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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-06-09
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J. w Robinson was in Riverdale Mon
day.
Senator Ely was home from Lansing
over Sunday
Mrs. +. Caldwell, of Stanton, was in
town Monday
A. w. Wright transacted business in
Durand Monday.
Ask to see the Eagle Coat Shirt price
81 so at Messengers.
Miss Bessie Kellogg was home from
Elba over Sunday.
d. c. Evans, of Clare, was a business
caller i'll the city Saturday.
J. NJ. Forkes, of Forest Hill transacted
business in the city Monday.
O. NJ. Walters went to Elwell the first
OF the week to look after his farm.
II. Mangle, Of Vestaburg visited w.
w. Kinch and family over Sunday.
Dr. J. II. Lancashire made business
trip TO Detroit the first of the week.
Geo. Wan was home over Sunday from
Mt. Pleasant where he is employed.
T. J. Clark is in North Star this week
on business for the Alma Sugar factory.
Mrs. {. Stevens entertained her son
Archie Meecher, of Bannister over sun
day
Mrs. w. Corder went to Marion, Mon
day to pay a two weeks visit 20 he
parents
Allie Duncan spent Sunday in Ashley
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Duncan.
/. Smith, who is employed at Elsie
spent Sunday with his parents in Wheele
township
Misses Lillian and Violet McKinle,
went to Wcquetonsing Monday, to spenC
the summer.
Miss Olive Smith entertained her cousin
MISS florehCe SpleCe' Oh near MluuIetoh
over sunday.
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-06-09

g. r Lombard who ha. been en-
,iovel nc cashier aft tine Ann Arbor freight
d.no, for several months left TUESDAY for
roledo ,ybcre he ba. the nosition Of as.
.,s,a,, cashier y, the freigh, demo, of the
r,lod, :, ropisN Western. VIII De.
lopo former clerk AT the same depot has
heen nro,roted 70 fll Mr. Iombard's
place and chas Murphy. of Ashley. viii
assume the dutie. of clerk
O'''S are out "'''o'.''0'''s 'i'e "il '"0.
li's iila'll'se o' A'''''' j. IAN l'''''' w.
MISS j.. i''''l'0e "io'el az '''' MN 80
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-06-09

Mrs. r. {. Murray, of Springfield,
Ohio, is the guest of Mrs. l.. c. Wright
Mr.. and Mrs l.. w. Baker went TO
Flint, Monday, to spend few days with
his parents.
Kollarsl Kollarsl Forty dozen ladies
kollars just received at the Variety Store:
no two of them alike See 'em.
Will Ludwick, of McBain, who repre-
sents the Alma Sugar Co., in that vicinity
was in Alma Monday transacting business
with the company.
Mat Ward, Ed Smith and Robt Erwin
went to Saginaw, Monday, where they are
putting down cement walk for the Asphalt
Mastic Co of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs G. =. Blanchard went to
Hillsdale, Monday TO attend a reunion
of the Alumni of Hillsdale College, of
which they are both members.
Mrs. X. G.. Barnes, of Copemish who
+. Barnes for short time, left Sunday
for a two weeks visit in Toledo.
Mrs. w. T. Woodhouse and children,
OF Traverse City, returned home Saturday
after week visit With her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs +. ". Curtis of Emerson town
ship
The question now confronts us, what
shall we do with our boys and girls during
the long summer vacation of.our schools?
Certainly, they should not be permitted
to worse than waste the time.
ID. Wood went to Hawley, Monday,
where he is a member of committee 10
superintend the building of the new Adj.
ventist Adelphi Industrial Academy. He
will be absent about two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs..A. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs.
Clyde Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Perky,
Mrs. Gates, and Mr.. and Mrs. John Blank,
attended the picnic of the Ann Arbor rail-
road employees in Corunna last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J T.. Fuller left Friday for
Topeka, Kansas. Mrs. Fuller goes as
delegate from the Eleventh Michigan
district, to the Convention of the Royal
Neighbors They expect to be absent
about ten days.
The excellent condition OF the GENE.
terry this spring merits more than a pas
sing remark Much credit is due the new
sexton, John Lyons, for It's clean and in
viting appearance, and he should have
the hearty cooperation of all who are in
terested i'll that silent city to keep it so.
Now is your chance-I5 tons of baled
hay. slightly damaged by water from
food, at IS and So per ton at
I7tI SToCKBRIDGR ELEVATOR Co.
A newspaper man once offered a prize
for the best answer TO the conundrum:
"Why is a newspaper like a woman
The prize was won by woman i'll Okla
homa, who sent the following answer.
Because every man should have one OF
his own and not run after his neighbor's .
{. II. Webster, of Emerson township
has traded his so acre farm for a house
aud lof IN the Sharrar- Hall addition he
longing oil. Guthrie. and moved into
the same the last Of last week He had
very successful auctior sale of stool an,
torn, tools the 9TH Of Nav
Geo. H. bapcock' 'eaoher III Acan'
county lhaiaha' VINO mas oeeh spending
Sac ,.,,,,i,,,a I.r. aud ,ace,,tf,. Iee,
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

