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The Detroit times., 1909-06-22
THE LIGHTHOUSE INN.
This Beautiful Family Resort, One OF
the Highest Class on the American
Shore, Is open.
( lenk's Daily Launch Schedu

NIenkS Daily LdunCH oCHeuuIr'
Leaves public dock at Belle Isle
bridge
10 a. m. 1870 a. m. p. m, $3.50
p. m, p. m. 5: 80 p. m, p. m, $3.50
p. m. 10 p. m,
The Detroit times., 1909-06-22
LIGHT HOUSE INN

indmill Clair
River Fox Creek
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
Prenared FOR the Worst.

Gov. John A. Johnson of Minnesota,
who had many supporters for the Dem
ocratic nomination for president, was
asked what his attitude on the matter
was.
Why" he said. II can best explain
my attitude by telling you about a
man I knew out west who went to
town one night and imbibed very free
ly at the various bars.
HE was weaving an uncertain way
homeward along the road when he al
most ran into large rattlesnake that
was coiled in the road and ratified ON
inously. He looked at the snake for
a moment and then drew himself up
as well as he could. II you are going
to strike, strike, drat ye,' he said. You
will never find me better prepared ="
Saturday Evening Post.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
COFFIN ROLLED
DOWN THE STEPS
HUSBAND TAINTED WHILE HELP.
ING CARRY WIFE's BODY TO
WAITING HEARsE.
HORR0RAT CHURCH ENTRANCE
Affair Creates Considerable Excite
nent-orief-stricken Man Shown
Wrong Corpse When He
Calls at Hospital.

Cincinnati.-During the funeral OF
Mrs. Carl Domm at st. Xavier's
church, on Sycamore street the other
morning considerable excitement was
created when her husband tainted In
his pew while his brother, a priest,
was reciting the mass for the dead.
The priest continued with the mass,
while several men carried the young
man out and revived him.
Later, while he was assisting In car
rying his wife's coffin to a hearse,
Domm tainted again at the head of the
steps at the entrance of the church,
and the coffin containing the corpse
rolled 10 the sidewalk. The terrible
affair so affected Mrs. Lizzie Patten,
friend of the dead woman, that she
screamed and collapsed, but was soon
restored to consciousness. Consider
able difficulty was also experienced in
reviving the grief-stricken young hus-
band. One hearse was all that made
up the funeral cortege of the wom-
an, the two mourners-the husband
and Mrs. Patten-with the priest, go.
ing to the cemetery in a street car.
Mrs. Domm was heiress to a large
estate in Germany, and with her hus-
band had conducted a long and hard
fight to recover her share of her ia
theirs estate. She was 80 years of age
and resided with Mrs. Patten. For
some time her husband, Carl Domm,
has been working in Chicago earning
the money necessary to carry on the
fight for his wife's Inheritance. Five
weeks ago Mrs. Domm became i'll, and,
according to Mrs. Patten, went to
hospital. When abe died there the
other Sunday the physicians stated
that the cause of her death was con-
sumption. Domm broke down and
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

