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The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
MCGUIRE CONSCIOUS; HAS
FIGHTING CHANCE FOR LIFE
Was Knocked Down by Husband OF
Woman About Whom He Spoke
lnsuitingly.

Charles Mcclure, who was knocked
down by u blow from the fist OF Capt.
Fred NJ. Manuel when Mcclure. 1t IL
alleged. made insulting remarks about
Manuels bride OF less than week.
recovered consciousness In ST. Mary 8
hospital early Monday morning, and
! is now believed TO have fighting
chance for recovery.
Mcclure went down like a log when
the hardy lake captain hit him, and
his skull was fractured when his head
struck the stone sidewalk Mcclure
lay unconscious, in ST. Mary's hospi-
tai. from Saturday night to Monday
morning. Manuel is being held in
central station pending the outcome
az McGuire's injuries.
Up to year ago. Mcclure roomed
in the home OF Mrs. Manuel who was
then Miss Julia Romanupp, but when
Capt. Manuel appeared on the scene,
Mcclure was told 10 seek another
boarding house. He went to No rs
Abbott-st.. but continued TO pay at
tentions to Miss Romanupp, ii is al
legged. and to visit her home at No.
209 Lafayette boulevard. Even after
/ neT marriage 10 Manuel, week ago.
Mcclure is said to have paid atten-
tons To her, until she finally wrote
him letter telling him he was not
welcome. Mrs. Hazel Haley, a board
or, delivered the note, and later Nc
CURE is alleged 10 have telephoned
Mrs. Manuel that he was coming over
to shoot her. Mrs. Haley saw him
coming and warned Mr. and Mrs.
Manuel Manuel. who is 81 years old.
but more than six feet tall and power
fully built, met Mcclure at the doo.',
and told him TO sit down and talk
things over. Mcclure insisted that
he was going 10 see Mrs. Manuel and
then made statement about hef
which brought Manuel's big flst into
instant action. Mcclure went down
without groan. and lay like a dead
man across the curb
What could | do?" muttered Man.
uel. when he was taken to central
station. What would you do In a
case like that"
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
BIG BLAZE ON WOODWARD.
}. r. Sullivan, Or. q. +. Kirk and r
l. Reeg Co. the Losers.

A stubborn blaze. caused by defec.
tive wiring, badly damaged the three
story brick building at No. PA Wood
ward-ave.. Sunday evening. This
building is occupied by J. +. Sullivan,
florist. DR.. b. r. Kirk. dentist. and the
F. l.. Reg Co.. stationers. F. l.. Reeg
places his loss at $4,000 or more, the
other two tenants lose about 5000 and
the damage to the building. owned by
George r. Richie. of Chicago Is about
$500. Most of the loss is covered by
Insurance
The fire was spectacular one in
that the fremen had to force their
way in at the second and third story
windows from ladders. The blaze
broke out just at the time when Wood
ward-ave. and other downtown streets
are crowded. and the concourse that
watched the firemen work numbered
several thousand people. Street car
and automobile travel was blocked.
II was necessary TO tear mp much
OF the flooring to get at the blaze and
the firemen were busy for two hours.
Much OF the damage was due 10 wa
ter, the building having 10 be practic-
ally flooded.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
BOY PRISONER RESCUED.
Gang" Attacks Toledo officer Who
Had "Pinched" Young Desperate.

Stick, bunch! Don't let dis guy
pinch me- yelled Charles Blumer. a
15-yearold desperate. as he was sud
denly plucked from a gang OF twenty
fellows. at Woodward-ave. and Larned-
ST., by Probation Officer William Gala
CHER. or I oledo.
The gang stuck" They swarmed
over Gallagher like lot of bees. pun
melting him numerically. and finally
one OF the larger boys landed blow
that sent the officer sprawling. When
he recovered, the gang and his pris-
Cncr had fed.
Blumer escaped from the officer \
month ago. while being taken from To-
ledo TO the Lancaster reform school
Gallagher received a tip that the fugi-
tive was in Detroit. and hao Jus
reached here on an interurban car,
Sunday, when he met Blumer with the
gang OF boys. He finally asked the
police TO help him get Blumer.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
FROM PULPIT, He
OENOUNCEs THAW
The Red Is On His Hands and He
Deserved Death" Says Minister in
Rockefeller's Church.

