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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
PARKER-COONS
CASE POSTPONED
The Alienation Of Affections
Case Will Not be Heard
so Soon as Expected.

The case of Charles Coons of Ham
mond, who is suing William Parker,
a local contractor for $4,000 alleging
that he alienated his wifes affections,
viii not come up today in the Porter
county circuit court as was expected
on account of other cases that had
precedence on the docket before the
Parker Coons case.
Attorney Bruce, who represents the
plaintiff said today that he thought
the calendar could be cleaned up so
that the case could come up tomor-
row but possibly it might not get on
for trial then.
w. J. Winery, attorney for the de-
PENDANT still maintains that 1T is simp-
ly a plot to blackmail his client.
Coons formerly was employed by
Parker as foreman in his contracting
business and Coons alleges that while
he was at work Parker would ~go to
the house with his wife and in that
way won the latter's affections away
from him. He is suing for $4,000.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
DAFFNEY RECEIVERS
TOO SPEEDILY
After Posing as Victim of all
Ills Beggar's sprightli-
ness Causes Undoing.

John Daffey, a ranking officer in the
army of street fakirs, blew into Ham
mond yesterday and began operations
in the principal street of the city. He
arrived here penniless after having in
dulged in a series of sprees which soon
deprived him of all the filthy lucre
eratiops. At best he was a sorry look
ing sight and in addition to his care
fully studied poses representing pain,
sickness, hunger and privation, he GER
tainly presented a money making sight.
His apparently woeful condition quick
ly appealed to the humane element in
the citizens of Hammond who CHANGED
to be nudged by the srms-seeking hand
of the innocent and afflicted They
responded most generously it seems,
and the stream of nickels, dimes and
pennies flowed in at an increasing rate
whenever the beggar saw fit to change
his place Of business.
The manner in which he became af-
hicted with various injuries, while
walking from one block to another,
the sudden loss of his sense Of sight.
speech and hearing was most marvel
Gus to those who, took particular inter
est in his career.
Some declare the sight of numerous
beer signs, or too prolonged glance
at the inside of well stocked bakery
was the cause Of his awful misery
His sudden recovery. however. after a
days labor proved to be the cause Of his
undoing. Not being able to prove him
to be connected with the operations OF
a quack doctor as a walking advertise
ment, the police considered 1t neces-
sary to take the man in tow and kind
ly give him what assistance they could
in the recovery of his voice. After re-
lieving him of several yards of band
ages, court plaster and other medical
equipment for use in case Of an emerg-
ency call, he was brought before Judge
Mcmahon. who lost no time in imposing
a fine which will send him to the house
Of correction at Crown Point where ar
immediate recovery is looked for.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
BLOCKSON PINCHED;
TRIES TO ESCAPE
Tilted Lover Regrets Moth
ing This Morning But
Loss of His Teeth.

Thomas Blockson, the man who came
from LaPorte yesterday and who in
cidentally became entangled in an ar
gument with Mrs. idge-Andrews in
which he lost two of his front teeth,
is again being cared for at the local
police station.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Andrews
appeared before Judge Mahon and made
out a complaint charging him with pro-
voking an assault. He was brought up
for trial and fined 81 and costs, amount
ing to 81. Not having the money to
pay his fine he sent a telegram to
friends at LaPorte asking for the
amount.
While at the police station he was
not locked up, but was allowed the
freedom of the office. Seeing what he
thought was a chance to escape he
jumped through a side window and
secured quite lead before the officers
could get started.
Captain Austgen saw the move on
Blockson's part and mounting a sta
ton bicycle, captured Blockson as he
was going up Morton court He was
brought back to the station where he
was locked up
Later Blockson received his money
from LaPorte and paid his fine.
Blockson says this morning that his
one wish now is that he could recover
the teeth which he lost in the fracas
Yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
HAMMOND TEAM FILLS GAPS.
Bill Christie VIII be Valuable Addition
to Local Baseball Force.

