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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-09-26

That bet is of The cases are sorongln
sea smells struck him clean and fresh.
AS he went homeward he heard the
distant full throated plant Of wolf
dog. It held the mystery and sadness
of the north. He paused and, barring
his thick, matted head, stood for a
long time gathering himself together
Standing SO, he made certain cove
nants with himself and vowed solemn
" never to touch another card
At the same moment Cherry Malotte
came hurrying to her cottage door.
fleeing as though from pursuit or from
some hateful, haunted spot. She paus-
ed before entering and flung her arms
outward into the dark in wide ges-
ture of despair
'sWhy did / do it? oh, why did | do
it? I can't understand myself
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-09-26

Christi
He raised his fist and struck the
table so violently that chips and COPS
pers leaped and rolled, and Cherry
closed her eyes to lose sight of his aw-
full grimace. GIenister looked down on
him and said:
Il think understand, but the money
was yours anyhow, SO don't mind
His meaning was plain. The Kid sud-
denly jerked open the drawer before
him, but Glenister cIinched his right
hand and leaned forward. The miner
could have killed him with blow, for
the gambler was seated and at his
mercy. The Kid checked himself,
while his face began to twitch as
though the nerves underlying 1t had
broken bondage and We're dancing In a
wild, ungovernable orgy.
You have taught me a lesson, was
all that Glenister said, and with that
he pushed through the crowd and out
into the cool night air. Overhead the
arctic stars winked at him, and the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-09-26
CHAPTER XIV.

80" A Y dear Helen. don't you re-
NE alize that my official posi-
ton carries with it a GER
A fajn social oblioa finu which
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
Especial to Lake County Times)

Laporte. Aug. 3.-Special-One man
was fatally injured and thousands Of
dollars worth of merchandise was piled
in a chaotic mass on the Wabash rail-
road. near Magee, Laporte county early
this morning. when two freight trains
came into collision. The injured man
was J. H. Wolfe. a brakeman of Mont
pelier. Ohio. who was doing duty on
the wabash train
The accident occurred shortly after
midnight when a west bound Wabash
freight dashed into a freight OF the
Pere Marquette line at Magee. The ac-
cident occurred at the same point where
the wabash Continental limited was
ditched but a few weeks ago, and the
lives Of many passengers imperiled- The
engine Of the Wabash train was hurled
into the ditch and the cars following
we're piled IN an indescribable manner
in a heap by the road side.
The cause OF the accident was the
failure OF the air brake to work when
/ the signal was given by the engineer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
Hundreds of Owners Interested.

Horace Marble ct al. are the flers
of the petition in the Jasper Circuit
court, for an open ditch in which All
real estate owners of the Kankakee
region will be notified of its pendency.
The petitioners in the cause have fixed,
by endorsement up the petition, upon
Monday. the 9Th day of September. 1907,
as the day on which the proceeding
shall be docketed as a cause pending
in the Jasper Circuit court.
The land owners are further notified
that said petition prays for the location
and construction of an open ditch and
drain upon and along the following
described route, to-wit: Commencing
at point in the channel Of the Kan
kakee river at or near where the line
of survey made by the United States
Department of Irrigation and Drainage
Investigation in the year 1906, crosses
said river near the east line Of the
northwest quarter of section fifteen, in
township thirty-two north. of range FIVE
west. on the line deviding Jasper and
/ Porter counties, said starting point be
! ing below and near to the crossing of
( the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail-
road over the Kankakee river and the
4 line OF above mentioned survey in a
] northwe terly direction to a point in
the channel of said river near the
northeast corner of section twenty mine,
/ township thirty-three north. Of range
six west, and from there in south
westerly direction following the gen
eral course Of the Kankakee river and
the line Of above mentioned survey TO
a point in the Kankakee river about
one-half mile north Of the northwest
corner Of section three. in township
thirty-one north OF range eight west
The point being on the dividing line OF
Lake and Newton counties. and between
! the wagon bridge and Monon railroad
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03

