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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-11

employed at the Eliza furnace are
missing from their homes.
May Never Discover the Cause.
w. L. Jones, vice president of the
Jones & Laughlin Steel company. linn
itcd, issued the following statement:
1--WE have been unable TO determine
what caused the explosion. A rigid
investigation has been instituted. but
it will be two or three days before we
will be able to know the cause, if we
are able to then. The entire unfortu-
nate affair is very great mystery to
all the officials Of the company"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-11
CLEARING SALE ON
Blankets and Conforters

$3.50 Blankets, wooden mix, pair. $249
$4.9S Blankets, wooden mix, pair. 349
SOC Blankets, cotton mix, pair. ........... 43c
s1.25 Comforters, white cotton filled. CSC
$1.sS Comforters, white cotton filled ..... 139
299 Comforters, white cotton filled $1,000. 219
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-11

Charles City, Ia, Jan. 11.-Denounc-
ing as murderers the men who stormed
the Charles City jail and hanged Jas.
Cullen. slayer Of his wife and step
son, from the Cedar river bridge,
Judge c. H. Kelly instructed the grand
jury to conduct a rigid investigation
with view to placing the blame. He
said that James Cullen was legally en-
titled to full protection Of the law from
the mob. He continued: The crime
of which James Cullen was accused.
and which was doubtless committed
by him, pales into insignificance when
compared with the deliberate act of an
organized mob. You now have moth
ing TO do with the guilt or innocence
of James Cullen. His case is in the
hands of his God.
Mob Is Guilty OF Murder.
But he was murdered, gentlemen.
and every person who actively par
ticipated in the act, or who aided and
ahetted it, is equally guilty Of murder.
and upon you rests the duty of taking
the first steps towards bringing his
murderers to justice ! enjoin upon
you the performance of this duty, with
out fear or favor in accordance with
your oaths." The judge has already
heard several witnesses. Ensign Roper,
of the Salvation Army, who askd Cul-
len if he would pray, was the first.
Judge Kelly presided at the first trlal
of Louis Busse. whose death sentence
was recently modified TO one OF life
Imprisonment.
Down in Old Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky, Jan. IL. - Attorney
b. E. .Jouatf. of the prosecution in the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-11
CLEARING SALE ON
Long and Short Kimonos

$7ss and 5.9S Wood Ederdown Robes. .$349
s49S and 39S Wool Eiderdown Robes +. 40
$1.9s Flannelette Robes. ................ 139
$498 Eiderdown Dressing Sacques. ....... 1926
s2sS Eiderdown Dressing sacques. 1893
S248 and 225 Eiderdown Dressing Sacques.. 159
$3.50 and / 25 Eiderdown Dressing Sacques. CSC
csc Flannelette and Eiderdown Sacques. 79c
$149 Women's Flanneette Wrappers. CSC
$3.50 Blanket shawls ................... 98c
soc Womens White and Grey Knit Skirts. SOC
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-11
CLEARING SALE ON
Lace Curtains

s1.9S Sample Curtains. pair. ............. .$1.19
CSC Sample Curtains, pair ............... SOC
soc RULED Muslin Curtains, pair. .......- 38c
15c Curtains Swiss, mill end yard ........ 81ac
soc Tapestry Roman Stripe, 54-inch. CSC
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-11

s-lneh cut gu. Glass BOWL 100 value at $500
14-inch Cut Glass Vase. $50 value at 4 "a
$3.50 Cut Glass Spoon Tray, sale. am
$2.95 Cut Glass Spoon Tray, sale. .... 81
$1,000 Cut Glass Tankard at . Q IN
Cut Tumblers, $50 value sale - M
800 out water Bottle sale. ......... 3.97
Vow celery tray sale ..............-.. 3.87
700 celery Tray sale. ............-... 450
s4.oo 1-inch oeep Gut BOWL sale. ...... 800
Wow sugar ana oreaner' sale. ......-.... 167
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-11
Sd Floor Clearing Sale
CUT GLASS

Big reduction Of 50 l-3 per cent on our cut glass
during this sale on all values over $3.50
Our cut glass is all cut on blown moulds
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-01-11

