Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 82, Hammond, Lake County, 24 September 1906 — Page 1

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Members of Order from this District in Convention Assembled. CROWN POINT THE SCENE One Hundred Brothers Meet and Spend Enjoyable Day--Business and Pleasure Combined. (Special to Lake County Times.) Crown Point, Sept. 22.--The first anconvention of the I. O. O. F. of this district was attended by about one hundred members of the order here last Saturday and proved to be a very enaffair. The weather was all that could be desired for an occasion of that kind and the exercises of the day were conducted in the open air on the public square. The forenoon program consisted of a band concert by Barnie Young's band, which proved a musical treat, and reold acquaintances by memof the order present. Lodges at Hammond, East Chicago and Whiting were represented by large delegations of both Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebecca. Lowell, Hobart and Shelby were also well represented and several members were present from Valparaiso and Hebron. In the afternoon an excellent address was listened to by Hon. Chas. Jessup, P. D. M., in which the benefits of membership were exploited and its fraternal features fully explained. Mr. Jessup was a clear, forceful talker and made a good impression upon all who heard him. At 4 o'clock the secret work was exby a special team from the was held in the evening. Young's band delightfully entertained the crowd durthe entire day. As a result of the gathering, unusual interest in Odd Fellowship was awakhere and the local lodge looks forto a number of additions to its ranks In the near future. WABASH BEAR STORIES: STAR PLAYERS HURT. Coach Cayou Has Been Putting the Players Through a Grueling Prac tice and Several Accidents Result. (Special to Lake County Times.) Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 23.--The past week has been an active one in Wabash football circles. Coach Cayou has had his men out from early until late and has been working hard to drill them in the rudiments of the game as played under the new rules. From the time the practice of fallon the ball begins until the boys are sent through the fast signal work the fast play is strenuous and gruelThe dummy has been used until it is nearly worn out and it is exthat Wabash, as in former years, will be in midseason form long before the other teams over the state. The first bear stories to come from the camp of the Wabash boys are rethe condition of Hargrave, the substitute quarterback who has his ankle so badly twisted that he will be unable to play for some time. Garver, the most promising candidate for the position of fullback, had his shoulder badly hurt in scrimmage practice. Stiers, another promising back, had his ankle hurt and was comto remain out of practice. Owto the fact that "Ike" Williams, the giant tackle, has been declared inCaptain Sutherland of last year's team has been given his place and Powers, the Winona Institute star, has the best chance for his position. Sprau, last year's center ,has not yet returned to school, and "Gov." Brown is filling his position creditably. Satafternoon the scrubs lined up against the regulars for the first time and the new plays permiteted by the change of rules were tried. The lineof the regulars was as follows: Plummer, re; Gipe, rt; Hess, rg; Brown, c; Powers, lg; Lutherland, lt; Frurip, le; Garver, rh; Myers, fb; Stiers, 1h; Miller, qb. HELPS THE ABSENT MINDED. Passengers on the Michigan Central are being treated to an innovation in the way of timely suggestions to travelers whose failing memory often causes them to leave their belongings in their seats when they take their departure from the train. The brakeon all divisions of the road have recently been instructed to shout the warring to passengers as the train apeach station and the new oris said to be proving of great benefit to travelers. The form of warning given is as follows: "The next station will be . Please don't forget your umand valuables."--Michigan City News. THE WEATHER. Fair tonight. Tuesday partly clondy and warmer.

