Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1908 — Page 2

RENSSeLAER REPUBLICAN AND JOURNAL DAILY AND SEil-WEtKLY The Friday issue Is the Regular Weekly Edition, scßsoßirrioN rat ms samt. av oarrisr, 10 cents a week nr MAIL, e».78 A TEAS Blln-WBBIU.T, 111 Adtaica TEAK gt-BO HEALEY & CLARK, ■ PUBLISHERS Catered at the Poatoffice at Ranaaelaer, Indiana aa Second-CUta Matter.

HANGING GROVE TOWNSHIP

Clyde Bowman went to Delphi Friday on a business trip. J. M. McDonald was in McCoysburg a few minutes Friday afternoon.

Reed McCoy went up to Kersey Thursday morning to buy some more potatoes for his customers here. Mrs. Hetherlngton, who has been visiting Mrs. J. V. Lewis, returned to her home in Boone county Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Armstrong visited at J. R. Phillip’s Wednesday and attended the republican rally at Rensselaer Thursday. Mrs. Jerome Harmon returned home Friday morning from a visit with her daughter, Mrs. C. B. Crowdeu, at Goodland.

Geo. H. Thomas, of Lafayette, came up Thursday mortiing on the milk train and visited the Wetheral farm. He returned home the same day. Mr. Burlew, of Medaryville, came down to Geo. Potts’ Friday and got his hay pressing outfit, which has been there since he finished pressing hay for James Lefler. The carpet that the charitable citizens here donated material for and had made for' Mr. and Mrs. John Knopinski,is now comp e e l and rea ’y to tack down.

If nothing unforseen takes it, the ■wheat crop in Hanging Grove should be quite extensive next year considering the amount that is usually sown here. Several acres were sown this fall and the wheat Is up 2 or 3 inches high and looks good. Ghas. W. Bussell went to Logansport Wednesday to assist Mr. Pullins, of Rensselaer, with the elk he was to deliver to Wilson Searight, who also has quite a park of deer, wild game, pheasants,' etc. The elk was crated and shipped by express. Another child in the family near Navoo that have the diptheria died Wednesday about 9 o’clock, making the third one that has die! from the dread disease. It is reported also that two, more of the family are in a critical condition and are hardly expected to pull through. The physicians surely have the disease checked as so far no new cases are reported.

Mrs. John Knopinski and daughter Theresa had some thrilling experience about a mile east of Rensselaer Thursday evening on their way home Their horse became unmanageable and ran into the wire fence. Fortunately neither of them were injured, but considerable damage was done to the buggy. A neighbor happened along about the time of the accident and took the victims home. Assistant Superintendent of Railway Mail Service was here Friday confering with Postmaster Reed McCoy. His business here was in the interest of establishing mail service on the C. & W. V. Ry. But that would require a regular passenger train to run on schedule time. It certainly would be a wonderful acoomm< d ‘tion f r pe pH dJong that line should it finally be established.

Revival Meetings.

Rev. Charles F. Barrett, an evangelist from Delaware, Ohio, will commence revival meetings at Trinity Methodist Episcopal church on' next Sunday morning. Mr. Barrett is both a Gospel sngier and preacher and has held some very successful meetings in many of the larger cities and comes very highly recommended as a man free from all cheap,claptrap methods, broad in bis sympathies and appealing to people of all classes. As the meetings will only continue for two weeks the public is cordially Invited to hear him from the beginning.

CARD OF THANKS.

The undersigned wish to thank the friends who were so kind to them during the long sickness and following death of our son and brother, George W. Payne. JAMES PAY MO AND FAMILY.

Some of the new fur coats are finish*d with flaring reveres of velvet and some of oontragting fur. Large pocket* frr« a feature of the new separate coat and are set far down on fly body. • v s Rich and dark Colors have the greatest vogue in hat trimming.

Our Criticism of Bishop Quayle.

In reporting tee lecture of Bishop William A. Quayle, we said that parts of his lecture were unfair, dishonest, and what was much less excusable in a lecturer, showed his ignorance of what he talked about.

