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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
For Boys and
Young Men

later, he defeated Mr.. Horr and was
reelected in 1886.
In 1893. Mr.. Tarsney came to De-
troit and engaged in law practice with
w. w. Wicker, but In 1898. he form
ed a partnership with w. G. Fitzpat-
rick. In 1900. he received the ap-
pointment Of corporation counsel at
the hands of the late ex-Mayor VIII.
lam c. Maybury and served two terms.
retiring In July. 1908.
Mr. Tarsney tried many important
cases, among them being the case OF
Owen versus Potter, which involved
over eight million dollars. probably
the largest sum ever contested for in
the state of Michigan. Besides his
regular law practice, he conducted a
large admiralty business. his expert.
ence on the lakes as an engineer
standing him In good stead In this
branch of the profession. His law
library is perhaps the finest and most
complete private library in the state
Oct. I, 1873, he married Miss Gather
Inc O'Brien. Of Ann Arbor, who with
five children. survives him. The chill
dren are Mrs. David E. Stott, the
Misses Charlotte and Monica, and
William, OF Detroit. the latter being
in the corporation counsel's Office. and
T. NJ. J. Tarsney, of Chicago He was
a brother-in-law OF T. A. z. Weadock,
of Detroit. and George W. Weadock,
of Saginaw. A sister. Mrs. Margaret
Nocy, lives in Saginaw. and brother,
John C. TarsIey, lives in Kansas City.
Mr.. Tarsney was a member Of Holy
Rosary church, belonged to the
knights of Columbus. the Knights OF
Equity. the b. p. o. z. and other or
CARNATIONS.
He was magnetic speaker and gift
ed in colloquial debate. ready with his
Irish wit and quick at repartee.
During the two terms he served In
congress, he was the wit of the house
as well as being famous as n story
teller He participated in practically
all of the local. state and national
campaigns for the last three or four
decades. and refused absolutely to
accept any remuneration for either
his services or expenses at these
times
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09

wonderful will power and vitality kept
him alive when his physicians had
abandoned all hope. All the members
OF his family were with him when the
end came.
Mr.. Tarsney retained his faculties
TO the end, and had joked with friends
who called to see him. The death OF
two of bis closest friends. William c.
Maybury and stephen Baldwin, had a
very depressing effect on him during
his illness. and for time the news of
the taking away of these two was kept
from him. but as he read the daily
papers almost to the last, the news
was gently broken to him.
Funeral services will be held In
Holy Rosary church at $50. Friday
morning, and the body will be taken
to Saginaw for burial
Timothy Edward Tarsney was a
unique and interesting personality. He
was born on farm in Hillsdale coun-
ty, Michigan, Feb. 4. 1S49 His edu-
cation was limited to his acquire
ments in the district schools prior to
the age of IL. His father and mother
came to this country from Ireland in
1881, settling in New York. They
moved to Michigan in 1914, locating
first In Medina, Lenawee county, and
four years later going to Ransom, Hills
dale county.
AT the age of IL, Timothy entered a
machine shop in Hudson, Mich, and
remained there for nearly three years,
learning the trade Of machinist. At
the opening of the civil war, three ri
his brothers responded to the call for
volunteers on the same day, a fourth
brother followed little later, and
Timothy went before he was Is years
OF age, mere STRIPPING. &c Tennessee.
He served as fireman on a locomo-
tive In the service OF the government.
His eldest brother was killed in the
battle of the Wilderness, another
brother was prisoner OF war in An
Jacksonville, and his brother, John, was
wounded and captured In Gettysburg
but lived to serve three terms as a
member Of congress and later was
United States judge for the territory
Of Oklahoma. One brother, Thomas
carried the regimental colors at Get
tysburg. later going to Mexico to aid
in expelling Macmillan. Afterwards
he was adjutant general OF the state
of Colorado.
At the close OF the war, young Tim
othy returned TO the machine shop in
Hudson. where he worked until 1866.
and then took charge of a steam en-
CINE In a sawmill in Saginaw. after
wards becoming a marine engineer.
During the winters he attended law
school In Ann Arbor and sailed the
Great Lakes In the summer. Gradual
ing from the University OF Michigan
in 1872, he settled in Saginaw aud
shortly afterwards was elected justice
of the peace. being the only Democrat
on the ticket that was successful at
the polls. In 1875. and for three sue.
cessive years, he served as city at;or-
ney OF East Saginaw.
In 1879. he became n member of
the law firm OF Tarsney e. Weadocl:.
the partnership continuing for L.
years. In 1880. he was nominated as
the Democratic candidate-for congress
in the eighth congressional district
against Roswell G.. Horr, but was de-
feated. and two years later was nom.
mated for attorney general, but suffer
ed defeat with his ticket. Two years
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
MENAGERIE A GREAT SCHOOL.
Circus Holiday Is an Important Factor
Of Education.

