Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1896 — INDIANA INCIDENNTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENNTS.

RECORD OE EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Probable Defeat of the Plan to Erect a $1,000,000 Centennial Building Indianapolis— Outlaw Bill Wood May Recover—Nursery in a Church. Indiana’s Centennial Project. The scheme to expend $1,000,000 in the erection of a centennial building in Indianapolis in connection with the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of Indiana’s organization as a territory is, meeting with bitter opposition in alt parts of the State, and there now seem® little doubt that the coming Legislature! will refuse to give the project encouragement. The objection urged by the out counties is that Indianapolis is seeking to secure- a permanent museum at the expense Of.the other counties, and, that., the State being already some $8,000,000 in debt, if would be folly to add to this debt by holding an pxhibition that would place an additional burden upon the people, The subject was canvassed by the last Legislature and an act passed for the appointment of a commission by the Governor to consider the feasibility of a cen-' tennial exposition and report to the coming session some plan or plans for the same. The commission was appointed' and will meet in a few days to prepare its report. The members of the commission are awat| of the feeling that has' developed agonist the project, but they propose to submit a plan that would be creditable to the State on such an occasion,regardless of the fate that may overtake it. They say that anything that does not involve a large expenditure of money would not be creditable to. the people, and it would be better to abandon' the matter entirely than to have such an exhibit as would detract from rather thani add, tp the good name of the State. It is, proposed to have 0 the exposition open from 1 three to six months, and, in order to meet' the plans designed by the commission, a 1 permanent building should be erected. At the close Of the exposition it is proposed, to seek donations of the exhibits and convert the building into a permanent museum. The proposed exposition wotild be confined to Indiana, but would embrace l displays showing every stage of her progH ress from heir organization as a territory in 1800. The present temper of the people outside of the capital city, does not' promise well for the project, however, and the chances are that it will be coldly, treated by the Legislature. All Over the State. George E. Encock has been appointed receiver for the Spring & Emerson Stationery and Printing Company of La-‘ fayette. Liabilities, $30,000; assets less. The new temple of the Indiana consistory, Scottish Rite Masons, costing $140,000, was dedicated at Indianapolis, The beautiful nine-story temple just com- ■ pl eted has been erected on the site of the old temple that burned over a year ago, the ground being worth SBO,OOO. From the middle of the auditorium rises a dome of art glass which js lighted by incandescent electric lights. There are in the building 1,400 of these lights, 450 of which are in this scenic hall, the columns, capitals and all decorations of which are in pure Corinthian style. Chicago Tribune: A domestic tragedy is reported from Lebanon, Ind., which may be classed as an elopement or a kidnaping. as subsequent events may indicate. The one indisputable fact is that a woman weighing 350 pounds has gone, from her home With her husband’s hired man, who weighs 100 pounds. It would be folly to assert that the hired man ran away with this woman, or that he carried her away, or that he even led her away. The weight of the evidence and the woman proves that wherever she went and however she went no hired man weighing only J.OO pounds could have been of material assistance to her movement#. The possibility on the other baud of the hired man having been “carried away by the woman” is plausible. If she had made up her mind to elope and take the hired man with her it is not apparent how he could evade the adventure without sumoning a prodigious amount of assistance. A remarkable wedding took place in Shelbyville Sunday, the principal being Alois Raith, aged 60 years, and Mary Kaiser, ajred 24, who had jiist arrived fresh from the fatherland, and whose healthy appearance and rosy cheeks presented a strong contrast to that of her .aged husband, whose gray hair almost touched his shoulders.. They were granted a license to marry by Clerk Power, who learned the romantic story from the old man. Raith was a suitor for the ha ml of Mary Pfenger, of Baden, Germany, many years ago, but it was the wish of Mary’s father that she marry another man, which she did. This caused young Raith to’ leave for America. He was a wanderer through the States, but managed to accumulate a small fortune. Two years ago he settled at Shelbyville, purchasing a farm. He lived a secluded life, but was highly respected by his neighbors, who were not acquainted with his love affair. Several weeks ago Raith. learned- that his rival for Mary’s hand had passed to the great beyond and he determined to write and again ask for her heart and hand. The letter was answered by the widow, who stated were it not for breaking a promise made to her husband on his deathbed not to remarry she would accept the offer, but to atono for the treatment of Raith by'her father she would sacrifice at the matrimonial altar her daughter, Mary, whose* photograph was inclosed In the'letter. The picture was more than the ok! man could stand, for while it was of another person It was a perfect one of the maiden he had; learned to love at school, and he wept for days, and many feared that Raith would. Jpse his mind. Friends persuaded him to ■«ea?p his ravings add to cable for his future wife, which was done and now the old man is the happiest person on earth. Ligonier dispatch: Indiana saloonkeepers are preparing to fight an amendment to the Nicholson law, which prac- 1 tically places the power to abolish saloons in the hands of the voters. An amendment has been drafted which provides that the people of a township or ward shall, express by secret ballot their wish in regard to the issuance of a license to sell intoxicating liquors in such township or ward, instead of by petition to the County Commissioners as the law is now. It is stated that an attempt will also be made to secure the passage of an act abolishing the quart-shop in this State. At Elkhart William J. Morrow, proprietor of one of the largest wall paper and paint establishments in Northern Indiana, made an assignment to Christopher Gillette. The continuous hard times caused the assignment The assets and liabilities have not been made known. Clara Fisher, a beautiful nbvice in « convent, temporarily at home in Hamburg convalescing from an attack of /typhoid fever, whictr'tiad unbalanced her mind, hanged herself Sunday. By crawling over the haymow she entered an unused) apartment of the barn, the door of which was frozen shut, and hanged herself. She was not found until after an all-dag; search.