Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1901 — Page 6

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. QEO. E. MARSHALL. Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

TRADE BOOM IN WEST.

MUCH MERCHANDISE BEING DISTRIBUTED IN NORTHWEST. Satisfactory Money Conditions, Good C Crop News and Lessening; Fear of Labor Troubles Gives ConfidenceFleeing; Soldiers Use Woman as Shield “Increasing distribution of merchandise, particularly in the territory beyond the Ohio river, including the far Northwest, is a feature of, the general business situation, and tells of widespread prosperity and confidence. The railroads are carrying more goods that may be classed as luxuries than before, and in epite of Wall street's slightly higher money market there is no fear on this score m any line of legitimate trade. Crop news continues good, there is less trouble from disagreements with labor and the long laggard cotton goods market has recovered slightly with the reduction of unsold stocks Of print cloths.” The foregoing is from the weekly trade review of R. G. Dun & Co. “Failures for the week numbered 193 in the United States, against 179 last year, and 14 in Canada, against 15 last year.” WOMAN SHIELD FOR BULLETS. Daring; Act of Fugitive Soldiers at Fort Sneilinsr. William C. Rourkes and another private soldier named Rooks escaped from the guardhouse at Fort Snelling. near St. Paul. They were waiting transfer to a military prison and bolted. They wertf discovered as they ran across the Snelling bridge. A detail of soldiers at the fort at once gave chase. As the soldiers were about to fire the fugitives grabbed a woman and, using her as a shield for bullets, ran on across the bridge. The soldiers dared not fire. Charles Ivartrack, a St. Paul groeeryman, who was coming on the St. Paul end of the bridge, tried to stop them and was terribly pounded. At a late hour in the afternoon the troops finally recaptured them after a hard chase. PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing of League Clubs in Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League;" W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...30 20Brooklyn .24 25 St. L0ui5....28 23Philadelphia. 24 25 New Y0rk...22 lOCincinnati ...21 24 Boston 23 21 Chicago 19 34 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Boston 28 17 Baltimore ...22 20 Chicago ....31 20 Philadelphia. 21 20 Detroit 27 23 Cleveland ...17 29 Washington. 22 19 Milwaukee ..17 31 Fatal Fight with Fists. Walter Selph, a young drummer, was killed in a prize fight at Audubon Park, New Orleans. He and a young man named L. L. Bailey had a quarrel at a military ball and agreed to fight it out with bare fists. They had no seconds, and pounded each other until Selph fell from a blow which broke his neck. Fatal Riot on Crowded Train. A shooting and cutting affray in a crowded coach on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad ended m the killing of one person and the .wounding of several others, and created a most terrible panic. The shooting was on a picnic train laden with members of the First Baptist Church (colored) of St. Louis.

Dies by Assassin’s Hand. During a debate in the city assembly at Tokio, Japan, Hoshi Toru, the eminent diplomat, who was minister of communication in the last Ito cabinet, was stabbed to death by an unknown assassin. Barker Found Guilty. The unwritten law that a man may slay or maim the despoiler of his home was repudiated and discredited the other day when a New Jersey jury convicted Thomas G. Barker of assault, on liev. John Keller. Terrible Floods in West Virginia. Floods in the Elkhorn river valley. West Virginia, destroyed the towns of Keystone and Vivian and damaged other villages, causing a loss of 300 or 400 lives. Twenty-five miles of Norfolk and Western Railroad were destroyed. Waddell Wins American Derby. Robert Waddell won the American Derby from a good field. The Parader was the only Eastern horse to show. Bullman on the winner rode a waiting race and was cheered for his masterful effort. Ohio Town Destroyed. The business portion of Scott, Ohio, was destroyed by fire. Van Wert was asked for assistance, but before an engine could be sent the fire was undei control. Fatally Injured in a Strike. Two union miners were fatally and a third dangerously wounded in an encounter with the non-union men at work in the Mnratime mines, Matewan, W. Va. Secrctarv Hay’s Son Killed. Adelbert S. Hay, son of the Secretary Of State, was killed by falling from p hotel window in New Haven, Conn. Cailte* Yiel '« with 500. Gen. Caiiles and ,100 Filipino riflemen ■urrendered nt Santa Cruz. Hnge Combine tinder Way. The Philadelphia North American publishes a report that a syndicate of capitalists ia planning a combination with $100,000,000 capital to control the entire production and sale within the United States of the various products and byproducts of cotton <seed. Doable Tragedy in Inibns Home. At Fraakton, Ind., Albert Toijne fa- . tally shot Mrs. William•' Granger and then fired a ballet into hia own brain. The tragedy occurred at Mra. Granger’s

