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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 10

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LOOKING OR RUNAWAY LAND OR ZION CITY HOSTS i ELECT OUR EW MEMBERS 13 MAKERS SHOES MEET WIE BECOMES WORRIED i NO BUOYS IN HIS TIME east around' on the west 100 SO 300 150 125 150 75 8 Excavation Stonework Carpenter work Paper and nails Plastering Mill work Hardware EWCHILDREN ARE EMPLOYED CRASH THROUGH HEAVY SKYLIGHT TO HARD LOOR GIVE ME POISON I WANT TO DIE Directors Makes Air in Dress "ing Room Blue and She Throws His Hat Out In 1S93 Attofney the cir This is the Claim Made by Ex pert Accountant in Suit Against Bay City Villagers Are Now Looking for Dentist Who Said He Was rom Port Huron Claim he swindled YOUNG WOMAN THERE REBUILDING ITS BIG WAREHOUSE Henny Hoving and Charles Liebek Grand Rapids Paint 4 ers Badly Injured Conditions in Detroit Shops Where Work Are Shown PRESENT ARRANGEMENT MAY COST CITY MILLIONS One Man Killed and Two Seriously Injured Marquette Mich January Israel Mollanen was killed and John Rajala and Oscar Kuoppala seriously injured when a car ran away In the Oliver Min No 6 shaft at Ishpeming to day plunging down 250 feet 1 Preacher Compares This Other Countries Mich January 15 Rev a net tUCLHUUlal Becomes Captain of the Holland Idfesavlng Crew Holland Mich January 15 Van Weelden keeper at the South Manitou station has been appointed permanent keeper of the Holland lifesaving station to succeed Capt Pool dismissed after the big storm of last November Van Weelden was a member of the exhibition lifesav ing crews at the Pan American ex position 15 A re inspectors shops Lumber Painting and glass Brickwork Plumbing etc Hot air heating ing shipping from heavy gales both entrances to Duluth and Su perior will be maintained and there will be a breakwater for pro tection of the inner harbor dredg ing to the extent of $450000 iff the nrn and the i for will be abandoned whatever is ap oniy a im several Jumped in'Tlme to Save Tifc Port Huron Jdifih Tammrv As hd was about 'to be rua do wn by a Grand Trunk yard' engine George Van Conant" a1 bar clerkem pttoyed at the Campau jumped from his carriage near 'the approach of the iron bridge and narrowly es caped death Van Conant 'was picked up unconsciiRis and Carried to his home by Under Sheriff Dav idson and Capt Richard Kerwin Could we read the mind of every man we meet on the street we would be shocked at the horrible pictures thus revealed There would arise before us the awful ghost of shat tered minds and sickening views of disease which result from the viola tion of laws The poor vic tims may pretend to be gay and joyous but there is a skeleton in the secret closet of their hearts which constantly reminds them of their condition They have defied the laws of morality and health and are now paying a dear price for their follies Sad and gloomy remorse forever haunts them they despair of telief 'Now observe the nervous wrecks that survive Note the pre mature gray hair if the disease has not swept it'away See the stooped lornl the sunken and blurred eyes unhealthy skin the trembling limbs the lack of ambition and en ererv Thev nrA VI AIA1 I 11 VAI cWhlie the nil'll iirnu a I 1 Ul Cut Hand Nearly Off Rockwood January Lafayette Coon a local gardener met with a peculiar accident while trimming apple trees in his orchard Wish ing to cut a limb that was above him he1 pulled it down with his left hand and struck at it with nv nrVIVk WAtU tne iavvci uuu struck him on the wrist The hand was nea ly severed and if it had not been was close rnave oiea to death Rolls Over With Mall Wagon Pontiac Midi January 15 red Cheat rural mail carrier had a pe culiar experience yesterday after noon when Ills horse became 'fright ened at an electric car south of Pontiac and drew the wagon so close to the edge of an embankiftdnt that it rolled over into yje ditch Cheat was but slightly injuKid txi wcLfejuxi a W4 euKeu Inside and outside the "big An chor Jine steamer Tionesta is being given a new coating of paint at her moorings at the Anchor line dock here Hallways and state rooms and all painted portions of the in terior are included Directors of' the Hamilton ort William line of which A McKay of Hamilton are managers have placed an order with the Cana dian Shipbuilding Co for an 8500 ton freight steamer to carry ore coal and grain The boat will be built at the Niagara yards EXPRESSES NO SORROW OVER HIS DESPERATE ACT Deputy Sheriff Thirty T'cnru Rockwood January 15 Milliman Sr of this village who is now in his seventieth com pleted on the first day of Janu ary his thirtieth year as deputy sheriff of the township of Browns town In his thirty service he has probably made more ar rests than any other suburban ficer in