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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27
NOTED PUG IN
ROLE Of UMP.
John L. Sullivan to Omciate
at South Chicago Game
Tomorrow.
WILL DRAW BIG CROWD
Presence of Renowned Fighter Will
Swell Gate Receipts-Other
Events Scheduled.
Especial TO Lake County Times.)


South Chicago. July 27.-John L. Sui
livan-the great and only John LIS
scheduled to umpire the baseball game
tomorrow afternoon between the South
Chicago club and the Logan Squares of
Chicago, at the Logan Square park.
Aside from the fact that the game in
itself promises to be interesting. the
retired pugilist will be a big drawing
card. 1t is said that John l.. has con-
scented to umpire the game as a favor
to his friend. the manager of the Logan
Squares, and his knowledge and fond
ness for the game have given him con-
siderable ability as an umpire. South
Chicago promises to have a good rep
resentation at the game to cheer and
root for their favorite players.
The locals are also scheduled to OPP
pose the West End Park team this af-
ternoon.
The reorganized Duff Colts will cross
bats with the HiHsides tomorrow af-
ternoon at South Deering.
Another Game at Bessemer.
Bessemer park will be the scene Of
q battle between the Monyihans and
the Mitchells tomorrow afternoon.
The Peterson Champions and the
Caves Dust to Cos are each counting
on a victory when they meet each
other at Hands park tomorrow fore
noon at IL o'clock
AS the star attraction for South Chi
cago fans who prefer to stay at home
and see a good game, the game tomor-
row afternoon in the South Chicago
bill park between the Alma Matters and
the Malt Marrows promises to be it
Olsky Leverenz is sustaining his repu-
tation this year as star pitcher and
although the Malt Marrows will come
with a delegation several hundred
strong to root, the locals are confident
of victory. pinning their faith to Olsky
and his team
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27
Many Pigeons In chloann

It is estimated that 10000 pigeons
live inside of the downtown loop dis
uiet of Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Chicago at Philadelphia.
St Louis at Washington.
Cleveland at New York.
Detroit at Boston.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

The beaneaters turned on the Cubs
yesterday and took fan out of the
leaders for a change.
The score was TO and Boston did
all its work in a couple of innings.
Carl Lundgren started the game
against Gus Dorner. but in the second
inning Carl was relegated and Jack
Pfeister took up the burden mad last
ed until the last inning when Blaine
Durbin took his place. Dorner too.
was pulled out towards the close of
the game and Lindaman relieved him.
The Cubs tried hard to even up the
score towards the last of the game and
did make a rally. scoring two runs in
the seventh and two in the eighth
Pfeffer and Ruelbaeh today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

The crippled Maps got after New
York yesterday and took both games
of a double header and are now but
half game behind the Sox Boston took
the Detroit team into camp, Old Cy
Young proving too strong for the Tig
ers. That pulled them down from sec
ond place, and the Phillies are within
striking distance. Make your bets,
gentlemen, its an even thing pick either
one Of the four leaders.
The GansM emsic bout looks as
though it would take definite shape
within a few days. the articles of
agreement having been signed and the
night of the battle fixed as August 16.
/ Jim Jeffries will act as referee and as
sures the public that he will stand for
no taking. He says that the contest
ants must make a public announcement
of their weight every day for a week
before the bout. Great stuff that.
The Benny Yanger-Little bout which
was scheduled at Fort Wayne for Aug.
20 has been declared off. However. it
is probable that on the same date
Packy Mcfarland will be substituted
for Little and Will go 10 rounds There
is little hitch on the weight question
but that should be easily settled.
The Jolly nine baseball team are look
ing for the Doc Kids and are ready to
put up their share of a 500 purse
They claim that at the contest which
was to take place some time ago. the
Kids" attempted to dictate how the
team should be run, but they will not
stand for this.
H. J. Handy of Chicago won the mile
swim at jamestown yesterday with
ease, in 20 minutes and 20 seconds. c
NJ Daniels won the fifty yards event
and made the fast time of 26 80 sec
onds. Handy also won the 200 yard
breast stroke.
The Hammond team will have to &C
some to take the game from the Mystic
Giants tomorrow at Hubbards field
Tobias is thought equal to the job
however. The Giants have blood il
their eyes after the last defeat in thi.
burg.
Kid Elberheld. the most notorious
kicker In baseball, was again suspend
ed, this time by Griffith himself A.
he did not kick at an umpire in three
days Grif thought he was not tending
to business.
Three Jockeys were hurt yesterday
at Brighton Beach. and all claimed
the Erin Isle as their birth place. :
German jock, Miller, escaped Will
slight injuries.
Baron Grafton, driven by Geers. wol
the free for all yesterday at Detroi
and made the fast time of 2:03A in tn
first heat.
Jake Stahl's South Chicagoes VII
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

