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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07
The Cruelty of ThoughtIessness.

From Success Magazine.
 Most of the cruelty of the world IS thoughtless cruelty. Very few people would intentionally add to another's load or make his burden in life heavier or ms path rougher. Most of the great heart wounds are inflicted by thoughtiess thrusts flung out often in moment or anger, when, perhaps, we were too proud to apologize or to try to heal the grey ous wounds we had made.
 Can anything be more cruel than to dls- courage a soul who is struggling to do the best he can, to throw stumbling biocks In the path of those who are trying to get On in the world against great odds?
 No life is just the same after you nave once touched it. Will you leave ray or hope or one of despair, flash or light or a somber cloud across some dark life each day? Will you by thoughtiess cruelty deepen the shadow which hangs ever the life, or vii lyou by kindness dls- nel it altogether? No matter how you feel or what is disturbing your peace or lnind never allow yourself to send out 1 discouraging, a cruel or an unkind word or thought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07
Other Peoples.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 Coakley-The nothing like plenty of exercise to reduce ones weight.
 Joakley-But there's Scorcher; the more exercise he takes the more he runs into flesh.
 Coakley-What exercise does he take?
 Joakley-Motoring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07
Grand Fireworks Display. Alabama State Fair Grounds,

Pains Celebrated FlreWOrKS Company will give two mag nificent displays of fireworks Tuesday, June 9, and Thurs. day, June Il, 8:30 p. m. Gen eral admission, 25 cents. Re served seats, 50 cents. Tickets on sale Florence Hotel Cigar Stand. All ext Confederate sol diers admitted free of charge.
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dance or hilarious party of any sort, when one is in it but not of 1t, will ap- preciate the gloom that can engulf the sicklied egoist on glorious day in in summer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07
DIR. \. E. HOLLOWAY Specialist Private Diseases

l guarantee you a cure and give v O u reference with permission. to First Natl Bank. Jefferson County Savings Bank and the Commercial State Bank. as to my responsibility.
 l0o6 First Na- tional Bank; of- flee hours S:30 a. to 6 pm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07

Ads illustrated with good cuts ars trade winners-The GawK makes good cuts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07

Someone to love and cheer you, Someone when things go wrong, Someone to snuggle near you, Someone to hear your song.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07
Grand Fireworks Display. Alabama State Fair Grounds. Pains Celebrated Fireworks

Company will give two mag nificent displays of fireworks Tuesday, June g, and Thurs day, June Il, 8:30 p. m. Gen eral admission, 25 cents. Re served seats, 50 cents. Tickets on sale Florence Hotel Cigar Stand. All Confederate sol diers admitted free of charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-07

of Just Someone" the song that re- united them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
.HANLY POURS SHOT
INTO DEMOCRATIC RANKS
Governors Speech Before State Convention This After
noon is an Unmerciful Roast of Demo
cratic Doctrine.
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
CITIZENS LIGHT COMPANY
rs WEARY OF WAITING.
Matter of Franchise-Granting To Be
Brought Up Before Council
Next Tuesday.

The Citizens Light company. which
has submitted franchise to the board
of public works to act upon, has de-
cided to wait no longer for the action
Of the board in the matter.
Members of the company will appear
before the council next Tuesday even
ing to present its case. and at the same
time to impress the council with the
advantages of granting the franchise.
One of the members of the company
in speaking of the delayed franchise to-
day said:
I'VE will take the matter up with the
council directly. We mean business.
Already we have secured an option on
a. site for our plant and anybody who
has the interests of the city at heart
will have to admit that another COM
pany in the field creating opposition
can result only in a benefit for the
city. We are satisfied that we can
clear UP any misunderstanding that
may exist regarding the intentions of
our company"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
LEAVES ON BUSINESS TRIp.

H. b Klingenshmith, treasurer Of the
F. s. Betz company, will leave today for
Blairsville, Pa, his old home, where he
will be gone several days on business
Mr.. Kl.ngensmith's parents live in
Blairsville.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
APRIL FOOLS BEWARE
This the Day When Demon
Office Boy is Most
Fearsome.

