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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
LOSES HIS 4TH WIFE
James N. Vann, Centenari-
an, Has Been a Preacher,
Doctor and Lawyer.

Middleton, N. Y, Dec 20-James
Nicholas Vaan, who claims to be 100
years old and resides a few miles from
this city in the town of Mount Hope,
has just been bereft of his wife who
the aged man declares. is the four
teenth one he has welded during the
century of his existence Saturday af-
ternoon her body will be laid to rest
in the family burial plot. a short dis
lance from where she died.
Nann, who says he was born in
Mount Hope township April %, 1907,
is one of the most remarkable char
acters in Orange county. He has been
body servant to some of the most prom
inent men of Orange county He has
been a preacher doctor, and lawyer,
but is now quite feebleh although able
to get about. Several years ago his
biography was published and had a
large sale.
Vann has been the father of a large
number of children. all of whom are
believed to be dead. For some time
he and his wife lived alone in their
little home. She was much younger
than he, and he was her second hus-
band.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
WEST PULLMAN

The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church enjoyed a pleasant meeting at
the home of Mrs. c. D. Rounds. Thurs
day.
An elaborate program is being ar
ranged by the Sunday school OF the
Methodist Episcopal church for Christ
mas. 1t Will be held Saturday evening
Mr.. Haneous children of Wallace
street, who were seriously Ill from
meat poisoning. are convalescing.
Miss Graus of Moline. is the guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Walter
HOLLYWOOD. She will remain until after
the holidays.
school will be closed over the holt
days the several teachers going home
to remain a few days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
KENSINGTON NEWS

Mrs. Barrett Of Pullman spent the
day with her sister. Mrs. Mccain. Of
One Hundred and Seventeenth street
S. Lederer Of South Chicago. who
recently opened a store in Roseland.
sold the GOODS at auction today.
Mr.. Kelly. proprietor of the Peoples
Dry Goods store. purchased a large
portion of the goods.
Mr.. and Mrs Drolet of One Hundred
and Eighteenth and Clark streets, are
the proud parents of q baby boy.
Clarence Lenzen of State street is on
the sick list.
Miss Valeska Shum Of Indiana ave-
nue. visited Miss Rebedeau of Lafay
cite avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
In Tie With South Chicago.

Englewood swamped Hyde Park
yesterday by the score of 81 to and
BY means OF the victory went into
tie with South Chicago for first place
In the southern section Of the High
School Basketball league. Each team
now has four victories and one de-
feat to its credit.
The South Chicago high school team
won a practice game from ST Cyril by
a score of II to 6. Shoskfs work was
the feature Of the game. The lineup:
South Chicago GD. ST Cyril 90
Roy ..............R- F........ Gibbons
Ramsey ........L. F..... Shoski
Thomson. .......C. Van Acamy
Stein. ...........L G............ Grace
Adams ......... r. G....... Ulheowski
Baskets from feld-Roy (3), Ramsey.
Thomson co. Free throws-Thomson
Shoski CD.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
ANNOUNCEMENT.

DR.. Clark. who has been out OF town
for his health during the summer. has
resumed business and can be found
at his office. 1879 South Holman street
Dr. J. a. Graham. graduate
Of Queens University will enter the
office with DR.. Clark and VIII be pre-
pared to make lis at all hours.
Office phone. rs.
Night calls-Second floor IS and SIS
State street, old Masonic Temple.
-1I-11-tE
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
Fined for Resenting Insult. >

Resenting a remark which they con-
strued as an insult 10 their sister John
and William FerriH last night fell upon
and numerically beat john LaBelle OF
1893 Ninety-second street The broth
ers were arrested and brought before
Judge Girten, who fined John 81 and
costs. while William was assessed 50
and costs The fines were paid.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
AT THE GAIETY THEATER.

The management Of the Gaiety the
atcr, South Chicago, announces the
coming of Or. Clark's Death Defying
Globe
This attraction is now one of the
world famed wonders. 1t is fascinating
but indescribaAlc. 1t has been enter
tanning the public at all the big vaud-
eville houses in the metropolitan cities
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
Over Heated Stove Causes Blaze.

small fire broke out last night at
1891 Houston avenue in house oc-
cupied by the family Of James Miller
The fire was caused by an over heated
stove. which ignited the SCOT in the
chimney. Engine Company No. 46 re-
sponded to the alarm and eXtinguished
the flames before they had done more
than $50 damage to the building.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
Attends Convention.

