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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-10-07
PLUNGED INTO
THE OTHER WORLD
THE SUICIDE OF DIR. WEBSTER
WAS CAUSED 5Y SHORT
FINANCES.
WHERE DID MONEY GO?
The Association Which He Founded
Is Short Fourteen Thousand Dollars,
II Is Said.

The certainty that Dr.. Alfred NJ.
Webster, of Grand Rapids, took his
own life when confronting exposure
OF the fact that he was nearly $4,000
short in his accounts with the New
Era association, the benefit society
OF which he was founder and general
secretary, by no means dispels the
mystery surrounding his death
The figures of the alleged shortage
are given by Examiner Englehart,
whose audit of the association books
began shortly after the body of the
suicide was discovered in the New
Era offices. State Insurance Commits
sioner Barry was summoned from Ian
sing, and his statement supports that
Of the examiner The note left by
DR.. Webster is pointed to as an indi-
cation that his mind had been I'M
balanced In it he says:
II have fought a losing fight.
tried to allow no smirch on my good
name, but | could not have a home
while | was doing so. | fought graft
in higher places and all the powers
and principalities in the world were
against me. | have earned all | ever
got from the New Era, and more.
have given honest service, but if there
is anything yet due | pay it now with
all my heart"
The associates Of the dead man are
utterly unable to explain what became
Of the money taken from the associa-
ton treasury The new home, nearing
completion. that he was building
would not represent any heavy share
of the amount given. and Webster APP
parently was not given to any form of
dissipation or to squandering money
recklessly.
He had been twice married. his sec
ond wife being a girl Of about IS
when he married recently Two daugh-
ters survive him, one being the wife
Of c. S. Mcclure. of Grand Rapids.
Il is stated by the company officers
that the shortage in Webster's ac-
counts will in no way affect the asso-
citation or its policyholders. There is
enough money on hand in the local
banks to pay every claim and have
some $4,000 left over, it is said Web
ster was, moreover, under bond and
was himself insured for $4,000 in the
organization,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-10-07
HUMPHREYS

Veterinary Specifies cure diseases
of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Dogs, Hogs and
Poultry by acting directly on the SICK PABrs
without loss of time.
\. AlFENERS. COngestIOns, Infamnin.
CURES lions, Lung Fever. Milk Fever
u. n. sPRAINs. LRmeness. Injuries,
CURES Rheumatism.
q. &. SORE THROAT, clumsy. EpizoOsss
CURES Distemper.
d o. .; WORMS. Bots, Grsb..
CURES Lungs, PlcurO.PncumOnia.
F.F. COLIC. BelIYRche. Wind Blown,
CURES Diarrhea, Dysentery.
G.G. Prevents MISCARRIAGE.
u. u. KIDNEY a BLADDER DISORDERS
L. g. lsKIN DISEASES. Mango. EruptiOns,
CURES Ulcers, Grease, Farcy.
j. K.lBAD CONDITION, Staring Coat,
CURES indi gestiOn, stomach Staggers.
Doc. each Stable Case, Ten Specifies, Book, &C., g.
AT Druggists, or sent prepaid on receipt OF prics
HUMPHREYS HOMEO. MEDICINE CO., Coraea
William and Ann streets, New York
sT-BOOk MAILED FREE.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-10-07
Never Awakened

Mrs. Wilhelmina Kruger, aged sc,
died Wednesday morning of last week
after being in a comatose state for
three days. The death occurred in
her home three miles west of Ecorse.
She was comparatively we'll Saturday
night, when she attended the marriage
of her daughter. Next morning she
was found in sort of trance, from
which she never awoke.
The cause OF her long sleep is not
known
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-10-07
Great SUGAR Crop,

The annual campaign for the max
ing of beet sugar started in Bay City
Monday. The German-American fac
tory was the first to commence slic-
ing beets, and the West Bay City and
Bay City factories follow toward the
end of next week
Beets give promise of being the
best crop eyer this year, from the
tests of those already placed in fac
tory sheds. The yield is large and
the sugar percentage heavy, so that
the farmers will reap good profits.
The local factories will pay out close
to S1,000000 for beets.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-10-07
Two Terms to Serve.

