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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
THE INDUSTRIAL REALM.

Representatives Of the Union Labor party,
of Indiana, met at Indianapolis last week and
decided to issue call at once for State CON
vention to nominate a full ticket, from Gov
ernor down. The convention will be held
March Z.
A PHILADELPHIA dispatch says that "Chair-
man John J. Lee and Henry l. Bennett,
member of the Executive Committee of the
Knights of Labor, tried TO hold a conference
with the Reading officials. Superintendent
Sweigert refused to talk with them in their
capacity as members of a labor committee.
Lee was afterward discharged Trains were
run as usual, and thirteen of the thirty nine
coiierles in the Schuylkill region were being
worked. Work on the Reading docks at
Elizabeth, n. j., has been resumed Two
steamboats, arrived with 175 new men, who
were at once put in the places of the strikers
and guarded by detectives The railroad
strike is thought to he over, but fears of a
miners. strike are growing President Cor
bin, of tn Reading Company, in letter to
the General Manager of the road, says:
Hereafter we will operate this property with
employees who consider their first duty is to the
company. and expect TO obey reasonable orders
made in the transaction of its business. There
has never been a moment when, under any CIR
cumstances, would arbtrate any question
growing out of this strike. There has been
nothing TO arbitrate. 1t is only question ms
30 whether the company will be permitted to
operate its own property-a property in which
there il invested over 500 000. 000-or whether
this property shall be controlled by the Knights
of Labor. Il may as well be understood now.
and from this { me on, that every wheel which
is turned on the Reading system shall DO
turned on the orders of that company, and un-
der the orders of nobody else.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
THE POLITICAL FIELD.

The Kansas Prohibition Convention assem-
bled at Topeka and elected the following dele
gates to the National Prohibition Convention
TO be held in Indianapolis, Ind, in June: Elk
Governor John p. st John, of Olathe; NJ "
b. Bennett of Columbus; Mrs. Fannie Ras-
tall, President of the Kansas W. c. T. u. and
the Rev. A. NJ. Richardson, of Lawrence A
convention for the nomination of State ticket
was called at Topeka on June Is. A motion
to include an anti-monopoly plank in the
platform of the party was discussed at length,
but was lost.
A RECENT dispatch from Harper, Kan.
says:
Great excitement prevails throughout Harper
County on account of bitter feeling between this
town and Anthony over the contest for the
county seat. In the last election Har-
per received u majority of 800 votes.
The candidates were given certificates, but
the Anthony rivals are contesting the cleo
tion on the ground of fraud and ballot box
BtufiinC in this city. Last Tuesday evening the
citizens of Anthony held mass meeting in the
Council Chambers, and, after passing IA series
of very beiligerent resolutions, proceeded to or
ganze Winchester rifle club. Tho Anthony
paper is taking an active part in the matter,
and the news of the developments reached here
to-day. Hundreds of men have offered their
services to defend Harper's people and prop
erty. The outcome is a matter of lively specu-
laton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

