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OM 201 To Morrow LOOKS BRIGHT! TO DAY TERRIBLE! CAPITAL GOSSIP Mahlers nCSl'LT THE KECE5T ELECTIONS 1UT ATTEMITED TO ASSASSINATE This Spring's nvi LAflB Which Means S2 Worth lor SI 7c 10c GETTING EVEN I 25c MAY RETREAT HIS for HOME DIDIOCR AT1C MAYOU ELECTED BY A hi: UEIMHUHSED BRITISH ADVANCE The ree Press Oth Pl KCHASK ALMANAC WITH PISTOLS IN THE WOODS Pork Tenderloins Alrt Ell WHICH DERVISHES Vegetables OUTGO JI ENGIJSIC AKASHEH lllocxlKbed Hence THE REE PRESS CO Detrit Mich TAKE IT ALL BACK from the JOHN BLESSED SOS Cor Woodward Ave and High St Wild lowers of India a LOWER co People Wan IBook RAND McNALLYS General Atlas of the World 157 Solid Map Pages Every Alap in Colors from the City Detroit his own home to kill himself and COLD BLOODED Steel Ranges DEED $100 3234 Woodward Ave a grave oil that coast When fcCBKULLY ItrfZtLl MG CO 201 WQGQWABft to cope with in the tie I Hag between not probable the necessity of it is to bo con favorable to his We are still selling Potatoes per Albion lour per bbl the gray force and the shu'i Pedro Counters for five Tables la Each Box 10c 10c 9c The with Mtn Pedro Cheese Sandwiches Bound in ull Silk Cloth at $155 This price includes delivery either by ex press or mall We have enough for Shoulder Roast Veal inest Cuts of Veal Chops or Cutlets per lb Every Map accompanied and explained by a marginal index The book is absolutely correct and up to date A great educational offering The great est Book for the mct ey ever offered for sale Remember that the price of the Book is only Retail 20c at Your for Prunes for We are giving a practical illustration of the good qualities of the abolish Ohio We roast our own Coffees Give the Best Value for your money in the city and anti in the STOVE STATE course oaths orally 113 115 Michigan Ave (Only 3 Blocks Off Woodward Ave) We have Strawberries at 23c per quart and some at higher prices ine Strawberries in pint boxes Pino Apples each Greening Apples per peck We carry one of the largest and best sortments of Oranges in the city became responsible exceeding that THIRD JIAN ON HIS LIST I'osltion where the future brighter He has forced of the earth but 1 can act by ridding the earth THE LARGEST SipRE IN THE MIRDERED HIS although very scarce we have our regular supply of Extra ine Lambs The price: orequarters each 3125 and JI 50 Hindquarters each $175 and $200 6c 10 and 12yc if their can do not care if McKinley The central contrary is REMEMBER This is not a Wholesale House but we Retail Stoves at Wholesale Prices SENATOR MeMlLIAN IS CON AN TIMES WITH TER lorida Tomatoes per lb Spinach per peck Beet Greens per peck Hot House Lettuce per lb tne Cucumbers each Rhubarb per bunch When you are Down town Saturday Afternoon visit Big Stove Store all are drowned or converted ho will then set up his altars of silver tn all parts of the land and sacrltice dally thereon to the gods of the white metal The state convention will be held in this city in accordance with the desires of the party in general It has the advantage of central location and as many Demo crats will attend the national convention they will favor a state convention at the point nearest to everybody The date 13 already fixed and will be June 23 The convenience of this date Is apparent The Republican national convention will be held the first week In June and nobody would think of reading th details of aDemocratic convention in Ohio either a week before or two weeks after that big exhibition The Democratic national con vention is to le held early in July or about two weeks after the state convention Be tween such attractions it Is barely pos sible a few people might consent to read the deliberations of the Buckeye Demo crats in the absence of more sensational occurrences ITT TWO BUI LETS INTO HIS WIE'S BODY SITUATION TN OHIO ENCOURAGING TO DEMOCRATS IVIL WORK WATER ATTORNEY CLAIMS rou KIRSCHNER AVOR The measles is running its course in the president's family and this morning Ruth the first born contracted the disease Llt 1 thpr nrnsrres an 1 recovery and so far baby Marion Shown signs of the allmeat ILLED HIS ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG DAUGHTER AMIS ARE GATHERING UNDER THE KHA1JVS LAG STRONGHOLDS THE that after shooting Mr Sands went to his home and found his yet He had determined on the all his larnily anti with a revolver Calves' Liver and Sweetbreads everybody The ball went crashing through right arm at a point shortly shoulder shattering the bone pieces At once Mr Sands ran and as he did so the man Minshall and his all night so that none morning in Hot