the county He establish ed a reputation yar's ago in run ning down horse thieves Wreckers Carpenters file Drivers Busy on the 4C Property It It Anka Hearing Lansing Mich January '15 Through Attorneys McNamara of Detroit the Detroit Mackinac Ry has asked for a hearing on its as sessment by the state tax commis sion it has been set for Wed nesday January 23 Inspect ood nt Lansing Lansing Mich January 15 The common council has taken steps to provide for the enactment of an or dinance providing for the appoint ment of a sanitary inspector who will inspect the meat and milk sup plies of the city MME Stringing High Current Wires Lansing Mich January i Workmen are now engaged In stringing high current wires from the dam of the Commonwealth Pow er company near Lyons to Lan sing rhe cables are attached to high steel towers sufficient slack being given to prevent straining the foundations of the towers The dam at Lyons which has been under construction for over vearIhlcll largest cement daixvhi the state is nearly completed i here in the basement 75 100 600 30 This is a one and a half story bungalow of very picturesque de sign The foundation is of stone the first story of pebble and the half story shingle The rooms are all very neatly arranged and ventilation lias been given the main thought in the construction of the layout of the house The interior arrangement affords agrent chance for decoration On tlie first lloor there is a veranda reception room library with fireplace dining room pantry kitchen and two bed rooms At a slight additional cost the second story can be finished sd as to get three nice bed rooms The following is the itemized cost'of construction: Will Tow New Boat Up River Tugs will go to Wyandotte early today to tow the new steamer City of Cleveland to the Orleans street plant of the Detroit Shipbuilding Co The work pt dropping the boilers and machin ery into the boat will begin at once As soon as the boilers are in Joiner work will start The largest part of the wood work has been ready for weeks ACTORY INSPECTOR MAKES HIS Pittsburg i 15 Louise Homer the celebrated singer and Emil Paur director of the Pitts burg orchestra speak as they pass by They had a quarrel just before the concert at the Carnegie Music hall at which Mme Homer was the soloist with the Pittsburg "orchestra or a time' the singer was so angry that 'she threatened to refuse to sing It was "before the audience had assembled The musicians were on the stage and Mme "Homer had come parly' iust off the stage is a dressing room for jtlie women so loists who appear 'at the1 concerts' Madame Homer was seated in this room when Mr Paur entered wear ing his coat and hat and smoking' a cigar Madame Homer says Paur soofi had the room filled with smoke She said nothing but as she feared the smoke would injure her voice left the room and went on the stage to practice She supposed Mr Paur would leave But he In stead he took off his coat and hat laid them on a chair and continued to enjoy his smoke He was just leaving Mor a stroll about the stage when Homer re turned The air was blue She was lurious coat and hat and threw them of the room and then locked door When Paur returned for hat and coat and found them on floor in front of 1 the locked door he likewise was furious He knock ed on the door but Madame refused to open it When the concert started and 'it' was 4ime Homeb to appear Paur refused to escort her upon the plat form as is his custom She entered alone and the bow that she gave to the director was about the ch 11 iiest that Pittsburg has ever seen When she had completed her num bers and returned to acknowledge' the applause jshe ignored the di rector completely St Joseph MichJanuary 15 am afraid to live dive me poison I want to die" This is the cryof fXLT Moore the man who yesterday attempted to kill Deputy Sheriff Pearl and his own wife and then himself These are the wordatof the' man who fired two his head hacked his wrist with a knife tried to cut his throat Yesterday lie wanted to die wanted others to die witli him day he is still afraid life Ascot irst: race mile Minister Charles Stone Henry Me 107 Ef IL Ledge Happy Rice 104 Athena Miss Hhnyar Kitty McCarthy 102 Second race 6 furlongs purse Hlrtte 117 Pantone Toots Mook Entre Nous 112 Daruma The Mist 107 Elaneer 105 Third race selling mile Sals Ding Dong IL 108 Adams Liiil Provost Needful Taylor George 105 De sie Welfley Pinta 103 St Albans 97 Winsome Ways 95 ourth race handicap a 1 2 Col Jack 113 Jersey Lady lOi Halton 103: Airs 101 Proliflco Elaneer San Al vlso ICO Allerton 95 tDominus Arvl ifth race selling 6 E1 ryer 115 Colewort 107: Round Dane 106 Judge Nelson 105 El Cazador 1M: Virginia Lorraine Renraw 99 Maxiii Gorky Pepper and Salt 97 riendly Sixth race mile selling Kinsman