William Patterson, local manager of
the Lake Seaman's union, is in Chicago
today attending a convention of lake
seamen from various ports about the
lakes, which is in progress at the
Morrison hotel
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
beware of Tomorrow.

Tomorrow" is a word which is
only found in the fools calendar and
stands for nothing that is real and
tangible, just the baseless stuff of
which dreams are made, fantastic
vision Of anticipations in the shadow
land of the future. Put no trust in to-
morrow; it may be a bankrupt invest,
ment. To-day is the best bank.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
Whsn the Parent Wonders.

There is nothing that will make the
parent wonder where on earth the
child got it like seeing him initiate
that parents irritability.
American.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
Briefs.

While dashing furiously across the
Illinois Central tracks at Ninety first
street TO avoid train a horse at
tached to the bakery wagon OF John
Sbimin's. STA Commercial avenue. fell
and broke its leg. The animal had 10
be shot.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
Days GriSt in
South Chicago
Caught Stealing Grain.

John Solutions Of Irondale. was
caught last night stealing grain from
a freight car on the Lake Shore tracks
near Ninety third street The man had
a sack which he was engaged in filing
when he was discovered and arrested
He was fned SIS and costs this morn
ing before Judge Girten.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
Sailors Receive Pay.

Lake navigation has closed and to-
day the majority of the sailors who
were not laid off earlier in the season.
were paid off and are looking for jobs
for the winter, elsewhere.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
STONY ISLAND NEWS

Martin Deegan has resigned his posi-
ton at the Nickel plate.
B. Rogers is on the sick list this
week.
Mrs p Hardy was the guest of Mrs.
NJ Deegan Thursday evening.
Mrs Bell made a shopping trip to
South Chicago Friday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21

fright at something and ran away
dragging the weight after them. The
horses ran homeward and were stopped
in Lansing by Willis Busack.
Mr.. and Mrs John Swart attended
the wedding of Miss c. Kodyker and
Peter Tannis, Wednesday.
Emily vandenberg was a Chicago
shopper Thursday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
LANSING NEWS

Wednesday afternoon a team Of
horses belonging to W. c. yandenberg
ran away. doing considerable damage
Walter Vandenberg was delivering
groceries in Bernice, and while he was
in one of the houses. the horses took
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
powerful Jaws of wasp.

The jaws of wasp are so power
full that the insect can cut its way
through shells.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
STATE NEWS PICK-UPS
WAR TIMES RECALLED
BY Harris in Persisting That Women
Are the Best Nurses.

Columbus, O.-Despite the opposi-
tion to women as attendants in the
male wards in the state hospital for
the insane, and coming mostly from
the superlntendents, Gov. Harris still
stands by his declaration that the
change would be the best after all. 1t
seems that the governor did not get
his inspiration altogether from the re-
port Of an Illinois superintendent that
tended to prove that the scheme was
a success. 1t was the battlefield that
proved to him the influence of woman
over man in troublesome times. A re-
mark was made to the chief executive
that he was still standing by the Wom-
EN-.
Why, Of course" was his reply,
"and l always will. No one can tell
me but what women would be a sue
cess in the state institutions. It's
nothing new to me, when you speak
of their influence over man. remem-
ber well back in the war times along
the Potomac, and the smoke of battle
had scarcely cleared away when the
Sisters of Charity would be down
among the boys attending to their
wants. | know only too well what a
remarkable influence they had over
them. They can't tell me anything
about women's influence"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
MAIL-ORDER WAYS
A BAD ADVERTISEMENT FOR
CATALOGUE HOUSES.
AT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
Sooner or Later It Teaches Every Mail
Order Patron the Error of
Sending His Money
from Home.

