Weekly Press, The (Newspaper) - June 10, 1909, Saint Joseph, Michigan V V V 1 ST. JUNE TWO CENTS TWO NILES LADIES ARE THROWN PROM AT TON'S BARELY ESCAPE DEATH Carriage Completely Wrecked and Horse Knocked Down In Collision Buried Under and Passengers Run to Injured and Physician Be Seriously Special June Lloyd Butts and Miss Catherine had a narrow escape from death when the carriage in which they were riding was struck by a southbound which was due here at The ladles were driving across the track at Walton's Crossing car struck the rear end of the riage with terrific The carriage was completely and the ladies were buried beneath the The horse was also knocked down but was not in- The motorman stopped the car at and the conductor and gers hurried to the A carriage was soon secured and the ladies werf driven to the home of Mrs F S. a mile and a half Dr. Taylor was summoned and found Miss Feighner but not dangerously Mrs. Butts was more seriously but no bones were she was painfully bruised about the head and shoulders and is suffering from the nervous It is feared that she may have and the outcome is awaited with apprehension by ious and The ladies state that before ing onto the crossing they took pains to watch and listen lest a car should be and not seeing or healing one they ed they were safe to This is the third crossing accident of this Grand June This city undoubtedly will have a candidate in the next gubernatorial Friends of Amos S. selman promise that he will be in the race when the succeed Fred M. Warner in the executive office in Lansing grows Mr Musselman is not yet ed to make any statement on the matter or discuss it He will say merely that within a very few days it will be necessary to declare That tremendous pressure is being brought to urge Mr. Musselman to announce himself a candidate for ernor cannot be and somewhat against his own the popular local wholesale grocer will be forced to early assert Those who are in close touch with the political situation say that Mr. announcement of his position virtually will be a ment that he will become a It seems to be the impression that he has held back to assure self that there is a real demand that he carry Grand colors in the gubernatorial That he has had such his friends is beyond and the only ence is that Mr. Musselman intends placing himself in the hands of his friends in the matter of If he he will be a for governor one year from the coming Infallible Test of Pure butter will not melt under a temperature of 95 when it will leave a sweet and wholesome but adulterated butter melts at 88 into a liquid a repulsive BAND Reese's Concert Band of South will give a three hour's musical treat at the House of David in Park Springs of June 13th 2 to 5 p. Special program for Everybody Free 6-10-3t ARRIVAL OP SIX PRISONERS LAST NIGHT CROWDS THE Not since Charles Johnson has be- come sheriff of the county has the jail been as well filled as at the ent and in the rush of new last the total number is swelled to the heaviest registration known in many Six new ones came to board at the county bastile last William John Graham and William each received thirty Albert Drescher ten and ell and James are held for Drunkenness was the charge in most of the and all of them came from Beuton All of the eat well and the sheriff's hotel is doing a rushing Deputy Humphrey was compelled to go out and buy tional provisions for breakfast this FIND MADE IN RENOVATING ROOM AT MICHIGAN GY June dead baby about 10 inches long was lound wrapped in a quilt in a large sale of old cotton blankets at the Michigan Buggy company plant afternoon by Charles W. an body of the infant was in a dried and withered condition and lad evidently been dead six The gruesome find was made by Mr. Hodges while sorting cotton rags in cotton and renovating a small building in the rear of the buggy plant As near as can be learned the bale of blankets containing the child was purchased about three months ago a Cleveland rag dealer and has been in the for about eleven weeks Before use here the bales are unwrapped and put through a ing and renovating machine It was while the cotton blankets were in this the baby was Police and the cor- oner weie but an investigation of the find an was not necessary although every effort will be made to trace the cotton bale and clear f the disposal of The petrified body was taken in charge by Coroner Verhage and CO. VILLAGE BOOZERS Mich June people of the village of Augusta are up because of the nightly from Battle and the carousals which and now Uneaten to take the law in own hands if relief cannot be had in the It is charged that immediately ter Battle Creek went dry the liquor loving people of Battle Creek made an attack on the quiet and tive village in the edge of zoo A saloon was ed Every night special cars run out from Battle Cieek and until mid- night something doing every It is charged that the visitors fight and cause trouble in various ways They defy the officers and laugh in the the citizens when told that they aie It has been said that unless the authorities give protection the loon will be smashed and the visitors run out of town by a law and BOY DIES OF FEVER LITTLE SON OP MR. AND MRS. AWAY THIS Edward the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward died this morning at the home on State street only a few of scarlet The little fellow was but two years and six months of ago and was dearly beloved by the children of the and by all those who knew His death after so brief an illness makes the fatality more of a shock to the parents anc with whom their friends deeply The funeral services will be pri vale and will be held tomorrow at the HE PUT HAD NO MONEY TO PAY HIS PARE GOING TO June small about 13 of of the Benton Harbor was put off the south bound Big Pour train yesterday noon owing to the fact that he had no money and no He stated that the people in the Israelite home had always treated him but that he wanted to get home and see his Ky. He had his long hair braided up under an old straw and said that as soon as he i cached home he was going