Cincinnati proved a hoodoo again for
the New York team and Dan Mccain
and Roger Bresnahan were again in
jured and both viii be out of the game
for some time it looks Mccain was
hit on the same arm that was broken
sometime ago. and Bresnahan was
seized with rheumatism and pluekily
tried to finish out the game but his
V eakness was so pitiful that the spec
tators called for his removal. The
game was postponed by common con-
sent
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

Jake Stahrs South Chicagoes VII
tackle the West Ends this afternoon
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

Baron Grafton, driven by Geers. won
the free for all yesterday at Detroit
and made the fast time of 2:03% in the
first heat.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

Three Jockeys were hurt yesterday
al Brighton Beach. and all claimed
the Erin Isle as their birth place. a
German jock, Miller. escaped with
slight injuries.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

H. J. Handy of Chicago won the mile
swim at jamestown yesterday with
ease in 20 minutes and 20 seconds. c.
NJ. Daniels won the fifty yards event
and made the fast time of 26 80 sec
onds Handy also won the 200 yard
breast stroke,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

The Hammond team will have to go
some to take the game from the Mystic
Giants tomorrow at Hubbards field.
Tobias is thought equal to the job,
however. The Giants have blood in
their eyes after the last defeat in this
burg.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

Kid Elberheld. the most notorious
kicker in baseball. was again suspend
ed, this time by Griffith himself As
he did not kick at an umpire in three
days Grin thought he was not tending
TO business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-27

The Jolly nine baseball team are look
ing for the Doc Kids and are ready to
put up their share of a 500 purse.
They claim that at the contest which
was to take place some time ago. the
Kids" attempted to dictate how the
team should be run, but they will not
stand for this.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE

The Irish Parliamentary party has
unanimously reelected John Redmond
chairman of the party.
Heavy snow storms are raging all
over central Kentucky.
The Socialists have decided to join
the Republicans in the coming gener-
al elections in Spain.
"A negro national fair will be held
at Mobile, Ala, in November, 1907.
The severest snow storm Of the win
ter is raging over all northern Nebras-
ka. southern South Dakota and the
Black Hills.
An anti-pool selling bill, prohibiting
betting on horse races, has passed the
Arkansas senate by a vote of p to ,.
The Great Northern railway reports
the worst blizzard in twenty years in
Montana, the road being tied up for
140 miles.
The Nebraska legislature has gone
on record as opposed to the ship sub
sidy bill.
Brigadier General Samuel Beckley
Holabird, retired, one of the best
known of United States army officers,
is dead at Washington, aged so.
Fred Hannah. an old settler admit
ted to the county Jail at Chippewa
Falls, Wis, on his own application,
vas found in his cell with his throat
cut He was respondent.
The Kappa Alpha fraternity house
ut the University of Virginia. Char
lottesville, Va, was entirely destroyed
by fire. Loss. S15O,000.
August Anderson, aged IS, and his
wife. aged IS. were found dead in their
home at Fremont, Neb. Asphyxiated
by stove gas.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
ANOTHER MINE HORROR
TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY DEAD
in West Virginia-One Rescuer
Loses His Life.

