Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1901 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

VOL XXII NO. 105

Mrs. Alvey and the Others Acquitted.

The most interesting case in the present terra of the Jasper circuit court was the trial of Mrs. Minnie Alvey. Miss Josie Shay and John Webber, on indictment for larceny. Mrs. Alvey is a sister tff the late Mrs Lizzie Hitchcock. When the latter died at the residence of her step-grandfalher, F. W. Bedford, Mrs. Alvey, with Mr. Bedford's consent, took and sent to her home in Kentucky, suoh.household goods as belonged to her sister. Miss Shay, who had worked there for some time, pointed out Lizzie’s goods and helped paok them. Mr. Webber had worked at Bedford’s aJsb andas he stated on the witness stand, had been engaged to marry Lizzie. He also helped seleot and pack the goods. Tho indictment named quite a long list of articles belonging to Mr. Bedford which were packed and shipped away, but it did not specify their value only on two or three articles, whose value was specified. Mrs. Alvey testified that she took only such goods as were selected as Lizzie’s, by Miss Shay and others, and what she supposed were rightly tier’s. Miss Shay stated that she only selected what she thought was Lizzie’s goods. The jurors took the view that criminal intent was not shown and brought in a verdict of not guilty. Their first ballot stood 11 to 1 for acquittal.

City Tax Levies.

The City Counoil held a special meeting Monday night. The fixing of the tax levies for the ourrent tax year was the most important business transacted. For the different funds the levies were fixed at the following rate, on eaoh 1100 of assessed valuation: Corporation fund 20 cents Road fund 29 cents Sinking fund 5 cents Speo. Addl fund 10 cents School library .1 cent Water works 15 cents Eledtric lights 10 oents Special School 40 cents Tuition 85 oents Total all funds $1.65 The total is the same as last year, and most of the items are also the same. The bond of T. J, Sayler & Co. as contractors for the improvement of River, Forest and Merritt streets, was approved. The clerk was directed to give notice to the property owners, of the final hearing of assessments for the improvement of the two south blooks of Cullen street, and the block on Van Rensselaer between Washington and Cornelia. Hearing to be Sept. 30th. Dr. J. W. Horton’s water rate was reduced from $lB to sl3 per year- a

Jordan Church Dedication.

The dedication of the new M. P. church in Jordan Tp., named Mt. Hope Ohapel, will be held on Sunday Sept. 29th, 1901. Servioes will be held all day with a basket dinner. The president of the conference is expeoted to be present. Everybody invited.

Kaiman Church Dedication.

The new Catholic Church at Kniman will be dedicated on Sunday, Sept. 29th, 1901, at 10 o’clock a. m. , ; Dinner and refreshments will be served, Everybody invited. - - Mark Ott, Chairman Committee. Leave your name. Last ohanoe for fine Miohigan peaches, Tuesday and Wednesday, Bept. 24th, and 26th. Chicago Bargain Btork. Another 76 oent excursion lo Chicago Sunday, Sept. 22.

Mrs. Alvey Gets The Boy.

Judge Thompson rendered his decision Wednesday afternoon in the Alvey vs Bedford case, and awarded the custody of little Frank Bitchoook to Mrs. Minnie Alvey, sister of the boy’s dead mother. The judge holds that Mrs. Hitchcock made a nuncupative will, and in that gave the boy to her sister, Mrs. Alvey. Each party to the suit pays their own costs.

Promises Profusely, Performs Parsimoniously.

The four P or some other multiplicity of P’s, medicine company, that has been occupying the opera bouse for tb© past week, closed their season Mon. night and loft for Monon Tuesday. The big Dr. P. is a very clever gentleman personally and has a manner of talking money out of a crowd when f\iey don’t know they are in danger of spending it. The performances were quite olever; several of the aots being of speoial merit, and the medicine selling composed a very small part of the businses. Each night the Dr. made provision for, some big extra give-away/ the followingmight and he is such a pleasing promiser and frequent and specious apologizer that very little disappointment resulted at the conditions appended to the fulfilment of his promises, The diamond ring Saturday night went to Miss Dollie Hempbill, as the prettiest girl in the audience. One oent was required for each vote oast, and the various candidates received a total of about 1800 votes at a cost of about SIB.OO. The ring, the doctor stated, was worth about $12.50. All in all the show was quite an attraction and added to the Barnum idea that “the American people like to be - humbugged.”