Frankfort. Ky, Jan. IL. - Attorney
B. F. Jouett. Of the prosecution in the
Smyrna times., 1907-11-13

uoor a schoOlma'am is not supposed
TO be hanging verses about the woods
ike that young man we saw in the
play last winter
TWO days later while slipping her cof-
Zee Eliza Jane glanced carelessly over
the morning paper Prominently on
the editorial page was printed a small
poem. The title seemed fairly to jump
out of the column at her. Language
of the Woods"
The cup clattered as she set it in the
saucer. and Mrs. Hart looked up re-
prOachfully.
"Lor', Eliza Jane. what scared you
now?"
"My-my verses
For lands saker' Her cousin ap-
propriated the paper, and, adjusting
her glasses carefully. read in a mono
tone. regardless of all punctuation, the
verses Eliza Jane had penciled in the
woods. She cast a suspicious glance at
her relatives bent head on reaching
the cOuplet:
Amid lightning and hailstones and rain.
Came loves kiss in the pine woods of
Maine.
Perhaps wOmanly sympathy for any
thing bordering on romance held her
tongue, for she made no comment then
or ever. till il. no longer mattered.
Listen. Eliza Jane" she continued.
with growing interest, here's some re-
marks by the editor himself. He de-
sires the author to go down to the Of
| flee for check. Do tell. Money for
that rubbish! Not that l want to hurt
your feelings. l guess yours are no
worse than lots of others"
Perhaps writing would answer
began Eliza Jane
Personal application is what it says
here. If you can make money that
easy the least you can do is to go aft,
or it,
So Eliza Jane did go and was usher
ed into the august presence of the edi-
tor. That gentleman proved tall, broad
shouldered and trife bald, but with
eyes that twinkled as at some peculiar
" pertinent joke.
81 was right felt was right. But
you have changed Il little more than
your verses, Eliza Jane" The editor
took his visitor by the hand, seating
her in the wide armed chair. Don't
say you have forgotten mel know
better"
'Is it EHas Smith," Eliza Jane could
scarcely make the words distinct for
the throbbing in her throat.
mo longer Elias B. Smith, but E.
Browning Smith. 1t reads better in
print You, however, may call me as
you will"
you found the basket, but how
could you guess
THAT it was yours? Had l not seer
in our gossip column that Miss Eliza
Jane Robinson was visiting our city,
The writing was identical with thai
in a certain letter | sometimes read tt
this day-abOve all. which of us coul(
forget
Loves kiss in the pine woods Of Maine? p
"Don't-please don't" Eliza Jam
buried her face in her hands. Blu
even so she could not hide he
bushes. They crept up to the yer.
rims of her small ears, from which he
hair was brushed back straight an,
tidied. Elias Smith took her by tn
wrists and firmly uncovered her face
STOPPING till his eyes were level wit
hers, he spoke almost in a whisper:
Il had lost you, Eliza Jane, and
. seemed forever. But in the woods
have found you again, and this tim
l shall never let you CO."
Smyrna times., 1907-11-13
!NXY WATER MEANS COAL
But 1t Took Farmers Several Years to
Find 1t Out.

But 1t Took Farmers Several Years to
Find 1t Out.
York, Pa, Nov. 11.-FOr few years
it had been noticed that water on the
P. NJ Misler farm, in Cumberland
township, Adams county, became black
after every rain and that the mud on
certain portions of the land was also
black.
Excavators for the new state road in
the township have now discovered that
a fine vein of excellent coal, between
eight and nine feet in depth, and only
a foot beneath the surface, extends for
a distance of about a mile. The dis
covery was not made until driver
happened to notice that load of the
excavated material he has hauling to
a dump was almost all coal.
Smyrna times., 1907-11-13
Veteran Smoker Aged Five.

