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The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
Peter Whites Funeral.

Lying in state In St. Paul's Episco-
pal church, the body of Peter White
was viewed by hundreds of people.
Later the spacious church was crowd
ed for the services. Bishop G. Mott
Williams officiated. The services at
the grave were under the auspices OF
the Masons. The list of honorary pail
bearers included Arthur Hill, Sagi-
nav; Gordon Fellows and Il. p. Cronk-
hite, New York; Henry Russell, Levi l..
Barbour, Henry c. Campbell, George
II. Russell and Frank Fletcher. Detroit.
All business was at standstill and all
public institutions closed. Prominent
men from all over the country were
present and particularly from the Lake
Superior region. Among the messages
OF coincidence was one from Grover
Cleveland. warm friend OF Mr.. White.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
MOTHERS
AWFUL DEED
THE BLOODY WORK OF A CRAZY
MOTHER HoRRIFIEs CITY
OF CADILLAC.
THE VICTIMS SHOT DEAD.
Chloroformed Her Husband and Six
Children, Then Shot Them and
Killed Herself.

A tragedy executed with a cool de
liberation that adds horror to the deed
was discovered in Cadillac Saturday
morning and seven of the eight victims
of a frenzied woman's bloody work
were taken to the morgue. The story
is both pathetic and horrifying. The
dead are:
Daniel Cooper. As years old.
Mrs. Cooper, As years old
Harry, aged IA.
Inez, aged IL years.
Samuel, aged TO-
Georgiana, aged 5.
Florence. aged ~ years.
The son Fred, aged II, was taken to
hospital and the doctors began a
fight to save the lads life.
Mrs. Daniel Cooper, wife of a retired
farmer, administered chloroform 10 the
seven sleeping members of the family,
her six children and her husband, and
then shot them through the head one
after another, finishing her awful work
by sending a bullet through her own
brain.
The discovery of the tragedy was
made by Mrs. Cooper's mother, Mrs.
Heady, Saturday morning. All were
dead but Fred. He was taken to the
hospital in a seemingly dying condi-
ton. After reviving a little at about
the noon hour he said: Mother did
It," At o'clock the boy revived again
and said: II heard a shot; it didn't
quite wake me up"
This was the shot that killed little
Harry, who slept with Fred. At the
time Fred made this statement his
pulse was so strong that Drs. c. E.
and G. d. Miller were emboldened to
say that he had the fighting chance.
How remarkable is his vitality and
how slim his chance will be under
stood from statement as to the ma
ture OF his wound. His mother held
the deadly pistol SO close to his right
cheek that the flesh is powder
scorched. The bullet passed upward
through his head and emerged high
in the back of the skull, carrying away
small piece of bone with IL. II a
boy can live with a hole through his
brain, this boy can live He is big and
strong for his years, typical farm
boy, and 1t is said that he was In per-
feet health.
Mr.. Cooper has been in poor health
for several months and was unable to
work, and though the oldest boy, Fred,
worked steadily and their farm yielded
them considerable income. they were
not in the best of circumstance s
financially. This, coupled with the
fact that Mrs. Cooper was very morbid
and excitable, leads to the belief that
worry over her family misfortunes tenn
porarily deranged her mind When
her baby, Florence, was born a year
and half ago, Mrs. Cooper was out
Of her mind and she often blamed her
last born as the cause of all her sor-
rows and many times had threatened
to kill the child and herself and fam
lily.
Coroner Ralston feels certain that
the deed had been planned by Mrs.
Cooper for several weeks, as she in.
CURED not long ago as to whether or
not her benefciaries would secure the
life insurance she carried IL she
should commit suicide.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
Hanged Herself.

