Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 113, Hammond, Lake County, 30 October 1906 — Page 6

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Telegraph News bv Direct Wire from All Over Indiana Indianapolis, Oct. 30. A dispatch from Washington says: "The United j Ktates supreme court has denied the . application for a writ of certiorari for J a review of the decision by the United Suites court of aptf;tls that the city of Indianapolis has a right to an option j on the plant of the Consumers' (Ja j Trust company and has a right to sell j that option. No opinion accompanied j this announcement of the court's nil ii'g. City Gains Its Point. "The effect of this denial of the ar plication for review of the case is that the decision of the court of nppeah stands as the law governing the situatlon In Indianapolis. Fuder that decision the city is entitled to take advantage of Its option on the plant of the Consumers company and may sell that option to the company that has been organized to Manufacture and sell teen organized to manufacture and sell fuel gas." Ends Important Litigation. This decision ends a loner and important litigation. Under the charter of the Consumers' Gas Trust company, organized to supply natural gas, the city had an option on its plant should the company retire from the gas business. Since tho failure of the natural gas supply the company retired from the field and the city sold its option to the Citizens' Gas company, organized by popular subscription of stock to supply articfiial fuel gas at n price not to exceed CO cents per 1,000 cubic feet. gv"" Vetoes a Gas Ordinance. Bluffton, lnd., Oct. CO. Mayor A. W. Hamilton vetoed the ordinance Riving a franchise for an artificial gas plant to William A. Kunkle, a local oil man, rr trustee for a company to be composed of Bluffton capitalists. The mayor returned the ordinance to the council without comment, but it will likely b passed over his veto. "Where the Trouble Come In. The citizens of Bluffton were opposed to the franchise, principally for the reason that they vere not consulted about It, but It was presented to the Jeity council and passed on the same night without anythin? having been previously said of the company's intention to present it. It gives the company a fifty-year franchise, the maximum rate being Sl.'JO per 1,000 cubic feet, with a 10 per cent, discount for cash by the first of he month. BEEN DODGING THEIR TAXES? Measurement of Trackage at Indianapolis Develops n Lot That Is Not Assessed. Indianapolis, Oct. CO. From time to time In the last three months John V. Comis, a former deputy in the office of the auditor of state and an expert accountant, has been seen on the railroa'd tracks in this city, carefully pushing a cyclometer along the track. He was supposed to be in the employ of the railroad companies, and little attention was paid to him. It Las developed he had held a conference early In August with Mayor Rookwaltor and other city officials and had expressed the belief that the city was losing thousands of dollars a year in taxes because of false or incomplete returns of mileage by the railroad companies. lie offered to measure the trackage In the city and make the necessary comparisons with the returns of the companies for taxation, and the work was given into his hands. He has just made a report, in which It is shown that five railroads have made reports of less mileage than they really have In the city, and. according to the expert's figures, these roads owe the city $192,811 in taxes. These figures do not include what is due to the state. county and school fund, which aggre gates SCOT.OT-.'. making a total in ex cess of Sr.OO.WO. Killed Ilis Little Daughter. Shdbyville, lnd.. Oct. CO. Charles. 'Alyea. living near Fountnintowu. this county, accidentally shot and killed his little daughter Martha,:? years old. Th trigger of a loaded ride caught in a rant in a towel, discharging the gun. Two Ancient Greenbacks. Clay City. Ind.. Oct. CO. John Reed has deposited in the Clay City bank two JN't trrecTi! ;u-),s -ued in which his grandmother retired from circulation about that time, by hid in 3 them away ns keepsakes. Combine of Booze Sellers. Fort Wayne, lr.d.. Oct. CO. The Iort Wayne Licensed Lnjuor Fealets association ami the Twelfth district liquor dealers' organization have voted to unite. Fatally Sandbngged and Robbed. Bvans'uHe, lnd., Oct. CO. Joseph Halteer, of Newburg, Ind.. was sandtagged an.1 robutd hero, lie w ill probably die. ... . . . .. . . ... gaLrferlbe for Tlie Lake County Timeau

