Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 53, Hammond, Lake County, 18 August 1906 — Page 1

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Is Highly Complimented for His Excellent Management, at Winona. 11 SUCCESSFUL SEASO Hammond Superintendent Will Have Charge of Noted Summer School Another Year. The Winona Assembly Review in its resume of the work of the summer school highly ocmpliments Superintendent of Schools C. M. McDaniels of Hammond for his effective work as one of the heads of this most important of the departments of assembly work. The Winona summer schools are closing one of the most successful easons in the history of the organization. There were 1,159 students this year as compared to G52 last year and all of the old as well as the new departments have shown marked increase in their enrollment. The Assembly Review says, "C. M. McDaniels, at the head of the Hammond school!, and Mrs. Eliza Blaker, for years a trainer of teachers, had charge of the summer school organization and proved themselves past masters in. the work. Both will continue with the Winona schools next summer." Among the additional advantages that are to be afforded to students next year is a complete normal training course for intermediate teachers and, those from rural schools. There will also be an academic course, with training for secondary school teachers. WHO'S HOLDING BAG? Financers are interested in knowing from whence the capital is to eonie to build Joseph Ramsey's big railroad to run from New York to Chicago. The statement is made that the company will have a capitalization of $100,000,000, a big sum to collect for an entirely new enterprise, which is antagonistic to the well established and strongly intrenched railroads. Consequently the interest centers in where the money is likely to come from. Up to this time much of the financial support of Ramsey for his railroad operations has come from Cleveland, but Mr. Ramsey's friends find it hard to figure out any combination of capital interests which he might effect to put through a deal involving so large a sum of money. The railroads therefore look upon it as one of the airy, fairy possibilities of a remote future. About eighty members of the Twin Cities, Camping and Pleasure club of Alleghaney, Pa., stopped over in Hammond last night waiting for the baggage car .which contained their camping supplies. They had been camping at Fox River, Wis. While here last night they anused themselves by throwing handfuls of pennies out into the street and watching the young boys scramble for them. A man riding a colt had consider able trouble this morning on Hohman street by the Monon tracks. A train was going by over the Erie and the colt became frightened, trying to run away from the train. The man struck the horse however and rode him down State street where he be came quiet. Louis Eder, formerly of this town tnd lately of Campbell, III., has been ;ransferre4 by the I. II. to Chicago vhere he will be night operator.

SQUEEZE FOR THE SHORTS

New York Stock Market Is Still On Its Riotous Career. ARE SORE AT HARRIMAN i Interests of Him and His Friends Continue to Dominate the Board. (Special to Lake County Time.) New York, Aug. 18. The stock market today continued its wild and excited career. Shorts in Union Pacific and Southern Pacific were given another severe squeeze, the former opening from 181 to 185; the latter 89i2 to 90. Speculators and traders as a rule felt chagrined at the action of the Union Pacific directors, and sentiment in the Street is particularly against Harriman and his following. In view of the fact that the majority of the stock of both the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific is held by this interest, its no wonder they declared such excellent distributions to themselves. Buy in First. Furthermore, it is not queer that the directors did not divulge their actions until they had bought all the stock of both companies that was for sale. The opening prices for these two issues, however, were the highest of the day and there were generous amounts of stock offered to the shorts whenever they made a bid for either issue. The market as a whole was the broadest in months and the activity was not confined to any par ticular stock. Pennsylvania, 'New York Central, American Sugar, Copper, Canadian Pacific, Eries. Smelters Rock Island, and, in fact, everything on the list, was traded in extensively and at higher quotations. Atchison Is Strong. One of the strongest features of the day was Atchison common From an opening around 9 6, it start ed upward and gradually gained strength until the tape showed 99 as the prevailing price around the closing hour. This issue has been, and continues to be a great favorite among the majority of western specu lators and President Ripley's glow ing report, recently issued, to the effect that they were earning in the neighborhood of 12 per cent on the common stock, and that the directors would probably increase the dividend rate to 6 per cent at their meeting in October, w ere some of the causes con tributing to the advance. The bank statement was somewhat of a disappointment to those who were predicting great things for it this week. Its effect, however, was only momentary and was soon for gotten. The market generally closed strong without any perceptible weakness in any quarter. The total sales for the two business hours were the largest in years, being 1, GOO, 000 shares. BILLY KERSANDS' TONIGHT. Billy Kersands rains ?1 show opens this; evening at Towle opera house. The company has spent the greater part of the week in rehearsing for the opening night. Billy Kersands and his men have been in Hammond before and were well received. This year the company is if anything better than it was at its former appearance. An excellent band headed a street parade this forenoon. It will play again in an open air concert before the opera house this evening. EMPLOYE PAINFULLY HURT. Stanislaus Dyrla, who is employed in the Western Car shops at Hegewisch was painfully injured yesterday afternoon while at his work. A heavy piece of iron fell on his arm breaking it and his wrist. Two fingers were so badly crushed that they had to be amputated. Dyrla is at St. Margaret's hospital.

