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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 11

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IfiHT WMBt WARM DOMINION NEWS LAW IS A BAD ONE The Question of the Hour EW CO MUST WAIT CHART DOESN'T LIE YOUR OOD OLD STATUTE WAS ALL RIGHT Associa PROMISE GIVEN MAYOR WIGLE QUESTION SETTLED JUNE 1822 tion Will City Is it clean? Is it nourishing? Mi ALLEGED WIE BEATER HELD STORK SENDS NOTICE Mr AN ATHLETE 0 CRAI YOUR GROCER SELLS IT trial DISTANT CITIES ELT IN Dynamite at HONOR LOVED PRIEST 1 DREW UP IN HIS STUDIES GIVE HIM HANDSOME PRESENTS GIGANTIC TROLLEY MERGER School Hall Promoters of Plan Said to Have Pur chased Ypsi Ann Bonds 4 Jf WANTS ORDINANCE AMENDED 5i relieve RETURN' TO THEIR WORK 1 REIGHT JUMPS TRACK (Cut put this Coupon) i Meeting Second father took still unable the the legally to the today James of Belle Isle in the There isn't 'room for Mich June thermometer at 80 in the hottest fight ever known in amalga electric Indiana the De the city legs arm back Government to Investigate Be fore Renewing ranchise Parishioners Surprise Rev Goetz of St however trw Toronto decision bill will TARRED AND EATHEREii his paying the Baillargeau gave $500 bonds for State Bar Wants Change of Venue Act Repealed Chief Louis Sands of Indians on Walpole ONE PLANNED TO TAKE IN DE TROIT UNITED Shows Belle Isle Belongs to the United States Gets Busy and is Cared or and his deputies nignt when MAN AND THREE WOMEN VIC TIMS OUTRAGE Explosion Raised Hob Harrow of Amherstburg and Hutchins of the last night said he say anything about as he had not been nted: High general A Bur 's fort Austin nigh organist Vail Marlette high messenger Howe Owosso high senior wood 'd Carrie Bishoo Deckerville: hierh ror woodward I McKillon Ini City high senior beadle Vassar high junior beadle Parkinson Yale he Michigan high court will meet lint in 1909 HAS Rlfi EET LONGWORTHS PRESENTED TO ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS CRANE General Manager of New Detroit Company Once College Athlete SHREDDED WHEAT BISCUIT (heated in the oven) is delicious for breakfast with hot or cold milk or for any meal in combination with fresh fruits or creamed vegetables Scrap Over Bill ir Michigan High Court I 0 Officers Were Elected Mugan of Port Sanilac at the Head Secretary Brown Was Not a Candidate for Re election Chief Sands of the Chippewas De clares He Has Documents Showing It Belonged to Canada James White Dominion Geographer Dis plays Treaty of Ghent Deeding It Residents excursionists on the islands down river were not the only ones to feel some of the force of the explosion of dynamite on ox island Wednesday evening At Harrow a town fifteen miles from the scene of the explosion windows were broken and the resi dents were under the impression that it was an earthquake Along the Canadian shore as far east as Windsor the shock was felt and the sound of the explosion was that of distant thunder People in Cleveland Put in Bay and Toledo report having felt the shock of the explosion and on the American side of the Detroit River for a number of miles it was distinctly felt ox Island is a wreck and it will take many scow loads of stone and mud to put it in condition to be again used to store the explosive and the contractors will dump the dredging scows at ox Island for ome time in order to secure a sufficient surface' onwhich to erect houses for storing dy namite Michigan Coppe Brass Man ager Popular College Man Crane general manager of the Michigan Copper Brass plant now building is a Columbia college man of He was prominent in the athletic life the college rowing on the class crew and one of the foremost members of the freshman and sophomore football teams of which he was alternately president In earlv life he entered the employ of the New York Central railroad Livingston County armers May ind Themselves in Trouble Washington and Miss Hallie Bremond of Texas President Roosevelt's daughter ex cited general attention She wore her weddinsr eown with a diamond ribbon at her throat and her hair was simply dressed She was especially honored by King Edward and Queen Alexandra and the royal circle Mrs Drexel and Mrs Benedict also were much ob served The former was gowned in white with blue silver train Mrs Benedict was attired in a white and green empire gown A large number of Jewish people availed themselves of King