Sheriff Bell Col Bronston 107 Sherry Van Hope Sir Caruthers Clandestine Bill Curtis 104 Confessor Lillie IL Sa lina Netting 102 Believed Minsing Washington Lad Lit Port? Huron i Port Huron Mich January 15 A reward of $100 has been offered for the apprehension of John Man ning aged 18 years" who is supposed to be residing somewhere in this county and for whom a diligent search is being made by the police and departments Young Manning ran away from his home in Washington No vember 15x 1902 and his parents haye been unable to learn' his whereabouts? Last summer a boy answering his description worked at the Malleable Iron works at South Park and was once arrested on sus picion At the time of his arrest it was not known that he was a run away else the Washington authori ties would have been notified Man ning is a bright young chap of light complexion and stout build MINE CAR AWAY The air was blue She grabbed over out the his the Madura Implicates Another Ann Arbor Mich January Steve Madura ttie young man who was found with fhe goods taken from red saloon riday night has given up some stolen 'things and implicates rank Neff in the robbery of Joseph place on September 1 when a phonograph and $177 worth of goods were taken Neff has been arrested and is in jail His examination will be held West New York itary academy has refused to take up row ing even though wealthy New Yorkers and Philadelphians had offered to supply a full rowing outfit The subject was taken un with the military academy officials by one of the stewards of the Intercollegiate Row ing association but the commandant of the academy was obliged to refuse the offer on the ground that the cadets would not have the necessary time to develop a crew decision was a disappointment to the stew the Pouffhkeepsie regatta as well the AmeHcan Row oclation who were anxious to West Point on the £ee Show at Hastings Hastings Mich January The third annua! exhibition of the Barry County Poultry association opens in this city to morrow and promises to be a big success Entries are being made from all parts of the state Pets ind' Way to Sclcnce Depurt inent of of Ann Arbor January 15 An advertisement in a local paper offered $1 each for sound dogs It was inserted by an instructor of the university to get material for purposes in the scien tific department It tended to encourage the steal ing of pets although the advertiser did not intend that 'it should have any such Influence One man found a valuable collie that belonged to him in the of the uni versity Members of the Humane society protested to the paper and the ad was cut out Grand Rapids Mich January 15 Henry Hoving and Charles Liebek painters were suddenly precipitated down the air shaft of the new Mur ray building today crashing throughthe heavy glass of the skylight and on to the hard floor othe office of Edward Deane Co a distance of five stories The workmen were engaged in painting the light shaft "of the building and had laid a scaffolding across the open space by placing two planks across with either end resting on' the window sills in the offices on the upper floor In some manner unknown the ends of the planks became loosened and slipped off Jesse Tompsett of Lowell who Was seated in the office of the Deane received a severe scalpwound glass being hurled down on 'him Hoving received terrible the and face and also gave indications of internal injuries Liebek was terribly injured inter nally The men were hurried to theU A hospital in the police am bulance Hoving Ilves at 546 Logan 'street and has a wife and four children Liebek lives at 247 ifth street and has a 'wife and seven children ai Poultry Show at Pontiac Pontiac Mich January 15 i The an nual show of the Pontiac Poultry asso ciated Is now running at full blast in ihw uiuy duu win continue tne mamaer or tne week oiras in the the show as held here in Lyons Woman Heard rom Hiteband for Several Months Owosso Mich January Ezra Smith who formerly re sided at 1225 Water street has dis appeared and his wife is in the city trying to discover some trace of him Smith took his wife to Lyons last August then went away He wrote one letter afterwards and she has not heard from him since Mrs JMnith was at Lyons until this week' when she became worried and start ed searching: for him Promising Exhibit Will Be Opened Next Week Adrian Mich January The ence Town club composed of leading breeders of poultry in Lenawee county has promise of the largest and best poultry ex hibition ever held in this section of the The show sdpftis the: old 'armory and the premium 'list is one of the finest ever sent out containing informa tion as to the full list of valuable prizes Consisting of twelve silver cups two in cubators brooders and an endless variety of specials including many 10 