Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1904 — TWO CLAIM THE JOB [ARTICLE]

TWO CLAIM THE JOB

Office of County Clerk the Prize That the Courts Will Award. \ LAW IS VERY MUCH MIXED UP Forger Confessss His Crime and Asks for the Limit—lndiana State News Notea. Brownstown, Ind., Feb. 26.—1 t will soon be left to the supreme court to decide wiio is clerk of the circuit court of Jackson county. The four years for which the present incumbent, Jas. W. Lewis, was elected 1 expired Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock. John Tinder, the clerk-elect, presented hla certificate of election, and other necessary papers, but Lewis refused to give up tbe office. Tinder then made a demand, but was refused. He made another attempt later with the same result, and he will then sue for possession. Law Is Not Clear. The matter is very complicated. Under the old law Lewis’ term would have expired Wednesday, but the legislature of 1901 passed a law'Retting the time for term* of county officers to begin Jan. 1, which extended Lewis’ terms to Jan. 1, 1905. However, the law of 1901 designated the office of county clerk instead of the clerk of the circuit court, and raised a question as to its legality as to the clerk’s office, and as a result Tinder made tbe race for the office in 1902 and was elected.

Legal Opinions Clash. The legislature of 1903 then passed a law repealing that part of tbe lawregarding county clerks, andi likewise the election of clerks chosen in 1902. Tinder has an opinion from ex-Attor-ney general William L. Taylor, stating that he is entitled to the office, while Lewis has on opinion from Attorney General Miller that be, Lewis, is entitled to the office. And Will Clash Some Mora. Both men have employed legal counsel, and the matter will be carried at once into the circuit court now in session. An early decision is asked, so that it can be appealed to tbe supreme court Both men want to do what is right but individually each believes that he Is entitled to the office. lIK FOR THE LIMIT Forger Who Admitted His Gnllt la aa Affidavit Is Sent Up for Fourteen Years. Indianapolis, Feb. 26. —“I want the longest sentence you can give me,” said John L. Milton to Judge Alford after an affidavit charging him with numerous forgeries bad been read to the court He was sent to the Jeffersonville reformatory for fourteen years. Milton, without previous intimation, came before tbe court with John Spa hr, an attorney. He had engaged Spa hr to prepare the affidavit alleging offenses of which the authorities had been Ignorant Many merchants had been his victims, but Milton’s father had always covered his losses, liilton was satisfied with tbe sentence, saying that be preferred to reform in a prison rather than at home.

Crashed Under Ice Cream. Crawfordsville, In<L, Feb. 26.—Harry Call and Harry Lowe, young men of Ladoga, were seriously Injured In a peculiar manner. They were going to a country wedding, seated on the back scat of a broad wagon and on the road the vehicle broke down. The two boys fell out backward, and on top of them fell a heavy freezer of Ice cream, prepared for the .wedding feast Both boys were badly crushed. ETCMTttI* Wntnr Supply Impure. Evansville, Inch, Feb. 26. proclamation which has been distributed by the police the city department of health and charities warns the citizens of Evansville against using the present water supply unless It la first filtered and boiled. Special caution Is recommence to factory employes whose only supply of drinking water Is obtained from the city faucets.

Renomlnation of Laidli. Frankfort, Ind., Feb. 26. —Representative Charles B. Landis, of the Ninth Indiana district, was renominated by acclamation by the Republicans. The resolutions Indorsed the national and state administrations. Landis in his speech favored an enlarged navy and said: “In the eyes of the American people. President Roosevelt is already renominated and elected.” Woman Horsewhip* >Fni h-r.J Vincennes, Ind., Feb. 26.—Mrs. Mantel 1 arekman, wife of a prominent farmer of Harrison township, this county, belabored Rev. EL E. Jenkins, pastor of the Free Baptist church at Monroe City, with a buggy whip for alleged trespass. Mrs. Barekman was fined on the charge of assault and battery, and later filed suit against Jenkins, Quaker Eduaator Dead. Richmond. Ind, Feb. 26. —Professor W. B. Morgan, late of Richmond, one of the foremost of Quaker educators, died at Lowell, Kan. He was prominent In the movement that brought about co-education In Quaker schools.