American clothes, with collars and
cuffs and brilliant neckties.
After spending nearly . hours in the
bullrushes. they were hastily brought
into the city where the two agents or
the syndicate met them and had tho
transportation all ready waiting They
were bundled aboard the Wabash train
in the dark and all was thought TO be
well.
Work Clever Ruse.
The officers noticed the hasty ship
ment but 1t was not untl later that the
tip was received. They joined the
party at Montpelier. o.. and from that
point TO Hammond they journeyed ia
the company OF the six prisoners. AZ
ter the two white men were informed
OF the arrest they tried TO compromise
with the officers and offered 10 take
them into the combine and TO pay them
well for the work
i The officers for the purpose Of gain
ing more information pretended 70 ac-
cept the offers of the two men and the
plans were unfolded. The officers were
to receive $125 each when the party
were safely landed at the headquarters
In Chicago, which is said 10 be on
Upper State street, just above the
Levee district
The full story was told by the two
men and 1t is thought that they will
later unfold the workings OF the syndi-
cate and the names OF the men in COM
mand win be furnished.
The men who furnished the capital
and the brains of the enterprise are
Detroit men.
DO Lucrative Calling.
The work OF shipping Cinnamon into
. =
matter and is lucrative one. The
men themselves will pay fabulous sums
to get into the big cities OF the United
States, while their relatives and secret
societies also pay thousands of dollars
to the syndicates bringing the coolies
into the cities. After the Keary law
went into effect hundreds of China
men were deported and as it is impos-
sible to obtain the necessary papers
now. they try to get into the country
without them Many of them try doz-
ems of times and are re-arrested and
deported.
The four Cinnamon arrested were
landed from the fiowery kingdom at
Vancouver, and were then shipped to
cities in Ontario. They were drip ed to
| speak at least a few words in he En-
glish language before the attempted
t smuggling took place. One OF the China
men arrested claimed to have formerly
Z lived in San Franciso ard could talk
much better than the others and was
able to fathom the postal rystem Of the
United States as he sent letter to
: the head of the syndicate Just as soon
as he landed in Hammond. The four
} men were without papers Of any kind
and stated that they were cooks and
laundry workers. At noon today the
) men were reshipped TO Detroit where
} the Cinnamon viii once more be
? thrown back into Canada and the
white men will feel the force OF Uncle
t Sans laws. They formed a pictures
e que procession as they were marched
t through the Hammond streets and at
e tracted the attention Of hundreds OF
residents. The officers were congratu-
I lated on their clever work Both men
, have been engaged in similar business
e before and have caught many China
' men on their way into the United
f States.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
To CULTIVATE
VAST MARSH
Petition Filed in Jasper Cir
cult Court to Drain Kan
kakee Valley.
WILL Be GARDEN SPOT
Hunting Ground, Famed Throughout
Middle West, To Be No More
a Wilderness.

Crown Point, Ind. Aug. 3.-Special-
If the farmers in the great Kankakee
valley in Porter and Jasper counties
have their way, one of the greatest
hunting and fishing grounds in the
west, the Kankakee marsh will be but
a memory and where the wild geese
fly" and the muskrats are now building
their homes green pastures will stretch
for miles and the useless marsh lands
where the vegetation has grown and
rotted for years making the most
fertile soil to be found any where Will
become a garden spot.
1t was stated in THE LAKE COUNTY
TIMES yesterday that a petition with a
view of improving the Kankakee river
and valley had been nled and today it
is possible to print the text of this
petition.
The movement for the reclamation
of these marsh lands is gaining in
force and it is understood that every
means Will be taken to secure for
Lake and Jasper counties portion OF
the sums that are appropriated an
nually for this purpose.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
LAY OUT LARGE
ADDITION To GARY
Biggest Subdivision Ever
Plated in Lake County
Under Way.
Especial to Lake County Times.l

Crown Point, Ind. Aug. 3.-Frank
Knight and Sons are working on the
plat for the largest subdivision that
was ever laid out in Lake county. The
subdivision is to be for the Earls and
takes in sections Il and IS in town
ship SO north Of range west.
The subdivision will contain 910
acres and when 1t is ready for sale Will
be known as East Gary. This is but
an indication Of the great activity OF
the real estate market in Gary and
indicates the great area that will be
covered by the subdivided portions OF
the new steel city.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
SUES FOR LOSS OF FINGERS.

