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A LION DOES NOT
Nearly fifteen thousand divorces within the past four years Is Indiana's
record. Three thousand, nine hundred and eighty was the quota for 1907,
,669 for 1906, 3,844 for 1905 and 3,449 for 1904.
This is a sad reflection on the modern institution of marriage.
Considerably over two-thfrds of the divorces last year were granted to
nvomen and In the majority of cases "cruelty" was assigned as the cause. .This
-cruelty" charge, by the way, is sadly oVerworkedand covers a multitude of
Bins. It is a known fact that couples
of causes (because they have "outgrown-- each other, which means in the ma
jority of instances that they have merely fallen in love with somebody else and
xe desirous of embarking on a new sea of matrimony) will arrange a small
bout calling in spectators for the express purpose of hearing witness in
court. John will strike Maggie on the wrist, or vice versa, and that is all
that Is needed to constitute the charge of cruelty, as it is recognized in law.
Suit will be instituted, the witnesses will testify to having seen he "assault"
and a. decree is handed out to the party who brings suit with as little con
cern as a circular advertising a carpet sweeper might be handed out to a
pedestrian on the street.
Frequently the most grotesque incongruities are found in the bills of com
plaint, as for example that brought in Marion, Ind.. against a 100 pound wife
Jy a 250 pound husband, where the charge was "cruelty."
There is no doubt that real cruelty should constitute a cause for divorce.
Tiut the extent of the cruelty should enter into evidence. A woman should
not be expected for example to continue
far forgets the chivalry for his sex toward his weaker helpmeet, as to be
guilty of that which even the animal kingdom rejects as unworthy. A Hon
was never known to fight a lioness, excepting In self-defense, and unusually
not then, : The same Is true down through the animal and bird kingdom.
Where a man is so false to the natural instincts of his race as to beat a
woman, he is unfit for any woman to live with. But perfunctory, so-called,
"curelty," which is practiced in cold blood by both participants in order that
grounds may be established for serving the bonds of matrimony should not
constitute a cause for legal separation.
Hee is a chance for the next state legislature to distinguish itself by
enacting some really worthy laws. By re-investing marriage with a little
of its old time solemnity and dignity, the people's representatives would gain
the gratitude of the entire populace, or that part of it at least which is worth
while. The ease with which legal separation can be brought about under
present conditions, and the minimum to which the attendant scandal has been
reduced, are certainly productive of a disregard for the solemnity of marriage
Vows In the minds and the hearts of young people considering the taking of a
step which should mean so much to them. Which should be, in fact the most
eventful step In their lives. Divorce, at
ing affair in the cases where people have ever cherished the least bit of real
love for each other. If people are foolish and unthinking enough to enter
the state of matrimony without that deep regard for each other, which is
known as love, they should be forced to spend their days in each other's com
pany as a punishment for their unrighteous deed. There should be no remedy
for such. In the cases of persons who
lng short of a tragedy, even where the love has turned to hate. The process
of turning to . ashes a once glowing love is bitter in the extreme, and the
separation must be fraught with anguish of spirit, on both sides, regardless of
who is to blame.
Indiana's divorce record is a disgrace to any civilized community and
it Is high time something was done to
"THIS DATE IN HISTORY."
May 1.
1797 Legislative union of England and
Scotlond put Into effect.
1764 Benjamin H. Latrobe the archi
tect who finished the national capi
tpl at Washington, born in Eng
land. Died in New Orleans, Sept.
3, 1820.
1775 The Quebec Act became law,
providing for the government of
Canada by Governor and Council.
1796 Junius Brutus Booth, famous
actor, born. Died Nov. 30, 1852.
1808 Charles IV. of Spain abdicated
in favor of Bonaparte.
1878 First elevated trains run on
Third avenue in New York City.
lS98--Spanish fleet destroyed in bat
tle of Manila bay.
"THIS IS MY 57th BIRTHDAY.
Ermete Novelll.
