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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
TO INVESTIGATE WATER
Spokane Has Appointed Z
Commission.

Commission.
Spokane, Wash, Sept. 12.--Inves-
tigatiOn Of the condition OF the vat
err Of the city with reference 10 che
need Of a filtration system a 90 he
made by special chamber Of com.
merce committee OF 1--WE, Of which g.
II. Moore Is chairman. A copy Of
the resolutions recently passed BY the
county medical association, condemn
ing the present method Of using until.
tered water from the river and the
proposed plan Of taking water from
deep wells near the river bank, was
read. II was also reporteud that
Occur d'Alene Is constructing a sew.
or syste"" which is to empty into the
river, and which will be a menace
to the health OF Spokane. An appro.
priation for carrying on the inyesti.
CATION will be made.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
KILLS SISTER

Hoffman Boy, Aged 8. Tries to
XIII Rat.
Newport, Wash, Sept. ll.--John-
ME Hoffman, the year old son Of }.
II. Hoffman, who lives about three
miles from Dalkena, Wash, accident.
ly shot and killed his year old sis
ter, Ruth, Friday morning at 10
o'colok at their home. Mr.. Hoffman
had taken his mother IN law to Elk
to catch the train and left the two
children at home alone. During his
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
POLITICAL ROW AT wARDNER
The Big Bunker Hill and Fed
ePal Fight.

WardDer. Idaho, Sept. 12.-Tbe
primary election held in wardner
precinct No. yesterday afternoon
was one of the hottest contested pri-
maries ever held in town. In pre-
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
No Freeze Out Now.

The firm Of Branson 4 Max de-
sire TO inform sheir many customers
that informa ion ham bee received
that Ska ca of bndd Garland
stoves b e bust beeJ N from
the DetI wd&las and that She
Occur d. lefe people who dfchase
these stoves will reoeiw Them within
ten days or two eks. Any one else
desiring to eIce an order, shoul d
do 50 At once as the number Is linn
tied.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

A. L. Brown, of the Brown Table
Supply company, visited Spokane
yesterday.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12
Lemhis Stay Until Spring.

It has been arranged that the In
ians shall not be removed from their
resent quarters on the Lemhi reser-
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-09-12

MRS. RUSSELL SAGE, WHO HAS ssooOo0oo TO GIVE AWAY
To Mrs Russell Sage widow practically
al mis- convatvey
mat appoint Mrs Sage has long been prominent charitable work
that win
VIII 40 the most good Mrs Sage has set herself gigantic for she
old
bursting the
Andrew Carnegie has been giving
peril
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
MICHIGAN
EVENTS NOTED
RECORD OF PAROLED PRISON.
ERS AND RESULTS OF LET
TING THEM LOOSE.
SHOWS HOW LAW WORKS
Ninety of Those Released Violated the
Parole and Ninety-two Have Re-
ceived Absolute Discharge.
Board of Pardons' Report.

There have been 419 convicts re-
leased from the penal institutions of
the state during the past 10 months
under the indeterminate sentence act
passed by the legislature at it's last
session. OF that number, 1882 per cent
have violated their parole. This infor-
nation is furnished by the state board
of pardons
OF the 419 convicts released, 237
were released from lonia, 73 from
Jackson, AZ from Marquette, and AZ
from the house of correction in De-
troit. There have been so of the par
oiled convicts who have kept their obli-
cation and have received an absolute
discharge. The number who have vio-
lated their parole is so, and "a of them
have been returned to the prisons in
which they were serving sentences,
while 26 are at liberty, with warrants
issued for their arrest. Nineteen of
the convicts committed felony while
out on parole, and Al failed to comply
with the parole obligations.
Secretary Murray, in making up the
report, states that under the old def
mite sentence act the average length
Of time served by criminals convicted
of larceny was l year 3 months and 5
days, while under the indeterminate
act that class of criminals have served
! year q months and 81 days.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Earthquake a Health Tonic.

