Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1907 — Page 1

THE RENSSELAER REPUBLICAN.

VOL. XXXIX, NO. 40.

ANOTHER TERRIBLE RAILROAD WRECK.

There was a terrible railroad wreck Of an east bound Big Four train early Saturday morning, about three quarters of a mile southeast of Fowler. The passenger train . collided at full speed, in the mist, withan extra freight; which was standing on the track waiting for the switch to be opened to side track for the passenger. The impact of the two trains jammed the two engines into one inextricable mass, and the combination car which followed the engine | was completely telescoped by the | tender, that reaching several feet I beyond the rear of the car. Every person on that car was either killed |or injured except one. Eight dead i* bodies werefouncl in the wreckage ■ and two of the injured died on the way to the hospital at Kankakee. The combination car took fire and was totally burned as were also two sleeping cars next behind it, which could not be got away in time to save them. There was no one kille ’ on any of the sleepers, nor very severely injuied. Some of those whose bodies were found in the remains of the oar were not dead until the fire reached them and their groans and cries are described as terrible. Eight dead bodies were in the morgue at Fowler that afterno ?n, burned past recognition. Among these are sup posed to be the bodies of the conductor and the baggage man. The only person among the dead thought to be known at Fowler I was ; i Mr. Shannon, of Williamsport. > The fireman of the passenger was found dead under the wreck, while the engineer who lumped, was badly hurt. The engineer of the freight ; was hurt but the fireman escaped ... O’- . . ifiu ? v pf The private car of the vice president of the road was attached to the train, but none of its occupants were injured. J ' The spot where the wreck occurred is inside corporation ! limits of Fowler, but nearly a mile from the depot The responsibility, for the wreck seems to be with the freight crew who should have teen on the side track. There were eight badly injured who were putin a sleeper and taken to the hospital. Quite a number of less severely injured were still at Fowler that afternoon.

Later reports of the bad wreck at Fowler Saturday morning do not differ materially from our account obtained that same day by |tele phone, directly from Fowler. The dead are only ten in all however but one more of the injured, E. W. Tripp, the engineer, will probably not recover. There was only one woman on the wrecked car, which was a combination smoker and baggage car, and she was pinned under the wreckage and burned to death in spite of all efforts to rescue her. She was at first thought to be a Mrs. Price, of Long Beach, Cal, but thia is now denied and her identity has not been established. ! In all five of the dead had not been identified at last accounts. A cerf tain added degree of local interest is given to the wreck from the fact |> that John A. Shannon, one of the [ dead was a cousin by marriage of LMrs. A. A. Yates of our city, and j has visited here some and his wife 1 quite often. Miss Mary Yates went to the funeral, which was held at fc Williamsport, which was his home k tho be has been teaching in Chicago for some years and was on his way to spend Sunday, with his fam- , ily, when he met his death. He leaves a. widow and two sons. —— A comfortable office room 16 by . 20 ft for rent heat and light furnished 172.00 per year. B. Foesythbl

Have you ever worn a Kuppenheimer suit or over coat, buy one at Rowlee & Parker’s January clearance eale and you will never wear any other make. w ft. \

Death Of Walter W. Reynolds.

Walter W. Reynolds, a well known resident of Rensselaer for quite a number of years past, died last Friday' morning, Jan. 18th, at Longcliff insane asylum, near Logansport, of which institution he had been an inmate since the Bth of last May. He was about 58 years old and leaves a widow, who was his Second wife, and five children, two by his first marriage, who are of adult age, and three by his last marriage, the youngest of whom being about four years old. The family own a residence near the railroad, out otherwise are not in good condition financially, as their principal income was from a farm in White county of which Mr. Reynolds had a life estate, and which now, on his death' will presumably revert t<. the other heirs.

An Aged Woman Insane.

An insanity inquest was neld Thursday, by S. C. Irwin, J. P., and Doctors Merrill and Miller, with Dr. English as attending physician, on Mrs. Ruth H. Groom, wife of John Groom, who lives at the corner of Weston and Rutsen streets. She has shown some symptoms of approaching insanity for ten years, and for three years, the development has been more decided and pronounced. She is excitable, abusive and destructive, and thinks some persons are trying to get her property away from her. She burns her dresses in the stove, throws pillows at the lamps and threatens to kill her husband, and and is entirely unmanageable generally. For a month past she has been confined to her bed from a slight stroke of paralysis. She was found insane and application has beea made for her reception at Longcliff asylum. She_is77 years ©ld. ‘

A Sleet Reminder.

