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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-06-27
County Seat
Local and Personal Events
Tersely Told.

Judson Brown, the popular can
didate for Sheriff was Il county seat
visitor on Monday.
The Misses Boies of Philadelphia
will return to Laporte next week
and spend the summer with Miss
Fannie Meylert.
Mrs. G. l.. Wing visited friends
in Picture Rocks. the early part of
this week.
Hon Il. j. Ingham transacted
business at Williamsport Friday of
last week.
Max Frankel was brought to La
porte Monday badly disabled with
rheumatism. He has been time
keeper for Chas. Frey bark job
ber at Jamison City. At present
Mr.. Frankie is improving slowly.
DR.. W. II. Randall accompanied
by his wife attended the 10th Dis
trict Medical Association held at
the Wilbur House, Sayre, on Tu.s-
day.
The ladies of the Village Inn
provement Society wish to thank
the gentelmen who so kindly con
tributed toward the purchase of hot
house plants, for a new flower bed
in the park.
The Village Improvement Society
will meet at the home of Mrs. }
l.. Smyth on Tuesday evening July
>.
Mr. and Mrs, +. A. Pauling and
son, Mr.. Clarence \. Pauling of
Milton are guests of the Laporte
Hotel for several weeks.
The Ladies Village Improve
ment Society is raising fund to
buy monument for the grave of
the Laporte Board of Trade.
Following the established GUS
tom the News Item will take next
week for vacation. Our next issue
will be dated July IL.
Mr.. George Brown of Bear Mt. !,
went to Il sanitarium in William
sport Monday where he will take
electrical treatment for his heart.
In spite of the back ward season
Ex- Sheriff Thos. Mahffey of this
place, has ripe tomatoes in his gar
den.
We notice in our exchanges a
number of towns are having heavy
penalties to pay on account OF dam
ages sustained by dilapidated side
walks. A broken board in the walk
cost one town So, 500. A word to
the wise is sufficient.
Mrs. A. c. Parker, of Philadel-
phia. arrived last week and will
occupy Miss Crocker's cottage on
Main street for the summer. Mrs
Parker is accompanied by her
brother, Mr.. II. N. Hirst and his
son Master Elvin. This is the
second season Mrs. Parker has
spent at Laporte, and her return is
welcomed by all Her estimable
househeeper, Miss A. Sahlsteen, is
also with her.
A fife and drum corps has been
organized among the young men in
town. Two drums and several
flies have been purchased and we
soon will hear the delightful, soul
stirring strains floating on the zephry
breeze that watt about the village
park at twilight. The boys will
give dance at the Mokoma pa
vilion on the evening of July 4th,
to raise fund for the purchase of
IA piccolo and another drum.
Prof. and Mrs. l.. Ford and daugh-
ter, Miss Mabel, of Philadelphia AZ
rived Tuesday evening and opened
their cottage at Mokoma Place
New life is always infused about
the town when the Professor max es
his appearance each summer. He
not onlv taE ac an intoraut l., foxrn
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-06-27

". ". BANKING HOUSE Offering
primeSTEAM RAILROAD ID hON DSwiii
engage the services of statesmen who can con-
trol Investment business within their neigh
borhood. Address Lock Box POSI- NewYori City
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
To Die in the Chair.

Revenge renews our happy love in
heaven" chiseled by him on the tomb.
stone of his wife, caused the conviction
of John Bell for the murder of DR..
Charles Wilmot Townsend, a Staten
Island physician. Bells notion for a
new trial was denied and Judge Abbott
sentenced him to be electrocuted July
/.
Bell, who. during his trial, had dis,
charged one attorney for allowing his
half brother TO testify that Bell had
confessed killing DR.. Townsend for
revenge. hired another attorney, but
delivered the closing address to the
jury himself. His speech was an i'm.
passioned one. He closed with:
Il am not Harry K Thaw-but plain
John Bell. have no wealth-but if !
had | could produce witnesses whose
testimony would acquit me-"
The jury was out three hours, re.
turning a verdict of murder in the
frs. degree. Bell remained cool, but
his sister and stepmother tainted.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
Two Hundred Killed.

