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B. C. SMITH, Lowell, Mich. H Dear Snt:—I received the suit and du®k

and am very much pleased with them. T te suit paper on the wall and so do the ducka. If you muke me gpd&er pair before you send Will's, them. S f f v o r t with ray auh Kail right. I l i t

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FRIDAY EVENWe, J O T E I W f c

Mutiio, Seloctiou, CStj ^ a w l Invooaitioi^ Rev, A, F . ^UWrs. Silutntwy Down* X WirJ t r .

, Vooal Solo, For All EusAtSf, L. Autik Maynard.

Essay , Vjitnft, Its Own Reward, Elsie V, Godfrey,

P&no Onet, No, iL Ndiie ^cCai ty and Walah. •, " c

Oration, Joan of Arc, FVa®i F .

Vocal Solo, In Lovely Old Cas-t i k , Mrs. S n A Peck^am,

Essay^' Goldsfeftfe nj the Village {A Cbarac t^BteMki . Let-l ie L. Plcicter.

Piano Solo, Pnntemps d'Aanonr Mizarta , Mamie F. Wa IA.

Essay, Prom Siioi'e to SLora, Ef-fie L. MoDianaid. . Vocal Trio, A l i t t l e Peasant

Maiden, LdttJe fiayre, Ora W^eetos Mrs. flout.

Valedictory, Oella M, iTanies, PrcHfBtaiion of Diplomas, Mnsic, Sdeotion, CStv Band. , Benediction Uev, J as. Prov«n, Class Roll. IMla M. .Tawes,!

Edith JJL Klsie 5r. .©^jds^ej' Lottie L. Fletcher, ftffie 1 . lfl<v l>iiimid. Booa^E . Wi 3T, Franii

Class colors, rTolet antl white, Class orgaaiztttion: Frank F.

Coons, Pres. ; Effie L. McBjarmid, Vice Pros,; Edith M. Mange, Sec.; Donna M. Winner, TVc'as,

W . A Lndwig, Prin.- Mrs. C, BJ. Deal, Precep.

- J w T iW f « ^ Ebuc. Woi'.d. j vxwAe w f o k - m l

CLOSING , . &

EXERCISES OF T H E VOWEUL SCHOOLS.

PWiffrwB T o Be RMritarefl i « V « r -totts Dcp^i t t t e n t a .

We pTflsont Ikerwith irrograraS for fhe dosing eserbiuGji of ti*e vawonB departments of tbel^owell schools,the same having been kindly fnrniahed us by fhe teachers. They are yrtet-wl in the "hope that tbey vill jwove a con venieoce to friends aad pafctons of xhe achwds, and a pleaaore to- our j'qung iriends frho find iheir names rnprint. %

lOBTH AND W * . WA®D PnntAllFEB.

MiwefiJpTOer and ^idfcapd, teach-

ent ^ftrcises will be given Tuesday morwiig, -ffane 28.

Fmn. . Welcomo, Frances Drew.

Welcome Song. Th.e Little King, Catherine Miller, A Gentleman, may Guble. What Ailed Those Eggs,' Battle

, The Dandelion. Hother's Perplexity,

i Emma Cramer.

A F e l W s Uotiter, Gnj Moi^ao. Do Y«vr Rdt, Roy "

" Tt__i iii'_i_ • • • • Dennoe W w i t Y o o P H y ^ WaJA.

Grtoe l i t t i e Pitihtr, Ida

O m H a r r i s

I l k Piece, Don OouMe Doet, The FdSwer Bt»y. A Message. Winwe Lpaiy, The Po r -g^me<« t4 E t W i « y . Little Bird, Gajwfll Hasted, EedtatWB, J i l i a ChnrA.,, " Oast, Bum and Edith Rot* Tbe Watemillioa, Dale A Carefal Messenger, Jfay The Lovng Little Girl, Baad

Hastftd. Tit For T u . Mary Peterlc. Vacaifioaiii Coming, Bofy 'Sws^-

hmf. 8ni)g, Winch Way? Dororky'a llasa'tt . Irene Saylea. I>0n\Jrfl0f Morpliv, Some SnppnsiiionH, Dewey fiogan, Funnv, ton1! it? Roy Fallas. Thc l)ol?s Wadding, Jennie Cole, Dear School Good Bye, Cboros.

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Leroy McDiarmid and Miss Perry., teachers. Closing exercises rendered, Tuesday, .Tow 2S, at i:B0, p. n . sDshers will meet friends a l the door.