freighters. However, the sailing vessel
In which Muller took passage was
even slower, and 1t was calculated that
the Manchester" would reach New
York some days before the Victoria"
II was an anxious voyage, and the
time was counted with feverish impa-
tience; but the expectations OF the
pursuers were realized and the Man
chester" reached New York more than
4S hours ahead OF the Victoria" The
four men waited on the dock, and as
soon as the vessel reached the pier,
they went aboard. Muller had been
quite sick on the way over and he
came on deck looking pale and care
worn. Mr.. Graves and the cabman
recognized him at once and shouted
in unison:
That's the mani"
The two detectives Immediately
placed him under arrest and before
leaving the vessel made a search Of
the prisoners box. The watch belong
ing to the murdered man was found
in his trunk, wrapped up In piece of
leather. Most audacious OF all, Muller,
at the time of his capture, was wear
ing the hat which belonged to the
murdered man. It had been cut down
and somewhat altered, but there was
no difficulty in finding traces which
made 1t correspond to the article OF
headgear which had been in the family
of the victim for many years.
Through the cooperation OF the
American authorities, extradition pa
pers were speedily prepared and the
prisoner went back to England in the
custody of his four captors. arriving
there in the middle of September OF
the year OF the murder. Although the
Bertillion system of Identification by
means of thumb-prints had not been
perfected at that time, the first steps
taken by the authorities was to secure
the impressions Of the prisoners
hands. These were carefully compared
with the blood-print on the door of the
railway carriage, and the marks of the
right hand were found TO correspond
| fairly we'll with the blood stained i'm
preston on the door of the coach.
The trial occurred at the next SEES
sion of the general criminal court.
Sir Robert Collyer, the solicitor-gen-
eral, had charge OF the prosecution
which was based entirely upon cir
cumstantial evidence. It was charged
that Muller had committed the muir.
der under a sudden impulse; that
standing at the station he had no
ticed Mr.. Briggs watch and chain and
jewelry, and was filed with an over
whelming desire to possess them; that
on the spur of the moment he had de.
termined TO follow him into the car.
riage. The victim resisted. but his as.
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1T belongs to my little GIRL" was
the reply.
Where did she get it?"
''It was given to her by a man who
lodged with us-his name is Franz
Muller. He left very suddenly after
the papers had become full Of the
Mystery of the Railway Carriage"
This was news with a vengeance.
The cabman was taken in hand and
subjected to rigorous cross-examina-
ton. He told all about his German
lodger and said among other things,
that the man had left his photograph
on the bureau in the second-story back
room where he had lodged. The police
Immediately secured the photograph
and Col Fraser FASTENED to Cheap
side and presented 1t to Graves, the
jeweler.
did you ever see that man?" he
inquired.
II did" was the reply. "He is the
foreigner who came here and ex-
changed the chain on the day after the
Briggs murder"
Col. Fraser returned to the ca5man's
home and held another long interview
with the red-faced person who had so
providentially furnished him with q
clue.
The cabby proved to be a veritable
mine of information. He testified,
among other things, that he had pur-
chased the hat which was found in the
railway carriage, doing so at the re-
quest of Muller, his German boarder.
II was learned that Muller had trans
| ferred his residence to a cheap lodg-
ing house in the Whitechapel dis
trict. This was carefully guarded, and
Col Fraser having supplied himself
with a warrant, went there one morn
! ing to arrest the suspect. Two men
were stationed in the front of the
house and two in the rear, and Con.
Fraser, himself, went upstairs to make
the arrest He hammered at the door.
There was no response. He burst II
open, and found-nothing. The room
was empty. The bird had flown.
Col. Frazer realized the importance.
of prompt and speedy action and he
at once formulated plans by which
two of the shrewdest detectives In the
metropolis were detailed to go to
America to arrest Mr.. Franz Muller.
Bobby Smith, the cabman, and Mr..
Graves, the jeweler of Cheapside,
we're sent with the officers for the
purpose OF Identifying Muller. This
curiously assorted quartet immediate
ly went to Liverpool and took the first
steamer across the Atlantic. Il proved
to be the "City of Manchester" which
in its day was one of the fast ocean
liners. but which at the present time
would be ranked among the slow
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
I Took Pe-ru-na.

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Could Not Smell Nor Hear
Mrs. A. L. Wetzel, 1923 Ohio St., Terre
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"When began to take your medicine
1 could not smell, nor hear a church
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hear.
when / began your treatment my
head was terrible. / had buzzing and
ch,rping noises in my head.
~ followed your advice faithfully and
took Peruna as you told me. Now L
might say am well.
81 want to go and visit my mother
and see the doctor who said was not
long for this world. / willie him 1t was
Peruna that cured me-"
Peruna is manufactured by The
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co, Columbus. Ohio.
Ask your Druggist for a Free Peruns
Almanac for 1909.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

