The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-06-27

much force. She escaped unintured.
The team ran two miles into the conn
try and was stopped by a farmer. The
casket in the rear of the vehicle was
not damaged
BIG RANKS MERGED
Announcement was made Yesterday
Of the probable acceptance by Mer-
camille National Bank of Evansville
stockholders of a plan to liquidate that
institution Immediately and merge its
funds with the Mercantile Trust and
Savings Company. The two related
banking houses have had deposits of
$3.50, 900.
800 ATTEND Y. r. S. CE e.
The twenty-third annual convention
of the Indiana Young Peoples Society
OF Christian Endeavor Friday convened
in the First Methodist church in Terre
Haute with ESQ delegates assembled.
The sweltering heat has kept hundreds
of visiting and delegate Edeavorers
away from the annual meeting but
Friday evening and Saturday evening
there were more than 500.
INDIANAPOLIS TOO MODEST.
annapolis was found guilty last
night OF being too modest and was
sentenced to be exploited The iurv
consisted of about fifty advertising men
and the verdict was reached on the Ars+
ballot after a trial lasting two bonrs
held in the assembly room OF the Roard
or Trade A special commission of
nine men was selected to prepare plans
TOT executing the sentence
MAYOR APPROVES MARRIAGE.
mayor John Bray OF Brazil was com
peIled to give his consent TODAY before
young woman whose residence is in
Paris. France. was able to become tho
orldse of young Frenchman of that
city The young woman is the daught
er OF Emil Petit, a Frenchman of this
oty' and as she is under age the
french laws compel her to secure the
consent OF her parents. The Fench
Ia" also provides that the written con-
sent of the parents must be certified
70 by the mayor Of the city in which
the parents resides
ELECTRICAL STORM sERIous
LawFenoeburg and environs exper-
FENCED one of the most severe electrical
storms yesterday afternoon that has
oeen known in many years. Reports
of trees. outbuildings and other nron-
numerous to record. No fatalities so
far have been reported.
LAPORTE HAS WATER PRORIEw
Laporte is confronted with a serious
water problem. A report submitted hv
Lord q Burdick Chicago water experts.
condemned the present supply as who'll
~ unnt for use. The city formerly OBJ
tanned its water from the little Kan
hIyf he ,-1o
ton for a couple of years and has not
been in operation. Today the City
Council gave notice that a special cleo
ton would be called to give the citizens
an opportunity to express an opinion
Do A LITTLE INSURGING.
Representatives Crumpacker and
Barnard of Indiana, who have taken
some pride in their party regularity
turned insurgents for a short while to-
day. Both voted against the rule for
the consideration of the Appalachian
forest reserve bill and both declared
they will vote against the bill itself
when it is placed on passage This is
one Of the administrations measures
and pledge for its passage was con-
tanned In the Chicago platform
STEAMER W. $. WRECKED.
While carrying a party of $50 Indian
apolis excursionists at Michigan CITY.
about o'clock yesterday afternoon the
steamer United States crashed into the
FRANKLIN street bascule bridge The
bridge went crashing into the river
carrying down the tug Elphicke, while
the rear ends of the three decks of the
excursion steamer were wrecked. Many
of the Indianapolis people escaped
death by narrow margin. but SO far
as could be learned last night not a.
single one of the party was injured
LAKE SHORE TO RAISE RATES.
The Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railroad Saturday filed with the
Railroad Commission OF Indiana a new
schedule of classified freight rates to
become effective Aug. l. Thousands of
stations are affected, and the tendency
of the schedule is for revision up
ward"
TO RUN FOR COBE TROPHY.
Chief interest in the thres-day Motor
Speedway program which will start
next Friday is centering in the great
race to be hAI6 fnr nossassion of the