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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
IS LAID TO REST
Old Soldiers Stand Guard
Over Grave of Cornelius
S. Golden.
REMEMBERED BY DEMOCRATS
Various Organizations Send Tokens
of Esteem in Honor Of De-
ceased and FANNY.

Cornelius S. Golden, of 436 Truman
avenue, was buried this afternoon at
Oak Hill cemetery in the presence of
civil war veterans, scores of friends
and many relatives. The old soldiers
stood guard over the grave at the short
services at Oak Hill cemetery in re-
spect to the departed, who was himself
a civil war veteran.
The funeral services were held at the
house at 2 o'clock, the Rev. c. ]. Sharp
of the Christian church officiating.
Many floral tributes were received
from loving friends, nor was the de-
ceased or his family forgotten by those
organizations in which he took a par
ticular interest or with which one or
the other member of the family is con-
nected-
Democrats Remember Him.
The Hammond Democratic club re-
membered him by sending a large floral
piece in memory Of the departed stall
wart who worked faithfully in the
ranks and never sought recognition for
his services. The boys at the central
fire station. where Tom Golden, a son
of the deceased was formerly stationed,
and also department No. 3, which he is
lieutenant now, sent nice pieces. The
members of the Christian church band,
of which John Golden, another son is a
member, also sent a loving token OF
remembrance.
The out-of-town relatives who at
tended the funeral were Mesdames VIM.
Cooper and Otis Randolph, both nices,
living at Hoopeston, ILL.,; John Doug
las. nephew of Hoopeston, I'LL, was
Ealso in attendance.
i The pallbearers We're Messrs. George
Barget. p Halfman, ]. Peterson. J. Me-
lCoy, A. Wall and Mr. Mcknight
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR
THE WINTER Term
Men Are Paid Ahead By Majority of
Manufacturing Institutions and
Christmas Spirit and Joy Are
Abroad In the Entire Land To-
night.

1t is with a spirit of confidence, hap
pie In the various cities of Lake coun-
ty await the years end holidays. This
Is In great contrast to the spirit of un-
rest that was so noticibIe last year and
which caused cloud of gloom to set
tie down over the region like a pail.
Then the country was facing a period of
financial depression, now they are
emerging from one.
The holiday trade in the various mer-
camille establishments, while not as
great volume as in other years, is
conservative and substantial, and the
merchants are satisfied.
Preparing for Holiday.
Today the people of Hammond, Whit
| ing, East Chicago and Gary are pre-
pairing for that holiday of holidays
Christmas. The Christmas spirit is
| everywhere. asT.-s
The schools closed yesterday after
noon at 3 o'clock and the students
went to their homes, while the teach.
ers departed to the various cities ii
! neighboring states from where they
came. The trains and street cars are
filled with jolly throngs of Christina.
shoppers and those who are going
from here to there for their Christina.
holiday vacation.
The banks and mercantile establish
ments will all be closed tomorrow ant
the postoffices will be opened only fo
a few hours in the morning. In Ham
mond. where there is a free deliver.
| rxyfpa wi hn l
the morning.
The Simplex Railway Appliance com
pany will close down today at nool
and will give it's employees a vacation
over the Christmas holiday. including
Saturday, until Monday morning.
standard Pays Of Men.
The Standard Steel Car company /
paying off its men today in order t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
CHRISTMAS NIGHT
FOR LODGE WORK
Important Initiatory De
rrees to Be Conferred
Tomorrow.

Dec 25 and 26 will be important
ones in the annals of Garfield lodge, No.
$50, f. and A. M On Friday, Christ
mas evening, there will be the annual
election of officers in the Blue lodge.
This Is one of the most important
events of the year in Masonic circles
and great interest is attached to this
election.
The annual pastmaster's convocation
will be held at the Masonic temple
Saturday, Dec. IS. This, too, is one of
the important Masonic events of the
year
Work In Afternoon.
There will be degree work in the aft
ernoon by the present officers, in which
q. W. Hunter. w C. Rose. A. E. Crow
ell and George W. McCloskey will re-
ceive the master Mason degree and in
the evening the past masters will con-
fer the master mason degree upon
Chas E. williams.
There will be the illustrated lecture
and refreshments at 10 p. m. The
past masters who will confer the de-
gree in the evening are: William H
Gostlin, J. G. Ibach, H E. Sharrer
T. Edwin Bell, H. F. Meikle, r. S. Galel
and William H. Spellman
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
GET CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Well, guess the little ones appre-
ciated the spirit shown by the South
Shore Gas & Electric company!
Every child that attended the matinee
at the popular Princess theater this
afternoon received a bag of candy
given it by the South Shore company
Hold the fort, for we are coming,
was certainly the cry. for it seemed as
If every child in Hammond was or
hand to get a bag of candy, and Man
ager W. F. Booths clever young mer
had their hands full.
Appreciate it?
Well. say. you ought to have segr
those children enjoy the candy and en-
Joy the play. 1t certainly would hav'
done your heart good
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24

