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VOL. n. NO. 23. Gibson's Handsome Structure to be Dedicated Next Friday. 10 COST OVER $15,000 Prominent Men Will Participate in Exercises Which Will Be Elaborate. The formal opening of the new railroad Young Men's Christian association at Gibson will take place Friday, July 19. It will be an event ' of great importance In railroad circles and to the city as a whole. For several months the work on this Institution has been going on quietly and there ore a great many people In the city of Hammond and vicinity who ure not yet aware of tiie fact that there has been a Y. M. C. A. building constructed at Gibson, that has cost in the neighborhood of $15,000. Congressman Kdgar D. Crumpacker will be on hand and arrangements have also been made for W. C. Crown, the senior vice president of the New York Central lines, to be in the city. These men and others will make addresses and it Is expected that special train will be run out of the LaSalle street station upon which there will be a large number of Chicago Y. M. C. A. workers from both the city and railroad departments. Tiie opening ceremonies will take place in the evening at 7:30, and a special train will leave Hammond on tho Nickel Plate railroad for Gibson at 3 o'clock in the afternoon to give the ladies a chance to see the building. There will be music provided for both afternoon and evening and re freshments will be served to everybody who attends. The whole, building will bo open to the inspection of the public and visitors will be surprised with tho trim appearance of the buildings and grounds, located as they are In trre midst of activities of the Chicago. Indiana & Southern railroad at Gibson. The event will be looked forward to with considerable interest by tbebusW nesa men In Hammond, who are Interesting themselves in the matter of a Y. M. C. A. in this city. ( There will bo seen tho practical working out of the idea with but slightly different conditions to be dealt with. GOOD PROGRESS Of G. 1. 1 C. ELECTRIC Itoad Bids Fair to Be Finished Through Lake in Six Months. The Chicago, Indianapolis & Kvansvllle Hlectrie company who some time ago announced their Intention of coming through Lake county, will have their road completed within six months, according to information given out in Hammond Saturday. V. C. Hrown, who formerly was connected with the Indiana Harbor road in the capacity of assistant engineer, row holds a similar position with the C. I. & 11 road and in speaking of the new road he was very enthusiastic over the progress. Up to the present time yvtrt of the right of way lias been purchased and survey made of the line over which the road will run. C. P. Parks, the man in charge of the right of way. was also in Hammond looking after the right of way, and pays he- has secured several miles around the Kankakee region. From appearances tho company will have little trouble in getting the desired right of w ay. Tiie new road when completed, will run from Indianapolis north, going through the Kankakee region. on through Hebron and thence one branch will go direct to Gary, while another will come on into Hammond. From there the cars will proceed to Chicago along the Brie tracks. William Ilenifick. a prominent railroad financier is president of the new road. When completed the road will furnish the first direct connection between Indianapolis and Gary. Poth Mr. Hrown and Mr. Parks left Hammond this morning going on into Chicago, where they a11 confer with the officials of the road there. A. M. Sparks, street and sewer commissioner of Sikeston, Mo., who has been visiting F. A. hohmati, assistant superintendent of the Prudential, left for his home this morning. Several of the friends of J. G. loach have received postal cards from him from Saratoga. Joe says he is having a good time and wishes that his brother Masons could have taken the trip. K ATI! E 11 Ft) K RCA ST. ThuiiderMorni tlii.s afternoon nail touiitht; lower t eui jhtm Cure tonight) Tuesday local ruius.

