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Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Died in His Shanty.

That soap had touched him but twice
in the past ten years; that he had not
had a bath in nearly twice as long
and that he was a civil war veteran
we're the boasts of Christian Raffels-
bauer, who died Saturday in the
shanty he refused to.call home" near
Sebewaing.
The old man, giant in stature. al
most feet tall and weighing up to his
last Illness on an average of 1926
pounds, enlisted in the Fourteenth
New York regiment during the civil
war, and while in the service suffered
greatly from hunger, the rations for
one man proving insufficient for the
capacity which correspondent with his
size.
For the past twenty years Raffels-
bauer lived the life of a hermit, in a
shanty on the shore of Saginaw bay.
and it was when he was missed that
lis body was found.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
BRIEFS.

The new $250,000 hotel to be erect
ed in Bay City, will be known as the
Hotel Wenonah, a Chippewa word
meaning fair maiden
John Mcclure, of Grand Marais.
committed suicide by taking paris
green. He was formerly locomotive
engineer in good circumstances.
Slot machines valued at 81 600. own
cd by Kalamazoo man, and stored
in barn, were destroyed by boys. Ii
is thought they expected 70 find money
in the machines.
Two Muskegon misses-Dena sta.
venga and Hattie Dick-came to Kala-
maZoo to become the brides of Miles
Layton and Frank l. Godschalk re-
spectively. They had double wedding
and will reside on adjoining farms
near Vicksburg.
Because he alloSSed sawdust to sift
from his mills into Rife river. thereby
destroying Ash, Andrew Kent. of
Omer, was fined S25 and paid S12
costs. Gus Bublitz was fined SO for
placing a seine across the Saganing
river.
Because it was discovered that a
fine of $40 paid by Patsy Tolbert, of
Gaines, for assault and battery on
Grant Cummings in a line fence dis
pute, had been PAID IN justice court
of the wrong jurisdiction, the money
was returned and all parties con-
cerned have made up" Tolbert had
butted-in on a dispute between Charles
Frappier and Cummings.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Married His stepmother.

Louis Sandman, of New York. mar
ried his fathers widow. Mr.. Snaid-
man is 81 years old and his bride is
"a. She was married to the elder Mr..
Sandman when she was II years old
and acted as mother
Jacob Sandman often told his son
to look out for his wife after his
death. When he was stricken, in jan
uary, he called them to his bedside
and asked that after a reasonable
time, if neither had any objection,
they be married.
Mrs. Sandman is the mother Of two
boys and one girl by her first husband,
so that Mr.. Sandman is not only the
husband of his stepmother, but is also
the stepfather of his half-brothers and
sister
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Injured in a Fight.

An inquest has been ordered in the
case of Ben Garfield, whose death oc-
Cured at the home of his mother, Mrs.
Charles Garfield, in Tyrone. 1t is
claimed that the boy was taken i'll
after recess while attending school,
and was permitted to go home. On the
way he became worse, and the case
was pronounced to be appendicitis. 1t
now transpires that the boy had
trouble with some of the larger lads
in the school and that in the rough
and tumble that is said to have fol-
lowed was kicked in the stomach.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Michigan's Display.

The Michigan board Of managers of
the jamestown Ter-Centennial expOsi-
ton is anxious that Michigan make a
creditable exhibit at the exposition,
and they especially desire that these
exhibits be hurried TO jamestown at
once The Michigan building is nicely
located and the management has been
liberal in allowing space for a fine
display. Aside from its building Michi-
gan will have two displays, that in
the Mines and Metallurgy building and
the other, much broader in scope, will
be in the building for state exhibits.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
The new M. q. church in Tbetror,

The new NJ. e. church in Thetford
township has been completed and will
be dedicated May II. The edifice is
said to be one of the handsomest
buildings of its kind in the state.
East Thetford Methodists who have
held their meetings in the town hall
will dedicate a new church May ID. /,
Mrs. Jerome Cady, aged 5S, while
nursing Mrs. Susan Racham, aged
So, an invalid, of Leslie, had a fit, and
died in few minutes. Her writhing
and death before the eyes of the pa.
tent was great shock to Mrs. Rach-
am, and she may die.
Bay City has 16S saloons-one for
each 244 inhabitants and every vacant
building is sought after by persons
who think there is room for more.
A protest is being made against the
saloon opened opposite the Childrens
home.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
"Surprise Tests" on Railroads.

