Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 216, Hammond, Lake County, 1 March 1907 — Page 5
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Ism Telegraph News by Direct Wire from All Over - Indiana. Indianapolis, March I. - The Rtate railroad commission in its omeiul reunH to the lesrislatnre on the recent wrecks at Woodvllle and Fowler, and the explosion of a car of powuer i. Band ford which destroyed a P.ig For at our train, scores railroad employes for disregarding the rules, asks that railroad companies require a more thorough knowledge of the rules on the part of their employes, and recommends a law compelling railroads with an annual gross income of $5,000 or more per mile to install an Improved block system along their lines. It ia also recommended that no telegraph operators less than 21 years of age be employed, and that railroads cease to accede to. the reckless demand of the traveling public for greater speed Two liillsi Are Submitted. The commission submitted to the legislature along with its report two billw for remedial legislation, copies of which will be Introduced in both the Louse and senate at once. One bill provides that railroad companies shall publish printed rides for tho control and operation of trains, tiling a copy of them with the commission, and that they shall properly Instruct the employes in the application of the rules and examine them every six months during the first eighteen months' (service, and annually thereafter. The bill makes it unlawful for any railroad man engaged in the operation of steam trains to become Intoxicated while on duty or to operate tho trains contrary to the rules of the road. Demand for Block: Systems. The other bill provides for the compulsory Installation of improved block systems before July 1, 1900, on roads which have an annual gross income of $5,000 or more to the mile. On the high speed of trains the commission in its report says: "It Is the deliberate Judgment of this commission that the speed maintained, by the high-class train operating in this state is excessive, and that this excessive speed contributed very largely to one of the accidents under Investigation. We are of the opinion that the reckless demand of the public for this high and unreasonable speed should not be longer acceded to by the railroad companies." SWIXDLl-ID MERCHANTS IawyI Several Checks at Stores and They Were All Thrown Out at v the Bank. Kokomo, Ind., March 1. N. B. Rears, who is alleged to have worsted several merchants, is being sought by the police. lie called at several stores, at each presenting a check calling for 24.75. purporting to bear the signature of the Iiarbee Wire and Iron company, of Chicago. The checks were drawn on the State Bank of Chicago. Sears represented that he was an agent for the company, and that the check had been mailed to him as his salary for the week. All the checks were thrown out at Chicago as forgeries. The Barbee company reports that Sears has never been In Its employ, but that checks bearing the forged signature of the company have been passed in several towns besides Kokomo. Detectives have been on the man's trail for several weeks. He Had a Close Call. Wnbash, Ind., March 1. Only by stopping all the machinery of the big plant of the United Boxboard and Paper company was the life of Phillip . Pitts saved. He had attempted to shift an eight-inch belt to a pulley wheel, but it caught and held both his hands. The belt was slowly being drawn upon the pulley and but for prompt action he would have been killed, it being impossible to move or cut the belt. Ban Backward to Ills Death. Rushville, Ind., March 1. George Mock. 2.1 years old, was killed by a falling tree near Richland, south of this city. Together with his father, he was engaged in felling a tree, and in running backward from the tree as it fell, he became entangled in briars and fell to the ground. 'Hie butt of the tree struck him in the breast, crushing his body. Hp lived for two hours, but did not regain consciousness. Iiabors Under a Delusion. Princeton, Ind., March 1. Joseph Annis, one of the wealthiest farmers of the county, seven miles east of this city, became temporarily deranged and wandered away from home. After a search of several hours he was found at the Francisco railway station. He iiitended to leave on the early morning train for the east. He labors under the delusion that some person Is trying to get his money. Was a Quiet" Wedding. Mitchell, Lnd., March 1. There was a "quiet" wedding in the office of T. J. Woods, justice of the peace, here when Iiobert B. Wood and Miss Ida B. Pridemore, deaf mutes, were married. Subscribe far The Lake County Times.
