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VOL. XXVII
OWOSSO, MICHIGAN, JUNE 23, 1905.
NO. 14
DETROIT"
VAPOR STOVES
Are the Best in the World.
The Oliver Typewriter
THE STANDARD VISIBLE TYPEWRITER.
ITS RECORD HAS NEVER BEEN EQUALED.
Art CatalQgue Free,
. Fred Frieseke' New Picture.
That Frederick C. Frieseke, the
Owosso artist who has been studying
in Parig the past few years, is making a
success is evidenced by the fact that
last Sunday's Detroit Free Press devot
ed a page in tint to a writeup of Mr.
Frieseke, a portrait of the artist, and a
sketch of his latest picture," Before the
Mirror." Following is part of the
writeup which accompanied the pic
tures: Americans in Paris, particularly ar
tists, are proud just now of their fel-'
low countryman, r reaencit arr
Frieseke, whose work is taking the art
centres of that city of art by storm.
"Before the Mirror," now being ex
hibited at the Luxembourg Gallery, is
considered one of the best that has been
shown in recent years.
" Another canvas, "A Woman Sew
ing," by Mr. Frieseke, has just been
purchased by the Italian government
for its gallery in Venice.
' "Before the Mirror" was first exhib
ited in the Paris Salon, and because of
its exceptional merit was secured by
the French government for the Luxem
bourg collection.
This is an honor that falls to few ar
tuta of other than French origin. In
making the purchase the officials of the
Luxembourg Gallery added a sincere
appreciation of Mr. Frieseke, whose
nnoaress. they stated, they have fol
lowed with more than passing inter
est. Mr. Frieseke is one of the many
American boys who, with no other
capital than genius and determina
tion, have gone to Taris and battled
their way to the foremost rank in art.'
His fame springs largely from his
idealic conceptions of the female face
and form; yet even in this ' work he is
not guided entirety by the old mas
ters. It is his purpose to strike a hap
py medium between the draftsman
ship of the past and the impressionist
ideas of today, while leaning, possibly,
more toward the latter.
Burner entirely
different from
all others and
Simplicity itself.
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SOLD AT-
IRA G.
GURRY'S
Hardware,
DWOSSO,
MIGH.
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1 68 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111.
Cut The Rye Out.
The present is a favorable time to
cut the growing rye out of wheat, as
the rye is now much taller than the
wheat and easily cut out. Farmers
like to get top prices for their wheat
and millers had much rather pay top
prices for good wheat than buy rye
mixture at a discount. Even a little
rye injures wheat for milling purposes,
and a considerable percentage of it
spoils it entirely for flour making and
renders it fit only for feed.
Common Council.
At the meeting of the common coun
cil on Monday evening, the police com
mittee was directed to secure offices
for Municipal Justice McCaughna, who
will take his new position July 4.
Aid. Lamb presented a resolution re
questing the board of public works to
install at the water works two new 150
horse power boilers and a new pump,
which would raise 3,000,000 gallons of
water every 21 hours, By a vote of 0
to 3 the resolution was put on the table.
The Saginaw short line electric fran
chise was also tabled.
The water works extensions in the
various wards which the council has
been endeavoring to pass for some time,
finally went through, only Lamfrom
voting no.
Because of the fact that the special
assessment roll of the Oliver street sew
er had not been properly prepared dia
gram plats had not been filed the
work of reviewing it has gone over to
July 10.
The council oidered West Mason
street, between Washington and Water
streets, to be graveled. Nicholas John-,
son was gived the contract, at $3 per
week, for mowing Fayette Square.
The bid of Robert Smith at 814 per
week for the sprinkling of the third dis
trict, Main, Exchange, Water and Wil
liams streets, was accepted, and a con
tract will be made.
Mrs. Ella E. Williams, clarivoyant
palmist, stopping at 210 East Main
street at Mrs, Wortenburg's.
THE STEWART EXAMINATION.
Considerable Progress Made In the
Bankruptcy Case This Week.
The inquiry into the petition in bank
ruptcy of the banking house of M. L.
Stewart & Co. before Referee in Bank
ruptcy Lee Joslyn, of Bay City, began
Monday morning at the armory. There
were about 800 creditors present. Mr.
