Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1905 — Indiana State News [ARTICLE]

Indiana State News

SAVES A LIFE} PASS IS REWARD. Newspaper Man Acts Promptl y When Farmer Is In Peril. F. H. Brail ley, a onC-arined newspaper man claiming Chicago as his home, and out of work, saved a farmer from being killed by an Evansville and Terre Haute railroad train and was given a pass to St. Louis as a reward. Bradley was camped under a railroad bridge three miles from Evansville early in the morning when lie discovered the farmer trying to drive across the structure. His house's feet were caught in the ties, and a train was due in a short time. Bradley tore loose some red switch lights and hung them on the bridge while he went for" help. Police Sergeant Peter Herr ami Policeman Frank McCoolin, going to the bridge in a switch engine, ran into a passenger train. The engine was derailed and both officers badly injured. FIRE SWEEPS TOWN. Business Blocks In Petersburg; Destroyed by Incendiary Blase. Petersburg was vLsited by a destructive fire of incendiary origin at 2 o’clock on a recent morning, and for an hour it looked as if it would destroy the entire business section. There were three distinct explosions in the hardware store of William Limp, and a moment later the interior of the building was in a blaze. The flames spread to the hardware store of “Read & Snyder and thence to the Citizens’ State bank building, and all were destroyed. The fire was fanned by a strong wind, but hard work on the part of the citizens and the fire department prevented its further spread. The loss will aggregate $75,000, with $40,000 insurance. The explosions in the burning buildings broke windows in all parts of the town. $200,000 FIRE As TERRE HAITE. Clothing; Factory of Stahl, Urban & Co. Is Destroyed. The factory of Stahl, Urban & Co., manufacturers of workingmen's clothing, was destroyed by fire in Terre Haute. The loss is $125,000, with $09,000 insurance. The building was owned by Herman Hillman, Sr. His loss is $75,000. The bursting of a water main left the fire department helpless, and only a favorable wind prevented the destruction of other buildings. The fire is supposed to have resulted from spontaneous combustion. LOST RELATIVE A CORPSE. Indiana Man Identifies Coosln Missing; for Fifteen Years. The lifeless body of a man was found at the crossing of the Great Central railroad and Union Traction tracks in Jonesboro. The corpse was identified by Frank Lambert as that of his cousin, William Lambert, whom he had not seen for fifteen years and who was probably on his way to visit him when he was either murdered or struck by a train. The home of Lambert is unknown to his relatives. SHOT BY WIFE’S ASSAILANT. While Protecting; Woman, Indiana Man Is Seriously Injured. Deputy Sheriff Antiss of La Porte received a hurry call to go to Durham station, where a man had been captured who had shot and attempted to kill Station Agent Low of the Lake Shore road. Low’s injuries are believed to be serious. Low received his injuries while protecting his wife from insult at the hands of the stranger. Explosion Kills One, Injares Seven. One man was fatally and seven others severely injured by an explosion in the Fort Branch coal mine near Evansville.' A. It. Timmons was caught by a falling trap door and was crushed so badly that he will die. The explosion was due to a “windy” shot. Snow Crashes Factory Roof. A large section of the roof of the Mac-beth-Evans lamp chimney factory in Marion was carried down by a heavy fall of snow. The loss will reach $5,000. Over a hundred employes had left the building shortly before it collapsed. A Powder Explodes in Pocket. As fl result of the explosion of a bottle of powder in his pocket, caused by a lighter! pipe he put there, Robert Perry, u Booneville farmer, lost an eye and had all his clothes burned off when he was out hunting. Two Ran Down l»jr Train. Harry Williams and Jack Bhur were instantly killed near Carbon by a westbound Big Four passenger train. The men had taken a hand car and were on their way to Perth when they were run down. Cleaner Returns Rich Gems. Charles Moulden, coach cleaner in Peru, found $3,000 worth of diamonds in a chamois sack and returned them to J. E. Hallett of Indianapolis, who left them in a silk case in a car rack. Meets Death In Boiler Loft. Clifford Wallace, aged G 5, crawled over a boiler loft in the Wabash shops in Fort Wayne to sleep and get warm. He fell and fractured his skull. On the way to the hospital he died. Indiana Man Kills Himself. Despondent over ill health. John W. McCool of Chandler committed suicide in Evansville by taking poison. Brief State Happenings. While standing in front of an open grate the 3-year-old child of Mrs. Jane Puuyard of Evansville was burned to death. Fred Bannon, aged 11 years, was accidentally killed by Henry Payne, Jr., aged I*2, near Seeleyville. They were out hunting. Mrs. Eliza Copeland of New London is dead at the age of 82. She had put a plate on the table at every meal for her husband who deaerted her fifty yean ago.