Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 2

TEE DETROIT REE PRESS: WEDNESDAY 31 AY 23 1900 A PECULIAR MISTAKE STEARNS WON WOULD HANDS DOWN ENJOIN THE for Drape! COMPANY coxTnoMjun the ihj his impeachment JIUCU 1JOXO nnrt Uiti 1 governors call for an extra ha illnong objects the heading off of Investigation ni that case the' circuit will retire I nrf aLthe end present 7 Aon 215 K2lnc! Jury must retire with of the clreum The the preamble and lesolutlon intro tho SICK HEADACHE! SENATOR CREDENTIALS THD lUILHOADS governor OAKG 'ROUSlT INJURED SYRUP IGS txn riviu ji jh uno IS To Par! If the let in 1 Stevenson showed the ancT he identified it as Prosecuting Attorney the signatures that lie had of his signa hls signature he had dieci has the Drowsiness Bad Tastt La the Mouth Coate Tongue Paia la tkeSMe TORPID IIVER They iVER PILLS BELLE ISLE PARK out with Sut Whlla was tn these Kittle Pills Tliey also relieve Die tress from Dyspepria Is digestion and Too Hearty Eating A perfect rets a number XX St rf that from ani pur feTll st forenoon being reiaic5 Mayor May courteonrly called President of publte vtutkt to account granted the street railway entu toe curve cun Mr the prose he proee to know said that order bur it As to CURE Y2UR8EL? I Kt dichrgw laHtuniiior irritation ur ulurriocaucoug raembrKDei a4 uoi aaina branch of the calculated to upon our com MICIIIGAX CIUTRAL "THE NIAGARA ALLS CALIORNIA IG SYRUP CO cr NOTE Tim nni 4 Mt 4 May 31 for regulate tbo Bowels Purely Vegetable SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE SMALL PRICE IL is one of the prime secret of ha pipw to recognize and accept one's natural Iltz1 tatlona but philosophy of thia klud pr haps hardly to be expected of children A little girl had sent ck her plate tr turkey two or three times and had taet helped bountifully to all the pood things that go to make a grand Christmas dinner inally she was observed looking rathe dixconsolutely at her unfinished plate vf the matter KthelT" asked Vncl John "You lock just the said Kt he! am full" And i hen she wondered why evarvbmiv laughed Stray Stories fiOhMCH ELL ROM A XVABAf EXtilXlk This practically wound up the case for the prosecution except to recall Mr Stone so the prosecutor announced jut the de fense insisted that the prosecution should call Mr Stoneman Norman lowers and Messrs Roos Dayton and Ifitkin of Kala mazoo The defense finally told the court that they would claim lowers as their witness and Judge Wiest decided that the Ion would have tn call tho others Mr Tuttle stated that he had no questions to ask Mr Stone and the court told the de fense that If hp TV fl nnt A 1 A prosecution they would have the privilege of railing him Judge Cahill wanted ft distinctly understood that so far as the prosecution was concerned there was no un derstanding about any of the witnesses andwould not be The three directors of the Hrnrtrson Anits Co were not in court but Messrs lavton and Pitkin had been heard from and the sheriff was ordered to have them on hand in the morning Believing that the irtcrests of the pub lic are threatened Aid Smith last night had the common council adept a resolution instructing the corporation counsel to nt once bring court proceedings against the Detroit and the Detroit Electric street railway companies to enjoin them with doing any ferthtr work on the con struction of a curve truck connecting lines of the two comiianies at Gratiot and Mt Elliott avenues Immediately after the council adjourned several of the alrtenuer went to the corporation coun office to aariri Assistant Corporation Coun sel Webster prepare a bill for an injunction It was reported that the street railway people would likely have tbo work ronet ueling the curve nu raueu early inis While the bl I was bury vigorously but Millen or tne uoard for having last fall lojtue pci nlssnm nectlng line In question and fur not having ieviu tne permit when he learned about a week ago that Corporation Counsel lowers bad not upon iie egal potato invoiej in the present case The street railway 1 eople CapL Millen said stated when they made verbal application foi permieeion to construct the curves Ln question that they wished to use it to facilitate sending care to tbrir barn also for securing water with which to sprinkle the streets The mayor sug gested that permits of this sort should be written and should rM eitically Mate the purposes foi which a particular curve Or turn out could bo Smith sas he LeHces the street railway for tunning Rapid Railway cars down vis Jim per Ml Elliott and Gratiot avi so as to render the city helpless If It at pnrrwvri na oeen a lilll i IHV I LL4VAI tor Viefl as at asa V'lnccu MtbllUC city limits where It Is claimed the no rranctilse pose of trying to secure an extension of tho option on tiro street railways Memory Was Defective As to the special session the governor said that he could not tell when he called it or when he left Detroit to come to Lan sing lie said that he thought Sutton a in Lansing at that time but he could not siMciiim netner no came ton or not or whether Gen the party or not yon bring out the whpn vnn "No dta not have it to bring It was not prepared then" The governor added that he did not wheirit was prepared Asked who prepared It he said Mr Stevenson Mr Stone and himself He thought that it was prepared In Detroit but could not remember when he brought It out Mr Tuttle asked the governor why he gave up