CLEVELAND, o., July 26.-Tha;
Harry Thaw should have been strap
ped TO the electric chair for the muir.
der OF Stanford White was the as
tonishing statement OF Rev. William
w. Bustard in the Eucld-ave. Baptist
church. last night The church, which
Is known generally as Rockefeller
church. was packed when the minis
ter. who came to Cleveland several
weeks ago from Boston. began his ser
mon on Lessons from the life OF Har.
! ~ Thaw"
The law has been cheated. Justice
would have strapped Harry Thaw TO
the electric chair for the murder OF
stanford White. two years ago. IL he
had been poor. His riches saved him,
said Rev. BusCard.
For some time this remarkable
legal case has excited world wide in
terest. said the minister II shall
use II tonight as means OF saying
something. not as a subject. We have
heard all along that Harry Thaw Is oil
Trial for life again. This is what Har-
~ Thaw Eas thought. In truth, he has
been on trial for his lie all OF his
life.
lie mas failed miserably. AS a BOY
he was dissolute, as Il young man he
sought out disreputable women. He
married an actress.
And then came the murder Thaw
Is guilty, the red is on his hands and
ne richly deserved death. ] do not
seek to justify the character OF Stan.
fo:G White, but | cannot justify che
murder by Harry Thaw. But for his
money he would have been dead ind
buried and forgotten. long ago
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
NEWELL WHACKs DR.. ELIOT.
Says Former President of Harvar
Is in His Dotage.

A broadside of assaults on men and
religions constituted the main portion
of Evangelist w. r. Newell's address
IN the Woodward-ave Baptist church
Sunday afternoon.
Charles w. Eliot, former presiden;
Of Harvard university, is in his dot
age" declared Newell, referring TO the
prediction of a new universal religion
devoid of superstition, made by Eliot
The Rev. r. ]. Campbell, pastor of the
City Temple, OF London. Englan1
also came in for criticism by Newell
who assailed his doctrines and attibut
ed to Campbell blame for the spread
of Christian Science. New Thought
and other sects in England.
England needs preaching OF the
gospel more than Shanghai" was one
of his most extreme statements. In
review OF the religions, Newell
placed Confusianism above Hahon.
mechanism and Buddhism.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
CONRAD SPECK, JR., DEAD.
WelI-known Citizen Is Stricken With
Heart Failure.

Conrad Speck, Jr., aged AZ, member
of the wcll-known east side family OF
that name, and for 90 years a dealer
I'm woolcns and tailors' trimmings at
No l4i Woodward-ave.. is dead In his
home, No. 346 Field-ave. Death was
caused by heart trouble and followed
long illness. He leaves widow and
five children. Mr.. Speck was mem
her OF Zion lodge. No. !. +. Il A. NJ.
Monroe council, No. /, and Monroe
chapter. No. /. He worshiped with his
family IN Bethany Presbyterian
churcn. Funeral services take place
in the home Monday afternoon, and
the remains, after cremation, are ia
be Inferred In Woodmere cemetery.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26

-ioonkeeper in that city. They had
promoted an Investment deal. AN"
succeeded INA getting the saloonkeeI-
~ into drawing the money from a
bank Then, When they learned
where he kept IL. they "sneaked' the
cash and made "a hurried escape. ia :
lanis denies that he was victimizei
by the same process. AMI insists tina.
Tie 1900 represented one week .
earnings Of his three shops. and that
lie had NOT yet banked the money.
When John kaIpin YVES sent tV tbe
Norkh house for 30 days tor stealing
porcll chairs from his neighbors, near
Garland and Mack-aves, recently, NE
three precocious sons. Edward aged
Ia Thomas. IL. and Johnnie. aged ..
set out to make "A living Tor thcm-
selves, according 10 the general plan
OF their fathey. They ambusheu
neighborhood children on their way
TO stores with small sums OF money,
ard took the cash away IRON theln'
They even sIatched "A beer pail con
tanning 80 cents, from youns mar
of the neighborhood. and made then
escape. Complaints poured into th'
police station. but the youthful ban
dts were too wary for the police
Finally. $40 was stolen from the iii
Ia a bakery al NO. 1882 Mack ave,
by the three brothers. Edward was
arrested. but his two younger broth.
ers escaped Edward was turned
over to the Juvenile court; the other
ers. when caught, VIII probably De
cared for.
court test of Police Conn Jssioner
Croui's new travel regulations In
threatened BY Attorney Charles l.
Wilkins. The latter, while IA believer
In reasonable regulation or travel IN
the congested downtown district.
considers the present rules as folly
He characteriZes the whistle bril-
gade as -. L. X. employees under cts
pay, and the rule by which cars stop
only at the near side OF intersections
az both dangerous ana n violation or
the city ordinance. Crossing patrol
men are too busy footing whistles
and waving their arms To escort old
people and children across the streets
as was their custom formerly. VIII
kins says. Danger lies In the cars
stopping only at the first side OF the
CROSSING Wilkins argues, inasmuch
as persons crossing behind cars are
more liable TO be run down by cars
going at full speed than they would
be II the cars came across the inter
section under control and ready to
make fun stop. wilkins VIII Sc
cure testimony In regard TO the pres
ent running or ears and go into court
with "A complaint against the -. l. H.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
LOBBY WORKS HARD.
Trying To Put Through Utilities Co
Franchise, Says Rosenberg.

