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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.
Erastus Wiman Speaks at a Banquet i'm
Detroit.

III 5Bt"1s a. " iuIuG III
Detroit.
Detroit, Mich, May 11.-Exchange
hall Of the Detroit chamber Of
presented a brilliant scene Monday
night when the $50 members sat down
at the SECOND annual dinner of that or
ganization. The special guests Of the oc-
casion were Eratus Wiman of New York
and William Everett of Quincy, Mass,
and the topics Of all the speakers were
along the lines of commercial enterprise
and progress. Eratus Wiman responded
to the topic Better Relations with Can
ada" Among other things he said:
Sin the full view on both sides of a
border line 1000 miles long, of a depres-
sion unequaled. in universality, severity
and duration, the government on both
sides are i~ntently engaged in building
higher than ever the tariff wall. They
are thus destroying about the only
chance there is of a revival of COM
merce or an outlet for product and man
ufactures. That the people of Canada
are favorable to the closest relationship
to this country is evidenced by the fact
shown itself ready to meet o%vertures by
which the two countries can practically
be united. Annexation Ia unnecessary,
undesirable and impossible. Canada Is
today more loyal to Great Britain than
ever before. All that Is needed now Is
to have the commercial sentiment Of all
the great cities express itself in favor of
a better relation"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
"Wednesday. Nav 2

In England, France and Germany the
ratio of multiple birth is thirteen twins
per 1000, n 16O triplets and eight quad
ruplets per 1000, 900 births.
Secretary Sherman celebrated his 74th
birthday with a reception at his home
on X street, which was attended by the
president and his cabinet.
The revolution in Honduras is ended
and that country is peaceful-until the
next revolution.
The prospect of an abundant crop
of all kinds Of fruit in Oregon is excel
lent.
The j. r. Dayton Tablet company's
block at Quincy, Ills, was burned.
Loss, $780, O0.
A Snohomish (Wash.) grocer received
a box of eggs from an up-river rancher,
each egg being stamped, I'VE want
good roads"
Gold exports from Mexico during the
first half of the current fiscal year are
officially given at 1895, 1888, an increase
of 81, 222, 1872 over the amount exported
I'm the corresponding half Of the previ-
Gus fiscal year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Monday, May 10.

Fire destroyed the big tobacco house
Of Briggs 81 Fleming at Wilson, n. c.,
destroying 500 0 worth of tobacco. The
loss on the building is $4,000.
w. l.. Scruggs, VINO brings the Ven
ezuelan treaty recently ratified by that
government, has arrived at New York.
The Railway Mail Clerks association
of the Sixth division adjourned at
Peoria, Ills, to meet next year in Sioux
City.
Fifty thousand people viewed Satur-
days events at the National funniest
at the st. Louis Fair grounds.
The Moshannon National bank, Of
Philipsburg, Pa, has been authorized
to begin business (; capital, $4,000.
Conspicuous among the floral tributes
at the funeral in Paris of the fire vic
Tins were magnificent wreaths sent by
the emperor and empress of Germany.
President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, has
signed the law abolishing capital pun-
ishment from and after July 1 next.
The rumor is prevalent at Pittsburg
that the beam pool has collapsed, though
local manufacturers will not discuss the
matter.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14

Wayne county circuit court. The suit
was brought by Conrad Pfelfer to COM
pei the board of education to abandon
the readings" The 'readings'' were
complied in Chicago n are said to be
non-sectarlan. in the sense that no par
ticular form of religion is favored. Its
advocates claim it is merely a textbook
on morality.
Acting Mayor George Beck vetoed a
resolution of the board to purchase A.
600 of the readings" but the veto was
not sustained and the books are now
In use. Counsel for the board contended
that 1t was the duty of every school
board TO teach the Christian religion.
Judge Carpenter held hat If that con-
tention were sound, not only should the
Bible be taught. but all other forms of
religious instruction should be given in
the schools.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
Thursday. Nav q.

