Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1903 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER SEMI-WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

VOL XXXV

Fearful Saloon Slaughter.

Remington and Carpenter Township Have Blanketed Their Blank Saloons. The blanket remonstrance feature of the Nicholson law has got in its first work in Jasper county, and it was a big job. The people of Remington and Carpenter Tp., have gotten up a remonstrance, under the blanket feature and signed by 275 legal voters, which is 20 more than a majority, as shown at last election. The power of attorney is given to Levi Hawkins and J. H. Whitehead, two well known citizens of Remington, and is for a peroid of two years, and directs and empowers them to remonstrate against every saloon applicant in the town for that time. The first such remonstance was filed with the county auditor, Friday, by Mr. Hawkins. It is directed against John F. Kelley, who desires to keep a saloon in the room now occupied by John W. Ulm, whose license expired the 17th of February. It is stated that the fight to obtain a sufficient number of signatures has been a lively affair and furthermore that large numbers of men, both in town and country, who were in the habit of going to the saloons, and drinking, are among the signers. •There are still three other saloons in Remington, thus doomedjto early death. Namely, John W. Alkire’s, whose license expires Juno 10th, 1903, John M. Johnson’s, license expires June 19th, and James A. Bilile, license expires Sept. Bth. If the blanket remonstrance works as expected, Bilile will be the whole thing in the saloon line for nearly three months, during which time he will no doubt do a rushing business. This experiment of a dry town, which heretofore has been, for its population, decidedly wet, will be watched with great interest by many neighboring towns, but most of all by Rensselaer.

Mishap on the Monon.

An accident occured on the Monon at Cambria early Thursday morning that blocked the track for several hours. The south-bound midnight train bad taken the siding and after the passage of the north bound train attempted to back onto the main track. The derailing switch had not been replaced, however, and before the train could come to a stop the sleepers on the rear end had been pushed off into the ditch, No very material damage was done beyond blocking the track for about ten hours. The fast mail trains between Chicago and In* dianapolis were sent through by , way of Lafayette.

Marriage Licenses.

OQ j Earnest Koss, Feb. 28 | Danahne w , qq 1 Ord Yeoman, Feb. 28 j 01mb Murray

. Bazar and Rummage Sale. There will be a rummage sale given by the Rathbone Sisters March 13 and 14th in the rear of the poetoffice. Remnant sale this week a Murray’s store. The Ladies of the Presbyterian Church will give a dinner ou Fie dD T uJLjflAl flfiflT B J. Gifford still has some farms to rent, for one third of the crop. 1 See hm ad in another part of this paper. Ladies, remember that the spring samples from the Perfection Ladies’ Tailoring Co. are here and there are no better goods on the market Call and see them. * Mbs . H. J. Bartoo. '

NO. 51

Jerry Tullis, a 14 year old boy was before the circuit court, Friday, charged with assaulting his teacher in the Reed school, in Jordan tp. The boy had been previously expelled from school and went back and demanded that the teacher grade.and give him his report She said she would grade it that evening. The boy then cursed and swore at the teacher, using the most insulting of and finally seized her hand-satchel and saying if he could not have his report he would take the satchel. The teacher interfered to resue the satchel, and the boy attacked her fiercely. He had a knife and made several attempts to cut her but only made a 'small scratch or two, when other boys took the knife away. But she had a narrow escape from being badly and perhaps fatally injured. The teacher received a number of bruises, but nothing very extensive, and her clothing was also badly torn. A plea of guitly, was made and in view of the youth of the boy and this being his first offense, the court assessed the lenient punishment of at fine of $lO and costs.

The great war drama “The Spy of Gettysburg,” which was billed here for Feb. 20th, by a Monon oompany, and called off, is to be produced by a borne company and under the auspices of our military company. Capt. R. C. Golliday is here preparing to put on the pla y and has his cast selected, and is drilling them thoroughly. Two performances will be given on Friday and Saturday eveningsof next week March 6th and 7th. Capt Golliday, himself a civil war veteran has made the drilling of home companies and the production of this drama his constant occupation for a long time past, and has, by all accounts, attained wonderful proficiency in that work. And he will work under specially favorable circumstances here because of the amount of excellent talent he bad to choose his cast from. The prices of admission will be 35 and 25 cents.