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The car shortage that has been prevailing on all the roads in Hammond seems at last to be letting up as the various shippers in the city do not seem to have as much trouble as formerly. The bill of Representative Kelley, of St. Joseph, Stark and Pulaski, requiring crossing switchmen at railroad crossing in towns of TOO or more population will be a good thing for some or tne towns in Northern Indiana and tho ditch king is mightly pleased. The bill was passed because a number of acidents have happened at railroad crossings in Winimac and North Judson, Hobart and other placed. Work on the Erie's new coal storage plant is progressing line and the plant is now over half completed. The Fair banks Morse Co. that hav rharire of the work say they will have it com pleted by May 1. A. C. Crabill, division engineer of the Erie road, headquarters at Hunt ington, Ind., was a caller at the local office yesterday. M. McLean, master carpenter of the Erie road of Chicago, transacted busi ness in Hammond last night. Theo. Stone of the Wabash freight office, attended a theatre in Chicago last evening. Charles Wolf, fireman on road has been transferred freight to a passenger run. the Erie from a Several new cars for the Northwest road passed through Hammond yesterday over the Monon road, this looks as though the railroads were trying to break the car shortage all right. M. Stevens, an old engineer on the Nickel Plate road has quit his work and will retire from railroad service. He has been in the Nickel Plate's service for tho last eighteen years and was considered their best engineer. Engineers for the C, B. & C. have established headquarters in Huntington temporarily at Hotel Huntington, renewing activity in their survey work on the northern terminal proposition. The surveyors, fourteen In number, arrived Tuesday night from Chicago and started out this morning to work between that city and Markle, Ind. It Is reported that about fifty operators were present at the meeting of Erie telegraphers, held at Mansfield, Saturday night, says the Gallon, O. Leader. It appears that the men are not satisfied with the raiso In pay recently granted by the Erie, and that they will make additional demands. The meeting was a secret one. A remarkably fast run was made by tho Lake Shore limited, train No. 19, from Toledo to Elkhart yesterday afternoon. After leaving Toledo at 11:04, an hour and nine minutes late, the fast limited covered the distance of 133.4 miles In 133 minutes, arriving at Elkhart at 1:21 p. m., only 11 minutes late. There was a 4-minutes delay caused by necessary stops at interlocked. The train makes no station stops between division terminals. The run was made with engine 4653, Engineer James Knapp of Toledo, at the throttle. The train was in charge of Conductor Curran of Elkhart. The train consisted of seven heavy Pullman cars and ran a3 the first section of No. 19. The delay was caused by storms in the East. Thursday's LaPorte Herald. New Mileage Bock. The Pennsylvania has made an nouncement in the east that it will. upon the going into effect of the Bland iwu ceni. iuw in mis state, issue a 1,000 mile book which will be sold at a fiat rate of $20. The book will be similar to that placed in effect on the forty or more electric lines of Indiana, Ohio and Michigan two weeks ago and will be good for passage by any num ber ot persons. Somewhat Grewscme Humor. A well-known city officer in Auld . i iteeiue was ceieDratea tor nis cun ning and wit. His mother having died in Edinburgh, he hired a hearso and carried her to the family burying place in the Highlands. Ho returned with the hearse full of smuggled whisky, and being teased about it by a friend, he said: "Oh, man, there is no harm done! I only took away the body and brought back the spirit." Divisions of Labor In India. There are 20,000,000 people in India supported by agriculture, 50,000,000 supported by the industries, 5,000,000 supported by commerce, 5,000,000 supported by the professions, and the balance are dependents. Webster a Dull Speaker. Daniel Webster was an "intolerably dull speaker" unless aroused by special conditions, said the late Oliver Dyer, who used to report him. "I have often nearly fallen asleep," said Dyer a year or two ago, "when reporting Webster so lethargic was his ordinary manner,, so long-winded his sentences and so droning his voica" $100 HKYVAHD, $100. The readers of this paper Trill bo pleased to learn that there is at least C;Itt: ui raurn viirtaoc luill beon able u cure in all its ad stages, and iiuil i v.tiuiiM. xiuus uatarrh Cure is me omy posiuve cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be ing a constitutional disease requires a constitutional treatment. 