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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15
EHE NEWS.
THURSDAY.

The Norrie iron mine near Ashlanu,
Wis, the largest ore producer in the
world. was idle yesterday, its 1000 EN-
Moves having struck. The tramWay
men struck Tuesday for higher wages,
and yesterday morning the miners re.
fused to send an ounce OF ore 10 any
tramway men except those on strike
Both sides are determined, ana the
fight seems destined to be a long one
Most Of the strikers are foreigners.
High water still continues in the
lower Mississippi and yesterday the
Black, White aud the Arkansas rivers
i'm Arkansas began overlooking their
banks, flooding the country for miles
on either side. At Fort Smith the
Arkansas rose eighteen feet in twenty
four hours, and was still rising at last
accounts at the same rate. All avail
able government boats in the lower
river are at work on the leveeS.
The latest bid Of the Louisiana lot
terry for the passage OF their Dill by Ihe
South Dakota legislature is one 10 fur-
nish the farmers Of that state 25O,VO
bushels Of seed wheat, to be returned
bushel for bushel, without interest,
the debt to he cancelled If the crop
fails-eQual to a bid of $4,000, in ad-
ditjon to $3.50, 900 cash to be paid TO
the state each year by the company.
The body of Roland Leach, of Chi
cage, who was supposed to have been
murdered on last Sunday night, was
found i'm the river yesterday by a
searching party. The body bore no
marks of violence, and his valuables
were on his person. He was seen drunk
on Sunday, and it is probable he fell
into the river while in that condition.
The first bill passed by the Iowa
legislature was the annexation bill for
Des Moines, which city will proceed to
annex territory, Ia Chicago, which
will give her population of 10000.
1t has been ascertained that eighty
eight miners lost their lives by the
explosion of the Morsa colliery, Clan
mOrganshirc, Wales, last Monday.
John II. Lester, a well known board
of trade man, died at Chicago yester-
day.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

The most persistent paper in the
Northwest, in the work Of booming
Grover Cleveland for president, is the
Chicago Inter Ocean. 1t devotes to him
on an average column of abuse a
day. Nothing can help Cleveland sc
much as a knowledge that the Repub'
lican leaders are afraid of him, and
nothing can afford better evidence of
such fear than the constant mani
festation by the leading Republican
organ of the Northwest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

The manifesto of eX-Congressman
Plumb against oar Congressman Hill,
published in Tuesdays Strcator pa
pers, h ad considerable to say about an
organization to control votes in Ar
kansas known as the wheel" The
Little Rock Republican, an earnest ad-
ministration paper, seems TO differ
with Col. Plumb as to the character
of The Wheel 1t says: "The de-
feat of Cate through the influence of
the Wheel is the dirtiest business
our Republicans have yet been engaged
in, and for which no other excuse can
be found than in a taste for dirt" 1t
looks as if Capt. Hill is to be kicked
out of the Republican party for cast
ing an honest vote, he Is likely to 20
in good company.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15
THE FARMERS WOES.

