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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30
.SCHENk Files
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Millionaire Begins Action Against
Woman Accused of Giving
Him Poison.

WHEELING, w. Va. Jan. 2S.-
Mrs. Laura Schenk, alleged poisoner
OF John o. Schenk, the wealthy
Wheeling packer, this morning, was
released on her own recognizance, un-
III the March term Of circuit court.
Judge Lewis Jordan granted the or
der at IL a. M, on application OF
Prosecutor j. b. Handlan and Mrs.
Schenk, crying with Joy, followed her
three attorneys from the court room.
Mrs. Schenk was surrounded by her
attorneys and newspaper men after
Judge Jordan had ordered her re-
lease
The millionaire's wife, however,
cannot enter her island home or see
her two children. A restraining or.
der to this effect was granted by CIR.
cult Judge j. c. Hervey shortly be
tore Handian advised her release It
Was only on this condition that the
prosecutor made this concession. BY
the same order she Is prohibited from
seeing her husband. 49, - $780,
"The situation il unusual" Hand
Ian acknowledged, but my only idea
has been to keep Mrs. Schenk from
bothering her husband and children
Suit for divorce ON -hehah OF John
Schenk was fled early today by Hand
Ian and HIS law partner. Lawrence
Reymann. Handlan would not discuss
the divorce proceedings.
Mrs. Schenk's bail was set at &c.,
900 when she was arrested Nov. 9. She
was unable TO give II. A.
Judge Jordan surprised the lawyers
on both sides when he declared he
would have reduced the bail to a
moro reasonable amount had Mrs.
Schenks counsel so requested. They
acknowledged their client could have
furnished only small bond.
We could have furnished 100000
bond had 1t not been for the notori-
ETY. Of the case" Attorney 8. o. Boyce
said. MANY men offered to go Mrs.
Schenks security. but objected To
being dragged into the limelight
When the motion was made TO re-
duce the original bond, Handlan en-
tered an objection. II was not until
after conference with Mrs. Schenk's
attorneys that the compromise. involv-
ing the restraining order, was
reached.
The woman's counsel and Handlan
win try TO settle on an amount Of
nlimony to be granted by the million
ARE. In the event of a disagreement
between them the court will take ND
the matter next Saturday.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30
PUBLIC. UTILITIES
SHOULD DE OWNED
by PEOPLE -..
= --CAHTER HARRISON.
Mayor Of Chicago Four Times, he
Seeks Election On Plank That
Declares for Municipal Owner
ship and War On Graft.
Says General Good Demands Owner
ship Of Public Properties and Bitter
Warfare On Grafters.
-cAHTER HARRISON.

CHICAGO. Jan. 2s.-Public owner
hip OF all public utilities and war on
Eraft are the main planks In the plat
orm bn which Carter Harrison today
announced his candidacy for a NTH
term as mayor of Chicago
"rhe general good demands public
ownership OF public utilities at the
earliest possible moment" he says.
Pending their requirement by the
municipality, public service corpor'
aticns must be made 10 render the
best possible service at the lowest
rates commensurate with the paying
of r fair dividend on the actual money
Invested
or graft, he says:
"The prevalence OF graft In the
management OF public affairs Is the
haunting disgrace OF the day. Do
away with the twin evils OF private
ownership OF public utilities and the
contract system or performing public
work aud the larger part of the graft
can be eliminated"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30
YEGG GIVEN STIFF TERM.
Thomas Kinney Was in Safe-5lowins
lob at Cement City.

ADRIAN, Mich, Jan. 2S.-(SpeciaD
Thomas Kinney, alias Mack. was
this morning, found guilty by jury
of completely in the blowing up OF the
Cement city postoffice on the night of
Jan 4.
lie was sentenced to a term of
from 10 to 80 years at Marquette
prison Kinney was taken by the
jackson officers after a running night,
in which he nearly ended the life CT
officer Creech. HE went on the stand
yesterday. and made what he alleged
was confession, denying all com
plicity in the Cement City affair, bit
claiming TO have been one OF the
three men who robbed the Leslie
postoffice four nights before.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30
s75. 900 Fire Routs Guests.