We have not changed our mind. Bishop Quayle said . something about having visited afc.army post where the officers all wore corsets and "Bis extreme foppishness made fools pf themselves. He told of their conduct in the ball room and of their affected language and of how the women ran after them, and made fools of themselves, and said he often thought that if a soldier’s uniform was hung up in every public place where the women and girls could see it, they would learn not to care so much for what was Inside of It. The lecturer’s description was comical, being accompanied by a number of fancied attitudes of the soldier, and the writer indulged in a hearty laugh because of the ridiculiusness of the thing. Imagine the Rensselaer Republican or any other newspaper parading the follies and foibles and sometimes the sinfulness of some ministers of the gospel and then asserting that all preachers were to lie judged by the conduct of there few. We have no idea where Bishop Quayle met the soldier that he took as a basis for bis opinion of the United States Army, and we shall not deny that he met somewhere with just such an idiot, but we do claim teat tjiere is no fairness in judging ti; e entire body of officers of an army by an occasional dunce, there is among them. And we know that the officers who are doing their dpty are mighty busy men even in a time of peace, and are, if they meet up to tne requirements of thegovernment,men of g PJ habi.s, industry, tact, and ingenuity. There are occasional failures in the army officers, and they are as human as the preachers, and their weakness is properly defenseless. Rut each officer stands on his own footing as does each citizen, and failure is the certain outcome of viciousness or folly, as it is among the preachers, or business or professional people. To attack the officers or the army as a whole is to attack the military organization, and the congress of the United S ates has approved the present military establishment, and in efliciency, it is doubtless the most able military power in the world. If Bishop Quayle is opposed to the army that is a a different matter, and he should attack the organization and not the officers.

Many things would indicate that Bishop Quayle devotes more cf iis lectures to an effort to please than he does the expressions of ideas and to thoughts that are calculated to make his auditors better thinkers and we have our extreme doubt if he meant what he said. We are kind enough to believe that he is not so profoundly ignorant as his criticism of soldier officers w»uld indicate, and we trust tit at his heare s shall not employ the same rule to him and his knowledge of other tnings as he does to the army by judging it as an entirety by the weakne.s it has in some of its foppish parts. Bishop Quayle is presumed to be a broad minded man, and yet there is no reason for any one to believe him perfect in his line of thought, and he is as open to criticism as was Bob Ingersol, when he went about the country and with his polished oiatory and smooth logic sought to disprove the teacnings of the Bible. Both were men, each with his good traits and each with his faulty, and we have no hesitation whatever in saying that in reference to his soldier argument Bishop Quayle was unfair, dishonest, and what is worse, ignorant of his subject.

The Jasper County Democrat, the paper that “knocks - ’ everything and everybody, being careful never to attack a democrat in good standing, or any other person or organization that helps pay the freight at the Democrat office, thinks it a terrible thing that the Republican should criticise this reverend gentleman, and yet, only a few weeks ago, the Democrat said, “A number of Indiana preachers made asses out of themselves down at the state capitol this week. Of couise we occasionally run across one of these reverend gentlemen who doesn't have to do this —nature having saved him the trouble. People of other towns as well as Rentßeluer can hear testimony to such fact’’

It might be noiced that this "expose" editor does not orient himself by saying what preachers he meant. The Republican criticised Bishop Quayle, with no thought of the other ministers, but . this dlsgru&t ed vulture at the helm of the Democrat, simply called all ministers asses, because he lacked the honor to come out and say in the open which one of

the minister? he aimed to insult Consistency U usually rare in the Democrat, but in jhis case it is consistent for It follows the Bishop Quayle plan ,of insulting alf for the qake of roasting ja tew, and then jumps on to the, Republican for defending the majority because of the <>f h few. We really believe that Bishop

Quayle Is ,a better entertainer than he is a lecturer, and we refer to his entire Monday night performance. It witg clever, amusing, somewhat witty, his facial girations were expressive of his thoughts,* but there was very little ia it that would stick to the mind, and it could not btr compared to many of the lecture numbers that Rensselaer has been honored with, in eluding the Bishop’s own .former visit here.

