Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1900 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

FRIDAY. Arthur Catt is in Chicago today. Kelson Randle is in Chicago today on business. E- B. Marshall of Marion, Ind. is-in our city today, on business. Bom Friday, Oot. 26th to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clift, a da ugh er. Mrs. John Schofield of Monon is spending a few dajs in our city, A. W. Horuaday, of Indianapolis, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cox Miss Opal Grant of Rose Lawn is visiting her graudparents Mr. and Mrs. H. Clark. W. A. Rinehart, of B iffa’o, N. Y., is visiting his Rensselaer relatives. Mrs. Anna Noble of Chicago came today to work for M. Halstead west of town Mrs. Margaret Day was taken worse again last night, and her condition now is very critical. E. F. Connors, manager of the Makeover Hotel was severely sick last night but is some better today. Juke Reed, of Parr, went to St. Paul, Ind., yesterday afternoon for u week’s visit with relatives Mr°. Elizabeth Braddock went to Chicago this morning, for a few .week s’ 4*isit with her sou W. T. Smith. Thomas Churchill !>hs returned from an extended stay in Arkansas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma.

Stephen Meinur, of Sheridan returned homo toduy after ten days’ visit with his friend “Doc” Wolf at Gifford. Summer weather prevails today, if it is the 26th of October. Temperature, by U. S. thermometer, at 2 p. m. 78 degrees in the shade. Mrs. Olive Thompson, of Onarga 111. after ten days’ visit with her daughter Mr. D. W. Elsworth, northeast of town, returned home today. N. C. Hamilton of Romney, Ind. who has been visiting since Monday with James Davis in Barkley tp. returned home today Miss Mattie Swartzel of Headlee, Ind. who is visiting her brother Frank Swartzell, went to Parr today, to spend the day. ” r J. J. Hunt returned home from Medaryville, lest evening, where he attended the funeral of his brother, O. H. Hunt. Mr. and Mrs. Addison Parkison arrived home last evening from ten days’ visit with his daughter, Mrs. T. E. Willey, at DeWitt. Ark. Ed. Domback and Charles Murphey of Delphi, after a few days’ business stay in our city went to Lowell, today, to work on cement walks. Judge 8. P. Thompson and court reporter J. W. Walker returned from Kentland this morning, court having adjourned there until next Thursday. Mrs. Mary Fenwiok, southwest of town, went to Michigan City, yesterday evening 'to visit Roes, the son of Robert Sohofield, who is seriously sick. 0 Miss Ellen Sayler left today for a few weeks’ visit with relatives and friends at Monticello, Logansport and Royal Center, Ind. She will then go to Napoleon, Ohio, where she will spend thlkwinter.

Mrs. Sarah Wall, of Cherokee Kans after three weeks’ visit with her brother H. W. Wood southeast of town, and other relatives left today for her home.; From there she will soon go to Rathdrum, Idaho, to reside with her son. There is every indication of a big crowd at Congressman Crurnpacker’s meeting/here, Saturday evening. It will be at the court house, the opera house having been rented by other parties for that evening. Judge Thompson will preside at the meeting. The surveyors on the Gifford railroad are_ not getting the line from Nicholsville to Rensselaer located as soon as they expected. Great difficulty is experienced in finding a route that presents a sufficently easy grade to the river, and it may be that the line will be changed considerable from that heretofore laid down. Those who failed to hear Will R, W6< d of Lafayette at the court room Tuesday missed one of the best Republican addresses that has been made-in Monticello this campaign. An easy fluent talker he has prepared a series of Mr. Bryan’s remarkable prophecies of four years ago and showed how signally they have failed to come true. — Monticello Herald. I Governor Roosevelt puts it aptly when he says the appeal of the Republican party is strengthened by the fact that the prosperity promised four years ago is here, and the national work begun needs to be carried to a conclusion. It would be the height of folly to turn uway good times and to strike down policies whose suecessful issue if not interrupted, has become certain. In the various Indiana poor asylums there are 3,000 inmates according to a table of statistics recently completed by the state statistician. Of this number 1,9c57 are males and 1,113 females. The number dying within the year is 393. Of the inmates 127 ar blind; 67 deaf and" dumb; 404 idiotic and feeble-minded; 446 insaui ; 404 deformed or crippled, and 963 infirm and feeble. Mrs. Elizabeth Schofield of Brook, who was taken from here to Longcliff asylum several months ago, has been released on trial, and is here today, trying to take away her children, who are in their uncle Jcseph Schofield’s care. Be does not consider her yet in proper mental condion to have the children, and declines to give them up. Judge Thompson and several attorneys have advised him to not allow her to take them. Her husband, John Schofield, the childrens’ father, is at Hot Springs, Ark., for treatment. She is staying with her relative?, at Monon.

