Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1903 — Page 4

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

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Assistant Supervisor John Barron, aged 46 years, fell dead while attend* lng a funeral at Decatur, 111. Gov. Dockery has offered a reward of S3OO each for the arrest and conviction of the men who robbed the bank at Union, Mo. Fire which broke out In a general merchandise store In Wetumpka, Ala., destroyed an entire block of two-story brick buildings and caused a loss of over $60,000, partly covered by insurance. The block destroyed constituted the business center of the town. Lieutenant Governor O. W. Robinson of Chassel, Mich., has lodged complaint with Governor Bliss against two Justices of Chassel township, John Madden and Albert Poisson. He accuses them of incompetence in law and with making extortionate and illegal charges as election inspectors. Prosecuting Attorney Larson is Investigating the case. Leonard H. McGranahan shot and killed Milt Foster at the home of Dick Neice near Grant, nine miles east of Terre Haute, Ind. After the shooting McGranahan, accompanied by two friends, went to Terre Haute and gave himself up. Foster was the aggressor, according to McGranahan’s story. He fired after Foster had struck him. Four persons were injured in a collision on the Northwestern road near Rochester, Minn. In a quarrel In a saloon at Three Lakes, Wis., Frank Schmidt fatally ■hot George Vilan. The Republican judicial committee of the eleventh Illinois district chose Bloomington for the convention on March 11. Fireman Edward Adams of Sedalia, Mo., was killed near Marshall, Mo., by the derailing of a Missouri Pacific passenger train. Edward Smith of Peoria, aged about 10 years, foreman of a construction gang, was killed by an Illinois Central train at Kenney, 111. William Daley of Baraboo, Wis., a brakeman in the employ of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, was so badly crushed between an engine and the door to the roundhouse at Janesville that he died in forty minutes. Joseph Miller, aged 26 years, was Instantly killed at the Armour packing bouse plant in Fort Worth, Tex., by falling down an open elevator Bhaft. His back and neck were broken and Skull crushed. J. R. Carleo, for many years justice of the peace at Muscotah, Atchison oounty, Kas., committed suicide by ■hooting himself through the head. He was 66 years old and ill health is supposed to have been the cause. An aged man named Ellis, whose home was near Bristol, Tenn., was knocked from the track by a train on the Southern railway near Jonesboro and instantly killed. Near New London, Mo., Tom Harrison, aged 20 years, accidentally shot >ims§lf through the body while driving along the highway in a wagon. The 18-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McLaughlin was burned to death at Ardmore, L T. The little fellow was playing with matches and ■et fire to his clothes.

The body of an unknown white man was found in a drift above Paducah, Ky. It was badly decomposed and there were only trousers, shirt and shoes on. Bullet holes were revealed Fire at Springtown, Tex., destroyed the stores of McDonald & Doughty and Nix & Femmins. The total loss was 120,000. E. L. Rodey of Whitecastle, La., fell from a train on the way from Monticello to Warren, Ark. One leg was broken and he sustained other serious Injuries. Dr. Charles A. Moore of the First Congregational church of Kewanee, 111., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Edwards Congregational church of Davenport. Les Hopkins was shot and fatally wounded near Hamilton, Tex., by Charles Harris. Hopkins was a wellknown member of the 4th Texas regiment during the Spanish war. Harry Hicks, aged 18, night depot master at the Illinois Central station In Memphis, Tenn., was run down by a switch engine in the yards and instantly killed. Dee Butler, Goldie Lawrence and Van Flowers, who live' in Ballard county, Ky., stole a wagon load of tpbacco, containing 1,800 pounds, from EL B. Spaulding and were arrested in Paducah, Ky., while trying to sell it. The steamer Minnetonka of Duluth, Minn., coal laden from England to Boston, is in distress 900 miles off Halifax, Rudolph Hauersteck, a farmer and veteran of the civil war, was thrown * from his wagon and killed near De Soto, Mo. He was 63 years old. John West, aged 95, died at Abilene, Kan. He was once a member of Queen Victoria’s bodyguard and worked on America’s first railroad. T. C. Mlnner, working at a salt plant at Hutchinson Kan., fell from a scaffolding and was instantly killed. Edward Adams, aged 22 years, was shot by George Bean at Frankfort, Ky., in a quarrel over testimony Bean had given against Adams.

