Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 40, Hammond, Lake County, 4 August 1908 — Page 4

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H0SF0RD PARK AND ITS SHOCKING CASE. ONE OF THE MOST SINGULAR things in life and one worthy of the profoundest study on the part of criminologists with spaghetti names is the depravity of human nature and the inborn inclination in man to invent new methods of crime not listed in "Gillett on Criminal Law." Savants may run their lily white fingers over the places where locks used to vegetate and wonder what fiendish crime the brain of man may next bring forth. But they need not wonder long. There is always something new for the gullelees savant to ponder over in the way of crime. It remained for a new example to be revealed in the city court of Hammond yesterday, where Judge W. W. McMahon jerks drunks, baldheaded and doles out justice to violators of the speed ordinance at about five dollars per dole. Two stalwart farmers were haled into into the courtroom yesterday by a buxom lady farmer named Pfaff and charged with stealing her bull calf and teaching it to smoke and chew tobacco. When his honor saw the warrant he had a mild case of strabismus and his eyes popped out so far that you could use them for a hat rack. At first the heinousness of the charge paralyzed him and it was some time before he could get himself into shape to hear the testimony and supply justice at popular prices to the famous Hosford park lady whose bull calf was so far inoculated with bad habits that he was hurrying to the slaughter smoked ahead of time. It was a pitiful case. The bull calf could not be brought into the courtroom though Attorney Conroy wanted him introduced as exhibit "B," but Mrs. Pfaff was there with a tear about as bi? as a walnut which she dropped into the pokadot handkerchief, to swear that her promising calf had been tought to smoke perique and chew Battle Ax. In all the great pictures of Rosa Bonheur there is none of a calf chewing tobacco and squirting his mother in the eye as she reproved him for chewing before he was 21 years of age. Rosa never painted a bull calf with an old cob-pipe full of Plow Boy between his teeth. . So it was doubly hard for the esteemed judge to conjure up two men who malignantly taught a gangle-shanked calf to squander all his milk-money on the weed when he should be pushing his cold little wet nose alongside of -:s mother for cheer and consolation. It is too sad to contemplate. Horsford park can henceforth give Gary cards and spades for criminality. It has achieved a notoriety all its own. We may expect at the next session of the legislature a statute penalizing the farmer who teaches a calf to chew tobacco and smoke a cob pipe. The world is certainly growing worse. MUST GARY BE THE VICTIM OF ITS OWN FOLLY?

THE NEGLECT OF THE PEOPLE of Gary, or the administration which represents them, in providing a proper protection from fire is one of the inexplicable things about the new steel city. In the first subdivision, which is the part of the built up portion of Gary completely under the control of the Gary Land company, water under pressure has been provided; but in that part of the city known as the "Patch" the only protection that is afforded is a chemical outfit. During the forty-eight hours of Sunday and Monday four disastrous fires destroyed thousands of dollars worth of property and wiped out the product of the energy of many men. Gary is the foundling which was brought into being by the United States Steel company and it would be expected by some that this company would provide the equipment with which its citizens could be protected from fire. This, however, is an erronious idea. The founders of Gary have all along avoided a policy of paternalism. They laid the foundations of Gary, the streets were built, the town was provided with water and light, the sewers were constructed in the alleys and houses for the first few hundred families were constructed. But the United States Steel corporation was reluctant to go even this far. At this early date this great corporation is sorry that it owns any of the public utilities. It is not surprising, then, that there is a hesitancy about undertaking more and it is not at all remarkable that the steel company positively refuses to fight Gary's fires. The city has been built but the administration of its affairs is left to the wisdom of those who have claimed the city as their home. The responsibility for the future of Gary lies in the hands of these pioneers. Gary's problem of providing equipment with which to fight fires is therefore one which its citizens must solve. There are thousands of dollars at state and capital will gojnto the city reluctantly unless it is assured the same protection which it finds in other cities. In the eyes of the United States Steel corporation the "Patch" is an outlaw district. The great corporation which built Gary was tricked out of that strip of territory which lies on the west side of Broadway, south of the Wabash tracks. In spite of the restrictions that the steel company, in its wisdom, decided to place on the property which it controlled the owners of property in the "Patch" ignored the broad lines on which the city was founded and built wooden houses where brick was required in the first subdivision and rented many of these frail structures to the keepers and proprietors of houses of ill fame. So long as the "Patch" defies the United States Steel corporation in the matter of restrictions and the illegitimate use of its property it can not expect the Steel company to aid it in fighting its fires and this problem will have to be solved by the residents of this district themselves. Nearly all of the fires which have occurred in Gary have been on the south side. The land company requires the purchasers of property in its subdivision to build structures which are at least semi-fireproof. But if the residents of the south side are the victims of their own folly