The Christian building at Hammond, where Evangelists Shearer Harrold will hold their next meeting, has rather an interesting history. It was the First Christian church of Chicago, established in the days when Chicago was a town. In this church Potter Palmer was one of the deacons, and among the eminent men who ministered for it was President Garfield. In 1892 a new First Church was built in Chicago and the old church was taken doWn and moved to Hammond where a body of people of the Christian church bad been worshiping in a hall. The building was dedicated by the late Gov. Ira J. Chase, Feb. 28, 1892.

The State Board of Health Bulletin for January says that 131 persons died from violence in January, of which 26 were females. Four of the violent deaths were murders, fourteen were suicides and 113 accidents. Of the murders one was by pistol, one by drowning and two by beating over the head. Of the suicides, eight were males and six were females. Five males k chose pistols and three hanging. Of the females, pne chose carbolic acid, one drowning and four morphine.

Dr, A. J. Miller now located in Rensselaer will visit the town of Parr or Tuesday and Friday of each week beginning Feb 24th. Office with the Kirk Drug Co.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY. MARCH 3, 1903.

Boy Attacked His Teacher.

The Spy of Gettysburg.

Church With a History.

Violent Deaths.

The American National BanK

The proposed new national bank in Rensselaer is, like the ground hog, not dead, but only sleeping. There ia a difference though, for the ground hog sleeps because he has a house to sleep in; whereas the bank project sleeps because it has no house to wake in. It may sleep for several months, and it may wake up most any day. But, from information right from headquarters, we are now able to say that when it does awake, it will be full of life and vigor. All that holds thp matter back, is the question of a suitable building. Negotiations are now pending to solve that question, but there are contingencies that may delay its solution for some time, or it may be solved within a very few weeks. This much, however, is certain: The capital stock is allsubscribed for, the general management has been decided upon, and the name selected and accepted by the Comptroller of the currency. The name is “The American National Bank of Rensselaer.” Notice that this name had been accepted, and authority to organize under it given, was received by telegraph Friday night J. C. Paxton, who was the active organizer and is understood to be the future cashier, is now in Colorado, but with the full understanding that he will start back for Rensselaer on the first train, when a building for the bank has been secured.

A Monster’s Awful Deeds.

A degenerate beast named Albert Knapp has just confessed, at Hamilton, Ohio, to five murders of women and girls; and it is believed that be will confess to still others. Two of these were his wives. One of these murders, and the most atrocious of all, occurred in Indianapolis in 1895, and the facts of which were at the time well known to all Indiana people. Ida Gebhart, a three year old girl was the victim. No clue to the murderer was ever discovered until this confession of Knapp’s. I Lis now stated that the murdered girl’s parents moved to Michigan and then to Chicago, where the mother died of grief over her little girl’s awful fate.

Great Things Coming at Hammond.

According to the Hammond News, but few people have any idea of the magnitude of the improvements that the Monon intends to make on its recently acquired property in Hammond. The company has purchased a tract of land 634 feet wide and half a mile in length. This tract of land reaches from the Ridge road (lower stone road) clear to the Little Calumet river along (the company’s right of way. Some of the thingsjwhiohjofficials have said will be built however, are yard* with a capacity of six thousand freight cars, a huge re-pair-shop, where both locomotives and oars may be repaired, and a colossal round-house. This last structure will be double the capacity of the one which the Monon now has in Chicago. The Monon will also doubletrack its road-bed from the tie yards to the Grand Calumet, where with the Erie, it proposes to build a huge draw-bridge on modern engineering principles, Hammond will be made thfi. tergdiuu .Qf the Monon’s freight business, and will be its transfer'yards. All freight will be made up and transferred here, and just what this means few people realize. Big transfer engines will take freights from the yards to Chicago. Flinch Decks, the new and ' popular home game, at Fondigs.

Suspects Arrested In the Reynolds Murder.

