Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1914 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Benton County Man Dies of Injuries —, ' ' ■ Lafayette, Ind., May 2.— As the result of injuries suffered Tuesday at the farm of John Bower, progressive candidate for treasurer of state, east of Fowler, Charles M. Martin. 38 years old, is dead in a local hospital. Martin was driving a team of horses drawing a disk harrow and the ainmals ran away, rolling him under the sharp knives of the machine. Martin’s home was at Martinville, Ind.