Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 4

DETROIT REE PRESS SAT 4 18SG MICHIGAN THE BAILB0AD3 MICHIGAN CROP! Grand Rapids reight reight A sociation Middle and CJKCCiaTIOS Tha rsday 1901 7 lll'l'H past of the Stuckholdei of the LAID AWAY the Eh ONE HUNDRED CENTS for ACROSS THE RIVER CLUBBING POLICEMEN CLEARING UP A MURDER I A Couple Jailed at Oscoda for The Crime LOCAL BREVITIES OHB EELATIOXS WITH MEXICO CONLAGRATIONS The Ilasine of a iiluit Put II INCIDENTALLY MENTIONED I CW This is a tol The names Tar rex: Press is indented to Secretary of Statu Conant for the bound volumes of the Statu Census taken in ISSA or the not earnestly labored and white and an the vicinity The utmost capacity Vinderidroielie on Patriotism cashier of the Sav will preside nt the lecture on to be given at the Detroit Opera Limb of 5000 The Rutland Herald the leading Republican paper in Vermont says the views of the Ver mont legislators in favor of Blaine as a candi date for President in 1888 were expressed be fore the Edmunds episode and do not now rep resent the sentimeifts of lhe legislators It speaksof conduct as actofdis courtesty which tends to widen the breach in the party and therefore makes him less avail able as a Hu was taken to the Detroit Sanita the oor home is on Russell street The propped South Pacific cable seems to Ic a wnrrant for belief in the coming to pass of the brilliant dream of the Polynesian do mizucn ale deration of all the isles of the sun set sea under the direction of Great Britain At Lis present rate of progress Janies Blaine will have to be introduced to the Re publican party if he wants to be the candi date in ISAS Commercial Tlie Tribune spent so much of its limited intellectual force in misrepresenting what The ree Press said concerning Secretary Manning's report that it did not have enough left to make its view of that document clear Consequently it has to go all over the matter again to tell tho Grand Rapids loader what it did and did not mean Bulgaria continues princeless while the powers hunt for a titled nobody representing livthiig who may Le safely trusted with the La able of rulership No man with an opinion or a record need apply Axx ARBOR December 10 Nothing new in the Keck matter was developed to day Judge Cooley was in consultation with John Keck for some hours last night but as usual in this case it is Impossible to learn the result of the confer ence Ho assignment has yet been liled in the office The declarations of the Ameri can Exchange Bank of Detroit in two suits against Martin Keck on notes or $2500 and $3 OOOsfgned by Martin Keck indorsed Jobu Keck Co were filed in the oiliee to day Once Talented nnd Independent Two Broken Legs Oscoda December Yesterday A McDonald a prominent lumberman and Henry Minard were brought to Au able from lhe woods with a broken leg each McDonald was overseeing the loading of Iocs at his camp on the Au Sable where the accident happened It is stated that Dawson formerly Assis tant iSui'erintondent of the Grand 'trunk Kail way at London and lately agent of the t'tnli A Northern Kailway at Butte is shortly to be appointed General Agent of the Kailway at Portland Ou at a salary of 33000 per year Mr ink says: By a vote of the Joint com mittee it has been agreed to advance east bound rates to the basis of thirty cents on tho thlr teenth chiss and thirty rive centson the twelfth class taking effect Monday December 20 each year equal to three fourths of the net profits thus enabling the city to reduce the price of gas to consumers if it chooses The moral cf this is that it does not pay a city to dispose of its property or franchises without having some good idea of what they are worth and without having free competition on the part of responsible bidders ree Press has joined the rapksof authors having recently made bis the New England lecture bureau tho Tremont Temple Boston On loiiK December 10 A meeting of the Lake Erie cc Western Railroad Directors was field this afternoon when tho resignations of Directors Butler and Rico were received and Cummings and John Martin were elected in their places President ILK Lyman and Vice President A White resigned their offi cial positions but remain in the directory The new board organized by electing Cum mingsraf Chicago President and Erank Hol lins Vice President The changes were made to recognize a new element who have become prominent security holders and it is stated that the read has been put in so good a timmcial con dition that it will bo taken out of tho hands as soon os the legal requirements can be complied with The two assessments on tho stock has yielded over in cash and are amply sufficient to pay all outstanding obliga tions Placards bearing the names of all who havo violated the early closing agreement aro to bo hung in all Knights of Labor assem Lly rooms Tho alarm of fire frotn box No 513 last evening was caused by a fire in bakery No 274 Grand River avenue Data ngo nominal John ret a switchman employed in the Wubash Railroad yards had bis light hand crushed at 11 last night while coupling ciia rinin in A TASK ALMOST HOPED glng the Aliern December Charles Com stock who is in jail here for shooting at Elmer Montreal Qi December 2 he traffic returns of the Grand Trunk Rail way for last week were Passenger train earn ings freight train earnings $239501 total 335410as compared