Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 3

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Women dispute over taxes a MEWS qo ALL OVER And Consider the All Important act time of paving over tax moxei MEN WILL RETURN TO WORK HIS DEAD BODY SUPREME COURT mas's horrible discov Ba? 8 fraw Much January When ran 'S leeted yard LOSS iS $10000 THEY HAVE THE RIGHT Short State Sayings STOCK village of SOW Inhabitants halt of XV Shipman Decided by the but etrange to IN INANCIAL STRAITS are making a great mistake 1 thia morning OR NORTHERN MICHIGAN a REGARDING AGED MECHANICS i the or i I MUCH INTEREST IS SHOWN several forgeries Was Smothered TRIED TO IT SECRET HELD AS AUDAY MISSION Jonesville Mich January ig Odds and Ends of Michigan News bfe TO A VOTEOI' THE PIXTLE AECTS 1000 MEN ft 'Washington DID TOV beeork are Son prevails during public wor Siaee tr nG trusted with 'to carry hom the average wages of molders was given cr i National Lnk vs bank Preston The infant pillows and the parents Ironwood Mich January IE The Met ropolitan Iron ic Land Co operating the Norrie group of mines and employing 1JjO is on between the citizens and the board of public works and a movement is on loot to abolish the board and place the water works In charge of committee of the common council The board for nearly two years past as refused to publish Its it: si: in Lth 7 es th stand ard a nd wrenched from bis hand Two years the fatbar in law of Curtis ended his by snooting himself of it Lake Shore road' It is a long structure feet above tn ivj of broken rail was tound the incoming mail Jackson January IE The large road cart factory Haaaw Co lo vid Dutt Riverdale noorirg jack William Gongwer Adamsvine piaster attach Hart Mich January (Spt The state farmersGJinstltutri' convened here i is Si 3 a a larg portion of tie I EDWARD CIRTIS COMMITTED I C1DE SEAR BEXTOV HU1BOR Mich January 38 The Adrian mortgage to January Land Com 'states that during the jliU'tan pwt Dtsit Detour Chippewa Co Lrer Bennett vice A Watson removed Xafi nu Menomiree Co Barney Decision Lansing Mich mlssioner ''rench want to the bn had such a yet but it is understood that the present state printer will have Lvov competition The union printers are demanding tnat the ttas ba put in on the bash of a io day even by bnnglr io bls owner articles which he picks up on toe news of the suicide spread The blow to the family was so great that they under erodes the tracks cf the Chicago vest Michigan sni Iwrwt Grand lit rat Dfov Alpena Henry Ed wardsjjackstm BITRCSTIW STATISTICS PROM THE LABOR CaMMISSIOVEIL Benton Harbor Mich January 18 (Spe cial) Edward Curtis committed suicide at his farm near this place by cutting Ms throat vlth a razor The announcement of death was given out by the fam ily on Sunday morning as the result stomach trouble and a large funeral was held Monday from the township nail at that too much hot buttered toast would make her Hi Looking at the dish for a It is the present intention of the owner? of the street ear company at Escanaba to I I TravfTxe city Mich January IS (Spe cial) Lester Sweet alias Srariz wes con victed in the Circuit Court this afternoon cf forgery iand sentenced U'Maniuehean' eigfctt months He forged a cnee for 1 '4 out regarding nui sance which is most common' everywhere night closed a very successful cne day institute at Elwell One topic presented by Silas Woody on and Wool for the was full of inter est and brought out a lengthy discussion State Speaker Brown live stock com missioner of Michigan gave an address on "arm Sanitation and Live Stock San itary Laws and Dairying as a Side Issue on the General Purpose This topic Is of the greatest interest to and the speaker was fairly deluged with questions rom 3HC' to 4A people attended to day's meeting and the one held at or est Hill yesterday Bids for Mate Printing Lansing January Bids for do ing the state printing will be opened by the board of state auditors at io OVE DAV B5TITCTES lb GRATIOT COUVn OICIALS AT PORT HTROX AT ODDS TEX CENT RAISE IN WAGES OJ? MINERS VRMTIRE CO ILES TRUST MORTGAGE WIGS AT WHEELER'S SHIPYARD ABVASCED Bay aged 17 was struck in the Lead by a log this morning and his skull crushed He mataged to make Ins wav to 2 is home and may recover li SI per head the cattle were healthy of lhe difficulty and exclaLmed: "Well give me anozer piece and send for to Menominee Herald The of Big Rapids go atumbltng around in the darkness when they have oc casion to go out at night while the city council is discussing the question of putting in a municipal iig Siting plant instead of re newing the contract with the company which has been doing the lighting up to the expiration of its contract a few day annotiriiitg mr death Pbrx nix Ariz of Alfred Robertson of West Bay City occurred t'm morning Mr Robertson wei to Arizona in search oi health 'The "funeral of William Phillips Of COLONY MORMONS IS NOW BEING ORGAN! 