Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 85, Hammond, Lake County, 27 September 1906 — Page 6

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I WAS ONLY HOT AIR

Cuban Moderates Are "Climbing Down" After a Very Warm Lot of Talk.

STATESMEN INDULGE IN WIND

Talk About Usin Dynamite as a Conclusive Argument.

Udwood, Sept. 27. Captain R. L. Leesou, who died here following a sitrtrii-n I ope-ration, f'ir three decades condu'tcd n men-linndlse business in this city that "was the marvel of eompetltors in four counties. II' left an c.tatf valued at $1,0.miO. aeqr.ired

rinix-Jimliv through his dealing'-. viM

the farmers of Madison, Tipton. Hamilton and (Jrant counties. Farmers outside of Madison county lia ve traveled twice as far over almost impassable roads to trade at Loesm's as they wo'.dd !i:ive boon forced to so had tlcy wished to trade with other monhants. "Large Oaks from Little. Acorns." Leeson came to -U.I wood from Metamora. Franklin county, in 17S aid began business on a small scale. After a feu- months his building was luinied. and he went to Richmond, discouraged with no intention of returning. His brother. Silas Lee-son. however, lent him a small sum ami prevailed on Jiijn to make a new start. TMs lie did, erecting a two-story brick bulleling on ground that was so miry that it was generally predicted the prnieturo would sink ami li?:;i'I,',rToday the building has been enlarged until it covers almost a Mock, another stcty having also been added. He Downed Competitors. Competitor after conipetitor was forced to the wail by the successful methods of I.ecson an 1 his three sons. Tlie father, the Jcading Renins of the firm, catered to the country trade, and for years- he would not advertise. LeeFon's trading checks were as Rood as bank notes and main- farmers held rs much at 1x worth of this paper nt n time. It was used by many as a regular medium of exchange. Leesou never paid cash for produce. . Had Everything in Stock. In his department store could be found almost everything from farming Implements to all kinds of wearing Apparel and groceries. Ills store was n meeting place for farmers from all directions. IIo maintained a hitouyanl for their use directly adjoining Ids tori This ground includes half a city block and is rated with the most valuable in the city. All efforts to buy It for building purposes have failed, however. Leeson was a captain in the civil Avar and took a prominent part in the battle of Chicka-mnuga.

UNOLE BAH 13 EOASTED E0TL1

Suggestion That Europe Be Invited to Help Settle the Trouble But lieason Seems Finally to Prevail.

that the rebels lay down their arms. Secretary Taft approved of this, with the exception that it was unfair to make the reikis lay down their arms before the acceptance by both parties of a formal agreement to abide by the terms of the ultimate decision. Senor Dolz returned to the assembly and reported the result of his efforts. At ths resumption of the meeting and afrer hearing and hastily discussing the

i views of Secretary Titft the assembly ' precipitately receded, from its eontenj tion that the rebels must lay down

their arms before negotiation could be re-openod. and resolve l to notify Secretary Taft that ii would apioint a

I committee of si to meet a similar 1 committee from the Liberals to negotiate peace terms leaving all points upon which no agreement was reached ;to The arbitration of the United States ! commissioners. The assembly directed that Seeretaiy Taft be requested to notify the Liberals of this action of the Modj orates, to arrange for the appointment 1 of a similar committee by t he Liberals, '.and to fix a time and place.

HUGHES, HANDS DOWN

Him for State Chief Magistrate.

highest office at the gift of the convention. The advocates of Hearst replied te these attacks, the most effective of the

j utterances in his behalf being made by , j Representative Rourke Coekran. who New York Republicans Nominate declared that Hearst -was-not his per-

j sor.al choice, the ueinami that he be nominated having come from every

i section ef the state and was not to

! be denied. Ore feature of the adl dress of Raines, who v. as one of the I most vigorous of Hearst's denouncers, j was when be said that no arraign- ! meat he could make of Hearst I would compare to the denunciatory

speech hr.rled nt that same gentleman by Rourke e.Vvckran at a maps meeting in New York held under the auspices of ,Tammany hall during the mayoralty contest last fall. The plat form begins by denouncing the protective tariff as the cause of

and the refuge of the trust;

BUSINESS VERY QUICKLY DONE

Lieutenant Governor Bruce llenom inated Woodruff for State Chairman Hearst to liead the Demo crats.

