The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-03-30
Brief State Items.

n 1tCUCltOl OCllCNd. oil Olu VII puiupCl,
was killed by the explosion of an en-
zine.
Thieves plundered the Jewish Temple at
South Bend. of fifteen robes valued at 500
each and other articles.
William Barlow, 26 years old, was fatally
hurt while cutting timber on the Broderick
farm near Anderson. A limb of the tree
fell on him, crushing his skull.
Benton Lafuze, 20, son of Ezra Lafuze, a
wealthy farmer living near Liberty, killed
himself with revolver shot through the
heart. 1t is said that he had been disap-
pointed in love.
While Wesley Says of Angola, was en-
route homeward from Arkansas, his pock-
cts were picked of $1,000, of which $3.50
was in certificates of deposits, on which he
has stopped payment.
A tank in the plant of the Lippencott
Glass Company at Alexandria, burst let
ting out hood of molten glass. Slight
damage was done, but 300 chimney men
will be out of work for several weeks.
The shock incident to the conviction of his
son for assault and battery with intent to
murder was probably the immediate cause
of the death of Joseph l.. Modlin, aged 62,
of Richmond. He died of heart disease.
Fire destroyed the farm home of F. N.
Brooks, near Newcastle, not even house.
hold goods being saved. Neighbors rallied
on call of telephone and saved surrounding
buildings. Loss 81, 200, with no insurance.
The northbound midnight mail pouch
from Bedford was found in the north part
of the city cut to pieces and part of the
contents gone. The sack is said to have
contained large number of drafts, one
cal -g for $4,000.
DR.. Horace Wardner, well-known ply
sician, is dead at Laporte, from blood pois-
Oning, due, it is said, to running silver
under his thumb nail fourteen years ago.
During the Civil War he was Assistant
Medical Director under Gen. Grant.
Great alarm is reported at Monroe, Ad
ans County, because of threats of incendi-
ries to burn the town, conveyed by anony-
nous letters. Eight fires have occurred in
two days. The buildings burned include
three residences and blacksmith shop.
While Prof Fritz w. Dapprich, instruc-
tor of German, Purdue University, at La
fayette, was testing cranky canoe on the
Wabash river, he was overturned by the
swift current and narrowly escaped
drowning. He reached the shore with diff
ficulty.
A strong box supposed to contain $3.50
cash and $1,000 in notes, alleged to have
been stolen from the late John Huber of
Mt. Vernon, by his son John, and his
! paphav,- Ed.vord Oath .voc rooovarod -, n
bank at Evansville, where the two men
had deposited it. Replevin proceedings
were necessary.
John w. Davidson, So, of Washington,
committed suicide in a horrible man
ner. He had been i'll for five weeks and
decided to hasten death by tying a hand
kerchief about his neck and then placing a
cane in the moose he turned the cane over
and over, tightening the handkerchief and
choking himself.
Merle Casey, a negro girl, 10 years old,
fell down the elevator shaft of the Glass
block at Marion, from the third floor
to the basement, alighting on her head on
the concrete floor. The skull was not
fractured and no bones We're broken. She
was able to stand and talk few minutes
after the accident.
The Southern Indiana is undertaking
quite an engineering feat fifteen miles
northwest Of Clinton. A bridge will be
built over Jenkins ford, lis feet above the
water, and 1850 feet long. 1t is to be
double-tr tracked. 200 men have begun
work on the bridge, which is to be COM
pleted in three months.
While oiling machinery in the B. l..
Pease sash and door factory at Jefferson
vile, Harry Watson, Is years old, be-
came entang'e | in belt and his body was
hurled over the shafting and against the
ceiling at the rate of 240 revolutions min
ute Almost every bone in his body was
broken. lie died two hours later.
John Bowers of Evansville, water works
ditch digger, may lose his life, owing to a
dream he had while on the road to recov-
cry. He thought friend had struck him,
and his pains were so vivid, while his
struggle in his sleep so active, that he ag-
gravated his injuries, and physicians now
say that death may result from this pecu-
liar psychological condition.
The entire residence portion of the village
of Al,o was imperiled by the burning of
the barns of j. w. Useler and Cora
Straughn. The village is without fire pro-
Election save bucket brigade. and the hard
work of this brigade alone saved the place.
The barns which were valued at s., 900 each,
were insured. 1t is believed that they were
set on fire by tramp who took offense at
the treatment he received from some of the
villagers.
At the risk of her own life Mrs. Michael
Loewenstein of Muncie, wife of local
clothier, stopped a runaway horse that was
dragging Divert Smith, boy of Is, over
rough ground at rapid rate, and rescued
the boy, who had become entangled in the
lines and seemed on the point of being
killed. Mrs. Loewenstein then carried the
injured lad into her own home nearby and
restored him to consciousness. The boys
injuries are not serious.
Elmer Huddleston, the 12-year-old son of
Charles Hrddleston of Brookyille, was
drowned. He was crossing plank at the
old salt-mill with basket on his arm,
when the basket caught on the lever that
throws the gate and he was thrown into
the stream. The boy slippei into the whirl-
pool and was soon out of sight. The father
of the boy was notified at once of the acct
dent, and, rushing to where his boy fell, he
jumped into the water and was with diff
| entity saved from drowuin0 The hodx- S,f