Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 190, Hammond, Lake County, 30 January 1907 — Page 8
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THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES
'Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1907.
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Prices from now until MARCH 15th on Contract for PAPERHANGING
Estimates furnished on all kinds of Work at a very low figure and solicit your patronage.
DE BRAtE WANTS LAKEJROHT PARK Fears Shore Land Will Be Held at Premium If Bowser Bill Passes.
DEATH BUST IN A P!
Has Probably Sent to Eternity in a Twinkling Four Score of Miners.
ALL BELOW AEE SURELY KILLED
Karnes of Those Whose Death Has Been Established.
AH Work Strictly Guaranteed. Come Early to Avoid the Rush.
I. L. COHEN
Telephone 2022 405 SIBLEY STREET
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Lake County Title & Guaranty Company ABSTRACTERS j P. R. MOTT, President, J. S. BLACKMUN, Secretary, PRANK HAMMOND, Vice-Pres. A. H. TAPPER. Treasurer. S. A. CULVER, Manager. Hammond and Crown Point, Indiana. Secretary's office in Majestic Bldgf., Hammond Abstracts furnished promptly at current rates.
Mavor DeBraio and several of the
members of the city council met at the mayor's office yesterday morning and discussed further the- matter of securing a site for a lake front park.' It is said that the mayor and councilmen are so thoroughly convinced that Senator's Bovser's bill, providing for the reclamation of submerged lake land, will pass that they are going to tako time by the forelock and secure a site before the land in the vicinity of Indiana Harbor Is all gobbled up or the price raised to a prohibitive
figure.
Some time ago Mr. Haling of the
E"t Chicago company, indicated the willingness of the company to sell a portion of its lake frontage to the city
for park purposes, but the council did not realize the importance of taking Immediate action in the matter and it has been a question whether the land
could bo secured at the price that was made at that time.
This morning, however, Mr. Mallng
was present at tno. conierence or me mayor and councilmen and while he would not commit himself it is understood that the land may still be bought at a fair price. The East Chicago company's land is just east of
the South Bay hotel and would be very accessible for park purposes. There are other sites under consideration, however, and Mayor DeBraie is determined that a site for a park shall be purchased at once to avoid the payment of a larger sum later on. He estimates that the city would receive a good interest on the investment whether the land was converted into a park or not and so there Is no danger of its being a losing venture.
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Stylish Suits, Overcoats and Trousers Radically Reduced in prices for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Sale. Clothing we know to be rightright in style, in fabrics and in trimmings --at prices we know to be lower than are made by any other Hammond store, on garments equal in quality, but can't compare with them in style and workmanship. Here are the reductions as we quote them in our advertisements The Store of the Town shows the goods.-- Don't buy until you see and examine the above bargains. Our styles are the cleverest productions. You'll like them and you'll like the values- All merchandise listed above is for cash only at 50c on the dollar.
Dust Causes the Explosion Which Snuffs Out So Many Rescuers Hard at Work with Little Hope.
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THEATRICAL NOTES. Robert Mack, the comedian of the "Black Crook" company to be seen at the Towle opera house, Saturday, Feb. 2, is or rather was a dog fancier until a few days ago. It came about in this way. He fell in love with and purchased a likely looking bull pup some weeks ago, which ho set about to teach cute things. Among these was the act of sitting up and speaking at his master's command. The dog accompanied his master to and from the
theatre, but not being old enough to I appreciate talent, he usually spent his time at the theatre asleep in Mr.
Mack's dressing room. One evening, however, he became restless and during the third act wandered into the wings. All went well until the heavy part of the scene came where, the hero, heroine and villian get into a wordy war, the villian making some "sassy" remarks about the leading lady who is commanded by the hero to resent them. Mr. Mack's lines go something like this: "I command you to speak, speak." When Mr. Bull Dog, who was watching the action of the play, heard tlio word "speak" coming from his master, he thought it was his cue, and at once dashed on to the stage, assumed a Bitting posture and proceeded to bark loud and long. There was a pause, then a roar of laughter from the audience and a wild dash by Mr. Mack and the dog. After a few minutes matters quieted down and the play proceeded. Since, then, however, Mr. Bull Dog spends his evenings on the end of a string chain attatched to his master's biggest trunk.
