Orland Zenith, Volume 5, Number 32, Orland, Steuben County, 12 October 1904 — Page 2

1 L\ JJ1 A, JN A JL\UlJJJkiVifc. RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Woman Wants Limited Divorce nnd Alimony—Chief of Car Robbers Confesses—Athlete Gets Gay with Justice —Young Women to Save Young Men. Mrs. Mollie RAtzien of La Porte county is plaintiff in a most unusual divorce case. She has petitioned the court to grant her a temporary divorce. She makes no denial of her affection for her husband, but sets forth in her complaint that existing conditions have caused an estrangement which she believes time will heal. A divorce is therefore asked tor a determinate period, when the marital vows may again be aasfimed. In the interim she prays the court that her hnsbany pay her alimony sufficient for her support. The action is said to be the first brought under a recent act of the Legislature providing for determinate period divorces, and in this action the constitutionality of the law will be tested.

Pumpkin Crop Is Poor, Alarming reports of a serious shortage in the Indiana pumpkin crop are heard from various parts of the State, some of them saying that the shortage is so groat that the canning factories will- pack none this season. Concerning these reports one of the big canners says: “Indiana raises each year many times the quantity of pumpkins that could be handled by ail of the canneries of the State, and just o*te call from the factory would bring a thousand times as many as we could pack for the entire season. At present prices canned pumpkin is so low that we can see no profit this year, nnd unless conditions change none will be packed at our plant this season.” Cold weather has nearly shut off the receipts of tomatoes at the canneries in the central part of Indiana, so that some of the canning plants have suspended operations and others are running on short time.

Car Robber Chief Taken. In a running battle with car robbers near La Porte Detective Moon of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad shot an unknown man twice, but he escaped by the aid of confederates. One man was captured after a fierce fight who gave his name as John Spellman, 11 East Standard street, Cleveland. He confessed to being the head of a gang of car robbers that has operated in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. lie is known in police circles as “One-Eyed Barney.” John James of Cleveland was also captured. Spellman received a bullet through his hat during the fight.

Bnes for Breach of Promise. Mrs. May L. Taylor of Decatur, 111., has filed suit in the Circuit Court iu Newcastle for breach of promise, demanding $3,000 against Reason Davis, ex-president of the city Aldermen and a retired business man and manufacturer. The wedding was to be followed by a honeymoon trip to the world’s fair. The wedding day came and passed, but the prospective bridegroom failed to appear. He met Mrs. Taylor last winter while sojourning in Florida. He has two grown sons and the records show that on June 1 he deeded all his property to a son.

Shakes Hands Too Heartily. William Lambert, six feet tall and athletic, an oil man living in Wells county, was arrested in Dublin the other day for giving William Boden a too vigorous handshake. He is afflicted with S»t. Vitus’ dance and is tumble to control his muscles. When Lambert shook hands with him Boden did not relinquish the grasp, and so Lambert squeezed with all his might and jerked Boden around the sidewalk. When taken before a justice of the peace he gave the court a sample of his hand clasp and also a playful kick on the shins.

Strenuous Work to Save Young Mon. At Bolling Prairie four young women jjroke down the doors of a room where men of the village were tam-

hc young women had determing about their reformation. The i will be socially ostracised if nd drinking does not cease.

i m Indiana. Within i more than 6,000 joiuSrouillette, a French 2S, 78 years old, dropome of her daughter, tsraiv. ' near Newburg found 5 river valued at $1,9 grains, and is the found in the lower ney Company of Iny years heavy dealers has passed into the ana Trust Company. ckroan of Nnppanee on her 100th term as lie began teaching at she holds the record as a teacher.

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PAST AND PRESENT AS IT COMES TO US FROM ALL. CORNERS OF THE EARTH. Telegraphic Information Gathered by the Few for the Enlightenment of the Manyi Bomb Fired by Boodler, In a written confession Charles F. Kelly, speaker of the house of delegates during a a- p riud in the life of the boodle combine in St. Louis, Mo., tells the story of lhat combine. He declares that a prominent politician promised him and others implicated that th • next circuit attorney would be “all right,” and that if they would remain firm he would obtain for them either continuances until the new circuit attorney took otlioe or pardons afterward, lie declares that this man said the new circuit attorney, for which office nominations were to be made by the dem or ts, would be “his man.” Kelly declares he spurned tiie oiler and that he made this confession to satisfy the pangs of his ac using • onscien e, to comply with the requests of his wife, and to do what he could to make atoneni nt to the public and prevent other young men from following the path which h i declares has led him to ruin.

