1908-12-11; Clare Sentinel

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OLARJS,   W.IGMI&&®,  FRIDAY MOBNINe, DE0JBM8JBR il, 1908,   ,
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Guftrdilanshlp   *rf  Mrs.   H. A.
Stroupe's Property" Will Be
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President of Mich. Brewers Assn.
Claires Him. --
How Washtenaw County was Delivered
to Dem. Candidate,
CNortUviJle uncord)
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Itmi not Pass ™*xc°™?-£J™' day's   Free   Press;   jr. J. Hoch of
jumn and Mary Colony at Benton     ^nti, president^ the Michigan
**w or' State Brewers association replies to
Hot in ysars has the court room at Mr jjemanss taie of woe as to how
Harrison been Bo crowded* and the hQ wag defeatedi president Hooh
proceedings marked with   such in- g^B;
tense interest as this week. Theoc*j ''Now, Mr. Hemans, our meeting
casionwasthe Stroupe case involv-.waa not a chance meeting. You
ing in reality the transferal of Mrs. J were _e_eivi_g at the Hawkins house
H. A, Stamp's property in this city,at •Ypsiianti)   an,}   you or some of
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to the. Benjamin and Mary colony,
the so-called "Flying Boilers," near
Benton Harbbr. The trial occupied
3 fall days. A number of prominent Olare people were witnesses.
The Benjamin and Mary Colony was
represented by their secretary.
There was a brilliant array of legal
talent. The jury was a good level
headed lot of men. The verdict,
mentally incompetent, was given after
about two hours' deliberation. But
an appeal will be taken to the sup-
seme court. Meanwhile Mayor Seiner-is tbe guardian of Mrs. Stroupe's
propertyand the S1900 draft sent to
Benton Harbor will not be cashed.
The legal steps in the case began
something less than d year ago.
Mrs. Stroupe sold her stock in the
Clare County Savings Bank and began preparations to move to Benton
Harbor. At this point her brother,
Arthur Rockafellow of Evart, who
with her was the beneficiary of her
late father's estate, J. 0. Rockafellow,
began suit before Judge Gray in the
Clare county probate court to have a
guardian of his sister's property ap-
, pointed, deemine it his duty to pre-
" vent his late father's property from
going to the Flying Rollers, so that
rather his sister'B five children should
be the beneficiaries. Judge Gray appointed Mayor Benner as guardian
and "Wednesday the jury in circuit
court confirmed his decision.
Judge Miner ot Owosso was on the
bench, Judge Dodds being engaged
in Detroit circuit court. A.J. Lacy,
C. W. Ferry and G. J. Cummins appeared for Mr. Rockafellow and Victor M. Gore of Benton Harbor and
0. A. Reading for the Stroupes.
The most damaging testimony
against Mrs. Stroupe was her own
wordB in the probate court as read
to the jury that if she turned her
property over to the Benton Harbor
colony she expected to live forever.
Her brother, Mr. Rockafellow, testified that he regarded her a very
bright woman except on religion.
Since her adoption of the new religion, fie said, she had grown thinner,
was nervous, with a stare to her
eyes. He would not object to her
joining th'e colony if she left her
property for her children.    t
Mr. Jiowe, secretary of the colony,
with long hair and whiskers, attracted, attention on the stand. He
talked for an hour and half, trying to
put his sect right before the jury.
But while the Judge declared all his
testimony might be ruled out as not
material, the lawyers for Mr. Rockafellow seem delighted to have nil the
talk possible on the colony. Be declared their basic principle io be
"Ferfeetness of Life"—without sin.
It was not supposed, he said, that
«ouples should continue the marriage
relation on entering the colony till
they had attained perfection of life.
Not till such perfection was attained
Were men and women deemed worthy
to become parents. Some children
not many, he admitted were born in
the colony. Perfection once attained,
a person would live forever. But
there are deaths in the colony. Mr.
and Mrs, Stroupe live in one of the
homes with about 30 others. Their
* children are with them. She helps
With the house work. Mr. Stroupe
enjoys the park, he declared, and has
helped some in the official correspondence, not much, but he did not
tell of any special work in which Mr.
