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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
IRA HURD MURDER CASE.
Examination of the WidoX. and o. w.
Ludlow Commenced.

Examination of the Widoy. and o. w.
Ludlow Commenced.
ALLEGAN, Mich, Oct 1.-THE examin-
alton of Mrs. Hurd and o. w. Ludlow for
the murder of Ira Hurd commenced hero.
Five witnesses were examined. Public
interest is intense owing to the secrecy
used by the coroner's jury. Mr.. Evans
swore that Ludlow was with himself and
three other persons in tho Golden hotel
night of tho shooting. About o'clock
Ludlow, who complained of being sick,
quit and went TO the ., pot across the
way. Shortly aftcrwa~ Ludlow came
into the hotel, talked with Evans few
minutes and then went to his ROOM
When the alarm was given that Hurd was
shot, about II o'clock, Evans and. three
others in the room went over to the house.
Shortly after Ludlow and Evans son
arrived.
Levi Wilson, the man tho wife called
and the first to reach the house after the
shooting, gave description of Mrs.
Hurd's coming to his house and waking
him by screaming: 81 have killed Ira"
Mrs. Wilson testified as to the actions of
Mrs. Hurd after she arrived at her house.
Mrs. Hurd threw herself on the floor and
said that she had killed Ira thinking he
was a burglar or one of the gypsies
camped near by. When the two children,
who followed the wife, reached Wilson's
Mrs. Hurd said to them: "You can never
forgive me for shooting your papa" The
Oldest boy answered: "You did not know
what you were doing, mamma" Mrs
Hurd also said she wished she had gone
away when Ira said she should, then she
never would have shot him. Mr.. Golden,
owner of the hotel, was asked to identify
the pistol, but failed to do so, stating that
he had weak eyes and had not noticed it
sufficiently to be sure.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
State Notes.

Frank Sumner of Kalaska was convict
ed of setting fire to neighbours barn, and
was sentenced to five years at jackson.
He has since confessed and duplicates a
brother, who has been placed in Jail. A
large amount of valuable property was de-
stroyed.
A young mems Republican club of Rich
mond was formed with fifty charter mem
beers. The following officers were elected:
President, w. III. Ackcr; vice president,
Merton Fuller; secretary, Henry Keller;
treasurer, /. Il. Heath.
The womans gymnasium of Grand
Rapids will be opened and many of tho
ladies are looking forward to q pleasant
winter spent in hardening their muscles.
The reunion Of the First Michigan En-
gineers and Mechanics will be held at
Marshall Oct II. The citizens propose
to do the handsome thing in the way of
entertaining tho boys in blue, and a large
attendance Is looked for
Michael Peril fell 100 feet in mine at
Iron Mountain, Mich, and was killed.
Charles Mattson was fatally injured by q
fall of eighty five feet.
A new 100000 hotel is on the tapis at
Sault Ste Marie, and the people arc hold
rialize.
w. C. Beckwith, of Ithaca, one of tho
pioneers of the county, died of pleurisy.
He leaves wife and several married chill
dren.
Thieves entered the express Office at
North Star and took S130 in cash. There
is no clew to the robbers. The safe was
left unlocked.
The dead body of Ambrose Dickinson of
Homer was found under the feet Of a bull.
He had been gored to death. He was an
old soldier and well-known farmer of
Butler township.
Mrs. r. Hazen of Detour recently had
her gold watch and diamond ring stolen.
A few nights afterward the thief stole up
to the house and deposited the valuables
on her front doorstep.
The Saginaw Coal company Of Sebe-
waing. Mich, will abandopits mine work
ings, as there Is danger of collapse Of the
walls and roof.
Marion Saunders of Ludington, Mich,
has been arrested at Defiance, o., for horse
stealing.
The Detroit coroner and his jury have
given up the attempt to discover who
murdered Charles Chauvin.
So many carloads of onions arc being
shipped from Decatur this season that the
town has acquired the name of Onionville
among tho neighboring villages.
Gladstone will have quite an ambition
soon, as seventy cottages arc to be built to
accommodate workmen who will be en-
ployed at the new iron furnace which is
being built there.
James Bonine, u Cass county farmer,
has herd of forty elk.
Cass county's apple crop will be larger
this season than before in many years.
Ground will be broken at Gladstone
soon for large stavc factory, which will
begin operations in the spring.
Peach shipments from Oceana county
still continue, averaging from 400 to 500
baskets por day from Shelby.
Florence Campbell 10 2-ycar- old girl of
Grand Marais, got hold Of bottle OF car
bolic acid and drank some of the contents.
She lived but n short time.
The calendar for the October term of tho
Eaton circuit court contains twenty -seven
criminal cases, eighteen Of which are for
violation Of tho liquor law.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
CAUGHT A BAD COUNTERFEITER.
The Catch Develops n Case of Alienation
of Affections.

