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East Chicago Council Disappoints4 by Failure to Name Committees. TR! PROCRASTiNATIO When These Tactics Fail To Wear Out Patience of "Gallery," A6S journment Is Moved. The East Chicago city council held Its regular weekly meeting at the city hall last night and transacted considerable business of minor Importance. The council chamber was crowded with citizens who had come to hear the mayor's appointment of committees, but they were destined to be disappointed for the mayor and the council sidestepped this, the most important work of the session, and adjourned until "Wednesday when it is expected that the appointments will be announced. This delay Is said to be a victory for the business men of the city who are fighting1 the attempt of the council lo place Alderman O'Girr on the committee as chairman. Indiana Harbor, which is a part of East Chicago, is about to have nearly $100,000 worth of street Improvements made and the residents of that portion of Eatpt Chicago are not willing that so important a work be entrusted to a man like O'Girr, who has done nothing but oppose the Improvements from the very start. So they did as they have done on several other occasions when the people of the Harbor were anxious to have thir interests properly looked after. -They came to -the council meeting fn,,a body and their smile of approval or their frown of disapproval has always been effective with the fractious members. There was such strong pressure brought to bear on the members that the program of appointments that had been originally decided upon by the mayor and councilmen, was quickly diseatdcd and the consideration of the matter of appointing committees was postponed. A peculiar thing about the meeting wa the method the councilmen took to avoid consideration of the subject, j Method in their Madness. Every bit of business under the sun that the council could possibly transact was brought before it. Unimportant subjects were discussed for twenty minutes or more when they might have been settled in five. The more important matte' were debated for from: half to thr .--quarters of an hour. The crowd saw the game and stuck to their posts. Measure after measure was brought tip for consideration and after it had killed the required amount of time, was referred to the proper committee. The matter of the tax levy was the stir time-killer of Ihe whole batch of measures that came up for consideration anil was finally fixed at $l.SS. About 11 o'clock, when it became apparent that the people were witling to stick all night if necessary, the council decided to adjourn. One of the. Indiana Harbor aldermen moved the adjournment as the last oar was about to leave for the Harbor. One of the other councilmen asked about the appointments that were about to be made by the mayor. The first speaker said he did not feel like remaining in East Chicago all night even to hear the mayor's appointments. Then one of the aldermen gave away the fact that the list of committee appointments had been framed up by the gang when he said that he moved that the mayor ignore the appointnients that had already been decided upon and postpone the matter until a later tiny. With a sigh of relief the meeting broke up and the suspense was continued until Wednesday. ' OI U PRESS IS HERE. Tbe Lake County Time is delighted t May to It rradrr that the new Miehle Press, which we have so impatiently awaited, bant at last arrived and is now being erected in our job department. This vUM place this part of the Time plaut on par with the facilities f the nrpaptr department unit put us lu M position to more than ever turn out the finest job work, in Hammond. As Koon as tbe new machine is In working order ve should be glad to bow its fine points to liny of oar patrons and to submit siimples of the elegant two and three color work whieh It Is ennnblv of turning out. It is our boiiNt that with this press we can print anything front a Indies railing card to a full page 2 ."OS bill, and as near perfection ns Is known to the printer's art.