7 Eli train will leave Pittsburg at 8 sa reaching Detroit the following morning at This improvement will pans tr desiring to rach Ohio and Pennsyl vania cities and la a move la the right dirtsyipn working st badly damaie Mr Hunaw valm the plant al $13 iw on which mere was an insurance of The will probebty reach Muvu Trie factory will be rebuilt at once During a thick foe at 8 this morn ing two cars of the City Electric railway had a headtnd collision on Griswold street near Tw'lfth The cars Kv attempting to make different switches and did not sight each other until lesr thvn 2 feet spra and coming toward each other at full spied The motormen Art alrbrothers and John Cool after seiur the brakes jumped lust time io save themselves from being pinned in between the can The force of the collision smashed both forward vesti bules racticaily into kindling The cars were nearly Slled with passengers but luck ily only two Mrs George Downing of Howard street and John Witlliff were injured and they not seriously Both motor vera uspended pending an mvesuca tion to place the responsibility if any for overrunning Ghe switches Duncan McDougll a Butler street aaloon ist was bound over to the Circuit Court to day on a charge of keeping a disreput able house gear Samuel man had only been sick a few hours but his tatense suffering had driven him to this rash act At the first opportunity on being left alone he drew a razor across each side ol his throat also across both wrists and then was only stepped by having the wea pon Michigan patents were granted Monday as follows William Beall Albion planter Hans Christejison Crystal ails keyhole Mlehigaa I ratrd A hail The Michigan Central announce taking effect tae Mtn Inst the Inauguration of a new through sleeping car line from De troit to Pittsburg pa In connecuon with the Pennsylvania lln from Toledo thus making it possible to reach Pittsburg wlth a change of ears at Toledo which is now necessary train on which th aeeer Hl run wia depart from the Michigan Central station at 6T daily GRATITt'DIf ful arid the follow in Ol' 50X117 James Smith was arraigned cn a charge of burglarizing Bros He waived was bound ovtr to me Circuit Court ball being fixed at $1105 That in addressinir Mfr Pinkham vou are con fiding your private His to a a woman whose eixpenence in treating womans diseases is greater than that of any llv u4 pnysician male or female ion1 can talk freely to a woman when It is revolting to relate your private troubles to a man besides a man does not understand simply Learned of His Death St Crair Much January Jr pt Thrcmgh the visit lof a pension examiner here to day Gilbert firt iearr' cf tre death of his brother Otis GiRert hich occurrc at Memphis nn five years ago Hs hidew ttw appitr for a pension Gilbert enUstsc5 the Eighth Michigan Cuoalty and three lears Lator te Ind January Scott of Salt 1 sike City "Utah is in a iusade in nortnern Indiana which has fcr it jurjtose the organ1 ration of a colony of concerts to establish a set tlement in one of the isolatedoountles in extreme whence negotiations are said to be tn progress fcr fh establishment eommunlty of Mor mons or Latite Day Mr Scott lhe colony will be composed cxc1u iy 1v et ers in ti Mormon religion He 'has refused to divulge tre exact location of the 12 uallj vngacwl in the Powell Tirt curtain fastener James Priest Detroit seal lock Garland is John Kalamazoo wire fence machine E5 Tbe suj reme executive coundl Independ ent Order of Red Gross held an all day session in thia city to day There wgre present' Kaote Sp ringfield su preme commander Robert Carter Cleve land' past supreme commander 3 AV oill Kalamazoo lieutenant supreme com r'rapters" nr Clark Inc ellows Chat Hold Milo Campbell Novmbt bu'inrt? center of rfinecnnirg village waswholly destroyed by fire To day In the board of viptrvbuts a re elution