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The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
ELEVEN MINERS KILLED.
Lose Their Lives by Fire Damp and Ex-
pIosion in Cape breton Island.

Halifax, N. s., June 17.-According t.
an official account of the disaster in the
Caledonia mine of the Dominion Coal
company at Glace Bay, Cape Breton,
yesterday, there We're two explosions,
the first killing six men and the second
five. Fire started ne&4 what is known
as the deep pump, the cause being un-
known.
Six men who were on their way ort
were overcome by an explosion of fire
damp. Three quarters of an hour later
a party of men was on it's way to the
scene of the fire headed by Thomas
Johnson, the underground manager,
when an explosion Of gas occurred by
which they were killed instantly. The
bodies of the victims save one were re-
covered by rescue party. All attempts
to extinguish the fire have so far proved
fruitless.
The men who lost their lives in the
disaster are: Thomas Johnson, under
ground manager; John Doyle and John
Dolye, Jr., father and son. Arthur
Grant, Alexander Mcdonald, Stephen
Mccormick, Rory d. McDougal Neil
Mcdonald, Malcolm McCauley, William
Simpson and Donald Martin. All the
bodies have been recovered except that
Of Martin. OF these men six leave wild
ows, and the orphaned children number
twenty-five
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
commissioners Notice.

In the matter Of the estate of Sarah Jane Nc
Keon, deceased.
We, the undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate
In and for the county of Shiawassee, State of
and adjust all claims and demands OF all per.
sons against said estate, do hereby give notice,
that we will meet at the drug store of John
S. Haggart, in West Owosso. in said county,
on Monday, the 9TH day of August 1899, and on
the 1st day OF November, A. D., 1899, at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon of each of said days, for
the purpose OF receiving and adjusting all claims
against said estate, and that six months from
the LIST day of May, 1885, are allowed to
creditors to present their claims to said COM
missioners for adjustment and allowance.
Dated, the ED day Of May, 1899.
JOHN s. HAGGART,
JAMES A. ARMSTRONG.
Commissioners.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
owosso PEOPLE
Can Always Find the Best of Proof in
Home Testimony.


Can Always Find the Best, Of Proof in
Home Testimony.
The following public statement comes
from resident, who can be seen on the
street, who can be interviewed at her home,
and who will be only too pleased to give
minute particulars to anyone who really
suffer from any of the consequences which
inevitably follow weakened or over-excited
kidneys.
Is not such evidence of more value thap
q published statement from some citizen OF
a far-away place?
Mrs. Fred Morton, of 731 W.. Main St.,
says: "a fuffered from constant, heavy
aching pain through my loins and II
attempted to stoop had sharp darting
twinges through my back SO that l could
hardly straighten. At different times us
ed medicines but they did me no good.
When l saw Doan's Kidney Pills so highly
recommended went to johnson q Hender-
sons drug store, bought box and began
taking them. used but few doses when
felt better and l continued to improve
steadily until was thoroughly cured"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers. Price so cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburr & Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents
for the U. s. Remember the name, Doan's
and take-no substitute.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Announcements for School Year 1893 90.
DATES OF EXAMINATIONS.
BY KATHERINE e. KELSEY. :.
Probate Registe

Regular, Corunna, March 80 and 81, 1899.
Special, Durand, June 10 and 10, 1899
Regular, Corunna, Aug. II and Is, 1899
All examinations will begin at $3.50 q m,
standard time.
Applicants will write upon orthograpby PEN
manship, geography and general history the
first half day; arithmetic, u. s. history and
theory and art the second half day; reading,
algebra. civil government and physiology the
third halliday; and grammar, school law, botany
and physics lsecond grade) the fourth half day
Third day, 0or first grade applicants only ply
sizes and geometry.
The above schedule will be strictly followed
REQUIREMENTS.
ror tnlrd grade an average OF seventy Is
required, with not less than sixty i've in any
pranch for second grade an average of seventy.
nve is required, with not less than seventy In
any oranch; for drst grade an average OF eighty
branch.
Applicants shall use legal cap paper ard wrte
with pen and ink
Applicants for first and second graues who
pass In part of the branches may re.write at
the next examination in the remainder. After
railing In two consecutive examinations they
must re write In all branches. Applicants for
third grades who fail IN part OF the branches
must re.write In all branches, except those Ia
which they receive eighty-tve per cent.
u. L. BRIs-OL Commissioner.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Probate Order.

