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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

being used to promote some Fairbanks
sentiment
Among the early corners were Dele
gates-at-Large e. ID. SEtair and Frank
Gilchrist, the latter OF Alpena. Gil
christ was called home at once, how
ever. by news OF the sudden illness OF
his wife. This raised a question as
to which Of the four alternates-at-large
will take his place. They are: Charles
B. Warren. Detroiti John W. Pfeiffer,
Edmore; w. ]. Hunsaker. Saginaw,
and II. A. Frambach. CheboySan. War.
rem was the first chosen by the state
convention: Hunsaker was elected In
the same order as Gilchrist. while
Frambach Is from the same district.
The latter Is the one more likely to be
chosen, although the matter has been
put up to the national committee In.
formally.
f, Other early corners were Chase S.
Osborn. of the 500. who will probably
be chairman of the delegation; r. L.
Warren, OF Ann Arbor; Judge Nelson
Sharpe. OF Branch county; Michael
Brown. Of Big Rapids. and w. II. John
son, OF Ishpeming. Arthur Hill came
down with Gilchrist Theron w. At.
wood has been here several days.
Lively Fight On.
A lively fight Is promised over the
selection OF a member Of the resolu-
lions committee In the caucus at
O'Clock Monday afternoon. Congress-
man Joseph w. Fordney Is out for the
place and has written letters 10 every
delegate. He Is opposed by Dallas
Bondeman, Of Kalamazoo. who acted
temporarily as national committeeman
while the steam roller" was getting
In motion.
II think that as Michigan Is for
Taft we should name a member OF the
committee who will help TO frame a
platform In accordance with the wishes
OF the administration" declares Judge
Sharpe "Bondeman will DO that
Fordney has individual Views on the
tariff and other matters that might
not be In entire accord with the ad.
ministratIon."
Fordney's fight for Cannon delegates
tells against him. -.--------
I The mention OF Philip Il. Mcmillan
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

Congressman Washington Gardner
was the first OF the Michigan con-
gressional delegation to get In and he
got busy on the welcoming stun at
once.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

tial candidate This turned talk to
that nomination Gov. Guild, OF Mas.
sachusetts. has many friends as a re-
suit OF his tour OF the state with
Taft.
The portraits hung In the head
quarters are those OF Senators VIM.
Alden Smith and Burrows. Secretary
Taft and the late James Mcmillan and
Russell A. Alger.
Charley Gadd. of Detroit. blew In in
the morning and lined up at the Coli
scum in the afternoon TO learn the
stern duties OF a doorkeeper, the chief
est of which is TO be unable 10 rec.
ognize q ticketless friend. Gadd prom
Uses 10 be a very popular man, as
tickets are scarce and growing more
so.
! ITS great to be able to go to a bali
game on Sunday" said James Nc.
Gregor. Then he went out to see the
White Sox perform.
Michigan Is lonesome In a way, as
the state has no marching club here
or coming. Nearly every other strong
Republican club has some uniformed
marching body which will take part
In the march through the convention
hall Wednesday.
Oscar b. Marx and George p. Codd
came In late in the afternoon, and
with them were Thomas ]. Navin
Malcolm j. Mcleod and other stall
warts. .,
Dr. ]. W. Ames has the distinction
OF being the only colored man on the
Michigan delegation.
II Is really funny the way saloonists
and restaurant men are angling foI
the convention trade. One dinky little
lunch room opposite the Coliseum has
big sign national committee head
quarters" while saloonist. who evi
IDENTIFY has his eye out for the majority
\ has his door labelled Taft men this
way"
The postal card men are busy, too
with-eEeFy- conceivable kind Of card
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15
BANKS.

