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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-28
Saturday Night, Feb.

The Daughters of American Wood
craft, in an entirely new musical mix
ture, entitled,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-28

Tae Rev DR.. II. A. Roberts Of Block
island, r. 7. 8 former Baptist pastor
at Montpelier. wiz he Memorial day
Orator a. Montpelier this year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-28
TO PLAN FOR TAFT.
Meeting For Organizing Work to Be
Held in st. Albans Tonight.

He'd IN s. Adams Tonight.
ST. Albans, Jan. est Is expected
that meeting viii be held this evening
Of the Red Cross organization and the
Sons Of the American Revolution TO
make plans for the visit of Secretary
Taft to Burlington early in Narcn when
a public meeting viii be held.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
RELIGIOUS FANATIC
DIES At CO. SEAT
Jesus G. God, Self Styled,
Passes Away With Mys-
terry Unsolved.
WELL KNOWN IN HAMMOND
Forcibly Elected from First Metho-
dist Church When He
Caused Panic.
WELL KNOWN IN HAMMOND

Hundreds of Hammond people will
remember the aged umbrella mender
and religious fanatic who passed under
the name of Jesus c. God and created
terror and CONSERVATION in both the
Methodist and Presbyterian churches
in this city by his strange actions.
There was buried at Crown Point to-
day an aged man who went by the
nome of God at the county seat and
who answers the description 70 the
fanatic missed from his haunts in this
city for several months.
With neither kith nor kin nor friend
to comfort him in his last moments;
with no one to follow his remains to
their last resting place in the Crown
Point cemetery, the mysterious decluse
died as he had lived and took his Sc
cret away with him to his lonely grave.
God died at the Penny boarding
house at the county seat yesterday
He came to Crown Point about two
weeks ago and did odd jobs of UNI
brella mending until last Tuesday when
sickness took him to what proved to
be his death bed.
DR.. Farley was called in to give him
medical aid, but the recluse refused to
take it, Il want to die" he muttered
SeuLeullOu AL CIOIlS " 1cdIA II IlS
past were in vain and he would talk
of nothing else but religion and that
incoherently. No letters or papers
were found on his person and in an
inside pocket was s57 which was used
in burying him.
From his description and traits 1t is
believed that God, as he called him
| self, is the same man who appeared at
| intervals in Hammond. He created
several scenes in churches and was
| forcibly elected at one time from the
NJ. z. church. 1t was quite evident that
religious frenzy had turned his mind
He stopped now and anon at the diff
ferent hotels and signed his name on
the register as Jesus Christ God. The
poor old unfortunate always wore q
rose in the lapel of his coat and how
he was able to get them in the winter
no one could fathonl. AS late as two
months ago. when he appeared here fol
the last time, he created a scene in the
First Presbyterian church and frigh-
tened ladies and children very much
He was a man about SIS years of age
and of German extraction.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
WILL PETE HOLD OVER2
New Board of Public Works
Will Start Work
Friday.

THE new board of public works takes
hold of the city's business next Friday"
is the statement made by the two dem
ocratic board members made this morn
ming at their regular meeting.
who will be the republican member
on the board?" the three members were
asked and each one said that they
did not know
1t was generally understood today
that Peter Davis, the republican mem
Der. would retain his seat for time
longer, but he himself said that he did
not know whether this were true or
not.
At any rate there was enough new
business left over today to give the
new board a good start to get busy.
resolution was passed asking for
bids on the Truman avenue sewer by
May Is. The Forsythe avenue sewer
contract has been taken under advise
ment until May 6. The deed of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Schrage to the city of
Hammond for the opening of certain
streets was accepted
May Is was set as the date to hear
remonstrances on the resolution for
the pavement of State street, section B.
and the Benedict avenue sewer i'm
provement.
The bond of William Kleihege for
the contract of laying three-quarter
inch lead pipe in Michigan avenue was
accepted
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
WILL GO TO OKLAHOMA
Hammond Young Men Will
Engage in Business
For Themselves.

