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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
Card Playing In Church.

Frequent cases Of card playing oc-
Cured in churches in olden days in the
high or curtained family pews that
were to be found in several parts of
this country. A case Of card playing
was mentioned by the poet Crabbe as
having occurred in one of those pews
in Trowbridge parish church. Mr. Der:
esford Hope stated that card playing
was not uncommon In churches having
curtained pews, where those occupying
them were screened from the observa-
ton Of the rest of the congregation,
and that one of the Georges is credited
with taking part at a game of whist in
the church he attended. The church at
Little Stanmore, in Middlesex, has Il
luxurious room pew which is approach
ed by special door and staircase. The
old st. Paul's cathedral before the
great fire Of London was used by bust
ness men as sort of exchange. The
portico was let out to hucksters, and in
those days gambling and cards are
both said to have been INDUCED in
without let or hindrance within the
cathedral.-London Standard.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
THE SAME GID STORY.
Methods of the Democrats Are the
Same us The ,TcEe Cen
tury Ago.

The democrats VINO are casting cpl
thets at President Nc .inicy for up.
holding the authority Of he Unitec
States in the Philippines, and who
are irving to alarm the voters with
tie cry O., ".lnPer ailsm anu preo1oV
in~, The destruction Of the republic
mi}ht be reminded that they are
hashinr over the same old story That
was cast at Mr.. jefferson when he
purchased the Louisiana territory.
He then met with the Same diffcr.-
flies. and the calamity nowlers then
made tie 50 re predictions thar are
made new concerning the retention OF
the Philippines. History, however, mas
nroven the falacy of the ridiculous
CHARGES. and the American voters Will
NOT be fooled in November with old
hash stores and bubble arguments.
An extract from McMaster's history
of the People of the United States
is interesting land we hope all DEM
ocrats VII read IT'D in this regard,
and shows how the opponents OF Mt.
Jefferson's policy regarded his eXpan-
sion ideas. McMaster says Jefferson
opornents contended that /.
"Petween the day when the onlteo
States should take possession tor
Louisiana) and the day when con-
gress should provide temporary gov
ernment some time must necessarily
elapse. During this time the OLD
form of government, based on the
worst form of Spanish despotism' was
TO be continued. Jefferson was to take
the place of King Charles, and with with,
out even consulting the senate, MI
every place. from governor, intend
ant. alcalde. down to keeper OF the
public stores, with creatures OF MS
own; II was, in short, to legahze on
the soil Of the United States govern
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
ROAST FOR BRYAN.
New York Democratic Paper Tate
shy ut the Demo-Pop
Candidate

When the reality of the things that
are is placed in contrast with the shall
low trappings of misapprehended quo
tations from departed statesmen. with
which this prose-poem is trigged out.
then the pretentious hollowness of the
Indianapolis performance is exhibited
to view. Why. this unteachable and un-
conscious actor sustains no more rela-
ton to the Jefferson, to the Lincoln. to
the Clay, to the Webster and to the
Franklin from whom he borrows
wrested sentences than the strutting
and strident subordinates of the stage
sustain to the imaginary dukes. the
apocyphal kings and the mythical gods
whom they would impersonate in prop
erty roles and in memorized speech.
When acting is oratory. Mr. Bryan
will be an orator. When bad acting is
great oratory. he will be a great orator.
When staginess is craftsmanship. he
will be a statesman. When cant and
rant and roar and fustian take the
place of sober themes. with sober men.
and when lime-lght and thin thunder
outclass the sun in the sky and the
elemental forces of the storm. then will
populism be democracy, and then will
America conduct its affairs through the
hands of presidents that should be
medically restrained and of law makers
that should meet in asylums for the
inaus.-Brooklyn Eagle (Dem.).
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
Administrator Sale of Real Estate.

State of Michigan, County OF Shiawassee. S.
In the matter of the estate of George Thorn
as. deceased Ezswe,- E1rs5s krassS- III q
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance and
by virtue OF an order granted to the under
signed, as administrator de bonis non, with the
will annexed, OF the estate of said deceased, by
the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate In
and for said county, on the 10Th day of Septem-
her, A. D., 1900. there will be sold al public ven
due. to the highest bidder, at the premises To
Monday the 10Th day OF November, A. D.. 1900,
at ten o'clock In the forenoon OF said day all the
right title and interest OF said George Thomas,
deceased. in and TO the following described
lands and premises, situated in the 4th ward OF
Owosso city, county of Shiawassee, State oil
Mich gan, to.wit: The south Sc feet OF south
being all south of north GO feet
JAMES A. ARMSTRONG.
Administrators de bonis non, with the will an
ceased "a
Dated September goth. A. D., 1900
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
CROKER'S PLAIN TALK
Former Views of the Tammany
Leader on Expansion.
When No Election Was Pending He
Talked I'm Favor of Holding
what We Have-said 40
to I Was Dead.

When no elections are pending such
astute politicians as Richard Croker,
the Tammany leader, will sometimes
give expression to their real views on
public questions. Mr.. Croker, under
date of January 8. 1899, contributed a
signed communication to the New
York Journal, Mr.. Hearst's New York
organ, which. by the way, is saying
nothing against expansion in this cam
paign.
Mr.. Cookers views, in part follow:
1T believe in expansion; believe in hold
ing whatever possessions we have gained
by annexation, purchase or war.
This policy is not only patriotic, but
II Is the only safe one to pursue. ANY other
policy would show weakness on the part
of the United States, and invite foreisn
complications. This must be avoided
hence our policy must be vigorous
Every patriotic American and every
democrat in particular should favor ex-
pansion.
Jefferson was an expansionist, other
wise he would not have favored the ac-
QUESTION of Louisiana, with its foreign
population, which In Jefferson's time was
quite as remote as the Philippines. In THIS
age of steam and electricity. distance Is
no argument against expansion.
II say by all means hold on to all that
rightfully belongs to US. II the great coun-
try west of the Rocky mountains was hlled
with wild Indians at the present moment,
how long would 1t take us to suppress
them and make them respect our laws
and our constitution? The same thing APP
plies to the Philippines and any other
country that may fall into our hands by
the provinces of peace or war. 1t Is an
insult to the American people and to our
nag even to suggest that we abandon the
people we have released from bondage, or,
what would be more disgraceful, that we
sell them to the highest bidder. Such a
proposition places the American people
In the same category with the Chinese.
who have neither patriotism nor a for
eign policy. and are in consequence useu
as door mat by the powers of the world.
Il think the 16 to / question as outlined
In the Chicago platform a decidedly dead
issue. This was fully demonstrated at the
last election. We did not embody the 1t
to question in our (state) platform, and
the result was that we elected every one
or our congressman"
Mr.. Croker is an ultra expansion.
list and although he is supporting Mr.
Bryan tor local reasons no doubt, the
fact still stays that he considers 16 10
| l a dead issue in New York. He i:
only too ready to drop it.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
Probate Order.

State Of Michigan, County OF Shiawassee. as
Az session OF the Probate Court for said
CoIunna on Monday, the LIST day of October,
In the year one thousand nine hundred -
present Matthew Bush, Judge of Probate
In the matter of the estate OF Charles
Grant deceased; on reading and fling the
petition OF Sophronia Summers. praying that
experimentation OF said estate may he granted
10 tne petiuoner or some other suitable person
IL Is ordered, that the Goth day OF October
next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
And II is further ordered that copy OF this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day OF hearing in THE Owosso
TINES, Q newspaper printed and circulating
In said County Of Shiawassee.
MATHEW BUSH
~, Judge Of Probate.
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
BRIEF DISPATCHES.

Thousands of visitors are arriving at
Kansas City to attend the festivities
of carnival week. which is expected to
be more interesting than ever before.
w. f. Moodey and Mark A. Lobaw,
Dowie elders, arrived at Mansfield, O.,
Sunday but were promptly deported by
city officials. Two more elders, who
arrived later, were not permitted to
alight from the train.
The pros SSution in the case Of Henry
Youtsey shRrged with completely IN
the murder OF Gov. Goebel, of Ken
lucky, are ready for trial. 1t is be-
lieved the defense are also ready, and
the trial is expected at GEORGETOWN,
KY, tomorrow.
The mikado of Japan has summoned
Marquis Ito to form a cabinet, on the
resignation of the Yamagata ministry.
When entrusting the task to the new
premier his majesty said that, as af
fairs In China were entering upon the
diplomatic stage the presence of Mar
quis Ito at the head of the government
was necessary.
An interesting report comes from
Komatipoort to the effect that Mr..
Kruger, in a letter to his wife an
nouncing that he is going on a six
months holiday, said, in substance,
that after the capture Of Machadodorp
he knew the struggle was hopeless and
counseled moderation, but that Mr..
Steyn's arbitrary behavior" overruled
his counsels
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
ommendedfor everything but If you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble II will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried II, may have a
sample bottle sent free r. mail, also book
telling more about Sws and how to
find out II you have kidney adder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and ER
send your address to A4lWN1 "a +tt.:la
Or. Kilmer & Co., Bng s sI5iia
hamton, N. Y. The asls1ssssk lzER
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Root
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
A SIGH AND 4 SONG.

Loves a sigh and loves song,
Loves gloom and glory;
Shall we linger with him long
Hear the old sweet storyY
Heights to climb and deeds to do;
Shall we dream the springtime through
Welladay! Love leads to May;
Though the winters round us,
Somehow, in his artful way,
With a wreath he's crowned us.
Heights to climb and deeds to do,
Shall we dream lifetime through
Yes, II love in gloom and CLEAN
Come in sweetest seeming;
II he but direct the dream,
Sweet will be the dreamingl
Shall we only dream and goa
Yes, II love will have II SO.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
More wages for workmen.

The enormous sum of $3,056, 1886, O0O
was paid in wages in the year ending
June 30. 1909 In the year ending
June &c. 1898. the total was $2,291.-
ol6.0O0 Labor is receiving $s00.0O0,-
900 dollars more each year than II did
during the free trade era. What
laboring man wants to return to the
old hard times?
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05

meft under which the people pos
sessed no civil rights; nay, could be
punished for even wishing to enjoy
them"
Don't this read like present-day
democratic talk?
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
diov cpaCioiict apd ;s
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
GA . TO II Z a.
Bears the The Kind You Have Always ts&gl
Signature ss &zAzzzp
GENERAL MARKETS.
Detroit Grain Market.

No. 2 red wheat, 70 1-2c; October, 70 1-4c;
December, 80 l-sc No. red, rs lac; mixed
red. rs Lac; mixed white, n lac; No. /
white. n lac; No. 2 corn AZ 1-2c; No. 2
white oats, &c; No. 2 rye. 81 lac; Novem-
Der beans 81 60
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
Live stock.

Chica go.-Cattle: Good to prime steers.
lected feeders weak at SO 5000 so; mixed
stockers slow to l0c lower at 81 50Ge3 60
cows. 50 75dri 25; heifers, 81 S5G5; Gamers,
s2Gt2 G5; bulls. 50 75a4 80; calves. Si0J6 2j;
Texas fed steers 81 1901 80; Texas grass
steers. 81 25Gi4: Texas bulls, 81 4o9S Is.
Hogs: Top, IS so; mixed and butchers
S56JS 80: good 10 choice heavy. s5Q5 At IL;
rough. heavy, 81 S5M4 95; light. Sc 1905 50;
bulk of sales ut S. 15M5 80. Sheep: Good
to choice wethers. SO 90di %; fair to choice.
mixed. 50 50d3 80; western sheep, A0D4 20;
native lambs. 81 25@5 ~; western lambs.
81 SOFAS 80.
East Buffalo Best steers. SIS COOS 20,
good shipping steers, s. 45@l5 IS; fair to
medium steers, 81 75GI5 81; light to choice
butchers 81 25@j; Texas and western
steers, 50 7504 SO 10 81 SO; prime fat heif-
ers. 81 G061i; light to good, 50 4O6s4 so;
best fat COWS. Si6li so; common to choice,
s2@S 70; Ills. dali; best heavy, So Soai4.
ers and feeders a shade higher for best
good. So 756ii % others. SO up; fresh cows
and springer dull at former prices; veals,
$5M7. Hogs: Best corn-fed heavy, s. $40
5 20: few. S. Y 1-2; mediums and mixed.
IS 60G5 60; Workers. fair to best corn-fed,
S. 45GJ5 IS; pigs, 3 35M5 40; grassers and
partly corn-fed hogs l0c 10 15c lower tina
good corn hogs; roughs. 81 50l5; stays,
SO 75al4 Is. Sheep and lambs: Best lambs,
S5@5 %; bulk. s. 10; culls to good, 50 500
4 80; feeding lambs siGD4 %; extra. more
top mixed sheep. So 6Jdt3 SO: culls to good.
II 1913 60; handy yearlings and wethers,
b 90@4 rs heavy ewes, - 1894; closed
aull: some left.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
Chicago Grain Market.

Wheat-October. &c Use; November
n 5-Sc; December, 7S 3-Sc. Corn.-OctobeI
Oats--OCt05"r. % Lie: Move mber. % l-2c
December. - Use.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-10-05
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the hews-
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
WILCOXS CROOKED POLITICS.

Wilcox is having as hard time as
Emmeluth to explain his record in 1893
The Advertiser has already printed his
Drill Shed speech and now adds a Sc
quel to IL.
After making the address in which
he pledged himself to stand up like
man" to the work OF annexation he APP
piled for the billet of Hawaiian Consul
General at San Francisco. The reason
he gave for wanting that post Is that
his former Italian wife would probably
come back to him II he got a high off,
cial place with an assured income.
Though not so high as a seat In Con-
gress nor so well-paid the Consulate
was dignified and remunerative. Will
cox wanted 1t badly; and as an earnest
of his attachment to the haole cause
he signed the roll of the Annexation
Club. For this act-the signature-he
was called to account the other day by
G.. F. Alfonso at Hilo and had nothing
to say In reply except that he was not
there to be questioned
Wilcox like Emmeluth now declares
at every turn in the road that 1.-THE
haoles" tried to steal the rights and
property of the natives in 1898. IL that
is so Wilcox was as deep in the mud as
the haoles were I'm the mire. He was
ready to have the natives disfranchised,
even, and was numbered with those
who supported Emmeluth's policy (as
voiced in the paper Of which the plumb
! er statesman was a directory to de-
port the Queen. Wilcox remained a
! radical annexationist up to the time
when Wilder succeeded Pratt as Consul
| General; and then he came out for a
republic. Later he was a restorationist
These incidents and all others in Will
coX's public career (they call him a
Joseph because of his coat of many
colors) should reveal him to intelligent
/ natives az n mere self-seeker, who
stands ready to betray them at any
I time to serve himself. He even betray-
ed Moreno who got him his chance to
go to Italy at public expense and be
| taught In the military schools. He be
trayed the Queen not only in 1893 but
when he went TO Washington to cloud
her supposed land titles with a ridicu.
lous claim Of his own. Long before this
Re EGs betrayed the King IN connection
with a revolutionary movement. Should
| he go to Congress he would have an eye
out like Judas for the thirty pieces. OF
silver that are presumed to be In cir.
culation yet. The native Hawaiian:
cannot trust such man. His prin.
ciples are like a rope of sand or a ca
PRECIOUS wind. He keeps faith with M
one, least Of all his own people.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
STEADFAST SAN PARKER.

The natives should remember that Sam
Parker left their ranks for those OF the
tyrannical =. G.'s in their hour Of need
Hawaii Democrat.
Samuel Parker was a, consistent
restorationist so long as there was any
chance for the monarchy. He waited
until about the beginning of the year
1888 before he gave up hope; and then.
feeling that 1t was a choice between
the Republic and limited suffrage and
annexation and general suffrage he
came out for the latter. He was in
San Francisco at the time and called
at the editorial rooms Of the Chronicle
TO state his reasons for a change Of
view and gave a type4written state
ment or them as a guarantee of good
taith. This statement was published In
the Chronicle and 1t made a sensation
on Its arrival here, where Parker's
steadfast hope of a return OF the old
order had become more or less proven.
tial and had long outlasted the Up. G."
Events that followed paid their trib-
ute to Col. Porker's keen discernment
Annexation had to come and when I,
came It brought the fulfllment of Par.
ker's prophecy OF wider political priyi-
leges for the native race. No native
ever accused him OF having deserted
Hawaii in its hour OF need. All ma
tives knew better. They know that he
stayed on the old ground until II be.
gan to yield under his feet and theirs
and then led them to a higher and n
safer place.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
ARMoR PLATE CONFERENCE.
The Government Wants 10 Place
Enormous Contracts.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-Secretary
Long has had another conference with
the representatives Of the Bethlehem
and Carnegie Steel Companies respect
Ing the placing Of contracts for $15,000.-
600 worth of armor plate for the navy.
AS before, Mr.. Linderman represented
the Bethlehem Company while Mr..
Schwab looked out for the Carnegie
interests. The conference lasted nearly
an hour. While it was not conclusive
in it's results the parties to it were
each and all under the impression that
they had succeeded in getting nearer to
one another, while as far as the Navy
Department is concerned, it is believed
that there is no longer the necessity
confronting an armor plant, which was
the alternative provided in the act of
Congress in the event Of failure to Sc
cure armor from the private makers at
the prices named in the act.
There will be another conference in
the near future.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
GOOD AMERICAN BUTTER.
The Reason Why SO Much Of it Stays
ne uo,,oa D1s

NEW YORK, Oct. ia special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Americans will have good butter: conse-
qrently there Is better market for first
class, gilt-edge American creamery but
ter in America than IN any other country
In the world said Secretary Wilson,
when he was shown the criticism of Prof.
Drummond, the Scotch agriculturist.
AT the same time the Department of
Agriculture has made a special study OF
how best to make shipments of dairy
produce as well as other information re-
gaTding the requirements of the foreign
market that would benefit the American
dairyman. We have sent butter to
France. Germany and, last year, ship
ments were successfully made to many
lpCrtS of the China seas. This shows that
VIC have not been entirely asleep.
However the American has learned
what first class dairy products are, and
he is willing to pay a better price for
them than can be obtained in Europe.
There Is no more good butter made in
! this country than is needed here"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
Mr.. BAIRD HEARD FROM.

United States District Attorney
Baird. in a letter printed elsewhere, as
sures the Advertiser and the public
that he is ready to take issue with the
plumbing trust and only awaits the ap-
pearance of credible witnesses.
Two witnesses are put at his disposal
today, Peter High and F. w. Macfar-
lane, both men of high standing and
character in this community. Mr.. High
will testify that he was not able to buy
plumbing material from two of the
leading concerns of Honolulu, where he
was told that such goods could only be
sold to members of the combine; and
MIR. Macfarlane will swear to the re-
fusal OF the plumbing trust to put In
system of pipes and fixtures which he
had bought on the Coast. These wit
nesses will do for a starter; and there
are plenty more to come.
So far as other trusts are concerned
the Advertiser knows of none which
acts as a conspiracy in restraint or
trade. We are aware OF no law which
.an reach mere combines or monopolies
that do not refuse to sell to one man
on the same scale as another. rake
the lumber syndicate for instance. III
man wants TO buy lumber with which
TO build his own house he can get 1T at
the market rates. He is not told that
he cannot have lumber unless he Will
employ a certain set Of carpenters.
And If a man wants to import the raw
material and sell it in competition with
the lumber combine he can do so freely,
providing of course he can ind room
for a lumber yard. Where is there a
chance to prosecute such trust as
the lumber men have formed under any
Federal statute? And IL there isn't
such a chance what is the use of rails
ing an inquiry about it now? The same
argument used towards lumber applies
TO the meat combine, the inter-island
steamship combine and all the others
we know anything about.
The point at issue now is the plumb
ing trust. We cannot give the United
States District Attorney evidence about
other unlawful combinations because
we are aware of none. If proofs against
such combinations exist and the Ad-
vertiser hears of them, the District At
torney will not have to wait long for
tip. But we hope and believe that no
will o. the wisps will lead him away
from the bird in hand to look for
problematical bird in the bush.