State of Michigan, County of Shiawassee, ss-
AT a session of the Probate Court for said
county, held at the Probate ONCE, in the city
OF Corunna, on Monday the Goth day of
May, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-nine.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge Of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Louisa Merell,
deceased: on reading and filing the petition of
Louis X Merell and Cora Louise Black, pray
ing that administration of said estate may
be granted to some suitable person
1t is ordered that the Goth day of June,
next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing SAID
petition.
And 1t is further ordered, that copy of this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day Of hearing, in THE Owosso
TIMES, newspaper printed and circulating in
said county OF Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
BY KATHERINE E. KELSEY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Chicago Mail Thieves G. ptured.

Chicago, June 21.-What is regarded
by Postoffice Inspector James Stuart
as onec of the largest and boldest mail
robberies in the history Of the Chicago
postoffice was detected yesterday and
the arrest Of Walter Porter and John
Newman, drivers Of mail wagons, fol-
lowed. Porter made full confession,
duplicating Newman. The prisoners
will not admit that they secured much
Of value, but declare they would be con-
siderably richer had their scheme not
been discovered so soon.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Probate Order.

State of Michigan, County OF Shiawasse. ss-
At session OF the Probate Court for said
county, held at the Probate ONCE, in the city of
Corunna, on Wednesday, the 3lst day of May
In the year one thousand eight hundred and
nine nine.
Present Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Edgar Il Ward,
deceased on reading and filing the petition Of
Walter E. Ward, praying that administration
of said estate may be granted to the petitioner
or some other suitable person.
1t is ordered that the Goth day of June, next,
at ten o'clock In the forenoon, AZ said Probate
ONCE, be assigned for hearing said petition
And IL is further ordered, that a copy of this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day OF hearing, in THE Owosso
TIMES, newspaper printed and circulating in
said county OF Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY KATHERINE e. KELSEY.
Probate Register
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Train Robber Found Guilty.

Sedalia, Mo-. June 20.-The jury In
the case of Ed. j. Stubblefield, charged
with the attempted robbery of Mis-
souri, Pacific express train near here In
November last, returned verdict find
ing StubbleAeld. guilty and fixing his
punishment at ten years Imprisonment
in the state penitentiary. The trial Of
James /. West Stubblefield's alleged
accomplice, begins today.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
BRITAIN AND THE TRANSVAAl.
Americans VIII Maintain Strict Neu-
trality In Any Event.

Washington, June 20.-Because OF
the large number of Americans and
the value of their interests in the
Transvaal, the administration is close
ly watching the developments in the
controversy between that country and
Great Britain.
There is no intention on the part OF
the United States to interfere in any
way in the dispute and In the case Of
trouble the strictest neutrality will un-
doubtedly be observed.
The authorities are hopeful that the
trouble will be settled without war, -
the latest news from London and the
Transvaal seems to Indicate.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Driven Insane By . Cyclone.

Fort Dodge, Iowa, June 20.-The
worst hailstorm ever known In this
section visited Dubuque and vicinity
Saturday night At Glare and Gowrie
It was accompanied By high winds. 4
resident Of Gowrie was driven insane
by the destruction of his home. Heavy
damage in the country districts is 70.
ported.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Commissioners Notice.

In the matter of the estate of Henry E.
Blackwood, deceased.
We, the undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate
Michigan, Commissioners TO receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
sons against said estate. do hereby give notice,
that we will meet at the store of Hall Brothers.
In the city OF Owosso, in said county, on Mon
day, the llth day OF September, 1899, and on the
18th day of December. A. d. 1892 at ten o'clock in
the forenoon of each OF said days for the purpose
of receiving and adjusting all claims against
said estate, and that six months from the 18th
day of June, 1899. are allowed to creditors to
present their claims to said commissioners for
adjustment and allowance.
Dated, the 18th day of June, 1899.
LOUIS 9. HALL
WILLIS E. HALL,
JAMES A ARMSTRONG.
Commissioners.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Paying on the Cubans.

