Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1898 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TEIIILUH TOLD. I ■ s Girl Rejected Him and He Burned Herl Father’s Barn—Heiress Elopes with® U • r.- f an Elderly Coachman—Railway Ce**S lision— Wages to Be Reduced. 1 A Barn Burner Caught. w ;.'Ujl Dan Rollins’ barn, near the west end oil Lawrence County, was burned and hiM house stoned by parties unknown to hint I He had no reason to believe that UF had I an enemy. A neighbor who went over to I the fire on his horana some distance from tor burning barn, anil on going to his horse after the fire, was I surprised to find that his saddle had beenfj cut almost to pieces. The bloodhounds at I Orleans were sent for and taken to the | place of the outrage, and, after being"! placed on the track, followed it to the | house of a young man named Inman, and | singled him out from the rest of the fam- 1 ily. Inman had been a suitor for the 4 hand of Miss Mary Roilins, a handsome ( young daughter of Mr. Rollins, but she | failed to respond to bis attentions and was keeping company with another young man when ha called, but did not go in.. His jealousy prompted him to move on and fire the barn and stone the house. He was arrested and at a preliminary trial confessed the deed, giving the reason as ' stated above. Heiress Weds a Coachman. )|l Greendale is stirred up by the elopement of Hiram B. Skidmore, a widower of 44, and the father of four children, with Inez M. Garst, the 17-year-old granddaughter of Col. Ezra G. Hayes, one of • the most prominent citizens of the coun- , ty. Skidmore was coachman for Jacob Bauer, the wealthy- manufacturer, and Miss Garst, who is an heiress, was a visitor at his palatial home and almost daily rode about the city, while the expert coachman handled the horses. The license was procured and Rev. Mr. Watkins of Guilford performed the marriage ceremony. The girl bride will inherit considerable property through her deceased ' mother when she becomes of lawful age.

Trust Will Cut Wages. C. H. Garvey, auditor of the trust, and L. H. Gedge, manager of the big trust plants at Anderson, which employ 900 men, retired from the wire nail trust. It is reliably understood others have been bought out by the principal trust capitalists and that Secretary Buffington may also retire. The trust will adopt a tight system. They will work for every dollar possible, and to that end the present fair wages of the thousand workmen in their many plants over the country will be cut deep at once. A few capitalists now control the American production absolutely. Collision on the Wabash.* There was a bad wreck at Williamsport, when a gravel train and the west-bound local freight, each drawn by a mogul engine and running at a high rate of speed, collided head on. Both locomotives were almost entirely destroyed and the cars were piled up, blockading the track for many hours. The trouble resulted from a misunderstanding of a time order. The engine crews escaped by jumping. The company loss will be $5,000.

Within Onr Borders. William H. Blue of Merom was found dead in bed. At Franklin, W. T. Hougham, Jr., was killed by a runaway team. At North Judson, burglars enteretPthe office of H. E. White and secured $4,000 in notes. George Sweetser, vice-president of the Marion bank, has been appointed receiver of the Indiana Traction Company. At Jeffersonville, Delaney Perry, once wealthy, has applied to the trustees to be admitted to the county poor asylum. The men at the shops of the Vandalia system have been put on eight hours, instead of nine, and with a half holiday on Saturday. Bishop Bowman presided over a meeting at New Albany in honor of the eightyfirst anniversary of the dedication of Wesley chapel, the oldest church in Indiana. A tramp tore down an American flag at a farm house east of Avilla and beat the farmer’s wife, who remonstrated. . He was attacked by enraged citizens and nearly killed. Moxie Clune, held for burglary, made nn ineffectual attempt to escape jail at Jeffersonville by cutting through the walls. Clune is an old offender, known throughout the country. The unknown man who was murdered and robbed in Pima, Ariz.. a few days ago has been identified as N. F. Allen, formerly a wealthy resident of Rockville, where his/ather is a well-known banker. Mrs. William Yocotn and daughter, Mrs. E. Leachman, residing in Dick Johnson township, met with probably a fatal accident in a runaway. Mrs. Yocom jumped and escaped serious injuries, but Mrs. Leachman remained in the vehicle until it overturned, fracturing her skull and injuring her internally. A young man, frightfully cut and battered. was found lying beside the Chicago and Erie Railroad track near Rochester. He was taken to a dwelling and a surgeon pronounced his injuries serious. For hours he was unconscious, and when at last he partially regained his senses he said that bis name was James Stonaker, son of Israel Stonaker of Monterey, and had been pushed off a rapidly moving freight train. A murder was committed at New Washington. A dispute arose between Henry Rhetts and William McCoy over some . trifling matter, when McCoy attacked. Rhetts and beat hhn to death. It is alleged by friends of Rhetts that the father and brother of McCoy stood by and saw* the murder committed without making an attempt to interfere. Much bitter feel* ing has been aroused. Three huge Standard Oil kerosene tanks, together with an office building at the company’s yards in Columbus, Were destroyed by fire. The oil destroyed was worth $2,000 and the building SI,OOO. No insurance. Engineer J. D. Fields and Fireman : Frank Mcßee of Frankfort were killed at Bilverwood. The men were switching on; the side track and the rails spread, pre-' cipitating the engine down a 35-foot embankment. Both were pinioned by tho engine, and it was three hours before the wrecking crew MKceeded ta