Just inside a window OF Mercy hos
pital, Big Rapids. pedestrians early
Wednesday morning saw the corpse Of
a woman in night clothes. swaying
from a rope. They hurried to the hos
pital and told attendants, who found
the body was that of Mrs. Katharine
Murray, of Madison, Wis. She came
to visit her sister, Mrs. NJ. Murphy,
and being told of the fame of the hos
pital in curing disease, decided to take
treatment for stomach trouble. Her
case Was an advanced one and the wo-
man, believing she could not be cured,
decided to take her own life. She
used the bed clothes to make a rope.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

Augusta will include sham battle
in the July Fourth celebration.
Prof Robert NJ. Wenley denies that
he said the United States needed a
darned good licking" in his address
before a South Bend graduating class.
Prof. Wenley says that the remark
was made to him by well known man
and that he replied that there was no
warrant for such a statement.
Mrs. Alfred Gillies, OF Mt. Morris,
found her husband unconscious in the
hayloft with an empty chloroform bot.
lie beside him. He was unconscious 20
hours. but has recovered.
While assisting an uncle to wash
)uggies in Fremont lake. Roy Parcell
aged IA. was seized with cramps. fell
nto deep water and was drowned.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
GATHERING.
Taft and the Platform Ready, Now
Who Will Be Running Mater


Sunday and Sunday night the dele
gates and swarms of politicians who
are to attend the Republican national
convention were in evidence In the ho-
tells of Chicago. The number being con.
stantly increased as trains from all
parts OF the country came In, some
with banners and bands and gaily
uniformed marchers; others made up
OF state delegations with their con-
spicuous leaders and their cohorts OF
strong-lunged followers and shouters,
others with the friends and admirers
of the various presidential candidates,
and still others and again others OF
the curious onlookers drawn from
every section of the country, including
many OF the Representatives OF
foreign governments who have come
to witness this national spectacle.
The platform came in for renewed
consideration Saturday, as Senator
Hopkins, of Illinois, who is to be chair
man of the resolutions committee,
held a lengthy conference with Wade
Ellis, OF Ohio, who is the custodian OF
the drafted platform embodying the
Roosevelt-Taft ideas. Mr.. Hopkins re-
marked:
you can depend upon 1t, there will
be no platform until the resolutions
committee appointed by the conven-
tion consider it fully and passes upon
it finally"
While this was accepted as tech
nically exact, it is none the less be-
lieved that most of the essential feat
ures of the coming document have
been made with exactness and await
only the formal approval of the plat
form committee.
or the numerous candidates men,
toned for vice-president, Dolliver, of
Iowa. and Cortelyou are seemingly far
stronger than any of the others, but
there are so many of them that a jolly
strange mix up is the result and a de-
lightful uncertainty as to the result,
that will come on Thursday when the
final work of the convention is done
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
Wabash Wreck Suits.

After an interval of II months suits
for injuries growing out of the Salem
wreck on the Pere Marquette on July
20, 1907, in which 81 were killed, were
put on trial in the circuit court at
Ionia Monday. Three were not set
tied, those of Mrs. Charles l.. Dolson,
Mrs. Selbeck and Miss Anna Hickey,
who were injured. Mrs. Dolson was
nine weeks in a Detroit hospital. The
amount asked in her case in $4,000.
The others ask $4,000 each. The
cases are being tried separately before
Judge F. ID. NJ. Davis.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
Reform School Bow Hurt.

Trying to escape from the state in
dustrial school early Sunday morning
by sliding down drain pipe from the
third floor, Harry Munroe, aged IA,
of Detroit, lost his grip at the second
floor and broke both arms. Despite
his injuries he tried to complete the
escape, but was found an hour later
by the night Waterman. He said his
mother was in poor health and that
he wished to return to her. The boy
was in the reform school once before
and had been released on parole. He
was sent back week ago for steal
ing a bicycle.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
Old Man Burned to Death.

James Dining. an old resident of
Ronald, was burned to death Saturday
in his house near Palo. The house
was destroyed by fire and his charred
body was found curled up in the
kitchen with lantern by its side. II is
thought the old man of 20 suffered a
paralytic stroke and fell on the kitchen
floor with the lighted lantern, which
set the house on fire.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
OBITUARY.

