Weekly Press, The (Newspaper) - May 14, 1908, Saint Joseph, Michigan J. EIGHTEENTH ST. MAY 14 1908. NUMBER 13 MD USE mm DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CON- VENTION CHOSEN AT GRAND Chosen Chairman vf Central Com- After Hot Con- Indorsed Newspaper Are Placed on Brevity Was the Keynote of the TO NATIONAL CONVENTION At H. E. D. John W. Grand Frank W. James met. v District and George P. H. Ann and Grand and W. R. Battle were so sure of victory that they the Idea and refused to en- so Wayne went to ma although the totter did not ly need the The convention inaugurated a new departure in giving practical to the republican press of the state by enlarging the state central committee for the purpose of ing upon it two members nominated by the Michigan Republican Press The honor went to Perry F. of and Walter J. of The morning was largely devoted to and It was after 2 o'clock when the convention assembled for the afternoon and the real business was disposed of in a First came the nomination for and the quartet were chosen J. O. presented the name cf R. D. of and it was supported by Senator Charles for the twelfth and W. for the sixth Clapperton presented the name of John W. Fred Emerick stood sponsor for Frank W. of and Robert Shields for James MacNaughton of The selection of Charles B. of W. J. of Col. H. A. of and John W. Pfeiffer of as quickly Capt. Fred M. of George Clapperton of Grand were selected as E. and William C. H. Huron and Sanilac 0. and Joseph W. evaded by not making any reference to the state administration at The various planks indorsed can Roosevelt's vote for him for com- mending the Michigan congressional delegation and indorsed the revision delegation and tne and Gardner T. Edward B. Bay and Judge Nelson West Eleventh Judge Big and W. H. ard Chase S. borT Sault Ste. 1C PR DAUGHTER'S MARRIAGE SHATTERS MIND MTW THERE WAS SO CAUSE FOB ACTION INCASE The jury in the case of Charles A. Morton vs. The Michigan Central Railroad returned with s verdict this after being In the jury room for a little over an The twelve men who tried the case declared there was no cause for action in the case against the ant The trial of the occupied almost three days of the and was an action wherein the plaintiff sued the company tor damages alleging a false arrest and detention while riding on the ant company's Attorney tor M. Gore was counsel for the Michigan while Attorney Cavanaugh represented the plaintiff in the action brought into PROPOSED DRAIN IN OAKS TOWNSHIP MEETS WITH Number of Headed by rey Have Employed torney fames to Fight the Construction of the Drainage Length Is Foar Grand May sold my daughter into and now you are trying to sell PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS shouted Mrs. a Al t rlan Capt. Fred M. can't sell me like you did George Grand You she ing such a disturbance In the Syrian 4. quarter that several men were to restrain her and she is now in believed Keal The woidan has brooded over the marriage of her daughter last fail to George of and has not eaten in four The man came up to marry the girl but there was a Finally he War for claiming it was the amount of presents and worth N. S. C. P. the trousseau he had given tha BELIEVED TO E. B. Eleventh bride on condition that the wedding take W. S. DOWNEY FORMER SHERIFF AND CHIEF OF IN CUSTODY R. May liam 8. former sheriff of Grand May 13.-JKatomasoo and former chief With enthusiasm and police of this city and a leading republican state convention democrat of has been of its business last the fen Charge by a police officer as gates drifted their various insane and wm probably be taken glad that they came and eager for to tbe Mr. the has met with reverses in the The only exciting event of the seven months it to was the re-election of caused his mind to become Congressman as chairman of the state central when arrested Downey winning an victory over attempting to board freight and W. of Flint From passenger trains the Michigan county came the suggestion that Central Downey to about selection of he toft to the j 50 yean and has In but the Cook followers county all his Among the proposed drains of the county is the Wild Rose which certain petitioners have asked con- in Three Oaks It is a drain which if constructed will be four miles in and will drain from twelve to fifteen hundred acres of land In its immediate but there is objection to the tig ditch and there may be much legal difficulty as a result of the proposed Application for the drain was made to Judge Ellsworth in the bate court and the court asked to appoint commissioners to determine the necessity of such To the construction of the ditch there was considerable and the has retained At- torney James O'Hara to fight the Prominent among the opposition is Gerrey Donner of Three Oaks township and he 1st supported in his contention that the drain is by a number of his who intend fighting the The Michigan Central railroad com- pany were also represented by At- Gore and the com- pany objecting to the proposed im- provement crossing their mala tracks on the right of though they are not in any manner opposed to the they do not want the drain to go through and under their but have ed other methods to care of the water and drain the low land which abounds in the It is proposed by the county drain Mr. to drain the waters from the low land into the Those who are ob- to the drain demanded s jury to try the case and a venire was struck by the who will the Jurors for May on which date the merits of the posed drain wil be aired in the The jury as selected are all sentative farmers living in various townships outside of Three Oaks and a fair and Impartial hearing will thus be 11 OF DEATH OF MRS. GEORGE CAUSES CONTROVERSY AMONG FOLKS HNT Of HUSBAND Remark of Evangelist Conducting Services in the Town Alleged To Have Been the Cause of Sadden Offered Lady White in House of May Whether or not the death of Mrs. Georse DeVoe was caused by a re- mark addressed to her by ist J. S. Baker of at a re- cent revival meeting la a question which is agitating the little lage and the surrounding She died suddenly of apoplexy and it Is the general opinion that the at- tack was brought on by excitement caused by events at the there are those who are strongly Intrenched on the side and who are positive that the woman's death would hare curred had she not attended the The story of the events of the evening which have thrown the peaceful little village Into a state of as related by fie dead woman's are as April 23. my wife and Mrs. a neighbor who lives directly across the went to the Baptist to attend a revival meeting conducted by Evangelist which was the first of the I was assisting Mr. Smith in his store just across the street my house and