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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-20
Washington Stock Exchange.

Sa!es.-Regular call. IL O'Clock noon-washing-
ton Rwy and Elec. Is: $1,000 at s2A; $1,000 at
Washington Rwy and Elec. pfd.. 10 at a.
Mergenthaler Linotype at 2O4.
National Metropolitan Bank. l at 200.
American Security and Trust. at 217.
After call-Washington Rwy. and Elec. a..
81 900 at 1924. 81 900 at s2%.
National Union Insurance, 400 at 6.
Capital Traction. 8 at 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-20

Bar silver. uncertain, 23%d per ounce
Money. g per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is 7-l6a1L per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
three-month bills is 2 Der cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-20
CURB QUOTATIONS.

Quotations furnished ny E. T. Hutton & Co.
members New York STOCK Exchange; g. Bowie
Chapman, manager 1901 st. NV.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
OUTLOOK NOT BRIGHT
FOR TRADE RENE WAL
Simplex Officials Do Not
Look Forward to
Great Activity.
WILL PICK up AFTER ELECTION
Prospects at Standard Steel Car Com
pany About the Same as
at Simplex Plant.

From present indications there will
not be a resumption of activity at the
Simplex plant for some months to come
One of the officials of the company was
interviewed this morning and said that
although the present indications were
that there would be no orders for some
railroads could do without new equip
ment.
He said he thought the railroads must
be at their strings and after the nom
nations are made he looked for a lot
of rush orders. The present indica-
tions are for good crops again this year
and it will require whole train-loads of
cars to move the seven billions of dol
lars worth of crops that Uncle Sam
raises every year.
When the roads begin to order equip
ment again they will all come in with
their orders in a rush and the Simplex
will be as busy as it has been during
all of the recent years Of prosperity.
The report from the Standard Steel
Car company is similar to that from
the Simplex plant. There is positively
nothing doing and there are not even
any orders in sight.
The last order of any size for cars.
was given by one of the western rail-
roads to the Pullman and Pressed Steel
Car companies. which each received
orders for ESQ cars.
One of the officials the company
who was interviewed this morning, said
that he looked for things to pick up
by the time the nominations ne made.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
E.O. HOLLAND TO SPEAK
Bloomington Educator to
Lecture at General
Parents Meeting.

Mr.. e. o. Holland, who has spoken
to the people of Hammond on several
occasions on problems pertaining to
education will be the principal speaker
at the general meeting of the parents.
which is to be held at the Central
school Friday evening at o'clock.
Mr.. Holland is one of the most prog
ressive of the educators of the country
and comes from Indiana university. He
was asked to select his own subject
and so it will not be announced at the
present time
1t is the purpose of Superintendent
MeDaniels to make this parents meet
irg one of the best that has been held
this year. The idea has proven a popu-
lar one, and it is proposed to make the
general meeting a record breaker in
point of attendance and interest shown.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
SUICIDES NEAR
PARK CATTLE YARDS
Unknown Man Hurries Into
Eternity by the Cattle
Route.
MAKES DEAD SURE JOB OF IT
Body Unidentified Lies in Undertaken
Niedows' Morgue With I'm
deciphered Message.