Fixed Glackin a Plenty.

Fred Glackin, the young man who robbed the Stockton and R. B. Porter residences, on oirous day, plead guilty in court last Tuesday morning and Judge Thompson gave him an indeterminate sentence of from 2 to 14 years in the reformatory at Jeffersonville, disfranchised him for five years and fined him SSO. It is said that he was industrious and well thought of around Brook, where he formerly lived, but appears to have gone wrong after going to Oklahoma. He is 23 years old. The peaoh crop of Miohigan is now much finer than earlier in the Beasou. Come aud see the extra fancy stock next Tuesday and Wednesday at 750 to $1 per bushel. Chicago Bargain Store. Some fine house plants for sale at Mrs. John Zimmermans. w2t

In the Regular Army. .

LaPorte, Indiana, Sept. 13,1901. I have been in the Sind Regular Army Cavalry in San Franoisoo, California for five years and the horses were fed Acme Food. And it oured some of the siuk ones and put the rest in g6od condition. I feel safe in recommending the Acme Food to all horsemen. Yours Truly, Joseph Dkblb, Troop K. 2nd. Cavalry, u. S. Regular Army. It required three, delivery wagons to deliver peaches and other merchandise Tuesday. Chicago Bargain Store.

To Beat. Two 320 aore farms, well ditohed near Hniman, and one 160 acre farm near DeMotte, Indiana, to parties who can do a large amount plowing this fall, and pnt in 300 acres of oorn next year. Apply to Warrbn Springkr, 197 S. Canal st., w4tp Chicago, 111.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1901,

Factory Investigating Committee’s Report.

At the Commercial Club meeting Wednesday evening, the committee appointed to investigate the Chicago factory proposition, made the following report: Your committee appointed to go to Chioago to investigate the factory under consideration beg leave to submit the following report. We arrived at the factory of the above named firm about nine o’clock, we found the senior partner in the decorating room hard ,at work making his hand with rest of their men, be filling the place of a laborer who did not show up for work that morning. His partner was in the office attending to the business of the office. We found the factory to consist of a brick building solidly built* 50 by 120 feet, two stories high with a basement; The basement is used for engine and boiler room and general storage room for their dry lumber, which seemed to be well filled. The next room or ground floor was occupied as a work room also storage room for their finished product. The second floor from the ground, is also occupied as work and storage room for finished work. In these two rooms are situated the most of the machinery, which consists of a planer, saws of all kinds, emory wheels and other machinery for polishing and finishing up work. Their machinery seemed to be all in good condition, and to run smoothly and nice, so that hardly a jar was perceptible. We found a large amount of stock or work in different stages of .completion some ready to ship, even packed, some ready to pack, some ready for the decorators and all down along the line to the raw material. All this taking large space of room, and from twenty to thirty-five men at work, makes them very badly crowded. We found twenty men at work when we were there, they stated that their power was not sufficient ( to run the enlarged plant they would build here, therefore would have to buy entirely new boiler and engine their other machinery they would bring with them, and add suoh new machinery as they would need for their enlarged plant. Their financial standing as shown by Bradstreet and Dunns agenoies, is as follows, from ten to twenty thousand dollars with fairly good credit, this we looked up ourselves. The yearly out-put of their plant is $60,000 which they say with ample room and increased facilities oan be increased to double this amount. Their present pay roll is from S4OO to $475 per week. They seemed to be clever and industrious men, who mean business, and do their business in a straight, honorable and upright manner, and your committee are of the opinion that the city would do well to make all reasonable efforts in their power to secure this factory. Respectfully Submitted, o’ ONowels I CommiltM -

I will give a publio danoe in the new building at my residence, 11 miles north and 1 mile east of Rensselaer, or 3 miles south of Kniman on Saturday Evening, Sept. 21st. The new building affords a danoing space of 24x40 feet Good mnsio furnished and the best of order required. Everybody invited. loe cream and other refreshments will be sold. * Michael Jungles. w Sep 13,17, 20. About 400 bnshels of peaches sold in two days this week. Quanity and price tell the story, Chioago Bargain Store.

