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The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
OLD CITY PLAN Is FOUND.
c. M. Burton Has Map Drawn by
Abijah Hull in 1907.

A curious map, drawn by Abijah
Hull in 1907 and recently sent to &.
NJ. Burton by the Carnegie institute
OF Washington, d. c., shows what the
original plans for the city OF Detroit.
as discussed by the governor and
judges. after the fire of 1905. really
were.
To certain extent this plan was
followed, the district between Cadillac
SO. and Adams-ave. and from Randolph
st. to Cass-ave. conforming largely 70
IT, Even at tht time the inhabitants
OF the village believed that II had a
great future and the center OF the
city was planned to be what is now
Grand Circus park. which was TO have
been a circle with radiating streets
and avenues.
In trying TO conform the lines Of the
city TO the river and to the direction
or the compass, a queer system was
evolved which would have resulted in
a large number of centers similar to
the Grand Circus, each surrounded by
a wheel of territory. City Historiog-
rapher Burton states that the plan is
different from that ever laid down
for any other city. II was too complex
for the wishes of the property-owners.
however, and the additions made from
time to time to the city did not fol-
low II, but were laid out on the check
erbOard plan.
While the plan Is drawn by Abijah
Hull. brother of the territorial gov
ernor. II Is undoubtedly the idea OF
Judge August Brevoort Woodward.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
GAME WEDNESDAY
Detroit vs..
Chicago
Teachers Nam, Candidates.
GAME CALLED 500 n. VI.
deserved seats and Boxes al
Harris Cigar store.

The teachers of the public schools
have nominated the following candi-
dates for members OF the board OF
trustees OF the Hospital association:
Miss Lillian H. Bromley. Of the Cen
trail high; Miss Anna M. Charbonneau.
OF the Russell; Miss ii. Jane Cooper.
of the Capron; Miss Laura NJ. Downey.
of the wilkins; Miss Marion ID. Fair
BARN, OF the Irving; Mrs. Christians
Kinney, OF the owen; Miss Floreiia
r. Lowry. of the Central high; Miss
Lillian C. Morley, OF the CARRIED; Miss
Edna ]. Mott, of the Estabrook, ana
Miss Alice M. Pennycook, or the Ran
cock The election will be held in
the board Of education building on
saturday, April II. between $3.50 a.
IN. and 4:30 p. m. Two trustees are
to be elected
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
Insurance Agent Too Jealous.

Too much zeal for his work as an
insurance solicitor. brought Robert
Stevenson into police court on the
charge of begging, Monday morning.
Patrolman John Patrick exhausted
every other method Of getting Steven
son to abandon his efforts to sell In.
surance at Bates-st and Cadillac-sq.,
at s o'clock Sunday night Stevenson
continued to hold up all passersby, In.
Guiding several detectives from police
headquarters. Finally. the officer had
him sent to Woodbridge station. Stew
enson pulled out his insurance blanks
and started to give Justice Stein a
spiel" but the judge cut him short,
and with word Of advice about
proper working hours for selling in
surance, let him go on suspended SEN
tence
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13

of homely cheer; Accessible bay,
Betsy cove, Gazelle basin, Christmas
narhoI. with beds OF rock weed and
patches of kelp. There are the Cloudy
Islands, rocky and dangerous OF APP
proach. with hot springs. glaciers and
SNOWY ranges.
There are st. Paul and Amsterdam
ISLANDS, two isolated brothers, one
with circular crater lake, six cables
in diameter. twenty-eight fathoms
deep. st. Paul Island has hot springs,
with curative properties, and the
French government years ago estab-
lished here a supply OF provisions for
any chance shipwrecked crews.
Should the Alacrita drift helplessly
&c those southern isles her interesting
crew cannot perish from hunger.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
SHIP WITH Is ON
BOARD IS MISSING
No Sign Or Word Heard From Oil
Ship Alacrita in More
Than Two Years.

