The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-07
UP AND DOWN IN
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NEARLY BLEEps TO DEATH.

Wilbur Cavens of Evansville, 80 !
years old, nearly bled to death at his /
own doorstep before daylight Wednes- |
day morning after having slipped and
cut off the tip of his tongue. He was
going to work when he fell.
OFFER MADE TO COLLEGE.
The board of public works of Fort
Wayne is now in communication with
the engineering department of Purdue
university offering the municipal light
ing plant for testing purposes by mem
bers of the senior engineering depart
ment. This is with view to learning
the steam generating capacity Of the
boilers, consumption of coal and other
facts of vital Importance
STATUE NOT GOOD.
The statute of General Lew Wallace,
Indiana's gift to the nation, did not
meet the expectations of many per-
sons who viewed it in Statuary hall
today. The general tone of criticism
was unfavorable and was based more
on the garb the general is represented
as wearing than on the facial resem-
blance, which is regarded as measur
ably accurate.
| SETTLE PURE FOOD ISSUE.
| Benzeate of soda taken in moderate
quantities should have no injurious
effects on the human body, according
to testimony given by Dr. Walter S.
Haines, faculty member of the Uni
versity of Chicago and the Rush Medi-
cal college, in the benzoate of soda
case in which evidence is being taken
by Edward Daniels, master in chaneery.
WOOD TAKES UP ACCIDENTS.
! w. ]. Wood chairman of the rail-
the committee of railroad men which
is to aid the commission in drafting
| resolutions to present to the next con-
vention of railroad men and cooper
late with the commission in all acct
| dent matters. The committee includes
j. w. Logsdon of the Louisville &
| Nashville, J. w. Conveys of the Van
dalia, ID. II. Schaf of the Big Four,
w. B. Scott of the c.. III. & d. and ].
C. Sullivan of the wabash railway.
TO BUILD MONOPLANE.
Marion Black of Fort Wayne an
nounces that he will this week begin
the construction of monoplane here
Mr.. Black had the first automobile in
the city, having constructed it him
self, and was one of the pioneer BIZ
cyciers in tho city. He expects to ex-
hibit the aeroplane at county fairs
over the country.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
Mabel, the 7-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brock of Vim
eennes, was fatally burned while play
ing with fire in the kitchen stove.
SUES FOR POKER LOSS.
Edgar Smith. an Orange county
| farmer filed in the New Albany court
a suit against James NJ. Ferguson,
member of the city council, to recov.
, er 1926 which he alleges he lost al
poker in this city Aug. 25. &c and 81.
DRAGGED BY A CAR.
: The Rev. John Huckelberry of Frank
lin came near losing his life in Greens
A burg in attempting to board a trac
I ton car. He did not signal the car
and when it whizzed by attempted t
swing aboard. He was dragged fit,
) feet on his back before he let gt
/ and the wheels passed within an incl
5 of his head. He was badly bruised.
AIR TANK EXPLODES.
i An air tank in the backsmithins
and pipefitting department of the mann
moth plant of the Pittsburg Plate Glas
company at Kokomo exploded, shootin,
through the roof, inficting perhap
fatal injuries upon Sol Milligan, black
i smith.