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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
FROM DOWN
TIKI: STATE
Telegraph News by Direct
Wire from All Over
Indiana.

Tndianapous. Feb. %. y Harry \.
stvner brother Of Elmer d. Styner,
ax-ganeraI manager Of the Mexican
Central railroad. whose death at the
C;tv Of Mexico has been reported, said
bis father, who "a postmaster at Mont
morenci, Ind. has received a dispatch
from Mexico stating that his son had
been stabbed by member Of an anti
American society, but was still alive,
though fatally wounded 1t IS stated
By members Of the Styner family that
Elmer recently received an anonymous
letter threatening him with death un-
less he left Mexico. An appeal for an
Investigation has been made to the
state department at Washington
through the Indiana senators.
City of Mexico Ia Denial.
A dispatch from the City Of Mexico
takes issue with the foregoing state
ment. and Is as follows: Word has
reached this city that a story is IN cir
culation in the United States that the
recent general manager Of the Mexican
Central railroad, E. e. Styner, had been
murdered by member Of the anti
American society. The story is abso-
lutely without foundation No such
here. Styner is lying at the point Of
death in his home here as the result
of self-inhicted wounds.
Attempted Suicide with a Razor.
"On Saturday last Styner resigned
his position as general manager of the
Mexican Central railroad and on Mon
day morning he was found lying across
q bed In his room with blood flowing
from a wound iii his throat which he
had inflicted with a razor. His condl-
ton IS such that the attending physi-
clans refuse to say that he will recov-
or. The murder story was perhaps
due to well intentioned friends Of
Etyner residing here who wired his IA
Their in Indianapolis saying that he had
been attacked and badly wounded"
Two Cent Fare Bill Progresses.
Indianapolis, Feb. 22.-The senate 2
cent fare BILL amended so as to pro-
vide for 251b cent cash fares when tick
cts are not bought, ana Tor the rebate
of this extra amount at any ticket Of
fee, has passed the house by a vote Of
ST to 0. 1t is understood that the
senate viii concur in the amendment.
Theater Manager Dead.
Indianapolis, Feb -. = Charles p.
Zimmerman who for the past fifteen
years has been manager Of the Empire
thoater in this city. is dead at his home.
He was % years old.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Old virginny Not Interested.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 22.-In letter
just made public the governor of Vir.
ginia declines an invitation to appoint
delegates to a proposed southern con.
ference on the negro question. saying
that the white and black races in Vir
ginia are dwelling together in peace
and harmony, and there is no need Of
a conference so far as Virginia is con.
cerued
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Boy Drops Dead in School.

Ravenna. O., Feb. 22-Robert Finch,
- years old, dropped dead at a dis
trict school near here while being pun
ished by Miss Nora McManus, hie
teacher. The boy had been called to
the desk for some alleged disobedience
and the teacher had started to chastise
him when he collapsed. The boy had
been subject to heart trouble, but this
was unknown to the teacher
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Grover CIereIand ar Chioann-

Chicago, Feb. %. = Ex-President
Grover Cleveland, who is to be the
principal speaker at a dinner given
tonight by the Union League club in
commemoration Of the anniversary OF
Washington's birthday, has arrived and
will be the guest Of James II. Eckels,
who was comptroller of currency dur
ing Cleveland's last administration.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Expensive Pink Tea.

The next time I have a tea" de-
clared the society man. I'm going to
hide my telephone some way or other.
At the last tea they caught sight Of II
on the table tho first thing. Let's
make 1t a telephone party!' they cried.
and proceeded, one at time. to talk
to everybody they knew and didn't
know.
my telephone bill that month was
exactly s129O." he finished with a sigh
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Railroad Notes
Raise Dispatcher Wages.

The nine train dispatchers on the
western division of the Nickel Plate
have been agreeably surprised by q
notice from the general offices that
beginning February 1. the wages Of a
dispatcher VIII be 1925 per month. The
men had been receiving Sis per month.
The increase was unsolicited and I'M
expected. but it IS none the less well
come.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Bryce Arrives AZ Washington.