Winsted, Conn, Nov. 11.-Frank
Dupee, 5 years old, the son of French
parents, living in Grand Army hall,
Main street, began smoking when 2
years old, but has now sworn off.
He recently appeared on the street
smoking a pipe strong enough to make
a beginner thrice his age sick. He
likes cigars most, but can't afford
them. His parents threats caused
him to forswear the dirty weed"
Smyrna times., 1907-11-13
TOOK MULES TAIL FOR ROPE
McCarthy's Face Now Frescoed With
Hoof Prints,

Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 11.-Mis-
taking the tail of a mule for an cleo
trio light pull rope in the darkest cor
ner of his barn. John Mccarthy, of
this city, gave the supposed contact
line a sharp jerk. The lamp did not
light, but Mccarthy saw stars as the
mule responded to the pull with both
hoofs.
AS a result Of the mistake Mccarthy
was taken to the hospital with the
marks of the mules hoofs on his face
and side. He barely escaped being
stamped to death by rolling out of
reach after he had been knocked down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
USES OF THE MOTOR BOAT

number engaged in the same pursuit. On some mail routes the time for transport ing the mails has bene reduced one-half in this way, and the cost has also been materially reduced The old picturesque river trade travels today in a swift. commodious and powerful motorboat. some old discarded sailboat hull being equipped with a motor or a. fishing craft remodeled to suit he new demands of the day.
 Even houseboats have availed them- selves of the luxuries of the new method. The modern houseboat is no longer a helpless tub on water, depending upon some passing tugboat to move it from pace to place. It is equipped with gaso- line motors which win drive 1t against an ordinary river current at the rate of five or six miles an hour. When an- chored there is no expense for power, and the houseboat is thus veritable floating home which can shift it's position without great cost. A revival of house. boating is thus coming to make quiet existence on our streams as popular as on the Thames in England. The house. boat never obtained more than d limited popularity in this country because of it's inability to move from place to place, except through the chance meeting of tugs to tow it up or down stream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11

and Tennessee. The ten states are expected to send Roosevelt delegates delegates that would support Roose- welt if he should be 8 candidate, and that would support his choice and his policies if he draws out of the race.
 And yet the delegates of the ten states, not one of whom has ghost of an electoral vote behind him, would put on the republican party Roosevelt and the third-term issue, or Taft and his injunctions against union labor, or Cortelyou with his slush fund record. We'll if they can stand it, the demo- crats certainly can.
 The republican campaign was never more uncertain, but there is nothing uncertain in MT. Hitchcock's methods. He is harnessing the postmasters of ten states to the Roosevelt car, and he expects every man to do his duty to hls appointment bureau, no matter if the ten delegations will come from rotten boroughs that never saw pres. idential elector.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
Dangerous Retrenchment.

Among the schemes suggested to meet the financial stringeney which will con- front the city during the coming year is that of reducing the street and sani- tary departments, said a citizen, and of all the short-sighted propositions ever made that is the very worst.
 "To reduce the street cleaning depart ment is to leave the streets unswept, to leave garbage to accumulate and rot in the alleys, to leave trash boxes standing along our principal streets and avenues for probably week at a time. The con sequences of neglect in that particular would be bad enough if it only consisted in the |unsightly appearance, but when the hot weather of July and August comes along there is no telling what had re- suits might follow, possibly an epidemic.
 We cant afford to let the city go dirty no matter what course may be taken to reduce the expenses, and before selling the teams and allowing the department to disbanl the scheme should be serious ly consfdered''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
Reaular Army Enlistments.

When a United States army recruit ing station was first established in Bir- mingham, several years ago, the en- listments seldom exceeded 25 month" ;" said an old soldier. At all stations in former years the number of enlistments was limited, but now, owing to the fact that the army Is very short of mens the limit has been taken off.
 "rhe Birmingham station Is now en- rolling recruits at the rate of about 30 q month; and this in spite of the fact that both the navy and the marine corps have recruiting stations here. If Congress acts on the President recommendation and increases the pay of the regulars, the applicants will be still more numerous. The average man who enlists today gives little thought to the pay. He has taste for m1h- tary life and he feels that the army discipline and the general experience that he will get by serving Uncle sam for few years, will do him good And so it will"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
General SteesseI's Trial

