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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
The "Grim Destroyer" " Had
the Count on Him
But Let Up.
SIMPLE CASE OF WILLIES
Faithful Messenger Will Live Long
Enough to Tackle 1t
Again.

When poor Steve Brown gets out and
has his nerves reset he will be interest
ed in the perusal of his own obituary.
1t is given to few persons to read the
summary of their virtues and their
shortcomings after the Grim Destroy
er" has counted ten on them. When the
good, old Steve gets over his present fit
and prepares to tackle it again he will
learn that throughout his eventful
career he was a good fellow, but he
would not do He will learn that his
neighbors were willing to wipe out all
old scores and accede that all the un
kind things he did in life he did to him
self
There was a laugh on his lips when
the end came" This will put Steve
wise to the fact that he died game.
His was a life of trial, of tribula-
ton and of hard work"
Indeed it was. Yet, by sticking close
ly to his schedule of industry he man
aged to find time to hoist in enough to
furnish him with a moving picture out
fit which brought little red men and
four-tailed monkeys climbing over the
footboard of his bed. The only pleas
ure this life afforded him was thirst.
In the basement of st. Margaret's
hospital this morning Poor Steve"
said he did not know how much he
had been appreciated by this COM
munity until he had died He had al
ways felt that his services as a mes
senger between Hammond and Chicago
were appreciated, but did not think
that the merchants and the housekeep-
ers whom he had so faithfully served
loved him SO.
DO you want to hear the story of
Poor Steve's" life?
Well, listen (sneaky music please):
He came to Hammond about eight
years ago from Pulaski county and
worked at various things in Hammond
until about two years ago, when he be-
came a messenger for Hammond bust
ness men and people to Chicago. 1t
was in this capacity that he came in
contact with many people. He always
had a smile and a CHEEKY word for
everybody, and would drum-up trade
the coldest day in winter and the hot
test one in summer. Sometimes treat
ed with scant courtesy and rebuffed
Steve would pass off with q smile and
bob up serenely the next time with
the same good nature. His wife died
some time ago, his boy broke his leg
and other trials came upon him, but
Steve's good nature couldn't be feazed
Recently he broke up housekeeping
and his health began to show traces OF
the hard life he had led, but he stuck
to his business up to the end, and it
was only last week that he was taken
to the hospital where he died.
When the news was broken rather
abruptly to Miss Pearl Brown OF the
Monon restaurant she was so affected
that she telescoped an order OF
"straight-up" with one of "corned- beef
and" and fell into a swoon. When she
came-to she was informed that the
Grim Destroyer" had suspended judg-
ment.
In order to get at the root of it all
reporter visited Mr.. Brown at st
Margaret's this morning.
Are you dead, Steve?" was tenderIy
asked.
The answer came promptly, and in e
natural tone:
Not yet, but-you can't tell"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12

it is said that the evidence is so strong
against several of them that the prose-
cutting attorney will will be compelled
to take cognizance of the case and
start prosecutions.
The charges of bribery arose in con
nection with the letting of the contract
for the building of a sewage pumping
station. Although it was generally
known that there had been crookedness
in connection with the deal the matter
was not brought to head until w. T.
Carskoddon, one of the stockholders
in the company, charged mismanage-
ment at a recent meeting of the board
of directors and demanded an explana
tion for checke made payable to rela-
tives of the president of the company.
The officials of the company then ad-
mitted that they had been compelled
to resort to bribery to get the pump
ing station contract.
When Carskaddon found this as
founding condition of affairs he took
the matter before Judge Tuthills and
was advised to hire a lawyer and bring
the case before the court. Mr.. Cars
kaddon did this and instructed Knots
& Bomberger his attorneys, to spare no
expense in prosecuting the officers of
the company.
In several garbled. accounts of the
case John B. Mailing the president Of
the East Chicago company has been
put in a bad light. In an interview
with a reporter of THE LAKE COUNTY
TINES Mr.. Mailing siad: The East
East Chicago company had been as
sessed something like $4,000 as their
share of the cost of the pumping sta
tion and had enough evidence to prove
that the assessment had been on some
submerged ground and was excessive.
They demanded that the assessment
be reduced and threatened to appeal
the case if they did not get the proper
relief
When the construction company and
certain city officials saw that the whole
deal was about to be uncovered they
come to Mr.. Mailing with an appeal that
his company accept $4,000 in bonds
drop the appeal.
Mr. Mailing, according to his own
statement saw that if the matter was
brought to an issue and his company
was granted a reduction in the assess
ments by the courts the whole burden
of the assessment would fall on the
rest of the property owners. There
fore, acting upon the advice of his at
torneys, he accepted the $4,000 and let
the matter drop. The court records
Will show that the East Chicago com
pany did file an aoppeal and then let
the matter drop later on.
Mr.. Mailing says that Furthermore he
took the matter before the people an6
showed them, that while there was only
| 2 0OO 0O0 gallons of sewage to be pump
ed, the plant was equipped to pump
! 21.000.oo0 gallons of sewage and thai
the alteration beds which were to take
care of the sewage, had capacity ol
only 100000 a day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
DECLARES RAISE IN WAGES
Whiting WOrkmen JubiIant Over Ad-
vance in Salarfes-Ten Per Cent. In
crease For Men Earning Less than
Two Dollars.
Especial to Lake County Timcs.1

