L $3.30 for the round trip to Indianapolis Sept. 18th to 23rd on account of State Fair.

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

NO. 105

Foot Ball Players.

Members of the Rensselaer foot ball team for this season have been selected but all places have not been definitely decided upon. The following are the players. Albert Marshall, Charles Brinley, Fred Parcells, Jennings Wright, True Woodworth, Ernest Lamson, Mose Leopold, Moon, Everett Brown, Ord Yeoman, Myers, Bert Rhoades. Two good games already sure of are with Bennett Medical College, of Chicago, Oct. 20th, and with Crown Point Nov. 11th.

Six Months of School.

Supt? Jones on Monday sent the following to the county superintendents: “According to law it will be neccessary for the school trustees to provide for at least six months of school in all schools of the state. If the trustees do not have sufficient funds they will be allowed to anticipate the local tuition fund for a year or two until the revenues from the increased levies have been received.”

Rathbone Sisters’ Entertainment.

The order of Rathbone Sisters will give an ice cream social on the lawn at the residence of Amzie Laßue’s next Wednesday evening Sept. 20th, if the weather is favorable, if not, it will be given at the home of Mrs. Matie Hopkins accompanied with the following interesting program. Instrumental solo ... .Nellie Moss Recitation Alice Drake Solo Mrs. English Song. Herman Tuteur, Mabel Huff Recitation ....Mary Wright Song .Misses Mary & Mariam Hyland Drum solo Senior Hopkins Cake walk"..nine little girls Vocal Duet Misses Mabie and Ida Randle.

Grand Jurors Go to the Poor House.

The grand jury visited the poor farm one day this week, as required by the law and the instructions of the judge of the circuit court. They made a thorough examination of that institution, and found everything which in the nature of things could be kept in good condition in most excellent shape. They reported that the inmates are well cared for and seem to be contented with the managements thereof that the kitchen is well kept and the first and second floors of the building are clean and in a good sanitary condition that the bedding is dean and the bed rooms well taken care of that the crops on the farm seem to be good 1 * and all of the live stock kept theron is in good condition and well cared for.

There are some things that are not in good condition nor can the superintendent do any better nntil the county just spend some money for drainage and heating. Special attention is called to the basement dranage and the heating apparatus. The report states that the dranage is bad and the basement floor is damp and foul smelling and should be condemned. *• They recommended that the county oom mission ers be directed to immediately cause a sewer to be built to drain the basement. They also state that the heating apparatus is no good, and recommended that a new one be installed at once before winter sets in. The jail was also visited and found to be in good sanitary and healthful condition. Winter hats, lovely beyond description, and no heavier than Summer head gear, at Mrs. lines’.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1899,

Another Kankakee Drainage Scheme.

Still another Kankakee drainage scheme has come to the surface, and its organizers have recorded their articles of association in this and the other counties named therein. The name of the association is The Kankakee Valley Drainage Association, aud its object as set forth in the articles are “to drain and protect against overflow, any and all lands subject thereto, lying within that part of the Kankakee Valley situated in the counties of Lake, Newton, Jasper, Porter, and those parts of Starke and LaPorte lying west of the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago Railroad; all in the State of Indiana, by the construction of dykes, levees, breakwaters, waste gates, ditches, open or covered, and any and all work necessary to the efficient drainage and protection against overflow of said Irfnde.”

The incorporaters are 28 in number, and the first name is that of Nelson Morris, the Chicago packer and owner of great tracts of land along both sides of the Kankakee. His attorneys, agents, overseers and other employes make out quite a large proportion of the names on the articles. John and Joseph Brown and Wm. R. Shelby are large land owners from the north side of the river. Other more or less well known names are W. N. Pence, R. H. Morehouse, Wmr Dittman, Chas. Schatzley, M. J. Delahanty, G. W. Watson, Wesley King, F. E. Halligan, C. H. Howard, W. E. Thorn, Rudolph Wolver, F. L; D. C., and R. R. Boruff, P. E. and C. P. Murphy, J. W. Sheilds, R. E. Lee, Goodman Wallem, Patrick Chambers, G. W. Broas, and Wm. Hanson. The association is organized under the law of March 8, 1889.

How Thomas And Simpson were Killed.

