Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1908 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

TWICE A WEEK

VOL. XLL

CITY COUNCIL RAISES LOCAL TAX LEVY

Levy 7 Cents Higher Than Last Year— Council Proceedings.

At the meeting of the city council Monday evening the city tax levy was fixed at $1.90, a raise of 7 cents over last year. The levy was fixed as follows: Corporation fund —— .40 Road fund Water Works —----- .15 Library,2- .10 Electric light — —— .10 Special school .45 Tuition Total t —51.90 There was * raise of 10 cents in the special school fund; the light fund was reduced 5 cents and the public park levy was abolished for this year. A petition of E. M. Thomas et al for an extension of the water mains was granted. The following bills were allowed: CORPORATION FUND. H. L. Gamble, city engineer—- 11.00 Frank McCarthy, assisting eng- 6.00

THE HONEST NAN HAS BEEN FOUND

Brings sl, Which He Found, to This Office to Be Advertised And Wants No Praise. . FOUND —$1; inquire at this office. That is the way a clasified advertisement reads in today’s Republican - : : : -It is no joke; the money is really here, and the party that lost it can have it by calling here, proving property and settling for the advertising, which will be but a small charge. The advertisement does not say whether the dollar was silver or paper, or in various denominations aggregating 100 cents, but the proprietors of the Republican have been informed about this and also as to the place where the money was found, and there are certain things that make us believe that the person to whom the money belongs will call for it s The man who found this dollar is -apoor man, and has none too easy a time to get along, but he wants nothing that is not honestly his own and he figured that the person that lost this dollar may need it far more than he and If he don't, why, it is his anyway, and he ought to have It on that account. The man who found it was making no grandstand play for notoriety when he advertised it, for he pledged the Republican man to secrecy as to who found to Within a few hours after the dollar was turned over to us, we had learned of two persons who had lost a dollar, and a third said that members of, his family had lost seventyfive cents and might be able to make it a dollar before evening. The person , that gets this dollar must be prepared to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the money belongs to them. • It is possible that a special corps of clerks will have to be employed to wait upon the claimants of the dollar, and usher them in one at a time to the sanctum of the editor. "If the right party don’t call for the dollar," said the finder, "yon may do the best thing on earth with it; apply it to my subscription account.” ' Such combined honesty and excellent judgment we have not found before; no, not in all Rensselaer.

The Gem of the Valley,acknowledged by all the beet flour they ever need, 31.40 a sack. _ CH ICAGO BARGAIN STORE. Try that new Monarch catsup at the Home Grocery; Its just like mother used to make. Fancy Red Turkey Wheat from which Arlstos Flour is made has been advancing in price for the last thirty days, but having bought 600 barrels of Arlstos before the advance, we are still selling It at the old price, 11.40 a sack. JOHN EGER.

Chas. Morlan, city clerk2s.oo W. S. Parks, marchal 30.00 E. M. Thomas, nightwatch2s.oo Lonzo Healey, assisting eng— LOO Firemen, services 84.25 Rensselaer Fire Department, dues disability fund 325 , RO’AD FUND. Chester Zea, labor 30.00 Cecil Clouse, work on street— 10.50 Chas. Elder, labor 10.00 Marlon Smith, work on street— 14.00 John Albertson, work on sewer .80 WATER FUND. Ed Hopkins, salary 30 00 Gould Co., Supplies 16.98 Chas. Elder, firing 14 00 Jolm Hordeman, work on main 10.25 ELECTRIC LIGHT FUND. C. S. Chamberlain, salaryso.oo Dave Haste, salary 30.00 Mell Abbott, salary3o.oo Sullivan Oil Co., /oil— 9.72 General Electric. Co., supplies— 13.50 Tom Hoyes, work on line— 30.00 Moses Leopold, freight 37.82

Settlement of John Yates' Insurance.

W. I. Yates Tuesday received a check for SI,OOO, from the life, insurance company that had insured his son, John N. Yates, whose accidental death occurred on July 30th. John had taken out the policy during November of last year, it being in favor of his mother.

Hemenway Here October Ninth.