sending the Impeachment message to the legislature but this was objected to and ruled out Mr Stevenson did not like the use of the term impeachment message by th prosecutor and said that the docu ment had Carried that name long enough The governor wanted to ask the prosecutor a Hueatlon but ho was not permitted to do on crors examfnatlon the governor said that he remembered the cnnterence at his house just as plain as though it was yes terday as he could recall what they had and talked about He said that it was natural to expect that the meeting was held the first night of his return as he in teTlded lo to Vhlcago the next evening hen asked by the prosecutor to explain 1 he meant by remembering what they had the governor said that he remembered they liad gum he bought from Maine someo brandy and cakee III liu I tn ii correspondent tells of a town in Maine having a population of 2000 in which there are fourteen churches each organization having a meeting house and all hut one of them supporting regular services These on tfc! averige raise little more than Jw a year for the preacher and no one more than and hut two ap proach that figure There are six denomin ations and three of these have three churches each in the town lie tris an other town in Nebraska with less than 3 090 Inhabitants that has thirteen churches each with a settled minister and one of these churches received $750 a year for sev eral years in missionary aM frOm funds raised mostly In the city churches in the Boston Evening Transcript Cure Rheumatism 50 oora not hbve thcui nd RHEUMATIC MEDICAL CO Marshall Mich Gov Pingree was next caHed and he stated that he did not remember signing the order authorizing bids for new military supplies JJe said that had never consulted about the selling of the goods timer nite Marsh or Sutton htevrnson wanted to know why tutor asked about button and cutor anid because he wanted Asked about the signature he it was his name attached to the he did nnf think lhit Ha rxf a i' a 10 A his testimony on the Marsh trial that It was his signature he said that at that time he was more interested In the con tents of the document than with the sig nature Didn't Tlilnlc tl Wrote At "Since said the governor "1 learned that they could imitate most any thing down there that they wanted to and think they would go to the trouble of asking for my In giving his reasons fur his bcliet' that he did net write the signature he said that he was bothered wtli having too much ink on the pen and that the signature looked as though lie hud stopped when he came to the Lie added tnat it was impossible for him to stop and continue round and make any hind of a decent letter as he writes witn ids whole arm and has complete a word when lie starts it Attr several questions had been asked he stated that he thought Mr Stevenson had showed him the order and called at tention to his signature though Mr Tom lnsun a clerk in his office had called his attention to the fact that he never made a small me way it was In on the older He also said looked over a large numbt tures trying to find an in that looked like it but that unable to discover one At first the governor reiterated his for mer testimony to the effect that there was no reason why he should not sign such an order but he changed this and said that he did not think he would slcn It with tio head torn off as It was a rather suspicious looking document Asked If he sometimes signed letters outside ot his office he said that he could not remember ever having done so The governor was asked to produce tho letter which it is claimed that Gen Marsh and Col Smith took to Washington and which the governor signed before the letter was written as he was inji hurry to catch a train He said that he got the letter In the military department and on looking at the signature he stated that the In bls last name was just like the one on the or der and he never wrote it that way He remembered the occasion of Marsh and Smith going to Washington but he could not recall that he sent any letter The court would not allow the letter to be in troduced in evidence At this point Mr witness a document the message which Tuttle had characterized as the impeach ment message Counsel then offered the message in evidence and Judge Cahill said to him that as he had prepared it he ought to know what it was Mr tttevenson an swered that he believed It was the message as It was like the one he had prepared though there might be some slight errors in 1L This message was not sent to the legis lature by the governor and Its existence Jias heretofore been kept secret After the prosecutor had proved its existence when Mr Stone was on the stand the defense de cided to make use of it and Mr Stevenson read it to the iurv It was evidentlv id matter to him as he was not obliged to pay VfiTV closft Hlfpntinn if a i tood close to the jury box and read with an tne pousneo enort or a speech massage is as follows: with railways for all Agents Windsor nn Madrid May The queen regent signed the postai convention with United States ort Street t'nlon Depot 1 A DASH Ticket Office ort Street a id Union Etatiea eave WEST ACTION rOSTPOXED I'XTIL WEBIC rirre rrrii ra ti in or a bou sjrs CuciJax zeat wu 'rift was renared and he stated that I I a a 1 s' a va imrMiMr'nmnT mriitLib'j rnntirra iam nxsa4A In answer to the circumstances may in your judgment de vr a a a 1 In the nine daya' spurt al Jay loin whore