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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

UDuSIHp, Slbth sdlui IlidHuidCluIIUE
and a thousand and one other corpora
tiOnsand monopOlies, have doubled and
quadrupled, yet not quarter of pei
cent. has been added TO their aggre
gate taxation, the increasing burden
Of our state expenses being showed
upon the agriculturist. Fully rccOg'
MIXING this fact, the last Democratic
State Convention sf Illinois adopted
the following declaration as a part OF
the party platform:
For over quarter Of century the
finances Of the people Of the state OF
Illinois have been in the hands Of the
Republican party. Every year more
taxes are levied than are called for by
the laws passed by the legislature 1t
! is time that there was a change in or
! der that there may be an overhauling
of the books. We denOunce the Re-
publican party of Illinois for its broken
promises and pledges made TO the far
merS and laborers of the state-in not
| so equalizing the taxes as to compel
the large corporations and trusts to
pay their equal proportion Of our state,
county and municipal taXes-aSa crime
against the farmer and labOrer that
calls loudly for redress. We demand
Of the state board Of equalization an
honest enforcement Of the law as in
terpreted by the Supreme Court in or
del that the various corporations Of
the state shall no longer escape the
payment Of their just proportion of
taxes. The imposition Of over - per
cent. Of the taxes upon the lands Of
the state is wrong which calls loudly
for redress, and is just cause for
complaint by the already overburden-
ed farmers OF the state"
The same subject, two weeks later,
was brought up in the Republican
State Convention at Springfield, and
how was it treated There was pres
ent in that convention, says the Chi
cage Times, the Hon. Charles w.
Thomas, Of Bellville, a Republican
leader and formerly member Of the
Illinois revenue commission. Mr..
Thomas asked his fellow-repubIicans
to insert in the party platte rm a clause
whereby the Republican party would
pledge itself to enact such laws as
would give the farmer redress and no
longer subject him to unequal and eX
tortionate taxation "If we do not do
this" said Mr.. Thomas, as the records
OF that convention will show, 1.-The
farmers OF the state will condemn US,
and when they fully realize that the
Republican party is responsible for
their excessive and unequal taxes we
won't get one-thrd of the votes Of the
state" Mr.. Thomas statement pro-
vOked mcrriment, but that was all.
The great combined cooperative inilu-
ence Of lllinois-always an all-power-
full factor in Republican conventions
was at work, and when the platform
was reported the resolution of Mr..
Thomas was consigned to the waste
basket.
Can there be sharper contrast be-
tween the two parties on the question
conceived than is presented in this
opposite action of their state conven-
lions? Let not only the grangers, and
the Farmers Mutual Benefit AsSOcia-
ton, but every individual farmer take
this matter home and decide which
party deserves their suffrage at the
coming election.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

At church picnic at Salon, vii
lage a few miles north of Iowa City,
on Monday $50 men, women and child
rem were suddenly Frustrated with
serious symptoms of poisoning. Phys
icians were summoned and in a few
hours all had recovered, no case PROV
ing fatal. The poisoning is charged
to the chicken pie, or ice-cream, or
the water used from an abandoned old
well-moSt likely the last.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

And now the Republican managers
at Washington are tearing their hair
and rending their clothes over the
blunder of the precipitate admission
of Washington territory as a state.
The census shows it to have popula-
ton of $4,000, enough for two states.
into which of course it ought to have
been divided, giving the Republicans
two more y. S. senators and an addi-
tiOnal congressman.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

II is noted as characteristic Of the
present season that those who 60 for
rest to the fashionable summer resorts
are lulled to slumber not only by the
piano playing OF the amateur, but by
the music from the girl violinist, the
girl cOrnetist the flute player and the
girl with the banjo. Bits of broken
tunes float out Of innumera BILE doors
and windows, and there never was
such summer for musical variety.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

The opening gun in the Pennsyl-
vania Republican revolt against Quay
ism has been fired. The Pittsburgh
Dispatch, one of the strongest Republi-
can newspapers in Western Pennsyl.
vania, has declared in favor of Patti
son and Black. There is no doubt
that the Dispatch represents a large
element of dissatisfied Republicans
who will refuse to accept the Quay
platform.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

