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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

AT THIS MOMENT MIR. JOHN SMITH DROVE
PAST.
didn't think he would let any but nice
people have it. It's a shame to ruin
our property this way"
Much Mr. Elder cared" retorted
Mrs. Waters scornfully. He got his
price for the cottage; that's all he
wanted Something must be done or
the tone OF the neighborhood will be
lowered"
Mrs Pratt and Mrs. Bagby were Of
the same opinion, but they could make
no suggestion as to how relief could be
afforded. At this moment the topic Of
conversation, James Smith, who had
recently occupied a cottage in the fash
ionable suburb Of West Park, drove
past the house Of Mrs. Bagby in a run
about He was a short, stout, red faced
man, wearing an exceedingly loud suit
of clothes and an air of Indifference to
the opinion of the world
HE looks like a gambler" shifted
| Mrs Waters contemptuously He'll
/ have all sorts of low companions down
/ here, and West Park will be exclusive
no longer"
'I'll tell you what We'll do remark
ed Mrs. Pratt, who, on account Of her
proximity to the Objectionable neigh
bor was more anxious for his removal
from West Park "We'll buy the Elder
/ cottage from this man and sell it to
some desirable person. We will have
to pay more than it's worth and sell 1t
RI n
than to have our homes ruined. Wen
get some of the other residents to join
with us, and the share of each will not
be much"
But It will take q great deal Of mon
ey," objected Mrs. Waters. who will
advance such : sunni?
IT will" declared Mrs. Pratt, who
was q widow of ample means. "All l
want is for every one to stand by me
and pay a proportion of whatever loss
we have. 1t won't be much II 1t is d.
vided among so many. The men shan't
have anything to do with 1t. They'd
get some one to buy the cottage who
wouldn't be any better than this Smith
Is"
Having been promised the required
support, Mrs Pratt. accompanied by
Mrs Bagby and Mrs. Waters, waited
upon Mr.. James Smith with the pur-
pose of purchasing the Elder cottage.
As the ladies approached the house
Mr.. Smith, who was sitting upon the
porch IN his shirt sleeves, arose and
greeted them cordially as he knocked
the ashes from his clay pipe.
"Just take seats on the porch. It's
cooler out here. Wait q minute, and
I'll call Marthy."
"Horrid creature" murmured Mrs
Waters as Mr. Smith disappeared IN
search of his wife He thinks we
have come to pay a social call"
Marthy, in response TO her husbands
vigorous calls, speedily made her ap-
pearance. and the party were soon
comfortably seated upon the porch.
: "Ahem. Mr. Smith" began Mrs
Pratt somewhat awkwardly, after DO
uteiy declining Mrs. Smiths urgent re
quest for the removal Of the visitors
hats. we've come upon q matter OF
business"
"Jim II be glad TO do anything he car
for YOU" observed Marthy assuringly
Hes the most accommodatlngest mar
IN the world. Always likes TO bt
) friendly-lIke."
That's 50, men," assented Mr.
Smith affabIy Lets hear what YOU
business is, mem"
You're very comfortably fixed here
Mr.. Smith" continued Mrs. Pratt, "ant
l don't know just how TO tell you
There are some people very anxious t.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
Private Car Is Burned.

Bedford. Ind. Jan. 28-The private
car Of J. +. Sucese. superintendent Of
the Monon. caught fire from the steam
heater in the Bedford yards late last
night and was almost consumed. The
loss IS $4,000
The explosion Of the gas tank scat
tered the fire and a train Of cars ON an
adjoining sidetrack were saved only by
heroic efforts Of the Bedford IRE de-
partment 1t was necessary TO lay
1000 feet OF hose TO reach the burning
car
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
Pennsylvania Relief Work.

The official record shows member
ship Of the Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg in its relief department of
147 6S7 1913 being on the Vandalia
lines. During the last quarter there
have been thirty eight deaths among
the members. twelve on account of ac-
cident and twenty-six from natural
causes. The sick and accident benefits
We're disbursed to 2.401 members. This
Is the first year that the Vandaia re-
lief department has been reported.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
How's This

We offer one Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case Of Catarrh that can
''o F. j. CHE - IYal 90 Toata TITS CuTe
We. the undersigned, have known
F. j. Cheney for the last Is Years.
and believe him perfectly honorable in
ali business transactions and fnan-
cially able 20 carry out any obligations
made by his firm
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
per bottle Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton
for latest news of Calumet district,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
Tough ON the House Owners.

