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THE YALE EXPOSITOR EH ID AY, FISH. 1, 1!0(.
MICHIGAN
HAPPENINGS
THE GOVERNOR TALKS TO
TAX COMMISSION
PLAINLY.
HE CHAMPIONS THE PEOPLE'S
CAUSE IN DIRECT ADVICE
ON RAILROAD TAXES.
INSISTS THAT RAILROADS BE
MADE TO PAY THEIR JUST
SHARE OF THE LEVY.
The Governor's Advice.
The railroad tax battle is on before
the state board of assessors. Gov.
Warner, Attorney-General Bird and
their 'expert witnesses appeared for
the people. The railroads were repre
sented by their attorneys and commis
sioners. The storm center is the as
sessed valuation of railroads for 1903,
which has been fixed at $207,000,000.
In opening the fight Gov. Warner
said:
"On the 15th day of this month the
tax commissioners must finally de
termine: First, i he value of that class
of corporate property which is direct
ly Assessed by said commissioners:
second, the rate at which the tax levy
on such property shall be made.
"Itegardless of the constitutionality
or unconstitutionality of laws, the
practical question before us here today
is: What proportion of the total tax
levies of the state ought the railroads
and other corporations assessed by
this commission to pay?
"The act creating the tax commis
sion and state board of assessors pre
scribes that after the making public
of the first figures arrived at by said
commissioners, a period of 3d days
shall be given to the hearing of argu
ments as to the correctness of such
figures. This feature of the law direct
ly recognizes the plain fact that full
and complete Information cannot ne
secured by the commissioners In the
limited time given them to complete
their work to the point of announcing
their first public figures. This is especi
ally true this year with practically a
new board.
"I desire to again state plainly, as I
have publicly, stated several times be
fore since Jan. 13, the date the first
figures of the commissioners were
given out, that I am firmly of the be
lief that under the figures given out
January 13 the railroad property
of this state would pay less than Its
just proportion of taxes.
'it was because of this belief that I
officially asked the tax commissioners,
under date of Jan. H, to arrange for
this public hearing. In furtherance of
this plau. under date of Jan. 20, I re
quested Professors Adams and Cooley
to render all the assistance In their
power toward supplying the tax com
missioners with additional facts and
information with reference to that
class of property to be assessed by
them. From that time until the pres
ent, under the leadership of Attorney
General Bird, every step possible naa
been taken toward the preparation of
true schedules of values to be present
ed as evidence the commissioners
sitting as a board of review at this
time.
"Gentlemen of the tax commission,
the only thing I ask of you Is that in
the final determination of your fig
ures, the same principle shall be ap
plied In your valuation of railroad
property that Is applied to the valua
tion of the other property of the state.
If this Is done the ratio between the
two will be a just ratio, the rate of
taxation as determined by you will be
above criticism, and the railroads and
other corporation property assessed by
you will pay their just and proper pro
portion towards the support of our in
sltutlons, and not one dollar more.
"As governor of this state I believe
It to be not only my legal right and
my legal duty, but my moral right and
my moral duty as well, to Insist upon
the complete recognition of this prin
ciple In the making of your final de
termination." Wolves In Berrien.
Berrien county has been called upon
for the first time In ten years to pay
a bounty on two wolves captured In
the county. Charles and Michael
Bowker, who made the catch, say that
In southern Michigan and northern In
diana are a number of the animals
that are devouring sheep and poultry.
One night last week Charles Bowker
had 11 fine ewes killed, and at first
he thought his sheep had been killed
by dogs. A neighbor lost 20 sheep,
slaughtered In one night. In the vicin
ity where the two wolves were shot by
the Bowkers there Is a marsh of about
1.000 acres and a Umber tract of about
600 acres, which affords a good hiding
place for the brutes. The two speci
mens brought to County Clerk Miners
were gray timber wolves, a male and
a female. The male weighed about 40
pounds and Is thought to be about 5
years old, and after being crippled In
one leg by a shot whipped four dogs
that tackled him.
Mrs. Cornelia Keet, aged 62, of Bat
tle Creek, has been out to an evening
party, and when she did not arise
early It was believed she was tired
and ihe was allowed to rest. Later it.
was found that she had died during
the night.
President K. T. Church, of the ier
chants' National bank, of Charlotte,
is in a critical condition from" injuries
received In being thrown from a bug
py by a runaway. He was unconscious
cveral hours.
