Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 168, Hammond, Lake County, 1 May 1908 — Page 4

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A LION DOES NOT FIGHT A LIONESS.

Nearly fifteen thousand divorces within the past four years Is Indiana's record. Three thousand, nine hundred and eighty was the quota for 1907, ,669 for 1906, 3,844 for 1905 and 3,449 for 1904. This is a sad reflection on the modern institution of marriage. Considerably over two-thfrds of the divorces last year were granted to nvomen and In the majority of cases "cruelty" was assigned as the cause. .This -cruelty" charge, by the way, is sadly oVerworkedand covers a multitude of

Bins. It is a known fact that couples

of causes (because they have "outgrown-- each other, which means in the majority of instances that they have merely fallen in love with somebody else and xe desirous of embarking on a new sea of matrimony) will arrange a small bout calling in spectators for the express purpose of hearing witness in court. John will strike Maggie on the wrist, or vice versa, and that is all that Is needed to constitute the charge of cruelty, as it is recognized in law. Suit will be instituted, the witnesses will testify to having seen he "assault" and a. decree is handed out to the party who brings suit with as little concern as a circular advertising a carpet sweeper might be handed out to a pedestrian on the street. Frequently the most grotesque incongruities are found in the bills of complaint, as for example that brought in Marion, Ind.. against a 100 pound wife Jy a 250 pound husband, where the charge was "cruelty." There is no doubt that real cruelty should constitute a cause for divorce. Tiut the extent of the cruelty should enter into evidence. A woman should

not be expected for example to continue

far forgets the chivalry for his sex toward his weaker helpmeet, as to be guilty of that which even the animal kingdom rejects as unworthy. A Hon was never known to fight a lioness, excepting In self-defense, and unusually not then, : The same Is true down through the animal and bird kingdom. Where a man is so false to the natural instincts of his race as to beat a woman, he is unfit for any woman to live with. But perfunctory, so-called,

"curelty," which is practiced in cold blood by both participants in order that grounds may be established for serving the bonds of matrimony should not

constitute a cause for legal separation.

Hee is a chance for the next state legislature to distinguish itself by enacting some really worthy laws. By re-investing marriage with a little of its old time solemnity and dignity, the people's representatives would gain

the gratitude of the entire populace, or that part of it at least which is worth while. The ease with which legal separation can be brought about under present conditions, and the minimum to which the attendant scandal has been reduced, are certainly productive of a disregard for the solemnity of marriage

Vows In the minds and the hearts of young people considering the taking of a step which should mean so much to them. Which should be, in fact the most

eventful step In their lives. Divorce, at

ing affair in the cases where people have ever cherished the least bit of real love for each other. If people are foolish and unthinking enough to enter the state of matrimony without that deep regard for each other, which is known as love, they should be forced to spend their days in each other's com

pany as a punishment for their unrighteous deed. There should be no remedy

for such. In the cases of persons who

lng short of a tragedy, even where the love has turned to hate. The process of turning to . ashes a once glowing love is bitter in the extreme, and the separation must be fraught with anguish of spirit, on both sides, regardless of

who is to blame.

Indiana's divorce record is a disgrace to any civilized community and

it Is high time something was done to "THIS DATE IN HISTORY." May 1. 1797 Legislative union of England and Scotlond put Into effect. 1764 Benjamin H. Latrobe the architect who finished the national capitpl at Washington, born in England. Died in New Orleans, Sept. 3, 1820. 1775 The Quebec Act became law, providing for the government of Canada by Governor and Council. 1796 Junius Brutus Booth, famous actor, born. Died Nov. 30, 1852. 1808 Charles IV. of Spain abdicated in favor of Bonaparte. 1878 First elevated trains run on Third avenue in New York City. lS98--Spanish fleet destroyed in battle of Manila bay. "THIS IS MY 57th BIRTHDAY. Ermete Novelll. Ermete Noville, the noted actor who toured America last year, was born May 1, 1851, in the province of Tuscany. Though he made his stage debut when eight years old, he had reached his twenty-fifth year before he had gained any considerable reputation as an actor. In his early career he profited by his experience in minor parts of the company of many of Italy's most famous players. By 1886 Novell! had begun to rank among the prcminent players of his own land, and his tours extended into Spain, South" America, Austria, Egypt, Germany and Russia. In 1898 he achieved the height of European theatrical ambition, and took Paris by storm. In recent years he has appeared successfully in nearly all the large cities of Europe and has made several visits to South America and Mexico. His

