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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
GREAT BUSINESS.
The Largest April Business Ever
Known in This Country

The cool weather appears to have
had stimulating effect on the inter
nal commerce of the United States.
The department of commerce has just
finished casting up the figures for
April. They show that month was the
biggest April for business the country
has ever seen.
The traffic congestion which inter-
fered with business all winter and was
the cause of much complaint to the in
terstate commerce commission has
been relieved, especially in that portion
of the country tributary to the Great
Lakes, the opening of navigation hav-
ing given marked relief in clearing up
the piled-up warehouses and docks.
Another indication of the improvement
in traffic conditions is found in the
fact that the car service associations
during the first four months of the
year handled 11,45S,572 cars. as COM
pared with 10.S71,9G4 for the same
period of last year.
In all forms of internal commerce
the Improvement is equally striking
The receipts of cattle and hogs were
nearly % per cent greater than during
April, 1906, while the grain receipts
at the 10 leading primary markets of
the interior showed an increase of
about SO per cent over April 1906. and
70 per cent over April. 1905. Grain
shipments from the primary markets
were also in excess of those of April,
1906 and 1905 Cotton, coke and pig
iron gained from to per cent. Build
ing operations in the "a leading cities
of the country amounted in April, 1907,
to $75,947. 209, while in April, 1906,
they summed up in value to only $72,-
401 ,224.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Predicts War.

That in three or five years at the
outside there will be a war between
Japan and the United States. is the
opinion expressed by j. A. Elliott, of
Manchester, n. H. The strained feel
ings between the Japanese and the
Americans, he says, cannot be
imagined by those who have not seen
the two nationalities clash. The Jap
anese along the Pacific coast, he says,
are very aggressive and are going into
all kinds of business with success.
They are particularly strong in tran
sportation, and now control large
part of the Pacific trade. Their success
against the Russians has made them
chesty, domineering in fact, and the
feeling against them is intense.
Americans are hoping that there
will be no outbreak till the Panama
canal is built.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Presidents Visit to Capital.

The visit of President Roosevelt
was the climax of the semi-centennial
celebration of the founding of the
Michigan Agricultural college. The
president arrived on a special train
over the Lake Shore railroad at $50
o'clock. He was met at the station
by Gov. Warner and committee from
the legislature. Under escort of a
regiment of the Michigan national
guard, troop of cavalry and two bat
talions of the Michigan naval reserve,
he proceeded first to the state capitol.
Instead of making an address In rep
resentative hall, as at first planned,
the president consented to speak from
the front balcony of the capitol. This
enabled many who could not gain en-
trance to representative hall and who
could not go to the agricultural col
lege, three miles away, to hear him.
After luncheon at the home of Presi-
dent Snyder, of the college, President
Roosevelt made an address on the
college campus. State troops patroled
the capitol grounds and the college
campus during the presidents visit.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08

Lansing.-The state senate has
adopted a concurrent resolution de-
manding that President Roosevelt be
reelected for a second elective term
as president of the United States. The
resolution, which was introduced by
Senator James Kinnane of Kalamazoo
and went through without opposition
except for quiet suggestion by Sena-
tor Fuller that national convention
was the proper place for such res
olution, was as follows:
Whereas, By his intrepid and adj
vanced leadership the present presi-
dent of the United States has become
prominently identified with the sane
and vigorous advancement OF the
cause of political, social and business
reform.
Whereas, The work which he has
undertaken and is now carrying for
ward along the aforesaid lines and or
which he is the most advanced and
distinguished exponent is as yet unfin-
ished; and
Whereas, a great body of people OF
the United States without regard to
political lines or predictions have i'm
plicit confidence in his ability, his
militant integrity and unselfish fidelity
to his exalted duties; therefore, be it
Resolved by the senate, the house
of representatives concurring, That
the best interests of the general gov
eminent and the successful encompass
ment of the great public measures
which have been and are being in
augurated by the present national adj
ministration demand the nomination
and reelection of Theodore Roosevelt
for a second elective term in the presi-
dency Of the United States"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
A Wholesome Philosophy.