was of fered to have the county clerk draw an otdircn the contingent fund with which to pay the state county sericultural and county 'iroad taxes'onthe burnt" district' Th" revolution referred to the ways andameans committee ucaLy destroyed by fra this afternoon The tire in th' wt end in the paint shop and communicated to the ware roorr' and offices the north These with quit an amount of finished stock Want the Right igures Lansirc Mich January 18 Insurance Commissioner Campbell has returned every stock fire insurance company report re ceived at hi office for the year and he will not issue certificates to do business hi the state 'until he is satisfied that the gross earnings and not 'the netk earalres are reported The lew provides for a tax of 3 per cent on thegross earnings of such companies and the commissioner wants all there is in it ar 1 and YrK Sanitary Commission Ord rs to show cause were granted in oster vs Kent circuit judge and O'Meara Ionia circuit judge Rchfarlzg denied in Britton vs Brewster estate The Ionia taadard ROAD CAJRT ACTORY AT sii'En? from pun OBJECT IOYABLL practice THE DETROIT REE PRESS: Bad Axe Idich January The institute opened pin tbe courtbouse in this village to day polKianZ In He leaves a and ABOUT A DOZEN OPINIONS HANDED DOWA YE5TERDAY bvjuqhf home a child maffi and of The ovnr of the muff when near the tank" they saw "a on the opposite sfcfejof the tank try ing to uncheck his horse standing in front' of the team The horses started' ahead tre neck yoke striking hin knocking him over the tank and landing him on' hr back 'The horses' dashen out causing him to lose hold cf me lines One of the Lcr 1 urn rarer from his 3tt and camht Auken's mill returned home to dinner this noon he was unable to obtain entrance at the front dc or and going in by a side wy was htrrifi'd to find the obstacle which prevented hi entrance was the body o' 4 on by that body lat night authorizing the submitting to a vote of the people at the next election the question of the aboli tion of the board The resolution was tabled for the time being as some of the lOd rmen with give the board one more ARE ATTENDING lASTlILTE AT HART IN LARGE MMBEKS to some oth city next spnng It baa nev er paid expenses at Escanaba and the ovrn er are tired of operating it at a loss SWe rt a axu xvui is wait ianru ins rsmrminM light of boards of supervisors to cut trie bills prevented by Justices and other of ficers The test case will be made by one of the Ionia county justices whose bill was cut by the su er visors at tbeir session last week Battle Creek Michi January Thefrozen condition of the ground has stopped the work of grading upon the Battle Kalamazoo Electric railroad but the company has not' stopped business but is now contracting for the wires and over head work and for the rails It is also con tracting" with the farmers along th lin for 70000 ties to in the construc tion of the line Thrs will provide quite a revenue for th? fatziit and cive them employment for the winter this afternoon The enin military company of which the decease! ws a member followed the remains to the grave foil operators are leading the graine land Bay City ana Stgfiiw coun ties for coalrights It is reported that nts received several tnousanu dnllara for the coal deposits under ius farm "1'j Th re are four camlidatts for the Wi: Bit City jostoffice ali by the name of eorce They George Lus repre sentative in the state legislature George Russell i ex chief engineer of the fire department George A Allen insurance Bonl and George Burt a well known RUIT RAIStRS INERESTED 1 Sa Traverse City Alien January (Spe cial AVi'llam Boswell a phn oprphc gtrC er died tris morning of blood is oninr A few weeks aro while firzwir on troupers In oressrg the mfi ct greet tcrs caught in the rem of the ATnshirgtcr January 18 (SpoiaJ Mich igan pens ions' 'were gr rtcd Tuesday as fol lows Thomas More Holly woof William Patte son oit WlllUm Andns Schtutz $ii Chrisi Young Barry ton Su: John Auburn Sid 'A'llln Chapman licllnnd Henry Vi'x'ker Brownsville In ereas Benjamin Van Deventer IS to $12 Thomas Stolz Hagina $8 to $17 David Co'toa Lake Odessa $1 to Sit AVI iow William Lcn Webbem file S12 Hattie Johnson Grand Rapids $12 ret 1 decision in the Cc nree ncut Mutual case in fact st'ader have been very nervous and but little land has lw xak up wno have made tx ten ive arc zrejtlv disturbed