There is a lobby working TO get
the support of the aldermen for the
franchise sought for the Detroit Ctili-
ties Co TO collect all waste and rub
bish In the city" asserts Aid. David
Rosenthal, who has taken a conspicu-
Gus position In oppoition to this fran
chise. Citizens are calling on the
various aldermen and trying to inau.
ence their choice. But they will hurt
instead OF help the cause they are
working for.
Il am convinced that the council
will not give away this valuable fran.
chise for nothing and at the same
time destroy the livelihood OF many
poor peddlers. That franchise Il
worth a great amount OF money"
The name OF a former west-slde aid
erman is now being mentioned as be
ing largely behind the campaign for
| this franchise.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26

When Aristide BRAND, avowed So
cialist and church-hater became min
lister Of public instruction and worship
in France three years ago. ne was
asked in the assembly about his opin'
ions
Il am still a Socialist" he replied
amid cheers, and as minister will
90 all In my power to advance 1t. Ex-
Cept that | will not sacrifice or dis
rupt the government on account OF
IT,"
VI. BRAND began life as poor
nave grown stronger since then.
though he has the faculty OF combin-
ing other factions with him for the ad-
yancement of the government. and
was called one of the strongest men
in France when President Fallieres
asked him to become premier AMI
form a new cabinet.
NJ. BRANDS Socialistic s-feanings
small town lawyer and newspaper
writer.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
Found Dead in Yard.

An unknown man was found lead In
the back yard of the residence of Will
lam II. Williams, No. % Blackstone
ave. early Monday morning. The nody
was that of a man OF about 90 years.
poorly dressed and emaciated. Death
was caused by consumption. Coroner
Bennett believes. When found the
body was lying across the covering OF
an old.fashioned we'll and II is believ-
ed the man was after water. He held
a battered tin cup in his hand. The
body is now In the county morgue
awaiting identification
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
ELOPING PAIR ARRESTED
Walter Cemmitt and Mrs. Lou Petit
qrew Skipped From Dayton, O.

Following an unguarded remark
made by Walter Demmitt, when lie
was arresting her for abandoning his
family In Dayton, o., Detectives
Brooks and Seymour, on Sunday. ar
rested Mrs. Lou Pettigrew, OF Dayton,
who left her husband TO elope with
Demmitt. The couple had been living
at No. l04 Jones-st., for the last three
weeks.
Mrs. Pettigrew admitted that when
she left she took $40 cash and three
checks. sggregating $50 more, from
her husband. and that she also took
pair OF diamond earrings, valued al
500, from her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lii.
liam Foglesome. She will be taken 70
Dayton to answer charge of grand
larceny made by the sister-in-law
Demmltt has already been taken back.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
GREAT CROWDS
SEE MON0PLAME
Bleriot's Flight Over English Chan.
mel Stirs People-Danng Aviator
Will Be Given Rousing Reception.

