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1 1896 THE DETROIT REE PRESS: RIDAY 3 NOW IT IS THE TEETH pKSTlSTJ TllWK TIIEl' JOMETI'lE? A rVBLIC EXAMI'ER WOCU) LOOK ATER THEM kmGE ATTETO nCi AT THCCRAAn CONVENTION pr A DlacJ ot Detroit Itlee ted resldent ot the Association Rapids Mich June (Special)jt Larger attendance greeted the conven es pf the State Association sjomaig and the state is very well to day The first paper on the ricr tremo was on postponed from yes It was by Dr Hoff of Annizfcoc on "What Should the Dentist Do prevent the Decay of Teeth" Ho said rrst that attention should be riven to the cevekipment of teeth by giving advice to riix ctaat mothers and counseling with her ISsdly physician in order that exiating eiasaAxl conditions which may prevent the sMmal development of teeth shall be re nt cd by th wpeciaily directed treatment ef the physician The dentist should makea early and well directed effort to a reg and harmonious development of dental arches bavin? the teeth in normal posi tion and nccltrwion More attention should civen to all methods for keeping the teeth and mouth in a normally clean and healthy condition he should prescribe the Kind of tooth powder mouth wash and troth brush tor each individual case More attention should be given to the teeth asrzaasof digestion the kind of food hich wUI ncurish the teeth and give them the proper exerci to induce healthy nutrition special attention should be given to eaviy and cansistf nt methods of filling and treat tag the teeth to keep their intact and in ria best condition to perform their func tion TH cscussion of papers was opened by Dr Taft dean of the dental department the University of Michigan and was ftrflewed by Drs James Cleland Jarksen Moore and George ield This afternoon after further discussion ef papers the election of officers was held and resulted as follows: President Dr A Diack Detroit first vice presi dent Dr Loeffler Saginaw second vice president Dr Harvey Battle Creek secretary Dt Raymond7 De troit treasurer Dr George Mosher Jackson member of board of censors for three years Dr Sweetlarsd Kalamazoo When th election was over Dr George ield of Detroit presented the report of the committee on resolutions as follows Whereas It Is a coneedert fact by the most hatnz dentists and physicians cf America that the' Escctha teeth Of children of charitable tasfiraifoos and public school are from a ycien ir print of view in a highly unhealthy and un wnKiry condition: and Whereas This condition unquestionably con to the spread of contagious diseases by rersoaal contact and by vessels used tn rerenon drinking purposes so that the establishment cf sr epidemic1 can largely increased and rzeh is a menace to the public health: and Whereas Previoua legislative enactment a al ready control the presence uf unt aceinated per sists tn public asseirbltea as a preventive of smallpox and quarantine regulations are in force ta control the spread of infectious diseases Resolved That It is the sense cf th Michigan Dental Association that there hrid be some legislative enactment against this evil by the appointment of a public examiner whose duty It shall be to atich children and to enforcell rules of hyciene relating thereto The resolutions were adopted by unan imous vote The evening session was occupied with the reading of papers of Interest to the profession the matter of necessary legis lation being especially considered AN ELDER MINISTERS PROMISE TO PAY HIS A REARS A LA HA" Yesterday's Proceeding! of A 51 TX Conference at Knlonmroo Kalamazoo Mich June IL (Special) At the meeting of the A minister to day a resolution was adopted thanking Presiding Elder Alexander for his four years of faithful duty and pledging to raise his salary arrears and petitioning the bishop to give him a pastoral charge Papers were read by Rev Watson of Detroit: Butler Detroit Rev filer Lansing It Collins Jackson Rev Barksdale Ypsilanti Rev Thurman Jackson Dr Masterson Miss Thomas and Mr Russell were appointed a committee on statistics and reports After Sunday schools reported Mrs Wright of lint was chosen state superintendent of Sunday schools Dr Masterson of Ypsi lanti vice president Sirs Thomas Lausiflg corresponding secretary Miss Evans of Pontiac treasurer Bron son of ort Wayne Rv Alexander Detroit an Mrs Thurman "Jack son directors Gratinntes key Petoskey Mich June Pe toskey high school graduated a clas 'of sixteen to night The usual class exercises were dLjetsed 'with and Instead the au eace was favored with a lecture bv Prof Torws Barbour of the State Normal school on the subject of self culture Pe toskey schools under the efficient supervis ion of Prof 51 Andru are in a flour hiring condition Mr A rdrus is unani mously re elected for next year Sadden I)en(h at Dnndee Dundee Mh June II 'special) Her bert Millar an old resident of this place died very sudlenly at his home last night of heart trouble Mr Mil ler had worked ail day and had felt us an IT' the usual hour in 4 bin a few minutes St anil POk lO him an1 a3 be di3 aae He has always lived here