Hal t Quartette, Happy Hearts, JFobo Miller, illarry Goodsell, • Hawy Faille and Fred P m a ® . •

Proaentaiion of <diipl«ina9. JSrandpa1* K a m , J o i m ^ofainsoi). Whta Pm a Woman, ««wn girls. You Never Can TeH.Qarg' Broad <

ibent. Rain Upnn tlie Roof, Obcrrs, The Twins, James Jones. The Decorating Mania, Saseose Bepr

^Mother 's Fool, Allen Buck, ' •My FAVonte Hero, <wen lioys. BnA, Star oft tlie Twilight,' -Ray

Good sell and Holrard Lndwig

nkdT. c n r f O M . a c n m # .

W B y % S d M .

R e c i t e d . F a t e X i m h m L M a t y AWrinh. :

Reflkrt««,9oliaay L e s s e e Lottie CoTCTt.

Action Hecitatian, Ear le S ta rbard .

Batteiiies Fi

rBSjUti<!a, tcAamt t a q l f m . Aw-

tin Ooona. mM W a M m . ^ : . ^

giris. Now and W a i t Awhile, Ear l V a n -

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iivery i j WBSmmm three boys

Georgie

Instru Poland, LttUrn

Reoilatiun, 1> Owen.

Farmer Stobbins a t FoiJt Bafl, Ho-ward Swartwout. :""

1 Lowe the Moray Sonslrine.'C^ioTns GoiMon aa Brwrnd, Fred TVoran. The 'DiiwiFling Witness, Thomas

Ronseiand Carfl Bergm. ^ Grwny Cricket's Rocking " Chair,

SaeHi'lHiings, John Miller. School Time and Vacation, Vera

Saylea and Hoiry Denny.• Ladles Quartette, O'er The.. Ocean

We Go, Pearl White, Eva feayles, Lnln iPhiiips and Clara Train.

Little Mr iBy«nd-bj, Clara Good-sell. | •

The Fly's Soliloquy, Pearl White. ^ John Burns of Gettysbu rg, Emeiy

•Cally. Telling Foitnnas,-Harry Fallas. If 'Our Old Clock Could Speak,

Eftkfo.lltew. Bridget O'ShamoB, Ethel Thomas. P ^ o e o n t b e D«ep, Churua.

CEKTUA-X BUnmWG.

Mjffles Thompson and Tate, teadb* ere. Time, Tuesday, afternoon.

Instrumental Solo, La Rieuse, p n a fioswiok.

Reoitatinn, • Boy^s Welcome to Spring. BerrieQu'iok.

Song, iHaVld! From Yen J^f ty Tree, fourth and ii&fa grades. l

Dial'd^ue, Mine if. (Pliiy. Duet, Yictoire, Madge and Bertha

GikB. Recitation, B«»y,BiEii»y, J'»e Kelly. | Recitation, Babies aud Kittens,

Nora Dblk. Song, T I jb Hivnn is Beaming, Clara

Lawrence and Ruby Clark. Recitation,^Foo Late for the Train,

Anna Hart. I' V' Instrumental Si»lo, Dancing Waves

Waltz, Paul McCarty. Only Seven,

Vnle of

Song, Finft Grade. - Rmtaiaoq, B^woe Coats. Ejoewsse, fear RocitelMB, L e a V „ Retiratktn, Aikji I*8by.

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Eteataiuen, Lome R e « t « 3 « n , fiirth N c w m a ^ , * ' ftxerdse^ t e a bora .

Song, Edith and Exercise, hoys of rnano ofwvJ5 HMTU E*owases, b a y s a n d of fewt

KotaWicn^ Twjda H s r l e y , Bet&aSaoH, irnng Andeb^ •Sammertawdi Gb54fc, eig-ht

Rttatauon, Lottie RsbeBS, Re^ataticm, HoTence King.; S6n^, of aeooi»d ^ a ^ e . J o s e Eserciswv 2anfe_^«^ an

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Amer ica ' s Sohood M a r c t , A n j e A^eiy,'

Singing . School . IfcemtafiOtt, Earl Tthomas. Recitation, CdiaNo'bte. Vocal Trio, Louise Moifihy, Kat-

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Btcurilr MICH

A. Woman'* Chr'ttlan

lO Ci«. h-d n Warm Time— the 9 U

r Ace of 03 Yran.

Felrh P u m s Away at ics' proflis rrom last year were 12,500.000.

man was whit led around cyclone that he stepped on

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•otit D r . I f . Q Ufeette.