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Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 7. Expedition j therefore -also as the origin of all the

Havana. Sept. 27. The Moderates have- agreed to appoint a committee to negotiate terms of peace with a committee of the rebels and Liberals, leaving all points utk-u which no agreement is reached to the arbitration of the United States commissioners. The Moderates have abandoned the condi

tion that the reikis must nrst lay

Willi HIS LITTLE ULTIMATUM

That Is How Taft Brought the Cuban Statesmen to Terms. It was an ultimatum issued by Taft and Bacon that brought the Moderates to agree to t.hso conciliatory methods. In describing the situation Secretary Tiift gave the Associated Press a brief calendar of the negotiations leading

; marked the scond and final day of the Republican state convention. From the time which was early in the day j when it became ktuwn that Charles j E. Hughes of New York, would bo ! nominated for governor by aeelamation the other proceedings practically j became formal and were pushed to i completion with the utmost speed. The ; selection of the remainder of the ticket and the choice of a new state chair-

Socialistic scheme extant; declares against all SoelaJim, which is declared no remedy for public ills of any kind, and opposes municipal operatlim of public utilities; m place of which government itself should confine itself to filing the rates at which paid utilities

I shall perform their services; insurance

legislation is demanded, and Russian anti-Jewish mobs are disapproved of; Bryan is declared a great Democratic leader, but not named for president.

. .. i no t the oresent status. He said: "1 he

down their arms before negotiates Moi,r;ltos aoterinin0!l t( fore0 American commence. I cau Intervention by the resignation of ' government otticers, thus leaving afHavar.a, Sept. 27. A meeting of j f.lirs in our hands. President Raima the Moderate national assembly was i chose to regard our suggestions as dohastlly called to discuss the pressing ' mands, and he rejecttMl them emphatquestion whether some way could not I ically. Today we acquainted Alfredo vet bo devised to settle the present ; Zayas. the Liberal leader, with the sit-

d'tliculty without the threatened United States intervention.. The meeting was held at the residence of Senor Dolz, president of the senate. Mores

uation, and he undertook to induce his associates to consent to the original proposition of the Moderates namely, that the insurgents lay elown their arms and submit the entire contro-

than sixty persons were present, xnej ; Versy to the American commission, included. Vice President Mendez ; but the rebel commanders and men in Capote, nearly all the members of the j the field suspected insincerity on the cabinet, and almost all the leading ! part of the government and declined.

senators and representatives. Many

WORK OF A TOUGH NEGRO

Steals Two IMnnor Pails. Shoots One

Man and Hits Another With

ix Stone.

Shelby ville. Ind.. Sept. 27 A negro appeared at the Rlodgett construction eamp.wherea larg.1 force of men is employer cutting down the grade of the Rig Four railway. The negro picked up two dinner pails and started down the road. He was pursued by a posse of workmen, headed by Andrew Novass,

a Hunyak. and Michael l ossette. an

officers of the rural guard were present in uniform. Started with Lettlnc Off Steam. No sooner had the meeting assem bled than the pent-up indignation against the United States peace commissioners broke forth. Several men began in loud voices and at the same time to condemn Secretary of War Taft and Acting Secretary of State Racon, who were declared to have shown partiality in backing the rebels and discrimination against the Moderate side of the controversy. The speakers shouted denunciations against the Un'ted States government and hotly insisteel that the Moderate party should appeal to the powers of the world for protection against the usurpation of the sovereignty of Cuba by the United States. Even T-ilketl of Dynamite. It was dt . red that the government forces should fight to the elenith rather than submit to the terms insisted upon by the rebels, and one speaker depleted the horrors of negro domination which would result, he said, from the threatened Liberal ascendancy brought about with the alleged assistance of the Unites! States. Some of the most radical present asserted that the government had plently of dynamite in Havana which would be used to precipitate those international complications that accrue from the destruction of faveign property. Proposal to Call on Europe. Several prominent men said that

'After an exhaustive investigation we informed both tne Moderates and the Liberal?? that unless they were willing to listen to reason the United States must enforce a settlement. I

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CHARLES X. HUGHES. man were accomplished before the con-

told them that a proclamation would i vention assembled, and it only re-

be issued establishing a milLtary government iu the island, but that this would continue only so long as necessary to restore order and insure the holding of new and fair general elections. I maele it plain that this military government would surrender the eonduct of affairs to the persons fairly elected as soon as they could fairly establish themselves."

