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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

Mrs Lizzis Buck u ITonwood. Who IL
visiting her sou. Guy Buck. wall visit
Chicago bef,lrr eturuirg home. Mira
Buck has a fa,iA ~ tasss Tor newspaper
utrk. aasiag a. .sd as correspondent
frsai lronVoo.l Ga several papers.
Nr snd Mr.. Joseph H. Martin and
Ms Naffha Martha Sill leave IN a few
dos fsr thsis summer home ia Con
a. sicat.
M-- g. 0sven and an and Thomas J.
Grifatn. IT,. - Jtssa y Y. are visiting
= Guihih ( Unson street,
Mrs Uirirh. whom Niss Estelle Put
nlan bas been entertaining. has returned
q, her hosus Ia Columbus
~. aad Mrs. g. n. Luce % basin.
stse. are visiting Mrs. Marion IT.
Eaar4
Ms VI fnai~ n. Jennings ~ Kalams.
ss>l = visiting her frisnd, Miss Emma
tis.1.
Mr~ A. voigf hss returned from a
80 weeks e.sit - the worlds fair
Miss Florence Dsuhof and Mlsa Title
Harvie lstt Tor Chicsgo yesscrdsy
Tr. Harry JOY ard r. ID c. Van As
mus eert =, Cadillac last night
Mas Nellie r. Rryant IL home from q
visit with friends IN Muskegon.
N-. Anna barnes % Kalamazoo IA
vis.t.nx friensis IN The city.
John II. Fsirfeid vii spcnd two
~seks ~ Bcstrsck lake.
Me-. Grr,c Farley - visiting friends
o. Nashville Mich.
Ma John C.e-ide- 10, sor the north
yesterday
" and Mrs. r. q. Gonzales are IN
ChaaGs
Ni-s Hattie Cutler has returned frosa
Chicsgo
Col = 7 Mccarrin = IN Big Rspida
J. y Sisvssr j. 70 Chicago
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25
AVN, Form or Suicide

SAGINAW. Mich. July 24-The engi-
neer OF a passenger train on the r. a r.
NJ that left Bay City this morning at
I'D o'clock. when i've miles south Of
that city. observed a man walking on
the track. He turned when the train
reached him and threw himself in front
Of the engine. being literally ground 10
pieceN His remains were brought To
Saginaw. but tho coroner. wher he
found the accident occurred In Bay
county sent the fragments back % Bay
City. A letter was found in his pocket
addressed To G. a. Potter" The same
name was found in his hat. and a new
pair az shoes with the mark Of the Elk
celsior store in this city. were worn by
the stranger
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

r. J. Bullzrd 10 confined at his home.
No. AZ Scribner street, with badly
sprained ankle and broken right arui.
His horse Was frightened at yard en-.
CINE near the Wslln leather works and
Eecams unmanageable. throwing him
out Of tho buggy. one wheel passing
over his arm The rig collided with a
telegraph pole. detaching the horse
from the buggy. which Was badly de
rnoraiized. The horse Was stopped at
the q. X 4 |. railroad crossing, and was
uninjur~t. 1t - expected Mr.. Billiard
will not be able 10 be out for two or
three veeka
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

Or. g. Clay Todd has just returned
home from Chicago. where he went 10
meet his accomplished little daughter,
Miss Lizzie Todd; also Mrs. j. r Todd
and Miss Ella Todd Of New o. cans.
Miss Lizzie Todd hae been attending
school a, the Home Institute in New
Orleans during the past winter. where
she has made rapid progress ia her
studies While Ia Chicago DIR. ). Clay
Todd and friends visited the worlds
fair
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

The general cumsniifae = Mscrahaes
en- arrangements s.,r entertaining the
nrrsf camp here IN Septarah.r eli give
81 exearsss'o - tsrand T.eslxe o~~r th-
l. I 4 !. Fsiirosd Sunsisy. August &
The Piymcaih Congregational church
gave = soclai ass sight at the rr@sslaus~
- hs& Jams Dplbee. Ma "a Ess,
street.
The las'ies q frinity rtsnrrh oil give
> AK sets Al he cun~r q cellar.
avenue ard hr,sig@ STREET toulorrs~
r.Es1
rhi- = 81. Jsnn~s ,isy. sni hieh as.s~
si - reiehFstssi sf 81 Jaes-- chnr,h
faia nernirx
Nsush~rs = ~ f'sisa~it ,~~ran n
! eharch Ei1 hnld s~siaI tsnieaf 81
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

