Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1915 — INDIANA BREVITIES [ARTICLE]

INDIANA BREVITIES

Auburn.—A deer with a broken neck vgas found in the bottom of John Oster’s gravel pit, near here. It fell ten yards in the dark. It had been hunted all day by 200 farmers, but escaped

Jasonville.—Ten saloons which prospered in this city since 1912 will suspend operations within ninety days, as a result of Tuesday’s local option election. The drys carried every ward, their total majority being 125. Evansville. —John Zeuschel, a brewery employee, forty years old, was found dead in his cell at police headquarters. He had hanged himself by tying his belt around water pipes less than three feet above the floor, knotting it around his neck and slowly strangling himself. Franklin. —C. W. Lynch, local restaurant owner, who disappeared mysteriously after starting on a trip to Indianapolis to buy provisions, has returned here, saying he was in a.Cincinnati hospital receiving treatment for burns on his hands. He did not explain why he went so far from home for treatment. Laporte.—Kendallville will decide the fate of its seven saloons on a local option election on Monday, November 29. The date was fixed by the Noble county commissioners, in response to petitions signed by 437 persons. Kendallville is the only town between Elkhart and Toledo having saloons. Frankfort.—Game Wardens C. W. Moll and J. B. Williams of Lafayette stalked about Clinton county and, as a result, two men paid fines for hunting without licenses. George Rodgers was arrested near Mulberry. Although he had bagged no game, he paid a fine and costs aggregating $15.50. Cass Downard of this city was arrested for trapping without a license and paid $14.50. Sullivan. Mrs. Samantha Belle Bennett, who was sentenced last week to the Indiana Womans prison for two to twenty-one years for killing her former husband, Charles E. Bennett, filed a petition in the Sulli van circuit court, substituting a plea of not guilty for the plea of guilty on which she was sentenced. The action followed a visit of some of Mrs Bennett’s relatives. The woman has been In jail since the shooting Huntington.—Discoveries that clover seed had been stolen from the Gezleichter & Silvers elevator and that clover seed was in the bottom of Charles Waterman's automobile, which was “borrowed" by unidentified persons, lead the police to believe that thieves are stealing machines to transport seed to a “fence.” The car of Rev.- Elmer Ward Cole was the object of thieves, but the minister frightened them away. Gary.—John Kirk, fifty-seven years old, president of the board of education here, died at his home here. He was superintendent of the Gary and South Chicago division of the plgin, Joliet and Eastern railway and directed the transportation in connection with the building of Gary and the steel mills here. The Kirk railroad yards were named In his honor. He formerly was a railroad ofiicial at Joliet, 111. A widow and three children survive.

Anderson.—Carl Wipp, thirty-six, general storekeper for the Union Traction company, fell dead at his homQ-here while he was lighting the gas in a stove. He had been suffering frojn excessive blood pressure, and had just returned from Indianapolis,where he consulted a specialist. Before coming to Anderson he was auditor for the Honey Bee Traction line. His widow is the daughter of former Chief of Police Benbow of Muncie.

Michigan City.—Rev. L. 6. Kiplinger, a chaplain of the state prison, placed bis resignation in the hands of the board of trustees. He will leave the latter part of the week for Mansfield, 0., where he becomes pastor of the First Congregational church. Mr. Kiplinger has served as prison chaplain ten years. He formerly was pastor of the Congregational church here. For two years Mr. Kiplinger has been lecturing at the Redpath chatauquas.

Richmond.—The Alary T. R. Foulke prize for the most meritorious painting by an Indiana artist shown at this year’s exhibit of the Richmond Art association was awarded to Wayman Adams of Indianapolis. The award was on two portraits. Clifton Wheeler of Indianapolis received first honorable mention and Martinus Anderson of Indianapolis second honorable mention. The Richmond prize for the best work of a Richmond artist was awarded to George Herbert Baker. J. E. Bundy and Mrs. Maude Eggemyer received honorable mention

Huntington—Samuel E. Cook, judge of the Huntington circuit court, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for congress from the Eleventh district. George W. Rauch of Marion, whp is serving his fourth term in congress, is expected to ask a renomination and I Cook’s announcement is taken as anI other indication of the Democratic split in the district originating in Huntington county. Cook and Charles A. Edwards, a brother-lh-lawyof Rauch and a member of the Democratic public service commission, are leaders of opposing forces in the party.