Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 38, Hammond, Lake County, 1 August 1906 — Page 1

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VOL. 1, NO. 38. NIGHT EDITION. HAMMOND, INDIANA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1906. OXE CEXT PER COPY. GARY NEGRO TUPS SOU i 1 1 ! 1 P S

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LITTLE CHANCE TO LIVE Krug Employe Nearly Killed at Tolleston While on Drunken Spree With Comrades. (Special to Lake County Times.) Gary, Aug. 1. One of the negroes living on the north side was struck by one of the Lake Shore trains this morning while returning from Tolleston. The man was one of the large number who had gone to Tolleston last night and while returning, probably became separated from others along with him and wandered onto the tracks in time to meet one of the fast trains. The train threw him so that he fell right at the crossing a short distance from the depot here. lie fell just as 'the engine struck him, throwing his left hand under the wheels so that it was severed at the wrist and hung by the cords. His breast was all bruised and torn, the clothing being partly torn off and hanging in shreds, and the face was badly cut above the eye and about the nose. , Presented Ghastly Sight. When found about JS. o'clock, he presented a ghastly Bight, having moved around in the sand and dirt and large quantities of blood had dried about his face and body. The bones of the arm protruded from where the wrist was severed. Several men were hastily summoned and he was taken on an improvised stretcher to the doctor's tent and a messenger dispatched to Tolleston for Dr. Jones. He was so badly injured that he could not speak and lay moaning in agony until the doctor arrived. If his injuries prove fatal, as they doubtless will, it will be the first death by accident here. It is not thought at this time that he can live for it is feared that be has suffered internal injuries. If he can be moved in safety, he .will be sent to a hospital at once. The man was employed by the Krug Construction company and it is reported that he was under the influence of liquor at the time the accident occurred. A later dispatch gives the negro's name as Robinson. His skull was badly fractured and the doctors have given him up to die. He was taken on the first train to Chicago. INDIANA G. A. It. POSTS. According to the semi-annual report of the assistant adjutant general which was completed Saturday, there are in Indiana 399 posts of the G. A. Ii., with a membership of 13,309. During the year 24 0 members died and 4 03 were suspended; 150 were mustered in and 339 reinstated. The total receipts of the posts for the year were $C9,SSS.T2 and the dis bursements $G1,S29.03. The property owned by the posts is valued at $124,3G3.S4. SALOON NEAR GARY. William Knoth and William Bates both of this city are about ready to open their saloon which is under construction on the first addition to Gary. It is only eight feet away from the city limits of Gary, the city to be. RIVETERS BACK AT WORK. The riveters who went on a strike at the Western Car shops have gone hack. It is not known what arrangements were made, but it understood that tie terms were favorable to the strikers. Another gang of men who were fitting up. quit today because they could not afford to fit up for the amount they were getting a car. This leaves but one gang working in the dar and about four at night.

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W. H. Rifenberg Passes Away at Hobart After Short Illness. TWICE 10 LEGISLATURE Ex-County Representative, G. A. H. Man, Politician and Business Man W. H. Rifenburg ex-county representative, Grand Army man, politician, business man and mason, died yesterday afternoon shortly after 4 o'clock at his home in Hobart. Through Rifenburg's death passes away one of the best known characters in Lake county. The cause. of his death was neuralgia of the heart. He was eoiifined but a few days to his home and his death yesterday was rather unexpected, lie had just passed the seventy year mark of his age. Rifenburg was born in the state of New York where two brothers and four sisters survive him. He came to Hobart in 1S59 and soon became a force in politics. From the beginning of the repub lican, -party,, he affiliated himcelf with it and was tviiee, sent' by" the repub licans of Lake county to' the state legislature jto represent .. this . county,, once in 1901 and a. second time in 1903. When the civil war broke out he joined the northern ranks and stayed with the boys until they were mus tered out. In Lumber Business. After the war he returned again to Hobart and gave his town his best, energy and interest. He became interested in a lumber business and carried real estate transactions as a side line. He erected a number of fiats in South Chicago and prospered all around until he was counted among the wealthiest men in the county. Six years ago he met business reverses that drove him on the brink of bankruptcy. Since then, however, he has regained his standing commercially. Rifenburg leaves a wife and four daughters one having been the wife of Attorney Joseph Conroy before they were divorced. He will be buri 1 Friday afteroon at 1 o'clock. The funeral will be held under the auspices of the Masons, he having been a member of the McClelland lodge A. F. & A. M. of Hobart. Characteristic Figure. It was said of Rifenburg that while he served in the legislature he always appeared as a characteristic figure. He was an orator and the fact that he was a G. A. R. man with only one arm, commanded respect from his fellows in the legislature. He was believed to be sincere in whatever he advocated. He had the ability to say much in a few words and made good use of his ability. A. F. Knotts, ex-mayor of Hammond, served with him in the legislature for one term as joint representative and it was while they were at Indianapolis that the appropriation, lull for the superior court in Hammond was passed. While at Hobart he identified himself with the Unitarian church and made frequent addresses to the public from its pulpit. Invitations have been sent out all over the county to the Masons to attend the funeral Friday afternoon. OLD RESIDENT BURIED. John Foos, one of the oldest resi dents of Highland was buried this afternoon at the Munster cemetery. Boos died last Monday at the age of 7S years. He is survived by his wife, whose health however, does not give the best hopes of surviving her husband for any great length of time.

