Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 161, Hammond, Lake County, 26 December 1907 — Page 1

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10 LONGER SELLS I LIE STOCK

President A. C. Miller Issues Defi to C. H. Hancock Company, Deposed Selling Agents "of Chicago New York Electric Paper AFRAID OF NOTHING THESE PEOPLE CAN 00 Methods Employed by Concern in Selling $3,000,000 Worth of Stock Expected To Be Questioned Not Enough Business Done is Reason of losing Contract With Big Concern. ' President Alexander O. Miller of the Chicago-New York Electric Air Line railroad. Issued ;t defiance yest rday to the officials of the O. II. Hancock company. The Hancock, company had the telling agency for the air line company until two months ago. Methods employed by the air line people in selling the $.'1,000,000 worth of Block throughout the country were expected to be divulged as a result of the break with the Hancock agt-ncy. Mr. Hancock hist his stock selling contract because he had not sold as much of the (Stock as had been expected. "We are not afraid of anything the Hancock company may do." said Mr. Miller. "They can ay nothing- that will hurt us. They -were in charge of several districts until two months ago, but we decided to let some one else do the work. Whatever may happen to them cannot affect us." Hancock, it, is said, was backed by the J. D. Price Construction company, "vTlieh. holds tll I'dntran n Anne,t...t , 1 ' - - " 1-'-' V WI1.T1.1 I .he ten hour line between Chicago and V-7 W " T'rtrlr Tl Tl . . . - nvo umpilliy tool jck In the road in return for the work conM.ruct.nn and turned it over to Hancock to sell. The services of Chas. Fester were secured, lie was made vice president of the Hancock -company and was promised a salary of $30,000 a year. He was successful at first in disposing f a great deal of stock through agents in every state. In September Mr. Foster concluded that the Hancock company could not make money under its agreement and resigned his position. The Hancock company got 23 per cent commission on the money taken in and paid out of this all advertising and office expenses. Shortly af,ter Foster resigned the Price company canceled its contract with the Hancock company. WILL RESUME MONDAY. Although the Standard Manufacturing company laid off all hands in the sewing department for an indefinite time. Manager il. M. Faher has assured his employes that work would be resumed-next Monday. Orders for the new year have been coming in , fast recently that the management decided to reopen the sewing department immediately.

Indiana Harbor Visited by a Bad Fire Christmas Morning Which Threatened Destruction of Commercial Territory Five Firms Heavy Losers.

(Special to Ind.ana Harbor. Ind.. Dec. 26. Early Christmas mornir.g a fire Ptarted ln t.ie business section of this citv. which, for a time, threatened tho entlre dls. iu ana nnaily result In the delock and :ed by its the busiout and fciruc. or a large busines tne em stock of KOOiU ow; rour tenants. The names of ness men who their losses fo! were burned low: David Milk er. clothing store. $-;.5 500. Jacob Frank, owner of f $5,000. ins. Walker & Barrett, grocery and k-et. $2.; 00. marH. Radtke. saloon. ? 1,000. J. J. Kaeh, grocery and markd The fire started at about 5. 3 morning and is believed to hav. in th musru ej sparKs fron; a d cnlmney. The lire was first not iced ty a. J., i.ewis. the 'r.e-, iant patr.ilman, who said that t! fire itemed t.have started in the eeiiitur l.er Miller's store and Radtke's a'oon. There was a strong wind b 1 . s i -. c and by 7:30 the entire bunding ,lr ' the stock of goods owned by the various business men who were b.er-u.-d there, had been completely destroyed. As soon as the flames were disco . ered, an alarm was turned in and the local oluntt-er department respond vl. An attempt was made to blow the fire whistle hut It was not in working order and fo the only alarm was the blowing of the whistle at the mills. The fire department turned out and