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Passes Through Hammond This Morning for South Bend. Oil Li OIIE Thomas Car Blows Tire at South Chi cago; Kepaira in 15 Minutes Harrow Escape in Hammond. Like hounds on the trail of a fox, the Glidden tourists doubled on their route this morning and nce more sailed through Hammond on the return trip to South Bend, where the day's journey will close. From South Bend the route will change and Indianapolis will be the goal of Tuesday's run instead of Toledo. At 9 o'clock this morning the first cars of the tour started on the run after a two day3 lay-off in Chicago. The machines were once more thoroughly fitted up and put in shape and some of the coating of mud and dust removed after last week's three day run. The confetti car started from the Auditorium Annex two hours ahead of any of the tourists and as usual laid the trail. Shortly after 9 o'clock the cars were sent away from Chicago amidst the cheers of the gathered enthusiasts and the God-speeds and the adieus of the friends. Chairman Hower with Mr. Glidden occupied seats on the big Pierce Arrow, No. 99, which is making the trip with the officials of the contest. The big car arrived in Hammond shortly before 10 o'clock, and, within fifteen minutes the first contestant in car No. 59, a Maxwell, came down Ilohman street and turned the corner in Sibley street. About ten minutes intervened and then they strung along in twos and threes and singly. One thing was very noticeable, the machines did not strike such a pace as they did on the trip to Chicago on Friday. On that day It appealed more like a road race than an endurance test and so hot was the pace on the first three days that several of the contostaaitovJUViPfnaUejr cars made a protest as tho big fellows sped along with such a haste that they were hours behind the first cars into the eitr. As a result, Chairman Hower decided to use pacemakers on the trip today, and as a result several machines were put in to set a pace not too fast for the smaller cars and to hold it all the way. As a result of the experiment the speed was greatly reduced as they passed through Hammond. At the corner of State and Hohman streets, as one of the big six-cylinder touring cars came bowling down the line, a woman stepped almost directly in front of the big machine. She did not see or hear it until the cries of the bystanders rang out and she at once began to dance up and down right in the path. The chauffer had good control of the regulator, and even before the woman was aware that danger threatened her, he had shut off his power and applied the emergency Drake, and like a live thing, the machine stood panting with its nose almost upon the woman's body. The rain of last night laid the dust along the line, but the mud was also on the roads as thick as paste. As the machines started from Chicago it looked as though they were in for a big rain storm, and between South Chicago and Hammond they got a few drops but that was all. The sun came out about 10 o'clock and it was plain sailing for them to South Bend. The roads from South Bend to Indianapolis are said to be in fine condition and are broad and sandy. The rain has laidj the sand down hard, and good time should be made along this route. According to tho official figures, thirty-one cars have clean scores fqr the first three day's run and eleven are penalized. In the Hower contest sevfn runabouts have perfect scores an.tf'tv'O have been penalised. The rim frVm Chicago to South Bead today will tnfte about six hours, according to official time, while the run from South' ehd to Chicago Friday was made by some of the cars in four hours, Thft tour-f ists will reach New lork on cdatsday, July 24. Car GO. a Thomas Flyer of New York, had trouble at Soulh Chicago, where a tire was blown, and the men had to stop for fifteen minutes, until a repair was effected. ONLY ONE REMONSTRANCE. Consequently AVnlk on Calumet Avenue ' From Cnrroll Street to City I.imits Will He I-aid. The board of public works met this morning to hear remonstrances to the order compelling the owners of property along Calumet avenue to build cement walks from Carroll street south to the city limits. V. II. Gostlin appeared to remonstrate for a Chicago property owner, but as this man was the only one to object lie was ignored, and the walk will be ordered laid. Lavene Bros, were awarded the contract for the laying of the sewer in Doty street. Miss Iiuth Wallace returned to her home in Rochester. Ind., today after visiting Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Campbell for several days at their home in Tru man avenv

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Pine Station Terrorize by Crazed Foreigner With Gun. HE SHOOISJi fli Armed With Double Barreled Weapon He Drives People to Barricade Houses. Armed with a big double barrel shot gun, without any hat or coat, a big six foot foreigner went on a rampage last night and early this morning at Pine station, a few miles south of Hammond, and after shooting one man through the hand, threw the residents of that section for miles around into a panic. The man was not known to anybody who caught a glimpse of him but all declared that he was unkempt and looked like a wild man. He first appeared along the railroad track and with his big gun he proceeded to make a target of every person he saw. An East Chicago man, whose name is not known, happened to meet the wild man, and the latter immediately raised his weapon, and fired a charge. One of the bullets ploughed a hole through the East Chicago man's hand, and the latter fied as fast as he could for safety. The matter was reported to the police of Hammond and East Chicago and several officers of these stations, together with Deputy Sheriff Trost and posse started for the scene. Up to a late hour this afternoon they were still scouring the dense woods and underbrush about this section for a trace of the man. He is described as being a man very large of stature, wore no hat or coat, iind his clothes were said to be frayed and torn as if he had spent some time n the woods. He wore a vest which was completely banded around with a J heavy cartridge belt, and every pouch ( i,n the belt was filled with ammunition. He had a wild look about the eyes and was continually muttering to himself in an incoherent manner. As he walked up the track and road about Pine Station he took a shot at any person he saw. or even at houses and barns. The people living in the vicinity at once took to barricading their doors and windows as best they j could, and tiie wild man held sway like a king wherever he appeared. He was j last seen making towards the undor- ; brush. The officers and posse will probably locate the man before night and he will be brought to Hammond where he will be examined as to his sanity. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nyhoff left Saturday for an extended visit in the east. Mr. and Mrs. Nyhoft will spend the greatest part of the time In Boston, but will visit in Buffalo and Detroit in returning home. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mott ajid daughter. Miss Irene, Mrs. Mary Holm and A. M. Turner and the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Albert Smith will attend the wedding of Miss Hazel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Law, to John Nellegar at their summer home in Flossmoor, Wednesday evening.

