Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 January 1907 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XXXIX,

MURDER SENSATION INTERESTS RENSSELAER

Chicago's latest murder sensation has a direct local interest for Rensselaer people. Lately a young woman named Emiiy Miller died in a hospital in Chicago and her body was taken to Boone county, 111., her former home for burial, by Chauncey Johantgen her reputed lover, who gave out that her death had followed an operation for appendicitis. Her relatives after wards got suspicious and had her body exhumed and an examination showed that death had resulted from a criminal operation. Johantgen was arrested and he implicated Dr. H. W. Fox, for whom a warrant has been issued but who has so far kept in hiding. The circumstance which gives to the affair its local interest, is that the Miller girl is the person who was married in Chicago on Jan. Ist 1902, to Charley Vick, of our city, who already had two wives and who resected her three w c’rs after his bigamous marriage. The subsequent pursuit of Young Vick and his arrest and escape, in the southern part of this state, was fully related at the time.

Regarding his saamage to Miss Miller a Monday’s Chicago paie? gives his picture and says: CLAIMS ROYAL LINEAGE. Vick met Miss Miller while she was visiting her sister, Mrs. James Hanrahan, 219 Wood street. His courtship was brief. He told his sweetheart that he was the sou of a wealthy farmer, and that he was •descended from George 111., that his family belong to the old Southern aristocracy and had given its name to Vicksburg. These sta ements had their effects on the impressionable girl. After dinner at Mrs. Hanrahan’s on New Year’s the couple went to Justice Under’ wood’s court and were married. After three week of married life Vick gave Mrs. a cheek for $lO “to show his appreciation,’ and left town. The check proved to be bogus. He was arrested later but baled out by one of his father-in-law and disappeared.

Death Of Mrs. Daisy Willis Hawkins.

Another 01 those particularly sad deaths, that of a young wile and mother who leaves a family of young children to suffer the lifelong and irreperable loss of a mother’s love and care, occurred Thursday, Jan. 3d, at Anderson, this state. It was that of Mrs. Daisy I Willis Hawkins, wife of Vermont Hawkins and oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose I. Willis, of our city. She had been in failing health for quite a long time, and since the birth of a little daughter two weeks ago, her decline has been constant and beyond the skill of the doctors to ar rest or alleviate. A general decline of strength and vigor seems to have been the sole cause of her death. She was born in Rensselaer on March 10th, 1879, and her age at death was 27 years, 9 months and 23 days. She lived in Rensselaer all her life until she was married to Vermont Hawkins on May 19th, 1900, since which time And rson has been her home. Her husband survives her and three young children, the youngest being the daughter born about two weeks ago. Her parents also survive her and her mother was by her side when she passed away.

Our embroidery sales have al ways attracted many purcba era, and this year we have the finest line ever offered for sale. Don’t forget the date. Jan. 9th at 9 o’clock. Porter & Kresler. [ Hay For Sale. I have 25 tone of hay for sale cheap, either timothy or clover, as desired. E. P. Honan. Embroidery sale Wed. Jan. 9. Porter * Kresler.

NO. 36.

Tae first business change for the new year that has so far came to the surface is the changing hands of the McColly grocery store, near the depot. This is the busi. ess originally conducted by McColly & Coen and later by John F. McColly &Son, and after the senior McColly’s death, by his sou John. In all it has been running for about 12 years. The stock and business has now been sold to T W. Grant and Frank Ro wen. The changeof possession has* not yet been effected, and will not be until Monday Janurary 14th. It will be run by Mr. McColly until next Thursday, Jan. 10, and then be closed for invoicing and will not reopen until the following Monday, when the new firm will be in possession. Mr. McColly, the retiring owner, has not yet made any definite plane for his future. —-.7.

Remington Press: Another happy wedding was co ns u mated New Year’s day at high noon at the home of the bride’s father A. A. Fell two miles west of: town, the contracting parties being, Miss Ida Fell and Mr. Simeon < Tyler. Promptly ou the stroke of. noon the bride and groom attended J by Mr. Chas. Fell, a brother of the, bride and Miss Cora Tyler a sister’ of the groom, marched down stairs 1 to the strains of Lohengrin’s wedd ing march played by Miss Callie Bonner, and took their stand in the parlor, where the Rev. C. W. Postill, pastor of the M. E. church of Fowler, and formerly of this place quickly tied the nuptial knot in the presence of over 50 relatives and intimate friends. After hearty congiatulations a sumptuous dinner was served by Bowman & Son. This most excel lent young couple were the recip ients of mgny handsome and useful presents, and left on the evening train from Goodland for Chicago amid a deluge of rice and old shoes. After a week’s stay in Chicago they will be at home to their many friends at the Fell home, where they will make their home. The out of town guests were Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Fell of Auburn, Ind., Miss Alberta Smith and Ray Tyler of Chicago and Miss Nettie Price of Rensselaer.