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FIGHT A LIONESS. desiring separation for the most trivial to remain the wife of a man who so the best, must be but a heart-break ever have loved, a divorce can be noth restrict the granting of decrees. first great tragic successes were in "Louis XL," "Hamlet," "Othello," and "The Merchant of Venice." His portrayal of Shylock has been pronounced by some high critics as superior to the conception of the same part by Edwin Booth and the late Richard Mansfield. RANDOM THINGS AND FLINGS Mr. H. Ouse Fly and his numerous family are having a hard time, indeed. Many a peach we find has the disposition of a lemon. Did your mother call you early? Or weren't you Queen of the May? Gary, My Garyland! Eh? WHERE IS THE ANNUAL TOR NADO TALE ABOUT THE DISTRIBU TION OF BABIES IN TREE TOPS AND THE LIFTING OF THE FAMILY CALF OUT OF THE BARN ON TILE FAMILY DINING ROOM TABLE? An Appleton preacher has barred the Merry Wodaw hat. It seems absolutely Impossible for some ministers to mind their own business. What do you think of the who packed his overcoat away man last

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Taft said to be gaining slowly. Well, bow fast do they expect a large body move? The democrats who go to Gary should be rare and save a beeve for the loved ones at home. Those of who aren't there will undoubtedly wish that we were. It Is hoped that Colonel Roosevelt will not see any Chi nese or Japanese handwriting, else he will be sure to insist on onr leaving And remember, that when you see Governor Johnson at Gary tomorrow you may be piping the next president. e shall never have ranch faith in a clairvoyant until he can predict what 3,00O house will cost when it is completed. week, anyway? At the same time, it won't hurt you to put your coal In now, and we are not plugging for the coal man, either. TO HYPERCRITICS. Hyperorltle, Stern of mien, Are you never, Never seen, In this world Unaanctifled, So to speak, To step aside? Don't you ever (Awful breach) Fall to practice What you preachTo temptation Sometimes bow? Hypercrltic, Don't you, now? Don't you daily, Idly piny Precious hours While away, Gayly rending Duty's mask? Don't you ever Shirk n task, Don Romance's Knightly casque, Gayly in The sunshine bask Radiating From a flask? No offense, I merely ask. Don't you7 Ybnrra. Cleveland people think that Mayor Tom's threefer stunt pushes him In line for the presidency. It is funny what a difference a distant view makes n'est cepas? You can generally tell how a man stands at home when you see which chair he takes in the sitting room. Fritzl Smith's face got her a job in the Girl Question chorus. Mind you, we said her face. AN EXCHANGE SAYS I "CALL A MAN A LEVEL HEAD AND HE SWELLS UP CALL HIM A FLATHEAD AND HE SHRINKS SEVERAL SIZES. It is just about this hour that Con nie Mack runs his lilly-whites through his hair and begins to miss Rube Waddell. Somehow we always like the little maid who brings a bunch of fresh flowers with her to work. Public officials who get sore because he is subjected to a little merited criti cism, isn't worth the consideration that a caterpillar gets. IN POLITICS Richard Schaaf, jr., was asked if he was not a little bit Jealous of the big noise that was being made over in Gary on account of the approaching county convention and barbecue. "Those fellows will have to make a big noise," said the republican county chairman, "to persuade themselves that they have anything to make a noise about. "I would just like to point out the fact that recently in Gary there was held a convention for the nomination of a township assessor. There were two men in the race, Dan Fitzgerald of Gary, and Walter Gibson of Toleston. "The race between these two men was supposed to be a close one. In fact, it was reported that there would be a bitter fight on and that both men were trying to capture the Gary dele gatlon. "Well, do you know," said Mr. Schaaf, "that those fellows only got together a total of 315 votes In the whole town of Gary. On the other hand, the re publicans recently had a similar con vention and they could not get a hall big enough to hold the crowds. "Mark my words," said Mr. Schaaf, "I will bet my bottom dollar that Gary goes republican, and furthermore, that we carry Lake county by a big ma jority. I have been over the county and know whereof I speak." The Hammond democrats are as much Interested in the barbecue at Gary as the Garyites are themselves. They will attend in large numbers and will all help to make the affair a success. The Hammond "deras" cannot un derstand how It is that their neighbors east of us have been able to en list the help of even the republicans of the steel city in making the con vention a success. They do not seem to realize that