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

NOME HAS BIG BLAZE!. Alaska City's Temporary Setback Amounts to $125,000. Recently Nome was subjected to a most disastrous fire. Tbe blaze started in a building at the corner of Stedman avenue and First street and soon leaped across to the old court building. Later the Washington Trading Company’s building and the Smilie-Campbell building caught. The fire department encountered the greatest difficulty in fighting the flames owing to the hose being filled with ice. Judge E. P. Ryan and his wife barely escaped with their lives, losing all their possessions in the way of furniture and clothing. The total losses 1 are placed at 9125,000. Business has been resumed and the effects o-f the fire , are not expected to result in more than a temporary blow to the prosperity of the , town. The results of the winter's work i prove emphatically that Nome is a winter camp. Within a radius of eight miles about the city dumps have been piled up \ which, on conservative estimates, will yield $500,000 and this in spite of the ; lack of proper appliances and high price ! of fuel. With an ample coal supply at reasonable prices for thawing winter work .can be prosecuted on a large scale. PLUCK FOILS TRAIN WRECKERS. Operator, Although Drugged, Worsts Miscreants and Saves Express. Ten minutes’ before the Philadelphia express on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway reached Big Mountain signal cabin, one mile east of Shamokin, Pa., the other night, two well-dressed strangers entered the office and by a ruse succeeded in drugging the telegraph operator, Lawrence Hannan, and Thomas Horan, who was with him. Hannan grew dizzy and felt his senses leaving. He saw one of the strangers working a switch, and at the same moment heard the whistle of the coming express. The other stranger stood in the doorway. Hannan threw himself on the man at the lever, pushed him to the door, and the two robbers went out as the express thundered past in safety. Hannan staggered to the telegraph key. His brain reeled, but he managed to tell the Shamokin office that the express had come and gone in safety. Then he set the danger signal for all trains and lost consciousness. Half-naked and almost oead, he and Horan were found in the signal cabin by trainmen. CHICAGO LUNATIC IS KILLED. Terrorizes People at Rockford Till Policeman Slays Him. A. G. Peterson of Chicago was killed at Rockford, 111., by Policeman Sully after the former bad terrorized every person in the Illinois Central station and had narrowly missed shooting a number of waiting passengers. Sully’s act is believed to have saved the lives of several persons. Peterson entered the station with a bag of doughnuts and a revolver in his hands. He placed the doughnuts in the center of the floor and began to fire at them. As the passengers ran out of the room he shot at them, too, the bullets just missing some of them. After Peterson had driven baggagemen, ticket agents and operators into the station tower he shot at Policeman Sully, who returned the fire with fatal effect.

