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Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
New Customs Regulations.

With a view to securing greater
courtesy and dignity in the admins
ration of the customs laws, the treas.
Try department has issued a series Cf
Instructions to inspectors, copies of
which will be furnished to each pas.
senger on incoming steamers from for
eign countries. For the purpose of
customs administration, passengers
are divided into non-residents of the
United States and residents. This
classification has no reference to citi-
T;enship. Non-residents are of three
classes: actual residents of foreign
countries; persons who have been
abroad with a fixed foreign abode for
one year or more, who elect to declare
as non-residents, and persons who
nave been abroad for two years, with
DR. without a fixed place of foreign
abode, who elect to declare as non-resi.
tents. Residents include all others.
There is no limit to the value of arti.
lies which non-residents may bring in
rec of duty, explains the Youths Com
oanion, provided they are articles &c.
ually accompanying the passenger,
md necessary and appropriate for his
Or her use for the purposes of the
ourney and present comfort and con-
yenience, and not intended for other
persons or for sale. Residents may
bring in all wearing apparel and other
personal effects which they took
abroad with them, if not remodeled
abroad to the value of $100, if the arti.
lies are not for sale. Under the new
regulations passengers are not re-
luired to make oath to their declara-
ions. The offer of bribe or "tip"
o customs officer will continue to be
held as violation of the law.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
San Francisco Grafters.

The inner workings of the confessed
boodlers who formerly administered
the affairs of San Francisco as board
OF supervisors were laid bare during
the trail of Tirey l.. Ford, chief coun-
sci for the United Railways, on a
charge of bribery. Thomas F. Loner-
gan, former supervisor, told on the
stand of receiving $4,000 with the un-
derstanding that it was to be paid to
influence his vote upon the application
of the United Railways for an over
head trolley franchise.
James F. Gallagher, former chair
man of the board, related how he had
received the sum of $4,000 from Ara
ham Reuf after the latter had request
ed and urged him to ascertain how the
Is members of the board stood with
regard to the application for such a
franchise and directed him to learn
the price for which each member
would return a favorable vote.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
Tom Johnson's Campaign.

national campaign is being fought
,ut within the narrow confines of
twenty-six wards in Cleveland this fall.
Victory for Tom l.. Johnson will make
him the largest figure in the national
Democratic party, next to William ].
Bryan; defeat may relegate him to
the political graveyard. Victory for
Congressman Theodore E. Burton will
wonderfully increase his already great
prestige among the national Republi-
can figures at Washington; defeat will
send him back to the house stung and
crippled by a rebuke given him by
the people who know him best A con-
gresham who cannot carry his own
city for mayor, when that city nor
mally belongs to his own party any
way, cannot be considered senatorial
size, house-speaker size or even cabi-
net-size.
So everything is at stake and every
means is being used to win the stake
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
FlagIer Is III.

Henry M. Flagler. vice president of
the Standard Oil Co., is seriously ill
in the Mt. Washington hotel, Britton
Woods, N. H. His condition is under
stood to be serious.
Mr.. Flagler's illness is attributed to
the effects of an attack of the grip,
from which he suffered while he was
in st. Augustine, Fla, last April At
that time he was much weakened by
overwork incident to the Key West
railroad. He did not recover rapidly
and his physician advised his removal
to cooler climate. Early in the sum-
mer he was brought to his summer
home in Mamaroneck, West Chester
county.
Symptoms of a general nervous
breakdown appeared and about a
month ago he was taken to the White
mountains Every possible effort is
being made to keep his mind from his
business affairs, and it is not con-
sidered probable that he can testify
in the governments suit against the
Standard Oil Co., now in progress
here.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
Queer Antics These.

