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M.onshtners ard outflt CAPTURED.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 16.-United
States officers captured an Illicit distil-
lery in a cave in the mountains near
Cullman. They destroyed 45O gallons
OF beer and captured large supply Of
corn. Two young men, Wiley Harbeson
and Tom Gentry, were asleep when the
men entered. They were brought hero
to-day and bound over in $3.50 each.
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Gar Robbers Arrested.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov. 14.-Early
Robinson, colored, and Wade Charleston
are under arrest here, charged with bur-
glary and being members Of gang who
have been stealing freight from cars on
tine Norfolk and Western railroad.
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Tho Vote IN Iowa.

DEs MONIES, Nov. 15.-An official can
vass will be necessary to decide the
Lieutenant Governorship Of Iowa. The
House is tie, and the Senate four to
six Republican.
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Jersey Murderer Hanged.

WOODBURY., N. j., Nov. 14.-Joseph M.
Hillman was hanged here yesterday
morning for the murder OF Peddler Seide-
man. The crime for which Hillman suf-
irred the extreme penalty Of the law
was the brutal murder of Herman Seide-
man, O Polish peddler.
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Traasurer Of pennsvlvenia,

HAnRsBURG, Pa, Nov. 14.-Governor
Beaver has appointed VIM. Lvesey to
be State Treasurer for the unexpired
term of the late VIM. b. Hart.
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Billed tl,e Town.

New York, Nov. 14.--Forty thousand
blood-red Chicago Worlds Fair posters
were plastered over the city between
midnight Tuesday night and daylight
Wednesday, morning.
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Left the American Association

NEW York, Nov. 16.--Kansas City has
withdrawn from the American Baseball
Association and joined the Western
League. baltimore will probably with
draw from the Association.
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A Thief Captured.

MONTICELLO, ILL.,, Nov. 14.--Thomas
Russell, the leader Of gang Of thieves
who have been doing Central Illinois,
has been captured and iailed in this city.
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Lampson's Majority Reducsd.

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. l8.--,By an error
In the vote of Washington County Lamp
sons plurality for Lieutenant Governor
has been reduced to ~. Marquis. tho
defeated Democratic candidate, will con-
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WEST POINT, n, ", Nov 14.-Fiye
deaths have occurred In the family of
Sergeant limerick, of the Engineer
Corps, Of diphtheris,
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A DEAD chef Justice.

RALEIaH, N. c., Nov. 10. Chief Justice
w. N. H. Smith, Of the North Carolina
Supreme Court, died yesterday at IL
o'clock.
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National Grange, Patrons Of Husbandry.

NatlonM orange, Patfons OF Husbandry.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 14.-The Ma.
tional Grange, patrons Of Husbandry,
convened here yesterday, delegates be-
ing present from nearly all the States OF
the Union.
The great West., 1889-11-15
CORRESPONDENCE.
A Letter From Mr.. Allison.
The Smooth Money Lender.
WILMAR. Nov, ST

WILMAR, Nov. 9Th.
DEAR DR. reached Wilmar
last night en- route to Kandiyohi
where | hold a meeting this even
ing. The meetings at Harrison
and Roseville, HaWick station,
on the Wilmar and Sioux Falls
Branch, were large and enthus-
iastic. At Harrison, a live ALL
ance has been maintained for
some time; at Hawick, a new
one was organized last evening.
The farmers of this County are
waking up to the situation.
They are finding out that while
they have been doing, their
enemies have been robbing them;
that politicians have been using
them as tools to further their
personal schemes. The extent
to which the farmers of Minneso-
to have been hoodwinked, bam-
boozled and robbed, by machine
agents, insurance agents, money
loaning sharks, railroad monopo-
lists and willy politicians makes
one blush for his country. One
can take but little satisfaction in
reviewing the evidences of pro-
gress, so called, in our money
centres, when he knows at what
a cost of muscle, and sweat, and
sacrifice of the victims, all this
has been obtained. Before me,
at an opposite desk, where | am
writing this, sits a smooth,
hard-faced money lender, filling
out a chattle mortgage, and at
his side a farmer, with deep
wrinkles on his sunburned brow.
His clothes are poor, his hat bat
tered and Drowned by storms and
sun; his hands are hard, and a
sad discouraged look disfgures
his countenance-sic nos non
V0bis, is written all over him.
No lover Of humanity can con-
template such a scene land every
day witnesses it), without pity
for the victim and abhorrence of
the oppressor. j. A.
The great West., 1889-11-15
From Biscay.
B1sCAY, MINI, Nov. 9th, 1S

