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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-27
SPORTING NOTES
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SPORTING CALENDAR.

D TUESDAY. 4
0 Sale of the McGrathinna stud 4
. begins mt Lexington, Ky.
D Battling johnson VS.. Terry
o Mustain, rs rounds, at Los An
q geIes.
o WEDNESDAY.
. Clemson Davidson football
. game at Columbia, s. c.
o FRIDAY.
. Arkansas Oklahoma football
. game at Norman, Okla.
. SATURDAY.
q Indoor champions hips of the I
q A. A. U. in Madison Square Gar
y den, New York.
o at Cambridge.
= Princeton West Point foot
q ball game Mt West Point.
q YaIeM. A. G. football game at
q New Haven.
o Penn syIvania SwarthmOre
q football game at Philadelphia.
q Carlisle Indians vs.. Naval Ca
. diets football game at Annapolis.
D Chicago Minnesota football
= game Mt Chicago.
@ IIIinois-Indiana football game
q at Urbana.
o Iowa-Nebraska football game
q at Iowa City.
q Vanderbilt Michigan football
= game at Ann Arbor.
q Wisconsin Marquette foot
= ball game at Madison.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-27

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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-27

Read THE TIMES ana get all the news.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
Mine Accidents

An amendment Is pending in the United States Senate to appropriate s12o,O00 for equipping station for the investigation of methods of minimizing accidents and dangers in mines; $60,- 900 for the investigation of mine acci. dents and their prevention, and the improvement of mine conditions, and 1000 for the investigation of meth ods of preventing waste in the mining, extracting and utilization of ores and mineral substances other than fuel.
 When the importance of the mining industry in this country is considered these proposed appropriations will seem small indeed. Our mines of all sorts are numerous and productive an a vast number of men work in them. Those men are really entitled to the benefits proposed in the amendment pending in the Senate. If the amend mont cannot be attached to ap appro. priation bill it should become a.. in- dependent bill to be submitted on it's merits to Congress. In some form it should be passed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
DIFFER MADE CONGRESSMAN.

From the St. Louis Republic
 Like the old woman who went away to the moon on a broom, Henry S. Caul- field of St. Louis rode into Congress on a dipper. At least 1t was a dipper which gave him the successful start which final ly landed him in the halls of Congress. himself. In fact, he is proud of it, and whenever he thinks of this dipper- he grows eloquent.
 Tt was wonderful invention-that dipper," said he to a crowd of congress- men at the capitol. 'No household eouip-. ment was complete without it. Why, you could make a half dozen different 'utensils out of it--a dipper, a funnel, a sieve, colander, a strainer and a bis- cult cutter. It was a combination, a regular monopoly of everything needed in the kitchen
 It was more than ten years ago when MT. Caulfield owned the little shop out on Seventh street in St. Louis, where he manufactured and sold the patent dipper. Besides himself, it took the combined efforts Of from six to ten timers to sup ply the demand He made good money out of the enterprise, but while working over the tin and soldering pot he became fired with an ambition to be great law yer. So one day when a man came along and offered him $1100 for the outfit and plan the proposition was taken up in- stanter. The next day young Caulfield matriculated at the Washington Univer- sity law school, from which he was grad uated with honors Then he practiced law. and finally was elected as repre- sentative in Congress Next year a cam paign emblem in MT. Caulfield's district will be a miniature dipper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
DIsmiss'd me Thus with his speeches. hand.
 -Cymbellne.
Two Grand Old Men

