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Church Under Guard

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Day
15
Month
January
Year
1897
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Public Domain
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Bay City, Mich., Jan. 8.- Three hundred raen and women stood on guard at St. Stanislaus church in a fierce west wind, with the thermometer nearly at zero, to prevent the Return of Father Bog-acki to the premises. The priest had taken the morning j train for Grand Rapids to hold a [ ference with Bishop Richter about the troubles in his parish, but the Poles vvould not believe it, as they heard he had alighted from the train in the south end, went to the home of a friend and there donned women's clothing with the expectation of eluding detection. The wrecked parsonage is boarded up to keep the storms out. The principal development in the trouble Wednesday was the issuance of a warrant for the arrest of Father Bogacki. Four witnesses are willing to swear that they saw him shoot Barthowiak. SLEUTH NABS A COUNTERFEITER. Principal of a Gang That the Pólice Havo Been Running Down, Detroit, Jan. 8.- William J. Burns, a United States secret service operative, last evening arrested Alfred Devereaux, a Detroit photographer, who is alleged to be the principal factor n the counterfeiting operations wmch have been in progress in this city. The capture of the alleged gang began with the arrest in Chicago of Frank Lepper, alias Z. H. York, who was caught in the act of receiving some of the "queer" by express. His brother, William W. Lepper, was later arrested here and this was followed by the arrest of Al Soper, Lepper's companion. Devereaux was taken in his photograph gallery at 41 Monroe avenue, and with him was captured a complete outfit for making counterfeit bilis by the pen and ink procesa. New Industry n Michigan. Me-nominee, Mich., Jan. 13.- Saginaw parties who are interested in the manufacture of salt barrels have closed a deal with the Hamilton & Merriman company for putting in saws and the necessary machinery for cutting barrel staves from pine slabs, which are usually used for fuel. Box lumber is successfully made from slabs in several of the Menominee milis, and it is believed that the new industry of making staves from the samematerial will become an important ofte. The machinery will be set in motion with the starting up of the mili next spring-. Mrs. Robins Afraid for Her I.ifc. Saginaw, Mich., Jan. 11.- Mrs. Francia T. Robins has caused the arrest of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Barry, because they had threatened, she alleges, to take her life. The old woman claims that she woke up a few nights ago and heard her daughter claiming to her husband: "Go in and kill her; run it into her heart; she has $25 and you may as well have it as not." Mrs. Robins says she is sure the couple intended to murder her and has invoked the aid of the law to protect her life. Lake Carriers' Association. Detroit, Jan. 13. - An immense and prosperous crowd of men assembled in the Hotel Cadillac Tuesday at the annual of the Lake Carriers' association. Captain James W. Millen of Detroit was unanimously elected president at the opening session. Captain Millen's name was presented by Captain J. S. Dunham of Chicago, who had been considered the Detroit man's strongest rival. Mine to Resume Operations. Houghton, Mich., Jan. 8.- The Centennial mine, which suspended work four years ago, will resume operations by Feb. 1. The mine hasacontinuationuí the celebrated Calumet conglomérate lode f rom which other mine have paid $55,000,000 in dividends. The Centennial has sunk $1,500,000 up to date. OId-Tiine Actor Dead. Detroit, Jan. 13.- G. A. Hougrh, one of the oldest ana best known actors in the United States, died at his home here Tuesday. apred S3. Deceased han hn iucauaj, ageu no. jjeceasea nad been associated with nearly all of the oldtime aotors and was formerly manager , ol the Detroit opera house. FiftArrest Made. Detroit, Ja.sTll.- A fifth arrest was ! made in the alleged Detroit counterfeiting gang matter in the person of William Gay, a Michigan avenue barber, who is charged with havlng a hand in the gang's operations. State Xotes. M. P. Johnson's sale stables at Allegan, Mich., burned, together with fourteen valuable horses. Loss, $8,000, with no insurance. Henry Williams, aged 23, an excessive smoker of cigarettes, is puzzling the physicians at Wheatland, Mich. He has been in a eomatose state for thirty-six hours and his mind is a total blank. Williams is a gradúate of Hilldsale college. W. C. Smith, a Big Four conductor, whose home is in Anderson, Ind., was instan tly killed while trying to board a train at Niles, Mich.

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