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S xwv' rJI , " " J jC li ; L . ax M- E3ISL3Sffl:iffl:OKr33, INDIANA, VOL. 1, NO. 104. NIGHT EDITION. HAMMOND, INDIANA, EM DAY, OCT. 19,. 1906. ONE CENT PER COPY. il 5 1 I 1 1 i 1 i f) mm from Joke Played by Ed Hack Threatens to Result in Tragedy. CI? IS UNCGN8GI0US Though Mat Minninger Eeceived In jury a Week Ago He Is i Still in Stupor. (Special to Lnkc County Times.) Lowell, Ind., Oct. 19. Mat Minninger of this town Is lying in a critical con dition at his home as the result of a fight with Ed Hack, which had its be ginning in a practical joke played by Hack Saturday night. Minninger's skull was fractured, his head striking the stone sidewalk when he was knocked down by Hack in a quarrel which followed the perpetration of the "joke." He has never regained con sciousness since the time the injury was inflicted, and grave fears for his life are entertained. In the meantime his assailant is at liberty under $500 bonds imposed by a justice of the peace before whom ' Hack was arraigned Thursday. The circumstances,' as near as can be ascertained, are to the effect that Hack, In fun, squirted some water from a small oil-can onto Minninger. He had been having a little sport with some other men in the crowd of which Minninger was one, along the same lines, and Minninger, thinking the can contained oil, became angry and de manded satisfaction with his lists. Hack, jit is said, tried to persuade Minninger that he was only In fun, but Minninger refused to be mollified and 'thirsted for bioo"dT and insisted on fighting the matter out. Finally, Hack told Minninger that if he was looking for trouble he would accommodate him, whereupon he proceeded to land one on Minninger, with the tragic result re corded. Young Hack was not arrested until Wednesday, and yesterday he was ar raigned before Justice Sanders. The prisoner was put under $500 bonds to appear for trial Nov. 6. In the mean time, if Minninger should die. Hack will be rearrested on the charge of manslaughter. Hack is an amateur pugilist, and Minninger has always been regarded as a "strong man," and is said also to be very "clever with his dukes." The parties to the quarrel are eald to have been drinking at the time It took place. 1 1 10 AH SERMON OX TRAIN 1IAMMO.MI PASSENGERS EDIFIED. Strnnjjer on Michigan Central Stands l"p la Car nml Askn H!s Hearers to Help Reform the "Wicked Metropolis. "I should like to address a few words to Christians on this train" 6aid a voice from an end of one of the coaches which made up the 4;0S Michi gan Central train soon after it had pulled out of Hammond on its way to Chicago yesterday afternoon. - Quite au nnusual number of Ham mondltes had boarded the train, and had made themselves comfortable but a short while before, watching the fly ing landscape or reading their papers, when a blond man arose, and In tones that could bo heard throughout the car, made the foregoing rather un usual announcement. Everybody within earshot of the man's voice looked up, some smiling and others startled, but curious. He was a well-dressed man without any of the earmarks of the "fake" preacher, and devoid of any appearance of eccen tricity. He was good looking, and ap parently in earnest. ''As we approach the great and wicked! city of Chicago," the preacher went on. "I wish to exhort each and every one "of you to make up your minds to win some soul to Christ upon your arrival there. We all know the necessity of Christian influence in that great vortex of crime and sin. and in the name of the great S.ivior of man kind I ask you to do whatever may lie In your, power to win soma doubting one over to Christianity." The ' speaker ' continued In this vein for a short while, and then, wing, passed on to another coach, where he repeated his exhortation. Almost all of the. passengers listened courteously, as the man was evidently sincere," but some few "'had fun with him." To the scoffers the evan gelist paid no attention. One of tb trainmen said the man boarded the train a sheet distance this side of Detroit, .t no one seemed to know who he was or what was his customary .vocation. ... STATION AGENT SCALDED. Joseph Pfeifer, the Pennsylvania sta tion agent at Schererville. was severe ly scalded yesterday when he stumbled through the doorway while carrying a boilerful of hot water. The accident happened at his home, and it was only Vnder great difficulties that he was able to be at work today. HOFFMAN WINS ECONOMIC TEST Winning Car is a .Great Pierce Arrow, Water Cooled. EROCAR IS SECOND Contestants Are Soaked in the Rain Enjoy Roaring Coal Fire and Good Dinner. Twenty cars finished the gasoline economy test between Chicago and Cedar Lake yesterday after having ne gotiated the distance of fifty-seven miles through a drizzling rain The winner was a Great Pierce Arrow driv en by Paul Hoffman, the Hammond chauffeur of national reputation, and his machine consumed two gallons and twenty-three ounces on tlft trip. Compared with the Aerocar which came second and the Premier which came third, the three cars made the folowing scores . respectively: 8.378, 5.8:;4 and 5.7S8. Although preparations had been made for heavy weather, and cape