A dispatch from Sydney, y. S. W.,
says report has reached there that
hurricane and tidal wave swept
over the Caroline islands on April so.
Immense damage was done TO property
and 200 persons are reported killed.
The Caroline archipelago is a German
pOssessioI composed Of about 525
islands. with total area of about $50
square miles and an estimated popu.
lation of about $4,000, including about
1000 Europeans. They are mostly very
fertile and produce all kinds of trop.
ical fruits and produce. The natives
are well developed and intelligent,
and a very extensive commerce is
carried on, mostly in the hands of
the German Jaluit Co, which has sta.
tons on all the more important
islands. The group is on the equator,
directly north of the easterly coast
of Australia and a little south of the
route from Hawaii to the Philippines.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
Manufacturers on Record.

The National Association of Manu-
facturers went on record in New York
in favor of revision of the tariff at
the earliest opportunity and the nego-
tiation of more reciprocity treaties A
lively debate preceded the vote which
was upon the acceptance of the report
Of the committee on tariff and reel
procity.
A great number of resolutions were
passed, including Endorsement of the
open shop, industrial education, inn
provement of the consular service,
commentator of the river and har.
Dor congress. and request that the
president withhold his approval of the
new German agreement until the prob
able effects on domestic labor and in
dustry can be learned.
Opposition was voted to all illegal
combinations of either capital or of
labor and 1t was decided to raise ST.
100000 in the next three years to carry
on a campaign of education concerning
dictatorial combinations.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
NEWS FROM HOME
AND ABROAD
A MEMBER OF THE INNER CIRCLE
WHICH PLANNED MANY
MURDERS.
HAYWOOD TRIAL BROAD
Theodore Tilton's Death in Paris Ends
Broken Life, With No Relatives
to Attend the Funeral.
The Haywood Trial.

That the prosecution in the trial of
w. ID. Haywood for the murder of ex-
Gov. Steunenberg will try to prove
that the Western Federation of Miners
has for years been controlled by a
clique which had conducted cold.
blooded war by violence and assassin
alton upon anybody who stood in its
pathway, was made certain by the ex-
animation of juror Saturday who said
II would never vote TO convict man
of a crime when he would have his
life taken from him. unless 1t was a
case of an anarchist organization or
other organization which | believed
was trying to destroy society of our
present civilization. | don't believe in
taking any mans life from him except
in such a case or in case OF war"
The juror was not challenged, which
made 1t only trifie less plain that the
prosecution believed it will be able
to establish that fact. In other words,
though il is nominally w. ID. Haywood
who is on trial, and he alone in real
ity, he is on trial only as a member
of that inner circle OF the Western
Federation of Miners, which. it will
be commended, planned not only the
murder of Steunenberg. but also the
assassination of numerous other men
against whom the Federation had
grudges in various mining states.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
JOHN PATTON.
Ex-senator Dice Of Heart Disease at
Grand Rapids.

Hon John Patton, former u. S. sena-
tor, died Friday in his residence. Grand
Rapids. from organic heart disease,
with which he had long suffered. Mr..
Patton left the city about a month
ago for Acorn, ~ c., where he seemed
to be improving. and as the season ad-
vanced ii was thought safe for him to
return home. On the return trip, how
ever, he took severe cold. which set
tied at the seat of the disease. and
was the immediate cause of his death.
Mr.. Patton was born in Curwens-
vile, Pa. October 30. 1850. He was
graduated from Yale in 1875 and from
the Columbia law college in 1877 He
first engaged in the law practice in
Grand Rapids, where he had since
been a continuous resident. In 1894,
upon the death of Senator Stock
bridge, he was appointed United States
senator by Gov Rich.
Mr.. Patton was man Of learning,
and although he filled with distinction
some of the highest political positions
within the gift of the state. his friends,
in recounting his career, refer with
greatest pride TO his scholarly attain
ments
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
Mr.. Tilton is Dead.

