Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1903 — Page 4

THE JOURNAL. LESLIE CLARK, Ed* find Pub. RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Industrial, Political, Domostio and Foroif* Happenings of Minor Importanoo Told in Paragraphs. At the request of President Vasquez of Santo Domingo United States Minister Powell has had a two hours’ interview with the chief executive, with the result that it Is probable an arrangement will be made for a settlement of all the pending American claims. Martin Ferguson, former treasurer of Butler county, Missouri, convicted of counterfeiting, was fined $1 and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. His son William, convicted with him, was released on the promise that he would return home and help support his mother and sister. A mob of 200 negroes surrounded the house at Owensboro, Ky., in which Officer Brown had John Jones, a negro accused of assaulting Mrs. Luther Talbott. The officer let Jones out and told him to run for his life. About 100 shots were fired at the fleeing negro, who jumped into the Green river and was drowned. Col. W. R. Morrison, who Is under treatment m a St. Louis hospital, continues to gain, and prospects for radical improvement are bright. J. G. Reading, superintendent of the Terre Haute plant of the American Car and Foundry company, who recently went there from Chicago, was assaulted and seriously hurt by workmens Detective Charles J. Schumacher of St Louis was killed near Sullivan, Mo., in a pistol duel with two men, who are supposed to have robbed the Union bank of that place Christmas week. The men escaped. It was discovered by Archdeacon Frederick A. De Possett, rector of St. Paul's pro-cathedral, Springfield, 111., that the rectory had been entered and several hundred dollars’ worth of solid silver tableware stolen. The plate was in a jeweler’s chest and was in the linen closet in the attic. Charles Hardinge, secretary of the British embassy at St. Petersburg, has been made assistant undersecretary of state for foreign affairs, in succession to Sir Francis Leveson Bertie, who has been appointed British ambassador to Italy. The British government, at the request of Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, has granted Abraham Fischer, one of the Boer delegates in Europe and former member of the executive council of the Orange Free State, permission to return to South Africa. The rumor that the United States transport Dix, bound from Seattle to Nagasaki, had foundered, is denied at the former port. Katherine McMahon, aged 70 years, and her daughter Elizabeth, were killed by a Big Four train at a crossing at Shelby, Ohio. Colonel William R. Morrison, who was removed to a St. Louis hospital for treatment, is reported as improved. An operation may be performed. Jacob Kaplan, a policeman, and Nathan Lavin, a saloonkeeper, were arrested in St. Louis, charged with aiding and abetting in naturalization frauds. Burt Deshazo, alias Bert Sweet, wanted in several states for forgery, committed suicide by poisoning in the jail at Butte, Mont. The German crown prince, Frederick William, is still suffering from influenza at St. Petersburg. The duke of Tetuan, formerly minister for foreign affairs at Madrid, is so seriously ill that he is not expected to recover. A thief entered the rooms of E. B. Henry at Omaha, Neb., and carried away $1,200 in gold. Henry is a street car conductor and the money represented his savings for six years. The government of Rhodesia has awarded two of the Rhodes scholarships at Oxford to students attending the Jesuit college at Buluwayo. These are among the first awards made. Marine Minister Toca of the Spanish cabinet has asked the authorities of Cadiz, Ferrol and Cartagena to inform him’ promptly in regard to the readiness of the fleet to mobilize. It is presumed this inquiry was made in connection with the situation in Morocco. Fire in the plant of the Montello Brick company at Wyommissing, Pa., caused damage to the extent of $175,400. A cable from United States Deputy Consul Boragino at Genoa says that Hub Smith’s case is desperate, his illness being dropsy of the kidneys and heart. Mr. Smith is United States vice consul at Cairo. William E. Wren, whose parents live near Bloomington, 111., killed himself at Indianapolis, Ind., by firing one bullet through his head and another through his heart. He was formerly in the navy and served eighteen months dn the Philippines. The Italian minister of posts and telegraphs, Signor Galinlberti, has announced that at the reopening of the chamber of deputies he will ask for an appropriation of $150,000 to erect wireless telegraph stations for a service between Italy and Argentina. The work will be directed by Marconi. The sugar convention bill has passed its third reading in the lower houses of the Hungarian diet. The State bank of Verdigris, Neb., is in the hands of a bank examiner. Its last report showed loans of $17,000 and deposits of $19,000.

