All litre —
And All Clean
EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 109.
ANOTHER CABINET
FORMED IN
PORTUGAL
ONLY THREE MEMBERS OF THAT
SELECTED MONDAY REMAIN
ADMIRAL DO AMARAL STILL AT
THE HEAD.
LISBON. Feb. 4.—The new minis
try chosen yesterday has undergone
an almost complete change, only three
of Its members being in the cabinet
as announced today. These members
are: Rear Admiral Francisco Joaquin
Ferreira do Amaral, who becomes min
ister of the interior/and will continue
as premier; Jose Mathias Nunez, min
ister of war, and Dr. Wenceslao de
Pereira de Lima, minister of foreign
affairs.
Other cabinet positions are filled as
fotlowa: Manuel Antonio Morelra. Jr.,
finance; Arthur Alberto de Campos
HenHquez, justice and worship; Vice
Admiral Augusto de Catlllo, marine
and colonies; Count of Dertlando.-*,
public works, Industry and commerce.
King Manuel is rapidly recovering
from the efTocts of wounds received
when his father and brother were
killed.
The funerais of the late king and
crown prince will take place at 10 a.
m. Feb. 8 at the Royal Pantheon of
St. Vincent de Lisbon.
LONDON. Feb. 4.—lt is learned that
King Carlos, of Portugal, carried a life
Insurance policy for s£oo,ooo in one ot
the old line British companies.
MADRID, Feb. 4.—With his almost
despotic power broken by the firm
hand of Queen Amelie, who, through
the new king of Portugal, Manuel 11.,
forced his retirement, former Dictator
Franco Is today seeking to flee the
country, where his policies of re
pression cost the lives of its king
and crown prince. Marked for death
<Cm»tlu.i«d »»■ KMfft»
BOY IS MAIMED BY
PRIEST'S AUTO;
ASKSSM.III
PR. FRANCIS GZELLA, DEFEND
ANT IN DAMAGE 9U»T BROUGHT
BY PAUL ZOLTOWSKI. 15-YEAR
OLD PARISHIONER OF CLERIC.
Rev. Fr. Francis Gzella is defend
ant in a suit for damages which be
gan in Justice Mandell’s couri Tues
day morning. The plaint iff in the
case is Paul Zoltowskl, a lad of 13
years, and a parishioner of Fr.
Gzella.
The lad is asking for SIO,OOO, al
leging that he was run over by the
priest’s automobile and permanently
injured. The accident occurred July
l». 1906, near Hastings and Brady-sts.
A merry-go-round was stationed on a
vacant lot at the corner, and the chil
dren of that neighborhood, to the
number of several hundred, had gath
ered. They were playing in the
street when the defendant, who was
showing a party of friends about the
city in his auto, happened along. The
plaintiff alleges that the machine was
traveling at a dangerous speed, but
this the priest denies.
ATTY. GEN. WOULD
-.1 GRAND JURY
LANSING, Mich., Feb. 4 —(Special.)
—While the grand Jury session may
be productive of results in a political
way, no apprehension la being felt at
the capltol. Judge Wieat la relied
upon to keep the investigation out of
partisan, or factional politics.
Deputy Atty.-Gen. Chase said today
that. If called upon, that deiumment
would render the grand jury every as
distance.
Gov. Warner’s friends think the ef
fect of the grand Jury will be ..whole
some In clearing up the situation sur
rounding the state treasury and plac
ing the blame for the tying up of the
(date's money.
Miss Erkins Denies
She Will Become the
Duchess of Ahruzzi
NEW YORK. Feb. 4. —According to
reports which are said to come from
friends of the prospective bride, Miss
Katherine Elkins, daughter of Sena
tor Elkins, of West Virginia, and
granddaughter of Henry Gassaway Da
vis, is engaged to marry the Duke of
Abruzxl. The duke of Abmzzl is noted
tor his Arctic explorations and his
Data of mountain climbing. He was
while in this country by
the Elkins family in Washington and
at the time was said to be much at
tracted by Miss Elkins.
Miss Elkins, however, denies the
rumor which connects her name wlih
that of the duke and states that she
has no intention of becoming an ItaJ
tan duchess. She also said that she
bad no knowledge of any intention of
the duke to visit this country In the
rear future.