During the discussion Of a PROPOSE.
ton in Congress on Tuesday to employ
some 700 additional clerks in the pen
sion Office on account Of the increased
business growing out Of the dependent
pension bill, Congressman Cooper
made the broad charge, reducing it to
writing and presenting it in the form
OF resolution, that Commissioner
Green b. Raum had directly and cor
ruptly sold ruling to a firm of pen
sion attorneys. No notice was taken
of the charge. Had Green b. Raum a
skin thinner than that of a rhinocer-
os he would at once resign and insist
on an investigation of the charge, and
if any man but Ben Harrison was
President he would insist that the
commissioner must disproye such a
charge or step aside.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

colored congressman from double-dyed
Republican Pennsylvania to represent
thrice the number in that state in
congress, or even in the state legisla-
ture? by whom are the negroes rob
bed Of their rights Democrats Of
South Carolina or the Republicans Of
PENNSYLVANIA?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

1--WE can do nothing with the Lodge
bill IN the senate without a change of
the rules" the Inter Ocean correspond
ent represents senator as saying, and
the same correspondent says: "There
are five Republican senators who say
they will not vote to change the rules,
and if they refuse to vote the rules
cannot be changed. The five are Sena-
tors Teller, Wolcott, Plum. Blair and
EdmundS.N
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

Mr.. Gum again distinguishes him
self by wholesale slaughter of the
brains of the board, putting them
where they will be as useless as pos
sible. One will not question his
motives, but will think heap sight"
of his judgment when brains seem to
be at q discount.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

Monday afternoon the thermometer
indicated lO4 degrees in Keokuk, Iowa,
the highest point reached since the
establishment Of the signal service
there in 1871. Down in Hancock
county, ILL.,, heat and drought are in
juring the crops. On Monday the
thermometer rose to 1903 degrees, wells
and ponds are drying up and even the
artesian wells are flowing less than
usual
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

While, OF course, according to the
Inter Ocean, it is ridiculous to talk of
the possibility Of a split in the Repub-
lican party on the tariff question: en-
pressions like the following on the
part OF so staunch and influential a re-
publican paper as tn" Aurora Beacon
really begins to look a little ominous
Says that paper
The PRONUNCIATION Of Mr. Blaine's
views upon the tariff has had the eff
feet OF IA bomb-Shell thrown into the
camp OF the extreme high tariff men
Of the Mckinley stripe. The tariff
reform branch Of the Republican
party has been waiting for a leader
and now they have him in the person
OF James G.. Blaine. Such mugwump
sheets as the Chicago Ne,cs, which
heretofore have had nothing but abuse
for MIR. Blaine are now covering him
with fulSOme eulCgiums. The fact is,
Mr.. Blaine in his views with reference
to the tariff as it effects commerce
with the South American states, rep
resents large and intelligent element
OF the Republican party and again
places the Maine statesman promi-
nently before the people as a deep,
broad and courageous thinker.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

The Cedar Rapids Iowa. Gazette
(Rep.) acknowledges the receipt of an
appeal to the republican editors of the
country, sent out by the Republican
Congressional Committee from Wash
ington, to endorse the elections bill,
but it thinks 'they won't do it. The
bill is a fraud"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

DR.. Flint is quoted as saying: 81
have never known dyspeptic to re-
cover vigorous health who undertook
to live after a strictly regulated diet,
and | have never known an instance
of healthy person living according to
strictly dietetic system who did not
become dyspeptic."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19
Reports are constantly appearing il

Reports are constantly appearing in
the papers Of people poisoned by ice
cream. 1t must be remembered that
an ice cream freezer will grow it's own
deadly fungi, and needs no other poi
son to breed disease, if not carefully
and thoroughly scalded and cleaned.
Avoid dirty ice cream vender as you
would the small pOX.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

The case of DR.. Pierce, the mayor of
Hoopeston, indicted for selling liquor
at retail contrary to the United States
law, has come to nothing. He proved
that instead of being prohibitionist,
as everybody asserted, he was strong
republican and the court let him of.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

Sufficient returns come in of the
census of Iowa to leave no doubt that
the population Of that state is less to-
day than it was ten years ago. 1t is
altogether likely that other good Re-
publican states at the north will show
the same result. Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, Wisconsin and even
bleeding Kansas" may be in that cat
egory. Meantime the Republican
leaders are actually showing alarm at
the unexpected increase of population
shown by the Southern states. Geor-
gia, Alabama. Louisiana, Florida, Ar
kansas and Texas are In that respect
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

At Springfield, Ohio, few days ago
ago Arthur BaSinger, a farmer, was
struck and killed by lightning while
in his bayfield,. The bolt which killed
him also excavated hole like a grave
Immediately behind him, into which
he fell. A man at work with him was
badly shocked.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

p. T. Barnum claims to own the
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ably the roundabout way of saying
that he owns himself.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-07-19

Gay < Son, manufacturers Of fine
carriages.
The morning call., 1890-11-09
LATEST SHIFTING INrELLIGENCE.
Arrived.


