People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1893 — INDIANA STATE NEWS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Reksk Greeson, a young farmer near Centerton, Morgan county, committed suicide by cutting his wind pipe. He was despondent over debts. He left a family. The Newcastle health board quarantined that city against Muncie, prohibiting the landing of passengers from trains from the smallpox-infected gas town. Orders were also issued for all school children to be vaccinated. Burglars ransacked the stores of C. C. Clark & Co. and Walter Johnson and the post office of Monrovia. They succeeded in carting off several hundred dollars’ worth of goods. Word from Kingwood is that the White caps have burned the home of the Lamberts, whose son killed Samuel Hannah, as the outcome of a family feud, and the Lamberts have left the neighborhood. T. B. Ryan, of Rolling Prairie, Lajjorte county, has just returned from New York a sadder but wiser man. Ryan, who is a prosperous farmer, re« ceived several green goods circulars, and, becoming interested in the scheme, made the trip to New York, met the sharpers by appointment and parted with his aIL He invested S2OO in the project The case of Perry Gilbert came up for trial in the circuit court at Bedford the other day, but the jury failed to agree and was discharged. The judge fixed Gilbert’s bond at 12,000 to appear at the next term. He is charged with killing Granville Cook at Mitchell during the fall of 1888, and he was captured at Ottawa, 111., a few months ago. Gilbert comes from a good family, but commenced to drink of recent years, hence the trouble. In the circuit court at Columbus Adam Keller, a capitalist, filed a flO,000 suit against Miller & Wichman, implement dealers, alleging that Miller has been guilty of forgery. The anti-Catholic organizations in Indiana have been so active of late that they have brought many people to believe that there is danger of ft Catholic movement to secure control of the state government. Gov. Matthews, who was petitioned to suppress the anticipated resolution, has written a letter silencing the absurd reports. Got. Matthews, the other day, paroled Martin Moran, an Indianapolis saloon-keeper, who was sentenced a year ago to two vears for shooting Tom Kane. The latter never fully recovered. Wm. Lee, of Vigo county, convicted in 1887 and sent up for thirteen years for horse-stealing, was also paroled. A novel feature of an election for ditch commissioner held in Jasper eounty recently, was the exercise of the right of franchise by fifty members of the gentler sex. This is the first instance on in Northern Indiana that woman’s suffrage has been practically demonstrated. Frank Stephens died of small-pox at Muncie, the other day, making the third death out of about seventy cases. There have been no new cases for three days, nnd the situation is much brighter. The attempt of other towns to quarantine Muncie people by ignoring health officers’ certificates was a failure. No Muncie people can leave the city without proper credentials, and the state says they go. Another sensational incident was added to the state normal school imbroglio a few days ago,when announcement was made that the trustees had dropped Prof. W. B. Woods, who holds the chair of grammar and composition. Prof. Woods is one of the members of the faculty, being a member of it for twelve years, and his removal has caused a great stir, especially as the correspondence between Prof. Woods and President Parsons, which, published the other day, shows that he was removed because of his alleged sympathy with the deposed Prof. Tompkins and the disaffected students. Red O’Brien and Florence Wilkins, of Burlington, la., two of the five alleged safe-blowers arrested at Terre Haute, were discharged, the prosecution deciding that there was insufficient evidence to warrant conviction. Frank Bruce, the notorious leader of the gang, got a 9-year-sentence Bruce’s wife, Lottie Bruce, and John-Henry remained to be tried. Lottie Bruce’s trial is set for September 25. The Indiana M. E. church conference, in session in New Albany, the other day adopted a resolution protesting against the execution of the Geary law.

Charles Blackburn, aged 18, accidentally shot himself in the calf of the leg while out banting v\ ship, near Vincennes. He died from the effects of his injuries. He bled to death. News has reached Peru of a disastrous conflagration that occurred three miles west of there. "The laqge stock barn of Henry Tiefel, dairyman, was struck by lightning and set on fire. The flames quickly spread, and its contents, which consisted of twelve head of fine horses and ten tons of hay, were consumed. The loss is estimated at over $6,000, partially covered by insurance.

John Eisele, of Lafayette, kicked by a horse and fatally injured, just before his death told Ms family where his money could be found. It was in a tin box hidden in the hay loft and arr»unted to over S6OO in S2O gold pieces which he had drawn out of a bank during the money scare. The American Wire Nail works, Anderson, has taken a stand against united labor and will operate as a nonunion concern. Silas Bigler, a well-known huckster of the west end of New Albany, was killed seven miles out'the Paoll pike. He was driving to the city when the wagon, in the dark, struck a pile of macadam stone, upsetting the wagon and killing Bigler. While Mrs. Joseph Graham, of near Wheeler, was taking her husband’s dinner to him in the field she left her baby in the cradle. The house caught fir* and the baby burned to death. Another child wta frightfully injured.