himself between end O'Clock last
night In the vicinity of the cattle yards
at Calumet park in West Hammond.
At first it was thought that he had
been murdered, bat an examination of
the clothes and body of the man by DIR.
Henry G. w. Reinhardt of Chicago,
who was sent out by Deputy Coroner
Peter Hoffman of Cook county, reveal
ed the fact that the man had suicided.
There were three shots in the body.
One entered the right ear and after
passing through the head came out of
the right eye. Two others were shot
directly into the breast, in the vicinity
Of the heart, and one of them actually
penetrated the lower part of it.
Leaves Message Behind.
On a card one side of which con-
tanned the picture of the Savior, was
message written partly in Lithuanian
and partly in Polish. which is believed
to be his parting message to the world.
So far the writing has not been de-
ciphered but it is believed to tell the
tale of an untimely end
Near the right hand of the dead man
three chambers in the cylinder empty.
1t is said there were several people
in the vicinity who heard the shots last
night, between and 9, and this is sup
posed to be the time that he shot him
self
There were also two pipes found
near the body. One was a long-stem-
med pipe with a cap over the bowl and
the other was a corncob pipe with a
rounded bowl. From all appearances
it would appear that the man had
smoked one Of these while contemplate
ing his end.
Fired at Close Range.
The powder marks close to the cal
and those on his clothes over his hear
indicate that the bullets were fared q
close range. The only indications a:
to what the mans name could be ars
the initials ID. b." which was ths
signature found on the card.
The body was found last night "
ing under one of the cattle chutes
which lead from the car to the cattle
yards. 1t was first noticed by an en-
pIoye of the yards named Anderson
who at once notified the police OF the
village of West Hammond.
Belonged to Working Glass.
The suicide is a foreigner, about five
feet ten inches tall. He weighs in the
| neighborhood of 160 pounds. He has
dark hair, slightly gray. and a sandy
moustache. He is apparently a laborel
and had his working clothes on at the
time of his death. His hands were
Drowned. indicating that he worked out
in the sun. He appeared to be of the
more intelligent class of foreigners. Or
the card found in his possession were
the words fifth month" and tenth
month" These have no significance sc
/ far unless they indicate when he in
tended to kill himself. His death oc-
Cured during the fifth month The
oody is at Neidow's morgue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
ILLNESS KEEPS STATE
PRESIDENT AWAY
Campaigning for State Offices Be-
gins and Evansville Is After the
Next Meeting of the Eagles With
Good Chances of Capturing the
Plum.

just as If she was a cnt stepping into
puddle OF water Hammond stepped
into the Iimelight as n convention city
this morning when the state conven-
tion of the FraternaI Order of Eagles
convened, for the annual meeting which
is to be In session today and tomorrow.
The dismal weather added mRte-
rally to throwing damper ON what
should have been festival for the
city and resulted I'm a discussion in the
club rooms among some of the visiting
members as to whether they should
finish the two days business I'm one
and get out of Hammond.
Charles E. Vintr0de of Huntington.
the state president, is Ill at his home
and 1T is feared thnt he viii not live
through the week. Consequently the
meeting was called to order at ten
O'Clock by the state vice president, NJ
E. FuItz OF Bedford. The meeting lasted
for an hour after which It vsas ad-
5ournea unfil two o'clock this after
noon when it was expected fIa saarp
members would be In town.
Within half hour after the conven-
tion adjourned the club rooms were
practically vacated with the exception
of very few Of the down state dele
gates who had no other place to go to.
The committee on credentials and
resolutions was appointed at this aft
ernoon session.
Big Eagles Here.
{, Frank E. Herring of South Bend, grand
treasurer was expected to make an ad-
dress before the convention this after
noon as was also Conrad e. Mann of
Kansas City. Mr.. Mann is the grand
secretary.
Mr.. Herring the grand treasurer. is be-
ing boosted for grand vice president to
be elected next fall at the Seattle con-
vention.
The campaigning for the state offices
is on although the election will not
be until tomorrow forenoon.
| The candidates that are foremost in
the limelight today for the various
offices are: D. E. Boone of Hammond,
and Fletcher NJ. Noe of Indianapolis.
and M. E. Fultz of Bedford, for state
Continued on page ..
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
EXPECT SETTLEMENT

Members of the building trades coun-
ell who are out on a sympathetic strike
with the plumbers, are looking forward
to an early settlement between the boss
plumbers and the union of plumbers,
since they have learned that the master
plumbers will hold meeting tomorrow
night to discuss the situation
The strike situation remains the same
today as it was yesterday.
The building trades men say that no
more men have been pulled off today
for the reason that all building work
was interfered with today on account
of the rain.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
HAMMOND BOY BETTER

Fraklin Blackburn of Hammond who
left this city on St. Patrick's day for
the Pacific coast has retraced his Jour
ney to Cripple Creek, Colo, where he is
employed in a real estate office in that
city at a fine salary.
Mr.. Blackmuns health was never bet
ter in his life. His trip on the Pacific
coast improved his health immensely.
He worked in a railroad office in Port
land for several weeks but found the
work confning and getting word of the
Cripple Creek opening went there.
where his work is largely out of doors.
He speaks in glowing terms of his
health and prospects there and his
many friends here will be more than
glad to hear of his condition.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
STORY OF BANK
ROBBERY A CANARD