F. o. Wood, who has been employed
as a pharmacist at BicknePs drug store
and Fred Waring, who is employed at
Minas' store, will leave this city may IS
for Mountain Park, Okla, where they
will go into the granite quarrying bust
ness with John Maus, Fred Warnings
brother-in-law
They will both be in the sales de-
partment and it is understood will be
interested in the business. The granite
quarries at this place are said to be ex-
ceptionally productive and a high grade
of granite is taken out.
The Hammond young men look upon
this as an exceptional opportunity and
it is for this reason only that they are
willing to leave their friends and posi-
tions in this city for practically a new
country.
Wood will spend week at his home
in Albany, Ind, and will return to Ham
mond before he goes west. Mr.. Bick-
nell has not yet hired a clerk to take
the place of Mr.. Wood who has proven
very popular with his patrons.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
ARREST WRONG MEN
Two Youths Who Answer
Description of Thieves
Are Released.

The Hammond police received infor-
nation yesterday from the police of
Fort Wayne that two youths of about
eighteen years each, who had stolen a
quantity of watches and jewelry from
business men in Fort Wayne were on
their way toward Hammond aboard
of the Nickel Plate train No. 162. The
Fort Wayne authorities requested the
Hammond police to watch out for the
boys and arrest them If possible.
Accordingly Captain Austgen, Chief
Rimbach and Omcers Shine and Bull
started out for Hobart where they In
tercepted the train and found aboard
two youths who greatly resembled the
young men described by the Fort
Wayne police. They arrested a pair,
the latter protesting their innocense
all the time, and searched them. The
boys gave their names as George
Leonard and Lagorne Guerin. They
were found to have nothing on their
persons which would correspond to
the articles said to have been stolen
and after communicating with the Fort
Wayne police who wired back that they
did not believe the Hammond police
had gotten the right men, the prisoners
were let go.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
VILLAGE IS
PUTTING ON AIRS
West Hammond Will Soon
Have a Business
Mems Club.

The business men of West Hammond
have taken the first steps towards the
organization of the West Hammond
Business Mems association. A docu-
ment, signed by large number of the
most substantial citizens of the village,
and which will be signed by many
others, is now being circulated.
The purpose of the organization is to
protect the interests of the city against
all influences which tend to cast re-
Elections on the reputation of that COM
munity.
1t will go further than that; it will
use its influence to prevent any dis
grace such as the old red light, dis
trict, which in the past gave the WILL
age a bad reputation, over the length
and breadth of the land
1t Will also be the purpose of the or
ganization to act as a Municipal Voters
League and when a trustee of. city
official of any kind does not do his
duty or lays himself open to suspicion
his case will be attended to and his
dgfeat at future elections viii be as
shred.
The association will also be of civic
nature and the business men will be
leagued together for the purpose OF
making west Hammond a garden spot
and an attractive place in which to
live.
Just as Hammond aspires to be the
residence city Of the Calumet region
in Indiana so does West Hammond
aspire to be the residence city of the
Calumet region in Illinois and it is
confidently expected in the future that
the better element of the population
in both Hegewisch and Burnham will
life in West Hammond
1t is the influence of the prospective
members of the Business Mems asso-
citation that is working for the defeat
of the franchise grabbers and it is safe
to say that if the organization had been
perfected before it would not have
possible for the Chicago and Interurbar
company to come as near getting q
franchise as they have.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
REFUSE TO PASS
THE FRANCHISE
Sensation Created in Will
age by Handbill
Appeals.
ATTY. MEYER PRESENT THERE
Trustees VIII Consider South Bend
Proposition Early in the
Next Month.
ATTY. MEYER PRESENT THERE

The members of the board of trustees
of West Hammond today at two o'clock
positively refused by unanimous vote
to pass the franchise of the Chicago
and Interurban company and after
hearing from Attorney F. ]. Lewis
Meyer regarding what his company
would do for the village they have
agreed to consider a franchise for the
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend
electric railway company at some date
in the near future.
A sensation was created in the viii
lage and later in the council chamber
by certain bills that were passed
around the town this morning and
which called upon the citizens of the
village to go to the village hall and
protest against the passage of the fran
chise.
No one seems to know who was re-
sponsible for the printing of the bills
and it is the general opinion that in
consideration of the fact that the vii
large trustees have acted honestly In
this matter and have not attempted to
railroad the measure through that the
bills were a great injustice to them.
The bills read: Help! help! help us
car franchise which asks everything
and gives nothing. This afternoon at
one o'clock your rights may be sold
for so years. Come and protect your
interests. Village hail. one o'clock"
The effect of the placarding of the
city in this manner was to get out
one of the largest crowds that has
ever crowded into the village hall and
If 1t had not been for the unjust at
tacks that were made on trustees who
have been conscientiously trying to dc
their duty the interest they aroused
would have been commenable.
As soon as the meeting was called tc
order Attorney F. J. Lewis Meyer was
called upon to tell the board what hi
expected to do. He gave the Wes
Hammond board more facts about hil
line in ten minutes than they have
heard in weeks and after he had com.
p1eted his explanation of his plans there
was not a trustee who was not in favor
of giving his company a chance.
There was some discussion between
one of the members and Mr.. Meyer ant
the motion was made and unanimousl!
passed that the Chicago and Interurbal
company's franchise be dropped.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
COMES ACROSS SEAS
TO WE'D HER LADD|E
Scotch Lassie This After
noon Becomes the Bride
of Henry Weir.
CULUMINATES HAPPYROMANCE
Wedding Is to Have the Savor Of
the Land of the Thistle and
the Heather.