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Ilarvoy "Warren of Chicago has taken a job switching' on the Monon road. Train No. 0 on the Wabash was two hours late yesterday. Train No. 3 on the Lake Shore was an hour late last night. The second section of seven hours late last night. No. was Fred Collins, abstract clerk at the Erif yard office, was a city visitor yesterday. Louis Eder of Hammond has accepted the ticket agency for the afternoon and night shift at the ???? A. M. DoWeese, agent of the Erie here, lft last night for Lima, Ohio, where he goes on business. J. K. Ruff, night operator at the Eri, transacted business in the city yesterday. Two immigrant trains passed through Hammond yesterday on their way to Chicago from New York. G. T. Minish, terminal trainmaster of the Erie road, made the Erie yard office a call yesterday. George Drake, operator at the Erie depot, left last night for Marion, Ohio, where he will meet his wife and daughter. Hal Hughes, the Monon brakeman who was injured last Tuesday at Dyer, s reported better today, although he has never regained consciousness. J. L. Lockwood, Chicago agent for the Lake Shore, made Local Agent DufTner and Mr. Cowen a pleasant call yes terday. B. Rich, assistant chief engineer of the Chicago, Indiana & Southern road, transacted business in the city yester day. Pat Crowell, operator at the Wa bash depot, who has been on the sick list, is again able to resume his duties. IT. L. Jackson, chief engineer of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville road, made a business trip to Griffith this morning. J. L. Fox. claim agent for the Chi cago, Cincinnati & Louisville road. transacted business in Hammond today. Edward Fitzgerald, formerly night ticket agent at the Nickel Plate road, has resigned his position, and will ac cept a similar one with the Monon at Lafayette, Ind. Last Friday the Empire State Express made a new speed record between Utica and Syracuse. The train, according to the statement, made the run from Utica to the tunnel, just in side the city limits of Syracuse, a distance of fifty-four miles, in forty-five minutes. This is said to be a record breaker for any New York Central train between these two points. Much interest is shown in the action taken by the American Railway association in regard to an Increase In the rate per diem w-hich one road must pay for the use or detention of a car of another road. The vote of the as sociation is not binding on any rail road, but it makes it evident that the rate for the use of freight cars will be advanced. The object is to put a top to the practice of using cars of other lines rather than purchasing cars. "ARTESIA GARDEN LANDS." About 100 miles south of San Antonia, Texas, lies a tract of 14,000 acioa called the "Artesia Garden Lands," so named because the deep, rich soil and the mild climate make the land es pecially adapted to the growing of all kinds of garden truck, fruits and vege tables. You can find no finer fruit or truck lands anywhere. Truckers have been realizing trom 2S0 to $SC0 an acre from their lands in this sec tion. There Is no etter alfalfa land in this country, that crop producing from seven to nine cuttings each year and each cutting yielding from I to li tons per acre, which sells readily for from $10 to $12 per ton. Rocky Ford cantaloupes grow to perfection on this land, as do all other kinds of tiuck. fruit and vegetables. Corn and cotton do equally as well. From this lard you get three crops each year, any one or winch would pay lor a numoer of acres of the land. The soil is deep and rich; the climate is fine and nealthy; the location is near town. schools and churches; the price is ex tremely low. Can sell 40-acre tracts and up at $11.50 rer acre; one-half cash, balance on easy terms. You can raise a crop in less than ninety days and pay off the balance without in terest, jo down and investigate for yonrsHf. Cheap rates. Next excur I sion November 6th; only $2-5 for the ro.'.nd trip from Chicago. hy rent land? Vv hy work for another snd get jut enough to live on? Buy 40 acres or more of this garden spot, and in a few years you will be independent. DO IT NOW. Send for descriptive circulars of this section. The Sho waiter Land Agencv EAST CHICAGO, ID. AWOIXCLMEST. The Mraube Piano factory -wishes to anuouncc that It haa no retail branches or stores iu Hammond or elsewhere. The company sells direct from the factory only, at factory prices. Do sot be misled or cenfusrd hy fSiaaos with simitar names, but uSfn ia the market for in Instrument, bay direct from the factory, thereby sat lac middlemen's profits aid agents commission. Terms to suit. Take South Flohmau Htrcct car, come and see borr GOOD pianos are made. 10-26-lwk Biggest Farms In World. The. biggest farms in the world are in South Australia, where the average sauatter holds 7S.00O acres,

