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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02

Harvard freshmen who attend the
annual class dinner at the American
house. Boston, Ia the latter part OF this
week. will DO under bonds TO keep the
peace and 10 preserve the hotel and
Its furnishings from damage. The
class has put up $500. which will be
forfeited II there Is any destruction o.
property In connection with the din.
ner. Last years freshmen class hal
TO put up $500 for the same purpose
The bond this year was raised by a
81 tax on each member OF the class.
the money 10 be refunded II there H.
no damage 10 pay for.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02
CURRENT PALAyER
or THE POLITICIANS

Politics will bob up in the meeting
Of the Federation OF Labor, WedneS
DAY night. delegate from the MIX
WAGON Drivers union started trounis
~ Offering q resolution that delegates
10 the council be barred from making
POLITICAL speeches at ANY time or place.
This started warm row and the mat
der was referred back 10 the team
sters joint council The occasion CIV
en- for the resolution was the alleged
manner In which some leaders In the
labor movement have taken advantage
Or their political strength to get soft
Jobs.
In the suggestion which Is being
made by some OF tf1p Republican
: leaders that George p. Codd run for
fks Republican congressional nomina.
tom. there Is an echo OF the mayoral
( Aeht OF two years age While most 81
Sodd's friends helped Edwin Denby
6qcure his seat in congress, there
were muttering two years ago that ne
& dld mot properly rec:procate by SUP
n corfing Codd strongly enough IN MS
second msyorzl campaign. Another
thing which divorced certain section
nom the DENLY following was his IN
B 11Stercs on william p Hamilton for
n posfmnster ~ against Homer Warren.
<Xarren won by the activity OF Sena,
>or Aleer but wounds were left
n The suggestion OF Philip Breitmey-
er's candidacy for mayor dates back
f. 70 the farewell dinner given In the
ola Belle I8le casino al a time when
tie battle between Breitmeyer aud
Mayor Thompson over park patters,
mss n fts height Most OF the alder.
H nan were present and they hailed
Breifmeyer at the close OF the dinner
ak the next Republican mayorai can.
y didnte. II was the a;dermanic sup
port which he got that made George
Codd such q strong candidate for
the nomination four years ago. At the
{nceprion OF the new Michigan club In
Harmonic hall. Breitmeyer received n
spontaneous reception that demon.
rtrafed that the German leader has
won strength among the rank and file
o. the party.
+ II hay be that two Germans Will
3 contest for the Republican nomination.
y ffcrry eefrtefr- hes never 1uftr-
let 50 OF his ambitfoEs 10 be the city's
Il execufi1e and ne bas a great many
r1fy staunch friends as was demon
rkfated BY the 10000 votes he secured
tExinef Codd two years ago In the
rfimaries. A bet on Carstens was
~&de In the Pontchzftrain during
.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02
THREE DROWN IN
W. VA. CL0UDBURST
MIGHTY FLOOD SWEEPING THE
TUG RIVER AND ELkHoRN
VALLEYS.

ELKHORN. w. Va, April 2.--Ex-
Cepting the cloudburst OF seven years
ago, when one hundred lives were lost,
the greatest flood ever known in the
Tug River and Elkhorn valleys now
prevails. In the last SO hours the
rainfall registered three inches. Elk
horn. Tug. Bluestone and other
streams are out OF their banks. To-
day along the Elkhorn hundreds OF
families are camping along the noun
tain sides, their homes being mum
dated
Three men were drowned by the
collapse OF suspension bridge span
ming the Bluestone river.
The dead:
]. w. YOUNG. 49,
ARTHUR CASTLE, "a.
s. w. SAUNDERS. %.
Three lives are also reported lost
az North Fork and two at Keystone.
Bridges are washed away along the
Norfolk e. Western railroad and trafic
suspended
The downpour OF rain continues.
More than thousand laborers are on
duty at repair work, but 1t Will be
many hours before traffic can be re-
sumed In this section.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02
FOR WORKING
@s MEN AND WOMEN
INTERSTATE PACT
FOR COAL MINERS
PRES. THos LEWIS HOPES TO RE.
WYE AGREEMENT WITH 81
LUMINOUS OPERATORS.