SIX DEAD IN A WRECK

Italian. The netro turned when the I PT dynamite xney couiu imng two men were close upon him and tired (about intervention by Germany, or perh!s revolver, one shot taking effect in ! ,!M1VS 1,y ('roilt Britain, while others

Novass' .shoulder. After emptying his revolver the tie gro picked up a large stone and threw it at Fossette. striking the Italian on the head and cutting a gash five Inches long on les scalp. The negro then escaped on a v froisht train. The injured men were brought to this city, where they received surgical attention.

doe la reel rashly that they knew that foreign elisplomats here would favor such a course, and it was argued that the destruction of the German bank and the damaging of English railroad property would soon result iu European

Caused by a Freight Crew Leaving a Switch Open Two Score Are Wounded. Danville, 111., Sept. 27. Fast passenger train No. S on the Wabash railroad crashed through an open switch into a freight train near here. Last reports show that six persons lost their lives. Probably thirty-five or forty people were injured, most of them slightly. The cause of the wreck a 9 given by General Manager Henry Miller, of the Wabash road, was "accident causetl by the crew of the freight train leaving the switch open." The dead are: Jonas S. Rutler, of Peni. Ir.d., engineer of the passenger train; A. W. Allison, fireman of the, passenger train. Lafayette, Ind.; Edward Harding, mail clerk, Ivesville, 111.: C. II. Karnes, mail clerk, address unknown; George Goodanian (or Goodsmanl, resilience cither Springfield. 111., or Fort Wayne, Ind.; Arthur Shomaker, S months old boy. The most seriously woundtni are the following: J. I. Foster, Idaville, Ind., skull fractured; Rose, Gladys, John and Fern Livingston, of Buffalo. N. Y.. all under 10 years, badly

i maineel for the convention to ratify all j that had been arranged anel to ael- ! journ. The session of the convention

lasted about two hours. The full ticket nominated is as follows: Governor,

Charles E. Hughes; lieutenant governor, M. Linn Rruce; secretary of state, John F. O'Brien; comptroller, Morton E. Lewis; treasurer, J. G. Wallenmeier; attorney general, Julius M. Mayer: engineer, II. A. Van Alstyne. riatftorm Is "Stand-Pat." General Stewart Ii. Woodford, exUnited States minister to Spain, reported from the committee on resolutions, of which he was chairman. He read the platform and emphasized the cardinal feature of Republicanism and the features of Its party admistrations both state and national. Mention of President Roosevelt in the resolution and in speeches evoked applause. The platform is "stand-pat" as to the. tariff; indorses everything done or doing by President Roosevelt, and declares Governor Hlggins' administration one of the greatest the state

has known; favors legislation for the restoration of the American merchant marine," and the reduction of representation of states that suppress the elective franchise, and denounces mob barbarities at home anel abroad. Tim Woodruff to Manage. Ex- Lieutenant Governor Timothy I,. Woodruff was elected chairman of the state committee, succeeding exGvernor B. IS. Odell, Jr.

Characteristic of "Uncle Joe." St. Joseph. Mo., Se'pt. 27. Speaker Cannon spoke to an audience here whie-h overflowed the theater in which he appeared. In an interview given out here Cannon said the Democrats, who declare Roosevelt to be the best Democrat who ever sat in the White House1, are like the devil when he offered Christ all the kingdoms of the earth if the Saviour would do his bidding. "The devil claimed all the earth, but he did not own a el n foot of It," sahl Cannon. Representative Watson also spoke at the meeting he-re.

