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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
l9 HOURS OF REAL
] WORK BY S0L0NS
IN 4S DAYS
THIS LEoisLATuRE SEATS ALL
OTHERS FOR olLAToRY METH.
oDs-rwo JuNkET REPORTS
ARE IN.

LANSING. March members and
employees OF the legislature draw pay
for every day including Sundays anu
holidays. or total OF SO days. inclua'
Ing Saturday and with the six Sunday
oat there are 49 working days, while
The records further show only -
hours and 40 minutes Of legislative
work during the 40 working days time
In all the history of the state this
legislature beats all others in wasting
time and working side junket schemes
10 Increase the size OF compensation,
and IL is thought that nothing but out
side public pressure will change
change things for the better
Members OF two legislative junkets
lave returned and the one that visited
the dear and dumb institute at Flint
reports that it is In good shape. but
vaseds some Improvements and should
have more money appropriated than
last session. Full confidence Is vote!
the management.
The committee from the Ionia prison
warmly commends the manner OF con
quoting that institution. but believes
that some plan can be devised 10
make prisons self-sustaining.
Rep. Monroe. of Gogebic. says that
no time has been fixed for a hearing
\ on the home rule matters before the
legislature and he can give no idea
as TO when IL will be, as practically
nothing has been done by the regular
city corporations committee OF which
he Is chairman.
From all appearances it looks now
like q long time before home rule
questions will be brought TO focus.
Statements conflict between legis-
lators and State Land Commissioner
Russell. The commissioner says he
has never been asked for information
about the state tax lands In his depart
ment. while three legislators say they
have sought information there of the
clerical force, not finding Russell in,
with very unsatisfactory results.
Commissioner Russell further de:
clares that this whole fuss about his
department Is put up by agitators who
are simply scheming 10 become state
officials themselves and that all these
propositions to put state tax lands
under control Of commission Or
county officials has been In the plat
ferns Of minority parties way back
TO the "Squaw-buck" legislature OF
1891, which tried the plan of one CEN
trail board 10 manage state institutions
which proved disastrous as would the
system now proposed by these solons.
Those who know the members At
work on these matters recognize only
earnest. practical, hustling business
men who have shown by facts that the
state has lost great sums OF money in
the tax land schemes and the con-
clusion is inevitable hat something
must be done at once to preserve ami
1cster these values for the state.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
SENT SHEATH GOWN
VALENTINE; JAILED

ALLENTOWN, Pa. March BE
cause. il is alleged. he sent his sister
ir-law. Mrs. Kate Covely. of Emaus,
valentine showing a woman dressed
in a sheath gown Titus Coyely. OF that
place, is in all sorts OF trouble.
The recipient Is reported to have
been pleased with her relatives re-
membrance until she learned what all
awful thing sheath gown is.
She then called on her brotherin-
Law and demanded an apology. with
the result. she says. that she was
, thrown bodily out OF the house.
Mrs. Covely then had him arrested,
and today Justice of the Peace Iobst
committed him TO jail for trial.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
Cabtor Of John B,opn,
Famous Abohtionit,
Dies at Agt IS Years

ST. LOUIS. Mo- March With
the death OF John Flynn, No. 1861
Cook.ave.. there is one less Of the
Jew remaining members. and probably
the only one in st. Louis, of that me
morable party which stormed the ar
senal at Harper's Ferry and captured
John Brown, the abolitionist half a
century ago. Flynn was 70 years
old when he died He had been q
resident Of St Louis for the last AZ
years.
Mr.. Flynn came to this country
from Ireland in the late fifties He
first settled in West Virginia, not far
from Harper's Ferry. lie later moved
Ito the latter place. being there when
John Brown gained possession OF the
arsenal with its suns ana ammuni.
ton.
He is said 10 have played a proml.
nent part in the capture Of Brown
He was one OF the first To enter the
structure on Oct IS, 1889 and take
charge Of Brown. who, as history tells.
was few months later pm; 10 death
on he charge OF treason and murder.
Shortly after the Harper's Ferry
incident Flynn came west For sev.
eral years he worked for the Missouri
Pacific railroad. and was one OF those
connected with the construction of
the lire between ST. Louis and Pa
'Cifc No
He was wont TO tell. whenever time
permitted OF his experience with the
James boys in Missouri The latsSr
We're always friendIy to him he used
10 say. and never. molested him IL tn
least while he was l9okinc after the
RAILROAD construction work
Nj Flynn was al Irish scholar 10
was a member OF the Gaelic societies
OF the city. He possessed = very val
liable old Irish dictionary.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
FEED THE BLOOD.

