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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17

A new curative agency has been dis
covered that threatens to rival hypnO.
tism IN Importance, being quite as
effective and ever so much more simple.
The story as told by the New York
Hcruld is this: An old gentleman had
been dumb for ten years through
paralysis Of the vocal cords, and his
physicians had given him up as a hope
less case. Saturday morning being
mild and balmy, he arose early and
went toward the window to commune
with nature. He stepped on tack.
In an instant his paralysis was gone.
The blood rushed to his face, there
was an unwonted CLEAN in his eye, his
tongue was loosed, and dropping into
neighboring chair to extract the
offending tack, poured out his CULVER
ing soul in a prolonged vOlley of ey-
pletives. His command Of language
was phenomenal, especiallyin the eX-
preston of his prejudice against tacks,
and that one in particular. The paraly-
sis is permanently cured.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
The PrOhibitionists .

The Prohibition county convention,
held in the supervisors room of the
court house Thursday afternoon, was
called to order at o'clock by Norman
Kilburn, chairman of the county cen.
trail committee. About fifty of the
leading prOhibitiOnists Of the county
were present. The presence of a num-
Der of ladies and children gave the
convention the appearance Of Sunday
school convention or wOman's suffrage
meeting.
Mrs. A. j. Thurber, OF Marseilles,
and Mrs. l.. II. Plumb, of StreatOr,
were elected as delegates at large to
the state convention.
Rev. DR.. Goodwin then addressed
the assembly and talked for thirty
minutes on the growth Of the PrOhi
bitiOn party and the stand taken by
the Democratic and Republican parties
in national politics.
The committee on delegates re-
ported the following names and they
were chosen to represent La Sale
county at the state convention to be
held at Bloomington:
A. J. Thurber, Mrs. A. J. Thurber.
John r. Achuff. Mrs. l.. II. Plumb.
Rev. f. Lines, A. j. Baker,
j. Purcy, Mrs. j. Barnhart,
n. Kllburn, J. w. Barnhart,
Rev. +. Il. Lord, Joel II. Buckley,
Rev. j. n. MorphiS,J. II. Cartwright,
Chas. II. Fradks, w. M. Cochran,
b. w. Hadley, f. r. Carpenter,
James Ford, Rev. II. G.. MoOts,
A. p. Wright, Mrs. Meyer,
f. l.. Donagho, Chase Fowler,
G. r.. Farrell.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
EHE NEWS.
THURSDAY.

The Allan Line steamer Partisan,
which reached Quebec Tuesday from
Liverpool, struck an iceberg of the
banks of Newfoundland and narrowly
ESCAPED destruction. The berg was
sighted when fifty yards ahead, and
the instant reversal of the engines
checked the speed Of the ship, which
would otherwise have met with dis
aster.
In the German Rcichstag yesterday
the veteran Geld marshal, Count Won
Moltke, spoke in support OF the mill
tary bill, saying that strong govern
ment would he able to maintain peace.
Most of the powers hesitated about
throwing match into the powder
barrel" but Germanys security de-
pended on herself alone.
In congress the house Yesterday in
sisted on its amendments to the SEN
ate dependent pension bill and a con-
ference was ordered. The senate
passed the house bills appropriating
$50, 600 for "A public building at York,
Pa, and 100000 for one at ROCK
Island.
An association of Irish-Canadians is
said TO have been formed at Montreal,
with the primary object Of assisting
the homc-rule movement for Ireland
and the secondary one of securing the
annexation of Canada to the United
State.
Thomas II. Musgrave, member of
the Union League Club of New York,
was arrested yesterday charged with
sending an indecent pamphlet through
the mails, libelling relatives Of Will
lam Waldorf AstOr.
The labor riots at Hamburg, Ger
many, continue. Several conflicts be-
tween rioters and police occurred yes
terday.
Eight inches of snow fell at Neche,
y. d., Tuesday night.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17

