Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1902 — Indiana. State News [ARTICLE]

Indiana. State News

FORTUNE FOR AN OFFICE GIRL. Miss Jeanette Speyer and Her Sister Are Heirs to $50,000 Estate. Jeanette Spyer, office girl in the real estae office of Mrs. Frances Wesphal at Elkhart has gone to Grand Rapids, Mich., to secure depositions to prove her identity. She has a letter from an attorney in Amsterdam, Holland, declaring that she and her sister, Mrs. Mary Crawford, of Manistee, Mich., have fallen heir to an estate worth $50,000.

Stop Slot Machines. The Terre Haute police commission have finally ordered the slot machines taken out of saloons. For several months the gambling has gone on at a high rate with these machines, some of which were made for quarters instead of nickels, and large amounts of money have been taken from them by their owners. It is estimated that several thousand dollars a month were played intb" the machines in Terre Haute. The board also ordered out penny machines in cigar and drug stores. No order was given as to the public gambling rooms or policy, which have been run with less interference than in many years past in Terre Haute.

Alex Crawford Is Dead. Alex Crawford died after a long illness, which began immediately after his defeat for mayor of Terre Haute, not quite two months ago. There was a general break-down of his system, and death was due to a complication of causes. He was 36 years of age, and leaves a widow and two children. He was the oldest son of Andrew Crawford, the iron manufacturer and capitalist.

Denies Shooting. Benjamin Pierce, nephew, accused of shooting Mrs. Berryman Pierce, at Bedford, stoutly denies the crime and accuses another young man living with the Pierces with having fired the 3hot. Mrs. Pierce, who is 75 years old, has signed a statement charging her nephew with the offense. “Blue Goose” Meat Shop. John Black, proprietor of the “Blue Goose” saloon at Burlington, which had a meteoric career until it was finally purchased by the anti-saloon element and abandoned, is now running a butcher shop, and is patronized by men with whom he was at war for years.

Winona Lake Bible Conference.

Rev. William Sunday of Chicago and Rev. Clarence Ebzerman, field secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, were the principal speakers at the Young People’s Bible conference held at Winona Lake, under the direction of Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman. A large number of people have attended the conference, which is the first ever held outside of Norfleld. A consecration was held on steamboats in the middle of the lake. Ptomaine Poisoning. Court and Garnett Beaman of Kokomo, twelve and thirteen years old, respectively, ate freely of sardines and cheese, and are reported fatally .prostrated with ptomaine poisoning, said to have been in the sardines. Fractures His Bones. John Williams of Franklin fell from a ladder and fractured the bones in his right leg in two places. He recently fell down an elevator shaft and fractured his arm.

SAYS THE HOGS WERE JUMPERS Jury Refuses to Believe That They Hopped Into a Wagon. Henry Gammons of Ervin township, who was convicted of stealing two hogs, endeavored to prove by witnesses that as he was driving from his home in Kokomo the swine jumped into his wagon. He said that he did not notice their presence there until he reached the feed yard in Kokomo and did not know how they came to be In the wagon. The jury did not accept his story and gave him a penitentiary. sentence. Is An Adept Carver. Edwin B. Helm, a veteran at the Marion Soldiers' Home, has carved with a pocketknife a miniature battleship complete in every detail. The ship is forty inches long, twelve inches broad, draws fourteen inches and seven inches of the hull are above water. The ship is on exhibition in the Harris library, at the riome. It has attracted mucn attention. Sentenced for Murder. At Terre Haute Irwin Greer pleaded guilty of manslaughter and Judge Piety sentenced him for from two to twenty-one years. He is to enter the hospital at the Jeffersonville prison at once, and physicians do not believe he will come out of it alive, as he is in the last stages of consumption. Bondsmen Give Up. The bondsmen of Lessel Long, the defaulting town treasurer, will no longer fight collection of judgment for $3,000 and costs, first obtained in the Huntington Circuit Court, after which a transfer to Wabash was had on a retrial, where judgment was rendered in favor of the town for $2,675 and costs. Wants His Son Released. John Edwards, of Aydelotte, is circulating a petition for the pardon of James Edwards, his son, who was sent to prison recently from the Jasper Circuit court, for the larceny of a load of oats. The petition is being freely signed. The boy is only twenty-two years old. Normal Summer Term. The attendance at the summer term of the Indiana state normal school, which began at Terre Haute, probably will exceed that of last year, which was 674, and the largest attendance since the summer term began several years ago.