Public Dance.

The Day of Grief.

Among scenes of such universal sorrow, sympathy and respect, as not more than a very few times in the world’s history ever before followed a dead ruler to his grave, President McKinley was laid away yesterday, to his last sleep, alone. The mournful solemn occasion was fitly observed in Rensselaer. All business houses and offices were closed from 10 a. m. till noon. At 10 the Citizens band played the lamented McKinley’s favorite hymn, “Nearer My God to Thee,” and then proceeded to the Presbyterian church, followed by G. A. R. Post, No. 84, and other veterans of the great war. At the church the services were presided over by J udge 8. P. Thompson, who read President Roosevelt’s proclamation, and paid a brief tribute to McKinley. Rev. J. H. Bagwill made the opening prayer, and also spoke briefly. The band again played “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” and the hymn was sung.by the choir. Rev. A. G. Work read the 46th psalm, and made a brief address. The choir sang ‘‘Lead, Kindly Light.” Messrs D. H. Yeoman, Jesse E. Wilson and M. F. Chilcote made short addresses, after which the audience sang, “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee.” Rev. B. F. Ferguson and Capt. J. A. Burnham followed with fitting tributes. Mrs. Ray Wood sang, “Our Dead Leader,” and the exercises ended by a benediction by Rev. Work. The attendance was very large.

Township Teachers.

The following are the teachers in the country schools of Marion township, all of whioh opened Monday, Sopt. 16thBowling Green, lima Robinson. Union, Maud Daugherty, Bell Center, Leah Knox. Prairie Lea, Grace Nowels. Pleasant Ridge, George Scott. Wood, Edith Shedd. Wasson, Ethel Daugherty. Slaughter, Albert Marshall. James. W. P. Overton. Putts, Ida O’Meara. O’Meara, Benhart Fendig Grant, Inez O. Nichols. The township sohools of Carpenter and Gillam also open Monday the 16th* Jordan was ahead of all and opened a week earlier, namely Sept. 9th. Those of Hanging Grove and Milroy will open next Monday Sept. 23rd. The other townships will be from one to two weeks later.

A Good Year for Churches.

This is emphatically a year of ohuroh building in Jasper county. Besides the completion of the splendid new Catholic church in Remington, began last year, three other ohnrohes have been built entirely this year, and one is approaching completion. The three completed are the Methodist Episcopal oh arch, in Gillam, the Qatholic church at Kniman, and the Methodist Proteetant church, in Jordan Tp. The uncompleted one is the M. E. ohurch at Kniman. Two es these new ohnrohes will be dedioated on the same day, namely Sunday Sept. 29tb, the Catholic chnrch at Kniman and the M. P. chnrch in Jordan. Another great peaoh sale, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 24th and 25th. One more car of 300 to 400 bnshels, 75 cents to $1 per bnshel. Chicago Bargain Btore. Timothy seed for sale at my place 3 miles west of town. A. C. Pancoast. '

An Eloquent Invitation.

