Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1909 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XLL

DEATH OF IRA W. YEOMAN AT HOME IN REMINGTON.

Cancer Carries Away a Well Known Citizen of Jasper County—Was ( County Auditor Four Years. News was received this, Tuesday, morning of the death by cancer at his home in Remington Of Ira W. Yeoman, a former resident of Rensselaer and a well known citizen of the county. Mr. Yeoman has been troubled for. many years with cancer and for several months his condition has been considered critical. Ira W. Yeoman was born April 28, 1843, in Fayette county, Ohio. He removed with, his father’s faihily and settled in Jasper county, Indiana, five miles west of Rensselaer, in the year 1844. He obtained a common school education, and taught school in the winter for. several years; was raised on a farm; crossed the plains in 1864 during the Idaho gold excitement, and had many rough experiences during that trip, with Indians and otherwise, the Indians being on the war path all that season. He returned to the states late in that year; was elected Auditor of Jasper county in October, 1867, and served as such for four years; was admitted to practice law in January, 1872, and followed that calling until his health gave way. He removed from Rensselaer to Goodland in 1879, and from Goodland to Remington in 1887. During his residence there he served as clerk and treasurer of that town and was also secretary of Schuyler Lodge No. 284, I. O. O. F. of Remington during his residence there. The funeral services were held at Remington Thursday morning, and the remains were brought to Rensselaer that afternoon and Interment had in Weston cemetery.

Frisco Officials Inspecting the Gifford Road at Kersey.

Wednesday was a big day in railroad circles at Kersey. The president of the Frisco system and other officials of that road are at kersey in their special train, the guests of Mr. Gifford. The. officials are picnicing on the river and inspecting the road on this trip. The Frisco system and the C. I. & 8. roads are each said to be negotiating for the purchase of the Gifford road and it may be sold to one of these companies. The Frisco is said to want the road to give them an outlet into Gary and Lafayette. This is one of the largest railroad systems in the country and if the Gifford road is acquired by the Frisco it will mean much for Jasper county.

State Statistician Preparing To Run Free Employment Bureau.

J. L. Peetz, state statistician, who was directed by the general assembly to conduct a free employment bureau in connection with his office, has announced that he has all necessary blanks, booklets of information, etc., in readiness, and that beginning this week the bureau will be in readiness for regularly carrying out the provisions of the law. The plan of the law is to have the bureau become a sort of clearing house between laborers and employers of labor. There will be no charges attached to obtaining work through the bureau. The statistician will keep on hand lists of persons seeking employment to be furnished to prospective employers, and will keep a separate list of employers who from time to time have places for laborers. Every woman that cooks has experienced trouble with bad butter and eggs in warm weather. She need have no more embarrassment along these lines If she will but buy these products at the Home Grocery. There every egg is candled and guaranteed strictly fresh and “Meadow Gold" butter clean and cold. Pleases the palate of the most exacting. Try them this week. The Washington, D. C., gossips say that A. L. Lawshe, of Wabash, the third assistant postmaster general is to be appointed assistant secretary of the treasury. President Taft was much impressed with Lawshe’s ability while auditor of the Phlllipines.

The New Penny Will Soon Be In Circulation.

Local bankers are preparing to take care of the new issue of Lincoln pennies which supplants the old “Indian head” copper and which are expected in this section of the country next week. The new penny will bear the likeness of Abraham Lincoln on the side, now occupied by the profile of the young woman. The design, which is the work of Victor D. Brenner, a New York sculptor, has been approved by Director Leach, of the United States mint, who has put the dies at work in the coin stamping mills. As an assurance that the new penny will V® popular, the government has provided that it must remain in circulation twenty-five years at least, as this is the regulation touching all coins of the United States monetary system.

Little Folk Entertained By Mr. and Mrs. Lou Harmon

About thirty little boys and girls were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Lou Harmon Monday afternoon at their home on Weston street in honor of the seventh birthday anniversary of their daughter, Luella. A number of little friends of their son, Logoar, were also invited, and the party made a double event as his ninth birthday anniversary was only a few days before. It was a great afternoon for the children and such games as “Drop the handkerchief,” and “Button, button, whose got the button,” occupied the afternoon until about five o’clock, when refreshments were served consisting of ice cream, cake and candy. About five o’clock ’ the afternoon festivities came to an end and the little folk left for their homes with wonderful tales of the fun they had during the afternoon. It was an event that will long remain fresh in their memories.

Short Session of City Council Monday Evening.