Sheriff Craft of LaPorte county, Detective Winehart, of Lafayette, and Speoial Monon Agent Burns Friday morning arrested Elias Wagner, aged 40; Clarence Dunham, aged 35; and Charles Lumpkins, aged 25 on charge of having Nov. 30th last attempted to rob Smith’s bank at Westville when Wesley Reynolds, the night watch was killed while resisting the robbers. Later Lumpkins was released but warrants are out for more. Wagner was captured near San Pierre and Dunham at Coburg, Both are criminals and officers claim to have strong evidence against them. Wagner had been living at McCool, Porter county, where he was a teamster. Dunham lived at Coburg and Lumpkins is a bartender at Westville. The arrests have not caused much excitement at Westville and sentiment seems to be divided among the people as to being the guilty parties. They were taken to Laporte and placed in jail. Both are reported to be criminals, Sheriff Craft, of Laporte county late Friday afternoon also arrested Edward Clancy at Wanatah as another suspect. The detectives claim they have evidence sufficient to hang the men in custody although the people are a little skeptical?. The father of the murdered boy has gone insane from brooding over his son’s death and is about to be sent to the asylum.

Some Moving Tales.

E. L. Bruce has moved from his former farm south of town, to the one northwest of town, he recently bought of G. L. Thornton. Mr. Thornton has moved, for the season, to the Heferline farm, southwest of town. C. F. Stackhouse has moved from Mrs. Rebecca Porter’s place, northwest of town, to his own place, the former J. F. Warren farm, 2 miles north. Mr. Burbage, who has been in Newton Tp., has moved upon Mrs. Torter's place. C. E. Patrick, who has been on J. C. Porter’s farm, has moved over to the place he has bought near Goodland; and Frank Horsewood, of Newton Co., succeeds him on Mr. Porter’s place. W. H. Miller, who has been living near Mt Ayr for a year or two has moved back into Barkley Tp, and occupies Mrs. Belle Barkley’s fine farm, in that township.

May Draw The Line on the Grassy Ones.

It is about a settled fact that the Methodist ministers of Indianapolis will in the future refuse to remarry persons who have been divorced. At a meeting of the ministers early last week a paper was read to them by Rev. E. A. Schell, presiding elder of the Crawfordsville district, in which he advocated that there was no cause for divorce while there might be for separation and went so far as to say that people who had been divorced ought not to be permitted to become members of the chureh. It was bis belief also that marriages ought to be recognized as lhe third saorement, but that point was noti endorsed by allot the clergy pre-| sent at the meeting. The paper created quite an excitement among the ministers, who admit to have officiated at marriages where the contracting parties had been previously married and divorced, but they promise not to do so again. . It is understood that there is a likelihood of the matter of divorcee will come up before the next general conference of the M. E. church for action one way 'or the other.

Rock Island Now One of Greatest Railroad Systems.

Indiana brains and Indiana application have made of the Rock Island railroad the greatest system in the world. Three years ago the road bad less than 4,000 miles of track. Since then the Moores and Leeds and Reid, two Indiana men, have bought the road, and, with W. B. Leeds, one time a subordinate in the Pennsylvania offices at Richmond, Ind-, as president, have given it a trackage exceeding 13,000 miles. Extensions were planned, great systems were bought, the new Rock Island was refinanced, and now the road stands at the head of the great systems of the country, and divides attention only with Gould’s Wabash in the spectacular effects of its development. When the Choctaw was swallowed the railroad world was startled- Now that it is clear the ’Frisco has been absorbed there seems to be no greater surprise to spring. Yet there are rumors that before many weeks announcement will come from the offices of .1. P. Morgan & Co. of a community of interests in which Rock Island will predominate, and which will include the Southern railway and the Santa Fe. The Southern has a half interest in the Monon.

The great railroads of the country are now: Rock Island, 13,000 miles; New York Central, 11,100; Pennsylvania, 10,075; Northwestern, 9,025; Santa Fe, 8,680; Burlington, 8,430.

The Rock Island will have the only double-track line between Chicago and St. Louis. In the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the Rock Island also secures a most popular route to Florida. The ’Frisco lines between St. Louis and the Southwest will give it short lines between Chicago and St Louis, Memphis, Hot Springs and Oklahoma points, as well as another gulf terminal, and almost absolute control of the situation in western Oklahoma.

Small Pox “Breaks Out” Again.

