Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1904 — THE WEEK’S DOINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WEEK’S DOINGS

TUESDAY Mr. 4iid Mr-*. a'r*-n WaNliburn of G ">ri‘ > • ' * r '' for a *ew days vi»it, Mi-s Helen Firtioh, of Rarkley, went to f'hicapo today for a few days’ visit Born, Monday April 18ili, to Mr. and Mrs Taylor Wood, of Parr, a son. Mrs Ohas. Porter returned to Delphi today after a few day visit with her parents r. and Mrs J. W. Williams

Mr and virs E. G Tay or est for their home in Indian Territory today, after a few days’ visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Simon-* M?s. E. E Preb’e and daughter-in-law, Mr- K-o Prehle lett this cxorninj f n neir future home at Williston, N. Dakota. Ed amt N W Bowen, the Delphi titiili naires, were in t i»n today, in d-mao Ration with W, A Rinehart, issignee of the Mc:C >y bank. W. B Bhtrlye’t. of the Indianapolis News, and Harry Evans of the Star, were here last uight and t >• day, after accounts of the h-*nk euspension matter.

Miss Bessie King who had re signed h r place at the telephone oentral has again gone back to that work. Her money is tied in the suspended bank, and of neoes-ity ebe has to give up gdtng to college for the prevent

The four year old son cf Vl r. and Frank K-* iton, near Pleasnnt di«d M mdiy eveninr «>t soariet fever, nfter about two week* sioknts*. A private funeral wms held this afternoon and interment made in WWt >n oemotory A two year old son of Warner Miller, west of St. Joseph’s college, was playing near a horse, yesterday, and was ki .iked or struck by the animal, and had a shoulder broken Dr. I. M. Washbu n gave the necessary surgical atten tion.

The continued slipping b«ok into winter by the weather, is bad on tile making business. At the Irwin tile mill they have made up a lot of tile, then bad it then ground the clay and made it over again, and so on, repeating the operation until for fear of wearing the clay out, they have quit trying to make tile until the weather gets settled. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Goff arrived

Monday afternoon, from their stay at Hot Spring, and both much improved in health. Mrs. Goff especially, whose stay was mnoh the longest, is considered entirely restored to hea th. After leaving the springs they went to Tulsa, Indian Territory, for about a week, to visit C. O. Sigler and family.

Today on the whole, there is apparent mnoh less hopeful feeling that the bank will pay "dollar for dollar” than yesterday. One thing that contributes to this deoreaae of hope, is the muoh inorsased esti mate of the liabilities of the bank to depositors, whioh many oonservats people estimate at over SbOO,000. The fact that the treat deed filed this morning does not yet contain the names of either of the wives of the parties making the deeds, contributes to this feeling of disoouragement; although we have what seems reliable authority for saying that at least one of the wives will join in the deed later.

The waathe’s performances yes terdai, beat its record breaking gymnastics of Inst Friday. From 29 degrees the night before the temperatuie rose to 61 degrees, or a rise of 35 decrees. Towards night ihe wind suddenly flipped »o the north and before morning the temperature touobed 26 degrees or a fall of 37 degrees. Over 30 degrees of this b>g tumble was made between 6 o’clooa p. m. and 6 o’olook a no.

M. D Gwin, of Indianapolis Medical College, is now home for a part of h s summer vacation. VI D has another year in co lege before he can a'd the M. Dto the other end of his name also, but when he does get the other M. D , he will get th re good and large, for he is acknowledged on all sides, to be one of the brighest and most thorough students in the whole college. He will work for a whi e at his old place in the county treasurer’s office, and later may go back to Indianap >lis for a considerable part of his vacation, as one of the head professors in the college ■ ffers him a fine chance to pursue his studies in a practical way, in his office.

WEDNESDAY Mrs. D. W Davatl want ti Danville yesterday for a several days visit with relatives Miss Oinda Maoklenburg returned home this morning after a few days visit with friends in LaFayette Mrs. Fred Lang, of Indianapolis, <* here visitiug her daughters, Mrs. Ed Hopkins, and Mis. Huston. Jesse E. Wilson, of our oity, has been appointed assistant sergeant at arms for the tenth distriot, at the Republican state convention which meets next week. Miss Fannie McC irthy, after a three weeks visit with her parents, returned to Washington D. C„ today to resume her studies in the Colombian Hospital. D. L. Hogan, who owns laud east of town, and has lived in the Stoner property here, all winter, left for Kankakee, 111., yesterday with his family to make their home.