A Sensational story got the police of
Hammond on nettIes this afternoon and
sent reporters scurrying around the
city.
Lake County Savings and Trust instf-
tuition on State street, had been
robbed. Investigation showed TINT
there was some question regarding the
value of a check that had been passed
on the bank which was soon satfs-
factOrily disposed of and that was all
there was to it.
In other words Assistant Teller
Dunsing spoiled a good storx.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
ED DIBOS BEATS
OUT SAM COHAN.

Edward Dibos won over Sam Cohan
last night in the straight rail tourna-
ment that is now on at Stamm's pool
rooms, Dibos scoring 100 points while
Cohan made so. Dibos' high run was
IL, while Cohan made one of IL points.
J. E. Cuppy and Gus Waller ware sched-
uled for this evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
LAPORTE MURDERESS
SAID To Be DEAD

now positively known to have died
in the furnace heat which was caused
BY the burning of her own home
This fact was established beyond a
reasonable doubt by the discovery of
number of rings on the charred fin
gers Of the dead woman who was found
with her children in the ruins of the
House of Mystery and Death"
Retributive justice reached out at
last and burned out the life of this
strange woman who murdered a score
of men, and knitted, and crooned her
baby TO sleep with their dismembered
bodies decaying in lime filed pits at
her back door.
Make Another Quest.
Drs. ]. Lucian Grey j. H. Meyer. II. H.
Long, and Franklin T. Wilcox, the
autopay physicians, decided yesterday
tc make a detailed examination of the
headless torso, in a final effort to dis
cover some mark of Identification They
went together to the undertaking es-
tablishment Of Austin Cutler, where the
bodies of Mrs. Guinness and her three
children have lain since they were
taken from the ruins of the Guinness
home on April 2s.
Dr. Grey picked the roasted right
arm from the coffin of the woman. He
looked carefully at the hand, with its
charred fingers clutched tightly. Among
the shreds and ravels of blackened flesh
which still clung to the bones his eye
ce ught the dull CLINT of gold. 1t proved
to be a ring On the other hand he
found two more
Find Inscriptions On Them.
When he had drawn them OF and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
MISSION WORK IS DISCUSSED.
EyOmen's Societies of Congregational
Churches of Indiana Meet at Elk
hnrt-Chfcagoan Is Speaker.

Elkhardt, Ind, May 12.-Preliminary
TO the fiftieth annual session of the
Congrega ational Association of Indiana
the state organization of women's home
and foreign missionary societies held
meetings today. Both forenoon and
afternoon meetings were addressed by
Miss Nell Crumbo of Chicago. co1ored,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
ROGERS SAID THAT
He COULDN'T WRITE
Hope for Saloon Faction Is as Dim
as It Has Ever Been, and Commis-
sioners' Friends Intimate That 1t
1t Useless to Prolong the Struggle
Any Longer.

Crown Point, Ind. May 13.-(Special)
The commissioners court continues
to hammer away in the same old way
at the Calumet township saloon ques-
tion with no immediate settlement of
the long and ardfought question in
sight The petition signed by the
business men of Gary against the re-
monstrance was presented yesterday to
the court. but was not put in evidence
and will have no bearing in the final
settlement of the case.
Try to Show Fraud.
Every artif1ce known to legal juris-
prudence has been used to discounte-
nance the validity of the remonstrance,
and great efforts are now being made
to show that the signatures were OBJ
tanned in other than perfectly legal
manner. Race and color are not bar
red with this end in view E. o. Rog-
ers, colored, from Gary, was one of the
witnesses examined yesterday. Rogers
claimed that he came voluntarily from
Gary to testify in the case and said
that he could not write and therefore
could not have signed the power OF
attorney cards.
Rogers Is Disputed.
Two other witnesses, Streeter, col
ored, of Gary, and Howe. white, swore
that they saw Rogers sign the card
Lawyer Matthews, attorney for the In
diana Anti-Saloon league, is proving a
/ match for the opposition lawyers, and
several lively tits occurred between
the opposition lawyers. Today will sec
more witnesses examined by the saloon
lawyers. From the general aspect OF
the situation now. little hope is seen fol
the saloon faction, when the evidence
presented is considered
Were the matter put to a popular
vote in Calumet township the result
would be Overwhelmingly in favor Of
the saloon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
DIES AFTER ILLNESS.

