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1 9 MONDAY NOVEMBER 30 1 908 THE DETROIT REE PR AIR TRIES TO BORROW TARI MATTER IN WIRELETS Hard 50 GTS ARRESTED tariff I Name of Pupil School 'BREWERS BENEITED Age BY APHTHOUS GERM Home Address Stuff it hon TOWN LOODED the 3000 HOMELESS SAY TREATY ENDS Matthews i BUHRER EXPLAINS DEICIT prominent theater be of REMEMBER DEAD BROTHERS LETS cat BAG Resulting Street RENCH PAINTINGS TO have closed down and DENOUNCE AUSTRIAN POLICY STAMPS TO AID RED CROSS COLDS CURED IN ONE DAY MAN IS STABBED IN IGHT NEEDLE TRAVERSES OWL on His The Discouraged Dyspeptic will find in 'both official and Grape Nuts CX an tlie was consular upon as much un the gov Tho the people greater use because of the service ad In the ns li as $208351886 deficit of S16 inthe 'history with' an a'ddi I lie wri ar the station In Patrolman Collins OUT BAD WATER SPOILS MANY BOILER TUBES should congress meat authority routes still 1 The Detroit ree Press Writing Contest OR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN MICHIGAN now by an not The Toledo police have the feline con ne or 1 i it left try leave lt on was merely another rata about what to move the body to the morgue The coroner will an Investigation today Stinger' our witness no mar issued to 'J 1 This Coupon MUST accompany every specimen of handwriting Pin or paste it on your copy Send your writing to' Handwriting Editor ree Press Detroit Mich after 1)C as facilities for a nd shortly in ice out Aothor Kildare to Aaylum Special to The ree Pre New York November 29 Owen Kildare the author Is to be sent to Bloomingdale tomorrow from the psychopathic ward at Bellevue The Bellevue alienists believe be will re cover after a few treat ment it tai ssc7u inc uttu mu itituiii Without serious accident 'or of any kind battleships after clearing Bay will head for Colombo wnere tney are aue in two They will stay there for payment of Mr pledge io ooo university should have pleted That of the west will make of the national forests tiie reorganizations of Into six districts rendering it pos sible to handle the forests more ex peditiously is the view expressed by Gifford United States forester their trade Is being of to POSTAL' DEICIT LARGESTEVER SUSPECT OSBORNE YEGG ACCOMPLICE Speeches pf Italian Deputies ollowed by Riots It was dumped in the pit others ami subjected to treatment A calf which on this farm had been LEET TO START HOME TOMORROW Go Buck Houic way home I metman in front or AECTED CATTLE ARE ALL BURIED comparative 4 trade not expect foreign throw open their interrogatories are impudent and have pleasant feeling and lie The whole affair Rome November 29 About 20 000 people gathered today In a mass meeting held express disapproval of the attitude of Austria Three deputies delivered violent speeches denouncing the Austrian policy After the meeting rioters at tempted to force the Austrian em bassy but were prevented by troops who are guarding all the territory near the embassy TELLS SAD TALE DECEPTION ward Davis i rederick Rustin ten weeks ago will be railed in Judge branch of the district court Monday WASHINGTON Numerous recom mendations have been made for the revision of the tariff schedule onsundries which was discussed at the house ways and means committee hearing Saturday PITTSBURG In the presence of several hundred invited guests the United States geological experiment station here for the in vestigation of mine explosions will be formally opened December 3 Congress will face a deficit in the immigration fund by reason of the extraordinary expenr dltures by the immigration commis sion which lias been carrying on its work under an indefinite appropria tion WASHINGTON Tuesday of this week lie national conservation commission will meet in tills city in closed session to negin the formu lation of its report to President Roosevelt on the state of the coun natural resources $10000 in Cash Prizes to the Boys and' Girls Who Write the ollowing Sentence in the Best Style: ST CHURCH HAS JUBILEE SERVICES made that the leave of absence with pay allowed bv law to employes of the postal service he increased from 15 Io 30 days whenever the postal rev enues warrant it believed to Courtney who Ty Toledo KiiMsla Welcomes Agreement St Petersburg November 29 The American Jupanesn agreement which brings the United States Into the "circle of accords concluded last year by Russia' Japan and rance assures accIHtding to the opinion held here the development of tiie far eastern situation and is certain of the heartiest welcome in Russian circles public Knights of Equity Hold Mem orial Services The annual memorial exercises of Court No 6 Knights of Equity were held yesterday afternoon at the Knights of Columbus hall About 7u0 persons gathered to honor the dead of the court during the last year and the impressive services recalled many a sad remembrance of the eight knights who had left the order A presided over the meeting and the invocation was delivered by 1 Stritch Appropriate addresses were deliv ered by Boufke George A Kelly James JI Lynch of Pontiac and Charles Duffy A quartet composed of John Macey John Manning Charles Bradley and John Galding rendered music and Thomas Lahey sang a solo in the morning memorial mass was held in the Jesuit church and a memorial sermon was delivered by Sulli van The eight members of the court who died year ore Robert A Burns John Hayes Morris Kenny John Lucey itzpatrick' Dennis of Windsor James Hanley and Tcrie Tuckley