The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-12
GENERAL INDIANA NEWS
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER HOOS1ERDOM.
Suicide of North Vernon Man-Gift to
Flood Sufferers-Telephone COM
Pany Election-Berne Is SWEET"


of the Presbyterian Church of this city.
will preach his farewell sermon next sun
day morning. which is the close Of his sixth
year as pastor of that church. DR.. Mowers
came from Lafayette TO this city in June.
1897, and succeeded Rev. George A. Beattie.
DR.. Mowers has been invited to the Pres
the pulpit during the absence of the pastor,
the Rev. Harry n. Mount. who is making
an extended tour in the West, and the IN
vitation has been accepted.
ELKHART.-The annual convention Of
the Second district of the Rathbone Sisters.
which closed Thursday noon, was very sue
cessful. Nearly one hundred representa-
tives of thirty-two of the thirty-five tenn
piles i'm the district were present Addresses
were made Wednesday night by Vice Cham
cellor Merrill E. Wilson, OF the Knights OF
Pythias, and Grand Chief Mrs. Anna
Cooper, of Greencastle, of the Rathbone
Sisters. The convention had no legislative
functions. and no officers were elected.
NEW CASTLE.-IroQuois Tribe of Red
Men is preparing to dedicate its new quar-
tiers in the Maxim building here on July !
greatest in the history of New Castle.
Reports from over the county are TO
the effect that the wheat crop will be I'M
usually thin owing both to the wet weather
and the fly sRs The Bundy maidstone
stuck to Mrs. Lettie Soult of Lancaster, o.,
272 hours, just finished, in case of scrofula.
This beats all records In similar cases.
WINCHESTER.-In the case of Thomp-
dolph Circuit Court, Judge Macy held the
law Of 1903. amending the law OF 1901, re-
quiring prosecuting attorneys TO appear and
defend in divorce suits where the defendant
has defaulted. and providing for fee of s.,
to be constitutional. Judges Fox of Rich
mond, Smith Of Portland, Vaughan of
Bluffton, LETTER of Muncie and number of
others have made like decisions.
ANDERSON.-Miss Jeanette Fennimore.
of this city, has been selected by the Madi-
son county w. c. T. U. as its representative
at the state contest at Muncie next week.
There will be six contestants. Miss Fenni-
more has been a winner IN all the primary
and district contests and represents this
district at the Muncie contest for state hon.
ors. The prize is a gold and silver medal.
and only winners of other contests can COM
pete for this prize.
DECATUR.-Berne. which for a period
Of several months was a dry town, will
have three more applicants for liquor IL
censes at the next meeting of the Board of
Comfy Commissioners. The board grant
ed license to John Reineke. of Berne. be-
cause the power of attorney did not &C
company the remonstrance when IL was
filed. Encouraged by the success of Rein
exc. more applicants will request licenses.
NORTH MISUNDERSTANDING of this
city are up in arms against the granting
of a subsidy TO the Southern Traction Com
pany, which has filed petition asking for
an election to determine the matter. :
Frank Refill. a resident Of this city. about
thirty years old; while in a state of de,
shotgun to his head and pulling the trig-
ger with his toe blew out his brains.
ELWOOD.-Orla A. Armfield has been ap-
pointed receiver for the property of the
Germ organized here two years ago, and
which for a time gave promise of becom-
ing leading industry of the city. The APP
pointment was made on the application OF
the Winters Lumber Company, which holds
an account for $1,000 against the property
SEYMOIJR-At a meeting of the
Fourth Indiana Regiment, U. r. X. of p,
held here, Col A. d. Vanosdal of Mad
ison. Lieut.. Col A r. Loughmiller. Of
Seymour. were reelected without opposi-
ton. 1t was decided to hold a regimental
encampment late in the summer, the place
and the date to be fixed later.
PORTLAND.-The Hoosier Telephone
Company, recently Incorporated here, has
elected the following board of directors
Q. II. Adair. J. a; Long: ]. G. Armfeid. T.
Mite. The board of directors elected the
following officers: President, A. NJ.
Adair; vice president, j. A. Long; secre-
tory, w. F. MacGinnitie.
HARTFORD CITY.-The jury in the case
of Joseph Younts. night police officer. who
was arrested on a grand jury indictment
charged with giving liquor to a minor, dis
agreed after being out all night. There are
six more indictments against the officer.
The States chief witness testified that ii
was birch beer that the officer gave her in
stead of lager beer.
MUSCIE.-Mrs. Nancy E. Reed has filed
suit for divorce from her husband. John
r. Reed, for the third time Each of the
two former suits was Withdrawn after a
reconcilia ton. Mrs. Reed states in the
latest complaint that she is in earnest.
Reed owns a large farm in Randolph coun-
ity, but his wife charges him with failure
to provide.
FERSONVILLE.-The first accident
on the new interurban electric line in this
city occurred Thursday night at O'Clock
when one of the cars Of the company
crashed into a mule car at a street cross
ing. The driver of the mule car was thrown
violently to the ground but escaped with a
number of bruises. The car was badly
damaged.
NEW CASTLE.-Two bicycles. almost
new were stolen from in front of Thomas
Councillors cigar store late Tuesday night
A man walked up boldly, took the wheels.
and wheeled them unconcernedly away
A large number of deputy game
wardens are being sworn In over the county
to enforce the law against squirrel shooting
DELPHI.-Congressma Charles B. Lam
dis sold his beautiful residence on Main
street to-day to Thomas Ryan, who is en-
gagged in the grain business in this city,
and a member of the firm of Donlin &
Ryan. Mr.. Landis will not leave Delphi.
but is considering buying farm near the
city and living on il.
RICHMOND.-E. b. Gum. superintendent
of the Richmond Street and Interurban
Railway Company, has rendered his res
ignation to take effect July /. He will go
to Columbus, o., to take a similar posi-
ton. Mr.. Gum came here from Lafayette.
Ind. when the Murdocks bought the Rich
mond property.
BLUFFTON,-Lewis Carey, aged thirty
two, an oil field employe, tried to cross
the Glover Leaf Railroad at Van Buren,
while intoxicated as a passenger train ap-
preached He was struck by the pilot and
hurled twenty feet. His skull was crushed
and there is little hope for his recovery.
TELL CITY.-The cotton mill at Camel
ton, Ind, works three days out of week
instead of six days labor, account of
the extremely high price Of cotton. This
is the chief industry there and employs
about three hundred people.
LAWRENCEBURG.-T grand Jury aft
er an eeven-days session, the longest held
in Dearborn county for many years adj
journed on "Wednesday. large number
of indictments probably will be reported
MARION.-F. p. Bailey, sheriff Of Full
On Thursday and suffered the fracture of
his left leg. He was taken to the hos
pital
GREENSBURG.-Charl Sturgis and his
wife and Miss Fife Taylor are victims of
smallpox and all Quarantined at the
Sturgis home In Horace.
BLOOMINGTON.-Bloo lodge of
Elks has sent SIS to the Kansas flood suf-
ferers.