The sleet of Wednesday night and. Thursday morning was a reminded to older residents and the mind's of many of us went back almost a quarter of a century to probably the most destructive sleet that ever visited this section of the country. This was on Saturday morning, February 3rd, 1883 — twenty-four years ago next month. The sleet of (yesterday morning, though an unusually heavy one, was a light affair compared with that one when many thousands of dollars’ worth of fruit and shade trees were destroyed. Telephone wires were then almost unknow, else the property loss would have been much greater.

“Bloody Ninth” Reunion.

At a meeting of the officers of one of Indiana’s most famous civil war regiments—the Ninth—it was decided to hold their next annual reunion at Hammond early next October. This announcement has been sent out by Alex. L. Whitehall, corresponding secretary of the Ninth Regiment- Indiana Volunteer Infantry Association, who is the regimental chronicler. Col. Suman is president of this - association. —Valpo Messenger.

Auctioneer Powell Dying.

Col. Allie Powell, the Wabash auctioneer who has officiated at some sales in this county, is dying from consumption. He underwent an operation a few days ago for the removal of a large deposit of pus from the lung cavity, but it has left him extremely weak. All kinds of muslins, embroideries and laces for your spring sewing at less than regular wholesale prices at Rowles & Parker’s January clearance r

Red Ceder Shingles.

Just received, one car, 376,000 red cedar shingles at the Rensselaer Lumber Co.

ISSUD EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FRIDAY ISSUE IS THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN.

RENSSELAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1907.

STILL ANOTHER FEARFUL WRECK

By one of the strangest coincidences in the whole history of railroads, the Big Four had two fearful wrecks last Saturday. One early in the morning at Fowler, elsewhere described, and the other late that night on the Indianapolis and St. Louis branch, but still in this state, and at Sanford,a small place northvest of Terre Haute, and just across the line from Illinois. It was also the strangest and most inexplicable wreck in some respects that ever happened. A passenger train was running past a freight train which stood on a siding, when a terrible explosion occurred in one of the freight cars which blew the passing passenger train to fragments. The known dead number 23 and of the 32 injured several will die. The car which exploded was supposed to have been loaded with powder, but it is now thought that it may have been dynamite smuggled in under the name of powder, to save freight, the rate on the dangerous dynamite being four or five times as much as on powder. If it was dynamite it may have been exploded by the jar of the passing passenger train, or some other cause.

There are strong indications that the Hostiles in the Bad Lands are getting off the reservation again and that the tomahawk has again been dug up in preparation for further hostilities. A law suit in court Thursday between Mrs. May McClintock-Hartman bn one side and Chief Landy McGee, the cele brated scout and trapper on the other, was the first indication of the fresh outbreak. Chief Landy occupies the McClintock-Hartman wigwam, and declares he rented it for twelve moons', tho he paid rent in advance only for three moons. Mrs. Hartman declares he rented it only for the three moons and has scornfully refused to receive the white man’s wampum for another moon tendered her by the big chiefThe powwow was held before Squire Irwin and a jury, Thursday afternoon, the interposition of which last very materially lessening the Squire s chances of having his own hair raised in case his decision was not satisfactory to all parties, and which in the very nature o* things it could hardly be. Mrs. Hartman proved her three months contention hy her own and her husband’s testimony, while Landy proved his side by himself and his wife. . The jury decided in favor of Landy keeping the house, and now the defeated plaintiff vows she will dispossess the big chief from her, teepee by force before three more sleeps have passed. She and her husband now occupy the latter’s smaller and less desirable wigwam.

The prices at Rowles & Parker’s January Clearance sale would pay you better, than a bank deposit on your next winter’s supplies. The great clearance sale Remnant and embroidery sale will continue to Feb. 2nd. • ■ CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. I used the wrong kind of a cream separator till I killed iny wife and seven daughters. t Peter Tumbledown. Moral —Get the easy running DeLaval. Sold by B. D. Comer. Dont forget that while the price at Bowles & Parker’s January clearance have fallen below any competitor the quality of our store always keeps up. 100 horse blankets at less than wholsesale prices. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. On account of poor health I am obliged to quit my blacksmithing at Kniman, and will therefore sell or rent my shop and tools. Will take Sioo cash or bankable note for same. A good opportunity here for a good smith. Call on or address. J. W. Hiedbcheb, . Kniman, Ind.

