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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-15

young man ana Cnen went on with his
burglarizing. The victim proceeded to
get well, saw wood and say nothing,
but when the time came he gave away
the piracy snap. Being forewarned,
the merchants and authorities put up a
job of their own. Just as secretly as
Chin Fin himself had worked, they
had brig fitted OCT at another port,
armed with six SUNS and named by
eighty mel, and Wien the treasure
ship finally sailed for Manila she was
followed by tie brig. TIE latter
looked as peaceful as an old hel
Chin Fin was III waiting at the An
amba islands That was pirltiCal
stronghold before his Day, and the
young man E@G an eye to the eternal
fitness of thin s. The treasure ship
made her course NJ the Chan sch, fol
lowed by tie S:Ouchy looking old brig
at q respectful G.. .lnce, and o4a MOI a
ing about 10 o'c,ock was within fl re
miles of the islands. The pirates we re
waiting for her. They not o.,y came
sailing out from the Ice Of the group,
out they raised the black flag to show
their hand Chin Fin wasn't going 10
play any baby business by sailing uu-
der false flag. The brig was sighted
in the distance, but treated with cuu-
tempt The treasure ship naturally
tried to get away. She turned on [ er
heel and put back to meet the brig,
but the pirates pursued with yells and
a great waste of ammunition THY
saw that they could capture two sh.os
where they had counted on but one.
BY and by things got to work. a. ID
Chin Fin felt his back hair curl TIE
brig began hammering away with SIX
guns to his two, and at the end Of
eighteen minutes thirty of his fifty
rascals were dead or wounded and his
craft in a sinking condition and he
had to cry for quarter. 1t was granted
him, and his men were taken aboard.
While the treasure ship pursued her
voyage, the brig started back for Sing
apOre She had had seven men killed
or disabled. The pirates were shackled
and confined between decks, and for
two days they were as humble as
cats. There was no need for Chin Fin,
who was a natural orator, to tell them
how the case stood. They were going
back to the straits for trial, conviction
and execution. Had those pirates been
able to get professional jury and a
weeping lawyer from the United States
they could not have been acquitted.
One day, fifteen months after the rails
ing Of the black flag to the music OF
the band, the five pirates stood on the
gallows with ropes around their necks.
Chin Fin had done no talking since
his capture except to claim that 1t was
all mistake and that he was q good
young man. When he saw that there
was no longer any hope, however, he
made a speech. He admitted that he
had been a boss bad man from head to
heel and that the world ought to re-
jOiCe that he was to die He spoke for
half an hour, then with a dignified
wave of his hand he signaled the hang
man to let 'er go and was launched
into eternity. M. QUAD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-15

PHYSICIANS. w. DooLIITLE. nj. d.
Special attention given to diseases of
women and children. Office over Benefits
drug store. Phone 5S.
Lancaster, Wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-15
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

LEADING ATToRsEYS
MISUNDERSTANDING LII, WATKINS &MOSEs
Farmers Phone 80: Union PhOucS3.
Practice in all State and nitet. States
Courts. ONCE over state Bank IF Grant
County,
Lancaster Wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-15
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Good Pasture.

have IS acres of good pasture with
running water and good fences. Will
t Ike in stock or rent. Inquire by
phone and at my Office. DR.. GAULT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-15

On some Prussian railway lines ho;
and cold drinks are sold to employees a
the price Of pfennigs (one-half cent
per portion of coffee or tea or bot.
tie of mineral water On some of the
lines in Germany the employees have
been forbidden to take any alcoholic
drinks while on duty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-09-15
Charles T.. Wilson a Suicide.

Milwaukee, Sept. 1O.-Charles E.
Wilson, aged 43 years, formerly first
assistant general freight agent of the
Wisconsin Central Railway company,
committed suicide at his residence, No.
692 Cass street, this city, by shooting
himself through the head and dying
almost instantly. Mr.. Wilson recent
ly resigned his position with the Wis
consin Central road and was preparing
to move to Chicago to embark in other
business. His friends ascribe ILL
health as the cause of the deed.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
Counterfeit Coin Molds.

