Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1897 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Funds Withdrawn from Building and .Loan Companies —Hnll Receives a Life Sentence-Corporal Punishment for Incorrigible Pupils. Heavy Withdrawal of Funds. The report of the building and loan association department of the State Auditor’s office shows that there haa been a heavy withdrawal from the association during the year, and that, as compared With one year ago, the loans have fallen off more than 10 per cent. Fourteen associations in Indianapolis and a large number throughout the State have gone into voluntary liquidation daring the year. May Paddle Pnpilfe. The prosecution and acquittal of a teacher for punishing a pupil in the Mancie schools accidentally developed that there is an old statute, passed by the Legislature several decades ago, requiring that incorrigible pupils must be paddled or else expelled from school, the paddling to be by the consent of the guardian or parent and administered by the teacher. Must Go to Prlaon for Life. At Princeton, the jury in the Hull murder case returned a verdict declaring Samuel Hull, Jr., guilty of murder in the first degree and fixing his punishment at imprisonment for life. Before passing sentence Judge Duncan asked him if he had anything to say. He replied: “I am an innocent man.” Hull is accused of murdering his father In the woods of Warrick County last May. Ex-Convict Shoots His Wife. Near Spearsville, John Taylor, aged 60, shot his wife in the right arm and was put in jail at Nashville. About four years ago was sentenced to the penitentiary for the murder of his former wife, but was released after two years. Oppose Unconditional Coeducation. The trustees of Wabash College at C-rawfordsville met and declared themselves as opposed to unconditional co-edu-cation, but favored co-ordinate education in case an endowment was made for that purpose. . ■ .

Within Oar Borders. At Kokomo, George Adrian was killed by getting caught in a line shaft. By order of tlie police department slot machines have disappeared from Indianapolis. The large sawmill of W. S. Robbins at Miitthews was burned. Loss, $1,500; no insurance. Anderson, Alexandria, Muncie and Hartford City bowlers are organizing an Indiana league. Peter Schnell, a Jasper 'grain dealer, has left for Mexico. Seven men are on his bond for $40,000. The schools at McCool hare been closed on account of diphtheria epidemic, two deaths being reported. At Muneie, the feed mill of A. R. Baldwin was destroyed by fire. Loss, $2,700, with insurance of S4OO. Burglars entered the residence of Jas. B. Smockton at Flora and secured about $350 in cash and $75 in goods. At Jeffersonville, Jefterson Davis was sentenced to the State’s prison for assault and battery with intent to kill. At Chesterton Engineer Arthur Case of the Lake Shore road-was struck by a fast train and was instantly killed. J. Otis Andreas & Sons, wholesale grocers at South Bend, have failed. The assets will more than pay the debts. At Marion, Isaac Bradford, who was accused of embezzlement, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary. Marshal Murphy of Patoka was fatally shot by a colored boy named Decker, whom he was trying to arrest for forgery.

John Sudbrink, a Terre Haute law student, has received an appointment to a $l,lOO position in the congressional library. T _ David Mittank, a farmer, was found dead in the woods near Marion. The coroner’s verdict was death from natural causes. Mrs. Ammon, a South Bend hotel waiter, is one of the heirs to the $300,000 estate of W. H. Tribbette, who diqd in Mississippi. At Terre Haute, the jury in the case of Mrs. Cruikshanks, charged with murdering her husband, brought in a verdict of acquittal. . The 107 pieces of silverware which were stolen last July from ex-Gov. Matthews, near Clinton, were found beneath a haystack. , A 4-year-old child of Albert Wittenmeyer fell into a tub of boiling water at Emison and was so badly scalded that it died soon after. At Princeton, Albert F. Greek, a wealthy stockman, was killed by falling from a train while it was standing on a trestle sixty feet high. Wilbur Sanders has suddenly disappeared from Shelbyville. Two forged nqtes far $25 each have turned up. Sanders holds a township office. At Valparaiso, the case of ex-Sherift Heber Stoddard was stricken from the docket in the Porter Circuit Court on motion of Prosecutor Heard. Jefferson Rogers, a farmer living near Scottsburg, choked to death while eating pork. The meat lodged in his windpipe and could not be removed. C. B. Reynolds, claiming to represent a St. Paul, Minn., firm, victimized many farmers about Valparaiso by giring alleged worthless checks for horses. At Hartford City, Fred Reed, a high school student, became suddenly unconscious at his home. It is believed his heart is affected on account of smoking cigarettes. An auxiliary to the Modem Woedmafi Order has been instituted at Franktta fcjr Mrs. Fannie Hedden, deputy supreme oracle, with a charter membership of twen-ty-five. The Patton holloware works at Muneie, which have been in the hands of Receiver George O. Cromwell for a year, has been sold to men from Baltimore, and will be put in operation. The Indianapolis City Council passed a curfew ordinance prohibiting children under 15 from using the streets after 9 o’clock p. m. In the summer and 8 o’clock p. m. in the winter. 1