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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
DEMANDS OF THE FARMERS.
The f. NJ. Ii. A. at Springfield, Ill, Calls
for Reforms.

Tor hcioffns.
The resolutions agreed upon by the Ma
tional Convention OF the Farmers Mutual
Benefit Association at Springfield, Ill.,
denounce the monopoly created by the
patent laws and demand such revision as
will eliminate all monopolistic tendencies
from them and at the same time secure a
liberal reward TO the inventor; attack the
present system OF issuing coin and cur
rency, and favor a system by which the
National Government alone shall receive
all the proits resulting from the coming
and issuing OF money; demand the abolition
OF the national banking system the coin 10
be issued by the Government to be gold,
copper and United States Treasury notes. all
other kinds to be abolished; deprecate dis
elimination by Government agents between
gold and silver coin; favor the loaning OF
money by the National Government TO citi-
zens i'm sums not exceeding 81, 900 to any one
citizen at interest not to exceed per cent.
per annum; favor the issue and sale at par
by the Government OF United States bonds
in denominations OF SO, $50. $50 and 500,
bearing per cent interest and redeemable
at the option of the holder and the Govern
ment. The resolutions also demand that the
Government use its influence TO restore sill
yer coinage in European countries TO its
former standard. They favor the regula-
tion by law OF all corporations for trans
porting persons and property, transmitting
news, or insuring life or property, so as 10
prevent abuses such as watering stock. eX
orbitant charges for services, etc. They
also favor the election OF President, Vice
President, and United States Sena-
tors by popular vote, oppose the civil
service laws, and fix the tenure in Office OF
United States Judges at a period not to eX-
coed nine years. The following demands
are also made by the resolutions: A sys-
TEN Of pensions TO soldiers and sailors,
reclamation OF lands granted in aid of rail-
ways where the terms are not complied
with, revision OF Government officials
salaries the removal or reduction of taxes
on articles OF necessity, convenience, and
comfort, opposition 10 alien ownership OF
land. encouragement OF foreign immigra
ton, and prevention OF food adulteration.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
MORTGAGES ON FARMS.
Census Superintendent Porter Answers
Some Inquiries.


Many Inquiries are made from the West
about the census figures on farm mortgages.
The statistics are not available yet but
some points OF interest may be given. SUI
perintendent Porter says; "The worst real
estate records are I'm the South, where IL Is
generally the custom OF public officers To
record conveyances In manuscript without
any headings to indicate their character.
In New England and the Middle States the
record has been kept somewhat better than
in the South, but the large number of in
cumbrances TO be distracted has called
for correspondingly large expenditure
OF money. In the West the records have
been well kept, but throughout that
region a difficulty OF great proportions was
encountered. 1t Is there the custom, upon
the borrowing OF money, TO give n second
mortgage To secure portion OF the interest.
The most difficult fact of all TO ascertain has
been the rate OF interest, and i'm many States
II has been impossible 10 obtain this infor-
nation from the records To evade usury
laws, perhaps 90 conceal the true rate from
the borrower, and 20 give the loaning agent
a commission out OF the rate OF interest,
contracts are SO worded and contrived that
they do not reveal the true rate; indeed, in
many counties I'm the South mortgages state
that the loans that they secure bear no in
terest at all, although as a matter OF fact
the rate OF interest that Is actually paid is
from 10 to 25 per cent?
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
KING WILLIAM III. Is DEAD.
Hollands Aged Monarch Quietly Passes
Away.


The King OF Holland is dead. There was
a sudden change 70 the worse In the King 3
condition, the symptoms being those OF
urpmia. The Queen was Immediately sent
for and staid at the patients bedside during
the night. Life ebbed away quietly. The
public buildings in The Hague are closed and
all amusements have been suspended. Tho
shutters OF the royal palaces are closed and
flags are at half mast. The father OF the
late King died I'm 1s49 intestate. He left n
fortune OF 100, 600. 900 forms. The greater
part OF this money went TO the eldest son.
When William III. assembled To the throne
his first act was To cut down his civil list
considerably. His next act was 10 promote
"A scheme for draining the Zuyder Zee.
These were about the only useful things
he accomplished during his reign. His
passion for beautiful opera singers in
creased with his years. He squandered
his wealth on musical festivals at Loo. lie
shocked the sensibilities OF the decent and
decorous Dutch by his intrigue with Mile.
d'Ambre, whom he created countess. and
with whom he desired To contract a NOR
ganatic marriage after the death Of his
first wife. Nine. Musard was another
favorite OF the King. She was an American
actress, and used 10 figure in New York rs
Pauline Belmont, playing In her husband
bal Mosques, which the police were COM
PEELED to stop.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Denounces MIR. ParneII.