Coffee and Biscuits will be served tree to all callers The American Military Band will give Concerts every afternoon and evening SHOW THAT THE WAS PREMEDITATED WANTS THE ROM HER by An overwhelming expres sion of popular appreciation It is one of the greatest Yea Books issued Price 25c Mailed to any address upon receipt of price Address lie 25c 5OC as San rancisco April Gov Jones of Nevada died at the Palace hotel in this city this evening Gov Jones has been ill for several months and came to this city for medical treatment HA RON VON SCHRADER ELL A BILLET IN THE AIIDOMEN THIS PAPER IS PRINTED WITH Th Star oarcl Pte Ink Co Ink sue and enforce ohdfne to a nona summoning rsons to testify before a representative of the com mission come to get have them WOIIND PRONOUNCED TO BE whoever he may be who is tne real autnor or Among 1 Iz ex 1 1 tuaiiuovtl UJ Baron von Keisch the ex Empress Baron von Sclirad ceremonies of the von uerstenberg ana Egypt April rom Indications here it is thought that the plan of pushing the Anglo Egyptian array to Dongola has bn suddenly abandoned The purchase of cam els and horses has been stopped Lord Com er and Sir Herbert Kitchener have had a great deal "of telegraphic coriespondenco during the last thirty six hours It has been lound it is thought that the force up the Nile ia too weak tho hordes of and gathering Akasheh and now that any vance beyond It is believed of the British to move strongly by the Suak in route when the time for active hostilities Judgment obtained Only 4 Minutes Walk Hall and See the Cooking Exhibit now in Progress We have Our own curing Sugar Cuted I Tams per lb Onr own curing Bacon per lb ine Young Roasts of Pork per lb 32 and 34 Woodward Ave HOWEVER SOME 20c $165 In a letter addressed to Mr A Williams Rookery building Chicago Mr Minshall states that he had contemplated killing Mr Sands and then his own family Min shall It seems was an attorney and tire and life Insurance agent and moved from Chicago to Pentwater at the instance of Mr Sands who promised him all the in surance of the big lumber firm of Sands Maxwell Minshall claims that Sands forced him to give up one third of his com missions and had forced other accommo dations from him and had cut down his business He claims that he could se nothing ahead but beggary for himself and family and determined to end all In this letter Minshall says: "I am going to see Mr Sands and quietly ask him to return to me the mom he has robbed me of and if he refuses then I will take in its behalf Senator McMillan urges I th nwst delightful of all PERLTXES Mad and MILBURN DRUGGISTS 81 Woodward Avenue Berlin April (Copyright 1836 by the Associated There was a sensation in court and military circles this morning when it was announced that another duel growing out of the great court anonymous letter scandals had taken place in the woods near Potsdam and that Baron von Schra der the master of ceremonies of the Prussian court had been shot and seri ously wounded by Count von Kotze The latter was formerly court and was tried and acquitted om the charge of being tho author of the anonymous com munications alluded to Count von Kotze and Baron von Schrader fought with pistols and the latter was severely wounded in tho abdomen Hn was taken to a hospital where his wound was pronounced to be of a most serious nature His relatives were telegraphed for and promptly gather ed at his bedside Count von ar rest has been ordered and his friends say he will surrender to the authorities when ever called upon to io so This is the third duel of the series of about a dozen lot which challenges were sent out lust April by Count von Kotze and he has repeated to day his announce ment of his determination to keep on light ing his enemies one by one until ho has settled accounts with all on his list Those who know Count von Kotze feel confident that he will keep his word tervlshos now to the Dongola It is attempt will be made to the former point at present too that it is the Intention Correspondent) Senator McMillan is meet ing a great deal of opposition in his effoi to secure an appropriation of JjOOoO to equip the naval institution but he continues hope ful and confident of success The oppon ents of the bill say that when the naval militia was first organized it was said that the government would be put to no expense and yet since its establishment demands hare been constantly made for appropria tions upon his colleagues the importance of main taining the militia and properly supporting it if tinned Indications are success CHARLES AND ANNIE LAMBORN JRE PIDIATE TJIEIH CONESSION Gas Stoves House committee