An hour can always be spent In a
circus menagerie with pleasure and
Incidental advantage to those so In
clined. There is no limit TO the les
sons to be learned there in compare
tive zoology II one uses his eyes and
is not afraid to ask questions any
amount OF odd and interesting inform
alton can be picked up.
For example, one learns that the
giraffe can utter no sound. that the
elephant can feel the bite OF a fly,
that camels are bred In Siberia. that
the male ostrich sits on the eggs, that
the female kangaroo carries It's young
in a pouch while travelling, that hip
popotamus eats less than dog, that
most beautiful lace is made from the
hair of the yak.
The menagerie of the Barnum and
Bailey Greatest Show on Earth Is q
complete geological garden. There is
nothing In the animal kingdom that Is
missing I'm this display II II has any
value as an exhibit There is no other
circus i'm the world that can say as
much. This circus is known to be
tho pioneer and the leader in all great
things This years organization IL
moro than ever surprising In size and
new features. The equipment is all
new and the parade has been revived
on the grandest scale.
The big show will be In Detroit,
Thursday, June II.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
TIMOTHY TARSNEY
TAKEN BY DEATH
Former Corporation Counsel Was
Unique Figure in Local end
Michigan Politics.

Timothy z. Tarsney for many years
one OF the most prominent men in
the public eye in both the city and
state. died Tuesday night at IL o'clock
in his home. No. SO Bethune-ave. west,
after an illness OF several months.
Death was due to a complication of
diseases and for several weeks his
life had been despaired of, but his
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
Although the reoa,ins and re.urfscins

largely on the low paving prices OF
1908, the trend is still lower this
year so that margin or slo,o24 Is
shown in the bids opened Tuesday
for nve paving jobs. These are for
brick repaving. and the price per
square yard ranged from sl92 TO
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
TRIO DRAW SENTENCE.
Thief and Man Who Abused Girls Sent
70 Workhouse.

George Meyers. convicted of the
charge of stealing IL barrels of sugar
from the Grand Trunk freight sheds,
was sentenced by Judge Phelan. Tues
day morning. to serve not less than
one, nor more than five years In the
house OF correction.
Thomas Lakin. aged 81, the railroad
watchman recently convicted OF entic-
ing young girls into his tower and In
dulging in shocking orgies with them,
was sentenced to six months in the
worlShouse. He broke down complete.
ly when sentenced.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09

A verdict for S725 against the ID. U. IL.
was returned In favor OF Joseph r.
Edwards by jury In Judge MUIR
phys court Tuesday afternoon. Ed
wards was injured when he fell over
snow pile made by the company
men in cleaning their tracks last
February
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
CHARLES CLARK IS AGAIN
CONVICTED OF MURDER
Hurts His Own Case by Damaging Ad-
missions on the Stand-Remand-
ed for Sentence.

ed for Sentence.
Evidently fearful of the verdict. at
ter his weak defense, when he took
the stand In his own behalf, Tuesday,
Charles Clark sat with his face buried
in his hands when the jury filed into
Judge Phelan's court room, Tuesday
afternoon, and prnounced him guilty
of numbering Horton Warren in the
Goderich house. Brush-st. and Jeffer-
son-ave., on Oct. %. 1902, affirming the
verdict Of the jury in Clark's former
trial.
Clark was remanded for sentence,
which must be life Imprisonment I'M
der the law.
A ripple Of excitement went through
the court room when Clark took tho
stand. after falling to do so In his
first trial. but he had hardly started
to testify. when II became plain that
he was only hurting his own case
with his damaging admissions.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
ounty Physicians Stnpiet0n ana
ri hn nlnlR DnatmO RI IN

Peter Knauss, at the request or the
family, decided that death. which oc-
Cured in st. Joseph's retreat, early
Tuesday morning, was due TO inter =
nal Inflammation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09
ne.u,te the recent utterancc Of Prcsi-
Ami nndpc. Of the Nnfer bOnrd. TINT
Court officer Lynch Dead.

