Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1908 — Page 2

RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN. AND JOSMALj;. BUILT UNO SWMrcifr SCBSOKIPIION KATIS DAILY, BY CABHPKH, lO CENTS A W >BH nr mail, >a'.7(v A vAar w—<« *»H ■■»! I iV. ,iii abvamob, YKAR *1«« PUBLISHERS Eat*red at ttw Pottolße* at Ron««*lier, Indiana, a* Second-Class Matter.

REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For President WILLIAM H. TAFT. f — 0 For Vice-President, JAMES S. SHERMAN. o For Governor, JAMES E. WATSON, 0 For Lieutenant-Governor, FREMONT GOODWINE. ir. -■ . .... -.i0ia,... 1 For State Senator, i ABRAHAM HALLBCK. o- - ■ of For Slat# Representative, JOHN G. BROWN. ii o- ■ For Congress, 10th Congressional *>! District; 1 EDGAR D. CmjMPACBOBaL l - For Judge 3<Rh JudWSal Circult, f CHARLES W HANLEY. For Prtmbeatitfg Attorney 30th “ Judicial Circuit, rt FRED W. LONOWELL. -* o—- i For Treasurer, i JESSE D. ALLMAN. P Fok • Recorder, JOHN H. TILTON. For Sheriff, - LEWIS P. SHIRER. For Surveyor, W. FRANK OSBORNE. For Coroner, WILLIS J. WRIGHT. , For Commissioner Ist Dist., a JOHN F. PETTET. For Commissioner 3rd Diet, CHARLES T. DENHAM. : —— MARION TOWNSHIP. » For Trustee, H. EL PARKINSON. For Assessor, GEORGE SCOTT. For Justice of the 1 Peace, * PHILIP BLUE. i':-'. -o> BARKLEY TWP. TICKET. For Trustee, WILLIAM FOLGER ® For Assessor, CHAD. REED. * WALKER TOWNSHIP. For Trustee, FRED KARCH. For Aseeesor, HENRY METERS. HANING GROVE TOWNSHIP TICKET. For Trustee, GEORGE PARKER. For Assessor, J. P. GWIN. (l ——n i JORDAN TOWNSHIP TICKET. For Trustee, A. J. McCASHEN. For Assessor. JAMES ’BtTLLIS. o WHEATFIELD TWP. TICKET. For Trustee, M. 3. DELEHANTY. For Assessor, A. S. KEEN. * ——o KEENER TOWNSHIP. For Trustee, TUNIS SNTP. For Assessor, C. B. FAIRCHILD. ——o— UNION TOWNSHIP. For Trustee, JAMES L. BABCOCK. For Assessor, GEO. E. McCOLLY. OILLAM TOWNSHIP. For Trustee, M. W. COPPEBB. Ftrr Assessor, ' JAMES RODGERS.

Following the panic of 18ff, about 28 per oent of the railroad mileage of the United Btatee wu operated by receiver. A a a result of the November panic about 4 per cent, of the railroad mileage la under the protection of the court This la certainly an excellent ahowing for the railroads aa regarda their standing during hard timea. From preemit Indications the figurea point to a wheat yield In the United Btatt*s of 692,000.000 bushels, which haa been surpassed but twice, while corn la put at 2,726,892,000 boehlet, which la the largest output with one exception, the oountry has ever known. No wonder railroad and ateel stocks are going up. There's a lot of business just ahead. "

INDIANA AN APPLE STATE.

In announcing - the summer meeting of the Indiana Horticultural Society, to be held at Greenfield, Aufeust Id and 20, W. B. FHck, secretary, points out, in a bulletin, that Indiana is now recognized as an apple state. The bulletin says: “Indiana is now classed in the commercial apple states, and. is na£ at the foot of this class either. This should be encouraging to a large class of horticulturists of our state, who, knowing the possibilities of Indiana soil and climate, have been laboring for years to bring this state up to its proper position in the galaxy of commercial apple Btates. A normal crop averages up near 4,000,000 bushels, which affords a small surplus above what is used in the state —but a large per cent, of this excess is faulty for the want of better care of the orchard. With modern methods applied, the state Bhould produce 4,000,000 barrels, 90 per cent of which would be good storage stock. The object of the State Horticultural Society is to present to our people the best ideas and methods along each line of horticulture by seeking the best poe ed and most successful horticulturists of the United States to give us the benefit of their ideas at our meetings and to encourage growers in every way possible. The summer meeting will afford an unusual opportunity to ‘rub up against’ sofne of the best and most eminent horticulturists obtainable."

