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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17

| Princeton, Ind, Dec. 17.-Henrv r.
Agar a former Gibson county repre-
sentative, supposed to have been
drowned two years ago in the Wabash
river at Mount Carmel. Ill. and who
was subsequently found. it is said. to
/ be more than 100000 short IN ms
grain business. is under arrest at Harl-
ington, Tex, and will return to In
diana without requfsitlon.
For some time Agar has been thought
to be in Mexico. 1t appears he crossed
the border yesterday and was caught
kilograms stated that Agar had con-
fessed and waived extrasdftfon. Local
officers left for St Louis last night and
will go after Agar
Agar's insurance, amounting 10
about 100000 in various companies. has
been bitterly contested in the courts
but two policies have already been
paid to the supposed widow and estate.
at the time of his disappearance
Agar was one of the best known bust
ness men in this part of the state. his
chief interest being the Princeton
Elevator company. Early in January.
1907, he gave much attention to corn
buying With the river a flooded
stage and wind raging. Agar. crippled
with rhumatism and wearing heavy
closely buttoned overcoat. was on a
corn barge on the Wabash river one
night when he suddenly disappeared.
Harrington heard a cry and a splash.
but no trace of Agar could be found
on the river except hat.
Later developments gave rise to a
suicide theory and his death was gen
orally believed, though some doubted if.
Then came the insurance suits. An
attempt was made to prove Captain
an accomplice in the al
eyed fraud, but nothing was proved
n this except that Harrington had re-
;eived S100 check from Houston.
Tex, from Frank Williams. which
he admitted he couldn't quite explain.
is claimed. Harrington is now sup
'osed to be in Gary, Ind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
CRIPPLE KILLED
by N. c. TRAIN
Bert Tell Of Glen Park Tries
to Flip Fast Moving
Freight Train.
REMAINS HORRIBLY MANGLED
Boy Was Seventeen Years of Age and
Horriied Companions Wit
ness Accident.
REMAINS HORRIBLY MANGLED

Hobart, Ind, Dec. I7.-Berf Tell. ape
IL, of Glen Park, was killed and his
body was strewn for 500 feet along the
Michigan Central railroad track when
he atteD1ted to board a freight train
in the vicinity of his home and sIipped
unde rthe wheels.
The accident happened at about 10
o'clock Tuesday night. He and several
other boys were on their way home.
and as they crossed the tracks of the
Michigan Central railroad Tell at
tempted to jump an eastbound freight
train which happened to be moving
over the crossing
Infirmity Made Him slim.
The boy was cripple and his in
hrmity caused him to slip and fall be-
meath the wheels. His body was ground
and mangled as car after car passed
over it. and the swiftly moving train
carried the remains of the bow for
sixth of mile down the tracks.
The companions of the boy. who was
killed, notified Coroner Gordon of Ho-
bart, and he Immediately sent Fred
Rose and James Shearer to pick un
the body.
The terribly mangled body was taken
to Wild's undertaking establishment
where the inquest was held. The how
was well liked and much sympathy was
expressed to the parents in their he
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
SUES CHICAGO 8 ERIE
RAILROAD FOR DAMAGES

Phillip Mclaughlin is suing the Chi
cago arrd Erie railroad to recover s5
600 damages for the loss of a manure
pile and $1,000 for the loss of an acre
of turf.
1t will be remembered that about a
year ago an Erie engine is said TO
have set fire to the grass and weeds
along the Erie right-of-way and in
that manner to have ignited Phillin
McLaughlin's manure pile.
The fire burned in the manure for
several days and finally destroyed a
large part of it, 1t is to recover dam
age for the loss of this pile that At
torney w j. McAleer is suing the rail-
road for his client
The complaint alleges that it took
years and years to accumulate the man
ure and that it had increased in yalue
oy being Well rotted. 1t alleges that
there was good market for the man
ure among the farmers and that he has
suffered an irreparable loss when the
pile was burned
Nc. McAleer is suing forss6, 900.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
MAYOR BECKER IS
ILL IN HOSPITAL
Hammond's s Chief Executive
Prepares to Undergo
Serious Operation.
INDIANAPOLIS TRIP DISASTROUS
Many Friends of Mayor Hope That
He Will Speedily Recover From
Painful Illness.
INDIANAPOLIS TRIP DISASTROUS