INDIANAPOLIS, April Am at
tempt is TO be made by Thomas Lew.
is, the new president OF the United
Mineworkers OF America, TO revive
the interstate agreement between the
rituminous coal workers and opera
tors.
To this end he has sent out invita-
ticns 10 the miners OF Ohio, Indiana.
illinois and west Pennsylvania to at
tend a meeting here next Monday,
when the question OF calling Joint
conference OF the miners and opera
tors OF the central competitive field
will be considered.
This was practically the first Official
action by Lewis. when he yesterday
succeeded John Mitchell as leader u
the miners. His determination 10 car
ry out the program of restoring the old
agreement may result IL longer clos
Ing down OF some Of The mines In the
district. as there is "a disposition CT
rhe part of both operators and miners
In some districts TO make local agree
menta for continuance of operations
pending new contracts
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02
MICHIGAN PATENTS.

+ WASHINGTON. April 2.--Michigan
patents were issued IA follows: A
Raeckerg Detroit. clothes dryer; d
Barker. Ann Arbor. folding crate: +
g. Davis, Detroit. faucet attachments;
G.. w Durham. Lansing, mud shield
for vehicle guards: +. Knoll. Sebe-
waing. automatic railway date and
signal. B. g. A. Laitncr. Detroit. fiex.
ible brush; q. A. McKeei. jackson,
roller bearing: F. A. schossow, be.
troit. Joint for wood members y W.
Selinsky. Dearborn, gar ment and book
support r. Steel, Detroit, detach,
able automatic action for pianos.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02
EDer Hear of a Sheep
As a Dangerous Beast7

CLINTON, Mich. April Mrs
Fisher. who was crossing a field on
the Wisner farm west OF town, on the
way 10 the home OF her daughter. Mrs
Geo. Smalley. Jr.. who lives on the ad
joining farm. was attacked by an ugly
sheep and severely injured. Many OF
ner bones were broken. The physb
clan who Is attending her. gives little
encouragement for ncr recovery.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02
EI.hlna- In- ths- phllIppInes.

Fishing is rapidly growing indus
try In the Philippinc5, engaging az
present more than 10000 natives
who gradually are adopting modeIr
methods Some OF hem cling 10 thu
primitive methods OF century ago.
spearing still being much In vogue. IL
the shallow lagoons natives catch hun.
drews OF cells with fOfked sticks. In
stead OF seines the natives make
traps. called corrals. OF bamboo and
fattan. and take tons daily IN this
manner, the corrals oeing set where
fha zfish are known 10 run. Last year
the consumption OF fab In the Islands
exceeded hair a million tons.
tie ali right 10 make some things
go "A Tar as possible. bat 10 isat poi
ley 20 stretch the ruth.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02

Manchuria is described as a good
farming country, 10 CnIna proper
sort OF American "out west" and ss
fertile In It's extensive agricultural
areas as the garden state OF Iowa. sup
porting millions Of Chinese. who have
come from the overcrowded adjoining
provinces.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02
Less Ant 20 Break.

There's many a slIP 'twixt the cup
and the iip." quoted the moralizer.
Yes" rejoined the demoralizer, IN
Is safer to drink out OF a tin bucket"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02

In Madrid dispatch published
March "a. It was stated that the
queen mother In a deposition declared
that she had been induced by swind-
oilers TO pay out $4,000 for letters
which had PASSED between her late
husband and Elena SAM. only 10 find
that she had been victimized. that
she had been given copies and that
the original letters had been pre-
served.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.

SUPHEWE OOOHE UcOToFONo'
LANSING, Mich, April 2.-The su'
preme court disposed cs the following
cases:
Afirmed-Ferris VS.. Poucher:
Boyle VS.. City OF Detroit.
Reversed=tn re Ward estate.
Schweyer VS.. Jones, Lasley w.
Kniskern.
Order TO show cause granted In
Ingham circuit Judge, motion TO recall
feri facias denied in Luther VS.. Kent
circuit Judge.
People who raise objections are al
ways sure OF bumper crop.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-02

thee. Meanwhile accept the very
best wishes OF thy
''ALPHoNso."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
METCALF STEPS OUT
sEcRETARY OF THE NAVY WILL
LEAVE CABINET DECEMBER 1.
LONG ILLNESS THE CAUSE
President Accepts Resignation with
Regret-Truman II. Newberry
Of Michigan viii BE Appoint
ed to FIJI Vacancy.

