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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
FIRE T |. ON GOsTL|N ST.
Capt. Conrad Greb and His
Fire Laddies Make
First Run.

1t was Captain Conrad Greb's first
run to a fire. last night since he and
MS crew have been established in the
fire station No. g.
Fire broke out last night in the cot
tage on Gostlin and Cedar street. owned
by Henry Reichert of Hessville, and. oc-
cupied by family by the name of
Wall. The fire is thought to have
started in the wall near which the
Kitchen stove stood, although the Walls
claim that the stove had not been used
since O'Clock In the afternoon. The
interior of the kitchen was gutted and
the roof of the entire building damaged
considerably, the damage amounting
to about 5000. The building loss is
covered by insurance.
owing to the lateness of the hour.
the streets were clear and Fire De-
partment No. 8. which arrived on the
scene and the Central department., made
record run. The new team for the
hook and ladder in the Central Sta
tion acted perfectly, and Chief Dill
schneider is highly satisfied with tbe
way the two departments responded
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
Thieves Get $50, Champagne
and Fine Cigars Last
Night.

High-tOned thieves last night broke
into the Union Buffet of C. R. Hendrix.
and after heaIping themselves to twen-
ty-hve and 5O-cent cigars and a soodIv
quantity of champagne robbed the
house of $5O.15.
Before closing the door Mr.. Hendrix
had emptied the cash register and nut
the money in a certain place under the
bar. Ihe register was left open by MIR.
Hendrix.
When he opened his place for busi-
ness this morning he found that the
place had been ransacked and one of
the rear windows to the place pried
open. The police being notified of the
robbery are making an Investigation
today. -
Think Sleuths VIII Get Them.
Il believe the police are on n hot trail.
and 1T may not be long before the fol-
low or fellows are captured,~ said Mr..
Hendrix. '"rhe job is evidently one bv
fellows who knew where to 20 for the
money"
The Hendrix Buffet is on e of the
finest in Lake county and the pro-
prietor has spared no expense in max
ing 1T such. Much money is handled
there daily, but fortunately for Mr..
Hendrix he had just made deposit in
the bank the preceding afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
IS PURSUED BY FATE
A. Batterman Having Lost
Hand in Cornshredder,
Breaks Leg.

st. John, June 6.-(SpeciaD-Au
Batterman, young farmer, living on
Hanover Prairie. west of st. John. Sew
el al years ago he lost his left hand in
a corn shredder and last Thursday,
while hauling a load of tile from the
factory at Eagle Creek, he had the
misfortune to fall under his wagon.
The heavy load of tile passed over him.
breaking his leg near the thigh. Being
miles away from medical aid, the young
farmer lay helpless in his misery until
he was found by people passing along
the road BY the time medical aid had
been summoned the injured limb had
been swollen to such an extent that it
was impossible to set the bones He
was confined to his bed where the phy-
sicians first attempted to reduce the
swelling of his leg
August Batterman is well known in
St. John and Dyer. he being a nephew
of trustee Henry Batterman of ST
John township. His second accident has
aroused the sympathy OF all his friends
lnc a speedy recovery Is hoped for.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
AUTO CAUSES SMAsHUP
Narrow Escape Had BY
Crown Point Profess
ional Men.
(spectal to Times.l

crown Point, Ind, June. 6.--While on
MS way to attend call in the country
Yesterday afternoon, DR.. woodbridge,
driving a spirited young horse, met
Allen Salisbury and a party returning
In his automobile from the Gun Club
shoot. The animal became frightened
and unmanageable and made a Iunge at
the automobile throwing Woodbridge
and his two small children to the
ground. Salisbur drove his machine
into the ditch and the horse made
wild dash down Joliet street, narrowly
escaping running into two farmers
coming to town in rigs.
Finally Comes TO Stop.
The horse finally turned in the
parnyard near the Morris Miller place
on Joliet street. and the buggy struck
the gate, smashing the vehicle to
spllnters. Beyond a bad soaring to
All the parties concerned, a smashed
buggy and a battered straw hat of
Saisbury's, no further injury was done
but the accident might have resulted
more seriously, considering the traffic
on the street at that time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
REPUBLICANS ARE
SOMEWHAT NERVOUS
Candidate Marshalrs Ag-
gressiveness Working
&c. o. p" Workers.
MAY CHANGE CAMPAIGN PLANS
Republicans May As Well Realize
That They Will Need All
Their Energies.
MAY CHANGE CAMPAIGN PLANS

