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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
POLITICAL RIVALS BURY
RATCHET; NOW PARTNERS.
j. Kirby Risk and Henry ID. Overesch
Unite in Insurance Business
at Lafayette.

Lafayette, Ind, Nov. 20.-Rivals in
politics for many years. two Of the
best-known party leaders in the Tenth
congressional district nave buried the
Ratchet and become partners in bust
ness. This strange turn Of events has
caused much comment here. James X.
Risk, district chairman of the dem
ocracy, intimate friend of William J..
Bryan, has laid aside political activi-
ties and become associated with Hen
ry B. Overesch, republican leader, In
the insurance business. During the
recent campaign Mr.. Overesch was Jas.
z. Watson's manager in Tfppecanoe
county and during the campaign for
the nomination he was the Watson
leader in the Tenth district. He worked
day and night for Watson and the re-
publican ticket, and in this capacity
he ran against Mr.. Risk many times,
the two men clashing on questions that
evoked strong hostilities.
Il have decided to work a little for
myself Mr.. Risk in speaking of his
new venture. For years l have put
party above self and have labored long
and hard without compensation to ad-
vance the interests of the democratic
party and it's candidates. Now, while
1 1 am no less interested in the welfare
of the party, I have decided to make
some money for myself and let some
body else do the work I have laid
down.
Mr.. Overesch has made a similar res
olution.. Like Mr. Risk he has sacri-
| feed his personal interests for serv-
| ice m his Marty He eayS he is going
| to do something for himself now. Mr.
| Overesch is state agent for large
eastern insurance company and he has
taken Mr.. Risk into partnership. Boil
men are experienced insurance men
Their friends are watching the strang'
union with much interest.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
PARTY WILL
BE GIVEN IN CHURCH.
Young Peoples Society of Heeevfsch
Congregation Arrange Pleas
ant Program.

Saturday evening, Nov. 21st, BIRTH
day social will be given under the au-
spices Of the Young Peoples society of
the lebanon Congregation in Hege-
wisch, in the church, at o'clock. The
following program will be rendered:
Vocal solos by Miss Peterson of
Cheltenham, selections by the choir,
solo by W. E. Pearson The Rev. P. N
Ejogren. city missionary, of the Chi
cago Lutheran Inner Mission society,
will deliver, in the English language,
an interesting address on missions.
The admission will be one cent for
each year you are old. Refreshments
will be served after program. Every
body is cordially invited to be present
at this occasion. Come and hear the
interest ting address,"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
UP AND DOWN IN INDIANA

completed within los days. The Ioca-
ton is several squares west of the pres
ent station.
FIRE DESTROYS PLANT.
Eighty men were thrown out of en-
ployment when fire early this morning
destroyed the plant of the Marengo
Stone company at Maregno. The dam
age is estimated from $4,000 to 5000
and is partly covered by insurance.
PLOTTED TO KILL OTHERS.
That Mrs Belle Guinness was plot
ting to take the life of Joe Maxon. her
hired man, was the disclosure of to-
days proceedings in the Ray Lam
phere trial at Laporte. Maxon told
the jury that the night before the fire,
about 8:3 O'Clock, Mrs. Guinness handed
him doped orange.
REFUSES TO FIGHT GRAFT.
The county council yesterday refused
to appropriate the $1,000 requested by
Judge Pritchard of the Indianapolis
criminal court for the purpose of en-
ploying extra counsel to assist Prose-
cutor Elliott r. Hooton in the trial of
the so-called graft cases." The APP
preparation of $4,000 for the erection
of a new county infirmary was post
poned.
WON'T TAX T9MEBR LAND.
An amendment to the constitution of
| Indiana providing for the exception of
timbtr lands from taxation will be one
of the matters to be taken up by the
/ new Indiana conservation commission
recently created by Governor Hanly.
DISMISS STAR RECEIVERSHTP.
In the federal court yesterday petit
| lions were filed looking to the dismissal
Of the suit brought by Daniel G. Reid
by which the property of the Star Pub
fishing company was placed in the
hands of a receiver.
JUMPED FOR HIS LIFE.
After realizing a collision could no
be avoided, Mortorman Edward Turpin
1141 South Bismarck avenue, Indian
apolis, saved his life yesterday By
throwing on the reverse power ant
jumping out of the vestibule when hi
inbound Ben-Hur traction car crashed
into the rear end of an eastbound Yves
Washington street car at West ant
Washington streets.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
LOVERS OF BASEBALL WOULD WELCOME IT.