mayor Lawrence Becker is at the hos.
pitai today, preparing himself to under.
go an operation tomorrow He returned
from indianapolis yesterday mornine
where he had attended the meeting ot
the mayors of the indiana cities bpt
ms trip to indianapolis seems to have
assraValed his condition. He went to
0t. Margarets hospital voluntarily last
evening and spent restful night
liis condition is somewhat improved to-
uay' out he will not permit his optfm-
is"' at this time, to lead him away
from the operating table Liver troub-
les ana resulting complications seem to
oe the cause of his illness, but he. his
physician, Dr. W. F. Howat, and a null
.ituoe OF friends hope confidently that
ms health will be speedily restored
after the operation.
Ill For Months
Mayor Becker has been iii now for
several months. but despite this. and
against the advice of his physicians. he
piucklly persisted in going to his Of
nee and attending to his business.
several weeks ago he had promised to
Undergo an operation and was to leave
ior Chicago on the following day. On
the Following day. however. he felt so
greatly improved that be dismissed the
lhought of an operation. He did. in
lact. feel much improved and had him
SELF thinking that he was almost well
"hen he suffered a second attack. Now
however, since he has consented to an
operation his friends feel that he win
soon be well enough to enjoy the
health for which he has been wishing
50 much lately.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
CLIFFORD ROAD COMING
Advance Guard of Lake
County's Newest Rail
road Strikes Town.

Especial to TIE TINES !

Crown Point. Ind, Dec I7-Some of
the engineers and advance msn on the
Clifford railroad. which is constructed
to about four miles southeast of Crown
Point have already made this town
their headquarters Constructing En-
gineer Hobbs reports that the progress
of the road as going slowly. bur II
is still coming this way and will strike
the Panhandle road about a mile east
of town Mr.. Clifford is having con
siderable trouble in obtaining right
of way. and cites a case where one
farmer asked $500 for scarcely an acre
of ground with no improvements on II
Where it can be done the ground ia
being bought outright in acreag ges. tn
be held by the promoter of the road
until the price of land advances To
make the purchase a good investment
Parcels Of the RosenthaI and Woodka
land were purchased this week for right
of way and the engineer expects tn
reach the Pennsylvania railroad in the
early spring, providing they are NOT
hampered too much in securing right
of way
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
SINGING SOCIETIES WILL
SURELY CONSOLIDATE
T. G. Miller Chosen as Head
of Amalgamation of
Singing Societies.
*
MEMBERS BOOST CLUB IDEA
Big Yuletide Festival Is Inaugurated
and Will Be Held on Jan
uary the Third.


If there was any doubt in the minds
of some of the most conservative that
the amalgamation of the Hammond
Saengerbund and the Fidelia Singing
societies would be failure, that doubt
was dispelled last evening when the
united body of the Hammond Saenger-
bund-Fidelia, as a single consolidated
body chose its officers for the ensuing
year. Harmony and the best. of GOOD
feeling prevailed. as can be seen from
the list of elected officers, which repre-
sent both the Fidelia and the Hammond
Saengerbund
f. C. Miller. former president of FL
della, was elected to the presidency of
the amalgamated society, and the re-
election was a fitting tribute to his un-
tiring efforts. first, in behalf of the FL
della, and secondly. in his efforts to
bring about a consolidation
He had no little share in making
an evening like the one of yesterday a
possibility. With the backing of the
whole organization the proposed club
house which is to be the permanent
home of the society will be tackled
with a renewed effort, and the prospects
for the home were never brighter. IT
their twenty-ffth anniversary, which
will be celebrated a year from next
April, will be celebrated in their club
house
Boosting the Clubhouse
The building fund is growing and as
an impetus for its growth, and also that
the wives and children of the members
may share in the pleasures of the So
eiety big Christmas festival has been
naugurated and will be celebrated on
ian. 8. A huge Christmas tree win be
set up and it will contain a present
'or every child whose father is a mem |
Der Of the society.
One of the features of the evening
VIII be the rattle of a s65 sewing-ma- |
hine. The proceeds Of the evening
yill be turned into the building fund.
The officers elected last evening are
S follows:
President-F. C. Miller.
Vice president-George Lewke.
Treasurer-Otto Duelke.
Financial secretary-August thinner
aann
Recording secretary-C. Markmiller.
Irustees-Carl E. Bauer, Emil Pick
rd, Henry Rennow
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
Especial to THE T1mEsA

