The Detroit times., 1908-10-27
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purk ComnAAssaoner Ford II. T.. uiRch-
tSs ws sss'. Of az asaSSt aad
the latter may be retained for some
time In the park department Office.
TAS NsueAal Baak Of Conamerce has
ssS- rst tao ~ JsSss asaSsH g
II a. security By Cameron Currle i
Co.. except 20 shares OF Jackson. Ian
sing Saginaw rattroad stock. the
rights In this Will be determined
4 resolution will probably be Intro
duced IN the councu aRDroprfatin2
hundred dollars for the bone
Mt OF John Scherbesli. the laboror
who lost both hands In mixing n,a-
chine at the city asphalt plant lie
has wife and four young chiIcrcn
dependent and Ia now neipiess for
Independent telephone companies I'm
ALI the district east Of the Mtssissippi
are TO be united. insofar as long dis
100000 company. James Il. Aoso,
OF Cleveland. IL promoting the organ
izatlon. The Home Telephone Co. OF
Detroit IL To be member OF the
In the contest held recently for the b~st
composition ON the life and works Of
Beethoven In the Academy OF Music
IN ian Ai6ssnN N X, Miss MARY r; Past:
awarded the first honors, Geoi &C
Tyler. OF Buffalo. received the Sec
Qua award. and Miss Ruth Rice. Or
Augusta, Me-. the third.
Mrs. William Sparks, aged 60, wan scri-
ously tnJurcd Sunday night when Ale
fell getting of a Fourteenth car a.
Warren and Fourteenth aves- Ow-
ing to he. advanced age her physi-
clan gives but slight hope OF her re-
coycry. The accident was caus 81 by
the starting OF the car while the wo-
man was stepping on.
Mrs. Helen Requndt, of No. 20 Tvventl-
Rrh-at.- L. the RAJ ~ tnlSe a
hunting license ia Wayne county
this year. She leaves next Sunday
\ with her husband. Charles II. Re
quadt, for Ontonagon county. In
search OF deer. Mrs. Reauadt has
made the trip for the past six years.
and only on the FIRST trip did she fell
To Kill a deer.
The Detroit Association of Chnriti, .,
represeEtfn& nearly every charitable
institution in Detroit Will hold rs
twenty-ninth annual meeting Tusp-
day evening In the assembly room %
the Board OF Commerce. J. l. Ifud-
son is president OF the organization
- and DIR. James Post. secretary This
IS one OF Dctroits strongest organ =
nations and during the year has
given thousands OF dollars to reliese
the needy.
Edward shoemnke, who - alleged 10
be az two mon who tcrrorised
the whole country around Terra
Haute. Ind, last March, by engaging
In a Wholesale footing OF hen coops.
was arrested III DPtrOlt, mOnudy, Oy
Detectives Seymour and Fenton and
will be held FOR the authorities or
Term Harte on a. charge OF grand
larceny. shoemake has been In the
employ OF the II. Y. X. He was ar
rested while working on the tracks
at Brush and Elizabeth-sts.
The thfrt y-sixth rcunfOn Of the Tenth
Michfgau Veteran Volunteer I'm fantry
|; will ne held In Flint. Mich. Oct 20
~ and 30. The sessions Will open the
afternoon OF Thursday with roll-c1ii.
reports cf committees. death reports
and securing OF honorary members.
A fine program has peen arranged
for the campfire In the evening. FRI
day morning will be devoted TO busi-
ness. and In the afternoon the vet-
Grams will enjoy ride around the
city in autos. In the evening, a bnn-
quct Will be served by the Women's
Relief corps.
yuads nnother effort Monday after
noon TO have the libel suit against
Mayor Thompson called for trial, bur
Judge Rohnert again granted post
ponement. Mr.. Hall stated that the
/. mayor had disobeyed the courts or
der to refrain from repeating his
charges against Mr.. Garner. and OK
hibitcd a circular which ne said the
mayor was distributing. Attorney
Van Dyke. for the mayor. said the
circular exhibited to the court had
never been circulated and was oh
tained by a trick This Mr.. Hall de-
MED
In Justice OTIS court Monday AFTER
noon % jury decided thai Chief OF De-
ible for the $40 taken from Benja :
min Bennett. the young man who
stole diamonds from the Hotol Nor
mandie. The money was found IN
the Bennett home when the place
was searched for stolen diamonds.
and was turned over to AR. Fuiwell.
proprietor or the Hotel Normandie.
Capt. Mcdonnell testified that nc
never had his hands on It, The suit
was brought by Attorney Thomas
Dalton. who defended Bennett. He
Il under an assignment given
him by Bennett The latter Is said
to have admitted the money was
stolen
A. ,. kstchey. 80. OF c. w. Kotcher, the
passenger on the Canadian steamer
1roqnois. which went on the rocks IN
Georgian bay. Saturday. and then
were lost Distress signals wore
heard by passing tug. and everyone
sengers lost their valuabies. Mr..
Kotcher acted the part OF a hero.
standing for 20 minutes on the burn
ing vessel. passing children to tho
safety and doing everything possible
\ 30 assist the sailors. Among tho pas
sengers were two commercial trsy-
eiers. who lost their samples. Ono
carried $4,000 worth OF Jewelry and
the other $4,000 worth Of silks. satins
and costly wraps. Mr.. kotcher lives
at No. 219 Baldwin-avc.
Tive Catholic priests. tho Rev. ,. O.
Doh~rty, Of 80. vfncentsS church, and
the Rev. Maurice Chawkc. OF Jack
son. are among the defendants In n
suit started In Judge Rohnerts court
by James Byrne. who Is contcsting
tho will OF his wife. Under tho Will
Byrne was left only little housc-
hold IL niture. while 1850 was di-
vided among tho priests and char.
table institutions. The bequests
were $50 to Father Dohorty ior
masses: $500 to Father Doherty TO
pay her funeral expenses. tho inter-
est on tho balance to 70 TO Mr.
Byrne; the house and lot to Father
Byrne: 500 20 May Doherty. 500 To
Celia Gaien. SOC TO Mary Van Dorp
$500 to Elizabeth Brighton. 5000 20
little Sisters Of the Poor. and 320c
70 the House Of Providence; The
mans death. and differs greatly FROM
other wills she made. Tho husbe nd
charges that she was unduiy infin-
enced<
t. being made by prssidest D,Ivsn
and his stan. tho party reaching Do
trott Monday night, Several Detroiz-
ers were invited To visit tho railroad
officials ON board their train Of three
consists Off y. a. Deiano. president;
Aiiisr, yice-prssiAsnt and sensrai
manager. Geo, q. Yeonsans, assistant
to sps tbs spps president ~ co,tsr gen
ham. shiaf snginssri Il, r., Nsedharn
superintendent !. \ c, department;
e. A, How, purchasing sgsDt, w. G.,
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