Washington.-Secr of the Navy
Victor H. Metcalf Friday rendered his
resignation to the president to take
effect December 1 on account of i'll
health. Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Truman H. Newberry will be
named as Mr.. Metcalf's successor.
For more than year the fact that
Mr.. Metcalf had suffered serious ill
ness has been we'll known at the navy
department. Formerly of vigorous
health, his friends expected that he
would be able to regain his strength,
but constantly recurring illness con-
vinced him that the only course for
him to pursue was to sever his con-
nection with all active work.
Too III to Perform His Duties.
Mr.. Metcalf has suffered from a
nervous breakdown that has rendered
It impossible for him to remain at his
desk for any length of time, and the
chronic nature of his trouble has
caused him to abandon hope of re-
covery while burdened with the cares
of office. On April Is last, he went to
California and to review the Atlantic
battleship fleet. He took long vaca-
ton, hoping to be permanently bene-
fited thereby, returning here Septem-
ber 1. Upon his resumption of Of
fetal duty, his illness promptly re-
Cured and he frankly told the presi-
dent that he could not remain in the
cabinet.
Mr.. Metcalf was thoroughly versed
in naval matters, having served on the
house committee on naval affairs while
In congress. His first appointment
under this administration was as Sec
retary of commerce and labor, which
he relinquished in order to accept the
duties of secretary of the navy on
December II, 1906.
Praise from the President.
The presidents letter accepting the
resignation was as follows:
"My dear Mr.. Metcalf: / accept
your resignation with real reluctance,
and only because you tell me that it is
imperative that you must go on ac-
count of the state of your health.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
DOWAGER EMPRESS DEAD
cHlNA's REAL RULER FOLLOWS
EMPEROR TO GRAVE.
Prince Pu-Yi, Three Years Old, Placed
on Throne Of tho Flowery
Kingdom.

Peking.-Tsze Hsi An, the dowager
empress of China, the autocratic head
of the government, which she had di-
rected without successful interference
since 1861, and without protest since
1881, died at two o'clock Sunday after
noon.
The announcement of the dowager
empress death was official and fol-
lowed closely upon the announcement
that Kuang- -Hsu, the emperor, had died
Saturday at five o'clock in the after
noon, but 1t is believed that the
deaths of both the emperor and the
dowager empress occurred a consider
able time before that set down in the
official statements.
An edict issued at eight o'clock Sum
day morning placed upon the throne
Prince Pu-Yi, the three-year-old son
of Prince Chun, the regent of the en-
pire, in accordance with a promise
given by the dowager empress soon
after the marriage of Prince Chun in
1903. An edict issued on Friday made
Pu-Yi heir presumptive.
The foreign legations were notified
by the foreign board of the death of
the emperor and the succession OF
Prince Pu-Yio. Troops have been in
readiness for several days to quell any
disorders that might arise on the
death of Kuang- Hsu, and the possibil-
lty OF uprisings was made greater be-
cause of the fact that the death of the
dowager empress was known to be
close at hand. Two divisions of
troops have been held in reserve, and
these are now stationed in various
quarters of the city. Twenty gend-
armes were dispatched to guard the
approaches to the legations, but up to
the present the duties of the forces
have been slight. 1t was announced
that the legation guard was ordered
out at THE special call of the lega-
tions on account of the emperor's
DEATH"
Prince Chun, the regent, has or.
dered the viceroys and governors to
take precautions for the continuation
OF the administration of the provinces
as heretofore, and he has ordered a
hundred days of mourning. The court
will go into mourning for three years.
Peking already has been greatly
transformed; all red objects have
been removed and blue substituted.
The people learned Sunday evening
of the death of the dowager empress,
and although the Chinese are in no.
wise emotional, they showed that they
were profoundly impressed by the
passing of their powerful ruler. The
foreigners in the city are watching
the strange ceremonies with great in
terest.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
Special Session for Tarlff.

Washington. a special ses-
sion of the Sixty-first congress will be
called soon after the fourth of March
to take up the matter of tariff revision
became known positively Sunday,
when William H. Taft, president-elect.
after spending a day at the White
House as a guest of President Roose-
velt, stated that he intended to call a
special session to meet as soon after
his Inauguration as would be reason
able. Judge Taft left at 7:05 o'clock
Sunday night for Cincinnati, where he
had been summoned on matters Of
family Importance.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
GoMPERS is DEFIANT.
He Says He Will Go to Jail Before He
Will Pay a Fine for Contempt
of Court.

