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The Yale Expositor.
J. A. Mkxziks, Publisher.
YALE,
Mien
It Is said tnat automobiles Have so
cheapened the cost of harvesting
grain In the Immense California fields
that wheat can be raised there at less
actual cost than in the Argentine Re
public. The frequent walks across the Swiss
Italian frontier of girls of a seminary
near Maslianco, says a Rome dispatch,
aroused the suspicious of the customs
officers, who finally Btopped a proces
sion of 40, walking two by two, and
ascertained that each girl was smug
gling cigars or cigarettes. The aggre
gate value was $30,000.
A prize of 3,000 marks presented to
the Berlin Academy of Science by the
Marquis de Chasseloup, a Parisian of
partial American descent, for the best
modern work on American history,
has been awarded to James Ford
Rhodes, a native of Cleveland and a
brother-in-law of Senator Hanna. Mr.
Rhodes was so honored on account of
his "History of the United States from
the Compromise of 1850."
A writer in the London Spectator
remembers to have seen the border
country of Suffolk and Essex lighted
night after night with blazing ricks,
fired as a protest against the introduc
tion of thrashing machines. Where,
to-day, he asks, is the man under fifty
who can use a flail? The question is
only an emphatic way of referring to
labor-saving machinery. Imagine for
a moment an attempt to harvest West
ern crops without a reaper.
A resident of Springfield, Ohio, was
recently robbed of $16, and one "Dan"
Sullivan was arrested. When the man
was searched the money could not be
found. The officers were confident
they had the right man, and after
watching him for a short time noticed
that "Dan" was carefully guarding his
corncob pipe. He had it in his mouth,
filled with tobacco, but it was not light
ed, and, striking a match, Lawless put
it to the pipe and told "Dan" to enjoy
hmself. He obeyed the order, but af
ter smoking a few seconds weakened
and told the other that the money was
concealed in the bottom of his pipe.
Fifty casks of a special design and
the strongest possible construction will
soon be sent to Bering Sea by the
United States Revenue Marine service,
and placed upon the highest hum
mocks of the flow-ice. It is hoped by
tracing their future course to test the
direction of the currents that cross
the polar regions. The casks are twenty-eight
Inches long and sixteen inch
es in diameter, so as to be seen easily.
Inside of each are directions printed
in several different languages, asking
the finder to write to the nearest Unit
ed States consul, giving the latitude
and longitude in which the cask was
found, and the date. Admiral, Melville,
who designed the casks, believes that
it will be possible In this way to de
termine whether the ice-packs drift
from the Arctic westward, or south
and east to the Atlantic.
The Ashville (N. C.) Citizen says:
"Those who have read of the recent
deeds of violence committed by ne
groes in Louisiana while banded to
gether under the pretense of being or
ganized for religious and benevolent
purposes are not surprised to learn
that a negro mafia Is about to be start
ed. The negroes in that vicinity have
been becoming .very Insolent and self
important and seem to have the idea
that a secret organization is all that
is necessary to enable them to acconv
pllsh their purpose of dealing out
death to every white man who may
strike a negro or become an object of
their malice. The new order is said
t be under the leadership largely of
negro preachers, who, having no use
for the ordinary virtues that are sup
posed to be advocated from the pulpit,
have been devoting their questionable
talents to the preaching of lawless
ness. The movement for the preservation
of British scenery resulted in th
formation of the National Trust foi
Places of Historic Interest and Natu
ral Beauty. A London editor suggests
that the trust profit by a few of th
"superfluous millions" of Mr. Andrew
Carnegie, by inducing him to buy Ex
moor, or the English Lakes, or the
River Thames, or the Snowdon Dis
triet, or the Trossachs. The trust
would see to it that builders and ad
vertlslng firms did no Injury. Thert
are tracts without number In our own
country, the beauty of which ought tc
be guarded for the benefit of genera
tlons to come, which invite the atten
tlon of men between whose overflow
ing purse and philanthropic purpose
no great gulf Is fixed. Nature has he!
rights, as well as man, and it is a wan
ton Invasion of them to mar and de
stroy unnecessarily what God hai
made beautiful and health-giving.