Owing TO losing two. Of its players.
the management Of the Hammond base
ball association have secured Christie
of South Chicago to hold down first
base for Hammond.
'.Bill" as he is known, comes well
recommended as a gentlemanly fellow
and a ball player. Mr.. Christie is also
catcher, having been seen in action
here with the Senecas.
new third baseman will also take
McMahons place at third as Mcmahon,
If he can duplicate last Sundays work
in the box, will be retained as pitcher
for the team.
Billy Jones at second, will captain
the team and if he lives up to the
reputation of his namesake with the
White Sox, we may expect some real
baseball.
June 9. Chicago Heights will be the
north side attraction.
The Joe Long Colts VS.. the Duffy s
will be the curtain raiser at 1 o'clock
sharp and should be a corker.
On July 4, the Mutuals OF Chicago
viii meet the Hammonds.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
REDUCED RATES
TO CINCINNATI
c., G. & L. Cuts Price From
$6.25 to So; Rate War
Threatened.

The Chicago, Cincinnati & Louis
Vile railroad, which was recently COM
pleted through to Chicago from Griffith,
has started putting a crimp in its COM
petitors by announcing that after July
l the road will sell tickets from Chi
cago to Cincinnati for IS, which is a
cut Of $1.25, the rate formerly being
1925.
Frank L. Fox, general claim agent of
the new road is in Hammond this week
on business for the company and is
very enthusiastic over the new road s
prospects When asked when the new
depot would be established here, he
said he could not say just what time
but from what he had learned it was
contemplated in the near future.
1t looks like there may be a rail-
road war started between the Monon
c. H. & D, Big Four and Pennsylvania
against the c. c. & L. for cutting the
rates as these roads say they will not
allow the new So rate to pass them I'M
challenged.
Since establishing a depot in Ham
mond the new road has pulled away no
little business from the older lines
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
SERVICE TO STANDARD
IS IMPROVED.
Lake Shore Road Has Doubled the Num-
Der of Trains stopping at Steel sta
ton; Now TIVE Stops Each way.

The officials of the Lake Shore road
seem to be in an unusually good hurnor
lately. the latest evidence being the in
stallation Of new and much improved
suburban service between the city and
the works of the Standard Steel Car
company. Beginning tomorrow. two
trains viii be run each way so that en-
ployes beginning and completing work
a : different hours Of the day may be &C
commodated, without having TO walk
the two miles to town. No. 200 due
here at 6:21 viii stop hereafter at the
steel plant to accommodate those who
begin work at seven. 1t Is understood
that a new station viii be built soon
to take the place OF the platform now
used and viii be called Standard.
No definite information has been re
ceived so far. but it is thought the traf-
fic will soon necessitate that action
The trains now leaving here for the
Standard Steel Car works are as fol
lows:
Going east. leave Hammond at cal
and 7:66.
Going west. leave Standard at IA;
and $40.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
HAMMOND PATCHES
INVADE WHITING
In a Raid on the City j. P.
Beardsley and James
Spainer Win Wives.

That the citizens of Hammond are
determined to amalgamate with Whit
ing is shown by the fact that two
Hammond young men went over to the
oil city this morning and married two
Of the Whiting young ladies.
The young men who dared enter the
confines of rival neighboring city and
carry off two of the its fairest maidens,
were ]. P. Beardsley of the South Shore
Gas and Electric company, and James
Spanier, formerly employed at Hege-
wisch, but a resident of this city.
J. P. Beardsley was married to Fairy
Condor, the daughter of the recently
elected member of the Whiting school
board. They were married at the home
of the brides parents on One Hundred
and Nineteenth street this morning by
Rev. NJ c. Wright
James Spanier was married to Miss
Title Mahlitz at her home on Fred
street the same divine officiating. The
news Of these weddings will come as
quite a surprise to the friends of both
of these young men.
The post nuptial plans of the con-
tracing parties have not yet been an
nounced.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
SALT CELLAR OF LONG AGO.
Was Distinctive Mark Of Caste in the
Middle Ages.

