The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-16
FOUGHT WITH NAPOLEON.
Life of Philip Ran, Who Died at the Age O
To- Saturday.

Life of Philip Ran, Who Died at the Age of
1913 Saturday.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
CANNELToN. Ind. March 15.-Philip Rau.
who died at the age of 103 in this city Sat-
urday. was born on Sept. IA, 1889. in Hesse
Darmstadt, Germany. twenty-five years
before the battle of Waterloo, and thirteen
years after the declaration of American in
dependence. He came with his wife to this
country In 1857. Several of his children
had come to this country years before. and
he and his Wits wanted to spend their de-
clinlng years near them. He was then
sixty-seven years of age. He was twice
married and had nine children, three of
whom are living. HIS son Philip. with
whom he spent lis last years. Is now sixty
seven yenys old.
The elder Rau. since his arrival in this
country. and up to about fifteen years ago.
was a common laborer. and led O quiet life.
he had been known for years as the Oldest
man In southern Indiana. Pblip Rau was
In many respe cts q remarkable man. To
have seen him In his quiet. nnostentatious
walks of life. no one would have ever
dreamed that he had once teen Il soldier
under the old Napoleon, and was In the
bloody and disastrous battle of Waterloo,
but such is the truth. Rarely would the old
man speak of the stirring events of three
quarters Of o century ago. but. when
he did. 1t was with an animation and 10y.
atty always found in those who followed
to defeat the Man of Destiny. Old and
feeble as he was. he would occasionally
describe with minute accuracy and dra-
matic vividness the last charge OF the Old
Guard, the final and last desperate effort
of the Emperor TO turn tie tide of battle:
In giving his hearers the description or
that terrible struggle he seemed TO imagine
himself fighting the wars over again. and
would resent with alacrlty any attempted
aspersions cast upon his fallen chisftain.
He rendered valuable service in the Ma
poleOnic wars during 1911, 1872. 1918. 1914
and 1915, and was then q resident of Alsaoe-
Lorraine.
Terre Haute Judges Want an Increase.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 15.-The judges Of
the two courts went before the board of County
commissioners to-day and said the new law
authorizing the board to increase the salaries by
$1,000 was mandatory. The board did not think
90 and had granted O delay until April IL at the
request of the Farmers Mutual Benefit Associa-
Is OF those who are Opp9Sllg the increase. ana
Judge McNutt, speaking for himself. said he had
done nothing To influence the Legislature 10
enact the law. The two Judges, finding that the
commissioners would not act promptly, decided
not 10 have their in favor OF the In
crease presented until April II. There Is a de-
cided feeling against the increase, but no one
seems TO have the nerve to become personally
prominent III representing III.
Criticising the Monument Commission.
Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind, March 15.- Williams G.. A. r.
Post, No. 7s. located i'll this C ty, has adopted res
olutions strongly denounciLg the action of the
monument commission, showing that the old
soldiers in this section are not to forget how
they have been treated. The resolutions close
with the following prepared by the COMMITTEES
consisting OF n. n. Spence, w. n. jackson and
J.. O. Leach:
Resolved. That we emphatically denounce the
acts of the monumental commission, especially
President Langsdale, for his selfish. stubborn
and unpatriotic manner ira his persistence to
MeyicaniZe said monument over the protest OF
the great mass OF the survivors of the late war
and the patriotic citizens of Indiana, as we'll
thereby proving himself unworthy Of the trust
cOnfided TO him.