Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1901 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

VOL XXII NO. 90

An Editor at Zion City.

Editor Simons, of the Montioello Democrat, visited Dr. Dowie’s Zion City recently and sat dcring a three hours service in the midst of the worshipers of the modern Elijah. The editor was Impressed with the apparent earnestness of the Dowie oonverts but is unable to see how intelligent people can accept the Dowie belief after listening to his expressions. He quotes from Dowie what he himself heard, and among the statements are the following: “The devil seeks to kill me. The secret society devils seek it.” “No man shall be in Zion who uses liquor, tobacco or that damning, cursed flesh of the swine.” ‘‘No man shall stay in Zion who sells that slimy scavenger of the sea, the dirty, stinking oyster.” “The doctors and newspaper men are a pack of hypocrites.” “The ministers are against aid. Caa it be that the ministers know that I am a messenger of God? They do know it but are afraid to own it. Their churches would go to pieoes like a house of cards.” “The people thought they knew all about Christ, they thought they knew all about John the Baptist, and you think you know all about me, but you don’t.” “When Igo that is a signal for the great and terrible day of the Lord. My mission lasts up the day of God’s terrible vengence.”

The Latest Fashion in Hats.

The latest thing in head wear is hats for horses. All horses that make any pretensions to sooial position, and a good many that dont, now wear hats, in most of the large cities, and the fashion is fast spreading through smaller towns and country districts. Like other late fashions it is Parisian idea, and was introduced in this country by a Philadelphia horse — dealer. The regulation horse hat is made of straw, with peaked crown and wide brim, and large holes bound with braid for the ears to stick through. It is tied on securely with colored strings, no provision being made for tipping the hats in salutation of lady horses. The oolor of the hat may or may not match the oomplexion of the horse that wears it. If the horse is well brought up he has no kiok coming, about the oolor of his hat, or anything else. The new fashion has begun to make its appearanoe in Rensselaer. A team of horses either from the country or some neighboring town, appeared on our streets with their hats on, a few days ago, and at least one Rensselaer .family horse wears a hat of the latest block on hot days and dress-up occasions generally.

Marriage Licenses.

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Sunday Creek Goal. The best and the cheapest lor threshing, $3.75 at bin. w4t Bales Lumber Go. A Bargain in Lana. For sale, 40 acres of land nw nw 35-31-7 in Keener tp., in Jasper Go., Ind. Parties interested will find a bargain in it by writing to the owner, Joseph Schneider, . w2mp Eufaula, Indian Ter. Coooanut taffy, newsboy lemon E>me, ioed Homestead cookies, mon cream bieouit, fig-bar, ohoooate creams are all fresh at Starrs One oar load, 7,000 gallons white orookery just received Gallon orooks only 5 cents per gallon, whioh is lees than they can be bought in less than oar load lots. Chicago Bargain Store. J. P. Warner has employed A 0. Harrington an expert horse shoer and plow workman. Give him a call

Kansans Back to Visit Jasper County.

The 1:46 train today brought to Rensselaer, J. C. Pearson, wife and daughter, Wm. Hammond, wife and son, J. W. Laing and daughter and John W. Jacks, all from Coats, Pratt oounty, Kans. T hey, or at least the heads of the families, are all former Jasper oounty residents. and moved to Kansas about 16 or 17 years ago. They have returned for a visit of about six weeks with relatives. In their immediate vicinity in Kansas the suffering from the drought *is not so very great. Good crops of wheat and oats have been harvested and there is plenty of buffalo grass cured on the ground for cattle fattening purposes. They report the eastern part of Kansas, where corn is the chief produot, in a very bad condition. The visitors will be welcomed back to their old county by |tnany relatives and friends, among the relatives being, Charles Dean and wife, Henry Wood and wife, and Stewart Hammond.

Had Rain, At Last.

After 26 days of practically solid drouth, there was a good rain here Sunday evening, with light drizzling showers all night. The amount of rainfall, while not so much as could have been wished for was still a liberal quantity, and can not fail to be of great benefit to the oorn crop. Also to potatoes, pastures and gardens. The heaviest part of the rain was north of this plaoe, and seem to have covered the whole oounty north of Rensselaer. At DeMotte there was a very heavy rain, lasting several hours, and making all the rain that is needed. Barkley, Gillam, Union, eto. all report a fine rain. Further south the people were not so fortunate, as at Remington there was only rain enough “to lay the dust,” and rain is greatly needed over that way, too. At Monon and Montioello there was only a light rain.