Havana, June 20.-Col. Randall re-
turned from three weeks trip
through the country paying the Fourth
corps Of the Cuban army. He paid
2,74O men. Six hundred more, he
thought, were entitled to pay, but their
names were not on the list. They will
be paid in Havana from supplementary
lists Gen. Gomez is now making.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Unexpect.d Happens at Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn, June H.-An unex-
pected verdict was rendered yesterday
when white man Of wealth and social
influence was convicted by jury in
Judge Coopers court of murder in the
second degree, for the killing Of a ne
gress Greenbury Redditt, a wealthy
farmer Of this county, shot Maggie
Hobbs, a negress. He was given ten
years in the penitentiary.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Gen. Luna Is Probably Alive.

New York, June ia dispatch to The
Herald from Manila says that inquiry
has established the fact that the re-
ported assassination Of General Luna is
unfounded. General Luna is alive, the
correspondent says. and never even had
a quarrel with Agrinaldo.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Done by Ten Masked Thugs

Philadelphia, June 20.-Ten masked
robbers cracked the safe of the Fair
mount Park Transportation company,
at the station in the park and got away
with $4,000. In doing the work they
hound and gagged six of the company's
er pIovae
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Labor situa ION at Buffalo.

Buffalo, N. Y, June 21.-Contrary to
expectations a general strike of dock
workers was not ordered last night. A
conference was held by representatives
of the various branches of labor along
the docks. and after the freight hand
lers had been urged in vain to return to
work it was decided that no action look
ing to a general strike should be taken
until President Keefe. of the Long,
shoremen's association, arrives here
and looks into the situation. In the
meantime but little work is being done
on the docks. A number of the lake
freight boats have been tied up, and
the few that are in the harbor are being
unloaded slowly by non-union men. AS
much freight as possible is being di-
verted TO the railroads, and the man.
ayers at the different freight houses
appear altogether Indifferent as to
whether the strike continues or not.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Monona Lake Assembly.

Madison, Wis, June 20.-The Monona
Lake assembly will open the season on
July Is, and continue for two weeks. A
number of improvements have been
made on the grounds. and several cot
tages erected. The programme is an ex-
ceptionally good one.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Chicagoan Dies in New Hampshire.

Hampton. N. H., June 20.-Norman
Williams, a prominent lawyer of Chica-
go, died here last evening. Mrs. Merritt.
wife Of General Wesley Merritt, is his
daughter. and she, with the general
was at the bedside.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Tom 22,s. Sumter
to Mrs. pnAAom.
LETTER TO MRS. .PINKHAM NO. z6,a44l

LETTER TO MRS. ePINKHAM NO. 7o,a44l
"One year ago last June three doc
tors gave me up to die, and as had at
different times used your Vegetable
Compound with good results, had too
much faith in il to die until had tried
it again. I was apparently an invalid,
was confined to my bed for ten weeks.
Il believe my trouble was liberation Of
womb
"After taking four bottles of the
Compound and using some of the Liver
Pills and Sanative Wash, at the end Of
two months I had greatly improved
and weighed 155 pounds, when never
before weighed over, 1873. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
best medicine I ever used, and recon-
mend it to all my friends. ."-MRs. ANNA
EVA GUNTER, HIaGINsvILLE, Mo.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
NEGROES MINERS SHOT DOWN.
Six Hit, Three Probably Fatally Wounded,
at Evansville, Ind.

bIX Hft, Ihfre FrODHDTy FHtHIIy WOUHUeu,
at Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, Ind, June 21.-Early this
morning a party Of non-union colored
miners was being brought into this city
to take strikers places, when 1t was
fired upon by unknown parties. Six
men were shot, three probably fatally.
Birmingham, Ala, June 21.-Two car
loads of negroes, many Of them expert
eneed coal miners, left on the Kansas
City, Memphis and Birmingham rail-
road yesterday for the Weir City dis
trict of Kansas, where they will go to
work in the coal mines where a strike
has been on for some time. The negroes
were gathered in Birmingham district
and know nothing Of the strike.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Mrs. Barnh.rt Enjoys Life onoe More.