The next republicah speech at R nsselaer will be by Senator Hemenway, who will speak at the opera house on October 9th, at 7:30 o'clock. When Senator Hemenway was here two vears ago he pleased his auditors so well that he is certain to have a large crowd out to hear him. Senator Bveeridge will a’so speak here later in the campaign,-

No Steam for Mr. Fritts.

No more steam explosions for Mr. Fritts. He has bought a new peanut roaster to take the place of the one that blew up last week and it arrived today. The propel’er that turns the new machine does not run by steam, it winds up like a clock and when it runs down all you have to do it "wind ’er up again.'* If the spring breaks it won’t knock out a plate glass or two and is not liable to wreck the machine. The roaser part will be heated by a gasoline jet just like a gasoline stove Ttye spring that operates the machine will run it long enough to complete a roast. Then Mr. Fritts may imagine that he is cranking a $5,000 automobile as he winds it up. It may require more exertion on the part of the new proprietor but there will be no danger of another explosion. The new machine is at work,at his booth on the streev and will be during the fair.— Delphi Herald.

Flies Cause of Disease.

To verify the theory that files and not hot weather are chiefly responsible for the prevalence of intestinal diseases, Dr. Daniel D. Jackson, of the Merchants* association committee on water pollution, has b en trapping flies all summer at a station near Prospect Park, Brooklyn, comparing the record of his captures with that of last year and with the health department mortality figures. The doctor says he found the relation between the number of deaths reported substantially the same as last year. The largest weekly number of deaths from such disorders reported last year coincided exactly with the largest catch of files, being 567 for the week ended, August 2. This summer the highest weekly death record was 448, made for the week ended July 18.

New turnips, cabbage, beets, everything for a good boiled dinner, at the Home Grocery. Hear Professor Donley play the pipe organ at the Christian church cn •Friday night. . ■ ~£: ■ *if

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RENSSELAER. JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1908.

Pipe Organ Recital

At the Christian Church, Friday Evening, October 2, 1908 FJ<rhf O’ClnrL

The pipe organ recently placed in the Christian church is now completed and will be opened to the public for the first time on Friday evening. The organ was built by M. P. Moller, the famous pipe organ builder of HagerstQvn-, Maryland, and is one of his best organs. The instrument was built according to plans and spe?ificaHons drawn by Prof. W. H. Donley, supervising organ architect cf Indi r n ipolis, Ind. The instrument will cost $2,000,

Joint Commissioners Session Wednesday.

The commissioners cf Jasper and Porter counties met in joint Session at Dunn’s bridge Wednesday and adopted plans for the Hebron grade bridge across the Kankakee river between the two counties. The bridge, as agreed is to be a steel structure 270 feet in length and its'estimated cost is $9,500. The commissioners agreed to advertise the bridge letting to be made in Rensselaer on January 12th.

Preacher Was Horse Trader.

The Baptist congregation in the little village of New Buffalo, in Laporte county, has decided that a David Harum in the ministry is too much and as a result the trustees have closed the church for an indefinite period. The Rev. Charles Eble, the pastor, was charged some months ago with misrepresenting things in a horse trade and the church peop’e took up the fight against him.

A full line Pittsburg perfect electric Model fence the world’s best. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. We will show a big line of ladies,* misses and children’s cloaks, suits and furs for one day only, Monday, Oct. sth, 1908, at the Cash Store. G. B. PORTER.

FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS SATURDAY

High School Eleven Will Meet Brookston at Riverside Athletic Park That Afternoon.

Rensselaer high school is again to play football, and it Is thought a very excellent team will be made out of the timber at hand. They have been having signal and scrimmage practice for the past two weeks under the direction of Harry Parker and Rev. Parrett and believe they are in very fair form for the opening contest, which will be held on Riverside field next Saturday afternoon, their rivals being the Brookston high school team. It will be recalled that Rensselaer played three games of basketball with Brookston la t year :>ndth t the athletic relations of the two teams was very pleasant Prof, Garlough of the Brookston schools, takes a great amount of interest in athletics and demands that all of the sports be clean, and in this respect he will find hearty co-workers in Prot Brad-

SI,OOO of which was contributed by A. J. Carnegie, the philanthropist, Some additional expense was made necessary in installing the instrument, all of which it is hoped will be raised by the sale of tickets for the re it 4. In the organ recital the people of Rensselaer will be given a genu.ne musical treat. ProLDon’ey, is thorough ly prepared, both by schooling and by experience, to give organ recitals. He will be assisted by the accomplished soloist, Mrs. Virenda Rainer, of Lafayette. The recital will begin at 8:00 o’clock.

