Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 283, Hammond, Lake County, 18 May 1908 — Page 3

Mondy, May 18, 1908.

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WEEK'S SPORT CALENDAR. MONDAY. Opening of annual polo tournament at Country club of "Westchester. St. Louts Golf association tournament opens at Glen Echo. TUESDAY. Opening of three days' trap shooting tournament at Dallas, Texas. Opening of second annual show at Greenville, S. C. Sandy Ferguson vs. Sam Longford, 12 rounds, at Boston. WEDNESDAY. Princeton-Pennsylvania basebell game at Princeton, TV. J. Annual championships of Metropolitan Golf association open at Baltusrol. THURSDAY. Elght-oared race of N'ew York University and University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. Opening of annual borse show nt Country club of Drookllne, Mass. FRIDAY. Ohio Intercollegiate track meet at Columbus. New England Intercollegiate athletic meet at Boston. SATURDAY. Chicago-Wisconsin dual traek meet at Chlcngo. Annual regatta of American Rowing association at Philadelphia. Track meet of central Illinois colleges at Peoria. Opening of spring meeting of Ontario Jockey club. Iowa state high school athletic meet at Des Moines. Missouri valley conference track meet at Kansas City. Princeton-Harvard baseball game at Princeton. Pennsylvania-Cornell baseball game at Philadelphia. o o STANDING OF THE CLUBS. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. Pet Chicago 15 Philadelphia 13 Pittsburg 12 New York 13 Boston 13 Cincinnati 11 Brooklyn 9 4 9 9 11 13 12 18 K2 .591 .571 .542 .500 .478 .333 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. New York 16 8 Philadelphia 16 10 Cleveland 13 10 Chicago 12 12 St. Louis 13 13 Petroit . Ml 12 Washington 9 15 Boston 8 18 Pet .667 .56 .565 .BOO .500 .487 .375 .303 AMERICA ASSOCIATION. i W. L. Pet. Toledo'7 ........... .15 , 8- .652 Indianapolis 18 :10 .643 bus 17 ' 11 ;643 mlu -Columbus 17 11 .607 Milwaukee 16 11 .593 Louisville 17 12 .586 Kansas City 11 16 .407 Minneapolis 7 ' 20 .259 St. Paul 7 20 .259 CENTRAL LF.AGL'E. W. Grand Rapids 14 Fort Wayne 13 Dayton 12 L. Pet. .737 .765 .667 .5SS .400 .400 .200 .1S7 5 4 6 7 12 12 12 13 South eBnd 10 Terre Haute 8 Kvansville 8 Wheeling 3 , Zanesville ............. .3 RESULTS YESTERDAY. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Chicago. 5; Brooklyn, 0. St. Louis, 1; Boston, 0 (six innings) Cincinnati, 7; New York, 2. AMERICAN LEAGUE. No games scheduled. CENTRAL LEAGUE. Terre Haute, l;-Fort Wayne, 4. Evansville, 3; Dayton, 0. Zanesville, 6; South Bend, 1. Wheeling, 1; Grand Rapids, 2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee, 0; Louisville, 2. Minneapolis, 1; Toledo, 2. Kansas City, 4; Indianapolis, 9. St. Paul, 8; Columbus, 17. GIVES THEM WHITE PAINT. Whose was the hand 'that sprinkled ' white paint on the Brooklyn's yesterday? It was M. Brown's, and the curves he used were so full of mys tery that only one athlete from Lonj island reached first base. That means that Brown just missed by the narrow " est of margins the wonderful record .of old "Cy" Young, who paralyzed the 'Philadelphia Athletics four years ago and didn't allow even one batsman to reach first. Incidentally, the Cubs won the third game of the series on the west side grounds, 5 to 0. r. CENTRAL PARKS DEFEATED. The West Hammond Sluggers defeated the Central Park Juniors yesterday . by a score of 3 to 1 at West Hammond. The batteries were as follows: Central Park Juniors Hess and Miller; " West Hammond Sluggers King and Zimmerman. MISCELLANEOUS BALL GAMES. At Mendota, 111. Mendota Regulars, 7; Arlington, 4. At Sullivan, III. Sullivan Grays, 7; Champaign Indians, 6. At Dixon, 111. Modocs, 7; Oak- - woods. 4. At La Salle, 111. La Salle, 2; Joliet Steels, 0. At Centralia, 111. Centralia White Sox, 1; Herrin, 1 (eight innings, rain) At Dwlght, 111. Frank L. Smiths 2 Chicago Ramsheads, 0. ' ' At Nashville, III. Nashville, 5; Mt .Vernon, 4. At Muskegon, Mich. Muskegon, 20Grand Rapids All-Stars, 0. . At Belvidere, 111. Belvidere, ll''Woodstock, 10 (ten innings). At Atwood, Ind. Atwood, 7; Bour'bon. 4. At Warsaw, Ind. Winona Agricultural Institute, 10; Columbia High, 2. At Streator, 111. Streator Reds, 7; 'Ottawa Grays, 1. At Bedford, Ind. Linton, 7; Bed- , ford. 5. At Tampico, 111. Prophetstown, 8; Tampico, 6. At Providence, R. I. Boston Americans, 7; Worcester, 0. At Laporte, Ind. Laporte, 5; Gray, 0. : At Taylorville, 111. Taylorville, 4; ,BanyJUe,. 3. : . - - . . . At Fort Wayne, Ind. Toledo Cres-

