The Detroit times., 1908-11-16

decorating the walls of a room at Mt.
Vernon with French paper brought
over by Lafayette. Lafayette did the
while Washington put the paper on
the wall
Dr.. y. II. McCoilester, of New Hamp-
shire, father OF the Rev. Lee y. Me-
Collester, OF the Church OF Our Faith
er. took the place OF his son. Sun
day evening. and delivered "A lecture
on India and Her People" The
Of his personal experiences In going
from Bombay to Calcutta. In no
country In the world" he said. are
the rich and poor farther apart. The
intelligence OF the rich 10 only a drop
In the bucket compared with the
Ignorance and suffering Of the poor"
There may be n three cOrnered nwht
for county auditor I'm the spring. MIL
ton Oakman comes up for recollection
and II has been figured all along that
County Clerk Lou Hines would be
his only opponent. II u now consid-
cred possible that John Bleil. who
made fine race against Forbes Rob-
ertson, may come out as n third con-
tender, Bleil campaigned strongly
Tor Philip Breitmeyer. and there is a
chance That he may be offered some
important place under the new adj
ministration. His record as an alder
man Is OF the best.
Detroit division. No. ~, Order Of Rail-
way Conductors, In a meeting In Col
den's hall. Sunday afternoon. elected
the following officers: Chief conduct
or. George II. Lyon: assistant chief
treasurer. w. II. McAllister: senior
conductor. +. 4. Lerch: junior oon-
ductor. ~ II. Kulp; Inside sentinel.
lanes Chandler; outside sentinel. &.
A. Brodie; delegate TO the grand di-
vision. George H. Lyon: alternate
delegate. James Carney. cipher con-
duetor. w Fl, McAllister; trustees, J.
l. Human. George A. Stage. f. O..
Lerch. The grand division will be
held In Boston. In May 1909
The Rev. James M. Barkley, ID. d., of
the Forest-ave. Pre.byterian church,
man and the Twentieth Century"
Sunday evening. said that Christian
ity mas dignified. emancipated and
supreme in the souls of men. Born
OF woman. cared for by a woman.
Christ Inspired the love of pure wo-
man, he said. Nay, he touched the
Magdalene into purity and so won
her devotion. Let the young woman
OF today be Just and grateful and
generous enough to confess the
Christ. whose gospel has helped her
to honor and Influence and place in
this world
The Rev. Maurice p. Fixes, OF the
Woodwnrd-ave. Baptist church, an
nounced at the Sunday morning SER
vice that the trustees OF the church
have completed negotiations for the
purchase or the property adjacent to
the cuuTCn In the rear. IFOntlnk on
winder-st. the dimensions OF which
are S0x2b0 feet. The purchase price
was S26.250. 1t 10 the plan TO have
modern institutional building to be
conducted In the interests of church
Work. the building to contain read
ing rooms. Sunday school rooms,
gymnasium and several floors fitted
out as dormitory to provide shelter
for strangers who come to the city
seeking employment
burglars Thoroughly rnnsacked the
home OF James ID. Chare, u carpenter,
No. 467 Wabash ave Sunday evening
and finding only three cents In money.
made an unsuccessful attempt to
blow up the house. turning on every
burning. When the family returned
they round the house filled with the
gas fumes. which, in few minute s
more, probably would have exploded
from contact with tho nghted Jet.
Mrs. Chase's first thought was for
the family cash. Going 10 the par
lor she found $40 and her gold watch
still reposing securely in the folds of
drapery. where she had placed them
few days ago. There Is no clue to
the thieves
break up their household arrange
ments az result of the action OF
the Highland Park council in order
Ing Third-ave; opened through the
dale-ave.. Frank LAdd. No. l7s Fair
view-ave.. and Mrs. Mary L. Kirk
No. IT'S Ty1er-ave.. have all built
houses in the line OF the extension.
Miss Gretta Masterson. OF No 400
Tweifth-st, was just completing a
house which she had intended az
home for her parents during the re-
is building up so rapidly that the
council decided II Is best to make
street openings before the building of
more houses makes such action too
expensive
Henry Ohrps, of No. Of Gri.wold-.t..
has started suit I'm the circuit court
to recover s2os.2s state and county
taxes paid In 1905 under protest. II
successful his suit may invalidate
the whole state and county tax levied
In Wayne county for that year Ohrns
alleges that millions Of dollars worth
OF property escapes taxation in the
way OF mortgages held by state
banks and by non-residents and for
eign corporations. or the 100 sa-
looms in the county, he says that less
than 1000 are on the tax roll. Ships
and navigation property are assessed
on 20 per cent valuation. he claims.
sessed at full value and in several
cases at 40 per cent above It's value
other property is assessed as low as
so per cent?
brought mp by Fred Mohn In HIS con-
test for the aldermanic seat from the
Firth ward now held by David Ros-
enthai Mohn claims that Or. L:
the board In the third precinct. Is
really a resident OF the Seventeenth
ward This precinct went heavily
for Rosenthal. and. II Mohn could
show that II was because OF any i'm
proper methods that II went against
him. he might win his contest. The
vote was about the same I'm this pre-
cinct as two years before. however
Rosenthal getting 10 votes more than
in 1906. and Mohn three more. Tho
fact that Rosenthal was inside the
Light Guard armory during the
counting OF votes is the chief allie
alleges that on election day Rosen-
thai made proposition to combine
interests with him and that he re-
fused.
A program Of unusual scope md inter-
ly dinner OF the Detroit Credit Mems
association. In the Hotel fuller.
Tuesday evening. Nov. "a. For one
thing. Weather Forecaster Conger
will talk on Where the Weather Is
Made and Where 1t Comes From"
which ought to be OF interest to
everyone and will teach the membegs
how long a line OF mental credit they
can give to the weather forecasts.
OF the credit men In getting informa-
ton with regard to merchants. class
flying the same and keeping In touch
| with the selling forces as to lines OF
credit will he discussed. Collections
will be taken. I'D a. to method and
the relative cost and success OF the
various modes The National Credit
Mems association IL now prepared to
great many subjects. chiefly legal.
These questions include all manner
OF Information as 10 rights OF cred
itors IN case OF assignments. bank
stances affecting credits also the
rights OF corporat lions In other stntcS