The democratic nomination for United
States senator in New York. which will
be an empty honor this year, may be
made the test of leadership between
Boss" Murphy of Tammany Hall and
Chairman Connors of the state commit
tee. The formers candidate is Lewis
Nixon, the shipbuilder. while Chairman
Connors favors w. Carlyl Ely. a Buff
falo traction man, who was mentioned
for the gubernatorial nomination last
summer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
CHURCHES WILL
CELEBRATE DAY
Appropriate Exercises to Be
Held at All the
Churches.
ELABORATE PROGRAMS GIVEN
Especially Fine Musical Programs
Will Be Given at the Cath
olic Edifces.
PROGRAMS GIVEN

Aside from the holiday spirit which
is prevalent in generous measures this
year the whole Christian world will re-
joice tomorrow in the religious and
spiritual meaning of the day. Every
religious denomination, Catholics and
Protestants, observe the birth of the
Savior with more or less pompous and
impressive services. In the Catholic
churches the services especially will be
impressive, practically the entire fore
noon from an early hour, will be CIV
en- over to the religious observance of
the day.
!, At O'Clock the Christmas bells will
call the faithful ones to the first serv-
ices, which will be a high mass. Spe-
cial music has been prepared for the
day and this will be rendered in the
first masses
At st. Joseph's Churches.
At St. Josephs church, Father H. M.
Plaster will say the o'clock high
mass and deliver the Christina SER
mon. It being Catholic priests priv
ilege to say three masses on Christmas
day. Father Plaster will also say the
low mass at o'clock The boys vest
ed choir will sing the Christmas carols
in this mass while the girls choir
will sing in the low mass at o'clock
which will also be said by the Rev
Plaster.
| The Rev Badina will afficiate at the
| 10 o'clock high mass and will deliv-
| er his Christmas sermon then. The
big choir will sing in this mass.
At All Saints Church.
| At All Saints church the services
will be practically the same. There will
be four masses. the first at 8. the sec
| ond at 7, the third at 9 and the fourth
at 1920. In both churches the bene
| diction will be given after the las
4 high mass in order that the ocngrega
| tion may send the balance of the da.
in social intercourse.
At st. Paups Church.
/ Special music has been prepared TO
the services at ST Paurs Episcopa
church tomorrow. The first service
will be held at 1880 in the morning
at which time the communion will b
distributed. The second services viii
be at 10 o'clock, at which time tn
full choir will sing. The pastor, Rev
8. A. Smith, will deliver the Christ
mas sermon.
At the First Nj. e. Church.
Christmas exercises will be hel
this evening at the First NJ. E. churc
and the program will please old an
young. The program begins at 7:3
and contains the famous Shepher
scene.
At the Presbyterian Church.
Elaborate exercises were held las
evening at the Presbyterian hcurch las
evening. The program was carried OF
by the children and while all the par
Elephants did nobly, the appearance c
} little Eltessa Emmerling merits spe
cial praise. The boys drill, too, wa
one of the features. From the chi
dren's viewpoint the Santa Claus wa
of course. the very best attraction 6
, the church. He tried to gain entranc
, at first through the window, the bur
! die of presents that he carried for tt
J little necessitated his coming throug
! the door.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24

Congressman George l. Lilley. gov
ernor- elect of Connecticut, who has
been called upon TO answer of vio-
lating the election law in distributing
money among saloonkeepers for cam
paign purposes, has been a member of
the national house of representatives
since 1903. He is so years old and a
native of Massachusetts.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
ANNOUNCEMENT.

