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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
STAR BOARDER RORS
RBR0WORKING LbNDLAOY

South Chicago, Dec. 21.-CSpecial)-
Mrs. Kate Okowski. who conducts a
boarding house at S51S Maciknaw ave
nus will never again pin her faith to
a star boarder.
Walter Kaposk has occupied her
home in this capacity for the past
several months. He was an agreeable
person TO have about the house. as all
star boarders are supposed 10 be. and
the landlady learned with real regret
that he was contemplating trip back
to his native land to visit relatives who
reside in St Petersburg. Her regret
increased when ne finally left and Mrs.
okowski learned that S120 which she
had saved out of the proceeds of many
months of hard work had gone with
him
She reported her loss to the police
OF the Fifteenth precinct this morning
and the latter are on the lookout for
the alleged thief.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21

which was standing nearby and threw
1t at the landlord but missed him
The latter then started a fight and
succeeded in ejecting the two men
when they were leaving. they told him
that they would get even and that he
had better look out. He heard no more
Of the men until the fire occurred this
morning
Maciejewski describes the men as
follows: One Of them was six feet
tan weighing about 1S5 pounds. dark
complexion. a foreigner. about IS years
Of age The second was about a years
Old, FIVE feet eight inches tall and
weighed about 80 pounds lie claims
that the two men were acquainted with
some of his dodgers. but does not
know their names. The police are now
working on the case
Nike Lukowski. a former Hammond
saloonkeeper, but now in business at
Gibson. IS the owner OF the place. He
was at the Maciejewski home until
1870 O'Clock last night
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
Another Effort Being Made
to Give Hammond Profes-
sional Baseball Charley
Frederichs Back of Pro
Ject-Application In.
THINKS POPULATION
WOULD WARRANT STEP
Propose to Give Citv Athletic park
Near Center of Population-ven-
ture Entails Capitalization at $751;
oO0-Plan is to Organize Stock
Company and Sell to Fans.

Another effort is being made 10 give
hammond professional baseball. The
laet ls becoming generally recognized
that as Hammond has a population Of
approximately $4,000 people TO draw
irom, winning professional team Of
pan players would attract enough peo-
PIE TO make II paying proposition.
The last man to take the leadership
IN the promoting OF a plan for a
friederichs. who has put ia an appli-
frledriehs, who has put in an appn-
cation to the Three ] league and thinks
he can secure franchise.
IN addition to this Charley is back
or plan to provide the city with q
fine athletic park nearer the center
OF population of the city. He proposes
TO lease or purchase a plot Of ground
located as near town as possible and
erect thereon grandstand that will
be credit to the city.
Baseball Fans Interested.
Associated with him in the enterprise
are the baseball fans who have been
back of the Hammond team for the
past five or six years. The plan IS 10
organize a stock company and sell the
stock TO the general Investor. but
more especially to the horde of real
baseball fans who want to see league
baseball in Hammond
If Hammond is given place in the
Three league it Is estimated that it
viii require between s25.000 and $780,
600 to finance the team for the arst
year.
There viii be the cost of the fran
chise, the guarantee of the salaries Of
the men, the cost OF ball park. the
outftting and training OF the team and
the running expenses.
1t will be seen that the promotion
Of a scheme like this involves great re-
sponsibilities and considerable money,
and of course there is the chance of a
bad year to start with until the popu-
ation to be served has acquired the
baseball habit.
1t is not likely that Hammond Will
have professional ball next year, as 1t
would require a year to build the park
and perfect the organization of a team,
out 1t may be said to be a probability
4 year from next. If Hammond can get
/ franchise.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
ARREST FIRST VIOLATOR Of
GARY BUILDING ORDINANCE

Gary, Dec. 21.-(speciaD-Th first
violation OF TIL building ordinances was
reported this morning and Lewis Cor
don was arrested. The fire limits ex-
tend from Virginia street to Jackson
Fourth avenue to the Wabash tracks
and along Broadway to the Pennsylva-
MIA tracks including the main street
alone
It was alleged that Gordon moved a
frame building from one Of the side
streets to Broadway. near Sixteenth
street. The house was formerly oc-
cupied by J. L. Sillsbe and family. The
arrest was made by building Commfs-
sioner William H. Oliver. who has
earned quite reputation as a hustler
The case viii be heard this afternoon.
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WHITING TEAMS WIN

Whiting. Dec. -CSpeciaD-Tbera
was a basket ball game last night he
tween the Whiting High school and the
East Chicago High school Both tba
girls and the boys teams played. There
vas quite large attendance both from
Whiting and East Chicago. 1t was an
easy victory for the local girls. the
boys winning also. but by a closer score
The score for the girls was % to 3. in
favor of Whiting. and the boys Il to 10.
in favor of Whiting.
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TWO MEN FATALLY INJURED.

