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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26

South Chicago, Aug. 26.-Riddled by
more than 100 shots from a double
barreled shotgun in the hands of one
or two thieves who were caught yes
terday breaking into a car. Police Ed
ward H. Brink lies at the home of his
relatives in S4S Erickson avenue. Pull
man. The robbers escaped.
The affair happened at One Hundred
and Twenty-third street and Illinois
Central tracks. Brink was patrolling
the tracks when he heard voices be-
hind a row of cars.
He climbed over a coupling and saw
three men breaking into q car. The
policeman drew his revolver and order
ed the robbers TO march before him.
He followed some distance in the rear
holding out his revolver.
The strange march proceeded along
the desolate stretch toward the police
station When the party had proceeded
several hundred yards. one Of the rob
bers wheeled suddenly and with the
same motion produced a short doubled
barreled shotgun which he pointed a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
CRIMP IN BATHERS
AND BIKE RIDERS
Windsor Park Residents
Disguised, Invoke Arm
of the Law.
especlal to Lake county Ttme..l

Windsor Park, Aug 26.-The real,
dents OF Windor Park. are determined
to stop the desecration of their side
walk rights by bathers and bicycle
riders. and yesterday for the first time
this summer they saw the ordinances.
concerning the walks respected. Sat
urday q delegation of the residents Of
the aristorcratic suburb called at the
police station and made a protest
against the use of the sidewalks for
lounging places by bathers on the
beaches, and by the bike riders as good
wheeling paths. In many cases. they
complained, men and women on their
way to worship. were compelled TO step
out into the road or onto a lawn, while
a procession of riders wheeled by on
the sidewalk.
As result Of their complaint. a
squad Of fifteen policemen were sent 10
the suburb and three men were ar
rested charged with riding on the side
walk while countless bathers were
chased of the walks. back to the sands
OF the beach.
The men arrested were Robert Mel
son. e63S Shields avenue, candidate for
mayor of Chicago on the socialist
ticket in 1888; William Champlain. 1927
West Twenty second street, and John
Jensen.
/ For some time past residents along
/ the beaches have been annoyed by men
and women in decolete bathing suits
1 parading along the sidewalks on the
nearby streets. and many were shocked.
Yesterday the stalwart bluecoats
paraded the walks and chased the Of
tenders back TO the water front with
strict orders TO stay there and not to
! exhibit themselves and show of their
fancy bathing suits before the people.
AS a result there will be a change IN
the rules OF etiquette at the popular
/ beaches.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
Two Thousand Witness In
pressive Ceremonies in
South Chicago.
DAY IS AN IDEAL ONE
Visitors Flock From Surrounding
Towns to Attend Festivities at
New Lutheran Church.
lspeclaI to Lake Countr Tlme..l )

South Chicago. Aug. 2s.-Two thous>
and people witnessed the corner stone
laying OF the new Evangelical Luthern
Emmanuel church on Houston avenue
between Nientieth and Ninety-frst
streets, yesterday afternoon. The vis-
itors focked in from Chicago, Ham
mond. Whiting. and East Chicago. The
day was ideal for the occasion as the
exercises and ceremonies took place In
the open air.
The Rev. f. Schroeder OF Kankakee.
had the main speech and the address
that he made in German TO the audience
was one that well entitled him TO carry
the honor of being the speaker of the
day. The songs that were sung by the
church choir and the pupils of the two
upper grades of the parochial school
showed careful rehearsinE..
An interesting feature OF the after
moons program was the reading CT the
church history complied by the pastor
OF the congregation. the Rev. Ferdi-
nand Sievers.
He reviewed forty years. beginning
from the time when two Lutheran
clergymen from Chicago. the Reys.
Doederlin and Boyer stepped into the
wilderness Of South Chicago starting
the First Evangelical Lutheran church,
from which sprung the other churches
in the surrounding towns. Although
the audience was more or less ac-
quainted with the progress of theil
chosen church in the Calumet region
Mr. sievers' history enlightened them
on many points.
The movement for a new church was
decided upon By a unauimoua vote o.
building committee was appointed 30
4 ther new church The building com
mittee is composed OF Messrs M Hausl
ef. H. Keyhauer w Pause. Il
Schwartz. H. F. WuerffeI and th'
pastor. Mr.. Sievers. It is the hope o.
this building committee. as well as o
the congregation. that the new church
viii be complete for dedication mex
Christmas.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
FRUIT DEALERS FIND
DEADLY TARANTULA
Hidden in Bananas, Three
Inch Insect Makes a Hit
on Holman Street.