Denver, Col.-President Gompers
at the session Monday of the con-
vention of the American Federation of
Labor declared that If he were found
guilty and fined in the contempt pro-
ceedings against him at Washington,
he would go to Jail before he would
pay his fine, or before he would allow
the federation to pay any fine for him.
This statement was made by
Gompers during discussion of the re-
port of the committee on the treasur-
er's report. The committee recon-
mended that Immediately following
adjournment of the convention the ex-
ecutive committee shall take up the
proposition of placing its funds where
they may be removed from danger of
attachment.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20

deringer in the back of his shoe,
where it escaped the notice of his
guards.
Capt. Duke of the police declares
that he searched Haas carefully after
stripping him and that he had no
weapon then. AS Mrs. Haas visited
the prisoner Saturday afternoon, the
officers believe she carried the der
ringer in her pocket and slipped it to
her husband.
The condition of Mr.. Heney is still
most satisfactory and the attending
surgeons report that he is making ex-
cellent progress on the road to recov-
cry. He passed comfortable night,
sleeping most Of the time, and rested
easily Sunday.
Although the bullet has been locat-
ed, imbedded in the left jaw about one
inch from the front Of the ear, the
surgeons have decided not to extract
1t until Mr.. Heney gains more
strength.
When told that his assailant had ta-
ken his own life at the county Jail, he
said:
1T is too bad he did it before giving
his reason for shooting me-"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
NO ENeAeEMENT-ELKINs.
Senator Denies His Daughter and
Abruzzi Are Betrothed.

Washington.-Senator Stephen B.
Elkins Sunday night made the en-
phatic announcement that no engage
ment exists between his daughter,
Miss Katherine Elkins, and the Duke
d'Abruzzi.
The statement was made with the
knowledge and consent of Miss FL
kins, who desired that it should be
given to the public which has mani
tested so great an interest in the mat
ter. The statement follows:
Il do not care to say anything
further than that my daughter and the
Duke d'Abruzzi are not engaged to be
married, and that regret exceedingly
the annoyance that must have come
to the duke and his family by reason
of the almost daily discussion of the
matter in the press and the constant
publication of rumors for so long
time. rumors which l venture to hope
will now caase."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
HIRES MEN TO KILL Her MOTHER
cold-B looded Plot of Chicago Woman
Is Exposed.

Chicago Plotting matricide in
the most cold-blooded manner, in
order to obtain $1,000, May L. Otis,
SO years old, carried her plans to the
point where she believed four days
would see their fulflllment, then was
arrested by the men she believed her
fellow conspirators.
She was to point her mother out to
the man she had hired to commit the
crime, that he might make no mis-
take. She had paid over 800 cash
and signed note for $2,400 to procure
the commission of the crime. She
had outlined in detail how her mother
was to be done to death and had
warned him that she wanted good
job" and did not want 1t to be amy
ambulance case"
All her planning was due to the
fact that her mother, in recent will,
had made Miss Otis her sole heir. The
woman's supposed fellow conspirators
were the head of private detective
agency and two city detectives.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
Hundreds Die In a Mine.

Hamm, Westphalia, Germany, Nov.
13.-The greatest mine disaster in
many years in Germany occurred
Thursday morning at the Radbod
mine, about three miles from this
place. There was heavy explosion
in the mine about a. M, and almost
Immediately the mine took fire.
OF $50 miners working under ground
at the time only six escaped without
injury. Thirty-five were taken out
badly injured and 81 were dead when
brought to the mouth of the pit. The
remaining 3O2 have been given up for
lost.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
BLOODY BATTLE IN OKLAHOMA.
Four Men Are Murdered by Negro
Desperate.

