Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1902 — INDIANA STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS

S. C. Chasteen of Monroe township, an experienced horticulturist, after a careful examination of his extensive orchards, reports that the early and late peaches have suffered but little from the extreme cold of the past winter, and that there will be an average crop if conditions are favorable in the future. The apricots are also found to be in good condition, even better than the peaches. At Alexandria a quantity of* oil in one of the tanks belonging to the Standard Oil company escaped Into the creek nearby, and a small boy applied a match, causing a dangerous fire. A bullet crashed through a window in one of the passenger coaches of a Pan-Handle train as it was entering Union City, grazing one woman, who fainted from the shock. C. H. Hixon, druggist of Oakland was stricken with paralysis while assisting in lodge work, and death followed. He was fifty-one years old. Frank Noth, a butcher of Elwood committed suicide by shooting. His wife was asleep by his side at the time the shot was fired. Miners employed by the Washington Fuel company near Sullivan, dissatisfied with the engineer, have gone on strike. At Warsaw John Price, while on trial for striking his sweetheart, interrupted proceedings by swallowing laudanum. He was pumped out. The Insurance companies have paid John H. Bass SIIO,OOO, growing out of the destruction of his country home by fire, and he has contracted for a replica of the original marislon, except that the heating plant will be located 500 feet away. The miners’ association at Lyford, in order to prevent Sunday rioting, has imposed a fine of 50 cents on every member visiting a saloon on Sunday, with a $2 penalty for the second offense and expulsion for the third. Sylvester Davis of Charlottesville is the owner of an old violin, branded “Antonins Stradluarius Cremoneufis Ficiebat, Anno, 1738.” A new bank building, costing sll,000, will be built at Russiaville. A new bank will be started at Berne. The large country store of J. W. Corya at Nebraska burned. The loss is $12,000; partially insured. The Union Traction company, which owns Westside Park, just west of Muncie, will spend $15,000 upon a scenic railway, summer theater and the usual adjuncts of a summer park. Chrispus Schnee of New Harmony is dead, at the age of ninety-one years He was the oldest man in Posey county and a distinguished character. Mrs. Mary E. Russell, age ninety-one, died at Cassville. For six weeks prior to her death she had taken no nourish ment, drinking only a few swallows of water daily. Her demise was the result of starvation and old age combined. Henry Wilkins, saloonkeeper, who shot Michael Foley at Cambridge City, surrendered to the officers. Wilkins says that Foley knocked him down with a beer bottle, and while prostrate on his back he fired. The Enterprise Gas company of New castle is considering the advisability of becoming a mutual affair and supply gas only to stockholders. The Davis bentwood factory has closed down and will seek another location, owing to the scarcity of hickory timber near Newcastle. The buildings and ground were recently sold, and, it is understood, a factory will be installed. At Versailles, while Abraham GalUland was watering his horses, he whs kicked by one of the animals, break ing two ribs and causing Internal hemorrhage. The factory of the Hartford City Flint Bottle Company, which has been idle for several months, has resumed operations. The third case of smallpox in the family of William Beach at Michigan City has been reported to the Board of Health. The patient is Mrs. William Beach. The other patients are convalescing. L. H. Nufer, wanted at Jackson, Mich., for misappropriating property at Indianapolis belonging to the aJckson Novelty Company, is under arrest. He lives at Adrian, Mich., and has employed counsel to resist requisition. The State Plumbers’ association has adjourned. H. H. Highlands of Muncie was re-elected president. Charlotte Lee, spinster, nearly 90 years old, severely burned several days ago while alone at home in Warsaw, is dead of her injuries. The House committee on war claims has reported favorably the claim of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture for $9,000 and it takes its place on the private calendar. The Senate committee on claims has not yet passed on the bill. The Heppe soap factory at Logansport suffered a fire loss of $6,000, but the business of the factory is not interrupted. In shooting a gas well drilled for the Electrical Light Company at Elwood, a good flow of oil developed. Much excitement/prevails. The Peru Gun Club will have its sixth annual amateur target shooting tournament at its grounds north of that city, April 16 to 18, inclusive. A woman would rather other women would talk disrespectfully about her than ignore her.

