The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-27

election. Attorney Quincy Myers,
of LOgansport. was In Marion Monday
night arranging for the organization of a
local association TO raise funds for the Nc
kinley memorial fund. DR.. J. II. Forrest.
president of the State Board of Health,
and X. G.. Houston, chairman of the Demo-
cratic county central committee, have taken
the matter in charge here. " The
nual ball on Tuesday night, at Wyandotte
Hall. Officials from several neighboring
towns were in attendance.
WARSAW.-On Tuesday morning at G
o'clock a collision between two freight
trains occurred on the Pennsylvania Rail
road, which caused a large loss OF prop
erty. Both trains were westward bound.
The first one was nearing the station when
the second became unmanageab and
dashed into the rear of the first. The
trainmen all jumped, but the cars were
splintered and overturned, and part of them
burned.
SOUTH BEND.-In a practice game on
Tuesday Pat O'Dea kicked goal at sixty
yards. Word has been received
here that Louis Ebel, of this city, has
made a wonderful success as a pianist at
Leipsig, Germany. . Frank Swattata
has been convicted as a counterfeiter and
sentenced TO a term in the Ohio peniten-
tiary at Columbus.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS will be well
observed at the Eastern Indiana Hospital
for the Insane in this city. The programme
opened on Tuesday evening with an en-
plONeS social, Wednesday evening, pa
tents dance; Thanksgiving morning, re-
ligious services; evening, comic drama,
1.-The Doctor Saturday evening, concert.
TIPTON.-Mrs. Nora Fleming. of Gold
smith, Upton county, overturned a kettle
of boiling water on herself, Monday night.
and suffered injuries which are very seri-
Gus. Her th~ree-year-old son went two
blocks in the darkness and storm to notify
his grandparents of the accident, the two
being alone when 1t occurred.
PAOLI.-Orange County Farmers Insti-
tute began a two days session here on
Monday. The attendance is large and
lecturers are: E. Nj. HOBBS and Mrs. w.
w. Stevens, of Salem, D.. 1. Duncan and II.
NJ. Randel, Of Greencastle, and j. A. Bur-
ton, of Mitchell.
LOOGOOTEE.-John Ledgerwood has
sued Willis 7. Inman, a wealthy Ruther-
ford township farmer, in the Martin County
Court, for 5000 for alleged SANDER, aver
ring that Inman had circulated stories to
the effect hat he Uedgerwood) had &C
copied a bride to influence his vote in a re-
cent election.
DECATUR. B. Wolf, missing since
Saturday night, when he was seen at De-
catur, was found dead in a cornfield near
Steele, Adams county, Tuesday afternoon.
He is supposed TO have died from exposure
following overindulgence in drink. The
coroner is investigating.
LAFAYETTE.-The Tenth district COM
mittee in charge of the Mckinley memorial
fund held a meeting on Tuesday with all
the county chairmen present and formu-
lated plans for the raising Of between $4,000
and 5000, which sum Is considered about
the districts quota.
SULLIVAN.-The family of George Ha-
zelwood, of Jefferson township, is sorely
afflicted with typhoid fever. Mrs. Hazel
wood and two daughters have died in the
last two weeks, and other members of the
family are sick.
RUSHVILLE.-The small child of Mr..
and Mrs. Oliver Newhouse fell in a tub of
hot water Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock
and was badly, perhaps fatally, scalded.