concession in holding the court tonight instead of riday and attended the function After the presentations King Edward and Queen Alexandra passed to the supper room and immediately sent for Mr and Mrs Longworth to join them THE DETROIT REE PRESS RIDAY JUNE 29 19Ub 4th Wabash to Chicago 4th at one fare for round trip Tickets good going July 3d and 4th return July 5th Wabash City Ticket Office 9 ort st and Union Station 5' i vvkv Tokens of Affection Presented to Popular Pastor by and Wo cieties of Church at En tertainment Given in His Honor pt hale tones and 7INC ETCHING OR CATALOGUES booklets letter HEADSETC' 74 DETROl 1 Windsor Committee Assured by Min ister of Internal Revenue That Interests Will Be Considered Carefully Before inal Action Present Rights Expire in 3 Years Magistrate Bartlet and Crown Attorney Rodd to go to the May home to take the wo evidence She said that he struck her with his fists and kicked her and after the assault she was un conscious to appear Are Elected was DKRSentpH fnr rp mnation for high secretary but in of the fight which was on againstm he had someone withdraw his ime The officers elected are as chief ranger Mugan Sanilac high vice chief ranger Campbell Pigeon high secre Albert Stockwell Port Hu high treasurer Neil Reid Mt ens high physician Romeo: high councillor py Yale high auditors Guy lint Ransford Caro lowing are the officers ap Brown a bill for Stevenson presiding that ter should have been placed with committee on oius re ascussiun continued rd a motion to refer the matter supreme cmet ranger at a ca rrieq Whatever re question of up later Officers rown name Ottawa Ont June There will be no dispute between this country and the United States as to the ownership Detroit river any The story of the Chippewa isjand reservation that he had in his possession an old chart showing that Belle Isle together with several small er islands in the American waters of the St Clair river never wastransferred from the British American government was brought to the attention ofWhite dominion geographer is no question about said Mr White unhesitatingly can be none fortunately for all that has been definitely The geograph er produced charts and memoranda showing how an where the interna tional boundary vas fixed under the treaty of Ghent He traced a line drawn from down near Cornwall up through Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and through the Detroit and St Clair rivers This line was drawn Trom actual surveys in the making of which the representatives of the two coun tries were engaged for eight years The line follows the channel of the river and is drawn to the southeast of Belle Isle Hog island it was called in those days thus giving that lsnd to the United States Proceeding the line turns to the west of Isle a la Peche giving that island to Canada The decision in regard to this sec tion of the boundary was finally reached in June 1822 The division was so clearly made that it has never since been the subject of dispute be tween the two countries The disposition of the islands in the Detroit river is not shown plain: lv by the charts but is specifically laid down in the text of the agree ment between the United States and Great Britain Border Brevities Windsor lawyers have agreed to close their offices at 1 clock dailj during Julj and August Inspector Pacaud will go to Quebec for a trip and during his absence George White chairman of the "Windsor license board will look after the work in the inspector's office Rabbi Maurice Gethin of Windsor was granted naturalization papers yesterdav by Magistrate Bartlet He has resided in the city for upwards of two years and will bring his fam ily from Russia The Windsor board of education will hold the regular monthly meeting next Wednesday evening instead of Tues day Some of the committees wish to prepare the estimates for the year and the work cannot be completed before Wednesday The funeral of the late A Skel lington of Windsor took place yes terday afternoon Services were con ducted the residence by Rev A Chadwick rector of All church and also by Windsor lodge A A The services at the grave were in charge of the Masonic order The following acted as pallbearers: Dr Green Revell Robert Paddon John Plimmer George Se well Arthur Selby Interment took place at Windsor Grove cemetery In token of affection won in less than a pastorate Rev Peter Goetz Sp last night was pre sented