Joslyn brought two stenographers; J.
V. Oxtoby, Mr. Stewart's attorney, and
Sec'y Ralph Stone, of the Detroit Trust
Co., were also present.
Referee in Bankruptcy Lee Joslyn
called the meeting to order and spoke as
follows:
"This is a meeting of creditors called
to transact business which the creditors
must do. The principal business will
be the selection of a trustee, who will
turn the property into cash and pay it
to you as soon as possible.
"No one but creditors can take any
part in selecting this trustee. The
creditors have a right at this time to ex
amine the bankrupt; any lawyer can
ask questions as a creditor or a repre
sentative of creditors. As soon as the
checks can be drawn a dividend of pos
sibly 15 or 20 per cent undoubtedly the
latter figure will be paid the 1400 or
1500 creditors who have proven their
claims. These checks will be given out
in ten days or two weeks. Now, who
will you have for trustee?"
Rev. C. H. Uanks nominated the De
troit Trust Company, and there were
several seconds, and the Trust Co. was
unanimously chosen trustee.
In the afternoon, all the accounts
were read, and Sec'y Stone presented
the following report:
Cash collected by Detroit
Trust Company, receiver,
to June 17th, 1905 $ 91,429 74
Cash on deposit Commer
cial National Bank, De
troit, held as collateral 13,863 43
$105,293 17
Total liabilities $588,707 38
Less secured claims, not
entitled to dividends un
til collateral is exhausted. . . . 50,000 00
$538,707 38
Or about 1540,000 00
20 per cent of $540,000. . .$103,009 00
Cash collected by Receiver
to and including June 17,
1905 $ 91,429 74
Cash collected upon col
lateral to secured claims 25,062 97
Total collected $117,092 71
Cash at Commercial Na
tional Bank, Detroit. 13,803 43
Assets converted into cash. . .$130,956 14
The net profits and losses of the bank
for a period of nineteen years is given
below. Out of these profits, two, and
sometimes three families had to live,
which left a very small margin to be
put to the stock account:
Profits.
Apr. 22, '80, to Apr. 22, '87....$ 4134 19
Apr. 23, '87, to Apr. 21. '88.... 10383 18
Apr, 21, '88, to Jan.: 5, '89 3760 71
Jan. 6, '89, to Dec. 31, '89 6173 56
1890 3813 00
1891 5104 34
1892..... 5937 69
1893 3737 69
1894 6740 95
1S95 4248 25
1896 5536 61
1897 1556 00
1898 825 44
1899 3022 79
1900 7437 81
' Losses.
1901 $2595 45
1902 $7077 56
1903 5063 00
1904..... $6446 64
Part of the assets of the Stewart
bank is real estate in the name of C. D.
Stewart, valued at $45,000. Mrs. Stew
art has an expectancy of life of five
years more than her husband and the
law gives her, for that period, a dower
interest of one-third in this real estate,
which figures up to $1,800 or $2,000.
Mrs. Stewart will claim her dower in
terest, and will receive her equity in
each piece of real estate as it is sold. It
is stated that some of the creditors will
oppose this claim, insisting that " the
property rightfully belongs to the cred
itors.
The examination of Charles D. Stew
art by his attorney, Mr. Oxtoby, began
Monday afternoon and continued until
adjournment was taken Wednesday
afternoon, until July 6th. Mr. Stew
art went into the history of the bank
from the start, covering its business
transactions in a very minute and thor
ough way, His testimony showed that
the bank began business with a very
small capital and that while a good busi
ness had always been done, still 1 the
profits were not large owing to so many
losses and some unfortunate invest
ments. Mr.'Stewart's evident desire to
give the creditors all possible informa
tion of value or interest was plainly
manifest to everyone who has attended
the hearing. Owing to the fact that
space would not permit the publication
of Mr. Stewart's testimony in full and
to the fact that it would be impossible
to make a satisfactory condensed state
ment we have thought it best not to
attempt any report.
When the hearing is resumed Mr.
