Senator Ferry’s representatives at Lan
sing have also been served with pro
cess last night in a suit for an unpaid
bill of $2,300 for room ami board -for a
month from January 7 at the hotel
there. The senator has been absent
from Lansing all the week, and it has
been well understood ho was stemming
the tide over financial difficulties, but
their extent is unknown.
NOT AS BAD AS MIGHT BE.
Detroit, Feb. G—A dispatch freni
Grand Haven says that Edward P.,one
of the firm of Ferry it Bro., while re
fusing to make any statement concern
ing the affairs of the firm, declares the
reports concerning them greatly exag
gerated. He also declares he shall de
vote himself to the senator’s re-election
after which ho will make a public
statement of the liabilities of the firm,
which will present matters in a much
more favorable light. It is ascertained
that the banks of Flint hold $30,000 —
two-thirds secured by good endorse
ments, the balance by attachment
levies.
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A Senator Caught Rehearsing.
1 am reminded of the story of Sena
tor How’s great “impromptu” speech
on education and labor, which he de
livered iu the Senate several years ago,
the inside history of which has
never been published. It is an il
lustration of the way great men prepare
extempore speeches, which they get
off on the spur of the moment, to the
amazement of the common mind.
