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The Washington times., 1906-05-13
Preliminaries at Newport.

At Newport. a species Of preliminary
season is already in progress Quite
a large number OF people have opened
their villas, small dinners and luncheons
and bridge parties are the order OF the
day there, and the Reginald VanderbRts,
as well as the Alfred Nanderbilts. are
making elaborate preparations for the
Inauguration OF the huge covered rings
which they have erected on their respec-
tice estates for the display and exercise
OF >'leir horses. That OF Alfred Wander
bilt IS said 20 have cost over sI00. 900.
white Reggie spent almost as much at
the one at Sandy Point Farm. They viii
be the scene OF many entertainments
during the course OF the summer. and
possibly. too. OF some amateur circuses.
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CRITICISED COURT.
EDITOR IS JAILED
PubllSherof indianapolis Sun
Roasted the Judge in
His Paper.

INDIANAPOLIS. May I2--FrA5 I
Purdy. publisher OF the IndianaDoIIs
Evening Sun was today fined s250 and
sentenced 70 serve thirty days in isiT by
Criminal Judge Fremont Afford for con
structive contempt Of court.
Purdy, through the Suns editorial COL
umns. criticised the judge for demand
ing that the grand jury indict Chief OF
Police Robert Metzser for striking a
prisoner. Waiter Koons. while under
going examination in the formers Office
Rooms was arrested for assauItinr A
twelve-year-old girl He was later con-
Yleted. During the examination Dy the
chief OF police Kocns called the little
glrl a vile name. The chief slapped him
me court made specific mention THAI
Editor PUrdy's jail sentence should be
served in a cell and not in the sberiHf,s
once and that he should not enjoy any
special privileges
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II any reasonable opportunity offers
to get the House to act upon it, the
committee will report it at once.
In other words, the question of de-
cent quarters for the State Depart
ment, the Department of Justice,
and the Department of Commerce
and Labor is up TO the Speaker.
Finally Representative Roden-
berg's project to complete the work
begun by the Government and rail
roads Jointly in giving the Capital
suitable front door was discussed
with every show of favor. The
cost of acquiring the two squares
which-according TO the plans now
being followed-wil intervene be-
tween the Union Station plaza and
the group of buildings on Capitol
Hill is estimated at about $1,000, 600.
In two years that cost will have
doubled, through the construction
on those two blocks of hotels, more
or less pretentious, ana more or less
disfiguring.
If the two blocks are purchased
now, the citizens first view of his
Capital will be the handsomest rail
road station in America, an impress
sive and noble plaza, and a vista
through a beautiful park to that
Capitol building which, in his mind.
typifies the whole American Govern
ment- If they are not purchased
now, the prospect is that for a long
time, possibly for half century.
the plaza and the station will stand
in nest of saloons and cheap lodg-
ing houses, and the citizens first
view be one of fruit stands and
beer signs. Congress ought not
hesitate between such alternatives,
and if it consults the people it rep
resents it will not hesitate.
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Repeating the'Fire-EScape Law.

The Board Of Trade, the Business
Mems Association, and more than
one group of business men specially
organized for the purpose, have ar
ranged to appear before the Con-
gressional. committees on the Dis
trict of Columbia and urge the re-
peal of the so-called fire-escape law.
They have a good case. The law is
manifestly harsh and its require
ments are open to serious question
whether or not they viii operate
TO give any tenant, owner, or in
surance company the slightest adj
vantage. The appeal is to reason
able men. Therefore the commit
tees ought, ordinarily, to win their
case.
But winning their case is not so
much a matter of a just cause, at
this juncture. as of a proper cam
paign. The session is nearly over.
The calendars of both houses are
jammed. Appropriation bills. pub
lie building bills, and private bills
of political Importance are all fight
ing for a chance. The hard thing
viii be, not to impress the two Dis
trict committees with the advisable
ity of the repeal, but to get the
bill which is 70 effect the repeal
out of the two committees and be-
fore the two houses. Unless that is
done this session the measure must
be enforced.
If these several bodies of citizens
are wise, then, they Will hold con-
ferences with the two District
chairmen and fix on a plan of ac-
tion looking to the report of their
bill at the earliest possible date.
Next they will follow the measure
closely until il has been taken from
the table and acted upon. They
win find little or no opposition TO
it IN Congress. But they viii find
a great deal of difficulty in get
ting the minute or so of time re-
quired to get it passed
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ENCOURAGING REPORT SENT
BY GENERAL GREELY