colt Garry Hermann annexe! fourth straight bracket Saturday heads the tot uii nine owners with the tidy rum of 151 Those who have won river LXoo are I a 11 Robinson AV Hoffman $1 nr II Smith SIitSl 1 Re rars $750 tbur $725: Mrw Ctvill $7fv Or li Unwell watkln A GoMby Barron A Cn $T5 A iTarfc 0 75 usblng rio $850 Newman 25 Brennock $XXl Uunleati $OX Kp tinman Worf uuu 12:40 pm i 3 pin pm i nm 5:10 am 6:20 am 3 50 am 4 :15 Thoma AccooYdat'n pin 6:10 im of the United States to till the Urfrtrl otvrl Avi tirw to nave a saaca invilllir until the next meeting of the leglsla of this eta Ticket office ii ort Lr AE 12:10 ra Jelly and 1133 daliy except Saturday for Canadian and New England potato Ud Smlth ho Uellcvo the strret railway people intend to ue the connecting track or 14 1 town via Haj tempts to Vo in Gratiot and th city coinpan ba Aid Vollowinir dueMl in the council by AM Smith: "WhetttK The Detroit Ct 'been Street Kail fay Co and the Detroit Klectrlc Railway Co are now engage jn constructlnK a connecting street railway Hne between the Gratiot line ot Cftixetis street railway and the Mt rlnott Hne of the Detroit Electric Railway wih out proper or legal authority from the city of Detroit so to do: therefor It "Resolved That th corporation counsel Le and he hereby Instrnrted to take the necessary le gal proceedings to enjoin raldc omppantes from doing xny further Work on said connecting line until the legality of said work has been jvreperly determined Paid rroceedings to be taken at once Aid Miller aeked President Millen If pertnla ecn had been given the street railway people to construct the connecting line or curve and the latter said such permission had been granted by the board of public works either last fall or early In the winter In reply to question from Aid Miller Al! Smith stated that Corporation Counsel lowers informed him yetenjay that le hai not examined the ordinances governing the matter and would not render an opinion until requested by the common council Aid roltitlon was then adopted I Hep 'Inker nt Once' An apHiintmcnt was made with Judge Donovan last midnight and a party of aidermen met him to recure the injunction A deputy sheriff accom panied the party prepared to rve tho paper on Superintendent of Construction Brown of the Citizens' Railway Co Asked when the Impeachment ot Judge Person was taken up ho spirt that It was taken up at the house on Stin uay Deeerubep 17 the day before the leg islature convened anti Mr iJtone rtaki that he? thought impeachment message was eon red tnat any "I say "tv ho "Mr Stevenson prepared it Tne prosecutor looked at Mr Stevenson and tiie latter pointing to himself said: Vcs thia one right Witness said that neither Col dtton Sir Joslyn nor Norman lowers wa pres ent at that conference Mr Tuttle then asked the witness wheth er he knew if a young man named Hugene I 'alters a reporter was in the employ of Col Sutton getting evidence preparatory Ao itnyeaching udge Person and he answered that he was not to his knowledge "Ever talk to Sutton about "Not that I On cross examination Mr ritone said that the Sunday conference in the of fice was for the purpose of preparing the proclamation for calling the special session and that the grand jury was not discussed at that time The witness added that he had prepared a form which was submitted to the lawyers present which he had pre pared beCore the regular session had ad journed as the calling of a special session was contemplated at that time He said that the lawyers were called in to see if the call was in legal form Bay City Mich May Justus Stearns through his wcll urgajiizcd forces had complete control uf the Republican county convention in Armory hall to day and captured every delegate with handj down Since the caucuses last riday it has been pretty well understood that Steams had a large majority of the de4egatw but the Jlisg men were nut content to lie down and kept up the battle until to day when It was arranged between the oihxkiiic fac tions that in cose Stearns had a majority me uwipnts ana secured control or lue convention LlLss ghould be made second choice ot the Bay delegation at the Grand Rapids convt trtlon it also arranged that Carrington Bliss supporter should be chairman and Bennett a bit urns man should le secretary 'Jbe plan was carried out After the report of the committees the com entioii pruceeded otesl the sienph of the two factions tl Henry Scnrer who has been conducting the tSeams campaign and Edwin Car rington firm supjKirter of the Saginaw aspirant were mentioned for the first dele gate The total vote cast was 217 1 2 uf which Shearer received 14ti and Carrington This gnvc the convention tn Stearns and a motion was carried that Mr Shearer be privileged to name the remaining eight een delegates which he did a follows: 5 yder IL Carlstein Caswell I loyd Baldwin Cousins ancher Stephen Sadun rank ros 1 A Tatterson A Walker Ander son Culver Herman Horton Ed Jennings hris Roese Archie Watts and Meiselbach The Stearns men were then authorize! to name nineteen delegates tn the congrraslntud vuro tion to vote for 0 frump a fallow! oZIT'i Oiringibn Selwyn Lkidy IL C' Newkirk? Robert xikJnum Matthew Lamont orr Richardton Toaeph btachowlcz Krank AIcThH Hpa re1 Cole Junn It Wilkins Hens La Hartley Al DeClmno IL Mansfield and Murray Anderson The senatorial delegation was selected In the uL 'Dhk inxon I Gregory II McConulek rank Sehram A Heine Et Atkinson William Carney rank Rebe Retail Cal lender ciiarles Mclntjre John Bonaer A I atterson Anderson John Walsh John Hart ley Adam Walker Ready Joseph etter Duron Th delegation un Instructed The convention adopie 1 resolutions exiuetwing confidence In the principles uf the Republican party as embraced In the platform of the last national convention: Indorsing the administration of Preeluent McKinley favoring the polkjr ot the administration tn extending American com tnerce In the east and the system of sound cur rency favoring the enactment of just and equal taxation and InJotelng the course of Hn IL Crump tn congress A resolution was adopted urging the state delegation to present the name of George Ambrose for the nomination tor audHorgineraL I governor that the prosecuting attorney raid that the reports would be supported I by proofs: that he also pave the name of the bank where the money was deposited hud that it was upon that suggestion that the governor prepared a message to the empowering the attorney general to Procecdings to recover the money Regarding the governor's signature Mr Stone ld that he never saw the governor make a capital like on the order as he usually makes a sweep in mak ing the loop which extends to the end of his name while the loop in the order only extended to the letter Mr Stevenson wanted to get th commission issued to hite so as to compare the sig nature with that on the order but the com rnisslon hal been returned to the secretary of state 3 office and Mr Stone was allowed to stand aside until It could be procured Miss Belle Manlates stenographer in the office of thb qua rtermaster general testified that she wrote a letter after It had been signed with the governor's signature She identified the letter that the governor pro as letter she had written and said that it was signed before being writ ten up in the typewritur Continuing tne witness said that she saw the governor in a short time before and under stood that he attached hiy signature as he hud catch a train She cid not see him wriie ms name to the blank sheet of paper he witness WHS mi 'lr' if she had not told tnat there had been quantities of pa per from the executive oftice in the quar tormaster general's office from time to time bhe answeied that it whs someone else wno volunteered the information in her presence Miss Manlates was then shown the gov ernors order which the experts had testi J13" bteh written on the same machine Idler Alter looking at it she said that she thought it had been written 01 typewriter in the quartermaster gen Tra i When questioned by Mr Tut tl she snfd that she hart merely looked at the color of the ribbon the size of tho tvpe and the general appearance of the writing She said that she had made a copy of the letter but could not tell anything about the alfgniTtant as both machines in the of fice had been repaired To Mr Stevenson she said that she simply had an impres sion that the letter was something that had been done on her typewriter I On otber hand persons holdin" otL circu" JuHse an3attorne' have become slan engaged in a conspiracy defame the goverrtor and brine odium 1 f11r name of state then tich Impeached and other in th1Shed as the law ma' authorize have me I desire to add that I effect hOrrmfiion ltal seen's reliable to the the publishers ot The Detroit bt 1hS'Snd Peons in their employ Rt their influence with and In formation furnished to Judge Person after the suits for libel had commenced the graTd and that it was originally the sole purpose Mcrni'tf8rate the taisssce of the so called McLeod law with a view to smirching the of button and myself Ty who had brought r7hohe effecV have on the trial of those suits otIimhan'lISrrCd that lhe proceedings Jury as controlled by Judge 1Ud Prosecuting Attornev Tuttle ht? been irregular and unfair persons whose conduct was under tuXe8 ancJ 1 equested the prlv reae of bemg called as witnesses were ds ned such privilege and that everv Indict ment returned was returned without civ lnded officers to members of such jury and to other persons asserted that ner sotis who were to be investigated and as thuy had andtknow of be indicted1 WerC crlminaIs anfl ought to That such officers since the grand jurv has been in session have been in constant communication and conference with officers and agents and employes of Tho ree Preu Company the publishers of The Detioit Prf 7' and were acting officialiv in such grand jury Investigation with a view to assist Tiro ree Press Co to prepare cefense to its lMeI suits: and that they otherwise conducted themselves in an unju I ilicial and unfair manner toward ha? no had committed I stTong but whom they seem deter mined to have indicted In nay opinion there should be a full in aestq atfon of the methods employed by' the persons connected with the conduct of the grand jury proceedings in order that it may be known whether their star cham ber proceedings were conducted with fair Wtre controlled to promote private 1 believe that such investigation should be a public one so that the people may have the evidence and consider and judge for themselves whether their servants have been faithful or recreant None of the matters herein referred tn wn thought of in connection with assem bling you in extraordinary It was expected that by the failure of the grant! jury tn find an indictment in refer ence to the McLeod law after lhe investi gation promised by them