Hail to “Gus” Phillips.

MR. AUGUSTUS PHILLIPS of “The Wolf” Company, Direction Sam S. and Lee Shubert. (Inc.)

On Tuesday night, Nov. 10th, at the Grand Opera House. Lafayete, Ind, Messrs. Sam S. and Lee Shubert will offer for the first time in that city, ‘‘The Wolf.” One of the many striking fea f ures in the play is said to be the finale of the last act, which is played on a dark stage with the moon hidden behinl dense clouds. The fight be’ween the two star charac f ers is not seen by the audience, but the exchange of defiance, the pistol shots and the scuffle, with the sound of a falling body at last, are heard and until the winner in the fight reveals his face by the glare of a match with which he is calmly lighting a cigarette, the audience is in doubt as to the outcome. A Monon special will leave Rensselaer at 7 p. m. and return at 11 p. m.

Marriage Licenses.

Oct. 29. Alva McNeil, born Jasper county, Dec. 10, 1871, present residence LaCrosse, Ind., occupation merchant, and Caroline Pearl Johnson, bprn Lowell, Ind., Nov. 4, 1875, present residence Wheatfield, occupation housekeeper, Ist marriage for each. Oct. 28 —Theodore Stone, born Laporte county, Ind., April 30, 1860, present residence Laporte county, occupation laborer, 2d marriage, Ist dissolved by divorce in Oct 1905. To Clara Donnel, born Laporte county, May 30, 1864, present residence Rensselaer, occupation housekeeper, 3d marriage, divorce from first in 1884; second husband died Dec. 13, 1907. Sr.e signed application for license with mark.

Expects to Attend Monument Unveiling.

John Kres'.er, of this city, was a member of the 129th Pennsylvania regiment, which, with seven other Pennsylvania regiments, made a most magnificent charge on Marys's Heights, Dec. 13th, 1862. The dlvl ion was in command of Gen. A. A. Humphreys, and it suffered a terrific loss. Mr. Kresler received a wound in his head that almost cost his life. In commenioration of the brilliant work of the Pennsylvania regiments that state has caused a $25,000 monument to be erected at Fredricksbprg, Va., and this will be unveiled on Nov. 11th, and Mr. Kresler expects to attend. He will probably go by the way of Cincinnati and the C. & O. railroad.

Generously, the state of Pennsylvania Is furnishing free transportation to all members of eight regiments who reside in Pennsylvania. All they have ~to do Is to make application to the secretary, stating to what regiment he belonged and what his postofflee address and neare t railway station Is. As Mr. Kresler does not live in Pennsylvania he will not come In for this, but he believes a look at the old battlefield and the reunion of his old companions worth all that It will cost

Nothing better than a few games of box ball v aster working in office or store all day. j t > Now is the time to hay a barret* of fancy New York apples. Kings, Bples, Baldwins, Greenings. Seek no farther, etc. ' r ' ; ,f CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. V < . ' ■ ■■ See the fine stir robes for baby buggies at Worland's. Visit the big cloak and suit sale. .Chicago bargain store.

Finds Many Cases of Diphtheria

Says the Indianapolis News: “J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, is wrestling with diphtheria epidemics at Earl Park and Mulberry. At the former place, Mr. licMahan the health officer, reports that he has discovered 150 cases .qt “blind” diphtheria. ‘"Dr. Hurty ‘explains that by ‘blind’ dipteeria" he means such cases - as those in which the child is not seriously ill but has the germs in the throat. He says that it all depends on the resisting power of the child whe her these cases are dangerous to the patient, but they are as contagious as the more virulent type. In such cases, Dr. Hurty says, the people often rebel against quarantine and treatment because they can not be made to understand that the child has diphtheria. Since he has ma.de his discovery, Dr. McMahan reports teat the people of Earl Park are aiding him In every way to stamp out the disease. “At Mulberry Dr. Bensjn Ruddell reports that ’there have been three deaths, and that there- are still many severe cases. .More than** fifty instances of the ‘blind’ type have been found and the investigation has not yet* been completed. The ditease was taken to Mulberry by an adult who died of it there three weeks ago, and the case was not diagnosed, it is sais, until after the contagion ham spread.”

