Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1903 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL. __________ — . Ci ' LESLIE CLARK, Ed. and Pub, RENSSELAER, - INDIANA.

NEWS OF THE WORLD

ißdntrial, Political, Domestic and Foreign Happenings of Minor Importance Told in Paragraphs. The governor of Washington has signed the law making gambling a felony in that state. A 7-year-old cousin accidentally killed the 15-months-old child of John Knapp of Carbondale, 111., with a shotgun. The infant was almost decapitated. The flood situation on thejower Mississippi is very grave and it is feared levees will break. EvVy possible precaution is being taken. The Kaskaskia in central Illiiy is is far beyond its banks and has forced many to leave their homes. While resisting arrest at Brazil, la., James Murphy shot and painfully wounded Policeman Darrah. A posse overtook Murphy, who tired upon the men. They returned the tire and Murphy was probably fatally wounded. He is in Jail at Centerville. President Roosevelt received Hallio Erminie Rives, the southern novelist, Miss Dorothy Flynn, daughter of D. T. Flynn, and Miss Maude De Haven Ogan at the white house. Henry Currie Leigh-Bennett, M. P., is dead at Windlesham, Surrey, following au operation for appendicitis. The February statement of the London board of trade shows a decrease of $5,600,000 in imports and au increase of $7,316,000 in exports. R. F. Patterson, United'States consul general at Calcutta, reporting upon the cotton crop of India in 19021903, estimates it at 2.500,000 bales, an Increase of 100,000 bales over the crop of the year previous. Attention is called to the extension of area placed under cotton.

The Berlin Reiobbank's report for 1902 shows a turnover of $47,500,000, a decrease of $305,250,000 compared with the figures of the previous year. The net earnings were $9,223,250, a decrease of $1,946,750 from 1901. The dividend paid was 6.47 per cent; against 6.25 per cent in 1901. Dowager Queen Margherlta of Italy received in private audience United States Consiil General De Castro and Mrs. De Castro. The queen showed considerable interest in Uie large number of Italian emigrating to the United States and expressed satisfaction at the fact that there were now so many Americans In Rome. Vicar General Mooney Is 111 with grip at bis residence in New York, It is hoped he will be about In a few days. Coffee planters who have Just arrived at San Francisco from Guatemala 6tate that the war preparations in the country are still going on. Earl Shaw and Lee Shellenberger were killed at the Warren mine, near Joplin, Mo., by a bowlder weighing a ton. Miss Katherine Kidder, the actress, has recovered from a slight attack of pneumonia at Little Rock, Ark., and will resume her Texas tour at once. Mayor Bookwalter of Indianapolis was knocked down and covered with debris by the explosion of an asphalt repair machine he was inspecting at Toledo, but escaped serious injury. Marie Greenwood Gulberson. a vocalist of national reputation, entered suit for divorce against her husband, Will Parker Gulberson. at Memphis. She charges he cruelly beat her at Des Moines and wrote false charges against her to her father, reflecting upon her character. The official trial trip of the torpedo ’boat destroyer Worden over the Cape Henry course resulted In the speedy craft exceeding by a very good margin # the thirty knots required in the contract.

Dr. William H. Hale of Jackson, Mich., charged with forgery in the sec'ond degree, has been held for the grand Jury at Rochester, N. Y. Fire at Fairhaven. Wash., destroyed the Murchison sawmill and the Hill-Webon wharf and two Northern Pacific passenger coaches. Total loss, 1130,000; insurance, about one-half. John D. Rockefeller has given $30,000 to a negro college at Marsballton, Tex. The total of cattle losses due to the recent blizzard in Texas are now estimated at $200,000. The storm raged continuously eight days. The Montana house passed a bill jrequirlng that newspapers shall once a txnonth print a statement of ownership land that editorials shall be signed. > Dr. E. Vincent of the University of Chicago has been selected to deliver the commencement address at Earlbam College, Richmoud, Ind. Hugh Dixon, aged 70 years, committed suicide at Pittsburg by jumping from the Forward Avenue bridge to the ground below, a distance of 135 feet. Nearly every bone in his body was broken. 11l health and the recent death of bis wife caused the deed. C. H. Demary of Houghton, Mich., was killed by a savage bear while blazing a trail to his homestead in Elm River. The brute overtook and brought Demary to the ground after a quarter of a mile chase. A companion came up and struck the bear with an ax, finally driving It away. Mrs. John Greenwood and her three 1 children—girls aged 16 and 12 and a boy aged 11—while walking across the

PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE

Measures Under Consideration in the Capitol at Indianapolis. HURRY THROUGH THEIR WORK Members of Both Houses Ignore the Law and Send Bills to Third Reading Before They Have Been Printed —Governor Vetoes Salary Measure. Not in ten years has the general'assembly proceeded more recklessly at the end of the session. The members shouted “aye” without knowing what a bill contained and apparently without thinking of the effect their votes bad on the welfare of, the people. The presiding officers seemed to be affected with the mad spirit of haste, and all went rushing along with the end In view of getting the bills through both branches in time for the governor. In the house the speaker forced a veterinary bill just from the senate past second reading to engrossment, without allowing anybody to offer an amendment on second reading. There was no printed bill in the house. Representative Bamberger stood and shouted for recognition several seconds. He desired opportunity to offer an amendment, and he protested that no printed bill was on the desk and he could not offer an amendment without it. He begged that the bill be not forced past second reading, for it would take a two-thirds vote to amend

on third reading if there were any objections. He appealed from the speaker. “The chair declines to recognize the appeal,” said Speaker Marshall, and away the house went pellmell, passing other bills or advancing them. This galloping through Its business in the fag end of the session is believed to explain why it is that the statutes are so filled with inaccuracies, conflicting sections and sometimes vicious provisions. In the senate bills were rushed through with little attention paid to their contents. There were so many bills to consider and so many senators anxious to squeeze in before adjournment that they did not want to take time in discussing bills in which they are not vitally interested. If a senator announced that the bill he called up was local in character it practically amounted to the withdrawal of all objections. The law siys a bill should be read through when on third reading, yet this rule was not observed, and only the title of the bill was read. f Durbin Vetoes Salary Bill. Gov. Durbin vetoed giving increased salaries to judges in Marion, Vigo, Vanderburg and Allen counties, except Judge Rasch of Evansville. He said the bill was wrong in principle. One of the reasons for the veto was the exclusion from the provisions of the hill of the court over which Judge Rasch of Evansville presides. On thi3 subject, the governor wrote to the house: "In making provisions for I.he increase of salaries in certain counties the bill purposely excludes one judge, thus permitting petty personalities to enter into an act of the gravest public concern.” The governor said (hat every assembly seemed to want to increase the salaries ot judges and to increase the number ot Judges. lle said that the size of the general appropriation bill was an admonition to the legislature to take great care in the raising of salaries. Appropriations. The house will non concur in the senate amendments to the general appropriation bill, and the leaders expect a lively tight by a Joint conference committee. The speaker will appoint Representatives Sayre and Stookey to represent the house, should the house non-concur. The senate cut out all the street improvement claims. Senator Goodwine said the claims were cut out because it was believed that they should be settled by the court of claims rather than the state. The Republican senators caucused and decided to allow all the Indiana University claims except that for fire-proof stacks in the new library. They refused to put back the appropriation of $20,000 to rebuild the chapel and gymnasium at the Plainfield Reform School. The senate cut out about $60,000 from the appropriation bill. Among the items stricken from the university’s budget were $3,897 for furniture and laboratory equipment for the new science hall, $8,127 for a heating plant for science hall, $5,000 for fire-proof stacks for books and $2,435.68 for street improvements

Swindles Children.

A strange man visited Bluffton in January and employed children to sell brass pins on the street for 10 cents, promising a prize for the one selling the most. The children sold, tlfe pins, hut nerver received the prizes.

