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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
13
A 1903 Michigan farm products bulletin shows hay leading at 27.5 million dollars, corn 20 million, oats 13 million, wheat 11 million, potatoes 10 million, wool 2.5 million, and sugar beet 2.5 million. Values have doubled since 1906, with total crops rising from 16 million to 92 million by 1908. banner year 1901 saw crops sold for 104 thousand.
In Grand Rapids the United States Circuit Court dismisses the bill of complaint by twenty three railroad corporations seeking to restrain Michigan from collecting ad valorem taxes for 1914. The Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee line is exempt due to a 1855 tax limitation. About $4 million in taxes plus interest are involved. future appeal to the Supreme Court is anticipated.
Trapper Curley Woodin of Republic warns that without swift action wolves lynx and wild cats threaten upper peninsula deer with possible extinction. He urges higher state bounty as counties in northern Michigan have done, citing multiple deer killings by wolves including one night when three wolves killed twenty two deer.
The jury in the William A. Engle murder case in Marshall found Engle not guilty after about ninety minutes of deliberation. Engle, a farmer, had shot a neighbor who refused to leave his yard despite orders to depart. The defense offered no further evidence after prosecutorial and defense actions.
Within Our Borders a Port Huron bathhouse mineral well has become a forty barrel per day oil gusher. The dormant pump was restarted and oil surfaced testing about 90 percent crude. In Negaunee a dwelling fire exploded due to stored dynamite, wrecking the house but sparing firemen and spectators. The bachelor owner’s body was found in the morning. A Lebanon township farmer, Robert McDonald, age 45, drowned in Hayworth creek while fishing with a seine net. his two sons and a neighbor watched as he stepped into a hole and vanished. The Belding Methodist church was dedicated amid funds raised by Joseph W. Powell of Buffalo. Presiding Elder Lewis Delamarter led the service. Rev. Washington Gardner delivered the morning sermon.
Vladivostok stands as Russia's remaining far eastern fortress and Trans-Siberian terminus on a peninsula between Ussuri and Amur bays. A Norwegian captain reported extended land fortifications, abundant food and munitions, huge coal stocks, seven mile minefield, and electric links to mines three miles out. Submarine arrivals are hinted with belief of at least four in harbor.
Speaker of the House and Senate leader Glasgow say wind up work will occur by June 2 with formal adjournment on June 10. State printer is behind but an arrangement is sought to help. Morning sessions are abandoned and no night sessions are planned. Both houses move toward a finish despite remaining bills in committees.
The article notes immigration and imports reach record highs amid economic growth, while 19th century patterns show cycles linked to panics and wars. It cites maple sugar industry decline, Maple-sugar adulteration, and a $3 per acre grove income. Navy target scores stay guarded, and a looming $30 million year-end deficit concerns the treasury. Immigrant data breakdown lists occupations and numbers.
Article projects a decisive clash as Rojestvensky's fleet may reach battle near Vladivostok while Japanese land forces under Oyama push toward Kirin and Harbin. It weighs sea control versus land advances, with the outcome hinging on a potential fleet victory or disaster in the weeks ahead.
Russia warns the United States that a Japanese plan to bring the Korean Emperor to Tokyo includes detaining him in Japan and placing a throne in Korea under absolute Japanese rule. Russia says a Tokyo palace for the Korean Emperor has been built, while Japan denies any detention plan.
Western Michigan fruit growers back a plan to use electric trolley and Lake Michigan steamboat routes to counter Chicago refrigerator charges. Senator Woodman of Van Buren county introduced a bill allowing electric lines to consolidate with steamboat lines, reported favorably by the Senate rail road committee.
Over the past two years Argentina planted about 5,600 mulberry trees per year, now totaling around 10,000,000 trees. Silk production is seen as a future major industry for the country, with raw silk set to grow in importance.
Since January 1, 62 people have died and 793 injured in automobile accidents in and around New York. Similar fatal and injury tolls appear nationwide with four deaths in Philadelphia and five in Chicago in one week, and three in Pittsburg during the same period. The piece warns of the dangers of motor vehicles.
Population experts believe the U S center of population has turned eastward or is headed that way due to growth in eastern cities and the Southeast. Light on the current location is expected from May June censuses in about a dozen states, with the 1900 center placed near Columbus Indiana. The eastward shift debate recalls the 1890 1900 reversal and highlights uneven growth across regions including Washington state. Two squads kept back crowds in Philadelphia hoping to glimpse a Virgin Mary apparition on Hicks Morris streets. An electic light triggered the vision. Edward Gottschalk, guilty in the murder and robbery of Christian Schindeldecker, faces hanging Tuesday August 8.
The Legislature adopted a joint resolution to transfer the remains of Gov Stevens Thomson Mason from New York to Detroit for burial in Capitol Square park plot provided by the Common Council. Gov Warner will appoint a three member commission to handle details and the transfer will occur around the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society annual session on June 7. Emily V Mason of Washington and Dorothea Mason Wright of Newark have accepted invitations to attend both events.
The Senate approved the Baird primary election bill by 32 to 2 and House leaders pledge its passage in the lower chamber. Gov. Warner supports the compromise as direct voting backers praise gains. The bill now requires a 40 percent plurality to nominate instead of a majority of votes cast.
Representative Canfield opposed salbraiths bill ending the one war period for tax titles and redemption of property. The measure failed to reach the required votes, with 42 in favor and 24 against, according to the report.
The Senate committee of the whole considered Senator Moriarty's bill making it man slaughter for an automobilist to kill a person through carelessness. Senator Baird tried to send it to State affairs, but Moriarty pressed to kill or pass. Baird's motion failed 12 to 10, the bill agreed to. On third reading it stood 15 to 10, two votes short of passage.
The Detroit recount shows Judge Donovan ahead of Judge Frazer by 139 votes. Chairman Baird states the committee will likely discard the second precinct of Ecorse, which would leave Donovan with a 135 vote lead.
Surety Bonds for Saloonists bill by Representative Van Keuren allowing Livingston county cities and townships to accept surety bonds for liquor licenses drew several dissenting votes in the House and passed with no margin. Critics fear other counties will seek similar laws.
The House approved Representative Galbraith's bill to reduce the State tax commission from five to three members and abolish field work while restricting its spending. No defender of the commissioners confronted charges of bias toward railroad property in assessments. The house also passed taxation of sleeping car companies on the same basis as fast freight cars.
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