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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
WATERWAY TO THE ATLANTIC.
Action of tho Deepwater Convention al
DetrOit--Big Jobs Proposed.

Action of tho Deepwater Convention at
DetrOit--Big Jobs Proposed.
DETROIT, Dec. 19.--At the second days
session of the deepwater convention yester-
day memorial to congress was adopted
which calls for legislation to construct q
twenty-foot channel through the lakes and
connecting waters between Chicago, Du-
luth, Superior and Buffalo, also for the
survey of n route with the same depth
through our own serritory between the
great lakes and the Atlantic ocean, involv-
ing the imprC vcment of the Hudson river,
so as to give twenty feet of water from
Corakle to Troy; also for the establish
ment of n complete chain of lighthouses
and other beacons all through the great
lakes.
Arrangements were also made to bring
pressure upon congress to secure this
work. A committee was appointed to
bring the action of this convention to the
attention of the national legislature by OBJ
tanning hearings before the proper COM
mittees, the president of the convention
being requested to use his influence to
have the hearings occur at the earliest
moment practicable. The convention also
approved of the move for survey of q
ship canal route between Lake Erie and
the Ohio river. Farwell Of Chicago offered
q resolution asking congress to formulate
plan for the employment of convict labor
in the construction of a ship canal from
Lake Erie to Lake Ontario; referred to
cop,pniffaa
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25

has Lesa in session he had submitted more
than thirty bills of more or less public
character, embracing almost everything of
interest to his constituents from free silver
coinage upwards and downwards.
Funeral Services at the Capitol.
The body of the late senator was taken
from his apartments under escort tof the
capital police to the marble room of the
senate alto o'clock this morning. AT LIS
p. m. it was removed TO the senate cham
Der, where the funeral services were con-
Quoted fifteen minutes later by Rev. j. G..
Butler, chaplain of the senate. At 2:30 the
body will be taken TO the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad station, accompanied by
the congressional committee, the president,
the cabinet and other officials, and for
warded under charge of the congressicn-
al committee to Emporia, Kan, where the
interment will cake place Dec. "a at 3 p. IN.
His Bereaved Family.
The senator leaves two unmarr led
daughters, who are now living with their
widowed mother at his late home in EN-
poria, Kan; a son, 90 years ago, now under
treatment for his eyesight in PHILADELPHIA,
end boy Of ~ and girl of IA at school III
Pennsylvania
VIII Close the Senate Until January.
Senator Piumb's lamentable death OF
course closes the present business of the
senate except the adoption of the concur,
rent resolution sent over from the house to
adjourn on Wednesday next until Jan
uary 5.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25

she thought well Mrs. Anna Beeurikes, q
Holland lady, and the youthful pair have
set sail on the sea matrimonial. He's 20,
while she is only 90.
The lumber cut of the state for the pres
ent year is thought To he alb. ut 800, co., 90
feet less than for the preceding twelve
months.
Mr.. Arnold, who organized the famous
Hull e. Arnold band away back i'm 1887, is
still living al Constantine. He is now past
so years of age.
As the pine is becoming scarce in the
the Saginaw valley, the mills will tackle
5O,OO0,O0 feet of silvery hemlock logs an
other season.
Northville's new Kelley institute for the
cure of inebriates is ready for business.
Muskegon's proposed $4,000 bronze
statue to Charles II. Hackley has gone
into the soup. The scheme would have
been sure go had not Mr.. Hackley siren
uously objected thereto.
Michigan railways are giving steady en-
ployment to 20, 1923 people.
More'n 1000 Christmas presents have
already been promised for one church tree
at Port Huron.
Card playing is said to have rent Bay
City secret society in twain, and lovers
of the pasteboard declare they will secede
and groom a goat of their own.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
THE WARNING CAME TOO LATE.

