The Detroit times., 1909-07-19

since then her husband and three
children have died
Peter smith a son- have leased the
nve-story brick building at Nos, ia
tablish large wholesale grocer
there Oct /. This firm has coh-
Quoted wholesale department Tor
some years In the premises AT FARM
er-st and Gratiot- ave. but concldd
ed that more space would be needed
and so have divided the two brancn-
es OF the business. The new build
ing Is to be ntted up expressly Tor
iti new purpose. great retrlgeratlnS
plants being among the Improve
ments to be Installed.
Evangelist w. n. Newell defended
China I'm nm address. In the Wood
ward-ave Baptist church. Sunday hf-
ternoon, I'm which he declared that
China Is one OF the greatest nations
In the world. He said that chtna
should not be classed as barbaIi di.
nation because one OF that race Killed
a foolish daughter OF a foolish moth
err In New York. He said that most
OF the Chinese In America come
from near Canton. and are not tdtr
sample OF the nation. Chinese. he
declared, are honest In business deal
Ings, faithful to the marriage rela-
ton and peace-lovinB.
Frank O'nrien. recent guest I'm the
wOrkhouse, and George Nelson, who
has been arrested before. are held In
the Central station as suspicious per-
ward william Lorenz. OF No. SIS Dix
ave, az he was sleeping peacefully
on the county building lawn. A citi-
zen reported TO the police that two
men seemed bent on robbinR the
sleeper. and when Officers Pollard and
Mccain reached the place they found
O'Brien and Nelson nesting comfort
ably close to Lorenz. Lorenz did not
have enough money TO pay his car
fare. though he had left home with
his pockets lined.
George l.. Woodwork, of No. * Mont
caIm-st. west, and employed ms .
waiter In the Lafayette lunch room,
No. 2S Lafayette boulevard. IL held In
the central station as result OF his
confession To the theft OF $50 from
his employers safe. The money WAS
taken while T. X. Hurlbut. the pro-
prletor, was awaysf rom the place. -
no one but Woodwork had access
tectives Larkins and Cotter He at
first proclaimed his innocence. but
later led the officers TO pile OF
lumber for use on the postoff1ce ad.
dition. Lifting plank. he revealed
the hiding place or the money.
That q free press aud uncensored pub
Iicity are the safeguards of free re-
public was the keynote OF the adj
dress by DR.. Joseph Wilson Cochran.
DID, in Forrest. Presbyterian church
Sunday. He quoted from the sayings
of the Savior as showing the virtue
OF open speech. and declared that the
SanCtlty Oh the HOIut anu tlc pro-
gress OF the church depended alike
upon frankness. The methods OF the
salvation Army are nearer those or
the apostolic propaganda than are
those OF the average prosperous
church. he said. Wherever you And
a censorship established, there you
will find misrule." the speaker de-
clared.
of the litigation Instituted years ago
by the Anneke Jantz- Bo gardus claim
ants TO secure large amount
OF land in New York city. on Man
haitian island. Ia desired by Mrs. c.
j. Henderson. OF Belleville, Mich
Mrs. Henderson Is daughter OF Cor
neiius Van Alstine. who formerly
lived in New York and knew John
Jacob Aston whose estate now Occur
pies much OF the disputed land. Years
ago the heirs to the Jantz and Bo-
gardus estates formed an association
and retained attorneys. but the case
has dropped out of sight in recent
years. and Mrs. Henderson has lost
track OF It's condition.
An $4,000 pearl necklace, which was
the cause Of the indictisg of Mrs.
Fremont ChesbrouEh on snug
CLING charge by a federal grand jury
in Trenton, n j.. was for a time in
the hands OF Special Treasury Agent
Charles E. Lewis. in Detroit. This
necklace was purchased by Mr..
said to have been sent to Canada
Mrs. Chesbrough's trunks were
searched on her return TO this coun-
try and valuable furs were found
which had not been declared for duty.
The necklace. OF which the govern
mCnt officials had heard. was not
found and as result OF the inquiry
Attorney w. p. Cady. OF Detroit act
ing for Mr.. Chesbrough. had the jew
elry brought here from Canada. II
has since been sent to New York.
Mabel Barclay, who says she IL q laun-
dress, 81 years old, and living at No.
oQT Ia N A honlaVard told PATROL
man Neitzel that some mean person,
plotting to get her into trouble. had
slipped stolen watch Into her stock
ing. All the way downtown, from
the far west side. on Forrest. Car,
Mabel had been quarreling with QUO
Lascowski about his watch. otto
missed the timepiece as he was sit
ting beside Mabel on the car. He
accused her. and she became inuig-
nsnt. But when she left the car at
woodward-ave Otto followed her.
and reported to Patrolman Neeitzel.
Just as the party was entering the
central station Mabel drew the watch
from her stocking: She insisted that
she hadn't taken It, and couldn't cX-
plain how II got into her stocking.
unless some spiteful person had put
IL there.
An usweIcome tribute TO the popularity
of the new Cadillac "30- ear was the
taking of w. G. Leland's private ma
chine by joy-riders. Friday night.
This was a brand new machine, the
latest type of this noted make. aud
had Just been completed for Mr.. Le-
land. He drove II down To his pri-
vate office at John R.-st. and Broad
way. about $50 and, aterf removing
the switch plug, went indoors. Fin
ishing his work shortly after
o'clock. he came out. but found 1he
machine missing. IL was discovered
by the police at $40 Saturday morn
ing at McGraw and Twenty-third-st
having been driven about so miles
during the night The tools had
been stolen the lamps reversed aEd
the riders had done sad things 10
the fine finish by rubbing their t"Ct
over the woodwork. Spots OF beer
foam showed that the passengers had
assuaged their thirst.