This is April 1.
The day when everybody is supp jed
Ito smilingly take a joke perpetrated
by the demon Office boy. from the high
boss down to the most humble servitor
Provided he is caught
If the joke falls fiat, however, the
office boy is expected to accept as
gracefully as possible the 1eers and
jibes of those on whom he attempted
to play "the joke that failed
This is disc the cry TO have fun
lat flrst hand with the office boy If the
latter is sufficiently new and un-
sophisticated. 1t would be difficult to
the number of inexperienced lads who
the number of inexperiences lads who
are today making the rounds in search
of that elusive and time honored
round square" and left handed mon
key wrench"
On the first day of April it is almost
a necessity for every man to occa-
siona1ly caress his coat tails in order
to be sure that there is not some for
eign matter attached thereto in the
shape of a note proclaiming to the
world the fact of the wearer's deficiency
in gray matter. 1t is a good day to
steer clear of fat pocket books tempt
ingly set forth upon the side walk in
conspicuous places and above all things
beware of the rusty hat which may or
may not conceal brick of such weight
and dimensions as will make the un-
wary sorry that he took a swift kick
at It.
| The day in Hammond started off
lauspiciously when some enterprising
youth found in the pocket of a car
| inspector, who had imbibed little too
| freely, a placard used for freight cars
and bearing the brief message, bad
order" and attached it to the coat tails
| of the indiscreet inspector.
| The rest of the jokes passed off after
| their usual manner.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
WILL MEET ON MONDAY
South Holman Street Prop
erty Owners Will Decide
on Pavement Then.

The date for the meeting of the South
Holman street property owners who
are to decide the matter of the kind of
pavement that is to be laid on this
street this summer has finally been
definitely set for Monday at the city
hall at 1880.
The question is a very. important one
as the street has been widened south
of Carroll street and there are several
kinds OF pavement under consideration.
:, The street Is to be paved from Doug
las street to the ridge road and it is ex-
pected that when 1t is completed it will
be the finest residence street IN the
city.
The question of tho opening of an
additional north and south street to
carry the. heavy traffic will be consid-
cred and there are several of the prop
erty owners who are strongly in favor
OF taking any measure that may be
necessary to compell the opening of
Liman street through from Douglas
street to Conkey avenue,
The city engineer and the members of
the board of public works will be pres
ent to make suggestions and to assist
the property owners in coming to de-
cision.
If it is definitely decided as to what
kind of pavement is desired it is pos
sible that the street Will be laid this
summer. II not, the Improvement will
have to be delayed until next year.
AS South Holman street is in dire
need of being paved, it is likely that
something will be done. large num-
Der of property owners are requested to
be present so that the matter can be
settled once and for all time.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
NORTH END PUTS
SOUTH TO ROUT
District Fight at Claypool
This Noon Attracts
Much Attention.
DICK SCHAAF IS SUCCESSFUL
Resolutions Committeeman of Tenth
District Strongly Against
the Saloons.
tBy The Times stan Man,

: Indianapolis, Ind, April L, D. m-
Especial. )-The warmest hght fmagin-
able took place at noon today at the
organization meeting of the Tenth Dis
trict delegates I'm the CIaypooI hotel.
1t was the old Henry MarshaII-WfiI
Woods factional fight where the north
and south enders of the district fought
each other. AS soon as the meeting
began MarchaEI proposed a slate which
he tried TO railroad through. b. F. Carr
and VIII Robertson of Fowler were
made vice chairman and secretary by
consent and then the fun began. Rich
ard Scbaaf of Lake, and r.. n. Moran of
Tippecanoe, were put up by the north
and south slate makers. Schaaf tri-
umphed by vote of 65 to 81 for rep
resentatfon on the credentials commit
tee. This was a victory for Crumpack-
er's friends in Lake county and after
that there was nothing to 1T. DIR. Sam
Scott of LaPOrte was named on the
rules committee by reclamation and
Judge Hammond of Tfppecanoe ON the
resolutions. The latter promised to
support a strong antf-saloon plank in
the pAatAOEin. Ine CtaypOOl HOTeI Is
cholxed with politicians. Artie Find
ling is standing a table in Charles
w. MilIer's headquarters pinning Miller
buttons ON delegates. All the candi-
dates have employed the j. w. Dyer
Booster plan of the convention four
years ago In having barkers at their
headquarter doors. Quincy Myers of
LOgansport, who is Judge GilIett's OPP
pOnent, is putting up fierce fight and
1T is going to be hard fight for the
fight for the judgeship. The Lake
county delegation Is ssTTTE LIVEv one
here and all the delegates are nchiev-
ing prominence in orfe way and another
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01