The linotype record is now los, 300 ems
In seven hours ten minutes, made by
Lee Reilly on the Leadville, Colo, Her
a~ld-Democrat.
Another body has been recovered from
the debris left by the recent floods at
Guthrie. o.. Il. 1t Is that of Frank Miles,
a negro drayman. There are ten miss
ing yet.
Barney Whitlock, warden of the Toll
lesion Gun club. who has been on trial
at Crown Point. Ind. on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill, was convicted
of simple assault He was sentenced to
six months In jail and pay a fine of $500.
Judge ]. T.. Thompson, Of Danville,
Ills. is said to be slated for appointment
as assistant attorney general of the
United States.
Adolph Meyer, chef of the Union club,
Chicago, has been elected supreme high
chief of the grand lodge OF the Epicur-
can college.
The beautiful residence at Winwah
Park, near New Rochelle, N. Y, of Pres
ident Green, Of the Columbia Navigation
company, burned, causing a loss of $780,
900. Many valuable pictures were burned.
Grubbin's Galtee More won the two
thousand guineas' stakes at the New
market (Eng.) races yesterday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Friday, May Z.

The national festival of the North
American Gymnastic union (turner-
bund), which is held quadriennially, has
opened at st. Louis.
Mrs. G.. Il. Van Vechten, of Cedar
Rapids, was elected president of the
Iowa Federation of Women's clubs, hav-
ing 1877 votes to 43 for Miss Mae Rogers,
of Dubuque.
Munroe Salisbury, the well-known
horseman, has been declared insolvent
by the superior court of Alameda coun-
ty, Cal.
The new sugar factory at Salinas, CAL,
will employ $4,000 acres Of land planted
70 beets.
James A. Herne, the playwright and
actor, will fill the pulpit at ST. Paul's
church, Thirtieth street and Prairie ave-
nue., Chicago, Sunday night. May 16.
Obituary: At London, Mrs. George
Linnaeus Banks, poet and novelist, 76.
At Nashville, Tenn, Mrs. Mary For
man, rs.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Brutal Prize Fight.

Allegan, Mich, May S.-The most bru-
tai prize fight ever fought in western
Michigan was pulled off early Friday
morning in a barn east of this city. Ed
dy Shannon Of Detroit and Lew Agnew
of Jersey City were the pugilists. There
were 200 spectators. Three times the
referee tried to stop the fight, fearing
that Shannon's punishment would prove
fatal, but the men, who were dripping
with blood, kept at it to the forty-fifth
round, when both fell from exhaustion.
Shannon sprained his wrist in the TWEEN
ty-sixth, but continued to fight like O
fiend.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Attempt to Wreck a Building.

Tecumseh, Mich, May 10.-An attempt
was made to wreck the office of DR.. F.
P. Febt with dynamite atabout s o'clock
Friday evening. DR.. Febt and Cap
tain William II. Hayden were at work
when both were startled by the sound Of
falling glass. They rushed to the labor
atory of the doctor and found upon the
floor a bomb with a spluttering fuse. The
doctor, with rare courage, eX~tinguished
the fuse and hurled the bomb out of In
open window. The bomb was composed
of a piece of gas pipe fifteen inches long
filled with dynamite, shot and pieces Of
scrap iron.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
How's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY e &C Toledo, o.
W,Ethe undersigned have known f. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAX, Wholesale Druggist,
Toledo. o.
WALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggist, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Saturday, May &.

The Due d'Aumale died Thursday at
Zuccs, Sicily, Of the shock he expert
enced upon hearing of the death of the
Duchesse d'Alencon.
Senator Mitchell has secured the pas
sage in the senate of the bill to remove
the charge of desertion from the military
record of Wilhelm Sp~iegelberg, of Osh-
kosh, Wis.
A woman known as Belle Walker was
shot and instantly killed at Leadville,
Colo, by her paramount, who called him
self George Ratliffe, after a quarrel. The
assassin then took his own life.
The triple alliance between Germany,
Austria and Italy has been renewed for
six years.
England offers for sale as OLD and OBJ
solete the following warships: The four
decked wooden battleship Conquistador,
the wooden battleship Vengeance, the
iron battleships Grampus and Trircoma-
lee, the cruisers Bacchante and Canada,
and three 1S-year-old tropedo boats.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
FOR THE SIXTH N
Michigan Wins Once More I'm the Orators.
cal Contest.