Frank Kameradt OF West Hammond
brother Of John Kameradt Of the South
Shore Gas and Electric company is
suing the Simplex Railway Appliance
company OF this city for SIS, 900 for the
loss of all Of his fingers except the lit
tie one The accident occurred on
March %, in the Spring department
and was caused Il is claimed in the
complaint, by the incompetency OF the
man operating the spring tester where
the accident occurred. p. J. Moran is
the attorney for the plaintiff.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
HEAVY LIMB FALLS
ON CROWN POINTER
Man Pinioned Under Branch
Which Requires Team
to Remove.
Especial to Lake County Times). j.

Crown Point, Ind. Aug. 3.-A mos
peculiar accident befen Edward Caswell
Of this city, aged 20 years. while he was
on his way home from his business
last evening.
high wind was blowing and broke
off an enormous limb from a tree under
which he was walking. The limb struck
him with great force and seriously in
jured him.
He was pinioned under the heavy
branches. and it is said. that after
he was released it required the work
OF two horses to remove the limb from
the street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03

bridge crossing the Kankakee river
near Shelby. Lake county, Indiana,
where the proposed drain viii have a
good and sufficient outlet in the present
channel of the Kankakee river. That
the owners lands described in the pc
tition are being benihted. and that this
cause viii come up for hearing and
docketing before the Honorable Charles
". Hanley. Judge Of the Jasper Circuit
court.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
LEAVES ON VACATION.

Percy A. Parry city editor of Ham
mond Daily News viii leave Monday
for a 10 days vacation which he viii
spend at the various lakes in Wis
consiu.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
WRECK ON WABASH; one INJURED
Thousands of Dollars Worth Of Merchandise Piled up
Track When Freight Cars Collide

Of the Wabash train. A wrecking train
was dispatched to the scene and the
tracks We're blocked for several hours.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03

Help: Help. Help! Can be Sc
cured by using THE LAKE COUNTY
TIMES want column.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
COUNTRY CLUB
IDEA ADVANCES
Chicago Horsemen Interest
ed in Project, Says
Chief Promoter.
At PROGRESS
Will J. Davis in Letter to Times
Expresses High Hopes of
Plans Success.

In a letter addressed to THE LAKE
COUNTY TIMES, VIII ]. Davis the owner
of the Illinois Theatre, expressed his
pleasure at the progress that has been
made in the movement for a country
club for Hammond and Lake county.
Mr.. Davis said that a great many
horsemen on the south side in Chicago
had seen the story that was reprint
ed in the Chicago papers from THE
LAKE COUNTY TIMES and many of them
had called upon him and offered to
help in the consummation of the deal
| if it seemed feasible.
THE article has stirred up the trot-
ting men all over the south side" said
Mr. Davis, and several of them came
in and saw me about it. 1 think large
membership could be secured quick
| ly, and 1t would be composed of rep
resentatives from every town of i'm
portance in the county"
| This gives something OF an idea of
the interest that has been aroused even
among the horse men of Chicago and
points to the possibilities of the plan
tc build a country club in Hammond.
| The idea, however. is a mistaken one
that the sole object of the promoters
of this plan is to have a race track
upon which they can try out their
horses.
1t so happens that the men have con-
ceived this plan for country club for
Hammond are horse men" and they
have declared themselves in favor Of
putting in a half mile track along
with the other features of a country
club.
In an interview with Mr.. Davis the
other day he said he thought there
would be great many of the business
men of Indiana Harbor. East Chicago
Whiting and Gary would be interested
in the plan for a country club and that
a large membership Of very desirable
men could be secured from those cities
Location Important Detail.
The principal matter under discus
sion is that OF the location and it is
generally agreed that the site should
be where the grounds will be acces-
| sable from all of the cities from which
the membership will be recruited
It is planned to secure enough lan6
to afford plenty of room for large goh
links and those who have talked over
the proposition agree that there shoult
be a large clubhouse built at once thai
would serve the needs Of the club FOL
some time to come.
Here the members and their famil
les could go on hot afternoons and OF
Sundays and have their meals serves
to them while they enjoyed the beaut
les OF the spot
II is believed that as soon as tn
membership lists are circulated ther
will be a scramble all over the count.
for membership. The club would be a.
ideal resort for automobilsts an
Hammond would be on the social ma
of Chicago and vicinity.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03
GREENDHAL' DEATH
A NATURAL ONE
Coroner's Jury Find Butch
er Died of Stomach
Trouble.
Especial to Lake County Times.l