Indianapolis. Dec. 21.-The tempo
rary plant of the Prestolite company
at East and Pearl streets blew up. Ell
mer Jessup and John Vangorder were
fatally hurt, and o. II. Skinner was
seriously injured. The three men were
employees and were blown out Of
window
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
VERDICT AGAINST F. COOPER.

Columbus, Ind, Dec. 21-Coroner
Benhim has rendered verdict of hom-
icide by drowing in the case of Hazel
Cooper. the -months-old child who
was found dead in Lick creek on Dec.
5, Frances Cooper, the mother, is in
jail charged with the crime.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
Ornamental stairway Feature.

The lobby of the new hotel is very
conveniently and handsomely arranged.
There is a beautiful hardwood stair
way leading TO the upper floors from
the center of the lobby The newest
posts are surmounted with ornamental
light fixtures
Under the staircase is the clerks
office and the cloak room. At either
SIDE OF the stairway are entrances to
the dining rom. which is the largest
and most attractive in the city.
The kitchen is in close proximity to
the dining room, which is the largest
from it that there. will not be the
danger of having the fumes from the
cooking find their way in.
VIII Help Onset big ExpenHea.
The buffet which has an entrance
from the dining room as well as to
the lobby of the hotel, is one of the
most handsomely furnished in the citv
1t Is expected to do a good business
and will help to offset some Of the btg
expenses that apparently make an en-
terprise of this kind a doubtful in
vestment
The front rooms upstairs have been
converted into suites Of guest chambers
and are supplied with bath and running
water They are to be attractivelv |
furnished and will afford as fine accom- |
modations of the kind as can be had /
anywhere.
The Glennon brothers have made ar |
to have another story built
on the building next year, and this
will add whole floor of rooms to the
forty that are already available.
new chef has been hired and the
cuisine will be greatly improved. AL
though the hotel is hardly ready for
Is opening. Mr.. Glennon has decided
not to put it off any longer Accord
My the first meal will be served in
he new dining room this evening and
here will be orchestra music to en-
ertain the guests.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
WEDS GRANDMOTHER.

South Bend. Ind. Dec 21.-After
keeping their secret for month. Fred
A. Shotwen. 80 years old. and Mrs
Emma ShotweH, II years old. have an
ncunced their marriage. which occurred
at Potterville. Mich Nov. 1e. The bri7e
i the steP-grandmother Of the groom.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
FINED FOR RUNNING BLIND PIG

Gary Ind, Dec. 21.-(speciaD-
Steve Orozkovich. who lives at Miller
Station. was tried yesterday before G
H Westergreen Of Hobart. on charge
of running a blind pig. The hearing
was held in Gary, and the defendant
was ordered TO pay fine of $40 and
costs. Harry Olsen of Miller made the
arrest.
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which he as chairman should have done
gratis. are being freely made The
Insurgents are also digging up Risks
record to prove that he has not ALWAYS
been loyal to his party and that he has
reaped in greater measure than he has
sown
Everyone is asking who will renre-
sent the district now that Risk is 10
be deposed. Candidates are few. but
IL is thought that Mayor Becker. OF
Hammond Will set into the fight. MANY
pick him as the new chairman.
II J. Kirby Risk had been content
with representing his district and had
not become too ambitious to beco,,a
chairman of the state committee 10
would now not be doomed for politicaI
death. Whether he is strong enoupb -
down his enemies. remains to be saan
The Tenth district convention win 10
held at Monon, Jan. >. and Indications
are that it will be lively affair Rtst
will fight hard to save his head and ~
opposition viii fight just as hard -
get it,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
MOVE TODAY.