POWERS AGREE ON THE HAGUE

International Tribunal Is* to Arbitrate the Venezuela Dispute. VICTORY FOR THE PRESIDENT Roosevelt Is Given Credit for His Firm Stand That the Matter Should Be Decided by the Court Founded by the Nations. The powers have practically agreed to accept The Hague tribunal as the court of arbitration of the Venezuelan difficulty. The present hopeful status of the situation, which at one time practically threatened the interests of this country, is regarded by friends of the administration as a distinct triumph for President Roosevelt, both as a national and an international factor. Statement Is Unofficial. No official declaration has been made that all the parties to the dispute have agreed to accept The Hague tribunal, but that practical agreement has been made with certain conditions attached, which are now in progress of being eliminated, can be stated on the authority of a cabinet officer, while Senor Pulido, charge d’affaires of the Venezuelan legation in Washington, made the statement that he had received unofficial assurances that The Hague tribunal had been accepted by all parties to the controversy. Still Negotiating. On •ccount of the diplomatic negotiations still in progress toward a removal of all conditions that are like-

KIPLING ASSAILS THE BRITISH ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY.

“When We Stood Forth, but They Stood Fast, And Prayed to See Us thrown.”

ly to prove obstacles, Secretary Hay is not yet ready to make an official announcement. There is decided inclination in official circles to remain silent on the question. Only the indefinite statement is made that distinct progress toward arbitration by The Hague was reported to the cabinet meeting by Secretary Hay. In the final breaking down of impossible conditions made by Germany it can be stated on the highest authority that Great Britain has used her good offices with those of the United States government. Credit for Roosevelt. The various stages that have led up to Jhe present situation can be briefly stated, and a mere glance at them, say administration officials, will show that great credit is due to President Roosevelt and the United States government for its attitude throughout she entire controversy. The President first used the good offices of this government to suggest arbitration. The general consent to arbitration was obtained. Great Britain and Germany, once yielding on this point, made it a condition that President Roosievelt himself should be the arbitrator, a position which he refused to accept unless all other means to obtain arbitration should fail. Insists on The Hague. The President replied to this by urging The Hague tribunal as the only proper board of arbitration. He was advised by prominent members of his cabinet and statesmen in both branches of Congress not to accept the position of arbitrator, and it can be

Masonic Orphan’s Home.

Philadelphia, Pa., special: A home for orphan girls, daughters of free masons of Pennsylvania, is to be erected at Broad street and Bristol avenue by William L. Elkins at a cost of more than a half a million dollars.

Signs Tunnel Franchise.

New York special: Mayor Low has signed the tunnel franchise for the New York & New Jersey company, authorizing the commencement of work on the New York side at once-

■aM that h« never had any Idea at do* lng so, except as a last resort He Insisted that the court of The Hague was the place where International disputes of this nature should be settled. The Hague tribunal, he said, was established by the powers, and to refuse to accept It at the first important opportunity would simply amount to a declaration that The Hague tribunal was a failure. Must Arrange Terms. He now apparently has succeeded In this contention and won the most difficult and important triumph of the entire controversy. Assuming that The Hague court has been finally accepted by all the powers involved, there remain two protocols to be negotiated before the arbitration can begin. First, the presentation of conditions which must be accepted by all parties to the dispute before the arbitration court can sit. For instance, Germany, it is understood, demands cash payment of part of the obligation already claimed. It is also thought that Germany is still insisting upon an apology. On the other hand, the Venezuelan government will undoubtedly demand that the blockade of its coast shall be raised pending settlement. These conditions are now the subject of negotiations. Must Define Questions. Second, before arbitration can begin, it must also be distinctly settled precisely <vhat shall be arbitrated, and how far back the claims of the powers shall go. In regard to condition precedent to arbitration, Article viii. of The Hague agreement provides that a mere submission of arbitration does not have the effect of stopping hostilities when once acts of war have been committed. This must be done by special agreement between contending parties. The good offices of the United States to bring about such an agreement are now being offered.

Inasmuch as the Monroe doctrine of the United States is not in any sense subject to arbitration, it will not be involved.

