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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17

Miss Mary Hornak attended the we'd
ding of her cousin in Whiting vester-
day.
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Surprised by shot.

These three men were discussing the
matter as to who should do the shoot
ing when they neared a spot where
there was grove Of trees along the
north side Of the railroad tracks and
just beyond them a deep swamp.
One Of the officers suggested that the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-17

Total, Yesterday Il,22O|
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Wild Man of the Sand Dunes Brought to
Bay in the Desolate Waste-=Falls
Filled With Bullets
SCENE OF CARNAGE IN THE GATHERING GLOOM
Officer George Hanlon Swims Slough
With His Rifle Down His Back
and Gets His Man.

outcast that he was, feared the pur-
suit OF the police, and lived haunted
with a specter of retribution. He
sought the wild territory where he
made his home. far from civilization,
in the rough camps Of the growing
steel city. where he would be unrecog-
nized.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
CHICAGO TRANSIT PLAN
Nezo Reorganization Scheme Ready
for BOndhOlders' ApprOUaI.

y new plan Of reorganization for the Chicago
Choh traction properties, which places the inter-
eSIS OF the bondholders above those Of the stock
1oiuers' has been made public according to a spe-
ctaI dispatch from Chicago yesterday. The new
p4ah II successful, will provide the dispatch says
.oI eot'Ioo000 per cent bonds. instead of the
So''SUO'ooo and AZ per cent bonds under the old
Pdh' ana, IN addition, the Chicago Railways Com
pahy Is to issue bonds for rehabilitation.
Inc new plan was drawn to meet the recent rul-
ing OF the United States Court of Appeals, which
oNeIruied the former plan prepared by L. c. Kraut
non and O. W. Wickersham. of this city. for the
Niiodgo Railways Company. The principal changes,
dcrofulig 10 the figures given in the dispatch con-
slst IN increasing the Series \ bonds from total
OF $l5,9OO0O0 to $2O,366. 600 reducing the Series
ponds from total OF SIS 900 900 S97 600 and
increasing the total Of the Series c bonds from
S5'oooVoo to $I000000. The bonds that are given
increased value are the North Chicago Street Rail-
road hrsts the West Chicago Street Railroad frsts
and the Tunnel bonds.
II the Plan meets with general approval by the
bondholders the arbitraors Of reorganization Judge
1rosscup and Professor John c. Gray of Harvard
University. will be asked 10 approve it, this being
necessary under the conditions of the traction and
settlement ordinances
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
NO CHANGE IN COPPER PRICE.
Big Consumers Still Hold Aloof-U. S. Met
ais Agency Declares Dividends.

There was no change in the quoted price of cop
per at the New York Metal Exchange yesterday
electroIytic being quoted at I41z TO l4% cents a
pound The United States Metals Selling Company
and Phelps Dodge & Co. continue TO do business
q 15-cent basis for electrolytic and a man in
terested IN the latter company said he believed tho
price would be held at that figure. So far trans
actions have been small and OF hand-tO-mouth
character. the big consumers still holding aloof
from the market. It reported yesterday that
the American Brass Company. one OF the largest
consumers of the metal, had made purchases Of a
small amount OF copper. According 10 well in
formed interests the copper output OF the country
az the present time IS about 50 per cent less than
IL was in the spring.
The United Metals Selling Agency yesterday do
clared regular quarterly dividend OF 81 90 share
on its 10000 capital stock The company is the
largest metal selling agency IN the country, and
derives its revenue from commissions sales
II is credited with handling than eoo. 900
pounds OF copper year. which includes all the
output OF the Amalgamated Copper Company. The
company has been paying at the of 81 90 a
snare quarterly since the first OF the year.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
STORY OF TOBACCO.
Vicissitudes of Early Lovers of the Weed
Drastic Measures Against Smokers.

