Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1914 — INDIANA BREVITIES [ARTICLE]

INDIANA BREVITIES

Gary.—An unidentified man was killed by a Gary & Western train here. The man was seen by Peter Verbetca lying on the tracks, apparently asleep. Yerbetca ran for a policeman. As the policeman came In sight of the tracks the train passed over the body. Richmond. —At the closing session here of thq Indiana Yearly Meeting of jfriends, Timothy Nicholson of thlg qity resigned as a member of the board of trustees of Earlham college, a position he has held for many years. He explained that he had reached the age at which such duties were burdensome.

Aurora. —Thomas J. Carrigan, age fifty-four, a one-legged ' employe of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad company, took his first ride in an automobile. When he attempted to get out of the car as It Stopped in Second avenue, he caught his foot, fell and broke the bones In his right leg below the knee. Terre Haute. —Jewelers have raised the price of watch crystals from twenty-five to thirty-five cents, on account of the war, and say that the rupply of imported crystals is so low that if the war lasts much longer the price will be 75 cents. Hartford City.—Rev. J. Marlon Small of Shoals, Ind., has accepted the pastorate of the Church of Christ at Montpelier. Judge Ben Lindsey of Denevr, Col., has been Invited to come here this fall to address a meeting to be held in the interest of the various Hoy Scout organizations In this city.

Fort Wayne.—William Fuga, who made a sensational escape from the residence of Earl Brown at Crumstown, St. Joseph county, after robbing the home, it Is charged, was arrested here. Several bullet wounds, one of which was in the jaw, led to his arrest. He was shot when he fled the Brown home. Indianapolis. Delegates to the convention of the National Wholesale Druggists' association went to French Lick as guests of Thomas Taggart. The druggists adopted resolutions favoring an Increase in railroad rates. , Members condemned the practice of giving “free goods’’ as trade Inducements. Shelbyville.—Louis Green, twentytwo years old, Walter Rogers, twentyfour, and Hill, seventeen, colored, were sentenced to the Indiana reformatory for one to eight years by Judge Blain. Green was a pickpocket and the other two raided a clothing store here. All claim Indianapolis as their home. Rogers broke jail a few weeks ago, but was recaptured by Sheriff Terry. Brazil. —Charles Kidd, a business man of Brazil, was knocked down 'by an automobile driven by G. | A. Ridgeway, a merchant of Carlisle. Ridgeway was arrested. Ridgeway was. driving home a new car which he bought in Indianapolis. In attempting to pass the crowd boarding hn Interurban car at the station, he knocked down three men and a boy, and barely escaped running over Kidd’s neck. He was fined $12.60, which he paid. Shelbyville.—S. P. Stroup, a lumber dealer here, has been elected a thirty-third, degree Mason, the honor being bestowed at the meeting of this degree in Chicago, and he has been officially notified of his elevation. Shelby county has had one other thir-ty-third degree Mason—the late William Hacker. Mr. Stroup is a member of the Indianapolis Scottish Rite Masons. He Is in receipt of a number of congratulatory telegrams, among which Is one from Vice-Presi-dent Thomas R. Marshall, who has the thirty-third degree. Warsaw. —James W. Swaner of Chippewa Falls, Wis.. will inherit the entire estate of James W. Phillips by the verdict of the jury in the sensational suit brought here by Swaner against 21 other relatives. Swaner, now a middle-aged man, will obtain money and property estimated at $35,000. James Phillips, who spent his entire life In Warsaw, was an eccentric character. He lived alone in a shanty on the shore of Center lake, dressed In rags and denied himself even necessities to hoard his money. Indianapolis. Governor Ralston gave freedom to one man who has been behind prison walls for ten years, and to another that he may go home to his sick wife and small children. Roy Woodruff was paroled on the recommendation of Warden Fogarty of the state, prison. He was sent to prison June 10, 1904, from Adams cbunty for grand larceny. He has served within four years of his maximum term. Citizens of Putnam county and Warden Fogarty petitioned for the release of Harry Farris, who was sent to prison last January for larceny. It was represented to the governor that Farris? wife is seriously ill with tuberculosis and that she and their three small children are in need of his attention.

Indianapolis.—Governor Ralston, accompanied by Mrs. Ralston and «their two sons, motored to Rockville to Inspect the state tuberculosis hospital. “I was much pleased with the treatment given the patients there,” said Governor Ralston, “and also wish to commend the work of the superintendent, Dr. Walter Geckeler. I understand that more money x haa been needed, but it is too early tb say anything regarding an Increased appropriation. I shall reserve my judgment and shall have the facts laid before the legislature at the proper time."