Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1901 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Muat Answer for Old Mnr Jer—Great Religious Excitement Roused by a Woman-Plan of Widespread Trolley System—Arrest r.f Boy Mail Thieves. George and John Reeves, charged with murdering Deputy Sheriffs John E. Gardiner and William Cox in Dubois County June 1, 1885, are now confined in the county jail at Jasper. Sheriff Herman Castrup uud a deputy having received the prisoners recently from the authorities at Frankfort, Ivy., where they had just been released from the penitentiary. On the day of the murder the two deputy sheriffs came upon the Reeves hoys on a country road and attempted to arrest them for robbery. The officers were pounced upon by the two brothers, who took their revolvers from them, and after emptying the contents into the bodies of the deputies stole a couple of horses and fled. They were not heard of until ten years later, when it was learned that they were in the Kentucky penitentiary serving a sentence for burning the town of Cadiz. A requisition was secured, but before it could be served the Reeves boys broke out of prison and were at liberty until recently, when they were arrested by the sheriff at Mount Vernon, 111. Gov. Durbin issued a requisition on the Governor of Illinois for their return, but the Kentucky authorities were ahead and thn prisoners were taken to Frankfort, where they had two weeks of their original term to serve. Await “Coming of Christ.” The vicinity of Burlington and New London is at the present time iu the throws m a new and peculiar religions excitement. A strange woman, who refuse! to give her name, has been going about the country preaching what she terms ‘‘Christ's tempcval kingdom.” Her work, at first confined to family visits at the home, lias made such progress that she is now holding large day and night meetings and many people are in a religious excitement bordering npotr frenzy and are contributing large amounts for the construction of a great temple, ip which they are to await the “coming of Christ" to take charge of this “temporal kingdom.” The woman shows evidence of a splendid education, is richly garbed and mere than ordinarily good-looking. Her speeches are not mere harangues, but are delivered in an impressive, oratorical style. Project Big Trolley l ine. A. B. Clark, local attorney for the Clover Leaf Railroad, says that plans are well toward maturity for the capitalization of an electric railway corporation to construct a system with Frankfort as one of the main terminals from which there will radiate electric lines to Tipton, Kokomo, I.ogansport, Delphi. Lafayette, Crawfordsville and Lebanon, with Indianapolis as the southern terminal. Toy Gang Kofis Mail Boxes. John Cook. Oscar Hayworth, li> years old, and William Sherry, 11) years old, were arrested in Muncle charged with robbing postoffice mail boxes. A United States detective made the arrests after several weeks’ investigation. Sherry made a partial confession, implicating Bert Williams, Frank Burnette and \Y« liam Overs «s comprising au organized gang. All are under arrest.

Indiana Gas Has Brief Life. W. H. Blatehley, Htate geologist, gives out a discouraging report concerning tho Indiana gas supply, lie says the decrease in pressure the lasi year has been greater than in any year since gas was discovered. He now places the life of the field from fom- to five years. Htate News in Brict. Mrs. Jacob Miller. 54. near Union City, hailgcd herself, Uutil recently mic was iu nn itisanc asylum. Judge W. C. L. Taylor. Lafayette, died of bronchial pneumonia. He was twice elected to the bench without opposition. Fedullas Rhodes, aged 71 years, an Indiana pioneer, fell out of bod at Muncle anil sustained injuries from which he died soon afterward. Linas Brown, aged 25. attacked his aged father with a shoe knife and stubbed him several times at (’handler. The <•1.1 mail cannot survive. Brown, who is insane, was arrested. The cost of maintenance for each inmate in the Marion soldiers' home is 15 cents a day, or a fraction less than 855 a year. The total cost of each inmate is u little over SDM> a year. There is a case of smallpox at Petersburg, and tin- town council closed the -schools and prohibited public meetings. This action broke up a revival, and some of the chqreli people are worked up. The closiug of saloons is demanded, mid a Carrie Nation crusade is threatened. The Indiana natural and illuminating gas company, Frankfort, recently covered nil meters with locked Iwixes, refusing to give patrons keys to the boxes. Judge T. H. Fulmer tore off the hs-k. Another was put on, nud notice given that gas would he shut off if the net were repiwted. Judge Palmer tore off the second lock mid brought action to restrain the shutting off of gas. It will Ik* made u test ease. Gilbert Emmons, Itusliville, was given judgment for $t!,54M) against the Big Four Railroad Company, in Anderson. Emulous hoarded a train iu Anderson, with the intention of beating his way to Ritshrillc, having spent all his money looking for work. He was ordered off, but says that before he had time to comply, one of the trainmen kicked him iu the face. He fell under the wheels and his leg was so badly injured that it had to lie amputated. Mrs. Mary A. Paschell, postmistress at Trenton, has just celebrated her eightyfifth birthday. She was appointed to the positiou by President Lincoln and lias held it ever since. Frank Boyce, South Bend; James Harris, Elkhart, nnd Arthur 'Wells, Chicago, arrested at Kankakee, 111., confessed to robbing Jeweler C. C. Wolf, Rochester, of ftißU worth of valuables. Vance Gynn, an employe at the tin plate works at Middleton, murderously assaulted Superintendent Gilt suer with g gas pipe, crushing his skull mil Inflicting fatal injuries. Gynn escaped.