NEW YORK, April 12.-There arc
two brave women In this city in whose
hearts hope will never die for loved
ones who sailed away on a ship that
is, In the language OF fiction. in the
port OF missing men"
II was two years ago OH Good FRI
day that the British three-nasted ship
Alacrita, OF the Anglo-American OIL
company. with &c persons aboard.
sailed from here for Port Elizabeth,
Delagoa Bay and Hongkong She ar
rived at her first port on June %, and
at Delagoa Bay prior to July 10. sail
ing thence on Aug. for hongkong
! Baltimore and New York.
Although that was the last that was
! ever heard of from her, 10 eternally
green Is the hope that Mrs James
Thornton, the captains wife-or wild
ow--who will say has removed from
her home In st. John, y. B., TO the
home OF friends. at No. 100 Ninth-st.,
Brooklyn, to be near the Offices OF the
Standard OIL company, in this city,
the American co-partner OF the Anglo
American Oil company. and headQuar-
ters OF ali information pertaining TO
its missing vessels.
At Princes Bay, Staten Island, live
the mother and sister of H. Nicholson,
a young A. b., who Jared forth into
the unknown. He also was on the
Alacrita. Regularly. month by month,
as the seasons roll by, the sailors
sister calls upon the captains wife TO
ask rs there any news?" Still another
brave. undespairing woman, Mrs. Pal
mer, the sad, quiet wife, or widow.
of the mate, William r. Palmer, OF
Dorchester. N. b., occasionally makes
q pilgrimage and climbs the steps OF
the Standard Oil building, at No. 20
Broadway, on the same quest for
news"
Capt. Thornton, on land or on water,
his friends say, was afraid OF nothing.
He had three medals from the British
Board OF Trade testifying to his brav.
cry. Once he had swan with line
to a wreck of st. Pierre, MiQuelon.
and safely made the long, trying cold
and suffocating trip through freezing
spray. On this line seventeen ship
wrecked men came ashore. He would
never lose a ship through his own
lack of judgment or fault, his friends
likewise say.
The Alacrita had twenty-six souls
all told of more than ordinary inter-
est, for Capt. Thornton was popular
captain. Among tho others we're the
second mate, William II. Arthur, TWEEN
ty-eight years old. of Porto Bello.
Edinburg. lie had sailed on the
Johanna OF the same company. There
were four apprentice seamen. II. II.
Taylor, Sydney May, son OF the harbor
master OF Hongkong, who also stool
close TO the oil company w. J. Whit
burn and ID. II. Wright.
To the southwestward OF Africa lie.
little known and seldom visited, ISL
ands, some OF which only whalerS
them selves have visited and whose
waters they have rudely charted FOR
their own information, bestowing
quaint and appropriate names ID
points. peaks. capes and bays. There
is Kerguelen Isle. with ragged pin
nacles, high PERCEPTIONS coasts, peaks.
again there are Heard and Mcdonald
Islands, to the southwark OF Ker-
guelen. with geographical Designations
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
FASHION PARADEs SUNDAY.
Imposing Display Of Easter Gowns and
Millinery.


! Easter Sunday without an Easter
parade would be quite like the play
OF Hamlet with that important person
age left out. and thus 1t is that De-
troit. in keeping with the custom OF
other cities, had this annual affair.
While new gowns and gloves and
suits are a prominent feature OF this
parade. for the most part the Easter
chapeau is In the spotlight for the
day. and in the long line OF march.
Sunday this was particularly true.
Perhaps never before have there been
such radical changes In miladfs head
gear as the spring of 1909. AS rule
the changes come gradually so that
one is somewhat prepared for any
changes in the modes. but as a casual
glance at the styles and shapes or
Sunday would bear out. there is very
little beauty to be seen in the Easter
bonnets
| As seen Sunday. there were the
huge poke bonnets of several decades
ago, many constructed of purple vio-
lets; there were the chopping bowl
hats inverted, and the peach basket
variety, ornamented as the taste OF
| tnc WCditI buebCotCu, OihCiitimC5 a.
grapes, apples, peaches, plums ant
ribbons galore. They are wonderful
inventions, these Easter hats, but they
were seen in endless varieties In the
grand parade that marked the open.
| ing OF the millinery season in De.
| troit.
The parade started on many Of the
| streets, but all united on Woodward
ave, and many did not end the long
march until Belle Isle was reached.
The little ones In st. Vincents Or
phan asylum were given a SURPRISE
by members OF st. Agnes, Sacred
Heart and st. Elizabeths auxiliaries.
Knights of st. John, who brought
candy and Easter eggs in abundance.
All OF the churches were beautifully
decorated In honor of Easter, and
special musical programs and SER
mons We're features of the day.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
Ripley M. Palmer Buried.

Frneral services for Ripley M. Pal.
MGR, who died Friday at the age OF
&c years, were held at IL o'clock, Mon.
day morning, In his late residence,
No 22 Warren-ave., west, and the re.
mains were taken to Salem, Mich. fos
burial beside the body OF his wife
who died Feb. 10, 1908. Mr.. Palmer
was In the employ OF the Michigan
Central railroad for n number OF years
Later he went TO Panama and worked
as a conductor on the Panama rail
road for three years. For 40 years
he made his home at No 62 Locust
St, where he and Mrs Palmer cele.
brated their golden wedding in 1906
No children survive.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
Typothetae TO Meet Here.