Russia BY which continued peace 10 assured
CoNsrANTINoPLE dispatch: sHerr Won RADIO
witz, the German ambassador, has officially
informed Kiamil Pashs, the president of the
council Of ministers, that Germany will give
Austria active military support if Russia
should provoke war with Austria"
TELEGRAM from Vienna says that Prince
Lobanoff, the Russian ambassador there, has
assured Count Kalnoky that Russia is pursu-
ing policy of peace, and that the concentra-
tion of Russian troops on the Galician from
tier is not intended as an aggressive move
ment
The British mission that went to Abys-
sinia to induce King John to sue Cor peace
was unsuccessful, and will return at once to
Cairo.
THERE was a desperate fight between Catho-
lies and Orangemen near Cookstown in Ire
land. Stones, bricks, revolvers, etc, were
freely used The house of q priest was COM
pletely wrecked, and the windows Of other
houses were smashed. Police stopped the
fight Several persons were arrested.
MAURICE BERNHARDT, son Of the actress,
Sarah Bernhardt, and Princess Virginia Clo-
tide Jablonowski, great-granddaughter OF
Lucien Bonaparte, were married in the Church
Of St Honore, Paris. Great crowds sur
rounded the church and gave a grand ova ton
to Nine Bernhardt upon her arrival and de-
parture.
ST. PETERSBURG dispatch says the ten
sion between Russia and Austria shows symp-
toms Of relaxing. The Grosh DAMN declares
that an entente is possible, even to the most
Lin. Dali AZ.
HUNGARIAN and Russian miners employed
in the iron mines at Hibernia, Morris county,
New Jersey, engaged in a race riot, with the
result of badly injuring large number of the
men.
The presenc, of English and American men
Of war at Honolulu prevented an instruction
that had been planned December 10, on the re-
assembling of the Legislature. King Kalakaua
has deposited collaterals to secure the pay
ment Of his debts.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
STRIKES AND L0CK0UTs.
Annual Report Of Carroll d. Wright
Chief of the Bureau of
Labor.
Details OF Industrial Troubles Occur.
ring In the United States for
Six Years.
Vast Sums of Money Lost by Both En-.
ployer and Employe-SuCcess
and Failures.
Washington special

Commissioner Carroll ID. Wright has
submitted to the Secretary Of the Interior
the third annual report of the Bureau of
Labor, which relates entirely to strikes and
lockouts for the period of six years ended
Dec. 81, 1886. The report is regarded as
of special importance, as it is the result Of
the first general investigation ever made by
any nation Of the facts concerning strikes
and lockouts for any extended period of
time or for any wide extent Of territory.
The report covers about 700 printed pages,
and gives the details of each strike and
lockout occurring in the United States
during the period named. 1t exhibits the
facts belonging to each industrial trouble
for each locality where trouble was found,
without attempting to establish or decide
the connection between them. The follow
ing table shows the number of strikes oc-
curing during each of the last six years,
and the number Of establishments involved.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Money Generally Easy and Stocks Improved
but Labor Troubles Cause Some Uneasi-
ness.
r. G. Dun & Co, Of New York, in their
weekly review of trade, say;
A year of enormous business closes with a
little more than the seasonable dullness.
Transactions much beyond the average in Sep
tsmber and October prepared for some slack
ening in trade in November and December
which has been increased by tariff uncertain
ties, by several strikes Of Importance, and by
a speculative advance in prices. Unusual
pressure for money during the fall, on
the other hand, caused adjustments
which prevent severe pressure the
year closes. and except ut a few Western points
the money markets are comparatively easy,
with collections almost everyw here fair, and at
most points reasonably good Holiday trade
has generally been large, and the recent change
in the weather brings greater activity in some
branches But the pending strikes and contro-
versies about wages, and uncertainties as TO the
future in soine'of tho largest industries, oper-
ate unfavorably. Hopes of activity and adj
vance after New Year sustain prices, but the
great movement Of foreign capital hitherward
for investment has ceased at least for tho
time
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

trades, 531; clothing. 275; metal and me-
tallic goods, rs; and tobacco. GAG; or a
total Of 1,76l.
Besides completing the field work for
this report, and the compilation Of the in
formation, the bureau has carried on al
most to completion the investigation begun
last year concerning the moral. physical,
and economical conditions of the working
women of great cities, and has continued
its investigation into the cost Of great sta
pie products It has also undertaken; ac-
cording to Congressional instruction, the
collection of statistics OF marriage and di-
vorce in the United States, a report of
which may be submitted before the close of
the present session Of Congress.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