1C your system Is all shipwrecked
from ovsrwork, the compsss that wttt
save It Is Ktroh’s Malt Kttrart Phone
Mstn SIS for a doitn bottle*. Also at
druggists.
. Ouk sn4 Ma»l* Floor!Reafrtrk.
gteiroif tfrimjes
TO CONFIRM SINK
IF HE PASSES
EXAM '
ALDERMEN WONT HOLD UP AP
POINTMENT OF BOILER INSPEC
TOR IF EXPERTS REPORT SAT
ISFACTORILY ON HIS “QUIZ.’
Mayor Thompson Is only awaiting a
favorable report from the committee
which examined Charles A. Sink, Mon
day night, before sending a message
to the council asking for confirmation
of Sinks appointment us boiler in
spector. Thore Is a disposition among
the aldermen to confirm the appoint
ment, if the report shows that Sink is
a capable man.
•1 endeavored first to have Sink
examined by J. H. Galwey, United
States Inspector of boilers, who ex
amines the marine* engineers.” ex
plains the mayor. "I was willing to
have a competitive examination. But
that was impossible, as Mr. Galwey
could not undertake the Job. There
fore. 1 secured the !>oard that met
Monday night, Including two men who
had signed the petition protesting
against Sinks appointment. 1 was
never opposed to a civil service ex
amination, but it is all rot to talk
about civil service when there
Is no machinery to curry out an ex
animation decently and honestly. At
the last examination, all the com
petitors were dissaatisfled except the
man who got the appointment.”
The iwo members of the board
named as having been against Sink
arc C. A. Ellis and H. Sparhmann. It
is said that petitions are being circu
lated among the Germans of the city
asking the aldermen to confirm
Sink's appointment.
Members of the examining board
were; F. S. Van Tuyle, mechanical
engineer; C. A. Ellis and C. J. Rose, of
the National Association of Stationary
Engineers, and H* Spachmann, en
glneer, Charles E. Davey. engineer of
the federal building, ami Charles Gel
haar, president Os the l)etroit Federa
tion of Labor, and of Isical No. 5 of
the International Union of Steam En
gineers, refused n> act on th«* board.
D. P. W. ASKS MANY
SAIAJYJOOSTS
PROPOSED THAT CLERKS . AND
STENOGRAPHERS BE GIVEN
INCREASES.
Many increases in salary for the
clerks of the department of public
works are asked by Commissioner
Haarer in his annual estimates. - He
would ixjost ihe salaries of Chief Clerk
Mur pit y T - —lioy—and Sups.
Cathey, Bunnell and Aldrich to SI,BOO
each, the increases running from S3OO
to SOOO. An assistant bookkeeper at
$1,500 is asked, and a second assistant
at $1,200. there having been such in
creases in the office work as to re
quire new help. The stenographer
and minor cierks are mostly iu fm
small boosts. In the city engineer’s
office anew engineer on grade separa
tion at SI,BOO is asked for. ,
The street cleaning fund is $75,000
larger this year. For white wings,
$54,000 is asked; for flushing pave
ments, $26,000; for sweeping streets,
$15,000. and for removing snow and
ice, $5,000. The sum of $19,000 Is ask
ed for new bridges in Fairview, and
$14,000 for bridge repairs in the city.
For sidewalks. $68,839 is asked. Ap
propriations totaling $2,450 are asked
for fitting up anew storage yard on
the old reservoir site.
Two more scrub women are asked
lor In the city hall. For Ihe mainten
ance of the new public bathhouse. $4,-
279 will be required.
The total I). P. W. estimate Is $2,-
2W.566.50.
THOS. CUMMINGS
' HEIDJOR TRIAL
Tboinns G. Cummings, recently
brought from Chicago to answer a
charge of embezzling from the Mich
igan Drug Cos., while a bookkeeper
for the company, was held to the re
corder’s court for trial by Justice
Stein. Tuesday. Ball was fixed at
Ji.OOO with one surety. Even If It is
furnished, however, CummJLngs will bq
held on an attachment by' the circuit
court for the present, at least. The
attachment grows out of Cummings'
first wife’s divorce suit.
Transvaal Boycotts Asiatica.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,
Feb. 4. —As the result of the anti-
Asiatic agitation in the Transvaal, a
movement was put on foot today at a
well-attended meeting for the boycot
ting of all employers of Asiatic labor
ers and of Asiatic traders. The move
ment will be extended throughout the
colony. ,
Electrocute Negro Murderer.