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STILL BUSY Sunday Witnessed Rushing Trade in Worthless New Chicago Real Estate. JEWS ARE THE VICTIMS History of thf -Swindle from Its of thi ion to Incept: Its Present Thriv ing Status. (Special to Lake County Times.) Liverpool, Ind., Sept. 24. The land sharks are still at work disposing of their valueless holdings here for enormous prices to the ignorant sweat shop workers of the Chicago Ghetto. One hundred Jews attracted by the flaming posters of the "New Chicago Real Estate and Investment company" were, rounded up today and sent farefree to New Chicgo where quite a few lot3 were sold for $300, four dollars down and a dollar a week until paid for. A small army of commission agents were busy telling their prospective buyers any old thing to induce them to contract for one of the worthless lots. A Lake County Times correspondent by mingling with one of the crowds that were being escorted around the grounds learned much in regard to the method used to deceive victims. One or two members of the party were Insistent in demanding to know the exact location of the city of Gary and were told that it lay both to the east and to the south of New Chicago anil, only a. feAV minutes. -fc'alk from t;rft j land that was being sold, when in fact. it is over six miles northwest as the crow flics. "There Is Gary." In order that the questioner might be thoroughly satisfied the hustling swindler led the party through sloughs and stump land and upon reaching the river the agent proudly pointed to the woods on top of the bluff across the river and said, "There is Gary." The poor, ignorant dupes promptly bought a lot. There would" have been an outpouring of indignation if the victim had known that the land he was buying lay on . one side of an inaccessable marsh three miles wide, while Gary lay on the other side and was nine miles away by the nearest wagon road. Whenever one of the crowd becomes suspicious he is not allowed to speak except to the agent. However, one of the crowd met the correspondent of the Times and when correctly informed of the distance to Gary he wildly sought his friends and informed them of the fact that they were being deceived. They did not buy. - Upon hearing of a vast enterprise vhkh was already under way the crowd finally located it and found a very excitable little man who was busy making bricks of sand and cement. The factory was in the center of an enclosure of saplings and on top of a barren sand dune. When the cement blocks were touched they would crumble, although the inventor said that they were to be used to build the new city of Gary. The land agents claim that next Punday will be the last day that free fares will be given, as the greater portion west half of section 10 has been sold. History of Swindling Concern. The history of the land company that has been carrying on this nefarious business for some time is as as follows: During the stock yards boom at East Tolleston in 1S92 John Trier and others became interested in land at Liverpool and after putting in sidewalks and staking off the streets they sold a large number of lots. There was not a house buiil awl the side walks were finally carried oft by the farmers or floated away at high water in the spring. In 1S95 Trier and others opened cp Liverpool Heights in the southwest quarter of section 19 and later on renamed the place Pauphin Springs aril opened the entire west half of the same section. In 1S97 the same people again changed the name of the place to New Chicago but they did not put the uai en record until 1901. This time they issued circulars and letters in regard to New Chicago in which it was stated that three factories, the American Electrical Vehicle company, the Great Western Brewing company and the National Carbon company had been built and illustrations showed the factories in operation. j John Kress Secures Judgment. About that time John Kress, now of 77 South Clark street, Chicago.5 took a contract to build a large brick factory. He was unable to get rao;e thn seven or eight hundred dollars out of the land compony, when he finally leek a lien on the building and was granted judgment for J3,40i. The buildirg could not be sold as no manufacturer