Blind Tom," the famous negro
pianist. died at Hoboken. N. ].
Frederick Arthur Stanley, earl of
Derby, died in London.
Gen. Peter A. s. McGlashan, one of
Walkers filibusters and a confederate
veteran, was drowned near Savannah.
Ga.
Charles T. Dunwell. representative
Of the Third congressional district of
New York. died in Brooklyn.
Capt. Edward Rabey, commander of
one Of the small steamers at the New
York quarantine station, died.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
Judge Carpenters Successor.

Gov. Warner will make no appoint
ment of a supreme court justice to
succeed Judge Carpenter until after
the Republican state convention
makes it's nomination. This sets at
rest various rumors which have been
current about prospective appoint
ments of the governor.
Judge Carpenter fixed the date of
his leaving office just before the con-
vention so that the Republicans of
the state would be able to name a
candidate" said the governor this
morning. land / do not think ii in
cumbent on me to make any appoint
ment. The office will not be vacant
until Sept. Is and the convention will
be held within two weeks of that day.
This means that the office will be
vacant only two weeks. as / will ap-
point the man named by the conven-
ton to serve until Jan. l."
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
BrYan's Clnch.

William ]. Bryan now claims his
nomination is assured. At his office in
Lincoln Saturday IL was announced that
697 delegates to the Democratic conven-
ton at Denver were pledged to vote
for Bryan for the nomination for presi-
dent, this being rs more than the
necessary two-thirds majority.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
Was White Murdered7

Testimony will be introduced at the
resumption of the inquest, June 20.
which will tend to strengthen the
theory that Edward White, whose
mangled body with two bullet holes in
the head, was found on the railroad
tracks near Rochester Sunday morning.
May "a last, was murdered in the vii
lage and his body thrown upon the
track in an effort to destroy evidence
Of the crime.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
ADJUSTMENTS IN DETROIT.

Week Ending June 90
LYCEUM THEATER-Every Night. Mats.
Sun. Wed, Sat, 15c. 25c. soc. Vaughn
CHASER Stock CO
WHITNEY OPERA HOUSE Matinee,
Daily. except Wednesday loo, zoe soc
TEMPLE THEATER - VAUDEVILLE
10c TO soc.
NEW ADMINISTRATIONS Pictures ana
Vaudeville 5 and 10 cents
ELECTRIC PARK-Belle Isle bridge.
furnishes entertainment for all Free
Vaudeville, by high-class talent, a spe-
cial feature
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
Detroit's Wind Storm.

A storm broke upon the Detroit riv.
er late Saturday afternoon that
wrought destruction and in one in
stance death, among the hundreds OF
pleasure-seekers, who needed not the
harbinger. The stream, dashed into
fury by the slow-approaching squat,
was the scene of scores OF narrow es.
capes, overturned canoes and sailing
yschts, dotting the surface at all
points, and especially in the vicinity
OF Belle Isle, on the American side.
In the city there was not so much ex-
element, although trees and sheds
and barns we're victims of the storms
fury. Providence took a kindly hand
in the proceedings. There was only
one fatality A man was drowned in
an effort to save the life OF a woman
who had been on the river with him in
a canoe.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19

The Security Trust Co. as temporary
receiver for F. p Glazier. plan to fin
ish the Glazier Office building i'm Ann
Arbor, and has opened negotiations
with the creditors. II is believed
much more proportionately can be OBJ
tanned for the building when it is com
pleted.
Confessing that she set fire to the
house to conceal her thefts OF gold
ring and wedding gown, Tessie Grave
land. aged 10, has cleared up the mys-
terry of the incendiary fires at the res
Idence of Alfred Gale in Waterford
township. The girl is now under ar
rest
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19

DETROIT AND BUFFALO STEAMBOAT
CO.-Foot OF Wayne ST. For Buffalo and
Niagara Falls daily at y. m. Week end
trip S2.50
WHITE STAR LINE-Foot OF Grlswold
81. For Port Huron and way ports week
days at 2:a0 y. m Sundays at 800 a m
For Toledo. daily at zoo .. m. Sunday al
$500 y. m
DETROIT AND CLEVELAND NAV. CO.
Foot OF Wayne St For Cleveland and east.
ern points daily at 1880 p. m For Mack
NAV and way ports Mondays y. m FRI
day 1850 A. m.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
MrTuoDIsT PRorEsTANr.