Sport loving will glad
to hear that the
passed formulatve stage
the of America is
formation OF baseball league
would be well
that it
that would Hammond to play The
small rivalry
There
course These
splendid material
Lowell the three has
well for the promoters not to forget these
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
= . Il
oMEN WANTED" SOON TO BE THE CRY.

gratifying Hammond who had been led to
that that
which
The
this winter indeed gratifying
who
unemployed which calamity
bowlers
to
of life and many of at
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

Some very
in
wicked The
Of
objects known certainly not
cased gentleman. Neither well
of
hood a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
November 20.

1672-Island of Tobago taken from the
Dutch by the English.
1752-Thomas Chatterton, English poet,
born. Died August "a, 1870.
1S06-Napoleon declared a blockade of
the British Isles.
1S41-Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Canadian
premier, born at St. LIN, Quebec
ls66-Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands of the
United States district court at Chi
cage, born near Melville, Ohio.
1S6S-Discoveries of silver ore report
ed from the White Pine region in
Nevada.
1SS3-Earl of Elgin. former governor
general of Canada, died in India.
Born July 20. 1911.
1S92-The great Homestead strike de-
clared at an end.
1S93-Twelve thousand lives lost by an
earthquake at Kuchan, Persia.
1904-President Roosevelt in public ad-
dress declared Americas future
rested on the quality OF the indiv-
idual home.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
SPENDS MUCH FOR ROADS.

SPENDS MUCH FOR ROADS.
The Noblesville viewers filed their
report on eight proposed gravel roads
in Hamilton county and recommended
their construction to the board of COM
missioners this morning at a cost of
$64,25290 Ten other gravel roads re-
ported prior to this session also came
UP.
FAULKNER FOR SPEAKER.
A new candidate for speaker of the
house of representatives at the coming
session of the legislature is being
talked Of in the person of Represen-
tative John Faulkner of Laporte coun-
ty. Mr.. Faulkner is a Michigan City
newspaper man, and his friends assert
he is well qualified for the place. He
was a member of the house of repre-
sentatives in 1907.
FALLS DOWN SHAFT.
Miss Clara w. Herrick of Indianap-
oils, a Christian Science practitioner,
who lived at 1131 Prospect street. fell
down the elevator shaft of the Indiana
Pythian building to instant death at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon. She rolled
in the shaft at the ninth floor, where
she had an office.
TELLS STORY AND DISAPPEARS.
After saying she had been drugged
and robbed in a Fit. Wayne hotel last
Saturday night by a man who had
engaged her to be his housekeeper
Mrs. Verna Searles of Muncie, Ind, who
arrived in this city Sunday night, re-
fused to accept assistance and advice
of Indianapolis friends and mysterious.
ly disappeared yesterday morning.
OLD LOVERS MARRY.
| The marriage at Charlottesville thi,
evening of John H. Scott, 10 years old
| and Mrs. Emma Munden, II, is the cul
mination of a romance which had 1T
! beginning in the days before the civil
war. Circumstances parted them. Scot
| Joined the army and was wounded
When the war was over they were IA
apart and both married.
BUILDING $4,000 DEPOT.
| Local contractors began work toda.
on the erection of the new passenge
station at Greensburg for the New Yorl
Central. The building will cost $500
and. according to the contract, must b
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY
NEXT IN LAKE COUNTY

In compliance with a recent ruling
of the Lake county board of educa-
ton. there will be no public schools of
the county in session on Thanksgiving
and the day following, which will give
the teachers and pupils short vaca-
ton.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
1T Is VERY EASY TO SEE THAT
THE PHRASE, "MONEY MAKES THE
MARE Co." WAS INVENTED BE-
FORE THE DAYS OF AUTOMOBILES.
city Fathers FroIic.