W. A. Noel, of Walton, a follower of Dowie, has been taken to the insane hospital at Logansport for treatment. The river at Evansville, which has been rising here for the past week, is falling. The only thing the river men now fear is another general rain throughout the Ohio valley, which would bring on a fresh rise. Conrad Koch was found in the cellar at his home at Evansville with his throat cut from ear to ear, and it is the supposition that he committed suicide. The jury in the Alpaw-Heaton $5,000 damage suit for personal Injuries at Newcastle, returned a verdict for S4OO for plaintiff. The dedication of the Henry County Historical Society Home, in Newcastle, April 26, promises to be an event of much Interest. The program is being arranged by the Hon. Benjamin S. Parker. All the interurban companies in the Interurban Terminal Company must sign the Union Traction form of contract with the city before the Terminal Company can get a franchise for a local street railway system at Indianapolis. The Indianapolis Prohibition Alliance was formed at Indianapolis at the meeting of the Prohibition League. It will try to have the State headquarters moved to that city. Thomas Owens is dead of a bullet wound inflicted at the mining town of Lyford by John Wilson, who shot at a man named Madden. The Indiana pulp and paper mill at Marion has started work. The plant has been rebuilt after the fire of last August, SIOO,OOO being spent in rebuilding. People at North-Judson laugh at the assertion made in Washington that there is/h beet sugajr factory in. that section/in which SI,OOOOO in invested. There is no factory of the kind in that portion of Indiana. An elaborate program prepared for the convention of the Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association, which meets at South Bend April 3, 4 and 5. Elias Binkley, seventy-four years old, was killed at Goshen by the northbound Big Four passenger, train. He was deaf and did not hear the approach of The train. Owing to recent action of the merchants of Washington the American Federation of Labor will establish a store there. Perry Pugh, on whose farm near Hartford City a mineral deposit was found while drilling gas wells, has been offered a royalty of 10 cents a ton by men who guarantee to develop the find. It is alleged that a child born to Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder, forty-one years old, at Huntington, was murdered. Mrs. Emeline Taylor, seventy-nine years old, has been arrested and committed for complicity in the alleged crime. William Foarea, accused of the assassination of John E. Seay, who was shot while at v.t>rk, has been indicted by the gfand jury at Noblesville for murder. The evidence against him is circumstantial. At Linton A. L. Ferguson and wife were seriously prostrated from taking a dose of what was supposed to be powdered charcoal. There is a suspicion that black antimony was used, under the supposition that it was powdered charcoal. Charles Neathery, convicted of manslaughter, for killing Henry Helmig, last January was denied a new trial at Peru, by Judge Cox. Da.vid Sutton, one of the prominent members of the Indiana Yearly Meeting, died at Richmond at the age of seventy-five. Death was due to Bright’s disease. The Wabash Natural Gas Company has formally organized, with John A. Bruner, president; Thomas W. McNamee, vice-president; L. A. Bond of New York, secretary, and L. A. Baumgardner, same city, treasurer. The company will pipe natural gas from the Lafontaine field. Edward Carroll of Freeport, 111., employed as Big Four brakeman, was instantly killed at Terre Haute while making a coupling. The shortage of James Braford, former postmaster of Marion, has been adjusted and Evans Ferree has been commissioned as his successor. Every town and city in the gas belt is excited over a report that the American Window Glass Company will test a new blowing machine at once, the factory in Alexandria being the place chosen for the test. If the machine, which is said to be successful, is Introduced, it will knock out the oldtime blowers, and reduce largely the number of employes. The union carpenters of Marion have adopted a scale making 35 cents an hour the minimum. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, 65 and 63 years old, respectively, of Coal City have been remanded for Federal grand Jury action, charged with making counterfeit halves and quarters. I* Emery Funaerburg, a Pan-Handle brakeman, was jolted from a car at Kenneth quarry and was instantly killed. He resided at Huntington. .The Rev. Father Raskiewcz of Otis, so his friends have been advised, will be created a monsignor immediately after Easter by the authorities at Rome. He was born in Poland In 1822 and was ordained a priest In 1847.