Battleship Oregon’s Peril. The battleship Oregon had a narrow escape from serious damage if not from complete destruction at San Francisco. All hands were at work transferring ammunition to lighters, preparatory to the ship going to Bremerton, Wash., for docking, when one of the big 13-inch shells fell from the deck into the bottom of one of the lighters. The men who dropped the shell held their breaths, as they expected the huge projectile to explode when it hit the lighter, but nothing happened. Changes in Diplomatic Service. Herbert W T . Bowen succeeds Minister Loomis in Venezuela, the latter being sent to Portugal. Lloyd C. Griscom, charge d’affaires at Constantiuople, is made minister bo Persia, and is succeeded by Spencer Eddy of the Paris legation, who in turn is succeeded by Arthur B. Blanchard. More Pay for Kailway Men. When the Lehigh Valley Railroad employes in Easton, Pa., received their May wages, every man employed in the shops and at cleaning and inspecting cars learned for the first time that his wages had been increased from 15 to 30 per cent. Think Crew of Thirty Loft. It is almost certain that the fishing schooner White Wing, Captain John Johnson, owned by the Icy Strait Packing Company, has gone to the bottom with the crew of thirty somewhere between the north end of Vancouver Island and Moresby Island. First Move in Tariff War. Government officials see the first move in a general war by Europe against American-.taVff in the action of Russia in imposing retaliatory and higher duties on resin and bicycles imported from this country, ‘ and s ot Italy in advancing rates on plows. Winconnin Claims the Honor. The battleship Wisconsin will contest honors of being the fastest vessel of its class with the Illinois, which now holds the record. In a trial remarkable speed was shown, the big fighting machine making 18.0 knots an hour for two hours under forced draft. , Senator Clark’s Son Weds. At Butte, Mont., Miss Mabel Durfiehl Foster was married to William Andrews Clark, Jr., son of Senator \V. A. Clark. The father of the groom presented his son with a check for SIOO,OOO. Both Duelists Are Killed. A. M. Leary and J. L. Davis fought a duel at Waynesboro, Miss., in which both were killed. The trouble was the result of t family feud.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.10; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $0.20; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 08c to «»c; corn. No. 2,41 cto 42c; oats, _No. 2, 2t>c to 28c; rye, No. 2,46 cto 47c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 10c; potatoes, new, 90c to $1.05 pel bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to s•’•6sl sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.20, 'wheat, No. 2,67 cto 68c; corn, No. 2 white, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c. St. Louis —Cattle. $3.25 to $6.10; hogs. $3.00 to $6.05; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00*., wheat, No. 2,68 cto 69c; corn, No. 2.' 40c to 41<j; oats, No. 2,27 cto 28c; rye, No. 2,47 cto 48c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.00 to st>.2s; hogs. $3.00 to $6.00; sheep, $3.00 to $3.50: wheat, No. 2,69 fto 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 42e to 43e; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2,56 cto 57c Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.55; hogs, $3.00 to $5.95; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,72 c ]to 73c; corn, X°- 2 yellow, 42e to 43c; oats. No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; rye, 55c to 50c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 69e to 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2,51 c to 52c; clover seed, prime, $6.50. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 3,40 cto 41c; eats, No. <2 white, 2Sc to 29c; rye, No. 1,49 c to 50c; barley, No. 2,55 cto 56c; pork, mess, $14.80. Buffalo— Cattle, choice shipping steers. $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $6.15; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.00. New York—Cattle, $3.75 to $5.85; hogs, $3.00 to $6.40; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2, 47c to 48c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; butter, creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, western, 12c to 13c.

RAID A SHOPLIFTERS’ LAIR. Police Recover Valuable Property iu a Flat in Chicago. By raiding a flat at 2839 Cottage Grove avenue detectives from central station in Chicago secured over $2,000 worth of valuable dress goods, silks, furs, cut glass and chinaware, gloves, jewelry and paintings. An inventory of the was taken and during the day representatives of several downtown stores called and identified the goods. Complaints had been lodged with the detective bureau against a mysterious gang of shoplifters and four sleuths from the central station were detailed on the case. After a week’s work they arrested Grace Allen, or Ryan, and James Ryan, and charged them with the thefts. When their clothing was searched pawn tickets representing SSOO were discovered.