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Because President William Lowe Bryan of Indiana University was badly poisoned with ivy, it became necessary for him to temporarily abandon his proposed trip through the East to inspect some of the larger medical colleges. City Judge R. M. Cooper of Kokomo refused to permit James Donelley to plead guilty to drunkenness, which has become a habit with him. Instead he ordered a cab and taking the prisoner to the home of Father Lordemann, he was induced to sign the pledge. The facutly of DePauw university have decreed that no one of the students can engage in any of the activities of the school such as joining the glee club or becoming an editor on a daily, who is not proficient in his studies. The fight to drive fifteen of the sev enteen saloons out of Goshen reached Its climax last night when there was a demonstration on the public square aided by stereopticon views. Both sides are claiming a victory. Tired of evading arrest, footsore and hungry, Charles C. Everbach, an es caped criminal from the Nashville penitentiary appeared at the county jail at New Albany and gave himself up. The impeachment trial of Mayor F. J. Fogarty of South Bend has been de layed until May 5, as the plans of the council have been blocked by the re fusal of Police Chief McWeeny and that there has so much civic pride sprouted out of the barren sands of Gary that even the republicans would rather pitch in and make a democratic affair a success than to have the word "Failure" written over anything that is done in Gary. George Johnstone of Newberry Is the latest candidate to enter the race for United States senator from South Caro lina to succeed Senator F. B. Gary, who is filling the unexpired term of the late Senator Latimer. Other candidates for the office are ex-Governor D. C. Heyward, John Gary Evans and O. B. Martin. Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, the has announced his candidacy for the democratic nomination for governor of Illinois, has had a varied career. Born in Virginia and educated at the Uni versity of Virginia, he began the prac tice of law in Georgia. In 1886 he located at Seattle, Wash., and in 1892 was the democratic candidate for governor of that state. In 1897-99 he was a member of congress from Washington and twice he was the nominee for United States senator. John J. Hamilton, who has announced his candidacy for the republican nomination for governor of Iowa, is one of the best known citizens of that state. He was born in Pennsylvania, but as a boy he removed with his parents to Iowa. For twenty-one years he was connected with the Des Moines Daily News as reporter, editor and proprie tor. Mr. Hamilton is regarded as an authority on the race problem, of which he has made an exhaustive study. When the democratic county convention Is pulled off at Gary, next Saturday, politics will be slow for the next five months. Crown Point Star. Well, it won't be slow in north township. The Cass county democratic convention will be' held Saturday, May 23, at Logansport. There are only two candidates for representative. Charles W. Kleckner seeks renomlnatlon and John J. McCaffrey, a grocer, Is against him. The Joint representatice conven tion will be held on May 7, and the fight will be made between George Rentschler of Fulton county, and Harry M. Gardner of Logansport. Rentschler Is the present holder of the office. ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1 will be a candidate for nomination for sheriff on the democratic ticket, subject to the decision of the demo cratlc nominating convention, to be held May 2, at Gary. FRED S. CARTER. To the Editor: You may announce my name as a candidate for the trusteeship of North township on the democratic ticket, subject to the wish of the voters at the primaries. eod JOHN A. EBERT. Editor, The Times: Kindly announce my name as democratic candidate for trustee of Calumet township, subject to the decision of the convention at Gary, May 2. SAM J. WOODBRIDGE. CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED with LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease, and In order to cure it you must take Internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular grescrlptlon. It is composed of the est tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination Of the two ingredients Is what produces such wonderful result In curing Catarrh. Send for tesu models free. F. J, CHENEY & CO., Propa, Toleoo, (X Sold by Druggists, price 7&c. Take Hall's Family Pills for const! X&tiOB, .

