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Smyrna times., 1907-09-18
CLAYTON.
All orders for Subscriptions or Job Work
or any News Items left with NIL. Nudge
will receive prompt attention.

The Ladies Aid of st. Paul NJ. E.
Church will meet next Friday evening
at the residence of Mrs. J. W. Ford.
Smyrna times., 1907-09-18

Rev. n. G. Clough, pastor of Ewells
Methodist Protestant Church of Clay
ton, was married this Wednesday even
ing, Sept. 18th, to Miss Ardine Purdem
of Damascus, Md.
Smyrna times., 1907-09-18

Mr. Mack Hamilton, the we'll known
fireman on the Delaware and Chesa-
peak Branch of the P. B. & W. R. R.,
departed this life Sept. 10th, leaving
wife and large family of children.
Smyrna times., 1907-09-18

NJ. L. Nudge and family enjoyed
ripe Strawberries last Monday Sept.
10th, picked fresh from the vines that
day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13

shower of projectiles from the explod-
ing 12-inch shells, until orders were
finally given to the battleship Patrie,
moored opposite the dry dock, to fire
shell into the gate.
This was done and the water
rushed in just in time to prevent the
flames reaching the central and for
ward magazines of the lena. In these
magazines were stored the greater por-
ton of the meliinite torpedoes, the ex
plosion Of which would have had ter
rible consequence on the arsenal and
town. After the she'll from the Patrie
had burst the gate it richocetted, went
through the arsenal wall, and buried
itself into talus Of the Notifications,
just missing a sentry.
The lena will be a complete loss.
Her entire after section has been dam
aged beyond repair. Early today the
dry dock will be emptied, the wreck
shored up and the bottom Of the dock
searched for bodies. Six of the wound
ed men in the hospital have died.
A telegram of sympathy on the Tou-
Ion disaster has been received from
King Edward, who is at Biarritz.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
Railroad Notes
Fire Proof Car.

The first all-steel mail car ever built
went into commission several nights
ago on the Pennsylvania lines east Of
Pittsburg. Although q number Of So
called steel cars have been built In the
past. all had a considerable amount Of
wood in framing, equipment, finish and
trucks. This new car, which is 10 feet
long and 10 feet longer than the usual
mail car, is the nearest approach to the
ideal aIl-steel car, as it contains but
$40 pounds Of wood, 2,s40 pounds Of
fre-proof composite and asbestos
board, 5000 pounds Of cement flooring
and very small amount Of rubber.
Everything else, including paper cases,
letter cases, paper boxes and doors, is
metal None but these new type cars
VIII be allowed to run through the new
north and east tunnels in New York
and 1t is reported that they will eventu-
ally be placed on all the fast mail runs
operated by the Pennsylvania system.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
REMEDY DID NOT WORK.
Toungster Evidently Would Take
Years Getting to Sleep.

Some ten or a dozen years ago nv
brother next older than myself. then
about seven years old, was finding
some difficulty in getting to sleep,
says a writer IN the Boston Herald.
My father, noticing his apparent rest
iessness, went up to his room and
asked him what was the trouble.
and upon learning the difficulty pre-
scribed-my father is physioian-fol
him as follows:
80 you can't sleep. Well, now
I'll tell you something that will Just
put you to sleep IN no time, and that
is counting. You begin now and count
slowly up to, say, 100, and then. If
necessary, count another hundred, and
then. possibly another, and before you
know it you'll be sleeping JUS ike a
top"
IAN right replied my brother, "Tn
try it."
Everything remained quiet until
shortly after 10 O'Clock, when my
father started upstairs to retire.
AS he passed the door Of my broth.
ers room little. high-pitched voics
piped out of the darkness:
Papa"
Yes, my boy"
What comes after trillionsT
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
First Wabash Engineer.

Word has reached this city Of the
death of Robert NJ. Kingsley. which
occurred at Waterloo. Ia, last Sunday.
The deceased was one of the first en-
gineers on the wabash railroad, max
Ing freight run through this city just
after the completion Of the road. He
acted as a freight engineer for several
years until he received a promotion
which gave him one of the fastest pas
senger runs on the road at that time.
This he held until the early seventies,
when he was made general foreman Of
the company's shops at Toledo. A few
years later he decided to retire from
railroad life and bought hotel at Wa
terloo, I'm which business he was en-
gagged at the time OF his demise
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
BLAsrRAP1DLY FOLLOWS BLAST
Showers of Metal Fall All Around
Capt. Vertier's Death.

