Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1901 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

VOL XXXIV NO. 20

ENGINEER HAMILTON IS DEAD.

The Chief Promoter of the New Railroad Dies Sflddenty of Heart Disease. R. A. Hamilton, chief engineer of the proposed Chicago & Toledo Transfer Railroad, died suddenly at Rochester, Fulton county last Monday morning, Nov. 4th. The particulars of his death are here given, from the Rochester Evening Sentinel. :i There was universal surprise and sadnes’fK is Rochester this morning, wheh the report circulated that Cot. R. A. Hamilton, Chief Engineer of the proposed Toledo and Chicago Transfer Railway had suddenly died. He had been slightly indisposed for a week, which he attributed to some violent exercise in running to catch a train at his home at Goodland, but he was up and about the Arlington hotel every day and had only written his family once to the effect that be was not feeling very well. Sunday night he was somewhat restless in the early part of the night and his brother, who slept in the room with him, inquired if he was feeling worse and he said no and soon after dropped into a sound sleep, which lasted until morning. At 5:20 his brother was suddenly awakened by a shriek of agony, “oh, my heart” and when he reeohed his bed he was gasping in death and the fatal affliction oame, it is believed, while he was sleeping. He had been troubled some with heart disorder the doctors told him it was from excessive cigar smoking and he thought little of it and worked as hard as ever. Robert A. Hamilton was bom in New York state in 1842 and worked at oivil engineering from his boyhood. He v held important positions in the construction of the Eel River and the Old Continental railroads and was Chief Engineer of the Chicago & Great Southern. One year ago he joined the proposed “Tippecanoe Route” promoters, whioh is to run through this cijty, and has been very aotive as 'one of the principal pushers of the company. Col. Hamilton was a genial, modest gentleman who was held in high esteem by those who knew him. He had lived at Goodland for nearly a quarter of a century and leaves a wife and five grown ohildren, and there the body will be taken and laid to eternal rest.

Eclectic Medicals Coming.

Oar foot ball team are likely to have a game with foemen worthy of their steel next Saturday, Nov. 9th. The Eoleotio Medioal College team, of Chioago, will oome down that day, and play with our team on Athletio Park. These medics are good ones, as they needs must be to hold up their end with the other medioal and other college teams, of Chioago, and a great game is sure to be put up, next Saturday.

Death of Mrs. Milton Makeever.

Mrs. Nancy Makeever, widow of the late Milton Makeever, died last Tuesday morning, Nov. sth, at her home in Newton tp„ after a long siokness. Her age was 76 years. The funeral was be held Wednesday, at the residenoe at 1:30 p. m., by Rev, Royse. Interment in Weston cemetery.

Kniman Church Dedication.

The new M. E. church at Kniman will be dedicated on Sunday Nov. 17th. Rev. Dr. Gobin, D. JJ., of DuPauw University, Greenoastle, will preach the dedioatory sermon.

Marriage License.

n S Joseph Grube, NoT ' 7 il™6.Grimm: vr k { Robert Harmon, JNOV * & 1 Ophelia MoClanahan. Go to Mrs. Puroupile for styles and swell hats, Best shoes for wear at J. J. wtf Portkr & Co.

Swiped or Swallowed the Office Receipts.

C. F. Reigel, the departed telegrapher, may have taken away something more tangible, than his consuming thirst. He either did, or els« used it all in unavailing efforts at slaking the thirst aforesaid; for he made no accounting of the receipts of the telegraph office during the month he was in charge. And besides the regular reoeipts of the office he also used some sl6 belonging to, Miss Spaulding, whose place as manager he was temporarily filling, and also failed to pay his messenger boy and various other expenses. He told the messenger boy, when leaving that he was going to Honolulu, but heJiad nothing like •cash enough to take him that far. A Mrs. Reigel in MCmcie, presumably his mother, has telephoned that she will make good all the shortage.

Big Enginee Now Running.

One. of the Monon’s new engines No. 300, passed through Rensselaer Monday, pulling a north bound freight train. The engine is different from anything heretofore used on the Monon. The boiler sets very high, almost clearing the huge wheels, and a man of average hieght can walk upright under the engine. It is patterned after the New York Central locomatives. It generates its own electrioity and in addition to the powerful headlight, there are eight inoandescent lights on outside of the engine that are turned on whenever the train makes a stop, thus lighting the entire depot platform. Although designed for passenger use, the engines will not be in shape for reliable work until evened up by a month’s work on freight trains. They are beauties and put the former muoh talked of big engines, Nos. 211, 212, and 220 in the background.

