Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — A WEEK IN INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. Go-htin Km a M y ,t„ry In the Can. of m. Pretty Girl Sixteen Yean Olil, Who Tells a Ktrauge Story Flans. i Trstty Girl Is a Mystery. Thore is no further clew to the identity of Irene Canning, the beautiful and richly dressed girl of 16 who was found near Goshen walking from Mlddlebury to Goshen and who claimed to be a Galveston heiress worth $300,000. A telegram sent to Rev. George Tarbox of Savannah, whom she claims Is her guardian, Ims been undelivered. Her story regarding an attempt to hypnotise her while en route from Battle Creek to South Bend by Dr. George Pease of Holyoke, Mass., a former suitor of hers, has been partly confirmed, hut Pease cannot be found. Were It not for evidence of extreme culture and refinement her story would not be believed. She Is probably a girl of wealth who has escaped from a private asylum somewhere. She has been removed from the jail to a private boarding house, where she will remain until an answer Is received to a telegram which she sent to friends In Galveston, Tex. ComiuWalon M»n Vunlnh. 11. E. Hurley and Louis E. Johnson, who, since February last, have operatad a commission house at Indianapolis, have disappeared. The amount of claims presented ngaiust them so far exceods $16,000, and it Is thought this amount will be Increased $6,000 by the time the affairs of tho firm are settled. On July II an Indianapolis law firm Informed Hurley & Johnson that unless claims, which had been placed In their hands for collection, were settled that day the firm would Institute legal proceedings. Both members of the commission firm left the city that night. Since then the claims have been pouring In from Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, and other places about the country. Will Chang* Party’* Name. The Popullstsof Indiana,whether the party continues under Its old name or adopts a new one, will put full state congressional, legislative and county tickets In the field for tho coming state election. This is the declaration at I.& Porte of C. M. Walter, editor of the Btate party organ, who la in touch with the rank and file of the organization. The conference called to be held at Kansas City, Sept. 17, 18 and 19, says Mr. Walter, will decide possibly upon a new name. Representatives from all over the party will assemble at the conference and Indiana will send a large delegation. The conference will be composed of delegates from the silver republicans, social democrats, union reformists, populists and silver democrats. Han on Sunday Funeral*. t The Jay County Ministerial association has placed a ban on Sunday funerals, this action being agreed upon at a meeting held at Park, Portland. The move Is embodied in the following resolution, which was passed: "Whereas, Sunday funerals have for some time by many Christian people, especially the ministers, been looked upon as mostly unnecessary, and a detriment to the best interests of the proper observance of the Sabbath; therefore, Resolved, shat we, the Ministerial Association of Jay County, Ind., most earnestly request the people of our various congregations and communities to unite with, us in the effort to suppress this custom. * Oldar Exploded With a Vengaanoe. The family of James Jarvin, near Kempton, were alarmingly prostrated from the effect of drinking cider which had been sealed in a tin can. Afterward Mr. Jarvin went to the cellar to examine the cider, but upon holding a lighted match over the top of the can there was an explosion, in which he was severely burned about the hands and face. Hasps Marriage a Peorafc News of a secret marriage contracted at Goshen June 6, between Henry C. Calloway, a wealthy banker of Elkwood, and Mrs. Dora Elllthorp has leaked out. They met at Goshen, Thursday by agreement, sought a lawyer, had ante-nuptial contract drawn, were married and left the city within two hours. Cancht Bstarsan Two Kalla. Otis Pickering, age nineteen, was struck by an I. & V. passenger train at Vincennes and Instantly killed. He waa walking between the rails, when the engine whistled he stopped in front of it. He is a cousin of Dan Pickering, left fielder of the Cleveland ball club. Savad ths Laborers, Took tho Girl* During a storm in the northern part of Allen county, Mary, youngest daughter of Mr. Longenacher, an Amish farmer, was struck by lightning and Instantly killed. The girl was with a party of harvesters in a wheat field. Drink* Gaaollps and Dial. The 1-year-old child of Andrew Clark at Laketon, got hold of a vessel containing gasoline and drank a considerable quantity of the liquid. The little one died In terrible agony twenty; minutes later.