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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-06
EAST CHICAGO NEWS

Mr.. Harvey Gilman wifi leave to-
morrow for Bristol, Inds where he
will join Mrs. Bristol and his baby
Charles, who have been visiting Mrs.
Rose Gregory.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-06

Next Sunday evening Rev. Van
Auken will give a sermon story, en-
titled, Pat KeIly's Religion. This
will be his last sermon here for a
while. as he leaves in a short time
to spend a vacation in Michigan.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-06

Now that arrangements have been
made for light. the evening school
will open at the Mckinley building,
July 9. Hours from 1880 TO 10.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-06

Many ruined man dates his down
fall from the day when he began Dor
rowing money.-Success Magazine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-07-06

Mr.. Erpf is in the city this week
on business. and Mr. Erdaky is sub
shutting for him at Dr.. Spears drug
store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
CLAIMS AMOUNTING TO $1,000 900
First Reference in the Matter of T. C.
Duncan, Late President of the
Union Cotton Mills.

Union, S. c., Feb. 27.-The first
reference in the matter of T. C. Dun
can, late president of the Union Cotton
Mills, recently adjudged a bankrupt,
was held here today in the cotton mills
Office. There were phesent Duncan,
his attorneys, Referee J. J. Earle,
attorneys representing the Union
mills, and others. Duncan was brief
ly examined with reference to papers
which he is to deliver to the trustee
of the mills, William Elliott, Jr., and
claims were presented amounting in
the aggregate to about. 81, 1000.
The reference was behind closed doors
and adjourned after a short session to
meet at the call Of the referee on five
days notice.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
POLICE WE'RE IN THE PLOT
Certain Members of the New York
Force Alleged to Have Taken a Part
in GerdrOn's Death.

New York, February 27.-An I'M
usual situation, temporarily o~vershad-
owing the real issue in the case, con-
fronting the court and jury when the
trial Of Berthe Claiche, for the murder
of Emil Gerdron was resumed in the
criminal branch of the supreme court
today. This was the inquiry into the
part which certain policemen are al
legged to nave had in Gerdron's death.
Charges were mad at the opening of
the trial yesterday by Assistant Dis
ltrict Attorney Ely that two members Of
the police force aided the girl in her
ldeed, and promised her immunity. The
largest part of the opening day was
ispent investigating this phase of the
case. Mr.. Ely brought out evidence
that a letter was sent to Gerdron be-
fore his death, and that after it. $500
Twas reported t. have been stolen from
the body. Although he obtained no
I%evidence to show who wrote the letter
or took the money, the prosecutor
charged that policemen were respon-
lsible in both cases and that by the let
ter Gerdron was lured to the place
where he was shot while under arrest.
Berthe Claiche herself apparently
had only a minor part in the first days
proceedings, except as a spectator.
lShe frequently appeared to be greatly
,agitated, especially during the prose-
l~cutor's arraignment Of the policemen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
IDENTITY.
A Mistake in Corpse Broke Up the
Funeral Arrangements.

Last week on a roadside mead Mari
lon an old negro was found 80 badly
frozen that he died shortly afterwards.
Some of the negroes who viewed the
body said it was Jim Sisk, of Glen AL
|pine, who had gone there to work on
the new railroad. A message was sent
Ito Jim's people asking what DISPOSE
ton to make of his body. Jim is a
member of the Royal Knights Of
King David" a negro order, and the
members of this order at Glen Alpine
asked that the body be shipped at their
expense. The body arrived at Glen AL
pine Saturday evening and was taken
to Jim Sisk's home. Even Jim's
family and near neighbors thought it
was the body of Jim, and Royal
knights made preparations to bury
him in royal style. But 10, and behold,
on Saturday morning someone discov-
|ered that the body had too much hair
ION the top of the head for it to be Jim
|Sisk. After much argument a CON-
was Sent to Marion to see if
Jim could be found, and Jim was
found sitting by a railroad campfire
apparently at peace with all the world
and entirely ignorant of the trouble at
home. He accompanied the committee
to Glen Alpine and it was said there
was great rejoicing when" it was found
that Jim was not dead. Jim's presence
was necessary, however, to convince
many of those present that the dead
imam was not Jim, the resemblance be-
ling so striking.-The Robesonian.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
CURES WORST CASES
OF CATARRH
r. X. Bellamy Sells HyOmei Under
Guarantee That it Costs Nothing
Unless 1t Cures.