When lightning tore a hole in the
roof of the residence of William Mo-
ney the bolt caused damage in bath
room and kitchen and went crashing
into the shed at the rear of the latter.
Here it attacked a large cupboard
and tore it to pieces. In the cupboard
were four baking powder cans with
tops on and filled with herbs. The
tops were removed, the contents TAX
en- out and the cans filled with clothes
pins from basket which stood near
the cupboard. The ring was melted
off the dustpan in the kitchen and the
paper in the cupboard and on the
wall was torn as if by mice. While
the family was frightened, no one was
shocked except Mrs. Money, both of
whose thumbs were affected.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05

The cottage in East Hampton, Long
sland, where John Howard Payne
ived as boy when his father was
principal of Clinton academy in the
5illage, will be preserved for many
years to come. It's site is needed to
make room for a new church, and the
tottage was in danger of destruction.
An admirer of Home, Sweet Home
las bought the building-it is more
han 200 years old-and will move it
o another site and remodel its in.
.erior for use as summer home. The
outside will be unchanged, so that
hose may be gratified who wish to
zee the place which Payne had in
mind when he wrote, BE it ever so
humble, there's no place like home"
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
LATEST NEWS
Of MICHIGAN
CUT THROAT OF HIS SIX YEARS
OLD SON BECAUSE HE
WAS A CRIPPLE.
TRIED TO KILL HIMSELF
The Man Who Committed the Horri-
BILE Crime Seems To Bs Sane and
May Recover.
Fiendish Work.

Lying at the point of death, with
chances favoring the latter, John e.
Jones, a well-to-do farmer, is in his
home at Bear Lake, Pleasanton town
ship, with jagged cash in his throat.
His little 6-year-old crippled son, VIC
| tim of a crazed father, lays dead in an
adjoining room.
Fiendish care was exercised In COM
mitting the fearful deed Taking his
son to a room in the second story OF
the farm house, Jones locked the door
| and there made the sacrifice. The
child's throat was cut so that death
must have been almost instantaneous.
Jones was not so successful in his
next attempt. He gashed his throat
and then his hand failed him. He
was found a few minutes later by a
member of the family lying on the
floor in a welter of blood. Jones's
daughter, running to the road to get
neighbor, saw Dr. Norconk, and hur-
ried him to the death chamber.
HE may yet live," was the doctors
opinion after a hasty examination. Ap-
parently Jones heard and understood
for at that instant he made another
savage slash at his throat with the
razor, which he had kept concealed
to that time. The second cut made
his condition much worse.
Jones's appearance lately has not
indicated i'll health, though his nerv-
GUS condition has been such that he
could do no work on the farm this
season. Members of his family say
that he acted little strangely for
few days preceding the tragedy but
they had no occasion to feel alarOed
He undoubtedly brooded over the con-
dition of the child which was crippled
and was also mentally deficient.
Jones is about 48 years of age. He
had many friends and was known as
genial, good natured man with more
than the usual fondness for his chill
dren.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
Explosion Of the Earth.
9. A. LIsK, Publisher,
MICHIGAN.

We frequently hear the theory al.
plode and that our own earth might
POSSIBLY explode from pent-up forces
within. A high explosive exerts about
he limit OF pressure capable of being
exerted by gases set free and expand
ed by the he8t generated by any
chemical reaction. Such a pressure,
great as 1t is, is far too insignificant to
explode the earth. Were the whole
great molten interior of our globe to
be replaced by dynamite and detonat.
ed, the explosion would not lift the
earth's crust. We have but to calcu
ate the weight of a column of gran
tie OF a height equal to the thickness
of the earth's crust to see that the
pressure of the crust on the molten in
.erior far exceeds the pressure exert
ed by exploding dynamite. We have
seen that the speed of the decorative
wave is about four miles per second
The speed of the earth in it's orbit is
four times as great, declares Hudson
Maxim, in the Independents If, there
fore. the interpfanetary space of our
solar system were to be filled with an
explosive mixture capable of being de-
tonated and consumed with the speed
Of dynamite, and If this were to be set
off just behind the earth in it's orbit,
the earth would not feel it, but would
rapidly rush away from the wave Of
explosion, pass clear around the sun,
and come back again to meet it more
than six months later. 1t would take
nearly year for such a decorative
wave to reach our sun from the earth.
If the earth itself were ball of dyna-
mite, it would require half an hour to
explode; and if the sun were a mass
Of dynamite, il would require about
Two and half days to explode.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
Life and Property Lost.

Unprecedented rains in Andalusia,
Spain, have caused immense destruc-
ton of life and property. The Guadal-
medria river has been converted into
raging torrent three miles wide, and
entire villages have been swept away
Considering the extent of the flood
the loss of life has not been great.
Thirty persons were drowned at Mala-
ga, 23 at Velez de Benamargoza, 13 at
Coleman and about 100 elsewhere.
Railroad communication has been de-
stroyed. The governor has appealed
for assistance from the government,
fearing that the decaying carcasses of
animals drowned will create an epi-
demic
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
Beavers Is Out.

