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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-29
Town Topics Loses.

New York Especially The jury in
the libel suit of Samuel Dempster, of
Pittsburg, against Col. VIM. d. Mann,
editor of Town Topics, brought in a
verdict for $4,000 in favor of the
plaintiff. The suit was for 100000.
The plaintiff is prominent socially
and in a business way in Pittsburg.
The offensive article accused Mr.
Dempster of social Irregularities in
his own town.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-29
Neuralgia

Are the result of an
abnormal condition of
the more prominent nerve
branches, caused by con-
gestiOn, irritation, or dis
ease. If you want to re-
Geve the pain try DIR. Miles
Anti-Pain Pills. They
often relieve when every
thing else fails. They
leave no disagreeable
after-effects. Just a
pleasurable sense of re-
lief. Try them.
over my eyes. and 1 am really afraid
that my eyes viii burst. l also have
neuralgia pain around my heart. 1
have been taking DIR. Miles Anti
lieve these troubles quickly. 1 seldom
IND 1t necessary to take more than
TWO tablets for complete relief.
MRS. KATHERINE BARTON
1117 Valley st. Carthage. Mo.
81 have awful spells OF neura ieia
and have doctored a great deal with
out getting much benefit. For the
last two years L have been taking
Dr. Miles Anti-Pain Pills and they
always relieve me. I have been 50
bad with neuralgia that 1 sometimes
thought I would go crazy. Sometimes
1t IS necessary to take two of them.
but never more and they are sure TO
relieve me-" MRS. FERRIER
2f34 Lynn St. Lincoln. Neb.
Your druggist sells Or. Miles Anti
Pain Pills, and we authorize him 20
return the price Of first package (onIy)
If IL fails to benefit you.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-29
CHESAPEAKE STEAMSHIP
COMPANY.
Effective Feb'y Gath, 1908,


"CHESAPEAKE LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMERS
COLUMBIA" AND AUGUSTA"
For OLD POINT COMFORT and NOR
FOLK, VA.
Steamers leave Baltimore daily lex
cept Sunday at so p. NJ and leave
Old Point Comfort at 90 A. M. and
Norfolk at z % a NJ. where connection
is made with the Rail Lines for all points
South.
YORK RIVER LINE"
ELEGANT PASSENGER STEAMER
ATLANTA
For WEST POINT and RICHMOND,
VA
Steamer leaves Baltimore Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at 5 p. M. and
arrive West Point et As A. NJ. = and Rich
mond at 90 A. NJ
Steamers call at Gloucester Point, Gle
ments. Clay Bank and Almonds.
STEAMERS LEAVE BALTIMORE
FROM PIERS IS ANDI0 LIGHT
STREET WHARF.
Through Tickets - all points may be
secured, baggage checked aud state
rooms eserved from the City Ticket Of
fees, 1l9 +. Baltimore street, ARTHUR
W. ROBSON. Agent, 1877 K! E~ltImore
street, OF the General. Offices, Light and
Leo streets, Baltimore, Md.
e. L. FOSTER. - -
General Manager,
E. J. CHISN.
General Breight Agent.
T. II. MCDANIEL
Gen'l (pssaenxer Agent
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-29
The SULTAN GIVES WAY
Constantinople Now In a State of Siege
The Will Of Alah---So Say
the Palace Guards.

further fighting during the night, as
the forces of General Schefket were
strongly posted close TO the palace.
But beyond a few scattering shots,
there was nothing to disturb the
peace of the city.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-29

