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EXPLOSIVES Lena Eeahlers Mistakes Dynamite and NitroGlycerine for Rubbish. ilAY LOSE BOTH LEGS Two Men Who Had Secreted Dangerous Compounds Arrested May Be Lake Shore Bandits. Mistaking a package, containing a stick of dynamite and a bottle of nitroglycerin for useless rubbish, Miss Lena Beahlers, a chambermaid in the Aetna Powder Mill boarding house, kicked it aside yesterday afternoon and caused an explosion which may coat her her life. Besides giving the town a bad scare, the force of the explosion tore out one end of the boarding house, causing considerable damage. Miss Beahlers is in a Chicago hospital, one of her legs having been torn off and the other may have to be amputated because of its mangled condition. Charles Packard and Fred Oerstrung, employes in the powder mills were arrested yesterday afternoon and may bo charged 'with assault and battery with Intent to kill. They were bound over to the circuit court today in Judge Nicholson's court at Crown I'oint today. It was in their room that the explosives were found by the -girl when she . . . . ...c, .a yesterday utterWhence mm3 what had caused the noi'c5i-on, and that it was an innocent son that had come to harm because Ptne s reed of two employes, the anger f the working men knew no bounds .$Ulti.X(.f)a. .Xpxtmta.te .. f.px th two .culprits that they Avere"" hurried off to the county jail by Deputy Sheriff Agnew. Angry threats 'wore heard all afternoon of what punishment should be meted out to Packard and Oerstrung when the mills should close after 6 o'clotc. Miss Beahlers presented a pitiful sight when picked up by Mrs. Carndufs, the landlady. She lay on the lloor against the wall in a senseless heap. Blood was flowing in profusion from her body. The Inmates of the house rushed to Mrs; Carndufs' assistance while the neighbors tarried in fear that a second explosion would follow. The boarding house which is one of the company's institutions at Aetna, is not far away from the mills, and the sound was heard there. With years of experience there the older employes immediately knew the significance of the report. "How many, and who Is it this time?" was the question asked by the workers who left their employment. Oerstrung and Packard were among those who were seeking the cause of the explosion and were probably the first ones to know the cause when they aw the wrecked wall In the building where they boarded. It was their room In which the explosion occurred, and the gathering crowd was too persistent in its demand to know how the explosives came there, to brook any answer but the truth. Packard and Oerstrung: still have to explain why they carried away and concealed explosives for which there is no market.- 'Explosives 'for legitimate purposes can be bought at a very small -amount of money. ltteotives wil be put to work who will try to find a connection, between these men and those who have been blackmailing the Lake Shore ofTu-lals, threatening to dynamite the Lake Shore limited unless $5000 was dropped from the train at Pine station last night.' The clew will be worked all the harder as the Lake Shore officials think that it was a gang of men whe plotted the blackmailing. Should they fail along that Una their history will be traced back in oredr to establish a connection between them and a gang of anarchists. Mr. Edwards, superintendent of the mills, 'personally took 'the maimed girl to a Chicago hospital where It was given out this morning that her remaining limb would probably be amputated. MORE liOOD INDIANS. Members of the local R P. O. E. lodge are looking forward to an enjoyable time for this evening when three new candidates will he initiated. The Elks-to-be are E. E. Beck, J. S. Kcilley and Mort Towle MRS. MASTF.LLAR SERIOUSLY ILL. Mrs. Ralph Mastellar is in a serious condition ' in St." Margaret's" hospital. Her health had been failing for some months, and it is thought that this was caused from a strain in lifting. She was removed to the hospital yesterday and operated on this morning. If there is more than one daily paper printed in a town, and you would use but one, select that which carries the greatest amount of paid want ads. The paper that people of a town use to make their wants known to one another is the paper for you to use to Biake your wants known to them.
