Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1915 — GENERAL NEWS IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL NEWS IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Busy Readers Can Thus Keep Abreast of the Times and Not Waste Much of Their Time. No Consolidation. Indiana and Purdue Universities will not be consolidated. The senate voted to indefinitely postpone action. Indiana will continue to be without a great university and the young men and women from all over the state will continue to go to Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and other colleges. Selfiish personal interests were greater than the welfare of the educational interests of the years to come. ,

Liability Measure.

The workmen's compensation act has passed the house and will probably pass the senate. It provides that an employee becoming permanently injured or killed shall be paid, either himself or his estate, 55 per cent of the wages he received while at work. This wage shall be paid for 500 weeks, provided it does not exceed $5,000.

Passenger Wreck. The New York and New England special, one of the fastest Big Four trains was wrecked at Templeton, near Lafayette, Friday morning. Seven persons were injured and taken to the Oaks hospital in Oxford. Constitution Talk. George W. Stuot, writing for the Indiana Daily Times, says our constitution is a relic of the past. We agree with him, but the majority of the people of Indiana voted last fall to maintain it. Wife Slayers Executed. Robert Kane, Oscar Vogt and Cinoenzo Campanelli were the subjects of a triple execution at the New York prsion at Ossining, N. Y., Friday. The men had all beqn convicted of wife murder. Women Want Suffrage. A petition signed by 50,000 women who want equal suffrage was presented to Governor Ralston Friday. Might as well have saved the paper and ink.

Farm Loans O. K'd. The farm credits bill, providing for loans to farmers, passed the senate at Washington last week. It provides loans from S3OO to SIO,OOO through national banks at 5 per cent interest, also for an issue of 4% per cent government bond® to get the money to eare for the loans. More Working at Gary. The mills at Gary are now employing 5,400 men and roll 500 tons off steel per week. When at full blast the mils employ more than 20,000 hands. State Gerrymander. The senatorial apportionment bill introduced Friday by Senator McCormick, puts Jasper into a district with Newton, Porter and Lake. This will mean that Lake county will supply all the candidates and that they will all be “wet” Maybe we won’t vote for them. The representative district® are also to be rearranged with a view 'to keeping them democratic and ‘'wet.” Distilleries Bankrupt. The best failures we ever heard of are reported from Louisville. The Mattingly & Moore and F. G. Walker distilleries have gone into the hands of receivers. We wish a lack of business would cause every one in the country to fail.

Daughter Accused Father. At Winchester a sensational charge has been made against Jacob O. Baker, a prominent farmer, by his 16-yearold daughter. He is 45 years old and was released after arrest on a $2,000 bond. Deputy Sheriff Suicides. Frank Pfioek, a deputy sheriff of Lake county, in a fit off despondency sent a bullet through hi® head Saturday in Zadowski’s saloon at Gary. He wtas 46 years old.