Ermete Noville, the noted actor who
toured America last year, was born
May 1, 1851, in the province of Tus
cany. Though he made his stage de
but when eight years old, he had
reached his twenty-fifth year before
he had gained any considerable reputa
tion as an actor. In his early ca
reer he profited by his experience in
minor parts of the company of many
of Italy's most famous players. By
1886 Novell! had begun to rank among
the prcminent players of his own land,
and his tours extended into Spain,
South" America, Austria, Egypt, Ger
many and Russia. In 1898 he achieved
the height of European theatrical am
bition, and took Paris by storm. In
recent years he has appeared suc
cessfully in nearly all the large cities
of Europe and has made several visits
to South America and Mexico. His
Other Newspaper in Calnmet Eegion.
FIGHT A LIONESS.
desiring separation for the most trivial
to remain the wife of a man who so
the best, must be but a heart-break
ever have loved, a divorce can be noth
restrict the granting of decrees.
first great tragic successes were in
"Louis XL," "Hamlet," "Othello," and
"The Merchant of Venice." His por
trayal of Shylock has been pronounced
by some high critics as superior to
the conception of the same part by
Edwin Booth and the late Richard
Mansfield.
RANDOM
THINGS AND FLINGS
Mr. H. Ouse Fly and his numerous
family are having a hard time, indeed.
Many a peach we find has the dis
position of a lemon.
Did your mother call you early?
Or weren't you Queen of the May?
Gary, My Garyland! Eh?
WHERE IS THE ANNUAL TOR
NADO TALE ABOUT THE DISTRIBU
TION OF BABIES IN TREE TOPS AND
THE LIFTING OF THE FAMILY CALF
OUT OF THE BARN ON TILE FAMILY
DINING ROOM TABLE?
An Appleton preacher has barred the
Merry Wodaw hat. It seems absolutely
Impossible for some ministers to mind
their own business.
What do you think of the
who packed his overcoat away
man
last
THB ,
Daily Roimd
Taft said to be gaining slowly. Well,
bow fast do they expect a large body
move? The democrats who go to
Gary should be rare and save a beeve
for the loved ones at home. Those of
who aren't there will undoubtedly
wish that we were. It Is hoped that
Colonel Roosevelt will not see any Chi
nese or Japanese handwriting, else he
will be sure to insist on onr leaving
And remember, that when you see
Governor Johnson at Gary tomorrow
you may be piping the next president.
e shall never have ranch faith in a
clairvoyant until he can predict what
3,00O house will cost when it is
completed.
week, anyway?
At the same time, it won't hurt you
to put your coal In now, and we are
not plugging for the coal man, either.
TO HYPERCRITICS.
Hyperorltle,
Stern of mien,
Are you never,
Never seen,
In this world
Unaanctifled,
So to speak,
To step aside?
Don't you ever
(Awful breach)
Fall to practice
What you preach
To temptation
Sometimes bow?
Hypercrltic,
Don't you, now?
Don't you daily,
Idly piny
Precious hours
While away,
Gayly rending
Duty's mask?
Don't you ever
Shirk n task,
Don Romance's
Knightly casque,
Gayly in
The sunshine bask
Radiating
From a flask?
No offense,
I merely ask.
Don't you7
Ybnrra.
Cleveland people think that Mayor
Tom's threefer stunt pushes him In
line for the presidency. It is funny
what a difference a distant view makes
n'est cepas?
You can generally tell how a
man stands at home when you
see which chair he takes in the
sitting room.
Fritzl Smith's face got her a job in
the Girl Question chorus. Mind you,
we said her face.
AN EXCHANGE SAYS I "CALL A
MAN A LEVEL HEAD AND HE
SWELLS UP CALL HIM A FLATHEAD
AND HE SHRINKS SEVERAL SIZES.
It is just about this hour that Con
nie Mack runs his lilly-whites through
his hair and begins to miss Rube
Waddell.
Somehow we always like the lit
tle maid who brings a bunch of
fresh flowers with her to work.