One of the most interesting features pf the Farmers’ Institute here this week was the butter show organized by BD. Comer. There were nine competitors for three prizes offered by Mr. Comer for first, second and third best pounds of butter made on a DeLeval separator. Of these nine competitors, Mrs. James Shepherd, Mrs. Henry Wil son, Mrs. Belle Garriot, Mrs. Ollie Garriott, and Mrs. Harvey Davisson were from Union township. Mrs. Eli Arnold and Mrs. Eib were from Barkley and Mrs. Inez Nichols and Mrs. Emory Garriott from Marion. ' Mr. Fidler, of Purdue University was the scorer. Mrs. Kli Arnold won first premium, $1.50, on a score of 95. Mrs. Belle Garriot and Mrs. Eib each scored 94 and divided the sec nd prize of 11.00. Mrs. Emory Garriot won third prize 50 cents, with a score of 93. All these scores were very high, as may be supposed from the fact that the best score made by any butter at the St. Louis fair was only 97.

O. K. Ritchey’s big prize tom bronze turk will be at the poultry show this week, and four very fine hens. Be sure and see them. A comfortable office room 16 by 20 it for rent heat and light furnish* ed 172.00 per year. B. Fobsyth. Porter & Kpeeler’s big annual embroidery sale will take place Wednesday, Jan. 9th, at 9 o’clock, rvwpa-- ; * f fi* • j. ! r

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1907.

McColly Store Is Sold Out.

Fell-Tyler Wedding.

A Good Butter Exhibit.

ISSUD EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FRIDAY ISSUE IS THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

Come King Solomon Game On This Case

* A jury of six men in Squire Irwin’s court had about as puzzl ing a case before them Friday as old Judge Solomon, of the Supreme Court of Jerusalem had some years or more ago when two women claimed to be the mother of the same baby and each vociferously demanded the custody of the child. Solomon ordered his room bailiff, whose pictures look a great deal like he might have been the immediate ancestor of Oliver Robinson, the veteran bailiff of circuit and justice courts here, to cut the baby intwo, as evenly as he could and give each woman a half. Solomon gave the bailiff a sly wink with the order, by which the latter understood that the order was all a bluff, and only the motions of getting ready for the division were to be made. By the time this | was done the real mother wilted,just as wise old Sol knew she would and she got the whgle baby and the other woman was soaked with the costs.

In the case that was tried Friday the matter in contention was more susceptible of division than in the case Squire Solomon had and the precedent of his order and not his performance, was carried out. Another resemblance this case had to Solomon’s was that both parties to it 'o live ‘‘over Jordan way.” They were Frank Welsh, plaintiff and Mot Ritchey, defendant. It seems that way back in 1901 Mr. Ritchey went around with a subscription paper taking subscriptions for a fund to improve the Welsh cemetery, part of which subscriptions were paid and part to be collected later. In September of that year Mot was going 10 Kansas and Oklahoma on a trip, and he was over in Mr. Welsh’s neighborhood, and had the subscription paper with him,- and showed it to Frank and explained to him that the names marked with an X had paid theif* subscriptions, and the others not. Those paid footed up $17.50. That Mr. Ritchey offered to leave the paper and money with Frank, both parties agree, but Frank says he was doing rough work in rough clothes, in moving a house, and wet with sweat, and he asked Mot to take the paper and money to his house and give it to Mrs. Welsh. Mot did not remember of taking either to the house, but Mrs. Welsh says he brought a paper of some kind and handed to her, but no money. Bat Mr. Welsh is “positive Mr. R’tchey did not hand

over any money, and Mr. Ritchey is just as positive that he did. Both are men of thoroly good standing, financially and for veracity, and both undoubtedly were entirely in good faith in what they swore to; while no very important’ corroborating evidence was offered by either. Therefore the jury, after wrestling with the problem for some time, agreed that each man should pay to the cemetery trustee half of the $17.50 in dispute and each also to pay half of the costs of the trial. This verdict was in accordance with a suggestion made in his argument by Mr* Halleck, attorney for Mr. Ritchey, and members of the jury say that it was either that or a dis agreement. It was an unusual verdict, and Frank Foltz, attorney for Mr. Welsh, says he never knew of one just like it before—tho he may not have read about King Solomon’s case.

