Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 22 November 1895 — Page 5

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WEAVER AGAIN CONVICTED.

The New ROBS Saloon Man In Hard Luck —Twice Convicted In One Day.

It will be remembered that Jim Weaver, the New Ross saloon keeper, w,as tried before a jury in the Mayor's qjurt for Sunday selling, and about the same time was convicted for a klinilar offense before 'Squire Peterson, of New, Ross. Not being satisfied he appealed botb cases to the Circuit &burt, where they were bitterly tfought Monday—one before a jury and the other before Judge Harney. The jury found him guilty that night, fixing the fine at $10,and

ing, after hearing the argument, Judge Harney found him guilty in the other case, putting his fioe at the same amount. These convictions ought to stop Sunday sales in New Ross, as the large amount of costs, something like 8200,will soon eat up profits if they are continued. Under the Nicholson law, if (Weaver is again convicted the court trying the case will have to revoke his license. It seems from Monday's trials Judge Harney and the jury are of the same opinion and are coming over in a body from "Macedonia" to help Dr. Homer Bowers.

Another Version of the Elrod Beating at ltockvllle.

Terre Haute Express: "Frand Elrod, who has had a more exciting career in-Rockville than any one man for a long time, at least, shook the dust of the place off his feet this morning and returned to Crawfordsville, whence he came. His offending consisted in the extremely personal character of his correspondence to the disreputable People, printed at Indianapolis. Those whose shortcomings were shown up and those whose feelings were hurt by his'innuendos and references to members of their families foilnd him out, and Saturday night he was attacked and severely beaten by three or four persons whose identity is not known. Elrod, who has been clerking at the Eureka Hotel, had been warned and was prepared for the assault. He was, however, not quick enough, and although he shot twice at his assailants lie hit none of tliem. The3T secured possession of his revolver and then hammered him until his cries for help attracted a crowd when those beating him escaped without detection. He received a bad cut on the head from which he lost much blood, besides sundry contusions, etc. "Public opinion generally indorses the action of his assailants and condemn him for his work. He evidently had confederates, as being a stranger he could not otherwise have secured his news. Whether these will take warning remains to be seen. The outrageous character of some of the items in last Saturday's People is such that it is a wonder Elrod escaped with as little punishment as he did."

If Elrod is guilty as charged in the above he got his just deserts. Any man who would stoop so low as to furnish outrageous and lying reports to as disreputable a sheet as the People, of Indianapolis, should be thus summarily handled.

An Effort to Organize.

The president of the Good Citizens' League of Indiana has called an Indianapolis meeting wherein he expects to unite many forces in the cause of temperance: "The Good Citizens' League of Indiana will hold a mass meeting in behalf of temperance, good citizenship and the Nicholson law, at1 Indianapolis, Jan. 14, 1896. All the churches, Epworth Leagues, Christian Endeavor Societies, Baptist Young People's Unions, Young Men's Christian Associations, Good Citizens' Leagues aDd other reform and religions organizations are asked to send at least tvvo delegates each,'whose names shall be reported to the State president by Jan. 1.". ,,

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Death of David McCranor. .••••

David McCranor, brother of Mrs. Lizzie Voris, on south Water street, died Monday night at Hot Springs. The immediate cause of his death is not known, but as he bad a stroke of paralysis about a year ago it is supposed by his friends here that it was a second stroke which proved fatal. Mr. McCranor was about 57 years old, but had never been married. His life has been spent in the West, but for the last year or moro he has resided in this city. He was a large operator in mining, and leaves a handsome fortune. His mother is still living and resides with her daughter, Mrs. Voris The remains will be brought here for interment.

Cases Postponed,

The cases against John Vyse for violation of the liquor law was to have been tried Wednesday in the circuit court, but owing to the illness of Vyse's attorney, Judge Seller, a postponement was granted.

CANT RAISE THE RATES.

The Supreme Court Given Gad Companies a Knock-Out Blow.

The supreme court Tuesday decided the suit of the Westfield gas company against D. J. Mendellhall and other citizens, in which the court holds that a gas company cannot increase its rates above the maximum rate provided by the ordinance under which it is operating. In May of last year the Westfield company raised the rate from 80 cents a month on cook stoves to $1 a month, and was enjoined and lost its case in the lower courts.

Judge Jordan, who wrote the opinion in the case, says the business of manufacturing and distributing gas for fuel and illuminating purposes is a business of public character it is the exercise of a franchise belonging to the State, which has been granted to an individual or corporation, under legislative authority, through the action of municipalities the services rendered are of a public nature, and the grantee owes a duty to the public. The court says when a company binds itself to discharge a certain obligation the law will enforce the obligation.

Kansas'Big and Little Corn Crop. To the Editor The Journal.