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alks. By EDWIN A. NYE Copyright, UOS, by Edwin A. Nye. VIOLETS TOR MOTHER.. She bravely walked into a high toned florist shop, a mite of a girl. An eld shawl covered her bead, clinched In her hand under her tiny chin. Underneath the garments were frayed, though scrupulously clean. The young proprietor -was engaged In selecting a dozen American Beauties for a young society girL It was some time before he noted the little one. "I want some violets to take to my mamma," said the little one, holding out a ten cent piece. "Why," said the proprietor, smiling gravely; "I think some cheaper flowers would do, my little girl." "No, sir," came from the tot. "I want violets. My mamma Is sick, and my papa's dead. Mamma, she gets whiter and whiter every day. She Just coughs awful. This morning she felt so weak and bad I just thought she'd die. But she said if she could only live till real warm weather comes again and she could smell violets once more she just knew she'd get better, an I had this dime, so I" But the florist was fumbling before a glass case marked, "Violets, $7.50 per dozen." There was an ache In his throat and a mist In his eyes. In a minute he had a big bunch of the violets dozens of them wrapped up. He gravely took the child's 10 cents and gave her the bunch of precious flowers. He held the door upon and gallantly bowed the little thing out as gallantly as he would have dismissed his richest customer. He took the bit of silver and looked at it, the same sort of ache as before bothering his throat "Dying for a breath of the good old summer time and a breath of violets !" That is all there Is to the true story. And yet It is not all. That 10 cents! WHY, WITH TnAT DIME ONE COULD BUY A SINNER'S RANSOM AT THE GATE OF HEAVEN. And who shall say but that the good God's recording angel smiled to himself as he wrote the name of that young florist, like once he wrote the name of Ben Abou above all the rest? the residents In the Gary Land company's subdivision, who are somewhat better protected, should unite with them now to provide better protection for Gary. The whole reputation of the city Is at stake. There has been plenty of time to provide for this evident necessity. When the first fire, which destroyed several shacks north of the Lake Shore tracks occurred, The Times pointed out the need of fire protection. It could have been provided then and would already have paid for itself in the saving of burning buildings. Surely, the people of Gary, who are so enterprising in other respects, will not delay longer. Fire station must be built and equipped with the most modern apparatus. Firemen must be trained at once and the good will of the insurance men who have put Gary on the blacklist will be won back again. THIS DATE IX HISTORY. August 4. 1496 Bartholomew Columbus, brother of Christopher Columbus, laid the foundation of San Domingo. 1609 Hudson discovered Cape Cod. 1696 Frontenas invaded the Onondaga country. 1701 A general treaty of peace was made with the Indians at Montreal. 1759 Crown Point taken from the French by General Amherst 1792 Death of General Burgoyne, the British general who surrendered his army to General Gates at Saratoga. 1821 William Ford, one of the signers of the declaration of independence, died. 1823 Oliver P. Morton, the war governor of Indiana, born in Saulsbury, Ind. Died in Indianapolis, Nov. 1, 1877. 1862 The president ordered a draft of 300,000 men to serve In the army nine months. 1903 Charles M. Schwab resigned the presidency of the United States Steel corporation and was succeeded by William Ellis Core. THIS IS MY CSTII BIRTHDAY. Joseph A h brook. Joseph Ashbrook, a prominent veteran of the civil war, was born In Philadelphia, August 4, 1840, and at the age of fifteen entered upon a business career in that city-. Soon after the beginning of the civil war he enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighteenth Pennsylvania regiment and served throughout the conflict. Soon after he went to the front he was severely wounded, and upon his recovery he received a commission. He was brevetted major for gallant services in the wilderness campaign, and subsequently served as ordnance officer of the staff of General Griffin, commanding the first division of the Fifth army corps. He was detailed to receive the arms and ammunition surrendered by the army of northern Virginia at Appomattox courthouse in April, 1865. After the close of the war he returned to Philadelphia and has since been engaged in business In that city. PEIMABY IN OKLAHOMA. Guthrie. Okla., Aug. 4. A , general primary for the nomination of candidates for state officers and members of the legislature Is being: held throughout Oklahoma today.

