Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 110, Hammond, Lake County, 26 October 1906 — Page 6

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THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES FRIDAY. OCT. 2G. 1906.

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cos Tolesranb. Notts bv Direct Wire fro:n All Over Lafayette, Ii:d., Oft. 'J".. Ralo-m proprietors and bartej.dern less 'ng round hymn ;i;;d prayer books, and tbe strains of "Xcunr, My tied, to Thee," floating thror.gh barro..i door are not uncommon things in Lafayette this wee!;. Son.?, prayer and mtu oii in tbe leading saloons of the ei'.y are novel features of tk great revival now in progress here- under the- !rai h:p of Dr. J. Wilhtir Cha; m;;n, of Wim.r.a. Mr. and Mrs. William Asher aro the saloon evangelists, and thy have charge of this uid;ue branch of the religious campaign. They Carry a Portable Organ. Their first saloon meeting in Lafayette was held at a popular Main street resort, and It was such a great success that nearly every saloon man In the city has consented to allow similar meetings to be held in his place of business. One hundred men, young and old, crowded Into the Oak to attend the meeting. The saloon proprietor and his bartenders were attired in their best clothes. Promptly at 8 p. m. the doors swung open and the people assembled In the saloon saw h man nd woman enter. They t arried a large object resembling a trunk, which proved to he a portable church organ. v Not Conducting a "Crusade." ' Asher set up the organ, his -wife sat ttown to play and he mounted the seat of a chair. First he proceeded to 'square himself" as he called it, vi?h the men. lie indulged in considerable elang, then announced his plan of work, arid said he was not conducting a crusade or reform and would not condemn the liquor men. They Whistled the Hymns. Mrs. Asher sang alone and then led the crowd in singing "Nearer. My Ood, to Thee," and other songs. Sometimes 'Asher had the men whistle the hymns. Tbe saloon proprietor and his chief bartender passed around the hymn books. They maintained the best order and there was a respectful silence and attention all through the service. GAVE SIO FOB AN OLD DIME Millionaire Li06t the Dime Sixty Years Ago When He Was Only 5 Years Old. Attica, Ind., Oct. 2. After an absence of sixty-five years Frank F.ookwalter, a millionaire of Springfield, O., has returned to his old homo in this county. One of his tirst acts was to recover a silver dime that he had lost when he wag 5 years old, just before be went away. The dime had been given to him by his grandfather, and he was playing with it on the doorstep, lie dropped it and it fell into the crack of the stone steps.. The bo"'s parents were poor when they went to Ohio. The boy had his own way to make and he soon developed a love for mechanics. As a young man he made some inventions that made him wealthy and now he is several times a millionaire. Last week he came back to his boyhood homo. His business and his wealth had not made him forget the dime he had lost sixty-five years before and as soon as he got to the old house he offered a man $10 to get the dime. A crowbar was rirought. the stone stops Avere lifted from their foundations, and the dime was recovered. Why He Committed Suicide. Princeton, Ind:. Oct. 2r. Henry Heathman. Avho committed suicide by drowning in the family cistern at his home r.ear Oakland City, is now said to have been guilty of forgery. Recently he bought a farm, linking $1,X'0 of the purchase price, and to raise the needed funds forged the names of his uncle and brother. T. .T. Sr-i tK and M. L. Heathman. to a note for that amount. Saloon Men to Put on the "Lid." Evansville. Ind.. Oct.- 2d. The saloon men at Ilaiil-t.a'.t. Ind.. a German tOAvu north of he:;-. have,lec ided to put on the "inl." since the "iid" went on in many of the neighbor in: towns the thirsty ones have been spending their Sundays fit Hauhstadt and as a result the town h:is been overrun, the saloon men say, Avith an objectionable class. That Top Coal (Question Again. Torre "Slante. Ind.. Oct. 2d. The special convention of district No. 1!, United Mine Workers, instructed the disaffected locals to prepare a resolution suggesting a remedy to the top con) question whMi led to the call for the invention. The action fo'.IoAved a long debate in which district onicera were subjected to criticism. Jumping the- Hope- Hilled Her. Washington,' l:ul., Ott. 2d. Jumping the rnpe at school produced coa-rus-sion of ie brain. Avhich caused the death of Kosa, the i year-old. daughter cf Paul. Miller, 'of South Washington. Subscribe for the Lake County Tiroes.

RAILROAD HOTES.