PRIME ISSUE FIXED

We do not blame Albert Lieber and” Crawford Fairbanks for fighting agaffist-’ttife popular movetfrCnt in Indiana, cryßtalfiZed In the Republican platform, for an extension of the legal regulation of the sale of intoxicating beverages or restriction, if a majority of residents in a county nullification of the remonstrance law, if more than half the voters in a county so desire. Fairbanks and Lieber are party politicians, but first and all the time they are brfewers. They are fighting for their purse, and with it incidentally. Thjeir means of livelihood are Jeopardized. 1 OnA thing they' have done we adnitre. They 1 haVe nailed ; to the peak .of the political mast- county local option as i the prime issue between the. parties and before the people of Indiana this year. We acoept it. In the fervor of their opposition to prohibition advooated by those who believe that the rights to personal liberty when massed aye supreme, they are not punctilious In truth'. Their wishes are prolific parents of theif thoughts and they debtfi thA reading of their dreams will make them come true. Truly, the issue is fixed. Each man's ballot in November will be a factor for weal or woe. Lieber and Fairbanks are in a trade that breeds criminals, makes good women weep in actual wajjtt, makes, weaklings of men that might be strong tp support them, that lures to degradation young men and young women that are the hope of the land. Indiana Republicans as a party seek to stay the woeful work of the open saloon; their political opponents are striving strenuously against them. The brewers are now in thd open as leaders of the Democratic narty in this state. The men they sell (heW* goods to have violated all the reasonable laws framed to restrict 'heir trade wisely in the public interest. which is essentially the personal liberty Interest. and their violation of 'aw has bred and nourished the present temperance wave that is sweeping" 1 state and country. They know It now and they know that Lieber lied when he said the other day that the ware Is receding. It Is not the hope of the Republican party and Ita adherents In all other parties on this question to abolish the saloon from every corner of the state. Ita work this year is to allow the people to say whether or no they desire to permit the sale of Intoxicants In their community, the county being considered the true communal unit. That Is all. What the brewers, speaking'for the Democratic party, have proclaimed as the.sole and only Issue of the current campaign In Indiana can be understood by everybody. Too many hearts and mlpda have had the question scared deeply into them. It needs little discussion. Its two sides ails plain to all. Choose which you win support

Births Exceed- Deaths.

The birth return* for May, Just compiled by the state board of health, show that the birth rate for the state during the month was 19.4 to every I, population. The death rate was 11. The law allows twenty days in which to report blrthe and for that reason the returns are always published several weeks later than the death returns, which, under the law, must be reported Immediately. The total number of births for the months was 4,446. The total number of deaths was 2,694. Of the births 2,346 were males and 2,101 Ware females. A total of 2,304 whit# male' were born aa against forty-one colored boys. A total Of 2,061 white girls and forty colored girls were bom. TBs total hui**er of white children l>orn eras 4.866 and the total number of colored children born was elgbtyone.

Nine Million Acres for Sale in Oklahoma

Washington, July 29.—According to the terms of an act of the last session of Congress removing restrictions on the alienation of land owned by memV bers of the five civilized tribes of Itt'diafis id Oklahoma which went into efreet Monday last, about nine million acres of land which has been tied up has become available to purchasers. Acting Secretary Pierce, of the Interior Department, today gave out the t following statement showing the effect of the law: “The act removes all restrictions from the alienation of,the land 0f,63,011 members of the civilized tribes and also removes the restrictions, from, all of toe lands except the homesteads of 6,108 more Indians of ( those ribea The first item of 65,017 includes all Indians having, less than one-half Indian blood and, also the freedmen and intermarried whites. "The. second item of 6,103 are the members of the triheSjwhich have from one-half to three-fourths Indian blood. The entire population of the five civilized tribes,, according to the approved enrollment, is 101,227, which leaves only 30,107 unaffected. , “The restrictions on these 30,107 Indians may be removed in individual cases by the Secrtary of the Inferior on proper showing that the Indf*# is qualified to take care of his own affairs. There are only about 1,500 Indians in Oklahemd outside of' tod five civilized tribes,” The law will go-far toward putting the lands, owned by the Indian portion of the population of Oklahoma om a footing with that of other residents of the Territory.