The members of the Plasterers’ union of St. Louis have made a demand for a wage scale of $6 a day. The present scale is $5 a day. Thomas Rooney was sentenced at Milwaukee to two years in the penitentiary for impersonating another voter at the election last April. The Kentucky Democratic state executive committee has issued a call for a primary on May 9 next to select candidates for •governor and other state officers. Jerry Kahler, a saloonkeeper of St. Louis, convicted of robbery of a registered mail pouch, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Fire in the thirteen-story office building, 15 Murray street, New York city, caused a loss on the structure of $75,000. The loss on stock and furniture of a number of tenants was $25,000. The new scale for conductors, flagmen, brakemen, baggagemasters and other employes in the train service of the Louisville & Nashville railroad gives the men an advance in wages which, it is said, will average 10 per cent. Mrs. Alice Garrett, who died at the Missouri Baptist sanitarium in St. .Louis, had been suffering from bloodpoisoning and was the first patient in St. Louis to be treated with the formalin sorution according to the method adopted by Dr. Barrows of New York. Mrs. W. Knute and her youngest child, of Elcho, Wis., are dead from the effects of burns sustained while escaping from their home, which was burned to the ground. Alexander Newton Dassett of Durham, N. C., and James Patterson of Pittsburg, landsmen of the battleship Massachusetts, who were injured by the explosion Jan. 16 of the powder charge of an eight-inch gun, died in the military hospital at San Juan, P. R.

The receiver of the Bank of Silverton, Col., which closed its doors Jan. 2 because of the suicide of James H. Robin, president of the bank and principal owner, made a report showing the total liabilities to be $177,718, including deposits of $161,718: The creditors, it is said, will receive between 20 and 25 cents on the dollar. Theodore Shaffer, president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, will have opposition for reelection at the coming annual convention, which is to be held at Columbus, Ohio, in April. Lewis Good, a sheet roller of Pittsburg, Pa., has decided to be a candidate. At the meeting at Lincoln, Neb., of Nebraska and Kansas farmers for the purpose of forming a co-operative grain and live stock association, a temporary organization was effected and adjournment taken to Feb. 11, at which time permanent organization will be completed. Former Governor Savage commended trusts and urged the farmers to organize one of their own. Westminster chapel, one of the best known churches in London, has decided to invite Rev. Samuel George Smith of St. Paul, Minn., to fill the pulpit. The Minnesota Supreme Court holds street car company not liable in suit for damages brought by passenger who was injured by brick thrown by striker. Rev. Jean Skyles, convicted of bigamy at Port Gibson, Miss., was sentenced to serve ten years in the penitentiary. The case will be appealed. Caroline Olscheski of Green Bay, Wis., over 70 years of age, has been granted a divorce from her husband, Gustav Olscheski, on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. H. B. Parsons has been elected a vice president of the Wells-Fargo Express company. Gov. Durbin at the conclusion of the Indiana coal inquiry declared there was no evidence of collusion to force up the price of coal. The Western implement dealers in convention at Kansas City, Mo., declared harmonious relations between them and the so-called harvester combine cannot be restored until the objectionable clauses in the contract are eliminated or modified and other rules affecting the profits of retailers changed. The grain elevator belonging to the Spencer Grain Company of Minneapolis and the Hunting & Gilchrist warehouses, all on the river bank at McGregor, la., were destroyed by fire, together with 92,700 bushels of grain. Foreman Davidson of the elevator was seriously injured by the explosion of a boiler. The estimated property loss is SIOO,OOO. At a meeting of the Paris Academy of Science Henry Poincare announced that American and French scientists were co-operating in a series of experiments on the law of light and electricity. It is added that the Carnegie institution of Washington will defray the expenses of an American expert who will arrive at Paris soon to take part in the experiments. Andrew D. White, former United States ambassador to Germany, has arrived at Mentone, France. Alfred Beit, the financier, who has been seriously ill, has left Johannesburg for England. He had sufficiently recovered to be able to walk from his carriage to the train.

Warren Woodward, a farmer living near Paducah, Ky., was shot and killed by James Cowan, resident of a shanty boat. The men had quarreled Boston copper authorities estimate the copper production this year at 800,000 pounds. The Nebraska supreme court In an opinion by Chief Justice Sullivan declares the reading of the bible in public schools of Nebraska permissible so long as it does not take the form of sectarian instruction. This is a practical reversal of a previous decision by the same court.

PROCEEDINGS OF TOE LEGISLATURE

Measures Under Consideration in the Capitol at Indianapolis. BUST FOR STATUARY HALL Niche at Washington to Be Filled by Statue of General George Rogers Clark—Pigeon Roost Massacre Monument Bill Passes the Senate. Senator Barcus introduced a bill providing for an appropriation of $5,000 for a statue of Gen. George Rogers Clark, and the placing of it in the National Statuary Hall at Washington. The matter was caucused on by the Republican Senators. The bill provides also for the appointment of a commission of three by the governor to have full charge of the work. Congressman James E. Watson visited the Senate and made an address. The committee on public morals has agreed on reports on two important tills. It will recommend for passage Senator Wood’s bill prohibiting the sale of intoxicants within one mile of a state or national soldiers’ home. Senator Lindley’s bill, prohibiting public officials from engaging in bets or gambling of any kind, under penalty of forfeiture of office, was also recommended for passage by this committee.

