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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Placed on Record.

The democratic party Especially the
Bryan democrats) have been repeatedly
charging that the republican party not
only favors but promotes trusts. Bryan
himself recently stated that the republican
party did not dare to legislate against trusts.
Last Tuesday there was an animated dis
cussion In the house committee on judiciary
over proposed constitutional amendment
giving congress power to define, regulate,
control, prohibit or dissolve trusts, monop-
olies or combinations. The committee
adopted the resolution favoring such amend
ment, EVERY REPUBLICAN MEMBER
VOTING YES AND EVERY DEMO
CRATIC MEMBER VOTING NO.
Thus the democrats are again placed on
record.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25

Especial Correspondence

Washington, May 22.-In response to q
resolution of inquiry, the secretary OF the
treasury sent to the house of representatives
a report giving the names of persons, firms
and corporations who have paid customs du-
ties on goods and articles of every description
which have entered the United States from
Porto Rico since the treaty with Spain,
with articles and amounts paid by each
The following statement shows the amounts
of customs duties paid on sugar and molas-
ses from Porto Rico and entered at the pot
of New York by the respective consignees
thereof:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Zeal Estate Transfers.

K. Parrish, et al, to j. Vincent XIV
| q Il Sc u sec 3, Vernon, S40O.
Mrs. r. Fair to l. Dawson s u lots 4. s.
6, blk IL, d. l. Co.'S I'd add, Durand, 81 500.
N. Williams to Il. Wetherby, lot 10. blk
"a and lot 10, blk 25, Corunna, "a, 900.
w. Valentine to NJ. Suerus, lot So, blk
10, Woodlawn Park, Owosso, 800.
G Gale to W and F Close, pit e u sec
80, Burns, $500.
Hunt to j Kimmel, lot l, blk 4,
Brands I'd add, Durand, $3.50.
Durand Land Co to j. Atherton and wife.
lots o and:1O, blk 80, o. l.. d., l. Co.'S I'd
add, $125..
Tilden to G Goss, lots SO, blk 2,
Vernon, 81 900.
Nj Burke, ct al, to II Jacobs and wife, pt
ne fri u sec s, Bennington, $685..
j Ferguson to Kimmell lot sub blk
26, ID l. Co.'S Sd add, Durand, $1,000,
Durand Land Co to g Caldwell, lot s
sub blk 26, ID l. Co.'S 80 add, Duraud, $3.50.
Ii Wiltse TO j Ross lot blk M L Stew
arts % add, Owosso, $70O.
j Anterior, ct al, to II Harrington, pit lot
8, blk 90, ID. l.. Co.'S I'd add, Durand, $500.
McGrath TO M Blank n NV u sec
30, Bennington, $l100.
Ii Schmidt and wife to Currier, pit NV
Il sec 35, Owosso Ss75.
F Weidman to c Greenwald and wife,
lot on sec %, Owosso, $1,000.
w Shelton to f McCarty, wxse u sec
%, Rush, S27OO.
Ii McCurdy to F Warmer, lot 1, blk IS,
Corunna, $50
T Horsman to G Dimmick pit lot 10, blk
33, Owosso, $1,000.
X Bristol to DeHart, lots 1-2 and pit 8,
blk l, Yerkes' add, Vernon, 1925.
0 Grow to Sample, lot Q and a blk
s, Van Atkins add, Vernon, $3.50.
McBain to G Perue a W Is sw n
sec 8, New Haven, $1,000.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
A Woman's Awful Peril.

There is only one chance to save your
life and that is through an Operation.D
were the startling words heard by Mrs. /.
b. Hunt, of Lime Ridge, Wis, from her
doctor after he had vainly tried to cure her
OF frightful case of stomach trouble and
yellow jaundice Gall stones had formed
and she constantly grew worse. Then she
began to use Electric Bitters which wholly
cured her. It's wonderful Stomach.
Liver and Kidney remedy. Cures Dys--
pepsia, Loss of Appetite. Try it. Only so
cts. Guaranteed. For sale by j. s. Hag-
CART and Will K. Collins q Co., druggist
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Rural Mail Delivery.