Terre Haute, Ind. Jan. 30-The
arst real Improvement in the situation
here was noted when the Wabash river
commenced TO fall rapidly. The vii
lage of Taylorville, a suburb, has been
practically wiped off the map, the
waters carrying a great number Of
houses miles below the town, where
they are crushed together in a huge
drift.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
FROM DOWN
The STATE
Telegraph News by Direct
Wire from All Over
Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 80. = The joint
committee from the senate and house,
which Is Investigating the explosions
on Ian. IA ii mine No. Z, Of the Der
Ing Coal company, near Clinton, heard
two expert witnesses, neither Of whom
completed his testimony. James Tay-
Tor. of Peoria, state mine inspector Of
Illinois, based his testimony on an in
vestigation he had made Of the mine
for the Dering company. He said that
he had found gas, or fire damp, In a
drill hole in one room of the mine,
but not In such quantities as to bs
dangerous, and he failed to find any
thing that would generate fire damp.
Objection to Particularly.
He began describing conditions
which he found surrounding the part
OF mine No. Z, where the explosions oc-
CURED, when the representatives of the
miners objected to Taylor going into
the particular explosions. Attorneys
representing the coal operators at
tempted to prove that the accidents
had resulted from a disregard by the
miners Of the laws regulating the fir
ing Of shots. The subject brought on
a clash between the representatives
OF the operators and of the miners and
for time it appeared as If the joint
committee meeting had been trans
formed into a miners convention.
Committee Postpones the Matter.
The operators insisted that the evi.
dence adduced in regard to law vic.
lations be made a part Of the joint
committees record. while the miners
representatives demured Chairman
Cavins ruled that the subject should
be omitted at this time. Should fur
Their developments show, however, that
the question of law violation is vital
TO ascertain the causes of the Seeley.
vile and Clinton mine explosions, the
chairman said the question would bs
taken up anew.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
They KILLED a wife Beater.

Evansville, Ind. Jan. 80. = John A.
Gloichman, a wealthy farmer, has
gone on trial here for alleged muir
der. Gleichman and several Of his
"-eighbors, it is alleged, beat Oliver
Bryant. coal miner, to death last
summer with fence pic1ets when they
caught him assaulting his wife.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
TROUBLES OF CHRIS voLLMER
They Are of Varied Sort and the Gil
max Is Reached in a Di-
V0rce suit

Columbus, Ind, Jan. 30-The trou-
bles Of Job pale into insignifcance be-
side those Of Christopher Vollmer, for
mer marshaland now a merchant here
The death Of his 10-year-old son is
one Of the latest of his mlsfortunes.
Three years ago 4 daughter fell on tho
Ice and was crippled for life Mrs.
Nollmer Is almost sightless as the re-
suit Of a blow which put out one eye
Nollmer himself is almost blind, a
splinter having put out one eye.
Another of their daughters has been
blind five years. Three years ago she
was acquitted for shooting and wound
Ing her sweetheart, Otis Judd. whom
she surprised with another girl. One
Of the Vollmer sons is in the Jefferson
vile reformatory for highway robbery.
Another is at the Plainfeld reform
school for boys. \ third is In a home
FOR feeble minded. On top of all, Vol
ner has begun suit for divorce.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
Private Car Destroyed.

Bedford Ind. jan 30-A gasoline
stove IN the private car used by j.
=. Sucese, superintendent Of the Mo-
non railway, exploded. destroying the
car while It was on siding in the
Bedford yards
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
PaternaI Provocation.

1t is 10 p. m. They are seated in the
parlor.
No" she says, bowling her head.
PA says am too young to become en-
gagged"
1t is just 1:3o a. m. They are still
seated in the parlor
Suddenly from somewhere upstairs
q gruf voice shouts, Henrietta, if that
fellow waits little longer you'll be
old enough TO accept his PROPOSAL
Woman's Home COMPANION.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
In a Reoeiyer,s Hands.