C L Ailnett, a i d master of the Erie here, was a city visitor last night. Tliu second section of Erie was one hour late last night. No. i: Wabash train No. 3 was run in two f tciious last night. WaLssti trwin No. & was two hours late ycstei'l iv. J. P. Slier win. general agent of the K;:e road. Was in lidmr.io::il today on business. Tom MoCisne, switching clerk at the Erie lii'.i 5treet station, visited friends in Hammood last night. Prank Moore, clerk at the Wabash office, was in the city on business for the road yesterday. K. ;. AA'aitp. contracting: freight iijitnt for the Michigan Central, made the local office a pleasant call today. J'-.i'.ip Heitz, one of the Elgin. Joliet ok Es-stern ioai detectives, was in Hammond yesterday on business. The Wabash ran an immigrant train over its road last night between Detroit and Chicago. II. Slurry, brakeman on the Monon road between Hammond and Monon, has resigned his position. George Gerber of Hammond has taken a job with the Chicago Terminal Transfer road. It is rumored in Erie circles that one of the Erie clerks will soon enter the matrimonial road. James Adry, the big Monon detective, was in Hammond last night on business. Herman Purdy, of the Indiana Harbor surveying force, made a business trip to the city last night. F. H. Kitchen, resident engineer from New York, made a business trip to the city yesterday eA'ening. The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern road is repairing its tracks at the Simplex crosaing today. J. J. Sims, general superintendent of the Wabash road, was a caller at the local Wabash office yesterday. R. W. Hosmer, general train master of the Wabash, was a caller at the local office yesterday. The Erie yard office has been fitted throughout with steam heat, which makes it much more comfortable for the clerks. The second section of No. 9 Erie, carrying immigrants from NeAV York to Chicago, was three hours and fifteen minutes late today. A. C. Dorman, assistant baggage master of the Pennsylvania road at Port Wayne, passed through Hammond this morning. Engineer John Dillon of the Monon, has resigned his job and will take an other with the Chicago & Great West ern. Wabash switch engine No. 174 was derailed at the local yards last night After a few minutes' delay it was replaced on the track again. 'Jeorge H. Roberston, city passenger agent for the Wabash road, passed through Hammond today on his way to Detroit. F. L. Hastedt, contracting freight agent for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois toad, spent yesterday Avith friends in Hammond. The Timss acknowl edges a pleasant call. The Erie switchmen at 14th street, who were threatening to strike unless they received a raise received an an swer today, the company agreeing to give them tAo cents more per hour They have not yet decided whether they will accept or not. WITHDRAW MILEAGE BOOK. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 24 The Penn sylvania lines Avest of Pittsburg today notified Commissioner Donald of the Central Passenger association, that as the Erie railroad had AvlthdraAvn Its "good for bearer" mileage ticket from the Central Passenger association territory, the Pennsylvania would not issue its "good for bearer" flat 2-cent book o:r Nov. 1. as contemplated. Recently the Erie Railroad company gave notice that its "good for bearer' ticket would be good both in trunk line and Central Passenger association territory and the Pcnr..lvania met this competition. The officials of the Fvnusy'.vania lines in this city decline to talk. Consolation in Sorrow. Let a friendly heart divine our sor rows and force us to confess them and we find in this confession a consolation a thousand times sweeter than the absolute silence which flattered our pride. Viscountess De Lerchey. Not Much Comparison. The land area of the United States is 1.900.947,200 acres. Th area or Great Britain and Ireland is 77,671,S19 Explorer Was Farm Boy. Capt. Sverdrup, the Arctic explorer Avho recently added 103,000 square miles of ice to the king of Sweden's dominions, spent his boyhood days on a forest farm. Wall Street's Oldest Building. The oldest building in Wall street. New York, is tho government assay oiQce. immediately east of the subtreasury, yet it is only 83 years old, having been erected in 1S2?