with $318447 for the corresponding period last year showing an increase of $101'03 Broad and ortieth St European ias amous Restaurant Kuwm I per day Vpwards Xt ley a ct Homelike lie Learns Something of Human Nature A Maine druggist has written a play It should be a good one A man who keeps a soda water fountain in a prohibition State learns bow to judge human nature Advertiser They do say that Senator Hawley is to to chosen iiis own successor by the Connecticut Legislature undr a bond that Le nnd newspaper the Hartford Conrant shall sup port Blaine for the publican nomination in We shall see Brer Hawley does not nally wear a ring in Lis nose Yawcob Strauss Our old contributor Charles ollen Adams of Boston whoso nom de plume originated in the poem of that name which was published originally in The Detroit lecturing debut in course at this occasion he appeared as substitute for the Rev Henry Ward Beecher who was un able to meet his engagement on account of sickness The Boston Globe in alluding to this new departure of Mr Adams says Charles ollen Adams the dialect poet has accepted the inevitable and no appears upon the lecture platform as an interpreter of his own literary productions Thu reputation ofMr Adams as a writer of dialect verse which contains not only the elements of humor and pathos but also the touch of nature that makes the whole world should insure Him success in his new field Of his entertainment the Globe says: is rarely we have the pleasure of heal ing an author in his own creations nnd in this sphere Mr Adams is inimitable His make up was perfect and in his Deutsch dialect he never overstepperl the bounds Lut gave a thoroughly artistic rendering of his various selections The pathetic portions which have made his numerous poems so pleas ing to many who do not ordinarily enjoy dia lect effusions were given in a manner that touched all hearts and tho applause be re ceived was as tremendous as the size of the audience a distinct braced up being wide soiinthn YftUrday Jacksox December 10 The American Sheep Register Association resumed its session nt 10 this morning The reports of committees were presented and adopted after which officers were elected as follows President Dean Napoleon Vice President Win Reed Secre tary Edwards Horton Treasurer A Wetmore: Executive Board Copeland Latimer Miller Shoit and An drew Ward: Register Committee Ken nedy Dean Committee on Programme Kennedy Dean Dean The next annual meeting of the association will bo held in this city subject to tho call of the President After transacting some miscellaneous busi ness tho convention adjourned Briggs in alina as mentioned in this I ref Press denies that he shot at Briggs and claims only to have beeu shooting at a bird Time for Claim The Democrat of Columbus Ohio will cele brate the anniversary of the battle of Orleans Jt is now t'rne for Pr' tectioust papers to make the contention that the battle was the blessed re tilt ni a high protec tive Louis Post DLpatch on the 5tlte of Politic Sunset Cox says it is like paradise to tpt 1 sick to America Horrors! Is Jnet goteri on the stage I Ctnouicle 1'r ings Bank House to morrow evening by the Rev Vandendriesehe jyistor of the Church of tha Assumption nt Creek Tne four Loxes have been taken by Mavor Cbatntor lain Win Thonijison Hammond and Win Hamlin and the following will actus Vice ITesidents on the occasion Thomas Nes ter Rabaut George 11 Ifauimond Al exander Cbapoton Sr Col John Atkinson lynn Joseph Belanger Tlos Griffin Jeremiah Dwyer Moran John Collins Wm Moran Van Antwerp A Micten djer rancis Palms Campnu Ctos Rousseau Elliott Harris A Hickey TLoinas McGrath Cusgrain George Wan Dyke Blake Wm llamiin Moloney Young blood a Pulte Sr A Glmpoton Jr Jo Hr itzsimons Luke Crossley Michael Brennan Tills PaEK ham the largest C1R Cl I1TIO5 IN THE is TATE below where nwht in the food is given the criminals Mimnan ion Hisliisiorv i was once independent and talented but who has come fovY iu ue a ramr Charles VI artier that lie is the author of li'ty two inventions among which the best improve ments and real utilization of Colt's revolver and conversion ct the Springfield muzzle leading into a Lrca 'h Ruding' rifle stand prem HvL1 St rsnch College at Loretto Pa Burned Ixaretto One wing of rancis College and Monastery wan destroyed by fire yesterday Losa s25J0o fuly insured The Center State Prohibition organ is out with a strong editorial exposing the hollow mockery of the Republican attitude on sub mission and opposing petitioning the Legisla ture If the amenduiGnt is submitted the Cen ter says that Prohibitionists will support it of course Lut have no hope of its success the the party Chicago December Chief of Police Eber sold said this morning that he had instituted an investigation into the alleged assault made by Officer Nohr erroneously printed on peddler in a saloon at 401 North Clark street "When I get through with my said the chief "Die papers will be informed of my action and not before You can rest as sured however that if Nohr is guilty ho will bo "What is tho matter with tho newspapers added the chief after pause "In wfiat respect vas asked "Why It eeins that they must be running short of news and have nothing else to do but pitch into the police force Jt is not true that this force is not properly disciplined it is one of the best regulated forces of police in