B1scAY, MINI, Nov. 9Th, 1889.
DEAR DR:-I send you a list OF
names for your paper These men
belong to Biscay Alliance, and mean
business. They have a good intelli-
gent and Industrious class of men in
the vicinity of Biscay. l have seen
no part OF this State where they
have better buildings, and a more
pleasant surrounding. | think their
Alliance will be a solid one, and will
be found always on the side of right
and reform. | think your subscrip-
tion list here will be enlarged soon.
l think those men who have SUBJ
scribed know good thing when they
see it, and they are men of influence.
We had a rousing meeting here last
night, and several more Joined the
Alliance and [ think more will Join.
l hold another farmers meeting to
night three miles north OF Hutchin-
son, at the Austin school house.
Mr.. Austin is frst-class Alliance
man and will do host of work for
the good cause if an Alliance is form
ed there; and he has many neighbors
who are Just as earnest and true to
the Alliance cause as he is. l think
your paper is just the thing to build
up the Alliance, and it is very highly
spoken of by all who have read it.
G.. w. D.
The great West., 1889-11-15
Another Note from Sec'y Haigh.

MANKATo, Mimi, Nov. s, 1889.
Ny DEAR DR.:-The tone and char
acter OF the many letters that I am
receiving, all indicate that the GREAT
WEST is going to be great success,
and just what farmers require.
CAMP RELEASE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
MoNTEv1DEo: MINI. Nov. 4th, 1889.
To the GREAT VEST:
On Nov. 2nd, our alliance had a
meeting, and succeeded in organizing
with the following officers elected for
the next term:
Pres, Fred Baumhofer; Vice Pres.
John Heidman; Secy. Aug F. Schulz
Treas, Carl Haack. Three farmers
applied for membership. That makes
us 13 members. At said meeting
secured new subscribers for your
paper. The list is sent herewith.
Your paper is just the thing we
need. Yours Truly, AUG F. SCHULZ
Sec'y Camp Release Alliance.
The great West., 1889-11-15
Our Railroads.

Pennington Tribune:
There has recently come into our
hands a pamphlet entitled "Our
Railroads. written by Harry P.
Robinson. 1t was printed and cir
culated by the railroads of the state,
being sent by their employees into the
uttermost parts of the state. 1t
would naturally be supposed, then,
that it presented the railroad side of
the question under discussion in it's
strongest light and was considered
by the railroads very strong argu-
ment in their favor.
We have read it carefully and the
only points that we can see that Mr..
Robinson endeavors to make for his
clients are that the net earnings of
the roads in Minnesota are not as
great as the net earnings of other
roads in other parts of the dnion !;
that the roads of Minnesota are not
bonded to SO large amounts as the
roads of other parts Of the country /;
that there is a large amount of road
that is wholly unproductive; and
consequently the present rates are
not too high.
These arguments are unique to say
the least. A man arrested for petty
larceny might as well plead that he
had not stolen as much as some
other man who had not been arrest
ed for grand larceny, and that,
therefore, he should not be molested
in his little pilferings because the
greater thief had not been brought
to justice.
Mr.. Robinson starts out with the
statement that the Interstate COM
mission in it's report has estimated
that the roads OF the country are
capitalized and bonded on an aver
The great West., 1889-11-15
ALLIANCE NOTES.
GOODHUE COUNTY.

Goodhue County has been a
terra inc0gnita to the alliance
for some years. While some
counties in Minnesota embrace
forty alliances, there has not
been one in Goodhue. At last,
Nov. LIST, Prof. Allison on his
way from southern and western
Minnesota, held a meeting at
Kenyon, and a number of farm
ers igned an application for a
charter and will proceed to secure
additional signatures. The ice
having now been broken we hope
to see a dozen alliances in Good
hue County before next spring.
Mr.. Allison will make a canvass
OF the county this winter; and
President Sprague will probably
also visit it.
The great West., 1889-11-15
Come Down to the Principles
Of Self-Governme

Oo114C Nv w IL W C14O l
Of Self-Governnent.
BRA1NERD, Oct. 9th, 1889.
DEARS1R: Enclosed please find
$1 90 for subscription for The
GREAT WEST.
[ hope that your undertaking
will be a success, and that the
farmers will appreciate the i'm
portance of an organ which will
defend their rights and interests
which are to be plain facts to
every farmer to know, that they
and theirs will be reduced below
the common level and condemned
to self doom if they do not org
anize and work for the common
good of all. Let us be brief in
our statement of facts, and let
us come down to the principles
OF self government in order to
make self government a success.
We, and every citizen, as a citi-
zen, must live up to the principles
OF Democracy, on which this gov
ernment is founded, mainly to
live for the good OF our neighbor,
and to protect them the same as
our own. If we do not live
up to these principles, self gov
ernment must be a failure, and
that our institutions must 90
under in consequence
l desire to act as your agent
for the paper, that is by your
permission, and will try and
get all the subscribers | can.
Wishing you God speed in the
course OF the toiling millions, will
close and remain very truly
yours, A. F. LUDWIG.
The great West., 1889-11-15
ALLIANCE MEETINGS.