Washington, Feb. 22,-Hon. James
Bryce. the new British ambassador to
Washington, accompanied by Mrs.
Bryce. has arrived here. They We're
met at the station by Esme Howard
councillor of legation and charge daft
flares, and the entire embassy staff and
ladies, who extended them a hearty
greeting.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22

nothing in the witness past life about
which theprosecutorw not informed.
He seemed to have been able to trace
her every step, largely due. doubtless.
to the typewriter statement of the
mother which Jerome nearly always
holds in his hand while hurting ques-
lions at the daughter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Dunno Beats Harrison.

Chicago, Feb. 22.-Unotficial re-
turns from the Democratic primaries
indicate a victory for Mayor Dunno in
the mayoralty contest. Dunno is cred
tied with 655 delegates, ex-Mayor
Harrison $50, Roger Sullivan 60. -Four
hundred and ninety-four delegates are
necessary for a choice.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
weIl-Known Wisconsin Man Dead.

Menasha. Wis, Feb. q. - W. p.
Hewitt, aged 50 years, president OF the
bauk of Menasha and the Menasha
Woodenware company, is dead after
an Illness of three months, due to
cancer of the throat. Hewitt was well
known throughout the state.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
was a Cnrions orersicht

Hazleton, Ind. Feb D. - Charles
Self and Joun Ingle, of this city. went
TO Yincennes to enlist in the army.
Both returned home. Ingle was APP
prised that he was totally blind in his
right eye a fact which he cid not know
before. Self. having had both arms
broken, was also refused.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22

Washington. Feb. %. = After a con.
ference with Postmaster Busse, of
Chicago, Acting Postmaster General
Hitchcock announced that the Chicago
postofice would be allowed sixty eight
additional letter carriers, beginning
March l.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Veteran Attempts Suicide.

Lawrenceburg. Ind. Feb. %. = Cap
tain John ". stopher, 63 years old, 8
civil war veteran, attempted suicide
by shooting himself. md IN all proba-
bility he will die.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Ovsryorked.

In the city of Newark the other
Louis Capragangakostoules applied for
a peddler's license and got it. Now is
the time for the Newark license clerk
to apply for an increase Of salary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
RemorseiessIy Jerome Drags Into
the Limelight a Woman's
Unrighteousness.
EXPOSES a GREws0ME STORY
Drives Two Newspaper Women Out
Of the Court Room.
Ruling OF Judge Fitzgerald on the
Credibility Point Opens the
Flood Gates for q
Fact.

New York, Feb. %. = Under the
stress Of q cross examination in which
District Attorney Jerome gave no quar-
ter Mrs. Harry Thaw broke down up
on the witness stand. With binding
tears burning their way down cheeks
which from ashen white had flushed to
crimson she admitted that after her
first experience with Stanford White
her relations with the architect con.
tinued for several months. But this
was not all. There were other confess
sions which, while damaging to her
own character, accentuated all the
more the terrible personal sacrifice she
is making in the effort to save her
husband from death In the electric
chair
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
STRANGE CASE OF TELEPATHY
Woman Notified Of the Death Of a Man
Hundreds Of Miles Away by
u Dream.

Petersburg, Ind. Feb. pa strange
case Of telepathy, presentment, or call
it what one may, happened to Mrs. J.
j. Loder, Of this city, at a. m. sharp.
At that hour she awoke in great agi-
taton, saying that her sister, Mrs.
Maria Conway, Of Memphis, Tenn,
had come TO her in her sleep and said:
martha. my dear husband is dead"
Mrs. Loder arose at her accustomed
hour. but she was greatly depressed
because of the singular dream, and at
Z a. N. she went 10 the home Of her
mother To tell her Of the incident.
While talkingvtth her mother a mes
senger called with telegram, bring
ing the information that Captain Chas
Conway had died at a. M. and that
his bodywould be sent to Aurora, Ind,
for burial. Captain Conway was a
native OF Aurora. where his brother ie
postmaster. He was a well-known riv-
er man. working between Cincinnati
and Memphis, but for the last three
years he had been confined to his
home at Memphis by Brights disease
lie was 60 years old and leaves a Wild
ow and one daughter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
GO Ranies from ! MnIe.

Evansville. Ind. Feb. %. - Lewiu
Cavins was bitten BY 4 muleatba han
hydrophobia and probably win die.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Drugglst Anpeala % Hia Friends.