There was too, in San Francisco, an
Improvement in the general health of
the people after the earthquake. 1t
is an undoubted fact that a great
many women who were in a poor state
of health before the shock, with bad
appetites and defective digestion, are
now eating all they can get and di-
costing it without trouble, while the
mental condition, which so often &C.
companies the dyspeptic state, has
equally improved. The explanation,
says the London Hospital, Is as simple
as it Is rational. These people were
fortunately deprived of their drains,
alcohol and Injuries; they had moth
ing but simple food, and they were
compelled to take exercise in the
open air to get it. The men have
found 1t possible to live without
cigars or whisky and the ladies' with
out candy. They have cooked their
simple meals in the streets, to the
better ventilation of their houses; for
lack Of light they have gone to bed
early, with the compensation that they
have risen with the lark. They have
had the enforced benefits of a SAM
tarium, and good health is the result.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
FOUR SISTERS.
Three Celebrate Their Birthday and
q FiftIeth Anniversary.

Four sisters celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of their arrival In Mus
'kegon and also the birthday anniver-
saries of three of their number. A
feature was the supper, fifty candles
on an immense birthday cake, light
ing the table.
The celebration was in the form OF
a reunion and fifty relatives, includ-
ing children and grandchildren, gath.
cred between and IL o'clock.
The sisters are Mrs. Alexander Mar
coux, LAP Sanford street; Mrs. Adeline
Tarte, "A Jefferson street; Mrs. Larry
Leveque, 20 Jefferson street, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Davids, 349 Lake street.
The first three mentioned observed
their birthday anniversaries. Mrs.
Marcoux and Mrs. Tarte are twins
and were born September Is. 1871.
They strongly resemble each other.
By a strange coincidence, Mrs. Lee
vogue was born two years later on
the same date as her sisters.
Mrs. Davids is younger than her
sisters, having been born sixty years
ago.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Miss HIPS Story.

Miss Myrtle Hill, the young woman
rumored to have been engaged to mar
ry Lloyd Dynes, the telegraph opera
tor mysteriously murdered some
weeks ago, appeared at the Office of
the Kalamazoo Telegraph Wednesday
morning and denied that she had ever
met Dynes. Miss Hill said:
Il have a woman enemy here in
Kalamazoo, and she has started all
this talk. My brother-in-law, S. w. Tay-
lor, was once the operator at Galien,
and when | read of the murder of
Dynes, / remarked about Mr.. Taylor
having once worked there. She heard
me say this and hence the gossip.
THAT postal card dated September
10, from New Buffalo, in my mind
came from the same source as this
other talk, and could be traced to this
woman. don't believe that any wo-
man had anything to do with the muir
der of Lloyd Dynes."
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Another Operator Assaulted.

The assault upon H. l.. Armstrong,
Michigan Central night operator at
wizards, who was knocked unconscious
by blow on the head by an unknown
man while working at his key, Is con-
nected, it is suspected, with the find
ing of a cold chisel placed in the track
just west of wizards in such manner
that it would wreck a train. The dis
covery was made by a section boss.
Armstrong was found by freight
train crew at GAO Tuesday night. He
was unconscious and leaning over his
desk. No weapon could be found in the
Office, but it is believed the blow was
dealt with slung shot. Seventy-five
cents which was in his pocket was
missing.
The operator was brought to Ypsi-
lanti on a passenger train and in the
hospital at midnight recovered con-
seriousness.
"All / know is that l was sitting at
my key working when some one whom
| did not eve1 hear approach me dealt
me a terrible blow on the head. The
next thing l knew | was in bed in
the hospital. | saw no one around the
station in the evening"
David Gordon, aged about 16, who
says he recently worked in the Hotel
Cadillac, Detroit, was arrested on sus-
picion. He declares he was beating his
way from Detroit to Three Rivers and
was put off the train at WARDS at 5
p. m.
The motive of the assault is declared
by the officers to be robbery. The first
report was that the operator was not
robbed and that nothing was disturbed
in the little depot. Armstrong is GER
tain that he. had some money in his
trousers pocket when he was assault
ed When he regained consciousness he
had none.
No tickets are sold in the station and
no money is kept there. IL is simply
a point where trains stop for water
and receive orders. Armstrong lived on
the Harris farm near the station. He
came from Grand Rapids with his wife
a few months ago.
The point where the chisel was
found in the track was lonely spot
between here and wizards, near the up
per bridge.
The crime bears some resemblance
to the murder of Operator Dynes at
Galien. The suspect now under arrest
is not believed to be guilty.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Storm Did Great DAMAGE.