Free rural postal delivery is one of the
innoyations of the age for rapid and daily
delivery of mail that meets popular de-
mand. Wherever free rural delivery of
mail has been established the patrons of the
route have expressed their satisfaction with
its results and would be 10th to have the
service abandoned
Rapid transit safe, ample and quick CON-
munlcation between the people of different
states and localities, merges into harmony
the diversity of classes, abates prejudice,
levels caste, and brings about the exchange
of ideas that are educating and uplifting,
and serves as the practical means Of dis
seminating knowledge.
The evolution of the post Office from the
time that coffee rooms were used to keep
letters for delivery TO the daysof the post
man on horseback, the stage coach and the
canal and sailing vessel, 10 the present
time of steam locomotives and railway
mail service, has been one OF the marves OF
the age.
There is no branch of the government
service so well organized and so skillfully
executed as the railway mail service.
The benefits of rapid transit have been
extended to cities and the country has been
| we'll served by locating post Off ,es at con-
| venient localities for the people aud star
routes have been established radiating from
every central Office.
These accommodations have been in the
| past reasonably satisfactory, especially
where the country was new and the populs
| ton scattered, but the dense population
now in certain districts, the increased and
universal desire for reading matter which
wealth and leisure always bring, makes i
| necessary to extend the benefits OF the post
office to the country as well as the city.
| Such benefits will accrue to the many
| while as in all radical changes, the few will
be injured. Rural delivery will eliminate
the small country post Office and some of the
stage routes but Uncle Sans messenger
| boys will make their rounds, and the mar
who has his his mail delivered free of ex
pense at his door daily will not weep ovel
the woes of the local postmaster. s
Rural mail delivery has become neces
sity among the reading and enlightened
people of the country. -Coldwater Q ourer-
Republican.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Flag Gays for Tune.

June o, 1902, John Howard Payne
born.
June IL, 1776, Jefferson, Adams
Franklin, and Livingston drafted Dec
laration of independence.
June 10, 1868, Fugitive Slave Law re-
pealed.
June IA, 1777, National Flag adopted;
hence, Flag Day. (Give salute.)
June IA, 1912, Harriet Beecher Stowe
born.
June 10, 1775, Washington elected
COMMANDMENTS Chief
June II, 1775, Battle of Bunker Hill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Cigarets Barred Father Service.

Chief Willis l.. B of the weather
bureau has issued anr prohibiting en-
ployes of the servicn using cigarets
during hours of dubd warning them
that those who smOkTets at all will be
mentioned in the c0rtial reports made
to him by the heads e several Offices
and departments.
Chief Moore says:
"The order was isafter careful and
thorough considerable investigation of
the evils resulting feigaret smoking.
1t will stand. In twice we are COM
PEELED to maintain a discipline, and l
am satisfied cigaret az does not and
will not contribute end. Some of
our men who were hed as the most
reliable and competehme careless and
lax. / sent inspected investigate, and
in almost every case found that this
state of affairs was d attributable to
excessive cigaret SIND
''Men who use thSpear to become
deadened to the fac neglect of duty
means reprova', susp, or dismissal.
In word, these intions convinced
me that cigaret smokf not to be trust
ed with important wd
IL had rather hav(n who drinks a
quart of whiskey IN a con firmed
cigaret smoker. Their can be trusted
when the latter cannt
am not prudisb, d wish to assume
authority over the pal rights and |
liberties OF employf my duty as
public servant requi1hll correct evils
where they exist, less of persona
eelings."-Timely y l
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
CITIZENS AROUSED.
Greed of the Bell Telephone Company
Leads to Indignation and Action on
the Part of the People.
Merchants and Manufacturers Appoint a
Committee of Ten Citizenst to Negotiate
For a New Telephone System. The
Monster to be ThrOttled.