joy when she received the telegram
acauainting her with the fact that her
husband was found. She is now anx-
iously awaiting further news from his
brother who has gone to look up the
case.
THE TIMES wired the Mattoon City
hospital and the police department OF
that city. but nothing had been heard
Of the case. The man was not at the
hospital and police had not been noti-
fed. However, the victim may have
been taken in hand by fellow rail-
road men or fraternity brothers and
may be is cared for by these people. He
may have also been taken to surround
ing cities to a hospital
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
PAUL LTPINSKI GETS
LETTER FROM SENATOR.
Congressman Crumpacker Also Sends
Letter OF sympathy for
Polish People.

Paul B. Lipinski. one of the local
leaders in the National Polish Alliance,
has receiver two letters, one from Sem
ator Hemenway and a second from Con-
gressman E. d. Crumpacker in answer
to the memorial sent them by the Poles
of this district on behalf Of their op-
pressed brethren in Germany owing to
the ex-appropriation BILL
Senator Hemenways reply is formal
stating that he had received the mem
orial, while Congressman Crumpacker's
Is more cordial. It closes with the fol-
lowing sentence:
II beg to assure you my sympathies
are with your people and all other peo-
pie who live under an arbitrary and
despotic form Of government I will
refer the memorial to the committee on
foreign relations Tor it's considera-
tion"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01

that had been made for the success of
the events. The Hammond Rebekahs
had charge of the work
The color scheme in the hall was
pink and green. the colors Of the lodge.
Mammoth punches of drapings were
hung around a crescent banner on
which was inscribed the letter 'sR" and
about which were grouped seven stars.
This banner was the emblem of the
organization
In the afternoon the lodge was
installed by the Hobart and Valparaiso
teams, which had been practiclng
faithfully for the event for some time
The old members in Gary number
about twenty and these will be-
formally organized into lodge at the
afternoon session. In the evening tho
new members will receive their degrees.
The applications for membership have
been nothing short of marvellous and
no less than eighty prominent women
of Gary will become members of the
order. During the afternoon and even
ing addresses will be given by var
ious members and music will be fur
nished by the committee which had
that work in charge.
All of the visiting lodge women liv-
ing west of Gary were compelled to
stay in Gary all night as there was no
train out Of the city going west. This
put them to much Inconvenience as far
as time is concerned, but they were
well taken care of by their frier.ds
and fellow lodge women The Hobart
and Valparaiso aggregation left last
night on the midnight train for their
homes. Those who attended from
Hammond declare that they never had
a better time in all their lives.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
BOYLE IS
FOUND IN FREIGHT CAR
Missing Hammond Man Dis
covered Unconscious
in Mattoon, I'll.
MYSTERY NOT YET CLEARED
Hospital and Police Authorities at
Mattoon Deny Ell Knowl-
edge of Case.