George Meredith, who wrote Ine Ordeal of Richard Feverel" over 6o years ago, has just passed his SOth bitthdav anniversary, and he still possesses physical and mental vigor' Meredith never did achieve the popu- laritv of Dickens, Thackeray and George Eliot, but many think today that his stories will live as long as those of his three contemporaries. He stands at any rate high among the great writers of the 18th century, and his genius is felt deeply in the present century.
 Charles Eliot Norton is the other octogenarian. He lives a happy old man in the house In which he was born at Cambridge, near the university in which he was formerly teacher of art. He has lived his entire life in that house and in it's literary atmos- phere. Professor Norton belongs to a class of cultivated literary men that is rapidly becoming smaller. His life has been devoted to letters and to art and to great moral public questions. All the great lights of the 18th century were numbered among his friends. He knew all of them, and we have not today another man whose personal knowledge of letters and literary men goes back so far. He has seen great number of bright minds pass into the deeper mystery, and he lives still at Cambridge, deeply interested in the literary world that he has long been an ornament of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

duties 20 per cent lower than at present for purposes of barter with all nations. Enact into law the French reciprocity treaty pigeon-hoIed by the Senate. Re- move the duty on coal permanently. Pro vide that whenever the existing duty is over 100 per cent 1t may be reduced to 100 per cent. Ask for reconvention Of the joint high commission on reciprocal re- lations with Canada. Reduction of duty on hides and leather and on watches. Put antitoxin on the free list. Free trade in such products as are admitted free into the ports of other nations on the American hemisphere. Free trade with the Philippines. General tariff revision later.
 Trusts-Provide against the overcaptal- zation of combinations. Forbid interstate corporations to make sales of products conditioned on exclusive trading with the seller. Investigate the paper trust.
 shipping-Admit free of duty materials used in the construction of ships. Free ships for trade between the United States and it's insular possessions.
 Railroads-Require railroads to submit
  state commerce commission before putting them into effect, so that shippers may be heard in opposition.
 Colonial Policy-1ndependence and neu- tralization of the Philippines.
 Income Tax-Try it over again, or amend the constitution so as to make an income tax possible.
 Election of United States senators by vote of the people. and publicity of the names of contributors to campaign funds.
 This programme contains no recon structive proposal. It is milder' in many respects than some suggestions that have come from MT. Bryan or from the White House. But it is in most respects a good working plat form, and democrats will stand on It.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
Defining Democratic Principles

Tn these days of conventions and congressional speechmaking some may become confused as to what demo- cratic doctrine really is in this cam paign, for democratic doctrine is, like everything else in this world, subject to change and evolution. Stagnant doctrines are very apt to be dormant If not dead doctrines, and the demo- cratic party wants none of that sort.
 Perhaps the most concise political statement of democratic doctrine yet presented was made by John Sharp Williams, minority leader in the House. This summary represents the views alike of Senator Culberson, leader of the Senate minority, and of MT. Bryan. In substance, it reads as follows:
 Currency-Require national banks to guarantee their deposits and to keep all their reserves in their own vaults Au- thorize the issue of emergency govern ment notes secured by interconvertible bonds composed of government and state issues. such interconvertible bonds to constitute 50 per cent of the bank re- serve.
 Labor-Require five days notice and a hearing in all injunction cases, save those Involving jeopardy of life, limb and prop erty. In constructive contempt cases per init hearing before an impartial judge and ! trial by jury.
 Tariff-Pass minimum tariff law, with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
Maximum and Minimum Rates

The standpat policy of the tariff bepefciarfes has been defined. as fol- lows:
 1. None of the rates of the present tarih will be changed at this session Of Con gress.
 2. The initial steps looking to compre- hensive overhauling of the Dingley law will be taken at the short session next winter. with the ultimate object of fram- ing maximum and minimum schedules
 8. Congress will not authorize tariff commission to cooperate in the work Of revising the Dingley act.
 4. The customs administrative laws will not be amended at this session and prob ably not in advance of the coming gen. eral revision of the tariff.
 Whether this programme which lies a year ahead at least will be adhered to depends no doubt upon the result of the presidential election. The pres ent programme Is prediction pro- posal, made in the face of an adverse public sentiment.
 Doubtless the maximum and mini mum principle is gaining ground. The object of a maximum tariff is to pro vide basis for dickers with countries that have tariffs of similar nature. France, Germany and Russia have maximum and minimum schedules. All countries that discriminate against us would be asked to pay our maximum tariff rates on products made by them and shipped to this country. Those countries that deal kindly with our exports would be asked to pay on their own exports to this country our mini mum tariff rates. The scheme looks to international dickers on big scale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
Wall Street Alert In Conuress