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would think of going to such an unheard of location and running a factory. In 11)00 the building was sold for taxes to Albert AVells of Lafayette for $192. The building changed hands several times after that and was finally taken out of the hands of Trier entirely. Yet these same men 'are now pointing to thi3 building as the location of one of the land company's great industries. John Trier has sold and resold these lots five times and with the exception of the first deal, each sale has been merely the selling of lots that have been sold years before. And now John Trier, Gustav Lukes, Alphons Ilubcr; C Hildebrant and a man by the name of Holtzman, who comprise the New Chicago Real Estate & Investment company, are selling the same old lots oZ Liverpool Heights, Dauphine Springs and New Chicago, reorganized as New Chicago, to the ignorant Jews of the Ghetto in return for their hard earned savings. OCLE SAM SQUARES ACCOIXTS WITH WHITIXG. Capt. Darrah, V. S. A. Sends One Dollar Conseienee Money for Repairs to Village Water Wagon. If Diogenes had hunted around East Chicago while the soldiers were going through a few weeks ago, he might have found an honest man unless his lantern had been filled with the tainted oil. Last night a communication was received by the East Chicago city council from Captain Thomas W. Darrah of the 27th L S. Infantry together with a one dollar bill. By way of explanation for the enclosure Captain Darrah said that while his regiment was in East Chicago he personally borrowed the city's water wagon for the purpose of carrying water to the soldiers in camp. In some manner the doubletree was broken but the matter was soon forgotten and the soliers moved further south. The captain said that the matter had borne on his mind ever since and he was afraid that the working men would be held responsible for the damage. So he sent the dollar to the council for the purpose of making the necessary repairs. The question of what to do with the dollar then came up for discussion and for several moments the valuable time of the city "dads" was used in the debate regarding the position of one plunk. Finally after it hat! been suggested that it be used to buy drinks for the members of the council or cigars for all of the city officials, it was turned over to the man who takes care of the water wagons for the purpose of making future repairs. U. S. ATTORNEY IN HAMMOND. Attorney J. J. LaFollett, assistant United States attorney was in Hammond this morning inspecting the new federal building and on other legal business. He left for Indianapolis on the 12:50 Monon this afternoon. ARRESTS AT GARY. Bailiff Frank Shine went to Gary this afternoon to serve warrants on Robert Hayden and one known as Frenchy." Both are charged with larcit.y. Contractor Robert J. Foustel. who had been missing a cumber of tods, prefers the charges. CHARTER IS TRANSFER RE D.x The railroad men of roads running into Hammond have at last succeeded in getting their charter for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen transferred from Indiana Harbor to Hammond. The t-ien have secured the Odd Feliows hall in which to hold their aiietiug.

INDIRA, TUESDAY, SEPT. -25, 1906.

NOW THE HUNTING SEASON. TUB PARABLE OP TWO QUARTS THAT FELL OF ITS

There bided erstwhile In a hustling town under the wing of n Large City, the same beinc In unother state, a Diselple of Esculapluti, James 11. Murphy and Nicholas Senn, who, albeit be enjoyed a Inrge and luerative Practice which be bad secured through his superior Knowledge of Chlrurgy, found time to renew bis yontb by oeensionnl indulgence In the framing up and execution of Jobs such as School Roys play one upon tbe other. And so when be was approached with tbe Scenario ef a Scheme whieh, If earrted to vSuecssful Issue, would redound greatly to the DIsconifiture and Hamilthtlon of a Youth who writes Short Piece of pith" and Moment for a Newspaper, it struck, the Diselple of Esculapius, etc., as the Ground Work of a Hipping Good Ballyhoo. It so hut bappened that there bad dropped off tbe Hind end of a Passing Caravan a Man whose frayed Habiliments but 111 eoneealed an Aristocratic Mien. Ills Forhead was high, bis carriage was graceful not to say commanding and his Whiskers were of the Cut seldom seen In the Bustling Town, save through the windows of the Twentieth Century Limited, as It burtles through. The Conspirators figured that with a little Trimming, the Hobo with the Palpable Past could be Rung for a French count, a Spanish Don or a German Uhlan in the most Circumspect and Discriminating Blind Asylum la Those Parts. They took liim in and washed him. They bent upon his Noble Form a clean Shirt and a Comparatively new Surtout and Doublet. They fonnd a Barber who knew how to whittle bis Jo Jo's to the Real Vandyke point. After they had completed these Mural Decorations, the Hobo stood forth an Admirable Pleee of Work. Then they christened blm Count Leon Periostitis, and In sooth be looked the Part to eyes not accustomed to the Real Thing. Eftsoons they grabbed blm and carried him around to a Leading Hostelry and caused him to spread bis Aristocratic Alias on the Tablets, commonly Yclept the Register. They then concealed themselves behind the Arras and waited for tbe Susceptible Youth, who was In the Vicinity looking up Live Pieces for bis Paper, to fall. The Susceptible Youth did not bite. He did not even nibble. Mine Host, who evidently was la with the Play, noticing the Youth's failure to be impressed, tried to put him Joseph to the Real Importance of the new Guest. In bis extreme Anxiety, Mine Host overplayed Himself. All was not lost, however. The Conspirators not to be Foiled In bringing off the Job on which they had spent so much time, conveyed tbe Count to tbe Tap Room where they threw Two Quarts of Sandusky Sec under his Aristocratic Belt. For one of these they Paid Real Money. Tbe other was On the House. This show of Prodigality set tbe Susceptible Youth io thinking that after all the Count might be the Goods. So he hurried back to headquarters for Further Instructions. The Instructions be received were couched in the following Termsi "Cheese'." Moral when you Monkey with a Monkey, Be Sure Yon have a Monkey to Monkey with.

