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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
PREPARING FOR STAG SUPPER
Only Game Killed by Members own
Hands VIII be Permitted-LOcal
knights May Attend.

Valparaiso. Ind. Dec. leach
New Years eve the knights OF Column
bus OF this city have a stag" sup
per at which the principal dish IS
game killed by the members own
hands No other kind will do; no pur-
chased game will go; IT must be Sc
cured by the knights themselves.
Consequently there is q lot of hunting
done by the members of this lodge
during the last few days Of the year.
This time the knights expect their
tables TO groan under the weight Of
toothsome meat. for no less a hunter
than Attorney D. E. Kelly has been
appointed TO captain one of the bands
that will roam the forests and fields
of Porter county with guns. ferrets
and dogs. Opposed 10 him as cap
tain OF the other band. will be that
veteran hunter. P. ". Clifford. Mr..
Kelly has often delighted his brother
K. C.'s with accounts of his thrilling
experiences in his successful quests
for wild animals, big and little, out
west To test his ability with the gun
she was, without solicitation on his
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
SCALP ALMOST TORN OFF.
William Huck Jumps From Train and
Meets With Painful Accident.

William Huck was severely injured
Tuesday night while coming from
Hegewisch to Hammond. Huck, who is
employed by the Western Steel Car and
Foundry company at Hegewisch
boarded the Erie train that arrives in
Hammond at 6:55. AS the train passes
the state line it usually slacks a bit
and Huck is in the habit Of taking ad-
vantage of the temporary low rate of
speed, TO jump of. On this occasion
he followed his custom and as he start
ed to jump he stumbled and fell, strik-
ing his head upon the ties and rails.
His scalp was nearly torn from his
head and for some time he lay beside
the track unconscious. When he re-
gained his senses, although weakened
from the loss Of blood and suffering
great pain, he managed to make his
way on foot to his home, 115 Hanover
street. When he reached the house he
was in a very exhausted condition. A
physician was summoned and it was
found necessary to take ten stitches in
the scalp.
Reports today are to the effect that
the young man is improving but it will
be some time before he will be able to
work again.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
The Hundred Who Waited
in Vain for 1;O8 Now
Know Why.
TRAIN IN COLLISION
Number of Hammondites Injured By
Jar and Flying Glass-Accident
On Way Out.

The hundred or more Hammond peo-
pie who were waiting for the 1:0S
Nickel Plate yesterday afternoon to
take them to Chicago to do their
Christmas shopping did not learn until
this morning what really caused the
delay of an hour and a half on the
suburban road as most of them pre-
ferred to go in on the Michigan Central
after they learned that the Nickel Plate
suburban was late.
The 1908 yesterday was delayed in
collision with big Santa Fe engine,
drawing some c. & E. I. coaches near
Twelfth street on it's way out to Ham
mond. Passengers from one end of the
Nickel Plate train was shaken up and
some of them injured. among them sew
eral Hammond people Those of Ham
mon who We're on the train at the time
are: Mrs. Henry Huber, Miss Rose Kolb,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Hosher and Arthur
Schultz. G. H. Whiteman. the claim
agent of the railroad company, was In
Hammond this morning to make settle
ments with the people. These were
easily secured.
Word was received from Whiting
that Mrs. Fred Washlefski was also
among the passengers on the train.
| Mrs. Huber was probably the great
est loser and sufferer from the collision.
BY falling IN her seat she was bruised
and an expensive cut-glass bowl that
she had just bought in Chicago was
broken. Several men were injured by
flying glass from the window panes.
The conductor, a big heavy set man,
was thrown off his feet. Mrs. e. A.
Brown OF Chicago, was thrown into
| Mysteries.
The Hammond passengers explained
the sensation as similar to those that
the suburban passengers experience
daily when going in and out of Chi
cago. 1t was the usual jerk, start
and stop only very much emphasized.
For once the slow pace which is Gus
tomary with the 1908 saved the lives
of hundreds of persons for it was evil
dent from the damage that was done
that the wreck would have been a
terrible one had the trains been going
at high rate.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
BRENOCK TO SELL HIS
HESSVILLE FARM
Aged Sportsman Thinks He is Too
Old to Continue Breeding Race
Horses.

