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SAVED MANY LIVES.
The Life-Saving Crew NJ So JOSEF"
Brings Busy season tn
n Close.

81. Joseph, Dec. 12.-Capt. Stevens
and his brave men who constitute the
st. Joseph life-saving crew went out
of service last week and will not re-
sumo their labors for the next four
months. The season just passed has
been a busy one for the life savers
They have saved total of As lives
and have recovered the bodies of four
men who met death by drowning. The
life savers are relieved from active duty
during the next four months and are
without pay, yet should vessel be in
distress near the port of st. Joseph
they would be the first men to respond
TO the call for help. This fact was
clearly demonstrated when the steam
er City of Duluth went down at the
mouth of the river and they saved the
40 souls on board.
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ASKED TO RESIGN.
Mass Meeting Calls ON Police Cos"'s-
sioner Of Detroit To Give
Up His once.

Detroit. Dec. 12.-The resignation OF
Police Commissioner Ralph Phelps, Jr''
WAS demanded Sunday AT mass meet
mig of representative citizens held IN
enc of the leading churches. ms ae-
ton is the direct result OF recent agi-
tation toward the enforcement OF law
and abolishing of vice by the "ooa
Government league of Detroit ana
others. Mr. Phelps was charged among
other things, with being on ID liquor
bonds prior to his appointment as com
missioner, when the law expressly pro-
vides that no one shall sign more than
two. and with not being released from
the bonds after his appointment, with
absenting himself from the city Tor al
most a year while president OF the po-
lice commission, after having accepted
the responsibilities of office. and with
not being in full sympathy with the en-
forcement of laws.
A few weeks ago several local divines
commenced a crusade against the So
called stall Saloons" and have since
been waging relentless war upon then
and other forms of vice as well. The
mass meeting of Sunday, when EN-
braced in the audience a number OF the
city's prominent business men and poll
ticians. partook of the nature OF com
bining of the forces of the Good Gov
eminent league and all others who arr
active in the present movement for tn
enforcement Of laws and prevention o
vice. The members of the league sa.
that the action is merely starter ana
that unless change is made in tn
policy of other of the city's officers NOR
charges and demands Of resignation
| will FOLLOW
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TRAINS COLLIDE.
BAD sDash-Up ON NorthWes'er" '"'''
Near Men0minee, Mich
No Fata iitIes.

Menominee, Mich, Dec. ~ - The
soutb-bound and north-bound passen-
ger trains on the Chicago d North
western collided head-on at eight
o'clock a. m. hundred feet from the
Menominee iron bridge. The north
bound train. which was two hours late
had baggage and mail cars, two day
coaches and a sleeper, and carried 20
people. The engines were badly
smashed and the tender Of the north
bound train was covered by the bag
gage car. \ number of the passengers
were slightly hurt, and some women
tainted. II. Hanrahan. fireman OF the
north-bound train. was badly injured
and had TO be cut out Of the wreck. En-
gineer Michael Kilian. of the south
bound train. was badly injured about
the head. Both trains were running
at the same speed and they sustained
about equal damage.
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County and State.

Lawton will have cake walk-pro-
fessional Friday evening.
South Haven is agitating the question
of paving business streets. IT'S needed
G.. j. Monroe of South Haven Is the
new president of the state horticultural
society.
s. III. Fulton has been appointed super
intendent of the South Haven experiment
station.
Lawton has a social club for men, called
the Nineteenth Century club. Claude
Mitchell is secretary.
The river and harbor is frozen over
clear TO the ends of the piers, and anchor
ice has formed along the lake shore ex-
tending into the lake 90 to 100 feet
This is the earliest that ice has formed
i'm the harbor for some years. South
Haven Tribune.
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awful FURY Of MADEAN
William Hitchngs, While Insane,
Does a Bloody Days Work
in Ludington.
MURDERS THREE AND COMMITS SUICIDE.
A.,ocls and Kills His Brother-in-
Law and Young BOY WI" a." ~
Then stabs His sister Ia De"th' an"
Finally, After several Attempts
Fatally Cuts His own Throat