Showers of Metal Fall All Around
Capt. Vertier's Death.
In the meantime the detonations had
become more frequent, and the entire
after part of the lena, which was
virtually blown to pieces, caught fire.
Shells and charges of explosives in the
magazines continued to explode and
masses of metal were hurled into the
air to fall everywhere about the desks
and the arsenal. These flying missiles
demolished the torpedo shed, the engine
works and thepump house nearby, and
constituted a most serious menace to
the lives of those who made their way
toward the battleship to begin work of
rescue. In spite of the danger many
heroic efforts were made to render as
sistance, but for the most part in
vain. The lena was af1ame from burst
ing projectiles, and the fire prevented
approach.
To extinguish the flames the dry
dock was flooded and the ship sub
merged Then amidst masses of dense
smoke the search for the dead and
wounded was commenced. The lower
decks of the lena were Uttered with
the fragments Of shattered and torn
bodies, while the surrounding water
was dotted with human fragments. 1t
will be impossible to ascertain the ex-
act number Of killed and wounded I'M
til a roll call can be held, as many
of the men were completely blown to
pieces, while others were incinerated.
Many of those who escaped with their
lives suffered most severe injuries and
becoming temporarily insane rushed
franticaIly around the vicinity of the
dry dock until they fell exhausted.
Captain Vertier occupied a cabin
near the after turret over the maya
zine. Immediately after the explosion
he tried to get out, but the door of his
cabin was blocked with debris and the
| only other means of exit was impassa-
| BILE. The flames then broke out and
| Captain Vertier died a horrible death
After the fire had been extinguished
| the rescuers found his incinerated
body as we'll as the terribly burnt
bodies of several other officers who
had been caught in the after cabin
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
OHIO BRIBERY SENSATION
Columbus Grand Jury Indicts Nine
Men for Unrighteousness in the
Letting of a Contract.

Letting of a Contract.
Columbus, O., March 13. - Three
members of the board Of public serv-
ice, two city employees, the president
of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving COM
pany, and two Of its employees and
the Columbus manager Of the Ameri-
can Sewer Pipe company have been
indicted by the grand jury as the re
suit of an investigation of charges of
bribery in connection with the contract
for paving East Broad street The
disclosures in the paving scandal were
precipitated by a confession made by
Nelson Cannon, ex-superintendent at
Columbus of the Cleveland Trinidad
Paving company, to which the paving
contract was awarded.
According to Cannon's story Fred j.
Immel, president Of the Columbus
board of public service, and Fred Lied,
vice president of the board, were each
promised $1,000 for voting to give the
contract to the Cleveland-T Trinidad
company, and Charles Il. Burr, the
third member Of the board, was prom
ised 5000 for his vote. 1t was also
alleged by Cannon that the full $4,000
was paid to Immel, and that $1,000
was paid to Lied at different times by
President Bramley, Of me cleveland
Trinidad company; II. G. Lang, Co
lumbus representative Of the COM
pany, and himself
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
CASE OF BRIBERY ALLEGED
Reading Clerk in the Indiana LegisIa.
ture Is the Man Accused, but
Twice Denies

indianapolis, March Is. Repre-
sentative ]. NJ. Fitch, Of Delaware
county, has made the charge that Gar
rett 0. Drlscoll, reading clerk in the
house, had tried to collect 81 900 from
n brewery agent and lobbying on the
ground that he DriscolD had deliv-
cred the votes of Fitch and Votes, Of
this county, both OF whom voted
against the high license bill. Fitch
was very indignant when he was in
formed of the demand by one of the
brewery lobbyists and at once sought
Driscoll. who denied the charge, and
promised to square the matter. Dris-
coll left a day or two later for his
home in Muncie and has not returned
Three of the men who lobbied
against the high license bill have
signed aftidavits that Driscoll ap-
preached them with the demand. Drs-
coll again denied the charge at Mum
Gle 1t was reported that Senator
Beveridge had recommended Driscoll
for postmaster at Muncie, but dis
patch from Washington announces the
appointment to that position at Bev-
eridges recommendation of Robert
Carl White, Muncie attorney.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
NOW TIE BRACELET COCKTAIL.
Another Fascinating Vision of Metro.
politan Life.