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LOSES RACE WITH DEATH. Jacob Loh, a business man of Evamvllle, raced with death today and lost tha race. White witassir.s a ball gam he received word that his wife was dying. He drova home with alt possible speed, but when ha arrlvad there his wife was dead. COPS PIXCH Sl PEOPLE. As shown in the report which Turnkey Mathey yesterday gave to Chief Metxger there were 961 arrests mad in Indianapolis during tha month at July. Among those arrested were 148 colored men. The total number of prisoners arested for assault and battery was 193. VIXE COVERS 60S SQUARE FEET. One of the largest cultivated grape vines in this section of tha country grows on the Gwaltney farm, southwest of Ft Branch. It is estimated that the vine covers an area f 600 square feet and it is loaded with large bunches of grapes. LOSES COXTROL OF ENGINE. Bowling along at high speed, beyond the control of the engineer, a big freight locomotive drawing a heavy train struck a derailing switch and, after dashing along on the ties for a short distance, overturned, causing a wreck in which fiva cars were telescoped and piled in a heap. FORM VIGILANCE COMMITTEE. Summary punishment may be expected by law violators at Bethlehem, thirty miles east of Jeffersonville, on the Indiana side of the river, following the indignation meeting held at that place last night by about 300 citizens representing the better element. SPEAKS IX A TRANCE. Mrs. D. A. Morrill of Grand Rapids, Mich., who addresses her audience while in a trance state, was the principal speaker at the state Spiritualist camp at Anderson, today. Her control Is said to be an educated gentleman who lived about the fifteenth century. DYING MAX HOLDS AUCTIOX. Realizing he was in a serious condition and had but a short time to live. D. H. Harris, a wealthy citizen of Grandvlew, Ind., held an auction yesterday and sold all his property. In RANDOM THINGS AND FLINGS THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF COMPENSATION IX THE FACT THAT THE LESS YOU KNOW, THE LESS YOU THINK YOU KNOW. Ye Editor Learns a Secret. A lady who did not give her name called up the Signal last week and said the editor had wheels In his head. We knew that there was something in our head, but thought It was scrap Iron, barbed wire or cinders. We are glad to learn that nothing worse than wheels constitute the filling. Holton (Kan.) Signal. Some people do nothing bat hate those who make a noise when eating toap, and who chew toothpicks on the street. We hope that the anti-saloon league won't come roaming around Lake county .these days. Gee, It's dry enough. WHEN WE HEAR A BABY YELL AND SCREAM, WE OFTEN WONDER WHY MORE OF THEM DON'T TURN OUT TO BE AUCTIONEERS. Anxious Times to Edgefield. Unless a laundry Is established In Edgefield our people will have to wear fewer clothes or wear them longer. If some wear any fewer garments than they do now, their immediate arrest will follow, and to be forced to wear them for a longer period, especially in midsummer, would be a calamity. So, what's to be done? Edgefield (S. C ) Advertiser. Youll get along a great deal better In this world if you don't stick your nose into other people's business. This is very trite, bat It is true. If some anti-fat company could only ge the genial Judge Taft to accept a little anti-fat to get a few pounds of flesh off his bones, what a great pieco of advertising it would be. TOO SAD TO PRINT. Little 3tlss Cora's ideas of the inceptlbllltles of the editorial heart are somewhat exaggerated. She has been deeply impressed of late by the erratic movements of a mature friend wbo prepares manuscript for the newspapers, and ao has come to be something of a writer herself. Over page after page she scrawls undecipherable sentences la her unsteady, primary department hand, and when the stories are finished she submits them la person to an Imaginary editor whom she has dubbed "Mr. Bunting." One day last week she told her friend that she bad written a new story. "What Is It aboutr asked a friend. "Oh," was the reply, "I can't tell. It is too sad to talk about." The friend asked no farther questions, and presently Cora volunteered additional Information. "I took my story down town and

