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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

the river. The whole structure, which
was erected by the Herman Tapp Con-
struction company. cost SIC, 900 1t was
built to prevent the earth dixie from
being washed away during high water
PEOPLE OBJECT TO METERS.
The Danville town council has Gre
ated a furry among property holders
by proposing to put water consumers
on a meter system. The local water
plant is owned by the corporation, and
when # was installed sixteen years
ago everybody was furnished water on
a fiat rate. Houses were piped in such
a way that from two to a dozen fami-
lies and business houses are supplied
from the same service pipe.
MYSTERY STILL UNsOLVED.
The Connersville police are working
on the theory that Mrs. John Wilson
who was murdered in her home in this
city some time Wednesday forenoon,
was the victim OF a maniac. Last night
the police made an effort to appre-
bend strange negro who was seen
in the north end of the city late Tues
day night and again Wednesday morn
ing. The negro is said to have acted
like a person OF unsound mind.
RECEIVES THREAT IN LETTER.
Henry c. Harris of German township
near Columbus. former county commits
sioner, recently received a threaten
ing letter in which he was told that
if he continued to oppose the Schuder
ditch in German and Columbus town
ships his property would be destroyed.
Harris believed that the ditch would
not benent him, but would do him
harm, and filed a remonstrance.
MANY PARTICIPANTS ARRESTED.
George Hook, Robert Bowel and his
son, George Bowel. and Lafayette Al
ford. participants in the road fight
fight northwest of Greenfield Tuesday
night In which John Cahill was fatal
" injured, were arrested today on af-
hdavitS charging them with assault
and battery with intent to commit
murder. Hook and the two Bowels were
ordered held by the judge without bail
pending the result of Cahfll's injuries.
CLEARED OF MURDER CHARGE.
Although there were no eye-wit-
nesses, the plea of self-defense, made
by George Cutteridge. charged with the
murder of Bony Thompson. was suf-
hcient to clear the defendant The
| jury at Boonville yesterday returned a
verdict of not guilty. The killing oc-
CURED Feb. 16, after the two young
men had quarreled while on a country
/ highway, returning home from a party
Thompson was stabbed with a pocket
knife.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

FIRsT rAFT BABY BoRN.

FIRST TAFT BABY BORN.
Mishawaka has the flrst Taft baby, a
son having been born yesterday morn
Ing to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burnett.
It was named William Taft Burnett
APPOINTED POLICE CHIEF.
Louis ". schaefer. a prominent La
fayette grocer. will be appointed sup
erfntendent. of the police department Of
this city. The new police board will
very likely be composed OF r. Bent Ar
mold and w A. Roberts, present COM
Fmissioners. and Thomas J. Barnes.
BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Raphael f. Shay. IT years old, en-
ployed in the Marion Trust company,
insurance department. in indianapolis
as stenographer, shot and seriously
wounded I. Watt Pugh, manager of the
rental department, while playing with
a revolver in the offices of the company
at Market street and Monumet. place at
$50 last evening.
PROVED RIGHT TO ESTATE.
A Vincennes jury for the second
time in two years, returned a verdict
for the plaintiff in a noted will con-
test in which Frank Crawford, a bank
er and postmaster in the Hawaiian
islands, proved that he was the son of
the late Captain Jesse Haddon OF Sui
livan county and Caroline Workman,
| an Oaktown milliner. whom Haddon
| secretly married some time after Craw-
ford's birth.
SCARED NECK WITH IRON.
Ira Sowders of BartIettsville is
under arrest. charged with most in
human treatment of his wife. who was
recently granted a divorce from him
Sowders drew redhot iron across her
throat from ear to ear burning the
flesh frightfully. He also Jabbed her
with hat pin.
SIGNED RELEASE UNDER DURESS
Alleging that a representative of the
Indiana National Life Insurance COM
pany by unfair means caused John r.
McGinnis of Princeton to sign a re-
| lease of a $4,000 policy carried with
| the company, Mrs. Malissa McGinnis
and Mrs. Emily McGinnis, mother anc
widow of the late John McGinnis, have
brought suit to recover the full amount
of the policy.
RETAINING WALL FALLS.
Some $50 feet of the Lake Side re-
tanning wall recently erected in For
Wayne, fell into the river early yes
terday morning, entailing loss of ap-
/ proximately $4,000. The remainder Of
the wall has been undermined by The
high water and is leaning badly owe
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adjourned without doing anything with the immigration
to
sictng
the subject much thought
compelled
prefers
of
building Of
worthy of consideration
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

THINGS AND FILINGS
Had Good Character.