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Engine Strikes Street Car and a Number of Persons are Injured. CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE This is the Charge of Victims to Ac cident--Railroad Co. Officials Retreat. What appears to have been nothing short of criminal negligence on the part of employes, of both the South Chicago Street Railway and the Chi cago Junction Railway companies, was responsible for a wreck in which a large number of persons were in jured and escaped death only by a mir acle. The wreck in which one engine was thrown off the track and two street cars totally demolished, occurred last night after 11 o'clock where Sheffield avenue crosses the Chicago Junction right of way. The injured were: Erick Erickson, South Chicago, moGeorge Simmons, 204 119th street, Whiting. George Law, 306 South Morgan street, Chicago. William Cronin, 252 State street, ChiWoman who refused to give name. Home in Chicago. While none of the injuries are serstill all are more or less painBoth the railroad company and the street car company exhibit consider able indifference as to the right of the public to know the circumstances in the case and neither would offer a word of explanation this morning as to how the accident occurred. Composite Tale of Accident. From the symposium of stories told by victims of the accident and eye witnesses to the affair, the following composite story is gleaned: A Chicago-bound car was crossing the track and a Hammond-bound car stood on the opposite side of the track with its fuse burned out and power less. The Hammond-bound conductor noticed that a train was advancing and signaled both the C. J. engineer and the motorman on the Chicago bound train to beware, but the Chi cago-bound conductor failed to notic the signal and gave his motorman the sign to go ahead. The latter signal was obeyed by the motorman on th Chicago-bound car, neither he nor the conductor having noticed the on coming train. The engine struck the Chicago-bound car, derailing it and the Hammond-bound car was also derail ed by the impact from the car that was struck by the engine. There were seventy-five passengers on the cars, many of whom escaped through the windows of the car while others made a sudden exit by way of the doors. There seem to be some doubt on the part of those who witnessed the ac cident and were parties to it, whether the engine which caused the collision carried a headlight. Some say it did but the conductor of the car that was struck seemed to have the impression that a headlight was carried but was placed so high that he did not notice It. It is charged that it is quite a common thing for the C J. engines to go without headlights. The first reports of the accident were terrible. Word came from Whiting to the effect that fifteen persons had been killed and as many more hurt in the wreck. Every Hammond docwho could be summoned rusned to the scene and every ambulance was out. The injured persons, however, were able to take care of themselves and each one went to his home with out medical aid. FROM INSANE ASYLUM TO LECTURE PLATFORM Franklin H. Sage Remembers Ham mond Friends Who Helped Him to Escape From the Elgin Asylum. City Judge W. W. McMahan received an invitation this morning from the Open Heart association at Hartford, Conn., to attend a lecture which will be given in the Open Hearth hall toevening by Franklin H. Sage of Elgin insane aslyum renown. The readers of the Lake County Times will remember the story of Mr. Sage and his escape from the asylum as was told in these columns. Ex-Judge Sage will be the principal drawing card of the evening, when he will tell of his four years unjust detention at Elgin. The invitation contains several quotations from newspapers, striking among which is one from the Lake County Times of July 23 reading: "And the grafters over in Illinois will be cheated out of $3.50 a week by reason of the escape of Mr. Sage." Another one from the Cleveland Press reads: "Illinois is the only state in which it is a crime to be insane" and "Five years in a living hell."

VOTERS SHOULD MOVE BEFORE OCTOBER 7TH. Elections are Drawing Near.--Voter Must be in State Six Months; in Township or Ward Sixty Days; in Precinct Thirty Days. As usual on the near approach of an election voters are changing locations with the understanding that all that is necessary is to live in a township thirty days before the election. Per sons who move beyond the boundary of their township after the 7th day of September will lose their votes and those who move from one precinct to another in the same township after Oc tober 7th will have no right to vote at the coming election. In order to be a legal voter in Indione must live in the state six months, in the county or township sixty days and in the precinct in which he intends to vote at least thirty days prior to the date of election. Men who expect to vote and want to move from one ward to another may do so until thirty days before the eleceven if the law does state that a voter shall be a resident of the ward sixty days before the date of election. The ward feature of the election law applies only to the city elections and not at all to the county and state elecThe law specifies that a voter must be a resident of the state six months, a township or ward sixty days and a precinct thirty days before he is ento cast his ballot. In the counand state elections the ward feais stricken out but residence in the state six months, in the township sixty days and the precinct thirty days must be closely observed for the election which will take place Novem6. While the voter may move from one ward to another until thirty days bethe election he cannot move out of the township or his vote will be dison the sixty day clause. He may move into another precinct in the same township only after thirty days before November 6th, this privilege will be cut oft from those who want to vote. GOVERNOR'S SPEECH DECLARED TO BE SPELL-BINDER. Interest Centers at Tipton Where Hanis Booked to Speak.--Party LeadTalk it Will be Key-Note of the Campaign. Indianapolis, Sept. 24.--Interest cenin the governor's speech at Tipton tonight. The governor is naturally a strong spenker...He will have an audithat will be sympathetic; and it goes on the theory that he has a just cause to advance. The last three days of last week he has spent almost all the time working over the speech. Three stenographers have been very busy getting it out, and he has gone over it several times. He has gone over its essentials with some of the party leaders, also. They pronounce it excellent; undoubtedly it will serve as the key note of the cam"I do not enthuse over political speeches, usually." said one of the oldparty leaders, today. "But that speech of Hanley's is certainly a cracker-jack; it is the best political speech, from a state standpoint that I have ever seen or heard. It will arouse the state from one end to the other." Again it is reiterated that the goverwill incidentally play politics in the speech. "In its ultimate analysis it is all politics and certainly Repubpolitics," continued the speaker. "He has the facts."

