Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1898 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Fire in a Medical College—Fatal COl* lision at Gas City—Killed by the Fast Mail— Attorney Run Down by a Train —Cooked by Steam. The building of the Indiana Medical College, a department of the University of Indianapolis, was gutted by fire. The fire was caused by a defective furnace. Dr. R. G Morgan of Plainfield escaped' by the fire escape from the third floor. Dr. Norman Shobe of I.igonier attempted to escape by means of the stairway, but was caught between the second and third floors and perhaps fatally burned. He was rescued later by the firemen. The loss will nmount to $40,000; insurance, $35,000. Kristine Strikes a Street Car. The west-bound passenger train on the Panhandle Railroad crashed into a street car at the crossing of Main street in Gas City, seriously and probably fatally injuring several persons. Seventeen passengers were in the car and the train was running at a speed of twenty miles an hour. The street car was hurled sixty feet in front of the engine and demolished. A number of passengers jumped just before the train struck the car and escaped injury. The railroad track was torn up and the engine b-dly broken. Man Cooked in a Boiler. Matt Drinkwater, employed at the Pittsburg plate glass factory in Kokomo. was>.cleaning the boilers, and while inside wiping the sections a companion, who. thought he had finished the job and had gone to some other part of the factory, turned steam into the boiler. The flesh of Drinkwater’s legs, arms, breast aud face was literally cooked aud fell off on bin being taken out. 81ain by a Mall Train. While a party of twelve people were returning from a ball at Otis early the other thorning on two handcars they were struck by the Lake Shore-fast mail east of Chesterton. William Seabenski and William Kempter were killed outright. Seabenski’s two daughters, aged 13 and 15 respectively, were probably fatally injured. Others of the party jumped and escaped injury. Attornex Killed by a Train. Isaac Vandevanter of Marion was rnn down and killed by the east-bound Panhandle passenger train. The body was so mutilated that identification was difficult. Judge Vandevanter was one of Indiana’s best known attorneys. He practiced in the United States Supreme Court and was elected in his district as State Senator. He leaves a widow and five children. Within Our Border*. At Washington, James Mahan, aged 104 years, is dead. At Goshen. Fannie Garnett was kidnaped while on her way to school. The 6-year-old son of John Clements of St. Thomas was burned to death. Linville Ferguson and wife of Milton celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. At Sellersburg, Roy Noble, 15 years old, accidentally shot and killed his brother Floyd, 13 years old. There is a mad-dog scare at Ridgeville aud vicinity. Several head of live stock have been bitten by fugitive dogs. . A Vandnlia locomotive lias been purchased by Rose Polytechnic Institute, at Terre Haute, for instruction of students. Joseph Waggoner of Franklin pleaded guilty to burglarizing Younce & Slack’s shoe store in that city and was sentenced to prison. Prutsman Brothers of Hoopeaton, 111., have leased the new Grand Hotel in Anderson for five years ami will open the hotel Jnn. 1. At Sholbyville, Albert Lyons was fatally injured by footpads. He was robbed of S6O, money he iiad saved to buy his wedding suit. Charles Roberts of Carthage tried to commit suicide by taking poison. A year ago lie tried to cut his threat. He is believed to lie insane. Will Raines, aged 19 years, committed suicide at Evansville because his sweetheart, Mamie Doeneh, refused to accompany him'home from a ball. Fire started in the postoffice at Tennyson and consumed a hotel, six business houses and two dwelling houses, with all the contents. Loss $15,000, some insurance. Aunt Charlotte Pullen, an inmate of the Spencer County poor house at Hoekport, was fatally burned. She was in her room alone when the lied on which ghe lay was discovered afire.

The story of a remarkable find cornea from Centerville. Walter Commons, while remodeling the old Widup homestead, found nn old oyster can fidl of gold coin, alleged to amount to $2,000. Mrs. Jefferson Kendall, wife of a Shelby ville farmer, disappeared from home reeently. Two weeks afterward she returned. unable to give an account of her wanderings and hopelessly insane. Two burglars robbed the creamery of Scblosscr brothers at Hanna of s.">oo. The burglars, discovered at their work by D. M. Barber, the manager, shot Idm, inflicting probably fatal wounds. (5. <’. Harwood and Charles Harley, Marion capitalists, have located a factory there to manufacture iron and brass bedsteads. The factory when running full force will employ over 1,000 wihkmen and will turn out .KM) bedsteads a day. At Kokomo, the old Milton It. Hopkins University, later used as a ward school, burned to the ground. The loss is $-15,O(M) and the insurance SII,OOO. In fighting the tire Chii'-f Showman was badly cut by falling glass. The tire started from the rurnace while the janitor was at church. Joseph Baird, the negro air| Mayor A. W. Mills exchanged about fifteen revolver shots at Seymour without damage to eaeh other. Baird accused the Mayor of heading the mob which recently horsewhipped hipi, and the encounter was the result. The next Legislature will amend the divorce laws of Indiana. For this purpose a marriage and divorce census bus been taken by the State statistician. During the year ending June 30 there were 2&.043 marriages and i?.S!H> divorces, of whleh 703 were given to men and 2. JO3 U» WOIIHU.