Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 1

VOL 60 NO 113 QN or about March 1st we will occupy our new stores 237 and 241 Woodward Ave In the meantime we are offer ing uch values in quality throughout our present establishment that will be advanta geous for you to pur chase now No other house can equal the style and extent of our display in ine Jewelry SMITH SONS Corner of Woodward Ave and State St Ij etxoit (3fat I I I 1 1 DETROIT AlICniGAN THURSDAY EBRUARY IL 1S95 PRICE: THREE CENTS REPKEEJ TATI REPUTABLE MEN 5 30 '5 INVINCIBLE 5 5 7O DAY we repeat our offer of last week Tone A 6 Touch 7 Voluminous Business pretax mil TO MORROW HD RIDAY PRICES AND TEEMS SEASON DETROIT MUSIC CO 5 'k lb MA VAN 184 and 186 Woodward Ave lb resh PARISIAN resh I fc lb resh LAUNDRY 6c lb 9c lb 10c lb Detroit Opera House Block expelled from dclgari a Ha Vail Crane Depew Bakeries UaineUiNis Receive i resh zvery Day by THIS PAPER IS PRINTED WITH CINCINNATI 6 $5oo 3425 Berlin here this Bulgaria 3S 35 will PERMIT us to lionaires even count core to waste money commissio The Leclshitnrt: Asked to Give the City Seeded and Speedy Relief 'EE APPOnrED TO TIG ATE THE CASE METHODS DR McLEOD VIGOROUS LY COVDEMAED which thousands who had been paying out rageously high prices TOOK ADV ANTAGE tj 4 a Tinr Curtains to look like new 1 520 22 Gratiot Ave Also 151 Shelby St TELEPHONE 321 roborated at a general meeting of the phy sicians of the city of Detroit held on the evening of ebruary 13 at Hotel Cadillac it is evident chat the mayor and health are of REGINA MUSIC BOX An American production Simpler RILE NUTS KO3 ischer fancy rnsewW case 4 LUO Swconnan Hazelton 3 stnng S1G0 12541 mi4 5 4165 mrsici ix HELD A LAST SIGHT the gathering was generally by the physicians an the room was tilled ty its capaci Whose standing and reputa Dr resh Baltimore Oysters and Canned ish as well as a complete and elegant line of Salt and Smoked ISH Quality the Best Prices Rock Bottom at box ull assortment at our store WHITNEY MARVIN MUSIC CO llntermnn soon so profession could 65 Sa 60 b5 64 SA 55 30 DR LIXTERMAXV MADE A CLEAR Am excellent representation of the medi cal profession of this city held a meeting at the Cadillac last night to consider what was best to be done to rid Detroit of its present health commissioner Dr McLeod he call for responded to large Turkish ty with men tlon are unquestioned latest case ignored by the health commis sioner received attention and the action of Dr McLeod and his employes was vig orously condemned Among the physicians present were noted the following: Drs Maclean Knight Smith lint ermann Yates Dakin Bailey McKinnon Johnson Eugene Smith Sterling Donovan Ives Holmes Webber Morrison Newton Robbins Townsend Devendorf Goodman Sherrill riowiecki McEwan Miller SchulteBook Muiheron Yemans Tlbbals Wyman Chittick Steinbrecher uerth NIaas Leuschner West Gillett Morley Wilson Mead Jenks Holmes Hough Don Camp bell Mann Andrews Andre ws Imrie Kelfer Jennings Miner Tapper and JMilburn Co prtgres slve Druggists 31 Woodward Ave RESOLUTIONS DENOUNCING THE HEALTH BOARD The sentiment of the meeting and the outraged feelings of the medical profes sion found expression In the following res olution which was adopted: sacrificing the to attempt to the seriousness of the smallpox epidemic and die inefficiency of the present health boar 1 by announcing in certain cases a diagnosis of chickenpox instead of small pox Every Plano a Money Saver Pick out the Piano ym new! woke mis: ike Wx will make it dcenliilly Interesrlnc tais week There sure economy here see sei see Heir to Millions Milwaukee ebruary 13 Dr Cut ler received a letter from his mother at mtthville Or informing him teat she Mrs George McDonald of Wilsonville Ont and Isaac and Amos Broughton also cf Ontario direct heirs to the estate of the late Sir John Broughton of Dublin W'hj died some years ago leaving an es tate of W0l0 The estate was left in trust to a banla but will new be 012 to ebruary 13 A report is current evening that Prince erdinand of has been expelled from that eoun has fled to Roumanla Inquiries made in various quarters in this cityhave thu far failed to confirm the rumor Prince erdinand Is the youngest son of the late 1 Prince Augustus duke of Saxe Coburg and Princess Clementine of Bourbon Orleans (daughter of King Louis Philippe He was bom ebruarv 26 1361 was elected prince of Bulgaria bv unanimous vote of the na tional assembly July 7 andassumed the mvernment August Is in succes Prmce Alexander who abdicated September 7 13S6 The election of Prince erdinand has not been confirmed