Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY - '' w TOLD. t Indiana Man Enlisting Colored Troopa to Aid Cuban I astir gents-Ex pfiftid Suddenly at a Spiritualistic Meeting . —Fight Over a Love Affair. Will Take Negroes to Cuba. Trujm-an Stewart, of Mancie, Will sail in Oetober from Key West. Fla., for Cuba with oyer 1,000 colored recruits for the Cuban army from the. States of Georgia and Florida. Mr. Stewart has personally interested himself in the cause of the Cuban insurgents, and lm.s made all necessary arrangements for transportation of his soldiers to that island, and spent a great deal of time in the South the past winter and spring perfecting his plans. For the benefit of his cause he will have a.grand Cuban festival nnd, band concert at Selma Aug. 22. Charles L. Henry, Major C. T. Doxey, Theodore Shockney, Joseph G. Leffler and Ezra N. Cranor will address the meeting. \ * Use Pistol and Brickbats. -John Krupp and Charles Halfonberger, two well-known south side youug men of Indianapolis, have been enemies for several months past, owing, it is Claimed, to rivalry in a love affair. Sunday > afternoon Halfonberger was passing along the street when Krupp applied several epithets to him and when Halfonberger did not respond Krupp called him a thief. * A tight ensued, in which both of the young men were more Or less bruised with fists and brickbats. Hulfenbcrger went home, but soon returned, and the tight was rer nowed. After passing a few rocks at each other, Halfonberger drew a pistol and fired at Ivrupp, the ball taking effect in the right shoulder and ranging downward and producing a dangerous wound. Halfonberger was struck in the head with a brick and sustained a fracture Of the skull. •* Professor Davis Kails Dead, A gloom was cost Sunday on the Indiana spiritualists' State camp meeting at Anderson by tlie death of Prof- F.' M. Davis of New York, one of the host known spiritualist workers and musical directors in the cause. His death was tragic. He had just closed liis day's, work asnl gone to his cottage. The friend staying with him followed, and saw him fall across the bed dead. Heart failure was the cause. Prof. Davis was well known among all spiritualists. He was at the time of his death,making a'circnit of the different State meetings, doing the work to which he had been assigned. His people in New York were notified and came to take charge of the body.

All Over the State. The Howe Pump and Engine Company of Indianapolis made, an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The company ■builds water works ana takes city bonds, ■whicli it sells til rough a Chicago agency. The agency notified tlie company that it could.not dispose of its bonds and the assignment followed. The indebtedness is placed at $(‘>0,000 and the assets at SIOO,000. At Franklin, Wednesday morning the yotiutj son of John Walters fell from a stable loft, in which he whs playing and reeeived fatal injuries. The father of tlie child was working near by, nnd in his hurry to get a physician he became overheated from exertion An capturing a horse and riding to the city, and his recovery is impossible. The injured boy was 2 years old. The horse Walters rode dropI>od dead in'liTs tracks; —h—~ Thfi preliminary trial of Jap Williams on a charge of attempted murder, set for 'Saturday in .1 ustieoTbe's court at’ RuStS~ ville, did not materialize. Williams escaped through a hole in the stone floor of the jail and is still at largo. The hole was chiseled out by another prisoner, who escaped two months ago, hut the county commissioners, for the sake of economy, did not repair the break, as they will begin work on a new jail next week. Prof. Arthur Jaillet, until recently connected with the Indianapolis schools, and a well-known instructor in French, was publicly eowhided by Mrs. Olive Headhunt, -a neighbor, who claimed that the professor had spoken in a derogatory manner of her and had attempted to influence her husband against hoi» v Prof. Jaillet had difficulty in escaping, hut ho sought safety ill flight, and Tuesday caused the lady to be prosecuted. Stic was asHr-ssed a small fine, protesting against the payment because she claimed that the assault was justifiable. ‘

Boy Bannister, a youth living near Greensburg, drove bis grandfather’s horse the other day, and when the old gentleman went to the stable next morning the-animal gave evidence of very hard usage. The beast was a favorite with Mr. Bannister, who threatened not to loan the horse to Itoy aga»|. The boy answered in nil impertinent tone and the old gentleman replied with some heat. Before he was aware of the boy's purpose the latter drew a poeketkaife, and, advancing upon him. struck him a vicious blow, the blade entering just below the heart atld producing what is believed to tie a fatal wound. Mr, Bannister is 74 years old and his granuson 17. Just as the Joel Menefee thrashing crew was finishing thrashing on the farm of William Wynnnt, near Anderson, Wednesday night, the traction eugine was completely wrecked by tpe boiler exploding/ David Wynant was kflled outright, and others, whose orames cajinotlig learned, were injured. The njjhngjjri'reports indicate that two of the ca«s' will he fatal. It seems that the enginS-Jwld been considered unsafe for several The old engineer ggve up -his position two weeks ago on account of the boiler beiifg frail. He* wamesF Menefee them about continuing wirjhdt, Young Wynant had taken his place. He did not give it close' enough attention, and the steam got too illicit. j **. „ The Andefron ’"tc veiling Telegram, started as ft’co-operative coupon by the Typographical Union twd'Veafs- ago. bns suspended. It was placed in the hands of ft receiver two weeks ago. Ho will sell it.

Miss Mamie Murphy, aged 20. went from her homo In Hpringport to Muneio, purchaoeda quantity-of -laudanum, went two miles into tip* country and drunk it. The girl was taken to a near by residence and died. Hhe had qunrreled with her sister-in-law as to how some green corn should be cooked, wlietlier on the cob or off. A petition was presented to the Rochester Council asking that a special license of $l5O tie charged proprietors of "quart shops” and dealers in cigarettes. A large number of/towns in Indinua hnve ordinances of this’kind in force, receiving authority from "the public welfare act.” The corner stone of the $12,000 school bouse being erocteu in Lowq.ll was laid Saturday. The beautiful and impressive ceremony attending this memorial occasion was under the ritualistic work of the Colfax Masonic lodge, assisted by slater lodges from Hobart, Rensselaer, Crown Point, Hammond and Hebron. The ceremony was witnessed, It is'estimated, by between 2,000 and 3,000 people