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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
FORECASTS ALL FOR ROOSEVELT
MOST LIBERAL ALLOWANCE
GIVES DEMOCRATS ONLY Isl
SURE VOTES OUT OF are.
Ofthe 90 Ballots Which May be Class
ed as Doubtful the President 10
Likely to Capture Many.

ed as Doubtful the President 10
Likely to Capture Many.
Washington. Dec. 10-It is worth
while sitting down with lead pencil to
figure out how strong the chances are in
favor of the election of President Roose-
welt to succeed himself. Under the
most liberal basis of computation it
seems scarcely possible, unless the con-
ditions change greatly, for the demo-
Gratis to win. The list of sure republi-
can states has been growing constantly
ever since the retirement from the white
house of Grover Cleveland. The list of
sure democratic states has remained
painfully normal, being confined abso-
lutely to those in the south and the
southern border. The doubtful states
are comparatively few in number, and
with the exception of New York are not
vastly important to the calculations of
either side.
The election of 1904 will be the first
presidential race held under the appor
tionment fixed by congress on the basis
of the federal census of 1900. The
present congress was elected under this
apportionment, and the electoral votes
will therefore be identical with the sum
of representatives and senators from the
40 states in the union. That is to say,
there will be 476 electoral votes, and it
will require $50 of these to choose a
president The apportionment is favor
able to the republicans on the whole,
and they gained over the last electoral
college quite a little handful of votes.
AS preliminary to the meeting of
the national committee this week
many political forecasters here have
been busy rearranging their tables.
Figures given out by well known lead
ers on either side are as rule entirely
useless, because they represent claims
rather than probabilities. 1t is not a
difficult matter to set down on paper
the solid democratic strength, about
which there can be little or no doubt.
There are thirteen states which make
a compact solid south, with total re-
presentation of 151 votes, distributed as
follows.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
Byron.
Delayed letter.

Delayed letter.
Mrs VIM Bulles has gone to Eaton
county to spend the winter with her
sister-Dr VIM Harper and wife, of
Henderson spent Thanksgiving in Byron
George Worden and wife, of Ashley
were here for Thanksgiving Mrs
Clark and daughter Hattie, of Howell,
were in Byron Thursday-Mr and
Mrs John Crawford have gone to Ire
land, and will visit other parts of Eu-
rope before returning The Byron
Nimrods have returned from their hunt,
ing trip; one party reports having kill
ed eight deer while gone--A letter
was received recently by B S Williams
from Herbert Jones, of New Hampshire,
who lived here tGZa Hg9Aastatipg
that his house and all other buildings
were burned recently, horses and cattle
also were lost-The Thanksgiving
party at the opera house was numerous
ly attended and good time generally
was had S Dean and Mary Dean,
of New York, are here caring for their
father who is seriously i'll at M Coyken-
dalPs-Mr and Mrs Walker, of Grand
Blanc, are guests of Mrs E G Gulick--
Mrs John Shoutz and Miss Aschith
Wellman visited friends in Owosso and
Corunna last week.-Mrs., DR. Harper,
of Henderson. was here last week assist
ing in caring for her sister, Bell Fisher
B q Kanouse and wife spent Thanks
giving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Lewis Hawkey-Mrs w A Telling has
recovered from run of typhoid fever
Mrs A Lewis is suffering with
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dean, horse
trainer for Crawford g. Hunt, died last
Wednesday of black jaundice. His re-
mains were taken to Owosso for burial--
John Shouts team became unmanagea-
BILE while drawing stalks recently and
caused his load to fall off and one wheel
OF the wagon passed over Mr. Shouts
injuring him, though not seriously
DIR Atchinson, superintendent of the
Homeopathic Hospital at Ann Arbor.
was the guest Of DIR Ruggles Thursday.
Fred Meir has gone to Illinois TO
engage in the brick-making business
Mrs A E Cole went to Portland last
week on account of the sickness of her
brother, Hiram Southland. He was dead
when she got there
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
Did Good Wo;k.

state Senator A. B. Cook, of Maple
River, and A. l.. Chandler. of Corunna,
did good work last week at Lansing
in me meeting of the State Association
of Farmers Clubs The Detroit Tribune
gives them credit for securing the pas
sage, by vote of 80 to 33, of the fol
lowing resolution:
"Resolved, That we demand that the
next Legislature shall not only introduce
but shall properly enact a primary cleo
ton law, giving the people of this state
the right to directly nominate township,
county and state officers. and to punish
with effective penalties the corrupt use
of money at all elections"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
Aluminium Used for Pape.