Hammond politicians have not vet
got over talking about the keynote
speech of Hon. Thos. r. MARSHALL de-
livered at Richmond. Ind, the other
night. The democrats are delighted
with 1t and the republican view it
with trepidation.
It is the same way all over the state.
Recognition of its strength and the
possibility of democratic success this
year is everywhere. conceded.
On the Anxious Seat
Inc Marshall's aggressiveness is
making the managers OF. the. repu blican
state campaign little. bit nervous.
They say that if Marshall keeps on
pouring hot shot into the republican
ranks the state campaign will be on
ened at full blast almost before anv-
body knows 1t. The plan of the re-
publican leaders had ben to defer the
opening of the state campaign for a
month or six weeks after the Chicago
convention, but they say that. Of
course, If Mr.. Marshall keeps firing
his oratorical batteries his statements
must necessarily be challenged. Dem
ocratic State Chairman Jackson is en-
joying the discontinue of the re-
publican managers.
The state campaign is on right now.
and It's on hot and heavy he said last
night. Our republican friends NAV as
well recognize that fact and trot out
their best speakers"
Wanted Ticket Released.
A Macedonian cry for helm carna frono
Harry S. New in Chicago to John w.
Kern yesterday at Indianapolis. Cant.
New wrote from the Coliseum at Chi
cago that he has been saving a tfcke
to the republican national convention
for Mr.. Kern and then added, in a tone
of pathos:
John. If you don't need this ticket.
for the good Lords sake release it sd
can give. 1t to somebody else. The
pressure for tickets is something aw-
full"
Mr.. Kern could OFFER no. balm for the
national chairman's troubled spirit. On
the contrary he wrote Capt New that
he intends to attend the big circus in
the Windy City and that he needs that
ticket
Congressman Watson's Fourth of
July address this year will be delivered
at Bloomington at the dedication of the
new Monroe county court house.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
DEMON RIDER
STARTS IN RACE
Charles Van Sickle of Ham
mond Will Make Other
Riders Hustle.
TRIP WILL Be IN LAKE co.
Van Sickle Will Demonstrate His
Class on an Indian"
As Usual.
TRIP WILL Be IN LAKE co.

Charles F. Van Sickle, "the demon
rider Of the west" is in a motor cycle
race today from which his friends ex-
pect him to come out the winner
The race in which fifty different
makes of motor cycles will be repre-
sented will be two day event, the
first half of which will be completed
this evening when the contestants will
have made round trip from the club
house in Chicago at 267 Michigan ave
nue..
The trip lies by way of Joliet where
the first checking station is made
From Joliet the drivers will go to
Aurora. Elgin. Algonquin. back to Ell
gin and return by the out going route
to Chicago, where they will stop at the
club house again the road goes to
Chicago Heights. thence to Crown
Point. Hobart, Valparaiso. Hammond
and back to Chicago.
VIII Ride His Indfan.o
Van Sickle will ride his favorite ma
cine, THE Indian"
It will be surprising to the friends
of the demon rider of the West" If
he does not come out this trip with
high honors. In many races he has
came out the winner time and again
The speed with which he goes borders
on recklessness. When in a race his
machine jumps repeatedly as far as
twenty feet at a time.
The two-day race of today and to-
morrow is regarded as one of the two
big motorcycle affairs of the season.
as far as Chicago is concerned, the
other being the Motorcycle Glidden. ]"
which starts in New York next month
and ends in Chicago
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
WHITING LADY DIES
AT HOSPITAL TODAY.
Member OF south Chicago Millinery
Firm Passes Away Thls Morning.

Whiting. June 6.-(speciaD-M Miss
Elizabeth Freel, of the millinery Arm
Of the South Chicago Freel sisters, died
early this morning at the Hahnemann
hospital from stomach troubles. The
deceased was 95 years old and leaves
a father, four sisters and one brother.
brother. Her parents live on One Hun
dred and Nineteenth street.
The funeral services will take place
next Monday morning at 9 o'clock in
the Sacred Heart church. Interment
will take place in Greenwood cemetery
at Hammond
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
TAKEN ILL WHILE
ON HIS VACATION.