At Afragola, a village near Naples
a young sailor, disapproving of thi
courtship of his sister by an undeslr
able lover, and having in vain tried
to put a stop to the affair, followed
the couple the other day in the coun
try lanes, and as soon as he caught
sight of them fired two shots at then:
from his revolver. His sister, slightlj
wounded in the neck, fainted awaj
from fright, and her brother, believing
he had killed her, threw himself upon
her, weeping, kissed her, and ther
fhot himself In the right temple. Ht
fell doad upon the fainting girl's body
IIG00DSIA1E0FMICHIG1
A Mysterious Death Excites the
People of Saginaw.
A COUNTY AGENT'S TROUBLE.
rhe Governor Iimies More Pardons An
Engineer's Fatal MUtake Kventa and
Uoiislp From All l'arts of the State
Stewed Down for Head Heading.
Was m Murder Committed f
The Saginaw police have secured
evidence that either n murder, suicide
or accidental drowning occurred there
within the last week. On the 3d Inst,
a man's complete outfit, hat. clothes,
underclothes, shoes, etc., were found
on the bank of the river, and at the
time of the discovery appeared to
have been there about a week. The
pockets were turned inside out. Next
('apt. James Walsh, of the police force,
found near the same spot small bits of
paper that when put together proved
to bo an Insurance certificate. It was
issued by the Loyal Guard to John
Charles kunert. aged 20 years, at Ply
mouth, Midi., and bears the date of
July IS, l'.MU. and was for $2,000. pay
able to a sister of the holder, Maggie
M. Kunert. A receipt for the July as
sessment, amounting to $1.5S. and
bearing date of July Hi, was found
with the certificate. John Kunert left
Plymouth Aug. 2 for Saginaw, Intend
ing to stop at Coleman. Relatives at
Coleman report that he left there for
Saginaw to secure employment on the
Pere Marquette as a fireman. Ills
name Is not on the books of the com
pany either as an employe or appli
cant, and no one has been found who
remembers seeing him in Saginaw.
A Count)' A Kent's Trouble.
County Agent M. W. Snyder, of
Grand Rapids, against whom ugly
charges have been made to ("Jo v. Bliss,
nppeared with his attorney to demand
nit Investigation at the hands of the
governor. The matter was not taken
up by his excellency until late, and a
question as to the governor's right to
order an Investigation, as in the case
of other county officers, was raised.
There was some doubt nn this point.
In view of the fact that the governor
has ower to remove a county agent
summarily. The question was finally
referred to the attorney-general's de
partment, which Is now making nn in
vestigation. In the meantime an or
der has been entered suspending the
county agent and providing that the
duties of the office shall be exercised
by Aaron C. Keeler. of ("J rand Rapids,
who has been nn assistant in the
comity agent's office for some time.
Mr. Keeler Is said to be n clean man
in every way. It Is Snyder's intention,
if he cannot secure an investigation, to
obtain redress against those who, be
claims, have persecuted him.
Another Stnrve Iteporle.l.
Anton (Jurchkc, a well-to-do Gcr
man. of Detroit, concluded a fast of 42
days Sunday noon when he at? thr'e
lamb chops, two potatoes and a to
mato. He said that the food tasted
better than any he bad ever eaten. At
night he ate some oatmeal wirii fresh
milk and a baked apple. He avers that
he felt no inconvenience from the focd
and he is satisfied that uis .ong fast
has entirely cured him from the
trouble in his stomach, which the best
physicians could not cure wit I. medi
cines. The doctor who treated bi'ti
says that he will eat but iw meals a
day for a month, and then he can eat
any time and anything he pleases. Mr.
Gurchke and his wife are very earnest
in the statement that he had not eaten
n morsel of food in six weeks prior to
Sunday.
. . . Dendly Dyiinmlte.