Death Gives the Senator No Time to Re-
inforce His System.
He even mentioned to friends that he
might return to Philadelphia today with
out waiting the adjournment of the senate
He came back by the 6 o'clock train and
went to Chamberlin's well-known restau-
rant for dinner. He took his seat at one Of
the small tables in the rear of the public
dining room, alone Senator Plumb was
remarkably abstemiQus in his habits, and
he did not depart from the usual custom
ON this occasion. He partook of no wine
OF other stimulant. En- Senator Malone,
of Virginia; Frank Hatton, of the Wash
ington Post; Senator Squire, and his pri-
vate secretary were at adjoining tables.
Taken Ill in the Night.
They all entered into conversation with
Plumb, but in the midst of it the Kansas
senator stopped and drew out a bottle Of
medicine which he shook up and took a
dose of, rcmarking with an apology
for his doing so that he was feel
ing quite sick, and feared that
he was going to be laid up with the
grip. He would not even then admit the
grave brain trouble Of which he had been
warned. From. Chamberlin's he went
home to his somewhat dismal rooms and
went to bed. About o'clock in the morn
ing he aroused his landlord, Mr.. Jennings,
saying that he felt really ill., and asked
him to send for the doctor. DIR. Philip S.
Wales, ex-surgeon general of of the navy
was summoned. and remained in charge Of
che case until the end, which came yester-
day at 80 a. m.
Born i'm Ohio in 1887, before he became
lawyer and banker he worked Mt the
ease as practical printer. He moved to
Kansas in 1856 and participated in much
of the early exciting history of that state
Unlike most senators of long service, he
did not undergo a previous apprenticeship
in the lower house of congress, but came
straight to the senate in 1877. He had pre-
viously, however, served i'm many import
tant positions in the Kansas legislature,
closing his local career there as speaker
During the war he fought his way up from
q second lieutenancy to the lieutenant-col-
onelship of the 18th Kansas infantry.
A Service of Fourteen Years.
Senator Plumb had served fourteen years
I'm the senate, and two years ago was re-
elected for term which should have ex-
pired in 1895. lie was one Of the best known
men in congress. His tall, athletic form,
his swinging, western gait, his breezy
method of speaking, and his rugged indie
pendence and originality of thought and
action made him n notable man in the sell
ate, and he was u power on all questions to
which he gave his mind. He was an ON
nivorous reader and an untiring worker.
In the few days that the present congress
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
Three Miners Killed.

LEADvILLE Colo, Dec. 21.-While some
workmen in the Busk mine were drilling
out an unexploded hole the drill struck
the dynamite. A terrible explosion fol-
lowed and the following three men were
instantly killed: John Malley, John Star
beck and Charles Olson. Frank Yeskoe
and William Goodwin were very seriously
injured and were brought into the city.
Malley was the foreman of the laborers,
who numbered seven. 1t was by lucky
chance that the other two escaped unin-
jured. Malley's head was blown entirely
off and his arms and legs were severed
from the trunk of his body. Starbeck was
mutilated beyond recognition, but his COM
panions identified the remains of his cloth
ing. Olson was also terribly mangled.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
soper,s Resignation Accented

LANSING, Mich, Dec. Ex-Governor
Winans yesterday formally accepted Secre-
tary of State Soper's resignation and notified
the secretary of his action. The governor
has also accepted Deputy Rowley's resig-
nation as member of the investigation
commission, and has appointed Prosecutor
Prosser to I'll the position. A mysterious
letter in Deputy Rowley's possession is
said to have caused Soper's resignation.
This letter, it is thought, absolutely crimi-
mates Soper over his own name
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
TWO BAD RAILWAY WRECKS.
Three Persons Killed and Two Dozen Sd
verely Wounded.

Three Persons Killed and Two Dozen Sd
verely Wounded.
PITTsBURG, Dec. 1.-THE following is n
correct report Of the wreck on the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway at
Lima, O., yesterday, given by the railway
officials: About $50 o'clock yesterday
morning the dining car in passenger train
No. 25 the Columbian express) left the
track 200 feet east Of the east end of the
passing siding at Lima, O., and the two
following sleeping cars went with it. The
dining car was wrecked and the two sleep
ing cars badly damaged by being thrown
against the engine of east-bound freight
train, second No. 70, which was waiting On
the siding for No 25 to pass. A broken rail
was the cause
The following is a correct list of the
killed and injured: Killed-Phillip Mutt,
fireman of second No. 72, left leg crushed
and otherwise injuring MIN, died at
o'clock p. m: H. j. Manuel, cook in din
ing car, scald.d, died before he could be X
treated from the wreck; j. H. Custis,
cook in dining car, scalded, died in hotel
at p. IN.
Twenty Persons Wounded.
lnJured-Mrs ID. N. Brown, New DIRK,
back badly hurt, and her child also re-
ceived slight injuries; Mrs. A. Smith, Jer-
sey City, badly bruised about hip and
shoulders; Mrs. Smiths little boy injured
internally and not expected to live; Mrs.
Christie, Washington, side badly bruised;
+. c. Dunn, Seattle, head badly cut; Mrs.
f. G. Dunn, Seattle, shoulder, left leg and
head cut (Mr. and Mrs. Dunn not seri-
ously injured); w. G. Hamilton, New
York, head cut and side hurt; w. T.
Hamilton, New York, left leg hurt;
j. S. Russell, Chicago, head cut
and side badly hurt; C. w.
George, Chicago, left hand and side
badly Bruised p. ID. Ogle, London, head
badly hurt; G. w. Hancock, Philadelphia,
right side bruised; Z. Danforth, San Fran
cisco, side badly bruised; W. A. Leiber,
San Francisco, head cut and left side badly
bruised; +. A. Leippert, Milwaukee,
badly hurt on head and body; G. w. Foote,
dining car conductor, badly hurt about
head and neck; G.. w. Halter, Pullman
conductor, left arm and leg hurt; Peter
Parsons, brakeman, injured about head
and shoulder: n. T.. Thomas, dining car
waiter, badly hurt.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
SENSATION IN CANADA.
Astounding Charge Made by Mercier'i
DeDOsed Minister.

