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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16
His Last Assignment.

"Sirrah!' exclaimed the president Of
the Match Trust to his trembling
agent, Have you bought all the match
factories in England?"
Eyes, SIRE"
"And all in France and Germany"
Eyes, sire; as we'll as those in all the
balance of Europe, Asia, Africa, Aus
tralia, and North and South Ameri-
Ca"
at is WE'LL" said the Match Magnate,
"you have done your work nobly. But
the end is not yet. Prepare to die!
John, bring in the electrocutionary
chair"
In spite of his struggles the agent
was bound in the chair and the dyna-
mo set in motion.
"Waity he cried. "One moment!
my last homer"
1t was the president of the Match
Trust that answered him.
"You may" he said. you are a
good man. When you die your soul
will fly to the happy realms above, and
there you will still find work to do for
our trust. Until you have done your
work there, Cur monopoly will not be
complete, for see" and here he
drew forth paper, evidently a page
from book of poems-"See, here it is
stated that matches are made in
heavenv Good bye and good luck!
You are expected to secure control of
all the match factories across the dark
river. no matter what the cost"
With glad smile the agent arranged
himself in the chair and died. 'Tf."
said the president Of the Match Trust.
"if by any chance he should not reach
the realms above, he will at least be
in a position to negotiate for large
quantities Of birthstone. Ellis Par
ker Butler in Up-to-Date.
The advance in the price of wheat
has made Manitoba very prosperous.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16

She's little-you don't wish her taller;
Just half through the teens is her
age;
And baby or lady to call her,
Were something to puzzle sage!
Her walk is far better than dancing;
She speaks as another might sing;
And all by an innocent CHANGING
Like lambkins and birds in the
spring.
Unskilled in the airs of the city
She's perfect in natural grace;
She's gentle and truthful and witty,
And ne'er spends a thought on her
face.
Her face, with the fine glow that's in
1t,
AS fresh as an apple-tree bloom
And oh! when she comes, in minute,
Like sunbeams, she brightens the
room.
AS taking in mind as in feature,
How many will sigh for her sake!
| wonder, the sweet little creature,
What sort of wife she would make?
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16
m0r0 CLEVELAND
M iii TO
WL.VU BUFFALO

ALSO DAILY LINE BETWEEN
CLENEGAND and TOLEDO,
Wa &C. g. 3. LINE"
Steamers "city of Buffalo, (new.)
state of Ohio" and Estate Of New York."
DAILY TIME TABLE.
SUNDAY iSolvoGo MAY oer6ssR q,
Lv Cleveland 200 D. m. Lv. Buffalo 30 pm.
Ar. Buffalo, 1880 am Ar. Cle'land, 1880 q NJ.
crNrasl STANDARD TIME.
Take the &C. & Il. Line" steamers and enjoy
n refreshing nights rest when enroute 10 Buffa-
10, Niagara Fails, Toronto, New York, Boston,
Albany, 1000 Islands, or any Eastern or Cam
adian Point.
Cheap Excursions Weekly to Niagara Falls.
Send 4 cents postage for tourist pamphlet
For further Information ask your nearest
coupon Ticket Agent, or address
w. r. HERMAN. Y. r. NEWMAN,
ccN't pass. ACT. oCN't MANAGER.
CLEVELAND, ONO.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
GOOD READING FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS.
The Bright Little Girl-A German Joke
He Was just wonderins-The Rich
est Prince-Suggestions About Night
Air-In the Trust" World.

IR blue eyes they
beam and they
twinkle,
H er Ups have
m a d e smiling
more fair;
IN cheek and on
brow there's no
wrinkle,
But thousands of
curls in her
hair.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16
Interest on bonds. =. ........... 4.7bO 90
Balance In favor water works 1888 IL
si2,sOs AZ sl2,9Oo Al

si2,sO5 AZ si2, 9O6 AZ
All OF which Is respectfully submitted,
Board OF Public Works,
Fred Edwards, Secretary.
City Clerk presented the following report,
which was adopted, ayes 10. nays 0.
Owosso Mich. Aprir8, 1907.
10 the hon Mayor ana Common Council OF the
city OF Owosso:
Gentlemen-The following is statement OF
the Board OF Public Works for the month OF
March, From water rates from March TO Apr.
l. S209.7 II, which amount has been turned over
TO the City Treasurer. we holding his receipt
therefor.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16
SOUTH.
NORTH.