others to appear and explain why South Bend has been permitted to run wide open. Ozro Reynolds, the companion of Grover Blake, who was sentenced to the penitentiary for life for the murder of his mother, was sentenced to two to fourteen years in prison for receiving stolen property. Frances Foxworthy Cooper, who is charged with drowning her ten months old baby at Columbus took the stand yesterday and denied that she had confessed to the murder. Two throuogh interurban cars which have been put on the lines of the Indianapolis, Columbus and Southern Traction company will run between Indianapolis and Louisville and will be known as the Dixie Limiteds. The Amos Shovel and Tool company

is experimenting with crude oil under its boilers as fuel. The company is using an apparatus designed by Superintendent Palmer which is said to be a success. Perry A. Randall, chairman of the Deep Waterway association in Fort Wayne, returned from Washington where he went to promote the Lake Michigan-Lake Erie canal and reported that nothing would be done by congress this year. Saloonkeepers in Illinois are moving over into Terre Haute into the wet territory there. All -of Illinois in the vicinity of Terre Haute has been made dry. THE CREAM OF THE Morning News Samuel Isull, president of the Com monwealth Edison company, Is engineering a plan to consolidate the four elevated roads of Chicago. Eight jurors have been selected in the trial of the case against Police Chief Collins and former Police Attorney Comerford in Chicago. Prominent families domiciled in the old Madill mansion, Chicago, now a fashionable boarding-house, are embarrassed by the seizure of the furn- , ishing under creditors' claims. ! Joseph Leiter returns from east and announces that he and Miss Juliette Williams will make Chicago their home after wedding in June. Chicago as an ideal summer resort is exploited by the Santa FRe Ralln ta exploited by the Santa Fe railroad in an artistic folder. It is said that while Bryan is practically certain of the majority of the delegates to the Denver convention, he may not be able to control two-thirds. Maine republican convention declares for Taft, but refrains from instructing its delegates. The "big stick" wielded by President Roosevelt on congress has brought results and many of the recommendations in his recent message will be carried out, William E. Corey and his wife differ as to a private theater which the former actress wishes to build In their New York home. Judge is asked to declare the marriage of Miss Maloney void in accordance with the report of the referee. Governor of Oklahoma proclaims a legal holiday that people of the state may assemble and demand radical changes in the constitution of the United States. Japanese training cruiser Matsushlma is blown up by explosion of a defective shell, and 240 sailors and naval cadets are drowned. Voice of the People Hammond, Ind., April 30. Editor of The Times: Sir I read in your paper a short time ago that a reporter had been out to Hunkeyville, or the Standard, to see if they were really in need of help. He told all about what he saw out there and thought that they really needed help, which probably some of them do. At the same time if he had gone there when times were good, he would have seen everything the same as now. You take a man that Is not acquainted with the ways of these Hunkles and go out there the way times are now, he would naturally think they were starving to death. But as a people they do not live as the Americans do. What they eat and keep fat on, an ordinary white man would starve to death. I have worked around them for the last three years and find them all the same. When dinner time comes, they get together all the way from ten to fifty in a bunch. When they open their dinner pails, then you can see what they live on. Not only one or two, but the whole bunch. This Is what their dinner consists on: One-half a loaf of bread, not cut in slices, but in a chunk, a piece of liver or summer sausage, or a piece of bologna, a piece of onion and coffee. Now they do not have thi3 only one day, but day in and day out as long as they work. How long could an ordinary white man live and keep his health while working on grub like that? They are people who keep the Americans out of work. They come to this country only for a few years, save what they make, go back their own country with a few hundred dollars of money and are well to do people over there. There is not many of them that pays taxes, while an ordinary white man living here does. In times like these the American can't get work. What little work there is to do is given to the Hunky. There is sewer work going on in Hammond that is being put in by a Hammond contractor. Go to this work and see who Is getting a job. Five Hunkies to a white man. There are plenty of white men and tax payers too, who would take the job and be very glad to get It. But no, they want the Hunkie. (Signed.) A CONSTANT READER.

Sporting Briefs

STANDING OF THE CLUBS. NATIONAL LEAGUE.

W. I Pet. Chlcngo 8 3 .727 Pittsburg 7 4 .636 New York 8 6 .571 Boston 7 7 .500 Philadelphia 7 7 .500 Cincinnati 5 6 .455 Brooklyn 6 . 8 .429 St. Louis 3 10 .231

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

W. L. Pet. Cleveland 8 5 .615 New York 8 5 .615 St. Louis 9 6 .600 Philadelphia ; 8 7 .533 Chicago 7 7 ..'O0 Boston 7 7 .500 Washington 5 9 .357 Detroit 3 9 .250