South Chicago, Aug. Se-The mystery
surrounding the srxsen 7eath of Chas-
Greendhad was cleared -up yesterday
afternoon at the coroners inquest
which was held al SS22 Buffalo ave-
une the home of his friend and en-
ployer, Edward Tyden. The coroner's
verdict was to the effect that Greendhal
died of an acute and sudden attack of
stomach trouble, of which he was the
victim for years.
The deceaseds sudden illness and
his unexpected death gave rise to seri-
Gus suspicious. the authorities sus-
pecting that either he was the victim of
of a premeditated murder. or what
seemed more plausible, that Gheendhal
had in some manner taken poisonous
food. unknowingly into his system. Mrs.
Greendhal refuted the theory from the
beginning. knowing as she did of her
husbands frequent attacks of stom-
ach trouble. She was almost pros
trated by the report that her husband
might have met his death in some un-
usual manner. She maintained that
Mr.. Greendhal had been subject to
actue stomach troubles during the past
ten years and that he had often told
her they would some day cause his
death.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03

WEATHER-Fair tonightI Sun
day warmer with increasing
cIoudiness and rain by night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03

The Greendhals had their home in
Roseland but the husband was employ
ed by his lifetime friend Edward
Tyden, in the latter's butcher shop, and
it was on Wednesday morning that Mr.
Greendhal suffered a renewed attack of
his troubles. Mr.. Tyden placed him in
mis- own home and summoned medical
aid and called the patients wife and
children to his bedside in whose pres
ence he died Friday morning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-03

Total, YESTERDAY IO,SIO
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

pious, the most benevolent, the most
useful, and the most harmless Of the
human family. At home they are
patterns of industry, care, economy,
and hospitality; abroad, they are
ministers of comfort, peace and con-
ISOLATION. Where affliction is, there
are they to mitigate its pangs. Nor
night, nor day, nor summers heat,
nor winters cold, nor angry elements,
can deter them from scenes of suffer-
ing and distress. They are the first
at the fevered couch, and the last to
leave it. They hold the first and last
cup to the parched lip. They bind
the aching head, close the dying eye,
and linger in the death-stricken hab-
itation, to pour the last drop of con-
ISOLATION into the afflicted bosoms of
the bereaved. I cannot, therefore,
ridicuIe them myself, nor bear to
hear them ridiculed in my presence.
And yet I am often amused at their
conversations; and have amused them
with rehearsal of their own CONVEX
sations, taken down by me when they
little dreamed that [ was listening
to them.
Perhaps my reverence for their
character, conspiring with native
propensity to extract amusement from
all that passes under my observation,
has accustomed me to pay a uniform
ly strict attention to all they say in
my presence.
This much in extraordinary cour-
tesy to those who cannot distinguish
between a simple narrative of an
amusing interview, and ridicule of
the parties to it. Indeed, I do not
know that the conversation which I
am about to record will be consider
ed amusing by any of my readers.
Certainly the amusement of the read
ers Of my own times is not the lead
ing object of it, or of any of the
"Georgia Scenes"; forlorn as may
be the hope that their main object
will ever be answered.
When I seated myself to the sheet
now before me, my intention was
merely to detail a conversation be-
tween three ladies, which I heard
many years since; confning myself
to only so much of it as sprang from
the ladies' own thoughts, unawaken-
ed by the suggestions of others; but,
as the manner of its introduction
will perhaps interest some of my read
ers, I will give it.
I was travelling with my old friend,
Ned Brace, when we stopped at the
dusk of the evening at a house on
the roadside for the night. Here we
found three nice, tidy, aged matrons,
the youngest of whom could not have
been under sixty; one of them, Of
course, was the lady of the house,
whose husband, old as he was, had
gone from home upon land-explor-
ing expedition. She received us hos
pitably, had our horses we'll attend
ed to, and soon prepared for us a
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