The cocktail bracelet is the latest
women of this city who wear oirclets
on their wrists which sometimes con
tain a Martini dry or Manhattan.
says q New York correspondent. The
bracelets have one drawback, 1t is
said, and that is they will not accom-
modate the cherry that goes with the
fairy cocktail. The other night a
Pittsburg attorney observed q woman
OF fashion place her lips to her brace.
let. He thought that she was paying
tribute to her own loneliness, but
learned later she was merely refresh
cordials. The nip contained in q
bracelet cocktail is so small that it
cannot be called e drink, but cock
tail it is, nevertheless. OF course, the
bracelet is hollow. If large enough 1t
holds three thimbiefuls OF ready-made
cocktail, and pressure on an almost in
visible spring permits the fluid to
trickle through a tiny hole in the gold
shell, which is almost too small TO be
seen. With one Of those graceful
movements which appear to be nat.
ural with a woman the drink may be-
imbibed without fear Of detection. A
Broadway goldsmith sells numbers OF
the bracelets every week, and as most
Of the purchasers prefer secrecy in
connection with the transaction they
pay pretty penny for the obviously
useful trinkets.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13

DELMAs CAN'T KEEP 1T OUT
Judge Rules Against Him in an I'm
s.s,-- portant Matter.

Judge Rules Against Him in an I'M
s s,,,- portant Matter.
Smith said, however, that Thaw, not
having a reserved seat, roamed about
the garden and continually looked in
the direction of the spot where he
subsequently killed Stanford White.
He also said that Thaw's questions
seemed to him peculiar and caused him
to ask Thaw what he meant more
than once. Attorney Delmas, for the
defense, bitterly fought the introduc-
ton of this testimony for nearly two
hours. He declared that Smith was
properly a Witness-in-chief, and should
not be allowed to testify in rebuttal.
Jerome replied that he had known
only for few days the real value Of
Smiths testimony-the conversations
with Thaw-and he appealed to the
discretion of the court to allow the
testimony to go in.
Justice Fitzgerald held that in the
interest of justice the jury was en-
titled to all the facts. 1t was one Of
the most serious blows the judge has
dealt the defense since the trial began.
Jerome also summoned to the stand
DR.. Carlton Flint, the physician to
whom Evelyn Nesbit is said to have
gone with Jack Barrymore, the act
or. Delmas objected and DR.. Flint
was not allowed to testify.
As the last witness of the day the
district attorney called Rudolph Eek
myer. the photographer who took the
pictures of Evelyn Nesbit which have
been introduced in evidence. The
PHOTOGRAPHER was employed by Stan
| ford White. He had no sooner been
sworn than it developed that Eckmyer
had also been employed by White to
make the Photographic copy Of the af-
fdavit Evelyn Nesbit is said to have
made in Abraham Hummers Office.
Eckmver identified the negatives made
from the afidavits, but they were not
offered in evidence.
Jerome next tried to get the photo
rrapher to fix the dates of certain pic
lures for which Evelyn Nesblt posed,
hoping thus to establish the day the
| Nesbit girl says she had the experience
/ with STANFORD W ullc III TIE Weuty
fourth street house. Delmas object
ed on the ground that the evidence
tended to contradict Mrs. Thaw's
story. and was not permissible. Jerome
said he desired to take advantage of
the waiver Delmas had made at the
beginning Of the trial in regard to re-
bBtting Mrs. Thaw's story.
''If you will let me fix the date OF
these pictures" he said heatedly. u
will show that on the night following
the day they were taken, when Mrs
Thaw says she was ruined, Stan
ford White was not in the Twenty
fourth street house at ALL" Jerome
fairly shouted the last words, and
pounded the table before him. Delmai
said he must stand upon his objection
and it was sustained.
Before adjournment Jerome said hi
had only five more witnesses to pro
duce 1t looks as if the jury would
GET the case q week from TO-DAY
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
FRENCH NAVY HORROR
Blast on BattIeship Wrecks the
Vessel and Kills Eighty
or More.
TORPEDO STARTS THE HAVOC
None Knows, Nor Ever Will Know
How 1t Happened.
Scores of Men Are FrightfuIIy Wound
ed and Burned-Some of Those
Dead Are Blown to
Shreds.