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The Infant prodigy has reached the middle of an exceedingly difficult pianoforte solo, and one of those dramatic pauses of w hich the celebrated composer is so fond has occurred. Kindly but Undiscerning Old Lady: "Play something you know, dearie!"

AGED MOTHER SEEKS SON; FINDS HIM A DRINKER. Tells Pitiful Tale in Hammond of Alleged Mistreatment of Son Whom She Visits in Hessville. Homeless, friendless and penniless, Mrs. G. W. Stewart of Earlville, 111., sat in the entrance -of the Hotel Majestic last night. Her pitiful tale awakened the sympathy of the proprietor who volunteered to care for her. He gave her a night's lodging, but found H necessary to carry her to her room as the woman, who is 84 years old, was too feeble to walk up the stairs. The story that the old woman told this morning was ertough to arouse the sympathy of even the most hardhearted. Her only son, Charles Stewart, who is a saloon keeper in Hessville, turned a deaf ear to his mother's pleadings when she visited him a few days ago. She came to Hammond in search of him, knowing that he was located somewhere in this neighborhood. She was directed to iiessvine and there found him in the saloon business and a drinker. It was too much for the old lady. The treatment she received at his hands almost broke her heart. A cubbyhole was shown her for a bedroom which is located over the barroom. The noise of the drinkers underneath disturbed her night's rest. It was not what she expected from her own son. She left him again and came to Hammond where she said that she would sooner die than accept another favor from him. Mr. Glennon of the Hotel Majestic and Rev. L. S. Smith have interested themselves in her behalf in order to put her in the hands of friends. HAMMOND MAN IS VALPARAISO CONSUL. Transferred From Guatairala, A. A. Winslow Was Ordered to Report at Doomed City Next Month. Alfred A. Winslow, a former editor in Hammond, has been transferred from the Consulate of Guatamala to a similar post at Valparaiso, the ruined city on the west coast of South America. Mr. Winslow was given a three months leave of -absence between charges and was spending most of his vacation in Hammond and vicintiy, making his home at Crown Foint. As far as is known he has received no instructions from Washington as to whether he shall proceed at once to aiparaiso or remain until the confusion has subsided. In the dispatches from Washington, Mr. Winslow Is mentioned as the United States representative at that point

mv. nv. ... v,lw uuuiit)e neld this afternoon at 2 o'clock

the middle of September, it is probable that the present incumbent, unless on a vacation, is looking after the affairs of the ruined city. United States in the

WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS, ETC.

iANGLED WITH iESSAGE Railroad Operator Diesd in Discharge of His " Duty. x CORPSE HURLED 75 FEET W. M. Cotton in Haste to Give the Orders to a Morning Train Meets Fate. W. M. Cotton, the day operator at the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern depot at Indiana Harbor, rushed out of the station to deliver an order to the conductor of the local freight going east, and was struck by the Twentieth Century limited and instantly killed as the train tore through the city at 7:50 this morning. Mr. Cotton has been the night operator until recently when, although only 19 years old, he was given the position of day operator at the sta tion. The local freight was moving along slowly and the caboose was just passing the station when Cotton rushed out with his orders. He must have known that the limited was due and the engineer blew a warning whistle as the train passed Michigan avenue, but the operator evidently thought it was the whistle on the engine of the local, for-he did not heed it, but rushed on across the tracks. When the engine hit Cotton his body was lifted high in the air and tossed seventy-five feet to one side of the track on the right of way. Agent Lundquist, who saw the accident, rushed to the prostrate form of Cotton, but he soon saw that the young man had been killed. In the meanwhile the engineer of the train who knew that he had hit a man, stopped his train as soon as possible and started back to the depot. Upon his return it was seen that the station agent had taken charge of the body, so that the mad race against time was continued. The body was taken to Teal's unStaking establishment where an ; examination showed that the bodv ki,. t,,.,,,- v. , :bones Were broken, but it was not ;badiv mutilated. The inquest will THE WEATHER. Generally fair tonight and Sunday,

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WEST HAMMOND SUICIDE STILL UNIDENTIFIED. Anxious Seekers for a Lost Friend or Relative Call at Morgue But Fail to Recognize Remains. The West Hammond suicide is still at the morgue, unidentified. The coroner's inquest yesterday afternoon at West Hammond developed nothing. Since the information has gone through the country that an unknown man is awaiting burial, many people have seen the body. His face looks familiar to many of the callers and still nobody seems to be able to place him. An old man and his daughter called at the morgue late yesterday af ternoon. They were Swedes and thought to find their long lost son and brother there. The old man was hoping that at last his son had been found and again he hoped that it was not his boy that should have killed himself. One glance at the corpse assured the man that his search was in vain. Parties came out from Chicago to view the remains, thinking that they may possibly identify a friend. They were unsucessful. A touching sight at the morgue was a gray haired old mother who was looking for her only son. She had failed to hear from him during the . past, year and ever since had visited every morgue when possible, thinking that at one of these places she may some day find his remains. Like the old man her heart i3 torn by contrary hopes. Sooner than have the anguish of not knowing whether her boy is dead or alive she hopes to find him dead, if she must lose him, and again as she approach es a morgue she nopes that it is not her son that has killed himself, or has met some other violent death. ROBBERS STILL AT LARGE. The authorities thus far have been unable to get a clew to the whereabouts of the five asailants of Mrs. Valentine Rivinski, the Polish woman, who was, robbed and slugged at Gary yesterday afternoon. An automobile was chartered in Hammond yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Morris in company with a number of other officials, set out on the hunt for the highwaymen, but h'ad to give up the chase when night set in. A gaily bedecked crowd of out-of-town firemen were in town this morning passing through on their way to the firemen's tournament at East Chicago. The Lowell team with its red and blue shirts and fancy belts attracted especial attention. Extra cars were run from Hammond to East Chicago to handle the large crowds which came through this way. There was a small deputation of Chicago firemen out in honor of the event.

