Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1908 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

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REPUBLICAN MEETING WAS A HUGE SUCCESS

Posey Made Great Speech and Gowdj Met Hundreds of Old Neighbors —A Good Time Generally.

Col. Frank B. Posey delivered the main address for the republicans at the big Thursday meeting and he had for his audience a largp crowd of interested men and women, and they gave him tne most rapt attention. He assailed the efforts of the latter day democrats to stir up class differences and praised the republican party for its constructive legislation throughout its history. He defended the tariff, gave the republican party credit for the effort to regulate the trusts and great corporations, and he was familiar with the affairs of the country since before the war and told how the tariff had resulted in the lessening of the price of steel rails, of silk, and of other things, because it gave employment to American labor and resulted In the discovery and use of labor saving machinery. At one time Mr. Posey Summoned all the power of voice he had and called out, “Never, never, never, my democratic friend, no matter what you .wish to do or to believe, permit yourself to be guilty of stirring up the hatred of the poor for the more fortunate." He showed that the poor have not bear getting poorer, but that they are now in better circumstances than they ever were before. Opportunity has always been afforded to the man of brains and bravpa under the republican administrations of this government, and it has always been a government of, for ‘and by the people, and their voice rules, and they have endorsed the management of the government’s affairs by refusing to be carried away by frivllous issues and uncertain promises. Mr. Posey’s speech was regarded as one of the best campaign speeches ever made here.

MRS. GEORGE SHARP ACCIDENTALLY KILLED

Wife of Former Rensselaer Painter Killed by Street Car at Indianapolis Sunday. *

Mrs. George W. Sharp/ of Indianapolis, wife of the painter and paper hanger of that name who for several years lived in Rensselaer. died Sunday night at an Indianapolis hospital as the result of injuries sustained earlier in the day, as described in the article below, which appeared in the Indianapolis Star: In an effort to save her 6 year old son from death under the wheels of a street car, Mrs. Hattie Sharp, 22 North Denny street, received injuries at 5:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon at Denny and Washington streets from which she died at 9:25 o’clock last night at the City Hospital. George Sharp, Jr., whose life the mother tried, to save, sustained injuries that may cause his death. Harold Sharp, 8 years old, who was following close behind, was not seriously hurt According to Mrs. Charles Rishllng, of Rensselaer, Ind., who was a witness of the accident, Mrs. Sharp and her two children stepped from an east-bound Irvington car, and George ran behind the car and on to the north tracks. Mrs. Sharp heard the west-bound car coming and the warning shouted by Conductor Tom hlnnej of the car she had just stepped from. Heedless of her own danger, she attempted to reach the boy and drag him from the track, when the car from the east struck her. The two boys were thrown from the track and the mother wae knocked down directly in front of the fender several feet from the oar. Before Motorman Otto Clark could bring bis car to a stop the woman had been struck again and rolled beneath the front trucks. Mrs. Sharp was badly cut on the

After he had finished Capt. Gowdy was Introduced and he spoke but briefly, telling of the time’ he used to live in this county and mentioning the names of some of the residents of this city some fifty years ago. He then made a few remarks of a political nature and concluded his speech by speaking of the veterans of the civil war and singing “Marching Through Georgia,” the audience joining in in the chorus. After he was seated Morris Jones, of Newton county, was called to the platform, and sang the verses and chorus of “From Mexico to Maine.” Just as he finished the last verse Captain Gowdy stepped up to his side and together they sang another verse and the chorus of “Marching Through Georgia,” and there was many a wet eye in the large audience. When the singing was over and County Chairman Leopold was giving out some campaign literature John E. Alter, "Bill Bat,” of Union township, pleasantly surprised** the audience by reading a Dutch dialect composition of his own, that was so brim full of wit and recalled so pleasantly the days of long ago that the audience was kept in a constant uproar. It was like an old time rally and patriotism and happiness were hand in hand. . Then Captain Gowdy received the old friends of his early boyhood in Jasper county, giving each a hearty hand shake as they passed by and uttered their names to him. It was a grand reunion and was worth all the effort that home coming cost. This Friday morning, Mr. and Mrs. Gowdy, accompanied b? Geo. Pumphrey, went over to h’is old home farm, in the west side of Newton township, and to the grave yard where his father was buried.