Tobacco did not make It's way In Europe or the
and much oppositon-indeed there was a time
when more than ordinary COURAGE vas needed 70
potic countries drastic measures resorted
pernicious habit. For Instance in Russia smok
Ing was made a crime punishable by amputaton
to have their nostrils split. In the Swiss Canton
edr6T eFhe Of " oencee Mem While in Rome Trban s Vf
excomnunicaJed any one who took tobacco Ito
rough ii time of H. sandys an Enssh raveier G
tells that he saw Turk mounted backward
with tohacco-pipe driven through the
cartilage Of his nose and c9Tnducted 3T about the
ing The introduction of tobacco into Persia was
opposed by the Shah Abbas, who imposed cruel
one iine day his curiosity induced him to try
self In England opposition took the form of a
heavy tax on tobacco. and the issue by James /.
runs: 1T (smokinE) is a custom loathsome to the
eye hateful 20 the nose harmful ,5 to the brain
fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible
the time however. OF the of this royal con-
demnatlon tobacco had become quite at home in
its influence TO be much impressed by the Kings
But that which at the end of the sixteenth
century new to England was Il custom that
antiquity AS evidence OF this pipe of stone.
found in Iowa in In & 1S Is &c conclusive On the pipe
which has been Hg eTnc e for bsaTsd tn Of
known at tai an early dateat any rate. it known
The story goes that on occasion, while the
Prophet was taking constitutional in the country,
he came across serpent lying stiff and cold ON the
ground He appears TO have been lover OF the
animal Kingdom for he picked up the reptile and
warmed IL in his BOSOM When the serpent had
revived the following conversatlon ensued: 'Di-
vine Prophet" remarked the serpent. Il going
TO bite thee" Such an unusual observation
startled Mahomet. but he merely inquired. "Why.
tries to stamp It out" To this charge the Prophet
responded: But. does nor thy race. too. make per-
no sense Of gratitude-remember. just now saved
yol1r life" There is such thing gratitude
upon this earth. replied the serpent; ,if were TO
save thee another OF thy race &C would XII ne BY
could not allow the serpent 10 break his word, so
he merely observed, of thou hastsworn by Allah.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01

serpent's mouth. The reptile immediately Bit him.
but he sucked the poison from the wound and spat
Il on the ground. And then. the nOvelsts say,
an extraordinary thing happened on the very spot
where the Prophet Spat there spranE up q plant
which combines within itself the venom OF the ser
pent and the compassion OF Mahomet And this
plant is known by the OF tobacco.
II s such q pretty legend that would like 10
believe it there be doubt that tobacco
contains venom in the shape of nicotine. on the
other hand, the compassion contained in tobacco
infinite in its refreshing and vivifyug results
the jaded nerves of man No wonder, therefore.
that the Arab culttvateS Il in the burning desert
and the Laplander and Esquinau risk their lives
to procure II liven up their solitude and that
the soldier and the sailor will defy every hardship
and privation cheerfully IL provided with tobacco.
Indeed irresistible are the fascinatons of this
DleasurabIe plant that its devotees would make the
greatest sacrifices to obtain it. For instance Car
iyIe suffered from dyspepsia. and friend sug
Eested that perhaps his smoking injured and de-
pressed him. Yes" said the Sage Of Chelsea,
and the doctors tell me the same thing. I left of
smoking and very miserable. SO took 10 il
again and was very miserable still. but ! thought
n was better smoke and be miserable than to go
without
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
HOW PIPE WAS LAID THROUGH PARK.
Department Re ,ords Show That New York
Central Got Permit in 1877.

A search of the early records Of the Park Depart-
ment Yesterday for the Standard OIL Compauy's
pipe line through Central Park showed that IN
April 1877. j N. Toucey. of the New York Central
Railroad. asked the Common Council for permis-
sion 10 lay pipe line through one Of the trans
verse roads in Central Park. No objection was
made provided the surface of the road restored
10 its original condition The line was laid energ-
ing on the east Of the park 65th street and Fifth
avenue and at 65th street and Central Park West
the west side
On August %. 1879 application was made on the
letter head OF the National Transit Company TO re-
new the pipe line across the park. and II was
granted after the late Daniel ODay who was then
general manager for the transit company. argued
in favor Of the plan. The old pipes replaced
with It was found out later that two
siX-inch oil pipes had been laid the same
route.
Chief Engineer Miller Of the Park Board said
yesterday that the National Transit Company was
not paying anything for the privilege OF laying the
pipe line. and the records show that no pay
ments made. II was brought out, however.
the trial against the Standard oil Company that
the National Transit Company received an annual
rental for Il.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
MORE EVIDENCE TO SHOW MURDER.
Documents Telling of Killing of Tsherniak
by Russian Agent