Jurors For Circuit Court.

Daniel Waymire, Jordan. Franois M. Hopkine, —— John H. Schalzley, Wheatfield. Horace Marble, Wheatfield. Cornelius Bierma, Keener. John Y. Meyers, Walker. Washington Cook. Hanging Grove. Lewis B. Josserand, Hanging Grove: James W. Kennedy, Jordan. John A. Teter, Carpenter. A. J. Freeland, Newton. John W. Nowels, Newton. James Blake, Union. John O’Conner. Walker. Joseph G. Gailey, Jordan. Fred Sohwanke, Keener. The jury is oalled for Thursday, Nov. 14th, at 10 a. m.

Large Farm Sold in Newton Township

The land selling epidemic has not prevailed greatly in Newton township yet this season, but quite a big sale has just been dosed-np of a farm in the far northwest oorner of the township. Frank Krasney has sold his 290 aores to Wm. Leek, who lately sold his farm near Surrey to Illinois parties. The price Mr. Krasney received was $13,050 or $45 per acre. It is a good and well improved farm, on the whole, but some of the land is sandy and covered with underbrush, hence the average price per aore is considerably lower than land generally has been selling for around here. Mr. Krasney has not decided as to his future location. He has owned this farm a good many years.

Eli Perkins, at opera house Monday evening, Nov. lLth. Family sewing by the day or week. Call on Mrs, Marshall at Mrs. James Flynn’s. 4dp

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1901,

A truly glorious result of Tuesday’s election was the complete route of Tammany in New York City, with its consequent end to the demoniac rule of Croker. Seth Low, the Republican and Reform candidate is eleoted mayor bv 32,000 majority. And the reform ticket made a clean sweep. lowa is Republican by 90,000 majority. Ohio by 60,000. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Nebraska, and New Jersey all went Republican. Maryland is in doubt, and Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia are Democratic.

The News Finds Another Mare's Nest.

The Indianapolis News publishes a new pipe dream about Tenth district politics about every ten days I The following is their latest: The Tenth district is gasping over a rumored rupture of cordial relations between Congressman Crumpacker and J. Frank Hanly him of the senatorial aspiration some months ago. Mr. Hanly is not an avowed candidate at the present time, but as the story runs he served notice on Congressman Crumpacker that Thomas J. McCoy was not agreeable to him as dirtfict chairman. The Congressman retorted that McCoy was a personal friend, a staunch Republican and a hard-worker generally and as he (the Congressman) wus satisfied with his work as chairman of the Tenth district, the Lafayette statesman could go to. Mr Hanly insisted on MoCoy’s removal, as the story still further runs, and he is said to be backing Joseph Sleeper, of Benton oounty, for chairman. Meanwhile Congressman Crumpacker, who is really a very mild gentleman, except when too greatly aroused, is making the retention of MoCoy a personal matter, and Tenth district politicians are expeoting a lively time all around.

Rensselaer vs Logansport at Delphi.

Delphi will meet Logansport in afoot ball game at Delphi next Thursday, Nov. 14th. Joe Reynolds, of Delphi, has suoceeded in arranging the contest for his town and promises a big orowd and fine treatment. The strength of the Logansport team is not known here. They defeated Delphi recently by the score of 10 to 0 and have won other games from small town teams. A dose oontest is expected, however, but Rensselaer is thoroughly convinced that victory will perch upon her banners. To urge this result the Citizens’ Band and about 100 rooters will acoorapany the team, which will leave Rensselaer at 1:46 and return at 6:32.

GREAT ELECTION NEWS.

More Land Sales North.

G. F. Meyers, of Kniman, reports two more land sales in his jurisdiction. John McGiinn, of Kniman, has eold his farm in Walker Tp., to Charles Hinricks of Joliet, 111. It contained 240 acres and the price was $35 per acre, or $8,400 for the farm. Another sale is 40 aores near Dunnville, belonging to Billy King, formerly of Rensselaer, sold to Charles Rockenbaob for $1,300.

Hallecks Want Exchange at Valparaiso.