The smallpox epidemic In Noble county is apparently unabated, and In that section the conditions are alarming. The mixing up of great crowds just prior to the breaking out of the disease seems to be the order. The Rev. Jacob Stumps, one of the oldest German Lutheran ministers of that section, died at his home in Fort Wayne. He was 77 years old. C. G. Gulbertson of Kokomo died - suddenly of heart failure afethe Marlon Soldiers’ Home. During the Civil War he served in the Thirty-fourth Indiana The Aurora Water company has filed articles of incorporation. The object of the company is to construct and operate a waterworks plant in Aurora, Ind. The capital stock is $25,000. Ross Wiest and Harry Butcher were placed on trial at Portland for attempted murder, it being alleged that they assaulted Dennis Druley and beat him nearly to death. The Goshen Carnegie library board has selected the widow of the late Maj. J. H. Heatwole, a brother of Congressman Heatwole, as librarian. Arcadia is to have one of the largest and most complete brick factories in the country. Tn addition to the present plant, which has a capacity of 35,000 bricks per day, an additional new plant will be built, with a capacity of 40,000 bricks a day. The new city Republican committee at Kokomo has decided to make nominations for city offices by a delegate convention April 8. Peru was visited by a terrific wind storm and $3,000 damage was done. Eight oil derricks at Peru and fifteen at Rich Valley, nine miles east, were blown down. A severe wind storm swept over Brazil, doing considerable damage to loose property. Milkmen of Evansville have organized an association for the advancement of tneir Interests. Isaac Jjockwood, a retired merchant, 58 year's old, committed suicide at Connersville by swallowing strychnine. He was despondent over the death of his wife, which occurred two years ago. Richard Bright, who committed suicide at Buffalo, N. Y., formerly lived at Madison and was the son of the late George Bright and nephew of Col. Dick Bright. Mrs. Catherine Collier of Yorktown, accused of arson, has beeh declared insane. The marsh land in the country north of Fort Wayne is developing into one of the best onion growing sections in the world. Thousands of bushels of the savory vegetable are shipped to all parts of the country. The most prolific oil producer in the Indiana field at the present time is believed to be the No. 16 well, on the S. S. Carroll farm, just north of Hartford City, owned by the Standard Oil company. It is producing 250 barrels a day. Fire started in Van Ray’s meat market at Mitchell, spread to Blackwell’s feed store, Jones’ meat market and the storage room of the Mitchell Casket company, consuming them. Three hundred caskets were destroyed. Loss, $7,000. At a meeting of the secretaries of the Western Indiana circuit the dates for the different meetings were fixed as follows: Danville, August 4-8; Bainbridge, August 11-16; Lebanon, August 18-23; Frankfort, August 2530; Lafayette, September 1-6; Crawfordsville, September 8-13; Covington, September 15-20.. A gas jet was responsible for the burning of the French Hotel building at Matthews, causing $1,500 loss. Pierre Hanico, was manager and J. H. Carter, of Munice, owned the property. Fire wrecked the general store at Huron owned by Jackson Burton and the Demos Hotel, immediately adjoining, was also damaged. Total loss SIO,OOO, with $1,500 insurance. An overheated stove in the home of Joseph M. Williams, 2531 Station street, Brightwood, set fire to the house during the absence of the family and before the department reached the scene the place was destroyed. The loss is estimated to be $1,500. "While John Willey, superintendent of the Blackburn mines at Petersburg, accompanied by Will Arnold, were inspecting the mines, falling slate crashed Mr. Willey, breaking both legs. Arnold was severely bruised. At Marion Miss Blanche Algyre caught her clothing on fire from an open grate, and was alarmingly burned about the limbs and body. Her sister, in trying to rescue her, was also severely Injured. The congregation of St.’Paul’s Lutheran church at Michigan City has voted to invite the general synod of the German Lutheran church of America to hold its meeting in that city next August. ■x,. Free mail delivery will be InataDed at Hartford City May 1. Mrs. Crawford Johnson of Bedford purchased carbolic acid, and, going to the loft of her husband’s stable, she swallowed the potion and died before assistance could be rendered. Republicans of the Forty-seventh judicial district, in convention at Montezuma unanimously Indorsed G. G. Rheuby for prosecutor. The state and national administrations were commended by resolutions; so also the -Senators and Representatives in Con- I gress. -