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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
Detroit and Mackinac Railway.

Alpena. Mich, Oct. 2S.-At meet
ing of the stockholders of the Detroit
and Mackinac railroad held here the
following directors were elected: Jas.
\. Hawks. Detroit; Henry III. McIIarg,
Edward III. Bonner. \. ID. Noraw and
Walton Ferguson. of New York The
financial condition of the road showed
gross earnings for the year amounting
to $953.10S; operating expenses, 500
$40; total income. S31I 800; surplus for
the year. SILT
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TOO FAST FOR SAFETY
DIR. siemens Thinks $50 Miles an Hour
Until Rail Joints Are Film
mated.

Berlin. Oct. 26. The astounding
speed attained on the Berlin -Zossen
experimental electric railway has
raised the question Of practicability.
DIR. w. H. Siemens. who was on the
train. said: IL don't think an attempt
at any hihger speed is desirable. No
system yet invented could insure safe
ty.
at was like 10000 hammers at work
TO us sitting in the car, that was sim
ply bounding over the joints of the
rails 1t needs continuous and per
fectly smooth rails TO make such n
speed comfortable or possible Speed
really is no longer the question TO he
considered; it is safety and practica-
bility." The speed referred TO by DR.
Sicmens was 100 miles an hour.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
College Foot Ball Games.

Chicago. Oct. 26.-Following are the
scores of college foot ball games: Al
Minnca pols-IIeloit o. Minnesota as
at Madison-Knox q. Wisconsin ~; nj
Chica go-lllinois g. Chicago Is: ut La
ayettte-purdue IL. Oberlin =: al
Grinnell-lowa State II, Grinnell o; nj
at New York-Pennsylvania q. Column
bia Is: at Cambridge Brown o. Harry
ard %: at Princeton-Dartmout O.
Princeton Il: a West Pont-Yalc Il
Cadets ,; at Ann Arbor-Drake o.
Michigan a: at Cincinnati-North-
western 81. Cincinnati o; at Grcenville
Butler o. DePauw IS; at Hanover
Wabash 30. Hanover o.
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CHALLENGE TO THE PAPER


THAT man wrote me" said Dowip
chat he letters if published might
cause me annoyance, and in the gen
crosby of his heart said that for ST.
600 hc would turn them over 10 me
instead Of to Il Chicago newspaper
Garbled extracts from these letters
were published in a paper in this city
this morning. | challenge that paper
TO produce the original letters. what
was printed being only miSrepresent-
ing eXtracts distorted quotations and
largely pure connection. obtained eth
er from the man who tried to black
mail me ear ago. gotten from John
Murray Dowie by him, at Essex, Ia,
or else John Murray Dowie, poor
wicked man. was SO far lost TO me as
to sell the letters of him who he false
ly said was his son. These letters
have come either by robbery or n sin
much deeper and more wicked-the
bascSt Of all sin j"
The hes proof that John Murray
Doiwe was not my father is" he de-
Ni'Ai ~ AiAtih III mas -lNNh VIZ HiA ltl-
tiers 10 him rebuking him for the most
terrible sin a man could ever commit.
in my judgment Were II all against
myself ! would not care; but there is
one-the dearest, sweetest. purest wom-
an that ever was. who is now ten
years. thank God, in heaven-my moth
or. | denounce the publication of those
letters because they are false in many
parts. large extracts being omitted,
thereby distortng the meaning Of ths
rest"
DOwie up TO this point had tod the
history of the letters from his knowl.
edge, and explained that he had laid
the matter a year ago before some Of
his high church officials He called
out Overseer v V. Barnes, formerly n
judge i'm South Dakota, and now ju-
dicial arbitrator of Zion and general
counsel, and Charles J. Barnard, lions
financial agent.
"Have told the truth. Elder
BarnesT asked Dowie. "You have
stated the facts to my knowledge, 4"
was the reply.
"IIave / told the truth, Elder Barn
RrdP' he asked Of the financial agent.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
Sentinel To Be Reorganized.

Indianapolis. oct 26.-lt is under
stood that negotiations for the reorgan-
ization of The Sentinel, the Democratic
state organ. will be opened today. and
that the paper will pass TO a new own
ership at that time. The Indebtedness.
not including the building, which is on
leased ground and for which about
100000 in bonds are standing. is
$204 900. and some of the creditors are
becoming importunate.
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BY the Publication Of Letters
Telling the Secret of His
Birth.
HE HITS BACK IN DEFIANCE
And Tells the Story Himself of His
Mothers Betrayal.
Denounces the Papers That Published
the Facts and Uttcrs Unique
AMI Dowiesque Bene-
diCtiOn.

