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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-24

The postoffice will close at IL o'clock for
the day. Carriers will make one general
and one business delivery in the forenoon.
The Office will be open on Sunday from 0 to
10 a. m. @. LAWRENCE, Postmaster.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-24

Special sale on Watches for the month of
December. Having bought large stock of
Watches before the rise. | will make special
prices on all Watches sold In December.
I. o. CHRISTIAN, Jeweler,
OwOssO. Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-24
Lost.

Medium size white hound, light yellow
spots. $500 reward for return. Inquire at
this Office.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-12-24
FOURTH IN SIZE BUT FIRST In PRICE.
II! !1s Cheap John.
NEW BARGAIN CLOTHING HOUSE,
The Cheapest place in in Owosso to buy ClohingRead the
following prices and be convinced:
,ARGAIN CLOTHING HOUSE,
Shoes

200 pairs Shoes, sizes 8, 10 and II, all
odd sizes, we will close them out at
One-half Price.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23

81. Louis, Dec. 21.-A fire started in
the basement of the building occunjed
py Mermod & Jaccard, iewelry. nj tho
corner Of Locust street and prood-
way, and in an almost Incredible
shoft lline the fiye-story building was
~cohipietely Quilted. The total loss will
reach $4,000, fully covered by in
Strahce. The fire had been burning
some time before IL was discovered.
anu III fifty minutes the south wall
anu all the floors began falling. max
ing II or the fiercest and quickest
hfes III the annals of this city. NEXT
10 the boiler O i'm the basement was
q room used for packing. 1t is thought
h fire started in the boiler room
communicating to the packing room
ana shooting Up the elevator shaft and
quickly spreading over the building.
w. A. Rutledge, the engineer. ana his
FAMILY lived on the fourth floor. They
barely escaped with their lives. The
nremen dragged them unconscious
from their beds and carried them
down the fire escape. Five minutes
later the floors fell. Several other
tenants in the building had narrow
escapes. but there We're no fatalities.
The Mermod x Jaccard .Jewelry COM
pany was II of the largest in the
world. and this being Christmas sea-
son. carried an immense stock. One
half of the stock had been placed in
the two large vaults and saved, but the
rest, as we'll as the building and its
fixtures, was totally destroyed. The
Model Clock company was wiped out,
sustaining a loss Of $4,000. on which
there is an insurance OF three-fourths.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
DrPHTHERrA in WISCONSIN,.

Fifty-Three Deaths In One Smaly
Town In Less Than -Four Weeks.
A preventive and cure for diphtheria,
Group, tonsilitis, quinsy and all
throat troubles recently placed up
on the market has achieved such
marvellous success as to greatly
stir up the medical fraternity. Its
power over diphtheria seems aim ost
miraculous. as it stops it's spread as
If by magic.
Grantsburg, Wisconsin, population
less than four hundred. was visited by
a terrible epidemic Of diphtheria, dur
ing which ffty-thie e Of its inhabitants
died in less than four weeks. After
much urging by the friends of Muco-
Solvent, the authorities decided TO use
1t, and %thereupon telegraphed for q
large supply. which arrived the next
day at 4 O'Clock, and by 6 o'clock every
man. woman and child in Grantsburg
We're taking Muco-Solvent, with the re-
suit that not another death oc-
Cured, whereas, up to the very
hour its use was commenced. not
a day, for two weeks, had passed
without from one to five deaths. Many
other epidemics have been quickly
stamped out by M~uco-Solvcnt, not
ably at Madison. Polar, W~inneconne
and Neenah. Wisconsin.
We earnestly advise every mother to-
procure Muco-Solyent and keep it in
the house ready for prompt use for
every i'll, however slight, especially IL
accompanied with sore throat. cough
or cold, and thus, in many instances,
prevent %diphtheria or some other SCI
rious ailment the presence of which is
not even suspected. Pleasant to,
take. 1t can be procured by
sending the price si.00 per bot
tle) to the M~uco-Solvent Company,
$50 Dearborn street, Chicago. upon
receipt OF which they will send it,
charges prepaid.
They will upon application, send free
a book OF forty pages es<tled Chats
with Mothers which every mother
should read. They desire agents
and the right person woman preferredl
can secure exclusive agency in their
town.-Chicago Opinion.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Mark Twain. Brother pena