Hon. Andrew D. White, U. S. Ambnssdor to Germany, was oua of the President’s callers during the week. He says that this country has added largely to its prestige among diplomats of Europe by its skillful handling of the several dangerous situations that have arisen in China. In his own words: “One of the shrewdest members of the Diplomatic Corps told me just before I sailed for this country that this government was the only one that scored a diplomatic triumph. The opinion seems to be quite general in Europe that this country acted with great wisdom and discretion when things were at their worst in China.” Mr. White will sail from New York to Berlin this week. SATURDAY" M. M. Tyler is in DeMotte, today on business. Mrs. Harriet Sexton of Henry, 111. is the guest of her niece, Mrs. C, G. Spitler. Mrs. M. Hart of Lafayette, made a short business stay in our city, today. J. J. Hunt is spending a few days at Beroda, Mich., the guest of his mother and brother. Mrs. P. W. Clarke went to Lowell today, to spend Sunday with relatives and friends,

Rev. L. Comer of Wellton, Ind. came today to conduct quarterly meeting at Egypt. Mrs. George Ferguson < f Logansport. came today, for several days’ visit with relatives. Solomon Hoff of Indianapolis, made a short call in our city today as the guest of Dr. S. Cb Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Beam spent the day Friday, with friends at Remington. Mrs. Geo. Nickum of Danville, Ill* is making two weeks’ visit with her father. J. H. Thornton. Miss Ann 0 , Dooly, of Monon is the guest this week of Mrs. Nora Warden. Miss Ettn Stocksick left today for an extended visit with relatives and friends at Paxton, 111. Verne, the son of Eugene Dilley who has been sick for some time with typhoid fever, is cuuvalfsciog- " ~ ~ A ... 7'• Mrs John McCultouugb, south of town, went to Medaryville. today, for a week’s visit with her daughter, Mrs. J. Bush. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Parks and sons went to Kankakee, 111. today, to visit until Monday with her sister, Mrs. L. E. McCabe. Mr. aud Mrs. Ed. Howden of Blue Island, 111. aie visiting their cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Afasperger, northwest ot town. Mr. aud Mrs. J. V. Parkis on of Pleasant Ridge, arrived today, from five weeks’ visit with relatives in Kansas and Oklahoma. The Chicago Tigers arrived on the 1:45 train this afternoon. Their game with Rensselaer is in orogress as we go to press. The Little Levey Sisters left this morning for Chicago, where they will fill engagements until after the election. Mrs. Thomas Burns and daughter Mae, of Lafayette are the guests for a few days’ of Mrs. Lucy Mulchow. ° Mrs. W. T. Jones, of Muucie, Ind. who has been the guest since Wednesday of her son .at St, Joseph’s College, leturned home, to.lay. M rs. Wm Hoover Sr. and sen Frank, returned home last evening from a week’s visit with relatives at Franklin, Ind. Frank was previously at French Lick Springs for his health, which is considerably improved. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Hunt leturned last evening from Medaryville where'Jhey attended the funeral of his brother O. H. Hunt. Mrs. F. W. Vanatta, of Fowler returned home today after a weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Phillips. Mrs. Thomas McGowan went to Winamac today, for several weeks visit'with her sister Mrs. S. Pearson and brother Ex-Judge Burson Mrs. J. F. McColly was called to Fair OaksTthis morning by the dangerous sickness of the three year old child of her brother James Cox, who was thought to be dying with membraneous croup.