would be a suffi cient vindication nf those whose names had been associated with it But notwithstanding the fact that numer ous witnesses have been examined in refer ence to it and nothing could be (found to bear out tho slanders circulated instead of ftiv irtls interested the benefit of such finding they give out that thev will not in vestigate the matter at all The reason as signed Is that the governor by calling tn extra session of the legislature to provide for legislation that wH relieve the massed from rhe burden 'of unequal and unjust tax had Prevented such investigation They then endeavor to create the impres sion not only that we were guilty of crim inal conduct in securing the passage of tho 13x but that as btcn guilty of even a greater offense that of using my official power to prevent the pun ishment of the criminals I therefore feel In the interest of all concerned and in the public that the fullest Investigation possible should be bad and that such investigation should lc Prompt vigorous ami complete and when finished that such other action as the facts shall warrant be taken and upward' rra Prtn BtruoA ZX! Prince Sanitary Towels 7: At NY Mr Stevenson after he had finished asked Mr Stone to produce the call for th special session and also all the messages that had been submitted by the governor In explanation he said that the prosecution Jn le so called Impeachment "Jest answered that he 2J 1 tblnk the message needed ex said that he sup posed the purpose was to impute somethin wrong to Gov Pingree or those around him The court told counsel that he did not un ro7staad hat was being imputed to the governor and that the was not on trial vaniv was "It will not be necessarv i Pain any motive the governor may have had io far know button rl the Preparation of the mM hLL 2Yktd prosecution hether they clamed that he at that time repre Regarding the conference between the governor Sutton the witness and Mr vnon 'he latter asked Mr Stone whether button and himself did not urge the governor not to remove White The witness answered no but that Mr Steven 2 wa tlu flrsl to tjrce removal of hhe Marsh and Case "Did I not say that the military dishonest or i ou advised the governor that he oueht to demand their resignations You arked lht ouht to ba done Stevenson then asked him about Hut ton Itelng comtniMionad to go and th prosecuting attorney iu order to find Out the published reports about tbe tnliRarv TrT this up by asking if button returned Judge Mhili nb What Suton £ld rtJJJ aiUrnra under Investiga tion hlmseif Mr tvnson said that hat Sutton in aoofl faith and the court permitted the quesUon i The representatives of The Detroit ree Dress and other spapen 1 ave given pun twiiy llj iMc siuitratni inai me present special session ot the legislature was con vened by me for the purpose of Interfering with the work of the grand Jury now tn session tn this county and especially to in terfere with or suppress an investigation of tile methods to secure the passage ui iie ro eaueo UCLM1 Ijw Imputation has boen broadly made that either to shield myself or friends from the ccns cquences of alleged criminal conduct in connection with the passage of the Mc Leod law I had caused the legislature to Convened in extraordinary session that member thereof alleged to be In pos session of knowledge that would enable the grand jury to return Indictments against pHtue mignt on the alleged ground ot privilege from the service of civil i during tne session and for fifteen oay before jt commencement and after its adjournment avoid appearing before such Kranu jbry during its session That the publication of this falsehood is confined to tJie columns of the metro politan newspapers Is certain I quote from ritortetOnal reference is above lact that the Xngham county grand jury was reported to be ar of the MeLeod the further fct that members of aVe exemPt from summon soi PrevOIls to Jnd succeeding a mtaJ mAy people who will sur nils? tnat the a11 UruolziM tr 1 ha Imm gjsfvflvkk az Adjolli naris QUEEN TABLE Oppression Suffocation cured ty ESPIC CIGARETTESorPOWDEB Paris ESPIC New York TOUGERA tf COl SOLO RV ATI ri 1 VA City Office cor Woodward and Jcderaoa Leave Cincinnati Short Line Arrive amiCincinnati Day Expreea 4:20 pm I Noonday Limited 8:43 A Cincinnati Night Express TOtoam Cincinnati and Indianapolis elaepaia ar eya alter I to x' Boa Chi Hpl 650 pa Way Mall and Express it 530 pm ast and Express! 10:45 A Gd Rap pad: Ntaht Express Trltsas a Cl fie and At la ntie Exq 0:1 xaUuffalo and Way Mail Ariadarir'sn 1 firt earn 3 Atlantic and Pacific Ex Joshua Gossaiye Wabash engineer Is dangerously ill at the Sanitarium as the result of an accident at an early hour yesterday morning Gossage is suf fering from a fractured skull and the phy sicians state that his recovery is very much in doubt Gossage as nearly as can I learned was busily engaged cleaning the headlight on his nns inp xx hr 1 i tho 1 1 to the ground He struck and a Piece of his ro driven his brain Last night th skull was trephined and the splinter removed from the brain Goysage is 53 ears of age and his home is in Delray IA LOMIOVUEHHY age ii nl ii iaax rls 13u and upward nil In it 373o or Book of 'Tours And further informationPTr RERSON BROTHERS "nS? Tort Rhn Opera Houm Blk or Dick "rt Cadillac or Watoon lt Wr Ci jrw8er nL'd2Cb 53 or vv Brewnt To Woodward are Detroit? NORTH GERAIAN LLOYD 3k SEItVICJN CIILRHOLltG TH HR KM EV