Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1908 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XL

DEATH CLAIMS WM.H.EGER

Well Known Hardware Dealer Saccombs After Short and Painful Sickness. William H. Eger, for the past twenty years engaged in the hardware business in Rensselaer, and one of our best known and most highly esteemed citizens, died at 9:50 o’clock Saturday night, after an illness that confined him at home only since Thursday night. Heart failure and a badly congested condition of the lungs wfere responsible for death. Mr. Eger had been a sufferer from a weak heart for fully twenty-five years and had on several previous occasions almost succumbed to the attacks. Last year for some time he was confined at his home with rheumatism and he had not recovered his former vigor since that time, but recently he had b»n in fair health. On Thursday eveninghe told his brother John that was feeling better, and that evening friends were at the house and he was apparently feeling very well and laughed and joked with them. Friday morning he got up and dressed bnt he was soon seized with tha heart pains and it was recognized that his condition was esrions. Respiration was very difficult and he could not lie down. He became very much worse Friday evening when violent fits of coughing were followed by blood hemorrhages. |A counsel of physicians was held in the night and it was agreed that there was no hope for his life. Daring most of Saturday he suffered from the conghing spells and the accompanying hemorrhages, and was in great agony until given a hypodermic injection of morphine. He then rested seme and for the last two hoars he was apparently unconscious and death came painlessly. Mr. Eger has had a long and honorable business career in | Rensselaer, and his unexpected death has cast a shadow over the entire community. He was the oldest child of Michael Eger and wife, and was bora at Lafayette on Nov. 25th, 1851, being 56 years and 2 months old. His parents came to Rensselaer when be was only two yean of age and be has since re sided here. In his earlier life he worked as a tinner for Norman Warner, and he was also at one tisae a partner with his brother, John, in the grocery business. For the past twenty years he has been in the hardware business and has built np a large and successful business. He was Ang. 20, 1882, to Mary D. Duvall, and to their anion were born three children, all of whom survive; viz. Mrs. Bessie Grant, Oleve, aged 22, a * student at Purdue University, and Harry, aged 19, a student in the high school. His mother also survives, as do the following sisters and brother, Mary, Lizzie and Oarrie, at home, John, the groceryman and Mrs. Emma Maloy, of Lowell. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon ot 2:30 at the family rerfdence on Division street. It hill be under the oharge of the Maaouie lodge of which he was a member, and Rev. J. OL Parrett will be the minister. Interment in Weston oemetery.

Farmer Renssselaer Girl Married.

Lola next oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Warden formerly of Rensselaer, bat who moved to Wabssh about two years ago, was married Saturday Jan. 18, 1908, at five o’clock, to Mr. Gay Chaffee of Peru, immedlatly alter the ceremony they took their departure lor their fbtnre borne at Dead Wood, South Dakota, where Mr. Chaffee it in business. All 12.50 to 15.00 men’s .heavy weight winter pants now fLSO to 19*60 at Bowles ft Parker’soothing and ahoe store.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1908

Farmers Short Course a Grand Success.

The Farmer’s Short Course held at Purduo University January 16, 1908 was a grand success in every way. More than 1100 farmers and their wives registered and took the work. The course was so arranged that lectures and demonstrations on the various phases of. corn, stock, horicnltnre, dairying, poultry and domestic science were given every day. Interesting and popular entertainments were provided for the evening sessions and at these meetings the people were favored with selections from the various musical organizations of the University.

The corn and fruit shows held in connection with the course were successful from every standpoint. More than 133 plates of fruit were entered for the 8300 offered in preu limns. This show did much to Injtorest the young men in horticultural work. Over 225 samples of corn were on exhibit in the com show room. The quality of these was beyond that ok previous years and showed clearly) the effect which prvious corn schools mid the locals shows are having upon corn growers.

John R. Glisby of Aroola, 111., a prominent corn breeder and an expert oorn judge, awarded the pre minms. The four handsome silver

trophies were awarded as follows: Johnson county trophy, valne $150,. for the beet sample white corn, won by L. B. Gore, Franklin, Ind* Gray trophy, valne SIOO, the best sample yellow oorn, won by Harvey Gray, Galveston, Ind. Volgar trophy, value $75, lor best ear of dent corn, won by H. M. Stout, Trafalgar, Ind. American Hominy Company trophy, value SSO, for the best ear hominy corn, won by S. R. Jones, Terre Haute, Ind. Dean J. H. Skinner gave the farewell address Saturday morning in which he expressed his appreciation of the work done. This meeting was the most enthusiastic of all and it was voted that the 1906 Farmer’s Short Course was the most successful ever held and the results aoooftplished more extensive and lasting than those of any previous oorn school.