tops were brought into service, augmented, by waterproofs, oil skins and tarpaulins, nothing could withstand the persisten cy of the shower and garments that were warranted waterproof gradually sprung leaks. "You're1 a pretty bunch of drowned rats," was the greeting from the toad side wherever a group of enthusiasts had displayed enough interest to brave the weather and witness the proces sion. ine passengers had to admit that the phrase applied. Tiie journey Vas the more unpleasant because of necessity of crawling over the entire fifty-seven miles at a snail's , pace. - -IV here" touring cars "in "a- race ! would have thought nothing of a two hour clip for the distance, the effi ciency demonstrations were forced to kill four or five hours. A speed of twelve to fifteen miles was the average, and where the local speed ordinance prescribed a lower clip the drivers were ready to take it. With a high spark and throttle shoved as nearly shut as possible, u.e drivers surprised themselves by the small amount of fuel required to nego tiate the distance. More than 100 Chicago motorists made merry last night at the Cedar Lake hotel, the oringinal terminus of the run. Macadam roads of high de gree of excellence made up the great er part of the course, but the last two miles around the lake to the hotel are of clay, and were virtually impassable. The flnislr line was shifted to a point directly across the lake from the hotel, and the passengers relied upon gaso line launches to cross the water, where the banquet board was groaning. More welcome than food, however, was a roaring stove that soon dried out soaked garments and sent impend ing colds scurrying away. After its wan rays had reduced the shivering ana grumbling autoists to their nor mal optimism the doors to the dining hall were opened and the festivities began. Meanwhile the technical committee men, David' Beecroft and F. S. Edwards, werb grappling with the handicap fig ures. The weight of each machine was divided by the amount of gasoline con sumed, and the resultant until and decimal expressed the relative merit of the performance. STRIKE MAY BE DECLARED OX NEW' FEDERAL, BUILDING. Clnnh Now On Between Bricklayers and Cement Workers' Unions Be cause of a Difference In Time Sched ule. Within a few days two jf the lead ing local labor unions wllfclash unless the impending trouble can be adjusted. H. P. Smith, president and business manager of the local hod carriers' and bricklayers' unions, and Dick Clark, president of the cement workers, met last night to discuss matters. The trouble has sfarted because the cement workers employed on the new Federal building have been working nine hours a day while the hod carriers employed on the same building work only the regulation eight hours, and unless the local cement workers adopt the regular union time schedule war will be de clared and things promise to be made interesting. President Clark of the cement work ers, in his conversation with Smith, said that his men would continue to work on the nine-hour schedule, as they had a perfect right to do so ac cording to the regulations of their charter. Smith said they did not. and that he would like to have Clark attend the next meeting and show him where a nine-hour day was provided for in the charter. Clark says he can do this, and unless he makes good, or the eight-hour day Is adopted, a strike will "probably be declared. WEATHER. Fair loaixht and Saturday; slightly cooler (oaiitltt. iliilny' FF OEPiioro u GLUUntu ill Deal in Which City Incurs no Obligation Quietly Engi neered by W. H. Gostlin, A. M. Turner, Peter Meyn and Hammond Eealty Company. TRACT POBGHA Title of Company Cnpitnl Stock Cost of Plant Dally Capacity Men Employed Weekly Pay Roll Present Location Future Location The Standard Steel Car company of Butler, Pa., capitalized at $15, 000,000 and having a daily output of 100 steel cars, valued at a total of $100,000; an industry that will employ 3,000 me:i and 'will have a weekly pay roll amounting to $200,000, has been located in Hammond and the work of construc ting a $3,000,000 plant will begin at once. J. M. Hansen is president of the company and James B. Brady, the well known horseman, who is familiarly known as "Diamond Jim Brady," is vice president. W. L. Mellon and A. W. Mel lon, Tittsburg millionaires, jp inter ested and are directors. Theconcern now does a business of $35,000,0000 a year. The deal by which the city of Ham mond is to secure an industry that will be larger than any three which are located in the city at the present time, was conceived and executed by W. II. Gostlin, Peter Meyn .and A. M. Turner, members of the firm of Gost lin. Meyn & Company, and to them be longs the credit for securing this enor mous plant and engineering the deal in such a manner that instead of pay ing the concern a bonus to locate, the Standard Steel Car company is buying the land it will occupy at a cost of a quarter of a million dollars. Another thing that made the deal possible was the fact that the Ham mond Realty company, of which Sid- 3 7 V' v V t. ' s ? V ' ' J.' - ' S 1 i " - ? EX-SENATOR "W. H. GOSTLIN. The man who engineered the deal that will make Hammond a City of 40,000 