Prominent Democrat Bolts.

Otto Borman, of Toleston, who has been a red-hot democrat all of his life, who was the democratic candidate for Lake county commissioner against Oscar Krinbill, a man who has prospered with the growth of Gary and who is now considered one of the biggest real estate dealers in the steel city, has decided to vote the republican ticket from top to bottom.

County Option Changes Gary.

In Gary, which has recently gone dry through the action of the blanket remonstrance law, the sentiment is that the county local option law recently passed by the state legislature is a good measure, and that It will be of great power in electing the republican candidate to the governorship. It means in their opinion that the townships, as 'well as Lake county, will retain the saloon, in Lake county, and that as soon as possible Gary will be taken out of the dry list

LADIES.

Don’t forget the big cloak and suit sale on October sth at the Cash Store. G. B. PORTER. Special cloak, suit and blanket sale for October. , CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE.

shaw and Ross Dean, who propose to keep the playing of the home team free from rowdyism. Rensselaer has stood for clean athletics for several years and they do not propose to depart from it The schedule of games for the sear son has not been completed, but arrangements have been made for games with Hammond and Crown Point, and other games will probably be played with Michigan City, Logansport, Frankfort and Weet Lafayette. There are plenty of high school teams this year and all of them want to come to Rensselaer. . The managers of the home team are hoping that the opening game Saturday will draw out a good crowd of rooters, as they feel the success of the team depends largely upon the support accorded it.

ANGER CONTROLS TOM’S UTTERANCES

Boss Taggart Threatens to Force Democrats that Voted for Option Bill Off Ticket.

Indianapolis, Sept. 29. —(Special)— Tom Taggart, member of the Democratic national committee from Indiana, who led the fight against the enactment of the county local option law has stated in an Interview here that the Democratic members who voted for the bill should withdraw from the ticket lif other words, Taggart’s fiery utterances are regarded as an effort to read out of his party those representatives who had the courage tovc/e against the dictation of the LieberFairbanks brewery combine. Not less interesting than Taggart’s interview was the letter of Thomas R. Marshall, democratic nomir.ee for governor, made public today by Chairman Jackson of the democratic state committee. In substance Marshall admits that the enactment of the county L eal option law takes the temperance question out of this campaign. He delar s that he will discuss other matte: s, but tjre important feature of his letter is the effort to forestall any attempt to get him to say whether or not he would sign a bill to repeal the county local option law should the next legislature happen to be democratic. For the last six weeks Marshall has attempted to evade the challenge of James E. Watson, the republican nominee for governor, who has tried to get him to say publicly whether or no

he would sign a county local option

bill if he had a chance. Marshall finally took enough notice of the challenge to say that he would not sigr any bill until he had read it On top of this evasion he now informs the voters of Indiana through the h ad of his own organization that he will not be put in a position where he will have to say whether or not he will stand for the repeal of the county local option law.

He warns the voters in decisive

Attention Voters of Walker Town ship.

The General Assembly of Indiana on March 3, 1907, so amended the election law so that when two hunddred votes are cast at the last election for Presidential Electors in any township having only one precinct, if twenty five votrs petition the county commissioners they will establish another voting precinct. Therefore’ let all the vo'ers of Walker township vote cm November 3rd and thereby enable the citizens thereof to have the convenience of two precincts. See Acts 1907, page 659.

JOHN O’CONNOR.

Miss Blanche Kenton Married.