Pale. weak aud emaciated people in
yarIably suffer from some arrangement
OF the digestive organs. The blood
supply Of the body depends on The
ability of the stomach TO assimlate
nourishme0t from the food
Beecham's pills are a great stomach
mtdICIne. and ~ STRENGTHENING the
digestion spoR increase the supply OF
ttfe-giving blood They cleanse tho
system OF impurities. purify the blood,
and carry health and strength 60 all
tho organs Beechams pills are n
blood puuher and producer. and true
tonic Cor the weak and anemie.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
TEACHING CHILDREN
TO SAVE MONEY

SHEFFIELD, March ACCORDING
to figures just issued by the Sheffield
Savings bank. there were deposited
during 1908 In the 161 banks In the
public schools OF the city s66.Gl5. The
transactions numbered 493,024. and the
balance TO the credit of over $4,000
youthful depositors at the close of the
year was $24,295 The home safes"
Introduced to the population have also
met with favor, and during 1908 3.479
deposits. amounting to s26,125. were
made, and more than 1.600 safes were
distributed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
GAS CONSUMERS
GET 100000

NEW YORK. March l.--fayment ot
the S9.000000 in rebates 10 2.5v1oQ0
consumers was begun today ~ ne
Consolidated Gas Co. and It's subs.-
diary concerns. Batches of checks for
the amounts returnable were sent uut
from nine distributing Offices specially
organized for the purpose,
United Etates Commissioner shields,
who acted a. custodian OF tAe s5oo'.'
GOO since May. 1896 under he anthor-
ity OF the United States court which
appointed him special master. visited
all nine OF these special distributing
Offices today and saw that the checks
had begun 10 flow toward The consume
ers through the mails
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
TOO MUCH STUDY CAUSES
BOYS HEALTH TO FAIL

FLINT, Mich. March Suffering
from a sudden and severe attack Of
mental derangement, Harold Beal Will
liams. ~ years old has been brought
here from Ann ArhOr Sc is son or
Herbert A. Williams, cashier Of the
Farmers ard Mechanics bank OF Ann
Ar50i he studi.1 too much in an of
fort t. become proficient as an engi'
laer so he could enter the employ Of
The Buick Automobile Co. His friends
here say he would study as late as 3
or 1 O'Clock In the morning He Will
take rest in an effort 10 regain his
health
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
CLEAN TEETH OF COWS
THREE TIMES DAILY

CINCINNATI, March DIR. c. c.
Owens, health officer at Covington.
Ky, across the Ohio river from this
city. has prepared rule requiring
every dairyman in the county TO clean
the teeth OF his COWS three times
daily.
The rule is another step in the pure
milk crusade now being waged in this
section. Dr. Owens says that French
regulations compel all dairymen TO
clean the teeth of their COWS. He re-
ported to the board of health that
the innovation had produced results
abroad and the measure Will be
passed at the next board meeting. \
patent device is used.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
WITNESS FOR
7. J. HAMS DIES

BAISlDE, L. l.. March declaring
that he was not afraid 10 die because
he had told the truth AT the recent
trial OF Thornton Hams. James J. Tier
ney, who had been an important Wit
hess for the defense died Of pneumonia
at Bayside, /. |.
Tierney testified that he went 10
tho Bayside Yacht club to collect some
money due him; that he was on the
club house float when VIM. +. Annis
was shot. and that Thornton Hams did
not draw his pistol until the shooting
was over He hatly contradicted Mrs.
VIM f. Aunis
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
w. v. BOOTH, OF DEFUNCT
FISH TRUST, is INDICTED

CHICAGO, Feb 27.-W. Vernon
Booth. millionaire society leader
master OF the hunt and prominent
member of the Onwentsia club. was
indicted late Saturday afternoon, to-
cether with +. r. Robins, on charge
OF conspiracy in connection with the
collapse Of A. Booth * Co. the defunct
fish trust. one indictment was voted
against each The indictments fol-
lowed the testimony of Ira NJ. Smith,
vice president OF the company, who
was reported TO have turned states
evidence.
The Continental National bank IS
named In the indictment ds the vic
tim of the fraud. the sum obtained
being 100000
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01

of marigold. lily with the frag
rance of violet. and a scentless yer,
bena given the intensified fragrance
of the trailing arbutus. fruit trees
which will withstand freezing In bud
ana flowers; "A gum berry being al
most like a fat, luscious blue berry,
which can be grown in all climates;
black berries without thorns. an ever
lasting flower which may be used for
decoration OF women's hats; import
ed varieties OF thousands OF grasses
and imported towering tobacco"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
FIVE SAILORS
DIE OF HUNGER