Iudineton. Dec. l2.-ln a frenzleu
moment Saturday afternoon Nliliain
Uitcbings. woodsman, killed MS
brother-in-law. a 16-year-old boy, and
then plunged a knife into his own
throat. repeating the operation sew
eral times. until he succeeded III emu
;rg his own career The tragedy oc-
CURED nj the farm of the murdered
man. William Hunt, in Freesoll toWh-
shin. north of this city. hltchlnss'
with his brother-in-law Hunt, and.
ho, named Thomas Haywood, was at
work in the woods, when, without
warning. the former attacked HUM
with an ak. killing him instantly Inc
hoy who had so far stood by too frigh'-
ened 10 move. was the next Vlcum'
The lad ran before his mad pursuer
for nearly mile, and all but reacheu
To outskirts of the woods, when ne
shpped and fell. Hitchings was upon
the PROSTATE boy in a moment Win
the ak. and struck blow that almost
severed the head from the body. All
or mutilating the bodies stlll further
the murderer dragged brush and COW
cred them, and proceeded TO the mouse
whore his sister, Mrs. Hunt, was FOUND
What conversation took place Is not
known. but the appearance OF the mouse
bears evidence that terrible struggle
must have taken place
After completing his third murder
the maniac pushed his sisters BODY un'
der q bed and went upstairs to his own
room. Here he made several ineffec'
tual efforts to end his life, ana t1nally
succeeded in plunging the knife deep
into his throat, causing wound IRON
which death resulted.
This was the condition Of things
found by the murdered woman's niue
GIRL upon returning home from school
An infant child escaped the mailman
fury. and when the girl came was cry
inc. Men with lanterns secured th'
woods all night before the bodies o
HINT and HAYWARD were found. y cor
oner's inquest was held and verdic
Of triple murder and suicide wa
brought in.
Hitchings was known to be MAJ
of unsound mind. but no one eve
thought him violent. He was neve
cuarrelsome and he and his sister
family were the best Of friends. !
is thought that ne became SUDDEN
mad.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

HAsCEpY SAIE.-In pursuance and
\ ly VirtU. of Is % cree OF the circuit court ioi
the county Of Van Buren,, IN chHncefy IL we STATE
OF Michigan, made and dated on the 2oth day OF
November. A. -. ls9S Ia cettan cause therein
peDdiup. wherein Nina T.. Bnrtlt Is complainant
and Anna MAY Mprbl,. J. J. " irke, Lura Markle,
Cleo Narkle and Elmer W. Hall, AS administrator
of the estate of Elmer y. Markle, deceased, are
defendants 81, ., III.
Notice il hereby given, that shall sell at pubhc
auction TO the hiphts bidder, AZ the front door OF
the court house. in the village OF Paw Paw, county
of Van Buren,, state OF Michigan, said court house
being the place fog holding the circuit court IN anu
for sale county, GA saturday, the 2lstday OF anu
ary A. d. 1892 at ~ o'clock II the forenoon OF sald
dav all or so much tLer'of as may be necessary 10
raise the amount due to the said complainant ior
prncipal interest and costs in said cause, OF tine
following described lmds and premises VIZ;
All that cert lin piece parcel of land situate IN
the township of Porter i'm the county OF van buren,,
state of Michigan, and described as follows to-Wlt'
The south forty t40) acres of the northwest quarter
of section three 49, town four south of range thir-
teen west said county and state. 900
Dated Paw Paw, Mich. December 6th' a. De- 1885,
ORAN w. ROWLAND,
Circuit Court Commissioners IN and for Van buren
County, Michigan.
ANDERSON 4 CHASE, e,.- o.,
Solicitors for Complainant. lelt'oeI
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A MOTHERS CRIME.
Detroit woman shoots Her Physician
Later She Kills Her Daugh-
ter and Herself.