Absolute honesty and a definite will
often produce better results without
unusual intellectual gifts or opportun-
ity than the keenest intellect can at
tain without these moral qualities. 1t
would be an easy thing, says Laura
Drake Gill in Delineator, to quote
cases of noted men and women in
whom defects of character have prac-
tically nuilified the most conspicuous
intellectual gifts. philosophy of life
is not what we think about life, but
the convictions which govern our ac-
tons. 1t has we'll been called the
working hypothesis of life" Since
well-directed power is the measure Of
success, it is within the reach of every
human being. Play your part we'll
be IL great or small-and despair will
disappear, like the morning mist be-
fore the sun. Your part is not to ex-
pend your nervous force in cynical
criticism, but in the high obligation to
build on whatever foundation of con-
viction you may possess.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
The Hermit's Estate

Archimedes Galbraith, the swamp
hermit who passed away in the st.
Clair county poor house a supposedly
rich man, did not have enough of his
estate left to make it worth while
probating. The appraisers find that
the aged hermit left real estate valued
at $1,000, but this being highly merit
gagged there will not be a quarter of
the valuation, when a final settlement
is made. He left farm implements
valued at $40 and held $4,000 shares
in seventeen different corporations.
The value of the shares is placed a.
about So or less.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
More Railroad Suits.

Messrs. Todd and Simpson, appoint
ed some months ago by the president
to investigate the anthracite and BIZ
luminous coal carrying railroads with
reference TO violations of the Sherman
antitrust act, have reported to Atty
Gen. Bonaparte, and their findings will
be submitted to the president.
The department is very reticent con-
corning the report, but there is reason
to believe that action will be begun
within the next 10 days against the
Pennsylvania, Reading, Chesapeake e.
Ohio, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Sea-
board Air Line and the Beech Creek
railway, for violations of the Sherman
antitrust act
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
AT REST.
Funeral of Mrs. William Mckinley
Was Notable

wac tNOhdbtS.s
The most distinguished men in the
nation attended the funeral of Mrs.
Ida Saxton Mckinley in Canton, Ohio,
and stood at the grave side in the
cemetery where the body was laid be-
side the remains Of her martyred hus-
band. Simple as was the funeral cere-
mony, there was much that was i'm
pressive, for the woman who lay dead
and the men and women gathered
around her coffin recalled scenes and
incidents that have formed the history
of the nation for the last decade.
The service was held at the North
Market street residence of the Mckin-
leys. Not since the funeral of Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison has so large a
number of men eminent in the affairs
of the nation been gathered at the
funeral Of any woman.
Among the number who paid a last
tribute to the memory of Mrs. McKin-
ley were President Roosevelt and
ViCe-President Fairbanks, four mem
bers of the cabinet, two of whom also
were ministers of the late President
Mckinley Senator Knox, of Pennsyl-
vania, attorney general in the McKin-
ley cabinet; former Postmaster Gen.
eral Gary; Supreme Court Justice and
former Secretary of State w. r. Day;
Gov. Harris, Of Ohio, Senator Dick,
and many other distinguished persons.
The cabinet members present were
Secretary of State Root, Secretary OF
the Treasury CortelyOu, Secretary OF
the Interior Garfield, and Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
LANSING Celebration Opens.

The semi-centennial celebration of
the founding of the Michigan Agricul-
tural college which had as its climax
an address by President Roosevelt on
Friday afternoon, opened May 20 with
a symposium Of addresses on THE
College and the State" Simultane-
ously with the celebration the twenty
first animal convention of the Associa-
ton of American Agricultural Col
leges and Experiment Stations was in
session here The celebration was
one of the most noted in the history
of the city.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Frozen Out.

Hundreds of old soldiers are leaving
Richmond, going home to escape the
rigors of searching cold and steady
rain unprecedented in that city.
Thousands of delegates to the seven
teenth grand camp and reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans are ling
ering, however, to participate with the
Sons of Veterans and their sponsors,
Maids of Honor, and many friends in
the parade and unwilling of the heroic
statue of President Davis.
The United Confederate Veterans
decided to meet next year in Birming-
ham, Ala, and elected Gen. Stephen
d. Lee, of Georgia, grand commander.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
WING SHOOTING.