Inhabitants- mm m m THE CITY FOR $250,000 Standard Steel Car Co. $15,000,000 $5,000,000 : 100 Cars 3,000 $200,000 Rtitler, Pa. Hammond, Ind. mon McIIie is president, was willing to dispose of its holdings at a nominal figure to insure the locating of the plant in this city. An Enormous riant. The Standard Steel Car company is not a new concern, but an existing company that is already doing an enor mous business in the east and has or ders for $8,000,000 worth of cars that have not been built because the old plant is not large enough to make their manufacture possible for a long time to come. When the need of a new plant be came apparent it was decided to lo cate it in the west so that the demand there could be met without paying the freight on empty cars all the way from Pittsburg. This freight amounts to an average of about $25 a car and with the daily output of the Hammond plant, 100 cars, it will be seen that a saving of $2,500 a day will be effected in the item of freight alone. Another consideration was the prox imity of Hammond to Gary, with its enormous - svppiy of-;steel and the splendid railway facilities that there are in this city for the shipping of the finished product to all parts of the country. Something of an idea of the size of the plant may be had by comparing it with the Hegewisch car works, which has a daily output of 40 cars com pared to the 100 that will be manu- rrar ' ! ? C -A , .-.r ' ' v.' -j. : ' : . j.1 V ! . 1 Xfc 4 Ss v v - '4 v0 -r v s. if- f V i U NU U L factured here. The Simplex Railway Appliance company, which furnishes the Standard Steel Car company with car' bolsters and other supplies, occu- pies about twenty acres or grounu, while the new plant will occupy about 320 acres. What Will be Made. Th jii-Mnrt of this romnanv will in- elude cattle cars, flat cars, coal cars, stock cars, box cars, baggage cars, ex press cars, and the manufacture of steel passenger cars will be taken up in the near future. In view of the fact that the New York Central re cently placed an order for three hun dred steel passenger cars, this part of the output of the company may become a very important one. The Standard Steel Car company will rank third in size In the world when the Hammond plant is completed. The strongest competitors of the new com pany are the American Car and Found ry company and the Pressed Steel Car company, both of which exceed the Standard In size. The story of the deal is an Interest ing one. W. II. Gostlin Jieard that a Chicago man had been in the postoffice several times to see him on important business, but in some manner the two had failed to make connections. The next day was Sunday and Mr. Gostlin was called to the phone by the per sistent man, who was so desirous of seeing him. When asked what he wanted, the man said that he had come out to Hammond to buy some land. Mr. Gostlin asked him how much he wanted and was surpised to find that he de sired to purchase at least three hun dred acres. 300 Acres Wanted. , It did not take the local real estate man long to hitch up his horse and start on the way down town to see his prospective customer. He found a sauve, heavy set, prosperous man, about 15 years old, and Immediately took him in his buggy to show him the city. On the way Mr. Gostlin got out of the buggy to show the stranger how deep the sewers were out on Calumet avenue. He started to pull off the cov er from a manhole, when the man, who had not Introduced himself, said that he had already taken the cover from one of the manholes and knew all about the sewers. Mr. Gostlin then took him to the property which was afterwards pur chased, and again was surprised to find that the mysterious customer had been all over the very ground he in tended to show him. The two walked through the Weeds for miles before they finally returned to the city. It was learned from the man's con versation that he had already visited Gary, Indiana Harbor and East Chi cago, but of course, Mr. Gostlin only got an inkling of his impressions of those places and was still kept in the dark as to the identity of the buyer and the company he represented. Finally the prospective purchaser re vealed the fact that he was only the agent of a company that had sent him to investigate the matter of a factory site, and that he would have the presi dent, Mr. J. M. Hansen, come out and see Mr. Gostlin. Mr. Hansen came and after numerous conferences practically decided upon the site, providing options could be secured on the property at a reasonable figure. No Bonus Demanded. The significant thing about the deal was the fact that the company was not asking for a bonus or for any fav ors whatever. It was simply desirous of purchasing a site at a reasonable figure and was willing to pay cash for it. There was feverish activity in the office of Gostlin, Meyn & Company for the next two or three weeks while the members of the firm were engaged in securing options on the property. The greatest secrecy had to be observ ed for should the news of the loca tion of such a factory become known to the owners of the desired property, it would have been impossible to buy the land for less than four or five times its actual value. W'hen all of the most