LOOTED SAFE FOUND AT TOLEDO. Pacific Express Company, Its Owner, and Officials Are Secre'ivc. A looted iron safe, containing empty money bags and waybills and belonging to the Pacific Express Company, was found on the river bank two miles south of Toledo, Ohio, by fishermen. Company officials are secretive, but practically admit a mysterious robbery, and the best information obtainable is that wheu the safe left Toledo it contained at least SO,OOO in gold. Louisiana Men Kill Negroes. Two of the negroes implicated in the murder of John Gray Foster were lynched by a mob at Benton, La. One was Frank, commonly known as "Prophet” Smith, who as the head of the “Church of God” movement in that section was blamed as being responsible for the sentiment against the whites which led to i the death of Foster. The other was F. D. McLand. Chicago Man Kil ed in Arkansas. Edward W. Stover, superintenderit in the White River Valley for the AyerLord Tie Company of Chicago, was killed in a gasoline yacht at Seven Mile, Ark. Mr. Stover was struck by the limb of a tree and knocked against the wheelhouse, his skull being crushed and death resulting in a short time. Killed in Building Wreck. A section of the roof of the Baltimore and Ohio roundhouse at Newark, Ohio, caved in, killing one man and injuring three others. Ernest Jackson, aged ID, was crushed about the chest and died. One man was dug from under an engine uninjured German Crown Prince Attacked. While the Crown Prince Frederick William was on his way from Minden to Bonn a drunken individual approached his carriage at Bochum, Westphalia, and aimed a blow with a stick at the window at which the crown prince was seated. Ponble Shooting in Clncinn«‘i. Driven to despair by jealousy, William Mott, 29, shot his wife and John Clancy. 21, whom he found with her nt the Great Western Hotel. Cincinnati. Mott gave himself up ami said he hoped he had killed Clancy. * Big Lumber Yard Destroyed. Fire has destroyed all the lumber m the yard Of the Ontario Lumber Company at Freuch River. Out., on Georgian! Bay, amounting to 15,000,000 feet and valued at over $200,000. Tennessee Bara Out Women. Under a ruling from tWt> State Supreme Court bench, in which there was a plain-spoken dissent, women ennnot practice law in the Tennessee courts. Not Kidnaped, bnt Drowned. , Jerome Brown, the 10-year-old boy missing from his home in Chicago, was found drowned in the loha- He had fallen from a piev

ALIMONY IS NOT A DEBT. Can’t Be Discharged by Order in Bank* ruptcy Proceedings. Among the opinions handed down by the Supreme Court of Illinois recently was one of particular interest in alimony judgments. The case was that of Alta I. Been vs. Charles Bloomer. Contempt of court proceedings were brought against Bloomer in the Circuit-Court of Mercer County for refusing its mandate to pay alimony to his divorced wife. The proceeding was sustained and an appeal taken to the Appellate Court of the second district, which reversed the finding of the lower court. The Supreme Court reverses the opinion of the Appellate Court and affirms that of the Circuit Court. Among the many reasons set up by Bloomer for non-payment of the judgment was the fact that he had been discharged in bankruptcy proceedings from the payment of alimony. Upon this point the court says: “Alimony cannot be regarded as a debt owing from the husband to the wife, which may be discharged by an order in bankruptcy, whether the alimony accrues before or after the bankruptcy proceedings. The duty which the law imposes uppn a husband and father to support his wife and children is not such a debt as is contemplated by the bankruptcy acV It is a social obligation as„ as a pecuniary liability: it is founded upon public policy and Is for the good of society.” DEAD AT HIS FIANCEE’S DOOR. Young Pennsylvanian Probably Murdered — ame Was Wedding Day. Daniel Richards, aged 20 years, of Green Ridge, was found dead on the porch of the home of his intended bride at Mount Carmel, Pa., with a bullet hole in his right temple. Young Richards was to have been married the same day to Miss Elizabeth Walters, daughter of Harry Walters. The young man called at the Walters house the previous night and shortly after. 10 o’clock started for his home in Green Ridge, a distance of three miles. That was the last seen of him by any member of the family until his body was found on the porch the next morning. The weapon from which the fatal shot had been fired has not been found and the police officials are working on the theory* that Richards was murdered and his body carried to the Walters home. Miss Walters said there -had been no quarrel between them and that Richards appeared to be in unusually good spirits.