The irrepressiblc Sam Allertol mas
been in Chicago and let himself out tc
Herald reporter on the woes OF th'
farmers. 1t is not on account OF large
crops that prices on grain are SLOW, ioi
there is no more wheat and oats IN
sight to-day than there was ten years
ago, when prices were double what
they are now. st is these accurSed
gambling houses, the bucket-shops,
with the help of the no less accursed
interstate commerce bill, that is ruin
ing MS" saws Sam. There is no mar
ket in Chicago for grain any more,
"and am not on the inside and can
not afford to ship TO Liverpool, for the
Interstate commerce bill has made
rates to ordinary shippers so high that
they cannot afford to pay them. Yet
wheat is shipped from Chicago TO
Liverpool at half those rates. How is
il done? The shipper who is not IN
it. doesn't know and can't find out 10
save his soul"
AS to bucket-shops, or the regular
board of trade, if you choose to deal
in wheat, you can go to Old Hutch or
Phil Armour and ask him to sell you
a put or call for 900 bushels OF wheat,
and he will do it. This is a iona Jtde
trade and so much wheat has actually
changed hands, and a thousand such
deals in day must affect prices. But
suppose you take your money TO a
bucket-shop. you 60 through the
same motions that you went through
in the previous supposition, and you
even receive contract for so many
bushels of wheat which differs sOlittle
from the straight board Of trade way
of doing business that the most of the
buckct-shop's customers really believe
that they are making operations on
the board itself, and that they actu-
ally own the quantity of wheat specl-
fed in the contract. The truth of the
matter is that, notwithstanding these
deceptive appearances, no operation
ever takes place, and the customer
never at any time owns any wheat.
Consequently, though you should buy
in "a bucket-shop ten millions or
bushels of wheat, your sO-called 'pur-
chase would have not even the slight
est effect upon the price of the COM
modify, the name Of which you traffic
in. Instead of buying so much wheat
from the middlcman, who procured 1t
originally from the farmer, you merely
bet with the gamekeeperin the bucket
shop on the price OF wheat on the
board of trade at specified time.
Does that help the farmer any? Not
any. His wheat is in no greater de-
mand than it was before you bet your
money, and the price is exactly the
same, so far as you are concerned. 1T
fact, it has been lowered, as statistics
prove"
Sam concludes with savage dig at
the courts that uphold these bucket
shops, the Judges of which have no
conception of great business trans
action and can't see how ridiculous
they have made themselves, and he
says he shall 60 after them some day
and give them piece of his mind.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15
Give Them the News,

Supervisor VIM M. Reed, of Farm
Ridge, has been this week agitating
the question of printing reports of
board committees prior to final action
by the board on their approval or rejec-
ton. His idea is that the only really
important business Of the board is
now transacted by the committees,
who alone have any knowledge OF the
matters which the board, as whole,
are called on to approve or reject. IL
the reports were printed and action
deferred on them by peremptOry
rule, the members, he thinks, could at
least have time to, if they wished, in
form themselves of the matters they
are called upon to vote upon. 1t is
possible that the printing Of reports
in bill form, and in such manner that
they could be by the member corrected
or altered according to his own ideas,
might very materially aid in securing
accuracy of the report and its amend
ments, and thus be in the end bene-
fit to the board as whole; but in
order to make Mr.. Reeds order valu-
able, the board as whole must first
arrive at that point when 1t will obey
it's own rules. In the present rules,
Rule 20 provices that no report shall
be considered by the board except on
its second reading, and that no report
shall be read twice at the same sitting
of the board. Yet very few reports
are now made that are not immedi-
ately acted upon after the reading by
the clerk. 1t is, perhaps, true that If
report should be acted upon until
| inf hn
piled with copies, there would be more
deliberation in finally dispOsing of
them: but it would seem that, even
in the event of their being printed,
the information on which the reports
are based would still remain the ex-
elusive property of the committee in
the end, unless the members who felt
disposed to object to the findings
should take the time to personally re-
view the evidence for himself. This
generally. AS a matter of fact, how
ever, it must be conceded that nine
tenths of the members do not, by the
reading of reports, get at even the
facts reported, to say nothing Of the
committees information, and the in
dividual member votes to approve or
reject something of the subject mat
ter of which he really knows very little
until three or four weeks after the.
board has adjourned, when it is just
barely possible he may be favored with
a copy of the printed proceedings as it
comes to him by freight from some
jim-crow typographical blacksmith
shop located at backwoods road
crossing in one corner of the county.
AS to the verbiage and details of re-
ports. each member could inform him
self if the clerk could provide him
with printed copy, written two or
three hours after the report had been
made. OF the general tenor of all re
ports and business in general he can
now inform himself every morning by
reading the daily FREE TRADER
while setting at breakfast.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

1t is about settled, in perfecting the
worlds fair bill at Washington, that
the big show will really be put off un'
til 1893, only the formal dedication tc
take place Oct. II, 1892, the exact date,
four hundred years ago, when Column
bus discovered America. This was
the suggestion of Joe Medill, of the
Tribune, for which the other Chicago
papers a month ago couldn't find cour-
age strong enough to abuse him. They
will next be failing into Medill's other
suggestion, that Congress be asked to
$40, 100000 to help Chicago
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