The methods of the mail-order
houses are their worst advertisement
Sooner or later there will come a time
in the experience Of every purchaser
of their goods when he will wish "he
hadn't done it," when he will wish he
had spent his money with his home
merchants. This is not only because
he will see the ruin wrought in his
own community by the nefarious prac-
tice of sending the money of the COM
munity to the city, but also because of
the practices of the mail order con-
Germs.
The story in the catalogue sounds
well. 1t sounds like you would get
the identical thing you wanted and at
a much lower price than you had i'm.
agined it could be bought for, and you
order it. The purchase arrives and
when opened you feel that some mis-
take has been made, that the concern
has sent you the wrong goods; it is
not what you ordered.
All, but it is! The difference is be-
tween the way it actually looks and
the way it sounds in the catalogue.
You explain that the goods you re-
ceived is not what you ordered and
ask for an accounting, and are told
that it is you that is in error. that
you got just what you ordered, and
then if you are wise you buy OF the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
Duel Between Partridees.

The mating season is a time of
great excitement among the par
tridges, and generally extends over
a fortnight or three weeks, according
to the size of the stock and the pro-
portion of the sexes, says the Country
Gentleman. Should cocks preponder-
ate to an excessive degree, the bust.
ness will not be settled till many a
pitched battle has been fought to the
bitter end, and the weaker males Ell
ther driven away or actually killed.
A cock partridge is so poorly armed
for the fray that it is a matter for
surprise he should be able to kill one
of his own kind, but if a battle is
watched there will no longer be cause
for wonder, once a bird recognizes
itself beaten it appears to make no
further attempt at defense, and tamely
submits to be scalped by it's successful
rival.
o There is nothing in the whole ami
NAL world quite so craven as a beaten
partridge, for it seldom makes an eff
fort even to escape.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
APPROPRIATIONS
Passed BY Fifty-Ninth Congress For
Ohio River Improvements.

Washington, March G.-The appro-
priations passed by the Fifty-ninth con-
gress for the Improvement Of the Ohio
river, for all items, amount to the sum
Of $5,5SS,9G6, the rivers and harbors
bill carrying with it, for work now
under contract and work embraced in
preceding appropriation bills, the sum
of $4.25S,966, with $4,000 for use in
the harbors of Pittsburg, $4,000 to be
expended at Lawrenceburg, Ind, in
the repair of the dykes injured by the
recent floods, $1,100,000 for Dam No.
26 and 100000 for Dam No. 10.
The most important features Of the
appropriations for the Ohio is in the
fact that they are, each and all, based
on the nine-foot stage proposition, to
which the government of the United
States is now irrevocably committed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14

The French government, wishing to
obtain definite statistics on points re-
lating to certain Turkish provinces
recently sent blanks with questions
lating to certain Turkish provinces,
to be answered to the Provincial gov,
ernors. The replies received from
the Pasha of Damascus are worth
quoting: ....
Question. What is the death rate
in your province?
Answer. In Damascus it is the will
of Allah that all should die. Some die
young and some die old.
Q. What is the annual number of
births?
A. God alone can say-T do not
know, and hesitate to inquire.
@. Are the supplies of water suf-
f1cient and of good quality?
A. From the remotest period no
one has died in Damascus of thirst.
General remarks as to the local san.
itation: Man should not bother him.
self or his brother with questions
that concern only God.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
VERDICT Of THE COROHER'S JURY,
MRS. MCDONALD NOT HELD RE
sPoNsIBLE FOR FATAL SHOT.
Woman's Brother Makes Charges o.
5IaekmaiI-says She Applied To
Him For Money For Guerin.

Chicago. March ca coroner's jury
was unable TO determine whether Web
ster Guerin, the atist who was found
dead in his studio last week, came
to his death by a shot fired by himself
or by Mrs. Michael McDonald, who was
in the studio at the time of the shoot
ing and is now under arrest, charged
with the killing of Guerin.
The jury was out for over eight
hours, and it being apparent that they
could not agree it was decided to re
turn an open verdict.
The case will now go to the grand
jury and the criminal court.
After the verdict Coroner Peter Hoff'
man said:
in the evidence produced at the in
quest, there was nothing to show con
clusively that Guerin was shot by the
woman, while there was testimony
that gave rise to a reasonable doubt,
and this undoubtedly influenced the
jury in their decision. Guerin's friends
assert that Mrs. Mcdonald, fearing
that she was losing her hold on Guerin
shot him.
She was the only person in the stu
diO with Guerin when he was killed.
Occupants of the building heard the
two quarreling for some time before
the shooting.
The most important testimony was
given by Harry L. Feldman, brother
of Mrs. Mcdonald He said that Mrs
Mcdonald applied to him for funds
saying that Guerin was extorting
money from her.
He offered to give her 5000. but she
said that was not enough.
He asked her why she did not lay
the matter before her husband, and
she said that she did not dare to dc
so, because he was suffering with heart
disease.
FelGman then said that he had
Guerin watched by detectives, and
found that he was entertaining other
women at his Office. Later, Mrs Nc
Donald had violent quarrel with one
of these women.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
"kIDS" BARRED
From Theaters BY Ordinance the To.
Iedo City Council Passed.