The Michigan City News gives full particulars of the death by lightning cf Benjaimun Thomas and Frank Simpson, some facts but no reliable details of which had been received here. Ben Thomas formerly lived near Julian but was at one time in the butohdr business in Rensselaer with his brother Morris Thomas. He had managed the big Rufe Jacobs farm, in [La Porte county, near Wanatah. Simpson, who also lived near Julian, was working for him. On Thursday Sept. 7th Thomas and Simpson took refuge in a barn during a heavy thunder storm. With them were Wm. Miller of Michigan City and Wm. Richmond, o f Wanatah, who chanced to stop for shelter. Lightning struck the barn and both Thomas and Simpson ‘ were instantly killed. The other men were somewhat shocked but not seriously hurt. The men who were killed were each about 40 years old and leave families. Mr Thomas has quite a number of relatives living in Rensselaer.

Marriage Licenses. J George V. Moss, ( Susie Parker. j Edward T. Denniston, (Maggie D. Kennedy. Special Notice. There.will be a Special examination for teachers license in my office Sept. 21-1899. Lewis Hamilton, Co. Supt. Jasper Co. Our new quarters enables us to handle a larger and better stock than ever. We invite you to call B K. Zimmerman.

An Exciting Fire.

It Results In Senous Loss tb a Worthy Citizen. Saturday night, about 9o’clock Frank Lear and Conrad Hilderbrand, who were playing pool in the room under the Hildrbrand saloon on Front street, smelled fire, and proceeding to investigate discovered a blaze in Luther Hemphill’s blacksmith and wagon shop adjoining. The fire was in a big pile of kindling and wood scraps and not large when discovered but too large to be extinguished by any means at hand. The alarm was given, and the fire bell rung and the whistle screeched. The fireman began to reach the scene with reasonable promptness but there were some unlooked for mistakes and delays in getting connections properly made, and before any streams began to play, the fire had made great headway. The shop itself was largely of wood and especially had a very large and very old and inflammable wooden roof. There was wooden material in the back portion of the shop and thus things were in shape for a big and dangerous blaze and that is just what the firemen were confronted with. The flames enveloped the whole building and carried northward by a brisk wind soon communicated to the roof of the Hilderbrand building. This building had an old roof under the other and the two together also made a great blaze, and for a time it seemed certain that not only the two burning buildings but the brick livery stable to the north would also have to go, and with the chances, in that case, against stoppiug the fire until both sides of front street, north of Washington were cleaned out and also the wooden buildings on Washington. The firemen worked manfully however, and finally got three or four good streams at work, and soon the fire was under control. Not however until the blacksmith and wood shop was practically totally destroyed, and the roof and much of the south wall of the saloon was damaged beyond repair. The saloon room itself was also very greatly damaged, partly by the heat but more by the water. Cinders and burning fragments flew into the air in clduds, almost, and constant vigilance was required to extinguish the fires they started on roofs along Fire Trap Row on the north side of Washington street. The vehicles and horses were all got out of the brick livery stable early in the fire but fortunatly the precaution proved unnecessary The loss to Mr. Hemphill is a serious one to him. He estimates that SIOOO will be needed to build and put up a new shop besides which he will be out of business for some time. He had no insurance at all. Mr. Hildebrand had SSOO insurance and his direct loss will be largely or wholly covered by insurance.

The origin of the fire is not known There had been no fire in the building all the afternoon. There was a small door from the alley right where the pile of burning stuff was, and this door was found open. Perhaps some drunken person or tramp slipped in and drop ped a cigar or burning match, or possibly the fire was ariginated from spomtaneous mombustion. The arresting of this fire before it spread any farther illustrates once more the advantage of having a good system of water woiks, and a good and well equipped fire company to use the water. This by the way is the third fire in that immediate localtiy, since the waterworks were installed.

Death of Mrs. James Randle.

Mrs. Blanche Randle, wife of James Randle, died Saturday evening, Sept. 16th 1899, of puerperal fever knd blood poisoning. She was the daughter of Morris and Mary A Thomas, and was born Oct. 17th 1879, in this county and has lived here all her life except some months spent in Oklahoma. She was married to James Randle, son of Nelson R ndle, Aug. 21st, 1898. Her husband, parents and two brothers and two sisters survive her and also a young infant child. Her age at death was 19 years, 10 months and 29 days. The funeral Was held at 10 o’clock, this, Monday morning, at Rensselaer Christian church, by Rev. Ward. Interment *as made in Weston cemetery.

“Mary” Has Migrated.

