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CLARE,   MICHIGAN,  THURSDAY,AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, .1908.'
NewSLeries; Vol. 11,No. 46
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Men's Suits, at $10
We are snowing
an exceptionally large line at this
figure—Heavy weight, all wool,
fancy mixtures. All wool fancy
worsteds in new patterns and extra quality Clay Worsteds in
Black or blue, Every one tailored
in first class manner. No better
values than these can be found
anywhere,
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Men's
Underwear.
Its about time to think of heavy
underwear. Our line comprises
every desirable kincl ranging in
price from 25c to 1..75 per gar.,
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Dress Goods.
" Fancy Cotton waistings of the newest pat
terns in the heavier*'! all-weights per yd. 25c-50c-75c
All Wool Flannel Waisting every popular
color; an extra quality per yd. *       -25c
Fine Worsted Whipcord 38 in. wide, Black*;
and colors, a big bargain at per yd.     , 50c
Heavy pure wool Skirting 56 in. wide, Black,
Gray, Grreen, Blue or Tan. An extra value per yard
only lrQ0
Neptunius waterproof Skirting 56 in. wide,
all wool and beautifully finished per yd.    .        1.50
Men's Hats.
The Nobbiest shapes and newest colors in soft
hats.
t.OO. I.So and 2.00
MARQUETTE FOR LIFE.
V.   H.  Worden   Sentenced
•    to Solitary Confinement
and Hard Labor.
MRS. WORDEH HOT GUILTY.
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Other Cases: Church Gets Minimum of, One Year at Ionia.
Hatfield Not Guilty.
The Burr murder case was disposed
of Saturday ab nine o'clock when," in
language milder than that used in
sentencing the same man at Mt. Pleasant for perjury a few years ago, Judge
Dodds passed sentence on Dr. Varnnm
Worden, sending him to Marquette
prison for life for the murder of Silas
Burr of Lake Station. Monday morning Sheriff Updegraff took the prisoner
away to his "new home" and thus
Olare and Isabella counties are rid ' of
a villan who has blasted so many lives
and cost both counties large sums in
prosecuting him for crime.
During the last two days of the
trial the crowded court room at Harrison was the scene of intense excitement. Worden maintained an air of
'injured innocence throughout the
trial and worked the sympathy
"racket" as much as possible. As the
signed statement of his wife, denying
the previous~stories she had told, was
about to be^ read, he got up in court
against the'wish of his attorney and
asked the judge to excuse him during
- the reading of the statement as he
wished to tell the jury the whole unbiased truth when he went on the
stand, but he, charged with the crime,
had to be present. On the stand iti
his own" tlefense, as he told in a
strange, incoherent "way his1 story of
all his relations with Burr, including
the twelve mile ride with the dead
body, he presented a pitiable figure
but, under the fire of cross examination, his own "words, < admitting his
cross-purposes as to Burr, so laid bare
the vileness of his soul as to reveal
him to the listening crowd as a demon
in human form. In his effort to pan;y
the probing questions he forgot the
part of a harmless old man he was
acting and appeared   'pretty   well
straightened up by the time he had
answered questions for two hours.
Some of Worden's power as a woman
charmer was shown in his wife's statements on the stand. She had confessed that the previous stories she
had told, trying to. incriminate Mrs.
Burr, were false, but yet she swore to
other things not believed by the jury,
evidently carrying out the instructions
of WOrden. Cross examination
brought out-that she had a family of
seven children and lived on a rented
farm in Ohio, one of her boys working
the place, but when the doctor came
along she followed him and though in
want practically, finally left even her
young children to hasten to him at
Lake Station.
' The defense placed witnesses on the
stand to show Burr financially em-
barassed and in a bad mental and physical condition before his death but a
little cross-examination of each witness showed the opinion that there
was nothing unnatural about Burr's
previous conditon to warrant the
theory of his death by suicide.