by the Porti ind thX great powers Russia has STtalned an altitude nt hostility toward the prince fjival to the Standard Pittsburg Pa ebruary 13 A largely at tended meeting of oil producers from the various oil fields was held to night It is now proposed to form a chartered company to biT knowm the Oil Company wita capital stock of COMTnaTn sdRhat t0 pur Pennsylvaniami it Pennsyl vania fiefd used to a lul terate'the high grade 'fkl Sbo I WW I price for his oil Mllwaadte Health in Trouble Milwaukee ebruary Dr ate Kempster health officer of this city has been found guilty of annical conduct improper treatment otkri ctnhotphal es byRhl I o0r U't With com And VTberets the health commissioner in pursuing this course has treated with special discourtesy several members of the profession including Dr Jonann linter mann who is held in high regard by reason of his rare skill as a diagnostician his long term of honorable service as a skillful practictioner and his faithful efforts here tofore exerted in the capacity of member and president of the board of health Theretorc Resolved tnat the profession through it representatives here assembled do hereby protest against such manifest perversion of the function of the health office as Is hereby indicated and do em phatically repeat the request already ma le by them to the state legislature that they abolish the present health board and enact the bill now before them for the creation of a new health board and Resolved That copies of this statement of our action be given the press of the' city and be sent to the members of the legislature Dr Donald Maclean was made the chair man of the meeting Dr Sherrill act ed as secretary The chairman stated that the meeting was thoroughly representative of the physicians of the city At a late hour upon arriving home night before last he found his old friend Dr Untermann waiting for him Dr Untermann felt much hurt and displeased as a member of the profession having the best interests of the city and his profession at heart He would call upon Dr that the member? hear what he had ta say is a most unfortunate state of af fairs In the health board" said the sneak er Is no animosity In our hearts for an individual We doctors have no po litical axes to grind but we owe a duty to the people of Detroit We want co exercise our infiuence toward the powers that be if they are making a mistake if they are pursuing a dangerous course to per suade them from that course AVe do notwish to denounce any board or party but we think there hangs over the city a great danger which it would be cowardly to ig nore The matter has been discussei at great length and people are getting tired of hearing of it AVe would be more than happy if this difficulty could be cleared away The departments of the city are be in a prostituted to foreign purposes Dr Untermann is well acquainted with the purposes for which the meeting is called The situation demands united and earnest action from the profession Dr llnter name is synomymous with honor integrity and high standing" Dr Untermann was received with loud applause am here to night to give you an experience with our board of health was called to see a case on Berlin street last unday The mother told me there was a very sick person her daughter I found a young lady in bed She complained of headache dizziness and nausea She had severe pain in her back I inquired where the daughter had worked and they said in a laundry She began to feel sick on ri and W'ent to bed I examined her care fully the pulse was 120 to DO temperature 105 she could hardly raise her head 1 found spots on the forehead I left my orders called on Monday and looked at the coming to the conclusion that the girl ha 1 smallpox It was not an easy mat ter to report the but after conslder Ing the matter in ail its light and feeling sure of the matter I determined upon my uuty and carried it out Th was small pox in the neighborhood The patient was an adult I could not do anything but go i in person to the health office and report a case of smallpox I reported to the clerk making the statements as I now make tne There were three men and two chil dren in the house I consider it danger ous not to prevent the spread of the dis ease I reported it at 12 I have fOr a wTn" Dr Webber I can prove I did so waited all I received no answer In January I reported another case and told Dr McLeod in person He said vou say it is smallpox it is" I called health board yesterday mora ing 'll Wiiat nave you "iui kno you keep records? up the day clerx rilled up till clerk XVTiut abut that easel 