Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1897 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Kokomo Minister Pats Schrader to a Crucial Teat—Brown County White Cappers Indicted—Mineral Springs Haven’t Run Dry—A Fiendish Deed. Fails to Cure Cripples. The Kokomo preachers are after Schrader, the “divine healer.” Schrader has been blessing the people attending the county fair. To test the powers of the healer, the Rev. T. H. Kuhn, pastor of Main Street Christian ,£hureli, took a hackload of cripples to Schrader’s quarters and watched the proceedings. The afflicted ones received the usual blessing, but were not cured, and were carried out again by Mr. Kuhn, who then roundly denounced Schrader as a fraud and impostor. Mr. Kuhn went to Schrader again. The “healer” said his faith was so strong that he could drink poison and not be affected. The minister pulled from his pocket a vial labeled “strychnine,” and asked Schrader to swallow the stuff. The healer refused to swallow the stuff. The potion was Epsom salts. Nearly all the preachers in the city denounced Schrader in their pulpits. Springs at West Baden. The report recently published that the mineral springs at West Baden and French Lick had been made to run dry by the striking of a new gusher at West Baden is incorrect. The new strike is a sweet-water artesian well, flowing at the rate of 500 gallons a minute. Two springs at Fiench Lick, “Pluto” and “Proserpine,” declined several inches on account of leakage, but they have been recased :tnd are now running as strong as ever. The springs at West Baden within a few hundred rods of the new well have not t een affected. Hinshaw Visits His Old Home. The Rev. William E. Hinshaw, under guard, reappeared amid the scenes of his former church labors, to convince the Hendricks County grand jury, if possible, that he is not guilty of the murder of his wife, although the Circuit Court, the court of the county and the Supreme Court of the State have said that he is. and that he shall spend the remainder of his days in prison. Murders His Victim. In Warrick County George Slaughter, a negro, assaulted Mrs. Will Jones. Jas. Robinson, a colored deputy sheriff, arrested Slaughter and took him to Mrs. Jones for identification. When Mrs. Jones recognized him Slaughter pulled his revolver and killed her and her husband and escaped before Robinson could interfere. Sons of Veterans Commander, The Sons of Veterans at Indianapolis elected Charles K. Darling of Boston commanuer in chief and decid’d to ho'd the next year's encampment in Omaha. The new commander was for many years a newspaper reporter ;n Boston. All Over the State. Dr. Osborn, who was found in an unconscious state in his burning iesidqr.ee, at Moran, is dead. Morgan Butler, of Three Oaks, was instantly killed by the caving in of a gravel pit in which lie was working. Charles Eliter, a prominent citizen of Evansville, died,'the result of a lly biting his tongue some time since. William Burns had his right arm torn off while feeding a clover huller on the farm of John Webb, near Franklin. Win. B. McCallum, one of the largest dry goods houses in Valparaiso, closed his doors on a mortgage given to J. V. Farwel! Comixiiiy of Chicago for $10,560. A miners’ mass meeting was held at Brazil and ratified the action of the Columbus convention with the exception of the clause preventing the miners ircm returning to work for ten days. At Moran the residence of Dr. James Osborn was destroyed by fire. Dr. Osborn was found near the premises in an unconscious state. Physicians pronounced him to be suffering from poison. He will recover. The large barn owned by W. T. Wright, at Mount Pleasant, was destroyed by fire. Seven head of fast horses wore cremated and a quantity of grain was destroyed. It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The grand jury of Brown County returned indictments against Christopher and Joe Brummett, Carrie Rogers, William Dowell and John Stidd for whitecapping Bass Sherwood and daughter two weeks ago. Duibar & Matthews’ stave and heading works, Noftseger & Son's foundry, Ulrey & Harter’s woodworking establishment, Roby & Straus’ pool rack factory, and several minor buildings were destroyed by fire at North Manchester. John T. Hiler, who is chargel with having too many wives, was arrestee in Indianapolis, at the request of the Cincinnati police, who have before them the complaint of the Henley woman, whom he married only a few days ago. Mrs. Lehman Bennett, of Wabash, used a coffee-mill to grind the seeds of .1 amentown weed, gathered for medicinal purposes. When her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Maggie Bennett, ground coffee she. used the mill, and she, with Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, were seized with violent cramps. All were in danger. The commission appointed at the last State encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to erect on the lawn of the State capitol a statue to Oliver P. Morton, Indiana’s war Governor, accepted the design of J. F. F. Alexander & Son of Lafayette. The statue is to cost $45,000. Under the design it will be fifteen feet tall and will be mounted on a base twen-ty-four feet high. The base is to be red granite, oval in shape. The statue will be of bronze. It was decided to ask each voting precinct in the State for SSO. All the money is to be raised by popular subscription. A violent rain and -wind storm passed over the State fair grounds of Indianapolis Thursday afternoon, tearing down cattle and hog sheds, twisting limbs from trees, overturning buggies and producing a dangerous panic among the 5,060 visitors to the fair. ' A disastrous fire occurred at Jaokson Hill coal mine, on a branch of the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad, about five miles east of Shelburn. Before the flames could be subdued all the tipple house and other top buildings, with many I coal flats used in the mine and several flat cars, were destroyed.