Detroit, Dec. 10.-When Photographer
Frank ID. Brooks returned TO his nome
shortly after six o'clock Thursday even
ING he found the dead bodies OF his
wife and nine-y ear-oId daughter and
note saying the mother intended max
ing way with them both. Dr. Oliver >.
Bell has a bullet in his head De
yelopments seem 10 show that Ben
called on invitation to collect bill.
Mrs. Brooks left the room and the
next thing Bell knew he felt a
bullet sting. He fed without telling
the police out of consideration of his
patient. Mrs. Bell then evidently shot
her child and then herself. She may
have been demented.
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ni.h I'm Pnrtn Rico.

Lansing, Dec. 12.-Gov. Pmgree re-
ceived telegram from Adjt. Gen. Cor
bin. notifying him of the death in
Porto Rico of Miss Ellen NJ. Tower, one
of the nurses that went from Detroit
to give woman's tender care and the
experience of years Of training as nurse
20 the United States soldiers. Heart
failure. resulting from typhoid fever
was the cause of her death. Her pa
rents. who live in Cheboygan, Mich,
had learned that she was sick and had
written Gov. Pingree, requesting that
he secure information as TO the serious
ness of her illness.
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want an investigation.

Kalamazoo. Dec. 9.-It is said by
politicians here thai Gov. Pingree adj
uinistration of the war will be in
vestipated by the Legislature. II is on
the programme to introduce resolu-
ton early in the session to have gen
eral overhauling of all bills paid out
of the war fund. The legislative en-
actmcnt authorizing the issue of war
bonds gave the governor wide latitude
in his operations, and the investigation
would amount TO nothing except as to
how the money was spent.
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MORTGAGE sALE.-Default having been

oRTCAGE SALE.-Default having been
vi made in the conditions of a certain lndenture
of mortgage bearing date the 18th day of November
A. ID. lS94, executed by Horace W. Wallace and Ada
A. Wallace his wife to William j. Selhck 10 secure
the payment OF Six Hundred Dollars (s6OO) with
eight ~ percent interest. per annum, wnlch SAID
mort ge was recorded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for the County of Van Buren, on the sth
day of November A. D., 1894, at nine O'Clock A. NJ,
in Iiber ~ of Mortgages on Page AZ, on whlch
mortgage there is claimed be due and unpaid at the
date of this notice, the of Seven hundred
Thirty-two Dollars and Twelve Cents (st32.l2 as
principal and interest. also an attorney fee pro-
vided by law and stipulated for in said mortgage
and suit proceedings at law or In equity having
been instituted to recover the amount now que ana
unpaid or any part thereof
Now therefore, notice is hereby given tnat Dy
virtue of the power of sale contained in said mort
gage aud i'm pursuance of the statute in such case
made and provided there will be sold at public VEN
due 10 the highest bidder at the front door OF the
Court House in the Village of Paw Paw, County OF
Van Buren,, Michigan, that being the place for
holding the Circuit Court for said County, on Satur
day the nth day of March, A. ID. 1879, at one
O'Clock in the p. NJ. of said day, the premises de-
scribed in said mortgage so much thereof a. may
be necessary to satisfy the amount now due and I'M
paid on said note and mortgage with interest ana
costs Said premises being described as follows
to-wit: The east half ~ of the northeast
quarter "a of section thrty-three iS3l IN town
ship one (l) south of range fourteen (l4l west III
the County Of Van Buren, and State OF Michigan
containirg eighty o0) acres of land more or less.
Dated December the 14th, 1898.
WILLIAM j. SEELIcK,
BxNJ f. HFcKFRT Mortgage.
Attorney tor Mortgage. S2tl3o94'
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Gets m Snug Bounty.