ConstantinOple Especially - e
Yildiz garrison surrendered Sunday
to the constitutionalist forces. The
commanders of these battalions be-
gan sending in their submission to
Mahmoud Schefket Pasha Saturday
night, and the whole of the troops
protecting the palace gave their form
al and unconditional surrender,
shortly after dawn. Niazi Bey, who
is called the hero Of the July revo-
luton, is now in command of the
garrison.
Sultan Abdul Hamid has been per-
mitted to remain within the walls of
the Yildiz Kiosk, where, in command
with his ministers, he waited for the
outcome of the struggle between his
loyal troops and the army of invest
ment, each hour bringing to him
word of fresh disaster. It has been
stated, since victory rested with the
constitutionalists, that the Sultan
himself gave orders to his men not
TO resist. Whether or not this is
true, it can be safely said of the
troops within the capital that they
put up a stubborn resistance at all
points, and the losses on both sides
are exceedingly heavy for the length
of time the engagement was in prog
ress.
A representative of the Command
er-in-chief of the Constitutionalist
forces is authority for saying that
the Sultan will be dealt with by the
Parliament and that there will be an
adequate inquiry into the sovereign's s
alleged completely in the recent mu-
tiny. Up to the present the ministry
has not been dissolved, but COnstan-
tinople and a number of other places
have been declared in a state of
seige.
Under Martial Law.
Martial law prevails, and whilc
there is some uneasiness among the
people order has been maintained
with a strict hand. The last garri-
son to surrender as the Selimish ar
tillery barracks in Scutari, opposite
StambOul. Four thousand men sta
toned there with n hundred guns
threatened to blow the city into
ruins, but General Schefket today or
dered up 60 big guns and several
batteries of machine guns to positions
which commanded the barracks. and
the cruiser Medijieh steamed out of
range of the field pieces and prepar-
ed for action. The commander of
the. barracks thereupOn submitted,
and the artillerymen will be marched
out as the troops of the other gar
risons already have been treated and
made temporary prisoners without
arms, to await transfer to outlying
districts.
Following Saturdays terrific fight
ing, the city took on an aspect of
strange quiet toward evening. There
was some fear that there would be
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-29
PUBLISHERS OUT
FOR CHEAP PAPER
They Want Wood Pulp Put on tha
Free List
ARE VIcTUMS OF COMBINATIONS

Newspaper Men Gathered At New
York Draw Up Appeal To The Sem
ate Asking For Abolition OF AL
legged Abuses-Print Paper Made
More Cheaply Here Than In Cam
ada-Praise Speaker Cannon And
Members OF Committee.
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PROTECTION OF CHRISTIANS
United States Asks Other Powers
to assist.

Attention OF These Powers Called To
Enforcement OF The Treaty For
Application OF Reforms Under
taken BY Turkey For Protection
OF Armcnians-Ameri Govern
ment Relics Upon Russia To Save
Our Citizens In Persia-Taft Stir
red Over Reports OF Atrocities.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-29
Laughter
Ey Tom L. Mason

%s~%%+++~+f AUGHTER
4$ distinguished from 1t extensively
The first n
= Eden, when
a
%-x Laughter be feelings, or O
drama, and in Congress- S
fellows otentimes in
idle
o to
permanent us,smle
others hut at Sis oys- life
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-04-29


q lively ~ NY "AN0
"hlh we nave the returns 6S0 voted and 431
In Aealend
number OF women in the colony 1s99
vote; and the number
Iamenay election
119,550; in 1902, 1856; in - '''
Where
Always at elections school
Wherever
it, ~ N"NN"aHu
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~Or~AsN~~~a.
UiH U0men D0fe?

BY Alice 5fOne BFackuefI

CORRESPONDENT of The Sun says: Women would not
use the ballot If they it."
Ihe Colorado secretary of state in a letter to Mrs
Charles Park OF Boston that
women register, and about 70 percent vote.
The Wyoming secretary of state a letter to me says
that 80 percent of the women of Wyoming vote
In Idaho the chief justice and all the justices of tbe
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
THINGS DONE AND
SAID BRIEFLY TOLD
cay The POWER COMPANIES DID
THEM IN THE DEAL FOR
DAM SITES.
THREE KILLED BY TRAIN
ohort Accounts Of Events That Have
Happened During tho Past Few
pays In the state.

The townships along the proposed
rghtof-way controlled by the Chippe
va Power Co., which will erect dams
on the Chippewa river, are awakening
20 the fact that the concern got much
tho best OF the bargain In the fran
ohises recently granted, and at least
three Of them are making frantic
scramble to amend tho franchises be-
fore the company starts operations.
A careful psrusaI Of the franchises
shows that the company. by clever
wording Of the documents. Is granted
the right to begin building operations
any time within 80 years, and Is al
lowed to demand any price they see
At for the product after the genera
ton OF electricity has begun. Bangor
township voters, in a recent meeting,
amended the franchises which they
granted the company providing that
consumers In that township are to Sc.
cure light and power as low as any
consumer OF the company, and two
other townships In Bay county will
follow this lead within the next few
days.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
SUMMER