of Pontiac Castro Klsrlalma Operation Story Basseterre' Island of Guadaloupe November 29 President Castro of Venezuela arrived today aboard the steamer Guadaloupe on his way to Bordeaux President Castro declared that the object of liis journey was to settle some dip lomatic" business with the rench government Guthrie the result of rain In lonwood river and its tributaries the' Cottonwood Wverfipwed this afternoon Several hundred homes are part ly under water inWcst Guthrie and 3000 persons tonight'are home less The river was one foot iugnor than ever before in its history and was rising rapidly Hundreds of residents who re fused to leave the Hooded district believing that the river would not rise so rapidly were forced to lite hotB1 of distress before suits't Boats With volunteer rescuers brought the tardy ones to places of safety It is believed that a few persons are still hi their homes So rapid was tho rise of 1lio Cottonwood that 20 Jtead of cattle were drowned before they could be driven out of the waters Street ear service is at a standstill The water plant is under water ive thousand dollars' Worth of cotton belonging to the armers' OU Mill was washed down stream and 2006 bales are still in tlm water' The Atchison TopekaSanta round house and shops are inundated Leavitt May Take Charge of Art Exhibit Paris November 29 The "isoct etie les Beaux Arts is arranging an elaborate collection of canvases bv its members to be sent to America early in 1909 for exhibition at the principal cities 11 Tnvitt William Jennings son in law has been asked to take charge of 'the exhibition and act as the American represent ative of the society Mr Ixavltt who is engaged in the completion of a large painting 'The East Sup per'A for which prominent prelates and artists posed has not yet ac cepted Mr Teavtt lias announced that lie Intends to resume residence witn liis wife at Denver as soon us he iinisiies this painting Cincinnati the second time lie want ed to occupy" the same room with me hut 1 refused until wo were married and he promised again to marry me but said lie could not marry me in Ohio as he had a great secret that would bo exposed if lie married me in Ohio Wan Sad he eame to Detroit lie said Jie would marry me here and when lie brought me to Detroit he failed to keep his promise until I told him that 1 felt that lie did not Intend to be honorable with me A week ago last lie brought me the mar riage license and told me to sign it and then he told me that we were married 1 told him that was'a queer way to get married and lie replied that we were in Michigan and every state had a different law and a dif ferent way for people to get mar ried I believed that we were mar Tied but somehow I felt so sad not at all like a girl ought to feel after having been just married Last Tuesday I told him that I believed he had deceived me and lie replied: If I was not married to you I would have shipped you several days ago for you are nothing but a cry baby and are still tied to jour apron a day I felt that we were really married but then 1 could not help but feel sad and I started to investigate on my own hook I went to the countv office and found there was no clerk there ihv the mime oi join "whose name was signed to marriage and rlage us at "On awfu I I nt i 1 crying lie asked me what the trou ble was He said ho was from Brooklyn and had daughters of his own and if I was in trouble and needed advice he would give it to me and help me even to sending inc home If I was a stranger in "Detroit Before I could tell this man anything thoidoctor came out of tho hotel and saw me and took me home 1 He then told me never to speak to any man on the street and after that he refused to allow mo talk to anvone Ho threat ened to pack up his tilings and leave me If I ever talked to any one 1 could not help telling a lady at West street where we roomed that I discovered no marrias license had been issued for our marriage and she told me at once that I was deceived She called the police and the was Since she was placed in charge of the matron at the police headquar ters Saturday evening Miss Renz has wept continuously Tho ma trons have done everything to con sole nei get her she can whom s' ive that amount when $156 arlditiona) endowment of 'the i been com River Overflows Rapidly and Residents of Guthrie Are a trifle more than of more important him of a vast work that is a Driven Out Okla November 29 Aj of a hour downpour the valley of the Cot Cuutlnued rom One GRAND TnVXK LKHtnn VALEEV DOUBLE TRACK ROUTE NEW YORK EXPRESS 7:45 Dally Service 7:45 Geneva Ithaca Wilkes Philadelphia New York and inter mediate points or rates timetab les call on any Grund Trunk agent nr write to Geo Vaux AC "A 135 'Adams st PIIJKS CURED IN a TO 11 DATS PAZO OINTMENT guaranteed to cure any case Itching Blind Bleeding or Protruding Piles to It days or money refunded too name of name was ceriincalv learned that license liaJ been in i Will my nice Ponlchartrain and as 1 November 2 In hle annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30 908 Postmaster General Meyer gives the total' re ceipts for the year tlicrobyv allowing a 573222 the largest ut tiie departments tional loss from fire burglary etc of $37056 The deficit of 1309 it is estimated igain will exceed $16 00000 Attention is particularly called to ainumber of improvements In busi ness methods of the department as tending' to its advantage and the saving of considerable amounts Jteeommendation is