The Halleck Telephone Co., of Jasper oounty, which has established a toll station in this oity will apply to this oity oounoil for a franchise to operate an exohange in this oity. The Halleok Company, we understand, if a franchise is granted, agrees to put in phones in business places at $1.50 a month or less, The Halleck Company is one of the strongest independent in the state.—Valpo Messinger.

He Never Will Be Missed.

J. F. Hieronymus, a wierdly named gent of seemingly a large amount of leisure, has not been observed around his customary haunts since Tuesday night,d it is believed that he has taken himself hence. His name was connected with that of Mrs. Landy McGee in no very savory manner, and her relatives here boldly assert that he furnished the money to pay her |way to Kansas City, and the supposition now is that he has gone to join her at that place. He has a wife'of his own out there some plaoe, also, 1 and two little children, and possibly he may have gone to them. He has long been without any very visible means of support, and according to common rumor has been making his living as a sort of capper for a gambling establishment alleged to exist in a Jback room up-stairs in the levee district, His special function being to rope in callow young men from the country who were anxious so invest their hardearned dollars for the delusive reputation of being dead game sports. Hieronymus can very well be’ spared and if he had taken a number of his kindred spirits with him they k would never have been missed, either.

Both Promoters Died Suddenly.

G. W. Tenney, the origins organizer of the movement for a railroad from Toledo Ohio, through this section of the oountry to some point in Illinois, died suddenly about 18 months’ ago, at Kendallville, of heart disease. His engineer and ohief assistant was R. A. Hamilton, of Goodland. It is a notable coincidence that < Mr. Hamilton, who took up the work of building the road after Mr. Tenney’s death, should now have died in the same way as Mr. Tenney. What effeot JMr. Hamilton’s death will [have on the present movement remains to be seen. However if the movement is as well on its feet as it has been represented to be the death of any one man ought not to have any serious effeot upon it.

Indiana is All Right.

There is no state in the Union that occupies a more prominent place in the literary world than Indiana, And just now the stage is presenting the American public some four or five fine productions dramatized from Indiana novels. There is “Ben Hnr” that fills the theaters every night. “When Knighthood was in Flower” is pleasing big audienoes every night. Reoently “Alice of Old Vincennes” was presented to the theatre going public and won a signal applause and at onoe found a firm footing. “A Gentleman from Indiana” will soon be before the footlights. The facts are Indiana is a great state viewed from either the material or the intellectual standpoint. To be a Hoosier in this latter day is a proud distinction indeed.

Demand for Rural Delivery.

The demand for free mail delivery in Indiana continues unabated. There are now two thousand applicants for routes on file. While several hundred routes have been established in this state, and many others are being organized, it will be many months before all * applicants for new ones can be considered. E. W. Hathaway, chief supervisor, says'if the service continues to expand in Indiana, as it has the last five years, there will be 8,200 routes in operation by Jujy 1, 1902.

Mrs. Puroupile’s prices are reasonable and she will make especial effort to please her customers.

ITEMS HERE AND THERE.

We hoped a good deal from the experiment of raising sugar beets in this locality, but so far as we are able to learn now, the returns this year are suoh that it will be very difficult to induce anyone to plant auy next year. “I do not mind the notoriety so much,” said the whale, after it had left Jonah on the beach, “but those smart young whales in our set will be sure to always be asking me to take something for the inner man, or go spouting around about how hard it is to keep a good roan down.” Oranges will be plentiful this winter.- Florida groves have now recovered from that great disaster and a crop is promised this year which will approach in amount those of the years before the frost. Added to this and the further home supply from California, very good fruit is also being sent to us from Porto Rico.

The township trustees, carrying out the idea of the county school superintendent, have granted each school under their oontrol a day’s holiday, the teacher being [required to spend the day visiting some other school in the oounty. The exchange of ideas in sohoolgovernment thus acquired is expected to prove beneficial to every teacher.. A message from high officials of the T. & C. T. railroad company, says the death of Col. Hamilton will not interfere with progress of the plans for constructing the road. Work will go right along as fast as possible, and, while Col. Hamilton’s place will be hard to fill, his work was so well along that it can be easily taken up and finished by a successor.—Rochester Sentinel. The Supreme oourt held where appeals are taken from the granting of saloon licenses by Commissioners’ court that the saloon keeper must not sell liquor while the appeal is pending. The case oame up from Hamilton oounty. The opinion further states that under the present law the remonstrater must take his appeal within ten days from the deoision is rendered.

