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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-15

Ta tAs Hessrzose Msyor ARd Common co1nels;
GeBfieRea-i hsreey make spPiieAtiea -
he slieued sssislaat esring tlh aentas Of
JeI, aRs Aasusi.
hsseeetfglly submitted.
JosN 4 KIN.
fuundmsster.
On not ca Of Ala Stein. referred to Commit
tee Way ana Means
T. toe Honorable. Mayor and Cennsa CsaE-
ell.
Seatlsmsn-i hereby request yeur bsEora
bic body O. have the following neeesS4rs im-
prosemenss made at the cay poaad. ~ ait
A sew watering troa.ns a double gate. Aaa 50
have rile Of manure removed wnlcl l. depss-
ited in tie yard Of said pcuRi
AL of watch Is rsseeetfally submitted.
JeHS c. kI9S
PoDndmaster.
On motion Of Ala. Frost. referred 10 Com
mittss on Ways and Means sith power 90 act
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-15

And Ne. the undersigned property e~asrs
Ca said street ass fhe &c mnaa Cs2nell VI the
city Of eirana Rapids a0t ~ B<y tns contractor
unfli said street y e0Bpietsa according 70
contract ana speeineafsBs-
Aad farthsr. We the asa<<ss<ssd. "a esaAlf
aaa Ain the "a sics Of the property owners ca
said street. represent that 10 said street Is left
Ia this aa~Drkn4asbiD Ike m4aarE &c Ia q
hsds rsfuss 10 p~y sny ana al <rsdins tsk thss
MAJ Dc ass-s sos 10 As loo Abr 81 material s1-
DeHded On ssia street
H<nrE Harper aud tea others
Referred 10 COMMITTEES % Streets aad the
eity attorney
0f Freeaaas Lsthrap reDfeseasiag that he Is
the ssAer Of zoo 4. .. ". Brosa's sabdi sislsa.
ak ~ fog qalt claim Of the sane upoa PAL
nsnf 81 al take aad legal charges thereoa-
Referred "a Committee On Mas aad Means
OF :. T. Jsaks. representing that he h the
ee.uss Of loo ;. block 5. E!isaorth's addition,
Ea..t sad lot vas assessed for the grading Of
the asses Ia rear thereof. which SAID grade was
a positive eanase Ia tn property Of petit
tlaaes asking council g. refer the matter 70 a
committee for the purpose Of investigating
ia 20 the fairnessand equity Of such assessment
Win q view 20 an adjasatmsat OF rns sane.
Referred to Committee on streets AMI CON-
msties on Ways aat Meas
u Murphy X MhFP1ys ashlh< e9ahsti " 20 y
seat 70 the transfer OF Ibrir s,iooa heeass
from 6Fandsiile syrane. ,oath OF Hall street
% No. IL Ellsworth avenue. having removes
thereto.
Aid. stein moved that prayer OF petitioner
be granted ana the clerk instructed % make
the proper endorsement
Carried.
Nvas-Ald. Carpenter. censsr. Doyle. Dun
ton. EmmeF. Frost. Hsase-. kinney. Nh
honey. Mills. 0Donneli. saunders stsin
stokes. sproul. ratean. Turner. warztu-g-ls
Nays-Sone.
The druggist bond Of y. A. Hoxie Was re
ferrca u COMMITTEES on Licenses
Application OF James MeDermott for per
mission To deposit building material on Cole
street.. ostweea Bridge and B0weFy. Was re
ierred 10 city marshal.
A seated bid IRON James A. Hunt. onerinl
| sis for the buildings or PORTIONS of buildings
snd foundations taken by the city in the open
/ lag OF Wealthy avenue. WIS presented. aud OF
motion OF Aid Stein. referred 10 the alder
men Of the Slnth ward.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-15
OFFICERS OF THE COUNCIL.