The earth tremors over the Lake Su
perior copper country on Thursday
were caused by air blasts and falling
rock In the Quincy mine. Nearly all of
the 1,400 miners were brought to the
surface, but Is believed that there Is
no great danger and they will return
to work. The Quincy mine Is a mile
1eep and extends 2,000 feet beneath
Tortage lake.
MICHIGAN ITEMS.
Fred Terrlll, of Potterville, cut his
right hand off at the wrist with a feed
cutter.
The Branch County Agricultural so
ciety has started to raise $10,000 to
equip the new fair grounds.
Frank Frantz, a pioneer of Ogemaw
county, was Instantly killed by a fall
ing tree while cutting timber.
The Pere Marquette depot at Hem
lock was destroyed by fire Saturday
morning, together with its contents.
Eighteen patients from, the Pon
tiac asylum have been transferred to
the new psycopathic ward in the U.
of M. hospital.
Asa Bookwalter was instantly killed
by the explosion of his gun while
hunting Saturday. He kept a general
store six miles south of Tustin.
A large black bear was shot east of
Turner by John Perrin, a well-known
hunter. The bear weighed over JO0
pounds and the carcass was shipped to
Detroit.
Fire broke out In the Prince of
Wales, Negaunee, mine Friday even
ing. Three hundred men in the mine
at the time escaped through another
shaft.
The youngest of her other 11 chil
drenbeing 20 jears of age, Mrs. T.
Goodsell, of Mayfield, has given birth
to a baby girl which weighed two
pounds.
Clark Van Vlerah, school teacher of
Onondaga township, who was fined $20
with costs of $'50 for whipping Howard
Miller, a pupil, has appealed to the
circuit court.
Sportsmen are advocating the estab
lishment of a game preserve of 25 to
30 square miles in Chippewa, Luce and
Mackinac counties, to perpetuate the
supply of deer.
The first train between Lawton and
Kalamazoo was run over the Kalama
zoo. Lake Shore & Chicago electric line
on Thursday. The road is nearly com
pleted to Paw Paw.
Mrs. John D. Cannerdy, of Port Hu
ron, whose husband was killed by a
Rapid Railway car Saturday night, will
start a $10,000 damage suit against
the railway company.
Battle Creek is the first city to or
ganize a good roads club. The Busi
ness Men's association will build their
first road to Bellevue. Farmers have
pledged 500 days' team work.
The presiding elders of the seven
districts of the Michigan M. E. confer
ence have voted to accept the Invita
tion of Cadillac to hold the next con
ference there in September.
While Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Handy was
spending the winter in Buffalo for the
benefit of Mrs. Handy's health, their
only child, Miss Edna, died suddenly
in uatrousville of rheumatism.
Mrs. Jos. Batcher, a prominent resi
dent of Pentwater, was thrown out of
her buggy Friday evening, her horse
running away. She was thrown
against a tree and instantly killed.
Walton Lester, aged 12, went to get
a pail of water from a spring in which
a barrel had been sunk. He did not
return and was found drowned in the
barrel, having fallen in head first.
The State Egg Dealers' association
failed to effect a combine to divide the
state. C. C. Hubbell, of Marlette, was
elected president, and W. A. Ross, of
Port Huron, secretary and treasurer.
Alonzo O'Dell, an Indiana man who
disappeared at Grand Rapids, and was
believed to have been murdered, has
been located In Ross. His relatives
were trying to collect his life insur
ance. A high school building of brick and
stone, to accommodate 530 students,
will replace the one burned recently
in Calumet. The Calumet & Hecla
Mining Co. will erect it on the com
pany's location.
Miss Abble Weller, stamp clerk at
the Grand Rapids postofflce, has lost
her eyesight, and physicians 6ay that
her eyes were poisoned by some dis
ease Infection carried by money she
had handled while at work.
An increase of 50,000 pupils In the:
total enrollment in the public schools
of the state is believed by Deputy
Superintendent of Public Instruction
W. H. French to be the result of the
new compulsory education law.
Because a Jury was convinced that
Mrs. Flora Mercer, of Jackson, was
not given proper assistance in alight
ing from a Cincinnati Northern train,
at Alvordton, O., December 24, iyoz
a verdict of $1,600 for damages sus
tained was given Saturday.
The final chapter in the famous
Grand Rapids waier deal scandal
which has been in the limelight almost
five years was reached Saturday, when
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Ward
filed a petition in the superior court
asking leave to nolle pros the remain
ing cases.