to have it cut off He told two or three different kinds of ies which didn't go together very One of the stories was that his parents knew he was coming but could give no reason why they neglected to send him money to de- fray his expenses THREE VISITING CLERGY AD DRESS MEETING ON INTER- ESTING APPOINTMENT OP State of Probate Couit for the County of At a session of said held at the Probate Office in the city of St. in said on the 7th day of A. 1909. Hon. Holland E. Judge of In the Matter of the Estate of son Henry D. Brown having filed in said court his petition praying that the tion of said estate be granted to Wi or to some er suitable It is That die 12th day of A D at in the at said probate of- be and is hereby appointed for hearing said It is Further That lic thereof be given by cation of a copy of this for three successive weeks previous to said day of m the St. seph Weekly a newspaper printed and circulated in said HOLLAND E. i Judge of A true CLAUDE A. Register of 6-10-31 E. E. IE Special June Rev. Dr. chaplain United States died at his home in Roxbury News of the death of Dr. Hale shocked Boston to an unusual de- ree because comparatively few knew that he was ill. A week ago he was present at a celebration in honor of the 90th birthday of Mrs. Julia Ward his in many of the reform movements with which both have been fied for more than fifty State of County of A. Mary August James S. John N. Jennie B. John and Mary vs. Howard Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the County of Berrien in St on the 14th day of 1909. Upon due proof by affidavit that the Howard in the above entitled is not a ident of this State and that it cannot be ascertained in what state of try the said Howard Whipple re- on motion of Lawrence C. for IT IS ORDERED that said Howard do appear and wer the of complainant filed in said cause within five months from this and that in default of the said of complainant will be taken as confessed against FRANK L. Circuit Court Commissioner in and for Berrien Mich. C. Solicitor for iness St. Mich 5-20-w7t Mennen's Talcum special at 6-9-it Try a Press want for BARN DANCE IS CONDEMNED Teachers Relegate It to Discard For New June dance will not be taught in the future by any member of the Dancing Teach It will be supplanted by the said to be on similar but more graceful and Try a Press Want Baptist Clergy Entertained By the Served Following Part of Feature of One of the pleasures anticipated by the Baptist while at- the institute is missionary at which the society of the German chuich entertain and serve tea the visiting and their and in listen to ad- dresses by members of the This in view of the recent which carried on in the two of the addresses were pated with a great deal of eagerness as the subjects announced to be dis- cussed Should Not Talk in and It was by a ber of the ladies of the city that the add i esses weie made in as many are not familiar with the and hindered from to the which were A large attendance of the members of the society were present and with he clergy the seating capacity of the auditorium was The program opened with a trio by the Misses elle Maitha and Olive Freitag which was followed by a piano solo by Miss Helen and a vocal duet by Mrs iam and Miss Ada The first speaker of the afternoon Rev. F. W. C. Meyer of took as his theme Not Talk in Public The learned divine took the affirmative side of the and in his discussion said that was the place of women of today to her stand m public That the customs of today had so changed that woman was no longer to in matteis of but in many phases was his equal if not his Rev. Meyer in an interesting ner portrayed the women of biblical how m many went about and not daring to voice her sentiments in any way the world of today is d in this Woman no er is compelled to stand Her judgment and authority has been and positions of trust m the world are easily held by She has a right to talk in and it goes without saying that her views are Rev who is pastor of the first German Baptist church of and who leaves this fall tor India for missionary ed the audience on His talk was also excellent He said that the time was fast com- ing when woman would take her place at the polls as well as That if she were capable of holding positions of trust and bearing hei share of the taxes that she should have a voice In public wise it would be the same old Without Rev. Schade of la gave an taking as his men of the dwelling on the beautiful character of At the conclusion of the last ad- dress the company adjourned to the supper room and a bounteous lap supper was which was VICE ADMIRAL WHO IS NOW IN Vice Admiral Urln of Japan was graduated from the Annapolis Naval academy in and next to Admiral Dewey is the ranking graduate of he He and his the came all the way from apan this year to attend the reunion of the Annapolis class of HlB Wife is a graduate of Vassar college awl a very beautiful SEVERAL ARE ARRESTED Commissioner Has Sixty-five Cases Started in Northern in Department Re- True Over Timber FATHER GRANTED THE OF COURT ORDERS THAT THEY Bli TURNED TO HIS A decree issued by Judge modifies the teims of the origina decree filed in the dl Vorce and the complain ant Adam who a fev days ago filed an application for ar amended is given the of the minor Through its the child who have been in the custody of the defendant are to re main with the fatner until they ar fourteen years of or until fur ther order of the Mrs. Shin was perfectly willing t relinquish her charge under the orig inal RAILROAD REPORTS SHOW NO IN YEAR'S TRESPASSERS ON STATE LANDS BEING ROUTED BY June band Commissioner men and firms of the tipper section of the state who have been robbing state lands of timber with are being brought up with a sharp and in many counties trespass on state lands to steal the timber s suddenly becoming decidedly un- For one thing the department has made a radical change in the ner of seeking trespassers and cuting them for their Since first of this when ARRESTED AND TAKEN BEFORE COMMISSIONER HAMMOND GIVES and Johns of Sign Defendant's Affidavit