tho coun try and 1 know what i am talking about The trouble is however that there are a lot of inex perienced boys on the papers to day who think it is quite smart to vent their spite against three or rour officers bn the entire police force This thing do 1 have often occupied valuable lime and gone out of my way to oblige reporter but if they have no sense of justice or consider ation for favors I will call a halt at once in self Ills Tt ma i in Didn't Trouble lUm The President seem to have been troubled with rheumatism when he tackled the tariff question where he's healthy and sound Herald charge uu annual rental to the citv of less tian £1000000 in any ono during the term of the lease for the live years to pay sum each year equal to half tho profits without deducting the cost of extensions and new improvements in which it is agreed to exjeud £3 000 DOO for the remain ing aty vats of the lease to pay a sum slipped room snore with awake the speech while Senator George and Senator Stanford slumbered softly with their chins burled in liieir shut the quotations in the the same Republi can authority says down from the light of other days and one of the stenograph ers said be reported some of the speech twenty years The Senate did not wake up until Senator Beck went at the question in Lis usual bannuer aud tengs way The Last Tribute of Respect Paid to ClEvnAND December 10 There iscoasider able excitement at Mrday over the arrest of three men Implicated in a plot to born the city Night before last there were seven fire be fore midnight They were tn different arts of the town and clearly of incendiary origin Wm 1 wining one ot the men arrested has made a confeBSion implicating the others Losu name are mlth and George Ramsay They laid tlie pot to burn and plunder the town Lassino December or this rerort re turns have been received from 672 correspond ents representing 555 townships our hun dred and fifty seven of these returns are from 351 townships in the southern four tiers of counties The condition of wheat in the southern four tiers of counties is 95 in lhe northern counties 102 and the average for tlie state i 97 100 rep resenting vitality and growth of average years The condition in the southern counties one year ago was 94 and iu the northern counties 96 Damage by fiy is reported by 105 correspondents in the southern four tiers of counties and by cnly two in the northern counties As usual the damage is greatest in St Joseph County Jlany of the correspondents in this county state that tLe crop is "badly Re ports have been received of the quantity of wheat marketed by farmers during the month of November at 25S elevator and mill Of thee 213 are in the southern four tiers of counties which is fifty per cent of the whole number of elevators and mills in these counties TLe total number of bushels reported marketed is 1411 SA of which 312777 bushels were marketed in the first of southern tier of counties lA'lS ls bushels in the second tier 260548 bushels in tho third tier 279001 bushels in the fourth tier and 1175G2 bushels in the counties north of the southern four tier At thirty five elevator or fourteen per cent of the whole number from which reports have been received there was no wheat marketed during the month The total number of bushels of wheat reported marketed in August September October and November is G12u754 which is1023110 bushels less than reported marketed during the same months in iis85 The yield of clover seed in the southern four tiers of counties averages one and 5G lnin dredths bushels and in the northern counties two and 13 hnndredths bushels per acre Less i than one half of the correspondents in tho northern counties make any report on clover seed but of these a number report exceptionally large yields Horses cattle sheep and swine are generallv reported in "good healthy and thrifty In answer to the question the potato crop injured Ly rot this year 181 correspond ents in the southern counties and ninety in the northern answer and 220 correspondents in the southern counties and 112 in the northern answer In the southern counties ten per cent and tn the northern live per cent of the crop was destroyed A it Response to an Sneer his defeat Mr Horizontal Bill Mor rison has been dignified with the title if Daily Times this as sault on the works of ort Donelson Col Vi iilium hlorriscm fell badly wounded Memoirs Oscoda December Charles Harvey and wife of this place were arrested Tuesday for keeping house of ill fame at Tawas City ana lodged in the lock up here Later it transpired that they are wanted to gether with Thomas Wilson nnd Mattie Smith now in the Tawas jail for the murder of Joe Kennedy near Tawas three months since Har wife has partially confessed The arrest for running a disorderly house was merely a subterfuge to hold them until evidence of the murder was collected Harvey was connected with a murder in Oscoda a year ago but got off for lack of evidence Report on AVhrat Clover Seed Potatoes President 5Ies St IjOi't December 10 The stockholders of the Mhsouri Pacific Railroad Company held a special meeting to day iu response to a call by I Gould Three fifths of the stock was represented The first proposition voted on was to increase the capital stock 4000000 over and above the present capital stock the Board of Director to give stockholders of the old Issue preference