Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1902 — Indiana State News [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Indiana State News

GLASS WORKERS’ PAY GOES UP Wages Will Advance 5 Per Cent When Work Resumes August 1. Official intormation is that when the gas belt factories of the Pittsburg Plate Olass company at El wood resume work, next August, there will be a general advance in wages in all departments of 5 per cent. A wage scale will also be in force whereby the men, by their own efforts, can increase wages from 20 to 25 per cent. The factory here will close July 1 and resume August 1. YOUTH RIVALS HELEN KELLER Evansville Lad Who Is Deaf, Mute and Blind. Evansville is the home of a blind deaf-mute boy, whose progress in learning is almost as marvelous as the wonderful work accomplished by Helen Keller. His name is John Patrick Walsh. His afflictions do not keep him confined to his home, or prevent him mingling with his fellows. He attends public meetings, goes wherever he pleases, and in his own way gets a great deal of enjoyment out of

life. The case of Walsh is made more pathetic from the fact that his afflictions came to him singly. One day, when a small boy, Walsh went into the cellar at his home, where a digger was at work. On his return from the cellar his sight was gone, and the case baffled the best physicians in the country. A short time after Walsh became blind he lost his hearing. Until a few years ago Walsh could talk all right. One day his speech began leaving him, and to-day he cannot even talk in a whisper. Judge Jesse W. Burton Dead. Judge Jesse W. Burton, a retired lawyer of Washington is dead of paralysis. He was born in Kentucky in 1828, and came to Indiana in 1853. He was one of the old line Whigs, but became a Republican when that party was-formed. He is said to have made the first Union speech in Davies county after the beginning of the civil war. He left five children. County Orphans’ Home. The Terre Haute board of children’s guardians is crowded for room for the children under its care. The fifty-two children are in three places. During May permanent homes were found for twelve. The county commissioners are now considering the bids for the county orphans’ home. The bids range from $28,000 to $34,000. .. Marion’s New Superintendent. .. Joseph F. Giles of Bloomington, has been selected to succeed V. R. McKnight as superintendent of the Marion high school. He will assume office in September. Mr. Giles was graduated from Indiana university in 1894, and taught at Alexandria for about six years. Man with Large Head Dead. William Walker, who has been on exhibition for yeads, is dead at his home at Newberg. His head was of enormous sice, while his body was unusually small. His head was so large and heavy that it was with difficulty he could balance it. Fight in Moving Wagon. John Powell and J. O. Brown of Anderson had a fight in Powell’s wagon, when the team ran away. It ran eight squares, the men fighting all the way, when a policeman stopped the horses. Pastor Will Stay. The Rev. E. Spoonts, of the Washington Cumberland Presbyterian church, handed in his resignation, which the congregation refused to accept He will continue another year. Volunteer Now a Regular. The senate has confirmed the nomination of Charles F. Donnohue to be second lieutenant of cavalry. Donnohue was formerly in the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Indiana Volunteer infantry. A Woman Bankrupt. , Martha A. Wampler of Indian Springs, Martin county, filed a petition in bankruptcy in the. federal court in Indianapolis. She is a merchant and her liabilities are $4,970.76. Several Indianapolis wholesale houses are creditors.

SOLDIER REGAINS LOST VOICE. Kokomo Veteran, Afflicted Bince the Civil War, Suddenly Recovered. William Chapman pf Kokomo, an old soldier, lost his voice in the civil war. He has only been able to utter shrill, soprano notes, but has suddenly regained his speech, and now has a deep bass voice. Chapman choked while taking a drink. He was taken to the office of a physician, and, after treatment, coughed up a substance as hard as iron. The case has baffled the physicians.