This is officer Trinen's vacation.
Incidentally it is the time when he
fell sick and is compelled to undergo
medical treatment
Last year about this time Mr. Trinen
was Ill with species of blood poisoning
and is again troubled with the same
complaint which broke out on the first
days of his vacation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
INSPECTS sWTTCHROARn

Frank T. Stover of the GamawoII
flre system company was in Hammond
this morning inspecting the. switch
board that he Installed some time ago.
Mr. Stover says that the apparatus
works perfectly and that much credit
Is due to Chief Dilschneider and z. D.
Green (Pap1 the operator for the way
board is being cared for
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
ONE HAMMOND MAN
HAS TWO TICKETS.

Roy Conde. who Is employed in the
Simplex Offices. can't understand why
1t is that people are making such a
fuss about being unable to get tickets
for the republican national convention
next week
Mr.. Conde has two tickets
he secured them from Congressman
Hopkins of Illinois, who is a boyhood
friend of his, and If he does not go
up every day will be glad to loan them
to any of his friends
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06

Take THE TIMES for its political
news until after the election. Not for
ita republican news, not for itA denaO-
cratic news, but for beth sides.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
DIR. B. W. CHIDLAW
NOW DEPUTY CORONER
acting Coroner z NJ ShankIin fs
on Summer Vacation.

Acting Coroner E. NJ. Shanklin leaves
tonight for his summer visit to Frank
Tort, Ind. and Hanover, his alma mater.
where he will attend the graduating
exercises and commencement festivi-
ties. He has appointed DR.. B. w
Chidlaw to act as his deputy during
his absence from Hammond, which will
be a week
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
Notable Shooting Event is
Pulled Off at Crown Point
When Old Time Gun Club
is Decisively Defeated by
County Seat Crack Shots.
JUDGE FIELD IS
A CONTESTANT

Gun Clubs Shoot and Are Entertained
By Editor at Dinner With Big Ban
quet Later at the Commercial Ho-
tel-0ther Events Are to Follow in
the Near Future.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06

Washington, D. c., June 5.-The an
pointmept of James E. Statesman of
Indiana as minister to Bolivia has bean
decided upon by President Roosevelt
and will be. formally made in a dav or
two. Mr. Statesman will succeed ". B.
Sorsby of Mississi ippi, who is to he
transferred to Nicaragua.
The appointment was brought about
mainly by Representatives Lands and
overstreet. Mr.. Statesman enters the
position direct from private life. He
Is we'll known at Peru, Ind. and In
annapolis as lawyer and banker
The minister to Bolivia draws sal
ary OF $4,000 a year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06

Especial to TIE T1MEsl.

OEONM EoAnty Ind.s June o.-IneFe
was mighty little business or profess
sionaI work done I'm Crown Point yes
terday. Even the housewives wanted
to make Il holiday. when the coun-
~ seat reaidcnts saw Judge d. g.
Fsfeldss- Eeneraf solicitor OF the MOnon.
railway, get on the train with his bag
Of gums they knew tRat the big day
had come.
A, Big Sporting Event.
''The Fossils" otherwise known as
the members OF the old gun club
prominent in the sporting life of this
town some twenty or twenty five years
ago, were defeated by members of the
younger organization of sporting men
at their gun club grounds on West
Joliet street yesterday The much
heralded affair was witnessed by a
crowd of enthusiastic spectators, and
owing to the prominence of the parti-
cipants and the singular interest which
was created by the event by the diff
ference in age Of the contesting clubs.
the excitement over the affair was at
fever heat.
How Challenge Came Up.
The stimulus for the affair harks
back to a few weeks ago at a practice
shoot at the gun club grounds. Editor
Wheeler of the Star made a remark
able score and defeated several of the
crack shots of the younger set. The
idea of contest between the old gun
club and the present organization was
conceived soon afterward and a match
arranged for yesterday, the winning
club to be wined and dined at ban
quet at the Commercial hotel as the
trophy for the highest kill of the clay
birds.
They Were Not All There.
Many of the old time crack shots
of the old gun club have gone to the
happy hunting grounds" but as manv
as could be gathered together attended
the event yesterday, and while some
OF them have not had a gun in their
hands for twenty years, they made
remarkable scores. considering their
age and the new style guns and trans
that are appreciably different from
the ones used years ago, and but for
{ thet individual work of some of the
younger men. would have won the con-
test Further contests are to be ar
ranged and with a little practice the
showing than yesterday and the
Dudes" will. have to look to their
laurels.
Hildebrandt Gets High Score.
August Hildebrandt with a score of
Fl birds out of 25 for the Dudes" and
Editor Wheeler with II birds Aout of
rs for the Fossils" made the highest
scores of the day.
]. j. Wheeler entertained the mann
. bers of the old gun club at a stag
dinner yesterday noon at his home on
Court street. From the sounds Of noar-
riment which issued therefrom tbe
boys" certainly enjoyed themseivas
and had high old time.
The grand finale came last r,.L4
when the old Fossils paid their OH
cations at the Commercial hotel. Abon.
thirty of the participants of the dav,s
sport sat down to the banquet sumner
prepared. Speeches and remfnfscenoo.
of the old time days when the Teoss,,s !
were the pride Of the community wara
the vogue of the evening and .hilaritvs,
reigned supreme. The party broke nm
about p. m, each club vowine ven
geance on the other at the next con.
test
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-06
wEATHER-

