Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1913 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Permanent headquarters of the republican party, in eharge of James B. Reynolds, secretary of the national committee, will be opened m Washington, D. C., about April 1. Willard Saulsbury, nominee of the democratic caucus, was elected United States senator Wednesday from Delaware to succeed Senator Harry Richardson, republican. With a provision extending its operation to judges of district and supreme courts, the Kansas house of representatives has passed a constitutional amendment for the recall of public officers. The measure provides that a petition of 25 p&» cent of the voters can force a recall election. There is a persistent rumor at Logansport that the Sears-Roebuck company it going to establish a branch mail order house in that city in order to take advantage of the parcel post rates in Indiana: A big building about to be erected is said to be leased to the mail order firm. John Stewart, 29 years old, alias Henry Smith, deserter from the .navy under the latter name, has been taken to Newport News, Va., to be turned over to the naval authorities. He was arrested at Shelbyville twice by Police Sergeant Tolen before the government took ail interest in the case. The interstate commerce commission Wednesday issued a formal order for an inquiry into the affairs of the American Telephone and Telegraph company. The investigation was transferred to the commission recently from the department of justice by Attorney General Wickersham. The commission has not set dates for hearings. In charges formally filed with the Elkhart police hoard, Chief Albert Rinehart of that city is accused of accepting SB9 “protection” money from the proprietress 6f a resort. He denies the charges and blames his assistant, Sergt. Arthur Withers, of plotting to have him ousted with the view of becoming chief.

Eating apple butter, which had been cooked in a corroded copper kettle, caused the death of Ellis Nine, 15 years old, of Warsaw. Two brothers, Roscoe and Hollis, are critically ill from the same cause and may die. The sickness baffled physicians and the cause was not discovered until after the boy's death. - - ■ --

Tom Taggart favors an inheritance tax. He says he favors it because “the people want it.” Now isn’t that condescending of Tom, who four years ago engineered tho scheme to repeal the county option law, because the people were disposing of the saloons too rapidly. Tom Is making a play for Senator Shively’s seat in the U. S. senate and is getting very busy with the “wants of the dear people.”

The house of representatives at Lansing, Mich., has passed a resolution which provides an . investigation by a state commission into the financial and physical affairs of the Pere Marquette railroad, the commission to recommend to the senate any action it deems necessary for the best interests of the people. It is charged that the railroad, which went into receivers’ hands several months ago, has been operated at the state’s disadvantage.

Gilbert Crumley, who unquestionably brutally murdered his wife at Covington on October 3rd, was found guilty of manslaughter Monday after the jury had been out almost 48 hours. Hanging would have been too good for the brute, and it is such decisions that inspire and justify mob law. Mrs. Crumley was a good woman, and put up for years with the bad bargain she made when she got married. Crumley murdered her in cold blood and in two years he will be released. Certainly some of our jury findings are very freakish.

John W. Norman will hold a public sale on Thursday, Feb. 20th, on the F. M. Parker farm in Barkley township. He will come to town to -live and expects later to visit his spn, Day, in Kansas, and h!s brother, Doss, at Hamilton, N. Dak. Mr. Norman has lived on the Parker farm for the past nine years and before that on the W. 8. Dgy farm for six years and In the same neighborhood for the past twenty years. He had the misfortune to lose his wife ten years ago and the work of keeping his family together devolved upon him. Now they are all grown except one son, who is attending high school, and Mr. Norman will take a year’s rest from farming.

Frank Leek and Charley Grow returned home yesterday from their run as mail clerks between Chicago and Cincinnati. They had a very tiresome run last Saturday. They left Chicago on No. 35 at 11:10 Friday night and when they reached 81st street the road was blocked by a Michigan Central passenger wreck. After the track was finally cleared so that they got by the train was continually lajd out for various other reasons and it did not get into Cincinnati until 4:08 Saturday afternoon, whereas it was due at 7:55 in the morning. They had thus been on the road about 17 hours. They had only about three hours' rest before starting oh the return trip.