Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1905 — TROUBLE ON THE BLUE SEA [ARTICLE]

TROUBLE ON THE BLUE SEA

The scene of world-shaking warfar has been transferred from the banks of the Yalu, m Manchuria, to the borders of the Blue Sea, in Mdroy. There Gen. High-Con-stable Kouropatkin Zea has been engaged in a two days’ conflict with Ojama Clark. It seems that Ludd and James Clark have been working Fred Saltwell’s farm, in Milroy, and that Jim has developed such peculiarities that Ludd wanted to get loose from him. He therefore had given up his joint lease and Mr. Saltwell began trying to get Jim off the place. When Ludd moved out he left only three old rooking chairs, but Jim continued to stay, and when asked to move would say he was moving all the while. At other times he wouldi say the Lord had told him to “hang to to the willows,” and he was going to hang. Saltwell brought suit for possession, which was tried before Squire Irwin, Friday, and he was awarded the farm, and S2O damages. Monday morning Constable Lyman Zea went out to collect the'judgement and remove Jim and his property from the place There was considerable of the property including 100 bushels of corn. Jim had previously declared he would not, premit Lyman to eject him. As to just what followed when Lyman attempted to serve his writs, statements are conflicted, but he got three men to help him and finally removed Jim’s property to his father’s place. During the hight of the trouble some one telephoned in to Christie Vick to come out with hand-cuffs and help Zea, but he declined to mix in.