cried when he told of his visit to the
hospital to see his wife.
II had been there Saturday while
she was yet alive" he said, land she
secuted the doctors belief that she
would die. Not dreaming that she had
died Sunday, went there on that day
and asked for her. She's dead said
an attendant. / felt like | would fall
over but | pulled myself together and
asked them to let me see her body.
They hauled out a stretcher, and |
asked them not to remove the cover.
ing from the face until | could con-
troll myself. Worrying over her con-
dition had made me weak and sick,
and | had not eaten anything since
left Chicago.
Now take It on l said. Then they
uncovered the body of a negro man,
and IL seemed that the room whirled
around me. AS long as live | will
never forget that shock. Why In the
name of heaven do they make such
mistakes?
"The attendant quickly covered the
body again and stood there looking at
me. sat down and began to hope that
perhaps they had erred in saying that
my wife was dead. Finally the man
exclaimed: oh, here she is and this
time 1t was my dead wife. There were
only two pallbearers, my brother
Henry and myself, and when l had to
let go my end of the coffin there was
nothing to hold 1t, and it fell crashing
down the steps. 1t must have been ter
rible. OF course | was unconscious
and did not see 1t. My brother Henry
had to go back to his work after help
ing me convey the coffin to the hearse,
and there was only the priest, Mrs.
Patten and myself went to the GENE
terry"
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sailant determined to possess the val
uables, no matter at what cost. He
had tried to choke Mr.. Briggs into In
sensibility, and not succeeding In
that, had seized hold of a life pre-
server such as is carried in English
railway carriages and had used 1t to
batter in the head of his venerable
victim. There was a deep wound over
the ear, the skull was fractured, and
there were several other blows on the
head. Following I'D this presentation
of the crime, the distinguished solic-
itor-general presented, piece by piece.
the bits of evidence which, in his
mind, convicted Franz Muller of the
murder of Thomas Briggs. Sir Robert
Collyer said that it was the strongest
circumstantial evidence which had
ever been brought forward in a MUIR
der case in his time. Muller, on his
part, set up an alibf, but it was not
very we'll substantiated, and the jury
without the slightest hesitation, re,
turned a verdict of guilty.
After his conviction Muller insisted
that he had been found guilty upon
false statement of flcts. His case
was taken up by the Society for the
Protection of Germans in England,
and the most powerful influences were
exerted there and abroad to obtain a
reprieve for the convict. In the mean
time, Muller was urged to make a
confession of HIS crime. He evaded any
| ~ L
ly saying: why should man confess
to man? Man cannot forgive man;
only God can do so. Man is therefore
only accountable to God" He persisted
in maintaining this attitude until the
very last He was not a vicious man
in any manner or way, and II was
quite evident that his crime was not
premeditated, and this fact at times
caused some uneasiness of conscience
to his captors. His refusal to admit his
guilt was perplexing and disquieting.
Finally the day of execution arrived.
A German pastor attended him to the
scaffold and urged him to make his
peace with God. The black cap was
placed over his eyes, and the rope was
adjusted about his neck. The execu-
toner prepared to give the signal
which would launch him into eter-
nifty At that psychological moment
Muller leaned over and whispered In
the ear Of his pastor:
IL did H."
The next second the drop had
slipped. and Franz Muller had gone to
meet his Creator.
Copyright. 1908, by w. q. Chapman)
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

most six months, but my case seemed
hopeless. The urine passed involun-
tarily. Two months ago l began TAX
ing Doan's Kidney Pills and the i'm
provement has been wonderful. Four
boxes have done me more good than
all the doctoring of seven years. I
gained so much that my friends won
der at It,"
Sold by all dealers. SOC box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
He Wanted to Get a Fair start.

An old citizen, who had been hen.
pecked all his life, was about to die.
His wife felt it her duty to offer him
such consolation as she might, and
said: John, you are about to go, but
I will follow you"
II suppose 80, Manda," said the old
man, weakly, but so far as am con-
cerned, you don't need to be In any
blamed hurry about it."-Argonaut.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

HE time was an even
ing in July, some years
ago; the place the sta
ton platform Of the
North London Railway
company at the Metro
politan borough of
Hackney. A number of
passengers were there,
awaiting the six o'clock
local from London. 1t
arrived presently, with
bell ringing clamorous
ly and engine putting
up great clouds of
smoke and sparks. The
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

says: In a railroad
collision my kidneys
must have been hurt,
as / passed bloody
urine with pain for a
long time after, was
weak and thin and
80 l could not work.
Two years after I
went to the hos
pital and remained al
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
OWnershin.

"He owns his own home, doesn't
he?"
yes, he only owes s3,s75 and inter
est on II Detroit Free Press.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

A good story-teller is a man who
can tell an old story much better than
you've ever heard It related before
Detroit Free Press.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
Pleasure First.

Bobby, did you give a piece OF
Sour cake to little Sam Green?"
"Yessum, but / punched his face
first"
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
HURT IN A WRECK.
Kidneys Badly Injured and Health So
rlousIy impaired.

