Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 215, Hammond, Lake County, 28 February 1907 — Page 5
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Telegraph News by Direct Wire from All Over Indiana. Marion, Ind., Feb. 2S. Iterations for dosing the canteen at the Marion Soldiers' Home, March 4, in accordance with the act of congress, are now in progress, fiorernor George W. Steele says lb dosing of the canteen is regretted, not so much on aeoount of the loss of a little revenue, which has been used to give entertainments at the home. The health and safety of the veterans are the greatest concern of the home management Men Will Have Their Booze. It is of record that no cases of Intoxicatiou have resulted from the beer sold in the canteen, the beer being of a mild brew. The absence of the canteen, the home managers say, will mean that the men will go outside for their driuks which, in all probability, will be stronger than beer and will muse them to get into trouble. At least this had been the experience in former yeaig ween no canteen was maintained. Testimony of the Chief Surgeon. The conditions for the better con duct and the better health of the vet cruris with the presence of the can teen have been carefully noted by the officers of the Marion Soldiers' Home, lr. Harry Miller, chief surgeon of the heme, is authority for tho Statement that only one capital operation has been performed since the canteen was established at the Soldiers' Home about a year tigo. Fewer llobberles of Vets. Trior to that time scarcely a month went by that maimed veterans were not brought into the hospital for amputation of limbs from coming in con tact with railway trains or streetcar The further statement is made that the record of robberies of veterans has fallen far short of what it was previous to establishing the canteen The city police department bears out this statement. But the Canteen Will Go. Although all this evidence was for warded to congress that body has seen fit to act from other sources of information, and the canteen at the Marlon Soldiers ITome will be abolished March 4. IMPING IS VEUY COSTLY 11 pes Lust but One Day in the Coal Mines Near Boonville Water Full of Alkalis. Boenville. Ind., Feb. 2S. The mlnerrl waters in the coal mines east of F.oonville have such a large per cent, of alkali that ordinary rion pipes used In pumping the water to the surface are corroded and eaten into holes in twenty-four hours. New pipes placed in the mines one day have been replaced the next, after having the strong a 1' kali water pumped through them during that time. The alkalis in these mmines are principally potash, soda and lithia, nil of which are oxides of metals, and ara extremely caustic and act us corrosive poisons. The greater part of the alkali in the water is absorbed from the bed of fireclay found under the coal veins. After the water is pumped into ditches on the surface, it lines the waterways w'th a coating of reddish-brown, and kills all vegetation wherever it flows. She Wns Too Previous. Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 2S. Rev. Frank Byrkett. inspired by religious fervor, weut to another part of the state a few days to conduct revival meetings and when he returned he found that bid 'wife, becoming suspicious, had sworn out a warrant for desertion. lie was lined $30. but Mrs. ByTkert, repenting her action, paid the tine herself. Death Did Not Waste Time. Wabash. Ind., Feb. 23. Clayborn Akors, a pioneer of Wabash county, died lu re, aged tXl years. He was In fair health last Friday and shaved himself. He- had his second eyesight mei.tly and could read flue print. Wallace Anions the Immortals. Indianapolis. Feb. 2. The Indiana house of representatives has passed X bill appropriating $5,000. fox a statue of General Lew Wallace, to be placed in Statuary Hail at Washington. The bill now gees to the governor. Boom for Frankfort. Frankfort, Ind., Feb. $. The young men of Frankfort have organized a Commercial club, already boasting a membership of nearly 200 persons, to a'.d in booming this city as advnngeoup for Industries of all kind. Death of a War Veteran, Rockville, Ind., Feb. 23. Captain E. V. Ferris, lessee of tho Fark hotel, is dead of pneumonia, aged 65 years. Captain Ferris was awarded a medal by congress for bravery during th? war of the rebellion. Killed Under a Falling: Tree. .Tasonvlllo, Ind., Feb. 2S. - John Tremble, of Stockton township, waa killed by a tree falling ou him. Ufi whs 2-1 years old. Subscribe for The Lake Count j Tine,