for national committeeman has struck
responsive chord with many who
belonged to the old Mcmillan guard.
and II his name is presented, 1t will
receive support. +. ID. Stair Is sup
posed to BE back OF the Mcmillan
boom. II Is possible that he mayff not
make the try, however. Blodgett hsv-
ing many pledges.
Michigan men were treated 10 a drill
by the Knox club on Michigan boule-
ward. opposite the Annex. Sunday
morning. Several hundred men, some
bearing colored umbrellas and others
canes. marched to the music OF two
bands and stopped to go through some
cvolutions In front OF the hotel. Jim.
my" Burke, OF Plttsburg, with a big
portrait Of Knox. took his position on
the balcony OF tho Indiana suite and
the picture was saluted enthusiastic
ally.
1T means great expenditure OF
money to bring all these men here.
hire bands and go to all the other ex-
pense of the Knox BOOM" unused Ar.
thur Hill, who was watching from a
window OF the Michigan room. Knox
must have his eye on something be.
side the present fight, which is a sure
victory for Taft We will know in
1912"
Nate 8. Simpson. OF Hartford. can.
didate for auditor-general. Is here Civ.
ing a little nurture to his boom.
II wish It was peach time and then
could have brought them some OF
the fruit that is the pride OF Van
Buren," he remarked.
Convention Notes.
The Michigan badges. which are
printed on tough paper. bear a quaint
conceit In the heading, Birth place OF
the Republican party" under which Is
drawing OF a cradle labeled "G. o
p" with a baby elephant inside. Sur
rounding the cradle is a band with
the inscription, Under the Oaks
Jackson. July 6. 1884"
News came to the Michigan head
quarters during Sunday afternoon that
Chairman Perkins. of the Iowa dele
cation. had gone to the Taft managers
and asked that Senator pollireF.s
name be dropped as vice-presfden
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

tickets. He died about year ago.
There are a multitude OF button sci.
lers now. but none OF them have the
personality OF BIN"
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PROTEST TO MAYOR
AGAINST SCHOOL SITE

A committee OF North Woodward
ave district residents called on Mayor
Thompson Saturday noon 10 ask him
TO use his influence 20 help secure the
location OF the new North Woodward
school at some point north and east
OF the site chosen by the school board
on Hamilton boulevard. Mayor Thomp,
son promised TO give the matter his
attention.
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cations. The Massachusetts, delega-
ton is represented as be-spectacled
and book-laden, the Oklahomans as
cowboys and Indians, the Kentuckians
as felthatted, pistol and flask carrying
southerners.
Resolutions on the death of Peter
White may be passed by the caucus
Monday afternoon. IL think such
resolutions would be most appro-
PIRATE" said Grant Fellows. OF Hud-
son. They should be presented and
passed at this time"
A meeting OF the National League
of Republican clubs. to select a con.
venuon place for this fall, is SEIZED
.uled for Tuesday evening. Messrs.
McGregor and Lyle Will represent the
Michigan league.
Congressman Washington Gardner
was the first OF the Michigan con-
gresslonal delegation to get In and he
got busy on the welcoming stun at
once.
John w. Blodgett went home to
Grand RAPIDS over Sunday.
What's the use of all them black
trash firm down south fussin' about
the votes?" remarked a colored bar.
Der who was putting the finishing
touches on Michigan delegate
They don't count fob nuthin' an they
don't get nothin.'
Delegate DeWolf, OF Iowa, visited
Michigan headquarters Sunday after
noon and took occasion to tell Dallas
Bondeman and others that Iowa does
not want Dolliver nominated for vice
president. we, don't want him
shelved," he said. Let him remain
senator Some day he may be presi.
dent DeWolf formerly lived In Hills
dale.
There Is one character OF every ma
tional convention In years who is
missed at this That Is BIN, the but
ton man" BIN. whose real name was
Bimberg. was seller OF campaign
buttons who had great faculty FOL
Judging sentiment and predicting the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

II delegates Codd and Marx are NOT
converted to the anti-injunction plank
the labor unionists want. II will be IN
spite OF environment. They are stop
ping at the Kaiserhof. where Samuel
Gompers has his headquarters and
where labor men are thick as bees.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15
AUTOMOBILES.
TRYING TO FRAME DEAL
TO LAND M'MILLAN