right side of her face and head and both her ankles were broken. The call for the City Dispensary ambulance was sent in about 6:35 o’clock, and Driver Taylor Jackson forced the two ambulance horses to the scene of the accident, -a distance of about three miles, in less than fifteen minutes. Bicyclemen Schlangen and Raddemacher accompanied the ambulance. ' When Dr. Duncan, ambulance sur-» geon, arrived, Mra Sharp had been carried into the office of Dr. J. W. Webb. The two children received first aid in the. office of Dr. A: i Hollingsworth. The mother and son I Harold were removed to the City, Hospital by Dr. Duncan, and George, Jr., was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital in Undertaker A M. Ragsdale ' & Co.'s ambulance. I Motorman Clark’s nerves were unI strung by the accident, and he was i not able to run his car into the city. 'A man was called from one of the i street car barns to take his controller. George W. Sharp, husband of Mrs. Hattie Sharp, who was killed in tryj Ing to save her little son from the i wheels of an Irvington car at East Washington and Denny strees yes- , terday afternoon, is somewheie in . the state of Tennessee, and last night lit was not possible to find him to tell him of his wife’s death. He is an expert sign painter employed by the Thomas F. Cusack Company. A short time ago he left bis home for a six months’ trip through the South, where the company has considerable work to be done. A member of the firm which employs Mr.

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RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1908.

Laura Rathfon Fisher Here.

r? Among the home coming visitors is Mrs. Laura Rathfon Fisher, whose girlhood home was in Gillam township, and who will best be remembered in Rensselaer as the teacher of the 3d grade back in the eighties. Miss Rathfon went to Chicago in 1889, and taught school and was married in 1890 to Mr. Fisher, and is now the mother of three very delightful children. She has been making her headquarters during her visit with Mrs. Rebecca Porter, and accepting invitations to the homes of many other old friends. Some years ago Mrs. Fisher received considerable newspaper praise and fame by, being the leader in CM* cago in freeing the residence district in which she lived «>f saloons. It had been proposed to establish a beer garden in the neighborhood and Mrs. Fisher determined that it should never be, and with all the grit that a good and fearless woman could muster she set about to defeat the will of the brewer. It was no small task; the Chicago city Council does not often look upon the sentimental nor even the moral side of a question and the fight had to be made in the committee and then in the council itself. Mrs. Fisher enlisted the aid of other 'loyal women and after being defeated once by the council they took the matter up again and this time succeeded not only in defeating the beer garden movement but in providing that no saloon of any description could be conducted within the bounds of the residence section. Mrs. Fisher had never been a temperance worker before that time, but her work was a great accomplishment and was the initiatory step to the banishment of the saloons from the .residence sections all over the city.

Mrs. Fisher is now the president of the South Side Monday Club, which is a part of the Federated Women’s dubs of America, and which has among its members many prominent society women. In 1900 Mrs. Fisher completed a course in dramatic art, and it will be remembered that she was highly qualified as an elocutionist and reader when in Rensselaer. She is now planning to accompany another reader here some time during the coming winter for the purpose of giving an evening’s .entertainment. After the death of her father, David Rathfon, ol Gillam • township, the old home place of 80 acres was offered for sale, and Mrs. Fishr did not want it to be transferee! frem the family so she purchased it, and now proposes to make it one cf the most attractive farms in Jasper county. All the fence posts along the road are to be painted white and vines will be grown at each post. Mrs. Fisher called Bill N. Jones to assist her in naming the farm, and he suggested the name of “Keep Sake Farm,” which is quite likely to be adopted. It is a great pleasure to meet and converse with Laura Rathfon Fisher, and her old home most graciously welcomed her visit.

Emerson Coen Joins the Navy.

Emerson Coen, son of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Coen, writes back to his parents from New York that he has enlisted in the United States Navy for a period of four years. He went from here to Chicago only about three weeks ago and from there to New York. He had just completed an enlistment in the Indiana National Guard, being a member of the local company, and he states in a letter to his mother that he has found the training he received here of great advantage to him, and that it has resulted in him being a squad leader. Emerson will probably be home on a furlough at the end of twelve months.

Thomas J. McCoy Denied Parole.