A large tarantula was the cause OF
no little excitement in Sbragia & Bar
dellis' fruit store on the corner of Hoh-
man street and Rimbach avenue, this
morning. NJ Bardelli. one Of the mem
bers of the firm. was hanging up a
bunch of bananas in front of the store
when his attention was attracted by a
kissing sound which issued forth from
the fruit He hastily hung up the fruit
on the first convenient hook and got
busy to see what was inside. Taking
a long stick, he poked near the place
where the sound came from, and was
surprised to see a large tarantula, three
inches in length, stick out its head,
continuing to make the kissing sound.
Charles L. Calkins. who happened to be
passing by the store at the time, stop
ped and securing a can, took a stick
and pushing it against the little insect
which became angry and grasped it.
and in a second. Mr. Calkins had it
transferred to the can.
On the back of the tarantula was a
ball of eggs, over an inch in diameter.
The insect, although small is one of the
most deadly IN existence and a person
bitten by one of them seldom recovers
It was only short. time before a large
crowd had gathered in front of the
store to see the curiosity. Mr.. Calkins
took his insect to his home and later
brought it to THE LAKE COUNTY TIMES
office where it is on exhibition.
Several people who were passing the
fruit store at the time say they heard
the Kissing sound when Bardelli was
carrying the bunch of bananas over his
shoulder and it is only a miracle thai
he was not bitten.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
MAN DROWNED IN
CALUMET RIVER

Joseph Dodgig, a foreigner living
at 1S3 Company House, Standard Steel
settlement was drowned this afternoon
while fishing in the Calumet river off
Columbia avenue. Doodgig. with two
companions, was using a seine and the
former was about to swim back for the
anchor in the river to which the seine
was attached. He became exhausted
before he reached the boat in which
they had rowed out to the anchor
and sank to the bottom of the muddy
stream. His companions failed in the
attempt to rescue him and the efforts
of those in a passing boat were also
in vain. The passengers of the boat
got the man out of the water but he
was dead at the time.
Dodgig is man with a police rec
ord, having been arrested some time
ago and convicted on a charge of car
rying concealed weapons He is board
ing at the house at the Standard Steel
settlement as he has no family of his
| own.
Emmerling's ambulance and the po-
lice were notified and Immediately went
| to the scene of action. After some
maneuvering the fishing party was
! located and the body brought to the
morgue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26

men had been separated each was suf-
tering from badly bruised countenanee
BY the time officers Okroy and Kul-
czyk had arrived on the scene il was
time for the christening to begin and
Cheswichs put up such a plea to be
allowed TO remain that the officers ac-
eompanied both men inside the house
and allowed them to witness the cere-
monies which were pulled off right as
the schedule called for.
After the christening was over both
Cheswich and Barnard were taken to
the police station by the two officers
where they were lodged over night
At 10 o'clock this morning they were
given a hearing before Justice ]. J.
Flynn. who after listening to evidence
fined both men SO and costs. After the
trial was over the men left the station
arm in arm apparently the best OF
friends
Cheswich returned to his home on the
south side where he greeted his wife
who had spent a restless night beins
greatly worried over her husband,s
arrest Cheswich returned to his -vork
this morning.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
Nine-Year Old Ella Schrader Way
laid and Assaulted While on
Way Home From Errand.
BODY IS FOUND TO Be FRIGHTFULLY MUTILATED
Posse of Hundreds With Bloodhounds and Armed With
shotguns and Rifles scour the Country for
the Guilty Man