1t is stated that experiments with alu-
minum as substitute for book paper
are being made in France. The ma
terial will not oxidise and is practically
fire and water proof. If it is a success
it will completely revolutionize book
printing the same as the introductrn of
Hostetteris Stomach Bitters completely
rovolutionized the old methods of try
ing to cure stomach, liver and kidney
diseases Today, no one questions the
fact that it is the best medicine in the
world to cure indigestion, dyspepsia.
constipation, biliousness. nervousness,
insomnia, general debility or malaria,
fever and ague Be sure to try it It
is highly endorsed by prominent physi-
,ians throughout the country The
genuine is for sale by all druggists, to
whom apply for a copy of Hostetter's
Illustrated almanac for 1904. 1t is free.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
Startling Evidence.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
coughs and colds to be unequaled. A
recent expression from T. J. Mcfarland
Bentorville, Va, serves as example He
writes; II had bronchitis for three
years and doctored all the time without
being benefited. Then / began taking
DIR. Kings New Discovery, and a few
bottles wholly cured me-" Equally
effec tive in curing. all lung and throat
troubles, consumption. pneumonia and
grip. Guaranteed by J. s. Hagpart
and w. p. Collins q Co. druggists
Regular size bottles SOC and si.0O.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
Union Plains.
DELAYED letteI

Delayed letter.
Bert Wimble and wife have moved
into George Harder's house--Mrs. L..
C. Fosket and little daughter, of Ashley
after visiting friends in this vicinity for
a week, returned as far as Corunna,
Monday-The Cleaner Social at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. s. Fosket last
Friday evening was we'll attended, over
40 were present-Mr. Stoddard, OF
Perry, was the guest of Henry Cossel-
man Wednesday--Hoyt Lyman, of
Bancroft, is husking corn with his ma
chine in this neighborhood-Mrs. N.
F. Richards and daughter Bertha are
visiting in Detroit this week.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18

This makes total of 227 There are
one or two states like West Virginia and
Nebraska about which some question
might be raised, but those who claim to
know the two fields best say both states
are in the republican column to stay.
More than that, the doubtful list of
remaining states contain several which
are nominally republican by large ma
jorities, so the average republican sure
thing is not so far wrong under the
existing political conditions.
For doubtful list suppose we make
up table embracing the remaining
states, with total representation in the
electoral college of ninety eight votes as
follows:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
Sick
Blood

Feed pale girls on SCOTS
Emulsion.
We do not need to give all
the reasons why SCOTS
Emulsion restores the strength
and flesh and color of good
health to those who suffer
from sick blood.
The fact that it is the best
preparation Of Cod Liver Oil,
rich in nutrition, full of healthy
stimulation is a suggestion as
to why it docs what it does.
SCOTS Emulsion presents
Cod Liver Oil at its best,
fullest in strength, least in
taste.
Young women in their
"teens are permanently cured
of the peculiar disease of the
blood which shows itself in
paleness, weakness andnervous-
ness, by regular treatment
with SCOTS Emulsion.
1t is a true blood food and
is naturally adapted to the cure
Of the blood sickness from
which so many young women
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
Office Calendars

A very serviceable calender has been
issued by the Chicago & Mo- tn Western
R'y for the year 1904. The figures are
large and easily distinguished, the days
of the month and the consecutive day
of the year are both shown; and the
publication is Of that solid and credita-
BILE sort which makes it desirable for
business men and manufacturers. Send
four cents in postage to W.B. Kniskern,
Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18

About the republican list there may be
considerable more doubt Taking as a
basis the most recent election returns
current newspaper reports and personal
estimates from members of congress of
the safest guides, l believe the follow
ing table of sure republican states is net
only accurate but is extremely conserva-
tive:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18