William White, r. r. man, 201 Con-
stantine Street, Three Rivers, Mich.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

Highest Altitude In Europe.
Madrid has the highest altitude OF
any city In Europe
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
By George Barfor,
r and His Wonderful Capture of Crook

Hurried Inx,eSfieafion. a Trip
by NiSbf and Other MySferi-
Gus Features Are InocuEdfed
Info COL FraSer'S System Of
Arrf0inS ar Identity Of the
Grimm PdrfieS-Scene Is
Placed in an English Station.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
WILDWOOD YACHT CLUB MEETING
Mace's Hotel Royal on Sat
urday Evening

A meeting of the Wildwood Yacht
Club will be held this Saturday eve
ming at Mace's Hotel Royal, Anglesea
when matters of importance will be
discussed. Plans for next seasons
racing events and the summers enter
tainments at the clubs home, on the
Ottens Canal will be talked over.
Invitations have been sent to every
member of the club and an enjoyable
evenings session is looked forward to.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Card OF Thanks

Members and friends of the Angle
sea M. e. Sunday-school, through the
Bnl1ia1, wish 10 thank Misses Ida Mae
Buzby and Kathryn Mckinley for
their splendid singing, and Miss Flor
ence Funck for her excellent playing
at their Christmas entertainment on
Christmas eve., December 9th, and
also to all who helped make this enter
tainment the success that it was.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01

Assessor Robert Bright has on view
three beautiful framed pictures of a
bonito, porgy and butter fish presented
by Mayor elect Wheaton as a Christ
mas gift.
Mrs. Harry G. Wheaton attended
the banquet of Hereford Lodge, F. &
A. NJ, at Cape May Court House ON
Tuesday night of this week.
Mrs. Agnes Doherty, of the Hereford
Hotel, is spending New Years day in
Philadelphia.
Floyd Hewitt is in Philadelphia to-
day taking in the New Year celebra-
ton.
Capt. John Anderson, one of the An
glesea fishermen who is fishing in At
lantic City this winter, was home over
Christmas.
A regular meeting of the. Borough
Council was held last Saturday night
with President of Council Buck in the
chair and Councilmen Ely, Shivers
aud Wheaton and Clerk Young present.
This was the last regular meeting of
the present Council and a general
financial settlement was made.
Mr.. and Mrs. News, of Philadelphia,
spent Christmas in their cottage on
Central venue
Bernard Long and Sol Sven, Coun-
Gilman William Turner and George
Redding are expected home from their
trip to Florida this week.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Red Cross Italian Earthquake
Relief

The American National Red Cross
issues an immediate appeal for money
contributions for the relief of sufferers
OF the earthquake in Italy. Asking all
who will give, to do 80 quickly and
generously.
Contributions will be received by the
Treasurer of the New Jersey State
Branch, Hon. Daniel s. Voorhees,,
Trenton, N. J.
VIM. E. SPEcKMAN,
Secretary.
New Jersey State Branch American
National Red Cross.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
BASKET BALL
Cape May High School Defeated
by Wildwood Juniors

The Wildwood Juniors defeated the
Cape May High School basket ball
team at the Casino rink last Wednes-
day night by a score of 10 to 90. The
game was interesting from the start,
but the Wildwood boys were a little
too swift for the Cape May lads and
the first half ended by a score of 4 to 0.
Following is the line up:
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Casino Rink

There will be a grand Mask Carnival
at the Casino rink tonight when three
pairs of skates will be given as prizes
to the three best costumes, n for the
best dressed lady, n for the best
dressed gentleman and n for the
most comic costume. All are requested
to mask until nine o'clock. A good
time is anticipated for all who attend.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Card OF Thanks

1 personally wish to extend my sim
cere thanks to every n who so kind
ly assisted me in making the Cantata
of bethlehem" a pronounced ucces
Thanking one and all, 1 remain,
Respectfully,
ROBERT B. BOND,
Director.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01

SleDer SUD
The local team will play a return
game at Cape May in the near future.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
The Post Office Today

Following is the post office schedule
for today:
Office open from $50 A. M. to 8 A.
M, and 600 p. M. to IT'S 2. M.
The mails will depart as usual and
the registry BUSINESS will be open
during the office hours.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
GOOD Time MADE
IMPOSSIBLE
Cold Weather Deters Runners-Pear.
sons Academy Wins Track
Meet