TRENTON. N. J., Feb. 4.—As the
sequel to a murder due to a quarrel
over s debt of 10 cents, Oe<l Stewart,
a Negro, was put to death In the elec
tric chair in the state prison today.
Stewart slabbed John Snell, s clalr
voyant. in the connty jail at Camden,
where both men were held for minor
offenses on Nov. 29 last.
Receiver for Lumber Firm.
Daniel Wells, who was trustee of
the firm of Flanner (k Reeves, lumber
dealers, has been appointed receiver by
the referee in bankruptcy. Wells is
connected with the White Pine Lum
ber Cos., one of the petitioning credit
ors.
MRS. EDD Y AT LEAST HAS SOME
, LIBERTY IN HER FINE NEW HOME
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FUNERAL MASS IS
HALTED BY CRY
| bTfire —
FLAMES BREAK OUT IN HOME
SOON AFTER BODY IS REMOV
ED AND WORD IS HURRIED TO
CHURCH NEAR BY.
Lighted tapers that burned around
the casket of John Wartowsky, ageu
16, are believed to have been the
cause for the fire that practically do
stroyed the home of his father J«vseoh
; Wartowsky, No. 34 Winter st„ Tues
day morning, while the family were
in St. Albertus’ church attending the
'funeral of the yonlh.
The funeral of young Wartowsky,
who died Friday, was held from ihc
! home at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning Lo
! the church, which Is just around the
f carat 1 r from the house. —The—family
lived upstairs and It is believed that
when the lighted candies were being
extinguished, the blaze caught on the
woodwork and smoldered until after
the remains had been taken out.' .
Funeral services were about to be
gin. when -a neighbor hurried into the
1 church and informed Wartowsky that
his home was on fire. The man rushed
from the church. He had sllO con
cealed iu various places 'about the
rooms and was anxious to save ihis,
as well as bis household goods. Tin
news cf the fire spread through the
big congregation that had assembled,
as well as to the priest, who was about
to begin mass and all rushed to the
fin*. Wartowsky tji <el tin* mom .
which had been hidden, part of it In a
box under the bod, S3O in a closet
drawer and S4O in the kitchen cup
board.
The five department soon put out
the blaze and the funeral party return
ed to the church, where the services
were continued. The damage to the
house is said to be about S3OO.
WILL BUCK THE
SMELTER TRUST
DENVER, Feb. 4. —Mine operators
are planning to establish smelters in
dependent of the trust. The move
ment has been indorsed by the Amer
ican Mining congress as the only solu
tion of the high rates exacted by the
combine.
Increase in Marriage
Licenses Indicates
Returning Prosperity
Twenty marriage licenses were Is
sued in the county cleik’a office Mon
day. This number is far in excess of
the number issued in one day glnce
the financial flurry caused a closing
down of a number of factories In the
city, and is taken as an indication that
times are improving and work is more
plentiful.
Previous to tU* coming of hard
times, 30, 40 and sometimes 50 licenses
were issued ,dally, Cut during the last
three months in 1907 and during Jan
nary of this year never more than a
dozen licenses were issued in a day,
9nd often only three or four.
While n license was being made out
for one young man, Monday, he was
complaining of hard times, and Wal
ter Maiotte. issuer of married licenses,
observed thai It a bad time to get
married. .
“Oh, well, 1 haven’t anything to do
Just now, and i thought 1 might as
well take advantage ol the lull and
get marrirtd when I wouldn’t have to
lose any time." replied the prospective
ffoOfU, wild was evideutJv a thrifty
young man.
talk (b»*» •» HnlrMi’t.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1908.
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It It denied that Mrs. Mary Baker G.'Eddy fa a prisoner in her new noDfl
In Brookline, Maae., which la ahown In the picture at the top. Mra. Ed
dy takee a drive regularly when the weather permita, and in the pic
ture her carriage la aeen as It la juat leaving the premises. The lower
picture ahowa the entrance to grounda of Mra. Eddy’s new home. The
figure to the right la the Rev. I. C. Tomlinaon.
TOLEDO ICE TRUST
MEN SENTENCED
TO Jill
TWO OF THE TRIO PERSONAL
FRIENDS OF JUDGE KINCADE—
WILL ACCEPT THE DECISION AS
FTNAL.