Bryan in Indian Territory. McAlester, I. T., Sept. 27. William J. Bryan arrived here on a special and was immediately taken to a large platfrom in front of the Elks' hall, where he made a short speech. Bryan urged the Democrats to stand shoulder to shoulder and make the new state Democratic from center to circumference.

President Congratulates Hughes. Oyster Bay, Sept. 27. The follow ing telegram was sent by the presl

deut after he had been notified of the nomination by the Republican state coventlon of Charles E. Hughes for

governor: "I rejoice for the sake of the cause of good citizenship in your

nomination."

RAPID WORK AT CHICAGO

Husband Kills His Wile. Ylncennes. Ind., Sept. 27. John Pebord. "0 years of ago, entered a restaurant at which his wife is employed here and shot and killed her. Upon seeing him enter the woman ftiirttnl to leave the place4, but Debord f.rod four shots at her. and she fell dead at the door. Debord. had bceu drinking. ImirtMiatdv after l.e fired

intervention. Certain .properties be-; burned: W. A. Sinks, of Marion, 111., longing to citizens of the United States injured in chest. The others injured were specifically mentioned as con- j suffered mostly from burns, slight to venicnt for such attacks. Several j severe, but none dangerous, speakers even said that they would I

NEW YORK DEMOCRACY

; prefer Germany or Gn at Cuba to the United States.

Rritaln In

ONE ABSOLUTE CONDITION

But It Was Found Not To Be So Absolute After All. This talk subsideel after an hour and a half and the meeting then settled

Better Pay for Conductors. Norfolk, Ya., Sept. 27. Representatives of, the Order ef Railway Conductors who have been at Portsmouth longer than a week, in conference with officials of the Seaboard Air. Line railroad relative to a new wage scale, decided on at a recent convention of the enter, have left for home. John A. I'Odson. chairman of the general committee, state! that it had rtMohod ai satisfactory agreement wit b. the officials and that the conductors would receive a substantial increase in wages.

down to the question whether it was

the shots Debord escaped, but was j not lHssiWe to re-open the negotiations later capture 1. j with the peace commissioners. The

Would F.vnngdiie th? World. ! one point upon which the meeting was ',

Richmond. Ind.. Sept. 27. At the ; unanimous was that the cardinal conopening scsstct of the Indiana yearly ebltion of the re-opening of negotiation ! Helped Capture tfeff-Davis, meeting of friends the large: l.-Vi.v ef : should be that tie Moderates insist! Clinton. Mo.. Sept. 27. Alex TenQrakor "in the worhl. John Henry i that the commissioners require tho gil'y. who was a meml er cf the squad ivouglas ef Pasadena. Cab. made an ; rebels to lay down their arms beforo ! of Union soldiers that captured Jeffer-

nppeal for puof the wjerld. YorstilUs O.

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Robert W. Doug'ass. of a!- - sToke. Several

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preceding to negotiate. After a brief eonsieleration in which no difference of opinion was shown

e foreign e'oiir.Mics are j it was agreed that Acting Secretary j of the Interior Montalvo should visit

the United States commissioners and acquaint them with the party's insist-ene-e on tins eonditiem. Seuior Mem-

"ell Known Ineli.inapalitan Hurt. Im'.iauarolh. S -.t. 27. A. C. Shirt

ridge, at (tic time a well known aelu- ; taivo therefore procoedtd to the United j other girls

cat or. anl alter w uor.i suertneige leg's school was nair.ee!. was run over by a Gvt -ci'cld intcrm-ban car at stop

i Hearst Has the Delegates and Tam

many Is lor Him. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept 27. At a session which began at 7:45 last night and continued until 2:20 this morning the Democratic state convention nominated a state ticket with William Randolph Hearst at the head of it. Hearst already was in the field as the gubernatorial nominee of the Independenee Ieague, which he was instrumental in organizing. The Democrats also took from the Independence League ticket Lewis Stuyvesant Chan-

kr, of Dutchess, for lieutenant governor, and John S. Whalen, of Monroe, for secretary of state. The other nominees have no place on the Independence League ticket. Hearst was nominated with "00 votes, only 22 el being nevessarv for

son Davis, and wh received a part a choice. Representative William of the reward ottered for that act. dieel Ionizer received for governor 124 vote's, here from the result of an operation, ! and John A. Dix. of Washington, reage.nl CO years. j eeived the complimentary vote of 17 j delegates, making 4".0 in all. The I nomination of Hearst was made in the

Stensland Pleads Guilty and Within Three Hours of His Arrival Han Been Sentenced.