Astounding Charge Made by Mercier's
Deposed Minister.
QUEBEC, Dec. 21.-The action of Lieu
tenant Governor Anglers in dismissing the
MERCER government promises now to wreck
the Federal government at Ottawa also.
Mr.. Tarte, Mercier's ally, created ire
mendous sensation last night at mass
meeting called in Mercier's interest, by dis
closing that in making his famous charges
at Ottawa relative to the Quebec harbor
works Doodle which drove Sir Hector Ian
gevin and Hon. Thomas McGreevy out of
public life, he was aided and allotted by
Sir Hetor's colleague and apparent friend,
but real rival in the cabinet, Sir A. p.
Caron, minister Of militia. Tarte claims
to be able to prove that the Federal gov
eminent received 100000 with which to
run their elections
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptabie to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIc SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. Mr.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
THE MARKETS.
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. q.
Following were the quotations on the board
of trade today: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., opened
9lssc, closed 9O}sc; January, opened g214c
closed 9156c: May, opened gs34c closed g11Sc.
Corn-Decemher, opened 46c, closed 1870; jan
uary. opened 1890, closed 429sc; May, opened
1880, closed 421lc Oats-December, opened
and closed ;2lSc; January, opened 3lMc, closed
SsSc; May, opened &c. closed 2Nc. Pork
December, opened -, closed -; January,
opened 5000. closed SlO.,216; May, opened
SIl.00, closed Sll2l% Lard-December
opened and closed S6.G1l
Live stock-Prices at the Union Stock yards
today ranged as follows: Hogs-Market
was active on packing and shipping account;
prices without material change; sales ranged
at S2.5OG3.35 pigs, S33093.65 light, $500
885 rough packing, S35Esd3.SO mixed, and
S3.7O(G3.W heavy packing and shipping lots.
Cattle-Market only moderately active on
local and shipping account, and prices in
clined IN favor OF buyers; quotations ranged
at S5.5O16.l0 choice to extra shipping steers,
S4.65615.45 good To choice do, SO 90ll4 60 Jair
to good, S3.0G13S5 common to medium, do,
S3.2JQt4.O butchers steers, S1.StD2.60 stockers
S2.3O01325 Texas steers, S2G093.40 feeders,
.25G13N COWS, Sl.256D2.15 bulls and 25QD5. 20
veal calves.
Sheep-Market rather active and prices
steady; quotations ranged at $37565 10
Westerns $37505.40 natives and $4.0OD5.85
lambs.
Produces: Butter-Fancy separator 27@2sc
per Id; diaries, fancy, fresh, "l@23c; packing
stock, fresh, 13gl5c. Eggs-Fresh candled,
loss Off, 24Ql24l8c per doz; ice.house stock, II
@1Sc. Dressed poultry-Hens, 76l7L6c per ID;
spring chickens, $1,000; ducks, 911llc; geese,
G09c; turkeys, choice, 1216GDl3c; common
stock, 10@l2c; poor, S@9c Potatoes-Heb-
rons, 30l135c per bu; Bur- anks, 3}lt35c; Rose,
2SQ130c; Peerless, 2s613Oc; common to poor
mixed lots, 2J6D2Sc. Sweet potatoes--Illinois,
S25O62.75; Jerseys, S350d3.55. Apples-Com-
mon, S12J0D1.5O per Dbl; good, SLID; fancy,
$500. Cranberrics-Cape Cod, $T.00leSO per
Dbl, $2256o2.5O per box; Jerseys, S6.5Ol17 90 per
Dbl, $2O0d2.25 per box.
New York.
New York, Dec. Il.
Wheat-No. = red winter cash, SlO714; jan
uary, SlO7lG March, Sl.OslS Corn-No. 2
mixed cash, 60c; January, BIC; Februarv,
5234es Oats-Steady; No 2 mixed cash,
Ale; January, $3.50. Rye-Dull and heavy;
state and western, SlO0Ul.R. Barley-Dull
and unchanged; No. l Milwaukee, s26t 7lc.
Pork-Dull but steady; new mess, 81 200
1850. Lard-Quioj; January, S6i0; February,
S65l; March, $500.
Live Stock attle--Trading dull and slow
for all grades; poorest to best native steers,
S3sGQ5.l0 per lUO lbs: Texans. s?.5O; bulls and
dry cows. Sl.25GJ3.a5. sheep and Lambs
Market firm for sheep; ac tive for lambs, and &c
per Id higher; sheep, Sl25dG.OJ per 100 lbs;
lambs, S5.2508.75. Hogs-Nominally steady;
i've hoes. S3GNt4.00 per 100 lbs.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
Evn Ia Not n Drawing Card.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.--The woman who
calls herself Eva Ray Hamilton was billed
for two weeks as the star of the Howard
Burlesque company, but her managers
found that she was not drawing card in
this city and they frankly admit that they
are trying to get her to give up contract
that calls for Sl25 week.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
FOUGHT A DUEL TO THE DEATH.
Knives the Weapons That Decided Ten
nessee Difficulty.