City ta1es will be payable August 1.
and il is announced that they will be
somewhat lower than last year. super
visor Skeels of the eleventh ward said
last evening that the per cent OF taxa
ton Is a little lower in every ward. In
his ward and the tifth the rate has been
fixed at tl.63 on sloo valuation. while
last year the rate * taxation was clio.
This. Mr.. Skecls says. is due 10 small
or city budget and increased valuations
VI city property.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25
HELD ON A CAPlAS
Charles p. Wamss Arrested Last
Evening for False Pssssnss.
DR.. lAklS the COMPLAINANT
Irouole 0r~w Ous of . Ho9seesd
an41 s'sss l.ena nesi In ossona-
gsa cssnsy.

-Chariss r. wsruer. formerly reporter
on the Democrat aud recently editor Of
the Hastings Democrat. WAS arrested hy
Dcpaty sheriff Powers al ) O'Clock zee
teEday aftsfnoon on eapsas Issued ca
complaint VI Dr. LAkin u this city.
The ds,ctor places bis damage al s2.os..
The trouble grew cut Of homestead
deal 10 ontonAgon county. whesc
Warner has been living on claim for
several moath& Warner and the doctor
catered ilto IN agreement by
which Warmer WAS required 10 locate
on . quarter section Ut government
land ia Ontonagon county under tho
homestead laws. and during his Tesi-
dcnce there the doctor WAS To furnish
him the sum Of 81 per month with which
% buy groceries. They we're 70 DIVIDE
interests in the claim whcEeser II should
be proven up" OF sold. Some difficulty
arose between the two men after Warner
had lived on the claim a few months
and Warner claims the doctor withheld
the 81 a month remittance Warner
said he supposed this action on the part
Of the doctor snnulled the contract be-
tween them and he sold the claim.
The doctor has expended considerable
money in the scheme. and from reports.
he has little expectation Of realizing
anything from his venture without the
al Of the Law. Warner came 10 the
city yesterday morning. He vas taken
10 Jail. where be remained last night.
and this morning will be arraigned on u
charge u obtaining money under false
pretenses. Another deal in which the
doctor claims Warner defrxuded him
Was in the purchase OF pine land. He
claims Warner represented 10 him that
he could buy tract OF pine for him Tor
200. The doctor sent the FOO ON
Warmers representation. and the doctor
claims be bought the tract for 40 and
kept the remaining cleo.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25
WEEKDAY EXCURSION


At Grand Ledge is located the popu-
lar resort and picnic point. seven isl
ands. q beautiful spot in Grand river.
The scenery is very fine. and the place
has every convenience for caring for pie
mic parties and excursions. To enable
our patrons 10 visit the place at email
expense on a week day. the d.. l.. & \.
Co. will run a special train excursion on
July ~. leaving Grand Rapids at a. IN.
and running through 10 Lansing the
state capital which low rates will
also be made. Trains will leave Lansing
returning at Z p. IN. and Grand Ledge al
100. Round trip rate 81 and si.25.
Gro. DtHAvES.
General Passenger Agent.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

II the Sidewalk on Waterloo street
near the stssmboat landing n more shat
tered than usual. IL 10 owing 10 the
amount Of stamping and cursing done
BY the disappointed persons who started
Sunday uorning for q boat ride to
Grand Haven and found after walk Of
half mile that the Valley City would
not many Of the disappointed ones. but
they were Just - mad a. II there bad
been one thousand A notice had been
printed in the papers that the boat
would not run and again the error %
failing TO read the papers Is illustrated.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

Tho hours during which water con-
sinners may use city water Tor sprinkl-
ing lawns are from 6 to a. m. and from
. 10 5 p. m. Many persons are using
their sprinklers out Of hours. and owing
to the scarcity Of water. tho board %
public works warns consumers to con-
form 10 the rules under penalty Of hav-
ing their supply cut Of
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