TOTAL iS FIFTY-THREE

That Is the Number Which Plunged to Death at Atlantic City. M. J. ALL THE CORPSES RECOVERED Names of All Who nave Been Iden tlfied Cause of the Disaster Remains a Mystery. Atlantic City. N. J., Oct. SO. The total number of dead in the appalling wreck of the electric train which on Sunday afternoon, loaded with passengers, plunged into the waterway separating this city from the mainland is now placed at fifty-three. Of these forty-nine bodies Lave been identified, two bodies remain unclaimed in the tempo rary mortuary, and two persons are known to have been drowned, but their bodies hae not as yet been recov ered. List of Identified Dead. The identified dead are: Emanuel Freed, of New York, an actor; Mrs. Mary Benckert, Philadelphia; Clarenco Benekert, 12 years old, a son; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Carter, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. James Paul Dempsey, Cam- j den; Mrs. Walter Bradish and Mrs. Cora Bibber, Eastport, Me.; Mrs. Sclnia Womfer, Camden; James Eagan, Atlantic City; Mrs. Lnura Lawrence, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel ! I fell, Oermantown, Pa.; Walter Scott,; Atlantic City; Dr. and Mrs. Alvin C. Hudders, Philadelphia; Dr. and Mrs. Piiul Felsberg. Philadelphia; Frank Monroe, Atlantic City: Eddie Niessa, 5 years, Philadelphia; Gertrude Hayes, Camden; Mrs. Evelyn McElroy, Philadelphia; Olivia McElroy, 5 years, a daughter; John Zimmerman. Philadelphia; B. Finkelstein, Reading, Pa.; Mrs. Ella Rittenhsose, r,0 years, Philadelphia: Ella Mnry Rittenhouse, daughter; Albert L. Getman, Philadelphia; Albert Kessel, Camden; Charles Kessel. a brother; Mrs. W. H. Stewart, Wenonah. X. J.; William S. Klyne, adopted son of Mrs. Stewart; Martha Heisch, Philadelphia; William Edwards, Woodbury, N. J.; Frank Merward, Philadelphia; Joseph Merward, brother: Constantine C. Veorado, Philadelphia: Yineenzo Romanic, Atlantic City; Geo. Turner. Atlantic City; Thos. Culvence, Philadelphia; Clifford Harris, 15 years, a brother; John Kober, Philadelphia; Robert B rower. Philadelphia: George Womfer, Camden; Mrs. Annie Miller, Philadelphia; Lester Miller, her son; Samuel Klelnberger, Atlantic City. Those Not Yet Identified. Of the remaining bodies at the morgue, one whs partly identified as that of Arman Alexis Tadesco. of New York, the fiance of Miss Heisch, who was killed. One other body In an undertaking establishment is that of nn old key-peddler, whose name no one seems to know. In addition to this Joseph McEiroy, 3 years old, son of Mrs. Evelyn McElroy, Is known to have been drowned, as is H. N Rurcn, of S20 South Eighth street, Camden. CAUSE STILL A MYSTERY May Be Discovered When the First Coach Is Examined. The day was one of unceasing aeticity. of gruesome scenes and pathetic Incident. Wrecking crews with derricks succeeded in bringing one of the two submergerd cars to the surface, and divers, working in relays, brought up bodies until their task was completed and they reported that no more dead remained either inside the second car or anywhere in the vicinity. W. W. Atterbury, general manager of the Pennsylvania railroad, who with several of his assistants had been on the scene since Sunday night, says the cause of the horror is a. mystery to him. T still believe," he declared, "that there was nothing wrong with the rails of the bridge. I am inclined to think that the cause will be ascertained when the first coach is examined." Atterbury himself showed the coroner's jury how the bridge is operated and explained in detail the manner of opening and closing the draw. Boxer Loees on a Foul. London. Oct. CO. The fight for the heavyweight championship of England between Jack Palmer, of Newcastle, the present holder of the title and "Ounner" Jim Moir, for a purse of $1.7."i0 and a side bet of $2,000, took pHce before the National Sporting club. Moir beat Palmer on a foul in the ninth round. Moir forced the fighting from the first and the struggle was pretty even until tho final rounds. T. V. Powderly at Naples. Naples, Oct. CO. T. V. Powderly, of the United States immigration service, who is in Europe on a special mission, is now inspecting the emigration conditions at this port, especially with the view of ascertaining whether the United States regulations on the subject are enforced. Looks Like a Bisr Strike. Cleveland. Oct. CO. Assistant Orand Master Lee, of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, who has arrived here, said that the general labor situation on the railways, especially on the roads west of Chicago, is very critical. Evidence or Fonl Play. Rapid City. Mo.. Oct. 30. A car on the Milwaukee tracks used as a loditg house for laborers burned and next rr orulng the bodies of two men were i found in the ruins. Evidence of foul , 4 play was developed

