Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1902 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

. / -■ ’ ■. ra RECORD OF EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK. Girl Loses Lover and Tries Suicide— Young Wife Kills Herself-Woman Saves Her Baby's Life at Cost of Her Own—Hidden Gold Fonnd. ’Thwarted in her desire to marry ths choice of her heart, Miss Evaline Showalter, the pretty 15-year-old daughter of Wjliiam Showalter, attempted suicide by shooting herself in“ the breast with a revolver. The Showalters reside at New Lisbon. Last summer James Morris, a Kentuckian - of 18, secured work on a farm near Miss Showalter’s home. The young people became engaged, but Miss Showalter’s father objected to a wedding. An elopement was pfiinned. In the night Miss ■ Showalter stole away from home, met Morris and the two walked twenty miles to Centerville, only to be taken into custody by the marshal, who had been notified by the father. Miss Showalter returned home and young Morris went on to his blue grass home. Sad Sequel to an Elopement. Six months ago, against the wishes of her family, pretty Bessie Foster and Louis Ford of Elwood eloped to Benton Harbor, Mich., and were married. The other night Mrs. Ford committed suicide by shooting herself in the temple with a revolver. She was jealous of her husband, and when he refused to take her to a dance, ns he had promised, she killed herself. Before doing so she entered her bedroom and prepared to retire. Death was instantaneous. A room full of Company had been enjoying music in the parlor, and Mrs. Ford had been playing the piano five minutes before.

Saves Child, but May Die. At Muncie Mrs. J. B. Studebaker called upon a neighbor, leaving her 4-year-old daughter' at home alone. When she returned she found the child rolling on the floor enveloped in flames and suffering excruciating pain. The mother seized the child in her arms and carrying it into the yard, dashed it into a deep snowdrift. The action may save the life of the child, but th* mother is believed to be fatally injured. Find Father’s Hidden Gold. After, haying spent nearly three years since the depth of their father digging all over the farm near English, for his hidden wealth, the heirs of George Peyton found the treasure buried nearly four feet deep in what appears to have been an old well, but which was abandoned and filled with stones. The find exceeds 520,000. 'N.one of the old coins is said to bear the mintage stamp of later date than 1850. Boys Held for Burglaries. Arthur Priest, Earl Middleton, Eddie Stanley, Cyrus Walker and Earl Calvin, Whose ages range from 15 to 13 years, were arrested at Marion charged with robbing business houses and shoplifting. They confessed their crime in jail. A large amount of the booty has been located. The boys robbed as many ns ten places of business in one night. Arthur '■ Priest is the leader of the gang. z ßelieve Murder Was Done. Near Deep River,’a farmer discovered a sleigh to which a dead horse was hitched.. The throat of the animal had been cut. , Ip, .the sleigh was found a coat covered with blood. The previous day an old man was seen driving about the Vicinity with the. rig, but no trace of him can be found. Officers believe the man met with foul play.

■ : -Within Our Borders. Brazil will ask Carnegie for a library. Evansville Elks will build a $25,000 hall. , ; Madison churches are holding union revivals*. •’ C. W. Maxwell will build a new theater in Tipton. Strike at the Royer Wheel Company, Aurora, is off. Elwood laborers will have a city ticket at the next election. « James Elliott, farmer, was sandbagged and robbed, Greensburg. Lede Hart, a New Castle butcher, found S2OO in a tobacco bag. ' Henry Wilson, Sullivan, has jnst celebrated his ninety-first birthday. Owen terracotta works. Hobart, have been sold to New York parties. William Northrop,' charged with forgery, Terre Haute, was discharged. Miss Elizabeth Schaefei, St, because she was blind, drowned herself, New AL ’bany.

While testifying at a religious meeting near Warren, Isaac Wintermute, a farmer, fell dead. By the explosion of an airtight teapot, Logansport, Miss Edwith Matt was severely burned. Many petty thefts and burglaries in Franklin. Many houses have been robbed. Two arrests. At Elkhart, Ora Btrine was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife Dec. 14 last. John Terwillager's little danghter was fatally burned, Marion, her clothes catching fire from a gas stovp. W. E. Mitchell, a fanner, was struck by a train and killed while driving across the Monon tracks near Lafayette. Jones and Ixmfesty, retail grocers of Marion, assigned. Liabilities $3,000, assets $2,000. The principal creditors aru wholesale grocery firms of Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Ix>uis. * At Elkinsville revivals are being held by a holiness band. One night a 200- ■ pound brother jnmped into the air. Tbs 1 men and women began leaping and shout- ‘ ing and the floor gave way. One womag . < had her leg broken in the fall and sev- J eral others were injdred. John Griffith, a Michigan Central con- ; ductor, was killed near Michigan City. * He fell from tbe back of his engine and . was crushed under the cars of his train. John M. Spann, president of the Commercial Club ahd a rtiarter member of the Columbia Club, dropped dead in the Union Station nt Indianapolis, as he was purchasing a ticket for Fort Wayne. Fire destroyed the large stock barn of J Allie Powell at Wabash, cremating six 1 head of horses. A matched team of Dr Kern’s, worth S4OO, and a pacing mare 1 Powell’s, valued at $5,000, were among I them. < I