Fsir tonight and probably
Sunday moderately high
temperature.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-12
]. T
. OFAPERSONAL NATURE

Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Schumacher re-
turned from Chicago Friday night.
Louis Swain of Chicago, was in the
city visiting with his parents.
S. r. Titus returned from his Chi
cago business trip Saturday.
Mrs Isaac Baruch transacted
business in Chicago last week.
Roscoe Young, of Wausau, spent
Sunday in this city.
Mrs. Warren visited over Sunday
with her son George, of Wausau.
L. Brooks of Nekoosa was a business
visitor in the city Tuesday.
A. e. Bennett, of Cranmoor was a
visitor in the city Tuesday.
Ross E. Swan, of Arpin, was bust
ness visitor in this city Tuesday.
Peter Wheelihan, ofNecedah, was in
the city Tuesday on business.
John O'Day, of Merrill, was in the
city Tuesday transacting business.
William Henning, of Wausau, was a
visitor in this city Tuesday. !
Neil Crowns, of Nekoosa, was a
visitor in the city Tuesday.
Alvin Schneider returned home from
Quincy, H., Tuesday.
A. B. Cotey, of Pittsville, was bust
ness visitor in the city Tuesday.
J. f. Weinberg, of Appleton, was a
business visitor in this city .Wednes-
day.
Geo. Conklin, of the town of Seneca,
was business visitor in the city Tues
day.
Mrs. II. o. Beadle, of Beloit, Wis.,,
is in the city visiting relatives for a
few days.
Joseph Dessert, of MoSinee, was a
business visitor in this city Friday
Atty Geo. P. Hambrecht was Ste
vens Point business visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Lou Bougardus, of Chicago, is
visiting at the Henry Mccain home.
Atty. Geo. P. Hambrecht was. a Ste
vens Point business visitor Tuesday.
Miss Selma Kruger left Tuesday for
Flambeau where she will teach school.
Atty. III. E. Fitch, of Nekoosa, was
business visitor in the city Monday.
c. r. Goldworthy, of Vesper, trans
acted business in the city between
trains Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Pepin, of Chicago,
are in the city guests of his mother
Mrs. Kate Pepin.
Ed. Daily went to DeXterville Satur-
day to look for trouble on the Marsh
field telephone line.
Mrs. J. S. Biringer and son Maxwell,
of Wausau, visited over Sunday in
this city with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ule, of Duluth,
are visiting their father and L. ]. Ule
and family.
DIR. Freund, of Appleton, visited
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-12
ADMINISTRATION
FORCES DESPERATE
The Taxpayers, However, Know
What Kind OF a Man Geo. W.
Davis, the Republican Candi-
date for Mayor is, and Will See
to His Election.