heokuk, Iowa, Specialization Glen.
ems, brother of the famous author
Mari Twain, died suddenly at his
home in this city, aged se~yenty.two
Mr.. Clemens came to Keokuk during
1919, and with his brother, the humor
ist, engaged in the job printing bust.
ness. He served as secretary and
treasurer OF Nevada Territory durinc
first term. Nevada had been
a part of Idaho until the gold and sill.
yer discoveries which made the biz
mine famous, causing an in
nux OF population into Nevada, when
II was declared a territory. Clemens
held the office until it became a state
from 1861 to 1866.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23

china Approve. Of the w~interins .

China Approves of the WinferiBE OF
the Cars Fleet at Port Arthur.
London. Dee. 21.-The correspondent
of the Times at Pekin says: China
approves OF the Russian fleet winter
ing at Port Arthur, being persuaded
that this action Is taken by the Ger
mlan occupation of Kiao Chau.'
A dispatch to the Times from Shang-
hal says The occupation Of Port Ar
thur Thy Russial cannot fail to pro-
woke popular Indignation in Japan,
where public opinion is already excit-
ed owe the kiao Chau affair.
According to a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Shanghai the high officials
of the Chinese court have advised the
emperor, in view of further compiled
tions, to remove the court to Marking
tthe southern capitan. The dispatch
says ii is reported there that overtures
have been made TO England TO exer-
else protection over the Yang Use val
ley and the West river. and that nu-
merOus rumors are current regarding
the activity of the British squadron in
Chinese waters.
Tie Times, commenting editorially
on the situation, says: Instead of the
kaisers mailed fist, we have Russias
velvet glove. but the grasp Is not less
vigorous and unyielding. Great Brit
ain ought now courteously to invite
China TO extend the same privileges TO
the British feet ut Chasan.'
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
killed n FOotpad.

Chicago. Dee. IL Patrolman Rus
sell 81 OF and killed a footpad whom he
caught in the act of robbing n man
whom he had Knocked down. A COM
panion of the man who was shot was
arrested and said that the only name
by which he knew the dead man was
Hicks. The dead man is declared by
the police TO be Charles Carter Of Buff
falo, n. Y. The young man started TO
run when approached by Officer Rus
sell, and as he held a revolver in a
threatening manner and refused to
halt when called upon 10 do so, Rus
sell, after firing two shots in the air,
sent a bullet through the fugitive's
lungs. Russell was promoted by the
cl,ief Of police an hour after the shoot
Ing
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
nrummcrx UP I'm Arms.

New York, Dec. 21.-At a meeting OF
the board of directors of the Com
nercial Travellers National league
resolutions were adopted c~ondemning
the anti-scalpcrs law and ~denouncing
several organizations that have claimed
to be representative of the great body
of commercial travellers. President
Dow. of the beard, stated that he
would 20 before the congressional
committee as soc as congress recon
yenes and demand some legislation
which will relieve the commercial
travellers from the onus which has
been cast upon them by law.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
New PuIlmans for u. q o. n. II.

The new sleeping ears hat Pullman's
Palace Car company has placed in serv-
ice within the past month on the Balti-
more * Ohio road between Baltimore
and Louisville, Ky, are quite an i'm
provement over those heretofore used on
that line. They have large smoking
rooms and an extra size ladies' toilet
room, a feature which will be thoroughly
appreciated by the fair sex who have
had TO dress in some of the Columbian
cars hitherto used between those cities.
The Chicago and New York service has
been improved by the addition of seven
new Pullman cars which the Pullman
people say are the best cars they operate
anywhere. They have large smoking
rooms, large ladies' toilet rooms, empire
deck and all the new features that the
company has recently introduced.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23

list OF patents issued last week Ia
Northwestern inventors:
Hans Allen, Red Wing, MINI.
spring cushion tire for vehicles;
Charles G. Brdnell, Custer, S. d.. fuse
cutter, splitter and crimper; James Il.
Fuller, Sioux Falls. s. D., tender for
traction engine: Nicholas w. Habber-
stad. ST. Paul, Mimi. shoe for double
trees; Joseph l.. Nylauier. Duluth.
Mimi. shoe horn: John j. Roach,
Butte. Mont. lantern: Cargill x FAN,
Houston. Mimi. ttrade-arkl wheat
four. Cream Of Wheat Company.
Minneapolis, Miln., ttrade-mark)
breakfast food.
Merwin, Lothrop G. Johnson. Patent
Attorneys. 910, OIL and 912, Pioneer
Press Building, st. Paul. MINI.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Makes Serious Charges.