BIG CONCERT TONIGHT

Large Church Society Event by Swedish Lutherans For New Organ. (.Special to Lake County Times) South Chicago, Dec. 26. (Special) One of the largest churrh society events ever given by the Swedish Lutheran people of South Chicago will take place this evening at the Cheltenham Swedish Lutheran church when the musical cantata "Bethlehem" will be rendered. For the last month Prof. John Lindberg has been training a chorus of over fifty voices and it will be a rare musical trtat for those who attend. Among the Individual numbers will be solos by Walter McDermott, the tenor singer of South Chicago, and John Nordstrom of the Fast Side. After the performance a silver collection will be taken up, the proceeds of which will go toward the fund the members are raising to purchase a newpipe organ for their church. Already a large sum has been collected and after the collection is taken up this evening the fund is expected to be complete. The Cheltenham church has a seating capacity of nearly 600 people and this io expected to be filled this evening. A large number of Swedish Lutherans from Chicago will be out this evening tr attend the festivities. Rev. A. F. Rergstrom is pastor of the Cheltenham church and no little credit is due to him for the undertaking this evening. WANTS TOSEE II POP" Pole Puts Dynamite in Stump Watches it Explode In Hospital. i k Gary, Ind.. Dec. 26. (Special.) Volenti Dejeskl, who was employed by the Walter S. Ross company, put a blast of dynamite under a stump and then watched it until it exploded, with the result that he is now .in Mercy hospital with a bad cut on his head and a badly lacerated shoulder. After Dejeskl placed the charge under the stump instead of retiring to a safe distance, he stood near the stump to see what would happen. The stump was pulled ui by- the roots and after rising in- the air to a considerable height, descended on his head. He was picked up for dead, but finally regained consciousness and it is thought he will recover. Dejeski is single and of Polish nationality. He lives at the corner of Seventeenth and Masschusetts avenue. WED AND SURPRISE FRIENDS. Miss Mollte Pinks of William liccomea the Hornecker. Bride It will be a complete surprise to the friends of liss Mollie Pinks and William Hornecker to learn that they were married yesterday, Roth the young people are well and favorably known here, the bride being the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pinks, and the groom being a brother of George Hornecker, the owner of the. Hornecker Motor Cycle Co., where tho groom is employed. They have the best wishes of their many friends. HUNDRED AND NINE YEARS OLD. Thornton, Ind., Dec. 26. Hugh Wiatt died here at the age of 109 years. later on with the assistance of the department from East Chicago they fought the flames valllantly. Sam Banento was one of the first of the firemen to arrive. There were so few of them, however, that they could r.ot handle the hose properly and it became tangled and caused some delay. In the meantime the fire had gained great headway and it was soon seen that it would be impossible to extinguish it. The attention of the firemen was then turned to the important task of saving the surrounding buildings. . The burring embers blew . fiat heat plate for a ! block across the Fultoi and the postoflice. The i great that it melted the dir.g was so glass in and Leo iront or several stor louses Ordner's saloon and S ... ry were saved with L. Fisl r s gro1 i'ri. cult-.-. Unfortunately the era I of the. stores w proprietors vf re out of tho sevcitv. Mr. Walker of the firm of Walker and i Ba rrett, was in La Porte to spend 1 iristmas. Mr. Barrett was in Cni- ; i.i go with relatives. Mr. Kaeh was aisn out of the city to be at the bedside of his dying father-in-law. Alrtady Jacok Frank is figuring on '-uildir.g and says he will put up a j brick building larger then the old ore. There will 'be six stores in the new ! buiWing instead of four and the . building will be a credit to the city. J Most of the merchants had insurance I sufficient to cover their losses.

WHO IS "FRANK FORD"?