SATURDAY Nov g.
stmr South Coast. Higgins, II hours from Fort
Bragg; piles and lumber to Fort Bragg Redwood Co:
lark oregon, Boyd. days from Nanaimo: 23U0
tons coal. to John Rosenfeld's Sons.
WI bark STEAMBOAT. Smith, % days from Fox ISL
& Co.
VIII bark Chas W Morgan. Laytes 2e days from
Wing.
:, Bktn Portland. Dermott, days from shoalwater
Bay: lumber, TO Simpson Lumber Co.
Schr Gardiner City, Masters 4 days from Shoal-
water n. Bay; lumber to Simpson Lumber Co;
NJ IT lumber 10 II wetherDee.
Sehr kster Cobos, Carlson.
Cleared.
SATURDAY. Nov &
Stmr AtKi, Hall Port Townsend; Goodail. Per
kinS Il Co
Haw stmr San Mateo. Colville. Nanaimo: Pacific
SATURDAY. Nov s.
Stmr Point Iona Conway Grays Harbor
Haw stmr San MateO Colyllle, Nanalmo.
Stmr Westport. Jacobs. westport.
Stmr Emily, Roberts. Coos Bay.
DomeSuic Ports.
GUALALA-SaiIed Nov S-Schr Bill the Butcher,
for San Francisco.
Ophir hence Oct % via Port Townsend.
NAvARRo-Arrived Nov s-Stmr Newsboy. hce
EUREKA-Arrived Nov s-Stmr Scotia. hence
bstn Monitor and sohr Volant and Ester Buhne. for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nov s-stmr West Coast,
SAN PEDRO Arrived Nov s-Schr Sparrow. from
SAN DIEGo-Arrived Nov 7-Ship Topgallsnt I'm
Newcastle, NSw: schr Robert Searies from Taco
from Nanaimo; sehr AEaiia-
Sailed Nov S-Schr Ruby Cousins
coos BAI-Arrived Nov S-senr Ii Merchant,
Sailed Nov s-schr Gotama and stmrs Arago and
Arcata, for san Francisco
SHoALwATER BAY-Arrived Nov S-Bkta
North Bend hence Oct Is
The morning call., 1890-11-09
CATHEDRAL BAZAAR.
1t Will be Continued Another
Week by Request.

The ladies who are managing the Cathe-
dral Bazaar have requested its continuance
for another week, and their wishes have
been declared law. Success has been with
the fair workers since opening-day three
weeks ago, and already the net profits
amount to a sum so close to SS5, 900 that a
prominent gentleman in the circle has guar
anteedsthat the even figures mentioned will
represent the funds in the treasury at the
present time.
The assembly last night displayed great
number of beautiful and charming young
ladies, and the gallant SWANS found the
atmosphere intoxicating with the presence
of flashing eyes and graceful courtesies.
Music from fairy-lke booths fioated cargoes
of sweet melody over the heads of the happy
groups of youths and maidens, stirring their
hearts with delight and turning their lips to
gay pleasantries. The spirit of pleasure
roamed freely through the beautiful sur
roundings, browning everything with rO-
nance and brightness.
Mrs. OBrien's booth continues to be one
of the centers of attraction. Among the
sales there yesterday was handsome hand
painted scarf, which brought 500. George
r. B. Hayes donated $50 to st. Joseph's
booth and $50 to ST. Aoysius booth. Near
iy all the exquisite articles i'll the booth pre-
sided over by Mrs. Dillon and Mrs. j. j.
OBrien have been disposed Of Among the
guests at tIlat DOOtn last nlSnI were: d. u.
O'Brien. james 0Brien, eX-Judge Sullivan
and Judge LoughbOrough.
An orchestral concert was given by Mr..
and Mrs. Ferrer and their family in st.
Joseph's booth, presided over by Mrs. Louis
A. Sengteller, who WAS the recipient of a
beautiful floral Offering, donated by an
anonymous admrer of the elegance of st.
Joseph's booth. Mrs. Michael Cassel, the
Misses Cassell, Lord Chumley, Baron Won
Schroeder, Count st. Hubert, Cyril Young.
Grant Morrill, and others were among the
guests who visited Mrs. Sengteller during
the evening.
was presented with a bouquet of choice
flowers at the close of his concert on Friday
night
The morning call., 1890-11-09