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DETECTIVES ARE BERATED Section Boss Calls Dummy Sleuths Bunglers; Will Appeal to Courts. SICK WIFE MAY DIE Has Relapse Because of Nervous Strain Suffered While Posse Searches House, According to the story told by William Kelly, a section boss on the Lake Shore railroad, the detectives who were sent out on the 'Mummy' limited to capture a bandit who threatened to blow up the regular train if $5,000 was not forthcoming, are a lot of bunglers, and his sick wife's life has been placed in jeopardy as a result of the search they made of the Kelly home at Edgemoor. For several weeks the officials of the Lake Shore railroad have been receiving anonymous letters from sources all over the countr,y, stating that the writer was desperately in need of money and would go to any length to secure it. The letters stated that if the officials of the "railroad company did not throw off a' bag containing ?,",000 at a given signal when the train approached a Jonely spot near Pine station the train , ww'-' ,.he t to atoms. The 3 causd tlle company to I " " ... - .. . . v t I. IJ I C. NiJ O sible catastrophe. At first It was pro posed to put a gang of detectives and V. S. marshals on the regular train and in the event the bandit: fired the shots that were understood to be the signal for the train to stop, it was proposeSL2 . aP train, and efft.i.tixa capture 'ot the man or men that were making" the bold demands. , Later it ' was deckled that the risk would be too great and so a 'dummy" limited was fitted out to look just like the regular train, and after being filled with a pose of detectives, it was sent out a few minutes ahead of the regular train. At a lonely spot it is claimed the bandit took the bait and fired the signal shots. The detectives crowded off the train armed to the teeth, and began a search of the territory in the neighborhood of the attempted holdup. Shots were tired through the underbrush and the blood-hounds were put on the trail of the desperado. Failing to find any one to arrest in the vicinity of Pine the party went back to Edgemoor. Just previous to their arrival there, Ed. Kelly, who is employed in the East Chicago water works, had returned from work to the home of his parents at this place. Upon the arrival of the party the hounds at once took up the fresh trail that had been made by Ed Kelly and led the whole party to the residence of the section boss and his son. Of course, the whole family was dumfounded thatthey should be accused of an attempt to hold up a passenger train. but in spite of the protests of Mr. Kelly that his wife was sick and should not be disturbed, the detectives searched the house from top to bottom and then put Mr. Kelly and his son, Edward, under arrest. Although the two members of the family were allowed to remain to care for the sick mother, who had been visited by the doctor just previous to the arrival of the detectives, the guard that was placed over them was not re moved until four hours afterwards. By that time the shock and the continued strain had proved too much for the sick woman and she suffered a relapse. This morning it was feared that the woman would not recover, and Mr. Kelly is so indignant that he has determined to hire a lawyer and see if he cannot have recourse in the courts for the. uncalled for indignities. TRAMPS RESEMBLE APES. There is a strong resemblance between tramps and apes, according to Dr. J. A"llson Rhodes, chairman of the central committee of poor la- conferences. Lr. Rhodes made this interesting and original comparison at the Northwestern poor law conference at Chester on Saturday. "If." he said, "you walk with an unemployed procession for about half a mile and study the tramps you will see that a great many of them are of the degenerate type. They have a peculiar walk with them, and it is like that of an anthropoid ape. "I have watched the tramps in England, on the continent, and in America, and all the world over there is a great similarity between them. We must dis- i courage the growth of the class of men who more nearly resemble apes year after year." London Express. BABY HILL IS BURIED. .Jane Hill, the four-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hill of 84 State street, who died last Saturday afternoon, was buried yesterday afternoon at Oak Hill cemetery. Rev. AY. H. Jones officiated at the funeral services.