Whiting, Nov 12.-Oficial notices
were placed on the walls in the Stan
dard Oil works at Whiting today an
nouncing that on and after Nov l all
employees now receiving less than two
dollars a day would receive an increase
of ten per cent. and that all those re-
ceiving two dollars or more would be
given an increase of five per cent.
This announcement is only one of a
series that the Standard Oil company
has been making throughout the coun-
try during the past week.
1t was glad news in the works, espe-
cially as everybody will benefit lit was.
however, not entirely unexpected, as
the employees had heard Of the raises
made in the east. and they We're posi-
tive that they needed only to wait
their turn.
No special reason is assigned for the
Standards motive in making the vol
untary raise, unless il be the result OF
the recent election
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN.

La Porte, Nov. 10.-Anton Dopziski,
% years old; Frank Polchowski, "a, and
Anton Ashuinsl1i %. have been re-
manded for grand jury action in de-
fault of bail. accused Of attempting to
wreck a fast train on the Lake Shore
road by placing a tie on the track. The
tie was insecurely fastened, and it was
knocked aside by the engine. All the
accused are Poles, living south of Hud-
son lake. The young men spent the
day at Terre Coupee with a keg of
beer and it was while returning that
the suggestion was acted upon to
wreck the train.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
POLICE RAID BLIND PIG.
lsnecinI to I.ake Connty

Especial to Lake Comfy Times.l
Gary, Nov. 12.-The chief of police
and his men made raid on the Polish
community west of Broadway south
of the river at noon Saturday. One
woman was taken into custody as she
stepped from the 11:41 with several
sacks full of beer and jug OF whisky
This she was taking up to the shack
where she and her husband lived and
where they disposed of the stuff. Her
brother. who happened to be near by,
was also taken along, besides the wit
nesses that were summoned. Mr..
Briggs accompanied them to Indiana
Harbor but did not intend to prosecute
the case. The raid has been planned
for some time. but was not made sooner
because of the lack of facilities for
handling the matter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
FIRE IN HUEHN BLOCK.

Fire broke out in the basement of
the Hub clothing store in the Huehn
block yesterday afternoon but the
flames We're checked before they could
make much headway. The loss has not
vet been estimated but it is thought
that the damage through the flames is
nominal although there was consider
able havoc wrought by smoke. It is
thought that the fire was started by
an overheated chimney. sparks having
dropped from the first floor in the CHM
ney and set the SCOT afire.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
MICHIGAN CITY SUPERIOR COURT

Michigan City. Ind. Nov. 12.-Judge
H. B. Tuthill convened the November
term of the Superior court here this
morning. The docket of the November
term has four state cases, exclusive Of
one that was certified up from the
city court today, but the four cases
are old and unimportant and may never
come to trial. There are seventy-seven
civil cases on the docket. eleven Of
which are for divorce. There are also
nine damage suits. most of which have
been filed within the last few weeks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
AN OLD APPLE TREE.