The Senate continued its roll call for bills on third reading. The bill for a monument to the victims of the Pigeon Roost massacre in Scott county in 1811, introduced by Senator Fortune, passed without a dissenting vote. The bill had been before two previous Senates. Senator Wolcott’s bill providing for the filing of crop liens also passed. Truancy Bill. Senator Davis introduced a bill to repeal the present truancy law. It would vest the duties that now devolve on the truant officer in the township trustee. It provides that parents may teach their children reading, writing and arithmetic, in. which event the children need not be sent to school. If parents fail to teach their children or to send them to school, they shall be amenable for misdemeanor. The trustee must give the parents ten days’ notice before <suit may be brought, and even then suit may not be brought unless the trustee gives his consent to the suit. Senator Johnson’s criminal assault bill was called as a special order of business. After a discussion of more than half an hour, in which the question of whether the bill as drawn would not interfere with the intermediate sentence law, a motion to recommit was carried. The Senate sent to engrossment the convict labor bill of Senator Matson. New Schoolbook. A primer to introduce the school children of Indiana to the first reader is proposed by the committee of the State Association of County Superintendents, consisting of R. C. Hillis, James R. Wilson and C. A. Van Matre. This committee was appointed to lobby, and it is working about the Legislature for a primer bill, for an increase in the school levy from 11 to 16 cents and for a bill creating a high school inspector. The levy and high school inspector measures are indorsed by the State Board of Education. The primer bill is being urged on the ground that there is not enough matter in the first reader, for the reason that publishers can not afford to make a bigger book for 10 cents than the first reader now in use. Should the primer be authorized the State Board of Education, acting as the State Board of Schoolbook Commissioners, would have a new contract to let. Codify Corporation Laws. Senator Matson has introduced a bill creating a commission to prepare a compilation, revision and codification of the statute laws of the state concerning corporations. The commission snail be composed of five competent lawyers, appointed by the governor, who shall have been engaged in the practice of law or in judicial duties for at least fifteen years. Not more than three members of this commission shall be of the same political party. Within two weeks of their appointment the commission shall convene in Indianapolis to organize. The commission shall appoint one clerk, who shall be a competent lawyer, and stenographers and other assistants, not to exceed three, to assist the commission. The commission shall submit its codification in the form of bills to the next session of the general assembly.< The work of the commission shall be

Diphtheria Epidemic.

At Noblesville many deaths have occurred from diphtheria, and the disease is becoming epidemic. Hundreds of children are afflicted with it, and unless the malady is checked soon the schools will close.

W. C. T. U. Meetings.

Mrs. Mary F. Sibbett, traveling under the auspices of the W. C. T. U., will hold a series of meetings in Richmond. The series will end with a mass meeting.

completed before the first Monday after the first Thursday In January, 1905. Each member of the commission shall receive a salary at the rate of $4,000 a year. The clerk shall receive a salary at the rate of $3,000 a year, and the compensation of all the other assistants shall not exceed $3,000 a year. Calumet Canal. Senator T. Edwin Bell of Hammond Bald that the Calumet canal blil will not be Introduced this session of the legislature. The agents of the land companies at Indiana Harbor and East Chicago, who backed the measure two years ago, have reached an agreement with the railroads whereby the latter will not place any further obstacles in the way. The Calumet canal bill was one of the principal features of the last session. It was defeated after a bitter fight on the part of a big railroad lobby, which spent several thousand dollars in lining up enough members to win. The lapd companies were prepared to reintroduce the bill in a slightly modified form, but after a several days’ conference with the railroad representative Senator Bell says that a compromise nas been reached. The canal is to be constructed from Indiana Harbor to a point on the Calumet river, near Hammond. It will open thousands of acres of sand land for valuable factory sites, and the promoters believe that in a few years it will result in the foundation of a great manufacturing city. Senator Bell thinks that work will begin on the canal within a short time. Hurty’a Lobbying System. Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the state board of health, has the greatest scfieme for lobbying of them all, whether he intends to win , votes or not. Many of the senators and representatives had never been vaccinated when the general assembly opened, and they felt it a wise precaution to fortify themselves against the contagion. Being state officers, they naturally looked to the state board of health to take care of them, and Dr. Hurty, who has a pure food laboratory bill pending, was only too glad to accommodate them. One after another they marched down to Dr. Hurty’s office and bared their arms, and walked back to the legislative halls gratefully. Two-cent Fare. "I am already getting letters from home requesting me to introduce a bill in the house for 2-cents-a-mile railroad fares,” said Representative Watson last night. No such bill has been introduced, though a session of the assembly seldom passes without the introduction and the killing of such a bill. Mr. Watson says that he will not likely present such a measure, but that he would be glad to support one. He said:

“The railroad companies haul people for 2 cents if they will buy S3O worth of tickets in advance. The man who buys mileage books is generally the man who needs reduced rates the least. Charges should be uniform.” Senate Passes Ripper Bill. After a sharp contest, Governor Durbin’s “ripper” bill, reorganizing the Indiana Reformatory, passed the State senate by a vote of 39 to 10. Five Republicans and five Democrats voted against the bill. Most of the Democrats supported the measure in return for the acceptance by tne Republicans of an amendment by Senator Fortune, providing that the new board of control shall consist of four members, two from each of the leading two political parties. Senator Barcus (Rep.) offered a substitute bill for that of Senator Goodwine, making several important changes, but the substitute was rejected by the senate^ Senator Thompson, Republican, offered an amendment making the Board of Control consist of four members instead of three, as provided in the bill, but owing to an agreement between the leaders of the majority and the minority sides, to the effect that Senator Fortune should be allowed to father such an amendment, the Thompson amendment was voted down and the Fortune amendment, providing for practically the same thing, was adopted. Shot-Firing Bill. The “shot-firing” bill was reported favorably in the senate. This is the bill that caused the names of a number of Republican members of the last legislature to get into the blue book of the labor organizations. The bill provides that operators of coal mines shall hire experts to fire shots in the mines, and this was an expensive undertaking, the operators said. The State Federation took up the matter, and it was agreed that the bill should pass, but it was defeated. During the last state campaign the miners proposed to defeat the candidates who would not pledge themselves to vote for the bill at this session. The Republican leaders hswe agreed that the bill shall pass at this session. Senator Wampler, a Democrat, introduced the bill, but the understanding is that the Republican leaders will carry out their agreement with the miners and pass the bill.

Richmond Art Exhibit.

Plans are making for the anuuaT art exhibit by the Richmond Art Asso ciation and the public schools. Thiu v/ill be the seventh year for the exhibit. Some new ideas are to be introduced this year.

Against the Canteen.

The Richmond Ministerial Associt* tion has decided to protest against thf passage of the anti-canteen law. The protest will be forwarded to Congressman Watson.

INDIANA STATE NEWS

STATE FAIR MANAGERS MEET President Insley Discusses Improved Condition of Farmers. At the meeting of the Indiana State Association of Fair Managers held at the state house at Indianapolis, J. J. Inpley, president of the association, delivered an address. After calling attention to the progress that the county fairs have made/ he spoke of the progress of the farmer during the past few years, saying in part: “While a considerable portion of this advance in the material interest of all our people is due to a highly favorable condition at home and abroad, which may shov fluctuation at any time, there is one factor constantly at work which must show its potency at all times,

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and that is the increasing intelligence and scientific knowledge of those engaged in agriculture. These are being stimulated to a degree never before known in the history of the world, through the agencies of higher education, the press, the telegraph, the telephone, the daily mail, which now brings the once isolated farmer into intimate contact with the very center of commercial activity.” Chain of Breaks. During the past few years Ad Tolliver of Mount Vernon has broken his co'laf bone twice, his left arm once and his right leg once. Recently he fell from a ladder at the light plant and received a sprained back and other injuries. Cuts Off Three Fingers. While Joseph H. Dodery, northeast of Newcastle, was repairing an old piece of harness, the knife he was using slipped and three fingers of his right hand were almost completely severed. High School Field Day. High schools at Bluffton, Montpelier and Decatur are trying to organize a trischool athletic association for the purpose of holding field day sports at Bluffton in June.

Gets Church Contract. The Presbyterians of Marion have awarded the contract for their new church to Philip Patton. The building will cost $31,782.51 and is to be ready by Nov. 1. After Water Works. The Elwood city council will endeavor lo get possession of the water works because the company is said to have failed to meet the requirements of its franchise. Man Is Missing. William Gulley, a farmer and horse trader .near Milton, has been missing from his home since Monday before Christmas. It is feared he has met with foul play. Falls From Roof, While working on the roof of a building George Lamberson, a carpenter of Straughns, fell fifteen feet breaking his ankle and severely bruising his body. Slayer Is Released. John Prail, who shot and killed his stepfather, A 1 Riggs, at Marlon, while protecting his mother, was released, the grand jury adjourning without indicting him. Glass Factory” to Reopen. The factory of the Diamond Flint Glass company at Hartford City will be reopen Feb. 2. It was shut down six weeks ago because of lack of gas.