Senator Stanford, of California, has
finally declared himself in favor Of
the unlimited coinage of silver, a
point on which his position has been
regarded as doubtful. He goes fur
ther and advocates the passage of a
law by congress under which the fed
eral government shall loan money on
farm mortgages at 2 per cent. inter
est. But Mr.. Livingston, president of
the Farmers Alliance Of Georgia, and
candidate for governor, goes Mr.. Sand
ford one better, and insists on the
passage of IA law by congress under
which the government shall advance
money to farmers on growing crops to
the amount of 80 per cent. of their es-
value. Thus, step by step,
the country is moving onward toward
Bellamyism, or Bedlawism in politics.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

A contemporary gives it as a fair IL
lustration of the stolidity Of red tape
that, Notwithstanding the Chicago
drainage law contemplates the re-
moval of all dams from the Illinois
river the construction of two dams at
the lower end Of the river by the
United States is moving right along,
the government officials being appar-
emily totally oblivious of the existence
OF either Chicago or an Illinois legis-
lature.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

The Illinois State Board of Agri-
culture, in a dispatch of the 9Th inst,
states that, Notwithstanding reports
TO the contrary, the winter crop of
this state has received no material
damage from the late cold snap.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

The 81 ,OOO-Norton must feel de-
pressing sense OF relief-and lonesome
ness-to know that the board of super
yisors Is moving right along and at
tending to its business notwithstand-
inc his cob pipe is not racking the
halls this week.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

The supervisors of Moultrie county
have ordered all persons sentenced to
the county Jail for any crime or mis-
demeanor, to be put at hard labor un-
der the direction of the sheriff on any
public buildings or highways, eight
hours to be deemed days work. Why
Is not some such system more general
ly pursued?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

When English syndicates get pos
session of all the paying commercial
and manufacturing enterprises Of this
country, as they soon must at their
present rate of buying them up, it will
only remain for them to organize all
of them into huge trust, to make
themselves masters of pretty much
all there is worth having In America.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

The agricultural department at
Washington, figuring on the aggre-
gate of the wheat crop of 1889 and the
amount still on hand, concludes that
at will require the pressure of high
prices to squeeze any considerable pro-
portion of the remaining stock into
distribution
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

The grippe is robbed of all dangerous
by taking ChamberlaiE's
Cough Remedy as directed for severe
cold. For sale by T. Z. Gapen & Son.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

The board of supervisors was called
to order Tuesday at 9A.M., the session
lasting but five minutes. The chair
man called for reports, resolutions,
etc, but there was no response, and
finally supervisor on the south side
of the room moved to adjourn until
next morning at 9 o'clock. The motion
carried.
Chairman Gum appointed Snpervi-
sor Werner, of Usage, on the special
committee which has charge of the
Shippingsport bridge at La Sale to
fill the vacancy occasiOned by the
death of w. III. Graves of Hope.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

guson was voted upon and lost by
vote Of q to q. The vote was recon-
sidered and the result was Ayes, %;
nays, Il.
The Chairman-The substitute has
now become the principal question to
| be voted upon.
The vote stood on the adoption of
the resolution: Ayes, %; nays, 81. A
veriflcation of the vote was called for,
but the vote proved correct.
Mr.. Taylor moved to adjourn until
9 o'clock tomorrow morning. The
motion was lost by vote of % to II.
Supervisor Oleson moved to recon-
slider the vote on the motion to adopt
the substitute offered by Mr.. Fergu-
son, and the motion carried by a vote
Of 23 to 20.
The board then adjourned until 2
o'clock.
The board met at 2 o'clock and a
vote was called for on the adoption of
the substitute presented by Super
visor Ferguson at the morning session.
The vote stood: Nays, "a; ayes, 20.
Supervisor Taylor moved the adop-
ton of the resolution presented by
Anderson, of Adams.
Supervisor O'Loughlin rose to
point of order and the objection was
sustained by the chairman.
Supervisor Taylor arose and moved
that the board now proceed to the
election OF a county warden and mat
ron. MCLAUGHLIN moved to amend by
making the election special order of
business for Yesterday morning at 10
o'clock. The amendment was carried
by vote of % to 81.
Supervisor OlesOn, of Freedom, Of
fered resolution asking that COM
mittee of three be appointed, whose
duty it shall be to visit the county
asylum once a month and investigate
into the Affairs of the warden and mat
ron and report at the regular meetings
of the board.
Mr.. McLauchlin-We are paying a
county agent fixed salary for doing
this work, and l think there Is no
necessity for having this committee.
The resolution failed to carry.
Mr.. Fades moved that the COM
mittee on fees and salaries consider
and fix the salaries of the warden and
matron and report Friday.
The special committee on swamp
lands presented a report asking that
the committee be instructed to sign a
contract with an agent to collect
claims and receive therefor 30 per
cent. The report was passed for the
present.
On motion of Mr.. Fades, the report
of the special committee appointed to
investigate the alleged mismanage-
ment of affairs at the county house
was adopted with the recommends
tions stricken out. The board then
adjourned until 8 O'clock Friday.
On yesterday morning, after APP
proving several reports, the committee
on salaries reported to fix warden's
and matron's salaries at $500 each.
Mr.. Spencer of Rutland then placed
in nomination Mr.. and Mrs. p. A. But
tertield of Rutland.
Mr.. Taylor nominated the Mr.. and
Mrs. Reedy, against whom, he said,
no charges of mismanagement have
been substantiated. Truman warmly
seconded the nomination. After a
good deal of talk a ballot was taken
which elected Mr.. and Mrs. Buttertleld
by vote of % to %.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15
THE SUPERVISORS.
The DOings Of the Board - Warden and
MatrOn Reedy Ousted.