The merry-go-round, familiarly known A as Mary, and officially as a riding-gallery, which for a week past has occupied the vacant lots south of The Republican office made its last run here Saturday night. Their week here has not been very profitable, (owing largely to several quite cool evenings, which cut down the attendance greatly, for the merry-go-round is pre-eminently a fine weather bird. The proprietors, Messrs. Miller & Murray, have loaded the outfit into a car and shipped it to Henderson, Ky. They say the South is the best place for their business not only on account of more warm weather, but also because the people there seem not to be so palled and surfeited with entertainments of all kinds as in the north. The colored population are especially liberal patrons, but they are also pretty hard to keep in order. The entire outfit makes .a carload, and it also represents quite a large investment, the cost's! the factory, as stated by the proprietors, being 12400.

Oil Lands For Sale* 200 acres in the immediate Gillam Oil Field. It lies on the main wagon road from Wheatfield to Medaryville, | mile north of the new M. E. church. It is wild land and not enclosed. It is not leased. Address the owner. Charles Foley, Danville, Indiana. 5 per Cent Farm Loans A special fund to loan on Farms for 5 yrs. ats peroent. interest, with privilege to make partial payments at any interest paying time. Call or write, COMMERCIAL STATE BANK, North Side Public Square, Rensselaer, Ind. 1-1-00.

Want Your Trade.

Having bought the grocery stock of H. J. Dexter located in Odd Fellow’s block in front of court house, I will continue the business with Philip Blue in ohaxge, with a complete line of groceries, queensware, cigars, tobaco etc. We ask a liberal share of your patronage. Fair dealing our motto. 8. Galbreth.

What is the Matter With This ?

We will sell you buggies and carriages 25 cents on the dollar cheaper than you have been paying heretofore. Besides we will take your old buggy or anything else you have to trade on a new rig, at all it is worth. We have some second hand rigs and light harness that we will sell at any old price. When in town drop in and see us and we will prove to you that we do what we advertise. WOKLAXD & LaNDWEBLKN. The new buggy and carriage firm next to Short’s livery barn.

20 Herds of Cattle

And Everything Else In Proportion at the Delphi Free Street Fair. The second annual Free Street Fair given in Delphi will commence on Sept. 18th and conclude Sept. 22nd. Present indication point to the most successful Street Fair ever held in Ind .ana. The' daily free performances given onthe streets include a baloon ascentsi on, riding a wire in mid-air on» a bicycle, electric moving pictures, - and trapeze performances, by the artists in the world. The free street show wifi be better than a circus. The list of entries is already very large and fully 20 beards of cattle are now entered to - complete for the first prize for cattle—the O’Brien Wagon. Thehorse, sheep, hog and chicken departments are also crowded and it appears that it will be necessary to have four squares devoted to stalls and pens, about three times the number required last year. The competition in all departments is restricted to Carroll county and contiguous territory within 10 miles. All premiums will be paid in full upon demand. The Railroads will make reduced rates,, and from indications Delphi will be ablaze from Sept. 18th to 22nd. We nearly forgot that Big Band Contest on Friday, which was such a success last year, and will be rdjpeated this year, and the wonderful Electric Fountain which is exhibited every evening. Delphi has her latch-string out and the word is “Come.”

All Kinds of Dressmaking.

Misses Blahche Alter and Delma Nowels have opened a dressmaking establishment. over Moody & Roth’s meat market They are prepared to do all kindsof dressmaking.

The two bestwagons on wheels Sudebake rand Weber for sale C' A. Roerts. Cider Press Now fiuaning. Our power cider press is now in operation. Your apples made into cider at 1| cents per gallon. Two mites north and half a mile east of Rensselaer. Btp. Clark Bros. For sale or trade A Keystone corn shredder, in good shape. For particulars apply at this office Barn For Rent. For rent a barn, including haymow and corncrib and granary with buggy shed attached. Running Water in the lot Mrs. Rebbca J. Porter Home Seekers’ Excursions South. The Monon Route will run home-seekers’ excursions to points in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, on Sept. sth and 19th and October 3rd and 17th. One fare for the round trip, plus S 2. W. H. Beam, Agent Mrs. L. M. lines has just returned from the fashionable openings in millinery, at Dayton, and Cincinnatti, Chicago, and Indianapolis. She has brought back an endless variety of the finest hats, to be seen at these places, scarcely any two alike, and cordially invites the ladies to call at once. 5 Per Cent Money. -,J3 We are making loans at as low ~ a rate of interest as any one. The red tape idea is all bosh. We can get you money as quickly as any one in the city. Our commission • will be satisfactory. Call and see us we have plenty of money and splendid facilities. We will prepare abstracts as cheaply as any firm in the city and please yon. Call and see us.