ALGlERS. March 1.-The dead bod
les of 1--WE sailors we're found IN a
boat that had been drifting in the
sea. Through the finding OF the bodies
by the German steamer Liberia the
identity OF the sailing vessel when
was rammed by the Belgian steamer
Australia in a storm Feb. II near Al
boran island, in the Mediterranean
has been established The dead sall'
ors were members OF the crew OF the
steamship Condor. of London Ihey
had starved To death.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
So. 900 HER BALM FOR
2o-YEAR COURTSHIP

SUNBURY, Pa. March l-Aiss Re
becca Metz. Of Johnson city vino
sued William Meisherger. The Coal
township school board membcr Tor
$4,000 damage. because Do Wouid
not marry her after more Than 80
years OF cuartsh.p. won verdict of
So 900 today The PLAINTIFF lawyers
VIII lose no time trying 10 makc him
pay over he amount OF the award
The jury arrived at verdict last
night, aud sealed h. until court met to.
day.
Some OF the jurors favored an award
OF $1,000. The defendant began pay.
ing attention To- Miss Metz when she
was a girl and. he recently married
an Ashland woman.
Miss Metz WAS congratulated bv
many friends over the result of tho
trial.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
Lands a Knockout Blow
On Adversary's Jaw and
Wins Young Woman's Hand

FLINT. Mich. March Fired
Campbell. cook in local restaurant,
and Carl Hubbell, a factory employc.
must appear in court and answer To
the charge OF engaging in a fist fight
within the city limits. The fight took
place near the Grand Trunk station
Both were in love With a pretty young
waitress Hubbel landed punch on
Campbell's jaw similar to the one that
is inflicted by Jeffries and Campbell
went down like ton Of brick Camp
bell was game. however. and. after
coming to. declared fIubbell hal won
the hand OF The girl by fair and hon.
orable means
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
cn.rds ard Mi,,.-

The London Teacher has been look.
ing into the marriage rate az Man.
chester university and found that OF
500 women who achieved degrees only
"a have married AZ Manchester the
young woman and the young man sit
side by side. And only II 81 the 800
have mated themselves with male
graduates=London Chronicle.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
Given Knockout DROPS ?

NEW YORK March lanes A.
Black. marine in Co -. at
lhe Brokolyn navy yard barracks one
az ne last OF tho nited States forces
10 leave Cuba month ago. died to-
day on Park Row The police believe
no was thc victim ~ knockout drops.
Michael Mccormick. marine in the
same company. and Oliver j. Bowen.
a laborar, We're with Black when he
vas found IN The hallway Of No. 81
Park Row They are held as ma
l,rLal witnesses pending i'm estieatlon.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
BOY DISAPPEARS.

FLINT. Mich March Harold
Moon. 10 years old. son OF Luman
Moon. . carpenter. disappeared from
mis- home Saturday afternoon and a
search Is being made for him The
police think the boy has been kid
naped Harold left his home to 20
skating on Thread pond lie wore
light gray coat pair of gray knee
breeches and stocking cap
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
DR.. McNErT DIES.

TRAVERSE CITY. Mich. March l..
DIR. Frank Jackson McNett IS years
old. T. dead 70 the home Of Medad
Niuton. from pneumonia. He had liy-
ea here for four years and was a
graduate OF the New York college OF
medicine The body will be taken TO
Mendoza. H.. for burial
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
POPE Plus IS Ill
FROM A COLD

ROME. March THE pope Is III,
but DR.. Petacci. with his usual optim-
ism. does not admit that the pope is
suffering from ANYTHING mole than a
cold. He excludes govt or any bror-
chial trouble. He says the illness IS
slight and that the suspension of the
audiences is a precaution, not a neces-
sity. Persons who have seen the pope
say he looks seriously i'll, tired and
weak.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
Miss Roosevelt Denies.

WASHINGTON. March Miss
Ethel Roosevelt made an emphatic de.
NAL at the White House Of her re-.
ported engagement. 10 William Phil
lips. formerly oi Boston. bu, now re.
siding in Washington, where he was
appointed iast August TO special
post in the state department.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
VETERAN CANAL EMPLoYE DIES.

SAUlT STE MARIE. Mich. March
u tspeeial.D W. H. smith. ca. 4
pioneer employee at tile government.
canal ned suddenly last night. me
w. known Co AN captains ON tn
lakes Tie hat been ia The scrvic,
since The government TOOK over the
sh.n lannla.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-01
Whiskey for Lame Back

To one-half pint good whiskey, add
one ounce syrup sarsaparilla and one
ounce Toris compound. which can be
procured OF any druggist Take in tea
spoonful doses before each meal and
before retiring. This recipe is said to
be the best known TO medical science.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-09
Concerning the Eskimo.

