Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1901 — A WEEK IN INDIANA [ARTICLE]

A WEEK IN INDIANA

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. A Sect M Whitestown Burns Ito Fine Clothes—lce Harvesting In Northwester* Part of the State—Cudahy Brother* Sell Their Telephone Line. Sect Burn* Ito Fine Clothe*, Whitestown is disturbed by the actions of a religious sect known as Holy Salvationists. The members assert that they represent the only true religion, and that they are the direct agents of God, who has commanded that they preach the gospel to every home. With Bible in hand they are constantly engaged in their religious work. They spread the gospel, as they term it, from house to house, in the field and along public highways, and no one is exempt from their ministrations. One minister declares that he has a revelation from God commanding that all useless articles of finery or attractive clothing, jewelry and furniture should be burned, and many of the band have accepted the command and have burned many articles of clothing and furniture. Cudahy Sells ’Phone Lin*. Cudahy Brothers of Chicago have sold their telephone line along their pipe line right of way from Phoenix, Wells county, to Kankakee, 111. The purchaser is the Union Telephone company of Bluffton, Ind. The sale adds to the latter company eighty miles of line and will add extensively to the independent system in this section of the state. The line is regarded as one of the best built among the possessions of any of the big oil concerns. It will give independent connection with Lagro, Wabash, North Judson, Poneto and a number of other points which are now out of reach. The consideration is given as SB,OOO. Poor Man Heir to Millions. Aaron Silvers, a carpenter in moderate circumstances living near Richmond, and his brother, John Silvers of Hamilton, Ohio, expect soon to inherit two estates —one of $140,000,000, on their father’s side. Aaron says he is a direct descendant of Aaron Silvers, who came from Germany about the beginning of the last century, and left millions of dollars’ worth of real estate in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia, and valuable coal lands in Pennsylvania. ”The immense estates will be adjudicated within the present year. Ex-President Harrison has charge of one part of the case. Narrow Escape for Limited. The continental limited, the fastest train on the Wabash system, had a miraculous escape from being wrecked at Liberty Mills, near Wabash. Running a mile a minute, it approached the station, and all at once the locomotive darted into the elevator siding, the lurch of the train shaking up passengers and trainmen violently. The siding fortunately did not contain a car, and the switches, being of the split pattern, the train ran out onto the main line before Engineer Cummings could apply the air. City War Over Gm Rates. The citizens of Wabash, for the first time since natural gas was piped into the city, thirteen years ago, are burning gas by the meter. The consume, s, however, do not know whether they are burning 12 cent gas or 19 cent gas, or gas at a compromise rate, but there is a distinct curtailment in the quan- ' tity of the fuel consumed. The council is determined to have 12 cent gas and it may be a year before patrons learn what rate they are paying. Ice Harvesting Is Begun. The Chicago packers have Begun the annual ice harvest on the lakes surrounding La Porte. Several hundred men are employed in housing the crop. The Chicago corporations which annually harvest ice here in sufficient quantities to fill a number of immense warehouses say the cold spell will prevent the threatened ice famine. In adjacent counties the Chicago packers have large forces of men at work harvesting a mammoth crop. Pythian Offices May Move. There is a movement on foot to take to Indianapolis the national headquarters of the board of control of the endowment rank of the Knights of Pythias, now located in Chicago. The president of this rank is C. F. Neal of Lebanon, and he has announced to his close friends that he will do he can to have the national headquarters removed to Indianapolis. Diamonds Found in Indian*. Diamonds and gold are being found in Morgan and Brown counties. A small gem was brought to a diamond merchant. He said it was genuine, worth about SBO. John Collet, a former state geologist, has one in his col - lection. State Geologist Blatchiey says the diamonds came with the prehistoric glacial drift. Plans a College for Girls. The will of Henry C. Long of Indianapolis, who died in Arizona a few days ago, has been opened. It provides that after the death of the widow and two children, his estate shall go toward the founding of a college for girls in Indianapolis. By the will the board of home missions of the Presbyterian church gets $15,000. The sum of SIO,OOO is left to the city of Indianapolis, to be used in securing a statue of Abraham Lincoln. There are numerous °smaller bequests.

telephoning through space Belief That Twelve Mlles 1* Not Tm Fm For the System. Tn a recent test of wireless telephony across the Mississippi River, at St Paul, evidence was given of the utility of the method which may result hi the the plan when the mechanism has been perfected. The distance across the river at that point Is 1000 feet and. In spite of a strong wind and extremely cold weather, conversation was carried on with little difficulty. The name wireless telephony Is something of a misnomer, as wires have to be used. One hundred and fifty feet were stretched parallel to the river on each side and the transmitters and receivers were attached to each set the voice vibrations being carried across the river from one and registered on the other. For a time the experiment worked wefc. but before long the moisture in the breath got Into the diaphragms, freezing them to such an extent that they had to be thawed out, and then did not do as good work. The cold weather, however, was of advantage la one respect, as thick Ice extended out into the river for some distance from each side, and there was no doubt that It aided in transferring the current across the stream. When the wires and apparatus were In place a test was made with a voltmeter, and it was found that there was Induction of half a volt, which made It look as if the experiment could not be carried on. In spite of this, however, the sound of the voice was easily and clearly transmitted. The first trial was with five volts of battery, and the sound of the voice could be heard, although words could not be distinguished. Later, without any change in apparatus or current, the words could be distinguished as easily as in a direct telephone, and afterwards the sounds were muffled and could not be distinguished. Other batteries were then attached, five at a time, finally cutting in with twenty volts on one side of the river and five on the other. The operator at the fl~e-volt end could not only understand what was being said to him, but could hear others talking on the bank of the river near the transmitter. Then the diaphragms began to freeze, and after they were thawed out, as has been stated, did not work. A second experiment was tried two days later, 200 feet of twelve-gauge copper wire being used on each side of the river. As before, the ends of the wire were run into the river to make a. ground, and the only experiment that failed was the attempt to talk without the aid of batteries. The test was made with twenty-two and one-half volts on each side of the river, and it was calculated that forty-five could have been used with safety. From this It was deduced that by increasing the length of the side lines the battery strength could be Increased so as to talk up to twelve miles without fear of heating the transmitter. Measurements by the ammeter showed that the earthcurrent was .1830, that whistling raised the reading to .2074, talking In a moderate voice to .3300, and talking in a loud voice to .5400. The ordinary talking current registered 43-300 amperes, and with 400 feet of wire and a resistance of 150 ohms would equal one third of an ohm to the foot.—New York Post