The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-12-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
HOOSIER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

ty-One. was accldentaiS hiiieu O.
his home here when. In a play
full mood TO brighten his wife, he
placed his thumb on the trigger OF
rifle with the muzzle TO his temple
His thumb slipped. The bullet was
dicharged and he died instantly. Mr.
Miller had made two .32-caliber rifles.
and with his wife and Mr.. and Mrs.
Pritchard, who were with the Millers
at the time. intended to start on
hunt. Mr.. Miller's parents live at
Richmond. He leaves, besides his
widow, a son. two years old
Sullivan-Fourteen men OF Car
Isle have been arrested on grand
jury indictments charging gambling
The men under arrest and the
charges against them are: Rush
Trimble, keeping gambling house:
Floyd Shepherd, Ed Whitfield Joe
Wallace, George Ballow, Harry Ward,
William Myer. Rice J. Davis, George
Willis, Biford Williams, Charles
Davis, Jr.: Frank Warner, gaming;
Joe Wallace, keeping gaming house;
Steve Dooley. keeping gaming house
Marion. The Frank Middleton
bakery in this city, one of She
largest in central Indiana, was prac-
tically destroyed by fire. entailing
loss estimated at $4,000. The lire was
caused by combustion in the rear OF
the ovens. Chester Cook. an employe,
was overcome by smoke and was In
serious condition for several hours.
Seven thousand loaves of bread ana
$500 worth of flour were consumed.
The bakery will be rebuilt.
Laporte. -Rev. Father Vanrte OF
Fort Wayne was assigned by bishop
Alerding of the diocese OF Fort
| WAYNE to the pastorate of the Cath
Ollie parish at North Judson. Father
Vanrie will succeed Rev. Father Key
ser, who disappeared about eight
weeks ago and of whose whereabouts
no trace has been found. though he
is believed to be in one of the Paclnc
coast states.
Brazil.-Mrs. Louise Swinehart,
age seventy-eight, was instantly
killed by traction car on the Terre
Haute. Indianapolis & Eastern Trac-
ton line, four miles west of Brazil.
She lived with her son. Albert Swine
hart, and had gone to mail box and
was returning to her home when she
was struck The trainmen say they
blew the whistle, but as the woman
was a little deaf, she did not hear It.
Terre Haute. An agreement to
permit employees of the Terre
Haute, Indianapolis e. Eastern Trac
ton company to organize union with
out interference averted a threatened
strike here Announcement was made
after a conference between represen
tatives of the union and officers of the
traction company that there would
be no strike.
Terre Haute.-Harry Phipps,
lineman of this city, has received
a check for 500 from Nathan
Strauss of New York city Some time
ago Strauss sayed the life of a Tel
low lineman at the risk of his own
and Mr.. Strauss, reading Of his hero
ism in the papers, sent the check al
an evidence of his appreciation o
, bravery.
Laporte.-Grand Chancellor Levi
of the knights of Pythias ha
. called the Second district convention
to be held In this city January q. Tn
district comprises the lodges in tn
counties of Laporte, st. Joseph, Elk
hart, Marshal, Stark, Kosciusko am
Fulton. Laporte lodge is planning Z
entertain several hundred visitin
Pythians.
Parr.-Burglars entered the store
of G. H. Hammerton and w.
Wood and the poolroom of w. II. Mey
ers obtaining $500 in cash and none
orders from the safe in the Woo
store. Wood is postmaster and STA
was government money. A sma
amount of money and merchandis
was taken from the other places.
Laporte. - Antoine Malabra, SCI
fenced to the Michigan City priso
O from Marion county, surrendered hin
self to the authorities, asking to o
returned to the prison. Malabra wa
% recently paroled. He has not violate
q his parole, but during the coming vii
e ter he believes he will be better care
for in the prison.
q Princeton.-Joseph Metcalf OF vi
81 cennes, fifty years old, a linema
E, for the c. e. z. l. railroad, va
70 struck by train and instantly kille
o. near Hazelton, this county. while
10 was attempting to pull handcar fro
'r the track. His body was taken to vi
s. cennes, after being viewed by the CO
oner.
D. Rochester. = Sylvester Spohn di'
e. here in the hospital of tetanu
SO He fell week ago and broke his lie
'e The attending surgeons set his lie
n. using steel plates. which were screw'
into the bone. Infection followe
u Spohn was a painter.
Sc Columbus-The Bartholomew cou
IL ty commissioners have received Il
OF ter from the Indiana good roads col
st mission asking that a thorough
qualified man be chosen as road s
perintendent.
Observation-Disclosures Butler, c.