Important op tions had been secured Mr. Turner broached the matter to. Mayor Becker and he, with Mr. Turner, went to New York to close the deal. Where Located. . The new industry which will mean so much to Hammond is to be located on the triangle of ground that is bounded on the west by Columbia avenue, on the north by the Nickel Plate tracks anrt n-n thA smith '. hV thA rnrnnrntlnn line. It is composed of the whole of the southeast quarter of section six. that portion of the northeast quarter of the same section whicii lies outh of the Nickel , Plate tracks ind those portions of the southwest and south east quarter of section five that lie to the south of the Nickel Plate railroad. A more intelligible description of the location to the average person not ac- quainted with the section lines, would be that it is almost directly east of the Conkey plant on the other side of Col- umbia avenue, and occupies the ground upon which the race track is now lo - cated. Will Boom Real EMate. This is the first large industry thatG- Hammond Co., Anglo American has been located in the eastern parftof the city, south of the Calumet river, and the impetus that will be given to real estate values will be without pre- cedent in the history of Hammond, it it hard to realize what it means fo a community to secure an industry that employs 3,000 well-paid workmen. Estimating, conservatively that each man represents a family of four it will oe seen mat -wunin tne next year or two the population of Hammond will be increased ty the addition of at least 12,000 inhabitants. It will be half again as large as it is now, and as there will have to be dozens of gro cers and meat men to feed them, clo thiers to clothe them, lawyers to de fend them and prosecute them, it will be safe to add two thousand more to 1 the number and estimate that the city Will cave a population of at least ! 40,000 before the next census is taken. Of course that portion of the city that lies nearest the plant will be bene- fited to the greatest extent and event ually it is believed that the territory on each side of Calumet avenue will be built up all the way down to the Con- key plant with parallel streets and side streets partially built up just as it 5s n South Hohman street. Nevr Business District. Calumet avenue being the only street east of Hohman street which runs through the whole city from the north to the south, it is believed Is destined to be. with State and Hohman streets, one of the most important busiiu-ss streets in the city. The business thor oughfares will form a great II with Hohman street and Calumet avenue forming the sides of the letter and State street forming the connecting bar. Sibley street, too, will share the heavy load of traffic that State street will be compelled to carry, and in t'tct. the whole of the eastern portion of the city will be greatly benefited by the r iv Industry. There wil be an era of louse-building that will transform the city in a few years and it wiil require an army of contractors to build the houses that will be required to house the workmen who will be employed in the new plant. While the eastern portion of the city will receive the greatest benefit, the boom will affect the whole city and it is expected that every man who owns a piece of property will profit to the extent of a five to a ten per cent in crease in its value. Others Bid for riant. Perhaps the most significant thing about the whole deal is the fact that Hammond has passed the factory bonus period and has such lemarkable ad vantages as an industrial and rail road center that the builders of a live million dollar plant turned a deaf ear to th offers of the builders of the mag ic city of Gary, refused to be influenced by the eloquence of John B. Maling. who offered them a site free of cost In the city of East Chicago, and after viewing the marvelous progress of the boom city of Indiana Harbor, finally decided to buy a site at Hammond upon which to build their plant. The locating of this factory here will fix the eyes of the industrial world on Hammond and the result will be that other great concerns which will Iocat in the Calumet region in the future, will seriously consider Hammond be fore casting their lot elaewhere. Those who have pinned their faith to Hammond through thick and thin and have refused to be led away by the noise and clamor of the building of other cities in the neighborhood, will have their reward in the satisfaction of seeing Hammond the peer of them all, the social, the industrial and the financial center of the Calumet region. Kill TO GET ANOTHER FACTORY National Packing Company to Locate Cooperage Vorks Here. WILL EMPLOY OVER 209 MEN Force Now Engaged in Cleaning and Renovating Old G. H. Ham mond Building. A movement which has been on foot for some time has reached a head and H. Perkins, manager of the National Packing company came out Tuesday to Hammond and gave out definite in- iormauon mac iney would start a cooperage works out here. This will be located in the G. II. Hammond Co s old buildings which is now the rrot- erty of the ional Packing company, The aulmus of his visit has just de- veloped. R. Mcintosh or cnicago was sent out and has charge of