The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-02-16
UP AND DOWN IN
INDIANA
MUST RE-EsrABLrsH SERVICE.

yesterday with the Indiana Railroad
commission the c. III. g. ID. Railroad
company will re-establish express SER
vice on its Indianapolis-Cinci divi-
sion to New Palestine, Fountain town.
Reedville. Morristown and Gwynnville.
MONON EXCEEDS RATES.
Charging that the Chicago, Indian
apolis & Louisville Railway company
is exceeding the rates affixed by the
Indiana Railroad commission, the COM
mission yesterday filed petition to en-
join the railway until 1T agrees to COM
ply with the fixed rates for moving
freight at Bloomington. Ind. where its
lines connect with those of the Indian
apolis Southern Railway company.
| MILLION DOLLAR SPECIAL OFF.
The million dollar Indiana-Mexico
| special will leave Indianapolis at
o'clock this afternoon carrying some
eighty representatives of various cities
of the state. who will invade Mexico
and the American republics for
the purpose of boosting the state of
Indiana and it's activities. The train /
will be made UP of practically new cars.
| which saw their first service when the |
japanese commission was touring the |
country.
MAY PROSECUTE NICKELODIUMs. |
According to William e. Blakely, |
state factory Inspector. all 1o-cent |
theaters in the state which feature
vaudeville in connection with moving
pictures must install fire curtains and
all other equipment for FIRE lighting
provided for in the theater law Mr..
| Blakely has ordered his inspectors to
prosecute for failure to comply.
STUDENTS OF LAW BREAKING.
: Holding in the case against william
Merrill of Kokomo. charged with viola
ton of the liquor laws. that there had
been a studied method on the part of
the Terre Haute Brewing company of
3 Terre Haute to evade the law, Judge
I kirkpatrick found Merrill guilty in the
circuit court yesterday, but withheld
> Judgment for counsel to Ale motion
] for a new trial today.
MANY INCENDARY FIRES.
The large farm house and barn OF
= c. NJ. HARRIET of Nashville are in ashes.
the last of a series of eighteen fires,
: which have destroyed homes and farm
9 buildings in the southern part of Brown
county. The entire section is aroused.
as it is the general belief that the torch
. has been applied by firebugs who are
: working in connection with timber
/ thieves, who are said to be making
e great inroads on the valuable walnut
and hickory trees
PAYS OUT 100000.
70 The B. & o. southwestern pay day
= lin washington Monday was a record
making event. The company paid out
d nearly 100000, which is the largest
sum ever paid out to workmen in the
history of the shops in one month. Of
ficers arrived this afternoon to look
IL over the contemplated improvements of
1T the shops at this point, which is estim
n ated will cost $4,000.
#. EBERT IN THE LINEUP.
The Little Giants are prepared to put
up a strong fight tomorrow night
u against the De PAW quintet at Green
is castle hard game is expected AS the
a. contest which was played in Crawfords
:. Vile was only won after a hard fight
All of the players are in the best o
condition The lineup which will b.
used against the Methodists will b.
ts ONeal and Leffell, forwards; Ebert
oh center stump and S. Yount, guards
Kent Lambert and Dan Yount will b
iu used as substitutes in case any of tn
er regulars are injured or disqualified.
ORGANIZATION COMPLETE.
Republican County Chairman e.
ed lMurphy OF Danville met with the mem
in bers of the executive committee an
= announced the completion of the OF
'o' ranization bv the election of John I
TO Hume of Danville vice chairman; Edgs
NJ Blessing. secretary, Chas 2. Cool
treasurer. Assessments of the variol
. candidates for county ofices were fixe
and the drawing for places on the ticl
; ct announced to take place next Thur
day.
c. G. & L. RECEIVER REPORTS.
The report of James p Goodrich
III winchester, Ind, receiver for the {.
& L. railroad, for the month of Jan
airy, 1910. filed in the federal court We
terday, shows that the earnings for I
- month were s265, 50s.s2, while the e
penditures were $241,755.S7. The tot
Expenditures, July. 1909. to jan
1910 were s2.o74.732. OF and the tot
ireceipts for the same period were y
lOes4S4s7. The report shows receive
audited vouchers, on hand and unpa
= Jan. 81, 1910, amounting to $S3,243-
GOVERNOR STOPS GAMBLING.
Governor Mashafl has received not
from the Big Four Railroad compa
that it will no longer run excursio
an to Hanover, Ind, to convey perso
be . there from Cincinnati to patronixe po
sub- rooms. The Hanover poolroom, owr
lean by Ed Ballard, which Governor Ma
shall has been investigating was dyr
-. mited last week and since then GOV
nor Marshall learned that the no
10 was damaged to such an extent tnat
ior had stopped running.
lean
the THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
tin8 February 16.