CHICAGO, Jan. 28,-Seven hundred
guests OF two big downtown hotels.
the Majestic and the Great Northern,
were thrown into a panic by a fire
early today. st. Hubert grill roor,
in the Majestic was crowded with
after-theater diners when an ex.
ploslon in the kitchen shook the struc.
ture and a moment later flames burst
across the ceiling. The flames We're
finally extinguished after a loss OF
$4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30

end to know personally the women
interested in the movement, hence
the luncheon in Detroit.
DR.. Mary Thompson Stevens. presi-
dent OF the league, presided, and in
included Mesdames Brotherton
Arthur, Spalding. McGra~ and mum.
Der of other ladies, as well as the men
guests OF honor.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30

50 CURE A COLD an ONE DAY
- LAXATIVE BROMO ouinine TAB
Fo9Kists refund Raeney ~ u fails
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30
GRAND RAPIDS EDITOR DEAD.
A. n. NJ. Jenkins Lived In Detroi
Years Ago.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Jan. 2s.--
A. II. n. Jenkins, So, editor OF the
Grand Rapids Times. suddenly expired
early this morning.
He was the adopted son OF an earl
and was born In London. He came to
Toronto when "a years old, later liv-
ing In Detroit.
jenkins sprang into state promin-
ence six years ago when he served
ten days imprisonment for contempt
imposed by Judge Newman. OF the
Superior court, whose ire he aroused
by his impassioned writings. He re-
Gently inherited a legacy from Eng
land which made him independently
wealthy
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30
JOHNSTON is PARoLED.
Man Who Embezxled From Maeca
bees Given Another Chance.

Cramond A. Johnston. former H.
nance keeper for the Michigan tent. X
o. 4. NJ. NJ, who recently pleaded
guilty to the embezzlement OF $500
from the order, was paroled by Judge
Phelan, Saturday. Johnston's attoT
ney, Frank +. Bumps, put in plea
for mercy, saying that his client was
under the influence OF liquor when he
disappeared with the money. He said
Johnston had made a brave fight
against liquor, but In that instance
lad fallen.
Johnston told the judge he hal
learned bitter lesson and was quite
sure OF himself now. Restitution oil
the tents money has already been
made. The Judge gave Johnston kint,
iy advice and allowed him 10 go.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30
Hamilton Man Killed.

HAMILTON. Ont, Jan. 2S.--The
man found dead I'm granary In Cen.
tralia, Wyoming, shortly after Christ
mas. has been identified as Albert
Horning, former resident OF this
city. Robbery Is given as the motive
Cor the crime, for Horning is know
10 have had several hundred dollars In
..fo .noesession
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30
Oscar Hammerstein Sued For Divorce

NYACK, n. T.. Jan. 2S.-Oscar
Hammerstein, the noted impresmiO
was today sued Tor divorce by his
wife. Judge Arthur S. Tompkins, OF
the supreme court, before whom the
proceedings were presented, appoint
ed Daniel Sherman referee to take
testimony.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-01-30
Deadlock Continues.

ALBANY, n. ~. Jan. 2s.--There
was no choice again today for United
states senator. William +. Sheenap,
1nnlmany's candidate, led In today's
ballot with nine out OF the 81 cast
LEGISLATOR were paired for over Sun
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
Farmers Waking Up.

The ground on which the grange
opposes the measure is in line
with what The News said when it
was proposed. This is that it expos
es one class of producers to the COM
petition of free trade while furnish
ing protection to another. The
proposition does not seem quite fair,
and that is the view the farmers
take of it. Said Mr. Batchelder:
eve are not opposed to a general
reduction of the tariff, but we are
opposed to any arrangement which
will make fish of one industry and
flesh of another. Reduce the tariff,
yes; but do it all at once, and not
by reciprocal treaty with country
which exports agricultural products
almost exclusively. Remove the tar
if on steel and iron and manufac-
tured articles along with farm pro-
ducts and we won't object. But we
don't think it fair to compel the
farmers to compete with foreign
products and allow the manufacture
ers to derive the benefits of a high
protective tariff
The resolution calls attention to
the fact that since Canada is the
only country from which farm pro-
ducts are imported to any extent,
this bill practically means free trade
in everything the farmer produces;
that while placing the farmers pro-
ducts on the free list it makes no
material reduction in the tariff on
the manufactured articles which the
farmer has to buy, and that ''the
theory on which our protective pol
icy has always been defended is that
all classes and interests are equal
1V nntit1o6 fn Trnf ,,
1t is easy to understand the posi-
ton of the farmers. They have been
given protection when it was worth
little to them, and, now that it has
come to be worth something, it is
proposed to wipe it out in order to
reduce the cost of living. Those
who till the soil can hardly be blam-
ed for feeling that they are discrim-
mated against in this bill, and it is
not strange that they demand a
hearing Rutland News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
WHISTLER AND MOORE.
Two Versions of the Famous Gaming
Incident at Drury Lane.

