The Detroit times., 1908-08-01
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Band concertsi Saturday evening, clark
parkt Sunday afternoon, Belle Isle.


Band concertsi Saturday evening, Clark
park Sunday afternoon, BELLE Isle.
l.. n. Mont -Gomerie will speak In the
McGreGor mission sunday eventnx nt
7:15. and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Roush
will sing.
/. John Coughlin, saloonkeeper at no. - -
presence of eurglar IN .a has nI Fri.
day morning. He tried to eaten the
thief. but the latter made clean
getaway down the back stairs.
The Detroit Socialists VIII hold two
AZ $40 o'clock. one at JEFFERSON ana
Hoicomb-aves and the. other at
Michigsn-ave. and PARK -pl,, ne
Stocker. J. w. Pickering. w. r.
Mckinney and W. Cooney
Mr.. Mary Wfsniewski, nm Austrian
pole who Claims to have come To TINS
country only a month ago, was a,
rested by Detectives Gill and VIII
+. son. Friday. on suspicion OF attempff-
ing to steal piece or SILK In j.
spaurlisns nm g in c0 the central station
pending investigation.
Prlses TO he awarded the most beauu-
fully decorated yachts taking part In
the water fete on Aug. IL are now on
Exhibition in the windows OF Wright.
Kay & Co, Traub Bros. g. Co.. and =.
w Warren & Co. The prizes inciuos ,
solid silver pltcners anu SupS, =. !.
will be SO awarded as to give poats
OF different sizes equal opportunities
A dog. described by the police ms "a
yellow cur In "under arrest IN the
central station. He belongs 70 Lohy
Depaaras. an italian, No. 2O3 Larned-
St east, and IS alleged TO nave oltten
three people. Tony. however, insists
4 that the dog IL of very playIul uis
position and cannot believe ne Wouiu
harm anyone The dog will be held
for Investigation.
For more than a year the general de-
livery division of the Detroit post
Office has been receiving letters LOT
THOMAS w. Miner none of which has
ever been called for. They are sent
regularly to the dead letter office FOR
return to the T wrlter r,t put Is st SUPPOSED
TO be Miners mother, who lives IN
little town In Massachusetts.
septimus w. Turner. "a years old. OF
River Rouge, was arFes'e ,h % autSort-
( ties Of Deckerville. Mich. where ne
, = Is wanted on a charge or stealinB 20
tons OF scrap iron from Ghioe , s, ar ;
: OF No 3l6 Clinton-ave. The Iron, dis-
: >appeared from Deckerville last Oct-
ober and was traced TO Turner. me
latter says he. was getting ready 70
go out to Deckerville to pay Tor the
shipment when arrested.
The nrst annual banquet OF the North
ern Insurance Underwriters club was
held In the Hotel Ste. Claire. FRIDAY
u.
ization attending. Speeches were
made by Clarence l.; Ayres. vice
president and general manager OF
the club: James F.. Barry. insurance
commissioners, who acted as toast
master; VI v. Rowland. deputy lnsur-
ance commissioner; r. X. Orr, Frank
Kennedy and Willard King
Solomon Wagner, the wealthy real es-
tate dealer Of No. IS Brewster-st,
who suddenly disappeared from his
home nearly six weeks ago aIter
a. agreeing to meet his family at Belle
Isle. has been finally located In st.
Louis He gives as reason Tor leav-
ing that he wanted TO scare MS VIE
Wagner. II Is said, proposed taxing a
vaaction some weeks ago, but Mrs
Wagner objected so lie left as ne ala
Just TO cause little excitement.
The state hoard of health has reported
that wyandottes drinking water -
poluted by the sewage OF Detroit
Seven samples of water taken from
different places In the river were re-
Gently sent to the board for examina-
ton One sample taken from PEN
stock contained 10000 bacilli Of vari-
Gus Kinds to every cubic centimeter:
Water from the river channel showed
$4,000 bacilli TO the cubic centimeter.
The board recommends that the city
establish n filtration plant.
Detective Robert Palmer. who went TO
Cleveland 20 bring back James Mon
with the recent burglary In the Palms
apartments. returned alone Friday.
The Cleveland police have decided 10
hold Montague on a charge OF rob-
bling an apartment house In that
city They claim to have good case
against him. To Palmer, Montague
admitted that he knew OF the Palms
lob and named jeweler TO whom the
loot had been sold. but denied having
had a part In IL. Lieut.. Tom Lally
says Montague is Monte Mccormick,
Chicago crook.
No conclusion was reached by the state
railroad commission, which met here
Friday to hear the complaints of the
Detroit wholesalers against the ex-
cess baggage rates charged by the
railroads I'm the state. Another hear
ing will be had In September. The
wholesalers want to have a schedule
established OF 1--WE cents per 100
pounds. with a minimum OF 25 cents,
and to have the rate computed at
one-sixth OF the passenger fare for
all distances over Is miles. instead
of for distances over as miles. az at
present. Frank s. Munger. OF Edison.
Moore q Co. and J. j. Crowley, OF
Crowley Bros, were witnesses at the
afternoon session of the commits
sion. their evidence tending to show
that excess baggage rates are much
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