Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 162, Hammond, Lake County, 27 December 1906 — Page 5

Thursday, Dec. 27, .'1906.

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rnl .t, it t tj. ivitsLxdiiJu news y.y wuc v4 Wire from All Over Indiana Fhelbyvllle, Intl., Dec. 27. Interest ttj once more been aroused in the case of Charles 11 Amsden, ex -secretary of the Shelby County Joint Stock Agricultural association, now confined In prison, convicted of defrauding the essociatlon, by the receipt of a letter by Sherff Thomas Newton, which was nailel at Noblorille, and bears the signature of J. P. Jason, the writer acknowiediog that the name la fictitious. The letter scj'3 that Amsden is Innocent of the charge far which he was cjmvieted, and that the writer, aided by two other persons, a man and n woman, whose names are omitted, are responsible for the forgeries. "Writing lleMMnbleH Amsden's. The letter goes into details, and tells how and where the blank warrants were obtained, a part of them being taken from the desk of Amsden's successor. J. W. Elliott, while Elliott kept the books and papers belonging to the Association in the Jefferson ian office, where he was employed in an editorial capacity. The letter also says that, br.t for the disgrace falling upon the old mother of the -writer, he would acknowledge his error and see that Amsden was released. The most interesting feature of the letter Is the handwriting, which closely resembles that of Amsden, and is identical with the writing on the forged warrants. Prosecutor Is Impressed. After spendng pome time in making comparisons. Prosecutor aRssett Bays that the case Is giving him much thought, nddng: "The writing on the forged orders or warrants and the writing in the letter looks so much alike that I am almost reedy to say that the same band guided the pen in both, and if Amsden was not confined In prison I would think he had written the letter. That, however, is impossible, under the circumstances." Sheriff Ijooking for the Writer. When he was asked what bearing he thought the letter would have in Amsden's behalf, the prosecutor replied: " To be frank, I think this letter will do more toward securing Amsden's release from prison than anything jet produced." Sheriff Newton Is doing all in his power to ascertain the identity of the writer, hopeful that It may benefit Amsden. iriOII PK1CI FOR ONI MrLYIi Fifty Dollars a Plate and There Was Only One Course Story of a Wagfr'i. Columbus, Ind., Dec. 27. A tramp who a few days ago left $."0 at the door of the home of Dr. A. F. Wright, of Nineveh, for Mrs. Wright in payment for a meal that he had begged has been identified by a letter received here as' Frank Croon, of Barron, Wis. He and his uncle, Edward Green, got into an argument as to which was the more rapid and enduring walker, a white man or an Indian, when the uncle offered to wager $1,000 that the nephew could not walk from Barron to Franklin. Ind., n distance of eCO miles. In thirty days, with no money and being obliged to beg his food. The wager was promptly taken by the nephew and a start was made on Nov. 11 and tvvo hours before midnight on Dec. 11 the nephew appeared at Franklin, where he was met by his uncle, who paid the wager. It was on the last half day of the journey (hat Mrs. Wright gave the tramp the meal for which he paid ?;0. Will Slake II ig Dad Fainnun. Terte Haute, Ind., Dec. 27. Ileonorr.on P.erkman, a Hungarian coal miner, has sent by express a pair of rubber boots to his father In Hungary. The boots cost $8, and the express charges were $3.40. By the time the Import duty is paid cn the other sdde the total outlay -will be $18. Berkman Fays his father will be the most-talked-of man in that part of the country, for r.o one there has ever seen such boots. Suspected of Poisoning Her Mother. Alexandria, Ind., Dec. 27. Mrs. Bertha Powell, of Monticello. Ind., was arrested at Anderson. Ind.. and will be hroucht here to attend the coroner's inquest over the hody of her mother, Mrs. Cynthia Shaw, who died here with symptoms f arsenical poisoning. The accused woman profes.se;? her innocence and declares that she made an ineffectual effort to restrain her mother from taking the fatal dose. Death of Chas. Denny' s Widow. Fvansville, Ind., Dw. 27. Mrs. Martha Deriby. -widow of the late Chas. Denby, ex-PnIted States minister to China, Is dead at a local hospital, here she has lxen a patient for Severn! weeks. Death was due to coni-plicatlnns-resulting from old age. Mrs. Denby was born at Locansport, Ind., in ISod. Christmas Tree Catches Fire. Bedford. Ind., Dec. 27. At a Christmas entertainment at the German Methodist Episcopal church the Christmas tree caught fire, causing the audience to fiet). Nobody hurt; damage fciigut. :

RAILROAD NOTES.