United States Secret Service Detec-
tive Eckelstein has seized the counter
letters dies recently found secreted in
the garnet of an old house in Standish
which was being rebuilt. He believes
that he has also lead that will result
in the arrest of the man who turned
out quantities of spurious SO gold
pieces.
The ownership of the dies is pop
ularly charged TO man who never
worked, yet always had plenty Of
money and the merchants recall that
spurious silver coin of denominations
corresponding to the dies were COM
mon about that time in the village.
The suspect moved from that city to
Bay City. His present whereabouts
is unknown.
James Adams, of the Arenac Tele-
phone Co., reports having been shown
the dies ten years ago by another boy
who is now railway mail clerk Both
were too young at that time to know
what they were.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
DeckervilIe's Serious Fire.

Fire which is thought to have been
Of incendiary origin, starting in the
Hotel Deckerville barn early Sunday
morning, destroyed several. business
buildings, threatened the village with
destruction. and caused total loss of
about $4,000. A brick wall in the
Deckerville Recorder building checked
the spread of the flames and saved
the town.
The Hotel Deckerville, owned by NJ.
p. Peplow, was consumed, the loss be-
ing $4,000, with an insurance of ST.
600. The Deckerville Recorder build
ing was destroyed, the loss being ST.,
600; insurance, $500
Other losses were: Bullock Bros
market, in same building, loss $4,000,
insurance $4,000; postoffice building,
owned by r. J. West, $4,000, insurance
$500; Farmers bank, Carr building,
$4,000, partly insured; John Dilly,
scorched building and loss of stock
$500; John Blower building, broken
glass front; Auditorium, $500, fully in
sured; Fred. Green. druggist, goods in
jured. $500.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Man Found Bruised and Dying. But
Makes No Explanation.

Oakland county officers are invesu-
eating the death of Charles Bates,
aged SO, who died Friday at the home
OF Lee Adams, five miles northwest OF
Charleston, where he was employed as
a farm hand. Death was due to from
attic peritonitis, brought on, 1t Is claim
ed, by external injuries. *
Bates was found Wednesday even
ing lying unconscious by strawstack
on the farm of James Lawrence.
three-quarters of a mile south OF Ut
tonville. His left side was mass OF
bruises. his knees were cut, ana ne
suffered terrible pain from internal IN
juries.
Bates left Adams farm, 1t Is stated,
on Sunday the second instant for the
state fair. He had $40 on his person.
1t is thought that he may have met
with foul play in the city. He was
seen Tuesday evening at the hotel IN
Ortonville. He was man OF good
habits and did not drink
DR.. John T. Bird performed post
mortem. and Justice of the Peace
Starring has ordered an inquest for
Tuesday afternoon.
Bates told that he owned $4,000
farm near Watertown, Tuscola county,
which he said he had left in charge or
his stepson, William Chapel. he
claimed TO have a sister in Toledo, ano
q 14-year-old son staying with her.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

1t is said at the state department
there probably will be no difficulty in
fetching Stensland away from Moroc.
co on any merchant vessel, providing
the ship does not touch at a French
port.
dispatch was received at the state
department from Mr.. Gummere. Amer.
lean minister to Morocco, conveying
the information that Paul o. Stems
land, the president of the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank Of Chicago. was
turned over to Managing Editor
Kelley of the Chicago Tribune and
Assistant States Attorney Olsen, of
Illinois, who apprehended the fugitive
banker at Tanger.
Count Ludwig Won Arnim, for the
past IL years chief steward of the
Waldorf-Astoria, New York, whose
grandfather was ambassador of Ger
many to France, died at the Reception
hospital, Coney Island.
Delegates and visitors to the num-
Der of 10000 present in Springfield,
H., at the opening session of the ma
Iioudl COHNeHllOH Oh GERMAN CdtnOllC
Societies Of United States.
Rev. Father A. Garstka, rector of the
Polish Catholic church of Glassport,
Pa, is under arrest for the shooting
of Joe Kiavenski. The shooting was
the elimination of factional quarrel
in the congregation.
Fire destroyed the building within
the Ohio reformatory grounds at
Mansfield occupied by the Bromwell
Brush & Wire Goods company.
Inspector Frank Voges, of the post
Office department, was drowned at
Bayou Grande, FIVE miles from Pensa-
cola, Fla.
Asphyxiatlon, chloroform and drown
ing were the methods used by Claude
Unger, wealthy business man to
commit suicide at St Louis.
Henry Potts killed his wife at Eu-
faula, !. T., by cutting her throat and
was himself shot twice during a des.
perate fight with deputy marshals.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
SCHOOL MONEY.
A Million Per Year Lost and Reform
Is Needed.