Henry. the 2-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Weems of Oak street. died
this morning after a long illness.
The funeral arrangements have not
yet been made.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
Especial to The T1mes.)

Especial to The T1mes.)
LaPOrte, Ind, May 13, p. M
Detectives to day went to War
saw to locate man supposed to
be an accompIice OF Mrs. Belle
Guinness, and is a matrimonial
advertiser. This man was often
seen going to the Guinness home
after dark and is said to have
received mail at Champaign, ILL.,,
Chicago, ILL.,, Peru, Ind, Warsaw,
Ind, addresstd to Mrs. Guinness
under the aliases of Mrs. Hinck-
, ley, Mrs. SOrOnson, and Mrs.
, Jennie Guinness. He also fire.
quented railroad stations at
, temp ting to bring victims to
) the LaPorte farm for slaughter.
} He would tell stories of the
} widow and the farm, Offering to
) pay fare to LaPorte if the vic
tim would go with him. This is
attested to i'm letter received
by Chief of Police Cochrane
, this morning. Cleveland man
tells experience in Cleveland
depot last year. hanks Will
turn all evidence of checks and
notes In their possession to au-
, thorities, thinking Mrs. Guinness
checks Will show aceOmpIice and
more bodies.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
NEW PRINCIPAL FOR
WALLACE SCHOOL
Board of Education Holds
an Important Busi-
ness Meeting.
CHANGES IN WORK NEXT YEAR
Mrs. Belle Felkner Is Placed in
Charge of Art Work in the
City Schools.
CHANGES IN WORK next YEAR
Mrs. Belle Felkner Is Placed in

The Hammond board of education met
in the Central school building last
night where they held an extended
session. 1t was decided to entirely re-
place the heating plants in the high
school and Riverside buildings.
The present system of purified. well
circulated hot air, which the school
board of a dozen years ago was in
duced to install on the representation
that it was the only one that would
properly heat school rooms, is worn
out and incidentally another educa-
tors fad has been proven of no par
ticular value
VIII Install Good Plant.
This time the board intends to do
just as the owners of office buildings all
over the country are doing. They will
install a standard steam heating plant
and let it go at that. The only inno-
vation that could possibly be applied to
this system of heating would be a
whistle on the steam. exhaust on each
radiator for the amusement of the
pupils.
Miss Blanch Nixon of Missouri, has
been made principal of the Wallace
school and is believed to be eminently
qualified for the position. She will take
up her duties at the new post at the
beginning of next year
Mrs. FeIkner In Art Work
Another step has been taken in the
installing of a course in manual train
ing Mrs. Bell Felkner who has charge
of the art work will begin the firing
of some of pupils pottery work In a
kiln which has been provided by Miss
Sarah Thompson, an expert in firing
china and pottery.
1t has also been decided to arrange
for the decoration of some of the pot
terry which will afterwards be fired to
make the colors permanent. This work
is expected to be of great interest and
benefit to the students in the various
grades where it is being carried on.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13

1T YOU HAVE TIME TURN TO
PAGE AND READ THE WANT ADS.
IT WILL PAY YOU.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
> 4~~>~~~~A~N~~~~~ .

The most important development in
the Guinness murder case is the fact
that the female Bluebeard Of Laporte is
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
BuiIilinr VIZ fssUffelI.
Fire at Skating Rink.

About IL o'clock last night the Whit
ing fire department was called to the
Heintz skating rink, where fire had
broken out in a pile of rubbish beside
the building. 1t is thought that pass
ing person accidentally dropped a
match or cigar in the neighborhood
of the rubbish. The fire was extin-
guished before any serious damage was
done.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
WEATHER.