The trial of Lieutenant. General Stoessel in Russia for surrendering Port Arthur prematurely is exceed ingly dramatic and interesting. He is of German birth, and he had been regarded as a stubborn soldier who would never surrender. But he did surrender as soon as the unconquerable Nogi had captured the Eagles Nest, and the Russian rulers propose to pun ish him. He may be executed, old and paralytic as he is.
 In Russian eyes the real crime is not so much in the surrender of Port Ar thur as in the time in which he did it.. He did it just in time to release Nogi and his victorious soldiers for service at Mukden, where beyond doubt they turned the battle against the Russians. Next to Toge's victory in the Straits of Japan the victory of the Japanese at Mukden took the grit and force out of the Russians. The two events came near together, and together they in duced Russia to accept peace on Ja- pans terms.
 The truth undoubtedly is that while Stoessel might have held out month longer, he was wholly justified in sur rendering the fortress. He had not a months supply of provisions, and Nogi was pressing his lines harder daily. The chances are that surrender was close at hand, anyway.
 If the Russian authorities would bring to trial some of the grafters that constituted the camarilla of those days grand dukes and the like--they would come much nearer to the cause of their war disasters and loss of prestige than they will come in the trial of Stoessel. Stoessel contributed perhaps to the Japanese victories, but the grafters made them possible. America is af- fiicted with grafters, but Russia had them close to the throne and all the way along her official list, and it was mined her army and her navy and rem dered victory practically impossible. Men would not eat rotten food or fight in rotten ships. Graft entered into every contract, and perhaps does yet, although the country has been severe ly shaken up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
Cost of Living.

"One often hears it said that the cost of living in Birmingham is greater thah it is in other citles,' said Albert Fach- nacht. pioneer restaurateur Ihat statement may well be questioned Whlie rents here, as in all rapidly growing cities, are higher than in old and slow moving towns, the average cost Of llv- ing in Birmingham is about the same as in other cities of It's size. Provisions are certainly no higher here than most of the northern cities, and they are not as high in some of the western towns.
 "As for restaurant prices in Birming- ham they are on much lowerlevels than obtain in northern cities. This applies to public eating places of all classes In the fashionable cafes here, ranking with high class places in New York or Chi cago, the range of prices Is noticeably moderate while in the cheaper restau- rants the prices are exceptionally low. We have as a matter of course, very large floating population and larger per centage of people, therefore. take tne.r meals at public eating places than is the case in other cities. In no town in the country can a man who eats at a restaurant live as cheaply under the same conditions as in Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
Briefly myself remember.
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Catherine of the Fleet

The Pacific-bound battleships are gathering at Hampton Roads, from the safe waters of which they will steam away on Monday next, if all goes well in accordance to the programme adopt ed Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans has already raised his flag of command on the battleship Connecticut. All of the 16 battleships of the greatest fleet ever assembled by this country are assembled at Hampton Roads. The big ships lie at anchor at Old Point, with the Hotel Chamberlain near at hand. The officers are entitled, how ever, to all the enjoyment they can get out of the situation between this time and Monday, for the cruise ahead of them is to be long and strenuous.
 All the talk about war with Japan is nonsense. A wide sea, the widest in the world, rolls between the two Friendly countries. Neither can cross 1t to whip a power on the other side. Neither desires to cross it for any such purpose In view of the sailing of the fleet Japan is putting her ships in ex- cellent condition, and any other nation would do likewise under similar cir cumstances.
 The expensive cruise is partly due to the Presidents chronic desire to be spectacular, and partly to his desire to secure an appropriation for four more battleships. He thinks that if he leaves the Atlantic coast undefended he will demonstrate the need of bigger navy, when as matter of fact our size and our isolation render larger navy wholly superfuous unless indeed we desire to flourish the Big Stick in some enterprise of an aggressive nature.
 The expense of this grandstand cruise will enter into next years cam paign, and the reasons for it and the results of it will be explained on many a stump. It may rank as mistake alongside the abortive spelling reform and the uncalled-for rehabilitation of the eagles and double eagles of the national coinage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
Gotten Estimates

