Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1902 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Wilson F. Thrall, an optician, 74 years old, died at Danbury, Conn., from starvation. He declared two months ago that we would eat no more and refused food after that except when forced to eat. Announcement is made by Irwin Shepard, secretary of the National Educational association, that the department of superintendents, numbering 1,000 of the leading educators of the United States, will meet in Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 24 to 27. The Overbrook mills at Philadelphia, Pa., operated by Rosenheim Brothers & Co., manufacturers of tapestries, and owned by the Haverford Building and Loan association, were destroyed by fire of unknown origin. The loss was estimated at $50,000, insured. According to information received at Darmstadt the czarina’s condition is in every way satisfactory. The statement of the London board of trade for August shows a decrease of $2,623,000 in imports and an increase of $471,500 in exports. Three hundred and seventeen striking colliers were fined S4O each at Doncaster, England, for leaving work without notice. Rev. E. L. Kelley of Lacon, 111., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist church of Fairbury, 111. Andrew Meldin, an old resident of Galesburg, 111., was struck by a street car and killed. Sheriff W. E. Strain of Monona county, lowa, shot by Ed Carns near Whiting, is dead. The bank of Sonora, Ky., was broken into and robbed. The robbers got considerable booty. They were followed by a posse of citizens. Arrangements have been completed by the postofflce department at Washington for the establishment of an exchange of international through registered pouches between San Antonio, Tex., and Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mex., to begin Oct. 1. Eight thousand carpenters of New York won their strike for an advance of 50 cents a day when the Master Carpenters’ association, after a conference of seven hours, granted the demand.

Boer generals Botha, De Wet and Delarey held a secret conference with Secretary Chamberlain. The $15,000,000 grant may be supplemented. Hayti government troops were defeated and Gen. Esmangard and artillery captured by rebels. Venezuela citizens are starving as a result of the revolution. The Lonaon trades union conference rejected a resolution favoring woman suffrage and condemned the Boer war as wrong. The northern portion of Martinique Island has been ordered abandoned by the French government. Fire destroyed the property of the Crystal Springs company, a Hot Springs resort near Butte, Mont. The loss Is $25,000; insurance, $15,000. J A J. Cummings & Co., one of the largest brokerage houses in Pittsburg, Pa., with branches in eighteen or twenty towns, suspended. i Edgar V. Einstein & Co., proprietors of a large department store at Harrisburg, Pa., have made an assignment, giving liabilities as $117,000 and assets $60,000. Rev. J. C. Murray of the faculty of Gammon Theological seminary, Atlanta, Ga., who was accused of Immorality, was vindicated by the trial board at Richmond, Ind.

Lieutenant John W. Stark of the Seventeenth Virginia regiment has been sentenced by a court martial to dishonorable discarge and to two months in jail for calling a brother officer a "lobster.” Overland passenger train No. 3 on the Northern Pacific, was wrecked at Trout Creek Station, on the Ida-ho-Montana line, and Engineer Owens Instantly killed. Miss Bertha Fowler, superintendent of the Mercy Home of Chicago, addressed the Illinois conference of the Home Missionary Society of the M. E. church at Springfield on “The United States in the Mission Field." The collapse of the American Bicycle company is regarded as making a commercial end of the fad. The sales dropped 80 per cent in three years and bicycle clubs are disbanded. Striking Ghetto Bakers at Chicago started riots when wagons delivered flour to bakeries. The Cape Colony situation is worrying English unionists; Premier Sprigg is allowing the Africander bund to dominate. Secretary Chamberlain has been urged to suspend the constitution. Carpenters’ Local Union No. 73, one of the largest labor unions in St. Louis, voted to demand an increase of pay from 45 to 55 cents an hour, commencing April 1, 1903. The purpose of seven months’ notice is to give contractors a basis to figure on conTtee counties of Kings, Limerick, Longford, Queens and Westmeath and Che bonraghs of Dublin and Limerick, Irelaad, have been proclaimed under the crimes act under the sections dealing with trial by special jury and .change of venue.

Indiana News Items

BADLY HURT IN VEHICLE CRUSH Man Has Ribs Broken and Little Girl Loses an Eye. In a jam of rigs returning from a picnic at Geneva, David Houdeshell was thrown from a carriage and trampled on by the horses. Several ribs were broken and he was injured internally. A small daughter of Orange Whiteman was thrown into the wreck and one of her eyes was torn out CHOSEN FROM HALF A HUNDRED Rare Honor Accorded Sadie Kopp by People of South Bend. Miss Sadie Kopp was crowned as queen of the Elks’ carnival, which was held at South Bend. She was elected queen by the people of South Bend

MISS SADIE KOPP.