on reform In the civil service to day reported favorably a hill authorizing any member or the secretary or tne civil service commission in tho of an investigation to administer take affidavits and depositions nnd examine witnesses When deemed sary the commission may emidoy a grapher to take testimony Under the pto visions of the bill the Judge or clerk of any United States court shall have power to Is sue and enforce obedience to writ of sub appear and ALSO 3 lbs ancy Silver Plums 3 lbs large size California ALSO Bars Queen Anne Soap With Orders) Providing you bring this Ad When Von Kotze was in prison the tide of sympathy turned decidedly in his direc tion Ugly whispering was heard on all sides his arrest was openly denounced as an outrage and the names of a number of very high court personages including Duke Ernest Gunther of Schleswig Holstein the brother in law of Emperor William of Ger many were mentioned in connection therewith In fact some persons even had the audacity to cast the sidelights of sus picion upon a higher person than Duke Gunther though it would seem without any Just ground for so doing When Count von Kotze was released from prison he promptly sent out challenges to about a dozen of those whom lie believed to have been implicated in a plot to ruin him in order to save the reputation of the high rsonage looked unon as bein the anonymous communications the principal persons Count von Kotze were ach court marshal to rederick of Germany er the master of the Prnal an cniirti Prince Prince Aribert of Saxe Altenburg Prlnpo Albert of Saxe Altenburc mor never substantiated also had it that Von Kotze had challenged Duke Ernest Gunther of Schleswig Holstein: but this has been denied and is not believed to be true The first of the proposed series of duels was fought with pistols in the Grunewald early during the morning of April 13 last between Von Kotze and Baron Reischach The latter had insisted upon severe condi tions namely that shots should be ex changed until on of the contestants was so badly wounded as to be unable to con tinue tiring Seven shots were exchanged with the result that both the count and baron had more or less severe flesh wounds But at the eighth shot Von Kotze fell with a bullet in the loin He was taken to the hospital and for some time his life was despaired of and even when the at tending physicians pronounced that he would live they coupled this statement with the remark that he would be crinnled for life This is practically the case al though the count walks with greater eas than was expected There was some talk of sending Count von Kotze and his op ponent to prison for fighting th duel but there was so much popular sympathy for We are selling the Celebrated Green Mountain Canned Corn at 3 cans for 25c Curtice Wax Beans per can lie per dozen $125 Regular 15c goods disease rapidly toward nas not The Star says of the effort to grade crossings on the Baltimore road In the capital city: nator McMil lan has taken this matter tn hand Al ways earnest he is especially so on this important topic If he shall succeed i'i J1 syltbi me to mix with the elements better for me and my family to lelei than to be paupers Thanks to Mr i nui 11 look any me off the face vet do one kind of a man whose sole object in life is to devour those who get tn his power' Mr Sands' arm was amputated this morn ing it having been found necessary owing to the shattering of the bone He lost arreat deal of blood and could not survive the shock dying at 7:20 o'clock night He was a member of the firm of Sands Maxwell and was one of the best known lumbermen in western Michigan It was expected he would be a district delegate to the St Louis convention The coroner's Jury on the Minshalls' bodies adjourned over until to morrow Mr Sands was shot ith a Winchester rifle borrowed from rancher to shoot ducks with shooting at Mlnshall's home was done a Hopkins A Allen 3 caliber revolver loc 30c 30c 15c 20c 5c A young lady with peachy cheeks shows good health Postum Cereal makes red blood bound In full Silk Cloth and Includes the delivery Order of The tee Detroit Mich The main point of discussion of to session of th national league of musicians was a scheme to consolidate lor a I assembly No 8 at St Louis Mo and the local as sembly at East St Louis Ill across tho river to be known as local No Ther was a pronounced opposition to amalgama tion and a long wrangle was precipitated Representative Crowley of Texas addres sed the meeting In favor of house bill 135 introduced by Air Bartlioldt (Mu) to pre vent the competition of enlisted men with local civilians Th hill was