The evidence was all-in at a little
after noon Frjday and at 2:05 0. W.
Peny began his address to the jury,
commending Pros. Att'y Cummins for
excellent services rendered in preparation of the case and calmly reviewing
the whole testimony offered. He
showed that Worden flrst said Burr
died of heart failure and when coming
investigations threatened to knock
that out, tried to charge the foul deed
to the wife of the murdered man and,
when Mrs. Worden's confession overturned that, fell back on the suicide
theory. Attorney Quinn for the de
fense made a strong plea, appealing to
the jury's sympathy, picturing the
feeble old man as he fought for his
flag and his country. In closing the
case for the people Pros,. Att'y Cummins in impassioned oratory mercilessly denounced Worden and, as he
referred to the wrecking of the home
of the woman at his side, and the destitution of her children now without
a mother's care, Mrs. Worden broke
down and wept bitterly. Judge Dodds
charge to the jury was very fair and
at eight o'clock the jury retired to
prepare their verdict* Facts since
gleaned showed that it required only
a few minutes for them to agree on a
verdict of "guilty^ for Worden but
I it was not till ten o'clock they were
I able to agree on a verdict of not guilty
Fur Overcoats.
If you thing of buying a Fur Overcoat this season
it will pay you to see what we have to offer.    We
have many excellent bargains ranging in price from
~ 13.50 to 30.00.
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New Golf Gloves,
We just placed on sale a complete new line of
Ladies' and Misses' Grolf (Hoves. New and beautiful
colors at 25c and 50c per pair.
Domestic Bargains.
Medium weitht Outings, light or dark colors
per yard 5c
•Cindrella Cloths, heavy weight, plain colors  10c
Extra heavy Outings 7 l-2c to 10'C
Black twill Shirtings per yard ' ljOc
Mill Remnants, heavy blue, denium 10c
Cotton Batting, full pound roll \10c
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Bed Blankets.
Cotton or Wool.
Cotton Blankets per pr. ■    50c to 1.75
Wool       '• 2.50 to 10.00
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for Mrs. Worden. As soon as the foreman announced the verdict Worden
in a most demonstrative manner embraced his wife, she apparently drawing away, and, throwing off his assumed part of a decrepid old man,
jumped to his feet and thanked the
jury for freeing his wife but maintain-
ing-hisinnocence, and, passing through
Clare Monday morning enroute to
Marquette, lie was still able to. walk
at a good brisk rate.
Mrs. Worden left Harrison Tuesday
morning for her old home in Ohio.
Great sympathy is felt for Mrs. Burr
who is greatly respected at Lake Station and by all who knew her. At the
trial she bore up bravely but when \
Pros. Attorney Cummins, himself in
tears, so eloquently drew the attention of the jury to the need of sympathy for the widow and the children
of the "murdered man, she was completely overcome with emotion and
had to betaken from the court room.
Mrs. Burr is with her two children
making her home with her parents at
Yassar.
George Church was Saturday sentenced-under the new indeterminate
sentence law, to Ionia for a minimum
term of one year and a maximum term
of n fifteen years dependent on the
action of the prison board who have
special powers for paroling prisoners
sentenced under .this law. Deputy
Sheriff Green took him to Ionia Mori-
day. At the same time Mrs. Church
left for Canada.
Julius B. Hatfield and Charles Dart
were aequited of the charge of stealing a cow. The case against Charles
Nelson of Temple and the one against
Burt McKerracher of- Clare were continued over to the next term. Elmer
Lyon was granted a divorce from his
wife Luella Lyon.
GLARE-ISABELLA STATE TAX.
Asa Did 'em Again!
Asa jfichols of Chippewa 'township,
who so very successfully worked a
number of Mt. Pleasanites for a few
odd dollars apiece, didn't appear at
his hearing set for Monday at Mt.