Lansing, Dec. 12-Col. II. 5. Ray
mond. of Bay City, who filed the first
claim for Ueet sugar bounty on behalf
of the Michigan Sugar company, shows
that between October 20 and December
/ the company manufactured 1899
100 pounds of sugar, the bounty on
which. at one cent per pound, is S14,325.-
81. The company expects to manufac-
ture 100000 pounds before the close
of the season. The product is in good
demand both in Michigan and other
states. and is readily disposed Of at
rood prices.
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RIDER OF PUBLICATIONS. State O

\ 3 Michigan-In the Circuit Court for the county
of Van buren, IN Chancery.
'rho,ua. Gould aud Henry ID. Harvey, conpialh-
anis vs. Fred f. Bent, defendant.
suit pending in the Circuit Court for the county
of Van Buren, in Chancery at the village OF Paw
paw on the 18th day of November, A. ID. 1895.
In tins cause II appearing from affidavit on ne tnat
the defendant, Fred L. Bent snot resident OF tne
state of Michigan, but that he resides at Iuscoa IN
the state of Illinois; On motion of James T.. Chah-
der complainants solicitor, IL Is ordered 90 the
said defendant, Fred +. Bent, caus Ms APP
pearance TO be entered herein withn\ Tour
months from the date of this ORDER ana In case
of his that ne cause his answer 20 the COM
plainanis' bill of complaint to be hled and copy
thereof to be served on said complain ants sonc'-
or within twenty days after service on him OF
copy of said bill and notice of this Order ana that
In default thereof said bill be taken az confessed by
the said nonresident defendant.
And IL is further ordered, that within twenty DAYS
the said complainant cause notice of this order 10
be published in the TRUE NoRTHERNER, news,
paper printed. published and circulating IN saio
county and that such publication be continued
therein at least once in each week for SIX weeks IN
succession or that he a copy OF this order 70
be personally served said nonresident deienn-
ant Il least twenty days before the time above pre-
scribed for his appearance.
ORAN w ROWLAND,
Circuit Court Commissioner, Van Buren, County,
Mich.
JAN Es T.. CHANDLER, ,. -,
Solicitor for Complainant. l'o'oo' %
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The Forestry Movement.

Ann Arbor, Dec. 10.-At the conven-
tion of the horticulturists i. f.. Skeels,
of Grand Rapids, stated that 1,4Ooooo
acres of denuded pine lands belonged
10 the state of Michigan, as it had been
abandoned by its owners, who cared
TO pay taxes on il no longer. Mr.. Skeels
made a strong plea for a forest pre-
serve, suggesting the six townships in
the neighborhood of Houghton and
Higgins lakes in the northern part oil
the lower peninsula.
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n@kLeEr SALE .--ID pursuance ana ~
1 virtna OF a decree of the circuit court Tor the
equity of Van Buren,, In chancery, IN the state Oh
Nichiean made n "a Gated on the i2fh day sep
,amher A. ID 1898 In n certain caufe therein pend
40 VIII rein Frank Is. Byers. administrator Oh the
estate of Tobias Byeis deceased 4, complubant anu
Jacob 1. Roosevelt. rhzaheth Roosevelt and Belinda
Ros. welt defendants. u,,.
Notice is hereby given, that shall sell az puons
nuction to the highest bidder, at the front door on
thr t.f,,r. house in the village az Paw Paw county
Z Van Pur.n ~ a state OF Micl iRan, lsaid court
ouse being the place holding the ciicuit co"r
Ina and for said COUNTY Saturday the i4h DAY on
January A. ID. 1899 Al ten o'clock in the forenoon
Of said day ALL or so much the reof may be neces-
sarx 10 raise the amount due TO the SAID complain
ant for principal interest al costs IN Saio cause
of the following described lands and premises, VIZ
co Itsin piece or parcel OF land situate IN van
Buren County and state OF Michigan, known anu
described az follows, 10 witt The southwest quarter
of th south wesi fractional quarter of - c'ion NO
seven township four south of range NO. hiteen
west containing thirty-seven acres;
Aso the south half OF the southeast quarter
of section No ~ township No. four south OF range
No sixts en- west cont aini eighty acres
Also the northwest quarter OF the horth-eas'
ou.rter of section No twenty -four, township NO.
four south OF range No. sixteen west. containing
forty acres; .,
Also thirty acres on the west side or the son,n-
west quarter of he northeast quarter Oh secuoh
twenty four, township No. four south OF range NO.
sixteen west. -, ~ ,aa.o
Dated Paw Paw, Mich. November 18th, A. ID 1875.
ORAN W. ROWLAND,
Circuit Court Commissioners in and for Van buren,
County, MICHIGAN. oaae
F.J.AIWELL z-oot'oz<0o
Solicitor for Complainant
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VIII Meet in Detroit.