Princeton. Ind, Jan. 30.-The Prince
ton Elevator company has been placed
In the hands of a receiver. John II.
Miller was appointed and gave bond
for $4,000 1t is alleged the assets
are $4,000, and the liabilities, $780,
OOO
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

Extra brakemen, it is stated arc to
be placed on many of the PennsyI-
vania passenger trains A special
committee appointed by the passenger
trainmen held conference last week
with G. l.. Peck, general manager, for
the purpose of having additional train
men on the through passenger trains.
They believe that fewer railroad acci-
dents would occur if an extra man is
employed on the train.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
Banker Charged 80 Emhezzlement

Jasper, Ind. Jan. 30.-The Dubois
county grand jury has returned an in
dictment Of twe1lsy- light counts charg-
Jig Charles Behrens with embezzling
$40. 900 of the funds of the Peoples
State bank at Huntinghurg Ind. Beh-
rens was arrested. but released in a
short time on $4,000
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
Deadly Blast; Not an Earthquake.

Worthington, Ind, Jan. 30 What
was thought at the time to be an earth
quake was felt here. but it was proba-
bly, from a powder explosion at Fon-
tainet. A rumbling noise accompanied
the trembling sensation. Worthington
Is located twenty-five miles south Of
Fontainet, where a powder mill blew
Up, killing two men. Jake Garner and
Max Burndt.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
Gave the impression.

as he much of a lawyer"
considerable 1 should judge he
wrote the constitution to hear him
talk about it."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

A report from the Gibson yards last
night Is to the effect that several cars
were of the track near the round
house. This was caused by running In
on an open switch.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
RAILROAD NOTES.

L. cole, superintendent of bridges
and buildings Of the Nickel Plate road,
passed through Hammond last night
on his way to Chicago from Bellevue,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

NJ. L. Reynolds chief train dis
patcher of the Lake Shore road, head
quarters at Chicago was a caller at
the local office last evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

George Davis, the newly appointed
general freight agent Of the Vandalia
to succeed William Hodgdon, viii take
full control on Feb. l, with headquar-
ters at st. Louis
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

T. n Hickok, local agent at the Wa
bash depot, is in Indiana Harbor today
on business for the company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

The Lackawana is the latest trunk
line to adopt the reciprocal transporta-
ton arrangement with newspapers.
The Erie, the Lehigh Valley and the
Jersey Central have done likewise,
says the Wall Street Journal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

Freight traffic over the EIgin, Joliet
q Eastern has been larger this month
than any other last year. according
to the statements by the Z. J. & E.
officials
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

The railroads in the Western Pas
senger association have decided to
make the usual rate for tourists the
coming summer, despite the general
movement for the maximum rate of
two cents mile. Some of the roads
We're opposed to giving the usual re-
duction for tourists rates. in view of
the threatened hostile legislation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

r. NJ. McLane, operator at the chi
cago Offices Of the Erie road. transact
ed business ia Hammond TO-DAY.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

" b e n blu e
blood loses it's
money and its
grip on things
it becomes still
bluer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

me baltimore & Ohio has inaugur-
ated rs system OF train auditors, the
tltle SHOWN on their caps being ticket
collectors" All fast trains are 70 have
an official bearing that title
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

Those of us who would not be
ashamed Of our ancestors, could we
meet them, might find that they would
be ashamed of US.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

You can forgive some people when
you think of the parents they drew in
che lottery
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

When an honest man hears that he
is an honest man he feels as if he
ought to get out a search warrant to
find himself.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

A lady d0esn't
become Of an I'M
certain age until
we are quite GER
tain about her
age.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

There is this to be said for baby talk !:
Although few people understand it, it
is no dead language.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-30

Money Is a key that will unlock any
door except the one you are trying to
get through on a chilly night at about
a. IN.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
HYou to the Rock Pile"

Los Angeles, Cal.-"Ive got $4,000
in a bank in this city ! will give all
or any part of it to escape that chain
gang sentence" said w. Bryan, real
estate dealer Of Long Beach, arrested
Friday at the Astoria hotel on a
charge OF beating his wife, when SEN
fenced to ten days on the chain gang
by Police Justice Rose today.
mot in this court" replied Judge
Rose. ANY man who does the things
you are said to do will receive no
mercy from me and it is you with a
pick and shovel for the next ten days"
Mrs. Bryan testified her husband
had beat her numerically and that
she still bore marks of the blows given
her.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
eoUALizlho STATE TAXATION
Assessors in Session Take Action on
Important Matters.