Cumberland, Md., Dec. 26. (Special) A well dressed man, about 25 years old, with a ticket from South Chicago to Philadelphia, leaped from the window of the smoker on the Baltimore & Ohio eastbound express train No. 6, at Cumberland, Md., yesterday morning. He was cut to pieces by a passing freight train. A black overcoat left in the car by him was found to contain cards. The overcoat contained two Baltimore & Ohio envelopes, on one of which was written, "Frank Ford, Indiana T., St. L. & W." a Baltimore & Ohio card on which was written, "A. J. Harding, 6910 Chauncey avenue, Chicago, 111. A. J. Harding Is a Baltimore & Ohio lieutenant of police at Chicago. In the overcoat was also found a Catholic prayer book and the business cards of the following firms in South Chicago, Clark C. Metzer, barber, James O'Brien, sewer builder. BONFIRE DESTRUCTIVE Section Hands Start Blaze Which Sets Camp Car on Fire. Gary. Ind., Dec. 26. (Special.) Several carloads of foreigners who were camping in the Michigan Central freight cars were ordered to pull stakes last Tuesday evening to work at other places along the line. The foreigners celebrated their farewell to Gary by starting a huge bonfire with bed c?cthes and wearing apparel and sundry other things that they did not want to take along to their new abode. In their search for more fuel they were not particular about taking good furnishings from some of the campers who were absent at the time. In their enthusiasm they allowed the fire to get beyond their control and set one of the bax cars on fire, which threatened all other camp cars. The foreman of the gang, however, appeared on the scene and ordered the burning car uncoupled away from the others. and pushed il HIKE" II 10 HI Office Employes of Gt H. Hammond Company Will Walk From Chicago. The office employes of the G. H. Hammond company have become "Westonized." A dozen of them have decided to walk from the office at the Union Stock Yards in Chicago, to this city and they promise to reel off the distance in five hours. They have decided to make the start on the first agreeable Saturday and will leave the Chicago office at 1 p. m. The distance is in the neighborhood of sixteen miles and will be as good a "work out" as these men will be able to stand. Among those who have decided to take the trip are several well known Hammond men. There will be "Scrubby" Summers and Fred Mayers of the old Hammond baseball team, Billy Mathews, who has recently developed into quite an athlete. Among the Chicago contestants are: E. W. Andree, George Finbecker, E. C. Rasmuson, J. E. Specht, T. P. Saunders, W. Riley, S. Mayer, J. Fashionbauer, Ed. Engstrdm and W. Frantzen. ERIE WRECK RESPONSIBLE FOR COURT CASE DELAY The Charles Biezcard case against the Inland Steel company for personal injury was delayed again today, this time owing to the wreck on the Erie which prevented one of the Jurors, Charles Richards of Eagle Creek, from getting here on time. Mr. Richards train should have arrived at about 9 o'clock this morning, but 3 p. m. rolled around and still it was not in. In the meantime the attorneys and jurors sat around the court house trying to while the tedious hours away. Tho ball of conversation was kept rolling and every conceivable topic from the political economy to truck gardening came in for a share of discussion. When things threatened to lag a little in the afternoon Judge Gavit ordered a box of cigars after which the association settled down for another round of discussion. WILL EXHIBIT HIS EAR OF CORN. Delphi, Ind., Dec. 26. B. G. Clore. of Johnson county, who raised the champion ear of corn shown at the national corn show in Chicago, in October, and after the exhibition bought the ear at auction at SH-JIS. will exhibit it at the corn show to be held in this city Jan. '. S ar.d 9. The price he pair for the oar is equivalent to 513,000 a bushel of corn. WEDDING WITH FEATURES. Mur.cie. Ind., Dec. 26. The minister who married her parents, on the same night of the month of that year twen-ty-flve years ago. and at the same hour married Miss Kitty Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cooper, to Emmet Mann, son of Mr. and Mrs.. Joseph M nn. The minister was Rev " W x 03S.

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ERIE 'E L Thirteen Cars Derailed and Take Fire at Athens This Morning. TRACKS COMPLETELY BLOGKEO Accident Causes All Passenger Trains To Be Detoured Telegraph Wires Melted. Athens, Ind., Dec. 26. (Special Dispatch to The Lake County Times). Traffic on the Erie railroad was completely tied up for several hours this morning when a freight train, consisting of seventeen cars, figured in a breakdown, thirteen of the cars catching fire, blocking the tracks and destroying all communication by wire at a point two and a half miles west of this city. The accident was one of tho worst ever experienced in this section, and all trains were detoured between Newton and Rochester by way of Van. dalia. As a result all of the westbound passenger trains will be many hours late and the schedule completely upset. Shortly after 7 o'clock this morning a westbound extra freight, No. 17775, had a breakdown of one of the trucks on the fourth car from the engine and thirteen of the cars were derailed. The cars contained gasoline, coke, coal, and lumber and the inflammable material at once caught fire, the gasoline car exploding, throwing the burning liquid over the rest of the cars. In a flash they were burning fiercely and the train crew could do nothing to save them. Luckily no one was Injured. A wrecking crew was sent for and arrived in a few hours, but could be of no service, as the fire was burning so rapidly that the heat drove the men back each time they went anywhere near the cars. The coke and coal cars were like big furnaces. Engineers at once figured on building a track around the wreck. Until. this is built the cars will have to be detoured. "It is thought that It will taffe -about '.twelve hours to clear the track, as the fire wa still burning" this noon. So hot was the blaze, that the telegraph! wires along, the' strefch of track were melted and all communication cut off at this point. 15. SHADEWINS PIANO Outstrips Her Rival in Minas Contest by Over 2,000 Votes. The great voting contest which has been carried on by Edward C. Minas came to a close Christmas eve and the successful contestants have been awarded -their prizes. In addition, however, Mr. Minas has proven his generosity by awarding smaller prizes to those who ran a good race, but who were not fortunate enough to win the first prize. In the contest for the piano Mrs. Francis Shade won the piano, but Mrs. Charles Surprise ran such a good race that Mr. Minas gave her a handsome davenport. In the contest for the doll Rose Riley was the winner, but Mary immerman got so many votes it was decided she should have a prize and she was given a fine Teddy bear. The Outcome. The outcome of the contest was as follows: Mrs. Francis Shade. 51,776; Mrs. Charles L. Surprise. 31,320; Mrs. Isabella Vanderhof. 2.230. Mrs. Grace Gabler. 1.578. For the doll Rosie Riley. 7.024; Nellie Carroll, 3.21S; Helen Bierk! 1.7S6; Irene Schroeder, 3,756; Mary ZimZimmerman got so many votes it was Mail. Doyall Dunsing, 1.S99, Basil Diblee, 562. Among the contestants for tho doll. Riley, Carroll and Schroeder were each given dolls and in the contest for the Irish Mail Basil Diblee was given a Teddy bear. SAM ABLEMAN IN ROLE OF SANT GLAUS Sam Ableman that the poor of in many a year, last Tuesday, he was the best Santa Hammond have seen Chartering a wagon loaded it down with groceries and more than a hundred and then began making ! sacks of flour, the rounds through the poor district of Hammond. He was a welcome visitor wherever he asked for admittance and none of the poor were overlooked. In the Hammond building a number of people clubbed together and added their mite to the load that Sam Abelman took out. OPENS BARBER SHOP. A. Jordan, a Chicago barber has established himself on the fourth floor of the Hammond building. He opened his shop today. With a good trade In the Hammond building and'the assurance of others not in the buiidlng, Mr. Jordan hopes to make a success of the place