Postman Mouat, of Chicago, is one
of those fortunate beings in humble
life who has become suddenly famous
by having fame thrust upon him."
Passing on his daily round in the dis
tribution of the assorted contents Of
Uncle Sans mail bags, he encoun-
tered a saucy gamin who pulled his
hair. The Arab had evidently no con-
ception of the sacredness that enCom-
passes the person of employees in
Uncle Sans great mail service, but
the spectators of the outrage were bet
ter instructed and at once aSsaled
the sacriligious urchin with beer
pitchers and other convenient weap-
ons, until the minions of the law APP
pcared and then he was forthwith
injured in a dungeon. The outrage
was regarded as of sufficient moment
to be reported to Washington, and
the postmaster general, in an auto
graph letter to Mouat, dubS him a
hero and tells him the entire army
aud navy are at his back.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
The Indiana State Millers' Associa

The Indiana State Millers' AssOcia-
ton, which met at Fort Wayne on
Wednesday, before adjourning took a
small tare' at the Mckinley tariff
bill, and made this sharp point: The
expectation of wheat from this coun-
try last year having been $4,000, 900
bushels, it took just 1900, 900 of l4O
ID. jute burlap sacks to carry it. The
Mckinley bill puts Ito cts. per ID.
upon these sacks, so that the addi-
tiOnal cost to the mllers of the
United States on account of the tariff
would be $3,040,OO0, to 60 to the en-
richment of these petty manufacture
ers Of jute bagging, not employing
twenty-five men; and "this convention
urge upon congress the impolicy and
gross unfairnesS of such an act"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
Both Kendall and Grundy COUNT,

Both Kendall and Grundy counties
says the Yorkyille Record, will present
candidates for the consideration of
the delegates who will meet at Spring
field, June oath, from the thirty-One
counties of this Appellate District,
for nomination for the office of clerk
of the Appellate Court. The Grundy
candidate will be T.. b. Fletcher, of
the Morris Herald, present postmaster
at Morris, and the Kendall candidate
will be G. G. Duffy, of Plano, whom
the Record lauds as about the bravest
soldier that went through the war of
the rebellion, or any other war.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
The School board.

The board of education met Tuesday
evening and ID. II. A. Thorpe was ap-
pointed superintendent of schools for
ensuing year. The matter of procur-
ing flag staff for Washington school
was referred to finance committee,
Bills amounting to 1856 were ordered
paid.
The superintendent report showed
the following interesting statistics:
Enrolment first day of school
month NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l,342
Enrolment last day Of school
month ................ Sc, 1885
No. OF new pupils entered in
April ............ ....... l3I
Greatest No. of pupils in charge
of one teacher. So
Smallest No. of pupils in charge
of one teacher. .......... 30
Average No. of pupils in charge
Of one teacher. ............ Al
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
FRIDAY.

The markets were strong and higher
in cereals, corn closing &c higher at
34t May, 34s July. Oats also bulged
&c at 21t May 26l July. Wheat closed
sat May and 92s July, or lsc higher.
Provisions dull and 10 to 2Oc lower.
Vessel shipments yesterday 400, OOO
bushels corn and 100000 oats. Re
ceipts of cattle, 10000; slow and again
10 TO Is cents lower, making decline
Of % to 30 cents since Tuesday. Re
ceipts of hogs, $1,000; in fair demand
and about cents lower than the
average of Thursday. Packers paid
largely $i.lO, a few below and few
above that price. Shippers paid $i.l2t
TO S4.l5; light sorts, 81 10 10 A.17s. Re
ccipts of sheep, 5000, and all sold at
strong prices.
Clinton G. Reynolds Of the law firm
Of Reynolds & Harrison, 90 Wall street,
New York, was shot and mortally
wounded in his own Office yesterday
morning by AlphonsO j. Stephanie.
The murderers mother had com
menccd legal proceedings against him
10 recover money left 10y her late huS-
band, and which the young man was
disappointing. Reynolds was her
attorney.
The General Assembly Of the Pres
byteran church is In session at Sara
tOga Springs. The question of the
Westminster revision will be the great
Issue Of the convention. IL has been
treated in a very conservative manner
thus far.
The wife and daughter of President
q. Stanley Hall, of Clark University,
were found dead in their beds ycstcr-
day morning at their home in WOrCcs-
ter, Mass. They had been sutfocated
by escaping gas.
Word has been received at Wilkes
barre, Pa, that Is men are buried in
the Ashley mine, The cause Of the
Disaster has not been reported.
Doran, Wright Il Co., bucket shop
operators of New York and Boston,
failed for $500, 900, with only nominal
assets.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
business Men.