Saal Maj 21 I Trave Gr Kaiser! MarTh June iv Jun rolK Aif mdGr July 3 Departure 10 A 14 Washington May 22 president to day named John reeman of Wisconsin to be consul at Copenhagen Denmark TWO CENT STAMP To pay postage will bring you a free bitnple of fepRETZINCERSCatarrh Balm AXDSAT lrpot foot uf Bruh SUWL La Dally THxce tS urxlay Arrive itnLCaL Col Clncfnjtllni 2:22 ite Buffalo I 22? Toted Clove Rnffa 3 Pa Beholt 1 Cleveiaoa lav Co SI SO to Cleveland S585 tn PilUbnrt itiretxT To the House of Representatives: You have no doubt read some of statements published in The Detroit reo lress and perhaps other newspapers of the state directly charging thJt the passage of the so called McLeod law enacted at thu last session of the legislature was secured by means of corrupt practices engaged in by myself aruj associates and members of jour honorable body You will remember that the McLeod law was a municipal own ership law and authorized the city of De troit to acquire own and operate street railways Knowing that as to myself and so far as I knew or had reason tn believe as to my associates these false statements were not only untrue and did not have the slightest foundation in Tact but that the repetition of their publication was malicious 1 brought suit in July last against the pub lishers of The Detroit ree Press Suits were also commenced by others whose con duct had been thus characterized to re cover damages on account of these libelous publications This course "was taken as affording the most reasonable method of enabling the publishers referred to either to substan tiate the charges or to be adjudged Tlbel ers in a court of justice which judgment might be made public as a vindication of th characters of those assailed it is a deplorable fact that because ot an agreement between the publishers of all the daily (English) newspapers of Detroit all information relating to libel stHts brought against them has been withheld from the public The most Innocent person who has been maliciously libeled bv them has been denied even the privilege of hav ing the public know that ho has questioned the truth of the libelous charges bv bring ing suit for damages The failure of such denials tn be made known stfits in the belief on the part of the nowspaprr reading public that the vnaages must ov true or the injured person would call upon the publisher to prove ths charges or suffer tho penalty of paying damages for publication of a malicioua 1 it I 'rhe oft repeated charges in reference to tne methods alleged to have been employed to pass the McLeod law together with the suppression uf the fact that the libeled per sons had instituted suits seems to have produced a belief in the minds of the pen ilo who are not acquainted with the truo lhe charges are actually true iVliJS 1 havf been a party to by disbursing or causing among members of th legislature large sums of money to corrun secure the passage of And indication nf the exTnt tn which this condition and belief exists I quote from Daire mel in "The Port Huron IP ln 1IS nf December arn rl'KLe the chlef promoter nf Jl1 bt which parsed the legislature at the Detroit to purchase the street railway lines in that city It was asserted and we believe it has never been denied that $30000 was sent to Lansing as a lobbying fund for the bin" It will thus be seen that one of the lead the gives OUL and in pain language that $30nn xvas pent to corrupt members nr legislature to secure the enactment or in law Under the constitution of our state as ai? especially charged withthe duty nf seeing that its laws are duly executed I have twice taken Vi tn faithfully discharge this duty th not only presented to tire public as having bet raved the trust re poeed tn me by the pconle by twice electing honorable office now fin but k1 have actually earned a place In one penal institutions of our state 'or Jr or fdcouraglng the violation of cnmlna1 laws of the state Such laws provide that any person who shall bribe a ni mber of the legislature Is subject to im prisonment in the state prison for lAeriod or years was impossible that there snoutd have been a bribe given without there being a bribe received it follows that rLLof Tnore ot your honorable fsxlj are also believed to have earned the punishment Indicated I have no hesitation in saying that if I have done or been a directly or indirectly to the doing of the i things charged I have forfeited notnl the but th? of all decent people ehould not onlv be peached and prevented from exercising the functions of the most honorable office in the statf but I should be tried and pun as a criminal If there are any mein Iter Ca who have accepted ny associates briber thev sbroild also be disgraced and punishAl I em the subject of impeachment the ou to the pro cccdins if there are among the nwm rs ot your honorable body those who have accepted bribes it i8 due their asoci the they 4e pointed Ol1w and proceeded against is true that the laws of the state do HOC maxe any adequate provision for tbe punishment cf those who by the publics mi tuid circulation of malicious fiDchood ot what is snore property Or money vizi and roputations While do al! con that o': Public know whether we hav fn guilty ef th aets or Conduct er The Detroit ree and other have ben cwirv lO rQb of oor refutations of wve 'iluaChn ir in Lu LTL Persons should le i opinion so that'aad statSiretS tArfr justified In demandin lr bt rigid and searching