again made for the creation of the position of dl rector of posts at a high salary and who si all hold office during good behavior the object being to liave a continuity of policies for the benefit of the postal service and the people of the United States lnreela Post foe armers The necessity for good roads Is pointed out in connection with the development of the rural free do Proprietor of Hotel Where Al leged Safeblowers Were ound Is Arrested James' Courtney who was arrest ed Saturday with JCdward alias James Kelly on tho charge of blowing the safe in the New Balti more postoftiee was taken to Mt Clemens at 9 o'clock last night by Under Sheriff John Matthews Her bert Osborne one of the proprietors of the Osborne hotel Clay avenue and I street was also tak en to the Mt Clemens jail yester day where lie Is held on the charge accessory alter the HAVANA Tirso Mesa mutl millionalre and member of the Lon don board of directors of the Unit oil Railways of Havana was shot ami killed on his estate near Agu ado de Matanzas prov ince by Ramon Victorio: ST LOUIS Burch field wealthy real estate dealer of iiousion i exas with i connections in Pittsburg formerly in the brokerage business in St Eouis and a Princeton graduate lias dropped out of sight in this city Passes Through Body Without Killing It 1 Special The ree Press Red Bank November Although such nn occurrence has happened in rare instances in the case bf the human body probably the first Instance of a needle pass ing through the entire body of a chicken without killing the fowl was revealed here today Mrs Patrick Ilalleran wife of Councilman Halleran of Atlantic Highlands bought a chickfen today from Phelix Grehea who had raised it himself when the fowl was killed and opened the needle was lounu in itThe sharn nolnt had penetrated every' part of the chicken in the journey through its body The vitals of the chicken were ter rioiy lacerated and it is remarkable that under sueh conditions it should live Little Girl Only Witness to Ac cident Which TAtal Struck by Grand THintrenglne No 87 as 4io wutK walking duwiuthe tracks' "at Wafah'w and De quihdro street at 1:15 yes terday morning John Drozdowskl 49 years old 318 Garfield avenue was so severely injured that he died ut Harper hospital two hours later Walking by his side witli her hand 'tightly clutching that of her father was 10 yeur old Clara hi? daughter When tlm train struck her father and hurled him far away from her the girl frightened ran to her home When Drozdowskl was picked up lie was so frightfully mangled that had he lived it would have been necessary to amputate both his legs Drozdowski and ids daughter were visiting relatives and remained so late that they attempted to shorten their route home by walking down the railroad tracks A widow and several children survive him Coroner Bennett was called af ter the man died and he has ordered County Undertaker Creedon to re county conduct NEW YORK William Morse Co Ine have engaged Mrs James Brown Potter for a vaudeville tour of 20 weeks beginning In the Lin coln tlic paid Mrs Potter fs $2600 a week PITTSBURG ollowing so close ly the awful disaster at the mines of tiie Pittsburg Buffalo Coal com i pany near here the meeting ofi file American mining congress in I tlds city the coming week prom ises to be one of tho most inter esting ever held by tiie congress AYETTE IO President A Shanklin of Upper Iowa Uni versity has received a check from Andrew Carnegie for In Passengers Enjoy Expense on a Third line car one remedy under to avoid a detl' it le for tho county money some year meet the needs of period of fourteen nf ftvplvp ThL then would leave the unexpended balances nereaaary to carry the county along without any anticipa tion of the funds J'eraomilly 1 not believe in providing Tunds far In excess of the actual need because I believe such a condition would lead to extravagances our present arrangement under existing laws to tide over tills period when necessary coats but a trifle is satis factory to all concerned and Im far preferable in my judgment to Hav ing on hand unnecessarily largo bsl atices of the and tried very th Ing to mind off her trouble but not forget how tiie nwii Im consented to marry had deceived her Siie says she will remain in Uetroit until she sends him to prison as that is her only desire now Then sho says she will return to her mother and simple life ns ii poor girl in JAminville "5 Demonstrations Against Students at Prague Now Include rancis Joseph Vienna November Dispatch es received here state that the Czech demonstrations against the German students at Prague which have been going on intermittently for "several weeks were resumed today" assuming an anti dynastic c'naracier Heretofore the Czechs have at tacked the Germans only in their club quarter but turbulent anti German scenes occurred today in many places while throughout the city Germans were insulted and whipped and many of them were wounded Tiie Germans themselves held de monstrations for the monarchy and sang tiie imperial hymn Tiie Czechs answered by sneering at the hymn and tearing the Imperial black and yellow flag to pieces Manufacturers Tell Con suls of Business De tails for Tariff Work Berlin November American consuls In Germany are having slight success in obtaining replies from German manufacturers re spectMig the cost of production of tlreir wares how' wages are tributed etc as all or nearly ali have quietly combined to resist tiie inquiries which the consuls