They were telling stories in the
Lake superior court room between mo-
lions. One lawyer dug up this:
They were trying an Irishman.
charged with a petty offense, in an
Oklahoma town, when the judge ask
ed:
Have you any one in court who will
vouch for your good chetacter?"
'Yis. your honor quickly respond
ed the celt; there's the sheriff there
whereupon the sheriff evinced signs
Of great amazement.
Why your honor" he declared, "I
don't even know the man."
Observe, your honor" said the Irish
man triumphantly, observe that I've
lived in the county for over twelve
years an the sheriff doesn't know me
yit! Amt that character for ye?"
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HearttoHearf
Tails.
8YfEDWIE A-sNxE
: Ccryxssnk 1853 hv AxnersansPzsss
Association.
SHE WANTS TREE Love"
BvfEDWIfN A-sNxE

A Chicago publication that shall ba
nameless advocates ''the freedom Of
man, woman and child"
One OF the editors is a woman, who
in q signed article says:
Love can never be whatits might be
till the marriage tie is broken. Down
with the marriage wallsP'
Foolish woman
Does she not know that the walls of
marriage are the kindest barriers ever
put up by the race to keep woman
from falling of the verge-from fall
ing into the utmost depths of degrade
tion2
A woman, Of all persons, should be
the last to tear down these walls.
Let her commit harakiri ere she let
down these bars, because by doing 50
she viii simply destroy herself and
leave the protecting walls to her sis
tiers wiser than she.
This woman wants ''free love"
She wants to exchange the ties of
wifehood for the whimsy of erratic
passion She wants to be free" SO
that she may love whomsoever she
may and how and when she may.
This woman wants freedom in the
zone Of the affections. But she does
not see that true freedom is liberty
restrained by law.
She ought to know that the very es-
sence Of love requires bond-liberty
to love under the law Of love.
| For love is not-cannot be-lawless.
Love is more than froth Of sentiment
or impulse of romance or stirring OF
| passion.
Love real affection = is the out
growth of devotion and fealty. 1t de
yelops best In two persons who have
common interests, common sacrifices
common hopes and fears, common
| joys and sorrows.
| No woman has really loved a mar
/ until In common with him she has
passed under the rod; until, through
health and sickness, loss and gain, she
has been bound to him.
The closer the bond is drawn tbs
greater is the affection; the tighter the
knot is tied the greater the happiness
And that is one, and only one, of the
blessings Of marriage, which this wo
man fancies is a mere convention o.
society.
Poor. foolish lost womanl
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THE POLICE HAVE DONE GOOD WORK

Fod when Marshall elected the the mepo
will
that there will be few It's
things
with of iron until there
justice of long distance against home there
question
to be of its metropolitan police
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THIS Is MY 51sT BIRTHDAY.
SchuNIer COIfnx Grarea-

Schuyler Colfax Graves, a noted ply
stefan and surgeon, was born in Kala-
mazoo, Mich, March 8, 1858. He was
educated in the public schools of Grand
Rapids and at the University of Michi-
gan, where he received his medical de-
gree with the class of 1881. Under
commission of major from President
Mckinley, received in 1893, he served
during the Spanish-American war as
chief surgeon of the First Brigade,
Third Division, Fourth Army Corps, and
was stationed at Tampa, Fla, and
Huntsville, Ala. In the study of medi-
cine and surgery he has Travelled ex-
tensively in Europe and in Africa and
has been an extensive contributor to
the leading American medical publica-
lions.
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teenth Connecticut volunteers through
the civil war and at it's close he took
up his residence in New York City. For
several years he was employed as a
clerk in a large dry goods store. In
1873 he was one of the incorporators of
the New York Society for the Suppress
sion of Vice and ever since the foun-
dation of the society he has been its
secretary and most active agent. Dur
ing his long career as a reformer Mr..
Comstock is said to have made more
than four thousand arrests and seized
more than one hundred and ten tons
Of Objectionable literature and contra
brand matter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

