Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 160, Hammond, Lake County, 24 December 1907 — Page 8
THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES
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Stores Thronged by Rear Guard of Shoppers' Holiday Army. ;
Chicago, Doc. 24. Christmas shoppers thronged the downtown streets yesterday the rear guard, big:, happy, smiling-, parcel laden, hurrying, rushIns, pushing army that Is eo familiar at this season of the year. Veterans of former holiday attacks on the great storehouses that Santa Claus owns on State etrect declared that the crowd this year exceeded In number that of any former time. It was a wonder display. Everybody thought that every one else in the city and fur mih-s around, was lighting lis way up and down the streets and in and out of the stores. The elevated railroad platforms wort-
crowdeJ all day long. Wh-n arloads j left there were other carloads on hand to take their p'a s. j Danny" I layer, the tail .'.Iceman
at the we.-'t oroHsin.? of state and Madison streets, imlled in his belt another r.otch lat- in the afternoon, saved the 2 i D tli woman from being run over by an automobile, and shook his baton at an aggressive teamster who wouldn't May back of the line.
tacies were placed on long wooden tables, ready to be distributed this morning from thirty stations in various parts of the city. The soldiers packed the baskets from
j a long, smooth table. One would jam jln a chicken, another a quart of beans.
uiiiiiei a. uuncn or celery, and so on down the list, sliding the basket along as they proceeded. Back of the workers were mountains of oranges, forests of bananas hanging from a framework, great heaps of groceries of every sort, and barrels containing an extra fine quality of chickens. Each basket, when packed, contained
SEES illfS FUTURE
'Harlan Justice of the Su
preme Court Says Constitution is Our Hope.
the follow Chicken, Sugar, Biscuits, Celerv, Rice, "
All of the each except which were d:?ion to all
ng: Potatoes, lioans Banana, Turnip, Bread.
Qua!:"- ' Oats, Crafkt-r Jack, 'off..e, t
packages were a pound the sugar and coffee, Lalf pounder's, ami in ,'idthat food intended for a
family of five persons there was a cake of soap and a package of washing powder in each package that a soap firm was kind enough to donate.
TRAMP RESCUES GIRL
"This i:; the biggest ever, a:ii me these many years," shouted Hayes above t!ie noise. "I.ok at thru fidewalk now. You couldn't get anv more on It if vmm was to sq-iei : 'em in and they're riig the street for Hit overflow. f SItU-vi IJdJs't l!obt Slioi:pT. .,1 1 was so. The sidewalks in that part of stcte street were unable to hold tiie ever increasing crowd o beh'ted shoppers, and they spread out over the curb until the overflow threatened to interfere with ths past-age of street ears. Motor ears and heavily laden trucks moved forward
gingerly, kept in cheek by policemen, who wore, reinforced on tile corners by many detective's whose efforts were directed simply towards preventing pedestrians from trampling upon each other. In the great stores it was difficult to move. It was no trouble to sell goods. 1'eople, especially the men. They crowded the counters in front of the tired clerks and fought for places of vantage, for It wasn't so easy to" get waited upon with twenty or more Waiting to grab a necktie or a box of fcllk hii.se or a handbag for little Mary. -And the most crowded places were the tobacco counters and the book stalls, these gifts being "safe" and handy to carry. ;-t ChrlM urn Dinners liemly. Down at Brooke's casino the Salvation army was getting ready 2.500 baskets containing the essentials as well as many luxuries for Christmas dinners. More than a hundred soldiers were tilling the baskets under the direction of Commissioner Kilbey, and as fast as they tilled them the recep-
Comes to Beg Food, Finds Victim Afire Is Hero of Town. Delaware, N. J., Dec. 2!. By demonstrating that e-.'en tramps are capable of heroic performances, "William Nixon, for many years u harmless wanderer, has redeemed his good name ami bids fair to become one of Delaware's foremost men. He lias already been elected a member of the Delaware volunteer lire com pan j. membership in which is reserved exclusively for thoso who have by some act offered their lives to save a fellow being. Some time ago Nixon's travels brought him to Delaware and he went to the back door of Charles Quigg's house to osk for food. Quigg's daughter, Emily was at the moment lighting
a gasoline stove. 'I he stove exploded and the girl screamed. Xixon broke in tho door, threw his ragged coat about the girl, and rolled her in a rug on the floor, extinguishing the flames. Both were painfully burned and were put under a physician's care, the Quigg family nursing Xixon in their gratitude. He told them his story and they offered to help him. Now he is working in a grocery store, arrayed in a new suit of clothes, and he says he has done with the road forever. He was at one time a prosperous business man, but lost his fortune and took to tramping.