Two Versions of the Famous Gaming
Incident at Drury Lane.
1t was in his capacity as editor of
the Hawk that the late Augustus
Moore, a journalist and playwright of
no little notoriety, enacted an unre-
hearsed comedy with Whistler that
created no end of a sensation at the
time. 1t happened in the vestibule of
Drury Lane on the first night of the
production of "a Million of Money"
Whistler, it appeared, had been an
noyed at sundry references to himself
in the Hawk and, coming up to Gus
Moore, who was calmly smoking
cigarette, struck him across the face
with a cane. A struggle followed, and,
although opinions varied as to the ac-
tual course of the conflict, there was
no doubt about Whistler having ulti-
mately to pick himself up from the
floor.
Each of the protagonists afterward
gave his version of the incident. II
started out" said Whistler. ito cane
this fellow with as little emotion as
would prepare to kill a rat. 1 did cane
him to the satisfaction of my many
friends and his many enemies. and
that was the end of it, It am sorry
wrote Mr.. Moore for his part. but 1
have had to slap Mr.. Whistler. My
Irish blood got the better of me, and
before knew it the shriveled up little
monkey was knocked over and kick
ing about on the floor"
The molten. however, that he was
knocked down was characterized by
Whistler as "a barefaced falsehood.' -
He contended that Mr.. Moore never
touched him. 81 am sure" he added,
SCI don't know why. for he is a much
bigger man than L My idea is that
he was thoroughly cowed by the
moral force of my attack. l had to
turn him around in order to get at
him. Then l cut him again and again
as hard as could. kissing out Hawk
with each stroke. Oh. you can take
my word for it. everything was done
in the cleanest and most correct fash
ion possible. 1 always like to do
things cleanly."-New York Tribune
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
SOUTH RYEGATE.

The ladies of the Wednesday club
observed gentlemen's night in the
form of a Valentine party Monday
evening in the Presbyterian church
vestry.
The C. E. society of the Presby-
terrain church enjoyed a social hour
at the close of the prayer meeting
Tuesday evening.
The Presbyterian Brotherhood
will hold their meeting Thursday
evening in the vestry. Topic, cab
raham Lincoln
Word comes from Rev. w. S. Wal
lace at Rochester, Mimi, that the
doctors believe him in fine condition
for an operation and that he has ev-
cry chance for recovery.
The Canadian Jubilee Singers
had a large audience here Friday
evening and the Baraca Glass re-
ceived $500 as their share of the
receipts.
Mrs. M. F. Mcdonald went to
Barre Saturday for visit. During
her absence Miss Margaret Stephens
will have charge of the house.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
sTAKED HIS HEAD.
The Wager Sir William St. Clair Laid
With King Robert Bruce.


With King Robert Bruce.
Edwin Noble in 1.-THE Dog Lovers
Book" recalls the historic story of the
two famous deerhounds Help and
Hold, monument to which can be
seen to this day at Roslin chapel.
The legend is that King Robert
Bruce while hunting upon the Pent-
land hills had several times started
white deer. but had hitherto been
unable to capture it. 1t had always
so quickly outdistanced his own
hounds that he began to imagine that
it was gifted with supernatural pow
ers and could not be overtaken by
mortal dogs. Naturally his mobiles
agreed with him, as there was no one
bold enough to affirm that he owned
hounds which were better than those
possessed by his sovereign.
There was, however, one exception.
William St Clair. who wagered his
head that his two, favorite hounds.
Help and Hold, would kill the deer
before she crossed the Pentland brook
Bruce accepted the challenge and wa.
gered the forest Of Pentland moor
against Sir Williams head.
The white deer was reused by cou-
pie Of bloodhounds and given a fair
start before st. Clair released his two
favorites. After a long chase. follow
ed by Sir William and Bruce on horse
back, the deer reached the brook, and
Sir William, feeling sure that he had
lost his wager, prepared to give him
self into the hands of Bruce but be-
fore the deer could get farther, than
halfway across Hold had seized her.
and, Help coming up at the same mo-
ment, they forced her to turn back. Ia
the end she was killed within the stip-
ulated boundary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