In the orchard on Frank Chapman's
farm in North Bend township in Starke
county stands a mammoth apple tree.
eight feet five inches in circumference.
This is the largest tree of its kind in
this section and probably the largest in
the state. It was planted SO years ago
and bears fruit each season.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
SEVEN JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

1t is now the intention of County
Clerk Harold H. Wheeler to commits
sion seven justices of the peace and
seven constabIes instead of five each,
as was at first the understanding. This
will put into Office Miles c. Frysinger
and Byron NJ Cheney for justices of
the peace and Andrew Reiner and
James II Lowden for the constable
ship
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
l. ROAD COLLISION.

Chicago. Nov. IA rear end COLI
elevated this morning at the Sheridan
road station. No one. was injured
though the passengers We're badly
shake up. The only damage was a
smashed coach and number Of broken
windows.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-12
THE WEATHER.

Partly cloudy tonight ard Tuesday:
minimum temperature tonight near
the freezing point; slightly warmer
Tuesday.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27
EUGENE L. WILLIAMS

In our announcement column today
will be found the card of L. L. Will
liams. While Mr.. Williams is at pr sent
a resident of Washoe county, yet he is
by no means stranger in Humboldt.
After his graduation from the law de
partment of the University of Wiscon-
sin in 1884, he came to Bernice, Church
ill county in September, 1885. In the
fall of 1886 he took up his residence
in Humboldt county, and taught school
on the Big Meadows until January,
1888. He served Humboldt county as
deputy district attorney for two years,
and in 1892 he received the regular Re
publican nomination and was elected,
serving in that capacity for two years
His administration in the district at
torn,y's Office was eminently satisfac-
tory.
Mr.. Williams has resided in Rene ffor
the past nine years. He has served
Washoe county two years as district at
torney and county superintendent of
schools. He was the first city attorney
of Reno, serving from 1898 to 1895.
Mr.. Williams is a brother of Sena-
tor Warren Williams of Churchill coun-
ty, prominent stockman and mine
owner, and of George B. Williams of
the same county, successful stock
man.. ass
Referring to Mr. Williams as a law
yer we have but to point to his record
in the courts of the state. Some of tn
most important cases ever up before the
supreme court have been handled by
Mr.. Williams. In the different capaci-
ties in which Mr.. Williams has served
he has always been broad-minded and
earnestly devoted to the peoples in.
terests. He is a genial man and one
who, because of sympathy with the sf-
fairs of men, eminently fitted for the
position of judge. Mr.. Williams, as he
does everything, so will he do his cam
paign work thoroughly and carefully.
When the long list of names to be
voted upon is placed before you on
lection day, Mr.. Voter, remember the
name of E. l.. Williams, his official and
private record, and the fact that he
merits the position of judge of the sec
ond judicial district.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27
200 MELONS TO
HALF ACRE
EXCEPTIONAL GOOD YIELD AT
POLkINHORN RANCH
Charles Polkinhorn, Proprietor, Form
erly Cobbler in Jersey City, Is
Now Prosperous Rancher.

Charles Polkinghorne and boy, whose
homestead is seventeen miles by road
east of y innemucca, are in town dis
posing of watermelons today
Mr.. Polkinhouse says he raised tree
hundred melons on a half acre that
averaged twenty pounds apiece. That
means $40 at cents a pound or so
cents each
The largest weighed % pounds and
sold for $1.40. He has muskmelon of
20 pounds weight. His place is nearly
5000 feet above sea level, or 500 feet
above the Humboldt river.
The soil is rich, slightly sandy
loan, watered by spring.
Belleville, N. j., near Jersey City,
was hi shome four years ago, where
shoes were repaired by Mr.. Polking-
horne. He expresses himself as well sat
isfed with the superior advantages
here for person without wealth and
emphasizes the fact that no fertilizers
were necessary in producing his gar
den, consisting of great variety Ct
truck.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27
ALICE WILL HUNT BEA..., IN MIN
NESOTA

DULUTH, MINI, Sept. 27.-Mrs. AL
ice Longworth is expected to arrive
here in a few days at the head of
party of young lady friends and will
go on a bear hunting trip ON the west
ern Htsaba range. The young women
Nimrods viii be the guests of John G.
Greenway, the superintendent Of the
United States Steel Corporation 3 mines
in this vicinity, who is personal friend
of the president.
Mr.. Longworth will remain in Ohio
to loo& after his political fences. Bears
are said to be plentiful on the West
ern Mesaba range at present and it will
be her own fault if the chief execu-
tive's daughter doesn't make another
chilling
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27
1000 men OUT OF.
WINNEMUCCA
AUTHENTIC INFORMATION FROM
RELIABLE SOURCE
Western Pacific Will Begin Huge On
erations in Winnemucca In the
Spring. f.l atrH rsf M

