The Lake County times. [volume], May 07, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Page 5, Image 5

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Thursday, May 7, 1903.
Day's Grist in
Soutfe Chicago
DIES "IN THE HARNESS"
HIS EAZOR IN HAND.
Barber Succumbs to Heart Failure
"While Shnvinsr Patron.
John L. Thomas, 56 years old, pro
prietor of a barber shop at 6103 "Went-
worth avenue, dropped dead while shav
ing a detective yesterday morning.
Thomas was drawing the razor
across the face of the detective's face
when he fell down upon the floor. The
detective at once summoned the am
bulance, but the man was dead when it
arrived. Heart disease was thought to
be the cause.
EX-WORLD'S CHAMPION
POOL PLAYER AT ROGERS.
Charlie Weston Will Give Exhibition
Shots and Demonstrate Fine
Points of Game.
Charlie Weston, the ex-world's cham
pion pool player will be at Rogers pool
rooms this evening where he will give
exhibition shots and demonstrate the
fine points of the game to its local fol
lowers.
Weston, 'who Is known the country
over as the "Cowboy" pool player, re
cently finished second in the tourna
ment which was held at Recital hall.
Although beaten out in the cham
pionship series the cowboy showed that
he knew something about the game.
and it was only by poor luck on bank
shots that he lost the game.
w eston nas promised to stay over
tomorrow evening If the attendance
warrants It
GET NEWS OF DEATH OF
FORMER SO. CHICAGOAN.
Word Received of Fatal Accident
Harry Alton at Hoboken.
to
wora was received yesterday an
nouncing tne aeatn or Harry Alton, a
former South Chicago'resident and em
ploye of the Illinois Steel company
Three, years ago Alton left South Chi
cago for Hoboken, New Jersey, where
he has since lived. While working In a
foundry there, he was caught between
tne snarting wheels and ground to
death before the eyes of fellow work
men.
' The news of his death was received
yesterday In a letter sent to Rudolph
Hansen of Windsor Park, who was a
close friends of the deceased.
Alton in the letter told of his en
gagment to a Hoboken girl, which now
can never take place.
The deceased was 26 years old and
lived with his parents in Hoboken.
Briefs.
C. Schmalhaussen, 267 Ninety-second
Street has rented the building at 9332
Cottage Grove avenue, to be used as a
first-class saloon and liquor house. Mr.
Schmalhausen is wel known all through
South Chicago and has made a host
of friends throughout the territory.
The Athena club has announced an
Informal May party for Wednesday
evening, May 20, at Odd Fellows hall,
Cheltenham. Grand march will take
place at 9 o'clock.
BURNHAM.
Mabel Anderson visited friends
In
P.oseland Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. By bee "of Chicago visited her
mother, Mrs. Greenburg, one day this
week.
The Misses Elsie and Lizzie Jordan,
Lucille Holt and Mable Anderson at
tended the theater in Chicago, Saturday
evening. j
G. F. Eldred has just returned from i
Chas. J. Simon fi Bro.
Pawnbrokers
236 02nd St, So. Chicago
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Fainting and Decorating:
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Tal. So. Chicago 212
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Oeneral Contractor and Builder
Fire Losses Adjusted
Jobbing Promptly Attended to
ICS 20 TORRENCE AVE., Chlcazo
: Phone, South Chicago 480
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Beidenc 9120 Exchange avtnun.
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South DeerlBs, IU
E"trt-Claa 3etaurant, Oakery Good,
Clears and Tobacco.
' Exclusive Aeenta Xo
4 5HBJ OKS COUNTY TIME .
' JiA All Chicago Fas en, -
Michigban and reports everything pros
perous there.
Miss Mamie Poulln entertained a
number of friends at her home on Pull
man avenue, last ' Sunday evening,
among whom were Misses Lillie and
Albena Doe, Ella Hohny; Messrs. Carl
Hohny, Fay Lamtnering, Gne Miles and
Jack Hill.
Several from Burnham attended Com
panion lodge at Crane's hall last even
ing. F. G. Meyfaith was a Hammond vis
itor today.
Mrs. Feak spent the afternoon with
Mrs. Thatcher.