Wednesday afternoon a meeting OF
the board of directors was held in
Capt. Fullerton's Office and the com
mittee on bylaws, Messrs. Fullerton,
Mayo and Lynch, presented their re-
port. 1t was accepted by the directors.
Mr.. II. Nj. Hamilton was elected
president: Capt. Fullerton, vice-presi-
dent: G. b. Hess, secretary; and Ben.
Hess, treasurer.
Over $50 active ard prominent bust
ness men, attorneys and manufactur-
ers, attended the initial meeting OF
the Business Mems Association in the
Probate Court room, on the thlrd
floor of the court house, in the evening.
There was very little wind expended
in useless talk, the gentlemen being
in more of business mood than ever
before manifested in Ottawa.
President Hamilton opened the
meeting with a statement that officers
had been duly elected those men
toned exclusively in yesterdays FREE
TRADER and that the association was
now ready to receive the signatures OF
those who had subscribed their names
to the membership paper circulated by
the committee.
The bylaws were read and adopted.
They provide that any person may
become member of the association
upon a two-thirdS vote of the members
present at the meeting at which ms
name is presented. The regular meet
ings occur on the first Monday of each
month. but special meetings may be
called by the president or any nine
members. An annual election OF
officers will be held yearly in April
The members elect the directors and
the directors the officers from theil
own number.
The initiation fee of the association
! is s. and the yearly dues 81. 1T viii
have it's own rooms. None but mem
bers will be admitted to meetings
Fifteen members constitute a Quor
UNI. When ordered by the association
business must he kept secret.
Committees on reception, statistics
printing, rooms, streets. alleys anC
public highways, bridges and railroad
crossings, rivers and canals, parks anC
shade trees, auditing of accounts anG
bonus funds are provided for In tht
bylaws: which divide the city int
eight districts, each under the charge
of committee of nine. for purposes OF
raising bonuses for the purpose of at
tracing manufactures. The districts
as constituted, are as follows:
First District First ward.
Second District-East side.
Third District of Columbus
street and south Of canal to river.
Fourth District-West Of Columbus
street and bounded by canal, Illinois
river and side cut.
Fifth District-West Of side cut Il
Pine street and south of canal.
Sixth District-West of Pine II
limits, and south of canal.
Seventh District-All north OF cana
and east of La Sale street.
Eighth District-All north OF cana
and west of La Sale street.
President Hamilton announced tha'
ne would name the committees In
few days. The association adjourned
after the greater portion OF the 2O'
! members had signed the roll.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17

The proposed silver legislation in
congress has already caused rise of
several per cent. in that metal in
Mexico as well as the L. S, and for
the first time in some years there was
an importation last week of 1899, 56I
worth of silver from Europe to take
advantage of the rise. The same
week there was an importation of sl7,
PA of gold against an export of sl2,
600; and for the first week in some
years, no export Of silver. OF course
the importation of silver will stop
with the passage of alaw by congress,
as it is proposed that the treasury
shall buy silver only that is the pro-
duct OF our own mines.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17

