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huddIe together. gssping what little
oxygen remained in the sealed and
burning mine. in the hope that the res
euers might reach them before it was
exhausted.
The only men to escape were those
near the main shaft when the FIRE
started. They declared careless
miner had thrown a torch on bundle
of hay used to feed the mine mules. In
few minutes the smoldering mass
was placed on a cart and started
toward the main shaft about $50 feet
away.
Before it was reached small ex-
plosion occurred. and in but few mo-
ments the entrance was filled with
smoke and flames. Those nearest the
cages hurled to them and were hoisted
to the surface.
After four trips the cages ceased
moving and no more miners came up.
Volunteer as Rescuers
After waiting a few minutes Bundy
Ieaped into the cage calling Morberg
and two miners. The latter were afraid
and then came volunteers eager to as
sist Bundy in the work of rescue.
Flood. Lewis. Fonenti and Rubinski
descended into the mine The next trip
of the cage. operated from below, car
ried the bodies Of six miners.
Then after a. few minutes the cage
again ascended. this time bearing the
unconscious bodies of three of the rescu-
ing party. Again it was lowered and
the last OF. the six men were brought
up. All>were dead
Wild Scenes Follow
BY this time the fan had collapsed
and the fire was pouring up the shaft
1t was then that superintendent Steele
saw the escape of the miners through
the shaft was blocked, and ordered the
sealing up of the shaft entrance. Heavy
timbers were soaked in water. placed
across the shaft entrance and piled
over with sand The building above
the escape shaft was wrecked and the
shaft also sealed
City Attorney HallOriek of spring
Valley. who was at the scene. ex-
pressed the belief that not one of the
miners would be taken out alive. lie is
familiar with the construction of the
st. Paul mine and declared it certain
the fire caused the death of all the men
before the opening had been sealed.
WILD SCENES FOLLOWED
About the little town of Cherry the
widest scenes followed. stores ana
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HALFBACK BADLY HURT
IN GAME OF FOOTBALL
Virginia university Player Not
Likely to Recover

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-Archibald
Christian of Richmond, Va. left half
back of the football team of the Uni
yersity of Virginia, was dangerously
injured in the last half of the game
with Georgetown university this aft
ernoon.
After desperate operation late to-
night it was discovered that Christian
was. suffering from concussion of the
brain. complicated with hemorrhages
in the cerebral tissue.
At midnight the physicians had little
4, L. .-onatratxz
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Fire Rushes Through Shafts and
Imprisoned Men Are Cut Off
From Hope Of Aid
HEROIC REsCUERs LOSE LIVES
Mine Sealed up to Check Conflagration When
Hope of Saving Entombed Workers
Is Abandoned by Officials
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

)HERRY Ill, Nov. 13-Four hundred and forty were
beyond hope here tonight the burning levels OF
- the ST. Paul coal company's mime
Ten more brave alive in vain attempt
of according the mine records who
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Death Toll of Galleries
in Seven Years