An English naturalist was showing
his fine collection of spiders TO some
American friends All at once they
were alarmed to see that giant speci-
men had escaped from his case and
was approaching them one Of those
present, Philadelphia physician, had
the presence Of mind 70 jump up and
kill the animal
What a pity" exclaimed the Eng
lishman. do you know that was a
very rare species Of splder?"
Never mind" returned the culprit,
I've made it rarer.. Brooklyn Life,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06
TheDay congress
Friday, March 5, 1909
Senate

In its first regular sitting Of the ses-
sion the senate today received and
confirmed the nominations of President
Taft for the various cabinet positions
and also that of Huntington Wilson as
assistant secretary Of state In addi-
ton. Senators Chamberlain Of Oregon
and Smith of Maryland were sworn In.
The session. both executive and leg
islative, consumed two and one-half
hours of time, an adjournment being
reached at 2:3o p. m
House.
The house was not In session.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

Seen dirty little poodle dog a-lickin'
an a-spittin' all over one O. them So
ciety ladies' faces the other day. Next
day saw her draw up her skirts an
pass by a little towsled-headed rag
muffin that had fallen on the side
walk Oh. we humans!
Sayin' that a dogs a mans best
friend isn't a heapin' any enconiums
on the mans he'd, nor sometimes on the
dogs. Seems ter your Uncle ST that
it's both o. their fault tibet the condi-
lions are that way.
They say tibet the way ter a mans
heart is through his stummick." BY
gum, thets only one way. Them Gary
fellers banquet turned out a fzzle, so
yer Uncle Sis a-guessin' tibet them In
dianapolis solons' hearts was reached
in another way. Instead o. the STUN
mick they probably went around to
the side door and entered by an ex-
cursion through the hip pocket, where
the long green is most abundant. Yes
thar's other way than the stummick
Maria sex that hggers don't lie. Mar
ia Is wrong. Yer Uncle 81 knows a
figger tibet lies. Seem her on the
streets O. Squdgeviu she hes a shape
like a flgger eight, but when she's ter
hum and subtracts the seven prime
factors tibet make up tibet figger, she
presents all the wavy undulation O. q
fgger one.
War I'D be all right if there wasn't
emmy other way out O it. But there
generally is, If each side wuld be viii
lin to shoulder a little more honor.
Louie's billy goat nearly got killed
this mornin' Saunterin' along the rail.
road track pickin' up cobblestones fe1
its gizzard when it butted inter the
rear end O. the Erie milk train, wher
the caboose was goin' full speed Pas
/ sengers SEE it Jared EN- some.
Thet boy o. Abe Worley's is a prom
| ism athlete, all rite-an that's all
Went by yistiddy-old Abe was in TIL,
back yard a-splittin' wood an P Reg
inald wuz in the front swingin dumb
bells.
Styles ehange-and from the looks 0
some winner it's a burned blessin
/ they do.
| Notice tibet when some O. our brothel
physicians get sick. thet little casio
oil. plenty O. water an fresh air il
about all the medicine they prescribe
/ for themselves.
Misery loves ou-pany-guess SO
/ Thet's why society has so menny funk
| shuns.
! The reason yer Uncle s. kin dIseove
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a
raise OoO by the of their several brows present to their
been given of eeeOsynay nature the Chicago
selling anything giving of entertainment The members
will
thousand dollars the which the
o
setting themselves this tah the
s25oooo
raise
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THIS Is MY 65TH BIRTHDAY.

Anthony Comstock. whose activity in
connection with the work of the New
York Society for the Suppression of
Vice has made his name familiar one
throughout the country. was born
March 7, 1914. IN Canaan. Conn. and
was educated in the schools of his ma
tive town. He served with the Seven
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06
In the Teeth of the Blizzard.