Rohnert and a big crowd Of Michigan
ders are clamoring for admission.
Nothing to II but Taft here. and
Bryan in Denver" says Willis Abbott.
who stopped of on his way to Lin
coin.
John Hays Hammond visited Ne
braska and Michigan rooms Sunday
evening and chatted with delegates.
"Your residence seems Indefinite
said Lyle. You are like Homer. who
was claimed by seven cities"
Looks as IL seven cities repudiate
me-" said Hammond.
All the delegates we're In by Mon
day noon, but there Is great confusion
as to caucus selections.
CHICAGO. June 15.-Things began
10 swirl in a political way In the Mich
lgan headquarters in the Auditorium
Annex Sunday afternoon. The Michi-
gan room, a commodiously and ornate
" decorated parlor on the mezzanine
floor. was opened Saturday by Ma
tional Committeeman Blodgett, with
Ray c. Lyle, Of Grand Rapids, and
James F. McGregor, OF Detroit, in
charge. but the delegates did not be-
gin TO come in numbers until Sunday
noon.
AS Michigan is tied and labeled to
be delivered to w. II. Taft for presi-
dent. the workers of the allies" have
let the headquarters severely alone.
There Is some little buzzing about vice.
presidential choice. AS Michigan's
headquarters >ad;oined that OF Indi'
ana four years ago. there was 'consid-
cradle acquaintance between the dele
rates of the two states and this Is
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

AS high as $40 for a room with sew
eral beds is being paid at down towr
hotels.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

W. w Wedemeyer came here to be
q spectator at the convention but his
appearance has resulted in a favorite-
son vice-presidential boom which II
assuming quite pretenuous proper
lions.
NJ r. PALMER
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

The postal card men are busy, too.
with-ereFy- conceivable kind of card
One set represents various state dele
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

Michigan men are finding some diff
fcultles In getting rooms. There Is
a much larger Attendance az the con.
vehtfon than Was expected aud hotel
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

rroprietors are charging prices that
are double the usual tariff Those
who did not reserve rooms ahead ars
up against It to find quarters and are
doubling up three and four to a room
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-06-15

Business-iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers The plain. neat kind. that
looks right. Times Printing Co.. Is
John r st. Phone 1aes.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-17

of demons that watched along ita mysterious shores for any venture some soul.
 In the year 1873 an expedition, under direction of M Joliet, mer- chant, and Father Marquette, monk, the first an envoy of France to dis cover new countries and the latter an ambassador of God to enlighten them with the gospel, lett Quebec to prove the wonderful stories of the great river that coursed through the beautiful land of the West
 Sailing down the great stream, they at last by another route and Tor better purpose than the Spanish had come, reached the regions or the Arkansa Indians and found the beau tiful land to which legend and rumor had led them.
 After these two came La Sale, who also found the far region to be very beautiful, with abundance of peach, plum and apple trees, and vines. The Indians received him cordially, and in one of the best of their villages he erected the arms of the King or France and in the name of his sovereign took possession of the country.
 Leaving De Tonti, his faithful lieu tenant. in command of Fort Saint Louis. in the country of the Illinois, La Sale went to France to herald his discovery and bring back colony.
 When De Tonti heard that La Sale had set sail from France he went to the mouth of the Mississippi to meet him. Failing, he sent two parties i'll search of the leader, and while search ing stopped at the Arkansas river
 The country was inviting and some of the men wanted to establish a trading post. The request was grant ed, and six men were left to build a house. This was in 1888, and was the first white settlement in Arkansas. It's location on the old map is the same as that of Arkansas Post.
 Thus it came about that the French government, instead of the Spanish came into possession of the fair regions of the Arkansa Indians and began a civilization which pushed the red man baek-and baek-and away until the last of his brave warriors had crossed the Great Divide Of Silence, leaving the pale race to per petuate his memory in the smoothly flowing river which he loved and the pillared forest and sunny fields of maize which were his habitation and inheritance.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-17
FEARED FOR NIEcE's FUTURE.
Peculiar Bent of Chid's Mind Dis
 mayed Uncle.