The city council held a short session Monday evening. Councilman Meyer was absent. The only business transacted was the allowance of claims, including sl2 to the members of the fire company called out at the Eger alarm. —Corporation Fund — W. S. Parks, marshal 330.00 E. M. Thomas, night watch 25.00 Chas. Morlan, clerk 25.00 G. H. McLain, insurance 39.00 M. L. Hemphill, work on hose wagon 12.60 Matchless Metal Polish Co., merchandise 3.75 B. F. Fendig, mdse 6.45 —Road Fund— Bert Campbell, labor 11.67 Earl Chestnut, work on street.. 21.00 Jean Smith, work on rock 22.75 Philip McElfresh, blacksmithing .85 M. L. Hemphill, same 9.35 Hordeman & Platt, cement work 8.30 —Electric Light Fund— C. S. Chamberlain, salary 50.00 Mell Abbott, salary 30.00 Dave Haste, salary 30.00 Terence Thompson, work on line 23.70 Shirley Hill Coal Co., coal 184.29 Central Electric Co., sup 1.10 Western Electric Co., sup 45.64 B. F. Fendig, mdse 4.25 Hartford Steam Boiler Co., ins. 135.00 Moses Leopold, freight .'. 48.22

New Suits Filed.

Misael R. Paradis * vs. Edward J. Steinke, et al. Suit to foreclose mortgage and appoint receiver. The entire collection of specimens of the Roosevelt expedition in Africa now numbers 2,000, covering animals and birds of all sizes, from field mice to rhinoceroses, and from small shrike to bustards. It also includes several thousand reptiles and Insects. Besides all the other grades handled and sold by them, the Home Grocery sells weekly a hundred pounds of that famous Millar “Cubans” 20c Coffee. Evidence that it is truly a coffee above its price. The Rev. F. B. Neel, pastor of the First Baptist church of Columbus, has resigned and has accepted a call to the First Baptist church df Piqua, O.

ISSUED TWICE A WEEK—TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. Xntered January 1, 1897, as saoond-olaas mall matter, at the poat-offloci at Benaaelaer, Indiana, under the act of March 3, 1879.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1909.

WHAT THE K. 0. K. A.’S ARE DOING AT BOY CITY.

Cope Hanley a Candidate for City Clerk on Conservative Ticket— Notes of the City. The K. O. K. A. boys, who are now at Boy City, at Lake Winona, are surely having a fine time, judging from the letters written home. The first letter was received by the Republican today. It is as follows: Winona Lake, Ind., July 27, 1909. Ed. Republican: We arrived at 11:30 a. m. Monday in fine shape. We are all well and having the time of our lives. We send you a couple of papers. Note that the supposed Chicago team was a pick-up team only of all the camp instead of Chicago boys. In fact only four of the Chicago boys played in the game. We can beat any straight camp team here with Harold Clark. Tomorrow the regular schedule begins. A large pennant will be given the winning team. Yesterday’s gathe will not be counted in the series, so we have high hopes of bringing home the trophy. Swimming is fine. The shoot the chutes, boating, free launch, games, fishing and assembly attractions keep us busy. , Yours truly, K. O. K. A. Club. P. S. Ferd Hamilton has been employed as assistant cook at the boys’ restaurant. Cope Hanley, of Rensselaer, Ind., is presented as a candidate for nomination for City Clerk on the Conservative ticket. He is backed by a strong camp of fifteen from Rensselaer and stands for a bigger and better Boys’ City.—Boy City Daily News. George E. Murray and Harold Clark went to Boy City this morning, and the latter will help the K. O. K. A.’s win the base ball pennant.' Among the early arrivals to the City was Mayor Joseph W. Clark, who arrived on the noon train from Portland. Mayor Clark is not a candidate for re-election. In one of the fastest and most exciting games ever seen on the Boy City base ball field, the Chicago camp base ball team defeated the nine-from the Rensselaer camp by a score of 3 to 1. Clark and Padgett were the battery for Rensselaer, and Clark worked in great form, striking out sixteen men. Applegree and Ryan were the battery for Chicago, and Applegreen pitched a great game, not allowing a single hit. Mayor Joe Clark umpired.—Boy City Daily News. The camps now on the grounds, and their leaders, are: Muncie, Professor Ira McKenney and Prof. E. W. Garrett; Ossian, T. M. Deam; Chicago-, Rev. H. R. Dunlap and O. F. Schultz; Alexandria, W. E. Spitler; Champaign, R. M. VonPetten; and Rensselaer, J. C. Parrett. A delegation from Champaign arrived Wednesday. A crowd of fifteen boys from Union Mills went into camp Tuesday night. Assistant Director William Penhallegon was struck under the eye with a base ball Tuesday morning while playing with the boys. The boys went to hear the New York Symphony orchestra Tuesday night in a body. To say they enjoyed the concert, would be .putting it mild. At dinner Tuesday Mayor Joe Clark was called on for a speech and, after respon'ding, he urged the different leaders to call on a boy from each camp to tell how be was impressed with Boy City. This was done as suggested, and there was some very clever speech making. The Republican hopes the K. O. K. A-’s will write often for publication and also send copies of the Boy City Daily News promptly. The third camp of Boy City started Monday with about seventy-five boys on the ground and about 200 more expected today and Wednesday. It is expected that a hundred or

