Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 86, Hammond, Lake County, 27 September 1907 — Page 2

SHE LAKE COUNTY TIMES

Friday, Sept. 27, 1907.

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George Heyexa will ejxmd the week end -With hJ.3 parents in Chicago. Stuamora Cold cure contains no quinine and does not affect the head. -Ad-. Hot water bottles and fountain syringea guaranteed at- Samraers pharmacy. Adv. lllss. Lclu Sherby has returned from Cblcgt -where she visited relatives for.fct the past weekfe j Mrs. 13d. StoUey left today for Tnleston to spend the week end with relatives and friends. The Michigan Central railway clerks Cava a dancinjr party last eyetUnK In ling's hall which was a decided euooesa. The Martha Boelety of tho Christian church met yesterday afternoon with lira. John Jones at her home In May street. Mra. Scott entertained tho ladies of tho Deborah, society of the First Christian chnrch yesterday afternoon at her home, 415 Ash street. The members of the Fern Loaf Whist ciub met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank Summers for their regrular weekly meeting. Captain Feter Austgen of the Metropolitan police, is receiving the congratulations of his friends on the birth of a bouncing boy today. Both Mrs. Auatgren and the boy are doing well. Miss Carrie Gruszka informally entertained friends last evening at her homo In Conkey avenue. Games were played, for tho winners of which prizes were awarded. Several piano and violin numbers wero also given after which refreshments were served. it Mrs. Nellio O'Toolo Dysart of the millinery firm of O'Toole & Bombergrer, has decided to withdraw from that firm as she had announced to her friends, but will bo at tho store again during this season the same as before. Their fall opening display of pattern and street hats begins tomorrow. 99 Tho Ladies' Aid socioty of tho First M. 13. church has planned a splendid entertainment to bo given In the church Thursday evening, Oct. 3. The program will include soveral numbers by Mrs. Lulu Tyler Gates, reader and Mr. Graham Smith, soloist, both of Chicago. Tho ladles hope by this means to ralw a good sum toward the pledge they Eagles From All Quarters Swam Into Steel City to Witness Big Athletic Contest Under Auspices of the Order. BATTLE ROYAL IS REGARDED A FIASCO Cf the Four Negro Participants, Ono Drops Out Before Fight is . Fairly Under Way, Another Soon Follows and the Others Spar Tamely for Couple of Rounds. Special to Lake County Thuea.) Gary, Ind.. Sept 27. The athletic contest which was held in a large tent in Gary under tho auspices of the Easles, was a big success bo far as the attendance was concerned and especially considering tho fact that the weather was anything but propltloua. Tho bills which were sent out were ratn&r mLslaadins in that they promised a-pusULitic bill of faro that apparently would satisfy that class of the sporting public that loves the JBigrht of spilled pore. The affair was advertised in Hammond. South Chicago, East Chicago. "Whiting-, Indiana Harbor. LaPorte. and even in Chicago and there were delegations of sport loving Eagles from all of those places. In fact Gary was thronged with fcaslea last evening- and the whole town was griven over to them. The whole town turned out to see the bouts end the best people in the place patronized the show. Uattle Uojni Tame. The event of greatest interest was the "battle royal" which was to ba between four negroes. To those who have seen real battles royal in the south in which a grans of eight or ten negroes are put in a pit and are sup. posed to fig-ht until one raan survives the conflict and wlr.s the prise the thought of a battle royal in Gary was not ra edifying- one. But the affair was far from being the bloody battle that battle royals ara in the south. It is slad that one man wii I!ud White, another was Kid I;fack, another was Kid Brown and tho fourth was Kid Grey. On of the men fell out of the ring before the Gsrht had fairly begun, an.

