Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1904 — RECORD OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Wolves Raid Farms in Kankakee Di»trict—Ligonier Stores Destroyed by Fire-—Craxy Man Attacks Fellow Prisoner—Young Farmer Disappears. Wolves are raiding farms in the Kankakee country, with the result that the farmers are planning to wage a systematic warfare of extermination. The wolves nre carrying off small, stock and attacking cattle. The other day a posse of men rounded up three wolves and succeeded in killing one. The lairs are in the almost 'impenetrable recesses of the swamps. It is planned to organize a party of several hundred men and with dogs drive the wolves from their lairs. Runs Amuck in Jail. D. P. Tueigg, the insane Chicago man in jail in Fort Wayne for shooting three men on the Pennsylvania train near Warsaw, assaulted John Godfrey, an Indian awaiting trial for killing his father, with a chair, having suddenly run amuck in the jail. Godfrey only escaped serious injury by active sprinting and sidestepping. His cries brought the sheriff, who, with his deputies, overpowered Tueigg. Newcastle Man Missing. Bert Hamilton, married, - aged 25, is mysteriously missing from his home, west of Newcastle, and foul play is suspected. Hamilton is a son-in-law of Township Trustee W. F. Mofiit, and recently disposed of some property, receiving S3OO in cash. He went to Knightstown, ostensibly to deposit the money in a bank, arranged for the care of his horse, boarded an interurban car for Indianapolis, and has since not been heard from.

Singer in Choir Elopes. Grace Swetleman, singer in the choir of St. Stephen’s church in Terre Haute, eloped with Extill Hax-ton of Jacksonville to Brazil, where they were married, the bride’s brother and'a woman friend accompanying the couple. The bride did not want the elaborate wedding planned by her parents fdr Nov. 24 at St. Stephen’s. Fire Wipes Oiit Five Stores. Five stores and the new Elks lodge rooms Were partially destroyed by fire in Ligonier, the loss being estimated at $35,000. The mercantile establishments damaged were the Williams drng, Kerr’s furniture, Wertheimer's wool rooms, and the Fair. The flames also partially destroyed the Mier bank. Hnnter Is Killed. While hunting in the woods near Morristown Jacob Warfield, 46, was killed. He found several squirrels on a dead tree and commenced to chop it down. The tree suddenly fell and he was caught under it. was broken.

All Over the State. When about to give blessing at dinner in Elkhart a stroke of ajtaplexy rendered A. J. Dils speechless. His condition is serious. Alvin Johnson, aged 14, the son ot Nels Johnson, while returning home from work was struck by a Pere Marquette engine in La Porte and instantly killed. Joseph Ash, 25, of Vincennes, fell dead just after returning from the world’s fair. He was unwrapping a present to give to his sweetheart, Miss Cora Mominee, when the end came. She is prostrated. William Weaver of Slabtown suddenly dropped to the sidewalk while walking in Greenfield. At first it was thought that he was dead, but Dr. Wood revived him and he was able to return home. He suffered from heart disease. Leslie Payne, 16 years old, living at Valparaiso, tried to commit suicide because he was sent to school. He mixed strychnine with chocolate candy, which he ate. He will recover on account of taking an overdose of the poison. Elmer Crum, the wealthy Indiana farmer who abducted his 2-year-old son after the child had been given into the care of its mother as the result of divorce proceedings, has been sentenced to fourteen years’ imprisonment at Kokomo. With the cry that she was being hunted to be killed Mrs. Lemuel Delong of South Chicago caused terror in the home of Rev. Hans Znmstein in La Porte. She and a 10-year-old son had arrived in the evening. After she retired she became a raving maniac.

Brooding over the death of her chum, Crystal Krauss, the Hartford City girl who, it is claimed, was poisoned by her step-mother, caused Hazel Stewart, a society leader of Marion, and daughter'of George Stewart, a capitalist, to become mentally deranged. The damage suit brought by Miss Laura Bellmear of Terre Haute against Walter S. Bogle, Jr., son of a Chicago coal operator, for personal injuries caused by his throwing a giant firecracker into a street car on the Fourth of July, was settled out of court for $l5O. Next meeting of the Indiana Baptist Association will be held in New Albany next October. At Shelbyville the other day a resolution was passed against Sunday baseball. The Legislature wi|J be asked to make it a violation of the law to play ball within two miles of'a church. Driven insane by drink, Frank Schultz, a La Porte restaurant keeper, wrenched a piece of iron wire from a radiator in his room at the Interlaken sanitarium, where he w-as receiving treatment, and, fashioning n noose, fastened one end of the wire to the bedpost and strangled himself to death. C'apt. E. P. Thayer of Greenfield has been awarded the contract for furnishing meat to the Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home at Knightstown for the next six months. A co-operative company has bought the glass factory at North Vernon and it will be started within a month, employing 125 hands. It is said that John Askwell, a Columbus Noting man, was almost frightened to death by » supposed ghost, which his companions nad placed in the street near his home. John Brown and Charles -YettaW, brothers-in-law, of Anderson, came to blows. Brown was knocked unconscious end had to be taken to the hospital. Yettaw is minus a finger as a result of the fight Both were ar reeled.