Charleston, W. Va., Jan. 30. With a detonation heard for miles around, and debris hurled hundreds of feet in te air, dust in the Stuart mine near Fnyerteville exploded, bringing a terrible death to the eighty or more men who were at work more than 500 feet below the surface. There is nochanca that any of the men will be taken out
alive, for It Is thought that the terrific force of the explosion snuffed out their lives instantly. It will not be possible for the rescuers to reach the bottom of the shaft In less than fortyeight hours. The disaster is perhaps
the worst in the number of killed la the history of this state. Many of the Victims Married." Most of the men were native whites and many of them were married and had large families. There were a dozen or more colored men and fifteen or more aliens. The rescue work was commenced as soon as the wrecked parts of the shaft house could be repaired. About two hours after the explosion three men were lowered Into the shaft in an improvised bucket. Before descending sixty feet two of the men were overcome with foul air, and the third was barely able to give the signal to his comrades at the top. All further attempts were abandoned for the time. Mine Has but One Shaft.', The Stuart mine has but one opening, although an entry has been driven to connect with the parallel mine a
short distance away. This work has
been about accomplished. The Stuart shaft has three compartments, two for the cages and one for an air shaft. One of the coal cages had been taken out for repairs, leaving the compartment clear, and it was not damaged.
It was through this that the three men
attempted to descend in the improvised
bucket. Smoke and dust poured into the air for hundreds of feet from th
ventilating compartment, and it was
wrecked. It is stated that nearlv all
the men were at work in the entries
near the bottom of the shaft.
126 Hohman St. Phono 2942 Hammond, Ind. i
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Store Books Blank Books Receipt Books
JOS. W. WEIS The Druggist 98 State St., Hammond, Inrt
Order Books Legal Blanks
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING.
For a number of years I advertised
only in my window and some in the
street cars, because I did not feel that
I could afford to advertise in the daily
papers. Two years ago last September I was having a cravenette coat sale, and I succeeded in selling for a couple
of weeks about fifty coats a day.
thought I would try a column ad in
one of the evening papers. The next day this column ad appeared in one of the evening papers, and by the bye, it was not the one that has the largest
circulation in Chicago; I selected the
paper that this ad appeared in be
cause they gave me a low rate, but
they agreed to give my ad a good po
sition in the paper. The result was
that the next day the sales, which for
merly had been about fifty coats a
day, jumped to 142, and in fifty days
I sold over 3,500 raincoats.
For the year following that sale I
continued to advertise in this one pa
per. Last fall I felt that I could afford to invest, say, about $5,000 In ad
vertising in some of the other papers. I used three morning papers and three evening papers, the best in Chicago. The results have been something phenomenal. I did not have to invest $5,000. The profits came back from the newspaper advertising before their bills came in, and I do not figure today that I have a dollar invested in
advertising. In my opinion, the only way to advertise is to give them plain, common-sense talk. Tell them the truth. Do not get a customer to come to your store and rind that you have faked him, for that is poor advertising, besides being dishonesty. "Autobiography of a Business Man," in the February Every bod v's.
3MNE WAS DIIY AND DUSTY
No Gas Had Ever Been Met List of
the Known Dead.
No official announcement of the dis
aster or its cause has as yet been made by the officers of the company. That dust caused the explosion is stated by persons at the scene. It is stated that ittle or no gas has been encountered Jin the mine, but that it is dry and the dust was frequently sprinkled. Th Stuart mine Is owned by the White Oak Fuel company, and is three and a half miles from Fayetteville. Secretary Smiley notified Chief Mine Inspector Paul of the disaster as soon as possible. He was not at the scene, could give no facts, but said that about ninety men were at work when the explosion occurred. Those known to be dead are: II. S. Colburn, bank boss; John O. Boyle, fire boss: Frank I. Light, Charles Johnson, Walter Blake; Henry, Lester and Frank Loving, brothers; John Morris, John Town, John Atkinson, Leet Stnggs. Thomas Tony, Thomas Williams, Otto Clendencing. Giles M inner, John Minner; Cecil and Norman
Krouse, brothers aged 17 and 15; Grant Howlett, Samuel Histlett, James Eskeley, Thomas Orrage, William McClvme,
Earl Simpson. William Ilaydon, Rich ard Lewis, William Cook, John Ham
ilton; Isom , engineer of the mine; Jesse Arthur, mining engineer; Silas
Davis, engineer's helper; unknown rep
resentative of the Sullivan Machine
company; John and Charles Quick,
brothers, trapper boys; John Schmidt
and the following negroes William
Massey, Richard Lea, Robert Mclntyre, Feter Witt. Cecil Lewis, James Brad
ley, Enos Banks, Geary Banks, Hall Jones, Tom Bates.
and a genera! assortment of OFFICE Equipments
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SCENE IN THE BLACK CROOK. At Towle's Opera House, Saturday, Feb. 2nd.