The following dispatch on conditions at
san Francisco was received at the War
Department yesterday from General
Greely, commanding the troops in thai
city.
Conditions are steadily improving. \
cheap restaurant was opened yesterday.
which with restrictive methods as l.
food issues, will produce encouraging re-
suits. Issues Friday were estimated AT
lSo.eoo-redUCtiOn Of 72.OO0 since Nav s
Camps are gradually getting under good
control Gradual Improvement Is evil
denced by opening Of butcher. dairy,
bakery. and vegetable shoDs. of which
ZiS are reported in five Of the seven
district. Health is reported excellent
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Mrs. Maekay's Surprise.

Mrs. Clarence Mackay's determination
10 spend the summer az Lenox has ex-
cited good deal OF astonishment For.
although the Pease place. which she has
leased from next month until Septem-
Der, Is a beautiful villa, it does not be-
gin 10 compare in luxury with Harbor
Hill. her country seat at RosIyn. L. /
1t Is understood. however, that Mrs.
Mackay has decided upon Lenox. owing
10 the necessity OF a change Of air for
herself and the children Last summer.
II may be remembered, she spent July
in the White Mountains with them and
August. as well as September, at Sara
toga. where she rented the Judge Hilton
place She is IN deep mourning FOR her
father. and viii in consequence take
no active part in the gayeties Of the
season at LenOx. During her STAY there
Clarence Macl1ay will go abroad having
rented moor in Scotland for the shoot
Ing He is booked 10 sail in July and
VIII be away until the beginning or end
Of September
Ihe season at LenOX will begin earlier
than usual this year, and the English
ambassadress and Miss Durand go thera
tomorrow for the summer. They have
the Deepene Vile. Mr. and Mrs VII
nan Douglas Sloane. who are now on
their way home. will open their pIaca
there Immediately on their return and
the George G. Havenes win spend the
entire summer at the Lenox place. OH
ers who are already there, or who viii
arrive in the next few days. are Nfr
and Mrs B. Osgood Field. Mr.. and Mrs
Morris X Jessup. Mr.. and Mrs .JobD
Parsons. Mr. and Mrs Frank Stureis
and Mr.. and Mrs David Lydig.
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SUBURBANITES WELCOME
NEW SPRING SEASON
Society in New York Beginning to Scatter Along the
Various Places Contiguous to the Great
City of Gotham
BY cHoLLY KNICKERBocKER.