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Ruling of the Intarstate Board That Is of Interest to Newspaper Men. NO MORE PASSES F0H THE PRESS Contract to Pay for Transportation in Advertising Net Good. Must Involve Some Discrimination Bays President Knapp Hoav He Interprets the Statute Itegulatin:; Hates. Washington, Oct. 2C Under a rul ing of the interstate commerce com mission transportation over railroad inos no longer may be given to news paper publishers or editors In ex change for advertising space in their neAAspapers. a protest against this ruling has been received by the commission from the Massachusetts Press association, through William J. Hefferman, the secretary of the association. In Ileffennan's communication he says that the association unanimously voted to "cuter its protest against the reported ruling in holding that the payment for railroad transportation at full rates in advertising shall be treat ed on any other basis than that of transportation paid for in cash. Ijv Requires Cash Transactions. In a letter to Secretary Ilefferman In response to the protest Chairman Knapp, of the commission, says in art, after quoting the section of the law which prohibits the issuance of free transportation or transportation paid for in any other way than In cash: "You are, of course, aware that al! tariffs filed in compliance with the regulating statute name rates in dol lars and cents, and do not in any case provide that transportation can he paid for with property. It seems plain to tho commission that the law above quoted, coupled with the fact stated, permits payment for services of inter state carriers only in money. Facilities Not Private Property. "This ruling of the commission in no way interferes with or abridges the rights of private contracts. Newspapers and their advertising space may be freely exchanged for any species of property upon such terms as may bo acceptable to the parties to the transaction, hut the facilities of the public carrier are not private property, nor are they the subject of bargain and sale like merchandise. The right to travel or have property carried by rail, like the right to the common highway, is not a contract right, but a political right, ths very essence of which : equality. Must Involve Discrimination. "Conceding that the advertising ar rangements in question are ordinarily made and carried out in good faith it seems plain to me that these arrangements must as a practical matter Involve some measures of discrimination, and it is not easy for me to pee hoAV an honest newspaper can seriously object to a ruling of the commission, which appears to be in obvious accord with the provisions and the purposes of the regulating statute." QUIZ OP THE GItAIN TRADE Further Testimony at Omaha of Those Who Know Something. Omaha. Oct. 2(5. At the hearing on grain trade conditions before Interstate Commerce Commissioners Clarke and Lane E. P. Peck, an Omaha grain dealer, told of the methods of arranging prices a year or two ago. during the life of the Nebraska Grain Dealers' association, but said no agreement of that kind uoav exists. He said he regarded "shovel houses" as unfair competition and used all means to driAe them out of business. F. M. Terry, a general merchant of Little Sioux, la., who operates a "shovel house," said he Avas formerly discriminated against by the Northwestern railAvay. For the last two years he has had no reason for complaint. The Missouri Yalley mills at Missouri Valley, la., he said refuse to buy his grain, giving as a reason that the XTpdike Grain company, of Omaha, would not sell them grain if they did, and would bid up the price so that they could not buy from farmers. Millers at Marshnlltown, la., also refused to buy his grain, he said, because he had no elevator and was not a member of the loAva Grain Dealers' association. Terry said he received a letter from Fiesident Wells, of the Iowa Grain Dealers' association, some time ago. fpitn which he learned that the association fixes prices paid for grain and provides for pooling by its members. S. McMv.rray. a "scoop shoveler" at Wood River and Shelton, Neb., said he was formerly manager of the Omaha Elevator company's eievator at Weod Iliver. The company also owned and operated another elevator there under the name of the Conrad Grain company. The tAvo elevators were supposed to be competitors. He had trouhle AAith the manager of the oth er elevator and resigned, and started i a 'shovel house." The price of wheat ! AA.i raised " cents, and of corn and! oats 2 cents a bushel, at once. Mc Murray said that notwithstanding the antipathy against "scoop shovelers" It was a fact that most, of the big elevator companies bc-a.-.n that way. Secretary Wilson Coming West. Washington. Oct. 2U. Secretary Wilson, of the department of agriculture, will leave Washington tonight for his home in Iowa, where he Avil; spend the time until election day.