Service hours:-Class meeting at 10
q. m; preaching at 1890: Sunday school
at IL go; Junior G. E. at 3p. m; preach
ing at z. Prayermeeting every Thurs
day evening at 1880.
All cordially invited to attend these
services. w. S. 0strander, Pastor.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19

After undergoing four operations in
Chicago, the sight OF Mrs. Elliott
Stewart, OF Port Huron, has been re-
stored. She was blind two years.
Fire OF unknown origin destroyed
three large barns containing a guam
tity OF hay, grain and farming nipple.
ments on the farm OF II. b. Peters, in
Fairfield township.
Arthur r. Meyers, the law student
from Chicago who got into trouble a
week ago on account of a board bin
and financial misunderstanding with
the proprietors OF the Cook house. has
been expelled from the u. Of M. on the
eve Of his graduation.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
FREE METHODIST.

Service hours:-Class meeting 10 q.
M; Sunday school ii a. m; Preaching
at TOO p. m. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday. All are cordially invited
to attend these. E. b. Call, Pastor.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19

Detroit.-Wheat-Ca No red
s1%c; July opened nc lower at S7h G
advanced to sec and closed at size;
September opened at S61hc. worked ur
to S7hc and closed at SIC; No. 3 red
SS%c; No. l white 91%c.
Corn-Cash No. 3, 73hc; No. yell
low. 75hc asked.
oats-Cash No. white. cars a,
55hc: August, 5000 bu at 37Hc: Sep.
tember, 5000 blu at 36A C; sample, car
at SEC.
Rye-Cash No. 2. soc.
Beans-Cash and June. 81 so; Octo-
Der 81 IS asked.
Feed-In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots,
Bran, t26; coarse middlings S29: fine
middlings, $50; cracked corn and coarse
cornmeal, S2S; corn and oat chop, s26
per ton.
Flour-Michigan patent, best. IS 30,
ordinary patent 81 95: straight 81 Sc
clear, 81 65 per bbl in wood.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
pprsRvTFRTIN

Regular services In the Presbyterian
church next Sunday. Preaching at
1890 a. m. and 100 p. m. Sunday school
at ii As a. m.
Prayermeeting every Thursday even
ing. Ali cordially invited to attend
these services. e. III. Douglass, Pastor
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
/ QBURcB NoTES.
y The Pastors OF the Various Churches Of
4 the Village Are Invited 70 Hand In
Church Items Each Week
SGS~<
CHURCH OF CHRIST.

CHURCH OF CHRIST.
Communion service at 1890 a. m.
preaching at IL 90; Bible School at 1900;
9. K. at $50 p. m. and preaching at 7:S0;
Prayer Meeting Thursday evening at
7:3O. A cordial invitation to these serv.
Ices il extended to all.
J. A. Bullock, Minister.
METHODIST EPIsCoPAL.
Service DEMONSTRATING at 1890 q.
m: Sunday school at HAS; and preach
ing at TOO. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at 1880.
Everyone invited to attend all these
services. X. u. Lawrason, pastor.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
BRIEF REVIEW Of
A WEEKS EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST lMPOR-
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS

Information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers Of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal OF the
Busy Man.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19