Public officials who get sore because
he is subjected to a little merited criti
cism, isn't worth the consideration that
a caterpillar gets.
IN POLITICS
Richard Schaaf, jr., was asked if he
was not a little bit Jealous of the big
noise that was being made over in
Gary on account of the approaching
county convention and barbecue.
"Those fellows will have to make a
big noise," said the republican county
chairman, "to persuade themselves
that they have anything to make a
noise about.
"I would just like to point out the
fact that recently in Gary there was
held a convention for the nomination
of a township assessor. There were
two men in the race, Dan Fitzgerald
of Gary, and Walter Gibson of Toles-
ton.
"The race between these two men
was supposed to be a close one. In
fact, it was reported that there would
be a bitter fight on and that both men
were trying to capture the Gary dele
gatlon.
"Well, do you know," said Mr. Schaaf,
"that those fellows only got together
a total of 315 votes In the whole town
of Gary. On the other hand, the re
publicans recently had a similar con
vention and they could not get a hall
big enough to hold the crowds.
"Mark my words," said Mr. Schaaf,
"I will bet my bottom dollar that Gary
goes republican, and furthermore, that
we carry Lake county by a big ma
jority. I have been over the county
and know whereof I speak."
The Hammond democrats are as much
Interested in the barbecue at Gary as
the Garyites are themselves. They will
attend in large numbers and will all
help to make the affair a success.
The Hammond "deras" cannot un
derstand how It is that their neigh
bors east of us have been able to en
list the help of even the republicans
of the steel city in making the con
vention a success.
They do not seem to realize that
UP :' DOWW ,M ' IWDiAH A
Because President William Lowe
Bryan of Indiana University was badly
poisoned with ivy, it became necessary
for him to temporarily abandon his
proposed trip through the East to in
spect some of the larger medical col
leges. City Judge R. M. Cooper of Kokomo
refused to permit James Donelley
to plead guilty to drunkenness, which
has become a habit with him. Instead
he ordered a cab and taking the pris
oner to the home of Father Lordemann,
he was induced to sign the pledge.
The facutly of DePauw university
have decreed that no one of the stu
dents can engage in any of the activi
ties of the school such as joining the
glee club or becoming an editor on a
daily, who is not proficient in his
studies.
The fight to drive fifteen of the sev
enteen saloons out of Goshen reached
Its climax last night when there was
a demonstration on the public square
aided by stereopticon views. Both
sides are claiming a victory.
Tired of evading arrest, footsore and
hungry, Charles C. Everbach, an es
caped criminal from the Nashville
penitentiary appeared at the county
jail at New Albany and gave himself
up.
The impeachment trial of Mayor F.
J. Fogarty of South Bend has been de
layed until May 5, as the plans of the
council have been blocked by the re
fusal of Police Chief McWeeny and
that there has so much civic pride
sprouted out of the barren sands of
Gary that even the republicans would
rather pitch in and make a democratic
affair a success than to have the word
"Failure" written over anything that
is done in Gary.
George Johnstone of Newberry Is the
latest candidate to enter the race for
United States senator from South Caro
lina to succeed Senator F. B. Gary,
who is filling the unexpired term of
the late Senator Latimer. Other can
didates for the office are ex-Governor
D. C. Heyward, John Gary Evans and
O. B. Martin.
Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, the
has announced his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for governor of
Illinois, has had a varied career. Born
in Virginia and educated at the Uni
versity of Virginia, he began the prac
tice of law in Georgia. In 1886 he
located at Seattle, Wash., and in 1892
was the democratic candidate for gov
ernor of that state. In 1897-99 he was
a member of congress from Washing
ton and twice he was the nominee for
United States senator.
John J. Hamilton, who has announced
his candidacy for the republican nomi
nation for governor of Iowa, is one of
the best known citizens of that state.
He was born in Pennsylvania, but as a
boy he removed with his parents to
Iowa. For twenty-one years he was
connected with the Des Moines Daily
News as reporter, editor and proprie
tor. Mr. Hamilton is regarded as an
authority on the race problem, of
which he has made an exhaustive
study.