Arthur Baker Is a on the Wafcash road. new switchman R. E. Johnson has taken a position as bill clerk at the local Chicago Junotion oSca. The oarly Morion train was fifty minutes late this morning-, caused by heavy traffic along the line. IT. L. Jackson, chief engineer of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville road, is spending the holidays with friends at Topeka, Kan. R. P. Palton, general superintendent of the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisvilleroad, is spending this week Jn Hammond loking after the new roads interests here. The second section of the Krio train No. 11 carried over 400 Hungarians irorn --sew i ortt uy to umcag-o, whence they will be shipped on to points in Kansas and Nebraska. JMne Hungarians who have been working- for tho Indiana Harbor road at Gibson, left yesterday via tho Erie for New York City from whore they will sail across to their native land. The trains are generally late today, Diving to the large passenger traffic and snow. Trains coming in from the east and south are covered with snow and icicles, giving evidence of cold weath er. The Lake Erie and Western yesterday notified all of its agents that it would carry all advertising in newspapers after January 1 on a strictly casn basis and would not exchange transportation. Carl Howe, formerly a Michigan Central railway clerk in Michigan City has just been promoted from the posi tion of eastern freight manager of the Michigan Central to that of general manager of the Merchants' Dispatch Transportation company. According to a statement Issued by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen tho paid up membership on July 1 l'JUb, was 82,381. On Jan. 1, 1SD6, the membership rumbered 20.331, which shows a gain of 61,850 members in ten and one-half years. The members of tiio organization carry more than $75,000,000 insurance in the brotherhood. Tho greatest railroad man in Canada is Sir William C. Van Home, chairman of the board and formerly president of the Canadian Pacific. For his eminent services in promoting the commercial and industrial development of Canada he was knighted. Sir William is a na tive of Will County, Illinois, and forty nine years ago began his railway career as a telegraph operator on tho Illinois Central in Chicago. He continued to bo connected with various American roads until 1S82, when he went to th Canadian Pacific as general manager. His last position on this side the national line was that of general superintendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. Chicago Tribune. Xirkel I'late Presents. Tho Nickel Plate is in line with the other railroads in the matter of giving Christmas presents. The company has notified several of its employes of a substantial increase in salary. General Malinger to Meet. Tho general managers of all railroads west of Chicago, will meet in Chicago today to discuss tho demands of the engineers for higher wages. At a previous meeting their demands were refused. Now the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers have taken the matter up with the general managers of the companies and unless they get the desired raise a strike is threaten ed which will tie up traffic on the west ern division. Hunting: Their Cars. Tho Pennsylvania railroad ha3 sent out men from all Its big freight cen ters throughout the east and the west in search for cars which in the course of through shipments have been turned over to other roads for delivery of con signments. The necessity of this move is explained by the fact that the Pennsylvania company has turned 15,939 more cars to foreign roads than has been received in return. Confronted with this fact they are sending out men west of Pittsburg who are scouring the country for cars for tho purpose of sending them home immediately. Pactleully every road in tho Ignited States will be gone over and the men will travel thousands of miles for this purpose. Promotions from Ranks. A movement is on foot with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to promote men from the ranks. The engineers arc falling off and the old rule that the operating officials should have practical experience in operating trains on tho roads should be restored. There is no intention to make a specific demand, but it will be stronglyhinted at as the old agreement ex pires. T.he rule in recent years has been that the dispatchers get the pro motions, especiar.3- the place of super intendents and trainmen, which for merly went to engineers and conduc tors. The engineers now believe that they would fare much better than they do if the highest officials had corne from their ranks or from the those of tho conductors, for the reasons that the conditions would be much better un derstood and more acceptable to the men in that lino of service. There Is more catarrh !n thU tection of the cor. c try than au other cusaasea pat toretfcer and tratii the last few jears was suptoea to be in curable. For a preat m.uf years doctors r ro il tranced it a local aisie and prescribed local remeiies. and br constantly faiHn to cere with

local treatment, pronounced ft Incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional diwsse and therefore reqaires eonstimtlenal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, mannfactnred by F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the market, ft ig takea internally in doses from ten drops to a teasjwoahil. It acts directly oa th blood and nraeon tnrfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollar for any case it fails to care. Send for circulars and testimonial. Address F J. CHEKSY Oew Toledo. Oalav fold by Drrrsista, T60. Tat HaU, $a&7 FSia fear eaRsMsat&a,

