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"[l[[g'/tl J tCKSON ~Duri~g the Pa'st 62 Years-- All 6or TheirSentence Shortened, OLDEST SERVED 43 YEARS, .~k ~:~Vhole Batch of ][toms l~ro~n the Two l'oninsulas Holled Down for Quick ]llcading by Busy Biiehiganders ~ A Merusal %Vill Convlnco You, ~ow "Llfers" aro Treated. ]In view of bhe recent'agitation of the ,question of.pnxdons, which was precip- iitated by Lhc wholesale-nse of the pai'- .dotfin~ power by Gov. Pingree during ~he closing" di~ys of his term, it will bc ,intcrestinz~0 note the aver&go term -served by~iifers '' who have been con- fined in ~h6 state prison at Jackson :Mace tho es~ablishmen.t of that insti- tution in 1808'do.wn to the close of the ~.ast fiscal year,. Juno 30, 1900. During the 6~ years mcntioncd there have been .al~ life Convicts received at the prison, The average,time served by these 311 .eonviebs was nine ycars, three months ~nd 20 days. The average time served ' " ¢ ' " a by the 8~ hfe'conwc~s who were p r- •doned dan-lug those years was 10 ycars, aevc~ months and nine days. The .averag0:~ime served by 38- life couvicts who wer~relcased by order Of courts was one .vcar~ fbur months and seven ~day& ' ' ° ' Ihc ayerage time served by 69 2ife convle~s who died was nine years, ll months and 13 days. The average %*me serve4 by six life convicts who es- ~eaped was seve~ years, eight months .and 18 d&ys. A Peculiar Mlxup. Thc÷c ~sa qucer mixup in eonnec- ~ion wltl~ ~he Branch County Agricul- &UL'a[ SOCiety. Some years ago the ,building~s and grounds were quite ',heavily mortgaged and soon afterward ~he society ceased to hold fairs, as they =failed LO pa~ expenses.. Now ib de- "vclopes that,,by ~he terms of the origi- ;na[ deed ~he rcaI estate was to revert • o the county in case fairs ever ceased i~ be held, and the mortgagee wants to know where he is at. The matter ~va~ submitted t6 the meeting of the ,county board of' supervisors just held, ,bu~ they declined to takclo the prob- ~iem. ~[tho indications are that the @rounds will lie idle a, long time, the .same as during the past~ two or three .years. There are 30 acres of beautiful land, well inside ~he city limits, ahd provided with excellcnt" buildings. There isSalk o~ resuscitating the agri- .cultural society. _ 1)lngreo ,C6u~0mpt rroceodlngs. The contempt- proceedings against -ex-Gov. ~[Iazen S:. Pingree have again rcache~t the supreme court, and this time ,some ac%ibn will probabiy be taken which will establish the right ,of thb cirmfit c6urt to try the executive of the.state on the charges presented. 'The applicatibn in the- suprmfie court 'this tim0 is for a writ of proMbition, the applicatio~ being based on the records in tho.courb below. The case is entitled The People ex re1, IIazcn :S. Pingreo against the circuit judges <~f Ingham eonn~y, both Judge Wisher an4 Judgo'Wi6gt being made respond- .ents~ ~V~lli A~bsorb £he" Ypsl-Ann I~oad, "The Dctroit,, Yi)silanti; Ann Arbor ~¢d .;Jackson railwag flied articles of ineor- rporation at the'secretary of state's of- rice on th~ ~,3d with a cap*tat stock of $2,600,000L The state% franchise fee of °,more %hart $1,300 was paid by Atty. ,Henry A. I[aigh, of Detroit. The new ~road will absorb the Detroit, Ypsilanti • & Ann Arbor raihvay, the Ypsilanti & ",Saline Electric Raihvay Co. and the Detroit & Saline Plank Road Co., and will run an cIccgric line from Detroit f~o J a c k s o n with 100 miles of road- .bed. Cold IHoodod ~[urdor. "Cooper Cbntqr, a little village six -miles north of L~nsing, was the scene of the mos~ sh0eking and cold-blooded murdcrs ou the e3d that was ever com- ,mitred in southwesLern Michigan. In a fit of anger,, the climax of a long- standing quarrel, Monroe Aukcrman, white, aged 19~ shot and killed Fred Harris, c51ored,=age4 22. Aukcrman, afLcr committing the deed, gave him- self np to the author*tics at Kalama- .zoo. The satne Old story--s woman in ~he CeaSe, DIsoaffo" in llllchlgan. ReportS go the.slate board of heMth by rcpresonta~B/e physicians in active :general practice, in different parts of the state indi&t~e that influenza, bron- ,chitis, neuralgik, rheumatism and ton- sillitis, in Lhe Order handed, caused the most sickness ~ Michigan during the p~st wt;ck. (f~rffbrospinal meningitis was reported present' at 4 places; owlmoping cougli, 9} mcasles, 16; small. pox, 25; dlphtheria~ 34; typhoid fever, ,$9; scarloI> fever i 104; consumption, 175. The sLa~'e conwmtion of the Y. M. G z'~ will be held fn Ann Arbor, Feb. ~2t-24. Ann Arbor will ask the legislature go pass an act en~tbling it to purchase .~he prlva~e water works plant. The MiChigan Traction CO.; of Kala- ~mazoo, on th(~ 28d filed a mortgage with the rcgistcr of deeds for $700,000. The Battle Creek Sanitarium com- .pony will erect a refrigerator upon Choir grounds in the spring which is to ~eos~ $5,000: The Grand Rapids, Allegan & Kala- :mazoo Electric. Raihvay company has bees granted a franchise to operate in ~alamazoo, The U. 'S. ToJ, ephoue Co., with head- ,qu~r~crs at 0t'~veland,.~..O., has been :granted a franchise to run a toll line into Jackson. t>oliticians and police officers in SL. ~.Ioseph arc in t~.oublc--thc mayor hav- ;;.ag ordered an investigation into the ,.