Women Start Library.

The Home club, a literary and reading circle of women, has opened a library at Milton. Many books have been donated and others have been ordered. __

clftlma. The claim of the commimUm of eight members appointed by the governor to codify the mining laws, amounting to less than S3OO, was disallowed. The provision making mandatory the printing of 8,000 copies of the state geologist’s report was stricken out. An attempt was made to cut .Geologist Blatchley’s salary from $2,500 to $2,400, but as his salary Is The only item left in was $20,000 for a new heating and lighting plant. About $15,000 was saved by knocking out all the street 'improvement fixed by statute, the senate’s action will count for nothing, it is said. The $20,000 appropriation asked by the Plainfield reformatory for remodeling the chapel and building a gymnasium was disallowed, as was a $5,000 appropriation for a private stairway from the office of the secretary of state to the state bouse basement. The item oi $2,600 for file boxes for clerk of the supreme court, auditor and attorney general, was cut out. The appellate court was allowed stenographers at a salary of $720 each. The house refused any allowances. The senate made provision that the SSOO allowed each supreme court judge for stenographic work, shall be paid on the order of the court to the one actually doing the work. Many of the appropriations will be available in two sums, half on June 1, 1903, and half on November 1 or December 1, 1903. No Protection for Governor. There will be no anti-anarchist legislation this session of the legislature. Senator Parks' bill, providing the death penalty for the murderer of thegovernor of the state or anyone entitled to succeed him in office, and imprisonment for not more than twentyone years for any attempt on the life of the governor, is still in the judiciary committee No. 1, of which Parks is chairman.

Senator Parks said that his committee was divided on the bill, and that for this reason, he did not care to make a report on it. It is a noteworthy fact that notwithstanding the agitation of the quesion of legislation against anarchists, growing out of the assassination of President McKinley, proposed legislation by the national congress failed. Defeat Miss Gallaher’s Bill. The smiles of Miss Letitia Gallaher of Evansville failed at the crucial moment, for the senate defeated, by a vote of 24 to 23, the bill to permit the school board of Evansville to divert a part of its school funds for the education of deaf children. The bill became famous chiefly because the wishes of a beautiful young woman were its principal backing. Miss Gallaher is a teacher in a deaf school in Evansville, now maintained by private subscriptions, and for which a part of the school fund was desired. County Advertising.

The bill of Representative Adair t.o allow printing of advertising of county officials in the newspapers of the two leading political parties, which passed the house under a suspension of the rules, was rushed over to the senate and a unanimous report in favor of it made. Independent papers are opposed to the biH. In Marion county it is estimated that the bill would cost tho people $5,000 a year. A similar bill, by Senator Powell, was killed some time ago, but a lobby of newspaper proprietors from over the stale is still in the fight for the measure.

Railroad Commission. The senate discussed Senator Wolcott’s railroad commission bill. Senator Lawler opposed the bill, and said that it sought to empower I he commission with judicial powers, and that the scope of the commission was entirely too broad. Senator Parks spoke against the bill, and Senator Gray for it. He denied the intimation that he was at heart' against the bill, and had offered his amendments and that be made his speech Monday in the hope of defeating it. .He argued that the passage of the bill would be a valuable warning to railroads that they must stop their discriminations. Senator Wolcott argued that be cause the railroads were lined up against the bill showed that it was intended to place some needed restriction upon the roads. Senator Fleming said it was a significant fact that the lawyers were against the bill and the lousiness men and shippers were in favor of it. He said the bill waa greatly needed. Senator Ball said the bill was altogether Impractical. He denied that an occasional shortage of cars resulted from connivance of railroad owners and said that nine-tenths of the roads of this state are amenable to the interstate commerce law, and may thereby be prevented from discrimination. The vote to postpone indefinitely was carried.

Contest Expenses.

