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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-14
LxGIsLArIv. PROCEEDINGS
Wsrk 81 . Day After I've 81 Rsss-Ths
Liqaos Mil.

Liqasr Mil.
LAssise, Mich. April ls.-The House
convened with hfty-twe members this
morning. quorum and one 10 spare.
The House got itself into committee Of
the whole as soon ~ possible and
tackled Representative richardson's 8
bill providing for the appointment Of =
commissioner of toll-roscs and toll
bridges. Much opposition wss devel-
oPed 10 the creation OF a Eew once,
but Representative Richardson showed
that the increase OF taxation from suen
roads and bridges, under the PROVISIONS
OF the bill would be. three times the cost
OF supervision. Under the bill every
plank road company is required 10 pay
an annual specific tax OF per cent
upon its gross earnings. That tax Is
now levied upon the net earnings. The
commissioner is 10 examine into the
constitution. management and busi-
ness OF such roads and bridges. SO far
rs the same effects public interests, and
10 the accommodation and security Of
those who travel on tile roads. The
commissioner Is given authority 10 ex-
-sS@-~<S VIZ s~oA1s RsPctsp <,SoA1S s~-t>s
documents OF any such company. lie
- required 10 notify tho authorities OF
the company wherever such road or
bridge is not IN proper condition, and
may stop the COLLECTION of tolls until
repairs are made. 1t was a big bill for
a small house, but 1t was advanced TO
the order of third reading.
Bulge and Doodle.
The House in committee of the whole
this afternoon took up Representative
Dodge's bill TO amend the liquor tax
law, relative to the disposition Of
moneys received under the law, and
passed II after considerable discussion.
The ball provides that the moneys re-
ceived by the county treasur shall be by
him apporhoned 10 the several town.
ships, cities and Incorporated villages
in the county, TO be pail over TO their
respective treasurers and applied to the
highway fund. BY special provision
the funds in Bay county are to 10 ap-
Piled 10 the construction of stone roads,
under direction OF the stone road COM
missioner. Representative Clapp's bill
TO confer upon cities aud villages the
power TO construct. purchase. operate
and maintain street railways and works
for tile purpose Of supplying such cities
and villages and their inhabitants with
gas, electric or other lights, was next
passed 10y the committee. The bill To
provide tor the erection Of cottages and
other improvements at the Northern
asylum was also approved by the conf
mittee. 1t provides for cottage for
fifty male patients and one for fifty
female patients, for reservoir and fire
protection and an electric ilghtdynamO.
The amount appropriated IS $50, 900.
The Normal school appropriation bill
next came up. 1t gives the institution
$45, ,260 for 1891, and SAC, ,260 for 1892. OF
which $500 is to be used annually for
the library. The bill approprlating
5000 for water closets and sewer con-
nections at the State Normal school
also went through.
The question now being asked in
Lansing Is will there be any steps taken
in the House looking toward the in
parchment of a very distinguished gen.
tieman for the commission of a felony.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-14
WANT THE $500, 900

LANSING, Mich, April lS.-The senate
this evening adopted Representative
Barkworth's concurrent resolution to
accept Michigan's share OF the direct
tax refunded by the United States.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-14

wssHrSGros. Aprii i3,--Assoeistion-
Washington Q, Boston s.
Baltimore 3. Athletscs
feseue- Chicago Ia. Buffalo :
New YORK =. Netrupohtsns l.
St. Leas IS, Cincinnati s.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-14
PRIvArx VIEW OF BEAUTY
In the Extss<iss ssa BrsiiiaaS ExAiei.
tien Of the Art Asse<iasiea.

