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5 lie Petrurt tfw rw 261 PRICE: TWO CENTS CHARMING OLD BELLE ISLE AIRTY SWARMED WITH LASSIES AND LADDIES YESTERDAY a HE CHORIS 500 SCHOOL CHILDREN AT SJLNG PATRIOTIC SOXGSt JUSTTO GIVE YOU AX IDEA THE JAlM HUMANITY AT THE YESTERDAY BITTER THE END IGHT MRS ELIAS were RUSSIANS of GOES REE DRIVEN OUT 13 it: a the water deal holding the port GEVSHERMAN BELK that he lost a fortune through offi i posted so that they could Z'nrrtmH'Jn 'aS replied I trie negotiations is satisn Raisuli will receive the on and as Called Down east MISS LENA MORTON EMPEROR NICHOLAS' II 3S I Helen whose then appeared to confused and toquestions he re state homes Pres a gambler concluding he had a friendship PERDICARIS AND VARLEY 4 EXPECTED SOON TO EE de case RUSSIAN MINISTER AT BERNE WAS SHOT CANNON WILL ORDER CONVENTION TO TRY AGAIN Was Extracted and Diplo is Expected to Recover REMAIN AT PT HURON OX 4 Bullet mat It for a Time TV illiam A Day at the attorney gen er ER MAN ENT HEADQUAR TERS MACCABEES IS RELATIONS WITH NEGRESS BUSINESS CHARACTER Wm Nelson Cromwell Talked for Day May Take It DETROIT MICHIGAN SATURDAY JUNE 11 TEN PAGES OTHER ENGAGEMENTS IN ENG WANG CHENG DISTRICT vTHE LOAT "WITH THE COSTUMED GIRLS ANO BOYS V0I 30 PROMISED OVER SUCCESSOR ATTY GEN KNOX served four HER DISCHARGE SUGGESTED BY THE PROSECUTOR IOWA YOUTHS WITH A HOLD UP GAME KNOX WANTS TO SAVE PRESI DENT EMBARRASSMENT CONGER TRIAL LIKELY TO CLOSE ON TUESDAY Dead Sister Accused Mrs Patterson of Killing Him London June' 11 The release of Perdicaris and Varley may be expect ed in a few days says the Tangier cor respondent of the 'Daily Mail all of conditions have been accepted by the: sultan and the Shereef of Wazan who is conduct ing the negotiations is satisfied tjiaf TRUST AND ANTI TRUST ORCES WILL BE LINED UP WEEPING RELATIVES SW EX ILES LEAVE STATION ban one of the fewoinmon council who the water scandal nnl not recollect hav i non with Salsbury 'Lot tlie water deal i osd There seemed to this as got Albers to see lo named said that1 him $2000 i the defense had a icer witnesses present announced that the lied would be limited i was Representative president of an intimate 'x other London paper prints 'this report of an attempt on the life ofthe czar nor has anys confirmation of the news been received from any cUicr source' The Tsarskoye Salo palace is a few miles outside of St Petersburg and the czar has had his residence there for some time past MAIN WITNESSES CANNOT BE OUND Most of Their ormer Officers Were Re elected MAGNIICENT NEW TEMPLE WILL BE BUILT THERE Switzerland June 10 The COUNTRYMAN WITH A GRIEV ANCE HIS ASSAILANT ALDEN SMITH CALLED mown by judge nation he was asked buoy regarding "Con bused on what heK or upon his own a hv that it was nsi li Judge Newn iuit this dil not es general reputation askm whether he had when Charles Belknap Conger had de ot his salary be ntntion his name in 'Muscatine la June 10 Robt Mor rison son of County Clerk Joseph Morrison and Charles Stoker both aged 10 were arrested today by fed eral officers charged with sending let ters to Peter Musser a wealthy lum berman threatening to kill him and his daughter unless he deposited a large sum of money in a secretplace The first letter was sent ten days ago and demanded $3000 No heed was paid to it and a second and third let ters were sent demanding $4000 Sus picion pointed to the young men ar rested and today they confessed Musser is rated as one of rich est men LADIES REUSED TO ADOPT NEW SYSTEM OR DELEGATE'S New York June' CJias tVridgway who started Thursday morning to ride 1000 miles an automobile without stopping motors arrived in this city on a round trip from Boston to day Wridgway had completed the first five hundred of his journey JAPANESE REPORT THAT THEIIL LOSSES WERE SMALL London June Daily Mail's Che oo' corraspondent says: Japanese consul has discov ered that a wireless telegraph ap paratus is attached in the night tim to the Russian staff here and that the consulate is in comm vi ication with Port LEVI UNERAL TO BE HEJ TOMORROW A general spirit of fairness prevailed WilJL Stick to Old System A The principal feature' of the sessions of the lady NIaccabees was their refusal to adopt the new system of representation for the biennial re views The great camp decided in favor of allowing one delegate each 300 members the delegates to be selected at county conventions The ladies decided to stick to the present plan of allowing one representative for' each hive and all the arguments of two