Mitten Factory. L. C. Waring, formerly bookkeeper for the Zero Mitten company of Bluffton, is trying to locate a mitten factory at Newcastle, to employ 100 girls. Death of Pioneer Woman. Mrs. Sabina Bishop of Clinton, the oldest person in the county, is dead. She was born in 1810 and moved to Clinton in 1852. Sells Oak Trees. W. W. Weisell has sold to the Standard Oil company sixty oak trees from his farm near Bluffton, receiving SI,OOO for them. The trees contain about 60,000 feet of lumber and will be used to build derricks. Gteat Flow of Gas. A well on the George Hines farm, near Portland, struck at a depth of 650 feet, produced the greatest flow of shale gas ever produced in the state. The output is four million cubic feet a day.

RELEGATE BTRIKES AT MARION Central Trades Council Names Arbitration Board to Settle Troubles. The Central Trades Council of Marion held a meeting and took up the selection of a board of arbitration for the purpose of settling all labor troubles in the future without resorting to strikes and lockouts. The committee, composed of Frank Barr, Ray Campbell and S. B. Carey, was appointed to call on officers of the Merchants’ association for the purpose of placing the arbitration law into effect. Hospital Bars Veteran. Robert W. Griffin, 30 years old, a graduate of the University of Michigan, and a veteran of the SpanishAmerican war, went to Marion for thepurpose of entering the hospital, but was refused on account of the crowded condition of the place. He was poisoned while in the Philippines and lost his sight. New Tin Can Plant. Preston Reder, president of the Columbus Mining company, will erect a. new plant to manufacture tin cans. The plant will turn out 1,500 cans an hour. It will oppose the tin can trust. Bank Cashier Dies. Putnam Ewing, 69 years old, died at Greensburg. He was for ten years assistant cashier of the Third National bank, and has always been prominent in business and politics. Falls From Derrick. Robert Haylett of Bluffton, 45 years old, fell from an oil derrick and, besides severe internal injuries, brokehis right arm, dislocated his hip and broke several ribs. Injuries Are Fatal. Michael Gilmartin, 72 years old, at one time superintendent of telegraph on the G. R. & I. railroad, fell from a wagon at Fort Wayne and received fatal injuries. Gets Hendricks’ Books. Three dozen volumes from the lateThomas A. Hendricks’ library were presented to the Hanover college. Hendricks was at one time vice president of the college. Fire at Goshen. Fire destroyed the wareroom and office of the Goshen Novelty and Brush company, causing a damage of $4,000. The insurance is $2,200. Leave of Absence. Prof. A. B. Milford, teacher of English in Wabash college, has been granted a leave of absence and will go East, where he will visit the department libraries in schools. Prof. Harry Starr will succeed him. D. A. R. Delegates. Mrs. W. A. Guthrie and Missilla Cravens will represent John Paul Chapter, D. A. R., of Madison, at the congress, which meets at Washington on Feb. 22. Gas Explosion. An explosion of gas in the regulator on the farm of Will Kennard, near Pendleton, set fire to the house and badly burned Kennard about the head and face. Smallpox at Iva. At Iva a disease thought to be chickenpox has been raging since Christmas. The secretary of the County Board of Health declares it is smallpox. To Restrain Liquor Traffic. It is understood that the Anti-Saloon League will attempt to enforce the Nicholson law in Muncie. Heretofore little restraint has been placed upon saloons. To Purify Petersburg. A committee from the Good Citizens’ League began a campaign against the law violators in Petersburg and as a result many gamblers have been indicted. Angora Goat Farm. C. M. C. Shanks, city councilman and druggist of Muncie, has bought a’ hilly farm in Brown county that he is stocking with Angora goats. Workman Is Crushed. Frederick Schulz, employed in the Pennsylvania shops at Fort Wayne, was crushed to death by machinery falling on him. For Sunday Closing. The Jeffersonville Retail Clerks’ association is making an effort to bring about the Sunday closing of all business houses. Veteran Is Dead. Moses Harter, 67 years old, a veteran of the civil war, died at his home east of Flora from cancer? Give Short Weight. The Muncie city council has drafted an ordinance providing for the appointment of a city inspector of weights and measures. It is alleged tnat coal and wood dealers and grocers are giving short measure. Quick Change. At Muncie Mrs. Minnie Underwood was granted a divorce from her husband and in five minutes she was married to George Foy, who paid for the divorce as well as the marriage license.