Stewart will complete his testimony
and then he will be questioned by At
torney Geo. E. Pardee, who has been
named to represent the creditors. After
he is through other attorneys and pos
sibly some of the creditors will question
Mr, Stewart.
Mr. Stewart regrets exceedingly that
more of the creditors of the bank have
not been present at the hearing so that
all may have a full understanding of all
the conditions leading up to the failure.
Camping at Day's Lake.
Gen'l Secretary Harter, of the Y. M.
C. A., Frank Baker and John Evans
are in charge of a party of Owosso boys
who are spending the week in camp at
Day's Lake, Linden.
The party consists of Mark Watson,
Charles Mehlenbacher, Albert Chap
man, Harold Lyon, Frederick Gould,
Gilbert Loring, Louis Hamper, James
Edwards, Eugene Bigelow, Morrell
Bentley, Clare Bullard, Charles Mc
intosh. Richard Starr, William O.
Grant, Evelyn Sherman, Benj. Essig,
George Osborn, Enos Norris, William
Bell, Allen Pitts, Clinton Holman,
Archibald Robertson, Carl Welte,
William Grant and Roy Kline.
City Schools.
On Tuesday, September 5, the usual
entrance examinations for high school
will be held. The same will be in
charge of Mr. van den Berg, principal
of the high school, and will be held in
room 15.
This examination is for any one wish
ing to enter any of the classes of the
high school and who does not have the
proper entrance credits or papers.
Any pupil who failed on eighth grade
work can have another chance in this
examination. Pupils who were in
eighth grade and wish to review and
prepare for this examination, will be
loaned a set of books by calling upon
Niles Wiggins at Central school.
J. W. Simmons, Supt.
June 21, 1905.
Rev. C. H. Hanks to Remain.
Last week The Times commented on
the call which the Congregationalists of
Calumet, liad extended to Rev. C. II.
Hanks, of this city.
This week it has a still more pleasant
comment to make on the same matter,
and that is to the effect that after giv
ing it a careful consideration Mr. Hanks
has decided to remain with his Owosso
congregation. The announcement was
made by him at the close of the morn-,
ing service Sunday.
I When the statement was made the
feelings of the congregation quickly
overcame any traditional restraint they
may have felt and unmistakable ap
plause was heard from every part of the
church. It was no more than might
have been expected however, from the
general tone of a memorial which had
been read during the service and which
is given herewith. It was read by Mr.
J. C. Shattuck and bore the signatures
of all members of the boards, of deacons
and of trustees as well as those of the
clerks and treasurers of both the church
and the church and society. The me
morial is as follows:
A MEMORIAL.
We tbe members of the official boards of the
First Congregational church of Owosso, Michi
gan, desire to present to the church for Its con
sideration and action a memorial, reciting the
high regard and personal esteem we have for
our pastor, Rev. Carlos H. Hanks, and recogniz
ing the va lue of his labors with us.
For more than six years he has labored
earnestly, faithfully and most effectively. Ills
services In the pulpit and his pastoral relations
have been equally acceptable, and conducive
to the well being and success not only of the
church, but of moral and clvlo rlghteoussnets
In the community.
Over and above our veneration for him as a
minister Is our admiration for him as a man,
who enters Into tbe ever? day life of his people
and sympathizes with them in all their Inter
ests, rejoicing with those who rejoice and
weeping.wlth those who weep.
Statistics are not needed to demonstrate the
success of this church under his pastorate.
Suffice It to say that never In tbe history of the
church, In a corresponding period of time, have
the services of the church been attended by
such uniformly large audiences; never before
has there been such a large Increase In tbe
membership of the church; never before have
the congregations so generously contributed to
the support of tbe church and Its benevolences;
never before has there been a greater degree
of harmony and unanimity of feeling and activ
ity among the members, nor a stronger desire
to work together for the common good.
We, the officers of the churoh, therefore, are
desirous of making this ptibllo acknowledge
ment of our affection for the pastor and appre
ciation of his services, and wish to tender him,'
on behalf of the church this memorial, and
with It, express the hope that for many years
to come the present happy relations of pastor
and people may continue, and that otrr work to
gether may be blest In the advancement of the
Kingdom of our Lord and Master on the earth.