TELEGRAPH POLE PROBLEM

SOLVED BY USE OF CONCRETE. Maylea, Intl., the Scene ot Experiments by Pennsylvania Railroad Which May IK Away With Present Method of Supporting Wires. (Special to Lake County Time. Maples, Ind., Dec. 27. Henry Tapp, under contract for the Pennsylvania, is placing a mile of concrete telegraph poles along the roadway near Maples. The experiment is entirely original and the outcome will be watched eagerly. The poles are being manufactured on the ground and are 30 feet high with an eight-inch bottom and a four-inch cap. It is prooaDie mat mese puieo will cover the entire system before many years and solve ino pruun-ni which has been worrying the- large telegraph companies and railroads of tho country of where they will secure material of this kind as the increasing demand for telegraph poles has very nearly exhausted the supply and tended to boost the prices sky high. A HEMAKKABLK CIIAXGE. If you should suddenly be confronted by a person that you always believed was subject to so-called incurablo disease, and found that the features and form had taken on so much flesh that the entire personality was changed, you would say that it was eery remarkable. This is exactly what happened to Mrs. Chas. McKenzio, 403 Salome avcune, Springfield, 111. For years she was but a mere shadow, suffering from a complication of stomach, liver and kidney disease, and it is with difficulty that her friends and acquaintances recognize her today. Quaker Herb Extract, a simple, logical, vegetable compound, extracted from herbs, roots, barks, berries, leaves and blossoms, accomplished tills change in her. This remedy it not new. It has been prepared for years and acts dlrectlj' on the stomach, liver and k!dneya, reaching the seat of the disease and expelling from the system all impurities and disease germs in a mild and natural manner. Quaker Herb Extract and a complete stock of the time-tried Quaker Herb Remedies can always be found in the stores of these enterprising druggists: Jos. W. Weis, E. R. Stauffer & Co., Otto Negele, M. Kolb. Free booklet and circular sent to any address upon request. IX FAVOR OP A RAISE. Congressman Charles B. Landis is In favor of increasing the salaries of school teachers. He says: "Wo have hundreds of young men and young women ambitious to devote their lives to teaching and we have splendid facilities for educating them, but after they get into the work they find it so unremunerative, as compared with other lines of activity to which they can turn their efforts and energies, that they abandon the professing of educating tha youth of the land and take hold of something at which they can do better. Tho result is that the number of high grade men and women for ;the more advanced positions is sometimes extremely limited. Unless the compensation is raised the brand of talent that has ever been using the profession as a stepping stone will greatly deteriorate, as there are so many places now awaiting bright and promising young people who wish to work the very day they graduate from our public schools and colleges. I am in favor not only of an increase, but a decided increase. I'd place a high premium on well equipped teaching talent in our public schools." HICKS' PREDICTION' WRONG. Those who read the weather predictions of the Rev. Ira Hicks from month to month, have chalked up another mark against the prophet. Hicks' December prediction was that Christmas wOuld bring storm and snow and that the worst weather of the month would come on that day itself. It was a topic of general discussion yesterday as the weather did not make good the Rev. Hicks' forecast. It is useless to say that while the error was noticed, those who observed were not disappointed. JAPANESE Rl'LE IN COREA. The Coreans themselves, from the Emperor downward, have not the slightest voice in their own police affairs. There is reason to believe that Mr. Maruyama, although employed and paid by the Corean government, takes orders from none but Marquis Ito. Mr. Maruyaraa's men frequently make arrests of Coreans who in any way menace the success of Marquis Ito's plans, and the police who are now "upholding the dignity of the imperial house of Corea" by keeping the Emperor's friends from him belong to the same force. These men are paid three time3 the salaries which they would receive in Japan; some have horses and a number ride bicycles. Their duties are light and simple and for all legitimate work Coreans would be equally efficient. Only Coreans could probably not be prevailed upon to do such dirty work as was done when all but Japanese sycophants were driven from the palace and the Emperor made a prisoner. As indicative of the light in which the police adviser" regards his responsibilities and duties we may point out that on the very day when Mr. Ti Keun Talk lost his position as Minister for War he also lost the bodyguard of police with which he had been provided. Ills enemies are not satisfied and his life is no safer than it was while he was an officer, but the Japanese have done -with him and are now apparently indifferent as to what happens him. Corea Daily News. Uncle Efcen3 Wisdom. "Lots o" people gives good advice," Bald Uncle Eben. "It's alius easier to prescribe medicine dan It Is to tae it-" Hardest of Hard Luck. "Some men," said Uncle Ebon, complains about Tiard luck,' when all dat's to blame is deir own foolishness. But, after all, dar ain no harder luck dan beln lion foolish."