Bay City, Dec. 1O.-The state board
of corrections and charities has de-
cided to hold its convention next year
at Detroit. The school for the deaf
at Flint was established in 1854 with
four pupils. The number at present
is Ala. 1t has graduated 1,279, not one
of whom has ever been convicted Of a
felony. The resolutions committee re-
ported in favor of the state providing
a home where manned, dependent and
crippled children can be educated with
the aim of placing them in position
to become self-supporting; also that
the state erect prison for women.
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meath of Cant. Fisher.

Detroit, Dec. Capt. Jacob Fisher
died at his home here December Z. lie
was born in Columbia county, Pa.
"a years ago. In 1866 he came to Mich
igan. For time he followed the trade
of a carpenter, but afterwards he pur-
chased the steamer Brown and ran her
between Pentwaterand Ludington The
captain sold his vessel property about
eight years ago and came to Detroit.
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Rheumatism causes more aches ana
pains than any other disease. 1t IS due
to acid in the blood, and is cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla which neutralizes
this acid.
Hoods Pills cure biliousness. Mailed
for % cents by c. |. Hood Il Co., Lowell
Mass.
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na.nnnsihiIifY Placed.

Detroit, Dec. 10.--The coroner's in
vestigation of the cause of the col
lapse of the roof of Wonderland thea
ter. by which dozen lives were lost,
returned a verdict Friday TO the effect
that too heavy a weight was placed
upon the roof, and placing the re-
sponsibility of the disaster upon the
firm of John Scott & Co, architects OF
the building
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r..n.a Convict Captured.

Newark. n. Y, Dec 12.-Frank Dean
nm escaped prisoner from the state pris-
on at jackson. Mich. where he was
serving sentence for bank burglary
was captured here.
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DpnER FOR REARING CLAIMS

| , State of Michigan, County of Van Buren-ss.
Notice is hereby given, that by an order of the
Probate Court for the county of Van Buren,, made
III the 18th day of November, A. ID. 1885, six months
from that date were allowed for creditors 10 present
heir claims against the estate of f. G.. Wellman
late of SAID county, deceased, aud that all credl-
ors of said deceased required TO present tnelr
claims TO said probate court at the probate office, in
The village of Paw Paw, for examination and allow
,nce on or before the pod day of May, A. d. 1898 ana
hat such claims will be heard before said court on
Monday the both day of February, A. ID. 1899 and on
Monday the 22d day of May, A. ID. 1892 at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of each of those days.
Dated, November nth, A. T., 1898. 22ISt5o2lS2
JAMES II. JOHNSON, Judge of Probate. -
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Marshall Dec. IL. = About February
1 Marshall will have free mail delivery
and there are many candidates for the
positions which will be created. Three
mail carriers will be hired.
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r NJ Westou Dead.

New York, Dec. IA. M
Grand Rapids, Mich, died
Brights disease and heart
was at one time a law par
M. Dickinson and was for1
man of the Michigan state
committee. He was propr
Grand Rapids Democrat
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By Dr'S G.. A. Fletcher d Co
Hvgeia Sanitarium.

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BANK STATEMENT.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

at Paw Paw, in the state of Michigan, at the close
of business December /, 1905
RESOURCES.
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State of Michigan, County OF Van Buren,, SIS.
l. E. +. Parks, cashier of the above named
bank do solemnly swear that the above statement
is true TO the best of my knowledge and belief
L. +. PARKS, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Ist day
of December 1905. w. III. LONGWELL,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
ID. WOODMAN,
A. ID. COPLEY,
ELIAS MORRIS,
Directors.
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s,.,o 10 N,,ch,gon. County Of Van Buren,, So:
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y York. Dec. 12.-I. NJ. Weston, of
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BANK STATE MENT
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
PAW PAW SAVINGS BANK

Az Paw Paw. Michigan, at the close of business