The Bessemer Herald from Bessemer, Michigan • Page 3

STATE OF MICHIGAN. OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. Territorial Teal Held by Wisconsin-- A Uctroit IMaii Acknowledges Kour Wives--Keck Confesses Huvinjt Mur- dered Meiinniinco Girl. It recently came tn (In- knowledge of tlio Secretary erf nil old jie.ll of the territory of Michigan was among the archives of the Stale of Wisconsin, and Deputy Sci-roiary of Stale 1'ievcu wrote a letter to Secretary of Stale of cvn.sin. asking for IIR- return of (In; relic.

He has rcci-ived in reply a letter staling that the seal will not be returned as Wis- consin was formerly a part of the ter- ritory wiili Michigan, and is as much en- titled to the will UK tliis StaU'. Ail impression of the seal wan sent, together with tlie a a Michigan would hiivc to get along with that. There is an interesting story with the hiss of tltu seal by this A certain (errilorial Gov- ernor of Mii-higan was appuintod who was very unpopular i people. It is staled a he was rotten-egged at Aim Arbor in IS'Jtl, and was otherwise ill treated liy the people of the territory. Finally he lied to Wisconsin and estab- lished his oilii-e in Milwaukee, taking the territorial seal i him.

He was iif- torward appninicd territorial Governor of Wisconsin, and never returned the terri- torial seal to Michigan. Su.V8 Client Hail Four Wives, The iillorney for Joseph N. Reynolds, on trial bigamy, surprised the oonrt in Detroit liy announcing a his client had had four wives instead of only the two in niiirt. Wife No. 1, ho said, was married in Canadn, Xo.

2 was a r.nlTalo woman. No. was Delia 51. Frost, a Chi- cago girl, aged 1, and Xo. 4 Ella M.

KiiiS of Detroit. Reynolds says his mar- riage to Miss Frost was not legal, as Xo. 2 was still alive. He claims No. 4 is the legal marriage, as few weeks previously Xo.

"2 had died. The previous dny the. Chicago woman, formerly Delia Frost, was held to lie the legal wife, and Mrs. her companion in court, I he wronged one. The Chicago uiiiiuiii dm position of the wronged Woman.

and the Detroit woman finds her- self, nnii-h to her surprise, the legal wife. Owns He Itltmlcretl Child. Joseph Heck, the Monominee. Bmith, has cnnfessed to the authorities that he murdeml little Julia Wozniak and buried her body under the steps of his shop. The confession waa not made public fur fear it would lead -the infuri- ated populace In form mob to lynch the prisoner.

Despite the secrecy maintained by the sheriff's olllcc news of the confes- sion transpired and the authorities, to forestall a possible attack on the jail, hurried Heek out of town on the after- noon north-hound a i It is supposed he taken li Iron Mountain. Finds Graiiduon After Twenty Years. For twenty years A Raymond, aged of Owosso, nnd his grandfather, John C. Si'iithworth of Pcterboro. bad not met.

The buy was brought up by foster parents and supposed all his rein- tires were dead. The old gentleman is alone in the world and heiirintr recently that his grandson wan somewhere in central Michigan, he set out on a hunt. The meeting wns quite accidental and the young man's lind will be worth while. Elopcra Are Sent to Prison. Andrew Raub, a prominent farmer, living near Allegan, nnd Mrs.

Flora B. Heffner eloped from Diamond Springs a year ago and were recently captured at Milwaukee, were sentenced in thnt city to two years' Imprisonment each. The woman's husband, who was in the court room with his four children, displayed dee'p emotion, lie had spent his fortune is hunting his wayward wife. Killed by Companion. Hownrd Jennings, 17 years old, was tic- cide'ntnlly shot at Calumet by Matti Pel- legrini, who was plnying with a revolver, supposed not to be loaded.

Jennings died at the Calumet nnd llecla hospital nn hour later. A crowd of boys were play- ing cards in a chicken coop near Jen- nings' home when the accident happened. All Orer the State, Otsego now lias a lady lawyer. The retail clerks of Adrian have organ- hod, a union. The annual reunion of the Sixth Mich- igan cavalry will be held at Ionia on Get.

22. Palmyra now has a canning factory, which gives employment to forty persons. Vicksburg is to lose one of its factories. Either Sturgis. Three Rivers or Cold- water will get it.

