Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 22 December 1899 — Page 5

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When Vis! s of Wealt Stared Monroe and Greaik u-.,, is in the Face,

A correspondent of the Indianpolis News, writing from Bloom field yesterday, recalls painful memories to some Mouroe county citizens, who speculated rather heavily in iron and coal lands in Greene county. He says: " As early as 1835-36 the f .th. r of W. D. Hitter of this city knew of the existence of iron ore in this viein ity, and, he procured a quantity, used a blacksmith's fire in melting aid forging it, and realized enough iron to manufactuie several horseshoes. Many years after this Andrew Downing established a forgre here for the manufacture of bar iron, and the old forge hammer, weighing nearly 700 pounds, is still in this city. Aft erward he put up a blast furnace to melt iron in quantity, and he manufactured 'pigs' running in weight from 80 to 100 pounds. Moulders were also employed in the manufacture of hollow ware, stoves and other articles. Lhauncey Rose of Terre Haute and other well-known men took an interest in Mr. Downing's venture, and they did business for years with many employes on the pay-

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kidney trouble. Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidneypoisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary troubles were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their beginning in kidney trouble. If you are sick you can make no mistake by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases

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roll. The firm owned two canal boats, used in carrying pigiron to

she market, and a little town, with a store, mill and bank, sprang up around the furnace.

The firm also purchased a steam

boat, which was used in transporting pigiron and other freight, and the 'pig' was also hauled in wagons to Terre Haute and Louisville,

Ky. The company extended its

operations, buying one thousand

acres of land, but about this time

the canal was abandoned, and the furnace ceased business. Another setback to the iron interests in this vicinity came in the building

of the Indianapolis & Vincennes railway The builders of the road t.ecided to run the line

through the iron belt, but they thought that the ore lay on the west side of the river, and not on the eat. Wm. Mason made a strong plea for the east side, but the company claimed to have documentary evidence that the ore lay on the west side, and Mason's testimony went for naught. The proposed Columbus, Bloomington, Bloomfield & Vincennes railway was planned to run through the ore bed, which is known to ex . mi tioin bolsbery to the 'old Cichlaud furnace. Had it been constructed, the conditions would have improved. About the time ne manufacture was abaud ned owe of the Greene county iron was tested in Germany, and it was found to be suitable for making shears and other artieles that require a hard quality of steel. The bed from which the ore was taken is very large, covering fifteen miles and more, and connect -ng m.st likely with the site of (he Old Virginia furnace in M nroe countv, which shut down 1 ecause of lack of transportation." Benjamin Voss, one of BkominQton's best known and highly r pected citizens celebrated his 0th birthday yesterday with a sumptuous dinner and family reunion. Mr., and Mrs. J. W. Jennings and Mrs. Fleemie Green of Gosport wore those from a distance who were present. Miss A. ice iiugh teacher of the Salem school in Bean Blossom township is arranging to give a Christmas entertainment next Fri

day evening. The programme as prepared is an excel lent one and will be participated in by the majority of the scholars.

WAG60NNER ON THE STAND.

Convicted Murderer Turns Against His Relatives.

He Accuses the Mother and Brother-in-Law of the Victim as Responsible.

Bloomfield, Ind., Dec. 20. One of the most intensely interesting things that has fallen from the lips of a witness in the Greene circuit court occurred here yesterday afternoon, when William H. Waofgonner was placed on the stand to tell the story of the murder of his wife, eight years ago, at Newark. Waggonner was recently convicted at Spencer, on a change of venue from this county, and was given a life sentence. After his conviction he unbosomed himself and implicated the mother of the murdered woman and George Watson, another son-in-law. Upon his statement and other corroborative fncts, the grand jury, at this term of court, indicted Mary A. Anderson, the mother, over 70 years old, and George Watson, her son-in-law. They applied for a writ of habeas eoiyus, and yesterday afternoon the case was heard b' Jude Moflett. Wag

gonner testified that he lived at Gosport at the time, and that he received as many as six letters from Mary Anderson, urging him to come to Newark, and that one of these letters was received on the day of the murder, and one

the day previous, written on the day received. On receipt of the last letter, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he immediately started for Newark, and arrived there that night between 12 and 2 o'clock, and that he went to Mary Anderson's hmse and knocked and she came t the door and admitted him. He found her and George Watson sitting there, without any light, bv a small fire. Soon after his arrival he was informed that Clara (his wif j, with whom he had not lived for several months) was very sick at her house, on an adjoining lot. It was suggested they go and see her. Mrs. Anderson lighted a lantern, and she, with the witness and. George Watson, went to the house, and found Clara dead. Mrs. Anderson said it would not do to leave her there.- The two men picked her up. Mrs. Anderson led the way with the lantern, passing out at the back door to the coi ner of thej house, where she uncovered the; cistern, and said, 'Just throw her in here, and the people will

think she killed herself," and before the witness had time to . recover from the shock, she was in the cistern. Mrs. Anderson then told the witness she wanted him to deed her the property owned by the dead woman. This he re fused, without some compensation. This was agreed upon, and she gave him $20. WTatson objected to this, and said if she gave witness $20 she would not have enough to pay him. They quarreled, and in the quarrel Watson said: "You know you (Mary Anderson, the mother) and Emma (Watson's wife and sister to the dead woman) gave her rat poison." Mrs. Anderson replied she knew they did, but it did n t kill her, as you (Watson) choked her to death. Watson said: "I had to; she was groaning so it would attract the neighbors." The witness said they told him if

he ever told it they would kill him. He left immediately for Gosport, getting there just at break of day. All efforts of the attorneys failed to get a single contradiction from the witness, and as he is corroborated by many minor details and circumstances, he impressed the writer and all persons with whom he has talked as telling a plain, honest story. The judge has not ruled in the case at present writing, but the

prevailing opinion is that he will j

not admit either of the defendants to bail. Newark is a small country village. The crime occurred in October, 1891. The victim was idiotic and crippled, and was a burden upon her mother to care for. She had a little property which relatives had willed her. Waggouer would not live with her, and he was in love with another woman, whom he soon aft erward married and resided east of Bloomington until his arrest last spring.

TOOK THE POLICY

From the Dying Woman and How Say Its Void.

Thomas J. Lewis has filed suit in the Monroe circuit court against the Metropolitan Life Insnrance

company, in which he seeks to re

cover the amount of a pohc held by his wife during her lifetime, some $150 in value. The complaint sets forth that the company on the first day of October insured his wife, now deceased, for the sum of $150, the premium on which policy was paid in weekly installments. It is further alleged that the company, on Nov. 1, through its agents and without the consent of this plaintiff fraudulently and over the objections of Emma J. Lewis, the insured, obtained and kept possession of the policy, representing later that it was void, vyhich was done for the purpose of releasing the defendant from any liability; that the agent of the company asked the said Emma J. Lewis the permission of seeing the policy, that he wanted to examine it and, relying on his good faith, the said Emma Lewis permitted him to have it, believing that it was only for a temporary period; but that the agent retained and still retains the possession of said policy.

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A MONEY MATTER

That is Worrying the War Departcsat cf Indiana.

B. A. Richardson, quarter-master -general, has asked the attorney-general for an opinion as to which of the state funds the money received from officers of the Indiana companies in the Spanish-American war should be drawn from. When the officers paid for their swords, the money was turned into the state treasury, and now the quartermastergeneral wants it to send to the United States government, to which it belongs. The amount involved is $594. It was said in Richardson's office, Wednesday, that the report published in a morning paper gave the impression that the quartermaster-general did not know that the money belonged to the government, and had tried to withhold payment, but that this is not true.

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