Address of Rev. C. 1». Royse, to the 1 Northwest Indiana Conference. ... The following is the eloquent and able but not loss truthful summing up of the advantages and attractions of Rensselaer, made by Rev. Clarence D. Royse, pastor of Trinity M, E. church, of Rensselaer, before the Northwest Indiana Conference, at Brazil, Monday. The occasion was the choice of a location for the conference, for the year 1902. As has already been stated by this paper, Mr. Royae’s efforts were successful, and next year this great jand important religious gathering will be held in our city. Following is Mr. Royse’s address. Rensselaer invites the Nojth West Indiana Conference to hold its next session there. The invitation is the unanimous and enthusiastic action of the quarterly conference and has been officially concurred iu by other churohes of cur city. We are not asking the conference to come to us simply because we believe the time has come that it is our duty to entertain it. We count it our PRIVILEGE to entertain you and YOUR DUTY to accept the invitation. Of the many reasons why you ought to come to ns I will mention only a few. The conference has never met in our city. In 1902 it will have been seven years since it was held in our district. It has been in every other district once and in two of them twice since the last meeting in oar district. And yet in this period the district has extended two oordial invitations neither of which was accepted. Six of the last seven sessions have been at points not farther north than Lafayette. We believe that the conference of 1902 ought to come north, it should come to Valparaiso District, and if you do this you muet come to Rensselaer. We believe, further, that a meeting of the conference with us would be a great up-lift to Methodism in our community and will advance the spiritual interests generally. And lam sure also that it will be a pleasure to you to oome. So I not only think you ought to accept our invitation but I believe you will want to do so. As to railroad facilities, we are on the main line of the Monon road north of Monon so that we have the trains of both divisions. This gives ns six trains each way daily. I have looked up the route of overy preacher to Rensselaer and I find that 61 members and 14 supplies can reach there without change of cars. Only nine will have to travel on more than two lines and none will have more than two changes of cars. Compare this with the fact that only 29 can reach Brazil .without change of cars. While Rensselaer now has only one railroad yet we are booked for an important east and west line part of whioh is already built whioh we hope will be in operation within the year. Bat even with our present facilities more preachers can reach Rensselaer without change of oars than any other city in the conference that is not on the Monon Railroad. In this regard we outrank Terre Haute, Lebanon, Attioa, Plymouth, Valparaiso, South Bend, LaPorte and Miohigan City. And leaving now the question of how to got to Rensselaer, I will say that when you do get there you will be delighted. We have one of the prettiest plaoes in the state. It abounds in handsome residences and these are increasing rapidly in nnmber. The lots are large, the lawns magnifioent and well kept. The streets are broad and well paved. We have many miles of oement side walks with broad grass plots between the walk

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and curb on the principal streets* Our school system is one of the best, well manned and equipped* We are progressive in public enterprise and offer to our preachers a study iu municipal ownership in our excellent plant by which we are furnished with light and water and by which also our school buildings are heated, all of which is the property of the city. Jasper County has without question the fiuest court house iu the state in proportion to population and one of the handsomest without regard to population. And last, but not least, the public spirit of the church and community is shown by the fact that they have just completed the finest parsonage in the conference. Bat that is the way the people of Rensselaer have of doing things. Whatever they undertake they will do well.__!l can assure yon that toe invitation we are now extending is given with open-handed and open-heart-ed cordiality, and in this matter as in other things we will do well what we undertake. Come with us and we will do yon good.

Additional Conference Items.

J. H. Cissel, D. D., a Rensselaer native, having been presiding elder of Crawfordsville district six years was assigned to the pastorate at Miohigan City. He was given a fine gold watoh by the ministers and his wife received a gold brooch, studded with pearls. Dr. E. A. Schell,* the former Epworth League general secretary, succeed* ed Dr. Cissel as presiding elder. Dr. R. D. Utter goes back to West Lebanon; OfW. Poetill stays at Wingate; M. H. Appleby at Valparaiso and A. W. Wood at Hammond. E. G. Pelley is still on the superannnate list, at Michigantown.

Shideler May, Stay.

The steps taken by Warden Shideler’s friends and the state board of charities in a united effort to have the warden retained at the Indiana prison are beginning to show results and one of Mr. Shideler’s closest friends says that the warden will receive every inducement from the governor and members of the board of control to remain at the bead of the institution.

Another New Post-office.

Still another new poet-office has been established in Jasper county, and like all other very recent new offices, it is on the Gifford railroad system. The name of the new offioe is Aspbaltum, and it is located at Col. Gifford’s new town, of that name, at the northeastern terminus of the recently completed oil field branch of his railroad. It is in Walker Tp., bat jast on the line of Gillam. The postmaster is Geo. M. Comer, who has bad a store a half mile sonth of Asphaltum but who has moved or will move it to Asphaltnm. The largest and most complete stock of ladies’ cloaks ever shown in town at the Chioago Bargain Store.

Osteopath.

DR. GEORGE R. PRIOR Graduate of the Amerioan School of Osteopathy. At Rensselaer, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays of each week. Office at Mrs. Kinney’s, on Front street.

Far Sale. 1 lot and a half fronting south on E. Elm st. Good 6 room house story and a half, good well, plenty of fruit, summer kitchen and other out buildings. Reason for selling 3 years poor health. Call or write J. W. King, 506 E. Elm st Rensselaer, Ind. Fob Sali.—A good base burner wood stove, used but little, cheap. H. L. Brown, dwltp Dentist