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lege, 2; Fort Riley Officers, 1. At Elkhorn, Wis. Elkhorn, 3; ueloit, 2. At Boonville. Ind. Boonville Blues, 22; Tell City Triumphs, 1. At ClaypooL Ind. North Manchester, 6; Claypool, 5. M0RKIS NATIONALS BLANKED. Valparaiso, Ind., May 17. The Val paraiso Standards shut out the Morris Nationals of Chicago this afternoon by the score of 4 to 0. The score: Standards 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 Nationals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Batteries McCamment and McNeills; Abe and Petersen. . A FEW SATURDAY RESULTS. Oak Park won the state champion ship at Urbana for the second time. Lake Forest Academy won the fifth interschoiastic field meet at Lake Forest college. Terry McGovern returned to the ring, but lost a six round bout to Young Loughrey at Philadelphia. Yale defeated Harvard by the score of 60 1-5 to 43 4-5 points in dual track meet. Sporting authorities agree that Gans' victory over Unholz should be recorded as a knockout. Joe O'Connor, manager of Stanley Ketchel, reached the city in the endeavor to arrange a bout between his man and Papke. FAST TIME BY . 0'LEARY PARTY. Kenosha, Wis., May 17. Dan O'Leary, the champion heel and toe walker, and Henry Schmehl, who started with a party of sixteen, left the city hall in Chicago at 2 o'clock this morning' and ' arrived In Kenosha at 1:35 this afternoon, making the distance In eleven hour3 and thirtyfive minutes. All of the walkers dropped out at various points. D. J. O'Leary, a nephew of Dan O'Leary, lasted until Waukegan. Dan O'Leary and Henry Schmehl were in the best , shape when they arrived at Kenosha, and wanted to walk back to Chicago. They had not expected to make the distance in twelve hours. Both say that they will beat this record in their walk in August. CHICAGO HEIGHTS ARE WINNERS Chicago Heights, 111., May 17. The locals defeated the Glen Views here this afternoon in an interesting game by the score of 5 to 2. The score: Chicago Heights.. 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 5 Glen Views 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Two base hits Pfeil,. Shultz. Struck out By LaSage, 6; by Lang, 8. Um pire Messmer. FIELDER BADLY TROUBLED. Washington, May 17. Troubles are piling up fast for Fielder Jones. On top of all the other misfortunes, such as being out of the game twice within a week and finally being indefinitely suspended by President Ban Johnson, he today drew a ten day notice of his release this morning when he came down to read his mail. WALLACE TEAM WINS. baseball team of Chicago came to Dyer and played our team, home team was again defeated. out The A large crowd of visitors were present and in spite of the hot sun watched the game. Following is the score by innings: Wallace ...... .3 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 315 Dyer .....3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 9 EVERYTEING IS SHIPSHAPE. Algonquin, III., May 17. Continued sunshine worked hand in hand today with the Chicago Motor club officials to put Perry and Phillips slopes In shape for the third annual hill climb, which will be held tomorrow, with the grace of the weather man. The burning rays of "Old Sol" pelted down upon the roads, which were rendered unfit for racing by the rain yesterday morning, effectually dried up the courses, and a bit of rugged work by. the club folks and a force of scraping machines put on the finishing touches. At 4 o'clock this afternoon both grades were fit and ready for the big machines, which are expected to shat ter all kinds of records In the battle of the cylinders. If anything, the hills are In faster condition than on Satur day morning, before the elements called a halt on the meet. GARY TEAM 13 BEATEN La Porte and Hammond Turn The Tricks Yesterday. The Gary Commercials went to La porte yesterday and were defeated there by the score of 3 .to 0. There was quite a crowd of rooters accompanied . the team. The game did not gc to the full 9 innings on account of the rain which came up late In the afternoon. . . The feature of the game was the work" of the' Gary ' battery Pierce of Chicago was'the pitcher and is a new man on the -team. - lie succeeded in striking out 5 men. That the Gary team did not win is attributed to the fact that the Infield was not up to. standard. The batting was also at fault and this contributed to the defeated of the Gary men.. The team will play at Joliet next Sunday. In the meantime the team hopes to secure the right to use a piece of property upon which to practice. , The " score of the Gary-Hammond game here yesterday was 9 to 4 in fay.of 'or Hammond; ' " ' " , Avi'

SALMOfl WINS THE BIG1W1IGH Hammond -Indiana Harbor Eoute is Selected for Pedestrians.