Mr.. T. M. Moore had the misfortune
to have his teeth frozen during the
blizzard. He had laid them aside in a
tumbler of water is the reason they
froze.-statesboro (Ga-) News
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

A man says that any man who
has been writing love letters
long enough is trying. IL
doesn't admit that he is n liar.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

so menny faults in others, is because
his becum so well acquainted with his
own. Takes a thief to catch one
Know a whole lot o. temperance
workers tibet wud feel as if they'd
struck a strange and desoIate country
If they ever took moren a twenty min
nits' journey from the side O. the lit
tie brown jug.
Eff them shoemakers do what they
threaten ter do-print the correct size
O. wimmin's footwear on the bottom O.
the shoe, yer Uncle Sis predictin' tibet
lot O. these shoe clerks'n forget what
the fggers 3 an 4 looks like.
Hev a case O. simple arithmetic ter
hum every day. It's a case o. sub
tractin' from the coal bin an adam,
onto the ash pile.
Take it from yer Uncle 81. It's the
same in the city as in the country. The
hired hand that shuffes a deck ali might
has mighty hard time a-shufain' his
feet the next day.
Yer can allus tell one o. these high
UP society women by the low-down
clothes she wears
The sound o. a horn is all right. but
it's when a man gets ter BLOWN his
own tibet yer see peepuI a-stuffn' cot
ton in their ears.
My boy Louie SEE as how he isn't a
goin' to write emmy more poems. SEE
the last one he vote about Quit in
Time" got mixed up in such burned
bad company tibet he's sure the pesky
thing didn't have emmy merits.
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The blizzard at Washington didn't
worry US bit. The mental occupa-
ton that engages US at present is how
to make one scuttle of Hooking Val
ley last two days.
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The average girls mirror does
all her rejecting.

The nations favorite song at this
juncture, it may be noted, Mr.. Taft is
Treat us all alike, Babe"
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A LoT OF Us START OUT TO WOO
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DAME FORTUNE, BUT WIND UP BY
HAVING TO BE SATISFIED WITH
MISFORTUNE.
A St. Louis man, who wagered a
that his wife would not accept a tele-
phone call to meet his friend, lost the
bet
What makes him so sore is that he
lost the hat.
Small things give men the most
trouble. For instance, look at
the collar button.
Colonel Bryan's lecture course this
year will net him $125.OOO Why, that
man ever wanted to be president is
more than we can tell
Some of the husbands who call
their wives turtle doves, get
angry when they are handed
bills for feathers.
Itemfzed.
Charles B. Perkins, otherwise known
to his friends as Jack" wishes to In
form the public that he is not married,
as per item in last weeks paper. -
Warner IN. HI Item.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06
The man
Who has a grudge
Against the universe
Always finds all the cactus
Bunches there are
In 1T.

A New Yor boy was killed while
running away from two girls who
wanted to kiss him. Henceforth we
shall stand our ground, come what
may. We refuse to get killed running
away from them.
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Sayin' that a dogs a mans best
friend isn't a heapin' any enconiums
on the mans he'd, nor sometimes on the
dogs. Seems ter your Uncle ST that
it's both o. their fault tibet the condi-
lions are that way
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

Small things give men the most
trouble. For instance, look at
the collar button.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

DAME FORTUNE, BUT WIND UP BY
HAVING TO BE SATISFIED WITH
MISFORTUNE.
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SHUCkS
From the Diary of ST. Lence

Seen a dirty little poodle dog a-lickin'
an a-spittin' all over one O. them So
ciety ladies' faces the other day. Next
day saw her draw up her skirts an
pass by a little towsled-headed rag o.
muffin that had fallen on the side
walk oh, we humans!
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

Hev case O. simple arithmetic ter
hum every day. It's a case o. sub
tractin' from the coal bin an adam,
onto the ash pile.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

Yer can allus tell one o. these high
UP society women by the low-down
clothes she wears.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-06

so menny faults in others, is because
his BEGUN so well acquainted with his
own. Takes a thief to catch one.
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Rnre. Rnrer.