BABY KILLED, OTHERS HURT. Fatal Result of Reckless Driving by Two Young Men. Reckless driving on the part of two young men resulted in the death of the 2-year-old child of George Leibacher, the serious injury of his wife and lesser injuries to three other children near Sandusky, Ohio. Arthur Hartzel of Fort Wayne and Peter DuSnan attempted to pass the Leibachers on the Huron road and the two buggies collided. Both vehicles upset, the baby being thrown out on its head. Mrs. Leibacher may die. Hartzel, who was injured, was arrested on a charge of manslaughter. Shoats Down an Old Friend. Dr. J. G. Jessup, a dentist, was shot and fatally wounded at Berkeley, Cal., by Rev. Charles Adams, formerly an Episcopal minister. It is stated that Adums’ daughter called Jessup by telephone and asked him to come to her home and prevent her father from whipping her. When Jessup arrived at Adams’ house and remonstrated with him, Adams drew a revolver and shot the dentist through the breast. Explosion Wrecks Buildings. The J. B. Sickles Saddlery Company’s plant at Twenty-first street and Washington avenue, St. Louis, was destroyed by fire. The fire was preceded by an explosion in which the company’s private watchman lost his life. The explosion was a terrific one, shattering the buildings for blocks around. G. Van Ginkle Killed by Car. G. Van Gihkle, recently president and principal owner of the Dallas, Texas, Consolidated Electric Street Railway, which system he sold recently to an Ohio syndicate, was run over by a car on one of his old lines and so severely hurt that he died. Destructive Rainfall In Mlssonrl. A most disastrous storm of rain and wind visited Booneville, Mo. Tobe Fisher was killed in the main street by the falling walj/s of a large brick two-story building. A large brick foundry near the river front was completely destroyed. Louis Aldricb Hies in Maine. Louis Aldrich, best known in "My Partner,” and for some years since li|s retirement from stage life president Of the Actors’ Fund of America, died nt the home of his son-in-law,. Abbot Graves in Kennebunkport, Me. Boile- Explosion in Missonri. The boiler of a Chicago and Alton locomotive pulling a passenger train exploded nt Blue Cut, Mo., killing the engineer, George Gerew, and fatally injuring the fireman, Julius Crowley. Hoy Shoots Sister in Quarrel. During a quarrel with his 7-year-old ipster, Ward, the 14-year-old son of Thurlow Hineher of Brnddoek s Bay. N. Y„ shot the girl through the stomach with a revolver. She will probably die. Strike in Keystone Colliery. The 500 employes of the Keystone colliery at Hudson went on strike because the comptny “docked” the outside men, for the time the breaks were temporarily out of use. Houck Convicted of Murder. A jury at Mount Version, Ohio, returned a verdiet,of murder in the second degree against George W. Houck, who killed Sarah Jane Hess, a widow at« Bladensburg, March 10.

MANY DIE IN FLAMES.

EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS CAUSE DEATH AND INJURY. Blowing Up of a Smalt Store Ignite* a Big Tenement Building Frantic Dweller* Entrapped in Frame Structure Jump from Windows to Escape. In a terrific explosion of fireworks in a Paterson, N. J., store on Friday at least seventeen persons were killed and seveD were injured. Several more are, missing. Twenty-one families were rendered homeless, all their household effects being burned by the fire, which destroyed three large apartment buildings. Many rescues were made and many narrow escapes were recorded. > One woman, whose husband was a helpless invalid, dashed back into the flames to save him, arid joined him in death just as the firemen sent to help her arrived. A bridegroom, by the exercise of great daring, strength and presence of mind, saved his young wife and himself when it seemed as if they must perish. A father and mother dug through heaps of fallen plaster to save their baby, and effected their escape after unsuccessful efforts. Three firemen were buried in the falling building material and were taken out injured hut with a chance of recovery. In the cellar, under the wholesale and retail fireworks store of A. M. Rittenburg, were stored tons of fireworks for the sales preliminary to the Fourth of July. No one knows the origin of the catastrophe, but at 12:30 ©’clock the whole neighborhood was shaken by a terrific explosion which brought down almost immediately the tenement house übove the store and so shook the adjoining buildings of the same kind that they quickly fell into the fire which followed. Rittenburg has been accused of keeping powder in great bulk, but he denies this. Most of the families-were at dinner, and they were so startled by the shock that they did not stop to learn its cause, but ran, pell-mell, into the street. Lhen those who had left little children, or old persons behind had to go back to rescue them, and so rapid was the spread of the flames they had barely time to do so. Many jumped from windows in making their escape. Flames'were leaping through the two houses adjoining long before an alarm had been turned in, and by the time the firemen arrived many casualties had been recorded. No less than thirty-five persons were taken from the,three buildings by firemen and by tenants who retained thedr presence of mind.