words ensued and the duel was the result
The conditions Of the meeting were that the
mon sheuld use their side arms ~ thirty
paoes, advance. and fire until one or both
were killed At tho third shot Walker fell,
MORALLY wounded, dying without uttering q
word. Shortly afterward Cen MarmAduks:suc-
ceeded to the command and conducted the
Confederate retreat from Little Rock During
this retrograde movement the fighting WAS
almost continuous, and the reckless bravery
displayed by Gen. Marmaduke was attributed
to remorse. Since his Inauguration as Gov
ernor of Missouri he got into dispute with
Mayor Rainwater, and duel was imminent
but the matter was amicably settled by
friends.
The Adventists of Battle Creek, Mich, fully
persuaded that the day of doom As close ut
hand are discarding jewelry and making other
preparations. At meeting the other night
5000 was raised to establish missions
A PASSENGER car on the Toledo, Ann Ar
Dor and North Michigan Road was upset at
Alma, Mich, by bad frog. Six persons were
detained for hours.
A CLEARWATER (Minn.) telegram says that
town is exercised over the strange return to
life of boy of IL years. Willie Baxter died
of diphtheria. The ensuing day his body was
made ready for the coffin and the family left
the room. Half an hour after some one re-
turned to the apartment and found the boy
ND and dressed in his everyday clothes He
insisted that he was not dead, and was not
going to die However, in about an hour,
during which time he talked cheerfully to
those around him, and seemed to be getting
better, he suddenly fell over as though struck
by lightning, and was stone dead in an instant
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
Brief TelCgrams

HATRED Of the Jews il undated in Russia.
The recommendation of the Imperial Com
mission to permit Jews to dwell in any village
of Russia has been rejected by the Govern
ment
WILLIAM HERRIG the Arkansas farmer who
murdered his wife and her lover, was hanged
to a tree under which he was found sleeping.
He said ho was ready and willing to die, and
had no cause for regret
SOMETHING very like tidal wave of mon
strous proportions swept upon the headlands
outside of Portland harbor The great mass
rose sixty feet above high-water mark, car
rying everything before it
DIVIDENDS have been declared on the Van
derbilt roads-Lakc Shore 2 per cent Michi-
gan Central, per cent; Canada Southern,
IL per cent Lake Shore earnings for the
year amounted to s - per cent on the stock.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
THE WESTERN STATES.

A JEFFERSON CITY MOI special announces
the death of Governor Marmaduke. of pneu-
monia, after an illness Of two days. General
John s. Marmaduke became Governor of
Missouri January 1, 1885 During the war he
served in tho Confederate army, where he
gained his title of "Genoral" He became
known as n man Of unfinching courage, and
in September, 1865, Tough. duel with Gen.
eral Walker, of Memphis, also in the Confed-
crate service. Walker and Marmaduke were
officers OF the same rank, but neither would
recognize the other as his superior. Hot
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

The Rail,cdy Age says: Not only is the
aggregate mileage thus shown extraordi-
narily great, but the number of ditferest
lines constructed is seen to be surprisingly
large, aggregating, after deductipg for The
duplicating of roads lying in two or more
States. no less than 3G4 lines. OF course
the number of companies building these
lines was very much less than this; but
these figures show that the new mileage is
not made up chiefly by few long lines,
but consists of main lines and branches
ramifying in all directions and supplying
facilities for transportation to innumerable
communities and to vastly extended re-
gions.
What has been the cost of this years
work2 Many Of the lines have been built
through comparatively level country, re-
curing but little grading and bridge
building; but, on the other hand, many
other lines have been most costly; for ex-
ample, those over the Rocky Mountains in
Colorado, the Southern Pacific extension In
Northern California, the Atchison's Kansas
City and Chicago extension. the Mort ern
Pacific's work in the Cascade Mountains,
and others. Moreover, several of the COM
panies have purchased costly terminal
facilities in large cities, while nearly all
have made extensive purchases of equip
ment. 1t is probably fair to assume that
the total cost of roadway, bridges, station
buildings, terminal facilities. and equip
ment of these new lines averaged S25, 900
per mile; at which rate it appears that not
far from 1926, 000,0 600 have been expended
on the lines completed during the year.
But even this prodigious sum does not by
any means cover all the ontlay for new
construction, as a large amount of grading
and bridge building has been done on ex-
tensions where the track has not yet been
laid.
Evidently the work OF the railway builder
in 1887 has necessarily had powerful in
fiuence on the financial condition of the
country. The money which has thus been
expended has temporarily employed large
army of workmen, and it has also furnished
permanent employment TO another great
army, probably aggregating- at the average
of five employees TO mile OF road-about
G5, 900 persons. An industry which in a
single year furnishes permanent occupa-
ton for $4,000 men, BESIDES temporary
work for still larger number, certainly
promotes the prosperity of the people in a
wonderful degree.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
THIRTEEN THOUSAND.
That Is the Number of Miles of Rail-
road Constructed During
the Year.
Kansas Leads, with Nebraska and
Texas Notwithstanding
Figures.
lChicago special.l