SWINDLER RAISES MONEY ORDERS. Works In a Crude Way and May be Detected Before He Reaches Lake County. Merchants, and especially jewelers, are warned against a swindler who is i!ttnP- this section Oi me cuuuny --'"o working his game upon the unsuspecting public. He is a money order raiser and his work is easily detected if one stops a minute to think and look over the order which he will present after making small purchases. His plan Is this. He visits mostly jewelry stores and after making small purchases presents a money order raised from ?50 to $60 by writing words or figures on the order. He does his work at night after the postoffice is closed and always states that owing to the fact that the office is closed he was unable to cash the order there. If you fail to notice the coupon on the order you will be swindled. On this coupon is stated that the order is not good for a sum larger than indicated thereon in printed figures. His work is crude and easily detected. He uses the names of James Hart, Thomas Ward, James Smith, John Kennedy and others. He is described as a man 55 or 60 years old, five feet ten Inches in height, gray hair, smooth face, slightly deaf, wears working clothes, black slouch hat and has the appearance and hi3 talk indicates that he is a railroad man or telegraph lineman.

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AND A COUNT, OR TI113 JOKE OWN WEIGHT. LA PORTE BOY IS BERLIN CORRESPONDENT. t Fred Wile, Former Correspondent for Chicago Dally News Makes a Change. Fred TV. Wile, son of the late Jacob Wile of La Porte, is rapidly winning distinction In the activities of Journalism. He went to Berlin, Germany, sev eral years ago as the correspondent of the Chicago Daily News, his work win ning him a spienuui reputation as a foreign correspondent. He lived in princely style at Berlin and was a con spicuous figuse in the life of the Amer can colony in the Fatherland city. A cablegram today states that Mr. Wile has resigned his position as a member of the staff of Victor F. Lawson's paper and has signed a contract to serve the London Daily Mall for a period of three years at an annual salary of $3,000 Mr. lie will continue to cover the Berlin news field, but his new work is a promotion worthy of his talents. PECULIAR ACCIDENT. Huntington, W. Va., Sept 21. Chauncey Miller, a machine shop employe of the C. & O. railway, is dying as the result of a strange accident Miller was working with a portion of a small hose filled with compressed air, the pressure being 90 pounds to the square inch. A small leak occurred and Miller took the hose in his teeth in an attempt to make a repair. The hose suddenly burst and the compressed air went down his throat with such force that his lungs and stomach were destroyed, physicians