From Tipperary, Ireland, comes the news
that Canon Hagerty. well-known priest.
who has for long time been dissatisfied
with the local management OF the league,
has uttered in public language strongly de-
nouncing the conduct OF Mr.. Parnell In the
O'Shea case and advising his flock TO aban-
don the movement while Mr.. .Parnell is
connected with IL. A dispatch from Rome
says that the evidence OF the O'Shea trial
has BEEN brought to the attention of the
Pope by the churchmen near the Vatican
who are opposed q the Irish party. 1t is
not thought probable that any action will
be taken by the Holy See. as Mr.. Parnell,
being Protestant, IS outside the jurlsdic-
ton OF the church.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
MORE MONEY FOR SHOES.
Manufacturers Agree To Advance the
Prices OF Footwear.

The members of the National Shoe Manu-
facturers Association met I'm Boston TO con-
slider the business situation in their indus
try. The questions OF advances in the
prices OF goods as result OF the higher
cost OF leather and the guaranteeing OF
goods were discussed The Increase was
decided necessary and the usual guarantee
IS 20 be withdrawn. William Il. Rice, of
Rice & Hutchings, offered resolutions TO the
effect that. whereas the capacity for
manufacturing boots and shoes in New En-
gland is greater than the demand. and that
the facilities for producing an increase in
the supply are greater than the facilities for
disposing OF the stock, therefore the pros
perity of the business demands that some
thing should be done in the way OF increas-
ing the markets; and that to this end
reciprocity with neighboring foreign coun-
tries would be for the benefit OF the boot
and shoe trade. A committee was APP
pointed TO secure the reduction OF the duty
on patent leather TO its former rate and To-
secure thorough organization OF the boot
and shoe trade.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26

Harvester Manufacturers Form Gigantic
Com btnatfon.

The charter OF the American Harvester
Company has been filed at Springfield, Ill.
This new corporation Is one OF the largest
In the country, and comprises twenty five
mower and reaper factories, all the cutter
bar factories IA the country. and many
Irvine and cofdage works. It's capital stock
Is sos, 600, coo, and IL will do the mower and
reaper business OF the word. The principal
Office OF the company will be AT Chicago.
The following are the concerns interested:
Mccormick Harvesting Machine Company.
William Deering < Co., Chicago; Plano
Manufacturing Company, Rockford, ILL.,
Minneapolis Harvester Works; Milwaukee,
Harvester Company; George Esterly & Co,
Whitewater, Wis; Ames, Whitley * Co.,
Springfield, Ohio; Aultman, Miller Co.,
Whitman & Barnes Manufacturing Com
pany, and Empire Mower aud Reaper
Works, Akron, Ohio; the Walter A. Wood
Mower and Reaper Company, Hoosick Falls,
N. Y; c. Aultman * Co., Canton, Ohio;
YOUNGSTOWN Harvester Company Batavia
n. Y. ID. :. Morgan & Co., Brock
port. n. Y; Adriance, Platt & Co.,
Poughkeepsie, n. Y; the Richardson
Manufacturing Company, Worcester, Mass;
Soldering, Miller & Co., Doylestown, Ohio;
and Hoover & Gamble. Miamisburg, Ohfo.
This, IL is claimed, Is an actual consolida-
tion and not trust, every concern losing
its identity and working under a corporate
head known as the American Harvester
Company. The country will be divided in
20 three grand divisions with a manager
for each. The output or capacity OF the
new corporation will be about $50, 600 NOW
ers and binders annually. IL will employ
an army OF 1000 men, and will have 10000
agents. Colonel Conger said: 81 have
been engaged for twenty-five years In
manufacturing and selling sickles, knives,
and cutting apparatus TO the harvester man
ufacturers, and have had opportunity To
observe the present dem oralization OF the
business / can recall over eighty different
companies which have failed, entailing n loss
upon farmers, laboring- men, manufacturers,
bankers and others of nearly $4,000, 900.
The general business Is I'm such condition
that changes have become necessary To give
the farmers better machines at lower prices,
II possible, and without disaster to the man
ufacturers. The only way 10 accomplish
this is by the formation OF a new company.
We have not decided upon all the officers,
but IL Is understood that Mr.. Mccormick Is
70 be President; Mr.. Wood. Vice President;
and Mr. Deering, Chairman OF the Board OF
Directors.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
CANNIBALS IN DAKOTA.
The Ghost Dancers mt Pine Ridge tn XIII
and Eat an Indian.