Given Tltefr Medicine Kalamazoo Mich June (Special) red Kejea the embezzler from Burr Oak Oddfellow lodge was sentenced to two res by Judge Buck this and three months at Ionia Thomas Burke to three vears arid at zs nornirx Burkes right name is Dennis Murpfty aM fcis houi Eau Claire Opnfnar of the Jane otial Ann Arbor Mich Jun (Special The June festival ot the St Thomas con servatory of music opened here to night nd the opera house was crowded over l5W people being present The same pro gramme of music will be presented to mor row right Taze no substitute Not even a grain of salt is wanting to emphasize and make perfect the flavor of Efif CLLSOULE CO SYatCUSE Mmm rts SHE WAS A BEGINNER ACUIDKAT TO YOl YG LADY BICY CLIST AT ORT HIROX ORMER rROMI'EAT CITIIES TAK ES TO THE rOORHOVsK SPORTS GET AHMAD THE MCKEL IX THE SLOT MACHIAES ELL SEVENTY EET SAD ACCIDENT TO TWO GRAN RAP ID IX WERE GOING A NEW SMOKE PACK IV A CAIL THE WHOLE TilltG AND ELL 1 THE GHOfND One Man Deed and the other Eipeei to Die Any Minnie Grand Rapids Mich June 11 (Special) A horrible accident occurred this afternoon in th new smoke stack which Is being built for the street railway company The stack was practically completed several days ago except the connections below with the furnaces and for the last few days visitors have been taken to th top ot the til feet structure Yesterday afternoon the work of tearing down the inside scaffold ing was commenced and this noon all but abobt seventy feet was down To get up inside the chimney a little car drawn tx a single pulley was used and this was connected with a stationary engine a little distance from the base of the stack About 2 this afternoon the man In charge of the car came down to file a saw and soon afterward the two work men left went up again After a few mo ments they wanted to come down but pulled the wrong signal on the bell rope and the engineer sent them higher The top of the car struck the cross beam and the whole thing fell crashing seventy feet to the ground Both men were so badly injured that ttrey were hardly a Uve when rescued from the debris and John Wood died in the ambu lance on the way to the hospital Ills back arms ami lgs were broken His companion Benjamin McColl was In jured in almost the same way but reach ed the hospital alive The physicians give no hope of hfs recovery Both men were laborers about years old and Wood had a family The Inquest started this afternoon and there was no disposi tion to blame the engineer COMPANY VS GUY TROUBLE THE TRACTION COMPA LN 51 CLKMEXS EHreorih Conklin onnd Guilty of Stealing rom His 5Iother Mt Clemens Mich June Judge Vance was in this city to day and heard the pe tition for mandamus proceedings against the ML Clemens Lake Side Traction Co There has been a difficulty between this corporation and the city which according to of its members as well as fri the opinion of several of the older men' cancnly be settled In a court of Justice al though the hope of both parties that extreme measures will not have to be re sorted to The city some time ago ordered the street car company to repair their track and pave between the rails on Cass avenue from Worthington avenue to the Grand Trunk railway which thy have steadily refused to do although the street committee of fered to give Ahem the benefit of a uniform rate with the contractor who is to do the work on the same thoroughfare A meeting was held between the president of the Traction Company and the street committee but up to this time ho com promise has been arranged Martin Crock er as attorney for company that the cltj renew its franchise betveen Macomb street nd the city limits prom ising that tn cas that request is granted the company will lose no time in com plying with the i equest of the city The street committee of which Louis Guiette Is chairman is opposed to granting any thing of the kind being of the opinion that if th intentions of the corporation are right they would not ask for a compromise The ML Clemen A Lakeside Tractton Co declare that the terms of their franchise will not wrrrant th expenditure of any more money and It is not their intention of using any more until the terms of the one which th company now possesses 5 ratified according to the present needs cn the corporation This morning Ellsworth Conklin was brought to this city from Detroit charged with stealing a 4watch from his mother who Is a resident ot this city Conklin who was arrested last night at first refused to tell where his horn is but aftr being locked up a few hours he raid that his Lome la in Mt Clemens A warrant was sworn out against him this morning by his mother and after being arraigned be fore Judge Hbrton he was sentenced to ninety days in the county jail Conklin is an old offender though but 16 years bM having been frequently in trouble of this kind before The Jury Jn ear of Dr Gardiner failed to agree after being in the Jury room five hours It is stated that eleven were for conviction and one for acquittal The doctor wa charged with having per formed an operation on Josie Champaigne last