This is a medieval salt cellar" said
the antiquary. 1T is huge, it is shaped
like castle, it is solid silver and the
pIice-but what is the use telling the
price to you? Very magnificent, Ell?
In the middle age, you know, the salt
cellar was the principal table orna-
ment Guests sat above or below the
salt as they were prominent or the
reverse. Where do you think you'd
have sat, Ell? Queer table manners
they had in those days. The fastidious
had individual knives, forks and
spoons, but the common people ate
with their fingers. You helped your
self from the general dish with your
own spoon II you had one, but il you
were very, very fastidious you licked
the spoon clean first. The food was
queer-rich, rank food-swans, herons,
porpoises. garlic. verjuice, saffron.
There was mead and wine In floods
and ushers stood about whose duty
it was to lead to convenient couches
such guests as had dined too well.
These ushers, being overworked. were
continually striking for more pay. The
hours we're queer. too. Breakfast
dawn; dinner. ten o'clock; supper, four
o'clock in the afternoon"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
THIS FAKE MARRIAGE
A GREAT JOKE, YES
Tale of an Unhappily Conceived Jest
Which Looked Different in Print.

The marriage of Miss Daisy Darling
ton to Walter Gernetz was announced
in THE TIMES a couple of days ago. The
fact that the young people are not mar
ried was made known when Miss Oar
lington visited the office of THE TINES
and with considerable apparent morti-
appears it was all Joke" on the part
of the young womans friends.
Being one of those Jokes" that need
diagram in order to discover the
point. an explanation of how it all hap
pened Is in order. Miss Darlington
and young Walter it is discovered, have
been Keeping company for some
time, and so have Miss May Richie and
Frank Fogelhng. Walter and the 9TH
er young man appear to be the village
cut-ups and the two couples travel to-
gether. The cut-ups conceived the
brilliant idea OF printing the announce
ment Of Miss Darlington's and Wal
ter's marriage. The fact that the Joke
was such a bewhiskered witticism
that its humor was lost sight OF some
few decades ago, II it ever possessed
that virtue, was apparently lost upon
Miss May Richie. The latter. bv the
way. is Or. Bells office assistant.
When the village cut-ups proposed TO
| her that she act as the means of ten
dering the bit of news" to the Ham
mond papers, Miss Richie fell for it
and consented to be the fan guy for
the two gallants. The result was an
embarrassing situation for the victim"
of the joke. according to her story.
| Miss Richie. however, maintains that
Miss Darlington was as much to blame
as anybody. having been a willing
party to the deal which was planned
in her presence and executed with her
! consent.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
Elk SOLDIERS ELECT OFFICERS
Spanish American War Veterans Hold
Convention In the Court House.

The Spanish American war veterans
met Tuesday night at the Grand Army
of the Republic rooms in the court
house and elected the following officers
to serve for the coming year:
Commander-Edward Schottler.
Senior Vice Commander - Charles
Brock.
Junior Vice Commander = George
Green.
Adjutant Communicated Vermett.
artermaster-Jeseph Brock
Chaplain-H. E. Granger.
Committees were instructed to order
suitable head stones for the graves OF
c. Pope, Harry Palnater and W. J.
Johnston.
The next meeting will be held the
evening of the third Monday in this
month.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
MULVEY HOME A HOSPITAL.

Frank MuIvey of 50 Plummer avenue
seems TO be having a great deal more
than his share of trouble lately on ac-
count of sickness in the family. Mrs.
Mulvey is now seriously i'll with rheu-
matism, which has been troubling her
for period Of two months. Master
Lawrence Mulvey was brought home
today after a very serious operation
for appendicitis which proved quite
successful He Is doing nicely, how
ever, and it is hoped will soon be able
to get out of doors.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
TIRED OF cumming"

The police picked up a young lad
last night who, when taken TO the sta
ton, admitted that he had run away
from his home on Monday and in COM
pany with two other youngsters had
gone to St Joe. Mich. where they spent
a day The boy gave his name as Lee
roy Fisher. He said he was tired of
cumming and had started for his
home. After being warned to keep on
going to South Bend the police allowed
Fisher TO depart.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
Their Faith Is Weak.

People dog-bitten and stricken with
hydrophobia are but imperfectly COM
forted by the assurance that there is
no such disease. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
.isrusalem,a Via polorosa.

1t Is only 400 years since the name
of Via Dolorosa was given to the mar
row lane down which Christ passed
from the Judgment hall of Plate TO
Calvary. At this time also the sacred
stations first were marked out for
pilgrims
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
His First Thouoht.