The walking match Sunday between Louis Sterling and Max Salmon from Hammond to Indiana Harbor resulted in a victory for Salmon. Sterling claims as an excuse for his defeat that he lost his way several time and once got in a swamp and was compelled to swim out. Salmon walked the distance in fifty-eight minutes, and Sterling in sixty-eight, a- very creditable performance for both when the distance is taken into consideration. It is estimated that the route was about six miles long which makes the winner's time a little less than every mile in ten minutes and the. loser's a little more. They were both "all in" when the end ias reached and just able to say a a bottle of beer, please." Both claim a willingness to try it over again. NINE' FACEJHE TRAPS An Interesting Match Was Held at Sharpshooters Yesterday. The Hammond Gun club gave a preliminary opening . shoot at the club grounds in Sharpshooters park Sunday afternoon which was fairly well at tended, nine shooters facing the trap. Some very good scores were made considering that the boys are somewhat out of practice, not having done any trap shooting since last November. The wonder of the afternoon was Master Arthur Becker, only 11 years old, who stepped up before the trap with his little 20 gauge Allen and Hopkins gun and cracked eleven birds out of a possible twenty-five. This was his first experience at trap shooting and at this rate of going he will soon be able to teach his father, J. C. Becker, a thing or two about trap shooting. Following are the scores: Name Shot At. Aug. Bunde ......75 Wm. G. Fredericks ...... 25 J. C. Becker 75 Peter Warnimont 50 F. C. Fricke 75 Tony Warnimont 25 Broke. 56 18 51 34 63 15 61 . 49 35 C. Williams 75 F. C. Williams... 75 Joe Warnimont .'..50 , The next regular shoot will be held on Sunday afternoon, May 31. K.OFG.TEAhl VICTORIOUS Carroll and Eder in Fine Battery Work For Hammond Team. Jim Carroll and Louis Eder formed the invincible battery yesterday afternoon for the Hammond K. of C. team against the Hoffman Giants in 'a seveninning game played on West Hammond grounds. The score of 16 to 7 in favor of the K. C.'s. Hoffman and Leishman formed the battery for the Hoffman Giants. No game has yet been sched uled for next Sunday by Manager Knoezer, but if the team's plans materialize there will be enough games for the season. Eder and Knoerzer will go to Chicago this evening, where they will confer with the managers of the Chicago Knights of Columbus league with the object of becoming members of the league. The meeting will be held at the Great Northern hotel. The Hammond K. C. .team has the indorsement of Unity council in taking this step and if the local aggregation becomes part of the Chicago association Unity council has promised to support the team financially. BLUER COLTS WIN West -Hammond's Crack Team Get Two Scalps. West Hammond's crack baseball aggregation, the Blissmer Colts, were out for scalps yesterday " and certainly brought them home by the bunches. Blissmer and Zimmerman formed the invincible battery for the Colts, who opposed the West Hammond Athletics, beating them by a score of 7 to 6 after the two teams had fought ten Innings for supremacy. In this game Pitcher Blissmer crea"ted a cool breeze nine times for the Athletics, fanning as many o their number. Johnson, the Athletic pitcher, how ever, fanned them seven, times for the Blissmers. . Wagner caught for the Athletics. The second game of the double-head er was played with the Riverdale Rippers and, "Oh, . such a score," says Hildebrand of the Blissmers. In this latter contest the West Hammond boys carled away the day by a score of 17 to 5. The Blissmer batteries were unchanged and Blissmer this time fanned seventeen Rippers .while Martz, the Riverdale pitcher, made five Blissmers lay down 'their bat. "" "

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students would be given a half holiday to celebrate the victory. Hammond First In Oratory. The spirit of Wendell Phillips once more carried Miss Edith Carter the silver-tongued oratress of the Hammond high school, to the heights of oratory and lifted her head and shoulders above her six plucky rivals at the Northern Indiana oratorical contest which was held in Towle opera house last Saturday night before a moderate sized crowd. Miss Madge Woodward, the splendid speaker of the South Bend high school speaker, carried oft second honors winning the silver medal while the gold medal went to the Hammond girl. The cheer that went up when It was announced that Miss Carter was first, echoed