Despite the GOODNESS Of the weather
that made good time impossible the
track meet between the classes Of
Whitman college that was pulled off
on Ankeny field yesterday afternoon
was interesting. Pearson's academy
was the winner, pulling down "a points
with the juniors second with 80 Will
Martin was the heavy point winner
getting four firsts and one third for
his team. There was no fast records
made, except in the 100-yard dash
won by Martin for Pearson's academy
in ten flat. The relay between the
juniors and the freshmen was the
feature of the meet. The teams were
evenly matched and although the
juniors led their younger opponents at
the end of each lap, victory was doubt
full until the final round, when Barnes
finished for the juniors 20 feet ahead
OF Thorn. An amusing feature was
the novice race for the championship
of the senior class. This was won by
Mick Cahill in the phenomenal time
of 1870 The men showed up well
and the coach expressed himself as
well pleased with the results The
new men in the distances and the
quarter made al especially good show
inc. 4 summary of the results follows:
1O0-yard dash-Martin, P. A.:
Barnes. 10; Kendall, -. Time, 1000.
Pole .vault-Foster, -; Felthouse.
'O9: Fee, 10. Height 10 feet.
Nile run-Thom, ~; Dietrich, P. A:
Hawley, 10 Time, 500.
22O-yard dash-Martin, P. A.; Cox,
IL: Oldright, 10. Time, :2S.
Broad jump-Martin, P. A. Felt
house. '09; Lewis. II. Distance, 90
feet inches
S8O-yard run-Cox, II, and Old
right, 10, tied for first; Simpson u,
third. Time, 2:11:3.
Shot put-Lewis. II; Borleske 10;
Martin P. A. Distance, SO feet l inch
Discus-Lewis, 70; butcher, 'O9;
Mccoy, P. A. Distance, 1OS feet, 2
inches.
220-yard hurdles-Martin, P. A;
Wilson, 10; Cox, II. Time, 27:O2.
Hammer throw-McCoy. P. A: Bur-
oughs, O9; Rolstad, ~. Distance,
so feet
12O-yard hurdles-Fee 10; Fletcher,
'O9: Wilson, 10. Time, 1901.
44O-yard dash-Barnes, 10; Martin,
P. A: Wilson, 10. Time, :56.
High jump-Foster 70: Hill. p;
Mccoy. P. A. Height, feet 1 inch
Relay-Won by Junior team, Old
right Fee, Wilson, Barnes Time,
3:42:1
Senior novice-Cahill, Burroughs,
Holm. Time, 1902.
The scores of the respective classes
are as follows: Pearsons' academy.
"a; juniors. 33; freshmen, p; sopho-
mores, 10; seniors. Is. Referee, Blan-
chard; starter, Mclean.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-04
SPORTS
Professional and Amateur Sports Track Ring and Diamond

There is plenty of material in this
part of the country TO race.
1t has been rumored around the
track that Seattle will give a 35 day
harness meeting.
It would certainly be grand sue
cess. if the distance is only to be half
mile heats, there would be plenty of
sprinters.
Jim Erwin, is expected at the track
most any day. Owing 20 the fact that
he has severed his connections with the
breeding establishment of N. K. West,
of Pendleton.
J. M. MACK" Busby, thinks that the
PAGER, Alveta, by Del More, is about
one of the best side wheelers among
the green ones in this state of great
horses.
Leola, by Westfield, 1922, that work.
ed a mile at the local rack last fall in
2O7 ga, is being touted as the best
ever And had ought to 2:04 before
the season closes. Leola is the prop
er of Frank Frazier, of Pendleton,
Oregon.
Geo. E. Kelly. is developing about
he finest bunch of wearlings in the
northwest. They are the get of Bonnie
NICK. the good son of McKinnie 2:11,
sire of Bonnie Antrim, 90 with a
secord of 1925 1-2 They all trot some.
Over a. Milton, there is several
good youngsters, and the wise ones
saw that they are of the right kind OF
material A. M. Elan, well known
citizen of that place. has handsome
big growthy colt -years-old, by
Yves field, 2:22, that weights ITO
pounds, he is natural born trotter'
with a good head and neck, nice set
of legs with no rough edges 20 rasy on.