commissioner of taxes and the state
treasurer were called in council. The
condition of the treasury, the pros
pective revenue and the claims likely
to be presented were carefully con-
sidered, and the amount available
for extra appropriations was as care
fully estimated. Three objects of
legislation were, at least tacitly,
agreed upon. First, as most import
ant, the improvement of education
al facilities, especially in the rural
schools.
Second, the conservation of the
natural and material resources of
the state Third, the Improvement of
the highways.
.sThe work of the legislature be-
gan, and from this time the demands
for appropriations from the state
treasury increased in geometrical
ratio. First came the call for two
hundred thousand dollars for road
building. Many thought this too
much and hesitated to indorse it and
the highway commissioner did not
ask it. But the demand grew more
urgent and the commissioner was
persuaded to favor it. It was rumor-
ed that there were threats of filibus-
tering against all other appropria-
tions unless this was granted. AT
length a compromise on one hundred
and fifty thousand was agreed up
on. This gives something over one
million dollars in all, annually Tor
the highways. The door now being
wide open there was a claim for an
appropriation for almost every con-
ceivable object, and claims that were
somewhat modest at first, at once
took on larger proportions and the
advocates of doubtful propositions
now became confident of securing
whatever they wished. 1t is not pos
sible to enumerate or name from
memory, this mass of appropria-
lions but the people will soon have
opportunity to consider them.
''To some of us who earn our liv-
ing by the sweat of the brow and
support our families by the daily
work of our hands on the farm and
in the shop, and who have hard
work to make the expenses and in
come balance at the end of the year,
to us these large appropriations seem
excessive. For we are not ignorant of
the fact, that, in whatever way the
revenue of the state is raised,
whether by taxes on corporations, or
by license fees, or by direct taxes on
polls and property,-in whatever
way and by whatever means the state
treasury is replenished, in the end
it all comes out of the people of the
state who are the taxpayers, and
very largely from the working and
middle classes, those living on farms
and those owning other real estate,
whose property is visible and can
not be hidden. II Rutland Herald
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
EAST BURKE.
Meeting of State Board of Health at |
Algonquin Hall, Feb. D.

Meeting of State Board of Health at
Algonquin Hall, Feb. q.
The state board of health will
hold meeting in Algonquin Hall
Wednesday, February %, both day
and evening which is free to all.
Mrs. Olive StowelI of St. Johns
bury is. here to care for her father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Jenkins, who are both i'll with the
grip.
The North Kirby school taught by
Miss Floy Gibson, closed a successful
term Saturday.
MI. and Mrs. H. e. jenkins were
guests of Judge and Mrs. P. H.
Graves in North Kirby last week.
Little Edith Farmer has been
quite i'll the past week.
Mrs. George ellison is failing rap
idly.
Mr.. Mosher, who lives with his
ton in the upper tenement in w. H.
Jeffrey's house, is very low and not
expected to live long.
Joseph Lucia has finished work
in the Darling mill and returned to
his home in Westmore.
George Eggleston and Master Err
| Ion returned to their home in Can
aan, N. H., Monday.
The village school closed Friday,
Feb. 10th.
On account of the board of health
meeting here the 22nd, the grange
meeting will be hid Friday evening,
the oath. There are ten new mem
bers to be initiated.
Mrs. Scion Walter is spending the
week at St. Johnsbury with her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Donohue.
Miss Eunice Aldrich visited friends
at Hanover, N. H., the last of last
week Marion Jeffrey took her
place at the telephone central.
News was received here Saturday
of the serious illness of Ivan Bun
nellie with pneumonia at his home in
Bradford
Mrs. Abbie Colby is caring fol-
her sons wife, Mrs Sidney Brigham
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
STRIPPED AND FLOGGED.
Fearful Ordeal of the AeI<ou Rinat In
the Sudan.