endorsed by tho league and it was stated that an effort would be made to have the bill passed im mediately congress under suspension of the rules Tho following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year: President Alexan der Brenner of New York first vice presi dent George Nachman Baltimore Md second vice president Tschman of Minneapolis: third vice president rank Arico of Birmingham Ala treasurer George Schath of Cincinnati: secretary Jacob Beck of Philadelphia Columbus April The elections held throughout the state this week have been very encouraging to the Democracy More Democratic mayors were chosen this week than have been elected since the Cleveland tidal wave year of 192 Where the Republicans did win in cities that nat urally belonged to them their majorities were small as compared with what they had a right to expect On the other hand the Democratic majorities were not only unusually large but they were found tn places that had not known a Democratic majority In many years The elections of the last three years have practically de picted the Democracy of their political holdings not only in the cities of the state but likewise of the counties Their victory under such circumstances was all the more gratifying and the party feels more like going into the contest this fall than It would have felt had the municipal con tests gone the other way The general ef fect will be that the party will be much better able to cope with its enemies this year In tho greater elections yet to By permitting so many Democrats Into local office the Republicans simply armed their enemies against selves with their own weaitons Another feature of the local elections was tho unusual number of elections in various townships corporations If the returns received dicate anything they indicate that Ohio Anti Saloon League must 1e going backward for the seemed to win most of the fights There has been ap parent cessation of activity on the part of the league to prosecute its campaign all the year round and the field secretaries as its lecturers are termed are In con stant action seven days in the week One of the peculiar features of the elec tion was the lesult at Niles hich Is the birthplace of William McKinley her aro ten Republicans to one "Democrat in tho city of Niles which polls over votes but when the ballots were counted cut it was found that a Democratic' mayor had been elected by nearly KO majority while the Democrats also captured the bulk of the other municipal offices Notwithstanding the fact that the forces of McKinley appear to be growing strong er tn other states i the oraker people In his own state are proposing to take no chances on future cuniingencles but are going ahead fortifying as though pre'par ing for a long siege and assault The state central committee is to meet April 15 and then will come the real tug of war An executive committee Is also to le chos en by this body and the executive ccm mittee Is to run the next state campaign The McKinley following want no election of an executive committee until after the national convention ana tnen didatu is not nominated they who runs th campaign but is the man then they dcr care rnm ml 1 ill rniirtc a VVtltl ai 13 a oraker body and proposes to organize rteretorore it has allow the candidate he on the campaign indications are that exception of the state central McKINLEY 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 ATE HOME TOWN Now Smalley is more hopeful of harmony in his party on the money question than he was then His opinions are based on the real action taken by the so called silver conference at Cleveland which was called bv Allen Thurman It appears that the silver people are weary of the pretensions of Thuiman as a leader and the only lead er and at that conference a split was the result though all parties to it have since been careful to conceal the fact from the public until now It appears that the rank and file of the silver men were opposed to the scheme of Thurman aud inley of Bucyrus in calling that conference for no other purpose than to advertise them selves ns candidates for delgats at large to the Chicago convention Some of those who were present tbok strong grounds against such a course declaring that such matters should be lft to a state conven tion rather than to a secret conference of a few of the leaders of the silver move ment Others took equally conservative views of the matter and as a consequence the radicals and extremists were given a st back from which they have not yet re covered It was the purpose to make a test case of tne loyalty of the silver men to the party and the cause itself nnd in case they did not get what was wanted they were to split off from the organiza tion nnl ally th mselves with such other mongr 1 organizations as could be gathered together from various parts of the coun try Mr Thurman is ambitious to run for the presidency aud it makes little differ ence to him what ticket he is placed upon He wants to drtve the gold bugs of the Allegheny slope Into the Atlantic those of the Mississippi valiy into the father of waters and all those on the Pacific slope Into a watery grave oil that coaL When Two immigration bills have bn report ed from the house committee on Immigra tion One of which Mr MCaII of Massa chusetts is the author provides for an educational tst for immigrants The oth er drawn by A Stone of Pennsyl vania requires consular certificates of the qualifications of would be immigrants for their admission to this country Recent re ports from the immigration officials in New York that the tide of immigration has greatly Increased during the past five months and that the quality of the immi gration is most undesirable have aroused some of the Republican leaders to action A caucus has been called to determine whether the Republicans will take up the immigration question and what plans if any thy will adopt House elections committee No in pur suance of its policy of reducing the claims for In contested cases has reached a decision In the case of fifteen contestants and conv stees The total amount asked in those fifteen cases was $311 32 and that al lowed $17655 The law provides for allow ance of $2W) for expenses in contested cases but congress has in several instances grant ed larger amounts in the last congress giving $55i to each party in a contested case It is understood to be the purpose of the committee to in no ease approve claims for more than the statutory amount Baking Self Raising Buck wheat for Pan Cakes 10c package" Philadelphia April Assistant District attorney Barlow to day announced that ill the gruesome relics that figured in the trial of Holmes for the murder of Benjamin Pietzel will be shipped to Mrs Pietzel at Galva Ill as soon as the law has finally disposed of the murderer They will include besides Pietzel pic ture the fragmentary remains of three murdered children Airs ietzcl within the past few days requested her counsel here to arrange for the shipment so that she might give decent Interment to what was left of her dead little ones She also innuires it she cannot obtain all or part ot the money taken from her by Holmes while he was taking her about the country This is Interesting in view of the state ment that Holmes has received a large sum for his alleged confession Mrs Piet zel's counsel would not state whether any judgment would be entered against Holmes but It is believed nothing will be don Mrs Pietzel also inquires if steps cannot be taken to compel lawyer Jep tha Howe of St Louis Holmes' allege! co con splrator in the insurance swindle tor return the $2500 she alleges he obtained from1 her Her counsel is now consider ing just what steps to take in both these matters it on committee lines been customary to to say who should committee but the this year will be an Chairman Smallev committee of the Democracy was here this week making arrangements for the meeting of that body later in the week Col Smal ley is now a federal office holder but nev ertheless he still holds on to his political position though he is to be succeeded by another Democrat when the committee meets At the present time he is marshal for the northern district of Ohio and when not waiting the pleasure ot the judges of that court he is leasing oil lands in and around the county of Wyandot where he lives When not in that particular line he has his eye open for information of value to Senator Calvin Brice to whom th Smalleys have Jong been devotd It was Smalley who last year took charge of the campaign for the senator and waged it to a successful finish at the Springfield convention However in June last Von Kotze met Baron von Schrader on the field of honor wounded him slightly and was again wounded himself or this Von Kotze was sentenced to three imprisonment in the fortress of Glutz and on July 13 gave himself np to the governor of that place and served his sentence but he was treated with the greatest consideration and It was again reported on his release that he had promised not to fight another duel By this time Von Kotze had become quite a popular hero and his enemies felt very uncomfortable We have some very choice last Lambs (some might call them Spring Lambs) the Shropshire and Southdown breeds The