In the Extss<iss ssa Brsniaas ExAiss-
sien Of the Art Asss<isssss.
The art loan sxhsblNon Of the Grand
Rapids Art Association wss opened last
evening for . private slew, and the
rooms Of lhs West Michigan University
devoted 10 the collection we're thTonset
with Observers The dasplay 10 one %
great interest and of great merit, con-
<sinlng. as it does. the work Of such
artists As Mankaosy. Tryon, Denb,gny.
Munthe. Bonheur, Corot. TAsSars..
Zlem. Tyler, Briasenan. Rsehter. Howe.
De Golyer. and Others. There are near
ly 800 pictures in the display. The
justly celebrated work OF Aunkaosy.
"The Last Hours of Mozart" and The
Road Through the Woods, by the same
artist. are in room BY themselves and
are the objects Of interested obserss-
ton continually. They are in charge
OF George q. Newell. one of Grand Rap.
IDS mos, promising young artists
Loest Productions.
A picture by Miss Silvia Mccall.
formerly = teacher In Grand kspsds.
q ~ e&AS a kb>s1 aC6s Va S&k&kt ~ -
The Old Pear Tree" ana cails up thu
many sweet qualities Of the smlable
lady 80 dearly remembered. Tho
Scotch Game Keeper" water color,
by l.. c. Earle, is one of the most ad-
m.red OF the water colors. Two ilttla
porcelalns IN the north room are pei-
feet gems. They are the work Of Miss
Nellie DeGolyer, aud are called ''Chrlst
In the Temple" and the Lady Love OF
Beethoven" They possess warmth
And texture seldom seen IN = prooela4n.
Two pictures 10y Troyon and Daubigny,
by reason of the figure placed upon
them aud the fame of the artists, at
tract q good deal of notice. A Rosa
Bonbeur 10 also on exhibition. bat Il Il
by no means one that displays the
ability OF the greatest OF female animal
painters. Two cattle scenes 10y WI
Howe, of Paris, formerly OF this city,
are considered superior 10 this partl-
cular one of Bonbeur's. The collection
of black and white work IL very credit
able, but the water coiors exhibit con-
Is rs many works of exceeding merit.
The exhibition will he formally opened
today and viii continue til the 25th.
opening at 3 \. N. and closing At 10
y. III.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-14

wssH1SsTox. April I4.--GenersI
Frsucis p. splnols died jast after md
night
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-28
KIM kaolin.

Your correspon lent was Fortunate in
meeting and making the acquaintance
of Henry Laird d airing his brief visit to
town Saturday. Mr.. Laird Is one of
those good, whole souled fellows, we
informed on matters that interest the
public and ready to disclose facts that
othors might endeavor to canceal with
the view of personally benetitting them-
selves in the future. We're there more
men Of his stamp in this country food
for the newspaper men would not be so
scarce az it is to-day. Mr.. Laird came
to this country several years ago from
the City of New York, where no was en-
gagged, if we arc not wrongly informed,
as private detective on the city force.
he entered a homestead about eighteen
miles west Of Baraga on the Ontonagon
state road, section of the country at
that time unsettled. The only sign Of
civilization was tho old halfway house
about three miles distant, which was
erected for the accommodation OF travc-
lers journeying to aud from Ontonagon.
The fact that man OF his appearance,
his ability, and intellectual qualities
tions should sqnat on clam devoid OF
pine timber in that lonely locality led
many to grow suspicious that precious
metals existed there in paying qnsnt.
ities--in fact wo understand th It speci-
mems OF coal were exhibited by neigh
Dor homesteadcr who settled In the
Same loo lily about year later. ihe
writer has his doubts about any rich
fnds having b en- made, however, as
there have been no developments Of lato
years. The valuable hardwood timber
and the richness of the soil, we think,
Is What induced Mr.. Il. to establish his
residence there. Having once broken
ground he dstarnined TO invite others
BY showing the advantages that country
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-28

offered. and hut short time had elaps-
cd before the vacant lands adjoining
him we're taken ur. they then organ
izc,t what is known ~ Laird township,
with Mr.. IT, AS supervisor, which Office
he still holds. At the opening Of the
NJ. III. s. q. lands he made a speciality
of selling minutes o; timber claims, and
really d hndsome sum ofmonev. His
knowledge of the couu Iy, end he beng
supervisor Of the township, brought
many to him who were ready t. pay
him a larger snm than to o. binary cruis-
c,s. He now tell us that some of the
most valuable minutes sold Ivy him are
in tho kaolir district about 20 miles
,orth from here One company with o
stock capital o. 100000 has been orRa-
zed and others will follow. He says
he is p,etty confident a i!road will he
uiit the coming summer from the
kaolin di.trict 10 the head If the bay,
where factories will be hui for the
menufactnrc If various wares that the
clay or k,nlin is adapt'd for. The
parties chiefly interested in developing
the properties are rich Detro men,
and we are of the or Mon there is some
thing "in it," when those people leave
their comfortable homes of the city to
weather the chilly blasts OF Lake
Superior winter, in an almost uninhab-
tied portion of the conntrv.--L'Anse
Correspondent Ishpeming Daily Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-28
--.-----.'..
PORTAGE ENTRY.

