The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-26
.uTTl[ LOCAL Stories

No new saloon bonds were presented
TO the council this week and no new
territory placed In the saloon-re-
stricted district.
Perry c. Collins, who keeps candy
and cigar store at Bethune-ave. and
Beaubien-st., has been left fortune
OF 100000 by the death OF a bro
Their, Samuel. in Lima, Ohio. The
property. which is In the heart of
the Ohio oil fields. consists OF farms,
city lots and business blocks.
IN speech delivered at the Board Of
Commerce membership luncheon In
the Penobscot Inn. Tuesday. former
Postmaster Dickerson told Of the de-
fects in the postofiice as seen from
the inside. IF any private corpora
ton were conducted under the
methods in vogue in the postoffice
department 1t would be bankrupt
In twelve months" he said
Fearing that the accident to Eber
Ward, the aged, captain who fell
from the elevator liz the Campau
building several weeks ago, might
prove fatal, the old mans deposition
was filed In circuit court, Tuesday
afternoon Shortly after the aeei-
dent Mr.. Ward started suit for $780,
900 damages against Daniel j. Cam
pau. owner OF the building.
The downpour OF rain, Tuesday,
which converted the streets into
miniature rivers, gave the Detroit
United railway no end of trouble
and no less than 200 motors were
burned out during the day, entailing
considerable expense and endless
annoyance. The storm ceased early
I'm the evening. however, and the
sun came out Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Ella Smith, who resides with her
family at No. 800 Grand River.ave.,
wishes 1t understood that Miss Ethel
Smith, the young girl who figures a
the complainant against Edward
Chadman, awaiting examination III
the police court on 4 serious charge,
is not her daughter. The little girl
is the child OF Mrs. Eva Smith, VINO
lives at the same address on Grand
Rfver-ave.
The Supreme Herd of the Order OF
Moose leaves Thursday for Wasr
ington To intall a new herd there.
Among those who will go from Dc
troit are Chas. Gadd, supreme presi-
dent; Peter Drexelius, past supreme
president; Joseph Jenkin. supreme
recording secretary; Thos. Debor,
supreme financial secretary, and
Thomas Therrat, trustee. Other Oh.
ficers will join at Buffalo.
William GoeIIner, an employe Of the
Home Telephone Co., was painfully
burned about the face In the ex.
plosion OF gasoline tank he was
using while at work on the cables
In the basement of the company's
main exchange, Tuesday afternoon.
He saved his eyes from injury by
shutting them tightly. Goellner was
taken to st. Mary's hospital In
East End ambulance. His condi-
tion Is not serious.
Although he declares he is heir to a
fortune left by an aged uncle, who
died recently in Los Angeles. Cal,
Charles Bell, OF Ypsilantl. was
found guilty OF stealing six cents
worth of beef from a restaurant in
his home town and was committed
to the house OF correction for 81
days Tuesday evening. Bell, who Is
about 40 years old, protests that he
Is innocent OF the theft. He has a
wife and five children.
Herman FisheI, the Kalamazoo mer-
chant for whom a warrant was Is
sued Monday. charging him with OBJ
tanning s275 worth of goods from A.
Krolik q Co. on false representa-
lions as TO his financial ability, was