Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 4

ft i' 4 A THE STAGE morning may Motornian Erikine and a SUBSCRIPTION DEPARTMENT HOUSE A stage of the proceedings the If? the conditions of a ANNUAL MAY RECEPTION' THE GRADUATING DRESS PERSONALS be rench children di Ip? sarr about the 4ie never (Ha cou new management Indeed no American publication ever so groat an influence in pro to its circulation At no time of of be of the bought have and the the on Mont say that by injunction can it is in this instance the beef trust have defiant Only a few injunction it imposed Mr Mr and Getthecoyne "Well I met the going to marry at a ping NVITH CAR coal The and the this the Perhaps the McGregor mission would give the Detroit United Railway Com pany an opportunity to saw wood for a bowl of soup now and then Senator oraker always makes a pitiable exhibition of himself when he undertakes to discuss a moral question with a man like Senator'Hoar 1 What shall it profit Gen Wood to have given the Cubans good govern ment if he has incurred the displeas ure of Senator Hanna? That is where to send your com plaints if you do not get your paper delivered to you on time in the state All complaints will receive attention Immediately There Was for Him Waunta you anything in ping pong my IB the telephone number to call if you do not get your paper on Jtime In the City DETROIT REE PRESS OICES Home Office 11 18 Lafayette Ave Washington Room 34 Post Bldg New York 407 410 Temple Court Chicago 005 900 Boyce Building HENRY SKILL WAS CRUSHED 05 MONTCALM ST marriago of Miss Edith Kat ti ll arring ton daughter of Mrs Harrington and Mr Charles Bird took place at SS Peter and MUSICIAN LOSES HIS RIGHT ARM car was Empire Will Reopen Sunday After being dark for several weeks the Empire Theater will reopen next Sunday afternoon when the Kings and Queens burlesquers will make their first appearance of a week's engage ment John Casey a member of he Bos ton estival orchestra met with a dis tressing accident yesterday morning as a result of which his right arm was amputated above the elbow at the De troit Sanitarium Mr Casey was a passenger onltrajn No 36 bound east and while' the train was aboard a Michigan Central car ferry in some manner arm was caught between the bumper post and the car bumper The member was so badly smashed that the amputated was imperative The injured man lives at 53 rancis street Boston? and was on his way home While it is believed he will live yet the loss of his arm will compel him to givp UP his musical position may be is indicated by the behind each of the enter JOHX CASEY INJURED ON MICHIGAN CENTRAL ERRY Miss Lord heiress pong reception wise none of his plays could have been tolerated in the United State That man Shakspeare never invented an original in his life It is equally fortunate that Goethe had written before Judge Kohlsaat and the copyright law appeared on the scene Away would have gone literary reputation if one of the other originators of that ancient and obvious plot had appeared on the scene Judge Kohlsaat and any one of a hundred forgotten authors would be able to make short shrift of Dante and his Divine Comedy with its plot green with the mold of antiquity In fact now that Judge Kohlsaat has decided the' case there Is not much of permanence left in lit erature aside from Gross and Merchant Prince of Cornville" rom Job to Homer from Homer to Virgil from Virgil to Dante from Dante to Milton to Shakspeare to Voltaire to Goethe to Balzac to Hugo to Byrou to but why mention more of this horde of" literary parasites who have preyed upon the good plots con ceived by other brains and cheated countless Samuel Eberly Grosses of Chicago out of their hard earned literary fame? Let us try to forget them and their crimes now that it is too late for Judge Kohlsaat to tilt back the sagging scales of justice It is only the fear of plagiarism with its penalty of perpetual injunctions that restrains us from describing Judge Kohlsaat himself as a Daniel come to judgment old great great vouncrest ICE WAGON COLLIDED OURTEENTH AVEN IE said After a noisy scene in the Hungarian parliament Maurus Jokai has been granted a yearly pension of £350 Mr Philip James Bailey the author of attained his 86th birthday the other day His faculties are still unclouded Rostand the celebrated dramatic author has an immense collection of little lead soldiers or wnicn children are so fond President StuyveSant ish Illinois Central railroad has 10000 acres of land near Jackson Miss and will establish there a model farm on which he expects white farmers to settle The land will be cleared in 80 acre tracts and turned over to men who are known to be true to the inter ests of the company The general opinion throughout Ger many is that it is impossible for Prince Henry of Prussia to accept the propo sition of the Lubeck Radicals whose plan is for all middle class parties to unite in the candidacy of Prince Henry for the reichstag at the next general election Prince Henry has never tak en part in his country's politics Congressman Steele of Indiana says that the meanest thing he ever heard said of anybody in congress was Speaker remark about Dolliver of Iowa The Maine man and others were talking about candidates for vice president and Reed said: Dolliver too1 Now Dolliver