Wing shooting can no more be
theoretically taught than can riding,
skating, sailing boat, milking a cow
or playing the violin. Practice and
perseverance in this, as in all field
sports, can alone make perfect, while
the most persistent effort, even then,
often fails to make crack shot"
Certain rules, however, must govern
the beginner, which, if observed, will
materially aid him in becoming an ex-
pert. When a novice takes the field
for game, says James w. Dixon in
Recreation, he is very apt to become
flustered, or ratified" at the critical
moment when the bird is flushed, and
then he will aEare, open-mouthed, and
wonder how - happened. This often
occurs in the field, and the tyro invar-
iably has some plausible excuse to
offer. HIS gun was not cooked" he
STUDIED his toe just as the bird
rose" or some equally weak explana-
ton is made; or else he lays all the
blame on his dogs, whose thoughts,
could they but express them, it would
be interesting to interpret. The best
wing-shooters do not close one eye in
aiming, nor do they follow the bird in
its fights with the muzzle Of the gun
but closing one eye is admittedly bet.
ter than tightly shutting both, as
many young would-be sportsmen have
been known to do.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
MINING Law Amended.

By a unanimous vote the senate
passed the following amendment to
the mining law:
Every corporation organized and
existing under this act shall have
power to purchase, hold and convey
all such real estate as the purposes
of the corporation shall require"
The object of the bill is to permit
mining companies to own as much
timber land as they desire, and was
strongly urged for the reason that
timber is becoming scarce in the
state, and steps must be taken for
reforesting large tracts. When the
bill was first presented objection was
raised by representatives of the Os-
ceola Mining company, who thought
it was a Calumet & Hecla measure
intended to have some bearing upon
the pending litigation between these
two concerns. However, the iron
mines of the state were the sponsors
| for it, and they convinced Gov. War
ner that such action was absolutely
necessary for the future success of the
lIOH DIODcI VI Tic Oldlt, dHu udu
no connection with any litigation be-
tween the copper companies.
The governor saw the justice of
the position taken and with Repre-
sentative Abrams, who represents the
Osceola interests, urged its passage.
AS originally drawn the provision fol-
lowed the wording of similar provi-
sion in the manufacturers act, but by
mutual agreement the words personal
property" were stricken out, making
the bill satisfactory to the Osceola
people. 1t will probably be taken up
in the house and explained by Repre-
sentative Abrams, to whom credit is
due for bringing the upper peninsula
interests together on the proposition.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Smallest in the State.

What is probably the smallest
school in point of attendance in the
entire state of Michigan, and one of
the smallest in the entire United
States, had its ending several Weeks
ago, when District No. 2 in Muskegon
township closed for the season. The.
two pupils who were under the tute-
lage Of Miss Edith Hale, of Muskegon,
left states, blackboards and arithme-
tics and romped away to follow
plows and pick berries at their home.
on the farm.
Miss Hale thinks that the number
of her pupils compares favorably to
any school in Michigan. The pupils
were both young and were very or
derby. One was a boy and the other
girl They were both in the same
grade in school.
District No. 2 hasn't always been
so light in attendance, but early this
spring many of the pupils left school
to work at home.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
MICHIGAN
EVENTS NOTED
THE STORY TOLD BY A 5RUDl
MURDERER TO THE
DETECTIVES.
LATEST DETROIT CRIME.
After MutilatinG His Victim He Start
ed to Commit Suicide But Was too
Cowsrdly.
Waltere' Story.