over fifty other contestants. More than 80,000 votes were cast, Miss Kopp receiving 34,602. Miss Kopp is a brunette of trim figure, sweet face and graceful carriage. When she was crowned she appeared a queen in every way. Wins Distinction. Mrs. Cora Woodhouse, of Ingalls, made the thirty-mile trip from Clyde to Manitou, Colo., via Pike’s Peak, on foot, with a party of men. She is said to be the first of her sex to make the trip. Likes Marrying. Orson Durand, recently mayor of Peru, has announced himself as a candidate for justice of the peace. While mayor he officiated at a number of marriages and he likes the business. Wee Babe. A one pound daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Morley of Terre Haute. It gives promise of living. The attending physician says the child is perfectly formed. Brother Was Dead. Miss Richards, daughter of Judge Richards of New Albany, arrived at Laporte in response to a telegram stating that her brother Frank was iIL When she arrived he was dead. New Superintendent. Albert Clarke, of Selma, has been appointed superintendent of the county infirmary, to succeed John Bowles, who was asked to resign under charges of mismanagement To Beautify Farms. There is a movement on foot among the farmers about Covington to do away with signs on barns and fences. They feel that the signs detract from the beauty of the farms. Dedicate Masonic Hall. Many Masons from surrounding towns attended the dedication of the new Masonic hall in Union Mills. The dedicatory exercises were conducted by Judge Daniel Noyes.

After Naval Recruits. Charles G. Keck, coxswain of the U. S. S. Constellation, has arrived in Terre Haute as the advance man of a corps of recruiting officers to enlist men for the navy. Chief Bond. At the annual reunion of the Bond family, which was held at the Hagerstown fair grounds, Jehiel Bond was elected president. Building Glass Factory. Nathan Meyer, of Wabash, will erect a glass factory at Lafontaine, the plant to be completed by the middle of October. Train Kills Girl. A fast Pennsylvania train killed the daughter of Joseph Kline at a crossing near Plymouth. Both horses were also killed. Nears Four Score. Edmund B. Newman celebrated his 76tli birthday at Milton. He was a member of the state legislature in the sixties. New Starch Concern. It develops that the buildings recently purchased at Edinburg by Joseph Irwin & Co. are to be used by an independent starch concern. It was thought that they would be used as an interurban power plant. Wants Full Pay. County Assessor Puterbaugh will bring suit against Elkhart county. ±ie demands $3 a day for each day in the year except Sunday, and the Council wants to pay him but S3OO for the entire year. <

TEN ATTEND MOTHER’S BURIAL Unusual Number of Twins at Grave of Mrs. Fish. Mrs. Luke Fish, whose burial occurred at Anderson cemetery, was the mother of thirteen children. Ten of the children stood at the grave to see their mother laid to rest, while another child, which had a leg broken a few days before, lay at home in a room adjoining that in which the simple funeral service was conducted. Among the children there were five sets of twins, and their resemblance confused even their parents. Strong Flow of Gas. The oil well drilled east of Decatur by the Decatur Oil and Gas Company is one of the best in the field. Before the well was shot the oil came in gushes at regular intervals of two hours. After the hole was shot there was an enormous flow, but this has settled down and a heavy flow of gas has resulted. Calls a Pastor. The Central Christian church of Columbus has called Elder Samuel Fowler as pastor. He has been preaching at Bowling Green, Ky. * Houses Are Scarce. Vacant houses are greatly in demand at Hagerstown. Hundreds of people are living in crowded places because they can do no better. Hurt by Tramp. Mrs. George Bisser, living near Wolcott, was knocked down by a tramp, who fled to escape angry farmers who pursued him. Takes Morphine. Ed Perkins, a machinist of Connersville, forty-five years old, committed suicide wnh morphine. He leaves a widow and two daughters. Powder Explosion. Byford Montgomery of Seymour, the young son of James A. Montgomery, has a badly lacerated hand, the result of a powder explosion. Dedicates Many Churches. Dr. W. D. Parr dedicated the new Methodist church at Denver. It was the one hundred and fourth church that he has dedicated. Rejects a Bonus. The Light Inspection Car Company will not be moved to Anderson from Hagertown. The ofter of a $7,000 bonus has been rejected. Heavy Artillery Campfire. The reunion of the Twenty-first Indiana Heavy Artillery was held at the home of G. W. Huff at Sullivan, followed by a campfire. Plenty of Quail. Capt. Isaac Cox, game warden for Jeffersonville township, has made a tour over his territory and finds quail unusually plentiful. HANDLES THE MAIL.

BYRON FAIRBANKS. (Postmaster at West Bend.)

Workers Are Scarce. Because of a lack of skilled workmen the Big Four window glass factory at Fairmount will not operate this fire. New County Jail. The county commissioners have made an appropriation of $20,000 for the erection of a new county jail in Bedford. Thousands at Reunion. Veterans of the oivil and SpanishAmerican wars held a reunion in Park’s Grove. Four thousand attended. Stricken With Paralysis. Dyer J. Moore, an old soldier and postmaster at Sardinia, was stricken with paralysis and is in a critical condition. New Pension Board. A new Fountain county pension board has been appointed on recommendation of Representative Landis. The members are Drs. George Rowland of Covington, J. M. Evans of Malott; and Charles Finney of Attica. Condemn Orphans* Home. The Howard County Orphans’ Horde, fifty years old, has been condemned as unsafe and unsanitary. There are forty children in the institution. The County Council has refused to appropriate $4,500 for a new home.