Commenting upon the effort being
put forth by the department of public
instruction to secure a better compli-
ance with the school laws of the state,
Deputy Superintendent w. II. French
says that out of the $10,000,000 ex-
pended for the support of the public
school system of the state S1,000,000
is frittered away. annually.
Asked In what manner the losses to
the districts are sustained, Mr.. French
replied: IN many ways. i will speci-
fly few. We have discovered that
many district treasurers give no bonds,
and sometimes there are defalcations
Recently a district treasurer up
north who had given no bond disap.
psared with $3.50 in school funds
There are probably other instances
not known to this department.
Again. district treasurers treat pub
lie moneys as their own. They loan 1t
or deposit it in banks and pocket the
interest. This money belongs to the
schools.
Sometimes school district officers
allow themselves salaries. In most
cases this is unlawful. The scnool
laws do not provide for the payment
of salaries. If any are paid they must
be voted at the annual school meeting.
and may not be paid by order of the
board out of funds on hand at the end
of the year, as is frequently done"
The purpose of the department in re
Quiring school officers to give sworn
answers to certain questions asked as
a condition preliminary to the allot-
mcnt of the primary school money is
to detect violations of the school laws
and compel their observance, so that
the primary school moneys will be
faithfully devoted to the purpose for
which they were appropriated.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
4,
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
AT HOME TOLD IN CON-
DENSED FORM.
LATE FOREIGN DISPATCHES
Interesting Items OF News Gathered
from All Parts of the Globe and
Outlined in the Briefest Manner
Possible.
POLITICAL.

Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, in an
address 1T Lewiston, Me-, said: Il
have no prejudice against the Fedora
ton of Labor. My sympathies are
with It in all efforts and struggles TO
improve the material condition and Sc
cure a larger share of the proflts or
production for the wage earners. L 90
not, however, believe in prescription
in politics. l am opposed to Mr.. Com
pers' political methods of blacklisting
men who vote as their consciences ana
judgment and the welfare of their con-
stituents dictate"
William Jennings Bryan made per-
sonal appeal to the Democrats OF ILL
nois to drum Roger c. Sullivan out
of the national committee. In care
fully prepared statement, the Nebras-
kan brought pandemonium to the Jef'
ferson club banquet at Chicago by
announcing that he took his indorse-
ment by the Peoria convention as far
from compliment, that he rejected
Sullivan as a political associate and
that 1t is up to the party to "spew
out those who traffic in politics"
William jennings Bryan returned
to his Lincoln home, and the home
folks" welcomed him with every evil
dence of approval and satisfaction.
The Davidson majority over Lenroot
for the nomination for governor OF
vote on the Democratic candidates in
dicates Awkward and Blenski will lead
the ticket.
john NJ. Nelson, Republican, was
elected to congress in the Second Wis
consin district for the unexpired term
of Henry G. Adams, deceased.
James c. Mclaughlin, of Muske-
gon, defeated Congressman Roswell,
p. Bishop, of Ludington, for congress
man from the Ninth Michigan dis
trict.
Congressman Washington Gardner
was renominated at the Third Michi-
gan congressional! district Republican
primaries.
T. II. B. Jones was nominated for
congress by the Democrats of the
Tenth Ohio congressional district.
The Democrats of the Third Ohio
congressional district nominated E. J.
Jones for congress.
Not only was Gov. John A. Johnson
renominated for the Office which he is
now holding on the Democratic ticket
at the Minnesota Democratic conven-
ton, but he was also spoken Of as
the logical running mate for William
Jennings Bryan on the national ticket
in 1908.
At meeting of social democratic
and social revolutionist university
students at st. Petersburg it was de.
cided not to oppose the reopening of
the universities, which is SEIZED uled
for October IA, thereby furnishing a
strong possibility that the paralysis
of the educational life of the country
which has lasted for two school years
may soon be ended.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15

HAPPENINGS
KALAMAZOO PEOPLE POISONED
BY EATING EMeALMED
6EEF.
DECKERVILLE A 3 L A z z
Bad Beef Caused CrampE-Fire Nearly
Destroyed DeckerviIle-Phony Coin
MoIds Found.
DECKERVILLE ABLAZE
Canned Beef Die.