E. o. Mills and his son Harvey were
convicted in Flint of assaulting
Deputy Sheriff Howard on F. & S.
interurban car, and the father was
sentenced to 80 days in the Detroit
house of correction. The son drew
ten days in the county Jail. When z.
o. Mills finishes his term in the De
troit prison he will be taken to Jack
son, where he will probably have TO
serve out a five-year sentence for
grand larceny, from which he was
paroled last May, after having served
IL months.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-10-07
A Weak Title.

After about 100000 has been ex-
pended in establishing and maintain
ing state reforestation reserve in
Crawford and Roscommon counties, il
develops that through the failure OF
the defunct forestry commission TO
nave deeds to the reserve placed on
record the state has a weak title TO
part of the big reserve, and the new
public domain commission faces the
task of settling with tax title specula-
tors to procure a clear title TO the
property.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-10-07

Stephano Passifina, 16-year-old
italian. who is held in Ann Arbor and
wanted in New York on larceny
charge. says he stole from his mother
and sister to get funds for railroad
fare to put good distance between
himself and brutal relative. He
pawned $3.50 worth of jewelry for $50
Marsh Hitchings, of Saginaw, was
attacked by a mule, which knocked
him down and tried to kill him nth
its teeth. The mans arm was chew.d
and frightfully lacerated from she
wrist to the shoulder before the ami.
NAL was driven on by several men
after q fierce battle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-10-07
Value OF Soya Bean.

The Chinese soya bean has been
found to contain from Is TO is per
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07
DIsFRANCHIsEMENT LEGAL.

Coineident with the prospect of in creased southern representation in congress by reason of increased popu- latiOn, there has been revival of the agitation for reducing Southern repre- sentation because of the disfranchise- ment of the negro. There is no imme- diate prospect, however, that this agi- tation will result in decisive action by congress. Almost without exception the southern disfrancnisement laws have stood the Supreme Court test of constitutionality and if the laws are constitutional there is no legal basis for action punishing the Southern states because of them.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07
LEAD AND ZINC DUTIES.

The good humored eolloquy on the floor of the house between the speak CT, sitting as one of the committee of the whole, and Champ Clark was chiefly interesting because MT. Clark took the opportunity to say that "If it turns out on investigation that l cent pound is a good revenue tariff on zine l am going to vote for il, and if it turns out that il is Q prohibitive tariff on anywhere near in the neigh borhood of that I am going to vote against it." MT. Clark preceded this statement by saying that if the Mis-. souri zinc interests had appealed to the Ways and Means Committee to re- duce the duty on zinc to three-quar- ters of a cent pound and to put a duty of the same amount on zinc ore, now admitted free, he would nave voted for it, and believes that the committee would have been unani- nous.
 How far putting a duty of three fourths of a cent a pound on zine ore includes the protective idea is one of those things that MT. Clark would dis cuss by splitting hairs about the mean ing of revenue and protection. He would reduce the duty on zine one half, which would affect the smelters, and put the same duty on zine ore, now free, which would become pro lection for Missouri miners and mines, though he would not call it by this name. The duty on lead ore is cent and half a pound. Mir. Clark is will ing to give zine ore half as much-in the name of revenue, remember, not of protection. Mr. Clark is hedging. He sees the signs of what will happen in Missouri, now protectiOnist state. The four congressionl seats gained by Speaker Cannon during his brief tour across Missouri were a severe loss to the minority leader in the house Mr. Clark is prompt to say that he will vote for a small duty on zine ore. But half-hearted concessions are not the real thing. As q politician desiring to retain a congressional seat in Missou- ri he dares not say that he will work and vote for unprotected zine and lead.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07
BIG BUG DISTRICT

Sinking is in progress in the Divi dend main shaft, owned by the Mount Elliott Consolidated Mines Company in the Chaparral section of the Big Bug district. The mill is being oper, ated one shift plating over $1O0 a day besides turning out concentrates. There is over 30 tons of concentrates stored awaiting shipment. The last ton sam pies $99.25 in gold to the ton. A raise is being run from the 5OO-foot level to the 4O0-foot level in the Div idend mine. Stoping is in progress in the Galena mine, also owned by the same company.
 Unwatering of the Lelan mine has been commenced with a small force. It is rumored that a large force of miners will be employed in the Lelan property as soon as it is unwatered and some necessary repairs in the workings completed.
 The Lelan lies south of and adjoin- ing the Dividend. It has large bodies of ore exposed in its openings.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07
DRAW THE LINE ON sALoME.