March TO KIXIEVKTHKin NEIGHBOR Citixena of Northern Genesee Hate Orgnnlxed lint Mich June i Special) The citi zens of the northern portion of Genesee have perfected an organization for the re lief of some neighbors who lost their prop ertv during the recent cyclone which visit ed 'them Hosie Curtis will act as chair man of the organization and Piller be its secretary The chairman ap pointed one solicitor in each school dis trict who will canvass his district In be half of the sufferers All money conirtbut ed will be used for the reconstruction of birtllines destroyed Supervisors Goodfel low of Vienna: Middleton of orrest airbank of Genesee: Porter of Richfield were also appointed to canvass their re spective townships Th committee will have a joint meeting the first of July when dlstributior will be made among the needy This meeting will be held at the town hall in Thetford A Gnuliale ut the I of 51 Honored Iowa City la June The thirty sixth annual commencement of the collegiate department of the state univer sity of Iowa was held here to day fifty four receiving degrees Prof Carl Schlenker a graduate of th University of Michigan now filling the chair of modern language In i'arthage college 111 was ejected instructor in German in the university by the board of regents to day rot In Van Buren County Decatur 51ich June (Special) rost last mrhl is reported from various parts of Van Buren county but th damage is slight and entirely confined to corn and beans To th bl Lnul Convention At half rates from all points via Wabash Railroad Through sleeping arj on trtln leaving Detroit 33) dally Axrtte hL Lou 13 nL UNIQUE PROPOSAL Uotllt BE TOUGH IP JicKlNLEY WERE NUT NOMINATED Laporte Ind June Miss Alice Beeman of Berrien county start ed for St Louis to day where she Is to meet Applegate In fulfilment of a unique proposal of marriage Mr Apple gate who has paid devoted attention to Miss Beeman promised to claim her as his bride whn Maj McKinley was nominated for president Applegate left for St Louis early this week and yesterday Miss Bee man received a letter telling her to come to St Iauis The coup! will remain in the convention City with friends until the day after the Ohio man has been nominated for the presidency when they will plight their troth at tile horn of relative In Springfield The couple have been lovers for eight but the wedding day was not to be announced until the Ohio states man was named for the highest office with in the gift of the American people OR SHOOTING HIS WIE WELLMAN EERI NG POUND BOYNTON WON HAD THINGS ALL Hi OWN NV AT AT NG1NANV BITTER PEELING DISPLAYED OVlt THE HOUGH TON 51 VTTIML HI HON MAN AGAIN ELECTED RREIT CO51MANDEH HihhI 5IEM BEHs ADIIITTED LIST TERM TOTAL NUMBER DEATHS DURING THE SA5IE TIM IL 430 I 51 REPORTED IN GoojtfjI NANCIAL CONDITION votes against Mrs Bailey's £16 During? the relrinc lax3y er Mrs Hollister of Detroit was pre sented with a beautiful piece of bric a brac from the deputies and the supreme anA hive officers the presentation speech being made by Mrs Leota Becker Maxwell now of Buffalo past great com mander her address being couched in elo quent forceful language of a highly eu logistic character Mrs Hollister replied very happily expressing her surprise and delight at receiving the souvenir officers were elected as fol lows: Great commander Mrs rances Burns St great lieutenant com mander Rachael A Bailey Hastings bv acclamation great record keeper Miss Emma Bower Ann Arbor by acclama tion: great finance keeper Mrs Susie Graves Port Huron great medical exam iner Mrs Dr Cook Detroit One of the amendments was to the ef fect that the great medical examiner will appoint the subordinate hive physicians in stead of being elected another amend ment makes the executive committee con sist of five members Instead of three great record keeper and great tinance keeper be ing added The convention adjourned late to nieht to meet at o'clock to morrow morning hen subordinate officers will be elected re ports of other committees read and then the officers will be installed The final a I Journment is expected to be at noon The next biennial convention will be heli at Detroit In where the have selected CONVICT MAILETT's CAR Recommended Thut Great Ilhe OII1 Jackson Mich June Guilty of shoot ing his wife with intent to murder was the verdict to which Wellman Deering listened at 3 this afternoon in the Circuit Court and then hid his face in his hands and sobbed According to the ver dict was not insane when he shot his ife three times at the home in Tompkins of an elderly man Eber Simons with whom Mrs Deering was living as the de fendant in his defense endeavored to make the Jury believe The trial of Charles Mallett an ex con vict for feloniously assaulting Mrs Mary Dingee was taken up when court con vened at 2 JO A jury was drawn and sworn and Mrs Dingee on the stand as the first witness of the people in less than half an hour after court convened Judge Peck Is seeing to it that there is no unneces sary lagging in the trial of cases HIS PARENTS MIST TAT $500 TO THEIR SON IN LAW