Bob Yeoman Overcome by Heat.

Robert Yeoman, an old citizen and a well known oarpenter, was overcome by the heat while working on the new J. D. Babcook residence, just west of town this morning at about 9:30 o’clock, and becoming unconsoious fell into the oellar below, a distance of about 8 feet. Be was still unconscious when fellow workmen picked him up, but soon revived and was taken to his home on Front street. Dr. English, his physician, is unable t<j determine yet how seriously his case may result. He sustained no serious injuries by the fall, the heat prostration being his chief trouble.

Temperature too Torrid For Theatres

The weather has been too warm for any opera house attraction, no matter of what excellent reputation to entioe the attendance of the pnblio, and (< The Defaulter” Saturday evening, although presented by a company popular to Rensselaer theatre goers, was sparsely attended. Manager Roeskams has a splendid oompany, some excellent individual talent and when “The Defaulter” is in running order and has been staged #ith special scenery so necessary to its best production, he will have one Of beet pieoes ever presented to the lovers of drama. The oompany is still in Montioello, rehearsing the other plays in their reportoire.

The crowds you see every day at the Chicago Bargain Store is evident that the public appreciates the values given at their great olearanoe sale.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. TUESDAY JULY 30, 1901,

Mrs. Alvey Gets the Boy Temporarily.

Judge Thompson rendered his decision in the habeas corpus o*ae of Mrs. Minnie Alvey vs Fitz W. Bedford, Friday evening. In his finding, the Judge states that he is unable to determine the merits of the case, and sets the final bearing for the September term, when it will be tried, either by the court or by a jury as may be determin-ed-by the wishes of the parties. In the meantime the oustody of the boy, Frank B. Hitchcock, is given *to the plaintiff. She was, however, required to give a bond in the sum of S3OO, to produce the boy at the September term. In case she makes default and does not produce the boy, the S3OO will be collected and paid to F. W. Bedford, the defendant. The bond was furnished and was signed by Marshall P. Warner, Warren Robinson and Mrs. Alvey. Mrs. Alvey left with the boy for her home at St. John’s, Ky., this forenoon.

Friday July 26th was another 100 degree in the shade, day, by self-registering government thermometer. The heat began early and lasted late, and was still at 93 at 6p. m. The atmosphere was humid as well as hot fnd that made the hotness worse. The lowest temperature reaohed during the night was 71 degrees. In few houses probably did it fall below 80 degrees, during the night. The highest temperature Wednesday was 99, Thursday 97 degrees. People generally do not remember how long it has been dry here. Excepting two very slight sprinkles, there has been no rain in Rensselaer sinoe July 2nd.

Lowell Souvenir. The sugar faotory will not be built this season at Shelby—it may never be erected there —and the “I told you so” crowd is in high good humor thereat. Two reasons are advanced by those nearest the company, and best able to judge in the matter, regarding its failure to continue the enterprise. One is that a ohange in the plan of construction following ohange of architects oaused trouble with the construction company having the building oontraot, which finally resulted in the contractors withdrawing entirely and removing men and material from the work. The seoond advanced is that owing to the small acreage of beets contracted for by farmers and their apparent lack of interest, combined with the poor stand, the company was not justified in erecting the plant this season. When we reflect that the capacity of a beet sugar faotory is anywhere from 3,000 to 10,000 acres of beets; that the aoresge in Lake and adjoining oounties upon whioh the company must depend for its season's output is probably less than 1,000 aores and also that a faotory is already in operation within easy shipping distanoe, so that this season’s erop will not be lost, it is probable that the latter is the true reason for the abandonment of the enterprise at this time. Indeed it would seem that good business policy oould dictate no other oonrse.

“Coleridge” and “69” Cigars for sale by all dealers AuglO Six more days of the great olearanoe sale, Aug. Ist. Chicago Bargain Store. For Sale: A number of thoroughbred male Poland China hogs, and about 50 head of shouts and a number of brood Sows. E. Peacock, Extreme southwest part of town. 1-Sep-pd

Still Hot and Dry.

Beet Sugar and Sugar Beets.