NEW YORK, May 12.-New York's
spring suburban season is now at its
height. Society is scattered in the va
rious places around New York. such
as Tuxedo. Lakewood. the Hudson Vel
ley. Westchester county. and, of course.
Long Island.
The latter. indeed. is especially gay.
and nearly ali the country seats within
driving or motoring distance Of Belmont
Park are the scenes OF merry house
parties in connection with the races.
which opened under the most auspicious
circumstances last Thursday. Every
ia ing day the fashionable set assemblies
fer luncheon at the Turf Club, which.
located within the precincts OF Bel
mont Park and within a stones throw
OF the track, IS familiar to many of
The older generation as the Manice
homestead. so celebrated twenty and
thirty years ago for its hospitality. The
racing has led 10 a revival OF the popu-
larity of coaching. An exceptionally
large number OF drags find their way 70
Belmont Park from town and from
Roslyn. Hampstead Cedarhurst, and
Westbury. while several coaches ,save
been put on the road TO run betNeen
the city and the track for public hire,
among them being Alfred Vanderbilt's
Venture"
This suburban season permits people
to enjoy at one and the same time the
advantages OF country life aud those
Of town. Men are able tC motor into
the city for business and the women for
shopping. and dinners and luncheOns at
the fashionable restaurants, with a the
ater or G vaudeville show thrown in.
merely 10 serve 10 give additional zest
and taste 70 what may be described
as rural pleasures.
II is only after the racing at Belmont
Park has been brought to a close that
the annual exodus 10 Newport. Bar
Harbor, Southampton. the Berkshires.
the Adirondacks, and White Mountains
10 Murray Bay. and TO the other sum-
mer resorts. viii begin, and the last
important affair before. people go away
for the heated term, will be the we'd
ding here In town OF Cynthia Roche and
Arthur Scott Burden. early in June.
II is fhen. too. that the coaching season
will come TO an end. and that the Coach
ing Clubs Pioneer" will be taken of
the road. and the three or four score
horses, which have been used FOR its
daily run between the Holland House
and the Ardsley. viii be sold at auc-
ticn.
As they always fetch much larger
prices than those paid for them in
February and March. the expenses Of
running the coach from Easter TO the
beginning OF June are reduced 10 a
merely nominal sum.
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pee4'ns as the outgoing greyhOunds
1es' among those due here the day
aIter tomorrow on board the Kaiser
Wllhelm II are Mr.. and Mrs. o. H f.
beimont. who have been abroad since
Ihe close Of the winter; Robert Walton
6oelet' who has left his mother. Mrs.
Robert Goelet, still cruising in the Medi-
terranean on board her steam yacht
mamma; Mr.. and Mrs. II. Van Rensse-
laer Kennedy. who on landing viii go
20 -heir place at Hampstead, and the
countess Della Gherardesca, daughter
OF Henry A C Taylor Mr. and Ms
Hamilton Mex. TwombIy and Miss
Twombly are passengers on board the
sane boat, and so. too, are Elisha Dyer.
jr., Henry F. Godfrey, OF the Knieker-
booker Club, and his bride. who was
Mrs. Perry Tiffany, and last. but not
least, James J. Van Allen.
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C. E. GRUNSKY LECTURES
AT UNIVERSITY CLUB

c Z. Grunsky, formerly superintend-
ent OF construction OF the city engi-
neer's Office in San Francisco. and now
connected with the United States Geo
logical Survey. delivered a lecture on
the California earthquake at the Uni
versity Club last evening
Postmaster General COTteIyou also
spoke on the disaster
Mr. GTunsky said that a new high
pressure reservoir was now under con-
structiOn that would enable the i'll
fated city 10 better cope with the sit
uatiOn should such d cOnfagration
again visit the city
DR.. Hays. Of the Geological Survey,
made a short address on the general
subject
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distinguished guests at the MarI-
borough h-Blenhelm.
Capt H w. Fitch. of the United
States Engineering Corps, located at
Washington. d c, accompanied by Mrs.
Fitch. has taken suite Of rooms at the
Hotel 1roquois, for an indefinite time.
DR.. and Mrs. Nathan r. GOrter. the
former a skilled physician of Baltimore,
gre among the guests at the Hotel Chal-
fonte.
Mrs. n. A, H. Church. wife of a
wealthy lumber merchant Of Washing
ton, d G, accompanied by \. a. y.
Church, tr.: Mrs H p. Berkley, Ind
11terold p. Berlkley, jr.. all of Washing
ton. has taken apartments at the Hotel
Nsys Eps's;ld. for an extended stay.
terei at the following Atlantic City
hetslS tins week;
Alnemarle--C. II Lupton and wife.
Bothwell-Mrs. William A. Haley.
Berkeiey-G. n. S. Carnith, A. P.
King
craig HaIl-Thomas B. VenabIe.
Observation-Disclosures f. Gross and wife
Chalfo:Ite-Miss f. B. Dent, George +.
Roberts.
Chetwoode-Mrs. E. ]. Mcguire. T. +.
Mcguire.
Dennis-Mrs. T. ]. Fisher and child.
De Ville-J. J. McHugh. Mrs, McHugh.
Edison-Miss McGibbon.
Elwood-Mrs. Lewellyen Jordan. f.
T Simpson.
Grand Atlantic-Mr. and Mrs. Mason
Green 's-Mrs- Clarence Bean. F. r.
Hanna.
Gladstone-Mrs. L. Mussbaum
Grand Atlantic-C. T. Coyle and wife.
Miss Coyle. Miss NJ A AXE. Laura J.
Wilson, Mrs. S. Wilson.
Haddon Hall-H- d. Todd and wife,
Mrs. z. H McFarran. Miss F. NJ. Gren.
Iroquois-H. 3. O'Hanyday H W.
Fitch and wife. J. H. Pearson, Mrs. j.
II. Pearson.
Kuehnle's HOTEL. z. Albrecht, Phil
lip German and wife.
Morton-Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Masher.
Miss Blanche Bassreder. Miss C E.
Faunce, w. Milton Faunce
Mervine-Miss L Schmidt, Mrs. r. NJ
Evane, Miss T. Spelhouse.
New EnglRnd-Mrs- ". A. Church, ".
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Hope for the Capital.