Elkins, w. Va, Feb. 5.-The third
mine explosion in West Virginia with
in two weeks has occurred, this time
at the Davis Coal and Coke company's
mine No. %, at Thomas, near here,
and twenty-five or thirty miners are
said to have been killed. The disaster
occurred shortly after a. m. Late in
the day the first rescuing party entered
the mine. The bodies of six foreign
ers and one citizen were recovered at
a distance of 100 feet from the shaft.
Before further progress could be
made a deadly wave of poisonous
fumes enveloped the rescuing party,
which was composed Of General Man
ager OFT; D. NJ. Boyd, superintendent
of the Henry mine; Daniel Jones. mine
boss; Arthur Steward and John Jen-
kins. Before the rescuing party could
reach the surface Jones, the mine boss,
died from suffocation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
SEVEN MINERS ARE KILLED
Wreck of a Coal Train at Des Moines
Does Terrible Havoc to HUI
man Life.

Des Nome, Ia, Feb. 5.-Seven men,
NIL miners, were killed, and twelve or
more injured in a wreck Of a coal
train on the Northwestern railway, near
the corporation limits of Des Moines,
coming to the city. The dead are: Peter
Pilstrum, Peter Exner, Olaf Anderson,
A. Olson, Carl Anderson, Samuel Drew
and Andrew Lundquist. The accident
was due to the car in the middle Of the
train leaving the track and ditching
the cars behind it.
The train had on board about thirty
miners, scattered in groups on different
coal cars, and several passengers were
in the caboose. The victims were all
buried under the wreckage and the
coal, which later caught fire, max
ing the rescue work difficult. 1t is
feared that when the wreckage is fully
cleared away other victims may be
found. Two of the injured are school
teachers, Misses Blanche Roser and
Jean Horsburg, both badly burned.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
DEATH OF G. ]. GRAMMAR
trail Does Not Fully Revive from
a Dangerous Operation.

Chicago, Feb. Sc. J. Grammar,
vice president Of the New York Cen
trail railroad and traffic manager Of the
lines of that system west of Buffalo,
died at the Presbyterian hospital after
an illness lasting several weeks.
Grammer's illness dated back to
the time he was elected vice president
Of the road, and on his return from
New York after his promotion he was
unable to leave his hotel. He contin-
ued to grow worse steadily, and ten
days ago he was taken to the hospital
and an operation was performed for
an ailment of the liver. He never re-
vived fully from the operation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
That Is the Plea Of the Defense
in the White Murder Trial
ar New York.
CASE OF STRAIGHT INSANITY
Nothing Emotional About It, but
Caused by Heredity.
Neither Will the Defense Plead the
Unwritten Law-What 1t Prom
Uses to Prove-State's Case
Soon Rests.

New York, Feb. 5.-The state has
laid its case against Harry X. Thaw
"a plain, International story Of the
shooting on the Madison Square gar
den roof, leaving the malice and the
motive to be inferred from the act =
and the defense has replied with q
plea of hereditary insanity. 1t was
asserted that Thaw in Staying Stan
ford White believed he was acting aa
an agent Of Providence; that real or
fancied wrongs committed against him
by the architect and former friend
of his wife bad boiled and dubbed In
his brain until at last there came the
explosive impulse to kill. When the
deed was done Thaw made no move
to escape its consequences, but hold
Ing the fatal revolver aloft he stood
as If mutely proclaiming to the world:
1.-The deed is done; it was right; it was
not wrong"
States Case Was Soon Done.
Thus Thaw's counsel outlined his case
to the jury after the prosecution mad
occupied less than two hours Of the
morning sitting of the court in relat-
Ing through eye-witnesses the MARIA
tive of the tragedy. When the defense
had interposed its plea and outlined
its case an adjournment was taken,
and today the defense will begin the
introduction Of testimony.
Story OF Insanity Promised.
''You will hear the story of this
mans insanity" Attorney John B. Glea-
son. for the defense, promised the jury,
from his mother, from his wife, from
his relatives, and from his physicians.
You will Judge him by his acts, by the
hereditary stress which entered into his
madness, and when you come to judge
him you will say to yourself that his
act may have been one of insanity, but
1t was not one of crime"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05

hcredity has made the living world.
Our case is far removed from the
much-discussed defense of emotional
insanity. You must disabuse your
minds of all You averead in the news
papers. and especially of the idea that
has gone abroad that we are To rely
upon some higher or unwritten law.
We rely upon the constitution and the
laws of the imperial stateof New York,
and upon them alone. You will under
stand this mans insanity. 1t will not
require experts to tell you of it. It is
within you to judge him and you will
say from the evidence that when he
killed Stanford White he was an in
sane man."
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
ALL WITNESSES ARE EXCITED
Exclusions Indicate Who Are Going
to Take the Stand.

