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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Railroad Notes
Wabash Blockade Imminent.

When asked about the impending
freight blockade which is reputed to
be under way in several of the large
wards Ct the wabash, one of their vet
eran engineers said that 1t was a fact
and that there was more freight ao
cumulated in the yards at the terminal
points at the present time than at any
period before. He said the companv
recognizes the fact and are exerting
every effort possible to avert It. Every
freight crew is being worked overtime
some being on duty as long as sixteen
hours. Most of the freight is consigned
tc western points. and but a small nor
ton for the east. The latter part Of
last week the impending blockade took
on the most serious aspect, especially
on the Peru division All the extra
men that could be secured were placed
IN service Sunday and during the day
1928 cars - 1873 fun and $40 emp
ties-were handled. Twenty-six trains
We're moved eastward and twenty-eight
westward 1t is said that there are
more than 1000 cars at Detroit ready
Tor movement westward.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
ANCIENT sKULLDUGGERY
Political Trick in 1860 Is shown bv
an Election Ballot OF That
Year

Brownstown. Ind. Feb. %. - Post
master Hamlin Smith. of this city, has
an election ballot Of 1860, showing that
at that early day everything was not
fair in politics. At the head Of the
ballot are the words, Democratic Bal
lot" but underneath all the candidates
named are Republican. This ballot
was intended to deceive Democrats.
WHO were not careful to scrutinize each
name of the candidate for whom they
wished TO vote, and who, therefore,
were misled by the headline This
scheme was worked successfully by
both parties in early days.
Among the weIl-known names on this
ticket are those of Henry S. Lane,
for governor; Oliver p. Morton, lieu
tenant governor; William A. Peele,
secretary of state: Albert LANCE, audi
tor Of state; Jonathan s. Harvey, treas
urer Of state; james G. Jones, attorney
general; Miles J. Fletcher, superintend-
ent Of public instruction; John Paul
Jones, clerk Of supreme court, and Ben
1amin Harrison, reporter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

oId standards of sturdy, uncompromIs-
ing American honesty have become 50
corroded and weakened by a sordid at
mosphere that our people are hardly
startled by crimes in high places and
shameful betrayals Of trust every
where; If we find a sadly prevalent
disposition among US to turn from the
highway Of honorable industry into
shorter crossroads leading to irrespon-
sible and worthless ease; if we find
that widespread wastefuIness and ex-
travagance have discredited the whole
some frugality which was once the
pride of Americanism, we should re-
call Washington's admonition that
harmony, industry and frugalltv are
essential pillars Of public felicity
and forthwith endeavor to change our
course"
Cleveland was the guest Of honor. at
night at a banquet at the Union
Leagueclub. sharing the post-prandial
honors with Richard Watson Glider.
of New York, and Howard L. Smith.
dean of the University Of Wisconsin
Law school. The ex-president made a
brief speech in a patriotic vein and was
followed by Richard Watson Glider
and Professor Smith.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Mine Managers Elect Officers.

Springfield, ILL.,, FEB. 23.-The Ma
tional Mine Managers and Assistants
Mutual Aid association has closed it's
annual convention. The following Of
ficers We're elected: Executive secre-
tary, William Scaife, Of Springfield,
Ill; executive council, Jonathan Fos-
tern, Bonanza, Ark; John f. INITIAL,
Four-Mile, Ky; Joseph x. Hannah
Bloomsbury. H.; Joseph Henderson,
Coal City. Ill; Tom Moses, Westyille,
Ill; Thomas H. Devlin, Assumption,
H.; James Harrison, Springfield, H.;
John E. Williams, Springfield, Ill;
John W White, BelevIlle, ILL.,; Thomas
Roe. Orchard Mines, III.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
10 Discard Copper Wire.