John Kichman, engineer at the Ajax
dynamite works of Henry H. Thomas
on the Kawkawlin road, near Bay City
met with a shocking death in a pe
culiar manner Friday morning. Be
tween the nitro-glycciine factory and
the dynamite packing bouse there was
an old iron pipe through which the
nitro-glycerine was conveyed from t In
former to the latter prior to the ex
plosion last season. This pipe has not
been in use since. Eichman went to
remove it and in making the un
coupling of n joint used hammer and
chisel. While he was at work the pipe
exploded, crushing the top of bis head,
tearing off all his clothing and blowing
his liody 1." feet. There must have
been some nitro-glycerine In the pipe.
The explosion tore the side off the
nltro-glycerlne factory, but otherwise
did not disturb it. In the factory was
1.2UO pounds of the explosive.
More Pnrdons Granted.
Acting upon the recommendation of
the pardon board. Gov. Bliss has par
doned John Page, who was convicted
in the Hillsdale Circuit Court for the
crime of nrson. and sentenced In No
vember. 1N!)!. to Imprisonment in the
Ionia reformatory for six years. Page
Is CI years of age nnd childish, and
has Ih'cu a patient in the hospital ever
since he was incarcerated. His daugh
ters, who reside In Denver. Col., have
arranged to care for him at their
homes. . The governor also paroled Al
bert M. Traeey, convicted in the Jack
son County Circuit Court of larceny.
Sept. 17. 1000, to Ionia for 20 months.
Killed lr n Hcer Itottle.
Howard Burchfield threw a pop bot
tle at Dan HIckey, a Charlotte saloon
keeper, In front of the Williams
House. The missile missed HIckey
and struck a boy named Leonard
Green, of Eaton Rapids, on the head
and ho died from the injury Inflicted.
A coroner's Jury has found a verdict
to the effect that Burchfield commit
ted the art willfully and maliciously
and he will have to answer to the
charge of murder. Green's funeral
took place at Eaton Rapids yesterday.
The postofiice nt Duck Lake. Cal
houn county, lias been discontinued.
Mall to Springfield.
Alvn Wood, of Benton Harbor, de
pended upon the Iord to pay his taxes,
and now he's defendant in an eject
inr suit.
The excursion lonts of Detroit were
delayed Saturday night by smoke nnd
did not land their passengers till 3
o'clock Sunday morning.
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.
The potato rot has put In Its appear
ance In Prescott.
Thousands of gypsies are holding n
convention in Detroit.
A Prescott farmer reports -10 bushels
of wheat to the acre.
Eighty big school and church bells
were placed by the Northvllle foundry
during August.
B. C. Jones has been appointed post
master at Belmont, Kent county, vice
G. N. Reynolds, resigned.
Firebugs are creating a reign of ter
ror in Niles and every effort is being
made to run them down.
Mrs. Patrick Costello. 0.". walked to
Clear Lake, six miles from home, and
drowned herself. Despondency.
The annual reunion of the Allegan
Counts' Soldiers and Sailors' Associa
tion will be held Sept. IS. l'J and 20.
The reports to the sugar beet com
panies indicate that Michigan will pro
duce a tine crop of these roots this sea
son. Marshall's women taxpayers turned
out to vote at the school election and
helped William II. Porter to succeed
himself as trustee.
The only breach of promise suit
started in Allegan Circuit Court In
many years has been dismissed on pe
tition of the complainant.
Branch county points to the fact
that 21) colored children of school age
reside In the county, an Increase of
nearly 100 per cent In 10 years.
The 2-year-old son of William Way
ant, living south of Colon, was struck
by a Michigan Central passenger en
gine Saturday and instantly killed.
The Detroit. Pont lac. Lapeer &
Northern Electric Railway Co., capital
$l.ooo.OOO, has tiled articles of incor
poration with the secretary of state.
Janet te Clark, a colored girl of Bat
tle Creek, has been discharged from
the Girls' Industrial Home as Incor
rigible. She was utterly unmanage
able. The home of R. Summers, of How
ard City, was burned to the ground,
caused by a small son trying to light
a tire in stove. Loss $700: no Insur
ance. J. C. Post, attorney of Holland, with
County Register of Deeds Peter
Ruche, and other capitalists, will
build and open a bank at Graud
Haven.