Rev. Mr.. Washburn, of Hancock,
preached here Sunday.
Cant. II. &. Rothwell, M. Mauger
and Frank Footo. of l. Anse, were cal
lers bore SUNDAY.
Mrs. p. G. Banmgartner; who has
been in Hancock for the past three
week, returned home Tuesday. Her
many friends will be pleased to hear
that she has improved in health very
much.
The school exercises which were held
at tho school house Monday evening
wore we'll attended, several coming
from ChasselI. The pupils did remark
ahlv we'll and much praise is dine Prof
White and his able assistant, Miss
Jenkins, for the success Of the enter
tainment.
Mr.. J. W. wvckoff left FRIDAY for
Marquette. returning Monday evening.
While he was sway he Joined the grand
armv of benedicts. Tho bride was Miss
Amelie Anderson. The manv friends OF
the bride and groom will wish them q
long and prosperous voyage DER LIES
troubled sea.
A sleigh load of our townspeopIe left
here for Chassell last Saturday evening
to attend the exercises dedicating the
new dag. While there some one "went
through" their sleigh ard took two
buffalo robes, one belonging to Cant.
Quinn. Waived at $6n and the other be-
longing to Charley M ,ior. valued a. $25.
The parties would like to have the robes
returned.
Msssrs. Powell q Mitchell are push
ing operations ut tho new quarry. work
inc day and NIGHT. They are now maxi
ing an OPENING 7bx10o feet in size.
There are 20 feet Of stripp'nr to reach
the bed Of No. I stone. OF this 20 feet
are Of earth and loose sandstone; the
remainder is rood coursing stone in
layers from ono to two feet thick.
Forty men are now at work cn the con-
tract.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-28
PE0U A MING.

The ice harvest commenced here Fri
day.
John Theiler made call here Thurs.
day.
". X. Haviland. Jr., returned from
Chicago Thursday.
Owen ]. Thomas was guest of Will
Davis part Of this week.
Miss Lewis and Miss Lamont visited
L'Ansa friends last week.
The stage WAS delayed about one
hour Thursday night, owing to the big
snow storm.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. l.. Mason and Miss
Ruth were here Friday last as the guests
OF Miss Lewis. Mr.. Mason also trans
acted some official business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Culnan. who have
spent most of the winter with relatives
at Green Bay, WIS, returned home
this week.
S. L. Cleavcs. of Houghton, and
Capt. John Richards made us call the
ether dsy. BY the wav, We hear that
Can't. John is content lat,ng matrimony
in the near future, 80 we take this early
opportunity to extend our congratula-
tons.
Ayers Snrsaparilla troupe was adver-
tiscd for Thursday evening, and LARGE
crowd gathered at tie hall 10 see the
fun; but the troupe fail d to appear,
and it then dawned upon the would-he
SPECTATORS that they had been sold.
Next.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-02-28
BARAGA.