Alcona County has the largest nnd best crop of wheat and oats this year ever harvested there. The suggestion made by Peter White for ail upper peninsula fair is attract- ing favorable notice. Frank Lantis, a White Oak farmer, has harvested over 1,000 bushels of poaches on his farm this fall. The man who was found dead at Du- rand proved to be John J. Dickcrsou, a faryner residing near St.

Johns. Grand Haven is to have a hospital, the funds for which will be raised by the churches and the citizens generally. As a result of the visit of the State tax commissioners to Knlamazoo the tux roll was boosted about $2,000,000. The pickle industry has been hard hit by the weather this year. The cucumber crop will run only nbout 20 per cent last year's yield.

While walking along Copper Range tracks near Baltic mine, six miles south- west of Houghton, two men were struck by a passenger train. Both were killed. They were identified as John II. Miller nnd John Haischer, apparently laborers. It is the intention of Chippawa County farmers to open a butcher shop in the Soo to supply themselves with meat, and also to offer it for sale to consumers in the city.

Stephenson is soon to have a new hank. It will be organized under the Stato laws, and will have $25,000 capital. The stock- holders and officers will all be local busl ness men. The Grand Haven Board of Trade Is anxious to secure a flour mill for the city, and is making inducements'to one the mills at Holland to remove the county seat. The bean crop has been uttewy ruined by the persistent raiiiH.

A Grand Kapids man has succeeded in raising a seedless cucumber. Van Bureu Couuty stands tirst iu the, acreage set to peppermint this year. It is said that the buckwheat crop is Kwiiitf to be rather short this winter. Fowlcrville business men propose to organize a co-operative telephone ex- change. Awry Hill has been appointed post- master at Pearl Beach, vice II.

If. I'ry- nnt, removed. A new fsirmf ure has been add- ed to the already loiV list of such insti- tutions in Grand Kapids. Kdgar Lewis of Grand Kapids has been appointed to a clerkship in the War Department in Washington. The proposition to bond the village for $10,000 for a system of sewers was de- feated at Kvart Tuesday.

Farmers near Lansing are having a great deal of trouble in securing sulllcient help to lake care of their crops. The annual report of tlie last fiscal year shows there were in Michigan receiving $0,501,528. Ionia has a new patrol wagon. When it isn't in use-carting drunks to the lock- up, however, it is just a common wheel- barrow. (V scheme is on foot to establish a pas plant at Iloughton to furnish gas for heating and lighting purposes to the whole comity.

The farmers around Cone.ord ha've or- ganized a stock company and will es- tablish a capable of caring for the milk of GOO cows. While carrying supper to her husband at the Aurora mine in Ircmwood, Mrs. Edward Monk, who had long been a suf- ferer from asthma, dropped dead, A big stave and heading mill, which will give employment to 100 men, is be- ing erected at P.oyne City, and is to be ready for operation before snow flies. An unusual fruit crop is being harvest- ed by L. K.

McKobert and family of Nortbville. They have a fine lig tree bearing unite a yield of its luscious pro- duct. The extension of the Detroit and Maekinac Kailroad is being rushed north- ward from Tower, with the intention of reaching Cheboygan about Christmas time. The past few months there has been a remarkable influx of Ohio people into Osceola nnd neighboring comities, where good farming land can be bought at a low- price. The mint crop of Michigan will bo a third below the average this year, and the anticipated shortage ban already caused the price of the oil to from 1 pound to Ilonghton County's share of the State tax HUH yenr is which is More than half of the amount apportioned to tlie whole upper peninsula.

Manmette Comity is a poor second, with $54,500. A now rural free delivery route has en established at Xew Hudson, to take effect Nov. 1. It will be twenty-live miles Ions, cover an area of twenty-live square miles, and servo a population of 7GU. Uwlght II.

Denbleyker, one of the most prominent nnd popular young men of Kalnmazun. died after having been uperated upon for peritonitis. Me was sick only three days. He was 20 years of age. The university at Ann Arbor has enough coal on hand to last the Institu- tion until December.

It is almost cer- tain that some way will bo solved to keep the buildings heated after that, even if the strike is not settled. The canning factories of northern Kent County will, it is said, lose a lot of money this year on account of the failure of the tomato crop. Out of 200 acres which were contracted in two townships, but twenty-five acres panned out anything. Boyne City is booming. A big stave mill has been lately secured, lighting plant for public and private lighting is being put in, a mile or more of cement walks have been laid, and upwards of 100 dwelling houses constructed the past summer.