After a mysterious disappearance and
absence of two weeks. Robert J. Boyle,
the well known railroad man, Mason
and Odd Fellow, who lived with his
wife and three children at 25 West
State street, was found near Mattoon.
ILL.,, lying unconscious in freight car.
Last evening Mrs. Boyle received a
telegram from railroad officials who
where friends of her husbands that he
was still unconscious but in no i'm
mediate danger, and this morning John
Boyle, brother, left for Mattoon.
The case is a mystery from start to
finish and it is thought that Boyle was
assaulted and robbed in Hammond and
while unconscious was thrown into an
empty freight car, which was eventual
ly taken to Mattoon, without the
freight hands discovering the body.
Evidently the man was discovered sew
eral days ago and brought to some hos
pital in the vicinity and has laid in a
state of coma until recently. AS there
was no statement as to the circum-
stances in the case, other than that Mr..
Boyle was found, Mrs. Boyle Is at loss
to figure out just how it all happened.
There was nothing said IN the tele-
gram as to whether his watch or the
in his possession were found with the
body. He also had cards and papers
which would have easily led to the es-
tablishment of his Identify if he had
not been stripped of them by robbers.
Boyle is one of the best known rail-
road men in Hammond. He was con-
member of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road employees. He was also a member
of the local lodge of Odd Fellows and
of the Garfield Lodge of Masons. A
man. quiet temperament and home
loving disposition, temperate in every
sense Of the word, model living man,
his sudden disappearance was sorce
of great surprise to his family and all
his friendsf.
He left Hammond to go to Chicago
two weeks ago yesterday had after bid
ding his wife cheerful goodbye,
dropped from her sight. It is known
that he reached city and drew his
months pay, amounting to ss7. still
later trace of the man was found when
saloonkeeper on Fayette street saw
the man late in the evening, but he
was not intoxicated and seemed to be
on his way home. 1t is thought that
while passing along by the railroad
tracks he was jumped upon by tramps
or crooks, hit on the head and render
ed unconscious and then robbed. The
robbers may have thrown him into q
freight car or he, may have partially
recovered and crawled into one.
! Mrs. Boyle was almost overcome witt
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
PLUMBERS GO OUT
ON STRIKE TODAY.
Thirty five Members of
Journeymen Plumbers
Local in Labor Trouble
MASTERS WILL NOT YIELD.
Bosses and Jcarneymen Will Both
Hold Important Meetings
Tonight.
MASTERS WILL NOT YIELD

About 35 members OF Journeymen
Plumbers union. Local So7, which In
cludes within its jurisdiction. the shops
in Hammond, whiting. East Chicago.
Indiana Harbor and Crown Point, went
out on a strike this morning. The local
had previously issued a book of work
ing rules to the master plumbers which
contained their demands. The master
plumbers association refused to comply
with the rules and the strike was called
The men who are out on strike as
sembled this morning in the Roth's hall
headquarters on State street and plans
for the continuation of the strike were
formulated. meeting will be held to-
night at the headquarters and it is ex-
pected that the union will have ar
ranged by that time to carry on the
work. The strikers claim that they are
going to stand pat on the book of rules.
which caused the trouble and that they
will fight it to the bitter end They
claim that they have been misquoted in
various instances and made to look RI
diculous by their demands. When they
ask for $500 as a scale of wages, they
are not asking any more than is being
paid in some of the shops and which
is similar to the scale al over the coua-
try They do not consider their de-
mands unreasonable and claim that they
are asking only what should be COM
ing to them and what is coming to
others throughout the country.
The master plumbers will hold a
meeting tomorrow night and will then
take UP the matter. They stated this
morning that the men had gone out
but that the strike effected them but
little as there was but little work at
the present time. IN fact all the work
they have on handeats the present tilae
can be easily handled by themselves
and their foremen. They consider the
demands of the journeymen very un-
reasonable and will not concede point
to them.
There are but. seven shops in the
Hammond, the Campbell Plumbing COM
pany, William K1eihege. w. E. Russell
and the Illinois Beer Pump & Plumbing
company The Kleihege shop at the
present time has no journeymen plumb
ers.
1t is claimed in Indiana Harbor that
the strike is not receiving the support
of the affiliated unions and the car
penters, plasterers and similar unions
will not cooperate. However, nothing
definitely has been done by these unions
and the matter will come up at future
meetings
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
CORONER GOES TO Inquest,

Dr. E. NJ Shanklin, acting coroner,
will go to East Chicago this evening
for the purpose of holding an inquest
upon the remains of the six weeks old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Kolod-
ziej, 5015 Bering avenue. The child
which has been sick for the past two
weeks. died without medical aid. The
father is out of work and to summon
physician and give the child medical
aid seems to have been impossible ow-
ing to the financial straits in which
the family finds itself. This is the Sec
ond child Of the family to die, the first
one having died about year ago.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
REbEKAHS FLOCK
To GARY YESTERDAY
Eighty Ladies Are Initiated Into charlottesville Last
Night and Hammond Rebekahs Take Part
in Stirring Fraternal Event.