Edward N. Hines, president Of the
Detroit Typothetae, has received a
telegram from the executive commit.
tee OF the Typothetae OF America, the
Master Printers association, that they
will hold their annual convention In
Detroit early in July. with represent.
alton OF about 500 delegates and ladies'.
A special meeting has been called OF
the local association, to be held In the
Fellowcraft club, Tuesday evening, to
make arrangements for the accommo.
dalton and entertainment OF the Wis
itors
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
WHITNEY HORSE WINS.
Captures Southwestern Plate at Kemp
ton Park Easter Monday
With Ease.

LONDON, April IA feature OF
the Easter Monday celebration in Eng
land today was running races on II
tracks throughout the island. The
biggest meet is at Kempton park,
where the Elton Blue and Brown Cap
OF Harry Payne Whitney was first
past the post In the race for the south
western plate OF $500 added. There
were IA starters and the Whitney
entry. Belle OF Troy, with Skeets Mar.
tin up, broke In front and was never
headed, winning easily
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
NEED AN ORIENTAL RUG7
Bonshoom's Reduction Sale Provides
Rare Opportunity.

Kaieel b. Bonahoom, one OF De-
troits Oldest and best-known dealers
In Oriental rugs must vacate his pres
ent quarters at 118 Farmer-st.. April
20. Owing to the fact that his new
building on Woodward-ave. will not be
ready for occupancy until July !, Mr.
Bonahoom is advertising a reduction
sale OF his fine collection OF Oriental
rugs. Fully one-third will be deducted
from former selling prices and when
the quality and wellknown depend
ableness OF Mr.. Bonahoom's collec
ton is taken into consideration. there
should be no necessity OF paying stor'
age charges as single specimen.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
OUT OF THE HIGH RENT DIS
TRlCT.

The business of the Gardner-White
Co., Nos. 663-665-667 Monroe-ave., cor
ner of Chene-st., has gone forward by
leaps and bounds. Messrs Gardner
and White have both had long exper-
fence In the furniture and house-fur-
nishing line. and their low expense
and low rent make It possible for
them to make post attractive prices
on furniture, carpets, rugs, linoleums,
oil cloth. draperies and lace curtains.
Their stock Of gas ranges, steel
ranges and cast ranges, as well as
graniteware, tinware, etc, Is most
complete, and they are at all
times ready to quote prices that will
make IL an object for people In any
portion OF the city to take a five-minute
car ride to visit this beautiful. de-
pendable store. This company makes
liberal terms, making II possible
for their customers to utilize
whatever they purchase while they
are paying for the same. In other
words. small payment down, bal.
ance at your convenience.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
CLOSES AT 10 p. M

The sale OF army goods that Is be-
Ing held at No. 1873 Jefferson-ave..
closes at 10 o'clock this evening.
Everything will be displayed
until that hour. the packing
OF goods will not begin until Tues
day. This sale has attracted Detroit
ers like no other sale ever held here.
because OF the originality OF the line
Of goods and the methods employed.
The customers who have bought goods
there and are displeased with them are
welcome to return them and get the
cash returned
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13

to Christian Science. of which she Is
the founder and sole proprietor
The matter OF the coming Of Mr.
Peabody was referred TO the spiritual
committee.
The election of officers for the com
ing year resulted as follows. Presi
dent, the Rev. G. w. Baldwin, Metho
dist: vice-president, the Rev. w. L.
Wittet. Baptist; secretary-treasure-
the Rev. J. ID. Macdonald, Presby
terian; chairman Sabbath obser vance
committee. the Rev. John Sweet,
Methodist.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
NEW TRIAL DENIED.
Florence Foss Can't Reopen Case
Auainst David A. Brown.

A new trial of the breach OF prom
Use suit OF Florence Foss against Da-
yid A. Brown, OF the Peoples Ice Co,
was denied by Judge Hosmer, Mon
day. The case has already been tried
I'm the circuit court three times. ana
has been to the supreme court the
same number OF times. In the recen.
trial the jury returned verdict Oh
no cause for action. The new triai
was asked on the ground that during
the hearing Brown winked at juror
and the Juror winked back.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
Accused of Stealing Peas.