Foully murdered by a fiend who
choked and beat her with his bare
hands, the body of little 9-year-old
Ella Schrader, was found lying in a
clump of bushes on the desolate wastes
of the prairie near Toleston, outraged
beyond description. her life blood
mingling with the sand. The body
was found by the mother Of the girl,
and within an hour posses were hurry
ing thither, armed with shot-guns,
with a grim determination that bodies
i'll for the culprit If he falls into the
hands of these men. Bloodhounds
were at once put upon the trail of
the man, and from the clews found by
the officers on the scene. the terrible
deed was thought to have been done
by a negro.
The little girl was outraged. choked
until the finger of the fiend sank deep
into the white flesh of her little throat,
and then as If to complete his awful
work. the man beat her in the face
until the last spark of life was extinct.
1t was little wonder that the group of
men who came to the call. looked up
to the Divine Being to aid them in
their search for the cuIprit. while their
fingers clutched convulsively as il on
the throat OF the assassin.
Although there are scores of police
officers on the scene, 1t will be little
short Of a miracle If the rough farm
ers and mechanics who make up the
posse do not take the law into their
own hands and from the nearest, tele-
graph pole make the man pay the pen
atty of his crime
The little girl. daughter of William
,ta ca,1 TtY4rr al
Toleston, was sent from her home to
the place where her father is employ
ed, about a mile eway, this morning
She started from the house about
o'clock. having a message to deliver
and small sum of money to turn over
to her father The route ives across
the plains. desolate in the extreme and
covered with an underground of stunt
ed oak She reached her father al
right and was on her way home wher
her innocent young life was taken by
the brute.
She had reached within half mile
of her home when the fiend. who hat
evidently followed her, came upon her
Or one of the low ridges the crime was
committed under cover of the under
growth The mother of the little to-
thought that she was too long on hel
errand and with an unknown fear tug
ging at her heart. she set out to lool
for her She took the path traverse'
by the little girl. and on the ridge sh'
found the little body lying in the under
growth and sand. while the blood flow
ing from the wounds and marks on he
face, told the terrible story. Mrs
Schrader at once ran as fast as she coul'
to the nearest house where she told he
terrible story and fell to the ground il
a faint. The word was passed on, travel
ing like wildhre and soon it reached
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
FIGHT INTERRUPTS CHRISTENING
Guest Appears With Bottle of Whisky, Which He
Passes Ignoring HOst-Latter Resents snub
and Rough House Begins.

christening, two men and a bottle
Of whisky we're the cause of quite a
little excitement in West Hammond
yesterday afternoon and ended by the
men being arrested and locked up IN
Jail over night
Yesterday afternoon was set for the
christening of Joseph Cheswichs' little
baby boy and he accordingly invited
all of his friends TO be at the house to
participate in the celebration. About
3 o'clock the house was crowded with
Joseph's friends and everything pre-
sented a gorgeous appearance. The
last man to arrive for the ceremonies
was Albert Barnard, who had with him.
it is alleged. a bottle of unusually bad
whiskey.
After Inviting several of his friends
to partake of the booze he is said to
have replaced it in his pocket Ches-
wichs was ignored in the passing of
the bottle and his feelings were hurt.
He asked for a little sip and was re-
fused, and then the rough house
started. Cheswichs made a few passes
al Barnard and landed some. Barnard
returned the blows and before the two
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
INJUNCTION FOR
CITY HALL
Harborites Threaten to En-
join East Chicago From
Further Steps.
Want CONCESSIONS
VIII Use Courts as Club to Compel
City Fathers to Recognize
Demands.
Especial to Lake County Times.)