with handsome gifts by the men's and women's societies of St I church The presentations were made at auSical and dramatic entertainment in ather honor at the school hall which was attended by several hundred people The program opened with a musical number by rann Posselius and song of welcome by St choir A catchy rench sketch "Un Voyage was given by Misses Reneau Cadaret A Dupuis NT? Dery and A Dauplaise Miss Madeline Lewis gave a powerful recitaYIon was presente by Misses Eva Dumas and Lucy Dumont Miss Eva Garant made an address to ather Goetz in behalf of the women's society of the church and presented him with a handsomely bound breviarv and a gold framed enlarged portrait of himself ather Goetz was taken somewhat by sur prise but responded with feeling Hamilton gave a sprightly monologue and Michael Barden sang The next number was a fun ny two act comedy Virginia in which black faces false patent medicine and real Virginia gentlemen suh figured Joseph Belanger rench consul was the next speaker and brought ather Goetz another surprise in the shape of a fine gold watch the gift of the society In keeping with the spirit of the moment St JoachinVs choir sang and and Prof Latscha followed with a waltz song while the junior choir contributed Pastor ather Goetz had he last num ber He praised the parishioners for unity and good work and thank 1 ed them for their kind treatment of himself and outlined plans for mak ing the parish stronger promising to continue his own best efforts The assemblage broke up with mu tual felicitations Rev Blanchot assistant pas tor was chairman of the committee on arrangements which had repre 1 sentatives from all the societies in the parish DETROIT SAVINGS BANK Lapeer the ide the Michigan High Court of or rer was pulled off here today be reen Port Huron and Brown before the close of business be tne noon recess vv ade an attempt to haverfice rent allowed Albert port Huron who was it was out of order ville Tenn delivered an address the subject Evolution of Right of His treatment of subject while somewhat technical places was full of unique features tending the development of the trial by jury Justice Lurton was followed by Judge H' Severens of this city 'who read a tribute to the iate Justice Graves of the supreme bench of Michigan: Newly elected Officers The officers are: President Arthur Dennison Grand Rapids vice president Stevens Detroit secretary Wm Landeman Grand Rapids treasurer William Clute Grand Rapids board of directors elect ed by congressional first Wm Gray Detroit second John Bird Adrian third Jesse Arthur Battle Creek fourth James Kinnane Dowagiac fifth McGeorge Bundy Grand Rapids sixth John Carton lint seventh Wm Brown La peer eighth Lorenzo Sag inaw ninth John Vanderwerp Muske gon tenth A Collins Bay City eleventh" Palmer Big Rapids twelfth A Streeter Houghton ollowing its regular custom the as sociation will meet next year at Grand Rapids the home of the newly elected president RHEUMATISM EDLCTRO later finding his way into the brass manufacturing business with which he has ben connected for twenty years He comes from the ancient and honor able family of the Douglases of Scot land His uncle was Maj Douglas chief engineer of the Erie canal and High bridge New York and other public structures of note Mr father Douglas Crane invented and built the first iron collier in this country These boats are running today under the operation of the Philadelphia Read ing railroad The present manager is a great reader of character and excellent judge and director of men careful as to detail and very observ ing His friends are legion swollen I Joints tn 9 a ftw hoars positively Ln a few days Coctato to leaxsen the pain but neutralises vstent fULVU OUX rheumatic polsofc Arthur Dennison of Grand Rap ids Chosen President of and Next Striking National Can Co employes Give Up i After a strike lastii all on account of one man thp union employes of the National Can Co Dequindre street and 'the Boulevard have given up their fight and are back at work Practically all of the 175 men who walked out two weeks ago because the company refused to dis charge rank Sherman are now at their old jobs though a few of them failed to secure re employment their places having been filled during the strilcc The difficulty started because Sher man some time ago refused to pay certain dues In arrears lie was drop ped from the union which immediate