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NINES SHOW A LARGE INCREASE Indiana Bureau of Statistics Gets Out Tables Relatto Industry. IMPROVEMENT IS GENERAL Reports Deal With Number of Mines Output, Labor, Wages and Other Details. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 24.--Special Agent Bonner, working for Joseph H. Stubbs, chief of the Indiana bureau of statistics, has just finished his com pilation of the mining industry of the State. As this work has been Bonner's particular business, it is thought to be substantially accurate. The report is in the form of a com parison between the year ending De cember 31, 1905 and the year ending December 31, 1904, and shows a genincrease along all ines, with some few exceptions. The number of mines in operation has increased to 202; the number of miners from 17,203 to 18,811; tons mined from 9,857,940 to 10,996,170; salaries paid office men from 501,354.83 to $635,180.92, though the number employed in the offices de creased irom 367 to 313. The wages of inside miners decreased from $6,to $6,344,099.92. The average number of days in operation decreased from 165 to 150. The number of miners in each of the counties for 1904 and 1905 respectivefollows: Clay, 2,299 and 2,348; Da viess, 264 and 290; Fountain, 382 and 124; Gibson, 102 and 164; Greene, 3,253 and 3,679; Knox, 249 and 410; Parke 986 and 1,587; Perry 22 and 21; Pike 716 and 730; Sullivan, 3,083 and 3,666 Vanderburg, 297 and 458; Vermillion 2,576 and 1,519; Vigo, 2,544 and 3,222 and Warrick, 430 and 503. The coal tonnage produced for the same two years, respectively, is as follows: Clay, 904,375 and 890,680; Da138,670 and 95,893; Foun tain, 70,717 and 66,709; Gibson 76,972 and 104,549; Greene, 2,255,632 and 2,243,548; Knox, 129,332 and 232,Parke, 896,202 and 718,411; Perry 7,275 and 7,895; Pike, 359,453 and 389,780; Sullivan, 1,541,659 and 2,262.428; Vanderburg, 229,025 and 297,824; Vermillion, 1,192,453 and 1,444,247; Vigo, 1,668,100 and 1,868,465, and War379,075 and 373,414. The mines are divided among the fourteen counties for the two years as follows, the first figure being that for 1904 and the second for 1905: Clay, 36 and 37; Daviess, 5 and 5; Fountain, 2 and 2; Gibson, 3 and 3; Greene, 2 and 28; Knox, 6 and 6; Parke, 17 and 17; Perry, 1 and 1; Pike, 8 and 11; Sullivan 29 and 37; Vanderburg, 5 and 5; Vermillion. 12 and 14; Vigo, 24 and 28; Warrick, 10 and 8. The report contains, also, figures comparing the years 1895 and 1905, as follows: Year, 1895, No. mines, 107; No. min6,203! tons, 4,202,084; wages, $2,Year 1905, No. mines, 202; No. min18,811; tons, 10,996,170; wages, $9,-

