Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1905 — INDIANA INCIDENTS. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA INCIDENTS.

RECORD OF EVENTB OFTME PABT WEEK. Fire Works Havoc in Carbon and Son* man—Boy F'led When Gun Was Accidentally Discharmed and Brother Killed—Want Man Declared Dead. l ire which broke out in I'ric Hallman’s saloon in the south part of Carbon shortly after 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon practically destroyed the place. A high wind swept the flames down Main street and the entire business section anil the best of the residence district is in ruins. The loss will aggregate $200,000. Forty residences and twenty business houses were destroyed. The town was without tire protection and the higji wind fanned the blaze until all effort* to control it were fiitilb. A special train front Brazil brought a portion of the lire department from that city, hut nothing could be done except save what household goods could be reached in the houses not already burning. Kills Brother and Flees. Norman Saude, the 15-year-old boy who disappeared several days ago at the same time his 4-year-old brother was found with'a bullet wound in his head on the road near Jackson hill, has been found. For four days parties were searching for his body, ns it was conjectured that after the accident by which Che brother was killed In; had committed suicide. Ponds were dragged and ravines and thickly wooded sections thoroughly examined. lie had gone to the home of a relative, where the report of the accident had not reached. Norman says the gun he was carrying was accidentally discharged and that when his .brother dropped dead he ran away. Seeks Legal Fiat of Death. A petition to have a man who is thought to have been murdered legally declared dead was filed in the La Porte Circuit Court. Fifteen years ago William Crawford, a native of La Porte, wait a wealthy cattle owner in Wyoming, lie disappeared Jan. 26, 1862, authorities at Evanston, Wyo., relatives and friends being convinced he had been lured away and murdered by enemies. Proof was lacking and the body was never found. Mrs. Hannah Crawford, mother of the missing man, died a few days ago, leaving a large estate. In order to settle the estate it is necessary to have her son declared legally dead. Miners Cause of Disaster. George Dill, the sixth victim of the mine explosion in Princeton, is dead. John Dill, his son, and William Jones, aged 65, two of the injured, are at the point of death. State Mine Inspector Epperson, who, with two deputies and two experts, has been investigating the cause of the explosion, in his report will place the blame on two miners who had charge of the shot that caused the explosion, and it is charged'both knew it was misplaced. Harry Taggart, one of the miners found at fault, was killed. Fire Almost Wipes Out Village. Fire destroyed almost every building in Sunman, causing a loss estimated at more than $60,000, with only small insurance. The buildings burned include a livery barn, three hotels, two saloons, two residences, a general store and a cigar store. The local firemen were assisted by the fire department from Morris, to whom an appeal for aid had been sent. Veteran Railroad Man Knda Life. John W. Browning, aged 65, a veteran railroad man, horseman and politician, committed suicide at his home in Indianapolis by shooting. Mr. Browning had been despondent for some months over failing health aud the death of his wife. All Over the State. John Sullivan, aged 26, of Chicago, fell from a train at Hebron and both legs were cut off. He died shortly after. Citizens of Monroe sat up the other night to guard against incendiary (ires which citizens had been warned were likely to take place that night. Firebugs had burned two residences and a shop in a week. A head-on collision between two freight trains on the Toledo, St. Louis and Western railroad occurred five miles west of Marion. W. D. Shepard, a fireman, waa badly hurt. Eighteen cars and the two engines were piled in a heap. Gov. Hardy has anounced the appointments of Union B. Hunt of Winchester, Charles B. McAdams of Williamsport and William J. Wood of Evansville as the members of the railroad commission created by the recent session of the Legislature. All are lawyers.

Conscience-stricken for thirty years, a fashionably attired woman called at the home of Mrs. William B. Cooper of Kokomo and, after stating that she was a resident of Marion, now married, but formerly Mrs. Cooper’s domestic, handed Mrs. Cooper $5 in payment for articles taken while in her employ. Merle Casey, a negro girl, 10 years old. fell down the elevator shaft of the Glass black in Marion from tin* third floor to the basement, alighting on her head on the concrete floor. The skull was not fractured* and no bones were brqken. She w«« able to stand and talk a few minutes after the accident. Attorney Daniel Noyes has found the lease executed by the grandparents of Mrs. .sane Tilt of Laporte. which will establish the claim of the Laporte woman to a tract of 100 acres on which is now located the city of Onvigdmrg, Pa., with a properly valuation of $1,099,000. The lease had been executed for a period of ninety-nine years ami had been lost. Mrs. Tilt will take legal steps to claim the town land. The I'uion Trust Company of, Indianapolis was appointed receiver for the Indiana Woolen Manufacturing Company of that city. The assignment follow*) that of the Eclipse Woolen Mills of Louisville, both haring been controlled by I). A. Chen worth of Indianapolis. The erection of flic proposed new tlteater for Goshen will depend on the liberality of the people in encouraging a subscription scat sale for the first night. If the citizens indicate a readiness to pay $5,000 the first night the capitalist* who contemplate erecting the structure will proceed with the work.