Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1908 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XL

DUO RECEIVERSHIP AT GOODLAND

Henry C. Griggs, of Goodland, and Grant Hall, of Fowler, Practically Agreed on as Receivers. There was a large number of persons interested in the Baldwin & T> igue Goqdland Bank here last Friday morning, this having been the day set for the appointment by Judge Hanley of a receiver. State Auditor John Billheimer, Examiner Hinshaw of the auditor’s department, Attorney Ed White, of the attorney general’s department, L. A. Wiles, the cashier of the closed Goodland bank, Henry C. Griggs, J. A. Wickersham, W. W. Washburn, of Goodland; Chas. Spinney, Treasurer of Newton county, and a heavy depositor in the closed bank, Ira Drake and Attory Hume Sammon, of Kentland, were here, aud Wm. Dague and son Sam, of Fowler, were on hand and Judge Baldwin was represent ed by Attorney Albert G. Jenkins, of Logansport. T The bank creditors presented a petition signed by about 100 persons asking the appointment of 8. C. Spoor, of Goodland, as receiver. He was formerly engaged in the banking business there and is a highly esteemed man. He is past 2,0 years of age and Judge Hanley decided after talking with those interested that it would be better to have a younger man. The attor neys for the bankers wanted aLo gansport man named Boyer to act with the local receivers, but Judge Hanley decided that it was the creditors and not the bankers who should name the receivers, and the creditors did not care to have any persons outside of the counties where the failures oocured mixed up in the receivership. It was finally agreed that HenryU. Griggs, of Goodland, and Grant Hall of Fowler, should be the receivers, and while the appointment was not finally made, it probably will be tomorrow, the matter being delayed until Mr. Baldwin’s lawyer could consult with him. The appointment seems to give general satisfaction.

Attempted Suicide At Monon.

Mrs. George Sparrow, of Monon, whose husband was formerly a brakeman on the Monon locual, drank concentrated lye Thursday afternoon in an attempt to suicide. She is the mother of three children and had previously been insane, altho-for the past year she had seemed perfectly rational. Her husband lost his job as brakeman, following a wreck that occured at Lowell, last summer, he having failed to flag a train that ran into the rear end of the local. He is said to be dissipated, and his family was in destitute circumstances. Mrs. Sparrow was found shortly after she drank the lye w and a doctor was called. She was conscious and apparently rational and talked freely of her attempt to suicide, saying that her husband had failed to provide for herself and children and that they did not have enough to eat. She was horribly burned by the lye and Dr. Clayton is credited with saying that she could not live.

Planning Big Resort.

Plan* fora gigantic feature for the Calumet region, along the line* of she White City, in Chicago, and Coney Island, in New York, are on foot and slowly taking shape in the minds of Edward Talbot and Frank Punk, of Chicago Heights, who are the promoters. While everything is still in the embryonic state ‘things have advanced-toir tar as the sshstion ofjthe probable rite, and its rise; witfch is sixty acres around Lake Ga*its„<d«—Lotos county, cro in prising KindePs grove and land surrounding this amusement place.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1908

No Direct Answer To Challenge.

The Republican recently, over the signature of J. A. McFarland, issued a checker challenge to Wolcott or White county, for a team match game. Altho the challenge was mentioned in Monticello papers no response was received directly, but the prospects of a contest are good, judging from the checker ego exhibited by the Wolcott Enterprise in the following paragraph: “The Enterprise is informed that a Mr. McFarland, of Rensselaer, who claims to be a checker player, has taken up the defy issued by this paper to any checker player in these parts and wants ago with some of our crack players. We respectfully refer him to George Ferguson, W. H. Walker, Karl Jones, James Blake, Tom Robertson, Chas. Martin and others and believe that any one of the bunch named can take his measure. Rensselaer will have to show us that she has a better checkerplayer then -we can produce.” . - - ——- Personally we do not believe any one of the gentlemen named in the Enterprise is equal to the task of defeating Mr. McFarland, but he does not claim to be the entire checker club. Our neighbors will have to meet such other worthies as E. M. Thomas, Sam Stephens, Abe Halleck and W. N. Jordan, and we are not certain but a second team could be selected good enough to handle the crowd the Enterprise has indicated. To bring the matter to an issuejt is directly challenged that Wolcott meet a Rensselaer match te tm, five to eight men on a side at either Rensselaer, Wolcott or Reynolds, some night during the week of January 20 26. Let our confident neighbors now assert themselves.

Banner Sale of Season.