INDIANA, MONDAY, JULY 15, 1907.

LOSES CONTROL OF HIS AUTOMOBILE John L. Fitzerald's Machine Swerves and Runs Into Ditch. John E. Fitzgerald of this city had a narrow escape yesterday while he was on his way ime forn South Bend in his automobile. He was going along near Hobart on as pretty a piece of road as there is in the country. All at once and without the slightest warning the wheel of his machine turned in the hands of the driver and the machine ran into the ditch. As the driver saw that it would be impossible to avoid the ditch, he steered directly for it, thinking that it would be better to hit it squarely than to enter it sideways and then turn over. The automobile ran down the slight embankment and then came to a sudden stop at the bottom of the declivity. No one was thrown out and fortunately no one was hurt. Steering Genr Strained. The steering gear Vas strained, however, and Mr. Fitzgerald was compelled to leave it there until repairs could be made. He and his family were taken aboard the cars of F. S. Betz and A. M. Turner who were in the party and the return to Hammond was saf elyvtnade. Mr. Fitzgerald's car will be returned to him today. Although the accident did not end disastrously as might have been expected under the circumstances, it gave the occupants of the car a good scare. Mr. Fitzgerald says it is one of those unaccountable things aoout a car. lie says ne cannot understand how it should swerve to one side, apparently without any reason. The party had been to Michigan City and LaPorte on their way to South Bend, and up until the accident to Mr. Fitzgerald's machine occurred there had not even been a tire punctured. LODGE DONATES FURNITURE. Goshen, Tnd., July 1.". A resolution has been passed by South Bend lodge, No. 235, B. P. O. E., donating to Goshen lodge. No. 279, B. P. O. E., the lodge furniture used by the South Bend lodge before it moved into the new temple. All of the possessions of the Goshen lodge were burned in the big Jefferson theater fire here last December. Ask the Man ! If you should ask any intelligent LakejCounty Man, how to make your advertising appropriation do you the most good in Lake County, the reply undoubtedly would be : Place it with the Times because in Hammond, Lake County and Calumet Region nearly everybody reads the Times. Guaranteed Circulation Daily over 1 O, O O O.