Culp-Moliter Wedding.

Mr. Otis E. Culp and Misb Emma Molicor were married at Reynolds Wednesday, at 8:30 a. m. at the Catholic parsonage. Father Siemtz officiating. The couple were accompanied by John and Mary, brother and sister of the bride.

A wedding reception was given at the home of the bride’s parent, Mr. and|Mrs. J. J. Molitor and at 6 o’clock an elegant wedding dinner was served to about 60 gneeta. The decorations consisted of ferns and carnations. The bride was daintly attired in white silk. The guests from a distance were Mrs. T. M. Brown, Dwight, 111., Mr. and Mrs. Fred Genthner, Chi cago, sisters of Mrs. Molitor. Mias Maryj Molitor, Valparaiso and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Long, of Monon, sister of the groom. Many useful and valuable presents were left aa souvenirs of the happy)evenb The* groom is a well known thrifty young farmer and has resided near Francesville for several years. The bride is a most estimable young lady and has made a large circle of Mends during her four years residence in their present home fonr miles west of Franoeeville. Thursday they started on an unlimited wedding trip. After their return they will reside at the Gulp home near Erancesville.

If yon want to get a good hone or a good mule don’t foil to attend J. V. Leah’s sale on Jan. 38th. Goal in big lumps ft a ton. Brandi & Hamilton. ■ ' r

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

STANDING OF CONTESTANTS

Contest will close March 14,1908. No votes will be received after 8 oclock p. m. of thatjday. 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 1 the prize will be divided equally among all who are tied. - Grace Peyton 102960 Lelia Grant 51960 Mrs. Joe Halligan 38030 Bessie Hardy 30925 Grace Reed 16240 Fannie Porter , 10375 Feme Parker 9250 Bernice Sayler 8850 Lillian McClanahan 6698 Kate Maxwell 5480 Esther Padgitt 4400 Goldie Gunyon 3860 Ethel McCarthy 3560 Ethel Clarke . 3485 Cedi Rutherford 2315 Mae Pettit 1850 Mary Adams 1845 Bessie Moore 1830 Day Jordan 1515 Bertha Eldridge lO7O ' Mildred Watson 685 Blanche Cenwav 465 Edna Donnelly -rs 386 Leah Knox 316 Pauline Ames 200 Curie Pierce 245 Amanda Lokotski 100 Mrs. Alice Potts 100 Dollie Schock 60 Clara Brusnahan 40 Fannie Roush * 40 Minnie Karch 30 Callie Baker 30 Edith Adams 10 Pearl Price 10 Grace Shepard 10 Ruth Yeoman 10 Mamie Cull 10 Cenoth Jordan 10

Some weeks ago Dr. Gwin, acting in the capacity of city health officer, had occasion to call upon an old doctor who Vas stopping at the Makeever Hotel, and whose ad vance advertising had proclaimed in glowing pterins that specialists from a great institute *of medicine and surgery would be here to heal all the sick that would apply to them. The advertising smacked eo loudly of deceit that the Republican refused to pablish it, and when the self-styled “specialists” arrived it developed they were traveling in the singular and that there was no tangible evidence of “eminence” about him. He looked and talked very quacky. Dr. Gwin decided that the proper fhing to protect die public from deoeits of this character would-be to have a city ordinance passed that ft would require these people to take out a city license in order to practice. The ordinance as proposed seems entirely reason able and we helieve should be passed by the| council. These traveling doctors are usually not successes in a located field and the people because they have made remarkable claims do so at'no small amount of risk. The bill is not introduced because the local M. Ds. fear|(soch competition, but is aimed to protect the public against fraud. It is not im probable that, so far as the local physicianr are concerned, they would get more business in correct ing the blunders that the quacks have committed than they would from the patients that patronize the quacks, if they had taken home treatment in the Ant place. The ordinance will not prevent any person calling a doctor from any other place, and is simply aimed to prevent quacuery. It would not effect Dr. Rose Bemmek, the optician as she is credited with a Rensselaer residence* As regards the effeot on business, these people patronize only the newspapers and the hotels, and they use the first to deceive and should be turned down by all just as the Republican turned the last one dewn. The passage of the ordinance will be a very proper preoeeding.

A Very Meritorious Ordinance.

Bee the new candy store. McKay’s Model.

George Age Is For the President.

