Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1908 — Boy Is Asphyxiated. [ARTICLE]

Boy Is Asphyxiated.

Lafayette Courier: Word has been received here announcing the death of Charles Royce, a former West Side boy, by asphyxiation at his home In Sioux City, la., where he was attending school, the young man being found lifeless in his night clothes Thursday last. Royce was 20 years old and was a son of Rev. C. D. Royce, of Spencer, la., who was pastor of the West Side M. E. church three years ago. The young man was found dead in bed with the gas turned on full force. When the Royces lived on the West Side the deceased attended the West Side high school. He was a graduate from the Spencer, la., high school last year, entering college in September. The remains were taken to Indianapolis where they were entered in Crown Hill cemetery, the funeral taking place yesterday. Archie Dillman, a chum of Royce’s attended the funeral. A CALIFORNIAN’S LUCK. “The luckiest day of my life was when I bought a box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve;” writes Charles F. Budahn, of Tracy, California. “Two 25c boxes cured me of an annoying case of itching plies, which had troubled me for years and that yielded to no- -Other treatment." Sold under guarantee at A. F. Long’s drug 'store. . =