OR THEIR DAUGHTER Monroe Micht June The famous Mc Kenzic Lautenschlacer damage buit came to an end in the Circuit Court here late yesterday and the jury awarded McKenzie $500 damages for the loss ot his wife Early last spring Burton McKenzie was married to the daughter of John Lau tenschlaeer a prominent and well to do farmer of Ash township The couple lived together apparently happy for a month when it is claimed Mr and Mrs Lauten schlager compelled their daughter to leave husband and return home on account cf certain opinions expressed by the young husband McKenzf at once brought suit against his parents for the alienation of his affecticis for $5000 damages Af ter an interesting trial the jury rendered the above verdict HKCElVEIi THEIR Young Lady Graduates of the Michi gan emale Semiuarj Kalamazoo June 11 The graduating ex ercises of the Michigan emale Seminary were held at the seminary this noon The chapel was decorated with daisies oak leaves and pond lilies Th exercises opened with a march by the pupUs escorting the graduates Mfsa Maud Murdock rea i the salutatory in Latin Miss Josephine Wing gave the class essay on th topic "Litera ture and its Relation to Social Rev Dr Reid of Detroit cave the address to the graduates Miss Winifred Kingsbury president of th class gave th valedic tory Miss annie Ruth Robinson the principal of the seminary addressed the graduates and presented diplomas to the graduates in th literary course They are Miss Winifred Kingsbury of Lansing Miss Maud Murdckk ot Detroit Mis Jo sephine Wing of Vicksburg Advenliot Student In Jail BattI Creek Mich June A scan dal was made public this morning by the arrest cf Harry Wnicott a student at the Seventh Day Adventist college charged with criminal assault by Miss Bonnie Windsor another student home is In Kansas He is 1 years old and was recentlv expelled from college for bad con duct Miss Windsor's home' is in Ohio She claims to onlj IS years of ace but looks much older Willcott waived examination and in default cd $1W bail will go to Jail to await trial at the September term at court Criminals sentenced nt 3tarahaII Marshall Mich June IL In the Circuit Court to day In the case of the people vs August Lohrk charged with assault with intent to do great bodily Jharm the Jury returned a verdict of assault and battery Don Gordon and Charles McCoy entered a plea of guilt)' to the charge of burglary and th former was given two years at Jack sen and the latter two and one half years Thomas Burt convicted cf having in his possession a kit ot tools got sev en years at Jackson Hint ingnlslied Gueis St Clair Springs Mich June (Spe cial) Mrs George Pullman wife of the palace car magnate accompanied by Mrs Sanger of Chicago Miss McMillan of New York and Miss 1111611 of Elkhart Hi arrived at the Oakland St Clair Springs this morninc in Mr private car They are already enamored of this delightful resort and are pleased with the prospect of remaining here througn ure Grand Rapidx' Bic Grand Rapids Mich June 11 (Special) All arrangements are completed for th commencement exercises of the central high school class in this city next riday morntng The oration will be delivered by Supt Treudley of Youngstown anc the graduating class numbers 130 Miicide of an Hd 5lan Grand Rapids Mieh June IL (Special) Schisler an old man living two miles east of Caledonia in this county committed suicide this morning by hanging himself in his bam has bren having trouble in his family and was harassed nnancially He leaves a large family He Will be M11 Houghton Mich June (Specialp Supt Archibald McNaughton an officer of the Calumet Ac Hecla Co for over twenty five years died at his home at Calumet to night of cancer of the stomach He was a member of Montrose commander)' Knights Templar Aiirrox Gause to Changeti Houghton Mich June The Mineral Range Narrow Gauge Railroad from Houghton to Calumet will change its tracks to standard gauge within thirty days This will enable through freights and passengers to Calumet without change of cars cer Should Receive 51ileagc Saginaw Mich June The first thing done at this morning's session of the Great Maccabee camp was the Increasing of the executive committee from three members to five This carried Then came the sick and accident branch of the business It was shown that this branch had never been slf pustaining and was always a source of expense to the order It was de cided to abolih this of Maccabee Then came the Boughton row lie made an appeal to the great camp on the action of the executive committee in de posing him when he did not furnish the re quired txinds Houseman told Mr Boughton's side of the question and was cheered by th reform people all through hi speech Then a number of others told the other side of the question and the cheering was even greater When it came to a show down of strength the action of th executive committee was sustained by an overwhelming vote Boughton lost many votes by simply appealing from the action of the executive committee Had he put in a claim to be reimbursed for the time and money he was