CrT AfToKSESs OflISE
GEsSp RkPIDs. Mica. June II, ISL. !
To the Honorable the Common Cosacl OF the
City OF Grand Rasias:
Gentiemen-Relstiye 10 the claims submitted
by the comptrolie. fer services rendered oy
deputy sseTias. paITeliRg xnd cooperating
with he police department page 10 printed
proceedingsl. referred 10 me. | respectfully
report that the services we're glyea al the
direct reques. OF he Mayer AID tue Board OF
Police aAd Fire Commissioners. and that the
services were rendered unter the direction OF
the superintendent of police and as the bills
appear 10 be reasonable In amount. recon
mend that the same be allowed.
Respectfully subm.tt>d
WILLIAM WIsSsa TAyIos.
City Attorney.
Accepted and nied.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-15
NLCE AND FIRE CoHNlsSlOSERS

SKAxp RArtRS. Mich. jay i. ISL.
To The Roasraeis Mayer sRa tenmee oeas-
eli.
eeRtiemon-t RaeE direction Of the beard
! transmit sou ; repert 81 toe eenasfieh q
street s.xhts. Tor the seek snaink Sats
3 ISL thai remained aEltshtea eae hear ant
ever.
respectfully sabmltfes.
n AckksSelps.
sscxetAgy-
Referred 10 Committee en- LzmpA
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-15

Respectfully submitted.
JAxEs VAsDESBEES.
Comptroller.
AID. Sproul moved that all items OF rent OF
buildings Tor election and registration pur-
poses. exceeding the sum OF SO be disallowed
stricken tom the report and referred 10 Com
miit e on Claims and Accounts.
Carried.
Yeas-Aid. Anderson. Carpenter. Conser
Doyle. Dregge. Dunton. Emmer. Haussr. Ma
honey. founders. Stokes. Sproul. Turner.
Wurzburg-l4.
Nays-Aid. Frost. Kinney. NILS. 0Uonneli.
Stein. Tateum-6.
Aid. Frost moved that the items OF Geo.
Dole Inspector. aud Chas Prance. contractor.
charged against The Oakland avenue improve
ment fund he stricken from the report and To-
.erie To Com mittee on Claims and Accounts.
Carried
Yeas-Ald. Anderson Carpenter. Conser.
Doyle. Dreggc. Dunton. Emmer. Frost.
Hauser, Kinney. Mahoney. Mills. Saunders.
Stein. Stokes. sproul. Tat.um. Turner. Wurz-
burg-ie.
Nays-Nonc.
Aid. Carpenter moved that the sum OF $500
charged by j. A. r. VanDugteren. as expert
accountant In the examination of the treasur-
ers books be stricken from the report aud re-
itemizing the account.
Carried.
Aid. Carpenter moved that the balance OF
the report be accepted aud adopted. and the
comptroller be instructed 90 draw orders in
favor of the several parties as recomm ended
by the comptroller. and the clerk and comp
tro!ler be instructed to draw an ord n on the
city depository forsls.b67.I2. to be disbursed
by the treasurer. to the several parties named
in the comptrolier's report holding orders on
the funds therein named. In which there is
money.
Carried.
Yeas-Aid. Anderson. Carpenter. Conger
Doyle. Dregge. Duntcn. Emmer. Frost.
Hauser. Kinney. Mahoney. Mills. O'DonnelI.
Saunders. Stein. Stokes. sprou. Tateum.
Turner. Wutzburg-2
Nays-None. sst
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. July IS. 1891.
To tie Honorable Mayor aud Common Coun
ell OF the City o: Grand Rapids:
Gentlemen-I hereby respectfully report
without recommendation. the claim of tn
Grand Rapids Sidewalk Co.. for total amount
of ssi.Se. which respectfully ask TO be re-
ferred to the Committee On Sidewalks of your
| honorable body.
Respectfully submitted.
JAMES VAypESBERGE.
Comptroller.
On motion of Aid. Stein. so referred.
GRAND RApIns. Mich. July Is. 1891.
To the Honorable. the Mayor and Common
Council OF the City Of Grand Rapids:
Gentlemen-I hereby respectfully report
various printing bills that have been pre-
sented for printing registration. election
water works notices. ct. As the price:
charged vary. and the vary also as to thu
amount Of material printed for the purpose Of
securing proper degree OF uniformity. re
| spectfuliy recommend that the same be re
| f-rret Ia n proper committee OF your honor
! able holy for adjustment.
The vryheide Banter. printing water
WORKS notices--..... ..-.....--....s ITO
Martin 4 Wurzburg. printing water
works notices $50 2
! The Democrat. printing election. re-
| gi5trativn and water works notices
aud advertising 2os Il
Respectfully submitted.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-15