When the "Wahrheit" published several months
ago copies OF what said 10 be original docu-
ments showing that JankeF Tshernak had been
murdered at the instlgauon OF the Russian govern
ment the government took the trouble 70 give
official denial 10 the authenticity of the documents.
In Sundays issue Of the "Wahrheit' documents
said TO be authentic published TO support its
former statements that the Russian government
gave orders for the murder OF Tshernlak lie was
accused stealing from the governments treasury
the sum OF about 900. According TO the 'Wahr-
heit" the government appointed spy BY the
Of NictorOw 10 follow Tsherniak. who fed a
steamer which was sailing from Sweden to Bel
gium. Tsherniak. according 10 the paper,
phyxisted in his stateroom, with three other for
egn subjects The documents showed that VIcto-
received large from the government for
his work They contained the original signatures
Of the Minister of the Interior and other govern
ment officials
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
HALFWAY MAIL TEST.
Plan of Congress to Determine
Cost an Operation.

A. one minute past midnight this morning Tan-
Tsv mail clerks throughout the country oesah .''e
weighing Of mails in obedience to general oIuer
of the Postmaster General. Congress is responsi-
bic fo- this IN the regular appropriation pll Ior
The nostaI service approved March J. the clause
recurring the weighing for thirty days was IN
serted II was the first time in the history OF the
Posrof7ce Department that the weighing of all mail
matter in all trains over all routes on whieh mall
clerks are employed was required
In former wears i'll order arrive at average
special periods were set aside to determine the
amount Of certain class Of mail carried over GER
tain routes or in certain postal sections Of the
United States Now. every bag CT package Of
mail placed on any train which carries clerks
rected with the service will be weighed daily until
and including october CO.
The object the thirty days trial IS 10 give the
department and Congress reliable statistics to de-
termine the cost of handling and transporting diff
ferent classes Of mail matter. The statistics will
also be valuable in determining whether the present
postage rates what they should be. and also
whether the railroads carrying mail receiving
proper compensation.
No attempt will be made to weigh the mails on
trains which have postal clerks. The three
classes Of carrying mail be subjected TO the
test those devoted exclusively the transporta
tion and sorting Of the mails. mail storage cars
which are attached to the postal important
routes, and those in which there are compartments
especially set aside for the carrying and handling
os mail.
Fer this special thirty days weighing test Con-
Eress made appropriation OF $4,000. In COM
parison with the magnitude of the work. the
amount appropriated Is said 10 be small. and it
win he necessary. IL is claimed for the superin-
tsndents Of the service in the eleven divisions of
the United States n call for overtime work from
the regular employees. The mails Will he weighed
the initial and terminal points the Of
the railway postofices. and at important inter
mediate points. such functions Of railroads or
mail routes. When completed the figures Will he
sent 10 Washington and tabuIated and then sub
r1itted to Congress for consideration.
The work will cost the government a consider
sbe amount in the purchase Of scales In the sec
ond division Of he railway mail service. which
Includes New York. New Jersey. Delaware and
that part Of Maryland and of Virginia east 4
Chesapeake Bay, the scales viii be In evidence
daily for thirty days over 5000 trains on over
F1A different routes. whore railway postal clerks
are employed. In this way ii VIII he possible 70
make an accurate estimate of the average Of mail
carried by each OF the trains.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
CALL MONEY AT 6 PER CENT.
Rises As Result of Preparation to Meet
Heavy October Disbursements.

The call money rate rose 10 per cent yesterday
as a consequence OF the preparations begun last
week for meeting the heavy October interest and
dividend disbursements and the additional neces-
sity for financing the payment que to-day. amount
ing 20 more than sl1.o5o.0o9. on the new Northern
Pacific stock. Large shipments OF currency were
made n the interior. where the crop moving de-
mand IS now becoming heavy, and further ship
TDeats in volume are expected 10 be made during
all of this week.
Arrangements were made yesterday in this city
by number Of the out-of-toWn bankers who at
tended the convention last week Of the American
Bankers Association at Atlantic City for the pur-
chase Of bonds be used collateral for special
government deposits with their institutions at va
rious points in the interior under the plan OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury for relieving the tension
on the money market during the crop moving
period.
II is estimated that since the plan went into
cnerafion between S100oo09O and sl200oeo has been
deposited in all. distributed among perhaps nfty
hanks in all parts OF the United States but the new
policy although alleviating the strain on New
York has not removed it.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
PETITION TO TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.
Produce Brokers Want Better Service
Strikers May Get Foreign Support

