Hammond Times, Volume 3, Number 263, Hammond, Lake County, 26 April 1909 — Page 5

3 Monday, April 26, 1909. THE TIMES.

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GARY1 LAID

THE CITY

PURCHASE FURNITUEE The Gary town board at Its regular meeting tomorrow afternoon will take up the question of purchasing furniture for the new city hall. The board went to Chicago last week to inspect the various Btyles of furniture, with an idea of getting suggestions for their use in the Gary city hall.

BLACK DIRT FOR GARY The South Shore line yesterday afternoon put on the first four of ten trailers. The cars are without motors and are five feet shorter than the regular interurban cars. This proved to be a great accommodation yesterday, and will be more so when the additional six ere put on.

HEARD BY EUEE.

TRAILERS PUT ON Black dirt and clay for lawns, to cover the sand of Gary, is coming into the city by the carload. Three carloads of clay arrived from Chesterton this morning, and also a carload of black dirt from Porter. Many of the lawns have already been improved, while others are undergoing the beautifying process.

Called to Wabash. The local fire company were called this morning, about 1 o'clock, to the Wabash tracks to put out a fire in a freight car. The car was empty, and very little damage was done. It is thought to have been caused by tramps who lodged there all night.

Unless all signs fail, th,e cornerstone for the new city hall building will be laid tomorrow. But you can never tell, its just as uncertain as the Broadway paving. Still the appearance Of the first straw in Gary shows plainly which way the wind Is blowing. For a few weeks to come the Gary real estate dealers will run regular boat excursions on the Calumet river district. Bleached flour will have to be labeled hereafter. This, however is not necessary with that kind of blonds. But, of course, now that the paper

is pasted tightly on the wall, you don't

like it near so well, do you? Gary was not represented in the ora

torlcal contest, but the other high

schools will know they were represent

ed In the athletic contests after it is

over.

There was another healthy movement

n real estate yesterday.

Two more Gary bibbers were arrest

ed yesterday, which spoils the record for another week.

Although the duty has been raised

on skates, the short ones will try to

work their way free on everything as

before.

Little cold on some of the fruit on

the Easter hats yesterday, but from all

reports the crop is still safe.

Majestic Theater Notes. The Marion-Woods Stock company, Gary's new stock company, presented "The Rollicking Comedy." "Miss Hursey From Jersey" at the Majestic last night, to the largest house seen in this theater. It is very evident that drama and comedy, in play form, Is what the local public wants, for there has been

a continual increase in the patronage since the opening night of this popular company. "Miss Hursey from Jersey" proved to be a big hit last night. Some

of the situations would bring a smile to the most gloomy countenance. Every

role was well interpreted by the va

rlous members, proving them good

farceurs, as well as dramatic artists

The next play, starting Thursday even

ing, Is "The Diamond King," a sensa

tional comedy drama, a style of play appealing to all classes. The present

play continues until Wednesday even

Ing. Seats on sale at Cole's drug store

for all performances, except matinees.

GARY BRIEFS.

Arthur Savage was in South Chicago

yesterday visiting friends. Will J. Davis, manager of the 111 i

nols theater, Chicago, and who contemplated for some time the erection of a theater in Gary, was in this city yes

terday on business. John O. Bowers of Hammond was i business visitor in Gary Saturday aft ernoon.

The paving of Broadway will start the latter part of this week or the first of next, much to the relief of the

public.

Mrs. E. E. Geisel returned from Crown Point yesterday, where she had

spent the past week as the guest o

her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Brown

Clem Henches spent the week-end a Waukegon, 111.

A number of local attorneys went to Crown Point this morning to attend the

Dake circuit court, which convenes to

day for the April term.

Members of Steel City lodge, I. O. O. F., attended the services of the Congregational church in a body yesterday morning. Rev. Sullens preached on the subject of "The Enthusiasm of Friendship." Invitations have been issued by the members of the General Electric corn-

badge of the above protective company. Cotter said to Reed, "It was no good

there." The officer knew Reed, and

he also knew he was a newspaper re

porter. Cotter hit Reed in the face and placed him under arrest.

Chief of Police Shippy fined him five days' pay. Charges will be brought against him for the arrest of Muffson. Cotter is well known in South Chicago, and lives at 7525 Cottage Grove avenue.

