The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-24

The Detroit Federation of Labor went
record Nednesdaf evening, as
faNorins general free hospital ana
VIII use It's Influence with the board
or estimates 10 That end as IL rs be
lieVed such an institution Is an urg
ent necessiS
En. plOyes al Frederick StearuE a. co.
on Tuesday. presented " I'd. Stenrns
recently elected general manager ol
the company, with a beautiful hand
engrossed mcncnto OF their esteem
MIR. Stearns o. succeeded a. super
intendent BY W -. Rankin
The Detroit Credit Mems n<socin tiou
viii hold Its regular monthly meet
ing ana dinner a. 6:l3. ThursdaN
evening, at the Hotel Pontchartram
The program viii consist OF music
and addresses. the principal speaker
OF the evening 20 be Charles Warren
Plckell.
the Marine Engiueers' benevolent as-
soCiatiCn. viii Visit the members Of
the Marine CitN local. Saturday at
ternOon, iot social reunlor and
jollihcation The party Mil leave
Detroit az s.30 o'clock. in special
car.
Employees of the nbattoirs or the eli
have decided To unionizr tbemscIN e.
ana "A special gathering viii be- held
in StaeblerS hall. No. 90 Bcaubicn-
st, Thursday evening, 90 form local
unions or the beef killers. sheep
Killers. hog killers. beef "luggers
and sausage makers \ packing
trades council viii shortly be formed
Funeral services for the late Miss Mar
tina IL. klebbn, the young stenOg-
rapher who was stricken with ill-
ness while PLAYING the piano. and
died within few hours, IA her
home. Tuesday evening, viii he held
saturday morning. in II. Joseph
Catholic church. OF which she was a
prominent member The young wo-
man ~ survived by her mother ana
six sisters.
|The breach Of pronIs. ease OF Mrs
Clara Mct'regor against seneca q
wilson was thrown out OF court bN
Judge Donovan. "Wednesday after
noon, on the ground that IL was
barred by the statute OF limitation.
The alleged breach 90 promise oc-
Cured In 500. ana suit was started
then, but allowed To drop Then
both parties married. and Mrs. Nc
Gregor sought 10 renew her case.
Missionary work In the Congo district
/ In Africa and la India. was graphic
the stereOptiCOn in central chris
tian church "Wednesday afternoon
rally was held under the auspices OF
the Foreign Christian Missionary So
ciety. The Rev. NJ. II. Adams. of
India. and the Rev. Il Il. Eldred. of
Africa, We're the principal speakers.
Records TINT nre extremely valuable
In supplying several chaPters 10 the
complete history OF Detroit have
just been discovered In Toronto los
srapher. The documents pertain 10
the court OF common pleas for the
district or liesse. which Included De-
trott. from l5SN until 1896 The pa
pers Will remain ~ IA" custody OF
| the city OF Toronto. but Mr. Burton
VIII be able TO transcribr their con-
tents
Inasmuch ~ the Packard Motor Car
60. needs nm extension Of the Com
cord-nNe. public sewer by July !. be-
| cause OF the erection OF a new addi-
tn ssHI .U.
LOCO men. and the city has no APP
| preparation Tor the purpose. the au-
tomobile company has offered To ad-
vance ST.. 900 for the purpose An
estimate FOR the cost Of the sewer
VIII be placed in the budget and the
| money advanced can be repaid July
J. from the appropriation.
Detroit ~ Onfronted with danger of n
cloud ON the title Of the city hospital
property out Hamilton blvd While
The city was Ia litigation with j r.
weber over the purchase OF siis g5-
acre tract the taxes were allowed
| 10 lapse Controller Doremus has
discovered that g. II Wiltsie who
deals in taN titles, has secured a tax
| certificate covering the property.
The period 81 redemption on this tax
tiue expires June !. and the council
and repay Wiltslc. The matter was
referred Ia the committee on taxes
For the first time since the office Of
city historiogrnphcr was Instituted. a.
year in the city has been complied
G. VI Burton he's been hiStoriograph-
CT since Aux. 20. 1905. ana this boob
OF lt2 pages contains Il summary OF
| the events Of that year which are
| likely 10 be OF interest L. future gen
erations. Municipal government
matters. social affairs. criminal
events deaths OF we'll known citizens
| and similar things are all recorded.
The city paid only Tor the printing
| OF the work. M Burton doing the
m
Efforts viii start az onrr 90 raise the
FUNDS necessary to erect the pro-
posed 500. OO0 addition to Grace hos
| pital The hoard Of trustees has
promised 10 raise $50 600 il the med
zeal STAFF and friends OF the inSritu-
ton viii provide the other half
strong encouragement Is offered the
medical stan to go ahead. as $1,000
has already been subscribed The
proposed building viii he of fire.
proof brick aud concrete. three
stories nigh, the top floor to be de-
voted 10 operating rooms OF the
| most modern equipment. the second
10 wards and the first to private
rooms
Frank MoIIn. two years old. died. We'd
| nrsdny afternoon. ns the result Of
burns sustained when he ana his
three year-old sister played with
matches. whit" alone in their home.
| No. g41 kirby-ave. east. Wednesday
morning Mrs Molla had gone To
visit a neighbOr, when John T,pSk
who lives next door heard both Of
the children screaming He notified
Mrs. Molla. who hurried home. To- md
Frank with mis- clothing ablaZe. She
eNtinRuished the flames by dropping
the babe In tub Of water. but he
had been fatally injured Coroner
Burgess decided an inquest unnec-
eSSary.
IL seventh La the number Of
Migrants received In the fiscal
year ending June 30. 1909, according
To the annual report of Daniel 4
keefe. OF Detroit. commissioner gem
eral OF Immigration. OF the total inn
migration. sJI.1NG persons. which by
the way. il the lowest mark since
1902. Michigan received - 635. There
Were 3.2Ol Films. who went pTin-
cipally to- the mines I'm the Upper
Peninsula 2g3O Poles; 9.1S2 Eng
fish. principally Canadians: 2.1i3
Italians. and 11S6 Dutch. The ~
port attributes the Increasing immi-
grafton among SlaVoniC peoples TO
the activities of promoters of immi-
grafton
|George Goblin. No. IL Honest,
changed $50 hill for a. stranger ON
peiray car Wednesday night The
bill was n confederate one. Many re-
ports Of the sort have been received
from the Polish section Two men.
ostensibly bent on purchasing eN-
pensiVe millinery. caused slight
furry In Mrs w. J. Palmer's mil
linery store. No 90 Grand River
ave, Wednesday While Mrs. Palm
the other wHtkea out with two os-
triCh plumes valued 1T SIS \ A.
Moore. No 2O5 Telegraph block. re-
ports that me- caShed worthless
check FOR SO. Frank Euba. No. Cos
81 Antoinc-st.. lost $3.50 in the
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