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-I had been
sick ever since my marriage, seven
years ago; have given birth to four
children, and had two miscarriages. I
had falling of womb, leucorrhoea, pains
in back and legs; dyspepsia and .
nervous trembling of the stomach.
Now have none Of these troubles and
can enjoy my life. Your medicine has
worked wonders for me. MIA &
BARNHART. New CASTLE, PA.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
six Drowned in a storm.

Rhinelander, WIS.,, June ia boat
ing party at Dunbar, east Of here on the
500 line, was caught in storm Mon
day and the boat capsized, drowning six
persons, as follows: William Schube
daughter Vina and two sons, aged and
13 years, respectively; Gust Frederick
son and Charles Anderson. Schubel was
a rection foreman and the two last
named were railroad laborers. All lived
q Ki~ton
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23

Dingley, defeating John Scott, Of Bath,
by an overwhelming majority. Scott
polled smaller vote than when he
stood agains' Dingley in the 1898 elec-
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
Newest Style OF sympathic.
ann wins the Suburban.

Sheepshead Bay, N. Y. June ls.-The
Suburban handicap was won by Imp by
two lengths; Bannockburn, second by
three lengths; Warrenton, third. Time.
e:0S AS.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23

Excursion to Frankfort and Crystal Lake.
On Sunday, June 25th. the Ann Arbor
Railroad will run special excursion to
Frankfort and Crystal Lake. Train leaves
Ow0ss0 at 4:30va. m. Fare for the round
trip SO. Children under twelve years of
age half the above rate.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
DIN 7LEYs SUCCESSOR.

o. i.es L. Iitti-h~ld. Elrcted by an Over.
whelning Majority.
Rockland, Ne, June 20.-Charles &.
Iitt!efield, Repub,ican, has been elected
to congress TO succeed the late Nelson
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
JefYries and sharkey Matched

New York, June ia match was ar
ranged Saturday for twenty five
round bout between Jim Jeffries and
Tom Sharkey, to take place in the latter
part of October before the club offering
the largest purse.
The Owosso times., 1899-06-23
FRIENDLY" F|L|P|NOS
Show. Their Love for Uncle Sam
by Starting a Fire in the
Rear of Wheaton.
WE LOSE FIVE MEN SHOT TO DEATH,
While Twenty Five Others Garry
Leaden Tokens OF Tagal
Affection.

Manila, June 20, s a. m. Reinforce
ments arrived at the front where Gen.
eral Wheaton was fighting the rebels,
on the Las Minas road, last evening,
and the insurgents were chased back
to Perez Las Minas. The Americans
bivouacked near the town, preparatory
to attacking this morning.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-27
DISCOVERY OF PSYCHOLOGIST.
Learns Where Prehistoric Jade
Stone Was Secured md How Cut. [

Learns Where Prehistoric Jade
Stone Was Secured and How Cut
Professor Hill Tout, fellow of the Geo
logical society of Great Britain, who
has spent % years studying the Pacific
coast, claimed he could answer n Ques-
ton the other day that no one has been
able to answer yet-namely. where the
prehistoric race Of the Pacific coast got
its jade stone, which is five degrees
harder than steel, to make their house
hold gods and war clubs with, and how
it was cut.
In exploring on LytOn river. British
Columbia. he discovered an old Indian
who, according to n Vancouver Oh. c.
dispatch to the Chicago Tribune. led
him to acres upon acres of immense
powders of jade OF rare quality and
showed him 10y use OF sandstone and
friction how the jade could be worn
away and how by the use of crystals
abundant in the vicinity the jade could
be sawed into different figures. Profess
or Dawson, the Canadian government
geoIogist. has wired Professor Hill
Tout that he has made an important
discovery.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-27
New international Journal.

Professors L. V. Pirsson Of Yale and
J. p. Iddings of the University of Chi
cago. who were appointed by the sew
enth international college of geolo-
gists American members of Il commit
tee TO take steps to establish an inter-
national journal of petrology, have
made 4 report that the committee has
chosen Professor +. Becke of Vienna
president and has made preliminary
plans for such Il journal, says Il New
Haven dispatch to the New York Even
ing Post. The journal will probably
print articles in French. German or
English. at the option of the author.
and will be managed by committee
appointed by the congress. The COM
mittce will select an editor and two
assistants, all of them to receive sal
aries.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-27
No Right to UgIiness.