rod trolls of poultry fence Cash paid in all classes of pigeons dogs cats and pet stock Think Town Will lie on Rlv crs and llarbors Blll 4 Duluth January Chairman Burton of the rivers and harbors committee has given a'hearing to the joint delegation from Duluth: and Superior and as a resuit theyhope tx find Dulutli Superior in the new bill for more than a million dollars At first Chairman Burton said No Change Are to be Made In Gra ham Morton Lines Benton Harbor Mich January 15 Affairs of the Graham Morton Transportation Co are to be carriedon in the same way as before the re cent death of President Graham This is the announcement of Stan ley Morton whose a nnnintmm administrator of the estate of MrGraliam has been asked bv the widow In probate court 1 business will he J' along the lines made so 'successful by Mr Graham" said Mr Morton who has been secretary of the eom pany since its organization I who have been here for years will find their places open as before and three lines of steamers will beoperated as inithe president uranam left nofwill ami desired no change in the policy of the company Pinckney Mnn Seriously Injured in lour Mills Pinckney Mich January 15 What came near being a fatal ac cident was averted today by the presence of mind of the victim George Lumm who is employed in the flour mills here Lumm was changing belts with the machinery in full motion when his jacket caught on a swiftly revolving shaft and lie was whirled around with frightful velocity He screamed at the top of liis voice and the pro prietor Peters instantly: shut off the power rushed bejow1 tQJlnd Lumm clinging to the shaft with nis clothing pattly torn from his body Had the shafe Leen aftew ihefies higher he would have meta horrible death He "wag taken home and lies critical condition No bones were broken avorite Burned 24 Hours Sinking Capt Sinclair underwrit representative lias returned from the burned wrecking steamer avorite at St Ignaee and says the hull is a total loss and that the machinery is damaged The boat burned until it scuttled itself the flames starting Thursday after noon and continuing until the hull sank on riday It is said at St Ignaee that nothing could be ob tained with which to punch a hole in the iron hull so that it would sink The avorite lies in eighteen feet of water with just a little of tne stem showing above water as well as the smokestack which is slanted forward Two steam pumps ana two big hawsers were stored by and are safe A metallic lifeboat was also removed safelv from the burning tug MARINE S'OTES The steamer Laughlin will prob ably remain in the Ecorse drydock until the end of the month Twenty eight plates have been removed" Ig ecth't: the 600 foot uu 1 1 in the Ecorse plant of the Greaj Lakes Engineer ing Works for the Pittsburg Steam be" launched Saturday Beijinger agent of the Ma rine iremen here left yesterday inpciiiijs ui me executive board of the union A new boiler is being placed in the steel dredge Tipperarv Boy at the shlsar dock of the Detroit Ship building Co plant The dredge is owned 'by Dunbar Sullivan and of Two Weeks Planned ntAgricultural College Agricultural College Mich Jan uary 15 To give the essentials to success in fruit growing a two weeks' course on that subject will be given at' the college beginning ebruary 11 The course is de signed especially for those who are already growing fruit but it will also interest those 'who living in cities or villages have a desire to conduct fruit farms The fruit interests of thb stdtfe' have suffered severe losses during1 the past few years from San Jqse scale little peach codling njpthand' other'troubles Mismanagement lies at the foot of failure in some cases! Most of these' losses and failures1 can be prevented the men know how are making the business pay This eoufse'wiH aim to give the will be like a farmers institute on fruit growing not technical but practical and with full opportunity for each man to take part jn the discussions of all subjects treated The college thus co operates in a special way with the State Horti cultural society in its efforts to bet ter the conditions of Michigan fruit' growing Special Granted De troit Belt Line Railroad May Be Investigated Deal for Tract Near Boyne City to Beta Progress Gaylord Mich January I Wilbur Glenn VoUva of Zion City has not yet arrived at Boyne City as is reported from Chicago to purchase Mormon island lo cated near that place It is understood however that someone whose identity has not been revealed has looking over the island and the surrounding coun try in the" past few days The land around Pine Lake would make all ideal place for colonization' purposes1' What might have considerable bearing on such a deal is that White of the White Lumber Co and general man ager of