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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-07-06
CASUALTIES.

The glorious Fourth has again passed
into history in Lake county leaving
death and Injury In Its wake. All rec
ords were beaten this year. The day
after the Fourth last year, eleven ac-
cidents were reported In the whole Cal
umet region. This year thirty-three
are reported--twO of them being fatal
Z fties. A fatal stabbing at Gary, self
inflicted death wound at Cedar lake ana
various other accidents all over the
country bring the total beyond all pre-
vious records. 1t is found that most of
the mishaps happened to foreigners,
who unacquatnted with the use of the
American explosive and the number of
American children hurt was small.
SIX HURT IN WEST HAMMOND.
SIX people were injured last Saturday
in West Hammond when the young men
gathered on the prairie to give vent to
their patriotism in celebration of Inde-
pendence Day.
The six people were injured while
standing IN a group around sack of
powder containing a pound OF the eN-
plosive In the crowd were boys of
maturer age and school boys and the
larger boys seeing that some accident
might happen withdrew from the prai-
RE at One Hundred and Fifty fifth
street and went to One Hundred and
Fifty-sixth street Soon the younger
hero worshiper followed and it was
there that the accident occurred.
Mike Ruda. an eleven-year- old boy.
one One Hundred and Fifty fifth street
was in the group and having a cracker
in his possession that did not go off
the first time he lighted it broke it in
- he
fame of the "squib" shot directly into
the powder shack causing an explosion.
Every one within a few feet OF the
powder was burned quite seriously.
Ruda. who had touched off the "squib"
was caught in the flame and was burned
about the eve the face and head.
BROTHER-IN-LAwS INJURED.
Samuel Sulinski. II years old and his
brother-in-la Adam Parkowski, 21
years old and married. were both
burned about the hand. face. neck and
the ankles.
John Metakowski. years old of 1o4
One Hundred and Fifty-sixth street
was in the group being barefooted. His
legs were burned to his knees.
Peter Kaiser "a years old of 1O7 One
Hundred and Fifty-ffth street. also ir
the crowd, was burned about the face
and the left hand.
william Matzinski. 81 years old. ot
25 One Hundred and Fifty-ffth street
one of the onlookers was burned about
the neck and the back of his head
Most Of the boys had their clothes
badly burned and were in danger oil
having them burned off their backs but
one of them started a stmpede for 6
nearby water puddle and there they
extinguished the flames.
Taving extinguished the flames the
victims march to DR. Weis Office fol
medical attendance.
FATALLY SHOT WITH RIFLE.
Cedar Lake. Ind. uly &c Especially
John Wright of Chicago. who came out
here Saturday to celebrate the Fourth
is diving today the result Of a ac
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THREE AT RoBERrsDALE.

Robertsdale, July Especial y
Three foreigners met with injury on
the Fourth while celebrating the day
according to their own fashion. None
Of them were badly hurt, however. and
fireworks and frecrackers were the
means of bringing disasted unon the
wounded
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MIKE MAY SEE AGAIN.

Whiting. Ind. July 6.-(SpeciaI-
Mike Popp, a single man boarding on
Steiber street. permitted a hrecracker
to explode in his hand Strangely
enough the explosion caused a severe
injury to his eye. It is doubtful at
this time whether the organ can be
saved on not. His hand was slightly
in iIfred
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MOSS MYSTERY
IS NOW SOLVED
Missing Girl Found in Com
pany With Hammond
Man in South Bend.
POLICE EVOLVE NEW THEORY
Believe That Girls Partner May
Be Engaged in White
Slave" Traffic.

