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Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
MICHIGAN
EVENTS NOTED
THE STATE TREASURY NEVER
BEFORE HAD so MUCH
MONEY.
MILLIONS FOR SCHOOLS
The Apportionment Will Be Twelve
Dollars Per Capita BY The Attorney
Generals Ruling.
Receipts Largest Ever Known.

State Treasurer Frank p. Glazier, III
his annual report shows that there
was cash balance on hand at the
beginning of the fiscal year on July l.,
1905, of $4,007, 299.5S. Receipts were
154,21S9S, making a total OF $2O,-
1O1, 51S.56 in cash which the state has
handled. The disbursements were So
422.015.89, leaving a balance on hand
at the close Of business, July !, 1906,
of $11,739, 50267, which is largely prl-
mary school money collected from the
railways.
The receipts were the largest in the
states history, the railroads alone con-
tributing $S,O79, 1907, or better than
half the total receipts OF the year,
while SAGA, 1867 was the amount OF
state taxes. The auditor-general col
lected $412, 469.13 in delinquent taxes
and from state lands, etc.
Other large sums received by the
state were as follows: Interest on
primary and surplus funds, $75, 443.44;
penalties, $1,142,029.29; sale of state
lands. 1921, 27S.40; specific taxes from
insurance and other companies, includ-
ing inheritance taxes, O6,93S.4S;
from the United States government in
aid of the Soldiers home, $114,164.3S;
fees from examining boards, $9,57S.6o.
The cost of state government was
s1,741,071.74, while the heaviest dis
bursement was that of the appropria-
tions made by the legislature amount
ing to $2,316,36511; the salaries of
state officers, judges of courts and
clerks cost $435, 702.42. One item OF
especial interest is that of the cost
of lawsuits, which amounted to $1l4,-
449.O3. The care Of the insane in the
state was $1,012,374.62.
It is finally determined that the ap-
portionment of primary school money
will be at the rate of $12 per capita.
1t was recently given out that it would
be $40, but the attorney-generars rul-
ing that the penalties for non-payment
of taxes assessed against the railroads
should be added to the fund, increas-
es it. There are 741,7 24 children OF
school age in the state and $S,9O0,6S
to be distributed. A few cents per
capita will be retained in the treasury
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
SIDE LIGHTS
ON MICHIGAN
CAR SHORTAGE HAMPERS THE
BUSINESS MEN OF THE
STATE.
NOW A PROTEST is MADE
Notes OF Things Gathered Here And
There About The State That Are OF
interest.
Where Are The Cars.

A conservative estimate in Detroit
RAILROAD Offices places the number OF
cars wanted on the lines centering III
Detroit at 5000 more than can be OBJ
tanned. This shortage is about twice
as great as it was at this time last
year and there is no immediate pros
pect for relief.
Saginaw business mems organiza-
tions are preparing to protest in as po-
tent a manner as possible against the
car shortage which prevents the ship
ment of coal, sugar beets or grain, and
which has caused serious stagnation
of business. They will base their pro-
tests on a report of the American Ship
pers' association which alleges that the
operation of freight cars and freight
locomotives Is such as to give the ship
per almost the worst possible service.
THAT there is a general car short
age at this time Is no wonder to one
who notices what the manufacturing
establishments of Michigan are doing"
observed Joseph S. Hall, passenger
agent of the Michigan Central road.
1T is a natural sequence and we are
meeting it as we'll as we may with
our equipment. There are instances
where factories running day and night
are not able to fill all of their increas-
ing orders because of shortage of ma
tcrial or hands. 1t so happens that we
have been unable to place all the cars
at the disposal of the manufacturers
at this time, but the fault is not ours,
| and there is no serious outlook.
I'm cities like Detroit this position is
generally understood, for the patrons
OF the line know that We have left
nothing undone to serve them. There
| is no reason to start car shortage
cry, for the situation will work itself
| out all right"
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20

By recent legislation France takes
the lead of all countries in the pre-
lection which it affords to working
men and the provision which it makes
for their families. A workman in the
discharge of his duty does not now
have to prove negligence on the part
of his employer in order to recover
damages. The government guaran-
tees the laborer against loss through
his employer becoming bankrupt, and
in some cases an annuity of value as
high as 60 per cent. of Ghe workman's
wages goes to his family in case he
is killed. The employers, in order to
protect themselves, insure against
all kinds of liabilities, and the com.
panies which do this insurance are,
in turn, investigated by the govern
ment. Other countries in which va
rious plans for the better protection
of working men have been advanced
will watch with much interest the
progress of the French methods.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Two Wills.