George Smith, living about nine miles north of Jackson, was murdered by Fred Schloff. The latter had been abusing his wife and when the officers went to arrest him he fired a bullet, hitting Smith, a neighbor. The latter leaves a widow and ten children. Bnrnhart, the pioneer of the Ijtko shore fruit belt, is dead at the age of S2 years. Bnrnliart is believed to have irtuu the iirst fruit farm in vestern Michigan, and when he did so, the neigh- bors who were raising grain laughed at hmi.

He lived to get a laugh or two him- self, however. The announcements have been receiv- ed of the marriage of Miss Ethel Louise Wyman to Count Hugo Lerehenfeid- Koefering, in New York City. The bride is the talented Daughter of Mr. Mrs. John E.

Wyman, who lived in Ann Ar- bor up to about three years ago. Saginaw river claimed another victim, the unfortunate victim being Willie, the 10-year-old son of Joseph Page, who lives on 'Bangor street, West Kay City. The boy wns in a sailboat coming up the liver from Bay. When the boat came about to make another tack, the boom struck the boy, knocking him overboard. The mystery surrounding the disap- pearance on Sept.

17 of Frank Ovrard, a wealthy Cedar Creek farmer, has been unraveled by the finding of his body float- ing in Duck lake, a sheet of water near where he resided. A rope attached around his waist to which was tied a 25- pouud weight told the story of suicide. The Hastings Journal says that thou- sands of bushels of fruit have rotted on the ground in that vicinity this year be- cause the farmers couldn't get eiiojigh for it to pay them to haul it to market, and argues that it there was a canning factory in the village the farmers would have been several thousand dollars richer. The body of Julia Kachincy, aged .10, who mysteriously disappeared at Menom- inee, was found buried under the rear steps of the blacksmith shop of Joseph Beck. Physicians discovered evidences of strangulation.

Heck was arrested, but denies his Kuilt. Amanda Lovelier, 18-year-old daughter of Peter Lovelier of Lake Linden, was run down by hay rack and so severely injured that she died. Columbus Edger- ton nnd (J. M. Matson.

who were in the vehicle, were arrested charged with man- slaughter and held on $2,000 bonds each to await trial. ONE MORE ROLL-CALL "Art Is long, anil Time is fleeting. And our thoiisb. stout and brave; Still, like muffled drams, are beating Funeral marx-bos to tbe --Ohio State GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT. Nation's Capital Is Captured by Citil Veterans.

Washington correspondence: Without the tiring of a pun Wnshins- tou was surrendered to the forces of the Grand Army of the Republic. The throng taxed the capacity of the rail- roads, and it is estimated that the at- tendance at the encampment broke- the record of similar gatherings in rroent years and that there were many stran- gers in the city as ordinarily attend presi- dential The naval parade and many tvmiwtis were the entertainments given the Army veterans during the second day. Tlie weather was threatening during the. eurly morning, but the sun burst throitsu the clouds about noon, so that with tlie mild temperature which prevailed there was no reason for complaint on that score. The attendance steadily iuereas- ed during the day and at eight the city was crowded as it has been only on very i rare occasions.

i Tiie iiaf ill parade of the foresees wss not us large as many that have beea i seen in Washington, but it was in everr waf interesting. The of the i navy each jippeared to be nn embodi- Saent of murh of the nation's recent b.i*- i tory, and every squad of them an object of interested observation. They generally old men, and mauy bori? evidences of wounds received, in battle. In striking contrast to them were the youug men of all the branches of the pnw- THE MAN THE RIOT IN NEW ORLEANS. IOKRAXCB.

wit service, who marched with them as an escort of honor, as it were. This es- cort included representatives of both the land and naval forces, and they elicited much favorable comment for their fine appearance as men, as they did for the excellent discipline displayed by them. Procession of The remnants of the magnificent sr- mies of Grant, Sherman, Thomas, Slo- cum and Sheridan, which participated in the grand review at the close of the Civil War again Wednesday passed up the historic Pennsylvania avenue and reviewed by the President. The survivors of the bronxed. black-haireti le- gions who marched twenty-four for two days before President Johnson with flowers in the muzzles of their guns and with victory and the hope of the fu- ture shining in their faces had becoaie old, white-haired men, with their active service behind them.

President Koosevelt reviewed the pa- rade in his carriage. He was carried downstairs from his room on the seeouii floor of the temporary White House in an invalid's chair and, amid the cheers of a large crowd, was piaced in the carriage, in which there was a board to support his injured leg. The veterans faced the carriage as the President drove by and saluted him. "Women's Relief Ono of the interesting features the G. A.