Denver.-Homes in Colorado are to
be assessed at 100 per cent Of their
value. while railroads escape with as
sessment on only twenty five per cent
This declaration was made at the con-
vention Of state assessors now meet
ing at the capitol. +. F. Schreiber led
the fight for an equalization Of taxes
throughout the counties, SO that homes
and railroads will share the burden
equally. He finally succeeded in hav-
ing appointed committee on legisla.
ton, composed of FIVE assessors and
one honorary member. The commit
tee is composed of F. d. Foster, Tel
Ter, S. II. Stevens, Las Animas, c. S.
Link, Park II. f. Howe, Boulder, and
J. A. Newcomb. Jefferson. J. B. Phil
lips, professor of economics at the
University of Colorado, was made an
honorary member. A motion was
passed providing that this committee
present to the next convention of as
SCISSORS laws providing for uniform
schedule taxation in all counties of the
state.
This is one of the biggest steps for
ward that has ever been taken, and
means that the owners of small homes
and little property may not have to
bear the largest part of the burden of
taxation. 1t means that cattle will
not be assessed at $500 a head in one
county and $500 head in the next.
1t is expected that the present made
quate laws on assessments will be re-
pealed at the next session of the Legis-
lature, and that the new ones drafted
by the committee appointed will be
substituted.
have filed abstracts of assessment with
the state auditor. These show an In
crease in the agricultural interests of
the state and slight decrease in the
value Of its mining resources. There
is a decided increase in values over
last year. The State Board of Equali-
zation has increased the valuation OF
corporate interests $1,000 600. The
abstracts of assessments made by the
various counties are as follows:
Arapahoe, $12S,16 Archuleta. $107,-
329; Boulder, $220,140; Cheyenne,
$565,76l; Delta, $20S,925; Garfield,
$106,336; Logan, 292,925; Montezuma,
$685. Morgan, $5G7,O09; San Mi
guel, $4s2.194. All of these counties
have large agricultural interests and
show a great increase in values, oW-
ing to the large dry farms that are
being reclaimed from desert. The
counties that show decrease are
mining counties Among them are Do
lores, $37,SsS; Gilpin, $l6,400; Ouray.
1915 300; Teller, $l,609,709.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
Haywood Worn Out.
Mystery Surrounds CHASTITY Find.

Trinidad, Colo.-With the pockets
of his clothing turned inside out, In
dicating murder and robbery, the body
Of an unknown man was found in an
arroyo between this city and Bowen.
The body was half covered with water
in sink near the end of long cul-
vert beneath the railroad track and
was in an advanced state of decompo-
stion.
Coroner Sipe made an investigation,
but all efforts to identify the body
failed. The authorities believe the
man was killed undoubtedly by hold
ups while drunk, robbed of his money,
and the body thrown into the arroyo.
The remains are those of man
probably forty-tive years old, weigh
ing 210 pounds and an American. No
marks of violence were found on the
body.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
-Four Nations Involved.

San Francisco, Cal.-The case OF
the twenty-four Chinese members OF
the crew of the German tramp
steamer, Tolosan, who deserted from
that vessel and have since been In
charge of the federal authorities, has
involved this government. Germany
and China in a tangle that will have
to be untangled by the representatives
of the three nations in Washington, to
whom the matter has been referred.
When the Chinese were taken be-
fore United States Commissioner Hea-
cock yesterday on charge OF Delng
illegally in this country, Owyang King.
assistant Chinese consul, said that the
men were willing to be deported. and
would waive the right OF appeal IL they
were returned to China on some yes
sci other than the Tolosan, on wh1cn
they had been cruelty treated.
The German consul asked that the
nrIsoners be delivered to him to be
placed in the custody OF the captain
OF the Tolosan in accordance with the
immigration law and treaties. This re-
ouest Commissioner Heacock denied,
and ordered the prisoners deported.
The Chinese consulate has wired to
Washington to prevent the men being
taken back on the Tolosan. The Ger
man consul has also wired an appeal
from Commissioner Heacocks order
of deportation and United tSates Mar
shall Elliott has asked Washington Tor
definite instructions.
The prisoners will be kep< N jail
until a reply from Washington shall
have been received
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
Would You Marry This Mani