Frank Damn, a bartender employed
by Edward Winkler. Of No. 102 Ma
comb-st., was arrested by Patrolman
Mckenzie, charged with the theft OF
case OF 22 cans of peas from Wink
ler's saloon. Damn had been sent TO
the cellar after a souttle of coal, and
returning, placed the peas where he
could easily reach them later He
had sold the case to an Italian on
Fort-st
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
Train Victim Identified.

The body of the man killed by n
Michigan Central train nea- Hubbard
ave. April was identified In the
county morgue at noon Monday as
that OF John Stuckin. The Identified
ton was made by Mike" Pachefski.
Of No. 772 Hubbard-aye. Stuckin was
81 years OF age. single, and boarded at
No. 80 Roosevelt-aye.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
MICHIGAN WOMAN WEEDS.

CHARLOTTE, Mich. April ~
Miss vernie Cunningham. a former
Charlotte girl who had been In Bat.
tie Creek for the past few years, was
married In Sacramento to Floyd Rich.
field. formerly OF Battle Creek now
employed by the Union Pacific. Mr.
Richneld could not get q vacation
long enough to come east so Miss
Cunningham went west.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
MUST NOT soUANDER MONEY.

CHARLOTTE. Mich, April H.
Ellsworth Space. who will soon COM
plete a short term in the Ionia re-
formatory. will not sQuande: his
money when he gets back home II he
Spaces father left him. a comfortable
fortune. and the children may try to
get control Of the property. which con.
sists of fne farm just outside Of
Lansing, In Delta township.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
LOU 3. WlNsoR BETTER.
Thirty-third Degree Mason Has Fight
Ina Chance for Recovery.

REED CITY, Mich, April 12.-Dr
Louis Barth, the Grand Rapids specia''
ist. stated today that Lou b. Winsor
the thirty-third degree Mason and
grand secretary Of the Michigan
grand lodge, has fighting chance
for recovery. Mr.. Winsor has been
very low from an attack OF erysipelas
since Saturday. John Rowsor, past
grand master OF Michigan, came here
yesterday on a special train with DR.
Barth.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
All Like Statues.

The old lady with the pale blue UNI
brella had been standing at the sta
tionery counter for ten minutes.
II want TO be waited on she
snapped impatiently.
Certainly. madam" fastened the
tall fioorwalker. do you a0ish sta
tionery clerk?'
Stationary clerk. Gracious! They
all seem stationary. They don't want
70 move. Chicago News.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13

The celebrated soprano was In the
middle OF her solo. when little Johnny
said TO his mother. referring to the
conductor of the orchestra: why
does that man hit at the woman with
his stick?"
He Is not hitting at her" replied
his mother Keep quiet"
We'll. then. what is she hollerin' so
for ?"--Success.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13

Vessels OF the German navy have
been equipped with novel life-saving
apparatus resembling huge basket
with its sides made OF rope ladders
Lowered over the side, several per.
sons can climb IL at a time.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13

sIs there any danger. captain
mot a particle" answered the biun
old salt. "A moving picture OUTFIT VIII
soon be along and rescue us as soon
as they have taken few MINIS.
Kansas City Journa,
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13

William Whitman, vegetable
peddler living at No. 116 Napoleon.
St, dropped dead In a shed in the
rear of No 245 Howard-st, Monday
morning. while arranging TO trade
some vegetables for puppy.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
Kills Friend and Self.

CHICAGO. April .2.-As The result
OF fight over a game of cards. Henry
Hiestermann early today shot and
killed his lifelong FREUD. Joseph Hack.
and then committed suicide.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13

The Oldest tree in the world. 1t Is
believed. is a plantain on the Island
OF Cos, off the Asia Minor coast unuer
which Hippocrates taught MS pupils
ever 20 centuries ago.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
A NOCTURNAL RambIe.

els Clancy any better dunno?
"Yis. he was out av his head all
night. But he's back In again THIS
mornin'. Life.
The Detroit times., 1909-04-13

no feathers. The plain. neat kind chat
looks right. Times Printing Co.. No.
Is John R.-st. Phone 1+os.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-06
|. SAN FRANCISCO
WELCOMES laps
600 MARINES DINE AT GOLDEN
GATE PARK.
TWO FLAGS ARE EN1WiNED
Bands Play american and japanese
National AirS-Music Is Re-
ceived With Cheers.
TWO FLAGS ARE ENTWiNED