More Trouble In The Bad Lands.

Fred Gilman’s Statement.

In a recent interview had by a reporter for the Newton county Enterprise at Kentland, with Fred Gilman, the president of the defunct Home Bank at Goodland. Mr. Gilman amongst other things spoke of some of the causea of failure and his whereabouts since the bank failed as follows:

“I have been severely criticised for making large loans to a poultry firm doing business for years in Goodland and surrounding towns. The drafts and storage receipts for that concern passed thru my hands and I was familiar with the volume of business they transacted. The local papers never tired of exploit ing the rapidly extending business of the firm, and its prosperity was generally recognized. In April 1904, seven thousand cases of eggs were purchased, eggs in prime condition, and put in storage in the east. The.e was also 44,000| pounds of dressed stuff worth at least ten cents per pounds The eggs were worth at least six dollars per' case. As usual, and according to custom I advanced at the proprietor’s solicitation, sums of money, at a fair rate of interest to the poultry firm. There was nothing unusual or extraordinary about this. In every case I had always received my money whenever a call was made for it. About ten days before the closing of the Home Bank, I called upon the poultry firm and others for theiy over-drafts. It was readily promised. But failure of the McCoy bank had made depositors uneasy and there was a steady withdrawal of deposits. I relied upon the outstanding accounts to pull me thru. When in the last trying hours I was brought face to face with the fact that the promises) made me would not be fulfilled, I then realized that the Home Bank must fail. I was determine*'! however, not to give up and made a final effort to raise funds in Indianapolis, and failing in this left for New York. In the meantime the doors of |the bank had been closed, and the rest is history. I left for Baltimore, and from Baltimore I went to Tampa, Florida. I took passage for Havana, and landed in that place with six dollars in my possession. I became interested with some gentlemen in the development of an iron mine in Cuba, and they sent me to Birmingham, Alabama, to engage an expert to inspect the property, they paying my expenses. From Birmingham I proceeded to Chicag > and from there back to Cuba. After fouiteen months residence in Cuba I returned to the United State and have/ lived at Bloomington, most or 'the time since. I engaged in the real estate business and dealt in Dakota and lowa lands. I returned with Sheriff Stoner without waiting for requisition papers, and wish for a speedy trial, in Newton county. So far as I am concerned I am willing to take a jury of twelve men, made up from representative dep sitors of the Home Bank, men who lost their money if you will. With their verdict I will willingly abide.”

Wanted at once at the Makeevar house, a dining room girl and a second cook. Now is the time to save money on boots, shoes, and rubbers. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE. For Sale—Dry cord wood. Cash only. Leave orders at Rhoads’ grocery. J. E. Bislosky. Cornish India Game Cockerels for sale at reasonable prices. Telephone 522 T. J. Pullins.

Electric Survey Subscriptions.

The Committee selected to solicit funds to help pay the expense of Electric Road survey. Have so far ab?nt five hundred dollars subscribed and expect to make list about that much more at once. Anyone so desiring may pay their subscription to E.L.Hollingsworth, Treasurer. Attest: J- H. 8. ELLIS, Secretary. WARREN ROBINSON, President

Anot her Insanity Case.

Another unfortunate woman is the subject of an inSanity inquest in town soon. The subject is Mrs. Mildred Mikels, who lives with her brother-in law, S. B. Marlin, in a small house on River street. She is the wife of Ney Mikels, a sort of lawyer and realestate agent at South Bend. It seems that quite a number of months ago he went east on some kind of a trip, and during his absence she became insane.. She was taken to her former ho he in Kentucky, and sent to an asylum at Lexington, where she bad a severe attack of sickness. Some of the Marlins, who then lived at Fair Oaks, went and took her from the asylum after her physical sickness was over, but not her mental, on the request of her husband who promised to send SSO to help pay the expense, but which promise he failed to keep. The Marlins have since moved to Rensselaer and Marlin and some of his grown sbns had work on the stone roads, until it shut down for winter. There are eight or nine children in the family, besides Mr. and Mrs. Marlin, the insane sister and also her mother, and to add to their troubles another visit of the overworked stork has been momentarily expected. Thus it will be easily seen that the family is in distressful circumstances financially and the pressing necessity that existed that they be relieved from the care of the insane woman. She is 27 years old, and fortunately has no children. 't*

Harmon Has Two Sale.

