Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1905 — TO REGULATE RITES [ARTICLE]

TO REGULATE RITES

Newhouse Railway Commission Bill Has Passed the Indiana Legislature.

THREE TO BE OH THE BOARD

Powers That Are Given Them— Sanderaou Murder Trial—Other Hnoaier lnlormatioii.

Indianapolis, Feb. 23. Under a ■uspension of the constitutional rule the house of representatives passed the New house railroad commission bill whieb has already passed the senate. No emergency clause is included in the measure. The bill creates a railroad commission composed of three persons to be apjtointed within sixty days alt er the bill become* a law. The commission will adjust freight and ex'press rates: will supervise passenger traffic, and adopt regulations neeesrary to govern car service and the location of s.vitches and sidings. Heavy Penalties (or Violation. Appeals from the decision of the commission may be taken to the appellate court. Heavy penalties are provided for violations of the act. The commissioners will receive a salary of $4,000 a year and will be allowed a clerk at $1,500 ar.d a secretary at $2,500, together with expenses. Requisition for Murderer. Indianapolis, Feb. 23. Governor J. F. Hanly has signed requisition papers on the governor of Tennessee for tlie return to' Indianapolis of Preston Hell, who is wanted here for the murder of Abe Welch Dec. 25, 1903. mil Against “Speakeasies”. Indianapolis, Fe. 23. The senate passed the Milburn bill directed against “speakeasies,” and assessing heavy fines for violation. It was called up by Senator Milbum. The bill increases the fine for selling liquor from S2O to SIOO for the first offense and from SIOO to SSOO for the second of sense and adds Imprisonment from thirty days to six months. Track Elevation at the Capital. Indianapolis, Feb. 23.—The sign of final victory for the friends of the IndlaiMipolis track elevation bill came in the senate in a decisive vote by which a motion to kill the bill was defeated. Fifteen senators voted for indefinite postponement of further eon sideration of the bill, thirty-two against 1L

Divided on a “Fall Crew" Bill.

Indianapolis, Feb. 23.—The house committee on railroads is divided on the Boyd bill, requiring railroads to employ not less than three brakemen on freight trains of fifty cars or over. The majority of the committee favors the indefinite postponement.

HID IT IT IN A STRAWSTACK Allegation the State Want* to Prove a» to the Body of Sandernon—Something Corroboratory. Bluffton, Ind., Feb. 23. Miss Bessie Senner, 20 years old, told the Jury in the Sanderson case that on Sunday, Oct. 23, she had been at the home of Mrs. Ollie Sanderson and had seen Will Cook and Ernest Sanderson, two of the defendants, go to a strawstack in the rear of the home and kneel behind the stack. An hour later, when she and Clara Smith returned a neighboring church, the boys were just returning from the straw-stack. It is alleged by the state that the body of Sanderson was buried Jbeneatli this straw-stack after the murder and was then taken to the pond, where it was found. The field in w-hlch the stack stood was later plowed. A piece of tin punctured with eight bullet holes, which was found in the rear of Mrs. Sandeson’s home, was brought here by the sheriff. It is supposed that the defendants had been practicing marksmanship some time before the murder.

Child Deliberately Kills HU Stater. Muncie, Ind., Feb. 23.—While his mother lay ill in an adjoining room little Roger Foust, aged 4 years, secured a 38-calit>er revolver, placed it to the forehead of bis little sister Dora, aged 3 years, and fired. The .bullet pierced the child’s brain. She died a few hours later. The boy got the revolver from a trunk and loaded it himself. He did not realize the meaning of bis deed. Sha Stick* to Her Story. Bedford, Ind., Feb. 23—The inquiry Into the mystery of the Schafer murder was continued. Nearly the entire day was taken up with a close examination of Mrs. Cook. She is known to have adhered to her original story (hat Browning told her bow he and Frank Evans killed the girl to secure a letter that she was supposed to have in her possession. . VVeut Off with Hope and Razor. Marion, Ind., Feb. 23.—William J. Miller disappeared from his home In this city Saturday, taking with him c rope and a razor and telling his wife that he intended to commit suicide because of the “bard winter.” The police have made a close search to the vicinity of the Miller home, but they have not found his body. Three Month*’ Bride Trias Suicide. Washington, Ind., Feb. 23.—Mrs. Effle Stanfield, bride of Howard Stanfield, of thla city, made two attempts at suicide by hanging. Each time the was unconscious when found, but was cut down In time to save her Ilfs. Bhe and Howard Btanfleld were married at Mattoon, IJI, three months ago.