Druggist Appeals to His Friends.
Newcastle, md, Feb. 22.-The effect
Of the blind tiger law is apparent
II the following advertisement BY a
local druggist in a local newspaper:
The blind tiger law is in effect It
takes time. money and hard study TO
become pharmacist We ask our
friends to not ask as to do anything
that may cause US to lose our drug
glst.s registration and thus put us out
Of business. oh, Lord, save us from
our friends. Get a prescription from
your physician. We solicit your drug
patronage
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Lake County Savings & Trust Co
Collects

County Taxes.
We have complete duplicate On Ham
mond property.
% State st.
Open evenings except Thursday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-22
Wife Is Now on Trial.

The case has progressed to the point
where the defendant has been all but
lost sight of. His girl-like wife is the
figure about whom the storm lashes
its fury. She it is whose life is be-
ing searched out and who is being held
up tor scorn by the prosecuting attor-
ney. Thaw. his face buried in his
hands, might easily have been out OF
the court room picture and none would
have missed him. All eyes were upon
tho witness chair and the slight figure
in blue which occupied It,
Two Days More of 1t.
At the close Of the most eventful
day of the trial Jerome announced that
be probably would keep Mrs. Thaw I'M
der fire for two more days. Adjourn
inent was taken until Monday morn
ing. There was no subject affecting
the witness of so intimate a nature
that the district attorney hesitated to
haul it from its hiding place and hold
it before the gaze Of the world, all the
while requiring that she should recog-
ni2o and own the fault in her own
words
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
New Cotton MI Incorporated.

Montgomery, Ma. oct The Sy'
lacaupa Cotton mills with capital OF
$N5 Gao. have been Incorporated by
the probate Judge ot TSiladcsa
county. and reported "a the secretary
OF state. Il is given out the bust.
ness NJ the plant will be to marutac,
ture and sell cotton yarns. cloths.
goods and fabrics and 10 carry on u
mercantile business. !. ". Brown
and many others make up the iacOr
OOratOrS
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
EIr. at sandsrsvlIIs. Ga.

Sandersville. Ga, Oct. 7.--Friday
morning at o'clock FIRE was dIscov.
cred in the Hotel Julida. Tie alarm
was given and the volunteer fire de-
partment responded, The fire was
in the third story and nude such head
way as to all the entire story with
smoke 30 dense that /. NJ. Mitchell.
chief OF the department, was over
come In his effort to reach the vital
point. Al one time 1t looked as II
It would b4 impossible TO save the
building, but the fire was finally eX-
tinguished The entire loss VIII
amount to 500 900 to S25. OO0
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
HE KEPT HIS PLEDGE.
Promise to Chicago Judge Cost John
Gertz He Life.

Chicago, Oct. John Gertz, ma
bitual drunkard, but dnder parole to
Judge Cleland on q promise never to
touch liquor again, failed to answer
the roll call in Judge Cleland's court
Friday night. Instead, Parole Off,
Ger Joseph Smijkal, handed to the
Judge a typewrittelkFeport OF Gertz's
battle to keep his pledge-a promise
that cost him his life to keep.
Gertz's record in the court showed
three arrests from drunkenness when
on April 30 ne gave the Judge his
word for the asst time, never to
touch another drop He went home
I'd keep il. In August he became
Ill, conscious of but two things-tnat
he wanted whiskey and that he had
promised not to touch 1t.
Finally his agony became so intense
that his wife brought in some whisky.
He raised himself in bed, but just
as he put the glass to his lips he re-
membered his promise and dashed the
glass across the room. Tnen he
lapsed into a semi-delirium and Mrs.
Gertz offered more whisky. but again
he threw the glass across the room.
The last act of his life. According
to the report, was to cast glasA OF
liquor from him just as he was seized
by the final stroke of heart disease.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
NO RECEIVER, SAYS FINLEY.
President Of Southern Denies Road
In Embarrassed Financially.

New York, Oct 7.-President w.
W. Finley, OF the Southern railway
company, said Friday tnat a rumor
circulated in the financial district of
receivers for that company, for finan-
clal, political. or any other reasons
Is preposterous.
President Findley added:
Anybody familiar with the South
ern railways financial condition must
know that there is no reason OF a
financial nature for any such move.
AS for the suggestion that the prop
erty might be put In the hands OF re-
celvers by the federal courts as a
means OF thwarting political attacks,
that has been heard before. 1t has
never been seriously Thought OF by
the management, which has elected
In fact. to pursue a policy OF concili'
alton"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
To Entertain Fairbanks.

