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The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
FLAMES SURROUND
MICHIGAN COPPER
DISTRICT
MILLION DOLLARS WORTH or
DAMAGE DONE TO STANDING
TiM6ER-ToWNs ON DANGER
OF DESTRUCTION.

HOUGHToN. Mic, Sept. 9.--North-
ern Michigan's copper region is being
hame-swept. Many towns are in grave
danger OF obllteration and the smoke
pail over Lake Superior is binding,
far out from the shore.
During the past 4 hours It is es-
tlmated damage to the amount OF
$l,OOO,000 has been done TO standing
timber throughout the country. IL is
impossible to get any word from the
southern end of the township, tele-
phonic and telegraphic communica~
ton being destroyed, but early re-
ports were that great damage was
feared and that the situation is al
most a critical one
Undoubtedly the serious fire is that
which ragged in the vicinity OF All
meek. During the afternoon the fires
advanced tow thin thirty feet OF near
est houses and appeals for assistance
were sent to many surrounding towns.
Ahmeek Residents in Fear.
A high southwest wind was blow
ing and the Ahmeek Mining Co.'S
property was in great danger. Late
reports are that the fire isu nder con-
troll, but the situation is still critical.
The town is practically deserted. peo-
pie having moved their household
goods TO other locations.
Fierce fires are raging in the south
range district and reports from On
tonagon county this evening are that
farmers there have been forced TO
flee.
AT 8 last night fire had reached a
point three-quarters OF mile from
CHASED, sawmill town, eight miles
east of here, and fears were expressed
that the town might be wiped out.
Hundreds of watchmen have been sta
toned at the Worcester Lumber COM
pany's camps and mill. and every eff
fort will be made to prevent the fire
reaching habitation. The farms sur
rounding Chassel are in danger of be-
ing wiped out any minute.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
"YOUNG TURKS" ARE
FAVORED BY BRITAIN

NEW YORK, Sept. 9.-Nakle Mou-
tran pasha, whose s2e ,eee,eee has been
OF the utmost service to the Young
Turks in their bloodless revolt against
Abdul Hamid H.. Sultan of Turkey.
has been selected as the honorary
president OF the Syrian Union Otto
man society, an organization made up
OF 1000 Syrians IN this city, and
which will have branches In ~'ery
CITY I'm the world where the reform
sutrit- has taken root. Moutran Pasha
declared that the society Is designed
nartly TO counterfeit what Turkish lib
eralists regard as the pernicious infiN
ence of Wilhelm Ii. ana the German
government In Turkish affairs.
I'VE have received assurances that
creat Britain and France are heartily
IN sympathy with our definite plan or
removing the present sultan from the
throne" he said. Possibly l am di-
vnlging a diplomatic secret. at any
rate the fact remains as ! have stated
IL England and Franco Will prevent
William II. from raising a sword or
srIng musket in defense OF the pres
ont ruler"
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
HARTMAN TELLS EN-
WHERE HE STANDS

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Sept. &c
RI. Hartman. who arrived here from
southern Oregon, where he spent his
summer vacation, was given a recep-
ton at the Paramount hotel which was
attended by 400 of the leading merch'
ants, bankers and business men Ct
San Francisco and other bay cities.
Immediately after the reception Mr..
Hartman and his family left for the
east on his special train.
In responding TO the chairman's ad
dress Mr.. Hartman said:
Il believe in fair dealing and n fair
return on capital invested and the
thoughts. brain work and nervous
force that must be put in large enter.
prises. We are entitled TO something
for that. We are more than mere
machine and just as human as the
rest of you are"
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
Around the Stale
in a Hurry

