Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1903 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THEPABT WEEK. Saloonkeeper Held for Killing Boy— Omission of Comma Changes Meaning of Will—Want to Import Servants from Germany—Town Bivalry. * *' - # , William Wells, aged 10, was shot through the body, it is alleged, by Ola Powers of Fairland and died in a few hoars. Powers is in jail, charged with murder in the first degree. Powers had filed an affidavit against young Wells, charging him with obtaining money under false pretenses and Constable George Crosby had a warrant for his arrest. Powers purchased cartridges, filled the chambers of his revolverjmd went with. Crosby to meet Wells ns he stepped from the street car; On being told by Cros-

by that he had a warrant for his arrest the boy started to run toward the postoffice. Two shots were fired in quick succession and the boy fell, mortally wounded. A ball had entered the back alld passed entirely through the body just above the heart. Powers is a saloonkeeper and claims that Wells sold him his “time” on a railroad and collected the money himself. He is 22 years old and has a wife and one child. $45,000 Lost by a Comma. The Beatty will case, Involving the omission from tho instrument of a comma, which, had it been inserted, would have been worth $45,000 to John Beatty, was decided against the latter at Columbus by Judge Hord. The punctuation mark which was omitted is the cause of the suit. The court said that a comma necessary to the easy construction of the will had been omitted; that, had it been placed in the will, it would have settled the intention of the instrument, and his ruling was made upon the presumption that the comma was purposely omitted, or, rather, that the intention of the testator was that the Cota m a should be left out. • The case will be appealed to the Supreme Court. Rivalry Between Towns, ,A warm contention between Ladoga and Roachdale, which means a gbod deal to both towns, is closing. The Roachdale novelty wood works and the Russellville veneer mills, owned by the same men, who live in Ladoga and Roachdale, are to be combined under one roof and each of the -towns wants the enlarged industry, which will have a payroll of SI,OOO a week. The towns are four miles apart and the rivalry is between the merchants. The mills have agreed to go to Ladoga if the merchants will erect build 1 ings for the plant. Former Wants Daughter. A hard legal fight h'as been started by William Schooley, a prosperous farmer, to obtain possession of his daughter Mary, a girl of 10. The girl is staying with her uncle, Ransom Schooloy, in Mitncie, and, it is alleged, desires to remain at her uncle’s home, against the wishes of her parents. Ransom Schooley and his wife are anxious for the girl to remain, and are assisting her against her father. The only question involved is whether a girl of 16 has the right to make a home where she pleases. Plan to Import Domestic*. Originating at Wabasli and extending through the larger cities of northern Indiana, an organization is being formed among the women with the object of importing house girls from Germany. Domestic servants have become scarce. Many girls are employed in factories, stores and offices and few are willing to take service as domestics even at high wages. The plan of importing devised, it is thought, will avoid the federal laws against importing contract labor.

Ail Over the State, The plant of the Fred Eekart Packing Company at Fort Wayne was damaged $05,000 by fire. Triplets were born in the home of Emil Van Hoffel of Mishawaka. The trio consists of a girl and two boys. The Indiana prison board let contracts for the labor of 400 prisoners for SiJMi cents a day for a period of six years. Columbus Brockeubrough, a wealthy merchant, was thrown under a trqiley car In Lafayette and fatally injured. Mrs. Martin V. Beiger, widow of the millionaire Mishawaka manufactiyer who left 12*4 per cent of his estate to Depauw University and 5 per cent to the New York Chautauqua, has filed papers contesting the will and claiming her husband was of unsound mind. George McAndrew, white, shot Hoy Board, colored in Vincennes, killing him instantly. Beard, who* was a barber, went into Mario’s saloon, w here Mo Andrew is bartender, began n quarrel and started toward McAndrew with a razor. The bartender drew a revolver and Because a fortuue 1 teller told Kirs. James McCormack of Marion that a “handsome blond gentleman” was ia love with her, she deserted her httfband. MeCormnek wns away from home and when he returned he found his home departed aud the household goods sold. MoCormnrk said that since the fortune teller hud told his wife of the handsome blond man Mrs. McCormack had l»een seeking one that answered the description and he supposed she had found him. . They Eekart packing house in Fort Wayne wns destroyed by fire, the loss approximating $150,000, with insurance of $05,000. The fire started from an unknown cause in the lord room. Before the fire department arrived four buildings, 120 by 80 feet, were a mass of flames. The packing house is on the outskirts of the city, and the water supply was not snflicient. Beuidos the loss on the buildings, 300 dressed beerau, 180 dressed hogs and a large aupply of lard waa destroyed. ' >, r+ \ Benjamin G. Iluduut or Terre Haute has sold his Yinceuues street railway to the E. M. Dean syndicate of Grand Rapids. Mich., for SIOO,OOO. —The citizen* of La Porte hare agreed to pay a bouus of $50,000 tq the Hobart M. Cable Piano Company if the plant Is removed there from Chicago. The company has not yet decided to move. Lorn Raymoud, the 15-year-okl daughter of Henry Raymond, a coal operator, of Washington, eloped with John Snider. They went to some point In Illinois. Snider is a teamster and has been driving • wagon for his brido’a father.