Alpena, Mich, Specialize Thun.
der Fay life saving crew forwarded Il
Washington complaints against their
captain, John ID. Persons. They
charge him with negligence of duty.
One OF the specific charges is thai
When the burning steamer Egyptian
was sighted off the island, Capt. Per.
sons refused to go out or investigate.
Another is, that, when the steamer
Sicken signalled to the crew. the cap.
tain failed to respond. This is the
third time the captain has been re.
ported,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Cnne Rrctnn ConI.

Boston, Dec. 2l.-The board of di-
rectors of the Dominion Coal com
pany have agreed to modify the de-
termination TO shut the Victoria col
lieries at Cape Breton. as a result of a
visit of George Murray. premier of
Nova Scotia, w. S. Fielding, Canadi-
an minister of finance. and X. Drum
mond. head OF the Provincial Work
mems Association of Nova Scotia, who
were here trying to bring about a COM
promise. The directors of the COM
pany have decided to appoint a COM
mittee to negotiate with the govern
ment of Nova Scotia with a view to
reaching an amicable agreement in the
matter.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23

ksdron. Neb.-For the last twenty
hours a severe blizzard has been
br in Northwest Nebraska. Trains
blocked and all traffic is susnend-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
500 To ANY Man.
WILL PAY sioo FOR ANY CASE
or Weakness In Men They Treat ane
Fail to Cure.

ivy anu
Fail to Cure.
an Omaha Company places for the first
time before the public a MAGICAL TREAT
MENT for the cure OF Lost Vitality, Nervous
and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration OF
Life Force "a old and young men. No
worn-out French remedy; contains no
PHOSPHORUS or other harmful drugs. It is
q WONDERFUL TREATMEST-magical in it's
effects-positive in its cure. All readers.
who are suffering from a weakness that
biights their life, causing that mental and
physical suffering peculiar to Lost Man
hood, should write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY, Omaha, Neb and they win
send you absolutely FREE, a valuable
paper on these diseases, and positive proofs
OF their truly MAGICAL TREATMENT. fhous-
ands OF men, who rave lost all hope OF a
cure, are being restored by them TO q per-
feet condition.
This MAGICAL TREATMENT NAV be taken.
at home under their directions. or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer to go there for treatment, If they
fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or G. o. b. fake. Thay have
x29O,0OO capital, and guarantee to cure
every case they treat or refund every dollar;
or their charges may be deposited in
bank to be paid to them when a cure IL
effected. Write them today.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
ROLLS Acquitted.

Madison, Wis, Special - Ex-Assem-
blyman c. j. ROLLS of Stoughton was
acquitted on the charge of assault with
intent to murder G. Il. Roe at Slough
ton in October last. The trouble grew
out of a street fracas in which ROLLS
was the central figure. This was the
third of three sensational suits against
ROLLS growing out of the same diff
Guilty, in all of which he has been ac-
quilted. ROLLS is a newspaper man.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
BeIoit students Reinsta,ed.

Beloit. Wis, Specialize Suspended
members of the college freshmen class
met President Eaton and talked about
reinstatement. Application was made
individually. Those who applied in a
spirit of loyalty were reinstated and
nearly all were taken back. The sus-
pension of the class was the result of
a banquet given at Rockford, ILL.,, the
members of which had been notified
that they must not attend.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
For Eyuo,;,ion BuudInrs.

Buffalo. n. Y. Dec. 21.-Capt. John
Nj. Brinker. president of the Pan
American exposition, that
he has let the contracts for the con-
struction of the first group of buildings
on Cayuga island. Ground will be
broken for the buildings shortly after
the holidays and the contracts call for
Il cir completion by Jan ]. 1890. Capt.
Brinker says the cost of the proposed
structures is estimated N between
S60o.O0O and $1,000 00.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Naturalization Reform.

