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THE DETROIT REE PRESS BOOM Paine's Celery Compound tired of life odii sneogita Dr on People HE SetOed a $100000 Claim Against on Mexico for $1000 with Advancing in Years a MT CLEMENS Continued rom Page One Rapid NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES Montana Points ALL WRIaHT OR MORE THAN HAL A CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY companies and i nsu rers O' DEATHS A DAY 17 CAMPUS MART1US DETROIT A Coffee Slave (t fc Court Held Attempt to Bribe Jury Was Serious Contempt Kron and of? the of the the IT in Mt Judge other legacy A ma follow Celtic (on a A new postoffice has been established at Darragh Kalkaska Co with James A Campbell as postmaster or rates to other points maps etc ask any ticket agent or address the Com pany at A BROWN NEW SECRETARY THE A Daily from Chicago dur ing March and April $3050 to Spokane Best of every thing via OR POST OR CONGRESSMAN IL managing editor of the Detroit Journal who has been visiting New York and Washington left for Detroit to night for all Ba the up NEVARRE WILL BE TAKEN BACK TO TOLEDO Corliss to rame Report on Hepburn Pure ood Rill ADMITS HE IS ATER SCALP Savings Bank of llijt to Keep On Lansing Mich March Tho 'Geneseo County Savings Bank ofj lint has made application to the state banking department to 7 extend its corporate existence which expires May 1 The bank'has filed with Its application articles of association and the consent of two thirds of its stockholders NATIONAL GRANGE WILL MEET AT LANSING Representative Corliss said to day that he intended to frame a minority report on the Hepburn pure food bill suggesting several amendments Mr Corliss takes the view that under the measure favored by the committee manufacturers would be forced to dis close their business which he thinks is going too far He is opposed to compulsory standards and the labeling of food products IN AVOR THE LATE EDWIN UHL is the Gonzalez commls LITTLE CHILD DROWNED IN BUCKET MILK NO RELIE OR NICHOLS SEVERAL INES OR ILLEGAL ISHING Held Thnt It Must Be Assessed Entire Estate RAILROAD SITUATION AT MONROE AGAINST THE ESTATE BREACH PROMISE SzTTLED BY MARRIAGE INTERESTING CASE DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT Washington March Several weeks ago Representative Sam Smith recommended ex State Senator Collingwood of Lansing to be post master at the Agricultural college but the appointment was up owing to the Tight made by the college authori ties who Insisted that 'they did not want a politician for postmaster Col lingwood and Representative Smitji saw the president this jnorning and were told that the appointment would be made the line between Monroe and Tren road from Toledo to Detroit will running order the coming sum If not the old right of way IREBUGS OILED AT KALAMAZOO SUPREME COURT DECISION ON INHERITANCE TAX LAW Bay City Mich' March Police Chief Davis of 'West sBay City to day sent George Nevarre back to Toledo in charge of the truant officer relatives and the Vulcan Iron Co for whom Ne varre formerly worked both sent telegrams asking that the unfortunate man' be re turned to Toledo that he might be given7 proper medical attention so as to get him in condition for work again Nevarre was one of the Vulcan company's best employes earning $150 a month The $250 which he had In his possession at the time he dis appeared from his boarding place in West Bay City had dwindled to $50 when he was found in Vassar COMPLIMENTS EXCHANGED BY THE RIVAL SMITHS Commisxlons Issued Lansing Mich March Commissions were issued by the adjutant general to dajf to James Buckley ensign first division Archibald McAdam ensign third division and William Stratton lieutenant junior grade third division of the State Nava! brigade David Beach of Grand Rap ids was commissiored captain and comirv of the Second infantry and Isaac God troy of Monroe captain and commis sary of the irst TAL RECEIPTS WERE $5630 THURSDAY MARCH 27 1902 New Hull Dedicated by Woodmen Grass Lake Mich March 26 The camp of Modern Woodmen dedicated their new hall this They number about forty members have a fine hall with entire furniture Ex Inspector of Chicago Police 4 Chicago March John 'E itz patrick ex inspector of police and ex chief of detectives died to night from shock following a surgical operation 100 A BOTTLE ALL DRUGGISTS WW INDIAN VEGETABLE PILL CO New York MANY APPLICANTS OR CONSULATES IN CUBA Creek" Mich March 26 A Kalamazoo Mich' March 26 (Spe An attempt was made to night by firebugs to destroy the factory of Dunkley Co canners of fruit and cel ery Kindling soaked in oil was piled against the building and ignited Two suspicious characters hanging around the building attempted to prevent the man from putting out the blaze but became frightened at the approach of other parties and fled in a buggy The lireXgas extinguished by people living in the vicinity of the factory The po lice have a good description of the suspects and the whole force is work ing on clues