The house was NOT IN session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, December 13.-The cot
ton market opened easy at decline of
. to 80 points, with the more active
months selling 10 to 80 points net lower
either on or Immediately following the
call. The selling was on a very active
scale and represented general realizing or
liquidation following the recent sharp
advance. After selling off to 1910 for
May, or 45 points below the high level
OF Saturday morning. the market rallied
slightly.
Futures opened easy: January, 14.9Oa
14.79; March. 1920; May, Ib.4s: June.
1925; July, 1913: August, 1873; Septem-
Der. 1879; October. 1916.
The market was frmer later in
the forenoon, and rallied from 1475 for
January and 1910 for May to 1895 and
1853, or to within a point or two Of
Saturdays finals. Trading continued ac-
tive. and the readiness with which the
market had absorbed offerings on the
early break seemed to inspire fresh buy
ing for long account. as we'll as cover
ing by early sellers. Prices at midday
were within point or two of the best
Spot-Quiet: middling uplands, 1920:
,niddling gulf, 1915.
Estimated receipts at the ports TODAY
- COO bales, against 3O,375 last week and
5000 last year For the week. 100 600
bales, against $50, $50 last week, and ILL.,
Ga last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans, 4,211 bales, against 11,677 last
year. and at Houston, 1914 bales
against II, 4S5 last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
Treasury Statement.
New York Produce Prices.

NEW YORK. December 13.-Butter
strong receipts. 2,555 packages: creamery
specials. So: extras, "a: third to first, 27a
3d. held, 2sa321a; state dairy, common to
finest, 25a33: process, 2olza2s; western
factory, 231sa25; western imitation cream
cry. 26a2s.
Cheese firm: receipts, 6s2 boxes; state
new, full cream special, 171sa1s: do. Sep
TENDER fancy. II; do October best, 16i1;
late made, best, 151z: common to good,
13a154; skins. full to special, 5a14k
Eggs-Firm; receipts. 1914 cases. state
Pa. and nearby hennery white fancy,
45a52; do. gathered white. 35a4O, do. hem
merry brown and mixed fancy. 3Sa4O; do
gathered brown fair to prime, 32a3s;
western extra first, 33a35; first, 31a32;
seconds. 27a3O; refrigerators, 2Oao4.
Beef-Firm;' mess, 11.OOa115O; family,
300; beef hams, 24.OOa26.O0
Pork-Firm: mess. 25.50a2 $500. family,
20. O0a27.O0; short clear. 2o.OOa27.OO.
Lard-Strong; middle west, 13.9Oa14OO
Raw sugar-Quiet; Muscavado, 3s1b:
centrifugal, 90 test, 3.431s.
Molasses sugar. 50 test, 1861: refined
quiet; crushed, 5s5: granulated, SIS:
powdered, 5.25.
Parliamentary; refined, all grades.
sos.
Cofee-Spot steady: No. Rio, 81 nomi-
nal; No. 4 Santos. 81.
Enthusiastically: New Odleans open
kettle. 2Sa42.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-13
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The sale of quite large block Of the
stock of the Arlington Fire Insurance
Company a. todays meeting of the stock
exchange attracted some attention, main
ly because of the recent announcement
lin Fire Insurance Company had been
bought by firm of New York fire in
surance brokers for the purpose of en-
larging the scope of the business of the
company and writing risks on property
outside of the District.
1t was naturally suggested that perhaps
something OF the same sort was to be
done in the case of the Arlington COM
pany, but it is said by those who are
familiar with the situation that the
transaction in question does not bear
that significance. There was only one
seller and one buyer, and the latter is
SAID to be already quite a large nuider
OF the stock. The price paid was $50 for
2'o shares, which has been the current
figure for some time past That was the
bid for more stock, but there was no fur
tner offerlng at any figure.
1t is expected during the coming week
the recent purchasers of the control of
the stock OF the Franklin company will
place their representative on the board
or directors of that company. and that
business OF the company will proceed as
usual. only covering a wider field. The
change Is exactly along the same lines
as That Which took place with the Po-
toinac company, and Is not liquidation,
as was the case with the Columbia and
the Peoples.
The call did not result in much bust
ness or in any material change in the
figures.