Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1908 — THE WORLD’S HAPPENINGS [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD’S HAPPENINGS

Paragraphs of Op-to-Date [Hews Called From the Press Dispatches of Netropolitaa Papers. TUESDAY’S DAILY. A fire at the Jeffersonville reformatory Monday destroyed about 4,400 books in the library. J George Ade’s < most popular play, “The College Widow,” is now on at the Studebaker, in Chicago. Republican editors in Lake county have formed an association as a working force during the coming campaign. The saloons at Franklin have been closed and there has not been a prisoner in the jail there for more than two weeks—a new record. Nearly six thousand men were returned to work at Cleveland yesterday. If this keeps up there will be a lot of disappointed democrats. President Roosevelt says that any statement that he has used federal patronage to advance the interests of Secretary Taft is false and malicious February 12th, Lincoln’s birthday, has been made a legal holiday, and all banks will be closed on that day, and the post office will be closed part of the day. “Suffering Papas’ Club’’ is the name of a new organization at Warsaw, the membership being confined to professional and business men. It is a take-off on the Mothers’ Study Club of the city. The town marshal of Marion, 111., who was attacked by two drunken rowdies that he had ordered home, Bhot and killed them both. He waa arrested for the murders but is out on |5,009 ball.

Following the fire at Monticello on last Friday the town marshal examined all the water hydrants and found only one frozen up and that was the one that was needed to put out the fire. B. F. Shively, of South Bend, once a democratic candidate for governor, is apt to he nominated by the democrats for congress to oppose A. L. Brick, whom the republicans have ust renominated. There are apt to be several candidates for the democratic nomination for governor, of both the Taggart and anti-Taggart variety, and there is no possibility of the factions getting together on a candidate. Prosecuting Attorney Davis, of Batesville, Ripley county, was recently stoned by rowdies because he made an effort to enforce the liquor laws, and now he has secured indictments against the leaders of the gang. The long fight over the construction of five miles of road in McClellan and Colfax townships in Newton county, was brought to an end by the county commissionnres ordering the improvement. The estimated cost is 18,250 a mile. A woman confined for one night in the jail at Elkhart, gave birth during the night to a baby boy. A jail attendant found the baby in the mother’s arms when he made his rounds Sunday morning and mother and babe were transferred to a hospital. Secretary of War Taft is giving

Missouri people a look at him, in other words, he is showing them.Laat night he attended a banquet in Kansas City, given in his honor by the young republicans of Missouri. He Is laying his plans for the Missouri delegate vote, (and will probably get it A township trustee named Ensminger, of Laurel township, Franklin county, used up the funds he waa entrusted to keep. His shortage covered two terms of the office and his bontenen are having a hard time settling the shortage. In the meantime Ensminger has taken “French leave.’’ ■ -f- ——— ■'' ' ■ ' ' ■ a. George Sidderdean, 40 years old,, was intoxicated Sunday at Linden, and when he sought to go to his home he became bewildered and finally lay down by a hay stack and went to sleep. Monday morning his dead body was found. He had frozen to death. A dog that was with him waa not drunk and is still alive. W. H. Gardner, president of the Farmers’ National Bank of Valparaiso, has been appointed chairman of the 10th district currency commission, and he nas been ordered to name a member of the commission In each county in the district, the object being to assist congress in devising necessary financial legislation. Hog receipts at the Chicago Union stock yards Monday exceeded all previous records, and before noon more than 75,000 head unloaded. The high price of corn is responsible for the continued large shipments. The Immediate effect was the reduction of the market from ten to fifteen cents a hundred.

Francis T. Roots, banker, manufacturer and politician, and a leading citizen of Connersville, shot himself at 11 o’clock Monday morning, and death was instaiffoneous. He had been in poor health for several years, due to overwork, and a nervous breakdown resulted in a complete collapse. For five weeks prior to last Saturday he had been tpking treatment at Battle Creek, Mich. There was no insurance on theMonon Presbyterian church which was destroyed by fire, the loss being complete. There had been no fire in the building since the Sunday night before the Wednesday that the building was burned and the fire is a mystery. The building was not kept locked and it is said vagrant boys have been in the habit of spending the entire night there. George Emory Cassell, the man who was * with Thos. Mills, the Owen county stock dealer, when Mills was killed, has been arrested for the crime and was taken to Indianapolis crime and was taken to Indianapolis for safe keeping, as mob violence was feared at Spencer, the county seat "Billy” Blodgett, the News special correspondent has been detailed to the scene of the crime to report it A young farmer named Artie Grigsby and wife, who owned a farm valued at SB,OOO, were arrested and sentenced to jail for stealing chickens from neighbors. He was given six months in jail and she was ’given 1 day. After he had served part of the time he was released with the understanding that himself and wife were to move away, mid they have sold their farm preparatory to going to the far west.' They lived near Greenfield. »- Albert I. Kilborn, agent "for the American Express company in Hammond, has been arrested on complaint of special examiners of the company, accused of embezzling $3,000. Kilborn is said to have transferred the accounts of one company to another whenever an inspector appeared, and he was only detected when both inspectors reported at the same time. He confesses to the shortage, and says he lost the money by betting on horse races.