Wv Hsxs
City Treasurer
Ado tel
Yess~ "A. Anderson. Carpenter. Coneer
Doyle. Drsxse. DnHtoa. Emmer. Frost. Ilsns
er. kinney. Aahaney. Mills onoBR-It.
saunders. Stein. Stokes. Spfen. IaFeaIn.
Turner. warzharg-.9.
hays-Nsns
efrfrs 90 neaRn 90 HraLrH, !
Gsasp Rsrirs. Mieh., Jaiy y. issl.
To thA Honorable. the Mayor ana Commsa
Csuneii sttae CTS % GrAnd R,pias
GxBtl~mea The tate amendments 90 the
sify charter provide f'g the Inspection - mia
ana asat and fsr tie registration ~ mns
seslefs The Besrs af hssth II recent
mestins resolved u respectfully asa saur hsa-
ssahls eaas - pFtbsiT aHa pass a eraisancs
governing tAs sane also "a erdlasace fes
crates the Pert 81 biFibs
hssBssfialis ssnnittea ~ ths
A, Wnxos
sstfstsfy
o. metien ~ A ssasaefs Fsgefrsa Cen.
hfttes % DrsiaAases sttb Instructions a. "a
rost - sgssssAss saysaHs tas matter q ths
ssst aessspg al TIE esasslk
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-15

Respectfully submitted.
JAMS vASpsSsERcx.
Comptroller.
On motion Of Aid. Conger. referred 10 Com.
mittee on Claims and Accounts.
CRY TRE.suRER's 0FrIcg.l
GsASp RAIDS. Mich. july Is. 1871.
To the Honorable. the Mayor aud Common
Council Of the city OF Grand Rapids:
Gentemen-There being sufficient money In
the respective funds. wou.d respectfully ask
that the cierk and comptroller draw a war
rant in my favor the city depository for
the total amount of the following orders.
No. Orders. Amounts
46i7. East Leonard street grade.....s 81 %
lisi. Benson street grade .. as so
ass. North avenue grade .......... ....... % 90
Ssh Grade ei alley block II. Dexter
Fraction. ......-....... Isl On
soss. South Lafayette street grase.... I'll Is
3a07. Terrace avenue sewer TO Pleas
ant street ...-..............-...... IL 20
l45i. Cherry street sewer .......... 2ia IS
5l2l Cherry street sewer ..4............-. f4a q
S9ls. Fremont street sewer-...... .....-.. ~ on
Sels. Fremont street sewer ,.....-.......-. - II
Ss3l. Watson street sewer.....-...... ..-.- II g
59Is. South Lafayette street sever. sl3
57S. sevtr In alley. Sagele's "a sddi-
ton -....-...-... -...-.-..-.--.-...- l9 10
1910. Sewer In alley. Naseie's "a addi-
ton -...-... .....-......... .....- ..-...... 70
9l1. Sewer in alley. Nsgeies ID add
ton .....-..-...-.-... -.s...-.- .---..-. a. 20
Total ........-.- s2.sss IS
Respectfully submitted.
m
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-15
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS.
OFFICE OF coaPrRoLLsa.

OFFICE OF COaPrROLL8a.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Coua-
Ell ofthe city of Graad Rapids:
Gentem-n-iiayins examined the following
bills. report the same correct. and recommend
that the same be allowed out OF the several
funds as herein stated.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-15

6RAsp RAPIDS. Mich. July IL. lsal.
To the honorable the Common Council:
Genliemen-At meeting of the Board OF
Public Works. held July IL. 1897. grade lines
were established as follows:
stoddard avenue.
Koadhouse avDAue.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-26
BOGUS NOBILITY.
An English Pretender Brought To Griei
ssDown East"

