Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 November 1899 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSEIW Jeffersonville Officers Battle witjtlmjfl Safe Blower Peoria and Express Wrecked —No Advance Bffi Coal Minera-Suicide in a Cistern. M fl Sergt. Kendall and Watchman ClaJiJ ton discovered burglars in the offlet‘.JH| tbe Ohio Falls chain works at Joffegl 1 sonville blowing open the safe. Sefg|jH| Kendall started on a run for the offinH but was met by a man who, with a, pagKH tol in his band, ordered him to halt. TmH officer instead opened fire and a livaHSj battle followed, each man emptying btajM revolver. During this fight the matt mH the office made his escape. Tbe otbijtfH man was wounded by the ballets frosgKj the officer's revolver, but managed to MB away. Thirty dollars was secured frowH tbe safe. Jffl Miners Refused an Advance. 1 A joint meeting of block coal opentjH tors and miners was held at Brazil discuss the request made by the for an advance in tbe scale of The operators refused to grant an iMB crease, but agreed to sell coal to employes for $1.50 at the mines, which mß| 50 cents below tbe block market The miners referred the matter to dIJH various local unions for consideration. ;1 M Engineer Heller Injured. JS The fast express on the Peoria andjH Eastern Railroad was wrecked at CteajSS moot. The engine turned over; tbe moH car, baggage car and two coaches leffiH the track, bat none of them was ovenß turned. Engineer J. Heller of IndianaA*rj9 olis was slightly injured. His escaped unhurt. None of the gers was injured. Drowned Herself in a Cistern. 1 Miss Barbara Frank of Newborg codjll mit ted suicide by jumping into a ciflteM|H| She was engaged to be married to -wH young man at Joliet, 111. JH Within Oar Borders. Jl I Berry Billheimer, Peru, was killed hrrkjaß train. wH Molding send has been discovered” mH Muncie. jffi National bank will be started at terville. WBSs Burned Knightstown Masonic will be rebuilt. |H| John Long’s 17-year-old daughter, sane, Fort Wayne, is missing. W “Central conference of gospel wafJHffi ers,” is a new religious sect in County. . The Odd Fellows’ Hall block «t L§H| doga was burned, causing a loss of $30,000. 1H Trustees will add 15,000 volnmea tiffin the library at the State normal *cbodiH| Terre Haute. WS Funeral of Rector J. A. Maglone, EsmHl copal minister, Sunday, was the largiHf| in Anderson’s history. iJH F. P. Wilt, Fort Wayne, is at the beofl of a company to start a wholesale groKi eery, with SIOO,OOO capital. 'ifl Dr. R. F. Lipes, Fort Wayne, wsJE fined for failure to report a case of tberia, under the new law. ||| George Nickum and Nellie EverlinfH& El wood lovers, shot at each other, ohS are now in the coop. Each pleads setHM Power house for the IndianapolisHgl Greenfield electric line will be built mH|| Greenfield, and must be completodJMHß April 1, 1900. W At Vincennes. Hattie E. Young waS|i granted a divorce from James A. YoungSi and before the ink was dry on tbe retail ords she was married to Edgar WfjHK Postoffice at French was surroonddfelMS the sheriff and a posse, and a swartln .. smooth-faced, stoop-shouldered robbEfl with a kit of safe-blowing tools, was cm J At Muncie Ray Hailcroft, aged swallowed poison because he imaglflHS that his young wife did not He had written a letter confessing Mayor A. F. Kinsley, Hartford Citjj&B was cleared of the charge of sbooufl || Carney Capper, who was with a dOwEfff of boys prowling around the back yard. . '.^sgl William Shumaker, 80, Unk» probably the wealthiest negro in IndiajjHEfg is dead. He came from the South In *W§|§ early day, and began as a farm ha«Jß|| His wealth goes to an only son. Mil John Gkklings’ sweetheart jilted &üß| and he went to a school house near W good, climbed a tree, tied one end rope around his neck and the other to J limb, shot a hole through his heart, ajgH|! then tumbled off his perch and htmg|HS§ morning. JHjjgj Mrs. Hauter, Fort Wayne, toek'JjiKE sister’s 7-year-old baby and refused^ JH give it np, because she said her a&|H9| would not wash it. When tbe hum|H|||| officer went with tbe mother to the child there was no wise SoloiJ present, so the women fought it out. Jj |||| The Middletown opera house btocliljsSH burned and five Middletown News, Jjy|| seph Lambert, proprietor, was- m/mmSl scorched. The total loss $4,000, with SSf " 000 insurance. An overheated ;a»tajSf|| gas stove in the News office caused ;S|||| fire. The opera house will be Thad Durff. while rowing with 2 Maude Kimion at Leavenworth, dtjjA”|||§ ately capsized the skiff and would jjMplpP suweeded in drowning the girl but IM-jf’l her cries brought another skiffp«bßl rescue. Miss Kimion clung deape to the overturned skiff while Durff st»Hj||| to tear her loose. Seeing relief «■ he made hia way to the Kentucky s&MjJ and escaped. Durff, who is a bonk||H|||| er, had sought Miss Kimion’s hand marriage and been refused. ||||| Free- mail delivery has begun at sj|||jjjj tinsville. ,' lit, r J||a| Imßßi Larger beds of asphaltum are tim east end of I>.trim sport than was at ■■ supposed. ;|||| been Retail coal dctlcro Re vu chalice'