When the democratic county conven
tion Is pulled off at Gary, next Satur
day, politics will be slow for the next
five months. Crown Point Star.
Well, it won't be slow in north town
ship. The Cass county democratic conven
tion will be' held Saturday, May 23,
at Logansport. There are only two
candidates for representative. Charles
W. Kleckner seeks renomlnatlon and
John J. McCaffrey, a grocer, Is against
him. The Joint representatice conven
tion will be held on May 7, and the
fight will be made between George
Rentschler of Fulton county, and Harry
M. Gardner of Logansport. Rentschler
Is the present holder of the office.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
1 will be a candidate for nomination
for sheriff on the democratic ticket,
subject to the decision of the demo
cratlc nominating convention, to be
held May 2, at Gary.
FRED S. CARTER.
To the Editor: You may announce
my name as a candidate for the trus
teeship of North township on the demo
cratic ticket, subject to the wish of
the voters at the primaries. eod
JOHN A. EBERT.
Editor, The Times:
Kindly announce my name as demo
cratic candidate for trustee of Calumet
township, subject to the decision of the
convention at Gary, May 2.
SAM J. WOODBRIDGE.
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others to appear and explain why
South Bend has been permitted to run
wide open.
Ozro Reynolds, the companion of
Grover Blake, who was sentenced to the
penitentiary for life for the murder of
his mother, was sentenced to two to
fourteen years in prison for receiving
stolen property.
Frances Foxworthy Cooper, who is
charged with drowning her ten months
old baby at Columbus took the stand
yesterday and denied that she had con
fessed to the murder.
Two throuogh interurban cars which
have been put on the lines of the In
dianapolis, Columbus and Southern
Traction company will run between In
dianapolis and Louisville and will be
known as the Dixie Limiteds.
The Amos Shovel and Tool company
is experimenting with crude oil un
der its boilers as fuel. The company
is using an apparatus designed by Su
perintendent Palmer which is said to be
a success.
Perry A. Randall, chairman of the
Deep Waterway association in Fort
Wayne, returned from Washington
where he went to promote the Lake
Michigan-Lake Erie canal and report
ed that nothing would be done by con
gress this year.
Saloonkeepers in Illinois are moving
over into Terre Haute into the wet
territory there. All -of Illinois in the
vicinity of Terre Haute has been made
dry.
THE CREAM OF THE
Morning News
Samuel Isull, president of the Com
monwealth Edison company, Is en
gineering a plan to consolidate the four
elevated roads of Chicago.
Eight jurors have been selected in
the trial of the case against Police
Chief Collins and former Police At
torney Comerford in Chicago.
Prominent families domiciled in the
old Madill mansion, Chicago, now a
fashionable boarding-house, are em
barrassed by the seizure of the furn- ,
ishing under creditors' claims. !
Joseph Leiter returns from east and
announces that he and Miss Juliette
Williams will make Chicago their home
after wedding in June.
Chicago as an ideal summer resort is
exploited by the Santa FRe Ralln ta
exploited by the Santa Fe railroad in
an artistic folder.
It is said that while Bryan is prac
tically certain of the majority of the
delegates to the Denver convention, he
may not be able to control two-thirds.
Maine republican convention declares
for Taft, but refrains from instructing
its delegates.
The "big stick" wielded by Presi
dent Roosevelt on congress has brought
results and many of the recommenda
tions in his recent message will be
carried out,
William E. Corey and his wife differ
as to a private theater which the for
mer actress wishes to build In their
New York home.
Judge is asked to declare the mar
riage of Miss Maloney void in ac
cordance with the report of the ref
eree. Governor of Oklahoma proclaims a
legal holiday that people of the state
may assemble and demand radical
changes in the constitution of the
United States.
Japanese training cruiser Matsushl
ma is blown up by explosion of a de
fective shell, and 240 sailors and naval
cadets are drowned.