Valparaiso, Md, Dec 17.-"Iove,s
peon." That is practically what Judge
Harry B. Tuthill of the Laporte and
Porter superior court called John
Krowlege, the defendant in one of the
most remarkable divorce suits that has
ever come to trial in the Porter cir
cult court, to which it was venued
from the Lake superior court at Ham
mond.
Mrs. Emma Shearer- Adams -Krowleee
who owns farm of ninety acres Of
as hne farm land as there is In the
county, near Hobart; has fine horses
and blooded stock. was refused a di-
vorce from her foreign husband John
krowlege, and was told by the Judge
that she would have to stick by bad
bargain.
The case was a farce from start to
finish. Mrs. Krowlege was formerly
one of the bellies of Hobart. She was
beautiful, and a further attraction was
her inheritance of ninety acres of fine
farm land.
She rapidly developed great business
<Confinued an mage tn
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
SUPT. NJ DANIELS HONOR
Hammond Educator Re
membered by College
Association.

superintendent c. NJ. Mcdaniel of the
Hammond public schools, an alumnus
of Wabash college and a director of
that institution, was elected a member
Of the executive committee of the Wa
oash College association of Chicago.
fhis association was organized ar the
banquet, which was held at the Trni-
versity club few nights ago. Tha
association will admit to membersbin
all Chicagoans who have ttended col
lege for at least year This will in
crude several Hammnod men besides
Mr. Mechanic.
me chicago alumni of Wabash col
lege number about 40 people who are
among the most in1uentiaT business
ana professional men in Chicago. The
membership fee will be s5, which win
include the price of the annual ban
quef which will be held in Chicago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
IS DEAD TO-DAY
Mrs. Elizabeth Linz, Mother
of Five Children, Dies
at Daughters Home.

Mrs. Elizabeth Linz, one of the Mo-
neers of Hammond, passed away this
morning at the home of her daughter
Mrs Lena Webster, 377 Oakley avenue.
Death was due to old age. the de-
ceased having been IS years old. She is
survived by five children, they being
+. c. Linz of Hammond Mrs. Louis
Linz of Delton, Mich. but formerly of
Hammond; Mrs. Lena Webster of Ham
mond; William and Martin Linz of
Hammond.
The funeral has not been definitely
arranged, but it is thought that it
VIII take lace next Saturday afternoon
from the Oakley avenue residence
Burial will be at Oak Hill.
The deceased is a member of the
w. X G and was also a member of the
Hammond Baptist church
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
RED CROSS STAMPS
APPEAR IN HAMMOND
Messages of Good Cheer Are
Distributed in Hammond
For Holiday Season.

The American National Red Cross So
ciety. which is devoting especial at
tention just now to the ravages Of
the white plague, has reached out to
Indiana, and through the Indianapolis
office to Hammond. The National Red
Cross society has set itself to raising
huge fund with which it feels that
1T can successfully combat consump-
tlon and tuberculosis. Part of its plan
in raising this fund consists selling
Red Cross Christmas stamps, these
stamps costing l cent piece and are
to be placed on all mail that goes out
from now until after the New Year
The Indiana branch at INDIANAPOLIS
has sent consignment of 5000 to
the Hammond Womans club and
through the energetic work of Mrs.
Minnie Kline, 26 Condit street. and
Mrs. D. c. Atkinson, 36S South Hoh-
man street
Send n Message of Good Cheer.
The entire consignment has already
been placed in the various stores of
Hammond, where they may be bought
by the public. The stamps serve a two
AOAu Pun pOSS. In dOQlI1On TO swelling
the white plague fund they send a
message of good cheer for the HOLIDAYS.
Ihe stamps are to be placed in the
lower left hand corner of the envelope
and are conspicuous there with the
Red Cross sign and the holly Mrs. Jo
seph lbach, president of the Hammond
Womans' club. and her two assistants.
Mrs. Kline and Mrs. Atkinson. are hop
ing that all of the stamps will have
been sold by jan 1.
They have been placed in the follow
ing business houses:
The public library
The First National bank.
The Commercial bank
Citizens German National bank.
Hammond Savings and Trust com
1any.
Stauffer's drug store. {
Summers drug store. is
Bicknell's drug store.
Negele's drug store. s
Model Clothing store.
Ruhstadt's clothing store.
Burk's grocery store, 27O South Hoh-
nan street
Ladies among the various Ladies' Aid
ocietfes have also been supplied with
United number of the stamps.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
Wallace School Children
Are Routed by William
Goat; Teacher Is Rebuff
ed, Janitor Awed, and
Principal is Hero.
PROF. HILL DOES
SOME GREAT WORK
Secures the Big Stick and Does
Battle With Stone Breakers Pride
in Wallace School Yard While
Terrified Teachers and Children
View With Alarm.