Escanaba ore docks and factories
were damaged to the extent of several
thousand dollars by wind storm
which passed over this city Tuesday
afternoon.
Two tramways, each 300 feet in
length, connecting the Northwestern
ore docks, were completely demol-
ished
Two giant coal-hoisting towers, each
weighing 400 tons, on the dock of the
Reiss Coal Co., broke from their fas
Jennings and forced down the track for
300 feet before they crashed into two
stationary towers, badly damaging
both runway hoists.
Two sides of the brick boiler house
OF the Escanaba Wooden Ware Co.'S
plant were blown in, damaging the
machinery and making it necessary TO
close down the plant until repairs can
be made. The entire end of the ware
house of the Stephenson dock was
carried out. A crew of 20 men was at
work on the hosting towers at the
Reiss Coal Co.'s dock when the giant
frameworks of steel began to move
and gained momentum with each foot.
The crew rushed out on the bridges
extending over the docks and dropped
to the coal piles, 20 feet below. Albert
Smith, fireman of one of the towers,
was burned about the face and arms
IN an attempt to draw the fire from
his boiler before the crash came.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
The College Degree.

The degree-giving habit, says the
Worlds Work, came to us from the
English universities, and the medieval
badge once meant something to edu-
Gated men. But now, remarks the
writer, 1t no longer has any special
significance to any body Of men, and
men of actual attainment are quietly
dropping the explanatory letters that
are supposed to indicate their educa-
tional achievements. Nowadays a col
five years in an institution where he
may have eaten substantial intellec-
tual meal, or may have tasted instead
a vast number of tempting education
al dishes-or merely had good time
and hired coach to do the required
thinking. He may have entered COL
lege after a thorough training in a
good fitting school, or he may have
been accredited" by a perfunctory
school teacher, and have been really
unprepared for any higher studies.
Under such conditions the comforting
of degrees is a piece of scholastic
buncombe, endeared by tradition and
of some supposed commercial benefit
to the recipients. 1t is natural enough
that young people in college should
confound the taking of a degree with
the getting of an education. But what
To fah 10 ta hot
American colleges seem unable to put
their stamp upon their graduates in
some more enduring manner than by
giving them little rolls of parchment
and the right to add some capital let.
tiers to their names.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22

Women are sometimes regarded as
likely to lose their heads and grow
historical with fear in times of sud
den danger, but every little while
some incident occurs which puts
them in another light. An open car
filled with passengers ran away down
a long hill in New York the other day.
When it was found that the car was
beyond control many passengers
screamed and jumped and some were
badly hurt, says the Youths Com
panion. A woman who had baby in
her arms stood calmly up in her
place, motioned to a man on the
street who was watching the ap.
preaching car. tossed the baby to
him as the car passed, and then sat
down. The man caught the baby,
and in a few moments the mother
walked back, thanked him, and took
the child. Nothing panicky about
that!
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
MICHIGAN IN BRIEF.

The 11-month-old babe of F. Slusher,
Garfield township, ate poison fly paper
Tuesday, but will live.
The broom factory, which was in
stalled some time after the institute
for the blind was opened in Saginaw,
has been particularly successful. and
at present, although operating both
day and night, is fully month behind
in, its orders.
Because two women became so in
toxicated in the wine room under the
grand stand at the West Michigan fair
grounds that they were arrested for
disorderly conduct, the sheriff closed
up the place. The directors Of the fair
Cancelled the privilege held by the pro-
prietor of the bar.
The recent statements at the four
Pontiac banks show an increase of
$35,000 in the total amount of savings
deposits. This means an increase Of
50 per capita for every man, woman
and child in Pontiac during a period
of three months. II the prosperity
continues Pontiac people bid fair TO
have more money than they know
what to do with.
Dewitt c. Leach, a member Of con.
gress from the Lansing district previ-
Gus to the civil war, and now a man
"a years of age, is visiting In that
city. He was state librarian in 1857
and was twice elected to congress. In
congress he was prominent aboli-
ZIONIST and when the state of South
Carolina offered a reward for the
heads of prominent anti-slavery agita.
tors his name was on the list. Mr..
Leach now lives in Missouri.
Little Libbie Fowler, the girl who was
found locked In granary by a neigh.
boring farmer, has been taken from
her foster father, John Biddle, of
Richland township, and given a home
in the family of Lemuel Burdick. Bid.
die will be charged with assault and
battery on his adopted child.
The new Hancock division of the
Michigan State Naval brigade was
mustered in Tuesday by Frederic J..
Standish, of Detroit, commander. The
new division, which is the only one on
Lake Superior in Michigan, will be
known as the fifth division OF the first
battalion. Joseph Cannon, who served
on the Oregon, is commander.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Rarbarous Treatment.

