The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
WHERE LIFE is
WORTH LIVING

A verdict for &I25 against the ID. U. IL.
was returned In favor OF Joseph r.
+ Edwards by jury In Judge M u
phys court. Tuesday afternoon Ed
wards was injured when he tell over
a snow pile made by the company
men in cleaning their tracks last
February.
County Physicians Stnpieton ana
Grimes. who mndc postmortem
examination OF the book OF ex,aiu.
Peter Knauss. at the request OF the
family decided that death, which oc-
Cured in st. Joseph's retreat carry
Tuesday morning, was due to inter
nal Inflammation.
Although the repaVing and resurfacfng
estimates for this year were based
largely on the low paving prices or
1908. the trend Is still lower TINS
year. so that "a margin OF SO'o24 Is
shown In the bids opened iu ra say
for five paving jobs; These are TOT
brick repaving. and the price per
square yard ranged from sl92 10
$217.
against the homestead of Attorney
George w RadforG. against whom
disbarment proceedings were recently
commenced in the circuit court, were
started Tuesday afternoon by Fred
erick A. Balch, administrators OF the
estate OF George w Balch. Inc
mortgage was given TO secure Loan loan
OF $4,000. Up to last August SbZo
interest was due and unpaid.
John A. Adams, alias, Dr. Wiechers,
recently sentenced ia hye-yenr
term in Marquette prison Tor petray-
ing little Rosa REM by false mar
riage, has written to Court StenoS-
rapher Douglas Cochrane, asking MIN
10 forward the testimony in the
noted case, in order that Adams may
proceed to apply for new trial
Cochrane replied that the testimony
would be printed In its regular turn
Additional land parallel 90 the MI;
L. hein re- In m A e. al
by the ID. u. r.. with view to
double tracking the line from the
Country club TO the Bath city. travel
single track has been round to De
cumbersome In handling enlarged
service There r %iIi , be new snO noer
ditions and less likelihood OF acct
dents.
The inheritance tax on the estate OF
Fred y. sibicy has been fixed by the
probate court at $l2,SO439. This is
one of the largest inheritance taxes
ever assessed against an estate IN
Wayne county. and was caused oy
the peculiar nature OF the bequests:
THE estate was divided among "a
heirs, only one OF whom was near
relative The estate consisted or
slsi,6S7 personal property ana Si41.-
02S real estate.
Mrs. Minnie Maedier, charged Win
abusing her I3-yenr-oid daughter.
was brought into probate court
~ ing OF the complaint by Judge Dur
Zee Mrs Maedler sobbed continually.
She was not asked TO answer TO the
charge and was released without
bail TO appear on June Fl III she de-
sires TO plead as to the disposition
Of the child. The girl Will be kept
in the Shelter home until then. The
woman does not object seriously TO
giving up the girl. but wants her to
be given over to Gust. Maedler. a
brother OF one OF her many husbands.
and the only one she says she ever
loved.
Despite the recent utterancc of Prcsf-
dent Dodge, OF the water board, that
water rates should go up In this city,
July 1, no action In regard to increas-
. ing the scale was discussed In the
regular June meeting OF the board,
Tuesday. Another meeting will be
called later Otherwise the matter
is likely 10 go over for another fiscal
year. No action was taken on The
bids for $250.000 OF bonds. N. w
Haisey & Co. offered premium OF
s23125O. Civil Engineer Fenkell
told the board what Is being done to
discover pipes impaired by cleo
trolysis. Plans for laying water
mains in Highland Park were APP
proved.