In an editorial of last week's issue of THE JOURNAL you say that a Republican majority of 40,000 in Kansas proves that a big corn crop and Populism don't go together. You should have said also that the 40,000 (claimed) was on Supreme Judge, and that the Populists did not have a candidate for that office and that probably many of them supported the Republican nominee. And then if you had given' the result of the elections to county offices in Eansas it would seem that the Populist vote was fully equal to the big corn crop of this year, and the Republican vote to be something like the little sunburnt corn crop of last year.

W. J.

[If the Populists did not have a candidate for Supreme Judge it was because they endorsed the Democratic candidate. The Republican candidate was elected by 40,000 over the combined vote of the Democrats and Populists, and besides elected threefourths of the county officers in the State. .Of the seven circuit judges elected in the State but one was a Populist, the remaining six being Republicans. It shows that the Populists of Kansas are returning to the Republican party in droves.—ED. JOUKNAL.]

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The Kn«l Not Yet.

According to the Veedersburg News the somewhat notorious State vs. Frank W. Miller case is still a bone of contention, the latest development in the case being a new suit filed by Miller against Wm. Rider, of Waynetown, and Bob Baker, formerly of that town but now of Covington. Miller modestly asks for' §5,000 damages. The complaint alleges false arrest. It charges among other things that Rider and Baker were the schemers and that he was the "heavy man" and that said Baker and Rider afterwards appeared before the grand jury and dumped the load onto him. After dilly-dallying for about two years the case was finally dismissed by the prosecuting attorney. It will be recalled that a note was secured from Hutchinson for something like

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Miller and this note was afterwards transferred to the hands of Rider. Miller now claims he has been damaged some and wants a judicial panacea.

Teachers- Association.

The Montgomery County Teachers' Association will meet at the college chapel Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29 and 30. A good programme has been arranged and a fine time is expected. Every teacher should be present and receive a share of the inspiration that is drawn from these annual meetings. The Association has been the means of lifting teachers into higher planes of thought and of broadening their knowledge. Notwithstanding the fact that the association decided to raise the membership fee to 75 cents, the committee determined to get along with the old fee of 50 cents. Everybody invited to attend.

Big Judgement Against The Motion.

In the summer of 1890, it will be remembered that Sarah Treadway received serious spinal iujuries while passing from a Monon train at Linden. After a period of four years the matter has been finally disposed of in the Supreme court and Crane & Anderson have been notified not to issue execution as the Monon management expected to pay the judgment, amounting now to almost ten thousand dollars.

AN IMPORTANT RULING.

An Opinion Defining Condition* Under Which ltnilway* are Liable for Damages.

The Supreme Court of the State in a recent decision defines the rights of persons on railroad tracks: "A person about to cross a railroad track must assume that there is danger and act with ordinary prudence and circumspection upon that assumption The question of care of railroad crossings as affecting travelers is no longer, as a rule, a question for a jury, for the quantum of care is exactly prescribed as a matter of law. At public crossings the public has a right to cross the track of a railway, but in doing so all persons are required to exercise reasonable care and caution to avoid receiving injury, and the company is compelled to exercise the same degree of care to prevent the infliction of the the injury. All persons who use tne track of a railway betweeen the public crossings are trespassers. When a person crossing a railroad track is injured by a collision with a train the fault is prima facia his own and he must show affirmatively that his fault or negligence did not contribute to the injury before he is entitled to recover damages for his injury.

Special Constables.'

The following members of the Wesley H. T. D. A. were appointed special constables Wednesday by the county commissioners to serve five years: Wm. Remley, Wm. H. Mullen, Hen^y A. Freeman, Simon Lynch, Marrion Bennett, G. W. Bratton, J. O. Schenck, Milton Henderson, Samuel H. Nixon, W. O. Hecth, Smith Hendricks, John Singer, Thomas Breaks and J. C. Henderson. The following members of the Ladoga company w*ere appointed for twenty years: N. G. Kessler, G. G. Cook, D. B. Hostetter, J. Q. Leavitt, J. H. Himes, G. C. Graybill, J. E. Lidekey, N. B. Himes, G. W. Corn, J. W. Everson, R. W. Himes, M. C. Tapp, D. H. Hostetter, J. E. Talbot, D. J. Bradley, G. W. Clark, S. B. Henkle, Rufus Myers, Thomas Ii. Terry, J. F. Myers, C. C. Goodbar, J. H. Srader.J. C. Long, N. Slrattan, W. M. Hunt, J. M. Henry, Sam Himes, J. M. Watkins, Jos. Greybill, Daniel H. Myers, D. II. Pellley, F. M. Wright, J. A. Thompson, M. C. tnes, S. N. llarshbarger and D. M. Harshbarger.

Celebrate Their Golden Wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, who reside near Colfax, celebrated their fiftieith anniversary Monday. They have lived during all the time of their married life in this same locality. To live fifty years after marriage, to celebrate a golden wedding, to live honored ^nd respected in the same neighborhood has been the happy lot of this aged couple. When they started in life, their home was surrounded by one unbroken stretch of prairie wilds. The Indian was not an unfrequent visitor at their home. Certainly Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell's lot has been cast in sunny places. About fifty friends and relatives assisted them in celebrating their happy anniversary. The tables in the dining hall were spread fkrith the numerous good things which abound in the prosperous country home, and the day was spent in merriment and good cheer. lteleased On His Good Behavior.