FOR YOUR HEALTH’S SAKE

‘ Preventing Epidemics. 1 ' Proper and systematic medical ■ inspection of schools will pre- ' vent the development -of epidem- ' ics of scarlet fever and diphtheria. ' A child with a mild case of either ■ of the diseases mentioned may at- ■ tend school for several days and ' innocently spread the infection to ' scores of its schoolmates. In ■ such cases the investigation that ' seeks to discover the cause of the ' outbreak has been started too ' late to be of much practical val- ' ue. It is prevention that counts.

New In Name, But As Old As the Hills.

A winsome and pleasant young lady of Monticello claims she has an affliction that is new in name, but has been in evidence as long as there has been people in this good old world of ours. She says she has pacheritis of the heart and there should be little trouble in diagnosing her case. Pacheritis of the heart is an affliction arising from many punctures of that organ by the arrows of the little blind god and the consequent repairing of the same. In the case of the Monticello young lady the disease is only in the acute form as there have been only 72 repairs. It requires 729 repairs before the trouble becomes chronic. There seems to be only one sure way of ridding the ladies of this terrible disease and that is to place a tax upon bachelors. And it is then a grave question whether or not such staid old fellows as Edward Everett Newton, of Monticello, or a number of our local entertainers eligible to the baldheaded row, would submit themselves to the altar in order to prevent the spreading of the disease or the total abolition of it. There art so many winsome young widows these days and pacheritis will probably have pretty hard sailing before it conquers those who are sufficiently well-equipped with the “goods of this world” to keep plenty of hard coal in the bin and a few loaves of bread in the cupboard, because the men have come to believe that these winsome widows are worth while —they converse well and do not always have one eye on the nuptial knot. ——... , .... . It is economy to buy home roasted coffee. It is fresh roasted, stronger and will go further than any other coffee. Our prices are as low as any. C. C. STARR & CO.

more former citizens will be in camp to renew old acquaintances and enjoy the two weeks of camp life, and they, in addition to the new boys, will fill the camp to over-flowing. The first event of importance will be the preliminary caucuses on Wednesday, when the political parties will effect a temporary organization, and it is hoped to have every boy in camp in attendance. On Wednesday the convention will be called and permanent officers elected. There will then be left only two days before the election on Friday afternoon. The officers to be elected are mayor, city" clerk, city treasurer and a board of public works, consisting of three members. These officers will take charge of the city Saturday, when a big celebration will be held in the assembly tent, and will serve until the election next year. Next in line is the big street carnival and circus to hold the last week of camp. In the circus every kid can do some stunt and the camp which gets up the. best freak for the sideshow, which will contain the regulation fat lady, living skeleton, tattooed man, wild man, snakes, etc., will be given a prize. The street fair will have the regular attractions, all of which will be given by the boys. Regular church services will be held every Sunday in the Assembly tent and all the boys are expected to attend regularly. Throughout the existence of the camp, visitors will be welcome. Any one visiting the Assembly is Invited to Inspect the City. Several cities expect to run excursions to the City during the encampment and large crowds are anticipated.—Boy City Daily News. * >

Insurance Company Affected By Tipton Embezzlement

A dispatch from Lima, Ohio, says: . The First National Bank of Tipton, Ihd., today entered replevin proceedings for 340,000 in Cuyahoga county bonds, placed in escow here by the Farmers’ and Citizens’ Livestock Insurance Company, at the command of State Insurance Inspector Lemert. The action forced a receivership for the insurance company. M. L. Becker is named as receiver. The company was floated and owned by capital in Tipton. The two Markers, cashier and assistant cashier of the Tipton Bank, are said to be heavily interested. Attorneys for the insurance company claim the Tipton Bank has no Interest whatsoever in the Cuyahoga bonds, and they declare the company is solvent in every way. Harvey J. Kannal, president of the insurance company; J. E. Baxter, vice-president, and William White, secretary-treasurer, are all Indiana men. Although the insurance company was incorporated in Ohio, most of its business was transacted in Indiana. The Harvey J. Kannal mentioned in the above dispatch is supposed to be Dr. Kannal, of Rensselaer. It has been known by a few here that he was interested in an insurance company. He left right after the bank failure, and is supposed to have gone to Ohio to help straighten out the affairs of the company.

Lively Times In Politics Over at Frankfort.