Twelve Persons Were Drowned. A dispatch from Las Vegas, N. M. says; Half the town of Watrou was destroyed by the flood and at least twelve persons were drowned. Many persons were rescued from ttoes and house-tops. The Gallinas Itiver formed a new channel here. In the Gallinas Canyon the dams of the Aqua Para Company broke bringing in a terrific flood on the oily. The Montezuma Hot Springs track went out in many places. Half a dozen bridges were destroyed and the Montezuma bathhouses were partly carried away. For two blocks on Bridge Street every business house was flooded. The big Hfeld brick store was ruined and the big bridge undermined.

Murder Rate is Dirt Cheap, According to the police, four of the persons charged with the murder of Mrs. Margaret Johnson and her little niece, Annie Benjamin, near Towanda, Pa., have con■./’oin.f*..—i.Lhr Tll .id that the motive for the crime wasTo enable Bigler Johnson, hus- , baud of the murdered woman, to marry another and to avoid paying $6 a month to his wife from whom he was separated. The police state that Johnson, in his confession declared that at a family conference, lie promised to pay his mother and brother each for killing his wife.

■Fatal Wreck in England. A dispatch from London says: The express train which left Llanneily, Wales, for London had a serious mishap between Lliandilo Junction and Longhor. Details have not yet been received but it is reported that fifteen persons were killed and several injured. The Evening Star reports that there were three killed and fifty-six injured in the wreck. The train was derailed while traveling at a great speed. Several directors have been summoned to the scene.

fireman Scalded to Death. A Lake Erie & Western freight train was wrecked on a curve at the Jelferson Street crossing in Lima, 0., and Engineer J. M. Bacon was fatally injured and Fireman John V. Carrig was stabled to death. The engineer was thrown from his cab into a held, and sustained a bad gash on the head and a fracture of the loft log. The fireman was buried under the wreckage. The accident is alleged to have been due to disobedience of the speed rule for the local yards.

Murdered in “Lovers Lane." With both sides of her skull (gushed, Lulu Mueller, aged 21, of 1318 Bond Street, CummingsviUe, O., was found lying dead in the pathway known as “lovers lane” at a point 150 feet from the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton tracks. Dectectives are at work on the case. Coroner Weaver and tire police are satisfied she was murdered. There is no trail of blood or other indication that the body was dragged to the place where it was found.

House Held for Gresley Murder. Coroner Stulls, who is conducting a searching inquiry into the tragic death of Jacob Gresley at Monroeville, Ind,, stated ttiat Fred House, who was arrested several hours after the death, would undoubtedly be held for the murder. This statement of the Coroner is based upon damaging testimony given by the Hon. Ochmig Bird, who saw the affair and who was the first to reach Gresley after lie fell.

Chainx>ioiiBhip is Still Unsettled, At the close of the fifty bird contest between Max Witzigreutcr of Fort Wayne, Ind.. and Hugh M . Clark of Wabash, Ind., held at the range of the Corner Hod and Gun Club at Fort Wayne, Ind., each man had killed forty-five birds and the question of the State championship remained unsettled.

Four are Slain by Delirious Man. Four persons have been shot to death by diaries Geitrell, a young Memphisian, at O’Briens Landing,, Mo. Delirious from fever, Geitrell. who is a commissary clerk, rose from bed, seized a guu and shot into a group of people in a store.

The Populists of Idaho have nominated a State ticket headed by T. W. Bartley of Moscow. Francis B. garrison. Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New lork, gives £50,000 to the campaign fund. Owing to pressing business in Washington Secretary of the Treasury Shaw has canceled pig Wisconsin speaking enga> em aj*t5i. **