3Ltke dew ON the gowan lying
Is the fa' of her fairy feet
And like winds In summer signing
Her voice is low and sweet,
Her voice is low and sweet
And she's a. the world to me
And for. bonnie Annie Laurie
I'D lay me down and dee"
From the land of the thistle and the
heather comes a comely Annie Laurie
to wed her Hammond laddie.
A typical Scotch wedding will take
place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs
Colville, 357 South Holman street, this
afternoon and will be the elimination
of one of the prettiest romances that
has ever had its beginning on one side
of the broad Atlantic and its end in
Lake county.
Tonight Rev. J. Eugene Shook will
unite in marriage Mr. Henry Weir of
the Fitzhugh Luther company, and Miss
Margaret Miller. Mr.. Weir has been in
Hammond for some time but Miss Miller
has just finished about strenuous trip.
Three weeks ago she received the
letter in which she was asked to come
to Hammond in Indiana, U. S. A, all
the way from little town on the out
skirts of Glasgow, Scotland.
Two weeks ago she took the boat for
America with her final destination that
city on the tip end of the inland sea
of America. Last Sunday she arrived
in New York and by Monday night she
was safe in Chicago.
Got License Yesterday.
Yesterday she and Mr.. Weir went to
Grown Point and secured the necessary
licenses and today they are to be mar
ried. 1t is all so romantic and so un-
usual to send for a wife and have her
come all the way from the hills of
Scotland to plain ordinary Hammond
to be married that all of the friends of
the happy couple are interested.
It was a happy meeting yesterday
after all Of those long years Of separa-
tton and Il Will be a happy wedding to-
night which will be the elimination
Of such a pretty romance.
The wedding will be as Scotch as 1t is
possible to make it in Indiana as will
be the celebration afterwards and ii
Mr.. Weir can not go to Scotland he can
at least bring a bonnie part of Scotland
tC. him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
WILL LECTURE IN
HAMMOND TOMORROW

S. A. Thompson. Deep Water Thomp-
son" as he is known in the newspapers.
Field Secretary of the National Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress.
will lecture tomorrow evening in Weis
hall. on National Waterway Develop
ment" He gives a lecture to the busi-
ness men at Indiana Harbor this even
ing.
Mr.. Thompson will undoubtedly
prove to be an interesting speaker as
he has been connected with the ma
tional waterway movement for years
A Hoosier by birth, he has lived many
yeras in Duluth, where he was the
principal owner of the Daily News
there and later secretary of the Cham
bers of Commerce. For a quarter of
century he has made deep waterways
his object of study until today he
ranks among the foremost authorities.
Since the waterway developments are
of vital Importance to Hammond Mr..
Thompson will undoubtedly have a
large and interested audience tomorrow
night
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
HARDING WINS PRIZE
Hammond Man Supplies
Correct List of Miss
ing Words.

o. w. Harding, ESQ Ann street, Ham
mOnd, was the first person to correctly
supply the missing words in yesterdays
contest and consequently is awarded
the prize of 81 given by The Times for
his efforts.
Another correct answer was sent In
by Earl COash, 4O3 Pine street, but un-
fortunately for Mr.. COsSsh his letter dad
not arrive IN time to beat out MIR. Hard
ing. These two were the only ones who
supplied the full list correctly.
The following Is a correct list of the
missing wOrdsi
South Shore Gas-'Tnconvenient."
j. j. Ruff-'Range.o
Indiana HarbOr Electric Co-"Either.''
new list appears in tOday's issue
and there is one dollar for the person
who correctly supplies the missing
words.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
DENIES SUICU|DE STORY
Friends of Former Ham
mond Man Say He Was
Aspl1yxiated.