Because he is cursed with the
,oward.ce of the lowest form of brute
creation, which revels in brutality to
1 helpless victim weaker tina him
self, but whines and snives y&any
pain or suffering inflicted 6rSI1 him.
self, David c. Walters, wife slayer, is
steadily recovering in a Detroit hos
2ital and probably will be almost well
within short space of time.
When his poor little wife lay in a
weltering heap on the floor Walters
picked up a bottle of carbolic acid,
which he had brought with him. with
the purpose of ending his murderous
existence. He r<esssed the bottle TO
lis lips and poured out mouthful of
he fiery liquid. 1t burned his mouth.
He spit it out upon the floor without
iwallowing a drop, for his throat was
lot burned.
This was the desperate" man who
lad only few seconds before fairly
hacked to pieces the body of a frail
little woman.
Walters own story of the crime is
brutal tale of most detestable
crime. The only effort he makes
toward defense is that he knew that
his wife loved Kirkpatrick more than
she loved him; that she refused to
forget Kirkpatrick and go back to
live with him. That is all.
The detectives sat around his cot
IN the hospital, and he told the story
Of his life, leading up to the crime.
He told of waiting in the house for his
wife's return. when she came in |
begged her to go back and live with
me again. he said. Mamma" | said
to her, you must come back to me
and live with me and love me- She
refused, and then | said, Mamma,
you have nearly killed me, and I'm go
| ing to kill you now Then / grabbed
the hammer and struck her over the
head with it three times. God! when
she fell ] saw that she was dead; but
| | picked up the knife and slashed and
slashed at her. Then l tried to kill
myself, but | failed
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Husband Was a Woman.

The body of Nicholai de Raglan,
whose sex has been the subject of dis
pute and litigation since last Deem
Der, was exhumed on the arrival in
Phoenix, Ariz., of Baron Schlippen-
bach, Russian consul in Chicago. The
body was in a good state of preserva-
ton and the face unchanged. Baron
Schlippenbach said:
This is the body of Nicolai de Ray
Ian, who was for II years my secre-
tary.'
Later the proof of sex was made,
the coroner and a physician who had
attended the dead person making af-
fidavits that De Raglan was female.
De Raglan, as man, was twice mar
ried. His widow" in Chicago denied
that De Raglan was woman and
claimed his estate. She cannot get it
now as a widows heritage.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08

While working about an old tree
Louis Bouffard, aged SO years,
pioneer farmer of Delta county, was
instantly killed by the tree falling on
him. He was unmarried.
Fred Johnson, steward OF the La
peer Home for Feeble Minded since
the founding of the institution, is near
death.
Contrary to the general opinion
that the peach crop had been killed
by the recent frosts and storms, fruit
growers who have inspected the trees
say that fair crop will be yielded IL
there is no more cold weather.
There will be family reunion when
John Jewell. Just sentenced to, serve
term at Ionia for stealing kopper
sap pan valued at s125, reaches prison,
as his son Floyd was sent to the same
institution In January, 1905. for lar
Ceny.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Horribly ManqIed.

Edward Martin was instantly killed
by Pere Marquette train, short dis
lance north of Muskegon Saturday.
He was not identified until a piece OF
paper. on which his name had been
written four times, was found in the
lining of his coat by Coroner Balbir-
nie The body was terribly mangled.
1t is thought that Martin had start
ed out on a hobo trip, and while rid
ing on the train fell between the
trucks of the baggage car. The body
was dragged the entire length of the
train He was unmarried.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Sentiment Would Block Progress.

ScStlment WouIo BLOCK Progress.
When the project of building rail-
way to the top OF the Matterhorn was
first announced, few months ago,
there was considerable opposition to
II. Zermatt and the district of Visp
protested, and the Swiss Alpine club
was antagonistic. The ''Verein fur
Heimatschutz," the aim of which is to
protect the Alps against vandalism, re-
fused. on the other hand, to vote
against the railway, but left the mat
ter to the judgment of individual mem
bers. The Alpine club finally with
drew its objections when attention
was called to the fact that it had not
withstood the Jungfrau railway (about
twothirds of which is now completely.
The originator of the Matterhorn
project, the eminent engineer, III. I'm
field, has written for the Alpina an
article in which he reviews the objec-
tions. The chief ones are that the
railway would disfigure the mountain,
would ueSecTdte II, anu Inquire INC
guides at Zermatt. His answer is
that, in the first place, the aspect of
the mountain will not be changed in
the least, as the railway will be sub
terranean all the way up. The station
will not impede the view on top, and
will hardly be visible to the naked
eye from Zermatt. The charge Of
dissertation was also brought at first
against the Jungfrau project, and even
against the Rigi railway. nearly 40
years ago; it was soon found to be
foolish. AS for the guides, they will
probably have as much employment
as ever. There are now four routes
for ascending the Matterhorn, and
they will be used as before by those
whose main object is the sport of
climbing. The railway will be a
blessing to the thousands who cannot
climb.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Consent Is Unnecessary.