Hammond was largely represented at
that has taken place in Gary since
the city was organized. 1t took place
yesterday afternoon and evening when
the lodge of the Rebekahs was In
stalled and the new members given
the degree. The lodge has started out
pretentiously as far as members is con-
cerned as they now have over q hun
dred members, eighty of them being
new ones who were initiated last night.
A crowd of 125 visiting lodge women
were met at the train yesterday after
tenoon by the reception committee of
the local order, headed by Morris We'll
A long train OF cabs and carriages
formed a procession about the town,
taking in the sights of the steel city
for the few odd minutes before time
for the exercises were to begin. The
visitors were from Valparaiso, Hobart,
East Chicago, Hammond, Whiting and
Indiana Haxbor. In addition to these
visitors was H. E. Jones of Crown
Point, who is the district grand mas
ter of the Odd Fellows, the brother
lodge of the Rebekahs.
When the reception committee. COM
posed of Mrs T. wndermuth, Mrs w.
F. Hodson, Mrs. J. R. Hughes, Miss
Rosetta Booher, Mrs. Thomas Knots,
Miss Gertrude B. Ogg. Miss Grace
Brooks, Miss Anna Goldberg, Mrs. r.
r. Quillen, Mrs. A. C. Huber, Dr. w P.
Alexander. Dr. J. w. Nieukirk and Nor
ris We'll, guided the visitors to the
scene of the afternoons events in Bin
zenhof hall, they were agreeably sur
prised at the gorgeousness of the dec
] orations and the great preparations
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
ASKS QUESTIONS
REGARDING DELAY
Trails Being Used Instead of Modern,
Up-to-Date Variety-Mayor Dar-
row When Questioned Regarding
Them, Declared, They Had Been
Used Successfully in Other Cities.

The Gary and Interurban Street Rail-
way company which is to furnish Gary
with transportation was hauled over the
carpet yesterday at the regular session
of the town board.
Attorney K. T. Knapp of the law Arm
for the Steel company. appeared before
the board and asked a number of ques-
tions and in short address exhorted
the board to act and make the company
come to time.
Mr.. Knapp wanted to know why.
when the franchise specifies that the
company build the most modern and i'm
proved railway, it is persisting in lay
iIg another rail excepting the Shanghai
rail. This is a rail purposely manufac-
tured for the building &C up to date
street railways. It is wider from It's
base to the top than other rails and
consequently furnishes better facilities
fer paving the street around the tracks
The company, however, is only using
the ordinary r rail. The speaker scored
the company for the lax methods that
1t is employing In the construction of
the road and urged the board to annul
its franchise.
When Mr.. Knapp had finished Pres
ident Knots said:
ct spoke to Mayor Darrow of La
Porte. who is one OF the promoters
about the rails the other day. I said to
him:
"Darrow, were these rails put in by
mistake or were they laid with malice
and afore thought? to which Darrow
answered:
Yes. 1 did, He says that this same
kind of rail Is furnishing successful
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-04-01
SPEAKERS AROUSE
MUCH ENTHUSIASM
Committee on Resolutions Will Not
Be Ready to Report Platform To-
day-Temperance Plank Will Be
for Local Option With County as
Unit.
Especial to Times.

Indianapolis, April 1.-Great enthusi-
sasm marked the opening of the Re-
publican. State Convention at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
James P. Goodrich, state chairman,
called the turbulent throng to order.
The floor of Tomlinson hall and the
side boxes were filled with delegates;
stage seats to the number of 400 were
occupied by distinguished members of
the party and the galleries were
provided to their utmost capacity by
son-loolSers, both men and women, all
enthusiastic, happy and noisy.
Delivers Keynote Address.
Following prayer by Rev. A j
Waller. Of the First Methodist church
Michigan City. Congressman James
Overstrcet, of Indianapolis, delivered
the keynote address. This elected
great applause. Then came a reporf
from the committee on rules and Or
ganization. This recommended John
G. Chaney, of the Second district. for
permanent chairman, and Julian Ho-
gate, of Danville, for secretary. A vice
president and an assistant secretary
from each district, were also named.
DeIegates-at-Large Selected.
The Business part of the report was
the recommendation for delegates-at-
large to the national convention OF
Senators Beveridge and Hemenway
Governor Hanly and James P. Goodrich
state chairman. The committee on Gre
dertials then reported on the contests
that had been referred to it. There
were only two OF them.
Addresses were then made by Sena
tors Beveridge and Governor Hanly