Three catfish came through q
hydrant at the Junction yesterday.
The mayor Of the Junction. with true
fsherman's instinct, probably. says
they weighed three pounds each.-To-
ronto News
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
a Lesson In Society

If you wish to appear agreeable in
society. you must consent TO be taught
many things which you know already.
-Talleyrand
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
HoWATT SUCCEEDS HIMSELF.

At a meeting of the common council
last night to elect a school trustee. DR..
". T. Howatt was rejected to MI the
position
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
Where Competition Is Keen.

Conversation is an art in which a
man has all mankind for competitors.
Emerson.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
The CITIZENS GERMAN
NATIONAL BANK

no County, City or School Funds in
Guided in the above. We are the
youngest bank in Hammond. Our Hrme
birthday was on May s, 1907.
THREE PER CENT. PAID ON saw
INGS AND TIME DEPOSITS.
Give us a trial and be convinced "a
our fair treatment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05

Drink Pabst Blue
Ribbon at meals and be-
tween meals, and you need
never worry about dys-
pepsia, for It aids the di-
gestion of other foods.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05
A WANT AID.

The mission of want 4
ad is to serve.
It will accommodate itself 4
to all your needs, whether it 4
be for your business or your 4
household.
It will buy or sell prop 4
erty, secure help or situa- 4
tons, recover lost articles
in short, its scope of ser 4
vice is unlimited.
THE TIMES has 10000 4
readers daily and only 4
charges ten cents for a
WANT AID.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05

Mrs. Fred Morrison of Chicago, spent
last evening with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs p Reilly at their home in South
Holman street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05

Mrs Thomas Mckee of Rockford. Ill.
is the guest Of her mother, Mrs. Estelle
Dieues at the Hotel Carleton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05

Mr.. and Mrs a. " Harding and
Karl Heritage attended dancing par
ty in Woodlawn last evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05

Miss Sarah Gobitz has returned from
Indiana Harbor after visiting Miss
Emily Martin for a few days.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05

Mrs. Mary BelIamy has returned TO
her home in Monon. Ind, after visiting
friends I'm Hammond for few days
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05

There Will be a special rehearsal 0
st. PauFs Episcopal choir this even
ing at 1880 o'clock All members ar
asked to be present.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05

Miss Lucille Stebbins of Englewood,
viii attend the wedding OF Miss Faye
Campbell this evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-06-05

Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Jackson OF Pal
mer. Ind. spent the day calling on
, friends in Hammond.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09

Mr.. and Mrs. ?. G. Thompson have
moved and are now at home at 957
East First South street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09
COT A WATER HAUL.

After all the bother and fuss about
getting Mr.. Rockefeller into court
there seems to have been mighty little
profit in the result. A benevolent old
gentleman appeared on the stand and
told the court how anxious he was to
tell all he knew that the court might
wish TO learn.
The court asked him what business
the Standard Oil company followed, and
Mr. Rockefeller said briefly, but fully,
that the company was engaged in ere
fining oil" Also he said the Standard
Oil in New Jersey owned control Of the
STANDARD Oil company of Indiana, and
would the court please let him go back
home and finish that game of golf with
Father Leary. The father had him two
down at the sixteenth hole and was
driving off for the seventeenth when
the subpoena interrupted the proceed
ings. and he was anxious to know
whether the father had driven to the
20O-yard stake or had topped into the
tall grass close by the tee.
Besides, he. Rockefeller. hadn't been
down to the office for over ten years
and he didn't know whether the com
pany was making money or not; what
was more, he didn't care for oil except
as a means of providing against the
necessary evils of caddies and pneu-
matte balls, which had become a heavy
drain on mis- income.
I "a 4 Il. In
the face Of a plea like that? If it had
been Justice Harlan of the supreme
court. himself a golf fiend of unusual
fendishness. the court would have dis
missed the case right there and chal-
lenged the richest man in the world to
a round of eighteen holes for ball
hole. including one high-ball, at the
nineteenth. AS il was, Judge Lands
must have appreciated the oil mans
feelings, because he let him go without
a jail sentence, fine OF even a lecture
for contempt of court in making the
marshal so much trouble securing ser
vice.
Possibly later developments may in
dictate that the judge learned some
thing to his advantage, but as nearly
as can be gathered now, the only gain
has been a chance for the evening pa
pers to issue few extras and print
few more awful pictures of the octopus
in court: that. and the fatigue of
kindly old gentleman whose efforts to
benefit the human race at SO much per
benefit. have never been appreciated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09
|, SILLY SEASON SCARE.