Two Wills of unusual interest were
admitted to probate in Flint, Tuesday.
The first was that OF Mrs. Florence
Van Etten, devising $4,000 TO her
daughter. Margaret Van Etten, pro-
vided that the daughter survived her
so days. In case she died within this
time. the estate was to go to Mrs. Van
Ettens son. Albert Van Etten. a
wealthy man of California.
Margaret was found dead in bed on
the morning of June Is. 81 days after
her mother died. She was seen the day
previous. Suicide was suspected. but
a physician declared death was due to
heart failure. 1t was said that she
srieved deeply over her mothers
death.
Margaret's will left her estate OF
$4,000 to Mrs. Glover, friend. resid
ing in CheDoygan. No opposition was
offered to the probating of the wills.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20

A record time for converting grain
into bread has been established by a
Canadian farmer. Wheat which was
in the sheaf at three o'clock in the
afternoon was made into scenes be-
fore six o'clock. When operations be-
gan a wagon stood in the barn witt
about half n load of grain in the sheaf
Beside it was a thresher; connected
with this was a gasoline engine. The
engine was started, the sheaves were
fed into the thresher and the grain
was deposited in bin. The power
was then transferred to the cleaner
and the work of changing the newly
threshed wheat into flour was quickly
carried through.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Woman's Fearful Burns.

With her body burned and baked
practically to cinder, Mrs. Gus Ca
witch, of Long Lake, is yet alive. Her
agony when she partially comes out of
her delirium is such that even physi-
clans are forced to turn away.
While her husband was out of the
house, and she was alone with her
babe, her dress caught fire from a
heating stove. Her screams brought
her husband and he carried her out
side and extingushed the blaze by
rolling her in snow. With the eXcep-
ton of her face and breast, not par
ticle Of her body escaped charring.
Wherever her dress was tight the flesh
Is burned to a depth of half an inch.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Sent Away by Grandma

A prettily, but thinly dressed little
girl. giving her name as Gertrude AL
drich, was found shivering from the
cold and wandering along the streets
iii Kalamazoo at late hour and taken
to the police station.
Gertrude had been put off train by
the conductor, she said, because she
could not pay her fare. She was bound
for Decatur, Ind, bnt the police do not
know where she came from. This is
the story the little maid told the DO
lice:
Grandma said she couldn't keep me
any longer, because she had too many
to look after, so she put me on a train
and told the conductor to put me off
at Decatur. and / would meet Cora
Smith there. Papa is dead and mamma
is up north
Letters found on Gertrude's person
confirmed part of the story. She was
taken in charge by County Agent Mer-
rell and spent the night in the Y. w.
c. A. rooms. An investigation is being
made.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Suspects Released.

William Smith and Corda Swank,
the two suspects who have been held
pending an investigation into the MUIR
der of Lloyd Dynes at Galien, were re-
leased Wednesday. They were await
ing trial on a serious charge preferred
by the woman's husband, Clyde Swank.
The last prosecution fell through when
he withdrew his charge.
1t was thought that the pair might
be rearrested, but no evidence was Sc
cured to show that they were implicat-
ed in the crime. Mrs. Swank will not
live with her husband. this she EN-.
phatically stated. She feels that she
can never forgive him for swearing out
the warrant against her, and she stat
ed several times while in the jail that
she would secure a divorce from him
after she was released.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20

An Illinois man died and left %
wills. four of which are undated. There
was a true friend of the lawyers.
George Kalmbach. of Jackson. was
fined So with 80 days in jail and 20 ad-
ditional days If the fine is not paid.
fer shooting one of the LOOMS park
squirrels.
A spark from the engine in a thrash
ing outfit on the farm of County Treas
urer Wilson, three miles from Grand
Marias. resulted in the loss of the
machine and the entire crop. valued at
$1,000, besides a barn. The stables
and machinery were valued at about
$4,000. No insurance.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
A Fiqhtinu Family.