in the purchase of tho new stock at not Jess than par The uext proposition was to increase tho lamded indebtedness of the company 000OlO over the present in debtedness Ly the iue of collateral trust bonds bearing interest at tho rate of five per cent to be secured by a deosit with a trustee of first mortgage bonds ol railway companies con trolled or operated by the Missouri Pacific Company ns a part of its system the issue of such bonds to be limited ns specified in the trust indenture The propositions were adopted unanimously The lessees of the Leroy nnd Caney Valley Air Line Railway of Kansas and of the Verdigris Valley Independence A West ern Railway of Kansas were ratified as were also the guaranty of their first mort gage bonds '1 he Missouri Pacific directors to day declared the regular quarterly dividend ot one and three tourth per cent payable January 3 Changes In the Hoard of Directors of the THE VOTE The Union members of the next Legislature will have the rather melancholy pleasure of voting for some distinguished member of their party for the position of United States Sena tor Upon whom they will confer the honor will not be determined until the Legislature convenes It is interesting in this connection to consider the course of previous minorities in this relation With tho exception of one ballot in 1883 when some nine Union members voted for erry the opposition in to Grand Rapids December Rev renstrasser was buried to day The edifice in which the deceased had so was heavily draped in black air of solemnity pervaded church was crowded to its while hundreds stood on the outside unable to gain admittance Among the large and elegant lloral gilts was a cross with tho inscription "1 the gift of the young ladies a lyre in white immortelles and smilax with the word in violets was lhe gift of the choir Solemn pontifical high iuas began at 9 with Bishop Richter as celebrant Itev ather Roche officiating as priest The deacons ot honor were athers Grimuie of Big Rapids and Bolte ot Ionia There was a large number of priests present from abroad The ex ercises lasted over two hours After mass ather Wermers of St Boniface Church De troit delivered an able tribute tn the dead priest who was a warm friend ot his during his life The remains were interred in Nit Calvary Cemetery followed by hundreds of people Drowned in a Milt Knee I Kalamazoo December The I body of George was found this morn ing in the Portage Creek mill race in the south erly part of tho city by his son in law Michael Riley lie had been missing since Wednesday i noon when he left hi daughter's house in an Intoxicated condition He tvas 67 years old and bad Leeu iu this country coming from Ireland I a year and a halt The Real Truth of the Matter A gentleman remarked yesterday test South was made for hospitality and Lff New England weather The truth is tbo Scuth has Lad a good deal of trouble during the past twenty years Ucnztiratk Philadelphia is bound to Le a great gainer by the agitation of tho question whether the gas work now owned by the city should or should uot be leased A syndicate of local capitalists recently made a very handsome offer to the city for the lease and there was a strong feeling in favor of accepting it but tbe possibility that the works might pass into private control has stimulate other equally 7 esponslLle local bidders and a second propo sition has been made even better than the first This is first of all in accordance with the proposition cf the inance Committee of the Council to furnish gas to tbe public at not more than $1 50 per thousand feet and to light the streets and public buildings free of I'licu there is a guarantee to pay not year first There will be a sparring exhibition at ike Windsor Gymnasium next Monday evening John Lat chain proprietor of the West End Hotel at Windsor lias taken his departin'? from the town much to the regrut of suudry creditors The Sunday School of the Windsor Epis copal Church bus been holding a fancy fMr for the last two da vs in the British Americas block and netted $250 The entire crev of the schooner Mirr vr licit as wrecked on Lake Erie recentlt tvero in Windsor yesterday They were pen niless and the authorities furnisbe them wi'h tickets to Buffalo Windsor can boast of one sensible man at least Alexander Byyd was arraigned before Magistrate Harriet yesterdav for mauling hit mother in law Magistrate irtlet said as does the Count in the "I con gratulate and is Awarded SI Axx Arbor December 10 A curious slander case between two lawyers was finished at a late hour last night It occupied two full days in the Circuit Court and cost tho county 3200 while the injured lawyer Lehman re covered a verdict of $1 Tho libel arose out ot a dog case where a hunter sued a farmer tor in juries to his hound on tho land of the farmer by tbe bull dog Taylor defended the farmer and losing the case said that Lehman and the constable packed me jury Within fif teen minutes irom the time this Leh ears ho was on the cars coining to Ann Arbor to enter suit for 35000 damages A ter a two trial Lehman conducting his own case and Taylor being assisted by Sawyer Knowlton Judge Joslin made a lengthy charge and the case was given to the jury which re mained out several hours Lehman is out about in the case When tho shadow of the Minnesota manage ment was lifted from tlie Tribune tha succes sion