is a vice presidential The Castle Square Opera Company opera of the chief features of which are three in number was capably given by our Castle Square friends at the Detroit yesterday afternoon It may toe still a trifle early in the engagement to say that this organization of singers and musicians has already established it self in popular fancy But if the number of people at a Wednesday af ternoon performance forms any cri terion it would seem that the Castle Square people have already gained a place in the affections of theater going contingent At the mati nee a full house was noticed and the fullness extended quite up to the back row of the gallery where many peo ple who prefer to hear six operas from a cheap seat than to hear one from a parquet chair had assembled It yas a well dressed and an appreciative au dience moreover and the people com posing it rirged on the singers to do their best i Enthusiasm rose to hights when the opening chorus of the scene at Richmond hiring fair had been fairly delivered This classic which had been rendered familiar to the present generation from a frequent hearing of it sung by themselves in the lament ed Patrick band concerts in the old rink has all the charm of an old and: tried friend There is a beau tiful accompaniment to it with plenty of work for the wood wind and the tympani and altogether it is the piece de resistance" of the entire opera's ensemble work Another provocative of applause was the beautiful Rose of It is pleasant to recore that Miss Norwood sang this number charmingly and that she was received in so kindly a manner that she was obliged to repeat it in response to the demands of the Oliver Twists in her audience Miss Norwood cer tainly makes a pleasing and spright ly Lady Harriet with abundant vi vacity and charm Her voice is well suited to the as indeed it seems to be to everything she has yet sung and there was no lack of convincing testimony to the fact that the people who heard her enjoyed every moment of her work Miss Du re the Nancy of the cast sang her score with free dom and intelligence and proved a merry companion to her mistress The handling of the mad dance scene in the first act when the unfortunate but useful Milkeford is brought to such a condition of breathlessness was near ly done and rancis Carrier the Milkeford of the opera properly shared in the applause which followed Miro Delamotta has now been heard twice in tenor roles and the impres sion has been fairly gained that he is a capable exponent of what he under takes He avoids straining his voice like a sensible man and within the range he sets for himself he handles tenor with intelligence and sweet ness His Lionel is manly and iover like and his scenes with Miss Norwood were always enjoyable His singing of the 'aria So was one of the most pleasing things in a pleasant afternoon Mr Clark made good capi tal of the part of the swaggering Plunkett dealing adequately with the part and taking every legitimate ad vantage of the bright spots in it Coombs was the sheriff and he gave the comedy moments their full value The orchestra was directed by Max lchandler who read the score with in telligence and discretion making the most of it without unduly bringing it into prominence The costumes were rich and appropriate and the boudoir of Lady Harriet was an excellent ex ample of proper scenery The fair scene with its booths and properties was a sample of what the management can do along these lines Miss Gertrude Rennyson sang the part of Leonora in last presen tation of Trovatore" by the Castle Square Opera Company Miss Renny son has already demonstrated that she has a smooth and well modulated voice and last night she proved that she Is as ant at handling' the character of the somewhat stormy and passion ate heroine of the Verdi onera as she is in a presentation of Gounod's storm driven heroine The other parts were taken as they were on Monday night and the opera was given in a manner creditable to the singers chorus and orchestra This evening will Be again put forward as the attraction the cast being the same as it was in the Tues day night production The Castle Square company has given enjoyable premieres and it now remains to be seen what its drawing power is in second night performances If their drawing power is proportionately strong the question of grand opera in English for Detroit is practically set Tenant Would Not Stay in It Down? 1 Largest amily Prairie Du Chien Wis baagtsj of a family whiter is believed to be the largest in the United States It 'con sists of 1S8 members and until a few' weeks ago when Mrs Peter erriett died there had been no sickness 'ey death in the family for nearly half a century Peter efnett Sr the head the family is nearly ninety years of age and is in splendid health With him to mourn the loss of a faithful wife and mother are eight children 126 grandchildren sixty one grand children and one great great grand child The family now consists of the following members: Peter ernett husband Mrs An thony La Bonne Mrs Louis La Bonne Mrs rank Porrier Mrs Cota Mrs Theodore Cota Mrs Hubert Obiq Paul ernett and Peter ernett Jr There were four other children born but three of these 'died when they were quite young arid the other when he was under twenty years of age These eight children