1t is but a few years since Ameri-
can railroads began Systematically
the use of surprise tests" These
more or less directly grew out of an
incident that occurred on one Of the
largest systems of the middle west.
To test the operations of their sig
nails some officials weEt out one night
and leaving a signal set at clear"
simply removed the light. They
watched ten or twelve trains so by
and not one engineer stopped to in
quire what was the trouble, as the
rules demand. This same road re-
ports that in 1906, 1900 surprise tests
We're made without one resulting in
failure The figures are a little stag
gering; human nature is not usually
so inerrant, says Carl Snyder in
Everybody's. But what is certain is
that accidents on the line have been
very materially reduced. The Penn
sylvania has had an almost identical
experience; and very recently the Off
cials of the Lake Shore saw "a out of
% trains go by signal purposely set
with lights out Yet when the New
York Central system began these sur
prise tests they were threatened with
strike.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
ThaW's Bail.

Mrs. VIM. Thaw, mother of Harry
X. Thaw, and his sister, the countess
of Yarmouth, returned to New York
Saturday from Pittsburg and went to
the Tombs TO see Harry. Mrs. Evelyn
Thaw was calling on her husband at
the time.
Mrs. Thaw would make no state
ment, but it is understood that she
has failed to raise the bail money for
which it was said she went to Pitts
burg. The money could have been
raised, but it was reported by doing SO
the securities held by the Thaw es-
tate would be greatly deprecated.
The elder Mrs. Thaw, it is said, is
greatly disappointed over her inabil-
ity to raise the money with which she
had hoped to obtain her sons tenn
porary liberty.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
EAST JORDAN,
The straphanser in London.
G. A. LIsK, Publisher
MICHIGAN


With the introduction of the Amer.
can electric railroad system IN Great
Britain, the stranhanger at once
loomed large ia the street car. The
Englishman, as everybody knows, OBJ
jects to being crowded. aid so parlia'
ment has been called upon TO end the
straphanging nuisance A bill has
been introduced in the house of com.
mons, says Baltimore Sun, and If it
is passed there will henceforth be no
straphangers. The Englishman who
rides in a street car will be sure OF
seat. The aisles will be kept clear
There will be- no overcrowding. In
matters relating to their personal
comfort Englishmen seem to be very
exactihg. Why shouldn't the strap
hanger be welcomed as manifesto
ton Of the age-of hustle, hustle and
the dell take the hindmost? The
Londoners show how much they are
behind the times when they insist
upon excluding from street car
every person who cannot get a seat.
They are slow, very slow, in London.
They will never be Americanized and
modernized until they welcome the
straphanger and sacrifice comfort to
expedition and the "get-there" spirit.
VIII the Londoners never cease to
demand all theY pay for?
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Lora Wants TO Stay.

George Bryant father, of Lora
Bryant, who mysteriously absented
herself from the Ypsilanti Normal col
lege without letting her friends know
anything of it. and who was later To-
Gated in Helena, Mont, has received
a letter from his daughter. in that
city. He says that although Lora asks
that she be allowed to remain where
she is and get employment, he has
sent his son Royal to Helena with in
structions to bring his sister home.
Lora tells her father that she thinks
she must have been deranged.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Remarkable Woman.