New York, oct 27-In a broken
voice, with tears streaming down his
face and his body shaking with emo
ton, John Alexander Dowic stood on
the platform in Madison Square Gar
den before m audience of 10000 per-
sons, and announced that i'm truth hd
was not he son OF John Murray DOwie
of Essex, la, from whom nc takes hi'
patronymic but of a British army Of
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
Million Dollars Worth Of Beets.

Bay City. Mich. Oct 2S.-All the
beet sugar factories are in full Cp-
Grafton. and every available vehicle is
being pressed into service TO deliver
the beets. The quality is normal, but
weight is slightly below the avera re
i'm normal seasons. 1t is calculated
that almost S1.0OO.0O0 will be paid
out by the factories for beets.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
Pathetic Incident.

The most pathetic incident in cOnnec-
ton with the accident was the finding
Of the body of Foreman Timothy Sui
Ivan From about 3 o'clock i'm the
morning until after daylight his 10
year-Old son Samuel had stood close 10
the policemen who We're helping the
laborers and blasters pick away the
debris and could not he induced to
leave until the body of his father had
been extricated and taken from the
tunnel
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Others Denied CIemency.


Lansing. Mich. oct 27.-Four attor-
neys and the circuit court have been
engaged all of two days in the trial
of the case Of Audley Putnam. of Will
iamStOn against Michael and Thomas
Heron. of Lansing. to determine the
ownership of a SO cutter. Putnam
wins
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
Ac,ne Uarye.ter Companv

Chicago. Oct ga petition asking
that the Acme Harvester company be
in Judge Kohlsaat's court Attorney
Haffenburg says he expects TO show
that the assets OF the corporation are
worth only about Sl.J00000 instead Of
100000. as was reported few days
AGO
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
Rector Hurt Running tn a Fire.

Owosso. Mich. Oct. 2S.-Rev. II. O.
Cooper. rector of Christ church. this
city. while running to fire. plunged
into blind ditch and was severely
cut on the head and face, besides be-
ing badly shaken up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
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|| No.
Paine's CELERY
Compound
The Most Remarkable Remed1
i'm the World.
The True Medicine for the Cure OF Dis
eases of the Blood and Nerves.

Paine's Celery Compound cures
cases given up as hopeless; it builds
Up, strengthens, restores. When
tired and discouraged, this great
medicine will give new lite and
vitality. Paine's Celery Compound
is the ideal medicine and should be
IN every home.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
Charged with Horse stealing.

Adrian. Mich. oct 2S.-Calvin OFT,
spectacle salesman of Worthwhile, is
in jail here. charged with horse steal
ing. He hired rig at Periods livery,
drove TO Wapakoneta. O., and there
it is alleged, attempted to sell the
horse.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
Hanged Himself with a sheet.

OwOsso. Mich. Oct. 2S. Aaron
Finch. aged as years. hanged himself
TO curtain pole with a sheet. lie
was Respondent on account of III
health. He was civil war veteran.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30

Butte. Mont. Oct. % Judge Clan.
cy. of the district court. has just de
cided the famous Minnie Healy mining
suit in favor Of w. Augustus Heinze.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
PATTERSON A CAPTIVE.
Missing University Student q
| risoner in Hymen's Chains
at Saginaw.
HAD ONE FIANCE TOO MANY
Which Is why, IL Is Said, He Van.
ishcd-Life Lost at Fire
State News Notes.

Ann Arbor, Mich. Oct. 2S.-Albcrt
A. Patterson. the senior medic who dis
appeared from Ann Arbor last June,
leaving bloody hat and mysterious
letter tending 10 show that he had
been murdered has written TO Ann Ar.
Dor friends that he is safely married.
He left because he had promised to
wed two girls on commencement day
The Saginaw News prints the follow
ing announcement, which proves
the authenticity of the letters received
from the long-murdered Patterson,
"Maude T.. IIinman. "A graduate Of the
University of Michigan medical
school was married TO Albert +. Pat
terSon."
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Rev. snnrrenn,s Widnm ncad-

London. oct 23.--'rhe widow Of The
Rev. Charles III Sturgeon. the noted
preacher. who died Jan. 81, 1892, is
dead
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now HE LEAR> ED THE TRUTH
VIII Never Seek the Place lie Lost n
Unique "IBenediction."