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Pet. .786 .750 .692 .643 .500 .303 .154 .154 Columbus 11 Toledo 9 Indianapolis 9 Louisville .9 Milwaukee 7 Kansas City 4 Minneapolis 2 St. Paul 2 3 3 4 5 7 9 11 11 THREE "I" LEAGUE. W. L, Decatur 1 0 Dubuque 1 0 Peoria 1 0 Rock Island 1 0 Bloomington 0 1 Cedar Rapids 0 1 Clinton 0 1 Springfield 0 1 Pet. 1.000 1.000 1,000 1.000 .coo .000 .000 .000 CENTRAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet. 1,000 .667 .667 .667 .429 .200 .200 .167 Fort Wayne 5 Dayton 4 Evansvllle 4 Terre Haute 4 Grand Rapids 3 South Bend . .1 Zanesville 1 Wheeling 1 RESULTS YESTERDAY. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago, 3; St. Louis, 1. Plttsburg-Cincinnati, rain, Boston, 3; New York, 2. Brooklyn, 2; Philadelphia, (five Innings). AMERICAN LEAGUE. Detroit-Chicago, cold. St. Louis, 9; Cleveland, 1. Philadelphia, 1; Washington, 2 (eight innings). New York-Boston, rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. No games scheduled. CENTRAL LEAGUE. Terre Haute. 6; Grand Rapids, 4. Evansvllle, 1; South Bend, 0. Wheeling-Dayton, rain. .Zanesville-Fort Wayne, rain. THREE "I" LEAGUE. Cedar Rapids, 0; Rock Island, 3. Dubuque, 2 Clinton, 0. Bloomington. 2: Peoria, 5. Decatur, 2; Springfield, 1 (twelve innings). SQUIRES KNOCKS OUT ROCHE. Australian Scores an Easy Victory in Dublin, Winning in Fourth. Dublin, April 30. Bill Squires of Australia knocked out Jem Roche, who claimed ' the championship of Ireland until Tommy Burns, the American, stowed him away, in the fourth round of their bout here today. The result came after Squires had held a lead from the start, the blows which ended the affair being a left to the body and a right to the jaw. CUBS RUB IT IN "BUGS." If the St. Lous Cardinals were only half as buggy as "Bugs" Raymond there would have been some ball game yesterday on the West Side. As things turned out, the Cubs won 3 to 1, after making a holy show of the tall-end-ers. It was the first appearance here of the Cardinals and few Chicago folk knew just how bad they were. They were the extreme of baseball wickedness in their season's debut at the big end of the canal. NO GAME AT DETROIT. Detroit, April 30. Hughie Jennings and his American league champions enjoyed today in peace and quiet at the bottom of the percentage column, for they were unable to play the second game of the conflict with the Sox. The weather man dished up all kinds of conditions during the day. It was cold and cloudy all morning, and at noon a little snow and rain came down, but only a light shower. MAINE BLANKS HARVARD, 2 to 0. Cambridge, Mass., April 30. The University of Maine team today played an errorless game and shut Harvard out, 2 to 0. The men from Orono touched up Slater for seven hits, while the crimson batsmen found Ryan for only three. SPORTING BRIEFS. The New York Giants appear to have the Brooklyn team razzled for fair. Shortstop Havel has been appointed captain of the New Haven team in the Connecticut league. The New York, St. Louis and Boston teams of the American league appear to be much stronger than last year, which augurs well for an Interesting pennant race. , Mobile, the new member of the Southern league, got a nice start by winning three of the first four games from New Orleans. If the New York and Boston National league teams continue to play as they started out this season, it will be easy to determine who got the best of the Tenny, Bowerman and McGann trade. Monte Cross, former shortstop for the Athletics and now manager of the Kansas City team. Is ambitious to lead a major league club after a season or two with the minors. Good hitting doesn't count when the error column is working overtime. The St. Louis Nationals outhit Chicago In a recent game five hits to one, but were shut out by a score of 2 to 0. The two St. Louis teams could not be farther apart, with the Americans playing on the roof and the Nationals in the sub-cellar. The experiment of running two baseball teams at Erie, Pa., is attracting attention. While the O. and P. league team plays at Girard, a few miles from Erie, and is officially known as the

Girard team, it is owned and managed by the owners of the Erie Interstate league clubs. Tad Jones, famous Yale athlete, is a the sick listTy Cobb is to be given a loving cup by the White Sox fans. Mason Rumney, halfback on the Michigan Varsity for two seans, is down with typhoid fever in London. Kaiser Wilhelm and the crown prince are enthusiastic fans. Now wouldn't that make you shout "Hoch." Harry Ostdeik, drafted by Boston from Youngstown, has been turned over to Trenton of the Tri-state league. The attendance at Brooklyn this spring indicates that the owners of the Superbas will make a pot of money. Detroit papers are roasting the champions. And think of the talk last summer and during the training season this spring. A St. Louis scribe is knocking McAleer and trying his best to shove Jack O'Connor into the job. Now that Jimmy has put together a winner they can't let him alone.