The board of supervisors met at
o'clock Monday afternoon. All claims
against the county were ordered re-
ferred TO the appropriate committees.
Supervisor Truman presented peti'
tion from the Mendoza Gas company
praying for an abatement Of the per-
sOnal property tax.
Supervisor Eades--That petition is
similar TO several Others which have
been presented here and do not think
this county has power to act. | would
like to have the committee on abate-
ments look into that matter before
they report.
This and three similar petitions
were referred to the committee on
Attachments.
Supervisor Duffy moved to adjourn,
but the motion failed to carry.
A report was called for from the
committee that attended the State
meeting of Supervisors at Blooming
ton recently.
Ferguson, of Troy Grove, took the
chair and Chairman Gum made YER
bal report of the proceedings OF the
state convention:
that the state should take care Of the
insane, durable and incurable; that
eight members Of jury could bring
in verdict instead of twelve: that
property should be assessed at its fair
cash value; that poor masters should
be appointed in towns having a GER
tain population"
The board then adjourned until 9
o'clock this morning.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

When the board of supervisors met
at 9 o'clock Thursday morning, Super
visor Stanford, chairman of the COM
mittee to settle with charitable insti-
buttons, presented report, which was
adopted. The total claims ordered
paid amount to $S904S, divided as fol-
lows: Kankakee asylum, 1898. II; Jack
sonville asylum, $l34.35; Illinois In
dustral school at Evanston, 1920; Hi
nois Training School for Boys, in Cook
county, 500: st. Mary's Training
School for Boys, in Desplaines Cook
county, $l6999.
The committee on attachments pre-
sented a partial report, which was
adopted.
Supervisor Lukins, chairman of the
finance committee, presented report
Of the condition of the county treas
ury and recommended that an order
be drawn on the treasurer in favor of
Fred w. Fades for $1,000 and Il.66
interest on the same. On motion of
Supervisor Truman, the report was
adopted.
The special committee appointed to
repair the Shippingsport bridge re-
ported that the work of putting in
floor beams had been completed and
recommended that an order be drawn
in favor of Robert G. Morrison for
1887 so, which is one-half of the cost.
The report Of the special committee
appointed to investigate affairs at the
county asylum was again read and its
adoption was moved.
Mr.. Connover-It looks as IL there
was report and resolution en-
bodied in that report. faver the re-
port. but cannot vote for the resolu-
ton. IL the resolution is adopted
there will be conflict between the
warden and the county agent.
Anderson, Of Adams, said: II am
| i'm favor of adopting the report, but do
not favor the recommendations Of
fered. II we adopt these recommen-
dations there will be conflict. At
the September session the duties of
the county agent were defined and he
was given full charge of the manage
ment of the county asylum"
Supervisor Taylor said: 'The war
den and matron are held responsible
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-03-15