Washington, Dec. 21.-A proposition
is being discussed 10 make a thorough
reform of the naturalization laws on
the immigration educational test bill.
That measure has been favorably re-
ported by the house immigration COM
mittee and will be taken up in the
house after the holidays. The com
mittee comedies some opposition to it.
but the majority recognize the neces-
sity for some essential changes. Its
effect is TO require all immigrants TO
read and write either the English
language or some other language.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Denied Their Gnilf.

Chicago. Dec. 81. Chris Merry,
charged with the murder Of his wife,
and James Smith, alleged accomplish
of Merry. have arrived in Chicago
from Princeton. KY, where they were
arrested. Both men were confronted
by Joseph Hickey. upon whose confess
sion they were arrested, but they
stoutly denied any knowledge Of Mrs.
Merry's death ard were finally placed
in jail pending an examination on
Tuesday.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23

Great Bend. Kan. Dec. 2J.-In a let
ter to friends here Mrs. Mary Eliza
beth Lease states that her lecture en-
gagements are not proving as profita-
bic as she expected, and that
she expects to return TO Kansas and
begin an active anvas for the Popu-
list nomination for congress in the
Seventh district. The fight against
Jerry Simpson, she says. will prevent
his denomination, and ii is her hope
to eventually secure n majority of the
votes in the convention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Killed Mt N Crossinr

Phillips, Wis, Special.-August VIII
kins, a farmer four miles east of here.
was struck and instantly killed by a
work train at the railroad crossing in
the city limits. He was hauling shin
gle bolts on sleighs, but owing to the
recent thaw, had to shovel snow to
get over the crossing with the load.
He returned to remove a hand-spike
from the track and was struck by the
engine. He leaves a wife and large
family.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Gns nenl OF sizc.

Pittsburg, Dec. 21.-D. Herbert Hos
letter, II Of the largest holders Of gas
stock in this city, announces the con-
summation Of a big gas deal which
has been negotiating for n year or
more. The five Il companies in
Pittsburg and Allegheny have consoli-
dated and will be operated under one
head with n capital stock of S5,000,000
A new process will be used, consisting
mainly in the substitution of inclined
retorts for the old horizontal kind, and
the innovation will be the first at
tempted in this country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
n, watch Seal Poachcr.

Philadelphia, Dec. 21.-The new rev.
,enue cutter Hugh McCulloch left
Cramps ship yards for the Pacific
coast. by way of Cape Horn. in com-
mand of Capt. Hodgson, with ten Of
ficers and a crew of seventy-fiye men.
She will he the flagship of the revenue
cutter fleet in those waters. Her
principal duty, however, will be TO
keep the seal poachers from violat-
ing the United States laws governing
the waters CT Boring ca. She will re-
licve the cutter Bear.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23

FAMED sNoQUALMtE FALLS.
: viii he Hnr1essed for Tucoma
mud Seattle.


lathe. Wash, Special.-Charles II.
Her Of Chicago has bought the land
mt the famed Snoqualmie falls,
\ CT this city, and will furnish pow
10 Seattle and Tacoma The fall is
! feet in a sirgle drop, which, dur
the dry season of minimum flow.
les 3 1000 horsepower. The average
Eer for ten months Is in the neigh
hood Of 10000 horsepower, and
ling foods it is probably double
IT. the minimum power can be
htly increased, IL desired, by dams.
h initial power conveyed will be
put 5000 horsepower, but the ny
nulie works viii be designed for
ne times that. II is expected to run
street railways and manufactures,
well as to do commercial work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
To ne tried I'm February.

Madison, Mimi, Special.-In the case
Of John Il. Tiberg a motion was made
for n change OF n by counsel for
the accused, and after being argued
the motion was denied. The trial was
postponed until Feb. Z, when a special
yenire will be summoned. The case
will be somewhat SENSATIONAL.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
GROCERIES BURN.

sAvy Fire mt MarshaIItown and
Now beyond Contro.
harshalltown, Iowa, Specialize
saoiesaie grocery house of Let's,
richer d Co, n of the largest con-
|SEas IN Iowa. caught fire this after
|rpn and will be entirely destroyed.
rsar Is entertained that the postoffice
M " odeon opera house building, also,
ihe hss on grocery stock is 500. 600:
,Ms ON building, $1,000 600; insured
Reout two-thirds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
A storm. Pn.sagc.