&~o!ice depart~ncnt. , _ MICHIOAN NEWS ITEMS. Algonac is now lighted by electricity. Diphtheri~ is prevalent at East Tawas. A firebug is thought to be operating at Ionia. There were 79 divorces granted in Jackson county last year. The schools at Mcndon are closed be- cause of an epidemic of fever. The Straits of Mackinaw are frozen over for the first time this winter. The 30th regiment, U. S. ,V. I., the" Michigan regiment, will sail for home Feb. 15. Plainwell citizens arc discussing the advisability of establishing a paid fire department. The 4th annual bauquet of the CaN houn County Lincoln dub will be held at Homer, Feb. 12. That Port Ituron canal question has not yet been settled, but the alder- men arc said to be hcdgiu~. When the news of the death of Queen Victoria reached Wayne the church bells were tolled and the flag over the village hall was placed at half-mast. Bank robbers secured $716 at Con- cord on the night of the 21st, and did not use explosives either. The banker forgot to lock the steel money chest. Sheriff Brewster, of Pontiac, will shortly add a bloodhound to his force, the animal at present being at a Can- adiau boarding school, being trained to track horses. The New York Life Insurance Co., on the 21St paid the state treasurer $)14,509 in taxes, being two per cent on the prom*runs collected in Michigan during the last year. The Alma Argus has changed hands, F. W. Blair selling out the paper to George Merritt. The former goes to Lansing, where he has a place in the auditor-general's office. Two more deaths from typhoid fever have been reported at New Boston, and many persons arc in a precarious condition. This makes 10 deaths from the disease this winter. Notwithstanding the fact that Jas. Grcenley, an Ashley youth, had about three square inches of his skull blown away by the accidental discharge of a gun recently, he is in a fair way to re- COVer. A special election to vote on bonding the city of IIollaad for $50,000 for a public park, the funds in reality to be used for obtaining uew factories, was held on the 31st and was carried by 439 majority. Someone who has more money than he can conveniently use is going to start a newspaper at -Marcellus. The village already has one good paper, and needs another about as much as a cat needs two tails. The fish hatchery at Sault Ste. Marie had a narrow escape from bMng destroyed by fire on the night of the 20th. The active work of the bucket brigade saved the lives of 4,oo¢),ooo ~ake and brook trout. Marquette is to have one of the fin- est groups of school buildings in the state. Recently the high school struc- ture was destroyed by fire, and the new buildings are to replace it. The same will cost $100,000. Paris township, Huron county, claims the championship for weddings, with from two to a half d~zen each week, and each is celebrated by the entire population. Nine were "called" from the Catholic pulpit on the 20th. On the 21st Frank Curtis, of Luding- ton, received a 15-year scntenee in Jackson prison for rape committed against his 19-year-old daughter. This is thc severest sentence imposed in a Mason county court in 10 years. The beet sugar factory at Marine City is now running full blast and turning out a fine grade of sugar. This factory is one of the best in the state and is situated in a beet growing coun- try that will insure a good run of bus- incss~ A franchise has been ~ranted through Putnam, Webster and Dexter town- ships, Livingston county, to the Ann Arbor & Lansing Electric Railroad company to run electric cars from Ann Arbor via Portage and Pinckney to Lousing. The mutilated remains of Abraham Sellers, a hermit of near Bile, Oscoda county, was fouud on the 23d. "Rats had gnawed the frozen body in several places. IIo had evidently been dead for some time, as he liad not been sccn since before Christmas. Frank Lewis, Gee. Douglas, Jas. i~Ic- Dcrmott and Jas. H. Murphy were ar- rested at Care on the 23d, suspected of being implicated in the wrecking of Lhc safe in Frank Miller's office at Vas- sar on the night of Jan. 3, escaping with about $300 in cash. Mrs. Ellen G. White, of Battle Creek, the prophetess, of the Seventh Day Ad- ventists, is warnin~ her people of the nearness of the end of the world, and issues an earnest exhortation for her people to go out canvassing for their publications, that the world :nay be warned. Upou recommei~dations of the boards of control of the Jackson and Ionia prisons, Gov. Bliss on the 19th, paroled Win. Edgerton, of Sanilac county; Chas. A. Brown, of Cass county; J. White, of Livingston county, and Chas. A. Bailey, of Wayne. Robt. Hutchinson, colored, of Dc- troiS, shot and killed Herbert Marx, an 18-year-old colored boy of that city, on the night of the 24th. The shooting occurred shortly after services at Ebe- nezer African M. E. church, at which both young men had attended. The bullet that killed Marx was a stray one, fired into a crowd by Hutchinson for revenge. Chcboygan had a large sized small- pox scare for a little while one day last week, but it soon flattened out when it was discovered that the sup- posed victim of the dread disease was only sufferinz from ~.he barber's itch. DOINGS OF THE ~IST SESSION. Another attempt was made on the 23d in the house by Rep. Dinglcy to get through the joint resolution to per- mit the people to vote on the proposi- tion to fix the salaries of members of the legislature. In committee of the whole the resolution was amended so that instead of fixing a legislator's sal- ary at $750 a year it shall be $1,000 for a full term of two years, with mileage allowed as atpresent. Afterward, how- ever, the house failed to pasfi the bill as amended. A two-thirds vote was required but the resolution only com- manded 0~ affirmative votes, while the "nays" numbered 18. Rep. Dingley had the vote reconsidered and tabled. Speaker Carton, has announced com- mittee assignments to visit state in- stitutions as follows: Committee on tlm criminal insane asylmn at Ionia on the'22d; committee on eastern Michi- gan asylmn at Pontiac on the 23d; com- mittee on the institute for the deaf and dumb at Flint on the 24th. The committee on college of mines and committee on Newberry asylmh will leave on the 2.ith. This will leave the Marquette prison committee, which is now out and one other committee only away from the house at the same time. The following bills were passed in the senate on the 23d" To authorize school district No.'1 in Hancock town- ship, IIoughton county, to borrow $15~- 000, immediate effect; to enable school districts Sos. 1 and 2 in Portage town- ship, IIonghton county, to consolidate; to amend the charter of the city of Mackinac Island, so as to give council by two-thirds vote power to make con- tracts with any private corporation to supply the city with water, electric lights and sewers for 15 years, given immediate effect. The following bills were passed in the house on the 24th: Fixing salary of secretary of senate and clerk of the house at $1,500 a year, immediate of- feet; fixing session compensation for upper peninsula house members at 85 a d£y; incorporating the village of Man- istique into a city of the fouth class; authorizing the townstfip of Decatur, Vau BUtCh county, to build a town hall. The following bills were passed in the senate on the 24th: Allowing De- catur, Van Burcn county, to borrow $5,00o to finish its town hall, immedi- ate effect; requiring registration in Grand Rapids two weeks, instead of two days, before election, immediate effect; allowing the governor to em- ploy such extra clerical help when needed, immediate effect. In committee of the whole, the house on the 22d passed ReD Barnabce's bilI amending the law relative to granting temporary relief so that if a person, formerly self-supporting, goes into an adjoining county and becomes a public charge before acquiring a residence in the latter county, the expense may be charged back to the county of which hc is a resident. The following bills were passed in the house on the 23d: Authorizing the towns!tip of South Arm in Charlcvoix county to issue $15,000 of bonds to build and repair roads and bridges; attaching the territory of school dis- trict No. 2 to school district No. 1 of Portage township in Iloughton county; ])rotccting fish in Clam lake, Grass and Clam rivers. Senator Hchne on the 22d trotted out the old nmss-covercd bill, which has figm'cd at many previous sessions of the legislature, to deprive the clerk of the supreme court of the fat fees he now receives and fix his salary at $3,- 000. This bill has been killed and resurrected regularly every two years for the past decade or two. The members of the house went on record in committee of the whole on the 17th as being decidedly in favor of accepting railroad passes and almost unanimously refused to pass a provi- sion prohibiting members from ac- cepting the bits of pasteboard, which extends to them the privileges of the different roads. After discussing the appropriation bill for the Pan-American exposition for over an hour in committee of the whole on the 22d, the house fiually fixed the amount at $40,000 and the number of commissioners at five, the final vote being 73 to 1, Rep. Stumphen- husen voting against the proposition. In the house on the 2ad Rep. Lugers introduced a bill requiring evcry jus- tice of the peace or minister of the gos- pel to bca citizen of this state in or- der that he may officiate at a wedding ceremony in Michigan. This proposed bill is said to be unsatisfactory to the Methodist Episcopal church bishops. The following bills were passed in the senate on the 22d: Appropriating $10,000 to complete two detached build- ings at the eastern Michigan asylum; appropriating $15,000 for the support of the Marquette Normal for six months ending June 30, 1901; Pan-American appropriation, ,$40,000. Detroit tclephone ratcsarc to be reg- ulated by law. Rep. Colby gave notice of such a bill in the house on the 25th. He does not know yet what the maxi- mmn rate will be. IIis street raihvay bill for a maximum rate of fare of three cent~ was also introduced. If bills continue to come in at the present rate, this legislatdrc will be a record-breaker for the number of meas- ures introduced. Up to Jan. 23 150 bills had been introduced, or 63 more than two years ago at this time, The Soldiers' Home appropriation bill was sent into the house on the 22d. It calls ~or $124,000 a year for maintain- once and $15,000 for an addition to the women's building. The resolution of Senator Morro, of Port tIuron, for final adjournment May 3, aud no work to be done after April 26, was defeated on the 23d by a vote of 14 to'10. The legislature on the 23d adopted appropriate rcsolutions upon thc death of Queen Victoria. The Cubans have not yet been able to agree on a constitutiou. rOU[[N VI TORIt118 DIED: Aged Sovereign Served England for Nearly 64 Years, EDWARD VII, WILL BE RULER, Groat l~rltaln~s Venentble and Illustrlous Sovereign Crossed the Dark 1Hvor of Death at Osborne IIouso, Isle o[ Wight, Jan. 2~, l'assed Away hx Peace. At exactly 6:30 p. m. London timc, on Jan. 2?, Queen Victoria'sbattlc with the grim destrpyer terminated at Osborne house, at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Tlm aged monarch of England breathed her last surrounded by mourning mem- bers of the royal family. Deceased was born at Kensington palace, Eng., May 24, 1819. Upon the death of her uncle, William IV, June 20, 1837, she became queen. On Feb. 10, 1840, she was married to Prince Al- bert, o~ Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. To this union were born nine children, while their offspring numbered 40, and their children's children numbered 30. Thus it will be seen that Her Majesty has had 85 descendants. Of these 12 have preceded her in death, leaving 7a still alive~33 males and 40 femaIcs. Ignghuid's New lluler, Albert Edward, king under the title of Edward VII., was born at Bucking- ham palace, Nov. 9, 1841, and from that moment the trials of the queen mother began. From his youth the new sovereign has been a lover of out- door sports, being a distinguished pa~ tron of the turf. Over 4() years ago he visited the United States and Canada. funeral Arrangelnents. It tins been decided that the funeral of Queen Victoria will take place at Windsor castle, Feb. 2. The body of the late queen will be removed from Osborn house Feb. 1. It was the ex- pressed desire of the queen that the hmeral should be military in charac- tev~ and her wishes will be respected. Wrecked Three 1~[oro 'Saloons. Three more saloons were wrecked at Wichita, Kas., on the 21st, by Mrs. Carrie Nation, soon after she hit the trail after a 10 days' inearccration in jail. In this prospecting tour she was assisted by Mrs. Julia Evans, Mrs. Lucy Wilhoit and Mrs. Lydia Muntz, ati of the local W. G T. U. organiza- tion. With hatchets concealed under their cloaks they entered the saloon of James Burns, on Douglas avenue, and did not leave a complete piece of glass or a working slot machine in the place. All show cases, both for liquors and cigars, as well as