cal contest.
Ann Arbor, Mich. May 10.-Michigan
won the seventh annual contest of the
Northern Oratorical league Friday
night, Wisconsin, Chicago, Oberlin.
Iowa, and Northwestern finishing in the
order named. The speakers and their
orations were as follows: Michigan.
Bayard H.. Ames. subject, Castelar,"
Wisconsin, Robert Wild. subject, 'The
American Jingo;" University of Chica-
go. M. "A. Gallagher, subject, THE
New Social Spirit" Oberlin, William L.
Washington. subject. Frederick Doug
lass" Iowa, Harry w. Hanson, subject.
1.-THE Right Of Revolution" North
western. Samuel N. Fegtler, subject.
"Keenan's Charge at Charlottesville"
This is the sixth time Michigan has won.
The testimonials for the first and Sec
ond men were presented by FERDINAND
w. Peck of Chicago, 500 to the first
honor man, and $50 to the second.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Angel Returns to Ann Arbor.

Ann Arbor, Mich, May 12.-President
Angel arrived from Washington Tues
day. He declined to say anything about
his instructions as minister to Turkey,
or as to the situation there. Said he:
MY appointment is for four years and
If / return here / shall have to resign
the mission at the end of one year. The
state department wishes me to go to
Turkey as soon as possible"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
TWO DAMS CARRIED OUT.
An Accident Which Retards Work on
Pike River Drive.

Menominee, Mich, May 12.-News has
reached here that two dams on Pike
river have been carried out by the high
water and log jams and that the drive
on that stream will be greatly retarded
in consequence. The firm of Ludington,
Wells & a Schaick of this city, which
has charge of the log driving, set a crew
of men to work to repair one which
was partly destroyed and also to re-
build the which was carried away
bodily. The damage is about Sc, 900.
These are very essential to the success
full driving of the stream, and the work
will be pushed through to completion
as soon as possible. At Stephenson, log
ging superintendent for the company,
has left for the scene of operations.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
vetoed by Governor r,ngree.

Lansing, Mich, May 11.-Governor
Pingree has vetoed the anti-cigarette
bill, which makes boys under IL years Of
age liable to imprisonment for smoking
cigarettes. The governor says ii is pa
rental, not state duty, to correct bad
habits in children.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
money for nrIcn,yan rcnoo,s.

Lansing, Mich. May 1.-THE semi-an-
nual distribution OF primary school in
terest money made by Superintendent
of Public Instruction Hammond yester-
day disposed of 1915, 1884, 6 among the sew
eral counties of the state. There are 697 ,654
children of school age in the state and
the distribution is on a basis of "a cents
per capita.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak mel
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
Reoeived Fatal Iniurics.

Sturgis. Mich, May 11.-Mrs. Cyrus
Fillmore, widow of the brother of ex-
President Willard Fillmore, fell from the
porch of her daughters residence Sun
day and died shortly after from concus-
sion of the Drain. She was the Oldest
resident of the town, being over 95 years
of age and very wealthy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
BIBLE READING is UNLAWFUL.

Decision That Banishes the Christian
Religion from the School.
Detroit, May 10.-There will be no
more bible readings" in the public
schools Of Detroit unless the supreme
court shall reverse a decision made
Saturday by Judge Carpenter In the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14

FITS.-An Fits stopped free by DIR. Kiire 8
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first day I
use. Marvellous cures. Treatice and $500 tn.
1893 Arch St. Philadelphia. Pa.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
SLEEPING AND PARLoR CAR SERVICE

wEsTBOUND.
1910 q. m. train has Parlor car to Grand Rap
ids. Extra charge % cents.
7:17 p. m. train has Parlor car to Graz HAY
en-. Extra charge 25 cents.
~EASTBOUND.
900 q. m. train has Parlor car TO Detroit. Ex-
ira charge 25 cents. Pullman Parlor car, De-
troit to Toronto, connecting with Sleeper for
the east and New York. Connects with 9. q
G. Il. division at Durand for Chicago and PIT.
Huron and with c., S. & M. division for Saginaw
and Bay City.
6:03 p. m. train has Parlor car to Detroit. Ex-
TIA charge 25 cents, and Pullman Sleeping car
Detroit to Toronto, Suspension Bridge, Buffalo,
Philadelphia and New York. Connects at Du-
rand with c., >. and M. div. for Saginaw and
Bay City and with @. s. G. 7. for PIT. Huron and
Battle Creek.
3:25 o. m. train has through day Parlor and
Sleeping cars Windsor to Suspension Bridge,
Buffalo, New York and Boston.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-14
A Railroad OfficiaTs Experience.