The elections committee reported the cost of the Hamilton-Schloot contest as The committee recommended that Schloot be allowed mileage and pay from January 8 to February 5, and that Hamilton also be allowed mileage.

Boys Save Life.

Joe Canine, eleven years old, jumped into the icy waters of Racoon creek, at Crawfordsvllle, and sav,e<! the life of Lawrence Wilkinson, a six year-old, who fell into the water and was sinking for the third time. i

Charity Patient Had Money.

Among the effects- of Samuel Wilson, a colored charity patient whc died in a Fort Wayne hospital sftei a short illness, was found a certifi cate of deposit l amounting to $1,200.

INDIANA STATE NEWS

FORWARDS MONEY IN A LETTER Ten Thousand Dollars Goes Through the Dead Letter Office. William G. Price, a liveryman of Lafayette, has received *slo,ooo from the estate of W. C. Lewis, an uncle, who died some months ago in Shelbyville, Cal. The bulk of the estate, valued at $50,000, went to William Reiner of Burr Oak, Kan. The letter containing the news was written by the administrator several weeks ago, and was forwarded to several cities before it was sent to the dead letter office at Washington, having been unclaimed. There it was opened and the government made a new efTort to locate Price. He was found at Lafayette and has received the money. END OF THE GROCERS’ TRUST. Bluffton Dealers Have Begun to Reduce Prices. For several years Bluffton grocers have had an agreement as to the retail prices of butter, eggs and canned goods, and the agreement was commonly referred to as “the grocers' trust." Recently one of the members of the combination began cutting prices on flour, canned goods and other articles, and others followed. A price war that threatens to be disastrous to small dealers is predicted. r ■ 1 LAY BOY’S CRIME TO- NOVELS. Reports of Earl Woods’ Shooting Show Effect of Trashy Stories. Since the death of Earl Woods, the Frankfort boy wbo shot his mother,

father and grandfather and then himself, it has been discovered that he had threatened to murder his school teacher. It is said he was incited to bloody deeds by reading trashy novels. * Accidents to Miners. William Taylor, a driver at Oak Hill mine, near Clinton, fell from his wagon, badly crushing his leg and hip and will probably die. By an explosion in a mine, a foreigner was badly burned. Harry Andersm, another miner, was kicked by a mule and had his shoulder blade broken. At mine No. 5, Peter Newkirk had hm hand crushed by a lump of coal. Recovers Bonus. Judge Ely of the Pike Circuit court gave the city of Washington a verdict of $2,72t>.2() against the Collier Shovel Company. Several years ago the city gave the company a bonus for bringing its factory io the place, and in the event it was taken away, the bonus, with interest, was to revert to the city. The plant was taken to Hammond, and the city brought suit for the money. Kills Gas Deal. The Newcastle city council refused to grant an ordinance for the use ot meters unless 2 per cent of the gross earnings be paid into the city treasury, and as a consequence the deal for the transfer of the Enterprise Gas Company to W. A. Browii and W. F. Skelly of Grant county is declared off. Drinks Lye. Henry Becker of Logansport drank a cup of concentrated lye, thinking it was coffee, A physician saved bis life, but he is in a serious condition. Dog Tax Pays for Sheep. . More than $2,000 worth of sheep were killed by dogs in Delaware county last year. The dog tax collected is used to reimburse owners of the sheep. Falls From Tree. Buford Banta, a wealthy farmer west of Logansport, fell from a tree while pruning his orchard and may die as a result of his injuries. Many Join Church. A revival meeting which had been in progress at Ireland for six weeks closed after bringing into the church over a hundred new members. Got Free Transportation. Two pedestrians reached Paoli from Crawford county, j They had heard that free transportation could be had from Paoli to California. After making inquiry they were convinced the report was a joke and they walked back home. Dog Commits Suicide. Because Calvin Breaks, a farmer near Crawfordsville, would not allow bis pet dog ‘‘Sport” to follow him to the home of a sick friend, the dog hanged himself in the forks of a tree.