Supply of bite fruits in Kalamazoo
county is enormous. Peaches almost go
begging at ."0 cents per bushel, while
plums, melons and tomatoes are equal
ly plentiful.
Bertha Reynolds, of Owoso. has
brought suit against her ex-husbaud,
Charles Anderson, for damages for
securing a divorce in another state un
known to her.
Officer C C. Ritteiiliaue. of St. Jo
seph, dived from the Three I. railroad
bridge, and saved the life of Elmer
I lasselgrieu. who was going down for
the third time.
George Smith's portable sawmill
near the Grand Trunk tracks. Lapeer,
cnught lire and was burned to the
ground. The loss Is estimated at $1,
Too; no Insurance.
J. T. Pearee and Alfred Cameron,
two young business men of Lake Lin
' ii. wei i' drowned in Portage lake by
the overturning of a row boat in which
they were racing.
Experts inform the state board of
auditors that a few repairs to the roof
and stone work, which can be made at
slight expense, will make the state
capitol as good as new.
Lincoln J. Carter, the playwright and
theatrical manager, has secured an op
tion on a 20-acre tract on the lake
shore, near Benton Harbor, and will
erect a summer cottage.
Potatoes In Wexford countv will be
a larger crop this year than for many
yea is. Mid will average over l.o bush
els per acre. The corn crop will be
larger tl an for ten years.
Rev. W. S. Anient, the Chinese mis
sionary now in Owosso. will return to
Pekin this fall. Mrs. Anient will ac
company him. Their children will at
tend school at Oberlin, ().
Patrick Burns, in the employ oP the
Peninsular Cedar & Lumber Co.. Me
nominee, was accidentally shot by his
coniranion. Edward Johnson, while out
hunt ing near Trout Creek.
During a row in Bay City Charles
Davis assaulted Joe Dcluinuie. of L's
sxvil!c. slashing his throatT The
wounded man's condition is critical.
Davis claims sell-defense.
Henry Young, under arrest in Elsie
for a criminal assault on Alice Price,
a 0-year-old girl, attempted suicide by
cutting his throat just before his ex
amination. He will recover.
In return for concessions made the
Pere Marquette company agrees to
build a new passenger depot in P.av
City to cost $10,000 and to spend $10.
OOO in beautifying the surroundings.
A. B. Cummins, of Hillsdale, ex
register of deeds, pleaded guilty to a
charge of false pretenses, and will be
the principal witness against Swaney.
bis brother-in-law, charged with
forgery.
Word has been received of Hie con
viction at Cnahska of the men Har
rington and Newton for the murder of
Con and Florence Sullivan, formerly
of Muskegon. The two nun have been
sentenced to be hanged.
Silas Finkcll. an employe of the
Church Manufacturing Company,
Adrian, was badly wounded Wednes
day while testing a handflre extin
guisher. Acid burned his clothing off
and he may lose bis sight.
i no wood worhs piant oi nicurait c
Son, Muskegon, was destroyed by fire
Monday. The loss is $75,000 and the
Insurance $28,000. One hundred men
are thrown out of employment. The
origin of the fire Is not known.
Investigation shows that the alleged
111 treatment of a girl in Manistee by
soldiers at the recent encampment Is
hardly true. It Is said the girl denies
being brutally treated, and the doctor
who was called to attend her said the
girl had been drinking and that was
about the only trouble with her.
Mrs. Lett a Gilmartln. of Bay City,
and John A. See. of Clio, aeronaut and
manager, who have been boarding to
gether nt a private bouse in Tin peer
since Letta's necident. Aug. 2S. have
b'cn bound over to the November term
of the Circuit Court. Bail wns fixed
nt $500 in each case, which they were
unnbl o furnish.
Jacob Mortenson, of the Garth Lum
ber Co,, Garth. Mich., and Wausau,
Wis., has closed a deal for the pur
chase of 30,000 acres of redwood tim
ber land in Oregon; consideration
$500,(100.
