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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
MANY LIVES LOST.
Over Two Hundred Persons Perished
I'm the Terrible Storm on the
New England Coast.

Boston, Dec. News of the loss of
the Boston and Portland Steam Packet
company's steamer Portland off Cape
Cod and the death of more than $50
persons, comprising the passengers and
crew of the steamer, and news from
hitherto unheardof ports in Cage Cod
showing that at least q score and q
half of vessels were wrecked along that
shore, with the loss of IL lives, has come
as a dire climax to the previous report
of disasters resulting from Saturday
nights storm.
Up to Wednesday morning. while the
total loss of life cannot be estimated
with any degree of accuracy, 1t II
known that more than 200 persons per-
ished. This estimate is made on the
basis of only one from each crew re-
ported missing and each of which
would include at least three, while the
larger schooners would have seven or
eight men aboard.
From present reports IL 10 known
that So vessels have been totally
wrecked. while 40 are ashore with hard
" . chance of being saved.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
Primitive Artillery.

AS to the character of the first instru-
ment for the throwing of missiles and
just when it was invented we have no
certain knowledge, but it must have
been at an early date, for we read in
Genesis x, 9, that "Nimrod was q
mighty hunter before the Lord" and
surely the skill that has kept his name
in remembrance for thousands of years
must have been gained by the use of
some surer weapon than the clubs or
stone knives of primitive man.
Without doubt man early learned
how much execution can be done by a
well aimed stone, and attempts to hurl
it with greater force and accuracy
probably led to the invention Of the
sling, one of the simplest as well as
most formidable of these early weapons.
1t was long one of the principal instru-
ments Of war among the ancients, and
the story of David and G oliath is good
illustration of what could be done by
one skilled in its use. This skill, how
ever, could be acquired only by early
and careful training.
In the Balearic islands, it is SAID, in
ancient times the parents suspended the
dinner Of their boys upon poles and re-
quired them to bring it down with
sings before they were allowed to eat.
-Lippincott' Magazine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week EndinE Dec. 9.

For the Week Ending Dec. o.
! Nearly the whole business portion OF
Eufaula, l. T., was destroyed by fire.
A cablegram received at the state de-
rartment says the revolution in Sal
vador is ended.
The car has contributed 100000 ru-
Lies for the famine stricken peasants of
Asiatic Russia.
The British steamer Clan Drummond
was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay and
81 persons were lost.
One of the worst billiards. that ever
visited Kansas ragged in many portions
of the state for "a hours
Link Thayer, convicted of train rob-
berry at Fergus Falls, Mimi, was SEN
fenced to 20 years in prison.
Barnes Compton, for three terms a
member of congress from Maryland,
died at Laurel. aged SO years.
Many of the expatriated natives Of
Nicaragua are returning home under
tie recent amnesty declaration.
Freight trains collided on the Bal
tmore q Ohio road at Walkerton, Ind,
and seven trainmen were inquired.
Fire destroyed the Academy of Music
and adjoining property in Rochester,
N. Y, the total loss being $1OO, 900.
A decree has been issued in Paris for
bidding the admittance into France of
fruits and plants from the United
States.
Town Marshal C. C. Runyon and AL
fred Allen killed each other in fight
at Jackson. Ky. An old quarrel was the
cause.
Throughout Austria the fiftieth ami
versary of the accession of Emperor
Francis Joseph to the throne was ccle-
brated.
For the first time In our history the
United States in 1898 exported manu-
featured articles of greater value than
were imported.
Philip Metz, aged 35, dealer in paper,
known as "the heaviest man In Har-
lem," weighing 425 pounds, committed
suicide In New York.
A -four trust has been formed in New
York to control nearly all the product
in this country and also the supply of
:bree-fourths OF the world.
A new tin plate trust was formed in
Pittsburgh, Pa, to be called the Con-
solidated Tin Plate company, with
capital stock of $50,O00,O00.
Gen. Terencio Sierra has been elected
president of Honduras. He is a grad
uate of the West Point military acad-
envy and spent several years in this
country.
A snow, sleet and windstorm in In
d.ana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York,
Massachusetts, and Maryland did great
damage to property. In Baltimore 800
houses were unroofed and telegraph
poles and trees were leveled.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
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ooslly and thoroughly. 1U
INST after dinner pills.
Scents. All druggists. -
prepared by G. /. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
M only Pill to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Mortgage Sale.

