The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-03
Brief State Items.

The Central Labor union has sent an in
vitation to Thomas w Lawson of Boston,
Mass, to deliver Labor day address at
| South Bend.
! Fred Eggers, aged 80, was run over and
killed near Hammond by the Pennsylvania
| flyer, west-bound, while taking his boys
On fishing trip to Lake Michigan.
| Attacked by a crazed negro armed with
| a shotgun, Ed Martin, salOOnkeeper Of
Evansville, shot down the negro and his
wife with a revolver. The negro will die.
| Governor Hanly received a petition from
Sheriff Lindley of Kokomo, for the pardon
of Joseph Daugherty, formerly of Wind
fall, who was convicted of shooting Jasper
Grinstead.
Mother NJ Sabina, for thirty-two years
member of the Sisters of the Holy Cross
and for fifteen years stewardess at st.
Mary's convent, South Bend, is dead. She
was born in Ireland.
Benjamin Canady, Big -Four railway
brakeman, was killed in the yards at New
castle. A broken rail caused coal car TO
fall into the creek, with Canady under
meath. His home was in Raleigh, KY.
Two freight trains on the c. e. E. /.
railway had headon collision at New
port 1t is said the engineer on the north
bound train forgot his orders. Both
engines and twelve cars were broken. No
one was injured.
AS the result of the turmoil in the police
department of Anderson, and particu-
larly the conduct of republican members
of the board, Frank p Foster democratic
member, has forwarded his resignation TO
Governor Hanly.
The large bank barn on the farm of
Spencer Strong, near Akron. was destroyed
by fire. Three valuable horses were Gre
mated and thirty tons of hay, with farming
implements, were consumed. Loss, s., 600;
insurance, $500.
David Beasly, indicted jointly with
Henry Tow for the murder of James and
Charles ROut at Bryantville, last June, en-
tered plea of guilty to manslaughter and
was committed to the Indiana reformatcTy
at Jeffersonville
A railing in front of a business house at
CheSterton, against which eight boys were
leaning, gave way and all were thrown
into cellar way, twenty feet below. En-
nest and Charles Carlson were probably
fatally lurt The others were slightly in
jured.
Practically 1000 employees in the two
Muncie factories of Ball Brothers will re-
turn to their work on September /, when
both factories, the largest in the world for
the manufacture Of fruit jars, will resume
operations in full. The Marion factory
will also start at the same time.
A proposition for the location of mill
tary academy at Peru was presented to
the Peru Commercial Club by Major John
Stolz. representing the management of the
military academy at Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
The club has appointed committee to
further investigate the proposition.
The postoffice, II. A. Barier's iewelry
store and DR.. Barbour's Office at West
field were entered by burglars. Two re-
volverS were stolen from Barker's store,
and nothing of value was taken at the
postoffice save coat belonging TO rural
mail route clerk. DR.. Barbour also es-
capped loss.
Trustee Chapman, of the Mccoy estates
of Rensselaer,. has discovered that three
notes aggregatine So, 900, which were sup
posed to be in the vaults Of the defunct
Mccoy bank when he took charge. are
missing and efforts are now being made to
locate them. The notes are for $1,000 each
and were given by Tom Mccoy.
] Expert Engineer G.. w. Sturtevant of
5 Chicago, who has been investigating the
water works situation at huntington, re-
ported that there is great basin of water
in the limestone rock underlying the city
and that the supply by means of wells is
inexhaustible He has outlined to the
city council plan for furnishing daily
supply of 100000 gallons and twill prob
ably be adopted.
Mrs. Albert Wibel, 80 years old, wife of
a farmer living northeast of Bluffton, has
{ been declared insane and will be sent to
. Longcliff. Her insanity is due to pecu-
e liar cause. While working about her home
/ she stepped on a rusty nail, and few days
] latec she showed unmistakable signs of in
sanity and is now a raving maniac. A
wound of that nature frequently produces
lockjaw, but rarely insanity.
Thirty-eight of forty-eight guests at a
luncheon given by Mrs. Malcolm Hart of
e Crown Point, were seriously affected by
= poisoning. Thirty-four of the patients are
: said by physicians to be out Of danger.
| Mrs Mary Altman, Miss Augusta Kohell1e,
r Mrs. John Wilson and Mrs. w. III. Hay
ward are in a critical condition. The six
: physicians who attended the patients were
almost exhausted by their efforts.
Scaffolding sixty feet high>on the stage
, of the new Jefferson theatre at Goshen,
now in course of construction, collapsed,
: precipitating Frank Allen, Guy Allen,
: Burt Wisner and Martin kellogg, of Battle
l Creek, Mich, brick masons, and Daniel
? Coyle, Clark Denie and Chester Amsden,
Goshen workmen, to the floor of the play
house and pavement in the alley. Frank
Allen and Daniel Coyle are perhaps fatally
hurt. The others sustained only slight in
a juries.
Austin Beeman, II years of age, COM
D mitted suicide by shooting at Vincennes.
He placed a shot gun in his mouth, and
the discharge tore away the left side of his
face, his teeth were knocked out and his
left eye and tongue were torn out. He
i leaves widow and three children.
Bertha Waters, 6 years old, was instant
> ly killed by an interurban car at Muncie.
The child was running along the track
q and when the car was within about ten
feet of her, attempted to cross in front of
ff Moformau MauninO has bean taken