Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1898 — INDIANA INCIDENTS [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS

RECORD OF EVENTS OF H PAST WEEK. ■ Appellate Court Ruling Affect* Man I Mortgages—Damage by LightntMJ at Rushville Stock Farm-Receflsßß S a Poisoned Orange. Makes Many Mortgages Void/JI RE A recent decision of the State AppeO|R||R| Court, holding that a mortgage given < ■ a corporation is void if the ucknowla|jr|H nient is made before an officer who is an officer of the corporation, has consternation among Indiana capitalMMS who have loaned money on mortgagagUMj , attested. Many of the larger corporations such as trust companies, J and railroads, have had one or more their officers take out commissions as nodRH! taries public on account of the nient e of having acknowledgment made, and many mortgages held by are attested by their officers as Under the court's ruling these mortgagflßH are not good against other properly attested. Men and Horses Killed. Lightning struck a barn at the FlasM stock farm at Rushville during a storm Passing through the first floor of the buvHR the bolt killed Ernest Sage, a groom; CdSES tally injuredßichard Hanna of New Yoriflß and Thomas Bodine of Rushville, knocked down and stunned the of the stables, George Weeks. EmmfHß Macy, a fast trotting mare owned Brann & Vance of Rushville, was Woodford C., a trotting stallion, recortßß 2:27, and Roan Dick, trial mark 2:06® both owned at Rushville, were so badljß injured as to make their recovery doubtMM ful. The dead groom was 24 years and the son of Dr. Sage of Hartford Citjr.Hß Indicted in Faith-Cure Case. 9R The Grand Jury at Marion found in-H| dictments against William Johnson, tiwH|| Rev. George R. Archer and the wife upon the charge of rnanslaughtezHE All are prisoners in the county jail. ThejHß are believers in the faith cure for case. Mrs. Johnson, the wife of one the prisoners, died, it is claimed, for of medical attention. An inquest held, and Coroner Kimball’s verdict that Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. were responsible for her death. ThjNH| caused warrants to be issued for their rest, and they were confined in jail await the finding of the Grand Jury. , '|| RR Poison in an Orange. Mrs. Nora Woelfe of Terre Hantfl found an orange on her table with a saying it was exceptionally good and tha|H| it was for her alone. She noticed th»H| orange was soft inside while the rind fresh. Dr. Padget made an analysis ofH the juice, from an opening at the side, and found cocaine had been into the fruit. The doctor tasted the and for a time his power of articulation H was impaired. Mrs. Woelfe secured divorce not long ago after a heated suit, but she does not know of anyom|H who would try to poison her. H

Within Our Borders. B A Clayton hen, having lost her chickd® ens, has adopted a couple of kittens. ■ James Beck, aged 25, stabbed and fatal*® ly wounded George Thomas, aged 40, at® Lena. ® At Elwood. Elizabeth Erban was burn-j® ?d to death by her clothing catching fire® from a gas flambeau. ■ The Heath-Morris Fruit Basket and® Box Company at New Albany was burn*®| I'd out. The loss is $30,000. ■ There are 117 members in the gradwilM ating class of the State normal school at® Terre Haute, the largest class in the his-'® tory of that institution. ■ Daniel Nestell, aged 80, died at Fort?® Wayne of paralysis. He was the fathet® of the famous dwarfs, ‘'Commodow|®S Foote” and “Fairy Queen.” B A new Wei, six stories high, and covwH ering nearly a quarter of a block, and I 1 costing about $400,000, will be built atM South Bend by Janies Oliver. ■ Spontaneous combustion started a fire® in C. E. Nichols’ grain elevator at Ixtweil,® and before it was cheeked did slß.oqs® damage. Five buildings were burned, i® B The wedding of Jesse Overstreet of In-® dianapolis, Congressman from the Sev*i I enth Indiana district, and Miss Kyle Crump, daughter of Mr. and Mra®| F. T. Crump of Columbus, was celebrat®! ed at the home of the bride’s parents. The wedding was one of the largest and mostjaH < legant that have ever taken place in the® city. ■ Fred Homeyer, living near shot and instantly killed Seth Nease, hia'® stepson. The killing occurred at the sunSM per table in the presence of the entirOfi family. Homeyer had been drinking and® was quarrelsome, when Nease admonished.® him to keep quiet. Homeyer went into an adjoining room, procured a shotgun nndJM returning to the door, he took deliberate®! aim and tired with fatal result. Homeyer® claims to have acted in self-defense- I At Indianapolis, Federal Judge Raker® fined the Wrought Iron Range Company-® of St. Louis S7OO for disobeying his in-Jgß junction order. The Economist Furnace® Company of Marion and the St. I .onto® concern were rivals in the business of seiMUr ing ranges and stoves to farmers in the fl northern part of the State and the Ma- 'I rion company obtained an injunction pro-ill hibiting the other from interfering with w its business. This injunction was vio- t| lated. J The Miami tribe of Indians, who owtoM a reservation of 5,200 acres of land in northwestern part of Grant County, ret® fuse to pay tax on the land or to gfy<O®| in to the assessors. Th< matter was re® I ferred to the State officials, and a reply 111 from W. H. Hart of Indianapolis, dnSl uty auditor of the State and secretary ©<3l the State Board of Tax says that poll tax cannot be collected frordS the Indians, bnt that their land is taxahJlH ; and that they must pay tax on persohaM ? property. *. l Mary, the 18-year-old daughter Qf CM® Beatly, who lives near Morgantown, co« 3 mitted suicide. Her lover had called her and they quarreled. X bottle ing arsenic told the storyand a inquest confirmed ‘xv. s M '.xrssra ■■ ir.-vh nvititnis i? itv HiiuurQgi men were OwtlS Pittsburg .nJ >ll th. w*h«. -■■ilia on an agreement for an adjustraent «d|