For Capias Contains Suorn Statements Concerning Against George Fox of was ar- by Sheriff Johnson yesterday on a and held to appear be- fore Circuit Court Commissioner Hammond of Benton on bonds of in the damage suit commenced by Mr. Fox gave bail for the sum named and was released from tody Louis and William Johns of signed as sureties for Bridgman's appearance at the trial at the September term of In the affidavit for the 1 Two Cent Rate Meets With Approval of Public nnd of Lines Will Run Popular Priced Ex- This to ify That Michigan's two-cent fare law is a success is now pretty well Earning reports by the railways have failed to jhow the reduction which the pessimistic way managers declared they would show once the law went into but instead have shown a and now the railways have in the excursion business which they announced during the winter of 1907 they had abandoned as means of reprisal against the people of the state for forcing them to sell tickets at two cents a Today the passenger agents of most of the roads of the meet in Lansing with the railway commission to take up the matter of modifying the established by the commission tive to which means cheap rates will again prevail on all the roads for outing In the establishing of the two fare law Michigan has had better success than many and victory is all the more remarkable in view of the attitude of determined opposition which the roads assumed at the time the matter was before the Railway managers of most of the roads intimated that it meant ruin and bankruptcy to pass such a law and prophesied all of evil that left the capital swearing and one of their moves against the people was to abandon the sion business for that year it was resumed to an extent this year excursion rates age again in full sway and the railroads are ing the and the people are enjoying their usual Commissioner Russell assumed di- which means the arrest and rection of the land department there lave been 98 cases of trespass which is a record unequalled numerous it is The department has done away with the old plan of engaging local men as respass agents who might either be robbing the state themselves or owing their friends and neighbors to take the He has four general trespass agents out looking after thieves and five ners who are assisting to an n the The list of counties in which pass cases have been started is as Alcona Alpena boygan Chippewa Clare ta Dickinson Emmet Gladwin Gogebic Grand KalkasKa Lake Mecosta Montmorency ago Oceana Ogemaw Oscoda Otsego Presque Isle Wexford 12. Deputy Commissioner Carton states the above cases cover 101 arate descriptions of land and of the total number of 33 have been disposed of and 63 are now Theie have been 22 criminal com- plaints made in the 65 cases pending and search is being made after dence on which to base 26 more com- In 12 cases it was found there was no Fare In Kansas June Missouri Santa Fe and Cotton Belt ways put into effect a three cent fare In The Following is the official weather Illinois and showers probable in north and showers in south today and in south and fair in north fair in west and showers in east fair tion of the accused until bail is Mr. declares that he is a widower with six and has lived in Budgman eight years That from June to August he was as a bartender in the saloon of Geo- Fox in that On October he alleges that Mr. Fox charged him with the theft of eight or nine hundred and brought him into disrepute and disgrace through the speaking and the words later made a pait of the Attached to William A. H. and Milton all of whom de- clare that they heard Mr. Fox charge Mr. with stealing the The damage sought is 000. VAN CO. if KILLED June 12 years was accidentally shot near his home In South Porter while he and his brother were In climbing a fence Vern ged a rifle over a which caught the trigger causing a dis- His brother ran for but it is supposed that death came m a few When help arrived the boy was The bullet struck the left eye and went directly through the The boy expert hunter and probably the best hoy marksman In this part of the was a son of Elmer a leading the document are the affidavits of er of South Romance Hovers About the Old Deserted Bertrand Church Residents of the deserted village of which is now but a cluster of tottering mostly are wrought up by ies of apparitions nightly hovering about the old Bertrand Strange lights are seen and music indistinctly Many of the old French settlers crumbling buildings could hold such a Clinging together and impelled by an unseen they and on entering fell on their Lights were burning and the congregation of Indians and white people were joined in worship in response to the pale The two the fell believe implicitly that the shades in the aisle and their their ancestors and their Indian foes souls and then unnoticed by are moving about among the the and joined in the stones of the I er and When they arose they In the Bertrand church yard are kissed other and thanked God the graves of two young Pierre for the love which still in and There also lies their their hearts though for a time the AT SILVER dancing and bowling at Silver Beach every Wednesday and 6-19-tf. Gray a jealous The story is told that Pierre and Rose who after three years of stormy wedded agreed to met at Bertrand to settle on plans for a divorce and upon their arrival in the village gested that they walk through the Soon the twilight ed into and as the moon came up they turned to look at the church to see the effect of the light when a strange awe fastened upon They saw a strange and silent con of phantom forms clouds of selfishness and flame had hidden its glowing Within a few weeks the bodies of the lovers were found cold in A short lay the body of Gray The Indian was in love with and in a jealous fit of rage had murdered He closed the bloody chapter by taking his own There are many other not a of the ted village will approach the yard after On several sions villagers are said to have been confronted by ing the door of the ruined on two It seemed to impossible ghosts have gives I