PROMISED AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE POSTMASTERSHIP A breach of promise case which has been in the courts of this county for several months was happily ended yesterday when William Sutphin and Mary Mason both of the vil lage of 7 New were married in Detroit In the bill of compfaint Miss Mason set forth that in the fall of 1900 Wm Sutphin promised to marry her but that in January 1901" he refused to do so He is 59 years old a veteran of the civil war and comes from a well known family 777Ciicngoanfi AVedded Miss Eddith Gertrude Wopprier and Michael Sheridan of Chicago were married last night at the Lexington the home of the bride After a wedding supper the young couple: left for their future home in Chicago Dr Parker: to Marry Ohio Lady Invitations are out for the weddingof Dr Clarence Parker of this city and Miss Mary Clark Haskell of Wel lington The ceremony is to be per formed April 9 at the home bride Parker is a native Bath Town and a graduate of of They will be at home Clemens afterMay 22 Right of Way for Petrolia r7 77 Hallway "Gil Lovejdy promoter of the Pe trolia Rapid Railway Company re turned yesterday from a trin Into Can ada where he has been looking after the interests of the company at which he is the head The electric railway will run from Sarnia to Courtright the entire right of way having been secured including five miles through the Indian reservation Mr? Lovejov was accompanied by the' chief and lie dian agent and secured the signatures of every Indian' on the 7 reservation The franchise for the 'Petrolia Rapid Railway has had its third reading in the house of parliament with $20000 bonding privilege Only $30 Butte Helena SUICIDE AT ANN ARBOR EDERATION REPRESENTS CAP ITAL $400000000 Money rom Physicians Lansing Mich March The state board of registration in medicine reports a cash balance Son hand March 1 of $1733 31 which has been derived from fees' received from licenses Its Use Insures reedom rom I the lnfirmities Tbat Come Battle quiet boom has been launched here for the nomination of Charles Post for congressman on the (Republican ticket from this district Mr Post is very wealthy and a man jof great per sonal influence He has done so much Battle Creek in the way of pro moting business interests and boom ing the city that the citizens feel very grateful to him That which has caused the suggestion of the name of Mr Post is the factthat Battle Creek cannot get a public building It is believed that if a Battle Creek man was in the house of representatives that he would succeed Mr Post is thought to be the man who can have influence enough to secure our public building Dropped Dead on Street "Washington March 26 Enrique Santihanez second secretary of the Mexican embassy in this city dropped dead on the street here this afternoon He was a consumptive and his health had been very poor of late Senor San tibancz had been stationed at the em bassy in Washington for about sixteen years having come to this city with ormer Minister Senor Romero Lieut Cohiinander Brainerd Los Angeles Cal March 26 Lieut Commander rederick Brainerd retired is dead at the California hospital after an illness of a few days He was graduated from the Naval academy at Annapolis in 1870 having been appointed from Illinois His sea service as a naval officer covered a period of seventeen years Commander Brainerd served with credit in the" Spanish American war attached to Admiral squadron Rhyn 26 Sailed: from Bremen DECISION AGAINST Moy Slng Yokohama Rockwood Mich March 26 A very sad accident occurred here to night when thje little 1 year old daughter of John Madison fell in a bucket of milk and was drowned DECISION WILL BENEIT DEUNCT NILES BANK Michigan" Pensions Washington March (Special) pensions: Original John I I Buchanan $6 Walter Watton Ix troit (war 'with Spain George I1 Barnes Wacousta $8 Gerald 7 verly Kingston $17 Nelson Wright Rives Junction $24" Albert Ackley Kalamazoo $6 Lea i rr Manchester $14k Darius Briggs Hillsdale $14 Geo Steple Siginaw $13 rank Hunger rl Elsie $8 Michael Reynolds ar 7r Beach $12 Patrick Dee Detroit $rv Luther Trowe Benton Harbor $10 ivid Petee West City $30 Geo iwler Lansing $30 Widows Sarahlohnson Detroit $8 Lucinda Wait Mancelona $8 Sarah Vansickle Am 1'ie IS: Sarah Angeletta Squier Spring rt $12 Troops? Asked or Des Moines la March 20 Repre sentative Walters of Tama appealed to Gov" Cummins late this afternoon to send troops to the Tama Indian reser vation to compel the Sac and ox In dians to submit to fumigation and other regulations of the state board of health Acting upon the 1 advice of counsel the Indians have locked their blankets tepees and other effects in a which they carefully guard Mr Walters says the Indians are in an ugly mood Chicago March The final steps in" the formation of the National Mill ederation representing a 7 total capital of $400000000 and an annual flour output of 100000000 barrels were taken at a meeting held here to day The federation is tihe national organi