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Thaw's Counsel Should Put tha Kybosh on Their Client's Press Bureau. EE IS WORKING FOE JEH0HE Latter Is Said to Want How to Prove Him "Nutty," latest Communication Might Be Used as State's Evidence Expert Evidence Makes Matters Somewhat Dull. New York, March 1. Harry K. Thaw enlivened an extremely dull session of his trial In tbe supreme court by giving out to newspaper men a brief statement in which he accused District Attorney Jerome of having made unprofessional remarks In court, asserted that his wife's testimony was absolute truth, and in conclusion declare! the.t Mrs. Thaw's "natural real goodness" was above the comprehension of the prosecuting oilicer. It was just before adjournment was taken for the day, and after many hours of expert testimony as to the meaning of extracts from eight letters written by the defendant, with their relation to
the sanity or insanity of the writer, man fatally injured nnd the baggagethat Thaw gave out his statement in master, express messenger, conductor, court. nn,i bItt Tmssonsrers were seriously in-
Thaw's Statement in Full. The circumstances attending the delivery of the statement to the newspapor men were about as interesting as the statement itself which reads: "This is Mr. Thaw's second statement since Aug. 10th. With chances millions to one against her after the catastrophe in 1001 it is wonderful that Mrs. II. K. Thaw prevailed in the cross-examination against the prosecution backed by blacklegs. Her testimony was absolute truth. Our evldence was of conversations. The crossexamination hasproved the exact facts under oath. Mr. Jerome, finding his informants In certain lines falsifiers, concluded by more usual methods, which is to his credit. However, from some of his questions and some of his unprofessional remarks in court, it appeared clearly that the natural and real goodness of the witness is above his comprehension." Takes a Reporter to Task. Fhaw began the preparation cf this statement Wednesday afternoon. One of the newspaper tables adjoins the table occupied by his counsel, and a reporter sitting near the defendant reafi over the latter's shoulder the two openIng paragraphs. When the papers appeared Wednesday with the extracts f rom his statement printed in display type Thaw was much chagrined. Yeaterday in court he took the reporter to task. He said he had not intended making the statement public until the end of the trial. He further asserted that many mistakes appeared In the portion of the statement that was pub lished, and added that he might make a correction later. HE BURNS THE MIDNIGHT OIL Prepares the Statement In His Cell Jerome and Evans. Wednesday night in his cell in the Tombs Thaw completed his state ment, and yesterday, after he had spoken to the reporter who had looked over his shoulder, he handed the ori; inal draft to another reporter whom he has known for many years, and in whom he had confidence. He also handed the newspaper man a brown envelope. "Seal the statement up In this envelope," said Thaw, "and write your name across the nap. I am go ing to have some typewritten copies made, and when they are completed I want you to compare them with the original and if they are all right they will be given out." Late yesterday afternoon the typewritten copies suddenly appeared in court. Attention was first attracted j to them by Thaw handing a carbon copy to his newspaper friend and asking him to compare It with the original. Four or five other copies lay on the table in front of the defendant. One of the reporters reached over, picked up the copies, and hastily left the court room. He was quickly fol lowed by other reporters, and soon the statement was beink flashed into newspaper offices throughout the conntry. The copies and the original were exact. Clifford Hartrldge, of Thaw's counsel, and Delmas declared later that they had no knowledge of the state ment having been prepared or given out. Dr. Brltton IX Evans, the alien ist, was in the witness chair all of the day undergoing cross-examination at tbe hands of District Attorney Jerome. The sum of the day's work was that Dr. Evans found many phrases in Thaw's letters written before the murder that indicated insanity, but not permanent Insanity. Stevens Hasn't Iieft Panama. Panama, March 1. John E. Stevens, retiring chief engineer of the Panama canal, did not sail for New York Wednesday. He will remain until the new chief engineer, Major George W. Goothals, Fnited States engineer vorps, reaches Panama and can get a grasp of the situation. Wisconsin Man Nominated. Washington, March 1. The presi dent has sent to the senate the nomzation to be collector of internal revenue for the Second district of Wisconsia of Frank IL Bentley,