IT’S A RACE BETWEEN SUCKER AND BADGER.

The battleship Wisconsin will contest honors of being the fastest vessel of its Class with the Illinois, which now holds the record. In a recent trial remarkable speed was shown, the big fighting machine making 18.6 knots an hour for two hours under forced draft. The builders of the battleship insist it will prove the best vessel in the navy.

EIGHT DIE IN TORNADO.

Violent Storm Near Naper, Neb., Almost Wipes Out Two Families. A tornado in which at least nine lives were lost swept down the Keya Paha river near Naper, Neb. Six members of a family of seven were killed and of another family of six two are dead and the others except the father are fatally injured. The dead are all in the families of Jacob Greening and August Anderson. Members of the family of Jacob Berg and Charles Metz were injured and their houses were demolished. Great damage was done by the storm along the Keya Paha river. The big wagon bridge was broken to pieces. Everything in the track of the storm was destroyed. Trees were blown down and the smaller ones were stripped of leaves, and batb-wire fences were carried 600 yards. The furniture that was in the homes of the Andersons and Greenings cannot he found. A trunk and pieces of the table were picked up half a inile away.

PULPIT AND PREACHER

The Baptists of Alton. 111., have dedicated the new $22,000 Baptist Church. The Second Reformed Church of Pekin, 111,, was re dedicated, after being thoroughly rebuilt. The Rev. J. P. Clyde has assumed charge of the First Congregational Church, Eldorn,. lowa. A new Roman Catholic church at !■<*- moillc, Minn., was recently dedicated with appropriate ceremonies. The Rev. Maitland P. Bartlett has been installed as pastor of First Presbyterian Church/ TincetoJj, N. J. First Congregational Church of Keo* khk, lowa, recently welcomed the Rev. George K. Paddock, its new pastor. A handsome new brick and stone Methodist Episcopal Church costing about $14,000. has been dedicated at Newman, Hi. The new church of the German United Evangelical denomination in St. Paul was dedicated by Bishop R. Dubs of Chicago. The Scotch Presbyterian Church, New York, celebrated the one hundred an! forty-fifth anniversary ol its founding on last Sunday.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. ' Great Harbor to Be Built on Lake * Michigan by Frick Steel Interest*— Eliza Stol* Tragedy Recalled by Cincinnati Suicide—Slayer I* Sentenced. Carefully matured plans for the building of a great Indiana harbor on Lake Michigan, the erection of an immense steel mill, a belt railroad system and 'the foundation of a town to rival South Chicago, are now'to be carried into execution. The town will be called Indiana Harbor. H.‘ C. Frick, the Lake Michigan Land Company and the Calumet Land and Improvement Company are behind the project. Men are already at work leveling the sand dunes along the. East Chicago front of the lake. The Inland Steel Company and men financing Indiana Harbor have signed a contract giving the steel company a site. The land, company agrees t.o have completed by Aug. 2 a harbor deep enough to permit the largest ore-carrying vessels'to unload. The new town is to be located at the spot where the harbor of the Calumet canal would have been had last winter's Legislature passed a hill authorizing the building of that waterway. Indiana Harbor is now a part of East C/hicago. Suicide Recall* Old Tragedy. Another echo of the Eliza Stoltz tragedy, a murder and robbery, whieji at the time stirred all Indiana, came when Attorney Frederick G. Roelker of Cincinnati sent a bullet into his brain. Roelke was given the power of attorney for the German heirs of the Stoltz estate and until lately matters were supposed to be going well. Mrs. Stoltz left a cash estate of SIO,OOO and Roelker had drawn over 95,000 which the heirs never received. There was no knowledge of any complaint until the-clerk of the court of Jay Conpty received a letter from Consul Pollier of tfe imperial consulate at Cincinnati, calling his attention to the complaint of the German heirs. Other letters were received from the same source, which led the court officers and attorneys connected with the case to believe something was wrong. An investigation followed and Roelker killed himself.