W. E. Combs has returned to Gary.
Mrs. "Walter Combs went to Chicago
today.
J. "VHneland of Englewood was a
business visitor yesterday.
STONY ISLAND.
Mrs. B. F. Whitley of Collinwood, O.,
returned home yesterday after being
here several days on business.
J. W. Swartzeli was in South Chi
cago on business yesterday.
Messrs. Albert and Arthur Schwuds
played, baseball in Valparaiso Sunday
with a city team. The brothers have
rentnttv Hahanded from the Cornell
team of Grand Crossing.
During the last few days the Nickel
Plate railroad has been receiving cars
of flah daily from the Western roads
which ented Chicago. The fish are en
route for New York and other East
ern torts for the various steamship
lines where they cross the ocean.
August Ulrlch attended the meet
ing of the Royal League at Parkside
of which he is Archeon.
Mrs. G. J. Miller Is on the sick list.
Mrs. William Chanel was a South
Chicago visitor yesterday.
Albert Ford is leveling off his lot
west Of his house and also fencing it.
Mr. Ford exoects to have an ideal
home this summer.
Miss Ida Stephenson was a South
Chicago visitor yesterday.
James Harder of 1189 Ninety-third
street is having his house painted.
L. Jones Is working on the house of
William Rati! o,f McFarland avenue.
THE CIGAR IS LOADED
Smoking a cigar yesterday came near
costing the life of John Burofowski,
Eighty-second street and Green Bay
avenue. Some "Smart Alec" handed
Burofowski a cigar and the man took
it in good faith, think the fellow had
Just received his week's pay and was
feeling good. Going home he lighted
the cigar. Hardly had he smoked ten
puffs on the Havana when there was
an explosion and part of the cigar, or
rather some chemical In the cigar,
shot down his throat, severely burning
the thorax and larnyx. A physician
was called and the injured man taken
care of, and although he is improving
It will be several days before he can
partake of any kind of solid food as
the entire lining of the throat has been
burned raw. There is still a chance
for blood poison setting in, but this
is not considered probable by the phy
sician who attended him.
Burofowski can give no description
of the man more than he was a young
fellow and had dark hair. The man
who gave him the cigar is supposed
to be an employe of th Illinois Steel
company, as Burofowski says the man
came out from the plant.
SEURTH .IS A SLEUTH
Officer Henry Seurth of the East Side
station in South Chicago, virtually pre
vented a robbery last night which
would have cost the East Side Team-
ling & Express company In the neigh
borhood. of $500. His timely appearance
on the scene prevented this and resulted
in a long and weary chase which was
taken up by himself and several fellow
officers, the chase however. belng futile
as far as a capture of the thieves is
concerned.
About ten o'clock last night, as Officer
Seurth was walking his beat in the
neighborhood of One Hundred street
and Ewing avenue, he noticed two men
standing watch on the outside of the
teaming office while another man was
further down the street. He noticed
that the office window was open and
that a wheelbarrow was standing on
the sidewalk beside the building. He
had Just sized up the situation when
one man jumped out of the office and
the four of them ran down the street.
turning into the Lake Shore right of
way.
The officer followed and fired his gun
to make them stop but they were to
far ahead of him for his gun to bo
effective. He called for assistance from
his station which was readily given
him and with the four men on the trail
of four burglars the chase lasted until
after midnight.
YOUR CHOICE
Has Gome at Last!
We Must Clean Oat Our Large
Slock of Spring and Scanner
Goods. We Need the Money and
CAN Save Money for you.
For the next thirty days $20 and
$35 suits made for
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J. KAUFMAN,
THE COMMERCIAL TAILOR,
9147 Commercial Avenue
TWO CITIES ARE
BROWING RAPIDLY
Population of East Chicago
and Harbor Astounds
Enumerators.
DETAILS NOT YET COMPLETED
School Census Show That Both
Places Are Growing With
Rapidity.
It Is estimated on figures returned
by the census enumerators that East
L-nicago ana Indiana Harbor have a
combined population of something over
15.000.
Superintendent Canine of the East
Chicago schools is busy with the fig
ures. He has been out of town for
the past few days so ha3 not got down
to details as yet, but these will be com
puted as rapidly as possible, now that
he is back.