MENACE. Widman in St. Louis Post-Dispatch. HAMMOND GETS LAKE COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE. One Day Session to be Held in Pre byterian Church Next Friday--This County Without Organization. Lake county, the only county in northern Indiana without a Sunday school organization, is to have a Sunhold in the Presbyterian church in Hammond on Friday, Sept. 28 The day will be divided into three sessions, the first one to be held at 30 in the forenoon and the second at 1:30 in the afternoon and the last one at 7:30 in the evening. Everyis invited to attend these meet ings which will be conducted by the Rev. E. W. Halpenny of Indianapolis, and Rev. C. W. Merritt, D. D., of Tacoma, Wash., international Sunday school field worker. The sessions promise to be bright, brief and brotherly. The subjects for discussion by Rev, E. W. Halpenny will be selected from, "What are the advantages of an asso ciation?" "Digging for bait." "From 12 to 16 in the Sunday school." "Con ducting the session." "Sunday school grading." "Honors as rewards in Sun day school." "Conversational Evan gelism." The subjects to be discussed by Dr. W. C. Merritt will be selected from, "The Sunday school teachers' vision." "Decision day, preparation for obser vance." "The Wiggly Giggly Junior. "The Wise intermediate--his otherwise treatment." "The Sunday school ganized to win." or B. & O. TO PASS INTO HANDS OF THE UNION PACIFIC. In Henry Clews Regular Financial Letter This Week, He Prophesies Another Transcontinental Route. Harriman Absolute. New York, Sept. 22.--A factor in the stock market which will be watched with interest is the reported passing of control of Baltimore & Ohio to the Union Pacific. If consummeted this will give Mr. Harriman the first and only complete transcontinental route. It will naturally compel other transcon tinental lines to secure direct connecbetween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through lease or ownership So important a rearrangement of the railroad map as Mr. Harriman's reported project must involve, suggests very far reaching consequences. Whether it will, or will not, revive animosity between the various transcontinental railroad systems remains to be seen. At

any rate, it is evident that the "commu- is exhausted. Crown Point was seof interest" theory is now entirely lected as the scene of the test by rea-

an affair of the past, and that nothing prevents a reopening of the struggle for supremacy between rival interests except that traffic conditions are so generally satisfactory that no one cares to take the initiative in impairing them. It is quite certain that we are on the eve of important changes in the relations between the great transcon tinental routes, and that before very long the railroad map of the United States will be largely reconstructed. This means active times in the future. The end of the passes has eventually come, the Interstate Commerce Comhaving made public the import ant ruling of that body concerning the application of a new railroad rate law. The commission decides positively against issuing of free transportation in any form and holds that nothing exmoney can lawfully be received for transportation.

For Racing Results NATIONAL First Game.--1 2 3 4 York Chicago 0 2 0 3

Batteries.--Wiltze, Bresnahan; Brown, Second game.

York 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1

Chicago 2 0 2 1 1 4 0 0

Batteries.--Mathewson, Bresnahan; Philadelphia 4 1 0 4 Cincinnati 3 1 0 0 Batteries.--Lush, Dooing; Ewing, First game.

Boston 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 Pittsburg 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Batteries.--Lindaman, Brown; Leifield, Phelps.

Second Game. Boston 0 0 0 0 Pittsburg 1 2 0 1 Batteries.--Young, O'Neil; Phillppi, First game.--

Brooklyn 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1

St. Louis 0 1 1 3 Batteries.--McIntyre, Ritter; Beebe. Second Game. ooklyn 1 0 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0

Batteries.--McGlynn, Marshall; Scanlon, Berger.

AMERICAN 1 2 3 4

Chicago 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X

Boston 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Batteries.--Altrock, McFarland;

St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Washington 0 0 0 0 Batteries.--Pelty, Rickey; Patten, Detroit 0 0 0 1

New York 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0

Batteries--Donovan, Payne; Chesbro, Kleinow. Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 X

Philadelphia 0

Clarke; Schuman, Berry.