As Saturday follows Christmas this
year our yards and Offices will remain
closed on that day to give our en-
ployes an extra day of rest.
THE HAMMOND LUMBER co.
THE PAxTER LUMBER co.
THE HOME LUMBER CO.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
The Christmas Spirit
.*&.&

Christmas is the season of kindness. For
Christmas celebrates the coming of Christ into
the world, and the heart of the Christ message is
love-love expressing itself in homely channels
of friendliness and good will love that " suf-
fereth long and is kind" If we have kindly emo
tions, let them have their way and blossom into
kindly thoughts and kindly deeds. Let the free
child spirit of OPEN hearted friendliness prevail.
For this. is the child's festival, celebrating the
birth of child, the wonderful Giver who gave
himself for mankind. Let us carry the Christ
man spirit through all the following days that
come and go with all their measure of care or
pain or pleasure, and bear in our hearts the in
spiration and hope of the blessed Christmas festi
val of love, bearing ever ringing above the
sounds of earth and sense, the song of the angels
heralding in the birth of the Saviour of mankind.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
ELECTION CONTEST
AOJOURNS TODAY
Testimony of Gary Man Is
Torn to Shreds by At
torney Cromer.
|DEARBYNE IS QUITE VERBOSE
But When It Comes to Names and
Facts He Is Not There
With the Goods.
DEARBYNE IS QUITE VERBOSE
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At Indianapolis yesterday
Representative Wickey explain
ed at the meeting of the house
} republicans the situation in
Lake county, and in the discus
sion which followed his re-
} marks the opinion prevailed
, that Wickey's majority is such
} as TO entitle him to his seat. Mr..
) Wickey declared that the whole
} trouble in Lake county arose be-
cause the republicans had been
} able to naturalize and vote
} foreigners than did the demo-
} Gratis. He declared TINT If there
was any fraud it was on the
} part of the individual voter and
} not ON the part of the repubIi-
, can organization in Lake county.
Wickey expressed the opinion
, that there had been no fraud at
} all. He said If the contest came
, before the house of representa-
, tives he wanted 1t tried on its
, merits. He did not propose to
, hide behind the Lake county or
D ganfzation, he said.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24

every town in the county been can
vases, but every country road has been
covered SO that there will not be even
farmer omitted from the new direc-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
BABCOCK OUT.
TIMES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.

n
Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 24-Repre-
sentative Babcock has announced today
his withdrawal as a candidate for re-
publican house leader. He says he has
no organization, while other candidates
are we'll organized
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
WORK SOON
TO START
Preliminary Work Will BE
Be Done the Present
Winter.

Hammond is to be connected with
Aurora and Joliet, ILL.,, with trolley
system that will be of far more i'm
portance to the industrial and COM
mercial welfare of the city than any
like line that has yet come into the
city. Hammond will be brought into
direct COMMUNICATION with the great
trolley lines of central and western
Illinois and will be the connecting
gap between Aurora and Gary.
NEGOTIATIONS ARE CLOSING.
From Joliet to Gary, Ind, direct by
trolley, will be realized next winter.
Negotiations for the covering of the
last lap of the Fisher line, that ter
ritory between Chicago Heights and
Hammond. are now drawing to sue
cessful close and actual work will be-
gin next summer
CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE.
On Wednesday at Hammond, con-
ference was held between Fred Parks
OF the Joliet Southern, and Contrac-
tor Ward of Thornton and certain
Hammond promoters Negotiations have
been pending for some time, and it is
believed that the deal will go through
without hitch Mr.. Ward and tbs
local promoter had invited the trac.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-24
Is a Public Necessity.

In fact the new directory so nearly
approaches a public necessity that the
promoters should have the co-opera-
tion and support Of all of the people
in the country who are called upon
for either financial or moral support.
The Lake County Directory company
is Judge P. L. Fitzgerald of Gary, the
vice president is F. Richard Schaaf of
Hammond; treasurer, G. j. Bader of
Whiting, and secretary, A. Howard Bell
of Gary.
The above named men are all stock
holders are ]. G. Harris, Clarence
Bretsch, William H. Fitzgerald. Walter
S. Ross. all of Gary, and DR.. A. G.
Schlicker of East Chicago.
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CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE.

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The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
MARSHAL INVESTIGATES.
Unexplained Fire In Tailor Shop
 Other Blazcs.

