Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 August 1896 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

roiwtor - * Y* RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE - PAST WEEK. ■ Board of State Confcmlaaiot!<?Js Complete the Aueasmtot-Censm Se» Being Taken Shows a Marvelous Increase in Madison County, Indiana’s Railroad Tax. The Board of State' Conunisqhwers have completed the assessment of railroad property. The net increase in valuation is about $60,000. The total for 1866 is $156,259,260, as againat $156.199,465 for 1895. The miles of -mailt track, 1896, are 6,279.88, for 1895, 6,2b/.52; assessment of main track for 1896 is $123,938,565; for 1895, $124,211,940 The assessment on other corporation* was as follows for each mile: Western Union, $350; Postal. $225; Grand Rapids end Indiana, $75; Grand Rapkls and Ft. Wayne, $75; American Long-Distance Telephone Company, $250; Central Union, s2so; Cumberland, S4O; Greensborg. $25; Jasper County; Telephone Company, $25; Madison County Telephone Company, $25; Scott County Long-Distance Telephone Company, $25; Ohio Valley, SSO; Pacific Express Company, $250; Adams, $100; Wells-Fargo Company, $250; National, $250; United States, $175; Pullman Car Company, $150; Wagner Company, $125. Sodden Death Stops a Murder. Edward Savnge, of Anderson, awoke early Friday morning with a start and his blood ran cold When he found James Field, hts roommate, standing over him with a razor in his hand. He was to all appearances just oh the point of cutting. Savage’s throat. Savage gave an exclamation of fright, just as Field dropped to the floor with the razor beside him. Savage jumped out of bed, called his brother and went to where Field was lying. They found him dead. Officers were called and the ease was put into their hands. Developments indicate that Field was insane and had taken a deadly poison. He vas just on the verge of making the tragedy a double one, when Savage awoke. The latter cannot tell what caused -him to awake at the time. The action of the drag Field had taken worked simultaneously with the slight shock caused by Savage crying out. The poison was for the purpose of sobering him, but was to be taken in very limited quantities. Be took all of it. He was a glass worker and leaves a widow at Rochester, P*. Gas Belt Population Grown. The house-to-house canvas* being made in Madison County for census purposes has brought out some wonderful surprises for those not acquainted with She gas belt's growth. The compilation has been, completed' for Alexandria and Elwood. It shows Elwood is now n city of 11,933 inhabitants, against 1,490 in 1887 and 7,950 in 1894. Alexandria makes a still more wonderful showing. Her population to-day is 7,632 against 491 In 1881 and estimated 4,000 in 1894. Anderson’s summary has not been made. It will probably exceed 24,200, against 3,300 in 1887, 10,967 in 1890 and 18,000 estimated) in 1894. The same will hold good with the .city of Muncie and possibly of Marion. The growth is the result of natural gas. The population of Madison County in 1887 was 20,573, in 1894 88.654, and now exceeds 100,000, and is the second largest in the State. All Over the State. The sudden disappearance of Frank Borger. a butcher, from Shelbyville, has given his family and friends much uneasiness. He wrote a note to his wife stating he was going to leave never to return. He was heavily in debt. At Shelbyville, a horse driven by Elmer White, in company with Bertha Parker and Emma White, took fright at » young woman riding a bicycle, and van away, upsetting the 1 vehicle and ’browing them against a barb wire- fence. Mlsa Parker received injuries froin which she cannot recover. The first step toward the practical test of Rev. J. 8. Axtell’s aerodome, the latest flying machine, has been taken by the appointing of a committee at a mass meeting of Portland citizens which will look toward the organization of a com-j-any for the purpose named. If ilie aerodome proves a success the company w*ll be capitalized at SIOO,OOO, and wilj be known as the Aerial Transit Company. Rev. Mr. Axtell feels confident and ha* received a number of inquiries regarding bis machine. _ ... Galvin Armstrong, defaulting deputy treasurer of Tipton County, was released at Kokomo after serving a three-year term in the northern prison. Owing to the strong feeling still existing against him by the taxpayers and bondsmen, Armstrong asked to be bronght home ■» the night, and on being released, at the court house door he disappeared and his present whereabouts are unknown. There is a strong belief that l»e still has possession of part of the missing $48,000. The County Commissioners of Adana* county have been -bedding a special ***- sion in their office ip Decatur. The pwrI>ose of the meeting was for examining ami accepting the report of the .pfficers of the county, including trustees, auditor, clerk and treasurer. The reports were all carefully examined and found to is* correct and satisfactory, until theycame to the report of the treasurer, Daniel P. Bold*. Jlis report was found to be wrong. He had, as alleged, charged the county with his per cent on road taxes, ami also other taxes, wtiich the commissioners claim he had no right to do. The amount of the shortage may run into the thousands. Mr. Bolds is one of the wealthiest and most prominent men in the county. He has been quite a large oil speculator. It is claimed by Bold** friends that the shortage, which they sag' is oul.v a misimderslauding, it doe to the fee and salary law which has been in force in this State the peat year. Thieves robbed the postoffice at Wheatheld Monday morning, taking several hundred dollars’ worth of stamps and a sum of money. Robberies have been committal at Demotte and Wheatfleld almost nightly for several weeks past. William Davis .was shot by his wife. Lizzie Davis, at Red Cloud. Mrs. Dam was a teacher In a Sunday school, amt her husband became jealous and declared that she only went to Sabbath school to meet the superintendent, with whom be charged she was intimate. The wife resented the charge and in the row she abot him. Pretty 18-year-old Maud Dusenbury, of Ramona, was arrested at Brazil for steal, ing a tea pi of horses and a buggy, which he had with her. She was taken hack to ltnmona. Thia is said to be the third time she has been implicated in horse stealing. Ex-Secretary of the Navy “Unci* Diet” Thompson, of Terre Haute, ha* entirely recovered from heat prostration.add feels a* well as he has for several years audits discussing the political situation and locations of the campaign with as much vigor ns he did half a century ago. HhJ friends aajr it 4a out of the question that be could succumb in a year, ot an exciting presidential campaign. i ~ -...