The Catch Develops Case of Alienation
of Affections.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.-Captain Porter, Of
the United States secret service, discov-
cred that John Robertson, whom he ar
rested for countorfeiting several days ago,
is John Spayne, a noted maker of bogus
coin, for whom the secret service has been
looking since early in 1899. Roberson's
wife, or the woman who accompanied
him as his wife, came into Captain Por-
ters office. The woman is blind and is q
pathetic figure. She was accompanied by
an old woman who acted as her guide and
the object of her visit was to intercede for
Robertson.
While she was in the Office George w.
Morton, who lives in this city, came in,
and seeing the blind woman, said she was
his wife, and that "she left me over a year
ago and is now living with John Spayne, q
countcrfeter." Morton approached his
wife, who knew him by his voice. He up
braided her for leaving him and she de-
Tended herself. II am blind and helpless
and you neglected me. The man / am liv-
ing with now has been devoted to me, and
/ will never desert him." Mrs. Morton, in
answer to Captain Porter's questions, ad-
mitted that Robertson is Spayne. Spayne
is the maker of the best counterfeit silver
coin that ever appeared, with the exception
of some plated copper coin discovered
wears
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
CROPS IN MICHIGAN.
AMOUNT or WHEAT HARVESTED
THIS YEAR.

The Average Yield Per Acre Is Nearly
Seventeen Bushels-Oats Estimated to
Yield Twenty Eight and a Half Bushels
to the Acre-Potatoes, Apples, Etc.
LANSING, Oct. 12.-Reports at hand
form the basis for the following state
mont:
Acres OF wheat harvested in 1894 1887, S54
Bushels ....................... u, 3I,o49
Average yield per acre. .. 1879
The acres here given are as shown by tho
farm statistics of the state taken by SUI
pervlsors last spring, the average per aero
is taken from records kept by thrashers,
and the total yield is obtained by multi
plying the number of acres in each county
by the average per acre and footing tho
products. Correspondents this month
were requested to estimate the proportion
Of the wheat crop that will be fed to
stock. The average of their estimates Is
about IS per cent. or nearly one-fifth of the
crop. 1t is yet early to make this esti-
mate.
At the most tho figures represent only
what the farmers expect to feed They
arc now feeding largely to hogs, later
they will feed to other stocks. The total
number of bushels of wheat reported
marketed by farmers since September re-
port was published is ,523, Ell, and in the
two months, August and September,
e,476,074. This is 1,050,43O bushels less
than reported marketed in the same
months last year. Oats are estimated to
yield nearly twonty-eight and half bush
els per acre; barley eighteen and five
eighths, and corn forty bushels. Potatoes
arc estimated to yield "A per cent of an av-
erage crop, and winter apples are esti-
mated at ono-half, and late peaches three
fourths Of an average crop.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
THE eRIGANDs GROWING BOLD.
A Gang Holds Up n Train in Virginia and
Gets q Large Booty.

Gets a Large Booty.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct 13.-The north.
bound passenger train on the Richmond,
fredericksburg and Potomac railway,
which left here at z o'clock last night, was
held up near Quantico. The engineer and
fireman were forced from their engine,
and the engine was cut loose and sent
ahead. The express car was then entered.
the messenger covered with pistol, and
the safe blown open and robbed. The
runaway locomotive was stopped at Guam.
tico by obstructing the track.
1t is stated that there was an unusually
large amount of money on the train, prob.
ably $4,000. Tho robbers, seven in num-
Der, were masked. The railway company
has offered 81 200 reward for the arrest OF
any of the robbers. The express messen-
GER b. +. Crutchfleld, and his helper, H.
Murray, barred the doors of the express
car, but these were blown open with dyna-
mite. After the robbery the thieves made
off with their booty in the direction of the
Potomac river, where it is supposed they
had boat in waiting to take them to the
Maryland side.
The operator ut Brooks six miles from
Quantico, discovered that the engine was
wild as it passed his station, and tele-
legraphed to Quantico, where switch
was thrown, so that it was brought into
collision with two loaded freight ears and
wrecked. Had the locomotive been per.
mitted to pas Quantico it would have col.
lided with the south-bound passenger
train.
One trainman said the robbers got $780, :
coo, but this is believed to be q great deal
too high an estimate. The express officials
refuse to talk.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
THE DEATH RECORD.

