Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1906 — TWO ARE ANNIHILATED [ARTICLE]

TWO ARE ANNIHILATED

Nitro-glycerine Blast Does Not Leave a Shred of Either of Two Men. HOLE SCOOPED IN THE GROUND Doings at DePauw That Are More Than Disgraceful—'• Bog uses” Go the Limit. Geneva. Ind.. Feb. IG. Edward Gates and Lee Howard were blown to atoms, and four horses were killed In a nitrogly cerine explosion at the Hercules torpedo plant at this place. The plant, which was a frame structure, was blown to splinters, leaving a hole in the ground twenty-five feet across and fifteen feet in depth. It is believed the men were unloading nitroglycerine and were in the magazine when the explosion took place. The concussion was heard for thirty miles. The plant was in a thick woods, and every tree for several hundred feet around was\,stripped of bark, and all but two plate glass windows in Maia street, in this town, were blown to pieces, causing a loss in glass- alone of nearly $2,000. Not. a Shred of the Men. Not a shred of clothing nor a particle of flesh was found at the plant. The horses were crushed almost beyond recognition and the wagons were torn to fragments. W. ,L Kelly, superintendent of the magazine, was unable at first to determine who the unfortunate men were, but they were finally identified as Gates and Howard. The former was a man of family, living at Hartford City, and Lee Howard was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Howard, near Bluffton. Superintendent Kelley and'a helper, who are usually at the plant, left the place a short time before the explosion took place, or they would also have met instant death. The wagons are believed to have contained 1,200 quart* of nitro glycerine. 'lhree Children Scalded. Clayton, Ind., Feb. IG. Three small children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brown, near Hall, were scalded by the overturning of a bucket tilled with hot water. One child, 7 months old. died of its injuries, and still a second one may die. The mother had placed the little ones in a rocker standing close to the kitchen stove, on which was the bucket tilled with boiling water, in some way one leg of the stove fell out, throwing the entire contents of the bucket on the children. Killed at a Grade Crossing. Carmel, Ind., Fob. IG.—Frank Cook. 45 years old. and a companion whose name is thought to have been Bnrton„ about 35 years old, were instantly killed at Quick’s crossing by a northbound Indiana Union interurban car. The men were crossing the tracks *n a covered wagon, which was reduced to splinters. COLLEGE LIFE AT DEPAUW ••Boguses" That Indicates an Exceedingly lx»w Moral Tpne in Sonic Quarter. Greencastle. Jnd., Feb IR. DePauw students are excited over the appearance in the city of two strangers who have been mingling with students and who have the appearance of detectives. The Inference is that the county prosecutor is carrying out his threat to have the grand jury probe the recent “bogus" matter. Another “bogus” has appeared which la more vile than the first one. which caused so much excitement, and it is being condemned by the students al most without exception, it was pasted on the doors of the Music hall, of Woman’s hall and Florence hail, where the girls could not avoid seeing it. apd on public buildings and windows around town. The classes which are supposed to be back of these two boguses disclaim any connection with them, and seem anxious to expose the perpetrators The language used in both is unprintable. .

How He Got the Title “ImmorUl." Peru, Ind., Feb 16.—A newspaper article a few days ago relative to “immortal” J. N. Free, recalls to W. \V Lockwood, Sr., editor of the Pern Republican. that the cognomen "Immortal” was given the wanderer by John A. Graham, of Peru, In 1856, while Graham was editor of the Miami County Sentinel, in this city. Graham had quite a history of J. N., in wbich*he called him “immortal." He Was Hung Up by His Heels. Princeton, Ind., Feb. 16. Frank Holtzmier, near this city, while driving. was thrown from his buggy in a runaway accident; his feet catching by the ankles on a high picket fence which held him securely, with his head barely touching the ground. Holtzmier was absolutely helpless, and he was bung by his feet until a passerby released him. He was uninjured, save a bump on his bead. He Charges It to the Saloons. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 16.—Robert Osborn, editor of the Perrysville Blue Pencil, is getting evidence to prosecute three men who emptied shotguns into bis sleeping room. He says they are young fellows who represented the saloon Interests. Been Wedded Sixty-One Years. North Vernon, Ind., Feb. 16.—Captain G. W. Boyer and wife have just celebrated their sixty-first wedding anniversary.