The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-12-28
UP AND DOWN IN
Ind llama
MINER KILLED BY FALLING COAL.


william Tolson of Washington. age
was instantly killed yester
day at the Kidwell coal mine. south of
Tolson's body was found
by other miners his neck being broken i
It is believed that he was struck by a |
large chunk of coal. Tolson was |
son of George Tolson, e civil war vet
eran, OF Washington.
SHOT DURING DRUNKEN QUARREL.
Following a drunKeA quarrel, Bert
Starkey, OF Carmi, yesterday shot and |
perhaps fatally wounded Fred Bryant.
a companion. The two were riding on
a Big Four passenger train and quar-
relied over a seat
WANT ROAD LAW LEFT.
Members of the Indiana Public I'M
provement Association. who gathered
at the Denison hotel, esterday, for the
annual meeting of the organization,
say they hope the coming legislature
will not do anything that will upset the
present road law system They say the
present laws have been trledr and that
they have proved satisfactory to every
body, and that TO throw the system
aside and adopt some new one that has
not been tried would be taking too
great chances on the future.
ARSON is CHARGED.
Two men were arrested the
charge of arson, following fire that
caused about $4,000 loss in Carlisle,
earl yesterday morning. The fire start
ed in a hfty-year- frame building
that was used a fruit market, and
spread rapidly. small ehemical en-
CINE was the only means available for
| fighting the fire, and aid was asked
from Sullivan. but that city could not
respond for lack of train service. The
| fire, however, was brought under con-
| troll, after il had burned several BUSH
ness buildings.
| PHONE SAVES LIVES.
| When a Muncie physician answered
his telephone in the early hours of the
morning, a weak voice barely able to
make itself heard asked him to hurry
/ to the number given. There the ply
| stefan found Tony Hefel. civil engi-
neer and contractor; his wife, and
James Foust, a roomer, unconscious
from the effects of gas which had es-
| capped from the baseburner stove. The
| three were revived with dinlculty.
SENTENCED FOR KILLING CHILD.
Mrs. Rose Seidel Tresselt entered g
plea of guilty to manslaushter in
Judge ORourke's court in FIT Wayne
yesterday morning and received a sus-
pended sentence of two to fourteen
years Mrs. Tresselt ran over and kill
ed six-year-old Irene Cox. She paid
the parents of the child $500. Mr.. and
Mrs Cox are moving to California Mrs
Tresselt recently inherited severa
hundred thousand dollars.
AGRTCULTURIsTs VISIT SCHOOL.
Purdue university yesterday WELDON.
ed notable gathering of men from tht
American Society Of Agricultural En-
gineering, which is holding its fourth
annual meeting here. This is the frs
time the national organization has me
in Lafayette, and an attendance o.
about one hundred is expected.
CASE WAS CONTINUED.
Ambrose Doyle, the young chaufeu,
arrested charged with running dowr
and killing Maurice Mccoy. a small
boy. at, Thfrtieth street and Contra
avenue, indianapolis, Saturday night
was arraigned in police court yester
day Doyle asked for a continuance
Judge Collins fixed his bond at $4,000
and set the preliminary hearing TO
Saturday morning. Doyle was unabl
| to give bond and went to jail.
TRACTION EXTENSION OPENED.
The extension of the Evansville {
Eastern traction line from Fockport
lind. to Grandview, Ind, was formal,
opened to the public yesterday am
many passengers were hauled over tn
line. The extension is six miles lone
and gives Grandview its first railroad
1.-THE company has erected a handsom
passenger station at Grandview.
PREPARES LICENSE BILL.
A hill relating to license for the sal
of Intoxicating liquor. the condition
and Limitations Of the issue. continu
I ance and termination thereof. has bee
prepared by a committee Of the Ra
tional Reform League. of which tn
Il Rev. DR.. W. c. Helt, of Evansville
secretary. and a copy of the measur
u has been sent TO every member OF tn
= Indiana general assembly.
: TO EAT AT DOLLAR DINNER.
When John w. Kern and othe
Democratic notables gather around tn
board at the Delaware hotel in Munci
= Thursday night. at the annual "dolla
: dinner of the Delaware County Demo
cratic Club, to celebrate the recent vic
= tories of the party in Indiana, the
will he greeted for the first time, /
: this county. by men with the flush {
victory on their cheeks
Il COAL MINING SLACK.
. Thus far this month the average
II work in Terre~ Haute has ben fol
,e DAYS week in the coal mines. takir
the field over. There is not stror
# demand from dealers in the cities f,
! domestic coal, and the demand f
n steam coal has slackened as usua
with the approach of the first of II
year. when most industrial enterpris,
slow up to take account of busine
generally.
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