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Rosemary Sartoris Becomes the Win of a Citizen of the Flowery fctate. New York. Oct. 30. Rosemary Sartoris, daughter of Mrs. Nellie Sartoris and the late Algernon Charles FrederJ 1 - -.': sr . BOSEMA1W SAJITOBIS. ick Sartoris, and granddaughter of the late General U. R. Grant, was married here at noon to George II. Woolston, of Hibernia, Fla. The wedding took place at the Calvary Episcopal church. GUILTY OF LESS MAJESTE Steamboat Captain Consigns the Pres ident to a Warm Climate Sort of Tentatively, as It Were. Pittsburg, Ort. CO. Judge Nathaniel Ewing, in the Uuited States district j court, sentenced Captain Henry R. J Kraft, of the steamer Bessie Smith, to serve one hour in jail as a penalty for saying "To hell with the president of the United States." Captain Kraft entered the jail at 3 o'clock and an hour later was released. About one month ago United States Marshal Stone boarded Captain Kraft's boat to serve a legal paper and the captain threatened to throw him overboard. The officer said he represented the president, and the captain, after making the remark noted, started toward the marshal, who left hurriedly. Th following day Marshal Stone made an information against Captain Kraft charging htm with obstructing a federal officer. Captain Kraft was repentant, and the extreme mercy of the court was shown hlra. SEEMS TO SETTLE THE MATTER Mrs. Mary Baker t;ddy Takes Her Usual Drive at Concord, N. IL Concord. N. II., Oct. CO. Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, head of the Christian. Science sect, who has been reported as being dangerously ill at her home here, took her usual drive in the suburbs. L. C. Strang, Mrs. Eddy's secretary, said concerning her health: "I have not seen her so well so so vigorous in months as she is today." Strang refused, however, to permit newspaper men to see or Interview Mrs. Eddy. Mrs. Eddy was observed by an unusual number of persons, on account of the report of her illness, and while she was absent from Pleasant View, her home, Mrs. Pamella Leonard, the housekeeper who was said to have Impersonated Mrs. Eddy on the daily outing, was seen at that place. Kurino's View of the Matter. Paris, Oct. 30. M. Kurino. the Japanese minister to France, in the course of an interview published in the Matin tnis morning relative to the negotiations between the United States and Japan growing out of the San Francisco school incident, says that the American-Japanese treaty of 1SD3 has been violated, but that the present situation contains no cause for disquietude. NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE "Mitchell Day" was celebrated generally by miners all over the Pennsylvania coal region. Emperor Wilhelm of Germany Is laid up with a bad cold. Soliicrs are approaching the band of renegade Ftes in Wyoming from five different points. The town of Portia, Ark., was dam aged by fire to the extent of about $50,ODO. King Alfonso has left Madrid for Talavera to attend the army manoeuvers. The Upham-Brouse company, the third largest dry goods store at Akron, O., has filed a petition in bankruptcy. The yacht Mayflower will be used to convey the president and his party down the Potomac river and Chesapeake bay to the battleship Louisiana on their trip to Panama. During the fiscal year ended June CO, 100G, forty-six new public building and five extensions to old buildings were completed and occupied. Two French doctors in French Cochin China have discovered that the hitherto fatal "sleeping sickness" can be enred by means of thymol. Miss Laura Scott, a 19-year-old srhool teacher, was found dead near Parker, in Douglas county, Colo., having died of exposure while lost. The seventh annual horse show of Chicago was opened and will continue until Saturday night. The Mobile aad Ohio railroad has granted an increase of pay to 34 cents an hour to about COO machinists in its ; employ. ' , b . I s Spanish premier, is extreme t id and kls coaditioa cauains anxiety.

