Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1905 — FIRE AND DISASTERS [ARTICLE]

FIRE AND DISASTERS

Flames Nearly Wipe Out a Small Town, Destroying Property Worth $60,000. BAD ACCIDENT ON THE BAIL One Man May Die of His Injuries— Other Serious Mishaps—Trou-' ble In School-Notes. Sun man, Ind., March 24. —Fire destroyed almost every building in this village, causing a loss estimated at more than $*50,000, with but little insurance. The buildings burned include a livery barn, three hotels, two saloons, two residences, a general store, and a cigar store. The local firemen were assisted by the fire department from Morris, which responded to an appeal for aid. Collision May Provo Fatal. Indiannpolis, March 24. lision between two switch engines in the Big Four yards In Norwood, five trainmen were more or less injured and two engines were damaged. The injured men are: Elmer Frakes, fireman, left leg crushed off and other injuries that may prove fatal; A. E. Adbom, fireman, right arm broken and badly bruised; William T. Brown, engineer. scalp wounds and bruises; J. S. Clemens, fireman, right arm wrenched and bruised; William Garrett, switchman, badly bruised. Probable Death to One Man. Marion, Ind., March 24.—High wind wrecked a portion of the American Window Glass company’s fnetory at Gas City. Two workmen were crushed In the wreckage. The Injured are: William Nee, of Marion, back badly sprained, head cut, will probably die; Luther ArnoldL of Marion, collar-bone broken and cut about the body, serious, but will recover. With fifteen other men Nee and Arnold were engaged In razing the factory building, which had been abandoned, when the wind blew down the part of the structure which Jiad been left standing. Only a Car Smub-Dp. Edinburg, Ind., March 24.—Two locomotives and several cars were wrecked north of the city in a collision between a south-bound extra freight train and regular freight train No. 75, north-bound. No person was injured, both train crews jumping in safety. TURBULENCE IN A SCHOOL Soma Pupil* Who Surely Would Bo Improved by a Little Hickory Oil Well Applied. Colfax, Ind., March 24. Because Professor O. W. Little, principal of the Clarkshill high school, demanded an apology from Bessie Young for an infraction of rules. Chum Marcum attacked Professor Little, who is a cripple, and was fast overpowering him when Roland Shaffer, another student, went to the teacher’s rescue. Harry Clark, a friend of Marcum, attacked Shaffer, and Merl Hammel, son of Postmaster Hammel, went Shaffer’s rescue. For several minutes it was a fight for supremacy, Shaffer and Hammel pitted against Marcum amd Clark, with the other pupils interested spectators. Marcum and Clark were pinioned to the floor by their opponents, when Superintendent H. H. Harriman entered and stopped the battle. Marcum was expelled from school, Clark was reprimanded, and Miss Young was sent home.

Hlu Scott May Recover. Anderson, Ind., March 24. Miss Lydia Scott, the victim of Shirley Doyle’s murderous assault with a razor, has Improved after a brief relapse when she was thought to be dying. If she safely passes through another day the physicians say, she will recover. Abraham Doyle, a well-known farmer, and father of Shirley, has refused so far to hire lawyers to defend his son. Gradually Strangled Himself. Washington, Ind., March 24. John W. Davidson, 56 years old, committed suicide In a horrible manner. He had been sick for five weeks. Despairing of recovery, he decided to hasten the end, and tied a handkerchief about his neck, placed a cane in the noose and turned the cane over and over, gradually choking himself to death. 0 Mayer Under 910,000 Bond. Vincennes, Ind., March 24.—Harvey Taylor, of Terre Haute, brother of Ayres J. Taylor, shot and killed by Louis A. Meyer, filed an affidavit charging Meyer with murder in the second degree, and Meyer was released on SIO,OOO bond, which was signed by twenty-five of the leading men of the city. Anti .Treating League. Indianapolis, March 24.—T0 “create a sentiment against the rapidly growing habit of treating" is the object of the Supreme Anti-Treating League of America, articles for the incorporation of which have been filed with the secretary of state. The home office of the organization is in Princeton! Ind. Caught In the Machinery. Portland, Ind., March 24. While starting a gas engine on the John C. Pyle oil lease, near New C-orydon. Adolph Liebert, 60 years old. an oil pamper for the Colonel Drake Oil company, was caaght in the ma< liim ry and Instantly killed.