VIII Never Seek the Place lie Lost a
Unique "iIenediotion."
With dramatic intensity the ZION
leader began his recital of the facts be-
hind the letters Now that this has
come before the world" he said, Il
had better tell the story. | had deter
mined long ago that If ever 1t must
come out. wherever ! was. no matter
what the assemblage, l should tell my
story
my mother was n noble woman She
was greatly beloved by the privates
and officers of one of the foremost reg
iments of the British army. Our home
was near the post of the regiment. My
people had been connected with the
army for centuries. supposed was
the son of John Murray Dowie, who
now lives I'm Essex, Ia, and ! never
ceased TO wonder how he could have
been my father. He was mean and
hypocritical, and as the years rolled on
he grew worse | had no sympathy for
him.
"For many years did not see John
Murray DOwie Then evil times came
upon him and at my own expense |
brought him from Australia and gave
him a home in my house. One day he
became ill., He dared not call upon
God 10 save him. and as l was passing
lis door he called me in. He asked my
help. and said: 'Youwill never recOv-
or nor will God ever hear YOU because
your religion has been a sham Then
Dowie told how he had prayed for his
supposed father and saved" him from
dying. Then John Murray DOwie gave
him the papers that told him who he
was and how his mother had been
tricked Had known Of it twenty
years before" he said he would have
secured his right place in the world
For there is no doubt that her mar
riage 10 the ScOundrel, John Murray
Dowie was invalid. And the Scotch
marriage could never have been in
validated, and | was the rightful son
Of my father What that place might
have been is not for me to say. |
shall never seek it, for If it carried
with it the finest ducal coronet I'm the
United Kingdom | would not want TO
change it for the Office | hold and the
ministry | minister to God"
The last words. pronounced with
solcmnity over the great still garden.
fell on the audience like an irrevocable
dictum and i'm few seconds n great
burst Of applause greeted the speaker
lie then declared that his father led
one of the great charges i'm the Crime
an war and died like soldier ut the
head Of his troops Al the close OF
the address DOwie pronounced this
bcncdictiOu:
God look down upon the irrcSponsi-
BILE band of criminals who write the
papers and publish their lies. and have
mercy on them. Have mercy. oh God,
and grant grace TO the country and
may it muzzlr and if needs be, de
StrOy, the newspapers
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His Exit Was Lurid.

Patterson's disappearance was one
Of the most lurid events i'm the history
of the university. One morning his
hat, pierced as if by a bullet and
stained with something that looked like
blood. was found on the lawn in front
of his boarding house. In his room
was n letter i'm which he told how he
expected to be murdered 10y man
named Maxine" because he had once,
down i'm Mexico, accidentally learned
the inner workings of a secret so
ciety.
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other Girl Has His Clothes.

The wedding was celebrated n few
days ago. Maude T. Hinman. the
Ann Arbor coed and senior medic
one of Patterson's frances, was pros
tratcd with grief over her lovers "mur-
der" Now she Is happy with the
corpse" \ young woman, said to he
the other lance. came to Ann Arbor
last summer and took Patterson's
clothes as relics. His debts were paid
about the same time.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
Dowie's Coach aud Team Attached.

New York oct 27.-An attachment
has been served on Dowie's coach and
team. As the vehicle was being
driven past the Fifth Avenue Hotel Il
deputy sheriff. jumped on the drivers
seat. served the attachment on the
coachman, seized the coach and team
and drove Oft with them The attach
ment is said 10 he for $1,000 and was
secured by Attorney Robert f. Farley.
his claim being for services rendered i'm
defending j Luther PierSon of White
Plains. former Xionite, who was con.
victed for allowing his child TO die
without medical assistance
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30

Paso Robles. Cal. oct 23.-The
town Of San Miguel was visited by fire
at an early hour in the morning and
suffered loss ia excess OF 100000.
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Broken Arm Was His Death.

Niles. Mich. Oct. 2S.-Jessc Will
Jams. aged go. is 6ead from blood poi
soning lie fell from tree few
days ago and broke an arm. Gangren1
supervened.
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'It's true, general overseer; every
word is true" that elder replied.
Overseer Excel also verified the
truth of Dowie's statements.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
C0NTRAST|SSTR|K|NG
Between the Michigan Schoo
System of Today and Fifty
Years Ago.
INCREASE OF PER CAPITA COST
From Thirty-Three Cents 10 S2.62-
Pardon Board Doings-Against
Cuban Reciprocity.