The body of Theodore Tilton. who
died in Paris today, probably will be
buried in the French capital. Mrs.
Pelton, married daughter of the old
editor, who resides in Brooklyn, when
informed Of her fathers death, said
that no plans have been made or are
in contemplation to bring the body TO
this country. She also said that ii
would be impossible for her 10 GO to
Paris to attend the funeral, and that
il is unlikely that her sister or any
other of NJ. Tilton's relatives now
here would be able to go.
In 1874 Mr.. T.lton preferred serious
charges against Henry Ward Beecher,
who had been his pastor and intimate
friend, and demanded civil damages
In the sum Of 500 600. After the
tragedy which wrecked his career Mr.
Tiltcn went TO Paris, where he has
since lived the solitary existence of a
broken-hearted man. A slender in
come, derived principally it is under
stood, from single share Of stock
In a New York newspaper, coupled
with meager royalties from his liter
airy work which have been continued
in desultory manner up to the present
time, sufIiced apparently to meet his
moderate demands, at least his few In
Inmates never heard him complain of
lack of funds.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
Seven Billion Gallons of Milk.

The 7,500,00O,000 gallons of CONNER
cial milk annually consumed repre-
sents an enormous white river pouring
across the U. S. in every direction and
yet few people realize that it is fast
becoming veritable river Styx, for it
is so disease laden that millions OF
people are day-by-day drinking disease
in various forms from this greatest OF
disease-spreading agents. Choicest
among these diseases is Consumption.
Health Office reports show that 25go OF
the Dairy Cows have Bovine Tubercu-
losis and through the milk and meat
are dealing out Consumption to the
people at an alarming rate. An effec-
tive remedy is recently claimed in the
simple feeding Rasawa in small doses
to the cattle. The remedy is cheap
and few cents worth procured at any
Drug Store will render a COW entirely
immune is the claim made in a free
booklet issued by The Mutual Mercan-
tile Co., Cleveland. o. Ask your Drug.
gist for a booklet.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
Students Drink Some.

The Sociology club Of the university
has gathered statistics TO show that
from 90 to 20 per cent of the univer-
sity students indulge in intoxicating
liquors to some extent. Investigations
Of the Ann Arbor saloon situation have
been going on for several weeks, in
charge of l.. c. Brown, '07 law. 1t has
been found that the saloons in that
city are not typical of the dram shop
with all its evils They are social cen
ters. Saloons are held to be better than
soda fountains, for they are more lux
urious, having leather cushions and all
the comforts of home. The saloons
which cater to the campus trade" do
so exclusively, permit no excuses, are
well furnished and generally sanitary.
AS TO the legal regulation of the sa-
loon in the city the Sociology COM
mittee thinks that if present laws were
enforced by the local authorities proper
bounds would be maintained II is
pointed out, rather ironically, in the
committee report that the city now
has police force large enough to en-
force all the city ordinances"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
SIDE LIGHTS
ON MICHIGAN
PORTLAND MAN WAS MURDERED
IN COLD BLOOD ON WAY
HOME.
ROBBERY NOT OBJECT.
There Is No Clue to or Known Mo-
tive for the crime-The Victim Not
Quarrelsome.
ROBBERY NOT OBJECT
shrouded in Mystery.

The body of Edward Manning, aged
Go, was found in a lonely ravine We'd
nesday morning, the side OF his head
having been blown off by a charge OF
shot from a gun. evidently hred at
close range from the rear II is clear
ly case of coldblooded murder, but
the motive is somewhat a mystery, as
a roll of bills and his gold watch were
not taken. A bag in which he was
known to carry considerable silver
was believed to be missing until Dep
uty Sheriff Sanborn broke into the
restaurant and found the silver had
been left in the money drawer. This
seems TO dispose of the robbery the
DRY.
Manning was the proprietor Of
restaurant and lunch counter, and was
in the habit of going home about 10
o'clock at night. He lived in the east
part of the village, and Ii was neces-
sary for him to pass along the bank
of the bayou formed by Looking Glass
river, a path leading along the river
and across the ravine where the muir
der was committed Apparently Man
ming had just passed this spot when
the shot was fired and he fell dead,
as there is no sign of struggle on
his part, and he still had one hand
in his pocket. The shot struck him
just back of the left ear and tore an
ugly wound in the skull
There is absolutely no clue to the
murderer, but the coroner impaneled
a jury and the sheriff's force is work
ing on the case. No one is under sus-
picion as far as can be learned.
People residing in the vicinity of the
scene of the shooting say they heard
shot between 1915 and 1880, but
did not investigate.
Mr.. Manning had resided in Portland
for 20 years and had been in the res
taurant business a long time. He was
not known to have any enemies, as
he was not a Quarrelsome man and
is not known to have had any trouble
of a personal nature. He leaves a
widow and two grown daughters.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
SAHARA GROWING DRYER.
French Observer Says the Gases Arc
Shrinking and Will Disappear.