The Aldrich bill contains many sly provision. Perhaps the most fragrant one relates to the classes of railroad bonds that are to be accepted as a basis for emergency circulation. The bill as it stands provides that the bonds of the railroads that have divi- dends on their entire capital stock only shall be accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury. This would cut out the bonds of many southern and western railroads, and it would increase the value of the bonds of eastern railroads. It would benefit the largest Wall street interests.
 Senator Daniel of Virginia proposes to amend the bill so that currency can be issued on any railroad bonds upon which interest had been paid regularly arr continuously for five years This amendment has not been voted on, but 1t will be in the course of the next ten days, and it would perhaps be well to bring to bear all available influence in favor of its adoption.
 The bill will be shaped up in the Senate. It will be damned through the House no doubt in the modern Cannon fashion The Senate Is the place in which to secure amendments of a bill that is by far the biggest one of the long session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

inactivity. He is one of the most exten- done a great amount of public work for that thriving municipality. Captain Jack" as he is called, is a favorlte with the reporters of the state.
 Emmett ONeal of Florence, candidate in the last gubernatorial campaign for lieutenant governor. and one of the best known men of the state is registered in the city.
 MT. ONeal. until he made an emphatic announcement to the contrary. received. quite boom for Congress against Judge Richardson of the Eighth district. MT. ONeal stated last night that he was in Birmingham on personal business. and was not on politics bent. He was greeted last night by numerous citizens of Birmingham, where he is popular and we'll known.
 J. s. B. Thompson of Atlanta, assist ant to President W. W. Finley of the Southern railway, is in Birmingham.
 
 J. J. Fuller of Atlanta, assistant gen. eral passenger agent of the Seaboard, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 
 J. w. Mcqueen. vice president of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company returned yesterday from New York. President J. c. Maben of the Sloss-Shef- field Steel and Iron company, who sails from New York for Europe next Tuesday, will return probably by the latter part of March.
 J. s. Wilcox of Montgomery is at the New Morris.
 c. w. Williams of Montgomery is at the New Morris.
 J. F. Duggar of Auburn is at the New Morris.
 W. P. Lay of Gadsden is at the New Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
Musical Culture.

MT. and Mrs. William Gussen of the Birmingham Conservatory, assisted by excellent talent, will give a musicale at Cable hall Sunday afternoon. Like all the previous musicales under the Conser- vatory auspices, the public is invited with out cards of admission.
 In speaking of these musicales, a well known amateur said last night: Music lovers of Birmingham are greatly in- debted to Mir. and Mrs. Gussen for de- lightful and uplifting programmes. Mrs. Gussen is not only brilliant pianist-one of the finest artists in the south, and one of the few who ranks as a real concert soloist-but she is public-spirited and eager at all times to do her part in ad- vancing the cause of hgh-class music. What the Gussens have done for the dH vine art outside of their professional sphere is far reaching for good, and many are beginning to realize that fact.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
POPE AGAINST PROHIBITION.
He Enjoys Wine Himself and Is For
 Temperance.

St. Louis Dispatch in New York Times
 Addressing the Catholic Union of Mis- souri, the Right Rev. Mgr. Franz Golfer, pastor of SS. Peter and Pauls church, de- clared Pope Plus x. is not in sympathy with the prohibition idea now spreading through this country. Mgr. Golfers re- marks are deemed significant because he was among the first priests to be raised to the rank of papal private chamberlain by the present pontiff
 'The Pope certainly does believe in temperance" he said; that is, modera- tion in all things, but no absolute pro- hibition. That is not the spirit of free dom, but of autocratic government The Holy Father himself takes glass of wine, and believes that men should be al- lowed to use their own judgment in what they should eat and what they should drink, and not have other men decide such matters for them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
AG E..