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tb buli51n of th rww lira. Kellar was hostess to tha mmbr3 of the Carona club yesterday afternoon at her home In "West Hammond. The afternoon was s;nt pleasantly with car&3 and the honors fell to Mra. Kralowita and lire. Gallinger. Mr. Seeley was awarded the consolation prize. Tne hoetesa eerved refreshments the closa of tne graraes to her thirteen guests. The club will meet again in two weeks at the home of Mrs. Keyser In State street. Mrs. II. G. Stevenson pleasantly entertained the members of the Up-to-Date Whist club yesterday afternoon at her homo in Sibley street. All the members were present and spent the afternoon with cards, at which Mrs. V. F. Eckart of Chicago and Mrs. A. lledrlcks won the honors. At the close of the meeting the hostess served dainty refreshments. Mrs. P. L. Davis will have the club as her guests next Thurs day at her home in Rimbach avenue. The Epworth League of the First M. E. church gave a pleasant social last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kasson, In Bellview place. The affair wa3 very well attended despite the disagreeable weather and all re port a most enjoyable time. The even ing was passed with games and music and refreshments were served. The party was only one of a series to be given by the league to raise money for the pledge they made for the building of the new church. Mesdames Francis Klngsley and Virgil S. Relter entertained many friends yesterday at their pretty residence in Hornewood, at a very delightful "At Home." The party was one of the first of tho fall season and fully sixty five guests were in attendance, some of whom were from out of town. Guests were present from Detroit, South Bend nnd Chicago. The house decorations were of astors. The reception hall was done in the rose pink asters and the parlor was beautiful with heliotrope flowers. The dining room was in white except for strands and garlands of smllax which was used on the tables and chandeliers. The shaded tapers wero also used as decorations on the tables. Barney Young's orchestra which played several program numbers also played during the serving of refreshments. The hostesses had a picture contest as a very entertaining nnd amusing feature of tho afternoon for which two handsomo prizes were awarded tho winners. The ladles are entertaining this afternoon at cards and as many guests are present. CAN MINISTER LI ON 12 GENTS A DAY? Governor Hanly Asks Methodist Conference Some Pointed Questions. URGES LIBERAL PENSIONS Takes Up Cause of the Superannuated Preacher Campaign May Bear Fruit. (Special to Lake Connty Times.) Columbus. Ind., Sept. 27. Is twelve cents a clay enough for a superannu ated .Methodist minister to live on? Or if so, is Just one-half that enough lor one to live on? Theso were two of the question suggested by Governor Hanly today at the Methodist con ference in this city. Tho question that tho conference was considering was tne pensions that should bo given to tho superannuated Methodist ministers. The figures presented showed that on an average, those belonging to the Southern con ference got twelve cents a day, and those belonging to tha Northwest con terence got on an average six cents a day. The proposition advanced by the governor was that these old preachers who had worked their lives out in the service of tho church, ought to get more money when they get too old for active duties. jt'reacmng is a proiession wnere a man necessarily loses sight, to a greater or less extent of the commercial side," said tho governor in addressing the meeting today. "Tho man in this profession wtio is always thinking about the financial side, is not the man And conversely, the man who is think ing less about the commercial side, is tho man who often gives his whole hearted devotion to the church. He is the one who needs the help the most, and he is the one who deserves it the most." Continuing along these same lines, the speaker urged the conference to be as liberal r-s possible concerning this matter of pensions for the super animated. He spoke as if he had pro found convictions on the subject. It was thought that the conference would take some action that would liberal Sao further the payments that these old preachers win get. other got out of the ring in some way or another, the two remaining negroes Ji'urreu i u iuuuus :nu iSUu White, whose face was daubed with flour, won. The bout3 were pulled off and were rather interesting boxing contests. Willie Unrphy, the Newsboy champion, won from Kid Bezenah of Gary, who Is said to have put up a good fight. ma jugKi was won iron isezenan on a fouL r ranKia .tsrown knocked out Kid Xolan in four rounds with a right hook to tao jaw la the first preliminary. ice mea welched 130 pounds.

