Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1908 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XL.

FALLING TREE KILLS TOM MOODY

Son of Granville Moody Almost Instantly Killed at the Family Home in Barkley Township. Tom Moody, son of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Moody, was killed at about 8 o’clock last Tuesday morning, by a tree falling and striking him on the head, crushing the skull and causing almost instant death. The fatal accident occurred at the Granville Moody home farm in Barkley township, about 8 miles northeast of Rensselaer, and from what we can learn the details were as follows: A large tree had been cut down and in falling the top of the tree had fallen® agjross two smaller trees, and lodged in' them, supported several feet from the ground. In releasing it from the other trees a team was hitched to a rope which was fastened ot the tree and fill were safely away from the tree that was being pulled loose, but as the bended limbs were released, they sprang back to their natural shape and in doing so struck a dead white oak tree and broke it off near the ground. They were all watching the tree that the horses were hitched to and did not see the falling dead tree. Tom was standing about thirty feet from the base of the tree and it struck him squarely on top of the head. He fell to the ground and his father hastened to his side, and sent the farm hand, who was working with them, to the house to call a doctor, but Tom died In his father’s arms, in a very few moments, in fact, death was. almost instantaneous. The news of his death reached Rensselaer in a few moments after it occurred, and it cast a gloom over the entire communty.

Tom Moody was more than popular; he had been born and raised and grew to a fine young manhood here and he had given every promise of developing into one of the most successful young farmers and business men in Jasper county. The hope of his father and mother was centered in him and it was not misplaced, for he had developed equal to every promise and was ambitious and thrifty and industrious and possessed the knowledge essential to making the most of his fine beginning. Not alone was the father and mother and the family concerned in him, but ■ every business man and every acquaintance in Rensselaer held Tom Moody in high esteem and expected great things from him. He was a graduate of the Rensselaer high school, and after that he had attended the agricultural college at Ames, lowa, for almost four years. At this college he ranked at the front of his class. He had devoted his attention largely to stock and he was a qualified judge of all kinds of domestic animals, and was recognized here as the best qualified man in the county in judging cattle, horses or hogs. His father, who has been one of the most successful farmers and stock raisers in Jasper county found when the son returned from college that he could rely upon his judgment whenever stock purchases or sales were being made and Tom was taken into full partnership with his father in all theb business affairs. Mr. Moody had retired from the farm some years ago and was for some years engaged in the butcher business in town. He retired from this business several months ago and later moved to the farm in order to furnish a home for Tomand to encourage him in his chosen business, and all the farm, business was conducted under the firm name of Granville Moody and Son. The death of this son of promise will prove a terrific shock to the father and mother, the sisters and the little brother. It is a sad occurrence for the entire community, and the sympathy of all goes out to the sorrowing parents. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made. The eldest sister, Mra George N. Dunn, of Wichita, Kans., has been notified and will probably reach here Thursday, and it is not improbable that the funeral will be held Friday. Deceased was 23 years of age, September 27th last.

More About Tom Moody’s Death.

The article In the Tuesday Daily Republican about the death of Tom Moody was substantially correct. Tom had not aided in the work of cutting down the large tree, Mr. Moody and the hired man having done that The main part of the trunk waa to be need to make some heavy gate poets

and the tree had been cut down Tuesday morning. When the tree lodged in the other trees they decided to hitch the team to it to pull it free from the other trees and Tom, who was in the barn lot, was called over by his father to climb up in the tree and fasten the rope. After he done this he was merely standing by watching the team pull the tree away. The hired man stood close to him and Mr. Moody drove the horses. Mr. Moody turned-around as the horses pulled up and he saw that one of the trees between which the large tree had fallen had broken off and that it was then within about two set of striking Tom. He called out and. Just as he did so the tree struck Tom, and also Just glazed the hired man. Instead of hitting squarely on top of the head the tree struck him a little in front and crushed the forehead in, and struck his legs and bruised them, slightly. The tree was not on his body and his father who reached his side in an instant raised up the prostrate form and took his head in his arms. Tom looked up at his father as though he recognized him but he did not speak. In an instant the eys closed and he had passed away. Rev. H. L. Kindig, who was one of the first of the friends from this city to reach the home, viewed the scene of the accident. He masurd the distance from the base of the tree to the spot where Tom was standing and found it to be 45 feet. The tree that had fallen was a tall white oak, bare of limbs and had much the appearance of a telephone pole. At the point where it struck Tom it was about six inches in diameter. Close to where Tom stood the falling tree struck a solid rail that was supported on a stump, and the rail was snapped in two, so the force of the falling tree was terrific.