of ihe great best speakers sent over for the occasion Continued on Pnge Tvvo I Portland Company PresidentTakes Issue With Them COMPLAINANT PLATT COULD REMEMBER NOTHING A WRECK ATER 50O MILE AUTO TRIP WITHOUT STOP Washington June 10 decline the nomination The clerk will call the roll again for nominations for vice This is the statement Speaker Can non will make should the Chicago con vention nominate him for vice presi dent So the speaker declared' today when asked the direct question: "What will you do if the convention nominates you despite your objec Mr Cannon will be the permanent chairman' of the convention and in a position to act as indicated Washington June rRear Admiral Chadwick cabled the navy department from Tangier today that the captives Perdicaris and Varley have recovered from their illness and thereforea sue gqpn from the fleet will not be 'sent to camp I that he had not and I 1 he knew to ptosecution objected toerjeeting his own opin ion insistlnc that the witness was asked to state what he had heard from others The court Mr Smith to answer the question nrop erlv and he retorted that he would answer it his way or not at all At this Judge Newnham rapped his desk and sharply told the witness that he would answer as the court directed Mr Smith stated that he had not heard that Conger had refused to mention Senator name when the latter was running for the senate unless he was paid $3000 or that Conger had held up named Guy Johnson In Mr Smith admitted that great feeling of personal for Conger The other character witnesses were Continued on Page 'Seven Try our Dinners 25 Gruber Knapp 35 Michigan 18 Lafayette' 4 men nlaced nn Among the suectators 1 rwives arid sisters'fathers mothers (luniUKll 1 London June'11 Daily Mail this morning prints the following dis patch from its St Petersburg corres jondentLi "rr Two infernal were found on the night of June 7 concealed in tobacco boxes in the Tsarskoye Salo palace Where the Russian 'emperor is now residing mechanism in each was work ing when discovered strictest secrecy is observed and this' statement 'although true every detail is sure1 to be categorically ft pffrvE PRACTJCAPLl I1VISH ED I ESTERDAY CHE CC PORT ARTHUR WIRELESS TELEGRAPH INQUIRY INTO YOUNG CASE POSTPONED HE WILL B3 CHAIRMAN AND TAKE NOMINATION MISS LENA MORTON DIED ON EVE ANNOUNCEMENT HER ENGAGEMENT OWNERS SAY THEY ARE ING CRIME NOT UNIONISM Colorado Springs CoL" June Acting under of Adjt Gen Sherman Bell of the State National Guard a specialrtrain was made up shortly after noon today Short Line yards at Victor for the deporta tion of seventy six 'union mirierslVTUe is the martial publie Rector Ark June Early risers thismorning saw an effigy of Gov Jefferson Davis hanging Jroma pole in a conspicuous' place This expres sion of apparent disapproval of the refusal to save Martin Vowell from the gallows came from a source not generally known At tached to the effigy ot the governor were several playing cards The fig ure had evidently been prepared with care as lt was a very good likeness of the governor The train bearing tKe remains of Vowell who was executed at Para gould yesterday for the murder of William Lovejoy arrived here last night Several hundred citizens at the depot Morton of New the ef an Miss Mor BHOl tfl I IV NUMBER At I ER HENCE DECISION TO REMAIN UNTIL ATER ELECTION DISTRICT ATTORNEY WAS DIS GUSTED WITH HIM REPORT IH INERNAL MACHINES WI RE OUND IN PALACE fl Leading Battle Creek Mich 10 Those cities which were after the perman ent headquarters of the Maccabees lost their fight this afternoon when the camp voted to continue the headquarters at Port Huron the birth plice of the order'and'to'build a mag riificent' new' temple county delegate whoadybeei7 work ing to 'secure the plum for Grand "Rap ids 'were much disappointed the outcome of the matter while the east ern delegates wre corres pondingly elated cial corruption and months in Russian prisons oh anzun founded charge New York June Mrs Hannah Elias was discharged late this after noon on motion of Assistant District AttorneyRand acting for District Attorney Jerome at the conclusion of the testimony of John Platt the aged millionaire who caused her ar rest for extortion Mr Platt proved a disappointing witness To questions bearing directlj on the charges on which the arrest had been made he answered repeatedly His helplessness and his ap parently unreliable memory surprised those who attended his examination Mr Platt said he first met HannahElias about fifteen years ago Some time later he again met