Ten persons of Kala mazoo were
lying at the point of death for eve: IL
hours. suffering from the effects Of
eating dried beef delivered To theii
homes Saturday by man who cannot
be found.
A partial investigation has revealed
that the meat came originally from one
Of the large packing houses, supposed
ly from Chicago.
The physicians are of the opinion
that some sort of embalming fluid, used
as a preventative, was used in the
beef, and was the cause Of the poison
ing.
The Ritsema family of five persons
were the first found to be poisoned.
Peter Bolt and William Ritsema were
taken deathly sick in church, and 1t
was thought they would die before
they could be taken home.
In the family of Tie Ham two
daughters were taken with agonizing
cramps, and the father went for doc
tor. While returning he, too, was
seized with cramps and crawled home
on his hands and knees.
James White and his wife, who had
taken supper with the Ham family,
were taken i'll after returning home,
but were unable to summon doctor
and were found by neighbors.
DR.. Van Urk has secured a piece OF
the beef, and says that the ptomaine
poisoning was caused by some fluid in
the beef There is a yellowish green
tinge on the meat.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
MICHIGAN
EVENTS NOTED
HAD A PERILOUS VOYAGE OVER
LAKE MICHIGAN IN
AIR SHIP.
MATTRY'S WILD FLIGHT
Went Up to Amuse People at Fair
and Took Hair Raising Sail
Through the Air.
A Might of Anxiety.

The first ship to navigate Lake
Michigan aerially and cross from the
Wisconsin to the Michigan side, hung
a tattered, torn and twisted wreck In
a large tree In a dense swamp six
miles southeast of Wolverine. Its
steering gear demolished, it had sail
ed at the mercy of the winds
The ship is the Columbia and its in
trepid navigator is Capt. VIM. Mat
tray. The captain dropped anchor"
in this port" in the dead of night
and had almost as terrible an expert
ence getting out of the swamp as he
had in crossing the lake.
The good ship Columbia was per-
forming, or rather promising to per-
form for the visitors al the county
fair at Oconto, Wis. When ii failed
to go up the great crowd of ruralites
that had gathered TO witness the
strange sight declared il fake. Thurs
day evening, however, they changed
their minds. The balloon apparatus
was inflated and its wings" began to
flap, and the airship arose and flew
like bird to the unspeakable won
derment of the fair visitors. Out over
LnC lOWI IL WSHl, StCHilHBly at Il hiShl
of 1000 feet, and then with sudden
twist it darted with the speed Of Il
homing pigeon toward Green Bay.
Capt. Mattray, in describing his ex-
perience said:
THE big ship shivered and cracked
and moaned in its fight, and TO every
counter wind current that hit it it
gave vocal response. Several times
think l must have risen above 5000
feet altitude and at other times i was
almost Swimming the water like Il
seagull.
81 got wet early in the voyage from
dipping into Green Bay and when the
night air struck me ! was chilled to
the bone. My teeth chartered and J
became numb all over. | fell asleep
once from exhaustion and when |
awoke with a start | almost tumbled
out of my seat. Then | dashed myself
to the ship and slept, l guess, about
four hours.
Il awoke when the ship struck in
the tree. about l o'clock in the morn
ing. / managed to Chamber to the
ground and, finding half dry spot,
slept till daylight and then finally
worked my way out of the swamp
Capt. Mattray will return TO Chica-
go with his battered ship as soon as
money reaches him.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
Feared Spirits.

Louise Gardner, formerly of Detroit,
who committed suicide in Jackson by
taking carbolic acid, was driven to her
deed through fear of spirits. An in
vestigation of the kitchen where she
worked shows many insane methods
she adopted to drive away the grue-
some things which she often complain
ed of haunting her. Her mistress
planned to give a dinner few days
ago to a party of friends, which was
not held, however, as the domestic
told her the gas would not burn. 1t has
been found that she had filed the
burners with salt to keep the spirits
from escaping from the pipes, which
she believed were their especial abode.
The Spirits" have since been given
all the leeway they want.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
MICHIGAN NEWS.
The Wreck of the Mills.