and reverberated through the building In a manner that the opera house had never known before. Hammond people knew no bounds to their enthusiasm, while Miss Carter took her honors as gracefully as she had delivered her -oration and received the medal with a look as her competitors which said "I wish you could have all won a medal." Crown Point got the third place and fortified the opinions of those who said she should have had a better place in the: county contest. MU Carter Against Worthy Field. Miss Carter was pitted against a field that was worthy of her ability, and had the South Ben damsel delivered an oration instead of a narration, the gold medal might today be displayed in the high school of South Bend. While the figures today have accl dentally been taken to Michigan City and the complete standing of the speakers not having been public the speakers cannot be placed In their regular order according to the decisions made, but it is known that Miss Hazel Smith of Crown Point, whose oration was "More regard for the Law," was adjudged third. Miss Woodward's oration was "Jeanne d'Arc" and while it was more In the shape of a narration it was given in such a manner as to allow much range for gestures, and range of voice. She faltered somewhat in the beginning, her voice falling to carry to the remote parts of the building, but once she had taken the measure of the building she created a silence In theaudience that was tense. Miss Carter was majestic and dignified In her poses and gestures and her voice was clear and dramatic She was inspired by her subject and delivered it as well and. possibly better than when she won the Lake county oratorical contest. The thought and composition of the other contestants was remarkable, but the delivery but the big stumbling block for most of them. Laporte Boy Was First. Ben F. Drollinger of Laporte, de livered the first oration, his subject being "A Remedy for Anarchy." The subject gives room for much thought and composition and was well handled by the aspirant and surrounded by ri vals of lesser ability would have made him a winner. The same might be said of Orlo Beahl of Goshen, who spoke on "The Mission of a Republic." Her bert Lautman, a former Hammond boy now of Michigan City, spoke on "The New Patriotism." His thought and com position were better than his delivery but all three were nevertheless good, considering that there were seven con testants and only two prizes. "Lafayette" the oration by Earl Reeder of Mishawaka, was well handled by the speaker, who however, handi capped nimseir oy mannerism and cm barrassment in the beginning of his subject. Toward the end, however, he attained what he had ben striving for, animation, gestures, expressions, etc. Hammond was drunk with antic ipated victory and the rooters of the Hammond high school anticipating victory rooted inceasantly from the time that the judges retired until the decisions were made. "Skidoo" Murray was the -yell leader and showed considerable originality. The Baptist orchestra furnished the music for the oratorical, and after the fourth oration the high school male chorus delivered one chorus song which was cheered for an encore. Summary of the Athletic Meet. Discuss hurl 1st, Young, Crown Point; 2nd. Eckert, Plymouth; 3rd, Wablen, Elkhart. Distance, 102.7 feet 100 yard dash 1st, Koenlg, South Bend; 2nd, Honer, South Bend; 3rd, Hanenstein, Elkhart. Time, 10:4. Running broad jump 1st, Dick, Goshen; 2nd, Rockwell, Crown Point; 3rd, Young, Crown Point. Distance, 19.7. 1 mile relay race Hammond team. Time, 3:55. Hammer throw 1st, Young, Crown Point: 2nd, Ebert, Hammond; 3rd, Paxson, South Bend. Distance, 138.6 . 880 yard run 1st, Kennedy, Hammond; 2nd, Klngley, South Bend; 3rd, McKindley, Mishawaka. Time, 2:11 1-5. 220 yard dash 1st, Frankenstein, Goshen; 2nd, Hunter, Hammond; 3rd, Koenig, South Bend. Time, 2:11 1-5. 220 yard low hurdle 1st, .Elliott. Hammond; 2nd, Veddar, Hammond; 3rd, Honer, South Bend. Time, :27 4-5. Pole vault 1st, Iddings, Crown Point; 2nd, Francis, Laporte; 3rd, Root, Elkhart. Height, 8.9 feet. 120 yard high hurdle 1st. Elliott, Hammond; 2nd, Johnson; 3rd, Parks, Michigan City. Time, :17Vi. Shot put, 12 pounds 1st, Young, Crown Point; 2nd, Mahlen, Elkhart; 3rd, Eckert, Plymouth. Distance, 42.7 feet. 440 yard dash 1st, Hunter, Hammond; 2nd, Long, Laporte; 3rd, D. Maxon, Elkhart. Time, :56. Runnne high jump 1st, Dick, Goshen; 2nd. Elliott, Hammond; 3rd, Zimmer, Elkhart. Height, 5-1. 1 mile run 1st, Klngsley, South Bend; 2nd, Vance, Goshen; 3rd, Gavlt, Hammond. Time. 4:43.