DELAYED TODAY

ftLS STILL WORKING

South Chicago. Dec. 26. (SpeciaD Promptly at 4 o'clock this morning everything was in activity at the Illinois Steel company's plant here, the smoke was pouring forth from the huge smoke stacks and to an outsider it didn't look much like the plant had closed down for even two weeks. The rumor that the plant had closed for two weeks was emphatically denied by General Superintendent W. A. Field, i who stated that he had 7,500 men work- : ing and with the exception of the blooming and structural mills every department was running ln full blast. When asked how many men were laid off at the present time Mr. Field stated that there was approximately 1,100 men, when asked If these would be taken back the first of the year he said at present he could say nothing definite upon that subject. However, it remains a fact that there is no danger of the South Chicago mills closing down altogether. "We simply closed down thirty-six hours in order to give our men a chance to enjoy Christmas," said Mr. Field this morning. HOTHERAHDBOYSTRUCK Mrs. Vrooman and Son in Serious Condition From Street Car Accident. South Chicago, Dec. . 26. (Special) Mrs. Carrie Vrooman, 2S years old, and her son. Franklin Vrooman, 5 years old, 7349 Monroe avenue, were struck and severely injured yesterday afterneon by an Illinois Central train at Seventy-fifth street while attempting to cross tho tracks at that place. Mrs. Vrooman' s husband, John Vrooman, was with her at the time. The party were on their way to spend Christmas at Riverside with friends. Mr. Vrooman tried In vain to warn his wife and son of the approaching train but they failed to notice him. They were hurled down an embankment, where they were found unconscious. One of the boy's feet was crushed so badly that it was found necessary to amputate It. Mrs. Vrooman was severely bruised about the body. Mrs. Vrooman and her eon Franklin, were removed to the Merqy hospital, where they are being cared for. .Serious fears are entertained as to ihe boy's recovery. ' - . "7 " " ; GREWSOME SIGHT East Chicago, Dec. 26. (Speial.) East Chicagoans who happened to be on the street last Tuesday afternoon witnessed the novel sight of a dead man being stood up on the public highway, and being photographed. The deceased was James Horvat, 40 years old, who died last Sunday in Hammond as the result of typhoid fever. When the funeral procession arrived at the foot of Olcott avenue in Chicago avenue, the train was stopped and the coffin hauled out of the hearse. It was put in a standing position and a local photographer took the picture at the request of the relatives. MILK INSPECTOR PAYS .SOUTH CHICAGO A VISIT South Chicago, Dec. 26. (Special) The milk inspector made a visit to South Chicago Tuesday to look after the sanitary condition of the South Chicago milk depots. After spending the entire day here he reported only one depot that was unsanitary and that was at S223 Ontario avenue where the milk was kept in a filthy basement. The inspector reported to the authorities and the milkman was called to the city milk inspector's office and was fined $10 and told to keep his place clean hereafter. This he consented to do. The milk inspector will make it his business to come to South Chicago at least once a week to see that the people get good milk and that all the milk dealers keep their depots clean. WHITING CHURCH EXEECISES. Oil City Tuneful With Aathrnm and Carols Telling of the CuriMnia Tide. Music, vocal and instrumental, made Whiting melodious with Christmas anthems and carols, Tuesday night. At the Congregational church there were exercises for the children with the usual Christmas tree, decked with tinsel and lighted with colored electric lights. The program was enjoyed by both young and old. At the Methodist church the pro- i gram was rendered by the choir and ! the children. Here too, was Santa Claus. At the Sacred Heart church Christmass was observed yesterday by two high masses, one at 5 o'clock and on at 10 o'clock. The services were especially beautiful and Christmas music was rendered at both. COINCIDENCE IN ACCIDENTS. Muncie, Ind., Dec. 26. Dr. Harvey Mitchell, eighty-seven years old. one of the city's old and wealthy residents, fell on the ice and a hip was broken. Owing to his advanced age, it is feared he may not recover. Dr. Mitchell fell exactly fifteen years ago to the day and broke the same hip in the same Iace.