Odell and Plat have settled their differ
ences, thus indicating a probable heavy
republican vote up the state.
New Jersey has not been in the repub-
ican column enough years to be con-
sidered safe. 1t is hot bed of trusts.
wealthy corporations, and corporation
lawyers. Under cover, there probably
is more personal hostility to Roosevelt
in New Jersey than in New York city,
because the presidents attitude ON the
trust question directly interferes with
New Jerseys most profitable industry
in the creation and incubation of trusts
and all kinds of shady corporations.
If the list of sure republican states
given above is at all accurate, it readily
will be seen the republicans can pull
themselves out of the hole by carrying
the western states of Colorado, Nevada,
Idaho, Montana and Utah. This would
leave Indiana, Maryland, NewJersey New
York and Rhode Island The democrats
could carry all five of these states and
still lose, whereas if therepublicans carry
single one of the doubtful east of the
Mississippi states, with the Rocky Noun
tain states just mentioned, it would be
enough to make good any errors in COM
putationin the sure republican column.
The democrats can carry New York,
New Jersey, Maryland. Delaware and
Indiana, and still be beaten out by a
strong Roosevelt sentiment west of the
Mississippi river. There is an under
standing here that the force of the
democratic campaigning is to be expend-
ed on these five states, all of which must
be secured to turn Mr.. Roosevelt out of
his comfortable quarters in the white
house.
With Indiana as the one large western
state which can fairly be called doubt
full, it ought to be easy to guess where
the natural location for the second place
on the republican ticket will be foun d
next June.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
That rhrobblns Headache

Would quickly leave you, if you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
os sufferers have proved their matchless
merit for sick and nervous headaches.
They make pure blood and build up
your health. Snly 25c, money back If
not cured Sold by J. s. Haggart and
w. E. Collinf q Co druggists.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18

Ordinary household accidents have no
terrors when there's bottle of Thomas
Electric Oil in the medicine chest
Heals burns, cuts, bruises, Sprains. In
slant relief
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18

While scuffling in a west side saloon,
Saturday, William Monaghan, an EN-.
ploye of the Kilby Mfg. Co. at the sugar
lalt, broke both bones of his leg below
the knee.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18
The Pope Bicycle Daily Memoranda
Calendar.

The reissue of the Pope bicycle daily
leaf calendar may be considered the
opening gun proclaiming the natural
and healthful return of bicycling. Col
Albert A. Pope, the founder of our BIZ
cycle industries and the pioneer in the
Good Roads Movement, is again at the
head of the bicycle industry. Upon the
$3.50 calendar leaves are freshly written
lines, from the pens of our greatest col
lege presidents, doctors, clergymen,
statesmen, and other eminent men and
women, all of them enthusiastically
supporting bicycling. Half of each
leaf blank for memoranda. This calen
dar is free at the Pope Manufacturing
Company's stores, or any Of our readers
can obtain it by sending five 2-cent
stamps to the Pope Manufacturing Co.,
Hartford, Conn, or 143 Sigel street,
Chicago, Ill.
Philip Shepard has completed his work
rs sub mail clerk, for the present, and
is back ON his rural route.
Earle Rexford has been sick a few
days.
Lee Clarke and Ora Jewell have re-
signed their positions at the su gar fac
tory.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18

The Black Diamond Coal Co., of Ma
son, is preparing to commence opera
tons in Alaiedon township next spring
or as soon as the weather will permit.
Owosso and Lansing people are inter
ested in the company. Re-
publican.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-12-18

What does it profit woman if she
gain the whole world of knowledge and
lose her own healthl Young women
students, and school teachers, eager,
ambitious, and full of energy, very
often neglect their health in the strug-
gle to gain education. They eat insult
ticient food, and at irregular hours, they
allow irregularity of the womanly func-
tions to be established, and the result is
that they become chronic invalids with
all their education practically worth
less. There is a plain rod back to
health for such as these, marked by the
feet of thousands. 1t is the use of DR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for
disease of the stomach and digestive and
nutritive organs, and DR.. Pierce's Fav-
orite Prescription for diseases of the
delicate organs of womanhood. A cure
so certainly follows the use of these
remedies that out of hundreds of thou
sands who have tried the treatment,
ninety-eight in every hundred have
been permanently cured Constipation,
with its calamitous consequences, which
is common ailment of students can
be entirely cured by the use of DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10
MADE RICH BY STORM.
S&&@A&
Bolt Of Lightning Uneoves Vein Of Iron Ore for Whh Two Miners
Had Vany Sought for Months