A Story on Himself by George Ade.

I cannot recall that I ever did anything in the dramatic lir-e until about ten years ago, when I submitted to May Irwin a little one act play entitled “Mrs. Peckham’s Carom e.” Much to my surprise she accepted the play and sent me a check for S2OO. It seemed wrong to accept such a large sum for such a small manuscript, but I needed the two hundred and kept it. Miss Irwin put the manuscript into her trunk and forgot all about it. Occasionally during the last ten years I have been tempted to return the money to her, feeling that I had obtained it under false pre'enses. Last winter she was in violent need of a one act play to fill in an evening's entertainment, so she fished out my first effort and played it. Much to her surprise and much to mine, the little play was highly successful. I had always regarded it as the crude and amatuerish attempt of a beginner, but the critics, who supposed that it had been writtin the week before, recognized in it the ripening improvement in technique.con t ucti n subplot, etc., (which are unde sto:d only by critics) over certain other plays. - “Mrs. Peckham’s Carouse” seemed to excite so little enthusiasm on the part of Miss Irwin that it was five vears before I had the courage to take a sdcond dip into the troub el waters of dramatic authorship, with the “Sultan of Sulu.”

U. S. Senators at Stake.

Every republican voter should bear in mind that not only the county option laws but the election of a U. S. Senator is at stake next Tuesday. John G. Brown and Abraham Hall ck are both pledged to yote for Senator Hemenway’s re-election and Mr. Halleck is also pledged to vote for Senator Beveridge. They are not only personally in favor of these men but were instructed to vote for them by the conventions which nominated them and both publicly accepted and p'edged themselves to follow there instrmtio: s. When it is remembered that Tom Taggart is among the possibilities for Senator in case a democratic legislature is elected and that the overthrow of the county option law is also threatened, there should be no question about how to vote when it comes to the legislative ticket. —Remington Press.

Arrested for Violating Truancy Law

E. L. Hollingsworth, cashier of the First National Bank, was 'Friday served with a warrant charging him with a violation of the truancy law, In not sending his son. Emmet, to the public schools. The case is to be tried Monday afternoon. It is miderstood' that Mr. Hollingsworth wds providing private Instruction for his son, which would certainly fulfill the Intention of the law, which is ' aimed to' prevent Children from growing up In ignorance, a thing that Mr. Hollingsworth would not permit. And it is possible that he mayhave decided on the doctor's advice t» keep his Son out of school fbr a tithe It Is certain that SB*. Hollingsworth would have A greater Interest hi thd welfare of his stm' that the state <>f 1 ndlmm would, and his hr* test seems 111 advised. ..

Notice the crowds at the big sale now on at thh CHICAGQ BARG A' N STORE. The doctor always prescribes plenty of ’exfcreift to V* hiA* of %>od health. That la what bos ball means

PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION.

Actual Operation of Postal Savings ... Banks in Philippines. Two Tears’ Experiment Indicates __the Plan Is Successful.