The political pot is boiling over at Frankfort and the election of city officers in the coming campaign promises to be one of the greatest struggles that has ever been pulled off in Indiana, outside of an arena. About two years ago a movement was started for a clean city government. Ministers neglected their churches and pulled off their coats and entered the fight to rid the city of saloons by remonstrance. The campaign was a bitter one and the remonstrance won. An election under the county option was since held and carried by a majority of nearly 2,500. The two political parties have now locked horns and charges are made pro and con about the moral standing of the candidates chosen to engineer tha city government for the next few years. Both parties have selected good men and the contest will go down in history as one of the greatest / political events known to the quiet people of that community. Regardless of the. outcome of the election the cause that the people have expressed themselves for will probably move on, but neighbor is being arrayed against neighbor, and before the close of the campaign a feeling is sure to be aroused that will take years to overcome, and will naturally jeopardize the city’s interests in a great many ways. Frankfo-t is a city of about 10.000 inhabitants and surrounded by one of the richest farming countries in the central states. The Clover Leaf ru’.’road shops is the only source of employment for working people, although there has been a continued movement for several years to secure industries of various kinds. Time after time, the securing of a great industry seemed inevitable but before ti e matter was brought to a successful end, the monied interests of the city would permit their little jealosies and selfishnesses to crop out and months of work would be overturned and consequently the city today is drifting along just as it did ten years ago. You will still hdar factory talk now and then but the general opinion prevails that each effort will fail, simply because men of affairs will not merge their interests and good will. V The condition of affairs at Frankfort Jis the greatest lesson in the state of failure, when men will not labor side-by-side for the best interests of the city and for a moment forget their own shortcomings. Rensselaer has the factory fever, but to succeed there must be a united effort of its citizens. T Fancy mixed spices for picklingsixteen varieties. Pure apple vinegar, at C. 0. Btafrr & Co’s.

MARKER ROBS BANK’S VAULT OF $85,000

And Leaves a Note On His Brother’s Desk Saying “I Can Stand It No. Longer.” The story of the defalcation of Noah R. Marker, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Tipton, is unchanged today and Marker is still at large. Before he left the bank Saturday evening he took between 375,000 and 385,000 of the bank’s cash and set the time lock so the safe could not be opened until nine o’clock Monday morning. "I can stand it no longer and I am going away,” was the contents of a brief note, William H. Marker, brother of the absconder and cashier of the bank, found on his desk Sunday morning. The cashier notified the officials of the institution immediately and when nine o’clock Monday morning rolled around there were a number of anxious financiers surrounding the safe, awaiting an investigation of the cash box. There was little disappointment when the safe’s doors swung open and the cash box pulled out, as its contents were gone. The defaulter had rifled it of every cent it contained, which was between 350,000 and 360,000. It now looks as though the defalcation of Marker will be between 375,000 and 3100,000. The First National Bank carries deposits of 3845,771. Its capital is 3100,000, and its resources 31,100,000. Its president, E. W. Shirk, and immediate members of his family.' In bis flight Marker left a wife and two small children to face the disgrace that Ke had forced upon them. He was only 35 years of age and a trusted employee of the bank for the past 19 years, gaining promotion after promotion, by close attention to business until he had reached the assistant cashiership. He was commander of the Tipton lodge, Knights Templar, and an active church worker. ! The farmers of Tipton county, many Of whom had been depositors of the bank since its establishment by Mr. Shirk, as a private bank, learned Monday noon of the closing of its doors and they forgot that there was such a thing as hay making or wheat thrashing and hastened to town to get their money. The sign on the door confronted them: “N. R. Marker, assistant cashier of this bank, has absconded with all its cash. The Treasury Department at Washington has been notified and the bank will remain closed awaiting the department’s instructions.” , The excitement which followed the announcement was second only to that which resulted when it was learned that County Treasurer Armstrong was short in his accounts 344,000 in 1903. Business men were dazed and the country people were badly frightened. Marker’s family was evidently not aware of his intention to leave, as a meeting of the Church Missionary Society was to take place at his home Monday evening. It was hastily called off when the news of the husband’s defalcations and disappearance was made known to the family at noon.

Presbyterian Church.

Owing to the absence of the pastor there will be no preaching service in the Presbyterian church on Sunday, August Ist. The Sunday school will be held as usual.

The Little Things That Count

An old Quaker not careful of the teachings of his faith, was discovered by his wife kissing the cook behind the door. But the Quaker was not disturbed, “Wife,” said he gently, “If thee doesn’t quit thy peeking thee will make trouble in the family." Horace Shubert, age fifty-seven, a well-known fanner, near Elkhart, died of Injuries received when his right leg was drawn into his thrashing machine Saturday. He undertook to shove wheat straw into the machine and hfT foot was caught. The leg was drawn entirely In before a son could stop the engine in answer to his cries.

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