For additional sporting AUTO TEST AT Event to Determine Eco nomical Question Will be of Great Interest. BIG CROWD EXPECTED Commercial Hotel Contracts to Care for 800 Persons--Owners and Makers Will Attend. (Special to Lake County Times.) Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 24.--A con tract has been entered Into by the pro moters of the Chicago automobile dealers' economy test with the Com mereial hotel of this city to feed 800 people on the day of the test, Sunday, Oct. 12. It is expected that between 100 and 200 automobiles will be here at that time and the occasion will be a gala day. The test will be held at the Lake county fair grounds track, and consists of trials to ascertain how far the various makes of machines can travel on one gallon of gasoline. Each machine will be given the prescribed gallon of fuel and will start from the grand stand, circle the race track once and will then start across country over a ten mile course, returning to the track where it will run until the fuel son of its fine race course and the excellent system of macadam roads leading in all directions to the city. Nearly every dealer in Chicago is ex pected to enter one or more cars in the test, and a great many automobile enthusiasts from Chicago will be on hand to witness the results of the trial. The task of caring for so large a crowd will tax the resources of the Comercial hotel to its utmost, and extra service will have to be engaged for the occasion. REV. D. HOAGLAND TO ROCKVILLE. Rev. D. D. Hoagland was sent by the conference to Rockvllle, Ind., 25 miles south of Crawfordsville. It is the counseat of Parke county and one of the old established towns of the state. The church is known as one of the most loyal, intellectual and spiritual in the

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R H Lundgren, Moran. reulbach, Moran. 0 0 0 0 X 2 0 0 0 0 Schiel. 0 0 0 0 2 0 Gibson. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Noonan. 0 0 0--1 0 0 1 0 1 LEAGUE. 5 6 7 8 10 11 R H Tannehill, Glaze, Carrigan. 0 0 0 1 Warner. 0 0 6 8 X 0 0 0 0 0 news see page 7. conference. The community is musical and church-going. There is a $5,000 parsonage with furnace and electric lights. Mr. and Mrs. Hoagland will find a cordial welcome in their new home.--East Chicago Globe. BARBERS RAISE PRICES AT RENSSELAER Townspeople Fail to See Futility to Op pose the Barbers and Form an AntiBarber Club. The barbers of Rensselaer recently met and formed a combination whereby they all agreed to charge 5 cents for a shaving a man's neck, and now the residents of Rensselaer, those who patthe barber shops, have declared war on the Barber Trust. At a rousing meeting in the court house Thursday evening are Anti-Bar-Club was formed. County Clerk Warner was elected president. "It's a shame, an outrage," declared the speakvehemently, "to charge us 5 cents extra for a neck shave. I for one am for busting the trust, I'll teach my wife to shave the back of my neck." There were no women present to dissent the latter declaration, but the men applauded it. Here is how the Barber's Trust of Rensselaer is to be busted, according to a decision of the Anti-Barber Club. Each member of the club is to pa v$l.50 per month into the club treasury. The $75 thus secured will pay for the services of a first class barber, who is to do all the "barbering" that each member of the club may demand. It is expected that enough additional memwill be secured to allow the club to employ two or three barbers later. The barbers held a council of war, but would make no statement. It is understood that some of the barbers are anxious to get out of the agreeand openly talked of breaking it. THE FOUR HUNTINGS PLEASE HAMMONDITES. Return Engagement is Crowned With Better Success Than Was the First One. The Four Huntings, Lew, Mollie, John and Tommy, in the musical tom"The Fool House" created one laugh last night at the Towle opera house. It was just the play for the audience, judging by the way the perwas received. Every word every move--caused a laugh. The dancing was all right, and the singing fair. The characters were unique, and each one, especially the Huntings, did himself or herself proud. Lew Huntis a great tumbles, while Tony was fun itself. Mollie was easily the belle of the evening, both as singer and dancer, walking right into the hearts of all. Even Bob Hunting, as Buster, a pest, was not slow. The orchestra filled its part well

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