Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1904 — RECORD Of THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD Of THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERBELY TOLD. Thousands of Harvesters Go to North-west-Neighbor Says She Saw Mrs. Krauss Forgt Notes—Divorced Man Would Rather Die than Pay Alim on y; The magnet of the great wheat tracts of the Northwest is again irresistible to many of the younger men of northern Indiana, and the trains are carrying many recruits to the helpless grain growers of the Dakotas. William Whetten, north of Milford, lias shipped his entire harvesting outfit to the Northwest again, and has been accompanied by twenty of liis neighbors. It is said that a thousand men will he drawn from northern Indiana this year to this new scene of activity. Big wages are paid and they harvesters work from tiie break of day till it is too dark to continue. Then the laborers sleep wherever they can, in the barn, in the hay stack, or wherever it is convenient. The harvest continues until snowfall, and' the present eon|fort of the workers gives way to privation that taxes their health. But tiie harvesters return home with much money, and are tided over the winter with what they get for their weeks of hard work.

Drinks Sulphur to Die. Truman Smith, divorced from his wife and sentenced to tiie county jail in La Porte for failure to pay alimony, lies in a critical condition as the rsult of drinking a concoction of sulphur water with suicidal intent. Judge Richter recently made the decision to commit all husbands to jail who failed to pay alimony stipulated in the decrees of divorce and Smith declares that he will die rather than comply with the demands of tiie court.

New Accuser for Mrs. Krauss. Mrs. E. M. Sharp, a neighbor of the Krauss family in Hartford City, said the other day that she had seen Mrs. Krauss, who is in jail on the charge of poisoning her stepdaughter, write the notes that were found after the girl’s death and which were signed with Miss Krauss’ name. Tiie girl’s father said the writing in the notes was not that of his daughter. Dr. Andermau, father of the accused woman, has disappeared.

Chicago Lawyer Drowns. Fred Thompson, aged 21, an attorney in the Hartford building, Chicago, and iiis cousin, Eli Thompson, aged 5, were drowned in Eagle creek, near Indianapolis. He was carrying tiie child .on his back and sank .with cramps. Mr. Thompson was visiting -his uncle, John H. Thompson, and came to be groomsman at tiie wedding of his cousin, Webb Thompson.

Auto Tumbles Into River. Mr. and Mrs". Frank Tousley had a narrow escape from drowning when their automobile tumbled over the river bank seven miles north of Elkhart. The machine fell on top of Mr. Tousley. The wife, who was in the water above her waist, held her husband's head out until help arrived.

Disembowels His Antagonist. Fred Rigenhour, a saloonkeeper, and Harry Kemp, a painter, engaged in a fierce fight in Brazil and Rigenhour slashed Kemp with a knirfe, disemboweling him. He cannot recover. Rigenhour lias been arrested.

All Over the State. Montezuma has a new band. Police are raiding saloons at Logansport. Noah Woodward killed himself at Hartford City. Laporte is suffering from a scarcity of rental houses. ** A new bank buiUliug is being erected at Jamestown. A "Charles B. Landis” cigar is now on sale at Lebanon. Mrs. Joseph Thompson, Muneie, is the mother of triplets. Receiver has been appeiuted for the Elwood Brick Company. Edward Durham, farmer near Vincennes, committed suicide. Frank B. Gibson, 20, has disappeared from his home near Kokomo. Finishing touches are being put ou the new Phillips opera house at Richmond. The annual reunion of the veterans of southern Indiana was held at Lincoln City. Anderson union men have refused an invitation to hear a lecture by Eugene V. Debs. Many miles of track are being placed in tlie big Lake Shore yards near Laporte. Burglars blew the safe ill the Helmer postoftice, set fire to the building and escaped. Rev. Father Bede, formerly of I-afay-ette, will leave soon on a trip through the holy land. \\ orking hours at the Panhandle shops, Logahspurt, have been increased to 55 hours a week. While helping to move a derrick, 11. F. Shofstal! was badly hurt by a-falling pole nt Montezuma. y Mrs. I.ou- Jiiijd. Shelbyville, tried tokill herself, but n physician disappointed her by bringing her to life.

Madison County Bar Association is being reorganized. It will have new officers and many new member*! Policies amounting to $123,500 have been written on Kit? stallions for J. Crouch A Eons, frawfordsville. Ferdinand, a Demneralic town, is exeited over the appointment of Ida Hagan, a negro girl, as deputy postmistress. _ Samuel Moore, aged <»5, of Lafayette, fell at Newburg, N, V., front southbound .West Shore passenger train nnd died of Ids injuries. Another name was added to the season's long li«t of death*' by drowning when Harry Brooks, 14 years old, met death in the Pleasant Run swimming hole, Irvington. Clarence Seeeer. aged 24. unmarried nnd a pumper for the Ohio Oil Company, was drowned in an old gravel pit near Jadden. lie had gone in swimming while overheated from a ball game. The courts in I.aporte have been asked to name a receiver for the Carlsbad Mineral Springs Company of Chicago, a SOOO,OOO corporation which conduct* • health report near Laporte.