The only postal savings bank system "mi operation under the American flag is that in the Philippines, where, after two years of. experiment, the institution has been declared a gteatt success. In the report Sf the Philippine- commission, just published, the postal savings bank Is discussed brief-' In part as follows: “The postal Savings bank was first opened in Manila on Oct. 1, 190&. The law provides few three daßseji, with limitations as to the amounts that can be received at any one tluje In each class. Following'tee opening of the Manila office, other poktil sayings bank offices were opened In various cities, gif different cltuDges, uni'll at the close of the year 235 had been opened, df wiiicfi 0 Vere flrstf 86 tvefe second ans~l4o were third class. Filipino* Adoption Sr at* to. “At first the Filipinos did not to any grea? extent, airall ' theffieelVes of the opportunity of depositing a portion of their receipts In the postal skyings bank, and a great bulk of the' depositors were Americans and Of other Wtioiialitles. As the advant&gea of this gyptejn have been disseminated through means of schools, government bureaus, private agencies and others, thb proportion of Filipinos Is continually increasing. and gives very good promise that tee Filipinos will Warn to trust their money to the care or the government, and welcome the opportunity. “The accounts opened up to the close of the fiscal year 4 numbered 2,676, of which 347 Were dosed, leaving 2,329 still *pen. ~ The deposits reached the total sum of 786,361.03 sesos—an average of 108.21 pesos. Withdrawals reached the total amount of 280,490.21 pesos, leaving a net deposit of 509,463.31 pesos at the end of the fiscal year—or the first nine months of the operation of the postal savings bank —but by no means tb£ first nihe months of operation of the average number of offices, the smaller odes having been opened from tithe to tiibe during the year, so that many hud not been opened more than a month or two at the time these figures ware taken. • - -•'! A * '

Encouraging Small Accounts.

“The device of issuing postal savings bank stamps has met with some response. The stwujMj are Simply a method by ,whfch «maU'amounts Can be deposited without tlie expense of issuing a book, figuring interest, and! opening aa account. “On the whole, the reception accorded the postal savings bank has been gratifying, and gtvea good promise. The investment of the funds It in the gands of a postal savings bank Investment board, which carries a certain amount of the funds on deposit, and ttas limited power of investment. The few provides that 25 per cent of the money fjeti) on deposit may be "loaned on flrsti-class real estate, under limitations catefully drawn to protect the depositors, and 10 per cent on agricultural lands under still mors rigid Hml tat lona.”

AS ROOSEVELT SEES BRYAN.

“You say that you have advocated more radical * measures against private monopolies thin either I of my party associates have been wlllliiig to undertake. You have, indeed, advocated measures that sound more radical, but they have the prime defect that In practice they would not work. I should not In this , letter to you discuss your ’attitude on this question If you did qo’t yourself bring It up, but as you have brought rt up, I answer you that In my judgment the measures you advocate would be wholly Ineffective In curing a single evil, and so far as they I had any effect at all, would merely throw the entire. business of < the country Into hopeless aud ut ter confusion. I put, Mr. Taft’s t deeds against your woida. 1 ask that you be Judged both by the words you WWh remembered, and by the Words that seemingly yon and your party nbW desire to J hnVe Porgottkn, t *1 hold It entirely natural for any great I law-defying corporation to with to eee you placed in the Presl- | dency rather than Mr. Taft. Your j plaua to put a stop to the abuses of these corporations are wholly chimerical. Theodore Row ▼ait.'* 15 k \ K ': • ‘

If It la true that Roosevelt is going to take to tbs stump Btyan will bars to taka to tbs woods—Philadelphia Press. „ u /’ , Mr. Bryan no km par raters to Mr. Roosevelt at his imitator, counterpart «sd understudy.—lt Louis OkAe-Desa-f«fat y-. «... - » £

Funeral of Mrs. Horner.

The 3:18 train did not reach her© Friday until almost 5 o’clock, and as It bore the remains of the late Mrs. Angela Hohrer from Lafayette, the waS very greatly delayed. The remains were accompanied by the husband, the son, thd parents and family of the deceased, and by' quite a number of others. The pastor of the Catholic chureb accompanied the sorrowing concourse, and conducted A brief ceremony at the grave. The remains were met by re’atives and many <M friends here, and accompanied to' the cemetery. ' ' '