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Czar Dec'aras Freadom of Faith to 12,000,000 of His Dissenting Subjscts. 0LD BELIEVERS" UNSHACKLED Only One Small Sect Is Left OutUniversities Closed Because the Sttuiei. is Talk Treason. St. Petersburg. Oct. 30. The emperor has signed a ukase granting full religious freedom to the sect known as the "Old -Relievers." who number several millions ar.d constitute the most prosperous and Industrious class of Russians. The ukase did not reach the capital from Feterhof until C o'clock this morning. It was immediately hurried to tiie senate printing oil see for publication in the Official (lazette. Liberty for 1U.OOO.OOO Feople. The ukase is very long, running to fifty typewritten pages and containini 100 articles. It contains statutes for the complete religious liberty of tho "Old Believers." and permits the practice of the cult not only by the "Old Roli-OTers." but by all dissenters, with the exception of one minor sect. It is estimated that the ukase thus affects the religious worship of 12.000,000 of the emperor'si subjects. It constitutes a reform that is intended to take its place with the proclamation of political rights of a year ago today. Two Universities Closed. The Universities of St. Petersburg and Kazan, two of the most important in Russia, have been closed by order of their respective faculty councils on account of the violation by students of the stipulation that open political meetings should not be held within the college precincts. The speeches delivered and the resolutions passed at the great mass meting held in the university here, which lasted from noon until 7 p. m.. were po openly revolutionary and; Incendiary that the members of the faculty were unable to ignore this open defiance of the administration's ultimatum, to the enforcement of which they are pledged. Rector Bargman Immediately summoned the council which ordered the indefinite suspension of the institution. Prepared to Meet Disorder. The closing of the university at Kazan was accompanied by the proclamation of a condition of "extraordinary security" In the city and suburbs, In order to enable the authorities better to cope with the anticipated aftermath of disorder. A further decision by the Knzan faculty forbids students to enter the university campus. ' KING LEOPOLD DENOUNCED W. C. T. U. Characterizes the Condi tions in the Contro Free State as "Atrocious." Hartford, Conn., Oct. 30. Resolutions denouncing King Leopold II of Belgium as the author of conditions in the Congo Free Slate which are characterized as "atrocious;" calling for the exclusion of Reed Smoot from the United States senate because of his relations with the Mormon church; opposing the sale of beer or other intoxicants at army posts; advocating' the making permanent of the temporary prohibition of the sale of beer at national soldiers' homes; protesting against the issig of liquor tax receipts in prohibition territory; declaring for the highest standards of purity for men and women alike, and declaring in favor of the right of suffrage for women, were adopted by the National Women's Christian Temperance Union, which has finally adjourned. Standard Oil Fined S5.000. Findlay, O., Oct. 30. The Standard Oil company was fined $o,C00 and costs of prosecution for operating in restraint of trade in Ohio. The defense was allowed forty days to file a bill of exceptions and sentence was suspended sixty days to give the de fense time to file petition in error. Put in the Pen for Safety. Little Rock, Ark., Oct 30. The sheriff of Conway county brought four negroes to the state penitentiary, where they are held to escape the fury of a mob. The negroes fired upon sev eral white people near Morrllton. Will Moore, a white man, was killed, and Joe Jones wounded. Jfejfro Lynched for Mnrdei Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 30. Oeorge E'tes, who shot and killed Deputy Sheriff S.isely and wounded Constable John Bowers when the officers, at Kale's Point. Tenn., raided a crap tame, was taken from a sheriff's posse y nn armed mob at that place and hanged. Dropped Dead In Court. Kansas City, Oct. 30. .Tas. Black, of the law firm of Pratt, Dana & Black, corporation lawyers, dropped dead whi'e trying a case nt the court house. Black was 42 years old. He had been prominent in local politics for many years. Death was caused by apoplexy. Great Registration Frauds. Los Angeles, Oct. 30. Enormous registration frauds are being developed in this city in the daily comparison of tbe registration lists with the names on tho great register. SilTer Still on the Rise. Washington. Oct. 30. The director of the mint has purchased 10O.C00 ounces of silver tX 0.0T7 peT flae unco-

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