Miss Ferry Writes From Geneva,
Switzerland.
Dearest Home People: Here I am in
Geneva at last. I feel as if I was a
good deal nearer home, for it took me
nearly three days to get here, travelling
westward and so toward home all the
time. I sent you a post card from
Munchen, where I spent the first night
and another from Berne where I rested
the second. It was raining hard when
I arrived there, but otherwise I had the
finest of weather. The triD over
"Boden See" was cold and windy how
ever. As I did not leave Berne until
quite late in the morning, I had time
for a nice walk in the fresh air. It did
me good after sitting two days in those
stuffy, smoky, hard seated cars.
The way from Lausanne was grand.
We came around nearly half of Lake
Geneva, and there are ranges on ranges
of snow covered mountains all around.
As I came into Geneva I asked a lady
if she knew whether the Poste Restante
was at the station or the central post
office? Who did she prove to be but
the Secretary of the Young Woman's
Christian Association. So you see I fell
into good hands at once. She told me
about the street cars so that I had no
trouble in finding my "Pension" (board
ing house.) My room is rather small
but delightfully clean and the food is
much better and more varied than I
have been having in a long time. For
instance, for luncheon we have macca
roni with cheese or tomatoes, one kind
of meat, vegetables, potatoes, beans or
spinach, with dessert of fruit and cakes.
I went to the Conservatory as soon as
I could conveniently to see the celebrat
ed violin teacher, Henri Marteau but
only to be told, "He was not to be dis
turbed," but later 1 was called by tele
phone to go to arrange for my lessons.
, Marteau has a charming villa, some
what American inside in its furnish
ings. He was very nice to me, and his
face brightened when I told him- I
wanted to study "interpretation," as if
that was his forte, but alasl (the added
expense) he said I must have an accom
panist in all my lessons. My first
lesson was very satisfactory. He
taught me how to analyze a composition
to grasp the composers idea and to
avoid monotonous playing. He had me
play a t concerto quite through, said I
had good technique and quality of. tone
and many other good points, but that I
played with my instinct rather than my
reason. It is this intellectual study of
music that I hope and expect to gain
from him. My second lesson was not a
success. I had been having continuous
headache, and there were several people
in the room all the time. He walked
the floor, talked with his wife and play
ed with his little boy, all of which made
me very nervous, in fact he did not
seem to pay much attention to what I
was doing anyway. I do feel the
change of climate or else I did not real
ize how worn out I was with my win
ters work.
Mrs. Martean is a dear, sweet thing,
and the little boy is such an affectionate
fellow, he wants to kiss his mamma all
day long. I have had to tell them how
tired I was feeling and they were per
fectly charming to me and bade me take
the best of caro of my health, putting
that before my lessons. It was well
they did for the long cold, wet season
that followed, gave me touches of rheu
matism in my shoulder and wrist which
quite prevented my practicing.
I have taken long walks into the
country, the roads are fine and the
flowers beautiful. They train the Wis
teria over doors and windows, so that
the long pendants of violet colored flow
ers make a lovely framework all around
them. Holly grows here too, it is a
shrub about as tall as a man, has insig
nificant looking flowers, cream colored
with a touch of pink.
I see the poorer class of women here
washing their clothes in huge stone
tanks wihile the cold river waters flow
in at one end and out at the other.
They lay the clothes on stones slabs and
rub them with soap, then rub them in
their handi. Whole parties are wash
ing at the same time and they gossip
merrily over their work, but how they
can endure the cold, cold water I can
not understand.
Geneva is a sleepy, restful place,
quiet almost to a fault. The mountains
surround it ch all sides. "Mont Blanc"
is in plain sight, as well as many other
snow covered peaks but they are so far
away one gets no idea of their actual
height from this place. The river
Rhone is deep and rapid, while the . wa
ter is wondrously clear. The lake of
Geneva is very beautiful and there are
sail boats, steamers and launches in
abundance. There are many beauti
ful parks where I love to watch the
children. They all wear short stock
ings, low shoes, and the girls wear
short sleeved dresses just like the pic
tures of long ago. A tiny bit of a boy
goes by with his fiddle box which Is as
long as he is. He wears a blue ging
ham apron and the short stockings of
course. The swans on the lake are very
amusing. At first I could not make
out what these queer mixtures of
black and white were. Some are pure
white with black necks, and others all
black except the undersides of the
wings. The little ones are a combina
tion of ecru and grey, and paddle
around with one foot tucked under the
wing, looking too funny for anything.
