Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1911 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

VINCENNES —Miss Mary Schneehagen, nineteen years of age, who is employed as a domestic, mysteriously disappeared from the home of Guy A. McJimsey, a Vincennes capitalist, about daylight At 6'o’clock in the evening she appeared at the home of Lees Lanvpe, her foster father, three miles from town, driving a strange horse. Her hair was disheveled, her clothing wet from the day’s rain and she was suffering from exposure. She told Mrs.* Lampe that in the morning, on going to a building on the McJimsey premises, two men met her and threw something in her face. She began running and doesn’t remember anything else until she woke up in the woods, two miles from Vincennes, where she found a horse and buggy, in which she drove home. Word from the Lampe, home is that the girl is on the verge of collapse and unable to give an account of her experience that would tend to solve the mystery. CRAWFOftDSVILLE The bodies of Albert C. Jennison of this city and Donald Adams of Columbia City, graduates of Wabash eollege, who were drowned in a stream in Canada more than two months ago, have been recovered from the water. J. Newton Fullenwider of this city went to Canada upon receiving the news of the drownings and has identified both bodies. Mr. Fullenwider telegraphed friends here from Ed son, Alberta, stating that the bodies had been found. Jennison’s body will be brought here and Adams’ body will be taken to Columbia City.

INDIANAPOLIS —The members of the state board of pardons “point with pride” to a report laid before them by Warden E. J. Fogarty of the state prison, concerning the records of prisoners paroled on recommendation of the board since Jan. 1. 1909. The report showed that approximately 100 prisoners had been released on recommendation of the board, and that only three had been returned for violation of parole conditions. DANVILLE On the request of the defendant’s counsel in the Moon murder case for a change of venue. Judge Clark asked Judge Williams, of the Morgan circuit court, to serve. Judge Williams was acceptable to all the attorneys and the trial was set for Oct. 9. The killing of Mrs. George Baldock and Constable Oliver Wilhoite by Moon aroused tbe entire southern part of the county at the time.

WABASH James Deßrett an at imal trainer, had a narrow escape from being torn to pieces by a big African lion near here when the train in which the monarch and his attendant were riding, was wrecked by running into a freight which was mining extra. Deß: ftt was thrown against the cage when the train left the track and was badly clawed by the beast before he could get away. WESTFIELD —The Friends’ Academy in this place, which was founded fifty years ago, has opened under the name of “Union Bible Seminary.” The principal change in the organi zation is the founding of a seminary for the training of Friends ministers, missionaries, Bible school teachers, and other Christian workers, to which the academy and graded departments become tributary. FORT WAYNE —More than forty master mechanics, shop foremen and clerks of the Northwest system of the Pennsylvania railway gathered in this city for the annual sessions. The new and revised rules in regard to car building are the main topics under discussion. Almost as many cities as theie are delegates are represented at the gathering. MUNCIE —The twenty-six saloons which were authorized by Judge Bagot may not be opened until the first of next week. The delay is caused by the inability of the county clerk and his assailants to enter on the records for several days the complete proceedings of the remonstrance trial.

OAKLAND CITY Oakland City can very shortly be called “Punkin Center” and still no shadow be cast over the pride of its citizens. The shipment of the pumpkin crop will scon commence and many car loads •will leave for the city markets and canning factories. EDINBURG —Joseph Brawner, but seventeen years of age, who was in the lock-up here, on a charge c t assault and battery with intent to murder Gordon Weaver seventeen years of age, escaped. Friends of the prisoner, it is alleged, picked the lock on the jail. COLUMBUS While Miss Grace Flora of this city was on the stand testifying in a larceny case in the city court here her pocketbook containing a considerable sum of money was stolen. She left the purse lying on a chair when she went to the stand to testify. T EVANSVILLE The allied German societies of Indiana met in annual convention here and passed resolutions indorsing the stand taken by the Democrats of Indiana in the campaign of 1910 in advocating the repeal of the county local option law.

SOUTH BEND The rejection of reciprocity by Canada will have no effect on the plans of the Oliver Plow Works of this pity, in so far as the erection of a mammoth branch plant at Hamilton, OnL, is concerned. LAFAYETTE While he was wrestling with his brother for the possession of a rifle, Maurice Gibson, eight years old, was probably fatally shot A bullet pierced his left lung.