Default having been made In the payment Of
o mortgage made and executed by John w.
Likins and Mary Likins to Richard @. Dol
son. bearing date May 4th, 1892, recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds for Shiawassee
County, Michigan, May 14th, 1892 in liber 81 Of
mortgages, on page 1872 upon which mortgage re
notice for principal, interest, attorneys fees
and taxes and insurance paid, the sum OF If
teen hundred n and saa SSIoe dollars airs
be foreclosed by sale OF the mortgaged prem
ises at public vendue to the highest bidder at
city of Corunna Shiawassee County, Michigan,
chat being the building In which the circuit
court for the county OF Shiawassee Is held) on
m, to satisfy the amount claimed to be due on
said mortgage and ali legal costs, to-wit: That
certain piece OF or parcel OF land situate In the
city OF Owosso, County OF Shiawasse, State of
Michigan described as commencing twenty two
rods west OF the east line OF the east half OF the
south west quarter OF section eighteen uS)
town seven az north OF range three (9) east,
on the north line OF Oliver street, in said city;
thence north twenty rods, thence westerly on
line parallel with Oliver street sixteen rods,
thence south twenty rods to north line OF Oliver
street, thence easterly on north line OF Oliver
street TO the place OF beginning, containing two
acres OF land, excepting and reserving there
mencing twenty-five rods west OF the east line
Of the east half OF the southwest quarter of
said section eighteen, on the north line OF Oliver
street aforesaid, thence north eight rods, thence
west parallel with Oliver street four rods,
thence south eight rods, thence east four rods
on north line Of Oliver street TO beginning: also
commencing thirty -eght rods west of east line
OF east one.hah OF south west quarter Of said
section eighteen, on the north line Of Oliver
street, thence north eight rods, thence east
parallel with Oliver street four rods, thence
south eight rods, thence west on north line of
Oliver street four rods to the place OF begin
ming.
Dated, November 26th, 1898.
MARGARET s. DoLsoN
Executrix OF the Estate OF Richard C. Dolson,
Deceased, Mortgage
ID. @. GRIFFEN,
Atty. for the Executrix, Ypsilanti, Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
The Agricultural Northwest.

This chapter, found In Wonderland '9s is
of great value to the farmer, the hOmeseek-
'er, or the student. 1t treats particularly OF
the agricultural development of the North
west. and gives its varied characteristics of
climate, soil, productions, etc. 1t takes up
In detail the different valleys and regions
tributary to the Northern Pacific Railway,
states their peculiarities and advantages for
residence and for farming and grazing.
= The difference between lands and climate
In irrigation and nOn-irrigation regions is
shown, SO that the homeseeker can decide
as to which he may prefer to remove.
Among the regions particularly mentioned
are Central Minnesota, Red River Valley In
North Dakota, Yellowstone, Gallatin, Bit
ter Root, and Clark Fork Valleys In Monta-
ma: The Palouse. Nez Perez and Yakima
Valleys In Washington, and the Puget
Sound and Willamette regions on the North
Pacific Coast This chapter contains val
liable information for all who desire to know
about the great Northwest
Send six cents for Wonderland 'gs, TO G.
s. Fee, Gen'l Pass. Agent of the Northern
Pacific, st. Paul, MINI.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
Free to Teachers and Scholars.

