Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — Indiana State News [ARTICLE]

Indiana State News

Marsh fires which have swept over hundreds of acres of land have been raging for several days In the Kankakee region, a few miles from La Porte. Thousands of tonß of hay and immense luantltles of other grain have fallen prey to the flames and live stock has slso been cremated. Within the last few days every man available has been pressed* Into service to fight the fire, which Is now believed to be temporarily checked. No estimate can be made of the loss. The boiler connection In the Howe factory at Peru exploded, scalding A. B. Ulrich, engineer, and badly injuring Fireman Joseph Kile and W. H. Folger of the Cincinnati filtering plant. James Braddte In a letter written September 23 at Buffalo, N. Y.‘, to Gov. W. T. Durbin of Indiinfl, confesses that he killed Policeman Samuel Cooper of South Bend, October 29, 1900. He says Louis Jaqulth, who is serving a life sentence at Michigan City for the crime, is innocent. Braddle makes the confession, he says, because he is seriously 111, but has no intention of surrendering to the authorities. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bert at Tipton have celebrated their golden wedding day. The postofflee safe at Morristown was blown open with nitro-glycerln, the robbers securing S7OO in notes of Postmaster Phillips and S3OO in postage stamps. The exploslou alarmed citizens, but the robbers escaped in a rig that they had previously Btoien. . Frank Wanamakwa, a Chicago salesman, went to Mishawaka and made a desperate attempt to kill his wife In a room at Hotel Mllburn. She has been staying at Mishawaka since her husband was forced to leave on account of his passing a worthless check on a hotel landlord in South Bend. He was overpowered here after a severe struggle with the hotel attaches and guests. His wife is the woman who some time ago figured In a sensational case at Waterloo, la., where she went to meet and marry Edwin L. Baker, who was killed near Waterloo, his train being wrecked. While his flanceo was weeping over the remains Baker’s wife claimed the body and left the duped girl to mourn her betrayal. William Meyer, alleged defaulting treasurer of the ( Western Baseball association, gave bond of $1,500 at Fort Wayne, with William Kaeough as surety, in the fourth affidavit filed against him. Suit is to be brought against him and his sureties to recover $1,200 in his possession on account of gate receipts. The Rev. E. G. Shouse, pastor of the First Baptist church at Kokomo, refuses to resign his pastorate, which is one of the beßt in the state, saying that he will occupy the pulpit of the church until by divine manifestation he Is called away. Shouse says he waß directed by the Lord to begin work at Kokomo, and he will not tender his resignation, and bids defiance to any movement which seeks to encompass his removal. Shouse was once the Prohibition candidate for governor. His plans, as announced, promise interesting complications between the congregation and the obdurate pastor. The W. C. T. U. state convention closed at Kokomo to meet In Huntington next year. The delegates chosen to the national convention at Fort Worth, Tex., are: Mrs. J. R. Woods, Indianapolis: Lou E. Rolls, Terre Haute; G. T. Shugart, Jonesboro; Mary E. Balch, Indianapolis; Sarah Roberts, Pendleton; M. A. Thorapklns, Elkhart; Ida M. Mix, Kokomo; Ida Wise, Auburn; Carrie Jones, Terre Haute; Lena Smith, Michaels; Mary Webb, Greencastle; Laura Thompson, Greeneburg; Mary Sargher, Laporte; Emma Saylor, Frankfort; A. W. Candler, Richmond; Rose Pierce, Terre Haute.

The survivors of the 88th Indiana regiment and the 11th Indiana battery held a reunion at Fort Wayne and several hundred old soldiers attended. The 88th participated in the battle of Perryville, Ky., thirty-nine years ago. At a campfire Lieut. Gov. Gilbert, Mayor Berghoff and others spoke. Indiana university at Richmond has a collection of birds that were caught, mounted and labeled by President Roosevelt. They came from the national museum in 1884. Eleven of the seventeen specimens are in a good state of preservation. They are highly prized. The grain elevator at Markle owned and controlled by Frank and Lorenz Anthony burned, causing $6,000 loss, with partial insurance. Michael Meyers, saloonkeeper, was beaten until he was unconscious for refusing to sell beer to a minor named Barnett at Crawfordsville. Duke Stout and F. G. Mclntyre were injured at the same time, two men assisting Barnett. T. E. Otto of Columbus, on arrival at Memphis, Tenn., identified the stranger that committed suicide in Winter’s hotel, that city, as his father, Frank E. Otto, who left home several days ago. The body will be buried at Dillsboro, this state. Fire on the Anton Mayer stock farm near Terre Haute destroyed two large barns, with contents, and a German stallion, valued at $1,600, with four brood mares, were among the animals cremated. The loss is estimated at $20,000, with partial insurance. The corner stone of the new St. Charles (Catholic) church at Otterbeln was laid with appropriate services, the Rev. John P. Dinnen of Lafayette and the Rev. P. J. O’Rellley of Ft. Wayne conducting the services. The Rev. Charles E. McCabe will have charge of the hew church. , , % ~V