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DITCHED RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE JUST IN TIME. Engineer Tells cf Experience That Put a Few Gray Hairs in Hir Head But Ended Better Than He Expected. "After comin' aroun' the bend in Collins Cut" Bald the fat engineer, "I ust glanced back to Bee that the mark ers, tnose iiuie red and green tail lights which mark the end of a train, were there all right. I leaned 'way out of the cab window n counted the sleepers as they swept aroun' the curve. "Yes, there they came all right, burnin' like bright little emeralds 'n' I knew my train wa3 all together 'n followin' me safely down the hill. "The night I am speakin of I was runnin the Sunrise Limited, as the fast eastern express on our road was called. It was in March, 'n' pentle spring was already spreadin her velvet touch over the land. "We had had a deal of snow that winter, n' now that it was commencin' to thaw out the stun! was makin' quite a little trouble for the management, elidin' aroun the track3 from the mountainside, sometimes bringin' a piece of hill with It. "As I glanced back along the side. cf the glistenin' coaches I was attracted by a glare along the rails behind my train, 'n' in another second a headlight flashed aroun' tho curve out of the cut in our wake, makin' very fast time. Even a blind baggage car could 6ce that one of the engines in the yards at the top of the mountain had slipped her throttle 'n' was running away, chasin' us down the mountain. "I was some set back for a second, but the only thing for me to do was to turn on a full head of steam 'n' make the best time I could, which wasn't the safest thing In the world to do, as we generally hold 'em pretty steady comin' down the mountain; but I must show a clean brace of tail-lights to tho runaway. "She wasn't quite a quarter of a mile behind us, 'n' looked like a fiery comet comin' down tho rails, as her firebox door was open, 'n' with every exhaust of the engine the flare from her furnace lit up the sky. My engine bounded forward under a wide open throttle 'n' our race for the live3 of those in the rear sleepers was on. "Notwithstandin the weight of tho train behind me, which should give me a little advantage over the light engine comin' dowa the hill, we didn't seem to bo able to shake her off. An each time I trusted myself to glance back at her she seemed to be crawlm up on us a little. "If I could keep a few yards of moonlight between the pilot of the wildcat 'n' my rear car until we got down tho mountain n started up tho Razorback on the other side, I could drop my engine down 'n' leave the runaway behin. as by that time she would be out of steam 'n' lay down like a runaway horse which has shot Its bolt. But I wouldn't bet more 'n' GO B. R. T. rebate checks to a rag doll that we would beat her down. "However, we had a fightin' chance 'n' the way I pounded my good old cnELECTRIC AND STEAM LINES. Motor Has by No Means Supplanted the Locomotive. The competition of electric inter jrban railways with present systems Df steam railways, in the passenger traffic, has of late become a matter of some popular interest and of more or 'ess common speculation. Much is currently written and spoken upon ;he subject; but of these discussion i certain amount seems to be based jpon sensational statements or upon mistaken ideas as to the comparative standing or tne two railway industries it trie present time, ine interurban
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remarhable growth in the last decade aical limitations are concerned; but, and they are firmly established to notwithstanding the most recent deday as a part of the transportation velopments, the electric roads still system of this country. The new mo are favored as a means of transportative power has become a competitoi tion far more for short distance than of steam, but not to the extent cf driv- for long distance travel. And even for ing the latter from the field, as is oc- ghort distance travel, the electric casionally said. So far as the eco- service will appeal chiefly to certain nomic aspects of the competition are classes of patronage only. Many pasconcerned, the time seems not yet tc sengers are always found who prefer have come when the electric motoi to travel by the steam trains. With can successfully supplant the steam regard to the merchandise trafnc, the locomotive in all those forms of serv- sphere of the electric road has been ice which have been developed and still more limited, and the amount of standardized by the latter. From the freight carried by them, except in a beginning certain fields of usefulness few isolated instances, has been iasighave been particularly favorable tc aificant. Likewise with regard to lothe electric motive power. These calities,- the competition of interurban fields of adaptability, however, are roads has been specialized rather than continually broadening, so that per- general, for the roads are at present haps In a few years the electric rao- confined principally to a comparativetor may be a successful rival to the ty small section of this country.