Iegs and Hindquarters we sell at Pr lb 12c Another Spring Meat Veal Stew per lb Roast Veal per lb The series when inale their attention to this or that escapade upon their own part or upon the part of relatives or friends As a result wives became separated from their husbands and fathers and mothers discarded their chil dren nearly everybody of importance be ing smirched more or less by the venom of the anonymous writer who was evi dently a person thoroughly familiar with an tne aeiaus or court lire to loo askant at tneir best friends Every effort possible was ma le by the police todiscover the guilty party But in spite of this the anonymous tormentor was able to continue the cruel work for about lour years The general opinion was that the vile communications were the work of a woman but gradually this opinion chang ed and for some unexplained reason sus picion fastened Itself upon Count von Kotze one of the court chamberlains a popular man well liked by the emperor and trusted by all his friends inally a volunteer spy denounced him to the court authorities on the ground that on the blot ting paper of a letter pad used by the count he had found a clear reproduction of one of the anonymous communications a pos tal card Thereupon von Kotze was ar rested and confined in the fortress Upon trial he was acquitted ot tho charges brought against him Wayne Co Creamery 71 Grand River Avenue POLITICAL HOLDING TUI' Nir nutGELY THEN CAN1E THE WillBT Cl MICHIGAN'S HISTORY Geo Angell IIm Art Dept a 'TVe shall be pleased to have you look through our portfolios contain ing th choicest subjects in ETCH INGS COLORED RENCH and GERMAN AC SIMILES MEZZO TINTS WATER COLORS GRAVURES etc Your inspection ot our collection of Paintings 13 also In 8 vlted 3 WOODWARD AVEIUE nBwwrwwawwwMW nmmntgatii Washington April Michi gan pensions were granted riday as fol lows: Special April Edwin Gould Empire James June Grand Rap id" Albert Oliver Scottville Special April Benjamin Wilson City William Palmer Clio: Harvey Taylor Byron Cen ter Thomas Albion: Newel Cady Caro Reissue and increase James lev Battle Creek Original widows etc Mallnda Bessey (mother) Onondaga Wid ows Indian wars Rebecca Mlntor Eaton Raid which gave rise to thia of duels began nearly five years ago high court personages male and old and young began receiving iin letters or postal caras caning HER RIKN1NG CLOTHES EXTIN GHSHED 111 HEIL LIE'S BLOOD Leavenworth Ks April 10 A fresh sensation In the murder case ot thewealthy farmer Lamboni has de veloped Annie and Charles Lamborn have made sworn statements to their attorneys denying the alleged confessions In which they were made to admit having planned the murder ot their father and In which Thomas Daveniort the girl's sweetheart was charged with committing the crime It was alleged by Charles Schaffer a Kan sas City detective that had received a detailed confession from the two children of the murdered man This document he refuses to ma ke public All three had planneil the crime it is alleged and for executing it Davenport was to marry the girl and come in on a division of the obi propert" valued at $50000 Now the children declare that their signatures to the were forced from them and deny In toto any connection with the crime or knowledge of its per petrators There is a heavy reward tor the conviction ot concerned in the murder and hints of a plot to wrongfully convict the Lamborn ctiildren to gain it are made Annie Lamborn who made (he most damaging of the two is described as a weak minded girl cap able of being easily influenced Both tne Lamborn children and Daveniort are sjill in jail MRS PIETZEL'S REQUESTS BUTTER The inest Dairy only 16c per lb THERfGGS GA2 Ae Open Sunday VOL ri The house committee on claims has fa vorably reported the Corliss bill to reim burse the blind Col Philip Kirschner of Detroit for money paid by him for tho services of a band for the Sixteenth Ohio Infantry The hill carries $k7 which the colonel advanced during the war It ap pears from the army records that the band was enlisted April 23 1SG1 at Springfield and continued in service until August IS Tins claim is for money paid by Col Kirschner upon a Judgment obtained against him tor services ot the band nich he in connection with other commissioned Officers engaged and became responsible for their services at a price exceeding that which was aiterwards allowed by tho gov ernment July 22 1861 an act was passed by congress authorizing tho engagement ot bands and fixing the compensation for such services By an act approved July XL the secretary nt war was authorized and directed to refund out of any money