Upwards of 1000 men will be employ,
ed out of Winnemucca during the early
days of next spring by the Western
Pacific Railroad. he clerical force of
the new road will shortly resume their
work here in preparation for the extern
sive operations which will be conducted
by the men who are building the West
ern facifc.
This information comes from an en-
inently r. liable source and is authentic.
For different reasons the Silver State
is not in position to publish the ORR
gin of the information. 4
The survey of the road for twenty
miles on either side of Winnemucca is
comparatively level and in laying the
new road no extensive grading will
have to be done. The most difficult con-
struction work lies in the far eastern
part of the state and through the ST.
ezra on the west. The Western Pacific
is concentrating their operations at
these points but when this work is
wCH under way part of the laboring
force will be transferred to sections
where the construction is comparative
ly easy.
The road will be built in the section
east and west of Winnemucca very rap
idly and it is the intention of the COM
pany to rush it through as quickly as
possible. For this reason orders have
been issued for spring work at this
point which embraces the labor of 1000
men.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27
J. c. CATHCART

Joe" Cathcart, as he is popularly
known, is a Humboldt county bow.
While yet lad he came from his home
IN Iowa, twenty-four years ago. He has
spent his life in Paradise Valley and
there he numbers his friends by the
number of people in the valley But not
only do the Humboldt county trit nds of
/" Joe' Cathcart live in Paradise Val
ley-they stretch from the fertile acres
of the Lovelock Valley to the high
mountains of Southern Oregon.
j. G. Cathcart is a nomin % for long
term commissioner. Backing up his
nomination is the record of an honor
able and useful citizenship in Humboldt
county.
In our review of the character of J.
G. Cathcart we feel as did the man
who wrote a now famous saying and
applying the idea invol,s !, we close
with "Joe" Cathcart for comm ission-
er, that g all.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27
WEI THEIR REPORT

Local office U. s. Weather Bure au of
the Department of Agriculture, Winnie
mucca, New, September 26, 1906:
Maximum temperature, so degrees.
Minimum temperature, 35 degrees.
Mean temperature, 5S degrees.
Normal temperature, 81 degrees.
Prevailing wind, direction, northeast
Precipitation, none.
Forecast for Winnemucca and viein-
ity for twenty-four hsours ending p
m., September %, issued from San
Francisco, CAL: Fair tonight AMI Fri
day.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27
Vim. BLATTNER

Today we present to the patrons of
the Silver State the announcement #
William Blattner as a candidate on the
regular Democratic ticket for the Office
of long term commissioner of Humboldt
county. Some ninett EN- years ago VIII
liam Blattner, then youth of twenty
one summers, left his parental home
in the state of Iowa, and following the
setting sun, came to the state of Neva-
da, and the county of Humboldt. He
came with the ambition to create for
himself a home and wealth. Today he
stands before the people of Humboldt
county as candidate for the office of
long term commissioner. nls life in
Humboldt county has been one of enor-
gy and strict business honesty. By his
thrift and business ability he has real
lied the ambition and dreams of his
early manhood.
In advocacy of the candidacy of VIM
Blattner we point to his life which has
been hvsd in such a way that he can
look every man square in ths face, 70
his strict business Judgment which has
wrought for him successful issue to
his achievements; to ais work, which
is as good as the whe"T in The mill.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27
Constitutional Campaign Begins.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 24-The
constitutional campaign is warming up
and in the course of few weeks will
BE on in full blast Conventions for the
purpose of naming candidat, for dele
gates are being held today in the Enid
and Purcell districts, the former by Re-
oublicans and the latter by Democrats
The Democrats of the TIVE ntieth dis
rict will convene at Mariana tomor-
,ow. Both Democrats and Socialists of
he Nineteenth district viii meet at
3ipley on Friday, and the Democrats of
he Forty venth district i'll hold their
convention on Saturday. The Republi-
cans of this city and of the Lawton dis
trict will convene on October IL. These
viii be about the last of the important
conventions. Candidates have already
been named iii many districts, few
Of which were selected at non-partisan
mass meetings.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27