out by reason of the tangle the vote would have been dif ferent and he would have had something out of the affair The morning session then adjourned until 2 This sessiorre of the great camp was occupied by election ot of 'J Long of Detroit and Maj Boynton of Port Huron were both nominated for great commander but when Mr' Long saw that the vote for Maj Boyn ton bad reached 372 and that he had re ceived but a few he withdrew and the fountain head of the order was declared unanimously re elected The other officers elected were as follows th first three being unanimously: Devere Hall Bay City 11103 Watson ort Huron Robert Whaley Mint Ex Edwin Eaton Hudson Chap Oscar Allyn Grand Rapids sergeant JL Royce Sault St Marie G' at A Wm Evans Pentwater: first of Emil Shelling Houghton second of Geo Lutz Ann Arbor sentinel Geo Ray West Bay City picket Nat Johnson Jackson: Long of Detroit and red Cutler Jr of Ionia were added to the rrembers of the executive commit tee Thr was considerable cheering and the nterin between the Boyntons and re formers grew somewhat rancorous at times a roar of delight going up from the former when their air knight rode in under the wire During the term ending December 31 I'M there has been admitted to the order 13S37 endowment members who? average age was 30 years 7 months and 2 days or 1 year 4 months and 28 days lower than the a vt rase age of new members admitted during th previous fiscal yar The num ber of social members admitted during the last term was 26M making a total ot en dowment and social members admitted of 16591 The net increase of endowment member ship for the term ending December 31 1895 was 6227 and in social membership 137 a total net Increase of 63M or 1 1 2 per cent larger increase than that for the fiscal year ending June 30 1894 The total number of deaths during the term was 14s of which took place in the last half of 1894 and 308 during the year 18TK being an average death rate of 539 per Ii endowment members The death rate during th previous fiscal year was 5 5b or eleven one hundredths higher than during the present term 0 INANCIAL D1TION HEPoRTEH TO BE EXCELLUNT At the meeting the committee on laws made a report which was hot acted upon being merely read with recommenda tions The report of the great finance keeper Susie Graves was elaborate and showed the condition of the finances to be excellent as will be seen by the following statement: Total balance on hand 1 lat i 43 Total amount received from all sources from January £836 to June 1 1836 61107 86 Total amount paid out as vouchers $60836 2) Total balance on hand June 1 ls96 30099 69 $30335 89 $30935 89 The finance report contained recommendations that the great hive offi cers should receive two cents per mile each way and $3 a day also that the standing committees should recommend $2 per day to each member and the two cents a mile each way A good portion of the morning's session was devoted to working on the amendments to the laws The report of Dr Emma Cook great medical examin er Of the was terse and to the point It showed that there were 8915 ap plications from June 30 1894 to December 31 1895 received at the great medical office and of these 79M were approved and 913 rejected The M's afternoon session was partially taken up by continuing the work of amending the law's of the order Miss Emma Bower the great record keeper made a motion that an important amend ment be made to the effect that hereafter only endowment members be entitled to have representation before either social or endowments members could hold seat in the Great Hive The meeting then pro ceeded to elect th great lady commander i Mrs rances Burns of St Louis gre lieutenant commander being nominated also Mrs Rachael A Bailey of Hasttm and the mother of the order Mrs A Ward of Muskegon Th latter withdrew her name biwever and left the other two candidates The first ballot resulted in th election ot Mrs Burns who received £53 THEIR CONVENTION OVER NEW OICERo THE ALLGE51EIX KR BUM CHARLES WEK5EII DETROIT ELECTED PRESIDENT WHITEHALL bTOHE AGAIN It Al DE 1 1 BY BURGLARS Renard) Offered for Their Capture Other Interctiuic Jena Muskegon Mich June (Special) The Allgemeiner Arbeiter Bund of Michigan closed their twenty eighth annual conven tion to day A resolution of sympathy with union No 22 of Detroit was passed Thanks were received from the Owosso mayor for selecting that city as their next mee ting place Officers were elected: President Charles Werner Detroit vice president William Thtelman Grand Haven recording secre tary Lorenz Weber Bay City correspond ing secretary Charles AVeisenberger Kala mazoo treasurer Edward Kersten Sagi naw trustees George Kren Mon roe Ernest Baumgarth Detroit: Jno Wise man Marshall The officers were installed and the session was declared at an end Considerable indignation was occasioned by the reading of a report published in some Detroit paper that the police had prevented a certain Dr Hauber of this city from displaying the German flag Chief Of Police Sterling and Mayor Smith both deny the report and an