DWIGHT DARLINGTON, prominent Mason,
at Leavenworth, Kan.
WILLIAM FULLER, an old settler of
Clinton, Ills
CHARLES +. KLETZCH, well-known hotel
man, at Milwaukee.
CHARLES w. DoRsToN, warden of Sing
Sing prison, mt Sing Sing, n. Y.
DR.. r.. b. BROWN, prominent homeo-
pathic physician, at milwaukee,.
PHINEAs HOWE, an early settler Of
Rockford, Ills.
Doctor G. w. MOODY, an early settler of
South Dakota, ut Huron, S. ID.
AURELIUs j. JOYCE prominent citizen
of indianapolis.
DANIEL G. TAYLOR, cashier of the First
National bank of Kaukakce, Ills.
DRAM FoLLETT, prominent official and
newspaper writer, at Sandusky, o.
Mrs. MARY e. THoRP, old resident of
Elkhart, Ind.
Mrs. BETTE L. $. HARRISON, sister-in-
law of exPresident Harrison, at Minneap-
oils.
Rev. CHARLES WOoDHoUsE, old time
Universalist minister, at Rutland, VT.
Captain FRED BooTHMAN, we'll known
vessel master, at Cleveland.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION COUNCIL.
Prescott Reelected Presidcnt-Othe Bus.
mess Transacted.

mess IFtiiShctcu.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. AT the fourth
days session of tho International Typo.
graphical union recommendation No. Is
by President Prescott was considered.
1t proposed a new article to the constitu
ton, providing that after July l, 1895, any
contributing member in good standing
shall be entitled TO an out-of-work benefit
of SO per week for six weeks, commencing
with the second week of his idleness OH
being deprived of employment from any
cause except on account of strike, lock
out, illness, debauchery incompetence or
other immoral conduct. Rejected-63 to
SO. The next question was an amendment
to section 81, general laws; mo local
union shall sign contract guaranteeing
its members to work for any proprietor,
firm or corporation unless such contract
Is sanctioned by the allied trades council. "
1t was adopted.
The following officers were elected:
President, w. b. Prescott, Toronto; first
vice president, Theodore Perry Nashville;
second vice president, Frank G. Boyle,
St. Paul; third vice president, Charles B.
Lahan, Chicago; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, A.
G. Wines, st. Louis. For trustees OF
Childs- Drexel home James ID. Daley, OF
Philadelphia; Alexander Duguin, of Gin.
cinnati; Henry E. Dorsey, of Dallas, Tex,
and L. C. Shepard, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, were chosen. Colorado Springs
was selected as the place for holding the
next meeting The convention refused
to adopt q 16-to-1 silver resolution, and
asked for 90 cents from each union printer
for monument to George w. Childs.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Life or Death.

1t is of vital importance that it should be
understood by persons whose kidneys are
inactive. that this condition OF things is fin
ally inductive of state of the organs where
life hangs in the balance. Bright's disease,
diabetes, albuminura are all diseases OF
very obstinate character in their mature
stage, and all have fatal tendency. They
often battle the most practiced medical skill,
and the most approved remedies of mater'a
medica. But Opposed at the Outset-that is
to say, when the kidneys begin TO discharge
their functions inactively-with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the dangerous tendency is
checked. Very useful, also, is this house
hold medicine for those ailments of common
ccurrence-constipati0n billousness, dys-
pepsia and nervousness. IL is safeguard
against malaria and averts chronic rheuma-
tism.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
woman's Happiest Mor,ent.

Which is tho happiest moment Of a
woman's life? Is it when she is first en-
gagged? When she receives her husband 8
first kiss? When she smoothcs her first
baby's tiny hand with her own, so weak
and tremblingp Or is it when she sits, her
work finished, her hands folded, her pa
tient soul waiting and listening for the
good angel, death2
If we could only know! If we could!
But the engaged girl thinks, "How happy
I'll DO when I'm his wifc!' The young
wife is looking forward to tho happiness
that is just ahead, the young mother to
the time when baby can say, Mamma. I"
And have heard grandma say, 1.-THE hap
piest time was when the children were all
tucked in bed "-Womankind.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Then and Now.