j ID. West went to Detroit last week
to attend to some business and will
remain for the fair.
Mrs. Anna Forquer of st. Louis is
visiting her parents, John Harvey and
wife.
Flossie Slater was in Alma Monday
on business
Mrs. Reason Forquer has bought the
property of Arthur Fowler in the east
part of town.
Mrs. Jennie Woodland is assisting
Mrs. |. F. Tucker during Mr.. fuckers
absence
Mrs. Wagner, formerly Mrs
Fowler. of Middleton called on
frieds the last of last week
Albert Thompson OF Detroit visited
his grand parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Thompson.
Harry Rosa of Wheeler, is calling
on old friends and former pupils He
will 90 to his new location. East
Lansing the last of the week
Mrs. Job Wolford visited in town
last Wednesday.
School opened Monday morning with
large enrolment.
r. E. Page, the new PRINCIPAL,
moved into the Jim Lang house last
week.
Miss Bertha Hoxie of Ypsilanti.
visited Mrs Hoxie and family last
week,
Mr. Whitman moved goods to Ithaca
for his son, George and Florian
Hoxie. last Saturday. where they ex-
pect to 20 TO school.
Messrs Chas Button, l. f. Tucker.
Richard and Thomas Lang. Sam
Cleverdon and others left Monday for
the fair
Mrs. Carrie Thompson is moving
into Charley Ferris house
DR.. Graham starts for Detroit this
Wednesday morning.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
sisaI and the Warden.

At a meeting Of the prison board
Of control Wednesday, the matter Of
purchasing sisal direct from the
grower instead of through broker
was discussed. It is said that this is
being done by some of the manu-
facturers Of sisal binder Irvine, and
if the Jackson prison plant could do
HE same. it would be a saving Of
about $4,000 a year in commissions.
ri is understood that the broker gets
81 a bale for handling sisal The
board also discussed the question Of
making Manila twine and while no
resolutions were adopted along these
lines. the matter remains under con-
sidarC ton
As the governor was not present at
he meeting the matter of appoint
ing a warden was not taken IN. All
the other members Of the board were
present. Most OF the time was con-
sumed in auditing bills.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
To Cut Expenses.

Otto L. Sprague for the past six
years deputy oil Inspector for Liv-
ingston and Shiawassee counties. has
been relieved Of his duties by Chief
Oil Inspector Neal Alton NJ. Bir-
mineham who for FIVE years has
handled the affairs of the Office in
Clinton and Ionia counties has been
ASSIGNED to the vacated section.
Chief Neal in relieving Sprague
stated that his work was entirely
satisfactory, but that the expense Of
the department had to be cut, and
that conditions would not remain that
way for long The extended terri
tory will also taken in the cities Of
Saginaw and Chesaning
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
ST. LOUIS HAPPENINGS

The Womans' Cemetery associF tion
held their annual meeting Saturday,
August 2Sth, and elected the following
officers. President. Mrs. w. p An
drews. Vice-President. Mrs. E. II.
& -andall Secretary, Miss Elizabeth
Schuse: Treasurer. Mrs Orr Knight.
The association will hold a fair
sometime in October.
The Sunday school class of Mrs.
William Edgar gave reception at the
Christian church. to the class taught
nv Rev. saac Bussing.
The Leader Office will move to the
Enos Partee building. The building
will be changed to accommodate
Among the pioneers of Grstiot
county were Bernard and Doerinda Fox
They came TO this country in 1865
and did much to make it what it is
Last week as an appreciation of their
lives, Clarence Fox of Breckenridge.
and Mrs Hiram Cross of Grand Rap
ids, erected fine monument to their
memory on their graves at Brecken-
ridge -Independeut
AT the annual meeting of the W
G. I. u. held at the Methodist
Episcopal church on Friday afternoon
of last week, the following electors
were made. President. Mrs. b. j.
Young; first vice. president, Mrs.
Stiles Kennedy; Independents were
appointed from each church; record
ing secretery, Mrs. A. N. Martin
corresponding secretary, Dir. Theresa
Brewer; treasurer, Mrs ID. c. Drurv.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09

Herman +. jain who was president
Of the defunct First National bank Of
IrOnwoCd, committed suicide Saturday
by shooting himself through the heart
The deed was evidently premeditated,
as he had talked in the morning of
suicide and had borrowed a revolver
from a neighbor, saying that he want
ed to shoot a cat which was after his
chickens.
He was last seen alive about l p.
m, and two hours later a servant
found him in the barn. He was lying
beside a chair, dead, with the revolver
on the floor beside him
After the failure of the bank in
June, jain was arrested on a charge
of embezzlement and released on $685.
900 bail His case, together with
those of the other officers of the bank,
was to have come up in the federal
court at Marquette this week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
WAS THE WOMAN
A MURDER VICTIM
A SUPPOSED CRIME sTIRS UP
THE LITTLE VILLAGE OF
ECORSE.
BODY FOUND IN CREEK.
II Was a Gruesome and Very Mysteri-
Gus Find Which Now Puzzles the
Authorities.

