Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1896 — RECORD OF THE WEER [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEER

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY "J-TOLD. ' Detective Believed to Have Been Man* acted and Burned by Connterfeiten. —Fee and Salary Law la Now in Effect—Yonns Matthews’ Self-Denial. Man Dies a Terrible Death. The cabin abandoned two weeks figc> by the Carson gang of counterfeiters, seven miles south of Rushville, burned. Wednesday night. The unrecognizable remains* of a man were found in the cellar, Tho ’ Carsons had been under surveillance for some time, as considerable counterfeit money was afloat. Secret service officers —- were on their trail and they knew of it. The hands of the man found burned to death in the cellar were manacled and he met his horrible death deprived of even making an effort to, save himself. No ono is missing from the neighborhood and the officials find it impossible to identify, the victim. The general surmise is that the man was a secret service detective who had got in with the Carsons for the pur. pose of securing evidence. They were aware of who the man was and took-him to their cabin. t Once inside the three brothers are supposed to have overpowered the detective, placed the handcuffs on his hands, and then throwing him into the cellar the cabin was fired ar.i the man left to a death of horrible torture. Keller, who lives two miles from the cabin, says that he saw four men hu bouse on horseback on a dead run. He could not see who they were. In a short time — he heard an exchange of shots coming from the direction of the burned cabin. Sheriff Wilson says he will spare' no means to apprehend the Carsons,, as he thinks they committed the murder. saves Big Money for Indiana. The foe and salary law, which does' awgy with fees entirely for the State officers and places each upon a straight salary, is now in full force and effect, and hereafter ail fees accruing to the offices will be turned over to the State Treasurer. It is generally believed that the State will be the gainer by this system of not less than-SIOO,OOO per annum, and this sum represents in the aggregate what the State officers will lose by the change from a fee system. The Attorney General’s office was worth from $25,000 to $35,000 a year, and the State Auditor has made not less than $25,000 per annum. Each of these officials is now on a salary of $7,500. The State Treasurer is the only officer who secured an increase of salary under the new law, and he is now to receive $6,500 per annum, and it is declared that hereafter legislatures will make rigid inquiries into the management of the State funds, and in the event that the money is loaned will require the ihterest to be turned over to the State. If this is carried into effect it will probably result in from $15,000 to $25,000 being received by the State, while heretofore the Treasurer has appropriated to his own use all moneys collected as interest. *

For Sake of His Betrothed. The indignation which was aroused throughout Fulton County by the action of Arthur Matthews, a prominent young farmer, when he left home on the evening of liis wedding day, has given way to admiration of the young man’s character, and friends have begun a vigorous search for him, with a view to inducing him to return and take again his position in society. It appears that Miss Gertie Reed, whom he was supposed to have deserted, had another suitor, to whom her parents objected, and her marriage to young Matthews was to be in conformity with their » will and not to her wishes. In the evening that Matthews disappeared the young lady candidly informed him that she loved another, but that she Would marry him in obedience to her parenths’ demand. Matthews then disappeared, and Miss Reed and his' friends now see that he sacrificed his own feelings in order that he might not longer stand between the woman he loved and the man of her choice. Desperate Fisht at a Revival. The report has reached Terre Hau ie that at the conclusion of revival services at a'~church near Lockport two you »g farmers, Charles Lane and George Burkhall by name, quarreled over the treat ment each had accorded the other's girt In the altercation Burkhali drew a razor or keen bladed knife and slashed his opponent several times across-the face and body. It was reported that Lane’s wounds would prove fatal. William Thompson; a prominent farmer and member of the church, attempted to separate the two combatants and his hand was almost sevwAV-Ssy one of Earkhall's thrusts., All Over the State. A sitting of the Federal Court Is being held >t New Albany. A medium flow: of natural gas has been struck near Hagerstown. William McCall, of Frankfort, was robbed of S3O while asleep. Sixteen children are carect for in the Cass County Orphan Asylum. - Andrew Gardella. of Ft. Wayne, lost $650 while walking on the street. Mrs. Turner, mother of Mark P. Turner, of Anderson, bus been seized with paralysis. The family of Joseph Hamilton, of Ft Wayne, narrowly escaped suffocation by gas. Mrs. Ann Quigley, living alone at Richmond, was found nearly dead from ex-, posure. , ' The wire and nail nplls of Anderson, closed down for repairs, has resumed operations. Mrs. 'Rebecca Hyatt, 65 years did, of Howard County, committed suidide with poison, ' «- Three boys, daring each other to venture on thin ice, reused the drowning of Ross McClure, at Evuusville. Boone County farmers are said to have tried boiled water ata remedy for hog cholera, with good results. The Citizens' National Bank of Crawfordsville has $25,000 in gold to invest •in the new government bonds. Fifty-one remonstrants against granting a liquor license to John R. Maao»rof Russiaville, have asked leave to withdraw. »Earl Dailey, of Lebanon, son of the State Auditor, had a wildcat caged' on his father’s premises in that city, and it) escaped from confinement. The wood* ore being scoured for the animal. 1