Mrs. Elizabeth Maugherman, aged
100. Of Camden, is a remarkable ex-
ample Of the preservation of the HUI
man faculties at extreme old age. Mrs.
Maugherman, who is the mother of II
children, II OF whom are living, never
had the services of q physician until
recently. All her faculties are good,
her memory especially remarkably so.
She is strong, and does regular house
work. She is a very attractive old
lady, as is evidenced by the fact that
she received an offer of marriage re-
Gently, which she promptly refused.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
FIimflammed Them.

A smooth stranger appeared in New
Richmond several weeks ago soliciting
orders for a new atlas of Allegan coun-
ty. He called on the old settlers, got
the story of their lives and then po-
litely requested them to sign docu-
ments, lust to show that the story
was true The documents later turned
out to be notes of from Sl5 TO $50 at
per cent interest.
A smooth old man appeared after
wards delivering the books and collect
ing on the notes. Failing 10 do so, he
cashed them at the Fennville bank
at discount.
The old settlers swear vengeance on
the first book agent that appears in
the vicinity
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04

DR. Richard D. Harlan, of Chicago,
has accepted the leadership in the
movement to make George Washing
ton university a great national insti
tuition of learning. The former pres;-
dent of Lake Forest university will
take immediate charge of nation.
wide campaign, and is expected to
make Washington his home. This will
make three members of the Harlan
family at the Sapital-Justice Harlan,
James S. Harlan, commerce commits.
sioner, and DR.. Harlan.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Diekems Elected.

Diekema wins the congressional
election in the fifth district by a ma
iority of about 500 over George p.
Hummer. and succeeds to the seat in
congress Df William Alden Smith.
Grand Rapids gave Hummer a major
ity of almost 1000, but Diekema car
red the townships Of Kent and both
lonia and Ottawa counties. Diekema
carried Holland by only 70 less votes
than were given him in the primary
contest with Russell.
The total vote in the district was
very light, running below $4,000.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04

"Old Ironsides," the famous frigate
Constitution, is preparing to make
what is likely 20 be her last cruise
or a. least the last trip prior to being
laid up in perpetuity. She is being
fitted for voyage to Hampton
roads, where she will be one of the
most interesting exhibits at the
jamestown exposition AS a ship she
will not cut much Of a figure along
side of the big floating steel fortresses
representing the navies of the world.
But no vessel of all the number will
typify as much glorious history as
"Old Ironsides." 1t seems almost a
pity, says Troy Times, that the
famous craft, now at Brooklyn navy
yard, cannot be put in shape to sail
down the coast and into the famous
roads under her own canvas. This is
impossible, however, and the once
stately vessel will be towed to her
destination by commonplace tug.
But even this cannot rob her Of her
well-won renown.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Orders Weekly Bath.

1t is reported from the Michigan
Soldiers Home that a mild insurrec-
ton is on in the women's annex over
an order from the commandment, MAX
ing it compulsory for them to take
weekly baths. So adverse have a num-
Der of the inmates become to taking
the all-over-scrub that a ticket system
has been instituted and violation of
the rule is penalized by the loss of
meals. One 75-year.old woman dreaded
the additions, so she stayed away from
the home on bath days.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Crazy Mans Threat.

Erastus Johnson walked into a sick
room in Dalton township and is said
to have pointed a revolver at the wife
of Charles Ecklund and muttered in
broken English, Il will blow your
brains out"
Ecklund, by talking to him, man
aged to get his mind from the re-
volver and grabbed it.
Sheriff Ginger was notified and with
a deputy fastened TO the scene and
captuIxd Johnson, taking him to the
county jail at Muskegon. He will be
committed to an insane asylum.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04

The baggage coach on a Pere Mar
quette train was discovered in flames
between .Mears and Pentwater, and
Engineer Wells pulled it away from
two passenger coaches. The mail
clerks were singed. The loss is over
1000.
julius Caesar. aged 101 years. a
former slave, died in Niles. Caesar was
at Gen. Lees side when that famous
confederate fighter surrendered.
Because of Irregularities in the prop
osition to bond for $4,000 for new
school building, smother election viii
be called in Charleston.
Only few days remain in which
the railroads may pay their taxes with
out the addition of the penalty of 1
per cent month. Saturday the Grand
Trunk Western railway paid tax of
1888, 1882; the Minneapolis. st. Paul
e Sault Ste. Marie, s107,45116, and
the Pontiac. Oxford & Northern, $751;
b97.f7
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
An approximation of