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A STEEL G 01PM NGHINR M East Chicago Industry Get;! Half Million Dollar Addition. HAfriGBEASr I70M Several Hundred Extra Employes Will Be Added to Pay RollNeighbor City Eejoices. (Special Correspondence). East Chicago, Ind., Oct. 25. Continuing along the progressive lines of other of the industries of East Chicago, the Republic Iron & Steel company has begun the work under the supervision of McClinnock & Marshall, contractors of Pittsburg, Pa., of a half million dollar addition to its plant. The eighteen-inch mill has been dismanteled to make room for the newstructure, which will be constructed entirely of steel. Upon the completion of this one building the work of replacing the remaining old buildings will be taken up, so that eventually the entire plant will be new and one of the best equipped mills of its kind in the country. Several innovations new to the steel business are being introduced, which will revolutionize the old methods of doing things and increase the output of iron, while the cost of production will be materially reduced. AVith the enlarged capacity there will be a necessity for an increase in the working force of the plant by the addition of several hundred employes to the number already on the payroll. Some time ago it was rumored that the Republic Iron & Steel company would move its mills to East Chicago and the people of that city welcome the news of these improvements as an indication that the company has decided to remain where it is. IIOA- TO MARK YOUR BALLOT. It Is about time for young voters to inform themselves on the manner of marking their ballots when they come to vote. There will be lour tickets this year. The state ticket will be printed on pink paper. The county ticket will be printed on. white paper and the township ticket will be printed on yellow paper. In addition to these there will be a small ballot on which voters may express their wish as to the proposed amendment to the state constitution giving the legislature power to fix the qualifications for admission to the bar. AA'hen you enter the election room you will be handed one of each kind of the above mentioned tickets and a blue pencil. You will enter the booth then and mark your ballots. If you want to vote a straight ticket you will make an X in the circle containing the partyemblem. If you wish to vote a mixed ticket, do not mark in the large circle a the head of any column, but put an x in the square to the left of the name of every candidate for whom you wish to vote. Mark each ticket the way you wish to: then fold up each ticket separately to that the initials of the polling clerks may be seen on the backs of them. Then hand the ballota and penc'.l to the inspector and retire. THE WEATHER. Generally fair tonight ad Friday. j Warmer Friday.
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WAY OUT OF, NICK'S TROUBLES.
EUILDING OF ROAD ASSURED ; HAMMOND MEN AT HEAD. Hontl for llnrrinbur;? and Ohio River Railroad in Illinois Are Disposed ot Work to IIokIu Immediately. Senator T. E. Bell of this city, who is now president of the-JIarrisburg and hio River railroad, in southern 1 1 1 1 ois, has sent word to Hammond that he is disposed of the balance of the bo.' s for the proposed road. The promoirs are being .met with open hands at GfUlitia and Harrisburg, the termin als ofTi the road. Thjs building of the towns, and the $22,000. worth of bonds for Galitia and $41,000 worth of bonds for Harrisburg were readily taken up by the people of the two towns. The bonds were offered for sale as follows: They are five per cent., first mortgage gold bonds, and are offered at eighty cents on the dollar. AVith each bond sold a bonus of stock in the company, amounting to fifty per cent, six and one-fourth per cent, interest on the amount invested, with a chance to realize a further profit on the stock. All stock will be pooled, thus assuring each bondholders full participation in the company's affairs, and that control of the same will not be allowed to pass into unfriendly hands. John Ruber of this city is also largely interested in the road, and has been spending considerable time in Harrisburg with Senator Bell. Mr. Huber intends to take up the grading work at once, and has gone to Chicago this afternoon to make arrangements with A. S. Seymour, chief engineer of the Indiana Harbor railroad. FIREMEN SAVED BY CHIEF FK0M DEADLY LIVE WIRES. Were About to Turn a Stream of Water on Live AVires Carrying tiC.000 Volts of Electricity. Owing to the presence of mind of J. V. Daherty, chief of the Indiana Harbor fire department, several of his firemen were doubtless saved from death by electrocution. Several wires, one of which was carrying 66,000 volts of electricity, were crossed, and set fire to a pole in front of Alderman Walton's residence. The fire department was called to extinguish the flames, and prevent the live wires from dropping on the sidewalk. When the firemen arrived they at once prepared to throw a stream of water on the flames and put them out. Just at this critical moment Fire Chief Daherty arrived on the scene and at once commanded the men to put down the hose and not attempt to put out fires around live wires. The current would have followed the stream of water, and being of such a great voltage, would certainly, it is said, have killed every man who had hold of the hose. At first the men did not realize what great peril they had been in. but when the electrician who was called to ix the wires informed them that were 66,000 volts passing through the crossed wires they began to appreciate the danger they had. escaped. BURSTING EMERY WHEEL MAIMS MICHAEL SHEID. Employe of Aorth Star Iron Works Meets With Painful Accident While at Work Michael Sheid, an employe of the North Star Iron Works was ser.ously injured at about 11:30 this morning. While running an emery wheel the wheel broke in the center, one piece striking him just below the groin inflicting a very painful wound about nine inches long and three quarters of an inch deep. An ambulance was summoned and the unfortunate man was taken to St. Margaret's hospital. It will be some time before he will be able to resume Lis duties.
