The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-06-02
REVIEW OF INDIANA

handling a revolved at her home. three
miles north Of Hagerstown, the weap-
on was accidentally discharged and she
was shot through the arm. Her condi-
ton is serious and amputation of the
arm may be necessary.
A quarrel over a fence caused Stew
ard Ward and Frank Billhimer. living
in the southern part of Upton County.
to pay heavy fines besides attorneys
fees and court costs. Billhimer caused
Wards arrest on charge of provoke, as
sault and battery and drawing deadly
weapon. Ward stood trial and on be-
ing defeated filed similar charges
against Billhimer Billhimer entered
plea of guilty.
George Cook, aged 50 years, a prom
inent farmer who lived north of Roch-
ester, was drowned in the Tippecanoe
river. He had been fishing in the
morning, and when he did not return
at supper time his daughter started in
search Of him. She found a rowboat
run up near the shore and the body of
her father hanging backward over the
side with the feet in the boat and the
head and shoulders beneath the water.
Nine hundred Purdue cadets, &C
companied by the. Purdue band. and
several of the members of the faculty,
spent one day last week at Fl. Benja,
min Harrison. The program included
maneuvers and drills given by both the
cadets and the regulars. The morn
ing was devoted to drill, including ex-
tended order, advance and advantages
of cover by the soldiers at the post
During the afternoon the cadets in
spected the post and had a regimental
parade
When ]. A. Boyd and his sons, John
and Abram, went to an unused barn on
their farm, near Capital Hill, east of
Cambridge City, they found the body
of a man who had apparently been
dead some time. The barn had not
been opened since March, and the body
was so badly decomposed no marks of
identification could be found. The
man was white. with brown hair and
was well dressed. He was apparently
about 81 years old. Coroner Bran
kamp is investigating
The citizens of Elkhart are prepar-
ing a big demonstration to welcome
Colonel c. G. Conn on his arrival from
California. A parade will march from
the station to the hotel where an infor-
NAL reception will be held. Two bands,
automobiles, Knights of Pythias and
perhaps other organizations besides
prominent residents of Elkhart win
take part in the parade. The demon
stration is to express sympathy for the
half mi,lion-dollar fire loss and the ap
probation of Colonel Conn's purpose to
rebuild the plant Immediately.
Scion A. Enloe, aged so, an attorney
Of Danville, is suffering from a stub
born case of whooping cough. He con-
tracted the disease month ago. and
while he is able to be at his Office most
of the time, he has practically lost his
voice. He is in charge of the law de-
partment at the Central Normal Col
lege, and has been compelled TO put
substitute in his place. He was Sc
lected by the Jesse s. Ogden Post, G.
A. r., to deliver the Decoration Day
address, May 80, bit he has been COM
PEELED to surrender that work to an
other. Mr.. Enloe is over six feet in
height and weighs two hundred pounds
William Geake, of Fort Wayne, who
is known all over the United States for
his eminence in Masonry. has just been
elected thrice potent master of the
Fort Wayne Lodge of Perfection, A. A.
S. r., for the twenty-fourth consecutive
year. In all the history of Masonry, SO
far as is known, there is but one case
in which any man has served at the
head of a lodge of perfection for a
greater number of years consecut vely
than Mr.. Geake has presided over the
Fort Wayne body. He is a member OF
the Supreme Council and the ranking
deputy for Indiana. But a short lime
ago Mr.. Geake was elected an honor
airy member of the Supreme Council of
Italy.
That the alleged will of Marshall
McMurran, a wealthy hermit, filed re-
| Gently by Mrs. Matte Hannum, of Vim
cennes, and by which she lays claim to
$4,000 estate, is not in the hand
writing of McMurran and that the sig
nature to the aIIeged will does not re-
semble that of the dead man, is the
contention of John A. Gleichman, a
prominent fruit grower who lives in
the Stringtown road near Evansville.
Protests against the admission of the
alleged will to probate were filed In
Probate Court by Burtis Cody and Will
liam L. Wood, relatives of McMurran.
Allen B. Cody also filed application to
be appointed administrator of the Nc.
Murran estate, setting out that he is
first cousin of McMurran. Both the
application TO be appointed as admin
istrator and the protests against the
admission of the will to probate were
ordered filed and passed for further
hearing by the court No time is set
when the matter will be brought up
again.
| The farmers of Decatur County are
alarmed by cholera among the hogs.
Several cases have been reported
where the disease appeared after the
hogs had been loaded on the cars for
shipment to market.
In repairing porch at the home of
Mrs. Harris, widow of Captain Lee O.
Harris, in Greenfield, myriads of white
ants were found. They had cut off all
the supports to the porch and had at
tackled other portions of the house
when discovered.
The engage nent of Miss Jessie Her
ron and Mr.. James +. Statesman has
been announced at Charlottesville Mr..
Statesman is now the American Min
lister to Bolivia He is a graduate of
Wabash College. The wedding will
take place soon.
Owensville has declared war on the
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