The Detroit times., 1908-12-23

Tuesday evening on The lire SUD
lime" in Schwankovsky hall, being
the last Rogers declared that the
life sublime ~ not matter or fafne
or achievement. the man who lives
UP To the best that is within hin
having accomplished the most. what
ever his material success. In response
TO Il query. he warned his hearers
against spiritualistic frauds, al
though he asserted his belief tnat
phenomena similar TO the familiar
spiritualistic tests could be genuine
ly produced.
John j. Adams, alias "Dr. Anton
Wiechers," awaiting trial I'm the re-
corder's court ON a serious cnarse
Louisville. KY, was released from
Jail Tuesday afternoon. on 5000
bail furnished by Charles X. Walk
or and j. Ward Rowland. The bonds
were secured through the efforts of
local bonding agency. Adams ~
said TO have several thousand dollars
In eastern banks. While the doe
tor" Is enjoying his liberty. his al
legged victim is detained as a wit
ness in the matron's department in
police headquarters. Adams VIII be
tried during the January term
state Tax Commissioner W. II. Hoyt,
who IL also chairman of the Repub-
lican county committee, has appoint
ed committee TO assist Judge l..
o. Durfee in drawing up a new pri-
mary law. The new arrangement Is
ment clause SO that cross-voting in
the primaries may he prevented The
first meeting VIII be held in Judge
Durfee's office. SATURDAY morning
mittee will include Hugh Shepherd.
r. T.. Van SICKLE, J. +. w. NerEouw.
+. II. Schmalzreidt. W: H.. Green.
Jr, a f.. Baisley. OF Wyandotte: /.
Sailiotte, OF Ecorse: w. II. Hutton.
of Worthwhile. and T. T. Wood. Of
Dearborn.
Mrs. Catherine Forncrook, of No. $50
sixth-st., Detroit, has been declared
sane by the probate court in Los
Angeles. Cal. and she now has an
excellent chance of gaining posses
sion of her il-year-old daughter,
Grace. taken away By her husband.
postman. Funds were raised by the
Rev. Or. ]. NJ. Barkley, OF the For
est ave. Presbyterian church, to as
sist Mrs. Forncrook in her Tight for
her daughter When she reached
California. her husband made charges
Of insanity against her, but the court
decided In her favor. she VIII now
press her claim for the child. which
was taken In charge several weeks
ago by the humane society
Levi II. Lee, a farmer, from Dexter,
Mich. who gained some notoriet!
about a wear ago. when he became
and started her Up in the roominS
house business on Ledyard St. al
peared in the probate court. Tuesday
afternoon. ana asked Judge Durfee
TO remove his guardian. For three
months Lee has been under guard
tan spendthrlft. Three yeal s
ago he inherited property worth w.
600 in Dexter, but OF this only "A
alleged IN court that the old man
desire to shine In the company OF
the fair sex accounted for the loss
OF most OF his money. The hearing
was postponed until Jan. 81
Two boys giving their names a. John
kubasinsiSi, No. 1873 st. Aubin I'VE.
and Theodore Lubrinsku. No. 1918
Dubois-st.. are locked up in the coun'
~ jail. charged with the wholesale
THEFT OF copper wire from the com.
pany's telegraph poles. They were
captured by William A. Navarro, {
Michigan Central employe. Monda,
t sSrns a Country e fftnE Na Ssas
started out on "A gasoline "speeder'
when the Detroit operators were sud
denly cut OF from North Detroit anC
other stations close by. Near Roya
oak he saw the two boys at worl
on pole and, abandoning his speed
er. ran toward them. The boy
quickly descended and led the detec
finally overtaken. Service on tn
road was tied up three hours
search OF the effects OF Annie Hill, 81
years old, who lived In squalid quar-
ters on the TOP moor at NO. 2sO Ora
tiot-ave. and died a charity patien
In st. Marys hospital, Sunday, la
revealed certificates showing depos
It's Of more than $4,000 In the FRS
National and Home Savings banks
No one knows how she came by tn
money. She had lived alone sine
the death OF her husband. 10 year
ago. and made no friends. She re
ceived aims regularly from the poo
commission and had been a CHART,
patient In the hospital for severa
weeks preceding her death. AS re
suit OF the discovery OF the none,
she was given respectable burial II
WoOdmere cemetery Tuesday. TIL,
woman was OF English birth an,
leaves several brothers and sisters
In her home country. Her only reia