the A left for Chicago today having changed his plans suddenly from a contemplated trip to the east Thia company owns and controls practically all the vacant lands in that vicinity deposedowTjwinistry Hastings Preacher Said to' Have Involved Congregation in Debt Hastings January Rev ritz until recently pas of the United Brethren church in this city was deposed from the min istry today as the yresult of a con ference here between the presiding Ider and a committee appointed to consider Mr cas The no tice of deposition is signed by Pre siding Elder Eli Good and states that the suspension is based on the grounds of trespass and disobedi ence of the order and discipline of the church While pastor" here Mr ritz built a new church and involved the or in debt His troubles with the church grew out of this fact and To and what the future holds out for him The physicians found that Moore is more seriously injured than they had at first supposed What: they had believed to be onebullet hole proved to be two bullets and both bits of lead are: imbedded some where 4n Mooreis' The physicians have been unable to probe for them as yet and all they have been' able to do" 'towards lessening the misery! which would be murderer is suffering has been to dress his' burns and the various knife gashed 'V Expresses vNo Sorrow' Moore has 'expressed Tib sorrow over his deed as yet His only words are for ''death begging that it come to him iri' some form and end his miresable' Jite 6 uHeAis guarded constantly by sheriff and be he either dies or recovers and'is taken' to the county jail His frantic appeals for poison anddeath irtng through the of Mercy hospL tal all day At times' Moore shrieked at the top Ills lungs until the blood spurtedy his wounds and it was necessary to hold him down upon his cot Deputy Sheriff Pearl is tn a critir cal condition tonight The bullets have not been recovered as yet the physicians being afraid to operate and the officer is very weak Just how bad his wounds are cannot be" ascertained until the probe is used and the bullets located and until taht time the doctors have refused to make any statement as to his ehances for recovery The deputy is resting as well as could be ex? pected however and Ills relatives are encouraged Mrs Moore will recover George A Walters Staff Correspondent Lansing Mich January 15 When Railroad Commissioner At wood steps put of office one of "the first things that will be looked into by his successor will be the special privileges granted to the DetroitTerminal railway This is tlie belt 'line that is being built about one mile beyond the De troit city limits will extend from the river on the the city to the river side It lias been granted the privilege by the railway commissioner of crossing street railway tracks at grade ox instance it will cross the tracks out Jefferson avenue just 1800 feet east of the tst Jean road Within a few months this territory will be annexed to Detroit Within five years it is pre dicted by many Detroit aidermen and Wayne county legislators that all that territnrv rcnnhArl hv tha Kali line will bft annvpil tn TAAf fnlt Grade separation will then cost the city many millions of dollars some say $10000000 These facts will be brought to the attention of Mr suc cessor and the belt line may be compelled to separate grades before it cun proceed farther Shipmasters Expect urther" Acccs sions to Their Number I xpur members were elected the Detroit lodge of the afternoon Additional applications been received and there are indications o' substantial accessions to mem bership before the opening of navi gation caused suspension of regular meetings of the lodge Three of those elected yesterday are active members as follows: Capt Edward Gatfleld Capt Charles Merckel anl Capt A Bain The fourth election was that of' John Tea gan a vessel owner to associate membership Rccontruttlon of the big warchoues at the foot of Waynes street extending upstream va Tirkii A iviirAhniiRPfi in jl LGC ITIUIV i in full swing A portion of the warehouse 'will be given a new Wreckers car pente'rs pile drivers and dredgemen are ail at work on different sec tions of the job which 1 will cost several thousand dollars It is planned to obtain room for Detroit Cleveland De troit Buffalo and( Detroit Mack inac freight by the recon structlon The big in the houses into which trucks form erly were driven will be done away with and this room wilt be used fro freight Hereafter trucks will drive up to the warehouses in the same manner as at railroad freight houses and will back up squarely to the big doors This will avoid con fusion and blockade as in the past arid will leave the additional space for freight How New Boat Will Dock The dock will be extended thirty feet further out iri the river and the dock