The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-06

probably will be concluded today. The
testimony for the prosecution is now
all In and the defense will introduce
testimony today to prove Hoals in
sanity. His attorney. in his opening
statement, said that Hoal had inherited
a mental weakness from his drunken
mother and that his mind had been cor
rupted by his reading trashy literature.
TOMATO PLANTS SCARCE.
1t developed today that the supply of
tomato plants for use in Upton county.
which ranks third in the country in the
cultivation OF tomatoes for factory pur-
poses, will be far short, and the factory
men here and at Kempton, Sharpsville
and WindfaH are at a loss, as the
growers are also. to know what to do.
NJ. W. Johnson, who last year raised
| 10000 plants and only disposed of
about half of them, did not plant any
this year. The recent freeze killed
hundreds of thousands which were
under cold frames.
| SENATE REWARDS HERO.
The senate at washington Wednesday
afternoon passed a bill giving an an
nuity of $500 to John r. Kissinger, of
South Bend, Iud Kissinger, while in
| the army in Cuba, submitted himself TO
be bit by yellow fever mosquitoes AS
a result of his martyrdom, Ii was
definitely established in medical science
that yellow fever is transmitted by
mosquitoes.
STRIKE BREAKER INJURED.
Fred Martin, of DeKalb, Ill. strike
breaker in charge of one of the two
cars in operation on the Vincennes
street railway, was struck on the head
with rock and rendered unconscious
while his car was passing the Harrison
street crossing near the car barns at I
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. This was
the first mark of violence since the
street car mems walkout- Martin was
taken to the Good Samaritan Hospita
where he revived.
LEGISLATE AGAINST CHICKENS.
Growing gardens ana pretty howe
beds received perfection from TIN
Bloomington city council Wednesda,
night when an ordinance was adopte,
against allowing chickens running a
large. A fine of $40 is provided for VIC
lators. The council also passed al
ordinance making it unlawful to keel
a pig inside the city limits.
RED MEN AT FIT. WAYNE.
Moe than 500 Red Men fom the north
eastern part OF the state were III at
tendance at the district meeting in b
Wayne Wednesday. c. ". Stout, o
Terre Haute, the great sachem, an
Otto Wolf, of Indianapolis, the grea
record keeper, are among the state of
hcers present. Thursday the state fra
ternal congress of the tribe of Be
Hur convenes here
: CREATE MILK DEPARTMENT.
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milk testing. At a meeting of tn
: county council today an appropriate
: was voted at the request of DR.. Fletche
: NJ. Gardner county health officer, fo
the equipment of complete milk test
ing laboratory. the first, It is said.
any county in Indiana The count
council also appropriated a sum to en-
ploy a milk inspector.
BRIDE PROPERTY OWNERS.
Charges that the Western Construc
: tion company. of Lafayette, Ind, no
bidding for asphalt street paving /
Evansville. is attempting to bride proI
erty owners on affected streets wer
made yesterday and repeated today b
residents of Powell avenue, who pro
+ test that the Board of Public Work
n has no authority to declare asphalt &
g the chosen material because of ii
= pecuniary influence that has been use
HAD TWO WIVES.
pathetic petition for divorce he
been fled by Lulu Mcdowell of Kokon
\ who asks for marital freedom fro
II Morris Mcdowell. Mcdowell, who
II prominently connected. 1t is reeite
II frequently departed for parts to IL
II wife unknown, and returned broken