The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-03-29

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every possible way in the enforce
ment of the law. The police depart
ment has been enforcing the orders
Of Mayor John o. Wilson to rid the
city of hobos and the result has een
gratifying to the executive.
Richmond.-Charles Keever. thir-
ty-five years old, married, and Viii
liam Sommers, thirty-seven years
old, single, were killed while engaged
in clearing away the freight wreck
which occurred On the c. & o. rail-
way of Indiana here. Both men were
members of the wrecking crew and
were residents of Peru. Keever Is
survived by a widow and n child.
It is said that the men were engaged
In coupling w cars when another
member of the wrecking crew gave a
signal to the engineer TO back his
train, crushing Keever and Sommers.
They died in the ambulance on the
way to the hospital here.
Fort Wayne.-Daniel Lytton Hard
ing died here from heart trouble.
He was ~siXty-nine years of age and
came to Fort Wayne from England
more than so years ago. He was
elected mayor on the Republican tick
ct in 1889 and serve two years, be-
ing defeated for reelection. He had
for 26 years been secretary of the
Wayne lodge, A. T. and A. NJ, and was
prominent in Scottish Rite work. He
was also n of the prominent insur-
ance men Of Indiana.
South Bend.-Frank E. Arnold.
one of the best known young
lumbermen of South Bend and School
craft, Mich, has turned over to the po-
lice a letter demanding payment Of
$500 or forfeiture of his life. Arnold
Arnold a short time ago fell heir to a
large estate of his mother, Mrs. Man
ley p. Andrews of this city, and it is
supposed the blackmailers, hearing of
the fact. attempted TO force him to
pay over the $500.
Newcastle.-The police discovered
that the city has been Hooded
recently with bogus checks, which To-
cal merchants have cashed and in
each instance given change. A dozen
different schemes were worked. and
the merchants, although warned and
using precautions, were absolutely ia
bon nou-apnC CnurfNnc noinc hora
also turned up and the police believe
there is a counterfeiter working in the
city.
Wabash.-Because OF his opposi-
ton to the operation Of motor
cars on public highways, Ora Abshire.
twenty-five years old. a farmer, hurled
an ak at Lewis Bling of Indianapolis
as the latter passed him in an automo-
bile near here. Abshire was arrested.
The AK just missed Bing, and coming
In contact with a tire on one of the
wheels of his car, cut 1T in two. The
farmer was in a wagon when the auto
list passed him on a country road.
Logansport. = Mrs. Mary Lands,
aged eighty, who has been sick
for some time, is now in a crit
cago United States district judge, is
here in answer to a m DIR.
John Lands of Cincinnati, head of the
health department of that city, and
former Congressman Charles B.. Land
is of Washington have been notified
of their mothers serious illness.
Marion.-Three board of county
commissioners will be in session
at the Grant county courthouse
on February 90, the boards being those
of Grant. Wabash and Huntington
counties. The ~tri-county meeting is
for the purpose of passing on matters
pertaining to the building of county
line roads. During the past year
Grant and adjoining counties have
constructed several line roads.
7 Indianapolis. James Ryan, alias
Jack Quinn, OF Cincinnati, who
robbed the post Office at SwaZee last
July, pleaded guilty In the federal
court. Judge Anderson sentenced him
to the prison at L~eavenworth. Kan.
for five years. Ryan is fifty-four years
old, and had served a %ten-year SEN
tence previously at LeavenwOrth, hav.
ing been convicted of a post Office rob
berry in Illinois.
Terre Haute.-Ray Heiney. mana
ger of the light and water plant
of Jasonville, probably saved his life
by rolling in the snow when his cloth
ing took fire from a gasoline explo-
sion. His burns are serious.
Alexandria. = Charles f.. Baxter
forty-fve years old. Is dead al
his home IN Orestes, three miles
west of here. He had just finished a
conversation with one OF his friends
when lie toppled to the floor dead
Measuring five feet six inches tall