LAKE BOAT AND CREW ARE LOST

Steamer A. L. Hopkins Given Up as Sunk Amid Ice and Gale. Toledo, 0., special: The steamer A. L. Hopkins, lumber-laden and bound for Toledo from Amherstburg, Ont., has been given up for lost by local vesselmen, as well as by the W. W. Smith company, for which it carried a large consignment of lumber. The Hopkins left Amherstburg Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock. Ordinarily it would have arrived here three hours later. Word from the Monroe pier lighthouse, twenty-two miles out, reports having seen the vessel Tuesday afternoon. The Hopkins was then .struggling against a terrific gale and battling with ice. Finally it turned back in the direction whence it had come. It has not been heard of sines at any port along Lake Erie.

JEWS GIVE AID TO COLLEGE

Hebrew Institution of Cincinnati Getv $3,000 in Checks. Cincinnati special: President Bettmann of the Hebrew Union College announced several gifts. One of them was a check for $2,000 contributed by the central conference of American rabbis for the Isaac M. Wise fund and the other a check for SI,OOO from Jacob H. Schiff of New York of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. for the general fund of the college.

Dies in Manila Hospital.

Manila cable: Capt. Robert McGregor, corps of engineers, died in thd Manila hospital Dec. 23 of acute appendicitis. CajC. McGregor was a native of Michigan and was graduated at the military academy in June, 1889,

Tolstoi Makes Request.

St. Petersburg cable: Count Tolstoi has sent a personal appeal to the press asking the papers, in view of his advanced age and illness, not to publish any further reports of his condition, as they cause him pain.

INDIANA STATE HAPPENINGS SUCCINCTLY TOLD BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS NEWS ITEMS

SEEKING OIL IN WAYNE COUNTY Agents Are Leasing Hundreds of Acres of Farm Land. The mysterious actions of men who are leasing hundreds of acres of Wayne county farm lands leads to the belief that some corporation or a number of capitalists will seek oil in that section of the state. It is admitted by the agents that the lands are to be drilled, since the leases specify that drilling for oil is to begin within nine months after the leases are signed. Much of the leased land is around Milton, where, so far as citizens know, oil has never been found. DRIVER HAS HIS NOSE TORN OFF It Is Sewed On Again and Probably Will Adhere. Rail C. Hannum, a liveryman of Linton, had his nose torn off. While getting out of his carriage he put his hand on a wild horse and the animal began to kick. Hannum grabbed for the lines and fell on the frozen ground. His face struck the sharp edge of the carriage bed and his nose was severel from his face and left hanging by a mere thread. It was sewed on and will probably grow, but will leave an ugly scar. Quick Work, Charles Nelson robbed his roommate in a boarding house at Muncie of 15 and a gold watch. Next morning he was arrested, and, after a preliminary hearing was bound over to the Circuit court. Later in the morning he was tried and found guilty and was sentenced to the Michigan City penitentiary. Twelve hours after the robbery pccurred he was awaiting commitment to the penitentiary.

Is Stabbed in the Back. William White, a molder, was stabbed in the back at Evansville while returning from his work, and before assistance came he nearly bled to death. His assailant is unknown. Senator Burns Is Better. Senator Albert M. Burns (Rep.), who is just beginning his second term in the legislature, and who has been critically ill at South Bend from bronchial trouble, is much improved. “Log-rolling.” A "log-rolling” was held at Seymour by the Modern Woodmen. Sixty members were initiated into the order. There was a parade including a line of 300 Woodmen in the afternoon. Typewriter* Is Insane. Miss Jurina Kadel of Terre Haute has become insane. Last spring she Imagined she made a mistake in typewriting a record. She became melancholy and refused to take food. To Clear Up Conference Work. A request will be sent to Bishop Walden of Cincinnati asking that the Rev. F. T. Simpson of Elkhart be appointed to clear up the work of the present conference year. Tear Down Saloon. Matt and George Schell, brothers, of Evansville, made an attack on a suburban saloon and nearly tore down the building. The men were overpowered and sent to jail. Wants SIO,OOO. Suit has been filed at Logansport by Austin Keating against Solomon Harness for SIO,OOO. Keating alleges that Harness struck him over the head with a buggy whip. Lived to Be 93.