ly requested that he be discharged The company refused the request and about 175 men walked out or sev eral days Sherman was escorted to and from his work by police patrols nn violence was offered him The police protection has now been dis carded as unnecessary Charged With Serious Crime John Nyeste of Delray district who came near being lynched by his towns men while being taken to the police station some time ago is on trial be fore Judge Donovan charged with as sault upon little Elsie Herberher aged 6 years Sheriff Burns Miller Sheriff Burns astounded last Congressman Denby Will Investi gate Hazing Charges gave out that report is a malicious This is the defiant exclamation oi Richard Drew the young Detroiter who recently returned home and who ft was reported had been expelled from the Annapolis Naval academy be cause of deficiency in studies report that my resignation was asked for because deficiency studies is untrue and whoever gave out that report is a malicious repeated voting Drew last night final average in studies ac cording to their respective values was 806 and 250 is satisfactory My standing in conduct was 230 and in efficiency 296 My final average for studies conduct and efficiency was 295 and 250 is satisfactory I stood ninety third in a class of 220 These facts which the naval authorities cannot deny" Drew says that the hazing allega tions made by him will be thoroughly investigated by (Congressman Denby who recommended his appointment Ambitious plans for the mation of the principal lines in northern Ohio and and the interurban lines of trrit United Ttailwav if not lines are announced The Northern Ohio Traction Co was recently formed as a holding company to amalgamate the Mandelbaum Pom eroy lines in northern Ohio and In diana These interests according to dis patches from Cleveland are uniting with the Everett Moore interests which control the Lake Shore Elec tric and the Toledo Light Trac tion Co and which are still factors in the Detroit United Railway The Cleveland advices says the combin ation will include the Detroit Mon roe Toledo Short Line and the other Detroit United interurban properties forming one company with a capital of $75000000 presment Detroit United was unable to such a scheme it One thing that gives color to the report and indicates that the scheme may also eventually include the Detroit Ypsilanti Ann Arbor Jackson is a well founded report from New York to the effect that Keene Van Courtland Co inti mately associated with Detroit Uni ted interests have purchased from the Westinghouse people their bonds of the Ypsi Ann and also picked up all the floating securities of that road Be Held in the were half a dozen long white feathers floated down the jail office apparently from nowhere and after about set tled finally at the feet are cried Burns as he examined them closely There chanced to be a visitor in the jail who is something of an ornithol st At the first glance ne ciassinea feathers Those feathers came from a he said how they got I don't know But what rear was rhe bewilderment and amazement of the sheriff and his trusty deputies What in the world did it mean? "Ah! 1 have it!" shouted the sheriff after a few moments of intense thought And he went to the tele phone and called Boyd's ambulance T'pon its arrival Mrs Martha Miller in jail awaiting trial on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses was conveyed toj the House of Provi dence There it is expected that the stork will make' that visit of which the feathers were an advance notice To All Depositors rom July 1 1906 interest at the rate of three (3) per cent per an num will be paid half yearly on all savings deposits under the rules and regulations of the sayings depart ment Interest is compounded every six months Now is the time to make your de posits Cyrus Boss Cashier RESORT SPECIAL New service to northern resorts 9 daily except Sunday via Pere Mar quette Diagrams West ort street Main 368 INALLY LET UNSETTLED Joseph Torongo of ord Desires to I Start a Saloon Near Schoolhouse 1 Joseph Torongo of ord wants an or linance changed and if the council refuses he will have the circuit court take hold of the case by mandamus Torongo has built a house just 40 feet from the ord village school and in I it Intends to conduct a saloon A I village ordinance taking effect two I days ago provides that no saloon shall I be conducted within 600 feet of a