The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-12-17
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MONON FOUND GUILTY.
The Baltimore & Ohio, the Pennsyl-
vania and the Monon railroads were
found guilty in the federal district
court at Indianaolis of violation of
safety appliance laws in the matter
of defective couplers on freight cars.
Each road was fined 800 and costs.
NEVER MET FIANCE.
Cora Tout of Noblesville. accom-
panied by the Rev. A D. Buck, depart
ed this afternoon for Kiowa, Kan.
where she will meet her future hus-
band, Daniel Buck of Enid, OKLA.
man whom she has never met
TEN POUNDS THE UNIT.
Make ten pounds the freight unit.
said Joshut Strange, president of the
State Farmers Congress, to his organ
ization, which held it's sixth annual
meeting yesterday in the state house
at INDIANAPOLIS. Strange says he is
tired paying for 100 pounds of freight
when only ten pounds is handled.
ECONOMY AND HARMONY.
Despite the fact that politics and
proposed legislation were to be barred
| from the discussion. democratic mem
| bers of the legislature attending the
| banquet and love feast last night at
| Indianapolis sounded the slogan of the
democracy at the coming session. Econ
omy and harmony it was agreed should
prevail as the watchwords of the demo-
cratic plan of action.
| CIRCUS Is READY.
Members of Murat temple of the
Mystic Shrine in Indianapolis have
completed the transformation of their
| lodge-rooms into a first-class circus
grounds, ready for the grand perform
| ance of the charity circus this even
| ing at 2s South Pennsylvania street.
OBJECT TO DREDGING.
| j. K. Lilly and C. A. Sudlow of Indi-
annapolis and other heavy real estate
owners at Lake Wawasee met at Gosh
en- today to effect an organization to
go before the coming session of the
general assembly and procure legisla-
ton to prevent the Sandusky Portland
Cement company of Syracuse from
dredging the lake for mari.
WOMAN TEACHES AT 1. w.
That a wife can fill the position OF
her husband even when he occupies
a chair in a university was today dem
onstrated when Mrs. Harry B. Cough
conducted the university classes In
brief drawing and debates at Green
castle. Professor Cough was called
away from the city and put his stu.
dents in charge of Mrs. Cough.
GREY EAGLE KILLS SHEEP.
Earl VOORHEES, of Bedford. who has
found several of his sheep killed, found
a large grey eagle. measuring sever
feet from tip to tip, making an at
tack on the flock in field near hi
barn. He shot at the bird. 1t wal
evidently wounded and VOORHEES,, afte
a battle, captured the eagle alive.
DIES IN PENITENTIARY.
Edward Lyons, sent from Davies
county to the reformatory at Jefferson
Vile to serve from two to fourteen
years for assault with intent to rob
died today of typhoid fever. He was 8
years old His was the fifth death a
that institution during the epidemi
now prevailing.
FIND FOR sHoPLIFTING.
After confessing shoplifting In twoIn
dianapo1is department stores, Mrs. Min
ME Harz of 131 Wisconsin street, VIII
| was arrested charged with larceny b.
Lieutenant of Detectives Chaunce,
+ Manning. in the police court yesterdai
was fined $40 and costs and sentence
to ten days in jail.
GUILT NOT ESTABLISHED.
Il Charles Offerjost, who killed hi
I brother, Henry, in Rising sun. Oct. II
2 was today found not guilty OF tn
a charge of manslaughter.
The case opened yesterday in tn
circuit court. The defense pleaded self
defense. charging Henry drew knit
: before Charles struck HIM The cas-
went to the jury at II o'clock. A