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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
The Good Roads Controversy.

Probably no subject before the pres
ent legislature has caused more
wrangling and discord than that of
goods roads, or rather the highway
commission law, of which Horatio
Earle has been for some years the
head Representative Whelan first
started the war by introducing bill
to abolish the Office. This measure
was hung up in the committee on
roads and bridges, and although Mr..
Whelan resorted to every known meth
cd Of pressure possible, he was un-
able to get 1t before the house in any
shape either with or without recon-
mendation. II will be remembered
that Mr.. Earle contested the nomina-
ton for governor against Warner, and
1t has therefore been considered i'm.
probable that he would be re-appoint-
ed. The senate, however, came to Mr..
Earle's rescue by voting to make the
office elective after 1911, and holding
Mr.. Earle over until that time. This
woke the governor up, and he proceed
ed to appoint ex-senator Ely, of Ora
tiot county, to succeed Earle June 30,
1909. The senate first confirmed the
appointment, but later on a point of
order held it up, so that at the present
time the fight is still on. However,
the appointment will undoubtedly be
confirmed this week, and If it should
not there is small chance that the
bill making the office elective could
be put through the house. Mr.. Earle
is quoted as saying he does not care,
but there are some who are inclined
to doubt the statement, as he has
been very active in trying to prevent
any action that might weaken his
hold on the office. In the meantime
Senator Fox has a highway bill $50
pages long, which is before the house,
having passed the senate in a mutt
lated condition. The great trouble is
the award paid by the state for good
roads to counties, as a few counties
have captured most of the money.
In the recent election nearly thirty
counties voted to abolish the system.
In this connection it may be stated
that notice has been served that as
fast as the bills from the labor, bank
ing and dairy and food departments
come up, efforts will be made to put
hese offices also in the elective list.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
a JUDGE Needed.

Senator futile has introduced bill
TO provide for an additional Judge for
Ingham county, in order that there
may be an opportunity for Judge
West to take up the state cases now
pending, and hear them. Because of
the large amount of state work which
comes to the circuit, the court is I'M
able to keep up with the cases, and
some important state litigation is
held up, as we'll as many local cases.
There has been a careful investiga-
tion to determine the best way out
of the difficulty, and by adding a
Judge to take part of the work seems
to be the only way in which there
may be any relief to the situation.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Sneaker Voted for II

In the legislature events of the past
few days have been of lively, not
to say sensational, character. The
good faith CT the speaker toward the
ad valorem tax bill was questioned by
faction of the house who declared
that his rulings affecting the measure
were unconstitutional, and on numer-
Gus occasions appealed from the de-
cisions of the chair. The speakers
friends promptly rallied to his sup
port, and sustained him in every in
stance. When the ad valorem bill
finally came up for passage, only FIVE
votes were recorded against it, the
speaker voting for the bill.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Home Rule BILL

1t is expected that the Hally Home
Rule bill will be reported out by the
house committee on city corporations
this week, and will pass the house.
The home rule proposition has been
the toughest one put up to the legis-
lature by the constitutional conven-
ton, and there are many who believe
that 1t will not be satisfactorily adj
justed for some time to come. Mr..
Hally, who is the corporation counsel
for the city OF Detroit, has drawn what
seems to be the most acceptable of
the several measures offered to solve
the problem It is comparativly short
bill, but quite comprehensive, and IL
the bonding limit of cities can be
agreed upon, IL is believed It will be-
come the first home rule law of Mich
igan. The limit proposed by the bill
is ten per cent, but that is generally
regarded as too high
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
School Money.

The normal school committee Of
the house has reported out appropri-
alton bills for the state institutions of
that character, as follows: Ypsilanti:
Current expenses. 100000; special
purposes and buildings, $S5,150; total,
$405,1 $50. Kalamazoo: Current expen-
ses, $1S5,770; special purposes and
buildings, SS6,S00; total, $272,57O.
Mount Pleasant: Current expenses,
$4,000; special purposes and build
ings, $47,500; total S217,500 Mar
quette: Current expenses. $122,600;
special purposes and buildings, $685.
$780, total, $179.150. The total normal
appropriations thus recommended is
$1,074,370. This report was handed to
the house by Chairman Albert La
Huis, of the house committee. 1t goes
now to the ways and means.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
A Death Coincidence.