Waldron want* a canning factory. Noblesville is infested with tramps. Rushville has a high school glee club. The Smithland pike is being improved. Joseph O. Long, 70, of Churubusco, is dead. Big revival in progress at Big Flatrock Christian church. Silas Greenlee’s residence, near Kelp, was destroyed 4>y fire. New psblic school building at No. 3, Noble township, has been dedicated. The barn of Mrs. Mary Kent of Rising Sun was destroyed by fire. Loss $2,000. Mrs. I. A.,Clemens of Michigan City fell downstairs and was seriously injured. George Humphrey of Patoka has a deed signed by President James Madison. . . . Walter 8. Brown of Cincinnati is the new teacher of music at Moores Hill College. Nathaniel Swain, 84, and Mrs. Angeline L. Smith of Zionsville have just been married. The new $12,000 school building at Brownsvalfey opened with an attendance of 125 pupils. The two-story farm residence of Joseph Johnson, south of Carthage, was destroyed by fire. James Whitinger, 97, the oldest resident of Rush county, is dead. He lived in Orange township, Morris Lothammer, a wealthy farmer, residing near St. Joe, is mysteriously missing from his home. George G. Holloway of Terre Haute was chosen president of the Photographers’ Association of America. John Reynolds of Anderson now has his cobbler shop on wheels and goes from place to place mending shoes. Eddie Geiser was shot and killed at his home in Gibson county by a brother who was playing with a gun. The body of Elmer Shaw, 39 years old, who disappeared recently, was found in the Wabash river at Vincennes. Isaac Shoptaugh was arrested at Booneville and returned to the Michigan City prison. He was' out on parole. ’ Fire at Frankton caused a loss of $40,000, destroying L. A. Wells’ drug store, the opera house and other properties. E. A. Chambers of Chicago has purchased sixty acres near Shelbyville and will raise chickens on an extensive scale. Contracts have been placed for the machinery that is to be installed in the new Morris hardware manufactory at Marion,'

Two persons, each 98 years old, are dead in Hamilton county. Grandma Henderson of Ekin and Mrs. Murphy of Clarksburg. Prof. Michael, the principal, found a poker game in progress in the Logansport high school building, the players being students who were supposed to be in their class rooms. Three expulsions promptly followed. The two young daughters of Schuyler Colfax, former Mayor of South Bend, who died from food or milk poisoning, were buried in the same grave. Their ages were 3 and 2 years. Both died 24 hours of each other. Daniel Tuigg of Chicago became suddenly deranged on a Pennsylvania passenger train near Warsaw, and, drawing a revolver, began shooting among the passengers. Curl Prekham, aged 15, and George Gault, aged 25, both of Monroeville, were hit by the flying bullets. Prekham w-as shot near the heart and will die. The man was overpowered by the trainmen and passengers and brought to Fort Wayne, where he was placed in jail. Lying in his home suffering with several knife wounds, Joseph Allen, a guard at the Michigan City prison, is thought to be in a dangerous condition. Allen attempted to suppress an outbreak in which three desperate criminals made an effort to escape. The officer gave chase and overtook the fleeing prisoners, all of whom fought desperately with him. A knife in the hands of a life prisoner inflicted the injuries. Assistance from fellow guards saved tho life of Allen. The convicts who figured in the affray are desperate and hardened criminals.

The aged mother of W. J. Victor, who resides at Lewis Creek, tried to commit suicide by drowning herself in a large galvanized iron tank filled with water. Miss Edna Maze, a school teacher, who iwards at the Victor home, dragged the aged woman from the tank and went for assistance. When she returned with several neighbors Mrs. Victor had again gone to the tank and was ready to make again a second attempt it self-destruc-tion. She is 80 years and it is believed that her mind is giving way. Oliver B. Radcliffe, arrested for the murder of his father, Silas Radcliff, has confessed, according to the police. There was trouble between them regarding a corn trop, and Radcliff says his father called him a liar and raised a handspike with which to strike him. Believing his life was endangered, the young man struck his father with a club, crushing his skull and causing death within half an hour, the old man not regaining consciousness before death. The slayer is 24 years old, and he has always borne a peaceful reputation. The senior Radcliff, was similarly disposed to his neighbors, but was unpleasant in his family relations, and on several occasions, it is alleged, Oliver was compelled to interfere to protect other members of the family from injury. The son is a man of family, and the sympathy of the community is said to be with him. The family lives at Hardingsburg. The Jeffersonville branch of the American Car and Foundry Company will be closed indefinitely Nov. 1. About 300 men are affected. William Chapman, who killed John Stelzer in a drunken brawl at a lumber camp near Portland, is said to be dying from hemorrhage of the lungs, the result of the beating administered by Stelzer. Charles Rhodes came to Elkhart to visit his sick wife and found she had been buried for several days. He was on a business trip through the rural districts when his wife passed away. His home is at West Branch. The body of Elmer Shaw. 31, of Vincennes, was found In the Wabash river, fastened to a snag. He was a file clerk of the B. & O. S. W. road and had been missing for several days. He“hAd been drinking for some time. There are some wbo believe that he met with foul play, as there is. a deep gash over one of hi* ej*