were ordered by tire 'state department to make for use by the house1 ways and means committee in revising tiie tariff Under tiie North German Ameri can' agreement chambers of com merce in Germany may be referred to for authoritative valuations and several of the consuls In Prussia sought to invoke this clause in their efforts obtain the informa tion sought for but In each in stance the chambers referred the questions to the minister of com merce who replied that tiie data could be given only through the foreign office Think It Impudence As a consequence a formal re quest to the state department lias been made to Secretary Root and remains under at Washington where doubt seeming ly exists' whether it is suitable that such am inquiry should be made as an act of one government to another i The German official view seems to be that tiie American congress is revising the tariff solely in tiie interest of its own people and therefore through its own experts should slutty situations and competitors to DOORS The looked caused a suspicion' of the sincerity of American alms is regarded as a trap intended to wrfrk to the disadvantage of the German exporter Pittsburg Eactory Men Worried Over Situation rom Long Drought Special to The ree Press Pittsburg November 29J The bus iness and mill men of Pittsburg are at present not a little worried over the fact that water in the 'Monon gahela and Allegheny rivers from which most of the great supply for boilers is drawn here has become so bad through a drought of 18 weeks tliat boiler tubes are eaten out in two days It Is estimated tliat $25666 is now being spent dally by tiie firms of Pittsburg for new boiler tubes So bud lias the water become that the transportation facilities of the entire city are threatened The fire companies are ordered to be espe cially vigilant at this time because of great fyir of boiler explosions and resultant fires Many of tiie smauer nianis will remain closed until tiie water can be used in safety! Cong Denby Says It Is to Predict Outcome eVliort will nnally be aetUea aliHll be satisfied with that will reduce where the is too and Increase where it is too said Congressman Den by In an address on 1913 be fore the class of tho rat Congregational church yesterday benefit to trade both to the United States and to South America will be too great to be calculated Congressman Denby declared kclf Impressed with the of ship subsidy as shown by thescarcity of vessels Hying the Am erican flag even making a (II rect run from the United States to Panama and South America rance Intervene BV CABLE' TO THE RES PRESS Vienna November 29 Despite the denials that have been 'made it 'is certain that tiie Austrian govern ment applied to the rench govern ment to use its infiuence' against the Austrian boycott in Turkey The rench ambassador here however declared that rance was unable to intervene His government's re ply stated that it regarded the boy cott not as political action but as a purely economical question In which it could not meddle Car Joke at Passe nirern bound down town were treated to a bit of entertainment not provided by the J) UJ It yesterday afternoon Away up Third avenue two men and a lady "boarded tiie car One of the men curried a basket with cover tightly closed which seemed suspiciously heavy and from which curious sounds occasionally ema nated got "a baby in that commented a passenger up in front J'rom tliat moment the three persons became tiie object of suspicion to all who had heard tho remark Just as the car was get ting down town tho climax camp Thera was a sudden Joie the Jld of tiie basket burst open and out leaped a monster maltese cut Jnstead of trying to bolt out of tlm car the big beast gravely surveyed its surroundings then hopped upon the'knees of tiie man who had cht ried it and calmly began adjusting its toilet The smile that went urptind tho car was considerably 111 A SX 11 fl Pv 1 lldl A Later Hie owner of fidod to a friend tliat ing to lose tiie cat doorstep hut taking it across town fellow who had more the' house than he knew do with rank Galnke Gets Cut orehead It was only after three viclons stabs witli a jackknife had beau made at him that rank Galnke 196 Thirty first street received cut on his forehead Galnke with Paul Pochna Adam Zaboltne and John Mazurrl is now locked un at the Vinewood police station charged with disturbing the peace The quartet was arrested In a house at' 92 Goldner avenue last night where a celebration had been in progress during the day When tiie wagon with Signal Officer Murphy arrived Collins had been pushed down the steps Galnke was cut twice on the arm while warding off blows which lie says Zaboltne aimed at hist head Ma zurrl attempted to escape arrest by throwing off his socks and shoes xuu jiiiipiiir mio ra rested and takent JilB iiMIB I Br was not injured seriously enough to OCEAN STEAMSHIPS: New York' November Ar rived: Indiana from Genoa and Na ples New'York from Southampton Halifax November 28 Arrived Emnresit of Britain from Liverpool" Liverpool November 28 Canadian from Boston' from Montreal Helled for Boston Mongolian for Philadel phia Southampton November Ar rived: Pliiladelphhi from Sailed: JTinz riedrich Wilhelm for New York: Kaiserin Auguste Vic toria for New York Queenstown' November Sailed Lueania for New York Havre November 28 Sailed: Sar dinian for St John St John November 29 Arrived: Victorian from Liverpool Montfort from London and Ant werp Battleships Will Leave Manila Bay on