In 1897 we had thousands of requests
from teachers and scholars for Wonderland
81. The editiOn-a large one-was exhaust
ed long before the end of the year. Won
derland '98 can now not only be supplied to
those unable to secure the former but also
to others. 1t Is entirely different however,
from the first named book. 1t has a chap
ter on The Agricultural Northwest crammed
ed full of valuable information; one on Vel.
l0wstOne Park, written especially for teach
ers; another on Alaska and KlOndike, and
one on A Canoe Lake Trip, that will be OF
interest to schools. The book has high
art cover designed by Leyendecker, and
II is profusely illustrated from new photo
graphs. The Northern Pacific Railway
will send the book and revised folder map
of Yellowstone Park, upon receipt of six
cents In stamps Or postal order. Send to
Chas. s. Fee, .Gen. Pass. Agent, st. Paul.
MINI. Write address plainly and state
where you saw the advertisement.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
FiIipin o. VIII Resist.

Madrid, Dec. 2.-Advices from the
Philippine islands say the insurgents
there have decided not to recognize the
cession of the islands to the United
States and that they will resist to the
last. 1t is also claimed that the United
States will require 10000 troops to put
down the rebellion. and II Is alleged
that the insurgents hold 10000 Span
ish prisoners whom they will force to
serve against the Americans.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
The Union Dissolved.

Managua, Dec. L. The attempt TO
effect coalition between the states Of
Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador, to
be conducted under common admins
ration known as the United States OF
Central America, has failed completely.
Gen. Thomas Regalado, head of the
revolutionary movement in Salvador,
Las usurped the presidency and pro-
claimed himself chief executive Of the
republic
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
the Army and Navy

Have covered themselves with glory during
the war, the army and navy vest pocket
memorandum book published by the North
ern Pacific is compact digest of informa-
ton relative to the navies and armies of
Spain and the United States at the begin
ming Of the war; 1t has map of Cuba. IL.
Illustrations of naval ships, glossary of navy
and army terms, translation of Spanish
words. etc. Send ten cents to Chas. . F'e
General Passenger Agent, N. p. r., st.
Paul, Mimi. for copy.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09

Havana, Dec. 2.-The British schoou-
er Village Belle, hailing from Montego
bay, Jamaica, bound from CATO Antillo
for Grand Cayman, was lost at sea and
her skipper, four members other crew
and three passengers were drowned.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
Cycle Tourists Home.

Chicago, Dec. 2.-Dr. and Mrs. Darwin
McIlrath, the around the-world bicycle
tourists, after al absence of three
years and seven months, arrived in Chi
cago Thursday afternoon. Starting
from here April 10, 1895, they Travelled
q distance of 10000 miles and passed
through countless experiences.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
w,.con.in Dmc,.I Rctur,.

Madison, Wis.,, Dec. 3.-The official re-
turns of the late election, made public
Friday, show that Edward Scofield
(rep.), for governor, received 173,O69
votes, and Hiram w. Sawyer (dem.)
134,332, making Scofield's plurality
as TAT
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
A Mothers Crime.

Peabody, Mass, Dec. Mrs. Richard
Hurley, wife of gardener, murdered
two of her children, . 12-year-old
daughter and son seven years old.
Mrs. Hurley has been in the Danvers
insane asylum and there is little doubt
that she is crazy
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
Double Tragedy.

Montreal, Dec. 5.-Pierre Lauzon
shot and killed Mrs. Adelard Richot on
the street in front of the Queens hotel,
then committed suicide. Lauzon had
been sutton for the woman's hand. but
abe chose Richot.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
KILLED hy Football.

Athens, O.. Dec. 2.-Ralph A. Oble-
ness died from injuries received In play
ing football two weeks ago. He was
the quarter back on the eleven of Ohio
university. He suffered from q head
collision.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09

Suppose, Suggested the teacher, that
you take piece of beefsteak and cut
it into halves, then cut the halves into
eighths, and eighths into sixteenths,
into what would the sixteenths be cuts"
"Hashr' responded Tommy, whose
mother kept boarding house. And
the class in fractions was dismissed. -
Ex.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
Want the CarOIines.