kst Lni be xk from r'hem under the decision Steamship Co was In conference with AVhteier a Co this Ef ernoon regarding impending labor troubles The result of the meeting was that the company decided to raise the scale of wares from to cents an hour vT hSs acceptable to the mn and they will return to vork it tiers ere eix en ar in pay but Mill below the they meet to night to take I ropo itlon It is robable will rccrT ted and tnatno further trouble at the Lansing Mich January Ship man in the Supreme Court to day lost his somewhat novel suit against the Michigan live stock sanitary commission the court holding that the live stock commission la emjowercd to de stroy cattle which In their judgment are afflicted with tuberculosis and to fix the compensation therefor and that courts cannot disturb the awards which may It will be a fine herd it cult The fact that some of the o'fend rs take pride in the met that they be long to the wifi not sav them from trouble nnkss a greater spirit or quit tries ship Dr Cavin of Ohio vho has ben in the city for some time looking into th coal try and prospects said this morning In the board of trade out side peo ple are not hers tor the purpose of develop ing the "field and making Saginaw a pros Xroux recvn Whet tney want to do is to get the coil tied up and make the price high Why where are the industries Jo jjv you xniriK tnat people in wuere are located Saginaw offer cheap coal and manufactories awav? Not litre Burued Ca Mica January 18 (Special) About 1 o'clock ihh morning the village of CaseviL wa ytartkd by the cry cf fire the Hcti 1 Conaton being all ablaze The entire building with its contents was con nmid The kp xs oMlnia ted at IS wnn insurance One traveling man lost eierytaiir reaping without "'getting his money TIp i fir tin read to the grirCtrv aute iii 1 rvu txjrix er uarnrrg ne build irg to the round Most of the contentswet' rv move rl before the btiilJmg Ic ttr i The building vra insured for SAU'Tv'Jwaa crly lv birwc efforts that the Hotel Sma iy was saitd The village haj no fire pro tection and the buck hncade as trie only means of fighting the May Loye MI Life Bloominsrdale Mich January A sal kecxden: occurred north of Hrrdereon ard his IS year old senetB splitting wool together They were too close to earn other ar3 as th father ftient over hl a sonstruck with hiss ting an artery tn his father's head mane Tly bled to death: before help could be wnngaL a doctor garrtved ''but up his hM at all and new hair 1 etc has worked into the ound ani blood 'Wpolsohing a set IniBot Is fea xviuwava 01 Map Xfiiwin Gran Haren Southeastern Hail Vty which I the terminal at Grand Ha Maiute Is unmistakable It provides for the destruction of and compeniiuon for diseaa ed and not sound cattle The com mission is the sole tribuna! to determine whether the animals are diseased and to ascertain the valu and is to be governed by the value at the date of The only appellate Jurisdiction provided for by the statute Is the governor whose provai of the action of the commission is necessary If the governor should refuse to approve the awatd of the commission courts could not Interfere to compel him to approve the finding The law has placed this matter la the hands of the commis sion and the governor Their action is final "li'hera a subordinate body has "been vested by the legislature with the right to express its judgment and with the power to determine questions of fact mandamus may He to compel the body to act but will not lie to compel it to act in a particular way There is no sound naon in saying that nndr the statute the relator is entit led to receive from the state the value of his property at what it would be if unaf fected by disease This would be judi cial legislation because the statute does mitbnrien feiax Lrtvv nznnr LJtr "If the commission condemn cattle which are not diseased the state is not liable for the wrongful act of The commission Jlt la remedy in such a case if he has any against the members of the commission and not against the Latrslrg Mich January The follow ing cases were decided? by the Supreme Court to day: Affirmed O'Toole vs Hurley Colt vs Criy of Grand Deckman vs Nobier Conner vs Buhl Greiricy vs Hot ey rGrtdict is Mrchigrn Beef Provision Co City of Kalomazoo vs ranchise Pf C'pie Nelsen Reversed Bee th ysJChapowa old Sec Aipvna comity anonal nariir Alwnicran Mutual ire Insurance