JOhn hester SNcnt ccnunv IN DarhSa
Lawyer Tia, chett, Of Houghton, was
in town "Wednesday.
Martin Cosgrove, Who has been sick
for several weeks, ha. reported for
duty once more.
The town is in fever OF excitement
just now over the Baraga Il Waters
meet railroad.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Coddiagton have
commenced house. keeping. having
moved into their new re idenco this
week.
j. W. Aston, v,ce-preid"nt and gem
cfal manager Of tho Baragi & Waters
meet railroal was in town during the
week.
Mr.. Otto Erke is having building
erected in the western part of the town
which il TO he used for meat market
in the spring. He expects to get
gccd'y share OF the trade rs his shop
will be very convenient to the people in
that plrt of the village.
The last log train Of the season arrived
here Sunday. i,ctween three nd four
million feet have been banked in the
yards here this winter, for tho hester
estate, hich will give the big mill
plenty to do before the Sturgeon and
OntonaSon river logs arc lowed down.
Great interested is manifested by
our citizens in The proposed Baraga &;
Watfrsmeet II. II. Opinions concern
Ing the same are about rs numerous rs
tho people who express them. There
is general impression prevailing, how
ever. that if the road is built it will Le
great thing for Baraga.
The interior of our depot(?) has been
re.arrangel in such q manner as TO
make everything more convenient for
all concerned. improvements have been
made outside also, the platform having
been extended along tho side so that it
will be possible to enter without endan-
gering life and limb MS recklessly as
heretofore.
A large gathering of people attended
the funeral services held over the infant
son OF Mr.. and Mrs George Theobal I,
at the Mission last Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Thoobald desires MS to extend
through the SENTINEL their heartfelt
thanks to the many kind friends who
rendered them valuable services in the
hour Of their bereavement
A coRREc1IoN.--In last weeks Issue
it was stated that Mr.. Henry Laird had
leased the saloon Of John Mcintosh
Mr.. Laird informs us that although he
conducted the negotiations for tho
lease lie has nothing to do with the
business OF keeping the saloon. Mr..
Sam. Emery is the man who will have
charge of the place after May LIST.
Henry does not propose to. leave Laird
township for awhile yet.
A gamo OF indoor base ball was play
ed in tho rink Saturday evening, by
he local team and enough outside tai
ent to make it interesting, and the
spectators had "ric MIC" Several OF
the nine played on skates, that is when
the skates would stay right side up, and
they mado run evory time. sometimes.
The score was 10 to 81, which, ,nsid-
ering the fun they furnished besides,
was quite all that could be expected.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-17

Mr.. VICTOR FoOsE, of Martins Ferry,
should read inteligently the REGIS
TIERS editorial of Tuesday last. His al
legged answer in letter published in
yesterdays IntelligGncGr is repetition
in detail of portion of his assertions
on the Republican campaign stump.
As Mr.. Fo0SE goes along he should
keep these things in mind: That
France, Germany and Italy are highly
protected countries, and the higher the
protection the more poverty stricken
the people. Also that England is q
free trade country and the wage Garner
is better paid, lives better, and has
more social comforts than his highly
protected neighbors across the chan
mel. And further, in this United
States the non-protected wage Garner is
in many instances earning more than
the protected workman, as witness for
instance the brick layer and stone
mason. Mr.. FOOsE when you renew
your efforts on the stump please eX-
plain these things satisfactorily to your
hearers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-17
MALE B1PEDs GETTING soAEoEE.

The following statistics, taken from
the Omaha Bee show that the male pop
ulation of the civilized world is falling
further and further behind the female.
According to the last British census,
the excess Of women and girls over men
and boys in Great Britain is about 2OO,-
600. The German census OF last De-
cember places the number OF females
about COO. 900 above that of the males In
the kingdom of Prussia, or nearly three
times the excess twenty years ago.
There are 10000 more females than
males in the whole German Empire. In
Sweden and Norway the "weaker sex"
is in the majority by 100000. in Austria
Hungary by 100000, in Denmark by
60, 900, and in every European country
they outnumber the males
Ia the United States Canada and Aus
tralia the males are in the majority,
though not largely so, the estimated ex-
cess of males in this country being only
l. 100, 600 or 1900, 900. 1t is plain that,
but for immigration, which furnishes a
much greater number OF men than
women, the latter would soon be in the
majority here. There Is large pre-
ponderence now of females in New
England and in some other sections OF
the United States, and if immigration
were to materially decrease, undou0t-
eddy the surplus of males would soon
disappear In the whole country.
In less civilized countries, where
women are lightly esteemed, it is other
wise, India having about 100000 more
men than women, while the males large
" preponderate in China. The obvious
deduction is that the higher civilizauon
is most favorable to the increase OF the
female sex, and this suggests the inter-
esting question whether civilization is
doing the best thing in the world in
producing this result.
a fact of hardly less interest brought
out by the British census is the marked
decline in the marriage rate, which has
been almost steadily tending downward
for nearly two decades. Meantime
there has been an even more decided
decline in the birth rate, so that not
only is marriage decreasing, but mar
riageS are becoming less prolific on the
average. There is the same tendency
in this country, prevailing chiefly among
the better classes. An excess Of fe-
males in country is certain to have an
unfavorable influence on the marriage
rate, and the moral consequences Of such
state of affairs can easily be con-
ceived.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-17
rHE 1NrEILIeENcER,s DILEMMA.

