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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-18

All of which is respectfully submitted.
l.. b. HICKOK,
Chairman.
Supervisor Wilson, chairman committee
on charitable institutions claims, submitted
the following report, which was adopted:
Mr.. Chairman, DC. y our committee or
state charitable institution claims would re
spectfully report that they have examined
all claims presented before them, and rec
ommend the payment of the following
and that the clerk be directed to Issue
orders for the several amounts to the sew
eral claimants, to-wit:
Illinois Northern Hospital for the
Insane at Elgin. ...............$ 210 80
Eastern Hospital for the Insane at
Kankakee. .......... ........ 557 80
| Illinois Asylum for Feeble. minded
I Children at LinCOln.... .... "a
Institution for the Education of the
Deaf and Dumb at Jack sonville. 05 II
Illinois Industrial School for Girls
at Evanston. So g.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JonN L. WILSON,
Chairman.
Supervisor Griffin, chairman committee
on public buildings, submitted the follow
ing report which was adopted:
Mr.. Chairman, d'c.-IOur committee on
public buildings claims would respectfully
report that they have examined all claims
presented before them, and recommend the
payment OF the following, and that the
clerk be directed To issue orders for the
several amounts TO the several claimants,
Il. wit:
Lutz Il Briggs, paints for court house
anu JAZZ. ....... ..............S ~ w
Miller u Nattinger, work and mate
rial on court house. .......... 10 rs
John W. Kelly, mason work at
boiler house. -. .............. % 90
|. ). Rocking Crate Bar Co, 1916
pounds CRATE bars. .......... Is 10
John w. Clegg IL Co, labor and
plumbers material, repairing
water closets at county asylum. POS al
r. & ii. Colwell, labor and material
repairing windows and doors at
county asylum. .............. % 81
Your committee would further report
that the ceiling Ia the kitchen at the
county asylum Is In very dilapidated con.
dition from the fact that the steam and hot
water pipes are so close 10 IL, and your
committee would recommend that they be
authorized To have corrugated iron cell.
ing placed In the kitchen.
lour committee would further recon-.
mend that a suitable ice house be built M
the county asylum. Of sufficient size to al
low the construction of meat house In
the centre of same. Your committee make
this recommendation from the fact that as
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-18

Grafton OF The subject Of Issuing county
bonds, beg leave 10 report that they have
| had the same under consideration. and
after comforting with one another and with
other members of the Boa,d would recon-
mend the adoption of the following reso
| luton:
Resolred, That by and under the author.
ity given by the electors Of La Sale
county, Illinois, at the last general cleo.
ton, the county issue bonds to the amount
of $4,000, at an annual rate of interest
not to exceed four and one. half per cen.
tum, interest TO be paid semi.annually
bonds to fall due as follows: $4,000 on
January LIST, 1893; $4,000 on January LIST,
1894; $4,000 on January LIST, 1895; 49,.
600 on January LIST, 1896, and $4,000 on
January LIST, 1897. And be 1t further
ResOlced, That the chairman of this
Board, together with the county treasurer,
be and they are hereby ordered and d.
rected to negotiate the sale of the afore.
said bonds for the county, both by public
advertisement for proposals for said loan
and by personal solicitation, by private
correspondence and otherwise; and that
the chairman and treasurer are authorized
- use their best judgment relative to any
terms and conditions OF said bonds not
herein expressed.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
l.. M. SAWYER,
JOHN NICHOLSON,
r. A. ROVE,
JAS w. STEVENSON,
WILLIAM LAUF,
Committee on Finance.
Supervisor Lewis offered the following:
That whenever the chairman shall have as
certained that the loan cannot be placed at
par at the rate of interest fixed in the re.
port of the committee on finance, he be re-
quested to take the necessary steps TO Sc
cure special session of the Board to con
slider the matter as 1t may then stand
which was carried by the following vote
Those voting In the affirmative are Su.
pervisors Bowen, Brennan, Bubeck, Burk
art, Butterfield Carlin, Dinsmore, DOYLE
Farnsworth, Ford, Green, Griffin, Hol
locker, LAUDER, Lewis, Lukins, Nicholson
Norton, Rowe, Stevenson, Thompson and
Wilson-22
Those voting In the negative are Super.
visors Anderson, Dresser, Dryer, Duna.
way, Fades, Fischer, Gibbs, Gransden,
Gum, Hickok, Jennings, Madden, Maier-
hofer, McLauchlan, OLoughlin, Phillips
and Spencer-17.
On motion of Supervisor Griffin, Board
adjourned until o'clock tomorrow morn.
ing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-12-18

The Board was called TO order by the
chairman, Mr.. L. G. Lewis, supervisor from
Deer PARK
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
E.ahOF HOIP-.

District Assembly "a, Knights OF
Labor: New York, denounces the YER
dict convictipg the Chicago Anarch-
lists, as Unfair, and urges that the said
judiciary be deposed from using this
monopoly purchased power in tie
future"
Baltimore Knights are said to have
received an order from Powderiy to
withdraw their delgates from the Fed
Grafton OF Trades, owing TO the a2gres-
siyeness OF the latter.
A tie.up on several New York street
railroads is imminent, owing to disat-
lection among tie employees on &C,
count OF fines end reduced pay.
The l 100 ccopers III Cincinnati
struck on the 18th because the pro
prietors refused to sign a new scale OF
wages.
The proposed boycott OF several
shoe firms in Chicago will not be insti.
tuted, as the charges against them
proved 10 he unfounded.
Greenvllle, Pa, servant girls have
/ combined for the purpose Of advanc'
( ng wages 80 cents a week.
Twenty-four coal miners, convicted
Of riot and conspiracy Tor addressing
meetings in the fourth p0o', N Penn
+ sylvanlG, daring the great strike o.
1855. and sentenced 20 SIX months
imprisonment, gave themselves Up Oh
tbs 1871 eEd woEa cert . tbs Totk
! hrns6- : a+rcng eHrr5 - beirs made
! = ave them pardoDed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
Homes for the Homeless

The cooperative system inaugural
ed seven years ago by the publishers
of the OMAHA WEEKLY BEE, whereby
the patrons OF that paper share d.
rectly in the income from advertising,
has been marked success. Last year
The Bee Publishing Company divided
among it's subscribers, real estate,
machinery, implements, musical in
struments, silverware, clothing, books
and other articles, valued in the ag-
gregate $43, 1900. These premiums
were for the most part paid for in ad-
vertising, which, owing to the exten-
sive circulation of the paper, had be-
come so valuable as to command
three dollars per inch for each inser
ton. Three farms, covering in all
200 acres-80 acres in Kansas, 80
acres in Iowa and 40 acres in Nebraska
procured in trade from the j. l. Case
Threshing Machine Company, of Ra-
cine, Wisconsin, were among last years
premiums to patrons OF the WEEKLY
BEE.
This year, the BEES premium list
excels all it's previous efforts. Three
good farms, each so acres, located re-
spectively in Woodbury. County, Iowa,
and Howard and Hall Counties, in
Nebraska, are on the list. The most
valuable among these is the Hall
County farm, with house, well and
other improvements. This farm is
near Grand Island, rapidly growing
city of over Z 900 population. There
are also among this years premiums,
a Minnesota Chief Threshing Machine,
with horse power complete, several
| harvesters, 20 tanning mills, IL plows
| and many other farm implements; 2
gold and 40 silver watches, from the
| Weltham and Elgin factories; grand
piano, 2 parlor organs, 35 sewing ma
chimes and thousands of other arti-
cles, aegregating in all $40, $500.
| Every subscriber guaranteed q pre-.
MUM worth at retail at least $1.O0.
Sample copies, with full premium
| list, mailed free. This is no swindling
scheme, gotten up by adven6urers, but
a perfectly legitimate division OF
profits, by responsible publishers OF a
! reputable paper that ranks as the
! leading journal West OF Chicago and
is now in its sixteenth year. No intel
| ligent person would expect that every
! SuDSCIlUSI Will EctclNo d pIBoOo idi LII
81 900 piano, or $3.50 threshing
machine, but allhave an equal chance
IN the distribution which is always
conducted by the subscribers present,
usually numbering many hundreds.
The enormous increase OF it's circu-
lation is, however, by no means en-
tirely due to this co Cooperative premi-
nm scheme. It's consistent and ag-
gressive championship OF the rights
/ and interests of the farmer, mechanic
and laborer, and its fearless opposi-
tion TO monopolies and monopoly
methods has made the BEE popular
and influential.
The subscription price Of The
WEEKLY BEE is Two DOLLARS per
year Direct your remittance by
money order, postal note orregistered
letter, to TIE BEE PUBLISHING Co.,
+. OMAHA, NEB., who will mail to you q
numbered and registered premium re-
ceipt. Each subscriber should also
giveerplicit directio ons as to postofhoe
/ address.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
4 PRGCL4n.aTfOs.
The 4nti-Rent Plan of Campaign Tabooe
by the Government,

The A-nti-Rent Plan of Campaign Tabooed
by the Government.
The chief executive of Ireland on the
18th proclaimed the anti-rent cam
paign. This is accepted by the leaders
OF the National League as step on
the governments part toward the
suppression OF the league. The funds
OF the league have already been trans
ferred to France IN order to
protect their seizure by the
authorities and the rent moneys
deposited with trustees will also be
protected to guard them against gov
ernment designs. The proclamation
warns all persons that melting OF ten
ants TO refuse to pay Or to withhold
rents is an illegal act and that the
antl-rent movement, by whatever
means carried out, is q criminal con-
spiracy. Ia addition it says that all
moneys, receipts or documents given
or received for the purpose OF such
conspiracy are liable TO seizure, and
that persons IL whose possession the
same are found shall be arrested.
This sweeping measure is the pro-
duction OF Lord Ashbourne, lord
chancellor OF ireland, and assent
to its PRONUNCIATION was btained at
the last cabinet council. 1t Is hoped
that the English and Irish Home
Rulers will now rest until the meeting
OF Parliament, when early action can
be taken in opposition to evictions,
and to restrain the governments
coercive activities. In the meantime,
however, the Unionist papers clamor
for the immediate suppression OF the
National League, and even demand
that trial by jury be suspended in
Ireland if the juries refuse to convict
the advisers OF the anti-rent move
ment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25

owner OF a sav-mill, and nephew,
were killed.
TIE Little Rock, Mississippi River
& Texas Railroad was sold to jaw
Gould on the 18th for $4,000.
Because she refused to live with him,
August Debdke beat his wife nearly to
death st Cleveland, o. He then cut
his throat.
Congressman Reid, OF Green's
borough, n. c., is reported to have
abscOnded, after obtaining about
$4,000 Illegally. He had also sold
bIs pay as Congressman to two or
more parties.
City elections were held at Boston
and Worcester, Mass, on the 14th
At the former place Mayor O'Brien
was reelected by q good majority.
Worcester elected Samuel Winslow,
mayor, ard voted for a saloon
license.
A portion OF the county court
house at Poplar Bluff, Mo, burned on
the 18th. Loss $40, 900. Thecounty
records were saved.
One man was killed and several
wounded by the explosion of three
boilers at Evansville, Ind, on the
14th.
In raid on negro gamblers, at Bir-
mirgham, Ala, on the night OF the
l4th, tWo players were killed.
Recent advices from Maudalay re-
port an engagement between British
troops and native insurgents, in whien
goo OF the latter were killed.
By Il boiler explosion at Hancock,
Mich, on the 18th, Henry Hilger, the
fireman, was probably fatally injured
The fve-ton boiler was thrown 600
foe+
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
DEFEATED BY THE RAILROAD DS.
The knights of Labor Trying to Furnish
Chicago With Cheaper Coal.


The Knights OF Labor are working
cooperative coal mines in Daviess
County, Indiana, aud in st. Clair
County, Illinois. Agents OF the order
have circulated q paper among the
commercial and manufacturing men of
Chicago by the terms OF which the sign
ers agree to buy coal OF the Knights,
provided the latter shall furnish the
same at rates which are pat at 81 to
$3.50 ton under those made by the
coal ring. This document has been
signed by about 600 OF the leading
consumers of the city. The capacity
OF these mines is estimated at 10000
tons q day. It seems that the rail-
roads have combined with the coal
barons to defeat the Knights. The
Ohio & Mississippi refused to carry
more than one carload Of coal day
For the Knights and the Illinois Cen
tral refused to carry any coal for the
order altough en- advance OF 3 per
cent. over regular rates was offered.
for three days the state executive
board OF the Knights OF Labor has
been in session and has given much
time to the consideration OF the pro-
priaty OF taking action to compel the
road to carry their coal. The United
Labor Party's representatives in the
Illinois Legislature will bring the mat
ter before that body and will seek the
appointment of an investigating COM
ypjttep
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
COyFEFCTIsG REPORrs

Late Dispatch About the Burning of
the Steamer j. VI. White.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. IA
Thomas Barry, second engineer of the
j. Nj. White, was on duty when the
fire broke out IN the cotton amidsbiD.
For time he thought he had got the
fire under control, but it finally gained
such headway that nothing could be
done with it. Barry states that the
fire then spread so rapidly that the
boat was wrapped IN flames IN q short
time. He thinks there were ten or
twelve lives lost, including q cclored
fireman and two colored chamber
maids.
One of them, named Martha WASH
ington, a cook, colCred, was also lost.
Barry also reports the loss OF Capt.
Bird Floyd ana the superintendent 81
the Vidalia Railroad with his vile ana
daughter, who were passengers. Barry
knows nothing as to the number OF
passengers that were aboard, bu5
thinks there were notvery many. He
believes there were some women anl
children on the deck.
NOTE-Evidences ere accumulating
that there were many lives lost, as the
story OF Fireman Barry would iudi-
cate. Some people place the number
at fftv
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
POVERTY ND PEsTELENcE.
Horrible Discovery in Detroit-An u
natural Father.

Horrible Discovery in Detroit-An I'm
natural Father.
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. ia horrible
scene of pestilence, poverty and death
has been discovered in the dilapi-
dated frame house, 456 Woodbridge
Street, in this city. The house
was occupied by stone
cutter named Thomas Grears with
his wife and FIVE children. Mrs. Grears
died last Sunday and was buried
Wednesday, her babe beirg cared for
by the neighbors. Since the funeral
the house has been closed and moth
ing was seen Of Grears Or his children.
Becoming suspicious that something
was wrong g neighbor this morning
broke in the door and found the chill
dren on the same bed on which lay the
father, who was crazy drunk. All the
children were down With avirulent at
tack OF scarlet fever. A girl, years
old, was dead; boy, s years old, was
strangling and dying; and the other
children were so i'll they could not
move. There was neither fire nor food
in the house. The poor commission
will do everything possible to relieve
the children.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
AGAIN. ~ 0IOD.
John Dillon Arrested Second Time BY
the Coercionists.

John Dillon Arrested "a Second Time by
the Coercionists.
John Dillon, member OF Parliament
for East Mayo, William O'Brien, edit
or OF United Ireland, Matthew Har-
ris, member OF Parliament for East
Galway, and David Sheehy, member
OF Parliament for South Galway, were
arrested on the 10th in the town OF
Loughrea, County Galway, charged
with conspiracy to defraud. The pris-
oners have been acting as trustees in
conducting the "plau OF campaign"
and been receiving from dissatisfied
tenants the reduced rents refused by
landlords or landlords agents. At
the time of ms king the arrests the po-
lice took from Mr.. Dillon $40 which
he had Just received in trust from ten
ants. The four gentlemen were taken
before a magistrate and remanded for
a weak
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
DEFICIENCY 0F ASSETS.
Directors of the Chicago Life Insuran
GnmnAnN Held IiabIe.

Directors of the Chicago Life Insurance
Company Held Liable.
CHICAGO, H., Dec. 14.-Judge Tuley
began the hearing OF q suit com
menced by the receiver and several
creditors of the Chicago Lie Insur-
ance Company against the members
OF the boards of directors from
1871 to 1877, seeking to
make them liable for the deficiency OF
the assets and to pay the iabiliti s OF
the corporation, estimated by the re.
ceiver to be over S374. 600. 1t was
alleged that false annual reports were
made and that thesefacts we're known
to the directors. Judge Tuley said
the question OF tbepower Of thereceiv-
er to sue was now before the supreme
court, but pending its decision, be
would hold to his former ruling that
the directors were in the position oi
agents and were to be held RESPONSE
BILE for gross negligence in failing to de
tect the falsity of the reports made by
the company. He directed them to
answer within thirty DAYS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
RESCUED FROM 4 URECK.
Crew of a Sinking Ship Saved by
New York PiInt Boat