BY strange coincidence the faith
Irs of both Mr.. and Mrs. kirt b. Mat
thewson, OF Bridgeport, died within
three hours of each other. They
were well known pioneers of Saginaw
county. William Matthewson, father
OF the former. died suddenly from
apoplexy at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Peter Moore, near Tay-
mouth. He was so years old and a
veteran of the civil war When a
boy in his teens he carried mail be-
tween Saginaw and Flint over an
Indian trail through the forest.
Richard Chennell, father OF Mrs.
Kirt Matthewson, succumbed to an
attack of paralysis at his home In
Bridgeport He was born In London,
Eng, and was 81 years old. He
served throughout the civil war in
the Twenty-ninth Michigan volun-
teers.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Hits the ?. M ONLY.

Senator Anhut's bill compelling the
equipment of all railway cabooses
with platforms, came up in the house
at the evening session. The railway
committee has amended it to fix jan
uary l, 1912, as the limit when the
way cars must be so equipped. 1t was
shown the Pere Marquette was the
only system affected, and that it's fifty
way cars could be equipped within a
period of six months at a cost of
$4,000. On this showing the amend
ment was cut off, leaving the limit
January 1, 1910. The bill passed, and
is now up to the governor.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23

be found clear and for the best in
terests of his constituents. Being
seatmate of the celebrated Mr..
Whelan, of Shiawassee. the gentle
man who has probably spoken on
more questions in the house than
any other member, Mr. Reynolds feels
that there is not much occasion for
him to make speeches unless it be on
some question of vital Importance to
his constituents. Although Mr.. Rey-
nolds is decidedly man not to shirk
his duty, it is safe to say no member
will be more satisfied to hear the last
motion to adjourn, and to return to
the simple life than he.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
THE Law MAKERS
AND PROBLEMS
fHE SITUATION AS REGARDS
ADJOURNMENT BECOMES
ACUTE.
GOOD ROADS WRANGLE.
Normal School Appropriations and
Other Matters That Are Before the
Two Houses.
Special Correspondence.)


Especial Correspondence
Lansing, Mich, April 10, 1909.
The present week opens with the
situation growing more and more
acute. The senate has not yet con-
CURED in the house resolution to adj
journ May 6, but it is believed it will
do so this week. Therefore with adj
journment scarce three weeks ahead,
and several important measures press
ing for rapid disposition and the ap-
preparation bills still in the hands of
the ways and means committee, it
will not be strange If hundred or so
of the miscellaneous bills on the gen.
eral order will be hung up, not to
mention as many more that are sleep
ing in committees. This will not be
such a misfortune as might appear,
for the reason that there has been a
big lot OF fool bills introduced and
not all of them by new members eth
er. That there will be perhaps two
special sessions seems to be a well
founded guess, If really important
measures that will not be reached are
10 be acted on.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Mene,s Tart Comment

Meme. the Esquimaux boy brought
to New York in 1896 by Commander
Peary to be educated. disappeared a
few days ago, leaving this letter: IL
am working north. | am homesick and
disguised and when Commander
Peary told me he had no room for me
on his ship / lost hope. Then, when
Prof. Bumpus, of the Museum of Nat
ural History, refused to give me my
fathers body so that | could bury It
or give me my sled and gun, gave
up believing that your Christian be-
lief, which you taught me, was meant
for a poor Esquimaux boy. After all,
my own people are more human and
kind and am going home. Your civil
ization has done nothing but harm
for me and my people, Goodbye"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Railway Bond Issues.

At the hearing before the senate
committee for the benefit of the rail-
ways who are opposing Senator
Mapes' bill to regulate the bond is
sues of railway and other corpora
lions, the representatives of several
big roads explained their objection by
claiming that the railway commits
sion. which is given authority to re-
view proposed bond issues, is not
competent to pass upon such ques
tions.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Investigation into the accounts

Investigation into the accounts Of
Albert Reitberg. the missing clerk
employed by Grand Rapids shows a
shortage Of $500. and the amount is
growing. II is said that during the
time he held the position Reitberg
could have made away with $4,000,
as City Treasurer Kilstrom has never
kept a check on the employees of his
office.
James Kelley. aged 10. whose home
is said TO be in Detroit, was instant
ly killed when he fell from the train
in Battle Creek on which he was
stealing a ride. and the wheels cut
his body in two.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Watch Appropriation Bills.