Aged Sportsman Thinks He is Too
Old to Continue Breeding Race
Horses.
John Brenock of Chicago has offered
his 200 acre stock farm near Hessville,
with all the improvements and appur-
tenances thereto belonging for sale
1t is the old Owsley farm and it
came into Mr.. Brenock's possession if
teen years ago At that time he was
deeply interested in racing, both trot-
ting and running and was one Of the
heavy stockholders in the Hawthorne
track He afterwards became inter
ested in the tracks about Roby more
for his love for the continuance of the
sport that desire for profit.
He was af1uent in those days and he
is not poor now. He stocked his Hess
VILE farm with thoroughbreds and went
in for breeding on a small scale. Some
of the stock including st. Brandon, son
OF St Blaines, winner of the English
derby, is still there but Mr.. Brenock
Is not paying much attention to it and
Is not trying to produce anything in the
way OF speed.
I'm getting too old for that now"
said the old gentlemaon in Hammond
this morning. want 70 get RID OF
the farm and gather my belongings
close about me. I understand that the
farm is in or close TO the boom belt
and Is worth more for ordinary farm
ing, factory sites or subdivisions than
for raising race horses, the way race
horses are going now. I have no use
for 1t at any rate. If I was twenty
years younger I wouldn't think OF
parting with IT.
II have been asked by Hammond
real estate dealers for an option on it
but I have not as yet named q figure.
know what paid for it and I had a
lot of fun out OF 1t but have no def
mite idea OF its present value. I Will
sell or give away the horses and brood
mares before 1 sell the farm"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
.DUNS|NG SITUATION
GIVEN NEW TURN
Gossip Declares Settlement
Effected Wife Denies
There's Any Change.

Hardly a day passes but what gossip
gives the Dunsing domestic situation
a new turn The strange part of it
all is that it is always news to both
Mr. and Mrs. Dunsing. Whatever the
status of affairs is at the present time
it is now the understanding that the
former assistant teller in the Lake
County Saving and Trust company
will occupy his position there again
in the near future.
If divorce proceedings will be filed
in the superior court they will not
come up during the next session, and
neither party will state definitely
whether proceedings will be brought
at all.
The understanding yesterday in cir
cles including relatives, was that Mr..
and Mrs. Dunsing had come to a final
settlement in which the wife was to
receive $3.50 and leave Hammond for
ever The report went on to state
that she at first wanted $500 and
when this sum was refused her she
was willing to compromise on a $1,000
basis.
Mrs. Dunsing denied all the reports
emphatically this morning. a settle
ment of no kind has been made be-
tween US and things are as they were
two weeks ago. I am waiting for Mr..
Dunsing."
Y. S. Reiter. attorney for Mr.. Duns-
ing. refused to discuss the case this
morning, preferring to bide his time
when 1t comes up in court.
Mrs. Dunsing said she also had re-
tained a lawyer. but would not give
his name. adding at the same time
that 1t was not Mayor Becker as had
been understood by the public.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
WORKED SPELLS
ON WHITING FOLK
People of Oil Town Recol-
lect Billik and His
Strange Practices.

The Vrzal-Bfllik murder mystery Of
Chicago, which is at present stirring
the country, has been given local in
terest with the information that Her
man Billik, the hypnotist, was a for
mer Whiting resident Now that he
has sprung up in unsavory connection
with the death of the members of the
Vrzal family. it is recollected that he
was plying his trade as a charmer,
palm reader and hypnotfst in Whiting
about eight years ago and although
he was doing rushing business he
pulled stakes one night and was never
seen again. At the time he had an
office in John street, near the opera
house
JOS. Vacha of Robertsdale, who is an
employe Of the Standard Oil company
at Whiting. knows Billik personally,
having met him before in Cleveland.
Both are Bohemians.
A story that is not widely known. but
with which Billik is supposed to have
been connected is the breaking UP of
an engagement between a young Whit
ing man and a widow. The mother
of the young man objected to the en-
gagement and all her efforts to break
it up being in vain she went to BiIlik,
clairvoyant He promised to do the
deed for the sum of three dollars. To
make his charm effective. however, he
said that it was necessary for him to
have one Of the young mans socks and
his handkerchief and that furthermore
permission be given him to enter the
home of the young man while every
body in the family was asleep. Any
thing to break up the engagement was
consented to by the mother, although
without her sons knowledge. The
sock, handkerchief and permission were
readily given and whatever Billik may
or may not have done, 1t is known that
the young man and widow broke up
their engagement shortly after Blllik' s
midnight visit
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
SUFFERING FROM BLOOD POISON