William Stimer, the head OF the
Tompkins feudists, who has been ar
rested three times for assault with in
tent to do great bodily harm and as
sault and battery, this summer, and
who with his family has become an OBJ
ject of fear in Tompkins township, was
sentenced to ninety days in the Detroit
house of correction. He was convicted
of inflicting a terrible beating upon
Ulysses S. Robinson.
His son, Roy, was fined $50 and $27
costs for participation in the same as
sault. and Louis Stimer, brother, a
like amount. Stimer appealed the case
to the circuit court and gave bonds.
A case of assault with intent to do
great bodily harm is still pending
against him in the circuit court, and
Robinson has instituted suit for IS,
900 damages.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
MICHIGAN IN BRIEF.

John Irvine. United States deputy
marshal in Bay City, has resigned.
Pioneer day was observed in the
Monroe public schools. Old settlers
came from all over the country and
spoke to the children of the early days.
According to an officer of the Illinois
Broom Co., which has the broom con-
tract at Jackson prison, the company
will abandon the employment of pris-
on labor.
Guy II. Lockwood, state chairman of
the Socialist party, who was fined s5.45
in Kalamazoo for attempting to make
a speech on street corner, paid the
fine in pennies.
James Gallup, aged so, of Flint. who
was arrested for beating his father,
aged 80, with an iron bar, will be tried
for attempted murder on the 18th of
the month. The father may recover.
As a result of discussion as to
what the job of sheriff Of Washtenaw
county is worth. Sheriff Newton sub
mitted his private ledger and receipt
ed bills to the supervisors. He Melted
$4,036.SS last year.
Mike Swetish, OF Calumet, shot and
instantly killed his wife because of
jealousy He. invited her to go to the
basement of their house with him,
where he shot her four times. They
had been married 25 years.
DR.. ID. Minnhardy, practicing ply.
stefan of Whitehall, was arrested on a
charge Of selling brandy. Marshall L.
Campbell SAYS this is the first of a
number of cases of the same nature
the board is going TO prosecute.
Perley G. Head. former deputy state
dairy and food commissioner, and who
recently declined the appointment OF
consul to Saigon, Cochin-China, is now
preparing to leave Midland to engage
in the lumber business at Portland
Ore.
j. D. Valentine. who was arrested al
Stockbridge for peddling with horse
and wagon, was released upon the
advice of the encouragement. Valen
tine had a state license to peddle or
foot, but used horse in going from
town to town.
John Shea, night Waterman. lost
iiio lilC TIE iCouAI vi al CdNc-iu vi
ground at the Quincy mine, Houghton
Falling timbers in abandoned work
ings, which loosened the ground, caus
ed the earth to sink. He was 73 years
of age, and the oldest man in the em
ploy Of the Quincy Mining Co.
Herbert Birtch, 10 years old, was
burned to death in Bay City while play
ing about bonfire. He had can OF
kerosene and spilled some of the fluid
over his clothing. While poking the
fire his clothing caught. The flames
were extinguished by bystanders. but
not before almost his entire body had
been horribly burned. He lived only a
short time.
School is discontinued at Alanson
10 miles north of Petoskey, by the
burning of the school building We'd
nesday, causing a loss of over 81 900
Louis Vessels, of Flint. while work
ing in pipe works at Ballard, Wash.
was struck and fatally injured in the
head by pipe from a machine. He
had been married only few days.
Eugene Broughton, who was arrest
ed in Three Rivers on a charge of for
gerry, says that the day after the for
gerry is alleged to have been committed
he took Miss Rene McGurn to Detroit
where they were married. The bride Is
with Broughton's parents. He denies
the forgery charga
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Sad PLIGHT of Mr.. Cobb.

Knockout drops or temporary insan-
ity brought on by the death of his
mother, aged so, caused Eugene Cobb,
of Charlotte, aged 62, 10 wander aim
lessly for ten hours, finally coming to
his senses when ten miles in the coun-
try from Jackson. He was mud-stained
and dazed when he walked into his
brothers home, where his mothers
body lay
Cobb left home and fell in with a
stranger VINO invited him to drink. He
says he took glass of beer and the
stranger suggested that they walk out
TO Bunker Hill to look at some prop
Crty. That is the last he can recall.
His mind is weak still and it canno.
be learned whether he lost any money.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Both Escaped.

Mrs. Otto Harnisch, wife OF we'll
known travelling salesman of Saginaw,
in burst of excitement accomplished
a feat which under any other circum-
stances might have proved fatal to
her. Mrs. Harnisch discovered chat a
burglar was in her house. She became
alarmed and jumped from a second
story window to the hard ground be-
meath. Hurrying to saloon she
'phoned the police, and then went back
to her house to watch. Before the po-
lice arrived she saw the intruder walk
quietly from the door and stroll away
into the darkness.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
The Jew and Others.