DIED SEATED IN COMFORT. Ivfayette, Ind., Dec. 23. The dead body of Seneca Ball was found seated before a grate fire in his apartments at the Lahr Annex and examination showed that he had died of heart trouble. Ball was sixty-five years old, and a member of an old and wellknown famllv.
New York, Dec. 24. Justice John M. Harlan of the United States supreme court was given a banquet last night by the Kentucky club of New York in honor of his thirty years' service on the supr. me bench. Mr. Harlan, in responding to the toast, "Kentucky United we "stand, divided we fall," took an optimistic view of the future of the government if it adhered to the broad, constitutional views of the fathers. He referred to the pessimists who had fears for the safety of our institutions, and who predicted that the day is coming when the rights of the states will be destroyed and all power Cfntered in the federal government. Mr. Harlan declared the people are
more determined than at any time in their history to maintain both national and state rights. After expressing pride In the fact that he is a Kentuckian, he said: "What would it mean to us to be Kentucklans if we were not also, or rather, first of all, Americans, whose allegiance to the nation in matters of general concern is above our allegiance to any ftate. just as the constitution of tho United States, with respect to all national objects, is above the constitution of any state? Optimistic of Future. "There are some, Mr. President, who think they see dark clouds upon the horizon of our future, and express grave apprehension as to the stability of the government ordained by the people of the United States and established by the constitution. In :i population of ninety millions comprising people from all parts of the earth, many of whom have no proper conception of liberty regulated by law. nor any just regard for the rights of others, we must expect to find many who indulge in gloomy forebodings as to the future of the country, and who seem to cultivate the habit of predicting disaster. Such persons are quite unhappy when the facts do not justify them in believing that everything is going wrong. "But there is no occasion for alarm The American people, knowing that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, will take care that no harm shall come to the government. At all times since the organization of the government they have shown themselves equal to every emergency, however sudden or startling, which involved safety of our free institutions. They may seem, at times, to tolerate false, visionary, and mischievous views, but in the end they surely recognize the dangers of the situation, whatever they may be, and do what prudence nd patriotism require at their hands. Their final, deliberate judgment upon public ques
tions is quite certain to be the best for all concerned." Justice Harlan then said that if our matchless government is to be handed down national povver and state power must go hand in hand in harmony with the corrstltutlon.
0L0 "CHESTNUT" KILLS Story Noah Told His Wife in the Ark, Fatal to One.
Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 2 4. One msn lies dead in the morgue and anoth. r is in the city hospital badly injured as the result of the telling of a time-
worn were local The piece
joke while a party of friends enjoying midnight lunch In a restaurant, dead man was strangled by a of meat which stuck in )-,;
throat while he was laughing heartily at the funny story. The dead man is Thomas St. John. 30 years old, of 247 First street, Jersey City. He and a party of friends, among whom was Frederick Gering, had been to a ball and were on their way home when some one suggested a lunch. One of the party bethought himself of a joke and sprung it upon his companions. The story was the
ouc .wan tout 10 nis wite during their sojourn in the ark, but a roar of laughter greeted the conclusion of the yarn. In the midst of the gayety, St. John suddenly gave a gasp, and with one hand grasping his throat he rose from his chair. His companions thought he was convulsed by the joke, and tills only made them laugh the louder. It was not until St. John turned black in the face and fell to the floor that they realized hat something serious was the matter with him. He was hurried outside into the fresh air, and an ambulance summoned. "When it arrived he was dead. In the excitement Gering had fallen to the floor and lay where he fell until St. John was on his way to the hospital. One of the waiters In the restaurant came upon the injured man lying in a pool of blood beside one of the tables. Gering was picked up. His lower lip was hanging by a shred and the blood was flowing from a deep cut near his mouth. He was removed to the city hospital where it took a number of stitches to close the wound.
WALSH TESTIMONY IS
Government Closes its Case Against Former Presi- -dent of Bank.