invsi honorable manner at may stem proper with 2new to ascertaining the truth or falsity Jf by Pretzinger Bros Chemists Dayton for it CATARRH BALU is uncqualcd as a curative agent for Catarrh Sore Throat and Deafness and a trial will convince any one of its merits Catarrh Bahn put up in 50 glass jars and is sold by druggists I cure Which is perfectly rfHe and refixLu I and moreover ihls remedy is not a i medicine but it Is a scientific rombiaajZ! of pure pepsin (free from animal vegetable essence frwlt ealtz and It is sold by druggists under mX Stuart's ipepsU Tablet No pans claims are made for them but for ta digestion or any stomach trouble Stnaro Dyspepsia Tablets are far ahead ofTlJ remedy yet discovered They act on tk food eaten no dieting lx necessary simki eat all the ome food you want these tablets 11 1 it A euro rnh? because all the tom eh needs i which Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets givehi doing the work of digestion 1 inttiioy DiMtoy II 1 vV Batbros saJun nuoa Bremen July 5 10 Ir Gr Juu 21 nn Cherbourg Paris Hremen Bremen liay 31 noon Luise June 1411 am It er ra enn irri I XAi'ina Kaiser VVm II June 2 Ems Departut II a tnj OELniril A CO Xo 3 1A AA BRINES Union Tlck Offls II ra kichapp re LX ID CH 515 Chamber ot Commerce Detraiu UtlCUla SOAP The most effective skin purifying and beau tifying soap as well as purest and sweetest for toilet bath and nursery 1 1 strikes at tho caus of bad complexions red rough hands falling hair and baby blemishes viz the clogged irritated inflamed over worked or sluggish Pores Sold vlerv Pqttk Dra wn Cut Sole Prop Lkxton A depot: PIMPLES PREVENTED BY 4 1 1 LTV A 5 1 STEM electric fast line Car to 31 1 Ctnns every halt hour TkrrizS car ery ho ar for Itt Cleo ear New Baltimore Ancborrille jair Haven North CWnneL Pri Beach ad Marine City 100 pm pa 3 York feDlf rJ UlffL Ui Dpi AJ 44 11:00 ptnlaat and pm Xt 8:33 am Mackinaw Expreaa 1 :15 pm( Bay City and bag Ex Ill 140 ana' 0:23 i ujMacklnaw 4 Marq'to Kxl S50 pm 327 an Toledo dnein a South 4 amlGroase lie Accommodat 4:05 pm 5 pmIL Cln ast Train I :45 am 2 1 pm Groase Be 4:30 pm Grosse Ils Accomasodat'nl 7:33 ams pmTol Hix A Cln ast Ttalni 1 uoi 10:00 puifToledo4'ln a ColunaUueqt 5:46 pm Tl scept Sunday lExcept Monday making close eonnrotAun points weet ODETTE WHERRY Si lt IK I 7x ASHLEY A DCSTLN Coot at The national disease of American la fix gestion or iu its chronic form dj spLT and for the very reason Ihum i Tl) mon many people neglect taking prol treatment for what they ccnMrr stomach trouble when as a matter of fZ? indigestion lays the foundation (Or mXh incurable rttaca No person with orous healthy stomach will faJ! rietla consumption Many' kidney disease 22 heart troutges date their beginning peer digestion thin nervous people 2Z really su because their stomachs are out gear weary languid faded not women their rondittan to imporfret digestion When nearly every era on you mL affiicted with wjuk tilgcstiun Prirfng that nearly every secret medicin on the market eta I ms to be for dyspepsia as well a a or of A troubles when in fact as Dr Werfhu says there 1 but one genuine dyrnJS cure wnicn is nerrectiv HAD IIETIIH Til :3 ST Ill'CTlOA Lt'RVB nQt Jher The purpose of the I the charges to which I have referred Upon I Witness answered that Sutton reported meeting he said was to discuss a Joint 1 such in estivation lelnv xl 1 Vnat resolution that had originally been pre ither action should be taken in the prem pared by Judge Cahill for aiv amendment ises if the facts when ascertained warrant JO the con Stltutfon relative to taxation It Such Investigation win afford an opportu Jasted about an hour and a belt Accord nity for any one who knows or has anv in ing to Mr Stone this meeting was held i formation bearing on these matters two or three days before the Impeachment it in public rage was reparerf and he stated that 1 a so desire to submit to vou for your the impeachment message was not dis consideration and for such action as the vaassa a i mi mctstinx qireet ion es tohow he eame to correct testimony he said that he recalled mistake himself Eva Browne of Harrison avenue charges Sherman Browne with threat ening her life 'Browne ill be examined in Court on May 2L Andrew Smith who has been special dep uty collector of customs here for some years leaves to day for Honolulu to un dertake the duty of organizing the customs service in the Hawaiian islands red oster lost his colt Sx apa by the claim ing Lak raids ret entlv Soeapa threw bls jockey and then ran away a ihlle winding up by jumping over the fen ta and sustaining a tall and a foot slide in fb uiudi He was eaught and back to the pot and started with the bunch buf finished last When oter reached the paddock after the race smith haa deposited S300 the cletk ot the scales for Socapa and to Smith the thoroughbred went The entries for tho Metropolitan gelt champion ship closed Saturday Last year only thlrtv two New York golfers compete! but the number will certainly be larger this year The following prominent golfers will take psrt: Herbert Harriman the present Metropol tan champion as sell as the national champion Reginald Brooks James A Tyng indlay Douglas Watson Jr Hamilton A Robbing John Jr A Dewitt Cochrane Jartier rvn nni Colby Arrive 7:10 umj Continental Limited I po 7:05 ami Montpelier Local it pm Chicago Limited 1045 pm ptult Louis a Kan City Ltd 4Uaa11 pn Chicago Night Express' stMaai 