The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-09-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Indiana
Brevities


Wrightsman drug store got SO for his
trouble. The store was badly dam
aged and only small amount of in
surance was carried.
Goshen. = Isaiah Christophel.
wealthy farmer, near Wakarusa,
was killed by lightning. A storm has
swept over northern Indiana every
other day for ten days. Heavy rain
fall and lightning accompany the
storms and several people have been
killed and the property loss is heavy.
Brazil.-A fall OF slate in the
mine OF the Brazil Clay company
resulted in the instant death OF
George Betzell, forty-nine years old.
James Skene, sixty years old, his COM
panion, was buried by the fall and so
badly hurt that 1t is thought he will
die.
Shelbyville.-John Riley of Gin
cinnati and Oliver Chapman OF
this city narrowly escaped death when
their wagon was reduced to scraps
through being struck by a Pennsyl-
vania freight locomotive. Both men
were hurled from the wagon,
Worthington. A mule team,
frightened at the whistle Of
threshing machine on the farm OF
William Rhods, in Smith township,
ran over his little daughter with a
farm wagon, crushing her skull and
killing her instantly.
Lafayette.-When Hate Sewell.
forty years old, returned to his
home in West Lafayette after sew
eral days absence, his wife fired two
shots into his abdomen, fatally wound
ing him. Mrs. Sewell had threatened
to kill him when he returned. Sewell
formerly was a wealthy Boone county
land owner, but had dissipated his
fortune.
South Bend.-The Polish Won
ems National alliance chose the
following officers: Mrs. NJ Doranski
of Pullman, H., president; Mrs. A.
AndrZewski Of Chicago, secretary;
Mrs. M. Latus of Milwaukee, assistant
secretary; Mrs. j. Bentkowski of
Cleveland, o.; Mrs. p Nagel of Chi
cago and Mrs. NJ. Strojna of Plymouth,
Pa sergeants-at-arms.
Rushville.-Charles Burch, sixty
years old, of Chicago, a mining
stock dealer, dropped dead in the law
Office of Lieutenant Governor Frank
J. Hill. Mr.. Burch was talking to the
lieutenant governor when he was
stricken and died before medical at
tention could reach his side The
cause Of death was heart trouble. De-
ceased had been in this city about
two weeks.
indianapolis. - Governor Marshall
has issued the annual proclama-
ton from the executive Office,
calling attention to the first Monday
in September september p as La
Dor day, declared by state law a state
holiday. All persons in the state are
asked by the governor to observe the
day in spirit as well as in letter, to
keep it as our brothers and not as
our servants birthday"
South Bend.-Mrs. Lyle Kelly
and her six-year-old daughter
were killed here by being run down
by q street car. A three-year-old son
was also struck, but escaped serious
injury Mrs. Kelly and children had
just stepped from a south-bound car
and when attempting to cross the
street were struck by a north-bound
car Mother and daughter both sus-
tanned fractured skulls and. died few
hours later.
fordsville.-Wilbur G.. Houk,
charged with obstructing a pub
lie sidewalk, was found guilty and
fined one cent and costs, the latter
amounting to $50. Houk, a local at
torney, was arrested a week ago by
Officer Ike Walderlip for obstructing
the sidewalk by collecting a crowd in
front OF the Crawford house by having
a heated argument with a travelling
man. Attorneys for Houk state that
the case will be appealed.
Laporte.-With faith In the In
nocence of her brother, Samuel r.
Hull of Gibson county, Indiana, who
is serving a life sentence in the Mich
igan City prison for the murder OF
his father, William Hull, Mrs. NJ. /.
Neeper or Kimmundy, H.. has filed a
petition with the state board praying
for his pardon. The case excited
statewide interest a. the time OF the
trial. Father and son had become
estranged. the latter being ordered TO
leave the home and never return. The
day Of the tragedy a neighbor sent
Hull word that his hogs were tres
passing Hull corralled his hogs, and