Bribery Is Charged

Marquette, Mich., March 1.- News has reached here of sensational developments in the fight in progress in Munising, thirty miles east, over the jnstalling of a water works plant. The plant was put in by the Shaw-Kendall company of Dayton, O. It is alleged the work was done improperly, and the village has so far refused to make a settlement. On warrants sworn out by Village President Nester, Councllmen Bissel, P. Moore, Bruno and Hanson, C. W. Case, a banker, and a representative of the Shaw-Kendall company, were arrested and put in jail. They secured bail pending their examination. The charges against the councilmen are that they were unduly influenced to favoring a settlement with the company. The charge against Case is not ftnown. The charge against the representative of the company is that he bribed the aldermen and attempted to feribe President Nester. That official alleges that the representative of the Shaw-Kendall company sought a private interview with him, which was granted. During the interview Mr. Nester alleges that he was offered a bribe of $500 if he would stop the investigation. Mr. Nester says that he can support this with indisputable proof, as he had a stenographer concealed in the closet of his office. The conversation ■was taken down verbatim. Nester was formerly mayor of Marquette.