Cheap rates and good connections with boats at
Frankfort for the west and northwest.
w. H. BENNETT, g.. p. A.
Burt. 8. Stratton, Agt., Owosso.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16
Probate Order.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, I
COUNTY OF SHIAWASSEE,


STATE OF MICHIGAN,
COUNTY OF SHIAwASSEE,
At o session of the Probate Court for tb
County of Shiawassee, held at the Probate
Office in the City of Corunna, on the 10th day OF
March in the year one thousand eight hundred
and ninety seyen
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of Mary Il. Bar
tholomew, deceased.
Henry Bartholomew, as administrator OF said
estate, having rendered to this court his fihal
account.
1t is ordered, that the 18TH day OF April next,
at ten o'clock In the forenoon at said Probate
ONCE, be appointed for examining and allowing
said account.
And it is further ordered, that copy of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day of hearing, in THE Owosso
TIMES, O newspaper printed and circulating In
said County of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
BY KATHERINE E. KELSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16

The advance in the price of wheat
has made Manitoba very prosperous.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-04-16

EXPENDITURES.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
pR0TESTBY AUSTRIA
AGAINST THE SENATE SUGAR
SCHEDULE OF THE NEW TARIFF
BILL
SENT ON TO THE SENATE.
REPRESENTATIONS MADE TO SEC
RETARY SHERMAN BY THE Ma
TION'S AMBASSADOR.
AN INFRINGEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS
Set Ep as the Basis Upon Which the
Diplomatic Action Finds It's
Foundation.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-Secretary
Sherman today sent to the senate a
protest from Baron Hengelmuller, the
Austrian minister, against the discrim-
mating duty on sugar in the tariff bill.
The minister says that he has been
instructed to protest against the provi-
sion. His note of protest was sent to
the secretary Of state April 13.. Since
that date the senate committee has re-
ported the bill, and he asks that his
protest be sent to the senate. In his
note Baron Hengelmuller says that the
discriminating duty infiicts on one
hand with our right of the most fa-
vored nation treatment, and on the
other threatens to heavily damage
Austro- Hungarian exports"
The minister calls attention to the
former correspondence on the subject
regarding the tariff of 1894, and says
that the United States then recognized
the right Of hte Austrian government
TO protest against the additional duty
levied against the export bounty. The
minister says the pending bill has a
much greater increase of the discrim-
mating duty on sugar and threatens
the trade of Austria with the United
States with new injury. The Austrian
government calls the attention of the
federal government to the proposed in
fringement Of treaty obligations, and
expresses the hope that the govern
ment will enlighten congress upon the
existing treaty obligations and prevent
the proposed increase, against which
the imperial government m11st further
protest should it become a law"
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE OMAHA
AND SIOUX CITY AND
PACIFIC.
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
CEPT POSITION OF e. w.
WINTER.
H. G.. BURT NAMED IN HIS PLACE.
The Omaha Declares Dividend OF
81 Per Cent on the Preferred
Stock.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, and
OF the ST. Paul & Sioux City railroads
were held yesterday morning. The
Omaha road, being a Wisconsin cor
poration, its annual meetings are held
in that state Hudson. being conven-
lent to the main offices, which are in
this city, the meeting of that road was
held there. The meeting at Hudson
was held at o'clock.
The meeting of the st. Paul & Sioux
City road was held in the office Of Gen
eral Manager Scott, in this city Among
the prominent holders of stock and Of
hcials of the roads in the city were
Marvin Hughitt, who is also president
Of the Northwestern; Albert Keep,
chairman Of the board of directors Of
the Chicago & Northwestern Horace
q. Burt, assistant to the president Of
the Omaha, and Byron L. Smith, all Of
Chicago; David P. Kimball, of Boston,
and M. L. Sykes, vice president of the
Omaha, of New York. These gentlemen
left in the directors special car at 8
o'clock last evening for tour Of in
spection over the western portion of the
road.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Chicago, ST. Paul, Min
neapolis and Omaha Railway company,
Martin L. Sykes, John M. Whitman,
Thomas Wilson, John A. Humbird
were reelected directors, and Horace
q. Burt was elected a director to fill
the uneXpired term of E. w. Winter,
resigned.
The following officers were elected:
President, M Hughitt, vice president,
treasurer and assistant secretary, NJ.
L. Sykes; assistant treasurer, S. o.
Howe; local treasurer at ST. Paul, G.
P. Nash; secretary, E. E. ,Woodman.
Executive committee, M Hughitt,
Albert Keep, G. M. Depew, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, M. L. Sykes, William x
Vanderbilt David P Kimball.
A dividend Of 31a per cent on the
preferred stock was declared, payable
Aug. 20; to stockholders of record, July
81. 1897.
At the annual meeting Of the ST.
Paul Sioux City Railway company
held today the following directors and
officers were elected: Directors, M.
Hughltt, c. Vanderbilt, A. Keep, NJ. l..
Sykes, H. G. Burt, c. H. Bigeiow. J.
M Whitman, D. W. Kimball, J. B.
Redfield, c. M. Depew, H Mex.
TWombly, Thomas Wilson, E. E..
Woodman. assistant secretary. S. O.
Howe; assistant treasurer C. P. Nash.
Executive committee M Hughitt, A.
Keep, c. M. Depew, M. L. Sykes. H. G..
Burt d. P. Kimball, Thomas Wilson
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
WOMAN FOR A TARGET.
Test of Bullet Proof Cloth at Chi
cagO.