Pays Husband Slew Comrade. The chief witness in the trial of Robert Clark for killing a stranger, known as “Jack the Jagger,” is Mrs. Clark, the wife of the prisoner. She testified that her husband, incensed because the “Jagger” tattooed au objectionable figure on the arm of his son, struck the stranger with a club and killed him. Clark is a saloonkeeper at Converse and the body was found near the saloon. Sentence Tenant’* Slayer. The jury in the-William Jones murder case at Muncie, who is changed with murdering his tenant, James Herrington, returned a verdict after being out twentyfive hours, finding him guilty of manslaughter and fixing au indeterminate sentence of from two to fourteen years. Jones is 63 years of age. State News in Brief. Newton T. Burke, excavating near Anlerson for gravel, uncovered an Indian graveyard. Muncie labor officials announce a resumption of all window glass factories, about Sept. -15. John R. Page, former Madison County treasurer, is projecting a new $200,600 bank for Anderson. Goshen papers are supporting the request of the Goshen and Northern Traction Company for a $20,000 subsidy with a will. The Morgan County grand jury has indicted W. H. Burkhart, for five years deputy treasurer, uceusing him of embezling. George Grimes, of Alamo, has not been out of his house in the daytime since he was jilted on the eve of his marriage, 35 years ago. Crawfordsville’s spring batch of paving and sewer work is stopped for three weeks because of a flaw in the gouhcil’s resolutions. A meeting held to raise money to keep the Rushville Furniture Company in Rushville, was a failure, and the factory will probably go. Ten-year-old George Bess of Knightstown plunged into the mill race and rescued the 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bowman from drowning. Northern Indiana will make a strong fight for n few of the Republican State nominations this fall. The northern end claims it has seldom got its share of the spoils. - The will of Mrs. Fannie Carmody, formerly of Chicago, was presented in Evansville. She requests her husbnnd to build a home for old maids and widows who are unable to care for themselves. The husband of Mrs. Carmody is a large real estate owner. Rev. Philip Moore, an evangelist who has been drawing large crowds at his tent meetings in Anderson, and has succeeded in converting a number of people, has been placed in jail on a charge of assault and battery on his wife and 6-fear-old daughter. Randall Adams, a federal prisoner in the State prison nt Michigan City, who was convicted in 1892 for ihe 'murder of an officer in Indian territory and sentenced to a life term, lias been released, President McKinley having commuted the sentence. As the outcome of'the robbery of tho bank at Florn, two years,ago, when the bunk lost $15,000, John Lenon of that village has gone insane. He is the father of W. H. Lenon, the proprietor. He constantly imagines that robbers are trying to break into the bank. A west-bound passenger train on the Pennsylvania lines ran into an open switch in the Marion yards, on which a yard engine was standing. Both engines were demolished. Miss Bertha Stewart jumped from the buggy in n runaway at Anderson and was instantly killed by breaking her neck. Miss Lillie Rich and Mrs. Webb were also injured. Willium Winn of Mount Vernon, the slayer of Curry, was taken to Evnnsvilld and lodged in jail for gate keeping. A mob wns forming to storw the Mount Vernon fail.