'I don't 'Have vou done anything with don't know 2'v tors sometimes think cniexen nct is amallpox irMWltsd 1K lbs Tlerlt Then I pgt Vvew ens upright ebony case 25 Cuiekprinq upright case 20 Hillers Bn sk npnmt limit ease lenrii JLra rench ntyle uprlcnt 41 Hale upright bny case iLti5 Duvvruux upright maboenny case ame nevr jr bms upright largfr walnut 4345 Haines Bros fancy butternut case aligtit 4LR5 Great fnion Co ftilL size 4 b5 1 if Brackett in fine shape 4125 Hardman pearl inlaid S1L5 Carlsen Perry fancy esse Standard Plant Co large Webr Pioxu Nrarsufncturfnir Co fancy cusa 4135 BncBury in nne snare Kxzeltou Brxt good shape Grovensrlro Co fancy ew Aihoraneher A Cft carved legs etc Mathersbek good as new ORC arrand Voter fancy else with lamp Eurhnff 15 stops fancy case 4 Clough Warren 9 stop fancy case 4 Clough A Warren new 1 stop? very fancy cases massivr huntLxime case3rerlin 11 steps fnnry case quite new 3 Chit'tigo Cotta pretty case 3 Needham Mzh tcn case 5 Estey Cb very massive case hGainer with bookcase attachment Star Organ 6 octaves Smith American 9 etc Edna421wiry piano cose nearly new Raymond piano eac Ckjurh 13 stops Cmcy case Ideal 10 stops Whitney Co' 0 stops hLth cose Ckiutfh Warren 5 tops Trms 45 to $10 cash and $3 to 35 monthly SCHWANK'OVSKY OUR AIM is to bring all kinds of strictly first class eatables DOWN In price as low Codfish 5 to 29 lbs ar 9c lb (Head off and entrails out) Chicken Halibut 4 to 12 lbs 12 2c lb Entrails out) Bluefish 5 to 8 lbs at (Entrails out) resh larje Yellow Pickerel to Ios at b)c lb (Whole) resh Medium Pickerel 1 2 to I lb at resh Clean Perch at SrceltA I (extra choice) at 25 Cases Celebrated Neal Brand iauat Haddie at resh Whitefish to 6 lbs at (Entrails out) Salmon Trout 6 to 7 tbs at JIODEHX IS iy Used Vase anil as very fin jhape Knabe Ce fine tor plain case Schomaeker dr Co Lrr string anna re Pea ife Co fine shape 4 1 L5 Gale Or larg faary case 3Ud Hainp Bros peart keys fancy case $125 Light Co very fancy 315 Boardman Gray fancy cas C5 Arlington Piano CtK four round $150 Gtlbors 4c Co with ran attachment Western A Co carved Iecs3 etc full size Gale A rcsewotxl cav Lemuel Gilbert carved lees etc a A Rainer And all that uprior Ity of Material anti Gn eral Excellence of Con A struction implies AM 'larv the Rge Dr AteLuud mil he said bo know anything then railed iu the mayor you think it wa ehfc kenx he said Dr McCevd afterward thought It ml gat be a duubtfuL eus In th health bowru they did uot know wine to du 1 nnver reported elxicxeupax for smallpox in my life I chink tow mu ot my reputtaion Lhe treatment 1 received was shameful I uhkcmI ihii I mayor: I do we doctors raurt staallpox protect the public he said dmc i nice condition whim no attention' Is paid ro a sen rementii by tne alrh Ixwird I rhonsht it was time to cal! muds meeting I wrote a letter to Dr Mt Le meet mo at the houso of the smallpox pmieur I went into the room the whole face was broken out it was small pox thori is no doubt about It Tho patient be gan to: be sick laat this happend to day McLeod is this 8naJIpnx? asksd turn would not answer Dr Webber a bo was there said: I undoubtedly Dr Untermann then read the letter which he wrote In connection with the mutter are obliirwl to rport ofmtaiauun discuses stand hre and make ft suitvmeni before tne doc tors and the nubile tills is a ease of small pox I ranl here us a citizen who has lived hre twenty years and declare here bohtlv that the ch on Berlin' etrect ja one of scniUipes Let Dr Mc Leod openly dedar himself thi matter 1 want appointed to go to thu hcusy and give ao The chairman arose whn Dr Untermann had ecuehided charges yon have he ird arc enough to stlmuL'iro every honeet own to itomthlmr cannot be ne ro thj great wrong If Dr McLimxI would only that we have wronged would apnltnnse But he los do so Here we are face to face with lu hn ease matter is open for Dr Webber sahl in subeinncor was retttwred by Dr Hnrermnnn io this caiae ro ilny The Continued on Pnge Two IN THE HANDS JAPS A PARK OR MICHIGAN SEA'ATOH McllILLA HAS A SCHEME IV VIEW TRANSER PUBLIC LANDS AT ICKLVAW TO THE STATE OICIALS AT AVASHIXGTOV AVOR THE PROPOSITION Legislation id SeceMnry to Carry Ont the Snasestloa cn ebruary Senator McMillan has made a strategic movement looking to the wiving of the Mackinac Island park to the people of Michigan The war department has for some time been determined to cause the abandonment of the fort there and the sale of the government lands there The sena tor called at the department this morning and made the suggestion that the govern ment permit the