East Buffalo.-Cattle-Be export
ss'5oG75o: best best 1000 to P1P ioosib' $50 ,sS
good. ,4@450; common, sSGS.5O; trim
ESQ., butchers heifers. S4.5OQ5; light
feeding. steers, s5Q5.25; best stock
ers. .s450@475; common stock
as; bologna bulls. s4@4a5: STOCK S1SS
bulls s3Q350 The good cows sold
strong, others steady; good cows, t459
Hogs.Market strong: heavy and
medium. t5.S0G5.S5; few fancy, 1890;
workers, $5.S0@5.S5; pigs, s5.25; roughs,
t4.75: closed steady.
s6.3OG6.40; culls, IS a 5. so; wethers. $50
@5.25 ewes. s4.5OQ475; heavy lambs,
$40.
Calves-strong; best. s725: medium
to good, S5.50@5.75; heavy. s3.5005.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-19
THE MARKETS.

Observation-Disclosures dryfed steers
and heifers; seas Is; steers and heifers,
1000 to 1000, IS 25Q5 so: steers and
heifers, 500 to 1000 81 S5Q5 so; grass
steers and heifers that are fat 500 TO
1000. "a 1905 %; grass steers and heif-
ers that are fat, 500 TO 700. $464 so;
choice fat cows, 81 IS; good fat cows,
81 5OQ1 rs; choice heavy bulls. 81 500
4 40; fair to good bologna bulls, SO rs
"a rs: stock bulls, 81 1903; choice
feeding steers, 500 TO 1000. 81 1904 rs;
fair feeding steers 500 TO 1000, $40
so; choice stockers, 500 to 700. So IS a
80; fair stockers. 500 to 700, So $50
so; stock heifers:. sSQ3 25; mixers,
large. young. medium age. $40G45;
common mixers, $20630.
Veal calves-Market Csc higher; best
IS 25q7; others, S4@6; milch cows and
springers, $3Q5 lower.
Sheep and lambs-Market, spring
lambs trihe higher; other grades
steady; best lambs. IS IS: fair TO good
lambs. 81 50Q5; light TO common lambs,
SO 5000 25: spring lambs, $6 50@7 so;
fair to good butcher sheep. SO 5044 25;
culls and common. $2G3 so.
Hogs-Market good stun steady, last
weeks prices; pigs. 10c to l5c higher.
Range OF prices: Light to good butch
ers. IS 35@5 as; pigs, 81 50G4 rs; light
workers.. IS 30Q5 35; roughs. 81; stays,
1-3 on.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-24

trict but smaller than Assembly district hfcy
signers; and for delegation from an entire As.
semoly district and more election districts.
100 signers. The bill also provides for a fling
fee OF $ for the nomination OF election district
delegation and g each for each election district
in larger delegation
The nominations must BE- fled later than the
eighteenth day before the primary. and the posi-
ton II any SCI OF norn1ratiOns on the bauo- q
governed by the date OF hling. The first nor,ina-
tons 70 be fled get the first place IN the portion
allotted 70 that delegation
The bill IL is understood here vas drawn -
Collin II. Woodward who drew last years Prentic.
bill, which vetoed by the Governor II IS IN
tended % meet some Of the Governors Objections
One OF these 70 rhe use OF the circle Tnis
IS done away with bv the substitution OF the a-xr
and second blank columns before the deIeSsts,u
the first 70 receive the marks % voters Or -vlr
tickets and the second for the straight ticket Tr,
measure provides for The same method Of challenge
with the same questions as provided In the election
law. and the procedure the polls = exacvlv ths
same.
It is understood here that Aiu has the sr1,-
port OF Herbert Parsons who will probably secure
its Endorsement by the county committee II is
said however that il has the secret opposi-io, Of
nearly every district leader OF New York county
e had the Prentice bill
New-York tribune., 1908-02-24
PAGE WON'T 4CT NOW.
Doesn't Intend to Ask for Board of
Education Inquiry.