The mothers and babies are caged off,
but when an old gander (I wonder if
they call gentlemen swans, ganders,)
casts an evil eye in their direction the
mother makes a grand assault, half
flying, half walking on the wafcer, with
"blood in her eye." a terrifying object
indeed. Then Mr. Gander quietly turns
away, flips his tail as if to say, "Ever
get left?" and gracefully swims on.
Nearly everybody uses the French
language here. The madame who keeps
this "Pension" speaks neither English
or German, but the servants speak Ger- ,
man and the boarders some of both. A '
German from Munich who is here with
his two aunts, speaks English this way,
he told me the first day he listened to
my practicing, "I have hearing the con- .
cert, he was very pretty," and last
night he said at table, "The German
can speak every language with the ex
ception of them who it does not speak."
How is that? As good as my French
you will say. '
We have many nationalties, a Bul
garian physician came today, and two
men from St. Gallien came last week.
One of them is an overgrown conceit
ed puppy, but the other one is very
much of a gentlemen.
I am sending you a leaf from the Al
pine rose, the petals are long and a
deeper pink than the wild roses of
America, while tbe fragrance is exact
ly like that of the American Beauty.
The girls bring me flowers from the
market sometimes, but these are wild
in the mountains.
I am fiddling every day, now that the
cold rainy season is past my rheuma
tism is all gone, but I find I am too
tired to work much longer, and I can
hardly wait to see all the dear home
faces again. It will not be long now.
Mabel A. Ferry,
Pension Durafour,
Boulevard des Plrilosophs,
Geneva, Switzerland.
Gates-VanDusen.
Miss Maude Gates and Mr. Charles F.
VanDusen, the latter for the last three
years n resident of Calumet, Mich., .
were married Thursday evening, June
15th, at the home of the mother of the
bride, 602 Saginaw street in this city.
The house was prettily decorated
with palms, ferns, and cut flowers, add
ing to the beauty of the scene when the
bridal party took its place for the cere
mony. The wedding march was played
by Mrs. R. O. Cooper. Mr. Mortimer
B. Gates, brother of the bride, gave her
away in response to the query from the
officiating clergyman. Rev. R. O. Coop
er, who read the beautiful and impress
ive Episcopal service. The bride wore
a gown of white Brussels lace and net.
Supper was served after the ceremony
to the guests who numbered about
forty, the greater part of them being
relatives of the contracting parties.
The dining room decorations were pink
roses and smilax.
Both Mr. and Mrs. VanDusen are
among the best known of Owosso young
people, it being still natural to class
Mr. VanDusen as an Owosso young
man In spite of the three years during
which he has been a resident of Calu
met. In the latter city he has for all
except the first few months of his resi
dence there, been employed as the man
ager of an important business house
where he has been very successful and
has had the pleasure of being made to
feel that his services have been thor
oughly appreciated. He has very many
friends in this city who not only con
gratulate him upon his success in a
business way but upon the important
step which he has now taken. Miss
Gates has for a number of years been
one of the most liberal givers of time
and talent to Owosso societies who al
ways appreciated her musical and elo
cutionary ability. She has given a
musical education to many of Owosso's
young people and has always won and
retained the respect and confidence of
both the pupils and parents. She has
always been ready to respond to any
call for assistance at any social, musi-.
cal or literary event in this city, and in
variably to the pleasure of those before
whom she appeared. Calumet will be
a gainer in welcoming Mrs. VanDusen
to her best circles.
Mr. and Mrs. VanDusen haya been
spending this week in the city, having
returned after a short trip, and will
leave in a few days for their home in
Calumet. The best wishes 'of their
Owosso friends will go with them.
Mrs. M. H. Reynolds left Tuesday
evening for an extended visit at Elmira,
N. Y,
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