The family of Michael Lukowski, of
Bay City, for several months perse-
cuted by some unknown persons, is
In state of terror over the continu
ance of acts of violence.
Their home has been fired twice by
an incendiary. the house was entered
while the family slept and 500 worth
Of clothing was slashed to pieces with
knife, and now a child Is Ill from
drinking medicine left on the door.
step. Around the bottle was paper
with Take this and get off the earth"
written upon it.
At the same time the stream OF
anonymous threatening letters con.
tinues. One daughter, Louise, is the
special subject of attack, and death
by mysterious means is threatened.
Matters growing out of the trouble
have been in court, but apparently the
family do not know who their perse.
cutor is. The police and United States
authorities have been working on the
case for over three months without
finding a single clue. Every effort
has been made to trace the letters
back. The handwriting is always the
same, although the signatures are
sometimes different, in one instance
the name of prominent attorney be-
ing used
Members of the household take
turns at staying awake all night to
watch for attacks. There are ten
children in the family.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Port Huron's Forest Fire.

A forest fire which ragged in tho
southern section of Port Huron Thurs
cay afternoon and night, threatened a
portion Of the populated district with
destruction. Many families residing in
the path Of the fire packed their furni-
ture and goods and were ready to move
out If the blaze spread.
Several people, who were in the ra-
dius of the flames, were compelled to
leave their homes and seek shelter
elsewhere.
An aged and sick woman named Gill
had to be carried to neighbours home.
The devastated fields cover 80 acres.
No serious damage was done, but 1t
was necessary to pillow the ground to
save the surrounding homes. Another
fire occurred at the home of Charles
Haviland at the same time. The dam.
age was $500.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Fatally Burned.

Charles Marshall, aged 6S years, d
farmer living in Spaulding township,
died in Saginaw hospital Tuesday
night from burns received Sunday at
his home on the farm. Marshall was
unmarried and lived alone. Sunday
when he retired he left lighted lamp
near the bed. The lamp was over
turned and set fire to the bedding. The
kerosene saturated his clothing and
burned the flesh on his legs from his
knees down, in frightful manner
He was unconscious when discov-
cred by neighbors Monday morning.
The house was filled with smoke, and
Marshall had been overcome. He was
taken to Saginaw, but did not rally.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22

Ocean freight rates are kept re-
markedly firm considering the ire
mendous increase in the worlds out.
put of ships. There were put in the
water on the Clyde in June a greater
tonnage than was ever before fioated
in any one district. Lloyd says there
are now S77,50O,OOo tons of merchan.
tile ships and over $4,000 vessels. OF
these two-thirds are steamers and the
others sailers. British yards alone
fioated 207 vessels during the first
half of the present year, the tonnage
of which exceeded that of any previ.
Gus six months by more than 100000
tons.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Saginaw's Great Drouth.

Rains partially broke one of the
worst drOuths Saginaw county has suf
fered in years. Pasture fields have
been discarded long ago and farmers
have been feeding their stock from
silos. The excessive heat has ripened
everything prematurely. October" po-
tatoes are already on the market and
late fruits are all month early. Dairy
butter is not to be had, while eggs are
at December prices. The ground has
been SO hard that farmers could not
pillow for fall wheat sowing. These
same conditions prevail for $50 miles
north, the drouth covering probably
$4,000 square miles. Produce men say
that the damage to farm products has
exceeded $1,000,00O in the dry" belt.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
The Michiqan Bean Crop.

"Do you know" said Secretary Kel-
sey, of the Bean Jobbers' association in
session in Saginaw that Michigan is
the most important bean state in the
union? Our estimated crop this year
of 100000 bushels leads them all. 1t
will surprise most people to know, too,
that the handlers of beans pay out to
farmers and growers about $1,000,000
more annually than the much talked
of sugar beet factories. The Michigan
lean, also, has the finest quality of
any produced, being conceded in the
markets to be superior to that of the
celebrated New England grown varie'
tY"
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Killed by a Vicious Bull.