FRANCHISE STILL IN

STATUS Chicago and Interurban Railway Company Has Not Yet Secured Frontage in West Hammond For Right of Way. KILLER TALKS OF TERMS ' OF PROPOSITION Says lie Will Not Consider Terms of Less Than Fifty Years Con Moor's License Not Yet Granted Matter Laid Over Until the Next Eeular Meeting. Owing to the fact that the Chicago & Interurban Railway company has not yet secured the frontage for the newly proposed right of way as agreed upon by the street and alley committee of the West Hammond village board, the franchise question did not come up at the meeting last night as was at first expected. J. M. Miller of the street car company, who was present, prom ised that he would secure enoutrh frontage In ten days to warrant the holding of a special meeting in two weeks. Members of the Hammond Letter Car riers' association called upon Mr. Miller last night, asking that he include in the franchise a provision for the free transportation of the mall carriers while in their uniforms. Mr. Miller readily agreed to this and is confident in general about the outcome of the franchise. Speaking to a Lake County Times representative last night Mr. Miller said: "Unless there is a hitch on the question of time for which the franchise should be granted, I feel con fident that it will go through, as the route has been so arranged as to please very nearly all parties concerned." o Short Term Franchise. "Would you consider a twenty-five year franchise as a last resort," Mr. Miller was asked. "We could not consider it for a minute. Twenty-five year franchise bonds are too hard to sell. Sooner than accept that term we will withdraw. The board did to some extent insist on a bond that we should provide for the building of the" road. Such a course is extraordinary and I don't think we should be asked to do that. The board always reserves the, right to withdraw a franchise, and we have given the best of Chicago bank reference." The meeting last night, which should have been primarily a franchise meet ing, drew but a small crowd of tax payers considering the Important ques tion that should have come up. Con Moor, former owner of the notorious Mecca saloon and now established in an alleged reputable boarding house business on Plumer avenue. in the Berwanger place, came in for heavy scoring when the question of granting him a dram shop license came up for passage. The trustees have already issued him a permit for a short time. Tho board Btill refuses to act in the license matter and laid the question over until the next regular meeting. Shortly beforo the close of the meeting, John Dombrowski took the floor and in severe language scored the village president and the committee on streets and alley3 for permitting Contractor Healy to leave the streets of West Hammond In unpassable shape. SAFEGUARDS PROPERTY Pittsburg, Ta,, Sept. 26. Disapproval of the fast life of rittburg's young men of wealthy families finds expres sion in the will of Faul K. Hacke, millionaire bachelor. Mr. Hacke's chief criticism of the rich young men of the city was that their chief aim in life appeared to be how to spend the most money in0he shortest time. Although Hacke never married, his will stipulates that the two sons of a cousin shall wed and that their issue shall inherit the Hacke millions, thus preventing the present generation from spending them. If there are no heirs the estate will go to charity. Small Annuities to llplatlTes. The will of Hacke was filed today for probate, but not recorded. Hacke, after providing an annuity of 3,000 for life for a sister. Miss Sarah Hacke, provides annuities for a cousin, Mrs. Joseph George of Greensburg, Pa., and her two sons of $1,000 each. Then it enjoins the boys, one of whom is of age, to marry. If both die without issue, the estate is to be divided among the Westmoreland hospital at Greensburg. Pa.; St. PauTs Orhpan asylum. Butler, Pa.; and Grace Reformed church of Pittsburg. Officers of charitable institutions are in a quandary. They cannot know for years whether the will will benefit them. The estate will be held In trust and if carefully invested may become one of the largest estates in Pittsburg. Charles S. Crawford, attorney, and Frank Dempsey, who was private secretary for Hacke for years, are busy preparing an inventory of the estate. Until this is finished the amount will not be known. REMOVAL NOTICE. Dr. H. E. Sharrer and Dr. W. II. Davis announce that they have removed their offices one door eoutn to tb rooms over the Model Clothing Store. 9-23-lw.

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WONDERFUL PROGRESS IT MILL SHE

United States Steel Company Plant's Growth so Marvelous That it Staggers the Occasional Visitor Great Changes Noted. BIG SWALE IS BEING APIDLY FILLED !H Net Work of Tracks Numbering Over 150 Occupy the Site of the Switching Yards Seventeen Hundred Foot Open Hearth Furnace is Practically Completed. To the local man whose visits to the mill site are several weeks or a month apart, the advance in the work at that place is wonderful. Those who see it dally and hourly know of the changes but do not notice them until their attention is attracted by the exclamations of the "now and then" visitor. The office building Just north of the bridge at the entrance to the plant site is receiving Its finishing touches Inside. The office force and engineers still do their work in the basement of the building, but it is a question of only a short while until thev will he. in their permanent quarters. Swale Is Filled. The large swale that stretched away from the north extension of Broadway to the east and west for a mile either direction and from a quarter to half a mile wide, with a depth ranging from fifteen to thirty feet below grade, is rapidly being filled to an extent which will be just wide enough to afford a good channel for the Grand Calumet river. When the great undertaking is completed and the old river valley has become a factory site, there will have been moved about two hundred million cubic feet of sand, slag, cinders and nondescript waste of every kind. At the south edge of this plain, through the straightened channel, will flow the river, carrying the fifty million gallons of water that will daily be discharged from the combined sewer systems of the town and plant sites. Site Transformed. Instead of the twenty or thirty awitchtracks and spurs here and there that were so well known to every frequenter of the site nine months ago, there Is now a maze of tracks numbering over one hundred and fifty that taxes the ability of Yardmaster Thomas l?t alone hi3 assistants and train crews, to the order In which they were put down- The intention is to change this plan as soon as the conditions become settled and number them consecutively as they lie regardless of when they were put In. More and more bewildered becomes lthe novice aa he is taken further Into