Auditor General Fuller will inspect
all appropriation bills passed during
the present session before they are
signed by the governor 1t will be re-
membered that two years ago an ap
preparation bill for the Mt. Pleasant
Normal school was passed, and through
an error, Gov. Warner signed a bill
which did not pass, and IL was neces
sary to call special session of the
legislature to correct the error.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Railroad Commission Bin.

The bill recognizing the railroad
commission which was introduced by
Representatives Cramton received
rough handling when it came up for
passage. Mr. Cramton is one OF the
ablest and most aggressive members
OF the house, but has gone out of his
way TO attack certain measures, with
the result that the desire to trim his
sails was shown to quite a degree
The bill was passed, but several de-
slrable features were stricken out, in
GLIDING the raise in salary OF the com.
missioners, which was considered by
those in charge Of the bill the most
important of all.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23

Rosalie Davis, pretty white girl IN
New York, aged 90 is awaiting sem
tence on a charge of forgery in the
second degree. She will come into
an inheritance Of $4,000 year in a
few months and is said to have been
the leader of band of negroes near
her home. The negroes are said to
have committed many crimes of her
Manning
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Health Primers

To put into the hands of the teach
ers I'm all the schools of Michigan
matter which will aid in teaching the
dangers of tuberculosis, a number of
primers on that disease will be issued
under the direction of DR.. Frank w.
Shumway, secretary of the state board
of health.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23

In addition to the fact that there
was not a single criminal case on the
calendar of the Van Buren, county cir
cult court at the March term, the coun-
~ jail is tenantless and has been
for some little time. and there is no
immediate prospect of its being occu-
pied in the near future. Van Buren,
is a dry" county.
Edlor Lebrash 13-yearold son OF
Paul Labrash, of Grayling. had both
eyes blown out Tuesday evening. The
little fellow was picking kindling
wood out OF the fire pit south of the
big mill. when something exploded
putting out both eyes.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23

duced no bills, and
yet who may be
considered one of
the strong and pop
ular men of the
house. Mr.. Rey-
nolds is a member
of the Farmers
club, and a real
farmer when he
is home. When it
zones to voting,
however, it is OBJ
served that he uses
,.,hich mill nCnolIv
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Iudae eaoe,a successor.

Gov. Warner has appointed ex-Judge
William II. Kendrick, of Saginaw, as
circuit judge to FIJI the unexpired term
of Judge Chauncey II. Gage, who
dropped dead recently.
Judge Kendrick is a member of the
state board Of pardons.
ID. q. CURTISs
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
jealous Husbands Crime.

Jealousy growing out of the impress
sion that George Burrill McKinnon, 81,
of Mooretown, Ont. across the river
from st. Clair, had been too friendly
with his wife, led Capt Ralph Pringle,
a well-known vesselman. to send three
bullets into the body of the former
at 1890 o'clock Sunday morning Nc
Kinnon died Sunday afternoon. Pringle
is in Jail at Port Huron.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
George s Ward a Pittsburg baker

George S. Ward a Pittsburg baker,
has appealed to Sec. Knox to have
Uncle Sam end the corner in wheat
His telegram reads: THE manipula-
ton and selling of futures in wheat
and other food products on margin
should have the immediate attention
OF congress in order that II may be
prohibited by law, thereby relieving
the burden OF the wage-earners.
Canton, o., milliners have started
a movement to have hat rooms with
mirrors provided in the churches Of
the city which have pastors who OBJ
Jet to women wearing the new, large
creations
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
THE MARKETS.