Details Not All In.
The total number of "children" be
tween the ages of six and twenty-one
in East Chicago and Indiana Harbor is
3.089. Of these 1,803 are attributed to
East Chicago while 1,286 are credited
to the Harbor. Thus far the compara
tive number of girls and boys has not
been arrived at, nor have the other
details been computed. Superintendent
Canine says that conditions are so dif
ferent in East Chicago and Indiana
Harbor from those of other cities
where the population consists more
largely of families living In homes
that the usual ration of children to be
populated Is' not correct in this case
A conservative estimate of the popula
tion can be arrived at, declares Super
lntendent Canine, by multiplying the
number of children by five. The reason
of this is that especially In Indiana
Harbor there is such a large percentage
of the residents who are single men
that the usual rules of figuring does
not apply. In Indiana Harbor there are
many large boarding houses each con
taining from fifty to 100 men who are
either single, or if married have their
families In the old country.
According to Mr. Canine's figuring
the population of East Chicago and In
diana Harbor would be 15,445.
BOARD HOLDS MEETING
East Chicago Gratified to
Hear of Land Com
pany Donation. v '
The East Chicago board of education
held a meeting last night at which
George W. Ross manager of the East
Chicago Lad company brought the glad
tidings that his company would donate
about twice aa large a lot for the
new school building that is to be erect
ed at Parish avenue and One Hundred
and Forty-first street, as was originally
intended. The site at first agreed on
was 165x175 feet. Now a lot 256x200
feet Is offered, a telegram confirming
this gift having been received yester-
day from Robert E. Todd of Boston,
president of the East Chicago company.
The 256 frontage Is the entire width of
one block.
Architect J. P. Hutton of Hammond,
was given Instructions to proceed with
the drawing up of the plans and spec
ifications for a thirteen room school
building, to cost in the neighborhood
of $50,000.
Judge T. M. C. Hembroff was appoint
ed by the board of education to draw
up the deeds and attend to all the legal
work that may be necessary in the
building of the school and the transfer
of the site.
There seems. now 7io doubt that the
sewer on the construction of which
the East Chicago company made a con
sideration in its gift of the school site!
will be built, the city council having
Instructed the city engineer to proceed
with the plans and specifications for the
same. The East Chicago company will
bear the most of the expense in this
connection as the company owns most
of the land which will be benefited by
the Improvement.
WILL CLOSE MAY THE 10
Calumet Theater Sets That
Day as iast of Its
Season.
Sunday, May 10. has been set for
the closing of the Calumet theater, and
Manager John Connors stated yester
day that the season of 1907 and 'OS was
one of the most successful years since
he has been In the playhouse business
After a two months close-down the
theater will reopen with the regular
two shows a week. Although there
was the financial flurry this year, Man
ager Connors says that it has not af-
l fected his business In the least.
"Deadood Dick's Last Shot" has been
set for the last day of the season and
this show will be given at the Calu
met theater Sunday afternoon and
evening. Manager Connors is making
special plana for giving several extra
features at the concluding perform
ance so that it will remain a memor
able one In the history of the Calu
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ALEX. ROGERS IS DEAD
Prominent Woodlawn In
surance Man Succumbs
to Heart Failure.
Alexander Rogers of "Woodlawn, and
superintendent of the South Chicago
division of the Prudential Insurance
company, died yesterday at his home
in Woodlawn, 11 Arcade Row, after an
illness of a few days with heart dis
ease. The deceased .was 50 years old
and for the last twenty-five years had
been connected with the Prudential In
surance company, working his way up
from solicitor to general superintend-
nte of the Calumet region which com
prises South Chicago, Harvey, East
Side, Pullman, West Pullman, Burn
side, Kensington, Roseland, Grand
Crossing, Stony Island, Whiting, Indi
ana Harbor, East Chicago and Ham
mond.
At the local office in South Chicago
Mr. Rogers had fifty men under him
and the position was a very important
one.
While not a South Chicago man, Mr.
Rogers has spent the largest majority
of his time here for the past five years
and has a very extensive acquaintance
through South Chicago and in fact the
entire Calumet district.