r. EDWARD EDMONDS, long con-
nected with railroad construction in
Nebraska, writes; 'My hearttroubled
n panied me for 10 years. Shortness OF
breath was the constant and most common
symptom. Intense, excruciating pain, gener-
ally followed any severe exertion. Baintness,
hunger w%ithoutany appetite; luttering that
made me clutch my breast, and palpitation
that often staggered me as II I would fall,
were frequent attacks. Again, everything
would turn black If l arose from o STOPPING
posture quickly. Sleepless nights with their
DR.. Miles Frustrating III, unrest : were were
Heart ClIre get no rest day or night.
lconsulted leading ply
Restores sicians and tried advor-
rYno14k tised remedies. They
AASdltllseessss gave me no relief. One OF
DIR. Miles circulars described my case so
exactly that l took DR.. Miles New Heart
Cure and l am now a we'll man. l hope
every one troubled with heart disease will
try DR.. Miles remedies. If they will write
me personally, 1 will gladly give them full
details of my experience" EDw. EDMoNDs.
p. o. Box IS, David City. Nebraska.
DR.. Miles Heart Cure Is sold on guarantee
that first bottle benefits or money refunded.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-10-21

There is not a railroad in Arizona but what has enjoyed reduced taxation within the period mentioned, yet today the value of the roeds, the volume of freight and passenger traffic carried by them is greater than in 1889. They have been favored simply because 1t paid the men who had the power to do
Arizona silver belt., 1897-10-21
"Awaz with ,Ielnncholy.

And bid dull care avaunt," sounds very well in verse. but if you have Q case of the ''blues' caused by indigestion, with biliousness added as an extra horror, you can not say heyl presto and thus insure the departure of those abominable twins The proper caper" when tl.,s troubled is to seek the aid of Hostetter's Stomach Btters. Thereafter you will speed fly digest with ease and eat with appetite and your liver will reassert it's right 50 regn- larity. Not only this, you can retire without @ horrible dread that the Washington monu- meht wilin dreams impose itself upon the pit of your stomach. If you feel premonftory symptoms of chlls and fever, kidney trouble or rheumatism. sffn,mon the Btters to the rescue without delay, lest worse thing DefaH you" feeble condition of the system is more speedily changed to vigorous one by this fine tonic than by any other medicinal agent in existence. A wineglassful three times day.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-10-21
"HON." FRED G. HUGHES.

The good people of Tacson are greatly exercised over the sudden de- psrturo from their midst of the Hon. |" Fred G. Hughes, whom for many years they had loved to honor with the hest offices within their gift. Hughes has been clerk of the board of super visors for the past four years and was president of the Arizona Pioneer His torical Society. The present cause of grief is not that the community has lost prominent citizen, but that S2600 of the Pioneer Society, illegally appropriated by the late "Tin Horn" legislature, is missing, as we'll as the strong suspicion that a shortage in the county funds win be discovered when tho records gre examined. The story of Hughes dedication is mighty in. serestin' readin'" to people outside of Pima county, and enlivens the usually nonotonous gist of news from the old pueblo.
 A year ago last September com raittee of the Pima county grand jury made an investigation of the board of supervisors, which at best could only have been perfnnctory, and in their report they said: ''We find the affairs of the office apparently all right, but shat the work of the clerk is behind. The clerk complains of his inability to
Arizona silver belt., 1897-10-21