Many observers have noted the
large number of Jews in the colleges
and professional schools of America.
and have prophesied that in time
large proportion of tie members of
the learned professions will be men OF
Jewish descent. Sometimes they have
talked about the superiority of the
Jewish intellect. One of the most
noted Jews in America has lately de
MED that the men of his race are su.
perior to the men of other races. He
says that every one desires the things
that are withheld. and that the way
TO make the family live is to confront
it with hardships and prosecutions
The hardships develop the powers
and me Withholding OF opportunity
makes opportunity highly priced. Tbs
development of the Jews in America
proves the truth of these generaliza.
lions. The race has suffered persecu.
,tion and is hardy. 1t has not enjoyed
freedom of opportunity in the old
world. When it comes here 1t rushes
for the free schools; the law and the
medical books, as a thirsty animal
plunges into a stream and revels in
the cooling waters. One does not
need to look to the Jew alone for
proof that early denial of opportunity
makes it priced, remarks the YOUTH
Companion. 1t is the country boy,
spending his youth where the field is
limited, and dreaming of wider worlds
20 conquer. who rises to the top in
the city. The city is to him not a
place for amusement, but a place for
work; and he concentrates his mind
on his business when he secures EN-.
ployment in town, while his city-bred
competitor too often dissipates his
energies by the amusements that are
at hand for the Obstruction of the in.
different as we'll as for the relaxa.
ton of the industries. The surest
way to make boy prize things is to
deny them to him until he has earned
them. Circumstances train men by
denying to them various privileges
till they wrest them from an unwil
ling fate.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20

The shortage Of cars i'm the Saginaw
valley has become so serious that not
more than half of the freight is being
moved.
Carl Finch, aged 20, was buried alive
by a cave-in at a gravel pit where he
was working alone. six miles south
of Quincy.
Because a Saginaw council commit
tee refused to admit a bill for print
ing which did not bear the union label
as required by a city ordinance test
of the legality of the ordinance will
be made in the courts. Non-union
printers claim that It Is unconstitution.
al.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Three Killed and Many Injured.

Passenger train No. 8. Of the Wa
bash railroad, running from Kansas
City to Buffalo, N Y, known as the
Buffalo mail, and due in Danville, Ill,
at 1852 a. m, ran into an open switch
west of Catlin, ILL.,, early Wednesday,
and crashed into a section of a freight
train. The passenger coaches, except
one, turned over and burned.
Three persons are known to have
been killed. Several others are miss
ing. Thirty-seven injured are being
taken care Of at Danville hospitals.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Sessions Convicted.

Fred. w. Sessions, who has been on
trial in Allegan for a week, was con-
victed of murder in the second degree
for killing his brother-in-law, Manley
Bushee Sessions and Manley Bushee
quarreled over the luggage of the for
mer, and Sessions drew a knife to de,
fend himself. In the scuffle which en-
sued Bushee received a wound in the
groin which caused his death the same
night.
Sessions claimed he intended to use
the knife in self-defense, but could not
do so on account of the fierce attack
Bushee made on him. The parties lived
near Fennville and the quarrel took
place April "a
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Missing Forty-six Years.

Joseph l.. Smith, of st. Louis, Mo,
a civil war veteran who has not seen
his wife since he bade her goodbye
when he entered the army in 1861,
when she was still his bride. began
suit for divorce in st. Louis a short
time ago. only to find out, according
to dispatch from that city, that she
is living in Jackson county. Mich, un.
der the name of Hearn.
When Smith came back from the
war his wife was missing. He searched
for her for nearly half a century and
then gave up the quest only, he says,
to find out her whereabouts by acct
dent. No trace can be found of her
in Jackson
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20

DR.. e. A. Honey, of Kalamazoo, has
been appointed on the state dental ex-
aiming board, to succeed Walter G.
Mckinney, of Saginaw.
Heavy snow storms on Tuesday are
reported from Benton Harbor, Dow
agiac, Niles, South Haven, and from
all points in the northern peninsula.
The secretary of state believing that
there are more than 5000 autos in
Michigan, that being the number II.
censed, has furnished the police de-
partments of this state with lists of
licensed machines with a request to
the officers to prosecute unlicensed
"honk wagons"
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Killed the Barkeeper.