zation of the various state associa tions andln addition it will include the National association and the National Winter Wheat association Officers of both these or ganizations have been prominent in organizing the new federation At to meeting the following officers were eleceted 1 President Barney A Eckhart Chi cago first vice president Henry Little Minneapolis Minn second vice president ex Gov Stanard Missouri treasurer "Ellis St Louis The first annual meeting will be held in Chicago June 11 1902 service nearest Cook COLLINGWOOD WILL GET APPOINTMENT sLansing Mich March A case to which the Edwin 7 Uhl' 'of Grand Rapids' 'was a party was de cided by Supreme Court to day the decision' being in Mr favor The case is a somewhat peculiar one and it Is claimed the suit caused Mr Uhl a great deal of annoyance and worry in the" last months of his life He became in August 1879 assignee of Ichabod Quimby who had lia bilities of $41000' and his assets con sisted of rnill and surroundings in Grand IlapidsAand some other proper ty the whole of which would not have sold for the amount of (he liabilities Mr Uhl took 'hold of the business and instead of selling the property and paying the debts as he should probably have done proceeded to op erate the mill giving his personal ob ligations for money whenever neces sary securing timber7 with which to operate the fnill and producing a prof itable business from which the debts were paid The business was sol man aged that1 the family of the assignee during the twenty years of Mr management drew from the estate $77741 88 When Mr Uhl went to VVnahinr fnn hnd later to Gprminv and could not give personal attention tb' the business it ceased to be profitable and debts Incurred for which it was sought in the case commenced to make Mr Uhl personally responsible The Court sdys that the ef fort of the complainants who received the benefits of the business when it was a success to cast upon Mr Uhl hl! the" losses incurred in depressed times is without equity and uncon scionable Says the court: though Mr Uhl had carried on the business in a way not strictly authorized by the au thority conferred upon him yet hav ing acted in good faith and vith their assent they cannot select those years in which ho made a profit reejeive the benefit of that and compel him to pay for the years when there was a loss Thby must tlikC the bad the good is evident that for twenty years during which this business was carried on the profits exceeded the STATE SENATOR TURNED DOWN BY SUPREME COURT Monroe Mich March 26 Railroad matters are kind of nixed up here at present The Toledo Monroe road is trying to find out what will be 7 the final decision of the shore line7 people as on it will depend what they will do this summer If the7 Toledo Monroe can leasexone of the tracks of shore ton a be In mer through lat Rock may oe utilized It is generally understood that the shore line will finally bea steam road The Toledo Terminal Company is af ter the shore supposedly in behalf of the Wabash A hearing has been called in Detroit next week "between the Toledo Monroe Lake Shore and 'Railroad Commissioner Osborn to discuss the grade crossing at Ypsilanti which has caused so much trouble Lansing Mich March State Sen ator George Nichols who is defend ant in a proceeding for contempt of court? growing out of his defense of Attorney Salsbury of Grand Rapids and his alleged attempt to bribe a wit ness was denied relief by the Supreme Court this afternoon Nichols asked for a writ uf prohibition to restrain Judge Newnham from proceeding with the case against him Judge Grant in his opinion holds that while the writ of prohibition is the proper remedy the judge of the Superior Court has the necessary power to punish for con tempt of court even though such power is not expressly given by the act establishing the Superior Court One question 7 discussed at length is whether Circuit Courts in this state inherent power to punish for con tempt the court deciding that as the judicial department must be absolute ly independent of the legislative de partment the courts of record estab lished by the constitution are clothed with the exclusive power over con tempts a power which has existed from time immemorial attempt to bribe a jury in a pending says the court a most serious contempt of court and one which should be promptly dealt with The fact that it involves a crim inal charge does not take away the jurisdiction of the court to investigate and punish it as a The writ of prohibition was denied" NATIONAL COMBINE EECTED EDWARD WARREN AN OLD MAN Otsego Mich March Deputy Game Warden red isher is busy these days looking after illegal fish ermen During the past few days he has secured several convictions In Bushnell township Montcalm Co Adelbert Worden and Samuel Herri man paid $10 each for using a wire screen in Prairie creek and in this place William Marshall and Lewis Root settled by paying $6 each for fish ing with a net in Kalamazoo river Travel in Comfort The Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley ser vice between Detroit and New York or Philadelphia affords excellent facili ties for people who desire to make the trip in ease and comfort Leave Grand Trunk station Detroit 8 10 daily arriving Philadelphia 3:47 New York 4:45 Through sleeping cars from Detroit to New York and Philadelphia Leav Grand Trunk station Detroit 10 40 daily arrive Philadelphia 7A4 'p New York 8:40 Through sleeping cars from Detroit to Buffalo and New York tablishing his political influence at the Cape in acquiring the friendship and confidence of Mr Hoffmeyr and in enlisting the sentiment of the Dutch electorate in the conception whicn afterward found expression in the memorable phrase coined by Mr Rhodes rights for a white men south of the Very early in his career Mr Rhodes had secured the complete confidence of Sir Hercules Robinson and no long neridd of time elapsed before the will and personality of the young imperialist had completely dominated the mind of the governor or the race for Matabdleland Mr Kruger and Mr Rhodes both entered Mr Kruger was defeated by his En glish (rival Mr singular ca pacity in the choice of men was' re markably shown in the choice of his three envoys Rudd Mr Maguire and Thompson Months of ne gotiation were consumed but at last the concession was obtained and was sealed with the: royal elephant seal at Lobengula 7 Rhodes' Policy The next move of Mr Rhodes was the of the great company which has played so consnicuous a part in South African politics since 1889 At that time Mr Rhodes had at his back a powerful financial group comprising the De Beers company the Goldfields of South Africa Mr Belt and some powerful capitalists'ln Lon don His jfolicy was the union of South Africa and he hoped to use the colonized through his enter prise and foresight and called after his name as a lever for the accom plishr'' of that purpose: He hoped to work toward the union of South Africa through a united native policy through a customs union and 'a rail way postoffice and fiscal scheme of common policy He perceived then more than his contemporaries that the union of South Africa in volved the destruction of the Boer policy of isolation for the republics plan then was to wont through the evolution of national and racial ten dencies of increased immigration and the working of the natural laws that govern the movement 7of peoples In 1895 Mr Rhodes had been premier of the Cape Colony for five years He had gained by his policy a vast terri tory for the empire He had done more German ambition and designs had been baffled by Mr Rhbdes single handed The increasing wealth of the mines enabled Mr Kruger to utilize the funds thus unexpectedly placed at his disposal for wild dreams of an in dependent republic The duel be tween the two men continued Mr Rhodes then made the great mistake of his life by joining in events that culminated in the Jameson raid This great blunder resulted in his' being forced to resign the prime minister ship his reverses followed thick fast' The cattle plague broke out in named for the great country he jhad conquered and held in submission The Dutch became his bitterest enemies The negroes" rose in rebellion: and the stockholders of the chartered company clamored for his resignation Rhodes poured out his money like water to reconquer Rhodesia went among the savages and talked them back into submission and sailed for London where1 he easily reinstated himself in the esteem of the angry stockholders of his company Then he returned to South Africa to ac complish the last step in repairing the evils wrought by his one fatal mis to regain the confidence of the Dutch About this time the Boer war came on a conflict which the Boers have all along believed due primarily to the work of Cecil Rhodes the man who was once Paul varm friend OICERS LOOKING OR DURAND MAN EXEMPTION NOT TO BE TAKEN "ROM EACH BEQUEST sell at 50 cents for full est is the safest most effective and ni pular of all catarrh remedies 7 Nearly all cheap cough mixtures and Piru it lozenges contain opiates these iap medicines give a temporary re specially with little children by nerve sensation the irri iiin in throat which causes cough is temporarily removed not by re moving the cause but by deadening th nerves of feeling The irritation not felt although it is still will promptly return Catarrh Tablets is the best to remove catarrhal secretion ti tin in the nose throat or stom because they are composed ofilesome antiseptics Blood Root Red uin from Eucalyptus tree etc When use these tablets you know what 11 tire putting into your system and taking chances with cocaine opi or similar' poisons found in sb irany catarrh cures and cough meiji Ir Ramsdell in commenting on ca rrh cures says: can heartily Tec pmond Catarrh Tablets be 11' they contain no cocaine nor other mgerous drug found in so many ad rtised catarrh cures I have known many cases of long standing ca 1 irrh of the head and throat com lately cured by the daily use