One little bla-ating goat held siege
to the Wallace school last Tuesday and
1T required the combined vaIor and the
generalship of JanitOr w. L.. Marshal,
TO break the blockade which Mr.. RuI
Goat established at the entrance of tbe
building.
Not in cons have school authorities
been so deliberately and shamefuIlv
defed. With the impudence and cour-
age of Castro, in his defiance of the
school authorities, Mr.. Goat, the prop
erty of DR.. A. Stonebreaker. took up q
position of vantage abutting the front
or the school house. II he had a pen-
non OF war on it would have been in
scribed, ''Abutting Done Right"
Children Are Scared.
Along about time to dismiss school
the little children started down the
stairs in an orderly line When the
nrst little child got outside of the door
the goat resented the attempt of the
youngster to run the blockade. Bla-at,
bla-a-at!. and long strong of
bla-a ats. ss4zs-eAl
The little child ran back into the
building, terrified at the warlike mani
restations of the goat. This demoralized
the whole line, and it was not long
DeIore the teacher wanted to know
what was the matter
General Goat waggled his whisker
NOS and took new coign of vantage.
Down the stairs tripped the tremb-
ing teacher to investigate, and all Bill |
Ioat had to do was to blink his ewes
II her to send her scurrying into the
'chool room as fast as the children |
lad gone The sight of the pretty |
cnool ma'am tickled Bill to death |
md he batted his eyes at her several |
lines, but the teacher then went to
he door and tried to parley with the
tubborn animal
NICE little goatie. nice little goatie,'
aid she, but Bill only shook his DOLL
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
SUING FOR DIVORCE

Elizabeth Reinholtz is suing August
Reinholtz for divorce in the Lake
superior court on the charge of crue1
and inhuman treatment. She alleges
that he called her vile names ana
spent all of his money for whiskev
She wants 5000 alimony. a divorce ana
the custody of her children.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17

You win find that IL is the merchant.
who are advertising in THE TIMES
are the ones who are doing the b,s,-
ness. They are Ifve ones.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17

The Captain Harrington mem
TONED i'm the story is believed
TO be the Salvation Army man
created sensation In Gary
sometime ago for hurIing rocks
at passers-by, while he vyas In
toAicated and addressing a street
meeting. Herrinston had a NOR
prime outfit on his person when
arrested.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17

yen can trufhfulIy say that THE
islHs IN good Newspaper, please say
friend and get him to subscribe,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
CALLED DEFENDANT
LOVE'sPEON IN EFFECT
Sensational Hobart Divorce Proceed
ings and Well-Known Hobart
Woman Must Live With Husband
Whom She Wanted to Sell. Accord
ing to His Talk.

she has made her bed and she
VIII have to sleep I'm it. John
hroWiege Is simple Austrian
he came to this country from n
quiet farming community in his
own country and became a part
OF our complex American civili-
zation.
"Upon his arrival here he WINS
picked mp, bag and baggage. by
mrs. emma Shearer-A DAMS
hrowiege and taken to her farm
near Hobart. There he was
made peon, ensIaved by her
wiles and her sinsome ways. He
was compelled TO work hard each
day, and his return was her ca
resses.
FINALLY, when he refused long ,
er TO accept her advances In re- I
turn for his days work and re-
peiied against working for mere I
" love, she suggested that they !
get maxrfed-
On, she refuses to share her I
property with him. As she has I
grown tired of him she is seek }
ing TO cast him off by securing Z
divorce. 1t may be that he was
cruel to her. 1t may be that he
struck her and abused her. but I
she was not deceived by him.
She deliberately deceived him i'm
order that she might secure the 4
services of strong farm hand.
refuse to sustain her complaint
for a divorce" q
-GIsT OF JUDGES VERDICT. =
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
Indianian, Thought to Be
Alive, Faces Big Fraud
Charge, and Gary Saliva
tlon Army Man May Be
Implicated.
FORMER INDIANA
SOL0N ARRESTED

Clever Deceptioss Practiccd By Henry
Z. Agar Whose Disappearance in
1905 was the Reigning Sensation
In Indiana and Question of Insur-
ance Is Now Pending in Courts.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
WEATHER.

Rain or snow and cooler
today and Friday; fresh
northeast winds.
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-06-18
TORNADO TEARS
THROUGH TOWN
Two Hundred Buildings Destroyed,
But Fortunately Loss of Life
is Remarkably Small.
Path Of the Tornado Was About Ten
Rods Wide, Buildings Being
Tipped Over and Big Trees
Torn From Their Roots.