The local political situation In
Grand Rapids is one of the most in
teresting which has developed in a
number of years, and the Democrats
who have dictated the policy of the
city until it has bankrupted it beyond
repair in one or two years, ARE engaged
in their death struggle.
For the first few days of the cam
paign they felt that they had things
their own way, and the leaders of the
present administration were going up
and down the streets defying the Re-
publlcanS to put man in the field
and contest the election, claiming
that the Republican party did not
have ''sand enough" to act. They
went so far as to claim that "they
possessed the city offices, and that by
custom, if not by divine right, they
controlled Grand Rapids"
The Republicans realizing that they
must oppose the present extravagant
administration called out Geo. w.
Davis, the capable and efficient county
clerk. Mr.. Davis objected He was
not seeking the office of mayor. The
call was insistant, however, and fully
realizing that he would come into a
bankrupted treasury he felt that the
call was from!the people and his duty,
and threw himself into the breach.
His nomination by the Republican
mass-meeting followed, and consterna-
tion reigned supreme in the camp of
the present administration which has
been running things from bad to worse,
until at the present time, the city is
in such shape that no one but imam
of Mr. Davis capability and charac-
teristics supported by good council
can untangle the difficulty and place
the financial condition of the city
where it rightfully belongs.
Mr.. Davis is known to every voter
in Grand Rapids. He has the time to
attend to the city's business and his
record as an officer is positive evidence
that he will not be absent on personal
business when he is needed. On the
other hand, the Democratic candidate
is practicing physician, and every
one who knows him, is aware that his
business is such, that he must attend
to it first. Council meetings or
routine affairs must take a. secondary
place to the calls of the sick, and in
consequence the taxpayer knows that
the city's business will suffer as a re
suit.
The opposition are thoroughly
SCARED and it is a forgone conclusion
that the people will elect Mr.. Davis
to the Office of mayor and thereby as
sure a change from the slip-shod
methods which have existed for years
in the conduct of municipal affairs.
Their efforts to spread falsehoods as
truth, fools no one but themselves as
they will find on April It'll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-03-12
EVER MAKE A BED?
HERE'S MAN THAT SAYS JOB
LOOKS EASIER THAN 1T is.
After Strenuous Time at What He
Thought Was Simple Undertake
ing He Had to Give Up
the Job,

Say" spoke up the man whose
wife went home to spend the holt
days, "d'j'ever try to make a bed?
Did yuh?
IF you did," said the lonesome look
ing man, then l don't need to say
anything to you. But amt it the
tricky job? Looks easy, too. How
to get away with making two or three
beds in a house and then get any
thing else done that day?
Now, the other morning when !
got up and found all the bed clothes
pulled loose from their mornings at
the foot 1 says to myself: Five days
is long enough for a bed to go with
out bein' made. I'll just make it I'd
never tried on the bed making propo-
sition, but it looked simple enough.
My wife used to make the bed in our
room just while l was putting on my
collar and then slip in and make up
the children's beds before 1 cd get
my hair combed.
well, l tried smoothing out the
sheets and blankets, first from one
side of the bed and then I'd race
around to the other side and rub 'em
down. But did they get smoothed
out? They did not They got more
askew every time / touched 'em. Then
| tried tucking EN- in at the foot, so
that l at least wouldn't have my toes
sticking out into the chill atmosphere
when | went to sleep that night. When
l got 'em tucked l found a big welt
across the foot of the bed caused by
some kivvers that l failed to get hold
of. Then when l saw just how ruff
fed up they were all over the bed ]
decided to pull them all off and start
over again.
81 took 'em off and then put 'em all
on again, one at time, and the bed
looked pretty solid and even except
for one quilt looping over little too
much toward the floor on one side,
but the operation took me just 40
minutes by the clock over on the
dresser.
Then l thought while 1 was at 1t
I would makeN the pillows stack up
plumb, the way I'd seen 'em before
the missus went home. Say, wonder
how that's done. 1 would pick 'em
up and lay EN- down again just as
easy like and try to smooth them out
real slick, but still they persisted in
looking as if they were just about all
in. They didn't seem to be up on the
bit at all. l don't know when I've
seen a more anemic, wilted-looking
pair of pillows.
after this when that bed gets rum
pied up and lumpy I'm going to pull
off the kivvers and roll myself up
like a bug in a cocoon and let it go
at that. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.