19O2-FraterviIle, Tenn. 200
19O2-RoIlInG mill, Pa. 105
19O3-Havana, WyO. 175
I9O4-TerricO, Cal. ..... 21
1gO5-VIrginia City, Ala. .-.. 152
1905-Zeieler, Ill ..--. 81
10O5-kurtsick, Russia. .... 800
I905-weIsh coal mine. -.. 12O
1905-WilcOx, W. Va. 35
19O6-COurriere m ne, CAL
Iais, France ...-..-. /, ,060
10O8-Japan ..... ........ 25O
10O6-west Fork, Va. a..... 50
19Oz-Faye tevilfe, w Va. 50
190s-Saarbuek, Russia 200
1e0z-Darr, Pa. a..-.--...-.- zoo
1907-Las Esparanzas, Mex. 12S
1aO7-Ferbaeh, Germany. 75
1007-Toy0ka, Japan. 40
1o07-Tsingaau, China. ...s. t12
19O7-MonangaheIa Pa. 39S
19O7-YOlande. Ah- s... ~
19OS-Hanna. Wye. $1,000. 120
19OS-McAlester, Okla. .... 80
I90s-Ham. Germany . 339
19OS-MonOngahela Pa. 125
19OS-HOkhaide. Japan. On
19OS-Marfanna, Pa...- 125
I9O9-San Juan de Sabinas,
Mex. .-.-...-.--.--- 46
19O9-BeImez. Spain. 1890. II
1909-NazOvka, Russia. -... II
19O9-JOhnstOwD, Pm. .... q
1000-Wehrun. Pa.... 10
10Oe-Spring Valley, H. (es-
timatedD ............ 40
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Ten more brave men were RI
rescue. Out of sos miners, accc
were lowered into the mine in the
morning IS were saved by the
small but heroic band OF rescu-
ers, who persisted in their efforts
until they themselves perished.
The elaborate ventilating ma
chinery which poured life giving
oxygen into the levels 500 feet be-
low the surface was burned out at
3 o'clock this afternoon, cutting
off all chance for life, except the
slender one that life might be pro-
longed by imprisoned air far back
in the workings
At 8 o'clock even this slender
chance was cut off by the sealing
of both shafts of the mine for the
purpose of smothering the flames.
This last t-resort step was taken
only after vain efforts had been
made to conquer the flames by
pouring tons of water down the
main shaft.
Scenes about the mouths OF the
blazing shafts after nightfall,
when the wives, daughters and
friends of the entombed men
struggled frantically with native
priests of the Austrian, Italian
and Lithuanian workers. constituted a
bedlam. The only bodies which were
rescued were those of the rescue party. ,
which died while attempting return
from a fourth futile attempt a rescue.
The ten heroic rescuers who died were:
ond vein.
ROBERT CLARK. miner.
THOMAS FLOOD of Tuluca. ILL.,, mine
foreman
DOMINICK FERMENTO of Cherry,
ILL.,, grocery clerk.
JAMES JAMIsON of Cherry. ILL.,,
miner.
ISAAC LEWIS of Cherry, Ill.,. livery
man..
ALEXANDER NORBERG, mine man
ager of third vein.
HARRY STEWART, miner.
JAMES STEER miner
JOSEPH KEARNEY, Spring Valley,
missing.
Heroic Work Done
In the annals of the worlds heroic
deeds few achievements are recorded
more glorious than those accomplished
by the 10 rescuers at the St Paul mine
before they themselves died. They
saved S5 miners before their fate over
took them.
Six times they were lowered into the
burning mine. Leaving the cage they
penetrated into the body of the mine,
lifted up the miners as they found
them and sent them to the top, some in
the cage and many, one by one, up the
air shaft. bound singly in chairs
The first man was saved at 2:SO
O'Clock.
At 4:30 the man at the wheel of the
hoist engine started the cage up on
its seventh trip 1t had been below
four minutes, but no signal had been
sent. The engineman, however, dared
wait no longer.
The car came up fast, but faster
ahead of it came burst of flame. The
cage and flame came together to the |
level of the ground. But no one stepped
from it.
Nine of the ten heroes were already !
dead. The tenth, Tom Flood. still |
breathing. was dragged from the heap. I
He was able to articulate a little
The flames caught us" he gasped.
Then he. too, was dead.
Retreat Before Flames
The survivors said many of the min
ers had retreated 10 the furthermost /
ends of the VEINS where they might
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Retreat Before Flames

The survivors said many of the min
ers had retreated TO the furthermost
ends of the veins. where they might
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Discovery Is Important

The discovery that Williams had i'm
portant knowledge Of the facts con-
cerning the death Of Armes came at a
critical moment in the girls case
This morning the prosecution located
Richard Albright of Grass Valley at
Colfax and deputy sheriff left here
this evening to bring the man down
under subpoena. Albright. according to
The. prosecution, was an affinity" of
Alma Sell.
The girl viii not admit that such
questionable relation existed between
them. II was he who had her teeth
filled with gold and when she broke
OF All relations with him he went to
The officials Of Nevada county and
sought warrant for the girls arrest.
II is the cynical claim of the prose-
cution that the ring which the girl
prisoner wears, and which she insists
is the betrothsl ring given her by
Armes. was in reality the gift of Al
bright. II is freely admitted that she
kept company" with Albright in Grass
Valley and that he was infatuated
with her.
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AIbright ReaIizes Position

Albright is said TO realize the un-
enviabIe position he would iii in tes-
tifying against his former sweetheart
and has shown a gallant disposition to
stay away from Auburn. Special Pros
ecutor G. w. Hamilton and District At
torney TUttle expected that he would
be brought to this place this after
noon. but his arrival has been delayed
until tomorrow.
Attorney Lee Chamberlain and viii
liam J. Prewett We're particularly san
guine OF an acquittal for their client
after they had heard the story of viii
lisms, the new witness His tale is this:
on the night of the killing. June 5,
be was engaged by two Greeks to drive
them from the construction camp to
Auburn. The Creeks were in a con-
vivisl mood and enlivened the drive
with loud songs. They were singing
boisterolssly as their rig approached the
junction OF the road from Newcastle to
Auburn, along which they were driving.
with the Ophir road.
I heard voices along the ophir road,
said Williams. ~and I though that there
were some young people going TO
Auburn TO the Saturday night dance. /
said 10 the boys. stop, boys. and listen.
and I called Whoa TO the horse and
pulled UP.
The boys stopped their noise and
listened. I heard some voices and then
started to drive on. Then heard ter
Iihle scream. an awful one, sounding
like the voice Of a crazy woman. / did
not stop. and the next minute there was
2 shot didn't stop then. There was
no other sound"
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SOCIAL