Whatever prejudice may have been
cngcndcrcd against Gov. Hill, of New
York, by his bearing during the Clevc-
land contest OF 1888, there is no dis
putting that since there, in his battles
with the Republican legislature Of
New York, notably in the matter of
the Australian election la%, he has
come out "A signal victor and accumu-
lated no little political capital. He
viii also lose nothing in that way by
u message he sent to the legislature Il
few days ago, suggesting that "A con-
stitntoual amendment be submitted
10 the people Of the state for the
transfer from the legislature To the
courts ot the power Of deciding con-
tested election eases. He also recon-
mends action To bring the subject be-
fore congress with a view to securing
ultimately similar amendment
10 the federal constitution. He de-
clares that four out of every
five contested election cases in
legislature and congress are de-
cided on purely partisan grounds,
greatly to the scandal of justice. He
cites as precendcnt the action OF the
British parliament in voluntarily re-
nouncing in 1868 in favor of the
courts the right it had claimed for
three centuries of deciding such cases
for itself.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
Library Board.

The board of trustees of the Red
dick library met in the library build
ing Tuesday ev'g. The financial secre-
tary, +. j. Kelly, presented his report.
The totals are:
Recelpts-Nov. &c, 80, to May /, 40,
$3,142.S0. This consisted of notes, in
tercst, fines and premiums. The fines
amounted to &0.43.
The amounts now upon the financial
secretary's books are:
Notes at per cent, S2S, Il3.i4.
Notes at per cent, Sll, 1000.
Notes at per cent, $4,000.
Total-$44, 349.24.
As the financial secretary does not
disburse funds other than to place
them to the credit of the treasurer,
the report does not show expenditures.
No further business other than
routine work came before the board.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17

At the meeting Of the Louisiana leg
islature on Monday the Louisiana
State Lottery Company made a formal
offer to the state Of $1,000 900 year
for % years for renewal of its char
ter for that number of years; $3.50, 600
OF the amount annually to go to the
public schools; 1850, 900 for the levees,
100000 to charity hospital, &c. 1t will
require a constitutional amendment
to be passed by twO-thirdS vote of
the Legislature and approved by vote
of the people, to enable the Legislature
to grant the charter. The governor
very strongly opposes it in his message,
although there is very strong popu-
lar pressure in its favor, and the final
outcome is regarded as doubtful.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
Rem uITTERwORTH's BOMB.

| III dynamite DOiilD udu Dcci u"
ploded in the house at Washington on
Tuesday, there could not have been
more establishment than was caused
by the speech of Ben Butterworth, OF
| Ohio, in denunciatiOn OF the Mckin-
ley tariff bill. The general debate hav-
ing really closed on Saturday, Ben was
able to get in his little speech by unan-
imOus consent, the Democrats OF
course making no objection to any
thing that delayed the bill, while the
| Republicans assented because they
really expected something to tickle
them from so prominent a leader OF
their own party.
A comprehensive abstract OF the
speech is given in our telegraph col
umns. The principle Mr.. b. commended
for was that only such protection was
justified as placed our manufacturers
on an equality with manufacturers or
producers abroad, with slight coign OF
vantage in our own favor. This slim
ulated healthy competition, with the
"splits" in our favor. The principle
underlying the Mckinley bill was the
destruction Of this wholesome foreign
competition, the building Of Chinese
wall around us, the creation of huge
monopoies with enormous profits to
the few to the oppression and lmpov-
crishment Of the many. He inStanced
the tariff on copper. There has not
been a time in - years when copper
could not be produced cheaper In this
than any other country, yet a protec-
tive tariff was kept up, and the copper
syndicate, on a capital Of 1880, 600,
have pocketed over 500, OO0, 900 Of divi-
dends in nineteen years. 1t would
have been cheaper for the people of
this country to have taken every man
employed in the copper mines and
boarded him in the Fifth Avenue no.
tel and set him up in the banking bus
mess. The same mOnStrOus outrage
was to be repeated in the proposed tax
on tin plate; and it was repeated over
and over in the iron, wool, cotton and
other schedules.
One of the most trenchment pas
sagcs of his speech was that in which
he analysed the boosted protection the
Mckinley bill offered to the farmer
1t would exclude $25, 600, 900 worth of
foreign agricultural products it was
argued. or these Sl7, 900, 900 were from
Canada in return we sold Canada
1921, OOO, 600, the largest part being corn
and products We do not buy from
them. TO please the farmer he is shut
years has bought of him $3.50, 900, 600
more than he has taken in return.
Whence comes this opposition to the
products Of our neighbOrs Of the north?
Avarice on the border. 1t is dictated
by the hen coop, the potato patch, the
hop patch on the northern border that
repays itself ten times over by snug
Cling. "And the end of the ball, said
Mr.. H., twill he to see my honored
friend (Mr. Mckinley in charge of the
hop brigade associated with the cab
bage cavalry endcavoring to persuade
the farmer that his highest interest is
in combining himself to market where
we do not sell within onc-fOurth of
what we produce"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17