the plate glass win- dows and doors, were broken. l~Ioo~ishlners l~attlo %¥1th Olltcera. A dispatch from Jackson, Ky., dated the 27th, states that in a bloody battle with moonshiners ou Elkhorn creek on the Letcher and Pike county line, Ky., U. S. Marshal Tom IIo]lifield and Pos- seman Simon Combs were killed, and Blaine Combs was captured by the moonshiners. Rufus Wootan and Am- brose Amburgy, other members of the posse, were shot and wounded. Full details of the battle were not obtained. Dliners and Sherlff's l'oss~ Clash. Union miners, 150 strong, on the 21st Started on a march from Boxtown to Carbondale mines in Hopkins county, Ky., to stop the non-union men at work there. On the wa'y a sheriff's posse of five men attempted to stop them, and were answered by a shot., A fusillade followed, the min- ers retreating. One of their number was kille~l and another died of his wounds in a few hours. CHINA WAR NEWS. Germany has put the screws on Great Britain, with the result that the negotiations have retrograded to where they were three months ago. The de- mandfor the death penalty will be preferred against all the leaders men- tioned in the decree, in addition to the posthumous degradation of such anti- foreign leaders as have committed sui- cide. sMr. Conger stated at the meet- ing of ~uinisters on the 24th thathe could not support the demand if it should be made in writing, bt{t ver- bally he would do so with heart and soul. This is the Mtuation now, and will continue to be for six months or more unless the American plan for change of venue finds acceptance. War department officials state that when navigation opens in the spring the American forces in China will be ahnost entirely withdrawn. The un- derstanding is that Maj.-Gene Chaffce, Who is now in the volunteer service, be appointed a major-general in the regular establishment, and will be or- dered to Manila with the one infantry regiment and the one battery of artil- lery nov/in Pekin. Upon arrival in Manila he will succeed Maj.-Gcn. l~lac- Arthur a~ governor-general .of the Philippincs, A dispatch to the Haves Agency from Pekin on the 23d says 25,000 Chin- cse regulars have reassembled near Chan Tang Fu, a day's march from the French troops. Gen. Veyron is closely watching them, and M. Pichon, the French minister, has encrgetically re- quested thcir immediate dispersal. It is reported in German circles that nnless the peace negotiations are satis- factorily considered early next month, a strong internationM expedition will be organized to bring Emperor Kwang Su and Prince Tuan to Pekin. I A special from Pekin, dated the 27th, says there has been great distress in the province of Shansi, owing to tho famine, and thousands have died. The court has ordered rice relief to be is. sued in large quantities. The U. S. transport Sumner l~as ar- rived at Taku. Among her passengers were 15 troops to replace invalid sol- diers. CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. The finance committee spent the en- tire day on the 20th in agreeing- upon details of the revenue reduction bill. The total reduetiou is $42,000,000. The beer tax is reduced to $1.50. The tax on tobacco also has a reduction of one- half of the war tax, leaving it at 9c a pound. The present two cent stamp on bank checks will be retained until Jan. 1, 1902, when it will be reduced to one cent. The tax is removed from all patent medicines, when the formulae or ingredients are printed upon the label or wrapper of the bottle. All se- cret compounds for medicinal or toilet purposes are taxed the same as now, There is a reduction of one-half of the tax on perfumes, pomades, and other toilet articles. The bank tax, which is now equiv~klent to S:~ a thousand of capital, is reduced to S1 a thousand of capital and surplus. Stamps will not be required upon notes, mortgages, or other evidence of indebtedness, but will be con tin ned upon deeds and other certificates of transfer and evidences of wealth. The inheritance tax is re- duccd one-lmlf, and all bequests to li- braries, educational and charitable in- stitutions are exempt. It has been many years since one senator in the U. S. senate spoke of an- other as a liar, and yet it was done in the executive session of the senate on the 21st. It was when James S. liar- lan's nomination was. brought up for attorney-general of Porto Rico. Jus- tice IIarlan of the supreme court is the father of Jas. S. tIarlan, and the nom- ination was attacked because it was intimated that the nomination was made to influence Justice Harlan's opinion in the cases involving the con- stitutionality of the administration's colonial policy. The session of the house on the 19th was devoted chiefly to the postal codi- fication bill, which was about half completed. The discussion turned mainly on the proposition to compel star route contracts to be let to per: sons living contiguous to the route,_ but the proposition was defeated after extended debate. Among the bills passed was that granting 15 days' an- nual leave to cmploycs of navy yards, arsenals, etc. The naval appropriation bill was re- ported to the house on the 10th with an elaborated statement of its provis- ions by Chairman Foss of the nival committee. This bill carries $77,016c 635, the largest ever reported to the house from tim committee on naval af- fairs. This is about ,$11,865,718 above the bill of last year and 810,0220,395 below the estimates submitted by the navy department. The bill went on the calendar. At the cabinet meeting on the 22d Secretary Root read extracts from re- cent reports from the Philippines. Sec- retary Root seemed to think that con- ditions are decidedly improved, and that prospects for a speedy settlement of existing troubles are bright. The house lies passed ~ bill author- izing the treasurer to float a loan of ,$3,000,000 in the U. S. and Europe. The funds thus raiscd will be loaned by the government to planters in Porto Rico to relieve agricultural depression. The senate on the 22d adopted a con- current resolutiofi providing that both houses of congress assemble on Wed- nesday, Feb. 13, to