will be ex tended out about fourteen feet to the harbor line Both' docks will run on an which will prmit steamers backing out into the river easily The dock will be raised about two feet If arrange ment can be made with the owner of land on the west side of Wayne street the Mackinac dock will be pushed a little farther into the river When the new steamer City of Cleveland makes a landing her nose will project about a hundred feet further upstream than the present boats and will lap over the former landing for the boats The passenger gang way however will be in about the same position as formerly Pas sengers for Buffalo will walk a little farther up than heretorore and will find the passenger gang way just ahead of the nose of the big new City of Cleveland when she i in port as the Buffalo steamer will overlap the new boat The angle in the dock will avoid trouble in coming in or backing out Constant increase in business traffic has forced an enlargement of the baggage room a strip about twelve feet wide and running the whole length of the room having a been annexed An up to date par cel and check room will be installed this seasoin among other improve A ments 8 tBay City Michj" January wandering how as he alldpg Expert Accountant James Scott of this city put days of work between January and December 11 1899 City 1 Houghton has filed a' petition in cult court for a modification of a judgment secured by Scott against the city In ot" congress saying that he would like to make personal examination' of conditions in 'the world's third i largest harbor After a straight presentation of the facts by the committee showing that imme diate action was required for the' future of the two cities Mr Bur lJ ton agreed to waive formalities' It is believed here that there willl i oe provision in the bill botlu fori enlarging th? capacity of DuluthRl Superior harbor and for protect ms snipping ironi pcrior will be i 4 1 1 luvuuu ui me4 'inner namor inj? to the extent of $450000 jinciji iu ue auLnorizea rvrxcvzxsl 1 i VVMVI4U krtIKLI 4 1 ILL lor plan of long piers at Superior propriated at present is commencement of permanent piuvtinenus wniCh wHl cost jnillion dollars National Association Ofll tier's at Opening 'New York January 15 The third annual convention of the National Boot Shoe sociation began here today and'will continue tomorrow At ses sion officers were elected and a num ber of resolutions adopted of in terest to the boot and shoe manufac turing Industry The election of officers resulted as i John Hanan of New York presidentGeorge Schroeder of Philadelphia treasurer Solomon wile of Rochester secretary and Reed of Rochester Spencer of St Louis Charles II Krippendorf of Cincinnati and Watson of Chicago vice nresl? dents to attend the annual 1899 Scott audited the books of WestBay IO Krtaa Glty tnen a separate corporation He re ceived from the city $1000 for his work Scott waited seven years and then brought suit to recover something over $1000 which he claimed was due alleging that he worked 202 days and was to get $10 perlay was given a verdict of $1150 In addition to the $1000 already paid him Now City Attorney Houghton files with his petition an affidavit in which he alleges that the "books of the county treasurer show thatA during the period that Scott worked for the city he also received pay for work 'done from the county during that period to4iake the total of days between January II and December 11 run up to 374 Lansing Mich January port by the state factory shows the condition Detroit with homes in which the proprietor works with the persons employed In this class of shops are made cigars tailor work cigarettes snuff knit goods and I clothes are cleaned The factory Inspectors recently found 67 these in troit employing altogether 1541 persons a age were children under 16 years of age ifty nine children wire found in tlie shops of this class The average daily wages of tin proprietors except those engaged in I making knit goods was $1 60 and on knit goods the wage was 25 cents a day The men hired in these shops earn on an average $1 81 per day and the women "$1 20 It is reported that 517 of the shops in Detroit are connected witn liv ing rooms and that all but eight were reported in good sanitary eon dition with good light heat and ventilation There 148 cigar shops in spected 534 persons of whom 374 were members of the fam ilies where th? cigars are made Wages of proprietors average in this Industry $2 28 per day Nearly all of the cigar shops are not con nected with living rooms In 148 shops clothes are made all the proprietors and the aver age daily wage is $1 45 The clothes cleaning establishments number 17 employing 63 persons whose av erage wages are $1A9O per day Only two shops make cigarettes and snuff