Talks music and its evolution TO be dcliv-
cred before society women by Frank Carroll
Ginen. Page 81
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Shows Mind Unsound

This evidence when presented is sup
posed 10 be strong enough to contro-
vert the testimony of Armes' brothers
that after the killing they heard Alma
Bell cry "Goodby, joe and, further
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MARINE

steamer Cascade tries to cross how OF schooner
F. NJ. Slade in the dark and collision follows
in which both vessels are damaged. Page 81
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Continued ON Page Is, Column ,
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Wby they want central bank. Page 30
Lawyers applaud own indictment Page 30
Assessment of the corporation tax. Page 80
Opium smuggling on this coast. Page so
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EASTERN
FOREIGN

Smartly gowned sunrsgette whips Winston
Spencer Churchill British minister. and lands il
jail. Page 4:
he'll 10y Paris jury. Page 4:
Army Of President zeIaya reduced to panic b.
long battle with rebels. Page 3;
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SchooIboy Hurt in Game

hope of his recovery.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
From Another Point of View

II little boy damn he a
We by
the
Fordney usupng
meet
a In
the
Artist Earle
She with others, thinks $
II has been
found we might use 1t at Bennett for this
delivery
out OF
when he home the
of men $ % o mea
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
Food Value of Alcohol.

That alcohol does something both
teetotalers and drunkards are agreed,
and any medical man who wants a de-
sired effect in a patient can clearly
Judge by his clinical sense whether
il is or is not obtained by a certain
dose OF alcohol. These considerations
apply TO the so-called dietetic as well
as To the purely medicinal use Of al
coholic beverages. In the former
case, however, we must never lose
sight of the fact that certain guam
thy Of fluid MUST be- taken by the body
during the day. and that the taste and
flavor OF this fluid may considerably
influence the nutrltive value which a
given individual can extract from a
given diet
There are certainly many people
who take the lighter forms of alcoholic
beverage. as. for instance, wine and
beer, not because they want or they
like the alcohol. but because they can
digest and assimilate their food bet.
ter with a drink of specific flavor,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
Colleges Fear Termination

Every university In the country is
the university girl darkly.
Let there be no more men in colleges
she seems to De saying. Presidents
In their annual reports note. with dig
nifed trepidation the fact that sixty
per cent Of their students are now wo-
men, proportion yearly increasing.
A list OF thirteen western universities
shows the women outnumbering the
men Ira seven cases. Minnesota. Ne
braska and California have nearly
twice as many women as men. Stan
ford has planted its back fatty against
the wall, like a creature facing pack.
ana arbitrarily limited the number ot
women who may enter each year 10
five hundred. And Tufts is asking for
q gift OF two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars that she may segregate
her women and so save herself from
becoming a woman's college.
As matter of fact. what the col
lege girl has done is not Just what IL
seems to be. u is something differ
ent, less spectacular. with its roots
deeper in the structure OF mo1crn
life. She is certainly not driving men
out of the coeducational colleges, be-
cause where are they going? Not u
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27

mems colleges. Men increased lev.
envy per cent IN the coeducational IN.
stitutions between 80 and '9S, and
only half as fast in the mems col
ieges. Moreover IL Is only in one dc.
partmeni OF the modern American un.
iversity that women are in the major
ity, the college OF liberal arts. In he
technical schools-engineering forest
~, agriculture--we hnd still some
such proportion as thirty to two thou.
sand
Men are going more and more into
technical courses. and so are women:
and the college of liberal arts has be-
come, in POINT of fact, technical
school for women. Tefching is the
cultured occupation which the most
conservative girl may enter with self
respect. and two-thirds of the girls ia
colleges are preparing to teach Elk.
cept In the few universities which
offer pedagogy. the college of liberal
arts Is the only preparation they can
Ind. As soon as more professions
onen 70 women, and universities ore.
pare ioi them. this congestion in the
teaching profession and the college Of
liDeral arts viii cease.--Madge C.. JeuI-
son In April Delineator.
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Boobies PA