The woman who is lovely in face
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be at
tractive must keep her health. If she
is weak, sickly and all run down, she
will be nervous and irritable. If she
has constipation or kidney trouble,
her impure blood will cause pimples,
blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch
ed complexion. Electric Bitters is the
best medicine in the world TO regulate
stomach, liver and kidneys and TO
Eurify the blood. 1t gives strong
nerves, bright eyes, smooth. velvet
skin; rich complexion. 1t will make
a good-looking, charming woman of a
rundown invalid. Only so cents at
Hartz q UIlemeyer's drug store.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-27
Does 1t Pay to Buy Cheap?

A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is all right, but you want some
thing that will relieve and cure the
more severe and dangerous results of
throat and lung troubles. What shall
you do? Go to warmer and more
regular climate? Yes, if possible; if
not possible for you, then in either
case take the only remedy that has
been introduced in all civilized coun-
tries with success in severe throat and
lung troubles, "Boschee's German
Syrup" 1t not only heals and slim
ulates the tissues to destroy the germ
disease. but allays infiam
causes easy expectoration, gives a
good nights rest, and cures the pa
tient. Try one bottle. Recommend
ed many years by all druggists in the
woI id. Sample bottles at L. II.
Th Omas', druggist.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-27
POLAR EXPLORATION.
Several Industries May Follow the
Work In the Anturctic Zone.

Several Industries May Follow the
Work In the Antarctic Zone
/ must beg leave TO differ with the
prevailing opinion regarding polar ex-
ploration. that there is no CONNER
cial or material reward commensu-
rate with the expenditure of time and
money In the antarctic there are sew
eral prospective industries. and much
of the future work has direct bearing
upon commerce
There are seals. penguins and whales
in abundance around the circumpOlar
area. Fur seals are nearly extinct
The various varieties Of antarctic
seals have n coarse coat of single hair,
which IS useless as n fur. but tie skin
and oil are of considerable value.
There is no reason why Il profitable
fishery could not be prosecuted. like
that off the coast of Labrador and
Greenland. The penguinS are not wide
Iy known to commerce. but their count
less millions will surely attract enter
prise and yield some useful product.
We must abandon the hope that
right or black whales. possessing the
priced whalebone. exist here in num-
bers sufficient TO warrant promise OF
future whaling. Ross reports having
seen right whales. but diligent search
since has failed to establish this report.
From the Belgica we saw no whales Of
this variety. but fnback and bottle
nose whales were seen in great num-
bers. These are small whales. having
no bone of commercial value and n
somewhat inferior quality of oil. But
the hunt for n similar variety of
whales in Norway has given profitable
employment to thousands of men in
the past ten years. Whaling and seal
ing in the antarctic cannot, however,.
be made to pay the enormous expense
of fitting out from Europe or North
America for so distant n hunting
ground.
To make these industries successful.
permanent bases must be established
either in the antarctic. on the subant-
arctic islands or in the southern ports
of South America or Australia.-From
"I'he Possibilities of Arctic EXplora-
ton" 10y Frederick 4. Cook, NJ. D., in
December Scribner'S.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-12-27
DON'T LEAVE THE CITY.
Plenty of Proof Right Here In Rock ISL
and.


Claim is one thing. proof another.
Columbus claimed the world was
round.
Did people believe it? Not until he
proved it.
Unproven claims have made the
people skeptics.
Every claim made for the Little
Conqueror" is proven.
Proven in Rock Island by local ex-
perience.
Here is one case from the many we
have. Thomas Ransom, of 500 Four
teenth street, employed by the Moline
Mutual Wheel works, says: There
was a steady aching pain across my
kidneys and in sitting down or getting
up, in fact, whenever 1 changed my
position L suffered from the increased
pains in my back. l learned of Doan' )
kidney Pills and my wife obtained =
box at the Harper house drug store
| took them regularly and gradually
the pain in my back began to grow
less and the other difficulty showed an
Improvement. / continued the treat
ment until my backaehe entirely left
me and the kidney secretions were
regular in every way. Since then
had slight return of the pain in my
back. but a few doses of Doan's Kid
ney Pills promptly cured me.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by
all dealers, price so cents. Mailed by
Fcster-Milburn company, Buffalo, n.
Y. sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no substitute.