Committee OF Ten CitfzenStO Negotiate
For New Telephone System. The
Monster to be Throttled.
The Merchants & Manufacturers Asso-
citation grasped the throat of the Bell Tel
ephone monopoly last night in COM
mendable manner, and it is to be hoped
that it will not be relaxed until the mon
ster cries for mercy or is forever run out
of the city.
The Association appointed committee
of ten citizens to investigate and negotiate
for the Harrison telephone system which
will be introduced and used exclusively
here if the committee finds it satisfactory.
representative Of the Bell company
was present last night and gave lengthy
explanation of why it is proposed to so
greatly increase the cost of the Bell SER
vice. Notwithstanding his plea the COM
mittee of ten was appointed and they are
now at the work of trying to secure inn
mediate relief from the octopus that
knows nothing but greed and extortioD.
The people have been patient and long
suffering, but that limit of human endur-
ance has been reached where patience
ceases to be virtue and they are thor
oughly aroused to the danger of the
greedy goblin that menaces them. They
can and they will rise in their sovereign
right and might and beat back the mon.
opolistic vampire that is never satisfied
until it leeches the last drop of blood and
substance from its victims. 1t has reach.
ed out its avarcious hand just once too
often and the end has come.
The unqualified endorsement of every
citizen will be given the Merchants and
Manufacturers committee. Let it strike
down the merciless hand of the Bell Tel
ephone Company and smite its high
handed methods hip and thigh.
The committee is composed of the fol-
lowing well known citizens: Chas. Well
man, Fred ]. Dixon, DIR. Palmer, VIM
Cannon, H. G. Knill, J. Patterson, III. F.
Marx. A. A. Graves, T. A Goulden and
W. D. Smith Sr. They will report next
Tuesday nieht.-X-Raye, Port Huron
Wednesday, May l6, 1900.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
For State Land Com missioner.

The Hon. Edwin A. Wildey, of Paw
Paw, is a candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for commissioner of the state land
Office. Earnrst and influential friends have
encouraged his canddancy and it is pleas
ure to the Republican to place his many ex-
cellent qualifications for the Office before its
readers.
In Van Buren, where this loyay hearted,
earnest republican is best known, too much
cannot be said in his praise. His record in
his home county Is clear, and in declaring
him its unanimous choice for the Office of
land commissioner, it but tenders to him a
small token of Its appreciation of his many
valuable services.
Mr.. Wildey has served his township as
supervisor and his comfy two terms in the
state legislature. He was chairman of the
house csmmittee that framed the present
tax law and chairman of local taxation both
terms He introduced and successfully
passed the bill creating the Office of state
statistician, the first measure looking for
ward to an equalization of taxes by showing
in an official way the inequalities of ouI
present tax methods.
He Is a loyal republican, worker in the
ranks. He Is q close student Of the affairs
of his state and nation and his business life
has in great measure fitted him for the
Office he seeks.
Such are few of the many good things
that can be said about Edwin A. Wildey.
And when his name is presented for the
votes of the state convention next summer
those who know him best will be as they
are now, Of one mind-that his nomination
for commissioner of the land office will give
strength to his ticket, and his election vii
insure an able administration OF the ONCE
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Summer Session of the u. of M. Law De-
partment.


The sixth annual session of the sum mer
school of the department of law Of the Uni
versity of Michigan, will begin Monday,
June 25, 1900, and will continue for eight
weeks. The instruction will be given by
members of the faculty of the law depart
ment of the University. The work viii
consist of a thorough review of the leading
topics of the law, designed especially to aid
those who desire to review work already
done for the purpose of preparing them to
take examinations for admission to the bar,
or who wish to secure advanced standing in
the regular course Of this or other law
schools, or who wish to make up back work.
While this review is the primary object
of the courses, many subjects will be
treated in such way as to ma Ike them de-
sirable for those who wish knowledge of
certain subjects of the law as a part of a
liberal education. For these, the faculty of
the department commends particularly the
work in elementary law, contracts, bills and
notes, agency, domestic relations, personal
property, common carriers and corporations.
The work will consist of daily recitations
from textbooks and lectures.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
To Mothers IN this Town.

Children who are delicate, feverish and
cross will get Immediate relief from Mother
Gray's Sweet Powder for children. They
cleanse the stomach, act on the liver, max
ing sickly child strong and healthy. A
certain cure for worms. Sold by all drug
gists, 25c. Sample free. Address, Allen
s. Olmstead LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
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City's Assessed Valuation.

The board of reviw is in session in the
common council RON where it will meet
all directors to the lax assessments and
new valuations of roperty in this city.
City Assessor j. III. averock reported to
the board as follows
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Mothers! Mothers! Mothers,

HOW many children are at this season
Ieverlsh and constipated. with bad stomach
ana headache. Mother Gray's Sweet Pow.
oers Tor Children will always cure. IF
worms are present they will certainly re-
move them. At all druggists. % cts
sample mailed FREE. Address Alien 3
Omsted, LIE Roy, N. Y. A"'" %
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
A Keen Clear Brain.