The proposed presentation of Salome by Oscar Hammerstein, in Boston, with Mary Garden in the title role, so shocked the moral qualms of citizens of that hub of intelligence that a loud protest, signed by the governor of the state, the mayor of the city and prominent divines was presented to the city council demanding tht pro- hibition of the play. In reply Oscar, that expert reader of human nature and skilled publicity worker, said that he did not expect to present the per formance, but simply advertised the date in Boston to "see what the Bos- tOnians had to say" He assured the leaders of the protest that he "knew the people and taste of Boston better than they did" and thus in calling their bluff secured the most effective advertisement of the sensational charms of Mary Garden. People of cities wherein the play will be present ed will hereafter fall over themselves in securing reserved seats to witness the charms and contortions of Mary. Verify Oscar is a cunning advertiser
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

During the great coal strike period of a few years ago, in which President Roosevelt and some others were con- spicuous, the duty of e cents a ton on coal was suspended but the con sumers, if memory serves us, were taxed by the coal barons an addition al 67 cents a ton for the fuel In view of this the consumer who has not for gotten this impost wonders if the proPsition now being agitated to re- move the duty on foreign coal of 67 cents a ton will reduce or raise the retail price of coal for the kitchen range or grate.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

Fort Washington, Maryland, takes the whole bake-shop when it comes to expert gunning by coast artillery. The company at that post claims the worlds record for crack shots in firing mortars. At recent "practice" the boys hit a target moving at the rate of five miles an hour six times in ten shots at a distance of nearly four four miles-to be exact, 6,O00 yards, and these ten shots were fired in less than six and a half minutesl This is "going some" and should make the yellow races and other nations bal ancing chips on their shoulders sit up and take notice.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07
GESTURES THE PEACE
Dowdy Is Lodged in Jail for Making
 Threats

Unable to furnish bonds to keep the peace toward the territory and es- pecially towards his wife, J. T. Dowdy of Octave was lodged in the county jail here yesterday afternoon by Sher- if Smith.
 Dowdy was arrested on the charge of threatening his wife with serious bodily injury. He was arraigned be- fore Justice of the Peace E. Zeiger of Martinez and ordered to furnish a peace bond of $500 for six months. Failing to furnish the required bond he was remanded to the county jail.
 It is alleged that his wife, Mrs. Mary Frances Dowdy, left his bed and board some months ago, keeping the custody of her five children. She con- duets boarding house at Octave. DOwdy, she claims, objected to the boarders playing cards with their thir- teen-year-old daughter evenings after supper. He is also said to have threatened some of the boarders with bodily injury if they did not iesist playing cards with his daughter.
 DOwly formerly conducted a saloon in the new town of Octave. Since he quit the saloon business ne has fol lowed mining. Mrs. DOwdy is said to be a hard-working and industrious woman.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

Why fit out expeditions 10 discover things-mostly icebergs-in the polar regions when such opportunities for discovering gold and copper exist in such a delightful climate as Arizona. One sucn discovery as the "Glory Hole" in the Salome district is worth more to the world and to the discov- erers than all the north pole expedi- tions which history and adventure re- cord.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07
 He Social Mirror
(From Sundays pailyl

the name of article found in My Lady's" workbasket. The first prize pair of silver-mounted scissors, wa. won by Mrs. Kessler; second prize silver thimble, by Mrs. Tucker third prize, a silver mounter emery bag, by Mrs. Collins. The consolation prize, a brilliant silk "Goose," was awarded to Mrs. Cleveland. A belated guest, Miss Hoff, received beautiful shirtwaist strip of embroidery for sue eessfully arranging the letters.
 In the dining room the guesst were served at Q table where the deeora. tions of beautiful carnations and ar tistie arrangement of the well appoint. ed table, was as pleasing to the eye as were the dainty refreshments accept able to the dinner woman" Tnere were present Mesdames Cline, C. H MeLane; Ed. Wright, Kehr, Rrkpat- rick, Kessluer, wheatley,. Cleveland, Tucker, Collins, Jackson, Bailey and Ling, and Misses HOf, Wright and Gossman.
 On Monday next, the Music Section will hold it's open meeting at the kin dergarten room of the grammar school building at o'clock. This meeting will be given in honor of and to eele- brate the Nendelssohn Centenary, and the program, as far as possible, will be arranged to fittingly honor the won derful talent of this gifted musician. Following is the program.
 Reading of short sketch of the life and works of Mendelssohn-Mrs. W. ". Ross.
 ?. Wedding Mareh-High School Orchestra.
 ?. Vocal Solo, Cradle sOng-Miss Blake.
 4. Instrumental solo, Consolation, Mrs. Neagle.
 ,. Vocal solo, 70 Israel, ,''-AIrs. Hoag.
 6. Instrumental solo, Spinning Song. Miss Gatfeld.
 :. Vocal solo, "On Wings of Song My Fancy Ranges, ,"-Mrs. Heap.
 8. Instrumental solo, Midsummer Nights Dream, Mrs. Kessler
 termission-seleetion from orches- tra.
 9. Duet, "I Would That My Love, 7" Mrs. Cline and Miss Kessler.
 To- Instrumental solo, Spring Song, ,''-Mrs. Jackson.
 II. Vocal solo, "Song of Spring. = Mrs. Kirkpatrick.
 l2 Instrumental solo-Miss Er'u Morrison.
 l3. Duet, 70 Vert Thou in the Cold Blast" (Burns) )-Mesdame Levy and Wright.
 After the program refreshments will be served All members of tl5 dub are cordially invited.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