1t is true that women demand more of
men at the present time than our grand
mothers and even our mothers did. Onco
it was enough to be man. Now he must
be q deserving one andyback it up with n
fair show OF brains and enterprise, or else
the modern girl can get along very well
without him. Women reason now where
once they blindly trusted. The modern
wife exacts less in trivial ways. She ex-
poets to be granted in suitable ways the
same liberty her husband enjoys. She Is
his companion-not his toy nor his slave.
Men talk of affairs to women now where
they used to speak only gallant words
Exchange.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
AFTER HALF A CENTURY.
Discovery in the Lake of Rails Intended
for an Early Railway.

Discovery In the Lake OF kailS Intcnueu
for an Early Railway.
MONROE, Mich, Oct 13-Whilc trolling
in the lake S. j. Reynolds and Captain B.
f. Whitney struck snag about a mile
and a half off Raisin point in about seven
feet of water. They found they had struck
quantity of old iron strap rails which
were to have been used in the construction
of one of the first railroads in tho west.
Captain Whitney, who is one of Monroe's
oldest residents, Immediately buoyed tho
little iron mine.
About ffty-thrce years ago an unknown
bark, loaded with this primitive railroad
iron, ran aground on the bar off the
mouth of the river during a dense fog and
part of its cargo was dumped into the
water to release it, The irpa is not rusted.
1t is ID feet long b. 2lI inches wide and q
inch thick 1t lies in all Shapes and Is Gov
cred by about eighteen inches of sand.
The men arc not equipped with machin-
cry, so the work OF taking out the iron is
slow. So far they have removed about
five tons
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Some Hefty Cabbages.

THREE OAKS, Mich, Oct. 17.-The ag-
ricultural circles of this city were stirred
by an item in the Chicago Inter Ocean in
which Benton Harbor flaunts the largest
head of cabbage ever grown I'm her vicini-
ty. The thriving little city of Three Oaks
will make no boasts, but has sent to The
Inter Ocean, by express, charges paid q
cabbagehead grown on the farm of the
Bartnett Produce company, near this
city, which measures four and half feet in
circumference and weighs twenty-six
pounds. There are more of this size on
hand. Any one of the large cabbage grow
ers of this belt can furnish, in carload lots,
underground cabbages.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
A Unitarian Mother.

A fond young mother, who is yet utili-
tartan, converted the lace 1ounced first
robe of her baby, after he had outgrown
it, into most fetching lamp shade, soft
pink sash holding its fllmy fullness In at
the top in true baby dress fashion. And
no one suspected its origin, but all who
saw admired the lamps accouterment -
New York Letter.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Women and umbrc''rS.

If you will look at the umbrellas in a
crowded walk on a rainy day, you will 500
some constantly shifted here and there, up
and down and to one side and tho other.
These are carried by men. Others, carried
by women, arc held steadily before the
face and pushed along stubbornly against
other umbrellas and hats. The points are
thrust into peoples eyes and faces and
down their necks. Nice shiny silk hats are
sprinkled and knocked off, and the woman
goes on, humping and being bumped, alb
solutely refusing to admit, in her way Of
managing her umbrella, that there is any
one on the sidewalk but herself. Philoso-
pliers have studied this phenomenon, but
no one can tell why man with an UNI
brella is polite and considerate, while q
woman with an umbrella raised at once
becomes cross, impolite and reckless as to
any harm she may do.-Sacred Heart Re-
view.
A baby does not commence to shed tears
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Serving Fish,

Fish is dainty food. Practice is needed
in serving it. Lightness of touch and
dexterity of management arc necessary to
keep tho delicate fakes intact. 1t re-
quires some skill to rip the skin and lay it
back, and sever the head and tail with
neatness and dispatch. These three arti-
cles must never leave the platter. They
belong to the cat. The choicest morsel Of
any white fish is tho cheek. 1t is not good
form to cut through a fish. Begin at the
tail and throw aside the skin. Begin at
tho head to serve, cutting to the backbone.
When the meat on that side is helped, turn
the fish and help the other side in tho
samo way. If there is roe, u part should
DO served each person. Boiling is the
incest way to cook and the easiest way to
serve fish. Dress the edge of the platter
with hard egg and sliced lemon, tomato
and beets,
l. r
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Bucklen's Arnica Salye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by Johnson & Henderson.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Detroit Democratic Convention.

DETROIT. Oct. 1.-THE Democratic city
convention renominated Justice of the
Peace Thomas w. Fitzsimmons and the
following for representatives in the legis-
lature: William b. Jackson, DR.. James
A. Kier, K. Il. Keuseh, Henry G. Barter,
Jeremiah Sullivan, Alex Tannenholz,
James McGinn, John Il. Saners, r. NJ.
Hoffman and Henry Hoetger. Seven of
these are the candidates of the trades I'M
ionists previously nominated.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Japs and Chinese Facing Each Other.