Byron Litchard has been kept in
jail all winter by Miss Olive Stevens,
of Ionia, who secured his arrest on
a capias in a breach of promise suit.
She has worked in a restaurant to
raise the $3.50 per week to pay his
board. Litchard has been divorced
since his Incarceration, and Miss Stev
ens now ask his release. It is under
stood they will be married after all.
A midnight fire in Elmlra which
started in the building occupied as
Webb & LIdbeck's saloon and John
Burke's tavern also destroyed the gen
eral store of W. A. Gabrlan, and bar
ber shop of T. M.' BlakesVy, and two
men were burned to death In their
rooms In the tavern over the saloon.
The dead are supposed to be John Har
rington and Thomas Tracey, each aged
about 43.
About $23,000 has been subscribed
toward the proposed new Y. M. C. A.
building in Saginaw. Former Gov.
Bliss has given a $5,000 subscription
and Mrs. Wallace Craig Smith and
Mrs. P. F. H. Morley $12,000 Jointly.
Thomas Bryant, claiming to be from
Jamaica, became infatuated at first
sight with Miss Eva Guy, one of the
most popular young society ladles of
Benton Harbor, and forced his atten
tions on her. He called repeatedly at
her home and even a revolver in the
hands of Mrs. Guy did not cause him
to desist, so the police were called and
he will be kept away by Jail ban for a
time, at least.
WASHINGTON
REPORTS
WHY TROOPS MAY BE
USED IN CHINA BE
GINS TO BE SEEN.
THE BOYCOTT LEADS TO UGLY
RIOTS AND OTHER CRIMES
WHICH LOOK BAD FOR
SAFETY.
AMERICAN LIFE AND PROPERTY
MAY AGAIN BE PUT IN JEOP
ARDY BY "BOXERS."
Mr. Peet's Views.
Lyman P. Peet. who for 18 years has
been at the head of the American col
lege at Foochow, China, talked with
the president Saturday on the, Chinese
situation. Mr. Peet, who has made a
close study of conditions In China, told
the president that the boycott against
American products, in his opinion, was
getting worse. It has been the cause
of several ugly riots and crimes. Mr.
Peet said the Chinese officials show
a desire to abate the boycott and to
insure peace, but in mauy Instances
they secretly encourage the boycott.
It can be stated that the conditions In
China at present bear a striking re
semblance to those that preceded the
boxer uprising of lyOO, and the position
of the state department is that as only
the presence of American troops made
the Pekln relief expedition possible
and saved the lives of the legatloners.
it would not be justified in refraining
from taking ewry precaution neces
sary to avert the possible loss of
American lives and property, not only
at the legation in Pekln but among
the missionaries and the American
business men in the Chinese trade
centers.
It is probable that Secretary Root
will have an opportunity to explain
to congress through one of the house
committees the actual need of the pro
posed Increase of the number of Amer
ican troops in the Philippines which
led to the passage between Secretary
Taft and the senate committee ou ap
propriations recently.
For it is said to be the case that the
war department in moving in this di
rection is simply following the sugges
tion of the state department, and it is
probable Secretary Root will find it
necessary, unless the plan of holding a
force ready for service in China is
to be abnndoned, to explain to con
gress the facts which have Impelled
him fo make the suggestion to Secre
tary Taft.
This explanation will doubtless be
made in confidence, for although it is
known In a general way that the state
department has had many disquieting
reports from his agents In China, it
would scarcely be diplomatic to pub
lish them.
Rate Bill Pasted.
The house Thursday passed the Hep
burn railroad rate bill by a vote of 34 '
to 7. Those voting against the Lill
were Littlefield (Me.), McCall and
Weeks (Mass.), Ferks. Southwick and
Vreeland (X. Y.), E. Sibley (Pa.), all
Republicans.
Anticipating the roll call on the rate
bill there was a large attendafe of
members and the galleries were crowd
ed. The passage of the bill was re
ceived with a ripple of applause.
Mr. Sullivan (Mass.) voted "pres
ent" and was not paired. There were
2S members paired, but these pairs
were generally political ones. None of
them was made on the bill and conse
quently did not indicate a position.
The bill was at once sent to the sen
ate, but the members generally were
not made aware of its arrival and it
was referred to the interstate com
merce committee.
Swore Vengeance.
Prof. Walter M. Wolfe, an apostate
of the Mormon church, was cross-examined
Thursday by Senator Smoot's
counsel with a view of discrediting his
testimony before the senate commit
tee. He told the senate that Mr.