The current number OF the Railcay Age
other years in the extent of railway mile
age constructed in the United States.
When, six months ago, the prediction was
made that the total new mileage for the
year would not be less than 10. 900 miles,
with tie likelihood of surprising the record
of lSS2-the year of greatest railway con-
struction in the history Of the country" it
was not generally believed. But the figures
obtained by careful investigation throughout
the year and confirmed by official informa-
ten, now prove the prediction to have been
more than warranted. The returns show
that during 1887 no less than II, 724 miles
of new main line track were added to the
railway system of the United States, no
account being taken in this of the hun
dreds of miles of side track built, nor
Of the thousands Of miles of main
track relaid. 1t is not improbable that
some scattering additions may yet
be received; SO that 1t is safe to state that
during 1887 nearly, if not quite, $4,000
miles of new mainline track were con-
structed. These are truly astonishing fig
ures. When In 1882, during period Of
extraordinary activity, IL ,56S miles of new
road were built, it was generally believed
that these figures would not again be
equaled. In the following year, 1888, the
new construction fell to 6,741 miles; in
1884 to 3, S25, and in 1885 to 3,oOS miles.
The year 1886 witnessed a considerable re-
vival of activity and 5000 miles of new road
were built-a greater mileage than in any
previous year with the exceptions of 1881
and 1882; and now 1887 las Witnessed the
building of more miles of railway than
1886 and 1855 combined, and not much less
than 1885, 1884 and 1883 together.
The following summary shows the detail
ed records of the number OF lines and the
mileage laid in each State and Territory
during the wear 1887:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
THE FOREIGN BUDGET.

The revolution in Guatemala has been COM
rletely put down as the result of desperate
battle between the FEDERAL and revolutionary
forces, in which the latter were defeated and
almost annihiiated and their Generals captured
and shot
IT is announced on reliable authority that
the Pope has instructed Archbishop Walsh and
the other visiting Irish prelates to adopt
,onciliatory attitude toward the Government
ia Ireland.
A DISPATCH from Berlin Gays it is stated
that Austria, yielding to the pressure of cor
tain friendly powers has made advances to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
War Improbable,

BERLIN dispatch: Iho National Zeaung,
in an article on the political situation, says:
Germany neither expects nor desires war.
Prince Bismarck has thrown into the scale the
decisive word in favor of peace. 1t is hardly
probable that Russia will be in q position to
force war upon Germany and her allies. The
chances are, therefore, that peace will prevail,
although this peace cannot be taken as synon-
ymous with the restoration of European tran
quillity--a fact for which Russia must answer
to the world"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
ExrERmINATING THE KELLYs.
Lynchers Put Three of the Murderous
Brood Out of Existence.

Brood Out of Existence.
RECENT telegram from Wichita, Kan,
says: "Charles Green, q cattle dealer from
No Mans Land has arrived here, and gives
some details of the capture and lynching of
the Kelly family, whose horrible crimes, pub
lished widely few days ago, were as equally
atrocious as anything committed by the Ben
der family. The Kelly family left their ranch
near Oak City, going south. posse of citi-
zens started in pursuit and found them fifty
miles south, in Texas. The old man escaped,
but the son, Bill, was hanged, and the mother
and daughter were shot while the posse was
endeavoring to capture them"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

The Concord Enterprise reports that
the village has increased IL per cent. in
population the last year, and the Enterprise
helped TO do it, lot modestly takes no
c-edit therefore.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

Governor Ayers Christmas benefac-
tons to the poor of Detroit were large and
bountifuL Needy newsboys to the num-
Der of five hundred received suits OF
clothes, and one thousand families were
each given barrel of -four and cord Of
wood or n ton of coal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
MAY INDICT GOULD AND SAGE.