Your best feelings, your social position
or business success depend largely on the
perfect action of your Stomach and Liver
Dr. Kings New Life Pills give increased
strength. keen, clear brain, high ambition.
A % cent box will make you feel like
new being. Sold by j. j. Haggart and
Will e. Collins & Co., druggists.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25

The rudder on a boat is hardly visi-
oie' and need not be, yet the boat is
guided by it. You need not do much
Taking about your principles; act, and
them" oPo"h ioI
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Hon. Henry G. Payne, of Milwaukee, the
xxr....;.. ..,o.,,to~ "a tta ro,,,,hlioau m tiou-

Wisconsin member Of the republican nation
al committee, says:
"This little furry about Porto Rico will
soon be over. 1t will not affect the result
of the presidential election. The admins
tration stands we'll with the people. 1t has
fulfilled Its pledges to them, and more, too
On the money question II has done better
than 1t promised. 1t has bailded better
than the republican platform. 1t has re-
stored confidence and has revived business
to the extent that we have more prosperity
even than we had in 1892, which was high
tide. u cannot doubt that such an admins
tration will be sustained"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25

"A friend, good man, told me that
ne had lost all the records of his bust.
of letters, notes worth
thousands of dollars, etc.-in a fire.
told him that the Recording Angel will
never suffer in like manner. But to
some men this would be small consola.
tion."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Ex-President Cleveland ~ an. :,

hx-rresident Cleveland, IL any man, is at
so"o win such a subject as "The In
u.penoence OF the Executive" which is the
ute OF his forthcoming paper in the lime
A"an'lc' he begins with a mastery re.
view OF the growth of presidential power
''uce the establishment of our government.
and .nep' with characteristic decision. sums
~ NOSE duties which are fundamentally
S"d unavoidably the Presidents own. Mr.
,. : long silence has made any word
'lom MIN noteworthy, and here he dis.
cusses one OF the most significant and vital
problems of democracy. ''
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Marriage Licenses.

William McAvoy, New Haven 30
Lizzie kenney, New Haven 10
Theodore @. Collins, Fairfield ---. 40
Celia Squires, Fairfield 40
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25

livery person is a fool in some partic.
uiar. Therefore, strike gently at others,
my friend"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25

=, All the healing, balsamic virtues of the
Norway pine are concentrated in DIR. Woods
Norway Pine Syrup, natures own remedy
for coughs and colds.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25

y, Mstoily to suffer from that horrible plague
y, .ne night, itching piles. Doar,s OInt-
,nent cures quickly and permanently At
any drug store, 80 cents. '
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
Showing a totaain of

Showing totaain of 1857, 100
Last year the rate pr cent of taxation
was approximately "A. This year the
per cent will be sca1ly 1.75 with the
city's expenses as the were last year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-05-25
REAL BTATE.
si,29s,p s2,679,so si,Ss1 $40
PERSONAIpROPERTY.
$3.50 sl,sO5,elO 1887 ESQ

CITY TrALS.
Value, estate and persol-ls99 .......s1 81, 750
l-190O........ 3, 49,, $40
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-20
MORE BRITISH CASUALTIES.
AN ACCOUNT OF THOSE NOT HITH-
ERTO REPORTED.