are the parents of 128 children Eighteen qf these grandchildren Of bid' MrJ rindi? Mrs ernett have "among them sixty one children and one ot the latter is the mother of a 10 day old child? making it a great great grand child of Peter ernettrSr The remarkably record of the ernett children is as iMrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Mrs Paul Peter ernett dren All the members of this remarkable family from the old great great granrt father down to the youngest baby are hale and' heartyv When the aged woman died short tlmeiago she had been 111 for less than' a rimes criticisms of governmental poli on the theory that fie no sympathy with Ameri ingtitutions Like most per attacks this was radically un ite believed the government of A EARUL AND WONDERUL DECISION Incredible as it may seem Judge kohlsaat of the United States Dis trict Court has issued a perpetual in junction restraining Richard Mansfield from playing de anywhere in the United States on the ground that NT romantic play is a plagiarism of Samuel Prince of Corn ville" Gross is Chicago broker and shortly after de Bergerac" appeared he modestly asserted thatM Rostand had merely adapted a play which he wrote and published for private circulation a few years be fore Nobody in the United States qutside of Qhicago had ever heard of Gross certainly nobody except friends had ever heard of (Mer chant Prince of A com parison of the Gross play and the Rostand play showed certain similari ties in plot but the one was nonsense and the other was a piece of litera ture Yet a federal judge has actually allowed himself to believe that the of Rostand is a repro duction of a worse than mediocre play by an unknown resident of Chicago and has restrained Mr Mansfield from producing the Rostand drama It would be seemly to criticise the decision of this great Chicago jurist whose opinion Is law As American citizens we are bound to respect our courts That is part of the sacred duty of citizenship but it is fortunate that? Shakspeare did mot lira tn Judge time Other In a more condensed form Presi dent Roosevelt's address to the general assembly was something like this: good Presbyterians and do not forget to support the Phil ippine It would be just as well for Europe to remember however that Mr Pierpont Morgan is not more than thirty three or thirty four of the United States EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN Hdwin Ixiwrence Godkin late editor of the New York Evening Post who died in England yesterday was not only one of the foremost American journalists uf bls day but he was one of the great editors of the nine teenth century Born in County Wick lbw Ireland in 1831 Mr Godkin took his degree at college Belfast in 1851 After a varied experience in London he went to the Crimea as war correspondent for the London News and later came to the United States as the New York representative of that newspaper acting as correspondent of the News he was ad mitted to the bar but journalism haa greater attractions for him than the law and early in the he joined the staff of the New York Times us en editorial writer In 1865 he established the Nation and xnade it of the great organs ot public opinion There has not been since any weekly newspaper that could be compared with It in scholarship virility and force Mr Godkin continued to edit the Nationuntil 1882 when that paper was merged with the New York Evening Post under his editorship The Nation became the weekly edition of the Post and the Post of which Alexander (Hamilton was one of the founders gained rather than lost influence un der its other wielded portion during tMr Godkin's editorship did the Post have more than 25000 subscribersyot its influence outweighed that of newspapers that could boast twenty readers to the one Nir God method of gaining influence was diametrically opposite to that of the (Bennetts and Hearsts knew that circulation and influence had little in common He eared much opinions of the mob but those opinions Paasen ger: Slightly Injured DIED IVE HOURS ATER DO THEY REALIZE THIS? Because tho anthracite coal strike has nut yet reached the stage which begets desperation from suffering and because there is a general hope that it may soon be settled through the good otliccs of the federal commission the magnitude of the disaster which muri follow If this intervention should fail is but scantily appreciated It is rea sonably certain that if terms are not made with the miners of hard coal the strike will extend to the miners or soft coal" arid the country will be brought face to face with a famine in its chief fuel supply In such an event the largest body of men that ever abandoned their work in the United States will be in idleness This is the direct and inevitable result of strike of and within itself Knights of Labor disturbances the Debs railway strike of 1894 coal strike immediately preceding one the Martin Irons strike in souths st the Pittsburg strikes of twenty five years ago the locomotive strike on the Reading and later on the Burlington would all be eclipsed by this All the labor disturbances referred to were attended' by violence and inter ference on the part of the police or military authorities But in this case it is unnecessary to consider the prob abilities of riots in order to make a