Mrs. E. A. Aldrioh has retired from the the restaurant business, iu tbe Milroy building, near the depot. James Thompson is occupying the room she moved out of. ' F. L. Sizar, of Helena, Montana, is here visiting his old friend. F. A. Ross. He is a prominent mining expert, and oonneoted with Senator W. A. Clark’s mining interest.

T. J* MoOoy is still suffering greatly from bis sickness with appendeoitis, bat had an easier time last night than tbe night before. The sureness above the sffeoted part is also somewhat less* The curtain fell on the last act of the Barone H me Stocks faotory in Rensselaer, when the shop closed last night, That was the end of the fs> tory here, and today the tools end lumber are being loaded for shipment to Wabash.

Chairman Goodrich, of the Republican state committee, has been notified by the Indianapolis Passenger Association that a rate has been fixed for the State convention for one fare plus 25 oents for the round trip. The rate has been approved by the Central Passenger Association.

D* Dekker. a former well known resident of this county, now of LaMoure Go. Norte D-iS , is vis ting friends here today and will also visit.at his o.'d home in Keener I’p, He moved to North Dakota f.ur years ago, and is well satisfied with bis loifttion. The aseis’iint cashier and bookkeepers have beeu busy in the MoCoy bai’k, today, balancing up «c----coun‘B and finding just *• Abe<e they are at.” It is neoesaary m know the liabihtes aud a-seit-* tie fore the am unt «*f the as-tuneeV bank can he determined, it inu-t bo twice the value of toe prop-rev An exchange mentio s a bad shooting affair at North Hammond and says one participant was killed and the other 'atally wounded, and toat it is th ught tne latter wtU j die. A reasonably safe conclusion, truly. People fatull wounded are generally b d y hurt if not seriously injured.

Winfred Pence, foreman on th~ Nelson M nris ranch was d >wn Tuesday, looking i>» > he bai k situation a little. H-* and tne wife sre- the WrfeEt • ftrt-ofs.ittwo depositors yet reported. Chetr deposits am mat to SIO,OOO. A part of this belongs tu Mrs-. Pensa and came from the estate of her father, the late Andrew Arnold, of Barkley Tp. Contrary to the p iptibr beli-f the time for filling mortgage exemption wilt not expire until April 30th. The change of the law gives two monti s in wmoh to file exemptions and * Mey will n t be up until she Unt day of ihm month. There are. s>Ul qui'e a number who would b- benefited by taking apvantage of the law and it is only right that they should do so.

Through some efrange lapse ot attention the V dunr-us > M^s senger never mentioned uutii Tuesday, that Nelson J. B zar h, the perennial candidate for every I thing, of Valparaiso was ou* for the Democratic nomination for Governor. We cannot aooount for this strange oversight on the part of the Messenger, unless it happened that the »ffi ie d-vil got hold if always t-o stereo type plates announcing Nelae’a candidacy for any old > ffi ie that wee to be filled and obuoked it into the office “hell box.”

F. D. Craig, of Indianapolis, the former Rensselaer newspaper man who visited her last week, achieved quite a distinction at his hotel Monday night by OHptnring a burglar. Mr. Craig and bis wife discovered the man in their room at night and with the assiatanoe ot Mrs. Craig, the intruder was seized and held until he could be turned over to tbe police. Though possibly, from what is remembered of the comparative physical abilities of the estimable ouple, it might be more strictly soon rate to consider Mrs. Craig the principal and Mr. Craig the assistant in the affair. Anyhow they got the burglar.

Up to this tima there is every reason for believing and noue for disbtieving that Alfred and T. J. McCoy, and their respective families, wilt do everything in their power, and make every reasonable sacrifice, to pay every depositor and creditor in fall. The prompt filing of tbeir deed of trast. inoladiug all their real and personal property, ia prims faoie evidence of this. In regard to the faot that their wives did not sign thflrffoed of trust, tbeir attorneys that their signing this instrument would have no binding force at this time, bat that both have clearly expressed their intention to sign the deeds whenever any of the real-estate is sold.