O'KEEFE BAGK 'OH BEAT

South Chicago Patrolman Shot by Burglars, Has Recovered. (Special to I.akc County Time) South Chicago. Dec. 20. Patrolman Dennis O'Keefe of the Fifteenth Precinct station, who was shot on the evening of Nov. SO while arresting Nick Simons and Hugh McKay went back on liis beat this morning after being o over a month. 0'K'efe was patrolling Erie avenO from 92nd to 89th when he noticed two men had effected an entrance through a rear window in the saloon of Henry Schores at 9100 Erie avenue. Regardless of his own danger, O'Keefe ran up and attempted to arrest the two men. Both resisted and the robbers and officer grappled. During the fracas Simons tired three shots at O'Keefe. one of which indicted a long four inch scalp wound on top of his head, still battling with the men and calling for help O'Keefe held his ground until help arrived and went with the officers to the station before he fell unconscious. Later he was removed to St. Bernards hospital where he remained until las-t week when he was pronounced well. This morning in assigning the men Crtpt. Dorman placed Dennis on the toughest beat in the territory, Harbor avenue. Both of the robbers arrested by O'Keefe were later Indentlfied as bad men with records and it is said that Simons is wanted for violation of his parole at Jollet. Their trial will come up next month before the Grand jury. SLIPS MDJSE5 LIFE Intoxicated Man, Unable to Keep Footing on Ice, Run Over. Gary, Dec. 26. (Special) Michael Walsh, who Is known in this city as something of a rounder, ended his life today when he was run over by a C. I S. & E. train which he was trying to board at a little place east of Gary, known as Dixie. - The slippery ground caused him to fall and he Blid under the train as ho was trying to board It to return to Gary. He worked a few days for the Norman Galllger Construction company recently and thjen , quit and began to drink. His intoxicated condition is believed .to be partly responsible, for his death. Telegrams are being sent to various places about the country in an effort to locate his relatives and inform them of his death.' GHRISTMASIN GARY Day Variously Celebrated Jail Inmates Envied by Those Not Prisoners. Gary, Ind., Dec. 26. (Special.) Christmas was obstfrved in various ways and according to different standards of celebration yesterday. In the American homes it was a quiet affair when compared with the picturesque celebrations by the foreigners. - Getting out their imported pipes, violins, horns and flutes they marched up and down the stit'et, and sang their Christmas carols in their native tongue, after which they visited many of the homes in the camps and danced and regaled themselves until a late hour. Eight derelicts spent their Christmas in the Gary jail, but were feasted, much to the envy of pals who did not have the price to get drunk and be landed behind the bars where there was a real Christmas celebration for petty offenders. When the news spread around town that a big dinner would be served to the ' prisoners there were a number who made application for arrest in order that they might join in the feast. At the jail the Harbinger restaurant caterer dished out turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, vegetables, mince pie and coffee Those who spent the day in Jail were: August Srntrich. Alfred Dennis, Pete Nicholwich. William Butler, J. B. Wis. B. Wallace. Charles Stafford", and Tom Woodell. GEIST SELLS GAS PLANT. The Geist syndicate which owns or controls gas and electric light plants in Hammond and other cities ln this section of the country has disposed of his plant et Valparaiso to a group of Grand Rapids capitalists headed by C. B. Kclsey cf that city. The- nw company will be known as the Valparaiso Lighting company and will make it Its: policy to develope the plant ard make it first class in every respect. Not much will be done this winter, nowever. on account of the weather, but in the spring many improvements and extensions will be put in. Several miles of pipes will be laid and a new engine of greater power will be installed.. The new. management will retain H. D. Hayuen as manager and the same office force of employes will be retainedWEATHER FORECAST. Probably shower or mow flurries tonight or Friday naimtr tonight; colder Fillay night.