Elizabeth Stonecipher, ninety-three years old, is dead. When she was a young woman she walked from Maryland to Corydon, where she had lived ever since. Citizens Become Angelq. Citizens of Mooreland have organized a theatrical company, which will give its initial performance in Mooreland, after which it will go on the road. Hurt by Trolley. At Martinsville Ralph Gilbert, son of N. H. Gilbert, while repairing a trolley wire on top of a car, fell to the ground and was seriously injured. Freezes to Death. George Sines, 70 years old, an Inmate of the Cass County infirmary, was found frozen to death in the snow beside the institution. Dies of Heart Disease. Wick Crave, 76 years old, for fifty years a jeweler in Covington, died suddenly of heart disease. Pioneer Passes Away. Mrs. Elizabeth Wheeler, a pioneer, 68 years old, is dead at her home, west of Geneva. Gambling and Death. As a result of a fight in a saloon at Terre Haute over gambling Walter Gossman, 28 years old, is dead from the effects of a blow on the head from an iron cuspidor, wielded by Tom Nolan. Nolan escaped. / Dedicate Chifrch Addition. The new addition to the United Brethren church was dedicated at Terre Haute. Dr. William E. Bell of Dayton, preached the dedicatory sermon.

STATE HAPPENINGS SUCCINCTLY TOLD BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS

JHREE INDIANA CELEBRATIONB Events on the Programme at the Blobmington College. The formal installation of Dr. William L. Bryan as president of Indiana University will occur at Bloomington on Jan. 20 and 21, in connection with the eighty-second anniversary of the founding of the institution. The dedication of the new Science Hall, for which the last legislature made an appropriation, will also occur at that time. The celebration of these events will be on a pretentious scale. Representatives of the state will be invited. Governor Durbin and other state officers are expected. President Faunce, of Brown university, will be the chief speaker at the installation of Dr. Bryan. Dr. Nicholls, of Cornell University, will speak at the Science Hall dedication. President Angell, v of Michigan University, will also be on the programme. New Suits for Boys. Jasper E. Case, a wealthy lumberman of Rushville, made Christmas a memorable one by supplying thirty boys with new suits of clothes. He had church workers to make a canvass of the city and report to him the condition of the boys. The boys were then sent to him and each received a complete outfit. All families that needed fuel and prqvisions were also supplied by Mr. Case. Close Up Saloon. Nimrod Kemper, 77 years old, a veteran of the Mexican war, after retiring from business on account of age, decided he was not too old to work and went to Tipton and opened a saloon without the knowledge of his children. He was in the business but one day, however, when his children closed up the saloon. Wants to Raise Rates. The Nobleville gas company ap-. peared before the council again and asked for an increased rate from 15 to 20 cents a thousand cubic feet. The request also included a reduction of 25 per cent on all bills in the event that the pressure is below four ounces. Cancer Kills. Mrs. John A. Anderson, forty-seven years old, is dead at Marion, after two years' illness of cancer. She left three children, one of them being Mrs. Minnie Watkins of Indianapolis. The mother was a daughter of former mayor Moore of Marion. Golden Wedding. Mr. and Mrs. David Crawley of Sullivan have celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. They were married at Fairbanks and began housekeeping in a log cabin with two rooms. They have five children. —' it Succumbs to Illness. After an illness of several days James K. Rambo of Elwood, 75 years old, is dead. He was a veteran of the civil war and was paymaster of the First Virginia cavalry under Lee all through the war. Family Jar. Mr. and Mrs. R. Brentworth quarreled at Union City and Brentworth was badly cut in the back by his wife with a razor. After the quarrel she bound up her husband’s wounds and they left for Cincinnati. Deadly Cigarettes. The son of Levi Hemmer of Nobleville is dead from the effects of cigarette smoking. He began smoking two years ago and continued incessantly since until his death. He was 20 years old.

Doctor Is Paralyzed. Dr. Henry V. Passage of Peru, who served four terms In the legislature from Miama county, was stricken with paralysis while attending a patient at the county farm. His recovery is doubtful. Contact With Saw. Ira J. Cue, an old citizen of Windfall, was operating an edging saw in the hoop factory of Mann & Ober, when his hand caught in the saw, almost severing it. Special Religious Services. Rev. William Carson, the southern Illinois conference evangelist of Methodist Episcopal church, will begin a series of special services at Salem on Sunday, Jan. 4. Big Turkey. H. H. Veach, a farmer of Jefferson township, raised a turkey which weighed forty-two pounds after being dressed. Store Safe Is Robbed. The safe in the clothing store of Warner & Peck of Crawfordsvllle was robbed of S2OO. Workman Is Killed. George Kerney, 40 years old, was instantly killed in the Big Four yards £t Anderson. He was unloading coal from a car by the use of a crane, when the crane broke and, striking Kerney on the head, crushed his skull. Rural Mail Service. Postmaster Bearss of Peru has word from Congressman G. W. Steele that rural mail service to extend over all of Miami county will begin operations on Feb. 1.

