The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-19
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Controller Doremus has agured II ont
that % would cost the city xI2O,0OO -
year for 30 years To pay interest ana
principal ON $20000g0 OF bonds the
amount spoken OF for new Bell.
Isle bridge and convention hall.
Theodore sxcrockoicx, aged I years. of
Ma. 62 Roby-st set lire to his cloth
ing, Tuesday, while playing win
matches. and was seriously burned.
DIR. II. l.. ObetZ. who attended the
child In Grace hospital. believes ne
Will recover.
Arrested for the alleged theft of an
umbrella from the Hotel Pontchar-
train, George /. bennett was identi-
fled. Tuesday. as a paroled convict
from jackson prison, and was re-
turned 10 the institution to serve out
his term bennett has served two
terms on Blackwell's Island. He was
sentenced 10 jackson some years ago
for the theft OF "a ring in that city.
The siN companies Of the seventh In
fantry that have been nt Chicknn,nu-
ga park FOR several months. viii
reach Fort Wayne. Friday, after
marching 200 miles at the rate OF 10
miles day The two companies now
al Fort Wayne will leave Thursday
for Camp Perry wnere they VIII
perform the duty known as sand
rats" at the national shoot, In which
representatives OF the states. the
arm -stl4d- at.i- Wv HI et3fffFe te.-
AFTER "a quarrel with her youthful hus-
band, August schultz, Mrs. Myrtle
schultz. aged 16. left her home at
No 4OT Congress-st east. last Saiur
day morning and her husband and her
mother. Mrs Elizabeth Johnson, with
whom the couple made their home,
believe she has committed suicide.
The police were notified Tuesday
night OF the woman's disappearance,
and Detectives Wilkinson and Black
haze beer assigned TO the case
Atty.-Gen. BIRD has refused Ia start ne
ton In behalf of the people to pre-
vent the awarding of paving con
tract on Michigan-ave. outside the
city limits, to John Mereier- Mer-
Ctcr was awarded the contract by
the COUNT road commissioners, but
Ferdinand Porath, who claimed TO he
the lowest tcnderer, started action in
til e-clr1Allt- caQrl-tu-E Restrain Mera.lGr
from starting work. The refusal or
the attorney general To take actor.
leaves the commissioners free TO be-
gin work.
sheriff james 4. Shoemaker. of Helena,
Mont. arrived I'm Detroit. Tuesday,
armed with requisition papers Tor
Charles Clement, rs years old. arrest
cd several days ago. under an assumed
name, at the request OF the authorl-
tics of Helena. where ne is wanted
on a charge OF safe blowing through
a flaw in the papers. the sherin VIII
he Obliged to rema here few days
until IL can be corrected Clement
-arEastad- MIA L.ahross Est
along with four others, VINO nave
since been released
steve Betke, aged IL, and otto Franz.
ngcd y, were sentenced By Judge
Rohncrt i'm the juvenile court Tues !
day afternoon. the former to the re-
form school, and the latter To the
y Arcambal home. The boys were IN |
court last Saturday. charged with Il |
--+ttet b+i+'',4f-.4 l.tssa with
warning. They promised To be good,
and did go To sunday school, but on
the way home, broke Into a store at !
No 1896 Fort-st. west. and stole !
$3.50. That night they slept in
coal yard. and Tuesday morning were
caught In the cellar OF another store. !
A hinge Packard touring ear running
Ut ~ high rate of speed on the wrong
Side Of Jefferson ave, crashcu- tifte-eTf
carriage containing l. }. Provost ana
family. who reside at the Beaudry
farm Tuesday night. The occupants
OF The carriage Mr. and Mrs. Pre- !
vost, their son and grandson. and
Mrs. Morancy, were thrown vl2Iehiiy
bruised The horse was badly
hurt that IT will probably, die The
driver OF the auto backed his ma
chine away from the wreck and hur-
ried away. leaving his victims lying
In the road.
The weather bureau has given out the
following forecnstt. "a barometrfc
depression will advance from the
Pacific To the Atlantic coasts from
about Aug. 20 TO -. crossing the
Rocky mountain districts Friday. the
plains states Saturday. the central
valley and lake region sunday and
Monday. and the Atlantic states Mon
day and Tuesday. preceded In the
several sections by temperature ris-
ing somewhat above the seasonable
average and accompanied by wei
distributed rains that Will probably
cover the cotton belt whore rain Is
needed and followed by two or three
days OF comparatively cool and set
tlcd weather.
President Fred Postal. of the Michigan
state Fair association, nnnounces that
Tuesday, Sept. =, has been set apart
as editors day at the fa Wi, ana c ina!
will be turned over To them on that
occasion. Fi1c members of the Mich
igan Press association and their
wives will be royalty entertained.
There will be the airship exhibition.
Dan Patch will go against his record
-i4tt.-andL there viii be other spe-
ciaI features during The Httcrroof,
while i'm the evening the fireworks
will be the attraction. Dinner Will
be served in the dining room or the
North Baptist church ana a. IL Finn
and H. ri Bower. Of the church. at
one time state editors. VIII exert
themselves for the Entertainment OF
their former co-workcrs.
The children OF the Protestant Orphan
asylum were given rent Ucnt
TUESDAY. by Merrill y Mills the De
troit millionaire. the Youngsters be-
-Sruprrp rrrr- sprurftrr -AaN-in all
kinds OF FUN Mr.. Mills gave the
orphans similar outing last year.
and provided FOR almost everything
the littie ones could wish A. Mr..
Mills was unable 10 ACCOMPANY the
boat. Capt. J. ". Westeet1 took
charge of the excursion IN Ms stead.
h While the children from that asylum
were having Nsuch a Jolly tiue the
inmates from the Gorman pr0tost ant
Orphan asylum on West Grand blvd.
were being given p delightful outing
on the Bois Blanc boat by the Rev.
Mr. Haas and the congregation from
Is st Matthews German church
John Hillfnghurst. marine cook. Nv
ing -No4S1z- Oailand-aNr prac-
tically KIDNAPPED hts two sons from
the shelter home OF the :. y c. G.. at
No. 253 Brush-st.. Tuesday afternoon.
Billinghurst promised his dying wife
four years ago that hc would keep
the poys together and has kept
housekeppr 10 care for them while
he was away -ReeeRtly-the woman
left and the fathers sister placed the
children In the home. saying She
could not care for th"m. When Bill
49, l.l4l .zI-wcnt nftcr lis boys he SAYS
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