\ petition 20 Robert c. Clowry. president OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company. and TO Clar-
cnce II MaC6ay. president OF the Postal Telegraph
Company. is being largely signed By members OF
the New York Produce Exchange. urging an I'M
provement in the telegraph service furnished 10 tho
exchange. The signers say they have been waiting
patiently FOR FIVE or six weeks for evidence of bet
termeut They not advocating the cause OF the
operators. they continue critcisng the policy
tho companies hut desire TO call attention TO the
poor service all parts OF the country and TO ask
for Improvement.
The striking telegraphers received a cable mes
sage yesterday asking II they prepared 20
receive aid from the British telegraphers. The
message Aid would be most gratefully accepted"
sent back ut once.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
GREAT DEMAND F1R SMALL BILLS.
Charles H. Treat, National Treasurer, Sees
in This a Tremendous Trade Activity.

Charles II. Treat Treasurer Of the United States.
visited the Sub-Trea sury in Wall street yesterday.
Bills OF small denomination. he said, were in
great demand this year. and the Treasury Depart
ment had difficulty in supplying them In fact. he
declared, there only three days supply Of
8 bills. two days supply Of 81 bills. two days
supply OF 80 bills and days supply OF IS bills
on hand at this time, and this despite the fact
that the department had worked overtime IN June,
July and August TO make good the deficiency.
The output OF bills had increased % per oent
last year. Mr. Treat said. and still there
difficulty in turning out sufficient supply. This.
he declared. a clear indication Of the tre-
mendous trade activity throughout the country.
He added that within ten days two additional ma
chimes would be installed which II expected
would increase the output another o per cent
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
Financial.
GARDEN IN ELECTRIC BLAZE.
Annual Show of MGrvels Done by the Mys
teriouS Current

The annual Electrical Show opened last night IN
Madison Square Garden in a literal blaze of glory.
Even the music at the show is played by cleo
tricity. while In luxurious stable three long suf-
ferinC cows milked by the same means
The big companies which have made names in
the world of electricity have exhibits. The most
extensive is that of the Edison Electric Illumnat-
ing Company of Brooklyn. which occupies the en-
tire Fourth avenue end of the Garden. Here is
installed an up-to-date electrical apartment In the
kitchen tho clothes washed and wrung by cleo
tricity. while the same fluid makes the ice and
nights the ice box. The coffee is ground by an
electric motor and all the cooking is done by cleo
tricity. There is electric heater electric
piano and an electric sewing machine. In the bed
room to be found an electric hot water bottle.
electric massage and electric curling iron heater.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Washington, Sept. 30The appointment OF Bern
hard Rettman TO be collector of internal revenue
for the first district of Ohio, vice Herman +. Gel
iarius resigned. was announced at the White
House to-day.
Sharon Penn, Sept 20-Frederick Dahringer
engineer at the Sharon plant OF the American Steel
Tnnndrv Company. murdered to-day by being
ahot in the head with rife. The shot was fired
through an open window while Dahrlnger sit
ting In a chair. Two foreigners, George Shinno
and John Bola, have been arrested. and will be
held pending investigation
Toledo Sept SO.-strikng railway clerks here
now number $50. and the strikers expect $50 more
men to go out within forty-eght hours Business is
being handled with little interruption by the roads
The striking clerks threaten TO call out members
of the union I'm Columbus, Cincinnati Indianapolis
and other cities reached by the roads affected.
Cleveland Sept. S0.-Fhe seventeenth annual
sion OF the National Council of Daughters of Amer
lea began with an informal reception here tonight.
Delegations are here from Maryland. New York
Massachusetts, Connecticut, NJ v Jersey, Kentucky
Tennessee. the District Of Columbia and several
cities In Ohio
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
STEEL FoUNDRIEs FIGHT ON TODAY.
Protesting Stockholders Will Make Them
selves Felt at Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting OF the American steel
foundries Company will be held in Jersey City to-
daE' ana hot contest is looked for between the
management and the contesting stockholders, who
are fighting for a resumption OF the dividends on
the preferreI stock.
SWartWout d Appenzellar, OF No. a Pine street
VINO have been soliciting proxies from the stock
t'idefS desirous Of having the dividends resumed
Sald yesterday that they expected to make things
interesting for the management at the meeting
ana tha' while they did not hold proxies for
majority Of the stock. they had obtained sufficient
TO make ii uncertain to which side would con-
trol the meeting.
mat depended. they said upon how much stock
was not voted. and 1T was therefore impossible 10
say who held majority until it came to a show
down Cumulative voting is not permitted.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
HARRIMAN AM sTILLMAN TO RETIRE.
Clover Leaf Men Will Take Their Places on
Alton Board.