| LONDON. July 26-Londoners
hocked by the thousands today 10 the
American department store OF Henry
q. Sellridge. To view the Blerios
monoplaLe IN which the daring French
aviator crossed the English channel
Sunday morning.
Mr.. Selfridge gave 81 900 TO Lon
don hospital In return for being per
mitted 10 exhibit the monoplane and
his enterprise Is being richly reward.
ed. IL seemed that every body in the
Metropolis wanted To see the mono.
plane and special detachment of
police had TO guard IL from the eager
throns Arrangements are being
made today To give Bleriot tremend-
Gus welcome when he comes TO Lon
don which will probably be within the
next few days
Although the English aeronauts are
keenly disappointed that the honor VI
being the nrst 10 cross the English
channel fell 10 Frenchman they are
not bit chary in giving Bleriot full
credit Tor his daring accomplishment
The feature was served 10 intensity
the cutlery against England's back.
wardneSS in aviation
The achievement OF Bleriot has had
the effect OF increasing the private
subscriptions that are being made 10
purchase airships for the government,
the latter having pleaded that II could
not aford extensive experiments In
this line. A $4,000 subscription was
received today from Waldorf Astor,
the seif-expatriated American. million.
aire. who never fails TO open his purse
when popular subscription is asked
PARIS, July 26.-France is not so
wildly excited over the aerial triumph
OF one OF her sons, Louis Bleriot. in
sailing over the English channel In
an aeroplane as to forget the achieve
ments OF other "conquerors OF he air"
and today Wilbur and Orville Wright
and Henri Farman were made cheva.
liers in the Legion OF Honor.
The decoration of the Wrigh. broth.
ers with this signal honor in recogni-
ton OF their record-breaking iiignts at
LemaIs and Pau has long been under
contemplation and the bestow0l OF the
rank today was the occasion of much
felicitation.
Hart o. Berg, he business manager
for the Wright brothers. and Santos
Dumont, one of the pioneers in French
aviation. were promoted 10 officers in
the Legion.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26

Typhoid fever. dysentery. cholera
morbus, tuberculosis, Asiatic cholera
and certain infectious eye diseases arc
among the maladies known TO be dis
trlbuted by the common house fly.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26

A new automobile ire is made in
.i2 separate sections. each Of which -
inflated independently and may be re.
placed byfanother section in event OF
damage without removing the entire
tire.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
Mrs. Margaret LaGrnnKe, bishop OF the
Church of the New Thought, on VIM

der-st., which she FOUNDED, has den
nitely refused TO become pastor OF
the church for another term. MRS.
LaGrange was formerly a spirituaiist
and IL is said that she feared that
her former connection with that sect
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
On the occasion OF the Adcraft clubs
Iasarfh ANIMAL ID lhc

steamer Columbia, Wednesday even
ing, the burletta. Alice in Wonocr-
land" Will be presented with suCn
Detroit favorites as Mrs. Grace Grey
Brown. Mrs Charles Parker, Marshall
Pease and Allan Wallace, singing the
leading roles
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26

Evangelist w. II. Newell speaks I'm Me-
Gregor mission Monday evening.
Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Reese, Miss Reese
and I. PERTH will be passengers an
the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm III
which sails for Europe from New
York. Tuesday.
The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
Loui. G.lani., the ., shoe stand p ,.ppns.

1reeks the other day. has received
n seattle paper with an account OF
how two men OF the same descrlp-
ton stole $500 from greek sa-
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-01
MAKES SUCCESS
In MALE PARTS

Just as soon as the clever woman
gets to the point of stage success that
makes her want to attempt the unu-
sual and startling, her thoughts go
straight to donning mans garb. In
the old days such an impulse resulted
in some feminine Hamlet" or "Iago,
and host of women played both
parts with considerable success. To
have chance to wear the habiliments
of man is something that never fails
to attract the actress herself and the
feminine part of her audiences. And
there is something appealing to the
average theater-goer in the effort OF
women to play male roles.
A whole row of '"Rosalinds" and
''Violas' may explain how, to some
extent, women get the ambition to
wear the masculine attire.
Prominent among the talented act
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-01
MARKS SCENE OF HEROIC STRUGGLE

At Red Bank, on the Delaware river,
stands monument. erected 10 COM
memorate one of the greatest deeds
of valor in the War for Independence
The year 1777 saw some of the dark
est days that the cause knew. Howe
was occupying Philadelphia. Wash
ington, with his army, was across the
Schuylkill, and the distractions in the
Delaware, together with the little
American forts at Billingsport, Mud
Island and Red Bank alone prevented
Howe from having things all his own
way. Foreseeing the Importance of
the Delaware the Americans had done
admirable work in making it's naviga-
ton difficult and dangerous to the
enemy,
The British naval force consisted of
eight or nine warships fully MANNED,
having 2S5 guns. This force was or
dered to assist the Hessians in clear
ing the river. The American force
was composed of a Heterogeneous col
lection of schooners and small craft,
mastering 100 cannon and pitifully
inadequate supply of men.
The Americans made a gallant de-
tense. The British frigate Augusta
was run aground and blown up by the
Americans, and when the Merlin went
to it's assistance it met a like fate.
Recently the timbers of the Au-
gusta, which have lain imbedded in
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-01
News of Scandinavia
Principal Happenings of the Week
i'm the Scandinavian Countries.