Knives the Weapons That Decided II Ten
nessee Difficulty.
NASHVILLE, Dec. 2l.-One Of the blood
lest duels ever recorded took place near
Morgantown Thursday night. Joseph
Harris had suspected that John Aiken was
too intimate with his young wife, and on
several occasions had told Aiken that his
presence was not desired ut his (Harris')
house and for him to discontinue his visits.
Aiken did not heed the warning. Thurs
day Harris and Aiken met in the public
road and hot words passed.
Got Out Their Toothpiclss.
Harris drew long-bladed knife and
made a desperate lunge at Aiken. BY this
time Aiken had his knife out, and both
men cut and slashed each other until Har-
ris fell dead with the knife of his antago-
mist still sticking where he had plunged
it. A party was got up to search for the
murderer, but failed to get him.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
BaYard's Daughter Married.

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. 21.--At o'clock
Monday Louise Lee Bayard, young
est daughter of ex-Secretary of State Bay
ard, was married at her fathers home,
Delamore Place, to DIR. Frpnk Angel, O
professor at Cornell University. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. Jesse
Higgins, of Baltimore. Owing to the re-
cent death of Count Lewenhaupt there
were but few guests at the wedding.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
The Base Ball Combination.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1s.-The base ball
magnates have made good progress with
the twelve-clLb league scheme. Yesterday
it was agreed to indemnify the Association
clubs dropped in the fol, Lowing sums: Bos-
ton, $4,000; Athletic, $4,000; Columbus,
$4,000; Chicago, Sl4, 900; Milwaukee, $1,000
Chicago is "kicking" but will have to go.
The Association has disbanded.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
DESTROYED Eleven Rouses.

SING SING, n. Y, Dec. 2i.-A fire stSei
at Croton landing at 10 O'Clock Saturday
morning which burned eleven houses to
the ground. Loss s2oO,0OO; partly in
sured.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25