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rested For Carrying a Gun. BROKEN HEARTS INVOLVED City Court Trial Brings Out a Pathetic Tale of Household Woes. The case of John R. Donahue for carrying concealed weapons which was tried before Mayor De Briae in East Chicago Saturday Involved more than on its face would appear. It Involves a broken home, two broken hearts and family of three little children made motherless. About a year ago Donahue, who is a tramp switchman, came to the home of A. C. Miner in Ivy street and ap plied for board. Miner being a rail road man himself took him in, although there seemed nothing in sight In the way ot pay. jjonahue, however, got a job. and things seemed to be going along all right until he either became dissatisfied with his work and quit. or else was fired, and soon after left the Miner home. Begins While Miner - Is Away. About the middle of September Miner went west to Salt Lake, remaining un til the last of October, when he re turned. , During his absence Donahue came back broke and again took up his home at Miners. Shortly after his return from the west Miner began to suspect that the relations between his wife and boarder were not Just right and re monstrated with her, receiving a prom ise that she would not see or com municate with Donahue again. What first aroused his suspicions was an Incident that followed a visit she made to her parents .at Eaton, Ind She returned home without notifying her husband of her expected arrival meeting Donahue instead. She had with her her baby and eight year old son and the latter was left in a candy store from S o'clock until 11 at night while his mother and the boarder "went down the street." Child Badly Frightened. ihe child did not know his way home and when his delinquent parent finally returned was frightened half to death, thinking he had been abandoned altogether. Later he recounted the circumstances to his father and this served to convince Miner that all was not well. - - - - -' - There were tears, a confession and finally a reconciliation.. The woman promised never to see Donahue again. Discovers Code of Signals. Miner, however, discovered there was a code of signals between the two and that she had violated her word and she was ordered to pack up and go. This time tears and promises availed nothing. Miner was obdurate. Last week he met Donahue on the street. Words followed and Donahue reached for a gun. He was turned over to the police, searched and the revolver taken from him. Saturday's trial was the denoument of the whole story. Mayor De Briae fined him $15. 50, which he later paid. It has been claimed that the defendant was involved in the burning of ballot boxes In Niagara Falls, Ont., six years ago, but this was not brought out at the trial. MANY EN EMPLOYED Free Employment Agency Doing Good Work in Gary. Superintendent Edgar Farrington of the free employments agency, reports that he is continually putting men on to work, most of whom are skilled laborers. There seems to be as great a demand. for skilled workmen as there ever has been in the city and nearly all who have been applied in nearly every kind of work have been successful. There are also many common laborers .being put to work daily and at the present time seems to be mostly irom ine ranroaas wno are doing a great amount of construction work about Gary. Fifteen foreigners with families were given work Friday on the Lake Shore and South Bend Interurban Saturday still more were put on and in the near future Farrington expects a. call for a hundred men. GARY IS DEFEATED YESTERDAY. The baseball game between Hammond and Gary at Harrison Park yesterday was wen attended, ana wniie not a close contest, it was interesting. Ham mond defeated Gary by the score of 9 to 4. Stanley, of Chicago, was one of the new pitchers who was tried out and It is believed he will be a valuable man later on when he gets In condition. The score of the game is as follows Gary 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Hammond ..0 3 0 1 1 0 1 3 9 Batteries Stanish- McMahon - Eder, Hammond; Herman-Nayer, Gary. Stolen Bases Hammond, 11; Gary, 2. Twobase Hits Sheerer (1) Schaefer (1) Herman (1). Struck Out By Standish, 5; by McMahon, 9; by Herman, 9. Double Plays Gary (2). Innings Pitched By Standish (4) by McMahon (9). Umpires Mittler and Gary. Boxing is commencing to gain ground in Mexico City,. Kid Lavigne has arrived on the scene and the once great scrapper has been matched with Joe Kelcy of Dallas. He is also to box Joe Davis May 17.