San Francisco, May 3.--The jap
anese colony OF San Francisco, I'M
der the auspices of the Japanese As
ISOLATION Of America, We'd with the
official civic entertainment commit
tee Sunday in providing outdoor
pleasure for 500 enlisted men and
more than 80 midshipmen of the
Japanese training cruisers Aso and
Soya, now at anchor in the harbor.
The entertainment included q
band concert and substantial lunch
con in Golden Gate Park, followed
by programme OF addresses and
vaudeville specialties by American
and Japanese artists at the open-air
theater in Hagiwaras Japanese tea
garden, just outside the park gates.
The entire garden was draped
with the japanese and American COL
ors, with Old Glory and the white
and scarlet Nipponese ensign flung
to the breeze at frequent intervals
The city band rendered musical
programme, of which the American
and Japanese national anthems were
conspicuous and appreciated fea-
lures.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-06
Soft Coal For Hoo Ills.

A breeder says: Il have been very
fortunate i'll raising hogs not to lose
many by sickness. This season we
have had sickness in my neighbor-
hood, and many farmers met with
losses. [ do not know whether
have struck something that is pre-
ventive or not. but so far it has work
ed well. | just buy the common soft
coal, which l scatter over the ground
where they can get at It, and they eat
it all the time. | have fed them
several tons of coal in this way, and
my hogs seem TO be perfectly healthy.
I believe that If we would look after
our hogs a little more carefully and
feed them certain things we would
meet with fewer losses"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-06
Potatoes For Cattle.

Small potatoes and apples are worth
much as food for stock There is,
however, great danger OF choking in
cattle if either are fed whole, and it is
large quantity is to be fed. It is per-
fectly safe to feed either to hogs or
sheep In any kind of feed dish, but
not so with cattle. But If two pieces
Of timber are put up just far enough
apart so the animals neck can be held
between them and hole bored
through at such a height that the ami
NAL will be prevented from raising
the head up to level with the body
there will be no danger of choking.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-06
Hearts Paper IL Guilty.

New York. May A verdict OF
guilty of criminal libel vas found
against the publishers Of the New
York American by tho Jury in the
trial charging the publication Of an
article libeling John D. Rockefeller
Fairbanks Buys Los Angeles Home
Pasadena. President
Fairbanks has concluded through
agents a deal for the purchase Of q
$4,000 residence in one Of the fash
ionable districts Of Pasadona, L q
said that he will make this his fu-
ture home.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-06
ONE MANS WORK.
How an Unkempt Public Square Was
Changed Into Beautiful Park

How an Unkempt Public Square Was
Changed Into a Beautiful Park.
On the opening Of the new lands in
Oklahoma thriving little city was
established, in the midst of which
was laid out public square. In the
center of this the courthouse was
placed, and around it were built strag-
Cling structures such as characterize
frontier towns The people of the
town seemed not to care, and the un-
kempt waste was for ten years neg
lected and forsaken Then came the
useful citizen"-in this case young
business man, who, with love OF
nature deep seated in his soul, felt
the Nervousness Of local conditions.
He plowed and narrowed the square
as for a crop. He planted it with
bits of trees which seemed scarcely
more than straws These he set in
rows like corn and cultivated as he
would have the maize.
Throughout the torrid days Of the
Oklahoma summer he carefully cult
waited these little trees. while his fell
low townSmen looked on and smiled.
But the trees grew and in year
were two feet high. In another year
they had grown to five feet, hundreds
and thousands of them, and the
square took on the appearance of a
young nursery. Then the useful cit
izen" Tor the superintendent, as he was
now called officially notified the cit
liens that they could buy the little
trees at low price, and he sold them
in abundance without in any wise in
terfering with his plans. the beauti-
flying and adjoining of the square, and
he soon had sold enough to pay all the
expenses incurred in the experiment.
Now these trees are large and UNI
brageous, thrifty and vigorous, making
of the square a park increasing in
beauty daily and in summer the de
light of children and family parties
for miles around. In fact, the park is
now the most attractive resort within
radius of more than a score miles,
and it but represents the work of
single up to date citizen. What a
world Of good an organized band Of
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1909-05-06
Weight Needed In Drafters.

Slight blemishes do not detract from
the selling price Of heavy draft horses,
and often youngsters are placed on
sale green and unbroken. 1t Is weight
mat brings a premium with drafters,
And with due attention to this one
quality 1t Is possible to supply horses
1t a net profit. 1t is folly to mate a
draft horse with a roadster just to
ger something that can go a little
raster. 1t is not speed or high action
that the farmer wants. but rather
weight and quality. These qualities
are found only In draft stations Of
The low down, blocky type. possessed
OF all the units necessary to make up
the ideal specimen. 3. G..