The Swedish academ. by vote of 9
to s, has declared itself in favor of
modifying the reformed spelling,
which has been used in the public
schools since 1906.
June sixth, the one-hundredth ami
versary of the adoption of the Swed-
ish constitution, was fittingly cele-
brated in many Swedish cities, and by
some Swedish colonies in foreign
cities.
A number of teachers at Swedish
gymnasiums are going to Greece this
summer to make archaeological state
studies. Their leader is to be John
Bergman, a noted historian. The
party will stop at Olympia, Mycena,
Tyrius and Athens.
1t is proposed to make radical
change of the sewer system of Stock
holm. Several pumping stations will
be needed and the sewage will be car
ried far out into the sea. The cost of
the improvements will be about ST.
00O,O
holm, landed near Lappo, in the
wilds of Finland, 1919 hours later,
having covered a distance of about
$40 (English) miles. Only Firms
lived in the neighborhood, and the
aeronants do not understand Finnish.
Finally two men were found who had
been in America, and the English Ian
guage helped the strangers out Of the
difficulty.
A German named Grossmann gave
an exhibition on water skis at Stock
holm, and many people came to the
lake shore to see the performance
though they had to pay an admission
fee of &c. Mr.. Grossman did well. But
all of sudden a Swede named A.
Zetterstrom also appeared on skis
made by himself, and the German was
evidently perplexed. But he soon con-
cluded that peace would serve him
better than war, and so he received
the competitor with politeness. The
two shook hands and divided the hon.
ors between them.
Now that the Social Democratic
labor unions are losing ground in
some of their strongholds, the en-
ployers who have been dealing with
them are encouraged to speak more
freely. In many cases employers who
got into trouble with the labor unions
prevented their men from striking by
paying certain sums of money to the
leading officers of the labor unions.
An employer in Malmo has published
receipts showing that he has paid
$135 to avert boycott against him,
and the files of the organ of the labor
organization show that at the same
time it was officially announced that
the man who paid the money was "in
good standing"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-01
Red Bank Battle Monument.
FLOWERS KEPT BY FREEZING.
Method of Bringing to the North From
Tropical Regions.

Method of Bringing to the North From
Tropical Regions.
Freezing flowers to keep them
fresh is a modern idea. They are
picked in the bud and preserved by
refrigeration while being transported.
They can travel safely in this way for
several weeks. When unpacked they
are found free of damage and when
placed in water and left alone they
slowly awaken and come into full
bloom,
1t appears that experiments are be-
ing made in South Africa with view
to despatching them in this way in
bulk at the seasons when they are
scarce elsewhere. The flowers under
go no deterioration from their treat
ment either in the beauty of their
color or in their longevity after i'm
mersion in water. Curiously enough,
growth suspended by refrigeration
appears to resume so slowly that the
blossoms thrive in a room for con-
siderably longer period than if placed
there Immediately after being cut in
tie garden.
The process would also serve to In
troduce to our notice many beautiful
members of the horticultural family
with which at present we are UNI
familiar, such plants as the gorgeous
iris, which grows wild in luxurious
profusion in South Africa, or those
which abound on the slopes OF the
Andes in South America
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-01
EARNED ALL THEY GOT.
Clerks of Revision and Enrolling
Committees Often Shaved Day
and Night.

Madison-The final adjournment of
the legislature ended the work of four
employees who deserve a medal for
efficiency and merit. These are the
clerks of the revision and enrolling
committees of both houses, Max
Schoetz, Menasha, and R. r. Van
Metre, Darlington, for the assembly,
and L. B. Wolfenson, Madison, and
J. H. Frazier, Viola, for the senate.
The brunt of the work at this session
fell upon the shoulders of these men,
for they did about four times as much
work as others. AS clerks of COM
mittees which never met they worked
sometimes day and night in order to
keep the wheels of legislation we'll
oiled.
When it is known that there were
something like 1850 bills and 200 res
olutions handled in both houses, every
one of which passed through the
hands of these four clerks almost four
times, the proportion of the work per-
formed by these four men can be i'm
agined.
When the bills were introduced at
the opening OF the session they took
one each, compared it with the
statutes to see that it did not conflict,
that the section numbers were cor
rect, that the wording was proper,
etc. Then it was given the approval
of the revision committee, which
never met, but whose work was done
by the clerks, and introduced. Often
half a dozen or more amendments
came in and all had to be done over
again. Again when the bills were en-
rolled the proofreading, ETC., fell upon
the shoulders of the clerks, and in
this way it continued throughout the
entire session, with ell work and no
rest.
The salary was SIS day. All four
have gone to the woods for well
earned rest.