of these ibli ts for several weeks One case in irtieular' which could not reach with an inhaler or spray and 'where th catarrh headaches al a noticeable loss of: hearing was entirely cured by this harmless but ef festive' Or Wainwright says: never hesl 1 it to to prescribe Catarrh Tab ts for catarrhal headaches and ca tarrhal deafness because I know them7 to be perfectly safe for child or adult1'irl have seen many remarkable cures 1 suiting from their regular daily use oause they are advertised ana sold drug stores is no reason why' any good physician should not use themnise we should seize upon the ins of cure wherever Catarrh Tablets are especial ly valuable for catarrhal colds in chil dren because they are pleasant to the taste and may be used freely to break 1 severe colds and croup at the very The minority members of the senate committee on the Philippines are con sidering the advisability of presenting to the full committee a proposition for a visit to the Philippine islands dur ing the next vacation for the purpose of investigating conditions there and of taking the testimony of leading ilipinos Monseigneur Sbaretti who has been chosen as archibishop knf to succeed Archibishop NBzalagon who retires voluntarily to Rome called oh Secretary Root yesterday The sec retary was about to take a train for New York so he was obliged merely' to greet his visitor and refer him to Col Edwards chief of the insular bureau until he (Secretary Root) re turned to Washington to day President Roosevelt has declared that no deserter from the army or navy will find favor" with him The statement' was "made to 7Captains rank Bruner and erd McDonough of Lytle Post (1 A of Cincinnati who handed him a set of resolutions from' the ex union soldiers of Cincin nati "condemning the restoration of de serters to the rolls and approving his course in vetoing certain bills recently passed by congress Lansing Mich March 26 (Special) state board of agriculture this afternoon ejected A Brown of Schoolcraft secretary of the Agricul tural College to succeed A Bird who resigned 'to devote his time to more profitable business in this city The appointee was a member of the of the legislative session of 1899 He is said to have had the pro "nise of the position nearly one year ago when it was that Bird would resign 1 'Mrs Clark "Whv how well you are laokine saw you last you was? as thin as I am What have you been Mrs have just finished a box of Peotorene the Health Tab lets Never had anything do me so much good I had been troubled with mv stomach lor a long tlmo and had to" be so careful what I ate as every thing distressed me so 1 was just down sick as you know but Mrs Downs told 'me about Peptorene the Health Tablet: she said it cured her of constipation and you can see It has done for me Why Mrs Clark you ought to try it It would do yoti all kinds of Mrs believe I Mrs wait get a box to day at any drug store ror twenty five Manufactured by the Battle' Creek Health Tablet Co Ltd' Battle Cesk Mich Write for free trial treatment Sold by all druggists Wool Trust )Salt Lake Utah March 26 Accord ing to the Heralda wool trust" is being" organized throughout the west Already it Is stated 70 of the leading sheep men of Utah have gone into the organization while many of the principal wool growers in Ore gon Nevada and Idaho have also joined forces with the new organiza tion Abolition of the profit and the saving to the wool growers is stated to be the object of the new association 4 Lansing Mich March 26 (Special) A decision of interest to insurance of property generally swas rendered by the Su preme Court this afternoon in the case of Ira Bennett vs the Western Un "Association of 'Detroit? Bennett had fire policy on his household goods Before removing them he informed the agent of his in tention He was told to go ahead as a removal permit would be issued The permit was made out but was not at tached to the policy until May 21 OnMay 19 the goods burned The court holds the company liable for the loss and says that the arrangement with the agent was a substantial com pliance with' the terms of the policy which does not permit of a removal of property without a permit Washington March 26 Itpresent understanding do Quesada formerly Cuban sloner will be" thq first minister from Cuba to the United States The United States diplomatic rej resentative to Cuba will be a full fledged minister and not a commission er President Roosevelt is about to send a message to congress to secure legislative authority for the appoint ment of such a minister as well as for the half dozen United States con suls who must be appointed There are no less than 200 applicants for these consulates already his of on Detroit street He had stated yesterday that he was going out into the country but it was noticed to day that the doors were locked and the keys were on the iu of the no body had seen him leave his rooms suspicion became aroused and at 5 officer red Gillen broke into the rear door and the truth was