George Olsen of Hegewisch was
brought to st. Margarets hospital
yesterday afternoon to have an opera
tion performed on his foot. Mr.. OIL
sen has been having trouble with his
foot for some time and it has caused
him a great deal OF suffering The
pain growing more severe Is was
thought best to consult a physician
II was found that blood poison had
set in and that an operation would be
necessary. Mr.. Olsen has many friends
in Hegewisch who hope for his speedy
recovery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
HEARING DEFERRED.
War Department VIII Not Listen to
Arguments In Favor of Calumet
Drainage Until Jan. 10,

Washington. Dec. 19.-The hearing
which was to have been held at the
war department today at the request OF
Senators Cullom Of Illinois and Prest-
dent Mccormick of the Chicago Drain
age district has been postponed until
after Jan. 10. The hearing was for the
purpose OF presenting testimony to
show why the waters of Lake Michi-
gan should be diverted into the Calu-
met river, which, it is claimed. would
give sewerage to thousands of people.
Secretary Taft has informed Senator
Cullom that 1t will be impossible for
him to take up any new questions be-
fore Jan. 10, and he will set date To-
the hearing as soon as possible.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
CONTINUOUS SESSION MAY
DE DISCUSSED MONDAY.

Although 4. +. Knots. president Of
the North Township Bar association.
has set no definite time at which to
discuss the proposed bill for con-
tinuous session of the Superior court
II IS thought that it will be brought
up next Monday when the Superior
court viii convene for the December
term. Opening day brings many Of
the lawyers to Hammond from the
three counties interested. which are
Lake. Porter and La Porte. and the
OCCASION is thought to be a good one at
which to take up the matter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
Complications in Case of
Boy Who Was Shot
Tuesday, Serious.
SHOOTER IS KNOWN
Said To Be Ziemke Bolanski, Who
Has Been in Hiding Since
the Incident.

Frank Laws, the nine-year-old boy
who was shot in the thigh Tuesday
during a clash between the Homewood
boys and the boys of West Hammond.
is said to be in a precarious condition
this morning. The sisters at st. Mar
garet's hospital admitted that they
could predict with no degree Of
certainty what the outcome will be.
The child's case is complicated because
of a severe cold he has contracted and
which at least will greatly retard his
progress toward recovery. The cold
from which the patient is suffering had
developed before his admission to the
hospital and Frank is now threatened
with pneumonia
Culprit Is Known.
IN the meantime the identity of the
Polish boy who did the shooting has
been learned He is said to be ziemke
Bolanski, who lives with his parents at
l36th street Bolanski, the police say
has been missing since the occasion of
the shooting. The fact that the parents
of Ziemke are not apparently worried
about the fact of the urchin's disap-
pearance. lead the officers to the con-
clusion that he is not far away, or If
in hiding at a distance, they believe
the parents know of his whereabouts.
The father is employed at Indiana
Harbor
The police are stifl watching for the
young culprit, who they believe may
be in Michigan where an uncle lives.
The officers have searched the premises
of the elder Bolinskis and found no
trace Of the missing youngster. officer
Johnston said this morning that he
had talked with the boys mother and
that she did not seem in the least
worried about her son. She denied
that he was the guilty one and said he
was in school when the trouble oc-
Cured. officer Johnston says, how
ever. that the shooting took place dur
ing the noon hour and that the boys
of both warning factions were skating
when an argument came up. This led
to the shooting and he declared there
is no doubt that Bolinski fired the shot
that struck young Laws.
Community Aroused.
The Polish community in whose vi
cinity the shooting occurred are more
wrought up over the affair than are
the Homewood people. While the boy
who did the damage in this instance
is one of their own number. they claim
the usual aggressors are the boys from
across the state line who start some
thing" whenever they pay the vicinity
a visit They threaten to interest the
Polish Alliance in the matter, even If
their own have to suffer along with
the boys from the aristocratic section
whence the tantalizers hail. They say
the latter are in the habit of taunting
them on their way TO church, even, and
the priests OF the Polish Catholic
church have. It is alleged, had cause TO
complain of the conduct of the Home
wood contingent. If the Alliance takes
cognizance of the trouble. 1t is probable
there viii be an effort made to PROSE
cute every boy who is found to have
been guilty of carrying firearms. both
Poles and otherwise.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
"Box CAR SLIM" TO PRISON.