the registration books so they can be used
in the new ward and primary arrangement.
The present force consists of John Lewis
and Jerry Mcmahon and two young women.
This may be increased later If found neces-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
ONCE IN OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL
VIII JEFFERSON, stamp Clerk Arrested
in Chicago, Had Good Repu-
tatiOn Here.

William w. Jefferson, the negro letter
stamper who was arrested in the office Of
Colonel James E. Stuart postofice in
spector at Chicago, last Friday after des-
perate struggle between Jefferson and four
OF the postoffice officials, formerly lived in
Omaha, at sol South Twenty-hfth avenue.
at which address his mother owns property.
Jefferson's father died in Omaha a number
OF years ago and was an old resident of
this city. Young Jefferson attended the
Omaha High school for several years, and
while in Omaha bore an excellent reputa-
ton. so far as can be learned. He left
this city last March to take a position
in the Chicago postoffice.
Jefferson is charged with stealing from
registered letters. He is about % years
of age.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

Special sunday Rates 10 Great West
sNr ern Park, Manning, Iowa.
only one fare for the round trip. Tickets
on sale every Sunday TO and Including
Sunday, September II. For further infoT-
nation apply to s. d. Parkhurst. general
agent, 1912 Farnam street. Omaha. Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22
COUNTY TEACHERS EXAMS
Sessions open MT High scbooI uu6
Direction of superinten-
dent BOdweu,

The annual Douglas County Teacher's
institute opened Monday morning in room
zO4 at the high school for weeks session
under the supervision of COUNTY superin-
tendent Bodwell. The attendance the nrst
morning was about 100 which will be in
creased to 100 by Tuesday. An innovation
In the old order Of things is the curtailment
OF work in the afternoon, because of the
hot weather. Sessions will begin at 3
O'Clock. or an hour earlier than usual and
end soon after IL. .
The educators who will lecture are
superintedent Davidson of Omaha. state
superintedent j. l.. McBrien President
Crabtree OF the Peru Normal school and
superintendent W H. Clemmons of tba
Fremont Normal school Their subjects ana
dates will not be mentioned in advance. The
instructors are Superintedent w. N Cuf-
ford OF the Coneil Bluhs schools, who
VIII handle geography and diadicts' Miss
Jennie Redheld, principal of the Lincoln
school, who will impart knowledge about
arithmetic, advanced reading and grammar
ana Miss Minnie Rozele Of the Des
hoines schools who will take up primary
reading and language
The sessions open with music. super-
intsndent Bodwell has stated the objects
OF the institute as follows:
10 elevate the professional standard
10 create educational enthusiasm,
10 inspire with ideals rather than ideas
To organise for the year.
To compare notes and unity the work
There was no lecture Monday SUPER
intendent Clemmons will appear Tuesday.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

Judge. he tried to choke me and then
threatened me in various ways" RESPONDED
Mrs Binkley when asked by Acting Police
Judge Foster 20 tell the court in what way
pleaded not guilty when arraigned in police
court Monday morning on a charge of as
sault and battery. but was sentenced TO
ten days on the evidence offered.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

A smart separate blouse is an important
factor in the well gowned woman's ward
robe. IL is to be very much worn during
the coming season. The model shown Is
suitable to lace, silk null or a soft wooden
fabric such as henrietta, voie or challis.
II desired for dressy evening wear the
taffetas the tucks edged with fulled
Italian lace and the elbow sleeves COM
posed OF rufties OF the lace. The blouse
Is tucked In front and back and Is finished
In Dutch square neck chemisette of
the same or a contrasting material COM
pletes II. The making OF the waist is eX-
tremely simple and no one need hesitate
TO undertake II as Il Is a one piece waist
Sd0t-sizes' q 70 e inches bust measure.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