Indiana Harbor. Ind. Aug. 26-The
opposition of the people of Indiana
Harbor to the building OF city hall In
East Chicago has developed TO such an
extent that there was open revolt last
Saturday evening to the program of the
people of East Chicago. and at a meet
ing of the Business Mems association
1t was decided to get out an injunction
restraining the city council from TAX
ing steps in the matter.
The people of Indiana Harbor are not
in a very good humor towards their
sister city any way. The Harbor has
grown marvelously. 1t is growing
rapidly today. In fact it is doubtful II
there is a city in the whole Calumet
region. excepting Gary. where there is
as great activity as there is In Indiana
| Harbor.
HurbOrites Have Not Forgotten.
| 1t will be remembered that the East
| Chicago councilmen We're responsible
| for the frequent delays in the letting of
the contracts for the paving of the
Harbor streets. This set the town back
a whole year and the people over there
have not forgotten it.
Then in spite OF the growth OF the
Harbor end of the city as compared
with that at East Chicago-in spite of
the fact that Indiana Harbor now has
a larger population than the city which
annexed tit is merely the fourth ward
of that city and is represented by but
| one councilman.
The straw which is to break the
cameTs back, according to the citizens
of Indiana Harbor. is the attempt OF
the East Chicagoans to build a $50, 00C
- ~, ~ .k%x-
Il TFssnl< They> Have Right.
The people of the Harbor won't admit
they want It. Some of them say they
don't want in. But they are going tc
put a crinp in East Chicago's ambi-
tions until they get a few things they
want such as a sewer system, better
representation. a fire station. police
station, the central postoffice from
which the free delivery will be made
and a few minor concessions.
And this threat or a restraining
order. it is declared, is not merely &
bluff. 1t is a fact that this action ha'
been contemplated by the Indiana Har
Dor citizens for some time.
Shortly after the acceptance of th'
: plans and specifications for the new
! city hall several Harbor business mer
were interviewed as to the probable ac
tion of the people of that city in tn,
matter.
2 "GOOd Cards Up Their Sleeves"
All you could get out of the wis
g ones was a smile and the remark tha
4 they had somen''good cards of thei
1 sleeves" The threat of a restraining
order must be one of the cards.
The people of East Chicago do no
feel assured that they have the thini
nailed down. They are waiting for tn
people Of Indiana Harbor to show thei
: hand and then they will try to cop
with the situation as 1t is presented.
The matter may lead to a deman
: that the two cities be separated an
e thereafter set up independent govern
: ments The outcome of the fight /
: awaited with interest
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
MRS. MARGARET WAGNER DIES

Margaret Wagner. the aged mother
of Mrs. DR. c. w. Delaney. died Sat
urday evening at $50 at her home, $50
East State street The cause of her
death was old age and paralysis She
has been suffering for some time prior
to her death from a complication OF
diseases and her death has been looked
for at any moment Mrs. Delaney was
79 years old and the mother of Mrs
Charlie Mott and Mrs. DIR. Delaney.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
Mrs. G.. H. Hilliard Nearly
Loses Life When Turpen-
tine Bottle Explodes.
COOL TN DAN GE R
Her Presence of Mind When Accident
Occurs Probable Means of
Saving Her Life.

Whiting Aug. 26-But for her pre-
sence of mind in a time OF great dan
ger. Mrs. G H. Hnliard. wife of DIR.
Hilliard. would have been burned TO
death yesterday at her home at the
corner Of Oliver and One hundred and
nineteenth streets. AS 1T was her
hands were badly burned and she is
now in the care of physician.
Shortly after o'clock yesterday
morning Mrs. HnIiard was cleaning
some clothing and held in her hands
bottle of turpentine. She walked un-
consciously near TO gas stove and the
heat caused the bottle of fluid to ex-
lConttnued on nnre > colrrnn a.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26

South Bend. Ind. Aug. 25.-(Special)
The condition of James Oliver. the
millionaire plow king. is slightly i'm
proved today. the patient resting easier
than at any time since the relapse. The
attending physicians, however. refuse
to give the family any hope Of his ulti-
mate recovery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26
FIRE DOES $500 DAMAGE.

Fred Stelow, located at s2s Calumet
avenue, caught FIRE yesterday in sonIs
way and damage TO the extent Of 5000
was done. The fire department was
called out and arrived upon the scene
in time TO save the house. although the
entire interior furnishings were burn
ed. The origin Of the fire IS unknown
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26

Continued on page ?, column O.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-26

Total, Yesterday Il. so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-12

voice simply fell upon his ears us Worile7s music
TO which his thoughts of her might sing
Swiftly his mind went back over all the years
that he had known her and his day- before She had
come to him. He had not loved her always because
he the down hill road of wears and Jcs,lca
OF her father. had loved her from the very day
that She born,-loved her first with hc passion
ate protesting love Of man who had married Vet
who has been denied both love and children. and
loved her aterHard to his surprise well as hers
sweet heart. Tor the Wiic Of his youth died while
Jesslca was still q little child
jeSslca childhood had scarcely Ncrgci into
WumanhoDd when he Young suitors hoskng 10
her side. Now he laughed low at the thought OF
them. Ihey had been silly. simple, Hlppart.
else awkward, heavy. unappreciative lads. hit
10 mate with Jeaslca a cabbage with a rose a
clown with perfection. He had never been afraid
OF her msInating then for She had been wont 10
Now. godfather what do YOU think OF Jim
She would ask. He did so and And Harry
ISM he silly, Oh godfather. WHY didn't YOU have
a son, He would have been lust the boy for casica
Gradually, together in those DAYS, they had come
to fashion picture OF this son that might have
been. and every man who came across her path
they compared to this imaginary prince of his houae
hold. and turned away wanting. Iessica had been
a bubbling we'll OF laughter IN those DAYS and the
She dubbed thcSe sultorS. over their su-
fcring through comparison to his son. the more
he laughed with her until he grew Young from very
laughter He grew young hat one day. Iessca.
glancing up al him. was struck by the change ~
his face and cried ont impetuously
"Where-Where have all Your years gone Talk
about your son, You might be the blessed boy
himself.
Then wildly over Icssca' face the self conscious,
painful bushes went sweeping. until She red
as the rose IN her hair, and he. hi, long pent up
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-12