I school house Now Torongo has se cured the signatures of about seven ty five citizens asking that the ordi nance be changed to read 400 instead I of COO feet The petition was pre I sen ted to the council last night but r' was referred to the committee on I liquor traffic John uneral Today I uneral services for John Mitten I of Highland Park will be held to I morrow morning from the residence I at 8:30 and from the Church of the 1 Blessed Sacrament at 9 Interment I will be at St cemetery I Wayne Mr Mitten was 69 years! old and was the father of Mrs John Black Mrs Peter Kramer Joseph Mitten Thomas Mitten and Mrs I Harry Plunkey of Detroit and Sis I ter Annie Mitten of Sacred Heart convent Lake orest Hl Wyandotte May Get Nail actory A nail factory to employ about 200 men may be located in Wyandotte Promoters of a nail factory are to visit Wyandotte this week for the pur pose of looking for a possible site along thfe railroad tracks for' a fac tory' They do' not ask a bonus but say that two acres of land will be enough for their purpose at present The liner page of next ree Press will contain the program for Thd ree Press pop concert Are you going to be with us? 'f Mayor Wigie who is in Ottawa sent a message home yesterday to the ef fect that the committee appointed by the Windsor city council had an in terview with the minister of inland revenue regarding the application of the city for control of the franchise granted to the Detroit Belle Isle Windsor erry Co The message con tained the intelligence that the com mittee met with a kindly reception from the minister and he promised that there will be no renewal of the franchise to the company until the matter is fully investigated by the gov ernment The company has three more years to operate under the present franchise but an application was made for a renewal at the present session of par liament A Clarke member for South Essex is the legal adviser of the company and he will attempt to secure a renewal of the franchise Hon Sutherland who represents North Essex is desirous of protecting the interests of Windsor and he will see that the case is put properly before the government before any re newal is granted A Hackett physical director of the A at indlay will take a Al A Rlqn' trtriav arc camping party ramn a two outing The will camp rhe farm of Mr Hackett father who igriv kApPAr islana Kalamazoo Mich June 28 (Spe cial) The change of venue law en acted by the last legislature came in for" considerable criticism at the meeting of the estate bar association and the legislation edmmittee' was in structed totlseeure the ePea or rad ical modification Sentiment on tha! khv was unani mous speakers all agreed that under the old law a change of venue Could be easily secured it a substan tial reason was shown Judge Lockwood of Monroe to whosecpurt a great many cases have been under the1 new law was the strongest in his denunciation of law Heqpointed out many instances where Monroe county has had to pay for the trial of cases which had noth ing to do with the county or any of its residents Today Hl Lurton of Nash on the the in at Michlgan ensiona eiXIifhigan Jennie $25 glamGidfrey $30 Geo McClellan Bronson $10 hire $12 Whipple Sa ziiHrv Luers Young $1 $10 Henry Hanes $10 Jacob $12 Susan Kellogg $1 New Michigan Corporation Lansing Mich June The Remington Standard Typewriter companv of Detroit capital $30o0ik has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state HOMES OR THOUSANDS One and a quarter million acres to be opened to settlement on the SHOSHONE RESERVATION Dates of registration July 16th to 31st EXCURSION RATES Less than one fare for the round trip daily July 12th to 29th via a "9 fl Round trip from Chicago over the route from Chicago to Shoshone the resetra tion border Correspondingly low rates from all points KNISKERN Traffic Mgr Chicago North Western Ry Chicago Ill Please send to my address pamphlets and maps with in formation concerning the opening of the Shoshone or Wind River reservation to settlement Howell Mich June About 2 this morning Gecge SimP son a farmer of Co way township and Mrs Rogers Elliott came to the county 'jail and asked the sheriff to Indce and protect them They were covered with tar and feathers and Simpson was su ch shape from fighting his assailants that a ohysicisn was called It took hours of labor to remove the tar which was in their hair Th CXhCSha? bn thl tl the