victory for common sense
Convenient homes for four impor-
tant bureaus of the Government.
Tour notable steps toward making
Washington the nations city beau
tiful.
These are the prospects offered
by Fridays deliberations of the
House Committee on Public Build
ings and Grounds.
First, the committee directed the
chairman to make a favorable re-
port upon the Senate's bill TO pro-
vide an appropriate home for the
Geological Survey, one of the most
practical and growing offices of the
entire departmental service. The
measure allows $1,000, 900 for a new
building, provides that il shall be
located on the north side of the
Mall between Seventh and Ninth
streets, and carries appropriations
for beginning work upon it at once.
Reasonable objection can be made
TO the plan or the ground that 1t is
not the best which might have been
adopted Thus, the new structure
will stand behind the Center Mar
ket, hidden from the city on the
north, and leaving a block of unim-
pressive' structures standing along
the south side of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. which might well have been re-
placed by it. But the advantage
gained by the Capital, the Survey.
The Congress, by the whole nation.
IS large nevertheless.
There are the considerations of
economy and business administra-
ton. At present the nation paws
out as rent for this bureau the in
terest at the Governments borrow
ing rate on 81, 100000. As the total
outlay for the new home is to be
but S1,200,000, the business sense in
the measure is manifest. Further
more, the new quarters will be es-
pecially adapted to the technical
and peculiar requirements of survey
labor. The chief need is plenty of
light. che survey is now In a build
ing which provides so little light
that the force works in daily danger
OF injuring its eyesight. Then.
special rooms should be provided
for the topographers. photograph
ers, engravers, and the several di-
visions which work with micro
scopes. The present quarters are
not adapted to this work, and never
can be made adaptable to them.
Herein lies the chief practical ad-
vantage of building a real home for
the bureau.
But the committee did not stop
with favorable action on this one
bill. 1t discussed and pressed to-
ward the same conclusion the Sen
ate's bill to purchase the several
blocks lying between Pennsylvania
avenue, the Mall, and fourteenth
street. The understanding is that
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Two Weddings of Note.