Not until Hyomei was discovered
had it been possible to say truthfully
hat a remedy for catarrh was known.
Hyomei cures the worst cases Of
catarrh simply by breathing the rem
edy through the pocket inhaler that
comes with every outfit. Using the
treatment in this way for a few min
utes -four times a day, every particle
of air taken in the air passage and
lungs is laden with germ-killing and
health-giving Hyomei.
Stomach drugging often causes dis
ordered digestion, and never makes
a permanent cure of catarrh. Hyo-
mel not only kills the germs in the
throat and nose, but penetrates to
the minutest air cells in the lungs
and enters the blood with the oxygen,
killing the catarrhal germs in the
blood.
The complete Hyomei. outfit, con-
sisting of a vest-pOcket inhaler and
medicine dropper, and a bottle of Hy-
omei, costs only 81. If this does
not effect a complete cure, extra bot
ties can be obtained for so cents.
r. R. Bellamy know of many people
who have been cured of catarrh by
Hyomei. he believes in it so thorough
ly himself that he offers to refund the
money in case it does not cure.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
BIG LUMBER FIRM FAILS
Perkins and PettibOne. of Louisville
File q Petition in Bankruptcy.

Louisville, KY, February PIPER
kins and Pettibone, wholesale lumber
dealers. filed a petition in bankruptcy
today in the United States court.
They list liabilities of s267,322. and
assets of s29, 1865. Mr.. Pettibone, it IS
understood, made an individual assign
ment in Laurel, Miss, a few days ago.
The attorney for Perkins and Petit
bone says the suspension is due to the
failure of the John NJ. Smith Lumber
company, of Nashville, Tenn, and the
Frank NJ. Creelman Lumber company,
of Chicago. The attorney stated Also
that his clients were endorsers OF the
Creelmans> company's paper up TO the
amount of 100000.
Among the creditors are: The Amer
lean National Bank, OF Nashville.
Tenn, $50, 900; Fourth National Bank.
of st. Louis, Mo-, $4,000; Information
al Bank, Of St Louis, $4,000; Orienta:
Bank. New York. 1881; Federal Nat
ional Bank, Chicago, about $4,000;
Defiance City Bank, Defiance, Ohio, ST.
400, and the Florida Lumber compa-
ny about $12, 900.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
a Tenfen Hint

Lent is the season or seIf-denial. But
mere self-denial is negative and has
little virtue within itself. It should be
employed as the means to an end. It's
design, primarily, is to beget s%elf-con-
troll and the spirit of humility. II, one
does penance and grumbles about it
and becomes cross and d~isagreeable
and %resentful because Of it, the sacci-
flee will do more harm than good. 1t
is all in the spirit of it.
The best Lenten hint we have heard
for many a day m from a Rich
mond girl. She says that instead Of
~contenting herself with putting aside
the candy box for party days, she is 60
ing to cultivate smiles and a cheerful
disposition. We heard of this resolve by
chance and 1t came to us in the Ia
ture of a confidential communication.
please don't tell her that we told you.
But it is too to keep.
1t is as good a sermon as any you
will hear during the season of Lent.
It is the positive side Of the PROPOSE
ton. Cultivate smiles and a cheerful
disposition. Bless the little preacher.
1t would be a glorious season, if all
who keep Lent would do likewise
Richmond Times-Dispatch. :
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
HEAVY TRAFFIC
Coast Line Continually Increasing Fa-
cilities But Cannot Keep Ahead of
the Business.

The railroad men tell The Times
that traffic on all Of the branches Of
the Coast Line are particularly heavy
just now and the freight yards are all
crowded. The yard here is being ma
terially enlarged and the big yard at
Rocky Mount is being practically dou-
bled in it's capacity, it being very much
larger tina this yard to start with.
The Rocky Mount yard handles all
of the business from and to Norfolk,
Wilmington and. Chadbourn, all heavy
shipping points and all the business
that goes through here as we'll.
The company recently made double
pass tracks at any stations to relieve
the rush Of business this spring, but
those. tracks are all filled with cars
now and specials are running fire.
quently but not freely.
The shifting of r on this yard
has to be done now with the biggest
road engines, the shutters not being
heavy enough to move the congested
frcight.-Florence Times.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
WAITING ON SOFT COAL MINERS
Negotiations Between Hard Coal One
ratOrs and Miners Suspended.