Missionary Murdered in Turkey

Sever contracts for new sewers in South Chicago were let Thursday to the

Federal Improvement company, Thomas Burke & Co., and the S. Seip Co. The following are the streets the sewers will be put in: Ninety-second street, Anthony street to Saginaw avenue. Ninety-second street, Saginaw avenue to Colfax avenue. Ninety-third street, Colfax avenue, alley north of Ninety-third street, to alley north of Ninety-first street. vOne Hundred and Sixth street, from Calhound to Hoxie avenues S. Seip, $562.50. Exchange avenue, from Ninety-seventh to Ninety-eighth streets. Ninetyeighth street, from Escanaba avenue to alley east of Exchange avenue. Ninetyseventh street, from Escanaba avenue to alley east of Exchange avenue Thomas Burke, $3,287.25. William Borden is visiting with friends in Wisconsin. Mrs. John Jacobs of Windsor Park is seriously ill at her home, 78462 Yates avenue.

Robert Lundquist of Hammond was a South Chicago visitor yesterday.

pany of Gary for a dance at Assembly

hall next AVednesday evening. The grand march will commence at 8:15 p. m.

A meeting of the members of the

Knights of Columbia was held in their

lodge rooms on last Saturday evening,

for the purpose of organizing the K. C.

baseball team. The first practice of

the team will be held this evening.

Walter Walsh of Hammond was in

Gary yesterday, attending the dedication of the Catholic church.

J. J. Ruff, the hardware dealer, of

Hammond was in Gary yesterday looking over the city.

Mr. and Mrs. George O'Donnell and

Mr. and Mrs. Ward were in Hammond

last night visiting friends.

The South Shore line ran extra cars

on their trains all day yesterday to care for the heavy Sunday traffic, and the Catholics who were going to the church dedication at Gary.

All the bargains advertised by Spieg

el's In the Chicago papers are displayed and for sale at our large South

Chicago store. 9133-9135 Commercial avenue. M

Am prepared to do all kinds of house

cleaning. Carpets and rugs cleaned at reasonable rates. Telephone Gary 2682, or call at 652 Broadway. Peter Mitch

ell. 21-2-t We deliver the Furniture and Carpets to your door, no extra charge no waiting and at Chicago bargain prices. Spiegel's, South Chicago's leading furFor a good home cooked meal, with quick service, go to the German Home

on Tenth avenue, near Broadway. The best meal in the city. Lunches of all

kinds from 6 a. m. to 10 p. m. Mrs. A

Jensen, proprietor. 9-1-m

CALEXD.tR OF FOR

SPORT THK WEEK.

SOUTH CHICAGO NEWS

A J I S T THUATRE-

T. F.

Kucchler, Res. Mgr.

Cor. Fifth Avenue and Conn. St.

TONIGHT The Marion-Woods Stock Go, In the Rollicking Comedy "MISS HURSEY FROM JERSEY" A laugh every second, vaudeville between acts, also motion pitcures. The biggest and best show in town for the money. 10c GENERAL ADMISSION 10c RESERVED SEATS - - 20c BOX SEATS 30c Seats on Sale at Cole's Drug Store NEXT PLAY. "THE DIAMOND KING" Coming April 29.

Charges Make Trouble.

Investigation was begun into the arrest of Jacob Muffson, a newsboy, by Policeman Dun Cotter, it developed one of the most unjust and outrageous acts that has ever been recorded in the Chicago police department. Muffson, who Is 17 years .oid, was calling his newspapers fcr sale when Cotter told him to quit yelling, the boy, thinking the policeman meant for him to stop yelling about a murder, did so and only called out evening papers. Cotter came up to the boy again and said, "I gave you one chance, now you're pinched." The boy was taken to the police station and thrown into a cell. lie asked the police to let him communicate with one of the newspapers in the city, but this was refused, and he stayed in jail all night. When the boy was brought up before Judge Hum-?, he was at once discharged. City Prosecutor A. Powers said: "I think the boy was guiltless.

and the policeman overstepped his bound when he arrested the boy. The records of the police department

show that Cotter, who is at the present

time attached to the central station,

was fined five days' pay while travel

ing beat In South Chicago. On Nov

21. 1905, he was assigned to a cloth

ing store damaged by fire, at 920 Com

mercial avenue, the night before. The police records detailed the happenings

In this manner: William Reed, 232 Ninety-first street,

was standing at the entrance looking at the ruins. Cotter asked him rwhat he was doing there. Reed replied: "I

am just looking at the ruins." Cotter

told Reed he had no business there.