SOME NOTABLE RAILWAY WRECKS. Following are some of the most notable railways wrecks this year: Jan. 5—-Rock Island, at Willard, Kan.; 17 killed, 37 hurt. Feb. 8—Canadian Pacific, near Land Point, Ont; 14 killed, 30 hurt. Feb. 24 —Chicago Great Western, Ryersville, Iowa; 7 killed, 15 hurt March 7 —Alabama Great Southern, Kewanee, Miss.; 5 killed, 8 hurt. April 29—St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, at Kimmswlck, Mo.; 8 killed, 40 injured. June 2—Missouri Pacific, near Martin City, Kan.; 9 killed, 30 hurt. Jtily 3 —Wabash. Litchfield, 111., Chicago and St. Louis limited; deaths 19, injured 50. July 10 —Erie, at Midvale, N. J.; 10 killed, 402.injured. July 12—Chicago and Eastern Illinois, at Glenwood, 111.; 22 killed, 44 injured. Aug. 7—Missouri Pacific, Steal’s Hollow, Colo.; 96 killed. Aug. 3i —on Grand Trunk, Richmond, Quebec, 9 killed, 23 hurt. Sept. 8—On Seaboard Air Line, neai Monroe, N T . C.; 4 killed, 35 hurt.

GURNEY MAY BE PUNISHED. British Embassy to Be Supplied with the Facts in the Case. It seems that Hugh Gurney, third secretary of the British embassy at Washington, who was fined $25 for driving his automobile too fast and $25 more for contempt of court by Judge Phelps of Lee, Mass., and who raised a row with the judge over a question of privilege, came out second best after all. Gurney pleaded official exemption from arrest for the violation of a Massachusetts law, but he is not to escape scot free if Gov. Bates can prevent it. The State Department, in transmitting Gov. Bates’ apology to the British legation for the arrest of Mr. Gurney, will present a statement of facts and testimony to show that Gurney violated the plain law of Massachusetts. Judge Phelps exhibited ignorance of international law, but the opinion seems to prevail that Mr. Gurney betrayed a lack of common sense, a lack of good breeding and, worst of ail, a lack of diplomacy. A man who does not know when to be complaisant and yielding and when to be tenacious of his dignity and privileges, especially when he has been guilty of disorderly conduct, will hardly shine as a star of the first magnitude in the diplomatic sky. This is the view taken of the case in London, where it was made known at once that the government at Washington would make any reparation that was desired, but- where the only , feeling was that Sir. Gurney had made himself ridiculous. The Westminster Gazette thinks that as Mr. Gurney had violated the law he should have peaceably waived his privilege and paid his fine. If this is the general feeling it is likely that Mr. Gurney will be conveniently dropped from the diplomatic service of his country.

BIG GAINS MADE BY COLLEGEa Students Are Flocking to University Towns in Increased Numbers. Matriculation days at the universities are bringing students into the college towns in larger numbers than ever before, reports from nearly all the larger institutions indicate that the enrollment this year will break all records. The entrance time has not expired as yet. at most of the universities and the students will continue to arrive until the hour for first lectures, but estimates from registrars and deans’ give the following comparative table of attendance: 1901-1905 1903-190-1 (estimated), (actual). Harvard 4,700 4,328 Yale 3,400 3,142 Michigan 4,150 3,957 Chicago 3,420 3,110 Northwestern 4,050 3,831 Iowa 1,000 1,393 Wisconsin 2,600 2,379 California 2,470 2,43,'

At tue University of Michigan greatest increase this year is in th gineering department, which has more students than registered for ins tiem last year. Wisconsin will havlargest freshman class in the histo; the institution, and the total attenc in all departments will run above I The figures given in the table an the academic department. An average increase of 20 per ce all departments is reported from the versity of Iowa. The University of cago figures for 1003 include sti« registered in the summer .schools.

NEW WARSHIP AFLC The Connecticut, Most Power in Navy, Is Launched As the bands on the several at the New York navy yard pla Star-Spangled Banner,” a nev States battleship slid down the i the water at 11:16 a. m Thur Miss Alice Welles, granddauj 1 resident Lincoln s Secretary Navy, broke a bottle of champr tlie vessel s prow, naming it The launching was without hit. kind and was entirely suceessfn Many thousands of neonlo the launching of this, the fi rst l nw * 'a tot ®° V€rn nient yard < dl-toted Maine; large crow*. at “ ay y yard and at on the Manhattan and the East river,