case is a contingency imminent that the public has never before faced We are enjoying an era of unprece dented prosperity Lack of coal will stop the wheels of industry in nearly every great manufacturing institution in the United States and they are now taxed to their utmost in the filling of orders from current trade If the ship 1 ment of coal is stopped thousands of railroad workers will be discharged simply because the cutting 6ff of traf fic would leave nothing for them to do These are results that can be approxi mately measured at a glance but the interdependence or people is so close and any serious disturbance of the relationship is so disastrous that it is impossible to estimate the dire re sults that must follow should the coal strike become general We doubt if any but the conservative men interested have given proper weight to these considerations Refer ence is not had to the strikers alone for we believe that they have set the better example throughout the conduct of the whole affair but to repre sentatives of capital who are in a o4 sltlon to avert thia Impending danger if they be so inclined The committee fhat Is seeking to adjust the trouble Should bring these truths home to polh the parties Tho of the entire country have rights in the prem ises that must be respected and pro tected' If this justice be denied them and if the fault remain with the em ployers the government cannot pro ceed too quickly against the gigantic combine that has thus far shown a disposition to encourage rath'er than prevent the strike Tho erlne Mario Gibbs Jesuit church yesterday after noon The altar was decorated with palms and lilies and at half after four the ceremony was performed by Rev James oley Miss Maud Lewis acted as maid of honor Miss Grace Walters Miss Mary Lou ise White Miss Elizabeth Bird Miss Blanche Holton and Miss Ida isher a3 bridesmaids and Mr Harrington as best man The ushers were Ernest Ridgely Mr' Robert Lee William Traub Mr Charles Bray Mr: Rnlnh JASAman of Clarkston The bride wore a gown of white crepe de chine over taffeta a tulle veil fastened with a diamond crescent the gift of the groom and carried a show er bouquet of white roses She was given away by her uncle Mr Alexan der Lewis The maid of honor wore white mousseline de sole and the bridesmaids white organdy over white silk with picture hats ot white chiffon Each carried a shower bouquet of pink sweet peas After the ceremony a reception for three hundred guests was held at the home of the bride No 677 Maybury avenue Mr and Mrs Bird left at six for a trip to New York On their return they will take up their residence at No "72 Horton avenue where they will be at home after June 15 ducted his paper for the benefit1 of those that had time to think and were capable of "thinking confident that correct principles of and government must filter through tho different ata of society He concerned himself not with teaching the great mass of the public directly but with reaching it through otheis whose views he had been able to in fluence In his own way Mr opinions were alwayp governed by "his intellect rather than by his emotions and naturally he was on the unpopular side most con troversies 'tout the conditions under which Mr Villard had made him edi tor of the Post enabled ME Godkiri to ignore the element of commercial ism in the management of the paper Whether the Post paid dividends or not was a matter of no importance Whether it discyssed questions intelli gently fearlessly and honestly was: a matter of supreme importance nSo Mr Godkin managed to be an ardent free trader when the free trader was spoken of contemptuously as ri lie was a reformer when the reforiher in American politics an Individual to be jeered at in' the market place He was a when a mugwump was popularly sup posed to be a species of aristocratic traitor to the principles of the repub lic He was a "gold bug" when the politicians of both parties were flirt ing with the goddess of silver money He was an when the anti imperialist as openly charg ed with treason But Mr Godkin pur sued the emphatic tenor of his way arid lived to see many of the policies he had advocated not only adopted by the country as a who le but accepted without question by those who had been his bitterest opponents Nir enemies were fond of calling him an alien and explaining biting cies had can sonal just the United States to be the most stable in the tout he considered that its methods of internal administration were inferior to those of most other civilized powers and that the duty of every American citizen was to fight for the best possible government that could be obtained Anything short of that he considered disloyalty to Amer ican institutions He was not a chauvinist but he was an excellent American His criticisms of defects in the American system of government were sometimes captious? He was given to finding fault and to insisting on extremefly exalted standards He had little sympathy for the weaknesses of mankind as displayed in the form of governmental abuses or their tolera tion and sometimes his persistent scolding weakened his righteous cause but the value of his work is unmistak able for all that and it may toe doubt ed if any other writer in the last forty years gave to the American people so much brilliant useful