Baby won’t suffer five minutes with croup if you apply Dr. Thomas Electric Oil at once. It acts like magic. See Os Ritchey’s big bronze tom turk at the poultry show this week. Highest score at Chicago poultry how, 97 points. Weighs 46 lbs. Also two hens 26 and two 24 lbs each. He will have a few young birds for sale. I Miw Clara Peters, the optician, will be at Kentland all of this week.

Old Uncle Bill N. Is At It Again.

Columbus, Ind. Paper: William Jones who lives in the northern part of the state and who owns to be seventy five years of age, dropped into the Drake Bowling Alleys ou Third street Wednesday afternoon and literally took all of the bowlers into camp. Wednesday night he repeated the performance with the exception of one game and that he would probably have won if the lights had been"arranged so that he could see the pins. ___ ' Mr. Joaes is visiting his sister Mrs. Henry Doup, who lives near this city and whenever he gets near a bowling alley he remembers his old time bowling days. Wednesday he decided to try things here a little bit and some of the younger bowlers thought he would be a ‘‘puddin” for them. They guessed dead wrong however, because Mr. Jones defeated all comers and good scores. He got better the longer he bowled and to night he is going to show the young fellows a thing or two. Last week at Indianapolis he bowled five games in which his average was better than 198 and in three of the games his averoge was over 200. He knows the game from beginning to end and i& going to try and smash the local record the next tfme he takes a whirl at the local alleys. In spite of the fact that Mr. Jones is seventy-five .years old he handles the ball like a young ster and can predict just what pins he will strike and what he will leave standing.

Hammond’s Gretna Green Business At An End.

For some months past Hammond has been the recognized Gretna Green of the vicinity of Chicago, having practically supplanted Benton Harbor, Mich., as the resort of eloping hnd other cheap and easy marrying people from Chicago. The licenses were issued right there by a deputy county clerk while a justice of the peace, McMahon, had an office in the superior court house at Hammond and tied the knots as fast as the clerk made out the licenses. Me was getting rich from his marrying business and other justices made a holler about his having an office in the court house while they had their in their hats, on thesidwalks, or wherever else they could, and McMahon was shut out from the court house. But the row *<( tb

kept up and reached such a stag.that the county clerk at Crown Point revoked the appointment of his deputy clerk at Hammond and now if anyone is married in Lane County they have to go to Crown Point first to get their license. Clerk Wheeler at Crown Point says his action shutting out the issuing of licenses at Hammond is final and irrevocable.

A bunch ol keys on one of the Ideal Store advertising key rings awaits an owner at that store. The annual baby show takes place here on Saturday of this week, the last day of the poultry and pet stock show. Two handsome baby cabs for the prettiest baby are offered as prizes. One for babies not over nine months old; and one for babies from nine 'to eighteen months old. The 99 Cent Racket Store. The%w priced lace and embroidery sale will continue all week. Rare bargains in fine material. I have inaugurated a great clearing sale on all winter goods, including underwear, blankets, quilts, ladies skirts, fleece lined shoes ana stockings, while on furs I am making a2O per cent reduction which means that I am selling them at less than cost. See the big ad the last of the week for the enameled ware sale which will continue all week. The 99 Cent Hackett Store proposes to keep in the lead as a money saver to Ito patrons, and asks every one to keep posted on its prices.

Fair A Great Success.

The Catholic church fair which ended last Saturday night broke all past records in magnitude of patronage and amount of financial returns. The entirecamount of the receipts was $3,150, and from this is to be deducted expenses of between s4oo’ end SSOO, leaving net returns of somewhere about $2,700. Saturday evening the attendance was something enormous, as that was the time when the most valuable premiums were to be disposed of and the popularity contest to end. The most valuable prize went to Addison Parkison, now spending the winter at Burnett, California. This consisted of a good horse, top buggy and harness and all valued at about $250. Mr. Parkison had left instructions that in case he'got this prize, the items composing it were to be sold at auction at once, and 850 of the proceeds to be given to the church and the rest sent to him. They brought in the aggregate, 8228 leaving a net amount of $l7B to go to Mr. Parkison. * The next most valuable prize was a fine bedroom set, complete worth $75 which went to Mrs. Mat Worden. Other premiums awarded Saturday night were as follows: Cow, Theodore George. Ladies Cloak, W. C. Babcock. Poland China Hog, J. L. Babcock. Duroc Hog, F. P. Meyer, Danville, 111. O. I. C. hog, D. J. Harris. Corn, Tom Lonergan. Overcoat, Abe Wartena. Suit of clothes, G. B. Porter. Breaking plow, F. Spitznagel, Lafayette. Chamber set, J. L. Nichols, S. Dakota. Two tons hard coal, Jud Fitzpatrick, Editor Francesville Tribune.