Co Mandamus was granted boerd of ler comrrissicners vs auditor g' ner 1 Manley vs Kalamazoo circuit judge rt xA a rids Mich January The t'vfiffid with the ilower of Masonry day honor of the fiftieth auiniverrj Tbxyal Arch Masonry In this ttaot The bon are nil 3 and the vis iters xnc coniire fmai all part of the siate xnd they include men prcmin nt in jjc prof In life including parties opening session of tne grand council Jtoy 1 and fwltet Masons wa hell night when an address by Most Illustrio Gto nd Master Lloyd Hess of this ciiy was made and an adjournment taken until this morning The most Important business jf 'o day ai the election of which reulteu lollows: Mceu illu'trxovt Brand mAS'er Charles Norton Lans nr puty grand matter George Smith Muskecor grand principal icnducior cf work Jlichara A Cation Detroit great' trcMurrr George Greece Lansing at recorder Ixfx'soa I'oncv Colti wst erx Iccturt Aacu tus er yumtoti fiarbci rr Bd craplsn rnr cis A Blades Detroit grand' captain of gaawls Itnsmer 'I Smith Hudr grand caiu rtor of council Byron Jack sor grand steward John Kisnlev Maoehsttr psand sentine Jarnw Mc Grrrr Detroit Trie tv oic rs Wxre 1m medately Intallea as" Is the custom by Hugh McCurdy of Corunna ipast most grand master of the Knignis Templar ImnnGiate'y following the grand council the grard efjttr red its session withvtr Jo dvleca ps present Tr afternoonxii to routine matters of interest tj rr cirberw only and the worn was Th" 5 ature of a celebration of the fiftieth axni ingratitude' of some' people is sumelblrr wx nfer IJ a Lcwsmis correspondent Pleasant Enter 'prise is am example: on cay af'tnioonx two of our Loomisilo wre in Clare Upon starting "'for bomejarwi' recalled that Mr Shipman had of Jersey cattle on Royal Tne live stock ccmmis'Ion after applying the tuberculin test declde 1 that tai ntj aght of me animals were dis eased They Were killed and the damage to the owner appraised Liumirv mat when he bought ttrm and that they Kirby Introduced resolution igure Wa Too Small Lansing Mich January In an article A Me nomtBee man who lilco to Le durned for small LITTLE lutrs by acquaintance has this m'HERE posied in a conspiruoD place in his officer8' "No! Owing 10 a ncy in tnr mnney markt am a little short myse't Besides wheti Dun mor to a friert 3 1 frequently lose the fnegd as! the mocey too in the futaie 1 shall aim to keep Lansirr Mich January In tabulat ing the statistics cf mechanic's an! labnr ir tr trcn labur Commissioner Cox says that the chitf clerk found tnst forty of those canvutei were over 70 years of age eleven" being over 75 The oldest man Da vid Myr of Grand llaplth a cooper had worked at trad sixty two years and is making fair wag The aggregate aees xf the iisrty dfi tmr? was 2JP' years an average of 72 4 years each ourteen of them reidi In Detroit and 5o per cent of them were Arncriean bor In social life thirty four ofthem wer five wrr widowers rind or was single The married and widowers had 141 children an ait raEe of 35 each These forty men had M6 dependent upon them for support an average of nearly three for each In their daily ocrcupaimn twent? ht wwe mechanics and twelve day laborers They had worked at their employment on an av erage of thirty six years each and had averaged nine months tn each year' Their average daily wages was G4 each the highest being $2 and the lowest $1 per day At the time of the canvass twenty four niic i treir nomes ree 01 ncEirnrsnc ed homes Of the se had saved somethina yond supporting their families while' twen ty one had vi The hopefulness of these a red laborers is snown by 5ft percent of them who express the opinion that times will be bxftr In the near future Albion Mich January The examma lion of WiUiarn Storrs of Ckt elandcharged with obtaining from AVJIllnm Rut mr ty DDe pretenses was to dav ti oned tmtli Saturday St rr is wxnt CuniM conniy to answer ro a charge fi gv rv anl fie may he relsawc on the chsrsrc him here irm he may be taken to Clinton county rriiltUxG of the man narrow rrcape and had his children res cued from accident: Never look'll at the min wlid'" did 8 saCh" an: heroic debil''nort co haike him Du: such is ra ju a Kx wb toS fii pivSKUAtJU yie Sia cro mg bos 5r htr rd ppns! A fir mierlock kt switch and Klgnal sya iena at thecross fi gs ssas ordered Vg 'a ward the location of a canning factory at Ontonagon ChasSell people have to melt