repudiated the claim ot sentinelship and removed tbe from oyer the door Apparently however neither tho claim nor tbe title was as distasteful as was pretended Since TnE rfe Dress let up on the nel on tbe the Tribune has adopted tl8 designation Tho next thing no doubt will be its adoption of the abbreviation which used to vex it so jsorely erable approach to true wisdom by which some ot tho religious sects are Lest known to day were originally given in ridi cule and derision It may be that Ly a cour ageous adoption of the cabalistic as name number and countersign the Tribune will exalt that once irritating curtailment of its ridiculous boast into a permanent appella tion James Blaine first essay at journal ism is given to the public It is a report ofc fair held in Bittsburgli for a Homeopathic Hospital and begins: first feature that struck the eye on entering tho Homeopathic Hospital air last evening was rhe somewhat novel present of Miss lorence Hays a young antelope that contentedly lay in a large wooden crate and was apparently oblivious of tbe din of the fair that went on all What the present was or why the young antelope was called MLs lorence young James does not say The Escanaba Iron Port wlfieh has been particularly bilious about the candidacy of Stockbridge Hubbell and before the withdrawal of tbe last named has La ought forth a new candidate erry Han nah of Traverse City North turn and we want our It lires a foul ball over iu field nt Senator Conger and makes a few Paso hits on the wealthy gentlemen who now seem to have tbe be chance of winning the toss erry Jlati however will go to the ba next Janu ary with just ono vote on the first ballot Lunh St Iah is December The Western States reight Aociation began its regular quarterly meeting at tlie nvuthern Hotel yesterday with Permanent ITesident Os bore in thechMr All tho lines in the associa tion fifty eight were represented by their own traffic officials or by proxy It was decided by a unanimous vote to advance the rate on all classes of west bound freight from the basis of forty live cents per 100 pounds in first class Pittsburgh to Chicago to fifty cents Tbe Eastern initial points aff ected by the change are Buff alo Pittsburgh and AA heeling and points common to them On tho lower classes the advance will amount to about two cento per 100 The next busmes disposed ot by tho association was the unanimous adoption of a new iurm of bill of lading The most objectionable features of lhe new bill are those: "Neither thi company nor such other company shall be liable for any loss or damage to said propertv bv dangers or accidents incident to railroad transportation or by lires or Hood while at depot sta tions yards landing warehouses or iu transit 'nd sad nro erty is to be carried at owners' riSA leakage breakage charing loss in weight or loss ur damage caused bv changes in the weather or by heat frot wet or decay and it any portion of route to destination is by water 1 incident to Lippers will be notified that on and after January 1 no dray ticket or book will be receipted which does not contain the above provision It ill be oberved that the roads are practically relieved of all risk incident to transporting traf fic and throw upon shippers fold YVlistVCas Left KaiMazoo December 10 rank Under wood gave chattel mortgages on his stock of boots and shoes yesterday to Mrs Gardner Lis mother in law for $4000 to the Kalamazoo National Bank for SI150 nnd to 'Stewart his clerk for $370 for services To day he sold out to Stewart subject to these mortgages The assets will not exceed the secured liabilities The total liabilities are about I ntEt Deceaiber 10 Special rank Brow a one year man and Hiram convict the city workhouse made thelrei' aie to day while a sqand of rrBcneia were being taken the i nired States Court They hud not it ii nt a 1o ir Jansen the Chicago wife murderer has earitd of fasting ns an aid to feigned insanity recovered Mr StockLridie of Ericcuii's Suu Engine Completed 9RJ' 10 The statement is published that apt Enccaon the inventor of the monitor has completed and has in practical application an engine operated bv Lent irom ti rays The rays are concentrated upon the boiler from concave snrlace of rooking glass 11x16 feet la size the cost being reduced by using narrow strips of tat glass set upon the concave which is so arranged as to constantly turn toward the sun He Isabe to secure with ita steam pressure ot thirty five pounds The engine has been in operation for three years under imprcveiuett and is now completed It 1 intended chiefly ftr use In hot countries Tlie captain saya he has carried his last marine invention tbe Destroyed as far a he can under the lawr and Le bota Hie government will take hold of it and com plete It foreclosure Oscoda December Edson Moore Co of Detroit to day foreclosed a chattel mortgage for $15000 on the stock of general merchandise of Leszczvnski Bros of Useoda and Sand Beach Other liabilities make $2ubOO 2 he assets are not known but will not exceed $15000 Sime sort of tariff revision every rsallv io telljent penoa now concedes to beaxece sily Transcript Explains Much The New York Sun say it has thirty graduates on its staff Tbis much Buffalo Courier Jansen the Chicago wife murderer and riday morning begged for food Missouri Pacific switchmen at Denisou Tex Struck Thursday night and walked out