keep it up, although he claims to be obliged to work day and night. Yet we find he has plenty of time to devote to playing faro-bank, and your com mittee respectfully suggest that in view of public opinion the honorable hoard of supervisors would do well to em. ploy as clerk man who would refrain from gambling" That report, some people might think, should have made citizens of Pima county leary of Hughes, but apparently it made no impression, and why should it when gambling had been his principal occu- patton for years7 A week or two later the "Hon." Fred G. Hughes was nom- mated by tho Democrats for the legis. lative council and elected by good majority, and when he hied himself to the capitol at the head of the Pima county delegation and was chosen president of the council the populace of Tucson felt proud.
 And they had reason to be, for had not the Pima county delegation got away with the whole legislative bakery by organizing both houses with "Hon. !" Fred G. Hughes ss president of the council and D. G. Chalmers, speaker of the house? They cut the legislative pie and apportioned it to the faithful. Hughes, by reason of his position and his ability as a schemer. was leader of the legislative combination that sought to birdlime the territory by enacting many vicious bills--to establish circuit courts, to issue Sl00, 900 bonds to build capitol, illegal appropriations for the University, Normal School, Reform School, Pioneer Society, etc., all of which, with the exception of the court bill, they succeeded in carrying through. Hughes was the chief of the conspirators and Pima county profived by their disreputable work; therefore Tucsonites should be more charitable to Hughes, call back the prodigal, grant him forgiveness and kill the fatted calf
 Hughes had right to expect . douceur for his service to Pima county in the legislature, and S2600 appears to be a moderate compensation. Il was therefore unkind of the Pioneer, to bone him for the money, and tc threaten him with prosecution fol forgery and embezzlement was out raSeous. And they even accuse hin of setting fire to the court house to de stroy the county recordsl
 "Alas for the rarity
 Of Christian charity
 Under the sum-"
 Their unkind threats induced tn. "Hon." Fred to flee to Sonora, where Pete Kitchen is said to have got tn. worst of it, and Fred IS now fugitive in an inhospitable country, with tn, minions of the law hot on his trail Fred is prepared to fight for hi liberty, as he has knife in his boo which, it is said, he sharpencd to ( keen edge before leaving his RincoI ranch for Msnana land. He has gon, the way of Little Steve" Kirkland ano others who served the dear people ant who fell under the ban of an inquisi torial public opinion and were forced to depart in haste from the land O their adoption. Good bye, Fred! ant should you be so fortunate as to elnd, the hawkshaws, may you find a refug, among people who will appreciat. your genius. Adios'
Arizona silver belt., 1897-10-21

so to favor them, and for the favoritism thus shown the people have suffered but have been powerless to help them selves. While the railroads have thus been favored with lower valuations, the valuation on lands and homes, etc., has been increased.
 *.s
 The time has come to change this by giving to the people of Arizona the right to elect their own officers, to se- lect men of their own choosing. This is right, not privilege. There can be but one argument against it; that it may delay statehood. It did not do it in Utah ard it will not do it in Ari- zona. For twenty years Arizona has pursued this ignis fatuus of statehood, has sacrificed to it every chance for ad- vancement in other directions, yet to- day it is farther away than ever. The admission of Arizona carries with 1t the admission of New Mexico and Okla homa, for the claims of one are as strong as the other, and the admission of these three means that the states west of the Missouri, with less than one tenth of the population of the na- ton and possessing less than one fiftieth of it's wealth, will have by their representation in the United States Senate the control of the welfare of a nation of nearly eighty million souls, and of all their property interests. The time has not come for this to be ac- corded the west by the admission oi new states. It may not come for years. To await it is folly. Men who for the reason above stated wonld bit terly oppose the admission of new states will readily accord to the people of Arizona the right to elect their owr officers. It is only question of en deavoring to secure this right. It car be done, and done at once if tue peo. pie of Arizona demand it, not as Dem ocrats or Republicans, or us Populists but as Americans claiming the consti tutional right of self-government il their home affairs. Properly pre- sented, backed by the united influence of the entire territory, congress, re gardless of party, will pass such an ac for Arizona as it did for Utah. Le every city and settlement work to ac complish this end, and at once.
 WM. o. DWELL.
Arizona silver belt., 1897-10-21

Fred G. Hughes has been located. In letter written by him, and to NJ. G. Samaniego. dated Guymas, Oct. 16, and published In the Citizen, Hughes admits having made away with the Pioneer Society's funds, but protests his innocence of the charge of setting fire to the court house, and gives an account of his movements during the evening that the fire occurred. He attributes his downfall to gambling. He says he will probably go into the Yaqui country to seek to retrieve his fortune, and pay back the money he has stolen,
Arizona silver belt., 1897-10-21
Prescott, Ariz,, Oct. 13, 1897.

American history records many great discoveries. Christopher Colum- bus, John Cabot and Americus Yes pucius share the honor of discovering the New World. Balboa discovered tue Pacific ocean. Hernando Cortes conquered Mexico, and Jose de Vas comedies explored Arizona in 1526, but it remained for our distinguished governor, Myron H. McCord, to dis cover in 1897 the prison labor contract which he assisted in drafting in 1896. He will hencefoith be known to fame ss "Discoyerer" McCord.