AS substitute for the old sea ser
pent story. the Japan war scare does
fairly well in the way of sflIy-seascn
productions. but it is getting a little
mOnotonous. The latest variation is
furnished from Washington, where the
diplomats are telling how The rresidehI
has planned an expedition of American
battleships around the Hora into the
Pacific to make demonstrat of the
nations naval power.
The average citizen will regard the
trip of the big ships as a pretty fair
business proposition. IT will keep the
naval folks busy, give them chance
TO try their engines and learn seaman
ship under modern conditions; it will
furnish a fine market for the contract
OTs who supply coal to the navy, and
ought to wind no with a lovely series
of brass buttoned hops along she coast
from CaIlao and Coronado up to Puget
Sound. Then after it is all over the
ships can sail back again the same way
they went out, or they can mike a
friendly visit across the Pacific and
come around the other way to get va
riety.
But as for war with Japan, there will
be no war. The president knows there
will be none the newspaper men who
embroider the situation in Washington
know there will be none. and the gov
ernments of Christendom are sure there
is no occasion to anticipate an out
break. Just because some japanese in
San Francisco have had trouble with
the hoOdlums who controlled the city
for awhile, is no particular reason for
hostiIities that would cost millions OF
money and no one knows how many
lives
Japan doesn't want a war and couldn't
afford TO pay for one if it were possible
to get an excuse. The United States
surely doesn't want war, and the peo-
plet wouldn't stand for one if it were
proposed. Both governments under
stand perfectly the nature of the San
Francisco trouble, and both are deter
mined to preserve the peace.
A few fool newspapers on both sides
are doing their feeble best to stir Ut
some excitement, and few fool poll
ticians in Japan are trying their best
to overthrow their own government or
the San Francisco issue, but they might
as well save their energies for a more
profitable occupation.
There isn't any more probability OF
war with Japan than there is Of ar
American war with AbysSinia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09

J. ]. Fitzgerald Of Park City and
Miss Lizzie Smith of Heber City were
married in Salt Lake City yesterday
by the Rev. Father Ryan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09

A rich Illinois bachelor offers a dol
lar for every girl baby born in his
township during the next year. The
crown girls of his neighborhood will
probably fail to see why he wastes his
dollars on the babies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09

Listen, Best Beloved. Don't you find
yourself kicking just as vigorously
about the heat as you kicked a few
weeks ago about the cold weather? If
you don't, you are too proud for this
world
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09

From present indications the Hay
wood trial viii finish just about the
time the second Thaw trial begins.
Thus the correspondents will leave the
west and travel towards the east.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09

A Denver judge has held that the
husband who does not kiss his wife at
least once a day is guilty of treating
her cruelty. II is TO be hoped that the
Judge will rule that the wife is guilty
under the same circumstances.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

45S4-James Lennon, Moyie 3. c. Isa-
belle II. Oswald. Salt Lake.
49S9-John J. Fitzgerald. Park City. Liz
Zie Smith, HebeT City.
4S0e-John Javaine. Ottawa, Ontario. FL
sic Stubs, Provo.
g. Stevenson, Salt Lake. Kit
tie Riber, Salt Lake
45SS-RObert /. Hill. Salt Lake Maude
Draper, Salt Lake.
4539-Ed. McCarty, Garfield. Addie NJ
Calhoun, Garfield.
4540-AugUst II. Kerchner. Salt Lake
Lulu VOelkeT, Salt Lake
Ask for that NEW BREAD at your
grocery Vienna Walnut Bread.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-09
THE METALS.

Silver, 675sc per ounce.
Copper (casting), 2l&4c per pound.
Copper (cathOdes). &c per pound.
Lead, s5.75 pei 100 pounds.