mow wbrt they want water all the wells la the vil lage having gone dry Oakland county has more farmers clubs than any other county In the state Tb number la thirty an average of more than one for each township In the county Another dividend of per cent will ba paid to depositors of the defunct Northern National Bank at Biff Rapids this week This will make tw ier cent paid to credi tors in all There seems to be a big failinr off all ov the stale this winter aa compare! with last year in the number of tramp who are traveling around seeking shelter In the village jail 5VhiIe Mrs Malcolm living five miles west of Gladwin was standing tn front of a stovo Sunday her clothltn caught fire and before the flame could be extinguished sha was so badly burned that she died I'Ott Sh had lartened a trunk Etrap over the door casing and tied the other end around her neck She then ct rtrang vlatxon The unfortunate woman war 73 ar of age and was unquestionably inane when she committed the act She had been confined in the asylum at and also the sanitarium at lint Coroner Camp bell was summoned and impaneled a jury which after viewing th remains brought in a terdict of suicide In accordance with the facts presented Henry Severanes a member of the class of 'JS of also assistant librarian of the university was married here this af ternoon to Mis Anna Lune formerly a teacher in it public scixoc of 'rtland and a prominent member of church and fcOCiety circles of th! city numerous The forenoon ws Hin was open ed by Conductor Suras of Kalnma soo who made some very' fitting remarks in to farming "A paper: on ''Some Essentials for Successful by A Balmer' of Kalkfiska followed byla 'dis cussion which ended th forenoon sessdon The aft eraoon session began with the re id rg of lepers A cf H'rt read on on "Slock Raising or and I Graham of Grand Bapi is one on "Markets and which ad vanced some: very fine' ideas to rs Dun veil ad a puptr on King and MaiKetiic The pa yer oi Gebhard of Hart on owirr Roots nd odder for concluded the afternoon session in the etem a musK al rotrramme by local talent: and papers Hammond of Lansing Munson county commis s'gvt of hs and Dr BaktT ceriiprised the programme The attendance Was large all day as the farmers and 'nit raisers are very much interested in these institutes which are Many women suffer in kiience and drift along ftt ffibad to worse know ing full well that they ought to hare immediate assistance but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing themselves to the questions and probably examinations of even their family physician It is unneces sary li ithout money or price you can consult a woman whose knowledge from actual experi ence is greater than any local physician in the world The fol lowing Invitation is freely offered accept it in the same spirit: MES STANDING INVITATION Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass AH letters are received opened read and answered by women only A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman: thus has been established the eternal confidence be tween Mrs Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case She asks nothinsr in return except your good will and her advice has relieved thousands Surely any woman rich or pour is very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assist anoe Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass Xr ikaiD4Urt V'om OQ with Most 'Vcrhittxfi Mas er Lou 'Wi'n ror as toastmaster ''Among the resporisos mr the foUowiejf Grand Norton Ea Mesnn tVixiiam Aicen Smnh "Li Cny BEGIN ties DAY AT BAD AXE th" section desire to sre get all the ranch Th np Saginaw coal arrl the local people ought 10 to it that th outrxd do not get in 1 cmsMer Saginaw coal the bet in me world of Its kind The local capitalist are making a great mi take in Ivmg iue tsa forced to a WcH ihe only intolerable to blame smart set' Somebody suggested a compass and a matc No" he ieptied "I need a com 5 pass either You depend on a com pass in this part of the country on ac count of the influence of such arge poslte of iron The deflection cf a com pass needle here Is from three to five de ees 1 can tell by the iwito i Ou know azes ago before there was an atmosphere here or any to speak of this country was covered with a great glacier By and by there was a atmosphere with moisture That concentrated the raya and cammed heat Then the ciaoier