The Detroit times., 1908-08-18
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hand concertst Tuesday evening, Clark
park Wednesday afternoon, Belle


Michigan ear No, HOS coliided with
Bnker car NJ. sIS, nt Brush-st. and
Gratlot ana the fact tnal potii
cars were going slowly Is all tnat
prevented serious accident. The
passengers escaped with n bad scare.
The addresses nt the McGregor mission
evening meetings this week, VIII Se
given by laynen. 9 L. Wells, speaks
Tuesday night, Tracy Mc6reHor'
Wednesday: W. w. smith Thursday.
and l.. X. Mont Gomerie. Friday. Spe-
cial singing Is arranged for each SER
vice.
4 feature OF the eighth convention az
the bohemian Gymnustic society Will
be the banquet given In the society
hall, Tillman-ave. and Ash-st, sun,
day evenlng' Aug. 20 Deiesstes A MI
and general good time Is being ar
ranged
The remains OF John Krumholts, the
I5-year-old Detroit boy, accidentally
shot In Oklahoma by playmate sew
eral days ago. were Inferred In the
German Lutheran cemetery. Tuesday
afternoon. Albert Marschner. OF No.
1910 East Milwaukee-ave.. Is the boys
step-father.
buildings committees 81 am opposed
TO any plan for combining the con
Nenti2n hall project with that Tor
new library building and the en-
largement OF the Museum or Art.
That would be disastrous TO the
whole plan"
Earl Grey, Rovernor-generai OF Canada.
will he invited 20 visit Detroit, Aug.
~ He Is coming Ia Windsor that
dav, and President MOODY. OF the
BOARD OF Commerce. VIII ask him 10
extend his visit IL possible. so as 10
permit OF his being received on this
-s4tt--of-th e-bettHtlaFyT-
when the council. To correct n mistake
OF the board Of estimates, apprnpri-
ated $4,000 for the building and re-
pair or alley crosswalksa- IT, ordered
that the money be taken from the
general road fund surplus. II has
been discovered that there is dehcit
@.-ift-teffd- Of a.1attneflis tlfe@ft4Hd- aud
the council VIII be asked To lay the
money aside from some other fund.
Chief Engineer william =. HUH. of the
steamer City of Detroit, IL at the
point OF death In Harper hospital.
one OF his feet was amputated sum
day. gangrene having developed from
an injury. He has long suffered from
diabetes which makes his condltion
more serious. Mr.. Hun. who is Ga
years old. has been with the ID. * G.
company for 25 years, and during
that time has scarcely missed trip.
John Kerr, president of the Detroit
Dental Manufacturing Co., died Mon
day. ia his home. No. SO Linwood-
ave. after an illness OF IA month. Mr..
Kerr lived In Detroit for the last ~
years. and with his brothers. Mat
thew NJ. Robert NJ, and Thomas. was
engaged N the dental manufacturing
business at No. 80 East Larned st.
Very recently the plant was moved
To MilWaukee-aVe. Mr.. Kerr was an
elder in the Trumbull ave. Presby
terrain church. \ wife and daughter
survive
George n. Moody, president of the board
OF commerce, who has recently re-
turned from trip To Europe. where
he has ben buying goods Tor the Iocal
trade OF -Newcomb- Endlcott CO.,
SAWS mat the most CONSPICUOUS am r.
ence between American and British
retail trade. is their treatment OF the
show little artistic taste in the trim
ming" said Mr.. Moody. Every ar
ticle is price marked. and by means
of half-penny prices and markings
down 10 make an appearance or
cheapness they appeal L. the bargain
sense Of the people"
A motorman ON n Fourteenth car. whO
wns too modest to give his name
proved hero. MONDAY afternoon.
when team OF horses attached TO
bakers wagon. became frightened at
Broadway and Witherell-st.. and
made q dash toward the approaching
car The motorman Jumped from the
Vestbule. grabbed the horses by the
bride and turned them away from
the car. They continued on TO Wood
ward-ave.. where the motorman still
clinGing to the bride. prevented Il
collision with a Woodward car. Then.
with the assistance OF passer-b by.
he brought the frightened team To a
stop and returned TO his car as
-. itt..is4t-aaihinS- lad happenedA -
Erastus &. whitney, of New York state,
and his newiy-wedded wife, arrived
I'm Detroit. Monday morning, on their
honeymoon. 4 few hours later. Whit
ney was arrested by Detectives Kun
KEEL and McCarty for the authorities
OF Batavia. " Y. where he Is want
ed on charge OF grand larceny. II
Is alleged that he stole a horse val
ued at 5000 from G. ;. Stroh. OF AL
den. y y. and sold 1t to one Fred
Parker, OF Batavia. for 500. lie was
taken back to Batavia, Tuesday
morning by Sheriff Charles A. Will
Jams. OF that city leaving his hand%
some wife behind. Mrs. Whitney says
she knows nothing OF the charge
against her husband and hasn't
made up her mind yet whether she
wifi Sttrk-trr- her Att=ba ffd tIf-ii+e pres
ent trouble.
The school census for 1905, which hrs
just been completed under the super
there are 100.675 children Of school
age that is, between the ages OF i've
and 20. In Detroit. This 10 an in
crease of 1881 over last year and is
Censtrs ii-sears--of- 1.-The total
number. 64.09S attend school. The
public school attendance Is 44.0S5.
owing to the annexation OF Fairview
the seventeenth ward shows by far
the largest Increase over last year.
drcn in the ward this year than last
other wards show substantial gains
Mr.. Watson found that many children
had been Withdrawn from school and
put to work owing TO the hard times
This IS particularly true among the
foreign population.
HIGH SCHOOL ORATOR