A man who travels now-a-days and keeps his eyes open can see many things. One of them is that men on a crowded car will all keep their seats when a woman with bleached hair comes in but let a lady with hair streaked with gray step in and every gentleman in the oar is on his feet, politely offering her a seat. He will also notioe that the passenger with a big quid of tobacco m his mouth and a tinted nose has a mighty hard time in borrowing thirty cents if he loses his pocket book and railroad tfoket.

He Stays in Jail on His Dignity.

Wm. A. Ross, the elderly party in jail for depredations in his room at the Nowels House,' and who has another charge of using obscene language in the presence of a female, still pending against him, .was offered his freedom by Squire Burnham if he would agree to leave town at once. He sent back his most distinguished considerations to Squire Burnham, and assured him on the honor of a Massachusetts man by birth and a Kentucky gentleman by residence, that he would aocept of liberty under no such conditions. He said he took his own time in ooming here and proposed to take his own time in going away. If given an unconditional release he will condescend to accept it, but never, when coupled with any conditions that would hasten Ms dignified and leisurely departure from our city. Don’t fail to hear Eli Perkins.

Regular Weekly “EditioH

County Commissioners.

Eight new bridges were ordered advertised for. Two each in Walker, Barkley and Newton tps., and one each in Jordan and Milroy. Angeline Walters et al. petition for highway. J. M. Wasson, F. M. Parker, Webb Jackson to view Nov. 20th. John Armstrong, petition for ditch. B. J. Gifford objects to reviewers’ report. Ditch ordered established. Mary E. Brown ditch, viewers’ report approved and ditch ordered oonstruotedJacob D. Rich, ditch. B. J. Gifford remonstrates. Sylvester Gray, J. F. Irwin and Wm. Washburn, appointed to review, Nov. 10. John W. Hutchinson, ditch, case dismissed. Isaac N. McCurtain, highway ordered, established. Barbara Kelley, ditch, Several parties remonstrate. John O’Conner, David D. Gleason, S. Brusnahan, appointed reviewers, Nov. 18. Reason M. Dunn, of DeMotte granted saloon license. Elias Arnold, petition for highway, Warren Robinson, J. C. Porter, F. M. Parker, viewers, Nov. 18th. Amos S. Alter, petition for ditch, H. Grow, F. French, Wm. Daniels viewers, Nov. 11th. The contract with the ,“tax ferrite” jn as extended to include the years, 1898,1899, 1900 and 1901, On petition of O. M. Blue, trustee Marion tp., a mile of grav* el road, past the fold Burk farm was accepted as part of the county gravel road system.

Department Commander Garri* gus, of the Indiana G. A. R., issued yesterday an order for a meeting of department officers and members of the oounoil of administration in Anderson Thursday night to arrange the date and other details of the annual encampment which is to be held in that city. There is a sentiment in favor of holding the encampment next May during the week in which the soldiers’ monument will be dedicated. W. D. MoCullough, of Brazil, has been recommended for appointment as assistant inspector general or Indiana.

A new line of embroideried waist patterns. I. J. Porter & Co. First olass shine guaranteed far 10c, at Rhoades’ barber shop. Leonard C. Adams. » The original Eli who got there will get here on Monday, November 11th. Call and see the best assortment of hosiery and underwear in the city. I. J. Porter & Co. For sale, a fine, large pair of mules. For name of owner enquire at this office. Mrs. Puroapile will be found first door east of Chioago Bargain Store. For sale, good baby buggy and wood heating stove. Mrs. Joe Jackson. Chryeanthemun plant in bloom, fine lot of ferns, geraniunms etc. at Cleveland’s Green House. lwp ave you seen the Royal Tailors fall book. The best ever. Ex elusive agents. I. J. Porter & Co, The ladies of the Christian Church will have a ‘‘market” next Saturday, in Liberal Corner, in connection with their rummage sale, wiich is held Friday and Saturday of this week. Wanted 3 Lady Sains Ajnnts. For city and country canvassing. Salary or commission. Must be hustlers. Address,^ L. W. Coppocx, dw2tp Logansport, lnd.

G. A. R.