Company F, Fourth Michigan In
fantry, met in reunion . at Clayton,
about 30 of the veterans being present.
They were royally entertained by the
Rowley post, G. A. R., and the Ladles'
Relief corps.
'The law to prohibit the snle of col
ored oleomargarine went into effect
Friday, but there Is no Indication from
the Detroit retail or wholesale dealers
that they propose to make any change
in their trade.
Charles .Tenner Thompson, paroled
by Gov. Bliss, was released from the
Detroit house of correction Saturday,
after serving six months of a year's
sentence for embezzling money from
his employers.
A 3-year old daughter of Merrltt Os
borne, a Pere Marquette switchman,
was fatally hurt Sunday In Saginaw,
while playing about a flat car loaded
with iron. A rail was loosened and
fell upon the child.
The 20,000,000 feet log drive, which
has been on the way from Houghton
lake since last May, has arrived at
Muskegon. The drive has been hard
and long because of the low water in
tho Muskegon river.
diaries Crowhurst escaped from the
Kalamazoo asylum Monday, and walk
ed to his home near Benton Harbor,
arriving there ahead of a telegram
sent from the asylum notifying the
sheriff of his escape.
D. S. Etherldge. of Qulney township,
sold to a Detroit firm $247.N5 worth
of butter In 12 weeks. Ills farm con
sists of only -10 acres. This amount
exceeds that usually produced on a
farm double that size.
Two rural mail delivery routes have
been planned for Richmond township,
covering routes 25 miles in length and
extending northeast and northwest.
Three others are being Inspected with
good chances of being established.
Before the eyes of his mother little
Arthur Barz. the 7-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Barz, of Detroit,
was caught on the fender of n. swiftly
moving Michigan avenue car and then
ground to death under the wheels.
The Association of Michigan Post
masters closed their session at Port
Huron Thursday. The discussion nt
the meeting developed that the post
masters are not a unit on tho question
of parcels post and penny postage.
James McCoumber, of Richland,
while driving home from Galesburg
was struck by an express train on the
load crossing. McCoumber and his
horse were both killed Instantly. He
was deaf and did not hear the train.
The law of the last legislature creat
ing the thirty-eighth judicial district
of the county of Monroe went Into ef
fect Friday, and (Jov. Bliss promptly
made it operative by appointing Har
ry A. Lock wood, of Monroe, as the
first circuit judge.
An Algoma Central engine ran down
a hand-car near Wilde Station Sun
day, killing A. Mn..o and M. I Law
rence, section men. The four others
of the gang escaped by jumping. The
men failed to see the locomotive on
account of the fog.
Joseph McGraw. a Michigan Central
gate tender, was run down by an in
terurban car near Michigan Center,
and so badly Injured that he died.
John McGraw, a farmer, was on the
car and was shocked to find that the
Injured man was his brother.
State Oil Inspector Judson reports
that tho receipts of his office for the
quarter ending June 3o, were $7,413.!).".,
and the expenses, including salaries
nnd traveling expenses." were $7,321.53,
leaving a balance of $;2.40 to be cov
ered in to the state treasury.
Pickpockets were busy during the
Monroe regatta and several persons
reported the loss of their pocketbooks.
Four men were arrested as suspects.
They gave their names as Charles
Johnson, Detroit, and Charles Roy,
Edward Standlsh and Wm. Thompson,
of Toledo.
Judge Josiah Turner, of Owosso. Is
00 years old. nnd he celebrated the
event In fitting style. In 1S57 he
served on the supreme bench, nnd
later was elected judge of the seventh
district, serving 25 years on the bench.
He was also consul at Amherstburg
under President Harrison.
Will Lorcnz. n fanner living near
the shore of Lake Michigan, not far
from Whitehall, was attacked while at
work In the field by a fair-sized wild
cat. He succeeded In escaping from It
and went to the house and got a gun.
With the aid of a large dog he finally
treed the animal and shot It.