soon learned "Warren was lying dead upon his bed On the table was a bottle partially emptied and it was labeled Carbolic An open note was also lying on the table it was neither ijated nor signed It read as follows: pain and suffering is more than I can bear To those who have befriended and assisted me in my I return them many thanks if they could imagine one half of what 1 have suffered for the past few years they would forgive 7 There was 'also a sealed letter ad dressed to Attorney John Law rence who had always befriended Mr vV arren Of late years the deceased had been broke and it was Mr Law rence who kept him on his feet and practically supported him The letter to Mr Lawrence was very pathetic and showed that' the suicide evidently feared that his destination might the anatomical laboratory of the Uni versity It read as follows: dear friend I cannot en dure mjr troubles any longer I wish to thank you for the many favors you have shown me I think you would not blame me if you could know what my suffering has been I hope you may feel like not letting them put me in the vat Good bye John may God bless you and Mr Warren was a bachelor of about 75 of age and had been a sufferer for some time back i Mr "Warren's lite had been eventful In 185SThe went th a'nd from there he drift ed to Senora Mexico where he located upon some valuable land He was driven from this by bandits and was kept away from his property He ask ed the United States to take up his case against Mexico and presented a claim of $190000 against that govern ment about eight years ago Attorney Lawrence succeeded in getting $1000 for him from Mexico in settlement He was also considered one of the best conditioners of horses in this section of the country An inquest will be held on riday VlV MlXTURE Price $100 per bottle 'sold and guaranteed in Detroit by Drug gists Gray Worcester 208 Woodward corneE Wilcox street an KIhbcI 26 Michigan avenue 7 1 7 Owosso March (Spacial) Wellington Buck of Durand is in line for a heap of trouble 7 He came to Owosso to to nave forced an entrance into the home of Mrs1 Mary Chandler threw her furniture into' the' yard breaking an organ china ware lamps etc Mrs Chandler was at a home at the time Buck and family occupied art of the house a "few months ago leaving a big rent unpaid The bill was given to a collector to look up and Buck adopted stern measures to get even Officers are looking him up to night A popular tonic because of its merit strengthens the entire system drug Ask the clerks at or Gray WorcesWrs stores what the people who have used is Ro it recommend it too after taking it a Lansing" Michi March' The heritance tax law of this state which is a pretty bad muddle as being slow ly clarified by the Supreme Court An opinion was rendered to day in a case brought by 'A Stell wagsn against Probate? Judge Durfee of De troit in which it was held that the exemption of $5000 should "be taken from the estate of the decedent as a whole and not from each Interest transferred 7 v77 7 Stellwagen was administrator of the estate of Christian Moross who left an estate of $8000 to his five children Judge Durfee imposed the inheritance tax upon the entire estate Under the law estates valued at $5000 are ex empt from the inheritance tax and if exemption could be held to apply to each legacy no tax could have collected against me estate Grant did not agree with the justices but held that each was entitled to the exemption joritv of the court however the decisions of the New York courts which have held that exemptions should be taken from the entire estate the Michigan statute being largely a copy or tne New tors law ana point at issue having been passed on by the courts of that state Chicago North Western for DoiluiQll iiuiinaj Saginaw Mich March The Home Missionary Union of Michigan7 opened its twenty first annual meeting at the irst Congregational church this morning' Mrs Isaac Powell of Grand Rapids the president was In the chair An address of welcome was made by Mrs Bradley wife of the pastor of the' entertaining church Mrs LeRoy Warren responding Committees were named as follows: Nom Mrs Bastian Smits Jackson Mrs" Gregory Manistee Resolutions Mrs Mrs: Hadden Muskegon Gee Ann Arnor TT Contes Saginaw Crossman Recording secretary pro Mrs Kowiana Among Officers that of the treasurer GraollI ASKED OR WRIT PRO1IIBI TION IN HIS CASE Washington Marcfi (Spe cial) Smith of Adrian who was turned out qf the postmastership at Adrian has now been here ten days and no longer tries to conceal the fact that' he is after Representative scalp Thus far the two have never met but they exchange a run ning fire of caustic compliments through third parties avers that if has a spark of man hood and honor left he will stick to the compact made with Chas Towns end of Jackson not to be a candidate for a third term Incidentally charges with ingratitude for turning down the postmasters in his district after they had as he allegespaid his election expenses to the tune of $3500 He