Mrs. James A. Finley, wife OF the Post
master and post trader at the Pine Ridge
Agency, left the agency few days ago by
direction OF her husband, who sent her To
Kansas City for safety. In an interview
she describes the ghost dances. AT last
Fridays dance" said she, "one of the
braves was co go into a trance and remain
I'm this condition four days. At the close
OF this period he was 10 come to life as a
buffalo. He would still have the form OF a
man. but he would be "A buffalo. They were
then To kill the buffalo, and every Indian
who did not eat a piece OF him would become
n dog. The man who was 10 turn into a
buffalo was perfectly willing, and | suppose
they have killed and eaten him by this
time. IL the Government just let's them
alone there will be no need OF troops; they
will kill themselves dancing. Seven or
eight of them died as a result OF one dance
near Wounded Knee.n
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
REVIEW OF TRADE.
What X. q. Dun a. Co. Have To Say of the
Financial Situation.

Financial Situation.
II. G.. Dun & Co.'S weekly review OF trade
says:
The marvel Is that the business world has
been able 10 stand with SO little disturbance
thus far such shock and strain as the last
two weeks have brought. With the assets
OF the largest commercial banking house in
Great Britain turned over 10 the Bank OF
England. with several stock failures I'm New
York and one at Philadelphia, and some
savings banks by ignorant depositors I'm a
panic, the legitimate business OF the country
has hardly been affected at all as yet.
Stripgency has checked some buying, difficult
ty OF making foreign exchange threatens to
retard the movement of cotton, and "A more
conservative temper Is seen I'm trading,
but everything thus far indicates a sound
er condition OF legitimate business than
many supposed. The collapse OF many
great speculations has brought heavy losses,
but the public has not been taking much
part In such operations OF the great CEN
tiers Chicago fares the best, feeling Eastern
troubles little. The movement OF wheat
and corn is slightly less than for the same
week last year; cured meats, lard. butter.
and cheese larger, and oats nearly double,
but In dressed beef and hides there is a
heavy decline. The dry goods trade equals
last year. and the trade I'm clothing and
shoes is ending a profitable season.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
MADE THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS.
Jay Gould's Profits from the Recent
ShaIe-D Down i'm Wall Street

Jay Gould's Profits from the Recent
Shake-Down i'm Wall Street
IL is estimated that the shrlnkage in
values OF stocks and bonds upon the New
York Stock Exchange since June amounts
To $500, 600, 600. A comparatively few men
got n share of the money that was lost.
"You can count the winners upon your fin
gers" said veteran broker. "Where one
man won a thousand lost" The greatest
winner was Mr.. Jay Gould. whose present
and prospective gains by the upheaval will
easily net him $50. 900. 600. Mr.. Gould is
said to possess an ambition to be the richest
man in the world and his last brilliant
deal in the stock market will give him big
boost toward the goal. 1t is not in money
alone that Mr.. Gould comes out "A winner
but also with IA fame and prestige greater
than ever before. People I'm Wall street are
beginning TO realize the effect OF the gigan-
tic scheme of Jay Gould to control the rail-
roads of the West. 1t is positively stated
that an alliance has been formed
between the interests represented by
Jay Gould, G. Z. Huntington, the
Standard oil party. and Kidder. Pea
body & Co., by which all the railroads
owned or controlled by them will be
operated together practically under Gould's
directions. The alliance includes the Union
Pacific, Southern Pacific Atchison. Wabash,
Missouri Pacific, Texas Pacific, Missouri,
Kansas and Texas. Richmond Terminal and
several other roads. They expect the Rock
Island. Burlington, and Alton railroads TO
act with them. With this powerful COM
blnation Gould will be in n position TO die
tate rates To any other railroad in the
West, or break that railroad which refuses
TO cnmnlv.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
FROM AN ENGLISH STANDPOINT.
what Mr.. Gladstone Has to Say About
the American Tariff