Edward G Ignore, of Gladstone,
caused a panic on the principal street
of tho city Wednesday night by shoot
ing right and left with a revolver. Be
fore he could be stopped he had seri
ously wounded one man. He was
drunk when he did the shooting, and
Is now In Jail awaiting a hearing. -
The tax commission's force of clerks
is working nights and Sundays on the
county percentage required by the
state board of equalization. It Is ex
pected that these percentages will be
completed within n day or two, so that
county representatives will have a
chance to digest them before their
final session next Monday.
By a rear-end collision, a mile west
of Chase Sunday, Engineer Henry
Hatswell. of work train No. 45, and
Thomas Moore, of Baldwin, a section
foreman, were seriously Injured. Hats,
well's shoulder was dislocated nnd
Moore's spine badly strained. Four
other trainmen were slightly hurt. The
cabin car and a box ear on the ex
tra. Into which the work train ran.
were demolished. HnfsweH's home is
In Saginaw.
The Todd family Is holding a re
union at Trenton this week. The
seven brothers have not been together
since the civil war. They nre all six
feet or over nnd range from 50 to 70
years In nge. The brothers have
brought their wives, children and rel
ntlves with them, and fully ICO mem
bers of the Todd family will enjoy the
week's exercises.
The members of the stnte forestry
commission, accompanied by Prof.
Davis, of the university, nnd Expert
Shernrd, of the national forestry com
mission, nre In tho upper peninsula to
examine the lands set aside by the
legislature for o forestry reserve.
The President's Full Recovery
More Promising.
is
SENSATIONAL REPORTS DENIED
I.utcftt Iteport of the Wounded President's
Progress AHimln In Confinement.
Mr. McKlnley' Ilemarkable Fortitude
Other Event of Interest.
The President Gain Hourly.
Reports from the Kick room of Presi
dent McKlnley Monday were most en
couraging, every one bhowlng that he
was gaining. The phytdcbmi' bulletins
all expressed the fact, and belief In
their truthfulness was. complete. The
period tor peritonitis to appear is
rapidly passing away and there is not
a sign of inflammation. The prompt
ness with which the operation was
performed and the skill with which It
was accomplished are telling their
story. The tissues were sutured so
quickly that they probably began to
heal immediately. "The president's
good health and the long period of
careful living behind him are In his
favor, but nlove all his indomitable,
will and his line courage are the fac
tors counted upon to pull him through.
Vice-1 'resident Roosevelt and membcr.4
of the cabinet who have fuller Infor
mation than the bulletins show, ex
press every confidence in the full re
covery of the sufferer. Mrs. McKln
ley Is bearing up with remarkable
strength and her visits to the bedside
IiHTease her strength and confidence In
her husband's full restoration to
health. William McKlnley has made
up his mind to live, and live he will.
IJecovery tseemn Certain.
From the latest reports Tuesday
morning tho indications are very favor
able for the president's recovery, as
every hour, the physicians say, the
danger of complications from periton
itis or blood poison decreases. The
president himself is very cheerful and
has expressed confidence in his recov
ery. Seuaatloiinl Iteitortn.
Many sensational retnirts are being
circulated nout cabinet action look
ing to the apprehension and prosecu
tion of Emma Goldman and leaders of
anarchist organizations, of mysterious
directions from tho secretary of war
to the chief of police in Buffalo, and
of developments of n startling nature
that af" anticipated. The great ma
jority of these reports. In the words
of a cabinet officer, are manufactur
ed out of whole cloth." The prosecu
tion of ( zolgosz Is purely a local af
fair. The federal government can
have no hand in the prosecution of a
local offender; his trial will take place
in the local courts. The only request
Secretary Root has made to the super
Interdent of police and the district at
torney here was one designed to pre
vent the would-be assassin from being
made a hero of by exploitation, and the
local authorities have done everything
In their power to comply with It. The
police have been unable to verify the
report that Emma Goldman was In
this city one week ago. but they are
endeavoring to trace her movements
Immediately before and after the presi
dent wj;s hot. It Is practically ad
mitted that so far they are without
any evidence that directly connects her
with Czolgos.'s crime.
CxoIbohx AVenkeiiM.