cag0.
CHICAGO, June 5.-With the body
of woman for target, the bullet
proof cloth invented by Casimir Zeg-
len, cloistered brother of the Order
of Resurrectionists, was tested at the
Chicago College of Dental Surgery in
the presence of a number of profeS-
sors, army officers and citizens inter
ested in the science of bodily armor
The test was conducted under the Su-
pervision of Lieut.. Stanislaus de Kor-
win Sarnecki, of the Austrian army.
A 44-caliber Colt revolver was first
put into practice after the upper por-
ton of the body had been incased in
the alleged impenetrable cloth Thirty
shots failed to pierce the cloth, fired
at distances of from three to fifteen
PAGES 3S-caliber revolver was then
brought into use and the representa-
tive of the inventor demonstrated that
it was impossible to puncture the tex
ture with such a missile. While the
cloth or outer portion of the armor
had been disf1gured but slightly, an
examination later by DR.. Leonhard c.
Borland revealed the fact that two of
the ribs on the right side Of the body
had been shattered by the force of
the bullet coming in contact with the
bullet-proof cloth. Aside from the
bruises In those parts of the body with
which the bullets came in direct con-
tact there was no Indication that bull
lets had been directed against 1T.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06

which are designed to haul trains over
the steep mountain grades.
By the side of the giant, the first
engine looks like pigmy No. l.
compared to the mastodon engines
now in the service of the Northern
Pacific, is plaything. It was re-
ceived by the Northern Pacific in Aug
ust, 1870. It's cylinders were but 10 by
Is inches. The boiler was only %
inches in diameter and had 20 tubes
two inches in diameter and feet 10
inches long. The wheel base of her
drivers was but feet 10 inches The
length of engine and tender was only
20 feet 4 inches. The total weight on
drivers was 27,700 younds. The tender
with fuel weighed but 1920 pounds
A comparison Of this engine with the
mastodons shows a remarkable ad-
vancement. The larger engine in the
picture is not the largest in the SER
vice Of the company. Those received
in March are still larger But the diff
ference between the locomotives shown
is tremendous.
The larger engine has cylinders % by
% inches; drivers 30 inches, and eight
in number; boiler 72 inches in diam
eter, with 271 tubes 21a inches by 1Sh
feet; wheel base of drivers, IA feet;
total wheel base Of engine, % feet 8
inches. engine and tender, 4s feet 2
inches. Weight on drivers 1876. 900
pounds, total weight Of engine;i 100000
pounds; tender with fuel and water.
$4,000 pounds. A comparison wifi show
that the tender, with fuel and water
of the modern engine weighed about
twice as much as the combined engine
and tender of Old No. T. The old en-
gine was used for time in freight
service and was said to be a good
ma chine
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06

ing large house for the accommoda-
ton of the special embassy. The for
eign office officials are glad to have
MI. Reid do this, but they say they
cannot separate Gen. Miles and Ad-
miral Miller from the rest Of his suite.
and they must provide their own quar-
terS.
Upwards of $4,000 signatures have al,
ready been obtained for the Scottish
national memorial to the queen, pray
ing that in state documents the words
Great Britain" and british" should
always be substituted for England
and English" iln ~
John Erskine, merchant of Belfast.
Ireland, has offered the lords Of the
magnificent freehold overlooking Bel
fast Tough, as theg site of a royal resi-
dence in Ireland. The latter country.
it is claimed in some quarters, has al
ways fretted Overo the fact that the
queen does not visit that portion of
her dominion, and it has been asserted
that her failure 9sdo SO Is the result
of 'the refusal of Dublin in the sixties
to grant a site in Phoenix park for a
monument to the late prince consort.
Japan has ordered a. battleship Of
1000 tons to be built on the Clyde
She will be duplicate of the British
battleship Jupiter. The Jupiter is Of
14,900 tons and $4,000 indicated horse
power. She is in course of construc-
tion and is a sister ship of the mag
nificent Majestic and Mars. She car
ries four twelve-inch guns, twelve six
inch quick-firing guns, eight twelve
Founders, twelve three-pounders and
eight rapid-fire guns Of smaller cal
iber. Her commercial capacity is 1850
tons, and she is manned by a crew of
757 men. Her speed is to be over
seventeen knots.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
sCRUGGS BOUND OVER.
alleged st. Louis SmuggIer Held ia
the Grand Jury.