Okmulgee, Okla.-Five persons
were killed and ten others wounded
Sunday afternoon in a fight between
Jim Deckard, a negro desperate, and
law officers.
The dead: Edgar Robinson, sheriff
of Okmulgee county; Henry Klaber,
assistant chief of police of Okmulgee;
two negroes named Chapman, broth
ers; Jim Deckard, negro.
The disturbances began at the st.
Louis C San Francisco railroad sta
tion where Jim Deckard engaged in
a fight with an Indian boy, Steve
Grayson, and beat him into insensi-
bility with a rock. Friends of Gray
son notified the police and when Po-
liceman Klaber went to the station
Deckard fled to his house nearby, bar
ricaded himself in and when Klaber
approached Deckard shot and instant
ly killed him.
Sheriff Robinson gathered a posse
in few minutes and hurried to the
scene. Part of this posse was made
up of group of negroes, whom the
sheriff commissioned as deputies. AS
the posse approached the house
Deckard opened fire with a rifle, firing
as rapidly as he could load his
weapon. The sheriff fell first, in
stantly killed. Then two of the negro
deputies were slain.
Deckard's house was soon sur
rounded by frenzied mob of armed
men. Fire was set to a house just
north of Deckard's. Volleys were
poured into Deckard's house and he
was shot down. He was seen to roll
over on the floor, strike match and
set fire to his own house, which was
soon a roaring furnace in which his
body was baked.
Gov. Haskell at Guthrie was notified
of the battle and of the bad feeling
between whites and negroes that had
grown out of it and threatened race
riot. The governor at once ordered
the militia company at Muskogee to
prepare to go to Okmulgee and spe-
cial train was made ready to carry the
troops, the governor, remaining at his
office to keep in touch with the situa-
ton. News of the preparation to send
militia here had good effect on the
disorderly element of both races.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
HAAS KILLS SELF IN JAIL
MAN WHO WOUNDED j. F. HENEY
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Injured Lawyer Is Making Excellent
Progress on Road to Recovery,
Say Surgeons.

San Francisco.-Morris Haas, who
shot Francis ]. Heney, shot and killed
himself in his cell in the county jail
Saturday night.
Haas was in his cell at the county
Jail with his guard. He retired to bed
early, pulling the blanket over his
head. A moment afterward the guard
was surprised to hear mufiled report
Of the pistol under the blankets.
They stripped off the covering and
found Haas dying with bullet hole
through his head and blood flowing
from the wound.
Investigation showed that Haas had
cunningly hidden a small, one-shot
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
Some English surgeons have

Some English surgeons have re-
ceived permission from the Egyptian
government to make investigations
among the mummies and other things
in the Cairo museums in order that
something may be learned of the al
most prehistoric surgery. 1t Is known
that the early Egyptians were adopts
in performing certain operations
which are even now considered diff
cult.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
New Head for Wesleyan.

New Y.ork.-William Arnold Shank.
lin, president of Upper Iowa univer-
sity, Fayette, Ia, was elected on Fri
day president of Wesleyan university,
Middletown, Conn. DR.. Shanklin,
who has been president of Upper Iowa
university since 1905, graduated at
Hamilton college, this state, in 1888.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20

The latest word from Commander
Peary represents that intrepid explor-
er we'll up toward the polar sea with
his good ship Roosevelt and waiting
for a good chance to make dash
toward the pole itself. All were well
and the conditions favorable. Who
knows but the next gale that sweeps
from the frozen north will bring the
news that Peary has got there?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
Fatal Boiler Exploslona.

Sergent, Ky.-In a boiler explosion
at the Miller Lumber Company's plant
at Pound, near Pound Gap Friday,
four men were killed and four more
severely injured.
Norton, Va.-Three men were killed
outright, two were fatally injured and
two others were seriously hurt in an
explosion at sawmill plant in Wise
county Friday.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20

Western newspapers, which already
are ably conducted, are to be still bet.
ter in the future, if the colleges can
bring it about Indiana university Of
fers four courses in journalism this
year, and similar courses are arranged,
or will soon be provided for, in the
universities of Wisconsin, Illinois,
Kansas, Nebraska, Washington and
Missouri.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20

People who are objecting to the
high tax rate this year will be inter
ested, to learn of Sturminster Marshall
in Dorsetshire, England, where they
almost never have any taxes. The
total municipal expenditure last yeal
was e3 15s, of which e2 was foI
painting the village Maypole. This
year half-penny tax is to be levied
Just so the town won't seem odd.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20
SUGAR TRUST is sued for ss,e24, ,oOO.

New York City.-The United States
government has brought six suits
against the American Sugar Re-
fining Co. to recover forfeiture and
customs duties amounting to $3.624,-
121 on sugar delivered at the Have
meyer & Elder refineries in Brooklyn
during the past six years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-11-20

Here are some figures from lum-
ber camp up in Greenwood which gives
an idea as to the appetite of husky
woodsmen: There are 35 men in this
crew, and the cook reports that he
makes each day 300 large biscuits, $50
ioughnuts, SO pies, bakes six quarts of
dry beans, with potatoes, vegetables,
ETC., in proportion A large beef is
eaten every five DAYS.