Sworn Statement of Circulation of Lake County Times from July 16 to August 1, 1906., Less than seven weeks old, The Lake County Times can boast of a circulation of nearly 3,600, which is Ly far in excess of any newspaper circulation in Lake County. The secret most guarded by papers who are afraid for advertisers to see their books is their circulation. AVe cordially invite any of our advertisers or any business men in Hammond to assure themselves by access to all our records that following statement is correct.

Net Circulation in Hammond 28,248 Net Circulation in County : .11,719 Total Net Circulation .397967 Samples and Waste 3,234 Total Circulation July 15 to August 1 .43,201 I, E. F. McGovern, being duly sworn, according to law, do swear that I am the circulation manager of the Lake County Times, and that the above statement of .circulation is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Signed) EUGENE F. M'GOVERN, Circulation Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this first day of August, 190G. JOHN M. STINSON, Notary Public. (SEAL).

RAISE OF SALARY LIKELY FOR INDIANA TEACHERS. Educational Commission to Meet in Indianapolis last of Month and Urge Legislative Action. Lake county teachers ae very much interested in the meeting of the state educational commission which is to be held in Indianapolis the latter part of the month. It is certain that the commission will recommend that there be an increase in the salaries of the teachers which are in the opinion of the Indiana teachers so low that it precludes the possibility of the vocation of teaching assuming the dignity of a pro fession. The commission will con sider this matter and will recommend that as a means of providing better salaries, the tax levy be raised. The commission will take positive action and will urge that the next legislature take up the question and pass a bill providing for an increase in teachers' salaries. It is urged that for the responsibility which rests upon the teacher, his salary is wholly insufficient, and that unless a change is made in this state the stanard of school work will go backward instead of improving. LOOP GRANTED BY COUNCIL. The matter cf granting the Hammond. Whiting & East Chicago street railway the right to build a loop around one of the city blocks in East Chicago was considered at the last meeting of the city council when definite action was defered until the next regular meeting, which is to be held next Monday night. The new loop is made necessary by the carrying out cf a plan to have the green cars which new run from 63rd street to Whiting, run clear! through to East Chicago, in this way avoiding the necessity of transfering at Whiting as is new done, from the main line on Forsyth avenue down 14Sth street to Olcott, cn Oieoit to Chicago avenue and on Chicago avenue to the main line on Forsyth avenue. 3 NEW HALL IS POPULAR. Weis new hall above his drug 1 store jf,s been secured by the following lodges and societies: Carpenters' union. Modern Woodmen, Royal Neighbors and Lady Maccabees Hive No. 2. Other organizations have already made application for the hall, which is a very desirable one.T Subscribe for the Lake Coirjity Tines.

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In Hammond Outside July 16, 1906 2310 1399 711 July 17, 1906 2484 1653 711 July 18, 1906 3271 1810 761 July 19, 1906 2671 1810 761 July 20, 1906 2691 1810 J 781 July 21, 1906 2767,., 1888 781 July 22, 1906 Sunday. July 23, 1906 2860. ..... 1969 781 July 24, 1906 3103 2079 916 July 25, 1906 3296 2172 916 July 26, 1906 3267 2243 913 July 27, 1906 3462 2283 916 July 28, 1906 3531 ,,, 2327 916 July 29, 1906 Sunday. July 30, 1906 3612 2388 926 July 31, 1906. . . ..3578 2414 926 "42,903...... 28,248 11,719

STATE SIGNS CONTRACTS. New Institution for Education of Deaf Mutes to Be Erected at . Indianapolis. Contracts were signed by the state officials Saturday for the erection of the new instiution for the education of the deaf, which is to be built at Indianapolis on a forty-acre tract of land north of Forty-second street and adjoining the Monon railroad on the east. The buildings will cost in the neighborhood of $700,000. The general contract was let to Ileinzman Brothers of Noblesville. The contract for mechanical appliances and heating was let to the Woolen & Callon company, and the contract for the electrical work to the San-born-Marsh Electric ompany of Indianapolis. The new instituion will consist of sixteen buildings of pressed brick and trimmed in Bedford stone. The principal school building will face 42nd street, the other buildings being at the side and back. There will be four dormitories, containing sleeping rooms and a large assembly hall. There w-ill also be a hospital, isolation ward, gymnasium, residence for the superintendent, extensive stables and numerous other smaller buildings. The dormitories will be semiconnected, but the other buildings will be separate. None of the buildings will be higher than two stories. Excavation for the buildings will be began immediately. The institution will be located in a fine walnut woods. The buildings will be plain and substantial and there will be little display in either the stone work or in the interior decorations. WANTED BIGGER SEWERS, NOW OBJECT TO INCONVENIENCE Residents of Hohman Street Annoyed by Improvement So Long Sought. A few months ago complaints were heard about the size of the Hohman street branch of the sewer. It was claimed that it was not large enough to carry away the sewage. Now, however, those who live between Douglas street and Condit street, especially, and others who are subjected to the inconvenience of driving down sandy, unpaved alleys are wondering why they objected. The con

tract specifies that not more than!first My Gem second;

two blocks shall be torn up at one time. If the work does not proceed faster than it has, therefore it seems that the residents will be doomed to stand for it the rest of the summer unless they are fortunate enough to be able to visit out of town for a few weeks.