New York, Feb. offending a set
-lement of the controversy between the
soft coal operators and miners, in
which President Roosevelt has aiken
d hand by his letter of yesterday, tho
negotiations with the anthracite oper-
ators have apparently been suspended.
No meeting between the anthracite
operators subcommittee and the min
ers subcommittee will take place to-
morrow, as has been announced, and
no other date has been yet arranged.
1t is believed by the operators that
President Mitchell probably will al
low the anthracite question to await
a settlement of the bituminous con-
troversy, and that his demands may
be affected by the settlement secured
in the soft coal field.
No letter from President Roosevelt
has been received by the hard coal
operators.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
|BALFoUR ELECTED TO COMMONS
Former Premier Wins Over His Lib
eraI Free Trade Opponent.

London, February 27.-Arthur j.
Balfour. the former premier. was to-
day elected to the house OF commons
for the city of London by a majority
of 1890 owe his Liberal-Free Trade
Thimas Gibson Bowles. The
vote W a a strictly party one, the can
didates receiving fewer votes thar
were cast for the Conservative n
Liberal nominees at the general cleo
ton. when the Conservative majority
was 1896. Mr.. Balfour. who Is not
we'll. was unable TO appear at the
guild hall, where the votes were count
ed, but was represented by Miss Bal
four. who in a speech thanked the
electors on behalf of her brother The
result Of the election was a foregone
conclusion. There was 10 celebration.
The result OF the election was as
follows: Arthur J. Balfour. Unionist
Thomas Gibson Bowles. Lib
eral Aba: Unionists majority 1880.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
EVIDENCE NOT UNDER OATH
Testimony in the Investigation Brought
Against the Packers by the Govern
menf.

Chicago. H.. February 27.-Evidence
vas introduced by the government to-
day tending TO show that the matter
Of testifying under oath or not, dur
ing the Investigation conducted by com
missioner Garfield had been left to the
packers themselves. II was claimed by
District Attorney Morrison that this
proved that the packers were not I'M
der compassion when they gave their
Information TO the agents Of the gov
eminent
The evidence relative to the pack
srs declining to give evidence under
oath was submitted in the shape of a
telegram of Special Agent Durband to
Commissioner Garfield. in which il is
said that A. H. veeder, counsel for
Swift and company. and himself, now
under indictment in connection with
the case, have advised the members
OF the firm Of Swift and company, not
TO give evidence under oath, as il
might later be used against them.
The examination of Commissioner
Garfield was concluded in the after
noon and Special Agent Durand follow
Cd him on the stand.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
LODGES GLAD OF CRIME
Durham Wifo-Slayer, When Arraigned
In Police Court. Valves Examina-
ton end Is Committed 20 Jail TO
Await Trial-Does Not Regret Com
mission Of the Horrible Crime and
Would Not Escape II He Could.

