The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
GENERAL INDIANA NEWS
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER HOOsIERDOM.
Strike Settlement Expected at Peru
Love Out on BaiI-Gas Wells Near
Wabash-RObber Sentenced.

disagreement between the building trades
unions and the contractors, which has
stopped nearly all building in Peru this
season, may be adjusted. o. p Smith, an
organizer of the American Federation OF
Labor, has been working among the unions
all week and thinks the prospects are now
good for a settlement The Wabash
is charging it's roundhouse at Peru in order
TO accommodate the new and larger en-
gines that will soon commence to be deiv-
cred. A larger turntable has just been put
in. The shops will also be equipped with its
own water works system, the supply COM
ing from Pipe creek, three miles away.
Peru lawyers intending camping to-
gether at one Of the lakes have formed an
outing association.
: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Uniform
Rank No. ITO. which was mustered in last
Friday by Col. l.. A. Wilson, of Elkhart
sixty-four strong, has accepted an invita-
ton of Colonel Wilson, who is grand vice
chancellor of the State, to go In body to
Elkhart for the memorial exercises of the
K of p order to be held there on Sunday
Beech Grove Methodist Church. at
Gilman, will be dedicated on Sunday, the
Rev. b. S. Hollopeter. or Noblesyille, de-
livering the, dedicatory sermon The Rev.
Preston Polhemus is pastor.
LAFAYETTE.-Oakwo High School, in
West Lafayette, held it's annual commence
ment exercises Friday night. Dan w.
Simps addressed the seniors and the large
Brown, Geneve Jamison, Mary Gather
Sarah Stretch, Geneve Stretch, Frances
Kirkpatrick, Clara Gosma Blanche Over
Rrwsn Rveon 6T garde ha William
Ernest Kieffer. Henry Haywood and Otis
Mccormick.
HARTFORD CITY.-Through the efforts
of Congressman Frederick Lands, Black
ford county Is to have pension board of
it's own. The board is to be established at
once and Mr.. Lands recommended the fol-
lowing persons as members OF the new
board: Dr. Samuel Hollis Hartford City;
TDr A MOntnpliar nr
j. r. Harold, of Rolf The commissioner
of pensions has notified those recommended
of their appointment
MARION.-Sanford III. Love. who last
Monday shot his former sweetheart, Miss
Nora Miller, has been released on $1,000
bond, which was furnished by his father,
A. w. Love, of Moweaqua, Ill. Love will
go home with his father and remain there
until time for his trial, next September
Miss Miller, his victim, is still in the hos
pital, but is improving, and ii is thought
that she will recover. Love Is charged
with attempted murder.
ELWOOD.-The degree team of Wyom~
ing Council, Degree of Pocahontas, of this
city, carried off first honors in the contests
at the district meeting. at Marion Friday
afternoon and night. The Elwood
Elks have organized a baseball team and
accepted the challenge issued by the Ma
rion Elks' team. One game will be played
in each city, the deciding game, If it is nee
essary, 10 be played on neutral ground.
Company has drilled in two fine new gas
wells in the vicinity of Jalapa, Grant coun-
ty This is new territory for the company
which has drilled all around IL. Both wells
have a rock pressure of $50 pounds to the
inch, and are perfectly dry. The product
will be delivered to Wabash consumers
and twenty other wells will be drilled in
the same locality this summer.
MONTPELIER.-The Indiana Pipe Line
Company, the transporting department of
the Standard Oil Company, has just begun
to put in new four-inch pipe line from the
auaEer sH so aSs are be ne
to Parker field is not large enough to carry
the oil since the field is being so ener-
getically developed.
CONNERSVILLE.-Mic Murphy has
a fight of a week. opposed by the Good
Citizens League. The league did not use
the remonstrance. but opposed him on ac-
count of character, under the impression
they were fighting another man by the
name OF Murphy The applicant proved
good and won.
NEW Observation-Disclosures CHAPTER
Daughters of the American Revolution, of
this city, made pilgrimage on Saturday
to the site of the home of Gen. George Rog-
ers Clark, at Clarksviile, on the banks of
the Ohio river, between this city and Jeffer-
sonville. A memorial programme was car
ried out, and number of short addresses
were made.
RICHMOND.-Thomas Carr, who lives
two miles west of the CITY, was seriously
injured in runaway accident on Saturday.
His horse scared and ran away. Carr was
thrown violently and when found was I'M
conscious and bleeding from the mouth and
nose. The extent Of his injuries cannot yet
be told
GREENSBURG.-TheC c. z. convention of
the Fifteenth district. which is composed of
the counties of Decatur, Bartholomew,
Shelby, Ripley and Jennings, will be held
In this city on Wednesday, June IL. large
attendance is anticipated.
NEW CASTLE.-The local Light, Heat
and Power Company. which installed a
central hot water heating plant here during
the winter, has met with such success that
il will greatly increase its system this sum-
mer by long extension.
WARREN.-The marriage OF II. Tenny-
son Fryback and Miss Mabel Jones is an
nounced to take place June 26 The bride is
the only daughter of Lloyd s. Jones, one of
the owners OF the Warren Exchange Bank
HUNTINGTON.-Cyrus Gillem. who was
caught in an express car Friday morning
by Patrolman Jacobs, pleaded guilty TO
petit larceny. Judge Branyan sentenced
him to serve one to three years.
PATRIOT.-The most promising wheat
crop in ten years has been reduced during
the past fifteen days about 40 per cent by
rust and the Hessian fly A large acreage
will not be harvested.
LAPEL.-Trouble in getting sand is caus-
ing the local glass factories TO shut down
frequently. Plenty OF sand is on the road
but IL is sidetracked somewhere and can
not be located.