Six foot water tank. W. Wylie. Heating stove, Frank Weging. Ladies fancy hat, Levi Souleigi e. Toilet and manicure set, Anna Palzer. The popularity contests were perhaps the most interesting features of the fair, and the nearer they came to the end the more interesting they became. The total proceeds for the four contests was $1,212.22. The sums received by the different contestants were as follows: Young ladies contest: Miss Emma Lane, $129 68. Miss Grace Worlqnd §178.21. Prize a gold wa'ch. Married ladies contest: —Mrs. Joe Thomas, *131.41. Mrs. Steve Kohley, $202.79. Prize a gold watch. Married men's contest: L.;w Harmon, $.119. J. J. Eiglesbach, $213.00. Prize a $75 diamond ring. Young men’s contest: , Owen Callahan, $37.30. Peter Hordeman. S2OO. Prize a gold watch . The ladies who were serving the suppers bad a strenuous time Saturday evening, also, the total num ber of meals served being about 200.

Diphtheria io Milroy. Last Saturday a little son of Joseph Grouns, a mail carrier in Chicago died at the home of James Blakemore, father of Mrs. Grouns, in Milroy township. The little boy's death was caused by diph* theria and two younger children now have the disease and several older ones have been attending school since the sickness began. As a result Trustee Huston has closed all four schools in the township. The boy that died was named Joe and was five years old. Special grocery prices for this sale at the Chicago Bargain Store opposite court house For Sale At my farm 2 miles east of ftenselaer for the next 10 days one hundred Plymouth Rock Cockerels. W, R. Sheeler.

Old Time News.

Fifty-Oaa Years Ago. JASPER BANNER, Jan. 3rd 1856. W. L. Webster began to advertise. He had bought out the general store of Halstead and Harding. Mrs. Mary Greenfield, wife of Aaron Greenfield, of Marion Tp., died on Dec. 12th, aged 50 years. Another new advertiser was S. N. Monroe, who was a jeweler and watch and clock repairer. An extended editorial announced that the much talked of thru east and west road was dead, so iar as its being built east from Fort Wayne was concerned, but held oit that something might still be done by commencing at thejlllinois line and building east. That prospect also went glimmering, as nave something like two score others since then. Under the heading of “Big Hogs” it was stated that a hog had been butchered at Delphi which dressed 726 pottnds and more that each netted over 500 pounds. We have an idea that the big hog element is still present at Delphi, judging from some of the lawsuits Trustee Chapman has had-in the McCoy case. Miss McCullough’s scholars got up a “picknick” on New Years Day which was declared to have been a very nice affair.

A fatal accident occurred four miles from town, on Dec. 28th. Wilson Lewis struck a stone while driving across the prairie and was thrown from his sleigh with such violence that he died before medical aid could reach him. A ten line paragraph disposed of that interesting and tragical occurrence. Wm. Pierce, presumably the late W. C. Pierce whose death occurred last fall, had given the editor a “mamouth” applet that weighed one pound and five ounces and beat anything yet produced in Jasper county. Most as much space was devoted to the big apple as to the fatal accident. Several of our most respectable citizens had engaged in a fight the week before in which several hard knocks had been received. It was stated as a lamentable fact that most of the fighting recently had been between persons of respectability and reputed piety.

Watch the Label on Your Caused Goods

The pure food law went into effect the first of the’ year. Now look at the label of your canned goods and you can tell whether it is pure or has-been adulterated. The puie food law requires that all food stuffs shall have the word “adulterated” printed on the label, and by an inspection of the label yon can tell whether the goods are pure or not. Any one selling adulterated food without first telling the purchaser—in case it is not in packages—i- liable to a fine and imprisonment. That is the reason that some of the mail order houses have quit the grocery business, the stuff that they carry in stock being the cheapest grade procurable.

For any disease of the skin we can recommend Chamberlain’s Salve. It releives the itching and burning sensation instantly and soon effects a cure. This salve is also invaluable for sore nipples. Remember the National Bronze Turkey Association awards their Indiana State prize here next week at the poultry and pet stock show, a beautiful 125 silver cup. Entries from any part of the state are eligible, and many have already been made from outside counties: For Sale. Half interest in good paying barber shop in Rensselaer. Inquire at this office. ■■ ■■■■■■—■ ■! I ■ * » 5000 yards of chain embroidery to be fold Jan. 9, 6 cento and 10 cents. Porter & Kresler.