Gigantic Plant to Run Full

Force Within Six Weeks at Harbor. WILL EMPLOY 2,000 PEOPLE Tunnel Connecting Blast Furnace v With Open Hearth Plant Is Marvelous Enginereing Fea. It will be Interesting to the people of Indiana Harbcr and the Calumet region generally to learn that the extensive improvements whicn have been under way at the Inland Steel plant will be completed within six weeks. Immediately after this It is disclosed by "good outside" authority and denied by inside ditto, that the plant will open up In full force. This In view of the improvements would mean an addition of several hundred men over and above what In the old days of prosperity spelled normal. However, as stated before, those most qualified to speak with authority namely. Vice President L. E. Block, denies that this is so. At least he denies that there Is any reason at the present to look forward to the speedy resumption of full force conditions. While The Times, from time to time has referred to the work In hand, a full account of which Is In progress, has never been made. Tunnel Most Implrtant. The most important of these Im provements is the tunnel which con nects the blast furnace plant with the open hearth steel plant. This will en able the use of molten metal as It comes from the blast furnaces, causing a great saving by retaining the metal heat and speeding the operation of making Ingots, The fuel saved by melting the metal once instead of twice, will be an lmpunam item saving tne company thousands of dollars each month In coal. Saves Mnoh Time. Besides this, there is the saving of much time which In rush seasons Is money. The tunnel is several hun dred feet in length crossing the rights of way of the B. and O, the Lake Shore and the C. L. S. and E. railroads In ad dition to the property owned by the steel company on each side of the rail road. The tunnel is one of the most solid and of best possible workmanship and is required the most convincing proof of absolutely safe -construction, the ra.uruu.aa wnose rignts ot way were to be tunneled In order to gain their consent to allow the work to proceed. Blast Furnace to be Basy. The blast furnace department, under the new arrangement, will make pig Iron in liquid form from which will be conveyed means of ladle bars to the open hearth department to be converttd Into Ingots. Another important Improvement is that in the blooming mill department. The company is installing a new thirtysix Inch mill of this character to take the place of the old thirty-two Inch mill. In this department the ingots twenty inches by twenty inches by six feet are reduced to billets required by the various finishing departments. There is also a new continuous mill which will roll all sizes of rounds, from three-eights to two inches and all sizes of flat bars from three-fourths inch to four and one-half inches wide and will have a capacity of 300 tons per day. This mill is equipped with all modern appliances, having a cooling bed 800 feet long. It is , all contained in a building 680 feet long and 113 feet wide,, being served with several over head cranes. Addition to Boiler riant. Last, but not least, is the -addition to the boiler plant which furnishes the power to drive the machinery in this Herculean work. To this plant will be added eight 500-horse-power Sterling water tube boilers representing a total addition of 4,000 hoorse power. Layman Does Not Realize. It is difficult for 'the average layman to comprehend what this all means without visiting the plant and noting with his own eye the extent of the imprivements. However, some slight idea of what is in. progress may be gained by the foregoing. When it Is stated that the finished plant will provide for the employment of 2,000 men representing a population of. 10,000 people, perhaps the outsider may form a better idea of the vastness of the undertaking. The Inland company Is doing the work of construction Itself. TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS. Houston, Texas, May 18. The City Marshals and Chiefs of Police Union of Texas assembled here in fourteenth annual convention today with nearly all of the large cities of the state represented. The officers will spend three days in discussing matters of mutual interest and considering plans for increasing the membership and effectiveness of their state asso elation. BOY'S BBAVADO FATAL, He Drank a rint of Whisky and Died In Convulsions. Logans port, Ind., May 16. The eight year old son of WIlHam D. Robinson, farmer, near this city, drank a pint of whisky today which he had found In the barn. The boy was disco vered In convulsions, and he died loon after. Blanche, a six year old sister, took one swallow of . the whisky and It choked her. The boy In a spirit of bravado, drank what was left.