Romeo is attracting attention from all
portions of the state because only five of
her citizens desire to engineer the postof-
fee.
Mary Burgin, Coldwater maiden of
fair As, alleged that John White was guilty
of breach of promise, and the jury said it
was worth s., 400 to Mary. John is 65-old
enough to have known better.
Butman, Gladwin county burg stands
out like bright star in the municipal
armament from the fact that her rate of
taxation is steadily declining
Mrs. James III. CASTOR, former Grand
Rapids lady, has just married her sew
enth husband, the latest acquisition being
n brother of Nos. and 6. The bride is n
handsome lady of AZ summers.
The Galien man who made an unsuc-
cessful attempt at suicide and then ran
away with the best girl and was married,
is supposed to be happy now.
Leonard Schnell threshed $4,000 bushels
of Tuscola county grain in fifty-fve days,
if Leonard made no mistake in the meas
urement.
The list of local option petitioners in
Calhoun county was not properly certified
work must be done over again or no cleo
ton will be held.
Alpena's new mineral well has struck
fiinty substance that's harder than hades,
and operations are just about ut a stand
still.
\ South Olive was recently the scene of
n heavyweight social at which eleven of
a. yol oil
One of the queer claims presented
against Manistee estate was for chickens
alleged to have been stolen seventeen
years ago.
The Calumet and Hecca company re-
ceived an English order for 100000 pounds
of Michigan copper and the works hustled
out the big bunch Of metal in just five
daps
Arenac county poets have an opportuni-
ty to immortalze themselves and harvest
the prize offered qy local editor at one
fell swoop.
Michigan millers have been asked to
contribute -four from their surplus to
feed the starving Russian peasantry.
Mrs. Maria Lankton, a Richland lady,
is dead at the age of "a. She was the
mother of the first white child born in
that town.
Standish has business eye on the
county seat of Arenac and the necessary
steps have been instituted to secure an
election ia the spring.
The immigrants who reach this coun-
try via Port Huron comprise nearly all
nationalities upon which the sun shines,
q late batch of REVEALS including nine
Arabs.
Edmore people are planting trees that
began to grow fifteen or twenty years
ago on the public streets. They do net
enjoy the waiting process for shade.
80
Two hundred bedroom suites per week Is
the gait at which the Ionia Furniture
company is humping itself at present.
Snakes are SO numerous in jackson
county that somebody suggests local OPP
tion as an effectual remedy.
John Marvin, the Michigan Central
brakeman who was killed by the cars at
Three Rivers, leaves bride whom he mar
ried than three weeks before the fatal ac-
cident.
J.F. Dyk is Grand Rapids resident
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25

Not so very long ago Grand Rapids
maiden married her best beau and the
happy pair sailed away to Oregon. The
young wife's pa and ma recently received O
telegram informing them that they were
grand parents of the cutest, healthiest set
of triplets in the universe. Glorious eli
mate, that of Oregon.
The Webster wagon shop at the Jackson
prison has been wiped out by fire at a loss
of s., 900 to the state and $4,000 to the
Webster company.
Henry Hardy, Caro- schoolboy, stole
$3.50 from his teacher and has been COM
mitted to the state reform school.
Peter English is a Benton Harbor CAPT
talist who thinks that thriving young city
ought to have at least ten miles Of electric
street railway, and the municipality has
authorized Peter to go ahead and build all
the road he desires
Rev. Il. Dewitt Talmage, the noted
Brooklyn divine, talked to 1890 people at
Ann Arbor on a recent evening.
j. A. Maloney is Milwaukee citizen who
had two young men of that town arrested
on a charge of theft. But Maloney was
unable to 81, ostantiate his allegations and
has since been made defendant in $4,000
damage suit.
May White, the Munitb sleeper who has
slumbered for $50 days, is gaining in flesh
and is thought to be recovering. She
sleeps less soundly than formerly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-12-25
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
happenings and Incidents Occurring In
Our Own State.

happenings and Incidents Occurring In
Our Own State.
The liberal element of the United
Brethren church at Sparta have captured
the fort, and are holding nightly meetings
under the leadership of a secret-society
parson.
Hardly had the words been spoken
which made Richmond couple man and
wife, when an officer called on the bride
and served papers which introduced her to
breach-of-promise suit preferred by
former lover.
Worthwhile voters will decide by ballot
upon the advisability of investing in $50 600
worth of waterworks.
Emmett people have just one parson and
he's been paid $50 for services rendered
during the last nine months.
Two Victor men are parties to a lawsuit
which has been in court four times, and
now the plaintiff is boarding in the Gala
boose at the defendants expense.
An anti-profane society has been organ
lied at Flint, the members of which bind
themselves by an oath not to indulge in
cuss words.
Potatoes fried in stale lard was the COM
bination that came near carrying west
Bay City family to their grave.
The home of William Burnham and all
its contents were destroyed by the bursting
of kerosene oil lamp. Williams lives at
Ludington.
Nothing has been learned of the where
abouts of Nellie Shower, who disappeared
from her home at Flint a year ago.
Viewpoints Sunday school was enlivened
recently by the discovery that little girl
had stolen her teachers rubbers, the child
asserting that she didn't care if she had
when confronted with the theft.
Since the army of hunters have decamped
from northern Michigan the deer seem 70
feel that a season of peace is at hand and
they come out in droves and eat in the
farmers dooryards.