IonIa--William Gordon, farm
hand employed by Dan Wilson. who
lives In Portland township, is In jail
here on a charge OF having placed poi
son in the coffee of the Miller family,
with whom he had disagreement.
Muskeeon-Geo. Mitchell, of this
city, lies in Mercy hospital In a criti-
cal condition from knife wounds al
legged TO have been inflicted by Chas.
Rutledge. OF Whitehall, who has dis
appeared The stabbing occurred in
Mitchel's store on Western-ave. There
were no witnesses. Mitchell was
found lying upon the store floor In an
unconscious condition.
Ann Arbor-The question who was
nominated candidate for prosecuting
attorney at the primaries in this coun-
~, was settled by the official count,
Storm winning by one vote. Mistakes
were made In the original count In
Scio and Lynden townships.
Grand Raplds-Cari G.. A Voight, n
prominent resident OF Grand Rapids.
and one of the best-known millers In
Michigan. died here last night. after
an illness OF two years duration. Mr..
Voigt was IS years old. He was
prominently identified with the bank
ing and financial interests of the state
and at the time OF his death was pres
ident of the votgt Milling Co.
Lansine-A meeting OF the state
railway commission will be held in
Detroit Thursday and Friday to hear
evidence In the matter OF excess bag
gage charges.
Grand Rapids-Fred s. Hughes, To-
cal manager for the Globe Loan Co.
of Cincinnati was arrested, charged
with embezzlement. The warrant
reads for an amount in excess OF SIS.
but II is said that the figure will run
to $4,000. Hughes IL said TO have Sc.
cured the money through the medium
OF dummy mortgages.
Bay City-John Skunk was arrested
at Essexville. at the home of his IA.
ther.in Iaw.- -susPleieH-eE knowing
something about the murder OF jacob
Haas, saloonkecper in Toledo.
Skunk formerly was employed by
Haas but he says he was in Michl.
gan al the time Haas was killed. The
arrest was made at the request of a
Toledo detective, who came here with
a brother Of Haas
Menominee--After awakening from
a spree. John Benson. OF Soperton.
found the dead body OF his comrade.
James O'Connor. lying by his side
in the churchyard at Soperton. O'Con.
nor and eBnson had met two Poland.
ers With whom, It is alleged. O'Connor
got into a fight. Two Polanders were
arrested at I.oana Junction
Beifsire-Giibert T. Bentiy,, eandl.
date for Republican nomination for
judge Of probate OF Antrim county,
who appears 10 have been defeated
by four votes in favor OF Ernest r.
Harris, has-filed- "a petition for re.
count OF the votes OF Elk Rapids and
Mancelona.
Lansino-Sudden death has remoy
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09

ed Rev. Alfred Curry, who was "a
years old and one of the Oldest Bap
list ministers In the state. He was IN
active ministerial work As years. He
was the father of Rev. F. l.. Curry OF
the South Street Baptist church.
lanslne-Oscar Downs, baker
and well-known local character was
found dead In bed here, last evening
A bottle Of whisky containing sufi
cient potassium cyanide TO cause
death, was found by his bedside II
is the theory of the police that tn
poison was taken with suicidal intent
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
cAftempfs His Ozun Life
Rather Than Let Brother
Commit Crime of Cain

IRWIN, Pa. Sept 9.--Rather than
allow his brother to commit the crime
of Cain, Angelo Manchillo, an italian.
of Larimer, according TO a remarkable
statement made to Irwin surgeons and
officers. last night, planned to take his
own life.
Manchilo Is suffering from three
self-inflicted stab wounds from the et-
forts of which doctors say he cannot
recover.
The injured man said that he and
his brother Michael had quarreled and
that the latter had threatened To kill
him. Believing that the threat would
be carried out at the first favorable
opportunity. Manchello asserts he
slashed himself He may die.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
Nav put over Contempt Case.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 9.-The hear
ing In the contempt proceeulnes ., me
buck stove & Range Co: against iapor
officials who are alleged 10 nave Vio.
lated AN injunction to discontinue =
boycott. may not be hello until oc,o,
hpr
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
BROWN & co.'s CAPITAL
LITTLE OVER S2oo,o

NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-One OF the
most surprising developments or the
suspension of the stock exchange frm
of A. y. Brown a. Co. was the au-
nouncement by ex-Congressman Chas'
f. Littlefield the receiver, that when
the firm started in business IN 1y02,
1t had only $4,000 capital.
The announcement that the hrms
capital was only 100000 and that the
only money put into the concern up
TO last July were the profits was
surprise TO persons in Wallst. who
thought they knew something about
the grms finances. Albert o. Brown
senior member of the firm, who mar
ricd a daughter of Geo. Arents, a di
rector of the American Tobacco Co.
was thought to have several hundred
thousand dollars in the business and
Il has been said that Lewis Ginter
Young, a nephew of Maj. Ginter. one
OF the organizers OF the American
Tobacco company and also of Mr.
Aronts. put upwards of half a million
dollars into the business.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
EAST nIEFALO.

