Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1898 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Death Mystery Solved by aa Analysis— Madison County Glass Plants Bought by Pennsylvanians—Decision Against Quart Shops-Crushed in a Foundry. Arsenic Found in Stomach. As a result of the chemical examination, of the stomach of the lute Commodore Brown of Burrows by Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, enough arsenic to kill ten men was found. Forty-five and one-seventh grains of the poison was discovered. Commodore Brown died under peculiar circumstances. Two men, Shuey and Jones, two years ago quarreled over Brown’s wife and fought a duel, in which Shuey was killed. Jones was acquitted on the ground of self-de-fense. Letters found among Shuey’s effects excited trie suspicion of D. N. Brown, a brother of Mr. Brown, and he came from North Dakota and caused the investigation. Buys the American’s Plant. Long-pending deals have been closed by which the Pennsylvania Plate Glass Company of Pittsburg absorbs the American plate glass plants in Madison County, valued at $1,000,000. This is the big anti-trust concern. The Pennsylvania company gains control by purchasing interests of the DePauws, who were the original and sole owners. The company will enlarge the Indiana plants, which means they will centralize all interests in this State and withdraw from Pennsylvania. They will reopen the plants at once.

Fatally-Crushed in a Foundry. Oscar Dewis, employed at the Roots foundry at Connersville, met with an accident that will cost him his life. He failed to securely fasten the chains around a pipe plate, weighing about 1,000 pounds, and when they attempted to raise it with the crane, the chains unfastened and the plate fell on Lewis, mashing his head and breast. He leaves a large family. Ordered the Superintendent to Leave. The miners at Jackson Hill, several hundred strong, marched to Alum Cave, a few miles distant, and ordered Superintendent Brown of the mine there to leave the locality. He did so. The men assert that the Alum Gave Company is not complying with the Chicago agreement. The mine is owned in Chicago. Decide Against “Quart t hops.*' The Supreme Court holds that tlie law passed by the last Legislature requiring “quartshops” to take out county licenses is valid. The law was assailed by the “quartshop” owners on the ground that it did not provide a penalty. The court holds that the general penalty act of 1881 attaches. John Burke a Murderer. John Burke of South Bend was found guilty of murder in the first degree at Ls. Porto, his punishment being fixed at imprisonment in the State prison for life. He shot and killed Louis Keller, Feb. 18, while burglarizing a store in South Bend. Within Our Borders. Thomas Early was killed by a fall of rock in the Cahill mine at Peru. The large planing mill of John S. McCorkle was destroyed by fire at EvaiMville. Loss, $40,000. Lewis A. Hendry, proprietor of the Hotel Hendry of Angola, was indicted, chargcsl with forgery in altering wheat receipts. At South Bend, Dr. Daniel M. Calvert was bound, gagged, cut, beaten and robbed by three burglars at his home, where he lives aloue. Danley Mishler, a well-known and highly respected farmer living three miles east of Q North Manchester, committed suicide by hanging. He leaves a wife and two small children. No cause is known for the deed. In the Circuit Court at Greencastle, John Lane was found guilty of working the short-change trick on a Monon passenger last January. The court will impose an indeterminate sentence of from one to fourteen years. “Hud” McCammon and Ed Bowling, sons of prominent farmers in Sullivan County, who entered the store of Watson & Nesbit, at Paxton, and attempted to blow open the safe, were captured in the ►woods south of Paxtpn by Deputy Sheriff Dudley and Charles Crawley. A summary of the window glass operations for the spring season has just been completed at Anderson, and shows a moet remarkable industry and demand for product. At the time of making the summary the equivalent of 1,851 pots were in operation in the country, 1,577 of them being represented by Indiana and Pittsburg district plants, 14G by the North district and 128 by the East district. The full working force is employed, and more plants are in operation than at this season of any previous year. These pots are turning out about 685,000 boxes of glass per month. The imports have fallen from 100,000 to 40,000 boxes. The consumption is above normal, which is 441,000 boxes per month. The dedication of St. John’s Evangelist Church took place at Hartford City. Bishop Rademacher of Fort Wayne celebrated high pontifical mass in the presence of an immense audience. The confirmation of the children .took place at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon. Rev. Radamachef then followed with an address. The dedication services were in charge of Rt. Rev. Joseph Radamacher, bishop. Fort Wayne, celebrant; Rev. W. Schmidt, Muncie, deacon; Rev. Alfred Weichman, Gas City, sub-deacon, and Rev. W. Quhilaln, Marion, master of ceremonies. Rev. J. F. Delaney, Fort Wayne, preached the sermon. Rev. Charles Dhe is the pastor of the congregation. The new church is one of the finest in the city and cost SIO,OOO. . At Greensburg, A. M. Hillis was killed by the bursting of an emery wheel. WHliam Beasley, a land agent of Indianapolis, shot and fatally wounded Henry Daruell a? his home, twelve miles south of Brazil. Darnell lives on a large farm which is controlled by Beasley, and there was trouble over the rent. At Linden is stacked up 22,000 tons of cornstalks, trie raw material for a cellulose factory which is uow in course of erection there. The farmers from, th* country have hauled in the stalks when they could not do other work, and wer* paid $3 a ton fortbeuL