transfer of the grounds to the state of Michigan for a military park srati nient sbowiac the work of the board of final review ot the pension office from the benliinin: of the present fiscal year to January 1 The statement shows that lor this peruxt 141013 claims 'were re ct ived by the board ot which 46U12 were aitmltteil and 35357 rejected and the others being returned to the various divisions or remaining unacted upon Repairinu the GiiMeogue Xew Yorx ebruary 13 Repairs on the damaged machinery of La Gascogne have been begun It is expected that the boat will be ready to sail on Wednesday 'eb ruary 20 The president of the company to which belongs La Gascogne through the New York agency of the ccnpany a sent to the Associated Press for transmission to the people of the United States a graceful acknowledgment of sincere thanks for interest sympathy and friendly con while the fate ef the Lai Gascogne was still in doubt Paintings Bring Good Prices New York ebruary Eighty paintings by the late Georg Inncss A were sold at executor's sale in Chickering hall last night and realized the unprecedented sum of This sum is the largest ever realized in this country at a one nlirht sale of any one artist's work There were 400 art critics and dealers present and the bidding was spirited throughout The larsre attendance and the general interest in the sale made it one of the most rwemorable of its character in the annals of New lockart circles HE WANTS MORE TIME HOTJALKI OX THE QESTIOX RAISING STATU SALARIES TQ HAVE THEM ALL LX LAAMSG KNOCKED OUT I PAY REDUCED AND THE? PLACED AT THE OLD IGURE MERRY WAR BETWEEN REP WOOD RU AND CLERK REIXOLDS senator McMillan in favor of THE MACKLVAC PARK PLAN AT HIS REQUEST THE LEGISKVUURE PROTESTS AGAINST SELLING WEI HAI WEI SURRENDERS TO THE MEN CHINESE ORTS AND WARSHIPS ARE LN THEIR POSSESSION The department officials looked kindly upon the proposition but indicated the necessity of legislation to carry the suggestion into effect The senator went to the capitol and at once moved in the matter of securing the required legislation He saw the chairman Of the senate committee on public buildings and grounds and appropriations and found them both favorable to the action He then LY BE CHE OO in ot coun Oil me vote guns en he ial tha 12th one in the union an I four to Nagasaki from I tives that their powe: to to it inr the pension KNOCKED OUT Rus Hol is in Don who recut after rsprpst311 of pre report Vv HL dwell on the fact thn ing of marked ballots for Belkregular under tae recent Bay trict will havesjx very by reason of hfs appoLn Crip a a member of ill he no of Alle is Vork be tag t' Gen to offend foreign governments The only port on the gulf of Pe Chili hich mains open throughout the winter is Che oo The Chinese town with a poouiition of about is built mostly upon the sandy snore and has exceedingly llrty streets On ac count of the climate which is the most health ful of all the ty ports of China Che oo ls a great resort The foreign Dan Lockwood of Buffalo me the house committee on elections paring the report of the commute famoui Jufcepl arl' uar' is tn a sense a ot Shanghai and Pekin As a market for foreign manu factured goods particularly American sheetings and English cotton yam Che oo nos en or great ana grown The chief exports are silk bean cake anil vermicelli The United States cons ula participation of con of Chickamauga the correspon nelly Consulates are also maintained by Great Britain Austria Hungary sla Spain Belgium Denmark Italy land Sweden anti Norway ot Missouri a by the senate widow of the late Cape Harrison eeks to I3i per month and the Griffin bill for the relief of Catharine Ott of Detroit widow of Joseph Ott Representative Richardson this afternoon Representative Whiting has presented the house a bill for an important change the street car facilities in the district Columbia It provides for the transfer passengers bww en all the different stn car companies of Washington the high seas and in all waters oy sea coing vessels by act of con ISIw and procl aimed by the president on July 13 Inst and to transmit to tne senate een the Unit notified by theii government to returr that country It is thought that the next point of tack will be Che oo although as that is a treaty port it has been reported taar C' nfe Ierate comrr Wheeler of Alabarr Grosvenor of Ohio commission on heh could no Yokohama ebruary Intelligence was received here this morning of the surrend er of the Chinese forts and warships at Wei Hal Wei The surrender Is complete and the Japanese are in full possession of Wei Hal