instruction in the principles of administration and government Jolly Time JCor Little Ones nt ree Hospital Shouts of merry laughter from the convalescents and winsome smiles and laughing eyes from the other little patients greeted the hundreds of guests at the annual May reception given by the board of directors the ree hospital yesterday af ternoon In every room of the beauti ful institution there a profusion of flowers nearly every little bed bore a young sufferer and every child seemed to realize £hat the ladies and gentlemen who passed by or stopped to cheer them were directly interest ed In their welfare Although the children were tired out when the day was over? they suffered no ill effects from the strain and will no doubt re member a long while the kind people who visited them A musical pro gramme under the direction of Mrs Boris Ganapol was furnished by Miss Lucile Beardsley' Mr Krolik Miss Agnes Louise Knix and Mr Nathan Simons and dainry re freshments were served in tho main dining room The ladies who were directly in' charge of the recoption were: MrsW Chitten len pifti dent of tbe board Mrs I' Walker Mrs Andrus Mrs Ell wood Hance Mrs Marguerite Beaubien Mrs Albert Lodge Mrs Clark Mrs Louis 'Blitz Mrs George owler Mrs Homer Warren Miss Jane Williams Mrs rank Crandell Mrs Qrla Tavlor Mrs Smith Mrs Walker Mrs Nellie Leonard Miss rances Cressy anj Miss Chope Hance We do not pretend to understand the moral code of an alderman who thinks he has vindicated himself ly confess ing to be a liar 'Let us hope that the republic Cuba will not resist the authority any popular proverb by declining to ungrateful Our idea of over confidence in poli tics is where a candidate for governor thinks his delegates are sure to stay bought The Hon John statesman ship always begins to fidget just be fore a nominating convention Stand still ye whirling planets! have no need to whirl We have no eyes for thee on The graduating girl! Beribboned and belacedshe Is just about to show Your brightest constellations A thing ortwQ I trow! Now clips she with her scissors And wields the silken thread While visions of her triumph Are racing through her And on her fin grir nimble She fits the festive thimble A rosy blushing symbol Of youth to conquer Back all ye weighty questions And problems of the day! We have no time for you now No matter what you Let business complications And great affairs of state Stand back we're near commence ment' And other things waif! Let armies vie with armies Let nations fall or rise But for thee lesser matters have no ears nor eyes: deep in admiration Of all this preparation or early graduation And incident surprise Stand still ye planets Your dizzy dance suppress! Ye deem yourself important But stand yet none the les hardly worth a We rivet our attention On each demure dimension Of the graduating dress News BIRD HARRINGTON LOTS PENNIES Yearly Output is About Sixty Millions would think that a large post office would take in through its stamp windows more pennies than it pays out but! the contrary is the said a clerk in the Washington city office this morning often have to exchange silver for in the afternoon with the newsboys who seib the Star bn the front step of the post office department building and we are always ready to accommodate the boys when they offer their nickels" and dimes In thU way the pennies the people pay for the Star are at once thrown into the mighty stream of circulation as I often pay out over 300 pennies in a day more than I take in In fact we at all times keep a reserve stock of the handy little copper coins I know that many people sup pose that we receive pennies largely in excess of what wefay out the idea originating no doubt because those who hand in pennies for stamps may suppose that a majority of the sales are thus paid for I have sold a single penny postage stamp a 2 cent stamp a penny newspaper wrapper or a sirigle postal card and received a $20 bill to change In short the stamp window of a post office is really a place for changing bills of all denominations and silver solns especially on the de parment nay days when the large drop in here like the dry leaves in the A treasury official told the Star man that there was a big demand for pen nies from al! over the country but there was no scarcity of the coin the last calendar he nnvA nut intn rurmiiatinn about 70500000 pennies and the aver age yearly output 3s about 65000000 Beginning with August the mint in Philadelphia which is the only mint where pennies are coined will begin to turn them out by the millions to meet the demand for the fall and holi day trade We have greatly increased our facilities for coining pennies and we now have ten presses for that pur pose as we do not use the presses with which we coin gold and silver pieces for copper coins We buy the copper in strips by the avoirdupois pound and one press can strike off 100 a minute or we can turn out in a seven aqd a half hours about 750000 nennies "Pennies disappear like pins no one knows where they go but they go as may be judged when it is remem bered that we have coined in all 10 600000000 pennies The' old white eagle pennies which few of the present growth of small boy seen ate redeemed when turned in and made into nickel pieces which by the way are more copper than nickel