partnership race between the following
teams: Knauer and Smith, B. G.; Field and
Stevens, b. A.; Guppy and Cook, o. ii. S.
Knauer and Smith won the race, which was
over course of 100 yards, in q 3-5 seconds.
Guppy and Cook gained second place.
An S79-yard run was contested by g..
Graham, Il. A; Pentield, B. II. s.; Chap
man, o. II. S.. Carr, B. e.; Smith. b. g.
and 81 is seconds. Chapman reached the
string second and Penfield third.
The greatest interest of the day was
conferred on the pole vaulting contest, as an
Oakland High School man broke the Univer-
sity record oil s feet Slb inches. The breaker
outvaulted his competitors and cleared a
height of feet 9A inches. The others who
participated in the match were Edwards, III.
Graham, york aud Cook. Edwards gained
second place with feet inches.
In the running hop, step and jump W.
Hoffman carried off the honors by clearing
IS feet inches. j. White was second, with
Sc feer inches, and Knauer third, with 80
feet 3 inches. Smith, Porter and Yoerk were
distanced.
119-YARDS RUN.
The entries in the 119-yards run were ::
Grigsby, ii. A., Aiken and Mays, who easily
won in ID Is seconds Aiken gained second
place.
Putting the 12-pound shot was entered
into by Sherman, III. A. Kerlinger, b. III. S. ;
Smith. york, Hunter, Louisson, w. Hoff-
man and Satterwhite, o. Ii. S. Hoffman
won with distance of IS feet 10 inches /;
Hunter second, SO feet OK inches; Sherman
third. 80 feet inches.
The standing broad jumpers were j.
White, york, Smith, Porter aud r. Hoff-
man. Smith was the winner, covering
feet 81 inches; Hoffman, 9:4A, second !;
york, 9;4k1s, third.
The high-kicking contest was won by
Brunn, o. Fl. s.. who defeated H. Graham
york, Edwards and Porter. His distance
was s feet 3 inches. Graham was second
and Porter third.
An interesting race was the SS0-yards run
for members of the association under 10
years of age. Walter Ferguson, Fl. A., won
the race. Time, 2:44. A. l.. Campbell,
b.. A., gained second place and L. Ross
third.
distance Is feet u inches; Cook 7:6, sec
ond; Knauer 1853, third. Edwards and
Smith also made creditable scores.
j. White, Blasingame, ii. A. Smith,
Hunter, Carr and Bradley, y. II. s., entered
in the mile run. White was the winner !;
game third.
ENDED WITH THE TUG OF WAR.
Seven amateur athletes entered in the
running hiGh jump contest as follows
Sherman, Patterson, york. knowles.
Hunter, Edwards and r. Hoffman. Patter-
son proved to be the champion; distance 5
feet inches Hoffman 5:4, second.
tug of war between teams from the
Berkeley Gymnasium, the Berkeley High
School and Hopkins Academy brought the
long list of games to close. The nonors
were about evenly divided; but when it was
announced that the boys from Hopkins
Academy had won such war-cries as these
almost deafened the spectators: ''Hikahi
hlknh! 'rah! 'rah! 'rah! ha! ha! hal hal
Hopkins! b'zoo! 'rahv'
The morning call., 1890-11-09
Catholic Ladies' Fair.

Patrons OF the Ladies Fair and Festival
now being held at the Mission Turn Hall,
in aid of the new St. James Church, will
learn with pleasure that it has been decided
upon to continue the fair for another week,
closing next Saturday evening. During
this week there Will be an entertainment of
some character each evening. That OF to-
morrow evening Will comprise recitations of
steal recitations. Last night the Juvenile
brass band known as the Schiller-bund, I'M
der the leadership of Professor Schorct,
formerly of St Mary's College, added to
the festivities,
The morning call., 1890-11-09

stealing quantity of merchandise. Downey
and O'Niell will receive their sentences
next Monday. After receiving his sentence
Kelly arose and said: THAT'S pretty Sc
we're sentence. Judge. and l hope the rail-
road company will reward you for it." The
Judge replied that the sentence might be re-
garded as severe but he thought it best to
put such men as Kelly, who roamed about
the country committing crimes, out of the
WAY,
The morning call., 1890-11-09
UNIONIZED LABOR.