S. is engaged. Members of the colony do not have to work unless they
want to. They are free to go when
they please and may have back any
property they put in less the amount
of their maintenance While there, if
they make such a contract on entrance.
Mrs, Rachael Goodman as to possible insanity in Mrs. Stroupe's family, Mrs, Friedeborn as to her religions illusion, Miss Minnie Marr as to
peculiar notions of the Stroupes regarding food tot their children, Mrs.
Jao. Rogers, Mrs, A. Louch and Mrs.
M. Jennings as to intensity of faith
In the new religion,—these were fell
(COH*fINUED 013 LAST PAGE)
your friends requested Tracy Towner, our oity attorney, to call me by
"phone .to tbe Hawkins house, and
immediately upon my ^.ntry 'you
proceeded to ask for an explanation
of the circular containing extracts of
jyour convention speech, and assured
j me that I was doing you a great
injustice in making use of your remarks in the convention.
"You said, I am surprised that
Manchester (attorney for the liquor
dealers association) should have
anything to do with circulating
these extracts, as he was one of the
twenty-five or more people who
INDUCED ME to make that speech,
and use those unfortunate sentences;
the language used and the sentiments
expressed WERE PUT IN MY
MOUTH BY YOUR OWN PEOPLE,
by the liquor interests. It was put
up to Dick Flanigant Martin Oavanaugh and myself to save the day
for you people, and now that we
have won your battle and kept prohibition out of the amended constitution you will find fault with me.
That is certaiply unkind and you
people show poor appreciation of
one's efforts in your behalf.
"In conclusion. I wish to say
that in your stat-ment to the news-
i papers you are doing the liquor interest the same great injustice that
I was unwittingly doing you before I
met you at the Hawkins house in
Ypsilanti.' Washtenaw county gave
you a plurality such ,as no other
Democrat can boast of, and while
your many friends and staunch supporters in the liqupr business rolled
up that unprecedented vote for your
election you now take a good rap at
our interests through the columns of
the press because you think it is a
profitable political trick to indulge
in, and are hereby showing your ingratitude for our unanimous support..
"In concluding your statement you
predict dire punishment to the brewers and liquor interest for so-called
dark-lantern methods, political intrigue and rascality. Now, Mr. Hemans, did you practice intrigue and
rascality upon me, and use me to
advocate your cause with the brewers of the Btate and the liquor interests of our county and the K. Y.
M. S. club of Michigan, or did you
last winter at Lansing in the convention hall practice political intrigue and rascality with the people
of Michigan when you posed as "cme
who long years ago had parted friendship with that traffic which has been
a withering blast, wherever it has
touched civilization."
This letter sbow§"ratber plainly
that Gov. Warner .had the liquor
interests of the state against him.
And then to think that the anti-
saloon league asked every Clergyman
in the state to urge their congregation to vote for Hemans.
GLARE CO, CIRCUIT COURT,
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Number of Cases Disposed of
in Addition to the Stroupe
Case,
The A. Allen vs, W.'Kube case W"as
put over the term,
Mabel Tracy was granted a divorce
from Arthur Tracy-;
Judge MineV disposed of a, big calender in the Clare county circuit
court this week.
John Oarigan pleaded guilty to a
charge of larceny and was sentenced
to from one to three years at Ionia,
Mary McFarland Was granted divorce from John McFarland, he being ordered not to remarry in_ two
years and to pay her 81,50 per week
for support of child.
Guy Harvey and Ejjrood Ritchie,
Harrison boys, pleaded guilty to
statutory burglary at Temple. A
petition was filed for clemency on the
ground that they are young, have a
good record and were under the influence of liquor at the time of the
act. It was left to Judge Dodds to
pass sentence.
ROOSEVELT'S LAS'
. ANNUAL MESSAGE.
Forceful Summary of   National
Problems-Especially  the
Trust Question.   *■"
Bryan Rady.
At the age of 77 at his home in
Vernon on Tuesday occured tbe
death of Bryan Rady, death coming
a*s the natural result of old age. The
funeral occurs, today from St. Henry's church with interment inyernon
cemetery.