Berlin, Dec. IA German govern
ment official confirms the report that
Germany is negotiating with Spain for
the purchase of the Caroline islands.
It IL understood that Spain expects to
get 10 900 900 francs for them.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
Ac0uftted.

Cincinnati, Dec. 5.-The jury In the
case of w. J. Haldeman, charged with
the murder of ex-State Senator Rich
ardson, returned verdict Of not
guilty.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09

THE foundation of every State is the
education of its youth. "-Dionysius.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
big Fire In New York

New York, Dec. 5.-Fire In the Home
life Insurance company, Postal Tele-
graph company and Rogers. Peet & Co.
buildings on Broadway caused loss Of
over 81, 100000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
Don't Tobacco spIt and Smoke Your fife AWAY.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nctic full OF life, nerve and vigor, take NoTo'
Bac. the wonder-worlser, that makes weak men
strong All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran.
tecd Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
Special Flag Days for December.

Special Flag Days for December.
Dec. ID, 1899, Death of Washington,
(half mast.
Dec. II, 1907, j. &. Whittier born.
Dec. 81, 1891, Landing of Pilgrims.
Dec. 20, 1909, w. E. Gladstone born.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
Antrim
woodruff

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
i0c, 25c. II @. c. @. fail, druggists refund money
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
GA - TozIA.
' C.: !; =; :,,;:;;;'z;:;!3! ' '''''

Charity begins at home. but it
should be allowed to visit the neigh
bors."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09

THE heart that beats with sympathy
for others, is never dead beat"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
cATARRH
For Your Protection
IT WILL CURE. COLDM HEAD

A particle is applied directly to the nostrils
and Is agreeable Price, so cents. Druggists
or by mail
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09

a. II. HUGHES,
Asst. Genr P. & T. Agent -
E. wYKES. Local Agent. Mich. Pass Agent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
liver ills

Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, constt
patton, sour stomach, indigestion are promptly
cured by Hoods Pills. They do their work
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
n R. G. G. SHUTS, of winterset. Iowa.

have for years"
DR.. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee. first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases of the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DIR. MILES MEDICA
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09

wESTwAH
Leave Owosso Junction, $3.50 a. m. and 1915
n. m.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-09
(ToIsdo, Saginaw & Muskegon Division

EASTWARD
Arrive. Owosso Junction, $3.50 a. m. and 7:06
m.
The times., 1898-01-08

of his subordinates to the professions
which the President has publicly made:
he VIII take special care that no round
about methods are employed to get rid
of men whom the civil service law is
designed to protect and that no winking
and blinking goes on over his shoulders.
If the law is thus administered by the
President. 1 feel that it will be firmly
intrenched in public confidence during
the next four years On the other
hand. if by hook or crook il is hanked
or disregaFded. if one by one Democrats
now in office are dropped from the rolls
on flimsy pretexts then by the time 1901
rolls around and we come to inaugu-
rate Democratic President. a deep
spirit OF resentment viii prompt a new
attack upon the civil service system.
Should such an occasion arise. l hope
Democrats will boldly avOw what they
intend and not stab the law to death
while pretending to be it's friends.
In conclusion, may say briefly that
in my opinion. il Mr. Bryan had been
elected instead of Mr.. Mckinley. the fly
specks which Republican orators in
Congress now imagine to be blood spots
on the civil service system would have
escaped their attention altogether. That
their sudden realization that the idea
of civil service reform has been carried
too far, is due solely to the purpose to
get Republicans into places now filed
by equally capable Democrats, and that
no Democratic Senator or Representa-
tive should give them aid or comfort IN
this design
The times., 1898-01-08
TRUE CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