X' •-> t> C -y U.Ai Lv tliuS U> Ci J l) livJt Cl Shelbyville’s population is 10,232. ' Mooresville has a fire department. A Kokomo man has invented an airship. Dowieites are securing recruits in Anderson. James H. Tatman, 70, of Oonnersville, is dead. Mrs. Elizabeth Banta, SO, near Yevay, is dead. Galveston will vote on the question of | incorporating. Farmers are getting good prices for 1 wheat and corn. Laporte may establish an open-air hospital for consumptives. Many new business houses are being erected in Van Buron. John B. McCurdy has removed from Hendricks county to Oklahoma. lightning did considerable damage to the Methodist church at Speargon. Pervis Miller, 17, of Keystone, accidentally shot himself in the foot. Prospectors are searching for oil on the George Leak farm, near Lizton. Ellis Edwards and Joseph Carey of Cicero are In a legal row over a hog. A rat bit Ridge Fisher of Columbus through the nose while he was asleep. J. P. Warfel has been superintendent of the Ladoga schools for twenty years. American Express Coprpany has established an office in the heart of Danville. Bet Cox, who married in Murfreesboro, Teun., has returned to Greenfield. Nelson Higbee and Peter B. Stout will manufacture cement blocks at Sheridan.

Henry Moore of Anderson has been granted a patent on a piano moving truck. Harry I. Grant of Logan-sport blew out the gas and was nearly dead when found. Within a year thirty families have removed from Young America to other towns. Thomas Edwards, a Xoblesville painter, fell from a ladder and was seriously injure*d. William Fruits, 75, of Waynetown, is dead. He was one of the pioneers of that town. Rev. T. H. Kuhn of Frankfort has accepted a call to the Christian church at Richmond. Percy Wilson, actor in “The Sign of the Cross” comx>any, died at Richmond of paralysis. While playing football, Otto Hughes and a boy named Taylor, both of Tipton, were -injured. Rev. Brown of the Tipton Presbyterian church has resigned and will preach at other points.

A piece of steel flew into Perry Smith’s left eye while he was catting a rail on the Indiana Central railroad, destroying the sight. Otto Morebeck, foreman of tbe Hammond Packing Company of Hammond, wias assaulted by unknown men. His face was beaten to a pulp. Lewis Shively, formerly of Wabasb county, died at his home in Los Angeles, Cal. He was a brother of H. B. Shively of Wabash and C. E. Shively of Richmond. Two barns on the Barry Milligan farm, near Crawfordsville, were destroyed by fire. It is believed that tramps fired the buildings. The loss is more than $1,000. John Price of Columbus has gone to Louisville to have the third amputation performed on his leg. He was injured a year ago while coupling cars in Shelbyvilie. Five years ago Jasper Matthews, a bricklayer, living on the shore of Hamilton lake, disappeared one night after a carousal. Recently a surveying party found a skeleton, which was fully identified later as that of aMtthewa from revolver, keys and rule found near the skeleton. A hole was found in tbe skull.

Viola Randell, 21, of Marion, committed suicide with strychnine. She said that her loyer had been neglectful of her. A large glass bottle fell from a shelf upon the head of Mrs. Amelia Dibble of Patriot and she was quite seriously injured. Mrs. Winfield Roe of Boouville, while cleaning a revolver, accidentally shot her husband and he is in a very serious condition. John L. Williams, an Anderson druggist, has bought 100 acres of land in Butte county, South Dakota, and will remove there. Mrs. Jesse Tudor of Arcadia has sued Robert Tudor for divorce, alleging that he deserted her the same month they were married. Robert Hamilton, 30, a farm hand of Brookston, was killed by a Mouon train. The engineer says that Hamilton was asleep on the track.

Reason Castor, 70, of Wayne township, Hamilton county, died in the Central hospital for the jusane. R. H. Myers, formerly of Logansport is now a member of the fire department at Manila, Philippine Islands. W. B. Loomis, Elkhart, has disappeared. He was a church member and president of the machinists’ union. Henry Frantz, aged 31, was drowned in the canal near B6onvil!e. He was fish--ing in a boat which overturned. The 3-months-old son of G. L. Minton of Anderson died suddenly. It is believed poison was in the condensed milk. Mick Levi of Noblesviile was sentenced to two years in the woman’s reformatory for shooting at Marshal Stevenson. Many families in Brown and Ripley townships, Montgomery county, are said to have more peaches -than they can use. Frank Adams of Evanston, while riding a bicycle at Bonneville, collided with an express wagon and was killed instantly-

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