Wei The commander of the second Japanese army tn an official report of the operations of that body before Wei Hal Wei says that it losses from the ifith of January to tre first of ebruary were eighty three killed including five officers and 21U wounded in cluding Gen Otera and tnree other officers During the same period 7wi of the enemy were killed It is reported In TlenTsin that the Chin ese warships Chen Yuen Chine Yuen and Kyung Tina are still afloat at Wel Hai Wei Their Immunity from destruction is as cribed to the fact of the Chen Yuen hav ing net ting to protect and the others quick 1 them to resist the attac The same reports that the iorts on Liu Kune Tao I are stiil in the communication was ha i with ascertained chat she brought from Admiral Ting of the Ci offering to surrender Wri il Wei and hi vessels providing that the lives of the sol diets crews and foreigners were secured ecret'iry Gros Tim to i tat foreign nations ha ulatio: that on nboais approached A 44 1 7T A ww pted or refused to adopt preventing collisions at cted co be followed by all public vessels of the United States upon able viding a pension for Marilla Parsons of De troit widow of the late Gov Andrew Par sons: In previous congresses this bill has several times passed the senate but has never before passed both houses The sen ates of the hoi vote at the election unc i 3 A been previously stat minority report but sran will make a lev timental view of the is been agreed to tne state depart eing drafted The prepared and introduced an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill covering THE NEXT POINT ATTACK LIKE the proposition: Senator McMillan this afternoon sent the following telegram to Gov Rich at Lansing appropriation committee is con sidering seriously the sale of Mackinac Is land park to private parties If legislature i will adopt memorial asking for transfer of park and fort to state of Michigan for state park I believe such transfer can be brought awuu ut: can use isiano tor poses and maintaining park maintains Niagara park Expenses can supported by receipts from A Detroiter's Low Bid for Dredging the Cnyn oga River Cleveland ebruary 13 (Special) George Lockerby a Detroit man to day un derbid all competitors for the work of dredging the Cuyahoga river offering to do it for five years for He was over 330 (kiO under any of the others and broke the dredging pool If the council confirms the bid on Monday the Detroiter will re move here and take up the work The pool is already lobbying with the council to down Lockerby if possible Mlcliijrnn Pensions Washington ebruary 13 (Special) Original Henry Mcarlan 'Central Lake Robt Gallaway Alpena William Gerry Kalamazoo Additional Raul Coun tryman Swartz Creek James Sullivan Stanton: Henry Lewis Wayne Restora tion and supplemental Chaucy Breed arewell Increase Warren Peck Dun dee Stephen Hotchkiss Pierpont Re issue Dewitt Carpenter (deceased) Vickeryville Original widows Katie Ny iand East Saugatuck: Nancy Warn Mar quette Supplemental Minor of Gerrit Nyland Holland Destructive ire in Chicago Chicago ebruary A fire which orig inated from some oiled rags last night spread with great rapidity through the Lincoln avenue barns of the North Side Cable road Of 120 passenger and grip cars stored in the barn but nine were saved The tiremen managed to confine the flames to the storage barn and the power house was not injured There was grave appre hension lest a tank containing 35000 gal lon of crude petroleum which the com pany uses for fuel should become ignited The fire was under control however before the tank was reached The total oa building and cars is estimated at t3K)000 Man and Money Absent Omaha Neb ebruary Grand Secre tary of the grand dodge of the United Or der of Trebund A Sclierback has ctsap i peered with nearly Jlov'O belonging to the order The absence of Scherback from the I grand lodge meeting held last weeK at Norfolk created a suspicion and jui in vestigation resulted in the discovery of the shortage Mr was well known tn local and circles'His friends advance the theory that he has ended his life bv licide Others say the 1 man has absconded received the following telegram from prom inent attorneys of Grand Rapids: circuit Deeds additional circuit: judge to avoid necessary absence of district judges Cannot pending bill relating to seventh cir cuit be amended to include sixth Signed by A letcher Albert Crane 7gfngslev Xr Klelnhaus Moses Taggart Butterfield Keeney Mc Garry A Stevens George Wanty Edmond Barry Taggart Kloppel Den nison Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs Ed win Uhl gave a tine dinner in honor of Mr an I Mrs John Blod rett of Grand Rapids A number of prominent persons were in attendance Senator Burrows returned this afternoon from New York where he spoke last night irst Assistant rostniater General Jones has is ATtml i circular to posunasters at free delivery offices boldine that a letter carrier who Is a iremlvr rf 'he Ircnl Kur of examiners nail receive full par fnr 10 ls engic with the other an of the board in cvndactlns a civil service examination and th substitute car rier who selves bis rate on' such day shall paid nlte ot toe tmpvnsiitlon of the letter car rier The orders of this office fixing and derinins the'diit'es of teller carriers shall nor affect a letter ca rier on the days te is arnmUy employed as i of the local board ot vtsmine conducting rvil soTtee examination The elsbt honr la must be strictly complied with and under no rircumstances should a letter carrier be perniit consume more than olahl hours per day as ute'mier of board oi reports The house will devote Its attention to morrow to the bond resolution reported from the ways and ma committee and Speaker Crisp says the will nrobably reach a vote morew narht toe X'rmltte" on raiest will meet the monnng and rin report a rule Blowing a certain number of for debate and fixing a time for a vote Jar in 'A rtemoon Chairman Wilfon stirs icton mils he had at once in order to be effective and he has Ti committee on rde tor an or! for a vote af cr the day a derate pnponding to a resolution of toe senate die secre tary OX the infrhto to day sens to ton senata a The senate in executiva session rejected the ncm Iniufon of A Aamistus Healy of New Yore to be collector of internal revenue for the first district of New York to rmoeeed Ernst Nathan resigned AI t's 'h otliclHl reports state that Mr ll dy was reieeb'd it is learned from other sources tout the Lmtairtm sttrred some slight dtacnaaion and that tlm of Gnator Hill it was passed or er The of Wlllinm Campbell to be Unital srstes marshal of Minnesota was unofficial re wi'rted a rejected but not so in the offload PINGREE WOULD LIKE THE HEALTH BILL HEARING ADJOURNED Clapp Triumphed Over McLaughlin on the Silver Matter THE MAYOR SAYS HE HAS HIS OP PO ENTS SKINNED" HOUSE COMMITTEE WILL HEAR THE ARGUMENTS TO DAY I irsmg Mich ebruary LI (rom a caff oroesponffent) The house met at 2 this afternoon and promptly jumped into the warmest debate of the ses sion up to cate It occurred on the matter of raising the salaries of state officers Representative Partridge of Detroit had introduced a resolution leaving the matter of salaries in the hands of the legislature but the judiciary committee had brought in One of Pingree' Materials is That Old Doctor's Petition Lansing Mich ebruary 13 (rom a Staff Correspondent) Mayor Pingree has been trying hard to day to have the meet ing of the city corporations committee on the Thompson health bill adjourned The meeting has been called for 9 to morrow morning This was done early in the week when Mayor request a report leaving the matter in the consti tution where rhe people may have a chance to fix the salaries themselves The report of the committee provided that the gover nor shall get JXOOO Circuit Court judges 52500 and the secretary of state treasurer and commissioner of the land office S25OT each the attorney general if 500 and the superintendent of" public instruction 52000 per year Representative Partridge is a member of the committee and immediately after roll call Air Partridge submitted the following minority report: was that he should be given a chance for another talk not earlier than to day Now he wants the meeting to go over until even ing Ghairman isk was at Ionia whither he went as a member of the committee on the The joint resolution submitted by the majority of this committeee proposes an amendment to tne constitution to increase the salaries of certain state officers as fol lows: namely the salary of the state treas urer co be increased from JLO' 'O to per annum the salary of the superintend ent of public instruction to be increased prison tnere 2 he second member of the committee la Representative Herrig of Saginaw and about 3 this afternoon the latter got a telegram asking him if he could not postpone the meeting of the com mittee until evening The telegram said that Attorney Atkinson and President Eatherly of the police commission wanted to talk and could not leave important en to morning but they could get here by night Representative Herrig replied that tit would be impossible to adjourn He remind ed: the