BUFFALO, sept. tSpec1H1. I-=CUt@
tlc-Fecripts light and steady. Hogs
Receipts 5000, strong; heavy s..SSH
ss41.-ane deck. s1.hh. workers.. $1,000
40. pigs s6U6.15. grassy hoss, WV
Z. Sheep-TyecGTptz tseee5 stHefsr-$s
Calves-fa
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
Loo | Ite m S

The Detroit Handle Co.. organized TO
manufacture handles OF all kinds,
filed articles of association Tuesday
morning. The company Is capitalized
at $1,000, all OF which hash been paid
in cash. The stockholders are Brock
c. Eby, Charles Cray end William r.
stevens.
Com missioner Breltmeyer has received
only one entry far from Detroit
youths ambitious 10 contest in the
kite-nyinR match ON Belle Isle Sat
urday. for which prizes have been
offered. The park department IL
anxious to get a number OF entries.
Judge Donovan has postponed hearing
until Friday on the petition OF Jos.
W. Dutton for an Injunction TO re-
strain the city from going ahead with
grade separation at ScOtten-ViEe-
r--ltall- Ln-INesternzb blvd
Frank \. Atkinson wrnts 20 establish
handsome boot blncl<iDg shop ON
the MiChiRan-ave. sidewalk adjoining
- the city Kau The council committee
has turned him down, though he was
willing 20 pay SO per month
rental.
Busineas-IIke PFInrfnu. -vu-fass- eHA-
no feathers. The plain, neat Kind. hat
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
Brief Telegraph
Items Of Interest

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. Sept. o.
Fire, originating in the dining room
OF the Hotel Redding. al Dayton, near
here, destroying n block Of dwellings
and business houses injuring two per-
sons, one perhaps fatally, inhicting a
loss of So. 600 and for L time threat
ening the entire town.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
THE WEATHER.

Detroit and vicinity "wednesday
day .-fafri -ntetionnrx
trmp~rsturet light To fresh southwest
erly winds.
Thur.dnyt NO decided change I'm tenn
pernture.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
nnsTON WOOL.

BOSTON, Sept 9.--The local demand
for wool continues light. despite easier
prices an all lines. Only a few trans
actions have been over a hundred thou
sand pounds the heaviest being q sale
OF Nevada half blood at SOC. Fine ter
rltory staple Is lower with few deal
ings, and Ohio washed delaine is in but
little demand. The leading domestic
quotations range as follows: Ohio and
Pennsylvania fiees--xx. 32433c: No.
washed, 34u35c; fine unwashed, GOA
2lc; n blood combing. 26d &c; a. blood
combing. 2Gv: "a blood combing 25c;
delaine washed. 35036c; delaine un-
washed, 26m27c. Michigan. Wisconsin
and New York heeces--FIne unwashed
100 zoe; delaine unwashed. 256D26c,
a blood unwashed. s5 II CSC; q. blood
unwashed. 20 a zee; y blood unwashed
23n 24c Kentucky, Indiana and Mis-.
souri--% blood. 25d &c: u blood, 20 n
24c. Secured values: Texas-Fine 2
months. 12n13c; from 6 10 months
as@47c: fine fall. 42G4s California
Northern, 40 SIC; middle county. $50
soc: southern. 8793sc: fall free, S5 d
SIC. OreRon--Eastern No. staple, 81
45sc: fine medium staple, 55 II SIC; fine
clothing AZ 4Sc, ina medium Clothing
"a d45c; n blood. 500 55c: a blood. As
9Soc; u blood 43Q46c. Pulled-Ex-
trad. 5en67c; nne. 50052c; A supers,
~ tpC.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09

CHICAGO, Sept 9.-vspeaker Joseph
G.. Cannon's friends and enemies are
having a battle royal under cover over
the candidacy Of Nj Cannon for speak
or OF the next congress In New Eng
land because Of the attitude of Mr..
Cannon toward the White Mountain
forest reserve; in Kansas and Ne
braska where so-caI1ed anrfCHunuu-
Ism has become a political fad.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09

A ready speaker will utter about
$500 words an hour In making an
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09

NEW YORK. Sept 9,---Ex-Mayor
Seth Low, of New York. visited Re
publican national headquarters and
concluded arrangements to make a
number of speeches In middle western
states in support Of Taft and Sherman.
lie will begin his engagements about
Oct. l.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09

Ios Printing dong rtgat. Times Print
~ Co. Is John r. at Phone tt9&
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09

AUBURN, n. Y. Sept 9.-Berthe
Claiche. the original white slave"
chief figure in one of the New York
city's recent notable murder cases, n
convict in Auburn prison. had her APP
plication for liberty favorably acted
upon by the prison parole board yes
-terday Berthe C!5iChe was tried for
the shooting of Emile Gendron In New
York city on June g. 1906
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
.-a.a.r. Umbrellas. rs Monroe.