“Stung " Retailers Hit Back at the Brewers

Sullivan, Ind., July 29.—Suit was filed here this morning against toe Evansville Brewing Company by Markwood and Sylvester And rson for #5,000 damages. The brewing company is alleged to have made misstatements in selling "temperance . brew” to the Andersons that caused, them to be convicted here on the charge of running a "blind tiger.” The allegation is made that toe company’s agents represented “temperance brew” non-intoxicating, and upder that representation the Andersons bought * large quantity. They sold It at their Btore here and were raided last March. No other intoxicating liquors were found there, but on a jury trial in the Circuit Court each man was fined #2OO and sentenced to ninety days in jail. They served out half of their sentence yesterday. The sußT^probably the first of its kind in Indiana, was brought by Walter F. Wood, attorney. Re is the prosecuting attorney vho obtained the conviction of toe Andersons on a “blind tiger” charge. Three other “blind tiger” men in jail here have refained attorneys to bring similar suits against Evansville, Terre Haute and Indianapolis brewing companies for similar alleged misrepresentations.

Dogs-Kill Many Sheep,

Dogs and disease killed more sheep in, Indiana daring: the last year than during the year previous, according to figures which have just been complied by the Indiana Bureau of Statistics. A total of 3,393 more sheep loht their lives during this y*sr than during 1907. The number was 57,906, as against 53,973 last year. ■ *« Notwithstanding that more she p were killed by dogs and disense, th re are more sheep in Indiana now than at this time last year, the Hoosier fanners now owning 673,573 hend, as against 635,094 head last year. There was a big decrease, however. In the number of sheep sold, the total.number being 464,116 as against 524,807 the year before. There was also a decrees* In. wool production. The figures of the bureau show that 3,839,016 pounds of wool were clipped daring the last year. The wool clipped during the year preceding amounted to 3,918,176 pounds. The oounties ranking highest »s wool prducers this year are: Steuben, 209,981 pounds; Lagrangs, 168,894; Noble. 132,382; Dekalb, 128,886; Allen, 114978; Koeeiusko 104.174. The counties raaklag highest In point of sheep'now on hand art: Lagrange 31,226 head; Steuben, 30,660; Dekalb, 20,710; Montgomery, 20,067; Noble, 19,905 and Kosciusko 17,726. Ttfo highest counties In point of sheep sold are: Lagrange 39,970 Steuben, 26,638; Kosciusko, 18,144; Noble, 17,846; Montgomery, 16,596. The counties losing the must sheep during the last year by disease and at the hands of sheep-killing dogs were: Montgomery 4.062 bead; Kosciusko, 2,706; Steuben, 2,841; Lagrange, 1,923; Dekalb, 1868; Marshall. 1,766, and Noble, i,710. No woman can be expected to talk her best when she Is undressing the bapy sod has her mouth full of safety