Especial to The Charlotte O~bserver.).
Durham. February 2s.-This morn
ing ]. H Hodges. who so brutally kill
ed his wife yesterday morning in west
durham. was committed to jail to
await trial in May for the fearful
icrime- He repeated today the state
iment that he made yesterday morning
that he was glad of what he had done
land added that he did not care what
followed.
DO YOU want a hearing or viii you
twaive examination" Chief Woodall
asked him.
II want TO waive examination" he
said. Il know that / cannot get out
of this. There would be no use OF q
Ihearing. In fact, I would not get out
iof it If l could" He then said that
he knew what he had done. That he
was glad of the death of his wife and
is now ready TO take the consequences
Iof his enormous crime. He does not
seem to be %repentent in the least
After this talk with Chief Woodali
the mayor issued the commitment for
1.-THE prisoner. A large crowd had gath
erred in front OF the police station. The
man was hurried out one door and
the cell in the county Jail. He did not
iraise his head. Had he looked up he
might have seen the funeral process
sion of his e wife. which passed
the court house at that time. The body
was carried to her old home in the
country for burial.
Tried to End His Life.
The prisoner said today that he
wanted to end his life and tried to do
$50 Sunday morning after the crime
had been committed. "When 1 left the
house" he said, Il went to the rail-
road AVID down tho road towards Dor-
ham. 1t was then that he tried to
shoot himself but the pistol would lot
fire. / then lay down between a pile of
logs n waited for the next train.
My intentions were to throw myself
in front of the first engine that passed
over the track. 1 there until 1
almost froze to death. Leaving my
some whiskey. and then surrender to
Chief of Police Woodall." That is his
story of his actions and, judging from
through another, his carrying him to
his Independent conduct and uncon-
|cerned air since then. it Is probable
that he wanted to kill himself.
A Powerful Man.
The wife-slayer is now about SO
years Of age, but still a powerful man.
The left arm of his wife was torn and
bruised by the force of the brute's
hands when he jerked her from the
bed. With the woman he brought the
bed clothes and the pillows. These
were with dead body when the first
person arrived. The top Of the sew
ing machine had been torn off in the
efforts of the woman to get hold of
that would prevent the
murderer from dragging her further
away.
While the crime is one Of the worst !
ever committed in this section there
been but little ak of lynching
or anything of that kind. The people
stand appalled, at the enormity Of the
crime but know that the man must
hang and are waiting.
This morning quite a large number
Of people attended the funera and
followed the body to the last resting
place in the family burying ground
southeast of the city.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
AT INSTITUTE
Instructive Lecture on Japan by z
| Hinohara, a Graduate OF Trinity.
Raeford. n. c.. February DC

Raeford, n. c.. February IS.
z. Hinohara, a japanese ministerial
graduate of Trinity college, lectured in
the institute hall last night. He spoke
of the japanese ideas of things foreign:
their patriotism; the Japs in the late
war; their characteristics; the wonder
ful progress; and the great changes
and transformations that are being
wrought out by Christianity in the
Land Of the Rising Sun" Mr.. Hino-
,hara has mastered English so as to
speak very distinctly and fuently.
The history of his life as he told it
last night, is very interesting. He
came og a good Japanese family; hav-
ling several brothers. The children of
Japan start to school at the age Of 4.
at this age he attended his first school.
land continued his studies until he was
old enough to take part in the military
drill. When he was about fifteen, he,
by some ean came in contact with a
lady missionary and became converted.
His mother refused to e him; cut off
all support from him, and would not
iallOw any of his other brothers to give
him any money, also saying that she
would not let him enter her home
within six and a half years. Thus, he
was confronted with terrible difficult
ties, for he had never had any expert
lence at money making, and SO young.
He made these trials and difficulties
stepping stones to success. He gradu-
ated at one Of the best universities Of
Japan.
Afterwards, he came to America.
land entered at Trinity college. He has
Just lately finished there. He says
THAT his great hope is to go back t
and win his mothers heart for
the One that has brought him from
darkness to happy light The Metho-
dist mission board has already appoint
ed him as a missionary to Japan; and
he will sail in May. He longs to go
back home to take up his work. Rev.
Hinohara is very happy, enthusiastic,
land is a very pleasant talker and a
good speaker. He sang the Japanese
national song, and translated a pas
sage from the Bible in his native
tongue.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

The lawyers for the defense are pre-
pared t spring a coupe d-etat at the
hearing of the now famous Matthews
case, which in all probability, will be
reached by Judge Ferguson in the
criminal branch Of the superior court
today.
They will allege that the state has
completely failed to prove it's case, in
that the woman's death was not caused
by ~strychnine poisoning.
An eminent chemist is here to testi-
fy that morphine, which drug was fire.
quently given to the woman in her
lifetime, was found in her stomach,
and will also swear that the syringe
contained this drug.
This, according to medical experts,
will put the prosecution in a peculiar
position as testimony already having
been produced at the preliminary hear
ing that the woman died of s~trychEine
poisoning administered by her hus-
band, by means of a hyperdermic sy-
ringe.
DR.. E. o. Davis, professor OF chem
istry at the state university at Chapel
Hill, will be called to testify that the
only strychnine given to the woman
was s%trychnine and nitro glycerine
given by the three physicians who were
attending her.
The states doctors have sworn that
Mrs. Matthews died of ~strychnine ill
stead of morphine.
This fact leaves considerable room
for counse for the defense to make a
very interesting argument as to what
caused the death of the N
The case for the defense will be
looked after by Stedman e Cooke, Of
this city, and Guthrie & Guthrie, of
Durham, while the states interests
will be defended by A. L. Brooks and
former Judge W. 2. Bynum.-lndus-
trial News. February 18th.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
Delegates at Algeciras Grow More Pes
SimiStiC.