The StreatOr Free Press, though in
all other respects as rock-rooted and
dreadfully ''loil' Republican paper
as we know of, is unable to stomach
the Mckinley tariff bill. The wool
schedule it regards as conspicuously at
fault. 1t will immensely increase the
price of all lower grade wooden goods
while the higher grade remain un-
changed, so as to bear with especial
hardness on the farmer and labOrer.
"A policy that chcapens tobacco and
increases the price of clothing and
other articles of necessity" says the
Free Prees, "cannot win the support OF
the farmers. If the Republican party
is the true tariff reform party, as tht
Free Press has always claimed, it must
show itself to better advantage than
the Mckinley bill will permit" Stick
to that. Mr.. Free Press, and before
November you will find yourself read
out of the <. o. p. as one of the vilest
of the mugwumpS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17

The State Board OF Charities, in
putting toward the name of Prof.
Frank ii. Hall, OF Aurora, for super.
intendent of the Blind Asylum at
Jacksonville, have made horrid mis-
take. 1t has been discovered that
Prof. Hall is not a Republican! II
he belongs to any party to-day it is
the Prohibition party, though in 1882
he allowed his name to 60 upon the
greenback ticket for superintendent
OF public instruction. Now nothing
is more fixed and settled at Spring
field than that our expensive state in
stitutlOnS shall bc run in the interest
Of the <. 0. p. Prof. Hall may be a
good educator, man Of superior adj
ministrative ability and all that, but
as an incumbent OF high and re-
sponslble Office in this great Republic
can commonwealth, the thing is SIM
ply out Of the question.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17

A pretty straight intimation comes
from Washington that, in order to
get the Mckinley tariff bill through
the house and senate at this session,
10 has been agreed that it shall not 20
into effect until July /, 1891. On any
other condition it is now admitted
that it would be impossible to force
the bill through the senate, even if it
should pass the house. An agreement,
however, to delay its going into effect
until after the voice OF the people
shall be heard upon it next fall, quiets
the conscience Of such men as Butter
worth, PaysOn, Hit. etc, in the
house, and OF at least dozen Of west
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
Top buggies from $500 to 500 at
GAY & Sons.
Hank Holmes Coal Nine.

Large quantities of stone and coal
are being mined in Henry Holmes
coal field and stone quarry near Covel
Creek, about three miles southwest of
this city. Five men are at work in
the coal field, which is 200 feet back
in the side of slope. The vein is
three feet thick and George Steele is
experimenting the mining. A fine
quality of stone is being taken from
the quarry near by under the direc-
ton of VIM. Marsh. Mr.. Holmes is
disposing of the coal and stone as rap
IDLY as il is taken from the bed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-05-17
installation ofOfksers.

The Knights Patriarchal Circle in
stalled the following officers Tuesday
evening:
A. Il. Gibbs, oracle: Gus Kneussl,
vice oracle: III. Fl. Werner, marshall;
S. b. Bathurst, rec. sec'y: II. r. Glad
felter, financial sec'y: n. +. Mackin-
lay, treas: S. r. Blanchard, capt; Z.
Dawell, first lieut.: G. S. Bowermas-
ter, second lieut.; John McDonough,
guard, l.. a. Williams, sentinel; II.
p. Moore, chaplin: Messrs. Lange Il
Crane, marshall's aids; Messrs. Adams,
Werner and Gore, trustees.