Toulon, March ia terrible disas-
ter occurred here. The powder maya
zines on board the French battleship
lena blew up and as a result Captain
Adigard, the commander of the battle
ship; Captain Vertier, chef of staff Of
the Mediterranean squadron, and from
seventy to eighty bluejackets are dead,
while Rear Admiral Manceron and
hundreds Of other men are suffering
from injuries, some of them horrible
In their extent Naval circles are
aghast, and the public is stunned by
the appalling catastrophe coming so
soon after the loss of the French sub
marine boat Lutin, in which sixteen
men met death.
Torpedo Somehow Explodes.
The entire after part of the lena
was blown to pieces. The bodies of
the victims were hurled through the
air by a succession Of explosions, and
panic-stricken workmen at the arsenal
fed from the vicinity of the dry dock
for their lives. Scores Of those on
the lena jumped overheard, or to the
stone quays and sustained serious in
juries. The primary cause of the acct
dent was the explosion Of a torpedo.
What caused the explosion is not
known, but the powder magazines of
the lena were set on fire and their
contents in exploding practically de
stroyed what was considered one OF
the best vessels in the French navy.
First Shock Causes a Panic.
The crew of the lena had finished
its midday meal only short time be
fore the explosion, and had dispersed
to various parts of the vessel. Most
of = men were engaged in work con
nee ID with the approaching departure
of the warship, but quite large par
ty had been detailed to attend a lee
ture that was being given forward. The
first shock Of the explosion was ex
tremely violent, and shook the veSse
fore and aft. 1t was followed instant
ly by other shocks. The crew wal
thrown into a condition of panic. Thel
rushed wildly hitner and thither abou
the deck. The hundreds of men below
deck were in fearful position. The!
were enshrouded in smoke, and whil
they CROPPED their way toward the ex
it's they became the prey of suffocat
ing fumes which caused many of then
to fall unconscious.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
Fatal Collapse Of a Trestle.

Terre Haute Ind, March 13.-Geo
Layne. a member OF Monon con-
struction crew, died in the hospital
here as the result Of injuries received
by the collapse of a temporary trestle
erected over a cut near Cataract,
Ind Four men were caught in the
collapse. John Kelly was probably IA
tally hurt, but he is still alive. The
two other workmen were badly
bruised
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
WISCONSIN LEGISLATION.

Madison, Wis, March 49, = The
state assembly has voted down a reso-
luton introduced by Palmer, a colored
member from Milwaukee, memorable
ing congress toinvestigate the Browns
vile affair. The assembly also voted
down a proposition to permit indie
pendent voting at primary elections. A
joint resolution to amend the constitu-
ton and give the governor sixty days
for considering bills was adopted
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
THERE WE'RE HEROES THERE
One Incident Proves 1t - How tho
Dock Was Flooded.

The maritime project has drawn at
tention to an act Of conspicuous hero
ism performed by FIVE sailors of yari-
Gus ships who responded to his call
for volunteers to open the sluices Of
the dry dock. These men continued
their vain efforts. undeterred by the
death Of their leader, Nidshipman
Rouse. who was decanitated. amid q
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
WIRELESS WANDERERS
Some of the Messages Wander Clear
Across the Continent from PEN
sacola to San Diego.

Vallejo, Cal, March IS. - Com
mander H. G. Gearing, chief of the
equipment department Of the Mare ISL
and navy yard, has received wireless
message from San Diego stating that
the wireless station at Point Iona,
near San Diego, on Sunday night
caught the navy yard at Pensacola
Ella.
At that moment Pensacola was taking
a wireless message from Washington
The operator at Point Iona caught
Washington, and also a wireless mes
sage from the battleship Connecticut
now on the Atlantic ocean, which
was communicating with Washington
from New York harbor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
Did as His Brother Did.

Terre Haute, Ind, March 13.-Cuby
Hutchings, 45 years old, employed as
a railway crossing switchman, comit-
ted suicide by taking strychnine, while
respondent, following excessive dis
slpation. A year ago almost to a day
his brother committed suicide with
the same drug
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
JUST ONE WEEK MORE
Then the Fate of Harry ThaW
Will Be in the Hands of
the Jury.
JER0MEs WITNESS IS HEARD
Gains a Point by Getting in What
Smith Could Tell.
Abandons for Good the Lunacy Comr
mission Idea and Will Demand
the Electric Chair for
the Defendant.