no children are employed in them and the average wages ar $2 12 ner day Knit goods are mail el A VC i i IH' OvV piilAUO A He in a employed on an average about four hours a day and the average daily That' wage is very low a The report or the ractory inspcciors says that there are fsw Michigan but that annual inspec tion keeps this class oi control and in healthful condition Capt Stubbs Old Lake Pilot Dies a in Chicago Januiry 15 John A Stubbs one of the oldest pilots of the great lakes is dead at his 2SS rancisco avenue He began life as a sailor between Liv erpool and New Orleans on a packet ship afterward going to Milwau kee where he made his home for inany years He soon obtained commission as captain of a lake ves sel and served alternately as mas I' and on various crafts for forty years experience on thetadU1nrMbKBrn bfore cun buoyss Mhts were known Michigan Pensioners Washington January 15 Putnam $12 Henry Visor $12 George John EIIbeth Wheat $8 John Orth rowVinK' Thompson sr: m1? Carpenter Benson Mahlon Denslow $li Va ilea: fahetter Magdalena Hoard Baumgartner $10s Levi llhrwl JE BUSY WITH REPAIR WORK Battle Creek ith Battle Creek Mayeety of the irst Methodist church addressing the Conversational club on Race Problem" last night made some rather direct remarks The eMei said that race prejudice in America' was nioie than caste prejudice in India England Russia and in fact nearly every country in the world a Mr Mnveety pointed out how in Eng landA the nobility will not recognize their servants of the same color and expressed his belief social rights for every hu Jman: being buinot in social eouaiity Continued rom lngc Nine 100 Sabado 101 Royal Sozudont larney 104: Antoine' 105 Dick Rose ins Lattice Whiskbroom 109 Blue Lee 112 Third race 114 miles the Cosmopolitan Hotel "hurdle handicap St Volina Ex Auies 130 Langford James132: Commairl ant 134 Sceptre 136 Naran 139 Creolin 149 Orthodox 140 Lulu Young Sartor Ib sartus 139 141 Dawson Subador 157 Sam Hoffheimer lt ourth race mile Beau Brummel 91: ii Tancred lt) orbicular 109 juggler 111 ifth race 6 furlong's Drusle Smith 95 Cliff Cole Turbulence 97 Mary Buchanan 95 Rappahannock 100 Associ ate 102 Bonart Billy Vertress liojal Breeze 105 Mortiboy 110" Sixth race 1 miles selling Doubt St lavigny 102 Cursus Marvin Neal Lady Ellison 104 King Ellsworth Orly 11 107 jSeventh race 7 furlongs Mar garet M' Society Buda'98r V'ipcrine ivl Establish Clifton JjlOTge 103 Oberon Gauze 104 Woodsaw oxpieade Crci I 105 Ancestor Holloway MIL Abe Meyer 108 Devout 110 Ves 112 tht? tv? cosjJthe railroad dear Tliisr JPajjt icular amily of Inimt Did Mich January Just whaY' it coststhd Grand Trunk railroad to bring iminigrants into this country can be realized in' the case of Andreas Beider and family who were taken to the detention hospital for three weeks at the rail expense a Tho company paid out $110 for their lodging and food $49 for the services of a physician and $5 for a "hack to and from the hospital When the Reider family reached this city it was discovered that they were suffering from a contagious 'disease TALKS ON RACE PROBLEM ROBUST MANHOOD crimes prematurely nW Tira 1 I eSnShM rbriS'desi8 HOW TO ESCAPE THE PUNISHMENT coS Ij? cines as they will not cure you elR Uo" 1 buy patent medi offer you something for nothing UsPeomnn1 to companies who reliable specialists' who make Sa an4 Judgment Consult do not have to experiment on you Dro tc ofetratn8' tho diseases They over 27 years They will onsult whk K1 havo been established for CHARGE If they find your case anl examine you REE at all They refer you tf any bank In they 'vln JefusQ to treat you You can pay monthly for treatment tO responsibility i of doctors who pretend to be saeclanlrr after you ae cured Beware established physicians Bke Drs SS Bey may be fakirs Consult old mistake" Some of the worst cam Kergan and you will make no properly treated 8ct are those who have been inl and Skin VtaI Weakness Blood women PAY ATER ARE cuRMKldney complaints of men and READER Ing Have you lost hope? Are you intend any weakness? Our New Method Vreatmen? been diseased? Have you done for others it will do for youd CONSULT ATinNUrwpwr7 has who has treated you write for an nr? REE No matter reasonable BOOKS REE "The Treot Gharge Charges eases of Men Sealed and cost of Treatment REE for DRS KENNEDY KERGAN Saloons Must Observe Law Strictly Says New Chief Port Huron Mich January 15 ib 'going to be clamped on and tight in Port Huron if Chief of Police Marx has his way ine new chief intends trt moke ibis present term of office a strenuous one and his first step in that direc tion will be to enforce the saloon ordinance a must'' close up their places on the dot and if I find any place open after 11 the owner will be arrested 'and said the new