LOCKED IN AND LOCKED OUT Jail Officers Could Not Get to Prisoners in Kokomo Jail. Supper was served to the prisoners In the county jail at Kokomo through the bars of the outside windows. The big door to the cage was securely locked and no one in Kokomo knew the combination. Fred Applegate, former deputy sheriff, was brought in from his home in the country. He was the only man in Howard county who knew the combination and he unlocked the door. The turnkey was experimenting and accidentally turned the combination, locking the door. The prisoners were locked in. and the jail officials were locked out. FARMER RUINS THE BARROOM. Drives Owner Away, Demolishes Fixtures and Empties Beer. Armed with beer bottles as weapons, Daniel O’Connor, a well-to-do. farmer of White county, entered the saloon of Leonard Burton of Royal Center demolished the fixtures, drove Burton from his place of business and emptied the contents of several kegs of beer on the floor. O’Connor was angered because he had been ejected from the saloon by Burton. Burton swore out an affidavit against O’Conner. Claims Breach of Contract. Robert Karr of Illinois has brought suit against D. J. Kimmel, one of the wealthiest land owners of Clinton county, for $7,000 damages. Kimmel sold his farm for $31,000, Karr paying $2,000 down. Since then land values have increased, and Kimmel refused to sign the deed. He says the property is worth $7,000 more than when it was sold. Accidents to Miners. Clarence Marion, a miner, was caught under a cage at the Buckskin mines, in Gibson county, and crushed to death, while his companion, named Smith, was so badly injured that me will die. William Bottoms, employed in a mine near Winslow, was killed by falling slate. Finds $20,000. W. A. Allen, a saloon keeper of Hammond, found a bundle of securities and negotiable paper valued at $20,000 hidden away between the refrigerator and a closet in his saloon. The papers were stolen last January from State Senator Lundgren of Chicago. May Get Big Factory. A proposition has been made by Harding Sons & Co., of Rochester, N. Y., to remove their factory to Marion, provided citizens will take $20,000 worth of stock and pay the expenses of moving. The factory will employ about 300 people.

Sues for Damages. Louis McMains of Crawfordsville, who was acquitted on the charge of •embezzling funds of the Interstate Life Assurance Company of Indianapolis has filed suit for SIO,OOO damages against the company and A. J. Heliker, who caused his arrest. Unusual Accident. Otto Stafford of Elwood, forty-two years old, was standing near a railroad siding when a switch engine passed, knocking down a water pipe, which struck Stafford on the head, fracturing his skull so that he may die. Teacher Resigns. Prof. M. W. Harrison has resigned as superintendent of the Wabash public schools, a position he has held for eighteen years. He will be succeeded by Miss Adelaide Baylor, principal of the high school. Sawmill Accident. Ora Stevenson, employed in the sawmill of Charles Lewis, east of Paoli, had his arm cut off by a saw. He is in a serious condition. Robbers Get S7O. Robbers broke into the postoffice at Lena, a small mining town, and stole about SSO in stamps and S2O in cash, together with some jewelry. Object to Uniforms. The dining room girls °at the Meredith hotel, Washington, are on strike because they were ordered to wear uniforms and caps. Dies From Ulcerated Tooth. Albert lieiden, 29 years old, died suddenly at his home in Chesterton from blood -poisoning caused by an ulcerated tootii. Lockjaw Attacks Two. Henry Klein and son William of Evansville are in a serious condition from lockjaw, both being hurt in a sawmill. Conquers Bell Company. The Bell Telephone Company, which put in its service in Clay City two years ago in opposition to the Home Telephone Company, has cut oft its service, havipg lost $4,000 in the venture.' Shoots an Eagle. James Leap shot a gray eagle north of Danville, the bird measuring seven feet nine inches from tip to tip, and weighing thirteen and one-half pounds. He sold it to an Indianapolis man for 15.

Child Slavery in the North.