Brook Preacher’s Bad Break

Rev. Kelley, the Christian church at Brook for some time past, has been drinking considerably for quite a while but on the quiet. Last Thursday evening however, he got ugly drunk, and went home and began beating his wife. He struck her twice, and one blow knocked her against a door, cutting a bad gash above her right eye, Owing to the entreaties of the injured woman Kelley Was not proseouted but compelled to leave town. A small sum was raised for him, and he was taken to Sheldon, where he took the oars. Kelley is-said to be a preaoher of most unusual eloquence, and in personal appearance to be almost a duplicate of W. J. Bryan. Rumor of moral crookedness also have been current sinoe his outbreak of Thursday night.

Giffords Road Not Sold.

There was not truth whatever in the widely circulated report that B. J. Gifford had sold his railroad the Chioago & Wabash Valley, to eastern capitalists, they to take possession when the northern extension was completed, Writing to The Republican to correct the false rumor, Mr. Gifford says: “This report is a fake, pure and simple. I have never offered my railroad for sale and no one has offered to buy it. No such negotiation is in contemplation. Yours truly,

Sun Spots Fake Comes Again.

Every time there is an unusually long and severe hot spell, in any part of the world, some seeker of notoriety comes up with a theory that the earth is growing hotter, because of the prevolenoe of’ spots on the sun. And in any unusual oold spell, it is declared that the earth is growing colder, for the same reason. Just now it is on “Prof.” Gerrett P. Serviae of Ithioa N. Y. who is proclaiming that the long hot spell this summer is the result of sun spots,, and that the spots will grow spotter and the hots will grow hotter, for several years to come. If the spots cause the hots, the increased heat should extend all over the earth, but there is abundant eyidenoe that suoh is not tne case. Right in Seryiss' own be might in fact, have found ample disproof of his theory. For in Buffalo, where the same spotted sun shines as in Kansas, the temperature has not been above 82 degrees this summer. In Portland Oregon, the temperature has averaged 10 degrees lower than the normal, all season-

In San Diego, Cal., a far southern oity, the temperature has not been above 70. In various inland southern cities, where the spots would naturally get in their work worst, such as San Antonio, Birmingham, Mobile, Vioksbnrg and Dallas, the temperature has not been above 82 degrees. The heat of the son is a practically unvarying quantity, and extreme spells of weather are owing to local and atmospheric onuses and not to any ohange in snn or stars

Indiana Oats sad Wheat.

State Statistician Johnson, basing his estimate on reports from fifty oountiee, says the yield of oats this year will be only 60 per oent of that of last year, owing to a reduoed acreage and shortage in the crop. The Indiana] wheat crop this year, he says, will make 35,250,000 bushels, oounting fifteen bushels to the acre. He does not make an estimate of the corn crop, owing to the uncertainty of the weather.

See Dr. Merrill, over Moody & Roth’s meat market

A crowd of twenty-four young people were carted in all sorts of fashionable equipages Sunday evening, to a grassy plat on the Iroquois banks a short distance below Lamson’s bridge. The young ladies of the crowd had prepared a pionio supper, which was tastefully set and the picnickers had just seated themselves around the lawn tables, when an overhanging oloud, unmindful of the wishes of the merry-makers, separated and poured its liquid contents directly where they sat. There was a hasty grabbing of everything in sight and a rushing for carriages. Cakes and pickles, jellies and deviled eggs were thrown together-in a promisoious manner, pretty hats, dainty ribbons, stylish dresses, stand up collars and patent leather boots came in for an expensive and thorough dousing, and it was a sorry lot of young people that returned at about 8:30 o’clock, compared to the gaily dressed picnickers that went out only a few hours before. But for the sake of the general need of rain, the sacrifice was cheerfully made. This same company, practically, got rained on at the same place, on practically similar circumstances several years ago, thereby breaking a long drouth just els happened this time. They announced before hand that they were going to bring a rain, and they appear to have kept their word.

B. J. Gifford.”

Attorneys Jesse Wilson and Misses Leathe Wright and Mildred Harris came in for a greater share of hardships than the remainder of the party. On their way homb the oarriage slipped off the grade in the road center and turned over on one side, . throwing the occupants out The buggy wheels were sprung oonsidenally and it was some time before they were able to prooeed on their homeward trip. Miss Harris, was slightly injured, the other parties esoaping even slight bruises.