T h e Miobl/et t Wood . I t i r i Coin-pony be t Bwfi running, gelUHg out 1000 peire of rihil:

The c i t l e r fabw for *

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to.

ie rcniwi .VUrt-arMH's ncm ai rwxir.- i . . . . had as its opening feature a big j n u , ? n t u , o n 1 • ' dc with 2.WW people in line, in- The Manistee it L

mon'ii of disaster.. More nd people were killed by

Victoria puts on her e sometimes wears |750,-jewelry.

L. Cfjgfi, a famous ex-of \Cashingion, died last oped that he was ready

"What will prevent women from pouring kercEene on fires?" asks the New London Telegraph- Well, death nsually does i t

Jacob Oppecheimer of Brooklyn, N. is suing for a divorce because his

wife Joined a woman's lodge and - layed out late a t n i g h t

served aA one of the state bank eoui-missioneni. A brief service as auditor-general in 1842 was followed by his ap-pointment as judge o. the state su-preme court. In 1H45 he was elected governor and served in that position until he resigned to enter the U. S. senate March 4. 1S47. His term closed March 3. 1853. He was soon a f t e r called upon by the President of the United States t» discharge the duties of a most important and delicate position in adjust ing Spanish and Mex-

I lean land claims in t'alifornia. His Many of the "Instantsceous photo- duties completed he returned

^ t a p h s of the S t Louis cyclone" pro- to Michigan in 1856 and made ' iced In the ICew York papers are

1* llrail. Ex-Ciov. Alpheus Fetch passed quietly

away a t his home a t Ann Arbor a f te r a lengthy illness a t the age of 'J2 years.

Alpheus Fclch was born liom in 1804 in Limerick, Me., ami came to Michigan in 1833, settl 'njf a t Monroe. He at once took an active part in the public af.airs of the territory. He was chosen a member of the first legislature in 1835, and was re-elected in 1836 and 1837. As a legislator he rendered sig-nal service in laying the foundation for j at every point, Michigan's statehood. In 1838 he j reported men and 29,000 women

Michigan Starralw*. • The biennial session of the Knlgiits of the TcnU»d Maccabees held at Sag-,

iiing f parade with 2.500 people eluding cijihtdivisions(»f t!ic uniformed rank. A broom drill by a number of young Maccabee girls was also a fine feature, and af te r the parade, the judges awarded four prises, ?".'o each, to the following tents: Central City No. 139, of Jackson, for having the largest membership in line (Vm); 1 la-ta via. No. 215. of Grand Rapids, for coming the longest distance; David Swinton No. 3.19. of Hay City, f<ir pre-senting the finest appearance, ami Itlumfield No. a1."), for having the larg-est per capita of nicmbershlp t'.:rn out,

When the great camp asse mbled in business session "Jlti delegates were re-ported present The session had scarcely opened when the opponents to Cireat Commander Hoynton began to show f igh t hut they were turned down

The great commander

Marks/ is Always /

NEWS FOR MICHIUANDERS,

James I'ackard was killed by light-

c W S ITEMS IN

In the New more natural than I'fe.

Copper of Jamestown can af-d more amusement than

ther man In Indiana. His whis-four and a half feet lon»

his home at Ann Ar i it. Ueing a Demo-^rat in poli tus "he as-cendancy of the Rcpublv.n party in Michigan relegated Mr. Fo .« ii to private life: he was nominated for governor, for U. S. senator and twice l<»r judge of the supreme court, but was defeated each time. In 1873 he retired from the active practice of law. In 1S77 the honorary degree of LL. I>. was con-ferred upon him by the University of

Still chatt ing about the Paw-Paw, Mich., which -ceat barrel of sand cost Michigan, and in 1879 he was appointed r t a re lots of such casef Tappan professor of law. w hich chair

he held for aix yc i i s . His last speech in public was at the banquet given him at Ann Arbor by the Washtenaw bar in September. 1 vM. in honor of his Jf/'h birthday. Prominent lawyers t e r e present from all over this state and from other states, and the speech of the occasion was that by Gov. Felch.

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Mirhicsn W. C. T. V. Conrrntlon. The Woman's Christian Temperance

Union of .Michigan met in annual con-vention at Marquette with nearly Coo delegates in attendance. The first ses-sion was devoted to memorial services. Mayor Jacobs. Rev. F. J . Mallctt and Mrs. Geo. L. l iana wall delivered ad-dresses of welcome. Reports of office rs tJiow,-d a slate membership of 8.0G3; new anions. 4S: honorary members. 1.19#; receipts S3.93L 16; disbursements. S2.281.47. Officers were elected as fol-* »ws: President, Mrs. A. S. Benjamin.