By Helen Hay Whitney. Gypsy Verses" Blindness, and women sailing white
 seas. Seas where no placid sails have ever
 been. Dreams like wan demons on waste
 marshes seen Through dulling fevered eyes. The
 dregs and lees Of wine long split to dead divinities. Gray, empty days when Spring ia
 never green. Can the heart answer what these rid-
 dies mean Can the life hold such hopelessness as
 these? Love lying low in the long pleasant
 grass, Youth with his eager face against
 the sun, They may not guess the hours when
 these shall pass, In what drear coin such lovely dreams
 are paid. At what grim cost their flowsry
 days are won. When man is old and lonely and afraid,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
WORLDS PERFECT SINGER

Craig-y-Nos is said to be a model one. Here they receive their friends, and here as noted above, Madame Patti is queen
 Fetes and entertainments are given, and sometimes little operas, for in the castle the former prima donna has fitted up a small theatre. complete in all it's arr engagements. Of course her voice is no longer the one that held thousands spell bound the high and low notes are now beyond her reach But with all that the woman's fascinating personality remains. and those who know her love her, for Patti" as has been said, lis witch"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
Grip Prevalent.

'"rhe grip is prevalent in Birmingham, and in fact, in every part of the coun- try said a prominent physician. But it is of a much milder type than when it was epidemic several years ago. It is now without the complications that once made it a serious disease. The grip this win ter is without renal complications, and about the only after effects are confined to the nose.
 ''In Europe the grip has been much worse this season than it has been in this country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

The Frank Hitchcocks of today are mere bunglers. They do not know how to corral southern delegates with neat ness and dispatch, and they should study Mark Hanna, or else get in com munieation with him through the near est spook medium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

He tried to do five jokes a day, when he was used to doing only fourn
 THE BETTER VIEW. Just so long we are living There is still a ray of hope, Even for the man who totters Feebly down life's darker slope. Just so long as we keep working, With the distant goal in view Toillng on 'gainst all misfortune And the varied forms of rue Just so long we are faithful To our trust, through thick and thin, Tho the battle be unequal, There's a chance that we may wini
 A STAGE WEDDING. Why not marry "The squaw Man" to "The Girl of the Golden Vest?
 A MATTER OF LENGTH. ''It takes dachshund longer to bark than a pug"
 'Why?"
 .The bark has farther to travel before it comes out
 COMING.
 Ere long the peek
 Aboo will fill
 The big wide world
 With nameless thrill
 REPLIES. Few people would lie, if it wasn't Fo necessary.
 Rooms are so thick that they jostle each other
 John D. Rockefeller is said to be a son of kings. Some people declare he's son of gun.
 It will take the buds of Birmingham six weeks to get over hearing Chauncey Olcott sing.
 Birmingham has a "shoe hospital'' where shoes are operated on for nearly everything except appendicitis. The best way to have a happy home is to organize the family into mutual admiration society. People coming in on the trains can hear the purring of blind tigers in Birming- ham.
 The dove of peace is roasting in Breath it county for the first time in many years.
 ''The man who thinks his neighbours wife is perfect doesn't know what sort of affliction the neighbor has to put up with,' says the Houston Post. And a man had better not think his neighbours wife too perfect or he may be called upon to act as correspondent In a divorce suit. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

James Wilson, Secretary of Agricul- ture, will soon round out 12 years in the office. This Iowa farmer thinks the crops are better in Washington than at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
Bessemcr Solid,

'Bessemer is holding it's own very we'll" said B. Lr- Michaelson, a popular mer- chant of that city. 'The industrial situa- tion is growing brighter, and the busi- ness men of Bessemer are expecting pros porous times this spring. When all our industries are in full swing there are few buster places in the land than the Mar vel City"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 The way not to like dog is to have it somebody elses.
 What a man likes about a girl is he never knows what it Is.
 Nothing makes a man lose his tem- per like his wife saying he has.
 A pleasant thing about man who ia really smart Is he doesn't have to show off to prove it.
 A womans idea of what Is comfort ing in trouble would drive a man into . lunatic asylum
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