has not been able to dls cover definitely that is a can didate but his suspicions are aroused and he declares that his namesake can never be elected retaliates with the comment that was friendly as long as his vest wai next to the pie counter but has discovered hia unfitness to represent the second district since his decapita tion" declares that every postmas ter appointed by Gen Spalding is slat ed for the ax and that the next victim will be Postmaster Pond of Ann Ar bor who will be succeeded by Eugene Helber HOME missionary union XiDs Mich March 26 defunct irst National bank will b' fit to the extent of thousands of dollars if the Supreme Court upholds tti action of the Circuit Court of Bay in declaring for the plaintiff in ease of the irst National bank of Niles vs a Bay county farmer against whom the bank holds a note This was made a test case ly scores of farmers in the upper pen ii ila who bought bllls of goods from ilu agents of Newman Co a Niles fbm who took the notes of the farm us in payment Upon the arrival of th' goods they were found to be In ferior to what they were represented many of the farmers refused the and let the notes go to protest A Johnson who was interest 'd in the deal discounted the notes with the money When the bank threatened suit the farmers tncl' together for mutual protection Surprising Results lnlple Interftal Remedy Malcea Heiiiarkable Cures of Catarrh veuple who have used sprays inhal lives and washes for catarrh and found how useless and inconven thev are will be agreeably sur JV'ued at results following the use of 7 nleasant Internal remedy in tablet rn) Druggists everywhere admit at Catarrh Tablets which Plenty of Them all About 7 7 my surprise I discovered that the coffee habit was fixed upon me and I looked forward to the beverago at meals as indispensable felt that I would rather do with out the balance of the meal than the coffee and became Impressed with the" fact that my free independent ma )' hood was practically gone heart gradually became weaker 7 and weaker until it was so crippled that my hands and feet were always cold except immediately after drink ing coffee and after the effects of the coffee wore off I had that horrible relaxed wrung out like a dish rag feeling that made me feel like an old decrepit man at the age of thirty five 7" I awakened to mycondi tion I quit the coffee and took up Postum Cereal ood Coffee find i ing it a most a table and perfect beverage My heart has recovered itj normal strength and I am again a young and healthy inun It is Very plain to'me now that coffee stabbing me of? my strength and vigor'Postum helped quit and built up mv nprvnnq evotens "My wife alRo has been wonderfully benefited by the use of PostuindTood Coffee and we have been engaged in an active crusade in its behalf Have found many people who had turned down Postum solely on account of not: making It properly It is easy to make if one will use four neaping tea spoons to the pint of water and allow it to boil long enough XV always ue good rich cream and sweeten the cup to taste It is a delicious bever je bi' following persons were affected very much as I was and have re 'covered their health by the use of Postum ood Coffee: Dr A Schuelkc of the United States Army also Mr John Corcoran of South Omaha 'with 'the Cudahy Packihg' Co best H7 Spaulding 1610 Cass St Omaha Ex President Starts South Princeton March 26 Ex Pres Ident and Mrs Clevelandand Prof and Mrs John inley and Miss Bryant of New York left here at 3 to day on an Easter trip to the south They went in Col Daniel' private car and their destination is Stuart la All except Mr Cleveland will return in about a week He and Dr Bryant who will join the party in a few days will remain a fortnight loiter Perished in'Prairie'ire Anadarko Okla 'March 26 A de structive prairie fire has been burning about twelve miles southeast of here Mrs Hattie Hand with her two small' children started to a house to be in a safe place They were overtaken and burned to death The house which Mrs Hand and: her chil dren deserted had a fire guard plowed around it aijd it was not touched Lansing Mich March (Special) Lansing won out in the contest for the location of the meeting of the Na tional Grange to be held in this state next November The location of the meeting which rested withhe execu tive committee of the state grange was decided here to day after a con ference with the Business asso ciation at which certain requirements made by the grange were agreed to Lansing will have to spread itself to take care of the big organiza tion but the city feels equal to the task fe MoveinentM of Ocean Steamships New York March 26 Arrived: Oce anic from Liverpool Oscar II (new) from Copenhagfen Georgic from Liv erpool Clef eld Bremen Sailed: Phil adelpCiia Southampton Haverford Antwerp Teutonic Liverpool Queenstown March Arrived: Westernland from Philadelphia Glasgow March 26 Arrived An choriaNew York'7' St Vincent March 26 Arrived: Marianne 7 Taqpma Callao etc Bremen "March 26 