E D. Drake and N. Curley. the new
proprietor of the c. Q. D. Laundry
which was formerly owned by w. r
Beahier, today moved the laundry ~
the new place at Isl Sibley street. ad-
joining John Gamers saloon. Barker
q Curley intend to be in running order
within two weeks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
TOMORROW THE
SHORTEST DAY
Dec. 2z Leaves No Excuse
Not to Get Up With
the Sun.
RISES 18 MINUTES AFTER 7
Sets Same Number Of Minutes After
Four-Reaches the Turn
ing Point.

tomorrow Dec. %, Will be the short
est day OF the year, and even the hab-
ltual late riser will have no excuse
tomorrow morning for not being up at
sunrise. The sun tomorrow morning
Will rise at exactly Is minutes and AZ
seconds after o'clock. Exactly nine
hours later to the second the sun will
make its au revoir to the briefest
day of 1907, setting at IS minutes and
AZ seconds after o'clock.
Lieutenant Wilson of Chicago stated
that the sun would reach it greatest
southern declination at 1920 o'clock
tomorrow night Greenwich time, this
being 4:20 in the afternoon, Chicago
time
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
GET THEIR OLD
JOBS BACK AGAIN
Indiana Members of House
OF Representatives Given
Former Assignment.
DEMOCRATS WELL CARED FOR
Crumpacker Gets Guardianship of
Census Committee-Watson Off
Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

In the distribution Of House commit
| teeships announced Thursday nv
Speaker Cannon, the experienced IN
diana members get substantially the
assignments they had in the last CON
gress.
CONGRESSMAN f. D. Crumpacker. of
the Tenth district. was given the chair
manshlp Of the census committee and
was also appointed a member of the
committee on insular affairs
representative Watson goes off the
committee en- merchant marine and
hsherles. The new democratic Nom
peFs are fairly we'll taken care of. The
Ihulaha assignments are as follows
John A. M. Adair, Eighth district
GAINS immigration and naturaltza-
tion.
How They Are Distributed.
abraham l. Brick, Thirteenth. appro-
prlation and Territories; John @
Chaney, Second, patents, railways and
cahaIs and invalid pensions William F.
CoN' thlrd, census. merchant marine
and fisheries; Lincoln Dixon. Fourth
Invalid pensions, enrolled bills: Clar-
ence c. Gilhams, Twelfth. agriculrura
ana militia; Z. S. Holiday. Fifth. mill
tary affairs, war claims. and invalid
pensions; Charles b. Lands. Ninth
printing (chairman). foreign affairs:
Jesse overstreet. Seventh, postoffce
and postroads (chairman); George w.
Rauch, Eleventh, labor. ventilation
and acoustics; James E. Watson. Sixth
ways and means; John H. Foster First
judiciary. District of Columbia. The
place on the district of Columbia com
nlttee is a new one for representa- |
ave roster. Indiana still holds three |
important cnairmanships. The census
= s1oiilinlttee, of which Crumpacker is
halrman, is composed of the follow
ng members: Chairman. Crunapaclxar
indiana, Republicans; Snapp. Illinois.
Kentucky; Barclay, Pennsvl-
anta Democrats: Goodwin. North
'arolina; Cox, Indiana; Hamlin. Mis-
ouri; Wilson, Pennsylvania, Ten
tepublicans; six Democrats.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
LAY The CORNER STONE
Ceremonies in Connection
With East Chicago City
Hall Conducted Today.

East Chicago. Dec. 21.-(special)-
The cornerstone for the new East Chi
cago $4,000 city hall was laid mis-
afternoon at o'clock. The ceremony
was performed under the Masonic
rites and many prominent Masons from
the northern part of The state we've
present
Despite the uninviting weather
large crowd was present to witness
the ceremony
The new hall is located or Forsyth
avenue beside the old building.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21

NoC MAY FIND 4 BETTER PLACE
TO LIVE BIZ ANSWERING 4 FEW
FURNISHED ROOM ADS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-12-21
WEATHER FORECAST.

Partly cloudy tonight and sunday.
ing temperature Sunday.
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Reaches Turning Point.