Laporte, Ind., Sept. 2.—Thomas J. McCoy, the Rensselaer banker, now in the Michigan City penitentiary on a three yews’ sentence for bank wrecking. aga.n has been denied a parole. It is stated by persons close to McCoy that be will be compelled to serve his full maximum sentence, In whichxevetot he will not be released until June, 1909. It is -understood Governor Manly's opposition to the exercise of) clemency hss prevented the Parole Board from taking action id McCoy’s case. / _ _ itching, torturing skin eruptions, dlsfigureAnnoy,drive one wild. Doan’s Ointment brings quick relief and lasting cures. Fifty cents at any drug store. - '■; ...

Horse Show Draws Big Crowl

The horse show given Friday, the last day of the home coining celebration, was a success in every particular, and brought a large crowd of farmers and stockmen- to town. The horse show was given on Washington street in front of the court house and resembled the horse ring of a county fair, and demonstrated the quality of horse flesh now being raised in Jasper county. The prizes, which were |5, $3 and |2 in each class, were awarded as follows: Draft stallions, five entries, Ist and 2nd to Eliaur Sage; 3rd, Chas. Pullins. Agricultural mares, 3 years old and over, 8 entries, Ist, A. J. Biggs; 2nd, Perry Marlatt; ’3rd, James Walters. Draft colts, 8 entries, Ist, Oscar Hauter; 2nd and 3rd. James Walters. Single drivers, 14 entries, Ist, Mark Reed; 2nd, John Kolhoff; 3rd, Maude Larsh. / Double drivers, 6 entries, let, Robt. Michaels; 2nd, Rice Porter; 3rd, Frank HIIL

Late Saturday Evening Marriage.

Rev. Geo. H. Clarke of the Christian church performed a marriage ceremony at his resldenc e at 10 o’clock Saturday night The parties were Mr. William Foster and Miss Jennie Gard. Mr. Foster is a blacksmith in the employ of H. F. King, and he had arranged with both the clerk and the minister, so that the license could be procured and the marriage performed after the arrival of the bride on the 6:32 train. The train was about an hour late, however, and the clerk had concluded that the couple would not apply for the license and had closed the office. Later, however, they found his deputy, Miss Hazel Warner, and the license was procured, but it it was 10 o’clock before they reached the minister’s residence. Mr. Foster has been working in Rensselaer for several months, having come here from Delphi. The bride is a milliner at Rossville, and was accompanied here by her sister, Miss Madeline. Mr. and Mrs. Foster left on the 2:01 train Sunday for Rossville, and Mr. Foster returned here Monday. He expects to make Rensselaer their home, but she will continue in the millinery business at Rossville until next spring.

Won Ball Game from Brook.

The Wrens succeeded in getting the Friday SSO ball game from Brook, but 1c required ten innings to do it Dobbins pitched good ball again and Bachant caught perfectly. Only five clean hits were made by the Brookites, one of these being a home run by Corbet, the pitcher. Spencer, the Wrens’ right fielder, played good and Had in spots. He made errors that let in three or four runs,‘and then batted in with two doubles and one single, three of the runs the Wrens made. And at another time made a good stop and throw from right field that cut off a run at the plate. Morgan made a long hit that almost cleared the left field fence, but it was fielded so quickly that he only got two sacks for it. A more extended account of the game will be given Monday. The final score was 7 to 6, the winning run being made in the 10th session by Swartellz, who reached Ist on a hit and scored on a right field drive by Morgan, which Wlckwire let get away from him. Joe Hammond, of Remington, was the umpire. The Wrens disbanded for the season Friday night, as Dobbins and McCarthy are to re-snter college within the next ten da ya

Mrs. Joe Adams Badly Scalded.

Mrs. Joseph Adams, residing south of town, was badly scalded Sunday morning. She was carrying a bucket of scalding water to the back yard to use in scalding a chicken, and tell down as she stepped from the porch. The water struck her lower limbs, scalding the left one quite seriously from the hip ' downward, and also scalding the right limb but less severely. A physician was at once called. Mrs. Adams will be laid up for several weeks.

Crumpacker at Wheatfield.

Hon. E. D. Crumpacker will open the campaign at Wheatfield next Monday night, speaking in that town at 7:80 o'clock. Republicans and all voters are urged to get out and hear him

HOME-COMING WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL

Hundreds of Former Residents Gather Here and Have the Grandest Time of Their Lives.