A great deal has been written of late about child labor in the South, and especially by our esteemed Northern contemporaries. It is unfortunately a fact that little children are employed Jn some of the Southern cotton mills who ought to be at school, and who are being deprived of their childhood. But In a recent number of McClure’s Magazine Mr. Francis H. Nichols directs attention to child labor in a Northern state, compared with, whom those of the South enjoy a life of ease and pleasure. These unhappy little toilers are In the anthracite region of Pennsylvania and number nearly 30,000, of whom 24,000 are boys who work for the mining companies, and the others girls who work in textile mills established in the mining region in order to utilize this cheap labor. Thus the population of the mining region is becoming more and more densely ignorant, bitterly hating their employers, but knowing nothing beyond coal mining, and for this reason absolutely at the mercy of pitiless corporations.—Baltimore Sun.

Beyond Endurance.

The slender woman faced the burly burglar’s deadly revolver without a tremor of fear, for, as is well known, the weakest are often the bravest “Tell me where the money Is hid,” he hissed, most truculently, “or I’ll fire.” “Never!” she answered determinedly, and with a marked accent on the “r.” “Kill me if you will, but I will never reveal the hiding place of my husband’s hard-earned board! Villain, do your worst!” “I will!” snarled the scoundrel, baffled for the moment, but not beaten. “Tell me instantly or I’ll drop this big, woolly caterpillar down your neck!” In three minutes more he had bagged the boodle and was splitting the midnight darkness in a northeastery direction. —Smart Set.

State or Ohio, Citt op Toledo, i m Lucas Countt, j’ B *- Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he la the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. re*.*, i A W. GLEASON. Notary Publio. _ Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, ana acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Oi Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are tbe best.

Man Saw Peter the Great.

Russian newspapers claim that a man in the hospital at Tomsk is 200 years old. They say this statement is supported by documents. The man has been a widower 123 years. He had a son who died in 1824 aged 90 years. He remembers seeing Peter the Great. He is bedridden, but mentally sound.

Usually the Case.

‘‘Do you believe that position affects one’s sleep?” asked the man. “Certainly,” replied the philosopher. “I never knew a man who had a position on the police force to be troubled with insomnia.”

Ask Your Dealer For Allen’s Foot-Ease.

A powder. It rpsts the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swolleh, Sore,Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and Ingrowing N ails. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. At all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Sample mailed Free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y.

Some of Them, Certainly.

The so-called witty remarks attributed to great men after their demise are enough co make them do fiipfiops in their graves.

WHEN HOUR GROCER SAYS

he does not have Defiance Starch, you may be sure he is afraid to keep it until his stock of 12 oz. packages are sold. Defiance Starch is not only better than any other Cold Water Starch, but contains 18 oz. to the package and :ella for same money as 12 oz. brands.

Sweden’s “Famine Bread.”

The “famine bread” upon which 70,000 persons in northern Sweden are now subsisting is made from ground pine bark and Iceland moss. You never hear any one complain about "Defiance Starch.” There la none to equal It in quality and quantity, 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now and save your money.

To Dispose of London’s Smoke.

The disposing of London’s smoke by electric fans was seriously considered by the sanitary congress recently held at Manchester. The well earned reputation and Increasing popularity of the Lewis’ "Single Binder,” straight 5c cigar, is due to the maintained high quality and appreciation of the smoker. Some reserve is a debt to prudence, as freedom and simplicity of conversation is a debt to good nature.— Shenstone.

WHY IT IS THE BEST

Is because made by an entirely different process. Defiance Starch Is unlike any other, better and one-thirc. more for 18 cents. A man’s own good breeding is the best security against other people’s ill-manners. —Chesterfield. Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest ahd best or money refunded. 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now. Bad men excuse their faults; good men will leave them.—Ben Jonson. i t To Cure a Cold in One day. " Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 26a 'tfhe sure way to miss success is to miss opportunity.—P. Charles JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR makes top of the market butter. Well-bre4 people are not always of the upper crusL