Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1904 — Other Places [ARTICLE]

Other Places

Later reports of the storm damage at the Indiana Harbor show that only one man, Louis Barker, was killed outright; al though several are so badly hurt that they are not expected to recover. ‘•Pop” Anson, the Nestor of the baseball world, says if the young players that are now breaking into fnst company would ohay_the. motto, “Don’t drink.’’ they would last as long as he did, which was many, many years. By an unrelenting war waged by the Sup?rintendent and faculty of the Kokomo high school, backed up by the school board, the use of cigarettes by the school boys has been done away with. Quite a number of prosecutions were necessary to stop the sale of them. “Booze that won’t jag’’ is the heading over an article describing an alleged French process for heating liquor so that the intoxicating principle is all taken out. The invention will fall flat Booze that won’t booze is no booze at all, in the opinion of the boozers The Washburn property near Mt. Ayr. which was destroyed by fire, which was insured in the *Newton County Farmers’ Mutual for S6OO. The fire occurred March 13th and on the 17th, Mr Washburn received a check in full to cover his loss. Some older companies might profit by this lesson of promptness. —Goodlaud Herald. We fear that Philosopher Wheeler, of the Crown Point, has something wrong with his liver this spring, and is growing pessemistic. Thus even this early he is prophesying that fishing in the Yalu is done up for some time, on account of so many of the fish having been frozen up in the ice and killed. The Republican Judicial convention to nominate a candidate for prosecuting attorney will be held at Brook on May 4th. It has been agreed that each precinct in the two counties will elect one delegate; and each delegate be given such a proportionate vote in the convention, as the number of Republican voters in his precinct will fairly entitle him to. Here is the only strictly reliable war news since the Japs knocked out two Russian war ships, harbor at Chemulpo, the first week of the war: One Jap, two Jews and a Scandinavian whipped four Russians in a Racine, Wis., saloon the other night. It is claimed by the Jap, however, that he could have done it himself if his friends had not happened to be there. The formerly published statement that Congressman Crumpaoker would put up his two appointments to the Naval Academy for competitive examination, over the district, with an equal chance for rich or poor boys to compete, was evidently an error, as the announcements of his appointments are now made. And both to ths sons of rich men, and presumably to pay political obligations. The aon of Banker Dague, of Fowler, is one of these appointees and of Lawyer Oswald, of Goodland, the other. Charles Rouse, of Goodland and Clint Messner, of Oxford, are the alternates.