The following letter was received
from Mrs. ]. F. Williams, a sister-in-
law of the late c. B. Mcneil. who died
from asphyxiation at rooming place
on Vincennes avenue in Chicago.
Mrs. Williams denies that Mr.. Nc
Neil committed suicide. THE TINES
first story was to the effect that it was
reported that he had committed sui
from the coroners office in Chicago.
The coroner's verdict was that Mr.. Nc
Neil came to his death by asphyxia-
tion by gas
No report was made as to whether
the death was by accident or resulted
from suicide, and the coroner said at
the time that this fact had not been
determined and probably never would
be.
The letter follows:
ITO THE TINES: Owing to the many
versions printed in regard to Mr.. G. B.
McNeiTs death, beg to state the only
and true version and I wish you would
kindly print it in your next issue
THE coroner found that Mr. Nc
NeiTs death was accidental and not
suicidal, as previously reported. The
funeral took place Sunday morning at
1890 from Mr.. Russ undertaking par
lors, 1925 Vincennes avenue, in Chi
cago Services were held by the Rev.
Block of the Episcopal church and
Rev. Richardson of Mrs. Clark's mis-
sion.
''Mr. Mcneil was inferred at Mt
Greenwood cemetery and the funeral
was strictly private. and we kindly ask
the public to let Mr.. Mcneil rest in
peace The two daughters, Miss Marie
and Miss lone Mcneil, who came here
to attend the funeral will return tc
school at Milwaukee the latter part OF
the week.
Respectfully.
MRS. ]. F. WILLIAMS"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
NEW COMPANY
STARTS IN HAMMOND
American Safety Envelope
Company is Fully
Incorporated.
CAPITALIZED At 10000 BUCKS
Messrs. 0'Toole, Connolly and Brown
Believe Enormous Profits Are
Forthcoming.
CAPITALIZED At 100000 BUCKS

Three wide awake Hammond young
men who have already won a reputa-
tion for enterprise and business abil-
ity far beyond their years, have re-
ceived papers from Indianapolis tell
ing thew that Secretary of State Fred
Sims has granted them articles of in
corporation for the American Safety
Envelope company of Hammond, In
diana.
The capital stock of the company is
$4,000 and stock at $40 a share is be-
ing rapidly disposed Of
The officials of the company are as
follows:
President-E. F. o'Toole.
Vice President and Manager-F. W.
Brown.
Teasurer and secretary-N D.
Connolly
The board of directors is composed of
the following:
F. r. Brown.
Judge w. w. Mcmahon.
H. ]. Kennedy.
E. F. O'Toole.
n. D. Connolly.
The American Safety Envelope COM
pany, which is the result of the. inven-
ton brought out and patented by
Messrs. O'Toole, Connolly and Brown
will be manufactured and put on the
market in a short time. The gentlemen
report that there is still a chance to
subscribe for the stock issue at the
! quoted price. They believe that there
| is a splendid chance for many people
| seeking a good investment to get in or
| the ground floor and reap enormous
dividends The company expects to dc
business right from the jump.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
HAMMOND WOMAN WILL
SPEAK AT CRAWFORDSVILLE.
Mrs. ID. Nj. Wood Scheduled One of
the Speakers Mt the WOman's
Home Missionary Convention.

Mrs D. NJ. Wood of Hammond, is
scheduled as one Of the speakers at
the convention of the Woman's Home
Missionary society which is to be held
in Crawfordsville, May Z and 8.
The convention is to be held at the
First Methodist church and a large
crowd will be in attendance. The other
speakers will be: Rev. Ernest Daley
Smith, pastor of the First NJ. E. church
Mrs. Margaret Mahorney, Crawfords-
Vile; Mrs. E. E. Jones, indianapolis; /;
Mrs. Elder, of Boaz. Ariz.; Mrs. ]. S.
Daugherty, Thorntown; Miss Clara
Bush, Lebanon; Mrs. G. B. Stanforth,
Darlington; Mrs. Hattie Kenny, In
dianapolis; Dr. Anna McGraw, Thorn
town, and Mrs. w. F. Sharp, Crawfords-
Vile.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
DON'T DRIVE ON
THE RAILROAD TRACKS
Because APPELLATE Court Says You Can't
Recover Damages.