The Eskimo is affable, brave and
nyal. He speaks a language which
is highly infected-many primitive
peoples do-and has certain rudl
mentary ideas of a warm and habit
able heaven and a cold and cherries
hell. And in knowledge of ways and
means to fight cold, ice and darkness
and wrest subsistence from a frozen
desert he leads all other children OF
the north and south. But he lives
his life in a realm of ideas %incalcul'
ably remote from civilization. Peary
tells us of a tribe of less than LOO
people who, cut off from their fellows
for several generations and out of the
track of whalers and explorers, be
| lieved themselves to be the only inhabi
tants of the world-a world Of Der,
and foe, of naked rock and might.
glacier, of wheeling stars and quiv
ering aurora, of Unreasonable reache
of ice and snow, all existing for tn
empery of a race of a few score h,
man beings in a few igloos of stone
and ice.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-09
patch.
Feeding Farm Hands.

Every farmers wife knows what ire
mendous appetites farm hands usually
have; but while they eat we'll they
work we'll, too. .
Here's a good suggestion about feed
ing farm hands. Give them plenty or
Quaker Scotch Oats. A big dish OF
Quaker Oats porridge with sugar and
cream or milk is the greatest Dreak'
fast in the world for a man who needs
yigor and strength for a long days
work. The man that eats Quaker
Scotch Oats plentifully and often is
the man who does good work without
| excessive fatigue. There is a sustain
ing quality in Quaker Scotch Oats not
| found in other foods, and for economy
it is at the head Of the list. To meet
needs of those in different climates
Quaker Scotch Oats is packed in regu
lar size packages and Theoretically
sealed tins; the latter for hot climates
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-09
HAVING FUN WITH A BANKER
Practical Joke That Doubtless Vas
More Appreciated by the Prayer
Than the Victim.

Councilman f. A. Drew is ond OIL
playing practical jokes on "Illla" H.
Lee president of the Merchants'La'
clede National bank. Mr.. Dre" "aS
for vears q director in Mr.. Lees bank.
While the bankers were "as'ns
their recent war upon prohibltloh' Mr.
Drew late one night rang up MT. Lee
at his home and represented that ne
was a ]reporter assigned to get Mr'
Lees views on the situation.
Mr. Lee complained somewhat DIT
| terly on being called out OF Oed at ,"''
hour of night to give an interview pu'
finally got warmed up to the suoec'
and for 30 minutes pictured the deso
lation that would result in ST. Lou'S
if Missouri went dry.
Let me see" said Mr.. Drew At 1n'
conclusion of the interview. you a''
Mr.. William H. Lee, whisky maj
aren't you?' -,
NO." snapped Mr.. Lee. Il am MI
William H. Lee, the banker
"Oh,' said Mr.. Drew, apologet'ca''s
81 am very sorry, but | wanted |
talk to Mr.. Lee the whisky expert, an
not Mr.. Lee the fnancier.'
Mr.. Drew hung up the receiver oelol
) the explosion occurred on the otnt
! end of the wire.-St. Louis Post-Dl
. patch.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-09
Would Find Use for 1t.

After a day and a night spent IN an
swering telephone calls from people
who wanted the latest news from
Peary and DR.. Cook. the secretary OF
one of the arctic clubs had retired
for a ~well-earned rest. when the per-
sistent phone bell rang again. voice
at the other end said: ,
DO you want the ambulance sent
right over"
what ambulance" roared the lrate
secretary.
why, the one you sent Tor.
81 sent for no ambulance
you lie!"
The secretary gasped, then NJ
screamed into the phone:
Send it as soon as possible. an
Won come over, too, and Ill send yo'
back in it,"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-09
THE VERY SOUL or TRAGEDY
Recital of Wrong Calculated 10 IRA"
Tears from the Eyes OF d
Craven Image.