Beers Gathering to Attack RundIe's
Line-It Is Weak and They May
Break Through-RniIrOad Bridge
Destroyed and Train Wrecked.
Roberts Getting Ready for Another
MOve-Man Caught StenlinE Cola
From President Kruger.
London, June 20, S:25 a. m.-The casual
ties made public by the war office, includ-
Ing a long list of missing, show British
losses in engagements hitherto not re-
ported.
In an attack on a reconstruction train at
Leeuw Spruit, June IA, three were killed,
FIVE wounded and sixty captured. Leeuw
Spruit is forty miles north of Kroonstad.
This was the day of the Zand river at
tack, eighty miles distant Another list
shows nine wounded and eleven missing
in an action al Vredefort on June I, no
previous mention of which has been made.
The Daily Mail points out that 1t is quite
possible the wires have again been cut in
Lord Roberts rear as no dispatch later
than June 16 has been received.
The Beers are gatherin in force IN front
of Gen. Rumble near Ficksburg. His forces
stretch forty miles. As some parts of
the line are weakly held, the British fear
that the Beers may break through. Out
post skirmishes are of daily occurrence,
The Beers there are commanded by De
Viliiens and Hermann.
Mr. Steyn is at Bethlehem, the tempo
rary capital of the Free State.
Bridge Blown Up.
According TO dispatches from Lorenzo
Marquee, dated yesterday, the Malana
bridge has been destroyed. One account
says it was blown up. Another asserts
that it was undermined by patrol from
Swaziland, and so collapsed under the
weight of train. This will temporarily
interrupt the flow Of supplies to the
Beers from Lorenzo Marquee.
The Bloemfonte.n correspondent of the
Daily Mail, telegraphing June &C. says that
Lord Roberts is getting provisions for 30,
900 men and is arranging retransport for a
Iart Of his army, although his plans are
not to take effect immediate y.
The Lorenzo Marquee correspondent of
tie Daily Express says
"A German-American wei known 10 the
New York police is alleged to have
planned a desperate attempt to steal some
of the bar gold from the trucks attached
10 President KTuger's travelling CAPT OIL
He is said to have carried off some bars
before he was discovered
The Lorenzo Marques correspondent Of
| the Times says:
Three escaped British prisoners are be
lieved to have tempered with Malana
| bridge A freight train pitched into the
| stream and two men were killed.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-20

sandy plain. i has no water supply, aud
what water il does get Is never pure.
Through many Of its streets fl would be
impossible TO drive a vehicle and after
niehtfall progress is diilcult even for pc
cestriaus, the toroughfares being lit only
by lanterns swung from the doors Of
ousos.
In dry weather lis streets are covered
with dust, ana in rainy weather ehey are
knee deep in mud. The houses are OF
brick, usually one story. ana are rooted
with tiles. All the necessarles of life
are exceedingly dear, and the great ma
jority OF the inhabitants are miserably
poor It's manufactures are lrlhiug and
the trade of the city is confined principal
" to supplying the wants of its citizens.
Pekin is essentially a domestic city in
that it has no foreign quarter as has
nearly all of the larger cities of the
world. Its foreign element consists. most
ly of members Of legations mission
aries and a few merchants. The houses
of foreigners are nearly al in Legation
street, one of the city's principal thor
oughfares, and they are built some dis
lance from each other. II is said that
this portion of PelSin is the cleanest part
of the great city.
.ntever else Is permitted to decay and
go to water in Pekln. the walls surround
ing the city are kept In good repair. They
were built, tradition hos 1t, to keep out
invaders. and to this day the inhabitants
believe that behind these massive piles Of
brick and stone they are safe from
any enemy which may want to attack
them.
ON the outer faces OF these walls a in
tervals of sixty feet are built square but
trcsses ana on top Of these there are
guard houses occupied by troops. Six
teen gates. each surmountcd by o tall
tower. lead into the city These towers
are built in tiers or galleries, and are pro-
vided with many loopholes from which
fire can be directed toward any quarter
Kwang Hsu. the present Emperor Of
China was born on Aug. 2, 1872. He is
a son Of Prince Chan. and succeeded TO
the throne by proclamation at the death
Of Emperor Tung Chi on Jan. %, 1875.
He was married on Feb &c, 1889. Kwang
Hsu Il the ninth Emperor Of China or
the Manchu dynasty Of Using. which over
threw the native dynasty Of Ming in
1914. There is no hereditary succession
10 the throne. but each sovereign APP
points his successor from among the
members Of his family Of a younger gem
Grafton than his own. Kwang Hsu was
made the nominal occupant Of the throne
when he was years old by arrangements
made by the Empress Dowager and he
assumed control Of the government I'm
February, 1889. on Sept p, 1893, IN impe-
rial edct was issued stating that the
Emperor had resigned power 10 the En-
press Dowager, who has since retained
the direction OF affairs The death of
Kwang Hsu has been reported many
times. but Il IS believed thai he stll Is
alive. on Jan "A. 1870. II was declared
by decree that Pu Using, son Of the