Lansing. Mich. oct 27.-The an
nual report of State superintendent Of
Public Instruction Fall for the past
year presents striking contrast to
that of Francis w Shoarman of fifty
years ago. At that time there was no
high school i'm the state Today 552
graded districts have high schools. The
whole number of pupils Of school age
i'm the state i'm 1870 was 11S.2S2; in
1902 it was lbs, ISL The amount of
primary school money distributed was
33 cents PEI capita, while lat year
it was 500.
some Varsity Comparisons.
The University Of Michigan, fifty
years ago, had seven teachers and
eightyfour stud u.s. and the expenses
for the year were .2S9.l1. Now
there are 2G2 members of the faculty.
and 1000 students. and the di,burSe-
mentS for 1902 were soto 913.5A There
are S.1Oi school houses in the state.
with lG,2J2 teachers. ana the total
wages paid these instructors last year
was S4.997T5S.G9 The grand total Of
expenses i'm the common schools was
$1O,266. S2L7G.
Doings Of the Pardon Board.
Lansing. Mich. oct -. - At the
meeting of the state pardon board il
Ionia it was decided to defer conSid
Grafton of the application for clemency
filed 10y former Clerk Woodwork. of
Ingham county. until ne has served
One-half of his sentence. which viii
make it April :. 1904. The board de
MED clemency i'm the case Of Andrew
Frank Link. who was sent TO the Ionia
reformatory from Williamson for five
years for burglary on Jan. Il, 1902.
Others Denied CIemency.
Denials Of clemency have been an
nounced i'm other cases as follows: Sol
onion Huber. from Chippewa county
for manslaughter; Frank Burke. IOnia
burglary: Frank LAWNS, Kent. bur
glary; Cornelius BcnSted. ST Clair. lar
ceny; Francis Herrion. Gratiot. lar
ceny: Charles \. Spencer. Macomb rs
sault; Charles H. Williams. Wayne
larceny; j. c. Mccartney. Monroe. lar
ccny; Charles " Smith. Bel1ien. lar
ctny: Charles +. Conklins, Kent lar
cQuV
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30
R0CK-FALL IS FATAL
Ten Men Die i'm an Avalanche OF
Stone in the New York
Subway.
DISASTER FOLLOWS A BLAST
Most Of the Victims Are Laborcrs-
Little Boy Shows Pathetic De-
votion to His Dead
Father.

New York. Oct. 26.-Ten lives were
lost by the cave in of the roof and
walls of the subway tunnel at One
Hundred and Ninety-Fifth street and
three persons were badly injured. All
of the dead and injured were workmen,
and most of them Italians. Following
is a list Of the dead: Timothy Sullivan,
foreman William Schuette, electrician;
Alfonso Armetcllo, Giuseppe Barone,
Luigi Poci. Giacomo Shaccetti Ferri
Tell, two unidentified, and Frank Up
pert. Injured - Juno PaSqualc, Ba-
iasto Velantio, and Juno BaskL
Seams That Foretold the Disaster.
The accident was the most diSas-
trouS that has occurred in the con
struction of the subway. At the point
where the Cave-in occurred a gang of
twenty men was at work in the tUn-
mel. which is about 40 feet below the
surface Rufus c. Hunt, general super
intendent Of the tunnel work, said that
two converging seams had appeared in
the roof Of the tunnel during the day
work on Saturday The presence Of
these seams. however. was not believed
10 indicate any more dangerous char
acter of the rock than had previously
been encountered
Fell just After "a Blast
Three blasts had been let off just
before the catastrophe and ten minutes
after the explosion Timothy Sui
Ivan, the foreman, and Electrician
Schultz advanced. the latter intending
TO string wires and hang electric lamps
TO light the way. They We're followed
by sixteen workmcn. The vanguard
of the gang had reached the broken
stone when rumbling sound was
heard. 1t grew in volume with light
nng-like rapidity Those i'm the rear
had just time 10 turn about and run
when with dcafening crash hun
drcds of tons of rock fell on the men
at the face of the boring. The drill
ers and TWO or three Italians who were
out Of reach Of the fall of rock were
knocked fiat ON their faces by the rush
of wind driven through the tunnel.
Had tn Amputate His Leg.
When the roar had ceased the cries
Of injured workmcn echoed through
the tunnel. and relief work was at
once organized. The first victim found
an Italian laborcr was pinioned on n
shelf of the excavation by one lee. a
boulder Of about ten tons in weight
having fallen on the limb. lie was
hanging head down The rock which
held him was restrained from falling
further by n small piece of stone IN
securely wcdgcd under it. An cXamina-
ton showed that an effort to move the
boulder would cause the Italian TO be
completely crushed The doctors then
determined TO amputatc the puioned
leg, and this was done in the light Of
the ambulance lamp The man died
later.
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-10-30