Toledo, O.-The ordinance passed by
the city council, prohibiting children
under the age of II from entering the
aters. became a law. Mayor Whitlock
did not sign the ordinance, but, as he
believed it to be for the best interest
of the city, allowed it to become a
law without his signature. The ordi-
nance has the Endorsements of the
United Catholic Federation society
and the Toledo Pastors union.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
Filled Streets With Military Patrols.

st. Petersburg, March 6.-The open
ing of the douma or lower house Of
the Russian parliament, although in
itself devoid of incident, was made the
occasion of a great revolutionary de-
monstration by the st. Petersburg pro-
letariat and the students of the city,
which resulted in several encounters
between the police and the populace
and serious injury to a number Of
the latter. The situation was such that
the authorities finally were forced to
fill the streets with military patrols,
as in the ominus days of the Trepon
regime,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14

Come out now with the others, son
of Finn. till | baptize you and save
You from the torments of hell. for II
you are not baptized you can never
enter heaven"
But tell me first, Patrick OF the
white book, where are the Fianna-
my son. Oscar Of the strokes. Art
Garriada. the victorious, Caolite, son
of Roman, and Finn, my father-are
they in your heaven?"
NO" answered Patrick, their likes
would not be let into heaven, they
died unbaptized. They are prisoners
in deep hell, suffering the torments
of fire"
A spot of red anger burned on
either cheek of Oisin, and it's what he
answered:
Then keep your heaven for your
self, o Patrick of the crooked stan,
and for the likes of these i'll singing
clerics; as for myself, l want none
of it. l will go to this hell yoa speak
about to be with Finn, my father. and
my son, Oscar, and the friends of my
youth"
And Oisin could not understand at
all the tears in Patricks eyes nor the
trouble in his voice as the saint an
swered him:
The mercy of God is more wonder
full than all his works. Oisin, this
night you will be christened with
Finn. your father, and with your loved
comrades of the Fianna; your high
loyalty to them has conquered heaven.
Come with me now to the ford
At that he led the old pagan's falter-
ing steps into the shallow stream and
baptized him there. When that was
done he bade Olson return to the wa
ter's edge and wait for him there.
But Patrick remained in the water
praying. Three times he raised his
arms toward heaven, then bowed his
head again and waited.
When he did that a heavy, luminous
mist settled on either bank of the
stream. Presently the figure of q
giant warrior with shield, and sword,
and spears of ancient make, stood at
the rivers edge outlined against the
mist. And Patrick knew by the kings
crown that was upon the warriors
forehead that it was no other than the
great Finn, son of Cumhull himself,
that was in it. And the warrior canae
into the stream and bent his knee be-
fore Patrick and Patrick baptized
him there. Then followed Oscar OF
the strokes, and CairriOll of the white
skin, and Faolan the liberal, and
Conan Of the sharp tongue, and
Caoilte of the flaming hair, and his
| seven sons. And as each passed he
bent his knee in the food and Patrick
sprinkled the water on his forehead
and spoke the words that changed
| him into child of God.
When the last figure melted away
! into the haze Patrick knew that his
| task was ended. But as he turned
to regain the bank resplendent fig
ure stepped forth to meet BIN. OF
all the men Patrick had ever seen in
The world, this one was the stateliesb
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
ARTIST WHO LURED
Three Girls Away Begged in Vain, and
the Crowd Loudly cheered.