Last Section of World Voyage Manila November 29 With the departure 'from Manila December 1 of tiie American battleship fleet under the command of Rear Admiral I Sperry tiie 16 vessels that are mak ing such a remarkable' round the 1 world voyage turn their prows defi nitely for home waters" They have been gone from Hamp ton Roads nearly a year on the most remarkable trip ever recorded In naval annals If the record es tablished up to the present tlmo is maintained the fleet will return hnmA inLilmp The Manila Ceylon weeks six days and then proceed to Suez witiiout stop Due nt Home ebruary 22 They are due at the southern en trance of the Suez canal January 5 and after leaving Port Said at the northern entrance where coal is to be taken on board the ves sels will divide into squadrons and make a series of calls at various Mediterranean ports In this man ner tiie American ships will show at Athens Tripoli Villefranche Marseilles Genoa Leghorn Malta Naples and Algiers According to tiie schedule tiie entire fleet will assemble 'at Gibraltar the first week of l'cb ruary and on ebruary 6 it will leave Gibraltar for either Hamp ton Roads or New York Tiie question of the final port in America Ims not yet beenx definite ly decided The vessels are due In Hampton Hoads of New Y'ork ebruary 22' When tiie fleet readies the United States It will have traversed since December lt lUilt when Hampton Roads a distance miles GERMANS REUSE TO AID REVISION con it is from debat able clause which give a guaran tee of the status quo in China The Temps Infers that tiie two governments must have first readi ed a full agreement on the immi gration question It adds that Japan is appeasing all tiie uneasiness she awakened a vear or two ago and is winning' much esteem by her diplomacy as bv her renown at arms The Journal thinks the under standing is a brilliant success for diplomacy when tiie difficulties are taken into account The conven tion if says appears to be ex tremely advantageous to tiie United States Its profit to Japan is less apparent but no less real The Matin says: vanishes the dream of gaining sup port from America to struggle against tiie peril he has denounced so The Siecle says this entente is unequaled in importance in the history of modern civilization In Asia CZECHS BEAT UP MANY GERMANS Sishop oley and Many Priests Assist ih Wyandotte Celebration The fiftieth anniversary of' St church at Wyandotte of which A Hally is pastor was celebrated yesterdaj Bishop J'oiey and priests from many parts of 'the state were present us weir as some from out of the state The jubilee mass was celebrated by William DeBevre of Dex ter who was the second priest in charge of the parish George Laugel was the deacon Wil liam Graham of Kansas City Mo was the sub deacon Graham is a former resident of tiie down river city and was brought up in St parish James Cahaian of Marshall" was the nias7 ter of ceremonies Bishop oley Richard Command of Trenton It Champion of Ecorse Jtoach Joseph Lempka Commerford James Stapleton Baumgartner A Krans Thomas and Dolan assisted in the mass Charles Keilly of Detroit preached an eloquent sermon before the congregation which filled the church to its capacity A large gold collection was taken up at the service and a considerable amount' realized Tiie money will go toward the school fund Yester day afternoon Bishop oley con firmed a class of over 166 children and the church was "crowded witli parents and friends Many were present at the vesper services when George Laugel delivered a ser mon Cause for rejoicing a Reason Says Auditors Could Not Well Prevent County's Shortage Treasurer Robertson himself Is largely respnindblo for tiie fnct that the county liua to bor row motley between the close of the fiscal year and tiie beginning of tux siil'l Auditor CJiurhs A Bulirer last night referring to the statement tn an Inter view In The ree with in a few years county ami sinte taxes wore payable beginning No vember 15 of each year but for lii own convenience ns county tre ix urcr in collecting these taxes Mr Robertson liad Hie legislature ex tend tiie time of payment until De cember 1 Of each year thereby de laying for two weeks tho time wh tlieso receipts would be avall'ible for the payment of tlm nei Under tiie old law Hie county would now le in possession of ample fun'ls to meet every emergency lnt lnr is a condition which lie nvr thought of when ho was advocating this change tn tlm law auditors In making their estimates for the (ensuing year can only untfeipdto Atlm expenditures which tnny le re ceived and required for tlm year to come We can only estimate from tiie past what wo may expert in tlm future and when tlm new auditor tak63 hold' ha may learn that tlm estimated earnings may Im lews thananticipated and 'the eHtinmtml ex penditures greater This is Just what happened tills yenr instance In 1907 tiie board estimated tiie liquor tax culloetlmm at' $460006 figuring upon tin re ceipts for tho year previous but the actual receipts from this source for tiie past year were only $146000 Tiie juvenile court for which no provision was made cost tiie county last year about $5600 and there are manj other just such instaiices the principal reason Um county must borrow nt present Is simply that the receipts for the period between October I and De cember 1 are always less than the DA HU 4 I I flS is just the present law and tliat would to raise enough as a atnrter to the county for a months Instead Mrs Ethel Kcltlnu Dead