We waded through the hltelligenceTs
three quarter column leader, yesterday
morning, backing up Mr.. FoosE's nom
sense before his hearers at Republican
club meeting at Martins Ferry, last
week. Aside from the old theories ex-
ploded by Mr.. BLAINE, the Intelttger-
GERS choice for the Presidency, there Is
not a statement In It that has the merit
OF argument. As between Mr..
FOosE and the IntelIigeRcer, we be-
lieve the former has done the bet
ter for his party. He had wit enough
not TO attempt to take to deep water on
the tariff question, while the Intetti9en-
Ger splits its head wide open in one col
umn advocating high protection and q
home market. In an adjoining column
we find the following editorial in favor
Of reel procity or free trade with Vene-
Zuela:
The news from Washington that a reci-
procity treaty with Venezula is about to
be consummated by the State Department
carries with IL the evidence that our trade
with the South American countries CON
tinues to grow in spite of the Democratic
predictions 10 the contrary. We are hav-
ing good Republican weather Just now.
Truly our neighbor is in a sorry
plight, for 1t matters not which way he
turns there is the indiSputable evidence
out of his own mouth TO convict him.
Our neighbours condition makes very
applicable the following couplet:
She hove and sot, she hove and sot,
And high her rudder flung,
And every time she hove and sot
bigger leak she sprung.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-17

ANDERSON, the thief, and FITzsIM-
MONS, the thief and murderer, both es-
capped from jails that no human could
without outside aid. ANDERSON was re-
captured and IS again in his cell in the
Cincinnati Jail. Half dozen jail Of
icials are now accused of completely in
his temporary freedom, while two Of
them have already been indicted. FITz-
SIMMONS escaped from the Pittsburg
Jail sometime Wednesday morning.
There is no stronger and more thor
oughly equipped prison for the safety
Of prisoners than the county Jail at
Pittsburg. How; then, did he get out?
Money was the moving spirit and bril-
berry did the rest. The more dangerous
the prisoner the less chance there seems
Of his safe confinement. Cincinnati and
Pittsburg want a new set of prison Of
ficialS, sure.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-17

+. SLoAT FAssETT, the Republican
nominee for gubernatoral hOnors in
New York, has a mother-in-law that
does not meet with the usually cold re-
ception that is said to exist when pro-
longing her stay under the roof of her
son-in-law's mansion. The cause assign
ed for this exception to the custom is
that she makes it a rule to bestow a cool
$4,000 upon every child born to Mr..
and Mrs. FAssETT. Already there are
four children to this happy union. Gen
erous mother-in-law; lucky son-in-law.
What a goose he would be to impair his
health by overwork in the coming cam
paign. Better lose the Governorship
than lose another addition to the family
with an hundred thousand dollar at
tachment.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-17

The money power Of the State Of
New York and particularly of the city,
is illustrated in some figures given by
the TYaaRcicr showing the tremendous
wealth gathered in the banking institu-
tions of the Empire State. The bank
deposits in the GIL public banks OF
different kinds in the United States, ma
tional. State and savings, are put at
s4. 400, 600, 600. and of this amount New
York State holds over one-third, while
it has only One-tenth of the number of
banks-that is, 6SS, against Gill in the
whole country. OF banks holding over
a million Of deposits there are 1O3 in
New York, and Of these IS hold over
$40. OOO. 600 each. and half Of these over
500. OCO, GOO, the heaviest on the list
bslng the Bowery Savings bank with
s4s. 600. 600 denosits, and two Others
Nith over SIC, 900, 600 each.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-17

WE hope Major MCKINLEY will take
cognizance of the silver plank in the
platform of the New York Democratic
Convention. The language is plain and
TO the point. 1t reads: 1--WE are against
the coinage of any dollar which is net
of the intrinsic value of every other
dollar of the Uniten States"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-17
Things That Cause a Smile.

Reported recovery of the person OF
Tascott. Same report; same Tascott.
High courage displayed by the Brit
ish government In its dealings with
China. Treating with Russia is DIFF
ferent thing.
Painfully audible silence Of New York
papers on the subject OF monuments In
general.
Speculations as to the identity OF
Vera Ava with the reincarnated spook
Of Nine. Blavatsky.
Gotham's upper 800 looking for sue
cessor to the chasmal vacancy lett by
Willie w. Aston.