New York, March 13.-The end OF
the Thaw trial at last seems to be in
sight, and the twelve men who have
been in the jury box for nearly eight
weeks are to be Harry Thaw's judges.
Tentative plans for the final stages Of
the trial were agreed upon by oppos-
ing counsel, even to the detail of aIlot-
ting the time for the summing up.
District Attorney Jerome has at last
burned behind him all bridges leading
to a lunacy commission, and has IRE
vocably pointed his course to proving
that Thaw was sane when he shot
Stanford White, and that being sane
his crime constituted murder In the
first degree.
Plays His Strongest Card.
Jerome played probably the strong
est card he holds - evidence which
came to his knowledge but a few DAYS
ago and which undoubtedly caused
him to abandon the idea Of trying to
send Whites slayer to a mad house
and to try for a straight-out convic-
ton under the criminal statutes. The
evidence came from Mrs. Stanford's
brother James Clinch Smith, who told
remarkably clear, succinct story of
the events In Madison Square garden
the night White was killed, and of a
long conversation he had with Thaw
just prior to the shooting.
Declares Thaw's Talk Was Sane.
1t seems that Thaw sat for some
time with Smith during the fateful
first performance of "Mam'selle Cham
payne" and discussed with him vari-
ETY. of topics in manner, Smith de-
clared, such as any sane man would
talk Smith gave the conversation in
detail, emitting nothing, he asserted
With the brother-in-law of the man
who was so soon to be a victim of his
pistol Thaw discussed the play, Wal
street, common acquaintance, plans
for the summer and many Other
things, including a ''buxom brunette
whom Thaw declared he was anxious
to have Smith meet.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
Found GuiItY OF Rlackmail.

TeTe Haute, Ind. March 13.-Kotef
and Gradtus, Bulgarians, charged with
Ievying blackkmail on a Macedonian
here in the interest of the revolution
airy committee at Sofia. Bulgaria,
were found guilty and sentenced to
prison for an indeterminate term.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
Fish Elected a Director.

St Louis, March Is. = At the an
nual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Missouri Pacific Railroad COM
pany Stuyvesant Fish was elected Q
member OF the board of directors.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
Hotel and Contents Burned.

Brainerd, Mimi, March 13.-The new
Ransford hotel of this city with it's
annex. valued at 10000 and contain
ing property which is valued in the
neighborhood of 100000, has burned
to the ground
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
Indiana TO Have q Building.

Indianapolis, March 1S.-The Indi-
ana senate as one of its last acts add
ed to the general appropriations bill a
clause giving $4,000 for an Indiana
building at the Jamestown Va.) ex-
position.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
Wants Illinois to Co-operate.

Washington, March Is. = Secretary
Metcalfe will endeavor to secure the
cooperation Of the governor and state
authorities Of Illinois in preventing the
establishment Of drinking saloons and
disorderly houses within a certain lin
it-about three miles-of the new nav
al station now in process Of establish
ment at Lake Bluff, near Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
FROM DOWN
THE STATE
Telegraph News by Direct
Wire from AL Over
Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 13.-On or De-
fore Anril 10 1907. the acts passed by
the general assembly just closed VIII
he nublisbed and will be laws. AZ
Iaast This Is the date set by Frank l.
crubhs deputy secretary Of state, who
hoe handled the copy for enough leg
tsIotures to be able to tell pretty well
inst about when the acts will be pub
I,sbed. Two years ago the record was
broken by a publication Of the acts
April IS.
size OF the New Law Book.
Grubbs estimates that the 1907 acts
will be a volume Of about 600 pages.
In all, the book will contain about $50
CHAPTERS. each Of which is an act.
Grubbs has about go acts in the
hands Of the state printer now. The
final proof has been read on 1873 pages
Of the acts, which includes 155 chap
tiers. The first proof has been read on
1853 chapters. This is a showing about
four days better than the showing
made at the corresponding time two
years ago.
indianapolis Is Liberal.
Indianapolis, March 13. = Indian
apolis citizens have within the past
thirty days contributed $415o00 for
new buildings for the Young Mems
Christian association and the Young
WOmen'S Christian association. OF
this sum $2T5,OOO was raised for the
former organization in twenty days by
subscription and $4,000 in seven
days for the latter institution, the sub
scrlptions for which have just closed.
Kick Against a Freight Raise.
indianapolis, March 13.-Tomorrow
one of the members of the railroad
commission will accompany a member
of the Illinois railroad commission and
John Mitchell, together with the big
coal operators of the state, to Wash
tngton, to consult with the presidents
of the western roads in connection
with a proposed 10 per cent. advance
on the coal rate affecting the Indiana
territory. Chairman Hunt said that
the party from Indiana and Illinois
would call to see the president, and
then meet the interstate commerce
commission Friday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-13
In = Dad wav.

Love" remarks an urban philcso-
pher, rs blind, frequently dumb, and.
so far as advice IS concerned. invaria-
bly, deaf"-Washington Herald.