The provider Of the worlds DAYLIGHT
will at that hour reach a declfnation
of 2S degrees - minutes and $40
seconds. Then it will cease its south
ern course and Immediately begin 10
come north, reaching the equator about
March p. 1t will continue the north
erly course in the heavens until June
y of next year, when the longest dav
Will be recorded.
There are about fifteen hours of
daylight every year on June q. six
full hours more than there will be in
evidence tomorrow. On each June u
the sun rises at about 4.30 and sets
at about T:30 o'clock
Tomorrow thus is TO be the most on
perfume morning Of 1907. for any citf-
zen who has not been able TO boast
during the tweIve-month that he was
up al sunrise this morning" Such a
one may see the sun appear above the
horizon tomorrow without causing him
self anything like the loss OF sleep
which would have been necessary. for
instance in order that he might make
the same boast, six months ago.
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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
corned Beef and

Don Mariana Torlonia, of the ia
nous ducal family of Torlonia, in
Rome, praised American cigars at a
dinner in New York.
Our Italian cigars are not so good"
he said. They are made by the gov
eminent. They are as long and thin
as a lead pencil. and they have a
straw in the middle; otherwise they
would not draw. You light these Ital-
ian cigars of ours over a lamp, a spe-
cially-made cigar lamp that burns
with a strong flame. The lighting re-
quires from three to five minutes.
These cigars, for all the trouble they
take, are poor. I gave one to an
American in Rome one morning. He
put it in his pocket and said he
would smoke it later.
Il met him again that night at the
Cafe Nazionale, in the Corso.
"'Well, l said, how did you like my
cigar?
"'Oh. it was excellent said he. i
enjoyed it immensely. had it boiled
for my dinner with some corned
beef
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON.
In Torments with Terrible Sores on
Face and Body-Tore at Flesh
Cured by Cuticura.

my little son, when about a year
and a half old began to have sores
come out on his face. They began to
come on his arms. then on other parts
of his body. and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. At the
end of about a year and a half of suf-
fering he grew so bad / had to tie his
hands in cloths at night to keep him
from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. He got to be a mere skele-
ton and was hardly able to walk. L
sent to the drug store and got a cake
of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura
Ointment, and at the end of about two
months the sores we're all well. He
has never had any sores of any kind
since, and only for the Cuticura Rem
edies my precious child would have
died from these terrible sores. 1 used
only one cake of Soap and about three
boxes of Ointment. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don. r. F. d. No. 1, Woodville, Conn,
April %, 1906"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
QUALITIES OF WIT AND HuMoR.
Alike, Yet in Many Ways Fundament-
ally Different.

Wit and humor are such elemental
fundamental things that it has always
been found difficult to analyze them,
says a writer in The Atlantic. Upon
some points. however, those who have
essayed this puzzling task agree, for
they all hold that wit is an intel
l%ectual, humor an emotional, quality;
that wit is a perception of resem-
blance, and humor a perception of
contrast, of discrepancy, of incongru-
ity. The incongruity is that which
arises between the ideal and the fact,
between theory and practice, between
promise and performance; and per-
haps it might be added that it is al
ways or almost always a moral in
c%ongruity. In the ase both of wit
and humor there is also a ~pleasurable
surprise, a gentle shock, which &C
companies our perception of the hith-
erto unsupported resemblance or in
congruity. A New England farmer
was once describing in the pres
ence of a very humane person the
great age and debility of a horse that
he formerly owned and used. "You
ought to have killed him." interrupt
ed the humane person Indignantly.
We'll" drawled the farmer I'VE did
almost"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
H KISS IN JAPAN.
One Western Idea That Is Popular
with Eastern Maidens.

She was a Japanese college student,
little and thin, but very graceful in
her Paris gown.
THE kiss" she said, blushing faint
ly, was unknown in Japan so years
ago. Now, among the a%ristocracy, it
is becoming quite renowned.
yet it comes as a great shock at
first. 1t is so different, you know,
from anything in a Japanese girls ex-
p~erience. / have known maidens who
tainted at a first kiss that was per-
haps too warmly rendered. Yet these
very maids became afterward ardent
advocates of the western en-
brace.
Frankly, I like the kiss myself. Its
stimulus. and the feeling, as of red
satin, when mouth touches mouth
with a warm, soft shock-yes. frank
". like the kiss, and l find it ex-
tremely difficult to deny an eager
young man so innocent and so delight
lightful an embrace.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
A REAL ~Hoss" RACE.
Country Fair the Place TO See IL Al
lts Best.