John A. Randle’s sale, at his farm near Pleasant Grove, Wednes(lav, was undoubtedly the best sale held this season and the prices were even right around last year’s high water mark. Michael Kanne bought John’s driving mare at the very good price of $220, one draft mare brought $202.50 and a three year old black mare brought S2OO, and other brought $l5O and more. Yearling cattle brought $31.75 and spring calves went for S2O. The sale totaled only a little less than $3,900, and of this amount $1,770 was paid in cash. Every farm that is vacated will be occupied by some other farmer who will need practically the same stock and equipment and there has been spirited bidding at all sales, find good prices have kept up.

Requisition for Prisoner.

A requisition has been issued by the governor of Illinois to the go verof this state for Arthur Love; a convict at the state prison in Michigan City. Love was sent up from Vigo county to serve from one year to three yean for petit larceny. He has served the maximum limit and will be released on Jan. 14, the date of the expiration of his term. At the time ot his charge he will be arrested oy an Illinois officer to answer to some offence committed in that state. Love is 43 years old. This is his first term at the Michigan Qty prison.

Granite ware first quality at lowest price ever offered at one hall price sale. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. '4 ■ Ji,' \ A few More pounds of duck and geese feathers for sale. Call early if yon wish any. . B. 8- Fendig. . , No matter aixxit What othare advertise, WfifibergwiH do better. | Jv’ol. •** .Ajno'X C The greatest eftat oftee seaadn, 1 yegreat asHTo^ w«r January 15,17 to 20 at the Chicago Bargain Store.

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

Three conventions were held in Rensselaer last afternoon, each selecting delegates to the republican district organizing convention at Lafayette and to the convention to be held in Rensselaer |to select delegates to the republican national convention. jThe results of the convention were as follows: Marion 1, Newton, Union South, —at Rensselaer, 1 delegate, 1 vote. To Lafayette, Jphn Martindale delegate, to select his own alternate. To Rensselaer, D. S. Makeever, del egate; Dr. I. M. Washburn, alternate. Marion 2, Marion 3, Milroy,—at Rensselaer, 1 delegate, 1 vote, To Lafayette, W. F. Smith, delegate, to select his own alternate. To Rensselaer, J. W. Williams, delegate; J. E. McClanahan, alternate. Marion 4—l delegate, j vote. To Lafayette, Garland Grant, delegate; Vv. V. Porter, alternate. To Rensselaer, A. J. Harmon, delegate; Noble York, alternate.

Justice J. M. Rawley, at Greencastle, has made his deferred decision in the Russellville bank from the ruling, of the Putnam county board of finance, the court deciding that the county board must deposit $20,000 of the county funds with the Russellville bank. The bank presented a bond, at the first of the year, for $25,000, and asked for an equal amount of deposit. The commissioner ruled the bank out on the ground that the application could not be for an amount equal to the bond, but must be 25 per cent less, and that the bank was inaccessible for the county treasurer. The court ruled that the matter of convenience does not figrye under the law as it now stands. The Bank of Russellville is at the northwest corner of the county and not readily reached from the county seat.

F. P. Morton, who held a sale Thursday, had one of the best sales reported this year, and prices were very satisfactory. Mr. Morton reld a sale last spring and based on that experience and taking in account the panic conditions he had invoiced his stuff before the sale, and made it alittle over $1,400. He was, therefore, very agreeably snrprised when told by the clerk that :it totaled only a little less than $1,700. His four cows ranged in price from $52 to S7O, one team of horses brought $225, and his Duroc Jersey hogs brought an average of S2O. Thru'an advertisement in the Republican's classified column, Mrs. Murton had sold her fine White Holland turkeys at prices ranging from $2.50 to $4 each. Mr. Morton has been a high grade farmer, raising only the very best stock of all kind?, and there has always been a ready market for what he had to sell. He now intends to quit farming and will move to Goodland next week, and will probably engage in business there a little later.

Included in the one half price sale double coated granite ware, on steel, no seconds, choice tor 25 cento 1« quart dish pans, 3 quart coffee pots, 6 and 8 quart stew kettles and pudding pans, etc, etc. / Chicago Bargain Store B. 8. Fendig will pay 8 cents per Sound ror good chickens, and good ucks, delivered, to Jan. 15. The price on several lots of overcoats cut just half into. Hurry and get one before they are all gone. ' Duvall A Lundy. ~ ■■ —UA ' 'I ** ' The one half price stele is on in full blast at the Chicago Bargain Store. «•» «• ■ .-**rf U nth Go’s window, all to go at 10 cento next Friday Jan. 17.

Republican Copvention.