Dr. A. E. Schmadel who is teaching in Gillam near Francesville is spending the day with friends in our city. B- J. Gifford returned to Kankakee, 111. last evening, after several days’ spent with his surveying corps locating the line to Rensselaer. Miss Clara Murray and Charles Fielder returned today, from Monon, where they have been the guests of his sister Mrs. Ed Webb, siqce Wednesday. Mr. aud Mrs. L. J. Amsden of Chicago came today to witness the foot ball game between the Chicago Tigers and the Rensselaer teams Rev. P. H. Falk, a Baptist minister from Morocco, made a Prohibition speech at Ellis & Murrary’s corner, this Mternoon. He was accompanied by the Archibald Quartette. ■ Mr. and Mrs J. Cahill of New York City, arrived today, and are The guests of Mr. and Mrs. Delos Thompson and Mr. and Mrs, F. A. Ross. Mr. Cahill is the principal attorney for the New York Telephone Company. The U S. thermometer, in care of J, F. Bruner and which reached 78 degrees at 2 p. m. Friday, registered 4 degrees higher or 82 degrees some time later in the day. That surely is a phenomenal heat for Oct. 26th, in this latitude. Logan-t Wood’s song, “Let Free Silver and Free Soup go ou the Bum,” is a great hit, and is being copied by our exchanges, from last Tuesday’s Republican. Even one of Lafayette’s big dailies find it good enough to copy. Logan and the Parr Glee Club will sing it here on Rally Day. By general consent this is about the finest and warmest fall in anyone’s recollection. It is great weather for getting in standing corn, although farmers say it is really too warm for hard work. As for the shocked corn, 'it is too dry to handle that to good advantage, as the “fodder” falls to pieces when handled. A good rain would be appreciated in several other respects, also. Remington Press.— Nineteen members of the Women’s Relief Cprp3 of this place drove to Rensselaer Thursday, to attend the third annual district convention of that order. There were 109 dele gates present and report the organization in a prosperous condition. Our ladies speak in the highest terms of the hospitality shown them by the members of the Renssolaor corps.

Uncle Bill N. Jones is back from Glasgow, Mo. the big railroad bridge over the Missouri not yec being ready for its covering of Jones Metal Coating, and he will have to go back again in a week or two. Uncle Bill says there are lots of peop’eout of way, but very few of them are Bryan men. On the train back a poll was taken of the occupants of the smoking car, and 16 were for McKinley and only 5 for Brjan. If you want more supreme have vote for Amendment No. 1. The lawyers, both Democrats and Republicans, [say we need them badly. If you want a man to have some of the acquirements of an attorney before being admitted to the bar, vote forlNo. 2“ As[the law now stands acy[ person ofja good moral character may be admitted. There is no politics in either. Valparaiso Mesenger (Dem.) The North Judeon News gives the particulars of the suicide of Miss Della Akers, two miles south of that place, last Monday. She hanged herself in the haymow of her father’s barn. She had made one previous [attempt at suicide, and threatened it several times. She had had several love affairs which terminated unhappily and her mind was. no doubt, affected. Bhe was a little more than 23 years old, a most highly estemed young lady and belonged to an excellent family.

Another High School foot ball team composing of the following persons with Perry Gwin tain, Morton Murray, Kenton Parkison. Robert McGregor, John Bissel, Earl and Scot! Chesnut, Tom Moody, Rufus Giver, Leonard Rhoades, Walter Hopkins and Arthur Tuteur went to Monon today, to play against the Kidd Team from Brookston. During the Republican rally at Kentland on the evening of the 22 nd, Mr. Fred Landis addressed a large and enthusiastic crowd on the paramont facts, which was forcible and logical. No man of common ordinary judgement and sense, could reasonably criticise his argument. He treated on facts showing conclusively that the democratic party were trampling the contitution under their feet with impunity. During his address he was interrupted by a lot of drunken hoodlums, who were, no doubt the henchmen of Patsey et al. Such conduct is reprehen ible and beneath the dignity of decent people. —Brook Reporter. Some of the Gifford surveying engineers were iii town last night. They confirmed the previous reports of a very steep grade on the route direct from Nicholsville to Rensselaer, and it is now a’raost certain that the line will be varied quite materially. But whether a route north or south of the one heretofore talked of will be chosen is yet an uncertainty A north line is considerably more direct, but it is also said to be through much more rolling ground. Yesterday they were prospecting on a line east of the first route, and passed between South Lawn school house and H. E. Parkison’s place. Today they are reported to be working on the same line much farther back towards Gifford. Should this south line be the me finally selected it would cross the river from half to three quarters of a mile below Groom’s bridge, but could strike town at the same northeast corner as before proposed.