ROUSING MEETING , HELD AT LOWELL ' - s Republicans Fire First Gun of the Campaign on Saturday.

BIG CLUB IS ORGANIZED Hon. S. C. Dwyer Presides and All the Republican Candidates Are Present. Lowell, Ind., May 18. (Special.) There's no files on the Three Creek township, in Southern Lake county, when It comes to politics especially republican politics, and their motto Is to get Into the game early. As per previous notice, the republicans of the Three Creek township met at the opera house In Lowell Saturday night to perfect a republican club and to hold a short live feast, and, despite the bad roads and the farmers having had their first good days' work for a number 6C days, there was a big crowd out. TIto meeting was harmonious and enthusiastic Besides all the local politicians there were present County Chairman Richard Schaaf. Fred Crumpacker, Judge Reider and Mr. Shanklln of Hammond; Mr. Wlckey of East Chi cago; Mat Brown, of Eagle Creek; Albert Maack, Charles Johnson, Herbert Johnes and A. Blbler o Crown Point. Sheriff Fred Carter, democratic can didate for sheriff, who has a habit of attending republican love feasts, was absent. Hon. S. C Dwyer . presided over the meeting. Practical talke, de void of spread-eagleism, were mad a by Messrs. Klelver, Reider, Wlckey, Schaaf and Shanklln, and were good even for the democrats present to think over. Mr. Wlckey, who was fresh from attending the deep waterways conference at Washington, brought good tid ings. The speakers were enthusiastically applauded. At the close of the speaking those who had not Joined the club at a pre vious meeting were invited to do so, and with very few exceptions (principally democrats) every one joined the club, thus obligating themselves to stand pat for the entire republican ticket. The list of members Is esti mated at something like 200 and it is expected to swell the list to several hundred by the time the campaign opens. The South End of Lake county, that always rolls up a big republican majority, will put up a campaign this year that will astonish the North End and will wrap up the biggest packages of voters that It ever has. At a meeting to be held In two weeks, the officers of the Republican club will be elected. PANHANDLE TRAINS Ifl TliCCIDENTS Engineer Kills Three Behind Runaway Horse Yesterday. ONE TRAIN ALMOST WRECKED Cross Ties Braced on Track Sharp Curve Nearly Do the Work. at Crown Point, Ind., May 18. Death and disaster followed two Panhandle trains that went through this placo yesterday and passengers on the Chi cago flyer, passing this city at 6 o'clock, were glad to get to Chicago alive. Placed Ties on Track. An attempt to wreck the Pennsyl vania fast passenger train from Cin cinnati and due at Chicago at 7 o'clock Sunday morning was made in North Anderson. The engineer of the train discovered an obstruction on the track at a sharp curxe and hit it, but the train was not derailed. Investigation showed that two cross ties had been placed on the rails and had been braced, but the locomotive knocked them around so that they fell between the rails. The train was made up of baggage and mail cars, one day coach and three sleepers and nearly all passengers.were bound for Chicago. Three Are, Killed. The southbound passenger flyer, due at Flora thirty miles south of Crown Point at 6 p. m., struck the cariage of Trustee James C. Crites of Monroe township at a crossing on mile north of the city, instantly killing Crites, his wife and their daughter, Ruth, three years old. Another daughter, Dorothy, aged seven, was fatally injured. The family was returning from a visit to friends In the country and when near the crossing the horse ran away. Seeing that he could not control the animal, Crites slackened the lines and let it run, evidently thinking he could cross the tracks before the train reachedthe crossing. The carriage and train met squarely, the four persons and the horse being hurled through the air. WILL INITIATE SIXTY NEW MEMBERS. The Knights of Columbus- of Michigan City will initiate sixty members of the new lodge which is being organized at Gary in their hall at Michigan City the first Sunday In June. The work will be done in Michigan City for the reason that there is no hall In Gary which Is not over a saloon. A special train will be run from Gary to Michigan City and the affair is expected to be a notable one.