The Detroit times., 1908-11-25
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Hugh shepherd, president of the Wayne
County Republican cnsb, gave din
ner In the Penobscot inn, TUESDAY
evening to the presidents or 10 waru
: branches of the club. Future plans
were discussed.
Petitions are cut Ia have George n.
Walters appointed police secretary
for the term beginning July l next.
He is already assured OF the short
term from Jan. i To June 30, Thirty :
three aldermen have signed such
petition.
In a bill for divorce, nled Tuesday.
Mann steuben alleges that her hus-
band. Byron r. Steuben. to whom she
was married last March. was arrest
ed In June. deserter from the
United States army. and Is now serN-
/, ing time I'm Fort Leavenworth
Theodore AMOR. struck by shore line
car near Mt. Clemens, Monday night.
died in st Marys hospi,aI aoo Tnro .,sp
Bennett had the body removed 10
the county morgue and VIII MAKE an
q. inyes.igation;; IA ca 3urS vail prob.
ably hold an inquest
Glenn Bixby, aged 30, of No. ll5' FIJI
teenth-st., fell from building on
which he was working In JaeKs e,
ably fatally injured. IL IL thoush.
his skull is fractured: BiXby Is
member OF the contracting hrn OF L.
w. Reid a. Co. and has lived IN pc
troit a year, coming here from Flint'
He has a wife and family.
A big order received by the American
Car & Foundry co; for new .,e e.
cars will result in the resumption OF
work by that plant with Almost
full force. 1000 men being likely 10
get jobs. The work VIII De f,,c..
o,,1 A.
will he on within a month. The
local plant has been doing mostly
repair work for long time
Cant. Garfield. of Amherstburg, wa. the
purchnser az the steamer badger
State, sold by the United states mar
shall Tuesday. 10 SATISFY noeis. me me
this vessel was brought mere To run
to Cleveland In competition with tht
D. * c. boats. but laterly shc ha"
been in the lumber carrying traut.
when the Badger State was built In
1862, she was considered me pas
senger vessel.
hull many be brought up In the coun-
ell this winter. Several years aso'
when the city hall was remodeieu;
the idea OF cleaning the CRIME Oh "
Years from the stone walls was DIS,
cussed. but the aldermen did not zee,
then like authorizing any a1o, 5n,,,n'
expense Since then several DOWN
Town buildings of considerable age
have been cleaned with gratifying
results, and the suggestioh, ma
cropped up again. The city hall was
considered a rather handsome build
ing in the days when It's walls were
gray instead OF sooty black
sWhen you find this Will be far away
II am tired and have decided to end
IL ali" wrote Catherine Harmed to
her husband. John. last SATURDAY;
After a little search John iounu chsi
EARNS. had started for Port Huron;
and he found them there In rented
rooms ready for Housekeeping. Thebe
was a joyful reunion between the
husband and wife. but the motner-
in-law would not even speak TO her
son-in-law. and when she say h tna'
her daughter had made up with MN.
she packed her buds and took a train
for her former home In caro-. Mich.
Anthony A. Luyckx, an inspector In the
stricken with heart failure while on
his way home and died shortly at
ter reaching the house. No. i2y Trum,
bull-ave Mr.. LuyckN ana howard
suttleworth were walking home to-
gether, when about two blocks from
his home the former staggered INTO
the arms OF his companion saying,
"Catch me I am going TO die" with
difficulty he was taken into ms
home. but died before the physician
pioye OF the local customs ofhce
since 1893.
Owing TO the fact that the Michigan
the license OF the Ohio German Fire
\ Insurance Co. to do business I'm this
state, the policies OF about 1000 De-
= being rewritten. Jacob Gnthard s.
Sons Co. have placed the Insurance
OF the Ohio German Co. and are
transferring the contracts to the Con-
tinentai Fire Insurance Co., of New
York The license OF the Ohio COM
pany was revoked both in this state
and in Indiana because II has not
the required proportion OF paid-up
capital stock
Lines OF temperature Rpt all mixed mp
with line. OF credit at the r, dinner
evening, by the Credit Mems asso-
citation Weather Forecaster Norman
b. Conger described the apparatus
and the methods of the weather bu-
reau. showing how the progress
OF storms is traced and how other
weather conditions are foretold; In
ing. there was discussion on seven
topics OF special trade interest to the
members. Edm s,Imnr Hobbs 70 ave. A; F.
+ r. Hamburger. w. II. Roberts
and @. A. Corwiu. leading the talk.
w q. Lerchen sang.
Philip Breitmeyer, president OF the
United Lumber CO.. presided mt the
banquet OF the officers and stock
holders OF that concern In the Point
chartrain. Tuesday evening. The
company has been given a conces-
sion by the Canadian government to
timber rights on $3.50 acres OF land
converted into lumber and shipped to
the orient. c. A. Moebs IL vice-pres-
ident Of the company. John p. Publ
Is treasurer. and q. y. Shotwell Is
secretary. s. N Smith Is superIn-
tendent Among the directors are
Congressmen Sam w. Smith ann g.
IT, Townsend. A. n. Bennett. Of Port
Huron: r. A. Whalev. Flint; r. F.
Davis Lansing; Dr TT. O. Berry. Mt.
clemens. and TT. y. Bergman. De-
- ,troit.
po.,mo.t~r w,rreu apyouuce. The foI-
lowing office arrangements for
Thanksgiving day: The money or
der registered letter and cashiers
departments Will be Omen from 8 to
10 a. IN. The general delivery and
stamp windows will he open from
10 10 a. m. and from to .. m.
The general Information window at
, the main postoffce and all stations.
will be open from 10 10 a. IN. All
carriers throughout the city will
make but one delivery trip. leaving
their respective stations Mt 1870 n.
m. There will be one general coliec-
tion of mail. TO include all boxes in
The rity commencing at n. m. and
aside from this. there will he coll
lection AZ SEQ ~ m. TN the down
town business section alone. All In
coming and OUTGOING mails Will be
received and despatched "a usual.