Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 8, 1909, Page 9

Eight Children’s Diamond Rings GRAND RAPIDS HEDALD-REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1909. WATCHES, WATCH CHAINS, CHARMS, RINGS, NECK CHAINS, CUFF BUTTONS, SCARF PNS, GOLD BEADS, BROOCHES, BRACLETS, EMBLEM PINS, DIAMOND JEWELRY, GLOCKS, SILVERWARE, CUT GLASS AND TOILET ARTICLES REMNANT SALE AS LONG AS THEY LAST Four Ladies’ Solid Gold Swiss Watches Two Porcelain Mantel Clocks Mis :ion Clocks Three Cuckoo Clocks Regular Price oe oe You can get a bargain in odd pieces of Haviland China or Hand Painted China Closing out this line at NISBETT’S . $7.50 $18.00 to $20.00 ~ $8.00 $6.00 $6.00 to $12.00 ~ * Hand : ainted and Havlin China closing out the line at any price COMPLETE STOCK OF EVERYTHING IN JEWELRY LINE = - WILL NISBETT, Jeweler Cut Price $5.00 $12.00 to $14.00 $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 to $8.00 - NO CHARGE FOR ENGRAVING . Grand Rapids COLERAINE MINER KILLED BY TRAIN Employe at Hill Property Struck by n Dies of His 1eS. Work Tr ices were held Thurs- of Milli Jerkas, a it the Hill mine, whc vork train at the iter died at the Cole- An inquest was held | jury found that the man came s death through his own care- ess by traiz The relative known to be residing im this country is a broth-| of \ rment of the remains made at the Grand Rapid y Saturday. Sorsis was injured at the Can- a car running over hing it. His con- jed as serious. en Int Jerka cen I is V steo mine today his foot and crt dition is not “TRUST BUSTER” GOES EAST. Frank B. Kellogg Follows Standard Oil Case to Capital. St. Paul—Frank B. Kellogg, at- torney for the government in ,the recent Standard Oil prosecution, has gone to Washington to confer with the attorney general and with the president relative to the famous Stan- dard Oil case. Norwegians at Barnesville, Barnesville——The city of Barnesville eity witnessed one of the largest Nor- wegian gatherings ever held in this part of the state, it being the meeting place of the Young People’s Associa- tion of the Norwegian church. Fully 400 delegates were here.. Prominent speakers of the day were: Prof. O. EB. Brandt, St. Paul; Revs. Ylisaker and Ristad, Fergus Falls; Jacobson, Fargo; Seuamnen, Detroit; and N. B. Hanson, Barnesville. A concert was held in the evening and was the big event of the meeting. WOOD F ’Phone 114 being struck by a work | ALL KINDS OF HARD AND SOFT , MAC VEAGH MAKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT | Secretary of the Treasury Also Com ments on Customs Frauds and Causes of Demoralization Revealed. Washington, Dec. 8—Secretary of the Treasury Franklin MacVeagh to- day transmitted to congress his an- nual report on the state of the finances of the nation. The estimates of expenditures for the executive de partments for the fiscal year 1911, he says, have been made with unusual care. They total $671,288,075.21, | Which sum is $55,663,091.19 less than | the appropriations for 1910. In view of the general growth of the country’s business, this means that a large re trenchment has been made. The totals of the detailed estimates | of receipts for the current fiscal year | submitted herewith are $648,000,000, and for 1911 are $672,000,000, leaving |an ordinary deficit for the current year of $34,075,620.12, and for 1911 a surplus of $48,775,449.49. Adding the payments on account of the Panama canal and the public debt, the total deficit of the present year becomes $73,075,620.12, and for 1911 a surplus of $711,924.79. Since the treasury has not at present either in the banks or in its vaults, materially more than a working balance, says the report, it will become necessary, in order to meet these deficits, to sell either bonds or certificates of indebtedness. The secretary speaks at some length of the sugar trust customs frauds and the resulting work for rehabilitation of the customs service, especially at the port of New York. He says: “The study of the causes of the de- moralization which has been revealed is still incomplete, but the main causes are evident. It is clear, for instance, that the influence of local politics and politicians upon the customs service has been most deleterious, and has promoted that laxity and low tone which prepare and furnish an inviting soil for dishonesty and fraud. Unless the customs service can be released from the payment o political debts and exactions, and from meeting the supposed exigencies of political organ- izations, big and little, it will be im- Jpossible to have an honest service for OR SALE JOHN O’BRIEN any length of time. | “Any considerable share of the pres- | ent cost of this demoralization to the | public revenues, to the efficiency of | the service, and to the public and pri- vate morality is a tremendous