The steamer Nelson Mills, coal
laden, was run down and cut in two
by the New York Central liner Mil
waukee, abreast of the ST. Clair ship
yards at IL o'clock Thursday morning
and two of the crew of the Mills, Mrs.
Moore, wife of the engineer, and the
wheelsman, name unknown, were
drowned.
The accident occurred in the bend
OF the ST. Clair river opposite the
Great Lakes Engineering Co.'S SNIP
yards, at almost the same spot where
the Canadian steamer Erin was cut
in two by the big steamer John Cowie.
May 81, drowning five people.
The Milwaukee was down bound.
The collision cut the little steam
barge nearly in two and she sank at
once. The Milwaukee stood by and
rescued most of the crew of the Mills
Mrs. Moore and the wheelsman were
below and were caught in the wreck
age and carried down with the sinking
boat.
F. ID. Osborn is captain OF the steam
er Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Is 325
feet in length, "A feet beam and 2S
feet deep, and of steel construction.
while the Mills was a little wooden
Id 1874 feet in length, so feet beam
and II feet in depth. She was owned
by ID. w. Mills, of Cleveland.
1t is said that the steering gear or
the Mills broke and that she ran
across the bows of the big boat.
Parboiled in pit of hot water, John
Mielke, aged 40 years, who was en-
ployed at the plant of the Railway
Steel Spring Co., died at Harper hos
pital, Detroit, Friday. The pit is for
the reception of the boiling water
from the cylinders and is about 3x5
feet in size and 4 feet deep, but con-
tanned but three feet of water when
the dreadful accident took place, the
cOmpany's officials declare.
After walking about the engine
room and in other parts of the big
plant, Mielke's shoes were greasy and.
of course, slippery. When he started
to walk across the edge of the pit he
slipped and fell into the steaming wa
ter, and was almost entirely inn
mersed.
Mielke, as yard foreman, was super
intending the laying of some iron
plates over the top of pit.
He suffered intense pain and his
cries asking that he be killed could
be heard for blocks. He lived one
block from the plant and his wife
hearing the cries ran out to see what
was the matter She was met by a
workman who told her of the accident
to her husband and hurried over to
see him. He was suffering such pain
that he did not recognize her. Mrs.
Mielke never left her husbands side
and when the ambulance arrived she
begged to be taken along with him,
but was sent to the hospital by anoth.
er conveyance.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
DastardIy Work.

John F. Bibles Ionia Wagon Works
was barely saved from destruction
Thursday night by the discovery of a
Waterman that some vandal, evident
ly bearing a grudge against Mr. Bible,
had turned the water off the big boiler
in the main engine room of the plant.
A few moments later there would have
been an explosion of sufficient force to
wreck the whole works.
Further investigation developed that
probably the same person had demol-
ished several hundred dollars worth
of the plants latest improved machin-
cry with sledge hammer. The sledge
was secured by breaking into the
blacksmith shop.
Mr.. Bible, who is former mayor of
Ionia and a well known Democratic
politician, attributes the deeds to some
one who has spite against him.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
Phelan's Sentence.

Rev" John Roderick Phelan, fol.
mer Baptist minister at Cement City
and Clark's Lake, was sentenced to
serve from two to five years at the
Ionia reformatory for obtaining
money under false pretenses. After
repeatedly affirming his innocence, he
pleaded guilty.
Phelan's ministerial air did not
desert him as he faced the court. He
acted as If he and not the judge were
going to do the preaching" The
court took for his text" the Biblical
passage Of the wolf in sleeps cloth
ing and declared that the fact that tho
prisoner has been minister of the
gospel did not mitigate but accentu-
ated his offense. Phelan received the
scathing arraignment of the court with
bowed head and made no response.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
Died Of His Injuries.

After lying unconscious four days al
Mercy hospital, Bay City, with a frac,
tured skull, the result of street fight
James Brown, 20 years old. died
Thursday afternoon. Brown, ii is al.
legged, attacked Andrew Remember, 90
years old, and was struck by the latter
in self-defense. Remember caught
Brown on the point of the jaw and his
head struck the curbing of the pave
ment as he fell.
Prosecuting Attorney Orr says he
will give Remember square deal and
that he is satisfied Remember did not
intend to injure Brown as bad as the
case turned out A charge of man
slaughter will be made so that a full
investigation can be had There is lit,
tie question but what Remember will
be discharged.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-09-15
One Child Perished.

Fire early Friday morning totally
destroyed one house and partially
ruined another belonging to the Near
thur Co. in Cheboygan. The first house
was occupied by Joseph Cadieux, his
wife and five children. They awoke to
find themselves surrounded by flames.
The parents got out safely, and the
father, by heroic efforts, saved four
children. The fifth, Clifton. aged 5,
was burned to death. Two Of the other
children were badly burned, and fears
for the recovery of one are enter
tanned.
The money loss is about 81, 500. The
cause of the fire is unknown. The
body of the burned child was recov.
cred.