The Detroit times., 1909-07-27
WHERE LIFE is
WORTH LIVING

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Belle Isle temperature, Air, IS, water,
Hand Concertsi Tuesday evening, Clark
lsrki Wednesday afternoon, Boi.
Bisne.
Current tnx receipts for this year are
siIo,oco behind the receipts for the
same date last year. IL is expected
that payments Will be heavy all
week, however.
Notice has been served ON Walter y.
hnrshn and his bondsmen 10 appear
AT tie federal building Aug. to pay
over SlS.S22.5g TO Martin j Cava-
naugh. Harsha's successor as circuit
court clerk.
Relatives 0f the late George Craw ford.
who, "a In said, Stunned him during
life. VIII start proceedings In pro-
bate court 10 gain possession or his
estate, valued at $4,000. The rela-
tiNes live In Scotland.
City Clerk Charles Nichols has got out
the city manual earlier than usual
this year Besides the customary in
formation regarding city departments
and officers, the manual includes
some Industrial statistics collected
from various sources.
The body of Fred Herring. one of the
victims of the outbreak Of typhoid
fever In the navy, arrived In Detroit
Monday. aud was removed 10 the
home OF his father. Charles Herring.
In Gratiot township. The young man
Joseph Szurnk, "a inbOrcr, living nt No.
~ AIbert-st.. collapsed nj Orleans anu
lIale-Sts.. as he was returning nome
from n hard days work In the east
ern yards OF the board or publlc
works East End ambulance TOOK
the man to St Mary's hospital, where
the case was diagnosed as one OF
heat prostration.
Evangelist W. 10. Newell conducted SER
vices I'm McGregor Mission Monday
night. and six men Indicated de-
|; sire TO lead better lives. one OF
these was "A backslider who had seen
better days. and some were youhk
men not long from the farm who had
drifted downwards rapidly In the
temptations OF the city.
Harry Graham, Of No. 81 Michigan
ave-, and samuel Hurst. OF No. flss
Medbury-aVe., both Is years OLD,
were arrested In Pontiac. Monday
| night, on the charge OF stealing an
EMF automobile from in front OF
the Hotel Pontchartrain, SUNDAY
| The boys were brought TO Detroit
and are held In tho Central station.
Jacob RosenfeId, a Detroit peddler, who
went 40 Windsor with wagon load
OF goods and refused 10 stop when
the custom officer called TO him. was
fined 5000 In the windsor police
court Monday. II was testified that
| when the officer called TO Rosenfeld
he whipped up his horses and made
his escape. He was captured on the
return trip.
Mrs. Mary Stinson, ~ years old, STUN
bIed and fell while walking at sixth
and Perry SITS. Monday. and broke
her right arm. She was attended by
DIR. c. A. Bird. of No. 175 Pitcher-st.,
and removed to Harper hospital In
Red Cross ambulance The eNccs.
sive heat Is believed to have caused
the woman To nave "A fatnting spell.
She lives at No. il9 Sixth-st.
j. &. Mcclure, night office mum at the
Trumbuli ear barns, had his right leg
broken below the knee by COM
pressed air hose. with which he was
attempting 10 MI the tank OF con-
struction car, Monday afternoon.
The heavy pressure dashed the hose
against McClure's leg with terrinc
force. He was taken 10 his home.
No. 1866 Meldrum- IN the De-
troit ambulance.
An estate valued at $1,000 In disposed
of In the viii OF Charles Droiet. hled
for probate, Monday afternoon. TO
his son Charles, and two adopted
sons he leaves only s. each. Mrs.
Mary Edwards. his housekeeper. gets
$500. and the balance OF the estate
goes TO his daughter, Mary Drolet
Lavoie The will also directs that
only the daughter is To be buried
I'm the family plot beside the father.
The Detroit jewelers. Board Of Trade
Will send AN invitation 10 the Ma
tional Association OF Retail jewelers.,
which meets in Omaha. Sept 3, ask
ing the eastern delegates To that gath
ering TO stop of at Detroit on their
way home To attend the convention
OF the Michigan association Michl-
gan jewelers. and opticians are TO be
the guests of the Detroit Wholesalers
during buyers excursion week, Sept.
to 10.
Icharles krnuse. a. years old, and his
son Joseph. aged -. searched for the
leak which was hlllns The cellar OF
with gas. Monday evening. The cellar
was dark. so Joseph struck matcn.
DIR. l.. l.. thinner, OF No. SS5 Nc
Dougall-ave., promptly responded to
a call He found both men burned
about the head and hands. while
their hair and eyebrows had been
singed on.
a verdict of 1880 against the Pont-
chartrnin Hotel was returned In fa-
vor OF the Metropolis by Judge Hos
mer Monday afternoon. At the time
OF the erection OF the Pontchartrain
II was agreed to pay the Metropolo
for the loss OF business sustained be-
cause OF the building operations. The
Metropole proprietors claimed $4,000.
but IL was contended that this
amount was too high and the court
was asked to decide.
There IL difference of opinion among
the members of the council commit
tee on streets over the petition of
Caughey Curran for an additional
spur railroad track in West Jeffer-
son-ave.. between Vermont and Wa
bash-aves. Aid Wing, In whose ward
this lies. declares that the tracks are
now In such shape that the street
is practically valueless for anything
but railroad travel and he will OPP
pose any further concessions.
Mrs. Augusta Bender, special adminis-
traitor OF the estate OF Joseph Bend
err. has started suit I'm circuit court
against former Judge William Look
for ss73 so. the amount he Is alleged
TO have been short in his accounts
as special administrator of the es-
tate. Look was declared TO be short
in his accounts by Judge Durfee. but
he disputed the claim and appealed
TO the circuit court. and then to the
supreme court, losins each time.
When william J. Andrews, OF No. 6S7
Junction-ave.. called at the Central
station to report that he had been
robbed OF his hat and coat In Wash
fngton park. he was promptly placed
In the cell block for Investigation
The policeman who brought Will
Hams coat to the station earlier In
the evening. said that Andrews and
another man ha ubeen struggling,
and that the other man accused An