mayor that the hearing had been called merely to give his honor a chance to present any new matter that he might have collected and not to hear arguments Rep resentative Latimer another member ot the committee was appealed to but he said he could do nothing Controller Moore who is here tried very hard to bring about an adjournment but he also was unsuccess ful Representative Holmes of Detroit said he thought it very singular that Mayor Pingree md Mr Moore should try to gain their end through others than representa tives from Wayne county One of the reasons for the refusal of the committee to put off the hearing is that a number of friends of the Thomp son bill are here waiting to see what Mr Pingree will produce ana desired a chance to answer Mr Herrig sail he did not think it right that these men should bo dis appointe'i "when the mayor had been given plenty of notice as to the time when the hearing was to take place John Conely is here to talk on the bill Drs Maclean alker and Kennedy are also here The latter are killing two birds They are interested in the bill to give the bodies of Wayne county criminals and paupers to the Detroit and Michigan colleges of medicine but they will also take an inning on the health bill against Dr McLeod snould their assistance be necessary This may be the case as it Is understood that one of the plans of the Pingree people is to produce the origi nal petition for the passage of the present law two years ago It will be remembered that at the hear ing in the senate chamber about two weeks ago it was charged by Dr Carstens that the name of a number of physicians hai been cut off from a petition for the pas sage of a bill giving the health board the right to establish a public hospital and pasting them on the petition for the passage of th health bill under which Dr McLeod was made health commissioner Controller Moore says that the petition will be pro duced and that it will show that this charge is false Mayor Secretary Brucker and from 51wjv to 52uu0 the salary of the secre tary of state to be increased from 5st0 co525u0 the salary of the commissioner of the land office to be increased from 5HK) to the salary of the attorney general to be in creased from SsOO to 53500 As an abstract proposition I have no anenmem to make asrainst a reasonable increase of salaries but am at a loss to see way an increase of $1 DUO a year is deemed sufficient for the superintendent of public instruction whide the proposed increase of for the state treasurer is SlAuO I The proposed increase of salary for th see rotary of state is SlI'W The proposed in I croase of salary for the commissioner of the lam? office is 51700 and the proposed in crease of salary fur the attorney general is 52700 These are unprop itious times inancial commercial manufacturing and industrial depression and uncertainty afflict this fair' land of ours throughout its entire length and breaith I Manufacturing establishments are either I closed or running on half time with reduced wages to thtr employes mines are closed I either partially or wnolly waiting for the advent of better times Merchants and business men generally find that their business is i rer'a facto ry and uncertain while very many of them are either driven to the wall or' struggling with their best endeavors to save them selves from bankruptcy and ruin armers find that tneiE cnief products such as wheat wool etc upon wmen they have heretofore relied to bring some profit as the result of their labor and toil cannot be produced and marketed at current prices excepting at a loss A vast a nny of tnechanice and laborer' are con stantly seeking employment with little or no mie nni in very many instances in order to pro vide the necessaries of life for tiieir families they are compelled to mortg iro their humble homes or i if already mortgage! being unable to make their pnvTOcnts suffer the loss of their aronmiilatel sav ings of years am! in spite ot their most earnest efforts they are driven into the ranks of paupers and tramps There is no class of people throvghoitt the state so favorably situated In tnese times as the office hold rs incomes art sure and sure to be paid In cash rmi whether they themselves consider their salaries to sufficient or not the irreat masses ot regarl them as a very fortunate class and would be certain my judgment to regard wll disfavor at this time any proposition to increa itnelr salaries at the expense of th rest nt the peo tple who are generally ss fortunately situated Propositions similar to this have heretofore been submitted to the people and have