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Lawrence in Pittsburg Herald. FIRE RAGES If IWPOLWI Lives of Several Firemen Imperiled Within Burning Structure. Truck Companies to the EescueSuspicion that Blaze Is of Incendiary Origin. (Special to Lake County Times.) West Pullman. Oct. 25. Fire broke out in the big frame building occupied by the Sullivan & Talmer Candy company, corner Peoria and 120th streets, at iiliout 5 o'clock this nioinmg, and a number of firemen who responded to uiuim i c i yj i ci tune riiuusij imperiled. They were rescued, however, by the prompt and heroic action of the members of the truck companies under Assistant Marshal Fitzgerald, who realized the danger to the men and sent assistance. Kight men were rescued and a number of these were carried unconscious from the burning building. The fire is believed to have been of incendiary origin. The imperiled firemen were all members of engine companies 7080 and 7062. They had been ordered into the second floor of the burning building occupied by the candy company, and once within it w-as seen that there was no hope of saving the building. So they were ordered to return, but in the meantime the flames had cut off all means of egress. Marshal Fitzgerald took in the situation and sent ladders and men to the rescue, and the members of the truck companies, at the risk of their own lives, made their way through flames and stifling smoke to where their comrades lay, some overcome by smoke and others helpless in the stifling atmosphere. The adjoining building is occupied by the Ansel Scale company, which caught fire, and suffered in conjunction with the candy company a loss of $70,000. Families who lived in nearby frame cottages, fearing a spread of the conflagration, left their homes and prepared for flight. Twelve engine companies were soon at work, however, and they mastered the flames, confining them within the two buildings occupied by the scale and candy companies. STABDlVG EDS FATALLV. James Caklemanus, the Greek who was stabbed last Sunday afternoon by a countryman, Gus Stathacopulos, died early this morning at St. Margaret's hospital from the effects of the knife wound that he received above the heart. The deceased was removed to a local morgue, where an inquest was held this afternoon. He Is about 32 years old, and leaves a wife and three children in Greece. Stathacopulos, his assailant, was captured early last Monday morning at St. John and taken to the county jail. He was bound over to the Circuit court and is being held for murder. FATALITIES IX EIRE. (Special to Lake County Tlmes. Kansas City. Kan.. Oct. 25. More than a score of lives are believed to have been lost in a fire that destroyed the Chamber of Commerce building this morning. When the fire broke out more than 200 people were asleep in the building, the upper floors being occupiad by families and lodgers.
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Chicago, Oct. 25. Police ofiirlnl are on the Inquiry rack today for the blunders made in connection with the Mnrnret Lewlle murder, t hief Collin Kturted ssn iuvcHtientlon into the police conduct of the onc, and the numerous mlutakc which nllowed Leonard Leopold, the Ktruouler f the uclreaa, to eseapai after he wax rreted. I'ollee official anil patrolmen may be coiled upon to explain the unaccountable release from custody not only of Leopold, but of Meliolna, within tweatyfour hours after their crime. Suapicioua facts came to Mailt today. It was lenrned that Leopold had ?1S." on deposit behind the bar of Levee sjiloon when arrested, a fewr hours after the murder. Ajcain he was seen talking with a number of policemen Ii the neighborhood of his sister's home, at California and Milwaukee avenue. He was seen in earnest conversation with a detective of the Attrill street police station as Sate as 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Chief Collins summoned Captain Mephen Henly and Sergeant I'carsall to his office to quest io"n them. Detectives today are frying to trace Mrs. Helen Simon. 1K5 State street, a
sister of Leopold. It Is believed Mrs. Simon hits Rone lo join ner nroiner, nnu If possible pave the way for his eventual escape from the police cordon that 1 I.cIuk drawn about htm. Mrs. Simon left her home early today on a mysterious Journey, saylns she was. Rolnp out of the city, llefore leaving, however, she eave no liuht as to her brother's whereabouts.