Voice of the People
Hammond, Ind., April 30. Editor
of The Times: Sir I read in your pa
per a short time ago that a reporter
had been out to Hunkeyville, or the
Standard, to see if they were really
in need of help. He told all about
what he saw out there and thought
that they really needed help, which
probably some of them do. At the same
time if he had gone there when times
were good, he would have seen every
thing the same as now. You take a
man that Is not acquainted with the
ways of these Hunkles and go out
there the way times are now, he would
naturally think they were starving to
death. But as a people they do not
live as the Americans do. What they
eat and keep fat on, an ordinary white
man would starve to death. I have
worked around them for the last three
years and find them all the same.
When dinner time comes, they get to
gether all the way from ten to fifty
in a bunch. When they open their din
ner pails, then you can see what they
live on. Not only one or two, but the
whole bunch. This Is what their din
ner consists on: One-half a loaf of
bread, not cut in slices, but in a
chunk, a piece of liver or summer
sausage, or a piece of bologna, a piece
of onion and coffee. Now they do not
have thi3 only one day, but day in and
day out as long as they work. How
long could an ordinary white man live
and keep his health while working on
grub like that? They are people who
keep the Americans out of work. They
come to this country only for a few
years, save what they make, go back
their own country with a few hundred
dollars of money and are well to do
people over there. There is not many
of them that pays taxes, while an
ordinary white man living here does.
In times like these the American can't
get work. What little work there is
to do is given to the Hunky. There is
sewer work going on in Hammond that
is being put in by a Hammond con
tractor. Go to this work and see who
Is getting a job. Five Hunkies to a
white man. There are plenty of white
men and tax payers too, who would
take the job and be very glad to get
It. But no, they want the Hunkie.
(Signed.) A CONSTANT READER.
Sporting Briefs
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
W. I Pet.
Chlcngo 8 3 .727
Pittsburg 7 4 .636
New York 8 6 .571
Boston 7 7 .500
Philadelphia 7 7 .500
Cincinnati 5 6 .455
Brooklyn 6 . 8 .429
St. Louis 3 10 .231
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
W. L. Pet.
Cleveland 8 5 .615
New York 8 5 .615
St. Louis 9 6 .600
Philadelphia ; 8 7 .533
Chicago 7 7 ..'O0
Boston 7 7 .500
Washington 5 9 .357
Detroit 3 9 .250
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L.
Pet.
.786
.750
.692
.643
.500
.303
.154
.154
Columbus 11
Toledo 9
Indianapolis 9
Louisville .9
Milwaukee 7
Kansas City 4
Minneapolis 2
St. Paul 2
3
3
4
5
7
9
11
11
THREE "I" LEAGUE.
W. L,
Decatur 1 0
Dubuque 1 0
Peoria 1 0
Rock Island 1 0
Bloomington 0 1
Cedar Rapids 0 1
Clinton 0 1
Springfield 0 1
Pet.
1.000
1.000
1,000
1.000
.coo
.000
.000
.000
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
W. L.
Pet.
1,000
.667
.667
.667
.429
.200
.200
.167
Fort Wayne 5
Dayton 4
Evansvllle 4
Terre Haute 4
Grand Rapids 3
South Bend . .1
Zanesville 1
Wheeling 1
RESULTS YESTERDAY.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago, 3; St. Louis, 1.
Plttsburg-Cincinnati, rain,
Boston, 3; New York, 2.
Brooklyn, 2; Philadelphia,
(five
Innings).
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit-Chicago, cold.
St. Louis, 9; Cleveland, 1.
Philadelphia, 1; Washington, 2 (eight
innings).
New York-Boston, rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
No games scheduled.
CENTRAL LEAGUE.
Terre Haute. 6; Grand Rapids, 4.
Evansvllle, 1; South Bend, 0.
Wheeling-Dayton, rain.
.Zanesville-Fort Wayne, rain.
THREE "I" LEAGUE.