Seeking to learn just where George Ade stands in relation to his preference fpr a republican presidential candidate, the editor of the Eentland Enterprise asked the following question of W. H. Ade,, George’s brother: “Who is George Ade for if he is elected a delegate to the national con vendor?’’

Mr. Ade replied, “My brother, George Ade, is honestly and sincerely for the nomination of VicePresident Fail banks tor th<T presidency. He is an admirer of Mr. Fairbanks, and will do all in his power either as a citizen’or delegate to bring abont his nomination. If in the judgment of the members of the national convention Mr. Fairbanks cannot secure | the coveted nomination. I speak with solemn assurance to the voters of the tenth congressional district, that my brother is in heartylsympathy with President Roosevelt, and will stand to the end for a man who will carry outbids policies. My brother is an ardent admirer of the President, mid when I say that he will stand by him, I know whereof I speak”. Mr. Ade added with a laugh, “If George is not in sympathy with the President, I am against him myself..”

The enterprise then makes the following comment: “This is enough. It pleased us greatly to make this announcement, and we are glad that the clever Indiana humorist occupies a position so thoroughly in sympathy with the voters of his connty and district, Bnt this might be expected for George Ade followed the newspaper business too long, not to know just exactly what to do.”

T. A. Besse Likes South Dakota.

T. A. Besse writes a good letter to the Republican from Britton, 8. Dak., remitting for two year’s subscription and says he had a good crop last year and has 550 acres plowed for spring. He regrets that he did not move to that country some years sooner. He says the winter has mild and the roads are in fine condition. Britton is the connty seat of Marshall oonnty, and is a very nice town. Land there is worth from $25 to SSO per acre. He says that it costs a great deal to get out there and get located bnt after a year of good crops one will not regret the move.

Billy Martin Takes up the Gauntlet.

Billy Mai tin when i sked it he would accept Randolph Wright’s challenge to wrestle any man in Jas per county, side holds and conoede fifty pounds in weight, says, “I will wrestle Wright at the opera house here on aoy date, any holder, any weight and will bet him 425 he can’t throw me, 3 points down, two best out three falls. He can arranre everything with my manager, Joe Thornton. Billy says he is in good condition, bard as nails. He bas been chopping cord wood and buildidg roads all winter.

Disastrous Fire at Morocco.

A fire broke oat Sunday night in the rear of McDonald A Riffle’s West Side restaurant at Morocoo, and after destroying that building, which belonged to fi. T. Hope, the flames communicated to Irvin’s harness and hardware store, and to the Handley photograph gallery np stairs, the vacant room formerly occupied by John Darling’s saloon was then burned, and then Bell A Atkinson’s barber shop and Isaac Fnrdy’s meat market were burned. Tbs fire was halted before it reached the large store of J. D. Kessler. Most of the buildings were frime structures, and there is said to have been very little insurance.

A beautiful souvenir for every •10.00 worth of eoapOns. rChicago Bargain Store.

OBITUARY OF JOS. B. SPARLING

Oldest Resident-Born Citizen Spent Entire Life In Jasper County. Soldier In 48th Indiana. The funeral of Joseph- B. Spar* ling occurred last Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, at his late residence, 1} miles southwest of this city. Rev. B. F. Ferguson/ of the Baptist church, conducted the service, and interment was in Weston cemetery. The local G. A. R. Post acted with the minister in performing the funeral rites. Deceased was born Nov. 23,1837, at Rensselaer, Ind., and passed away Jan. 21, 1908, at the age of 70 years, one month and 29 days. Daring his early childhood his parents lived in Rensselaer on ground now occupied by the howles House. Being the second child of white parentage bom in Jasper county, and the oldest at the timer his death, he had witnessed the growth of the county from its pioneer days into a pros* porous and populous community. When the deceased was about ten years of age his parents moved to the Sparling homestead southwest of Rensselaer, where he has constantly resided. In the early years of the civil war Mr. Sparling answered the call to arms and enlisted as a member of 00. K. of the 48th Indiana regiment of infantry. His regiment was assigned to doty in Kentucky and along the Mississippi. He continued in service uptil sickness forced his retirement.

On March 12, 1865, he was married to Mary Hammond. Two children, Samuel E., and Francis D. Sparling, and an adopted daughter, Glen, are the remaining members of the family. The parents of the deceased, Samnel L. and Julia Sparling, died some years ago. Four brothers and sisters are still living, viz Henry aod Ella reside in DeMotto, Frank lives in Kansas, and Sarah in lowa. - On aceouqj; of sickness none were able to be present at the fnneral bnt Mrs. Ella Peck, of DeMotto.