count the votes cast for President and Vice-President. The senate committee oil Indian af- fairs on the 22d made its report o'~ the Indian bill. The commi~ce recom- mendation for the total appropriation, was $9,870,526. The senate by a vote of 38 to 19 rati- fied the Spanish treaty on the 22d. TRANSVAAL WAIl ITEMS. The British army officers of the re- mount department arrived at New York on the Cunard steamer Etruria on the 27th en route for New Orleans, where each will take command of a different steamship-having on board 1,500 horses and mules which Col. Do Burgh has been buying in Kansas for remounts in South Africa. Altogether about 50,000 American animals have been purchased for the British army in Africa. Gcn. Kitehencr is disposing great forces semi-circularly, his extreme left resting on the sea, to circumvent the Boers. The columns move simultane- ously, in touch with each oti]cr. The greatest danger of the situation is the possibility of Gcn. DeWct's appearance in Cape Colony. It is believed that none of the Dutch resist his personal call to arms According to a dispatch from :Brus- sels, bubonic plague is raging among the British troops in Cape Colony, and many deaths that are attributed to en- teric fever and dysentery arc really duoto pla~uc. A public collection is being made in Hamburg, Germany, with a view of presenting to Gen. De Wet a sword of honor, and providing a fund for the re- lief of the suffering" Boer women and childrcn. The report that a military train with troops and stores on board was way- laid and captured at Slijpklijp on tile 25th, has been confirmed by Lord Kitchener. While marching from Wonderfontein to Carolina, Smith-Dorrien was en- gaged by the Boers for five hours, los- ing one officers and 15 men wounded. The yeomanry captured during an engagement at Lichtenburg on Jan. 17 have all been released w~th the ex- ception of one major and three men. In an cz{gagement near Ventersdorp on the 25th the British lost four and had 39 wounded. Ex-President Kruger is now at Ut- recllt, having arrived there on the 22d. It is now announced that the Fili- pinos want civil ~overnment. Strong% isn't it'? Much damage is being done to win- ter wheat ~hroughput the state AN INNOVATION. The Louisville & Nashville R. 'R.,. together with its connecting lines, has" inaugurated the Florid~ Limited~ which is a daily, solid train, wide vestibuled, steam heated, gas lighted, with dining car service for meals en = route to Thomasvillc, Ca.; Jackson- ville and St. Augustine, Fla. The sleeper leaving Cincinnati at 11:15 a. m. is attached at Nashville, running • via Birmingham and Montgomery, Plant System to Jacksonville, and Florida East Coast to St. Augustine, arriving at the latter city at 7:30 the next evening. Mr. C. L. Stone, Gcn- :oral Passenger Agent, Louisville & INashville R. R., Louisville, Ky., will: ~answer all inquires concerning this i train, and furnish printed matter con- ccrning it: i In the neighborhood of New Buffalo, "Mich., gray wolves are raiding sheep pens. One big fellow was run down by dogs and killed the other morning. It is thought there are several in the wooded land lying south ot New But- laid. ' Try Orr~-Ol Try Graln-OI Ask your G, ro¢or to-day to show you I~tckag~ o£ GR2kIl%O, the now food drink that tal~a th~ place of coffee. The childi'en ma T ~rlmk,i~ without; injury a~ well as the adutt. Allwko try it, like i~. G.ItAIN-O has that rich u,al brows of Mocha or Java, tm~ i~ i~ mad~ fr©m pure grains, and the most d~ll~t~ ~maeh racozves it without dis- traa~ ~ tim pzdea of coffee. 15e and 25 eta. per pairings. ~okl by all grocers. The greatest favorites are no~ the people who are always asking favors. You 0an 6ot Allon~a ]Yoot-E;~se Frco. Write to-day to Allen S. Ohnstcd, Le Roy, N. Y., for a FREE sample of Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures sweating,, damp, swollen, aching feet. ~[akcs now or tight shoes casy. A cer- tain cure for Chilblains and Frost-bites. At all druggists and shoe storcs; 25c. Coal brings the highest price in South Africa and the lowest in China. If you have had la grippe, a few doses of Garfield Tea will cleanse the system of all impurities and hasten recovery. Unless tim whole mind is given to ~ task i~ canno~ be accomplished. We l~y .~318 :~ -greek find expanses3 to nl¢0a with rigs to introdlleo ollr Pour~ ~l~y COAII'OUND. JAlr~ghUt MFG. CO., Dopk D, PAIlSONS, KANSAS. ~%omo mea acquire that tired feeling from looking" for aa ~ttsy job. Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. II. Green's Sons. of Atlanta, Ca. The ~reatest dropsy speotalist<u in the world. Read their advorti~e- men~ ia another ~olum~ of this paper. Fortunate indeed is he who loses his tcmocr and ~evor finds it again. I do not bclleve Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for oouglts and colds. John F. 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T h e MiChigan T r a c t i o n CO.; of Ka la - ~mazoo, on th(~ 28d filed a m o r t g a g e w i t h t h e r c g i s t c r of d e e d s fo r $700,000.
T h e B a t t l e Creek S a n i t a r i u m com- . p o n y w i l l e r e c t a r e f r i g e r a t o r u p o n Choir g r o u n d s in t h e s p r i n g w h i c h is to
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D i p h t h e r i ~ is p r e v a l e n t a t E a s t T a w a s .
A f i r e b u g is t h o u g h t to be o p e r a t i n g a t Ion ia .
T h e r e w e r e 79 d i v o r c e s g r a n t e d in J a c k s o n c o u n t y l a s t yea r .
T h e s c h o o l s a t M c n d o n a re c losed be- c a u s e of a n e p i d e m i c of fever .
T h e S t r a i t s of M a c k i n a w a re f r o z e n o v e r fo r t h e f i r s t t i m e th i s w i n t e r .
T h e 30th r e g i m e n t , U. S. ,V. I. , t h e " M i c h i g a n r e g i m e n t , wi l l sa i l fo r h o m e Feb . 15.
P l a i n w e l l c i t i zens a r c d i s c u s s i n g t h e a d v i s a b i l i t y of e s t a b l i s h i n g a p a i d fire d e p a r t m e n t .
T h e 4 th a n n u a l b a u q u e t of t he CaN h o u n C o u n t y L i n c o l n d u b wi l l be he ld a t H o m e r , Feb . 12.