Congressman Payne relates that he received one day over 100 telegrams from different parts of the country in regard to tariff item all urging the same thing. But all made the middle initial of his name B. instead of E. This spontaneous outbreak was so unanimous that it led to the discovery that one string had set the whole op- eratiOn going.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07
THAT GLORY" HOLE D|M|N NlHSES
 NOT
Greatest Surface Strike Yet Made In
 Arizona

It is quite natural that the develop ment of the bonanza gold strike should continue to hold the attention of the public although the rich and striking developments of the week in the Little Butte and several other strikes that are really phenomenal have also called for their share of attention, is the comment made by the Parker Herald tine first copy of which was issued last Saturday. It continues:
 Instead of being pocket the great bonanza grows richer in fact, with
 every hours development and now that the open cut has reached below the bottom of the "glory hole" and uncovered ore so rich that it takes per. eentsges to tell it, when the rock must be twisted to break the gold wire that interlaees it, no longer is it considered improbable that it is the greatest sur face strike ever made in Arizona.
 The rich gold is in place absolutely and vein some two inches in thick ness, filled with ore worth at least $500, 900 per ton, runs right into the great diorite dike in which the jewel ore is found in place. The sehist on either side of the rich pay streak also is very rich and is being thrown on the dump. The working is now in over twenty feet on the floor and with in the past two days over $l5,00O worth of gold, it is estimated, has been taken out. A careful examina- ton of the formation now shows that the country formation is a schst with quartz veins or stringers running through it at frequent intervals. These quartz dikes or veins are cut straight across cy big diorite dike, some two hundred feet wide. The dike is badly fractured or broken and it is through these fractures in that contact with the quartz that the rich ore is found. This diorite dike can be traced for two miles and recent prospecting is proving that it is wonderfully rich all the way. Yesterday on the north side of the hill, or the opposite side of the hill from the bonanza, or 600 feet away, the same dike was pros pecting and some rich ore taken out. The same kind of ore was encountered literally filed with gold. These two clims are owned by Josiah Winches ter and Joe Kumbaugh and were To- cated by Captain Lynd. Also it is now definitely known that the Yellow Bird mine has the same ore
 Hundreds of miners are prospecting the hills and hundreds of location holes age being made. The blasting now going on around Winchester sounds like an artillery charge and it it is now safe estimate to say that fully thirty prospect holes show very rich values. Old mining men are sim ply amazed at the extent and richness of the camp. No other gold camp in the United States has ever snown up so much rich ore with the same amount of work as this camp, and the work has hardly begun.
 The crowd is now coming from Colo rado and Nevada and within two weeks there will be thousands of peo- pie in the big camp.
 Several new gold strikes were made yesterday. At Monihan's camp about half a mile above Winchester a rich vein has been struck.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07
ERNEST MARTINEZ IMPROVING

Ernest Martinez, the ten-year-old son of Mir. and Mrs. A. A. Martinez who was painfully wounded by a rifle bullet shot by Willie shipp, the nine year-old son of Mrs. Ava Shipp, Sat urday afternoon, was reported resting easier last night. He was unable to sleep Saturday and Sundays nights from the pain of the wound. His few CT disappeared at noon yesterday. His father left for the Derby mine last night.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