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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Richard E. Davis to Wllljgm McNeil, Oct 8, Its 16-17-24, bl 3, Whitfield, Graham’s second add, S4OO. Greenip I. Thomas to Charles Miller Sept. 1907, Its 6-6, bl 10, Remington, Weston ad<j, S3OO. S. H. Broquard to Carl Peter., Oct. 12, ne he 22-30-5, pjt nw 23-30-5, 102.50 acres, Giliam, |7,687.50. Wiliiam B. Austin to James M. Dickey, Sept. 25, nw ne 1-31-7, 40a, Keener, S6OO. j Eilkanah B. Vondersmith by heirs to Frank Jordan, Aug. 3, 1907, Remington, pt nl-2, nw 39-27-6, SIOOO. EUa M. B.undy to Charles O. Malin, Oct. 7, se 29-32-6, Whqatfield, .$7,600. Edward V. Ransforj to Hercd W. O'Neal Oct sth, se 17-30-7, e 1-2 el-2 sw 17-30-7, 200 acres, Union, SI.OO. J. M. Wasson to Francis H. Dunn, Sept. 24th, ne 26-31-5, Gillam, $4,400. Frances H. Dunn to Chas. H. Guild, Oct 14, nl-2 nw 28-31-5, 240 acres, IjValker SIO,OOO. Joseph S. Maddox to Charles H. Guild, Sept. 10, b 1-2 nw 26-31-5, Gillam $4,000. Chas. H. Guild to Chester G. Thompson, Oct. loth, ne 26-31-6, s 1-2 nw 26-31-5, Gillam nl-2 nw 28-31-5, 320 acres Walker, S4OO. * „ _ r Minerva J. Harris to Mary J. Fenwick, Oct. 9, Its 3-4-9-15, bl 3, Remington, Chamber & Morgan's add, S6OO. Lois M. Sleezer to Paul W. Wing et et al, Oct 8, nw sw 13-31-7 Keener, SI6OO. William McNeil to Milton May, Oct 15, se nw 28-32-6, 40a, WheatfieJd, *l,000. Letitia Benjamin to David E. Grow, Oct. 22, Rensselaer, pt a* nw 30-29-4, *1,600, i, John DeVries to John A. Sigler, Oct 20. n ne ne 27-32-7, 20a, pt ne 27-32-7, sa, Keener, $2,200. Emma Goss to Belle Tuttle, Oct 17, it 9, bl 16, Remington, op, S2OO. »’r, August Rosenbaum to Theodore Oeline, May 26, Rensselaer, pt ne nw 30-29-6, |fc Rjvid S. Gigley to Jason P. Bickel et ux, Oct. 22, Remington, n sw 30-27-6, I.oßa, $2,300. . John Reed, Jr., to Charles W. Coen et al, Oct 27, pt w se 28-28-7, pt e sw 28-28-7, 40a, Jordan, $4,000. Charles W. Coen et al to John Reed Jr, Oct. 17, Its 7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20, bl 18, Virgie, $3,000. Josiah Davisson to Ray D. Thompson, July 24, pt s% e sw 17-31-6, Walker, $4,000. Emmet L. Hollingsworth to John H. Holden et ux, Oct 26, pt sw 19- 296, Rensselaer, $5,000.

Milroy.

Abe Moosley was In Monon Monday. Ed Herman was in Lee Monday morning. Ed Herman and family visited Mr. and Mi-s. Bivins Sunday. Mrs. Thos. Spender called on Mrs. Lamport Monday afternoon. The Moh'on band gave Its last oonceVt lhst Wednesday evening. The .trustee, G. L Parks visited Baftner school last Tuesday. Miss Della Davis is staying with the family of Chas. Smith. Madge Wolfe spent Saturday and Sunday at her home in Wolcott Mflrfha Clark' spent Saturday night with her Bister Mrs. George Foulks. Mrs. E. Johns and daughter Mrs. Mitchell, spent Friday with Mrs. Thoe. Lear. John Mitchell and family and Mr*. E. Johns ate dinner Sunday with Geo. Foulks. Richard and George Foulks and Roy Williams were in Monon Monday afternoon. Mrel Blanche Johns of McCoysbtlfg, and two children, spent Friday with grandma Foulks. ■> **■/..• >/. Mrs. Frank May and daughter Ruth, ▼Mtad her tether, D. Z. Clark and family Wednesday. Chas. Smith accompanied his vfftee to Indianapolis Sunday to the hospital* where she has gone tor treatment