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Man Loses His Own Life Trying to Rescue a Boy, and His Wife Sees Him Die. Morristovm, N. J., Dec. 27. Befora the eyes of his young wife Georg? Davis, aged 23, lost lis life in un unsuccessful attempt to rescue " John Arke, an 8-year-old boy, from drowning. The boy went out on the ice of the Rocka way river and broke through. Davis and hi-; wife saw- Arke drop into the water, and Davis cut down the clothes line in his yard and tied on end about his waist. He cave the other end to his wife and started toward the boy, who was floundering about in the broken ice. Lying down Davis reached out and seized Arke and shouted to his wife to haul in on the rope. She drew her hus band back froru tho hole until the boy was out of the water. As she started to pull again the rope broke and the man and boy slid back Into the water and were drowned. WAS AN ILL-FATED TRAIN That Wrecked at Emlerlin Had Killed One Man and AVounded Another Hours Before It Collided. Minot, N. D., Dec. 27. James Murray, of Ilecker, a section foreman, was killed, and Thomas Dundy, of Minot, was probably fatally injured at Ilecker by the Soo line passenger train which xvas wrecked early Sunday morning, about seven hours later, at Enderlin. Thomas Dundy is now in the hospital at Mined with a broken leg, a broken jaw and internal Injuries. While the passengers on the fated train, merry xvith thoughts of coming Christmas festivities at home, were thundering along in the train the dead body of Murray and the almost lifeless form of Dundy lay in a gully near the road bed where they had been tossed by the train. Dundy's wife witnessed the accident. INDIA WANTS HOME RULE Ex-Member of the British Parliament Insists on the Country's Bight to Self-Government. Calcutta, Dec. 27. At the opening of the Indian national congress Dadabhl Naoroji, formerly a member' of the British parliament, delivered an address insisting upon the right of the Indians, as British subjects, to govern themselves. The speaker pointed out that the Boers, who the Indians helped to subjugate, had been given self-government, while India was still without it, and urged the raising of a large patriotic fund to educate the Indians as to their rights and for the carrying on of the campaign in England. There wore upwards of 10,000 delegates present, and the speech of Dadabhl Naoroji was received with a tumult of applause. Miraculous Escape from a Horror. Defiance, O., Dec. 27. A Baltimore and Ohio passenger train while going at a speed of seventy miles an hour, was wrecked by spreading rails three miles east of here. One coach and two ble-epers jumped the track, running 300 feet on the ties. The combination coach turned over into a ditch. Miraculously only three passengers were hurt, and they not seriously. Bather Be in Jail Than Hunted. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 27. Edward Ness who, with eight other prisoners, escaped from the Hamilton county jail Sunday last has surrendered himself. He said he was tired of being hunted like a wild animal and preferred to serve his sentence of thirteen months in the penitentiary. Only four of the nine men who escaped are now at liberty. Crime of Two Outlaws. Tulsa, I. T., Dec. 27. In a running tight over a rocky country Deputy United States Marshal Strickland was shot and left for dead by two desperate outlaws. The battle occurred near Dawson, a small mining camp three miles east of this city. The bandits were later captured and lodged in jail. Strickland is In a critical condition. Another Japanese Story. Washington. Dec. 27. Governor Magoon, at Havana, has cabled Secretary Taft that a Havana newspaper prints a story to the effect that Japanese have been heard intriguing to obtain control in Cuba. Governor Magoon ridiculed the story, and Secretary Taft also characterized it as absurd and ridiculous. Wounded Mine Guard Will Die. Sturgis, Ky., Dec. 27. There has been no further indication of trouble here between the armed guards of the West Kentucky Coal Mine company and the miners. The condition of L. C. Moore, one of the guards who was shot four times, is critical, and hi3 death is but a question of time. Havoc by a Chilean Earthquake. Santiago. Chile, Dec. 27. Half of the town of Arica. in the province of T"na, has been destroyed by an earthquake, and other towns in the neighborhood have suffered more or less severely. Tb seaport of Iquique, 120 miles south of Arica, was not damaged. Northern Increases Pacific Wages. Fargo, N. D., Dec. 27. The announcement is made here by the Northern Pacific railway of the increase cf the wages of baggagemen $10 per racnth and telegraphers $.j per month. Pleads Guilty of Bribery. Milwaukee, Dec. 27. Ex-Supervisor August Puis, In the municipal court, pleaded guilty to two indictments charging bribery in connection with county contracts and was fined $700.