LABOR NEWS The International Association of Ma chinists, which was organized nineteen years ago at Atlanta, now has over 800 lodges in the United States, Canada. Newfoundland and Mexico, and has working agreements with 90 per cent of the leading railways of America. At the last convention of the Cigarmakers' International union in Phila delphia, it was decided to build a home after the manner of the Union Printers Home In Colorado Springs. San Antonio, Texas, appears to be the most likely site for the institution. The officers of the International Bass Molders' Union of North America report that since the establishment of the international in October, 1904, the membership has increased to 10,000. The organization pays sick and death benefits. Two hundred school teachers in Gallatin County, Illinois, are reported to have signed a strike order to become effective next fall. They demand higher salaries and declare that if these are not forthcoming they will not teach. To present 50,000 Italian workers in the clothing trades from acting as strike breakers against the United Hebrew Trades there will be organized the Italian Central Labor Union. It will be given full autonomy and no attempt will be made by the United Hebrew Trades to dominate It. It is reported that several cotton mill managers in Mississippi are to make a test of the McDowell child labor law, enacted at the recent session of the Mississippi legislature and which becomes effective Oct. 1.. The attack on the law will be made on the ground that it is in the nature of class legislation and Is, therefore, unconstitutional. As an Illustration of the demand for farm labor and good prices offered for it, there has been made pub lic the labor scale for 1S88, just Issued by the Farmers' Institute at Greeley, Colo. Regular help by the month will be paid 30 and board. Extra good men will be kept over the winter at $30 and board. The rate for irrigators is fixed at $30 a month, with extra pay for Sundays and holidays. HOBART. Mrs. Robert McRoberts and daughter and sister of Flttsfield. Mass.. are here for a few weeks' visit with old friends. Fred Kraft, sr., who was quite badly injured in a runaway several weeks ago, was down town yesterday for tho first time since the accident. Ex-Postmaster C. O. Johnston has again begun mending boots and shoes at his home near the E. J. & E. tracks. George Ragen went to Michigan City yesterday to visit friends for a couple of days. Charles Knitter and family of Momence, Ind., are here visiting at the home of Dr. Petrie and family for a few days. Charles Hideen, aged 47 years, died at his home on Lake avenue, yesterday morning at 8 o'clock. Mr. Hideen has been a long sufferer with consumption and his death was not a surprise to his many friends. Funeral services will be held at the late home at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon and burial will take place at Crown Point cemetery. Mr. Hideen was a member of Court Hobart No. 3, I. O. F. of A., and also a member of the Odd Fellows. Fifty of our local democrats will attend the convention. Pursuant to a call, the democrats of Hobart township met in mass convention last evening in the town hall and selected the following delegates and alternates to the county convention to be held at Gary tomorrow at I o'clock p. m.: Delegates Fred Francen, Bert Guyer, Edward Fiester, Owen Roper, H. J. Black. William Croan, William Kostbade, James Gill. George Wilson. Alternates James Guyer, Gib Bullock, Fred Thompson, George Warchus, Paul Newman, E. H. Guyer, A. J. Smith, Jacob Kramer, Geo. Ragen, Fred Kock. At the same time the following delegates and alternates to the Joint democratic convention, to be held at the same place at II o'clock a. m., were chosen: Delegates Ed Keilman, A. J. Smith. Alternates George Warchus, William Kostbade. WHEELER. Mrs. Levi Bay was a Valparaiso visitor Thursday. Mrs. Unrub of Valparaiso was a Wheeler visitor Thursday. Mrs. Clarence Louks ond children are visiting relatives In Wheeler. The athletic meet between Hobart and Wheeler high schools has been postponed a week on account of the unfitness of the track,