to Take the Stand.
That Thaw's wife was to be one OF
the most important witnesses has long
been known; that his mother, Mrs.
William Thaw, Of Pittsburg, was to
take the stand only became known
positively when the court announced
the rule excluding from the court room
all witnesses save experts. Thaw'S
mother, at the command, left the room
after a moments hesitation. she seem
ed unwilling to be parted from her son
in the hour of his need. His wife, too,
reluctantly left the room, bestowing
a last radiant smile Of courage and
hope upon her prisoner husband. May
Mackenzie was the third Of the wom-
en- to have been daily included in the
Thaw party to leave the court room.
During the opening address by Glea-
son in which he entered the defense OF
insanity Thaw sat with flushed cneeks,
which at times were buried in his
hands, and with eyes cast down upon
the table before him. He seldom look
ed up, just a fleeing glance now and
then at the man who was making the
initial plea for his life and freedom.
Never once did his eyes go to the jury
box. There was another period when
Thaw again looked only at his hands.
clasped before him on the table. This
was when Lawrence White. the 10
year-old son Of Stamford White, oc-
cupied the stand as the first witness
for the prosecution.
Young White, who is a Harvard stu
dent, was not a material witness. He
was with his father at dinner the even
ing of the tragedy, but left him be-
fore he went to Madison Square gar.
den. White was alone, it was testified
when Thaw approached slowly from
behind, wheeled, faced him and sent
J three bullets into his body and brain
This was practically all the testimony
offered by the state.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
STATE DEMANDS DEATH
Caravan Says 1t Was deliberate and
Malicious Murder."

Caravan Says 1t Was deliberate and
Malicious Murder."
Garvan in telling the story OF the a.
legged murder occupied less than ten
minutes, and the resolutions entire
case was kept within two hours.
The witnesses related the deliberate
manner in which Thaw approached
White, faced him and fired. They re-
peated Thaw's assertion He ruined
my wife," or life" and Mrs Thaw's
remark to her husband, Yes. but look
what a fix you are in now" To this
last remark Thaw replied: ''Dearie, l
have probably saved your life" 1t
was brought out that Thaw looked
back at his victim as he walked away
with a staring look in his eyes,
Caravans outline of the states testi-
mony was the briefest possible story
of the crime. He told how White went
to the Madison Square Roof garden
to see the initial production Of a sum
mer musical comedy, and then related
in simple language the incident of the
killing. THE people claim he con-
Guided, that it was a cruel, deliberate,
malicious, premeditated taking of a
human life. After proving that fact
to you we will ask you to find the de-
PENDANT guilty of the crime in the first
degree"
The actual beginning OF the trial dis
poses of the rumors of changes in the
jury, The talk about the court room
was that the defense had positively re
fused to make any changes.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05

Clarence H. Geist. the owner of the
South Shore Gas & Electric Co. who
is now living in Philadelphia. has pur-
chased the Michigan City Light ana
power company for which he paid $1o0'-
600.
This IS the seventh plant he has
purchased in this vicinity, the others
being located in Hammond, South Bend
East Chicago. Indiana Harbor and
Lansing, Mich.
Mr.. Geist has decided to return TO
the west and next summer VIII come
to Chicago where he will be nearer his
property interests.
The Hammond plant was one or the
first purchases Mr.. Geist made IN the
west and has proved one Of his best
investments.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
THAw's LOVE FOR THE GIRL
She Rejected Him in 19O8-Tells of
the Plea of Insanity.