Chicago, Oct. 2.". Simultaneously with the disappearance of Mrs. Stevenson, widowed bride of the attorney slain In n WnshluKton street nllcy. Chief Collins and Captain O'ltrien today abandoned accident theories and hexrau a murder Investigation of the lawyer's death. Mrs. Stevenson, w ho moved from the Stevenson apartments under police escort, and has been visitlne at 312S Ithodes avenue, left there at 8 o'clock last nlRht. She did not even leave an address, despite the fact that a quantity of mail awaits her. Police ofliciais today prepared to arrest a man and a woman, new suspect In the perplexing: tragedy that hides the life and death of Charles II. Stevenson lawyer and collejte graduate. Te two have been shadowed for the past forty-eljcht hours, and the police now declare that they will have to explain their movements In detail and furnish a complete alibi to clear them. They have, the police say, made peculiar statements in regard to the ease, and have involved themselves almost from the moment they were suspected.' According to Captain O'ltrien, the man and woman will be arrested as aooa as certain matters now under police investigation are looked up.
RACING RESULTS AT JAMAICA. First Race They're Off, first; Moatgomery, second Botanist, third. Second Hace Albert F.. first Clolsleress. second llomeiander, third. Third Ilace Cressina, first StampinK Ground, second; Palette, third. Fourth Hace Curriculum, first; IJelcast, second; LorinK, third. Fifth Race Brass, first; Mbllck, second; Delmore, third. RACING RESULTS AT LATONIA. First Race Refined, first; Allyth, second; Caper, third. Second Race Oladiator, first; Intense, second; Daring:, third. Third Race Salvace, first; Prince Brutus, second; InKoHbrlff, third. Fourth Race Stoner Hill, first; St. Joseph, second; Marvel P., third.
O'KEEFE MODEL Conduct of Hegewisch Officer Stirs Entire Chicago Force. EIGHT CHARGES IDE Patrolman Accused of Every Misdemeanor on Calendar Excepting "Housemaid's - Knee." Charges against Police Officer John O'Keefe of Hegewisch, who is accused of almost every minor misdemeanor in the calendar, are responsible for a general upheaval in the Chicago Police force, and the result has been that stringent orders were issued yesterday by the Civil Service Commission to the effect that any policeman in uniform found entering a saloon except in the performance of his duty would be immediately discharged. Although Officer O'Keefe headed the
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BA Explained Through Aetna T1MI" frtun t'nmn Point. I nl. nhr -nu:in , v lio nlole the dvnamllf which other motive In Mrniins the dynamite RICK !! it list of cuprits under investigation bofore the commission yesterday, the long array of charges which accompanied the complaint against him, appalled tha Civil Service men, and they decided they would need special, if not prayerful preparation, before considering his case. The latter will be heard accordingly next week. The charges number eight and Include the, following: Intoxication. Maltreatment of a citizen. Conduct unbecoming an officer. Kntering a saloon. Immoral conduct. Coarse and insolent language. Asleep at the switch. Mashing. Incidental with the last named charge Officer O'Keefe Is accused of accosting young girls when intoxicated and demanding kisses from them and other offenses. Hegewisch and South Chicago are considerably wrought up over the conduct of the festive O'Keefe and are clamoring for his discharge. As a result of the investigation precipitated by the Hegewisch officer two policemen were discharged and two were given heavy flnesesterday. IIEBRCW SERVICES SIXDAY. Rabbi George Zepin of Chicago will be here next Sunday to hold Hebrew services at the Hammond Hebrew Sabbath school rooms at 98 State street. j Mrs. H. Stevens. 230 Fayette street, is j sending out invitations with the inten tion of securing a creditable attendance. - Quite a number of Hammond youns people will attend the dance tonight in the city, given by the Badger athletic Club.
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