The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-07-25
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ARRESTS END ELoPMiEST.
Word was received by thk AndeI son
police yesterday afternoon that Wesley
Allen, who on July eloped with Is 7
year-old Grace Snodgrass, has been ar
rested with the girl and a young man
giving his name as c. Gardner at Fos-
torid, o.
MUST NOT OPEN SCHOOL
DR., D. W. Weaver secretary OF the
Decatur County Board OF Health, has /
been advised by DR.. ]. n. Hurry, sec |
rotary of the State Board, that If an |
attempt is made TO open school IL the /
uilding at Burney this fall the trus-
Ices of the township and the teachers |
will be prosecuted The building was |
condemned in June.
FIRE COST s12 600 Loss.
The general store of j. w Feree
postmaster at Tilden. was destroyed by
fire early Saturday morning. causing a
loss of $4,000. The fire started in a
rear room of the building and was
caused by an overheated gasoline stove
Tilden has no fire protection and the
blaze had gained much Roadway before
farmers were attracted to the scene
NEW HoOsIER NOVEL OUT.
Dealing directly with the story of
| the Indian outbreaks of the eighteenth
century in their relation to life in the
vicinity of Fit Recovery. O., Stephen A.
D. Whipple. an attorney of Portland,
has just finished a historical romance
entitled Arthur st. Clair of Old FIT
Recovery" The book was written
primarily to give in historical and ro-
mantle form an account of the Indian
| hat a
covery.
/ KOKOMO'S PROMOTER DEAD.
Kokomo friends have received word
of the death of A Y Constock in New
York city. Mr.. Comstock was well
known in business and railroad circles
in Indiana and the East He was pro-
moter of Kokomos first gas well. and,
more than any one man, entitled to the
credit of Kokomo's development.
THINK INSANE MAN DROWNED.
Clear Lake will be dragged today for
the body of Albert Vedder, who was
recently discharged from the Longcliff
Asylum for the Insane a Logansport.
Vedder disappeared last Sunday. 1t
developed today that he was noticed
entering a boat and rowing out into
the lake. That was the last seen of
him. He was respondent because Of
his mental condition and 1t is believed
: he committed suicide.
LIQUOR CRAZED MAN SUICIDE
Coroner Osborn of Laporte, asserted
that a verdict Of suicide, the result
of alcoholic insanity. would be the And
ing in the case Of Charles Wedell. 81
years old. of that city, who cut his
throat at Wanatah. Laporte county
Friday morning, and failing to sever
the juglar vein. threw himself under
D Pennsylvania train. suffering decapi
: tation.
DOCTOR SHOT IN LEG.
DR. Ernest Cooper of Plainfeld was
; taken to an Indianapolis hospital las
1 evening suffering from a severe gun,
y shot wound in the leg. He and com
2 panion were out hunting rabbits abou
6 o'clock last evening in an automobile
and when one was sighted DR.. Cooper
companion became excited and fired in
= to the machine. striking Dr. Cooper il
:, the leg.
DIVORCE MILL GRINDs.
Complying with a recent statemen
THAT he intended to clear the docket o
divorce cases before the close of tn
term, Judge Cox in the Superior Cour
at Terre Haute Friday disposed o
Thirty cases Twelve cases were dis
missed for lack OF evidence and non
appearance OF the plaintiffs. while 4
eighteen cases decreaes were granted
Alimony was granted in one case only
that Of Mrs. Lena Bolton agains
lCharles Bolton. Mrs. Bolton was give
$500 with an allowance of attorne
r fees.
+. TO TEST STATE LAW.
The Indiana statute prohibiting a
n official in a public service corporate
from holding at the same time an of
cial position with the city probably Wi
= be given a test at Princeton as II
result OF the acceptance by SecretaI
Stuart T. Fisher of the Princeton Wa
er Company of the Office of school tru.
ri tee of Princeton.
7i EDITORS ELECT OFFICERS.
> At the annual meeting of the Nortl
oe ern Indiana Editorial Association
ST Lake Wawasee Friday the followir
y. officers were elected. Presid ent A
Monett. Elwood Record: first vice pres
dent, S. E. Boys. Plymouth Chronicl
re second vice president, F. B. Leghty. s
q, Joseph News; secretary, ] A Bean
Goshen Democrat; treasurer. G. N MI
. ray, Nappanee News Executive cor
Ae n1ittee-C- r. Trowbridge, the bod
Vi Idea, Mishawaka; J. B. Stoll, Sou
40 Bend Times, and Harry B. Darling L
ed porte Argus Bulletin