MRS. JNO. ALEXANDER DOWlE.
ficcr Of high family bv scotch mar.
riage." He heaped denunciaton upon
John Murray Dowie, whom he de-
clared had made his mother believe her
marriage to Dowie'S father was shame
full. and the army officer having beer
taken away by his relatives his mother
in the first flush of her shame had
sought to give her son name by mar
rying John Murray Dowie.
Takes "A whacl> at the Press.
The revelation was made at the end
of an hours denuuciation of the press
of this city, its treatment of his work
and himself being styled "consiparcy
OF falsehood," the reporters denounced
as "yellowdogS, poisonous reptiles who
have wrecked thousands Of homes and
broken thousands of hearts" Ills de-
nunciation was caused by the pubIica-
ton of extracts from letters passing
between himself and John Murray
Dowie. indicating Dowie's remuneration
of the latter as "a parent
Refer, To One Year Ago.
Raising his voice to its limit in his
denunciatiou of the press at one mo-
ment Dowic would the next moment
speak in the most gentle voice of his
mother and wife The great audience
was moved by his evident emotion
Women Wcpt and ai times bursts of
applause greeted his declarations
Dow" announced that just one year
ago uc had addressed meeting in Chi
cago at which ne had told of an at
tempt to blaclmail by man writing
from Boston who claimed TO have Ger
tain letters which had passed between
himself and John Murray Dowie
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-31
WRECK BLOCKED TRACK.
Passengers Had to Be Transferred
 No One Was Injured.

Passengers Had to Be Transferred
 No One Was Injured.
 Mantle, Oct 31.-By the wreck of a freight train east of the station at Millstone, on the Shore line division of the Consolidated railroad, traffic was blocked three hours this morning. Passenger trains transferred passen- gers either side of the wreck and so there was little delay for the travelling public. A west bound extra freight train engine blew out cylinder head at Millstone about 6 o'clock. The 7:35 passenger train from New London at tempted to push the stalled freight to a siding when an air brake coupling broke and in the squeeze several of the freight cars were piled up, a box car thrown across the track, one car completely demolished and the. tracks torn up some. distance, A wrecking train was sent from New London. 1she 1:s3s5 train passengers were transferred to the passeng stla in from Hartford. and the west bound passengers taken to New Haven. \ one. was. injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-31
THE SOUVENIR EDITION
The Democrat Thanksgiving Pape
 Will Be Issued Sunday.
Thanksgiying edition

The Thanksgiving edition of the Democrat will be in the form of a souvenir edition, and will contain much that will be interesting to the people of Waterbury and surrounding towns. It will also contain the business cards or a write up of all the prosperous and up to date business houses in the city, Those who have not yet secured space should do so early, as the edition will go to press and be issued the Sunday before Thanksgiving, thus giving mer- chants the benefit of the early adver- tising for the Thanksgiving trade. Canvassers and special editors are at work now. and will continue to hustle for two or three weeks to come in m endeavor to make this souvenir edition the largest ever turned out in the. city. Mer- chants. business men and others taking space in this Thanks sgiviug Sunday
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-31
HAD STORMY YoYAGE.

New Yofik, Oct 31.-The small schooner Belle Bartlett, 75 tons, arriy- ed to-day from St Vincent, Cape Verde Islas, with ten passengers and a crew of eleven men after a stormy voyage of 38 days. On October 5 the schooner met a terrific gale from the southwest which veered to northeast, lasting 56 hours, during which the rudder was carried away and the foresail blown into ribbons. After the gale the schooner was steered wit the sails there being no material to make substitute rudder. On Octo- Der 29 in a smoky atmosphere the captain lost his reckoning and ran the schooner ashore at Zach's inlet The wrecking company's steamer William E.. Chapman hauled her off yesterday and brought her to port. The Belle Bartlett was bound to New Bedford She is an American schooner and halls from New York