The addresses delivered by Mr. Gladstone
during his recent tour I'm Scotland have
been printed in pamphlet form as n liberal
campaign document The place Of honor is
given to his address at Dundee. in which he
dealt almost exclusively with the American
tariff question and 10 much more eabo-
rate extent than was given in the cable dis
patches. In one portion OF this address MIR.
Gladstone admitted that the Mckinley bill
was formidable affair, so formidable in
fact that he would recommend the institu-
ton OF chairs In the American universities
for the erection OF the study OF the
tariff into one OF the new sciences
While IL would be policy on the part
Of the English people TO cxaggerate their
share in the operation OF the tariff, yet he
thought IL undesirable that England should
lay too much stress ON her concern In the
measure. No doubt the immediate effect
II the act would be TO restrict English trade
with America, but the standard of prices
could eventually be raised In that country.
aud this meant n diminished power OF ex-
,ortation and less ability TO cope with Eng
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Wall street Watching Gould.

Wall street is watching Mr.. Gould with n
great deal OF interest at present. During
the last two months he and his son have
been very active, and the results OF their
activity have been very apparent in the
market. They have taken advantage OF
the great depression i'm stocks to accumu-
late large holdings in a number OF different
properties. When the present excitement
in the financial world is over, very marked
changes will be noted I'm the relation and
ownerships OF some of the most important
systems OF roads.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Could "a Railroad wrecker.

In reviewing the events of the last week
In Wall street. and particularly Gould's ac-
QUESTION of railroad stocks. the New York
Herald says: "Certain journals would have
one believe that Gould owns every COM
pany, body and soul. of whose stock he owns
thousand shares. They picture him as IL
I'm direct or indirect control OF every trans
continental line I'm America. And yet he
doesn't own the earth. The Nanderbilts,
and the Morgans, and the Huntingtons still
hold "a rath II large interest I'm certain SUBJ
stantial railroad properties. And ii must
be remembered, too, that they build mp
railroads-Gould wrecks them. Those who
count on "a bull market because OF his in
creased power In the management OF this,
that, and the other company should bear
this considerable circumstance I'm mind.n
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
More Kurd uutrare..

The stories of atrocities In Armenia are
being revived. The Armenians have been
left SO poor by the marauding Kurds that
they are unable 10 pay the Turkish
taxgatherer An Armenian recently found
his daughter. who had been carried OF by
Kurds about a year ago, In the street near
the house of a Turkish hey at Karpoot. She
told fearful story of maltreatment. The
Kurds kept her at their camp In the hills
for six months and then sold her Ia the hey.
She says that many Armenian women are
slaves I'm the harems OF the Turks
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Tearing Down Houses and Fences.

John A. Blair, Secretary OF tho Cherokee
Strip Live Stock Association. tells some
what startling story of vandalism now GO
ing on in the Cherokee strip. He says that
people from Kansas are destroying hun
dreds OF thousands OF dollars worth OF prop
erty by tearing down and carrying away
fences and houses The fence and build
ings are worth si,ooo.O0O at least. and all of
twill be swept away, as no enc has authori-
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
seventh-Day Adventists PerpIexed.

That sect known as the Seventh Day Adj
ventists seems TO be making converts in
Washington. Among recent converts are
several clerks in the departments, who are
perpleXed how 10 reconcile their belief that
the seventh day should be observed as a
sacred day of rest with the retention OF
their official positions. Surprising they
could obtain the consent OF their chief to
take their thirty days leave OF absence one
day at a time. that would leave twenty two
Saturdays in the year unprovided for They
would be willing. II the departments would
onsent, TO work all day Sunday TO make
MP for Saturdays absence. But this, of
course cannot be permitted. Their diem
ma Is an awkward one.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Clnsnd a Rig Deal.

