The Lake County times., 1909-12-06
Burglar Enters Home

Burglar Enters Home.
Miss Mamie Setter, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. P. Setter, of Davidson place.
was lying in bed about 2.sO o'clock
Saturday morning when she was start
led by some one coming upon the back
porch. After several moments. but
what seemed to her like hours. she
heard the person putting key in the
door and opening it. came in. A lamp
was burning in the young lady's room,
and sitting up on the bed she saw,
looking through the door in her room,
burglar. She screamed, and becom-
/ ing alarmed at the noise, the burglar
made hasty retreat, running out the
back door. which he had left open
after entering. The screams had
awakened the entire household, but it
was too late to land the intruder for
he was nowhere to be seen. Miss
Setter said that owing to a bright
light in her room, she could give a
good description and would know him
| if she ever saw him again. She de-
scribes him as being a blonde, wear
ing dark clothes, and black derby
hat, and being quite young
Miss Ella c. Klose entertained At
torney Meade Of East Chicago and DR.
Norton and sister, and Dr. Ferguson of
Chicago at dinner at her home in One
Hundred and Nineteenth street yes
terday
Harry Johnstone of Sheridan avenue
attended the stock show in Chicago,
Saturday evening.
The Bricklayers' and Masons' Inter
national Union of America, consisting
of members from al over Lake county,
held their regular meeting in Whiting
OF. last Friday night. The most i'm
portant feature of the meeting was
the election of delegates to the BIZ
annual convention, which will be held
in Boston. in January, 1910. The dele
gates elected We're both whiting men,
being James ]. Nedjl and Frank Green
wald The convention will last over
a period OF about two weeks.
L. II. Mattern and daughter. Miss
Helen Mattern. saw The Flirting Prin-
cess" at the LaSalle theater in Chi
cago on Saturday afternoon.
Miss Grace Spring returned last
night from Austin, H., where she went
yesterday to visit her mother.
The funeral Of Mrs. Mathilda Mckay
who died at the st. Andrews home for
Old People, 547 Bryant avenue Chi
cago, on last Wednesday, was held
from the home on Friday afternoon at
D. m. The services were preached by
Rev James OMay, now of Illinois, who
was pastor of the local NJ. f. church in
1902 The interment took place at
Oakwoods cemetery. The funeral of
Mrs. Mckay, more Familiarity known as
Aunt Tilly by the local people, was
well attended by Whiting people who
had known her during her long resi-
dence in our city.
The l. o. T. NJ of Whiting held their
regular meeting on Friday night, at
which the annual election Of officers
was held The result was as follows:
Lady Commander-Mrs Mary Hayes
Lieutenant Commander-Mrs. Arthur
Moore.
Record Keeper-Mrs Carrie Keller.
Financial Auditor-Mrs. AL Condor
Chaplain-Mrs. II. G. Muffitt.
Sergeant-Mrs Matte Moore.
Mistress a Arms-Mrs. Kittie Hen
thorne.
Lieutenant-AIrs Golding.
Picket-Mrs. Cora Brown.
Past Commander-Mrs George T. |
Goay.
Installing Of1cer-Mrs. &. Carringer. |
The above officers viii not be in
stalled until January.
Miss Gertrude E. O'Neil will enter
tain several friends at her home in |
sheridan avenue this evening in honor
or the anniversary of her birth.
The electric wires became crossed |
Yesterday in the saloon OF oscar Cold |
smith on Front street. There was
quite flame for time. and the fire |
department. was called. bat it was out |
when they arrived upon the scene.
The Masonic concert and dance will |
be given in the Water rink next /
Wednesday evening. The concert which |
viii be at D. m. will consist of sew
eral numbers by the Masonic band and |
vocal solos by Edward Gray. Miss Ella /
Klose and Mrs. IT. A. A. Beach of Val /
paraiso.
Miss Elsie Schiminsky daughter of l
Herman Schiminsky of New York ave-
nue., who suffered a severe stroke of /
paralysis about two weeks ago. was
on Saturday removed to the Mercy
hospital, Chicago. The young lady stood
the trip much betetr than was ex-
pected, but she is in a very alarming
condition
Mrs. James Morrison Of New York i,
avenue IS entertaining her sister. Mrs.
Moorman, and son Wilbur of Spencer
VILE, O.
On next Wednesday evening at the
NJ F. chmureh Rev. NJ. c. Wright viii
give his second stereoptcon lecture On
Boston and It's Environments"
Mrs. Orren Mackey Of Cleveland av-