Discussing the subject of civil ser
vice reform with a Times representa-
tive yesterday, Senator Chiffon of Tex
as, said:
1T is not unnatural that on the COM
ing into power of the Republican party
great outcry should arise among it's
active workers to open up as many
places as possible to the satisfaction of
their greed. The great mass of OBJ
jections which have been trumped up
against the existing civil service law
and it's administration is the result OF
this spirit New administrations We're
so long introduced on the old plan OF
turning in and turning out, like base
ball teams. that many persons cannot
Danish the idea that Government en-
pioyment should be permanently con-
Quoted on that theory:
Now, there is a true civil service re-
form and a pinchbeck civil service re-
form. One is sensible. manly, consist
ent with our institutions. and contrib
utes greatly to insure economical gov
ernmant The other is theoretical,
complex, un-American and impossible
of successful administration.
'ThoughtfuI men should labor, there
fore, to preserve a good system ana
eliminate all crudities and extrava-
uJations could never be applied with
success to those offices of the Govern
ment which shape policies, for here
partisan opinions become valuable
part of Administrations: nor should
these regulations be applied to offices
which require qualities that can not
be brought out on examination, IKE
deputy marshalships and places OF
that sort But subject to these limita-
tions, which common sense suggests,
the civil service principle is one which
will prove of vast value TO the amer
lean people.
'It tends to make Sycophants of the
best men to feel that their tenure of
position depends upon the capricious
favor of an official or an outside poiit-
ical chief; and a system which inereas-
es the just independence of every
member of society should be encour-
aged.
I'm the second, and, in my opinion.
the main place. the development of
civil service principles is bound to re-
suit in a more economical administra-
ton of the Federal Government. While
other considerations have contributed
largely to the same end. / believe one
of the main causes of the extraor-
binary increase in Governmental eX-
penditures during the last thirty years
has been that tendency to multiply OF
fees and increase salaries which grows
out OF a spoils system. If Cabinet
officer has a special friend or friends
friend in the occupancy of an unneces-
sary clerkship he will be much less
likely to weed out the supernumerary
than if the useless clerk had come into
office without political influence. So,
on the other hand. Senators and KEEP
resentatives will probably be governed
by strieter principles of frugaiity III
The times., 1898-01-08
The Nferii system.

1t cannot be too clearly impressed
upon the statesmen Of the Dempcratic
party that the merit system in the
civil service of the Government is
based upon the brcadest economical, as
well as upon ethical. grounds.
Under the old spoils system. we viii
say. for example, that there would be
two hundred thousand offices to be re-
garded as the proper plunder of the
party acquiring power at any given
national election. Given that the old
incumbents all are turned out and an
equal number of new officeholders
put IN, the situation which such a
system would impose every four years
is too apparent TO escape the atten-
ton of any intelligent reader.
To withdraw from the productive ac-
tivfties OF life an army OF two hundred
thousand persons is an economic evil
But the business Of government must
be conducted, and. hence, it is a neces-
sary one, The people at large must ac-
cept the necessity for supporting this
force. for obvious reasons. Under the
reign of the merit system, this is the
end of it; but not under the spoils
system. Under the latter. we should
have the phenomena of two hundred
thousand individuals inducted to office.
another two hundred thousand just dis
charged from it, and an indeterminate
but larger mob living in the expecta-
tion Of it.
In its last ANALYSIS the merit system
means this: That people who live upon
and are the servants of the whole
country should not be the servants of,
or owe their primary allegiance to any
part or party of it. When perfected. ii
should involve the open door of the
lowest grade of the classified service
to the young people of the nation, upon
competitive examination. Then there
should be progressive promotion for
service and efficiency. also by competi-
tive examination. T.
Persons so serving the whole people,
and not a party or a political boss,
ought to be eliminated completely from
partisan politics. 1t may be said that
this would deprive the American citi-
so any more than if. without entering
Government employ, he were to choose
to become a citizen OF the District of
Columbia.
A system like the one above suggest
ed. and. sooner or later, economic con-
a one, would enable us to train,