It will not be an easy task for one
to convince Larry ODonnell and
Frank lngersoll, two prospectors OF
Sunset canyon, that nature did not
get up the electrical storm which Wis.
tied that locality this week especially
for their benefit writes the Los An
geles correspondent OF the Chicago
Inter Ocean. Be it known that thun.
derstorms are extremely rare in Cal.
ilornia. Indeed there are plenty OF
persons here whose hair shows gray
who have never heard the voice OF
thunder. In the mountain sections Of
the state thunderstorms do at rare
intervals occur, but it has been nual-
Der OF years since Sunset canyon
echoed to the reverberations of the
thunder's voice until the recent
storm.
For number Of years prospectors
have suspected that a considerable
vein OF iron ore lay concealed some.
where In the mountains in the vicinity
OF the canyon, and much prospecting
has been done in the endeavor to 10.
cate it. Float bearing traces of iron
Is plentifully scattered over a large
section of country, and the two pros.
pectors above mentioned followed the
lead to Sunset canyon, and there in
what seemed to be a promising spot,
they began sinking a shaft, hoping to
cross cut the mineral lode Patiently
and persistently the men worked all
through the summer and they had a
hole some thirty feet deep with two
lateral tunnels running several feet
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10

into the mountain to show for their
summers labor. Unfortunately this
was all they did have to show for II,
for no trace OF the mineral they
sought had been found, and their
means had played out
On the day of the storm they con-
cluded to abandon the search and
they had taken the tools from the hole
and were packing their camp outfit
when the storm came up. The fall Of
the rain was accompanied by bril-
liant electrical display and loud claps
of thunder. Suddenly there came q
most terrific clap Of thunder. accom-
panying binding fash of lightning,
and 1t seemed to the watching men as
though the mountain was being torn
asunder. A moment later another
equally severe crash followed and a
third clap came little later. The
lightning bolts seemed to be directed
at the shaft they had so recently
abandoned, and when the storm had
cleared and they investigated they
saw that the wall Of the shaft had
been scanned and shattered by the
electrical bolts. They descended to
ascertain the results of the bolts and
found the wall of the shaft opposite
to the lateral tunnels had been riven
and several tons of rock had been
scaled off and had fallen to the bottom
OF the shaft, but, what was Of more
interest and Importance to the pros.
pectors, the vein of ore which they
had so persstently sought had been
laid bare
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10

A her remarkable meteorological
Hood Canal, in the western part of the
state of Washington, when the darkest
day ever recorded there occurred. 1t
was SO dark at high noon that it was
impossible to read a newspaper out Of
doors, and in the neighboring woods
the darkness was so intense that tray
elers had to get ont and lead their
horses by the light of lanterns. The
darkness was doubtless due to the
smoke from heavy fires in western
Washington and Oregon, but it was re-
markable that the sun should be So
completely obscured. There were four
noticeable peculiarities about the
smoke. One was a reddish color. which
has not been explained, as the fires
were too far distant for reflection TO
play any part in the phenomenon
Another was that the smoke did not
mako tho oyos smart: n third that IL
did not have the blush color that
dense smoke usually has. and finally,
that any light seen at distance of 20
or more yards took on an exceedingly
white appearance. The darkness was
not confined to any one locality, but
passed like wave over considerable
territory, its path being more than 100
miles long. The darkness was so in
tense that the deception of the barn
yard animals was complate-the chick
ems going to roost.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10