T h a t P o r t I t u r o n c a n a l q u e s t i o n h a s n o t y e t b e e n s e t t l e d , b u t t h e a lder - m e n a rc sa id to be hcdg iu~ .
W h e n t h e n e w s of the d e a t h of Q u e e n V i c t o r i a r e a c h e d W a y n e t he c h u r c h b e l l s w e r e to l l ed and t he f lag o v e r t h e v i l l age ha l l w a s p l a c e d a t ha l f -mas t .
B a n k r o b b e r s s e c u r e d $716 a t Con- co rd on t he n i g h t of t h e 21st, and d id n o t use e x p l o s i v e s e i the r . T h e b a n k e r f o r g o t to lock t h e s t ee l m o n e y ches t .
She r i f f B r e w s t e r , of P o n t i a c , wil l s h o r t l y a d d a b l o o d h o u n d to h is force , t h e a n i m a l a t p r e s e n t b e i n g a t a Can- a d i a u b o a r d i n g school , b e i n g t r a i n e d to t r a c k horses .
T h e N e w Y o r k L i f e I n s u r a n c e Co., on t h e 21St pa id t h e s t a t e t r e a s u r e r $)14,509 in taxes , b e i n g t w o p e r c e n t on t h e prom*runs co l l e c t ed in M i c h i g a n d u r i n g t h e l a s t yea r .
T h e A l m a A r g u s h a s c h a n g e d hands , F. W. B l a i r s e l l i ng o u t t he p a p e r to G e o r g e M e r r i t t . T h e f o r m e r goes to L a n s i n g , w h e r e he h a s a p lace in the a u d i t o r - g e n e r a l ' s office.
T w o m o r e d e a t h s f r o m t y p h o i d f e v e r h a v e b e e n r e p o r t e d a t N e w Bos ton , and m a n y p e r s o n s a rc in a p r e c a r i o u s c o n d i t i o n . Th i s m a k e s 10 d e a t h s f r o m t h e d i sea se t h i s w i n t e r .
N o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t he f ac t t h a t Jas . Grcen l ey , a n A s h l e y y o u t h , h a d a b o u t t h r e e s q u a r e i n c h e s of his s k u l l b l o w n a w a y b y t h e a c c i d e n t a l d i s c h a r g e of a g u n r e c e n t l y , he is in a f a i r w a y to re- C O V e r .
A spec ia l e l ec t ion to vo te on b o n d i n g t h e c i t y of I I o l l a a d for $50,000 for a p u b l i c p a r k , t h e f u n d s in r e a l i t y to be used for o b t a i n i n g u e w fac to r i e s , w a s held on t h e 31st a n d w a s c a r r i e d b y 439 m a j o r i t y .
S o m e o n e w h o h a s m o r e m o n e y t h a n he can c o n v e n i e n t l y use is g o i n g to s t a r t a n e w s p a p e r a t -Marcellus. T h e village a l r e a d y has one good pape r , and needs a n o t h e r a b o u t as m u c h as a cat n e e d s t w o ta i ls .
T h e fish h a t c h e r y a t S a u l t Ste. Mar ie h a d a n a r r o w escape f rom b M n g d e s t r o y e d b y fire on t h e n i g h t of t h e 20th. T h e ac t i ve w o r k of t he b u c k e t b r i g a d e saved t h e l ives of 4,oo¢),ooo ~ake a n d b r o o k t rou t .
M a r q u e t t e is to h a v e one of t h e fin- e s t g r o u p s of schoo l b u i l d i n g s in t h e s t a t e . R e c e n t l y t he h igh schoo l s t ruc - t u r e w a s d e s t r o y e d b y fire, a n d t h e n e w b u i l d i n g s a re to r e p l a c e it. T h e s a m e wi l l cos t $100,000.
P a r i s t o w n s h i p , H u r o n coun ty , c l a i m s t he c h a m p i o n s h i p for w e d d i n g s , w i t h f r o m t w o to a h a l f d~zen each w e e k , a n d each is c e l e b r a t e d b y t h e e n t i r e p o p u l a t i o n . N i n e w e r e " c a l l e d " from t h e Catho l i c p u l p i t on t he 20th.
On t he 21st F r a n k Curt is , of L u d i n g - ton, r e c e i v e d a 15-year s c n t e n e e in J a c k s o n p r i son for r a p e c o m m i t t e d a g a i n s t h i s 19-year-old d a u g h t e r . T h i s is t h c s e v e r e s t s e n t e n c e i m p o s e d in a Mason c o u n t y c o u r t in 10 years .
T h e b e e t s u g a r f a c t o r y a t M a r i n e Ci ty is n o w r u n n i n g fu l l b l a s t a n d t u r n i n g o u t a fine g r a d e of sugar . T h i s f a c t o r y is one of t he b e s t in t h e s t a t e a n d is s i t u a t e d in a b e e t g r o w i n g coun- t r y t h a t wi l l i n s u r e a good r u n of bus - incss~
A f r a n c h i s e h a s b e e n ~ r a n t e d t h r o u g h P u t n a m , W e b s t e r and D e x t e r t o w n - ships , L i v i n g s t o n c o u n t y , to t h e A n n A r b o r & L a n s i n g E l e c t r i c R a i l r o a d c o m p a n y to r u n e l ec t r i c c a r s f rom A n n A r b o r via P o r t a g e a n d P i n c k n e y to L o u s i n g .
T h e m u t i l a t e d remains of A b r a h a m Sel le rs , a h e r m i t of n e a r Bile, Oscoda c o u n t y , w a s f o u u d on the 23d. "Ra t s h a d g n a w e d t h e f rozen b o d y in s e v e r a l p laces . IIo had e v i d e n t l y b e e n d e a d for some t ime, as he l iad no t b e e n s c c n s ince b e f o r e Chr i s tmas .