q hate to think it." grimly said Uncle Timrod Totten, but l am nightly afraid my little 10-yearold niece, Luella is going to cause great deal of worry and unhappiness in the world when she gorws up What makes ye think so?' asked old Squire Belcher, who had come over to borrow a whifletree. She seems to be real nice, thoughtful, good-tempered child now" Well" was the explanation, "t'other day, our gray gander got tangled up in a discussion with the shepherd pup, and when the fracus was over there was skurcely feather left on the fowl. And little Lucia took and dyked him out in a pair of w-pantaloons-and chim--slip, 1 mean-of white cloth sewed by her own fair hands. And, somehow, I can't help fearing that when she attains an appropriate age she will wear nose. glasses and several doublc.chins. and go crusading against all the common and unimportant indelicacies that hu man flesh is heir to. .'-EXchange
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-17
EYESlGHT WAS IN DANCER
From Terrible Eczema-5aby's Head Mass of itching Rash and Sores
 Disease Cured by Cuticura.

Our little girl was two months old when she got a rash on her face and within five days her face and head were all one sore. We used different remedies but it got worse instead Of better and we thought she would turn blind and that her ears would fall of
 She suffered terribly, and would scratch until the blood came This went on until she was five months old, then l had her under our family doc tors care, but she continued to grow worse. He said 1t was eczema. When she was seven months old l started to use the Cuticura Remedies and in two months our baby was different girl. You could not see a sign of a sore and she was as fair as a new born baby. She has not had a sign Of the eczema since. Mrs. II. F. Budke. LeSueur. Minn-, Apr. 15 and May 2, o.
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Niqht SWeats & Couah

E. ". Walton, Condr. s. P. Rv ,,- Van Ness St., San Antonio Ta" writes: During the summer and sar of 1902, my annoyance from cat.r.n reached that stage where it was ac,n., misery and developed alarming svmn toms, such as q very deep-scated conoh night sweats, and pains Tn the head ans chest. I experimented with several so. called remedies before I finally decided to take thorough course of Peruna
 "Two of my friends had gone so far ., to inform me that the thing for me to do was to resign my position and seek higher, more congenial climate. Every. one thought had consumption and was not expected to live very long.
 "Having procured some Peruna. I ds. cided to give it a thorough test and m. piled myself assiduously to the task C, taking it, as per instructions, in the meantime.
 "The effects were soon apparent. all alarming symptoms disappeared and my general health became fully as good as it had ever been in my life.
 1T have resorted to the Use of Peruna on two or three occasions since that time to cure myself of bad colds.n
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-17
BATHING AN INDIAN IDOL
Curious Ceremony Attended by Tbou
 sands of Devout Pilgrims.

Thousands of pilgrims from the va. rious outlying villages and other parts of the Hooghiy district poured in from an early hour in the morning to the temples Of Jagernath, says the Cal. cutta Statesman
 The image of the god is placed on conspicuous part of the temple. so that it can be viewed at an advantage by the immense crowd of pilgrims. and there at certain fixed hour the bathing ceremony commences.
 The most curious part of the festi. val is that water Is not poured on the image of the god until certain small bird is found sitting on the topmos! banner of the temple. There is pop. ular belief that the bird comes from Puri, the famous place of Hindu pilgrim. age, to Maheoh on the day of this festival, and his very presence is an indication that the ceremony should commence Immediately after the bath the bird disappears.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-17
Violin as . Hair Restorer.

It Is now scientifically proved fact that music exsrcises a great influence on the growth of the hair. It is with good reason that great musicians. such as Paganini, Listz and Paderew. ski, are represented with growth of hair which Absalom might have en. yied. Science has proved that stringed instruments have favorable influence on the growth of the hair. while brass instruments act in the opposite direc- tion. Every one has probably ob- served that bald violinist is as rare as bald horn player is common. Wood instruments, such as the flute, seem to have no pronounced influence either way.
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-17
sAVAGERY OF A CENTURY AGO.
Poor Woman's Execution Then a Mat.
 ter of Little Moment.