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First Itegiment. I. N. G.. Freent to Assist in the Dedication or Hat- j tie Monument. j Vicksbutg, Miss., Oct. 23. Three j special trains from Illinois l.rir,eing i Gov. Deneen, of llljnois.and Got. Yard- j aman, of Mississippi, did not arrive in; the city until after 7 p. m., and the j ! the programme for the first day's exi ercises of the dedication of the ll!inois memorial temple in the Yieksburgj national park. On the trains 'came the First Illinois infantry regiment, over TOO, and hundreds of Illinois citizens. A reception to the visiting governors was given at the Elks' club at night, and an overflow reception. was held at the Carroll hotel, Avhile a ball attended by 1,300 persons was a feature. Today is the real dedication day. The parade started for the park at 30 a. tn. In addition to the Illinois troop about seven companies of the Mississippi National Guard participated. Colonel A. C. Matthews, president of the Illinois commission, presented the monument to the state and it was accepted by Governor Deneen, who presented it to the government. It was accepted by John C. Schortold, chief clerk of the war department, representing the secertary of war. DISPUTE IS QUICKLY ENDED Illinois Coal Operators Settle Matters Ret ween Them and Their D. M. W. Employes. Chicago. Oct. 21. All differences existing between the coal operators and! union miners of Illinois have been amicably settled at a joint meeting here between the executive committees of the operators and workmen. The chief contention which came up for adjustment Avas the fine of $500,000 which the operators wanted the workmen, to pay because they refused to work on "Yirden Day," Oct. 12. tbe anniversary of the riots at that place in 1S0S. The agreement under which the minora and operators are working stipulates that all mines shall he operated, everj' day excepting the regular holidays of the United States. Failure to live up to the agreement calls for a fine of SIO upon each miner refusing to work. The operators figured that the shut-down Oct. 12 was a violation of the agreement, and that the total fines amounted to half a million dollars. After a long discussion the operators decided not to impose the fine and this decision ended the controversy. HARRIMAN'S AMBITION Playing for Bis: Stakes. According to a Story That Goes at Chicago Chicago, April 26 There is a story in circulation here thai E. H. Ilarriman is to retire from, the presidency of the Union and Southern Tacific railroads. According to ' the rumor the plan is to make J. C. Stubbs, now traffic director for the Harriman linos, president in addition to his present position. Harriman will remain chair man of the executive committee of tho system so that he can keep his hand at the helm. TUs reason for retiring from the presidency is said to he a desire to de A-ote more of his time to the task which he is supposed to have under taken of securing a line of railroads from New York to the Pacific coast and from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. FARMERS FIX THEIR PRICES What the Society of Eqnlty Declares Must Be Charged for Vari ous Cereals. East St. Louis, Oct. 2fi. The following minimum price scale was adopted at the session of the American Society of Equity: Wheat, $1; corn, 45 cents until Jan. 1. 50 cents Jan. 1 to April 1, 55 cents April 1 until the next meeting of the society; oats, 40 cents; cotton. 12 cents, based at New Tork; hogs, $G.50: cattle, $G; hay, $14. With the exception of cotton all prices are based on delivery at Chicago. The fnlloAA-ing officers were elected: President. J. H. Everitt, Ind-ianapolis; vice president, J. B. Whiting, Interlaken. N. Y.; secretary. M. Wes. Tubbs, Indianapolis: treasurer, J. N. Stelle, Indianapolis: national organizer, H. B. Sherman, Greensburg, Ind. The convention will adjourn today. Saint-gaens Seriously 111. Boston. Oct. 2?. News of the serious illness of Camille Saint-Saens, the famous French composer, who is on his way to this country, is made public by C. A. ElHs. manager of the Boston Symphony orchestra, with w.icb organization Saint-Saens was to haAe appeared Oct. SO. Ellis received a wireless message from the surgeon of La Provence stating that the illness was serious, hut not mentioning its nature"The Clanman" Stays Under the Ban. Philadelphia. Oct. 2f. 'Judge Sulsberger, in common pleas court, refused to grant an injunction restraining Mayor Weaver from interfering with the production at the Walnut street theater of ''The Clansman" which the mayor suppressed as the result of a protest by leading colored citizens. Wage Compromise Rejected. Chicago. Oct. 2fi. A compromise of 2 cents an hour increase in wages offered by the railroads was rejected by i committees representing the 'Switchmen's union all over the country. The men are holding out for the original demand? submitted a month ago. New Command for Dreyfus. Paris. Oct. 20. Major Dreyfus, whe was detailed for duty with one of the artillery regiments at Vinceunes. has I neen given an independent artillery j command at St Denis.