MONDAY. Frunk Foltz is at Lognnsport today, on legal business. Christie Vick is in Chicago today on business. Will Douglas of Monon, spent Sunday with Rensselaer friends. John Carr of Morocco, spent Sunday with relatives and friends, here. Miss Elizabeth Spaulding spent Sunday with her parents at Greencastle Ind. Oren Parker of Chicago spent Sunday with relatives and friends here. Mrs. Mary Ballard of Medaryville came Saturday and is the guest of Grandmother Antrim. L, J. Porter returned this morning from a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Willey at Monon. Miss Myrtle Wright and Madge and Hurley Beam spent Sunday with relatives in Chicago. Miss Mae Fox, after three weeks’ visit with friends and relatives here, returned to Fair Oaks Saturday evening. Miss Maude Jacks went to Cedar Lake, this morning for a few days’ visit with her sister, Mrs. C. E. Tyner. Miss Eliza Thomae, of Mo non returned home today after two weeks’ visit with her mother Mrs. M. A. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. David Bredwell of ‘Kirkpatrick Ind. who have been visiting since Friday her with mother Mrs. James Davison north of town returned home today. Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Vick of Greenhill, Warren Co. are visiting his brbther, Dr. Charles Vick, the optiician. Dr. Vick is a practicing physician at Greenhill. Democrats are telling around that John Kresler has said he intended to vote for Byran, this round, John will pay five dollars for the production of the man that heard him say it.

Born Sunday, Oot. 28th, to Mir and Mrs. Ridenour, of Virgie m 80S, 1 The number tickets sold her» for the Chicago excursion yesterday was 139. Zibe McCashen has been apnointed trustee of Milroy tp. to serve until after the election. Rev. S. E. Sines, pastor of the> United Brethren church at Aix, returned to Attica today. He wiß move his family to Aix next week, Methodist ministers and laymen* have been arriving on every train,, today, for the district conference which began this afternoon at th» M. E. church. Mr. William J. Hoshaw and' sister |Miss Daisy E. Hoshaw of Chalmers, White Co., Ind. weree the guests of their uncle Mr. H. C. Hoshaw and family over SundayBart W. Sigler, the general merchant at DeMotte, aud Repubcan candidate for township trustei in Keener tp. was in town today— He has a sure cinch on the elec tion and is a fine man for th place. A train vote was taken on theMonon excursion train Sunday,between here and Chicago, with, the following result: McKinley 193, Bryan'll7. Prohi. 17. Mrs, Amanda Antrim of Kingman, and Chas. Day, of Murdock, Kans. left today for their respective homes, after sevoral weeka” visit with their mother, Mrs. Margaret Day, whose very serious sickness has been several time& mentioned. She is gradually growing weaker. Dr. Aaron Wood, the Brook dentist, was here today and took back with him his mother. Mrs. Henry Wood, whose valuable assistance is needed the spark of life in an immature son born to Dr. Wood's wife, Sunday. The baby.,, weighs less than three pounds, but it is hoped by means of an incubator and scientific feeding to keep it alive. o The second high school foot ball team had a good game with Brookston’s second team, at Monon, Saturday. The grounds were not good, but the crowd was great. Half of Monon was out, according to the reports our boys bring back. The first half did not resultin' a score, by either sideIn the second half Gwin, of tli@ Rensselaer team, scored a touchdown, and the game resulted ia » victory for Rensselaer, the BGore being 6 to 0.

The long pending litigation between the state and the Vandalia Railroad company, in which the former is trying to collect $2,000,000 alleged to be due the school fund of the state, has resulted in a judgment for $745,154.65 ag i the company. The railroad company received a special charter from the state in 1857, in which it was stipulated that a certain per cent of the gross earnings should be paid into the state treasury for the benefit of the school fund. No money was ever paid and eventually the company re-incorporated under the general state law. Good Millinery at Cost-