Spread of the Early Closing Move
ment.
The dealers in clothing are making de-
termined effort to resist the 6 o'clock closing
movement. The proprietors of all the COM
bination clothing-stores on Kearny and
Montgomery streets, north of Pine, will
meet to-day to perfect an organization with
that object in view Great precautions
wer taken to keep the meeting a secret, but
the Early Closing Association was apprised
of the fact yesterday. 1t is said that the
dealers movement was started by an
agreement sent around to all the clothing
stores by two of the largest dealers, pledg-
ing the signers to keep their stores open
after 6 O'clcck
The morning call., 1890-11-09
oprnine Of the skat,nx-Ripk.

The Olympian Club Roller-skating Rink at
the Mechanics Pavilion will be opened on
Wednesday evening, when the institute
building, with its elaborate decorations of
q, 600 japanese fans, umbrellas, panels and
lanterns, will be illuminated by electricity
and the Park Band will be in attendance.
For skaters 5000 pairs of roller-skates have
been provided, and smooth surface of
$1,000 square feet has been laid in birch and
maple.
The morning call., 1890-11-09
revival Gospel Me.tinp,.

The gospel meetings at the First United
Presby terrain Church, conducted by Rev.
John Currie, will be continued for another
week. The interest in them has been in
creasiDg every day, and at Friday evening 5
session number of testimonies were given.
Up To the present time the reyivals have
principally produced gratifying effect on
the young people, but the older are also
deeply interested. MIR. Currie will preach
this evening and all through the week, at
1880 o'clock
The morning call., 1890-11-09
The Only Clothing Manufacturers who Sell at Retail on the Coast

except Saturday, and from Monday, the 10th
inst, until December 18th. Until after the
first of the year and during the holiday
season the agreement will not be enforced.
The following dealers have signed the early
closing agreement: P. Kragen & Co.,
Forster, Little g. Co., Chicago Furniture
Company, d. Lundy, S. Bach, S. Gruman
and S. Goldberg
The morning call., 1890-11-09
COAL AND FINANCES.


Owing TO some misunderstanding with the
Black Diamond Coal Company the Board
has had great deal Of trouble in supplying
the prison. The coal company, it is claimed,
has evaded its contract since the price of
coal has advanced. The price agreed upon
was So 90 per ton, but the company is at
present unwilling to furnish the article at
the price named. The board decided to
summon the company to appear before the
next meeting and show cause why suit
should not be commenced against it.
Upon recommendation OF Warden Me-
Comb twelve months credits were restored
TO John Griffin. His good marks were for
feited in 1886 for participating in the bread
riot at San Quentin.
Clerk j. W. Ellis presented his report for
the year ending June 30tb. which was sub
stantially as follows:
Assets S1,167 500 49, itemized as follows:
Building. gas and water mains. S47o.9 1874; iute
machinery and equipment. S249, 6S5; jute stock
and fabrics, etc, S64, AGO. cash In Stale Prison
fund, S11l,754; balance on band, SAT ,432.
Liabilities S4o.o54. including unpaid bills for
May and June amounting to $50, 1927 "a; average
number of prisoners during the year, 1881 1-6;
cost OF maintenance, S210,949 AZ; cost per head
per day, 14-S4 cents.
The board adjourned to meet at Folsom.
The morning call., 1890-11-09
Brewers and MaItsters.

Brewers and Maltsters, Branch No. L, met
last night and indorsed the action of the
Federated Trades in reference to Messrs.
Bushnell and Thurman. A committee was
appointed to secure the largest hall in town
Tor the ball in January. The General Secre-
tary reported that the union had $500 to its
credit in bank. Businessis good and all the
members are actively employed.
The morning call., 1890-11-09
Jonrn.xmen Rakar..

The journeymen bakers report that bust
ness is unusually good. and that there is a
scarcity of competent men in their trade.
Some have received an advance In wages A
general meeting will soon be held, when the
matter of increasing the rates of wages, SO
as to eeualize the pay Of second hands, will
he considered
The morning call., 1890-11-09
Eight O'Clock Closing.

The retail shoe-dealers are pleased with
the action of the Council of Federated
Trades in deciding upon o'clock as tie
proper closing hour for the shoe-steres.
They unite in saying that the o'clock
movement Is much more likely to succeed
than the z O'Clock pro- osition. All the prn-
cipal dealers have given their word to CON-
ply with the agreement
The morning call., 1890-11-09
Fourteen Years at hid Labor

SACRAMENTO. Nov. s. This afternoon
Judge Armstrong sentenced w. r. Kelly to
fourteen years imprisonment at San Quen-
tin. Together with Con O'Niell and Thomas
Downey he was convicted of breaking open
a freght-car at Rockln last December, and