“Glad to see you. Jack.” "Same to you, Charlie.” "Let’s see, Jack, we haven’t met before since *B7, have we, or was it *86?" “Well bless your darling heart, Mary, I haven’t seen you for 10 years, and you are looking just as natural as though it was but yesterday. Married now, of course, and how many children, and are they all well?” This is the kind of talk Rensselaei ! has been filled with ail week long. Pleasant faces one had almost forgotten, happy smiles, bright eyes, hearts overflowing with joy, and occasionally a tear as some tender recollection of the past was brought to mind. But the heart throbs were for joy, and the regrets were few compared to the incidents of pleasure recalled after so many, many years of separation. Did it pay? Ask those who came back and mingled with all their old friends. Ask those who were the hosts or those who simply came to Rensselaer because they know that here is the place where there is always a good time of the right sort. There was only one thing that could have made it better and that was to haves’artei the movement six months ahead of time and had more of the old timers as our guests. And it has been suggested that we hold another home coming three or five years later and determine a long time in advance when it shall be, and make a more general effort to get the former residents of Rensselaer and Jasper county back again. We will make no mistake bv doing this, and if permanent organisation were effected at home with «. view to holding a home coming every five years, it would be a

SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THIS DISTRICT

Richard McCain, Now Being Postmaster at Kentland, is Disqualified As State Senator.

In making the announcement Saturday of the vacancies in the general assembly Governor Hanly omitted to call an election in this senatorial district, composed of Jasper, White, Newton and Starke counties. His attention was called to this oversight, and he issues a special proclamation calling for this election, and Fred Gemmer, his private secretary, brought the proclamation here Sunday and within a very few hours after his arrival the Republican office had printed the notices for the sheriffs of this and Newton counties and they were being posted in every voting precinct by various deputies. Sheriff Stoner, of Newton county, was here and lost no time in driving over to Newton county to begin the posting work, while Sheriff O’Connor made haste in Jasper.

The vacancy In this district is occasioned by the fact that Hon. Richard McCain, of Kentland, the incumbent for the past four years, had been appointed postmaster at that town, and had been installed in the office. This disqualified him as a state senator, and Governor Hanly declared a vacancy and called a special election for Sept 17th, and as 10 days’ notice is required all the notices had to be posted before Monday night, Sept 7th. The republican chairmen of the four counties met in Rensselaer Monday and decided upon the nomination of

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fine thing and would furnish muck interest to its members. They could have a president and secretary and the addresses of those who have gong away, could be kept and it would than , be an easy matter to invite them back. a There were so many people here that, it has been impossible for ths Republican to give each some men* iotn; hard as ws have tried many have escaped notice, and as many of those who were here did not register, the list will be imperfect. Soma abridgment of the list is made in order to put the members of one family in one paragraph, and the Mat is here published. B. D. McColly and wife, Chicage Heights. George M. Dunlap, Hoopeston, HL S. F. Hemphill and daughter, Danville, 111. W. E. Timmons, Elk Falls, Kans. Mrs. Blanche Fritts and daughter, Delphi, Ind. Mrs. Lettie Pascal!, Corning, N. T. Mrs. Dr. C. A. Barnes, Greenfield, Ind. Jeanette Nowels, Delphi, Ind. Walter M. White and family, Lowell Ind. Mrs. Leota Nowels and daughter,. Delphi, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Banes, South Bend. Thomas Randle and family, Hope, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Milllron, Denver, Ind. E. P. Chesnut and wife, Hoopeston, 111. Robert S. Paris, Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Rosa P. Ladd and daughter, Oxford, Ind. Thomas Eiglesbach, Chicago, HL

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Abraham Halleck, of this city, who is the regular nominee before the voters at the general election. The democratic chairmen of the four counties met at Monon and nominated A J. Law, the regular democratic nominee before the voters of the district at the general election. All the voting precincts of the district will be opened on election day, Sept 17th, and the successful candidate will represent the district at the special session of the legislature that is to convene on the 18th of the month. It is quite probable that the county option proposition will be taken up and that the majority of the i*> publicans and enough democrats will support it to make it carry, but it is conceded that the brewers will put up a fierce fight against it Considerable surprise has been oocasioned at the action of Governor Hanly in calling a special session of the state legislature for Sept 18. The proclamation was issued Friday afternoon. Immediately after issuing the call Governor Hanly directed that special elections be held on Sept 17th to elect successors to legislators who have either died or resigned since the last session. The exact purpose of the special session is in doubt. It is indicated by the governor that the session will be short, probably of only 10 days’ duration.

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