E H Hartman and James SdIlman who are
the Union Pacific representatives on the board OF
the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company will not
be reelected to-day. Il is understood, az the an
nual meeting Of stockholders 20 be held in Chi
cago The board is a classified one. and the terms
OF Messrs. Hartman and Stillman and Robert
Mather. president Of the Rock Island company VIII
expire to-day
The places Of the directors retiring to-day will be
filed by the election Of representatives Of the
Toledo ST. Louis & Western. the Glover Lear,
which recently purchased from the Rock Island in
terests the control OF the property. Before the
end OF the week, It is expected or two Rock
Island men other Than Nr. Mather will resign from
the Alton board, the vacancies to be filled by
Clover Leaf men, and later on the rest OF the
Rock Island directors will give place 10 Glover
Leaf directors.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER AUTO.
One Man Killed and Four Others injured in
Pittsburg Accident.
~ Te'egrarh % The IMMUNE J

Pittsburg. Sept. 2O-George Z. Cooper, of iiar-
r!sburg Penn. assistant resident clerk Of the
House Of Representatives. was instantly killed. and
John CTley. captain OF the Hope Fire Company. Of
Harrisburg: Charles J. Blessing captain OF tho
Friendship Fire Company OF Harr shurg, and
James A. Clark. OF Pittsburg. eomn, ssioner ot
Allegheny County. were badly injured nj 40
o'clock this morning IN automobile accident in
Grant Boulevard. near Jones avenue.
Commissioner Clark says the machine run
ming only at n moderate speed when the steering
gear got out OF order and the machine ran into the
curb and was overturned. The wheel pinioned
Cooper down. and crushed him badly that he
never rogained consciousness.
John schulach. the chauffeur. was arrested at his
home this afternoon, but he vas found TO be so
badly hurt that he was removed 10 the Homgo-
pathic Hospital
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
USED FALSE KEYS IN MADISON AVE
Watchman Catches Man Trying to Enter
Home of Ambassador Reid.

\ who trying to get into Whitelaw
Reids house. at No. 45l Madison avenue. with false
keys yesterday morning discovered and over
come after hard struggle By Owen Gilbride. tho
watchman. He had also tried 10 get into the nd-
Joining house, owned by \. II. Holmes The house
AZ No. 451 IS uncccupied in Mr.. Reds absence
abroad Ambassador to the Court Of ST Jamcs's
At the East 5lst street police station the
with many shapes and sizes of keys said that he
Antonio Papo. painter. with home and
money" lie arraigned before Magistrate
Herman on a charge OF insanity preferred by Gil
rDt
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
THE HALL signal COMPANY.
Financial Meetings.
Norfolk %9l; and. and Western Railway Company.

Norfolk and Western Railway COMPANY
he Annual Meeting OF Stockholders OF the Nor
FOLK & Western Railway Company will held AZ the
principal office OF the Company in the city Roanoke.
virginia, on Thursday, the 10th Gay October
al L o'clock elect directors elect indie
pendent auditors 10 audit the books accounts Of
tho Company at the close OF the con-
sider the annual report OF FOR .he fiscal
year which ended June so. 1907. rafy approve
al actions OF the directors forth IN such
report and in the minutes Of the Company.
transact such other business may properly come
before the
The stock transfer books will be closed o'clock
T NJ Wednesday September 25th 1907. and reopened
at 10 o'clock A ", Friday. October 1Ith 1907
b. order OF the Board OF Directors
Z. II. ALDEN. Secretary.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-01
TWO KILLED, ONE FATALLY HURT.
THO of Railroad Accidents in Elmira, N. z.
Within the Last Twenty-four Hours.

Enira. y. Y. Sept. 3O.-Withn the last twenty
four hours two men were killed and was fatally
injured in railroad accidents here. on Satur-
day afternoon Garrett Landers. q tailor. went
around the gates 10 get ahead of Erie train and
lost his life.
Yesterday morning the body Of Laverno Beck
with a resident Of Odessa. y. Y. found on
the Lehigh tracks in Horseheads a suburb Of FL
mira. Al o'clock this morning Charles Gillespie
Of Elmira. conductor. while working in the Lack
awanna yards. knocked down by a switch en-
R!ne. Both legs cut OF. At the Arnot- Ogden
Hospital it is feared he cannot recover.