Announcement is made that at a jcint
conference which was held in Chicago
few days ago by the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies it was
decided not to purchase any more
copper wire for use on their telegraph
lines, and to return to the use Of the
common trCn wire for the present at
least. The reason assigned is the ex-
tremely high price at which copper
wire is now selling for on the market
and also it's scarcity. Steel wire is
not in favor because it is brittle and
easily broken when affected by changes
in the temperature.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Primitive ENGLISH Railroad

In the lake district Of England there
is tiny railway which has only one
train, run by two officials. one of
whom is managing director, ticket col
lector, guard and porter, and the other
chief engineer, engine driver and
stoker. The train stops anywhere. It
frequently goes off the line, but crow
bars are carried, with which the train
is persuaded to return to its proDer
position. When a friend of either Off
cial is observed the train is brought
to a standstill. At one time, when the
managing director was counting the
daughter of a farmer through whose
lands the line ran, the young ladv
would take her stand at a certain gate
every evening, the train would be
stopped and the young man would kiss
her good night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

The readers OF this paper will bo
pleased TO learn that there IS at ieas9
S one dreaded Cd o disease IS fh9t science has
that IS Catarrh, Halls CatarTh Cn re
IS the only positive cure now know NOV e
20 the medical ti5teI Catarrh be-
constitutional treatment. Halls 80
tarrh Cure is taken internally. ac+i1c-
directly upon the blood and mHc eI,s
stroying The foundation of the djsas oe
a and giying he patient strength b3
bgii,dins 4p r th e constitution and as
proprietors have so much faith IN re re
curative powers that they OFF, - O its
Hundred Dollars for any case that I Il
moniais. 'SSI-
Address F. J. CHENEY & Co To-
ledO o. - IL
Sold by all Druggists. 75o
Take Halls Family Pills for cans+.-
NaJion. o0AtS -
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Judgment for over s1e.ooo.ooo.

indianapolis, Feb. 23.-In the Unit
ed States circuit court before Judge
Francis E. Baker, circuit Judge, the
United States Trust company, of New
York, obtained a decree of foreclosure
involving $16,S24,6S9.7S, against the
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
company, and twelve other railway
companies. The decree forecloses all
of the properties Of the Chicago Ter
minal Transfer Railroad company in
the states of Illinois and Indiana. The
judgment is one of the largest judg-
ments, if not the largest, ever taken
in the state.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Consort Distina
guishes Himself ar the
Wreck of the Berlin.
ELEVEN MoRELIVES ARE SAVED
Taken Of the Vessel by the Brave
Dutch Lifeboat Men.
Two Women and Babe. Still
on Board. but Everything Pos
sibIe Will BE Done for
Them.

Hook of Holland, Feb. 23.-Largely
as a result of the courage and de
termination OF Prince Henry of The
Netherlands. the prince consort, that
which Thursday night appeared to be
an impossible task has been achieved,
and the heroic and unfinching efforts
Of the Dutch lfeboat men have sue
ceeded in rescuing alive eleven more
OF the survivors of the Inflated steam
err Berlin. The gallant Dutch life
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
WENT AT PRETTY FAST CLIP.
1t Jared Loose the Range in the Din
ing Car.

Yes, that was a pretty fast run we
made on the Hummer" said Conductor
Cad Smith at the Union depot recent
ly, but the run we made on the Cali
fornia special last Thursday night was
a winner We left BLOOMINGTON 40
minutes late, and when I got to the
register book at LaSalle street we had
made it up and had three minutes to
our credit. That's going some! AS I
passed the diner on my way to the
head end the cook beckoned to me
and said
Look a-heah, boss. This yeah
range is jahed bout eight inches outer
place count dat dab engineer man
goin' round dem curves in too bic a
rush
The range was out of place, all
right" continued Smith, land when
| reached the engine 1 said to the
driver:
The darkey back there is going to
hold an executive session with you
because you Jared his cook stove
loose
How much?' asked the engineer.
He says you knocked it eight
inches out of place. said 1.
" You tell that African for me- said
the engineer, that if he will wait till
we go back tonight I'll promise to
give him ride that will put the stove
back in place and scramble his supply
Of eggs in the bargain. kansas CITY
Star
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Praise of the Father of His Couns
try Is Marred by Some
Criticism.
GOVERNOR OF RHODE ISLAND
Finds Several Matters in Which Wash.
ington Was Deficient.
Criticism Is Warmly Resented by
the State Assembly Speaker
Grover Cleveland at
Chicago.

Providence, r, l., Feb Ex-Governor
James Il. Higgins addressed a joint
session of the legislature on Washing
ton and His Times" and was severe
ly criticised by Roswell B. Burchard,
speaker Of the house. Governor Hig-
gins referred TO Washington's great
abilities as a leader. and said that he
was born at an opportune time and
that he seized opportunities at the right
time. 1T has been pointed out" he
said, chat in no walks of life did he
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
FROM DOWN
The STATE
Telegraph News by Direct
Wire from All Over
Indiana.

Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. % = Inc
Methodist church and the general
stores Of shickel & Johnson and }. w.
Reese at Sanford, were dynamited
Thursday night and early Friday morn
ing. following a raid on a blind tig-
err, The Masonic hall, on the upper
floor of the two-story Reese building,
war destroyed Henry Mcdonald, own
er Of the blind tiger is accused of
the dynamiting Sheriff Horseley and
deputies, who were summoned to the
town at o'clock in the morning, con-
Quoted an inquiry The testimony tend
ed to the suspicion that the owner Of
a "blind tiger" put out OF business
was responsible for the dynamiting.
There Were Two Dynamite Raids.
The Methodist church was shat
tered at 10 o'clock at night, but no
word was sent to the authorities In
Terre Haute until the dynamiters had
wrecked the stores, four hours later.
All three buildings were frame and the
explosion made wrecks Of the stTuc-
lures, but left one side Of the church
standing. The stocks of goods in the
stores were badly damaged. Thursday
afternoon a search warrant was pro-
cured from Judge Piety, under the new
"blind tiger law, and deputy sherlffg
raded the quart shop Of Henry Nc
Donald and took twenty-five cases OF
beer. No whisky was found
Mcdonald Under Arrest.
Mcdonald and his bartender, James
scanlon, were taken into custody later.
A technical chargeof contempt of court
was placed against them, and attempts
will be made to connect them with the
dynamiting. 1t Is alleged that Sheriff
Horsely went to the house of the pro-
prietor Of the saloon after arriving
at Sanford and found him in bed
with his clothing on. A witness has
been found who claims he saw this
man running from the store buildings
a few minutes before the explosion.
Shickel Not Specially Active.
Shickel said that neither he nor his
partner had been especially active in
opposition to the quart shop, but that
the whole community were opposing
It. Mcdonald went to Sandford about
two years ago from Fontanet where
he had been in the saloon business.
He Is married and Is 80 years old.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
CLEVELAND AT CHICAGO
Nub of the Ex-President's Washing.
toms Birthday Speech.

tons BIrCnQay speech.
Chicago, Feb. 23.-Grover Cleveland,
ex-president of the United States, was
the orator of the day at the celebra-
ton of the anniversary of George
Washington's birth held at the Audi
forum under the auspices of the I'm
ion League club, the great hall being
packed with people Mrs. Cleveland,
visiting Chicago for the first time
since she was a bride, was one of his
audience. and those who saw her de-
clare that time has treated her well,
and that none OF the charm which dis
tinguished her as a girl hiss been lost
IL the lapse of years.
Cleveland asked his countFymen to
make Of Feb. %, 1907, a period of
self-examination to discover whether
the nation has relaxed its grasp upon
harmony, honesty. industry and frugal
~. the four great pillars Of public
Felicity" the pith of his address be-
ing contained in the following extract:
If we find that the wickedness of
destructive agitatoTs and the selfish
depravity Of demagogues have stirred
M discomfort and strife where there
should be peace and harmony. and
have arrayed against each other in
terests which should dwell together in
hearty co-operation: if we find that the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

Washington, Feb. 23.-Respect for
tho uniform of the army, navy and ma
rine corps in all public places formed
the principal topic of discussion at the
opening session here of the NavY
League of the United States.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
DAY IS GENERALLY OBSERVED
Patriotism and Politics BTingIe in the
Speeches Made.


Chicago. Feb. %. = Washington's
birthday anniversary was never more
generally observed. There were patri-
otto gatherings and banquets all over
the country and prominent men ad-
dressed them all, the burden of their
remarks being the greatness of Wash
ington.
Many of the addresses, however.
were intended to point a political
moral from a Republican or Demo
cratic standpoint. Notable celebrations
were held at Detroit, where Governor
Hughes was the chief orator; Balti-
more, where Secretary Bonaparte
spoke; Peoria, H., where Governor
Deneen presided and Governor Blanch-
ard and Senator Carmack were the
chief orators; Omaha, where the star
talking was done by DR.. J. g. Schur-
man, of Cornell, and Colonel J. Hamil-
ton Lewis, of Chicago; st. Paul, where
Archbishop Ireland gave warming
aga inst too much legislative "regula-
ton" of everything; Washington,
where the Navy League celebrated, as
did Washington university.
Abroad receptions and other enter
tainments were held at the United
States embassies at Vienna, Rome,
London, Berlin and other continental
capitals.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Organ Had CeIluIoid Kevs.