David Lynch, for several years court
officer in Judge Phelan's court. died
Of tuberculosis Tuesday night in his
home, No. TSP Morrellst. His success.
sor in the recorders court Is George
Devereaux.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-06-09

A new gun carriage with which the
German army is experimenting has
pedrail wheels. the tire blocks oil
which practically make and take up
a road for II as II advances.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1909-01-02

tast for good literature; the reaction will
be seen in better kept, better stocked,
more successful farms and more pros
porous farming communities.
In Illinois, in Texas, in Massachusetts,,
as vel las in other parts of the country,
the hearing as conducted by the com
mission showed the need of better roads.
Therefore, the commission will urge that
the more rapid development of the farm
ing sections of the country depends upon
better roads.
The proposal for the establishment Of
the parcels post system was viewed with
much favor, but the cry for postal saw
ings banks was most pronounced in the
New England states. The discerning
reader will draw his own conclusions
from this.
There will be few to dispute the fact,
however, that the commission, as the re-
suit of its swing around the circle and its
face to- face interviews with farmers in
all parts of the country, has been enabled
to put it's fingers upon reforms that need
to be secured and upon improvements
that will make for the prosperity of the
whole people-and the greatest of these
IS better schools.
Through the commissions efforts and
through the attention directed to the
farmers problems, an impetus. has un-
1uestionably been given to the task of
working out these problems.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1909-01-02
LEGISLATION TO PREVENT FOREST
FIRES.

The frequency and seriousness of forest
fires during the past autumn prove that
the present laws for the protection Of
the forests are inadequate. We are of
he opinion that negligence or inexcusable
rarelessness is responsibel for the major
ity of the fires, not merely in the Adj
rondack regions, but also in the fires swept
districts of Minnesota, Michigan, and
Wisconsin. If this carelessness be meas
lred by the magnitude of the disasters
If which it is the original cause, it takes
on surely a strong flavor of criminality.
For it is no excuse to sa ythat the
hunter who fails to extinguish his camp
fire, or the settler who leaves the edges
Of his clearing burning through the night
in proximity to inflammable forest tim
Der, does sowithout any thought of the
oss of lie or property which may re-
suit from his carelessness for he is well
aware of the fact that such, smoldering
fires, may, and do, start great contlagra
o.
lives are sacrificed. If such carelessness
in the presence of this knowledge be not
criminal, new definition must be found
for this last named word.
Our attention has recently been drawn
20 the fact that in Canada there is a
strong movement on foot, urging the
government to follow more definite
course of action in the protection of the
forests, and to make the breach of the
forest protection laws punishable by i'm
prisonmen. without the option Of any
fine. The object aimed atbv the sug
gested legislation is, not merely to in
arease the number and enlarge, the pow
ers of the forest wardens, but also to
compel every camper to either extin-
glIish his fire or keep it under guard; {;
to require every settler, railway con
tractor, or railway in clearing lands, to
maintain guard by night as well as by
day. so long as the stumps are burning
and to prevent any stumps or under
brush being fired within reasonable dis
tance of the standing timber; and final
ly, to make the railways and factories
whose tracks or works are within the
forest area responsible for the protec
tion of the forest to a given distance on
each side of the railway or factory.
We commend this subject to the at
tention of the legislatures in those States
most nearly affected II is certain that
legislation bringing the careless starting
and neglect of fires within the range of
the criminal law would prove a most
speedy and effective check upon the pres
ent annual destruction Of life and prop
Scientific American.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1909-01-02
Magazine @Rat
Woman's Home Companion for Janual


