Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

STATE HAPPENINGS RECORDED IN BRIEF

NEWS ITEMB FROM ALL OVER INDIANA. DOZEN IN GOVERNOR’S RACE Republican State Convention Which Is Meeting Today Will Have Big Field of Candidates. Indianapolis, Aug, 6. —A dozen names are under discussion for the head of the ticket to be nominated by the Indiana Republicans In the state convention here. As the Republican candidates paust meet the of the progressives as well as the Democrats at the' November election, the party leaders are endeavoring to bring about the nomination of the strongest men they can find. Winfield T. Durbin of Anderson, who was governor from 1901 to 1905; Mayor Lew Shank of Indianapolis, who came Into national prominence through his crusade to reduce the high cost of living; Addison C. Harris of Indianapolis, former United States minister to Austria-Hungary; Col. George R. Lockwood, editor of the Marion Chronicle; Judge David W. Henry of Terre Haute, President W. W. Parsons of the Indiana Normal School, Charles A. Carlisle, a prominent business man of South Bend; James W. Emlson, president of Vincennes university; Walter Olds of Port Wayne and L. C. Embree of Princeton are among those who are under consideration for the nomination for governor. The lieutenant governor, Sidney K. Ganiard of Lagrange, is regarded as the leading candidate, although there are several others in the field. For the other places on the state ticket there is a general disposition to give the nominations to the men who were the nominees tw r o years ago.

Makes Start on New School. Bloomington, Aug. 6—At a special meeting of the Bloomington school board an architect firm of Fort Wayne Was awarded the contract to furnish plans and specifications for the new SBO,OOO Bloomington high school building and a St. Louis firm employed as consulting architects. The new building will be located on the campus of the old Indiana university at Walnut and Second streets. The present old college building, which is used as a grade building, will not be molested, aB there is more than enough room on the lot for both buildings. The structure will be of stone and brick, two stores and a basement, and Include an auditorium to seat 1,200, twenty-eight classrooms and a gymnasium. The foundation will be put in the coming fall. Prisoner Is Captured. Lafayette, Aug. 6. Despite the search made by Sheriff John Fisher and the Lafayette police department only one of the four prisoners who overpowered James Nash, turnkey of the Tippecanoe county Jail, has been caught. Albert Dickson, arrested for stealing a horse, was retaken at the home of his mother in this city. Capt. and two other officers broke down the door of the house and found him hiding under a bed. D. Fleming Guy, who shot William Marlott at Westpolnt; T. L. Lucas, charged with robbery, and Lewis Smith, charged with forgery, are still at large.

for Kin; Takes Life. Bloofnington, Aug. 6—After requesting his business partner, E. S. DeMoss, to send for his relatives in Kentucky, Wilhite H. Troutman of the firm of Troutman and DeMoss, liquor dealers, of this city, ended his life by shooting himself through the heart with a 32-caliber revolver. Troutman was sixty-one years old and had been in failing health for some time. He was unmarried and was at his room when passersby heard the shot. He had been a resident of this city about SO years and had accumulated a fortune estimated at about $45,000, Think “Help" Call Is Joke. Laporte, Aug. 6.—Thinking that he was joking when he called for help, companions of Nell Kistler, eighteen years old, failed to go to his aid and he was drowned in Stone lake here. A score of boys were on the shore when Kistler ran from them and made a dive into the water. Before he knew It he was beyond his depth Lester Garwood, a companion, got to him as he sank, but was unable to save him. The dead boy was a son of George Kistler, a business man. The body was recovered by the police. Mutes Subscribe to Home. Anderson, Aug. 6 —The deaf mutes of this city are contributing liberally toward a fund to build a home for the aged and infirm deaf at Lafayette. Local mutes have subscribed SIOO. Misses Nellie McCoy and Pearl Cooper, both daughters of deaf-mute parents, have started a canvass of the city to raise funds and are meeting with much encouragement. Four Automobiles Burned. Winona Lake, Aug. 6. automobiles valued at $4,600, Insured for *tout three-fourths of their value, were burned here when the Winona garage was destroyed by Are. Only hasty work prevented a spread of the flames.