Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1914 — HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD [ARTICLE]

HOOSIER NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD

Michigan City.—lsadore I. Spiro, walthy banker and president of the Indiana Transportation company, died at his home here. Shelbyville.—Will Baxter was fined s2l in the mayor’s court for assault and battery on Will Davis, whom he stabbed in a fight. He escaped the officers at the time, but was caught later.

Decatur.; —In a fight, while stealing a ride in a freight car on the Erie railroad,' two tramps quarreled and one was mortally shot by the other. The assailant escaped to a Clover Leaf train and cannot be located.

South Bend. —Wilfred Grant, for 23 years a member of the South Bend fire department and „ for 12 years chief of the organization, has refused to accept the position of chief of the Gary department because of the political fight in that city between the two factions of officeholders.

South Bend. —Follbwing the enrollment of 150 ■ pupils from St. Casimir’s Polish Roman Catholic parish in the public schools, the parochial school of the parish was closed for the year. Because df the sudden increased tax on the public school facilities on the West side it has been necessary to employ additional teachers and open temporary rooms. Shelbyville.—Mr. and Mrs. John Unger, living near Morristown, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary gy entertaining many of their friends and relatives at dinner and many others at a reception at night. They have nine children living. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sawin of near Edinburg celebrated their golden wedding anniversary by giving a dinner for many of their friends and relatives.

Fort Wayne. While Lawrence Schoppmann, a young farmer, was standing on a street corner, waiting for his wife, Mrs. Schoppmann gave birth to a baby daughter in the woman’s room of the courthouse. The ambulance carrying the wife and baby to a hospital, passed Schoppmann on the street. He appealed to the police when his wife did not appear, and learned that she was in the hospital. Fort Wayne.—Knights Templars from Auburn, Angola, Kendallville.. Lagrange, Elkhardt., Goshen, South Bend, Columbia City, Warsaw, Bluffton, Marion, Montpelier, Muncie, Huntington, and Richmond were guests of Fort Wayne commandery, No. 4, in this city. The chivalric degrees were conferred on a class of candidates, and a banquet was scheduled for the evening, w ith Judge J. G. Ibach, right eminent grand commander, as the principal speaker. Indianapolis.—The Republican state committee, which met here, decided to hold the state convention here April 22 and 23. The Democrats W’ill hold their convention May 19 and the Progressives May 12. Plans were also submitted to the committee for the co-operation with the Lincoln league of Indiana in the work of the ooming campaign. The state committee adopted the resolution that the state organization shall follow strictly the provisions of the corrupt practices act in the conduct of the campaign. Logansport.—Wednesday, May 20, has been selected as Logansport day at Culver Military academy, at which time the memorial gate which has been presented to the academy in recognition of the heroism displayed by the officers and cadets of the academy during the 1913 flood, will be dedicated. The city council gave the money for the gate, which opens directly into the military grounds. A special train will carry Logansport people to Culver, when It is expected to have Governor Ralston present for an address.

Crown Point.—John Mitsch, proprietor of a saloon and restaurant at Cedar Lake, naar here, is dead of wounds suffered when he was beaten, the police say, by men whom he had refused liquor. Ray Heillng, Bon of a baker at Lowell; Albert Wibely, a farbi laborer living at or near West Creek, and Harry Jones, son of a farmer near Lowell, are in the county jail here awaiting the action of the coroner. Mitsch did not regain "consciousness after the attack, but the police assert Wlbely has accused his two companions of beating j the saloon keeper. South Bend.—Forest Hiller of South Bend was elected president of the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Lumber Dealers’ association. Claude R. Sparks of Berrien, Mich., vas elected vice-president, and W. N. Haas of North Liberty, secretary and treasurer. More than 250 lumbermen attended the convention, the fourteenth annual affair of the association. The principal speakers were Mayor Fred W. Keller of South Bend, Mayor David McGill of Laporte, A. Cone and Arthur Johnson of Chicago. The retiring president, Charles E. j Foster of Valparaiso, acted as toastmaster at the banquet. Rochester—The work of sointng Lake Manitou of undesirable fish I has begun under the superivsion of Game Warden Hisey. The men expect to make their first haul next week. Hun£j.eds of persons in the county | Plan to witness the first haul. The seine to be used is 1,800 feet long, i Brookville.—Harvey Slaughter and his wdfe and son, in jail here on | charges of conspiracy in the burnj ing of a house at Laurel, were released on thejr recognizance by agreement of parties to appear the first Monday of the next term of the Franklin circuit court.