The New York District Attorney Thinks
the Charge of Larceny Will Lie Against
Them.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARITIME, of New York,
has filed the following memorandum in the
matter of the charges against Jay Gould and
Russell Sage by the bondholders of the Kan
sas Pacific Railroad:
This is an application to pre5ent to the
grand jury charge of larceny against Jay
Gould and Russell Sage under Section 81 Of
the penal code. In my opinion the acts with
the commission Of which the defendants stand
charged constitute crime. possible obsta-
Gle to successful prosecution OF the persons
complained of is the statute of limitation yet
there are strong reasons for believing that this
obstacle is not insurmountable. The statute
under which it is sought to prosecute
may be SO construed as to enable the
people TO proceed, Notwithstanding the stat
ute of limitations, and such a. construction
would have much support i'll reason and COM
mon sense. The question is 80 close and the
interests involved here-as well of the people
as of the dofendants-are 80 important il seems
proper to leave the determination of this ques-
tion OF law to the courts, and in order to effect
this result the matter should be laid before the
Grand Jury, and if proved, an indictment
should be found and tried
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

IT is not so much the years we have
spent as the use we have made of them
that will count when our life-work is
reckoned up.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

A TWENTY YEARS RECORD.
For the purpose of comparison we re-
print the following summary Of track-lay-
ing during each of the twenty years pre-
ceding 1887;
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04
FRESH FROM The WIRES.
Events of Interest and Importance
in Every Quarter of the
Habitable Globe.
News Relating to Politics, Religion,
Commerce, Industry, Labor,
and Other Topics.
THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
THE SCAFFOLD.

Three Southern Murdcrers Pay the PEN
atty of Their Crimes
WILLIAM PNoHUM was hanged at Harrison
burg, Va, for the brutal murder of his own
brother Preston Finchum. He had prear-
ranged q meeting in the woods with his
brother, and sent him to a distillery for
brandy for the purpose of making him drunk,
and also to nerve himself for the horrible
deed When Preston got so drunk as to be
partially oblivious of what was going on,
William stepped behind him and shot him in
the head. He then dubbed him several times,
crushing his skull to make his victims death
certain.
ALBERT PETERS was hanged at Mariana,
Ark. for the murder of William Johnson
near Trenton, in April, 1885.
JOHN STRICKLAND, white boy of 20 years,
was executed at Conway, s. c., for the muir
der Of his step-mother.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-01-04

The New York District Attorney Thinks
tho Charge of Larceny VIII Lie Against
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-30

power to send him nighef than Gisesreyss
kite. He was ready enough to buy me on
from doing him harm with the price Of
your hand. He did not like ID any too well,
curse him! but there was no other way to
save HIMSELF
He came to a pause. with seowl darken-
ing his brows-
"What has he dones'' The question
forced itself from the girls pale lips, quite
against her will She did not want to be-
lieve these horrible accusations, but there
came the remembrance Of Lyman's strange
actions, his moodiness, the trouble which
he had laid to business causes, to shake her
faith in him.
A moment passed before Ingot answered.
Determined as he was to have his, way, he
did not want to crush the girl whom he
really loved in his own fashion He found
all at once that he would rather not tell her
the actual details of her brothers. wrong
full acts.
"Look here!" he said at last, vi don't
want to blab more than is actually neces-
sary. 1t won't do you any good to pry into
the matter, and if you keep your bargain
with me, give you my word that I'll never
bother Lyman"
81 can not. Oh, know, in spite OF all you
say, that he never meant should"
Some angry feeling which Ingot had been
keeping down now broke bounds.
"No-curse him The thought he could be
too smart for me. He was in corner he
couldn't get out of in this world, SO he tried
to cheat me by jumping into the next Your
precious brother that you think so much of
was both a rascal and q coward, and took
the towards plan of getting out of his
trouble-by suicide. Ididn't take any stock
in that burglar story from the first, and
now that have investigated the matter, !
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-08-30

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