Humor end Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH

PERT PARAGRAPHS. A confidence man has what might be called a good working knowledge. An aimless individual 13 often as injurious to tie public weal as a woman throwing brickbats at a hen is to the scenery. People who live in fiats have to keep the skeleton under the bed for lack cf closet room. If you feel that you hare to apologize, apologize for the mistake of tb person that made it necessary to do bo. Some people act as if they think that they ought to be applauded for simply drawing their breath. A switch in timo often eaves ninetynine unpleasantnesses. Speak gently to the hired girl lest hunger be your lot. A good frlend3. cook has a multitude of Don't look n gift horse in the mouth or a man's religion in the pocketbook. Vanity is a shield that turns many a well meant shaft. 'With the Majority. It's nothing less than folly To be 60 wise, they say. But few of us, my masters. Are troubled much that way. We think if we are able Tho smallest words to spell .And keep out of the foolish housa We're doing pretty well. We have been told that wisdom Is crying in the street. Eho must be cold and hungry And shy of things to eat, For meanwhile folly dances Around the festive board And feeds upon the very best Tho market can afford. You'll own it's touchy business To know too much sometimes About the boss' fallings And possibly his crimes. The way to keep Ijlm happy And give you peace of mind 13 to be dull and innocent And deaf and dumb and blindThere may bo satisfaction For little Johnny Wise To know his dates and tables And carry off tho prize. But is be quite as happy As those who honors miss And show by their demeanor That ignorance is bliss? Eets Were the Wrong Way, "Money makes the mare go." "Not this time." "What do you mean?" "It is what kept her from going.1 What Eobbie Missed. It seems a pity that Bobbie Burns didn't have a part of that $200,000 to spend that J. Pierpont Morgan has just paid for his manuscripts. What a time the Scotch bard could have had on election night with just a tenth part of it! By midnight he would have been talking poetry in all of the different varieties of Scotch dialect that had ever been invented, and the local paper that could have made arrangement to have a stenographer follow him around would have got enough good copy to last a month. But that is the way it usually- la with the poet; he hasn't business ability enough to be born In an age when millionaires are around looking for ways of spending their money, and if Burns had postponed living until the present day probably one of his chief diversions wonld be to take a regular weekly fall out of Pierpont and his kind. Giving Him the Worst of lb "I gave the lie to Jones this morning." "Did he want to fight? "No, ho seemed rather pleased." "I thought Jones was a man of spirit." "You don't seem to understand. I simply handed him the editorial page of the Daily Blackguard." What She Expected. "What became of that pessimistic girl you used to go with?' "I married her." "Ah, then, her worst fear were real ized." Chance to Look Around, Maud Do yon- believe in long engagements? Esther That would depend on whet, er I wanted to marry the man or not. Was It a Touch I "Days are getting short again." "Yes, I think it is contagious--"What do yon mean?" I am short tnnolf "

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