The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-26

A new phase on the proposed marion 1
county option election in Marion county |
developed yesterday when it became
known that a large portion, of it all of
the prohibitionists in Indianapolis will /
line up with the i-Saloon League in
the event of the election being held, |
and will work as a unit in bringing
about dry results.
SMOKING OVER DYNAMITE.
George Tremain of Columbus, 25
years old. was blown to atoms Wednes-
day at Alert. Decatur county. He was
smoking a pipe while dynamiting ,
stumps and a spark fell in the box of
explosive What was found Of his body
taken to his home in two gallont
bucket.
FORCED ACID DOWN THROAT.
In a dying condition as the result of
carbolic acid having been forced down
her throat and with her jaws securely
bound. Mrs. Jessie Overton gilbert
son of Vincennes % years old, the
wife of Russell Culbertson, bookkeeper
for the Klemeyer Lumber company,
was found late yesterday afternoon in
shed in the rear of her home, 917 Wa
| bash avenue
TO DEDICATE NEW LIBRARY.
Connersvines Carnegie library win
be dedicated Thursday. and it will be
a proud day in this eity-a proud day
for the woman in particular. The wo
mems clubs are largely responsible for
the beautiful, comfortable structure at
Grand avenue and Ninth street. BY
their efforts the whole question of OBJ
tanning a Carnegie library was settled
in less than a year
BIRDS ARE INCENDIARIES.
| Birds building nest in the trough
on the house of John Tyler, South Thir-
| teenth street. Terre Haute, had match
| in the material. The match was light
| ed. starting a blaze in the straw which
| also was in the material. a still alarm
was turned in and one hose company
put out the fire before much damage
had been done.
BILLY BLODGETT WRITES;
The saloon as it has been conducted
| in Indiana for years must 60 The
people have so decided, and that is the
meaning of the various county option
elections. The brewer must get out Of
politics. It is not enough to say that
he will get out-he must show the peo-
pie Of Indiana that he is out.
TO FIGHT BLIND TIGER.
E. S. Shumaker. superintendent of
the Indiana anti-saloon league is pre-
pairing to call a state. convention of
temperance workers to formulate plans
and perfect an. organization to fight
the blind tiger" in the counties which
| have voted under the county option law
| to GUST the saloons No date has been
selected for the convention, and, ac-
cording to Mr.. Shumaker, it will prob
ably not be called until the work of
! holding elections is we'll out of the way.
TO LOCATE NEW PLANT.
| At a mass meeting last night the
/ citizens of Laporte took steps for TIA
location of the new plant Of the NJ,
Run1Iey company, which has a branch
khouse in Indianapolis The NJ Rum
I ley company employs 500 men in its
Laporte plant where 1t manufactures
4 thrashers, steam traction engines and
hullers, and now II is prepared to erect
a plant for the manufacture of kero
sene traction engines for blowing. Two
4 hundred and nifty men will be employed
at the start and this number will be
increased in a short time to 1000. 9th
e rcities were after the plant. but the
company preferred to remain here, II
certain requests could be met, this in
Guiding 200 new houses for the new
employees and the closing of several
streets.
NEW POSTOFFICE ROBBERY.
The postoffice at Farmland was en-
tered by burglars Wednesday night oil
early this morning and $3.50 in money
and $50 worth of stamps taken. The
robbery was not discovered until this
morning when Postmaster Bodkin Went
to his place of business and found thai
the door had been pried open with E
crowbar and the safe blown.
FIREMAN IS SHOT.
Robert Dean, TT. Wayne city fire
man at station No. 8, was shot in the
shoulder Wednesday by a burglar he
was pursuing The burglar had been de-
tected in the house of 2. F. Dalman, II
West Creighton street as Dalman was
returning home, the family being away
Dalman's step on the porch Brighten
ened the burglar and Dalman called te
Dean next door for assistance. The
burglar refused to stop at Deans cal
to halt, and both men pursued, being
stopped only when a second bullet
struck Dean in the shoulder. The
twound Is not serious.
SEEKS A NEW LOCATION.
The Ford Manufacturing company Of
VandaHa, H., engaged in the manu-
facture of rubber roofing and other
roofing materials, tarred felts. building
papers, had a representative in Jason
Vile yesterday seeking a new location
The representative said the company
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