The mayor. with fifteen members of
the council, with old wash boilers, dish
pans, separators, stove pipes sleighb
bells, cow bells, and horns of various
kinds, quietly proceeded to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis. On reaching
the front lawn without being detected
a line, two by two, was formed, sig
nal given, and, oh, gee, such a hideous
noise. Yet it was an old-time sere-
made, supplemented with the howls of
every dog for five miles distant Aft
er marching three or four times around
the house the doors of the hospitable
home were thrown open by Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis, who extended a cordial in
vitation to enter, where card tables
were quickly arranged. and, ere long
the council was deeply interested in
it's favorite musement.-Pfeiffer
Corner Item. Baltimore Sun
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
GOOD WORDS FOR HON.
E. D. CRUMPACKER,
Indianapolis Paper Says That Indiana
Still Has a Representative.

Indiana has lost some good mem
bers of congress but she still has a
real representative on the ways and
means committee in Mr.. Crumpacker.
His outspoken declaration in favor Of
unequivocal tariff revision downward
shows he has sensed the real wishes of
the people as well as their interest
Indianapolis News.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
r A N DOM
THINGS AND FILINGS

Mr.. Powers doesn't consider it a bit
too early to be arranging a baseball
league to knit the Calumet region
cities little closer next season
Oh, I'm this uncertain sea of
life 1T only takes little gust
of wind to capsize the little
craft holding all our ambi-
tfons:
Fifty thousand people, Mr. Business
Man, are reading your advertisement
in these columns tonight. That fact
speaks for itself.
Who says
Inanimate things have
No virtue:
cash register Is honest and a
Piano Is upright.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

tell me right now where that man went |
or I'll make trouble for you"
Whether Jim Smith was too scared to |
answer or whether he did not want
too is not known, but the facts are
that he then told what he knew in the
fewest words possible
Captain Austgen Immediately decided
on his plan of action, but it was too
late. 1t was dark rainy day. The
murderer had three minutes start and
that was enough. Ferguson Lauder is
still at large, but it is not Captain
Austgen's fault.
The captain is well liked by all Of
the officers on the force and he is
very popular with the people at large.
There is probably no one who would
give greater satisfaction than Peter
Austgen and to use the phrase which
became stereotyped in the last cam
paign he is a Lake county boy, too.
Yesterday, shortly after dinner, a
boy little curly poodle which looked
more like mop than anything else
was seen trotting down West State
street in the direction of the Four
corners. with an old tin can tied to it's
tail
The poor little canine looked so tired
that to all appearances it had been
running all morning. and, at last, at
the point of exhaustion, all it could
do was to trot along while that abb
monble can was forever following it.
If a dog can look shame faced that
poor little poodle certainly played the
part At the four corners the dog
right about faced and started south on
Holman street.
A benevolent gentleman saw the poor
little dogs predicament and started
out into the street to get hold of the
can and remove it from the CANNES
caudal appendage.
| The dog SHE'D out of the middle of
| the street and again became conscious
| of the fact that that awful tin can
was following it. Several boys, just
out of school, chased after the dog
and in its effort to get away from them
it fell down several times.
Once it was frightened by the
! bouncing can and ran directly into the
curb Finally exhausted and bruised
the animal turned down Rimbach ave
nue. and found relief from its perse-
cutors in quiet alley.
1t may have been lots of fun to the
boys who tied the can to the little
dogs tail. but today there is tired,
bruised and much-abused little dog.
which, If he had the faculty of rea-
| soning, would find it hard to under
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

that upon the expiration of his present
term of office he intends to retire per-
manently from public life.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20
A Firm stand.

We know a fellow in this town who
is such conceited ass that if he were
to stand against a hitching post for
five minutes he would get the idea that
the post could not stand without his
suport.-Spring Hill (Kan.) New Era
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

A LITTLE TAFFY AND A LITTLE
TACT CAN'T BE BEATEN FOR GET
TING ALONG IN HIS WIDE, WEARY
OLD WORLD.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

federation meeting. and bully for
Hammond, she got the vice presidency.
Bully for old Lake county, anyway.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

stand why some human beings are con-
sidered better than the average cur.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

Our friends tell us that a good
fellow seldom makes a good
husband; but we have 40 take
issue with them on some
things.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

To put it more concisely. Mr.. Kern
will be Mr.. Taggarts little Lamb.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

1t isn't so much what you can
do, it's what you can make
Others think you can do.
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Two Italians lost $500 apiece in a
bunco game at Gary yesterday. They
will have to eat a lot of rye bread and
sausage to make up for that.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-11-20

Bully for Gary She got the next
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completed within los days. The Ioca-
ton is several squares west of the pres
| ent station
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-06
FIRE DESTROYS
|. HOME ON THIRD
FIRST RUN OF DEPARTMENT
FROM NEW STATION MADE
THIS MORNING.