For the accommodation OF readers OF The
from % to 80 cents each, will be furnished
at the nominal price Of 10 cents. A supply
Is now kept at our Office. so those who
wish any pattern may get Il either hy cali
ing or enclosing 10 cents. addressed Pat.
Isrn DepartmsnG Bee, Omaha
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-22

Clerks Work on the Books.
city Clerk Elbourn put a force OF four
clerks TO work Monday morning revising
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-08

Ing Of the victorious Japanese armies:
Mukden has passed into history as one Of
the most disastrous defeats ever suffered
by war force, and the score of Japan In
the war was increased prodigiously there.
Meanwhile Rojestvensky was creeping and
lettering on his way around from the Baltic
to the Pacific, and Russia promised that
there would be new tale to tell when he
reached the scene of action. He was to do
things to the Japanese navy that would
cause the world to forget all about Port
Arthur the Yalu, Lao Yang and Mukden.
But the tale that came from the Tsu Is
lands was different.
Now Linevitch Is to retrieve the Russian
fortunes. 1t is conceivable that he may fail,
like Alexieff. Makaroff. Kuropatkin and Ro-
jestvensky. And If he does fail, IL the army
is rolled up in a double bow knot and trans
formed into a mob of panic-stricken fugi-
tives, as it was after Mukden, and If the
line to Vladivostok is cut and the Japanese
press on to Hardin, what then? Who will
there be to retrieve Linevitch? Will the
grand dukes look to Admiral lessen, at
Vladivostok, to sally forth and clean up
Japan on the seas with his squadron of four
cruisers? Or will the Black sea feet be sent
forth through the Dardanelles. challenging
all Europe? Or will Russia manufacture
navy by magic? Or will she reluctantly ad-
NIT that she Is at last somewhat shy on re-
trieyers?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-08
Hoch of Kansas.

The Emporia Gazette opposes the motion
to send Gov. Hoch to the Senate. 1t
says:
THE worst thing that ever happens to q
governor IS to get an idea that he is sena
torial timber. II spoils a good governor.
and doesn't make a good senator. The
Gazette refuses to believe that Gov.
Hoch has the senatorial maggot in his
brain. He is going too good a gait to learn
a new one"
Not unlikely Gov. Hoch would make
a very good senator. If he Is making a
good governor we may be certain that he
would. The one place Is often made the
steppingstone to the other. Passing in
governors chair upon local legislation is
very good training for the duties of a ma
tional legislator. Some of the most useful
members of the Senate in times past had
their first experience in public affairs as
governors of states.
But It Is probably true that. for the pres
emit Gov. Hoch would serve his people
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-08
Charles J, Bonaparte.

The appearance of Mr.. Bonaparte at the
meeting of the republican state central
committee of Maryland should set at rest,
for time at least. the question of his poll
tics and the propriety of the Presidents
action in calling him to a seat at the cab
met table When the appointment was
first announced Ii was asserted in some
quarters that Mr.. Bonaparte was not a re-
publican; that he would never become one
and that the party in Maryland had been
both sighted and affronted in his selection
Undoubtedly there were prominent repub-
hcans in the state who felt that the Pres
ident had ignored legitimate party claims
and gone far afield for an adviser
There was much to be said on the other
side of the matter including the fact that
Mr.. Bonaparte had headed the republican
electoral ticket In Maryland last year and
been the only man on the ticket elected
But. with much force and an excellent
stroke of diplomacy, Mr.. Bonaparte yes
terday took up the question in its relation
to the situation of today and declared him.
self with all desirable frankness The DEM
ocratic party of Maryland is committed to
policy respecting the suffrage which
strikes at the highest rights and the hest
interests of the citizens of the state 1f
the policy is Endorsed at the polls next No
vember a political ring. deeply discredited
by its past performances, will. as Mr.. Bona
parte believes, come into complete control
OF the states affairs again. He is opposed
TO the ring and It's purposes, as the repub-
hcan party Is. and he calls upon all men
who share his and its views to bestir them
selves in an effort to defeat Mr.. Gorman's
end
Here then, we have an issue stated and
lines drawn. On the one side is the demo-
cratic organization OF Maryland. led bv its
aoiest representative, and aiming at a con-
fessed and an important object. On the
other side the republican party stands SOL
IDLY arrayed; and united with it are MANY
independents who in the same company
participated in the campaigns of 1896 and
1900. when Mckinley SO signally triumphed
in the state. and in the campaign of last
year when Parker squeezed through by
the narrowest of majorities. Mr.. Bona
parte may we'll lead this fight on the re-
publican side. and his part In the CAM
paign should be a notable one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-08