The "Non-partisan'' cry is the big
gest boomerang the old parties ever
set up. It was meant to prevent
the organization of new parties-but
it has come to mean just what the
word implies-"No Party" From
this day on. let the laboring man
sever every political tie-every one,
even the faintest. Let him be neither
republican nor democrat, but a Man,
one who goes to the polls to vote
as if there were no party machines.
That is the true non-partisan feeling.
The great West., 1889-11-15


agents to investigate the condition
OF the farmers of northern Dakota,
and the reports they publish, as to
the destitution and misery of the
people, are associated, in almost
every instance with accounts Of hor-
rible work of the damnable usurers,
who are greater curse to the people
OF the west than drought, frosts,
chinch-bugs and billiards all COM
bined. For God is merciful enough
to send his affections now and then,
and in spots. He let's up occasional
ly on his blasts-but Shylock never
let's upa moment.
The great West., 1889-11-15
SURPRISING News.

For The GREAT WEST:
For years 1 have been correspond
ent for one or more daily papers
printed in st. Paul and Minneapolis,
and find that such thing as q
fearless, Independent press does not
exist. Below is dispatch that
came over the wires:
A LAND COMPANY FAILS.
Chicago, Oct. 3O.-The N. C. Frede-
ricksen Land Company, which made
a speciality of the sale of Minnesota
and Dakota lands to Scandinavians,
is in financial straits, and a receiver
has been asked for. Fredericksen is
a son-in law OF the late prime minis
ter of Denmark. Charges have been
preferred against him, and he is said
to have left the state to avoid service
of process.
The above company has operated
largely in this state, especially upon
the Southern Minnesota railroad,
and at one time advertised over 5OO,-
600, acres of land for sale out of that
grant alone These lands are all
sold, as the racket has been going on
for ten years, and only a few have
their deeds-the title still being in the
name of the trustees of the old M.
r. Company. Albion p. Mann and
Aldrich II. Mann of New York.
The swindle is of gigantic proper
The great West., 1889-11-15
DOING GOOD WORK.

In his recent visit to south
eastern Minnesota Prof. John AL
lison, Deputy State Lecturer,
Travelled 415 miles by rail and
173 by team, generally farm
wagons; he held twenty-three
meetings and organized ten new
alliances, besides making the nee
essary arrangements for num-
Der of others. He reports south
eastern Minnesota, where here to-
fore the Alliance has had but little
following, very much stirred up
and excited, and the Alliance
sentiment red-hot and spread
ing.
Prof. Allison began his canvass
of Kandiyohi, Wright, Carver
and other counties and will speak
every night until December I'd.
Occasionally a local paper is such
an arrant slave Of the Rings that
it refuses to give notice Of the
Alliance meetings when request
ed. The Alliance can't be sup
pressed in that way! They
might just as well expect to sup
press a cyclone by putting their
hat over it. The farmers are in
earnest; and the newspapers who
exhibit their petty hostility to a
great cause are simply iniuring
themselves.
In the mean time we ask every
farmer who knows OF meetings to
be held in his neighborhood by
Prof. Allison, or any other Ali
ance speaker, to take special
pains to circulate the news
among thepeople. They will find
lists of appointments elsewhere
in this paper.
The great West., 1889-11-15
And Here is a Good Word.

WINTHROP, MINI, Oct. 3Oth. 1889.
DEAR S1R:-I have just received a
sample copy OF The GREAT WEST.
1t is surely very forcible and direct
in its attacks on monopoly, and if it
only does not allow itself to be
switched off from the track it's on
now, it will surely prove to be a great
boon to the producing classes OF this
country. E. NJ. ENGLEBERT.
The great West., 1889-11-15
Suffering in Dakota

Ed. GREAT VEST:
The inhabitants of the cities are
just beginning to realize that
they have been permitting the
scoundrels and the corporations to
kill the goose that laid the golden
eggs; and that they are sure to pay
the penalty for it. The Pioneer
Press, which has devilishly sustained
high rates of interest, during many
years past, is now sending out
The great West., 1889-11-15
From A Veteran Worker.
MANKATo, Nov. 4th, 1889