The government bureau of crop sta tistics published a report yesterday estimating the total cotton crop pro- duced in the United States in 1907 at 11,67S,OOO bales 800 pounds gross weight. This does not include linters. Up to December 1 the bureau found that S,s3s,0oO bales had been ginned as against 10,1O7 ,O0O in the like period of last year and S,644,00O bales in 1905. The crop in 1905 was 10,495,o00 bales.
 Yesterdays report estimated Ala. bama's crop at 1,216,000. This state easily holds it's own as fourth in the list of cotton producers. Texas, Geor- gia and Mississippi being ahead of it, and South Carolina coming fifth with about 1,O00,0 1000 bales. On December 1 the indications were that the crop, in cluding linters, would not total more than 11,000,000. The larger estimate of yesterday therefore had bearish effect, and cotton futures dropped up- wards of 20 points. But the cotton mills are holding their goods firmly and there is a brisk buying demand in all the markets. And farmers are hold ing back more cotton than they ever did in their entire history.
 While no doubt caution is in order, yet staple that is needed in all coun- tries can be held without undue risk if the crop outturn does not exceed ths governments latest estimataes, which after all are not much more than guesses. As likely as not when the final count is made the crop will barely reach 11,000,000 bales. There will not be free moving of cotton from the farms even when the staple commands 12 cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
CLARA BLooDGooD.
Distinguished Critic Praises Her As
 Woman and Actress.

To the Editor of The New York Times.
 As an admirer and a friend of Mrs. Bloodgood I wish to thank you for your article this morning, which was as ac- curate as it was right in feeling. Those who were most intimate with her know of no explanation of her death except the fatigue of her tireless devotion to her work.
 The following letter, inclosing a number of very favorable criticisms of The Truth" Is characteristic of all she has lately said or written, except an occa- sional admission that she was oyertred. 1t was written to a young woman who was on terms of closest friendship. l transcribe it exactly:
 Send these back, dear, as they are all l have. The play is going big. Every thing wrong has been eliminated It's such d big, human thing that it just makes me sick to- feel how last season was thrown away, wholly. If I could go to New York now. with what l feel of the play, I'd be as certain as death and taxes of a big success. It's just joy to go to the theatre and play. It has all The Girl With the Green Eyes had and so much besides, that It's won derful. To think we missed that big element that we've found this yeari Courtney is fine. and it's so easy to play with him. The company are kind and anxious. It's all too good to be true. We played to a profit first week, and then we opened to s1o2o, and are doing. d fine week. And best of all, the money aside, we get them. They love Becky and they love the play I'm so happy Yours, CLARA"
 The criticisms of her work throughout her tour showed that she was achieving the position as an artist which.New York has been slow to concede to her. She lacked the strength and carrying power requisite to an immediate popular sue cess of the first magnitude. But in small parts, such as Julia Godeshy in The Climbers and Violet in Man and Super man." her racy actuality and her keen warm sense of humor were instantly rec ognized. When in '"rhe Girl With the Green Eyes she commenced as a star she and the play were generally said to have failed. The Times being the only paper in New York to feel the touch of have failed, the Times being the only both, and the production ran we'll over a hundred nights. Its tour on the road was also successful
 Personally, l felt that Mrs. Bloodgood had the making of a comedienne of man. ners of the very first order, and subse- qucnt acquaintance with her personally deepened the conviction. She was as in- telligent, as sensitive, and as generous as she was tireless in the effort to excel JOHN CORBIN. New York. December & 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
Real Estate Values.

People of good business judgment who make investments in real estate, rarely fall to make such ventures pay in the long run" said a well-to-do citizen. And in certain cities in this country many large fartunes have been made in realty.
 ."rhere is hardly any real estate Tn New York, Washington, Chicago Cin- cinnati. Louisville, St. Louis, or NeW Orleans that would not bring more money now than it sold for or wa worth five years ago. The same may be said of Birmingham realty five years hence. There is scarcely root or dirt In the Greater Birmingham that will not bring much more than l,s present selling value
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-11
, Friday Prompts Crime.

Boston Cor. Philadelphia Record.
 The terror of my life has been Fri day. I'm not responsible for what I do on that day. On every day of the week but Friday I'm regular pr. Jekyli. but on Friday I feel like Mir Hyde. I can't control my impulse to commit crime.r
 This was the novel plea made by Charles M. stanton in accounting for the sensational robbery of pawnshop Fri day, November 1, in which several thou sand dollars were secured Stanton, who was supposed to be a law-abiding cit- zen. living industriously, says he does not know what took place that day. Aft CT every Fridays awful impulse to com init crime, he claimed, things are blank to him until the next day.
 The judge held him, despite his plea