glne sent the hot coals out of the stack. I was gettia' a little nervous, as that light engine hung onto .our trail like a bicycle cop after a speedln
auto. "Com in' aroun' through Rocky Hol ler I got several chills down my spine as the watchman down by the little shanty was hysterically wavia' his green lantern at me. Durin' the thaw the road had several watchmen stationed at intervals down the mountain to watch for landslides 'n' warn approachin' trains. Evidently there was a dangerous spot In the track that the watchman had discovered 'n' he was slgnalin me to come ahead with extreme caution. T sure was up against the real thing now. A wildcat engine pressin' me hard on the rear flank 'n' a dangerous piece of track ahead. This was a case where the rule hook failed to help me out. " 'Take a safe course 'n' run no risks,' says the railroad Hoyle In chilly black double face type. Which was the safe course for me? "I did some quick mental calculatin 'n' concluded to keep a full head of steam up. I've read ia newspapers about trains beatin' their way through slight landslides 'n' there was a show for me to cut through it if there was one ahead. "But if I stopped my train that engine behind would bo half through those sleepin' cars, kiilin' 'n' maimin' the snoozin' passengers. It would be safer for me personally to slow down, but I was not so selfish as to consider my personal safety. "So we bounced along by the frightened watchman with speed not a whit diminished. I fairly stopped breathin' as we whirled down through the Holler. Just beyond the watchman's shanty I felt a tremblin' of the track 'n' my engine keeled badly. "I clung to the cab, expectin' every second we would slide down the bank. But we kept the rails. We had barely passed the shanty when there was a rumblin' sound 'n' I saw the little watchman's cabin swirlin' down tho bank. "The heavy weight of our train at its terrific speed had caused the track to give way 'n' slide out just in time to take the runaway engine with it n we were out of our bad mess." Cassatt Kept His Horsea. A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, always liked a good horse. When he was a vice president and director of the line he owned a small string of racers, which he enter ed as representatives of the "Willowbrook" stable. At that time Mr. Rob erts was president, and as there was a strong quaker influence in the board Mr. Cassatt was gently reminded that ho should resign from Willowbrook or from the road. He did both at once and ere long it became evident that he was taking up with the Reading railroad. The Pennsylvania people hastily requested him to resume rela tions with them. Mr. Cassatt placidly assented, but thereafter his horsea were entered under his own name. Rolling Stock. In round numbers $350,000,000 was spent last year in rolling stock for the American railroads. More than $250,000,000 was spent in freight cars. A freight car costs about $1,000, and a passenger car about $8,000. The price of a good engine is about $15,000. older power in almost all Important particulars, but until that time comes the competition of electric roads with steam railways will be confined prin cipally to competition in special tea.tures of transportation and to certain localities, where particular conditions bring the two systems into conflict. This restriction of tho competition to special features and localities has been and is the keynote of the situa tion with regard to any contest for business between the electric and the steam roads. The electric railway equipment of the earlier days involved certain technical limitations which raade the system unsuited for any but comparatively short distance trans portation. These features are now 7' I OHIO largely removed as far as the tech-
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They Are Giving Their View of the Matter in the Harry K. Thaw Trial. INTENTION OF LAWYER JERQUE Indications That He Is Going to Ask a Lunacy Commission. Sirs. Harry Thaw and Her Brother, Howard Nesbit, AVill Probably Clash in an Issue of Veracity. New York, Feb. 23. Interest in the Thaw trial centered in tho manoeuvers of District Attorney Jerome, who seemed to give further Indication of his purpose in the near future to apply to the court for : commissiou in lunacy to report upon the present condition of the defendant's mind. The witness stand for the greater part of the day was occupied by Dr. Britton D. Evans, director of the New Jersey DELPEIN U. DHLS! A3. Hospital for the Insane at Morris Plains, N. J., an alienist for the de fense who was up for cross-examina tion. Jerome seemed to direct his ef forts at getting from Dr. Evans information as to the exact recognized forms of insanity from which the ex pert declared Harry Thaw was suffer ing at the time of the "brain storm which resulted in the killing of White. Will Call a Thaw Alienist. Dr. Evans had testified that in bis will Thaw displayed evidences of a melancholic state of mind. The dis rrict attorney dwelt for an hour or mere upon the subject of melancholia, and then asked ,the expert if it was not true that in acute melancholia there is a reccurrence of the aCllction in at least one-third of all cases. Dr. Evans said there was. Jerome said he Intended calling as the witness in rebuttal Dr. Allan McLune Hamilton. the alienist who was nrst employed by the Thaw defense, but who has not heretofore figured in the trial. Why He Will Call the Doctor. Dr. Hamilton recently returned from Europe and in a published interview just after he landed, was reported to have said that he came to the conclu gion that Thaw was insane at the time of the tragedy and that he is insane now. The district attorney also stated that he would call Dr. Charles I Bingaman, of Pittsburg, the Thaw family physician, in rebuttal. Dr. Bingaman was on the stand for a short while, but Delmas objected when Jer ome started in to cross-examine the physician as to insanity in the Thaw family, on the ground that the witness had not qualified as an expert. Jer ome thereupon told Dr. Bingaman to hold himself In readiness to take the stand for the state. HOWARD NESBIT TO TESTIFY Indications That Rrother and Sister AVill Re in Contradiction. Dr. Bingaman told of visiting Thaw in the Tombs during August last, when the prisoner seemed much de pressed and suffered from the delusion that a conspiracy had been formed against him, complaining that he was not allowed to put paper over