a few seconds after the sale he died. He was 82 years old. MAIMED WITH DYNAMITE. Jamea Beck of Rochester was the victim of a dynamite explosion yesterday evening which will maim him for life. Ha had placed tha dynamite on top of the rocks which he was attempting to blast and Ugbted tha fuse, which was too short, and before he could get away It exploded, tearing his right hand to shreds and badly lacerating his thigh. He was taken to tha hospital, where his hand was amputated. BIG CHURCH DEDICATED. St. Joseph's Catholic church at Shelbyville. erected at a cost of 860,000. was dedicated today. A large number of people attended the exercises. It Is estimated that there were 1,500 visitors during the day. MIXING LAWS VIOLATED. Activity of James Epperson, state inspector of mines, and his assistants resulted last week in the suspension of half a. dozen mines and prosecutions of nearly lftO cases for violation of state mining laws. Mr. F.pperson has taken the field to help his deputies and the men are rusing tho second round Df the year, which closes August 18. MANY AUTOS BOUGHT. The big plant of the Maxwell-Briscoe oMtor company at Newcastle will resume operations again tomorrow morning after a two days' shutdown for the annual invoice. Tha company has so many orders on Its books that only two days could be given to the Invoice, and on this account everything was In readiness to complete It in that time before the shutdown was made. The invoice was made Friday and Saturday, and the plant will resume tomorrow with 750 employes. RELEASED OX TECHNICALITY. Ozra Reynolds, the young gambler of Anderson, who was convicted and sentenced to prison for receiving money and Jewelry taken from the body of his murdered mother by Grover Blake last April, Is to be released from prison. When Judge McClure granted a motion for a new trial Prosecutor Van Nuys moved to dismiss the affidavit against Reynolds on the grounds that he could not convict the culprit a second time on the same charge.

showed It to Mr. Bunting today," she said. "Yesf said her friend. tWhat did he say about it I" "He didn't say anything, aald Cora, "hut he Juat cried as If his heart would break." It Is a shame to say to Gary "We told you so," but Thr Times has been fighting for a fire department for Gary these many months. Rivet your twi eyes then you ram b your own boilermaker. Be careful of bon-flres. And you can't make the advice too strong. Watch the matches. OH, MARY I Mary had a little calf, Now really this la shocking For when the boys began to laugh, She padded out her stocking. Indianapolis Independent. IN POLITICS Chairman Mack of the democratic committee left New York for Chicago last night During the day he had a conference with Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany hall, regarding conditions In New York. Contrary to expectations, the speech of William J. Bryan wil be short, containing by actual count 5,300 words. While the issues of the campaign will be discussed. It is understood they will not be gone into at any great length, Mr. Bryan's views being reserved for more elaborate treatment In the several speeches he Intends to make. Wallace, Idaho, Aug. 3. It Is likely that two democratic state conventions will meet here tomorow Instead of one. W. C. McFarlana and his Kootenai county delegates will lead th? antl-Dubots fight and claim a majority of twelve. Should McFarlane and others who walked out of the Twin Falls convention be seated, it Is predicted that the Dubois men will hold a convention of their own. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3. In view of the news from Hot Springs, Mr. Bryan was asked this evening, "Can't you say something on the new issue of the hour? Do you prefered to be called Willie or Bill?" "So long as you make my calling and election sure," responded Mr. Bryan, "you can call me anything you like." It was a steaming hot day in Lincoln. There was a breeze, but It wa a burning one, that scorched as !t swept along. But Mr. Bryan, entirely obvious of tha heat, when it waa making everybody else look for the coolest spot to lie around In and do nthing, worked tranquilly along on his speech of acceptance. The work is practically done now, save for a few unimportant change. It will make 5,300 words. One of thu newspaper correspondents, hearing this.