The headless, armless and legIess
body of an unidentified woman. In
closed In coarse coffee sack, was
found In Ecorse creek, about 20 feet
from the bridge, early Monday morn
ing. The body was badly decomposed.
but Is judged to be that of woman
about 20 years. The torso was naked.
Inside the sack were two red bricks
and several other bricks were on top
OF the sack holding II and its contents
down. The head and limbs had been
hacked of, precluding the likelihood
OF amputation by a physician. The
body had lain among the rushes In
shallow water within sight OF the pas
sengers OF passing Wyandotte cars
evidently for several days. II was
noticed two days ago by employees OF
Raupp's lumber mill and given a push
with a pike pole.
There is absolutely nothing about
the torso or bag by which the body
may be identified. The bag was an
ordinary one. The top was well
sewsd. In the vicinity in which the
murder was discovered many other
bodies have been found, especially in
the spring OF the year. In fact,
Raupps mill boom is noted in Ecorse
as place for the finding OF river
"fioaters." Ecorse creek is just south
of the mill and marks the southerly
limits OF the village of Ecorse and the
northerly limits Of the village Of Ford
City.
A large colony Of foreigners. princi-
pally Poles, live in the vicinity Of the
Il
often occurred in this colony.
The morbid curiosity which usual
ly attends the discovery of murder,
took hold OF the entire village of
Ecorse. All morning long people
visited the scene. AS the day adj
vanced the crowd grew in proportion.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09

Mrs Cecilia Vivian. arrested for
obtaiIing goods under false pretenses,
toll the court that her two children,
and Is months Old were ILL., her
husband dying in a hospital and that
she was destitute. She was released
on parole.
A family picnic at Lyons lake was
enlivened by a fight in which Will
Ockeman stabbed his next-door neigh
Dor. Fred Knickerbocker, In the neck
with knife. Ockerman is in Jail
although the injured man has refused
to prosecute.
The entire family Of John Burns
of Long Rapids, widely known upper
Michigan lumberman. Is down with
typhoid fever, and in each instance
the condition of the patient is pro
nounced exceedingly serious. The
sick folk include Mrs. Burns, three
daughters and two sons, aged re
spectively 81, 10. 13, IL and 3 years
John Johnson, laborer, aged 40, and
married, was buried by cave-in o
dirt In the sewer trench he was dig
ging in Flint. The dirt packed dowr
around him until only his head wa'
left uncovered, and 1t took four mer
thirty minutes to dig him out. HI
died before he reached the hospital
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
Three Were Killed.

Albert A. Robinson, secretary and
treasurer Of an electrical concern of
Detroit, his wife and Mrs. Henry f.
Tremaine, a sister of Mrs. Robinson,
were instantly killed Sunday after.
noon when their automobile was run
down at the Euclid avenue railroad
crossing in Bay City by the Wolverine
flyer a fast express train of the
Michigan Central road. Miss Amy
Tremaine, a daughter of one of the
victims, was so seriously injured that
her recovery is a matter of specula-
ton, and the chauffeur, Ollie Pike, Of
this city, received injuries that are
not considered dangerous
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
GOOD NEWS.
Many Alma Readers Have Heard II and Profit
ed There by,

Good news travels fast" and the
thousands of bad back sufferers in
Alma are glad to learn that prompt
relief is within their reach MANY a
lane. weak and aching back is bad
no more. thanks to Doan's Kidney
Pills. Our citizens are telling the
good news of their experience with the
Old Quaker Remedy. Here Is an ex-
ample worth reading:
Mrs. Mray A. Griffith. 729 f. River
Ave. Alma, Mich says: Some
wears ago 1 was badly afflicted with
kindnev complaint and / was caused
no end of suffering by bsckache and
pains across nv loina At that time
Doan's Kidney Pills. procured at
Charles Rhodes drug store. helped
me wonderfully. have since taken
this remedy when my kidneys have
become dlsordered and 1T has never
failed to- have the desired effect. L
previously recommended Doan's Kid
ney Pills and I now give YOU permits
sion to continue the use Of my name
as one who speaks highly of Doan's
Kidney Pills. / an ALWAYS willing to
praise this excellent kidney medicine :"
For sale nv all dealers Price so
cents Feoster. Milburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York, sole agens. for the United
States Remember the name-Dosn g
and take no other
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09