as they are made of an alloy of 75 pet cent copper and 25 per cent nickel Around the holidays and before the 'coming of the circus into town the pennies are hoarded by the small boy all oven the land by the millions one Washington boy of my acquaintance having drop ped Into his little home bank $6 in peni nies to go into a savings bank The railroad companies and other corpora tions and jfirms who receive pennies in quantities turn them into the treas ury In bags subject to count and tfiey are redeemed in currency There are untold numbers of pennies all over the country in the banks of children which are withdrawn temporarily from cir culation People do not like to receive pennies in change yet because they do hot like to carry them in the pocket often have to go out of their way and to much trouble to secure them when Washington Star Irish Emigration In Ireland for years emigration has been as it wgre a fever rom the time they arrive at the age of con sclousness boys arid girls in that coun try are turning their hearts and their eyes to the lands beyond the seas whither so many of their kith and kin have flowm before them says Dona Magazine going to Am erica" a phrase that should have the saddest of ail meanings to them is for the youngz people of Ireland only the expression of a fondly cherished hope THE QUEEN PUZZLE While the queen is eating bread and honey she is thinking of her brother and sister Where are they? SOLUTION MOTHER GOOSE PUZZLE Daughter beneath bill of goose son is under hat rim Owner Has Torn Henry County boasts of a genuine haunted house the mystery of which has puzzled its landlord and tenants for several years and which its oyvner in desperation has just torn dqwn Such was its name that it was utterly impossible for him to get an occu pant The house is situated several miles from here set well jjack from the road in an isolated clump of trees quite a distance from any neighbors The place is famous as the scene of the notorious Williams murders prob ably the most brutal and mysterious crime ever committed in northern Ohio A colored man by the name of Westley Johnson was accused and convicted of the deed the murder of the entire Williams family who occu pied the house and paid the penalty of the act from the gallows The pop ular impression of a haunted house at once attached to the place but it was not until a year afterward that 'any thing serious came of the reports At that time a family who had been liv ing in the house abruptly gave notice and movd out They were somewhat backward in giving their reasons for their hasty exodus Another family moved in and i re mained for the better part of a year The landlord breathing free again when they appeared before him and said that there were other becu bants in the house besides themselves The1 next day they left The reputa tion of the place by this time? had spread and' the landlord was obliged' to get a stranger to take the house The same 'length i of time oddly enough elapsed as in the previous cases before the third tenant fol lowed the example of his predecessors The dwelling remained emptv for "sev eral years before another family was found bold enough to' occupy It' In their case the first night under the roof gave them a fair inkling bf what they might expect The head of the house looked white the next morning but he stuck to the post a week be fore he surrendered (sleep in that place another he said when he left a WO bill" The fifth family was one who 'were' hard pressed for a dwelling oh short notice but they left 'before a mpnth saying that they would rajher live in a tent This was about a year ago and the house remained empty ntil this winter The last occupants stayed for several months and said they were getting along nicely One day when asked about his spring crops the head of the household ma de no reply and a week after was seen at a real estate office The family moved soon after although they had confidently expected to stay the sum mer out 1 The owner gave un the task of rent ing the house in disgust at the i last failure and shortly afterward put a gang of carpenters to work leveling the building to the ground It was rather an expensive move but he said that the place couldnot even be jnade to pay for its taxes as it was and he sincerely hopes that when the new building he Intends erecting is finished it will be found that the "ghosts have been Strangely enough the tales told by the occupants of the house are simi lar in most respects all alleging that they have been awakened at night by groans and cries' which continued in some cases for several hours There was one room especially it was claim ed that could not be entered without experiencing the sensation that there was some one else within the apart ment and that assistance was needed by some one most urgently although the room at all times va cant The farmhouse stood In fine of the most productive regions of the Napoleon (Ohio) Letter? to Cleveland Leader TELEPHONE NUMBERS naaiacaa Department 84 Editorial Rooma 200 Subscription Department 728 Job OtHco 482 THE DETROIT REE PRESS: THURSDAY MAY 22190X A WAR THE GIANTS Wfiile' the reported purchase of the Ann Arbor railroad by tho Gould in terests lacks positive confirmation it Is certain that negotiations to that end have beeiV ainder way