Smoot's candidacy had been indorsed
by the high counsel of the Mormon
church which convened for that pur
pose in a "prayer circle."
"I was asked to support him as 'the
will of the Lord" said Wolfe, "and
the Lord's will seems to have prevail
ed." Wm. J. Thomas, of Spanish Fork,
Utah, told the committee that he had
taken an oath to "avenge the blood of
the prophet, Joseph Smith, upon the
nation and to teach his children to do
so down to the third and fourth gen
eration." John P. Holugren, of Bear River
City, Utah, also had taken the oath.
The Sugar Tariff.
Sudden confidence seems to have
come to the representatives of the
sugar and tobacco interests who came
to Washington to lobby for the defeat
of the Philippine tariff bill. Within
the week they were Jn apparent des
pair, but now they are rejoicing and
are predicting that the administration
measures to give the Filipino a prac
tically free American market will
never reach the floor of the senate
backed by a favorable committee re
port. A $23,000 monument will be erected
to Ralph Waldo Emerson by the city
of Concord, where the famous man
lived and died.
So many congressmen have speeches
prepared on the rate bill that the
house has agreed to meet at 11 a. m.
hereafter until the measure is disposed
of.
Ross R. Brattaln, of Spokane, Wash.,
has a grievance against his father-in-law.
Recently he worked up sufficient
political pull to get the appointment
of consul at Hongchow, China, with a
salary of $3,000. Now the young man
Informs the state department that It
will be impossible for him to accept
because his father-in-law objects to
allowing his daughter to go to Chlaa,
and he prefers his wife to his Job.
A DETROIT HORROR.
Drunk and Jealousy mad, wildly In
furiated against the wife from whom
he twice had separated, John Witt,
23 years of age, a lumber scaler, went
to the home of his wife's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. August WIetIng, of Detroit,
Saturday night, and, after shooting
both and his own daughter, he turned
the revolver on himself and blew out
his brains. Mrs. "Witt, against whom
the crazed husband probably would
have directed his fury, escaped death
through being absent from the house.
The tragedy came as the climax of a
tempestuous marital career, which led
to the divorce court, but the love pow
er proved too strong, and, for a second
time Witt led the woman to the altar.
Their married life was marked with
frequent quarrels, and so violent was
the man's conduct toward his wife,
that she was forced' at last to turn
from him again and go to her parents'
home the scene of the tragedy enact
ed Saturday night.
Boni's Rapid Life.
Is Countess Anna de Castellane the
victim of a dastardly plot on the part
of Count Bonl de Castellane and his
bosom friend, Maltro Cruppl, to de
prive her of the bulk of her fortune,
her title, the custody of her three lit
tle sons, to send her into a heartbreak
ing exile from France to die slowly of
grief In seclusion in America, while
her cruel, faithless husband marries
Duchess d'Uzes, and goes on in his
gay career with the money Jay Gould
made, rearing his sons to forget their
adoring but "bourgeoisie" mother?
Maitre Cruppl, one of the lawyers
appearing for Countess Castellane in
the divorce suit, is a bosom friend and
associate of Count Bonl Castellane
who Is said to be really no count at all
Is Boni's legal adviser, his political
friend, and between them there exist
strong private and personal ties. This
man Cruppl, it is claimed, delayed the
filing of the divorce papers as long a3
he possibly could, and employed the
Interval in giving the countess advice
which led her to put her foot into a
legal snare, leaving her at the mercy
of her profligate husband, Cruppi's
bosom friend.
Under French law, a wife desiring
divorce may not leave her home until
her case has been brought before a
judge in a documentary way and he
has given her permission to seek asy
lum elsewhere than under her hus
band's roof. Cruppl is said to have told
the countess to quit the count after
her last terrible quarrel with him.
Supposing this to be a perfectly legal
course to pursue, she fled to the Hotel
Bristol. Now she finds that In doing
so she technically not only abandoned
her home and her husband, but alsc
her children.
Have Trichinosis.
Dr. J. W. Gustin, Bay City health
officer, says that many cases of
"typhoid" recently reported on the
west side, were really cases of trichi
nosis :5u In all. He says the symp
toms of the two diseases are very sim
ilar, the seat of trouble in each case
being the intestines. He has discovered
that the infected pork came from a
((arm near Vassar and has sent samples
of the infected meat to the state board
of health for further microscopical
examination. He wants all the pigs
in that vicinity killed by order of the
state board. He does not think the
farmer knew his hogs were so afflict
ed." Needs It.