The fact that Russell Harmon has bills ont for a big Poland China sale a the Collins feed barn in town for next Friday, Jan. 2’>th and has also got out bills for a big general sale at bis late farm west of townJor Jan., 31st, has caused some people to supposed that he has abandoned his specialjhog sale. This is a mistake, and he will have both sales on the days named, and have plenty to sell at both places to keep the auctioneers and bidders busy.

A Remarkable Spell of Weather.

Few if any people remember a spell of January weather just like the one which was brought to an end by the change of wind to the northwest. It lasted for nine days during which it rained every day, and on three of the days the rain was succeeded by snow. The aggregate of rainfall was not so very great considering the many days it continued, being practically just three and a quarter inches. Some neighboring towns claim to have had much more, as Delphi for in stance wnere there were said to have been six inches or more. During all these nine days the weather was mild with almost constant cloudiness, and frequent and lasting fogs and mist. Towards the end the weather became very uu seasonably warm reaching as high as 65 degrees, last Saturday, and accompanied by a very high southwest wind. The sudden shifting of this high wind to the northwest with increased violence, which occurred sometime Saturday night, brought with it naturally a great drop in temperature, and in the 12 hours following fl v e o’ clock Saturday evening the fall was 50 degrees. The cold did not reach as low a degree as might have been expected, the lowest being still eight above zero, but the very high wind and great change made it severely felt. The change of the wind back to southerly today has again brought milder weather and mure storms. *

Grant & Rowen, successors to J. F. McColly & Son, the depot Bnow handle bred and cakes e Little Gem Bakery. Every leather boot in the house at manufacturers wholesale prices. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE, e

Old Time News.

Fifty-One Years Ago. Jasper Banner, Jan. 17th, 1856. Probably no article ever published in the Banner was read with more interest than a three column account copied from the Lafayette Daily Journal, of a triple hanging in that city. The exact date of the occurrence is not given, bnt probably it was on Friday, Jan. 11, 1856. Not only would so unusual an event as the legal execution ot three men all at one time, and in a place so near and well known, be in itself a matter of absorbing interest, but that interest was very greatiy increased by the fact that one of the three men had been for some time, and not very long before, a resident of Rensselaer. The men were Abram Rice, Timothy Driskill and Dayid M. Stocking. Rice was a tinner and at one time had a shop here about where the Eger hardware and tin shop now is. He was mentioned in this column lately as being here in 1854 when a gang of robbers came up from Lafayette with the object of robbing Col. May’s bank, and Rice was probably their confederate and local spy. Rice and Driskill were hanged for the murder at Wildcat, near Lafayette, of a man named Cephas Fareubaugh, and Stocking for that of John Rose. Both murders were for the purpose of rob. bery, and Rose especially was a prominent and greatly respected citizen. All three men denied being guilty of murder, tho Rice and Driskill admitted being present when Fareubaugh was killed and Stocking said he knew who killed Rice but that he would not tell who it was. All three were swung off at the same time. They all showed plenty of nerve and courage, and during their final preparations Rice and Driskill remarking of Rice’s dressed up appearance, that he looked d d starchy. Stocking, who was a. much older uiau than the behaved with quietness and dignity. He was 50 years eld, Rice 27 and Driskill only just past 23. The Journal said ot the n that they were very bad men and deserved their fate. Their deaths a’d the sending of several of their confederates to prison for life, seems to have pretty effectually broken up the reign of crime in and around Lafayette for which their gang was largely responsible. Some 30 or 40 persons witnessed the hanging, but if any Jasper county men were present we can not say. Our townsman, Harvey Phillips, was in Lafayette when it took place and saw the bodies of the turee men after it was over.

Kellogg Finally Sentenced.

Ulysses B. Kellogg, the Canadian land swindler whose trial and conviction at Lafayette occured several weeks ago, was arraigned before Judge Di Hart on Saturday afternoon to receive sentence. His attorneys had decided not to ask for a new trial, and the prosecuting attorney made a motion to dismiss, the other indictments against Mr. Kellog. The motion was sustained and the other indictments were dismissed. Mr. Kellogg was given an indeterminate sentence of from one to fourteen years in the Michigan City penitentiary, was fined MOO and was disfranchised for one year. He will be taken to Michigan this week,'

Fresh bred and cakes daily at Grant & Bowen. You can save v money and buy overcoats and cloaks now for next winter. CHICAGO BARGAIN STORK. Miss Irma Kannal lost a long silver hat pin Saturday evening ornamented with a figure of Mercury. Will the finder please return it to her at the National Bank.