Portland; ding secretary. 'arLsh, of Bay City: record-

secretarj-. Mrs. C. Ii. Johnson, of FlinU troasnrer, Mrs. Jennie Voorheis. of Ann Arbor, delegate to national convention a t Su Louis. Mrs. Anna Sheldon, of Stambaagh. There was a warm time over electing a vke-presi-dcnt-at-larpe instead of allowing the president to name the incumbent, but it was voted duwn and the president named Mr*. C. C. Faxon for the office. A telegram received from the head-qoarters of the new National party came near causing titrable when it was moved to adopt a memorial denouncing the old Prohibition party for refusing to place a suffrage plank in the plat-form. and to indorse the new party. The mat ter was finally referred to a committee and a compromise was la ter reported and adopted which virtoally commits the nniffli to the new party,

i thout naciia^r it.

upon by a] c e g w i n . b o i against *

J , ]*«rand t\e lord hYadT

' U - to tha t time

Fir^jretic* Cmnw m Hit r i r r . FSre broke o«t in the midst of several

ired dollars" worth of fireworks in jeommiswon hcraseof Bock A Lcigh-

i n d e r uie impression ton. a t Bay City. In an instant al l was "Jumped" the town. ab'*Jc in the plaot-, Hondrrds of can-

is still i c Ac a c k e r s roared and sky rockets ! and JLiC-in candles .shot in even: direc-j tion. Mr. linck crawled from the bnildinjr <«n his slomach- Mr. Lewis. Mr. Back's fa'iier-in-law. has his face bnnx-d. and i hf/rse was cremat<-d. Not even ibe l«ooks of the oomoern were saved. The ikws to Back A Ijetghton n i l ! reach $s.(t0(n insured for S4.0CK1.

uthcr rnih-oad is nearly ready for traffic.

The Catholic church nt Clifford wss destroyed by lightning.

Joe Shellctte, agi'd 10, was drowned while fishing ut Bay City.

John Bonnie, aged 10, fell from a trapeze a t Vandalia and was killed.

While bathing in the river at Claro Henry Alger, aged 12, was drowned.

I/onnie Williams, aged six, met death by falling under a wojon near Vassar.

August J ensm. aged 17. was drowned in I'ercli lake at Gowen while bathing.

Joseph Spislcr. a farmer, near Cale-Idonk, hanged himself. No cause known.

Rlchanl Williams, a farm hand near Hamburg, cut his UiroaL Despondent from ill-health.

Lulu Stoll. aged 13. was probably fatally bitten by a rattlesnake, while berrying near«onstantine.

A drunken Knglishman named James Bueknell was killed by a Michigan Central train near Klamazoo.

A ioosa coupling pin flew from a pass-ing engine and struck Thomas Holland, near Elsie, causing fatal injuries.

Oakland county's new national party-ites (split from the Prohibitionists) have perfected a county orgrnization.

Spontaneous combustion caused a fire in the Heel man furni ture factory a t Saginaw which caused a loss £3.000. I

Herman Showalter, aged 25. v. t. - ' Irowncd in Gordon's lake near Ouc-k:-.ma. He jumped into the wa te r to swim, but got stuck in the mud.

Fruit growers about South Haven report j e ich trees so heavily laden that many have to pick green f ru i t to prevent the limbs from breaking.

Mrs. Frances K. Bums, newly elected jrreat commander of the frreat hive of l-aily McocalH>es. was given a big re-ception upon her return to St. Louis.

Frederick Gocschell's large hay and grain bams, near Wales, were de-stroyed by lightning together with contents, including two .sj»an of d r a f t horses. I^oss; ^.OOO.

Wm. Saunders, a young man of Wat-f o n t O u t . went to Port Huron to see the sights. He spent 8150 in two days and then became so remorseful tha t he suicided with laudanum.

Wm. H. I-amphatn. propietor of a cheap lodging house a t Grand Rapids, was shot and killed for calling Geo. T. Sullivan "a thief and a liar" during a quarrel over a laundry bill.

Chief of Police Murphy, of Bay City, has giv«-n saloonists warning t h a t they must close their saloons a t 11 p. m. every day and keep closed on Sundays under any and all circumstances.