An English Pretender Brought To Grief
ssDown East"
BANGOR, Me-, Feb. 21.--C. Oscar De
Coursey has been living on the fat of the
land at Machias, where he has repre-
sented himself as an English nobleman,
son of Lord De Coursey, and with plenty
of money to back up his title. While on
the crest of the wave OF popularity he
married Miss Georgia Hoar, and for a
long time he successfully hoodwinked
her relatives and friends. Yesterday
he was arrested here charged with
swindling. His character as a noble
man was hastily dropped a few days ago,
and since then the police have been
hunting for him. He has swindled
Machias people out of thousands of dol
lars, and has ruined o happy home. He
was evidently prepared for the worst,
far as soon as the detective revealed his
identity De Coursey pulled vial of ladu-
anum from his pocket and swallowed its
contents. Then he calmly folded his
arms and exclaimed:
81 have gone you one better this.time -"
Detective Allen, who made the arrest,
asked him what he meant, and Do Cou T.
sey replied:
sit means that have taken the con-
tents of that laudanum bottle, and will
go back corpse il at all"
A doctor with difficulty saved the
mans life. He still sticks to his original
story. He says he spent his income reck-
lessly and was set adrift by his father.
He was once mixed up in q burglary but
was cleared on technicality. He
seemed to have money enough until he
married Miss Hoar. Then his supplies
were cut off. He said it was because
his father was angry that he should
marry beneath his rank. Early
in December, 1890, he received
what he purported to be an an
nouncement of his fathers death, and
that an executor of the estate would visit
Machias in January to identify him and
give him his share of the estate. This
announcement was followed by two
checks the Bank eff England eehfee-a
presentsto his wife for Ell ,OOO The other
was for $1,000. Nobody In Machias
cared to cash those big checks, but they
were willing to loan him all the money
he wanted. De Coursey hired coach
man and rugged him out in the finest liv-
cry, and got trusted for everything. His
reign was short. The executor didn't
show up, but instead came a letter ask
ing De Coursey to meet him at the Bor-
der City hotel, Calais. De Coursey bor-
rowed some more money, and went os-
tensibly to keep the appointment. He
stopped awhile at the hotel, but as soon
as it was discovered that the supposed
executor did not exist De Coursey de-
camped, and his arrest is the result.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-26
4 DEFINITION NEEpEp.
Tarin Reform viewed from 4 Republican
Standpoint.

VaTk6 1@IoEm NteWe0 kE0tR . 60puptkC9m
Standpoint.
We are assured by Mr.. Cleveland and
other Democratic leaders that their
party is pledged to tariff reform; but
they do not define tariff reform for us
in distinct and harmonious way One
says 1t means one thing, and another
says 1t means another thing. Hardly
any two OF them, In fact, are entirely
agreed upon the subject They talk
about it In a beautifully large and or
nate style without telling us how its
promised blessings are to be secured.
There is nothing exact and specific in.
their long and tiresomc messages.
Generally speaking, they look forward
to the time when we shall have free
trade; but meanwhile, they admit, we
must have revenue to support the gov
eminent, and the easiest and best way to
obtain 1t is that of imposing duties on
imports. When they are asked to state
just where and how these necessary dn-
ties should be levied, they give as many
answers as there were tongues at the
feast of the tabernacles. Each one has
some product or interest In his locality
for which he desires the protection af-
forded by the present tariff; and so, TAX
ing them all together, they indorse prac-
tically the whole list of existing duties.
They demand tariff reform in the abb
stract, but they never present the meth.
DDS by which they propose to accomplish
the desired object
It is Well-known fact that the duties
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-26
SENSIBLE ACT.
The Directors Conclude To Concentrate
the Worlds Fair at jackson Park,

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-Probably the most
important meeting yet held by the
worlds fair directory was concluded just
before midnight last night. When adj
journment was taken the directors had
formally voted to abandon the lake front
as part of the site for the exposition.
The fair will be concentrated at jackson
park.
Estimates were submitted showing
the saving of $1,000,000 in con-
struction and operating expenses
by putting all the fair in
one place, and this, together with the
interminable delays encountered in har-
monizing the vast interests affected by
the use of the lake front, resulted in
sending the entire show to the southern
part of the city. Nothing will be done
with the lake front save to beautify it
with fountains and statuary as memo
rails of the exposition.
A delegation of labor leaders pre-
sented demands for the employment of
union labor as far as possible; an eight
hour day; preference to local residents
and American citizens; minimum rates
Of $1.5O per day for unskilled labor, and
the establishment of an arbitration sys-
tenn. The directory promised to pass
upon the demands before the contracts
were let.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-26
Free Trade.

Free trade, to Democrats so dear,
In other countries has been tried
The same as has protection here,
And which Is best let facts decide
II goods are cheap In free trade lands.
As those who want that system say.
There's little money In the hands
OF those who toll from day to day.
The hardy tiller of the soil
Lives there upon pittance bare,
And thousands ask for leave to toll
For whom there Is no work to spare;
Starvation glares from threatening eyes
On wealth oppressed with sickenlng dread
And in the streets are heard the cries
OF workmen clamoring for bread.
From day to day whole families strive
In workshops, factories, and fields,
And just can keep themselves alive,
So small's the sum their labor yields.
And some to whom so harsh their fate
The right to toll would be boon,
By hunger rendered Desperate,
unfnrl the flag Of the Commune.
Look DER this broad and prosperous land.
Where laws the workingmen protect;
Here plenty flls the willing hand
And labor holds its head erect,
Here toll finds adequate reward,
No hungry wolves howl 1t Its doors,
Because our worklngmen We guard
Against all cheap competitors.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-26
The Cause of Abandoned Farms.