Leon (.'zolgosz has begun to show
signs of weakness, both, physical and
mental. He no longer has t ho Indif
ferent npiienranee of tho first two
days. His eyes nr. dark nnd sunken
and his wl:o!e body shows Hint iho ef
fect of his crime is at lat telling on
him.
Xnty llHvtnllnit Politic.
A determined effort Is to be made by
tho American party in Hawaii to get
rid of Gov. Dole. It leaked out In con
nection with the case of Judge Abram
S. Humphreys, of the first judicial
district of Hawaii, against whom
charges have been made by the Bar
Association of the Hawaiian Islands.
According to the Humphreys support
ers, the Dole government has become
insufferable. It is charged that his
officials are getting money from vari
ous kinds of protected vice, and that
every Industry that can be arranged
by supervision to contribute to the
Dole machine Is so arranged and com
pelled to pay. The charges against
Humphreys are tho outcome of some
nnsty local politics on both sides. Now
that the charges have been brought
nnd people from both sides are on the
ground the campaign against Dole will
be waged fiercely until the president
gets back. In bis brief answer to the
charge against him Judge Humphreys
mikes some frightful charges concern
ing a stockade where vicious women
are allowed to go nt night, the nature
of which cannot even be hinted nt In
the columns of a newspaper. He
charges that the Income from this re
sort goes to the officials of the govern
ment of the territory.
Ahle to Vny nnd Mnf.
Deputy Attorney-General Chase h.n
Just recovered for the state $'.3i' from
the guardian of Jnne Fox. an Inmate
of the Pontine nsylum from Oakland
county. The woman lias been sup
ported in the asylum for several years
at state expense, although she had
property worth nbout 12.500 and a
pension. The attorney-general's de
partment has a number of similar
eases under Investigation. In each
ense the patient Is made to reimburse
the state for maintenance.
Three Mnrdrr C"ei.
The docket for the September term
of the Circuit Court in Jackson con
tains three cases of more than ordin
ary Interest. The defendants nre
Frank Daniels, of Sandusky, O.,
charged with the murder of Ira Lu
gar in Jackson city, the conclusion of
a drunken row; Frank Biery, of Tomp
kins, charged with the murder of Ar
thur Whitehouse, who died from n bul
let wound received nt the occasion of
a charivari party visiting Biery and
his bride, and David H. Creech,
charged with Intent to kill a divorced
wife. He shot her but not fatally.
- Pjspluted n lie murk a hie Crime.
Jus. Fleming was hanged in Deer
Lodge, Mont., Friday for participation
in one of tho most remarkable crimes
on record. On Aug. 8, 1KX. Eugene
Cullonane, an aged resident of Wash
ington Gulch, was found murdered.
C'inton Dolson, Charles Oliver Benson,
and Ellis Perslnger were imprisoned
for the (Time. In January last Per
slnger Informed tho prison officials)
that Clinton Dolson and James Flem
ing, another convict, had conspired to
murder Capt. Oliver Dolson. father of
the convict. Fleming's term was about
to expire. The prison authorities gave
the story little attention. Fleming
was released. On Feb. 15 he was seen
in Washington Gulch. Feb. 20 tho
body of Capt. Dolson wns found in
ids cabin with a bullet wound in t lio
head. On the wall was fixed a rifle
with a string attached to the trigger.
A forged confession lay on the table,
in which Dolson was made to say ho
had committed the Cullonane murder. '
This evidently wns done for the pur
Iose of freeing the conspirators. A'
will, leaving the entire estate to his
son, wis also found. Fleming was
captured nnd convicted of murder on
circumstantial evidence. Clinton Dol
son also was convicted and sentenced
to be executed, but was respited until
()-t. 25.
The Huron Dlmnxter.