The Post says: "Secretary Root is
about to reorganize the state depart
ment and put it on a business basis.
He will apply the same remedy to the
consular service. Inefficient and inca
pacitated clerks are to be dismissed
and a corps of active, alert and com
petent clerks substituted. Red tape is
to be ruthlessly cut and antiquated
methods substituted by those more con
sistent with Mr. Root's notion of what
a great department of the government
should be.
CONDENSED NEWS.
The trade unions of France, especi
ally of Paris, aided by the leading
members of the Left deputies, are get
ting up a national petition for the pro
hibition of the manufacture and sale
of absinthe.
The noose dangles before Sarah
Jones, aged 70 years, of fnlladeipma,
upon her conviction Friday of murder
ing the infant of her foster daughter,
Mrs. Mary Jones, by administering
chloroform to it. The aged' woman
had urged the attending physician to
kill the child and upon his refusal per
formed the deed herself.
Guessing the attendance at the St.
Louis exposition in 1904, Frank
Campbell, a convict In the peniten
tiary at Lincoln, Neb., gets the . $25,
000 prize offered. Frank Is in for em
bezzlement and has a year to serve
before he can enjoy his easy wealth.
He will get only $12,500, however, as
he agreed to pay a lawyer half of the
prize In case of success in securing it.
Prof. Emil von Behring, of Berlin,
discoverer of a diphtheria serum, now
declares that he has discovered a
method of preventing consumption
by immunizing cows. The aim is to
obtain milk having immunizing
properties. Cows are treated when
very young with a fluid which Prof.
Behring calls tuberculase. It is in
jected under the skin repeatedly for
two to four weeks. Prof. Behring
also treated cows showing virulent
tuberculosis In their milk, but the
bacilli disappeared after several
weeks treatment. His theory is that
children fed on milk from cows made
Immune through his treatment be
come themselves Immune.
United States officers have Just fin
ished the Inspection of 50 - Norfolk
oyster boats, and report that captains
In a number of instances were holding
men in a state bordering upon slavery.
Forty-six years ago, on the occasion
of his golden wedding celebration.
Nicholas Longworth's grandfather sent
a case of wine to the men at the Gift's
fire engine house in Cincinnati, and
with It three bottles of his golden wed
ding wine for the captain. One of the
bottles was saved by the captain and
by his widow, who. after keeping it for
46 years, will send it on to Washington.
LEOPOLD'S
CRUELTY
HOW THE BELGIAN KING
BARBAROUSLY GROWS
RICH.
BLOOD, CRUELTY AND INFAMY
COVER HIS CONTROL IN THE
CONGO FREE STATES.
THE AGED MONARCH'S GREED AP
PALS THE WORLD BY ITS IN
HUMAN BRUTALITY.
Shocking Revelations.
The Belgian king, Leopold, is shown
to be an avaricious, cruel grafter by
revelations contained in a book on the
Congo Free State, published at Paris
and Brussels by the Belgian, Prof.
Cattier, indicating that during the
past decade King Leopold has drawn
an amount estimated at $15,000,000
from the rubber trade in the Congo
(domaine.de la Couronne), there be
ing no trace of this in the published
accounts of the Congo administration.
King Leopold's personal property, con
sists of 289,375 square kilometres, or
an area 2 1-2 times the size of Eng
land, bringing him profits on India rub
ber alone of $15,147,000 during the last
10 years.
Rev. Dr. Herbert S. Johnson, of the
Warren Avenue Baptist church, Bos
ton, Mass., who is touring the coun
try In the interests of the Congo Re
form Association, says that, up to with
in a comparatively short time, ne, iikv
G. Stanley Hall, Lyman Abbott, and
others, hesitated about taking up the
work. But the official report of the
commissioners, quite different from al
leged resumes of the same, has con
verted him, and taking this report as
a basis, he paints a condition of things
in the territory known to the world
as the "Congo Free State," which beg
gers anything known in civilized his-
f tory. King Leopold appears a monster
of greed and blood, who, at the age of
71 years, destroys human life, ruins
commerce and productive land that ho
may pour more gold Into his coffers.
Dr. Johnson laughed in derision
when shown the London dispatch
which says that, during the last de
cade King Leopold has drawn an
amount estimated at $15,000,000 from
the rubber. trade of the Congo.
"He gets more than that every
year," declared Dr. Johnson. "We es
timate King Leopold's income at $20,
000,000 a year. He is the richest man
in the world."