DETROIT-Cattle-D fed steers.
$500; steers and heifers. 1000 to 200,
$5.25@5.4O: steers and heifers, 500 to
1000: $5@5.s5; steers and heifers that "a
cows, $3.50; good fat cows, SAC 4:25;
common cows, $S@S.50: Gamers; Sl.!5
good bolognas. bulls, ss;75@4; stock
steers 500 to 1000. sS50@S.75: choice
stockers, 500 to 700. ss.5O@3.65; stock
heifers, s3;oO@3.5O; mixers large &C.
mixers. $25 @35. Veal calves-Market
steady at last weeks close; best. $3.50;
others. $4@7 Mich cows and spring.
ers-Steady.
Sheep and lambs-Market steady at
last weeks prices; best lambs, So;
fair to good lambs. s7@7.5o; light to
common lambs, s650@7; yearlings,
s666.75: fair to good sheep IS @6;
,ulls and common, $3.5OQ4; clip lambs,
$6.50@7.
Hogs-Market steady at last weeks
closing prices light to good butchers,
s7.25M7.35; pigs, $3.50; light workers.,
$6.9OQ7.10; stays, one-third off.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Mr.. REYNOLDS Work.

Representative Rush w. Reynolds,
OF Hillsdale county, is one of the few
REPRESENTATIVES who have so far intro
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23

East Buffalo.-Cattle-Ma 100
15c higher; best export. steers, $50
$50; best LOO to lSCO5 o l5 shipping
Id do s5bO66: best fat cows $4.50@5;
fair to good $500; trimmers, $2:5o@
2.75: best fat heifers,, $3.50 @5.75: light
5: bologna bulls. $375@4; best feeding
steers $4.5O@4.75; best stockers, s4:2 5
The good cows today sold higher but
the common kinds were very dull and
hard to sell; best cows. $45@55 COM
mon, s3O635.
Hogs-Market steady: heavy, $1,000
775; few. $3.50: best workers.. 81. 500
no: light, $725@74O; pigs. s7@7.1O.
Sheep-HeaVy grades slow; handy
grades active: best wool lambs $500
$40; fair TO good, sS@S.25: best clipped,
S715@725: culls. $7@775: yearlin-B 81
as.
Calves-Lower: best, sS@s.25: me.
dunn TO good. s7@I75 heavy. s465.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23
Grain. etc.

-wheat-Cash No. 2 red,
sL40; May opened at $1.39k and ruled
steady; July opened at a drop OF nc
at $17% and ADVANCED to H:19h
yanced TO $1.1lh; No. red. s1.37;
corn@cash No. q. ss%c: No. 3 yell
low, cars at 69hc, 1 at 7Ohc, closing
at 70%c.
Oats-Cash No. 3 white. cars at
57Ac; No. white, ! car at se%c.
Beans-Cash. s2.4O bid; May. s245
bid.
Cloverseed-Prime spot. 40 bags at
s5.S5: October, 100 bags at $3.50; March,
100 bags at s6.I5: sample, 40 bags at
$3.50. so at 1928. 10 at So sample al
sike. bags at 81
Timothy Seed-Prime spot. so bags
at $1.65.
Feed-In lOo-lb. sacks. iobbing lots:
Bran. SOS: coarse middlings. $29; fine
middlings. $40; cracked corn and
coarse cornmeal. $29 corn and oat
Flour-Best Michigan patent. $3.50;
ordinary patent. se.25 straight. s615;
clear. Sc; spring patent, $3.50; pure
rye, s455 per bbl. in wood, jobbing lots.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-04-23

Fantastical as the idea may seem,
steps have nevertheless been taken
to incorporate the European-Ameri-
can Navigation society, which pro-
poses to promote the flights of dirigi-
Bile balloons across the Atlantic
ocean. Supreme Court Justice Hen
drick. New York. hes approved the
certificate of Incorporation.
Socialists of Newark, N. j.. claim
an article on the Socialist movement
written by Theodore Roosevelt in the
Outlook is libelous. and may sue the
publication for libel. They object to
alleged reflections on members of the
party
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-11
DISAPPOINTED
SUlTOR SUICIDES
Makes An Attempt to XIII His Brother
Who Is the Father Of the Girl He
Sought to Marry.

