The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-03-04
UP AND DOWN IN
INDIANA
REV. ABNER sToRMs DEAD.

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day at his home in stockwell. He was
born in Tippecanoe county on June 16.
1927. and was one of the pioneer set
tiers. For number of years he was
leading minister in the United Brethren !
church. He owned many acres of fine
farm land in Tippecanoe county. Mr..
! Storms was the father of Daniel E. |
Storms. at one time secretary of the |
state of Indiana
SOLDIER STEALS SILVER
| John A. Mitchell, alias Walter H Mil |
Ter. was arrested at Anderson charged
with having stolen $3.50 worth OF sill !
lverware from the C. T. Adams company
/, of Chicago, for whom he acted as agent
Mitchell. as he first gave his name. said
that he had been employed a rail-
road man at Indianapolis when a regu-
lar army discharge bearing the name of
Walter H. Miller was found on his per-
son he admittedsthat as his name.
WOMAN RUNS BLIND PIG.
Mrs. Belle Douglas, 400 North Senate
avenue, Indianapolis. who was arrested
Sunday for selling liquor on Sunday by
Sergeant De Rossette. was fined $25 and
costs by Judge Collins in police court
yesterday afternoon. A charge against
. her of conducting blind tiger" was
not disposed of.
LAFAYETTE LOCATES PLANT.
After a conference lasting many
J hours the contract between the Ameri-
can Motor Car company of Indianapolis
and the Retail Merchants association
of Lafayette, providing for the removal
of the company's factory to Lafayette.
was formally signed on Wednesday
night.
= OLD MANUFACTURER DEAD.
\ James Duffy, for forty years engaged
in the manufacture of candy in Lafay-
cite. is dead. His factory was Quilted by
fire last November and he suffered a
loss of several thousand dollars This
, misfortune fastened his death Mr..
: Duffy was born In Ireland hfty-eight
E years ago and was a graduate of Dub
= lin college
e TWO KILLED IN WRECK.
: The crashing of fast passenger train
: No on the Baltimore & Ohio South
f western railroad early Wednesday
morning into the rear end OF freight
train at IT was entering a switch at
Flora. Ill. seventy-two miles west OF
Washington, resulted in the death OF
Cornelius j. Lynch. AZ years old, engin-
: eer, and Elmer Albin. 33. fireman, both
of washington.
N MACHINIsTs GET RAISE.
II All machinists on the Lake Shore 8
michigan Southern railroad will receive
an increase of IN cents an hour. &C
cording to an announcement made a.
70 Elkhart The new order. which will
II go into effect within the next ten days
N includes a stipulation that ten hours
lie shall make a working day and tina
Y time and on-half shall be paid for al
r overtime. During the four summe
months employees will be given hal
holidays on Saturday.
BODY FOUND IN WOODS.
The body of Charles Creakman, II
- Noblesville, who disappeared from hi
home on Feb. last. was found on Wed
:, nesday afternoon in a patch of weed
:. about two miles west of Noblesvflle
= just off the Lafayette pike. He ha
been dead for some time, but the caus
of his death will not be known unit
post-mortem examination in held.
WOMAN FATALLY BURNED.
Mrs. Bert Tyler of Laporte is in
dying condition from burns receive
ny Wednesday morning when her clothin
On caught fire from Goals with which sh
of was endeavoring to start fire. TIL
On flames literally stripped her of cloth
r. ing, and portions of her body wer
burned to crisp.
TRAPPED BY GRAND JURY.
Harry Liggett of Frankton probab1
overlooked the fact that the grand jur
!. was III session when he compromised