"Never in the history of the
world has there been a crime equal to
the crime of King Leopold."
"In the last fifteen years he has
murdered between eight and twelve
millions of people. He has depopu
lated whole districts."
"Every time a 'guard shoots a na
tive he cuts oft a hand. In one small
district 6,000 right hands were cut off
within six months."
"King Leopold Is no longer on trial.
He has been tried nnd convicted by his
own commission. The only thing that
remains now is to pass sentence."
"The report of the king's own com
mission says that the natives are
obliged to work 280 days a year by way
of tax. They go into the woods two
weeks at a time to gather rubber. Then
they are allowed to stay in their vil
lages for two or three days. Then they
are sent back into the wilderness. To
all practical purposes they are slaves.
And King Leopold has chosen as
guards, cannibals from hostile tribes.
He has furnished them with rapid fire
guns and chlcottes, whips formed of
hippopotamus hide, twisted when
green into a corkscrew shape, luese
guards pillage, massacre and outrage,
performing every cruelty known to
savage warfare. Let me give you one
example of the things that are fit to be
told, for many incidents are too hor
rible to be printed.
"John H. Harris, who has returned
from the heart of the Congo region,
says that, on one occasion, he saw
one of the rubber gatherers seized by
six men and stretched out on the
ground, and lashed with the chicotte
until he was a bleeding mass. You
must remember that a chicotte will cut
clean to the backbone. To intimidate,
they sometimes cut off the hands of
the men and the feet of the women.
Every time a guard shoots a native he
cuts off a hand, to show that he has
not used his bullet in killing game.
For the game belongs to the king. In
one small district 6,000 right hands
were cut off within six months.
"In 1891 Thomas Moody went to the
mission station at Irebu. He found
there between eight and ten thousand
natives. Six years later he revisited
the place, and there were only be
tween three and five hundred remain
ing. In 1890, fifty people out of the
original thousands were at the station.
The remainder had been enslaved, had
fled to the wilderness, or had been
killed. Most of them were dead.
"Forced as they are to live In the
open forests without protection of
any sort, thousands of these poor peo
ple succumb to pulmonary diseases,
dying like sheep.
"And beside all this, the merchants
of America should know that the rich
est rubber-producing country in the
world is being ruined. In their eager
ness to fulfill the demand of their
taskmasters the poor slaves are break
ing up the vines and are even digging
up the roots."
Pope Pius, In order to Insure pro
tection to the Invaluable paintings In
the Vatican, will cause them to be re
moved to new quarters to be made
fireproof, to which admission will be
limited to 50 persons at a time.
James F. Smith of California has
been nominated by President Roose
velt governor-general of the Philippine
Islands, vice Henry Clay Ide, resigned,
to take effect June 1, 1906.
Engineer Cooley, who has charge of
the construction of the great Chicago
drainage canal, pays a 22-foot ditch
from Toledo to Chicago is being
planned.
THE HODGE SUICIDE.
Schuyler Gardner Hodges, a mem
ber of one of Pontiac's oldest families
and widely known in Detroit, where
his wife has been living for several
weeks, blew his head off with a shot
gun in the old Hodges home at Pine
Lake Friday morning. Mrs. Hodges,
who has been boarding at 83 Winder
street, was notified of the tragedy
soon after. She left at noon to take
charge of the body.
It is presumed Hodges was tempor
arily insane from melancholia. For
three weeks he had been under tho
care of a physician. Mrs. Hodges says
she knew that her husband was wor
ried but had no Idea he was in a state
bordering on insanity.
"He had had trouble over the settle
ment of his mother's estate," said
she, "and I think it preyed on his
mind."
The suicide was carefully planned,
according to dispatches from Pine
Lake. Hodges sat down in a chair, and
resting his head against the barrel or
the shot gun contrived to pull the trig
ger. The top of his head was blown
off and the wall is spattered with
blood and brains.
Hodges was 49 years old. His father
was Ira G. Hodges, who built the old
Hodges house in Pontiac, which today
is one of the city's leading hotels. His
parents are both dead, and it was over
Mrs. Hodges' estate that the troiiDle
is said to have occurred. Hodges spent
his early days in Pontiac and Pine
Lake, where the family home has been
in recent years. He married his first
wife in Pontiac. About 15 years ago
they were divorced. One daughter,
Helen, is living in Detroit. The rst
Mrs. Hodges died in a rooming house
in Detroit a few years ago, by her
own hand, It Is said.