What Captain of Police Peter Austgen
believes may lead to the proof that
Hammond man is engaged In the "vvhite
slave traffic" was the arrest in South
Bend of Ada Moss, the daughter of n
well known and respected Pullman man
and William Powers, n Hammond pho
tORrapher, after they had been traced
to that city from Hammond.
"a - -ra-soay ada Moss, who was en-
ployed in Marshall Fields store as a
saleswoman, disappeared from home
and could not be located by her parents
until yesterday Her father learned
from some of the girls in the store
that she had gone to Hammond Ind.
with an unknown man and he at once
saw Captain O'Brian and had two de-
tectives detaied on the case.
Couldn't Find Daughter.
He came to Hammond himself but
daughter In the meantime the Ham
mond partner of Powers, in the photo
graph business on State street saw the
story of the disappearance of the Moss
girl in THE TIMES and seeing a woman
III IldIllIlOiiu III COlIlpdHy Will 1OWeIS,
who answers to the description, he
notified the police here.
They learned that she had gone to
South Bend and the father went there
in search Of her. BY a peculiar coin
cidence he met Powers himself and in
formed him that he was in search of
his daughter.
Powers said that he was detective
and that he would help Mr. Moss to
find his daughter. He took him around
town until Moss became suspicious and
had Powers arrested. Powers then con-
fessed that he himself had seduced the
old mans daughter
Girl Found in South Bend.
The girl was found in South Bend
where she had been staying with Pow
ers at the Nicholas hotel under the
name of Mrs. r. o. Lee. Ada Moss and
William Powers are both in jail in
South Bend
Captain Austgen is of the opinion
that it was Powers plan to lead the
father around town until he could slip
away and tell the girl that her father
was after her and give her chance
to get away. He was not as clever as
he thought he was, however, and both
he and the girl are now under arrest
Austgen thinks that it was Powers
plan to continue his relations with the
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girl for time and then dispose of her
i'll one of the Chicago resorts It has
been discovered that Powers has not a
very good reputation in the neighbor-
hood where he lives and what is secret
ly known at the police station leads to
the white slave theory"
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FOREIGNER HAS GooD TIME.

Whiting. Ind, July 6.-(Special.-
Spain Tobrowlski, a foreigner. who has
been in this country only five months,
suffered the loss Of both his thumbs.
badly lacerated hands and an injured
face last Saturday when entering into
the American spirit of celebration he
heda a common cracker in his hand
permitting it to explode. After being
given the first medical aid by DR. Doo-
little, he was hurried to st. Margaret s
hospital where he is being cared for
now. Tobrowlski is in serious danger
of blood poison. Tobrowlski is a sin
gle man and boarded on Schrage ave-
nue..
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MANY INJURED
ON The FOURTH
Annual Toll of Fatalities And Casu=
alties in Lake County Counts
up Shocking Results

spend the Fourth in a novel way. They
hlred wagon and after preparing
thelr lunches. about four happy fam
ines left for Hessville. where thew
spent a most pleasant day The return
nome was made and when nearing their
destination one of the party marked
lhat they were very fortunate at not
meeting with a single accident to mar
thelr days pleasure. They had spoken
100 soon, for when they were alighttng
from the vehicle. Mrs. Krause Jumped
out and broke her ankle. The ladv wa
carried to her home and a physician
caIled and the pleasant memories of the
rest OF the picnickers were bIghted
by the accident which had befallen one
of their number.
HAD A NARROW ESCAPE.
! whiting, Ind, July 6.-(SpeciaD On
! ly by the smallest margin did the fam
lly of Charles Reno, 331 Fred street.
/ escape accident last Saturday
The family was sitting at the dinner
table when a bullet crashed through
the window, passing between Mrs. Reno
and her daughter Anna, and lodged in
the wall
The sender Of the missile was Edwin
( Wren of $50 John street, who is en-
ployed as a driver for the Chicago Towl
company.
Wren with a recklessness that borders
on the criminal was engaged in shoot
ing targets in his back yard. using an
old tin can for his target One of the
bullets went wild and struck into the
Reno home
Wren admitted his recklessness and
offered TO make amends Reno refused
t. prosecute him. although the family
was upset almost the entire day owing
to the narrow escape that at last one
OF the family has had.
The police made four arrests during
the day of persons who were shooting
bullets in their guns instead of blank
cartridges
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HAND BApLY LAcERArED.

Whiting, Ind. July 6.-(Special-
Melvin Murley eight years old. living
on Fischrupp avenue. held a giant fire
cracker in his hand last Saturday when
it exploded His hand was badly lac
Grated but there seems to be no need
of amputation a this time
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WEATHER.

Partly cloudy today and
Tuesdays cooler by tonight.
variable winds.
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ONE KILLED.;
ONE DYING
Six Are Hurt in an Explo
sion When Sizzer Hits
Powder Can and
It Explodes.
FATALITIES.