EDITORS MEET AT SOUTH BEND

Royal Entertainment to Be Provided for State Opinion Molders. The leading manufacturers and business men are raising funds with which to royally entertain the members of the Northern Indiana Editorial association, who meet at South Bend June 12 and 13. The association will make its headquarters at the Oliver hotel, and will hold its meetings in the gymnasium of the Commercial Athletic club. On Thursday evening an elaborate banquet will be served for the visitors. While the members are attending the business sessions a committee will look after the pleasure of the women who come to the city. Horse Commits Suicide. A valuable horse owned by Edmund Norton of Edinburg committed suicide by drowning. A veterinary surgeon was called to see the horse, which was ill, and as it gradually grew worse the surgeon was called a second time. As he approached the animal to administer medicine the horse broke loose from wnere it was tied and ran to the river near by and jumped in, deliberately holding its head under water until it was drowned. State Association of Clerks. A state association of retail clerks is to be formed in Indiana, and & convention will probably be held in Muncie in July. The Muncie union of clerks is at the head of the movement and will issue the call, but clerks of other cities are backing the Muncie effort. The objects of the proposed association would be to shorten the hours of labor, create greater efficiency among clerks and raise the standard of wages. Returns City Tax. The Terre Haute city clerk is busy refunding a vehicle and bicycle tax, collected a few years ago under a city ordinance which has been held invalid in the lower court, but which is to be passed upon by the supreme court. The city had collected about $6,000 on about half the vehicles in the city when the court issued a restraining order. Wrangled Over a Bite. Although it has been a year and a half since Andrew Carnegie agreed to give $50,000 for the erection of a public library in Muncie, the first stone of the proposed structure was only laid recently. The time since the gift was made has been spent in wrangling over a site and the kind of architecture. Rattlesnakes Showed Fight. Charles Phillipey, a farmer, three miles east of Petersburg, killed two rattlesnakes near his barn, one having thirteen rattles and a button, measuring five feet and one inch. The other had ten rattles and a button and measured four feet in length. The reptiles showed fight when they were attacked by the farmer. Recorder. Broke the Record. The Putnam county recorder’s office work for the quarter ended May 31 was the heaviest ever done by that office in that length of time. There were 322 deeds recorded and 222 mortgages. The unusual number of deeds has been due to the increased activity in Greencastle real estate. Gets $5,000 Damages. Wallace Leslie, a pumper for the Orange Oil company, was awarded $5,000 damages against the company for injuries sustained a year ago. A lever, operating a friction clutch, broke Leslie’s jaw in three places, and since that time he has subsisted on soup. Attempts Suicide. Vint Huffman of Pendleton left the dinner table and said to his wife that he would kill himself. He shot hlmBelf in the lungs, and his recovery is doubtful. Banking Company at Shirley. The Woodbum Banking company of Shirley, capital $25,000, has been incorporated by David C. Springer, Philip Springer, Joseph Rice and others. Thompson Banquet Is Off. The annual banquet of the Thompson club which was to be held at Terre Haute on June 9, the anniversary of the birth of the late Colonel Richard W. Thompson, Indiana’s “Old Man Eloquent,” has been declared off for this year. The explanation is made that the committee on speakers did not begin its work in time and that the several persons of prominence in the Republican party invited replied that they were already engaged for other places.

PRETTY GIRL BUES FOR SIO,OOO Damages Wanted for Injuries Inflicted by a Married Woman. Miss Mary Erther, a pretty young girl and prominent at her home in Yorktown, filed suit against Mrs. Joseph Rice of Yorktown for damages in the sum of SIO,OOO. On April 14 last Mrs. Rice attacked Miss Erther, tearing her clothes and pulling out her hair. Mrs. Rice claimed that Mins Erther had flirted with her husband when passing his store and was enticing him away from her. Miss Erther is frail of form, while Mrs. Rice is a large, muscular woman, and it took two men to pull her away from her victim. Miss Erther has not yet recovered. NEW PRESIDENT OF REBEKAHS Mrs. Sarah E. Ray of Shelbyville Heads State Assembly. At the recent session of the Indiana Rebekah assembly Mrs. Sarah E. Ray of Shelbyville was elected president; Mrs. Olive E. McGrew, of Indianapo-

lis, vice president; Miss Rose L. Farr of Liberty, warden. A gavel, made of wood from Jerusalem, was presented' to the assembly by the Rev. Marion Crosley in behalf of his wire, who has just returned from a foreign trip. Traction Company Expands. The Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction company of t ort Wayne has increased its capital from $600,000 to $1,000,000. The articles were also amended to control lines in Fort Wayne, Roanoke, Huntington, Warren, Marion, Andrews, Lagro, Wabash, Peru, Logansport, Delphi, Lafayette, Attica, Williamsport, Bluffton, Montpelier, Hartford City, Muncie, Auburn, Garrett, Waterloo, Butler, Kendallville, Avilla, Albion, Ligonier and Goshen. Fisherman Finds Body. While John Darling was fishing in the Wabash at Goose Island, nine miles below Terre Haute, he found floating in the water the body of a man. The clothing was such as hunters wear and there is little doubt that the body is that of Albert Davis, who was drowned last December while hunting. He was an employe of the car works. Elks to Celebrate the Fourth. The Terre Haute Elks have arranged their programme for the Fourth of July attractions at the fair grounds. The outdoor attractions, aside from the races, are of the sensational order, including high dives and startling bicycle events. Fair Yields $2,000. The ladies who conducted the fair at Terre Haute for the benefit of SL Anthony’s hospital expect to find themselves $2,000 ahead when a settlement 1b reached on all accounts. New K. of P. Armory. The Alexandria Knights of Pythias have let the contract for a $20,000 armory. It will include tree stories and a basement. The building will be trimmed with Bedford stone. J. Henry Fink Is Dead. J. Henry Fink, former county treasurer and ex-member of the Evansville city council, is dead, agea 62 years. He was prominent in Democratic politics of southern Indiana. Gardner Fined One Dollar. After a two days* trial Sears Gardner, charged with assaulting Attorney Henry C. Dodge at a hotel bar. in South Bend last January, was found guilty. He was fined sl. Held Up on the Road. Harry Dubois and Miss Jeannette Heath, well-known young people of Vincennes, while driving were held up by a stranger, who robbed them of $lO. Increase in Assessments. The township assessors of Vanderburg county have finished their work. Their reports show an increase ' $166,868 in personal property. Lived Ninety-Seven Years. Mrs. Melvina Owens, ninety-seven years old, the oldest woman in Blackford county, is dead at Hartford City. Telephones for Vendome. The Vendome Telephone company has been organized with a capital otf $2,000.

JOHN PATRICK WALSH.

MRS. SARAH E. RAY.