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EGROES FIGHT; Quarrel Over Woman Causes Tom Dolton to Shoot Calhoun Wallace. GSR. IS SCENE Police Thus Far Unable to Locate Assailant Who Escapes After Tragedy. During a brawl between two Gary negroes over a negro woman, Tom Dolton whipped out a revolver and shot Calhoun Wallace, who will die. Prosecuting Attorney Boone left today at noon to take his ante-mortem statement. The Injured man was picked up by people who ran to the scene upon hearing the shots fired and an examination by a local doctor revealed the fact that the bullet had struck the man in the back and penetrated the abdomen. The affair happened In what is known as McKay's camp which is north of the Bake Shore tracks and east of Broadway. Wallace and Dolton had been at outs for some time. The trouble was over negro woman in whom they were both interested. The argument became more and more heated and finally Dolton pulled out a gun and said he was going to shoot. Wallace looses Ills rve. As soon as Wallace saw the gun he ran, but this made no difference with Dolton for he evidently had murder in his heart and he fired at the fleeing man. Wallace fell to the street groaning. His assailant disappeared in the dark ness and the crowds who heard the shots and rushed up to the prostrate man, found blood on his clothes and knew that he had been badly injured. The doctor's examination revealed the extent or tne injuries and It was decided to simply have the wounds dressed and leave the matter of probing for the bullet to the doctors in St Margaret's hospital where it was decided to send him. Officers were at once detailed on the case and an effort was made to find Dolton who had fied when the crowds gathered around the injured man. The search was carried on over nearly the whole of Gary and every camp was visited in an effort to find the fugitive. 'o Trace as Yet. The efforts were unavailing, however, for up to a late hour no trace of the assassin could be found. The officers even surrounded a place where It was thought the negro might be In hiding, but they found that their quarry had not been there. There are a number of desperate characters in the negro population of Gary who have been causing the police considerable trouble. Only recently four colored men robbed a negro woman of 540 In cash. The woman had just been in the isolation hospital and was not strong enough to have resisted them if she had dared to do so. The men got away on an eastbound Indiana Harbor freight train. The small banlorss Is the moat needs THE LAKE TIMES advertising. one that COl'XTY

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PROSECUTED Shopkeepers and Dairymen Charged With Food Violations. HIES 'flOIIHHELD Culprits Have Until Aug. 1 to Find Vindication for Short Earnings. The sanitary condition of Hammond Is bad. This is the verdict of State Food Inspector Frank W. Tucker, who has just finished a thorough inspection of the quality and process of sale of every kind of edible. As a result of many disclosures of unsanitary con ditions Prosecuting Attorney Boono prepared charges against twenty-two shopkeepers, charging them with vio lations of the state food law and it is said that there has been enough evidence collected to insure a conviction of the larger part of the cases. The names have been withheld for the pres ent by Mr. Boone and Mr. Tucker. The milk, dairies and the bakeries are found to be in the worst shape. In a few of the latter, immediate action will have to be taken In improvin the conditions If the owners hope to escape prosecution. Many dirty mix ing boards, uncleanly walls and floors. improper protection from flies and other Insects is responsible for the severe censure Incurred by the inspector. All of them found guilty of these violations have promised immediate reform, however, and may escape prosecution if they live up to their promises. 3111k 1 Adulterated. Many of the milk dealers have already gone too far. The milk in many cases has been found to be adulterated, dirty, and entirely unfit for use. Most of the dealers tried to plead immunity on the ground that all of the adulteration was done by the farmers, but the ruse failed to work. Sam ples of milk e were taken from the can immediately upon reach ing this city ancL-before It Jiad rAeen turned ' 'over " t': th Sealers. Without an exception it was found to be above standard and averaged five per cent butter, whereas the law only requires three. Some of It waa found to be very dirty, showing that there had -not been proper care used in straining it before shipping. It seems as if the deal ers were caught red handed by this simple coup, and they will now have until August 1 to devise a better ex cuse for the appearance of liquids which were not in the milk at the time of its arrival at the station. Should Doll Milk. Customers who purchase milk not pastuerized by the dealer would find It much more healthful if they took that precaution themselves as milk is the greatest of germ carriers, states Mr. Tucker. All that is necessary Is to strain the milk thoroughly, and then boil it for two or three minutes. which process destroys the germs The results well repays one for their trouble escecially when there are small children in the family. Impure milk has been the cause of the death of hundreds of babies throughout the state every year and this is one of the great evils which the state health com missioners are now engaged In com bating. Impure Meat and Lard. A quantity of impure meat and lard was found on sale at a number of grocery stores and meat markets Much of the lard was found to be mere compounds and only about half pure. Some of the meat was