Putnam patriot., 1912-12-13
George P ". Ruppel, foreman OF .

George r W. Ruppels foreman OF
volunteer fire company Of Newton. L.
/, is cead. He weighed 425 pounds.
Complete returns from every COIN
ty in Michigan show that Roosevelt
carried the state by 46.76s votes.
Senator Massey Of Nevada, defeat
ed in the November elections, spent
$3.50
Mrs. Elton Clark, wife of a promi-
nent cotton buyer of Boston, was kill
ed by a train in birmingham, Mass.
A freight train with As empty cars
collided with another near Waterford.
Conn, delaying traffic between Boston
and New York three hours.
NJ. L. Moore, 10 years old, presi-
dent of the Morgan County National
Bank. was burned to death in a fire in
his home in Fort Morgan, Col.
Chief Alvin Stockum. 107 years old,
is dead in Toledo. His tribe remained
faithful to the white people during
the early Indian wars.
John r. Planten, rs years old, con-
sul-general for the Netherlands, in
New York for 20 years, died at his
home in Brooklyn.
]. H Clark, employed by the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
for So years mas retired, He will re-
ceive full pay for life.
The Commerce Court cost the gov
eminent $3.50 last year. say accounts
filed with the House by Chief Justice
Martin Knapp.
A bill was introduced by Represen-
tative Johnson OF Kentucky to buy
Abraham Lincoln's farm and the log
cabin, his birthplace
Thomas Cline, a well known resi-
dent of Middletown, y. Y. was killed
by an Erie Railroad train, while
crossing the tracks.
Leander P Mitchell, who has been
assistant controller of the treasury for
Is years, died suddenly in Washing
ton His home was in Newcastle, Ind.
w. B. Smith, professor of philoso-
ply at Tulane University in New Or
leans, declared that the negro race
would be extinct inside of 220 years.
John T. Brush, late owner of the
New York Baseball Club, left an es-
widow and two children.
Mrs Adam Hess of Bloomington
Grove. Pike County. Pa, was shot and
killed when a gun held by her IL
year-old son, was aaeldently dis
charged.
Frank shaefer captain Of the Cen
tral High School football team of Sy-
raeuse. died from injuries received on
November l. He was spiked on the
foot and the wound became infected
Glenearneck Victor. named as the
world champion steer at the Inter-
national Live Stock Exposition in Chi
caeo. was sold in that city for so cents
pound The animal weighs 1850
pounds.
While the police declare Major John
c. Mallery. u. S. A, retired, who was
killed by a fall from the tenth floor
of the Hotel Manhattan, New York,
committed suicide. the hotel declares
his death was due to an accident
Mayor Blankenburg of Philadelphia
gave his unqualified endorsement TO
the plan to send the Liberty Bell to
the Panama Pacific Exposition. He
received a petition three miles long
signed by nearly 100000 Californians
asking him TO help.
Unable to dodge train at Butler
crossing in New Jersey, DR.. Joyce and
his auto party turned in front Of the
on-coming locomotive and raced over
the track ahead of it. Three jumped
from the auto, which was finally
struck and smashed None OF the four
occupants was seriously injured
President Mellen of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford. wrote to
District-Attorney Wise asking he be
permitted to testify before the Federal
Grand Jury in New York that is inves-
tigating the New Haven-Grand Trunk
deal. He declared he is willing to
waive all claim he might have to i'm
munity from criminal prosecution on
| account of his testifying.