Would you marry an ex-convict!
That is what the Colorado Prison
Association would like to know OF the
women who are not in possession OK
husbands.
Striving to keep the name OF his re-
leased charge a secret, and the entire
proceeding under cover, so as not to
interfere with the future happiness OF
the former convict and his bride-to-be,
w. E. Collett, secretary OF the prison
association. will not discuss the case.
But at Guyman, Oklahoma, an adver-
tisement is being published, on the
alleged authority of Collett, asking for
a bride for a reformed man, who has
recently been in the penitentiary.
Collett will not divulge the name OF
the man. He assisted him materially
when he was released from the peni-
tentiary, * is said, and secured him az
sistance by which the former prisoner
was enabled to take up an Oklahoma
homestead And now this man, with
the aid of the same friend, is seeking
a wife to cheer his days Of appreciated
freedom.
He realizes how good is the sun
shine of outdoors, how good 1t is to
be able even to work hard for himself
when freedom is a possession, and he
is now in financial condition to be able
to support a wife.
The reformed prisoner wants q
widow for his wife. and SO advertises.
He states that he has no objection to
children; will take them as part of the
bargain and give them good home.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
Plugged Artesian Well.

Canon City. Colo.-The Chamber
lin artesian well in Eight Mile park,
from which one cubic foot of water a
second flowed several months ago,
was plugged up by some person. who
dropped an iron plug to the depth Of
700 feet, where 1t lodged. The plug
was removed and the flow Of water re-
sumed. A second well was drilled to
the Dakota sandstone, under which the
artesian water is nearly always found.
A series Of wells on the Chamberlin
ranch will be sunk to supply water for
irrigating large tract Of arid land in
Eight Mile park.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
Aqitator Is Arrested.

Trinidad, Colo-Members OF the
brotherhood of Railway Trainmep
caused the arrest of Daniel Kyle, az
operator who claimed to be a mem beI
of the organization. Kyle endeavoreC
to arouse the strikers here to violence
by word and action. He was arraignec
in police court and fined $l5 on thS
charge Of vasrancy and given orderf
to leave town.
Members of the trainmens organfzA
tion believe that Kyle is a member o.
the Pinkertons and has been sent here
with a view of placing the organize
tion in bad light. The action on this
part of the union men in causing thS
arrest Of Kyle is in accordance With
their promises at the time the strika
was ordered that they would tolerate
no violence or lawlessness on the part
of the strikers.
The strike situation is practically
unchanged. Passenger trains are only
a few minutes behind time and some
freight is moving. The local officials
are still helping in the yards, and Mex
leans have been secured to act al
brakemen on the coke trains. A few
passenger brakemen are reported to
have quit but the majority are still al
their posts, as they are not affected BY
the strike order. Excellent discipline
is being enforced by the union men,
and no disorder Of any sort has &C.
Cured
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
Confscate Armour Meat,

Leadville.-Five hundred dollars
worth Of meat consigned by the Ar
mour Packing Company Of Kansas City
to its agency in Leadville was confis,
Gated and destroyed by the city au.
thorities. Marshal Macdonald has
made it practice to examine each
car OF cold storage meat when II
reaches this city. When he examined
this car he found the meat In a bad
state of decay, and at once notified tho
agent Of the packing company, and
the stu4 was sent to the city dump.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-08-10
leadvlIIe Gets Next Convention,

Idaho Springs, Colo.-At the second
annual state convention of the Ma
tional Association of State Engineers
here held, Leadville was selected as
the place of the next meeting in 1908.
The new officers are V. v. Novels
Of Pueblo. president, William s. Nixon
OF Denver. past president; T. A..
Goldner Of Leadville, vice president;
l.. l.. Bryant Of Cripple Creek. secre-
tary: and Don J. Mcdonald OF Idaho
Springs. treasurer.