Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1912 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of the Country SHORT GITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. ■ ’ •’ G. A. R. Commander Dead. Captain Frank P Swigart, aged 72, state commander of the Indiana department G. A. R., soldier, lawyer and author, died suddenly at his home at 715 North street, LogansI>ort at 7:40 Friday’evening. Death was due to neuralgia of the heart, superinduced by acute indigestion. On the 23d of May at South Bend. Captain Swigart was elected state commander of the Indiana G. A. R. Last Tuesday he issued his first general order. W. E. Gorsuch, elected senior vice-commander of the Indiana G. A. R., will succeed Captain Swigart as state commander.