Some miscreant, un:eSpouslFc 10 the
beauties of nature and OF the sweet
evoked by the combination ol
two friends, a starry sky and a broad
expans OF moonlit water, some rank
materialist whose phlcgmatlc dispose
ton was never stirred at q phllali'
throuic act, some petty seeker after
gain, some rogue, has stolen the Droa"'
comfortable bench so tlttlnGlI pldceu
on the Mulberry street wharf by barry
Arnold and Robert King. At least
the bench has disappeared, ana al
that meets ones eyes upon the green
! sward are the two uprlsh, posts mat
supported the back of the seat NO
more can lovesick youth stray to us
soothing recesses and gaze upon the
sjlyery moon, regent OF the nl2h'.
likenins her in his ecstasy to his lao!
fair, no more alas, can etrothe
nair seek its secrecy and drink tne
loveljeht from each others eyes, silent
but for the words their souls SPEAK
through their optics. Again, alas, nc
more can melancholy philosopher, dis
yusted with the ways OF men, meal
der to its seQucstered place and hn'
companionship only in the placid
smooth running stream and the i'm''
less universe above. In short, all IN
measures derived from this coh't
: njence are gone. and We will here
after be forced to stand or to SIT o
, the edge of the wharf and let our Zee
dangle.-Bristol Cor. DOylcsloWn n
n nMhlIcan.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-09

wears. and SO diligently did he keep
his nose to the grindstone that little
or nothing was heard of him by the
outside world.
Young Morgan next went to Lon
don. where he was given a member
ship in the firm established by his
grandfather, as Morgan & Company.
He remained there for five years, al.
ternating between London and Paris
in the latter city in the affairs OF the
house of Morgan, Harris & Company.
In 1904 he was permitted by his father
to return to New York city and pre-
mare for the responsibilities which
| would be his when his father shall
| decide he is capable of bearing the
burden. Mr.. Morgan, ST., has planned
to retire from the activities of bust
less life just as rapidly as he Cal
unload the responsibility upon
Younger and sturdier pair OF Morgan
shoulders. Young Morgan is a famil.
man.
With his wife, formerly Miss Jan
Norton Grew, and their four children
he lives in modest style at 231 Mat
iscn avenue, occupying a house al
Joining that Of his father.
His chief recreation Is sailing a boz
week-ends on Long Island Sound. H
3O.footer, the Ibis, is n of the swif
est craft of the New York Yacht clu
: feet and is all the young man has
offer in the way Of ostentatious dl
' play on the water.
t His fathers love for literature al
art the son has inherited, but so Il
0 he has been so absorbed in fifth
himself for the responsibilities t
r father is about to unload upon hi
that he has had no chance to graft
4 these tastes and longings.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-09
MODEST 0RGAN,JR
Finances Crown Prince Keeps
Out of LimeIIght.
Business and Family Absorb Interest
Of J.. Pierpont's Son, on whose
Shoulders Fathers RESPONSE
b;Iities Are Being Placed.

New York;. Pierpont Morgan
r.. who came into national pIoml'
recently by being elected a a.
rector of the National City bank Tut
greatest financial institution IN Amer
lea. is known to his inmima'es do
Jack" Morgan, and does not iancs
the limelight. In many respects 'n''
crown prince of finance is, as James
7 Hill recently said of him, "a chip OH
the old block" In appearance ne IS
the image of his father ~ years aso'
~ have never been interviewed
| about myself, and I do not ever lhteho
to be-" Mr.. Morgan said the o1ner
day. The emphasis he placed apo
his words bore a close resemblance 'o
a prominent characteristic OF announcer
Morgan. 49,
For five years young Morgan has
been in training for the lndustr'a
branch of his fathers great eh'ei
prises under the tutelage OF no les
an authority than James J. Hill. IN
Young man, who is a director IN I'll
Northern Pacific Railway Company
has studied railway finance WIFI III
same system that he went ABOUT III
study of banking upon his gradua'lo
from Harvard University in 1917
Young Morgan vas born in lS6
New York city. Since his gradua''o
from Harvard he has kept up a pc
l sonal interest in the institution d.
he is now one of the overseers OF u
university. He began his business {
reer in Boston, where for two yea
he worked as clerk in the DanKll
house of Peabody & Company.
then came to New York, and after
: short time spent in his fathers OH
i he was admitted to a partnership
J. the firm of ]. Pierpont Morgan & 20
t, pany. He worked for SIX or sew
Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-09
And He Suffered.

Little Willie, suffering from an al,
tack of toothache, had paid MS hrst
visit to the dentist, accompanied ~
his mother. Father, on his return
from the office that evening, was nat
urally much interested.
Didn't it hurt?' asked father.
Sure. it hurt" replied Willie.
Weren't you scared when the dent-
lst put you in that big chan ana
started all those zizz-zizz-zizz things
"Oh, not SO much
THAT was a brave boy. But, surely,
you suffered?'
"Of course | suffered. But l just
kept repeating over and over the
golden text we had in Sunday schoo'
last Sunday -.
The golden text? What was it,
why, Suffer little children to come
unto me-" replied Willie, glibly.
kept saying that over and over to my
self, and the first thing l knew 1t dldn
hurt any more