The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-26
Indiana Notes.

o. G. Reid. the New York tinplate mag
nate, has given the Richmond chapter of
the Eastern Star a $500 piano.
The government has given Richmond two
Northumberland cannon and forty eight
inch shells to place in her parks.
Thomas r. Jessup. Richmond. grand
master of the Indiana Odd Fellows, will
deliver an address at the golden any1iver-
sary of Jeffersonville Lodge on Jan. %.
Governor Durbin will be asked to pardon
William Pherson, recently convicted at
Franklin for killing man named Knapp.
Petitions are being circulated to that end.
Site and railroad facilities have been Sc
cured at Ridgeville for a large new ele-
vator, which will be built by Goodrich
Bros, of Winchester, and will be COM
pleted not later than April /.
Ola Young, fifteen-year-old Muncie
girl, was adjudged to be insane yesterday.
Grief over the recent death of her father
is the assigned cause of her dementia, which
developed suicidal tendencies.
Roland Perry late of the Fourteenth In
fantry, who was killed in the fighting be-
fore Tien-Tsin, was buried with military
honors at his home in Vincennes. Com
pany A. First Indiana National Guard, was
the guard of honor.
Advices from Laporte say there is no
truth in the story sent out from that point
that Joseph Brill, of Cleveland, will not
be prosecuted for shooting Lawyer Weir.
ton will be vigorous.
Ten students were graduated from the
Muncie high school yesterday. They were
Rollin Wood, Paul Richey, Edna Lonick,
Della Lonick, Merrill Naptzger. George
Webb. Elizabeth Daniels. Herbert Smith,
Herbert Snyder and Nellie Jewett.
Odd Fellows of Ridgeville went to New
Pittsburg, Thursday night and instituted
lccge, No. 766, of the Indiana Jurisdiction,
with twenty charter members and twenty
applicants. w. c. Mccartney is noble
grand and ]. W. Ritenour is secretary.
The Oliver Hotel at South Bend. has
changed managers. Charles Baur, who has
managed the house since it was opened, has
retired, and is succeeded by George K.
Wolf, who has been Mr.. Baur's assistant
The Oliver is one of the finest hotels in the
country.
Workmen making an excavation in the
heart of Muncie yesterday unearthed a
skeleton which has been identified by the
teeth as that of Mace Howell. who disap-
neared eighteen years ago and who at the
time was believed to have been murdered
and robbed of $500.
Pruin Friari, glass worker recovered a
verdict for 800 damages against Larry
Keegan in the Howard Circuit Court yes
terday. Keegan was foreman of the mill
and discharged Friari. and in a quarrel
which ensued. shot him, shattering his
arm, and Friari sued.
A district meeting of knights Of Pythias
was held at Franklin yesterday, all the
lodges in four counties being well repre-
scented. Deputy Grand Chancellor Martin
Sellers presided. disqualification of degree
work by Grand Instructor Monyhan and a
banquet were leading features of the meet
ing.
Thomas Henderson, who deserted his
wife and child in Evansville. seven years
ago. and went South, where he accumulat-
&c fortune, returned to his former home
10 die about ten DAYS ago. He effected a
reconciliation with his wife, and died
Wednesday. His widow receives his prop
erty and $4,000 in life insurance.
Late Thursday night. at Franklin, the
jury in the Lewis Baker murder trial.
which had been out more than sixty hours
returned a verdict of guilty OF murder in
the second degree. and fixed the punish
ment at life imprisonment. No juror ac-
cepted the insanity plea. and the division
in sentiment was the question of fixing