The Detroit times., 1908-05-07
'uTTI LOCAL STORIES

Frank w. Blair has been elected IN d.
rector OF the Lake Superior Iron ~
Furnace CO.. to NIL the place OF the
late r. T. Hance.
Register OF Deeds GulIeyf "rhe busi-
ness of my Office has fallen on about
20 per cent since last November, oW-
ing 10 the slack times
The Business WomaD's guild will hold
q fur Thursday and Friday evenings
IN St. Johns parish hall, Montcalni-
ST. east. Just of Woodward.
Corporation Counsel Timothy f.. Tars-
neyi ~ notice the paper. have re-
ferred 10 the police scandal as
mess That seems TO be the right
Chief of Detectives McDenneilt ''There
II NO epidemic of burgiaries i'm De-
troit--just the usual run OF small
| jobs that we always look for at this
time of year
Director A. III. Grirnth, of the Detroit
Museum of Art, will deliver lee
ture on Yellowstone Park in the mu-
scum, Friday evening, May 3. The
lecture VIII be illustrated with 100
beautifully colored stereopticon
slides.
The taking OF the annual school census
will begin May II, and viii be COM
4 pleted. IL Is figured. In about 20 days.
The work this year will be I'm charge
n OF Robert H. Watson. formerly dis
trict manager for the Michigan state
Telephone Co.
a defamation contest Will be held I'm
noon by the house OF representative.
Among the speakers TO be on the
n program are Harry McMaster. Walter
Gehrke, Leon II. Hamburger, and
n Lewis Ludington.
n Carson Council, Princess of Jerusalem.
hns elected the following officers
Sovereign prince Harry Walker;
n senior warden, William c. Spraguc
Junior warden. George A. Lewis;
treasurer. James h. Davis secretary,
a Arba III. Seymour.
"A William q. shaw, aged 81, and a bride
groom OF few months. was awarded
verdict OF $625 against the II. L. X.
by jury In Judge Nurphy's court
Wednesday afternoon shaw was in
jured when a Jefferson car started
II while he was alightlng.
Stocks OF Geld storage poultry and eggs
will escape taxation as personal prop
srty this year; The proprietors OF
d refused to give particulars. and the
time left for making out the tax roll
IS too short TO allow of coercive
measures.
Auditor HawIey Christian, ayyyandotte
crooks are having a hard time OF IL
these days. with two sets OF police
men patroling the streets. Consider
able rivalry exists between the two
4 crowds and neither side misses an
opportunity TO exercise authority.
Blue coatsfand brass buttons can be
seen on every corner.
n Frank Aidrfch, superintendent of street
n cleaning md garbage coiicctfoni 1.-THE
X estimators perpetrated one joke In
handling my estimates. l asked for
a sum TO buy 40 horse blankets for
the garbage service horses and they
allowed me $50 l think those blank
n cts will have to be about the size OF
ear-muffs."
n otto Refnhardt, former alderman
Twelfth wardf "No one who IL not
IN official life can imagine the
amount of work an alderman ~
called on to do for his constituents.
/ I Will not run for the council again
unless i find that there - a very pro
nounced desire among the people of
my ward to have me there"
Charging her husband. Harry Curtis,
with non-support mud numerous acts
OF cruelty. Ruth Curtis filed bill
for divorce in the circuit court, We'd
nesday afternoon. Both are vaude-
VILE singers, and have appeared In
most OF the smaller cities of the
state. The plaintiffs name before her
marriage was Ruth Kornman.
| William J. AlImand, coroncr's clera
- man I'm this business has to cuiii-
vate a habit OF looking at the bright
side of things to prevent becoming n
pessimist. Perhaps no man In the
city sees more OF the darker sides OF
life than the coroner or coroner
clerk. Naturally, we become accus-
toned TO the scenes we witness. but
we have feeling the same as anyone
else"
4 Aboiisbing of the tariff barriers 60 n,u-
tusl trade between the United states