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A N.EW RULING IS t i ' LOGANSrORT SCHOOLS. In former days when yon were absent from Bchool the knowledge of the fact reached the parents only from an over ly-inquisitive school teacher or a tattle-tale school mate. Now, however, the power of the press is called intoaction to place this information before the parents of children at school. Hereafter the list of pupil3 absent from the Logansport schools will be published daily so that all may see who was absent. In the event Johnny Jones 13 absent with the knowledge and consent of his parents this innovation will work no hardship, but if Johnny Jones has absented himself with his own consent for the avowed purpose of fighting a hornet's nest, the publicity will result in a wood shed interview that will make the scion of the Jones family lose all respect for the man who invented the printing press. The school authorities foresee a startling decrease in the number of absentees as the result of giving publicity to tlfe number absent each day. INDEPENDENT COMPANIES Control Half the Steel Output of the United States. A good many people have the idea that the so-called steel trust has the steel trade of the country completely concerned. The United States Steel cor poration comes nearer controlling the commodity in which it deals than any other industrial organization in the United States. Yet nearly half of the steel manufactured of the United States Is carried on by Independent concerns. In the year 1905 the percentage of production of tho United States Steel corporation and its competitors was as follows; Corpor- In deProducts ation pendents Iron ore......... 43.4 56.6 Coke 37.9 62.1 Pig iron 44.2 65.8 Crud steel 69.2 3D. 8 Finished rolled prod ucts 47.3 52.7 Wire nails 66. 1 33.9 Tin plates and turned plates CI. 3 3S.7 In all of the products tbe percentage produced by the corporation has de creased since the corporation was or ganized with the exception of coke and wire nails. THE FIRST VOTERS. About 20 per cent of the voters at each presidential election are first voters. TV hat a vast responsibility there rests upon the young men of the country. The balance of power Is in their hands. How important that they should begin right and how important that campaign managers should look carefully after these first voters. This fall nearly two million new voters will cast their ballots. In 1308 nearly four million wlil vote for president who were not o!d enough in 1304. Noble3ville Ledger.

STRIKE AT STANDARD OIL.

. The Standard OH strike Is practically over.. .The flreuiea will return to

work tomorrow mors tag.. .They held decided for peace. The other strikers boiler makers will retora also.

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ETCH Kieinow. -G3 9amtm sWsU&2aiBW POSTMASTERS IX S3SSI0X AT VALPARAISO uoid sixth Annual. CoarentlonTws Day Program is Arranged Attead. ance Good. The postmasters of the Tenth con. gressional district held their sixth annual convention today at Valparaiso.' The session will be continued tomor. rOW. Albert Mflnclr nt tr who Is also a member of the associa. tlon, was in attendance. Other postmasters who were In Ham mond this morning en route to the con vention were. J. C. Thompson. Fail Oaks; L. E. Conglll and Thomas N. Pat. rick. Battle Ground; John D. Sink, Rosa Lawn; Andrew Kararaer, St. John; L. LT Street, Brookston; J. TV. Mllligan, of Clark Hill. Postmaster Gostlin of thli city was unable to attend on account of legal business at Crown Point. Th program was as follows. Tuesday. Headquarters will be established at Elks hall on Main street - Meeting will be called to order la the court house at 2 p. m. Address of welcome by Hon. W. IL Williams, mayor of Valparaiso. Response by TV. E. Peck, president oi the Indiana Postmasters association. Reading of minutes. T Address by Hon. E. D. Cmmpacken M. C Paper, "Efficiency in Rural Free Delivery," by IL TV. Wise, carrier Rout No. 2. Crown Point, Ind. Appointing of comrcittee. Handing in questions for "questiol box." Erenlng Session la Elka Hall. Address of welcome at Elka hall bf. W. II. Gardner, exalted ruler B. P. O. Elks No. 500. After which an informal luncheon will be given and a good time generally will be had renewing old; acquaintances and forming new ones Tho usual "smoker." Wednesday. 8 a. m. Trip to Valparaiso trniver sity. 9:30 a, m. Meeting called to order la the court house. Reading of minutes. Report of officers. Paper. "Foreign Mails," by CharleS E. Davidson of Whiting. 1:30 p. rn. Paper, ' Parcels Lost," by John H. Logeman, assistant superintendent of delivery, Chicago. Paper. "Railway Mail Service," by Frank I. Winslow, head clerk. Port Huron &, Chicago R. P. O., Valparaiso. Opening of "question box." Answers and general discussion. Reports of committee. Selection of next place of meeting. Election of o Ulcers. Adjourn. THE W EITHER. Fair tonight and Wendetsday. a closeted meeting thi afternoon and who Tere out la trmniitkr with ih.

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