An approximation of the money
epent each year in America for cult
waited flowers is $1OO,500,O0O. This
is an amount equal to one-flfth the
value of all coal mined last year, to
one-fourth the surplus in the national
banks of the United States for tEy
last fiscal year. and almost equal TO
the net earnings CT these banks. II
IS nearly twice enough TO cover the
bonded debt Of all the New England
states combined.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Swettenham AGAIN.

Gov. Swettenham has stirred up an
other hornets nest by announcing the
receipt of bill from the Panama ca
nal commission for $4,000. This is for
the food supplies, tents and other COM
forts hurried there from Panama to
relieve the suffering of the people af-
ter the earthquake.
The supplies, of course, were sent
as gift. But following his insult to
Il. s. Admiral Davis, for which he had
to apologize and then resign. he in
sisted on the Panama canal commits
sion sending in bill for the relief
il had charitably furnished. His in
sistence forced the commission to rem
der the bill and Kingston is again
roundly denouncing Swettenham. Gov.
Oliver, Swettenham' successor. will
arrive there in about 10 days and all
Jamaica will sigh with relief when
Swettenham sails away.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04

Ihree men, all Firms, were killed
N Marquette county mines Saturday.
one by premature explosion, the 9TH
ers by fall of ground. The victims
are oscar Matteson, aged %; VIM.
Makki, %; Gust Luoma, 49,
While drilling a we'll on the farm of
Richard Cam. near Butman. a flow
ing well was struck throwing a three
inch stream % feet high. lifting a
man who stood on the pipe on the
ground and throwing him down.
Chunks of coal two to three inches,
in diameter were thrown up. AkSh
without eyes was found near the well
aud there is a strong smell Of OIL
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Red Lioht for Farm Wanons.

The latest class that Senator John
MacKay, of Detroit, seems to have it
in for is the farmers He has intro
duced bill to require farmers and
everybody else besides automobilists
who use any kind of vehicle on the
highways ut any time from an hour
after sunset TO an hour before sunrise
to carry white light in front and a
red light behind. There are no farm
ers in MacKay's district.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
A Woman's Good Work.

Had it not been for a woman's idea,
Bay City would probably not now be
preparing to convert a nine-acre strip
of river front, occupied by business
houses, into a public park. The woman
is Mrs. Alfred e. Bousfield. wife of
one of the wealthiest residents of the
city. He is also one Of the three men
who brought the $250,000 hotel and
auditorium project TO successful is
sup
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04

Richard Cam drilled in we'll near
Butman which throws a 3-inch stream
% feet high. Chunks of coal two or
three inches in diameter were tossed
up and the water has a distinct odor
Of oil.
The aged mother of VIM. Charlie
neau, good old French lady of Rock
wood. who is the mother of % chill
dren, is broken-hearted over the dis
grace that has come TO the family
through the arrest Of her son, who
was charged with statutory crime
against Mrs. Sophronia Lagodne and
was sentenced to Jackson for FIVE
years, but who is TO have new trial.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
kearney Is Dead.