at about a to 8 Albert Godfrey came In and told me there was something wrong at my I went over and found my wife ting on the bottom step of the She exclaimed I am going to which were the last words she ever Assisted by frey who had accompanied them home we helped her into the placed her on a conch where she lapsed into dying at When he found her she was choking and frothing at the mouth and continued to discharge considerable blood and froth from her mouth and nostrils until she CASE NOW ON TRIAL Of MRR SUIT The case of David Chew et al vs. John Delean et al to on trial in the circuit court and will probably take two days of the court's Gore ft Harvey resent the plaintiffs and Cady and Andrews the The case of August Bleismer against the Pere Railroad company has been settled out of and discontinued without costs to either party Interested In Mr. DeVoe did not learn until the next day of the incidents at the church which were related to him by those in Mrs. DeVoe and Mrs. Delay occupied a third seat from the front in company with eral other Mr. Baker and Rev. Mr. Ehle of Three who is pastor of the church conducting the services every Friday evening at had charge of the Mr. Baker passed the hymn books and when he came to Mrs. De- Voe the latter refused thf book ered to her thank her refusal being explained by the fact that did not have her with her and did not care to I sing. He insisted upon her taking FARM SENSATION EX- AFTER AN BANKS WILL NOW I Promise to Give Officials a Lint of All Transactions With the Woman of at Death Farm Tell of Visits of Midnight to The Daily May of the three LaPorte banks held a conference last night and early day to determine the most effective way of aiding the authorities hi un- tangling the Gunness farm murder It was decided that the First lonal bank of the Savings bank and the State Bank of Indiana should furnish a list of all transactions in which Mrs. paid deposited or received With a complete list of all persons with whom Mrs. during her TWO SALOON KEEPERS WHO WERE REFUSED LICENSES MAY RESORT TO LAW CUUM Only One la the Town Doing Former Resident of One at the Keepers Whose Their Roads An Legal aad of There is a saloon fight at Berrien With a of shutting out Case ft liquor the Bertien Springs board of trustees turned down the liquor bonds of those also these offered by Mr. That the board is discriminating most brazenly is shown by the fact that a week ago they accepted the liquor bond of Mr. with Messrs. and Boyle as while last night they turned down the bond of Mr. with same It is pretty generally understood that the bond of Mr. Kolb would have been had it not been that a motion was made by Trustee Hoopingarner to accept both rather than accept the bond of Messrs. Case ft turned down both Case ft Hamilton offered as ties Messrs. Dilley ft sad ident Sylvester stated to the board that he examined abstracts of title to property owned by of these gentlemen and found that he was able to qualify the and Trustee Hoopingarner stated to the board that the village attorney had residence here had financial and advised him that he had examined business relations at the abstracts of title to property cutor Smith expects he will be able owned by the other surety and found to secure further that he also was able to qualify for Watchmen employed by Sheriff the amount of the Smutzer to guard at night the But notwithstanding the fact that ness premises complained today that there was abundant evidence that marauders are visiting the premises the of Messrs. Case ft at midnight and annoying were worth all that to required Heavy rain and division of by the the board of trustees ion among officials investigating the turned down the case as to the value for tion purposes of some of the things Attorney George A. of In behalf of Messrs. Case i held by Prosecutor Smith as evidence may commence mandamus brought a lull in the mystery inquiry proceedings to compel the village board to accept bond offered by Ray seated in his cell his and Mr. Kolb may do vigorously reiterated his al that he had made any confession or promised any to the Rev. E. A. Schell or to any one I. P. the who did most of the work on Mrs. examined the piece of gold and the substance in it which Sheriff The board accepted the bond of Mr. Wetzel a week anl his to the only saloon doing business in the Smutzer and Prosecutor Smith said was a lar tooth of the The after a thorough examination pronounced the piece of gold and material to be a particle of gold frame SCENIC Extra program for Needed the Awful Burglar and the False Don't miss these LIN Prop. The Loyal Americans will give one of their popular socials at the cabee hall next Thursday The amusement consist of Ing and cards with LJ A invitation to extended to I It you look better with a even if you don't She again refused end Mr Maker went giving a book to Mrs. DeLay and one to another man in the saying to the am glad there are not two cranks in the same When the sinking commenced Mrs. picked up her book and endeavored to have Mrs DeVoe look and with her but the latter refused and DeLay noticed that her companion was affected by what happened A few minutes later Mrs. DeVoe re- marked to Mrs. DeLay that she mas and immediately left As she was going out The Two Affinities Who Stirred Several Towns the Admission 25 cents per Ladles unattended 10 the i Mr. Baker have ed one lady and If there are any more cranks now Is the i for them to At the door Mrs. was met by Mrs. A few loads of can for tne Call at St. Joseph Iron who was just coming In and ed to the to the on Pats May May of and Fred her ara here after going through adventures which excited Interest In Bay Battle Creek and several other smaller towns In the Miss Wedge is the girl who an- swered a matrimonial and in- stead of going to Battle Creek to meet whom she had never went to Bay Madison was to wear a gray A dozen men wearing gray narrowly escaped being kissed when the young woman got off ber train When fche was unable to find Fred she began She wrote Fred at Otsego telling him of his ness and applied to the police for At Battle Creek Fred an- awaited When she did not arrive he was broken hearted and wrote her at telling her she was a a trifler with his May was still la Bay City and did not get that letter un- til It was forwarded to Fred got hers and started for Bay City at The delay In forwarding May's letter was all that saved the two from passing other at Fred was In the nick of time and followed by two Bay City went to the girl's lodgings at 4 o'clock In the Several boarders in negligee attire witnessed the which proved Later that morning the pair cane to the home of a relative of son's where they will be ried Madison to a The girl to s daughter of a. farmer aear