Chicago, Sept 27 raul O. Stensland, to whose self-confessed embezzlement of $400,000 was due chiefly the collapse of the Milwaukee- Avenue

State bank, was given an indetermin

ate sentence in the penitentiary within three hours after bis arrival in Chi

cago from the east, and before another

three hours had elapsed the convicted

bank president had begun service of

the sentence at Joliet.

Stensland pleaded guilty on two in

dictments, one charging embezzlement and the other charging violation of the state banking laws. A fine of $120 was imposed on the latter charge, which was based upon the acceptance of $G0 in deposits after the bank was insolvent. The sentences imiosed, which

will operate concurrently, are from one to five and one to ten years, making

the longest term the prisoner will be

compelled to serve not more than ten years. What Stensland salel ini -his

confession was not divulged, but

State's Attorney Healy said it was

complete as to Stensland's guilt and

that of others.

Foot Ball Is at Work Again.

Princeton. N. J., Sept. 27. While

carrying the ball over for a touchdown

in a practice game of foot ball at

Lawrencevllle John P. Kennedy, cap

tain and right half back of the Law

renceville eleven, was kicked in the

neaa. tie wanted on tne field apparently unhurt, but died an hour

later in the gymnasium of the school.

He was 21 years old and his home was at Troy, N. Y.

NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

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States legation and submitteel this conflition to Taft and Racon, adeiing that if the proposition was not acceptable to them the government

legs was cut , forces would refuse to lay dovnheir

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Fatal Spot for the Family.

fs'iing fci river Guy

arms or deliver them cither to the ; rebels or the commissioners. In the

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mussel shejjs in the Ohio Martin lost his life. Ills

meanwhile Senor Dolz had been sent! sacred music, my son. Woman's Home

He appeared j Companion.

brother v.-as drowned in the same s:ct several months ago.

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at the United States legation and made the following proposition, re- ; questing the opinion of the commissioners thereon: "That both sieies appeint committees of six to treat for i peace, but with th prior conditkB

All Is quiet at Atlanta and business has been resumed. It is announced that the Russo-Chl-nese bank will open a branch at New lork. As a feature of the Pike's Peak celebration at Colorado Spring?, Colo., a salute of eleve-n guns was fired from the top of the peak, three miles above ea level. xight men were killed by the collision of two trains on the Mexican Central railroad near Callegor Mex. The Minneapolis and St Louis railroad has been ordered to produce its original books and vouchers for inspection by the state railroad commission.

i this state?. The minority, which cast ! delations between the United States I its ballots for Sulzer. had known for and Turkey are becoming strained b i several days that it was beaten. This ! cause df repeated postponements of the j fact was made sure in the last ses- I reception of Ambassador Leishman by ! sion. when a test vote on the majority i suhan. re port of the committee on contested j Secretary Metcnlf, of the department I seats showed Hearst supporters to be j of commerce and labor, has returned in absolute control. Under the guise i to Washington after an extended vaca- ! of advocating the candidacy of Sulzer tion. a number of Hearst's party opponents j J. C. McEurney. of Boise, Ida., right took the stage, and amid storms of eminent commander of the Knight cheering and hissing denounced and j Templars of Idaho, has mysteriously

She All men are conceited. lie Not arraigned the man they knew was to ? dJssppcareel. all. I s?e a man every day who is not he the party's candidate in the most Tne Montana Labor party ronvencunceited. She Where? He In th remarkable series of speeches ever tion indorsed the nominees of" the Demaairror. hurled at a men to be named for thelocratic party.

Corrected.

Isabel, you are not at all I'ka

face of the bitterest opposition ever j wage-el in a Democratic convention in i

"That is not a compliment. Mr. Spooler. Yon should say that othr irls are not at all like me."

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