Leaving her home on an errand of
mercy, to. help nurse a sick neighbor,
Mrs. w. F. Day. who lives at the cor
ner of Third ard Elm streets. returned
to see her home enveloped in flames
and all her household goods lost in
the fire.
Mrs. Day has been in the habit OF
running over to neighbor's house to
help take care of a sick woman and
this morning had been out OF the
house but a few minutes. when her son
Fred Clark. a young man of about Is
years of age. noticed the flames and
ran in to see what the trouble was. He
found the fire was blazing up from
near the stove and had gained such a
headway that there was no hope OF
outing it out without the aid of the
fire department. He at once ran to
turn in the alarm, but some one had
alFeaQy uOie 81 dHu tiiC SoiiiPe'iiio"
were both on their way to the fire. Just
how the fire started is not known, as
no one was in the house, but the front
of the stove was left open and as the
woodbox was near. it is supposed that
the fire caught there from the stove.
Eirs.s Run From New Station.
Both companies answered the call
but were able to do nothing more thar
save the walls from falling. The
house was a complete wreck. This is
the first run the department has made
since the occupation of the new sta
tion and the hose cart and hook and
ladder got away in good shape.
The house is a total loss as is the
furniture of w. F. Day who. occupied
it The house, is the property of
Frank Holmes, of Seattle. There was
no insurance and the loss of the
building is estimated to be about $3.50.
The loss of the household goods is es-
timated at $3.50, the only things saved
being a little bedding and clothing and
a sewing machine which was badly
scOrched.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-06
HENEYS STAR
WITNESS DEAD
roamER MEMBER Of BooDLINe
SUPERVISORS PASSED AWAY
IN SAN FRANCISCO.

SAE FRANCISCO. Jan. 6.-Thomas
Lonsrgan a former member of the
boodling board of supervisors ard the
man who is generally supposed to have
been the first TO confess to w. j.
Burns, District Attorney Langdon and
Francis j. Heney. died this morning at
his nome in this city. 1t was Loner-
gan's confession that brought the
whole structure of graft. SO carefully
c.fcted by 8Je Ruef, crasl.lng down
about the ears of the corruptionists
am which resulted in Ruef's confess
/sion\Schmitz' Imprisonment and the
con'laon of Louis Glass for telephone
britry Lonergan was the star wit
ness against Glass and in the first Ford
trial His health has been broken by
mental suffering ever since the expos
ure. Prior to becoming a supervisor
LOnergan drove Michael F'oley's bakery
wagon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-06
WAS A BIG ANKENYRALIEY.
Meeting Of the Italian Republican Club
Endorsed Senator.

At meeting of the Italian repub-
lican club of this city aheld in the
Germania hall last night. a solid and
unanimous endorsement of Senator
Ankeny was passed. Every member
of the club expressed himself as SOL
idly for the Walla Walla senator and
not one of the members present but
that had a word Of praise for the local
senator.
The meeting as called to order at
o'clock by F. k Yuse, the secre-
tary. who addrs ssed the meeting in
English. The meeting soon took the
nature Of boost for Senator Ankeny
and this tone was held throughout.
Frank Mottet, Jack Lambert. Toni Loc-
catti. Sam Curcio and President Tachi
of the club addressed the meeting. the
three latter in Italian. All spoke in
high terms of Senator Ankeny.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-06
VACATION ENDS AT COLLEGE.
Students Return In Large Numbers to
Resume Work at Whitman

Today ends the holiday vacation at
Whitman college Since Friday, Decem-
Der 20. the halls of the buildings and
the campus grounds have been quiet
but today the students are coming
back and all the old time activity is
returning.
Some of the students returned last
week but most of them came in today
and the balance will be in on the early
trains tomorrow Only two more
weeks are left in this semester and the
collegians are getting back on time to
prepare for the mid-year exam. Until
these have passed there will be little
doing in the way of college activities.
Basketball is the only athletic featur-
which is being noticed now, but de-
bate and oratory are in the fore
ground for the next two months.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-06
,zNR FOR EXPRESS COMPANIES
Neglect to File Data Asked for by the
Railroad Commission.