frintins. No russ ana
no feathers. The plain, neat KIND. tnut
looks right. Times Printing Co., IS
John R-st Phone ltos.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09

HAMILTON, O.. Sept. 9.--After
shooting and killing Ferris Arnnett at
his home here. Duck Co,tongame tele-
phoned to police headquarters Tor a
patrol wagon to carry away the corpse
and walking TO Il police station sur
rendered. The men are widely known
as Kentucky feudists.
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09
Frank \. Atkinson wruts 20 establish
n handsome boot hInckinlz shop ON

Busineas-IIke PrInTfnu. no fass -eHA-
no feathers. The plain, neat Kind. hat
looks right. Times Printing Co. Is
John Kat Phone 1teA
The Detroit times., 1908-09-09

DIES MONIES. la. Sept BY
deadlocking both houses the standpat
tiers declared they have defeated Gov
A. b. Cummins for election 10 the short
term as United States senator from
Iowa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-31
PERSONAL.

Jack Johnson (colored) won the
heavyweight championship of the
world from Tommy Burns at Sydney,
Australia. The fight went IA rounds
and Johnson was declared the winner
on points. The police stopped the
bout
Cipriano Castro issued a statement
in Berlin virtually surrendering the
presidency of Venezuela.
Thomas F. Ryan, admittedly one of
the greatest powers in the financial
world, announced that, yielding to the
advice of his physicians, he had re-
signed from the directorate of 81 cor
porations.
H. Barr Elliott, formerly assistant
cashier of the First National bank of
Eufaula, Okla, was arrested on infor-
nation charging him with the robbery
of that bank on the night of December
IA last.
William H. Newman resigned as
president of the New York Central,
the resignation to take effect February
l NEXT.
John t. Atkinson, recently elected
captain of the Galveston Rifles, was
arrested by the United States marshal
on capias issued by the federal grand
jury at Waco, Tex, charging embez-
Element Of government funds.
s. c. Lillis, wealthy banker and
stock man of Lemoore, Cal, was SEN
fenced to six months in Jail and fined
$1,000 for illegally fencing public
lands.
William A. Dolph of the firm of
Neil-Dolph, lumber dealers of Mem
phis, Tenn, was arrested in San Fran
cisco on a Memphis warrant charging
him with embezzling $1,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-31
Must "BIanket" Horses.

President Theodore Borup, Wiscon.
sin Humane society, has outlined a
plan for the discovery and prosecution
of careless drivers of horses, who al
low them to stand unblanketed in win
ter blasts.
One of the main features, which is
borrowed from the custom Of societies
in other parts of the country, is the
blanket tag" which bears the legend,
blanket your horse. The law demands
it. Wisconsin Humane society" These
tags are to be used by members and
directors of the society, and also will
be given to other persons who may be
expected to use them with discretion
for the benefit Of abused animals. SUI
perintendent Zachariah Clayton is TAX
ing especial pains to prepare for the
campaign against cruel treatment and
neglect of horses during the winter.
The tags are of the regular shipping
tag size and are printed on both sides.
They are numbered so that it can be
told who attached them to the harness.
They are to be fastened with a stout
string, and will no doubt stare many a
driver in the face.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-31
NEWS NOTES
FOR The
BUSY MAN
Most Important Happen
ings of the World
Told in Brief.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

President Roosevelt received so
many kilograms urging him to pre-
vent the Imprisonment Of Gompers,
Mitchell and Morrison, sentenced for
contempt, that he asked Attorney
General Bonaparte to go over the
record with him.
Twelve months in Jail for Samuel
Gompers, president; nine months Tor
John Mitchell, one of the vice-pres1-
dents, and six months for Frank Nor
rison, secretary, all of the American
Federation of Labor, was the sentence
imposed by Justice Wright of the SUI
preme court of the District OF Column
bia for contempt of court in violating
an order previously issued enJo1nlng
them from placing on the Unfair" or
1--WE don't patronize" list the Bucks
Stove & Range Company of st. Louis,
Mo. The defendants were released on
bail pending appeal.
President-elect Taft decided to visit
Texas at some convenient time after
his Inauguration, preferably at the end
of the special session of congress.
The Panama canal will be opened
January 1, 1915, according to an Oh
fetal communication received by the
California promotion committee from
Joseph Buckline Bishop, secretary OF
the canal commission.
Andrew Carnegie appeared before
the house committee on ways and
means to testify about the tariff on
steel and made an entertaining but
not instructive witness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-31
From the State Capital
Items of Importance to Wisconsin
People. Cleaned at Madison

