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LINDEN. Ind.-A wreck occurred
On the Monen railway Friday one mile
north Of this place. Two freight and
two coal ears were demolished and
the track was torn up for half a mile.
Roy Cook. OF the wrecking crew.
whose home is in Lafayette. was Sc
riously hurt about the head and in
1ured internally. part ~ "a freight ear
falling on MIN and plnning him to the
ground.
The wreck was caused by the cast
Ing OF a wheel on "A freight car.
throwing the coal cars from the track.
FORT WAYNE. lnd.-The Woman's
Home Missionary society Of the North
Indiana Methodist Episcopal confer
|ence here voted 10 go TO the Logans-
port district for its next annual meet
ing, and elected officers as follows:
President. Mrs. J. c. White. KOkOm0.
vice president. Mrs. Emma L. Daniel
Decatur; honorary vice president,
airs. A. b. Cline, Button; correspond
ing secretary. Mrs Ola ID DAVIS
Middlet0wn; president emeritus. Mrs
L. III. Bunyan. Richmond; treasurer.
Mrs. ]. W. Vail. Decatur More than
two hundred and fifty delegates are
IA attendance.
y GARY. Ind.-Dr. Frank ". Smith.
tle coroner. and other leaders of the
citizens party, including those who
were injured on election day. took
steps 10 have a special grand jury
|called for the purpose of indictins
Romeo. Fitzgerald, who, the coroner
|and others say, was chief of the Chi
|cagO sluggers and gunner on cleo
|tion day also for indicting certain
members OF the Gary police and two
|cOnstables for their activities on elec-
zion day.
RICHMOND. Ind - Elwood Simp-
SON an attache Of the Santo Domingo
|consuls Office at New York, and him.
self a citizen of SantO Domingo. came
TO Richmond for the purpose OF re-
Burning to his native country Miss
|Felica Timenez. coIored girl seven
teen years old. who came here from
|Santo Domingo TWO years ago.
RICHMOND. Ind-The state rest
|ed its case in the trial OF William
Circle, charged with the murder Of
|Mrs. May Brown, Of Winchester, and
The introduction of testimony in be-
balf OF the defendant began.
N.-Forty-seven petit
Eioners Of Adams county have filed
petition Ia the Decatur courts. asking
Ihat the Wabash river be dredged from
! ne Indiana Ohio line 10 a point with
D. Adams county. The river, If the
wishes Of the signers are granted,
|Rill be also Strengthened and its bed
|Nill be made deepr for many miles.
|rhe petition is CONCEDED one of the
most extensive drainage litigation
papers ever presented in the northern
portion OF the state.
HUNTINGTON. - Eldon Richards.
bon OF +. l.. Richards, OF Roanoke,
narrowly escaped losing his right
band and arm when a shotgun ex-
bloded and tore away part of the
|ieshy part of his palm and the sleeve
b. his coat. Richards is said to have
been lifting the gun over fence when
|he hammer caught on twlg or
|plinter of some kind.
GARY.-Quickly following the SEN
|ational disclosures concerning the
methods of ''quack" medical "nst-
lutte in Chicago and this city, develop
|nents occurred which show that the
better class of people in the city en-
Horse the fight begun against "quacks
Ind takers" of all kinds. especially
barvests at the expense of credulous
foreigners and others who have tallen
lrey to the wiles of these institutions
TERRE HAUTE, Nov. S.-Mrs.
fane Julien. age 70. an eccentric, who
would not live with her married
children. starved TO death. She was !
found in a shanty. barely alive. She
had been without food for four days. |
Ehe was removed 20 the home of
BON. but died a few hours later.
EVANSVILLE. Nov. S.-Jesse !
Bailey. age Is. of Grandview. COM
Knitted suicide with a shotgun because
bis father refused To buy him suit
b. clothes. He placed the gun
|gainst his neck and pulled the trig-
her of the weapon with one of the
|rutches belonging TO his father He
|vas found dead i'm the bedroom with
Inc shotgun by his side.
MARTINSNILLE. Nov. Sire
b unknown origin. that started about
so a. m. destroyed the mill and
Elevator OF the Branch Grain and
Feed Co. the Nartinsville bottling
Works and buildings now owned by
L. +. Schnaiter The FIRE was seen |
|rst in the Schnaiter building. and |
|pread 10 the bottling works and |
Elevator. which burned SO rapidly the |
bremen could not save them.