NANhA1O, 1VOV' 1U1I, 1OJV.
DEAR S1R:-I received sample cop
les of The GREAT WEST, and bid you
God speed in your present vocation
l organized Alliance "a, years ago.
Enclosed find one dollar for The
GREAT WEST, and this winter ! will
induce all of my brothers in farming
that can, to subscribe for the paper.
May you live long and prosper.
f. M CU1nlER.
The great West., 1889-11-15

Those VINO desire to help the
Alliance should remember that
there are two ways in which
they can do so-help the circula-
ton of THE GREAT WEST, and
help to make all alliance meet
ings and lectures a success.
These are the two legs on which
the alliance stands.
The great West., 1889-11-15

tiOns and comes in this wise. n. G.
Fredericksen made a contract with
the above named trustees, that when
ever he paid them two dollars per
acre, said trustees would deed to him,
FredericksOn. the descriptions paid
for.
The n. G.. Frederickson Land Com
pany, then made contracts with the
purchasers to whom they sold these
lands that whenever the price agreed
upon, an acre-usually from five to
fifteen dollars per acre-that the N.
c. Fredcricksen Land Company
would deed to the purchasers.
1t is easy enough to see that
though a settler may pay in pay
ments largely in excess OF the two
dollars asked by the trustees, yet
as the money went to the n. c.
Fredericksen Land Company, the
purchasers could get no title from
either until they had paid up in full.
On the 31st of October, sent a full
statement of the case to a MinneapO-
lis paper which should have appear
ed November 1st, yet it does not ap-
pear, and why?
The only reason | can see is that it
pays better to suppress the news
than to publish it. Here is a aswindle
of probably several hundred thou
sand dollars perpetrated either
through the cOllusiOn Ornegligence Of
y railroad cOmnanv 11DOn tho citiznnS
OF ten counties and of the most SEN
sational kind, and vet the public
can't get it.
Should not the bad faith of these
great dailies be made known to the
public? FAIR PLAY.
It Makes the BristIes Stand on End.
BRANDON, Mimi, Nov Z, 80.
Mr.. ED1ToR:-I am very thankful
for your valuable paper. OF all the
political marksmen, your paper is
nearest the mark. It is radical y
as l would have it. Nothing too
much. I am glad to know that we
have fearless friends, with courage
enough to tell the truth. For my
own part, 1 have nearly lost faith in
a reform. | almost think the exist.
ing monopolies are powerful enough
to grind the present generation tC
dust. 1t raises the bristles on nv
head, when l think of it.
Truly yours,
T. T. JULsETH.
The great West., 1889-11-15

Geo. w. Day has just organized a
new Alliance at Grafton, Sibley
county Sibley county is good
field to work in and will be thorough
ly organized this winter.
The great West., 1889-11-15
Exchange

Exchange:
Hon. knute Nelson says that
less wheat is inspected No. 1 hard
this year, with good crops, at
Alexandria, than there was last
year with poor crops. The COM
plaint is long and loud from all
portions ofthe State. The wheat
ring is a power that must be met
bycombined organization ON the
part OF the farmers of the State.
The rumor is current that the
Minneapolis mills have passed
into the hands of an English syn
dicate OF capitalists. If this
proves true the farmers of this
region may rest assured that the
ring will be more heartless than
ever.
The great West., 1889-11-15
NEW ALLIANCES.

A new alliance was formed at
Kasson, Dodge County, Oct.
31st., with twenty-five members.
A rousing meeting was held, Off
GERS elected, etc. Parties from
Dodge Center say that an alli-
ance will soon be organized there
Dodge County will be fully can
vassed during the winter.
W. H. Ingalls,, of ingalls,, Mar
shall county, is taking necessary
steps for the formation of an AL
lance at that place. No people
better understand the actions
and robberies OF the railroads
than the people Of the upper Red
River Valley.
The great West., 1889-11-15
Sauk Centre Avalanche: !:

Sauk Centre Avalanche:
The annual meeting of the
Stearns County Farmers Al
lance will be held in Sauk Centre
Tuesday, November 10, at 1:3O
p. M, for the purpose of electing
officers and doing any other
business that may come before
the meeting.
ATwATER, Mimi, Now II, 1889.
EDITOR GREAT WEST:
DEAR SIR.-Enclosed please find
$l.OO subscription for G. w. until
Jan. 1st 1891. We want Just such a
paper as yours and the farmers
ought to pitch right in and support
it. Twill help you all l can here
abouts and forward all subscriptions
to you when desired. Herewith l al
so send resolutions adopted by the
Harrison Local Alliance. Rev. J.
Allison delivered a very able lecture
at the said meeting and beyond a
doubt created quite a stir amongst
the farmers. FARMER.
RESOLUTIONS OF HARRISON ALLIANCE,
RESOLVED: That we earnestly pro-
test against the combination OF capt.
tai against the producers which
threatens the destruction of our in
dustries.
RESOLVED: That as farmers we
find ourselves in danger OF losing our
capital by the greed of the manip-
ulators Of our products.
RESOLVED: That as agriculture is
the basis of all prosperity we feel
bound to protest against the excess
sive charges of transportation and
other unjust exactions which are
fast bringing our business into a
condition of bankruptcy.
RESOLVED: That we feel called up
on to protest against the truculent
spirit OF those members Of our legis-
lature who have in the past bowed
down to the money power, and be-
trayed the interests of the men who
elected them.
RESOLVED: That we regard tie
excessive interest which borrowers
have heen compelled to pay as sim
ply device to keep the borrower in
a condition OF serfdom, and we
pledge ourselves to vote for no candi-
date in the future who will not
pledge himself publicly to work sin
cerely for the removal of this as we'll
as other abuses.
RESOLVED: That we tender to Mr..
John Allison our sincere thanks for
his eloquent lecture, and assure him
of our confidence as to the work in
the agriculturist's behalf that he now
pursues.
ALLIANCE MEETINGS.
| A splendid alliance meeting was
held at Atwater, Monday, Nov. 4th.
A number of new members were elect
ed and ringing resolutions adopted.
On Tuesday Nov Sth, large alli-
ance meeting was held at Roseville,
or Hawick, in the same county. The
old Alliance at this place had not
met for more than two years, but it
was reorganised and ten new members
admitted.
The great West., 1889-11-15

The Alliance is under obliga-
tion to Mr.. Blakely, editor of the
Rochester Record for civilities.
Also to the Red Wing Argus.
The great West., 1889-11-15
THE NEXT CAMPAIGN,

Ehaska Herald:
The ssGREAT WEST" published at
st. Paul, is the new organ of the
Farmers Alliance, and it is doing
Eeomanry labor for the cause. Each
fnumber contains something interest
ing to the order, and we predict it
will have great influence in shap-
ing thN laws passed by the next
Legislature. It's foot prints" will
also be found in the next state
campaign. Here's success to the
cause.
/ A friend writes: "If the whole
state feels towards the GREAT WEST
as our neighborhood does yourpaper
will be the most powerful journal in
the state when the new campaign
comes on. Go on, Doctor, and we'll
be there when you get there All
light David, we're coming!
Polk County Journal (Crookston):
The Great West says: "We didn't
know we had any railway and ware
house commissioners! Guess if the
doctor was trying to raise wheat at
so cents per bushel for the best and
no best allowed, he would think there
was something of the sort when he
came to pay his taxes for their sup
port, though he might well wonder
what their duties are when he sees
some miller sell the product of his 60
cent per bushel wheat for 81. 20 cents.
"That's what we said!"
When the Railway Commission was
established, everybody thought
but they got fooled, didn't they?
BijOu Hills Times:
The correspondence between the
present railroad commission and
II. l.. Loucks is mighty interes-
ting reading. Notwithstanding
that John H. King is on that
committee and no doubt had a
hand in formulating the letter, it
is riddled completely by the tren-
ohant facts and searching anal
ysis OF the president Of the ALI
ance.
The great West., 1889-11-15

Our thanks are due to the old
anti-monopolist, Daniel Jackman
Of Cosmos, Mimi, for a large list
Of subscribers for THE GREAT
WEST.
The great West., 1889-11-15

Industrial Age:
Something must bewrong when
labor starves and idleness is
Overfed. -
The great West., 1889-11-15

The letter from Dover, Kandiyohi
county, j. A., is left over till next
Neek.
The great West., 1889-11-15

just received communication from
Secretary of the Rendsville Alliance.
Next week.
The great West., 1889-11-15
BiiOu Hills Times:

The GREAT WEST attended a lee
ture by Mr.. Donnelly this week, at All
Souls Church, Minneapolis, on "Wit
and Humor.". 1t was delivered be-
fore the students of the University,
and the large church was crowded to
the vestibule with the finest and
mott intelligent audience we have
seen in the Twin Cities. 1t is unnec-
essary to say that wit and humor was
on top. The subject gave Mr.. D. an
opportunity to exert himself where
he was most apt-and there was no
lack of illustration.