Recently the state board of par
dons had under consideration the
question of transferring a life, convict
sentenced to Jackson prison, to the
Marquette prison. In order to trans
fer life prisoner, it is necessary
that his sentence be committed to a
period less than life, but in the case
in question the convict preferred to
remain in Jackson. The question
arose whether the governor could
commute a sentence without an appli-
cation from the convict The attor-
ney general has held that the convicts
consent to a Communication of sentence
is not necessary, and the governor will
commute the life sentence of the pris-
oner to SO years, SO that the transfer
may be made.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08

Rev. Frederick T. Gates, at one
time pastor of a Baptist church which
John ID. Rockefeller attended, is now
almoner for the Standard Oil magnate,
and has reduced that gentleman's
charities TO a system. Always attired
in an up-to-date business suit, of man.
ner brisk and incisive, Mr.. Gates is
close-mouthed regarding such of his
employers benefactions as do not ap-
pear in the newspapers.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
The Haywood Trial.

The jury to try William II. Hay
wood, secretary of the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners, on the charge OF
numbering former Gov. Frank Steunen-
burg, was completed Monday noon.
The defense used its peremptory
challenge on Albert Eoff, aged 81, a
Wells-Fargo cashier, who has partici-
pated in many wild west hold-ups as
defender OF his employers money. He
admitted a prejudice against the min
ers' federation and an opinion in the
Haywood case, but said he could give
the defendant a fair trial. The court
declined to excuse him for bias. so
he was challenged. The prosecution
had used its last peremptory challenge
Friday.
o. V. Seburn, a farmer who lives
near Boise, was accepted by both sides
in place of Eoff and the jury was COM
plete. The IL men were then sworn In.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Accounting Is Sought.

Representative Morrice introduced a
bill to compel the board of control Of
accounting of the so-called post fund.
The inmates of the home are only al.
lowed to keep $12 a month of their
pension money, the balance being re-
tanned by the board and used as it
sees fit. 1t is claimed that $4,000 was
used from this fund to help erect a
new building, and further that no &C.
counting is ever rendered.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Planning Another Board.

Representative Lord introduced a
bill repeating the law relative to
building inspectors for Detroit and
creating a commission to be known as
the department of building, composed
of four persons appointed by the
common council on nomination of the
mayor. No salary is provided, the
idea being to have an honorary COM
mission, the same as the other mu-
nicipal boards.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08

The attorney general has ruled
that an application from life convict
for a Communication of sentence is not
necessary before the governor can
commute the sentence, in order 10
transfer the prisoner from one jail to
another.
DR.. James II. Reed. an ex-Confed.
crate, has been made an honorary
member of the very regiment he
fought against, during the civil war,
and he will make Memorial day ad-
dress in Climax. In the war Reeds
regiment captured the Nineteenth
Michigan, which has now adopted him.
A silver cup presented by a Sunday
school to William III. Stone in Allegan
in 1862 was plowed up by Walter
Evans on his farm near Butternut
island. He returned 1t to its owner,
who was once a resident of Portland.
and lost the cup nearly 20 years ago
when the children held a picnic near
the river.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-06-08
Shaken Up.

Three earth shocks at about 1920
Saturday morning caused the inhabit-
ants of Guayaquil Ecuador, to jump
from their beds and run, panic
stricken, into the streets. The first
and last of the shocks were slight.
but the second was heavy and lasted
about 40 seconds, causing the bells in
the churches TO ring and stopping the
clocks in the church towers. No news
has yet been received from the in
terror, but it is considered probable
that damage was done in the coun-
try. Owing to the peculiar construc-
ton Of the buildings the disturbance
did not cause any damage in that
city.