been invariably voted down If the people would vote down a prop osition to increase salaries in prosperous times it requires no political prophet to predict the result under the present nnfarnnible conditions The masses of the pl would be very apt to soya comes this moldy salary chestnut again: let ns bury it so deep that it will never be heard from nanin in this generation" Regarding this as the most unfavorable time tout has occurred in toe state during trie last two do cades tor the submission of a proposition or' This kind to a vote ot rhe people I am constrained to vote against it Chas lowers attorney for Dr McLeod came in to night on the Detroit Lansing Northern train Controller Moore and Secretary Brocket started out to make another effort to get an adjournment of the committee meeting Chairman isk ha come in from Ionia and another ap peal was made to him for time told Messrs Moore and Brocker that the com mittee would meet as arrange! at 9 Jn the morning but that they would remain In session until the house met at 2 in the afternoon so that if any of Pingree's peo ple desiring to be heard arrived in the meantime the committee would be on hand to hear them With this Mr Moore was forced 'to be content Pingree has brought with him a stack of printed matt and this will be distributed not only to the members of the committee but to all the representatives The records of the health office for the past year will also be produced the com mittee having asked for them It looks os if the tight to morrow would be very hot The friends of the health board are calculating on a favorable re port and putting the bill on its immediate passage They say they will have 68 votes enough to give it immediate effect Pingree and lowers say they will defeat the bill have got said his honor to a friend get the bill out of the I bet on asked the friend no I do said the mayor It doesn't make any difference whether they pass the bill or not got skinned you mean to sav that Gov Rich will not sign the bill if passed?" you was the kee like reply any man with political asniratlons would so act as to shackle the metropolis of the state where tney have the most it would giv Rich 'some appomt nnwin Detroit and strengthen his pow err "Rich want any more power He had ail the appointments he wanted in the three he put Into state Thon the mayor laughed again and sai he had skinned One of the first men that Pingree ran against upon his arrival in the Downey Contlnueil on Two As soon as this minority report had been read the house went into committee of the whole in the majority report with: Repre sentative Rice in the chair Trouble came quickly when Representative Wildey moved an amendment that the state officers be compelled to have their residences at Lan sing ami Representative oster of Lan sing proposed a further amendment that they move to Lansing on or before Janu ary 1 1S97 5 The Tall Pine of the Goirebic took the lead in stirring up all the opposition that has lately been rising against Lansing in the matter of state patronage hope for the fair name and fame of said Mr Chamberlain this amendment will not be adopted It 'would be a very pretty thing for the city of Lansing but are many men whom we should like to nominate for these state officers who could not rive up their houses and business interests and bring their families to Lan sing It would be unjust and if this pro vision' were left in the resolution it would very likely be defeated by the people when it comes before "7 Representatlve oster of Lansing at once took up the cudgel for the amend ment would be of no particular to Lansing" said he would bring four or families here and that would make very little difference When the question of raising the salaries of the Supreme Court justices went before the people It was carried because with it was the provision that the justices should live at Lansing and if this same provision is not in the resolution to raise the state of rar it will te buried out of Representative Redfern wa? in favor of having the officers live in Lansing and he tried to tangle Chamberlain un bv saying that two years ano on the Supreme Court justices fr itter the man from Gogebic had urged the provision that they should live 'Chamberlain acknowledged this but said the cases were different The justices themselves hail agreed to this plan saying that it was well to have all the members to gether so that taey could look over each opinions conveniently and save time But the state officers had no duties Continued nn Page Tkrec I'fi NIC I i N'V 9 I ry i 4 4 I 4 1 "I Mil! 1'.