The shock of the young man’s dt*th affected every person in Rens•.oher that Knew him, and the sublet was such a sad one that person’s disliked to discuss it The life cf Tom Moody in and about Rensselatr, his school dsjc and his business capacity were ieviewed by all of 1 is acquaintances and it was everywhere agreed that no greater calamity has occurred in Jasper county.

Rev. A. G. Work Still Enthusiastic.

A copy of the Fenton, Mich., In-: dependent, of recent date, gives an account of a banquet held in the Presbyterian church parlors of that city{ Rev. A. Golden Work, for many years pastor of the Rensselaer church of that denomination and who always will remain extremely popular with his former parishioners, is now the pastor of the Fenton church, and with Lis old time vigor he has enlivened the congregation there to a commendable degree and he has instituted an effort to establish a gymnasium for the boys of the church. At the church banquet the ladles served the super and the address of the evening was made by Rev. E. H. Pence, D. 11, of Detroit, who encouraged the movement, and when Rev. Work concluded his remarks he found thirty of the members of the men’s club ready to join a movement to establish a gymnasium and it was thought enough money could be raised to build a gymnasium on a lot adjoining the church. Rev. Work is a worker and his friends here are always pleased to learn of his success.

AT THE CHURCHES

TRINITY M. E. CHURCH. The third quarterly meeting of the Trinity M. E. church will occur on next Sunday. Dr. D. M. Wood, the presiding elder of Valparaiso district, will preach on Saturday evening, following with quarterly conference. He will also preach again on Sunday morning and hold quarterly communion. The public cordially welcomed to all services.

CHURCH OF GOD.

' Having regained sufficient strength after so long protracted Illness, with conditions of strength continuing and weather permitting, will resume services next Sunday A. M., April sth at usual hour. All are cordially Invited. D. T. HALSTEAD.

Last Call.

Great Auction Sale of Clothing, Cloaks and Dress Goods Saturday, April 4th, in the room formerly occupied by Rosenbaum's restaurant Sale begins promptly at 2 o’clock. Call in and inspect goods. S. LEOPOLD, — ( Proprietor See those new shirt waists in all the new styles, including the new Mlcado effects at Rowles A Parker’s.

And The Rensselaer Journal

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1308.

ALL THE VOTES FOR CRUMPACKER

No Other Candidate for Congress At Tenth District Convention At Michigan City.

The 10th district republican convention was held at Michigan City Mon- . day and was a very tame affair. Delegates were on hand from ail over the district, some of them expecting that there might be a little contest for j the nomination, for the omnipresent Nelson J. Bozarth, of Valparaiso, had 1 announced himself as a candidate and there had been some underground ’ rumbling of opposition to the con- ' tinued Crumpacker reign. And there were, it is understood, • several delegates at the convention who expressed a desire to vote Sop® some other man, but there was no other candidate except Bozarth, whom the delegates looked upon as somewhat of a joke, and about the only occurrence at the convention that enlivened things was the pursuasion of Bozarth to withdraw and to makejthe Crumpacker nominating speech. This was accomplished by some of the delegates telling him that they would secure him the nomination at the republican state convention for attorn- • ey general. And Bozarth swallowed the hoax and wrote out a resolution' for ■ the convention to endorse him for attorney-general, but when the resolutions were read the one endorsing Bozarth was not read.