II you would see a horse stran.
ped, booted, braced and geared To
the limit, you must seek such a
track as you see at the old-time
country fair. Here comes an awk.
ward hea-bitten gray which never
went under $50 in his life. He ia
hobbled and checked and goggled. and
hitched up sidewise, lengthwise and
crosswise until there is more har.
ness than horse. You wonder how
his driver eve got him into this rig.
ging. and how he will get him out
again without cutting him free with
a 1ackknife. A farmer with a
gray beard and twinkling y OBJ
serves to his neighbor:
Last time John Martin had that
plug out on the road l told him he
had the old cripple overloaded with
Observation-Disclosures. Them straps
that was cal'lated to hoist up his
knees must ha' pulled too tight and
the critter was yanked clean off the
ground. What John was gettin.
ready for was a race for flyin' ma
chimes, not a boss trot."-From "The
Country Fair" by David Lansing. IL
Outing.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
DRAINING the Everglades.

After many years of discussion
without any real action, the state of
Florida has at last commenced the
work of draining the great submerged
tract known as the Everglades. This
is to be done by cutting a series of
canals leading into rivers on both the
gulf and Atlantic slopes. The sec
ton to be drained comprises about
5000. 600 acres, upon which there is
very little timber or brush, conse-
uuently the work of reclamation will
be comparatively easy, and it is ex-
pected to have several thousand acres
ready for cultivation and settlement
by December of this year. Owing to
the latitude and the great richness of
the soil. this land will be of great
value when thoroughly drained.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
Death Recalls ocean pueI.

The recent death in France of Vice
Admiral Franquet recalls the fact that
he was the hero of the only naval en-
gagement in the Franco-Prussian war.
The scene was Havana, where Fran
ouet commanded the Bouvet, which
kent watch on the Prussian ship Me
teor The latter was well armed,
Though the Bouvet had only light ar
tillery. Franquet challenged the Ger
man captain to a naval duel, and the
offer was accepted. The boats sailed
from the harbor, followed by Span
ish ships as umpires. The Bouvet at
once rammed the Meteor. Both ships
we're badly damaged.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
RHEUMATISM RECIPE
PREPARE SIMPLE HOMEMADE
MIXTURE YOURSELF.
Buy the Ingredients from Any Drug
aist in Your Town and Shake
Them in a Bottle to
Mix This.

A well-known authority on Rheu-
matism gives the readers of a large
New York daily paper the following
valuable, yet simple and harmless
prescription, which any one can easily
prepare at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking well in a bottle, and
take a teaspoonful after each meal
and at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients ear
be obtained from n good prescrip-
ton pharmacy at small cost, and. be-
ing a vegetable extraction, are harm
less to take.
This pleasant mixture, If taken reg
ularly for a few days, is said to over
ONE almost any case of rheumatism.
The pain and swelling, if my, dimin-
ishes with each dose, until permanent
results are obtained, and without in
juring the stomach. While there are
many ~so-called Rheumatism remedies,
patent medicines, ETC., some of which
do give relief, few really give perma-
lent results, and the above will, no
doubt, be greatly appreciated by many
sufferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores Of even
the small towns elicits the information
that these drugs are harmless and can
be bought separately, or the druggists
will mix the prescription If asked to.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
Average Corn Yield.

The average yield of corn in the
limited States is 25 bushels and the
value per acre is eight dol
lars from which the cost of produc-
ing the crop must be deducted before
Il can Weld a profit. There is not a
cent of profit in the average crops of
anv kind. Average crops do not pay,
and average farmers are not content
with the average crop; they want the
hest The fault of an average crop
often lies in the cultivation. Some
Zines it is in the land, and again it is
in a season, but it more often lies in
the farmer himself.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-10
RibIe Names for colts.

A hostler from the Blue Grass has
just found employment in one Of the
stables of a New York man. His
darby dialect is so quaint and his
stories of "Ole Kaintuck" so unique
no member of the household misses
an opportunity to speak to him and
have him say a word.
His employer said to him a few
days ago: Il suppose your mas
ter down south had a good many
horses?"
Dat we did, sab, dat we did! And
my ole master had 'em all name
Bible names. Faith, Hope and Char
ity, Bustle, Stays and Crinoline, vas
all one Springs colts!"