amount to pay in mere liquidation of the small | debts of political leaders. | “Tt is also clear that the widespread disposition of returning American tray- jelers to evade the payment of legal | {duties has greatly helped to create | the conditions which have become in- tolerable. Those Americans who travel , abroad belong to the sections of the | people which most readily create pub- jlic sentiment and are most respon- sible for it; and the fact that in so | many instances these travelers are | willing to defraud the government out | of considerable or even small sums | creates an atmosphere on the docks | that strongly tends to affect the | morale of the entire customs service. And when to this is added the fre- | quent willingness upon the part of | these responsible citizens to spe-| cifically corrupt the government’s | men, then the demoralization is fur | ther accentuated.” H HEARS OF RELIEF WORK | American Red Cross Meets in Wash- | ington—President Taft Makes { a Brief Address. | Washington, Dec. 7—The American | Red Cross held its fifth annual meet- | ing to-day in Continental Memoriat hall, the sessions lasting all day. This | evening the members will attend a re- | ception given by Miss Mabel T. Board- | man. After a meeting of the cen- | tral committee in the morning reports | of branches were heard and a general | discussion took place, followed by | luncheon served in the building. The | afternoon session began with a brief | address delivered by the head of the | society, President Taft. Then Lloyd C. Griscom, ex-ambassador to Italy, ' spoke on “Relief Work in _ Italy,” | Miss Katherine Bement Davis on | “An American Woman’s Work in. Sicily,” Joseph C. Logan on “Relief | Work at Key West,” and Director Ern- | est P. Bicknell on other Red Cross | activities, including the work at the | Cherry mine in Ilinois.: | Engineers Meet in Gotham. i New York, Dec. 7.—The thirtieth , annual meeting of the American So- | ciety of Mechanical Engineers opened | today in the Engineering Societies’ | building, and will continue through | Friday. A number of professional pa- | pers will be presented and commit- | tees of the gas power section wil | make valuable reports. Members res- ident in and about New York have ar-| ranged an attractive program of so-| cial entertainment, including an ex-! cursion to-morrow afternoon. In the! evening there will be a lecture on ag-| ricultural maehinery by L. W. Ellis of the bureau of plant industry, United | || States department of agriculture. : ‘of judicial injunctions without notice WHAT TAFT WANTS CONGRESS TO DO Postpone any sugar import scandals in the New York custom house. | Let the tariff alone until the new tariff commission shell have finished | its investigations, which the president. thinks will take two or three years. | Pass laws forbidding the issuance in labor controversies: | Provide for the establishment of a system of postal savings banks. Provide for a ship subsidy. Provide for publicity of political | contributions in elections of members| of congress. \ Establish civil service pensions. Provide for a higher rate of postage on periodicals and magazines. Provide for a fund of $50,000 for the suppression of white slave traffic. Provide for a commission to evolve a plan to expediate legal procedure and mitigate ‘the laws’ delays.” Provide for the construction of an artificial island and fortification in the entrance to Chesapeake bay. Provide for two battle ships and one repair ship for the navy. Provide for the establishment of an extensive naval base at Pearl harbor, Hawaii, Establish a maval bureau of health. Grant statehood to Arizona and Mexico. Establish an appointive governorshir and executive council for Alaska. | Provide for civil control of the light house board. Provide for the celebration of 1913 of the semi-centennial of negro eman- ciption. } Reimburse the depositors in the defunct Freedman’s Trust & Savings company. Consolidate the bureaus of manufac ture and statistics in the department of commerce and labor. Authorize a $73,075,620 issue of Panama bonds to meet the deficit in the executive department for the fisc al year. . investigation of the| Make appropriations for the expense of the Pan-American congress and participation in the Belgian ex- Selling at Cost We will sell all the dry goods in our store at cost as we wish to close out all these goods at once. We will carry a clean and fresh stock of Groceries and ask for a share of your patronage. THE CASH STORE Arsenault @ Cashen, Props. STORE There are many, many things in our splendid, well selected stocks that ‘ will make your friends the best of gifts. Useful, serviceable practical gifts, the sort that please and satisfy. These are suggestions, many others equally as interesting al the store.