It. encampment was the conven- tion of the Women's Uelief Corps, which opened Thursday morning. Over 3,000 delegates attended. At the national head- quarters Mrs. Joseph B.

Foraker, Charles M. Fairbanks. Mrs. John A. Logan and Mrs.

Kugene Ware participat- td in the reception. Mrs. Roosevelt Gov. iilism A. Stwe of Pennsy-vs- i aia.

the msn oi" the hoar la the coal strike. has a remsufesSe peiso-jilisy. He stands six feet fotir ia els suvkiaj feet, weighs -00 poatziis. cever wesis a sils hst, is a great vraler scd is never too tired to i play "bear" wsth cis chHdrea. As Unit- ed States district auorcey he was Cleve- land's Srst Vicui2 nailer the partisan'' sst! zusde a aght at that time that stirscte-3 asriona! ttoa.

He nac served soar terms in Con- gress prier to his election as Governor in 1S3S. earce-i high laurels in the Civil War, soi has been ksovca always as a fighter. He was bon la Pennsylvania April IS, 1S4X hss beea twice married and has six chlitirea. Attempt to Run Street Carg Results in a Battle. In Xew Orleans a bloody street riot followed the street car company's at- tempt to operate its cars for the first time since the strike began ten days Policeman Schlessinger was shot through the head mortally wounded.

SI. L. Kennedy, a non-union conductor, was wounded in the hand. Motorman Forgu- son. one of the strikers, was shot through the left arm.

A soore of policemen and bystanders were painfully wounded by bricks and other flying missiles. Fifty shots were fired before the excitement subsided. A platoon of police charged the cixvrd with drawn' clubs ami a num- ber of arrests xvere roade. The first car which started from the bams "was in charge of Motorman Nintz, who came from Chicago to take the job, and Conductor Kennedy. An immense crowd of people, iiicliidiu.i; strikers, their sympathizers and curiosity seekers, m-aa in Wells street.

As the car approached Dorgenois strft the mob rushed out, tore up the sidewalks from each side of the street asJ threw the boards across the track to impede the progress of the car. Bricks and stones were hurled at the car as it came to a standstill near the obstruction pile. The crowd made a rush for the non-union men on bonrd. The policemen in the car fell upon the floor to protect themselves from the rain of missiles. There was not a pane of left in the car.

The bluccoats finally escaped from the car aud charged the crowd. A shot was fired. Then many shots followed, both the police and men in the throng using revolvers. a recenfioa tae TTViuea's: KeHef Corps i Wednesday eveaing. Mrs.

Fairijanks and Fwaser oa Tbarsasy evening. and Mrs, Logan ja Kri-Iay. There thrse ler the "svsMer.ey. 5frs, Sarah IX Wisaas ixf ToJesJo. Mrs.

Ldiu- key J. Taylor of Lessear. as3 i Mrs. AEJIS M. Hal! of Xew Va.

Five thossaad vetersms aud their frieaus suecsMxi the Sre at Con-1 veatits Tucsaar sig-it. The was tanre'y American Sags, The eeresioajes were with a mediey of patrk-ric sirs by the United States; Marine Band, followed by speeches EEC tsiostc. Tee principal ad- dress of tlie eveEsnsr was by Ges. Eli Tor- ranoe. NEW POST FOR GEN.

BRAGG. Transferred from Havana Consulship to Honskonc. Edward S. Bnigg, consul general at Havana, has been transferred to the post of United States consul general at Hong- kong, taking the place of William A. Uublce, who has been transferred to the consulate at Ha- vana.

The transfer of Gen. Brasg is duo to the fact that he is not popular with the people. Shortly after his assumption of his duties at Ha- vana he wrote a let- GES. BRAGG. tc to whieh he stated in effect that one might ss well try to mate a whistle out of a pig's tail as to try to do anything with the Cubans, and this becoming public caused resentment on the part of the people of the island.

WATCH US SOAK THE Miners' Local Unions Vote to Continue the Strike. BEPLY BY MITCHELL Refuses Roosevelt's to Send Miners Back to Work. Labor Lcailer Scores Coal ami i-'jiys tlie IShitnc for the Present State of Affairs Phonlil Kest ICntirdy Their HciidH--A Cabinet Official Au- thority for the PtiitiMiient i i Presi- dent Koosevell i C'iirry t.iu Mat- ter to The miners" unions voted snliilly Mid unanimously to carry on the coal until the demands made by the Shaaiokin convention have been conceded. Cefoi-o President Mitchell left Wiltd-sbarre for New- York he heard from of the SOO local in the anthracite held. Their conventions passed rcsolufiuns declaring Cuiilidciii-e in the a i a olliccrs and iu favor of keeping Hie strike in spito of the fact thnt the whole Slate militia was sent into the coal region.