and are pending if not concluded The acqui sition of this line by the Wabash sys tem would be in peeping with the aggressive Gould policy and would bring to it a'magnificeht field of pro duction and traffic It would also tend to precipitate the inevitable cri sis between the Goulds and the pow erful Pennsylvania company The latter first showed a disposition to take umbrage when the Wabash was extended to Pittsburg but passed the matter oyer because of the money it stood to make through the con trol of terriiinal facilities in that city Since that event the Goulds bought the Western Maryland are planning for an outlet to seaboard in competition with Pennsylvania system This according to persistent reports from New York has caused the older system to order Western Union Telegraph company off all its' lines and to substitute the Postal company This step is taken by way of retalia tion because the Goulds and Russell Sage practically' own the Western Union It is entirely practicable for the Pennsylvania owns its own right of way poles and wires It is in a position to make the reported change arid there is a very: respectable au thority for saying that it has already brien made Be that as it may the continued acquirement of pew and valuable territory by the Wabash such as it has made or IS presumably making in Michigan insures war between the two great systems How gfeat it millions prises At this offer ot the Northern Securities com pany to make material concessions if the general government will withdraw Its action to test the validity of this organization has its chief significance in the fact that the company virtually admits that its legal status is not ten able It was at first defiant and threat ening it asks permission to ad just itself to the requirements of the Sherman act and the interstate com merce laws This is in Itself a triumph for" the government' but if it elect to accept the offer' of the company there remains the difficult task of so mak ing the terms that they can be en forced If the dispatches of yesterday cover the ground the company simply promises to do what its answer and jthe testimony of its chief officials say that it was 'organized to do and has been doin compromise can be made so explicit arid binding that the interested roads shall bq run as though they were sep arate and competing organizations the quickest and most satisfactory solu tion is at hand The transportation facilities along the river front form the most valua ble concession that the city of Detroit retains They are not 'to be given away upon a slight pretext and now that the aidermen have solemnly laid the subway franchise to rest' they should make it their business to khep it at It will be time to talk about disposing of the river front when responsible persons make a defi nite application for the concession and' enable the people of Detroit to drive a bargain with their eyes open WILL IT BE MADE PERMANENT? Judge Grosspup of Chicago presid ing ifl the 'United States Circuit Court for that district has granted the tem porary injunction "for' against the combine This was con fidently expected under the evidence adduced many strong jections that stand against the so called government by injunction and as a general proposition the pre ponderance of opinion in this country is against it But there are emergen cies in which all other established pro cesses of the law are too slow for itri vindication or the proper protection of the people in the rights of property life or liberty The evil that it is meant to prevent is done hfle the more tedious way of stifling it through the authority: of the courts is follow ed to a conclusion If intervention ever be justified The actions "o'f been impudently hours before this a burden of expense upon the consum ers of the poorer qualities of meat which they are in no position to bear and which was utterly unjustified by the condition of the market It is the trust that has made the situation intolerable Even its attempts at ex planation have been insulting Not a step taken by this combine that deals in dally food has been conciliatory or in accord with the promptings ot equity It is in no condition to make a fight upon the merits of the case and the summary process of injunction affords the most effective Way of stav ing off the delay opened through tech nicalities The governinent of corpora tions by injunction is a new departure but in this case it is so popular that the wish of the country is that the in junction be made permanent if the evidence yet to be taken confirm that already received A La Bonne eighteen children La Bonne thirteen Porrier seventeen children Cota sixteen children Cota i seventeen children Obin eighteen children ernett thirteen children 1 jrf rourteen i cnn By mail postage free in the United States and Canada: DAILY! Mo a th 45e DAILY and SUNDAY 1 Month JOc DAILY and SUNDAY Year fT09 SUNDAY Year f25O fl'WICE A WEEK 1 Year 8100 the ravages of recreation And so it's come to this' at last Arrangements are completed By which our cracks" may be or nerve excitement A has been devised which has We are assured made many fit And will be specially employed or Croquet benefit A inovernent such as this clear Cannot be now impeded There must be that development Which is so sorely needed There for