Geo. w. Beavers, formerly superin.
tendent of the salary and allowances
bureau of the postoffice department,
sentenced to prison two years ago for
postoffice frauds, was released from
the penitentiary at Moundsville, w.
Va, Tuesday night, and it is presumed
that he departed at once for his home.
Beavers is the man Machen once
called the limit for nerve in perpe-
trating frauds on the government. be-
cause he asked the former superin-
tendent of rural free delivery to buy
an operating table for a physician
friend and charge it to the free deliv.
cry department
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
Man Slept, Horse Wandered.

Falling asleep in the carriage after
driving from Flint to Flushing, where
he attended the fair, Edward Hart
we'll was awakened by water about his
knees. The horse had wandered into
the river, and was making his way
upstream in direction opposite to
that which Hartwell had been going.
The banks are very steep, and al
though Hartwell was at last able to
get TO the shore himself, he was un-
able to find a place where the rig
could be gotten out. 1t was a matter
of several hours before the outfit
with the assistance of several who
happened to be in that vicinity, was
hoisted back into the roadway.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
A Cuban RebeIIion

War department officials discredit
the probability of any uprising against
the provisional government of the
island
The negro population, composing 80
per cent of the people who opposed
Palma's government claim they have
not been fairly treated. A continuation
OF this agitation, it is admitted, might
have a serious effect in driving some
of the malcontents to attempted upris-
ings in isolated places, but Gov. Ma
COON is said to be prepared to nip in
the bud anything like an insurrection.
Gov. Magoon is keeping the war de-
partment advised of the situation and
is consulting freely with Gen. Barry
and other military officers in command
of the army of Cuban pacification.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
Canada Wants Exclusion.

A monster petition signed by hun.
dreds of British Columbians is on its
way to the premier, Sir Wilfrid Lau.
rier. 1t prays that, regardless of
foreign countries and all sentimental
and political consiuers tions, the gov
ernment Immediately pass such legis.
lation as may be requisite to insure
the absolute exclusion Of orientals
from the dominion of Canada. So far
the Japanese government has made
no claim on the dominion government
for damages on account of the Van
couver troubles.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
M'KINLEY'S TOMB.
The Resting Place Of the Martyred
President and His Wife Dedicated.

President and His Wife Dedicated.
The ceremonies attending the dedi-
cation of the Mckinley mausoleum be-
gun with the arrival Of President
Roosevelt and his party at 1915 a. m.
They were greeted at the Pennsyl-
vania station by great thrsng. Upon
leaving the train the reception COM
mittee entered carriages and accom-
panied the president to the Central
high school. AS he neared the school
building the LOO children, grouped
and dressed to represent the national
flag, arose In a body and sang Am
erica
The mausoleum in which rests the
bodies OF President Mckinley and his
wife stands on an eminenoe to which
has been given the name of Monu-
ment hill, about two miles due west
OF the Mckinley home, in the city Of
Canton. 1t is not an ornate affair,
but its simplicity is relieved by suffi-
cient artistic establishment to make
it an object of beauty.
From the first step of the approach
to the monument to the actual top
OF the structure is 1853 feet inches,
the mausoleum itself being SO feet
inches high above the summit of the
mound.
Half way down from the top of the
125 granite steps that lead up to the
main entrance on the south side of
the mausoleum stands an heroic
bronze figure of President Mckinley,
representing him in the attitude usual
ly assumed when speaking.
Upon the face of the pedestal of
the statue these words are inscribed:
William Mckinley, president of the
united States; statesman singlar-
ly gifted to unite the discordant
forces of government and mould the
diverse purposes of men toward pro-
gressive and salutary action; mag
istrate whose poise of judgment was
tested and vindicated in a succession
of national emergencies; good citizen,
brave soldier, wise executive, helper
and leader of men, eXemplar to his
people of the virtues that build and
conserve the state, society, and the
home"
Beneath the dome stand the sarco-
phagi containing the bodies of the
president and Mrs. Mckinley, and in
inches on the north side of the dome
are the caskets containing those of
the two daughters, Ida and Mary,
who died in infancy.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05