2:40 am Chi Kan city ast aa EAST ami Buffalo York Boa too 2:10 BuJalo 1'aat Mail prni Continen'al limited 1100 pui) Buftai' York Booton Jlo 00 pa Daily tLxcept Sunday MuiquimrE tp town offices No 7 ort Phore 3C3 3rt Lnin Eeiot Ar amfimt Sag Tr Alp nal 7 13 amt Sag Mantwc 8 O1 pm Lin Rap How City lO OJjm fv jink Big Rjfy 4 03 pm '2u ln! lint Saginaw Hay City 11:13 in Ret Ma kIe ll :0 IS pmtMllw st Paul A Wcll 10 am ptajr lint Sag Bay Cy Alpl 8:30 pmEvery day others week days else per Open lyar Vestlbu' oCaf car Parlor car on each day train ate 23 eu Washington May An agreement was reached to day between the friends of Senator Clark of Montana and the' senate committee on privileges and elections to postpone any action upon the senators credentials until Wednesday the 30th Inst In the meantime tho credentials uf Mr Maginnts will be presented and the papers cases will be considered together lollowlng Is the full text of Lieut Gov C)arkS ln th0 caa3 of Senator hereas a vacancy has cccnrreil In the representation of the state of Montajia in the senate of the United States caused by the resignation of Senator William tlrews Clark and hereas The legislature df said state is not In session but in recess therefore be it known that pursuant to tne newer vested in me bv the constitution of the Ur lted States I A Spriers the lieu tenant governor of and nr i the said state do hereby appoint William Ann f3 xi 3 1 i a said state to be a member of the senate of the United States to fill the vacancy so caused and existing as aforesaid to have I to held the said office and member I 111 fv It 1 1 A 1 I ture On croes examinatfon Mr Stevenson asked the governor if he remembered when he returned from his vacation last year He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and then said that he returned on Septem ber 11 on the noon train and that he spent the evening at his home who spent the evening with "Mr lowers Mr Sutton Mr Judson of Ann Arbor 1 am sure of I don't know if there svero any others there or time did Mr Sutton come?" I remember between 7 and o'clock They went away before 11 Mr did you go to Chi cago? think September 13 or Vhe on thc night of Sep lumber 12 I was was don't know" prosecutor then asked him if he hart rJVIn1 2n tor him see what he had taken out of his pocket and looked at The an1 that he coulde8n hafl done since ho was governor if he wanted to It developed that a memorandum of thevernor returned home Sep MtdbTh11' 'Y Supstoned about it he thath thought the typewriter in his office made It for him as he had asked her up the newspapers you testify ton Oms otber datc "Don't know but what I ovrnor went on to explain that he had looked at the newspaper files himelf to the date He a drnit 5 ted having talked with Messrs lowers an Sutton about the date Tho ouesti 2 hud roarl the Sent bUttOiha1 one to Grand Rapid on September 11 was objected to and ruled nut As to what he did on September 11 the he thought he ronuVlned his office all the afternoon Mr lowers had arranged for tire party at the house6! eeKl 2' ait had been correspond Ing With him ahont ir epono ship and running for mavor "See Sutton that 'I eant See Siiilon In New The prosecutor then asked him of questions to tee if his memory KJ regarding other events but the gov ernor was unable to remember when he left Detroit to go on his vacation or give an date relating to his trip He said that returned by way of Detroit And though "hile you were In "I don't remember if aw him that time te Wt Artlrbndacks at that "I could not say for sure" was he whet you did sec him orrmn hether 11 "as the jerk of the' big 1 hft fftIVPrnAr )rovi conference at his 'hou as having boenVeM of return fiom the fact 2ul2 vrith mportant to dis "Who ennv "Mr a faCt thilt came in o'clock tflink they were al there by 7:30 memory is not extra To Mr Stevenson the governor saidhlrr that on returning rilCvt ZO hfl Tvu nirt4 A Mr Stevenson to New York the Regular Steamers Daily on and after SATURDAY MAY 12T frorn fOOt nues street Soodwaid and Uampau ave I ERRY CO WHITE STAR LINE Wharf ool ot Griswold St Standard Time or PORT nURON no way wK CJ rfP Ewndirj tq Pfue lag arrive week day 11 Sunday or TOLEDO Steamer lutawlta Dally 4 30 tn Sand ya 3 I et ernins arrive 1 gta SURE CURE i RHEUMATIC TiBLETS Leave DUy Except tnrfy Atrfve 7AST VIA WINDSOR' 2'12 Niagara a He Buffalo ml Buffalo New York 10 pm I51D pml Chatham London etc it Loudon Acoomaacrfatlon 11 ai EAST VIA PORT HURON Gvon north 10 am 212:05 iToronto Montreal Torki 2:00 pm 1 VS! pvrt JItaron I north I pa 4:20 Hon A Inter otatlonlt 0:15 pm Toronto Jtnff ilo New Torffi 43 ata DTTTPOI CA M17AVAfKKKDivlkoN I 22 Gr Jtap 4 Gr Have a 11 Zft Rp Hven Chlcsgnlt 3:40 pa 4 fDpmlG Raix Haren Milwltll at pmtChlcaeo Dorand frf perl i 710 rm 'U'ceuxaiion or tnP olr iim eiancea pertaining to Gov Pingree's net lhleiaturo fronL publicoffici2ls condutt the grand jttrv Inves AnerVuuie Pefsoi and the header fharge against xe I 4 state government and is bring discredit and disgrace monwealth race I tr charred Vi not the commonwealth unargdi with the duty of seeintr that the lrvf Hle exUuta interfere xeiL conItltutiona Powers to i tic inro Jth administration of jus iues tS the be the Uws uen ought to THtEfAMlCHtWlCH a a Mil 1 AYV A MAUEH Kooa 5 Moarw Ara wa re of substitutio fs isA MiU 1 wen 1 IV 11 I tuiAtur i rtf rm Xrw I A i A SOYSo LoadoXL ILr tu Cur i'lnmlM OCEAN STEAMEltS I 'ta JT I.