Cedar Rapids, 0; Rock Island, 3.
Dubuque, 2 Clinton, 0.
Bloomington. 2: Peoria, 5.
Decatur, 2; Springfield, 1 (twelve in
nings). SQUIRES KNOCKS OUT ROCHE.
Australian Scores an Easy Victory in
Dublin, Winning in Fourth.
Dublin, April 30. Bill Squires of
Australia knocked out Jem Roche, who
claimed ' the championship of Ireland
until Tommy Burns, the American,
stowed him away, in the fourth round
of their bout here today. The result
came after Squires had held a lead
from the start, the blows which ended
the affair being a left to the body and
a right to the jaw.
CUBS RUB IT IN "BUGS."
If the St. Lous Cardinals were only
half as buggy as "Bugs" Raymond
there would have been some ball game
yesterday on the West Side. As things
turned out, the Cubs won 3 to 1, after
making a holy show of the tall-end-ers.
It was the first appearance here
of the Cardinals and few Chicago folk
knew just how bad they were. They
were the extreme of baseball wicked
ness in their season's debut at the big
end of the canal.
NO GAME AT DETROIT.
Detroit, April 30. Hughie Jennings
and his American league champions
enjoyed today in peace and quiet at
the bottom of the percentage column,
for they were unable to play the sec
ond game of the conflict with the Sox.
The weather man dished up all kinds
of conditions during the day. It was
cold and cloudy all morning, and at
noon a little snow and rain came down,
but only a light shower.
MAINE BLANKS HARVARD, 2 to 0.
Cambridge, Mass., April 30. The
University of Maine team today played
an errorless game and shut Harvard
out, 2 to 0. The men from Orono
touched up Slater for seven hits, while
the crimson batsmen found Ryan for
only three.
SPORTING BRIEFS.
The New York Giants appear to have
the Brooklyn team razzled for fair.
Shortstop Havel has been appointed
captain of the New Haven team in the
Connecticut league.
The New York, St. Louis and Boston
teams of the American league appear
to be much stronger than last year,
which augurs well for an Interesting
pennant race. ,
Mobile, the new member of the
Southern league, got a nice start by
winning three of the first four games
from New Orleans.
If the New York and Boston Na
tional league teams continue to play as
they started out this season, it will be
easy to determine who got the best
of the Tenny, Bowerman and McGann
trade.
Monte Cross, former shortstop for
the Athletics and now manager of the
Kansas City team. Is ambitious to lead
a major league club after a season or
two with the minors.
Good hitting doesn't count when the
error column is working overtime. The
St. Louis Nationals outhit Chicago In a
recent game five hits to one, but were
shut out by a score of 2 to 0.
The two St. Louis teams could not be
farther apart, with the Americans
playing on the roof and the Nationals
in the sub-cellar.
The experiment of running two base
ball teams at Erie, Pa., is attracting
attention. While the O. and P. league
team plays at Girard, a few miles from
Erie, and is officially known as the
Girard team, it is owned and managed
by the owners of the Erie Interstate
league clubs.
Tad Jones, famous Yale athlete, is a
the sick list-
Ty Cobb is to be given a loving
cup by the White Sox fans.
Mason Rumney, halfback on the
Michigan Varsity for two seans, is
down with typhoid fever in London.
Kaiser Wilhelm and the crown prince
are enthusiastic fans. Now wouldn't
that make you shout "Hoch."
Harry Ostdeik, drafted by Boston
from Youngstown, has been turned over
to Trenton of the Tri-state league.
The attendance at Brooklyn this
spring indicates that the owners of
the Superbas will make a pot of money.
Detroit papers are roasting the
champions. And think of the talk last
summer and during the training season
this spring.
A St. Louis scribe is knocking Mc
Aleer and trying his best to shove Jack
O'Connor into the job. Now that
Jimmy has put together a winner they
can't let him alone.
LABOR NEWS
The International Association of Ma
chinists, which was organized nineteen
years ago at Atlanta, now has over 800
lodges in the United States, Canada.