investigation shows that some citizens living near Hau place did object unless he also raised the American flair lie did so and that's all there was to it Whitehall was again visited by burglars this morning the stores of Thomas Widoe clothing Lanterberg boots and shoes being entered and also the barn of Williams from which a hors and buggy were taken The total property loss Is $675 Sheriff Smith is wiring rignt and left and using all means to catch the burg lars Rewards have been offered The high school commencement exer cises were held to night there being thirty five graduates Th training school with nin graduates held theirs this afternoon Neill Stamp convicted ot keeping a dis orderly house was to day sentenced by Judge Russell to two years and three months at Detroit STATE I I E5t Ralph Hanna has ben appointed post master at Wellington Crawford Co vice A Clapp resigned Two Indian girls aged respectively 8 and 10 years were drowned at Yuba Grand Travers Co by falling into a pond If something unexpected inter vene southwestern Michigan will have the largest oat crop this year in its history A postoffice has been established at Ver million Chinnewa Co nine miles east of Whitefish Point with A Clarke as post master Lyman Briggs ot Michigan has been appointed physicist in the division of agri cultural soils agricultural department for ninety days at th rate of $1DO per an num Mrs Rhoda Rogers of Dowagiac se cured a verlizt of 5230 in the Cass county Circuit Court against a local saloonist who continued to tail liquor to her husban after having been forbidden by her to do so Concord is booming Several nw build ings are being erected in the village two of them being brick and the local base ball club compcsei of business men have won every game they have played so far this season A couple of Pontiac fishermen claim that they caught a woodchuck with a hook and line while fishing for fish in the middle of a lake tn rhe vicinity It is to hoped titer have recovered from the effects of their outing by thia time According to reports to the state board of health for th week ending June 6 the diseases which caused most sickness in Michigan during that time were in the order ot their prevalence rheumatism neuralgia bronchitis tonsilitis and inter mittent fever Bangor'? oil well is down 310 feet where it struck a strata of quicksand which will delay onra lions for a few days No further indicncons of oil have been found but the projectors of the plant are deter mined to kp on going down until they strike coal oil or gas A letter was picked up on the street at Ludington addressed to a married lady of the city It was from a colored man who urged the lady fly with him leaving her husband behind The signer of the letter said: "I have got money in the bank and am a good church Albert Neidlingen a Baroda bicyclist was riding on a country road the other day when he ran over a hve foot blue racer The snake was thrown around the cycler's neck by the rear wheel ot the machine where it securely coiled itself be fore Nidlinger coul dismount He stock necessary for th construction of an electric railway from the Woodward avenue road to armington has been taken and it is announced that work on the roaA will begin shortly and be pushed to an early finish reight will be carried as well as passengers and it is believed that the enterprise will be a paying one for the stockholders The ladies of th Ta was Cycling Club have sent to The ree Press a sample of their club colors in reply to the item criti cising their taste in the selection of the same The combination is not so bad after all as was pictured In the mind of the writer of that item but there ia still lots of room for improvement It looks a though th members' tast for alliteration had gotten the better of thir Judgment for colors Possibly however they wanted something striking If they did they got it Tired nerve are Jn mzd' ctrenr nj viperous by Hou' Sarsaparilla Be sure to get Hood's Various News Note of Interest rom the Tunnel City aud Vicinltj Port Huron Mich June Special) Miss Maul Grey a popular young lady and beclnner on the bicycle was seriously injured this evening by falling from her wheel She was crossing Military street bridge and while attempting to get out of the street car track she in some manner lost control 'of her wheel and feU strik ing her head and shoulder The young lady sustained a broken cheek bone and dislocated her shoulder She was carried home in an unconscious condition and re mained unconscious for nearly an hour be fore being brought to Sands 7 Carptenter at one time a prom inent and prosperous citizen of Port Huron but now after passing four score years penniless and failing in health was this afternoon taken to the county poor house at Goodells to there pass his fast declining years a dependent upon the county's charity Mr Carpenter was 82 years old last and for year has ben a character upon the streets of the I city or over forty years he has been a resident of this city and In his prosper ous days conducted a business collegeumbering among its