Reed then answered by saying: "I was

sent here by Mr. Hoffman, manager of

; the South Chicago Protective patrol

Reed also showed the officer his

MONO V. Opening; of automobile carnival week In vr York. Annual tournament of Mississippi Gun club opens at YlckMbunf. TIESDAY. Start of four days' automobile endurance run lit Detroit.

Opening of annual liortte show of the Brooklyn RIdinK and Drivings elub.

WEDNESDAY.

Opening of the en son of the Trl-State Daseball league. Jimmy dabby n. Jack Morgan, 10 rounds, at Indianapolis. TIICRSIJAY.

Opening of annual spring Rolf tournament at Atlantic City, X. J. Western league opens its sea- & son with Sioux City at Wlchlta, Omaha at Denver, Des Moines at Pueblo, and Topcka at Lincoln.

Central league opens its season with Grand Rapids at Wheeling, South Bend at Zanes-

ville, Ft. Wayne at Evaunvllle, and Dayton at Terre Haute. Ohio State league opens Its season with Newark at Portsmouth, Mansfield at Marion, and Lima at Lancaster. SATURDAY. Annual interscholastlc track and field meet at the University of Kansas. Annual interscholastlc track and field meet at the University of Missouri. Annual interscholastlc truck and field meet at Leland Stanford university. Iowa-Minnesota dual athletic meet at Iowa City, Iowa. Annual Marathon race of the Missouri Athletic elub of St.

Louis. Western association opens its season with Muskogee at Guth-

rle, Bartlesville at Enid, Webb City at Joplin, and Springfield at Pittsburg.

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Entire Change of Program on Monday and Friday. New Illustrated Songs and Moving Pictures changed each day The shows at the Gem are all Drawing Cards

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Galesburg, 0. At Galesburg, 111. Galesburg, . 3; Quincy, G. At Waterloo, Iowa Waterloo, 4; Pes Moines, 0. At Rockford, 111. Duluth. 4; Rockford, 1. At Quincy, III. Quincy, 7; Cedar Rapids. 4. At Duquoin, 111. Duquoin Models, 5; Herrln Globes, 1.

At St. Joseph, Mo. Lincoln (Western league), 9; Casino Athletics, 1. At Milford, Ind. Goshen, 8; Milford,

SUMMARY OF SATURDAY SPORT Baseball. Cubs defeated the Cardinals, u to 1. Other National league scores: Pittsburg, 0; Cincinnati. 0. Philadelphia, 4; Boston, 0. Brooklyn. 2; New York, 0. White Sox defeated Detroit by the score of 3 to 1. Other American league scores: Boston, 1: Philadelphia( 4. New York, 17; Washington, 0. Cleveland, 7; St. Louis, S. Indiana shut out Maroons on Marshall field, score 1 to 0. Turf.

Lexington meet opened with the pari-

mutuel system in vogue and with a good attendance. Pimlico's opening drew a good crowd, which witnessed upset in feature. Stakes for Milwaukee fair were announced with larger entry than ever before. Aquatics. Western Power boat association members decided to ask congress for a revision of the traffic laws. Inland Lake Regatta association transfered Its annual regatta from Lake

Winnebago to Lake Minnetonka.

Athletic. Alfred Shrubb defeated St. Yves in a fifteen-mile race at New York. Pennsylvania and Chicago won their respective relay events at Philadelphia. Athletes of the First National bank won the annual meet of the American Institute of Banking at Bartlett gymnasium. Shooting. Chicago Gun club marksmen defeated the Lake County team, score 442 to 422. Wrestling. Krnest Siegfried and Dr. Roller easily won their bouts at the C. A. A. BOllDg. Hugo Kelly announced he would claim the middleweight title if he beat Papke, and Ketchel was too heavy to make the weight.

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LESS JUJTI

PRODUCTS THAN WEEK AGO

Leaders in Industry Issue Statements, However, Are Encouraging to General Trade Gary and Schwab Hopeful.

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Railroad Notes

The Indiana Union Traction company

has filed a petition with the county commissioners of Laporte, Starke Pu

laski and Cass counties for a fran

chise for the construction and operation of an interurban railway through the counties named t

port. Winlmac, Bass Lake. Knox. I-i-

porte and intermediate towns. It is

Planned to build the road and have it

in operation in the early fall.

tu. a. uouiu, general superintendent

of the northern district of the Mis

soun Pacific railroad, headquarters Kansas City, received notice this week

from New York that there was avail able at once $3,500 000 for improve

nieiiLs, me money 10 De usea in Improv

ing the Missouri Pacific between Kan

sas city and Pueblo and along the

general line of improvements of Gould road looking finally to the tension of the line to the coast.