Injured in a Runaway. M. A. Williams, a member of the Republic Iron and Steel company, and ex-County commissioner Richard Corsaw were in a runaway accident at Brazil, and Mr. Williams received a severe scalp wound and it is feared that he is seriously injured internally. Mr. Corsaw was severely bruised. Car Kills Aged Man. Jacob Oberholtzer, 87 years old, an inmate of the county infirmary at Elkhart, was killed by ah electric car. Fought Over a Woman. During a quarrel at Bedford over a woman known as “Cyclone” a brakeman named Westenholf was slashed a dozen times by William Loving, one cut extending from ear to ear, but not severing the jugular. New Furnace Company. The Miskimen Furnace Company has been organized in Logansport, with a capital of $50,000, headed by" George W. Miskimen. Manufacturing of furnaces will begin in thirty days.

MAIL SERVICE ON SOUTHERN Arrangements Said to Have Been Made With President Walsh. The Terre Haute postmaster received notice that mail service on this end of the Southerin Indiana road would begin July 1, but as yet no mail clerks have reported for duty. It is not known on what terms the long controversy between President Walsh and the postoffiece department was brought to an end, but it is understood that President Walsh gains about all for which he had been contending. The officials wanted to pay at the old rate for the road before the sixty miles extension was built to Terre Haute and comparatively little mail was carried. The disagreement resulted in the postal service stopping at Elnora, and people along the road seeing regular trains passing several times a day while they depended on wagon mail service from points on other roads.

Belt Railway at Delphi. Mayor Kerlin, Charley Harley and Isaac Dreifus of Delphi visited Chicago to consult General Manager McDoel of the Monon railway regarding the proposed belt road, connecting the tracks of the Monon and Wabash. The road will be over a mile and a half long and will be constructed by local capital at a cost of $5,000. Huntington Oil Wells. The county board of review has issued a tabulated statement of the assessment of all oil wells in Huntington county. They are found in Salamonie and Jefferson townships, and altogether there are 317. The total assessment is $169,815. Of these the Ohio Oil Company owns ninety-seven. The Only Peach Tree. In Jackson township, on the farm of Jacob Nose, stands a peach tree well filled with peaches, and it is said to be the only peach tree in the county that has produced fruit this season. The tree was blown partly into a creek last winter, and its limbs were buried in the ice. Preparing to Rate Customers. The Delaware County Merchants* Association has elected H. J. Keller president and H. H. Highlands secretary, and it is the purpose to rate every man in Delaware county and to eventually affiliate with similar organizations elsewhere. Bees Swarm In Show Window. A large swarm of honey bees flew in at the back door of Schawhan, Boonshot & Co.’s hardware store at Petersburg and started out at the front door, but got off their course and swarmed in their large show window. Lightning Kills Cattle. Nine head of cattle belonging to William Kettler, of Ripley county, were killed by lightning while standing under a sycamore tree. The tree was struck and the cattle fell dead in a heap. Loss, $350. Loses Subsidy. The county commissioners have refused to extend the time, as requested by the Ft. Wayne & Goshen Railway Company, in which to complete the first six miles to New Paris, In order to claim a subsidy of $30,000 voted in Goshen. Oppose the Saloons. Residents of Whitely have resolved to rid themselves of saloons, and to this end will oppose granting licenses to those who at present conduct saloons there, as well as to any others who may apply. Resigns Secretaryship. J. Q. Button has resigned as secretary of the Terre Haute Union Savings association, a position which he has held for fourteen years. John F. Petri has succeeded him.

New Deputy Clerk. Walter Day of Terre Haute has been appointed deputy county clerk to succeed Ernest Ethington, who resigned to take a position in a railroad office at Zenia. Ohio. Murderer Had Insurance. John Rinkard, hanged at Michigan City for the murder of his wife at Marion City, carried SSOO life insurance, which has been paid to his son in Bluffton. Honor Terre Haute Man. C. D. Griffith, who moved from Terre Haute to Denver a few years ago, has been elected president of tha Commercial club of that city. Ingalls Commercial Club. A Commercial club has been organized at Ingalls with W. W. Manifold as president. Turn Out a Big Glass. The Pittsburg Glass Company at Elwood turned out a glass 152x237>4 inches. It was cast by a gang directed by James Walker. Church Gets $25,000. The late David Kemp bequeathed $26,000 to the Tipton M. E. church people for a new house of worship. Hope to Strike Oil in Mexico. One of the greatest drawbacks In Mexicp is the scarcity of fuel, Hopes are placed in the - probable discovery of oil ip paying quantities.