Birmingham; Ala. Oct : Vice
President Fairbanks has written to
General Chairman Rountree. OK the
committee making arrangements foy
the meeting ot tAc International
League of Press CLUBS, saving that
he Will vudpavor 10 BE In Rirming'
nam on oct -. during the press club
meeting. Mt Fairbanks speaks In
Dallas on Oct %. and then has some
Kentucky dates. Il Is planned 20 have
him here on N, sith and speak al,
the banquet, Nhich wiz ho leading
feature NJ me club meeting.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
FRESH BEAR TRACKS SEEN.
Bio Game Awaits Presidents Gun In
Louisiana Swamps.

Lake Providence, La, Oct. -
Game in abundance, with fresh bear
tracks all about the camp, Is the
prospect awaiting President Roosevelt
wnen he pluages into the Louisiana
canebrakes for his long rest and hunt.
ing trip.
Two local hunters who were charg.
ed with the duty OF supplying fresh
meat to be In readiness for the presl.
dents arrival at the camp, shot two
big bucks not far from where the
presidents tent is pitched.
Rains have fallen within the past
few days, very much improving the
hunting, especially for bear. The
guides who will conduct the president
have reported that fresh bear tracks
have appeared near the camp since
It stopped raining.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
A NEW INVENTION.
BARCLAY Machine viii ReVolutlonlze
the Telegraph Business.

Atlanta, Oct. 1.-The Western
Union Telegraph company has In
stalled in It's operating room two ma
ch1ues, by means Of which a man
MAJ sit down in Atlanta, finger a
typewriter Tor a few minutes and have
his message reproduced on the paper
placed in the typewriter in the New
York office.
The machine is known as the Bar
clay Typewrting telegraph system,
and the inventor in John Barclay,
assistant general manager OF the West.
ern Union Telegraph company.
There are a couple Of typewriters
used-one in sending and one in re-
ceiving. In the sender a long rar-
now tape is placed instead OF a type
writer ribbon, and on this tape the
operator writes his message. When
he has finished his work ne takes up
his tape and runs it through trans
mitter.
When thak tape starts on its way
through the transmltter the typewr,t-
er begins to work in New York or
whatever other place the message is
going to, and tine copy on the tape is
On the same machine one message
can be sent and another received.
be sent and another received.
II is said the machine will be able
to do the work OF possibly ten men.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
TOO HARD FOR THEM.
Police Commissioner 5ineham's Rig
orous Police Discipline.

orous Police DlsclpIine'
New York, Oct THREE New
York policemen are on sick leave be-
cause Of Police Commissioner Bing.
hams rigorous discipline. His order
that patromen be sentenced to extra
hours OF duty for failure to walk their
beats shall go through a special
course at the school OF instruction,
instead OF undergoing extra work, had
q rather startling effect
The luckless three collapsed, one
after another. there on the floor OF
the old sixtietl regiment armory
while they and four other delinquents
we're being put through q series OF
exercises, which are described as leav.
ing the army setting up drill complete
ly in the shade. Not much intorma-
ton can be cleaned as to what the
exercises were, but 1t Is said they
included the lock step and q protract-
cd double quick.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
Narrow Escape Of Passengers.

Ashtabula Ohio, Oct, Fifteen
passengers, including several women
and motormau and conductor. had
narrow escape from plunging to
death from the Ashtabula and Penn
sylyania electric railroad yladuct to
the Ashtabula river, 100 feet below,
The passengers were in a panic and
several were injured by flying glass,
The ear was saved by trolley pole
from making the plunge The body
Of the coacn left the tracks and one
end hung suspended over the river,
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
eaIliH KILLED BY negro.

Duluth. Ga. oct. 1.-Whlle a.
tempting ~ arrest Matthew Howell,
negro. ! g. RsHcy a bai!iH ~
this city. was SHOT ~ ne heart aud
died instantly. Tae lesro escADel J..
Raney had warrant for a misde
mearoV. AID las about 20 tAke Hon
ell into custody. when the negro dre~
Ms douo.. 1arrels3 .3o,gun o. 49, 1..
acer. cmp'ying ihe cUs,ents 81 ~ =
barrels 40 his cart Baary iri' D
rae ground ard d.ej 'ns 'aatiy -
~A.e.liss took plass a5qut aaRaoe 4.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
Two Women Die In Cells.