NEW YORK. June 5.-The second
hearing before United States Commits
Sloner Shields, in the examination Of
the charges Of smuggling against
Richard H. Scruggs, the ST. Louis dry
goods merchant, and E. S. Langhorn,
also of ST Louis, was held today Mr..
ScruggS was called in his own defense.
He told about his purchase of jewelry
IN London substantially as was toldl
by Langhorn last Thursday. He said
that he was constantly with Lang
norm, who carried the common purse
and paid all bills. He was with the
latter when he purchased a belt in
Which to keep valuables that would
not be safs in trunks. All the articles
he purchased were for Scruggs per-
sonal use or for presents He gave
Mr.. Langhorn ring and scarf pin
On other articles he had placed the
monograms of the persons for whom
he intended them. Most of them were
Tor immediate relatives and friends,
some Of wnom lived in his own house.
What was your idea about customs
duties?" asked Mr.. Ketcham.
L believed that articles purchased
for ones self or to be given as pres
erts to ones friends were not duti-
able said Mr.. Scruggs. He also tes-
titled that for many years he had had
nothing to do with the importing bus1-
ness Of his house.
Mr.. Scruggs said that the statement
by Inspector Donohue that he had
taken ring out of Mr.. Langhorn's
pocket, and also a watch at the dis
trict attorneys office was false. The
ring had been taken off Langhorn's
chain and the watch out of his pocket
at the pier The empty boxes for the
jewelry in the belt found on Mr. Lang
horn, Scruggs said, were in his over
coat pocket.
There was no necessity for search
ing me- said Mr.. Scruggs, 'I willingly
gave up all 1 had
William T. Vandervoort, a member
of the Scruggs firm in st. Louis, tes-
tilted to Mr.. Scruggs' good character
and said the latter had nothing to do
with the firms importing. Charles r.
Polk, New York real estate dealer.
formerly CT ST. Louis, said he had
known Mr.. Scruggs for thirty-five
years and that his character was of
the highest. Commissioner Shields
said it was unnecessary to call any
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
A GREAT REMEDY
For Sufferers From Piles.

DR.. Redmond, specialist in the
study and treatment of Piles and rectal
diseases, recently stated that the Pyra-
mid Pile Cure, the new discovery for
the cure Of piles, was the most remark
able remedy he had ever seen or tried
in one respect; and that was, the in
stant relief experienced in all cases, no
matter how severe, from the moment
the remedy was applied; this was the
more surprising to him, because he had
carefully analyZed the preparation and
no trace of opium, cocaine or similar
poison could be detected
Physicians look with great favor up
on the Pyramid Pile Cure, because it
is rapidly taking the place of surgical
operations and because it is SO simple,
SO easily applied and contains no min
eral or other poisons so commonly used
in pile cures.
DR.. Eastbrook reports that the Pyra-
mid Pile Cure not only cures the vari-
Gus forms of Piles. but never fails to
give immediate relief on the first ap-
plication, no matter how severe the
pain or discomfort may be.
People who have suffered from piles
for years are often astonished at the
instant relief experienced from the first
application. Another important ad-
vantage is the fact that anyone can
use the remedy without detention from
business or interference with daily oc-
cupation. Sold by druggists at so cents
per package.
Send for free book on cause and cure
nf nil
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
CIVIL SERVICE CRITICISED.
Hearing Resumed by the Senate In
Vestigating Committee.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The senate
committee on civil service today re-
sumed its hearing, Capt. Pratt, super
lntendent Of the Carlisle Indian school,
continuing his testimony. He criti-
c1sed the civil service system IN the
Indian service, saying that as long as
he had been in the work he doubted
whether he could pass an examination
w. n. Hailman, superintendent of IN
dian schools, followed Mr. Pratt, and
took an opposite view, holding that the
civil service system had been favora-
bic to the Indian school service Prof
Hailman also replied to Capt Pratt's
charge that, under the civil service,
Democrats had been given the prefer
ence under the last administration
He declared the imputation to be un-
true.
Selby Smith, a compositor at the
government printing office, took ex-
ception to the statement that the ty-
biographical union had advocated the
establishment Of the civil service sys-
tenn in the government printing office,
saying the trades unions were not ia
forable to the system. Mr.. Proctor
responded by quoting resolutions from
the Chicago and Denver unions in sup
port Of his position. He also showed
That the Washington union had re-
pudiated the action Of it's delegates at
the Colorado Springs convention, where
the system was condemned
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06

