The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-02

A report has been received at the
Navy Department in Washington from Adj
miral Jouett announcing the failure by the
parties interested TO settle the disputes I'm
tho United States OF Colombia. He says the
political differences between tho two parties
are of such a npture that peaccablc settle
ment is quite impossible at this time. Hos
tibties are likely to continue indefinitely.
The troubles on the Isthmus, Admiral Jouett
thinks, result from local politics and from
the fact that many depravcd characters con-
gregate there. He anticipates hard lighting
i'm Colombia.
The Dominion House of Commons
has passed bill increasing the Northwest
Mounted Police to one thousand men.
The Commercial Travellers Associa-
ton of the United States was in session at
Buffalo, with over three hundred delegates
in attendance. The Secretary reported n
membership of 4,07l.--The National Plumb
ers' Convention, ut st. Louis, was composed
of over two hundred de!egates.--The Grand
Army of the Republic, at Portland, Me-,
elected ex-Congress Burdette, OF Mis-
souri,, Commander-in-Chief;e x-Gov. Conner,
of Maine, Senior Vice Commander, and Chief
Comrade Lewis, OF Georgia, Junior Vice
Commander. The National woman's Relief
Corps elected the following oilicers Mrs
Sarah f. Fuller, of Massachusetts, Presi-
dent; Mrs. Lizzie ID. a K.nnie, OF California,
Senior Vice President Mrs. Kent, OF New
Hampshire, Junior Vice President; Mrs. l..
a. Turner, OF Massachusetts. Treasurer;
and Mrs Annie Whittemyer, OF Philadelphia,
Chaplain. railway accountants held
their national convention ut Minneapolis.
Frank NJ. Luce, of the Northwestern Road,
was elected President for the ensuing year.
The annual camp-meeting of the
National Prohibition Association will be held
ut Decatur, Ill, beginning July 81, and
closing Aug. g.
French Canadians of Quebec have
organized TO raise funds for the purpose of
defending Kiel and other half-breeds en-
(, gagged in the Northwestern revolt
At Toronto, Thomas White and
Charles Bent were convicted of utterng
forged circular notes of the Bank of Scot
land. Confessions of two of their con-
federates show the existence OF n gang of
forgers, whose members are scattered
through America ana in nearly every country
of europe.
At Detroit, Mich, IN the application
of the Hop Bitters Company of Rochester,
N. Y, for preliminary injunction against
c. d. Warner, OF Reading, Mich. manufac-
turer Of German Hop Bittcrs, TO restrain
him from using a similar name bottle, and
label in the sale of his bitters, the Court
| Justice Mathews and District Judge Brown
ruled that the defendant, c. ID. Warner, had
right to use the words German Hop Bit
ters.
During the week there were 1874
business failures in the United States and
Canada, a decrease OF 81 as compared with
the preceding week Brddstrect's journal, In
its commercial summary, says: From the
leading business centers word comes that
trade continues quiet and sngularly free
from speculative movements. Surplus funds
at the banks at New York, Boston, and Chi
| caRo show no signs OF growing smaller. and
tho demand for money ap the interior hds
| not yet equaled the expectations. The vol
ume of general merchandise moving is
made up of hand-to- mouth purchases. Since
the labor troubles at Pittsburgh have been
settled the local trade situation has assumed
| a better aspect. At Philadelphia merchants
| are inclined 10 a more confident and hopeful
vow Of tho nearby future, while at New
| York the reverse is true"