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Buying in the iron and steel markets is not as active as It was ten days or a fortnight ago, but there is still a well-sustained interest and a

fair prospect of better and steadier

conditions. New business in structural steel is on a reduced scale, but there has been a fair development in

some other lines, ivow prices nave

proved effective in increasing the to

tal volume. They have told particularly in the Chicago district, as is shown

by the fact that the Illinois Steel company is now operating at 84 per cent

of its capacity of finished product. Hie United States Steel corporation as a

whole is reported to be operating at about 65 per cent of capacity.

Two notable men in the steel in

dustry have made statements curing

the past few days well calculated to lend encouragement to the general

trade. At the annual meeting oi me stockholders of the United States Steel

corporation Judge Gary, chairman of

the board, declared that the steel busii i , i . i -, .

ness was improving siuwiy u.nu mai

future prospects were good. Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, was quoted more emphatically. "For the first time, since the industrial depression began in 1907," he said, "Bethlehem steel is working with its full force of employes. The outlook is bright. I am optimistic through and through, if the right thing is done in Washington." This statement is entirely at variance with the one credited to Mr.

Schwab at the annual meeting of the is on' a

stockholders of the corporation of

which he is now tho president. In

some quarters the suggestion is made that Mr. Schwab may have changed his position in the stock market in the

Interval from the short to the long

side.

General interest in pig Iron has broadened considerably and with the

Increased activity has come a general

strengthening of prices. There is little

if any, southern Iron to be had now

on a basis or n, tne marKet oeing fairly well established with $11.50 as a minimum, and some interest holding off for $12 for No. 2 for last quarter delivery. The prevailing quotation in "the valley" is $14 for No. 2, with

some makers demanding a higher

price.

Locally the $11 quotation for No. 2

southern has been withdrawn entirely and $11.50 is the ruling price for sec

ond half delivery. Northern foundry

No. 2 is quoted at $16. 405816.85. Gen

eral buying in this district has dropped off to comparatively small volume, the

heavy contracting of last November,

supplemented by the spurt of the past fortnight, having fairly well supplied the requirements of consumers over the

rest of the year. In the eastern mar kets there lias been better activity re

cently. The Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company has taken 10,000 tons. The General Electric Is in the market for 11,000 tons, the American Steel Foundries for 10,000 tons and

an Ohio steel company for 24,000 tons

Taken as a whole, the market for Iron

good basis.

competitors to Tittsburg business propose to make big improvements in that district to meet the demand for the heavy ore tonnage.

The receivers of the Wabash-Pitts

Durg .terminal itaiiroaa company on Monday last awarded a contract to the

Standard Steel company of Pittsbur for 500 steel hopper cars to cost $500,

000. The cars will have a caDacitv

of 110,000 pounds each, and must be delivered as soon as possible on account of the demand for additional rollingstock. The road has received assurance from shippers in the Pittsburg district that there is sufficient tonnage in sight to warrant the purchase of a large number of additional cars and locomotives.

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The engineers of the Baltimore & Ohio road have completed plans for big improvements for the dock for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Lorain, O. Activity on the fiart of the Pennsylvania, New York Central and the Wabash railroad and the industrial concerns in that district is said to be responsible for the Baltimore & Ohio taking up the work at the present time. All of the Baltimore & Ohio

Taking independent action and therefore becoming Individually responsible, the Lackawanna road has filed notice with the interstate commission that, effective with the opening of navigation on April 2C, it will reduce grain rates from Buffalo to New York and Boston. The reduction is from to 4 cents and is on export wheat alone and is only for sixty days. Heretofore the Lackawanna has been a strong advocate of the principle of maintaining the higher rate and the reason assigned for the change of attitude is that there seemed to be no other alternative in the face of Canadian competition. In the face of such a condition .i. .in interests of the nort of New

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Idleness.

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MISCELLANEOUS BASEBALL GAMES

At Albany. X. Y. Albany, 4; Brook-I

lyn, 3.

At Richmond, Ind. Indianapolis I

Gold Medals, 5; Richmond. 0. At South Bend, Ind. South Bend, 10; Kalamazoo, 4. At Bedford, Ind. -Bedford, 3; Odin, 2.

At Ft. Wayne, Ind. Ft. Wayne, 6;

Shamrocks, 0. At Streator, 111. Streator Athletics, 13; Ladd, 8.

At Valparaiso, Ind. Valparaiso

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