The ladies' tailoring place kept by Harry Yamoresky at Il Washington avenue. was guttcd last night by a fire of unknown origin owing to the fact that there was no interior lighting such as gas or electric light wires or lamps. the fire marshall began an in vestigation which he will continue to- day. The owner of the building Is Michael Varletta The damage done was about s200. The fire was at i1:25, box 12 sounding the alarm.
 At 7:02. there was a Are at 6b Shelter street in the house owned and occupied by ]. F. Derby. There was slight blaze in one of the rooms Box was turned in.
 Number had still alarm at ss Gilbert street at 9:07. from waste pa per in the cellar Alfred Johnson It owner and occupant.
 Number Q had still alarm at a.: 5f for a students room at 1i2 York street. A bed and carpet were burn. ed. s. Oviatt is the agent
 Number 10 was called out at 11;4j to cxtln2uish blaze in some grass on Blatchley avenue.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
TRIAL OF SQUEEGEE New Street Cleaning Apparatus Here for a Month of Ex-
 perimenting MAY SUCCEED SPRINKLERS
 -------------.-r----- Believed to Be Better for Permanent PaNcmcnts and Much More
 Effective.
MAY SUCCEED SPRINKL FRS

4 new street cleaning apparatus IS to be tried out this month in New Ha- ven and to-day will be the first day Of its trial. One of the much talked of 'Squeegees" arrived here yesterday afternoon consigned for one months trial to the department of public works and 1t will he out to-day for test The "Soueegee" is a combination sprinkler and cleaner II contains four sprlnklers located under the cart and so arranged that any number can be used at one time according to the will of the man operating the cart, These sprinklers are underneath the tank in cd, not to flood the streets, but simply to wet them enough to make effective the work of the real squeegee part of the machine, This consists Of large, heavy roller equipped with hard rub her sweeps which nt closely to th. ground so that they sweep right off the pavements any refuse and dust or dirt that may be there The sweep Is arranged diagonaly so that the mate rial swept up is forced into the gut ter at the side of the cart and from there can be shoyelcd into carts,
 Of course the squeegee is designed only for streets having permanent pavements which can give smooth surface to the sweeper. For such it has proved a great success in Germany where it was invented and in London where if Is being used and also in the i American cities where lt has been in- troduced. Too much water Is not good l for the pavements and 1t Is believed i that by using this machine lt will be possible to keep tho streets clean after awhile without sprnkling them at al except as the squeeze does 1t to effect it's cleaning It is hoped to do away with street sprnlding on these streets if the squeegee proves as effective as |
 Is believed it will The department i' planning if the machine works well tt install two in this city which 1t i' thought will he sufficient to take care of the permanently paved streets b!
 working double shifts
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
LIBRARY PLANS
 MUST BE CHANGED
Continued from First Pagc)

ety In any case, It Is quite certain that the outside of the library will not he changed from the specifications in any way Mir Gilbert evidently does not take much stock In the fact that In the elder days of art builders wrought with greatest care each min ute and unseen part"
 While it often happens that an archi- trct has to revise his plans to meeet the bids, such a large difference is quite unusual II hardly seems prob able that Mir Gilbert was so far wrong in his calculations when he made the plans for he knew the exact financial | Limitations of the committee and Is ex- peronced enough to come somewhere near them The other solution of the 1 matter is that the difficulty Is the one forcsecn by The Journal-Courier the 1 week before the bids were closed. Al i that time several of the prospective bidders claimed that even with the ex. tension of ten days there was not time enough allowed them to figure minute. nv. especially with the difficulty they l had in getting plans, etc.
 The committee offered every courtesy to the bidders but for some reason '' was exceedingly difficult to get any. thing from Mr. Gilbert's office. He wal also opposed 10 any extension of time even though the bidders say that witt more time they would have been able 10 obtain the very lowest prices o' special materials for the building HaC they had more lime then lt Is yer! probable that there would not hav, been so much cutting necessary as vii now he required and we might hay, orr library more as it was planned
 Whatever the cause of the presen
 difficulty, it Is most unfortunate an
 the efforts of the committee to mak both ends meet will he watched wit universal interest in the outcome
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.
S697, ,t7S.177 in Votes at Large Nc
 ycnbcr SO Says Comptroller.