TOLEDO, 0.. Feb. 4.— (Special.)
Judge R. R. Kincade, In common pleaa
court, today reaentenced R. C. Lemon
and R. A. Beard, of Hygea Ice Cos. and
Joseph A. Miller, of the Toledo Ice &
Coal Cos., the principals in the cele
brated Toledo *Tce trust” cases, to
six months in the county jail each and
to pay the costs of the case.
Nearly two years ago the Icemen
were sentenced by Kincade to sir
months in the workhouse and to pay
fines of $2,500 each. The Ohio su
preme court last week remanded the
cases back for resentenee. It was
ruled that the court had no power to
place them In "the works,” the infei
ence being that the county JnII was
the proper place.
“Ice trust” lawyers made a plea for
the mercy of the court* but Judge Kin
cade said the people had (o be pro
tected against combines and the men
must serve their sentences.
The icemen will accept the sen
tences as final and Immediately start
serving them. The convicted men are
emong Toledo’s most prominent busi
ness men. and the affair has created .1
decided sensation. Two of the con
victed men were close personal friends
of Judge Kincade.
ALBERT R, NOWLEN DIES.
BENTON HARBOR. Mich., Feb. 4.
(Special.!—Albert R. Nowlen, aged 70,
a wealthy resident of this place, died
this morning at his home. He Is sur
vived by two children.
LETTER TAKES 53
YEARS IN DELIVERY
NEW YORK. Feb. 4.—Mr*.
Elizabeth Ntchol*, 14 Fultomat.,
Newark. N. .1., railed at the post
office of that rlty and received
a letter which took 63 year* to
come from New Orleans to New
ark. Vlra. Nichols explained
that her maiden name was KU*r
oeih Garth waite, the same that
oppeared on the envelope. The
writer was Miss Fannie Brittln,
a cousin of Mrs. Nichols, who
now lire* In El Paso. Ter. Bha
could offer no flue to solve the
mystery of the letter’s Journey
of more a century.
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RAGOEBTT TRIAL
BEFIMPHEIIIN
The case of Avery Haggerty, charg
ed with the murder of his step-father,
Edmund H. Maegdefrau, was taken
up by Judge Phelan Tuesday morning,
with Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Percy Grose respresenting the people.
It Is expected that a jury will be se
cured during the afternoon and the
taking of testimony will begin at
once. The outlook Is for a brief trial.
Huggerty admits the. shooting, but de,-
clares he acted In self-defense. The
trial of Percy Bowln, slayer of Mrs.
Cornelia Welch, will follow the Hng
gerty trial.
FRENCH KILL
10,11 MOORS
LONDON, Feb. 4. —A special from
Tangier says In a battle between
Fiench troops and tribesmen. 10.000
Moors were killed.
, The number of Frenchmen and of
ficer* dead is given at 100. The bat
tle occurred at Settnt, one of the
Moorish strongholds.
LIGHTING BOARD
ASKS FOR MACHINERY
In the estimates sent In Monday by
the public lighting commission, that
body asks for anew 2,000 kilowatt
unit to cost $04,000, to bring the ra
pacity of the plant up to the demands.
The building of anew concrete dock
at the foot of Bates-st. Is also asked
for. The total estimates are s4ll.
342.01. less SIO,OOO estimated receipts.
MOLLASKA FREED
ON PERJURY CHARGE
On motion of Attorney* 0 Wick?* and
Monaghan, for the defense, Judge Pho
, lan. Tuesday, dismissed the case
! against Contractor Henry Mollaska.
‘charged with perjury In connection
! with certain building operations. The
I court held that the sworn statement
by Malloskn. on which the prosecution
was hosed, was not drafted In con
formity with the statute, and • Mai
, loska, therefore, profited by his ow n
! mistake.
Siwa Held for Trial,
j Albert Hlwa, charged with practlc
i Ing medicine without a license, was
held to the recorder’s court for trial
• In S6OO hall by JuMle# Jeffries Tnes
I day morning. Blwa was arrested at
j the Instance of Coroner Parker follow
j Ing the death of a Polish woman
1 whom 81wa attended.
-
f J.*W Htghl Tin**
I Prtnttns it Jehf* R -st Phona lift,
LOOKS LIKE RETURN
TO DIVIDENDS
BTD.UJ.