Deceased was a native of 'Ireland.
At tbe age of 13 he came to Canada
locating at Hastings,|Oat. The*"ce he
married Miss Mary A. Driscoll 55
years ago and tbe sharer of his life's
battles still survives. Th'e following
children survive:. Mrs. Thos.
McNamaman oi Vernon, Mrs.'John
Brahaney of Hibbing, Minn., present
at the funeral, Stephen Rady in Alaska, Mrs. John Carroll of Saginaw
present at the funeral, Bernard and
John of. Washington, and Mrs. J.
McNamara of jMarquette who also is
home to the funeral..
In |880 Mr. Rady moved his family
to Michigan and located on the farm
in Vernon where he has since resided. In his death a life of industry
and devotion to home is ended.
Gfare and Vicinity 30 Years Ago
There was six inches of snow Saturday.
There was a donation at the town
hall on Saturday evening.
The exhibition on Friday at the
new M. E. church netted 835.
Messrs. J. and F. L. Post have taken the job of putting into the Tobac-
co 2,500,000 feet of logs from the
skids for A. P. Brewer of Saginaw.
G0p. T. Pencil, principal of the
school, was tried at Farwell
Saturday for assault and battery on a
pupil, John Husted, 15 years old.
Mr. Pencil was Aired S5.
The Farwell "Internal Revenue"
office haying moved to Clare it has
created a sensation here among the
moral and peace loving inhabitants^
of Clare village. Wednesday night
there was a continual rumpus all
night long, Sheriff Parrish being
called by the disturbed citizens residing near by to quell the agitation.
It should be cleaned out quick>
Olare
flMKUHTY PQULTRV SHOW
To be Held at Farwell January
12, 13, 14 and 15.
Plans are well in hand for the
second annual show of the Tri-County
Poultry Association to be held at
Farwell Janury 12-15. The out of
town entries promise to be large.
Tlje premium list is much larger than
last year.
Dr. Grillet is president and E, B.
Blett secretary of the association.
The poultry fanciers in this locality
are expecting much good from the
show.
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for    Christmas   at
Alien T. TeaSL
At his home in Clare Tuesday > occured the^death of A. T. Teall from
typhoid fever at the age of 56."" The
funeral will occur Saturday.
Deceased spent most of hjis life in
southern Michigan, moving to Arthur township from near Toledo five
years ago. Last spring he moved to
Clare and went into a" restaurant,
Going to help care for Mrs. Burt
Turner^ Arthur who was down with
typhoid fever he and his wife both
were affected by the malady. He
was convalescent "when a relapse set
in and death resulted. Now the wife
is ill in bed. .with the "same malady.
The affliction is indeed a sad one.
Thrfe* daughters survive—Mrs'.
Carrie Wagner of Ithaca, Mrs. Grace
Touwner and Aya at home.
William Milter,
Atthe age of 20 William," son. of
Mrs. Mary Ann Miller, of Grant died
on Sunday from complications arising from a serious injury to a foot.
The funeral occured from the home
Tuesday, conducted by Rev, "J. E.
MoDonald, with interment at Oherry
Grove.
The unfortunate young man was
injured by a train near Temple resulting in the loss of a foot and this
finally proved fatal. The loss comes
hard on the family. Three other
members df the family suruive. The
death is* a sad one.
Wants    Drastic   Employer's    Liability
Statute asProvision for Crippled
Workman,
The President's last annual message is the summing up of bis political principles. It is re-statement of
the battle cries of the lrfst seven years
against graft, indecency, dishonesty
and favoritism. It interprets what
the, a^erag* man feels on the great
question of corporations and aggregated wealth. Every man who believes in his country and the cause of
liberty should read the message,
Washington.—The message of President Roosevelt was read' in both
houses of congress Tuesday. In substance the document was as follows:
To the Senate and House of Heprpaen-
ta,tives: Tha financial standing ot th,e
nation at the present time Is excellent,
and the financial management of the nation's Interests by the government during the last seven years has shown the
most satisfactory results. But our currency system Is Imperfect, and It is earnestly to be hoped that the currency
commission ■will be able to propose a
thoroughly good system which will do
away with the existing defects.