San Francisco, Dee. 2l.-Thc United
States gunboat Marietta has arrived
here after n stormy passage from the
north. Many OF her state rooms were
flooded and her rails bent and twisted
from the force of the waves that swept
over her. So bad was the storm at one
stage that il became necessary to put
u n sea anchor. in spite of which
She drifted over 2J0 miles.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Christian c,ence cshurch Dedicated.

Sioux City, Iowa, Special Iowa's
first Christian Science church has been
dedicated here. The building is one
of the prettiest edifices of the kind in
the city and has, perhaps, the finest To-
cation of any. Moreover, it was fully
paid for when the doors were opened
for the initial service. Mrs. Elizabeth
Webster Of Chicago conducted the ser
vices. Miss Clara Shepard is the reg
ular pastor here.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Fire In a Coal shed.

Houghton, Mich, Special.--One hun
bred fremen and a big steam shovel
are now fighting flames in the Tam
arack Osceola coal sheds at Dollar
bay. He is apparently gaining
ground despite all efforts, and un-
burned coal is being removed by steam
shovel as rapidly as possible.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
RaltImnre nccnnturcd.

saltwater, Mimi, Special Samuel
Baltimore, who escaped from the yard
near the prison, was recaptured 10y
four farmers near White Bear and re-
turned to prison. He laughed when
he came In and said he had only gone
for a stroll.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Verdict.

Black River Falls, Wis, Special
The coroner's jury in the Waughtai
case. after n three days session, ac-
journed returning a verdict that Dell
Waughtal came TO his death from the
effect Of n gun shot from the hands of
a party unknown. The authorities Will
follow up the affair and it is limited
that the murderer will soon be in the
clutches of the law.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
DALTON WANTS PARDON.
Notorious Desperate Vow in the
kgHSas EeniientinrN

Notorious Desperate Now I'm the
kansas renitentiary.
Kansas City. Dec. 21.-In a letter TO
Judge j. ID. McCue, who sentenced
him, Emmett Dalton, undergoing a
life sentence in the Kansas peniten-
tiary for his part in the bank raid on
Coffeyvi!le, Kan. five years ago, the
convict asks the judges influence TO
secure his pardon. In the raid four of
the desperadoes and four citizens were
killed and a number were injured.
Emmett Dalton was severely wounded
and captured while attempting to as
sist his brother, Bob, who was fatally
wounded. to escane. To a reporter
Judge McCue said he could not con
s~cientiously recommend executive
clemency now. but would not say
what he might do in a few years.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
EIroy Proceeds to business.

Elroy. Wis, Special.-City Office
have begun a crusade against liquor
dealers. This is a temperance town,
but saloons have been running wide
open. To-day Fred Ralfrang was ar
rested and it is expected that other
arrests will follow. Balfrang is an
old offender. having been convicted for
the same offense some years ago.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Dry Mt Riarcvov

hadgeway. Iowa, Special.-At n pre-.
urinary trial the case in question of
EmM.ah'lng a permit TO the druggist at
~ pace was heard and the permit
NJ dehled. This Is the first time in
| %s history of this place that intoxicat.
Is ii!uors have been absolutely pro-
siding.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
rhrentened with Hydrophobia

Robinson. of Guilford college, n. c.,
cane to Baltimore TO take the Pasteur
treatment for threatened hydropl,obia.
He was bitten by a kitten ON Nov. ..
and a boy who was bitten by the same
animal on the same day died Thurs
day last of hydrpphobia and Prof.
Robinson became alarmed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-12-23
Reds The Agsrcssors.

Denver. Dec. u. Messrs. ID. G.
Peoman. Joshua Waldbridge and G.
Il. Webb. the committee appointed by
Gov. Adams 10 investigate the recent
Indian troubles in the viclnity OF
Lily Lake. have filed their report with
the governor. The finding of the com
mittee was that the Indians were the
aggreSSorS.