Tuesday afternoon Jesse Kinsey, who stole a Waterbury watch at Thompson's second hand store, came before Judge Harney for sentence, he having pleaded guilty. Judge Harney suspended sentence and released the lad on his good behavior, bidding him write to the court his whereabouts and occupation on January 1 and March 1.

Judge Harney had received about fifty letters from the leading citizens of Cass county, where Kinsey came from, recommending clemency. The letters stated that Kinsey came of one of the best families in northern Iudiana and upon attaining his majority would come into a handsome property. This was his first offense and was committed after he had been deserted by his partners who carried away his money leaving him penniless.

Death of Nathan Quick.

At his residence, near Liberty Church, some 7 miles northwest of this city, Nathan Quick died Monday night. His malady was typhoid fever and brain trouble. He was a prominent citizen, a farmer of promise and was 31 years of age. He leaves a wife and two children. Mr. Quick was a graduate of Merom College and a mem 1 ber of the Christian church.

The funeral occurred Wednesday at 1:30 p. in., and was preached by Dr. Auldridge, of Meroin College, as sisted by Rev. Trotter.

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RATHER SENSATIONAL.

A Charge That a Typhoid Fever Patient WM Carried Off to the Insane Hospital.

The County Medical Society met last Tuesday at the office of Dr. T. F. Leech. These meetings ard usually of a rather pi osaif character, but that of last Tuesday was rendered somewhat sensational by the rather startling charge of one of the members. This doctor after speaking at some length of the delirium and insanity which in always a symptom of typhoid fever, stated that he believed that Robert Weeks, the student who died last week at the insane hospital, had the typhoid fever. The doctor was at the Btation when young Weeks was put on board the train and observed him on his way to Indianapolis. He seemed to the doctor to be suffering from typhoid fever and that his insanity was really only one of the several symptoms of that disease. This statement led to quite a discussion and the society determined to make an investigation of the case.

Obituary.

Washington Creighton Kimler was born in Knox county, Illinois, July 14, 1857, and died in Darlington, Ind.,. Nov. 15, 1895, aged 38 years, 4 months and one day. He was left fatherless at the tender age of 7Jj years. In early boyhood, when only 10 years of, age, he united fvith the M. E. church, and was converted in 1871 in a prayer meeting in the old Salem church, since which time he has enjoyed the presence and love of his Savior. On Jan. 15, 1877, he married Carrie Lafollette, who died May 31, 1880. He was. again married, to Eva E. Hutohins Jan. 24, 1884. To them were born four children—one boy, Walter," and three girls, Ethel, Mabel and Maud. Little Maud preceded her father to the Gloryland. The other three survive him. He was a loving and devoted husband, a tender and faithful father, and an obedient and trustworthy son. Brother Kimler was a man of inestimable worth to the town in which he lived and to the church to which he belonged. He' was always made a leader in whatever enterprise he was engaged, so great was the confidence that the people had in him. Like that of all men of his worth and ability his time and strength were often taxed to the iitmost, and overtaxed. But he never murmered. "He was abundant in labors always abounding in the work of the Lord instant in season and out of season ready for every good word and work a workman that needeth not to be ashamed a man after God's own heart." He was" especially devoted to his church, never tiring in his ceaseless efforts in it's behalf a liberal supporter of the gospel, a faithful and trusty office holder, and a regular attendant and participator in all "means of grace." As a business man he was successful, honest and upright, a man whose word was unalloyed truth. He was always a supporter and ready helper of every enterprise "which contributed to the comfort and welfare of his fellow men. A pure and noble man of spotless character, a patient sufferer, and a trustful and hopeful Christian. Hq left the very strongest evidence of his acceptance with Gcd. His death was peaceful he died the death of the righteous. Why be was taken from us so soon and when so much needed, our finite minds cannot tell. But God, who doeth all things well, will some day tell us why He took him hence. When his spirit took its flight we stood in awe we feign would have kept him with us. But his soul merited a better abode than this earth, so the God of love and peace took him to the realms of heavenly bliss. His death was a total eclipse at midday to his family, the church and the town. So great a light as his life could not go out without leaving a keen sense of darkness over all among whom he moved.

The funeral took place Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The sermon was preached from Psalms 37: 37. His body was then laid to rest in the Darlington cemetery.

May God's all sufficient grace strengthen and keep his aged and loVing mother in this hour of affliction and grief. And heaven's richest blessing rest upon his bereaved companion and lier dear children. A.

.Murderer Baptised.

Fathers Mackin and Brady baptized Pacer Smith, the murderer at Decatur, condemned to hang Nov. 29. for the murder of Edna Buehert and his little daughter, into the Catholic faith Monday. The sheriff permits a dog to remain in the call with Smith as company, the death watch remaining in the hall.