Marietta, O.-Walter Savage, the
sketch artist, who lured three young
girls to his studio. piled them with
whisky and was later the victim of
sensational police raid, was arraigned
in police court, where he pleaded gull
ty to furnishing intoxicants to minors,
and was fined hundred dollars and
given 30 days in Jail. The three vic.
Tins Of Savage were present and told
their story Of how he forced them to
drink the whisky by threatening to kill
them if they did not do his bidding.
He threatened with similar fate, they
claim, If they ever told of the occur
renee
Savage begged for leniency and
promised to leave the country il they
would let him off. His plea was fruit
less and the crowd which packed the
courtroom loudly cheered when SEN
tence was imposed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
A SqueIcher.

II gave that odious Mrs. Dough.
purse something to think of this after.
noon," says Mrs Bankfull to her hus-
band, who was amusing himself by
tossing $40 gold pieces into the artifl-
cial lake in the drawing room for the
pleasure of hearing the gold pieces
plunk as they sunk.
"Whajja say to her?" asked Mr..
Bankfull. rolling himself a cigarette
in hundred-Gollar bill.
"She was boasting about the solid.
gold radiators they are having put into
their new house, and l told her we
thought steam heat was so old-fash-
ioned that we were going to heat our
house with radium hereafter. Judge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
WINE GROWERS
Have Practically Arranged Details Of
Plan of Merger.

Sauduslly, O.-Experts are going
Dorm and A. Schmidt, jr., wine COM
panies in furtherance of the plans for
a general merger CT the principal wine
companies OF Sandusky and Ottawa
counties, including the several islands
in Lake Erie. The projected merger
has been in contemplation since the
first of the year, and although James
Flynn, Of this city, who has engineered
several brewery mergers, and who is
foremost in the pending deal, will not
talk, it is learned from an authoritative
source that an agreement has been
reached and the final steps will be talk
ell within the next few days.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
FATHER OF EIGHT
Sets of Twins Has Son Who Is the
Parent of Six Sets.

Ravenna, O.-E. R. Brown, of this
city, father of eight sets of twins, has
just heard from his eldest son, in ST.
Louis, that the latter's wife, several
days ago, presented him with the sixth
set Of twins. In each case they are
boy and girl.
Brown says his family was numer-
ically strong long before President
Roosevelt propagated his race suicide
idea,
Mrs. Brown, who died II years ago,
was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian.
At the Worlds fair in 1898, the twins
were weighed. and aggregated over
two tons, the biggest being 320 pounds.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
EIectrocuted Elvino a Kite.

Memphis, Tenn, March G.-Vernon
Depriest, 8 years old, was electro
cuted flying his kite. The accident
was witnessed by his playmates, who
were unable to disentangle the little
fellow. The boys kite lodged on the
wires. Sam Jefferson, 1G years old,
attempted to get the kite. He threw
a wire up over the wires where the
kite lodged. Young Depriest then
seized this wire and was unable to re-
linquish his grasp. He was killed al.
most instantly,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
HALLUCINATION
That He Killed His Wife and Mob
Seeks Him, Lihbys Plight.

Lima, O.-Declaring that ne shot his
wife to death on the streets of Spring
field. O., and that mob is seeking to
lynch him, Patrick Libby is held by the
local police. However, no crime of the
kind has been committed at Spring
field recently and he is believed to be
insane. Twice Libby has attempted to
break Jail since his incarceration. He
is about SO years of age.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
SHE CRIED
When Told She Would Have To Leave
the Ohio Prison.

Columbus, O.-The state is spending
enormous sums to guard prisoners at
the penitentiary, but there is one who
does not want to leave the institution
and who cried when told that the one
year term would soon expire. 1t is a
woman, too, and her name is Mary
Casseberry, doing a one-year sentence
for bigamy from Cleveland. To Warden
Gould she pleaded to be allowed to re-
main. Since her incarceration she has
been doing domestic work in the fe-
male department.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-03-14
Six Bows Confess,

Youngstown, O.-Six boys betwceZ
the ages Of II and % pleaded guilty
to the charge Of burglary in the police
court. They we're accused Of robbing
three stores. The boys, Jeffrey Walsh.
Tom McKelvey, William Danks, Harry
Pachett, George Dixon and John CO.
nary, have been in police court reg%
larly for the past two years. They were
bound over to the grand jury in tbs
sum of $500 each.