THE FOUNTAIN PARK AS EMBLY

UfMmtk Anatfot Ses&ldn ta It HSJ Aajist ISO toSOttr— Big “Democratic Day” iflOiouiy | m «In#” * The fourteenth annual session of the Fountain Park Assembly, at Remington, will open on Saturday morning, August 16th, and elate on Sunday evening, August 30th. An excellent array of talent has been secured and assigned places on the program which appears to be one of the best they have ever had. The opening day will be Grand ■Army and Sunday School Day, when music will be furnished by the Boys' Glee Club from the Refbrm school at Plainfield, this state, and the Glazier Jubilee Singers; exercises by Sunday schools, and lecture by Rev. Edward R r Perry, of New York City. Tsie attractions on following days will: l Glee C|lub, Glazier Jubilee Singer# and Remington Orchestra, and sermons by Rev,'Perry if and Dr. Hall L. Calhoun, of Lexington, Kentucky. Monday, of seton Indian Tribe by Miss Claire Christie Lund; concert by the Weil Band, of St! Louis, Mo., ' v lecture# by Dr. Calhoun, Dr*. W. A. Colledge and ITru:, tu* _ Frank B. Lane. Tuesday, 18th—Indian Council; music by Remington orchestra, and lectures by Drs. Calhoun and Colledge and Mr: Lape. Wednesday, 19th—Lecture by the famous Mrs. Florence E. Maybrkk whfo 1 served 14 years in an English prison; entertainment by George B. Cutter and Jesse Mack, humorist and cairtoonist. Thursday, 20th—Lecture by Dr. Calhoun; entertainment by Cutter and M&ik, Stockholders’ meeting at 3:00 p. m., and dramatic reading by Miss Gertrude 1 Goodwin Miuer. Friday, the 21st, will be “Qld Settlers’ Day” when! all old settlers of 60 years of age and older and having .usidSd in this congressional district will be given free admission to the grounds and have seats of honor on the platform. John Ade, of Kentland, will be the chairman of the day and will recount soma of his early experiences on the wild and unbroken prafles of* northwestern Indiana bach more than a half-century ago. Mr. Perry Washburn, another of the very earliest settlers in this section of the country, has also promised to be there on that day with his ox-team which he will have on exhibition as a strange sight for the younger generation. Governor J. Frank Hanly will be etle.ent and deliver the address of the day, at three o’clock; music by Fowle concert band and Cleveland Ladlas’ Orchestra; readings by Miss Ge. trude Miller. Saturday, Sunday and Monday, the 22nd, 23rd and 24th, will be lectures by Dr. Calhoun and Sylvester A. Long, and concert by Cleveland Ladies Orchestra. Tuesday, the 25th, will be “Repubof this City, will be chairman of the day. Hon. James E. Watson, candidate for governor; Hon.' Fremont Gpodwine, candidate for lieutenantgovernor; Hon. Quincy A. Myers, candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court and Congressman Crum packer are entered on the program for an address each. Besides the political speeches there will also be # lecture by Dr. Morro, of Lexington, Ky., and music will be supplied by the Wolcott band and the .Remington Orchestra. Wednesday, the 26th, there will be lectures by Dr. Morro and Dr. J. EJverist Cathell and monologue read ings by W. B. Amsbury. Thursday, the 27th, will be "Democratic Day” After the morning sermon by Dr. Morro, at 9:80 a. m. Attorney Edward P. Honan of this city, who will officiate as chairman at the forenoon program, will take charge and at 10:30 o’clock will Introduce the Hen. M. B. Lalry, of Logfinsport; candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court, who will be the fliUt speaker. District Chairman J. Kirby Risk, of Lafayette, will preside at the afternoon session, when the Hon. Henry Warrant, of Indianapolis, and Hon. Thomas R. Marshall, candidate for governor, will be the speaker*. Besides these It is the intention that every candidate on the Democratic state ticket; State Chairman U. 8. Jackson and other members of the state central committee and mnny prominent party leaders from all parte of the state will be'present; with a posslbllty that the Hon. John W. Kern, candidate for vice-president will also be there. The Jackson club of Lafayette will be theie lu a body (coming on special train and will be accompanied by their families. Besides the political features of Hie day the evening will be given over to a lecture on “Abraham Lincoln” by Dr. Cathell, and an illustrated lec'ure ’Custer’s Land and Indian Country’by Arthur K, Peck, of Boston, Mass. |

r- - —~ i • A Friday, the 28th, will be “Temper- j ance Day” when the address of the day will be made by Hon. Sumner W. Haynes, candidate for governor. There will also be an address by Mrs. Leo-! nora W. Lake; lectures by Dr. Monro and Mr. Peck, and a meeting of the Assembly stockholders, at 3:30. On Saturday and Sunday, the 29th and 30th, will be lectures by Drs.' Morro and Calhoun and Judge WilUt Brown, the promoter of the Boy City at Winona Assembly, and the Singers and Players Male Quartette, of Chicago.