Madison.-Some forty members of
the faculty of the University of Wis
consin represented the institution on
the programs of various learned socie-
ties holding their annual conventions
in different parts of the United States
during the holidays. President Charles
r. Van Hise attends the joint meeting
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science and the Geo.
logical Society of America in Balti-
more, Md, where he reads a paper on
"The Principles of the Pre-Cambrian"
He will also attend the convention of
the Association of American Universe
ties at Ithaca, N. ", January Z and s.
Dean E. A. Birge will also attend the
convention of the Association for the
Advancement of Science and that of
the American Society of biologists of
the central branch of which he is pres
ident Dean G. r. Bardeen of the col
lege of medicine will read paper at
the convention of the Association of
American Anatomists at Baltimore, in
which organization he is member OF
the executive committee. He will go,
also, to meeting in New York of a
special committee of the American
Medical association appointed to con-
slider the revision and standardization
of the medical curriculum. He is chair
man of the society's anatomy section.
Dean H. L. Russell of the college of
agriculture will read a paper before
the Society of American Bacteriolo-
gists, of which he is president, at the
convention in Baltimore. Beside Pres
ident Van Hise and Dean Birge, five
other members of the faculty will at
tend the convention of the Association
for the Advancement of Science. Sew
eral members of the medical faculty
in addition to Dean G.. r. Bardeen will
read papers before the societies de-
voted to their particular field. DIR.
Joseph Erlanger will address the
American Physiological society.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-31
GENERAL NEWS.

Tortured by lighted matches APP
piled to his bare feet, H. A. Schabow,
a farmer near Curtice, O., turned over
to robbers $3.50 belonging to an in
surance company.
Because Julia Pice, aged IA would
accept neither as her husband, Powell
Formich and Michael Milanovitch of
Cleveland. o., fought duel with short
knives in darkened room. Formich
was killed after he had buried his
knife in the neck of his opponent
President Clement Armand Fail
Heres of France was attacked in a cafe
in the Place de FEtoile by a politician
named Mappis. The aged president
grappled with his assailant and was
severely bruised
In game for the high-school cham
pionship of the United States, the
Longmont high-school team of Long
mont, Col, defeated the team from the
Englewood high school of Chicago, Is
to 0, at Denver.
The Salvation Army prepared Christ
mas dinners for about 100000 poor
people throughout the country.
The United States Steel Corporation
is planning to build s10,0O0,0O0 town
at the head of Lake Superior, about
six miles from Superior and Duluth,
similar to Gary, Ind.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas pardoned John
Collins, serving a life sentence in the
Kansas state penitentiary for the muir
der of his father, ]. S. Collins, a we'll
TODD real estate and insurance man of
Topeka. in 1898. One of the witnesses
against Collins has admitted bis testi-
mony was perjured.
Federal authorities began an investi-
cation of the packing industry in Chi
cago.
A. B. Stickney, president and one
of the receivers of the Chicago Great
Western railway, resigned his receiver
ship of that road and H. c. Burt was
appointed to the place.
Acting President Gomez of Vene.
zuela ousted all the members of Cas-
tro's cabinet and formed new min
istry.
Dora Fair, 16 years old, and Lewis
Rogers, % years old, Cherokee Indians
who eloped from Chouteau, Okla, were
arrested in Kansas City. Mo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-31
TO CELEBRATE PERRYs VICTORY
Plans for international Peace Cen.
tennial" at Put-in-Bay.

Cleveland, o., Dec. 28.-In the inter-
est of peace and tranquility between
two great world powers-Great Brit
ain and America-plans are being per-
fected to invite the English govern
ment to participate in the commemor-
alton of the one hundredth anniver-
sary of the defeat of the English in
one of the notable conflicts of the war
of 1S12-the victory of Perry on Lake
Erie.
Arrangements are being made by
the state of Ohio to promote a grand
peace carnival and joint industrial ex-
hibition to be held on the Island Of
Put-in-Bay in 1918. A commission
has been appointed by the governor
to formulate program and this win
ter the state legislature will be asked
to make an appropriation which will
put the matter in concrete form. The
proposed exposition will run for sew
eral weeks during the latter part of
the summer of 1913 and will be
known as the international peace
centennial"