There will be but two weddings OF
any social note this week in town. one
Of them Is that Of Mrs Stanford White :
niece. Miss Isabella WetheriIl. 70 Barent
Lefferts. at the Church OF the Incarna-
ton. on Wednesday at 1 o'clock. The
attendants OF the bride Will comprise
the Misses Susan DelanO. Elizabeth
Delefeld Mary Lefferts. Mamie NicOll,
jeanette Myers. and Catherine Leonard.
- Philadelphia. Theodore Crane will
be TIE best man. and Marcellus Hartley
Dodge. Charles Butler. Walter Powers.
Alexander WetheriH, John G. Bates.
Bruce Falconer. and Msrin Hare VIII
be the ushers. After the ceremony there
VIII be a reception giver by Mrs. J.
Bloomfield Wetherill. the mother OF the
bride, at her house. on East Thirty-sev-
enth street.
On Saturday ST. Thomas Church viii
he the scene OF the marriage Of Miss
Elizabeth Davis. a granddaughter Of
ex-senator Henry Gassaway Davis. who
ran for Vice President on the same
Democratic ti-ket as Judge Alton b.
Parker The bridegroom is John X
Berry. and he VIII have his brother.
William. Of Nashville, as his best man,
and the following ushers: T. b. Davis.
Alfred L. Curtis, J. Foster Symes. Philip
C Peck. and John Maclean Walton.
Miss Pauline Morton. the pretty daugh
ter OF the president OF the Equitable
Society; Miss Catherine Berry, OF Nash
Vile: Miss Mary Wheeler. Miss Lucy
Young. and Miss Kathleen Sheridan, of
Maryland. will be the bridesmaids. and
Miss Catherine Elkins. Of Washington.
the maid Of honor. The bride. who is an
orphan. has made her home until now
with her sister. Mrs. Fairfax Landstreet,
of Madison avenue. where the recep-
ton Will take place after the wedding
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A H Church. jr. Mrs, H. p. Berklev
harold p Berkley. jr.
New Chatham-Mrs. c. L. Hermann
II. W. Thompson.
,,B.da ,Runnymede-Mrs. J a. Msgee. NJ. A.
linger Noro-
Sterling-L, c. Brodewick. NJ : col
ID ms. r r Lyon, Mrs. NJ. Roche. MIS-
Seaside House-Nrs. w. ] Newton
Mr. and Mrs S S. shedd. Miss SbeSi e5ii'
Shelburne-Dr. S. V. Richev and vito
b & Hurst, F. G. Bund
81. Clare-Mrs. o. r. BerenIus-
Traymore-M Miss NJ A. Clarke r-5,,.,-
= Madden. ]. c. Heald, Henry II SIasi -
rs6911elhl9em- Sh9reh9m-W. Sellers Miss Sellers. N
St Charles-Nfr. and Mrs. G + o,.
l-aunnan, Mrs. Richard C. Adams a.
son. 9' Mss Jonn-
Westminster-G. F. Shaw Mice L
e3odail. Janet d. McCaddin. ~
ounS Hotel-W. D. Ireland o. y
Ward. Alexander j. Wederbnrn -
u. Neumeyer. Julius NJ Goldenbern "a
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SUPPOSED BOMB FOUND
IN GOVERNMENT BUILDING

Workmen employed on the new Agri-
curture Department buildings yesterday
found what is believed TO be a bomb
1t was taken TO the First precinct sta
ton, where it is now locked in a safe.
The alleged bomb was about the size
of a stick Of dynamite and shaped like
a cartridge The workmen reported
that they found IL in the grass.
The Washington times., 1906-05-13
LABOR UNION WAGES WAR
ON RELIGIOUS MEETING

CHICAGO, May 12.SLlnes of union
labor pickets Will surround the buildings
in which are held<the worldwide" re-
hgious revival planned by Bishop Nc
Cabe ana other disnitaries of the Meth
odist Church. Unfair" notices also win
be handed out and JImId women on
their way TO attend the gospel services
may be appealed TO by unionlsts to stay
away
The trouble grows out of the employ
ment of non-union printers by the
Methodist Book Concern publication
house.
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NOT RESPONSIBLE.

when ! see some of your Senators
and Representatives. and hear them
talk" observed the visiting foreigner
II wonder you have as strong and in
telligent a Government as you really do
have. you know.
"As 10 that" answered the digni6ed
resident of Washington. I'VE cannot be
held responsible for the kind of men the
different States send to Congress
though. Of course. we do the best We
can to civilize them after they come
here. sir
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SCHURZ is REPORTED
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED

NEW YORK, May 12.--At 10 o'clock
tonight Dr. Jacob announced that
there had been a slight Improvement
manifested in Carl Schurz's condition
during the last hour, that he had been
conscious and recognized all about the
bedside He stated that he (Jacob)
and DR.. Strauss would remain at the
bedside during the night. but that the
family would retire as there was every
indication that Mr.. Schurz would live
through the night
The Washington times., 1906-05-13
OUTBREAK OF MEASLES
ON THE MINNEAPOLIS

PORTSMOUTH. Va. May 12.-An
outbreak of measles is reported
aboard the cruiser Minneapolis in
Hampton Roads. AS fast as new cases
appear the patients are being removed
TO the United States Naval Hospital in
this city Several mem bers Of the
crew We're removed on a tug today to
the hospital.
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LUMBER COMPANYS BOILER
EXPL0DES, KILLS THREE