c. F. Gautier. a French explorer is
authority for the statement that the
Sahara is continuously becoming drier
to such an extent that the GASES are
perceptibly drying up and will disap-
pear altogether in a relatively short
time. He quotes historic records and
physical signs to show that springs
were at one time more plentiful than
now. and that the extent Of the
patches where vegetation flourishes
were much greater even 90 to 100
years ago.
AS the climate of the region has I'M
dergone no change in perhaps thou
sands OF years, he believes that the
disappearance Of the water must be
due to purely mechanical causes. He
considers that it is due to the con-
tinual advance of the great sand
masses to the north, thus forming an
impenetrable barrier against the wa
tershed Of the Atlas mountains.-N. Y.
Sun
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
For the University.

The senate wrestled and struggled
for time over the U. of NJ. appropria-
ton bill and then passed the bill, in
creasing the university tax from one
fourth 10 three-eighths of a mill on
every dollar of assessed valuation.
This means that the university tax
shall be increased from s433,0 as
last year, to at least s650,000.
Senators Allen, Fyfe and others who
opposed the bill declared that they
were not opposing the granting of a
large building fund, as the increase
was asked principally for building pur-
poses. They said they did not see why,
because the university needed more
buildings in 1908. there should be an
addition to the permanent tax rolls of
the state for so large an amount
every year However. on the final pas
sage only Senators Yeomans and Full
Ter voted against the bill.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
RooseveIt's Lansino Visit.

The arrangements for the safety OF
President Roosevelt when he comes
to Lansing, May 81, are being made by
George Sutton, special agent of the
government detective bureau.
Members of the military companies
coming Nom Detroit, South Haven,
Saginaw, Grand Rapids. Bay City and
Owosso will be on hand early in the
morning in order to march behind the
presidents carriage. The president
will arrive at $3.50 o'clock over the
Lake Shore railroad from Hillsdale
and 20 directly to the capitol. where
he will deliver an address in the house
of representatives
After the speech at the capitol the
president will be driven to the Agri-
cultural college in an automobile, ac-
companied by all the automobiles in
Lansing. The presidents address at
the college will be delivered in tent
and admission will be by ticket.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
Reunion Was Prevented.

The burning of the stamer Naomi
Tuesday morning interfered materially
with the plans for the wedding of Miss
Mary Buerger, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Buerger, to Louis F. Hake,
OF Grand Rapids, Mich, in Milwaukee
Tuesday.
Four of the bridegroom brothers
were on the boat, having intended to
go there for the wedding. The party
included DR.. and Mrs. VIM. Hake, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Hake, Albert and
Paul Hake and Mrs. John Platte and
her small son.
They lost all their clothing, includ.
ing dress suits. some handsome gowns
and valuable jewelry The wedding
was to have been been the occasion
for a reunion of six of the brothers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
Would They Run2

In an interview in New York Gen
Kuroki praised the United States, and
declared that he never expects trouble
between Japan and the United States
In reply to question as to possible
war over the Philippines, Kuroki is
quoted as having laughingly replied:
when you make war on us we will
run away from you. Wherever | have
been ! have found genuine welcom.
ing of friendliness among Americans
for Japan, and / can assure that in
Japan there is the same genuine feel.
ing of respect and admiration for
America. We know what a great coun.
try America is and her friendship is
something we prize very much"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30

During the severe weather in Janc-
airy the young queen of Spain ordered
that the number of rations given TO
the poor at her expense be doubled.
At the beginning of the winter she
gave orders for 1000 rations day. so
that now from her own private income
she is paying for 1000 rations daily
Judged by the American standard, the
queen of Spain does not belong to the
class of the extrenely rich. There are
at least so American women between
the age of 20 and 80 who have private
incomes greater than that enjoyed by
her majesty.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
a Woman Djplomat

Michigan will be most creditably
represented at the peace conference at
The Hague in Miss Margaret A. Han
ma, who has been appointed secretary
to the assistant secretary of state, A.
A. Adee, and one of the secretaries to
he delegation.
Miss Hanna Is the elder of the two
daughters Of Edwin p. Hanna, solicit
tor Of the navy department. She was
born in Ann Arbor during the latter
part of her fathers course as a stu
dent in the university She has been
for several years in the state de-
partment, and has won by her discre-
ton and cleverness the distinction of
being known as the woman diplo-
mat" She will sail for The Hague on
June 5.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
Why Wolves Are Numerous.