students many prom inent business men of the city He was also a civil ngineer of unusual ability and at ofte time was known throughout all Eastern Michigan Adversity finally over took him and for years past he has prac tically ben destitute A number ot citi zens took a kindly interest in the old gen tleman and provided for his wants sev eral times efforts have been made to tend him to the poorhouse but he refused to go saying that he would rather starve on the streets of the town that had al wavs been his home than to become a ward of the county This week however after reaching his eight second year was content to accept the hospitality ot the county and was taken there to day Several local sports have cleverly work ed the 'nickel in the machines in several popular saloons and are now a few hundred dollars to the good while th saloonkeepers are wearing a wry face They worked the machine by an ingenious contrivance They had prepared a false glacs face for the machin on which the cards had ben manipulated to suit and while the proprietor's attention would be called to something else the manipulated face wduld be covered over the machine and at a casual glanee the machine would show a winning hand The Port Huron delegation to the state A convention to be held at Es canaba will make an effort to have Wm Devereaux of this city elected stale secretary of that organization Mr Devereaux is very popular with th mem bers of the order in this vicinity and they will spare no pains to secure his election The police were busy last night taking down names of wheelmen out riding with out the necessary lantern as provided in the ordinance and a large number of war rants were issued to day Th cyclers are going to show their disgust of the ordin ance by petitioning the common council to pass an ordinance compelling all other vehicles to carry headlights after dark Claims 10000 Damages Corunna Mich June rank rotter formerly a brakeman on the Detroit Grand Haven Milwaukee road ha com menced suit in the Circuit Court against the road claiming HOOCT damages for the Injuries he received on the night of Sep tember 17 1892 at Milwaukee Junction by being rubbed against a telegraph pole' which he claims was too near the track SHE SAVED HER BABY EXCITING TIME ATA N'lALL IKE IN BAI CI rt NARROW ROH ON A RED HEADED NIATCR BIG) CLOT 1 HOW OVER A ENCE AND INJURED A Kick Dropping the Study of Geruiau Other Bay City Mich June A gasoline fire called out the department at 1:45 o'clock this afternoon to the home of A Ixni10 rfotith Van Buren street Mrs Ijnz found the house full of smoke and in try ing to escape with her baby in hr arms had her eyelids and eyebrows burned off her hair singed and her face blistered She held the little one close to her breast and kept it from being burned Two children aged 3 and 5 respectively weie asleep uje stairs They were rescued by their father Mary Rebel mother in law of Lenz fell in a faint at tha top of the stairs while trying to get her trunk out and went to th bottom She was not burned but one of hr legs was nurt so badly she could not walk She was found at the foot of the stairs by Lenz The Sre was soon extin guished Ttie ioint school committee will to mor row night i ecommend teachers to supply vacancies Miss Wald to be graduated frem Michigan university tnls month Sa to take the place of 'Mis Chalmers resigned Miss Cummings Miss Nelson Miss Holly and Miss Layton are the other Miss Cum mings returns from Blue Island Ill Theemployment at these teachers reduces the salary list $4u Aid George Kabat's boy was jumping off the house this morning for amusement when cne of his legs was bjpken 'between the ankle and knee red Harper came rear being burned to death at his paint shop on Seventh street this morning at 8 He was handling gasoline when in som manner spilled a lot on his clothing at the same time stepping upon an explosive match on the floor The Ignition was in "stantaneous Harper ran out Into the ltre crying A ire" ani rolling in the i grass at the same time succeeding in ex tinguishlng the biaxe He then ran into the shop picked up a burning rag near a larce can of gosoiine which he pitched into the street How the big can scaped exploding i more than Harper can tU McLaughlin of the west side was thrown over th fence on the Third street bridge approach last night while riding his wheeef by losing hie balance and fell in such a manner as to have the cartilage torn from some cf his ribs The German AmertcanS filled Arbeiter Hall to nirht to discuss the proposition to drop the study of German from the public schools A resolution was adopted earnest ly remonstrating against the abolition of German and requesting th board ot educa tion to take such action a will result In Ha retention Grant wet a celebrated JIBS GRATITUDE Her Story of How She Was Re stored to Health CcadHioa Before tod After SirtM of Her CThilci rom every city town and hamlet on this vast continent come letters from igT women from those whose physicians have been unable to assist them or from that num berless class whose conS Hence