Boston. Mass, Oct. Two wo-
men died in cells here while under az
rest for IntoXication One, Margaret,
flaming, was brought TO the House o.
Detention from the Bast Dedham sta
ton She was found dead In her cell
before day0reab by The assistant ma
iron. Mrs Smith Tie o;ler, Mrs
Margaret nnsmore. was found dead
IN a cell in the Dudley street stauor
DR.. Murphy, wno was called, said that
death WAS probably due ~ alcohol
ism Neither woman was known al
De In \ serious condition
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
People In Chicago Playhouse Al
NEST ID Panic.
MOST UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE
when Band Played Don't You Re.
member Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt " the
Strains Of the Old Song Gained the
q Vast Audience.

Chicago, Oct. IA gray haired
maker OF banJos died in the Olympic
ANbeater Friday night while the music
OF Don't You Remember Sweet Alice
Ben Bolt?" strummed upon tae stage
on Instruments of his own manufac-
knre, Gained the large audience which
been turned out by his own hands
& J. b. SchaIl, SO years old, occupied
a front seat in the lower balcony. He
had visited the theater especially to
hear the paying OF two musical spe'
Z ,cialists which used banJos which lad
bee nturned out byyhIs own hands.
Suddenly SchalI arose to his feet
with choking cry, swayed for a mo.
ment as II he would topple over the
balcony rail into the crowded par
quet and then ,crumpled down on the
door.
IS Instantly intense excitement pre-
vailed. Schalls collapse was wit
messed by tnree- fourths Of the people
In the house.
IS Several women near him screamed.
Ushers and attendants hurried to him
and carried him to the foysrs, where
they laid him on the carpeied floor
Anc attempted to restore conscious
mess.
The two players upon the stage had
reached a pause IN their musical spe-
oialty Looking across the foOtlightS
they saw the man collapse and real
dsod the danger OF panic In the
backed house. At once they plunged
anto n wild melody of music to quiet
The alarm OF the audience. Their eff.
ferts we're successful While the mu'
alcians played merry airs the audience
aisteued In attentive silence, unaware
man way dying behind the last tier
OF balcony seats.
4 Once schdll came to his senses, he
opened his eyes and said;
IL think can go home now"
Just then the banjos on the stage
struck up Don't you Remember Sweet
Alice, Ben B0Tt?" As the last bars
OF the famous old tune ceased, and the
audience burst into a tumult OF ap-
plause, the old musician died
Schall had lived alone over his ban.
20 shop He left two grown sons In
New York.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
NAV Order United state. Coal.

Ottawa. Ont, Oct. THE deputy
minister OF labor has told The man.
agemeut ~ the Spring HI. y. S.
mines where there Is strike. that
unless they can supply Coz, for the
International railway the DOmin Ion
government will be compelled tois
week 10 place. for It's own protection,
an order for 90 000 tons vita United
States Arms, as this Is needed for
the n,er-coloniAl government owned
railway
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
BRINGS SUIT AGAINST HOTEL =
New York Equal Suffrage League Puti
Itself on Record.

New York. Oct THE New York
Equal Suffrage League, at its regular
meeting mere Friday night, put itse,!
on record as opposing the rules in no
tells and restaurants TO refuse to re-
ceiye women guests after o'clock
The case Of Mrs. Stanton Batch, a
daughter OF the late Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, was the occasion for
the action.
The resolution adopted and ca
dorsed the action of Mrs, Blatcn in
bringing suit against the Hoffman,
House in consequence OF her being
denied admission 70 the restaurant Of
the hotel because she was not accom-.
panied by a gentleman. Il being after
G O'Clock p. m. The case Of Mrs
Batch against the Hoffman House vii
be tried on Wednesday next.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-08
Appointed Receiver.

Philadelphia, Pa, Oct. Charles
II Thompson mas been appointed re-
ceiver OF the Rumbarger Lumber COM
pany, Virginia corporation. with
offices In this city. upon the petition
OF creditors and stockholders that the
concern Is temporarily insolvent The
total liabilities OF the concern are
said TO amount to $3.50. OOo for unpaid
accounts and borrowed money The
company has assets sgsresatng ss7S,.
900. The Insolvency Is said 10 be due
70 the exchange Of the concerns own
notes for worthless paper.