Senator Alfred p. Page will not introduce reso-
luton calling for legislative investigation of the
Beard of Education. following inquiry into
charges OF graft in the purchasing of pianos by
tie committee or buildings. Governor Hughes, who
was asked to institute legislative investigation.
las not acceded this request Yet. neither has
he instructed Senator Page 10 introduce resolu-
ton to that effect
Whether or not the Governor will take action
on the question problematiCaI. but it Is under
stood that unless there are further Developments
he Will leave all investigation the proper authori-
ties in this city
Il have no present intention OF introducing any
resolution calling for an investigation Of the Board
of Education said Senator Page last night Il un-
derstand tina; inquiry into the purchase of
pianos for the city schools has already been made
or is being made Former Commissioner Wilbur
and Assembyman Greenberg have talked 10 me on
the subject but l do not intend to act. certainly
not t present
sernbly District which is in Senator Pages Senate
district intends TO introduce. either Tonight or in
the near future a resolution asking for lesis-
lative inquiry. Greenberg Is 4 Democrat. as
is also former Commissioner John \ Wilbur ana
il is understood that il is at Mr.. Wilburs sooita-
ton and through his representations that Mr.
Greenberg will act
The resolution will be something in the nature OF
a Democratic measure. Members of the minority
marty in both the Senate and Assembly have been
asked 10 support it. Its fate will depend mainly
upon the attitude Page takes II is thought
Mr Wilbur started the inquiry into the purchase
Of pianos by laying charges of graft and nefciency
In this respect before the Board of Education. ana
later before Governor Hughes Members of the
board are inclined critcise his crusade beins
an attempt on his part stir up trouble" for the
commissioners Of education. They recalled the
facts that Mr. Wilbur a candidate for reap
pointment on the board after the expiration of his
first term, and that Mayor Mcclellan. man OF
his oun political faith. refused reappont him.
Richard II Adams who recently resigned as
chairman of the Committee on Buildings. said he
believed Mr.. Wilhur's charges were made out of
malice. and that while a commissioner Mr.. Wilbur
got that committee 10 award contract for seven
teen pianos a firm in this city which had never
before furnished single piano tbs department.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-24
CHIEF OF POLICE KILLED.
Troops Out in Fayetteville, n. e.,
to Preserue Order.

Fayetteville. n. c., Feb. 23.-Chief Of Police
Benton of this city shot dead in front OF
his home here to-day, just after the church SER
vices by negro named Sam" Murchison, who
was crazed with drink He also shot two negroes
a fevAminutes before he shot the chief
year ago Chief of Police Chason. and Police
man Lockamy were killed in blind tiger raid,
and a third policeman was wounded. Tom
Walker. who shot the policemen, was hanged on
April IS.
Murchison was cap aptured hour after the
shooting to-day. and placed in jail He is suf-
fering with a wound in the thigh. inflicted by
Chief Benton's sixteen-year-old son, who just
after his father shot took his fathers pistol
and pursued the murderer. crowd gathered
and tried TO take Muchison from the officers and
lynch him. but the prisoner was landed in cell
after a hard struggle.
Another shooting occurred tonight when a
drunken negro attacked several white boys, and
while he was resisting arrest a policeman shot
him probably fatally. There is great excite
rnent in the city and military companies on
duty by order of the Governor.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-24
RAILROAD MEN INDoRsE PRESIDENT.
His Action Oh Wage Question Approved at
Atlanta Mass Meeting.

Atlanta Feb 23.-Fifteen hundred railroad
re, -eo-esentinz all Of the different labor
unions whose members find employment with
the railroads centring here met IN mass meeting
today and adopted resolutions indorsing Presi-
dent Roosevelt's action in ordering tnvest1ga-
ton Of the reported cut in wages 20 he made
- -be railroads when the so-callei nine hour
law goes into effect March J.
Another resolution denounces the attempt or
ne railroads 10 reduce wages and action was
taken looking 10 permanent organization OF
those represented to-day's meeting
The resolution indorsing President Roosevelt
zas as follows
Resolved That this body cheerfully indorses
The action Of courageous President or me
tinted states in ordering the chairman OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission TO investigate ?
ne action OF the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
81 r5e desire 70 cut the wages Of its employees.