Owing to the fortunate slackening
of wind and sea and the heroic efforts
of a life-saving crew, what promised
on Saturday night and early Sunday
morning to bo one of the greatest ship
ping disasters of recent years on the
great lakes, has become of secondary
importance. Out of the crews of sev
en vessels width went ashore within
a half mile, just above Port Huron,
not a life was lost. Just what the
projH'rtv loss will be cannot yet le
determined. One schooner, the Ama
ranth, of Detroit, is a total wreck; the
Quito and the Wawatam worked
themselves free on their own steam;
the whaiebnek 202 Is high nnd dry on
the bench, but It Is thought can be
saved; tho Pauly, of Detroit, the
schooner Page and the tug Sarnla may
be released without Injury. The gale
and the great cloud of smoke that
came down over the lower rnd of Lake
Huron, caused the disaster by obscur
ing all lights, so that nine vessels in
all went ashore. The life saving crew
took off (id people from the stranded
vessels nnd not a life was lost. The
property loss will be very heavy.
Cnh Ilnala Kqnnllzntlon.
Attorney-General Oren has given an
opinion on the powers and duties of
the state board of equalization In the
matter of equalizing the valuations of
the various counties of the state. He
holds that anything short of an equali
zation on the basis of cash valuations
would be unconstitutional, the board
having no authority to depart from
what they believe to be actual cash
values. This means that no pereeent
age less than cash value can legally be
made the basis of the equalization,
but, of course, leaves the board to de
termine what such cash value is. The
opinion disposes of ex-Commissioner
Campbell's proposition that the loaid
determine what the cash value is, and
then equalize on a basis of 75 per cent
of such valuation in order to keep the
local assessors In line and not unduly
increase the annual revenue of the
M ichigan university.
Two Wrnthy Women of Mien.
Henry W. Grover, a printer em
ployed at the office of the Niles Dally
Sun, was terribly horsewhipped Mon
day morning at the office of the Sun
by Mrs. John Copp and Mrs. W. Scott.
The women were furious at a scur
rilous newspaper article which they
attribute to Grover, and they used
their rawhides with telling effect.
People who noticed, the set determin
ation in the faces of the ladies as they
passed through the streets on their
way to the Sun office, followed them,
and the crowd cheered them as they
rained blow after blow upon Grover's
coatless form. The ladies were ac
companied also by their brothers, who
looked on until the former had ex
hausted their strength. The police
then put In an appearance but no ar
rests were made.
A lloller-ConMer Vletlm.
Clarence D. Miller, aged C4, was
killed on the roller-coaster, near the
approach to the Belle Isle bridge, De
troit, Monday evening. Miller's death
was tragic, and peculiarly sad In view
of the fact that he was to have been
married this month to Mamie Burns,
a pretty and attractive young lady
whose home is at Mt. Morris, Mich.
He had gone to the roller-coaster a
little after 8 o'clock and was seen to
rise in his seat when the car reached
the top round. He was whirled out
and fell to the inclined plane below,
striking in such a position that he lay
across the tracks. An ascending car
struck him there, and he doubled up,
falling between the tracks to the
ground fifteen feet below. The injured
man was taken to a hospital, where
he died early next morning.
Mnrrled Her Put lier-ln-I.nv.
Social circles of Plnlnfield. N. J., nre
startled over the announcement of the
marriage of John V. Berkman to his
former daughter-in-law, the divorced
wife of his son Edward. The mar
riage was performed in Iloboken, N.
J., August 12 last by the Rev. Mr.
Mead. She Is 35 years old nnd he is
past C-O. A year ago Mrs. Berk man,
Jr., was granted an absolute divorce
from her husband, who since then has
been abroad. She made her home, of
fer securing the divorce, with her father-in-law,
her present husband. He
Is quite wealthy, and is a member of
the Lldgewood Manufacturing Co., of
New Ycrk.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Commander Senton Sehroeder, IT. S.
N., governor to Guam, Is In S.m Fran
cisco, en route to Washington.
The Austrian emperor has conferred
the title of hereditary baron, free from
taxes, on Dr. Francisco Kaska, of
Mexico.
Henry Kenrney, negro, under arrest
in Chicago, claims that he saw a negr.)
nau'cd Llghtfoot and another man. un
known, shoot nnd kill Herbert Noves
In Cleveland. May 24. RlOtV Noyes had
Just escorted two women friends home
from jhe theater. . .