Showers and thunder
storms tonight and Thurs
day; slightly warmer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13

GContinued on page three.l
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-13
Fire at East Chicago.

Fire broke out in the engine room
of the busheling mill of the Republic
Iron and Steel company last night.
The damage was nominal, the flames
having been checked before they could
make much progress. The fire was no.
ticed about $3.50 by a watchman and
an alarm was turned in.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-17
PRIZES

have been purchased of local jewellers
and will be on display in one of the up
town windows in the near future. An
nouncement will be made in this paper
when these beautiful watches and rings
may be seen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-17
Districts
The middle of the street
will be the boundary
line of districts so that
each district will in
clude one side of each
boundary street.

The City of Richmond will be d.
vided into 10 districts as follows:
No. 1. North of Richmond Avenue.
West of River to Corporation lines.
No 2. South of Richmond Avenue
and West of River to Corporation
lines.
No. 5. South of Main, East of River.
West of S. 7th and North of South
E street.
No 4. South of Main, east of South
18th, north of South E street and West
Of South 18th street.
No. 5. South of Main, East OF South
18th street, North of South E street,
and East to Corporation line
No 6. South of South E street to
Corporation lines.
No. Z. North of Main, East of River,
South of Penna, R. r. and West of
North 18th street and Fl Wayne Ave.
No. s. North of Main, East of North
It'll street, South of Penna. R. R., and
west of n. 18th street,
No. 9. North of Main, East of North
18th street South of Penna r. R. to
Corporation line.
No. 10. North of Railroad, East of
River to Corporation lines.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-17
OUR AIM

in naugurating this contest is to interest the people of
Richmond and surrounding country using and reading
the classified columns of the Palladium and telegram
We wish to demonstrate the pulling power of our little
ades for quick action either getting employee
position buying selling, trading exchanging, invest
ing-no matter, it's WANT-read or the Classified
page of this paper Newspaper is not kept-t is read
and studied AT ONCE For Immediate results make no
mistake. USE and READ from day to day the differently
CIassifcaons Want AID page Anybody with a'few
Pennies become Classified advertiser There no.
kind of advertising easy to Classified, which is
suggested in THIS paper by Classified page. You
merely write out what you WANT in simple, direct way
in few Words insert under the proper heading, and in
day two you have RESULTS Turn to Classified page
NOW.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-17
VOTES

will be credited at the rate of ten 10y for each
Want AID each day it is inserted in the paper. Thus
if John Jones' contestant. brings in an AID to run
days he will be credited with 40 votes; if it is
ordered to run times, John is credited with 10
votes, etc.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-12-04
Farm Standards Higher.

One thing that will cut considerable
ice in the labor question: The man
who has been studying the books and
good farm papers, and kept up with
the procession in new ways of doing
things will find that he has a better
grip on his job than the man who has
not. Many man has kept his posi-
tion because he has taken an interest
In his work and has learned how to
farm according to modern methods
when other men could have been hired
in his place for one-third less wages
There is no doubt that the standard
of farm labor is getting into a higher
notch every year, and we have got to
hustle and learn about things by read
ing books. good farm papers and at
tending the institutes Get the hunger
Cor reading, boys.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-12-04
Go be continued.)
English House Names.

House owners are sometimes rather
unfortunate in their selection of names
for their abodes and in suburbia house
naming is occasionally rather ludicrous.
Thus "The Naples has never Il ma
pie near, "The Rosary" only exists in
imagination, "Sunnysde" is the most
depressing villa residence, and houses
named after the English lakes no more
suggest the lake district than Fleet
street suggests the Bois de Boulogne.
The Anglo-Saxon word "hyrst," sig
nifying forest or wood, has become
hurst" in house naming, and wood"
and "holt" have the same meaning. All
house names ending with these tefmi-
nations are pretty and not unsafe to
choose.
1t is curious to note that in Hastings
and St. Leonards quite number Of
houses have typically Saxon names,
perhaps to commemorate the great Sax
on tragedy of which the name Hastings
is reminiscent