her at a Third avenue massage establishment through an advertisement and had kept up the acquaintance since His relations with her had been of a 'tender character and he had bought for lpr a house and had given her large sums of money "She was your asked Assistant District Attorney Rand "She was not my Mr Platt The aged witness become very much several subsequent plied that he could not remember and referred the questioner to his attor ney Asked if he had not signed a pa per several days ago in which he stated that Mrs Elias had extorted hundreds of thousands of dollars from him he replied that he 'could not re member He had signed a certain pa Continiicd on Page Three QUIT SIUYEN BEORE BIG JAPANESE ORCE New York June 10 The inquiry into the death of Bookmaker Young shot lastJSaturday SbfenjlgMrhile rjding in a cab 'with MrAan Patterson which was to have been held today was adjourned until Monday because of the absence of Morgan Smith who is wanted as an important witness Smith who is a brother in law of Mrs Patterson and his wife have it is charged avoided service of the subpenas is sued for their attendance A dramatic scene occurred after the coroners hearing while Mrs Pat terson was being led back to the Tombs Airs Wm Luce sister of the dead bookmaker confronted Airs Pat terson and cried out: fiend You did Airs Luce tried to reach Mrs Pat terson but was prevented by an offi cer and was led away It was said today that in addition to Air andAIrs Alorgan Smith another witness whom the police con sider of great importance in making a thorough investigation of the case has mysteriously disappeared The man is Harry rank a bartender iri a saloon where Young and Mrs Patterson are said to have spent a part of the night before Young'was shot William Stemni Jra truck driver who said he was the first to approach the cab in which Young and Mrs Pat terson were driving was closeted with the district attorney today Stemm was quoted in an interview as saying that when he mounted the step of the cab Young appeared to be already dead He saw no pistol and Airs Pat terson was pale and appeared to be very nervous He said he rode in the cab to the hospital where he helped carry the body arid helped Mrs Pat terson up the stairs but they held no conversation The grand jury reported this after noon but did not return an indictment against Mrs Patterson It was report ed that if the case is to be reconsider ed1 by the grand jury it will not be taken up until some time next week COSSACK CHIE AMONG SOLDIERS KILLED Said Parties Be Allowed to Stew in Their Own St Petersburg is Worried Over Latest Japanese Move fbuttn! Testimony Today and trg aments Monday MINERS WILL APPEAL TO PRES IDENT ROOSEVELT I in thirty three hours without sleep and was a physical' wreck go said he with a wild' look as he painfully dismounted from his seat roads are' fearful after the heavy rain and I was in a drivin rain half the Larned st Rooms 50c and up Menis 25c and a hi carte Special dinner from 12 to 2 daily iilnniri Staff Correspondent) Mich June 10 The the Conger trial will morning as the i( i 1 1 concluded its Rebuttal testimony non will be finished in Just before court ad i Mr Ward' readlto' the editorialsfromVtrie i t1 ueti'nse had not used i iums favor tile Lalce il and he will use re purpose of instituting to the changed atti jui i when he presents It i now likely thata bo given to the jury i Tuesday r'rown political reporter was the first witness iitid he corroborated irnit that the latter hada tin Aid I against Auer deal report but he iwi il to state what Paris June 10 Miss Lena daughter of Levi Morton York died this morning from feets of blood poisoning following operation for appendicitis family were at the bedside when she died She was'27 yeai old and the elder of the two unmarried daugh ters of former Vice President Morton No funeral arrangements 'have yet been made but' it IS probable that the body will be embalmed and taken to New York for Interment Miss Lena Morton like her sisters was prominent In society in New York Newport London and aris She was a very accomplished young woman being especially gifted as a linguist The an nouncement of her engagement was ex pected to be made shortly One other unmarried daughter of the former vice president of the United States remains Miss Mary Edith Morton married Wil liam Corcoran Eustl: duchess of Valencay troubles have recently become while another daughter is the wife of Count Boson de Perigord i ovski ana tne teaeral council tele graphed its condolences to the minis