At the age of 35 years Geo. Wilson.
Flint factory employe, was stricken
with paralysis while returning from
his work on Monday and he fell on
the steps Of his boarding house. He
died Wednesday afternoon. He is said
to have no relatives.
Sheriff George Greer and Prosecut-
ing Attorney Frank l.. Covert. of Pom
tiac, will go to South Bend, Ind. to
testify against George A. Kurtz. for
mer prosecuting attorney there. whosA
administration permitted the notoriouS
Red Austin to escape. Austin was
wanted for fleeing David Terbush. of
Rose township, of $1,000.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05

Southern Michigan was visited by a
severe frost and late corn and vege-
tables ruined in some sections.
Under advice of their counsel, Con-
ductor William Ross and Motorman
Thomas Ellis, of Detroit, crew of the
car which, collided with an Ann Ar
Dor car, killing Motorman Bert Robin
son, refuses to testify at the inquest
Pleading guilty to taking her daugh-
ter to Grand Rapids resort, the
mother Of Laura Babcock, aged Is, ex-
planned that she wanted the girl to
have good time. Laura was sent to
the Adrian school and the mother is
held in iail.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
Bubonic PLAQUE.

AT meeting of the California board
OF health, Gov. Gillett presiding, it
was decided to appropriate $1,000 to
fight the plague in San Francisco:
Steps were also taken to establish a
barge in the bay to fumigate bay and
river craft. The totals in the bubonic
plague situation at San Francisco to
date are as follows Cases verified.
AZ; deaths, 26; death percentage,
6O.04; suspects under observation. %.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
Fear United Safes.

j. Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago, who
went to Russia to investigate a pro-
ject to tunnel the Behring strait and
build a railroad connecting Siberia
with Alaska, reports that he found
that the Russian government would
not grant a concession for the Siber-
ian end of the tunnel. it being regard
ed by the Russians as undesirable for
military reasons.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05

After all, it was not shocked mod
esty on the part of King Edward that
ed him to leave the theater at
Marienbad ia a huff. In fact, 1t wasn't
,he naughty song at all that offended
lin, but another which seemed to
how disrespect TO a local abbot who
lad been his host at a recent dinner.
Thus is another beautiful vision of
yirtuous royalty destroyed.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05

Charles Frederickson, aged 30, was
killed by a cavein in the Cadillac
gravel pit.
From eating an over;ripe water
melon, Rynald Weltman, aged 8, of
Muskegon, died of ptomaine poison
ing
Railroad Commissioner Glasgow says
the new railroad commission will take
Office October 15. George Dickinson,
a member of the commission, is go
ing to Ohio to study the railroad COM
mission in that state, and Commission
er Glasgow will attend the national
convention of Railway Commission
ers.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
AMUSEMENTs IN DETROIT
Week Ending October 5th. 1907

TEMPLE THEATER AND WONDERLAND
Afternoons 2l5. l0c to 25c: EVENING" s:Ih
lOc. to 6oc. Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney Drew i'm
Comedienne; Wayburn's "Phantastic
Phantoms," big girl act.
WHITNEY OPERA HOUSE Matinees daily
except Wednesday. 1Oc. 20c, 3Oc Harry
Blaney In "THE BOY DETECTIVE"
LYCEUM THEATER-Every Night Mats
BROWN.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
STEAMERS LEAVING DETROIT

ID: G. for Cleveland daily at l0:3o D. m
Week End Excursions every Sat,,rda, ~,
night. $500 round trip.
ID. q B. for Buffalo. week days at 600 n. m.
sundays at 400 p IN. Week End Excur
round trip.
WHITE STAR LINE.-For PORT HURON wav
ports daily, $3.50 n. M, 2:31 and y:yO H. m:
sundays a. IN. and E30 d. m. TOLEDO
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05

That rich New York young woman
Who has discarded stockings and other
lrticles of apparel which she deems
Iuperfuous probably will make some
concessions to the Gotham climate a
title later in the year.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05

That New York wife who is going to
.llow her husband to get divorce be-
ause he loves another woman may
igure that the neatest way to get re-
enge is to let the other woman have
i'm.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
D., @. n. G. M, Taxes.