the grating in his cell door because "they" wanted the cold air to blow In and give him pneumonia, so he would die and his case never come to trial. By recalling Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to the stand for a few questions which he had omitted on his long cross-examination Jerome indicated that he would call Howard Nesbit, her brother, to contradict her in a matter of credibility. He asked Mrs. Thaw if she had not told her brother that Thaw had treated her cruelly while abroad because she refused to tell lies about Stanford White and say he had drugged and mistreated her. He also wanted to know if the brother had not bought her a pistol with which she might defend herself against Thaw. The defendant's wife denied absolutely that there was any truth in anv of these statements, and said she had never owned or carried a pistol in her life. Delmas announced that the defenr-e would conclude its case this week.' This, however, was upon the assumption that the district attorney would conclude his cross-examinations of Dr. Evans and Wagner yesterday. Jerome did not even finish with John T. Deemar, the physician to Mrs, William Thaw's family, will follow Dr. Evans, and then will come Dr. Wagner. After these have . testified Mrs. William Thaw herself
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will take the stand, according to preserst plans. The defense may, therefore, conclude by Monday or Tuesday of next week. If Jerome moves for a lunacy commission it is expected he wH! do so during the taking cf tho rebuttal testimony next week. It was expected that Dr. Evans and Jerome would have a lively duel during the cross-examination of the witness, but there were only one or two clashes in which the honors appeared to be about evenly divided. The examination dragged at times and Jerome seldom raised his voice above the low placid tone he so frequently assumes. There were one or two occasions, however, when the retorts were not affectionate. Once Jerome asked: "At what time did Thaw suffer from
insane melancholia?" "You tried to uet me to say it was melancholia," replied Dr. Evans, "but I said it was in a melancholic state of mind." Jerome utterly failed to pin the doctor down to a positive statement that he . could later, with other experts, impeach. While the doctor was giving a learned disquisition on different forms of lunacv "You are here with the permission of your directors I sup pose?" broke in Jerome suddenly. 'Yes, one is here in this room, the chairman of the medical committee." "You have the permission in writ ing: W nv, wen, in me nrsi piui t? don't think it's any of your business." Jerome did not continue ou the sub ject. CONGRESS POUNDING AWAY River and Harbor Rill Agreed To House Still Talking Subsidy, Day and Night Sessions Reing Held. Washington, Feb. 2S- After listen ing to an argument by Patterson of Colorado in favor of government own ership of railroads the senate agreed to the conference report on the river and harbor bill, carrying only $'2r0,0X for the Mississippi between Cairo and St. Louis. The bill for the "industrial peace foundation to wnicn rresuient Roosevelt devoted the Nobel prize, was passed, os was the expatriation bill, and fifty others of no particular public interest. Conference reports were agreed to by the house on the river and harbor bill, and the senate amendment to the army bill was concurred In providing for the retirement of certain brigadier generals who served in the civil war with the rank of major general. The ship subsidy bill was debated throughout the day, and at the night sessiou, a still further extension of one hour having been agreed to Tot general debate, the extra time to be taken at the session todav. WAS A SWELL WEDDING Nicaraguan Minister Marries a Wash ington Beauty Only Relatives and Friends Present. Washington, Feb. 2S. -One of the most fashionable weddings in Washington for some time was the marriage of Miss India Bell Vedder Fleming, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Robert I. Fleming, to Don Luis F. Corea. the Nicaraguan minister to the United States. The ceremony was attended only by tho relatives and a few intimate friends of the bride and the intimate friends of the bridegroom in the diplomatic corps; was performed at noon at the residence of the bride's parents by Rev. Tennis S. Hamlin, pastor of the Church of the Covenant. Retirement of Shall en berger. Washington, Feb. 28. Official announcement has been made bv Post master General Cortelyou of the resignation of W. S. Shallenberger, second assistant postmaster general. He will be succeeded by Representative McCleary, of Minnesota, who is not a representative after March 4. Shallenberger retires to engage In private business, and with the warmest praise from his superiors in office. Randit Murders Six Rurales. Mnzatlan, Mex., Feb. 28. As they lay asleep in the shelter of rocks in the vicinity of Tepie six rurales were butchered by the notorious bandit Enrique Chavez and his band. Ranchmen and farmers in the Tepie district are in a panic, as it is rumored that Chavez has gathered around him other men as bloody and cruel as himself. Oshkosh, Wis., Seeks Capitol. Madison, Wis., Feb. 2S. A proposition to have the state purchase and raze six business and residence blocks in Madison to enlarge capital park led to a joint resolution being introduced In the assembly by Perry of Oshkosh for the removal of the capitol to Oshkosh. Oshkosh has offered a free 6ite of forty acres. Honor to Hearne's Memory. Denver, Feb. 1:8. Twenty-five thousand employes in the steel works, machine shops, foundries and mines of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company company ceased work from noon until 2:30 p. m. in honor of the company's late president, Frank J. Hearne, while the funeral services were being held. High Living Lays Them Low. Chicago, Feb. 2$. Charles II. Thornton, a note teller, and William W. Baker, a clerk, both employed by the Hamilton National bank, of this city, have been arrested charged with having embezzled $10,000 of the funds of the bank. The culprits acknowledged the embezzlement High living. Something You Might Write For, Washington, Feb. 23. United States manufacturers may capture a much
larger share of India's great commerce I than is nowenjoyed is clearly set forth! by Charles M. Peppers report on ! "Trade Conditions in India" which ha '
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