Mrs Ethel Neidan for about 15 years a resident of Detroit yesterday morning at the lionm of her daughter Mrs Harry Meyers Brewster street Death was to a stroke of apoplexy with whlvh she Was afflicted riday Mrs Kci dan camo to Jtetrolt from a townn russlu whem she was born Her husband 20 years iisn but her five children all lived in Drjo it jun to a short time ago xvlicn Mrs It Aronson a daughter moved to New York The four others are: Abraham Wolf JI Mrs Harry Meyers and Mrs Alpert uneral services will Im imid from the resilience of Mrs Mevrrs ttd afternoon at 2 interment will be at Beth Olein cemetery Last Herd of 73 Victims of Hoof and Mouth Disease Destroyed Every one of the catte in herds about Klm Uyonl township that were found to be 'affected by thfe hoof and hiouth disease Js now safely burled "under six or seven feet of Tirth firs having been en shrouded in a bariui robe of lime Tiie last herd Qf'j? cattlo bn the farm of Jra Wfisoti Was destroyed yesterday Dr IL II Sparhawk of the Chicago offlce'of thu bureau of animal industry who acted as dt ikial executioner belng essiated by about a dozen other Inspectoral Tiie cattle were killed in record time starting at 10:30 the inspectors finished up before 1 ni putting to diathil hogs sides tiie cattle The catching of tiie hogs was a task that forcibly reminded some of the spectators of the pastime of "chasing the greased once popular as a holiday sport in rural districts The hogs proved nearly as elusive to tljp grasp as though they bad greased but all were rounded up finally anil the work of slaughter was completed Tvo Disinfecting Today two disinfecting crews begin operations on the Lavonia farms under the immediate super vision or Dr Townsend in spector in charge of tiie Milwau kee office of bureau Dr 11 Mullowney of Boston who has eritl charge of tiie work sitvs it may take several weeks to finish (leaning up In a way tliat will make sure there will be no repeti tion of the outbreak After each place is thoroughly disinfected test of Hie? efficiency of tiie work will be mails by plac ing one cow in each of the barns or sheds now affected bv the con tagion If no symptoms of the dis ease manifests itself in these cows after they have been uilowfed ti re main in the premises a Tcarcnable length of time perhaps a week the inspectors will feel aseuied no lurk ing germs of the hoof and mouth 'disease ure left It may be three months or so however before the farmers will bo in shape to resume operations as dairymen Meanthn" addi tion to Hie difference in the price at which they valued tiie cattle now dond and the price receive! for them the farmers xvill be cut off from the income they derived from their dairy herds which in some instances is one of tile important spurees of revenue While the farmers seem satisfied witli the valuations placed on their stock they point out tliat it is much easier to destroy a good dairy herd than It Is to acquire one the latter process being one Involving time and the elimination of poor milk producers Another matter interesting tiie farmers just now is when they will tie able to get the money iir Stock killed The federal Crnincnt navs two thirds vouchers arc already in Washing ton and drafts for tiie farmers will he On their way back tills week it Is said In tiie case 'of tiie state government which meets one third of tiie expense the situation is different Witli only $200 in tiie state treasury and up more funds apparently available tiie farmers liave figured it out they probably will wait sev eral months to get their money get it ail right' but only goodness knows whert" is tiie way one man sadly sized lip tiie situa tion as lie watched the cattle which liis family had made pets disappear one by one Into tiie yawning trench 4 Body xhti ineil The federal inspcrtors' tn their work on the farint of George 41 Cornell exhumed the body of tiie cow which died from hoof and mouth disease and was burled having been left In a field several days They found tiie carcass had been placed under only about a foot or earth witli the the lime also died buried on the opposite side of the road from the trench It too was exhumed but under the quarantine regulations the inspectors were un able to move the body across the road but were obliged to have a new tomb prepared for It on the same side of the road where it was first interred vlr Durfee who lias been In vestigating reports relative to dis eased cattle near Lansing returned last night and says tiie cattle arenot affected by hoof and mouth dis ease Dr Adolph J'lichorn went to Reed City last night to look up a clue as to tiie possible origin of tiie outbreak among cattie in New York Cleaning Up Stock The Michigan state live stock sanitary commission will today re lax its quarantine restrictions on tiie four counties adjacent to Wayne to the extent of permitting the shipment of stock from these coun ties into Wayne intended for immediate slaughter Under the direction of Sutherland division superintendent of the Michigan Central railroad good progress is being made in cleaning up the Detroit stock yards preparatory to their being disin fected About 300 mon and 26 teams were on the job yesterday The refuse and soil hauled from the yard is taken out and dumped then covered with lime Most of tiie cattle section is now ready for the force of disinfectors tliat is to operate under tiie supervision of Dr lands Cf en in charge of the Detroit otlicft of tiie bureau The sections allotted to hogs