Washington, Dec. l.-The monthly statement Issued by the comptroller of the currency shows that the total cir eulatlOn of national bank notes yes terday. was s66GlIs.l77, an increase for the year of siO959,9Si an increase for the month of S.S33, l90 The circula- ton based on United States bonds was s6li. 9O7. 265. an increase for the year of a,7j1257 and decrease for the month of sll,S1129o The circulation secured by lawful money was 5227O,- 9l2. an increase for tho year of s6,2OS,- r PA, and an increose for the month of sl3,20i, ,iSO. The amount on deposit to secure national bank notes was s6lS,- 491,9iO and to secure public deposits was SlS6,72i,5i6
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
CONSERVERS MEET.
National Commission Of iS Members
 at Work on Report.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The conserva- ton commission, consisting of forty eight members, among whom are many United States senators and rep resentatiyes, to-day held It's first meeting since 1t was organized last spring al the congressional library, The purpose of the present meeting is to prepare a report of the work of the past season for the president, who has promised to take it as the basis of a special message to congress The com- mission Is divided into four sections, which deal respectively with the sub- jects of water, land, forests and min erals The mineral section was un- der consideration to-day
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
SCHOOL OF D A W c |NG

LENON HALL, s YORK SQUARE.
 J. H. CAMPBELL, INSTRUCTOR.
 Rcg!nners' class, Tuesday ev, Social bly, saturday eve, Private lessons bv appointments. Office hours, z to 9 D. m. Circular Tel, Dates open for rentals of LenoX Halls
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
REIN ARD FOR CATCHING THIEF

Eryis E. Wright, a brother of Elson Wright superintendent of the farm at Springside home, was awarded q judg- mont in a suit in the superior court of Waterbury as tho result of his euc- cess in catching his hired man steal- ing chickens Mr. Wright's losses arc larger than his reward
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
APPEALS FOR WOMEN POLICE.

New York, Doe 1 Women police officers would be pacing the streets of Bayonnc x l, on tho lookout for burglars and sneak thieves regulating traffic, and seeing that the Bishops law Is enforced, if Mrs Julia Gold2ier, wife of a New yorl, lawyer, could have her way she will speak on the question at meeting of the board of aldermen tomorrow night
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
Comfort
 at Night.

Thc attainment of the greatest cni- cicncy of MIND and BODY demands night of REAL REpOSE.
 The sleeping garment should be of snch FABRIC and BUILD that the wcarcr Is not conscious of it, yet he could not well do without lt
 BAHAMAS and ROBES for night use. We Lave them In various styles, kinds and WCaNeS. They're MEANT to bring night of rest,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02

the Johnson X Higgins company, in- surancc brokers, al No ia Wall street. died at his home, No q Gates avenue. Brooklyn, today
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
WOODRUFF AT WHITE HOUSE

Woodruff, republican state chairman of New York who is returning from Hot Springs Va, where he conferred with President-elect Taft, stopped in Washington and had short confer ence tonight with President Roose- welt and Secretary Root.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
GIRLS FLESH LAGER RATEn

Bridgeport Dec, l,-Elizabeth Wolss eighteen years old, an operator in the Hutchinson- Pierce company, was pain fully injured while working by having her hand caught in cogs of a machine Her flesh up to her wrist was lacer- ated,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-02
dENk,Ns GNNeMRssN
 (lNooanoeATto) OPP THE TOWN PUMP

aid in the improvement of the condl- tions of labor,
 The report deals cxhaustivcly with all of the operations of the dcpart- ment in the last year
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-07-08
1ExAs GIRL AIDS SCHOOL.

Visiting a number Of the principal
cities of Texas in the interest Of Len
OK Hall, a St. Louis school for girls,
Miss Lucy May Johnson, well-known
Texas girl, whose home is in Bryan,
was in Fort Worth Saturday, where
she was guest at the Hotel Worth.
Miss Johnson has been prominently
identified with several Texas colleges
and is well known throughout the en-
tire state Lenox Hall, in the inter.
est of which Miss Johnson is now
working, is comparatively a new edu.
cational institution, but it has at its
helm a woman so well known that
Miss Johnson feels that the success
Of the school is already made. The
principal of Lenox Hall is Mrs. NJ.
Louise Thomas, who at one time was
a resident of Texas, having made her
home both in Waco and in Paris
Fort Worth Telegram.