Murder And Suicide

The residence of Mathew Palmer, near Millington, was the scène of a bloody murúer and suicide, Palmer having struck his wife Sarah witha piece of stovewood, crushing skuK, took a jackknife and out four gashes i in her throat. and then ettt his own throat from ear to ear in two strokrs. His t%vo youngest boys were witnesses of the doublé erinie and i their" endeavors to prevent the erazed father from aecomplismng xne uceus wui were completely eovered with their parents' blood. Palmer w;;s owner of 80 acres of good land ectirely f ree from debt. lie was 48 yeara of age, and the ivife 4). ■ Thpy were the parents of four boys and three girls. The cause of the deed seeins to be known to the faraily and I friends, but they are trying to keep it a secret One of the most common theories is that Palmer thought his wife and children were trying to ruin ' him financially, and. thinking thus. had becorae partially insane. Circuit Judeea o' Michigan. The State Association of Circuit Judges met in the suprerae court room at Lansing and úiscussed methods of iinproving the administration of justiee in the state. The president, Judge F. J. Kussell, of Hart, said that better provisions should be made for the care of prisoners between the ages of ltj and 21, so that they will not be compelled to associate with older and more hardened crimináis. He also put forth the idea that sentences for similar offenses should be more equalized. When juries were present Judge Russell would have the court hold its sessions seven hqurs per day and hold the lawyers down to business. Uov. Rich made a few remarks, recommending that judges and proseeuting attorneys be required to prepare a full statement covering the case of everyprisonerconvictedand sentenced, which should be filed with the governor, to enable him to judge the case correctly when pardon was asked for. Judge È. D. Kinne, of Ann Arbor, spoke, and Judge Carpenter. of Detroit, advocated more careful work on the part of the courts ingranting naturalization papers. Judge Frazer. of Detroit, urged his associates to give the selection of juries more careful attention. Saloonistg Want a Sunilay Openlns Law. The saloonkeepers of the state, members of the Michigan Liquor Dealers' Protective associatipn, have several amendments to the present liquor law whieh they will offer for the eoDsideration of the legislature. to Thomas J. isavin, attorney for the association. these amendments will ask for a uniform S300 tax and permission to sell liquor on civic holidays. Two years ago the liquor dealers failed to pass their amendments and sinee that thev have been steadily work ing towards securing inüuence enough to pass the bill. Frank Kirsch, the treasurer of the Detroit unión, said: "We will ask for amendments 1 ting UB to keep open on all holidays excepting Christmasand Thanksgiving I)ay. We will also ask that our places of business be perinitted to be kept open on Sundays after 1 p. m. until 7:30 p. m. These amendments are already prepared and will be placed immediately in the hands of the Detroit delegation for presentation at the legislatura." Prlests Cannot Control C. M. B. A. AfTuirs. Rt. Rev. Bishop Foley, of Detroit, has rendered a decisión of importance to the C. M. U. A., in which he is sustained by Mgr. Satolli. At the recent election of officers of Branch No. 17, C. M. B. A., of Kalamazoo, T. P. Oleason, of the Kalamazoo Daily News, was elected president. Rev. Frank A. O'Brien, pastor of the parish, informed Mr. Gleason that he would object to liis instalUxtion unlcss hc did his full duty toward the ohurch by Bending ! his children to the parish school. Mi. (.lpason annealed to the bishop and tbe papal delégate, Bubmittinghiscase. He declared that he took hls children from the parish school beeause their progrese was not satisfactory to him, but that they reeeived proper religious instruction both ;it home and in Sunday school. Bishop Foley has dccided in favor of Mr. Gleason. E;m;lb i's Chicf of Polk-e In Troulilc. Charges have been filed with the city clerk oí Escanaba ajfainst Chiel oi Polioe Ehnerd. He isdii-octly charged with shielding hotisea of tll-fame and to arrest the keepers after charges, had been preferred ag;iin:=t them. The matter has stirred up quitu a sensation. and before the investigation ends several prominent business men are Hable to be mixed up in an ugly scandal. The charges were flled by Xight Policeinan Campbell, whoae relations with the chiei have boon strained for soine time, Business Troubles Cause a Suicide. Lester Baldwin, a well-to-do farmer near Hillsdale, committed suicide by shooting himseli in the head with a revolvei1. He was living on his father's farm with his father. He was at work in a tOOl house near the dweiling when he committed the deed. Bis father, in a field near by. heard the shot and hastened to the spot, bat lus son was dead lien he reached him. Business troublea supposed to be the iison íor self destxuction.