The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-04-20
Brief State Items.

of Liberty, fell off bed and was instantly
killed.
Clifford B. Cody, l6 years old, of Marion,
died from injuries received while playing
leap-frog
Burglars entered the home of Z. A We'll
ley of Rushville, ate hearty meal and de-
camped with eighty cents ard pair of
trousers.
Fire destroyed the Hogan q Dean boiler
works at Marion, entailing loss esti-
mated at $1,000, partially covered by in
surance.
VIII Harlem, clerk in the postofiice at
Princeton, has disappeared. He was mar
RED four months ago. He was the local
Civil Service Examiner.
Bertha Hoag, years old, was struck by
an engine on the Pennsylvania road at
Plymouth. She was instantly killed. her
body being ground to pieces.
Mrs. Harriet Jones, a widow, aged IS
years and living four miles north of Hills
bOro, burned to death. She was burning
trash in the yard when her clothing caught
fire.
Edward Stutsman, Is years old, of Goshen,
was accidentally shot in the lung and
fatally injured by a playmate, Frederick
Silver, IL years old, while indulging in
target practice.
A mad dog ran amuck in the streets of
Washington, biting Mrs. William McCray
in the foot, Curtis Stuckey in the arm and
leg, and Gladys Stuckey in the face, before
the animal was shot
The tallest smokestack in Indiana will be
erected at the central powerhOuse of the
Indiana Union Traction Company at An
derson. 1t will be 2I5 feet high and 4OO, 900
brick will be required.
As the result of drinking impure water,
which developed typhoid fever, George
Rawles of West Lafayette, is dead, while
SIX other persons, who drank from the
same supply, are seriously i'll.
Robbers blew open the safe in the Ex-
change bank of Churubusco. a private
institution owned by Oscar Candy &
Co., secured between $1,000 and $1,000 in
currency and made their escape
Frederick Swayzee, 15-year-old son of
John Swayzee of Fort Wayne, was crushed
to death in the Journal Gazette elevator
He was carrier boy and was playing in
the elevator shaft against orders.
The safe in the postofice at Shoals was
badly damaged by burglars, who used nitro
glycerine. The explosion attracted atten-
ton, and the burglars were forced to flight
without realizing on their venture.
Joe Allen, a schOOlbOy, II years old, was
fatally stabbed through the lungs by Ray
May, playmate, at Washington. A knife
with blade three and a half inches long
was used, and was sunk to the handle.
Burglars broke into the Office of the Gin
cinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Railroad Com
pany at Portland, knocked the combination
off the safe with a sledge hammer and Sc
cured $35. There is NO clew to the identity
of the robbers.
+. J. Harding, arrested in Indianapolis.
has been indicted by the Tippecanoe
county grand jury for forging a check at
Lafayette, by which Harry Hines, of the
Hotel Hines, was victimiZed. Harding is
said to be wanted in North Carolina for
similar offenses
William Cr0dder, George Shively, John
Tincher, Gilbert Thompson, James Mann
and John Shively were arrested at Bloom
ington, charged with whitecapping Mrs.
Dulcenia Pryor on the night of April s.
All the men gave bond in sums ranging
from $500 to $500 and were released.
Delmar Bowen, aged Is, of Muncie,
who was on trial for the L rider of John
Dickover, was convicted of ', .untary man
slaughter and sentenced to prison for two to
twenty-one years. He asked for an i'm
mediate conviction. Bowen's youth saved
him from verdict of first degree murder.
Constant ard close following of the de-
velopments in the Russo-Japanese war,
has unbalanced the mind of Frank Ger
w0nke, 15-year-old Polish lad at Wanna
tab. He imagines his father is King. and
that his special mission in the world is to
end the war, for which he frequentlyprays.
at times displaying marked religious fer
vor. Physicians believe lie is hopelessly
insane.
Engineer John Clare of New ALBANY.
had thrilling ride while pulling the st.
Louis flyer, on the Southern road. to Prince
ton. While climbing Kyana hill, west of
New Albany, the forward trucks of the en-
for loo feet before the train was stopped.
The train crossed bridge while the trucks
were humping along the ties, but FORUM
ately the drive wheels kept the rails and a
wreck was averted-
William Allies of Muncie. for many years
employed by Ball Brothers as a bottle
blower, has patented window glass press
ing machine that does away with the gath
erer and fattener, now used in making
window glass. Allies says his machine,
under practical test, gathered the glass,
spread 1t on the plates and pressed it to an
equal thickness in manner superior even
to hand work The American Window
Glass Company, or some independent con-
Germ, will purchase the patent if it be prac-
teal, as itwould mean the saving of large
sum of money by decreasing the number of
men necessary to man factory.
Chicago capitalists have been busy in the
yicining of Wolf Lake, in North Hammond,
buying land and securing options, with the
ultimate object of creating large amuse-
ment park, on the same general plan as
Sans Souci and the White City, in Chicago.
A very pretty lake is included in the tract,
and the place is far removed from any
thickly- populated place. 1t is four miles
from the heart of Chicago. Wolf lake win
be used to advantage, and several hundred
thousand dollars will be spent in placing
the project in operation. Work will soon
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