BONO ISSUE OF $780,000 AUTHOR
IZED TO PAY FOR BETTER
MENTB. LEAVING EARNINGS
FOR DISTRIBUTION
What looks like a reversal of the
previous policy of the D. U. R. man
agement in paying for betterments ouT
of earnings was decided on in the an
nual meeting. Tuesday morning.
The stockholders voted to issue
$750,000 of bonds to pay for Improve
ments made lust year. It has been
rtated that it would uot be feasible to
issue bonds at this time on account of
the state of the money market, never
theless, the. bonds will be Issued.
Stockholders of the company, nota
bly the Montreal shareholders, hate
desired that betterments be paid for
out of boud Issues and dividends paid
out of net earnings.
‘The matter of dividends was not
mentioned." stated F. W. Brooks, in
response to questions, after the meet
ings. “We shall declare a dlvideud ;f
we earn It."
The action of the mock holders ap
pears to Indicate a return to the pay
ment of dividends. The proceeds of
the bond Ibsuc will pay for better
ments, leuvlng the net earnings to
draw upon for dividends.
All the officers were re-elected. The
list Is a follows:
H. A. Everett, chairman of the
board, Cleveland, O.; J. C. Hutchins,
president, Detroit, Mich.; Arthur
Pac)(, vice president, Detroit, Mich.;
Geo. H. Russel, treasurer. Delroli,
Mich.; Edwin Henderson, secretary,
New York; A. E. Peters, assistant sec
retary, Detroit, Mich.; E. W. Moore,
second vice president, Cleveland; .T.
W. Brooks, general manager, Detroit.
—There were two —changes—tm—the-
hoard of directors. Chas. M. Swift, of
Detroit and J. M. Wilson, of Montreal,
suceedlng H. S. Holt, of Montreal, and
C. W. Wason, of Cleveland. Wilson
and J. H. Ferguson represented the
Montreal stockholders. The directors
In additions to the officers and the new
members are R. B. Van Cortlandt and
Alonzo Potter, of New York, neither
of whom was at the meeting. No con
flict of opinion of any Bort. came up
during the meeting.
The financial condition of the D. U.
R. system Is summarised In the fol
lowing tabulation:
„ 1»0*. ISO 7.
Gross earn
lip.r MLMS.IIS 64 t?.o7t.><lS 14
Opemtlng ex
panses. Ih
cl u and 1 n a
taxes 3.71*.Ml 54 4.466.043 R 4
Net earnings
from oper
ation 92,344.561 00 92,608.201 72
Income from
other sources 68.767 73 60,305 £6
Grots income
Ing e x
pensew ... .{3.408.118 78 $2,668,706 07
DEDUCTIONS.
Interest on Funded and Floating Debt:
1906. 1907.
Dot. Utd. Ry. 8 8H8.806 72 $1,106,548 «1«
Rapid Ry. Sys 185.060 00 135.030 00
VV. & A... 18.000 00 18.000 00
L) .* M. & Tol.
Short I* Ry. 101,416 66 121.700 00
D.. Jack. AC. . i 172.950 oo
$1,243,273 38 $1,654,218 66
Dividends, D.
Utd. Ry $ 625,000 00 $ 343,750 0')
Charged off
for depreci
ation 260,000 00 276,000 CO
Total deduc
tions $2,118,273 38 $2,173,998 65
v- ■ ■■■■■■■
Surplus 1 n
- ~....$ 285.046 36 $ 494,708 32
During the year the D. U. R. car
ried 115,259,177 revenue passengers,
20,096,350 transfer passengers, and 4,-
782,888 employes’ tickets were used.
This makes a total of 156.138.415 pas
sengers for the year. The entire sys
tern carried 168,580,707 passengers, of
which 126,001,940 were revenue pas
sengers.
There was expended in betterments
on the D. U. R. lines alone $1,025,-
912.28, while $480,000 was spent on
other lines, In addition to the pur
chase of the Detroit, Ypsllanti, Ann
Arbor & Jackson railway for sl,-
230,000.
EQUALIZATION BOARD
PLAN IS ADOPTED
LANSING, Mich., Feb. 4.—<Speclal.)