of the yards in a body Their grievance was too much work and too little pay Prominent colored people in various parts of the $outh are endeavoring to organize a colored exposition to be held in Mont gomery or Birmingham Ala A Troy di pateh states that the Cahoes and AS aterford knitting mill owner have ad vertised fur lOCOV skilled operatives gcaran I teeing permanent employment and good wage James Sykes proprietor of a public ware house in Chicago was arrested riday for fraudulently disposing of 2200 bags of timothyeed valued at $15 W0 and also tor issuing a fole arehouse receipt i uit wa brought in the Superior Court at Cincinnati 1 ridav by John Keyes and others against Baldwin of the firm of Baldwin Co publishers printers and litho graphers asaing for a receiver The Governorof Texas has Issued a nrm lama I ticn ordering that after December 7 1886 quar I antine be enforced gainst nJl ports and I places in South America and all other parts of the word whin cholera exists Officers of Ballard Co Ky AVedaesday night broke up a nest cf counterfeiters arresting six four men and two woimm one of which was a I girl of 12 Several molds and a large quantity of counterfeit nickels were found i The Lower House of the General Assembly of Alabama Thnrsdny pased a general rovrnno bill containing a clause levying a tax of JXWO 1 on nil I jn lvsrx aiV kZ 1st nle I and sell future contracts un comudsslun not been recaptured at late Lour Cleveland December 10 The business por ti of the village of Attica was destroyed by fire this forenoon The loss divided among a dozen or moiepersona will reach $50000 in sured for about oue half The fire broke out al 7 o'clock In the business portion of the town in a grocery owned by John Carpenter Thu fames spread rapidly and the whole block was soon in flame There was no appar atus to tight the fire with and a buefiet line was of but little avail The whole block was swept before the rames wete checked It building large tbree story brick on tbe corner of the Square was blown to atoms by an explosion of dyna mite nnd gasoline In the Cellar Total Itegt tsaye Buston December 10 A Citv of Mexico special to the Herald says: El Partido Liberal (administration organ) says in Its leader to day that President message shows the American Government to be well disposed toward Mexico and that it seems reasonable to suppose that the government at Washington ha perceived the magnitude and importance of the commercial and industrial relations of tho two countries 'Assurance is given that Mexico feels herself attracted by the generous and pro gressive principles of tho country of tv asmngtou nope is exuressea tnat citizen of lhe United states mav interpret the patriotic of tho Mexican people in recent international incidents as in dicating hostility toward the nation ith which it is hoped relation may become more and more Intimate and friendly The belief is expressed that the Cabinet will modify it ideas evardiug the principle of extra territorial jurisdiction bieh is maintained also by other civilized nations Il is also stud that this differ ence of opinion on a legal point will not preiu dice the preparation or a new treaty of friend ship and commerce The entire ankle is cor dial in tone and corresponds to the sentiments of Minister Mariscal The article may be taken to express the views of President Diaz Lodi of lrj Suicided Harbor Maxtor Detective Bukelv and latrohran Guyman spent the i nrZ part of yeterday dragging for tbe Ira Camber who is supposed to have milted suicide Thursday evening bv himself at the foot ot Bates street No trZ' of the bodv was found People who known Camber best are of tho orniXc the leaving of bis coat and baton ttJd with the note informing bis wife that "taken the total no rue and he is really dead Camber was a tile laver' trade made good wages and lived with his wife but he has bee for the past two weeks and very despondent His sickne is tbeSeX cause that bi friends can assign for hfc act Camber lived on the Church road half way between Michigan ard Grand RiU' avenues August Sink who keeps a saloS Michigan avenue near Livernois avenue that CarnlxT was in bis place about 3 cAAJ? 7 hursaay afternoon He looked haei ar1 hink ai him what was Camber replied that he was broke nnd diiin know xvhtit ho was goiuz continued sick No one can blfound 1 who Camber TbureJay left stalooru The search for the bodv will be onnt to day although tbe officers seeing thhc that it is a hopeless task to tbuu course tholody nrnv be jn the ri we be unabfo to find said an offivr night it the man struggled much afij reacbing the water lie mignt have work himself under the dock We ver well find the body if it was there It'seenZ strange that no one heard Cantor when jumped into the river Thera was a lying little above Bates street on whieti the were several men and there must liave en number of people on the ferrv deck all of tl time between 7 and 8 o'clock when the drown 1:) is there as any The circulation of Thb Daily Detroit rrEK Press for the week ending December 4 13 was as follows: nnday 271X1 Munday 1N4SO Tuesday 1 8812 How Stockbridge Looked After Things The Kalamazoo Telegraph Colonel Stock bridge's home paper does not ant the Re publicans to forget Low the Colonel i in the last campaign Hear what jt say: Republicans could only win by making a good fight and preventing their