WI JU, Corea, Oct. 1.-THE Japanese
and Chinese armies are facing each other
on the banks of the Yalu river. Both are
perfecting their arrangements for battle.
Not u shot has been fired yet. Field Mar
small Count Yamagata, commander of the
Japanese forces, is awaiting the arrival
of supplies and heavy artillery. Spies re-
mort that the Chinese army Is %, 600 strong.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
ALLEGED TRAM WRECKERS.
Four of Them Under Arrest ut Battle
Creek, Mich.

FOur or IneH1 Unutr slTEPSi It fSattle
Creek, Mich.
BATTLE CREEK, Oct. l5-Thc parties
suspected of wrecl,ing the Chicago and
Grand Trunk train hore on the morning
of July 49, during The strike excitement,
and who were the means of killing Fire
man Crow and injaring about twenty
persons, have ut last been arrested. Stan
ley Knowles, John Bodwig George w.
johnson and e. M. Jewctt are in cOnfine-
mcnt as the result of tho efforts of five
Chicago detectives. Knowles had been
given positions on the road Us part of the
plan for the capture. Finally the detect
ives cornered him and extorted u confess
sion which is to the effect that tho crime
was committed while the men were dos
perate over the strike and their failure to
prevent the trains from running Jewett
and Bodwig are held in Chicago and will
be brought here. The other two arc held
in hiding here by tho detectives.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Indicted for Giving Rebates.

PITTsBURG, Oct. &c. S. Wight, of
Pittsburg, and r. M. Frazer, of Cincin-
natl, freight agents for tho Baltimore and
Ohio Railway company, have been in
dicted by the grand jury in the United
States district court for violation Of the
interstate commerce law in giving rebates
to shippers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Piles! Piles! Itching Piles!

YMPToMs-Molsture, intense = itching ana
81 .nging most at night; worse by scratching
II allowed to continue tumors FORM which often
bleed and ulcerate, becoming very sore.
SwAYNE's OINTMENT stops the itching and
bleeding, heals liberation, and in most cases re-
moves the tumors. AT druggists or by mail, for
50cents. DR.. Swavne &Son Philadelphia.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Wealthy Farmer Murdered.

SPRINGPoRT, Mich, Oct. 16.-The body
OF G. A. Waterman, awealthy farmer, was
found in the woods with bullet in the
head. Waterman drew 5000 from tho bank
and took it home. He left the house early
in the evening to do some chores and was
not seen alive again. Everything points
to murder with robbery as the motive.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Ore Dock Strikers Discharged.

EsCANABA, Mich, Oct. 1.-THE strikers
on the ore docks of this city were dis
charged, new men put in their places at
$3.50 per day, and three boats were loaded
by the new men. The ore trimmers, out
of sympathy with the dock men, refused
to trim ore unless they received 4 cents
per ton.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Schooner Alva Bradley Sunk.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, Oct. 16,-The
schooner Alva Bradley of Cleveland
sprang Il leak near Fox island and foun-
dered in eight fathoms of water at North
Manitou. The crew of seven men and q
woman were taken off by the steamer
Douglas and brought here. The Bradley
had u cargo of steel billets and was bound
for Milwaukee,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Rejected the Bond.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Oct lit is re-
ported here that the Office of grand record
keeper of the Knights of Maccabees Of this
state is vacant Joseph Boughton of this
city, who was elected at the recent great
camp has had some difficulty in securing
bonds for $25, 900. He offered a bond guar
antced by one of the best of the indemnity
companies, but it was rejected. The time
for filing the bonds has expired.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19

Rheumatism Cured i'm Day.--"Mysti
Cure" for rheumatism and Neuralgia, rad
ically cures In to days. Its action upon
the system Is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause and the disease
Immediately disappears. The first dose
greatly benefits, rs cts. Sold by johnson q
Henderson, druggist, Owosso.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19

stable and Waterman. Both of the men
were badly injured about the face and
head, and had to retreat. The women
promise warmer reception to the next
officer who appears on the scene.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
Thomas w. Palmer Getting Well.

DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 16.-Thomas w.
Palmer, who has been quite ill, has so
far recovered that he has left his Detroit
home for Larchmont, N Y, to join Mrs.
Palmer, who has passed the summer at
that place.