We make the unparalleled offer to give
cleo with evcry $500 purchase. 80
csnts with every s25opurchase. - cents
with every sl5c purchase.
Our stock contains the latest styles OK
footwear for ladies'. gents and children,
at prices that defy competition.
We make THE unprecedented offer
thu. week 10 induce the public TO test
the sterling merits ~ our goods. ne We
are confident that NE viii gain trade by
80 doing
Remember we give you full value for
your money aud alao cssb present TO
every purchaser n 81 - or more.
Buy DOW and save dollar. at
OlikaAs. No. - anal street
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

This is travelling mems week at the
worlds fair. and eighty five Grand Rap
ids knights OF the Grip HE'D themselves
toward the windy city yesterday. They
went over the G. & w. NJ. in company
with delegations from the eastern and
northern portions Of the state. There
were about 30 in the party. They went
to 81 Joseph and took the boat from
there TO Chicago.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

Frank Tomes Of this city and James
Hart OF Big Rapids ran 100 yards on the
Constock park track yesterday for 500
q side. Tones won the sprint in . 40
seconds Hart finishing in 10 seconds
1t Is said about ESQ changed hands on
the result Only = few persons were
urcaant
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

For tie cure II Piles Is slways painful.
often dangerous and u-es.se. and invssi
ably expensive. ca the other hand thsre "a
= ns~. certain cure, perfectly pssnlesz.
gives Instant relief and permanent cure
and co~ts Bot ,rsfe IT II the Pyramid
Pie Cure. Ia J. n.ose certain cure thar
q Surgical opssstton without AR ~ rse
iafsn-~ pain, sspsn.~ ard danger ~ al
orerstioa. Any drnsgist wsl get Il -
yotl-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

the rssis1soes q NJ Rev. W. A. Frye.
No. ais FisIn6eld ssesae.
The Gzznd River Valley horsie1ltafsl
s@pciztioa ulli inset IL Cascade spr.Ess
t<ziay.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-25

When the lips are dry or SCARED.
When the teeth are dark or dull,
When the tongue is hot or hard.
And fills the tainted mouth too full.
The magic SOZODONT supply.
And all those ills before il fly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-20

GEORGE Fl. DE WOLF,
or Windsor, N. s., prominent man. having been menu
Der of the County Council, j. p, &c.
! was also emaciated, extremely nervous,
feet and legs swelled badly, and the least
exertion set my heart beating SO rapidly, /
would have to rest. Wished myself dead
rather than alive. Four months use of
SkOda's Remedies has made new
man OF me. Have gained % lbs. in flesh,
Hamorrhage all stopped, Heart beats
better than have been for 20 years.
Sk0DA DISCOVERY CO., BELFAST, me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-20
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY, MAY 90,


The circumstances of the absence of
Mr.. John S. Russell from the city create
: very strong presumption that he went
away to avoid testifying in the Harper
case. Had he been carried away by
some sudden emergency he would have
explained by letter or though some
member of his family long before this.
The only thing about which there may
be difference of opinion is the reason
why he has avoided-whether it is to
protect himself or others. Mr.. Russell
was one of the the actors in the case in
which he was called, and his action ac-
cording to his own statement of it was
by no means creditable. 1t may be that
reluctance to tell his part in the matter
before the public was the sole reason of
his avoidance. That, however, is not
very probable, because his story has
been publicly told so many times already
that no additional discredit could come
from telling it again. Certainly his
flight will discredit him far more than
his testimony could.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-20