WALTOX. as the murderer of Lillian White is also suspected as the murderer of

the plant. On every hand apparently rise immense buildings covering acres and acres of ground. The group of rail mills, roll mills, machine, boiler and carpenter shops, directly south of the office building are rapidly receiving train load'after train load of machiney that is to do the work in the respective lines. Open Ileartlm Finished. Open hearth No. 4 has assumed Its seventeen hundred foot length and has received practically all of its roof, comprising about seven acres of reinforced ..concrete roofing: .-, The' man who a year ago wondered if the company was not spreading out over a good deal of ground for its plant, now asks if it isn't going to be rother crowded, and truly the site does look congested even though it does Include fifteen hundred acres. The trimming and finishing touches for a number of the different buildings are being put on as one might suspect from the letting of a twenty thousand dollar contract a couple of weeks ago for window and door frames, to Ingwald Moe. Dredges Work Hard. Sand sucker "New York" of the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock company is silently -eating its way through to the Baltimore & Ohio tracks with only now and then an extra swish at tha lake end df the long pontoon-supported tube to betray its moving of sixteen cubic yards of material every minute. Over on the lake front, east of the plant site fence, the old gun club cottages are again becoming empty and deserted after being makeshift homes for the Steel company's pioneers for nearly two years, and the employes now live in elegant homes in the residence section, east and west of Broadway, where cement walks, black dirt and paved streets have worked another wonderful transformation. Paxton & Baker, who have almost completed the addition to their store on 255 State street, have opened up their ladies' ready-to-wear department with a full line of suits, skirts, shirtwaists, coats, furs, etc. This department is under the management of Mr. Weatherwax. lie invites his many friends and acquaintances of Hammond and vicinity to pay him a call. NEW TELEPHONE BOOK. Owing to the heavy increase In the list of patrons a new telephone direc tory must be printed at once. Another will not issue for several months. If you need a telephone, sign a contract now and get your name In the new book. Don't delay or you may be too late. Chicago Telephone Company. adv. If yon own an automobile and are not using it, a rlainrd advertisement will HEM it to a reliable peron. nnouncement We open up our Ladles' Ready-to-Wear Department with a full line of SUITS, SKIRTS, SHIRTWAISTS, GOATS, FURS. For this occasion we will place on sale a few Extra Special Opening Bargains wnicn it will pay you to see. Come and See our Display PAXTON & BAKER GO. 255 State Street Watch for Our Grand Opening

! Saturday, Sept. 28 SPOFFORD, POWELL & COHN Present tho startling COMEQY-DRAMA SUCCESS A HUMAN SLAVE" Re-written and Revised by H ALTON POWELL HEART INTEREST HILARIOUS CO.MEDV SENSATION SPECIALTIES SCENERY Prices, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c Seats on sale at Bicknell's

JOHN X. CONNUS, Alnnuj;er

Thursday, Friday and Saturday Sept. 26, 27, 28 "China Town Charlie" A Sensational Melodrama depleting life In a great city.

PRICES: Week Nights and Sunday Mat. 15, 25, 35, 50c. Wed. and Sat. Mat. 10, 15, 20, 25c. Boxes 35c. Sunday Night, 25, 35, 50, 75c.

Your money back any

Bastar & McQarry HAMMOND'S LARGEST JEWELRY HOUSE Invite your Inspection of their early Fall Selection of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelery and Silverware

Clock Repairing called for and delivered SEE OUR HIGH 175 S. Hohman Street, ttm

PATTERN and STREET HATS

The Ladies of Hammond and vicinity are invited to call and inspect this display.

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186 South Hohman Street, Hammond Telephone 3094

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THE MASTER PIECE BY A MASTER BAKER

GRAND OPENING of Schneider Bros. Saloon At 300 West State Street, West Hammond

Saturday, A Fine Lunch will be served.

Come and have a good time. ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED,

Event of tho Season Sunday, Sept. 29 :. WHITNEY Presents Tilt L'ANT MUSICAL MIXTLRO With the Famous Cc median CHARLES A. PUSEY

American 60 Principally Beauty People Chorus ar. Girls I 1 60 I

New Scenery, New Costumes and New Electrical Effects 20 SONG HITS Prices, 25c, 50c, 75c, 1.00 SOUTH CHICAGO Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday SEPT. 29, 30, OCT, 1, 2. Return of the Stock Company Favoilte Alarie DeTrace, Robert Hyman, Harry Hoy In the Russian Drama "The Great Eastern World" time you are dissatisfied Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted GRADE CUT GLASS Hammond omberger Manufactured by THE HAMMOND BAKING CO. Inc. Hammond Bldg.

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FREE, Good Music in attendance.