Is the black man more stoical or
merely less sensitive than we are?
"At a fantasia in the Sudan says
Mr.. Edward Fothergil in Five Years
In the Sudan" 81 have myself seen
the part that young man plays Of
his own free win in order to obtain
the title of ackou binat 1.-THE brother
of the girls. This ceremony would
turn reformer's hair gray.
1.-THE men and the women of a VII
1age sit round in a circle. leaving a
In diameter. / describe it as I saw 1t
myself The strongest man in the vii
lage is then picked out of the crowd
and. armed with a whip of hippopota
mus hide, he and the young man who
is to strive for the title enter the
arena The women beat their drums
and the men clap their hands to the
tune.
"The candidate for honor is stripped
to the waist He stands with his arms
folded in the center Of the ring. and
the strong man dances up to him to
the tune which is being played. He
brings the whip round with all the
force of which he is possessed and
lands it on the bare back of the man
in front of him. He dances away:
again he advances, and the operation is
repeated. This goes on until the num-
Der of strokes previously agreed upon
have been dealt In the particular
case saw it was twenty-five. If the
man who is being logged winces, if
he so much as moves an eyelid as the
whip descends, he is disqualified and
branded as a coward until such time
as he may choose to undergo the OPP
grafton a second time.
ION this particular occasion he went
through with it like Trojan. Indeed.
the man who was delivering the blows
got tired first. and the last three cuts
of the twenty-five were unsteady and
f1ickered round the ear and neck of
the brother I leave my readers to
imagine the state of his back when all
was over, but he appeared to be as
happy as a king, and certainly he was
accorded a great ovation by the as
sembled crowd of women"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15
WELLS RIVER.
Mr.. Gearwear and Son Under Bonds
for Appearance Before Grand Jury.

The hearing last week OF the
GearWear shooting case resulted in
the father being placed under bonds
of $500 and the son $500 to appear
at county court, which will convene
in Chelsea next June.
George Jackson and son Roy of
Kingston, Mass, are in town making
repairs on H. T. Baldwin's house.
Bessie Lee, Tilley jain and Ella
George went to Littleton Friday eve
ming to attend a basket ball game.
The members of the Thimble club
and their husbands enjoyed sleigh
ride to Lisbon Friday night, and
good supper while there:
There will be a moving picture
show in village hall Thursday even
ing, followed by dance. The en-
tertainment is for the benefit of the
Wells River hose company.
Friday, Feb. IT, the L. A. S. will
hold a social in the church parlors.
Supper from $50 to z. The enter.
tainment will consist of music and
an old-fashioned spelling match.
Daniel Farwell has been confined
to the house the past week by grip.
Percy G. Smith went last week to
a Worcester, hospital for treatment
and is reported as getting along fine.
George Wheeler was in Hardwick
Tuesday to attend a Masonic dis
trict meeting.
Mrs. Freer spent Monday after
noon in South Newbury.
Mr.. Coburn has bought Mr.. Mark
hams barn and will convert it into
a dwelling house.
Miss Aude of Lisbon was a guest
at DR.. Lees last Thursday
Mrs. J. A. George spent several
days of last week with friends in
North Haverhill.
The Thimble club met with Miss
Amelia jain Wednesday.
Miss Carrie Kicker is spending her
vacation here with her brother and
wife, DR.. and Mrs. William Kicker.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. G. Brock visited
friends in WhitefieId last week.
DR.. Munsell has returned from
Harwich, Mass, and his dental
rooms are again open.
Mrs. George Wheeler returned
last week from visit in Highgate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-15

Mrs. C. M Wallace has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Cutting at
Concord, the past week. Mr..
Wallace went up Saturday to remain
with them over Sunday
Grover Ball was sick several days
last week with the grip.
George Wallace was confined to
the house last Thursday by illness.
The sspure food law is designed
by the Government to protect the
public from injurious ingredients in
both foods and drugs. 1t is bene-
fetal both to the public and to the
conscientious manufacturer. Ely's
Cream Balm, successful remedy
for cold in the head, nasal catarrh,
hay fever, etc., containing no injuri-
Gus drugs, meets fully the require
ments of the new law, and that fact
is prominently stated on every pack
age. 1t contains none of the in
furious drugs which are required by
the law to be mentioned on the
label. Hence you can use it safely.