Of course, there were many warm friends of Congressman Crumpacker at the convention and they far exceeded the number of those opposed to him and, in fact, the grounds of the opposition that is said to have asserted itself were generally founded upon failures to receive post-offices and for the most part his record in congress was not criticised.

One of the Rensselaer delegates who heard quite a little opposition exthey founded it, except that some people were still laboring under the impression that he dictated thf selection of the national delegates. And that is a very funny accusation to continue, for there was nothing .in ?h*t convention but a demand that the elected delegates vote for an admlnistratio'i candidate for president, after they were through with Fairbanks.

We do not aim to discredit the opposition to Congressman Crumpacker, for it has been growing from one cause and another and has taken a more tangible form within' recent months than ever before, and there is quite sure to be some formidable candidate against him for the nomination two years hence. And Mr. Crumpacker will be found to be prepared for it; if the writer is not mistaken, and if he is again a candidate as he probably will be, he will make any republican in the district hustle to defeat him. And he will come before his constituents with as clean a record of statesmanship as ever an Indiana congressman had. He will not point to his flowery speeches, and he will not be able to recall having startled the world with any evolution of the system of government, but he could bring the roll books of congress covering his seven terms and show an almost unbroken attendance and he could lay down the acts of congress covering the entire time and tell any one of his constltutents what the laws meant, which way he voted and why, and he could explain as probably no other member of congress of similar tenure of office could, the operation of each law and its strong and weak points. The writer has seen Congressman Crumpacker repeatedly In the House of Representatives and has observed that his opinion always carried much weight with them. There may be opposition to him and that Is all right, but it should be fair and should make bls opponent measure up to a high mark of possibility.

Closing Oot Very Low. Small, clean stock of shoes, over the new grocery. W. R. LEE. To reduce our large stock of home made dill and sour pickles, for two weeks only we will sell jumbo dills for 8 cents and large sour pickles at 8 cents a dosen. For a short time only, a 2-pound can of imported Singapore pine apple chunks In syrup at 18 cents a can. JOHN EGER. MILLINERY OPENING, APRIL 0, 10 AND 11 AT MARY MEYERS’. Fresh candies, cigars and tobacoos at the Home grocery.

WATSON NOMINATED ON FIFTH BALLOT

Sixth District Congressman Leads From the Start and Is Nominated on the Fifth.

Indianapolis, Ind., 3:45 p. m.—After the fourth ballot had been announced I showing Watson only ten behind the required number to nominate him, several counties changed their vote i and Watson was nominated on the ' fifth ballot. On long distance telephone the Republican secured the following ballots tor governor from the Indianapolis Star: . ( . . Ist. 2nd. 3rd James E. Watson —643 650 677 C. W. Miller 392 390 380 Wv-L. Taylor 262 239 257 H. T. Miller __l74 166 153 1474 1445 1467 The ballots are not official and they do not bring the cortect total when added, but the Watson vote was said to be correct There are 1470 votes in the convention and 736 are necessary to choice. FOURTH BALLOT. Watson 726 C. W. Miller 385 W. L. Taylor 258 H. T, Miller 99 1463

Marriage at the M. E. Parsonage.

Rev. H. L. Kindig opened the week with a forenoon wedding Monday, having a good looking young couple apply to him to have the nuptial knot tied. The groom was Charles Foreman, whose father is the recorder of Benton county. The bride is the daughter of John Hudson, a member of the Jasper county advisory board and one of the substantial farmers of Carpenter township. Her name was Mabel Hudson, and there la said to have been some parental objection to the wedding on the part of her father. -

The marriage was not brought about without some difficulty, for Sunday night when young Foreman, who had journeyed from Fowler in a livery rig, was out driving with his fiancee they were run into by another rig which was racing at a break-neck speed. Foreman’s rented buggy suffered the loss of a wheel, and he was compelled to rent another one to come to Rensselaer with. They were married at 11 o’clock and expected to go to Goodland and have the broken buggy mended and then return to Fowler for a short visit with the groom’s parents, before leaving for Wisconsin, where they will reside on a farm.

