The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-03-07


odore 4. Jones. county treasurer. who
killed himself. was insane. due prob
ably 20 the excessive use OF intoxi-
Giants. O. c. Herdrich and Ed Farm
ers, field examiners, were sent here
by the state board of accounts 10
check over the books OF Mr.. Jones
while he was in Office. The county
commissioners appointed John l.
Clark. a farmer CT Steele township.
and treasurer-elect. TO serve the un-
expired term of Mr. Jones.
Madison.-The funeral OF young Ly-
man Boggs. the railroad fireman killed
near Noblesville. WAS held here. The
body came from Indianapolis on a
special train. and was accompanied by
thirty-two railroad men and friends.
Six young men OF North Madison were
active and six young women honorary
pallbearers.
Shelburn.-The different mine work
ers' locals under the Jurisdiction OF
district No. IL forwarded resolutions
TO Representative William Cullop. de-
handing congressional investigation
OF the West Virginia strike situation.
They also sent resolutions 10 state
Senator G. 7. Atkins and Representa-
tive Bedwell. demanding favorable ao
ton on proposed mining laws.
Fort Wayne.-M. ID. Dean. thir.
ty-two years old. conductor on the
Grand Rapids e. Indiana. was run over
and killed in the yards here. He was
helping to make up his train and had
just thrown a switch when locomo-
tive ran him down. He had been mar
ried but three weeks.
Richmond.-In the court OF Mayor
Zimmerman. William r. Felty. an en-
gineer on the Pennsylvania railroad.
was fined $50 and costs on a charge
OF cruel treatment to his children. the
oldest being four. the youngest babe
| In arms.
Richmond.s-While attempting 10
escape from the county infirmary.
Alexander Druley. sixty-fve years
old, slipped In a gutter on the roof and
fell TO the ground. fracturing his skull
The body was not found until six
hours later
Columous.-Dr. T.. G. Regennas
OF Hope has adopted the use OF
rattlesnake venom In the treatment
OF epilepsy. He administered the first
OF the treatment when he injected
some OF the poison into the arm OF
Irene Cook. victim OF the malady.
Noblesville men killed. one
perhaps fatally injured. and a Penn
sylvania freight In a tangled heap
were the results OF a sideswipe wreck
on the Lake Erie G. Western railroad
five miles north OF this city. Both
trains we're south bound The freight
train had taken the siding TO give the
passenger train the right OF way on
the main track. The latter train was
running forty-ive miles an hour. ac-
cording 10 Fireman Culp. rate OF
speed faster than usual. as he says
they were fifteen minutes behind the
schedule and desired TO make up the
time before reaching Indianapolis.
Shelbyville.-Dr. James T. Lamb.
nifty years old, for many years
a prominent practicing physician in
southeastern Indiana. died OF locomo-
tor ataxia at his home. 35S West Tay-
jor street lie had ben resident OF
\hQlhW ~ co. III.
but had been living in Shelbyville only
a few months. Devotion TO his profes-
sion wrecked Doctor Lambs health.
which first began TO fail while he was
rracticing in Delaware
Shelbyville. - The Shelby County
Bar association has elected officers
for the coming year as follows: Pres
ident, David Smith: vice-president.
Thomas H. Campbell; secretary-treas-
urer. u. f. Tindall: executive commit
tee, President Smith, Charles A. Hack
and Elmer Bassett: admissions COM
mittee Ed K. Adams. Isaac Carter and
George II. Meiks.
Shortly before Rev. ia
cob Henderson,. ninety-five years old.
a pioneer preacher OF Indiana, died at
the Bartholomew county infirmary
near here, he requested that his fu-
neral be not held in the chapel Of the
infirmary. because there was an or
gan in the chapel. In his sermons and
church work the preacher had always
condemned instrumental music in
churches. holding that the Instruments
were OF the devil
ashington.-Coroner T. s. Holder
says that Theodore L. Jones. county
treasurer, who shot himself TO death.
committed the act while insane from
the use OF intoxicants. The county
commissioners have appointed John
l.. Clark, farmer OF Steele township
and treasurerelect. 10 I'll out the un-