The reply of President Mitchell of the mine workers to President Roosevelt re- jecting the plan to resume work was giv- en out at the White. House. Wednesday as follows: Hon. Theodore Unosc-vrlt, President of Stalra. Sir--fun-nil I.

Wright lius, nn doubt, rcpm-tcil to you the delivery of your message In me last Monday and my statement tn him a 1 should tnke ynur sugst-sUoa under iitlvlse- intMit. rtllliungh 1 did not look upon It i favor. Sinre Uliit i I have cimxultvd i our District ('resi- dents, who concur fully in my views-. desire to assure you again that we feel keenly the responsibility of niir position and tin: gravity of the situation, and It give us great pleasure to tnUo action which would bring tills cnal strike to nn end In a aiauai-r a would safe- guard interests of our constitu- ents. In proposing tliilt tliere lie nn Immediate resumption of cnal mining upon tin; i i we suggested In the conference at the i Honso we believed that xve hud gone more than a a nnd had met your wishes.

It is nnm'cessary In this let- ter to refer to the malicious assault made Upon us in the response of the conl feel conlident that yon must hart? hoen Impressed with the fairness of nur proposition nnd the Insincerity of those who maligned ns. Having In i onr ricnee i tiro coal operators In tlie pnsl. wp have reason to forl any degree Of continence in i wiljinnness to do 113 justice In the ami Inas- much us they have refused to accept the decision of i a selected by you, anil Inasmuch as there is no lau- through which yon 1 the Ihulinss of the commission yon stig- geet, we reHpi'ctrnlly decline to ad- vise our people to return to work ply upon the hone a the coal ope- rators inlghL induced or forced to comply with the reeonmiendatious of your commission. As stalfd above, wo believe a we went more a lialfwar In our proposal Washing- ton, nud we do not feel that we should, he nsked to muko sac- riiii-e. We appreciate yonr solicitude for the people of our country who nre now and will be to great sntT'Tlng and inconvenience by a prolongation of the eonl strike, and we feel a the oniw of i terrible, suite of affairs should placed upon the side has refused to defer to fair and I a i a Investigation.

Up to Congress. A cabinet minister In disousHing the matter i a Washington correspon- dent said the President had decided to carry the situation in tlie coal fields to Congress regardless of whether the strike was settled before winter set in. Ho feels that so long as there is no legisla- tion to cover such conditions tiio country is in great danger uf serious internal trou- bles and that this very possibility is a menace to the peace and prosperity of the nation. His message to Congress will urge legislation with view- jo pre- venting trouble of this kind. With this idea i'l mind, it is said, the President lias decided to appoint the com- mission which lie promised President Mitchell he would in Ihe.event that; Mich- ell sent the miners back to work and that this commission will make a study of conditions in tlie coal region and as- sist him in his recommendations to Con- gress.

It is reported a Labor uiissioncr Carroll I. Wright will head this commission, while the other mem- bers will be well-known economists. COAL BARONS IN DANGER. Samuel SiiyH Tbey Havo Keucheil the Limit. Samuel Gompers.

pr-sident of tha American Federation of Labor, made a Dt speech the other night at IVmisyl- vania avenue and Seventh i Washington. He said a "as tha veterans of i a Army, who had just marched along tbe avenue, a thirty-eight years ago foiiglit for American frt'O- dAm, Hb- i-rlv and American SAML'KI, dOMl'KKS. I tI 1) so" the striking miners in Pennsylvania fighting for the same things." The strug- gling miners, he said, would i and it would be a victory more than only the direct of strikers themselves. Mr. Gomp'-rs warned the coal mine operators not to go far.

lor they bad now reached the i i ami must stop, for there was danger in store fi-r every one of them. About five hundred people list- ened to the speech. At close a wvre passed arouud and was Tor tbe strikers. One i iu a S10 hill. Henrik Sieukiewiez, the Polish auJljor, in a public letter at Berlin advises il.o Prussian Poles not to allow themselves to be driven into extreme acis or words through the anti-Polish agitation..