Letter from Rev. D. A. Tucker,

July 80th, 1008. Dear Republican: I promised when at Rensselaer last February that inasmuch as I could not write personally to my many friends in Rensselaer and Jasper county, I would» write« for publication in the dear old RepublicaSvtJd after so long delay I will write a short letter. We ark sweltering with the mercury above 90 degrees, since the 26th and the hpt .weather ia pushing the cprn forward very rapidly and the late corn now bids -fair to make corn. The early planting is promising. 1 With a fail 1 oats erbs/ and bumper hay crop already secured thh outTcfok tot thO farmer is hopefil is a*f@£ tile county and' formerly raise* grgif crops of whtj&t kut for a numffek 1 of yeaiS hds not raisid whisky as thh ci*c# is 1 too uncertain! Tfctf principal crbss heW are haiy, oath and bdrfby. I am the pastf# of Aurbra and Lamdttt Free ; Baptist churches and am getting’ on faiHy weft witfi' my woWc. 1 love tnj pedple and kOobr they reciprocate add appreciate our efforts to 1 help theui to a higher life. Our soil; Lieut BatbA TuCker," Iff located at Santiago, Cuba, and is doing weft.' David Andrew Tucker is attending the surifflfer tefm of school at Chicago University, and will graduate frbfo Parker College situated I'gt' 1 'gt' Winnebago, Mibil. He will teacher also iri J Packer next year. OUr daughter Velma, who taught school at Fair 1 Oaksf lnd-. a few years will graduate on AUfifcst 27 as a trained nurse from Cincinnati Training College, she having taken a three year# course. She is offered a position in the hospital at Rochester, Minn. Fred Is farming In Minnesota, James and Clarence are with us. We anticipate going to the Encampment at Toledo. My addfoss While there will be 426 Oak street, East Toledo. Would'be glad to have the comrades who may'be in attendance to call and see us while 1 thete. D. A. TUCKER.' Aurora, la.''

THE BETTER PLAN.

Local option b> counties 1b & logical a*4 reasonable proposition. The cry of those who favor the Democratic ple% of local option by townships aqd wards that ,the county unit fa against local/ self-gcvernment will not hold good. It would be equally as foolfab to say that she state ■ShCwld not pass laws aff&fetliigr county go verb men t. Everjt cst£eit of k cdtftrty la IntertWtdd" In the mbral and physical welfare of every other,citizen of,the county. .It seat or In the out township. Tt>| galpqn at the county seat fa more located near hla home. When at home IS uhdbr the control and restraint of parents arid friends. He'vroyifl be ashamed ! to go In a saloon it home, bqt whefl away from home and with a crowd of congenial spirits he la often tempted to enter the satoon and contract a habit that may ruin him for life. This la, the rule and practical experience of, hundred* ' of, country *97*- toe temptation In home township, he has Fallen into the trap at the county leaf.' So it Is plain j and reasonable that the people of the "out towfiiihibß” do'have an interest—and a vltil Intbreiit- 1 -!!! the moral atmosphere of the county seat. Under the, theory ol the Democratic platform on* small ward in a city might be wet Wbß# every other ward, in the aiyS eyepr township Ip the county would go dry by an overwhelming majority. This'll 4h outrage bn majority rule. The Republican platform proraIses the better plan, local option by ootmtles. All patriotic, law- and orderlorlng people should study well this grtot problem and vote tot the party that" will give the people of a county the moat whole soses and moat benefit-; dal law*.

FRETTY FERTINENT QUERY.

“Barrels and Bottles'* is the name of a paper published In Indianapolis In the “vested Interests” of the state breweries and (raggeries. It plays Its part and earns Its ineoibe well. In a recent Issue it admires Mr. Marshall, but while commending him and his principle of "least government possible Is best for an." it asks Why he doesn't go all the way, the whole hog, and declare for the Individual man as the proper .local option unit Its stateraent follows, and Is slgnlflcaut as suitIng the brewers And saloon men: I “ 'On the liquor question and all othsTs, 1 Bays Thomas R. Marshall, Democratic oandldate for governor of Tadlana, 'the Democratic party beltevas that what the ward or the township | oso take care of ought not to be Iran*-

EXCURSION TO CHICAGO via the . • . v iffnfffrf Sunday, A tig. 9th Low rate* and sp&ci&i traln»iuP; Stations. Time. Fare. Monon . . . .... ... S:2oa. m, SUI Lee ......... BJO 1M McCoysbur* ........ tA " U PleasSt «dge tril M IM B—ss rifcer 141 " Us Surrey ......... 8:67 ” 1.18 Pa nr ......... 9:02 “ US Fair Oaks ...... 9:09 “ Ll# Roselawn 9:20 " 1.00 IKf*-:::::: 1% : Special train will stop at Cedar Lake ii* both directions. . i Baseball, Chicago White Seeks vs. New York. |toturning, special train will leave Chicago at 11:80 p. m., Sunday, Aug. 9th, 1908.