head of Port police department mtistobey the law and'I am going to male the proprietors toe the mark" The chief says' he also will enforce' the law relative to closing" of tiOPI "arid billiard rooms on Sunday chief Maines permitted these places to remain open until 6 qclock but Chief Marx says he will see to it' that 'the ivories remain in heir plush boxes during tlie day 'of rest Strange Coincidence in Event at ia Lapeer Last Evening Lancer Mich January 15 lie had been here thirteen years that there were thirteen persons seated at 'the tabl and that there were just thirteen Catholic and Protestant pastors present were facts brought out prominently at' banquet given upon the departure of Rev' rancis Kelley to Chicago Rev Morrill pastor of the Baptist church "remarked that Rev Kelley had been in Lapeer thir teen years and that there were that many seated at the table Rev Kelley said he had no fear that the matter did not worry him what ever Then it was discovered that there were just thirteen pastors present Two hundred persons attended Some of the finest state are on exhibition and a whole is one of the best years Point Bars Rowing January West Point Mil Port Huron Mich January 15 or several days past a number of residents in this city haVe received letters from persons living at Han over Mich inquiring into the af fairs of one Dr Carrser whom they were led to believe was re cently a propainent dentist in this city Although the city has been searched from one end to the other no one has been able to find any of fice or building that was ever occu pied by Dr 'Carrser Yesterday the reason for these in quiries explained It develops that Dr Carrser went to Hanover less than one month ago and stat ed to the credulous villagers' that he was fresh from Port Huron where he had made a fortune as a dentist He even went so far as to sell the brick block where he practiced his profesison to his part ner and expected within several weeks to accept a position which had been offered him in another city and which had a stipend of $300 a month attached Dr Carrser had been in Hanover but two weeks when he wooed and won tlie belle of that town ater inducing her to mortgage her beau tifu home which was eft her by relatives Naturally he took' the money and it was this act that prompted the friends to 'start an investigation Unfortunately the neonle of this city know nothing about this al leged dentist and the' of! Hanover will have to look elsewhere for any trace of him a Milwaukee Yard Must Hustle Nyack to inish by Spring Milwaukee January The' steamer Republic of the RepfbUc Iron Steel Co is now in the south yard where she has been for the last two weeks About 1 twenty plates are being put into the hull the rudder and wheel are being repaired and new etern bearings are being put inIt Is expected that the boat will be out i tomorrow the "CalU met: TransifM follow' the Repub lie at ohee the dogk Spnie minor re a pairs her JuiJl and It will receive jftinerai verhaul If is ex pected that work wilt be': completed in a week Other boa'S betifljp repaired near the AV yard are the' Weamef'' Walter Scranton of the Mitchell fleet which will receive a general overhauling and the steamer Charles Neff of the Nell fleet which a will also be overhauled The steamer Nyack of the Crosby line has been in the west yard for the last two months receiving almost a complete rebuilding orty new cabins will be add to the boat and a number of other changes made the total cost of' which will be about $60000 It is not believed the work will be completed before the opening of navigation next spring Other boats now having repairs made to a A their upper' hulls Interiors near the TQVI sartll rm rf iMVUi JULV 4 JA4U 1J UH 01 11 have their bottoms repaired as soon as i 'H bft on tne Michigan Cen the Nyack vacates 'are the steamers Iron I tral tunnel King or tne Ktcnarason fleet which is getting a new frame planking plank sheers and deck beams' the Iroquois owned by the same company which was damaged by a rear end collision last fall and which is getting new deck beams pianxing ana irame the City of Paris owned by Thomas Cranage of Bay City Mich which is having a number of planks replaced the Aurania of the Cor rigan fleet which is receiving general overhauling and the Caledonia owned the same firm which is being fitted with new boiler pans This is the Constant Cry of Moore Would Be Mur 2 derer and Suicide I MARINE a i fe i i i 1 11 i i lb VI I Jy xs5 osffi 1 I seir 1 aai ir I 5 3 i A I a 5 I 9 A ni A ST I 111 ISp 11 I II IH Is I III a 8 8 i Illi I III a at 8 ro I I III II 22 3 wi I lift if IB TV fif sv 4 I I I II Ji II 1 XNSN I lit" WTBtfWTrrM I Si Miiip I I I SmS A A i i Jw i Ul i IIIMIIIIII lllilll I I.

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