In the treasury not otherwise appropriated to the volunteers called out bv th presi proclamation such amounts of money as may have been expended bv said volunteers tn the employment of' regi mental or company bands timing the peri od of their service under said proclama tion It seenia from (he act above re ferred to that commissioned officers were authorized to engage bands and th funds advanced by them refunded by the act above mentioned Ool Kirschner has sub mitted in support of his claim certified copies of the court proceedings showing the judgment against him ot the amount stated in the hill together with an affida vit of the leader of the band setting forth thu terms ot th contract and reasons for the non payment of the full amount thereof by the government The reason for the long delay in the presentation of this claim arose from the fact that t'ol Kirschner until within a fw years lias had ample private means and did not in tend to call upon th government until forced by adverse circumstances and blind ness to ask for this relief He is at tho present time blind and in financial distress rentwater Mich April One of the most horrible crimes in the his tory of Michigan was committed last night in this village just north of Muskegon wiping out one entire family and part of another The dead are: SANDS aged 58 years MINSHALL aged 15 years MRS MINSHALL aged 40 years MISS RUBY MINSHALL aged 16 years GEORGE MINSHALL aged 4 years RANK MINSHALL aged 2 years Mr Sands was shot about and It was at first thought that the ded had ben done by a highwayman for purposes of notices being sent to surround ing sheriffs io that effect Later suspicion was directed to house was guarded could escape This dawn the house was ntcrd by a horrible scon was disclosed to dering people The officers entered the house rear and found difficulty in pushing open tho dining room door against which a heavy weight was placed This proved to be tho dead body of Mrs ilinshall her head lying in a pool of blood on the floor Across the room lay the dead body of Ruby Minshall robed in her night dress and a few feet away in another direction was the body of Mr Minshall Passing to the bedroom which opened oft from the sitting room the two little boys George and rank were lying In bed apparently in peaceful slumber but a closer examination showed that they wire both dead with gaping holes in the back of their heads to tell the story ot their going The house was a chamber of horrors that might well have caused the stoutest heart ed to turn pale The position of the bodies indicate Minshall wife up death of killed his wife shooting her in the head and then in the abdomen The daughter who slept upstairs hearing the noise rushed down stairs and was met by her father who shot her twice near the heart holding the revolver so close that it set fire to the night dress burning until th blood extinguished the flames Minshall theu killed the two boys and returning to the room where his wife and daughter lay sent a bullet crashing through his brain As Mrs Minshall was in a delicate con dition the father with the last shot had really sent out of the world six of his own family He had finish! up with cold blood ed tlendfshness the work which took up earlier in the evening the killing of Mr Sar da In company with his partner Max well Mr Sands had spent the evening at his office About 9 thy started home Mr Maxwell accompanying him part of the way When within about a block of his home Mr Sands was stopped sud denly by a man who stepped out from behind a fence and said to him "Come with Mr Sands was unable to recognize the man but as he saw he had a gun in his hands and was threatening to shoot he jumped toward him for the purpose of grappling with him At that instant the man nrea Mr Selow the into many turned and with the gun fired after him and also pur sued him In all five shots were fired and when found Mr Sands had run part of a block then across the lot and to the rear of Mr house In addition to the shot in the shoulder Mr Sands was oth erwise injured but none of the other wounds were serious one being in the fleshy part of the leg The assassin followedSands as he tried in vain to enter several houses for protection At length Sands forced entrance into Mr Jensen's house and as he fell in the doorway Minshall who was th assassin fired his last and fifth shot and thinking he had killed him he went to farail NOT GO BEYOND PRICE: THREE CENTS HAD LONG Bl I' GATED JjEJ ROI MICHIGAN SATURDAY APRIL 11 TWELVE (tfrec PAGES Sale Meat cf Sold 60 Siiil Arc Tfea $195 sl.

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