Last spring the clerk of Montmorency county was elected as supervisor and he refused to resign either office. At-torney-General Maynanl has decided that he cannot retain both positions.

The decomposed body of a man was found in the river a t Bay Gty . He was dressed as a laborer and there were cuts which suggested murder. The body was identified as tha t of John IXorr.

A year ago lightning damaged the residence of C. S. Jenks. on 1'aw Paw-lake, near Watervl ie t and now i t has taken a second whack a t it and all that

T r i p F O L K Q U A R T E R S

NEW:| OF INTEREST FROM A t t

OVER THE GLOBE.

llavuna (Ibe Sifcuc of <Jrrat Excltrmcot

Caused hy Dynamite Exptoaions Which

Nrarl/Cat Off the Water Supply—UU-

enM* iin«l Famine Feared.

Jules Simon, a distinguish! statesman who was formerly^__ died in Paris, aged 83.

An early morning fire in a tenement house in .AJMkuiy, Pa., resulted in the killing persons and Bcrioua injuries to tv^rothers.

The Repuyican national commitfoe will have tf&elde upon 158 contested seats oa t W tlie total 909. Fifteen states i n t o n e terri tory have contested delega^Bs.*

A detachment of British-Ggyp-tian^Wr»ps made a sudden move upon Suardu. from Akaseh, capturing the place with about 40 dervishes and kill-ing as many more.

One hundred and ehrhty cans of dy-namite exploded near Lilly, Pa., killing one man outr ight and fatal ly injuring six others, working on the road bed of the Pennsylvania railroad.

Five hundred quarrymen went on a

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in the order of the Maccabees in Mich-igan.

The first session of the uniformed rank was held at Germania institute. Brigadier Gen. White presiding. Ad j t I*. J . Abt, of Ik-troit. was chosen adju-tant-gvneral: Levi Anchampaugh, in-spector-general: Col, SteLzer. quarter-niaster-general; I/mis Kries. of Sagi-naw; commissary-gi'ncral. It was de-cided to hold biennial meetings, the next to Iw at Kalamazoo in August. 1898. The uniformed rank will secure an outfit and will hold their encamp-ments in true military style. The prize drill a t Union park was interesting and Celery division. No. 15. of Kalamazoo. won first prize, with IVarl dhision. No. 1, of Cleveland, a dose second.

At the session of L;: lies of t^e Mac-cabees Great Commander Lillian M. Hollister made a thorough report Daring the year ending Dec, 31. 1895 there was an increase of 96 hives and 7.v>9 members, giving the order a total of 61S hives and 27.110 members. Since January the number has grown to 646 hives, with 28,673 members, and 20.409 life benefit certifi-ates. The local Maccabees pave a reception at the Masonic temple which was greatly enjoyed.

The fight against the administration of Great Commander Boynton wa»i con-tinued when it came to the election of oflioers. bu t the kickers were downed and the administration slate was elected as follows; Great commander, N. S. Boynton: great lieutenant com-mander. Devere Hall: great record keeper. Thomas Watson: great finance keeper. IL J . Whaley: great medical examiner. Edwin Eaton. M. D.: great chaplain. Oscar Allyn. The other great officers elected are: Great sergeant. Edwin 1 Joyce. Sau't Ste Marie; great master-at-arms. W. S. Evans. I'ent-wa'.cr; first master of the guard. Emil Stehlin. of Ironwood: second great master-at-arms, tleorge G. Lutz. Ann Arbor; great sentinel. George C. Ray, Bay City: great picket, Nat I-. Johnson. of Detroi t Then the defeated kick-ers announced that they were content to return to pcaae and hereaf ter would be pledged of loyalty.

T»i«! election in the great hire of Lnd/ Maccabees resulted: Great com-mander. Mrs. Frances Burns. S t Louis: great lieutenant, commander. Mrs. Rachel A. Bailey, of Hastings: great record keeper. Miss Emma Bower, of Ann Arbor; great finance keener, Mrs. Susie E. Gravtrv, of Port Huren: great medical examiner. Dr. L^ima D, Coi>k. of Det ro i t great chaplain. Mra. Anna E. Coffin, of Bay (Sty: great s e rgean t ,fc n o w W l « » o f charred rums.

