The Lake County times., 1909-06-18
UP AND DOWN
IN INDIANA
BUNKO MAN GrmrY


William Flemming, former saloon
keeper, and alleged gambler of Cleve-
land, Ohio. was yesterday afternoon
found guilty at South Bend of grand
larceny in that he engineered a bunko
steering game in which w. J. SPRING
horn. service director of Cleveland, lost
$4,000, the amount being wagered on
a fake wrestling match.
BOLT OUT OF CLEAR Sky.
A bolt Of lightning out of a sunny
blue sky devoid of clouds came near
killing the infant daughter of Frank
Barbour of Burnsville yesterday after
noon. Mrs Barbour and son Raymond.
were in the summer kitchen when a
flash of lightning struck the house. fol-
lowing the telephone wires and shat
tering the cabinet. quantity of
plastering fell on the baby carriage in
which the infant was sleeping. Upon
investigation the mother found that
the parasol of the cab had undoubt-
edly saved the child's life, although the
| plastering had bent the frame badly.
MINISTER IS SUSPECTED.
Elmer Small. prominent farmer of
Dun, yesterday filed suite in Boone
Vile against the Rev Louis Fleener of
Tennyson, alleging that the minister
has alienated the affections of his wife.
Small seeks $4,000 damages.
TO DESTROY GAMBLING MACHINES.
A body blow was dealt Fort Wayne
gamblers when Judge o. N. Heaton in
the superior court in the mandate suit
before him to secure the gambling ap-
paratus belonging to Gene Jamison.
ruled in effect that he had no right to
defeat by civic process the pending
| criminal proceedings for the destruc-
tion of the N~o~Nr+v
BULL BRINGS S1l,S, Y.
:, Derry's Golden Jolly, a high class
Jersey bull, was sold for $1,000 at
Rushville yesterday in the annual sale
of the Jersey Isle stock farm The
high priced animal went to the owner
of the Sheffield farm at Glendale This
is the highest price ever paid for bull
this side of the Alleghenies, one Jersey
bull selling for 1900 in the east a
few years ago.
GETS 100000 ORDER.
The return of prosperity is being felt
( at Connerville The Rex Buggy com
pany has just closed contract with
the Rock Island Plow company, large
distributors, of Rock Island ILL., for
100000 worth of vehicles, the order
being the largest ever received by a
| Connersville buggy manufacturer.
DOUBLE GAS PLANT.
The Indiana Lighting companv
! which operates the artificial gas plant
| in Fort Wayne, yesterday let contracts
| for the construction Of additional ap-
paratus for gas making which when
in stalled, will double the capacity of
the local plant
CHARGE ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
Counsel for the Evansville & South |
ern Indiana Traction Co at Evansville.
| disclosed by their examination of strix-
ing carmen in the injunction hearing
before Judge DeBruler yesterday af- |
ternoon an effort to connect Interna-
tional Organizer Ben Commons directly |
with alleged acts of violence which |
have accompanied the nineteen days |
strike here.
WRIGHTS ARE HONORED.
Interest was added to the commence
ment exercises at Richmond. Of Earl
ham College, yesterday morning by the |
comforting of honorary degrees upon |
Orville and Wilbur Wright Of Dayton. |
O.the world famed aviators They re-
ceived the degrees of master of science. |
with all the privileges that pertain to |
the same.
FIRE RAMPANT THERE
Fire early this morning DESTROYED |
four twostory business blocks at Etna I
Green, damaged the Postofice Build
Ing, cracked windows from stores and |
the Bank Building and did damage esti-
mated at $4,000. The total insurance
was only $500.
CAMPAIGN WAS STRENUOUS.
The option campaign in Warrick
county came to a close last night after /
two weeks of a most strenuous contest.
Few new features developed during the +
last day of the struggle, and the peo-
pie await the result eagerly. No cam
paign ever conducted in that county
has ever been more thorough or siren
uous.
SCHoW WILL RECOVER.
Joseph Schow of Marion. Ind. who
was recently shot by Charles Smith and
who is in the hospital at Valparaiso,
will recover. according to the state
ment of physicians last night. He will