Gary
Cedar Lake. ................
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-01

A. ! Paris returned 10 the Elk
change today after an extended absence
from the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-01

NEW YORK, June lit looked very
much as II Wall Street was celebrating
the hnal passage of the currency BILL
with its promise Of no more crazy finan-
cial panlcs, no more wild liquidation, at
least as a result OF too little currency
Tor the business world. and the invest
ment and speculative markets. More
over there was yet another reason for
the advance. The big operators have
not completed their liquidation as yet
and they understand as well as any
body else does that there will be no
opportunity 10 pass the certificates
around on a declining, or even "a weak
market. They have got to keep them
going, advancing day by day, TO get
the public ia. The lSst break let out
lot Of long stock, and the decline also
caused margin buying to a moderate ex-
tent The public is clearly IibDling and
a few days strength wiz make them
bite"
London was cheerful and sent over
supporting orders. The strength in the
Gould stocks was really surprising IN
view Of Missouri Pacihe's poor state
ment and the reported difficulties OF
the various companies in the Gould
string In the face of these conditions
Denver and Rio Grande gained points
and Missouri Pacific 2
There were more cncourag inE trade re-
potts sent out, and the cloud of unCeT-
tainty that has been hanging over our
business interests is gradually disap-
peHring. Better markets for textiles.
Better conditions in cotton goods. In
creased sales for wholesale dry goods.
Further Improvement Ia iron and steel
Improvement IN general merchandising
Financial conditions improving. Sea
gonable merchandise sharply stimulated
by good buying. These encouraging
paragraphs are all accredited by Dun $
Review.
The Amalgamated Copper Company
issued its report this morning for the
fiscal year ending April 80 Net income
-, $50. 00t. decrease OF SAB, S43 all of
which was discounted. Net profits, I 81
per cent as compared with go last
year. Mr.. Stillman retired from the
directory Of the company. also @. II.
Church and J. L. JudEOn.
AS the session wore on the market
continued TO gain I'm strength All-the-
Year-arOund money was offered at per
cent and some high-grade borrowers OBJ
tanned loans for the time named at less
than rate. The adjournment of Con-
gress was another factor that pleased
the Street. as IL IS now possible to pull
off some movements that would have
attracted much attention had they been
attempted earlier in the season In
deed. the brokers appeared to be in Il
Joyful mood, and they understood that
stocks were to be pushed for the pre-
campaign boom and TO enable the big
fellows TO hand around a few more GER
tinCaUCs.
Each advance was Cheered and en-
thusiasm injected here and there car
ried on the good work Of boosting. OF
course, they recognize that there will
oe an afteTmath-but that will not be
hue for some weeks perhaps months
yet, so what OF II! In the meantime,
on with the advance
Louisville and Nashville gained 8
points; Missouri Kansas and Texas pa I.
Missouri Pacific, 2; New York Contra. ! 2;
Northern Pacific, %; Pennsylvania, is
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Southern Pscihe. II. ST. Paul 81; Tn
ion Pacific. 4: Copper. Smelling. Ana
c1nda. Canadian Pacific, and Lead.
about point while a number OF minor
shares gained from ! 70 points.
At / O'Clock the market was strong
and nearly on The top.
The market closed IN a whirl Of ad-
vancing prices the recording of enOrm-
Gus transactions and amid great excite
ment. The currency bill was worked ev-
cry minute Ca the day. The shorts ran
liked scared cats. and the public tasted
OF the sweets .. quSSk prohts and wired
I'm more ord ers.
Led by UrIon Pacific. with it's advance
of Ga point -, closely followed by Read
ing. Northern Pacific, St. Paul and
Great Northern. with sharp advances
here and there throughout the list, and
with mighty few things not rising in
the joyous day, the market passed to the
tap of the bell, merrily booming with
prices grinding on the top.
There was no mistakiug the temper of
the traders. Prices are going higher UNI
less something happens between now
and tomorrow. The ticker was running,
catching up with the sales. long after
the close of the session.
Every body helped along the advance.
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PRICES FOR TODAY ON
NEW YORK EXCHANGE

(ouotations Furnished by ". B. Hibos =
Co. bankers and brokers, Hibbs Building.
members New York Stock Exchange. Wash
ington stock Exchange and Chicago Board Of
TradR.l
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WASHINGTON STOCKS
QUIET AND STEADY
Exchange Takes Possession
of New Quarters and Lis
tens to Eulogy.