The free-trade organs and the free
trade writer's in magazines are persist
entity making the claim that the policy of
protection to home industries is the
cause of the decline in the agricultural
interests of the New England States.
The revelations of the census taken last
year as to the number of abandoned
farms in New Hampshire and Vermont
are cited as conclusive proof of this state
ment. These facts are being paraded in
every possible way and quoted with in
tense satisfaction as evidence which can
not be controverted by the blighting
effect of protection.
If the position Of these free-trade adj
yocates is the correct one, then the agri-
cultural interests Of England should be
in fourishing condition. But every
body conversant with the facts knows
that they are not. There has been in
that country the same drift from the
country to the manufacturing towns and
cities that has occurred In the New Eng
land States. SO strong has the current
been In this direction for years past In
England that in many districts 1t is al
most impossible to hire agricultural la
borers. Tt was recognized years ago that
something must be done to change this
state of affairs and restore to the farms
part, at least, of the rural population
that had been attracted to the cities. An
organization was formed called the
aRural Laborers' League Of which Mr..
Stanton is Secretary, and which by ar
ticles in the newspapers and reviews and
by public meetings is striving to awaken
attention to the need of repopulating the
farms Of England.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-26
BURMESE BARBARlTY.
A British Sailor Tells of Horrible Tortures
Inflicted Upon Natige.--

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21.-Capt.
Thomas, of the British ship Merloneth,
reports witnessing horrible sight at
Burmah on recent voyage to this port.
A native was caught plotting party of
Englishmen into sacred places, the pen
atty of which is death. The man was
seized and nailed to the nearest tree. In
describing the horrible scene Capt.
Thomas said to-day:
''The poor wretch saw nailed to the tree
lived three days. During that time the
natives gathered around him and threw his
lnfamy at him on every occasion. His naked
body was covered with mosquitoes and to-
ward the end his mouth opened and flies
crawled over his SWOLLEN tongue. Sponges,
saturated with water, were fastened to bam
boo canes and held within few inches of
the victims mouth, and as the scent of the
cooling liquid was waited to his brain the
half unconscious victim would writhe with
agony. Toward the end OF the third day it
was announced that the traitor was dying.
After the death of the victim an official,
with a spear made from the horn of an an
telope, approached the body and drove it
into the side, and from the wound flowed
blood and water. Immediately as the blood
and water began to flow the people dis
perSed."
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-26
Solid Facts.

The speech of the late Secretary Win
dom contained most remarkable con-
densation of facts. Here is q single SEN
tence:
ain manufactures we exceeded Great
Britain in 1880 by 1879, $40, 1911, France
by S2,115, 100000, and Germany by
So, 305, 900, 600"
That single statement demolishes the
free-trade assumption that we have no
aptitude for manufacturing, and that it
were better that we should pur .hase our
manufactures abroad Here are two
sentences which challenge attention.:
ain 1880 our home markets consumed
about ten billion dollars worth of our
own products, an amount equal to the
entire accumulated wealth of Spain,
three times the increase of wealth in
Great Britain for ten years, and seven
times the increase of France for the same
period. Our home markets that year alb
sorhed FIVE times as much of our manu-
featured products as Great Britain ex-
ported Of hers to all the markets of the
world -
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-26
Mixed Relationship,

Some years ago two farmers of Polk
County, Tenn, lost their wives by
death, They naturally felt lonesome,
and in due time began to think q
second wife in each household would
be most excellent addition thereto.
They were neighbors and friends, and
each had family Of children, includ-
ing one or more grown daughters.
After careful consideration, each took
the others daughter as his second wife,
Through these marriages children were
born to each These children now re-
side in Polk County What was the
relationship between the men and their
wives, and in what relationship did the
children stand to each other and to the
old folks? The old farmers were
fathers in-law to each other, and also
sons-i n-law. Who will Garry out the
relationship Of the mothers and their
children?