fort on his part. The directors of the com,
pany do not fulfill their whole duty to
their stockholders unless they furnish
Them at least once a year with all the
FACTS that have a bearing ON the value of
thelr investment. In this case, as all the
people of Portland are virtually stock
holders in the company, the duty of the
directors clearly was to set forth these
facts publicly. Nobody pretends that
this has been done for great many
years, if ever. The effect of this secre-
tlveness, this failure to furnish facts
which the stockholders and consumers
were entitled to- has been preiudicial to
the interests of both classes. 1t has kept
the consumers from the knowledge of
facts on which they could have founded
an unanswerable demand for reduction
of price; it has kept the stockholders, or
at least a great many of them, from
knowledge of the actual value of their
stock. and has therefore betrayed them
into parting with it at ridiculously low
figure. In 1880 the current quotation of
gas stock in this city was TO- the par
value being $50, and the highest asked
for it. according to the brokers' lists by
sellers was S72. Within three years of
that time the company paid special
dividends of 106 per cent and by
no means exhausted its surplus either.
The money from which these dividends
was paid must have been in the company's
treasury in 1880, when holders were SELL
ing their stock at r. Now it is obvious
that no sane man would have been selling
STOCK at that figure had he known that
every share of it was entitled to draw
from the treasury of the company $50
besides the regular dividend of 10 per
cent. The inevitable inference is that the
sellers were ignorant of the cornpany's
condition, and certainly large part of the
responsibility for the ignorance and the
large loss consequent upon it is attribut-
able to the secretiyeness on the part of
the directors which we have complained
OF. Who bought the stock that was Of
tered at this ridiculously low figure we
do not undertake to say. But the people
who bought undoubtedly made a good
bargain.
PRESIDENT Davels intimates that the
sale OF gas at the reduced price will not
suffice to pay the past dividend of 10 per
cent. annually, and that if that amount
is paid part of it must come from the
renewal fund. But if the dividends were
reduced none of the stockholders would
suffer injustice. The stock has already
returned more than it's par value in spec
lal dividends, and if the regular dividend
was cut down to six per cent the stock
holders would be fgetting fair return
on their money. The stockholders of
this company have been getting out of
the consumers for many years past more
money than they have been fairly entitled
to. By reducing the price of gas the
company has done something to atone
for this wrong. But they ought to do
more. They ought to return some of the
accumulations that have accrued by
reason of their excessive charges. This
they can do by paying special dividend,
inasmuch as considerable of it will 60 to
the city and be spent for the benefit of
the people and to relieve them from an
increase of taxation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-20
THE GAS COMPANY AND THE PUB
ITC


President Daveis of the Gas Com
pany misapprehends the position of
the PRESS in regard to the mat
ter of special dividends. He is
right in saying that the PRESS complains
because the company does not now pay a
special dividend; he is wrong in suppos-
ing that the PRESS blames the company
for paying special dividends in the past.
What we complained of ,in this connec-
ton was that those special dividends were
not paid voluntarily. Our purpose in re-
ferring to the history of past special divi-
dends was to to show that the policy of
the company in reference to the surplus
even when it had mounted SO high that,
as MI. Daveis is now ready to confess.
there was some reason for paying it out.
was precisely the same as it is now-that
is it did not want to pay it out and did
not pay it out until request was made
by the city SO urgent and so well fortified
by facts that it could not be ignored.
The policy of company is indicated by
what it does when acting with its own
free will. When it has acted on nothing
but its own free will the gas company has
never paid a special dividend, notwith-
standing that for a long series of years il
had in the treasury an enormous accumu-
lation of money which it did not need
and which there was no likelihood that
it would ever need. This being the case
it is fair to assume that it has been the
policy Of the directors to limit the regu-
lar dividends to 10 per cent. and put the
surplus in the treasury and keep it there.
irrespective of it's amount.
This policy having been one of lonu
standing, this reluctance to pay out any
OF the surplus having existed for good
many years it is quite natural to presume
that the directors were influenced by If
in making up their decision to nav no
dividend at the present time. When a
man doesn't want to do thing the diff
culties and dangers of doing it are apt to
take on more serious aspect.
Another complaint we have made
against the directors OF the company is Sc
cretiveness. We have complained that the
annual statements of the treasurer of tbe
company gave the stockholders and the
public very little idea of it's condition
Mr.. Daveis hardly denies this. To he
sure he says that the stockholders have
always had the privilege of examining
the books, and that the committees of
the city have had the same privilege.
Certainly, but the fact that a stock
holder can, provided he has the
requisite knowledge of bookkeep-
ing and the necessary time at his dis
posal, ascertain the condition of
company, does not absolve the directors
from giving it to him without any such eff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-20
ALMOST A MIRACLE!

(The truth of which is certified to by MARX QUERY
of Windsor, one of the best known men
IN Nova Scota.)
Pernici0us Anemia. HmmOr-
rhage of Bowels, with Conn
plete Nervous Prostitution,
and Heart Trouble, Cured
by SEOda's Remedies.
For Is r20 years have suffered from
HRmOrrhage of the Bowels.
Some days would have 10 Hamorrhages,
and have passed IL pint of fresh blood in
& Hamorrhages, and portion of my
Bowels would protrude while at stool.
For the last two years have been worse.
Several physicians advised an operation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-20
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
MAINE STATE PRESS.
AND
Subscription Rates.