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 6.-Alleging
that the United States the Adams aid
the American Express companies had
failed to file the amounts of the SAL
aries of the officers and the assets and
liabilities of the concerns with the
Nebraska state railway commission.
County Attorney Tyrrell filed a penal
suit in the county court asking that
the fire provided by the statute be inn
posed.
That the three express companies
neglected TO file the data demanded by
the commission and January 1 was
set as the final date for the appearance
of the complete REPORTS. The railway
commission notified Attorrey-Gen-
eral Thompson Of the delinquency ard
he directed County Attorney Tyrrell to
begin proceedings.
The railroad commission law passed
by the last session of the legislature
prescribes a penalty of from $500 10
$4,000 for refusing to furnish the infor-
nation demanded by the commission
The laws direct that service be maue
nnon the local agents of the corpora
tions charged with violating the laws
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-06
CHAIN GANG At
LAST A REALITY
THREE MEN WITH BALL AND
CHAIN WORK OUT THEIR
SENTENCES ON STREETS.

For the first time in the history Of
the city. chain gang graces the
streets, making some effort to reim-
burse the city for their keep. The
gang sent out this morning was in
charge of Floyd Haviland and cfnsist-
ed of three able bodied men who are
laying out time in Jail.
Heretofore it has been tile custom
to allow prisoners to serve out their
time in the county Jail. a dead loss
to the city which was forced to dig
up for their keep. AS consequence,
Hotel Haviland, as the county hostelry
is termed, has in time past particularly
Tin cold weather. become a favorite
lOunging place for those too lazy to
work But under the new system. it
is thought that the desire for chea p
board and lodging will lessen consid-
erably and that the 'hotel keeper will
be a much less worked individual.
In fact the very news that the chain
gang was going to be sent out has had
a most decided influence for the good.
there not having been a single arrest
from Friday night up to this noon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-06
HAS SMALL CHANCE TO WIN.
English Law Strict About Annulling
Marriages.

LONDON, Jan. 6.-The solicitors OF
the Earl of Yarmouth. whose wife,
formerly Miss Alice Thaw, has begun
suit for the notification of her mar
riage, have given notice that they
propose to defend the action. The case
probably will not be heard for sew
eral weeks.
While this action is quite distinct
from divorce, it will be heard in the
divorce court, the sittings of which be-
gin January II. The court has only
two judges and there are on the calen-
dar 156 undefended cases which take
precedence over the defended cases
The Yarmouth suit stands 81 on the
list of defended cases.
Lewis & Lewis, the famous firm OF
solicitors of which Sir George Lewis,
the best known lawyer in England, is
the head, will represent the countess.
Insanity previous to the marriage re-
lation. or an existing marriage are the
only grounds upon which, under the
English law, a marriage may be an :
D,1lIad
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-01-06
RULE WITH ROD.
New York Will Approve Restricted
Corporal Punishment.

OoTPO
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-That the rod
will again become an integral part of
education in New York city is expected
as the result of an investigation made
by a special committee of the school
board.
1t is expected that the committee
will report in favor of corporal pun
ishment under certain restrictions. Not
only have the teachers of New York
been asked regarding their opinions
on corporal punishment but the COM
nittee has asked and received opinions
from hundreds of teachers in almost
every city in America.
These teachers area overwhelmingly
in favor of restrictSd corporal pun
ishment
In 2s of the 80 largest cities in the
country. the committee learns cor
poral punis.amsnt is allowed. and the
fhvestigational OF Dr. Elmer E Brown,
United States commissioner of educa-
ton. lead that official to express the
opinion that corporal punishment ju-
diciousN administered is productive OF
the best results in most of the large
cities