Charles City, Iowa.--At 5 O'Clock
Sunday afternoon tornado struck
this city, demolishing about zoo resi-
dences and barns One man, w. r.
Beck, Is known to have been killed,
and four children are reported miss.
ing. The path Of the tornado was
about ten rods wide. 1t started about
three miles southwest of the city, tear.
ing down farm houses, barns. and
killing many head of stock.
II struck the city In the southwest.
ern part, plowIng path ten rods wide
to point quarter of mile east OF
the bridge on the main street, and
lifted the water almost clean from the
river bed. 1t passed in northeast.
erly direction, just missing the
Charles City college buildings. and
spent itself a few miles northeast OF
the city. Several barns were tipped
over while stock was inside, and in
some cases the animals were killed
and others were not injured. Big
trees were torn from their roots, and
III some cases heaved through build.
ings.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-06-18
MINES ARE CLOSED DOWN
AND CITY IN DARKNESS
Heavy Snowfall at Butte Causes Al
most Total Suspension OF Business
Flood Situation Alarming.

Butte. Moonlight inches OF snow
On the level. washed into slush, by a
driving rain that set in at daylight,
cut off Butte from the outside world
on Friday. Telegraphic communities
ton was not restored until noon.
Overhead power wires were SO bad
Nv tangled with light wires that Mayor
Corby would not allow either street
car or light power to be turned on,
hence the city was in darkness and
no cars were running on Friday night.
The mines are also closed down
The railway situation east of Mis-
soula is serious. The Northern Pacific
has not moved train between Mis-
soula and Helena or Butte since Mon
day, and it probably will be weeks be-
fore the damage to the track can be
fully repaired. Miles of the new road
bed of the st. Paul road east of here
have been swept away, and 1t Is esti-
mated that 1t will require more than
month to repair the damage from
this source.
The Northern Pacific has assembled
on this division all of the pile drtv-
ers from the west that 1t can get; It
has taken from it's own western divi.
sions and has borrowed from other
roads. The fight against the waters is
being carried on by ten thousand men,
but the water is gaining steadily, and
the rain continues to fall in torrents.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-06-18
iTTEMPT OF FIEADs re
BURN CROWDED CHURCH
Cathedral AbIaxe While Congregation
kneeis In Prayers--cooIness Of
Priest Prevents Panic.

Berlin AN attempt was made on
Monday to burn down the old ST. Paul
us Catholic church at Moabit, belong.
Ing 10 the DomInicans, which was
crowded with people assembled To
hear a sermon BY the famous DomIni-
can monk, nonaventuri. About 100
persons were present. including more
than q thousand women and children
TO hear the mass. While the congre-
cation was kneeIing In silent prayer
some one informed Father Bonaven-
turf that the church was afire. without
informing the congregation he cooily
stepped over TO the priest who was
celebrating mass and requested him To
close the service. The priest left the
altar and spoke to his assistants, who
walked down the aisIes and whispered
20 the pewhoIders that an insignia
cant blaze had broken out and that
they had better leave the building q
soon ~ possible.
Al this time the entire roof Of the
church was mass Of names, and the
nre brigade was hurrying to the burn
tng building Those In the church.
not knowing the extent OF the dre,
fortunately did not realize their peril,
and on the cIergy's request made their
exit rapidly and In an orderly manner.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-06-18
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA
SWEPT BY FIERCE STORM
Twenty-one Lives Lost, Houses and
Barns Leveled and Enormous
Damage Done to Crops.

Omaha. tornado which passed
over southern Nebraska and portions
Of northern Kansas Friday evening
vas the most destructive and covered
the most territory OF any similar
storm which has visited the state In
many years At least twenty-one per-
sons are known to be dead. five fatal
Iy injured and a score of others more
or less seriously hurt. some OF them
dangerously. In addition reports state
that several persons were killed at the
towns of Byron, Neb.. and CORTLAND.
Kan, which towns have been cut on
from communication with the outside
world.
Following the tornado hard rain
which lasted well into the night soak
ed the storm-stricken sufferers, max
ing their lot doubly hard. Many OF
them were absolutely without shelter
and the storm occurring so late In the
evening made 1t impossible for them
to seek shelter or relief during the
night.
The storm that struck Phillipsburg.
Kansas, destroyed the greater portion
OF the town. several people being
killed. The town Of CORTLAND, Kans.,
was also q sufferer.