Depository Law Ruling.

Another Cracking Sale.

STANDING OF CONTESTANTS

Contest will close March 14,1908? No votes will be received after 8 oclock p. m. of that day. Prizes will be awarded in the order given in the advertisement. In event of a tie vote for any of the prizes, the value of the prize wfll.be divided equally among ail who are tied. ( Grace Peyton 76310 Lelia Grant 36225 Mrs. Jce Halligan 34980 Bessie Hardy 28005 Grace Reed 1 2015 Fannie Porter 960 b Feme Parker 7050 Bernice Sayler 5975 Goldie Gunyon 3085 Ethel Clarke (A)4O Esther Padgitt 2900 Lillian McClanahan 2685 Kate Maxwell 2260 Qecil Rutherford 2215 Ethel McCarthy 2185 Mary Adams 1745 Bessie Moore 1530 Day Jordan 1190 Bertha Eldridge 1070 Mae Pettit 735 Mildred Watson 635 Blanche Gonwav 430 Pauline Ames 260 Carrie Pierce 245 Edna Donnelly 210 Amanda Lokotzki 100 plara Brusnahan 40 Fannie Roush 40 Leah Knox 35 Dollie Schock 35 Minnie Karch 30 Callie Baker 30 Edith Adams 10 Pearl Price 10 Grace Shepard 10 Ruth Yeoman 10 Mamie Cull 10 . Cenpth Jordan 10

Boys Beat Goodland At Basket Ball.

The first match game of basket placed by beys of the Rensselaer high school occured Friday night at the armory, and resulted in a victory for the home boys. The score was 31 to 15. The Goodland lads played pluckily and made several baskets from hard chances, and they played their positions better than Rensselaer, but were not as good individually. The game was not largely attended and altho somewhat livelier and having more players on each side it did not prove as popular as the girls’ games have in Rensselaer. On next Friday night a double header is to be played here, both thp boys and *girls being opposed by the boys and girls of the Brookston high school. It should draw out a large crowd. The line up is as follow: Goodland 15. Rensselaer 31. Smith r f Wood worth Rich 1 f Laßue, Beegrist Gillam c Myers Conway r g Huxford, Gowland Gravel 1 g Long Baskets:—Woodworth (5), Myers (5), Laßue (1), Seegrist (1), Rich (4), Gillman (g). Three throws, Wood worth (7), Gravel (3). Referee, Hwilips, Umpire Morgan. Time of Halves, 20 minutes.

Kankakee River High.

It is reported that the water has been about as high on the Kankakee thf past few days as ever known, especially in and around Water Valley, where it raised until the water went into the first floor windows of the Fogeli Hotel, forcing those living there to move into the second story. It was also high further east, twing nearly too high water mark in the Baum’s bridge coumry. The flood came from the heavy body of snow which went off with a rain.

Wild berg now has the nicest lind Of boys Suite in the city, price within reach of everybody, Also the prices cut half into on several lots of suits some sl# suite now $7,50 only a few toytos left. Dqvall A Lundy. 2 */ ■ Wildbhrg ndw baa the'nice* line of boys suite in the dty, price within reach of everybody.

A Warning To Creditors.

Possibly there is no need to sug--gest to creditors of the Parker bank at Remington that they should be extremely careful whom they select for trustee of the bank. It is understood th at both Jasper Guy and Chas. G. Beale are extremely acceptable to the banker, and this should be sufficient to cause the creditors in their effort to acquire all the information relative to the bank to select some other person. Jasper Guy has been Mr. Parker’s legal advisor, anil this should be against him. jasper Guy within the past four years has be adjudged guilty of au effort to Kill his brother-in-law, Tip Kenyon, and the creditors of the bank have the right to have a man of clean past record. ChaS. G. Beale is a high class young man, but he was associated with Mr. Parker for so many years that it would be better to get some man as trustee who is more a stranger to the Parker banking methods, for possibly it may develop that the bank has been indulging in peculiar methods even back to the time" when 'Mr. Beale was associated with it. Surely a cireful book keeper and confident of Mr. Parker’s for so many years should not be selected, even tho he be the very soul of honor, for he should nut be placed in a position to be accused of withholding any of the facts.

