Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1911 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

SHELBYVILLE Charles L. Davis, forty-one years- old, one of the most widely known furniture manufacturers in the world, is dead at his home in this city, Death resulted from pneumonia after an illness of one week. Mr. Davis was born in Ohio and came to Shelbyville when he was sixteen years old. He accepted a position with the Conrey& Birely Table company, then a small concern. He began work in the machine room and at various times worked in,every department until he had learned the practical end of the furniture-making business. In 1895, on the reorganization of the company, Mr. Davis was made president and given full charge of the sales department. Mr. Davis owned a two-thirds interest in the factory. MARION— What is believed one of the worst cases of vandalism that ever came under the observation of Grant county authorities was revealed when Mr. and Mrs. James Barris, wellknown residents of Gas City, returned to their home after a day’s absence and found it literally -ruined. Costly pieces of furniture were demolished and a handsome new piano damaged beyond repair. Expensive carpets on the floor were soaked with a mixture of oil and vegetables. Clothing was torn and strewn over the floor and dishes and chinaware were broken. No arrests have been made, but, it Is understood, the officers are working on a clew that connects a woman with the case. Mr. Barris estimates his loss will exceed SI,OOO.

INDIANAPOLIS The less of the will of Ebenezer Dumont, which is recalled here as causing much speculation at the time, was explained when the auditor of state found in the vault of the statehouse the long-missing document. It was In an envelope with some papers relating to old state debt sinking fund that dated back to 1862. Mr. Dumont was chairman of the sinking fund commission, and it is supposed that the will was unintentionally placed in the envelope with the sinking fund papers. Search for it at the time failed to bring it to light. The estate was settled without the will, though the heirs, one of whom resides now in Washington and another in Buffalo, knew that a will had been made. LAFAYETTE—Herbert G Lee. said to have been a prominent dentist of Des Moines, la., and of a well-to-do family, was captured here after a series of bold daylight robberies and sentenced to state prison for from one to fourteen years, an hour after arrest. He came here a week ago, representing himself as a magazine agent and, it is said, committed the robberies while soliciting. Lee called at the home of Mrs. Robert Shaw and finding no one in, entered and was helping himself to the jewelry, when Mrs. Shaw returned. He was chased to the street and soon captured by the police, still carrying the booty of several robberies. SOUTH BEND The sixteen-year-old son of Mrs. M. Thatcher of Chicago, captured by detectives at New York city, where the boy had gone after running away from Culver Military academy, caused a sensation on the Twentieth Century limited, when be hid himself under a berth. For a time ft was believed young Thatcher had fallen from the train. The boy is heir to millions. He was on the way back to school, and his effort to hide was part of a plan to avoid being returned to the discipline of Culver. BOUTH BEND A terrific explosion that was felt within a radius of thirty miles, partially wrecked the Grand Trunk bridge here and damaged many homes in the neighborhood. A passenger train bad just cleared the bridge when the explosion occurred. Window lights in houses within three blocks of the explosion were broken. No one was seriously injured. The damage will probably amount to $4,000. No arrests have been made. FLORA — Lee Schaeffer who lives in Deer Creek township holds what is thought to be the record for school attendance. Young Schaeffer is fifteen years old and will graduate from the common schools of his township at the commencement which will be held in June, after having attended the common schools for nine years without being either absent or tardy during that time.

FORT WAYNE Mrs. Clara Winters, who lives near this city, believes that the Ben D. Hernaway, the Mexican insurrecto, who was recently captured by the federal troops and whd§fe address is given as Fort Wayne,/is really her missing brother, Bendigp D. Hemenway, and that the difference in names is due to mistakes in transmission. MARION The First Natolnal ban and the Swayzee Farmers’ bank, both located at Swayzee, have been consolidated and are now operating under the name of the First National bank. The officials of the two banks got together and decided one bank was sufficient for the town. MARION —Sheriff George and the members of the Grant County Protective association are doing all within their power to break up the operations of a gang of chicken thieves in this county. f Farmers, particularly those owning much poultry, are staying up at night guarding their coops. ROCHESTER—Mrs. Err Biddinger died at the Woodlawn hospital as a result of injuries sustained .when the buggy in which she and her husband were riding was struck by an Erie express train at the Alain, street crossing late Saturday afternoon. Her husband was slightly injured. ' -