F r a n k L e w i s , Gee. Doug las , Jas . i~Ic- D c r m o t t and Jas . H. M u r p h y w e r e ar- r e s t e d a t Care on t h e 23d, s u s p e c t e d of b e i n g i m p l i c a t e d in the w r e c k i n g of Lhc sa fe in F r a n k Mi l le r ' s office a t Vas- sa r on t h e n i g h t o f J an . 3, e s c a p i n g w i t h a b o u t $300 in cash.
Mrs. E l l e n G. W h i t e , of B a t t l e Creek, t h e p r o p h e t e s s , of t h e S e v e n t h D a y Ad- ven t i s t s , is w a r n i n ~ he r peop le of t h e n e a r n e s s of t h e end of t he wor ld , and i s sues an e a r n e s t e x h o r t a t i o n for h e r peop le to go o u t c a n v a s s i n g fo r t h e i r p u b l i c a t i o n s , t h a t t he w o r l d :nay be warned.
U p o u r ecommei~da t i ons of t he b o a r d s of control of t he J a c k s o n and Ionia pr i sons , Gov. Bl i s s on the 19th, p a r o l e d Win. E d g e r t o n , of San i l ac c o u n t y ; Chas. A. B r o w n , of Cass c o u n t y ; J. Whi t e , of L i v i n g s t o n c o u n t y , a n d Chas. A. Ba i l ey , of W a y n e .
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S p e a k e r Car ton , has a n n o u n c e d com- m i t t e e a s s i g n m e n t s to v i s i t s t a t e in- s t i t u t i o n s as fo l lows : C o m m i t t e e on t lm c r i m i n a l i n s a n e a s y l m n a t I o n i a on the '22d; c o m m i t t e e on e a s t e r n Michi- g a n a s y l m n a t P o n t i a c on t h e 23d; com- m i t t e e on t h e i n s t i t u t e fo r t h e dea f and d u m b a t F l i n t on t h e 24th. The c o m m i t t e e on co l l ege of m i n e s and c o m m i t t e e on N e w b e r r y a s y l m h wi l l l eave on t he 2.ith. T h i s wi l l l eave the M a r q u e t t e p r i s o n c o m m i t t e e , w h i c h is n o w o u t and one o t h e r c o m m i t t e e on ly a w a y f r o m t h e h o u s e a t t he s a m e t ime.
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T h e f o l l o w i n g b i l l s w e r e p a s s e d in t h e h o u s e on t h e 24th: F i x i n g s a l a r y of s e c r e t a r y of s e n a t e and c l e r k of t h e h o u s e a t $1,500 a y e a r , i m m e d i a t e of- fee t ; f ix ing sess ion c o m p e n s a t i o n for u p p e r p e n i n s u l a house m e m b e r s a t 85 a d£y; i n c o r p o r a t i n g t h e v i l l age of Man- i s t i q u e i n to a c i ty of t h e f o u t h class; a u t h o r i z i n g the t o w n s t f i p of Deca tu r , V a u BUtCh c o u n t y , to b u i l d a t o w n hall .
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T h e f o l l o w i n g b i l l s w e r e p a s s e d in t h e h o u s e on t h e 23d: A u t h o r i z i n g the t o w n s ! t i p of S o u t h A r m in Cha r l cvo ix c o u n t y to i s sue $15,000 of b o n d s to b u i l d and r e p a i r r o a d s a n d b r idges ; a t t a c h i n g t h e t e r r i t o r y of schoo l dis- t r i c t No. 2 to schoo l d i s t r i c t No. 1 of P o r t a g e t o w n s h i p in I l o u g h t o n c o u n t y ; ] ) ro t cc t i ng fish in Clam lake , Grass and Clam r ivers .
S e n a t o r H c h n e on t h e 22d t r o t t e d o u t the old nmss -cove rcd bil l , w h i c h ha s f igm'cd a t m a n y p r e v i o u s s e s s ions of t h e l e g i s l a t u r e , to d e p r i v e t he c l e r k of t he s u p r e m e c o u r t of t he f a t f ees he n o w r ece ive s and fix h i s s a l a r y a t $3,- 000. T h i s b i l l h a s b e e n k i l l e d and r e s u r r e c t e d r e g u l a r l y e v e r y t w o y e a r s fo r t h e p a s t d e c a d e or two .
T h e m e m b e r s of t h e h o u s e w e n t on r eco rd in c o m m i t t e e of t h e w h o l e on t h e 17th as b e i n g d e c i d e d l y in f a v o r of a c c e p t i n g r a i l r o a d pas se s and a l m o s t u n a n i m o u s l y r e f u s e d to pa s s a provi- s ion p r o h i b i t i n g m e m b e r s f r o m ac- c e p t i n g t h e b i t s of p a s t e b o a r d , w h i c h e x t e n d s to t h e m t h e p r i v i l e g e s of t h e d i f f e r e n t roads .
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T h e f o l l o w i n g b i l l s w e r e pas sed in t h e s e n a t e on t h e 22d: A p p r o p r i a t i n g $10,000 to c o m p l e t e t w o d e t a c h e d bui ld- i ngs a t t he e a s t e r n M i c h i g a n a s y l u m ; a p p r o p r i a t i n g $15,000 for t h e s u p p o r t of t he M a r q u e t t e N o r m a l fo r s ix m o n t h s e n d i n g June 30, 1901; P a n - A m e r i c a n a p p r o p r i a t i o n , ,$40,000.
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T h e U. S. t r a n s p o r t S u m n e r l~as ar- r i v e d a t T a k u . A m o n g h e r p a s s e n g e r s w e r e 15 t r o o p s to r e p l a c e i nva l i d sol- diers .