in Mrs ad vice and the I curative prop ertie of her Vegetable Compound is unbounded received from wo men is recorded and hundreds of volums ot cases treated aid in fur nishing practical information women of to dav No letters are published without the request of the writer The strictest confidence is observed The following lettr represents thousands: I always enjoyed good health un til six months before the birth of my babe Then I was very weak my back ached all the time My physicians said 1 would be all right after the birth of the child but I was not although at that time I had the best of care 7 a 1 The pains in my back were almost un bearable I had Icucorrhoea in it worst form menstruations were pain ful work or care would entirely unnerve me When my babe was months old friends persuaded me to tak3 Lydia II Vegetable Compound Before 1 had taken one bottle I felt the effects My back did not ache so badly and felt stronger Aftertaking four bottle I felt well My ambition returned menstruations were painless leucorrhcea entirely eured and I could take care of my babe and do my housew ork I shall always recommend your Vegetable Compound for all women especially for young Mrs II Ij Goolp Oregon Wis If Mrs Goold had been well before th birth of her child subsequent suffering would have been avoided Lydia Vegetable Com pound should ajways be taken before and after birth in order that th system may withstand the shock the fourteenth 'anniversary of its organlza lion to night with a public meeting at which there were addresses papers songs and music Charles Carter aged 27 from the south end ot the city was brought to the county i jail this evening on a complaint for Insan ity His hobby is to morteace hit place and it 'is alleged he has choked hb wife in trying to induce her to sign the mort gage RUIT GROWERS NOW ROLIHNG THEIR TATB MEET 15G AT NT JO Benton Harbor Mich June 11 (Special) second day of the state horticultural meeting at St Joseph as not largely at tended but exceedingly Instructive to the 2rj fruit growers present Profs Charles and Taft ot the Stat Agricultural College lectured respectively on the subjects "The value of liotany to the horticulturist" and "Can curculio bo controlled by spraying?" A large delega tion from Chicago is expected to be in at tendance to morrow Cmup ire and Rnlly Owosso Mich June (Special) The camp fire and rally of the Shiawassee hat taiion held in Caledonia Park half way between Owosso and Corunna on the trac tion company's line was a great success to dav Col Crane of Rush presided at the meeting 'Addresses were made by Mayor Ira Curry CoL Moyscs Maj Pulver and others AnnnasI Marcnb Picnic Capac Mich June IL (SpeclaL) The sconi annual Maccabee picnic of Lynn tnt No 61 took place to day in Houghton's Grove at Lynn eight miles north ot this il ace A large crowd was yrcseuL ae if com auru ption always picks out the bright est and bxst Maybe it isn't so Maybe it ec eis to because consssiptiea is the moet frequent of all dixrascx Consump tion kills more peo ple than wars or Cholera or TJVie i ever ully one sixth of all the deaths that occur in the world rp caused by consumption nd coasataptiov can be cured Doctors id to say that it was incurable but the doctors were merely mistaken It would be strange if medical science did nut make some progress Maay things were once considered mpoiebk The sttin tee locomotive the telegraph and telephone the phonograph the electric all there were ooec im possible and once it was impossible to cure consumption That before the time of Dr Golden Medical Discovery Takn according to directions this standard remedy will cure cA percent of all cases of consumption Consumption is a disease cf the blood It used to be considered a dis ease by itself It is not It is caused and fostered by impurity in the blood Punfv the blood and restore the healthy action to the various organs of th body and con sumption will be cured 7 1 is by weakness and los of vitality in the blood It is cured by purity and richness of the blood certainly cur'd Those echo have consump tion or any lingering bronchial throat or lung disease and those who are on the road to theta have a positive remedy at hand Any condition of the body that indicate weakr any indication of impurity in th blood should be attended to at one Los of appetite less of ffesh loss of vitality nervousness weakness and unnatural srear ins are indications that the body is run ning down Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery makes the appetite good the di gestion strong It builds tip solid healthy fiesh and vigorous trength Thousands of have tided it has really aaved their lives Some of these testimonials together with hundreds of things that ev erybody ought to know about health aul sickness and medicine have been embod ied in Dr Pierce's "Common Sense Med ical Adviser' This Xoo3 medical work profusely illustrated will sent free on receipt of si one cest stamps to coverrot of mailing ey World a Dispensary Medical Association Ea4slo.

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