This is not only the Gland of gold and sage brush," silver, copper, gold en oranges and every other good thing from farm, orchard and range, but the finest of climates and buxom girls.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

The proposition to levy tax and impose lineense on pistols, sileneers, -airks and brass knueks should be amended so as to cover hat pins and all such instruments of torture.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

Castro has been dubbed rabbit by his late eountrymen. As he mas chased about considerably of late, the sobri- quet is not inappropriate because a rabbit runs in a circle, because it is q rabbit.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07
Editorial Comment

Oklahoma, unlike Nevada, is not sbEged to call on Uncle Sam to help her put down little disturbance with in her borders.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

Talk as we like about the question of finances and money, there will al ways be a man with money to loan to the unfortunate who can put up enough security upon which to borrow it.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

LYONS, N. r., April 5.-Calmly as- serting her innocence, Mrs. Georgia Sampson was placed on trial for the murder of her husband, Harry, a ne- phew of the late Admiral Sampson, who was shot and filed at Macedonia, New York, last November.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

The actual work of constructing a tariff bill will be done in conference, and if senators and representatives could only see it in that light the pub lie struggles in both house and senate partake of opera bouffe.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

Get a copy of the Journal Miner's Industrial and Mining edition of 64 pages before the supply is exhausted. ''
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

Friday afternoon Mrs. Hugo Rlch- ards was a hostess at a very pleasant sewing party at her home on North Vernon avenue, and had as her guests Mrs. J. c. Herndon, Mrs. R. E. Sloan, Mrs. Thomas G. Norris, Mrs. Francis L. Wright and Mrs. Robert H. Bur mister.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07

Mrs. Francis l.. Wright entertained the Prescott Bridge Club on Tuesday afternoon, and those who enjoyed the afternoon were Mrs. A. w. Edwards, Mrs. Morris Goldwater, Mrs. Thomas c. Norris, Mrs. O. A. Hesla, Mrs. J. c. Herndon, Mrs. R. E. Sloan, Mrs. Leslie B. Larimer and Miss Theresa Freder- ieks.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-07


 Mrs. V. Lee Lessard locates Virgin ia Lee Mine, Agua Fria district.
 E. J. Lane locates Golden Ray No. l Mine, Big Bug district.
 Joe Contreras ct al. locate Little Stick mine, Copper Creek district.
 Robt. Lee locates Banner mine, Humbug district.
 Wm. Denny and wife to Martindell, Horne & Co.,, W. Deed. Lot :, Block %, Prescott.
 E. F. Brown and wife to Prescott Co.,, Q. c. Deed. Lot 3, Block 13, Otis Addition, Prescott. Prescott Improvement Co. to W. W. Wade, Q. c. Deed Lot 3, Block 13, Heights Addition, Prescott. Walter Douglas and Mrs. c. J. Me Nulty locate 3 mines, Hassayampa district.
 c. D. Clark and John NeNuff locate White Horse Mine, Eureka district. Wm. CrOeker and J. E. Fitzgerald oeate Cinder Pit No. Placer, Walk er district.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-08-26
DEDICATE GRANGE HALL
New Edifice in Williamstown Formally
Opened Last Evening

Williamstown, Aug. 25-The formal
dedication of the new Pomona Grange
Hall in this town, occurred last evening
the program being made up of several
addresses by prominent speakers. The
morning meeting of the grange took
,lace at 1890 in the new hall with an
attendance of about $50 grangers, repre-
senting about dozen different oranges.
The 5th degree was conferred upon class
of 30 candidates, the work being per-
formed by c. w. Gran, Grand Master
of the Pomona Grange, this consuming
the time of the session.
In the afternoon, the session was opened
by an address of welcome by George I.
Colby, Master of the local grange, which.
was responded to by Mrs. George Sail ma
of Berlin. This was followed by gen.
eral discussion of several questions rels-
tive to the operation Of grange business
the grange orchestra furnishing music
throughout the afternoon.
The formal dedication of the hall took
place in the evening, State Supt. OF
Education, Mason S. Stone delivering
the dedcatory address. He was followed
by George C. Flint, of Randolph, who
spoke briefly on "The Grange in Vermont.
II. NJ. Farnham, of East Montpelier, alsC
made brief address, concluding the
session, which closes the meeting of tho
grange.