The President says he will make no more speeches until the campaign is closed, but he gives no guaranty that he will write no more letters or mes- Sages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

The race for governor in Missouri will, it is said, be between ex-Con- gressman Gowherd, democrat, and At torney General Hadley. republican.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

The politicians are still striving to ascertain Who's Who in the Florida delegations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

The currency is up before the Sem ate and the men that sit around the stove at the country grocery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

The humorists are supporting Fair banks even if his favorite tipple is buttermilk.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

The Japanese may be engaged in rendering the man behind the gun in the battleship fleet inefficient by over feeding him as he steams from port to port.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

Morse is coming back to get his dose of the public indignation against the predatory rich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

Between baseball and 8 hot presi- dential race next summer promises to be interesting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

Senator LaFollette is said to be building fences against 1912. He is an early bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

Foraker had no better luck when he campaigned in Ohio than he did when he fought and struggled at Browns vile,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

One year from now the political rrognosticators will be engaged in out lining the 1a12 campaign. So runs the world away in these parts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

Wall street hungers for lamb meat. It has none and it sees none coming down the pike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

It is high time that Fish and Harri- man present to the public a show down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

The resuscitation of Chauncey M. Depew is what astonishes Washington just at present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
Industrial Situation Improving.

George Mesta of Pittsburg, president of the Mesta Machine company, one of the largest and best known concerns in the country, is in Birmingham. Accompanied by P. G. Shook, he spent part of yes terday in looking over the Tennessee com- pany's plant at Ensley
 While business in Pittsburg has been very dull, industrial conditions are stead fly improving and will continue to im- prove,' said Mir. Mesta. Works that had been Idle for several weeks are starting up right along, and I believe after the two big political parties shall have held their conventions business will be quite active once more, and there is good req son to believe that 1909 will be year of solid prosperity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Next Convention City.

''The next democratic national conven- tion will be held at an elevation of a mile above sea level. Denver. Colo, where the convention meets July 2, being at that altitude" said visitor from Colorado yesterday. They are building a magnificent auditorium in Denver for the convention, the idea being to have d permanent convention hall. similar to the great tabernacle constructed by the Nor mons in Salt Lake. The structure is built of stone and steel and is absolutely fireproof and ought to last for genera tions. It will cost s550,00o and is designed in accordance with the most modern plans so that the acoustic properties are per feet. It has a seating capacity of 12,0o0 people and is in all respects the finest convention hall ever constructed. as it is the most modern.
 When I was in Denver the citizens were making extensive preparations for the coming convention. It is looked upon as sort of patriotic duty there to make all strangers feel at home and de- part feeling they are well treated. About 100000 tourists come to Denver every sum- mer and the residents of Colorado have lHo IaCulIy or entertaining sttdH6SiS down to a. science.
 "One of the weighty reasons for taking the democratic national convention to Denver was the coolness of the weather in that city in July. Every convention that has been held in the east has suf- fered from the heat but at the Dem yer gathering there will be no weather warm enough to make the audience feel uncomfortable. In the summer evenings the cool breezes blowing from the snow clad mountains make the air delightfully."- cool. It Is largely in the nature Of an experiment to bring a convention so far west and the residents of Dem yer know fhe result will be watched with interest so they are preparing to keep the credit of their city as a great popular meeting place for conventions up to the highest mark by leaving nothing undone to please the visitors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

The trouble in the south is you can not keep a southern postmaster out of the bandwagon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

About 10000 got valentines in the shape of orders to return to work this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

Beach Hargis is in a fair way to reach the end of his rope.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-15

chunk of old red sandstone is due from the White House at any moment.