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Coming Ashore of Many Life Eelts Puzzies the Atlantic Coast Wiseacres. jHAS A VESSEL GONE DOWN? Indications of the Is8 of a Passenger lioat Five More Florida Castaways Rescued. Norfolk, Ya., Oct. 2G. A maritime puzzle that may be the result of an ocean tragedy came ashore near Cape Hatteraas in the shape of more than 400 life preservers. BetAveon Ilatteras and Big Kinnakeet the beach is strewn Avith the cork jackets. Some are marked "CasAvitz, Bettunsyurccr, G. It. V. No. IDS, 341." Others are stamped "Sealanan." Two bear the name "Smeskf." Three miles north of Big Kinnakeet a part of a Avhite yawl and a fragment of a boat's gunwale washed ashore. There are no marks on this wreckage. If a Wreck a Horror. Because all tho life preservers and the pieces of Avreekage came on the beach in such a limited area, and because of the large number of jackets, shipping men here are of the opinion that whatever the cause may be it occurred not far from the coast, and that if there Is a wreck it is probably that of a passenger ship. A search among marine records has failed to reveal any names that correspond with those on the life preservers, and life preserv ers are generally marked with the name of the boat they are on. It is probable a revenue cutter will be sent out to search off Ilatteras for further traces of a wreck. Castaways Are Picked Up. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 28. Counting the minutes, which seemed to them to be but few intervening between them and death, bruised, bleeding, hungering and athirst, five men adrift on a bit of wreckage off the Florida coast saw a sixth companion, whose sufferings had driven hicc.' mad, throw himself into tne sea to death, and not loug afterwards a ship which was coming saved their lives. The five survivors of one of the greatest tragedies which has ever occurred on this coast were landed here by the British steamer Heatherpool, Capta-in John Grieves, commanding, which arrived for bunker coal, being en route from New Orleans to Rotterdam. Btory of Houseboat No. 4. The survivors are Frank Itevely, foreman, of Marianna, Fla.; Gus Johnson, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Bon Clarke, of Somerville, Mass.; Ahner Bell, of Kisslme, Fla., and John Campbell, of Philadelphia. They.Avith about 145 others, were constructing a concrete viaduct for the Florida East Coast railway through the Florida keys, and were aboard houseboat No. 4, which lay anchored off tho coast on the night of Oct. 17. The great hurricane Avhich swept oa'ot the coast struck the houseboat about 1 a. n... Oct. IS, and No. 4 broke adrift. The houseboat soon afterward foundered, and all of the 150 men aboard wore thrown into the sea. The houseboat was dashed to pieces by the waves. Six Men Make the Raft. Many of the men were killed by heavy timlcers Avhich struck them as they were struggling to lind means of rescue. Six men lashed together two ti'nhers. one 10x20 inches iti thickness and breadth and the other probably 14 inches and each 20 feet long, and lived on this raft until one man became mad fronv suffering and injury and threw himself into the sea. On the morning of Oct. 22 Captain Grieves, standing upon the bridge of his ship heard cries for help and discovered the raft. APPREHENSIVE OF FEVER Army Medical Officers Tear That Yellow Jack Will Give Us Trouhle In Cuba. Washington, Oct. 2G. Army medical officers who have had experience in ouoa are watching with anxiety the progress of yellow fever on the island. The principal reason for apprehension is found in the appearance of the disease at several widely separated points. Experience shows that previous outbreaks of yellow fever could be traced directly to the capital. Another disquieting fact is that the disease, beginning with one or two cases last summer, is slowly spread ing, although it has been the rule that the fever markedly diminishes during September. October and November Army surgeons here do not fear a gen eral epidemic, but they believe it will take hard work, time and monev to j put Havana in thorough sanitary condition and stamp out the remaining cases. Great Shake-Up of Police. New York. Oct. 20. Probably the most sensational shake-up the New York police department ever has experienced will go into effect today, when every captain except one In tne five boroughs f the city will be transferred by order of Commissioner Bingham. The changes are made "for the good of the service," the commissioner announces. Quarterback Hai Appendicitis. Annapolis. Md., Oct. 26. Homer Norton, quarterback of the Naval Academy foot hall team, has been taken to the academy hospital suffering with what is thought to be appendicitis. Every effort is being made to jpld an opera tioa

NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS! The business done so far by our factory branch in Hammond of the Strohber Piano Co. Has surpassed our most sanguine expectations. The problem, howevtr, is very easily solAed, as we have the RIGHT GOODS AT THE RIGHT PRICE We are giving all our customers a SQUARE DEAL NO MISREPRESENTATIONS NO FAKE. We are winning out by HONEST DEALINGS and doinsj as we agree in our advertising. This is why Ave are making: frit-rids in Hammond and vicinity. We advertised to sell our tirst carload of pianos at COST; we haA-e kept our word. There are a few of the first carload" left. When those are gone Ave Ai!l always try to have a bargain for you anyway. It will pay you to investigate our values direct from factory to consumer. MONEY SAVED IS M3NEY EARNED JUST GLANGE AT THESE PRIjES

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