Arrived: Dres den New York Naples March 26 Arrived: New? York Alexandria etc cruise) Liverpool 'March 26 Sailed: land niiaaeipnia Southampton March a New York via Cherbourg ayal Marsh Passed: Lahn Genoa Naples and Gibraltar for New York Rotterdam March 26 Arrived: Sta tendam New York via Boulogne sur Aier Cherbourg MarcCi 26 Sailed: Prinz Wilhelm (from Bremen Southampton) New York Gibraltar March 26 Passed une Glasgow and 'Liverpool for snore lions Hong etc and Victoria and Seattle Hong Kong March 23 Arrived pre viously: Olympia Tacoma via Yoko hama Kobe and Shanghai Coronel March Sailed: 3 Pem brokeshire (from Portland Ore and Astoria) Queenstown Plymouth March 26 Pre toria New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg and proceeded Lizard March 27 Passed: St Louis New York for Southampton 4 True Tome 7 I It as good for wook tMn narvous aaid worn out people or those who have np appetite ana who need bracing up In te convalescence fcm Grip Pneumonia or any Illness it is anvaiuab CECIL RHODES IS DEAD WEST SHORE RAILROAD To New Ydrk' Boston and ail points east via waoasu uiryugn nuick time low rates See ticket agent or address A Chicago Ill 1 7 1 1 EASTER HOLIDAY RATES To the General Public: One way lowest first class fare the round 4 trip from Detroit to in Canada on the Canadian cific Railway and connecting lines Jisrch 27th 28th 29th 30th 'and 31st good for the return until 4 prllist Mrs AVheelock Ovid Wilson Detroit Mrs Mc Place of meeting Mrs Credentials Miss tern Among the reports of Mrs Grabill showed total receipts from all $5636 38 of which $4690 25 was for warded to the treasurer of the State Home Missionary Society and $946 13 to the na tional societies The corresponding secre tary Mrs Cutcheon of Grapd Rap ids reported that 23 auxiliaries of the 149 In the state made prompt reports 3076 women of the female associations In Detroit fourteen send good reports Jackson association always sends a good report Rev George Clark of Charleston who was educated in the Amer ican Missionary Association school de livered an address Dr Lobo who has just returned from India lectured at the church this evening after which the ladles of the church ten dered him a reception In the church par lors 7: S' Dynamite Exploded in Ilin Hand Jackson Mich March Nicholas Badgley a traveling stump puller is' at the city hospital here suffering fiom a compound fracture and laceration of the right arm sand Injuries to the eyes 7 and face He picked up a "stick of dynamite where he was at work at Brooklyn to day the "fuse of which he supposed had gone out buy which proved to be only some what slow and it exploded in his hand He may lose his arm May Lease Campgrounds at daland Lake Brighton Mich March 26 Maj McCiure and Iieut Schick army officers from ort Wayne Detroit1 were at Island Lake to day inspecting the former camp groi nds of the as Uncle Sam may lease It far target practice The officers consider it good grounds for the purpose 7 I Mrs Brown When I WAS ORMERLY A WELL known horseman It Beatows on the Aged a Condl tlon of Comfort Happiness and Peace That 5o Other Agency Can Give J) We should give careful attention todi the physical welfare of the aged in" 7 our homes Their chief troubles are constipation flatulence drowsiness rheumatism neuralgia and indigestions Celery Compound is 1 the best medicine for all the bb setting troubles of the old Its regur latlng Influence on the liver kidneys and bowels removes the disorders come to the aged When you are old Celery Compound stimulates the vital powers regulates digestion and promotes a healthy appetite It builds you up and adds years of com fort happiness and peace to your life i Rev Dr Wm A Smith of Groton Conn one of the' best known divines in Southern New (England sends the following letter that deserves careful reading: "I am how 86 years of age and dur ing my long life have suffered greatly from dvsnepsia torpid liver constipa tion and insomnia at times thinking I should die for want of sleep the use of several bottles of Celery Compound I have so far recovered my health as to con sider myself a well man for mv age My appetite is now good my sleep isx refreshing my liver active and bowels regular and my crutches not that you get the kind that makes old people active 1 fresh and young Look for the name on each bottle and wrapper If you are offered any other kind you are getting a substitute that is worthy less 7 Qauo Mfinou by dyeing your faded garments duIC with Diamond Dyes 10 cents: Ann Arbor Mich March 26 (Sae )ln ArbOr is shocked by a sui cide Edward Warren formerly a well known horseman committed the sen uestruction to dly in rooms over' the plumbing shoo He used carbolie acid for the id $946 13 to tbi corresponding heon of Grapa state made prompt reports 3076 are estimated as the constituency society Jn three churches every member of the church is a member Auxiliary Ofi nineteen 4 fc J'' 'Bmn 7 wL Ail 7 i ff jjy VKWiMlXTURE i.

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