Green Olney, aged about AZ years,
one of the well known and highly re-
spected farmers of this locality, died
at Harper hospital, Detroit, Wednes-
day evening, from injuries received
while caring for an ugly bull at the
state fair grounds at Detroit, at the
commencement of the fair.
A widow, one daughter, his mother,
and large circle of relatives survive
him. He was brought to Vernon for
burial, this being his home town for
many years past, having formerly
come from New York state.
Mr.. Olney was owner of a large and
valuable farm, and was known in this
part of the state as owner and breeder
Of valuable cattle and horses.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22

Calvin Carr, Of Flint, who attempted
to kill his mother because she refused
to give him his pension papers, was
adjudged insane in the probate court
and committed to the Pontiac asylum.
Madison Stoddard, aged 73 years,
Of Penfield, died Saturday from in
juries inflicted by an over-spirited heif-
er which took fright at a street car
In Battle Creek and ran away, drag
ging Stoddard behind. He recovered
in time to undergo a similar expe-
rience on his farm, which resulted in
death. He had lived nearly forty
years on the farm where he died.
Richard Bolt, who was arrested In
Detroit several weeks ago while trying
to sell some diamonds, which he had
picked up along the car track and
which belonged to Mrs. George Handy.
Of Bay City, was released Tuesday on
the request Of the owner of the gems.
Suit is to be commenced in the Cass
county circuit court by owners of prop
erty along the shores of Barren lake
to restrain the Barren Ii Supply
Co. from taking any more water from
the lake. with which the company has
been supplying nearly half the popula-
tion of Niles. The plaintiffs state that
the lake level is being lowered. Niles
has water works system of its own
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
Seventeen Injured.

Car No. 517 of the Detroit, Monroe
& Toledo Short line ran into an open
switch and crashed into a gravel car
Tuesday evening a short distance
south of the viaduct crossing of the
Michigan Central and Wabash roads
in Ecorse and half a mile south of tho
River Rouge.
Motorman Augustus Mcneil, after
putting on the air, jumped, and was so
seriously injured that he is not expect
ed to survive.
Of the 16 others who were hurt, 1t
is believed all will recover. The in
jured were cared for at Detroit, Mon.
roe and Toledo.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
EX-GOVERNOR AARON T. BLISS
Died from Stroke of Apoplexy in Milwaukee Sunday

T. Mil
a oclockS Sunday norm O a
his cond
ion that q stroke
few
with the aid
from the bed he stricken and
floor.
E
to him
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22

Robert w. Storey, of Marquette.
wishing to die, ate a quantity of paris
green and washed 1t down with whis-
ky. He is dead
Mrs. A. w. Bushee, of Traverse City.
passed about ten feet from a range
and ignited a cup of gasoline she car
ried in her hand. She was badly burned
and some damage was done to the
house.
Members of the Eighth Michigan
Cavalry held a reunion at Fenton.
Wednesday. Frank Kellogg, of Bat
tie Creek, was chosen president, and
s. A. Widrig, of Detroit, was elected
secretary-treasureP.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22
STEAMERS LEAVING DETROIT:

DETROIT AND BUFFALO STEAMBOAT Co., foot
OF Wayne 81. for Buffale and the East, daily at
800 p. m. Sunday NJ 40 ID. m. Week End
Excursiou $3.50 round trip.
DETROIT AND CLEVELAND NAV. Co., foot of
AWE ST., fer Cleveland, Plttsburg and Eastern
points, daily at 1870 p m. Week End Excur-
sion to Cleveland every Saturday. 500 round
trip.
WHITE STAR LINE, foot OF Grsvold St for.
Port Huron and way ports daily at 500 a. m,
and 2:3O p. M, Sunday at 200 q. m. For Toledo
dalya 400p.m., Sunday at 800 a. m. and 500 D. m
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22

The charges preferred by Chicago's
police chief against Inspector Patrick
]. LAWN we're aired before the city
civil service commission. A former pa
trolman under LAWN testified the lat
ter instigated the robbery of a jewelry
store in order to help his promotion by
restoring the plumber.
John Carter was arrested In front
of the Hibernia bank at San Francisco,
where he was exciting the timid depos.
itors, who are continuing the run on
that bank. Carter was urging the ell
derby women in the throng to sell
their bank books to him, declaring that
the failure of the bank was imminent.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-09-22

All the old sayings seem in a fair
way to be disproved. That lightning
does strike twice in the same place
has been demonstrated. In fact, down
at Cape Henry, Va, 1t struck the same
place twice in the same day, and that
was the reason why the wireless tel.
egraph station went out OF business
temporarily.