Woman's Home Companion for January
The current issue OF this most progress
sive woman's publication contains two
unusual art reproductions. AT the Royal
Academy last summer, painting Of
Christ, entitled Follow Me- by hither-
to unknown woman painter proved to be
the sensational canvas of the exhibition
SO remarkable was this unusual and
spiritual picture that it was at all times
completely surrounded by grouSe, Of in
terested and reverential people. Follow
Me- is reproduced in America for the first
time in the January Woman's Home
Companion.
Howard Chandler Christy's ssThe Woo
ing of Lorna Doone, also in the January
Woman's Home Companion, is the first
of a. series of love scenes from famous
novels that are being painted for this
magazine by the most celebrated artists
of the day. Another attractive and un-
usual art feature consists of portraits Of
the Beauties of Thousand Years" col
lected all over the world for Woman's
Home Companion by William Armstrong
In addition to the continued stories BY
Anna Katharine Green, Florence Morse
Kingsley and Juliet Wilbor Tompkins
there is story by Anne Warner, entitled
Dan Rabbit, Cupid Marie Manning's
sThe Scandal of the Bottle Boy "The
Pride of Girl by Mary Hastings, and
charming baby story, entitled ''The
Story of Very Little Person." by Albert
White and Mary Heaton Worse.
Lucy Green, seventeen year old girl
who landed in Philadelphia one day not
long ago, looking for work, with only
five dollars in her pocket, relates her ex-
periences in the Quaker City.
Everett T. Tomlinson, one of the most
expert trainers of boys in America
writes on the habits of the boy.
In addition to the many special articles
there are contained in this issue dozen
complete departments, including dress
making, by Grace Margaret Could: cook
ing recipes for mid winter receptions by
Fannie Merritt Farmer, and Problems
Of the Business Girl by Anna Steest
Richardson
Pleasantville weekly press., 1909-01-02
HoMtNc PIGEON FLIGHTS
Stories Of Birds Which Found Their
Way, Abroad Ships.

Captain Cowdy, Of the British steam
ship Cayo ManzanilIo, is fancier Of
pigeons, and has demonstrated BY actual
experience that birds Of the homing
class will locate for themselves temp
orary loft as well as permanent one,
says the Houston Post. Captain Cowdy
stated that he had noticed recently in
dispatches from Galveston that number
OF homer pigeons had been picked up by
vessels in the gulf aud by people in this
city, and said part of his family of ten
which was lost from the Cayo Manzan-
lilo off Vera Cruz during the night OF
September l6, when his vessel ensoun-
tered the storm which struck Galveston
the next day.
These ten pigeons are Belgian birds.
| and each was marked with metal ring
| on one Of its legs, record of which is
in the possession of Captain Cowdy.
| These birds have travelled with him for
thousands Of miles and have been released
in many different countries, at times as
| far as 500 miles in the interior, and in
every case have found their way ba '
| to their ship, evidently having no trod'
| bic picking out their homes among the
numerous other vessels that might be
at anchor.
| One Of the latest tests that Captain
Cowdy gave to his birds was at Vera
Cruz, Mex, when he took his pets with
him distance of 200 miles into the in
terror to the City of Mexico, where they
were released, and they flew direct to
Vera Cruz and to their loft aboard his
ship.
An interesting confidence with the dis
appearance of his ten birds on the night
| of the storm was that the next day one
Of them returned. 1t found the ship at
| sea and fell to the deck exhausted.
Shortly after it recovered and appeared
anxious to leave again. 1t was released,
but after flying about the ship for a
while rose in the air and made frantic
appeals 50 Captain Cowdy interprets
them. to attract the attention Of the
commander, and then slowly started away
in the direction from which it had come
Captain Cowdy is positive in his belief
Pleasantville weekly press., 1909-01-02
Mothers corenation Day,

That first Christmas was the moth
er's coronation day. Each recurring
Christmas perpetuates the memory Of
her great glory. In public and in pri-
vate celebrations Of it hers should be
the central figure. Solemn gladness
akin to the Creators satisfaction In
his very good" work should fill her
soul.
In MFR. Harrison S. Morris beautiful
poem, Incarnation" we read how a
laborer, laden with "a tray of tools, a
timbered frame" walked in the sun
shine through city street
Nor knew that out of myriads one
Beside him saw a shadow run
That clasped the centuries in its shade
But, like loving spirit, there,
In even football at his side,
A shadow walked the pavement wide
With bended head and humble pride
And angled cross aslant the air.
1t was as IL the dateless sun
Forgot the years, the far abode,
And. 10, upon the sordid road
The cross worn Nazarean trode,
4 Holding the journey never done.
Every mother who holds her baby In
her arms repeats, unconsciously or con-
sciously, the story of the incarnation
The blended shadow clasps the centu-
ries," past, present and to come. and
eternity itself 'in its shade. Marion
Harland In Independent.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1909-01-02
KEEPS SILENCE VOW
Boy Tilted by Sweetheart Swore Never
to Converse Again.