State Happenings Succinctly Told by Our Special Correspondents

FARMER PUTS GHOBTB TO ROUT Fires Revolver at Three Boys Who Were Clad as Ghosts. Harbard F. Balch of Plainfield, while leading horses to the Indianapolis stockyards, was confronted by three ghostly figures shrouded in sheets. Balch replied to their orders to stop by emptying a revolver at the group. The three figures immediately turned and ran in the direction of Bridgeport. Balch thinks that propably his assailants were the three boys who escaped from the reform school in officers’ clothes, after fixing up dummies and leaving them in their beds. The attack was made near Clark’s creek and the horses Balch was leading came near leaping into the creek. Balch thinks he wounded one of his assailants. PREPARES A RESTING PLACE Veteran Soldier Has Carved Hia Tombstone and Made a Coffin. Hugh Dewitt, a monogenarian inmate of the state soldiers’ home, has carved his own tombstone and constructed a coffin to hold his remains. The shaft of the tombstone is six feet high and

HUGH DE WITT. two feet square and bears the following epitah composed by Dewitt: <A bachelor lies beneath this sod Who disobeyed the laws of God: Advice to others thus I give— Don’t live a “bach,” as I did live. Dewitt’s name does not appear on the stone. A plain mound of earth lies at the foot of the simple monument, and beneath the mound is a grave constructed on original principles. It is of the ordinary size, and at the surface resembles any grave. Below, however, for a distance of three feet from the bottom, it is walled in with brick cement, and the bottom is cement. Two stones slabs fit over the top of the wall, leaving a cavity for the coffin, as Dewitt says he wants “room to turn around in” and wants no dirt about the coffin. Falls From Engine. Charles Brinneman fell from the traction engine of a threshing machine at Wai-en and had his right arm and thigh broken. His injuries may prove fatal. Beaten for Insulting Woman. Three men entered the eating house of Joseph Walden at Rockport and insulted his wife. In the fight which followed all the men were badly beaten.

Pest House Burns. The hospital built two months ago when the smallpox appeared at Carthage was burned recently. The fire is thought to have been of incendiary origin. “Peeping Jack.” The Elwood police are on the lookout for a fellow who has been peeping into windows. In one case he made an attempt to carry off a sleeping girl. Light Plant, to Move. It now seems certain that the Light Inspection Car Company will remove its plant from Hagerstown to Anderson. It will be a loss to Hagerstown. Good Price for Hogs. Milton Bowmaster, of East Germantown, sold 120 head of hogs at $7.50 a hundred. It was one of the best sales made in this section for years. Child Gets Poison. Harrold Underwood, three years old, got hold of rat poison and came near dying at Linton. The poison had been put on bread for rats. Plenty of Apples. The annual reunion of the Apple family occurred at Young’s Creek, south of Paoli, and 3,000 people attended. Wrecks a Saloon. Peter Hostutler, who aided in the arrest of the three men lynched at "Versailles, went to Kokomo to spend Labor day. He got intp a fight in a saloon and wrecked the place. He was arrested. Threaten Missionaries. Everett Morgan and wife and Miss Sarah Lindley, missionaries at Catorce, Mexico, have written to friends at Plainfield that their lives have been threatened. They will probably leave Catorce.

MR. WALTON MUST BE DEAD.

Designer of an Angler's Retreat Did Not Know of the Esteemed Izaak. A gentleman who has spent part of his vacation season in a Canadian town has just returned home for a rest before resuming his labors and relates his experience thus: “I went off the beaten path for a few days’ fishing. In a small village not a great way from Quebec. I stopped at a smal inn to get a drink. The name of tne inn was the Izaak Walton. I said to the man who brought me the drink: “ ‘Does Izaak Walton keep this place?’ “ ‘No,’ was the answer. ‘Mr. Smith keeps it.’ “ ‘Then why does he have the name Walton hung out there?’ I went on. “The drink man looked at me as if I had said something derogatory to the establishment. “‘Can’t say, sir,’ he replied. ‘Mr. Smith has had the place only this season. I suppose he hasn’t had time to take the former owner’s name down yet. I’m a newcomer myself, but I think Mr. Walton died."

Some "Woman's Work."

Women in America, it is thought, are now engaged in men’s occupations to an astonishing degree, but the innovation seems to be carried still further in Europe. In Germany, Switzerland and Holland wom»n take part tn the labors of agriculture. They till the field, cut the com and gather the crops. On the streets of Munich women are employed to keep the car lines clean and they are specially uniformed for the purpose in short skirts. Bavaria being well supplied with forests, wood is largely used for fuel and along the curb of Munich’s streets women frequently sell their firewood. In Zurich the railway stations have women ticket agents and women are custodians of museums in many foreign capitals.

A Pretty Safe Bet.

A man at Baraboo, Wis., is out with a Republican platform whose sixth plank announces his belief that the law relating to matrimony should be amended so as to make it as easy as possible to get married, but mighty difficult to get a divorce. What’ll you bet that man isn’t married?

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