Itelgn of Terror iu Havana. Havana: This city was startled

and alarmed a t 9 p. m. by the noise of two successive explosions which was heard for several miles. ( onstemation prevailed for a time as it was feared tha t this was a prelude to an attack by the insurgents or to a series of similar explosions. Excited throngs rushed to the streets while an armed party proceeded in the direction from which the detonations had been heard. I t was soon found tha t the i . . - -stone bridge of Christina and Concha 1 * t n k c a t t h c Cleveland Hione Co., near

Borea. The men demand t h a t al ' ' union men be discharged an

f

and thc aqueduct of Bernandoand Sep-timo were the points t h a t had suffered from the dynamite. The bridges were partially destroyed and the pipes on the aqueduct, upon which the city is

eral union men, recently di I reinstated. /

I t is reported from dependent for i ts water supply, were j good authori ty that SendU much damaged.

There is no doubt t h a t the dynamite which caused this wreck was pjaocd by

Spanish minister, has g i w j Olney the assurance tha t government had decided

agents of the insurgents. I t has l)een new tr ial to thc Competitor) their determination, announced some crew. time since, to cut off the water supply j By the burning of Hie Al of Havana and so make the city as Horse exchange building in Ncw*Yorlc nearly uninhabitable as possible. The j City 125 valuable horses and 100 c a r - ^ greatest apprehension is felt on account riages were burned a t a loss of 8300.000. ^

secrecy and effectiveness wi th ; Among the owners is John Deyco, of the n '.Ui which thc a : Jc to carry o

All f r j i t s an meats are unp and dittieult milk is of thc poore fever, and smallpox has and in the unwholesome condition of affair threatens to become epidemic. Many are suffering from measles, and there is much intestinal trouble among the inhabitants owing to poor and in-snfficient food. The failure of the water supply under these conditions is a dire alamity.

Another sensation has bee-. % -^ated at Havana by an edito* '.1 on the situation of affairs in Cuba, in the Diaro del Commereia. the leading paper of BaiCelona. Spain. Copies of the paper wbr.'h reached Havana have been suppressed by Capt-Gcn. Weyler. Thc subject of thc editorial is Senor Sagasta'u statement that the war is annualy costing Si>ain 500.0w.000 pese-tas (over ?10.<.000.0;X)) and 15.009 sol-diers, but that l - e eonfl'.** may end in a year or so. - * j j i y -.r;;

Thc graves; i- not whr.- '.lie liberal chicf says, but what he withholds. He knows the war will never terminate, except in the loss of Cnlio, The treas-u ry of Cuba will not have resourcc-s to cover thc e-xpenditores. nor hxs that of Spcin. The powers of consumption are dried up. and agriculture. ia<lus-tr ies and business w holly ruined. We have to accept the eeooomic catastro-phe, colossal as it is. and admit both Spain and Cuba are ruined and this ca-tastrophe is dne to the stupidities tha t followed thc last revolntion.

Dispatches from Madrid say t h a t the bankers of I 'aris and Amsterdam have declined to advance any fur ther loans to Spain before next November a t least.

rgenfis have been i Jackson. Mich., who lo i . horses valued designs. ; a t S1S.0U0.

.lesfc and f resh l t h n .p o r ; 4 , ( i tha t the Cecil Rhodes high-priced | a n ( i Uarney Bamato are turning their Havana and . attention to the mining regions of lirit-

I here Ls much . ^ Colom /ta. and now have an expert broken out a t . w h o says that there Ls 10

tim«b - i i\e .vealth in the Trail district than South Africa ever saw.-

larvcst is in prOjrress period is from

ranee of the seasq g i -ving unprvccnUsl I

ferso *ge i Bdcn

erica^

^ jUj ineorrigiblt a^aaagacaJ cisc

w e fcave a - g so hi I W G i l l k ' i Jo io-

M r i Mary CaiapbclL of Marquette: great mlstresvat-anns. Mrs. Anna O. Holthe. of Mnskejron: great sentinel. Ada Dobson. of Saginaw; great p icke t Mrs. Pogue of Drvden; great guard. Miss MtCullea-

Tmo Mm Killr* by • • Fall. John Wool and Benjuiniin McCall.

both abouy 50 years age, were al-most instantly killed by a terrible fall inside the new SSI-fool chimney of the <ons(»]idated Street Railway To."* power house a l Grand Rapids. The chimar r ha«i just been fv>mp]eted and the iLw-u were •w.^rking inside removing the scatiToHing. They •a anted the ele-

for M i c i ^ W c ^ be The- building is owned by Aid. George - , Schindehet-le, who uwd *.be setvmd and " i r f ' v third fi<»ors as par t of his h o t e l the Re-