The representatives OF Chicago syndi-
cate have closed an engagement with cap
italIsts which. IL Is said. means the estab-
lishment OF "A new line OF steamers between
Galveston. Tex. and South American ports.
The company. according 90 reports. will be
Incorporated with capital OF $50. 900. 600,
and will be known as the Pam American
Transportation Company. The headquar-
tiers will be I'm Galveston.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Brought smali-Pox with Them.

When Deputy Health Officer skinner
boarded the French steamship La Norman
die at quarantine at New York ne discov-
cred that one OF the steerage passengers,
Rebic Mitailo, an italian, 25 years old, had
smallpox I'm its incipient stage. There
were 405 steerage and 105 saloon and second
cabin passengers on board. ana not until
the doctors discovery was there the least
suspicion that small pox existed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Guthrie Is the Capital.

Gov. Steele. of Oklahoma, has returned the
bills TO the Legislature without his sigma
ture or approval locating the capital at
KingRsher. This leaves the capital at
Guthrie. IL is believed this latest veto will
end all attempts at this session OF the Leg
islature to move the capital from there
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Seventeen Indicted for Murder.

The Grand July Mt New Orleans has found
true bills against the seventeen men under
arrest charged with the murder OF Chief OF
Police David c. Hennessy, Oct. Is, for muir
der and accessory thereto. The Grand Jury
has been In session two weeks and examined
seventy-fve witnesses. 1t Is expected the
trial will be fixed at an early day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
VIII Initiate Stanley.

Four Pittsburgh young men who believe
that Stanley has magnifed the hardships OF
his journey through Africa will start in
few days to go over the ground covered by
the explorer. They also expect TO find evil
dence to show that Stanley has misstated
the Barttelot matter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Thinks Heis Dead Man.

wilkesbarre Pa physicians are puzzled
over one OF the most singular cases that
have ever come under their notice. John
G. Farrell ex-Superintendent OF the Wilkes
barre Water Company, wealthy citizen OF
that place. has not eaten a morsel OF food
for two weeks. He persIstently refuses TO
eat, insisting that he is dead. and does not
rooufro food
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26

land In the other markets of the world. At
any rate the English people had 10 deal not
with nation. but with mankind, and they
should not. under any circumstances or for
any consideration. be led into the suicidal
folly either OF talking or dreaming OF retail
alton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Caused by Had Water.

A diphthera epidemic has been raging
at Garner, Iowa. The schools are closed
and deaths from the disease are occurring
daily. The Board OF Health In its efforts To
trace the cause OF the malady analysed
some of the Yater drank by the people OF
Garner and found IL filled with all sorts OF
creeping things The epidemic is attributed
solely 70 this unhealthy state OF affairs
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Prisoners Tortdrod to Death.

The Turkish authorities I'm Macedonia
have arrested fourteen persons on sus-
picion OF having been connected with the
murder Of the Greek Pope at st. Joan.
-Four OF the persons arrested died under the
judicial examination and the torture which
attended IL.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
COLLAPSE Of n Kansas Bank.

The Commercial Bank OF Newton. Kan,
has been closed after rush by the deposit
tors. The capital stock was $3.50 with
ii. w. Hugh. President. The bank OF
Whitewater Kan, also closed, it being a
branch OF the Newton National
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
A Warning to Consp'rators.

Advices from Corea, by the way OF Pekin.
say that the brother OF the King of Corea,
who was arrested as the leader OF the recent
conspiracy TO murder the King, has been put
TO death and his head exposed on the chief
gate OF Seoul.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
Whipped the Editor.

William Dwyer. formerly prominent
police official of Terre Haute, Ind, met W.
o. Fishback, editor OF the Morning Express,
on the street and gave him a sound thrash
ing. The trouble was over an editorial pub
lished which was not complimentary to
Dryer. Fishback now has two lovely black
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
stock Yards Make Money.

The earnings OF the Chicago Stock Yards
Company for the month of October were
seq, sos; net, s1s5, 235, as against S163, 100
for October 1889
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
sad Ending Of "a HONEYMOON.

While crossing the Assiniboine River at
Winnipeg on ice which had only formed a
few hours before, Aid. Andrews and wife
broke through and were drowned. The
couple had just returned from their honey
moon.