opponents from making inroads anyw here This was in dispensable as it is in every campaign but ith that essential guaranteed tbe result de spite tbe misgivings a certain few could Le confidently predicted Among those who took an active inceiest in carry ing tbe fight was Hon Stock bridge He Lehi no official or formal relation to the campaign but in AV estern Michigan especially he followed the developments and gave personal attention to seeing that noth ing svffered from 'neglect An active interest in Mieuigan affairs for a quarter of a century past united to his extensive business rela tions gave him a large acquaintance in all 1 ai ts of the State men of influenceto whom lie ould appeal to see that ttiis point or that was efficiently cared for Republican inter ests that were in danger of suffering were promptly looked after The campaign cf 1 1 enemy was met at every point and some of tbe vantage ground they had formerly cap tured was recovered Mr Stockbridge of course took patticular interest in the Legis Grand December The organization ot frelgnt bureau was yer Tected by furniture manufacturers to night and i I If Van Asmns was elected agent It is intended that the agent shall attend to all i freight mat: er such as shipping anti recti vine and securing rates for companies interested in me pool AMUSEMENTS of will be repeated st AA Lite this afternoon and evening Tho final performance of Prisoner for at will Le given this after noon anl to night Next local attractions at tbe Detroit Edmund and MiIluia Maddern at and tho Australian Nor elty Company at Lawrence sketch of Edwin Booth in the series of and Actresses ot Great Britain and the United will tub lished this month Two volumes completing this serie are now ready Gypsy at the Detroit Oper House bns drawn steadily growing houses all tho week It opened light and the business for the last two night was large A matinee will be given to dav aud the eight li and bid performance to night Crowds are expected to day I been eating onions again you brute Kiss me on the ear the next time cr I 11 Lave yon fined and votl forget what a sweet little Yum Yum that i very body knows whispered the other night to a Naiiki oo she was making love to in a company The war has liegun on high hats at the tfieati'is Boston bus set tho example and New York ill soon follow Tb inriies ot the Hub Lave retreated out of the dilemma grace fully by adopting theater cajis or searts that can le easily curried in tho band or tbe pocket an I take up nu more space than a handkerchief They can be easily adjusted iu the lobby or after sitting down 8tnte Item i The Coldwater cutter factory ha commenced making toboggan Josiah AA Pratt one of prominent citi zens died Thursday night aged 72 years Peter Hill was killed near Cheboygan Thurs day night by a falling tree lie leaves a widow and family Eleven black walnut logs containing 4400 reet were shipped from Berrien Center to Uer many last wees William Johnson was brought to Alpena last night badly injured by a falling tree at a Hub bcrti Lase logging camp Goy Alger visited Adrian 'yesterday to make his last official inspection of tbe Industrial Home Ho left for Coldwater in the evening The editor of the Sanilac County Republican wants twenty five bushels o' potatoes 100 pounds ot butter anu 100 dozen eggs on sub I scription The life of a connuy editor is in ueea a happy one John Gilbert visited Grand Rapids and in a few hours was found in a stupefied condition on the streel AVfieu John recovered he missed I 00 He han been drinking with triend which uccouDto for The Telegram Publishing Company of Grand Rapids tiled a chattel mortgage with the City Ulyrk in favor tbe Goss Printing Company of Chicago for toS50 covering the new stereotype press recently put in by the company Robert Kcnnistun and Daniel Humbert tbe latter a constable were arrested at Plainwell yesteiday charged with stealing two trunk which Keuutston had given as security fora board bill ata Richland boarding house The most considerate man in Michigan lives at Berrien Springs He Isa shoemaker by trade nnd also runs a liverythathiscustomersmay atrontze In order that they may not wear out the foot gear which be mafia them so rapidly II Marvin a Reed City dairy farmer ha lost three valuable horse in a mysterious man ner within a week it was supposed from the ef fects of poison but an examination fails to show such to be the case Some think it pleuro pneu monia and farmers are much worried The trial of rank Hollister of Holly for duvuuuk nun uiuigerousiy wonauing rienry i an Staden last fall is set for next week A nn Btadenliasleittownit is thought at the in stance of interested parties and chances of conviction without testimony are very slim Bellevue Lodge No S3 A have elected the following officers lor the ensuing year: AV James Huggett A itzgerald AV Bilas Anson Treasurer A ilunsiker Secretary John 11 Cha Cooper AVm larlin: 'Tyler Dexter: Stewards Allen Baveus Hollenbeck The following are the officers elected by La fayette Lodge A A 1G of Jonesville for the coming year: AL A Poraerov Burnett Platt Treasurer Spaulding: Secretory Levens II Sackett: 1) Darling: John Stewards Case storms Representa tive to Grand Lodge Levi ns Thieves are again getting in their work at Caro and vicinity Thursday night they stole the harness off a tiorse Avhich was hitched un Main street and