The Republican does not feel that it should do anything more than isape a fair warning to toe creditors. The examination of Mr. Hinshaw has developed such un expected things that it is best to have the entire course of the bank entered into by some thoroly qualified person in no manner obligated to Mr. Parker. In our opinion neither Jasper Guy nor Chas. G. Beale should be selected. ” Let the creditors get together and select a qualified man before the meeting next Saturday. If James H. Chapman, the Me Coy bank trustee, could be inc uced to serve, he would make an ideal trustee. His experience with, the McCoy bank, his qualifications as awyer, clerical officer, bookkeeper and real estate agent would make him the ideal man to handle the Remington bank to the best advantage, at the minimum ot expense. * The mainly important thing is to get a man of high qualifications*

Says Ade Is For Taft.

Orie B. Stonehill, editor of the Brook Reporter, who is taking quite an active interest in behalf of George Ade’s campaign, to be a delegate to the Republican national convention, writes that Ade is a Taft man thru and thru. This is contrary to the understandirg this paper previously had, apd, being the case, there is no person we could think of that we would sooner see go to the national convention than George Ade. Believing that the majority of the delegates, if not all of them, selected this Saturday afternoon will be for Taft, if the Fairbanks movement fails, we shall be pleased to correctly advise readers about how- Mr. Ade stands before the convention occurs.

Fancy Belleflower and Northern Spy down to $1.35 per bushel Including basket worth 15 cents. Chicago Bargain Store. 15,000 yards ot rare embroideries and lacee at the Backet Store. Best values sver offered in Rensselaer. Comeearly and get your choice of patterns. Begins next Monday morning. . 1.11. Wl. - * .J. B. 8. Fendig will pay 8 cents per pound for good chicken and good ducks to Jam Ih. r 1 1 1111 MW—*• When yep wneto theembroidery ■ate'do not forget the one-half price sale Gn clothing, cloaks, remnanto, etc., at the Chicago Bargain Store.

A Corn Moisture Tester.

Babcock & Hopkins have installed at .their elevator office an instrument for testing the amount of moisture in corn, and they are using it on all shipments. After the corn has been dumped in the elevator, shelled, dried and loaded ready for shipment it has been testing from 17 to 19 per cent watery and therefore gradt sas Nd. 3 corn on the eastern markets. Corn is divided into three shipping grades, No. 2 being corn that shows from 12 to 15 per cent water, No. 3 showing from 15 to 19 per cent water, and No. 4 showing from 19 tp 21 per cent. Corn with a greater per cent water than 21 per cent is called no grade corn. Itis only safe to ship the No. 1 and 2 grades to the east. This firm has tested corn as it enters the elevator from the farm wagon and have found that there is from 23 to 35 per cent water in the corn at that time. The price paid here is 40 cents a bushel, which is 2 cents less than is being paid at Remington, Goodland, Kentland and other places, but the corn over in that direction is showing a lees moisture test, and the elevators there are said to be having men separate the corn as it is dumped and throw the wet com back in the farmer's wagon, so that the difference is fully made up by the difference in price. Some cold weather would probably assist greatly in drying the corn. There is still considerable com in the field.

Firms That Issue Votes.

The following business firms will issue coupons in the Republican popularity voting contest, and will continue to do so thruout the contest, which will close on March 14: The G. E. Murray Co. R. P. Benjamin. D. M. Worland. Fred Phillips. B. F. Fendig. G. J. Jessen. H. F. Parker. E. D. Rhoades. Mrs. Purcupile. Mrs. Imes. Mrs. Goff. B. N. Fendig. Matt Worden. x Branch & Hamilton.

One half price sale on clothing, cloaks, remnants etc. Jan. 6th to Baturddy'Jan. 25th. Chicago Bargain Store. The regular monthly ten cent social by the Methodist ladies’ aid society will take place Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 14th, at the home of Mrs. Sylvester Gray. All are invited. Members are especially requested to be present, as the election of officers will take place. Twenty-five eent embroideries and laces on sale all next week at the Bracket Store, embroideries at 10 cents, laces at 5 cents. 2,800 yards of new embroideries, 4 to 16 inches wide, choice of lot 10c per yard, Thursday, January 16, to 20th, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Be first at The Murray Co’s embroidery sale next Fiiday Jan. 17. Pool tournament at the Little Indian Thursday night Prizes awarded. Any one can enter. Come to the great annuaL'and only embroidery sale, January 16, to 20, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Greatest embroidery and lace on record, at the 99Cent Racket Store. All week of Jan. 13 and 18. About 15,000 yards to be sold, the embroideries at 10 cents and the Vai laces at 5 cento. 1 Goods worth; up to 25 cents a yard. No realtor about what others advertize, Wiklberg wtibdo better. F a*. * »<l< aw «»'• a';' Big reduction'on duck and Mafaf workooata A Jfall line of aizoa from 34 to 50. < Duvall * Lundy.

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