James Mcnamara, of Maple Ridge,
n bartender, was choked and beaten
to death by three men with whom he
uuarreled as they were engaged in a
drinking joust in the saloon where he
was employed. They escaped.
The details of the tragedy are lit
tie known. The saloon was a wreck
when the bartender's dead body was
found on the floor. His throat was
black where he had been choked and
his skull was crushed evidently by
blows delivered while he was being
choked.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Certainly Meant to Kill.

Joe Gallineus fired two shots at his
wife almost point blank in a Coldwa.
ter bakery, where she is employed, be.
cause she refused to live with him. In
his excitement both shots went wild.
He fed and when officers appeared
to arrest him, he turned his gun on
himself. pulled the trigger three times
with the muzzle pressed against his
forehead, but it refused to explode.
He was bound over to the circuit court
for trial.
When told after his arrest that he
had failed to hit his wife and that she
was alive and uninjured, he went wild
with rage. Galineus has been arrested
a number of times for various offenses.
while his wife is highly regarded.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Schools Closed.

A report was received in Sault Ste.
Marie last week from Raber, a town
in the southern part of Chippewa
county, saying that an epidemic of
diphtheria has made it necessary to
close the schools. Several deaths are
reported. The board of supervisors has
been appealed to for aid in handling
the disease.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Farmer Drowned.

Struck by an oar loosened from the
oarlock as he was rowing on Mike He
rey's lake, eight miles north of Ann
Arbor, George Horn, aged ~, q
wealthy farmer of Radcliffe, north of
Detroit. was rendered unconscious and
drowned as he fell across the side of
his boat. When found his head was
submerged in the water He had
been visiting nieces in Mortified town.
ship.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Boiler Let Go.

With a deafening report, boiler or
the government boat Slackwater eX-
ploded late Saturday, completely
wrecking the vessel, killing three men.
injurinS six others and creating havoc
in lock No. 4 on the Ohio river, where
the boat was lying when the accident
happened. A derrick boat lying along
side the steamer and some construc-
ton work being done at the dam was
heavily damaged by the explosion.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Hiuh Wolf Bounty.

Wolves are So plentiful in the neigh
borhood of the Ives lake farm of ].
M. Longyear, in the upper peninsula,
that the owner offers to pay an addi-
tional reward of $25 for any wolf shot
or killed on the place or within RAJ
dius of IL miles Of it. With the state
and county bounty and the value of
the hide, wolf killed within the limit
of the district concerned will now net
about $50.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
The Sooners Are Out.

Hunters from southern Michigan are
swarming into the woods of the upper
peninsula with dogs, month ahead of
the deer season, and today Game War
den Chapman ordered all his deputies
to take the field and shoot all dogs on
the trail of deer and to arrest every
hunter caught violating the law. Every
available man will be pressed into SER
vice in order to prevent the slaughter
of deer
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
Will Become Blind.

Henry Coone, of Battle Creek, a
well known manufacturer of roller
chairs, while walking through his fac
tory. was struck in the eye by flying
steel spring The eye was destroyed
and the doctors believe he will lose the
sight of the other from sympathy,
owing to inflammation, which set in at
once
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
After Noble.

The board of supervisors has offered
81 900 reward for the delivery of Frank
G Noble. alleged descending treasurer
Of Oscod7 county. into the hands of
the sheriff IL Mic y warrant has been
issued for him On a charge of embez-
zling COUNTY funds. His whereabouts
az, Unknown
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20
STEAMERS LEAVING DETROIT:

DETROIT AND BUFFALO STEAMBOAT Co.. foot
OF Wayne St, for Buffalo and the East, daily at
900 p. m. Sunday AT 400 p. IN. Week End
Excursion, $3.50 round trip.
DETROIT AND CLEVELAND NAV. Co., foot OF
Wayne St., for Cleveland Pittsburg and Eastern
points daily at l03O y. m. Week End Excur-
sion to Cleveland every Saturday, 500 round
trip.
>, WHITE STAR LINE, foot OF Griswold ST.. for.
fort huron and way ports, daily at $50 n, m
and 2:30 p m Sunday ut 200 a. m. For Toledo
daiIya 4:OOp.m., Sunday at 500 am. and 500 d. M
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-20

II Secretary Wilson insists upon
food products being given their right
names, remarks the Detroit Free
Press, we can foresee the gradual dis
appearance of those good old names,
olive oil, ported chicken, strawberry
jam, maple syrup. veal loaf and mince
meat.