The hanging of woman, which In these days calls forth public protests. was apparently matter of indifer- ence to our grandfathers and grand mothers, says the London Chronicle. It was in the nineteenth century that woman found guilty of some tritiing offenSe was sentenced to death. By chance the warrant for her execution was not sent to the high sheriff, and she remained in prison for about three years, acting as a jail washerwoman, and occasionally, as favor in ac- acknowledgement of her good behavior, going out, as was then the custom, as washerwoman to private houses. But clerk looking through the home of- flee records found the warrant that had never been dispatched and it was thereupon promptly forwarded to the sheriff for due process. The woman was found by the turnkey at the wash tub in house in the town-Aylesbury Well, missus," said he, you are to be hanged. The warrant has come at last and we must carry the sentence out tomorrow morning at the latest" Very well, then" the wretched woman submissively replied, T sup pose I must go," and having washed the soapsuds off her arms departed with the official. She was duly hanged next morning, From all which 1t would seem that barely century separates us from a condition of primitive bar harianl
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-17

ing army the brilliant invaders drew up near the Indian village.
 The squaws drew back in fear A youth cautiously approached a white plumed leader and cast his bow and arrow at his feet. An aged chieftain advanced and offered the calumet of peace.
 But the hard, imperious eye of the commander took no notice. To him the frightened red men were as so many animals to be counted or be killed, as might seem best
 The Indian peoples were now deal ing with Hernando De Soto, Governor of Cuba.
 The Cross and the Cannon.
 Hernando De Soto was in quest of gold and glory. With the fame acquired by Cortez and Pizarro in the golden regions thrilling Spain, and the richness of it's spoil inviting other expeditions of conquest, De Soto organized his splendid army, provided his superb equipment and set out determined 70 rival in the glory of success the MeXi- can and Peruvian conquerors.
 The new world was then known as Florida, and to this fair country with it's green shores fringing the sea and it's unseen reaches unknown, he made his way
 Pizarro and Cortez had ruthlessly destroyed a civilization as old and cultured as that of their own proud Spain They had found temples lined with gold and a people rich with jewels They footed the one and murdered the other for the gain. De Soto was trained to plunder and destroy. No sight of human blood could stay his hand nor no prayer move his heart if gold were to be the gain.
 But De Soto was invading land
The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-17

of barbarism, where the golden gods were mud and the temples built of trees; where the jewels of the maiden were snakes teeth and eagle claws, and the riches of the Chieftan was the boundless stores of nature.
 This De Soto had not yet learned, and coming out upon the bank of the great river he proceeded to take possession the first step being the erection of a cross.
 Under the direction of priests, with a ceremony of bells, books and censors, the sign of sovereignty was fixed, and q cannon, with it's open throat pointed at the Indian village, was drawn under the shadow of it's extended arm.
 When the cross had been set and the cannon placed, the priests lifted their hands in prayer, the cavaliers clashed their swords, the trumpeters made the virgin forests ring with echoes and thus De Soto. for Charles Y. King of Spain, took possession of the Valley of the Mississippi.
 The Great Spirit Sends Rain.
 No attempt was made by the ln- dianS to give battle to the Plumed Pale Face and his glittering army on the Mississippi. Completely over awed, they were only too glad to lend them canoes to cross the river.
 On the Arkansas side De Soto made his way to one of the villages of the Arkanzas, around which fields of maize and groves of fruit trees were growing. Here he stopped several days, during which some Of the lead ing Indians called upon him with the request that he supplicate the Great Spirit for rain, as a drought was parching their fields. De Soto agreed, and having large cross set up on an eminence overlooking the surround ing country, the whole army, headed by priests and friars chanting, moved to the foot of the cross where prayers were said
 Fifteen thousand savages witnessed the strange performance with awe and curiosity.
 The fact that copious showers watered their fields the second night after, established wonderful awe of the pale face who had such com mand of the Great Spirit, and so long as De Soto stayed in that vicinity he received friendly treatment. On a search for gold and glory. he could not tarry long, and so proceed