long DAYS and ulgh-S OF the tour wears,
while he worked and dclved, and When
he rested, he could hear her saving:
Il VIII be true,
Whenever she wrote to him, she signed
herself Your Icssica' And. always
when her letters came he would turn
at once to- Inc last page to see II she still
made use OF the word of four letters and
then ne would kiss the signature, Your
IcsslCa, with as great a passion As the
Young son might have shoUn,-ayc. with
greater Tor no Young man could have
been So afraid of losing her.
The wears had gathered in number
without his quite realizing the speed Of
time, for second passion had come
upon him. passion for wealth TO
Law at IcssCa's feet. What had At length
brought him to the sense OF her possible
need for him was the death of her father
and mother. the two deaths coming
almost togct her At this time, however.
he was forty miles from a railroad
there had been a delay in the mails, and
he did not hear the news until SIX months
after Iessica had written. Then he had
found a way to send her thousands Of
dollars and the message that he would
come at once. but now there was trouble
with the poems, difficulty III leaving the
mines. and 50, although he strained II
the harness and went nearly mad over
the delay, another SIX months passed
before he started for the States.
Icssica had not written to tell HIM that
the money lay in the bank untouched.
She told him that she had taken the
position as matron in the Old LADIES'
Home; yet in such way that he did
not understand that by this means her
spirit of independence was earning for
her her daily bread.
The man in the summer house peered
through the honeysucke leaves out at
Iessica, where she knelt pluchng Der
ries in the garden Now with the faint
ness. the recollections of the past had
gone. and he saw only Iessica of the
Present.-saw with flash of protest
that the face he longed to feed his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-12

Hen The Sta-cr.Ir folks saw him
come Fastening down The road Just
AFTER The ueonday tram, his step
bounding and youthful shoulders
straight. head uplitrei q glory of
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-03-06
Cache Man In Boston Paper

breakers in our midst, we maintain
that such are to be found in every
other creed.
The Mormon Church knows no
politics. Even 10 the small crowd
that Is going now from Boston TO
Europe there are men OF different
political beliefs. AS a matter Of fact,
the Mormons are nearly evenly divid-
ed between the Democratic and Re-
publican parties, the Republicans hav.
ing shade the best Of 1t.
I'VE 90 TO Europe TO preach our
gospel, but we don't intend to persuade
anyone TO come to America. We have
not any means OF our own wherewith
&c pay the passage OF those who would
be willing to cross the ocean, neither
has the church any funds at its dis
posal for this purpose. Those who
come to this county will have to do so
of their own accord and at their own
expense
I'VE will all return in year or two.
am married man, but my wife was
willing that | devote some years of
my life to the work OF the church, and
so | arted out to take the message
to the p ople Of Europe.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-03-06
World Development.

The hypothesis of world develop
ment from spiral nebulae, which was
so widely discussed about 20 years
ago, but which of late years has been
seriously questioned, has been
strengthened somewhat recently by
the explanation that worlds are
formed not by the condensation of
rings gradually soliditcd from tenu.
Gus nebulae, but rather by great
masses thrown on or detached from
the parent mass OF nebula by the
centrifugal force OF the rotation.
Photographs OF nebslae disclose ssch
masses N process III detachment, and
most astronomers are now inclined to
the belief that shis Is the way In
which all planetary bodies have been
formed. The heavens show thousands
Of spiral nebulae which are evidently
In a state OF rotation In central nuclei,
and which indicate that they will
probably be consolidated into suns
and solar systems similar 10 our own.