James Warner OF South Chicago, bet
ter known as BOX Car Slim was given
an indefinite prison sentence yesterday
in Judge Pinckney's court. Warner was
at the head of a gang that has caused
the Lake Shore railroad no end OF
trouble by breaking into their freight
cars. His arrest was made several
months ago bat since time little trouble
of this niture has been reported by the
company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
DOES BUSINESS.

At the session of the board of pub
lio works yesterday morning Herman
Berlin was appointed inspector for the
Kane avenue local sewer.
The Fort Wayne railroad was order
ed to place a light at its crossing In
Calumet avenue and Hoffman street.
IN addition to this the weekly bills
were passed upon
The hearing of the remonstrances
for the vacation of Forsyth avenue In
the Gibson yards was set for next
Friday morning, at the last Monday
session.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
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UotionS
of
Artie.

when L hear about how the
property owners are sending Pc
) tftiOas to the city council for dry
districts, 1 eau hardly believe
it," said Artie. 81 feel like say
ing; Hammond, old boy, can
, it be possible that you are get
ting on the water wagon after
all OF these yearss Have you at
, last arrived at a sensible ages
Your saloons, one to every TWEEN
, ty-fiye people, were once your
greatest claim to renOWn. Are
your wild oats all SOVvn my boy,
and have you settled down to
business before marrying East
} Chicago! Stick to it, old man,
, We've always known that you
you will turn out all right.
They was a time when SchIitz
trade mark would have made "a
good city seal, but the prOhibi-
tiOnists are getting the best of
us now and we will have to be
changed to the picture of a
, cupid. On account of the marrt-
; age mill, you know
Rain or snow tonight; mini
} mum temperature about 80 de-
, grees; Friday probably clearing
} and colder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
BANK DIRECTORS MEET.

The regular meeting of the directors
Of the Indiana Harbor State bank and
the First National Bank of East Chi
cage was held yesterday in the offices
of the East Chicago bank and business
of routine nature was transacted.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20

part, appointed to captain one of the
hunting parties this years Should his
craftsmanship be In keeping with his
former performances a dray will be
required to bring the fruits of the
hunt to town.
His friends are wondering If he
will make good"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
SLEEPS BESIDE w1FE,s coRpsE.

After waking Monday morning and
finding mis- wife dead at his side. Her
man Wagner OF South Bend called a
doctor. and while the latter was look
ing for Coroner Holtzendorf. crawled
into bed and slept five hours beside the
corpse.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
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DEATH OF HAMMOND YOUNG MAN

News was received Tuesday evening
in Hammond OF the death of Frank
Drummer in La Sale. Ill Drummer is
a Hammond boy and was employed as
travelling salesman for the G. H.
Hammond company. His death was
caused by pneumonia The rAmaius
were brought to Hammond yesterda,
afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-12-20
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-16
NEW STATE OF OKLAHOMA.