ceeling is 120 square feet, wich wud
maik the cost OF the paper COS (six-
~ dollers). But thare is a chimbly in
the middel. sed Pa. 4 now the crate
questun is. wud the paper hangers
talk OF anything for the hole in the
cceling. | newer did wen | was pai-
per hanger. Pa sed. | was a independ.
ent euss in them days, sed Pa.
OF course, sed Pa, IL these paper
hangers was independent like me,
that wud be the anser, but under the
circumstances, | can't finish the prob
lem until go q have a talk with yure
teecher a. find out moar about tho
premises Is she blond or brunei,
Bobbie? Pa asked me.
She is a old maid. | sed to Pa, 4
have a other problem here. This is
the next problem:
river Is one mile acrost. a. the
tide is running up river six Co miles
hour, a. the current is running down
the river four (4) miles hour. The
swimmer can swim one ID mile or
calm water in eighty minnits. How
long wud il talk him TO swim ecrost
this river on a bee line.
Well, sed Pa, if you will wait till
| sharpen my pencil. | will figger this
out for you. Bobbie. by algebry. Then
Pa took thirty 600 minnits to sharp
Ell his pencil, & Ma was looking at
him all the time.
Now, lissen, Bobbie, sed Pa Let A
be the river. let X be the current. &
let be the tide. u mite be the swim
mer. sed Pa, 4 now we have the fol-
lowing equashun:
is To X wat Y is to H. Now, sed
Pa, by the process OF elminashun We
find that Y wud git the cramps &
drown. Tell this to your teecher.
Bobbie, sed Pa, & Wen you are Civ
ing her my regards. tell her not to
go i'm swimming oaver her he'd.
Then Pa went to bed. Ma sent him.
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The Anti-Suffragist.
BY WEEK JONES.

A woman she amt got no sense;
She don't think like a man:
She's kind of-well. inferior
Built on different plan.
She's got no right in politics.
She screeches at a mousse
Oh. Sue-well. yes-I kinder guess
My Susan runs the house.
They oughter stop the "sufferyets"
From talkin' to the crowd.
lnfiamin' OF the women's minds
Oughtn't TO be allowed
A woman run business lob,
You bet 'twould be some funny
oh. Sue-well. yes-I kinder guess
Sue handles all my money.
A woman only thinks OF style.
The latest skirt and hat
Ard rings and lace and ribbons
And gossip and all that.
Her vote. She knows no more of life
Than a cat of shakin' dice
on. Sue--well, yes-I mostly guess
To go by SHE'S advice.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27

LIZA calm hoam early last mite,
III beekaus he sed he was going
III TO help me do my rithlnetic
for the next day at skool. He
(S) his dinner in ten (l0)
minutes & then he sharpened a led
pencil In twenty COO minutes. a. then
he sed. Cum on. yu littel Bobbie, a.
have a littel talk with me. | Will slip
you a few. gentel hints about how To
be a math-metishun. | used 10 room
with Arkymeedes sed Pa. Poor Arky.
sed Pa, IL was too bad them sblJers
killed him Then sum teers calm In
Pas eyes.
Then showed Pa my problems.
& Ma sat down on the other side of
wat he sed This was the first prob
lem:
A e. b are married & have TO paper
the ceiling OF their living room. The
, room is ten 10) by twelve l2) but
thare is a chimbly in the middel witch
Is one Cd yard square. The wall pa
pier is fifty 600 cents a square foot.
Now. Bobbie, sed Pa, this is most
confusing problem, & much depends
on the way In wich il is handled. In
the first place, sed Pa, We must con-
slider the premises. The questun is,
II A & b is married, why do thay have
TO paper the ceeling OF thare living
room. Why isent it. alreddy papered
sed Pa.
Yures is indeed a master mind. sed
Ma. like TO set acrost the label from
you & heer you talk, Ma sed, but that
isent helping Bobbie to get his prob
lem settled.
Vary true, sed Pa TO Ma. We will
now git busy, sed Pa. & finnish this
problem, after witch we will talk up
sumthing RELY hard. 1t Is eesy to
see from the figgers. sed Pa. that the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
Women's Gloves.