Astor is lawyer who lives in En-
glewood says the Chicago Tribune.
Last Saturday morning lie was walk
ing from his house to the suburban
train when the butcher on the corner
opposite the station called to him. AS
tor had bought his meat from that
butcher for twenty years.
"Mr. Astor." asked the butcher,
"what can l do IL n dog runs into the
shop and carries off n ten-ponnd roast
of beef worth So"
"Do you know whose dog it isl"
asked the lawyer.
"Oh yes" the butcher answered. 81
know who owns the dog. all right"
"Thcn all you've got to do Is to send
the owner Il bill for the stolen meat
You can collect it without any doubt"
| Then Mr.. Astor started to hurry for
his train.
"Mr. Astor." the butcher called after
him. "Mr. Astor. that was your dog
I'll send YOU the bill this afternoon"
Next morning TIE hill came to Mr.
Astor's office. But the butcher had
unfortunately. forgotten that his vic.
tim was lawyer.
BY the next mail he got his answer
With 1t came bill for $40 for legal ad
vice in the matter Of a "thieving dog
leaving Il balance of SIS due Mr.. Astor.
And now the butcher is wondering
what he had better do about It.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10
FENIAN FLAG A RELIC.
Buffalo Possesses Banner That Was Carried the Irish
the Invasion Of Canada
N~~
~~~~N~~

A faded green silk flag. with one
corner torn into ribbons, has been
placed in the collection of the Buffalo
Historical society. 1t is relic of the
Fcrian invaders who crossed into Can
ada from Buffalo On the night CT May
81, 1866, and who had to come back a
few days later, after having thrown
Canada into spasm of terror. This
flag went through what Is known as
the battle of Ridgeway, which village
is now more familiar to Buffalonians
as the town back of Crystal Beach.
The flag was formerly presented to
the Historical society by James Neil
roy, in whose family it had been for a
long time, and by d. E. Mahoney. The
exercises were held in the society's
lecture room. About 200 persons were
present. President Andrew Langdon,
in response to few remarks made
by Mr.. Mahoney, said he was reminded
Of an incident that came under his
observation while In the Office of the
president of large New York bank.
1T was during political campaign,
and one of the other officers coming
into tho room hung I'M the portrait of
one of the candidates." he said. "The
president Immediately said, Take that
down. We have no politics here It's
the same way with US. We accept
relics whether We approve of them or
not, and we accept this flag for it's
historical interest"
The flag, which was carried by the
Buffalonians who took part in the in
vasion, is nine feet long and six feet
wide. In the upper left-hand corner
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10

a golden sunburst was once painted
on the background Of green silk, but
its outlines were destroyed by a Cana
dian ball that tore through the flag
at the battle Of Ridgeway. That por.
ton of the flag is merely a collection
of tatters now. Running in line
slanting upward and that begins be.
meath the sunburst are the following
words in golden letters: Buffalo, Sew.
enth Regiment, Irish Army Of Liberia
ton Beneath this is the following
inscription placed on the flag after
the Fenians had returned from Can
ada: "Ridgeway and Fort Erie, June
2 1866" Occupying the center of the
right-hand half of the flag is the fol-
lowing, also in golden letters: Pre-
sented by the Fenian Sisterhood of
Buffalo, May G, 1866" Part of this
lettering is torn, the result of bull
let.
The flag was carried to Fort Erie,
Ontario, with the 900 Fenians who
took part in the invasion. After hav-
ing driven the Canadian militia near
Ridgeway to retreat, and then having
to retreat themselves before body of
Canadian regulars, tho Feninns hur-
ried back to Fort Erie. While trying
to cross the river the Fenians were
arrested by American forces. Later
they were released. The United States
government authorities returned the
torn flag to the local Fenian organiza-
tion.-Buffalo Express.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-10

In Japan houses are not numbered
according to their sequence. but ac-
cording to the order of their erection,
says the Pittsburg Gazette That is to
say, No. IS may adjoin No. /, with No.
102 on the opposite side. No . is prob.
ably mile down the street. The city
Of Toxic is made up of 1880 streets, in
which are 3lS.320 houses. These houses
are divided up into fifteen wards. II a
street passes through more than one
ward the houses are numbered accord
ing to the wards in which they are
that is. street passing through six
wards will possess six number ones.
1t would be like hunting for needle
in haystack for a stranger to try to
find number in Toxic, but a jinrik.
sha driver knows the position and
number of almost every one of the
houses in Toxic. He is able to do this
by having made his business the one
study Of his life.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.