was look ed and' began to move over the land The ection it took was four degrees res: of south A it passed over the great boulders it rounded Them 01 on north rides like a derby hat and polished them smooth while if you 11 no Jce south' bide abrupt and broken This very simple way to find y'v bearings if lost in the woods but It's remsrk Jrr are rxM Ix Infant son of George Sansam pee uliar eath thls a eraoon was wrapped Jn a blanket and left in a rocking chair while WifiTrt nin rif tvA a Tf titr ti xxj 'x: 1 thvlr return they found Ihe child on i ftvor smothered benam garnrs ever cavMn his story to somewhat out of plumb The prosecution in rebuttal presented Dm vanning who testified that three jeers ago he met Owen McArron tile de ndant in the wojdB at North Port Hu ron and the latter struck him down and Kiwhed hRn Insensible In ur rebutt al Owen McArron denied ever having met Il hiring and CharJ Ralph te that it wa he that struck Whitine three years ago the cause being that hlm elf' anj John Calahan caught Whiting attempting to steal apples from the Calahan home stead The defense have been unable to locate Arthur Decry who Is claimed to te one of their important wlenesses and expected to mere fully establish the pris oner's alibL This afternoon the roscu tion placed the missing brother on tn stand who testiti that Arthur was home in bed and sick on the night o' ths tragedy and could know nothing of the affair The defense countered with two wititess whose te ftlmony was to thefftt that the prtvedlns witness himself was not at home that night the ennt tion that not Heine at liome couid know nothing of his irth here abouts at that time Ta re has a larce attendance and (Txti topic treated created considerable JL Parr was the presiding offi cr ni Mrs GeOEge 1'arnxan the wn1 tarj Roland Mvrnl! of Benton Harbor act as conductor and also spoke on the pubject of Wny How Wreciei srake on fmnts in Both of these tiapers thoroughly de cussed by the far me ra' Exceptionally good pap rs ad by a Hroam "Wnrat rmd John Murdock on "Th Culture nd Care of the Cora Crop" IRE AT CASEV1LL1X Birmingham Mich January 18 Dr Shaw to day reported to the health officer three cases of scarlet fever Dr'Camp Iell the health officer immediately had th hou placarded and there is" little dnrt rr that the disease will spread The is of a mild type" Those who have at rt axnt are Mrs Stanton Csrr ari two Jit tie aged 3 and a years The county and city officials are enzaced in a controversy in regard to the disposi tion of the state and county taxes collect ed by the cty treasurer curing last month is the result of a conflict between the charier and the state law governing the time when the city treasurer is requir ed to pay the funds over to the county easurer The state law provides that all die taxes collectei during the month of December snail be turned over to the coun ty treasurer by January 10 and the am ount collected thereafter before the time of returning the rolls as delinquent to be paid March 10 while the charter provides the radre collections shall not be paid over tifiJ the later date To day the county treasurer petitioned she Circuit Court for a mandamus compelling the city treasurer to ay him the collections of last month The smourt of state and county taxes spread upon the city rolL is nearly Uww ft II 1 4CCM Muskegon Mich January Obtaker A Sykora has' begun suit tri' the Circuit Court by capias against John Albers claiming SjfvM damagr for Jar dvr and defamation of character Air Alb is lo cal agent for Swift Co cf Chicago" and since Decembe Air Sykora has worked for tle xompany here xhe csrs i ty of bookkeeper The' latter claims that Albert represent to other parties that he UXiSMA UiLiLLLLi i Nile Mich January McMahon and Uil ylhe Chicago f'G ta nt boccrht the of mammoth H'del NSt from casttertey hr re this afternoon trs 'w Ir menis 3 eorsidt rable slg be brought o6ri at Giaud Rap it" i ifel? property to re ts Ttr of 'ovnd Dead uti tiie loor CsKMjyd Mb! LaJW ifew ire aped tady In tMs Village Gently dead me taking of proofs In the McArrcn murder trial was concluded late this after noon and the arguments in the case win commence to morrow morning These will 1 keiy take ali day and the case go to the jury Thursday morning a 5en witnesses were on the sand dunng the day giving txstimonv in rebuttal nrd sur rebuttal Most of tne en oence was of an