For 80 years, says the Niddletown
correspondent of the New York Herald,
Benjamin Landis, who lives with his
mother in modest little home wo miles
outside of this town, has not conversed
with friends or relatives because, it is
said, he was Jilted by a girl whom he
loved deyotedly when a youth.
More than 80 years ago Ben Lands
then a belle Of the countryside, and
who married Harry Snavely. Lands was
about Is years old. Apparently Tilted,
he tried to forget that there had lived
such girl as Fannie Gingerich, and lie
went West hoping that his affection
might be lost in mining camp or on a
prairie ranch. For several years he lived
near Kansas City, but finally he came
East and returned to his mother, near
Middletown.
Loves fame had not died out, but he
was far different Ben Lands than the
one who went away few years before
Relatives declared that she became queer
while in the West" but neighbors say
lit was the girl"
Withal, Landis confessed that the uns
toward elimination of his love affair
had disheartened him. 1t was at this
time in his life that he took the vow
never again to hold a conversation with
any one throughout the length Of his
life.
And he has lived-up to this sell film
posed "no-talk for life sentence unhinch-
ingly for 30 years. Now and then he
mumbles q short sentence, but his mother
Mrs. Catherine Lands, venerable won
an of "a years, with whom he has lived
since he swore off talking, says he never
speaks to her.
Lands is picturesque in dress and fea
lures. He wears his hair foot long and
binds it under his coat. He never shaves
and his beard extends half way to his
belt. 1t is 80 years since the hair or
beard has been cut.
His only recreation is skating, and
he is prominent figure ON Swatara
Creek almost any winter day.
Today the woman whom Landis wooed
is widow. Her husband was killed on
a railroad IL years ago. She lives with
her parents near the Lands home. but
Ben never sepaks to her.
Pleasantville weekly press., 1909-01-02
PURPOSES AND SCOPE OF WORK OF
NEW DISTRICT ADMINS
TRATION OF NATIONAL
FORESTS.

Washington.-The institution Of six
district offices in the West by the United
States Forest Service, a big piece of
work which has just been completed, in
7olves a complete change in the machin-
cry of this branch Of the government as
.egards the handling of National For
.sts. AS result of the reorganization,
The Forest Service force at the head
quarters in this city has been reduced to
he general administrative officers and
% those who are conducting the inves-
igative work of the Service outside of
he National Forests.
The six districts which have the same
boundaries as the old inspection districts
will be in charge of six District foresters
With headquarters in Denver, Colo; Og-
len, Utah; Albuquerque, N. Mex; Mis-
joula, Mont; San Francisco, CAL; and
PORTLAND, Greg. For nearly a year pre-
paration for the District organization
as been going quieetly but steadily for
ward. This has thrown an additional
burden upon force already excessively
busy, but the work has been accomplish
d and accomplished on time. The trans
tion has been particularly remarkable
because it involved no material delay in
he transaction of National Forest bus
ness while the change was going on.
"The Forest Service said Clifford Pin
.hot, United tSates Forester, "is putting
1 large part of its work into the field,
where it belongs. The organization on
December l, of the National Forests into
six districts, each in charge of a local
force under District Forester, is some
hing we have been working toward for
a long time That we have not done it
sooner, is because we did not have a
sufficient number Of trained men to equip
the Districts.
"The District organization will mean a
much freer use of the National Forests
by the people, because there will not be
the delay inevitable SO long as National
Forest business is handled from Wash
ington. 1t is also going to mean that
here will always be officers with the
power to make decisions, near the ground.
who can lookinto the facts for them
selves, wherever necessary, without hav
ing to decide them at long range. | be-
lieve every man who uses the National
Forests will realize these things inside
of six months.
1t is probable that there have never
been new Government offices started with
heir procedure SO fully and definitely
lutlined as that for the six District offices
of the Forest Service in the Vest 1t
,as been possible to start al 1.-The offices
well equipped with men with both the
raining and experience to take up the
work. A large proportion Of them are
men who have formerly been in charge
IF National Forests and who have been
promoted to higher positions as the di-
rect result Of their efficiency. All the
District officers are familiar with West
in the West and lived there before and
.fter they entered the Government Forest
work.