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il TED ALIVE Terrible Fate of the Engineer of a Wrecked Baltimore and Ohio Train. HE DIED A FRIGHTFUL DEATH Pinned Under His Engine and Fire irroacning,v the Those Who Would Help Were Helpless to Save Him Escape of the Survivors Is Miraculous. Conncllsville, Pa., March 1. Balti more and umo train rvo. nt, west bound, running eighteen minutes late and. forty miles an hour, was wrecked near Indian Creek, seven miles east of here. The entire train, consisting of a combination smoking and baggase car, two-day coaches and the private car of Robert J. Finney, superintendent of the Pittsburg division of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, left the rails, and after running for 200 feet along the ties was thrown into a ditch at the foot of the mountains where the wreckage was completely burned. Idst of the Casualties. The engineer was killed, the firejured. About thirty passengers were more or less cut and bruised. The dead man i3 Wylie Irwin, Pittsburg, engineer, caught under the wrecked engine and burned to death before the eyes of the passengers, who were powerless to liberate him. Injured T. u. Frederick, Pittsburg, fireman, fatally; P. It. Uurton, Pittsburg, baggagemastor; J. II. Smith, Cumberland, Md., express messenger; conductor of the train; passengers C. S. Shipley, Charlerolx, Pa.; B. O. Hull, Garrettsvllle, O.; Mrs. J. W. Tissue, Mjorgantown, W. Va.; J. A. Roman, Baltimore; Miss Jessie Cockran, Dawson, Pa.; A. Lape, Dawson, Pa. Engineer's Horrible Death, While the passengers stood about In a dazed condition, hardlv realizing their miraculous escape, they were attracted by the cries of Engineer Irwin, Several of the passengers, accomnarded bv Superintendent Finney and the other railroad officials, ran to the engineer's rescue. Their efforts were accelerated by Irwin's pathetic plead' lng, and every possible attempt was made to liberate the engineer, who was tightly wedged under the wrecked engine, but without success. The flames quickly burned their way toward the doomed man, and soon It was apparent that he would be cremated. Within a 6hort time the flames reached the engineer. There were a few piercing screams and all was over. Where the Thanks Should Come In. Talking to the Associated Press re garding the cause of the wreck Su perintendent Finney said: "The wreck was caused by some part of the en gine mechanism becoming loosened and dropping to the track, throwing the train from the rails. "It was tho most remarkable wreck I have ever known. It Is even more marvelous than the wreck of the Pennsylvania special at Mineral Point, Pa., last Sat urday morning. Had the train taken a southwest course after leaving the rails it would have gone over a fiftyfoot embankment." And there was deep water at the foot of this em bankment. FOUR MEN RESPONSIBLE Indiana's Railway Board Reports on Three Recent Railway Horrors One Is Inexplicable. Indianapolis, March 1. The state railway commission's report on the wrecks at Woodvllle, Fowler and Sandford, after rapping the railway managent for not insisting on rigid obedi ence to rules and orders and deprecat ing the high speed demanded by the traveling public, declares that the re sponsibility for the Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Woodvllle is clearly on the shoulders of Engineer Frank Galnonr, who confessed shortly after the disaster to havingdlsregarded the rulea la operating his train. The responsibility for the Big Four wreck at Fowler is fixed upon Engin eer Tripp, of the passenger train who, the commission contends, was running at a reckless rate of speed and who failed to see the signal at Fowler. The conductor and the engineer of the height are held secondarily responsi ble. The commission is unable to make a specific finding as to the cause of the disaster at Sandford, Ind., on Jan, 19, in which a car of powder exploded, destroying a Big Four passenger train. In effect the board says it is a problem that with the facts at hand Is absolute ly insoluble. nawkeyes for Popular Election. Des Moines, la.. March 1. With but ten votes In all recorded against it the Iowa legislature has adopted a resolution calling upon congress to convene a teaerai convention to amend the federal constitution to provide for popular election of Fnited States sena tors. There were six noes in the sen ate and four in the house. Gaa Blew Through Ilia AThiskers. Wellston, O., March 1. Samuel Peatty, need 76, has been awarded a damage of S101 by the circuit court against the Southern Ohio Gas coni pany for the loss or a luxuriant growth of whiskers burned off in a gas exi plosion In this city two years ago.