Columbus, Ind, Feb. 23. - Cornelius
Hayes, custodian of the city hall, had
a parlor organ which was supposed to
havo ivory keys. Last evening his
little grandchild, aged 3, was amusing
himself by striking matches near the
organ, and one of the matches fell on
the key board. Then it was learned
that the keys were made of ce1luloid,
as they caught fire in a twinkIing and
the organ was burned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

ever arise to the immense proportions
of genius. In the field Of states
manship he was easily surpassed by
men Of our day. 1t would be unfair
to compare him in this respect with
either Benton, Clay or Sumner. As q
soldier he is surpassed by Napoleon,
Caesar and Alexander. Even in our
country his ability on the field Of bat
tie, perhaps. did not approach the mas
teriy strategic powers of Robert F..
Lee or Phil Sheridan or Z. S. Grant"
Governor Higgins also spoke Of Wash
ington as lacking in scholarship.
Critic in Turn Criticised.
Speaker Burchard. in reply, said:
Even in his excellent address the gov
ernor could not refrain from picking
notes out Of the sunbeam Of George
Washington's memory. I must re-
specially say to his excellency that
on the trif1ing points which he has
seen fit to produce I must differ. 1t
is no evidence of George Washington's
lack Of education that he did not spell
in the manner of today. 1t was the
fashion of the time for great men to
spell incorrectly and write badly. The
governor following the custom of find
ing things to criticise in pre-eminent
things and persons has not been quite
fair, I think, in his estimate of Wash
ington's character. In military affairs
it is q great mistake to think that
Washington was not pre-eminent as
a strategist. To this effect we have
the evidence of the greatest general OF
Europe, Frederick the Great of Prussia,
who wrote to Washington as the great
est soldier Of his generation. I viii
not admit that any Of the generals or
the civil war were his superiors in
art"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Death 70 Hlrh License

indianapolis, Feb %. - The lower
house Of the Indiana legislature has
indefinitely postponed the high license
bill by vote of 81 to II. The bill
sought to raise saloon licenses III. Indi-
ana to $1,000. The senate concurred
In the house amendments to the 2-cent
fare bill. and it goes to the governor.
One Of the amendments changes the
half-fare age from years to u.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Men Flock to the Cities

In the United States the cities con.
tain a much larger proportion of
men than the country, on the average.
The proportion of women to the TO-
tai population is greater in the vii.
lagos and on the farms, though there
are some striking exceptions to both
rules.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
win Continue Nepotiations

Chicago, Feb. 23.-Further conces-
sions were offered tFainmen and con-
duetors by managers of western rail-
roads in conference with the men. and
the negotiations, which seemed on the
verge OF breaking of, are to be con
fir1ran1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Police law Constitutional.

indianapolis. Feb. 23.-The Indiana
supreme court holds that the metropOli-
tan police law is constitutional, and
was not repealed by the cities and
towns act passed two years ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23

Thirteen eighty pound steel rails
broke all in one day at a point on the
Big -Four, three miles south of Gallon
The cause is unknown and four in
spectors of the Carnegie Steel company
are Investigating.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Hoo We Are AcaIn.

Poseyville, Ind, Feb. 23.-One Of tho
largest pear growers in this vicinity
reports the pear crop rUined for this
year because of the continued warm
weather, causing the buds to swell too
early.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
viii Teach in Porto Rico.

Terre Haute, Ind. Feb. 23.-Many
seniors of the Indiana Normal school
Will go TO Porto Rico to teach at ST.
200 year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Almost "Nothin' DOM" in Congress.

Washington, Feb. %. - The senate
began its session by concentrating
the memory of George Washington,
whose farewell address was read by
Senator Burkett, of Nebraska Not TWEEN
ty senator's were in their places when
the session opened. The house did
not observe the event beyond Il refer
eneo to it in the prayer OF the chaplin.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Names of Those Saved.