Charley Murray is the first of this year’s Oklehoma boomers to return home. He arrived here Sunday morning and reports an immense throng of people awaiting the government distribution of land on Ang. 6th. It oosts nothing to register and a great many, like Charley, whose appearanoe there has been on other business, have taken the free chance to try for a quarter section of land, and then left. The majority of the homeseekers there are apparently overrunning with money and saloons and gambling devices of all kinds, unmolested ply their vocations and the fellow with a desire to spend his money, is confronted by no obstacles. The saooeeefnl applicants for land will have to pay about sl4 for the patent and many of the beet quarter sections will be worth from $1,600 to $9,000 as soon as drawn. There are 13,000 claims and about 100,000 people registered.

Rainmakers Get in Good Work.

Busy Times in Oklahoma.

Small Loss is Expected.

Secretary of State Union. B. Hunt has a letter from C. F. S. Neal, manager of tbs endowment rank of the Knights of Pythias, in whioh Mr. Neal says that the indications are that there will be a very small per oent of loss dne to the mismanagement of ex-Man-ager Hinsey; that the correspondence constantly coming in indicate a general confidence in the future of the endowment rank and that the rank paid between $40,000 and $60,000 death claims In lane. >• /

Chronic diseases a speciality, Dr, Merrill.

Jackson Township Wants Tippecanoe Route.

Jackson tp., Newton Co., including our prosperous and progressive neighboring village, Mt. Ayr, voted Saturday on the proposition to vote a subsidy to the proposed east and west road, the Chicago k Toledo Transfer R. R., hereafter to be popularly called the “Tippecanoe Route.” The proposition carried by a majority of 54. The vote by pyeoinots, was as follows: West Precinot For Tax 31 Against Tax 49 Majority against 18 East Precinct For Tax 119 Againt Tax 47 Majority for 72 Net majority for 54

Sale of Furniture and House hold Goods.

The following named artiolee together with others not herein enumerated will be offered at private sale, at my residence on Weston street, beginning on Wednesday, July 17,1901, continuing one week or until sold. A good office chair. 1 large walnut dressing bureau with Frenoh mirror. 1 oak hall tree (new) with Frenoh bevel mirror. 1 three-piece bed room suit (walnut.) 1 three-pieoe bed room suit (oak.) 1 bedstead with springs and mattress. 2 wash stands. 1 kitchen table. 1 kitchen oupboard, dishes eta. 1 set kitohen ohairs. 4 upholstered ohairs. 1 large upholstered arm chair. 3 rooking chairs. 1 large upholstered adjustable invalid ohair, 1 upholstered sofa. 1 drawing-room hanging lamp 1 hall hanging lamp. 1 set Ridpaths Library of Universal Knowledge 25 role, beet vdition. 1 child’s writing desk, with drawer. 1 good delivery wagon (coovered) Terms: Purchases not exceeding SIO.OO oash. In exosee of SIO.OO a credit of six months will be given on reoeipt of bankable notes with approved seourity. W. H. Cooveb, Rensselaer, Ind. July 12th, 1901.

The First Big Circus.

cities of this state and of the country, but this city seldom befoie has been on its route. Our oitizensare liberal patrons of anything in the oirous line, and a show of the high standard and real merit possessed by the Great Wallace Show is sore to be most liberally patronized. A large number of the residents of this city have either seen or heard of the Wallace Bhows, an.-k have direct knowledge that it is a high-class attraction, but for the benefit of those iyho are not so trail posted, wp will stats that the Great Wallace Show in one of the Urgeet cm the road- It hasa large menagerie, three rings and a stage, and has a national reputation for having the finest horses on earth. It oliums to be the “highest class oirous in the world,” siod judging from the prees notices by the papers of the large cities of this state and throughout the country the Wallace Show has a dear and undisputed title to its motfo. The great Wallace show will give twoperformanoes in R eases laer on Tuesday August 27,

Bay your fall sapplies at the great olearanoe sale. Chicago Bargain Store.

The first big circus of the season to visit this city will be the Great Wallace Shows, which will exhibit ,i a Rensselaer one day only, Tuesday August 27th. For seventeen years the Wallace Show has visited the ohief