Dennis Kearney, who in the late '70s
headed the sand lot agitation against
the Chinese, died Wednesday night at
his home in Almeda. Kearney at one
time had a large following in San
Francisco, the political affairs of which
he dominated for period. Of late
years he had not taken any active
part in politics.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
AMUSEMENTS IN DETROIT
Week Ending May 4 Ial7-

LAFAYETTE THEATER - Matlnees Da<Gk ar
:iO-lOc loo ,2Oc, 25c; Every Evening IN :. To-
W. Zoc' QUO orc. High Class Vaudeville.
WHia'NEY-Evenlngs 10c. 2Oc, Doc; Matineos.
lOc, loo, DC. A Millionaire's Revenge.
LYCEUM Prices always loo, pc. soc. 75c. 2,c
Matlnees Wednesday and Saturday.
vaughan, Chaser & Co. in Men and Women
TEMPLE THEATER AND WoNDERLASD-
afternoons 80, loo to 25c: Evenings s:I5.
NC to 0Uc. Robert billiard a. Co in " rhe
Man Who Won the Pool"
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04

They 90 some things better in Mex
Ico. TIE manager of a bull fight in
Monterey advertised that a certain
number Of bulls would be in the ring.
For producing one bull less than the
announced number the man was fined
$500 by the municipal authorities.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04

a New York heiress has fed to Eu-
-cce ito escape from titled fortune
hunters" If she had on a bathing
suit and Il began to rain she would
probably jSpp into the sea to avoid
getting wet.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
Ernin Efn

Wheat-Cash No. red, sic: May,
5000 bu at 81 &c. 10000 bu at 81 q G,
5000 bu at ST 4 c, 5000 bu at size,
10000 bu at S124c, 5000 bu at 81 "a C.
10000 bu at 81 1Ac; July. 10000 bu at
So C. $4,000 bu at S2kc 10000 bu at
S25sc. 20,0G0 bu at S2%c $4,000 bu at
SIC. $4,000 bu at S27sc. 10000 bu az
S2sic; September 5000 bu at SAGE. 25,-
000 bu at S4Ac. 10000 3u at S4H G, 1O,-
GOO bu at SAGE, 10000 bu at S4Stc go
600 hu at 81 sc, $4,000 bu at SAFE; No.
red, 7Sc; No. l white. 79%ic
sHorn-Cash No. 3. 49c; No. 8 yellow,
49, at sic.
ii&ts-Cash No. 3 white. car at
45&c; No. whiteS(2 cars at 45c.
Rye-Cash No. 2k4c
Beans-,Cash, 81 SO; May 81 "a; June,
81 SO asked.
Cloverseed-Prime spot so bags az
IS 30; October. 100 bags at 81 40: sam
pie, Is bags at IS 25, Il at 81 so. . at
81: prime alsike 30 bags at 81; SAMPLE,
bags at Sc so. at sc.
Timothy seed--Prime spot so bags at
So o..
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04

Owing to an epidemic of diphtheria
the Elmira school has been closed
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-05-04
THE MARKETS.

Detroit-Extra dry-fed steers and
heifers, 60 S5@6; steers and heifers,
heifers. soc 70 1000 lbs, 81 75@5 %;
steers and heifers that are fat. 500 to
700 lbs, 81 25@4 IS; choice fat cows,
81 25Go4 10; good fat cows SO 1904 %;
81 50@3; choice heavy bulls, "a % "a
10; fair to good bolognas, bulls So IS
al 25: stock bulls, SO so; choice feed
ing steers, 500 to 1000 lbs, SO 1904 40;
fair feeding steers, 500 to 1000 lbs,
SO 506G4; choice stockers, 500 to 700 lbs,
So 1904; fair stockers, 800 to 700 lbs,
sS ;,, 20 @S 90; stock heifers, SO 25@5 %;
mixers, large, young, medium age, sac
a so; common mixers, $1SD25.
zoe: common. soc lower; best, S. 5OG
Sheep and lambs-Markct Csc to soc
lower; common clips very dull (Quo-
tations are for clipped stock) Best
IS 5O@6 %: light to common lambs,
81 50@5; yearlinss. $500; fair to good
butcher sheep, 81 50@5; culls and com
mon, 50 50@D3 80; wool lambs, $S6DS k0.
Hogs-Market 15c to zoe lover.
Range of prices: Light to good butch
ers, Sc so; pigs. sc so; light workers.,
Sc 80; roughs, Sc; stays, 1-3 off.
East Buffalo.-Cattle market active
and 10m15c higher: best export steers,
5.50@6; few loads choice al $e.25; best
200 to 1,3OO-lb steers S5I565.65; best
1000 to 1.1OO-lb. S450@5.25: best fat
cows, S4.256p4.50 fair to good $4,000
3.75: trimmers, s2.25 a $50: best heifers,
SAFE @5.25; medium TO good. $6@6.25;
best feeding steers, S4.25a450; year
lings 1928 @3j0; common stock steers,
s3@3.25 export bulls, $4,000: bolog-
mas, 1913 a AIS: stock bulls. $2.500D3.50.
The cow market was from 81 to SO
higher; good to extra SAP 0052: medium
to good, $2SM35; common, $1SD23.
Hogs-Market lower; medium, heavy
and workers. $6.9O@6.95; pigs, $500;
roughs S590@6.
Sheep-Market slow best clipped
lambs $L40M 100 woods. SS.5O@S.75;
warnings, $6.55@7; wethers, $3.50
Calves-Slow at S40725.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-05-04
SPRING LAMBS AND PEAS.
Writer Devotes Some EIoquence to
Subject GastronomicaI.