The United States district court at
Detroit has ordered Auditor General
Bradley, who was preparing to seize
property of the Detroit, Grand Haven
d Milwaukee railroad for taxes, to
show cause why he should not be en-
joined from so doing. The road claims
by a special charter it is permitted to
pay a tax of 1 per cent on it's capital
stock and is exempt from the ad
valorem tax. The D., G. II. e. NJ. was
assessed $67,51720, while under it's
special charter it has paid S25.171.4O.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05
THE MARKETS.

Detroit.-Cattle-Extra dry-fed steers
and heifers, $5@5 rs; steers and heif-
ers. 1000 to 1900, 81 1905 10; steers
anoss and heifers' 500 to 1000. $4@4 IS:
grass steers and heifers that are fat.
helfers that are fat, 500 to 700, SO @3 so;
choice fat cows. $4@4 10; good fat
cows, cows, $3 5O@3 Is; common cows. 81 so
bulls SO so: fair to good bolognas.
bulls 3@3 Is; stock bulls So 5O@2 S5;
choice feeding steers, 500 to 1000, So IS
"a; 1adr feeding steers, 500 to 1000,
" 25@ @3 80; choice stockers, 500 to 700.
SS@S 20; fair stockers. 500 to 700, SO SO
a. 80; mixers, large, young. medium
age, $40 common mixers, s1S635.
Veal calves-Market active and soc
higher, quality considered: best, $50
so; others 1907 so; milch cows and
springers steady.
lamSs shsep s2S SipSsr 6se go9d
steady; best lambs $7@7 85: fair to
good lambs, Sc 50@7; light to common
lambs, lambs 20 25@S; yearlings. 81 5o@5 IS;
culls and common, s2@3 so.
Hogs--Market steady at last weeks
prices: Range Of prices: Light to good
light workers., Sc 4O@6 so; roughs. $50
15; stays, 1-3 off.
.,dsas East But .Beggaffsailo-cattle; io Best export
$500 $50: best 1000 to i,1OO-lb. S4'3O
@4.70; fair butchers steers weighing
from 1000 to 1,100 lbs, S425@4.50: besk
fat cows, $3.50@4.25 fair to good. S2.75
@3; trimmers, $1.50@2 best fat heif-
ers, $4.25@ $50; mediums, $3.25@3.5O:
common, s2.75@3 best feeding steers
common stockers, $2.75@3: export
strictly choice. s4S@57; good. S3S84S:
mediums, s25 35; common. $20@2S.
Hogs: Market steady; heavy $4,000
go; porkers, $6.75@6.9O: pigs. s6406
$50; roughs. $3.50; stays, $465: closed
steady; all sold
Sheep and lambs: Market active:
best lambs, $S.15@8.25; culIs. s5,5O6
625: yearlings. s5.75@6; wethers. $3.50
Q5.75; ewes. s4.75@5.
Grain, Etc.
Detroit.-Wheat-Ca No. red. 9Sc.
December opened steady at 81 OIL. lost
ed at 81 OF. dropped to 81 06% and sold
up to 81 OF; No. red, 95c; No. / white
CSC. ''''''
Corn-Cash No. 3. 66hc; No ? white
1 car at 66c; No. yellow. 9 cars az
69hc No. yellow, 3 cars at csc: on
track, l car at 67hc.
Oats-Cash No. 3 white. 53hc asked.
Rye-Cash No. 2, 90c bid
Beans-Cash 81 95; October. 81 %
ber. 81 SO asked
Cloverseed-Prime SPOT and Octoher
$40 so; December. 50 so: March. SO GO.
sample. IL bags at $40 25, 6 at SO Is 4
at SO. at So so; prime alsike. 80 90.
alsike 8 bags at 50, at SIS %
Timothy seed-Prime spot, 40 bags ar
So Is. "'
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-05

The apples grew so thick in the
Traverse City section that In many in
stances they are forced to grow to-
gether. There are many of these
freak apples, perfect in form and col
oring, except where the union is
formed.
Mrs. Jennie Henion and daughter. of
Muskegon, were welded at the same
hour and with their husbands are liv-
ing in the same house. Mrs. Henion
married Joseph Kaufman and her
her daughter became Mrs. Lambert
Christianshon. The weddings took
place on the birthday anniversary of
the widows first husband.