Crew of "a Sinking Ship Saved by :.
New York Pilot Boat.
The pilot boat Charlotte Webb,
Capt. Malcom, arrived in New York
on the 10th, bringing Capt. Weed and
his crew OF fourteen men, rescued from
the bark Cremona, which was aban-
doned at sea and burned. The Gre
mona is owned by n B. Mansfield, of
Boston, and sailed from Acera, Africa,
October IL. On the afternoon CT De-
cember 8, q heavy lie struck the ves-
sci and caused her to labor heav-
lily. The following morning g. heavy
crosa sea struck the after part
OF the ship and half an hour later
8 heavy COmjing sea broke the
rudder post and completely smashed
the starboari side OF the vessel and
starting the cargo bstween decks.
The vessel was completely helpless
aud rolled in the trough OF the sea,
The waves washed the decks, and it
was with difficulty the men chung to
the vessel. All day and all night the
gale ragged, and at 10 O'Clock the next
morning, when on the west side of the
gull stream, they sighted the New
York pilot boat and signaled for as
sistanc2. On the arrival OF the Webb,
the CTemona's crew vas transferred to
her and the abandoned bark, which
would have become a dangerous oh.
stacle IN the track of passing vessels,
was set on fire
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
MINOR VIEWS y0TES.

The steamer Island, ofthe Rel Star
line, from Antwerp ior Phlladelphia,
put into Queenstown on the 18Th in q
crippled condition. She had passed
through terrible gale, in which one
man was drowned and several of the
crew severely injured.
On the afternoon OF the 18th three
masked men went TO the house OF q
miner named Gribble, at Champion
Mich, in his absence, and by jadicious
use OF q big knife succeeded III robbing
Mrs. Gribble OF $500 belonging TO
her husband.
The fruit evaporatinge establishment
OF John S. Stump, st Armada, Bitch,
was destroyed by fire on the I9th.
Loss, $4,000 Miss Elizabeth
stump, sister Of the proprietor, aged
y, was burned to death.
James D. Warren, n Appointment poll
tlolsn OF Buffalo, \ y, died Oh the
18th.
the box factory OF E. II. Barnes &
Co, at 0swego, \. Y, was burned or
the 10th. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000.
James Howard, aged 35, was
lynched at TeSarkana, on the f6sh
for branding his l4-yesr-old wife with
2, red hot ro1-
BF 2 boiler eFplosiop st Suit City.
Ind, on the IotH, A. II. Shoptaw,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25
RIOT ~ SiS FRANCISCO,
The Strike of Street-Car Employees Lead
to = Fatal FusiIade of shot

The strike of Street-Car Employees Lead $
TO = Fatal FusiIade of Shot.
The car mems strike Oh the Sutter
Street road, San Francisco, developed
into violence on the 18Th. A number
OF strikers had just left a car near
the Central Avenue terminus, after an
unsuccessful effort to induce tie new
men TO desert their posts, when hood
lums in thecrow owd, which had gathered,
began pelting the car and those in
charge OF 1t with stones. This led to
a shot being fired into the crowd by
some one ON the car. An answer
ing shot came from the mob
and lively fusilade ensued, during
which about tYenty-fiveshots were ex-
changed, leading to general stam-
pede OF the crowd. When the space
was cleared a man was found lying on
the ground with bullet hole in the
back OF his head. He was carried to
the hospital, where the wound was
pronounced mortal. He has not yet
been identified. A number OF arrests
have been made, but it is not known
who fred the fatal shot. After the
shooting all cars on both Sutter and
Geary Streets were withdrawn.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-12-25

is an ex-member of the supreme court
Of Illinois. IN attempt was made
at New York TO learn what Jay Gould
thought OF the new receiver for the
Wabash Road, q dispatch from Chi
cago announcing the appointment of
Judge Cooley, by Judge Gresham, be-
ing shown him and a number Of aues.
tions were showered upon him by the
reporter, but the only words that
could be extracted from him were
these: II have nothing to say"