When the Board of Supervisors met
at o'clock Wednesday morning, Super
visor Newport, chairman of the spe-
cial committee appointed to investi-
gate the alleged mismanagement OF
gtfairs at the county house, submitted
the following report:
AFTER carefully considering all the
testimony offered and making a thor
ongh investigation, this committee
takes pleasure to report that they
find no act of miSmanagement of af-
fairs at the county home. On several
occasions the warden has been indis-
Greet in telling certain parties how ne
would handle inmates under certain
circumstances. In November, 1889,
there was a surplus Of eggs on the
county farm, and the matrOn sold the
same to II. j. Gillen and invested the
proceeds in articles needed for the
asylum. The warden and matron
have been away from the asylum TO-
gether. but at such times competent
help was left in charge
The committee recommended that
the warden and matron be given au-
thOrity to dispose of all surplus pro-
ducts at the county poor farm, and
also that they be given authority to
select all help authorized to be en-
ployed by the board. 1t is thought
rules of this nature will have a ten
dency to stop the scandalous talk of
envious people in circulating false re-
ports for selfish motives. The report
was signed by II. f. A. Newport, Men
dota: W. III. Lukins, Bruce; f. G. Yer
ner, Usage; w. j. DinSmore, Meriden,
and w. w. Taylor, Ottawa.
Supervisor Donlevy-I object to the
passage of the report this morning as
| would like to hear it read again.
The report was passed according to
rule and will be read again at tO-day's
session.
Three petitions for abatement of
taxes were referred to the committee
on Attachments. S. f. Hall states in
his petition that the assessed valua,
ton of property owned by him was
listed at $500, whereas it was only 5000
Abel Pierce, of Sheridan, wants the
assessed valuation Of his property de-
creased nine-tenths. John Cooling,
of this city, says the assessed valuation
of real estate owned by him is $75
more than it should be.
The board then adjourned until
o'clock next morning.
The morning call., 1890-05-11

OF several meetings held last year. John Grace
has been appointed judge and better selection
1t would have been hard to make.
On next Wednesday evening a meeting OF
sportsmen Interested In the grand old sport will
be held at $50 California street, The prin.
cipal matter, which will be discussed ut this
meeting. viii be The proposed gathering OF the
fastest greybounds East ana West Of the moun-
tains on the plains OF MERGED next fall. 1t Is
the intention Of tie better class interested In
c0ursing IN this city aud state TO bring about an
affiliati0n between the promoters OF coursing in
the East ana West with that object in view.
CalifOrni ans propose 10 give exceptionally good
Inducements In the way OF purses for grand
open contest between dogs which will represent
the coursiDg interest Of both sides of the
Rockies.
The Fasteners have been importing highly
bred dogs from England which have already on
many occasions shown a clean pair of heels TO
the home flyers. The offspring of the Waterloo
California. and as the home kennels boast also
OF having stock equal to the best in the world a
grand-r scheme than the one now under consd-
eration-to bring the champion racers OF the
United States together could not be imagined.
The famous running hares of MERGED Will suffi-
GENTLY test the qualities OF any dog, whether
they be composed Of stamina or speed. From
past experience IL is safe 10 say that dog to be
successful at MERGED must combine both quail
ties, and even with all OF the good attributes
which successful greyhound can possess II IS
dollars TO doughnuis that the MERGED bare-a
Jack enjoying perfect healti-can outspeed and
oulstay the best dog that has ever been slipped
TO a hare on the plains OF Waterloo.
IL California sportsmen VIII show SUFFICIENT
liberaliiy on next Wednesday evening to induce
the owners OF Eastern dogs to ship their flyers"
TO California next fall the interest OF all Ameri
can and English coursers will be conferred on
thIs grand contest which might be fttingly
termed the Waterloo OF the United States. Should
the meeting take place, IL is suggested that the
Judges be Senator Meany and j. X. Dickson.
These gentlemen have had wide experience In
courslDg and better referees could not be chosen
anywhere In America
The Occidental C0ursing Club will have a
meeting this week 10 arrange for Its race meet
ing, which will be held at Newark on the 3Oth
inst.
match, best two out OF three races, has been
made between john Shea's Wolf Tone and j,
BarrY's Tipperary Clipper. The consideration
Is 500 aud tile contest Will take place at Lali-
rop on Sunday, the 18Th inst. John Grace ba.
been named as Judge.