When the poet spoke Of ethereal
madness" he meant spring lamb and
peas. How well he knew them
Lamb, the type of innocence, and the
pea, the first fruit of civilization, away
back on the Aryan SUBMITS. The pea
grows nowhere in a wild state. 1t is
the product Of tender care and the
hearts solicitude, and hence fitted for
gentle association, and all the quiet
moods of nature, where no anger
trouble, or tumult comes. When a
sharp wind arises or frost hurls a
menace from a clear night spring
lamb and peas vanish like bird
that feels a prying breath upon its
nest. But when the shadows shorten
and the robin is abroad in the early
morning and the apple blossoms are
whitening the air, then appear the
lamb and peas, with a smiling saluta-
tion, Here we arc-gather about us. ~
Don't we? Don't We taste the ethe-
real mildness? Don't we feast our
imagination on the blue sky and the
daffodils?-Ohio State Journal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-05-04
in THE SICK ROOM
SIMPLE DIRECTIONS FOR THE
HOME NURSE.
Proper Way to Make Bed and Change
Linen Without Discomfort to the
Patient-Preparing and Civ
ina Food.

There is one important duty for
the nurse before the patient is ready
to begin her day. The bed must be
made. Let us suppose that 1t is time
for fresh linen. Remove the pillows,
then roll the patient to the edge of
the bed. keeping her still warmly
wrapped in the bath blanket. Fold
the exposed part Of the lower sheet
over to the middle of the bed; then
gently move the patient across it to
the other side. and pull the sheet
off. Put on the new one in the same
way-one-half at a time. Slip on
the fresh pillow cover and put the
pillow under her head. Remove the
bath blanket and quickly replace it
by the clean upper sheet, the blank
cts and the spread. And then the
patient lies. as bright and fresh as
q morning glory, feeling on the whole
that she has just had rather good
time.
We will say that it Is now break
fast time. If the invalid is able to
sit up, the nurse should assist her
to this position by slipping her arm
under her neck, so that the patient s
shoulder rests on her own, and her
own hand clasps the body under the
arm. Suppose the nurse is using her
left arm for this, Next she should
replace it by her right across the
patients chest this time, to support
her while she uses her left to pile
the pillows high and firm behind.
In the operation she holds the pa.
tent much as she would a child in
her lap. The covers should then be
tucked warmly about her form, and a
warm shawl thrown over her should.
ers. A little device can easily be
made to take the place Of a table.
This is merely a light board, about
two feet square, with four legs about
ten inches high Cover this neatly
with a cloth and set it across the
patients lap. She will find it far
more comfortable than trying to sup
port her tray in a perilous position on
her knees