Newfoundland and Mexico, and has
working agreements with 90 per cent of
the leading railways of America.
At the last convention of the Cigar-
makers' International union in Phila
delphia, it was decided to build a home
after the manner of the Union Printers
Home In Colorado Springs. San An
tonio, Texas, appears to be the most
likely site for the institution.
The officers of the International
Bass Molders' Union of North America
report that since the establishment of
the international in October, 1904, the
membership has increased to 10,000.
The organization pays sick and death
benefits.
Two hundred school teachers in Gal
latin County, Illinois, are reported to
have signed a strike order to become
effective next fall. They demand high
er salaries and declare that if these
are not forthcoming they will not
teach.
To present 50,000 Italian workers in
the clothing trades from acting as
strike breakers against the United He
brew Trades there will be organized
the Italian Central Labor Union. It
will be given full autonomy and no at
tempt will be made by the United He
brew Trades to dominate It.
It is reported that several cotton
mill managers in Mississippi are to
make a test of the McDowell child la
bor law, enacted at the recent session
of the Mississippi legislature and
which becomes effective Oct. 1.. The at
tack on the law will be made on the
ground that it is in the nature of class
legislation and Is, therefore, unconsti
tutional. As an Illustration of the demand
for farm labor and good prices of
fered for it, there has been made pub
lic the labor scale for 1S88, just Issued
by the Farmers' Institute at Greeley,
Colo. Regular help by the month will
be paid 30 and board. Extra good
men will be kept over the winter at
$30 and board. The rate for irrigators
is fixed at $30 a month, with extra pay
for Sundays and holidays.
HOBART.
Mrs. Robert McRoberts and daugh
ter and sister of Flttsfield. Mass.. are
here for a few weeks' visit with old
friends.
Fred Kraft, sr., who was quite badly
injured in a runaway several weeks
ago, was down town yesterday for tho
first time since the accident.
Ex-Postmaster C. O. Johnston has
again begun mending boots and shoes
at his home near the E. J. & E. tracks.
George Ragen went to Michigan City
yesterday to visit friends for a couple
of days.
Charles Knitter and family of Mo
mence, Ind., are here visiting at the
home of Dr. Petrie and family for a
few days.
Charles Hideen, aged 47 years, died
at his home on Lake avenue, yesterday
morning at 8 o'clock. Mr. Hideen has
been a long sufferer with consumption
and his death was not a surprise to
his many friends. Funeral services
will be held at the late home at 1
o'clock Saturday afternoon and burial
will take place at Crown Point ceme
tery. Mr. Hideen was a member of
Court Hobart No. 3, I. O. F. of A., and
also a member of the Odd Fellows.
Fifty of our local democrats will at
tend the convention.
Pursuant to a call, the democrats of
Hobart township met in mass con
vention last evening in the town hall
and selected the following delegates
and alternates to the county conven
tion to be held at Gary tomorrow at
I o'clock p. m.: Delegates Fred
Francen, Bert Guyer, Edward Fiester,
Owen Roper, H. J. Black. William
Croan, William Kostbade, James Gill.
George Wilson. Alternates James
Guyer, Gib Bullock, Fred Thompson,
George Warchus, Paul Newman, E. H.
Guyer, A. J. Smith, Jacob Kramer, Geo.
Ragen, Fred Kock. At the same time
the following delegates and alter
nates to the Joint democratic conven
tion, to be held at the same place at
II o'clock a. m., were chosen: Dele
gates Ed Keilman, A. J. Smith. Alter
nates George Warchus, William Kost
bade. WHEELER.
Mrs. Levi Bay was a Valparaiso vis
itor Thursday.
Mrs. Unrub of Valparaiso was a
Wheeler visitor Thursday.
Mrs. Clarence Louks ond children
are visiting relatives In Wheeler.
The athletic meet between Hobart
and Wheeler high schools has been
postponed a week on account of the
unfitness of the track,