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New York, Aug. 3. -Miss Emilie Gardner, prima donna of the Aborn opera last year, was in the reception hospital at Coney Island today, suffering from wounds inflicted by an angry bulldog, which attacked her in her home in Coney Island last night. Miss Gardner's injuries and the shocks she suffered from the attack of the dog are so serious that her condition today was regarded aa crttical. The bulldog is the property of Miss Gardner's housekeeper, who left tha Gardner cottage last night after placing the dog and a litter of -puppies -In the pantry. Miss Gardner, who was in great fear of the dog and was unaware of its presence In the pantry,- entered that room later, whereupon the bulldog sprang upon her, fastening his teeth in her left arm below the elbow. Screaming with fright, the singer endeavored to fight off the angry dog,, but tha animal tore at her arm. lacerating It terribly snapped at her right hand, nearly biting off two fingers, and bit her severely about the legs. Weak with pain and terror, Miss Gardner fell to the floor, but the dog continued Its attack upon her. In the meantime neighbors, attracted by Miss Gardner's screams, forced their way Into the cottage, and, the housekeeper returning, the dog was driven off and the injured singer removed to the hospital. The dog Is under observation to determine whether It has the rabies but It Is believed that the animal is healthy.

plumed himself on his prophetic In sight. "I predicted," he said, "that your speech would be shorter than Mr. Taft's." "I don't think much of that as a prophecy," said Mr. Bryan. "Just think what a margin you had to go on." The republican state convention In New York to nominate a candidate for governor, will be held in Saratoga probably the second week of September. The prohibition party's notification meeting, at which Eugene W. Chafin, nominee for the presidency, will be officially notified of his nomination, will bo held in Chicago, August 18. Second Assistant Postmaster General McCleary expects to receive the republican nomination for congress in the second Minnesota district at the primaries to be held Sert. 15. Voice of the rv ple JUSTICE TO ROBERTS DALE.

Robertsdale, August 4. Editor, Times and the people of Whiting, Robertsdale and this vicinity: The object of this article is to correct a misrepresentation of facta in regard to our doings and actions at the firemen's tournament at Crown Point, August 1. It has been published in a certain Whiting newspaper that Robertsdale fire company entered a protest against the Whiting company which barred them from participating in any of the races. The protest was made In regard to the number of men Whiting had in line at roll call and had nothing to do with the races In any way. The Whiting company could have taken part In any or all races if they had desired to do so. The other companies would have been glad to have them In the races. But for some unknown reason they would not run In any of the races. We wish to make It plain that the protest entered by us in regard to the roll cal had nothing to do with their running the races, if they had desired to do so. THE ROBERTSDALE FIRE CO.

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V t3 t i ' THE CREAM OF THE Morning News A Jl, 000, 000 grain elevator fire at Sixteenth street and the river menaces Chicago. "One dollar, love and affection" Is the consideration named in a deed for a $15,000 building, executed by Stephen Rosga, now dead, which was filed yesterday in Chicago. Lake county has Its hottest day in seven years, the mercury reaching 96.4 degrees; four persons die of heat and two are in serious condition. E. H. Harriman is against a cruel raise in freight rates, but says the public ought to be willing to pay a proper compensation for proper transportation such as is now being given. Mayor Busse announces that he will decide before the end of the week whether to grant a license to Wilson avenue beach. New York republican leaders are in a pickle about Hughes, fearing defeat if they renominate him or drop him. Campaign managers of democratic candidates for governor hold a love feast and agree that whoever wins at the primaries will have the support of all. William L. Sackett of Morris quits his Job as Illinois-Michigan canal commissioner after a disagreement with Governor Deneen and Grundy county politics now Ij in a turmoil. In Central park. New York, a man is arrested for eating grass and Jumping about like a Jack rabbit. Henri Farman makes three successful flights in New York. Big Canadian forest fire still rages, a: 1 it is reported that Hosmer and Michel, B. C, which were thought to be saved, have been abandoned to the flames. Elevator fires bring Insurance companies the heaviest losses of the year on Chicago risks. Grain list sharply higher on blight and black rust damage claimed for wheat northwest and drought and heat damage to corn, while oats advance In sympathy; cattle, hogs and sheep lower. Atchison reports a decrease of nearly 20 per cent in operating Income. Wall street market, unable to Interpret grain prices In Chicago, is Irregular and variable. If yon have a honse or n room to rent you ran Inform 40,000 people by advertising; In tbe classified columns of The Times.