Rensselaer Triumphs.

Before a packed honse at Lowell Rensselaer defeated the pick of the Lowell High School, 26 to 7. The game was’ldevuid of spect acular work the hard, grinding team play of the Rensselaer girls won.

Alice Coen and Agnes Thomas at the forwards rarely foiled to make a basket wben given the ball. Coen threw 15 baskets and Thomas 11. Hazel Hard playing first center, played better than ordinary ball.

Lowell is Rensselaer’s keenest rival but the most excellent treatment is always accorded a visiting team from here. About 15 rooters accompained the team.

Small Blaze in Nowels House.

By some one carelessly throwing a burning cigar into a pile of shavings in the vacant room of the Nowels Block formerly occupied by the drug stock of F. B. Meyer, a fire was'.started which no doubt would havelproved serious had the discovery been'ddayed 15 minutes longer. - It had already burned s portion of the floor and was rapidly burning thru the wall into Wildberg’s clothing store when the smoke attracted the attention of workmen in the upstair rooms who were able to extinguish it without the aid of the fire department.

Don’t Mil to bear the next number Of the lecture course, Thursday night of this week. Tbe lecturer will be George D. Aiden, and it will be one of the very exoellent numbers ol the oooiae. The big one half prioe sale of clothing will continue to Saturday night Feb. Bth. Chicago Bargain Store.

H. R. W. Smith Won $10 Prize.

H; R. W. Smith, whose wife was a sister or the Paxton boys, and who for several years was the exchange editor of the Chicago Dally Tribune, and who has since been engaged in the newspaper business of this state, is now residing ia Longmont, Colo., where Chas. N. and J. W. Paxton also reside. He has just been awarded a cash prize of $lO by the Longmont Commercial Association for having written the best letter on Longmont, pub! ished in a paper outside of that city. The article was published in the Ham* mond News some mouths ago, and Mr. Smith has just been awarded the prize. Mr. Smith is a very able;and a very entertaining man. The editor of the Republican was going to Missouri some sixteen years ago te work on a Missouri newspaper and was a guest for a day or two in Mr.' Smith’s home in Chicago and was shown thru the Tribune office. Mr. Smith volunteered considerable useful instruction about a beginner in newspaper work, and the last danse of his advice was, “Mention everybody, if you have to give half of them hell.” rt e have found during intervening years that it pays to mention everybody, and that it is rarely necessary to *give any one severe criticism. Indeed, Mr. Smith did not say that it was necessary, but he said it was better than to ignore them, and we believe he was right

Always a Warm Spot for John.

“Jack” Walker, the Tombstone, Ariz., terror, and the bsddest man on the Mexican border, has temporarily layed aside his six shootfer, srid 'with a calm ahd dignified demeanor he once again walks the stream of* oar city beautiful. In private life “Jack” is known as John W. Walker,» official stenographer of the U. 8. District court, with headquarters at Tombstone, Ariz. He will remain here only a few days and then go to Bloomington to visit his parents. He will then letnro here aod make a more extended visit and wben be finallj starts back to Tombstone his parents will accompany him for the remainder of the winter. Jack is said to be the best newspaper filler west of the Rookies aod whenever things are looking a little dull for the space writers in the -west Jack is given a round. He will be the center of attraction while here.

Bert Baker's Partner Arrested.

Bert Baker, who has been in jail here for several weeks, being held for trial lor the theft of hogs from the Otis ranch, near Rose Lawn, will not have to face the charge by himself. His partner. Auk. White, has been arrested by Deputy Sheriff Fred Fuller, of- Rose Lawn, who traced him to Benton Harbor, Mich., when his wife went there followingjher release from jail here. Harry Baxter, manager of the Otis ranch, has missed stock for several months and finally was so well satisfied that White and Baker were the|thieves that he swore out warrants for their arrests, but White disappeared. Baker was arrested and brought here. The wives of the two men were also arrested, but were released at a hearing before Judge Hanley. Mrs. White soon moved away and the officer traced - her to Michigan, where be |fonnd them ready to oegin boose-keeping. The trial of both will come np >t the present term of the Newton circuit ooort. — i .ii n*,... i.„. ■ n , « *

J. V. Leeh’s sale will [take place on Jan. 28th, and he has a fina list of stock,* including several brood mares. He has one driving mare, lady broke, and antomobM# broke. Several good eowa, and a lot of good Du roc sows that will farrow in April. Only 1.00 and 1.25 par bush#! for fancy belleflower, northern spy, russet applet. Chicago Bargain Star*

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