Sheriffs Sale. O. B,«3fc Page 2^, l Ca#*e 728 V decree to me directed, from the Cferk officii tis tlfo Jasper Circuit Codrii In a' ckusb wMeTbto Wlllfkfo B. Austin isviplsintlff and Jotm F. Bruner: and, Mi*Ji#* a J s >JB wtteo^Fragk, B- HWP epdrj Eleanor p. Hapi, wife; and Alberta A|t|>»K. H. Hopkins attdt |kc- Hopkins, , ,wifji;. Orrnl KeUogg#nd Doug}a§s pounty Bsuajc ,ot. Alexandria, are of Douglass Coupty, Minnesota, fllpd a , cross-complaint agaJLpsL the following napied cross-defendept#, ,to. wjifc William B. Austin j Frank B. Hapa. and Elqapor S., Hpp,. hte vyife; Samufel Mp Laßue and Allpsrta ,Laßug Artttur H. Hopkins, and M##tha, E. Hopkins, his wUe and Orin Kellogg . and, B. Ha#» ftt«d hi* crpss-coipplaint and set off, in which proceeding a judgment was rendered in favor of William B. Austin on, { his copplaldt against, aU of toe . said. <fofenjlapts and the, forpfilaeupee ito#. mortgage apd that said certified copy of execution and decree requires, me to, mage tbp enm of six-hundred nine and 10-100 dollars (#609.10) with interest on said amount and costs from top date of rendition and costs accrued and to accrue by reason of the sale., I wiy expose,, at public outcry to to# highest bidder in Saturday, the 29th day of August, 1908, between the hours of ten o’clock a. m. and four o’clock -p. m.‘of said date, ,..the door of the court house of Jasper County, Indiana", first the refcgs and profits for a term not exceeding seven years of toe following described real estate, to-vrit: Lots nine (9) and ten (10) In block twenty-six (26) in Weston’s second addition to toe City oi Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana. And if such rents and profit# will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, interest and coats, I wUI at. the same time and,,plane expose at publie sale the fee simple of said real estate or so mueh thereof as may be sufficient to discharge saW decree, interests and coats. Said sale will be made witoQUt any relief whatever from valuation or appraisement laws and the said sal# will be made absolutely on the judgpffnt an# decree of the plaintiff, William B. Austin in said action. JOHN O’CONNOR, Sheriff, of Jasper County. Jnd. Foltz &. Rpitler, Attorneys lor Plaintiff Aq* 4-11-18.

-—— tty*- ■> NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. Tile Statd of Indiana, Jasper county. In the Jasper Circuit Court, September Term, 19#. Alfred O. Stephenson, aa' administrator, vs Ann Elisa Stephenson atdftjt Complaint No. 7384. Now comes the Plaintiff, by Folta & Spltler his attorneys, and files the complaint herein, together with aa affidavit Chat the defendants Albert O. Stephenson and Mrs. Stephenson his wife and Mrs. Stephenson, as widow of said Albert O. Stephenson add all of tbd unknown heirs, devisee* and legatees of said Albert 0. Stephenson, If deceased, are not resideneta of the BtXte of Indlaba. Notice Is therefore hereby given said defendants that unless they' be and appear on the first day of the next term of the Jasper Circuit Court to be holden on the second Monday of September A. D. 1908, at the court house in Rensselaer In said Coun'y and State, and answer or demur to snlf complaint filed by the plaintiff to sell real estate of Robeit Stephenson, daceased, the same will be heard and determined hi your absence. In witness whereof i hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court, at ReusseL er tills 18th day of July A. D. 1908, C. C. WARNER, ~ July 21-28-Aug4 Clerk.