A Flint officer arrested Arthur An
derson, the 16-year-old boy who II is
alleged, stole a horse from Joseph
Ames. a Grand Blanc farmer for whom
he worked, and left a BLACK Hand
note threatening dire happenings
from "The Ten" If he was followed.
The youngster was captured in Man.
istee. where his parents live. and
where he had ridden on the horse
o. p. Chittenden. aged so, OF Read.
ing. was stricken by heart failure
while working at his bench in his
harness shop. He fell backward, cut
ting long cash in his head, and was
found an hour later wandering about
the street, his hands and face COW
cred with blood. n. was unable to
talk nationally, and is In a serious
condition at his home.
Even though Warren Hutton. II
year-old newsboy on a Grand Trunk
train, returned to a woman passenger
80 OF the $40 he had stolen from her
seat in his car. he was arrested and
sentenced to 65 days In the Detroit
house Of correction.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
Commission Reannolnted.

The entire railroad commission has
been reappointed by Gov. Warner.
James Scully of Ionia is appointed
for the short term, George w. Dick
inson Of Pontiac for the four years
term and Csssius L. Glasgow of Nash
Vile for the six years terms.
William d. Caverly of Houghton
has been named by the governor as a
member of the board of control Of
the Michigan College Of Mines for the
term ending June 9, 1913. He sue
ceeds Walter Fitch. resigned.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
MIGHT BE Hunu.

Sergt. John E. Gibson, of the regular
army, whose trial on a charge of de-
liberate murder begins in Marquette
before Federal Judge Knappen, may
be literally fighting for his life. Under
the army regulations he may be SEN
fenced to death by the court, in spite
of the fact that the Michigan state
law has abolished the death penalty.
Gibson is charged with killing Private
McManus at Fort Brady, near the 500.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
The Great State Fair.

Labor day brought JOY TO the hearts
of the officials of the Michigan state
fair. ii being estimated that there
were $4,000 persons on the grounds
during the morning. BY afternoon it
was evident that over 100000 were on
the grounds, breaking all records Of
the past for attendance. For city and
country folk alike, all roads seemed
to lead to the fair Big excursions
came in from the country all morn
ing
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
His First Booze Fest.

Andrew Vos, telephone company's
collector, whose sudden disappear
ance has alarmed his friends in Hol-
land, is safe. II is learned that he
has not been murdered, as was fear
ed. but that for the first time in his
life he became intoxicated in Grand
Rapids, was arrested and sent to jail
for 60 days. He had given the name
of James Fox when arrested, but sent
word to his employers and family to
explain his enforced variation.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
No Ace Limit.

Mrs. Benjamin Bowker, Of An
Sable. was married Wednesday to
Edward Graves, of Union, Pa. The
groom is 73 years old and the bride
one year his Junior The present ex-
pertinent is the third for each of the
pair They have gone 10 Detroit on
their honeymoon trip, making The
voyage by water.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-09-09
Council Proceedings.
(oFFICIAL)

Alma. Mich. Sept. 1, 1909.
Adjourned regular meeting of the
common council of the city Of Alma
held ia council rooms on above date,
the council was called order by the
Ma,or Hon. N f. McCiinton
!. Present-Alds Ogden, Glass, Rus
sell. Dav and Fullerton.
/. There being a quorum present the
council was declared to he in session
The committee on WAYS and means
make the following report for the year
1909. which is as following:
For general fund. -. -. IS 2l.03l Is
For highway fund :. ...... 4 206 "a
Total .......,...S 20 20' 49,
: On motion Of Aid Glass suppoated by
Aid Ogden. that the report of the
ways and means committee be accept
ed. Motion carried
On motion of Aid Day supported bv
Aid Fullerton. that the msvor and
cerk be authorized and empowered to
make loans from time to time 10 meet
the current expenses of the said city of
Alma Motion carried.
On mott n of AID Glass supported by
Aid Ogden. that the >mavor he in
structed to purchase $50 bushels of oats
and tons of hay for the city.
Motion carried.
MAYOR McClinton makes the follow
ing appointment for alderman for
the fourth ward to fill vacancy. Walter
&. Welt.
On motion of AID Russell supported
by Aid Glass. that the appointment
was confirmed, which vote was as fol-
lows:
Yeas-Alds Ogden, Russell, Day
Nays-Alds Glass and Fullerton.
On motion of Aid Glass supported
bv Aid Dav. the council adjourned
N. +. McClinton, D. w. Adams,
Mayor. City CLERK