Prof. William Wallace Campbell, of
the Lick observatory, formerly of the
University of Michigan, has received
the honorary gold medal of the Royal
Astronomical Society of London for
the greatest astronomical achieve
ments during 1903.
THE MARKETS.
Detroit Market artlve, prices gonm
hlKhf-r. Kxtra dry-fed su-er and heif
ers. $4 5(Ki ."; stt ra and hHfers, 1,00ft
to l.'OO, $4 2.-jtfi4 50; iiU-ers and heifers,
S0O to 1.000, $4!? 4 2.".; steer and heif
ers that are fat. 50 to 700, $3 iiOfS ho;
choice fat cows, $ii 2,".ftt3 75; Kood fat
cows, $2 !(n'& Jo; common cows, $2 50
63; (annus, $1 "o2; choke heavy
bull, $3 2')4i3 75; fair to ffoo.l bo
lognas, bull. iS'itS f.o: toi:k bulls, $3;
choice feedlnjf steers. S0O to 1,000, $3 f0
(fi 4; fair feeding steers. fcOO to 1,000,
13 2.V('3 7.r; choice .stockers, 50o to 700,
13 2.' ft 3 75; fair Mocker, .".00 to 700,
$3(?t3 60; stock heifer, $2 75'3; milk
ers, large, young, medium nge, $40'f45:
common milker, L'5. The veal calf
trade was active and all grades' brought
25c per hundred more than they did a
week ago. the best grades bringing $8
per hundred.
Sheep The sheep nnd Inmb market
was a brisk one from start to llnili
and prices averaged on the whole 10ci
to 15c higher than they did a week ago.
There was nothing on sale good enough
to bring over J7 40. but had the quality
been equal to last week 17 50 and per
haps a trifle better might have been
paid.
Hogs Light run at higher prices.
Light to good butchers, $5 90 5 95;
pigs, to 90i 5 95; light yorkers, J5 SQ;
roughs, $4 50&5; tdags 1-3 off.
Chicago Common to prime steers,
$3 0U3 64; cows. $3!f 4 40: heifers,
$2 25ti &; bulls, $2i 4: calves, 3fc8;
stockers nnd feeders, $2 40U 4 CO.
Hogs Choice to prime heavy. 95
6 95; medium to good heavy. $5 90&6:
butcher weights. $5 95?i fi 05; good to
choice heavy mixed, $5 80ft6; packing.
$5 65tf?6.
Sheep Market strong; sheep. $3 .0f! 6;
yearlings, J5 50ft6 40; lambs, G iQ(u
7 40.
Eat Buffalo. Kxport steers, $535. CO:
one load fancy at $5.75: best Shipping
steers, $4."5'6.20; best fat cows, $3.5i4;
few extra. $4.2S; fair to good. $3.25'i3.5fl:
trimmers. $1.501.75; best fat heifers, $4.40
W4.75; medium heifers. $3.50'ct3.76; best
feeding steers, $4fi4.25; best yearling steers
$3.60ftf 3.75; common stock steers, $3. 25 3. 50;
export hulls, $3.75'f4.25; bologna bulls, $2.75
(i3; milkers sold steady today, but pring
ers were $2'?j3 lower; best cows, $40160;
medium to good. $30T35; common. $18123.
, Hogs Few late arrivals unsold.
Sheer Pest native Iambs, $5.fvff5.fir1:
culls, tf. 501.75: best westerns, $7.2.Va7.3Ti:
best sheep. $5.75'; culls, sheep, $4'4.50;
ewes, $5.5011 5. 5; wethers. $5,7516; year
linrs, $6.&Vri6.C5; closed dull: 15 cars un
sold. Vealg steady; best, $9t'J.25; heavy,
$3.254.50.
Grain, V.tc.
Chlcsjro Cash sales: No. 2 srrlnr
wheat. S3R6c; No. 3. S284c; N'o. 2
red. 854 87c; No. 2 corn. 41c; No. 2
yellow, 41'c; No. 2 oats, 29?ic; N'o. 2
white. 3232lic; No. 3 white,
31c; No. 2 rye, fine; good feeding bar
ley. 393He: fair to eholce malting,
42ttf50c; No. 1 flaxseed, $1 10: No. 1
northwestern, $1 16; prime timothy
seed, $3 25; clover, contract grade,
$13 50.