In recent divorce case I'm Scotland
it was testified that a lady searching
her maids trunks found 200 pairs or
her own old gloves therein
Abroad" said dealer anent this
happening. 1T isn't unusual for a wom-
an of fashion to have 200 pairs OF
gloves. A. the sale of the Duchess
of SOmersets things over 1000 pairs,
all as good as new, were put up.
You see. gloves are cheaper abroad.
over there you'll pay dollar for an
article that would cost you two and a
half here. But aside from that. for
eign women incline to go In more for
gloves-and boots too-than we do.
The foreign woman is likely to be bet
ter gloyed and booted than her Ameri-
can sister. philadelphia Bulletin.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
CONGREGATIONAL.

w. III. Strong Will deliver an ad-
dress on The Church--A Modern So
cial Force" before the members OF the
Business Mems Bible class OF the First
Congregational church. Sunday noon.
The Rev. Ga!us Glenn Atkins. ID. D.
will conduct both services SUNDAY In
the First Congregational church. His
morning theme will be Living Bread"
and I'm the evening his address Will be
on An Exceeding Bitter Word" At
noon. the Business Mems class will be
addressed by William III. Strong, on the
subject, The Church: A Modern So
ciai Force" Friday evening. April 2,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
ADVENT CHRISTIAN.

In the Gospel Tabernacle, Advent
Christian church, corner OF Bethune-
ave and Beaubien st. Pastor William
Burch VIII speak at 1890 o'clock in
the morning Sunday. on What II
Means to BE Christian" In the even
Ing. he VIII give a blackboard sermon
10 the children and young people In
the Sunday school at IL o'clock, the
pastors wife will give short mission
address
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Wayne County Sunday School
association Is planning for a great edn-
cational meeting to take place I'm tho
FIRST United Presbyterian church.
Grand rive and AleXandrines.aves
April 1911 The Rev. C~ls- Knann ~
the Chicago Theological seminary. viii
lecture on sunday school methods and
management $3.50
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
Rather Undecided

Sandford-So you're in love with
Miss Fairly? She's a decided blonde.
isn't she9
Chappy-Well. err I can't say that
she's quite decided yet.--Life.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
Too Generous.

Nov. ladies and gentlemen" began
the political orator. lend me your
ears"-----
Just then some one in the gallery
threw a head of cabbage at the
speAker.
Pardon me. my friend" continued
the speaker. turning his eyes toward
Che point from which the cabbage had
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
METHODIST.

During the last quarter, the Grand
River-ave. Methodist church. OF which
the Rev. William q. Nixon, is pastor,
has had an increase OF AZ members.
Howard B. sBloomer. the attorney.
will speak on The Judiciary I'm Poll
ties" before the Business Mems class
of the Martha Holmes Memorial Meth
odist church. Sunday noon.
w. l.. Fenno. of New York city, spe-
cial religious work secretary OF the
railroad department OF the Y. NJ &. A.
Will deliver an address before the
Methodist Preachers conference Mon
day morning in the Central Methodist
church. on Why Men Are Not
Reached.
Roy E. Narcotic. baritone. and c.
Haines Wilson. tenor. have become
members OF the quartet choir OF the
Cass-ave. Methodist Episcopal church.
Both are pupils OF William LAWN. The
other members OF the choir are Mrs; ii.
Cleland Allison, soprano; Mrs. Walter
w. Fox, alto. and Miss Minnie Il. Cald-
well or9anist and director
The Brotherhood of st. Paul of Gen.
trail Methodist church. at the regular
, meeting Monday night, will have a
very interesting program. The topic
OF municipal ownership will be debat-
ed by Hon f. +. Ingram. affirmative.
followed by general discussion. The
meeting Is open TO all men.
The Rev James NJ. Thoburn. OF the
Methodist Episcopal church made his
first visit to India half century ago.
and he has spent nearly the whole of
the time since in that country. A
Thoburn jubilee. to celebrate this hfti-
eth anniversary Will be held In AL
legheny college. Mcadville, Pa, April
ii TO 13, and ii is expected that sew
eral Detrolters Will be among the
guests at that time, for Bishop Tho
burn II well known in this city and
Michigan. nephew of the mission
airy bishop occupied the pulpit of the
Central Methodist church for number
or years.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27

only to be obtained as a by-product Of
alcoholic fermentation under certain
conditions. In these cases the flavor
is the essential active principle and
the alcohol is the adjuvant.-The Hos
pital
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
EPISCOPAL.

The Rev William +. Faber. ID. ID.
rector Of st. Johns Episcopal church
VIII give the Nth OF his series OF SER
mons I" men Sunday afternoon at
o'clock on the general tonic The
Churchs Appeal" His theme Will be
The Church Broad and Narrow
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
The Scales Can Do the Trick.

The Sugar Trust ought TO be able TO
absorb" as railroad men say, that
reduction OF four cents hundred
pounds In the tariff on sugar-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-27
CATHOLIC.

Anne's parish has elected the follow
Ing officers President Miss Martha
McGreevey; vice-Dresident Miss Bessie
White: secretary. Miss Nellie Burchill
treasurer, Miss Minnie Coughlfn