Ihem f f l l pjjijije honse. These floors and the Bell them fa r two ^ •Wrniture were ruined by water . The 3 0 pairs of Lam ~ 0a. (<00^ of the building and furn i ture is oangreK t s t w . I *: i.im-. mmroA tor $1 I h e sell a l fl..")©. Lf* * **9-1 I ' * irncwu will be about tl.OiKl these sboe? the tun handiest for handiest for a * U l * you can ^ f V - * / T ^ a U a - ^ t h e ^

specj^ <3I- r has been cob-a a n ^ ^ M t many, and

i t t o go unin-

ra to r to go d'jwn. i-nl g i v e the wrong j ^n- w'5th Jac»b D.-Rag. went np. The support , 5 h c < i I n 8 * j 2*n1F

" unsh ip and worked among the f a

LossSXOCM.

BE la Hubbard, eged 82. one of the oldest prominent citizens of De t ro i t dieafter an illness of several weeks. He had l*en identified with Detroit 'sin-terest 's timx- the cariy territorial days of Michigan.

Thc brewers of Jackson held a picnic at Pleasant lake near Ixrslie and brought a large qaar t l ty of liquor. They got into a raw wi 'h thc country boys. Finally clubs and stones were resortrd to and sevvra) men were given very sore h

J r f l c <' »mt-iius is under ar res t a t Grand Rspals, saspoded of fonlhf deal-

Corneliu^and in B t i i r i ial and i t went up. The support

was kn».-ked from under them and. With a mas- of timber t he r fell 70 feet. I ^ rtI t b < neighborhood. The MO all was dead w hen pisked u p and 1 men ba/l a r.uarre 1 a week ago an Woo3 died s o w afu-r. Wood kraves a I siacr- then Ikr l^g has not seen. family, but MO'al! was sineie.

The** im sa £«.{ toOam. A terrific explo!>aoa a t the Michigan

salt works, two miles below Marine G t y . killed three men and injured one other . The dead are: William Mow-bray. n igh t foreman: John F Haley, farmer; Peter liooth. fireman. The in-j«re>d; Cyrenins O'Neill A few min-utes a f t e r thc expknaos flames broke out- and half an hour l a > r , the stroct-ure war. in a»hes. This was the newest salt wrTki. a l Marine Citv and the loss is about .OtfO. with 83 o,00« insuranoe.

Con-tabJ*- K.;:«• J by a Tramp. Constable Arthur S-ver . of Bridge-

man. was Stabbed through the hea r t

rT.JZ"* tte

Detroit was Ut^k.-d to entertain 1.0 delegates to the ooovention of the > liana I Tariff l«-a?ue. which was de-idgned to t ry to lake tariff mat ters out of politics. Howerer. <raly about 50 of the delegates put in an appearance and the canveatian was rather a flat failure although an organiration was effected.

Over XOM ' i enaan from Detroi t To-ledo and <>wosso were picaicing a t Owosso when a free f g h t broke oct which could not be qoelled. Eerolrers. clalts and knives were used and several people were badly hur t . Thos. Wasso cannot recover. Sunday liquor laws be eafaroed ia Owosso in thc ^

diad a t I thaca lie-was b o m in En-

4#years ago. He up to two weeks

wm married three He survived to America

is still alive sa.

of B a U ^ foo l since J an .

case of paralysis of weighed 210 pounds

tffected. and she is now Ttsi in fli.-sh and very weak,

ver, retains a heal thy tore before she was sim-and a t tha t t ime A c without food, and for took nei ther food nor

to a mineral apparent ly ef-

th is

Many AUeas ia V. M. Department*. In accordance with joint resolutions

pavsed by congress, calling for inform-ation as to the number of aliens, if any, are employed in the governmental dz- ' partments. investigations have b e c j made which show a rather surprising state of affairs. During thc past month the clerks of the supreme court of the District of Columbia have been busier with naturalization cases than they have been for a long period. Since May 14 no less than 56 persons have taken out their papers. Onlh-narily thc natura'iizati<in cases in the district for a similar period of time, according to the statement of the clerk, is about e i e h t From thc records of the couri t ' names of all those natu-ralized 7 M a y 14. were obtained and investi^rtioo. which is far f r ; u complete, roveals no less than I** employes in the difTerent departments who were not citizens of thc United States. S u a e of th«se are holding positions of great importance and when thc statement of the heads of the different deparunents , ia re-sponse to thc inquiry of congress, are

•mitted. they will no doubt create ite a stir.

reason for the introdnctioo of resolution in cfmgress was found

•11-grounded rumors tha t certain governments were in reccipt of

itioo which they could not have legitimately and i t is the in-

tent id^ of those interested to make ling revelations when ccn-i-mbles in December. In the

alien officeholders are •r cover by taking oat

papers.

gressi ms-antimf gett ing naturalizat

Mrs. V late I*rof. donate to the thc entire phi Sf-wd by her about ].<•(» vols j«apers. l*rof. Mor of the philos >phkal nniversi;y a t the lime ISSSt.