mid sheep are still to be cleaned up and it probably will be Wednesday be fore the actual disinfection starts A local storage company is tak ing advantage of tiie Canadian quarantlno on all varieties of jive stock bv "advertising that it will do trucking in the United States and Canada This company hap pens to have an automobile moving van 1 NEW ORLKANS The estimate oh the cotton crop of 1908 is 12800000 bales Maj Charles Larrabee assistant commissioner of Indian affairs has resigned to take effect November 30 WASHINGTON The weather bureau lias Issued flood warnings for the lower Neosho and lower Arkansas rivess LOS Addison Iysle a prominent citizen of Pitts burg and formerly president of tiie National Board of Navigationj is dead HUNTINGTON Va' More than 2000 coke ovens in tiie Norfolk Western fields which have been Idle i for almost a year have resumed operations: 1 A SI Wash in ton will throb with convention spirit next week when 'half a dozen organiza tions each national in scope will assemble here Ex Queen Liliuo I kalani of Hawaii accompanied by 1 Prince and Princes' Kalanianaole I and tier secretary Aimoku reached I Washington from Honolulu 1 OMAHA The trial of Cliarles Ed 1 I JU 1 LUI tiie lUUlUVL UL 1 I Paris' Newspapers Hail Japan Agreement as Guaran tee of Peace BV CABLE TO THE REE PRESS London November 29 English and comment anent the Japanese American agreement is generally favorable Tiie Paris newspapers particularly hail it as a further "guarantee of the peace and as the abolition of tiie so far as America is concerned It 'is also pointed out as a de cisive refutation of the kaiser's alarms as expressed to various Am erican visitors the last few months It is described in most of the news papers' as the equivalent for the ranco Japanese agreement eluded in June 1907 and said that it even borrows tliat convention the most Cold Jl medy Relieve the heal throat and lunB almoit Check avrrw Dl'hare of bom take away all actio and caused by cold It curaa rii and fiinate Coughs and prevent Pneumonia PtIcb tie 1 Hava you stiff or ewcllei joint ix ler how chionlot Ak you dnigRPt ro Ilhe umAtUni Renicdy nd how quickly you will la cured It you hava any kidney tr blaadar tr'i bio get Munyon'n kidney llomady Vltailzer make aaak trtmg and rtore leal power Meyer in Annual Urges Parcels Post and Postal Savings Baiiks' Acting Italian Reported to Police by Countryman A Sicilian giving hie name Joneph Cello and declaring tliat arrived here from Buffalo only flv days ao is held for Investigation in Central gtation the flrt ttnl lan auspect tn full a victim tn tho suspicion ojt a countryman since 1 certain cluse of tiie Italians grew tired of tho depre datlona and resolved to step in with asiJstance for tiie police While Gelid la nut regarded na 1 suspect his precii here will be itiveotigatcd His arruat by Detectives Hlgn and Lnrkhis resulted from a vl it to Constant A rd users Muiroe avenue nnd Rlvtird where actions aroused the saloonkeeper's suspicions The man an entire stranger trim! to borrow 50 cents fi'm Ar dliHMl which quite' naturally b'd to soiuu question to hlH personal history The answers wire very unsatisfactory tlclio anld that lie had been a guest nt tin Butm hotel for live days paying 15 ciiiH a day for ids room ami 27 renin 1 dav for ills meals ills under standing of hotel rates was nlo re garded suspicious Un gave nn special reason for transferring bin residence from Buffalo to Ju iimt and several times contradlcleff him self In statements Of a minor na ture Ardussl was suspicious ami called tiie police The arrest while not chnslfft'rrd Important tends to show that ilierr Is growing sentiment mnong th better ideas of Jtalians toward gi Ing tiie police a elminm to lenl with suspicious characters Well informed Italians stilted yr terdny tliat there was a falling off in tlm "Bliiok let ter business ii nd attributed the condition to the fact that the gang of blackmailers seam tn fear ft uni ccrted effort against them on the part of their count ryijmn who lisve hitherto been much In their power It Is also statedfthat several 1 Ians who left Detroit within tl last few days took ship for Itnly bcemiso they feared Unit tho de tectives wore on heir 1 rn II SEES TRAIN STRIKE HER ATHER DOWN of being an accessory after tiie fact in trying tu help tiie alleged yeggmen to escape and having guilty knowledge of the crime Kelly is still held in Central eta lion Under her ff plaining that the Mt Clemens lock uu uoes not arroini holding all three of tiie men keeping them separated 'Moved Several Times Courtney who is badly peppered with heavy birdshot had a strenu ous time during his incarceration here He was first removed from Central station to St Mary's hos pital when he complained of serious illness and later taken from tiie hospital to the county Jail Sunday afternoon Ho was again trans ferred when' the Mt Clehiens officer took liim to tiie Mineral City last evening The police received word 'tliat 'iltf 'X Wx 4(9 UV VIA IU 4 the same liadlv wanted fleers who hold an Indictment by the grand jury charging him witli shooting Motor cycle Policeman McLaWglilin of Toledo Tiie officer is still in tiie hospital there re covering from his wound received three weeks' ago The Courtney wanted in Toledo was arrested at the time and posi tively identified by McLaughlin but escaped when the police magistrate reinsert to noirt mm on account Jack of evidence He is thought have left Toledo immediately ear Attempt at Escape 