That traveller who sees and hears
a locomotive approaching just as he is
ready to drive upon a railroad track
at a crossing and whips up to get
across ahead of the train with no other
excuse except his sudden fright and
bewilderment cannot recover from the
railroad company for resulting injuries.
is the effect of a decision by the appel
late court today. judgment for
$4,000 recovered by Mrs. Lucy Abeg-
husband was reversed. The complaint
charged that by reason of the engi-
neer's failure to sound his whistle Alb
eggin did not know the train was COM
ing until his horses were within two
feet of the track and when he whipped
his horses to drive across, the train
struck him.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
PORTz DAMAGE CASE
WILL Be HEARD MONDAY

The case in which Harry Portz of
this city is suing Robert Law of Chi
cago for $4,000 for injuries received
while employed in his printing plant
in Chicago will come up before Judge
Brentano Monday morning.
The case has ben set for trial on
several occasions but each time it was
continued until the. plaintiffs feared
that it would never have a hearing.
Mr.. Portz suffered injuries to his
right hand which was smashed by an
embossing machine and as a result lost
three of his fingers and practically the
use of the hand. His attorneys believe
he has a good case and his friends
here are very much interested in the
outcome OF it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29
NOSE SPECTER FINDS
POCKETBOOE; WANTS OWNER

Nose Specter is lucky, and more than
that, he is honest. He found a pocket
book in Hammond today and although
it contained some money and other
things of value he at once notified the
LAKE COUNTY TIMES and asked that the
owner be located.
In the classified ads in this paper will
be found Mr.. Specters notice and
doubtless some one will be pleased to
learn through the columns OF this paper
that the lost property has been found
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-29

Miss Elsie Heineman is the heroine
Of the great diamond robbery in which
the jewelry firm Of Bastar & McGarry
were robbed Of $4,000 worth OF Jewels
in} a most spectacular manner.
Miss Heineman stood In the doorway
of the jewelry store when the burglar
stepped up and appeared to be in
yterested in the display in the window.
Miss Heineman tells the story best
herself.
'I did not notice the man closely for
the reason that he was too close to
me. In fact. do not believe 1 could
describe him or even recognize him
If I were to see him again"
MY attention was attracted by a
sudden movement on his part. Before
I knew what had happened, he had
drawn a revolver. 1 thought he fired
it through the window. but 1 after
wards found that he simply held the
revolver in his hand and threw a brick
through the window.
! Il am convinced that he was de-
termined to 4hoot the first person who
attempted to lay hands on MIN. for
he held that awful looking gun in his
hands all Of the time"
"As soon as the sound OF falling
glass had ceased, saw him reach his
hand through the hole in the window
and grab the tray of rings. The last
! saw of him was disappearing around
the corner with several inen after him."
Il was so frightened that 1 did rot
move an inch from where I stood dur
ing the whole time. I was fixed TO
the spot and could no more have
moved than I could have flown"
sfWhnD all -,
home. live way out at the end of
Plummer avenue and it seemed to me
that there was some one following me
all of the way"
'It was about half past nine in the
evening and the night was dark The
farther 1 got from the lighted streets
Of the business portion of the city,
the more frightened 1 became"
IT could not get the idea out of my
head that that man was following me.
BY the time l reached home I was
trembling with fright and could not
speak L hammered on the door as
though I was trying to break it down.
1t seemed an age before 1 finally heard
mother coming to open the door"
When I got inside I sat down in a
chair exhausted. 1t was some time
before 1 could speak. The folks could
not understand why I was so fright
ened until finally 1 got myself to-
gether again and told them the story
"AH night the sight Of that desper-
ate looking man with gun in his
hands and with that tray of diamonds
came before my eyes as I lay in bed
and I doubt if I will ever go out alone
again after dark"
Miss Heineman is an attractive little
miss about IS years of age, and now
thinks her experience at the right hand
of burglar who was busiIy engaged
at his trade, is most unusual one.
The developments in the aftermath
of the case have been few Captain
Bunde, Jeweler McGarry, Messrs. Malo
and Smith returned last night from
Chicago where they tried to connect
the dragnet suspect with the diamond
robbery. This was impossible for them
to do, az the fellow at Central in Chi
cago didn't look anything like the man
wanted.
JewereI McGarry has sent out print
ed circulars to every police station in
the surrounding states together with
an accurate description of every gen
stolen. Mr. McGarry is severe in his