impeaching character and as a whole apparently favored the atenaant The testimony of Andy Pot ter and MBs Coliinge given yesterday aetnoon lor ire purpose of Impeaching Owen and John MeArron by staling that lney met the two brothers afur tlie al legel murder and of Miss Ida rench to the ramt effect riven tnls morning was sought to rebutted this afternoon bv toe testimony of Phillip La Combe who claimed that It was himsell and John Calti ho passed Mr Potter and lady ends The witness under cross exami nation became contused a to tme how and will be closed evenings for two weeks except Saturday nights for a great revival in tile Presbyterian and Methodist lurches Waste no money Buy taivation Oil only pood linlmeat It kills pain An old woodsman ils In the Marquette Mining Jour nal something which it is doubtful if many peop'e ver heard of before "Do you knew" he saxd "I can and my bearings any plae in the upper peninsula the dark 3 nn a fluu IN a I) TXRlU t1 jtnonev sf it raj or some time past it has been known hat the water In Wolf Lake a few south of Niles contained an oily substance which greatly resembl kerosene and al though the matter had been a topic of con versation for some time no analysis has ever been made to prove what it is During the winter months when ice was Cut on the lake it found that the product COUld not be Used for domestic nnrrn nn i account of the oily odor and when melted Has a Ir vxxw Mvrotwii Viet are convinced that there is oil In the ground Immediately contiguous to the lake ana Inorder to arrive at an intelligent conclusion some of the water Is soon to be analyzed by tn expert Several ice dealers unhesita tingly say that there is lieroaezie oil in toe out what the raise win be but it will probably be 1C per cent at least merited rebuke Tins is not church that suffers from this nuisance Itojf are iio: alone Young iades belonvi ie to the who would el insulted if told lacked crdlnary dt oni manre io't io shame ae to hi px Adrian JAirni ture' Co has filed a tru: David Metcaif to cover D80m inDbtrdness Many cla are due an y'that the company was obliged to take "this step' It has assets of all perfectly good and time to make Is' necessary The factory bears ori Its pay rolls D15 but cf lLtr some tote Uid off Gt the debt SNtvj is ndd by Adrian oanas Mr Darker of Dtrt 1ie of ir8 principal owners of the irsiitu A eecticil man discovered a broken rail on me sone oriuge early this morning thlrty dlv ei hr forty nvxr and the just in lima to fiav from the west thus ivn thh wna: rmaht luv be a trigltlM Ta pro rietort' of Hr Sewing Mschat Co of Terre Haute Ind tie care uliy inveatiaatrs the lacili offered bv Targfc fac The xkctric gores placed at crossings tbe Limr North Tuad In this city are sb Imperfect and unsatisl actory ii their work that the council has ordered mntlir re ported to tae railroad commissioner with request for flag men Iti BIG SUCCESS worth at leaat ID Kw the owner refused to accent the award and brouehl suit by mtnaamm to compel the payment of the market value of the cattle It was contended that tuberculosis Is not a contagious or infectious disease within the meaning of the Michigan live stuck sanitary act and that the tuberculin test is not sufficiently reliable to warrant the killing cattle without compensation under the police power of the state The court in xienyiiig mandamus 1 MASONS MICHIGAN TH El Ain: HIT I Dint AT GRAND 0 A5M1L MUD ING GRVffi COIS mander II A Mentall Cleveland supreme recorder William Lu th Jackson su preme treasurer Dr Duncan McLeod troll supreme medico 1 examiner and Couch Ypsilanti chairman of the board of trustees: It was decided to increase the number of deputies in the field Various were pr senteq snowing all claims paid up to Jisury With iso future ones known of and a good surplus on hand There has been a large Increase in mem bership in the order and everything is bright for a prosperous future To nicht Eureka commandery entertained the offi cers which rune were it een lived in ren forty men nineteen from their wagvs be ly one had not Tne hopefulness of these 11 (N XjXAA ri A g' X17 raD 1 fir Vf I rnrvrvi ww ns tc 1 ciL a i i 1 'z vr BWr W'W I 7 jl YJfefeggg foint at lustra 4 Charles Norton ol Lansing Ws lg Other News JNl riTO jP i Ml A 18A (Spe ra rxtf rfss I ort Hurcn Mich Js rCr I 5k fit 1 arras xnr zfTA fc' U'v" I Tr 4 Stsiht tuL JS Iff on taUeti A i 1i.