Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1905 — THEIR SALARIES SURE [ARTICLE]

THEIR SALARIES SURE

Some 300 County Officfola Made Happy by a Supreme Court Decieion. •. , MEANS MUCH SHEKELS TO THEM -T " Tl p Delusion of an Indianapolis ManStrikers Win the Closed Shop —State News Notes. # Indianapolis, April 6.—The act of 1903, allowing clerks and sheriffs their full salaries on showing that they have collected all fees- pertaining to their offices which can be collected by fee bills, is constitutional. In so deciding the supreme court brought Joy to the hearts of more than 300 officers and ex-officers in the state. This act la known as the back salary law. It provides that instead of waiting for their salaries until the fees collected shall be sufficient to pay them, as was required by the fee and salary act, sheriffs and clerks shall receive their salaries In full as soon as they can prove to the board of commissioners, by the return of a fee bill, that payment of the coeta remaining uncollected cannot be enforced. Its application waa limited to officers whose terms expired after Jan. 1, 1900. a Case Decided on an Appeal. The case decided was an appeal from the allowance of $1,051.41 of back salary to George J. Llndeman, clerk of Perry county, although he had already received as salary an amount equal to all the fees collected. It was urg n d that the actof 1903 was In conflict with five sections of the state constitution; that the title was defective; that it attempted to amend the fee and salary law without setting out in full the revised law, and that is was spectlal legislation. u Increase la Salaries. The supreme court held that It was not open to any of these objections, because It did not change the compensation of the clerks and sheriffs, but merely modified the conditions of payment. Attorneys say that its practical effect will be to Increase the salaries of officers in more than half the counties of the state, because so many officers were before unable to comply with the conditions on which the law permitted them to draw their salaries In full.

HE HAI) A DELUSION Dream of t Beautiful Woman and laAveii the Wife fur Whom He Had Got a Divorce. Indianapolis, April 6. “My husband told me that he deserted me on the advice of a beautiful lady In a dream,” was the explanation Mrs. Jane Winkleman gave to Judge McMaster in the divorce suit brought by William Winkleman. “The only reason I know why he left me was his dream. He said that l:e ought to obey the woman in his vision. I thought he was joking, but he soon reappeared with a moving van and two men. They said that they had come to move the goods away.” The woman said Winkleman paid the costs of a divorce she secured from a former husband in order to marry her. The jury took the case under advisement Labor Trouble* Are Settled. Princeton, Ind., April 6.—A satisfactory adjustment of labor troubles which came near ending In a general strike of laborlngmen has been effected at a conference of commtltees representing the local branch of the Federation of Labor and the employers. The terms of agreement provide that the men shall return to work under the oid wage scale, or $1.50 per day. The employers agreed to hire only union men. Quarreled aud Left Horae. Bedford, Ind., April o.—The family and friends of Daniel Spray, a wellknown farmer, near this city, are alarmed at his absence fiotn his home. Two weeks ago lie quarreled with two of his sons and left the house, saying" that he would never return. He was seen on that night in Bedford by persons who knew him. since which he has not been heard from, and his family fear he may have come to harm. Kobbod 0ff3,000 la Jowalry. Indianapolis, April 6. —A thief entered the home of C. L. Hare, at 1523 North Meridian street, and stole diamonds and Jewelry to the value of about $3,000. The matter was reported to the police, but the family could give no clew. Operator* and Miner* la Connell. Terre Haute, Ind., April 6.—A joint meeting of the executive committees of Indiana miners and operators Is m session. A demand by th<* operators that unauthorized strikes be no longer allowed brought out a prolonged discussion. Had a Bight To Be Surprised. Vincennes, Ind., April 6. Miss Sallle Mae Pinion and Robert James, of Princeton, eloped to Vincennes and were married. The couple became engaged thirteen years ago. The elopement wa» a complete surprise to their friends. Had Hiccoughed for Two Wooka. Washington, Ind.,April 6.—Lafayette Williams, the oldest and wealthiest resident here, is dead after two weeks of violent hiccoughing. Eight physicians consulted over the case, but all known remedies were of no avail.