Las Vegas, Feb. 1.--Disappointed
and insanely angry because his
brother, Doroteo Montoya refused him
permission to marry his daughter,
Braulio Montoya met the former at
Sanchez and attempted to kill him
and his family who were all riding in
a wagon. Doroteo Montoya had pre-
viously been warned that his brother
would seek to XII h,m. SO was pre-
pared. When ordeerd to stop the
wagon, he attempted to drive quickly
away, but Braulio began firing, one
OF the bullets taking the life of Doro.
teos six-year-old daughter. The
wagon was stopped and the two
brothers engaged in a fearful pistol
duel. When the chambers of their
revolvers were empty the brothers
clinched in a hand-to-hand struggle,
using fists and the butts Of their guns.
Doroteo, having received several
bad cuts on his head and bullet
wounds in his lower leg and thigh,
was finally beaten to the ground.
Braulio secured a rifle from the scab-
bard on his saddle and covering his
PROSTATE brother, demanded that he
deliver into his hands. his daughter.
Doroteo proposed that they go to
their fathers house, which was only
about two miles away and let him set
tie the m1tter. The agreement Was
made, but on arriving there, Braulio
was Immediately disarmed. The old
man sent for officers of the law and
Braulio got away and ran towards his
own home, which is but short dis
tance.
The deputy sheriff, on arrival, went
to the house to pl9ce lis man under
arrest, and found him dead with a
self-inhicted bullet wound through
his head.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-11
STATEHOOD IN
THE BALANCE
While Outlook Is Very Favorable, Vet
One Senator May Talk Measure
to Death.
Special to The New Mexican.

Special 10 The New Mexican.
Washington, d. c., Feb. 1.-THE
statehood bill will pass the House on
Suspension Day, Monday, February
10, without opposition and without
amendment. 1t then goes to the Sen
ate where it will be committed to the
committee on territories of which Sem
ator Beveridge is chairman. The op-
position in the Senate is weakening
with each day. There is only one
senator from the Middle West and,
that is Senator Albert j. Beveridge,
and half a dozen New England SEN
ators led by Senator Aldrich, one of
the Republican floor leaders, who are
opposed to the bill in the Senate.
The vote for the bill in the Senate,
therefore, will be practically solid, al
though one man can talk the bill to
death there is but one danger OF de-
feating other important legislation
that the majority party is pledged to
pass before March A. The bect-in-
formed men on the ground express
the belief that he enabling act will
become law by March 4, without any
serious opposition.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-11
SECRETARY OF STATES
SALARY TO BE CUT

Washington, Feb. 11.-Senator Knox
is declared by the Senate committee
on judiciary to be eligible for appoint
ment to the Office Of the secretary OF
state providing the salary of the Sec
retary be reduced from $4,000 to $S,-
600 per year, which was the salary
prior, to the action of congress, rails
ing it during Senator Knoxs present
term of office. The bill introduced
by Senator Hale yesterday to repeal
the increase in salaries so far as it
referred to the secretary of state, will
be changed so as to make the Ian
guage agree with the constitution and
then be reported back to the Senate.
Senators Kittridge and Overman ex-
pressed doubt as to the propriety OF
taking the action proposed by the bill
but it is not believed that they will
present a minority report or oppose
the measure on the floor of the Sen
ate.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-11
STATEHOOD DELEGA-
TION AT WHITE HOUSE
Bill Extending Carey Act to New
Mexico Goes Over On Objection
of Senator TiIlman.
pecial to The New Mexican.

Special to The New Mexican.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 11.-Sen-
ator w. A. Clark, chairman of the
senate committee on public lands. to-
day called up the House bill, extend
ing the provisions of the Carey Act to
New Mexico and Arizona. Upon the
objection of Senator Ben Tillman, the
bill went over until tomorrow upon
his plea that there was no Democratic
member of the committee present. He
added, however: II have the interest
of the people of New Mexico and Ari-
zona as much at heart as any one in
this chamber.
The statehood delegation headed by
Governor Curry called at the White
House today and was graciously re-
ceived by President Roosevelt
Ex-Governor Herbert ]. Hagerman
of Roswell, and Attorney Neill B.
Field of Albuquerque, are here and
are reported to have Joined the
kickers" here.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1909-02-11
WATSON SAYS
STATEHOOD MONDAY

Washington, Feb. 11-Representa-
tive Watson of Indiana, the Republ-
can whip of the House told the presi-
dent today that the bill admitting Ari-
zona and New Mexico to statehood
will pass the House next Monday un-
der suspension of the rules, which
will prevent amendments to it in that
body
Washington, Feb. 11.-President
Roosevelt expressed himself as much
pleased today with the action OF the
California legislature in killing the
anti-Japanese bill yesterday after
noon. When talking on the subject
with Representative Englebright of
that state he said he hoped that the
agitation on the coast was over for a
long time.