During the period from July 1, 1901, to
September 30, 1908, there was an Increase
In the amount of money In circulation of
$902,991,399, The increase in the per capita
during this period was $7.06. Within this
time there were seTftral occasions when
it was necessary for the treasury department to come to tho relief of the
money market by purchases or redemptions of United States bonds; by increasing deposits in national banks; by stimulating additional issues of national bank
notes, and by facilitating Importations
from abroad of gold, Our imperfect currency system has made these proceedings
necessary, and they were effective until
the monetary disturbance in the fall of
1907 immensely increased the difficulty of
ordinary methods of relief. By the middle of November the available working
balance ln the treasury had been reduced
to approximately ?5,000,000. Clearing
house associations throughout the country had been obliged to resort to the
expedient of issuing clearing house certificates, to be used as money. In this
emergency it was determined to invite
subscriptions for $50,000,000 Panama canal
bonds, and $100,000,000 three per cent,
certificates of indebtedness authorized by
the act of June 13, 1S9S. It was proposed
to redeposft In the national banks the
proceeds of these issues, and to permit
their use as a basis for additional circulating notes of national banks. The
moral effect of- this procedure was so
great that lt was necessary to issue only
$24,631,9S0 of the Panama bonds and $15,-
438,500 of the certificates of indebtedness.
During the period from July 1, 1901, to
September 30, 1908, the balance between
the net ordinary receipts and the net
ordinary expenses of the government
showed a surplus in the four years 1902,
1903, 1906, and 1907, and a deficit in the
years 1901, 1905, 1908 and a fractional part
of the fiscal year 1909. The net result
was a surplus of $99,283,415.54. The financial operations of the government during
this period, based upon these differences
between receipts and expenditures, resulted in a net reduction of the Interest-
bearing debt of the United States from
$987,141,040 to $897,253,990, notwithstanding
that there had been two sales of Panama
canal bonds amounting In the aggregate
to $54,631,980, and an Issue of three per
cent, certificates of indebtedness under
the act of June 13, 1858, amounting to
$15,436,500. Refunding operations of the
treasury department under the act of
March 14, 1900, resulted In the conversion into two per cent, consols of 1930 .of
$200,309,400 bonds bearing higher rates of
interest. A decrease of $S,687,956 In the
annual Interest charge resulted from
these operations.
In short, during the seven years and
three months there has been a net surplus of nearly one hundred millions of
receipts over expenditures, a reduction
of the interest-bearing debt by ninety
millions, in spite of the extraordinary expense of the Panama canal, and a saving
of nearly nine millions on the annual
Interest charge.
Control of Corporations. »
As regards the great corporations engaged in interstate business, and especially the railroads, I can only repeat
what I have already again and again said
in my messages to the congress. I believe that under the Interstate clause of
the constitution the United States has
complete and paramount right to control all agencies of interstate commerce,
and I believe that the national government alone can exercise this right with
-Wisdom and effectiveness so as both to
secure justice from, and to do justice to,
the great corporations -which«are the
most Important factors in, modern' business. I believe that it " is worse than
folly to attempt to prohibit all combinations as 1$ done by the Sherman
anti-trust ■ law, because such a law can
be enforced only Imperfectly and unequally, and Its enforcement works almost as much hardship as good. I
strongly advocate that Instead of an unwise effort to prohibit all combinations,
there shall be substituted a law which
shall expressly permit combinations
which are in the interest of the public,
but shall at the same time give to some
agency na the national government full
power or control and supervision over
them. One of the chief features of this
control should be securing entire publicity in. all matters which the public
has a right to know, and furthermore,
the power, not by judicial but by executive action, t6 prevent or put a stop to
every1 form of Improper favoritism or
other 'wrongdoing.
The railways of the country should be
put completely under the interstate com-
. merce commission and removed from
the domain of the anti-trust law1. The
power of the commission should be made
thoroughgoing, so that it could exercise
complete supervision and control 'over
th6 issue o£ securities as well as over
the raising and lowering of rates. As
regards rates, at least, this power should
be summary. . . . Kates must bo made
as low as is compatible with giving prop-
u ratmaia to. all. thcemolovea of the roil-
Continued on 4th Page.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING.,
Clare Stores Have the Finest and
Biggest Display Yet Seen
in'the City.
