Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1903 — INDIANA INCISENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCISENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTB OF THE PAST WEEK. Youth's Painful Experience with u Cockle burr—Bad Marksmanship Joke on Gov. Durbin - Bedford Men Are Convicted—Explosion Near Kokomo. Oren George, the 15-year-old son of John George of Connersville, has passed through a dnngerous experience. While hunting and walking rapidly through a thicket of weedß, coekleburrs were set afloat, and one of them was drawn into his mouth and lodged in his windpipe. He could not dislodge the burr, and fled back to the city, and applied to local physicians for relief. They were unsuccessful in dislodging the obstruction, which caused violent coughing and hemorrhage, with intense suffering. The boy was removed to the Septon sanitarium at Rushville to undergo an operation, but scarcely had he crossed the threshold of that institution before he was seized with a violent fit of coughing, daring which the burr was dislodged and ejected. It is full one inch in length, and nearly three-quarters of an inch thick, and is covered with the usual spines, seasoned hara; and as sharp as needles. Apprehension is still felt as to the young man's condition, as his injuries are very serious. Shoots Horae for Quail. Gov. Durbiii, who is now hunting in Coffee County. Ga., displayed his marksmanship by shooting a horse when he aimed at one of a covey of Georgia quail. The Governor, in company with Joe Brewer, a local sportsman, had fine shooting all day until his bad shot caused the steed they were driving to run away. He and Brewer had to walk several miles through the swamps back to camp, which they did not reach until 10 o’clock at night.

Gnlltr of Intent to Kill. The jury in the case of the State against Duncan, Patton and Bruce in Bedford, for assault with intent to kill Frank Dorsey last September found the men guilty after being out twenty hours. They were given a fine and jail sentence. Charles Cain, 18 years old, was killed by Dorsey during the fight between the men. Explosion Shakes Kokomo. Two hundred and fifty pounds of dynamite at the quarries of the Kokomo, Marion and Western Traction Company exploded. Though one mile away, every building in Kokomo was shaken and many windows shattered. A dozen persons were slightly injured by flying glass. Short JWheh He Resigned. An auditing comtnittee reported to the Martinsville City Cohoetl that ex-Treas-urer Thomas F. Bruns was short $3,120 when he resigned a few weeks ago. William and John Downey, A. G. Hobson, H. J. Hinson, J. E. Robinson and F. T. Singleton are his bondsmen.

State Items of Interest. Paul Red wit* of Terre Haute took atrophine to relieve a headache and died from the effects. While hunting Rex Weaver, the 16-year-old son of a farmer living near Roanoke, was instantly killed by the accidental discharge of his shotgun. One of the leading Booneville hotels was quarantined on account of smallpox. There are many cases in town. The vaccination of 1,000 school pupils has been determined upon by the authorities. The body of Robert Rondthaler, an Indiana representative of the SherwinWilliams Paint Company and son of Rev. Dr. J. A. Rondthaler of Chicago, waa found north of Indianapolis, where he evidently had killed himself. A sensation was caused In jjafayette by the sudden death of Mrs. Elias Burkhardt at the German Lutheran Church. While in the midst of a hymn Mrs. Burkhardt staggered into the aisle Sfed dropped dead into her husband’s arms. The Gold Creek Mining Company, composed of Indianapolis and Martinsville capitalists, has been formed to mine gold in Brown and Morgan counties. The State geologists say the ore lands will produce from 35 to 80 cents a square yard. The saloon of Thomas Utt at Bickneli was demolished with stones at the hands of Mrs. Thomas Dant, wife of a coal miner. She said she is determined to stop drunkenness in her home and will smash every saloon that sells her relatives liquor. Mrs. Fannie Thompson, widow of former Mayor Otis Thompson of Elkhart, a prominent society woman, has taken a position as saleswoman in a department store, following the assignment of the Acme Cycle Company, of which she was secretary and manager. The assignment was due to a collapse of the Indiana National Bank. The 2-year-old child of Robert Steward, living four miles northwest of Salem, fell in the fire at the honse and died in a short time from its burns. The mother was away from the house at th# time and the child was in the care of two brothers, the oldest being 9 years. After the child was Spiled out of the fire, It ran to the yard with its clothing on fire, and its mother was burned about the hands and arms in puting out the flames. A dispatch from Washington says ths Indiana mortgage exemption law is valid. The Supreme Court has dismissed the suit to test the constitutionality of the law. The court held that it had no jurisdiction. This leaves the decision of the Indiana Supreme Court sustaining the law in full force. The original enlt in the Marion County, Indiana, Court was brought by Martha J. Lewis on the relation of the State. Harry B. Smith, county auditor, appealed the case to the Supreme Court of the United States. Robert Craig, a structural iron worker of South Chicago, employed on the new Bimplex factory in Hammond, fell forty feet from a steel truss. He is partially paralysed and may die. Two big mogul engines drawing a heavy freight train on the Big Four Railroad were wrecked near La son tains, together with twelve cars, A pilot bar connecting the engines broke, dropped on the track and threw the second engine and ears down the embankment. Bngineer McGovern of Wabash was killed and Fireman Frank Kimball seriously scalded.