ter's family and also to the foreign office at St Petersburg Ilinitzky is aw engineer and wasj'or merly a Russian officer but now is a Turkish subject with a Turkish pass port The Russian minister received several threatening letters from Ilnit zkl which he turned over to the police This morning Ilinitzky questioned the minister regarding his claim but ob taining no satisfactory reply shot him Ilinitzky is well known to the Eu ropean police He was expelled from Copenhagen in 1891 for an attempt tothrust a petition upon the emperor of Russia In 1901 he was sentenced in Vienna to a term of imprisonment for slander complaint is I sidcrable surprise was the turning down of Detroit in the: matter of the location for the next meetine of the great two years hence Luding ton was chosen AVien the report of 'the committee on 4 appeals came up about seven tenths of the claims were allowed amounting to about $30000 These claims' were 'not allowedas a matter of equity but entirely from sympathy Incurable Hospifai Only up to date incurable hospital In the xxome lur spu in connection Life uan ixr Red Cross Hospital Leading GEORGE ARCADT urs stored and Insured Raincoat NEXT BIENNIAL' REVIEW WILL BE HELD AT LUDINGTON in had givrti him re On Air Ward asked if tlie fact that orbes port after his warning him that orbes was nd he finally said that t'ii ious After Brown was the first time lii ed his conversation vds asked if he did: Lis testimony would i' iao of orbes's guilt it known to the prose and his answer was think much about it Oniated by his ques itness had always to Conger and un it sccutimi which the ARKANSAS GOVERNOR WAS HUNG IN EIGY SOLDIERS TOOK SEVENTY SIX OUT VICTOR Bar Harbor Me June The funer al of Leri Leiter wIILtake place Sun day noon at the Leiter cottage Leiter who was in nt the time otUiis death will arrive here tomorrow morning On Sunday after the body will be taken to Wash ing ton where it will be placed In a tomb temporarily All the members cf the family who are here will accompany the 'remains but will return in about two weeks for the remainder of the sea Z1 fct Petersburg June The em peror has received from Gen Kuro patkin the following telegraml idated June 9:1 a Japanese bombardment June 8 of the coast between Seriyuchen and Kaiping caused no loss of life nor material damage although a con siderable number of shells' wereflred J1111 doing hospital duty was slightly wounded and two wagons were damaged All was quiet on the coast morning but several Jap were cruising in the offing? a'June 7 the Japanese slowly con tinued their march toward Si uyen by the Taku Shan and eng Wang Cheng roads Their advance guard ryt approach nearer than five miles south and east of Siuyen On the morning of June 8 'a Japanese infantry brig adetwo mountain batteries and five squadrons of cavalry marched against Siuyen About 11 the Japan ese appeared before the town on the south" side but were checked by a very successful fire from our bat teries infantry then ad vancing against the towi from east by the eng Wang Cheng Yoad coming in contact with the Cossacks holding the pass After two pghting the Cossacks' were obliged to retire? and' our artillery operedfire along the pass not allowing the Jap anese to establish themselves At this moment a Japanese mountain battery arrived and took a position to the south' but after firing a few Continued on Page Two train was composed of a combination bagffase car a'nd two day coaches The men were marched to the train I between heavy lines of military and deputies r' A crowd of fully 1000 people had' coiiectea to see the board Of the deported men and the scenes were very a fleeting! Mothers sistefs and sweetheart 'cried' good and tried to push through the lines for a parting" handshake' Mayor Harris of this' city had bedn informed of theidecision to deport the mp 'and immediately took steps to see that none of thenvlanded in Col orado Springs Under his instructions a large force of officers and deputies met the special train at 6:10 for Xhat purpose VNo attempt was made however to unload the menhere arrangements 'having previously been smadeto send them to the 'Kan sas state lineover the Santa je rail road because of'p'rotests made against taking Them to Pueblb oriberiyer'and leaving' them there ''The train stopped Hong enough at A vixxss piayc me isyiUieS LinVO to 'eat irpThe deported? men had ra tibns of Lbeans and brea'don board Another of exiled men will be sent out of tthe' district tomorrow Sixty men confined inthe Cripple Creek bull were taken to the