The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-06
s55 a Month to Widow.

at Indianapolis, July 2, 1914. Medal
to father, 1928 Brown St., Anderson,
Ind.
$55 a Month to Widow.
Charles A. Shanefelt, deceased, for
attempting to save James Malone. and
several other children, from drowning
at BradenvilIe, Pa, January 81, 1916.
Medal and $55 a month, with addi-
| tional sums for children. to widow, at
Bradenville
Harry D. Spaulding. deceased. for
attempting to save Johanna NJ. Hens
Ter from drowning at Bridgeport.
Mich, August 81, 1915. Medal and
$50 month with additional sums for
children, to widow, sos North Fay
cite ST., Saginaw, Mich.
Ira ]. Stringham, deceased, for at
! tempting to save Peter Foster and
Joseph Gerwer, third, from drowning
at Jersey City. N. j.. January 8. 1915.
Medal to mother, $50 Pacific Avenue,
Jersey City.
John w. Odell, Jr., deceased. for at
tempting to save Thomas Nicholson
from suffocation in a tank at Sour
Lake, Tex, July 81, 1915. Medal and
$50 a month, with additional sums for
children, to widow, at Sour Lake, Tex.
Saved From Suffocation.
William o. Ruch, deceased, for as
sisting an attempt to save Thomas
I
at Sour Lake. Tex, July 81, 1915.
Medal and $50 a month, with addi-
tional sum for a son, to widow, at
Sour Lake, Tex.
J. Alfred Smelling, Reeds, Mo, for
helping to save Gathers and Gross in
the foregoing case.
Basileios 1. Evans, 243 Krams ave-
nue., Philadelphia, Pa, confectioner,
for saving Edward Daley, a laborer,
from drowning through the ice on
Schuylkill canal, December "a, 1914.
Edward F. Mcclure, Dennison, O., a
stationary engineer, for saving Lillian
F. and Jane E. Andreas from drown
ing at Tuscarawas, o., July 4, 1914.
Sylvester H. Welser, jr.. Ashtabula,
o.. pipefitter. for saving William T.
McCaulliff. a laborer. from suffocation
in a tank at Ashtabula, December 1,
1912.
Out Manoeuvred Mad Bull.
Mrs. Eva E. Prince, Mason, Mich,
aged 20, saved Florence Parker. Elsie
v. Pierce and four young children
from an enraged bull at Mason, Oc-
tober 10. 1913. The women and chill
dren had taken refuge in a frame
shack when a wild bull charged to-
ward, but the shack was of flimsy con-
struction and the bull had nearly but
ted in the door when Mrs. Prince sue
ceeded in attracting it around to the
rear of the shack, where from a
broken window she fought with a
broken shovel while the other women
and children escaped through the
front door and over the fence. When
Mrs Prince knew that the others had
escaped she herself out manoeuvred
the bull and while it was entangled in
its efforts to butt in the shack, she
also escaped.
william S. Patterson, Salem, Ohio,
for saving Lynn Davis from suffoca-
ton in a man-hole at Salem. Febru-
airy l, 1913.
George w. Frehafer, Schuylkill
Haven, Pa, crossing Waterman. for
saving Katie A. Bowen, aged 7. from
being killed by a train at Schuylkill
Haven, June 81, 1913.
William Logan, Epworth Orphan
age, Columbia, S. c., for saving
Charles NJ. Starnes, farmer. from an
enraged bull at Columbia, June IL,
1914.
Patrick J. Moran, Clinton, Mass, a
telegraph operator, for saving Henry
Kittredge, schoolboy from drowning
at Clinton. January Is, 1915.
James Duncan, 1850 Adams street,