The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-11
UP AND DOWN IN
INDIANA


CITY FAILS TO GROW.
While Evansville will retain its place
as the second city of Indiana by the
census of 69.647 reported today, citi-
zens and officials were not slow to
voice their disappointment, and to de-
clare that a least 5000 persons had
been omitted through incompetence of
enumerators and Indifference of the
people
TO ENTERTAIN BRYAN.
Rushville business men and other
citizens are planning to entertain Will
liam Jennings Bryan, who will speak
here Friday afternoon on the subject
The Price of a SOUL, at the seventh
annual Rush County chautauqua, now
in session at the City Park. He will
arrive about IL o'clock in the morning
and will be entertained at dinner by a
local acquaintance.
ONE OFF THE MANY.
Mrs. Augusta Payne White of Frank
lin. has received official notice of her
election to the Society of Mayfiower
Descendants. She is ninth in descent
in direct line from stephen Hopkins
who came over in the Mayflower and
who was the fourteenth sgner of the
compact of the pilgrims to whom the
magnificent monument at Provincetown
was recently dedicated.
DIsMIssEs DEFENDANT.
After examining four witnesses
Judge Field at Lafayette, last evening
dismissed the case against William
Ashby, accused of killing Samuel Wad-
dell on the night of March 10. Mrs.
Ashby had been called to the stand
| and given testimony which proved
such a surprise to the state that they
submitted the case to the court with
out calling he other witnesses. Mrs
| Ashby testified that on the night OF
the fire her husband went to bed at
1890 o'clock.
| KINGS RELATIVE MARRIES.
! Joshua Hixon of Anderson, who as
serts he is near relative of the late
King Edward of England. was married
yesterday to Miss Gertrude Tirt. Hixor
is more than SO years old and his bride
is As years old. This is the first mar
riage of each.
MAY PARDON MURDERER.
| The case of James Andrews, of La
porte, given a life sentence in Marion
County in 1903 for the alleged murder
OF Chinaman named Lung, will be
brought to the attention of the State
Board of Pardons at the Steptembel
meeting in Indianapolis. There is nov
a strong belief that Andrews is limo
cent of the Staying of Lung.
BLAME THE FIREMEN.
That the immense loss sustained il
the burning of the plant of the Ander
son Knife and Bar Company of Ander
son last Friday night was due to the
inefficiency of the Anderson fire de
partment is the opinion of E. w. Love
10y of Lowell, Mass, general manage
an da heavy stakeholder of the com
pany who arrived here yesterday.
Is 90 YEARS OLD.
Thomas Scantlin, who came t.
Evansville seventy-one years ago
when the town extended no farthe
than three blocks from Main and Wat
er streets, celebrated his ninety-sixtl
birthday yesterday. He is hale an
. sturdy and expects to reach his cen
tennial. Scantlin still spends som
time at his work bench as a timer
He was born in Gibson county.
MAY TAX AUTOMOBILES.
Judge Gould's decision in the Evans
willie City Court yesterday that the cit
| is privileged to include automobiles i
: the vehicle license ordinance in spit
of state law which says. apparently
l that autos shall be exempt from a
save state licenses, will probably furn
l ish test case for the Supreme Cour
. TWO MEN KILLED.
Two unidentified men. evidently Ia
borers, were killed early yesterda
morning eight miles west of Danvill
i near Hadley. while walking along tt
: Big Four double tracks. TIE accider
o was reported here by the train crew
No. As, which passes here at GAP
the morning, and Coroner Alfred view
ed the remains. which were the
L brought to the local morgue for Il
e formal inquest.
TO BUILD wAREH0y
F. B. Poscy, surveyor OF h>vensvil
port ard Republican candidate fl
Congress. received word from tt
n Treasury DerN rtment yesteday that
# customs warehouse had been authori
n ed for Evansville. Imports throus
= the Evansville port have been increa
s ing at the rate OF f125,0O0 annual
n for several years. building has be'
IS leased for the warehouse.
d SHOT BY HOSPITAL HELP.
Paul Van Camp. is years old, D
. ! catur. is being cared for at St. JOSEPH
= Hospital in Fort Wayne until he r
> covers from the effects of three woun
" he received Tuesday morning when o
. of the employees at the Strochus HOSP
~ tai here fred a load of No. shot in
~ his legs. 1t is declared that he "
= stealing apples on the grounds of t
d latter hospital when the employees SO
him and shot.