Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 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. BIG FIRE AT OTTERBEIN. Flames Start in Moving Picture Theater—Man on Honeymoon Unaward of His Loss. Lafayette, Ind., May 15.—-Otter-bein, eight miles west of here, was swept by fire early today, A part of the business district was wiped out. rhe fire started in a motion picture theater, a one-story frame building, and the flames spread to a Jewelry store and undertaking establishment. A large hardware store and a furniture store were damaged slightly. The loss is about $10,006. William Walsh, the owner of the buildings, carried no insurance. John Maxwell, owner of the Jewelry store, lost $3,000, but carried SI,BOO insurance. H. U. Chenoweth, the undertaker, lost SI,OOO, with no insurance. Gath Shoemaker, proprietor of the theater, was married here yesterday, and is now on his honeymoon trip, ignorant of the fire that <-' ot royed his property.