George II. Wyckoff. pr. Bank of 'New Amste Yor!i CHy. was »iot tw men whi le ia his the bank, by a man named CI Clark demanded

with a refusal turned the men will

old. and J . Clark

A toruado of unusual severity struck the to*, n of Wyeth City. Ala. Thir-teen houses have been literally blown from the face of the ear th , but only two deaths, Ed. I-ong and a Negro wo-man. have been reported. A hundred or more persons were injured.

The Spanish merchants in Mcxico, Uruguay and Argentine hnvc called a meeting to take action on the un-friendly att i tude of the United States, as expressed by her people to Spain in Cuban affairs. A boycott on all Amer-ican goods is the threatened outcome.

At the national convention of Ship-builders and Boilermakers a t Cleveland IVesident Goinpers, of the American Federation of l^abor. expressed thc belief that there would be no general labor upheaval this summer, though there would be many local strikes.

Wheat and oats harvest is in pr in Nebraska. The to five weeks in advance The yield is f tmething Nebraska August Myers, of Jeffcrso county, had an enormous acreage < ripe grain and because of insufficicii help committed suicide.

The Junior Order of United Amei Mechanics held their twenty-eightH annual convention a t Denver and it is-' estimated that fully 18.000 members of the order and friends were there. The ' order, which has a membership of 350.000. was organized in 1853. Forty-c r c states will be represented a t this v.-.;«ng.

i ' . r ec hundred and fifty Roman t t J i o l i c sailors, of the British Mediter-ranean squadron, made s special visit to the valk-an. They attended mass in the Slstine chapel in the presence of the pope, who blessed them as he was tarried o u t The scene was a striking one. the sailors giving prolonged cheers and waving their hats.

Spanish dispatches tell of a twodays' battle between thc Spanish and insur-jrent forces near Ciego Nsjasa. in w'.-.ich the insurgent forces of 5.(W0 men were repulsed by half as many Spaniard.-until the arrival of reinforcements for the latter. The loss to the insur-gents is given as500 killetl and wounded while only 40 Spaniards were los t

Reports received by Snrgeon-Gcneral Wyman. of the U. S. Marine hospital corps, indicate tha t smallpox is raging in Cuba, and is increasing and that it already has a-i-rraed a f a r wider pre-S vak-nc - than yellow fever, the hered-itary enemy of the CuJanv One report says that the yellow fever ymimn i en-tirely confined to thc Spaauh troops.

President Kruger held a big recep-tion a t Pretoria, the mayors of all the towns of South Africa, with deputa-tion calling on him to thank him f o r his clemency toward convicted reform-ers. Kruger said the Bible was his-guide. Referring to Cecil Rhodes, he said he acted as if he were egging on a dog-fight He was the cause of all the trouble and is still unpunished.

In Bow street police c o u r t London. Dr. J . S. Jameson. Maj. Sir John Wil-loaghby. CcL R. Grey, Maj. R. While. CoL 11. F. White and Hon. Henry F. Coventry, the prime movers in thc Transvaal raiL w.-re committed for

The other nine acccs«d psrson-. punphie t s and were dischrrged. Thc men was a; the head 1 for trial were ndmillcd in SIO.OW p ^

ment of tin- sonsi fal l in each case, and in addii ioa. yf his death in they were esieh reqeired to furnish

one sarety - f Li Hung (hang was granted an au-

dience l y Emperor William, a t Berlin. He was escorted to the palace, in the ia the emperor's carriage, 1 by I hlans. The em pen •r pleas, s-atcd 03 the throne, rornded

Morris, widow of th NorrLs, has offered to

g w u t y of Mkh^ran. •nhkal library po»-

<aud, cifnsistiag of triaL

of

private

fired, a. Mr.l

hy the royal prl - ^ awaited

y e » . aged

thc faau/us (hinese tenting his credentials,.

iy fee ling existing 1 Cn .-many, and es

that the Gensaa

pre-the