be consul general at the City of Mexico.
Mexico; Harold S. Van Buren,, of New York,
to be consul at Nice, France; Carl Bailey
Hurst, of the District of Columbia (now con-
sui at Prague), to be consul general at VII
emma, Austria; Henry H. Morgan, of Louis
lana to be consul at Horgen, Switzerland; |;
William W. Canada. of Indiana, to be con-
sui at Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Justice-Louis A. Pratt, of Wisconsin, to
be assistant attorney general.
lnterior-Stephen j. Weeks, of Nebraska, to
be register of the land office at O'Neill, Neb.
Postmasters-Iowa-E. d. Powell, Exida.
Michigan-W. w. Colfax, Wyandotte; Eugene
s. Upson, Durand.
War-Lieutenant colonels to be colonels:
II. e. Noyes, Second cavalry; Guy V. Henry
Third cavalry; John /. Rogers, Second ar
t,liery. Majors to be lieutenant colonels
Adna r. Chaffee. Ninth cavalry; Michael
Cooney, Fourth cavalry; William L. Haskin.
First artillery. Captains to be majors: Will
lam c. Furbush, Fifth cavalry; j. A. Augur,
Fifth cavalry; James NJ. ingalls,, First artil-
lery. First leutenants to be captains: H.
J. Goldman Fifth cavalry; A. c. MacComb
Fifth cavalry; G. l.. Best, First artillery;
II. Liggett, Fifth infantry. Second lieuten-
ants to be first heutenants: L. j. Fleming,
Tenth cavalry; j. l. Hornbrook Second cav
airy; Ed F. McGlachlin Jr. Fifth artillery;
c. c. Clark, Ninth infantry, and Sergeant F.
L. Munson, Sixth infantry, to be second lieu
tenant.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
LAMBETH CONFERENCE.
The Programme for the Gathering
Probably Settled.

LONDON, June $50 far as at pres
ent arranged the following is the pro-
gramme for the ,pan-Anglican confer
ence, to be held at Lambeth during the
present summer. The proceedings are
to open June 20 with the annual meet
ing Of the church house, at which the
Archbishop of Canterbury will preside
The following ecclesiastical dignitaries
will attend this meeting and deliver
addresses: The Archbishop of Armagh,
primate of all Ireland; the bishop of
Brechin, primate Of the Episcopal
church in Scotland, and the archbishop
Of Auckland, metropolitan Of New Zea-
land. On June 80, the first day of the
conference, the bishops in attendance
will hold a devotional service at Lam
beth. On July 1 a service will be held
at Westminster abbey. and on the
following day visit will be paid to the
Isle Of Thanet, where st. Augustine
landed on his mission to evangelize
the Britons. Canterbury cathedral and
ST. Augustine's college will be visited
ON July 8. On July the conference
opens it's sessions at the church house
The work of the conference closes on
August II, with a-great public service
at st. .Paul's cathedral.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
How Do You sleep.

Many hygienists claim that the posi-
ton assumed in sleeping, with regard
to the points of the compass, is very
important, and has elected considera-
BILE discussion. Most claim that the
head should always be to the north to
avail ones self of the electrical cur
rents flowing through the earth from
pole to pole. However this may be,
there is no doubt that if you sleep in
the elegant palaces on the Burlington
Limited, your slumber will be refresh
Ing, and you will get all the benefit
there is in sleeping with the head Ell
ther north or south. These trains run
both ways, giving one an opportunity
of trying both positions. Ticket offices
400 Robert street (Hotel Ryan,. ST
Paul, and 300 Nicollet avenue, Mime
apolis.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-06
Electric Lighting

Is the only up-to-date lighting Of this
age. Almost every town of any pre-
tensions has its electric light plant,
and gas is only an assistant in the mat
ter of illumination. The new Bur-
hngton Limited Trains are supplied
with the very latest devices for cleo
trio lighting, being supplied with stor-
age batteries, which is the most salts
factory method yet devised The cars
also have supply Of Pintsch COM
pressed gas at hand, in case any acci-
dent should happen to the electric
plant. In the matter Of light, it may
be easily seen that the Burlington
Limited Trains are better prepared
than any others now in service in the
Northwest. Travellers who like light
should make notice of this and see
that their tickets read over the Bur-
lington. Ticket Offices, 400 Robert
street (Hotel Ryan, st. Paul, and 500
Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis.