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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-10-18
MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

In the circuit court at Port Huron
George Chapman pleaded guilty TO
stealing horse and rig, and Charles
Crawford to stealing from a hotel.
The Michigan state board will meet
at Ishpeming Nov. 9 to examine upper
peninsula embalmers. Nearly 100 are
expected to be present.
The Lansing & Northern electric
railroad is about completed to St
Johns. Grading will commence in the
vicinity of Maple Rapids at an early
day.
At Pinckney burglars took George
j. J. Teeple's trousers out in the back
porch and looted them, securing be-
tween SO and Sc Teeple olu not dis
cover the loss until the next morning.
Patrick Farrell, freight handler at
Jackson, has received word that he
has fallen heir to one-third share in
a $4,000 estate left by the death of
an uncle in Lockport, n. Y.
An error was made in computing
the amount of primary school money
to be distributed next month. 1t will
be So per capita instead of $2.41. The
rate is higher than any previous semi.
annual rate by 35 cents per capita.
Perry's new $4,000 school house is
we'll under way and will be ready for
occupancy Dec. Is. After six weeks
jangling over a site the building is be-
ing erected on the site of the old
school.
William Crawford Of Vernon placed
his pocketbook containing $5V in tea
pot, which he replaced on shelf In
the pantry and went to church. When
he returned he found that some mean
thief had taken advantage of his alb
sence and emptied the pot.
A conference of health officials in
Michigan will be held in Ann Arbor
Nov. 21-22. The objects OF the con
ference are the presentation Of facts
and the general comparison of views,
on subjects relating to public health
work, by the health officers and other
delegates of local boards of health
among themselves, and with the mem
bers of the state board of health
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When Shown ane aing Chris. Huss
Cried.
WILL ASK FOR WARRANT
Thinks Convict Wiseman Killed Her
Says He is Positive That the Muir.
dered Royal Oak Woman IVES His
Wife.

South Bend, Ind, Oct. 16.-Christo-
pher Huss, husband of the woman VINO
disappeared near Royal Oak Sept. 20,
1900, positively. identified the gold
band ring which Convict Henry Wise
man gave his wife, as the wedding
ring which he gave to Mrs. Huss IL
years ago. when they were married.
Huss is employed at the brickyard OF
Leeper & Langley in this city. This
forms another link in the chain of cir
cumstantial evidence which points to
Henry Wiseman as the murderer of
Mrs. Huss, whose body was found ly-
ing face down in shallow grave in
the patch of woods near Wiseman's
house..
When Huss was shown the ring and
the details of the investigation ex-
planned, he broke down. He declared
that he was a poor man, but would
like to go back to Detroit and help run
the murderer of his wife to earth.
He said that attic over year ago
she left Benton Harbor with the two
children and went to Royal Oak. Huss
was to follow, but was delayed by lack
of money. One day he received tel
egram from ROBERT Hale, saying his
wife had disappeared. He hurried to
Royal Oak, and together with Hale
made a thorough search for the miss
ing woman. They inquired at every
house along the road where the WON
an was last seen. He became con-
vinced that Hale and his wife were de-
ceiving him, so he took the children
and household goods and left one of
his children at Sodus, Mich. The 9TH
er boy, Emslie, aged 10, was brought
to South Bend.
Huss stated that the ring was brok-
en- once, and the place where the jew
eler mended II was visible. His broth
err, who is also employed in the
brickyard, identified the ring as the
one worn by Mrs. Huss.
Mr.. Husss little boy was present
and in an interview said his mother
had SO in her purse the day she dis
appeared, and also described the clasp
pin having red beads in 1t. A similar
pin was found on the corpse of the
woman discovered on the Medbury
farm. At the time Wiseman took the
woman into the woods he was broke
and could not even buy his wife pair
of shoes. The theory is that the muir
derer took the money, ring and shoes
from the corpse.
Huss says he does not know the
whereabouts of Robert Hale who is a
negro. He thinks he may be in Wind
sor. He says he will go to Royal Oak
and ask for a warrant. charging Wise
man with the murder of his wife.
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Owosso, Mich. Oct. 16.-Wh''e
Sheriff Gerow was trying to arresi
Joseph howard. a local desperate. at
Easton, the cap broke away and re-
fused TO HAT when the sheriff threat.
Sned him with his revolver. The sher.
in fired, the bullet entering below the
right shoulder, piercing the lungs. The
sheriff drove eight miles with him TO
Owosso TO obtain meuIcal attendance
but the physicians have but little hope
OF saving his life. The prisoner is 25
years of age and is charged with the
burglary of W. l.. Crawford's house at
Vernon Sunday night. He has been
arrested many times for minor Of
lenses.
Bad Axe, Mich, Oct. 16.-The four
burglars being held here on the charge
of cracking the safe at klnde. escaped
here Monday night by cutting a hole
through the floor They are profess
SIGNALS.
Baldwin. Mich, Oct 16.-Burglars
last night blew open the safe in the
postoffice and secured about $500 in
cash and several hundred dollars In
stamps. Several registered packages
are also missing. There is no clue.
The thieves probably escaped on a
passing freight train.
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The Mystery Of Murder at
Royal Oak.
ZINC AND SHOES IDENTIFIED
Circumstantial Evidence Points to
Convict Wiseman-He Was the
Last Person to See Mrs. Huss Alive
Investigation Going On.

Detroit, Mich. Oct. 15.-Slowly the
Royal Oak murder mystery is being
cleared up, and as additional facts
come TO light the circumstantial evil
dence points more conclusiyely to
Henry Wiseman as the party who last
saw Mrs. Christopher Huss alive.
Mrs. Huss disappeared the last week
in September, her husband coming
from Chicago and taking the two chill
dren and the household goods away.
Her alleged cousin, Robert Hale, an
umbrella member, escaped from Ber-
rien countys Jail, came to Royal OAK
and lived with Mrs. Huss. After her
disappearance he was taken back to
Berrien county to serve out the SEN
tence. He is now supposed TO be In
Windsor, Ont.
On Sunday, Oct. g.. a cat scratching
near decayed log in patch-of woods
opposite the house Of Henry Wiseman,
attracted attention, and investigation
revealed the badly decomposed BODY
of a woman lying face down in shall
low grave. She wore no shoes and her
description follows very closely that
of the missing Mrs. Huss.
Mrs. Huss was last seen by Frank
Marvin, Wisemans father-in-law, and
Convict Wiseman. On the night she
disappeared she asked them where she
could buy some wood. Marvin de-
clares Wlseman offered to show her,
and walked with her toward the
woods. Some time elapsed and Mar
vim, after missing car, returned
home.
Convict Wiseman at first denied
knowledge of the incident, but later
admitted Ine details, with the excep-
ton that he says he did not accom-
pany the woman. He contradicted
himself in several important particu-
lars and intimated strongly that Mar
vim and his wife were liars.
st. Joseph. Mich, Oct 15.-It is be-
lieved beyond a doubt in this city, aid
ed by strong circumstantial evidence,
that the body of the murdered woman
found in the woods near Royal Oak, is
the remains of Mrs. Ella Huss So
dus. a small village 16 miles souIneast
of this city on the Big Four railroad.
In 1888 Crisis Huss lived happily
with his wife and two children near
Williamsville, in the extreme southern
part of the county. In early January,
Robert Hale, colored, became ac-
quainted with Huss. The balance of
the winter Hale worked in the woods
and boarded with the Huss family. In
May, 1898, Hale disappeared, and be
yond a doubt Mrs. Huss eloped with
the colored boarder. Their where
abouts was unknown for fully year.
The father then moved to Sodus. In
the fall of 1899 Mrs. Huss returned to
her home.
Mrs. Huss was a small woman, was
feet 2 inches tall dark complexion
dark hair and dark eyebrows. She had
a perfect set OF very white teeth; in
fact, not a tooth in her jaw was de-
cayed.
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MINOR TELEGRAMS.

Sir Thomas Upton was the guest of
honor at a banquet given by the chi
cago Athletic association at Chicago
last night.
The friends of Gen. Bartolome Maso
at Havana announce that he has con-
scented to be a candidate for the vice
presidency of Cuba.
Saucy Chief, leader of the progress
sive element of the Usage Indians. is
dead after a lingering illness. Chief
was IS years old.
The principal Italian antiquity deal
ers have formed a trust in order to
raise prices and to exploit the grow
ing needs of American buyers.
A crisis is imminent in Newfound
land unless the British government
pays more attention to the demands of
the colony than has hitherto been the
case.
Flyer No. 4 on the Great Northern
railroad ran into an open switch at
Kilva, Mont. Engineer Huffman was
instantly killed and several passen-
gers were slightly injured.
The immense floating drydock built
by the Maryland Steel Co. of Balti-
more for the United States govern
ment, has started on its journey to
Algiers, La. 1t is expected the trip
will occupy about a month.
The yellow dragon Of China foated
over Asheville's Battery Park hotel
Tuesday in honor of WI Ting Fang,
the Chinese minister, who is the spe-
cial guest of the American Associa-
ton of General Passenger and Ticket
Agents.
Rev. DR.. w. ID. williams of Char
lotte. Mich. in discussing educational
topics at congregational convention in
Portland, Me-, disapproved the view
that the secular schools shall have no
part in spiritual training.
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Snakes at Mt, Clemens,

Mt. Clemens, Mich, Oct. 15.-Mich-
ael NJ. Smith, travelling salesman,
who lives on Lincoln avenue, Sunday
night ran across a big snake. After
making a game fight he captured the
reptile, which measured over four feet
in length, and in fighting raised its
body directly up about two feet. The
snake is supposed to be one that es-
capped from a show here last summer,
and is called King snake. They are
found in Texas and their bite is very
poisonous. 1t is now alive and on ex'
hibition at Westerndorf's drug store.
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Price of Potatoes

Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 15.-If
the weather is pleasant, many thou
sands of bushels of potatoes will be
dug In Michigan this week. The large
local buyers are paying so cents at
loading stations. Prices were cut last
week, with the effect at almost every
town OF shutting off the offerings.
Growers are independent and stop
hauling when the price falls below so
cents. AS to what the market will do
when digging begins IS uncertain.
Wisconsin and New York are strong
competitors. An average price of 81. 40
per bushel is paid here for machine.
screened beans from farmers hands
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Troubles of Tax Commissioners.

Lansing, Mich, Oct 16.-Houghton
county has entered an objection
against the apportionment of state
taxes as returned by State Accountant
Humphrey. The state tax commission
has requested the various county
boards of supervisors to make another
equalization of their respective coun-
ties. At the last equalization in June
the equalized value in nearly every
instance was fixed at a figure below
the assessed value The commission
is likely to meet with considerable OPP
position in their desires, as Ingham
county has refused to accede TO the
commissions request and other coun-
ties are expected to follow suit.
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MICHIGAN BRIEFS.

Sherman Brown hanged himself In
a barn at Reading. He was insane over
religion.
1t is found that the steal of peaches
made by Watson from the farmers in
the vicinity of ST. Joseph one day last
week amounted to $1,000
John Goldworthy, who murdered
Mrs. Sarah Daniels at Iron Mountain,
was pronounced insane Monday. The
crime was committed in June. He
used an ak.
Rep. N. o. Ward of Mecosta county
says Gov. Bliss made 1.-The mistake of
his life" when he vetoed the Ward
Lowrey bill for the taxation of mort
cages, and that the governor will be
painfully aware of the fact at the next
republican state convention.
A large number of carloads OF po-
tatoes are being shipped from Mont
calm county TO southern and eastern
states. Many of the tubers have
brought 65 to 20 cents per bushel.
Farmers are pleased with the abund-
ant crops this year. Mortgages will be
lifted.
James Randall and Howard Stark
weather, arrested for shooting Mrs.
Xavier Baechler, were arraigned at
Port Huron for shooting firearms un-
der the ordinance. They will be held
pending the extent of the woman's In
juries. 1t is feared blood poisoning
may set in.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Delos Fall has compiled some instruc'
tive statistics relative to Michigan ed
ucational interests for the past year
More than 100000 children are being
educated, and the estimated value OF
all school property in the state is $40,
33S,173. The aggregate wages OF al
teachers in the graded schools was 80,
12O.473, and in the ungraded schools
s1.3S3,076. The average monthly
wages of male teachers was s70.6S in
the graded schools and $29.03 in the
ungraded; of the women teachers
s43.5O and s24.7S respectively. The TO
tai number OF school houses in the
state Is S,035.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-10-18
CHICAGO HOTEL BURNED.
Guests Had Retired-One Man Killed
BY Jumping.

life. three persons narrowly escaped
suffocation and score or more
guests of the Garden City hotel were
rescued from upper floors by firemen
in treacherous blaze in that hotel
last might. The dead man is Levi
Whitman, resident Of Indiana, whose
body was found after the fire had been
extinguished, in court to the rear of
the building. Whitman leaped from
a third story window In an effort to
escape. The hotel was filled with
guests, many of whom had retired for
the night. The flames spread with
such rapidity that those on the upper
floors were entirely cut of. The loss
to the hotel was small.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-10-18
ASYLUM SMALLPOX Case.

Kalamazoo, Mich, Oct. 16.-There
is an echo of the recent smallpox
scare here in a case which developed
Saturday at the Michigan asylum for
the insane, where the outbreak started
several months ago. The present pa
tient is Arnold Verhulst, who had quar-
ters in a detached cottage. There Is
little danger of a spread of the dis
ease, as every inmate and the employ
es Of the asylum were vaccinated with
n the past three months.
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Bears and Hunters.

Standish, Mich, Oct 15.-Rolly
White, county clerk, while hunting
near here with party yesterday, ran
across large black bear. A valuable
dog was between him and the bear,
nlpping the bear at every jump. White
was in quandry whether to shoot or
not, and while he was debating the
question the bear and dog disappeared.
Another big bear came near catching
another member OF the party, who had
but two shells in his gun. He escaped
by sprinting.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-10-18

Lansing, Mich. Oct. l5.-The state
tax commission has requested the va
rious county boa DIS of supervisors to
make another equalization of their re-
spectiye co rites. An equalization was
made in each county last June. In
nearly every instance the equalized
value was fixed at figure below the
assessed value. According TO the at
tori ev-generr"r ruling Il must re tx d
at is cash value.
One effect of the opening up OF this
matter would be to enable the county
supervisors 10 raise the valuation of
the cities, the commissions figures
showing that in most cases the cities
were assessed at a lower percentage
than the counties.
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Michiuan inventors.

Washington, Oct. 16.-Michigan
patents were granted Tuesday as fol-
lows: Amos G.. Benedict, Lawrence,
reclining chair; Geo. b. Essex, De-
troit, lubricator; Thos. Jacobs, Frank
fort, file attachment; VIM. K. jacques
Grand Rapids, micrometer gauge; Ed.
ward e. Nolan, Grand Rapids, aerial
ladder Eugene S. Rose, Stockbridge
brace for auger bits and augers; Jas
w. Runner, Shelby, attachment for
cuffs and cuff buttons; r. b. Wagner
Jackson, -four dressing reel; Fred
erick A. Wagner, Detroit, fence post
George Wettlaufer, Saginaw, stacker
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Girl Had Good Sense.

Monroe, Mich, Oct ia dispatch
from Cincinnati tells of the arrest
there of Walter Greening, aged 10
years, who had run away from his
home in this city because his father.
George Greening, objected to his at
tentions to a Monroe girl. When the
father left to find his son he thought
mis- mission was unknown, but the
young lady in question wired the
truant, advising him not to hide.
Hence his capture was easy, and after
some talk the young man consented to
return.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-10-18
Ann Arhor Man Gets II

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. l6.-W. X.
Chids of this city has Just received
notice from Gov. Bliss that he has
been appointed county agent Of correc-
tions and charities, to fill vacancy
caused by death of Attorney p. j. Leh-
man. The appointment comes entirely
as a surprise and without solicitation.
Mr.. Childs is a well-known and active
Grand Army man.
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Missionaries Complain Of Him.

Washington, Oct. 15.-Rear Admiral
Robley ID. Evans left here yesterday
afternoon for San Francisco, whenc
he will accompany Rear Admir-
Casey, commanding the Pacific s
ton. on the flagship Wisconsin to :
tuila. Admiral Casey is charged W \
the investigation of certain allie
tions made by missionaries In San
against the moral character OF c.
B. F. Tilley, naval governor OF Tutub
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Tried to Kill a Corn.

Standish, Mich, Oct. 15.-Mrs.
Scely, an old lady residing here,
poured some carbohc acid on her foot
yesterday to kill a corn, and also
bound rag saturated with the poison
around her foot, the result being that
her foot is swollen to twice it's usual
size. The poison has spread all
through her system, and her life is
despaired of.
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Ann Arbor Class Smokers.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. 15.-Class
smokers were such a success among
the university students last year that
1t has been decided to hold several
this year, and the puritanical who
made a howl of horror about the Ego.
ings on last spring will md the af.
fairs livelier than ever.
The seniors have arranged to hold
four. The juniors threaten to outdo
the seniors in elaborate souvenirs and
fun.
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Iarnest Elnminn WALL

Birmingham, Mich, Oct. l6.-The
largest flowing well within radius
of so miles from Detroit was struck
on the farm of Orson Coleman, a.
Pennington At the deptn of 81 foo
the water spouted up in a great
umn and a great hustle was made to
save a colony of pigs in range Of the
waterSpOut
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Farmer Found Qxinn

Owosso, Mich, Oct. 15.-William
Games, well-to-do drover and farmer
OF Fairfield township, near Elsie, was
found dying from heart disease in his
bed in the Exchange hotel yesterday
morning. Eames, who was &C years
old. was in his usual health when he
retired, but was heard gasping at 8
o'clock in the morning, and DR.. M. w.
Peters reached his side as death took
place
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Mailman Pensioners.

pensions were granted Tuesday as fol
lows: Original-Wm. T.. Blanshard
Epsilon, Sc War with Spain-Arthur
Edwine, Ludington, S17. Increase
Charles c. Goodfruit. soldiers home
Kent, $12; Adolphus Worwell, Bangor.
ST. Widows-Minor of Francis G. c.
Smith, Monroe, $14.
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Doc Prisoners at Work.

Coleman, Mich, Oct. 15.-As the
time for the opening of the bird-shoot-
ing season draws near, the dog poison
ers of Coleman are getting in their
work. Last year 10 valuable bird dogs
were poisoned the night before the
season opened. Hunters who have
not lost their dogs are watching them
carefully.
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Allen Ayrault Green, a young pho
bgrapher of the University of Chicago,
was called on recentlyto take picture
for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad of their fast Chicago Denver
train, "The Burlington's Number One"
while in motion. After several unsuc-
cessful trials with the usual apparatus,
he made an electric switch, attaching
it to the rail so that when the engine
struck it the circuit was closed. This
switch communicated through metal
lie circuit to set of dry cells, and
thence TO a shutter release. The
shutter release was a complicated
machine. consisting of pair of low
resistance coils. acting as electro-mag-
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Police Think il a Clue.

Nashville, Tenn, Oct. ia woman
is under arrest here having in her pos
session unsigned bank notes of the
National Bank of Montana. The po-
lice believe they have clue to the
Great Northern express robbery OF
July last.
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Tried to Die; Jealous.

Pennington, Mich, Oct. 16.-Claude
Botsford, aged %, living west of this
village, who tried to commit suicide by
swallowing carbolic acid, is on the
road to recovery. His mouth and
throat are badly burned. 1t is alleged
that his unreasonable jealousy of his
young wife caused him to try to take
his life
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-10-18
Child Burned TO Death.

Bad Axe. Mich, Oct. 15.-While Mr.
and Mrs. August Gettle Of Kilmanagh
were away from home their daughter,
aged 5 years, in playing with the fire,
was so badly burned that she only
lived a few hours.
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Stabbed a Horse.

Port Huron, Mich, Oct. 16.-Robbie
Farley, the young boy who is charged
with maliciously stabbing a horse to
death with a pitchforls. will be tried
in the circuit court this term.
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Expensive Quail Shooting.

Brighton, Mich, Oct. 15.-Seymour
Kellogg Of Genoa township was caught
with quail in his possession by Dep
uty Game Warden King, pleaded
guilty and got $40 and $3.50 costs.
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nets on closing the circuit and attract
ing the armature, it in turn commu-
nicating with a series of levers so
constructed as to minimize the resist
ance of the stout spring it was to
release. The instant that the engine
struck the switch it closed the circuit,
and instantly the electricity commu-
nicated with the high-speed shutter
and the picture was correctly regis
tered on the center of the plate.
Thus the Burlingtons train took its
own picture while running at full
speed, and it may seem odd, yet it is
true, that a railroad locomotive has
at last joined the great army o.
amateur photographers.