DALLAS. Tex. May IA boiler in
the big pine lumber cOmpany's mills ar
Colfax. La. exploded last night, kill2
ing two colored men and one white
man. The dead: ". A Porter, white;
Louis Henderson and jim NJ. Garter,
colOred.
The boiler room was wrecke-
The Washington times., 1906-05-13
COL. ROBERT GODDARD
NOMINATED FOR SENATOR

PROVIDENCE. r. l., May 12.-The
Democratic Independent Peoples con-
vention nominated this afternoon Col.
Robert H /. Goddard. uncle OF Mrs.
Oliver Iselin, for United States Senator
Colonel Goddard is well known in
Washington social and political circles
He is a frequent visitor IN the CITY, and
is q member OF. the Metropolitan Club,
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EASY WAY OUT.

Harry. but I made a VOW years aro
that ! wouldn't marry any man On
earth"
The youth That's all right. Fanny.
Wen be married in q balloon
The Washington times., 1906-05-13
FIRE CAUSES 100000 LOSSES.

CHARLOTTE, n. c.. May I2.-Fire OF
unknown origin partially destroyed the
town of Sanford. Moore county. y. c.,
tonight Loss. 800, 600
The Washington times., 1906-05-13
Tide of Ocean Travel.

Already the tide of ocean travel has
commenced to turn. and incoming liners
are quite as crowded with weIl-known
The Washington times., 1906-05-13

No more viii automobile drivers
coming from Camden or Lakewood have
a chance 10 get lost on their way 70
Atlantic City An automobile company
mas Just ordered a lot Of signs erected
at every mile along the road. and
special signs at every cross road. with
these 10 guide there Will be no excuse
for anyone getting lost
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-11
SLATE OF MICHIGAN.

The Probate Court for the County Of Ionia
At a session OF said Court held at the Pro
bate ONCE in the city of fona, in said Comfy,
on the sixth day of January. a -, 1906
Present. Hon. MONTGOMERY WEBSTER,
Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of
THOMAS CANNON, Deceased.
Samuel Cannon, administrators of said Es
tate, having filed in said court his petition
praying for license to sell al private sale, the
interest of said estate i'm certain real estate
therein described, for the purpose OF paying
debts and the charges and expenses of ad-
mbistering said estate.
1t is Ordered, That the fifth day of Febru
airy, A. d. 1906. at 1880 O'Clock i'm the after
noon at said probate ONCE, be and is hereby
appointed for hearing said petition, and that
all persons interested in said estate appear
before said court, al said time and place, TO
show cause why license to sell the interest
OF said estate in said real estate should not
be granted:
1t is Further Ordered. that public notice
thereof be given by publication of copy OF
this order for three successive weeks prey 4
Gus 10 said day of hearing, in the Bedding
Banner, newspaper printed and circulated
IN said county. MONTGOMERY WEBSTER,
ANNA Il. WEBSTER. Judge of Probate.
true copy Register of Probate.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-11
STATE OF MICHIGAN.

The Probate Court for the County Of Ionia
Alta session Of said court, held at the pro-
bate ONCE in the city of Ionia, in said coun:
~. on the sixteenth day of December, A. ID
1905
Present Hon MONTGOMERY WEBSTER,
Judge of Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of
OLIVER = OSBORN. Deceased,
Frank h chase Admin strator of said es-
tate. having lied In said court his final ad-
ministration account. and petition praying
for the allowance thereof and for the assign
ment and distribution of the residue of said
estate. and among the persons entitled
thereto. and that his supplemental account
be and become part OF his final account
1t is ordered, that the twenty second day
of January. A. ID. 1906. at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon said probate ONCE, be and Is here
by appointed for examining ana allowing
said account and hearing said petition;
1t is further ordered. that public notice
thereof be given by publication OF copy OF
this order, for three successive weeks pre-
vious To said day of hearing, in the Belding
Banner a newspaper printed and circulated
in said county. MONTGOMERY WEBSTER,
ANNA p WEBSTER. Judge OF Probate.
A true COPY Register of Probate