The Washington Stock Exchange oc-
cupied its new quarters on the main
door Of the building in which IT has
heretofore held rooms on the third moor.
In celebration of the event brokers,
bankers, and other members attended IN
larger numbers but otherwise the ses-
sion was tame and uuinteresting. There
was, however, little firmer tone on the
traction stocks, although the official bid
and asked prices may not convey TINS
impression, because OF the Withdraw
habits, when stock IS not forthcoming.
The only sales of the session were
81 600 capital Traction 5's al 40;
fourteen shares OF MeTgenthaleT at 1882
ard a bunch Of Greene Cananea at 80.
Clearly a feature of the session was
an address delivered just before ad-
Journment by President Parker. of the
Metropolitan National RAM who tellcl-
tated the Stock Exchange on the
pleasant quarters, almost an exact du-
plicate OF the rooms on the third floor.
lie referred with pardonable pride TO
the largely increased volume of bust
ness done on the exchange annually,
and stated that, as compared with the
volume OF business done a few years
ago the volume of the past year should
make the me mbeTships worth nearer
$40 900 than 81 900
Mr Parker called attention TO the fact
that "a simple nod of the head or a word
was sufficient to make trades OF great
import and with as much certainty Of
their being carried out as if signed and
sealed contracts had p4ssed between the
parties thereto.
He also congratulated the Exchange on
the fact that the general public, the in
vestors OF the city and all parties in any
way interested, could sit in comfort and
overlook the execution Of their orders.
A. J.. Paris returned 10 the Elk
change today after an extended absence
from the city.
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WARRANTS ISSUED
FOR COTTON MEN
Conspiracy to Defraud Gov
eminent Charged to Theo-
dore Price and Associates.

Bench warrants calling for the appear
ance in this city of Frederick A. Geek
ham. Moses Hass, Edwin A. Holmes.
and Theodore r. Price to face the
charge of conspiracy 10 defraud the
Government In connection with the re-
cent cotton scandal were issued by As
sistant District Attorney Adkins today
As SOON as issued by Justice stanford
they were forwarded 10 New York.
where the State government will take
action Immediately to have the fou- de-
PENDANTS brought To this ci5y.
The warrants against the four men are
the result OF the charges that they were
in collision TO get advance information
supposed 20 be secured from the AEri-
cultural Department. and use IL to their
own advantage.
As soon as the four men are brought
here their case will be called and their
bond fixed.
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YALE GRADUATES
BEGIN EXERCISES

NEW HAVEN, Conn, June The
first Yale commencement exercise began
today, with the celebration Of the an
niversaries and graduation programs OF
the divinity and art schools
There are fiftheen members in the
divinity school graduating class The
graduation exercises proper wifi be held
tomorrow, while the arts school will
complete bs commencement tonight.
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UNDERTAKEN WAGON
USED ON HONEYMOON

NEW YORK. June Frederick ID.
Romine. well-knOWn real estate dealer
Of Newark. \. j.. started on his honey
moon Wednesday IN an undertaken 3
wagon.
When he learned that his friends were
planning great send-om for himself
and his bride, who was Miss Florence
l. Apgar or New Germantown. n. j..
The pair sought TO escape after the
ceremony
They made their way into an alley ia
the rear Of the house. ana there. In lieu
or any other vehicle, an undertaken
wagon was impressed into service and
In II the pair made Their escape.
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THE CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by z. F. Hutton \
Co. members New York Stock Exchange
1901 + street nOTthWest)
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THREE DIRECTORS
QUIT AMALGAMATED

NEW YORK. June AT the annual
meeting of The Amalgamated Copper
Company in Jersey City today. James
Stnmah. head of tho National City
Bank. George +. Church. and John
Bushnell retired as directors, and their
places were filled by the selection OF
BENJAMIN r Thayer. John d. Ryan. and
J. E Judson. All Of the remaining d.
rectors were reelected.
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SPECTATOR KILLED
BY BATTED BALL