—The state board of equalization,
composed of the governor, attorney
general, auditor-general, land commis
sioner and three tax commissioners,
was adopted by the con-con In commlt
te< of the whole.
The proposal putting private bank
ing under state supervision Is tinder
fire and likely to bo adopted this af
ternoon.
Ingram moved for reconsideration
6f the county accountant measure.
cortelyoiTnames the
BANKS FOR CANAL BONDS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 Secretary
of the Trousury Cortelyou today
transmitted to the senate a list of
the national banks to which Panama
bonds awarded.
At the close of the morning session
the senate took up the urgent defici
ency bill, : \
'Mother Black Hand Bomb.
KRW YORK. Feb. 4.—Because of a
failure to receive a large gum of
money which had been demanded In
several letters, members of the Black
tfttnd early today exploded a bomb In
the hallway of a six-story tenement at
4IS Rust Twelfth-at. The explosion
cracked the walls, blew In doors and
caused great alarm among 200 occu
pant* Many were slightly Injured,
, -i J
Suppressed Divora* Case*
Suppressed suits for divorce were
fllcd Tuesday morning by Hattie vs.
Alexander Drulllard, Marian vs Karl
Leavitt, Hattte \a. William fßckairiL
and Ada va. Harry Q. Brownell
LAST
EDITION
ONE CENT
FRANK J. EIGHT IS
FOUND DEAD
IN_BED
WELL-KNOWN BUBINESB MAN
AND POLITICIAN IS VICTIM OP
HEART TROUBLE—SERVED TWO
TERMS IN COUNCIL.
Frank J. IJcht, the well-known tail
or and clothing merchant with a place
of business at No. 175 Michigan are.,
was found dead in bed shortly before
9 o'clock Tuesday morning in bU
home. No. 311 Warren-ave. west.
Mr. Llcht had not been in very
good health for the last year, spend
ing a portion of last year in Florida,
| but on Monday felt as well as usual
when he came home from downtown.
He retired at the usual time, but when *
jthe famtlv went to call him Tuesday
nma Bwjfc tUUM .
FRANK J. LICHT.
morning he was dead. Heart disease
Is believed to be the cause of death.
Mr. Llcht was born in Monroe, Mich.,
48 years ago, but came to Detroit a
number of years ago and has been
prominent in business, political and
social circles. He was a Democrat and.
served as alderman from the Sixth
ward. He was a member of tho
Knights of Columbus. Knights of St
John, C. M. B. A., the Maccabees, the
Woodmen, National Union, and was
one of the trustees of Hoijr Rosary
church.
Besides his wife, he is survived by
four daughters, the Misses Sylvia, Ar
villa, Corinne and Margaret. ‘‘Tony,’*
Henry and Cornelius Licht, of Detroit,
and William Llcht, of Newberry,
Mich., are brothers, and his mother
and four sisters live in Monroe. His
death comes as a great shock, not
only to his family, but to a host of
friends In the city.
wiLiimrusT
ON T. R. MESSAGE
tr
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.—ln th«
house today, John Sharp Williams, in
a speech, denounced the president's
message as looking toward centralisa
tion and an unwarranted and undue
increase of federal power.
Find Pretty Baby
Boy on Doorstep
And Will Keep Him
There is anew baby in the home at
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sullivan. No. 418
Ashsu., and although the little strang
er was not left by the stork, he is
none the less welcome, and la already
a member of the family.
Last Thursday night, while the
members of the family were retiring,
a knock was heard at the front door.
Miss Molly, aged 10, was the only
one of the family ready to receive
company, and she opened the door,
but there was no one there. She spied
a large basket on the step, which she
carried into the house. Gingerly she
Hfted the corner of the cloth with
which the basket wish covered, and
then almost fainted. Lying in the
basket was the cutest and chubbleat
little baby boy she bad ever seen.
Grace, aged 13, was the first to answer
Mollie’s call, and the two girls had
made up their minds !o keep the baby
almost before their parents had seen
the youngster. In th«» basket was a
note, written in a feminine hand, ex
plaining that the babe was three
weeks old and his name was Joseph.
The note was unsigned, and there was
nothing to trace the parentage of the
child. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan have de
cided to keep the child, and have re
named him Vincent.
PENSION BILL NOW
CARRIES $150,868,000
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—The pen
sion bill as reported carries $150.-
868,000.
THE WEATHBR.
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