Continued an Pajse Three Washington June While any number of names have al ready been mentioned in connection with Philander Knox's successor as attorney general that of Wm Nel son Cromwell of New York who negotiated the sale of the Panama canal to the United States govern ment is receiving the most conpr tion by persons who know the p'reaP1 high regard foi this attorney Mr Cromwell is recognized as one of the most successful corporation lawyers in the country and for this reason it is believed that he would be especially well equipped to carry on the work against corporations doing an illegal business so signally begun by Mr Knox Mr Cromwell is a stanch Republican and wealthy He is at present in this city winding up the affairs of the Panama company It is doubtful whether he could be induced to accept the appointment as attorney general His fee for the sale of the Panama canal" company property is said to have reached $1 000000 This is probably an exag geration but the income lie would be in receipt of as head of the department of justice would be insignificant with that which he would receive from private practice from which he would oe debarred while folio of justice Day May Take It is possible that present assistant to al may be given the place temporarily He is a Democrat having been second auditor of the treasury under President Cleveland He was appointed to the de partment of justice for the specific pur pose of assisting Air Knox in the prep aration of the anti trust proceedings and probably had more to do with them than Mr Knox himself He is a na tive of Delaware and was appointed from Illinois Solicitor General Henry Hoyt of Pennsylvania is another possibility Ambassador Choate is also being mentioned tonight but no stock is taken In the report that he is under consideration As Attorney Gen eral Knox will probably not resign until after the election however the presi dent will have ample opportunity to survey the crop of candidates The appointment it is believed will give rise to a more bitter 'tight than any cabinet position in recent years The trust and anti trust forces will line up Continuedon Page Three i Classified Liners News for Eusiness iMen lake liarlne News Vlllsa Stocks inancial Grain IX Sport Screw Works Want Spur Reviews oj Latest Books Dominion and Suburban "red Snow Laid Away Berne Russian minister here Jad ovski was shot in a street here this afternoon and seriously injured frvthe head'' Assailant who was arrested was a Russian named Ilnitzky He had been in Berne for some weeks and complained that the rf A Another matter which caused con Russian authorities had confiscated an equate DeionKiner to nim jyi jaaovsKrs wound though it first snnparpd tn hn sriniT ous a surgeon successiuny extracted the bullet this afternoon It is lieved the wound will heal normally The federal council in extraordinary session decided to bring Ilinitzky before the federal tribunal The'president of the confederation personally calledto inquire aoout tne condition of Jad A VV nen tho widows and nrnhana ruzra referred to it melted the hearts of tjie rural delegates and they voted to al low! ther claims whether just dr not" sympathy carried them through udge Kendrick of Saginaw was re elected as one of the great finance auditors and Lester Clark of Marquette and Lehr of Monroe were as thebther two Williams! of this city was re elected editor of the official organ Mod en Tbechange in the by laws all minor ones discussed at considerable length The most important one was increasing the medical examination fee fropi twenty cents to twenty five cents There was great' interest among the delegates in the proposed changes and all wanted "to be well also brought out that A'tatney Brown had or i'a ako out of his office that he was writing up connection with the i the water deal wl'o has charge of the i'tinent of the Michi anany was called to was no broker's of 1 ilding in the fall ofi pose of disputing Sals that he had speculat office there at that EHIURESOMOMTSREEPRESS 4 Pages Combes Again Michigan Happenings 4 III That School Board Quorum Infatuation IV Editorial A Thfe Letter 'Box The Puzzler: Politics in School Tteiv at TWtln Moreianu was In Contempt I i toi bupplant vv MINERS DEPORTED 1 NO pH "fi: i 'a Jb a 1 JM3B 'z 2 f'" '(V fl 99 99 I i a i uir 1 Ip tl 9 iQ9 i 9 919 9H 9M 19 NG li A A kH x' KB IB 1 a a sTC? a 1 RS Kft I 'i rtf 13 4 til 191 "ob gSCJI I i I 1 Wl XWI 'X XT yfs I 'X (' 'z 1 'X i imitfriiiTii I iX JXtiprt' jmsp.

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