example should CThus eunhuists Would stvle Where' those played too much Might And a fit asylum The victims of excessive With nerves completely shattered Should be remitted to Where card chat tered But Where since utter restfulnessWould be their chief requirement only "Snip Snap Snorum" play To temper their lefinement Iri other ways the movement too "Might freely be expanded A for Golfers off their game Would surely be demanded Where they might so to speak live down The of a season And where to even talk of Would be esteemed high treason A lengthy list of in fact Would have to be invented or healing those whose ailments bv Their pastimes are augmented" And? those pass one half their 'Uvea i like social Would pass the other in the "cure" recreation's ravages! London Truth Not In the Swim talk about the cheek of the men in this said the drum mer in tones nonsense and a living proof of it had a couple of weeks off in an Indiana town this spring and I met and fell in love with as nice a girl as you ever saw Her old dad was the big gun of the village and worth a bar rel of money and I have every reason to believe that he sized me up for my full value Tn the small towns the chief source ot amusement is ridflng on the electric cars in the evening and after a week I took my girl out for a trolley nde By the great horn spoon but I never saw so much spooning in all my life! Everybody seemed to be in love Cou ples sat holding hands on every seat and every young man with an arm had it around a waist It was a new sight tp me and I was so staggered that I sat up beside my girl like a bump on a log I got to talking after a bit but during that ride of eight miles and back I hardly touched the girl with my elbow She grew silent as we returned and only a word or two passed between us as I escorted her from the car to her gate She did not ask me in and of course I in quired in what way I had offended her jnust know she replied 'But I do 4 let me tell you that you made both Qf us objects of ridicule to the whole lands but hot putting your arm around me or holding my hand I took you for a gentleman but I find I was mis taken and I will therefore bid you good night and good offered to repair my error" sighed the drummer her at the same time that I would never never be guilty of the like again but she felt that she could never never be the same to me as before and so we part ed forever It makes me tired to think of it but that has always been the way with me Lack of cheek has pre vented me from knowing a good thing when I had A never saw such a generous man as Smithers divide with anybody no matter how much they Cornell Widow Elderly gentleman (as freshman lumps on rapidly moving carj Haye a reshman thanks got troubles of my own Harvard Lampoon told that old beau of yours that you were you? Did he seem indeed! He said: 'How on earth did that Press armer (in stop I top you fool! you see my horse is running Driver of motor car (hired bv the all very well for'you to say but for gotten how? the blooming thing Punch this awful?" asked the com mon looklrig man on the crowded Street car this awful Why there are already 165 people on this is agreed the person addressed who was a street railway magnate is awful There ought to be at least twenty more iri here take that number and have him on the carpet to Baltimore American With a crash which was heard blocks away ourteenth avenue lino car No 13b collided with wagon Nn of Little our Ice Co at corner of Beaubien and Mont calm streets about 10:50 yes terday morning The driver of the wagon Henry Bup pert was fatally injured and two other men painfully hurt Robert Erskine the motorman sustained several lacer ations about the hands and head and was badly shaken up while A Thurston living at 71 Washington ave nue a passenger on the slightly injured Buppert was driving west calm street and' witnesses he noticed the car coming down slight descent from High street to wards Montcalm street The motor man was aware of the danger and ho rang the gong and tried to put on brakes but the momentum carried the car down the grade up! Get Buppert was heard to yell in urging the horses across the tracks as he apparently thought he could escape tho approach ing car better by mossing than by turning down Beaubien street But it was too late The car crashed into the middle ot the wagon com pletely overturning it and throwing 'Buppert like a shot from his seat The unfortunate man struck the curb at the southwest corner of the streets with a dreadful force His skull was frightfully fractured and without re gaining consclousnass he passed away at Harper hospitabat 4:15 The wagon was knocked fifteen feet and the stock of pieces of ice was thrown through the top in all direc tions The car was derailed and vestibule was wrecked causing many of the crowd of hundreds that gath ered at the scene of the collision believe that the motorman had been killed The horses were not badly hurt Deceased had been in the employ of the company as an ice peddler for over a year The family home is at 383 Hibbard avenue where Buppert lived with his wife and five children Coroner Hoffmann will hold an in quest Monday at 2 I Published Dally and Semi Weekly ETirmT rr i naiT' a kJ' 1 7 5 1 a a ITales of ihe JM 41 1 ifll ii 4 iwM1 II I IP 1 JI ULI) SSSf 7:7 a 1.