Fred Karch for Trustee.

One of the ’largest township conventions ever held in Walker township was held in Knlman last Saturday, there being over one hundred voters present. The occasion for the turnout was the republican township convention. > The contestants for the office of trustee were the present trustee Fred Karch, and Harry Brown, a young man of 25 from the west end, and probably the youngest candidate for that office In the county. The result of the first ballot showed that Brown received 50 votes and Karch 50, one being blank. On the second ballot Brown received 47 and Karch 52. After a short speech by Brown the balance of the ticket was nominated, as follows: Assessor, Henry Meyers. Justices of the Peace, W. D. Meyers, Wm. Hoile. Constables, Henry Schmid, Henry Heldenblut Advisory Board, A. A. Brown, H. J. Hinrichs, Edward Weener.

Nursery Stock. Nursery stock offered for sale by the Halleck nursery. Large stock of apples, pears, cherries, plums, peaches and small fruit of all kinds. Shade trees, evergreens and flowers. Prices right Apples 6 to 7 feet high, extra large trees, 812 per hundred. Come and see us or write for price list HALLECK NURSERY CO, Fair Oaks, Ind. Try Millar teas and coffees at the Home grocery. Have your feet properly fitted in a pair of new Oxfords at Rowles A Parker’s All the new styles in all the widths, both black and tan. Everything fresh, new and clean at the new grocery. Phone 41

JURY DISAGREES IN BABCOCK CASE

Democrat Editor Faces Criminal Libel Suit and the Jury After Long Delay Disagrees... - The case of the state against F. E. Babcock, editor of the Jasper County Democrat, wherein he was charged with having criminally libeled E. T. Jones, a printer formerly in his employ, came up at Kentland Tuesday and occupied the entire day in court. The jury was out all night and the following morning reported that they could not agree on a verdict. That was all there was to it, and as to how the jury stood is largely problematical. From one source it is stated that the jury stood at one time 11 for conviction and 1 for acquittal and that it later hung for a long time 10 for conviction; while from the editor comes the statement that he had advices that there twas only one for conviction and that all the others stood for acquittal. Editor Babcock returned Wednesday evening and he is about sick, having an attack of the grip. . It Is probable that the case will be tried again at the next term so court and there are one or two other cases pending against the same defendant.

Miss Comer and Mrs. Sternberg Entertain.

Miss Pearl Comer and Mrs. E. G. Sternberg gave a very pretty party Wednesday evening at the beautiful home of the former, to about thirty girl friends. The invitations read as follows: At our house, on the night of I April first, Present yourself, our friend, for folly’s sake; Ready In cap and apron then to cook. It’s begged of you to wear no dress of fashion’s make. Ladies all shall cookies old time way. Fondant and fudge and taffy by the • rule. Oh, you, who know not skillets, recipes, Or sweets, fair mixtures—come and play the Fool; Look that the clock shall bring you here at eight. We’re yours, sincerely, PEARL COMER. MRS. E. G. STERNBERG. The house was beautifully decorated with red carnations and red crepe paper. The guests were dressed to correspond with she Invitations and on arriving were taken to the third floor one by one.wh'ere they were compelled to enter a booth In which was seated a palmist, who revealed to each of them their future. They were conducted to this place by bam lanterns. April fool pranks were freely indulged in, followed by dainty refreshments, one of the features being stuffed oranges and April Fool coffee.

Militia. Inspection.

The anual inspection of Company M, 3rd Infantry, Indiana National Guard, will take place In the armory in Rensselaer Monday night, April 6th, and all members of Company M are directed to report for this Inspection. The blue uniform will be worn and all members should be ready for the Inspection at 8 o’clock.

GEORGE H. HEALEY.

