Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1903 — INDIANA STATE NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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,

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.

j.j.INSLEY