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TODAY'S RACING RESULTS. Brighton Beach, Aug. 1.clear; track fast. -Weather First race, six furlongs. Aneta Lady, first! Mollie Donohue, second; Cassandra, third. Second race, steeplechase, short course. Boundbook, first; N ' Amsterdam, second; Arabo, thi,: Third race. 1 1-1 C miles Woolrich, first; Sonoma Belle, second; Novena, third. Fourth race, 5 1-2 furlongs, the Sunshine stakes. Galant Dan, first; Frank Gill, second; Perenis, third. Fifth race, 1 1-16 miles Geranium, first; Ebony, second, Little Scout, third. Sixth race, 5 1-2 furlongsdora, first; Norelle, second; Elfall, third. Fort Erie, Aug. 1. Weather clear; track fast. First race, one mile Olive leaf, first; Lutie Mac, second; Paul Deering, third. Second race, 1 1-16 miles Chanida, first; Bell the Cat, second; Chief Deputy, third. Third race, six furlongs Lalonde, first; Shine On, second; Gov. Orman, third. Fourth race, 1 1-16 miles Wex ford, first; Peter Maul, second; Bon Mot, third. nfth race, o 1-2 furlongs Glim mer, first; Mary Custis, second; Ped ro, third. Latonia, August clear, thack fast. 1. Weather First race, one mile Leo Bright Sea Mate third. Second race, five furlongs Margie first; Decklaw second; A. Crockett third. Third race, one mile Larone first; Oberoa second; Search Me third.

Our readers gfet Base Ball results cue hour earlier than those o anyother paper reaching Hammond.

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Washington El El EJ S3 Batteries Pelty, O'Connor; Fa Assailant Hides in Woods Hammond, Crown An unknown man was found in a dying condition near the Wabash tracks in the Gary limits just north of Tolleston shortly after noon today. Two bullet holes in his head and his pockets rifled, showed that he was robbed and an attempt made to mur der him. A tall slim man with a dark mus tache was seen fleeing into the Gary woods. A posse was hurridly organized in Hammond composed of Deputy Sheriff WEST PULLMAN FATHERS INTERCEPT ELOPING COUPLE. Pair Comes to Crown Point and is Refused License Hurry to Valparaiso Whither Parents Follow. An eloping couple, William Owen, age 20, and Miss Maggie Peterson, age 18, was intercepted by the parents by telephone at Crown Point whither they had gone to procure the necessary license. A license was refused them by Clerk H. II. Wheeler and they immediately secured a buggy and drove to Valparaiso. The fathers arrived in Crown. Point this afternoon and found them gone. They, too set out for " Valparaiso"although their children were fceveral hours ahead of them. NOTICE TO ELKS. The regular meeting of the Hammond lodge No. 4 85 B. P. O. E. will be held Thursday, August 2 at 8 p. m. Important business and election of leading knight. A full attendance is requested. E. M. SHANKLIN, E. M. J. D. SMALLEY, Secy.

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-nn E2 P 10 lkenberg, lleydon. p 1 LUIIil Nearby Posses Organized in Point and Tolleston, Albert Morris, Officer Oscar Borchert, Frank Chambers and Roscoe E. Woods of the Lake County Times. Carter's team was hired with which they vent to the , scene. Another posse was organized at Tolleston for the man hunt. Every one in the party is heavily armed with guns. Dequty Sheriffwick Kilbora and a number of men are hurrying to the scene from Crown Point...- Sheriff Daugherty is at Winnamac and could not be reached. PRISON FARM SUCCESS. An adjunct to the state prison that is a source of considerable profit is the prison farm. It contains 101' acres of rich, black foil, as level as a floor. The entire farm 13 under a high state 'of cultivation. A few acres is planted in corn, and the remainder in peas, beans, letuce, raddishes, onions, beets, tomatoes, parsnips, potatoes, cabbage and turnips. Of all these, with the exception of parsnips, potatoes, tomatoes and cabbage, rot yet in season, there i3 plenty for the prisoners dining room. The prison does not have to buy any of these products except potatoes, which are used in great Quantities, and thj3 the cost of living i3 reduced at the prison, while the convicts have a variety of food that they otherwise would not receive. Their health is greatly improved in consequence. During the busy season fifteen "trusties" ard employed on the farm, under the direction of a practical farm-guard. Times subscribers not receiving their papers properly will confer a favor on us by calling Telephone 111 and telling us.

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