Detroit Sales and prices .In this mar
ket were as follows:' Wheat No. 1
white. 3c; No. 2 red spot, 1 car at
8c; Mav. 5.000 bu at S9Uc 6.000 bu at
Rftc: 12.000 bu at 89c. 10,000 bu ,at
88c; Julv. 7.000 bu at 86'c, 10.000 bu
at 86Mic, 5,000 bu at 86ic. 5.000 bu at
86c, 15.000 bu at. 85ic: No. 3 red, 82c;
by sample, 1 car at 85c, 1 car at 78o
per bu.
Corn No. 3 mixed. 1 car nt 44c. 4 cars
at 44,,4e: No. 3 yellow, 6 cars at 43c:
No. 4 yellow, 1 car at iZc, No. S
white. 1 car at 45c per bu.
Oats No. 3 white, spot, 1 car at 3340
per bu.
Rye No. 2 spot, 1 car at 67ie; No. S
rye. 1 car at 64c per bu.
Clover seed VrJme spot. B bags at
$8 25: March. 100 hags at $8 30; by
sample, 20 bngs at $8. 15 at $7 75. 17 at
$7 65, 14 at $7 50, 9 at $7 25, and 6 at $7
per bu. Prime alsike, $7 60: by sample.
5 bags at $7, 3 at $6 50 and 4 at $5 60
per lu.
Timothy Prime spot, 50 bags at $1 CO
Ttfam Fehruarv. 1 car at $1 53;
March. 1 car at $1 66; May, $1 60 bid,
$1 62 asked.
AMtTSKMKNT IX IIRTKOIT
Week Ending Feb, 17.
Xmri.i Trbatkr ahd WopxaiD" After
noons S: l.Vltift. to : Evenings "J 10c. to 6 Jo
Mike llatrearty s r;iKhter. "
LTCCMPrtces iS-"?s-3i-5 -75c Mats. Wed.
and sat. '-Elfle Ty"
WHITT--Eentnffs 10-20 30o; Matt 10-1 5-2 V
"Burner Cillmore"
Lafatsttk Thiatir-Prices 10-25-S5-50O.
Mats. Wed. snd Saturdar
"The Two Orphans".
Fire in A. B. Seery's planing mill In
Allegan, presumably get by tramps,
caused a loss of $2,300.
A bill has been reported favorably
In the national senate granting the old
military reservation known as Fort
Urady to the city of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich., as a site for a public building.
Though he haJ a bank book show
Ing $400 in deposits and $15 In cash
Grand Rapids will board for two weeks
Joseph Groze, who applied at police
headquarters for lodging. He refused
to leave the station and was arrested
for vagrirncy and was given a 13-day
sentence.
Yon
Look
Yellow
The trouble is, your livct's
sick. One of its products,
"bile is overflowing into
your blood.
You can't digest your food,
your appetite is poor, you
suffer dreadfully from head
ache, stomach ache, dirti
ness, malaria, constipation,
etc What you need is not a
dose of salts, cathartic water
or pills but a liver tonic
Tli's sreat medicine a.ts gently on
ths suk liv er. It purifies the i luod,
renews the appetite, feeJs t!u nerves,
clears the brain and cures consti
pntbn. It is a true medicine for siclf liver
and kidneys, and regula-.e.s ail the
c'Vesiiva functions. Try it.
At all dealer in injuries In
Qeo. Gough,
Funeral Director.
Licensed Embalmer by th
btate Hoard of Health.
Full lint of
Coffins, Caskets, Funeral Supplies
t White Hearse cnl 2 Black Hearses.
All calls promptly attended.
Prices t Reasonable.
Catarrh
of 'o Tep'!, thront and h'.nira. Is a condition
,vh re thu lining ! il'e air pahat;itt have l
.iMi.e iUcjiscl, und throw off poisonous matter.
Catarrh f th" s:o;:iach nnd other organ
Is a lllvo toiiiliuon of the.ne orcans.
removes fhe po(owi.:s accumulations and re
bioit.4 iuu i.'.cmbruiit) to a healthy condition.
mr-Put up 1"S large bottles.
Sold by Price Sl.OO
MATHEWS & WIGHT.
HOW IS THE TIME
to have your
PICTURES FRAMED
A large assortment of Mould
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itock. Repairing, Upholstering
and all slop work dono promptly.
IRA GOHEEN
White Building. Tale, Mich.
HA PJctnrers of Your FaTorite 4 Hn
Auy Actresses and Actors for AUVi
They appear In each week's Issue of
"The Standard & YanitjFak"
FOR SALE AT ALL NEWS STANDS
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