SOUTH NORwALK. Conn. June l.
Albert Anderson. spectator at a game
here this afternoon was struck in the
eye by a batfed ball. and had his skull
crushed. He died without regaiuing con-
sciousness.
Anderson was sixteen years OF age
Coroner 8. II. Huntington ordered the
batter, James Smith, arrested for break
ing the law by playing ball on sunda9
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-28
TEASELS

In England the cultivated plant is grown
chiefly in Yorkshire. Russia also raises a
good crop in Poland and the Crimea. 1t is
h hasea ssd ii ths country and grows in
LOUISIANA, but is not cultivated to any extent.
The heads, after having been cut off the
pant, generally pass at once into the hands
OF the dealers. The latter, in France, travel
in July about the districts mentioned above.
and buy the crops in the field.
:, The dealer then sorts the teasels, taking out
those which are crooked, too thick, or worm
eaten he removes the husks, cuts the stems
to one uniform length, ranges them into first
and second qualities, divides these again into
eight or ten Sorts. according to their length,
and packs them into large casks and sells
them at SO much per thousand: cask of the
smallest sig. holding as many as one hun
dred and fifty, thousand. while. one Of the
larger sIzes only contains ten thousand, but
all weigh four hundred and fifty pounds to
the cask. In Russia they are sold by the cask.
in other parts of Europe by weight.
AS the teasel is a cultivated production of
manufacturing purposes is enhanced by care
full cultivation. The hooks, which are small.
bent leaflets of the flower, are generally set
vertically in transposed rows, though in the
French they grow in the form of spiral
round the central cone. and closer at the bot
tom than the top.
This leafet has strong rib at its back.
which is both stiff and elastic; the sides
form, so to speak, wings, which are attached
to the softer central core, and thus form an
spring back in work. Each hook also leans
against its predecessor, SO that when the
force which pulls it is too strong, it turns
little sideways, and thus let's the resistance
ties, Of the natural teasel, and has never been
reproduced in artificial limitations.
In the well-grown teasels, the hooks are
situated horizontally, and vertically to the
spindle, while in the inferior ones they in.
cline as much as forty degrees.
The French teasels are pretty regular; the
hook is horizontal, stronger and longer than
others, and dries better, without losing its
elasticity. The German kind is less regular
Or strong. but but on that account is often pre-
quires more careful treatment
Dampness is injurious to all teasels, which
soon mould, and then lose much of their elias
ITCHY
Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-28
"Wen-I-never!"

rK1HEN wool is taken to the factory to
AVN be made into cloth, it gees through
many processes before it emerges In
shape fitted to be cut into gar
ments 1t is sorted secured and dyed as
beginning; then it is picked free from burrs
and knots, beaten with sticks, sprinkled with
olive oil and goes through the scribbling. card
ing and slubbing machines.
BY this time the wool has turned into
soft, weak thread, and, after being spun by
machines into fine but firm thread. it is
woven into cloth.
But this does not finish it by any means.
After the cloth is woven it is beaten with
hammers moved by machinery, in trough
filed with soap and water. and afterward
with clear water.
Then the cloth goes through the fulling ma
chine, by which it is pounded or rolled in q
thick mixture of soap and water, causing the
ibres of the wool to felt together SO that the
threads cannot be seen, which process shrinks
the cloth half in width and fourth in
length. After fulling, the cloth is again
secured and then teaseled, by which the nap
is made.
When you visit wooden mill you will be
sure to see the teaseling machine and the
teasels which are used-as many as three
thousand. sometimes, in dressing one piece
of cloth.
Then you will be told that these teasels are
natural product, and not an artificial one,
as those unacquainted with wooden manu-
facture might be led to suppose, and though
! wire cards have repeatedly been tried for this
purpose, these teases are still holding their
place as the only suitable material for effectu-
ally raising the nap without any undue dam
age to the fibre.
A large amount of teasels are grown in
Belgium. They are sown in spring. in August
or September they are transplanted, and
twelve months after this the first crop is
gathered.
The heads must be gathered before all flow
ers have bloomed, else the points are dried
too much and lose their elasticity. The older
and drier ones are always preferred to the
fresh ones
This, plant is found growing wild in Middle
because in that state the points are not bent.