PROMINENT PHYSICIAN DEAD. Vincennes, Ind., Dec. 24. Dr. Hubbard M. Smith, one of the oldest practicing physicians in the state, is dead as the result of a fall several days ago. He was 87 years old and was born at Winchester, Ky., He had practiced here since 1842. He was president of the board of trustees of Vincennes university. He was the author of a book of poems and of a history of Vincennes.
Chicago, Dec. 24. The government closed its case yesterday against John H- Walsh. The short court session tnis morning will be consumed to the final arrangement for the admission of the book entries of the Chicago National bank without their reading. Judge Anderson then will adjourn court until after Christmas. Thursday morning the defense will make the motion to dismiss the case, and the arguments on this point and oil the further motion of the defense to strike out of the evidence certain lines of proof offered by the government are expected to occupy the remainder of the week. Six wooks have been used by the government in presenting1 its evidence against the former bank president. In the event that the court forces the defense to nut witnesses on the stand, it will be less tiian a month before Mr. "Walsh hears the verdict of the farmer jury that has the power to send him to the penitentiary. The defense is confident that the government has not proved its case. Mr. Walsh refuses to discuss the case in any way, but his attitude is that of a man who lias no fear of the future. Itoud Are Called Worthless. The most important development of the day came in the examination of A. F. Williams, auditor of the Southern Indiana railroad. In redirect examination of this witness Attorney Robert W. Childs attempted to bring out that in the annual statement of tho Southern Indiana for the year ended June 30, 1905, which was sent to the stockholders, more than $2,500,000 of the liabilities of the road were suppressed. The government contends that a true statement of the condition of tho road would show the assets to be less than the liabilities. It was brought out that immediately after the close of the Chicago National bank tho road issued bonds to pay its interest. The government showed that the Southern Indiana had issued $2,000,000 worth of bonds when it was not entitled to under the trust deed. Therefore, the government declares, these bonds were worthless and the people who bought them were swindled. This is regarded by the government lawyers as one of the most important pieces of single testimony offered. The cross examination of R. R. McKay, which had been deferred several days, brought out that nearly $4,000,000 of the excessive loans complained of by Controller Ridgeley were marked paid on the books of the bank at the windup of the institution.
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OOST TO HUGHES BOOH
Hew York Republican Club Demands His Election
as President.
New York, Dec. 24. With only nine
opposing votes, the republican club of
the city of New York, at a special meeting last night, adopted a resolution indorsing Governor Charles Evans Hughes as the republican candidate for president. The resolution also invited the co-operation of the people throughout the country to secure his election. The resolution was greeted with a cheer that virtually shook the ceiling of the banquet hall where the meeting was held. Prior to this action a resolution was introduced by Job Hedges advocating the sending of an uninstructed delegation from this state to the republican rational convention in Chicago next year and had been voted with a roar. This resolution was supported by some of the federal officeholders, friends of Congressman Herbert Parsons, the chairman of the New York county republican committee, who, at a meeting of the organization last Thursday night, after a conference with President Roosevelt at the White House, contrived to have the resolution Indorsing Governor Hughes for the presidency sidetracked. At the meeting last night the name of Presi
dent Roosevelt was not even mentioned.
Calls It Matter of Policy. There were about 300 members pres
ent when the meeting was called to order by Charles II. Young, president.
Mr. Young introduced A. R. Humphrey,
who, pursuant to the notice which he gave at tho regular monthly meeting last Monday evening, introduced the
resolution, which was afterward passed.
Mr. Humphrey, who is a prominent
member of the club, said that condi
tions demanded the nomination of Governor Hughes, not only in recognition of his services to the party but as a matter of policy.
"This state," raid Mr. Humphrey,
among other things, "almost went democratic in the last campaign and if it
had not been for the fact that our present governor was the candidate it surely would have elected the democratic nominee. California is dangerous, and Minnesota went democratic. There is great doubt whether any republican candidate, with the exception of Governor Hughes, can carry either of these states, which are necessary to a republican victory." Edmund Wetmore, a prominent lawyer and former president of the republican club, was the next speaker, who spoke eulogistically of Governor Hughes' record. He was followed byJames Talcott, a downtown merchant, who spoke of the availability of Governor Hughes as a presidential candidate from the business men's point of view.
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EIG YIELD OF CORN.
Columbus, Ind.. Dec. 24. The banner corn crop reported from Rartholomew county comes from the Hoilowell farm, twenty-six acres yielding an average of 115 bushels to the acre.
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