Reports from Clare merchants, in-'
dicate that early buying of Christmas
gifts never received so much attention in Clare as this year. Conditions are most favorable now for
proper consideration and wise selection out of the big assortment of
Christmas offerings.
The hurry and rush of late buying
is distracting to clerks, yourself and
usually results in purchases least
suitable for the person wbom you
would please. The jam of a Christmas eve or the Saturday before
Ohristmas is the worst time of all to
remember the little peculiarities of a
relative or a friend whose friendship
you would renew.
The morning rather than afternoon
and evening is the time to visit the
stores. Then the buyer is given
more consideration and without grabbing the first thing he sees, he buys
just what he wants.
The holiday display ,and decorations in Ciare stores certainly represent a high standard of excellence
this year.
FARMERS' INSTITUTES.
At Arthur Town Hall Decertibe-r
23 and Clare Janiiary 22-23*
The management for the Clare ant&
North Isabella farmers' institute©
have arrangements well on hantlfo"?'
tbe mid-winter meetings. December*
23 there will be the one day institute*
at the Arthur township ba41 while int.
Olare the two days of January 32-2,"&
Will be devoted to farm subjects witb
good state speakers of standing present, The detailed program will be
announced in due time. The officers.
arC:
J, T. Brown, president.   '        '
J. W, Schaeffer,. secretary.
J. W. Simpson,'treasurer. *
Business Change.
Herschel Halstead has bought the?
W. N. Cole meat market' business,,
having taken possession Tuesday.
The business will continue without;
radical change, Ivan Feighner hav-t-
ing been retained as cutter.
Herschel is a young man who has*
spent the**greater part of his life herein Clare, and his genial spirit, affable-
manner and courteous treatment of"
customers bespeak him a profitable
business career.s
Notable Musical Hm\ Tonight.
The Grand Chorus Concert to \e given at the opera house tonight under management of Postmaster £*irkbrid& promises to be o£
unusual merit. Much of it is high class music to be interpreted by a.
chorus of sixty voices accompanied by tbe Kirkbride orchestra of
eight pieces. Those who desire to test their taste for' classical
music as against the other kind will have ample opportunity to do>
so tonight. But for those not caring so much for the classical in>
music there will be other interesting numbers of different character.
The program is a varied one adapted to all tastes. In the contrast of
the so called popular music and the classic their will be an interesting study of where Olare stands today in music. The official announcement and program follows:
The proceeds of this entertainment will be used
to procure lighting fixtures for 'the New Congregational Church.
f_S_ A chorus of sixty voices accompanied by an orchestra*1
of eight pieces under the management of the "Old Home-
steadBCompany", will render this program.
Orchestra
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Sextet "From Lucia De Lamermoor",
PART FIRST
Seven numbers from the opera "The]|;Bohemian Girl"
1.—"Come with the Gipsy Bride", Sixty "Voices. 2—"I
Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls", Miss Trafford, 3,—-Then.
You'll Remember Me", Miss Crane. 4—"The Heart
Bowed Down", (.Miss Arnold. 5.—Twelve Gipsy Bell&
! will sing "The Girls of Seville".   6.—"I Danced My "Way
Through Sunny Spain", Mrs. Wells.  7—Sextet, Gipsy Life
Balf
Orchestra
The First HeartfThrobs
\^ PART SECOND.
1 * Bridal Chorus, 60 Voices.^ j FromSWagner's Lohengrin
Madam Cornetti will appear in Stunning Gown. ft
"Sweet Clover" - . . Miss Cudney
Bill Adams. .   «.
"Schubert's Serenade",    .     - -        Norris Eldeaj
Josh Medder's Trip to Poo-keep-see?
America Up-to-Date.
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'Mia Piccirella Deh!5
Mrs. G. B. Wells
Finale—Soldiers' Chorus from Gounod's Faust,    60 Voices.
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