THURSDAY C. E. Mills is improving very satisfaotori y from his sickness, bat is still oonfiaed to his bed. J. C. Harris does not improve in health, and the reverse if anything. He' is no longer able to sit np, and has little if any appetite,.

Miss Velma Tucker left for her home at Hortons file, Wisconsin t >dav. T- J. MiCoy is improving so fast from his sickness that his physician thinks he will be out in a w ek. Ron. John C. Winga'e, of Wingate. state tax commissions-, was in town a short time today, on his official rounds.

*J Orth Behm, of the First National Bank, of Lafayette, was here today. It is understood that his bank is one of the 'argest creditors of the McCoy bank, and that he was here on that account At one of the barber shop* a number of heavy depositors were bewailing their present impecunious condition last evening, when some one asked the barber if he wouid accept a bucket of stock food for shi es for the cro.rd 'Not much ” sa.d the barber, “too many long face 3in that bunch to catch me on that kind of a contract ”

The enumerator is now busy taking the number of school child>n the city It is to the interest of every citizen that all persons between the ages of six and t.ven-ty-one be enumerated. Every per son mis ed costs the city several do lars and everbody should help the enumerator as much as possi le, Mrs Lem Huston is again making tne enumeration for Rensselaer. She has until April 30, to complete the Work.

E N Parcells went to Kokomo last night and Mrs Parcells to Monticedo today, on account of the death of Mr Parcell ’ sister, Mrs. Mary Bennett She died at Kokomo, Wednesday evening, a'ter quite a long sickness, and at the age of 51 y ars She leaves a husband, two sons and two daughters. Tbeir home has always been at Monticello, until recently when th y moved to Kokomo, and she will be buried at Monticello. She was quite well known here, fiom numerous visits to her orotner and family. There was an exciting time in the circuit court at Delphi, Monday Four young fellows sons of piominent residents have been on trial for assaulting and badly injuring and then robbing an old soldier named Bill Tyler. The boys were Castle and Carroll Roberts, sons of Dr. Roberts, John Wolf and Ed Keith. They had t«o long trials, the first of which was a disagreement, and at the next, which ended last Saturday, a'l were found guilty and given two to fourieen years Monday hfternoon they were lined up for sentence, and then Castle Roberta and John Wolfe told the full story of the crime, claiming to have been the only ones implicated, and that the other two boys were in no way implicated. Judge Palmer granted those two a new trial.

There will be all kinds of days at the 8t Louis fiir. Toere will be an apple day, a peach day, a pear day, a plum day, etc., and upon cash of these days the fruit so honored will be given away to whomsoever may oare to eat it. For instance, Missouri will give away apples on apple day. Everyone at the fair may have an apple. Girls with red cheeks will get a big, red apple from the red apple belt; little dyspeptics with saffron complexions will get a a russett each; people on the water wagon will get Smith’s cider apple; pretty girls will get a maiden blush. Michigan will have a peaoh day, California will have a cantaloupe day and Georgia a watermelon day. Pumpkin day, of course, will be assigned to Indiana. Today’s Indianapolis Star has about a column of pretty -‘hot stuff” on the bank failure, and cn the first page with big headlines. Its aooount especially of a quarrel between two prominent oitizens is decidedly high colored, as compared with the faots. The Star has had a traveling correspondent right here, ever sinoe Tuesday, and of course he has to send in something readable or he would’nt earn his wages. Blodgett, the News

man, also had another long article in that paper, last night, mainly devoted to a sketches of Uncle Man and Torn. It. is written in a kindly spirit, but contains nothing that would be new to many of our readers. The Star’s article, in its later edition, has also Uncle Mao’s pioture and a'so the picture of the bank.

Although we have hard freezing weather here every night, we have escaped the rains and even enow storms that have reoeDtly visited other places. Thus in places west and soath and fven down as far as the ‘‘pooket” region of this state, there has just been the heaviest saow storm of the whole winter. Here we have now had eight days of wholly dry weather in succession, and as a result the farmers have had an opportunity to sow their oats. And even the heavy freezing at night has rot retarded them much. When tie ground was frozen too hard to work in the morning the seeders have been put to work, and in the afternoon, after the sun thawed the ground, the disos would get busy. The end ot this week will see about all the sowing done in this vicinity