His death came as a shock to the of
fice employes at South Chicago and for
a time there waa quite a little commo
tion in the office. Sam Heyfitz, as
sistant to Hr. Rogers, will probably be
placed In charge of this district owing
to Mr. Roger's death.
Deceased leaves a wife and two chil
dren to mourn his death.
The funeral arrangements have not
vet been made.
SOU OVER HORSE BITE
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Mrs. iora seurtn vs.
Adolph Hoock Causes
Wide Interest.
The case of Mrs. Flora Seurth vs.
Adolph Haack, an East Side grocer,
will come up next Monday before Judge
Gemmil at the Michigan avenue branch
of the municipal court. The case Is
an important one and is causing con
slderable talk throughout the East
Side.
On the afternoon of Dec. 26 Mrs
Seurth was bitten on the shoulder by
a horse which was attached to a gro
cery wagon owned by Adolph Haack, a
grocery man at 9913 Ewing avenue.
Mrs. Seurth sustained serious Injuries
and was confined to her home for over
two months. For a time her life was
dispalred of, but finally she was pulled
out of danger by two local physicians.
Mrs. Seurth is Just regaining the use
of her left arm, which was paralyzed
and she is thought to be on the road
to rocovery.
Smietanka and Paulka are represent
ing the complainant, and Kruse and
Peden will represent the defendant. A
large number of friends have signified
their intention of going down town to
attend the trial.
It the jobber stopped sending onf
talesmen how Ions; would his business
last? If yon stop advertlalns -well,
$I475
WILL PROBABLY
CLOSEJflKE SHOPS
Enforcement of Sanitary-
Rules Will Put Them
Out of Business.
With the posting of the order! reg
ulating the sanitary condition of the
bakery shops of Gary by Health Of
ficer Dr. T. B. Templin, It Is expected
that about half of the dozen hovels in
which the manufacture of food takes
place in this city will quit the busi
ness. Drastic action was found to be
necessary after the terrible condition of
several of the places was discovered.
It is expected that all of them will
receive formal notice thisKveek.
The rules and regulation which they
will be compelled to live up to in the
future are those recently passed by the
legislature, which will br printed and
distributed among the offenders of the
provision and posted about town.
Among the rules which all of them
are breaking every day, in wWoletf or in
part, and against the infraction of
which Dr. Templin especially warns
them, are:
Some of the Rulea Broken.
First. Every building, room or
cellar, occupied or used as a bakery
shall be properly , heated, lighted
drained, plumbed and ventilated.
Second. Floors, sidewalks, ceilings
and fixtures shall be kept in a clean
sanitary condition, and shall be plast
ered or wainscoted and sealed with
metal or lumber. The aides, walls, etc..
must be either lime washed or painted
Third. The floors shall be imper
meable and expectoration shall not be
allowed.
i ourth. No person is allowed to
sleep where food products are made or
where flour and meal Is stored.
Fifth. All bakeries should be pro
vided with wash rooms and laveratories
in rooms separate to the .Bhop.
Several of the bakeries in the south
end, operated by foreigners, violate
every one of the above provisions. With
but one or two exceptions no sem
blence of sanitation could be found
The conditions were so revolting that
they were at once reported to the town
board which ordered the action which
will be taken this week by Dr. Temp
lin. The authorities believe that as a re
sult many of them will be forced to
close up their shops. Those who are
producing food stuffs in certain build
ings are barely able to make a living
and will be unable to fix up suitable
quarters in which to carry on the busi
ness. Several of the foreigners have no
floors in their buildings at all, and
the walls are constructed like those
of an ordinary woodshed and worse
than a barn.
In several Instances It was found
that the foreigners slept In the ba
keries and in one case a man was dis
covered sleeping on the mixing board
Itself. Some of the men employed in
the shops were so dirty that the sight
of them was revolting. In one In
stance It was found that the flour was
stored in a vacant stall In a barn In
which horses were stalled on eacah side
nd when a supply ran low a horse
was frequently put in that place.
The product of these shops Is con
sumed almost entirely by foreigners.
This fact accounts for the fact that
but few complaints had been heard of
the conditions which existed and which
until lately had not been discovered.
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