Thaw's counsel told the story of the
prisoners love for the girl he was to
make his wife. He met Evelyn Nesbit
in 1901, and there then began in him
an honorable love and regard for the
girl. He told her mother of his love.
The girl was in a precarious condition
following a serious operation in a SAN
atorium, and Thaw suggested to the
mother that she take Evelyn abroad
TO recuperate. 1t was arranged that
Thaw should accompany the two as
the open and avowed sutton Of the
daughter. In 1908 he asked her to mar
~ him and she refused. The reason
for this refusal you will hear frem
her lips" announced Gleason. suffice
it to say the reason had TO do with an
incident in her life with reference to
Stanford White"
Thus laying the ground for the plea
of insanity the defendants lawyer de-
clared the brain disease had laid hold
of Thaw some three or four years ago.
I'VE will not base eur plea, however,
upon a single act" he added. 1T will
be shown that there was insanity on
both sides of this defendants family.
Heredity has made US what re are
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
BARN AND STOREHOUSE
IN WEST HAMMOND BURNS
John Mamny, n Baker. Suffers the Loss
of buildings and Quantity of Flour
by Fire-HammOnd Department is
Called Out.

Fire broke out in the barn and store
of John Mamay, the baker who lives
in 1T 155th place in West Hammond
and before the Hammond fire depart
ment could get in it's work, the flames
had practically destroyed the building.
For a time it looked as though the
fire would spread to the bakery itself.
but the department was able to protect
1t even though it was impossible to
save the barn.
The loss will be considerable as
Mamay had considerable -four stored in
the barn, all of which will be total
loss 1t was not thought necessary
for the fire engine to make the run to
the fire and so the hook and ladder
and hose cart were all that were
taken.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
lou can make monar.

Sifted coal ashes, sand and wheat
-four, two parts each of ashes and
sand and one of flour, mixed with wa
ter, make an excellent mortar for
patching holes where the plastering
is broken. 1t becomes as hard as
stone. and can be put on by hand with
little trouble and expense.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
MUST GET OUT.
Hammond Packing Company Decides
to Leave Arkansas Because OF
Fines.

Little Rock, Ark. Feb. 4.-Certin-
Gates were filed today with the secre-
tary of state showing the withdrawal
from Arkansas Of the Hammond Pack
Ing company and Norris Company
Of Chicago. Judgment was recently
entered against the Hammond Pack
ing company for $4,000 because Of an
alleged violation of the Arkansas anti
trust law and suits are now pending
against Morris & Company and four
other firms on the same charge.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
1t Was Not Edison.

New York, Feb. "a story was
sent out from Atlantic City, \. J., that
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor and
electrician, had been taken there in a
special car. and carried from the sta
ton to ahotel, suffering from paralysis.
But it was not Edison. He is in per
feet health and at home.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
Tom Lawson a Defendant.

Boston, Feb. Especial writs Of at
tachment for 100000 have been issued
by Judge Lawton, of the superior court,
against A. c. Burrage, c. D. Burrage
and Thomas W Lawson, on applica-
ton Of Henry J. Runkle, who has q
suit pending against them for an ac-
counting
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05

No large American city has public
schoolhouses enough to hold all its
children of school age. if the paro-
chial and private schools were to go
out of business. No large center of
population has room In its churches
for nearly all of its adult population
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
Death OF a French Philanthropist.

Iaris, Feb. >. - Daniel Osiris, the
philanthropist, who in 1890 presented
Malmaison TO the French nation, Is
dead. Malmaison was the residence
Of Empress Josephine from 179S until
her death in 1914 His will bequeathes
100000 to the Pasteur Institute.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
Mis- IaFollette Not Engaged.

Washington, Feb. 5. - Senator La
Toilette denies the announcement OF
the ngagement of his daughter, Miss
Fola LaFollette, recently made from
Madison. Wis. aud widely circulated.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
The Ad.

WANTED-A salesman, clean cut.
active, one who is result producer, TO
call on over &c, 900 people daily. Adj
dress, THE PUBLIC.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
GEIST PAYS $4,000 FOR
PLANT AT MICHIGAN CITY.

His Interests In This Vicinity Are Now
So Great That lie VIII Leave PhiIa-
deIphia and Make His Home In Chi
cage.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-02-05
THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HAMMOND. IND.

In January 20 1907