TAKE FUEL COMPANY’S STOCK Anderson, Munbie and Alexandria Men Invest In Coal Lands. Manufacturers and capitalists have subscribed for all the $250,000 capital stbck of the Manufacturers’ Fuel and Mining Company, which has closed a deal for Sullivan county coal lands. Muncie manufacturers took $6,000 worth of the stock, the Pan-American Glass Company of Alexandria took $5,000 worth, and the rest is held at Anderson. Charles L. Henry of Anderson holds most of the stock, and will probably be elected president of the company. The name of the company may also be changed. The stockholders will take what coal they need for their plant and the rest of the output will be sold. SPLINTER TROUBLES A PASTOR Worka Its Way the Full Length of His Arm Before Removal. It took about six months for a largesized splinter to make its way the length of the Rev. G. Kabrick’s arm, and the piece of wood has been removed by a physician from Mr. Kobrick’s arm at a point about two feet from where the splinter entered. Several months ago Mr. Kabrick, who resides at Muncie, fell and injured his artn. It was thought that the bones were broken. Recently the arm began to swell and a physican operated upon the arm to find the splinter a short distance below the surface. Politics Disrupts Labor Body. An effort is making to revive the Elwood Trades and Labor Council, which has not met since last August Several unions withdrew and the placing of a labor ticket in the city campaign last spring resulted in bad feeling. To Build Up Unions. O. P. Smith, an organizer of the American Federation of Labor, has been ordered to Terre Haute to organize new unions and strengthen old ones. He will also try to form a women's union label league.

Assault on Churchman. John A. Schooman, who ordered five young men out of Wesleyan M. E. church in North Peru, was assaulted on his way home and stoned until his clothing was covered with bloqd. Sue Coal Company. Alfred Harris, Ethel Harris and Alfred Reffett have each sued the Zeller & McClelland Coal Company for $5,000 for injuries received in an explosion in a mine at Cloverland. Dies From Rat Bite. Mrs. Dicey Stevens, wife of John Stevens of Columbus died from a blood clot on the brain. She was bitten several years ago by a rat and has been an invalid ever since. Incendiarism. A second attempt to burn the barn of C. C. Harvey, a dairyman of Bloomington was successful. The barn was destroyed and two horses and ten cows were killed. Lights Are Out. Alexandria, which has been without gas lights on account of the contractor having refused to serve under the old contract, will let a new contract Jan. 27. Dentist Is Shocked. Dr. Louis M. Ellis, a dentist of Lafayette while at work on a woman’s teeth received a severe electric shock. He is confined to his home. Paper Mill Closes. The Wabash. Paper Company’s mill has closed on account of a coal famine, and 250 men are out of work. Is Shot in the Leg. At Portland George F. Bowersox, a jeweler, was shot in the leg by the accidental discharge of a revolver. Two Homes Burn. At Sherley the homes of Mrs. Rhoda E. Hamilton and J. w. Kitterman burned, causing a loss of $2,000. Milk Is Infected. The scarlet fever epidemic that broke out among the students of Purdue University has been traced to infected milk. Newcastle Is Growing. An unofficial census, taken by citizens, shows that Newcastle has gained 3,000 population since 1900. Failure at Rochester. The hardware firm of Wilson & McGuire of Rochester has made an assignment. Drops Dead. Mrs. Frank Pouder of Danville dropped dead of heart-disease. Falls Down Stairs. Mrs. Henry Stiggleman was decending the cellar steps at her home at Newcastle, when she fell on her head cutting a deep gash across the top. Prospecting to Begin. Prospecting for oil and gas will begin next spring on the 2,500 acres of lend that have been leased in the south portion of Bloomington. Barbers Organize. The barbers of Mount Vernon have organized a union.