im properly exposed to insects and dust and a small portion of it was found to be not up to standard. With the exception of several stores and markets on the outskirts of the city winch were carelessly allowed to get in bad con dition they were as could be desired in cleanliness, etc. Farmers who have on refuse from the warned to stop this a rule all that the matter of led their cows distillery, are practice or be prosecuted new laws In section three of the it states that it is unlaw ful to sell milk produced from cows which have been fed on that refuse. Several farmers throughout the county might be able to profit by this warning. Proprietors of hotels and restaurants serving skim milk must so designate this fact on the bill of fare. Skim MUkf Say o. If simply the word milk is written it can be taken for granted by the customer that the milk Is not skimmed and Is perfectly pure. Any patron who has occasion to believe that the milk is skimmed and it i3 not so labeled, may notify the authorities and If found guilty, the dealer will be subject to a heavy fine. Any person may In fact submit to the health inspector any case of violation of the health laws and they will receive prompt attention, without disclosing your name. Housewives would do well to take note of many unsanitary practices carried on in the home daily. Inspector Tucker says: jjon t put milk or Dutter in the same refrigerator with meat. It is unhealthful." "Don't let fruit, fresh or canned stand any length of time without being covered." "Don't throw refuse In the alley unl Continued on page 2, column -"V-

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William Blair Endures the Agonies for Several Frightful Seconds. FILLS FBOy TIIE 1R ti Alighting, He Slips; lies Almost 7n scratched in Imminent Danger as Rear Coach Passes. William Blair, aged 30 years, camo so close to being killed that the man is very thankful to have escaped without the loss of life or limb. The Cedar Lake excursion train was Just pulling into Hammond at S:45 last night when Blair attempted to get oft whilo the train was in motion. Just as ho Jumped he lost Ills footir.g and was thrown with great forej against tho curbing of the platform. The man rolled in between tho trucks of tho train and the curb of the platform and remained In that position until tha coach had passed. The slightest' movement on his part while in that perilous position would have meant thj' loss of either an arm or a leg and po:'sibly his life. The fact that he Lad, Jumped from tho last coach and had, but one truck to pass hi:n was a pi ecu of good luck for Blair, as e probably could not have lain motionless for ong. When picked up It was found that ha had not entirely escaped Injury. His face and hands were badly lacerated and besides he was suffering from slight Internal injuries. He was also affected by the nervous shock which he experienced in the few seconds in which ho lay between life and death. The wounds were dressed by Dr. Weia. who Immediately assured the man that no serious injury would result from tha narrow escape from death. Blair's falling under the train was witnessed by a thousand happy picnickers who had returned from a day's outing. A number of his friends had Just bid him goodby and had turned to go Inside the coach when they were horrified- toWMr htm -6I and f41 neath tho tratn. Not being able to eo him at once, they supposed he had been ground under the wheels. Those on tho platform turned their faces so that they would not be compelled to witness the unexpected tragedy, and wero more than surprised when they picked the man up, perfectly sound excepting for the few bruises. HAHHOHD SPEED Mil GROINS McAleer and Crumpacker Join the Ranks of WouldBe Autoists. Today there appears In tho Lak3 County Times two advertisements inserted there by well known Hammond citizens who have decided to disposo of their old family horses and buy instead a faster and more or less tractablo benzine buggy. W. J. MacAleer has a fine buggy and a "classy" bob where by it is propelled, but horse meat Is too elow for him and so he has advertised it for sale and will turn the proceeds into an auto and will receive hereafter gasoline and repair bills instead of the hay and feed variety. PetjDr Crumpacker Is another "man who has deliberately elected to spend an hour or so under a greasy automobile every once in a while inspecting its inwards and trying to diagnose its troubles rather than to be met by his hired man every morning with a buggy and a gentle horse. Peter Crumpacker moves deliberately. That is when the motive power comes from within. He evidently ha3 become the victim of the sped mania for he has decided to part with tho faithful family horse and is even willing to throw In a riding pony in order to get an automobile. These cases would not be so fcignificant If it were not for the fact that one after another of the Hammond business men are disposing of the old family horses and are now riding about in automobiles. A Hammond automobile club is the logical outcome of it 11, and then a family horse won't be worth the hay it would take to feed it in a winter. Miss Delia Prange is reported very ill at the home of her parents in East State street. Miss Florence Henry has resigned her position as stenographer at the Lion store to accept one- with the S. R. R. Co. at Gibson. I. & Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Mather and family expect to move from Hammond to Aurora, -ill., next week where they wiil make their future home. Mr. and Mrs. Mather have made their home In Hammond for many years and have many friends who regret their leaving.

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