1 Later his case was considered the grand jury which returned indictment but Courtney could 1 ne lounu been looking for him since Witli former arrest tn Montreal on a charge of attempted murder and Courtney's supposed Toledo record the police are tak ing no chances with the pair who are being closely 'watched ear of an attempt at escape is said to be tiie reason for sudden transfer from the hospital to the county jail thougli the police declare that tiie only reason was a scarcity of extra officers to guard him on account of the extra police work due to tiie approach of tiie holidays Both of the suspects maintain si lence as to their ease Courtney Is suffering considerable pain due to the presence of three or four leaden pellets in his head I could eat something I think I'd feel all right" said Courtney last night "I eaten a thing since I was arrested The shot wounds are not troubling mo very It's my stomach both ering ine" It is suggested that grant tiie depart utilize rural further hv he OStlib of a limited parcels post confined entirely to rural delivery routes it would then be possible to earn additional revenue amounting to i mil lions of dollars and at tiie same time benefit the farmer by en abling 1dm to have merchandise de livered when ordered by telephone or postal card which otherwise would not be purchased special parcels post tlic postmaster general en alde tiie farmers to have small pnrccls delivered at their gates to ilvo better and to obtain easily tiie necessaries of Permis sion Ih requested to establish ticrlnientallv a limited parcel post In four counties to demonstrate the practicability of the plan avors Savings Bank 1 Tile postmaster general again urges legislation permitting tiie establishment of postal savings banks Or depositories In connect ionwith postoffiees A marked improvement in the efficiency of the service noted by the postinaster gcn ci'hI which he says is due Io the policy of retaining post masters of all grades whose rec ords have been satisfactory Jie believes however that the appoint limits of second ami third class postmasters sliquid lie witli tiie post master genera) as is now tiie practice witli fourth class offices Tills he says would reserve tiie president tiie appointment postmasters ut me offices and relieve 'amount of routine tax upon ids time Recommendation American Society Hopes to Get unds by Their Sale Special to The ree Press New York November 29 To raise funds to help stamp out tuberculosis the American Red Cross lias put on sale throughout the country lied Cross stamps by which it is hoping to raise between now and tho holi days many thousands of dollars All over tho country people arc urged to buy these stamps just as tlieys would tiie kind sold by Uncle Sam not to carry their parcels and letters but to bo inclosed in them as Christmas 'greetings and as a reminder to the recipients that they too ca assist in the The stamp for this purpose Is ono especially designed by Howard Iyle It bears a wreath of holly with Christmas and Happy New in red lettering is a trifle larger than a postage stamp and sells for one cent It Is also sold in books like postage stamps When first put to use in Delaware last year the stamn idea met with the approval of Judge Taft and Secretary Root and its success there led the national body to give it a wider usefulness this year Lovers of the Lacteal earing Disease Drown Crav ing in Copious Steins One feature of the outbreak of the lioof and mouth disease among the dairy herds In Livonia township so far has been rather overlooked ex cept by tiie milk deniers and one or two wise dispensers of refreshments In down town cafes Tills Is tho impetus that the dis covery of tiie row disease has given to tiie sale of liquids tabooed by the congratulating themselves and everyone else on the strength of their party In Detiolt ns indicated by the vote in the re cent election the treacherous germ which produces aphthous fever In cattle and other ruminants began to get in its baleful work Result: A hasty exodus from all sides of the milk wagon a sudden decrease in milk nales and an tin mediate boom in the saloon mens trade Any person who dou'bts injH needs only ask the milkman no: use asking the bartenders too busy Just now Tho milkmen sadly admit how over that sales have fallen off a startling degree notwithstanding the assurances of tho board of health and state food and dairy de partment that no milk from diseasedattic is being brought Into Detroit Tiie milkmen susp et their custom ers are inking chances on ptomaine poisoning bv employing some sub stitute for the dairy product Skill fully dodging the horns of this bo vine dilemma lioweyer tiie milk former pa trona are taking to other Snore exhilarating beverages as a substitute for milk In rt way that outclasses tlir proverhis duck taking to tiie aqueous pool business was pretty TiMt last week" confessed the charge of one well known 'c town resort yesterday "We were so busy I hnve time to sit down and ponder out the cause but I have niv own ideas of tlm milk drinkers are not In mv said Considine knew whore some of them are I might send a carriage after them As It Is I must stick to the truth and say I noticed much There are other liquor dealers though who make no bones or it 1 1 ir creased by tho deserters from milk iMWiWaWMIi MRIII 1111 ui 1 7 0 I 7 r'' I r'xT i'D 1 Ci' bl 1 SI $'' 'X I Vi i' I 1 Mr It 1 PW 1 4 A 1 A A fa A Xa a I.

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