cept Bill; and I never heard anything
very bad Of him, unless it was his
laughing in church; that put me more
out of conceit of him than anything
I ever knew of him. Now, Baldwin,
when I go to bed, I go to bed to
sleep, and not to talk; and, therefore,
from the time my head touches the
pillow, there must be no more talk
ing. Besides, we must take an early
start tomorrow, and I'm tired" SO
saying, he hoped into his bed, and
I obeyed his injunctions.
Before I followed his example, I
could not resist the temptation Of
casting an eye through the cracks Of
the partition, to see the effect Of
Ned's wonderful story upon the kind
ladies. Mrs. Barney (it is time to
give their names), was setting in a
thoughtful posture; her left hand
supporting her chin, and her knee
supporting her left elbow. Her coun-
tenance was that of one who suffers
from slight toothache.
Mrs. Shad leaned forward, resting
her forearms on her knees, and look
inc into the fire as if she saw groups
of children playing in it. Mrs. Reed,
the landlady, who was the fattest
of the three, was thinking and laugh
ing alternately at short intervals.
From my bed it required but a slight
change of position to see any one
Of the group at pleasure.
I was no sooner composed on my
pillow, than the old ladies drew their
chairs close together, and began the
following colloquy in a low tone,
which rose as it progressed:
Mrs. Barney. Didn't that man say
them was two men that got married
to one another?
Mrs. Shad. It seemed to me so.
Mrs Reed. Why, to be sure he
did. I know he said so; for he said
what their names was.
Mrs. B. Well, in the name o.
sense, what did the man mean by
saying they raised a fine parcel of
children?
Mrs. r. Why, bless your heart
and soul, honey that's what I've
been thinkin' about. It seems mighty
curious to me somehow or other. l
can't study it out, no how.
Mrs. S. The man must be jokin',
certainly.
Mrs. R. No, he wasn't joIzin'; for
looked at him, and he was just as
much in earnest as anybody ever
seed; and, besides, no Christian man
would tell such a story in that SOL
emn way. And didn't you hear that
other man say he knew their later,
Nancy7
Mrs. S. But, la messy! Mis- Reed,
it can't he so. 1t doesn't stand to
reason; don't you know it don't?
Mrs. r. Well, I wouldn't think so;
but it's hard for me somehow to dis
pute a Christian mans word.
Mrs R T have heen thinkin' the
Weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-02-07

pectedly to me, said grace. knew
full we'll that this was a prelude to
some trick, could not conjecture
what. His explanation Except so
much as I discovered myself), was,
that he knew that one Of US would
be asked to say grace, and he thought
he might as well save the good ladies
the trouble of asking. The matter
was, however, more fully explained
Just before the moment Of our retir-
ing to bed arrived. To this moment
the conversation went round the
good ladies and ourselves with mutual
interest to all. It was much enlivened
by Ned, who was capable, as the read
er has been heretofore informed, Of
making himself extremely agreeable
in all company; and who, upon this
occasion, was upon his best behavior.
1t was Immediately after I looked at
my watch, in token Of my disposition
to retire for the night, that the con-
versation turned upon marriages, hap
py and unhappy, strange, unequal,
runaways, etc. Ned rose in the midst
of it, and asked the landlady where
we should sleep. She pointed to an
open shed-room adjoining the room
in which we we're sitting, and separat-
ed from it by log partition, between
the spaces of which might be seen all
that passed in the dining-room; and
50 close to the Fireplace of this
apartment, that loud whisper might
be easily heard from one to the
other.
"The strangest match" said Ned,
resuming the conversation with par
sons gravity "that ever I heard of,
was that Of George Scott and David
Snow; two most excellent men, who
became so much attached to each
other that they actually got mar
ried-"
"The lackaday!" exclaimed one of
the ladies.
"And was it really fact?" in
quired another.
"Oh, yes, ma AN" " continued Ned;
"I knew them very well, and often
went to their house; and no people
could have lived happier or managed
better than they did. And they rals-
er a lovely parcel of children; as
fine a set as ever saw, except their
youngest son, Billy; he was a little
wild, but, upon the whole, right
clever boy himself. Come, friend
Baldwin, we're sitting up too late
for travellers. So saying, Ned NOV
ed to the shed-room, and followed
him.
The ladies were left in silent
amazement; and Ned, suspecting,
doubtless, that they were listening
for laugh from our chamber as we
entered it, continued the subject with
unabated gravity, thus: "You knew
those two men, didn't youf"
"Where did they live7" inquired
I, not a little disposed to humor