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Solons He Roasted Get Back at Ulna One Calls Him a 'Willful and Malicious Idar." Austin. Tex., March 1. The aftermath of the premature ending of the investigation of charges against United States Senator Bailey came when the house of representatives met again. Representative after representative rose to denounce Bailey for tbe language he had used in addressing himself to men who had voted against him. Senator Bailey's assertions were denounced as lies, his language a 9 indecent and abusive and his manner an insult to the house cf representatives of Texas. Representative Sam Johnson, one of (he minority, denounced Senator P.ailev "a wilful, malicious and premedi tated liar." Representative R. M. Brown used language to the same effort. In consequence of Bailey's speech Lieutenant Governor Davidson and a majority of the minority memb?rhlp of forty In the house have announced their candidacy two years hence ami defy Bailey to defeat them. ANTI-JAPANESE LAW Californians Seem Afraid That tho Oriental Yankees May Buy the State if Not Headed Off. Sacramento, Cal., March 1. The bill known as the "anti-alien propertyholding bill" has been passed by the house. It is aimed at the Japanese and Chinese property owners in this state, and is intended to prevent them from acquiring and owning property for a longer period than five years. But the bill does not contain the words "Japanese" or "Chinese." It provides that any "alien" who "does not become a citizen" of the United States shall be deprived of the property-hold ing privilege. Japs cannot become citizens of the United State3, neither can Chinese. Grant Family Celebrates. New York, March 1. The Grant family observed the birthday of Pris cilia Grant by a dinner at the St Denis. About sixty Grants were pres ent, but Major General Frederick Dent Grant was unable to attend because V1 mmL1"7 auues. it was uie mum unual reunion of the Grant family asciation, and also COOth birthday of Priscilla Grant. Priscella and Matthew Grant were the founders of the branch of the family in the United States. Connecticut a Plague Ship. New York, March 1. Rear Admiral Ooghlan, commandant of the Brook lyn navy yard, said that there were thirty-throe cases of typhoid fever tak en from the battleship Connecticut when she arrived from Cuba, The navy hospital reported that none of the men is In a serious condition. Anti-Suicide Bureaus for Us. New York, March 1. Commander Booth, the head of the Salvation Army in the United States, will inaugurate anti-suicide bureaus in all the large cities of the country. The plan fol lows one which has been in operation in London under the direction of General William Booth. Something for Them to Study. St. Petersburg, March 1. Follow ing instructions issued by the general staff copies of the first three parts of General Kuropatkln's report on the Manchurian campaign have been dis tributed to army officers of higher rank. Hackenschmidt and McLeod Draw. Pes Moines, la., March 1. Charles Hackenschmidt and Dan McLeod wrestled two hours and eighteen minutes here without either securing a fall. Tho bout was Greco-Roman. NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE Paul Morton has been re-elected president of the Equitable Life Assurance society by the directors. Major Marshall II. Bright, editor of the Christian Work, and evangelist, is dead at Tarrytown, N. Y. He was 72 years old. The Kansas house of representatives has passed a bill making a 20 per cent reduction in runman sleeping car rates. The Wisconsin assembly refused concurrence in the senate bill appro priating $25,000 for the Jamestown ex position. Wendell Phillips Garrison, son of William Lloyd Garrison, and editor of the New York Nation, is dead, aged 6 years, at South Orange, N. J. A seat on the New York Stock Ex change has just been sold for $75,000, which is a fall of $5,000. J. A. Pitkin, bank president, manu facturer and capitalist, of Kalamazoo, Mich., is dead. He formerly lived in Belvidere, 111. Firearms consigned to both the Nicaratruan and Honduras governments are being held up at New Orleans by the United States authorities. The directors of the Central Georgia will erect and equip shos at Macon, Ga., valued at $1,000,000. Robert Ldndblom. member of the Chicago Board of Trade, who died re cently, left an estate valued at $15,000. all in personal property. The Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen have broken off negotiations with the managers of railways at Chicago. The San Juan legislative assembly Las adopted a bill for the abolition of the death penalty. Brigadier General TJ. P.. Pearsall, quartermaster of the National Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth, Kan., is dead, aged 60. He commanded the Twentyeighth Wisconsin in the civil war. There is intense excitement in San Domingo over the new United StatesDominican treats.
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