Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1906 — Indiana State News [ARTICLE]

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i i it; ended by gasoline. Woman Fatally Burned by Exploalon of a Stove. Mrs. John Polger, 45 years old, living • «t East Chicago, was almost cremated in - -b**r h. him- as a result of a careless grocer clerk’s giving her gasoline when she ordered kerosene. After she had purchased the supposed kerosene she filled a small stove with it and it exploded. She was covered with the burning fluid and tried to extinguish the fire in the kitchen instead of caring for herself. Her children playing outdoors heard her screams and ran for the neighbors, but her body was almost burned to a crisp when help arrived. The house was saved. :: SUBSCRIPTION NOT A CONTRACT. Indiana Court Decide* Both Against and For Historian. That a subscription list is not a valid contract is the decision of the Henry county Circuit Court in the case of George Hazard, a widely known historian, who recently issued a history of nenry county. Hazzard brought suit against several persons who had indorsed the work, claiming they had signed a subscription list, but they in turn charged him with forgery. The court held Hazzard not guilty, but also held that lie cpuld not collect on the subscription list, so he is a heavy loser. He will carry the case to the Supreme Court. GYPSIES TAKE SMALL BOY. Farmer Recognizes Lad and Returns Him Home. Gypsies traveling wjtli two wagons kidnaped Lincoln Whitney, 6, son of George Whitney. The boy was playing" along the road, east of Petersburg, when one of the occupants grabbed him. While stopping for water, George Elkins, a farmer, recognized the boy. The gypsies surrendered the lad and made good their escape. Elkins returned he boy home. VANDALS LAY WASTE CEMETERY Overturn Headstones in Graveyard., and Pillage Railroad Office. The village cemetery at Fremont was raided by Vandals, who overturned headstones aud monuments on fifty graves. Some of the headstones were broken with a hammer. The vandals left no clew, although in raiding the cemetery they entered the ticket office of the Lake Shore railroad and smashed all the furniture.

Woman Killed by Falling Celling. Miss Mary Sellinger, 07 years old, was killed and Miss Edith Rockwell injured by the fail of the ceiling in Samuel Bkank & Son’s overall factory in Terre Haute. Eight other women escaped injury, but were thrown into panic. The factory is in an old church building, and it is believed the vibration of sewing machines caused the plastering to fall. Richmond Woman Tortured. There will be a double lynching at Bibr erty if a posse with bloodhounds is able to catch two robbers who almost fatally tortured and robbed Mrs. Ora Miller. The robbers took $1,400 from Miller’s home after burning Mrs. Miller’s feet and setting fire to her clothing in an effort to make her disclose the hiding place of the money. White County Fair Breaks Record. The twenty-eighth annual White county fair has closed one of its most successful years in Carmi. All attendance records were broken, over 50,000 witnessing the racing and other fine exhibits. The horticultural and farm products exhibited were the finest in years. Walked from Texas. Thomas McGuire, 70, was picked up in the City park in Terre Haute in a fainting condition. He said he had walked from Texas, and was on his way to Cincinnati in search of a sister he had not hoard from for 33 years. Xo Money In 80-Cent Gas. The Fort Wayne Artificial Gas Company has rejected Mayor Ilosay’s offer of a franchise for 80-eent gas. The company says it cannot make enough money at that price. It wants 90 cents as the maximum price.'' l 1,1 fe Term for Gary Slayer. Thomas Hannon, who shot and killed John Banning at Gary several weeks ago, was sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Hannon’s only defense was that he was intoxicated when he killed Banning. - S(ubn Man Who Embrace* Her. Because he persisted in embracing heT against her will Bute McGill was stabbed and wounded seriously by Mary Cissna at a Boonville factory, where both are employed. Suicide by Barnint,-. Miss Ethel Williamson of Muncie committed suicide in Toledo, Ohio, by pouring oil on her clothing and applying a match. It is said her suicide was due to a love affair. Brief State Happenings. Rev. 8. V'. Williams, who was deposed from the pastorate of the Christian Church iu Baporte because of his sensarional confession of indiscretions, has written front New York that he has be come a resident of that city, buried his identity, and is seeking menial labor that he may do penance for his sins until again commanded by God to pteach. Mrs. Williams has left him. He says lie will not ngaiu he heard of until he feels he has been forgiven. The northwestern Indiana Methodist* Episcopal conference, iu session at Bebar.on, adjourned to meet next year at 1 Greeueastlc. r , Charles Groves of Atonington, agpd 30 years, and Frank Bundy, nged ‘JO, rivals for the smiles of a young woman who lives near Stonington. called on the girl the same evening. Groves, in his anger, applied a buggy whip repeatedly to young Bundy's head and shoulders with groat violence. Crouching to the ground to 'escape his enemy/Bundy fired, the bullet striking Groves in the breast. Bundy U V» iafl. Groves may dis