w. Roy Ridge, who was one of the
prime movers of the Fairview Tele-
phone Company, and who is the secre-
tary and treasurer, was in town a few
days ago with view to extending the
line from Fairview to this camp. Mr.
Ridge said that work would be COM
enced very soon and that they would
probably have the line in working order
within thirty days.-Wonder News.
Yesterday trainmen on the V. and T..
frightened a herd of seven deer near
che Kirman hot Springs, about six
miles from Carson City. The animals
were near the track when the train
appeared, but Immediately became
frightened and sped away tawafd the
2inenut neighborhood. Thera was one
uck, several does and couple Of
Foung animals in the herd and MI were
inc specimens.-Carson News.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27

E. L. Hunt, gymnast with the Burch
& Reiss shows, tell during the perform
anee here Tuesday night and dislo-
Gated his elbow joint. The injury was
dressed by DR.. Mangan and the unfort-
unate man continued west with the
show Tuesday night. As result of the
fail Hunt will be seriously incapacitat-
ed for performing his turn with the
show A3
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-09-27
DEMOCRATS NAME
TICKET
EVERY OFFICE FILLED WITH A
NOMINEE
Nominations Forced Upon Unwilling
Candidates and the Rule of the
Machine is Evident,

Yesterday the Democrats of Hum.
boldt county met IN convention ali.I
named the ticket whiel is 10 20 forth
in onslaught upon the ticket named by
the Republicans the lay previous. half
of the nominees IN their speeches stat
I'd the mselves shat they were not seek
ing the nominations. The situation was
so patent that when one of the nomi
nees stated in reference + his non,a
alton: "This is not a case of the Office
seeking the man, but case of the man
seeking the Office The difference be-
tween his case and the majority of tn,
other nominations was so evident has
he was grec ted with loud applause.
No Endorsements of Republican can
didates were made by the Democrats
yesterday. 1t seemed as though tn
head men of the party had decided that
Republicans were TO receive no consId-
Grafton whatever The nomination for
sheriff was passed at first considera-
chance to resume running order after
a short recess, this Office was also filed.
Strange as it may seen, prominent
politicians have state that the Demo-
Gratis materially weakened their party
strength by tn ir actions yesterday.
They say that the broadminded policy
of the Republicans in indorsing the
work of certain Democrats and in pass
inU 4ho nominations for tbaSe of9.a5
because it was belle we'd that the incum-
bent was a better man for the Office
than could be found in Republican
ranks, when eontrasted WA the idea
involved in the convention Of the Dem
ocrats, it will react creditably TO the
interests of the Republican party.
The Winnemucca baud was in attend
anee at yesterday ) convention
The d, legates convened at 10 o clock.
w. G. Pitt was chosen chairman and
Henry Duncan secretary; J. +. Hurst,
sergeant-at-arms
The several committees were ap,
pointed as follows;
Permanent organization-C B. Brown,
n. L. vi gam VI. iiOtHSiiHts u. y
Bradshaw and Chris Wolf.
Credentials-D. Pascal, A. p. Scott,
Grover Hill, A. r. Hardin, II. Kirchner
Platform and Resolutions. w Bell,
Charles Van Volkenburg, John Holm.
strom, b. I. Riley and X. f. l.. Windle
The convention thtn adjourned until
after the noon hour.
At the resumption of business at /
o'clock the reports of the different
committees were read and approved.
Nominations were then declared in
order
j. r. Dunn arose and nominated "
j. Bell for state senator. After the
nomination speech, which was cleverlv
made, and the name of w. j. Bell pre-
sent d, the applause was heavy. The
nominee was conducted to the chairman
and presented to the convention.
Nominee Bell spoke bri, fly. He stat.
cd he was not an aspirant for the nom
ination. He outlined his views pontical
and social, lie made statement which
was indorssd by every man in the hall,
hall, whether Democrat or Republican,.
81 believe that when man is cleo
ted to the responsible position Of stat
senator he should be guided, not by the
interests of his party, but the interests
of the people, and if am elected 20
that high Office I will do right by all
parties, whether Republican or Demo