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months; $3.50 quarter; 80 cents month,
The DAILY Is delivered every morning by
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Woodfords without extra charge.
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rate of 81 year.
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every Thursday. So per year 81 for six months !;
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ton of six weeks.
Persons wishing to leave town for long or
short periods may have the addresses OF their
papers changed as often as desired
Advertising Rates.
In DAILY PRESS s1.5o per square, first
week; 75 cents per week after. Three inser
tons or less, $1.0O per square. Every other
day advertisements. one third less than these
rates.
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first week; half price each succeeding week.
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Special Notices. on FIRST page, one third adj
ditional
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Sl.50 per square.
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yertisements under these headlines, and all adj
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-11-04
Foreign News,

LONDON, Nov. 4.-Prince Louis, q
Battenberg, husband of Princess Be,
atrice, daughter of the Queen, on We'd
nesday last sustained an injury to his
left eye and he will perhaps lose the
sight ofthat organ.
LONDON, Nov. 4.-The Brazilian lie.
CATION in London denies the story OF
the reported sinking of the Brazilian
transport Rio de Janeiro by the insur-
gent warship Republica, by which it
was claimed that 500 of the 1900 aboard
were drowned.
LONDON, Nov. A dispatch from
Fort Victoria, Mashonaland, says that
the report that King LobeDgula had
been captured was erroneous.
PARIS, Nov. An. Tiard, formerly
prime minister, died in this city to-day.
BERLIN, Nov. Awhile party
were hunting to-day on the Grosster-
WITT, near schweidnitz, Prussian SHE
sia, Baron Kubmitz mortally wounded
Count Pfeil with stray shot.
ROME, Nov. 4.-The Pope will short
ly receive in solemn audience the
Grand Duchess Catherine of Russia.
The event is noteworthy, taken in con-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-11-04
CONGRESS AdiOurns.

As stated in the GAZETTE of that day,
the extraordinary session Of Congress,
which was convened August Z, adj
journed yesterday sine die. 1t was
summoned by President Cleveland to
meet for the purpose of repeating the
silver purchasing clause Of the Sher-
man act. Aside from the silver repeal
bill, the only other bill of national i'm
portance passed at the recent special
session OF Congress was the one eX-
tending the time for Cinnamon to reg
lister under the Geary expulsion law.
Some time of the Senate was spent
yesterday in executive session, so as to
| dispose Of as many nominations as pos
sible before adjournment.
In declaring the Senate adjourned
and in response to the usual oompli-
mentary vote to the Vice President,
the latter said:
"tSenatorS-My appreciation of the
resolution personal to myself, kindly
adopted by the Senate, cannot be meas
ured by words. TO your courtesy and
forbearance ! am indebted for what
ever measure OF success has attended
my administration of this great Office.
The record of the first session Of the
Fifty. third Congress is made up.
Henceforth, it belongs to the domain OF
history. Earnestly wishing to each Of
you a safe and pleasant journey to
your homes and constituents, l now,
in pursuance Of the concurrent resolu-
ton of the two houses, declare the Sen
ate adjourned without day
Coming down on the floor, the Vice
President exchanged personal farewells
with Senators, officers and employees,
to all OF whom he gave hearty hand
shake and some pleasant words. Soon
afterwards the historic chamber was
practically deserted, only few sub
ordinates remaining to clear away the
refuse papers and restore little order
The closing dav of the session was an
exciting one in the House. Little bus
mess was done, but few private bills
were introduced and referred to COM
mittees or put on the House calendar
The greater part of the three hours
session of the House was spent in a
wrangle over pay and back pay of con-
gressional employees. After encount-
ering much flibustering, led by Mr..
Hutcheson, of Texas, Mr. Sayers sue
ceeded in getting through the House
a resolution providing for the salaries
of these people up to the next session;
but when the bill came back from the
Senate laden with the particular
amendment relative to back pay Of
senatorial clerks, that had caused the
failure of the urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill, the load was too much for
tho chairman of the appropriations
committee, and. before he could secure
final action upon the resolution as
amended, the hour set for adjournment
three o'clock-arrived, and the
Speakers gavel sounded the DEATH
knell of the resolution for this session,
at least.