Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1899 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Two Chesterton Business Men Miss-ing-Students Warned Off by a Determined Instructor—Gold Near Loganu* port—A nderson Man’s Invention. A. P. Anderson, a well-to-do business man of Chesterton, has suddenly disappeared, and despite diligent search made by officers and his family no trace of him can be found. Anderson left home for Chicago on a business trip and that is the last seen of him. Just three weeks previous P. F. Frederickson of the same place left home and is still missing. Both men had considerable money and valuables on their persons when they left home, and it is thought they were both victims of foul play. They Failed to Duck Him. Twenty students of Rose Polytechnic Institute at Terre Haute called on Prof. Kimmell, physical instructor of the Indiana State Normal, for the purpose of taking him from his room and “ducking’ - him, because they held him responsible for an offensive handbill which was thrown about the city. The Professor toid the young men he had a revolver which he would use in protecting himself against any assault they should attempt on him.

Klondiker Finds Yellow Metal. David L. Bush, who returned from the Klondike about a year ago, has found gold within a mile of Logansport. He claims the vein runs through the ground in the vicinity of the old canal bed and brought in a portion of the dirt, which was fused and refined and pronounced the genuine article. Bush says there is plenty more where that came from and there is much excitement pending developments. New Power for War Vessels. Upon appointment with Secrtary Long of the navy Judge D. C. Chipman, of Anderson, has gone to Washington to submit to the Navy Department a plan covering new motor power for war vessels. For the new process it is claimed that enough fuel can be carried on board to carry a vessel around the world or last one year; that 10 per cent, more heat can be generated than under present conditions and that there is absolutely no smoke. i Will Build New Electric Line. The Indianapolis and Logansport Traction Company now has the right of way for an electric line from Logansport to Indianapolis. George J. Marot, of Indianapolis, says that the line will be in operation soon. The power-house and shops are to be built at Logansport. Within Our Borders. Oil struck at Perkinsville. Rushville will have a street fair in July. McCoy will case compromised at Rushville. Incendiaries are trying to burn the town of Albany. Receiver appointed for Mclntosh & Co., miners, Brazil. Good stakes are up for the Eastern Indiana fair circuit. United States recruiting office established at Lafayette. Stewart rolling mills, Marion, have been transferred to the trust. It cost over $2,000 to settle the estate of Mary Jane Farley, Noblesville. Miss Marie Illing, 17, died at Evansville from the effects of a fall from a bicycle. Harry Hall, Mattsville, was thrown from a horse and his skull was crushed. Hail stone the size of eggs broke windows and killed the wheat about Hymera. A Bible containing the family record of Charles Bay since 1760 was lost in a fire near Columbus. Farmers have stopped work around Matthews until the cut worm is done chewing the corn. A woman in Fort W’ayne drank from a bottle of carbolic acid instead of liniment for the toothache.

Guy Moraske, 4, Knox County, swallowed a grain of corn which lodged in his wind pipe and killed him. New Brown County postmasters: Perry Helms, Cooper; R. L. Bruce, Kelp; Sylvester Heskett, Mead. Mrs. Grant Powell, Rushville, has sued for divorce because her husband would not let her attend church. A quiet wedding ceremony was performed in Franklin, uniting Ed Mullendore and Etta Luyster. Both are deaf mutes. At Martinsville, Mrs. Barbara Beiswenger, aged 80, was found dead in bed, of apoplexy. She had lived entirely alone for many years. Daniel Hall of South Bend disappeared while despondent, leaving a letter saying he would be found in the St. Joseph river. He leaves seven children. Conradt Bros., proprietors of the Great Western pottery works, Kokomo, bought the Brewer pottery at Tiffin, Ohio. The price paid is said to be $400,000. Judge John H. Baker of the United States District Court at Indianapolis dealt a blow at lynching by holding that the heirs of Marion Tyler, who was lynched at Scottsburg several months ago, had a right of action for damages against the sheriff of the county and his bondsmen. The decision was rendered on a motion to overrule a demurrer to the complaint In holding that a sheriff is responsible for the prisoners in his care the court said in part: “If the law imposes a duty of care In respect to animals and goods which he has taken into his possession by virtue of his office why should not the law impose the duty of care upon him in respect to human beings who are in his custody by virtue of his office? Is a helpless prisoner, in the custody of a sheriff, less entitled to his care than a bale of goods or a dumb beast? The law is not subject to any such reproach.” While lying on the floor the infant child of Samuel Moore of Shelbyville knocked down a rifle, which was discharged, the bullet entering the father’s neck and inflicting a fatal wound. Mayor Taggart of Indianapolis, who went down to Chandeleur Island, la., to view the body of the young woman found buried there, identified it as his daughter lost in the wreck of the Paul Jones. Effie Burkhart of Oakland City, 14