Announcement cards have been received here of the marriage Monday of this week of Miss Blanche E. Kenton, daughter of William Kenton, of Mitchell, S. Dak., to Dr. Fred T. Rice. They are to be at home after November 15th at Pukwana, 8. Dak. Miss Kenton was born and raised in Jasper county and has a large circle of warm friends among her old acquaintances here. She taught school In this county for two years and was a student for a time in the high school. She moved to South Dakota with her father about four years ago.

“The Devil” Coming Soon.

The theatre patrons of this city will shortly enjoy an excellent treat one of the most talked of plays throughout the country, “The Devil.* This Is the brilliant play of the daring Hungarian writer, Franz Molnar, whose wonderous wit, impish imagination, Shavian satire and cheerful comedy had already flashed bis fame over Europe. It is the women perhaps who loudest sing the praises of this witty and wicked, but altogether wholesome and humerous Devil. The women better than any others, understand this handsome tempter who whispers his cunning suggestions tn the ears of lovers and winds his victims about his crafty fingers. The story is human to the core and holds an audience breathless throughout the play. “The Devil** and his company are due here Monday, October sth.

TUESDAYS—FRIDAYS

language that he will not be put in a corner on this question and that ha proposes to go ahead with this &impaign regardless of the efforts to find out where he stands with reference to the repeal by the next legislature od the county local option law as it now • ~ —«< •* -• -■—* "■*.'■*■**?*■ stands. His language in the letter is framed very skillfully, but.it is apparent to those who have read it carefully that he means that he will not say in advance what he will do. Under the circumstances it means that the temperance forces in both the Republican and democratic parties must await Mr. Marshall’s pleasure to find out what he is going to do. According to his own Statement, if he is elected governor, the people will have to take him as he now stands and leave it to him after the votes are cast to determine what his attitude will be toward the county local option law. The Democratic leaders are plainly worried over the enactment of he county local option law. It is understood that Taggart, Marshall, Jackson and the rest of the organization are finding it difficult to explain to the liberal element why it was that they could not hold their members teg ther and keep the county local option bill from becoming a law. Taggart and the democratic organization, it is generally known, have been making a bid for the votes of the liberal element on the ground that th? ele ti n of Marshall would mean the defeat of the county local option law. Now that the bill has become a law in spite of their efforts, they are not in a position to delude the liberal repu’ - llcans and democrats by their premises. It is very likely that the i gislatu e will finish up its business and adjourn Wednesday.

Big Fire in McCoysburg Monday Night.

Mrs. Orlando McDonald not! ed m unusual light shining into t- e wi d w Monday night which caused ler to get up to locate the origin; It soon developed that the town was on fire. She called the rest of the fmily and they immedia’ely hastened to tie scene, and found J. P. Gwin’s hardware store in flames. R. C. McDonald ran.on up the street giving the alarm, and it was only a few minutes till the whole town w.‘s > p fighting fire. In all tie while e storage m nd grainery near the Monon track c ivg t fire and the flames threatened th» whole business section. Nothing could be saved fom the burning buildings, for the heat was so intense that 50 feet was as clou as one could approach. It took heroic efforts -to save the other buildings. McCoy's store was scorched in front and one glass was cracked. Had the wind not been in a southerly direction, everything would ba e been swept clean. The cause of. the fir* is laid to a defective flue. As the day was quite chilly a big tire was made and was probably the frst f.re in the stove since spring. The old storage room contained seme c al, feed, barrels, boxes and Chas. Saldle's soft drinks, probably 15 or 20 cases. He only saved 4 eases. Mr. Gwin had some insurance, but it will hardly cover his loss. Telephone service was ent o'ff by the fire, but when the fire eeaed a phone was attached to the bell line out In the road, and thus the news war reported to central and the depot This is the third fire of this chanter for Hanging Grove in a short time. Mr. Gwin’s stock of goods was insured for only $600; the policy being carried In the Ohio Farmers Co., of which J. C. Porter to the local agent The building was insured for S7OO in another company. The loss was vastly more than the insurance.

■ Secure your tickets for the Pipe Organ Recital at the Christian church on Friday evening at P. W. Clarke’s jewelry store. Church will be open at 7:30, the Recital will begin at 8:00 o’clock.

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