Algeciras, February 26.-M. Revolt,
the principal French delegate to the
Moroccan conference, handed to Herr
Won Radowitz, the first German dele
gate, a short note from the French
government relative to the proposed
Moroccan bank, pointing out that it
was now for the conference to discuss
and decide the question, and express
ing that the French scheme did not
promise commercial and economical
equality. The nature of this reply has
caused an increase OF pessimism in
quarters already inclined to predict the
failure Of the conference but Impair
tial delegates retain their hope of the
success of mediatory efforts between
Berlin and Paris.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
GOmpers Wants S-HOur Law to Apply
to All Canal LabOrers.

Washington, February 26.-FoltOw-
ing the action of congress in placing
a rider on the urgent deficiency bill,
declaring that the eight hour law as
applied to government work shall not
be extended to alien laborers employ
ed in the construction of the Panama
canal, President Samuel !Gompers. Of
the American Federation of Labor, ad-
dressed a letter to the president pro-
testing against such legislation, and
requesting him to withhold his approx
al Of the measure so long as that pro-
vision was contained in it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
TURNED DOWN
President Refuses to Appoint Red"
Tolbert Postmaster at Abbeville.

r. r. Tolbert, commonly known as
Red" will not be postmaster at Alb
beville. The president seemed some
what SURPRISED when today Senator
Latimer and Representative Aiken laid
the situation before him, that such an
appointment had e contemplated
and he forthwith ordered the appoint
ment withdrawn.
What! Is he the Tolbert who came
up here a year or so ago with a long
Leupp?"
The president made this exclama-
ton or one similar to it before any
reference was made to it by his cah-
ers-Washington Dispatch to Florence
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
President Of the n. G. and ST. L. RI

President Of the n. G. and ST. l.. Road.
. Nashville. Tenn, February 2S.-At a
meeting here today the board of direc-
tors of the Nashville, Chattanooga and
st. Louis railway, John W. Thomas.
son of the late Major John W. Thomas,
was elected permanent president and
general manager of the road. H. R.
Smith traffic manager, was chosen vice
president and general traffic manager,
and Major w. c. Lewis, who has been
acting president since the death of
Major Thomas. was made chairman of
the board of directors.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
Investigation of the Corporation Com

Richmond, Va, February 2S.-The
legislative committee investigating the
corporation commission held a three
hour session tonight. Commissioner
Stuart. Clerk Wilson, who succeeded La
nier as an official of the commission,
and Lanier himself again occupying
the time as witnesses. There were no
new developments or sensational oc-
currences.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
WILL EMPLOY MATTRESSES
The Hotel VanderfOrd to Have Only
White Mattresses.

Mr.. F. E. Pinkman. lessee of the
Hotel vanderford will have white
mattresses exclusively in his service
He is advertising for eighteen. The
results attending the service by white
mattresses in this state where they
have been tried have been entirely sat
isfactory.-Salisbury Post
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06
Damage to the Georgia Peach Crop.

Damage to the Georgia Peach Crop.
Atlanta, February 2S.-The state de-
partment of agriculture today made
the estimate, based IN present infor-
nation that the peach crop of Georgia
was damaged not more than % per
cent by the low temperature Of last
night. Returns from a number of
sections today indicate that the north
ern portion of the state suffered more
severely than the southern section.
Some days pass before estimates close
ly accurate can be made.
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Trt-ssate Medical Association.

Spartanburg, S. C., February 81
The annual convention of the tri-state
medical association, composed OF physi-
clans OF Virginia and North and South
Carolina, began at White Stone
Springs this morning. Officers will be
elected tomorrow. Norfolk, Va, was
selected as the next meeting place.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-06

TfIlman caves Washington.
Washington. February Ex-senator
iTillman, who is in charge OF the rail-
road rate bill, has gone TO South Car
olina, and viii return the first OF
next week.