50 foot Lot on Michigan Ave. sewer, and cement walk fully paid. Price $650. $50 cash balance monthly. Lots near Steel Car Works $250 each. Easy terms. 4 room cottage on Sheffield Ave. $800, easy terms. SO foot lot on Plummer Avenue and Freeland. A snap at $7 50 10 acre farm with good btiildings, 1 mile of Hammond $3,000. Frame 2 flat building, 7 rooms each flat all modern improvements. Also 9 room house on Clinton Street near Hohman $6,500 Corner lot, Hoffman and Oak Streets $450 50 foot lot on Ash Street $375 Vacant lots on Sheffield Avenue $200 each, easy terms. JACOBSON'S AGENCY Office Phone 1394 Res. Phone 3632
77 South Hohman St. HAMMOND
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Cement and Concrete Construction a Specialty. 244 Plummer Ave. Hammond.
Artistic Commercial PrintingTimes Office
HAMMOND DAIRY CO, The only sanitary plant in northern Indiana that purifies and filters all its milk and cream. Open to the public for inspection.
Mors Women's Rights. Women are as much entitled to amuse themselves over the affairs of Mme. la Mode as mer are over horse racing or other sports. World of Dress.
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If you wish help, a situation; if you desire hoarders, or boarding; If you desire to rent rooms or liar room to rent; to buy or sell horses, carriages, machinery, store or office fixtures, household furniture, then insert an nd in the classified columns of THE LAKE COUSTV TIMES for ten cents.
Six Others Seriously "Wounded in a Train Collision. South McAIester, I. T., Jan. SO. Eight persons -were injured, two fatally, by a collision of a Missouri. Kansas and Texas freight train, and a local passenger train at Crowder City, I. T. The injured are: Freight Engineer W. B. McCarver, of Denison, Tex., and Freight Fireman Ed. Henderson, fatally; A. F. Cooper, Denison, Tex., paralyzed; T. X. Williams, legs broken; Freight Brakeman R. D. Williams, skull fractured: S. V. Linton, McAIester, I. T., head severely cut; Freight Conductor E. J. Rainey, hip broken; H. S. Rhodes, member of freight crew, hurt internally.
re!ep!ione 2573. 253 Oakley Avenus HAMMOND. IND.
GOSTLIN, MEYN & GO.
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asmall;patmektdown ttia Balance in MONTHLY PAYMENTS but slightly In excess of their rental value.
OFFER THE FCLLOWiNG BARGAINS IN HOMES CN THE
2 5 room Cottages with antry and bathroom on cement foundation, lots 87x128 feet located on Murray st. 11.305 1 5 room Cottage, same as above on Indiana avenue, 25 foot lot. pri(s ----- 1.200 1 5 room Cottage, (large.) all modern Improvement, lot 37x200 ft. Manill Ave. - 1.j0 1 6 room, handsome, modern home on Summer street, pressed brick on three sides. 37 ft. lot. price - 3.0CQ In addition to the abave named we have the followlnz Bargains on the usual terms: 1 large 14 room Houee on Hohman street, lot 30 ft. front near business center, cheap at - - B.TOO 1 handsome Cottaxe on Carroll nearing completion, choice location " 1 fine modern home on East Ogden st. at 3.700 Possession given May 1st 1 4 room Cottage on Sibley street - 11.000 Besides many other bargains too numerous for special mention
Xo Special Hates for Uncle Sam. Omaha. Jan. SO. The Union Pacific and Xorthwestern railroads have refused to make any special rates to tha government for the shipment of soldiers en route to the Philippines to and from San Francisco. Railroad officials say the government will secure no more cheap fare
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