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The f inance c o m m i t t e e s p e n t t h e en- t i r e d a y on t h e 20th in agreeing- u p o n d e t a i l s of t h e r e v e n u e r e d u c t i o n bi l l . T h e t o t a l r e d u e t i o u is $42,000,000. T h e b e e r t a x is r e d u c e d to $1.50. T h e t a x on t o b a c c o a l so h a s a r e d u c t i o n of one- h a l f of t h e w a r t ax , l e a v i n g i t a t 9c a pound . T h e p r e s e n t t w o c e n t s t a m p on b a n k c h e c k s w i l l be r e t a i n e d u n t i l J an . 1, 1902, w h e n i t w i l l be r e d u c e d to one cent . The t a x is r e m o v e d f r o m al l p a t e n t med ic ines , w h e n t h e f o r m u l a e or i n g r e d i e n t s a re p r i n t e d upon t h e l a b e l o r w r a p p e r of t h e bo t t l e . Al l se- c r e t c o m p o u n d s for m e d i c i n a l o r t o i l e t p u r p o s e s a re taxed the same as now, There is a r e d u c t i o n of one-half of the t a x on p e r f u m e s , p o m a d e s , and o t h e r t o i l e t a r t ic les . T h e b a n k tax , w h i c h is n o w equiv~klent to S:~ a t h o u s a n d of cap i ta l , is r e d u c e d to S1 a t h o u s a n d of c a p i t a l and surp lus . S t a m p s w i l l n o t be r e q u i r e d u p o n no tes , m o r t g a g e s , o r o t h e r e v i d e n c e of i n d e b t e d n e s s , b u t w i l l be con t in ned u p o n d e e d s and o t h e r ce r t i f i ca t e s of t r a n s f e r and e v i d e n c e s of w e a l t h . T h e i n h e r i t a n c e tax is re- d u c c d one- lmlf , and a l l b e q u e s t s to li- b r a r i e s , e d u c a t i o n a l a n d c h a r i t a b l e in- s t i t u t i o n s a re e x e m p t .
I t h a s b e e n m a n y y e a r s s ince o n e s e n a t o r in t he U. S. s e n a t e s p o k e of an- o t h e r as a l iar , a n d y e t i t w a s done in t h e e x e c u t i v e ses s ion of t h e s e n a t e on the 21st. I t was w h e n J a m e s S. liar- l an ' s n o m i n a t i o n was . b r o u g h t u p fo r a t t o r n e y - g e n e r a l of P o r t o Rico. Ju s - t ice I I a r l an of t h e s u p r e m e c o u r t is t h e f a t h e r of Jas . S. t I a r l a n , a n d t h e nom- i n a t i o n w a s a t t a c k e d b e c a u s e i t w a s i n t i m a t e d t h a t t he n o m i n a t i o n w a s m a d e to in f luence J u s t i c e H a r l a n ' s op in ion in the cases i n v o l v i n g t h e con- s t i t u t i o n a l i t y of t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' s co lon ia l pol icy .
T h e sess ion of t h e h o u s e on t h e 19th w a s d e v o t e d ch ief ly to t h e p o s t a l codi- f ica t ion bi l l , w h i c h w a s a b o u t h a l f c o m p l e t e d . T h e d i s c u s s i o n t u r n e d m a i n l y on t he p r o p o s i t i o n to c o m p e l s t a r r o u t e c o n t r a c t s to be l e t to per : sons l i v ing c o n t i g u o u s to t h e rou te ,_ b u t t he p r o p o s i t i o n w a s d e f e a t e d a f t e r e x t e n d e d d e b a t e . A m o n g t h e b i l l s pa s sed w a s t h a t g r a n t i n g 15 days ' an- n u a l l eave to c m p l o y c s of n a v y ya rds , a r sena l s , etc.
T h e n a v a l a p p r o p r i a t i o n b i l l w a s re- p o r t e d to t he h o u s e on t he 10th w i t h an e l a b o r a t e d s t a t e m e n t of i t s provis - ions b y C h a i r m a n F o s s of t he n i v a l c o m m i t t e e . T h i s b i l l c a r r i e s $77,016c 635, t he l a r g e s t eve r r e p o r t e d to t h e house f r o m tim c o m m i t t e e on n a v a l af- fa i rs . Th i s is a b o u t ,$11,865,718 a b o v e t h e bi l l of l a s t y e a r and 810,0220,395 be low the e s t i m a t e s s u b m i t t e d b y t h e n a v y d e p a r t m e n t . T h e b i l l w e n t on t h e ca lendar .
A t t h e c a b i n e t m e e t i n g on t h e 22d S e c r e t a r y R o o t r e a d e x t r a c t s f r o m re- c e n t r e p o r t s f r o m t h e P h i l i p p i n e s . Sec- r e t a r y R o o t s e e m e d to t h i n k t h a t con- d i t i ons a re d e c i d e d l y improved , and t h a t p r o s p e c t s for a s p e e d y s e t t l e m e n t of e x i s t i n g t r o u b l e s a re b r i g h t .
T h e h o u s e l ies p a s s e d ~ bi l l a u t h o r - i z ing t he t r e a s u r e r to f loat a l o a n of ,$3,000,000 in t h e U. S. a n d E u r o p e . The f u n d s t h u s r a i s c d wi l l be l o a n e d b y t h e g o v e r n m e n t to p l a n t e r s in P o r t o Rico to r e l i eve a g r i c u l t u r a l dep re s s ion .
T h e s e n a t e on t h e 22d a d o p t e d a con- c u r r e n t r e so lu t io f i p r o v i d i n g t h a t b o t h h o u s e s of c o n g r e s s a s s e m b l e on W e d - nesday , Feb . 13, to c o u n t t h e v o t e s cas t fo r P r e s i d e n t a n d V ice -P re s iden t .
T h e s e n a t e c o m m i t t e e oil I n d i a n af- f a i r s on t he 22d m a d e i t s r e p o r t o'~ t h e I n d i a n b i l l . T h e c o m m i ~ c e recom- m e n d a t i o n for t h e t o t a l a p p r o p r i a t i o n , was $9,870,526.
The senate by a vote of 38 to 19 rati- fied t he S p a n i s h t r e a t y on t he 22d.
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