best where he now Is He was selected for
his ONCE to meet given emergency. He
was the man who best typified what the
people at that time wanted and he Is
justffying his election. His work Is proba-
bly, not complete, and until it is. and has
been made safe, he should not give his
attention to other things. Particularly not
to his own personal advancement. II
senatorial prize is ever to be his he Will
draw it all the sooner for meeting to the
full public expectation In his present office.
We may consider in this connection the
case Of Gov. Lafollette. He was called to
the governors chair as the man best quail
flied to give the people Of Wisconsin what
they wanted in given line Of policy. In
fact he had formulated the policy. and was
recognized as the one who should give II
official expression He put his best ener-
gies into his work, and after one or two
defeats finally secured the desired local leg
isiation. Then his friends suggested him TOT
the Senate and he awaited himself OF the
opportunity presented. His work at home
is done. and the work he Will undertake
here will, we may be sure, be all the better
done for his experience in the Office OF gov
error of Wisconsin.
Gov Hoch may arrive later. He need
some years yet national questions VIII be
very attractive for those who desire TO
have a share in shaping them. Let the
senatorship come as a reward of guberna-
torial merit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-08
Beriah Wilkins.

Death came with shocking suddenness to
Mr.. Beriah Wilkins despite the long warn
ing which he and the community had OF Its
approach. His fight for life had been con-
tinued for so many months, with no ap-
parent loss of ground of late, that the
end was a surprise. In his struggle to re-
gain his health Mr.. wilkins had the keen
sympathy of a large circle. He was widely
known far beyond the District, where he
had resided for twenty-five years. His
service here as a member of Congress for
six years brought him into close touch with
local affairs and attracted him to Wash
ington as a place of residence. His pur-
chase of the Washington Post in partner
ship with the late Frank Hatton, followed
his retirement from Congress, in 1889, and
since then Mr.. Wilkins has been Intimately
identified with the welfare of the capital.
Entering journalism without any expert
ence, he by his quick intelligence and his
fine business capacity built up one of the
ablest and most successful newspapers in
the country. In his personal relations with
the people of Washington Mr.. Wilkins was
held ir the highest esteem. His kindly and
helpful spirit made him beloved by all
classes of people with whom he came in
contact. His marked business ability found
a wide field in participation in local enter
prises, and at the time of his first stroke of
serious Illness he was one of the capitals
most active citizens. contributing to many
business institutions and charitable works
his excellent judgment and his conservative
progressveness.
In his illness Mr.. wilkins bore himself
with patience and cheerfulness meeting his
Affections philosophically, sustained by the
knowledge that the sympathies of the COM
munty were enlisted in his behalf. His
passing ends a struggle In the course of
which he has set a suggestive example of
hopeful endurance. And in the hour of his
death all Washington extends to his strick-
en- family the fullest expression of sorrow
and coincidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-08
Dearly Bought Experience.

The District governments unfortunate ex-
perience in the Watson case should have
sufficed to warn all branches of the govern
ment even beyond the municipal confines to
look into the manner in which the public
funds were being cared for by dSburSing
officers and other agents. There was a
plain and costly demonstration in that case
that it is unsafe to trust implicitly to the
fidelity of any individual, and that checks
can not well be too numerous and complex
for the security of the cash drawer. But
apparently the showing went for naught in
at least one public institution
The Smithsonian defalcation appears to
have been in progress for number of
years. There was evidently no effective
check upon the disbursing officer. who
cording to his own confession manipulated
the books to suit his convenience and adj
justed them to the diminishing funds. Just
why the auditing officers of the treasury
did not detect the discrepancies remains for
explanation. AS the case now stands. there
seems to have been no barrier whatever be-
tween this individual and the funds of the
institution.
In all fiscal responsibilities trust must be
placed at some point in individuals. But
there are reliable systems of counter
checks and balances and auditing methods
which reduce to minimum the POSSIBLE
ity of personal dishonesty affecting the in
tegrity- of funds. Notwithstanding re-
peated proofs of the danger of concentrate
ing responsibility upon a single person that
now antiquated system is still maintained
IN many quarters, but there is today little
public sympathy for any firm or estab-
hshment, public or private, that loses in
consequence of imposing unlimited and un-
due confidence in a fiscal agent
There will. of course, be a new system
at the Smithsonian in the future. The
stable door will doubtless be tightly locked
now that the $4,000 horse has been stolen
Is every public Office to be persuaded to
adopt businesslike methods only by such
means, under the inspiration of such OBJ
1ect lessons? The District paid, or will
eventually pay, some $4,000 for its knowl-
edge that it is unsafe to send a small
salaried, unbonded clerk to bank with
checks and cash and entrust him with the
passbooks and other records of certain mis-
celaneous funds. The Smithsonian has not
profited penny's worth from the Districts
costly course of training in good business
methods, and has now paid out tidy tut
ton fee in order to gain the same knowl-
edge.
This is a very wasteful system of official
education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-08
Mr.. Cannon.
Says the New York Tribune:

Says the New York Tribune:
Uncle Shelby CulIom discredits the ru-
NOR of the prairies that Uncle joe Cam
non has tired of speakershfp honors and is
looking toward the Senate"
The rumor almost discredits itself Mr..
Cannon is very much at home in the speak
ership, will enter next fall upon second
term, and If he lives and the republicans
carry the next House can have a third.
His whole public life has been spent In the
House, and he Is greatly attached to the
body. The Senate would be slow for him.
I: Is as difficult to associate him with a
seat In the Senate as it was Mr.. Reed, who
openly declared that he did not care for
such a promotion.
Besides there is the story that Mr. Cannon
has his eyes on the White House. He has
not confirmed the story. but many people
believe it. If it is true would it not be bet
ter for him to try for the presidential NOM
ination in 1908 from the Speakers chair
than from chair in the Senate? There is
more power in the speakership than in a
senatorship and capable and experienced
and popular man like Mr.. Cannon should
be able with such object in view to
capitalize it at its highest. Mr. Reed, 1t
Is true, failed dismally in 1896, but he was
not the politician that Mr. Cannon is
We need not consider too much the old
notion that the Senate is "a hoodoo so far
as the presidency is concerned. This is the
day of new and unusual things. Mr. Roose-
Welt broke the record in the matter of sue
ceeding himself in the White House after
entering it by the cause of death. Mr. Fair
banks broke the record as a senator by
capturing the vice presidency without an
effort. And it may be that President
popular opinion to the contrary, can come
out of the Senate.
But somehow Speaker Cannon sounds bet
ter than Senator Cannon would. and we
shall probably continue to hear it, At any
rate he has made a name for himself In that
office, and his party in it's congressional
campaign puts him forward on the stump
as its most effective compaigner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-08
Russian Reviewers.

II todays dispatches from ST. Peters,
burg are TO be credited fully Russia is
engaged In a novel process OF endless war
fare From the beginning there has been
see-sawing course of prophecy, and it is
therefore not strange to read that the
car and the grand dukes confidently look
TO Gen. Linevitch to retrieve the disaster"
which has just been suffered by Roies.-
vensky al sea
w hen Japan opened the war with sud-
den descent upon Port Arthur by sea and
put several vessels out of commission
Russia protested to the world that that
was no test of quality Just wait until
we get EN- on land" was the CRY from,
headquarters; then wen show em what
Russia can do" And so there was a koen
interest in the first land encounter. at tho
crossing of the Yalu by Kurok The COM
plete japanese victory at that point gave
an effective suggestion of the future.
But again the cry arose: THAT wa
only major skirmish Our fleet is In
good shape now and Wen prove that these
Japs are really insignificant" But tho
Port Arthur fleet yentured forth only IN
be done TO turn and sought harbor again
In sad condition. Then the Russian apolo-
gists found ground for believing that The
real land campaign had not opened but
that as soon as the Japanese armies ven
tured into Manchuria they would be scat
tered like chaff. The meeting of forces at
Lao Yang put a different light upon the
case, and again the fleet was sent forth
TO show up the Japanese. but 1t was scat
tered and sunk, and few remnants crept
back to Port Arthur. a sad reminder of a
once formidable naval force, to fall into
the hands of Japan when the sun flag
finally fioated over the Russian stronghold.
Next Mukden was indicated by Russia as
the retrieving ground. and great prepare
tons were made there for the final check