Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1914 — WOMEN TO MEET IN BLOOMINGTON [ARTICLE]

WOMEN TO MEET IN BLOOMINGTON

Federation of Women’s Clubs Will Hold Convention. SEVENTY-FIVE ARE EXPECTED Monroe, Sullivan, Greene, Knox, Owen, Daviess, Martin and Morgan Counties to Be Represented at Gathering. Eloojnington.—A convention of the Federation of Women's Clubs will be held In Bloomington in April and tjbout seventy-five women from eight counties are expected. The counties in the district are Monroe, Sullivan. Greene, Knox, Owen, Daviess, Martin and Morgan. Mrs. J. B. Wilson, district president, has charge. Poultry Men Consider Changes. South Bend. A committee of six members of the American Poultry association is meeting here for the purpose of making changes in the by-laws and constitution of the association. The chairman of the committee is E. B. Thompson of Amenia, N- Y., who is president of the interna tlonal association, which extends Into practically every part of the world, and has a membership of more than fifty-five thousand. U. R Flshel, president of the Fishelton plant at Hope and president of the newly organized $1,000,000 corporation known as the United Poultry Farms, Is a member of the committee. Home for Girls Assured. Richmond. —Women who last week tried to raise $30,000 for establishing a home for working girls, to be known as the Richmond Guest house, almost reached their goal and promised contributions will bring the money to the desired amount. Gifts ranged from that of Mrs. T. R. Foulke. of SIO,OOO, down to $lO. There were several contributions of SSOO and three of Sj.OftO. During the next few weeks the ground at North Eleventh and B streets, on which stands the old Friends’ academy, will be bought by the women and the building remodeled to meet requirements.

Fire Alarms Hotel Guests. Terre Haute. —Fire that started In the basement of the threestory building of E. H. Bindley & Co., wholesale druggists here, destroyed that structure and damaged two adjoining buildings. The stores are in the business district. Two hours after the blaze was believed to have beep ! extinguished it broke out again and-; spread to the center of the business district. Guests in a hotel were awakened and warned to be ready to leave, as it was feared the flames would cross the street. This was pre- j vented and the fire was confined to I the burning buildings. Dentist Burned to Death in Home. Cannelton.—ln a fire in his home. Dr. James C. Bush, veteran dentist of this city, was burned to death. He had been asleep on a bed in a room Where the flames were discovered by neighbors. Others in the family were absent. The fire department extinguished the fire after little damage had been done to the house. Doctor Bush was a Kentuckian by birth and a graduate of the University of Michigan of the class of 1882. He had practiced for many years in this city, where he married Miss Stella Hargis, who, with their two children, survive. In Jail for Running “Blind Tiger.” Warsaw.- —Mrs. Phoebe Ham and ; Frank Randels, poolroom owners, j were sent to the county Jail j for four months when It was shown : that they had violated their paroles, j This is the culmination of a long fight against “blind tigers,” both having been found guilty of violations as the result of a raid conducted a year ago and headed by local ministers. Their sentences were suspended at that time. *

Wounded Policeman Kills Negro. Evansville.- —Drawing his revolver when attacked by three negroes, armed with knives. Patrolman Frank Melton shot and killed Bradley Wilson, a section hand, and wounded Solomon Bryant. Bryant will live. Melton was stabbed in the back and cut about the face and hands. He Is not seriously hurt The trouble occurred when Melton attempted to serve warrants for minor offenses on ttye negroes. Kills Self by Shooting. Auburn. —O. P. Redman, fortyfive years old, committed / suicide by shooting himself. A letter to an employe gives poor health and falling eyesight as the reason. The body was found in a rear room of Redman's poolroom. Stone Plants Reopen. Bedford. —The Salem and the FurstKerber stone plants resumed operations with a full force of employes, who had been idle a number of weeks. Colored Woman Is Killed. Muricie. —As a result of a shooting affray in a colored resort in the southern part of the city, Cora Lyle, is dead, and Elijah Weaver, colored, lias in the hospital with a bullet in his head not expected to live. Williatn Anderson, colored, is being held on a charge of murder.