The mystery connected with the death of Clint Buchanan, field superintendent of the Wabash Valley Natural Gas company, eighteen months ago has been so.ved by workmen finding bones, a Masonic charm and a ring in the cellar of an old roadhouse burned down some months ago near Converse, south of Peru. The evidence is sufficient to show that Robert Clark, the proprietor, now serving a term in the penitentiary for killing “Jack the Zagger,” committed the deed. John Small committed suicide at. Fort Wayne after having undergone; a surgical operation for an injured leg.; He was despondent, and as s'oon as he! recovered consciousness reached to the; table near the bed, seized the bottle of carbolic acid and drank the contents! before he, could be stopped. He dledi in a few minutes. He was a farmer! and well to do. The Western Flint Glass Manufac-j taring Company of Eaton, through At-' torney Judge Dlven of Anderson, was 1 granted a temporary restraining orderj In the circuit court to protect ita prop-j erty from striking union glass' workers. William Klgglns and thirty other defendants are ordered by the court to not molest the property of the company or to further Interfere with the working of the factory. After retirement for hours, the Jury failed to agree in the effort to break the last and testament of the late Gillum Raines of Greencastle. The elevator on the Chicago & Erie railroad at Markle was destroyed by an lnceudlary fire. The loss is $lO,000. Geo. Winter, a laborer at Indianapolis, was caught in quicksand while excavating a well, and although hla fellow laboreis worked for throe hours In an effort to save him, he finally was swallowed by the shifting earth and smothered to death. Winter was working in an old well, already eighteen feet deep. Below the bottom of this shaft there was thought to be nothing but water-bearing gravel. Suddenly, however, the walls caved In, and Winter’s assistant was ho: rifled to find that his fellow workman had been caught In the quicksand. He displayed signs of life, grabbing and struggling for five or ten minutes; after this his head slowly sank from sight. Two hundred delegates were present at the opening session of the twentyeighth annual convention of the Illinois Woman’s Christian Temperance union which convened at Galesburg. An effort will be made to raise tho state dues of each member from 50 cents per annum to sl. Mrs. Rounds will probably retire from the presidency and there is a movement in favor of Mrs. Lucie B. Tyng, the state vice-president, as her successor. In the burning of James Hill’s barn at Madison twelve hogs were cremated. James C. Dean, attorney, has been Indicted at Windfall on complaint of George W. Jones, farmer, who accuses Dean of embezzling $25. The accused waived examination and his bond was fixed at SSOO. Miss Hannah Mayes was given $lO,000 damages at Vincennes by Jury's verdict against Aaron S. Gordan for breach of promise. Mr. Gordan is a wealthy merchant of Decker, this county. The plaintiff is a music teacher, organist in the village church, and a leader In society in that community. Gordan watted upon her for six years, but married another girl last May.

The police of Evansville are at a loss to know what to do with Herman Jones, a colored lad seven years old. Within the last year the boy has been arrested thirteen times for horse stealing and as many times for other crimes, and until he has reached the age of eight years he cannot be sent to the reform school. He was released in the police court from a charge of stealing chickens. At the home of D. H. Shetterly in Franklin his eldest son, Dr. William Shetterly of New York and Miss Voice Adams Beech i r were married. The bride is a niece of Henry Ward Beecher, her mother was Isabelle Adams, a niece of President J. Q. Adams. The couple departed for their future home in Bedford district, Macon street, Brooklyn. They will occupy the house of Henry Ward Beecher, which Dr. Shetterly purchased nearly a year ago. During the reunion of the Eightyninth Indiana Regimental association in Wabash Joseph Rogers, of Pendleton, was elected president and J. W. Zeublin, same place, secretary. Two hundred survivors attended the reunion. Habeas corpus proceedings have been instituted still further to pass upon the mental condition of Claude Galllnmore, who has been declared an Insane person at Kokomo. Gallinmore and his friends stoutly dispute the proposition of insanity. Nineteen additional charges have been filed against John R. Mason and his bartenders for illegal sale of intoxicants at Russlaville. Mason, recently served thirty days In jail for illegal selling. The siyty-nlnth annual Baptist state convention began in the First Baptist church at Franklin. A special session was held for the state missionary board. At the first regular session Dr. W. T. Scott of the Franklin college gave the welcome address and was responded to by Rev. T. J. Villers, of Indianapolis, the state president. The Franklin Baptists were the first to entertain the convention in 1832, when it was organized. The assembly has not been held at Franklin since 1867. The annual address was delivered by Rev. | C. M. Carter of Muncie.