Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1903 — INDIANA STATE NEWS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INDIANA STATE NEWS

MAKES NEAT SUM ON OLD VIOLIN Girl Clears Handsome Profit on Instrument That Had Been Discarded. Miss Mary Quivey of North Manchester recently bought a treasure in an old violin for a song. Miss Quivey was visiting at Silver lake in quest of a second violin. She called on Hiram Rager and found one with one string used as a plaything by children, and Mrs. Rager was about to use it for kindling. Miss Quivey saw an old label with the date “1711” on the inside and suspected the instrument was valuable. She offered $lO for it and Rager accepted promptly. Miss Quivey took the instrument to St. -Louis, showed it to a music dealer, who offered her S4OO for it. She went to Chicago and asked a dealer for an opinion’ and he said the violin was a genuine Stradivarius, easily worth the price. She sent the violin to SL Louis and received a check for the amount.

JANUARY PRODUCTION OF OIL Shipments for the Month Exceed Output by 483,489 Barrels. The total production of crude oil from the fields of Ohio and Indiana for the month of January amounts to 2,077,033 barrels, and the shipments by the pipelines for the same period were 2,560,471 barrels. This shows that the stock has been drawn upon for 483,439 barrels for the month. This should have a tendency toward higher prices. The first month of the year showed an increase over the december figures of 167,270 barrels in shipments, and 64,170 barrels in production.

MONEY FOR THE ENCAMPMENT Cash Fund to Be Raised by Committee at Anderson. The executive committee of arrangements for the Indiana encampment of the G. A. R., to be held at Anderson next May, decided that a cash fund of $5,000 to $6,000 should be raised to defray the expenses of the encampment. The question of inviting the Indiana Loyal Legion to meet here at the time of the encampment will be considered later. An invitation will probably be extended.

Waterloo Is Dark. Waterloo Is in darkness again, the local water and light company having to shut down the plant on account of the shortage of coal. From 1,500 to 2,000 carloads of coal pass through on the railroad daily, but dealers are unable to have their orders filled.

Tries to Pass Note. A stranger, giving his name as George McLain, five miles north of Elwood, attempted to pass a note for SIOO bearing the name of Nathan L. Leisure, president of the First National bank. He has disappeared.

New Paper Mill. A new paper mill, which will employ 150 men, is assured for Lafayette. Contracts between the Merchants’ Association and the company are being signed and the factory will be erected in the spring.

Friends’ Bible Institute. The Bible Institute conducted by Indiana, Wilmington and Western yearly meetings of Friends, will be held at Earlham College, Richmond, again this year. It is hoped to have the same workers as last year.

To Sink Oil Wells. Citizens of Lapel have organized a company to investigate the oil fields in that locality. The company is capitalized at 512,000. They have several hundred acres under lease and will operate for oil and gas.

Engineer Is Injured. Adolph Yates, engineer at the pumping station of the Woodbury Glass company at Parker, was seriously injured by the explosion of the gas engine. The loss on the building will reach 51,000.

To Reopen Glass Plant. The American Window Glass company’s plant at Gas City, which has been closed since July, will open about April 1. Blowing machines will not be operated. The plant employs ■SOO men.

Y. M. C. A. Directors. Eighteen directors have been elected for the Kokomo Y. M. C. A. The association was incorporated with a capital stock of 550,000. An effort will be made to secure a new building at once..

Finds Shot in Tree. While cutting a large oak tree at Charleston John Graves found severaT No. 4 shot imbedded in the trunk of the tree. It is thought that the shot were fired into tne tree 65 years ago.

Oil Plant on Fire. By the bursting of an oil supply pipe on the Chris Spain lease, just north of Hartford City, a fire nearly destroyed the whole oil plant. George Donahue, a pumper, was fighting the fire when his clothes caught fire. He tore off his clothing and continued to fight the flames until he put them out.

Valuable Pigs. Worley Riley of Thorntown sold three pigs, weighing seventy pounds each, for 5400. The pigs will ba shipped to Portland. Ore.

PRISONER ASKS FOR A BIBLE Clever Ruse Worked by Horse Thief to Escape From Jail. Irving Rader, who was in the epunty jail at Auburn on the charge of stealing a team of horses belonging to his wife, and who was awaiting transfer to the penitentiary, has escaped. While Sheriff Bleecker was away form the jail Rader asked two of the sheriff’s daughters to lend him a Bible. The only one at the jail was the sheriff s family Bible and the girlsopened the cell door to hand it in. Rader pushed the door back, knocked the girls unconscious on the floor and was soon at liberty. It was half an hour later when the girls recovered and gave the alarm.

CONQUERS A BURGLAR. Miss Helen Brinkmann’s experience with a burglar, whom she drove from her home at Michigan «Clty, has had no serious results for her. She had a desperate struggle with the masked

man, and\ escaped from him, after throwing aglass of water tn his face. She then fled to another room and returned with a revolver. With the weapon she forced the man to back out of the house and out the yard gate.

Coal Monopoly. The Muncie Commercial club will take up a movement to centralize the entire sale of coal in one company and have it shipped direct from one mine. It will force many small coal dealers out of business.

Shoots Detective. George Jones, a railroad detective, remonstrated with two negroes who were hiding in box cars at Hammond, when one of them shot and fatally injured him. James Nelson was arrested.

To Develop Coal Mines. The Pan-Handle Coal company of Bedford will be incorporated with a capital stock of $250,000. The company owns 4,500 acres of choice coal land and will develop it on a large scale.

Auto Damage Suit. Susan Orner of South Bend has sued W. H. Mclntyre of Auburn for 58,000 damages. She says her horse was frightened by the banker’s automobile, ran away, and she was badly injured.

Unique Funeral.

Mrs. Orr, 88 years old, whose funeral occurred at Russiaville, had for her pallbearers six of her sons, all grayhaired men. She was the mother of thirteen children.

Farmer Kills Himself. Webb Lamkin, a Switzerland county farmer, killed himself with a revolver in the presence of his family. Despondency was the cause.

National Bank. A national bank is organizing at Dillsboro. The Bank of Dillsboro will quit business and the new enterprise will occupy its quarters.

For New Hospital. , Members of the Ban-street Lutheran church of Fort Wayne met and organized the Lutheran Hospital society, with 55,000 capital.

New Church for Dillsboro. Dillsboro is to have a new Lutheran church of the Missouri synod. The present Luthern church belongs to the Ohio synod.

Traveler Dies. Jesse G. Van Winkie, a traveling man, well known all over the West, died in Easthaven hospital, Richmond.

Accepts Hendricks' Gift. Hanover college has accepted the gift of 525,000 from Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks for a library building.

Threaten to Strike. The members of New Albany union No. 286, Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, made a demand for a ninehour day and 52.50 a djty, instead of ten hours and 52.25. Unless the company accedes to their demana a strike will follow. //

Strikes Gas. The Citizens’ Gas company drilled in a heavy flow of gas northeast of Portland. The well makes a noise that can be heard a long distance and ncs not been packed or shut down.