The names on the passengers saved
follow: - Young, - Broederson,
Fraulein Buttel, Fraulein Gabler. Frau
Schraeder-all three of the women be-
longing to the opera company which
was on board; a man whose name
is not known, and five members of the
crew. The two women left on the
wreck are known to be Fraulein
Thiele and Frau Weinberg. The hus-
band Of the last mentioned woman
lies dead in the morgue here.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
PRINCE CONSORT HENRY.

boat men were rewarded after mora
than thirty hours Of hard and danger.
Gus work. uBffetted and driven back
time after time the sturdy Dutchmen
refused to relax their attempts to res
cue the handful of shipwrecked peo-
pie, and finally at $50 p. M, the reeed-
ing tide and some improvement in the
weather having made the cinditions
easier, their long fight was crowned
with success.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Prince Henry's Declaration

The prince consort, after a first Wis
it to the wreck, which he made in
steam pilot boat, and when he saw
with his own eyes that there were still
some survivors on board, declared:
I'VE won't return to The Hague be-
fore we save them; we must get them
somehow" The news that this in
formation had been fulfilled reached
the waiting crowds in the shape of
rumor shortly before 3 p. m, and
pilot later confirmed the tidinus
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-23
Three Living Still on Board.

y A1ANIIIFs SUN Oh A1OEttU'
Although several of the persons res
cued were in the last stages of ex-
haustion they now are on the road to
recovery, and some of them have been
able to tell the story of their awful ex-
periences. Two women and a child are
still on board the wreck, but 1T ig
feared that they are dying. Nothing
daunted, however, the brave Dutch
men are preparing to make further
desperate efforts to rescue these I'M
fortunates.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-03-07

of which we partake as regularly
and with as much relish, as our
daily bread, and without which
life would be dull and tedious.
That is the daily newspaper,
which has become necessity OF
modern life. For this reason 1t is
vitality important for the daily
press to be kept clean and pure, a
force for uplifting morally and in
tellectually, not a panderer to So
cial degradation. No kind of
literature, as Cardinal Gibbons
truthfully says, can work more in
jury to a community that can sala-
cious journals.
The firm stand taken by Cardin-
al Gibbons concerning unclean
newspapers is worthy of emulation
by other clergymen of whatever
denomination.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-03-07

HOLD UP TRAIN
Shoot Two Passengers When Negro
Offers Resistance.
ESCAPE WITH THE BOOTY

Men &C Through the Coaches and
Compel Passengers to Surrender
Naluables - Hundred In Cash an5
Iewelry Secured - Posse on the
Trail Of the Fusltlves.
Pittsburg, Kan. March 5.--Two ban.
dts boarded Missouri Pacific train
Monday night and robbed the passen
gers Lou JEFF. colored miner EN-
poyed by the Central Coal and Coke
company. was killed because he pro.
tested, and W. l.. Westlake of Toledo,
o., who with his wife and two children
had been visiting relatives in Kansas,
was shot through the hand by a stray
shot that had been fired at the negro.
There were few passengers on the
train and the robbers secured only
little over 800 cash and few revolv
ers and watches.
The men were disguised only with
false mustaches. One was q tall man,
weighing between 1870 and 1870. the
other about $50 pounds. Both were
dark complexioned and wore dark
slouch hats and dark clothes. They
boarded the train here at the station
and began working the train as 1t
passed the Kansas City Southern
shops. They commenced at the smok-
ing car and one walked ahead with a
44-paliber revolver in each hand and
quietly asked the passengers to "shell
out" to the man behind, who was
closely following They were not far
behind the train auditor and followed
him into the woman's coach.
When the men came to JEFF in the
woman's coach he pulled his revolver
and took a shot at the foremost rob-
ber, who shot twice at him. The first
shot went wild and struck Westlake,
but the second struck the negro in
the head and killed him Instant
They then quietly made the auditor
stand and deliver and hurriedly left
the train as 1t entered the yards at
Cornell. The men escaped.
Westlake, the wounded passenger,
was taken to Liberal, where his hand
was dressed by the local surgeon OF
the company. AS soon as communica
tion could be had with Agent Donahy
of this place, switch engine with
posse of officers was sent to Cornell,
which Is only four miles from here.