skin Sheriff Prat says who lived on the Simpson A Report by the Michigan State Agricultural College shows that Cents Worth of Shredded Wheat Bis cuit Contains two and one half times more nutrition than ten cents worth of sirloin SHREDDED WHOLE WHEAT is the cleanest nurest food in the world made in the cleanest most hy gienic building on this continent No secret process our plant is open to the world 100000 visitors last year An All Dav ood An Economical ood Easily Digested No Kitchen in the world as clean as our Kitchen Make OUR Kitchen YOUR Kitchen Mrs Baillargeau Still in Bed rom Effects of Assault Zephyr Baillargeau of Puce river has been committed for trial on the charge of making a brutal assault upon his wife The woman who was for merly a Miss May of Pike Creek was injured so naaiy tnat ner her to his home and she is to leave her bed It was necessary for Come to 217 Woodward Avenue and see the pro cess of making Shredded Wheat Biscuit No goods sold Everything Steals Trousers While flumor QlnoriC London June court was uwner Olcepo made notable by the presentation of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth I The royal circle was nurtierous and ESCAPES WITH HIS BOOTY I the procession of the ming queen and officers of state was exceptionally bril Warrinatnn Hant The breast glittered with George Van Sickle of Harr ng I orJers and the qien wore beautiful Avenue Secures Imprint of Burg I American presentations in the i I cUnlomatic circle in addition to Mr Pedal Extremities and Police I anJ Longworth were Mr and xx I Mrs rederick Whitridge and Miss Now Will Try to Locate tne Mia I Whitridge of New York John A Leishman American ambassador to night Visitor Turkey and Mrs Leishman The pre sentations in the general circle were Mrs rederick Benedict of Washing ton Mrs John Drexel of Phila a burglar with large feet del hla jiss Mathilde Townsend of operating in the eighteenth ward I This particular burglar entered me i home of George VanSlckle on Har 1 rington avenue early yesterday morn ing by removing a screen in a back I window I Price father in 1 law was sleeping on a cot in one of I the rooms The midnight visitor I took trousers into the kitchen I where he had secured a light and 1 after gong through the pockets threw the trousers under a table I He then started to go through the I house but Price awakened and gave I a yell The man who was in his 1 bare feet made a hasty exit through I a door he had opened for the emerg 1 ency and ran out into the yard Van Sickle has an imprint of the midnight 1 visitor's pedal extremities and this I will be used by the police in an ef fort to locate the man Price is of the opinion that some kind of narcotic I was used by the burglar as it was some time before he was able to raise I himself Up from the cot ON AND LIKE A COXT That is the point in COAT SHIRTS tenure of rnfnm rmt mev nngf Im eAlOrrf r'l iiftt pEAlODY A CO ak nri man aUDllrU they were a sight to benou firm received the same kind of treat said that their neighbors had warned them several times that if the house was not broken up something7tUltbproPbanble that some law suitsA Aiinw Simpson thinks it was farmer' nlighbl who committed the deedL The sheriff and prosecuting attorney are investigating today One Killed and One atally Injured on Near White Cloud Newavgo Mich June Running at the rate of forty miles an hour down a ere Marquette freight train was wrecked at a curve between here and White Cloud at 5 this morning The train was a double header The first engine kept the rails but the second and all the cars behind it were piled along the track for nearly half a mile Alexander Roach of White Cloud head brakeman and Charles Boles of Grand Rapids engineer were pinioned under the locomotive and could not be extricated for over an hour Roach was dead when found and Boles isfatally injured 1 Sues Estate of David Ward jUj) "Pontiac Mich June One of the suits of Ward of Queens against the trustees of the of David Ward was taken up iii the circuit court today Little of acvoloned and the rase will ontinue Charles Ward 1 son Ot tne aectasea millionaire berman ano is at oncis witn tne inistrators or tne estate In ad' I 4 1 Ilf Il Is it pure I I a WJ I 1 ill A 1 31 3 I 9 1 93 A I i rt I ft" 'f I IK His win I fi I a I I I ff fffff ff ff I ff llI wuSilSl I i i I lH IB I I I rr iir Tt jA Lfa A.

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