There is another new case of smallpox in Union tp. and in a new family. But not from Moffitt-Garriott-Hopkios Wisconsin importation. This new case is a half mile east of Parr, and the subject i»Harvey Daywitt, a young man about 28 or 30 years old. He has the disease harder than any case yet occuring in the county. He contracted it at Chicago Heights, where they have everything that is going, from flying machines to seven-year-itch. There are five people in the family ana as none have ever been vaccinated, al( will as a matter of course, have a round with the smallpox. Mrs. Mike Fay, who lives right in Parr, but who has lately visited at Daywitt’s has been placed under quarantin The earlier oases in Union are all getting well and the quarantine on the Garriott family will be raised this week, Mrs. Bruce Moffitt who has the disease gave birth to a girl baby last Friday, Feb. 27th, and complications are possible in her case, but at present she is dsing very nicely. Special remnant sale of all kind of piece good, calicoes, muslins, 'dress goods eta, at Murray’s store.

Six hundred white oak posts for sale. Call on me in town, or out at farm. 3 miles west. w2tp J. H. Sayles Ridge Farm, Ill.:—I will gladly say that I attended the great war drama “The Spy of Gettysburg,” given by R. C Golliday, and can say it is strictly moral and refined, and a great lesson patriotism. The tableaux alqne are worth the price of admission wM T. A ' WiiXiams. *-* Pastor Presbyterian Church

Empty Shells.

Where saddest memories abound, The softly curving hill Sweeps to the water’s murmuring sound While all is sweet and still, Save whispering winds, and answering leaves, And bird folks’ sweet, sjreet trill. October’s dreamy haze is here, Yet flooding sunshine bathes The dying grass and leaf-lets sere, And gloriously laves With generous splendor, earth andair, And no requital craves. , A ridge of dirt, just here, uplifts Its comb, and on it pressed A baby’s doll some sister’s gift, And flat irons. Along the breast Of ashen dirt, a broken marble too And tea kettle, among the rest. But where is she, the babe Whose joys Thus minglingwithearth’s crust, Mute spokesmen,-broken, rustingtoys, Of innocence and trust? And whose the hand that placed them there Above her precious dust? Ye happy dead who peaceful sleep Neath granite, car ven, grand, Is there in Heaven a babe most sweet Playing in golden sand With spirit toys, whose empty shells Here mark this ridge of land? Lille B. Marshall, Rensselaer, Ind. The little grave described above is in Weston cemetery, at Rensselaer. Some time ago, a family passing through there in a wagon, buried a little child, and the play things are still on the grave. [Republished from Remington Press.]

Murray-Yeoman Wedding.

Mr. Ord Yeoman, oddest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Yeoman, of southeast of town and Miss Clara Murray, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Murray, were married Sunday evening, March I', at the home of the bride’s parents, on McCoy avenue. The ceremony took place at six o’clock, and was preformed by Rev. 0. D. Royse. It was an entirely private affair, and was only attended by the families of the contracting parties, and a very few intimate friends. The newly married couple will live in town, in one of Hiram Day’s new tenant houses, in the east part of town

Fine Timothy Seed.

“Choice, home grown, reoleaned timothy seed $2 per bu> sbu and upward delivered F. O. B. Rensselaer.” W. L. Gumm. Mr 20. Remington, Ind Try Murray’s store for shoes, you an save money and get the best wearing goods made. Lee & Poole’s of McCoyaburg will handle a nontrust binder the coming season. The price will be less than on the Trust machines. Go to J. O. Carmichael for robes ind blankets. Every Saturday a 3lie day on single harness. Shop on Cullen opposite the House. dwtf The most popular play ever put on an American stage is “Ben Hur” and the best flour ever sold in America is “Ben Hur,” made in Minneapolis. J. A. McFarland recently received his fourth oar in less than nine months. Try a sack at $1.05 and if the above is not true to your satisfaction, return it and get your money back. We also handle a complete line of standard and fancy groceries at lowest prices. Ferndell Brand of Coffees, Canned and Package Goods, Heinz Canned and Bottled Goods.

The best is none too good for Rensselaer. So Mrs, G. W. Goff thought when she succeeded in securing the agency of the celebrated “Standard Ladies Tailoring” Company. A reliable and world wide known establishment. This house makes a specialty of carrying high grade goods at low prices and a liberal discount to customers for cash. The ladies are invited to call at the “Womans Exchange” and examine samples and see cuts of tailor made skirts, suits, Monte Carle coats, frock coats, and raglansi. Any lady can see ui s glauce the superiority of a tailor mvde cut to measure suit, to that aF whwt in noimnnnlv called a Hand-me-down. We guarantee satisfaction.