If Michigan authorities are to rid
the upper peninsula of wolves II will
only be with the aid of Wisconsin, says
f. II. Nelwon. He explains that there
are counties in Wisconsin that pay no
bounty for wolf scalps and that the
81 bounry offered by the state is nc
inducement for men to hunt wolves.
Even If Michigan should offer a boun-
ty as high as SIS or 500 that would
not depopulate the upper peninsula OF
wolves when they are bred in hun
dreds across the Wisconsin line.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
GOOD Hunting"

Undertaken j. A. OFT and John Wal.
ter, while returning from Traverse
City to Sutton's Bay. were attacked
by a pack of seven wild dogs that
have inhabited the swamp a mile and
a half south of town for more than a
year. These dogs are jet black in color
of spaniel species and have returned
completely to the savage state. They
did not attack the horses. but in try.
ing to reach the occupants OF the bug.
gy they grabbed the spokes and were
thrown into the air by the wheels.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
Liars Imprisoned.

A Hindu revolutionist, who aroused
the fanatics OF the Punjab into state
of great excitement by circulating the
fantastic statement that the alleged
epidemic of plague did not exist and
that the 100000 deaths weekly attrib-
uted to ii were really caused by the
poisoning OF drinking wells by govern
ment emissaries, was sentenced to
two years rigorous Imprisonment. An
accomplice who dropped harmless
balls into the wells, alleging that he
did so by order OF the government
was condemned to is months impris-
onment.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
ROTTEN.
The Gould Divorce Brings Out . Pc
lice Scandal.


Mrs. Catherine Clemmons Gould
spurned a 100000 bride, dangled be.
fore her by her husband, Howard
Gould, TO induce her to get an abso-
lutte divorce from him. according to a
story told by w. G. Woodward. alias
Big Hawley. who Is suing the mil
liona!re for $25O,OOO
II know positively that Howard
Gould, or his family, II he should back
down, will give Mrs. Gould $1,000, 900
TO get a divorce from her husband"
said Hawley
Mrs. Gould has sent word to Police
Commissioner Bingham that she is
ready TO appear at police headquarters
on his appointment and tell all she
knows of the alleged use of the de.
tective department in her divorce case.
On the authority of high official in
the police department Ii is stated that
an unexpected turn has been given the
police end Of the Gould case. While
investigating the manner in which
Howard Gould secured the aid of the
police department, Commissioner Bing.
ham struck the trail of widespread
graft among the detectives. He has
learned, il is alleged, that for years
the detective department has been
made use of by rich men to further
their wishes and the detectives who
served these rich men were largely re.
warded. In some instancesAit is said
that speculative accounts were carried
which have made certain officials OF
the department rich men in return for
services rendered privately. A police
investigation even more far reaching
than the Lexow affair may result. and
many very prominent men will be in
volved.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30

James Fitzgerald, judge of the SUI
preme court of New York, who pre-
sided at the Thaw trial, was born in
Ireland in 1857. An intimate friend
says of him: His keynote is force.
There is force in his straight stare,
mis- frm-set jaw and even in the in.
sistent bristIe of his clipped mustache.
And yet his gentleness-that certain
adjunct of all true justice-has more
than once moved the admiration of
the spectators of the late nerve-wreck-
ing drama, and the women of the trial
had reason many times to be thank.
full for his native courtesy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-05-30
STATE OF ONO. CRY OF TOLEDO, :,

LUCAS CoUrY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior
partner OF the nrm OF f. j. CHENEY Co.. doing
business in the City OF Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said Arm will pay the sum or
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each aud every
OF CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use or
HALLS CATARRH CURE. -
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn 70 before me and subscribed in my presence,
this 9Th day OF December, A. D., 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
sEALf NOTARY PUBLIC.
'--f
Hairs Catarrh Cure 10 taken internally and scts
directly on The blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
FL. CHENEY CO., Toledo q
Sold by all Druggists. 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.