Washington.-The senate on Satur-
day passed bill for the admission
of new state to be called Oklahoma,
and to be composed of the territory of
Oklahoma and Indian territory. It
was the house joint statehood bill with
all the provisions relating to Arizona
and New Mexico stricken out. The
motion to strike out was made by Mr..
Burrows, and it was carried by the
close vote of 81 to IS, after having
been lost by the still closer vote of IS
to SO.
AS amended by the senate the bill
provides for the creation of the state
of Oklahoma out of Oklahoma and In
dian territories upon the adoption of
a constitution. The state is allowed
the usual quota of executive, judicial
and legislative officers, two United
Stat senators and five members of
the national house of representatives.
A constitutional convention with 10
members, SIS Of which are to be chosen
by each of the territories comprising
the state, is provided for, and all male
citizens or male Indians 81 years old
are eligible to membership in it.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-16
PROPOSITIONS REJECTED
BY THE COAL OPERATORS
Announce Their Decision in Reply
to the Demands Of the Miners and
Submit a Counter Proposition.

New York.-The propositions OF
the United Mine Workers of America
for readjustment of wages and con.
ditions in the anthracite coal fields, as
a whole, have been denied by the
committe representing the anthra-
cite operators. AS counter PROPOSE
ton the operators suggest that the
awards made by the anthracite coal
strike commission, the principles upon
which they are established by the
commission and the methods estab-
lished for carrying out their findings
and awards, shall be continued for a
further term of three years from the
first day Of April, 1906. The present
agreement terminates March 81 of
this year.
The demand of the miners that the
operators enter into an agreement
with the union is declined on the
ground that the anthracite operators
stand unalterably for the open shop,
and again decline to make an agree
nent with the United Mine Workers
of America, an organization controlled
by rival industry"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-16
OFFICIALS ARRAlGNED.
Decide to Enter No Plea Until Later
Date.

Caldwell, Idaho.-Moyer, Haywood
and Pettibone were arraigned before
Judge Smith Friday morning. They
entered no plea, having decided to
wait until next Friday morning at 10
O'Clock to answer to the charge. AS
has already been told, the men were
indicted jointly with John L. Simpkins
for the murder of former Governor
Steunenberg on the 3Oth day of De-
cember The men, heavily guarded
but not shackled, were taken from
Boise early in the morning and brought
back and returned to the penitentiary
Immediately after noon.
With his face turned toward the
sunshine that streamed in great
golden flood through the wide window
near him, Meyer, head of the Western
Federation of Miners, stood in the lit
tie court room and listened without
appearing to listen to the reading of
the long indictment against him. Next
to Meyer stood Pettibone. Haywood
was at Petitioners right. Both Hay
wood and Pettibone listened intently
to the reading. Meyer gave no out
ward manifestation of interest.
1t is set up in the indictment that
the men personally supervised the
construction of the bomb and the
placing thereof. Two specific charges
are made. The first is that the de-
PENDANTS discharged the bomb them
selves in some manner to the jury I'M
known. The second is that they so ar
ranged the bomb that Steunenberg
himself, by opening the gate at which
he was killed, upset some sulphuric
acid in the Internal machine, and that
the said acid exploded the dynamite
caps, giant powder and other material
of which the bomb was made.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-03-16
INVESTIGATION +.
BEARING FRUIT
Chief Officials of Mutual Re-
serve Life Insurance Com
paLy Indicted.
Larceny and Forgery Are Charged
and Five True Bills Are Returned
by the Grand Jury-Money Used
to Settle Actions Against OF.
fcers of the Company.

New establishments charging
grand larceny in the first degree and
forgery in the third degree by Fred
erick A. Burnham, president; George
D. Eldridge, first vice president, and
George Burnham, jr., second vice
president of the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance company, were found by
the grand jury on Thursday. In all
five indictments were brought against
each officer, two for grand larceny
and three for forgery. The alleged
larceny and forgery was brought
about, according to the indictments,
by payments of $4,000 of the COM
pany's money to law firms, the ap-
parent purpose of which is alleged to
have been to settle claims against the
company, while the real object is al
legged to have been to settle actions
which had been brought against Of
ficers of the company as individuals.
The indictments on which charge
of larceny is based alleged that the
officers embezzled two sums, one of
$500 and the other of $1,000, on Oc-
tober "a, 1901. The three officers ap-
peared in the court of general session
where Judge O'Sullivan fixed their
bail at $12,500 for each, and fixed
upon next Thursday as the time for
pleading.