Pleasant and it now transpires that
he had several days before migrated
to parts unknown. John W. Morrison
went on Asa's bonds for $100 and is
now asked, in lieu of Asa and his, oily
tongue, to fork over the $100. Meanwhile Asa's tongue is still at large.   •
Primary Money from State will
Exceed State Tax by Several
Thousands.
State taxes for this year show an increase but there is also a marked increase of primary money. Clare
county's state taxfor 1902was $3,722.12
and this year it is $5,580.00.- Isabella's
last year was $12,639;,. this year it is
$19,024. But from the statement from
headquarters we learn that the November apportionment of primary
money will amount to $3 for each person of school age and on the basis of
the number of such persons last year
in each county, Clare county will receive $8,225 from the state and Isabella
$21,993 which added to the apportionment of primary money that will come
next spring will give a handsome balance the state pays to each of our two
counties in excess of what .we pay for
state taxes.
BONYTON'S PROPOSITION.
Grange County Convention.
An enthusiastic convention of Clare
county grangers was held at the W* R.
C. hall in this city Tuesday. Delegates were present from the organizations in Garfield, Winterfleld, Surrey,
Greenwood, Grant, the Eagle and Advance in Sheridan and the Riverside
grange in Arthur. George Pease of
Grant was chosen chairman and Mrs
M. W. Wheeler of Winterfleld was
selected as secretary. 0. C. Leibrand,
deputy organize-;, was present and
took part in the Organization and the
discussions of plans for future work.
The principal business was to elect
delegates to the state grange and J.
B. Hayner of Winterfleld and Eobert
Hutchinson of the Eagle grange were
chosen.
A county grange, known "'as a
Pomona, was organized with Dr. L, L.
Kelley of Farwell-as Master, Julius
Schaffer of Grant as secretary and
Mrs. M. W. Wheeler of Winterfleld as
lecturer. This organization has no.
fixed place of meeting but meets at
intervals with the different local
granges of the county for the purpose
of promoting the general interests of
the order. The first meeting will be
held -with the Mt. Vernon "grange at
which time the Isabella Pomo__ will
also meet there.
Clare's Committee Answer with
Second Counter-Proposition
as to Electric Line.
Both Clare and Mt. Pleasant are
again considering propositions relative
to Col. Boynton's ' proposed railroad
from Grand Rapids northeast. Mt.
Pleasant is asked to contribute $15,000
as soon as the rails are laid to the city
limit.
The proposition submitted to Olare
is that the railroad con p-ny be furnished right of way free l ■ rough Clare
county and be paid $1,000. The. committee, representing Clare, offered to
recommend that the' proposition be
accepted, provided bonds, satisfactory
to the city, be furnishect that the road
would be built to the Gladwin county
line. Mr. Boynton now has the matter under advisement.
Foot Ball Games.
The-strenuous game still has a
strong hold among the athletic young
men of our schools and colleges and
not a small part of the general public
eagerly read accounts of the games
with the big colleges. Clare H. S.
team played at Midland Saturday, and
so evenly were the teams matched
that neither side scored. Saturday
they go to Cadillac to play the high
school team there and next Monday
fthe Mt. Pleasant _Tormal team will
play the high school team, strength
ened by one or two outsiders, at the
ball park In Clare next Monday.
The first game" of the inter-school:
astic series was played at Alma last
Saturday between the teams repre^
senting the Mt. Pleasant and Alma
high schools, the former winning by a
score of 22 to 0.
Teachers' Inspiration institute.
A good program is offered for the
inspiration institute .to be held in
the high school room, Clare, commencing Monday, October 12th,. and lasting
three days. Dr. Hoyt at Ypsilanti
was appointed instructor but was ii_
able to attend, Supt. 0. B. Holmes
of the blind school at Lansing will
dome in bis stead. Mr. Holmes was
for three years superintendent o£ the
Lansing city schools, and is reputed
as being a splendid institute worker..