they also stripped the clothes lines in different parts of tbe village Notwith standing tnat turkeys and chickens are roost ing high at this season ot the year the thieves are not letting many of them get away Myron Smith of Ionia was 70 rears old Inst AVednesday and seventy of his friends re pared to his house to assist him in celebrating the event lie was presented with an easy chair a copy of Bible a tobac co set pipe and all and lastly a moil beautiful gold watch with chain and charm complete ot ter which a most pleasant evening was spent in social intercourse and a rich repast The editor of the Paw' Paw True Northerner went into the chicken business with a Iriend some time ago the servant of tho people putting in fifty five etar spangled banner hens some roosters and teed against the other uxpeiirucv nu wu uskeii tne oruer ctay to come and get his share of the profits AVLen he went to pullet out le found he had nine old hens two roosters and thirteen chick lie has decided that it don't pay Humanity Lodge No 29 and A 21 of Homer has elected officers as follows: Chamuion 4 AA' Juhiel Cool AV David Kirby Tteasurer Geo Sanford Secretary Van Horn Wortman Dohertw Stewards II Leach and A Howell Tyl Seitz Tlie lodge will hold a public in stallation and banquet on Monday evening De cember 27 to it hich they have invited all Ma sons and their families living within the juris tion or the lodge and widows and children of deceased Masons or many years past St Joseph County has had the monopoly of raising peppermint and manufaciui mg the oil and a good dealot money has been gathered in by this industry But Kal amazoo County has jroved that sheenn produce peppermint oil or as good quality and at as good a prolit as her sister county There are several plantations in Brady Township where pepper mint has been profitably grown and distilled the past three years also in Climax AVakeshmn and other towns Theexperimentof raising and distilling ha proved entirely successful and more profitable than wheat raising The oil is worth we understand $2 50 per pound and fif teen to twenty pounds is the product of an acre ground A still costs about $300 and the pro cess of oil producing is easily learned 'The area of peppermint planting will in this county LKalamazoo Telegraph has witli ten years hung closely in its voting In 1S77 Charles May of Kalamazoo received the votes of the nine Democratic Senators and the twenty three Democratic Representa tives thirty two in all In 1S79 on tlie elec tion of a Senator to succeed Cliristiancy re signed Orlando Barnes of Lansing re ceived the votes of two Democratic Senators and twenty Democratic Representatives while Henry Chamberlain of Three Oaks re ceived the vote cf five National Senators and thirteen National Representatives giving to tals of twenty two for Barnes and eighteen for Chamberlain In 1881 for tbe long term George Lothrop received the votes of two Senators and thirteen members a total of fifteen or Xhe short term Orlando Barnes received the vote of one Senator and Colonel Geo Sanford received the votes of thirteen Representatives Tbe contest of four years ago is fresh in memory After seven ballots in the Union caucus Byron Stout of Pontiac was nom nated over Orlando Barnes Henry Chamberlain and John Moore He received on many ballots the full usion vote of 51 members However there were many complimentary votes cast the highest being 11'111 Newton 47 Orlando Barnes 46 Colonel Michael Shoemaker 44 Charles May 43 CharlesC Coinstock 43 George Lothrop 40 Henry Chamberlain 40 Timo thy Tarsney 28 Theodore Hinchman 17 No other candidate received more than six votes although on many ballots ourth District members voted for George I Yaple This year there has been much speculation as to whether in the event of the failure of the Republican caucus the Union membeis might turn in iu joint convention and help de cide a contest as between Republicans There is little probability that this would occur even if the occasion offered Tho memory of tho Christiaiicy episode is still too fragrant in Michigan Mr Morrill of Vermont consumed two hours on Thursday in reacting his speech on his tariff resolutions Out of respect for the ven erable Senator nearly every Senator was in his seat hen Mr Morrill began and they en deavored to give him close attention Mc Kinley one of tbe protectionist leaders in the Hens went over to the Senate chamber to get new points But a Washington corre spondent of the Cincinnati Commercial Ga ze tte says: the end of half an hour Mc Kinley Lad gone and half the Senators hud away to see a man tbe committee Mr Hoar nipped in tbe Lud a great show and open eyed and full of interest in Ive mo ph sure tu nd I my name to th in sick llondnch list ot tl use no alrc dr recumiuetidcd Dr AV AA' Gray Cav rrinz your Liquid I vrl to upnn brie In several canes habitual sic a tue it huaUlfutdcU mo 4 headache with pet 'iet PUBLISHED DAILY AND WEEK LY SATURDAY MORNING DECEMBER IL Naw York December 10 A venerable look ing man with suow white hair and face thut was intellectual though hardship and dissi pation had somewhat distorted it applied at the Tombs Police Court this afternoon He asked to Le commit ted Tbe presiding justice granted tbe old request and he was taken te might lodge tor tbe coraidor and be fed when ot whom he is now a tnat or a man who He says his name is VW.