A Good Investment at a Small Sum of Money

Is a few feet of galvanized eave trough on your house, because It protects the paint, the woodwork and the foundation from decay caused by the water that falls from the eaves. A saving ot repair expense, adding to the appearance of your house and preventing Its early decay. I will furnish the material and do the labor -needed to do you a first class job of work at a reasonable price.

JAS. W. BROWN.

CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend to ths neighbors and friends who so kindly administered to us during the recent long sickness of John J. Pullins, our heartfelt thanks. Mrs. Mary E. Pullins. S. N. Pullini, —— Mary Daniels.

A FULL LINE OF EDISON PHONOGRAPHS AND RECORDS AT THE MUSIC STORE.

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

Captain.

FOUR FOUNDLINGS AT MONNETT HOME

Addition To the Children’s Home Adds To the Cares of the Matron and Deaconesses. Four more litle girls were' brought to the Monnett Children’s Home on Wednesday. They came from Normal, 111., which is the foundling home of the deaconess work, and are younger than it had been expected to take In' ttls’Eome, but one of the deaconesses in the Normal home became ill and Mrs. Wilson volunteered to take some of the little ones under the guardianship of the home here inRensselaer. They range in age from 18 months to five years and the interest of the home is very much fircreased. Old clothes suitable for babies and little girls will be welcomed at the home now and the Republican has been requested to ask friends of the home for contributions of this nature.

Obituary of John J. Pullins.

John J. Pullins was bom in Champaign county, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1838, and moved to Jasper county in 1863, locating in Barkley township, where he lived until he removed to Rensselaer, about 18 months ago. His death occurred at bis residence on College street last Monday morning, March 30th, his age being. 70 years, 2 months and 24 days. He was an upright man and lived an honorable and kindly life. He is survived by the widow and by three sons, viz. Tobias, of Phoenix, Ariz.; John, of Geddes, S. Dak., and Samuel N., of Townsend, Mont. The funeral was conducted at the house last Tuesday, and interment was made in the Smith cemetery in. Barkley township.

“The Rose of the Rancho.”

Chicago is now having its first view of the notable dramatic success, “The Rose of the Rancho,” which is to be also the last attraction under his management that David Belasco will send our way this season. New York has had this attraction all to itself for two seasons, it playing in Mr. Belasco’s 42d street theatre in New York all that time with great prosperity. It is interesting to note that: when “The Rose of the Rancfto” begins its engagement at the Garrick March 30th, Miss Francis Starr will make her first bow to Chicago thea* tregoers as a Belasco leading woman

David Belasco has taken California in the days when it was part Spanish and part American, with its picturesque and old Missions crumbling in the sun, its fragrant tropiba] gardens, its glorious sky of Italian blue and warmth, for the scene of his drama, “The Rnse of the Rancho.” In this new world setting he has placed men and women with the blood of old Spain in their veins that throb with the pride, the passion, the romance of the Old World whence they sprang. He brings into conflict with these irresponsible people—“mere children picnicking in a beautiful garden,” he calls them —the American of opposing types; one, in the reaching powers of superb, young manhood, with stout heart, moral courage, and a helping hand for the people he is sent, by his government, to protect; the other strong arms and weak ethics. This attraction Is holding forth at the Garrick for a three weeks' engagement. /

We have sold since the first of the year over 600 barrels of Arlstoe flour. If the quality of the flour was not all that we have claimed for it, we could not have sold it If you have not used Arlstoe wo want you to try it It makes no difference what kind of high grade flour you have been using or if you have been paying 11.50 to $1.60 a sack for some, if Arlstoe is not equal or better we will 1 return you your money. 8140 a sack or 85.50 a barrel. JOHN EGER If you haven’t seen those new spring models in Kuppenheimer clothing, we want to show them to you. ROWLES A PARKER Try the Home Grocery line of quality canned goods. Call In and see those new spring jackets and suits at Rowles A Par* ker*s. The Printxess garments are the beet Coming to make its home at the Home Grocery—" Home Comfort" Flour. Guaranteed as good as any sold. , Subscribe for the Republican.

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