Mr. Lightfoot will lecture in the
opera house Monday evening on the
needs and neglects of rural schools,
his lecture being Illustrated by the
stereopticorf, and Tuesday evening
Supt. Holmes will" lecture in the
opera house on the subject, What the
schools should do for the pupil.
Tbese lectures are free, and We
would like to see the opera house well
filled. Everyone is'invited. Com'r
Welch has sent a 'circular letter to
every teacher in the county whose
address he could obtain, and it is
hoped every one of them will be in attendance. School boards will do well
on hiring teachers to ask among, other
questions, "Did you attend teachers'
institutes last year?" The professional spirit is well shown this way.
Stephens-Harris.,
Last evening in the presence of a
small company of immediate relatives,
Estella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Stephens, and Fred, youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Harris were
united in marriage at the. home of
the bride's parents on west Eighth
street, Rev. W. J. Hathaway of the
M. E. church officiating.
The bride is one of Clare's most
worthy young ladies and the groom
one of our most popular young men.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris will begin housekeeping at once on the Harris farm
northeast of the city. The best
wishes "of a host of friends go with
them in their wedded life.
-    A Fine Store.
One" of the neatest and most tastefully arranged stores in "this portion of
the state, is that owned and controlled
by F. H. Ballinger, in this village.
The two departments of this large
establishment are filled to overflowing-
with choice goods, carefully* selected
for his large trade, and a .complement of cotlrteous and obliging clerks,,
it is easy, to see how satisfactory results are obtained in. supplying 'his
patrons, He aims to keep nothing
but the best of everything in the various lines he handles, and to this fact
alone, in a great measure, is due the
the flattering patronage he erijoys.
Careful attention to, business and at
the same time an eye single to the
welfare of his patrons, has built for
him a trade, .of which he" may justly
feel proud.—Shepherd Republican.
Glare County Fair.
Crowded out last week by the Wordeu Murder
Case.
The. Clare County Agricultural
Society held its annual fair-at the
grounds in Harrison last week, and
even though there was very little advertising matter sent out, and nothing
in the line of attractions advertised,
considering the weather there was a
good attendance, especially the last
two days. The races,' put on at the
'•eleventh hour" by private' puises
were enjoyed, Chan. Lloyd ofGfant
taking first prize in the trotting race.
A little black mare owned by Mr.
Shaffer of Hayes township won flrst
money in the running race.
The exhibits in the line of grains,
fruit's and vegetables were fine, ahd
a good deal of stock was exhibited,"
but Clare.'county can put up a .better
fair than was that this year, and the
new set of officers promise a better .
fair next year.
The officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows:
President—A. E. Doty.
Secretary—John Quinn.
Treasurer—Marion Caner.
TKUSTEES.:
Arthur—L. W. Sunday.
Clare—O. B. Thayer.
Frost—Wm. Clements.
Greenwood—W. Burnette.   L
Grant—0. C. Stoll.
.Franklin—Chas. Butts.-',-:' •""
Hamilton—Wm> Leaker,-   .»"■■
Hayes—B. L. Sphon.   •     <■ .:'
Hatton—W. Boulton.  l.-;:i..-
Lincoln— Wm. Kube.,,... t, ,ir>*
"Redding—E. E. Farnam.,   *,',
Sberidairi—Thomas Hutchinson.
Surrey—D. W. Rowe.      _ ^ „
,Sum_erfleld—Wm, Davis,   ..
.Winterfleld—John Fleming. ..
Garfield—Robert Carson. ,,-
.   Harrison—J. R. Brown. ■
Farwell—L. L. Kelley, ■       < ■
It is very essential that the trustees
meet on the call of the president, and
with a good man in every township
and village or city,'betit on having the
best possible fair, bb_ result next fall
will be surprising.
Good 40-acre farm, 3 miles north ot
Sanford, 20 acres improved for MOO
cash. E. M. EvATsra, Box 39, Clare,
Mich.. 45-13.