The Detroit times., 1908-07-03
Local lite m S

Assessor Nagei; at h. untrue that we
hired two Republicans ns CLERKS IN
were Democrats. We let only the
| noisy Republicans go. those tha'
| We're against the mayor.
Charles ThiiI. nm electric iight Trim
mcr. employed by the public Iightinx
| commission Is reported missing from
i his home, No 32 Butternut-st., since
Tuesday. when he left. saying he was
| goinR 20 draw his pay
! Aid. Owent ''The men we should sena
| on "a grade separation Inhhe' nre VI" ny
! CITY engineer who must superlntehu
| the work and the corporation couh
sell WHO must fight the cases In
| court
verdict OF s2.75O was rendered
against the ID. l. IL. In 1uaks los
OF Peter Trudell In 1875. the case
was tried In circuit court tour year
ago. and has been In the supreme
| court twice since then.
| Igntx A Freund was reelected pres
| Ident OF the board of county poor
| supcrintendents. Tuesday, In the an .
NAL meeting In Eloise. Casslus ~.
BENTON was elected vice president
MIR Freurd Is proprietor or the
| Freund Cigar co. and was appointed
10y Mayor Codd
| Nnyar Thompsont "rhc ID. L. IL. has
not bothered itself nhaut lack 0fNper-
mission 10 lay the IT rail In local. =
ties where IL really wanted 10 repair
tracks. II has laid them without
permission. | am going To go INTO
court and have the road ordered 10
make the pavements good In every
street where they are bad now.
An hour after Frank Collins said ne
would rot I'm jail. he was hunting for
someone 10 assist him In taking out
jail limit bond SO that he could
| have his liberty \ judgment OF $3.50
was returned against Collins In the
Circuit court recently for an assault
p1 a. 4.
aged 10, and Collins declared he
would never pay II.
The steamer Wynndotte. built to carry
crushed stone between Mpena ,r and
Co, was launched az Wyandotte
Thursday afternoon, She is 800 feet
long and Is probably the strongest
boat on the great lakes. Her inner
bottom is carried clear TO the spar
deck making her an unsinkable
craft
At the London "Oid Boys" celebration
Aux. SIS u reproduction of the great
Mardi Gras spectacle will be seen.
Old boys OF Detroit Will attend this
celebration and reunion In gorgeous
uniforms. accompanied by splendld
musical organization. a general
meeting OF the boys" Will be held at
No. 46 Grand River-ave. Tuesday
night. July 9Th.
George r. Moody and II. ID. scott. hrst
md second Independents respect
lively OF the Ncwcomb- Endlcott com
pany. sailed Thursday on the Ameri-
ka from New York for Europe. Be
fore returning they VIII visit the
centcrs of IA ashton OF the old world
for the latest STYLES and designs for
the firm which they represent They
expect to be gone about six weeks
innd. and VI. Morton. Mu.kegon.
Mich. each - years old. had re-
UEt6n ~ the Hotel Cadillac Thurs
day. having met but once before
II
Scotland MI, Morton came to this
country ca years ago aud Is now
prominent manufacturer in Muske-
gon. while Mr. Drummond stayed In
Scotland and became prosperous
farmer. The latter Is visiting his
son in Montreal and shortly after
his arrival decided TO come to De-
troit 20 meet his old friend,
! That there L. need of a better system
of keeping track Of sidewalk inter
sections by the city was the report
made by Expert Accountant Howard
&. Beck to the streets committee OF
the council. Thursday evening. He
found tnat the Hawkins report on
the d. i. W had grossly exaggerat-
ed the number OF Implications. etc.
! in the intersection work but showed
S"N"n instances whore there were al
legged Implications amounting TO
Sl62.02 Some of these may be ex-
plhiEcd by errors in recording loca-
tion. however.
Judge DrooLe's Interpretation of the
hifhixnh chfid labor INV In the ease
OF CeSlau Syncszcwski VS. Carl +.
schmidt Co. has been upheld by
the supreme court Judge Brooke
held that the liability OF employers
who hire children under l6 years OF
age 10 work about dangerous ma
chinery. does not cease because the
child deceived his employer as TO his
age. He reasoned that the statute
was designed to protect all children
and that, taken In connection with
the compulsory school law. showed
that the state did not wish children
employed. The employer hires chill
dren at his peril. and the child has
no right TO waive the benefit OF the
statute. The verdict awarding dam
ages against the Schmidt firm is sus-
tanned
The police nre looking for a swagger
young man calling himself j. l..
Matthew's, who blew into town We'd
nesday night. secured swell room
In the wayne hotel and then tried to
collect $50 on check which proves
TO be worthless The hotel manage
ment, however advanced him only
~ on the check until they had an
opportunity 10 investigate H. Ii was
drawn on a Springfield. o.. bank and
inquiry by telephone revealed that
the young man has no account there
man supposed to be Matthews call
ed up capt. Mcdonnell Thursday ar
ternoon and, representing himself as
an employe OF the Wayne asked II
men had been sent TO investigate.
The captain, not suspecting the ruse
informed the man that an officer
would be detailed at once Matthews
is supposed to have left town soon
afterwards
Deserted ny her prospective husband.
AFTER spending her last dollar In
order to join him in Detroit. Mrs
Iva Beardsley. of Conneaut o. who
buried her nrst husband and was
divorced from her second appealed
TO Mayor Thompson. Thursday. for
assistance that she might return
home. Mrs. Beardsley said she be-
gan correspondence with one r q
Berrman, OF Grand Rapids, through
matrimonial advertisement In a
Cleveland paper, about six weeks ago
they nnally arranged to meet I'm De
troit and IL took practically all the
money she had to prepare for the
trip and pay her fare They met bv
appointment In the Detroit Hotel
"Wednesday night and after arrang-
Ing the details OF the wedding the
groom-to-be excused himself saving
he would be back shortly. But Mrs
Beardsiey waited for him In vain and
she is now convinced that he does not
intend to marry her.
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Detroit.