Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1916 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

li BLOWS MOM TRAIN M TRACK Clover Leaf Flyer Wrecked Near Hanfield. FURIOUS STORM KILLS NINE ... Cyclone Passes Over Northern Indiana, Leaving Death and Destruction in Its Path—Blows Train Off the Track. Indianapolis.—Reports received her© place the number of dead ia Tuesday night’s furious cyclone over the north central portion of Indiana at nine. From fifty to one hundred have been seriously injured and the property damage is enormous. The dead: Silas Williams, seventyfive, farmer of Jalapa, crushed by falling chimney; W. J. Ricketts, twenty, Logansport, crushed by falling wall; Mary Allspaugh, Montpelier, caught In demolished home; four children, names unknown, in farmhouse at Landessville, near here; James Rector, Monon, and Clarence Wilson, Logansport. The wreck of the Clover Leaf flyer, at Hanfield, near here, when three cars were blown from the tracks as the train was traveling 45 miles an hour, is only a sidelight to the raging storm which blew down at least fifty farmhouses near Marion and many buildings and houses in other cities and counties. The streets of Logansport were a mass of wreckage. It is regarded as mysterious that but two lives were lost there. Set Date for Trial. Richmond. —The second trial of the suit of the H. C. Hasemeier company of Richmond against the estate of Miss Louisa F. Bentlage, for many years bookkeeper for the concern, will be held in April in the’ Randolph county circuit court, at Winchester. Miss Bentlage’s accounts, it is alleged, indicate that she was indebted to the company several thousand dollars at the time of her death by suicide. At the first trial, held here last winter, the jury disagreed. Oan’t Get Wilson. Columbus. Having decided that there is not much Hkelifceo4_of getting President Wilson to attend the opening of the Bartholomew county fair, the directors of the organization have decided to invite George Ade instead. James Whitcomb Riley promised to come back this year, if his health permits, but as Mr. Riley does not speak in public, the directors wished some one with him who would say something to the public. Highway Men Elect Officers. Marion. —Governors of the HoosierDixie Highway association elected Joseph W. Henning of Anderson president, W. W. Reed, Warsaw, vice-president; Tom W. Morgan, Marion, secretary-treasurer. Through the efforts of the association 100 miles of ' road are to be paved this summer. Health Officers Meet in Goshen. Goshen. —Health officers of the Thirteenth congressional district, Elkhart, Laporte, Kosciusko, St. Joseph, Marshall, Fulton and Starke counties met in Goshen Wednesday. Doctor King of Indianapolis of th© state board of health delivered an address!' Punchboards Barred. Elwood.- —Punchboards have again been barred. They were removed from all local business houses Monday under orders of the police. Orders were also Issued that gambling of all kinds must be suppressed. Evansville Man Stricken. Evansville.—Fred W. Herman, a druggist, who is prominent in local politics, was stricken with heart disease and his condition is serious. Hurt by Car. Kockport. John Kinney, former county treasurer, was seriously injured about the face and head when he attempted to get < a moving car. Thrown From Buggy; Breaks Leg. Greensburg.—Miss Rena Miner, living near Burney, suffered a broken leg when she was thrown from a buggy. Start Work on New Mills. Gary.—Work is under way on the railway supply tracks which will be in the construction of the new $25,000,000 tube mill here. Dairy Barn Burns. Delphi.—A dairy barn on the farm of John Smith, near here, was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of s2,* 500. Youngest Captain. Valparaiso.—E. T. Heineman, age twenty-seven, is the youngest captain in the Indiana National Guard, who, by his promotion from first lieutenant of Company L, took the honors from Captain Rogers of South Bend, Who is thirty. Hurt in Runaway. Warsaw. —Clement Michaels, age twenty-five, vat> seriously injured when his horses, hitched to a milk wagon, frightened and ran away. He was badly cut by broken milk bottles.