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lotteries. Brown, Kling; Matthewson

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Uatteries. Leever, Gibson; Mclntyre, Eason, Bergen, Ritter.

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Washington Cleveland Batteries. Falkenberg, Warner; Philadelphia . St. Louis Batteries. -Dygert, Powers; Telty,

Eoon o m m m m m m m m u-mm Defoit m mmmmmmmmn n-mm Batteries. Winter, Carrigan; Donohue, Schmidt. For additional sporting news see page 7.

BATTLE OF CHICAGO 10 NEW YORK

(Special to Lake West Side Ball Park, Aug. 18.

the National League is on. Before a crowd of 25,000 fans "Muggsy" McGraw's gang of umpire-baiters and Frank Chance's swift players are contending in the first game of the present series.

The Giants arrived on the grounds

volley of yells went up, some derisive, but there were a good many shouts of admiration mixed with the first greeting. McGraw had been barred from the playing field. In place of the terrible "Muggsy" tire

crowd turned its battery of catcalls on shortstop. In tally-hos and automobiles fully of trade started for the west side ball

give "Muggsy McGraw the time of his life. With banners and streamers, bearing pictures of McGraw and the insigna of the New York club a long yellow streak the merry brokers, who had reserved a long line of box seats, tooted horns and sang songs of derision on the way to the

park. Once there they sent up scores of tiny balloons with streamers bearing the legend: "New York going up." As the tally-hos began lining up for the board of trade men's parade an immense crowd gathered in front of the big exchange in Jackson boulevard. Scores of beys, many of them bootblacks and newsboys, appealed to the brokers for seat money. "Take us kids out. You need - us there to yell for Chance and de Cubs," said one lad. George Marcy, manager of the Armour Grain Co., lifted the boy ' to the driver's seat. "You are going to see the game and you can be cur official mascot," said Marcy. A great yell went up when the tally-ho, filled with exuberant brokers, hit the trail for the west side. At 1 o'clock there were 110 bluecoats on the scene besides 25 plain clothes men. Even that number was insufficient. The mighty tide of humanity swept through the entrances like enormous waves of an angry ocean. The police were needed on the outside as well as inside the park, for there were a score of demonstrations made by hoodlums to break down

the fences. Two women and a girl caught in the fighting throng of fans at the grand stand entrance, fainted at 1:30 o'clock. They were carried

in by a squad of policemen and cared

physician. At the Cook county hospital just across the street from the ball park, an ambulance was kept in readiness to be rushed to the field at a moments notice. No one could tell when there might be a catastrophe. Out in the grass of the diamond the mass of people were swaying like logs in a river dam. Most of tire men were without coats and the straw hats topped off the scene, giving the. picture a touch like the white caps as they break on the beach. Ropes were stretched all around the playing diamond. These were kept as close to the base lines as posible. The players had little room to move about. The shortest kind cf a hit went for a two-bagger into the crowd. The game was called promptly at 3:30 o'clock by Umpire 0Day, amid wild enthusiasm.

TOURNAMENT PRIZES. A message from East Chicago at 4:10 says Ilobart took first prize for the best appearing company and Valparaiso took second. Robertsdale took first and Hobart second on the percentage of the company. In the dry hose run, Valparaiso has not yet started. The other teams

LEAGUE. 5 6 7 S 10 n 11 R II m m W 13 E3EJ 13 H-EH U r es n ah an. U m p I re . O' Day . TBl . Wl W!W M Um E3 13 113 m m fi HH C3 IZIIZ1 OH liH 13 Ca-3 Needham MB m-WB Grady; Lush, Dooln. LEAGUE. 5 S 9 10 11 R IT mm mm ut-mm m m mm -maa Sullivan. 23 m m u u u-uiika (i M F"TTt r"flPp Bernhard, Bemis. Powell, Rickey, Spencer. County Time,) The greatest fight in the history of a few minutes before 2 o'clock. A "Bullhead" Dahlen, the sturdy five hundred members of the board park this afternoon, prepared to for by Dr. Harley Parker, the teams' stand as follows: Crown Point first, 1:04 Hobart second, l:09ViLowell third, 1:32. East Chicago fourth, fouled. Thousands of people are present. Reports from the bedside of Jno, Schmeuser, who is at the Alexiaa Brothers hospital are very favorable. Since he has been there he has shown steady improvement.

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