Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1908 — NEWS FROM INDIANA. [ARTICLE]

NEWS FROM INDIANA.

Latest Happening* Within the Border* of Our Own State. Ex-City Marshal Acquitted. Princeton, May 29. —In the case of Mlnyard F. Reed, ex-marshal at Oakland City, charged with subornation of perjury, the court, following the completion of the state's testimony, Instructed lhe jury to return a verdict" of acquittal, and the verdict was given. Mrs. Rose Reed, who admitted she made false affidavit in charging John Bryant of Oakland City with assaulting her, charged that she was induced to make the affidavit by her husband and his brother, Mlnyard Reed. The evidence did not bear out her statement Shaft Contract Is 8«b-Let. Lafayette, May 29. —Evans Bro*, of Lafayette were awarded the contract for the excavation for the monument to the heroes of Tippecanoe at Battle Ground. The contract was sublet to them by McDonnell & Son of Buffalo, who were awarded the- contract by' the commission and the war department The monument commission laid off the site for the monument and work will commence on the excavation at once. Evans Bros, say it will require about six weeks to complete the excavation.

Seeking to Make Oil Strike. Jeffersonville, May 29.—The filling of additional leases on land in Chareston township by the Superior Oil company has aroused Interest in the movement in this vicinity to drill for oil. A well on the property of the American Car and Foundry company, which is to be put down 3,000 feet, has gone about 2,000 feet. Traces of oil have have been found. If a strike is made at the car works It is expected oil derricks by the dozens will go up in this vicinity as thousands of acres are under lease. Fye Confesses to Burglary. Richmond, May 29.—Harry Fye, the confessed assailant of Miss Elizabeth Wallick and the alleged assailant of Mrs. Murray Henderson, was arraigned in the Wayne circuit court on a charge of burglary and entered a plea of guilty. He will be held in the county jail while his case is being further investigated. His sentence will be a term of from ten to twenty years in the Jeffersonville reformatory. McTurnan School Orator. Williamsport, May 29. Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction Lawrence McTurnan delivers the address at the annual high school commencement exercises. Music will be furnished by the Purdue University orchestra. The list of graduates follows: Leila De Motte, Mary Odle, Wilma Entzminger, Dan Anderson, Earle Hobart, Byron Lighty, Charles McCabe and Dale Stansbury.

Convicted; Granted a New Trial.Columbus, May 29. —David Fox and Jacob Kirk of Monroe county, who were convicted in the December term of the Bartholomew county circuit court of having whitecapped Thomas Vanest, the South Bethany blacksmith, granted a new trial by Judge Marshall Hacker on the grounds that under the law it takes three or more persons to form a riotous conspiracy.

Church Would Ascertain Stand. Richmond, May 29.—Announcement has been made that members of local Friends Churches are preparing to issue an ultimatum to Walter 8. Ratliff, Republican nominee for representative from Wayne county, demanding that he make a statement prior to the November election as to whether he will work for and support a county local option law bill If elected to the legislature. Indiana Bankers in Session. Evanville, May 29. —Group 1 of the Indiana Bankers’ association was organized. Joel Bailey of Evansville was elected district chairman. President Medford B. Wilson of the Columbia National bank of Indianapolis, State President Witt of Kentucky and National President - Powers made speeches. The convention closed with a banquet.

Blast Wrecks a Homo. Windfall, May 29.—A gas explosion at the home of Prof. Philander Scudder badly burned Mr. Scudder and wrecked the building. Mr. Scudder struck a match to start a fire in the cookstove and the explosion followed. Gas had escaped from defective mains and filled the cellar and kitchen and other rooms'of the house.

Asks Damages for Injuries. Crawfordsville, May 29. —Rev. J. P. Henson of Veedersburg Is in the circuit court here seeking to recover $20,000 damages for injuries sustained by his 17-year-old son, Robert Henson, who was injured in a collision with a Big Four passenger train near Veedersburg. To Build Sewer System. Shelbyville, May 29.—The city council has decided to engage the services of an engineer to prepare plans and specifications for the building of a general sewer system in this city. The city has a fund of a few thousand dollars which was started two years ago for a sewer fund. Gets $1,500 for Lose of Eye. Princeton, May 29.—For the loss of an eye caused by the bursting ot an emery wheel, Richard Downs was awarded in circuit court judgment of $1,500 against the Southern Railway company. He sued for $5,000 dam-