SUBMIT MODEL BILL POSIIflGjeOliiE American Association Visits Gary Board in Interest of Trade.

STREETS TO BE LiSHTED HOW? Officials to Go to Chicago to Investigate Methods of Iliuminatioa. Sp-ell to l.nUe C unty Time.) Gary, Ind.. Dec. 2S. Ut presentatives of the American BUI Posters' association appeared before the members of the Gary board Tuesday and submitted what they deem to be a model bill posting ordinance. ust what they propose to ask for in the. way of privilege; is not known. but it is understood that the Gary or dinance is an ideal one and will nrobihly be copied by cities all over the Country. It lias not been definitely decided to allow the posting of bills in Gary at all and some of the city officials think that the move of the bill posters is to prevent the. exclusion of bill posting altogether. In many cities over tie country tha bill posting problem is u big one. Ordinances curtailing the activities of the man who is responsible for the flaming signs ami posters have been passed and their enforcement urged, but in spite of this the appiara;iee of many otherwise attractive districts has been spoiled. It Is the purpose of the Gary board to thresh out this matter car fully before any action is taken, and if' a bill posting ordinance is passed it will indeed have to be a model one. How to Uglt Mrerta. The city officials will go to Chicago tomorrow to Investigate the matter of the best way to lipht Gary's streets. Whether they will decide upon lights on poles, hung or. wires, or on orna mental posts, is not known, but it la understood they are Interested in the "island" system of lighting the wider streets. This involves the placing of concrete "islands'-' In thvi center of tho streets upon which thn posts supporting the lights are to be placed. . The salary of City Treasurer L. A. Bryan was raised from ?23 a month to 11,000 a year. This came as a welcome Christmas present to him and will en able him. to hire an assistant to h care for the work of his office. IP The matter of hiring a chief of tha fire department was taken up and thu application of Joseph R. Feeley was received. One thousand feet of hose was purchased. It is planned to buy a steam fire engine for the down town station and a chemical outfit will purchased for the substation. 13 A 310 CARREER Inmate of Strand Dive, Veary of Her LifeEnds it. South Chicago, Dec. 2G. (Spr-clal) Mary Kulba. 24 years old, and an inmate of a Hungarian dive at 9010 The Strand, despondent because of the life she was leading and remembering past Chrlstmases filled with innocent enjoyment in which she could hereafter never know a part, turned on the gas when she retired Christmas evening and was yesterday found dead in her room. The woman bad been marrbd and was separated from her husband and for some time had been living in the Strand resort. She spent the evening pieceding the tragedy apparently in the best of spirits, but at S o'clock yesterday morning when Kate Kruza went to her room to ascertain the cause of her not getting up. she found the re cm door locked and gis was escaping out of the crevices of the door in such quantltb-s as to be easily detected in the hallway. The Kruza woman suspecting that the Inmate had committed suicide, summoned aid and the i door was broken open, revealing the body of the Kulba wo:nan lying d-ad upon the bed. The body was removed to Murphy's morgue at 110 02nd street. An inquest was he'd today at 10 o'clock. MRS. PULLMAN PURCHASES THE ARCADE BUILDING. Aeqnlren the Property at a C'oM of T"'0.OCO ectiment Supposed to Have wnjed Her lu This Deal. Pullman, Dee. 26. (Special) Mrs. Hattle Sanger Pullman, widow of tho late George M. Pullman, has purchased from the Pullman company the Arcado building and ground In Pullman for JSO.i'iyO. Tile property is at the northeast corner of One Hundred ar.d Twelfth street and Mors,- avenue, and i is on a lot 221x2 iS'-, feet. Mrs. Pullman is sail to have been largely ir.fluencei by sentiment in the purchase of the property which was one of the moJt conspicoi.s structures in town. Her daughter. E'lorer.ce Pullman Lowden. recently purvhased'over ninety buildings there at an aggregate consideration of over J2."..)'j0. The Pullman company was compelled by court decree to dispose of f A its property there not directly cotnectea with. Us business. . -