the work here, having engaged thirty men to clean the Inside of the building and get things In readiness for the installation of the machinery. Yesterday one of the lead- lns men from each of the Packing con cerns represented in the National was ln Hammond and expressed a good I PJn5on of the Place and seemed to be 1 wel1 Pleased with the location, etc The National Packing Co. is made up of a number of concerns including the I Packing Co. and Omaha Dressed Beef Co. These concerns have been using the Hammond packing plants buildings or a general storage plant on a small scale. The storage feature will now be enlarged ana a lorce of men will be used in this work alone. About 200 men will be employed in the coopering plant. A'OTICE. The water vtll be turned It Sunday, Oct. 21, In all tbat dis trict lylnc east cf Calumet ave nue, from Chicago avenue to 150th street, from 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. SCPT. WATER DEPARTMENT. Gill JUDGETUTHILL Personal Injury Case of AcU ' land vs. City Gets on Jurist's Nerves. FIXES THEM LIIT Declares the Suit Must Go to Jury Kot Later than Two j o'clock. . V The personal-injury case of Vietor Adland of Chicago against the city of Hammond, which has been on hearina before Judge Tuthlll for the past thre$ days, has gotten on the court's nerves, and his Honor called counsel for botht sides severely to task this morning, de claring that any further time the hear- Ing might occupy would be waste of time, and wa-rnlng the attorneys that the case mujt go to the jury by 3 o'clock this afternoon. The court had sat through the long winded performance like patience on a monument, until the lawyers began putting themselves on the wltnesa stand and taking up large gobs of time in hearing themselves testify. The legal representatives on botl sides had left no stone unturned which might help their "side of the case. St persistent had both parties been in finding technicalities that Judge Tut hill shortly afier eleven o'clock told the lawyers the case was beginning to be a waste of time. He said that it had taken up twice as much time aa was really necessary. After the case had been fought inch by inch Attorney Crumpacker intro duced a map taken from a prospectus that was put out by the city. After each party had checkmate' the other Crumpacker asked that the city attor ney be put on the witness stand, and then proceeded to question him about the authenticity of the nap. , Colonel Meyer declared that the map "pur ported" to be a map of Hammond. At torney Crvimpacker asked that he b more specific In giving his knowledga about the map. Attorney Meyer then acted as counsel for himself and ob jected to the question. His objection was sustained by Judge Tuthlll. At torney Crumpacker then asked to ba sworn, which was done, and he took the stand, answering implied questions about the map. My name," said Mr. Crumpacker, In his duat role of witness and lawyer. is Teter Crumpacker. I am an attor ney. My place 01 resiuence is me cuy, of Hammond. This map Is an authen tic map of the fjty .of Hammond," or words to that effect. How long the attorney might hava continued asking himself questions and answering the same, had It not been for' Judge Tuthill's interruption, can only be speculated on. It was at this stage of the game that one OI Uie couri a imueiitc-tuiusa broke. He notified the lawyers that the case must go to the Jury at two o'clock. Adland Is suing for J10.000 for in juries that he and his" automobile sus tained July 18 of last year when ho ran into the Sheffield avenue bridge in the night time. The automobile and a southbound street car met at the bridge imultaneously. The machine struck the bridge railing and was demolished, while its driver and owner, Mr. Adland, was injured. The plalntlS maintained that the smash-up was due to the care lessness of the city for maintaining5 such a narrow bridge in the first place, and, furthermore, failing to put a light on it. PERSONALITIES IX CAMPAIGN. Political Candidate and Speaker !ay; laeoniplimrBlarr Ttlnga of Each Other. (Special to Lake County Times.) Indianapolis, Oct. 19. As predicted ilii t a some time ago, personalities win rule in the state campaign until Nov. 6, the day of the election. Hanly at Tipton, Ralston at Greenfield, Hanly at Spiceiand and Shelbyville, Kern at Tipton (last night) all said a- who'. lot of things about each other, and said them not mildly. Hatsioh's speech was to have set tha personal 1;all rolling, but Hanly's answer" the mext afternoon seems to have stopped it to such an extent as to have called for another push. Hence the Kern speech at Tipton last night And incidentally, there is a 'bad faith' story going around that is in teresting, ,The fact that Hanly Wed nesday afternoon, at Spiceiand, deliv ered a completely prepared answer to the Ralston speech of the night before has led the Democratic leaders to be lieve that they were 'betrayed"' and Hanly given a copy cl the Ralston speech In advance. . As a matter of fact, the first that Governor Hanly knew of the contents of Ralston's speech was early Wednes day morning. Jle spent the wholo morning in framing the reply, and that afternoon it was delivered. t. i 4 " - tl