The Detroit times., 1908-12-12

year, the Arm has paid out Ss25.000 In
dividends on it's t7.500.000 OF cap
itaiization besides adding TO the sur
property valued at ,s.ssa.ssa. and It's
last statement showed a surplus or
34Sl.lb5. In the year the stock. par
value $2b. has gone up from as TO so.
Allan II. Frs.eri ~ will aos be . can
didate for circuit Judge. Judge MUIR
nm Is a good Judge. I can make more
easier time"
Miss Susie Rafferty,, aged N, who was
Arlington as wooswsra In the Hs snd
Woodbridge-st.. died In st. Mary'o
hospital after an illness of several
days Her mother lives In Cumber-
the girl died aSe m ana nUa .I fi0 be
home for Christmas" Coroner BEN
nett cabled to her friends In Scot
land. The remains will be kept In
the county morgue pending the. ar
rival OF funds to pay funeral ex-
penses.
The next Legislature will have before
Il for consideration, q bill repeaiing
the present law by which the justices
OF the Supreme court are made to
reside I'm Iansjng. This law was
enacted In 1898 when the salaries OF
the justices were raised from $4,000
TO $1,000 a year. and each Judge was
given secretary at $1,000. Prior
TO that time justices had lived at
their former homes. The intent OF
the law was to keep the supreme
court busy almost all of the year In
Lansing.
Auditor Buhrer has just discovered that
Julius Newton, Of Hamtramck, who
kicked SO vigorously when his bills
for constable's services were cut
down. Is not "a constable at all. and
was acting Illegally. Last summer
uty by sheriff Burns to preserve or
badge given him as his mark OF au-
thority TO act as constable. 1t IL said.
When Sheriff Burns learned what
was going on he demanded Newton's
resignation and the latter handed in
his badge.
Every person concerned I'm the divorce
case OF Barbarap against Joseph De-
lor. including Judge Donovan, before
whom the Gaze was heard Friday az
ternoon. are Maccabees. Even the
woman OF whom Mrs. Delor Is 1eal-
Gus belongs TO the order. The case
iscontested. Mrs. Delor asking for
separate maintenance and the hus-
band for absolute divorce. The wife
names sister Maccabee with whom
she says her husband Is too friendly,
while he charges that she Is jealous
were married In 1885. and have five
children. run grocery at Mt. Ell
liott-ave. and Congress-st. The hear
ing was adjourned for further testi-
jacob Miller, a young farmer from the
Nfne-mile-rd, out In North Detroit,
and lone Lewis No. 1875 st. Antoine
St, called at police headquarters late
Friday afternoon to settle q dispute
over $2a coat the girl wore. Tho
girl insisted Jacob made her a pres
. ent OF II and had promised her lot
OF other things for Christmas. but
the young farmer protested that he
merely asked her TO try II on to see
II It would At Emmy" his girl out
In the country. who Is just Ione's
size, and that lone had walked OF
with IL. However. possession proved
TO be nine points OF the law In this
instance. and lone was allowed to
keep the coat. Miller became ac-
quainted with the Lewis girl while
driving past her house with vege-
tables for the local market.
A bill increasing the bonding limit of
of Detroit for the purpose Of allow
ing the building OF u convention hall
VIII be introduced in the legislative
session soon after It opens. Imme-
diately on Its passage. q test case
Will be made before the supreme
court, and IL il hoped that the mat
ter can be determined In time to sub
mai ratification at the spring cleo
ton. This program was decided
upon I'm meeting in the Board of
Commerce. Friday afternoon, at
which aldermen members OF the leg
islature. representatives of the ho-
tel Keepers and Convention league
and members OF the Board OF Com
merce were present. Mayor elect
Breitmeyer sent a letter stating that
most necessary Of the improvements
voted on by the people I'm the fall